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IF these bonds are by any chanca
among those which were bought with
proceeds of the Continental Trading
This company, Incorporated In Canada
and now defunct, came into prominence
IN the oil lease investigation conducted
by the Senate and the Federal Govern.
ment. 1t developed that profits of the
company were used to buy Government
bonds and that Harry F. Sinclair later
made contribution to the Republican
Party, using some of the bonds
Victor Seymour, Senator Nye said,
had testified before the Senate Commit
tee last July that he had had no con.
nection with the entry of Grocer Nor.
ris into the senatorial primary; that he
had not even heard OF the grocer until
ne saw in the newspapers that he had
filed against Senator George w. Norris.
The recent testimony given by john
son, attorney for Grocer Norris, and
by Miss Esther Alien, secretary to
Seymour while he was operating an
ONCE in Lincoln, Nebr., last Winter and
Spring, have shown conclusively, SEN
ator Nye said, that Seymour was the
instigator OF the candidacy Of Grocer
Norris.
Charges May Be Filed.
st am confident" said Senator Nye,
that the United States district at
torney in Omaha, Mr.. Sandal, will
file perjury charges against Seymour
and George W. Norris Of Broken Bow,
because OF their testimony before the
Senate Committee"
The chairman of the committee init
mated that the committee already has
further information beyond that already
published, showing how the conspiracy
to place Grocer Norris In the senatorial
primary was Matched
Seymour has now resigned his place
with the Republican Senatorial Com
mittee, announcing that he took this
step voluntarily and "for the good Of
the party" He insisted, however, he
had done nothing wrong. Senator Nye
said the Senate Committee had no In
tention of calling Seymour before It
again; that he would be left. to the
United States attorney In Omaha to
deal with, and that the committee
would be able, through the checks han
died by Seymour to trace the source of
the funds used by Seymour in the
anti-Norris campaign.
Out in Nebraska and elsewhere, Sem
ator Nye said, there had been a
whispering" campaign to the effect
that Senator Norris and his friends had
been at the bottom of the candidacy
OF Grocer Norris, merely TO make capital
for Senator Norris himself in the pri-
mary campaign.
Committee have completely given the
lie 10 these whispered ISLANDERS attack
Ing Senator Norris" said Senator Nye.
Senator Nye added that the $1,000
traced to Seymour's account in Lincoln.
Nebr., was, IN his opinion, only a small
part of the money expended there to
try to defeat the candidacy of Senator
Norris for the Republican nomination.
water Power Rumors."
There have been rumors that water
power interests were strongly interested
In the defeat of Senator Norris, who, as
one of the progressive leaders in the
Senate, has besn considered distinctly
inimical to such interests. The Senate
investigation, however, has so far not
traced contributions to the anti-Norris
campaign to these sources
Senator Nye said 1t had been reported
to him in Nebraska that the plan OF
the hackers of Grocer Norris had been
to force Senator Norris to get out of
the Republican primary and to run as
an Independent, since 1t would not
have been possible to distinguish be-
tween the votes cest for the TIVE Norr.ses.
When Senator Norris should withdraw
from the Republican primary, then, Sem
ator Nyc said, Grocer Norris was also
to withdraw. There was a plan, he
said. to have former Gov Samuel Nc
Kelvie, member of the Farm Board then
become the Republican nominee for the
Senate.
The Senate Campaign Investigating
Committee had adjourned, Senator Nye
said, until october IA, when 1t will go
either TO North Carolina or Tennessee
to inquire into senatorial primary cam
paigns in those States. Charges have
been made OF excessive expenditures in
the Democratic primaries in both those
States The North Carolina charges
run to the introduction of large sums OF
money to be used for Bailey, the success
full candidate for the nomination against
Senator Simmons who was seeking re-
nomination.
Massachusetts, Trip Plan.
During the next week or two Senator
Nye plans to 60 himself to Massa-
chuSetts, where demands have been.
made for senatorial Investigation OF
the primary election which resulted in
the nomination Of william M. Butler as
the Republican candidate for the Sem
ate and of Marcus A. Coolidge as the
Democratic candidate. Senator Nye
said. he hoped Senator Wagner Of New
York, another member Of the Senate
Committee, would join him In Massa-
and that together sney would
60 over the data which have been
turned up by the committees investi-
gators and seek to determine the COM
mittee's procedure. He intimated it
might not be possible to hold hearings
in Massachusetts, until after the gem
eral election, November 4.