Word: sentiments
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...think we must go back to the 18th Amendment itself and substitute for it a simple grant of power to the Congress. That done, I should hope that the Congress and the States (through the authority of the Congress) could establish in this country, in accordance with local sentiment and desires, some such system as prevails in the Province of Quebec...
...must be very generous. Your committee felt that if it circularized our 44,000 graduates without a preliminary sounding out for large subscriptions, the result would fall so far short that Harvard indifference would be a bitter jest when applied to a subject of such sacred sentiment as a memorial to its dead. Therefore so far we have approached only those who, in our judgment, were able, if they would, to give $5,000 or more, and as yet but few of those. It is our hope to make such progress through special regional committees and generous service of individuals...
...Pepper, Stanfield, Cummins-who has come up for nomination this season has been defeated- four blows at Coolidge prestige. Furthermore it means that Iowa farmers, at least, are aroused because they have not had the kind of farm relief they want-and Congress is likely to judge all farmer sentiment by Iowa, so that the chances of the passage of a farm relief bill before Congress adjourns are greatly increased...
...Sentiment in the meeting seemed almost evenly divided. The officials told the delegates that it would equal a vote of no confidence in their officers if they voted for the Woman's Party. Then the ballot was taken. The Woman's Party was refused admission, 123 to 48. Later the same day the Alliance voted down, 91 to 78, a resolution of the type favored by the Woman's Party...
...have consecrated my life service to the kings of Prussia and the former kaisers. I consider this referendum a great injustice. It shows a lack of sentiment for German traditions...