Word: republicanized
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Foreword had gone about that the Democratic platform would be much shorter than the Republican. Instead it turned out to be of about equal length?perhaps a little longer. Whereas the Republicans took 24 hours to prepare their platform?although much of it was practically prepared in advance ?the Democrats spent four days on their platform, largely because of differences over the League and Klan planks...
...following summary of the Democratic platform gives assertions in ordinary roman type; promises in italics. Beneath each plank in parenthesis is a condensation of the corresponding Republican plank, if any. Words and phrases of the originals are preserved as much as possible...
Principles. Democrats stand for equal opportunity for all; Republicans for special privilege. The Democratic Party stands for remedial legislation and progress. The Republican party stands still...
Cotton is so high that even Democrats can find nothing there to quarrel about. Wheat's recent rise is cementing the Republican hold on the Northwest farmers, and dooming third-party and Democratic efforts in that region. The rise in wheat has not been due to mere manipulation. Some months ago Stock Operator Livermore remarked frequently upon its strong "statistical position." So far, there is an estimated world shortage of 300 million bushels in the 1924 wheat crop, 200 million of it in this country. Meanwhile consumption of wheat all over the world has exceeded expectations. European buying...
...Democratic Party can join the Republican outfit in a suicide pact by ignoring the Ku Klux Klan issue...