Word: states
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...which appeared in the Meridian (Miss.) Star under date of April 24, concerning Senator Stephens. The editorial is written by one of the most brilliant writers in Mississippi-a man who is a recent-comer to the South and who is regarded as the most independent editor in the State. He has had occasion to study the record of Senator Stephens and to know whereof he speaks. A closer study than you have given the Senator's record will convince you of your unfairness in passing upon his record...
...Victory without opposition is a hollow thing. But an excess of popular support where little support was necessary is not hollow. That is why Hooverites rejoiced last week when the Republican Party's busy Beaver man, unopposed in the California primary, obtained his home State's 29 delegates by virtue of some 600,000 votes. Though many a Republican cast his vote in the Democratic primary for strategic purposes, Candidate Hoover's total was larger than the combined totals of competing Republicans in California's last two presidential primaries. That Candidate Hoover is the Favorite...
...California, where things are done in a large way, the finishing touch was put upon the Smith campaign to lead the party. It was the first primary where the Brown Derby competed directly with its only serious antagonists, Candidates Reed and Walsh. It was the home state of the Brown Derby's bitterest enemy, William Gibbs McAdoo, and Mr. McAdoo had instituted the Walsh campaign just for old time's sake, in memory of two McAdoo nominations blocked by Candidate Smith in 1920 and 1924. Candidate Reed perhaps served as a slight buffer between...
...pellet by the opposing club-wielders, it is not difficult to recline on the seats with one eye on the field and the other on the further section of the grandstand and retain one's composure or peace of mind. But it is extremely difficult to retain the aforesaid state when the enemy is desecrating the final station with foreign spikes while the local representatives, by an unkind turn of fate, remain fastened to the various way-stations along the route...
...Lake '92 of West Hartford, Connecticut, who has been an active man in state politics...