Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-04
The Political Mill
BY C. Could Lincoln.


Dakota. This is q new wrinkle in
senatorial investigations. But whether
1t will help Mrs. Mccormick when IL
comes time for the Senate to cieter-
mine whether she Is to be seatedl-uro-
vided, Of course, she wins the se1a.
tortal election IN November IL n aues-
ton. The employment Of private de-
tecttves to dig up information about
tina chairman Of the Senate's commit
tee set up to inquire into campaign
expenditures Of candidates for the Sen.
ate il not likely to sit well on the
senatorial stomach. The Senator's. rem
orally speaking. are gluttons for in
designations But they are not 50 de-
sirous OF being investigated themselves.
~
The Republican senatorial nominee
IN Illinois Is q reSourceful woman
She must realize that the senate
which declined to seat Smith of II
linOis and Ware of Pennsylvania be-
cause OF excessive expenditures in their
primary campaigns. plus side charges
OF corruption, may have difficulty bring
ing itself to seat her, should she be
elected, when it has been developed
that she spent and had spent for her
more than 100000 in her primary
campaign. More than quarter of q
HeIS
self Her effort to discredit the SEN
ate committee and Senator Nye, for
that seems to be the purpose Of her
employment OF private detectives to in
vestisate the investigate Is likely to
stir up the ire Of the Progressive group
In the Senate, to which Senator Nve
has belonged ever since he came to
the Senate. II that group should
align itself with the Democrats and
cl1 ~
against Mrs. McCormick'S claims to be
seated. she might have q very diff
cult time entering the Senate portals.
IL the Democrats gain several more
seats. as they may do In The coming
election, it would not make the sitlla-
ton any easier for her.
4 X
President Hoover's decision to make
four addresses in October is widely in
terpreted today as meaning that he
will defend his own administration in
the last month of the congressional
campaign. He accepted invitations to
speak at the American Legion Conven-
ZION In Boston and at Kings Noun
tain, N. c., long time ago But an
nouncement Of his intention to speak
at meeting of the American Fedora
ton OF Labor in Boston and at a meet
ing OF the American Bankers Asso-
citation in Cleveland did not come
until yesterday.
1t Is quite clear that the Hoover adj
mlnlstrat1on Is to be made as far as
possible an issue in the campaign bv
both Democrats and Republicans. II
the administration Is to be the issue.
1t Is quite understandable that the
PRESIDENT may wish to get before the
country his own statements In regard
10 MS policies and what he has done
TO carry them out. The Republicans
could have no better mouthpiece than
the President to put forward their
claims for preference in the coming
election. What the President Of the
United States has to say Is always
widely published and widely heard
these days, and is likely TO draw the
attention OF the entire country.
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desperate battles for senatorial norni-
nations are by no means confined this
year to the Republican party. One Of
the most bitterly contested campaigns
comes 10 close next wednesday when
tne primary In Georgia is held and the
Voters or the Democratic party must
choose between Senator Harris and
former Gov. Slayton, Governor wears
ago at the time Of the celebrated Leo
FRANK case. Senator Harris Is one Of
tnoSe democrats who remained regular
and did not desert his partys national
TICKET In 1928. He Is campaigning on
ms record for the last dozen years In
the Senate and Is lambastinR his on
ponent, charging that large funds are
being expended to win SIayton the
nomination. Harris has been severe in
MS condemnation of the big campaign
expenditures Of Mrs Ruth Hanna Nc
Cormlck and has asked Senator Nye 10
bring his slush fund committee to
Georgia to look into the ALLEGED ex-
penditures OF Mr.. Slayton.
Slayton Is man of much wealth.
ana Harris and his supporters feel
that respect. Slayton has the SUPPORT
OF former Gov. Hardwick and other
outs" who would like to get control
OF politics in Georgia. From an inn
partial source in Georgia it was learned
here that the chances for Harris an
pear good, although there Is a real
battle on in the State. The Demo-
cratic nomination in Georgia is equiva-
lent TO election, as 1t Is In Mississippi.
for example, where Senator Pat HART
son was renominated entirely without
opposition. Senator Joe Robinson of
Arkansas, the Democratic leader of the
Senate and vice presidential nominee
OF his party in 1923. came through
contest with flying coloFs. The ANAL
returns showed that he defeated his
opponent by $4,000 votes and that he
carried every county In the state.
Morris Sheppard Of Texas is another
Democratic Senator who, while he had
opposition, overwhelmed it, winning by
more than half million votes.
4 X
Two Democratic nominees for the
Senate from widely separated localities,
who were IN washington yesterday, ex-
pressed their confidence in victory at
the polls this November. One Of them
was Robert j. Buckley, the party's
In Ohio, and the other was
Harry H. Schwartz. senatorial nominee
in Wyoming. Buckley, who is run
ming against Senator McCulloch in
Ohio, is standing on wet platform.
schwartz is for modification of the
dry laws and he Is opposed by former
Gov. Carey Of Wyoming. accounted
dry. In both States, therefore, the
liquor question will have its bearing
on the outcome Of the election. Both
the Democratic candidates were here
In conference with Senator Tydings of
Maryland, chairman of the Democratic
Senatorial Campaign Committee. They
gave him good reports of the situation
from the Democratic point of view in
their respective States. Mr.. Buckley is
not counting alone on the wet issue to
pull him through in Ohio this year |
He is counting more particularly on the
depression In business and large I'M
employment, he says. According to
him more people are out Of work today |
in the Buckeye State than he has ever |
seen before. Mr. Schwartz commented !
also on unemployment in his State, |
although 1t is not an industrial State |
by any means.