Word: walsh
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...only direct repudiation of the Coolidge Administration came in Massachusetts where the President's good friend, Senator William M. Butler, was smitten down by David Ignatius Walsh, Democratic Wet, Irish-Catholic. Even in Northampton with the added stimulus of the President and Mrs. Coolidge's personal votes, Senator Butler barely nosed out Senator-elect Walsh by 53 votes. However, the slap at the Administration is somewhat lessened by the well-known, potent vote-getting powers of Mr. Walsh and the colorless conservatism of business-like Senator Butler...
...Walsh was in the Senate...
From India came a strange tale last week, a new Mowgli* story, a Romulus and Remus anecdote, with the genders changed. Bishop Pakenham Walsh of Calcutta, back in London from a visit to the mission of the Rev. Jal Singh at Midnapur, Bengal, told the tale and vouched for its truth. Some months ago the Rev. Jal Singh was told, by the wide-eyed inhabitants of an isolated village in his parish, to avoid a certain path into the hills. It was, they assured him, haunted by demons. Strong in his faith, and armed against wild beasts...
...Editorial comment on state and national politics is an excellent policy for a college newspaper to follow," declared Major Thomas Walsh, when asked by a CRIMSON reporter for his opinion on this question. Major Walsh is the brother of ex-Senator D. I. Walsh, Democratic nominee for United States Senator, and has been prominent in the campaign for his election...
...Major Walsh stressed the importance of personality in a political campaign. "The fact that a man has held a number of public offices means little when he runs for office again," he said. "The important consideration is the character of the candidate himself, as shown in his conduct of responsible duties, and as revealed in his attitude toward his political associates. If a man shows himself to be honest, industrious, and appreciative of duty, he needs no further recommendation for office nor is any political ballyhoo needed to add to the popularity of such a candidate...