Word: democratism
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...youngest is one of the most troublesome to the regular Republicans. "Young Bob" LaFollette, chubby, shy and 33, does his young best to carry on as his Progressive father carried on before him. He was scheduled to reintroduce his resolution of last spring condemning presidential third terms. From the Democratic point of view it might seem like sending a boy on a man's errand to let "Young Bob" do this. But sometimes a boy does better than a man, especially on a saucy errand. Through "Young Bob" the Democrats will see their purpose served without loading themselves with responsibility...
...they came ? ruddy Robinson of Arkansas, chief Democrat, to confer good naturedly with any who passed by; his lieutenant Simmons, of North Carolina, who looked very bored; small-eyed Watson of Indiana, quieter than usual; Connecticut's Bingham, a tailor's joy with suave words for every one; Ashurst of Arizona, impressive as ever; flowery Blease of South Carolina...
Governor Albert Cabell Ritchie of Maryland, Wet Democrat, ate haggis* with the St. Andrew's Society last week in Manhattan. Said he: "About the only things that make eyes flash and stir human emotions now are Prohibition, the K. K. K., religious intolerance and Fundamentalism. . . . The real question is not whether you are 'wet' or 'dry,' to use the inept phrases of the hour, but whether there should be a national, blanket law governing any such question of personal conduct when that law receives neither sanction nor regard among large communities and groups...
...considerations over purely political movements in Europe, declares that the age of politics has passed, and taken with it the demagogue. Certainly in this country the laborers riding in cars produced by the most pronounced capitalism are too prosperous to cry out against Wall Street. The words Republican or Democrat are no longer clannish distinctions because the differences over farm relief, ship building, and the tariff, little interest the unaffected majority. Politics has yielded place as the prime subject for discussion. Even the irregularities of the Harding administration aroused little feeling, and few demands for disclosures. The public attitude...
...70th Congress assembles on Dec. 5. Its component parts began filtering into Washington last week. In Denver, a special election returned S. Harrison White, Democrat, the victor over State Senator Francis J. Knauss, Republican, to fill the vacancy in the House of Representatives left by the death of Representative William N. Vaile, Republican. That made the House membership...