Word: spokesmen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Captain Elect, Ticknor Harvard has the first. All American candidate since the days of C. J. Hubbard '24 and his unanimous choice as captain of the 1930 eleven speaks volumes for the confidence which his teammates spokesmen for the entire undergraduate body have in his ability as a leader and a player. For two years the rangy Crimson center has proven a tower of offensive and defensive strength. His brilliant play this fall has won him the praises of coaches and experts who have watched him and his name has figured on all the "All" teams chosen so far. Ticknor...
...legislative health in it. And the "business or commerce" charge- Mr. Mellon's proximity to oil, steel, aluminum and other corporations-has repeatedly-failed to arouse major excitement for the simple reason that only alarmists have bothered to question Mr. Mellon's integrity. Mr. Mellon's spokesmen in the Senate let the McKellar resolution go through with patient annoyance. They expected the ouster movement would die a quiet death when the Judiciary Committee reports. For ten minutes during this brief session of the Senate, Vice President Curtis presided for the first time in his new capacity...
...addition to these 15 Republicans, there are a few Democrats who, as spokesmen for the minority, are frequently consulted as to what the majority is going to do. The majority does not barge ahead ruthlessly without warning to the minority. If possible all legislative arrangements are worked out amicably in advance-so amicably in fact that oldtime partisanship is on the decline in the House. The three outstanding Democrats besides lame-duck Leader Garrett...
...Spokesmen Hughes and Borah were somewhat impeded in the East, towards the finish, by the popular impetus of Governor Smith's homeland campaigning and by the alertness of the Brown Derby's ablest assistant, the New York World. Editorial Writer Walter Lippmann and Governor Smith managed to draw both the Messrs. Hughes and Borah into side-arguments and self-explanations. Mr. Hughes was nettled to such an extent that he talked about "mudslingers," wisecrack artists" and "calumny...
Alanson Bigelow Houghton, U. S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, whilom (1922-25) Ambassador to Ger many, nominee for the Senate in New York, was third of the G. O. P. spokesmen to plead with Missouri. He went at Nominee Hoover's special request. This request breathed life into one of the most delicate political relations of the season. Soon after Mr. Houghton's mission was announced, arrived a letter from Frank Orren Lowden of Illinois, Nominee Hoover's long-sulking rival for last June's nomination. It was the first utterance of any moment that...