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James Middleton Cox, the Democratic nominee of eight years ago, went to the Border to counteract the big Republican push there. At Nashville, Tenn., he flayed the inconsistencies of loud-spoken Senator Borah and read long passages from Borah speeches in the Senate flaying Hoover in 1919. He described the Hon. Mr. Borah as a "political adventurer who, in some fashion or other has been under every political flag that has flown in the breeze from the days of free silver until...
John William Davis, the Democratic nominee of four years ago, was also on the Border. He pleaded with Kentucky to come back to the fold. With him was a surprising, brown-derbied travelling companion, Baseballer George Herman ("Babe") Ruth of the world's champion New York "Yankees." Campaigner Ruth addressed club and school audiences and spoke on the radio. To the consternation of Democratic leaders in rural sections, he related Nominee Smith's leadership in legalizing Sunday baseball. At Louisville, he caused excitement when his burly frame crushed the chair in which he was sitting on the platform...
...hero who slew his conscience and then murdered thirty-eight within two weeks as a start towards settling some ancient scores. From all he has been able to gather from acquaintances who ought to know. Dartmouth is situated on the top of a sky jump somewhere near the Canadian border and was once patronized by one of the Webster boys. But with a few simple rules, such as being careful not to ask if green ties are in honor of St. Patrick and a resolution to avoids embarrassing situations by looking only at the cheer leaders nearest him, the Vagabond...
...which had warned him not to visit Phoenix. William O'Brien, candidate of the Workers' (Communist) Party for Governor of Arizona, began searching small-town jails through the Southwest. Suspicion pointed to El Paso, in the western corner of Texas, then to Nogales, on the Arizona-Mexico Border. Attorney-General Sargent and Governor Hunt of Arizona were both notified they would be held responsible for the Nominee's safety. There were two days of minor furore in minor circles. Then up turned Nominee Gitlow in Houston, Tex. He had not been kidnapped, he said. He had merely...