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...Once he was Conservative, but he became a Liberal 20 years ago because of Chamberlain's free trade program; he was a Liberal until this year, when he decided to run for Parliament on a Conservative platform. He wanted to stand in the Abbey Division of Westminster. The Conservative caucus said: "First you must let us be your master; consent to that and you must run for office only when and where we choose." "Winnie," who had just been defeated in the December election on a Liberal ticket, said "No." He wanted to run in Westminster; he wanted...
...telegram from Senator Walsh of Montana, one of the Senate oil investigators, was read, declaring Mr. McAdoo's character was "untouched by any revelation." Previous to the meeting a caucus of railway labor leaders endorsed Mr. McAdoo just as the larger conference...
Before debate began the Democrats held a caucus which bound all the 207 Democrats of the House except one (Representative Deal of Virginia, who had promised his constituents before election to vote for 25% maximum surtaxes) to vote for the Democratic plan (44% maximum surtaxes) or the Frear insurgent plan with even higher surtaxes in view...
...Republican caucus in the House voted viva voce, with little dissent, that the Ways and Means Committee should report out a tax reduction bill by Feb. 11, giving it precedence over a bonus bill. The caucus also voted down resolutions directing the Committee necessarily to report a bonus bill...
...soldier bonus bill, now resting quietly on a siding in the Ways and Means Committee, is almost certain to come up for consideration sooner or later. In recognition of this fact, members of the Committee are waiting for a caucus of the House Republicans to determine and to take the responsibility for the time when the bonus bill shall be reported out. Meanwhile conjecture centers chiefly on the question of whether the bill can be passed over the President's expected veto...