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...nearest the President came to answering Democrats who twit him on the slump was when he said: "There are . . . several folks in the political world who resent the notion that things will ever get better and who wish to enjoy our temporary misery. To recount to these persons the progress . . . in amelioration . . . to mention that we are suffering far less than other countries, only inspires the unkind retort that we should fix our gaze solely upon the unhappy features of the decline...
...George remarked that "Great Britain is the most overindustrialized country in the world. Only 7% of our people are on the soil! At present the industries of the country are a leaning tower. Statesmanship must give them a broader base upon the soil!" Winding up his speech with a twit at the higher tariff schemes with which so many British statesmen are now toying, both in England and overseas (see Canada), stanch free-trader Lloyd George concluded wittily: "A drowning man should not clutch at straws-or at sharks! No doubt many capitalists would make larger profits...
When the Royal babe is born the sex will be officially verified and announced by onetime cotton spinner John Robert Clynes, now Home Secretary in the Labor Government, whose friends were already beginning last week to twit...
George, rising, withered Wales with a glance and, in his first public speech in Canada, began forthwith to twit the heir to the British throne...
...vacancy, will win. But he cannot assume his seat until some time in January. At any rate, the regular Republicans will fall short of a majority throughout the session. After Mar. 4, the Republican ranks will be strengthened by three additional senators. Meanwhile, the Democrats will doubtless twit them on their division...