Smiling Bob

In April 1922, Mr. La Follette walked down the centre aisle of the Senate with a piece of paper in his hand. It was a resolution which he was about to present for an investigation of naval oil leases by the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys.

Last week the Committee, having wrought havoc in the political firmament wrote its report. On the very day that the report was completed Senator La Follette again walked down the aisle. He held another piece of paper,, and he smiled as he...

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