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Death has laid a heavy hand on the ranks of Republican Senators during the last year. In March Senator Samuel D. Nicholson of Colorado died; Governor Sweet appointed Alva B. Adams, a " progressive" Democrat, to occupy his seat. In April Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota died; Magnus Johnson, Farmer-Laborite, was elected in his stead. In July Senator William P. Dillingham of Vermont died. His place has not yet been filled, but there is a good chance that the Republicans will not lose another Senator. Last week primaries were held to choose the candidates who will stand in a special...
Meanwhile if the President and the Senate do not see fit to attack the problem at its source, they had best leave well enough alone, however many shouting Magnus Johnsons may leap up in the wheat states. The Northern Pacific and Great Northern Railroads, two of the principal wheat carriers, are already in a shaky financial condition through unprofitable wheat traffic. That the results of lower rates are not viewed with pleasure is known by the fact that the common stock of these companies took a "paid drop of several points on the New York Stock Exchange when the President...
...Received a call from Senator Magnus Johnson from Minnesota, after which the Senator was quoted as having told reporters: "Now boys, I ain't got anything much to say to you now. President Coolidge, he made a fine impression with me. And that's about...
...Critics. William Allen White: "To understand [the U. S. Senators] Brookhart, Shipstead, Magnus Johnson ... La Follette and to understand how this group of intensely practical, indomitable progressives is sure to dominate the politics of the middle western Mississippi Valley during this whole generation ? one must read The Hawkeye...
...will be news to people who think that the League of Nations is composed of Toronto, Rochester, Newark, Jersey City, Baltimore, Reading, Buffalo and Syracuse and that it plays ball. It will be news to people who think that the Esch-Cummins act is in vaudeville and that Magnus Johnson pitches for the Washington ball club, that La Follette makes a hair tonic and that Borah is a wrestler...