Word: electively
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...show that the two old parties mean nothing to them, two Senators will glide gaily over party lines to encourage their parties' opponents at the coming election in Minnesota; to show further that the "progressive itch" is no respecter of denominations, one of the Senators is a Democrat, the other a Republican. On July 18, Minnesota will elect a successor to the late Senator Knute Nelson. The candidates are Governor J. A. O. Preus (Republican), State Senator J. T. Carley (Democrat), Magnus Johnson (Farmer-Labor). Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana (Democrat) announced that he would campaign for Johnson...
...other Senator is Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin (Republican-by courtesy). He has no such excuse as Senator Wheeler, because the Republican candidate is considered in the running. But neither did Mr. La-Follette offer any excuses. He would rather elect a new Senator for the "progressive" bloc than another Senator for the Republican Party...
...Lewis, the big boss, who barely defeated him then. It is said that Lewis, " the best poker face West of the Hudson," had tears in his eyes when the announcement of the final vote was read, showing that Cappellini was beaten. But at this convention Cappellini was back, President-elect of the largest District in the anthracite group. What might not happen...
...substance that freedom of study and discussion will no longer be possible at Amherst. What the grounds for the belief of this statement are have not yet been submitted. Meanwhile friends of education and of Amherst may well await the appointments to the Faculty to be made by President-elect Olds before determining the question whether or not the Amherst of the future is to be conservative or liberal...
...carbuncle on the neck of Senator David A. Reed prematurely ended the Senator's speaking tour in Pennsylvania. He had just begun a swing around the state with Senator Pepper "to get acquainted with the people." He entered the hospital at Titusville. "Next year the American people will elect a President of the United States, and, to insure the complete restoration of such a government as Lincoln demanded, the people would do well to stand squarely behind the greatest exponent and champion of popular rights that has loomed upon the national horizon in the last 40 years-William Randolph...