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...Bunk". Thus Captain Brennan of the Harvard Square Police Station termed the declarations of a Boston paper that the torchlight procession of University students next Thursday night would be accompanied by any form of rioting. The paper in question had vividly described the police as polishing up rusty riot guns, releading and cleaning their night sticks and greasing the "Black Maria" in anticipation of a rushing business on Thursday night...
...Brennan fight [1923], I kept looking Brennan over and wondering when he would tire of hitting me. His blows were like big stones raining. I said to myself without feeling any pain: 'When will the big stones raining on me stop?' . . . This time Wills will be the one to feel the big stones raining -lluvia de piedras, I say in my own language-shower of stones...
...announced last week that the Republican organization in the 21st Congressional District of New York had selected Dr. Charles H. Roberts, a Negro dentist, as a candidate for Congress. A few weeks ago George E. Brennan, Democratic boss of Chicago, chose another Negro, Earl B. Dickerson, as candidate for Congress in the First District of Illinois...
...accept, provided only that his father, then retired from the political arena, would not object. A telegram was dispatched to the elder Davis. Two telegrams came in reply. Both telegrams advised and admonished John William not to take the nomination. Both were pocketed by a wily politician, one Ignatius Brennan. John William was nominated by acclamation and accepted. Some time later he received his father's messages...
Into the great circus hall at midday? sweltering June midday ? poured the delegates. They sweltered and chattered and shouted while the band made merry. The performers began to come; George E. Brennan, boss of Illinois; Thomas Taggart, boss of Indiana; a host of McAdoo leaders ? Love of Texas, Long of Missouri, Herring of Iowa; Senator Copeland of New York, came in and went around shaking hands with every delegation...