Word: watsonism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Friedrich Wilhelm, sometime German Crown Prince, received a tribute of esteem last week from pre-War U. S. Ambassador to Germany James Watson Gerard. Said Mr. Gerard, speaking at the Lawyers Club, Manhattan: "The Crown Prince is a man of far greater ability, to my mind, than his father, and I think he is one of the most shamefully maligned individuals in the civilized world. Possibly on that account he will not be called to the throne; but the chances are that his eldest son Wilhelm, who is quite a fine young man, will be. Politically, of course, anything...
This group-David A. Reed of Pennsylvania, sometimes called a "higher type of statesman"; George H. Moses of New Hampshire, implacable diehard; James E. Watson of Indiana, old-school behind-the-scenes man; a few other Republicans; and Democrat, Cole L. Blease of South Carolina, whom only Mr. Heflin robs of the title "Buffoon of the Senate"-were determined to prevent Senator James A. Reed's committee from making any more campaign fund investigations. Mr. Reed of Pennsylvania, particularly, did not want his distant cousin, Mr. Reed of Missouri, to open the ballot boxes which elected slush-tainted William...
...commission. The Administration favored Hoover & Successors. Congressman White wrote an appropriate bill and the House passed it. For the Senate, Mr. Dill wrote a bill about a commission, and the Senate passed that. Committees of the upper and lower houses met, worked long, late. That consummate politician, Senator Watson of Indiana, labored for harmony. Harmony came, but the Senator idea, slightly anti-Administration...
...Senator Watson: "Let all the earth be glad and rejoice with exceeding great...
...Indiana, land of mystic fraternizers, some Indianapolis politicians founded the Order of Elephants to promote "Republican principles." It will have an initiation ritual, but otherwise will bear "no resemblance to the Ku Klux Klan." Question: Is Senator James E. Watson an honorary member...