Word: republicanized
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...situation lasted all Spring. The Democrats stoutly filibustered against the Appropriation Bill. The Lieutenant Governor presiding over the Senate, being an elective officer, was a Democrat. He aided the Democrats, by refusing to recognize Republican Senators. One morning last week, as the Senate was about to open, and the Lieutenant Governor was walking up the aisle, the President pro tem of the Senate, a Republican, mounted the rostrum and attempted to call the meeting to order and proceed with the Appropriation Bill. As the reading clerk began to read, a Democratic Senator snatched the Bill from his hands. A general...
When the Chamber had been aired and deliberations resumed, several Republican members were absent. The Lieutenant Governor ordered the High Sheriff to arrest them. He went and came back without them?producing a physician's certificate stating they were unable to attend...
Next morning all the Republicans except one had disappeared. That one was on hand to see that no action might be taken since there was no quorum. The Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee announced that he had advised the Republican Senators to leave the State, to escape "probable violence" in the Senate...
Said the Sheriff, a Republican: "A doctor certified they were not well enough to attend the Senate sessions, and I shall not attempt to force them to attend until he has certified that they have recovered. If they have left the State, it was without my permission. To search for them I should need additional appropriations...
Most of America's wheat area lies in normally Republican States, while her cotton belt is confined to almost invariably Democratic States. For this reason, a slump in cotton usually leads to strenuous attempts in behalf of cotton by the Democratic party, while wheat depression means disaffection in the Republican ranks...