Word: smoot
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With the radical element holsted into Congress by the recent elections, La Follette has power behind him. By his becoming, on March 4 next, through the rule of seniority, chairman of the Inter-State Commerce Committee; by his being next in line, if Smoot resigns to take the chair of the Committee of Appropriations, to chairmanship of the Finance Committee, La Follette not only startles Congress and political leaders, but also scares them to death...