Word: patly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Senator Pat Harrison (Democrat) leaped to his feet, last week, and electrified his Senatorial peers. Not since the green legal shingle of young lawyer Pat swung in the breeze at Leakesville, Miss., has he spoken with more vigorous abandon. He flayed the Administration for what he called its "dark lantern diplomacy." He referred slightingly to President Coolidge as "Careful Cal." He openly derided Secretary of State Kellogg as "Nervous Nellie." All this he did because the press of the world became excited about an alleged report on the European situation in general, said to have been made by a gentleman...
Throughout newspaperdom the elated cried: "No, indeed; Mr. Houghton did not throw stones! Pat was right! Houghton threw a monkey wrench...
...naturally did not look with much favor upon this change in Mr. Heflin. He suggested a number of possibilities which might account for the change: 1) That Mr. Heflin found himself without an issue and did not know where to go oratorically. 2) That perhaps like his fellow Senator Pat Harrison* he had made some money during the recess. 3) That he may have read press comments on his speeches. 4) That he may have felt "a belated sense of futility." 5) That he believes it impossible to compete with Senator Blease for the title of chief Democratic demagog...
Later in the week despatches reported that the Mexican Government had sent a note in reply, reiterating its former position that Mexico will stand pat on what she believes to be her rights to enact and enforce this legislation...
...from the throne. Said he anent the "fair and honest" Anglo-Italian debt settlement: "[As Premier]! was perfectly prepared to cancel inter-Allied debts and the debt of Germany to us, provided the United States was prepared to forego what was owing to her. ... If we had just stood pat, that would have gone through. . . . But it is no use talking about that now. The American debt has been funded. . . . Remember, moreover, that it costs this country a shilling in the pound in income tax to pay the interest on the money we have advanced to France and Italy...