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This was a new low in demagoguery, even for John Rankin, but in the entire House no one rose to protest...
...John Rankin, Mississippi Democrat, stood up in the House to denounce the Administration-backed soldiers' vote bill...
Replied John Rankin: "The little kike I was telling you about the other day, who called this body the 'House of Reprehensibles...
Everybody knew where Rankin stood, which was four-square against a federal ballot for soldiers, eight-square against the Administration, and, of course, 16-square in favor of the poll-tax, white supremacy, and Southern womanhood. John Rankin, master old-fashioned orator, counted on his corn to hold the House's attention. He was not wrong...
...Democrat. Was there any question about John Rankin being a true Democrat? "I want to clear that up. . . . I voted the Democratic ticket in 1904 when President Roosevelt voted the Republican ticket.* I voted the Democratic ticket when Mr. Knox was running on the Republican ticket. I voted the Democratic ticket when the Taft administration was going down to defeat with Secretary Stimson as a Republican in the Cabinet. I voted the Democratic ticket when Mr. Ickes was a Bull Mooser. I voted the Democratic ticket when Harry Hopkins was a Socialist.* I do not want any fly-by-night...