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...mink is a long-bodied, short-legged, arch-backed member of the weasel family which likes nothing better than a fight. Minks fight each other, kill and eat almost any bird, fish or non-carnivorous beast smaller than themselves, some larger. In captivity they are clean, hardy, except for an occasional chirp almost noiseless. They need one meal a day, chiefly meat and fish. They like to swim but can do without it. Almost any country place where autumn weather is brisk will do for a mink farm...
Boss John H. McCooey of Brooklyn, who is also a Democratic national committeeman, publicly repudiated his Congressional delegation's action, called its votes "asinine." Boss John Francis Curry of Tammany tried to weasel out of a boss's responsibility by saying that Manhattan representatives had not asked his views, that if they had, he would have advised them to stand by the President. The White House was unimpressed...
...newcomers in the next House the white hope is slim, bald Representative-elect James Walcott Wadsworth Jr. of New York.* Twelve years (1915-27) in the Senate, his seat in which he lost because he would not weasel on Prohibition, proved his worth as a statesman. "I'm not out of politics by a long sight," declared Mr. Wadsworth when he quit the Senate. Tried & true blood rather than young new blood (he is 55), Mr. Wadsworth is counted upon by G. O. Partisans not only to make a conspicuous House record for himself, despite the hobbling effects...
...mile campaign by autogyro. He ardently preached Repeal. His friend is Senator Hiram Johnson, longtime enemy of Herbert Hoover. Nominee Tubbs attributed his victory to his interest in sandlot baseball and "the personal touch." Disinterested observers thought Senator Shortridge, ardent Hooverite, lost because he tried to weasel on Prohibition...
...next national platform is to fight a sham battle because the 18th Amendment is here to stay and the quicker we recognize it the better." This year when the deluge started, Mr. McAdoo became less sure of the permanence of the 18th Amendment. He commenced mumbling the familiar weasel: "Referendum." After his party declared for Repeal, he went silent on Prohibition, left primary voters to guess what he favored...