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...Author. Historian, military-theorist, economist, traveler, publicist, parliamentarian, humorist, philosopher, man of letters, parts, action and faith, Hilaire Belloc, 55, Oxford-educated son of a French barrister and a cultured Englishwoman, is (with his friend G. K. Chesterton) a leading British champion of Roman Catholocism...
...their lasting influence. Until the Oxonians demonstrated that a debate could be both pertinent and entertaining, interest in debating and discussion at the University gradually deadened under the crushing weight to crystallized formalism. That the Council is attempting to train a new college generation of speakers in the English parliamentarian is perhaps the best indication of renewed spirit and vision...
...Floor Leader Longworth rose and eulogized Mr. Garrett, who in accordance with tradition, having been minority candidate for Speaker, became minority Floor Leader: "I congratulate the Demo-crats upon their wisdom in selecting their leader. He is courageous, kindly, good-natured, a splendid orator, a fine debater, an expert parliamentarian, and as my friend, Mr. Madden, suggests, preeminently an honorable...
...prospect of more delay in organization. Frederick Huntington Gillett, Speaker of the House during the last two Congresses, is the gentleman at whose expense the game may be played. For the last 30 years, continuously, he has represented the Second District of Massachusetts in Congress, a thoroughly seasoned parliamentarian, valuable to the regular Republicans and not very objectionable to other groups. The Democrats will nominate to run against him, Representative Finis J. Garrett of Tennessee, Democratic floor leader in the last House. His nomination will be purely a matter of form, since the Democrats have no desire to elect...
...present generation of Cecils there are four brothers: the fourth Marquis of Salisbury, Lord President of the Privy Council in the Baldwin Cabinet; Lord William Cecil, Bishop of Exeter; Lord Hugh Cecil, noted Parliamentarian; Lord Robert Cecil, Minister of the Crown in many capacities, whose chief fame rests upon the work he has done in the cause of the League of Nations...