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...Honest Residence." The House Elections Committee took up the case of Representative James Montgomery Beck, charged by Democrats with having established his residence in Philadelphia solely in order to be elected to the House and thus be able to defend Senator-suspect Vare of Pennsylvania, whose lawyer Mr. Beck was (TIME, Dec. 19). The Beck abode in Philadelphia, leased only a few months before his election, is an apartment in a low grade quarter of the city where Senator-suspect Vare has absolute political control. Testifying last week, Mr. Beck said: "It's an honest residence...
...Without Republican Senators-suspect Vare of Pennsylvania and Smith of Illinois, who have been neither seated or succeeded...
...when the U. S. Senate finally denies Senator-suspect William S. Vare of Pennsylvania his seat, alert, greyhaired, busy-buzzing Gifford Pinchot, onetime (1923-27) Governor of Pennsylvania, will try to fill the vacancy. And when the seat of Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania comes up for election in November, able, redhaired, social-working Mrs. Gifford Pinchot will try to fill that vacancy. So, at least, rumored one Jane Randolph, Capitol newsgatherer, last week...
Though New Mexico's Senators were both Democrats, her Governor, Richard C. Dillon, is a Republican. Senator Jones's death put the technical balance of the Senate's power into Governor Dillon's hands. With Senators-suspect Vare of Pennsylvania and Smith of Illinois off the floor, the Republicans mustered only 46 votes, requiring the vote of Farmer-Laborite Shipstead (Minnesota) to bring them even with the 47 Democrats; and the vote of Vice President Dawes to break a partisan deadlock. Now the Democrats were reduced to 46, and the Republicans stood to gain a seat...
...Senate campaign funds committee under the Missouri Reed invited Senator-suspect Smith of Illinois to come and add to his testimony on his 1926 campaign. Mr. Smith had asked for a postponement. The committee set his hearing for Jan. 7. Further action in the case of Senator-suspect Vare of Pennsylvania was less definitely postponed. Mr. Vare, at home in Philadelphia, was abed with influenza...