Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-04

victory for honest senatorial
elections, honest from beginning To
end, honest in intent as we'll az in ac4
! ton, has been won.'' states the lynch
burg News Democratic, and the Bir
mingham News independent Demo
cratic) regards the action as "bound
| 10 be OF political value to the Nation. .
| Inc Roanoke Times (Democratic) holds
] that the Senate could not have adj
m1tted this man without seeming to
! put the seal of its approval on the
! methods used to effect his nonina-
tlon. The Charlotte Observer CDemo-
| cratic) argues: cit is true that a
/ United states Senator represents his
! own state in Congress. but he does
/ more than that: He votes and exerts
1 a more or less powerful influence ON
/ the affairs of the Nation and some
! times upon its very destiny" A SINH
Tar position is taken by the Baltimore
sun independently. Madison Wiscon-
SIN state Journal independently and
Nashville Banner independent. The
Hartford Times independent Demo.
craticl recognizes honest conviction
on what considerable public opinion
viii approve
i 4 < X
Severely critical of the action of the
Senate is the comment of the Cincin-
natl Times-Star Republican,, which
says: THE Senate has proclaimed
that it has final authority to pass upon
its own membership; that the people
OF a great State like Illinois NAV vote
Tor representative in the upper house
or Congress, but that their action IS
! only nomination subject TO the ap-
prevail of the Senate majority of the
moment The precedent is full of dan
ger, and carries direct threat to pop
ular government in the United States ,,
| The Louisville Courier-JournaI Demo
cratlc) insists that ito deny him adj
mission when he meets all the consti
tutlonal requirements for admission
is to abolish the Constitution and sub
stitute the unbridled will of one
branch of government, which may re-
suit in untold mischief
"A Republican majority" warns the
providence Journal independently
could indeed by an arbitrary exercise
of it's power admit all the Republican
Senators-elect and keep out all the
Denocratfc Senators-elect Who could
prevail against such an unjust pro
ceedfng?' asks the Journal The Du-
luth Herald independently warns
against a selfcontinuing Senate.
keeping itself in power without regard
to the wishes Of the people of the sew
VIA hpAdLG1s Ilc w lCillLd beacon TN
dependent Republican, makes the dis
tinction that the elected Mr.. Smith
should be barred perhaps but even
with such considerations il is not clear.
why the Senate rejected the appointed
Mr.. Smith" The Rock Island Argus
independently emphasizes that mi
nois has a seatless Senator who holds
credentials whose validity is not cues.
toned" The New Bedford. Standard
NJ RnIIhlfna nj 6aGRYsihae- hn
"a dangerous precedent
The Worcester Telegram Republis
cam and Charleston Daily Mail 0u-
dependent Republican, charge "usur-
patton of power" and the Chattanooga
Times independent Democratic) finds
that the Senate exceeded it's consti-
tutional authority" The support of
bad precedent" is disapproved by the
Charleston Evening Post 0ndepend-
ent Democratic). Richmond News.
Leader independent Democratic) and
South Bend Tribune independent Re.
publicanl, and the Seattle Daily Times
independent Republican, sees IAN en-
barrassing precedent
THE truth of the matter is" de-
clares the Springfield Union Republi.
CAM. that moral motives had nothing
whatever TO do with it, 1t was one
of the usual political performances.
carried out for hoped.for political eff
feet" A similar position is taken by
the Harrisburg Telegraph (Republi
cam, while the Bluefield Telegraph
says: THE reason the
ma ority of Democrats voted is plain
to us. The reason that stalwart Re
publicans voted against Smith is be-
ing sought. AS for the third-party
crowd. claiming To be Republicans
they wanted to show that they We're
still fuaurgfngH