Word: republicanized
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that have been adopted as the official flag of Germany, cling politically to the old black-white-red of the Empire. They are mainly haters of Socialists, pacifists, and all internationalists; patriots and "reactionaries." At the annual students' congress held in Berlin in August of the present year, the republican students formed only a trifling majority...
...these reservations the United States will become, to all intents and purposes, a full member of the World Court. As an international event, this move is of moment. As a political accomplishment, it presents a nice problem. The adherence has been promulgated under a resolution requested by a Republican president, introduced by a Democratic senator, sponsored by a non-partisan majority, and opposed by an irregular Republican minority. Does the act but fulfill the old Republican promise of 1920? Does it vindicate the leadership of Calvin Coolidge? Or does it split his party irreparably? Does it end an old battle...
Motives. Most of the regular Republicans voted not to seat Mr. Nye. A small group of Democrats, a group which it was estimated are inclined to adhere closely to their legal opinions, did likewise. The bulk of the Democrats, the Insurgent Republicans and Progressives voted to seat Mr. Nye. There was much said about the real motives as distinct from the arguments openly advanced. It was said: 1) that the regular Republicans did not want another insurgent to disturb the narrow Republican margin of control; 2) that most of the Democrats wanted Mr. Nye for that very reason; 3) that...
...Arguments Pro. The forces for the settlement were led by Representative Crisp of Georgia (Democrat), Representative Burton of Ohio (Republican), who are both members of the Ways and Means Committee and of the Debt Funding Commission, and by Representative Ogden L. Mills of New York, one of the financial experts on the Committee. The argument they presented for the agreement was simple: Italy is bankrupt; these are the best terms we can get; this is all that Italy can pay. Representative Mills turned to the opposition with the declaration that the average income of the Italians is less than...
...President's ultimatum had more than a warlike reputation to support it. Persistent rumors of a dictatorship under Chancellor Luther, Foreign Minister Stresemann, and Dr. Schacht, President of the Reichsbank, expedited the truce of warring factions. A rasping voice and a hint of a Roman triumvirate drove the Republican parties to agree that they might preserve their right to disagree...