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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20104, 24 March 1928, Page 7

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SCANDAL TRAIL WIDENS PARTIES AND OIL. (A. & N.Z.) TVASHINGTON, Afar 22. With the trail of corruption and dishonesty apparently broadening every day, the oil investigations continue, and the promise that Senator Fall is now ready ta tell all on the question of the malfeasance may radically alter the character of the presidential campaign.

When the Democrats re-opened the oil investigations a few months ago some Republican leaders boasted that they “would not change a single vote,” but the revelations of the past few weeks have apparently not left a single prominent Republican individual untouched.

The assertion is even being made that Mr Coolidge benefited from it. It is, moreover, only too obvious that the Republicans now lack a central figure around which to rally.

Senator Robinson, of Indiana, yesterday launched an attack on Governor Smith in an attempt to show that the Democrats themselves t*re not free from the oil taint, alleging that Sinclair, who is a noted racing man, was appointed to the New York Racing Commission several years ago by Governor Smith. Democratic Senators came to the support of Govrcnor Smith, while Air Robinson, who was not supported by any Republican colleague, shouted: “Birds of a feather flock together.” It is interesting to note that I iator Harrison led the defence of Governor Smith yesterday. Mississippi, which Afr Harrison represents, has * cen notedly anti-Smith hitherto. It is too early, however, to predict that the Democrats can overnight become a unified party, but above all these considerations remains the fact that the American people will during the next few months be treated to a spectacle of muck-raking on an unprecedented scale.