Word: democratically
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Maryland that ardent letter-writer, Senator Ovington E. Weller, Republican, was defeated by Representative Millard E. Tydings, Democrat, who rode to victory on the wave of Wet-and-popular Governor Ritchie. Mr. Weller's campaign philosophy was that every voter would like to have a cheery letter from a U. S. Senator. He congratulated mothers on the birth of babies; he flattered fathers who had become outstanding figures in their communities. Even Governor Ritchie's mother and his private secretary, and Senator-elect Tydings had their backs slapped by Senator Weller's "personal" letters. These must have...
...Senator Ralph H. Cameron of Arizona, Republican, was twice pained last week. His re-election hopes were blasted by Representative Carl T. Hayden, Democrat. His plea for an investigation of the Democrats' campaign expenditures turned around and smote him. The publisher of the Prescott (Ariz.) Courier testified‡ that Senator Cameron's secretary had asked him: "How much will you take for your newspaper for about 30 days...
...strange twist that makes Ohio the mother of Republican Presidents, staunch G. O. P. Senators, and Democratic Governors. James M. Cox, Democrat, was a popular Governor but a Presidential failure even in his own state. And so last week Ohio elected to his third term Governor Alvin Vic Donahey, Democrat, father of ten Children, who employs convicts about his house. But, by the politically learned, he is ignored as a presidential possibility...
...Defeat came last week to Nellie Tayloe Ross, Democrat, Governor of Wyoming. She lost by only 1,000 votes, but she is a thorough gentlewoman with a Rhodes Scholar son, so forthwith she despatched a telegram to her conqueror, Frank E. Emerson, Republican. Said she: "My congratulations and hope for a successful administration." Florence Ellinwood Allen, Ohio State Supreme Court Judge will hold a higher state office than any other woman...
...South Dakota it was a bad day for the name of Gunderson. Governor Carl Gunderson, Republican, was defeated by William J. Bulow, able country lawyer, who is to be the first Democratic Governor in the history of South Dakota. Another Gunderson, C. J., Democrat, cousin of Republican Carl, was overwhelmed in the Senatorship battle by Senator Peter Norbeck, Republican...