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...Ohio. Ex-Senator Atlee Pomerene announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Senator. Four years ago he was defeated for re-election by Senator Fess, since then has prosecuted the naval reserve oil cases for the government. In the primaries he will face Judge Florence Allen of the Ohio Supreme Court, and if he defeats her will meet Senator Willis in the battle for election...
...Partakers of the President's breakfast last week were Senators Borah, Fess, Hale, Oddie, Gillett, Shortridge, Dale, Moses, Goff and Williams. All are Republicans. Their attention is reported to have been centred on the food to the exclusion of legislative matters...
...that the U. S. should accept Italian bonds worth $528,000.000* for a debt of $2,150,151,000. But those who had argued that the settlement was all that Italy was financially able to pay?that it was either so much or nothing?were ahead of him. Senator Fess moved to reconsider. Senator Smoot promptly moved to table the motion, thereby cutting off debate. Later Senator Smoot withdrew his motion...
Senators Lenroot, Fess, Bruce urged that, if the transcontinental business were practically taken from the railroads and given to the ships, the railroads would be forced to raise their rates on all traffic, and even the interior Rocky Mountain states would lose in the end. Up spake keen Mr. Walsh of Montana; prodded the three Senators lustily for daring to imply that the business men of the Rocky Mountain states did not know what was good for them. At last, with 26 minutes left, Senator Gooding of Idaho rose for the final speech. Said...
...Chamber senators are supposed to address themselves only to the Chair and to refer to One another in the third person. The press has noted of late that there has been some laxity in this respect. But last week Senator Watson was asking a question of Senator Fess. Senator Watson's desk is in the front row, third from the centre aisle. Senator Fess' desk is in the fourth (rear) row, eighth from the aisle (nearly directly behind Mr. Watson's because of the semicircular arrangement of the desks). Mr. Watson turned to Mr. Fess, thereby turning his back...