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...doubt that the Hull agreements would go through, materially unchanged, for, although the fight was close, too many men on both sides were determined not to let it end in Mr. Hull's defeat. Most crucial vote came on an amendment by Nevada's florid Key Pittman to permit the Senate to ratify all future agreements as treaties, by a two-thirds vote. Mr. Pittman talked with straight face of the unconstitutionally of delegating this old Senate power, although he has voted consistently for such delegations throughout the last seven years. Well Key Pittman knew that...
...vote against the Pittman amendment was 44-to-41. Foxy Pat had won (had actually got one more vote than he needed); the Senate Republicans hoped they had a campaign issue; the Western Democrats were on record in defense of the interests they represent; the Southern Democrats had safely preserved the candidacy of Mr. Hull-a candidacy now theoretically perfect except for the fact that few Democrats believe he can win the election...
...calm, listened quietly as debate began on extending the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act for three years. Said Senator Pat Harrison (Dem., Miss.): to abandon the policy of tariff-making by the President and State Department would mean a new and vast trade war. Opposed to the bill, Senator Key Pittman (Dem., Nev.) insisted that all trade agreements should have the approval of two-thirds of the Senate. Only disturbance occurred when a chair leg collapsed, dumped surprised Senator McCarran (Dem., Nev.) on the floor...
Thus Mr. Hatch's foes included Virginia's Glass & Byrd, bosses of The Old Dominion's tightly controlled courthouse crowd; Mississippi's Bilbo & Harrison, Alabama's Bankhead & Hill; Arkansas's Caraway & Miller, South Carolina's Byrnes & Smith, Nevada's Pittman, Oklahoma's Lee & Thomas-all of them members of powerful State organizations, and therefore mighty fighters for the status...
Though the key men of the silver bloc, Nevada's Key Pittman and Pat McCarran, talk sentimentally about silver's importance, in Nevada itself the income from Reno's divorcees (temporary residents) is greater than that from silver; the State's meagre manufactures are five times as valuable as its silver production...