Word: democratism
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...Coolidge apparently holds most of the trumps in the bidding for the nomination. But even if he outbids his rival Senator Johnson, there is always the possibility that the Democrats will call a higher suit. Mr. Coolidge represents the solid conservatism of the country; Senator Johnson has apparently espoused a flabby liberalism; in the background may lurk the man--Democrat more likely than Republican--who will ride the rising tide of radicalism and reform into the presidency...
...from serving his sentence of 60 days in prison. In New York politics his conviction for having criticized a judge conducting a hearing on a local traction company, was an emblem of martyrdom. The case was taken to President Coolidge, Republicans urging executive pardon to prevent Mr. Craig (a Democrat) from posing further as a martyr...
...great men spoke on the same occasion. Their sentiments were as different as their manners of expression. One has held what the other holds-an exalted post. One is an " out," the other an " in"; one a Democrat, the other a Republican; one a professor, the other a lawyer; one an ex-President, the other a President; one Woodrow Wilson, the other Calvin Coolidge. Perhaps it was natural that they should differ...
...largely by politicians from one locality,--New England. And although Mr. Underwood would not say that Mr. Coolidge's presidential chances were any poorer because he was a Republican and from Massachusetts, he did not hesitate to infer that his own chances were considerably improved because he was a Democrat and from Alabama...
...there is no doubt that Mr. Pinchot has not finished with prohibition as an issue. Governor Pat Neff of Texas is a Democrat and a resounding Dry. Mr. Pinchot had expressed admiration of the Texan's broad-brimmed hat. Last week a box reached the capital of Pennsylvania bearing the selfsame hat as a present. Governor Pinchot clapped it on his head, remarking: " My kind of a Republican can wear the hat of his kind of a Democrat...