Word: york
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Work, shrewd businessmen and active Democrats charged gross negligence. Republicans varied in their opinions and said he had been either unfortunate or thickheaded. Most embarrassing to Dr. Work was the comment of the strongly pro-Hoover New York Telegram, leader of the 26 Scripps-Howard chain-papers. Said the Telegram: "Stupidity is the most charitable interpretation. . . . Dr. Hubert Work is a liability, not an asset, to Herbert Hoover. . . . It has long been our opinion that Work is a lightweight. . . . Herbert Hoover would immeasurably strengthen his position with millions of American voters if he would drop that particular pilot...
...Francis M. Schirp, President of the New York Federation of German Catholic Societies, and President L. A. Ewald of the United Bavarian Societies of New York. They and others disputed the significance of the Endorsement of Nominee Smith, last fortnight, by the executive committee of the nationwide Steuben Society...
...Prohibition was his burden, immigration his refrain. He next entered New Jersey. If Democrats had been annoyed by Nominee Hoover's refusal to acknowledge Nominee Smith's presence in the campaign, Nominee Curtis made amends. He referred to "the dear Governor" and to "the gentleman from New York who thinks he is running for President on the Democratic ticket." The further Curtis itinerary lay through Connecticut, Massachusetts, upper New York, western Pennsylvania, into Ohio...
Seizing upon last week's Literary Digest figures and correcting them by factors of error in the 1924 straw vote, Chairman Raskob soon snowed his candidate easily carrying, for example, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Illinois...
...George B. Quincy, who described himself as a traveling salesman selling flavor extracts and coloring material to a trade composed 95% of bootleggers in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and New England, wrote to the New York Times (Democratic) last week and deposed that of 289 inquiries he made among his customers, only seven revealed votes for Nominee Smith. Said Salesman Quincy: "Thirty-one of my customers have shown me cancelled checks they have contributed to the Republican National Committee. Seven . . . contributed to the Anti-Saloon League...