Word: control
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Ohio,--they were all alike. There was a reform movement in Wisconsin in which LaFollette, its leader, was opposed both by the city and by the United States government. Against him in the control of his party was the federal machine made by appointments of the United States...
...went from the state to the national government. In the House of Representatives the rings control legislation. Cannon was the boss corresponding to Boss Butler in St. Louis. Aldrich and his ring, to which New England contributes generously, control the Senate...
...combines which elected committees, and these committees interlocked, thus making a ring around the officers. When the ward heelers obtained policies from the people, they got proxies which went back to the officers of the company. The officers nominated directors who would stand in with them, and thus control was assured...
...voluntary work. Practice on the machines and in the tank will continue until the river is open. Coach Wray will have general supervision of all the crews and will coach the University crews and the first Freshman crew, while the rest of the Freshman squad will be under the control of Coach Stephenson...
...lecture on "The Problem in Politics" in Emerson J this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. The public is cordially invited. Mr. Steffens is a well-known magazine editor and contributor who at present is writing a series of articles in Everybody's Magazine on "The Power of Money and Control of Credit...