Word: republicanism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Campaign Expenditures. ". . . The Republican Party, beginning not later than August i, 1928, and every 30 days thereafter-the last publication being not later than five days before the election-will file with the Committees of the House and Senate a complete account of all contributions, the names of the contributors, the amount expended, and for what purposes, and will at all times hold its records and books touching such matters open for inspection...
...galleries wahooed. The stand-pattingest of the standpatters smiled indulgently. At one burst of applause, the young man bowed deeply and said: "It is so unusual for a Republican from Wisconsin to receive applause at a National Republican Convention that I thank you most sincerely." Then, lest politeness detract from potency, he asked that the remark be stricken from the record. But everyone remembered the politeness and before the young man left the platform he had cause to take more bows, hand over heart, actor-fashion. Everyone enjoyed it and the thunderous "No" that soon buried the Minority Platform...
...vital to the welfare of the United States that the Republican party should continue to administer the government...
...elected by my fellow countrymen, I shall give the best within me to advance the moral and material welfare of all our people and uphold the traditions of the Republican party so effectively exemplified by Calvin Coolidge...
...more backbone we might have had a ticket that the whole party would have been proud of. ... I would not give three whoops in hell for the man who only goes along with the tide. I wish . . . we would not have to listen to Vare of Philadelphia name the Republican nominee...