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...Atlee Pomerene of Ohio, Democrat, and Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia, Republican. After a lengthy debate, Senator Pomerene's nomination was confirmed, 59-13. Those in favor included 34 Republi-cans and 25 Democrats. Those opposed were chiefly the radical group- Brookhart, Frazier, La Follette and Norris, Republicans; Ashurst, Dill, Sheppard, Stanley, Walsh (Mont.), Wheeler and Adams, Democrats; Johnson (Minn.) and Shipstead, Farmer-Laborites. The so-called Presidential candidates of the Senate-Underwood, Ralston and Hiram Johnson-were none of them present and voting. Roberts was subsequently confirmed with less opposition...
Senator Henry Fountain Ashurst of Arizona was reported " in distress at losing his Senate leadership." It all came about because Governor Sweet of Colorado appointed Alva B. Adams to succeed the late Senator Nicholson from that state. Mr. Ashurst pathetically exclaimed: " I have not aspired to leadership of many sorts, but I have some very real regrets over losing my alphabetical leadership...
That Mr. Borah is an able lawyer, few will deny. But there are many lawyers in the U. S. Senate. Hiram Johnson,* for one. And La Follette and Lodge and Heflin and Owen and Pepper. Other lawyers: Ashurst, Brandegee, Broussard, Bruce, Caraway, Colt, Cummins, Curtis, Dial, Dill, Dillingham, Ernst, Fletcher, George, Gerry, Hale, Harreld, Harrison, both Jones', King, Lenroot, Mayfield, McLean, McNary, Neely, Norris, Overman, Pittman, Ralston, Ransdell, both Reed's, Robinson, Shortridge, Shields, Simmons, Spencer, Stanley, Stephens, Sterling, Swanson, Trammell, Underwood, both Walsh's, Watson, Wheeler. Willis...
...Senator Henry Ashurst of Arizona, and I am opposed to office holders who go to and return from Europe shooting off their bazoos about how Europe should be run. I don't know how long I shall be gone or what I am going to do. That...