In an open letter to William Randolph Heart, condemning him for publication " of the documents, Senator Norris of Nebraska, one of the Senators named in the documents, said that a fair analysis of the articles published by Hearst and of his testimony before the committee "leads to the inevitable conclusion that you are not only unfair and dishonest, but that you are entirely without honour.""
Senator Norris asked Hearst if he did not know "what was com-
Senator Boral Argument Senator Borah Tod the fight to permit these men to be sworn in, He told his colleagues that when a Senator-elect presents himself with credentials which are valid on their face, it ought to be the established rule' to accept them pending a determination by the Senate of the qualification of the new Senator. In the course of his speech Senator Borah discussed the question of whether the Senate has power over primaries as well as elections, and asserted that he believed Congress does have power over primaries and should define what constitutes the proper_use of money in the primary. The Senator from Idaho disagreed with those who had advanced the argument that under the Constitution ale, residence and citizenship. are the only qualifications for a Senator on which the Senate can pass. Senator Borah said that the Senate has ample power to pass on qualifications! beyond those three, but that the question involved ' concerned the! procedure which should be followed in exercising this power In answering Senator Borah, Senator Reed of Missouri, who! headed the special committee that! inquired into the campaign expendi. tures last year, offered a resolution, which was adopted, permitting Mr. mon knowledge among all newspaper men of the United States, that many alleged official documents. from Mexico were being offered for sale to all kinds of organiza tions and to all kinds of publiew~ tions?"
To Senator Norris's letter which brings into question the honour of the Hearst newspaper system, Mr. Hearst has replied that he is willing to leave matters in the hands of the Senate investigating committee by whom he wants thorough investigation to be made.
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