Word: farmer-labor
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Bears. The U. S. Senate nearly lost its entire farmer-labor bloc lately. So the country learned when Senator Henrik Shipstead of Minnesota, lone farmer-laborite showed his friends some cinema films last week, taken by him on his vacation in the Canadian Rockies near Banff, Alberta. Upon the screen came three dark, fuzzy objects, moving about in undergrowth many rods away. The largest object struck an attitude of attention and started to approach the camera. Rushing rapidly, it soon proved to be a mother grizzly, charging to defend her whimpering cubs. She charged far enough for Senator Shipstead...
There was a lame composition about primary slush funds, entitled "Show That Fellow the Door.' They sang Senator Shipstead's farewell to his Farmer-Labor Party and a none too ingenious parody intended to represent Senator James A. Reed...
...Senator Shipstead sees the Farmer-Labor party dwindling around him; he is fast becoming a man without a party. Perhaps his next move will be to embrace Republicanism in name-but never in principle...
...long been customary in Minnesota for the Anti-Saloon League to nominate all Republican and Farmer-Labor candidates for Congress. But in last week's Minnesota primaries, two small blots appeared upon this record. Dissatisfied with its servant of the past four terms, Representative Oscar E. Keller, the League advanced a new candidate in Keller's district (St. Paul). Keller ran on his record independently when out of the business district suddenly appeared a 28-year-old Wet bond salesman, one Melvin J. Maas, to confound them both. St. Paul voters gave Salesman Maas more votes than...
...bill could be recommitted. Vice President Dawes ruled the point well taken. Mr. Neely appealed to the Senate from the Chair's decision, but the Vice President was upheld 62 to 8. Soon came the final vote, 61 to 10 for passage. Five Progressive Republicans, four Democrats and the Farmer-Labor Party (Mr. Shipstead) were alone in opposition...