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...Heaton is rector of Trinity Parish in Fort Worth, Tex., the only Episcopal parish in the residential section. An element in the parish desired to get control for purposes not entirely spiritual. Failing to dominate the rector, they decided to oust him and last year seized upon his theology as a pretext and charged him with heresy. The Bishop-one Harry Moore-apparently took fright at the storm of protest from beyond the borders of Texas and "quashed" the heresy proceedings on the ground that certain Northern Bishops were as liberal as the rector. But the Bishop left the stigma...
...counsel of Harry M. Daugherty, stepped forward. His report had two interesting features. One was the provision giving women equal representation with men on the National Committee. At this the women delegates went wild. The men expressed approval. The other was a provision giving the National Committee power to oust any committeeman who refused to support the Convention's nominees?a threat for the Wisconsin group if they should turn from Coolidge to La Follette. The roar of approval which this provision produced was as great as that which had followed the clause for equal female representation. Wisconsin sat stolidly...
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...Chamber cannot legally force the President to resign. The Senate is likewise powerless, but, if it should have a two-thirds majority in favor of the President, it can dissolve the Chamber and call for new elections. Even the Senate and the Chamber combined cannot oust Millerand, for he can only be legally turned out of office for high treason. A hostile Parliament would, however, rapidly drive the President to resign voluntarily, for his position would be morally untenable...
...first to suffer. Communist agitators were busy urging the miners to seize the mines and hold them until the employers came to terms. Strikebreakers were employed by the mine owners and had a rough time. At Gelsenkirchen 600 maddened miners' wives rushed the Königsgrube Mine to oust the "blacklegs"; the men fled before their terrible onslaught...