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...Minister Dr. Alfred Grünberger heard of this, he waxed wrathful and declared, by all the gods, that General Ludendorff should not come to Salzburg. He further intimated to the Pan-Germans that their celebration would be permitted only on condition that German Nationalist organizations and German Racialists withdrew. For, in fact, Pan Germanism now means the fusion of Austria and Germany...
Farmer-Labor: captured at St. Paul by Communists; nominated Duncan McDonald and William Bouck. The National Committee withdrew their names last week and endorsed the Workers' Party candidates...
...Democratic National Convention (TIME, July 7), the 40th, the 50th, the 60th, the 70th ballot passed. All records were broken. In 1860, the Democratic Convention at Charleston had balloted 57 times before splitting over the slavery issue, after which the southern delegates withdrew and the northern wing nominated Douglas on the second ballot. In 1840, the Whig Convention at Harrisburg had taken "many, many" ballots ? nobody counted them?before nominating W. H. Harrison. But even if the number of ballots at these Conventions had been as great, the endurance record would have been less, for in the earlier days...
...Charles Edgar Welch. Born Watertown, N. Y., 1852. Public School Education. Practising and manufacturing dentist with his father, 1877-1886. Grape juice man since 1869 at Vineland, N. J. Nominated by the Prohibition Party in 1914 and 1916 for Governor of New York; withdrew in 1914 in favor of Democrat Sulzer and ran for Lieutenant Governor. Defeated both times...
...this was not done without protest. One farmer declared?before he and 25 others withdrew from the Convention: "The farmers of this country, and the laborers, too, will never agree to the principles shown in this convention...