The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-14
NYE STATEMENT
ON SPENDING is
MADE TARGET
Inaccurate, Misleading
Says Woman Candidate
for Senate Seat.
SUBMITS LONG REPORT
you Can't Buy LandSlideS
in Illinois, Is Answer to
Probe Group.
BB Times Speciat

BB Times Special
CHICAGO. July 1T may be
possible to buy certain elections in
this country, but you can not buy
Illinois landslides. Ruth Hanna Nc
SCormick said today at the opening
Of the senate committees investiga-
ton into charges Of excessive ex-
penditures in Mrs. M~cCormick's sue
cessful campaign for the Illinois
senatorial nomination.
The first woman ever nominated
for the senate by a major party sub
mitted a written statement at the
opening Of he campaign expendl-
lures committee Chicago hearing.
The statement was more than
5000 words long and reiterated
much OF the testimony she mad
given at the hearing in washington
May /.
Mrs. Mccormick criticised Senator
Nye for giving a statement to n
newspapers saying that his investi-
gators had found she expended ap-
proximately 1925, 900 instead Of the
S252.000 which she reported.
His assertion is inaccurate and
misleading" her statement said. 1t
is difficult to understand in what
respect the committees private in
vestigators found facts which al
ready were three weeks old upon the
committees records"
Three Units Aided
She said the three volunteer or
Plantations collected and spent the
following on her campaign: The
Ruth Hanna Mccormick volunteers,
$4,000; the Voters Progressive
Club. about $4,000, and the uli-
nois Young Peoples Republican
Clubs, SIS 900.
when 1 first appeared before
the committee in washington on
Nav 1 I did not know what the
three volunteer organizations had
expended. but Immediately upon OBJ
tanning that information 1 gave 1t
to your committee"
In the absence of other commit
tee members, Senator Nye conduct
ed the hearing alone. He predicted
that it would last about four days.
After placing Mrs. McCormick's
supplementary report IN the record
Senator Nye called John l.. Flani-
gan. an attorney from East st.
Louis. Ill. Mrs. Mccormick had
been scheduled as the first witness.
but she waived this privilege with
the expectation of being third TO
testify.
Recognizes Charges
Mrs McCormick's statement
recognized the charges OF her OPP
ponents that she had made "unholy"
alliances with political factions in
Chicago.
INV freedom from alliances was
as complete on the day Of election
as it had been from the beginning
of the campaign" she said. She
emphasized that she vas running as
an independent, whereas Senator
Deneen had the advantage OF fed
eral patronage in the Chicago area
and pointed out that she was not
even a resident of Cook county.
Mrs. Mccormick wore a navy blue
dress and removed her white felt
hat as she testified. She faced
senator Nye directly as she
answered his questions and spoke
clearly and without hesitation.
Seven witnesses including Colonel
r. r. Mccormick, publisher of the
Chicago Tribune. who had been
summoned to testify today were dis
missed until Tuesday when 1t be-
came apparent Mrs. Mccormick
probably would be on the stand most
of the day.
Mrs. Mccormick then began read
ing her prepared statement, much
of which dealt with her campaign
in Cook county. The statement
said that about one-third Of her
total expense was in Chicago and
Cook county.
Mrs. Mccormick summarized the
main points Of her testimony as
follows:
Il. The money I spent was my
own.
2. 1t was spent legitimately.
3. No law was violated, there be-
ing no Illinois or federal law which
limits campaign expenditures in a
senatorial campaign"
She had read about one-ffth Of
her prepared statement when Sem
ator Nye recessed the hearing for
lunch. He announced that Mrs. Nc
Cormick would be allowed to con-
tinue reading later.