Word: meekness
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...other hotly contested elections, incumbent Democrat Paul Douglas won a qualified concession from his isolationist opponent in Illinois, Joseph Meek...
...Illinois, Democratic Senator Paul Douglas is sure to run ahead of Republican Candidate Joseph Meek in Cook County (Chicago and its suburbs), but Douglas will need a margin of 150,000 there to carry the state...
...twist. He charged that a "virtual blueprint for socializing America" had been "found in the files when we came to Washington . . ." That night he huddled with Newspaper Publisher John S. Knight, argued that Knight should throw his Chicago Daily News behind the candidacy of Illinois' Joe Meek. All he got was a maybe, but Knight promised to use his Akron Beacon Journal to support Ohio Senatorial Candidate George Bender...
Next day, with Meek trailing along, Nixon spoke at Peoria, Champaign and Rock Island, Ill. Encouraged by what seemed to be an upswing in Meek's campaign against Democrat Paul Douglas, Nixon exhorted the G.O.P. machine to greater efforts. To a crowd of Peoria Republicans he said: "Take off the next ten days. Talk to your friends and neighbors. It will be the best days you ever spent. We've all got to work...
...under the Republican banner, however, Mr. Eisenhower has picked up some rather seedy traveling companions. The last two years have shown that there is more stretch in the name Eisenhower than in most, but it can't begin to cross the ideological chasm that separates Clifford Case from Joe Meek...