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...holder of an office, he is not above paying a call downtown, downstate or even down in Washington. In 1908, when Theodore E. Burton (now a Representative) was unexpectedly elected to the Senate, it was Maurice Maschke who did most of the "leg-work," but so quietly that none realized his power until the votes were counted...
...dropped him. Mr. Maschke elucidated: "Senator Willis' attitude has changed completely since he first talked with me on this matter in my home in November. At that time he said he wanted the compliment of being Ohio's candidate. . . . Since then he has taken the position that none of his delegates can vote for anyone else...
...line and before sunset had caught five fat dolphin, "one of which," remarked an alert news-gatherer, "looked remarkably like Candidate Willis." As a flashing, gamey kingfish was being drawn in on the Hoover line, up swirled a shark and tore the prize away. Some thought, though none would say it, that the shark resembled Candidate Dawes. After three days, Candidate Hoover abruptly stopped fishing, returned to Washington. Candidate Willis was grimly glad, having arranged for Candidate Hoover to appear before the Senate Commerce Committee to be quizzed, by Candidate Willis in person, on flood control. Enroute to Washington, Candidate...
...about Tolerance and "hope for the best at Houston." Mobile, Ala., threatened to waylay the Walker train if he did not stop there. Other eager cities were Winston-Salem, Montgomery, Birmingham. In New York, Candidate Smith pursued his policy of prayerful silence, hoping that Northern Negroes would understand why none of their race can be taken to Houston as delegates; hoping that the South will not mind if National Democratic Chair-man Clem L. Shaver should be ousted and replaced by Mayor Frank Hague of Jer sey City; hoping people noticed, last week, that John William Davis said: "Al Smith...
...yield to none in the establishment of the ideal of sovereignty and independence for each one of the republics, from the greatest to the smallest...