Word: padlock
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...decision of Mr. Emory Buckner, the new United States District Attorney in the New York district, to "padlock" restaurants selling liquor involves more issues than that of prohibition enforcement. Aside from the question of constitutionality, the extension of injunctions to cover this special field may bring all injunctions into disrepute...
Senator Willis, big Ohio Republican, proposed an amendment to restrict passage of residents of Canada and Mexico across the borders. "What does it amount to," cried he, "to shut and padlock the front door and leave the back door open?" The Senate, 60 to 12, refused to recognize the force of his interjection. Said Pennsylvanian Reed: "This is absolutely unnecessary.* This is unwise if we are to pay any atten- tion to the Pan-American idea." And Senator Fess (from Ohio, like Mr. Willis) cautioned: "It will disturb our relations."; New Mexican Bursum added : "We had $200,000,000 trade...
...religious nature. The conditions of the Concordat of 1851, which regulated the relation of the Church and State in Spain and which laid down that only three religious orders J were to be established, were broken and friction occurred with the Vatican. In 1910 a measure known as the Padlock Bill was passed by the Cortes and recognized by the Pope. This bill prohibited the establishment of any more orders in Spain. In 1912 it lapsed but was prolonged by instruction to the Bishops from the Pope, though the Cortes (Spanish Parliament) tried to abrogate it. Since then relations between...
...entry of America into the War. But he changed suddenly. I didn't. He was elected President for keeping us out of War. I was sentenced to ten years for trying to do the same thing. I refused to allow the United States Government to put a padlock on my lips. I had rather a thousand times be a man without a country than a man without a character...