What is the version of the following sentence with correct punctuation?

He puts the same idea into the mouth of a politician in his novel of 1912 In Washington I found that the government was run by a few men that outside of this little circle no one was of much importance
(He puts the same idea into the mouth of a politician in his novel of 1912; "In Washington I found that the government was run by a few men; that outside of this little circle no one was of much importance.