Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-08

Condemnation Of the political inter-
e6ts that the Nye committee found
back Of the candidacy Of Q Nebraska
grocer In opposition TO Senator George
w. Norris for the Republican nemina-
ton Il linked in the comment of the
country with some criticism Of the
Senator. It Is generally declared that
because both the Senator and his OPP
ponent bore the same name the politi-
cal group that Is alleged to have In
spired the filing of the name violated
good ethics, but the Senator's regularity
Is questioned by some editors.
"It seems clear, on his own testi-
mony before the Nye committee" ac-
cording to the New York Times 0hde-
pendent), chat the grocer Of Broken
Bow neither composed his own state
fees" Describing the incident as "a
cheap conspiracy" the Times adds,
"Yet Republicans elsewhere have been
known to wonder why Senator Norris
triumphs 80 consistently over the regu-
lar organization In Nebraska"
1.-THE Nye hearing has made 1t fairly
certain" says the Lincoln State Jour-
nal independent Republican,, that
George w. Norris Of Broken Bow did
not enter the senatorial race OF his
own accord. II the evidence could have
it would have materially aided the
cause of Senator Norris. There was Q
feeling then, among voters, that the
facts should have been developed before
the primaries. That feeling stu ex-
lists"
"No doubt it was done in the belief
that anything injurious to Senator
Norris would be helpful to the party,
and therefore justified" suggests the
oil (vlnTnn-
cratic, with the conclusion, "Fhe re-
suit has been to strengthen the hold OF
Senator Norris on the State and make
him even more invincible than he has
been in the past"
s.Not every political conspiracy has
Senate committee to expose it." re-
marks the Dayton Daily News (inde-
pendent Democratic), observing that.
In its dramatic phases, "the plot ended
with the hero flying high" and con-
ton, as the facts have been made
victim of the conspiracy. But not all
such tales end SO happily" The
Charleston Evening Post independent
Democfatie) advises: This Is one ease
that might well be fully uncovered by
the Nye committee. The country should
know what sort of things are done by
the efiicial agency Of the Republican
party TO defeat in Republican pri-
mary recognised Republican Sena-
tor"
"The country at large" declares the
indianapolis Star independent Repuh-
Mcan), "has been trusting that the Me-
braSka voters would supplant Senator
Norris, whose Republicanlsm has gone
no further than use Of the political
label for campaign purposes He has
voted consistently against the admins
tration on almost every important issue.
In spite Of the fact that the Senator's
defeat would improve the character of
NehraSkas representation in the Sen,
ate, however, the country is not ready to
subscribe to the tactics of using such
political trick to encompass his defeat.
That type Of politics may explain why
the regular Republican organization
has so little success In overcoming the
radicalism the majority Of Nebraska
voters have been willing to accept"
What, in the language Of certain
ator Nye going TO do about ite" asks
the Charleston Daily Mail independent
Republican,. In criticism Of the Nye
committee and belief that the members
Ought to end all their activities until
the November elections" the Detroit
Free Press independently contends;
by pursuing their prediction snoop-
ing, the members of the committee viii
more and more fix in the minds Of the
American people an already strongly
budding impression that they are the
whiting or unwilling agents Of o scheme
among members Of the Senate to
throttle the power of the States of the
Union to choose their representatives
IN that body without interference in the
form Of Federal influence. intimidation
or coercion, They will create q wide
Spread belief that thay are the agents
81 third political party composed ex-
clusively Of members Of the Senate. who