Word: deneen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...desks, rustled papers. A gratuitous informer in the gallery pointed, whispered: "See that handsome man with the white hair; that's Jim Reed; keep your eye on him." Members of the House stood in groups in the rear, sat on the lounges. Vice President Dawes took his chair. Senator Deneen of Illinois came in from the cloakroom with Mr. Smith, who took a lounge seat with the Illinois members of the House. Mr. Deneen addressed the chair: "Mr. President, I send to the desk the credentials of Colonel Frank L. Smith of Illinois, and ask that they may be read...
...Senator W. B. McKinley, recently defeated in the Republican primaries by Col. Frank L. Smith, chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission. Mr. Insull acknowledged giving $125,000 to Col. Smith. Then, no piker, he had further promoted his antiWorld Court campaign by contributing smaller sums to the Deneen faction supporting Senator McKinley against Col. Smith. Finally, archangel, Mr. Insull, had helped even the Democrats by slipping $15,000 to his old friend George E. "Boss" Brennan of Chicago, who as Democratic nominee opposed both Col. Smith and Senator McKinley. Said Senator Reed: "This utility giver is apparently out to land...
...regular Republicans who first voted "no", 14?Butler, Cameron, Cummins, Curtis, Dale, Gooding, Harreld, Jones (Washington), McMaster, Pine, Stanfield, Weller, Williams and Willis?changed to "yes" on the second vote. And seven others simply left the Chamber and did not vote the second time?Watson, Robinson (Ind.), Deneen, Keyes, Norbeck, Capper and Reed...
Within a few minutes Vice President appointed the investigating committee: Reed of Missouri and Bayard (Democrats), LaFollette (Progressive Republican), Reed of Pennsylvania and Deneen (Republicans). But three of these promptly withdrew?Reed of Pennsylvania, Deneen and Bayard. In their places were appointed Fernald, Goff and King. Fernald withdrew and Mr. Dawes named McNary. The reason for the numerous withdrawals were chiefly connected with the coming campaign...
...root for the farmer in a way that forebodes their voting for the Haugen bill or something similar. Among the eleven were several whose votes the Administration cannot normally count on: Norbeck, Norris, Howell, Johnson, McMaster, Frazier. But among them were also several normal regulars: Gooding, Watson, Cummins, Deneen, McNary. The first three of the latter were up for reelection. Mr. Cummins in particular, faced Senator Brookhart, "the farmers' friend." But the politics of the situation reaches even further than the election of 1926?it reaches to 1928. Frank O. Lowden of Illinois was on hand in Washington, openly advocating...