Word: quashing
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...assumption of this attitude by the A. T. & T. Co., tended to quash several ambitious dreams by minor politicians of coming noisily to the rescue of "the people" against "the monopoly interests." If the A. T. & T. Co. had stated its attitude more clearly at the start, much of the recent tempest in a teapot over the threatened "radio monopoly" might have been avoided...
...merciless ex-Governor is a friend of the millionaire reformer. He calls on Meyer. Judge Martin Hussing of the Superior Criminal Court died the night before. Meyer agrees to quash the case in return for a certificate of appointment naming Meyer Hirsch to fill the unexpired term of Judge Hussing. "Meyer Hirsch, Judge of the Superior Criminal Court...
First the Walton attorneys asked for ten days more in which to prepare their case. It was denied. They asked for the privilege of demanding of each Senator whether he is a member of the Ku Klux Klan. It was denied. They moved to quash the impeachment charges. It was denied. They filed demurrers to 14 of the 22 counts. One after another the demurrers were voted down. The actual procedure of the trial was then...
...Congress passed the Esch-Cummins railroad bill last February it eliminated the anti-strike provision because of the protests of the union leaders that such action was not only un-American but unnecessary inasmuch as the railroad brotherhoods were responsible organizations. They maintained that the Big Four unions would quash any strike but those entered upon only after the greatest deliberation and after every means of arbitration and peaceful settlement had been exhausted. On the strength of this assertion the anti-strike provision was abandoned. Today the country is inconvenienced--tomorrow it may be strangled--by an outlaw strike...
...connection with the proposed plan of universal military service there arises the dual question of principle and detail which must be satisfactorily solved before we venture farther into so uncertain a project. Among those pacifists who make it a point to quash every scheme of national defense which savors of compulsion or armament, whether or not such a course be in fact an expedient one, no proposal concerning military service will ever enjoy widespread support. We should remember, however, that so long as the possibility of war in the future exists, no matter how pleasing the prospect or how buoyant...