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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1925

Page

8

Calls for Electoral Reform Commission to Overhaul System

A House debate centers on presidential election flaws and succession after a deadlock. Rep Cable urges a commission to study the process and draft legislation to fix unanswered questions and improve the electoral framework. The aim is to replace improvised safeguards with a thorough revision.

House of Representatives American Commonwealth Republic Congress Senate Norris House Cable Ohio Republican Owble Commission

Farmers and Lawyers Dominate Legislature

The General Assembly shows farmers and lawyers as the largest groups. In the Senate 16 are lawyers and 14 practice law, with two bankers and one law student. House membership features 67 farmers of 124 total, plus 35 lawyers and others.

General Assembly Senate Sf Tele Rodeken Ole i House of Representatives Ile House

Seeking a farm secretary to Coolidge in 1924

President Coolidge searches for a secretary of agriculture from a field of about forty candidates. He prefers Howard M. Gore to stay as secretary but Gore plans to return to West Virginia March 1. The president aims to appoint an assistant secretary first to train. L. J. Tober of Ohio is among serious contenders with strong backing.

Washington D. C Coolidge Howard M. Gore West Virginia L. J. Tober Ohio National Grange West Mississippi

Precedent Question—Presidential Removal Power at Supreme Court

The pending case tests if the President may remove any official including postmasters without Senate consulting the body that confirmed them. Frank Myers of Portland sues for back pay after removal, challenging removal power and potential precedents for Congress and the judiciary.

Washington United States Supreme Court Wilson Frank S. Myers Portland Ore Senate Supreme Court Ition Congress United States Senate Taft Albert B. Cummins Iowa Senate Judiciary Committee William Howard Taft Harlan F. Stone James M. Beck Cummins Entreme Committee For Beck Gover Offe Interstate Commerce Commission Tariff Commission Myers Novtmaster

Fundamentalists and Modernists Face Quiet Spiritual Debate

The quarrel between Fundamentalists and Modernists may stir only theory not practice for most believers. Clergy debate fosters thought and may lead laity to form a composite conviction embracing the good in both sides while pursuing the true modern fundamental task of saving souls.

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George Scott Wm. T. Gallther Ne i President Coolidge Community Ice & Coal Co Taipera Buick Dinary Clowe-Coleman Company, Inc Aiken Southern Welding Company Broad Street Augusta Schofield School Laundry Sumter Street Miss Lanbon Schofield Farmers & Merchants Bank C.H. McLaughlin 9Th Street MO. C O. B. Hutson S-C THE Fundamental Modernists J. W. Ashhurst Aiken Pressing Club
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