Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Thomas E. Rush, 60, famed Tammany insurgent politician, one-time (1923-26) president of the National Democratic Club; from double pneumonia; in Manhattan...
...judiciary to the merits of the individual trees of the forest. The English Cabinet System, disclaiming the principle of checks and balances upon which the Sacco-Vanzetti defense is appealing to the Governor, nevertheless guards against too close a perspective by mingling expert under-secretaries with non-expert politician in administering its public business...
...committeewoman from Illinois, daughter of the late Senator Mark A. Hanna, widow of the U. S. Senator from Illinois) addressed Westchester County women in the Hotel Commodore, Manhattan, for 15 minutes. Then she said: "I am sorry but I am going to faint," toppled into the arms of a politician beside her, was carried from the room. Mrs. McCormick soon recovered...
Less brilliant, more statistical than M. Tardieu's new book is a detailed analysis* of U. S. institutions by Andre Siegfried, Professor at the School of Political Sciences, Paris. He says of President Coolidge: "Small, uninspiring . . . dislikes games, prefers prosaic walks . . . skillful politician . . . eager to do what is right." Of the Governor of New York, Alfred E. Smith, Professor Siegfried thinks: "Excellent Governor . . . born in the slum quarters . . . prestige mainly owing to his origin...
...under his belt, when a brown-eyed girl, whom he later married, told him to give up "that stuff forever." Then, said he, "I saw the bright lights of all the great cities of the world go pale. . . . And I saw a country town, a country weekly, a country politician, with all the large leisure and golden opportunity for decency, comfort, usefulness and prosperity looming up before me as a career." Charles Michael Schwab (steel) visited West Point, entered the mess hall, saw the cadets were hungry, patted his pocket and said: "I have a speech here I planned...