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...President's telegram was answered, the serious voice of Virginia's Senator Carter Glass proclaimed: "No group of Democrats, however distinguished or discerning, should feel obliged to pledge their party associates in Congress not severely to disturb the most infamous tariff act ever enacted by a legislative body. ... I confess to some astonishment that anybody should feel impelled to apologize for an apparent Democratic victory. . . ." Many another voice, particularly from the South, echoed Senator Glass. By the week's end, what looked like a real revolt against the seven leaders (Messrs. Smith. Davis, Cox, Robinson, Garner, Raskob, Shouse) was under...
...apartment lock. When his arm grew tired Mr. Prentiss changed the Turkish sword-cane for an Italian billy. Faye said he was indigent, it was his first "job," pleaded for mercy. After two hours Mr. Prentiss, well satisfied with his "experiment," turned Faye over to police who made him confess to 16 midtown burglaries. Said Prentiss: "It was the most interesting experience I have ever had. He told me he was a painter, but when I examined his hands I knew that wasn't true. Of course, I never had any idea of letting...
From August he learned many useful facts, many ornamental dodges. August had been everywhere, done everything and everybody; but when he was in a tight place was apt to confess himself a miserable and not quite bright sinner. From failure and success he made equally quick recoveries. Edevart and he roamed the country, peddled worthless watches, fished, worked in the fields, schemed, got drunk and lost everything, time & again. August, always on the way up or down, never got anywhere; but Edevart nearly made his pile, succeeded at least in giving his young brother the chance to reap where...
...Clarence Darrow variety, is importuned to cheat the gallows, free Mr. Muir. Lawyer Trask has not been on the case half an hour before he divines that Mr. Muir is shielding a lady. It takes the rest of the evening to find the lady and make her confess. Because of her awesome social position and because her mother has persuaded her that the fine thing to do is to let her lover sacrifice himself, the confession does not materialize until Lawyer Trask has confronted the lady (Phoebe Foster) with a courtesan hired to do the confessing by proxy...
...wish to be sincere with ourselves we must confess as sons of the Mexican Revolution that Agrarianism, as we have understood it and practiced it hitherto, has been a failure...