Considering his experiencc in regulating railroads in Wisconsti. this was an ocflous choice. but it was the last place that the conservative Old Guard of his party intended to place him. Instead. La Follette was assigned to the cummittees on Census. Civil Servi.-:and Retrenchment. Claims. Immigration. Indian Affairs. Pensions. and the slect committee to investigate the condition of the Potomac River front. the latter of which he would chair. "I had immediate visions of cleaning up the whole Potomac r 1ver front." La Follette later wrote. "until I found that in all its history the committee never had a bill referred to it for consideration. and had never held a meeting.
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