Word: contestâ
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...four women ?the wife of U. S. Ambassador to Mexico Dwight Whitney Morrow, the daughter and the wife of onetime Senator Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen, the sister of Representative Franklin William Fort? stumpspoke in the interests of their men. Candidate Frelinghuysen soon lost public interest, but the contest???gentlemanly and distinguished?between Dry Mr. Fort and Wet Mr. Morrow drew national attention. Yale's Professor Irving Fisher campaigned for Mr. Fort, Princeton's President John Grier Hibben spoke for Mr. Morrow. Beneath the high-toned surface, however, Dry leaders and Republican machine bosses, upset by the diversity of major candidates...
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