Word: republicanisms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...shall be deeply honored by whatever support the people of Ohio may decide to give me at the Republican National Convention. I shall be glad to serve the American people through the Republican party in any way that I can in finding constructive solutions to the many problems which confront our country...
...conviction that I should not strive for the nomination, and my obligations as Secretary of Commerce preclude me from making any personal campaign. I must rely wholly upon my friends in Ohio to conduct it, and to conduct it in a fair manner and with steadfast regard for Republican success in the state and the nation. It is my special desire that expenditure of money shall be strictly limited and rigidly accounted...
...greatest trust which can be given by our people should come to me, I should consider it my duty to carry forward the principles of the Republican party and the great objectives of President Coolidge's policies-all of which have brought to our country such a high degree of happiness, progress and security...
When asked by a CRIMSON reporter why he advocated popular election of federal judges he replied. "Ever since the first Constitutional Convention, the policy of the people has been becoming less and less that of Hamilton, the Conservative, and more and more that of Jefferson, the Republican. With the coming of the national convention of the people for nominating the president, the popular election of senators, the initiative, referendum, and recall the people have been tending toward supreme control of their officials. One of the main things in the way of this progressive movement is the appointment of the federal...
...During the pourparlers Dr. Benes advanced for bargaining purposes an extremely wily contention. He held that the ancient right of the Anointed Habsburgs to make Roman Catholic appointments in their realm had descended "naturally" to the present Republican State...