Word: undoubtedly
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Dates: during 1928-1928
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...oldtime Jeffersonian States-rights doctrine. He mocked Nominee Hoover with his own acceptance-speech phrase, "We shall use words to convey our meaning, not to hide it," and dismissed the "Socialism" speech as "the cry of the special interests." Political effects of the exchange were immediate. The Hoover speech undoubt edly solidified portions of the Business vote of the U. S. It also hastened the pro-Smith declaration of independent Senator George W. Norris, reputed controller of Nebraska's electoral votes and a potent influence throughout the restless North-west (see p. 16). Senator Norris flatly opposed the Hoover...
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