Word: votes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Governor M. Clifford Townsend last month convened Indiana's Legislature in a special session to vote some of the State's widely advertised $25,000,000 surplus into a pump-priming building program. Of greater interest to most Indianians was a much smaller piece of business-reconsideration of a highly unpopular Townsend act called the Gadget Law. Every Indiana motorist was required to buy from the State for 25? a celluloid container for his registration card, which he had to stick on his windshield so that his name and address clearly showed. Aside from the probable graft involved...
...late as four weeks ago. On returns from 242 of 254 counties, the No. 1 political phenomenon of 1938 appeared to have received a clear majority, thus to have won the Democratic nomination (equivalent to election) without the formality of a runoff. One of the minority who did not vote for Mr. O'Daniel was Mr. O'Daniel. He had not paid his $1.75 poll tax because "no sensible man" would lay out money to vote for politicians. To fulfill his campaign promises, Governor-Nominate'' O'Daniel must find $42,000,000 a year...
...Maverick in two terms placed himself well to the left of the President, got into A.F. of L.'s bad graces by espousing much liberal legislation approved by C.I.O. At home, he rashly antagonized Mayor Charles Kennon Quin's San Antonio machine and the potent Irish-Catholic vote. Last week Attorney Paul Joseph Kilday-an Irishman, Roman Catholic and Quin machinist-beat Maury Maverick by 546 votes in 49,312 votes cast. Said Maury Maverick: "Lincoln got beat four times. I guess I can take it once...
...Said Harry Hopkins last week of his relief clients: "These fellows are not a lot of robots. They are 3,000,000 American citizens and they all have political views. And, incidentally, I think I know pretty much what their views are. At least 90% of them would vote for President Roosevelt if he were up for re-election...
...Schroeder of Michigan's House of Representatives spent five sociable hours at the home of the manager of Michigan's State prison farm. Guest of honor was Convict No. 39359, State Senator Anthony J. Wilkowski. Reason: Mr. Schroeder would like to be Lieutenant Governor, needs the Polish votes controlled by Convict Wilkowski, who is serving four to five years for fraudulent vote counting...