Word: hering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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In doubtful Maryland. Democratic Senator Bruce, defending his seat against Republican Phillips Lee Goldsborough, exhorted his supporters also to support Nominee Smith. (Here, too, the gubernatorial situation was in the Brown Derby's favor. Governor Ritchie, wet, popular. Democrat, was campaigning for a third term.)
Derby folk thought the peak of the day came when it skimmed across another state line to rock-ribbed Republican Hartford, Conn. Here five miles of packed humans jammed the streets, through which police fought a slow way for the Candidate's car. And at no point did the crowds...
"The second is intolerance. Every one of your ancestors and mine came to this country because they believed that here was equal opportunity and religious tolerance, that any boy of brains and integrity could rise as high as his own talents would permit. . . .
"I think," concluded Nominee Smith, "I have fairly made out a case here tonight that the Republican Party is seeking to continue its control of this Government under false pretenses. It is seeking to keep that control by misstating and misrepresenting the Democratic attitude, and misstating, by the same token...
"When I came here 42 years ago, things were different. The first Monday of the year was 'Bloody Monday'. The upper classmen went after the Freshmen, tore their clothes, kicked their hats around, and spread the pieces in the Square. Then I can remember a bon-fire in the Yard...