Evening star., 1930-12-10

With unanimity of opinion the press
of the United States voices approval Of
the seating of James j. Davis by the
Senate as Senator from Pennsylvania
in spite of objections raised by Senator
Nye of the Investigating Committee.
1.-The offenSe to PennSylvaniar-it be-
ing assumed that the Senator from
North Dakota means no personal Of
fense to the former Secretary Of Labor
in thus challenging its choice of a
United States Senator Is unnecessary
and provokes resentment as deliberate
and willful," says the Philadelphia Eve
ming Bulletin, because the charge, or
the intimation in the absence of sutn-
cient ground for charge, Is so COM
pletely at variance with the common
knowledge as to the campaign carried
on by Mr.. Davis and its circumstances
and the public'S belief that Senator Nye
could easily have acquainted himself
with the facts If he had tried or de-
sired"
The Harrisburg Telegraph asserts
that "every time Pennsylvania interests
or PennSylvanians as individuals have
come before the Senate in recent years
they have been numerically mauled
and unfairly asSailed." Rebuking Sem
ator Nye for what it considers an un-
necessary insult to the then Senator
elect Davis, the New Castle News states
There is work to be done in the United
important than hunting through pri-
mary returns In an effort to find some
thing that seems to warrant another
fishing expedition. If Senator Nye will
apply himself to some of the important
tasks of the Senate with the same zeal
that he has tried to direct the affairs
of Pennsylvania, he may not break into
print as often, but he will be perform
ing a service worth while"
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Attesting the cleanness of the Davis
campaign, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette
says, His nomination was a popular
victory in the best sense of that phrase,
and represented a clear-cut reputation
Of money power and special privilege"
So also says the Erie Dispatch-Herald
IF ever a man was cleanly and hon
eStly elected to the United States Sen
ate, James j. Davis is that man, No
member of the Senate has ever pre-
Sented a cleaner election record"
The seating of n :. Davis, despite the
opposition, led by Senator Nye, en-
phasizes the catlike luck which has
followed Davis in his political career"
notes the Scranton Times, which finds
'Puddler' Jim's ability to land on his
fLet quite uncanny."
THE use of half million dollars In
a hard-fought campaign in great and
populous State, such as Pennsylvania,
is not in itself any indication of fraud"
declares the Lexington Leader, noting
that Mr.. Davis spent personally little
more than $4,000. He Is q man Of
high character and unimpeachable
reputation. He would not have coun-
tenanced any corruption" concludes the
Leader.
after all, it is not so much the
amount that is spent in elections that.
matters, but the question tf how 1t Is
SPENT" in the opinion Of the Savannah
Morning News.
"The rule of relativity should apply
to political slush funds as well as to
other mundane or even celestial mat
ters," declares the Charleston Is. CD
Evening Post, which figures that $780,
900 would be q food in South Carolina,
but 1t Is only bucketful in Pennsyl-
vania." Analysing the situation as re-
CARDS campaign expenditures, the Madi-
son Wisconsin State Journal remarks: 1T
is the need of wide publicity at heavy
cost that the voters may have i1forma- |
ton in regard to the candidates that
renders difficult the task of writing OF
corrupt practices acts in which CAM
paign expenditures are limited. Only
through the work of volunteers or by
methods which occasion large expendi- |
lures for legitimate purposes can CAM
paigns be conducted" this paper AYERS
X y
"It is much more costly and difflcult
for a senatorial candidate under the
present system where Senators are
chosen by popular vote than 1t was
when they were elected by the legiSla-
lures of the several States. and there is
no evidence that the caliber of Senators
has improved under the new rule" notes |
the Utica Observer -Dispatch
That political practices IN pennsya- |