Word: republican
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Through bewilderment, perversity, or both, Wisconsin's voters turned out last week to give Coalitionist Henry the Democratic nomination by a wide margin over New Dealer Fox, Republican Heil the Republican nomination by a still wider margin over Mr. Henry. Governor La Follette, weakly opposed by a Socialist in his own primary, won a respectable 4-to-1 victory. Although the failure of the coalition to jell gave him the advantage of another three-cornered fight in November, a new obstacle to his unprecedented fourth term appeared when the Republicans outpolled the Progressives by 60,000 votes, regained momentarily...
...Charles F. Hurley, since he succeeded Mr. Curley in the State House two years ago, had been exercising an unusual talent for repelling people and making enemies. His downfall was forecast when he failed to put over a $23,625,000 fund for his Highway Department last June. The Republican Legislature, fuming because he kept it in session most of the summer, finally voted only $5,000,000 and placed it beyond his control. Meanwhile, sly Mr. Curley had been smiling his devious smile, filling his campaign chest, promising jobs to Massachusetts' 400,000 unemployed. When more than...
Victorious by 4-to-3 over the discredited incumbent. Warren L. Bishop, was boyish, clean-cut Robert F. ("Bob") Bradford, Republican reform candidate for district attorney of Middlesex County (TIME, Sept. 19). His Democratic counterpart, clean-cut, boyish Thomas H. ("Tom") Eliot, running against four Irishmen, narrowly won nomination for the House...
...added a chapter to depression economic philosophy. Before a meeting of the National Association of Securities Commissioners in Kansas City, husky SEC Lawyer Chester Lane read a speech that Commissioner Frank had written, a speech that excited comment in financial circles, drew even an approving nod from the arch-Republican New York Herald Tribune...
...impromptu pressure group felt that if it could persuade Curley to assume a definitely liberal stand it could spike the Republican Liberal guns under Leverett Saltonstall '14, former speaker of the state House of Representatives...