Word: mcadoos
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...McAdoo severed his connections with Mr. Doheny...
...Florida a quietus was apparently put upon the hopes of Senator Underwood when Mr. McAdoo carried the state primary. In every southern state, except Alabama, McAdoo has vanquished his rival. What hope was left for the Alabaman...
...features of the McAdoo victory in Florida was the election by a large vote of William J. Bryan as a McAdoo delegate. Counting Mr. Bryan, McAdoo men asserted that they would have 614 votes on the first ballot at the Democratic Convention. They even talked of nomination by the tenth bal lot. But the nomination of any one so early in the procedure was hardly a safe prediction...
...would react to the disadvantage of the Republican candidate, because Republican campaign funds are always the largest. But the Republicans had no love to waste upon Mr. Coolidge. On the other hand?if he should happen to be tne Democratic nominee?it would probably also react on Mr. McAdoo, who has conducted an elaborate pre-conventlon campaign that must have cost a "mint" of money, not to mention promises of patronage. As for Senator La Follette, if he becomes a third party candidate, the investigation will work entirely to his advantage: he will not have the resources of the regular...
William G. McAdoo chose for his nominator former Senator James D. Phelan of California. The significance of the choice was interpreted as: 1) a bid for wet support, since Mr. Phelan, when in Congress, was an advocate of light wines and beers; 2) a bid for anti-Ku Klux Klan support, since Mr. Phelan is a Catholic...