The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-12-05
BIG CONSPIRACY CHARGED
CAUSED DEFEAT
OF FORD FOR SENATE

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Nov. %
The federal grand jury has returned
indictments against Senator Newberry
who recently was declared elected to
the L. S. senate over Henry Ford, and
1913 others, charging fraud, corruption
and conspiracy in connection with the
election.
Only IL of the most prominent of
these indicted have been made public.
These include II. A. Hopkins, assistant
secretary U. S. senate; John New
berry, the senator's brother; Paul
King, Newberry's campaign manager.
Judge Sissons, presiding in the local
federal court, indicated that the evid-
ence disclosed that between half Il
million and one million dollars had
been expended to elect N%ewberry and
defeat Ford, the democratic candidate.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Nov. %
Investigation by grand jury of the
election of Truman il. Newberry to
the United States senate was ordered
by the Department of Justice and was
based, it was announced, on filed ON
plants and public charges of fraud
and corruption" made by the lieuten-
ant governor of Michigan and others.
United States District Judge Sessions
presided over the inquiry, which was
conducted by Frank G. Daley and H.
Hale Souter, special assistants to
United States Attorney General Pal
mer.
Witnesses were summoned from
every part of the state and represent
ed both political parties. They num-
bered into the hundreds and included
both men and women. Chase S.
Osborn, former governor of Michigan
and one of the Republican candidates
defeated for the nomination by Mr..
Newberry in the primary election, was
The first witness summoned.
Truman II. Newberry, secretary of
the navy in the cabinet of Theodore
Roosevelt, was declared elected over
Henry Ford, Detroit automobile manu-
i%acturer, the Democratic nominee, in
Michigan's last senatorial election. Mr..
Ford's lame appeared on both the Re
publican and Democratic ballots in
the nominating primary and this fact,
together with the charges that money
was freely spent in the election OF
Mr.. Newberry, resulted in the making
of radical changes in the Michigan
election laws by the last legislature.
Mr.. Newberry's expense statement for
election showed disbursement of
$4,000.
The Republican nomination was
carried by Mr.. Newberry after a very
hard fight. Mr.. Ford received the
democratic nomination. The election
campaign became bitter, charges and
counter charges being preferred by
adherents of the two candidates. Mr..
Newberry, who, it was claimed, spent
no time in the state during the cam
palSn because OF duties In the New
York naval district, was finally declar-
ed elected by a majority of 1857, days
after the election. The vote was:
Newberry, 220,O54, Ford, 212,4S7.
Mr.. Ford filed a petition with the
senate at the last session, contesting
Senator Newberry's right to a seat. A
resolution proposed by Senator Pome-
rene, Democrat of Ohio, asked a sen
ate investigation but received no ac,
ton in the committee on privileges
and elections to which it was referred.
The resolution was r%e-introduced in
the present session but, at the sugges-
ton of Mr. Ford's counsel, action was
deferred.