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Newcomer No. 4. Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota was appointed to the vacancy caused by the death of Edwin F. Ladd. Ladd was an insurgent, and Nye is probably to be listed as the same, since he is a leader of the Non-Partisan League although appointed nominally as a Republican...
...case of Senator Nye, Newcomer No. 4, is complicated because there are doubts as to the legality of his appointment. The regular Republicans are inclined to treat him much as they expect to treat Mr. LaFollette. But the legality of his appointment hangs on the question of whether a state law empowering the Governor of North Dakota to appoint state officers until the next election is applicable. Is a U.S. Senator a state officer? There is a decision of the U. S. Supreme Court which pretty well establishes that a U. S. Senator is a state officer...
...Senate. In double-breasted blue suit, Charles G. Dawes called the Senate to order. Eighty-nine senators, many in political "full dress," the Prince Alberts of yesteryear, were present at the solemn occasion. Of the four new senators, all except Mr. Nye were led to the rostrum by their colleagues, sworn in and allowed to sign the register. Senators rose up to congratulate the newcomers. Senator Butler, chairman of the Republican National Committee, was the first to shake the new Senator La Follette's hand. Mr. Nye's credentials were, referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections...
...Governor did not have power to appoint a senator. Apparently the Governor accepted this opinion; only recently Mr. Sorlie called a special election for next June to fill the vacancy. North Dakota may now have three men filling one Senate post in the course of a single year: Mr. Nye serving from now to June; a second man elected next June to serve until March, 1927; and a third senator elected a year from now to take office for a full term in March...
...chances are against it. In the first place, besides the legal question, the regular Republicans will be disinclined to seat youthful Editor Nye, because he, a non-Partisan Leaguer, will add one more to the number of insurgent Republicans in the Senate...