Word: mcadoos
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...South Dakota's practice, will select first and second choices to appear on Presidential primary ballots in the Spring. Most of the delegates chosen were uninstructed. In the Republican State Convention it will be a contest between the Hiram Johnson and the Coolidge men; in the Democratic, between McAdoo and Ford supporters; in the Farmer-Labor, between Ford and La Follette. In the Democratic contest, it was reported that McAdoo was sure to be chosen, but most of the reports emanated from the McAdoo camp. It is likely that all the men above named will be placed on the primary...
...Significance. The announcement of the candidacies of Senator Johnson and Mr. McAdoo on the same day is generally, and probably rightly, attributed to the stir that was caused by Mr. Mellon's proposal for a tax cut. The Mellon proposal was one of the most telling political moves of the season, and its reception was a nine days' political wonder; to Hiram Johnson's Presidential ambitions it had more meaning than to William G. McAdoo's, because the proposal is generally considered a feather in Mr. Coolidge's cap, and Mr. Johnson must fight...
...That the bonus can be passed if only part of the tax reduction is made. William G. McAdoo suggested an issue of 50-year bonds to finance the bonus. He calculated that these bonds could be retired by an annual outlay of about $90,000,000. John Thomas Taylor, Vice Chairman of the National Legislative Committee of the American Legion, advocates the bonus bill which will be introduced in the next Congress by Representative Green of Iowa, which it is estimated would cost an average of about $87,000,000 over a period of 44 years...
...McAdoo. Mr. Taggart is President of the French Lick Springs Hotel Co.; the charms of the resort -its healthful climate and salubrious waters - attracted the others. Probably for like reason Ralph Pulitzer, publisher of Manhattan's most virulently Democratic newspaper, The New York World, was also at the watering place...
Deep and profound remarks were absent from Mr. William G. McAdoo's admission that he would be a candidate for the Democratic Presidential nomination next year. (See page 1.) Nevertheless he delivered himself of some opinions...