Word: kingfish
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Significant fact about the primary was that none of the candidates was Long-backed, all attacking or refusing affiliation with the Kingfish now that his influence as Louisiana boss is on the wane...
...night to be an endeavor to prefer the serious charges that have already been made against the Louisiana senator. At present the Committee on Privileges and Elections in the Senate has shelved the charges according to the Anti-Long faction and they demand a definite decision as to the Kingfish's status...
Smarting under his first big defeat in six years, Boss Long burbled: "Walmsley talks about fighting us. Why, he'll be trying to cry on my shoulder inside of a week. But there'll be no quarter this time!" week. But Now that they had the "Kingfish" down, his many Louisiana enemies lost no time in trying to get him out. At the Monteleone Hotel in New Orleans were 32 Federal in come tax investigators, sent by an un sympathetic Administration to probe Senator Long's finances. Two live slander suits pended against him in Washington...
...Kingfish" Long was not in Washington last week to yip defiance at his Senatorial foes or mess in a House investigation of one of his henchwomen. A House elections committee was considering the validity of Lallie Kemp's steamrollered election as a Representative from the 6th Louisiana District and finding it hard to believe Mrs. Kemp's statement that she did not know the Long machine was back of her until she "read it in the papers." By the time the week ended, Mrs. Kemp could read in the papers that neither she nor Jared Y. Sanders...
...connection with current movement to oust Huey "Kingfish" Long from the United States Senate, the Liberal Club yesterday sent a telegram to Senator David I. Walsh of Massachusetts, stating that they were absolutely in favor of the removal of this notorious senator from Louisiana...