Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Today -100: December 17, 1924: Of binghams and prohibition
Hiram Bingham III, a former Yale (and Harvard and Princeton) professor who was elected governor of Connecticut just last month, presumably on the basis of having the most Republican-governor-of-Connecticut name, is now elected to the US Senate in a special election to replace Frank Brandegee, who committed suicide. So he’s now both governor-elect & senator-elect as well as lieutenant governor. His senatorial term won’t start until after he’s inaugurated as governor and holds his... he won’t really hold a governor’s ball, will he? He’s threatening to hold off resigning until his appointments are confirmed. Beyond his record for shortest gubernatorial term ever, Bingham is an explorer, known for having “discovered” Machu Picchu.
Attorney Gen. Harlan Stone orders an inquiry into the supposed lax enforcement of Prohibition in New Jersey.
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Again, I have to hand it to you for succinctly summarizing a virtually unreadable article about AG Stone's inquiry into NJ. Here is the opening sentence: "Announcement was made tonight by Attorney General Stone that he had decided to make a thorough investigation of charges emanating from various quarters that there had been for the past few years a lax enforcement of the Federal prohibition laws in New Jersey." 42 words in the opening sentence alone, every verb in passive tense, with writing so clumsily written it might as well be an obstacle course. "Announcement was made tonight"?!? "that he had decided"?!? "charges emanating from various quarters"?!? And this goes on for another 500 words!
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