Word: johnson
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Hiram Johnson's candidacy advanced with the delivery of his first important speech in Chicago and by the appointment of his campaign manager...
...Chicago utterance was heralded as a "keynote speech." Senator Johnson denied it afterwards. The principal points of his speech were...
...domestic matters Mr. Johnson favored...
...Very mild," commented Washington on Mr. Johnson's speech, "unexpectedly mild...
...Johnson's choice of a campaign manager was not unexpectedly mild. He chose Frank H. Hitchcock, who belongs to the tooth-and-nail school of campaign management. He conducted Taft in 1908 (and was Postmaster General in Taft's Cabinet) ; he conducted Hughes in 1916; and he conducted Leonard Wood on an expensive trip to the Convention in 1920. He is known as a specialist in Southern delegates, and there should be a keen duel between him and C. Bascom Slemp for the delegations from the South? although there will not be so much to quarrel over since the Southern...