Word: henchman
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...Farley, Postmaster General and chairman of the National Committee. ¶ Arthur Francis Mullen, Committeeman from Nebraska, resigned to continue a lucrative political law practice in Washington. Last week in a stormy Democratic meeting at Grand Island, Neb. Mr. Mullen shouted: "I represent the President here." At his command his henchman, Keith Neville, was elected National Committeeman in his stead. ¶Nellie Tayloe Ross. Committeewoman from Wyoming and national vice chairman, resigned to continue her job as Directress of the Mint. ¶Jed Cobb Adams, Committeeman from Texas, resigned to continue in his job on the Board of Tax Appeals...
When Mexico's Plutarco Calles and his National Revolutionary Party nominate a man for President, all the world knows that that man will be elected. There was no doubt that closemouthed, mustached General Lazaro Cardenas would be the next President when the Party formally nominated that Calles henchman in December. But in the dusty village of Nicolas Romero in the State of Mexico last week there was one man who refused to accept the inevitable...
Betrayed by a henchman, the suave cracksman is beset by the police who search for X. How can he protect himself? He must find X, he cannily reasons. Moreover, if he finds X, he will be in a most strategic position to give up his evil ways and claim the boon of love which he had already won from the Commissioner's daughter...
...Congressional Districts were organizing anti-Long clubs. The scrappy Women's Committee of Louisiana retained General Samuel Tilden Ansell, dismissed prosecutor of the Senatorial investigation of Louisiana politics, and John G. Holland, dismissed sleuth of the same committee, to press its ouster charges against Huey Long and his henchman John Holmes Overton in the Senate...
...good government of America and the dignity of the United States Senate demand the immediate expulsion of Senator Huey Long and his henchman, Overton. His nefarious election practices are a threat to constitutional government. Hope you will take a decisive stand on this issue...