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Later in the debate on the annulment of the 61 Croatian seats, Deputy Bazala, Raditch partisan, delivered himself of a speech in Croatian. Serbian howls rent the Chamber. He declared that Deputies sat in the Chamber who had been elected by the Government and not by the people-but he got no farther. An irate Government Deputy hit him on the head and began a fist fight of prolonged duration which was finally stopped by the intervention of gendarmes...
...partisan cartoonist, not curious but bitter, depicts the Republican Covered Wagon just as it has crossed Recent Election River. The perplexed Elephant turns to Driver Cal, asking: "Now, where's that half-breed guide of ours gone ?" And Cal replies : "Search me ! He was in the wagon until we got safely across the river." But the trenchant pen of the cartoonist* discovers the "half-breed guide"-and what does he wear but the face of Mr. Borah?-hiding behind the brush and whispering to the prowling savages who wear insurgent feathers in their topknots...
...does not work well in concert with anyone. He does not attend party caucuses. He hardly can be induced to sit in at a committee meeting. He works alone and comes to his own conclusions; and, when he speaks, he states his position so reasonably, with so little partisan spirit, that he arouses no bitterness even in his direct opponents. He is acknowledged the most effective speaker in the Senate for this very reason. It gives him an immense prestige. His independence, his non-partisan spirit, his earnest intention to be fair, were the qualities which brought about his selection...
Flag: Candidate Jarres went on to say that the black, red and gold flag was the constituent flag of Germany, but it would not do to use it for partisan purposes. He and his followers demanded the right to honor the old Imperial flag?"the symbol of the glorious past...
Reading the voluminous and for the most part short-sightedly partisan controversy concerning the departure of Professor Baker for Yale has moved me to wonder whether it would not be appropriate to say something for the other side. Practically all that I have read has stressed the so-called "forcing out" and horrible treatment of Professor Baker at the hands of Harvard University--and by "Harvard" is meant the head of the University, although the vociferous commiserates of Professor Baker do not always have the courage to say so. I should like to propose a few questions...