Word: senatorship
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...Thank God that, so far as Pennsylvania is concerned, money will not be able to buy the Senatorship in that great State...
...rage over the result on the part of the reactionary element of the party in California knew no bounds. They realized that in their efforts to defeat Governor Johnson for the senatorship, and to use Mr. Hughes against him, they had only defeated Mr. Hughes, for Governor Johnson was elected U. S. Senator by a large majority, while Hughes failed to carry the state...
...campaigned was in his letter accepting Alanson Bigelow Houghton's resignation as British Ambassador. The President said:". . . I need not tell you how much I shall feel the loss of your services . . . even though it is to be followed by a continuation of your public life in the Senatorship of the State of New York." Choice of a successor to Mr. Houghton was delayed, perhaps to see what Senators, speechmakers and onetime ambassadors would be available after the election...
Explaining further, the Chief Justice declared that if the Act had specified merely "persons" instead of "fit and qualified persons" the Supreme Court would have been obliged to rule that all human beings, including women, criminals and the insane, should be eligible for Canadian Senatorship...
...reported that the political circles of California have been mildly agitated, at any rate "given something to think about" as a result of the announcement that a movement is on foot to urge Will Rogers to run against Hiram Johnson for the United States Senatorship. The matter has been brought to public notice as a result of a telegram sent to Rogers by the State Treasurer of California, in which the Treasurer is reported to have assured Rogers of enough support to gain him a seat at Washington. In announcing his action, the official is quoted as saying that Rogers...