Word: sloganeers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that the subject be brought into the open and voted upon, emphasizes the reluctance of the two major parties to touch the question, and shows confidence in the general belief that the country, however wet in sentiment, will unfailingly give a dry vote. What the opposition needs is a slogan that might convince citizens that the desire for disreputable indulgence is not implied in a vote for a repeal. This, with the exertion of the newspapers might very well blow the Prohibition question into enough of a bugaboo to arouse voters; for it is seen that even the loosely iconoclastic...
...Cambridge, Edward W. Quinn--who prefers to be known as "Eddie" is attempting to win again, for the sixth time, the high office which has been his for ten long years. Charles H. Shea--who prefers to be known as "Charlie"--is running against him, with his campaign slogan "Time for a change." Richard M. Russell, like Shea a member of the City Council, has adopted the war cry of "How about it Eddie? Isn't ten years long enough?" And Ralph Robart, Quinn's opponent two years ago, lets his picture speak for itself. Truly it is a battle...
...years ago since the Dominion Senate was established and for most of that period a movement to "end or mend the Senate" has been an annual slogan of Canadian politics. But the aged Senators have been so tenacious of office that they have resisted every effort at reform; for, without their consent, nothing can be done to change the present constitution of that venerable house...
Last week out of these headquarters issued stacks and stacks of envelopes addressed to alert women Democrats all over the U. S. When each woman Democrat opened her envelope, she learned that what the Democratic Party needs is slogans, mottoes, jingles, limericks, rhymes. They had decided that the way to get slogans, mottoes, jingles, limericks, rhymes, is to have a contest, give prizes. They had decided that the most economical way to raise money for prizes is to charge a fee for entering the contest. They had decided that $100 is fair for first prize in a slogan, motto, jingle...
...first response that the contest committee received, however, was not a slogan, motto, etc. It was a communication from the U. S. Post Office Department...