Word: campaign
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Senator Frank R. Gooding of Idaho, who changed his mind on the World Court to avoid the hostility of mighty Senator Borah, is opposed by John F. Nugent, Democrat. The campaign is complicated by the fact that Mr. Nugent and Senator Borah are old friends...
Senator Wesley L. Jones of Washington, "blue law" booster, is having trouble with A. Scott Bullitt, Wet and potent Democrat. Each candidate is anxious to have Senator "Jim" Reed investigate the other's campaign expenses. A Jones advocate cried last week: "If you can get President Coolidge to come out and tell the people of Washington State that he won't let Senator Jones close the moving picture houses on Sunday, I can promise you that the Senator will be re-elected...
Illinois. George E. ("Boss") Brennan, Wet and Democratic, v. Frank L. Smith, Republican Dry, v. Hugh S. Magill, Independent Republican Dry. Until Churchman-School-teacher Magill entered the campaign with his purity festoons (TiME, Oct. 11), Illinois was considered safe for "Insullated" Colonel Smith. If Mr. Magill can poll 200,000 votes, "Boss" Brennan will come out of the Wetlands of Cook County (Chicago), East St. Louis and Peoria with enough of a plurality to win the Senatorship...
...once a state thought safe for the G. O. P. Then along came a harmless-looking newspaperman, Thomas H. Adams, with a fabulous story of Ku Klux Klan "super-government" in the ranks of Hoosier Republicanism. His charges have not yet been proved, but they make good campaign material. Last week Senator James A. Reed, wary slush bloodhound, stalked into Indiana for one day, long enough to hear Senators Watson and Robinson deny any connection with the Klan's taint. Unless the Democrats can "get the goods," Senator Watson looms for reelection, with Senator Robinson as his more doubtful...
Oregon. Bert E. Haney, Democrat, v. Frederick Steiwer, Republican, v. Senator Robert N. Stanfield, Independent. The late entrance of Senator Stanfield, the bad boy of Oregon Republicanism, has injected doubt into the campaign and given Democratic Mr. Haney unexpected hope. Oregon is usually counted safe for regular Republicans...