Word: electioneers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week rich, tangy Sir Walter Runciman was like to burst with pride when his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Walter Runciman, was returned to the House of Commons from a bye-election in the Constituency of St. Ives.
Outrageously high-handed measures were countenanced by Dictator Marshal Josef Pilsudski during the general election completed last week. At the same time, however, he could point to an impartial report showing that Poland has prospered vastly since his swashbuckling seizure of power (TIME, May 24, 1926).
Significance. When it is remembered that Marshal Pilsudski has carried on as Dictator since 1926, though never supported in the Sejm by anything like a working majority, the election of last week assumes its true insignificance. Politically, Poland is a loose conglomeration of irresolute entities, held together, for good or...
"The presidential polls are the only ones which seem important enough to the people to excite public opinion. Since we do not have the parliamentary system in this country, the presidential election does of course eclipse the congressional in national importance. It is perhaps unfortunate that it is more upon...
"Take back your gold!" was the customary rebuff given the villain of old-time melodrama when he tried to use his ill-gotten gains for improper ends, and if Senator Borah's plan succeeds he will be able to clear the name of the Republican party by applying the same...