Political Corruption Exposed At Pennsylvania Senate Hearing
Edward W Pickard reviews the Pennsylvania primary spending scandal as witnesses reveal campaign finances, ties to major names like the Mellons, and the vast sums used to influence votes. Details touch Ware Pepper campaigns, watchdogs, and internal party strategies amid national finance concerns.
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Edward W. Pickard
Senate
Pennsylvania
Keystone
William &. Ware
Pepper
Pinchot
Beidieman
James
Ward
Pepper-Fisher
Mellons
Republican Organization
Mellon
Senator Reed
Joseph R. Grundy
Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association
Kline
Harry A. Mackey
Philadelphia
Ware
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Senators threaten filibuster over lakes to gulf waterway bill
Twelve senators mostly from the lake states plan a filibuster on the omnibus rivers and harbors bill to block the Illinois link of the lakes to the gulf project. Willis of Ohio leads the talking effort to delay in committee and on the floor, while Deneen of Illinois says it cannot be killed by such tactics and House leaders vow to stay in session until passage.
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Haugen
Dickinson
Anthony
Coolldze
Me Ion
Amercan
Treasury
Robinson
Carl Vrooman
Congress
Lake States
Willis
Ohio
Senate
Deneen
Minols
House
Mrs. W. B. Hamilton Named Coast District Candidate
Mrs. William B. Hamilton, San Francisco society figure and wife of the port collector, is selected by a coastal committee of five thousand women as their congress candidate for California's Fourth District to succeed Mrs. Julius Kahn.
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William B. Hamilton
San Francisco
Congress
California
Julius Kahn
Hamilton
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