Word: pureness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Whether it was because Stearns and Butler came from his native habitat, because he naturally leaned toward their type, or because he considered it the part of wisdom to seek such assistance, Mr. Coolidge associated himself with this busino-political rather than a pure-political group. One of the first fruits of this general policy was the antagonism which developed between Congress and the President. The next in importance was the revolt which led to the nomination of General Dawes for Vice President...
Butler let it be known that he had picked Senator Borah for that place? an error in strategy which gave the Old Guard, pure-political faction, an open-ing for revolt, a chance in the confusion to seize the power which had been taken from them. Slemp was at hand and in no sympathy with Mr. Butler's futile efforts at the last minute to swing the nomination to Judge Kenyon, Representative Burton or Secretary Hoover. The Old Guard, resenting Butler's domination and doubtless with the comfort if not the abetment of Slemp, seized the first candidate...
...political spirit of the ticket. Dawes differs greatly from the Coolidge type: the Republican candidates may well be dubbed "Cautious Cal and Charging Charlie." Yet Mr. Dawes does not fly the flag of politics above the pennants of all other considerations. His very vigor is a challenge to the pure-political school of leaders...
...this Mr. Foster might have replied with great point: "We don't want a pure Communist organization nor a pure Communist platform because it will serve us better to control a party which might get many non-communist votes?on that account we would have liked to ride on the tail of Mr. LaFollette's kite. It would give us an opening and make a better impression in Moscow...
...probation is intended as punishment, pure and simple, then let us admit that Princeton has not progressed beyond the high school stage and that its authorities still feel required to deal with the undergraduates as one disciplines a recalcitrant school boy. If probation is intended as a warning, as an incentive to study, then the present system is a lamentable failure. The psychology of offering a man eligibility in return for improvement in the classroom cannot be denied...