Word: states
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Candidates for state offices had been talking for hours before Nominee Smith arrived. The crowd was not greatly excited by the Smith speech when it proved to be a detailed attack on "Coolidge economy." All those present got the main point: that any great reduction in the cost of running the Government after 1921 was more likely the natural result of the return of the country to a peacetime basis than the phenomenal result of "rigorous" economy. But scores of auditors were sidling through the exits before the Nominee finished adducing details to prove his point. This was, perhaps, just...
James W. Good, Hooverizer of the West, met the Smith invasion with a State-claiming announcement that included even Texas. Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, Republican candidate for Congressman-at-large, diverted some attention with a barbecue at her farm northwest of Chicago, at which 10,000 Republicans consumed six tons of beef and pork, 200 barrels of potatoes, five truckloads of bread. But it was a prime moment for the Brown Derby to be in the heart of the Midlands. Just before he got there, the Salt Creek oil scandal had broken, involving National G. O. P. Chairman Work...
When he spoke, the Nominee made the most of the prevalent suspense. He began with an exposition of Senator Borah's Inconsistent profundities. He held the Senator up as a "reckless" politician, then swiftly and smartly contrasted "the former and very distinguished Governor of your own State, Governor Lowden . . . a statesman...
Indiana. The trip through Indiana was informal but not speechless. There were hatwavings and handshakings at Kankakee and Lafayette. At Indianapolis, the Nominee made a short outdoor speech and visited State Boss Thomas Taggart in a hospital where, unfortunately for the Brown Derby, he has long been confined. Nevertheless, sick Boss Taggart whispered: "You'll win Indiana...
Memorabilia. The Smith Special reentered New York State. The Brown Derby's personal appearances, outside of its native East, were finished for 1928. It had toured 10.000 miles. The last days of the campaign were to be spent arousing Boston and New England. Philadelphia and the mid-Atlantic section and finally 45-electoral-vote New York. To counteract the Brown Derby's touring in the Midlands, the Republicans sent out no less a figure than Charles Evans Hughes to St. Joseph, Mo., and Chicago. A speech by Nominee Hoover was tentatively planned for Nov. 2 in St. Louis...