New Britain herald., 1926-11-05
NORRIS OPENS
 DRIVE 0N VARE Republican Senator Moves to Deny PennsylVanian Seat

Washington, Nov RIThe drive against seating William s. Ware. re- publican, as the junior senator from Pennsylvania in the seventeeth con- gress has opened.
 Senator Norris. republican, Ne braska, who spoke in Pennsylvania on behalf of William B. Wilson, the democratic senatorial candidate, be- cause of alleged excessive campaign expenditures by the republicans, de- clared here that Senator Ware, al- though technically elected, had been repudiated by the honest patriotic people" of the state and that the Philadelphia machine had func- tioned as usual the results in some precincts having been announced before any votes were cast.
 Meanwhile the committee of seventy. an unofficial body in Phila- delphia, was preparing to make an investigation in number of Phila- delphia precincts where MT. Wilson was not credited with single vote. Members of the committee attached much importance to official returns which credit Wilson with no votes in A divisions in that city and with only one vote in each of number of other divisions
 Discussion of $ the Pennsylvania situation is expected to be renewed here Wednesday when the senate re- convenes as a court of Impeachment to try George w. English, federal judge for the eastern district of H. linois, on charges of usurpation of power and other high misdemeanors. In view of Judge English's resigna- tion yesterday and the proceedings be dropepd, it is believed that the senate session will be only perfume tory. Most senators here now agreed that the senate would accept the house recommendations
 Related and scattering returns overnight failed to change the party line up in the seventeenth house, which remains at republicans 236, democrats 196, farmer-labor 2, so- cialist 1. and undecided 1. A total of 218 is necessary for a majority. The senate of the seventeenth con- gress will show 47 republicans. 41 democrats and farmer-labor; with one vacancy from Maine to be fill ed at 8 special election on Novem- Der 29.
 Senator Norris, declaring that the "country should be told the truth about the Pennsylvania electton," asserted that 1t is apparent that no honest election was held and that the results were an impossiblilty ex- cept through "fradulent manipula- tion."
 ''Mr. Vare," Senator Norris added. Iran several hundred thousand votes behind the republican ticket and outside of the city of Philadel- phia, where the Ware machine is su- preme, MT. Ware was defeated by 50.ooo majority"
 Illustrating what he designated the methods followed by this ma- chine" he said that fin 76 voting precincts in Philadelphia, casting 17,oo0 votes, MT. Wilson is given total of 32 votes. Does any sane, patriotic citizen of the United States think for moment that those fig ures are the actual result of fair and honest election"
 Senator -elect Ware left for Flori- da Thursday.
 Although several senators, chiefly from the democratic side, have ex- pressed their determination to con- test Senator elect Vare's right to a seat, they seem agreed that no &C., ton could be taken until he pre- sents his certificate of election from Pennsylvania when the roth con- greSs conveneS,