Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Today -100: September 30, 1925: Of fightin’ Bobses, dining at Balmoral, and straw hats


Robert La Follette Jr. easily wins the special election to fill his late father’s US Senate seat.

The British Labour Party conference rejects the Communist Party (CPGB)’s request for affiliation by a wide margin. During the angry debate, one “Red” delegate calls party leader Ramsay MacDonald “the man who dines at Balmoral,” i.e., with the king. While Communists have been banned since last year as Labour candidates, there are plenty of Communist delegates at the conference representing unions.

The maharajah of Kapurthala (Punjab) visits Atlantic City. What does the NYT think you should know about that? 



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