Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-11
Country Is Divided on Issue
Of Investigating Candidate

and that "a committee Of inquiry prop
erly appointed by the Senate is, in its
general nature, comparable to grand
Jury" The Times believes that Mrs.
Mccormick would do better to rest her
case upon her declared consciousness OF
having done no wrong" The Richmond
News Leader believes she Is headed Tor
the anxious bench in the room Of the
Committee on Privileges and Elections.
cit may yet appear by senatorial
action" asserts the Topeka Daily Capt.
tai, that Mrs. McCormick'S presump-
ton in hiring private Sleuths to annoy
Senator Nye is not only q violation OF
senatorial courtesy, but q violation OF
law The Roanoke World-NewS f1nds
indications of "a contempt for the
Senate that that body will not be apt
to pass over lightly" The Lynchburg
News comments, what Senator Nye
does about it. now, as Mrs. Mccormick
Slangily calls it, Is not of as much In
terest as what the Senate does"
People are amused to find a woman
calling the committees bluff" ayers the
Lincoln State Journal, while the Wheel
ing Intelligencer maintains that this
very militant lady was only
exercising her rights as an American
citizen" and the Worcester Telegram
demands greater sobriety in probing,
less recklessness in animadversion, more
reaSonableneSs in procedure on the part
of the more enthusiastic Senate
investigators"
cover Chairman Nye and his COL
leagues of the committee" says the
Cincinnati Times-Star, I'VE write the
cartoonist's line, No brains
Nye says he is more amused than an
noyed,' but being a member of his
committee is really no joke just now.
Charity leads one to hope that this Is
merely the stupidest group of Senate
investigators who ever got themselves
into trouble while trying to make trou-
BILE for others"
Mrs. Mccormick is unquestionably
antagonizing many Senator'S" states
the Philadelphia Inquirer, by daring
to resent Strong-arm injustice, but, so
far as the public is concerned, she has
plenty of sympathy She is a good
fighter. May she keep it up!" The
Milwaukee Sentinel is afraid that
most American citizens will sympathiSo
with Mrs. Mccormick" an opinion
which is shared by the Abilene Report
er, and the Springfield Union pays the
tribute that her courage and Self-reli-
ance command the highest admiration"
unless Illinois voters possess unique
York Sun, 1.-The person who stands to
lose most by the Investigating Commit
tees ineptitude in Illinois is Mrs. Nc
Cormick's rival for election as Sem
ator'' The Sun also lays down the
principle, The Senate of the United
States is not in the police business: it
cannot go into it, even by proxy, with
out endangering its own dignity"
Answering the question. What is
Senator Nye going to do about it?" the
Louisville Times states: We'll, the Sen
ator might employ few detectives
provided, of course, he can command
money rs freely as Mrs. Mccormick
has used it-and set about discovering
the Affiliations and methods of Ruth
Hanna Mccormick. Some persons imag-
inc that a good deal might be discov-
cred that would be interesting, probably
at least as much as Mrs. Mccormick
can discover about the Affiliations and
methods of Senator Nye." The ZaneS-
vile Signal remarks, THE outsider may
be pardoned for falling to understand
why Mrs. Mccormick is making a North
Dakota Senator such an outstanding
issue in ali Illinois campaign" Ruth
Hanna Mccormick is true daughter
of her father" declares the Raleigh
News and Observer. She not only
spent $4,000 to secure the senatorial
nomination, but she avowS she Is spend
ing more money to shadow Senator
Nye, hoping to silence him by finding
something about him that he will wish
to conceal. Senator Nye will not be
driven off, The Charlotte News holds
that nothing she learns about the Sen
ator can change the accusation that
the Nation has laid at her door,"
Mutual denunciation and recrimina-
ton" according to the Chicago Daily
News. can only confuse he relatively
simpe issue involved in - investiga-
tion Of excessive cam expendi-
lures" The Flint Daily ! nal points
out that whatever her detectives might
find out about Senator Nye's investiga-
ton would not justify her expenditures"