Word: walsh
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this matter; for the man selected will run this year's campaign. William M. Butler, the President's pre-convention campaign manager, is a prominent possibility. Mr. Butler, however, is known to have designs on a seat in the Senate, the seat occupied by David Ignatius Walsh, pugnacious Democrat. NO man could battle David Walsh with one hand, and guide the fortunes of the Republican National Campaign with the other-hoping to do both successfully. C. Bascom Slemp has been suggested as an alternative. But the President may be loath to part with his able Secretary...
...investigation, principal effort was directed to trying to tie up both parties with the oil scandal by means of their campaign contributions in 1920. Senator Thomas J. Walsh (Democrat) produced witnesses to try to prove that the late Jake Hamon of Oklahoma, oil man, bought President Harding's nomination for oil purposes. Senator Spencer (Republican) tried to prove that Mr. Doheny had contributed $75,000 to the Democratic campaign fund...
...British Laborites want to revolutionize British Army discipline. A little group of "conshies," pacifists and Communists proposed revolutionary amendments to the Army and Air Force appropriation bills. Stephen Walsh, Secretary of War, promised that the Army Council would investigate all the questions raised. The amendments were then snowed under: 1) Proposal to abolish the death penalty for desertion, cowardice and similar offenses in war time, by a vote of 239 to 120; 2) Proposal to give a condemned soldier right of appeal to a civil court, by a vote of 193 to 120; 2) Proposal that a holdier, upon enlistment...
...both. If each refusal to testify is considered as a separate offense he would be liable to ten times the penalty. ¶ The new member of the Committee, Senator Spencer, Republican of Missouri, proved a Tartar, carrying the war of words into the Democratic camp and clashing with Senator Walsh of Montana. To the attempts of Senator Walsh to attach the Republican National Committee to the oil scandal by means of its campaign contributions, Senator Spencer countered by subpenaing officials of the Democratic National Committee and Senator Walsh's brother and attorney. Instead of Walsh alone, Walsh and Spencer...
...member was inducted to fill the vacant Republican place on the Senate Committee on Public Lands? Senator Spencer of Missouri (Senator Lenroot having resigned). On his first appearance Senator Spencer attempted to do some questioning of a witness but was called to order by Senator Walsh, Democrat of Montana, who objected to "words being put in the witness' mouth...