Word: long
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...takes courage to vote the Republican ticket, . . . what else but courage could we expect from the descendants of the men who for four long, weary years fought against ever-increasing odds with the hope of victory slowly diminishing for what they believed was right...
Nominee Hoover's secretary, George Akerson, sent Governor Bilbo a long, long telegram last week. He protested that Governor Bilbo, if quoted correctly in the press, had made "the most indecent and unworthy statement in the whole of a bitter campaign." The reported Bilboasm was to the effect that, on one of his Mississippi flood-relief trips, Mr. Hoover had "got off the train at Mound Bayou, Miss., and paid a call on a colored woman there and later danced with her." "That statement is unqualifiedly false," declared Secretary Akerson. "I was with Mr. Hoover every hour...
...exits before the Nominee finished adducing details to prove his point. This was, perhaps, just as well for the Nominee, because many of his details were ill-chosen, incorrect. That the main point was felt and resented in Washington was seen next day when Secretary Mellon issued a long parrying statement which knocked most of the Smith details, though not the main point, out of court...
...there, the Salt Creek oil scandal had broken, involving National G. O. P. Chairman Work and Attorney General Sargent with Oilman Harry Ford Sinclair and politics (see p. 7). People were waiting to hear what the chief Democrat would say about that. They heard that he was telephoning long distance to Senator Walsh of Montana, the Democratic oil inquisitor...
Indiana. The trip through Indiana was informal but not speechless. There were hatwavings and handshakings at Kankakee and Lafayette. At Indianapolis, the Nominee made a short outdoor speech and visited State Boss Thomas Taggart in a hospital where, unfortunately for the Brown Derby, he has long been confined. Nevertheless, sick Boss Taggart whispered: "You'll win Indiana...