Word: conventioneering
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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After the fourth ballot the Republican Convention adjourned until 10 A. M. this morning with its candidate for the Presidency as doubtful as it has been since the first delegate headed for Chicago.
The Johnson forces are still very much to be reckoned with. The Californian bad boy of the convention had 140 votes in spite of a nominating speech that was anything but a success. As a Republican nominee for the Presidency Johnson is now out of the question, but as a...
The third session of the Republican National Convention at Chicago yesterday was one of the hottest which up to this time had been seen in the Coliseant. Scarcely had the delegates been called to order by Senator Lodge when word came that the platform subcommittee, headed by Medill McCormick, had...
Just whether the plank suggested by the honorable Elihu Root and welcomed by a committee ready to grasp at any straw in sight means anything definite is debatable. Its adoption has saved the impending pother which the formulation of such a resolution would arouse if left to be settled by...
Acquiescence and enthusiasm to the contrary, however, the treaty plank is nothing of which to be proud. It mentions definitely the fact that the Republican Convention approves of the action of the Republican Senate--a fact scarcely open to doubt. It goes so far as to agree with the Senate...