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October I2, I932 THE COMMONWEAL 555 THE TWILIGHT OF THE PARTIES By WILLIAM C. MURPHY, jg. I F THERE be a silver lining in the present cloud of depression and uncertainty, it would seem to be...

The G. O. P. versus Garner (September 1932)

462 THE COMMONWEAL September I4, 1932 THE G. O. P. VERSUS GARNER By WILLIAM C. MURPHY, jR. T HE LATE Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall was fond of telling the following story: "Once...

Summer Musings on Democracy (October 1931)

October 7, 1931 THE COMMONWEAL 543 SUMMER MUSINGS ON DEMOCRACY By WILLIAM C. MURPHY, JR. I T DISTURBS school-book conceptions to be in-formed that the Honorable Joseph R. Grundy, erstwhile tariff...

Senate and President (June 1931)

June 3, 1931 THE COMMONWEAL 123 SENATE AND PRESIDENT By WILLIAM C. MURPHY, JR. CONTROVERSIES between the President and the Senate have become so numerous in recent years that they have almost...

Progressive Politics (April 1931)

WASHINGTON is still wondering about the recent bipartizan Progressive Conference, held there just after Congress adjourned. Was the conference a forerunner of a third party in 1932? Was it a...

Selling Politics (January 1931)

SINCE merchandising, traditionally, is the flower of American genius it is not surprising that the business of selecting public officials has been placed on a plane with the selling of tooth...

Mr Borah Turns Practical (February 1930)

MR. BORAH TURNS PRACTICAL By WILLIAM C. MURPHY, jr. "HE WINDS himself up but he never strikes twelve" were the words used a few years ago by a distinguished Washington correspondent to describe...

The Tale of a Tilt (February 1929)

476 THE COMMONWEAL February 27, 1929 THE TALE OF A TILT By WILLIAM C. MURPHY, JR. I NCIDENTALLY to the change of administrations on March 4, Washington is being entertained by a battle between...

On Keeping Our Heroes Orthodox (July 1927)

THE proposal emanating from Athens that the courts of Greece grant a new trial to the late Mr. Socrates suggests the desirability of a periodic revision of lists of national heroes. Some such...

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