Word: norrisism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Robert Beecher Howell, Senator from Nebraska, is one of the Progressives still within the Republican ranks in the Senate. He ranks next to Senator Norris in that respect. Last week, Senator Norris succeeded in having the Senate pass a resolution for an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission of the...
When Mr. Stone was named for the Supreme Court by the President (TIME, Jan. 19), the appointment was referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Then one Colonel James A. Ownbey came out of the West strongly objecting to Mr. Stone's confirmation. Some years ago. Colonel Ownbey, while serving...
(3 of 3) 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...
This they did last week. Seventy voted for it; only eight-four Republicans (Borah, Brookhart, Norbeck, Norris) and four Democrats (Glass, Harrison, Swanson, Underwood) voted against it.
The minority report was voted on first. Senator Spencer undertook to defend it while the Democrats laid down a 'barrage of sarcasm. The vote was 42 for rejection and 28 for acceptance. The Democrats without exception voted for rejection. So also Farmer-Laborite Shipstead. The Republicans voted for acceptance...