Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-06

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tried to suppress a thorough investl-
cation into the Pennsylvania primaries,
although the Congressional Record
shows that at the~very beginning of
the fight / introduced a resolution
which would require an examination
Of every ballot box and the tabulation
of every ballot in that election, such
investigation to held by tho committee
on privileges and elections, which has
considered every election contest in
the Senate for the last 100 years.
Over and over again I appealed for
a thorough and searching investigation
by the regularly constituted committee
and was met each time by a Demo
cratic refusal to have the investiga-
ton except by Senator Reeds slush
fund committee. and even that com
mittee would not agree to examine all
ballot boxes, but only such as in it's
discretion 1t saw fit to examine These
are matters or record and do not de-
pend upon the unsupported assertions
OF any one.
IT Lincoln was right that you can.
not fool all of the people all of the
time, am confident that the official
records of the last two weeks win
place the responsibility squarely where
1t oeiongs-upon the Democratic SEN
ators who have tried to make political
capital out of matter that demanded
judicial fairness
Walsh Issues Statement.
The statement Of Senator Walsh
Oh Massachusetts. in reply to the state
Inent OF Senator iced of Pennsyl-
vania. attaching the blame to the
Democratic party for failure of ammo.
priatton bills to pass, follows:
fhe effect Of any statement which
seeks to blame the Democratic party
!or the failure of bills to pass during
the recent session of the Senate is to
JustiIy the right of one or two men
10 mold up the Senate so as to prevent
more than two-thirds Of its member.
snip from investigating and exposing
eiection frauds and corruptions: and
also to Justify the adoption in the
miodie or wild legislative f1libuster
vi OMNIBUS appropriation bills, with
out oenate and without time even for
one member OF the Senate was fullv
acquainted. A0i'
temporary Inconvenience caused
ny the failure of some few appropria.
tlons Is unfortunate, but II is a. small
price 70 pay II 1t can result in awak
ening the country to a realization of
Two necessary things to make the
senate function efficiently and in a
manner necessary to meet the needs
or the country.
Urges Longer Session.
THE first change needed is a lo,yor
session. for behind all the recent din.
Guilty is the fact. that the nubIic
legislative business cannot be trans.
acted within the same number of
weeks as was given to that business
more imam 100 years ago. The country
mas grown too large, its problems too
numerous and gigantic to study ana
solve these complex questions in a
congressional session of less than s5
days. ~ w
The second change needed is the
estapnsnment or rules in the Senate
that VIII permit two-thirds of that
pody TO junction. 1t should be re.
memoered that the recent filibuster
was not the denial of the rights of a
majority of the Senate, but a hoId.nn
or two-thirds by a few wilful fiiib,1s.
terers When legislative body reaches
state where two-thirds of it's man.
oers are powerless, we fail to posses
orderly and representative govern.
ment. To blame the Democrats
party. under the circumstances 10
Ike blaming the victim rather than
the bandit '''
Dawes Stand Recalled.
Vice President Dawes. in his brief
address to the Senate SATURDAY., clear
~ intimated, it was said last night
that the failure of legislation in the
closing hours of the session could he
attributed only to a filibusterinr
minority of the Senate.
The Vice Presidents address has
not endeared him to the filibusterers'
Indeed. there have been mutterings
since Friday that the Vice President. in
the closing hours of the Senate session.
leaned oyer backwards to be fair TO
the supporters Of the Reed slush ft,nd
committee resolution. He Is being
charged with too much recognition Of
Democrats and with preventing the
Republican filibusterers from answer.
ing the criticisms leveled at them nv
Senator Pat Harrison and others.