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...Governor-solid, persevering, long-mustached Democrat George Wylie Paul Hunt of Arizona who lately failed of reelection for his seventh term (TIME, Nov. 12) walked quietly down the Capitol steps. He explained that the blow he had received was "inadvertently brought about when State Senator Colter moved his arms in argument...
Robert H. Clancy of Michigan-refers to himself as "The Billion Dollar Congressman" during campaigns. Went to the House first as a Democrat, was beaten at the polls and is now there as a Republican, violently partisan. He is the great "whisperer" of the House, with all manner of "inside dope," often quite worthless. He considers himself the privileged Representative of the motor industry. Hence his self-conferred title. As a Democrat he was a pleasant character whom all liked: as a Republican he poses as a "statesman." The House smiles...
Died. The Rev. Edgar Young Mullins, 68, for 29 years President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville, Ky., potent Anti-Smith Democrat; from paralysis, in Louisville...
Politically, Thomas Fortune Ryan was an ardent, though a self-effacing Democrat, and his death is the most notable one which has been rumored to be in part the result of Governor Smith's defeat. Like many great makers of money, he discovered, late in life, an interest in pictures. His first wife, who died in 1917, was made a Countess of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope; in 1920 his son, Allan Ryan, cornered the stock of Stutz Motor Car Co., and was expelled from the Stock Exchange for doing so. Thomas Fortune Ryan tried several times...