Word: republicans
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...next important matter was the appointing of the investigating committee. This the resolution had placed in the hands of the Vice President. It was considered a ticklish problem and it was freely predicted that Mr. Dawes would seek advice from the regular Republicans. He did not. The next day he announced his selection: Regular Republicans, Wadsworth of New York and Reed of Pennsylvania; Progressive Republican," LaFollette of Wisconsin; Democrats, Robinson of Arkansas and Bruce of Maryland. The two regular Republicans are considered among the abler young Republicans. LaFollette is indubitably Progressive; in fact he is the only Republican...
...Only slightly less remarkable than the touch of magic by which, on the stage, a live rabbit emerges from an egg omelet is the sudden transformation of the Hon. J. Thomas Heflin, of Alabama, from a fiery foe of the interests, an implacable enemy of the Republican party, the unwavering opponent of the Administration, the chief oratorical exponent of progressive Democracy, into a co-worker with Mr. Coolidge, a supporter of Mr. Mellon, a helpful aide to the harassed Smoot, a floor manager for the Administration...
Pennsylvania is a Republican state−just as solid as the Democratic solid South. Hence all these men are Republicans. In the background who are the powers? There is Andrew Mellon (he could have a whole fleet of yachts). There is also his nephew, William L. Mellon. There is Ralph Beaver Strassburger (he married into the Singer Sewing Machine family). There is J. R. Grundy, President of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association. There is also in the background (so far as this year's Senatorial contest is concerned) Senator David Aiken Reed, also worth a few millions. But the three candidates...
First there is Senator George Wharton Pepper, who wants reelection. He is probably worth more than a million. He has the support of Mr. Mellon and Senator Reed. His is day. He is a staunch Administration man. He will have part of the regular Republican vote, part of the highbrow vote...
...third is Representative William Scott Vare of Philadelphia, another millionaire. He announced his candidacy a day after Mr. Pinchot. He is variously known as the boss or leader of Philadelphia Republicanism. He announced himself as the "Wet Hope" of Pennsylvania. He will have the Republican machine with him, at least in the eastern part of the state. In the western part the Mellons may swing the organization for Pepper. But Vare hopes to take compensation out of Pinchot's vote. He declared: "I shall be opposed by two candidates who would maintain the extreme rigor of the Volstead law. Enforcement...