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...Macartney was elected, 464-446. He at once appointed die-hards to all the important committee chairmanships. He made Mr. Bryan Vice Moderator. So implacable was the Fundamentalist machine that J. M. T. Finney, eminent surgeon of Johns Hopkins, lost his temper. Clenching his fists, he turned to the Philadelphia delegation saying: "This is Philadelphia ward politics of the worst kind...
...rarely accomplished in three months, or with no backslidings. An eminent criminologist has said that to change the outlook of one disposed to crime is many times more difficult after the first conviction than before. If Sir Henry could be moved to continue his interesting work, remembering to temper his mercy with common sense, and experimenting with less hardened offenders, he might eventually come to accept his father's opinions with only one or two grains of salt, instead of an entire sellerful...
Speaking of the immigration bill as it affected Japan, he was of the opinion that the House should not legislate to exclude Japanese, but should leave the question to diplomatic arrangement. The House should not temper with the Japanese question, for, said he: "The Senate has charge of our foreign relations and is in closer touch with the situation...
Diplomatic firmness and good temper ended a disagreeable chapter in Anglo-American relations. Two years ago British shipping interests charged that the American consular officials at Newcastle-on-Tyne had exceeded their authority by attempting to divert passengers from British to American shipping lines. The British Foreign Office insisted that the two accused officials be transferred from Newcastle, and canceled the exequaturs (official consular recognition) of Slater and Brooks, Consul and Vice Consul of the U. S. The U. S. State Department instituted three separate inquiries, which in each case failed to substantiate the charges. The British Government, however, stood...
Diplomatic firmness and good temper...