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...Curry, whose horse has been stumbling along to ignominy in the Gotham mayoralty race, demonstrated in the Albany caucus that Dr. O'Brien can be not only a joke but a joker. For he has Secretary Farley's vote on a resolution pledging unanimous support to regular and trademarked candidates of the Democratic Party. Although the perplexed secretary made awkward efforts to rule out the resolution, he was doomed to failure, for in a party caucus such a resolution is a conventional thing, and cannot be ruled out with any degree of urbanity. This makes his position as the godfather...
Nine years have passed since Montana's grim-jawed Senator "Tom" Walsh, before a breathless audience that packed the big marble caucus room of the Senate Office Building, hammered out the questions & answers which sent Harry Sinclair to jail for contempt, put Albert Bacon Fall behind bars as a bribe-taker. Nine years have made the Oil Scandal investigation ancient political history. But its drama, its sensationalism, its clash and color of personalities were recalled by Washington observers who searched for something with which to compare the Senate's investigation of the House of Morgan...
...Morgan hearings were held in the same caucus room, with its enormous cut-glass chandeliers, its baronial doors, its high windows overlooking a courtyard fountain. But now thick carpets covered the stone floor. On rows and rows of folding chairs sat the same sort of sightseers who had plowed their way in past bucking policemen. But now a loud speaker system helped them hear better. At the same long committee table sat elderly Senators, poking and prodding with questions to make the day's headlines. But now not one of them knew which way the evidence would turn next...
...namesake was kept on the stand as much as possible though he could give few details. To get an accurate account of transactions Partner Whitney had to bear the brunt of questioning. When the house had been sold out for three successive days, the show moved into the Senate Caucus Room, largest available. Said Senator Glass: "All that is lacking is peanuts and pink lemonade...
...best features of the English pub or alehouse, and the tavern. Since this would be a vital part of the life of the college, it should have some official sanction. The proprietor would be elected by the graduates, or by representatives of the students and faculty in caucus, or perhaps he should be some sort of self-perpetuating body, to insure stability and quality in the cellar-stock...