Word: democratically
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Meanwhile, the Senate was enjoying much discourse on the subject of passing the resolution authorizing the investigation. The resolution had been offered by Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Democrat from Montana who in his resolution attempted to name the investigating committee. This was objected to as a breach of the tradition by which the President of the Senate usually names such bodies. Charges flew back and forth -that Senator Wheeler was trying to pack the committee with opponents of the Attorney General, that the regular Republicans were preparing a whitewashing committee to be named by the President of the Senate...
...debate Senators Willis and Fess, Republicans of Ohio, were the only outspoken defenders of Mr. Daugherty, although Senator Bruce, Democrat of Maryland, attempted to restrain the ardor of the Democrats and radicals who cried loudest for the investigation. Mr. Fess exclaimed: "It strikes me that the Senate is reaching rather a low level. I hope this is not a school of scandal...
...Adopted resolutions by Senator Dill, Democrat of Washington, asking the State Department to furnish diplomatic correspondence relating to foreign oil concessions of Americans, especially in regard to the treaty with Colombia which former Secretary of the Interior Fall had advocated...
...Confirmed by vote of 59 to 13 the nomination of ex-Senator Atlee Pomerene, Democrat of Ohio, as special counsel for the Government in the oil scandal...
...place of these two men President Coolidge nominated as special counsel former Senator Atlee Pomerene of Ohio, Democrat, and Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia, Republican. After a lengthy debate, Senator Pomerene's nomination was confirmed, 59-13. Those in favor included 34 Republi-cans and 25 Democrats. Those opposed were chiefly the radical group- Brookhart, Frazier, La Follette and Norris, Republicans; Ashurst, Dill, Sheppard, Stanley, Walsh (Mont.), Wheeler and Adams, Democrats; Johnson (Minn.) and Shipstead, Farmer-Laborites. The so-called Presidential candidates of the Senate-Underwood, Ralston and Hiram Johnson-were none of them present and voting. Roberts...