Word: electioneered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Senator James Thomas ("Tom Tom") Heflin of Alabama publicly pined for an encounter with Congressman De Priest in the Senate restaurant. The Senator "calculated" that to "punch De Priest in the nose" would be worth at least 50,000 Alabama votes for him in his hard fight for re-election...
Polite excitement tingled in the bosoms of a group of smiling ladies and gentlemen in Cleveland one night last week as they gathered in the smart offices of their city manager, William Rowland Hopkins. That day 97,000 Cleveland voters had chosen between city management and a return to the...
His lady campaigners arched their eye brows approvingly. A newsgatherer for the potent, manager-favoring Cleveland Plain Dealer felt embarrassed, sneaked out of the room for a smoke. He had been politely informed that it was not proper to use tobacco before so many ladies. Pickles, sandwiches, coffee, radishes and...
Each special election on city management has, however, produced a smaller majority for Manager Hopkins. Last week he won by a scant 3,000 votes after Maurice Maschke, Ohio's National Republican Committeeman, had come to the support of Mr. Davis. Boss Maschke blamed Mr. Davis for their defeat...
*Mr. Liggett, new to politics, meant not the direct primary, a local nominating method, but the popular election of Senators, as provided in the 17th Amendment to the Constitution, approved by Congress May 13, 1912. Mr. Liggett's Massachusetts was the first State to ratify it (May 22, 1912...