Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...several years the lament over the farmer's sad lot has been a conspicuous political asset to many Congressmen and Senators. In consequence, to state that the farmer is experiencing prosperity is, for such politicians, like depriving a she-bear of her whelps...
...nickname is Pshaw and hence he is not regarded as carrying on the tradition of Toombs, Stephens, Ben Hill and Gordon. Does that follow? Is one responsible for his name or his nickname? The reference to the 14th and 15th Amendments is as applicable to all the Congressmen and Senators of all southern states as to Mr. Upshaw. If Mr. Upshaw could find an opportunity for usefulness in spraying the boll weevil, might not this also be true of many others? And Dr. Butler, if encaged in such an occupation, would not be furnishing an example of discourtesy...
...been represented in the meetings from the first by Congressmen or Senators, although attendance was not regular at first. In 1904 the meeting of the Union was held in St. Louis during the World's Fair. In 1915 it was to have met in the U. S., but the War intervened. In 1924 Congress invited the Union to meet at Washington this year. The invitation was accepted. Congress voted $50,000 towards the expenses of the meeting, which takes place next month...
...course many factions and many feelings were stirred up. High officials of the Army and Navy were angered by his language toward them. Some congressmen were aroused to a feeling that something must be done to revamp our national defense. The public and the politicians all viewed with alarm one aspect or another of the Mitchell statement...
...impossible that in addition to these two inquiries there may be a Congressional inquiry-Senator King of Utah is urging it, and other Congressmen have expressed their agreement...