Word: supporter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...when "Uncle Alf" Taylor first stumped from Knoxville to Memphis and back again, campaigning for the Governorship against his Brother Bob, he fiddled in vain for the political support of the gentlemen of Tennessee. Last week, the gentlemen of Tennessee, political and notable, danced attendance on Uncle Alf. In the greatest fox hunt the state has ever known, Tennessee honored its beloved old sportsman and one time (1920-22) governor, Alfred Alexander Taylor. And up in the rugged foothills of the Smoky Mountains, on the northeastern tongue of Tennessee, the rugged 80-year-old "Sage of Happy Valley" played jovial...
...first place, Chairman Martin Barnaby Madden of the House Appropriations Committee was fighting to hold his seat from a Chicago district mostly populated by Negroes. With his long record, unusual ability and dignified conduct, silver-polled Mr. Madden had the sympathy and support of decent citizens. Yet he has inextricably affiliated with preposterous Mayor Thompson, whose war-cries ranged from "Crack King George on the snout!" to "To hell with the Tribune!" Political tickets being what they are in Chicago, Mr. Madden might well have been defeated together with Crowe. His opponent was William L. Dawson, a Negro backed...
...recently concluded season has seen a recuperation, and "Not Now,--Later" deserves to be ranked with the best of the Pudding opera. It was tuneful, well staged, and had its moments of humor. With these elements to support it, success was within its grasp. The unanimous opinion of those who saw it was, that far more than in recent years, had that success been achieved...
Chatting further, Mr. Ford reaffirmed his support of Presidential candidate Herbert Hoover. Asked whether he would motor through England in a Ford, he replied: "The last time I traveled in this country I went about in a Rolls Royce. What's more, I took it back to the United States and used it for some years...
...executive meeting in the Pennsylvania Station, announced that certain compromises agreed to by the N. Y. C., B. & O. and C. & O. sufficiently protected the Pennsylvania's interests, that Mr. Loree's interests would not be jeopardized by the four systems, and that he was withdrawing Pennsylvania support from Mr. Loree's fifth system project...