Word: voting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Defending himself against impending suspension, prearranged at last week's meeting of the school board, Mr. McAndrew rehearsed his teacher-clerk testimony and his conception of his duty so clearly, that the ouster vote was tied at 5 to 5. President Coath was obliged to perform a clumsy coup de grace with his deciding vote to make the Thompson campaign promise seem to come true...
Significance. President Cosgrave has seized the only opportunity of securing a new lease of life for his Cabinet. A fortnight ago (TIME, Aug. 29) he had a majority of one vote in the Dail. Winning both by-elections last week not only gave him a majority of two, not count- ing the speaker's casting vote, but also showed which way the wind was blowing. At best the Government could not command a working majority...
...hard-working politicians like Senators Smoot, Willis and David A. Reed, Secretary Mellon, Vice President Dawes, Frank O. Lowden, Nicholas Longworth ? men among whom Calvin Coolidge is, by temperament and tradition, a virtual stranger. These men, thought Mr. Sullivan, would be sorry to lose so good a vote-getter as Calvin Coolidge but ? personal ambitions quite aside ? they would not seek to nominate him now because that would be "the sort of thing that 'is not done'. It would be sensational, spectacular, emotional. The Republicans like to think of them selves as a little too orderly...
...this shows General Gomez to be unquestionably dashing and sleek, with impeccably upturned "Kaiser" mustachios. He proclaims himself in favor of "complete religious toleration," and is on good terms with many U. S. citizens who have financial interests in Mexico. Thus he should poll a large Roman Catholic vote and knows where to find campaign funds...
Australians, like the sturdy U. S. pioneers, have not been too ready in the past to vote for a man who habitually wore spats. When Stanley Melbourne Bruce, now Prime Minister of Australia, first came before the electorate as a young man in spats he was reviled, hooted and mercilessly cartooned. Only his six feet of strapping manhood, a resolute independence, and the light of command in his steady eyes have enabled him to carry off this idiosyncrasy in triumph through the years. Last week he prepared to carry off a new whim which seemed to some Australians more foolhardy...