Word: democratically
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Democratic Senators Robinson (titular leader), Harrison (star rhetorician), Edwards (wet campaigner) judged that in a recent contest* Dr. M. D. Taylor, county health officer of Aztec, N. M., had written the best definition of a Democrat: "A Democrat is one who believes in the fullest freedom of speech, press and religion, and separation of church and state; laws that bear equally upon all classes, without special privilege or monopolistic advantages; rights of States guaranteed by the Constitution, and less national paternalism...
...Princeton University, "Dick" Cleveland figured as campus critic, as reformer. Ardent Wilson Democrat, he followed in his hero's footsteps by attacking the upperclass-men's club system. He associated himself with the so-called "great unwashed" (the socially unassimilated element of the student body) and refused the many club invitations that were addressed to him by virtue of his personality, attainments and appearance, which was quite the reverse of "unwashed," he being a tall blond shot-putter cast in a noble mold. After the failure of his "revolution" he contented himself with a running public commentary on life...
Thousands and thousands of ballots cast by lowans in November, 1924, were on trial. Nearly half were for extremely radical Republican Brookhart for Senator, nearly half for Democrat Steck. Iowa had counted Brookhart elected, but Steck protested, and the Senate Judiciary Committee began months ago investigation of the pieces of "opaque paper" which collectively were designed to express the sovereign will of the people of Iowa...
...while Senators tried conscientiously to consider the question on its merits, the legal details were so complex that most of them abandoned the attempt and consulted their political interests. Even then, Republicans found it hard to make decisions. Some Republicans said half a Republican (Brookhart) was better than a Democrat (Steck); other Republicans thought otherwise. Some argued that if Brookhart was unseated he would compete with Regular Republican Cummins, who is up for reelection this fall, and might, by splitting the vote, cause Iowa to have a second Democratic* Senator. It was all most confusing...
...even though the narrow vote cannot be said to reflect the complacency that evidently pervaded the committee action, neither does it reflect partisan bias. Sixteen Republicans voted for the Democrat, Steck, while nine Democrats sought to keep Brookhart in the Senate. If political preference did play a part, it was not along party lines...