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Other Proposals. Numerous representatives of private organizations and a few individuals were heard by the Committee. Among the most interesting witnesses were two delegations, one from Texas (home of Representative Garner, ranking Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee), the other from Iowa (home of Chairman Green, ranking Republican). Both delegations opposed the views of the Committee members from their states. Representative Garner said he had never heard of the Texas Tax Club, which the Texans, including the Speaker of the Texas House cf Representatives, claimed to represent. The Iowa Tax Club delegation came in two special cars, and included...
...James Edward Ferguson, removed him from office, and deprived him of his civil right: (the right to hold office, etc.). But in 1924 he came back by a combination of cleverness and good fortune. He put up his wife to run for Governor. She ran second in the first Democratic primary. In the second Democratic primary Texas had the choice between her and the man who ran first?who was supported by the Ku Klux Klan. Texas, intent on repudiating the Klan, chose Mrs. Ferguson to be the Democratic nominee for Governor. In the election she beat the Republican nominee...
...them for his place?probably Robinson because he is weaker. And Governor Ed. Jackson may come into the fray by resigning and running for the Senate. With four Republicans, or at least three, scrapping for two offices, there will be a bitter fight, and Tom Taggart or some Democrat of his choice will have a good chance of taking a Senate seat, as Ralston did three years ago from Beveridge...
...bought and edited the Toledo Journal for nine years. He was probate Judge of Lucas County for six years. He edited the Canton News-Democrat for ten years...
...again elected to Congress, as a Democrat from Toledo. For 14 years continuously he sat in the House of Representatives. But in the Harding landslide of 1920 he was defeated. In 1921 at the ripe age of 86 he left the halls of Congress. But he was not done. Eighteen months later, campaigning with pristine vigor of mind, he won his way back, reelected. He sat for two years more, and a year ago decided that he had had enough. Last February he made his farewell address to the House...