Word: campaign
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Norris, reputed controller of Nebraska's electoral votes and a potent influence throughout the restless North-west (see p. 16). Senator Norris flatly opposed the Hoover position on water power, which for Senator Norris is the paramount issue. Senator Borah, one of Hooverism's most vigorous campaigners, was forced to admit, "I disagree with Mr! Hoover on the power question. If that were the only issue in this campaign. I could not support him." Senator Borah said the paramount issues were Prohibition and Farm Relief, of a different brand than Smith's. He did not "bolt." Neither...
...keen political speech. Its most effective part by far was that overtone of Republican formality. To his earlier rebukes. Spokesman Hughes added: "The whole tone of Governor Smith's campaign has been far below what the country had a right to expect...
...frank to confess that my interest in this campaign is personal far more than partisan. If I did not believe in the ability of Mr. Hoover to deal with the farm problem, if I did not believe he would in good faith uphold and enforce the Constitution, I can pledge you that I would not be undergoing the unspeakable hardships of a long campaign...
...Brown Derby's outriders, invigorated by fresh campaign developments, were ubiquitously active...
Governor Albert Cabell Ritchie of Maryland left his own re-election campaign to go north with speeches for Nominee Smith. At Camden, N. J., he warned voters that Nominee Hoover is "a cold, silent individual who has refrained from discussing the issues of the campaign because he considers the average voter a boob." In the Bronx, he said: "This anti-Catholic crusade may or may not be serious so far as Smith's election is concerned, but it is vitally serious itself. . " . Once started, no man can tell its end. Remember that intolerance breeds intolerance, just as hate breeds...