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Impartial Senate observers rate him thus: An ultra-liberal Democrat, he has shown an individual talent for legislation. His political and economic theories cause him to swing naturally into line with the Norris-La Follette Insurgent faction of the Senate G. O. P. He exhibits no capability as a minority...
In ponderous mockery Senator Norris of Nebraska picked up a yellow woolen garment from the tariff exhibit called "Grundy's store" and commenced to declaim :
Two days later, armed with his appointment credentials from Governor Fisher, rotund, rosy-cheeked Mr. Grundy smilingly entered the Senate chamber with Pennsylvania's Senator Reed to take the oath of office. By mistake he sat in the seat of Senator Norris, who was told that he had been himself...
Each Senator flayed the public character he disliked most. Senator Norris flayed Publisher Edward Beale McLean of the Washington Post. Senator Glass flayed Chairman Charles Edwin Mitchell of Manhattan's National City Bank. Senator Harrison flayed the Republican President. Senate attendance petered out until at the final meeting only...
Newsgatherers soon sought out Juror Weisbach in Washington. He accused Mrs. Fall of falsehood. He had not asked her for "forgiveness," he said. He had not said that Thomas E. Norris, foreman of the jury, "forced" the verdict. He would not discuss the case further.