Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-13
Politics at Large
BY e.. Could Lincoln

Senator Gerald p. Nye of North
Dakota, who has been waiting since
December last to take his seat In
the Senate, yesterday took the OATH
Of office after the Senate had voted,
Al to SO, to accord him that right.
The politics Of the situation favored
Senator Nye when it came TO the
final showdown, although the contest
in the Senate committee and IN the
Senate itself had started in the more
rarefied atmosphere OF legal dfSu-
ment. First, there IS the progress
sive group In the Senate, including
at least two Senators on the Demo
cratic side as well as eight or ten on
the Republican side Of the chamber
The progressives naturally were anX-
ious to have Senator Nye seated lie
is a Progressive. No!-faftlSth
Lacquer and a supporter or the La
Toilette Wheeler ticket In the pfesl-
Dental campaign of 1924. TINS group
was counted TO Il man for Mr.. Nye
yesterday. Second, the Democrats
were not averse to piaguing the reg
ular Republicans by voting TO seat
the young insurgent from the North
west Third, with reelection staring
them in the face. some OF the regular
Republican Senators of the West and
"
ator Nye the benefit of rhe doubt as
to his right to be seated.
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An ANALYSIS Of the vote east on the
seating Of Senator Nye yesterday
shows that IA Republicans, 70 Dem
Ocrats and / Faruer-Labor senator
voted in favor Of seating him, "hiie
81 Republicans and Democrats
The II Republicans voting TO seat
Senator Nye all hail from the West,
where the progressive strength IS 81!
much to be reckoncI with, noJ"lth-
standing the overwhelming election
Of President Coolidge last year. These
We're Senators Borah. Idaho; Brook
hart. Iowa; Capper, Kansas. Couzens'
Michigan: Frazier, North DAKOTA
Harreld. Oklahoma; Howell, EebraS-
ka. Johnson, California, La fpiieLte'
Wisconsin; NCMaster, South DAKOTA
Mo Nary. Oregon. Norris, NeDFst1Ed'
Schau. Minnesota, and StanheId, ore
gon. Senator Cameron OF Arizona. i
was announced. would have voted IN
favor of the seating of Mr.. NEe, ana
il was reported that Senator Achln-
ley of Illinois also would have favored
him had he been present.
Aside from all technical and legal
questions involved-and it appeared
that the opponents OF senator - :
had the better OF the arg Qhlehl "l.Si'
the Ia" alone was c9h9i4eLea - ~
caSt-ihe N}e VICTORY must ne
-4FGeu as dii"1i,'i piDSt -.
only by coalition Of the progressive
group with the Democrats. q pro
cedut@ Felslliils'SSiI - '''e
-Ie7Ss.
There was Il handful of regular Re
puhlicaus who did not put in an APP
pearance and whose members We're
not paired or counted I'm any way on
the vote, including Senators CumminS
Of Iowa, Smoot Of Utah. Greene Of
Vermont, F'ernaid Of Maine and Wei
Ter Of Maryland Had more Of the
Democrats voted against seating SEN
ator NEe. more Of the Republicans
would have been found adherinG TO
the ma jority report Of he committee
on privileges and elections submitted
ably by Senator GoH Of West Nir-
"inia. which denied seat 10 Mr.. NNe-
But the charge had been raised by
Senator Nicely Of West Virginia. Dem
orrat. and hy other Senators during
the debate that the regular Republl-
cans. the old Guard, We're out to '.ge-'
the Young progressive from N'Fih
Dakota. They We're chided with Vot-
ing for Truman II. Newherry Of Mich
igan. who was CHARGED with having
won his election in 1918 by the eNoes-
siEe expenditure q money and now
being unWluInG 70 vote Tor the FRO
asresSiNe ana compare lively poor Nj.
NEe. W lille 81 ~ the regular Ike
puhHcanS voted their opposition. IN
the end there were some q those VINO
are usually regular who did not regis
ter ther Vote against MN.
: 49, - = - - 9
olorad from the first that thav desired
Ia SEQ Mr. &ya seated If II conId nos