Word: lowdenism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Lowden. (Mrs. Frank O. Lowden was Florence Pullman...
...refused to take the presidential talk seriously until recently. Five weeks ago, in Manhattan, he put forth his political creed: "That people is governed best which is governed least." Fortnight ago, in Indianapolis he seared the Coolidge administration for acquiesence in the Pennsylvania election corruption. Concerning Frank O. Lowden, he said: "Mr. Lowden is now appearing on the horizon again as the special angel and champion of the farmers. He is about as well qualified for that position as I would be for leader of the angelic choir." Last week Mr. Reed sought to extend his fame as an inquisitor...
...President vetoed the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill. Telegrams swarmed into the White House-most of them congratulated the President; no one threatened to assassinate him. Meanwhile, on a horse in San Marcos Desert Camp, Ariz., sat Frank O. Lowden, farmers' friend and presidential aspirant. Said he: "There is nothing to be said at this time." Others were not so reticent. Governor Hammill of Iowa demanded that the next President be "in sympathy" with agriculture. Sixty-one Iowa legislators petitioned Mr. Lowden to be a candidate. Rabid farm organizations suggested a boycott on Eastern manufactured products. The East, complacent...
...Lowden pats the farmer's back...
...became clear that a farm relief bill?one which he dislikes and Secretary Mellon abhors?was soon to be passed by Congress. If he vetoes it, he will promptly be told that Frank Orren Lowden or Charles Gates Dawes is as likely to be the next President of the U. S. as is Calvin Coolidge. If he signs it, he will be called upon to apologize to New England and "sound businessmen" throughout the land, and will be accused of having lost his character as a strong, silent man. Incidentally, he may find that his signature has been attached...