AN IRON-JAWED SENATOR.
SPSASS FOE EIGKXEES SOUKS.
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(Seceived. 9.15 ajn.) NEW TOKEL May 31. Senator lafolletts made a speech ia the Senate of l&i hours in order to obstruct the passage of the Currency BILL This speech is a record for the United States Senate. Other opponents of the bill read lengthy documents ax:d nevrepa.t>ers in an almost inaudibie voice. The world's record for a continuous speech belongs to a New Zealandex. Mr. W. 1_ Eees, who on one occasion spoke for 22 hours and 22 minzrtes in an endeavour to stonewall a WE. He took each or the adjectives in the dictioTia.TT. and hy dsfming its application tc taie bill kept up 3. flow of his eloauenee fer nearly a clock round.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 130, 1 June 1908, Page 5
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127AN IRON-JAWED SENATOR. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 130, 1 June 1908, Page 5
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