New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 20, 1928, Page 10

SENATE BARS TS DOORS T0 SHITH Tinols Man Is Also Refused Qath of Office Washiogton, Jan. 20 () — The 1 tion of gning, he made clear mom o Ot tennt st the senates ac| PAROLED TORY tion. 2 vious pronouncements ot cov.| STUDENTS RESCUE FIVE Small, coupled with comments from Attorney General Oscar Carlstrom, and also from Cornelius J. of Springfleld, attorney for Smith, = are boiled down to make this situa- Word.of Honoy aad Relp Alon Fight Fire. Governor Small refuses to recog- Boonville, Mo, Jan. 20.—(P— Doyl | Missouri Institution Inmates Give | Inize a vacancy in the senate from {11linots. | He wil not make a temporary appointment unless | Given their freedom on theilr word {of honor, 200 inmates of the Mis- Mr. Smith re-|souri state reformatory early today The End Has Come—Sat. Night THE FINISH!! senate's doors were definitely closed HIEDS | rescued six fellow inmates from the , e r. Smith will not resign reformatory hospital which was de. today to Frank L. Smith. republican |y "o ar liberty to appear |siroved by fire, and then according senator elected from Illinois. TheY for admission to the senate of th|to officers of the institution returned i were doubly barred late vestarday by |71st congress convening two years|to their quarters. i a 61 to 23 vote that declared his hence, or in the meantime to initi-| Six other patients were able to as- seat vacant after the semate for the ate legal proceedings to establish | cape unaided from the burning | — This is your last opportunity to buy real High Grade Furniture at the price you would pay elsewhere for second time voted 56 to 27 against giving him the oath of office The exclusion vote, which came after three days of debate, was on adoption of a special resolution declaring his crede tainted with “frand and con tion* because of his acceptance of primary campaign funds from Tlli- nois public utilities officials. The resolution’s specific charge against Smith was that he was not ¢ to membership in cause his campaign f more than $200,000 given uel Insull of Chicago, and other public utilities © soma of whom were not res state. As the senate esta cedent by excluding first permifting him to take cath of office, the senator-elect found only the most rigid republi- cans supporting lis claim fo a seat. Two democrats joined them, Bl of South Carolina and Steck of Jowa. The 21 Old Guard republicans who voted for Smith included Cur- tis of Kansas, the majority leader and Jones of Washington, the party whip. Thirty-nine democrats and Shipstead of Minnesota, 11 labor member, voted to exclud smith May Appoint Another As the situation stood today Illinois having only one represent- ative in the senate, some s believed the way was open to Gov- ernor §mall of Illinois to appoint another man, but Smith's legal ad- visers contended that the governor could not appoint unless their client resigned. It has been assumed that Smith would not resign but would await the opening of the next con- gress in December, 1929, when one- third of the membership will have been up for re-election. In addition to the $200.000 con- tributions to Smith's campaizn, other donations uncovered by the Investigating committee led hy Sen- ator Reed, democrat, Missouri, and expenditures of more than $450.000 were listed in the resolution adopted yesterday. It carried the same lan- guage of the resolution by which the senate proved the seating of Truman H Newberry of Michigan. declaring that acceptance and cxpenditure of such sums were “contrary to sonnd public policy, harmful to the di nity and honor of the senate, d; gorous to the perpetuity of f government.” Newberry, although seated after an investigation and a fight similar to that in the Smith case, resigned his post after his col who led his defense in the senat na- tor Townsend, was defeated at ih polls. ents of that farmer- with Reed Flays Smith As the controversy neared {he voting stage after the usual closing hour yesterday, it found the original investigator. Reed of Missouri, de manding that the senate vacate 8mith's seat. lle agreed to revision of the commiftee resolution to climinate the phrase that Smith was not entitled to the oath of of- fice, as requested by some senators, but contended that “no senator as- serts that Frank [. Smith stands here with clean hands or denies 1hat he arrived at the door of the senate over a crooked and dishon- orable path.” Smith's defense was carried on | Jargely by Senator Shortridge, re- publican, California, and #he new republican member from New Mex- fco, Senator Cutting. On the other side were Norris of Nebraska, re- publican Bratton of New Mexico, and Brois- sard of Louisiana, democrats, Smith's Attitude Chicago, Jan. 20 (P to sit in the United States senate Frank L. 8mith rested at his home at Dwight, 111, today to await word from his counsel as course. Mr. Smith s regards Gov. Len Small and other ficers a8 a senator.cloct hasn't a eeat. Nothi Smith's resignation wo governor to appoint epator, 1t was indic former chairman of commerce commission to s fu A little Oakite loosens and removes burned- on grease and dirt— in a jiffy! You can get Oakite from any grocer. Y k) < o “Cleans a million things” S E committes's | several years ago ap- | his claim to a seat in congress. |building but Lee Van St. James, a ' 16-year old Negro patient suffering, from pneumonia was burned to, NATURAL BEAUTIES OF [irom, znopmeniz = ‘ NIAGARA HAY BE SAVED cormsy ooty e b rormarery | works out|Catch Basins Linked Tk 1T 2 With Unconnected Sewers New York, Jan. 20 (P—A charge that catch basins were constructed !in Queens county which led nowhere a0l : o eah® lor else to unconnected sewer pipes v Niagara Fallf | \ag gisclosed yesterday as the lat- sy € | st development in alleged irregular- ture generatlons | ;. iy the construction of $16,000,- eonstruction of remedial | 000 ewers. et a2 $1.950.000. ho| 000 werth of Queens sewer, N International Niaga nas decided International Board Scientific Plan Which Would Cost $1.750,000. natural beauties of throngh works at @ board | o g100,745.01, filed against the city | j ¢, which A v report by | by the Union Paving company. w e i Ty e rooar(: | alleged that because of insuficient D e e vy | drainage it was compelled to Epend 5 | nearly as much for paving mainte- tendency toward erosion, or the . ce as 3 0\ ent original- wearing away of the rock ledge, in | e il i the bend of the Horseshoe falls can | modified by work designed to dis- | bute the water over the bared s of the Canadian falls and to « a more dependable flow over rican falls. sewer construction, directed prinei- | pally against Borough President | Maurice E. 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