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New Democratic Era Looms in 1918 Politics
Center of the political stage shifts as Democrats gain control in the 1918 election. The piece highlights rising lawmakers in the House and Senate, cabinet speculation around Woodrow Wilson’s administration, and notable figures such as Stanley Bowdle, William Hughes, Harry Lane, Ransdell, Dunne, Cox, Brandeis, Wade, Wells, Morgenthau, Crane, Neill, and Palmer.
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Charles N. Lurie
New York Sunday Papers
United States
Democratic Party
Grover Cleveland
White House
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
William Sulzer
New York
Stanley BE. Bowdlse
Ohio
Nicholas Longworth
Roosevelt
William Hughes
New Jersey
Wilson
Billy. Hughes
Capitol
Frank O. Briggs
Harry Lane
Portland
Ore
Jonathan Bourne
Louisiana
United States Senate
Foster
Ransdell
Theodore H. Burton
Edward F. Dunne
Illinois
James M. Cox
Judge Dunne
Chicago
Cook County
Cox
Potomac
Martin J. Wade
Iowa
Secretary of the Treasury
Rolla Wells
Missour
St. Louis
Henry Morgenthau
Charles R. Crane
Wiley
McCombs
Taft
Commerce and Labor
Jameen M
Joseph R. Ransdell
Slept
Lon A
William F. McCombs
Oregon
Charles P. Neill
Louis D. Brandeis
Ilinois
the Treasury
A. Mitchell Palmer
Harvey W. Wiley