Word: republicanism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Professing to serve party before self, Candidate Reed last week stormed afresh at the G. O. P. in speeches through the South. At the university town of Chapel Hill, N. C., he cried: "Senator Borah and the insurgents are all that are left of the soul of the Republican Party in Washington! Have you ever heard from Coolidge or from any member of the Cabinet any protest against the present iniquities? The entire crowd is tainted...
Maine, famed national political bellwether, last week chose, without instructing, its 15 delegates to the Republican convention. The 15 met straightway and telegraphed their support, "loyal," "unswerving," to Candidate Hoover...
Michigan followed with a primary giving Mr. Hoover the preference votes of its 33 Republican delegates. It was remembered that Mr. Hoover led in the Democratic primary in Michigan in 1920. But last week Alfred Emanuel Smith was the choice of the Michigan Democrats...
...Washington, Hooverites started forming a Committee of One Thousand. Of the 237 Republicans in the House of Representatives, 110 signed up. At least 20 of the 48 Senate Republicans were expected to sign. The Hooverizing petition said: "We have been fortunate in President Coolidge. We must have in his successor, through the Republican Party, an assurance of continuity, stability and national progression...
When he reached the platform in Gray Chapel, on the Campus of Ohio Wesleyan University, all Delaware was massed in the seats. Marching clubs were milling about. The "President-making" Republican Glee Club of Columbus sang the late Mrs. Harding's favorite song, "The End of a Perfect Day." Senator Willis, feeling though not recognizing the start of a cerebral hemorrhage, muttered to his wife that he needed air. He walked across the platform, staggered through the door, fell into the arms of his secretary, Charles A. Jones...