Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10

Mrs. McCormick's expenditure Of
quarter OF, million dollars in winning
the Republican nomination for United
States Senator from Illinois is a storm
center Of political discussion. Her place
as a representative of the woman voters
Of the country Is a feature of the dis
cussion. She is upheld and condemned
for the large expenditure. II
Cant lady spend her money as
she wants to, and If she is very rich
lady and wants to spend it on sena-
torship, what is the limit of good taste
in expenditures" asks the Charleston
Evening Post, with the added advice:
Let the Senate committee or the Sen
ate itself set up high-water mark for
campaign expenses, and then ladies and
gentlemen will have something to go
by"
1.-THE Senate, of course, will have to
be guided by some considerations of sex
and gallantry," thinks the Seattle Daily
Times. and the Wheeling Intelligencer,
agreeing that "a great deal of money
must be spent" offers the query: What
will the Senate do with the first real
lady who has in a primary contest OBJ
tanned nomination for the Senator"
X X X X
Laws enacted to prevent expendi-
lures OF vast amounts Of money in a
senatorial campaign, according to the
Birmingham News, were, as they still
are, directed against men, and men
only. These laws have not included,
any more than they now include, women
within the scope of their operation
Every one with sense of hunaor, to say
naught of a sense Of chivalry, should
know that this Is true. We hope
that Mrs. Mccormick is pleased with her
latest decoration. To inquire how much
1t cost her would, in our judgment, be
as irrelevant and as impertinent as it
would be to ask some perfectly charm
ing granddame at Washington on her
way to st. Johns on Easter morning
how much her Easter hat or Easter
gown had set back her husband. $
II woman is to be restricted in this
country in her expenditures, no matter
what the money may be spent for-en-
lightened public opinion will insist that
Independence Hall be RACED and bon
fire be made of the immortal Declara-
ton adopted there, to say naught of the
deletion OF one line at least in Francis
Scott Keys moving verses"
1T would be most unfortunate for the
causes for which women have stood in
obtaining their suffrage rights if Mrs.
Mccormick should run into serious
trouble due to her primary expenses"
nal. The Charlotte Observer finds sit
is not difficult to recall that the Senate
passed a resolution of censure upon
former Senator Truman II. Newberry
OF Michigan for spending mere $l95,-
600 on his campaign. What will that
august body do with woman2" asks
the Observer.
Altogether, this quarter miNion cam
paign investment, as a starter" says the
Louisville Courier journal, docs not
the champions of the cause of Woman,
with capital w, in sex politics. Ger
tainly the National League of Women
Voters would make an investigation of
its own before acclainling Mrs. McCor-
mick as an eminent follower of its adj
mirable teachings"
THE triumph of woman in the nom
ination to the Senate loses something
of its luster in this revelation that the
privilege of voting for a woman had to
cost $250,000," AYERS the Milwaukee
Journal. with the added comment: mo
Light and leading appeared in the cam
paign of Ruth Hanna Mccormick
nothing OF what those hopeful voters
look for who pray for an ADLER and a
nobler Senate. Big Bill, Thompson's
forces m Chicago fiocked to her support,
and certain downstate political celeb
rites added themselves to her ranks
Now even this smudgy picture is dark
ened by the shocking revelation of a
quarter million dollars spent in the
process of acquiring nomination to
the Senate"
1.-THE outlook for improved politics
since women secured the right to vote
Is far frc.n encouraging, in Illinois at
least" says the Lynchburg Advance,
with the further comment that "the
time seems to be approaching when
seats in the Senate from certain States
will go to those who have the largest
pocketbooks."
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whatever may be thought of large
campaign expenditures" says the New
ark Evening News 1T. Is IN Mra@M cCor-