Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-16

N Important IacLor IN the oeIeat
of the tabloid were distributed in
the State.
The tabloid was gotten up by
employees of Senator Mccarthy.
Republican Of Wisconsin. and
some top officials Of the old
Washington Times Herald, the
subcommittee found. It said
Senator Butler saw copies of the
paper before it was distributed.
Influence Not Dominant
The subcommittee concluded
the tabloid. which it said con-
tanned half truths. misrepre-
Isentations and innuendos." had
some effect on the outcome Of
the 1850 election, but it was
not of dominant influence on the
voters, nor did the election turn
on 1t alone"
Senator Butler also said he
accepts full responsibility for the
fact that Jon M. Jonkel, who
was hired as my campaign pub
lie relations man, was forced by
circumstances beyond his maxi
ling to take over more Of the di-
rection Of my campaign than a
nonresident should under our
State election laws"
/ Mr.. Jonkel, who came to Mary
land from Chicago to work for
the Butler campaign, paid a
$4,000 fine for managing the
campaign as a nonresident and
for failing to report contribu-
ltionS and expenditures properly.
Mr. Jonkel is now in the export
import business in Washington.
Senator Butler also defended
the out-of-State campaign con-
ltributions he accepted in 1850,
stating that they are not illegal
land he does not think they are
morally wrong"
/ Cites Campaign Costs
1T is regrettable but true
that a campaign in America to-
day is an expensive proposition,
THE Senator added. 1T is also
true that in most senatorial
. campaigns. contributions from
, Iout-of-State residents are made
Ito both candidates"
The Republican Senator en-
EphaSized that the Senate SUBJ
COMMITTEE, which consisted Of
three Democrats and two Re-
publicans, did not recommend
that his seat in the Senate be
denied him.
4 Senator Butler quoted the
COMMITTEE as stating:
1.-THE facts developed from the
evidence before this subcommit-
tee are not sufficient in our
Judgment to recommend the un.
seating of Senator Butler"
Probe Denounced Conduct
The Senator said he did not
want to give the impression that
the subcommittee left the matter
There. He didn't. however. read
the next paragraph in the SUBJ
committee's report. which stated:
This is not to say that we
approve or condone certain acts
and conduct in his campaign. To
the contrary. we vigorously de-
Inounce such acts and conduct
land recommend a study looking
to the adoption of rules by the
Senate which would make acts
lof defamation, SANDER and libel
Sufficient grounds for present.
, lment to the Senate for the pur-
Ipose OF declaring a Senate seat
. vacant !"
Accusing his opponent Of us
, ing "hit-and-run" tactics and
, shying away from a face-to-face
! debate, Senator Butler quoted
Mr.. Tydings as telling maga-
. zine reporter two weeks after
] his 1850 defeat that it was
caused, basically, by the bitter
I primary campaign for Governor
I that year between former Gov.
! Lane and Mr.. Mahoney.
Tydings BIames Dissension
IF we had had a united party
2 to go into the general election
? with" Mr.. Tydings was quoted
I as saying in the November II,
1850 issue Of the U. S. News g.
World Report, "the result would
have been entirely different In
my judgment"
Senator Butler concluded
from this statement that that
: it is clear that Senator Tydings
blamed him tManoney) more
than me or anyone else for the
1850 defeat"
The Republican Senator said
Mr.. Mahoney rs the last person
in the world who should ne per-
mitted 70 sail under the false
colofs Of clean campaiener' or
a 'vindicator Of anyone, least Of
all Senator Tydings."
Then Senator Butler accused
Mr.. Mahoney Of waging primary
campaigns Of "trickery and de-
ceit" against fellow Democrats
Lansdale o. Sasscer IN 1852 and
H. c. Byrd in 1854. He quoted
newspaper stories IN which Mr..
Sasscer said Mr.. Mahony's tao
tics we're "a complete fraud and
a hoax and Mr.. Byrd referred