Sentence:  Mr Grant, in reply, was not in favor of the way the bureau was conducted. There was no rotation system, but a straight-out <WSD>smoodging</WSD> system, and therein was his objection. Give us the bureau, but let there be no <WSD>smoodging</WSD> to the foreman. / The motion was lost. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To act in an ingratiating manner; to fawn.