Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-10
HEFLIN ASKS PROBE
OF ALABAMA VOTING
BY NYE COMMITTEE

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during the month Of February preceding
the election.
"They," he said, referring to his OPP
position, paid thousands of these poll
taxes and then voted the voters, many
of them after February had come and
gone.
under the State law, voters can vote
q mixed ballot, casting their votes for
individual candidates of opposing par
ties. 1 charge that thousands of ballots
so marked for me were thrown out by
the men in charge of the election ma
chinery.
Other Charges Made.
1.-THE opposition wrote to hundreds of
their ballots in for Bankhead, in q
manner which violates the law.
Furthermore, they did not count
lot of the ballots as cast. And we claim,
too, that there was an unlawful use of
a great deal of money by the opposition.
My opposition also inundated voters
galore in Birmingham, Mobile and
other centers where there are big in
dustrial plants. The workers were told
that if-they didn't vote for Bankhead
they wouldn't come back next day.
concrete instances where there had been
such violations Of the law, and have
promised to give his committee many
more"
Ran As Independent.
The Alabama Senator who was pre-
vented from entering the Democratic
primary by action Of the Democratic
State Committee this year because he
had opposed the election of Alfred z.
Smith as President in 1928, ran. as an
independent, a candidate of the Jeffer-
sonian party, organized by himself and
his friends, for this OCCASION At all of
his rallies in the State, Senator Helm
always began by announcing II am a
Democrat"
Every one believed I would be elected
for weeks prior to the election" said
Senator Helm. why, my majority
should have been between $4,000 and
100. 900.
II think we will be able to throw
out enough votes, if this Investigation
is made by the Senate to show that /
was elected by from 10000 to 10000"
Senator Nye said, after he talked with
Senator Heflin, that his committee
would assemble in Chicago tomorrow
morning prior TO going to Denver, Colo,
where the committee would hold an i'm
quiry Thursday.
VIII Visit Other States.
IT viii lay before the fun committee
the charges made by Senator Hefiin. !"
Senator Nye continued The full conn
mittee will have to pass on them and
determine whether it will go to Ala
bama."
Chairman Nye said that after the
committee had completed its work of
investigating the charges of excessive
expenditure of money in the Colorado
primaries and election, the committee
would go to Lincoln to take further
testimony in the Grocer Norris" affair.
Returning to Chicago, he said the COM
mittee would have a day Of hearings on
campaign expenditures for the general
election and also would give oppor-
UNITY for statements to be made re-
garding charges which were brought by
Mrs. Ruth Hanna Mccormick that the
committee had undertaken to tap her
telephone wires,
The defeat of Mrs. Mccormick in the
senatorial election by former Senator
j. Ham" Lewis has effectually put an
end TO any possible fight which might
have been made to keep Mrs. McCor-
mick from taking her seat in the Senate
Il she had won, on the ground that she
money in the primary and general cleo
ton Campaigns.
Expect to Report Soon.
The Senate Investigating Committee
has some further work to do in regard
to the elections in Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and Delaware. Senator Nye said
he and his committeeman hoped to be
able TO report to the Senate promptly
December l on these States, since the
newly elected Senator in each State
mentioned will present himself to be
sworn in at the opening of the session
OF Congress on that date.
While Senator Nye would make no
comment on the matter, it is believed
there will be no difficulty in seating
Senator-elect James j. Davis when he
presents himself in the Senate. While
considerable sum of money was spent
Tor the Davis-Brown ticket, there is
much evidence to prove that most Of 1t
was expended for the gubernatorial
candidate, not the Senate candidate
Inc committee still has TO look into the
New jersey and Delaware contests
where Dwight w. Morrow and Senator
Daniel o. Hastings, both Republicans,
defeated their Democratic opponents
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