Word: ralstons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...With Charles F. Murphy (Tammany), and Roger Sullivan (Illinois), Tom Taggart in 1912 manoeuvred so as to control apparently the balance of power in the famed Baltimore Convention, to the academic Mr. Wilson's distaste. Indicted in 1915 for election frauds, he nevertheless was appointed Senator by Governor Ralston the next year to fill the unexpired term of Senator Shively. Again in 1924 politicians journeyed to French Lick Springs for a "chat" with old Tom, who was then endeavoring to secure for the late Senator Ralston the Democratic presidential nomination...
...third primary of this election year. There were 13 Representatives involved (ten Republicans, three Democrats) and all of them were renominated. There are two Senators coming up for re-election-Senator Watson for six years, Senator Arthur R. Robinson, appointed some months ago to fill the late Senator Ralston's unexpired term (TIME, Nov. 2), for two years. In the Republican primaries Watson was faced by a young lawyer, Claris Adams, supported by Postmaster General New and others who have no reason for liking Watson. Adams made a whirlwind campaign, excoriating Watson's "sterile statesmanship" and "30 years...
...certain death definitely due to insulin over-dosage has frightened many persons. Quacks and some commercial biological chemists have misled slow-wits by exploiting substitutes. Some physicians have reported poor results from the true product because they had not learned its proper use. (Reported by Dr. John Ralston Williams of Rochester, N. Y., after four years' verification...
...Indiana two Senators will be elected next fall. One of the present Senators, James E. Watson, comes up for re-election for a regular six-year term. The other present Senator, Arthur R. Robinson, was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Ralston in Oct. 1925, and will seek election for the remainder of Mr. Ralston's term, which expires in 1929. For these two posts there are 14 candidates in the two parties, as follows...
Miss Lanphier has been appearing in connection with the "American Venus," in which she is started with Esther Ralston. The picture appeared at the Metropolitan Theatre two weeks ago, and has moved on, so she is now there on the same program with "The Grand Duchess and the Waiter starring Adolphe Menjou. She expressed a wish that she could visit the University, but time would not permit...