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...That move was not without political astuteness. It aligned against him a good many political leaders of both parties, but it was the only way in which he could avoid at once being wrapped in the shroud of Vice Presidential insignificance. Besides, the public has of late manifested no little disgust for the methods of Congress, the Senate in particular. Under present circumstances, it is not unlikely that the Senate will go on during the next four years in the same manner in which it has gone on for the last four years, "dawdling," in the manner which has left...
...himself observed, "no gentleman weighs more than 200 pounds") overrode the rules and counted silent Democrats, declared a quorum present, although the Democrats refused to answer to the roll call. One day, when the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, William McKinley, was supposed to move adjournment at a certain hour, but had not appeared on the floor, Mr. Reed pounded with his gavel and announced: "The gentleman from Ohio moves that the House do now adjourn"; and then, leaning over the rostrum, called in a stage whisper to the clerk: "Where in thunder is the gentleman from Ohio...
...rediscount rate of the N. Y. Federal Reserve Bank from 3 to 3½%. The rate had not been changed since Aug. 8, 1924, when it was lowered from 3½ to 3%. Considerable conjecture arose as to the cause for raising the rate, and whether it indicated a move to halt speculation in the stockmarket. Most editorial writers decided to the contrary −a position which the bank's own statement confirms. The New York Bank rate at 3% was below the market rates and also under every other Reserve Bank− Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland and San Francisco...
Hammond May Move to First...
...request for my views as to the limitation of coaches salaries. I believe the Harvard-Yale-Princeton agreement limiting the total coaching budget of the varsity football team of each of the three institutions is a step in the right direction and Princeton is glad to join in this move. The adjustment of an individual salary in any field of service is a much more complicated question and may become unfair if a restriction in one field is arbitrarily set according to limits established in another field. I can see no necessary or logical relation between the salary...