Evening star., 1929-12-12

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Joseph r. Grundy, whose credentials
are now before the Senate; and
Cites Large Expenditure.
whereas. in the same campaign in
which William S. Ware and his ticket
| were found by a Senate investigating
committee to have expended S785, 900
! to win nominations, another ticket In
opposition to the nomination of the said
ware and in support of the nomination
| OF the said Fisher for Governor of PENN
! sylvania, expended 81 1,S04,979, or nearly
| three times as much, according to the
findings of the same investigating COM
mittee; and
Whereas of the aforesaid sum of
| 81 ,8O4,9 100000 was raised and con-
| tr1buted by Joseph Grundy, the afore-
said appointee Of Gov. Fisher, and
whereas the expenditure of such
| large sums Of money to secure nomina-
! ton Is contrary to sound public policy,
harmful to the dignity and honor of
the Senate, dangerous to the perpetuity
OF free government and destructive
OF the value and merit of an election
climaxing a campaign of such expendi-
lures; therefor, be it
Resolved, That the aforesaid joseph
Grundy be, and he is hereby, denied a
seat in the United States Senate"
will be a candidate for the Republican
senatorial nomination Of the primaries
next May.
William S. Ware, Immediately after he
was rejected by the Senate because Of
excessive expenditures and alleged fraud
In his election, issued statement say
ing that he would seek vindication at
the hands of the Pennsylvania voters,
which was taken to mean that he would
a "a fnys lln
nation next Spring.
After Mr.. Ware was informed late
yesterday that Gov. Fisher had appoint
ed Mr.. Grundy and that Mr.. Grundy
would be candidate in the primaries,
he said that Mr.. GrundyS plans would
not prevent his going into the primaries.
With Ware and Grundy in the race for
the senatorial nomination the prospects
OF a lively primary campaign are bright
The announcement by Gov Fisher and
by Mr.. Grundy that the latter would
seek the senatorial nomination in the
primary was interpreted here as a dec
laration that the Mellon Fisher -Grundy
organization was prepared to go the bat
with Ware and to eliminate him from
the Republican political situation in the
Keystone State.
Philadelphia Is Key.
Much will depend upon whether Mr.. |
Ware is able to keep control of the whole
Republican organization of Phila-
delphia. If he is unable to do so, he
will be defeated in all probability. Sup
porters of Grundy were pointing out to-
day that already some of the ward
leaders in Philadelphia have spoken in
high praise Of the appointment of
Grundy.
Mayor Mackey of Philadelphia tele-
graphed Gov. Fisher his congratulations
upon the appointment of Mr.. Grundy
to the Senate. The mayor was the
campaign manager of Mr.. Ware in the
1926 campaign.
When asked whether he would sup
port Ware or Grundy in the primary
campaign next year, the mayor said |,
that he would not commit himself to |
any course of action at this time.
In the 1926 Pennsylvania senatorial |
primary Ware defeated former Senator |
Pepper and former Gov. Pinchot. |
Should Mr.. Pinchot enter the coming |
senatorial primary, a similar three |
cornered race would be staged next year. |
Grundy Voices Pleasure.
When Mr.. Grundy was informed of |
his appointment last night he said:
II have just been advised of my ap- |
pointment by Gov. Fisher as the junior |
vania to fill the existing vacancy. |
am pleased to accept that appointment |
cognizant of the honor it conveys and |
the responsibilities it imposes.
I'm cooperation with our senior |
Senator Hon. David A. Reed, and the |
SO members of the House from Penn |
sylvania, shall give my very best |
efforts to the interests of the 10000 900 |
people Of my State, convinced that by |
a1A4N r -1a tNS.r ia.
Of the country as a whole.
Il shall be a candidate for the |
balance of the unexpired term in the |
primary, which occurs In Pennsylvania |
next May"
Asked If he would take over the
tariff fight in the Senate after Senator |
Reed goes to the London naval limita- |
ton conference, the white-haired Penn
sylvania manufacturer and high tariff |
exponent said that, Of course, his State
was intensely interested in tariff legiS- |
lation. Beyond that he would not 60 |
To inquiries whether he would give |
up his post as vice president Of the |
American Tariff League, Grundy said |
he would 90 whatever was "the ethical
thing"
"You know, this has all come SO sud-
denly that we have not had time to |
consider anything" he said.
sylvania, who has served alone in the |
Senate for that State for almost three
years, made the following statement:
81 understand Mr.. Qrundy's appoint |
ment was requested by the leaders of |
all factions throughout the State. He
comes TO the Senate with- long eX- |
perience in business affairs. He has |
an alert mind and for all these reasons
will fill the position admirably"
Senator Nye Of North Dakota, who
had said earlier in the day he would
seek to have Mr.. Grundy denied seat
in the Senate, said:
"GOes to Highest Bidder"
'Tf Grundy Is seated, the Pepnsyl-
vania seat goes to the highest bidder
in an auction sale held in preference
to an election in 1926"
"In the 1925 primary campaign" he
went on, I'VE found two Pennsylvania
machines arrayed in opposition to each
other, the Ware machine spending ap-
proXimately half a million dollars, and
Pepper Fisher machine-spend-
ing three or four times that amount.
THE Senate has declined a seat to
Ware because of that excessive eXpendi-
ture, and now we are asked not only
to accept the appointment by a man
who was victorious as a result Of a
$2,000,000 expenditure, but we are
asked to seat man who raised, or con-
tributed as much to the $4,000, 900 total
as the Ware machine spent altogether"
The delegation which came today with
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