The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-26
REPUBLICANS
PUT TO ROUT
IN ware CASE
Committee Backs Down in
Diminishing Wilson Plea
for Vote Recount.
REHEARING is ORDERED
Ballots Bay Be Counted as
Result of Session Set
for This Afternoon.
BIZ United Press


WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-Repub-
lican members of the Senate Privi-
legeS and Elections Committee de-
cided informally this afternoon to
reverse their action in dismisSing
the contest brought by William B.
Wilson. Democrat, against Senator
Elect Ware of Pennsylvania
A meeting of the committee was
called for 3 p. m. to take another
vote and Democrats who had pro-
tested the dismissal action were in
formed by Chairman Shortridge of
the committee that Republicans
we're willing to acede to the Demo-
cratic suggestion that a subcommit-
Tee be appointed to recount the
Pennsylvania ballots.
The Republicans retreated after
the Democrats had brought their
fight to the Senate floor and appar-
emily because the Democrats, with
the Independents. controlled a ma
jority there which could have re-
pudiated the committee action and
made it try the contest against its
will.
Reed Offers Resolution
Senator Reed of Missouri intro
duced a resolution ordering the COM
mittee to conduct the recount, but
announced formally he did not
think it would be necessary to press
it.
Shortridge would not comment on
the announcement. but Reed and
Senator Caraway Dem) Arkansas,
both members of the committee,
said they had received assurances
that Republicans had "a change Of
heart overnight"
They got cold feet" Caraway
said.
BY strict party vote of tc
the committee late yesterday thu "
out the complaint Of William B.
Wilson. former Democratic Secre-
tary of Labor, against Senator-E Elect
William S. Ware, Republican. It
said the complaint was not suffi-
GENTLY specific in it's charges of
fraud and corruption against Ware.
Allows Ware to Run Again
The action was taken by the Re-
publicans to enable Ware to file for
reelection in the next Pennsyl-
vania primaries April q, His
friends admit that the Senate prob
ably will Gust. him because of his
primary campaign expenditures.
They say he wants to run again
but he could not do so as long as
the Wilson contest was pending
against him. The primary ex-
penditures dispute is entirely sepa-
rate from the Wilson contest and
would not prevent him from filing
A last-minute switch in the Re
publican membership of the COM
mittee enabled dismissal of the COM
plant. Senator Golf (Rep.) West
Virginia, who is reported to have
favored Wilson, was replaced by
Senator Moses (Rep) New Hamp-
shire, who favored Ware, thus pro-
tecting the Republican majority
against the Democrats.
Hold Complaint Insufficient
The resolution adopted by the
committee was introduced by Sen
ator Waterman Rep) Colorado. 1t
set forth Wilson'S complaint did not
state with any degree of certainty
the character of the conspiracy
which he alleged Republicans of
Pennsylvania had perpetrated
against him. 1t resolved that the
complaint should be held INSULT
cient even to require an answer from
Ware.
The committee gave Wilson twen-
ty-five days in which to produce
more evidence if he desired to press
the matter further.
Republican committee members
who voted for the resolution in
Guided: Shortridge of California,
Watson of Indiana, Green of Yer
mont, Deneen of Illinois. Edge of
New Jersey. Steiwer of Oregon,
Waterman and Moses.
Democrats who voted against the
resolution: King of Utah, George of
Georgia, Nicely of West Virginia,
Smith of South Carolina, Caraway
OF Arkansas, and Reed of Missouri.