Word: wheelerism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Wayne B. Wheeler, Anti-Saloon League leader, called at the White House "to assure the President of the support our constituency will give every step toward better enforcement of Prohibition...
...Benjamin Ide Wheeler California...
...clear (a recount will be undertaken July 20), and his prestige suffered severely from his close escape. Senator Frazier does not appear as a possible leader of his group. Senator Norris, therefore, was Mr. LaFollette's logical successor-by elimination if for no other reason. (Senator Wheeler, Mr. LaFollette's running mate last year was not generally considered a likely possibility, 1) because he is a Democrat and the LaFollette movement is largely a Republican off shoot; 2) because he has his hands full, at least temporarily, with the charges which the Department of Justice brought against...
What He Leaves Behind. He leaves behind a question mark. What is to become of the group he led? Can Borah gather them together or would he try to? Probably not. Can Norris do it ? Hardly. Can Wheeler do it ? No. His was only a temporary alliance with LaFollette. Brookhart? Frazier ? Norbeck? Howell ? McMaster? The big question, time alone can answer...
...WHEELER...