Sentence:  Senator Lt.-Col. GOULD.—The honorable senator does not regard the members of the Commission as infallible? / Senator GIVENS.—I do not. I think that the Chairman of the Commission is inclined to look upon himself as a sort of tin god—the Lord High <WSD>Cockalorum</WSD> of the Commonwealth, to whom everyone must bow down. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A menial yet self-important person; a person who makes empty boasts.