Word: governor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Just prior to the convention at Houston, Governor Smith will announce the Cabinet he would select if nominated and elected...
...Feeling have been talked to nothing, there still remains Prosperity, which is what the status quo is still generally thought to be. Offering to replace the present administration the Democrats will have to offer some one to replace not merely President Coolidge, but the Secretary of the Treasury. Should Governor Smith pre-announce a Cabinet, the man chosen to challenge for Andrew Mellon's desk would instantly become a national cynosure...
Inauguration ceremonies were held on the Luneta, one of the heights overlooking Manila Bay. After the oath, Governor General Stimson made a speech, portions of which his small, smart, brown-skinned audience took away behind impassive countenances to ponder upon...
...Governor General had said: "It is not within the province of the Governor General to determine the future relations of the inhabitants of these Islands to the United States . . . I lay particular stress upon industrial and economic progress." That seemed plain enough. It means that Col. Stimson would have little patience with Independence propagandists...
...Finally, Governor General Stimson had announced what his method would be. He was going to govern through a corps of "advisers" whose description sounded like the late Governor General Wood's "Cavalry Cabinet" dismounted and sent about in mufti. "These men will be the best available," said Governor General Stimson. "They will be my eyes and ears. They may be Filipinos. They may be Americans. But in any case they will be men whom I can be certain are trustworthy. They will be responsible to me and to me alone, without interference from the Assembly. This I want...