Word: republicanisms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When Dr. Seward. dry Republican candidate for the governorship in New York, withdrew from the race, the most populous state of the union was abandoned to most, politicians. His resignation throws a wine-colored light not only on the election but, more important, on the coming prohibition referendum, the result of which the Republican candidates are pledged to uphold...
...deek. The Prohibition party, as an institution, has already sunk, below the voting strength legally, necessary to maintain itself a political entity. Already, the Democratic party has hinted at an ardent wet, Governor Ritohic of Maryland, as its 1928 candidate for President. And on their side the Republican drys of New York show signs of fatigue...
...speak French, the language in which the Council is ordinarily conducted. Thereupon Foreign Minister Benes of Czechoslovakia, the retiring chairman, was called upon to preside and the Council took up an innocuous matter-acceptance of a bronze bust of Woodrow Wilson proffered by one Robert J. Caldwell, rich Manhattan Republican and an official of the League of Nations Non-partisan Association...
Those who held the Office successfully throughout the week were adherents of Dictator Kondylis. Early in the week Colonel Zeryas, commander of the Republican Guard which had been supporting General Kondylis, strode into the new Dictator's office and demanded tangible spoil for himself and his men as their wages for deserting General Pangalos. Dictator Kondylis refused the Colonel's demand. Colonel Zervas, vexed, grew purple, spat in the General's face, cried: "I made you Dictator and I can unmake...
Within a few hours Colonel Zervas and the Republican Guard were advancing upon Athens with two tanks. Ammunition stored in one of the tanks exploded, killing its crew and several bystanders. A pitched battle in which some 50 persons were killed ensued up and down the Kifissia Boulevard. At last Dictator Kondylis announced from the justly suspected telegraph office: "Athens is quiet, and the situation is well in hand." A subsequent despatch told of reports that the Royalist leader Colonel Plastiras was marching upon Athens with intent to coup...