Word: speech
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Lobbying is generally supposed to be an attempt to influence the votes of members of a legislative body. Broadly speaking, every magazine article dealing with a public question, every editorial, sermon, or speech that discusses a legislative measure and expresses views with respect to the principle involved in the proposed legislation or the method adopted to put the principle into effect, is an endeavor "to influence legislation." But the special work of a lobbyist is generally supposed to be to exert influence by secret methods and for special compensation. Apparently, you refer to this aspect of the matter when...
Morris Hillquit, the Latvian-born Manhattan lawyer whose political history is that of the U. S. Socialist party since 1888 (when he was 19), made a "keynote" speech attacking the corrupt, reactionary Republicans and Democrats. "Only a party like ours," he said, "can be relied on to cleanse this immense cesspool of political corruption...
...graduate (1911) of Union Theological School, Mr. Thomas used to assist at the Brick Presbyterian Church, Fifth Avenue and 37th Street, Manhattan. Few strikes of any size in or near Manhattan, few free speech fights or Sacco-Vanzetti trials, are conducted without his assistance. In 1924 he was a candidate for Governor of New York...
...Harry A. Mackay, mayor of Philadelphia, creature of the beery Republican machine of U. S. Senator-suspect Vare, took some Congressmen for a tour of the Philadelphia Navy Yard last week. On the way he made a speech, saying: "In Washington they have all the dry members of Congress who make the laws and have legislative authority over the District of Columbia. They could mobilize very easily the greatest force of dry agents in the country. They have the highest administrative authority-the President of the United States-and yet Philadelphia is making a far greater effort than Washington...
Trials for this encounter will be held this afternoon in the New Lecture Hall at 2 o'clock. Although Harvard will uphold the negative side of the question in the debate, candidates for the team will prepare a five minute speech on either side of the question so that they will be acquainted more thoroughly with the various phases of the problem...