Word: henchmen
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...purely partisan one.- (a) It was devised by Platt.- (b) It was pushed into being by Platt's henchmen.- (c) It was "jammed through" the legislature.- (d) Its supporters in the legislature made no pretence that it would mitigate the evils of intemperance...
...postal system. When we simply wish that letters should be delivered with speed and accuracy, it is obviously absurd to insist that a man should have certain views on tariff or finance. In the second place he pointed out that the offices, given out by political leaders to their henchmen, really formed a vast corruption fund, - that the offices were given to the most prominent henchmen, while the less prominent might receive a percentage of the salary...