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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Chief political figure on the anti-export side stood former Governor Ralph Owen Brewster (1925-29). No good friends are ex-Governors Brewster and Baxter. More than once has Baxter accused Brewster of being a Ku Kluxer. More than once has Brewster implied that Baxter is dull if not dreadful. Each hopes to succeed Maine's Senator Arthur Robinson Gould in next year's election. These two sunk their teeth into the power export bill and pulled in opposite directions. Last week Maine defeated power export by a majority of some 10,000 votes in 125,000 cast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Maine Votes | 9/23/1929 | See Source »

Governor Smith, in answer to a published letter from Mr. Hearst from San Simeon, Calif.: "Mr. Hearst's entire statement is a lie and I will prove it. He says that '. attacked the Mayor as a Ku Kluxer. That is a wicked, premeditated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Father Knickerbocker | 9/14/1925 | See Source »

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