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Then, as a protest against removing the protective tariff on sugar, he bolted his party and turned Republican. His political ideas had changed with the times, with Louisiana's necessities...
There is something sturdily conservative in the protest of one of Harvard's leading athletes of days gone by against the present tendency of undergraduates to take to their books. There was danger that the revolutionary idea that college was a place in which to study might actually dominate the student world. In fact, after every encounter with Yale, voices have been raised by Harvard men about the enervating effect of study on members of the team...
Last year the Crimson and the Princetonian held a baseball game in Cambridge which was in the nature of a protest against the complete severance of relations between the undergraduates of the two universities. Old school mates took advantage of this initial venture in journalistic athleticism to renew ties of long standing, while the rest of the two editorial squads profited greatly from contact with their fellow workers from another college. The invitation from Princeton to continue this rivalry by a return game was accepted with alacrity by the Crimson diamond enthusiasts this spring...
...days after Chicago's deficit was announced, the Chicago and Cook County tax bills were issued, having been withheld by Thompson henchmen until after the primary election. When they received their tax bills, citizens all over Chicago exploded with fury, and rushed to the City Hall to protest. While the city's deficit was being acquired, city and county taxes had been jacked up tremendously. Some citizens found their taxes raised 100%, some 200%, some...
Associated Press. Two resolutions were adopted: 1) to extend special voting rights and protest rights to the entire A. P. membership of 1,200 newspapers; 2) to float a new bond issue of $500,000, of which no member can buy more than $1,000 worth...