Welcome Governor Blancharde, may I ask why you are voting against the presidential voting amendment, and for the the other? I mean no offense, I just can't see why.
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Welcome Governor Blancharde, may I ask why you are voting against the presidential voting amendment, and for the the other? I mean no offense, I just can't see why.
Frankly, im not federal nor like them, even if, your welcomed, Governor Blancharde
Ah, Governor Blancharde, it is good to see more Americans from all parts of the country interested and involved in national politics. It's an added bonus when they are Federals, of course. Welcome. I trust you have read up on the history of our national politics, of course? ((shameless promotion 
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))I would support the Secretary's legislation on basic rights, although I am worried that even its moderation will not aid it in passing or being accepted and well kept in all parts of the nation.
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A Brief Guide to Major Parties and Political Movements:
The Post-Jackonian Era (1836-1857)
- The Democratic Party: The party of Andrew Jackson after the "Republican" or "Whig" side of the Democratic-Republican party split away, the party stood as the conservative side of politics during its existence. The further breakaway of the Southern Nationalists hurt their chances for nomination until the SNP collapsed and was merged back into them.
-- Presidents: Walsh
- The Southern Nationalist Party: A breakaway from the Democratic Party, the Southern Nationalists feared northern interference with southern affairs. They were the political offshoot of the Southern Nationalist Militia, which united several southern militias into one policing body. The party acted in a much more authoritarian way than the other two. While it passed much legislation, the SNP was never able to get a nominee elected. When a candidate suggested secession from the Union, the party fractured and most elements returned to the Democratic Party, although the SNM would continue as a military force until the Civil War.
- The Whig Party (later known as the National Republican Party): The more liberal Whigs, supporting more Laissez Faire policies and more radical military and reform goals, were initially dominant after President Jackson left office.
-- Presidents: King, Cameron, Brass
Factions:
- "The Cameronites": A name used to denote supporters of Cameron's policies, generally seen as more compromising and less stringent in terms of abolitionism.
- "The Radical Whigs": A name used to denote opposition to those policies and a less compromising attitude toward abolitionism, militia spread, etc.
- The (National) Union Party: A short term joint party ticket in 1841 between the Whig and Democratic Parties, in response to the break off of the Southern Nationalist Party.
-- Presidents: Cameron
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The Fall of the Whig Party: (1857)
- The State's Republican Party: The name of the National Republican Party when former President James Cameron contested incumbent president Brass' nomination. The party had elements of the Democratic Party along with the Cameronite wing of the Republicans, and was more supportive of state's rights.
-- Presidents: Cameron, Williams (by succession rules after Vice President Davis was forced to resign and President Cameron was assassinated)
- The Democratic Republican Party (of 1857): A party comprised of elements of the Democratic Party and the Radical Whigs, and was more supportive of Federalism. It nominated Hensdale of the Democratic Party and Brass of the Republicans in an attempt to defeat Cameron's candidacy.
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The Civil War and Reconstruction (1858-1884)
- The Republican Party: The State's Republican Party had become the sole party for a brief while as the Civil War raged. It was named the Republican Party under Williams' term, and was generally seen as the more conservative side of politics. After the rise of the Federalist Party, the Republican party's support base faltered and the party went defunct in 1884, starting the tidal wave of political change that would start the next party system.
-- Presidents: Williams, Mandrake
- The New Democratic Party (later simply the Democratic Party): An offshoot of the Republican party formed in opposition to Williams' policies toward Southern Reconstruction (the New Democrats advocated more lenient reconstruction efforts). The party grew in power under the control of major industrialists and business owners.
-- Presidents: Jamous, Callahan
- The Libertarian Party: A left leaning party formed after the Civil War from a variety of radical groups. Was reduced to a minor party after 1872 due to declining membership.
Factions:
- Marxist-Vinogradism: A revolutionary socialist ideology supporting worker's rights on the principles of the German writer Marx and the American writer Vinograd. Founded in the Abolitionist movement around the Civil War.
- National Vinogradism: A nationalist tinged ideology supporting class equality and reform rather than a classless society. Condemns violent revolution.
- Social Unionists: Supporters of labor unions and democratic socialism, anti-monopolistic and for universal worker's rights.
- ASDLP: A Marxist-Vinogradist Revolutionary Organization that was banned and forced underground. Its legacy still influences some factions within the Libertarian party.
- The Federal Party: Born out of the West, this party formed with a variety of issues, such as expansion of the FBI. When the Libertarian Party declined, they benefited from new members and increased spotlight.
-- Presidents: Bridgeworthy
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The Industrial Era (1884-1912)
- The Federal Party: The centrist Federals grew with the demise of the Republicans, supporting delegation of powers to the states under the oversight of federal agencies (such as the FBI) and a strong Big Stick diplomatic policy.
-- Presidents: Vallejo, Harrison*
*Vice-president under a coalition with the Democratic Party. Became president when Democratic President Hayden was assassinated. Re-elected as a Federal candidate.
- The Democratic Party (later, the Democratic Labor Party): After the Great Strike, the party became heavily influenced by labor unions, focusing on expanding and protecting worker's rights.
--Presidents: Hayden
- The American Conservative Party: Originally the State's Conservative Party, this party was formed by those dissatisfied with the "sham trials" of the Confederate war criminals. Its power base started in the south and advocated fairly conservative views (as the name would suggest). The isolationist and free market wings of the former Republican party flocked to its banner (although it had a brief period where the weaker internal interventionist wing took control).
--Presidents: Davis, Carr, Hensdale
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The War Era (1912-1929)
- The Federal Party: With the demise of the Democratic Labor Party, the Federals became the leftist party in politics. Democratic Labor policies, in a more moderate form, and interventionism in Europe were supported. After the war the support for the party dwindled as the economy continued to soar under Republican presidencies.
-- Presidents: Terrance
- The Republican Party: Formerly the American Conservatives, this party advocated non-interventionism and a conservative domestic policy.
-- Presidents: Jarvis, Sherman
- The Entente Party: The interventionist wing of the ACP broke off, calling itself the Entente Party after the alliance they supported in Europe. Interventionists generally supported the more successful Federal Party as the party marginalized itself in the debate, and once the war had begun the party faded rapidly.
-- Presidents:
- The Progressive Party: Advocating social reform and economic intervention, the "Democratic Party in all but name" gained energy as the Federal Party became more moderate and less powerful. It rose swiftly to national prominence, gaining a victory in the 1928 elections right before the economic crash.
-- Presidents: Ryan
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The Great Depression (1929 - ????)
- The United Fascists: Advocates of radical social and political changes, which they claimed to be necessary for the preservation of liberty and American greatness. Lost to an alliance of other political parties, but declared a devastating coup in an attempt to overthrow the government.
-- Presidents: Milton-Spencer (self-proclaimed provisional president during the coup)
- The Progressive Party: Supporters of interventionist solutions to the American recovery from the Great Depression. Some held them to blame for the crash while others felt they did the best they could to soften the blow.
-- Presidents: Ryan, McCahill (in a unity government with the Republicans)
- The Liberal Party: Members of the Progressive Party who sided with the pro-United Nations incumbent president McCahill in the 1941 elections (Progressives who sided with chairman Michael Sullivan retained the Progressive Party name).
-- Presidents: McCahill (in a unity government with the Republicans)
- The True Labor Party: A breakaway from the Progressive Party during President Ryan's reelection campaign, the True Laborers felt that the Progressives had “abandoned the ideal of socialism, and the American people.” The party was short lived.
-- Presidents:
- The Republican Party: Gave support to laissez-faire responses to the Great Depression. The Republicans were ideologically opposed to the Progressive Party on economic issues, but formed a coalition in response to the fascist movement.
-- Presidents:
- The Democratic Party: The party of Andrew Jackson after the "Republican" or "Whig" side of the Democratic-Republican party split away, the party stood as the conservative side of politics during its existence. The further breakaway of the Southern Nationalists hurt their chances for nomination until the SNP collapsed and was merged back into them.
-- Presidents: Walsh
- The Southern Nationalist Party: A breakaway from the Democratic Party, the Southern Nationalists feared northern interference with southern affairs. They were the political offshoot of the Southern Nationalist Militia, which united several southern militias into one policing body. The party acted in a much more authoritarian way than the other two. While it passed much legislation, the SNP was never able to get a nominee elected. When a candidate suggested secession from the Union, the party fractured and most elements returned to the Democratic Party, although the SNM would continue as a military force until the Civil War.
- The Whig Party (later known as the National Republican Party): The more liberal Whigs, supporting more Laissez Faire policies and more radical military and reform goals, were initially dominant after President Jackson left office.
-- Presidents: King, Cameron, Brass
Factions:
- "The Cameronites": A name used to denote supporters of Cameron's policies, generally seen as more compromising and less stringent in terms of abolitionism.
- "The Radical Whigs": A name used to denote opposition to those policies and a less compromising attitude toward abolitionism, militia spread, etc.
- The (National) Union Party: A short term joint party ticket in 1841 between the Whig and Democratic Parties, in response to the break off of the Southern Nationalist Party.
-- Presidents: Cameron
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The Fall of the Whig Party: (1857)
- The State's Republican Party: The name of the National Republican Party when former President James Cameron contested incumbent president Brass' nomination. The party had elements of the Democratic Party along with the Cameronite wing of the Republicans, and was more supportive of state's rights.
-- Presidents: Cameron, Williams (by succession rules after Vice President Davis was forced to resign and President Cameron was assassinated)
- The Democratic Republican Party (of 1857): A party comprised of elements of the Democratic Party and the Radical Whigs, and was more supportive of Federalism. It nominated Hensdale of the Democratic Party and Brass of the Republicans in an attempt to defeat Cameron's candidacy.
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The Civil War and Reconstruction (1858-1884)
- The Republican Party: The State's Republican Party had become the sole party for a brief while as the Civil War raged. It was named the Republican Party under Williams' term, and was generally seen as the more conservative side of politics. After the rise of the Federalist Party, the Republican party's support base faltered and the party went defunct in 1884, starting the tidal wave of political change that would start the next party system.
-- Presidents: Williams, Mandrake
- The New Democratic Party (later simply the Democratic Party): An offshoot of the Republican party formed in opposition to Williams' policies toward Southern Reconstruction (the New Democrats advocated more lenient reconstruction efforts). The party grew in power under the control of major industrialists and business owners.
-- Presidents: Jamous, Callahan
- The Libertarian Party: A left leaning party formed after the Civil War from a variety of radical groups. Was reduced to a minor party after 1872 due to declining membership.
Factions:
- Marxist-Vinogradism: A revolutionary socialist ideology supporting worker's rights on the principles of the German writer Marx and the American writer Vinograd. Founded in the Abolitionist movement around the Civil War.
- National Vinogradism: A nationalist tinged ideology supporting class equality and reform rather than a classless society. Condemns violent revolution.
- Social Unionists: Supporters of labor unions and democratic socialism, anti-monopolistic and for universal worker's rights.
- ASDLP: A Marxist-Vinogradist Revolutionary Organization that was banned and forced underground. Its legacy still influences some factions within the Libertarian party.
- The Federal Party: Born out of the West, this party formed with a variety of issues, such as expansion of the FBI. When the Libertarian Party declined, they benefited from new members and increased spotlight.
-- Presidents: Bridgeworthy
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The Industrial Era (1884-1912)
- The Federal Party: The centrist Federals grew with the demise of the Republicans, supporting delegation of powers to the states under the oversight of federal agencies (such as the FBI) and a strong Big Stick diplomatic policy.
-- Presidents: Vallejo, Harrison*
*Vice-president under a coalition with the Democratic Party. Became president when Democratic President Hayden was assassinated. Re-elected as a Federal candidate.
- The Democratic Party (later, the Democratic Labor Party): After the Great Strike, the party became heavily influenced by labor unions, focusing on expanding and protecting worker's rights.
--Presidents: Hayden
- The American Conservative Party: Originally the State's Conservative Party, this party was formed by those dissatisfied with the "sham trials" of the Confederate war criminals. Its power base started in the south and advocated fairly conservative views (as the name would suggest). The isolationist and free market wings of the former Republican party flocked to its banner (although it had a brief period where the weaker internal interventionist wing took control).
--Presidents: Davis, Carr, Hensdale
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The War Era (1912-1929)
- The Federal Party: With the demise of the Democratic Labor Party, the Federals became the leftist party in politics. Democratic Labor policies, in a more moderate form, and interventionism in Europe were supported. After the war the support for the party dwindled as the economy continued to soar under Republican presidencies.
-- Presidents: Terrance
- The Republican Party: Formerly the American Conservatives, this party advocated non-interventionism and a conservative domestic policy.
-- Presidents: Jarvis, Sherman
- The Entente Party: The interventionist wing of the ACP broke off, calling itself the Entente Party after the alliance they supported in Europe. Interventionists generally supported the more successful Federal Party as the party marginalized itself in the debate, and once the war had begun the party faded rapidly.
-- Presidents:
- The Progressive Party: Advocating social reform and economic intervention, the "Democratic Party in all but name" gained energy as the Federal Party became more moderate and less powerful. It rose swiftly to national prominence, gaining a victory in the 1928 elections right before the economic crash.
-- Presidents: Ryan
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The Great Depression (1929 - ????)
- The United Fascists: Advocates of radical social and political changes, which they claimed to be necessary for the preservation of liberty and American greatness. Lost to an alliance of other political parties, but declared a devastating coup in an attempt to overthrow the government.
-- Presidents: Milton-Spencer (self-proclaimed provisional president during the coup)
- The Progressive Party: Supporters of interventionist solutions to the American recovery from the Great Depression. Some held them to blame for the crash while others felt they did the best they could to soften the blow.
-- Presidents: Ryan, McCahill (in a unity government with the Republicans)
- The Liberal Party: Members of the Progressive Party who sided with the pro-United Nations incumbent president McCahill in the 1941 elections (Progressives who sided with chairman Michael Sullivan retained the Progressive Party name).
-- Presidents: McCahill (in a unity government with the Republicans)
- The True Labor Party: A breakaway from the Progressive Party during President Ryan's reelection campaign, the True Laborers felt that the Progressives had “abandoned the ideal of socialism, and the American people.” The party was short lived.
-- Presidents:
- The Republican Party: Gave support to laissez-faire responses to the Great Depression. The Republicans were ideologically opposed to the Progressive Party on economic issues, but formed a coalition in response to the fascist movement.
-- Presidents:
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((I don't think I've told you yet Gloa, but these are extremely good!))
I worry about that, too, Ms. Vallejo; hopefully, though, the moderates will be able to get it passed.
I worry about that, too, Ms. Vallejo; hopefully, though, the moderates will be able to get it passed.
( Great writing Gloa ! Enjoy your reading them , keep it up. )
When it comes to Secretary Little's legislation, I am a moderate Southerner and can only give my support to the Blind Jury section. I think we should give the South some more time to see the ever changing scene in social justice because tensions are still high between the South and the North.
- Governor C. Blancharde
) When it comes to Secretary Little's legislation, I am a moderate Southerner and can only give my support to the Blind Jury section. I think we should give the South some more time to see the ever changing scene in social justice because tensions are still high between the South and the North.
- Governor C. Blancharde
((Gloa, i can only say this, impressive, i will make a new personnage, tomorrow maybe, as for Maurice)
I completely support Mr.Little's amendements, as for Ms.Vallejo's concerns, you shouldn't worry much, since im no longer useful, I, resign from my political career, and therefore, Maurice Horshington had commited suicide in front of the White House leaving a message causing great confuse,fear, and doubts about Mr. Jarvis...:
Poem to politics
I wish there were a Washington
For every failed state,
A Jefferson or Sullivan
To guide them through the gate.
I wish there were a Jarvis
For those now ripped apart,
A Jackson or King
For those that have no heart.
I wish each had the fortune
With which we have been blessed,
And found in their own founders
Fit heroes for the quest.
I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish,
But such things none can will.
One can only plant the seeds
And shape the soil well.
)I completely support Mr.Little's amendements, as for Ms.Vallejo's concerns, you shouldn't worry much, since im no longer useful, I, resign from my political career, and therefore, Maurice Horshington had commited suicide in front of the White House leaving a message causing great confuse,fear, and doubts about Mr. Jarvis...:
Poem to politics
I wish there were a Washington
For every failed state,
A Jefferson or Sullivan
To guide them through the gate.
I wish there were a Jarvis
For those now ripped apart,
A Jackson or King
For those that have no heart.
I wish each had the fortune
With which we have been blessed,
And found in their own founders
Fit heroes for the quest.
I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish,
But such things none can will.
One can only plant the seeds
And shape the soil well.
The President hearing the tragic news from an aide after being rushed to safety after the suicide (some feared it was a radical Southerner shooting), Jarvis hurried to make a quick address via radio, shortly after contacting the Horshington family...
Today has been a solemn day for this nation, for the capital, and for me. My Secretary of State, Maurice Horshington, committed suicide; we have yet to find our why, but even with this great uncertainty, I send my deepest and most heartfelt condolences to his family, and assured them that, if they fall into any trouble, I can support them. The Secretary and I were not always on the greatest of terms, but I respected the man, and was happy to see him return to his post; I had the highest expectations for him in this second term, but now I am left with only sorrow...
((Well, now that I'm short one Secretary of State, who would like to fill that role?))
Today has been a solemn day for this nation, for the capital, and for me. My Secretary of State, Maurice Horshington, committed suicide; we have yet to find our why, but even with this great uncertainty, I send my deepest and most heartfelt condolences to his family, and assured them that, if they fall into any trouble, I can support them. The Secretary and I were not always on the greatest of terms, but I respected the man, and was happy to see him return to his post; I had the highest expectations for him in this second term, but now I am left with only sorrow...
((Well, now that I'm short one Secretary of State, who would like to fill that role?))
(( His brother will take place!!!))
Name:William Horshington
Age : 37 years
Party: Republican Party
Born: Verstate,Ohio
Job:Architect, aspiring to secretary of state
Background: After his brother died, he suffered a great shock, which he was recovered from, news reached that his family was under direct protection of Mr. Jarvis, he was very reliefed and tried to take his brother's place, he is the contrary of his brother,William is an anti-war and reformist, he is always in a good mood and joking, and has a great fondness for civil rights, William always tries to be a good person and friend, he will take his brother's place if Jarvis accepts and try to be better than him in every way,
Name:William Horshington
Age : 37 years
Party: Republican Party
Born: Verstate,Ohio
Job:Architect, aspiring to secretary of state
Background: After his brother died, he suffered a great shock, which he was recovered from, news reached that his family was under direct protection of Mr. Jarvis, he was very reliefed and tried to take his brother's place, he is the contrary of his brother,William is an anti-war and reformist, he is always in a good mood and joking, and has a great fondness for civil rights, William always tries to be a good person and friend, he will take his brother's place if Jarvis accepts and try to be better than him in every way,
Jarvis (2nd Term): Ain’t Nobody’s Business
The election of 1921 proved to be relatively uneventful, with the President becoming a two-termer by a comfortable margin on the strength of the economy. Alicia Vallejo and Michael Sullivan were both in favor of expanding social programs, and Sullivan regulation, in case of a rainy day, but most Americans were unconcerned by such “economic fear-mongering” and voted on Election Day for the man who promised more years of increasing prosperity similar to that of the last four. Jarvis was also increasingly proud of himself for winning without pandering to the Solid South by moderating his stance on Jim Crow, but this soon proved to be the bane of his second term, as the Republican Party slowly began to distance itself from him in order to prevent the loss of the South to the Federal Party [1].
1. Results for the election of 1921.
The Republican Party as a whole moved more and more to outright defiance of the President when he attempted to bring Jim Crow to the table, as the Federals’ silence on the matter did enough to undermine the solidness of the South without a President who, according to Republican Speaker of the House Thomas Locke, “seemed to be actively campaigning to splinter the party base”. At the end of 1923, Jarvis told his cabinet that he was sick and tired of attempting to talk about Jim Crow with his own party opposing such an action. Much to the chagrin of those fervently opposed to it, the issue had been buried again, and would stay buried as the major parties endeavored to either reinforce or weaken the Solid South with their silence.
For Jarvis though, the biggest disappointment of his second term was the failure to roll back the Federal Reserve. While he had campaigned on the issue, it was not the one people had voted on, and a large part of the people who voted the staunchest opponent of the Fed back into executive office then voted for its supporters as their congressmen. Coupled with the Republican Party’s using of the issue as a sort of hostage when negotiating with the president about Jim Crow, or anything else for that matter, and the opposition of the banking industry, this discrepancy between the President and Congress’ attitudes on legislation passed nearly a decade earlier made sure that, no matter how fervently he campaigned for them, both the bills against the Fed were struck down in the House and Senate.
In other areas though, Jarvis was increasingly successful, pulling back numerous layers of regulation and managing to finally make the 10% flat-tax a reality in practice as well as in name. These reforms seem to have helped the American economy grow 19.5% during Jarvis’ second term, vindicating his promise that a free market would bring prosperity. Of course, the continuation of the American economic miracle was simply one aspect of the immense social change that the 1920s brought about in the United States.
2. Flappers, an integral part of the party scene that emerged in the 20s.
In 1920, for the first time, more Americans lived in cities than in the countryside. It was urbanization of the industrialization of the American landscape and people since 1901, when James Harrison had said, upon seeing the census, that “the West, at least as I knew it, is dead”. With the end of the frontier, the goal of Americans switched decisively from having a “good life”, with a roof over their head and a small family, to having a “good” life; to living it to the fullest, and life was lived at its fullest in the cities, where every day was a frantic rush to grab the money pouring into the hands of those willing to take it, and every night a party. Even those who could not fully afford it began to affect the lifestyle of the moderately wealthy; that of investing in the stock market, attending parties almost every weekend where people danced until their feet hurt and alcohol was served in quantities that had not been seen since December 31st 1899 [2], and of buying houses as close to the city as possible instead of renting apartments.
Keen observers of this social change included authors like F. Scott Fitzgerald, who criticized the new lifestyle most obviously in “The Great Gatsby”, and Sinclair Lewis, who embraced it, with his novel “Main Street” being extremely critical of small town America [3]. Edith Wharton was the most fervent in criticizing the new preferred American way of life, especially among the upper class, in her novels like “Age of Innocence”. Ernest Hemingway on the other hand, continued forging his own path, writing semi-autobiographical novels where he did not settle on criticism or approval, but rather “allowed the events portrayed to speak for themselves”.
These writers were accompanied by the complete blossoming of the Harlem Renaissance in the aftermath of the Jim Crow controversy of the 1921 election. In music and literature, African-Americans proved to be extremely productive, and also extremely critical of American society. The Blues and Jazz came to utterly dominate the music world, with white American performers quickly adapting in a society that was embracing change as fervently as it was criticizing it.
3. Langston Hughes, one of the most famous writers of the Harlem Renaissance.
While the American economy entered into its 29th straight year of growth, coming closer and closer to being the longest boom since the post-Civil War boom that lasted 32 straight years, the American people thus desperately attempted to adapt to and understand the meaning of this Great Boom that affected every social stratum simultaneously. The American political system however, proved static as Jarvis wrestled the Federals and Southern Republicans over the Federal Reserve and Civil Rights in Washington to no avail, and the great Federal initiative of Congressional and Election Reform was defeated by divisions in the Federal Party and Republican opposition. Proposed by Kevin McCahill, the 19th and 20th Amendments failed to gain the necessary two thirds of votes in Congress by thin margins.
Yet this change is often seen as negligible by students of world history when the early 1920s are examined, as the complete decimation of Europe’s old balance of power reached its climax in 1922-24. First came the end of the Russian Civil War in July 1922 as the two remaining factions, the Soviets and Alexandrists, proved unable to continue the war. The end result of the war that had killed 30 million Russians, including Czar Nicholas III and his family, was a communist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics stretching from Mahilyow to Vladivostok under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin’s Bolshevik party.
4. Lenin proclaiming the USSR safe from the forces of reaction in June 1922.
There was however, a small area around Minsk still controlled by the Alexandrists, who continued to lay claim to the rule of Russia. Both sides though, were too spent to attempt to even attack the other, as five years of war had left the nation in ruins; cities razed, fields burned and the pool of fit young men decimated. The success of the revolution in Russia, despite being less than hoped for, galvanized supporters of revolution elsewhere, as the winter of 1922-23 saw minor civil wars in Finland, Serbia, Hungary and a coup attempt in Poland. Numerous smaller attempts at revolution were made elsewhere in Eastern Europe, but only one bloomed into a large-scale civil war anywhere near like the one in Russia.
On April 23rd the German Communist Party launched its coup of the Republic of Germany on the pretense of supposed electoral fraud by the Conservatives. Having secured the loyalty of the Berlin Garrison, Karl Liebknecht and the rest of the Party’s leaders marched into the Reichstag at the head of 500 armed men, and arrested the government of the Republic. Declaring the preliminary constitution of the Republic null and void on the basis of its being formulated by a wrongly elected parliament, Liebknecht appointed himself Chancellor and formed a new government from the Communist Party and radical Social Democrats. With the Conservatives under a ban from voting imposed by the new Chancellor as punishment for the supposed electoral fraud, this new coalition voted to outlaw all non-socialist parties and establish the People’s Republic of Germany.
Within days, three quarters of the army had banded together in rebellion against the new government. The army units around Berlin however, proved to be loyal to Liebknecht, and thus the government was safe for the foreseeable future as both sides proved to be capable of quickly raising volunteer units all around the country that engaged each other in brutal early-war campaigns that forced the Counter-Revolutionaries to divert their regular units away from the thrust toward Berlin. When the dust from the initial blur of violence cleared in the fall of 1923, Southern Germany and Saxony were firmly in the hands of the Counter-Revolution, now having formed a Federal Republic of Germany based in Munich, with all but the heavily contested Rhineland in the control of the People’s Republic.
5. Federal German troops parade after the liberation of Frankfurt on July 4th 1923.
The next two years, the situation in Germany stayed largely static, with the Federals clear superiority in troop quality and supplies, maintained indefinitely by aid from Western Europe [4], being offset by the majority of the population and industry being in Communist territory. The League of European States proved prostrate in the situation, as the People’s Republic proved unwilling to negotiate with states that had recognized the Federal Republic as legitimate, and the British and French proved unwilling to commit to full-scale military intervention less than a decade after the Great War. Just as it had watched Russia burn, Europe watched Germany burn.
In the United States, Europe continued to be largely ignored, with the subject hardly being brought up even in Commonwealth meetings. For Americans, Europe was simply a place to invest or go on holiday to, as France and Britain’s economies finally picked up for good after the shaky growth of previous post-war years. As election time drew close again, Americans indeed seemed largely unconcerned with the world, safe in the knowledge that the Great Boom seemed to have no end, come World War or European Revolution.
[1] – The Party was extremely worried by the fact that Vallejo had only lost because Sullivan had captured the former Democratic Party heartland in his independent bid, which would otherwise have gone almost without question to the Federals.
[2] – American alcohol consumption rose by 20% between 1918 and 1929.
[3] – Main Street especially became a huge success, although “The Great Gatsby” proved the more enduringly successful of the two.
[4] – The French supplied weapons and training, the Dutch and Belgians assorted goods, and the British supplied weaponry and monetary aid. The British banking system achieved the latter through a complex system of their own loans and loans made with money borrowed from American banks that wished to help the business-friendly Federals without directly tying themselves to the war in Germany.
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Exceptional Situation(s):
The 1921 Bill of Rights goes to a vote.
Primaries are up. Parties are: Republican, Federal, Independent.
I will vote for the 1921 Bill of Rights.
((Ooh, another Horshington!))
Yes sir, you can take the post; and I hope you'll be as successful as your brother.
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I wonder who will be the Republican nominee this year; hopefully he will be more successful in unifying the party than I was...
If the party does not want such a firm candidate on civil rights as me, I would highly suggest having a pro-civil rights Vice President (perhaps Secretaries Little or Horshington?)
((Ooh, another Horshington!))
Yes sir, you can take the post; and I hope you'll be as successful as your brother.
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I wonder who will be the Republican nominee this year; hopefully he will be more successful in unifying the party than I was...
If the party does not want such a firm candidate on civil rights as me, I would highly suggest having a pro-civil rights Vice President (perhaps Secretaries Little or Horshington?)
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What can I say? I am distraught. That this house would reject a fairer system is mysterious... no, it's shocking. My political dream is in tatters. The people's will has been crushed. The last time some my legislation was defeated, I fought on, in the hope that I could still make this country a better place. This time, though the majority of you are with me, the rules have broken me. The system has taken a casualty of someone trying to heal it. I no longer have the energy I once did. I no longer have the will to fight against a broken system, a broken government and, I am beginning to fear, a broken country. Therefore, it only remains for me to announce my retirement and my emigration, back to the land of my childhood. I leave a country that is lying to itself and can't come to terms with its political and social failures. A country broken, not by my actions, but by the selfish and arrogant around me. I go to a country that, despite not being so secure, is caring, generous and honest. My cabin is already booked. My house in Cambridge, MA, sold, and a new one in Cambridge, England, bought. I will not be dissuaded; it will remain my conviction that I leave this broken country a broken man. Farewell.
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Name: Dr Philip Joshua Joseph McCahill (Son of Kevin Lionel McCahill)
Date of Birth: 9th July 1900
Place of Birth: Cambridge, MA
Info: Born in the heart of academic North America, Philip regularly wandered among the students at both MIT and Harvard. It must have been through osmosis that he gained a scholarship to Yale, because the patchy education he received was frankly abysmal. After leaving with a doctorate in maths (studied for in double quick time), he established an accountancy practice in his home town and managed to grow Mccahill and Mccahill (named after him and his brother, David) into the largest financial services company in the world: a feat achieved after its surprise merger with Arthur Young and Co. to form McCahill and Young and in spite of heavy philanthropy to the charitable foundations of New England. Now an established businessman, yet aged only 24, Philip turned his attention to politics, the game his father had just left.
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Chairman of McCahill and McCahill Accountants Inc.: 1920-23
Chairman of McCahill and Young Accontants Inc.: 1923-26
Senator for Massachusetts: 1926-28
Secretary of the Treasury: 1928-36
President of the United States of America: 1936-1944
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I, Philip JJ McCahill, join the Federal party, in the hope I may achieve the reforms that my father failed to achieve.
I also vote yes to the Bill of Rights.
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Name: Dr Philip Joshua Joseph McCahill (Son of Kevin Lionel McCahill)
Date of Birth: 9th July 1900
Place of Birth: Cambridge, MA
Info: Born in the heart of academic North America, Philip regularly wandered among the students at both MIT and Harvard. It must have been through osmosis that he gained a scholarship to Yale, because the patchy education he received was frankly abysmal. After leaving with a doctorate in maths (studied for in double quick time), he established an accountancy practice in his home town and managed to grow Mccahill and Mccahill (named after him and his brother, David) into the largest financial services company in the world: a feat achieved after its surprise merger with Arthur Young and Co. to form McCahill and Young and in spite of heavy philanthropy to the charitable foundations of New England. Now an established businessman, yet aged only 24, Philip turned his attention to politics, the game his father had just left.
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Chairman of McCahill and McCahill Accountants Inc.: 1920-23
Chairman of McCahill and Young Accontants Inc.: 1923-26
Senator for Massachusetts: 1926-28
Secretary of the Treasury: 1928-36
President of the United States of America: 1936-1944
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I, Philip JJ McCahill, join the Federal party, in the hope I may achieve the reforms that my father failed to achieve.
I also vote yes to the Bill of Rights.
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I abstain from the 1921 Bill of Rights, due to the fact that I don't think the South is ready for this change in social justice.
- Governor C. Blancharde
- Governor C. Blancharde
1921 Bill of Rights: Aye
I will run once more for the nomination of the Federal Party, on the same platform of reform.
I will run once more for the nomination of the Federal Party, on the same platform of reform.
After two terms as Vice President, I am announcing my candidacy for the Republican nomination for President.
((So now we have two (McCahill can't run, he's too young) Federals and two Republicans announced; good!))
May I ask both Secretary Horshington and Vice President Ritter what their platforms are?
May I ask both Secretary Horshington and Vice President Ritter what their platforms are?
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