Word: heflinism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...nomination of Wallace R. Farrington to succeed himself as Governor of Hawaii. ¶ Passed a bill to enlarge the powers of the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals in order to limit the cases which may be brought before the Supreme Court; vote of 76 to 1, Senator Heflin casting the only negative vote. (Went to the President.) The House...
...favorably reported his nomination to the Senate. Another executive session was held. Then it was voted to act on the appointment in open session. The open session lasted six hours. Senator Walsh of Montana attacked the nomination because of Mr. Stone's contemplated action against Senator Wheeler. Senator Heflin attacked Mr. Stone because of the Ownbey case. Senator Norris objected to Mr. Stone as "Morgan & Co.'s attorney." Senator Reed of Missouri and Senator Borah declared that they did not approve of the practice of seeking an indictment against a man far from his home, but announced that...
...consideration was that Mr. Stone was confirmed as an Associate Justice, 71 to 6. The only Senators who voted against him were Heflin and Trammel (Democrats), Norris and Frazier (Insurgent Republicans), Shipstead and Magnus Johnson (Farmer-Laborites). Senators Wheeler and Walsh, both of Montana, asked to be excused from voting. With the exception of Messrs. Norris and Frazier (and Senator LaFollette, now in Florida for his health, but who, it was announced, would have voted against Mr. Stone), the Insurgent Republicans lined up with their Regular colleagues and with the bulk of the Democrats to settle the matter decisively...
...with the Senate. For the first ten days of its session, observers watched it and wondered. What was the matter? What was lacking? What made it seem so strange? Then a close observer discovered the cause. For ten days on end Senator Heflin had been silent. Not a speech had he made. In the last session, it was a rare day, barring Sundays, when the Alabaman did not make at least a 20-minute oration, or perhaps two such or maybe one of an hour and a half's duration. His subject ? whatever bill was on the floor...
Quoth the angered Alabaman, in language that he might have taken out of the mouth of his colleague, Senator Heflin...