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...suffered most severely of all Presidential booms because of the disclosure that Mr. McAdoo and his firm had received $150,000 in retainers from Mr. Do-heny. Some Republicans openly celebrated his political funeral. Senator Moses of New Hampshire, asked about McAdoo and oil replied: "De mortuis nil nisi bonum...
With Mr. McAdoo's endorsement the delegates to the meeting adopted the slogan, "Back to honesty." The McAdoo men gave their leader a clean bill of health. Their unanimous opinion was "Nil nisi bonum...
...characterizations needed no explanation in 1884. Perhaps they do now. Blaine was regarded as worldly because of the Credit Mobilier and the "Burn this letter" episode. Cleveland was--well, fleshy; Brisbane's "girthy Princeton person" is remembered. And Butler--well, demortuis nil nisi bonum. Boston Transcript...
...Nisi Prius, Summer Term, May 20th, Anno Domini MCMXII, hor. 2 post meridiem, on Soldiers Field...
...freshman who translated de mortuis nil nisi bonum: "From the dead nothing but bones," has a brilliant career awaiting him in the medical profession...