Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-08-24

cent Senator Theodore G The Nam BIbo Democrat of
Mississippi when he presents his credentials at the begin
nina of the Eqheth Congress which next Jonu
oy3.
The Senate on December 6, 1929, declared vocont
the seat to which William Ware elected because he
spent S7S5OOO in his compoign for the Republican nom
notion in Pennsylvania in 1926
special committee, created by Senate resolution
Moy IT, 1926 was charged with the obligation of invest
qotinq the in which Vore conducted his compogn
and of reaching conclusion whether he entitled
TO seat This committee found that at the primary cleo
ton at which Vore was nominated that numerous
and vorous instances of fraud and corruption in behalf
of the candidacy of Ware and that he had spent S8500
The Senate December 9, 1927 declared that the ex-
pendture of such large of money to the nom
nation of Ware contrary to sound public policy horfu
to the dignity and pepetuty of free government and
tooethe with the charges of fraud and corruption made in
the report of the committee and subsontoed by the evil
dence tointed with fraud and corruption Vores creden
tiols.
Vore was Republican Significantly, the late Senator
GEORGE W. Norris Republican of Nebraska, led the fight
TO declare Ware entitled to seat He appointed the
late Senator Jim Reed Democratic, of Missouri chairman
of subcommittee inquire into charges of fraud and
corruption in the nomination of Ware.
Some eqoI minds orgued that the qualifications of
Senator are only those stated in the Constitution that
is eligibility The Constitution stoes that person shall
be Senator who shall not have ottonedd the age OF 30
wears and be nine years citizens OF the United States ard
a resident of the State from which he chosen.
ARGUING that Vore should not be seated the late Sen
otor WIIom Boroh Republican, of Idaho, soid his view
was that the omers of the Constitution intended to say
that no one should be Senator who did not possess all
three qualifications but they did not intend to say that
there was nothing that be considered except oge
residence and citizenship.
Dunq the hearings in the Ware case, witness named
Cunnnohom refused to testify He was cited for con-
tempt The case went the United States Supreme Court
In confirming the conviction of Cunningham that tri-
buno held that when who, upon the face OF the re-
turns has been elected the Senate and who has GER
tfcote from the Governor of his State to that effect pre-
sents himself to the Senate claiming the right of member
ship the jurisdiction Of the Senote determine the right
funess of the co invoked and its power to odudicote
such right immediately attaches by virtue OF Section OF
Article of the Constitution empowering to judge OF the
elections returns and qualifications of Senator's
During the debote in the Ware Southern Senators
were threatened with inquiry into the integrity and title
to their right the Senate And to prove Arkansas was
not backward Stoe the late Senator Corowoy said Penn
syvono had adopted the method used in Arkansas in the
reconstruction of letting coored people vote in one
boot box while the returns another had oreody been
certified
Openly, bIotontIy during the recent Democratic com
poon in Mississippi BIbo coIed upon the white people Of
his State to carry crimes of any degree to keep eoored
electors from voting in the Mississippi primoY.
Here is whot he said:
II call on every red-bIooded white man to use ANY
MEANS to keep the nigges away from the polls IT you
don't understand what that you just plain dumb
believe white people will be justified in going to any
extreme to keep the Negro from voting And the best time
TO see the Negro obout voting is the night before