Word: electioneerings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Senator-elect Guffey's men took one vote which pledged their 23 votes to Candidate Byrns. Beaming, "Joe" Byrns went into their caucus to thank them. "This," he asserted, "absolutely assures my election."
He was not speaking in terms of political hyperbole. Two days later Representative Rankin renounced his aspirations for the Speakership. Later in the day Representative Rayburn did the same: "There are no alibis. Under the circumstances, I cannot be elected." And next morning Representative Bankhead dropped out of the contest...
Newsworthy indeed would it have been if last week the cotton farmers in the U. S. had voted 9-to-1 against continuance of the Bankhead Act for restricting cotton production by means of a prohibitive ginning tax. Instead the vote was 9-to-1 in favor of this form...
It was Lloyd George in his younger days who saddled Great Britain with the Income Tax Act. Today at 71 he hopes to stump up enough enthusiasm for his New Deal to be called to power in coalition with a Labor Government after the next general election. "Labor will win...
Ballots must be complete, accurate, and signed to be counted in the election.