Word: raskobians
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...Republican), one part big business. The religious and prohibition issues were not directly focused by the two dry Protestant candidates in Virginia. The stigma of political irregularity had been allayed by Mr. Raskob's work for the Democracy in 1928; indeed, this stigma was transferred to the anti-Raskobians by their alliance with the Virginia Republicans in this year's primary. But still in the hearts of oldtime Democrats may have rankled a suspicion of Mr. Raskob's millions. Men who voted for William Jennings Bryan could not easily accustom themselves to the Wall Street aspect...
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