Evening star., 1930-12-02
Committee Head Makes Vain
Effort to Delay Acceptance
Pending Inquiry.
DEMOCRAT GROUP GIVES
AID TO EX-SECRETARY
Pennsylvania's Junior Senator
Wins Over Attempt to Keep Him
Out for Several Days More.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.


James J. Davis, for the last 10 years
Secretary Of Labor, today took the oath
OF ofice as Senator from PENNSYLVANIA,
An effort to prevent Senator Davis
from being sworn in was made by SEN
ator Nye of North Dakota, chairman of
the Select Committee on Senatorial
Campaign Expenditures. Senator Nye
submitted special report to the SEN
ate dealing with the expenditures In the
Pennsylvania primary last Spring and
urging that the committee be given
more time to consider them.
% Favor Delay.
Senator Reed Of Pennsylvania de-
manded that his colleague be permitted
to take the oath of office without further
delay.
On motion made by Senator Nye
to refer the Davis case to the committee
tor further consideration, the Senate
divided, 58 TO 81, against the motion.
The oath Of ofice was then admins
tered to Senator Davis by the Vice Pres
ident.
viii Push Probe.
After the vote, Senator Nye said the
investigation would proceed, he, being
convinced that the Davis-Brown ticket
spent more than one million dollars
in the primary campaign"
Hearings will begin tomorrow. Samuel
Vauclain of Philadelphia, treasurer Of
the Davis Brown Campaign Committee,
will be the first witness, and George r.
Weaver, Philadelphia attorney, who
says he has o claim of $4,000 against
the campaign organization will be the
second witness.
"I think the voting on the floor today
needs lot of explaining" Nye added.
II don't know what to make of It,"
He said that the committee, with one
exception, had approved the report he
read on the floor.
Vote Is TabuIated.
The vote on the Nye resolution fol.
lows:
For-Republicans: Blaine, Couzens,
Cutting Dale, Frazier, Howell, Norheck,
Norris and Nye, 9.
Democrats: Ashurst, Barkiey, Black,
Bulkley, Connally, Dill, George, Har-
ris, Hayden, Helm, McGil, Sheppard,
Simmons. TrammelI, Wagner, Wheeler
and williamson II.
Farmer-Labor: Shipstead, 1.
Total, 81.
Against = Republicans: Bingham,
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neen, Fess, Gillett, Glenn, Con, Colds
borough. Gould, Greene, Hale. Hastings.
Hatfield, Herbert, johnson, Jones,
Kean, KeyeS, McMaster, McNary,
Moses, Oddie, Patterson, Phipps, Pine,
Reed, Robinson of Indiana, Schall,
Shortridge, Smoot, Steiwer, Thomas Of
Idaho. Townsend, vandenberg, Water
Democrats: Blease, Brock, Brous-
sard, Copeland, Fletcher, Harrison,
Kendrick, King, McKellar, Overman,
Pittman, Robinson of Arkansas, Smith,
Steck, Swanson, Thomas Of Oklahoma,
Tydings, Walsh of Massachusetts, and
Walsh of Montana, 10.
Total, So.
Democrats Back Davis.
Prior to the meeting of the Senate,
the Democratic Steering Committee Of
the Senate met to discuss the Davis
case. After the meeting, the following
statement was issued:
"Ths Steering Committee also dis
cussed the right of Senator Davis
of Pennsylvania to take his seat, and In
view of the fact that the special COM
mittee, of which Senator Nye is chair
man, has made no report to the Senate
Of evidence of conclusion justtfying the
COuITdIy course, the opinion was unan-
imous- that the case is readily dis
tinguishable from that of Messrs. Ware
and Smith (who were denied seats In
the Senate because of campaign ex-
penditures) and that no justification ap-
pears to deny Mr.. Davis the right to
take Office merely because the special
committee may request further time to
investigate the expenditure"
Nye Offers Resolution.
At the conclusion of the reading of
Nye's special report, Senator Nye Of
fered a resolution to have the Davis
case referred to his committee.
Senator Reed of Pennsylvania made
the point of order that under the rules
Of the Senate the resolution must lie
over for day. Senator Nye then
moved that his resolution be taken up.
On viva voce vote the motion was
lost and Senator Nye demanded q roll
call of the Senate. In his report to
the Senate, Senator Nye said in part:
Your committee will be prepared
within the next few days to submit
special report covering the expenditures
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