The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-06
SEVENTEEN Congress To
Hesitate Over Ware
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elect who won elections at the polls
last November and whose election eX-
penditures were not a subject OF IN
vestigation, their hackers being able
10 manipulate the machinery more
clpverlv than the Ware and Insult
machines.
Attack Ware Expenditures.
The preamble to the resolution
against Ware declared that $765,O0O
had been spent in his primary cam
paign. 1t then Incorporated a letter,
written to the senate by former Gov
ernor Pinchot of Pennsylvania, VINO
charged that Wares election was
-"partly bought and partly stolen"
"a man not honestly nominated is not
honestly elected" Pinchot added.
The resolution proposed the eXclu-
sion of Ware in these terms:
"Be it resolved that the eXpendi-
ture of such large sum of money to
secure the nomination OF the sald
William S. Ware is contrary to sound
public policy, harmful to the dignity
and honor of the senate, dangerous TO
the perpetuity of a free government,
and, together with charges Of corrup-
ton and fraud made in the report OF
said committee and substantiated by
the evidence taken by the said COM
nittee and the charges of corruption
and fraud officially made by the gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, taints with
fraud and corruption the credentials
Of the said William S. Ware, for
seat in the United States senate, and
"Be it further resolved that the
said William S. Ware is not entitled
to take the oath of office and is not
entitled to membership in the senate
of the United States"
Memories of Newberry.
The Ware resolution also used some
Of the identical language used IN the
famous fight over the seating of Tru-
man II. Newberry of Michigan, whose
seat in the senate was contested be-
cause he spent the sum of S190,OOO
in his campaign. This sum is trivial
compared with the enormous expendl-
lures of Ware and Smith. A cam
paign was waged against those SEN
atovs who voted to seat Newberry and
most of them were defeated.
Although a litter ran around the
senate at the revival of the Newberry
memories, it was apparent that those
who must face an election campaign
next year fear the issue.
Resolution Bars Smith.
Samuel insults name was prOmin-
ent in the indictment of Frank L..
Smith. Emphasis was laid on the fact
shat Smith was chairman of the Him
sis state public utilities board, and
supposed to regulate the power and
traction trust activities, in which In
sull is the chief owner, at the iden-
teal time that the slush fund was
raised
The Smith custer clause read:
tBe it resolved by the senate of the
United States that the acceptance
and expenditure of the various sums
Of money aforesaid in behalf of the
candidacy of the said Frank L. Smith
Is COHIIdIy W SOu4lO pdb4AN POAASS >
harmful to the dignity and honor of
the state, dangerous to the perpetuity
of free government, and taints with
fraud and corruption the credentials
for seat in the senate presented by
the said Frank L. Smith, and
"Be it further resolved that the
said Frank l.. Smith is not entitled to
take the oath of office and is not en-
titled to membership in the senate Of
the United States"
"Armistice" for Coolidge.
After the remaining senators-elect
were sworn in the republican floor
leader, Charles S. Curtis of Kansas,
asked for an armistice until tomor-
row when the Coolidge message is de-
livered. He obtained unanimous con-
sent for the adoption of the necessary
organizational resolutions and notified
the house of and the president that
it was ''ready to do business" Then
it adjourned to convene tomorrow and
hear the Coolidge harrangue.