Word: woollen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Woollen. Thomas Taggart, boss Democrat of Indiana, likes to take his delegates to the national conventions lined up behind one Indianian whom they more or less seriously advance for nomination. Later he swings their votes in line behind some other section's candidate. But there is always the chance that the Indiana man will be one of the men and bring glory to Indiana and Boss Taggart...
Indiana. (Two Senators to be elected.) Senators James E. Watson and Arthur R. Robinson, Republicans, oppose Albert Stump and Evans Woollen, Democrats. Indiana, too, was once a state thought safe for the G. O. P. Then along came a harmless-looking newspaperman, Thomas H. Adams, with a fabulous story of Ku Klux Klan "super-government" in the ranks of Hoosier Republicanism. His charges have not yet been proved, but they make good campaign material. Last week Senator James A. Reed, wary slush bloodhound, stalked into Indiana for one day, long enough to hear Senators Watson and Robinson deny any connection...
...Chicago, San Francisco, New Orleans. Concerning candidates for the Indiana Senate, Senator James E. ("Big Jim") Watson, a Republican opportunist, might well, it was conceded, be beaten by young Albert Stump, whose personality reminded older citizens of how Albert J. Beveridge had looked, and behaved at his age. Evans Woollen, an Indianapolis banker of 62, whose intellectual integrity had hitherto been considered a handicap, appeared to have some chance of beating his opponent, Republican Senator Arthur R. Robinson. So stated, the situation is simple enough, but there are reasons behind even so simple "a thing as a State...
...short term, Senator Robinson ran against four opponents and eked out a nomination by a majority of 64,000. He will meet Evans Woollen, nationally known Indianapolis banker, who was chosen by the Democrats, unopposed, in the election...
...Woollen is not to be suspected of rushing rashly in where politicians fear to tread. He has every chance of being nominated, and if nominated an excellent chance of being elected by reason of division in the Republican ranks, for there are at least three if not four Republicans who will want to try to get Indiana's two Senate seats next year: Senator Watson, Senator Arthur R. Robinson, ex-Senator Beveridge and Governor Ed. Jackson...