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...special committee of the Senate, headed by Senator Borah, and delegated to examine (TIME, Oct. 3) the receipts and expenditures for and against candidates, sat divided. In Chicago, Senators Borah and Shipstead held hearings. In Washington, Senators Caraway and Bayard did likewise. The most important information elicited, however, had to do with the amounts received and expended by the several groups. The Republicans reported collections of $3,742,962 through Oct. 30, of which amount $800,038 was returned to state organizations for which the National Committee had "acted as a collection agency"-thereby bringing the Republican fund down...
Under the New Congress. New faces came to Washington: the broad beaming face of Magnus Johnson; the sharper face of his fellow Farmer-Laborite, Shipstead; the keen, shrewd face of Wheeler and the rounder face of Dill, two "progressive" Democrats from the Northwest. Robert M. LaFollette had greatly strengthened his insurgent contingent. At once, there was a deadlock over the election of officers; and the awaited Presidential message was delayed until there could be compromises...
...Expenditures. The "action" demanded was promptly forthcoming. Although he had only just opened his campaign in Idaho for reelection to the Senate on the Republican ticket, Mr. Borah did some telegraphing of his own and entrained at once for Chicago. There he was met by Senators Bayard of Delaware, Shipstead of Minnesota, Caraway of Arkansas, Jones of Washington...
William E. Borah, Wesley L. Jones, Hendrik Shipstead, Thomas F. Bayard, Thaddeus H. Caraway?these five constitute the all-Senatorial group of vigilant keepers-of-their-brothers'-purses. In accordance with a resolution which Senator LaFollette carried through the Senate in the closing hours of Congress, they were chosen a committee to scrutinize the political expenditures and receipts of all parties, candidates and organizations. Last week they began their vigil...
Borah, Republican, Chairman; Jones (of Wash.) Republican; Shipstead, Farmer-Laborite; Caraway, Democrat; Bayard, Democrat...