Word: republican
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Finally impatient, the President picked his own man, Wilbur N. Hughes, once identified with the Bean group. Awful to hear were the wails of protest from Committeeman Skipper et al. Last month Dr. Fred E. Britten, secretary of the State Republican organization, wrote President Hoover a rebellious letter in which he said: "In the name of God and for the sake of righteousness as well as the economic prosperity of Florida I plead with you to withdraw this nomination." He threatened dire reprisals unless the President appointed men chosen by Mr. Skipper...
Riled by such insubordination President Hoover retorted: ". . . The appointive responsibility rests in the President, not in any organization. ... No longer shall public offices be regarded as mere political patronage. . . . The success of the Republican party rests upon good government, not upon patronage, and Florida will have good government so far as it is within my power to give it. ... I note your demand that the organization shall dictate appointments in Florida, irrespective of merit or my responsibility. I enclose herewith copy of a statement I issued last March [expressing a willingness to cooperate only with reputable Republicans in South]. That...
Angry Senators. Chairman Huston postponed to another day a cutting out of political underbrush in Florida. Instead last week he accepted an invitation of Senator Walcott of Connecticut to lunch at the Capitol where he met many a Republican Senator. Each brought the same grievance...
...Democratic-Insurgent Republican coalition first held a special caucus-of-war at the headquarters of Field Marshal Simmons. They decided to reverse their strategy of last Spring limiting tariff fighting only to the Farm Lowlands. They consented to give the regular Republicans battle all along the tariff line, with a view to beating down with their rifle butts all industrial rates that dared pop their heads above the present trench level...
Under Brevet-Brigadier La Follette, the Coalition troops marched forth to open their attack at Chemical Corner, behind which they thought lurked the Dye Trust. ' Their first day's assault was successful. Five Republican generals (Couzens, Jones of Washington, Glenn, Robinson of Indiana, Thomas of Idaho), were made prisoners. The regular Republicans were driven back to the 1913 (Underwood Tariff) line in the gallic acid segment and were hustled out of their trenches (45 to 33) in the tannic acid sector...