Word: republicanized
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...more than 6000 votes--the Edwards poll being 61,393. A good many Democrats seem to have acquired what might be described as the William-Jennings-Bryan habit, for 46,448 ballots register him as first choice, and 29,906 as second choice, though 2524 of these are Republican votes...
...nominating Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio as Republican candidate for the Presidency the Chicago Convention selected a man not of accomplishments but of possibilities. In spite of his rise from printer's devil to newspaper owner in spite of his honorable record as legislator, lieutenant-governor, and United States senator from a pivotal state, Mr. Harding's name is not distinguished by any title of achievement. In his ability to make friends, to deliver a telling speech, and to follow unerringly the spirit and the letter of sound Republican doctrine, Senator Harding is without a rival, and insofar...
Senator Harding's running mate is a horse of another color. Equally inconspicuous a few years since, Calvin Coolidge stands forth today as the dominant personality on the Republican ticket. Of ancient New England stock, a shrewd, calculating country lawyer, "Honest Cal" has become in the person of "the silent man on Beacon Hill" a national figure. His telegram to Samuel Gompers, his second inaugural speech, have stamped him as more than an able politician. He has proved himself a vigorous statesman...
After the fourth ballot the Republican Convention adjourned until 10 A. M. this morning with its candidate for the Presidency as doubtful as it has been since the first delegate headed for Chicago...
...Johnson forces are still very much to be reckoned with. The Californian bad boy of the convention had 140 votes in spite of a nominating speech that was anything but a success. As a Republican nominee for the Presidency Johnson is now out of the question, but as a source of trouble his position is pregnant with possibilities. The Root plank which carried the convention over the critical period of the platform discussion, has aroused rather than soothed the unpleasant memories of eight years ago. Johnson supporters are men of well-defined attitude and it is not likely that they...