Word: watsonism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Fries and Mr. E. B. Watson miss the point when they seek to criticize TIME for publishing under "National Affairs" [April 9] an account of the unfortunate affair of the two Cox boys...
...article, I thought, without any moralising comment, but by merely recounting the situation, depicted a characteristic phase of our present social condition. Perhaps that condition is unpleasant to Messrs. Fries and Watson. It is to me. Nevertheless such incidents are news, and are not of the "Graphic" type when presented concisely, TIMEly...
Some said?Hooverism came amazingly close to upsetting a powerful local ma-chine ; it was a praiseworthy attempt in the face of almost certain defeat; it was a defeat, not at the hands of Favorite Son Watson alone, but of all other G. O. P. Candidates combined, "The Allies" as they are called, including sly-dog Dawes, Coolidge-anyway and Uninstruction...
...confined to the cities, betraying his grave unpopularity among farmers; the lightness of the vote beat Hoover; were he a potent vote-getter a big vote would have turned out; if ever there was a State where he should have been able to win it was Indiana, where Candidate Watson's local machine had been shockingly exposed as corrupt and Klan-ridden. Cartoonist John Tinney McCutcheon executed for the Chicago Tribune a picture entitled: "This will make the race interesting to watch," showing Candidate Hoover hot-footing it away from a spot labelled Indiana with his trousers clutched...
...original partners were Stephen V. Harkness, Henry M. Flagler, Samuel Andrews, John D. and William Rockefeller. Later, the following names were conspicuous in Standard Oil: Peter H. Watson, Charles Lockhart, W. G. Warden, Henry H. Rogers, J. J. Vandergrift, Charles Pratt, Daniel O'Day, Oliver H. Payne, John D. Archbold...