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...Kingfish...
...ninth day Huey Pierce ("Kingfish") Long, political god to the electorate of Louisiana, rested. His filibuster against the Glass banking bill was over...
Down the hall stomped flushed, truculent Senator Huey Pierce ("Kingfish...
...were the Democratic oaths sworn over the cloakroom cuspidors. Senator Tydings threatened to resign from the Senate and "let some one else from Maryland come here and look on if he wants to." Arkansas' Senator Robinson. Democratic Floor Leader, fairly boiled with indignation and disgust. Already the wily "Kingfish" had captured the allegiance of his junior colleague, Mrs. Hattie Caraway. Desperate, Senator Robinson moved for cloture. a rare parliamentary proceeding limiting debate to one hour per Senator...
...confusion, not quite sure whether he had won or lost, but pleasurably certain that he had been in the nation's eye almost a solid fortnight, "Kingfish" Long strutted over to the Mayflower Hotel to pound on Franklin Roosevelt's door...