Word: walsh
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Scouting around the outskirts of authoritative information, Robert Choate of the Boston Herald has been able to ascertain the general reaction among Democratic senators and congressmen to the approach of the mid-term elections. Although many men of influence, Senator Walsh among them, preferred to hold their peace, a number of lesser lights revealed a divergent drift under cover of a common watchword...
Last week the onslaught on the tariff law began. Senator Capper (Republican) declared outright that it must be modified to benefit the farmer. Senator Wheeler, Representative Rainey, ex-Senator Walsh of Massachusetts (Democrats) joined the fray for lower tariffs. And in its midst complaints against the tariff law per se were made by others. Dr. F. W. Taussig of Harvard, the first Chairman of the Tariff Commission, an eminent economist and writer, attacked the use of the Commission for partisan purpose. He told a gathering of economists in Manhattan: "The temptation will always be present...
From a muddle of politics Senator Walshs voice rings forth demanding an investigation of the aluminum trust. Had the Montann Democrat not started the successful scent of Teapot Dome, one would be inclined to jeer at his snooping propensities. Among politicians, it is whispered that another sensational exposure will put Senator Walsh in line for the Democratic presidential nomination...
...Senator Walsh's investigating committee, which has been established by the Senate without debate, will seek to discover whether the department of Justice used reasonable diligence in pursuing the facts. The situation is a double-barrelled gun in Senator Walsh's hands. If the Attorney-General was negligent, the Democrats have one more example of Republican corruption to strut before the people; if the case could not be prepared in a year, the Montana Senator will get the credit for proving the Statute of Limitations an unwise law. Whichever barrel of the gun goes off. Senator Walsh will kill...
...Senator Walsh of Montana said...