Word: democratically
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...luncheon was given at the White House to Dr. Jose Manuel Puig-Casavrane, Mexican Minister of Education, and Ambassador Don Manuel C. Tellez. Among the guests were Secretary Kellogg, Secretary Work, Secretary Hoover, Representative Stephen G. Porter and Representative Linthicum. The last two are respectively Chairman and ranking Democrat of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, which on March 30 will hold a hearing on the expulsion of foreign nuns and priests by the Mexican Government...
...Vice President. It was considered a ticklish problem and it was freely predicted that Mr. Dawes would seek advice from the regular Republicans. He did not. The next day he announced his selection: Regular Republicans, Wadsworth of New York and Reed of Pennsylvania; Progressive Republican," LaFollette of Wisconsin; Democrats, Robinson of Arkansas and Bruce of Maryland. The two regular Republicans are considered among the abler young Republicans. LaFollette is indubitably Progressive; in fact he is the only Republican in the Senate who officially describes himself as such. Senator Joseph T. Robinson is the Democratic leader. Senator Bruce is a Democrat...
Correspondent Kent, a red-hot Democrat but none the less a brilliant observer, naturally did not look with much favor upon this change in Mr. Heflin. He suggested a number of possibilities which might account for the change: 1) That Mr. Heflin found himself without an issue and did not know where to go oratorically. 2) That perhaps like his fellow Senator Pat Harrison* he had made some money during the recess. 3) That he may have read press comments on his speeches. 4) That he may have felt "a belated sense of futility." 5) That he believes it impossible...
Died. William Wallace Crapo, 95, "oldest ex-Congressman," "first citizen of New Bedford (Mass.)," famed lawyer, banker, industrialist; at New London. In 1876 the U. S. was brought almost to the verge of civil war by the dispute as to whether Samuel J. Tilden (Democrat) or Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) had secured sufficient votes to elect him to the presidency. The House and Senate chose a Commission of seven Democrats and eight Republicans to adjudicate this matter. By a majority of one the commission gave the election to Hayes. Mr. Crapo was a Republican member of this Commission. Thus...
...them, Congressman Emanuel Celler, Democrat from Brooklyn, issued a statement: "If the Carthcart case shows anything it proves that our Government has no right to meddle in private morals of foreigners visiting us. The so-called 'moral turpitude' of the Countess Cathcart is nothing compared to the 'moral turpitude' of the chasing but not chaste Prince of Wales. Why was he allowed to enter? His parents are up all night worrying about his night life. How about Sarah Bernhardt and Eleanore Duse? They made no bones about their affairs and were admitted. Gaby Deslys was no novice...