Word: campaign
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There are two things particularly interesting to note in connection with what these Presidents have declared. The first is that in the campaign from which the smoke has not yet had chance to clear a number of prominent participants have been men of independent means, men obviously not in the political field to reap monetary harvest. In the immediate locality both gubernatorial candidates, Fuller and Gaston, and Senator Butler come under this category. In an adjacent state the names of Wadsworth and Mills suggest families of considerable financial prominence...
...attracting public attention, all, supposedly, for the greater glory of the Eagle or the Star. In the past these parades have been things almost to be feared; the march was lit with red torch-flares and the marchers with hard cider or good Sandy McDonald supplied by the eager campaign managers, and the combination often went to the heads of the participants and led them to unlawful acts...
...practice of holding political parades of students had its origin in 1868 in the Presidential campaign of Seymour and Grant, when the procession was decidedly bibulous. For several years the tone of the hilarity attendant upon the rallies grew more objectionable, until in 1872, the Faculty decreed that no student should take part. Since that time the authorities have relented and have had little cause to criticise; the parades of today while enthusiastically attended, are law-abiding...
...excellent policy for a college newspaper to follow," declared Major Thomas Walsh, when asked by a CRIMSON reporter for his opinion on this question. Major Walsh is the brother of ex-Senator D. I. Walsh, Democratic nominee for United States Senator, and has been prominent in the campaign for his election...
Major Walsh stressed the importance of personality in a political campaign. "The fact that a man has held a number of public offices means little when he runs for office again," he said. "The important consideration is the character of the candidate himself, as shown in his conduct of responsible duties, and as revealed in his attitude toward his political associates. If a man shows himself to be honest, industrious, and appreciative of duty, he needs no further recommendation for office nor is any political ballyhoo needed to add to the popularity of such a candidate...