Election of a Senator from Pennsylvania: Hearings, Sixty-ninth Congress, Second Session Pursuant to S. Res. 195 and S. Res. 324, Volumes 1-2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1927 - Elections |
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... reason of living in the same division . The CHAIRMAN . I believe I used the term " precinct . " I meant division , and that is what you meant . Mr. SAMUEL B. SCOTT . The technical term is " election district , " but , practically ...
... reason of living in the same division . The CHAIRMAN . I believe I used the term " precinct . " I meant division , and that is what you meant . Mr. SAMUEL B. SCOTT . The technical term is " election district , " but , practically ...
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... reasons : First , because in my judgment , it would not have been acceptable , cer- tainly , because an investigation going back to the period of three or four months prior to the election to ascertain whether these men had been active ...
... reasons : First , because in my judgment , it would not have been acceptable , cer- tainly , because an investigation going back to the period of three or four months prior to the election to ascertain whether these men had been active ...
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... reason for the verdict . Senator GOFF . The adjective " reasonable " would have been mis- applied in use if it had been applied if those statements I assumed in my question would have been elicited on cross - examination from these ...
... reason for the verdict . Senator GOFF . The adjective " reasonable " would have been mis- applied in use if it had been applied if those statements I assumed in my question would have been elicited on cross - examination from these ...
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... reason that I felt it was well when any of those leaders came to see me to discuss the case , that we discuss it with them . In the first of those cases that we tried I persisted against my better judgment in pressing for the conviction ...
... reason that I felt it was well when any of those leaders came to see me to discuss the case , that we discuss it with them . In the first of those cases that we tried I persisted against my better judgment in pressing for the conviction ...
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... reason for doing that , so far as any contest was concerned . You ask why it is done ? Šenator KING . It is a matter of habit , I suppose ? Mr. Fox . I think largely a habit , and also a very selfish reason , that the division leader or ...
... reason for doing that , so far as any contest was concerned . You ask why it is done ? Šenator KING . It is a matter of habit , I suppose ? Mr. Fox . I think largely a habit , and also a very selfish reason , that the division leader or ...
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Page 1 - Every person who, having been summoned as a witness by authority of said committee, or any subcommittee thereof, willfully makes default, or who, having appeared, refuses to answer any question pertinent to the investigation heretofore authorized, shall be held to the penalties provided by section 102 of the Revised Statutes of the United States ( USC, title 2, sec.
Page 72 - ... and the committee will stand in recess subject to the call of the chairman. We will give you notice in advance of a meeting.
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