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This group-David A. Reed of Pennsylvania, sometimes called a "higher type of statesman"; George H. Moses of New Hampshire, implacable diehard; James E. Watson of Indiana, old-school behind-the-scenes man; a few other Republicans; and Democrat, Cole L. Blease of South Carolina, whom only Mr. Heflin robs of the title "Buffoon of the Senate"-were determined to prevent Senator James A. Reed's committee from making any more campaign fund investigations. Mr. Reed of Pennsylvania, particularly, did not want his distant cousin, Mr. Reed of Missouri, to open the ballot boxes which elected slush-tainted William...
Unlike "that body at the other end of the Capitol,"* the House brought its 69th session to a good-natured end. Everybody was happy. Senator Nicholas Longworth was made to blush. On the day before adjournment, a Democrat, Representative Edward W Pou of North Carolina, sounded the name of Nicholas Longworth, said: A great many of us feel that our old enemy, the Republican Party, might do itself proud if in time it shall put him [Mr Longworth] forth as a candidate for the greatest office in the gift the American people and the entire world. He has been tried...
...return the compliment, Mr. Longworth called upon Mr. Pou to take the Speaker's chair on the last day while Representative Finis J. Garrett of Tennessee, Democrat floor leader, presented a resolution lauding the Speaker...
...Iowa at the age of 3. From behind the plow and with a not unusual schooling, he entered a law office in Cedar Rapids. He ate up the law like so much beefsteak. Iowa, in that era an uplift-crusading Republican community, was no place for this pertinacious Democrat. At 26, he went to Kansas City, Mo. One of his first political jobs was county prosecutor. He secured 285 convictions out of 287 cases during his 15-month term-an astounding record. On such food the inquisitor of the Senate was trained. For two terms he was an able Mayor...
Thereupon, Senator Edward I. Edwards of New Jersey, Democrat, famed for the appearance of his face in Lucky Strike advertisements, offered Mr. Dawes a cigaret. The Vice President accepted it, took two deep inhales, crumpled it on his plate. Later, in the drawing room, he resorted to his pipe...