Word: republicanisms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Republican Party we are justified in claiming a major share of the credit for the position which the United States occupies today as the most favored nation on the globe, but it is well to remember that the confidence and prosperity which we enjoy can be shattered, if not destroyed, if this belief in the honesty and sincerity of our government is in any way affected. A continuation of this great public peace of mind now existing, which makes for our material well being, is only possible by holding fast to the plans and principles which have marked Republican control...
...protective tariff as a fundamental and essential principle of the economic life of this nation. . . . We realize that there are certain industries which cannot now successfully compete with foreign producers because of lower foreign wages and a lower cost of living abroad, and we pledge the next Republican Congress to an examination and where necessary a revision [upward], of these schedules...
...William Boyce Thompson, director of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., active Republican, gave $350,000 to Phillips Exeter Academy for science and administration buildings...
...barely possible that; the wily Republican leaders are holding back this asset to spring after Houston has nominated Al Smith. Or maybe Mr. Hoover will retire to the country side to take a few secret lessons from the champion fly-caster of the world. There is even a possibility that the bent pin and the tin can of worms may be called into play at the strategical moment to swing the farmers into line...
Suppose the Democratic nominee should turn out to be a really first rate fisherman. At least, Americans would be treated to a presidential campaign based on fundamental issues Daily, the Republican press would chronicle the piscatorial teats of Messrs. Hoover and Curtis, while the Democratic newspapers would retaliate with even more meticulous accounts of the day's catch of their protegees Pike for pickeral, trout for salmon, the battle would be fought bitterly every inch...