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...Pennsylvania delegation. On the night of formal nomination Mrs. Hanger received a great ovation- three minutes of applause and two minutes of cheering. Mrs. Cook's ovation lasted for three minutes, total. Immediately after Mrs. Story was nominated, she rose on a point of personal privilege and withdrew her nomination, releasing her delegates and asking them to vote for Mrs. Cook. The reason she gave was that she would not take part in any campaign which was carried out by defamation of character. Amid the uproar Mrs. Cook jumped to her feet. "I see no reason why Mrs. Story...
...fought with stubborn bitterness for the President-Generalship. The "most aristocratic ladies in the country" argued and expostulated for long hours on their relative merits adjourned to drink innumerable cups of tea, and returned to cast their ballots and lose their dignity. When feelings ran high Miss Tupman suddenly withdrew to throw her weight-hardly a lady-like performance-to Mrs. Snodgrass, and pandemonium broke loose...
...wear." Lady Astor: "I introduced a bill into the House of Commons to prohibit the sale of intoxicants to persons under 18 years of age. Opposition led me to remark that one of my opponents ' seemed to be the village donkey.' I was called to order and withdrew my epithet." Andrew J. Volstead: "Having been defeated for re-election to Congress, I called at the White House to pay my respects before retiring to Minnesota to practice law. Photographers leaped from ambush in the shrubbery and chased me across the lawn. Surrounded, I hauled down my colors...
...Argentine Republic withdrew from a meeting of the League in 1920 after a motion to admit all sovereign nations to membership, moved by the Argentine delegation, was rejected...
During the past week two videttes were seen in Washington examining with practised eye the enemy's entrenchments. Much handshaking was done in the Senate Chamber and much earnest conversation was held with silent, stern-faced men. Then the two scouts withdrew into conference to outline a plan of campaign for the next assault on the Capitol...