Word: republicanism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...formal statement he said: "Under the leadership of President Coolidge, the record of the Republican Party has been such as to entitle it to the confidence of the nation. It enjoys that confidence, but the people will unquestionably give us a new grant of power if they are satisfied that the policies, principles and wise administrative practices which have given economy and efficiency in government, and brought prosperity and contentment to the people, are to be continued...
...packing his playthings for some more pleasant intrigue in a different country where the parental authority would not be so very stern. He thought of America, but that was very far away and he wanted to be near his cherished Rumanian throne. France was not particularly friendly; neither was republican Germany: Soviet Russia was not at all to his taste. Some small country was more congenial, and he found the very one in Belgium...
...first time in 27 years, a Negro was going to Congress. In Chicago, Mayor William Hale ("Big Bill") Thompson directed the selection of one of his Negro ward bosses, a large, greying "race man" of somewhat Thompsonian demeanor, to succeed the late Martin Barnaby Madden as the Republican nominee for U. S. Representative from Chicago's largely Negroid First District...
...Another cause of unrest in Southern bosoms was the defeat of Senator Fess, Republican Keynoter, for delegate-at-large in the Ohio primary last month, by E. W. B. Curry, a Negro. Mr. Curry stood fifth in the slate of seven delegates for Candidate Hoover, which defeated a Willis slate headed by Senator Fess...
Just now we are faced with the apparent necessity of voting for the Republican or Democratic nominee. Herbert Hoover may or may not be an efficient secretary of commerce; we do know, however, that he sat silent in the very cabinet that nursed the foulest national scandal in our history. That Al Smith is a regular feller and a good governor, we won't deny; but exactly what he stands for, no one has yet been able to discover...