Word: democratism
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...chosen President by the House, the Senate in electing a Vice President could not elect a Vice President from his ticket, because the Senate is limited in its choice to the two highest on the list of Vice Presidential candidates. Then La Follette would have a Republican or a Democrat as his substitute in case of death. "Mr. La Follette," the calendar grimly remarks...
...astute Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, thoroughgoing Democrat, has no use for diluted World Courts. Accordingly when Senator Lodge and his Republican colleagues on the Foreign Relations Committee reported a proposal by Senator Pepper for a much amended and reservationed World Court, Mr. Glass explained: "If I were disposed to treat such grave matters with levity, I would say that Senator Lodge had changed his tactics-heretofore he has been throwing sand in the eyes of the people, while now he is throwing Pepper...
...less favored legislation the sign was raised long ago. The proposed Child Labor Amendment to the Constitution is in this class. It went to the Senate three weeks ago. Senator Lodge (Republican) proposed considering it; Senator Wadsworth (Republican) objected. It was "postponed." Last week Senator David Ignatius Walsh (Democrat) proposed considering it; Senator King (Democrat) objected. For the benefit of constituents this comedy can be repeated several times more before the close of the session-and with variation, such as a Democrat proposing and a Republican objecting, or a Republican proposing and a Democrat objecting...
Senator Carter Glass, Democrat, remarked : "I voted for this provision because I knew an infinitely more mischievous one was being held in reserve. I believe no good can be accomplished by it and that not a single dollar of additional revenue will be added to the Treasury...
...Neely, who hides his Christian names (Mathew Mansfield) by the initials "M. M.," is Senator from the State of West Virginia, a state which breeds an eloquence as odorous as the honey of the Hybla* bees. What is more, he is a Democrat and nothing loathe to attack in the Senate the Republican President who vetoed (TIME, May 12) the Bursum pension bill: "I arise to charge the President of the United States with having become a lobbyist. As such, his activities are being carried on at the breakfast table of the White House, where his power ful and penetrating...