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...exact two-thirds vote had convicted Judge Ritter on this omnibus charge. Newshawks hastily checked to see what changes had caused his conviction: Senator McNary who had voted "guilty" on the first count had voted "not guilty" on the last; Senators Pittman and Minton who voted ''not guilty'' on the first count had changed to "guilty'' on the seventh...
...Puckett, of Chicago Heights, Illinois; Joseph S. Harvin, of Fort Worth, Texas; Walter J. Bate, of Richmond, Indiana; Richard R. Beatty, Jr., of Kansas City, Missouri, Clayton J. Clawson, of Madera, California; Edger L. Haff, Jr., of Fort Edward, New York; Martin Lichterman, of Brooklyn, New York; William W. Minton, of Middletrow, Ohio; Walter P. Neumann, of New Britain, Connecticut; John Nevins, of New York City; and Harold L. Pinansky, of Portland, Maine...
...hour was noon, the day July 4. In the Senate gallery sat about 200 tourists and one Senator, Indiana's Minton. Whether or not the tourists knew it, Senator Minton was able to point out to his friends that they were privileged to witness an unusual spectacle. In the chamber below Majority Leader Joseph Taylor Robinson, sitting on the floor, and Vice President Jack Garner occupying the chair, were placidly puffing cigars in defiance of all Senate rules...
...Guffey, Minton, Moore, Burke (in chorus): We object. Long: If there should be no objection, we would all be happy, everybody would be happy. ... I should like to get an agreement, if possible. However, there is no chance-no chance of agreement...
...cultivated voice. It carried a New England twang. Senator Sherman Minton of Indiana, lolling in the presiding officer's chair, peered toward the rear of the Chamber. A stocky man with a large flat face and slightly twisted nose was standing at a desk. Mr. Minton, who went to the Senate only last January, had never seen the gentleman open his mouth before except 1) to take a chew of Five Brothers* and squirt tobacco juice at the spittoon beside his chair; 2) to pass the time of day with one of his strolling colleagues; 3) to vote...