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Herbert C. Hoover: "In Chicago, addressing the Izaak Walton League, I said there are too few fishermen in public life. 'A fisherman,' said I, must be of contemplative mind. . . No one can catch fish in excitement, in anger or in malice. He [the fisherman] is by nature possessed of faith, hope and even optimism...
...outcome of the elections is considered by experts to be dubious, if not foreboding. The situation was succinctly summed up by Sir Edgar Walton, High Commissioner for South Africa in London: "It is very possible that a Nationalist majority will be returned in the coming elections, and Nationalism in South Africa stands for Republicanism, although the Nationalists are not understood to be pressing their Republican views...
Governor J. C. Walton, under impeachment trial before the State Senate of Oklahoma, was found guilty and removed from office after a sensational trial. As the prosecution was completing its case, the Governor suddenly rose and with his counsel and family left the chamber, saying he was not getting a fair trial. As a result the defense presented no case. He will carry the fight to Federal courts...
First the Walton attorneys asked for ten days more in which to prepare their case. It was denied. They asked for the privilege of demanding of each Senator whether he is a member of the Ku Klux Klan. It was denied. They moved to quash the impeachment charges. It was denied. They filed demurrers to 14 of the 22 counts. One after another the demurrers were voted down. The actual procedure of the trial was then...
There was small doubt that Mr. Walton would be convicted of the charges. His lawyers were preparing to take an appeal to the Federal courts...