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...House of Representatives censored, almost expelled, onetime Congressman Thomas Lindsay Blanton of Texas for inserting in the Congressional Record an affidavit detailing a profane quarrel between employes at the Government printing office. Senate newsmen waited to see if anything like that would happen to Senator Blease for his quotations, which he did not edit out of the Congressional Record...
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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...
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...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...