Robert La Follette · October 6, 1917
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Robert La Follette · October 6, 1917
Occasion. U.S. Senate floor, October 6, 1917, six months after the declaration of war. He is one of six senators who voted no. An expulsion effort is underway after the Associated Press misquoted his St. Paul speech as "we had no grievances." The Espionage Act is in force; he has been burned in effigy.
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