THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN — FEBRUARY 23, 1913
ENGLISH IN THE SENATE ♢ Dictionaries were in Great Demand a
Few Days Ago in the Senate.
Martin declared Senator Clark, chairman of the judiciary committee, had given only “platitudinarial assurances” of what was to he done with the Clayton anti-injunction bill.
Senator Nelson asserted that Senator Martin was going at the question with “whangdoodle haste.”
Senator Martin retorted he believed there had been “whangdoodle delay,” but admitted he did not know what he meant.
“Senator Williams of Mississippi, the great authority on such phrases, isn’t here to help out,” he added —Washington Letter to the Philadelphia Public Lerger.
From— The Arizona Republican. (Phoenix, Ariz.), 23 Feb. 1913. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
