Word: herrn
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...votes of the big interests. Chancellor Marx can depend on the Catholic vote alone. There remain the large Socialist and the smaller Democratic votes. For whom will these people vote? Possibly for a Socialist candidate, say ex-Chancellor Philipp Scheidemann; but, if the issue is to be between Herrn Luther and Marx, it would seem that a majority of the Socialists and Democrats, who are largely Protestants, will vote for Protestant Luther rather than for Catholic Marx. But it is extremely unlikely that this will be the issue...
...candidate having the largest number of votes is elected. It seems almost certain that the forthcoming election will run to a second ballot. The issue will then be not which candidate receives an absolute majority of the votes, but which receives the largest number of votes. As between Herrn Luther and Marx, the former will be most likely to win for stated reasons, especially as he will promise to uphold the Republican Constitution...