Word: electioneers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Statesman Stimson gave a second talk on the peace and contentment of the Philip pines. Some rude soul asked him about their independence. Ever diplomatic, Statesman Stimson replied: "Mr. Hoover's election was received with great enthusiasm."
Cripple Snowden. swaying on his crutches, pointed out that Spinster Mason's charges might have imperiled his chances of being returned to the House of Commons at the General Election of May 30 next (see below). A detective testified that Miss Mason had said to him before she was...
Grave issues of state and politics sharply focused world interest, last week, on Edward of Wales and on the leaders of Great Britain's three political parties. The secret had leaked out−after months of official concealment−that President William T. Cosgrave of the Irish Free State...
Five By-Elections. If the attention of the Speaker of the House of Commons is called to the fact that a Right Honorable Member is absent by reason of Death, he will issue a writ for the holding of a by-election to fill the vacant seat. Last week five...
Straw Votes. Just as the citizens of the U.S. have "primaries" to tell them in advance of a Presidential Election whether the prevailing winds are Republican or Democratic, so the Englishman reads the signs of the times in "by-elections." Thus simple addition of the results of the last night...