Word: republicanized
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Jennings, former train robber, ex-evangelist, onetime politician and lately realtor of Venice, Calif., testified that he had had conversations with the late Jake Hamon, Republican National Committeeman from Oklahoma, in which Hamon had said: 1) that he bought the nomination of Harding in 1920 for $1,000,000; 2) that the late Senator Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania had received $250,000; 3) that Will Hays, Harry Daugherty and another man had each had $25,000; 4) that the New York delegation had been "very expensive"; 5) that Hamon had expected to become Secretary of the Interior and that...
...liable to a fine of $100 to $1,000 or 30 days to a year in jail, or both. If each refusal to testify is considered as a separate offense he would be liable to ten times the penalty. ¶ The new member of the Committee, Senator Spencer, Republican of Missouri, proved a Tartar, carrying the war of words into the Democratic camp and clashing with Senator Walsh of Montana. To the attempts of Senator Walsh to attach the Republican National Committee to the oil scandal by means of its campaign contributions, Senator Spencer countered by subpenaing officials...
...rates (maximum surtax 371/2%) by the original Mellon rates (maximum surtax 25%). This was done by vote of 8 to 7. Two members of the Committee were absent. One of them, Senator LaFollette, would have voted with the Democrats against the change. The other, Senator Medill McCormick of Illinois, Republican, was classified as "uncertain." In their double absence, however, the thing was done. Of course, the decision is far from final- on the floor of the Senate much the same situation will exist-a combination of insurgent Republicans with Democrats, which may result in the surtax being raised again...
Woodrow Wilson must be President In Savannah last week, George Harvey, now a Republican, said the strongest Democratic ticket would be: For President, Senator Robinson, of Arkansas ; for Vice President, Governor Silzer, of New Jersey...
...Republican Club of Massachusetts will give a dinner in honor of President Coolidge at 6.45 on April 16 at Symphony Hall. All members of the Harvard Republican Club, whether graduates, undergraduates, or members of the faculty, are invited. Prominent men, whose names have not yet been announced, will make speeches...