Word: dakotas
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Convention made up? There were 142 delegates from Minnesota and about 90 from the Dakotas. The remaining 170 came from the rest of the U. S. Several organizations had separate votes on their own account?including The Workers' Party and the Federated Farmer-Labor Party, both communistic. In the general mass of delegates were representatives of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers (the only large union represented), the Woman's Shelley Club of North Dakota, the Galesburg Musical Club, the Negro Tenants' Protective League, the People's Voice Culture Club, the Housewives' Protective League, the Workmen's Gymnastic Association, the National Woman...
...dealer in South Dakota is not a happy one. Last year, during the period of crude overproduction, prices for gasoline were kept fairly high until Gov. W. H. McMaster intervened. So many of the oppressed farmers of South Dakota own and operate Fords and even more elaborate motor cars that the price of gasoline is of more than academic interest. The Governor saw the chance for a political ten-strike and he took...
...industry. On top of this, the cold Spring dampened the enthusiasm of the motorist. In consequence, consumption of gasoline has not been extraordinary. But stocks of gasoline reached the wholly unprecedented figure of 1,600,000,000 gallons at the end of April. The indefatigable Governor McMasters of South Dakota is underselling the refineries from stocks purchased with State funds, and even further East, gasoline prices are being reduced...
...whether Mr. Wheeler had been justifiably indicted by a Montana jury, for accepting fees to represent a client before the Federal Government. The majority report of the Committee (made by four members) declared that the indictment was unjustified. The minority report (made by one member, Senator Sterling of South Dakota) declared the indictment was justified on the basis of such facts as had been presented to the grand jury...
Edwin F. Ladd, junior U. S. Senator from North Dakota: "Reports stated that during a session of the Senate oil investigation I hurriedly adjourned the hearing. Selden Palmer Spencer, senior Senator from Missouri, made emphatic objection. I turned sharply, shouted: 'Let me tell you, Sir, there is a real reason why I adjourned this hearing. I do not like that cigar you puff into my face...