Word: balloting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Ballots Cummins La Follette Smith First............ 41 7 39 Second.................. 39 7 38 Third............ 41 7 39 Fourth ............ 41 7 39 Fifth........... 39 7 39 Sixth............ 41 7 39 Seventh.............. 40 3 40 Eighth............. 39 2 41 Ninth............ 40 2 41 Tenth.............. 43 6*-† Eleventh.......... 41 l*-† Twelfth................ 39 11† Thirteenth............. 39 12†38 Fourteenth............... 38 12† 38 voting nearly ended at the eighth ballot. Brookhart, Frazier, Howell, Ladd, Norris, Republican insurgents, voted consistently for La Follette (who was ill and not present). With them voted the Farmor-Laborites, Shipstead and Magnus Johnson...
After the close eighth ballot and an almost equally close ninth, Mr. Bruce had apparently averted the greatest danger. The insurgents began experimenting with various progressive candidates. Mr. Couzens gained favor and secured the votes of Borah, Gooding, Norbeck, Jones. Mr. Cummins also voted (for the first time) for Mr. Couzens, the object being to prevent a sudden shift of the insurgents from naming Smith. With a fifth day of balloting in sight the 'deadlock continued...
...same time. Voting will take place in the College, Law School, Medical School and other Graduate Schools. Since the faculty will be reached in other manners for the peace award referendum they will not be asked to come to the polls, but will vote on Prohibition by a postal ballot...
...Prohibition in the colleges and to determine something of the opinion of the generation which will govern the country in a few years. The Yale Record, Michigan Daily, Daily Californian, and the Daily Texan are among the more influential papers which are expected to take charge of the ballot...
...ballot on the Bok Prize will be worded: "Do you approve the winning plan in substance?" The competition for the prize ended November 15 and the Jury of Award expects to reach a decision by January 1. The Policy Committee of the American Peace Award, believing that a popular reaction to the winning plan is all-important, have decided to organize a nation wide vote, more especially since Americans have never before been able to vote individually on questions relating to Foreign Relations. The vote is being conducted by newspapers, magazines, fraternities, alumni associations, Mayors' Committees, etc., all over...