Word: elective
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...very best Cox can only annex 189 electoral votes while Harding is sure of 322 266 being necessary to elect. The "Solid South" on which Cox banked his strength, only netted him 186 votes, while from the start his opponent was assured of 253 from the Republican states...
...change has been made in the wording of the question, which does not affect the general subject but makes clearer the meaning sought to be conveyed by the question. The question now stands, "Resolved, That the United States Senators should be elected solely on a basis' of occupational representation." By this is meant that it is proposed to have all voters register under different heads, such as: Business Men or Trades Unions; which will elect a certain number of Senators apiece based on the results of the voting...
There are strong indications that the new government of Mexico is one of stability and one with a creditable sense of its duties and obligations. On the fifth of September, the citizens of that country elected Alvaro Obregon to be their chief executive. Prominent and popular as a soldier and as a statesman, the president-elect is supported by a coalition of parties and gives promise of a new lease of life to Mexico...
...natural that recognition by the United States government should play an important part in the political and social rehabilitation of Mexico. The full protection of valid American interests in that country has been our primary concern. It has been promised by President do la Hueria and by President elect Obregon that these interests will be protected; and indeed the present government seems better qualified to make such a promise than any preceding government since the time of Diaz...
...Just as the Republican victory in Maine this year was a tremendous expression of the people's choice of a straight-forward Republican administration, and all that it means toward the issues and problems of today," said the Honorable Mr. Frederic H. Parkhurst, Governor-Elect of Maine, yesterday, in a special interview for the CRIMSON, "so am I looking for another such expression in the coming national elections." Mr. Parkhurst was at one time a member of the Maine House of Representatives and before his election this year was President of the Maine Senate. He also served many years...