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...last of the old-school Demo-cratic "statesmen." He voted for: Restrictive Immigration (1923), the Soldier Bonus (1924), Farm Relief (1927. 1928), the Farm Board (1929), the Jones ("Five & Ten") Act (1929). He voted against: the Tariff (1930), Tax Reduction (1924, 1926, 1928, 1929), the Navy's 15-cruiser bill (1929), Reapportionment (1929). His vote is Dry; there is no rumor of his drinking. Regarding foreign affairs he describes himself as "an old-fashioned American," favoring isolation, the Monroe Doctrine. Legislative hobbies: farm relief, protection of U. S. Indians, veterans' care. On the first two, at least...
...Robinson of Indiana; Democrats McKellar, Walsh of Massachusetts. Even they were glad to adjourn and go home. All relevant and many irrelevant arguments had been exhausted. The opposition had blown itself out in a futile filibuster; a quorum and more had stood fast, literally under the guns of miniature cruiser batteries set up in a corner of the Senate chamber by Senator Hale of Maine to illustrate his objections to the Treaty. Sixteen reservations had been stacked on the rostrum only to be toppled off one by one into the trashbasket and defeat by a long-suffering Senate majority. Only...
...mess boy on the cruiser Renown when we took the Prince to Canada. I have no work now. I couldn't resist the temptation to say 'Hello, Prince' to an old shipmate...
David Beatty, 59, Admiral of the Fleet, Earl Beatty of the North Sea and of Brooksby, Viscount Borodale of Wexford, son-in-law of the late Chicago drygoods tycoon Marshall Field Sr., commander of the 1st battle cruiser squadron in the Battle of Jutland (May 31, 1916), Lord Rector of Edinburgh University (1917), said: "We are about to commit the great appalling blunder of signing away the sea power by which the British Empire came into being and is maintained today. . . . The most enlightened sea officers with whom I talked have condemned the Treaty absolutely as one which will render...
...voted against: the Tariff (1922), Soldier Bonus (1924), Farm Relief (1927, 1928), the Navy's 15-Cruiser bill...