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Wild words preceded the vote. Arizona's Senator Ashurst charged that the Administration was trying to barter judgeships for Parker votes, named Washington's Senator Dill as the recipient of such an offer. Senator Dill explained that a private friend had said something about a judgeship but that he (Dill) considered it only a joke. California's Senator Johnson rattled off a speech against confirmation at such high speed that the galleries heard only a blur of sound. Idaho's Sena- tor Borah was in the middle of a long, involved sentence when he was cut short by the Vice...
...Senate reversed its position and adopted 47-10-39 the Smoot Amendment. Reason: legislative trading. Washington's Senators Jones and Dill, for instance, reversed themselves to get a lumber duty. Oklahoma's Senators Pine and Thomas did likewise to get an oil duty. Arizona's Ashurst and Hayden switched for a long staple cotton duty...
Shuey sayings: "Ashurst [of Arizona] is one of the most delightful speakers here now. . . . Borah's a pretty good speaker but not aggressive enough. . . . John Sharp Williams [of Mississippi] had about the best intelligence in the Senate and deepest culture. . . . King and Smoot [both of Utah] speak most frequently. . . . Why don't Senators nowadays look as distinguished as their predecessors? Well, perhaps they don't get enough to drink. You know that helps a man's looks...
Mayors Mediate. Despairing of Government mediation the Mayor of Blackburn induced nine other Lancashire mayors to unite under his chairmanship as a Committee of Conciliation. In a few hours they had established relations with Secretary Thomas Ashurst of the Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers' Association, with Secretary George Pogson of the Federation of Master Cotton Spinners. Here at last was a channel through which both sides could dicker without losing face...
...long quarreled about how to divide the 7,500,000 acre-feet that they will get between them. Nevada was satisfied with 300,000 acre feet; California wanted 4,600,000, Arizona 3,000.000. After sharp remarks between California's whitecrested Johnson and Arizona's long-embattled Ashurst and Hayden, the Senate voted Nevada her 300,000 acre-feet, Arizona 2,800,000 and California...