Scrutiny of South Carolina Open Primary Rule Change
A 1919 State Democratic Convention rule requires voters to swear allegiance to the party and support its nominees, sparking debate over amending the oath to allow open participation. Editors weigh threats to an uninstructed delegation versus calls to preserve party discipline as South Carolina deliberates in Columbia.
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Columbia
Democratic Party of South
Caro Bel
Democrati
Democratic Party
Phat
Democratic “Party
Richards
Lear
Tova
Nile
South Carolina
Greenwood Index-Journal
Greenville Piedmont
Smith
Palmetto State
Yorkville Enquirer
Seth
South Caroline
Xrax
Houston
Texas
Williston
Nto
Hews Tie
Ee Ee Lowe
Williston Way
Journal
Tha. Index—Journal
Food law debate over exempting corn sugar from purity act
Representative Cole proposes a farm relief bill to exempt corn sugar from the pure food law. Senator Copeland supports the exemption while Dr. Harvey Wiley denounces it as a vicious measure. The Corn Products Refining Company pressuring Congress seeks to avoid labeling and hide quantities in foods amid farmer, housewife, and beekeeper protests.
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Cole
Copeland
Harvey Wiley
Congress
Corn Products Refining Company
Agricultural Department
Argentina
War Makers Profits and the Arms Industry Pressure
A Burton resolution to curb arms shipments to belligerents is blocked by arms and munitions manufacturers allied with the Navy and War Departments. A Chemical Foundation representative warned such a ban would ruin the U S chemical industry and argued for markets for poison gas. The piece argues that gun and munitions firms advocate war for profits, hindering peace efforts.
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Burton
Navy
War Departments
The
Chemical Foundation
House Committee
United States to Stay Entwined in Nicaraguan Affairs
The State Department signals a persistent U.S. role in Nicaragua despite constitutional limits and political complexity. Separately, the rise of chain drug stores in the United States is noted, with 2,275 stores and rapid expansion, contributing about a quarter of the industry’s roughly one billion dollars in annual sales.
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United States
Ing
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McGee, Dra
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K.S. Brown
DPA
Augusta
WAR Makers
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American Republic
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