Word: republicanized
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Every serious fault of recent legislation and every failure to complete and round out a satisfactory legislative program could and would have been avoided had there been dependable Republican majorities in the Congress. The one certain and assured remedy for such a condition is the election of a Congress, Republican by a goodly majority both in name and in principle...
...tree is known by its fruits; not by the showy flowers of promise or the occasional defect in bud or branch, but by the normal harvest through the running of the years?and the harvest of the Republican party and leadership is faithfully reflected in the matchless growth and fadeless glory of the Republic...
...Republican platform for 1924 was something Democrats looked forward to with avidity. Said they, not only to themselves, but aloud in the public ear: "Coolidge and Congress have been at war. If the platform endorses Coolidge, it must repudiate Congress and vice versa?either way it will be meat...
...Coolidge, was placed in charge of the drafting. From his Committee of some 50 members, 16 were chosen to do the actual construction. First brief public hearings were held. Then the Subcommittee drafted the document. Then the entire Commitee considered and approved it, with minor amendments. Then the Republican Delegates, in convention assembled, formally approved...
...difFerences between the President and the Republican Congressional group were, of course, ignored. As far as possible, they were concealed. In one case, that of the soldier bonus, the difference was compromised by entire refusal to touch on the subject. But on the question of tax reduction?the Mellon plan on which the President took his stand?Mr. Coolidge's position was approved in general terms and the substitute law, which was passed, mildly disapproved. On the question of U. S. entry into the World Court, the platform sanctioned Mr. Coolidge's recommendation for entrance...