Word: blanton
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Blanton...
Loudest of the gadflies is Blanton of Texas. His dearest concern is the government of the District of Columbia to which the House turns its attention on alternate Mondays. Mr. Blanton demands roll and quorum calls, makes booming points of order, inveighs lengthily on small grievances. He serves the purpose of keeping something from being "put over" (his pet phrase) on the House. He is now a lame gadfly, however, having run third to Mayfield and Connolly for the Senate. His departure after March will not be regretted by the general membership...
...BLANTON...
...Listened for one hour while Representative Blanton of Texas strove to clear himself of an allegation in the Washington press that he had been arrested for speeding in his automobile...
Representative Blanton of Texas got the floor. After a characteristically long-winded beginning, he said: ". . . Have the citizens of this land become so helpless that they have to have Grandmother Linthicum from Maryland walk around with them to protect them from poisoned alcohol...