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...Wilson laid his case before the Senate's regular Committee on Privileges & Elections and requested a recount of the Vare-Wilson votes. Last week, dividing on strictly party lines, the Committee voted 8 to 6 to dismiss Mr. Wilson's request. Up stood Inquisitor Reed in the Senate and repri- manded the Elections Committee so fearsomely that its chairman, tall Senator Shortridge of California, and his seven fellow Republicans, soon recanted their decision and agreed to let a subcommittee re-examine Vare-Wilson ballots cast two years ago in six counties, including Philadelphia and Pittsburgh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Inquisitors | 2/6/1928 | See Source »

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