Word: governor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Martinsburg, West Va., and Wilmington, Del. Prohibition was his burden, immigration his refrain. He next entered New Jersey. If Democrats had been annoyed by Nominee Hoover's refusal to acknowledge Nominee Smith's presence in the campaign, Nominee Curtis made amends. He referred to "the dear Governor" and to "the gentleman from New York who thinks he is running for President on the Democratic ticket." The further Curtis itinerary lay through Connecticut, Massachusetts, upper New York, western Pennsylvania, into Ohio...
...Republican candidate with the reactionary element of the party nor his public utterances during the campaign give us any reason to believe that he has broken with that group. The best hope for a return to the liberalism of Roosevelt and Wilson lies in the election of Governor Smith...
...Government is something greater than an efficiently administered business corporation with a multitude of inactive shareholders. We support Governor Smith above all because of his power to reverse the present trend toward political apathy and arouse in the citizens of the United States an active, intelligent interest and participation in their Government...
...business man I do not care whether the government is Democratic or Republican. I do think, however, that Governor Smith's ability to deal with the administrative branch of our government is well proved, and his common sense will make him an effective chief executive. I like his honesty and his direct powerful way of stating things, and I do not like Hoover's reluctance to say where he stands...
...results in the Law and Business Schools are very different from those in the College. In the former, a liberal tradition a forceful Democratic campaign, and a faculty rather leaning toward Governor Smith, combined to secure his majority. The Business School, naturally conservative, and feeling a certain kinship with Mr. Hoover, swung even more strongly in the other direction...