Word: clevelands
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Philadelphia and Cleveland were the prime favorites-and Chicago? What about Chicago...
...Cleveland, Ohio...
...Francisco, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Detroit and Chicago seemed the likeliest candidates-San Francisco because she offered so much money** and was in the attention-loving West; Cleveland and Philadelphia because they are nearer Washington and it may be that Congress will not have adjourned-thanks to Democratic strategy-before the G. O. P. convention meets. Cleveland and Philadelphia moreover were both unembarrassed by "native sons." It is considered bad political form to nominate a man in his own state. The possibility of Herbert C. Hoover's being chosen counted against San Francisco for this reason. In Pennsylvania, the only native...
...were Kansas City, Mo., Seattle, Detroit, San Francisco, San Antonio, Chicago, Cleveland, Omaha, Denver and-at the last moment-Philadelphia...
...Cleveland had the 1924 G. O. P. convention. Chicago had five in a row before that. Chicago has had nine Republican conventions since the G. O. Party nominated its second candidate (Abraham Lincoln) there in 1860. The National Republican executive secretary (Lawyer Roy Owen West) is a Chicagoan, and, despite all the talk, Illinois is not likely to be embarrassed by a favorite son. The dissonant quatrian...