Word: overman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Leading the Parker defense was North Carolina's Democratic Senator Lee Slater Overman, who, with the exception of his colleague. Senator Simmons, has been in the Senate longer (27 years) than any other member. Senator Overman, rotund, white-haired, oldfashioned, declaimed as follows: ''Judge Parker loves the plain people. . . . Irreproachable character . . . honest man. . . . He expressed the sentiment [political exclusion of Negroes] that every man in the State really entertains. . . . A man ought not to be held responsible for what he says in a political speech...
...feeling of sharp-calling Senators. On the floor, pages are summoned from their perches on the rostrum steps by various forms of hand noises. Senator Simmons of North Carolina has distracted more than one speaking Senator by a resounding clap of his hands over his head. His colleague Senator Overman summons aid as if he were applauding at a play. Senator Norris' finger-snap is more of a gesture than a sound. Senator Borah rarely uses a page. As a Senator from Kansas, Vice President Curtis himself perfected a sort of crapshooting style of finger-snapping that...