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...Wood (Republican) and Arkansas's Will A. Oldfield (Democrat)-each predicted, as a matter of course, that their partisans throughout the land would win or retain enough seats to control the U. S. House of Representatives in the 71st Congress. The effect of these campaigns upon the presidential result is almost nil. except in special cases. In allegedly wavering Florida, the last minute efforts of Ruth Bryan Owen, daughter of the Great Commoner, Democratic candidate for Congress, will doubtless help the Brown Derby. Similarly effective, for Hooverism, has been and will be Ruth Hanna McCormick in faction-ridden Illinois...
...Samuel J. Tilden had a clear majority of the popular vote cast in 1876. and a majority of the electoral vote until the honest result was nullified by the infamous report made by a 'returned board' manipulated by the Republican national administration...
...Briand added an amazing postscript, rumors of which gave rise to the suspicion that Britain and France had concluded a formal entente. Briand's postscript : "Whatever the result, even should our hopes prove illusory, the two Governments would none the less be under the urgent obligation to act in concert either to ensure success by other means or to adopt a common policy so as to deal with the difficulties which would inevitably arise...
Republicans said that she thus expressed what would be the most general result of her husband's speech. They took comfort from an editorial in LaFollette's Magazine by Youngest Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin, to whom Senator Norris is a political foster-father. Senator LaFollette flayed Nominee Hoover and said : "Governor Smith has made public declarations and definite commitments which are in substantial accord with the progressive view on water power, farm relief, the in junction in labor disputes, corruption in the public service and abuse of the presi dential power in Nicaragua." But he did not actually...
...next score was the result of a single play which netted 60 yards. T. F. Mason '30 flipped a 25 yard forward to Putnam who ran the remaining 35 yards across the goal. Once again his kick was successful...