Word: mellons
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William Scott Vare in Philadelphia bosses the eastern end of the State. Secretary of the Treasury Andrew William Mellon and his nephew William Lorimer Mellon in Pittsburgh administer the western end. When the U. S. Senate refused to seat Mr. Vare, Governor John Stuchell Fisher, a Mellon man, appointed Joseph Ridgeway Grundy of Bristol, arch-lobbyist for the Tariff, active raiser of campaign funds. Long used to dictating to politicians though never before a large officeholder, Mr. Grundy greatly enjoyed his transition and soon regarded himself as the G. O. P. boss of the whole State. An upright Quaker...
...badly Senator Grundy had blundered soon became apparent, at Secretary Mellon's 75th birthday party in Pittsburgh. Mr. Lewis was present. He watched the Mellon leaders offer the governorship over his head to three men, saw each turn it down. Before he left the party, it was made entirely plain to him that he could expect no Mellon support...
Birthday. Andrew William Mellon. Secretary of the Treasury of the U. S.; at Washington. Age: 75. Date: March...
...Republican nomination Secretary Davis will oppose Senator Joseph Ridgway Grundy. He will get no support from his Cabinet colleague and fellow-Pennsylvanian, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew William Mellon, who favors Mr. Grundy's faction of the Pennsylvania G.0.P. But he will have the backing of Philadelphia's William Scott Vare, Senator-reject, whose seat Mr. Grundy now holds. When Mr. Vare withdrew as a senatorial candidate to support Mr. Davis, the Labor Secretary acknowledged the courtesy as follows: "I'm always grateful for the help of any good man." Candidate Davis makes much of the fact...
While many refining companies took the stand of the Messrs. France and Holmes, others, including Standard of California and Associated Oil, agreed to cut refinery runs. The Mellon-controlled Gulf Refining Co. asserted that their gasoline reserves were low, that there was no need for them to cut distillation. In the same vein, Edward G. Seubert of Standard Oil of Indiana said: "We believe the appeal has merit. . . . We are running only sufficient crude to produce gasoline to take care of our current requirements...