Arizona republican., 1910-03-20
Norris of Nebraska.

Who is Congressman Norris?" thou
 sands of his fellow citizens have been
 asking during the earthquake which
 he started three days ago He has
 succeeded in causing more excitement
 than has been witnessed in congress
 since Speaker Reed taught the demo-
 crats how to count a quorum, twenty years ago And whereas Reed merely
 brought on bitter fight in which the two political parties were solidly ar rayed against each other, and the ex- citement was confined in fact to the democratic ranks, Norris involved the whole house in a turmoil. and for the first time in the history of congress placed the speaker himself, together with the majority party, in the posi- ton of filibusters. the scalp of the speaker having been taken at the end of the fight. Speaker Cannon has made many preachments in favor of
  tering. and the country has rather en- joyed the grimly humorous spectacle of a filibuster led by the speaker in a desperate effort to save his own political bacon. Although MT. Norris has been a congressman for eight years, very few people had more than a vague knowledge of his existence until last Friday morning. Evidently Norris is a man who must be con- sidered hereafter. The congressional directory contains this biographical sketch of him-furnished. of course, by himself:
 George William Norris, republican, of McCOok, was born on a farm in Sandusky county Ohio, July II, 1861. and his early life was spent on the farm where he was born. His father died when he was a small child; his only brother was killed in the war of the rebellion. and his mother was left in straitened circumstances. He was compelled to work out among the neighboring farmers by the day and month during the summer, and at tended district school during the win ter; afterward taught school and earned the money to defray expenses for higher education. Attended Bald win university, Berea, Ohio. and the Northern Indiana Normal school, Val paraisO: studied law while teaching. and afterwards finished the law course n1 tn thai bar in 1883: came to Nebraska in 1885; was three times prosecuting at torney. twice by appointment and oncei by election, refusing a second nomi- nation for the position: was elected district judge of Fourteenth district in 1895. and reelected to same posi- tion in 1899. which position he held when nominated for congress; was elected to the 5Sth, 59th and 6Gth con- gresses, and reelected to the 61st receiving 2O:64s votes, to 20,- 627 for F w Ashton. democrat and peoples independent, and 512 for J. J. Laskey. socialist"
 A plurality of but 22 votes in a total Of more than 51 900 at the last cleo | tion was thus the piece of luck which l landed MT Norris in a position to be- come a national figure. It is a safe | guess that Uncle Joe" devoutly 1 wishes that at least F republicans of | the Fifth Nebraska district had stayed | at home at the election of November, 1 19OS And perhaps it is this slender i which gives Congressman | Norris courage to be a rampant in- | Having already offended I many republicans of his district, he doubtless feels that he might as well be hanged as full-grown sheep in stead of a lamb
 hdvisinu Mr. Rockefeller How to