Word: nye
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...slip began last fortnight when Inquisitor Walsh let boyish Senator Nye go to Chicago to investigate what might be new evidence. Since Senator Nye is Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Lands, which is charged with the investigation, it was logical to entrust him with the errand. That it was unfortunate soon became apparent. The importance of his mission overcame him and he returned hinting breathlessly that his findings involved "a name that it would be criminal to mention until further investigation." The name of Warren Gamaliel Harding soon leaked out. The Committee was reviewing the sale...
Later in the week Inquisitor Nye's committee announced that it would examine the papers of the late President Harding, particularly those concerning the sale of his Marion Star for the large sum of $380,000. On the floor of the Senate, that same afternoon, campaign funds were on a dozen lashing tongues. Pat Harrison of Mississippi, Democrat, told of a Republican dinner in Chicago in 1920 where Vice President Coolidge made "a rip snorting speech" before "the big fat fellows from all over the country, who had more money than they knew what to do with." Senator Borah...
After a visit to Chicago, boyish Senator Nye, of the investigating committee, announced that he and Senator Norbeck had unearthed fresh oil evidence, which, if valid, would "rock the country." Senator Nye said: "If reports given to our committee are true, a name is involved that it would be criminal to mention until further investigation of the basis of the charges is made...
...higher has led the trail of corruption originating in the Senatorial investigation into the Teapot Dome scandal. As Professor Hart pointed out in his interview in yesterday's Crimson, the collaboration of prominent men was necessary to the scheme, and the searchers finally reached the summit when Senator Nye, chairman of the committee, announced that the estate of the late Warren G. Harding would be investigated for traces of the missing Continental Oil Company bonds which were part of Sinclair's contribution to the campaign fund. The fact that a president of the United States should be suspected of receiving...
Other prominent senators who have accepted invitations to deliver addresses in the near future are Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, Senator Royal S. Copeland of New York, and Senator Caraway of Arkansas. Arrangements have been made to have Senator Nye and Senator La Follette...