Word: norrisism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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General Moses took a fast train to Chicago as other Senate warriors loudly complained that he had reflected not only on the Insurgents but "on their mothers and fathers." General George Norris of Nebraska, seizing a handful of straw from some pottery in an exhibit (see below), waved it over...
Fussbudgety Senator Fess of Ohio was on his feet. Senator Bingham's eyes traveled trustingly to him. Said Senator Fess: "Mr, President, I ask the Senator [Norris] if he will not allow the resolution to go over." Senator Norris moved his head in the perfunctory assent of one long used...
Thus was the stage set last week for a scene rare in Senate annals. Senator Norris would have dropped his resolution if Senator Bingham had consented to do "honestly and manfully" two things: 1) Admit his mistake in hiring Eyanson; 2) Apologize to the Lobby Committee. Senator Bingham, despite the...
Censure. Two legislative days later the Norris resolution came before a gravely hushed Senate. Arose Senator Bingham, again to speak in self-defense, this time softly, tactfully. His defense: Senators hire their "cousins, sons and daughters" as clerks and nobody complains; he made no profit by the employment of Lobbyist...
One concession was made by Senator Norris. He accepted into his resolution a phrase suggested by Senator Glenn of Illinois that Bingham's action was "not the result of corrupt motives." Thus softened, the Norris resolution was adopted by the Senate, 54 to 22, old guard Republicans supporting their Connecticut...