Word: mckinleyism
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...Only twelve others have lain in state in the Capitol rotunda: Abraham Lincoln, Thaddeus Stevens, Charles Sumner, John A. Logan, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Admiral George Dewey, the Unknown Soldier of World War I, Warren G. Harding, General John J. Pershing, and Robert Taft's father...
TIME and Apostle Benson apparently accept the McKinley-Hoover philosophy of the inequality of man-that the man who uses his hands, whether with a machine or in the soil, should not be considered a participant in the bounty of America. It is conveniently forgotten that the farmer's aid from Government is an infinitesimal fraction of the great bounties bestowed upon manufacturing and business interests from Grant to Hanna and from Lodge to Hoover...
...Much for Mules? In 1896, Presidential Candidate McKinley asked Dawes to handle his campaign funds. Dawes raised and spent the formidable sum of $37562,325.59. From then on, U.S. Presidents got the habit of calling on Charley Dawes. In World War I, he handled the purchase of more than ten million ship tons of supplies for Europe. Under Harding, he was an economizing Director of the Budget, ran his own bureau for almost half of its $225,000 appropriation ("We took our own medicine"). Under Hoover, he served as Ambassador to Britain and helped to draft the Administration...
...club members get more climbing experience," is a bit misleading. Almost all of the men on the trip will be soundly versed in the wiles of mountain climbing, according to club President Harry Francis, who will participate. Francis himself led an expedition to Alaska's 20,000 foot Mt. McKinley last summer...
Almost overlooked in Landy's mile effort was a fine winning performance by 20-year-old Graham Gibson in the 440-yard event. He won the race in 47.8 seconds, just 1.8 seconds off Herb McKinley's world record...