Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-30
MICHIGAN SENATOR.
MUST FACE TRIAL
WITH 133OTHERS
Unparalleled Corruption AL
legged in Fight to Beat
Ford.
CHARGE ELECTION OFFICERS,
VOTERS AND PRESS BRlBED
Violations of Federal and State
Laws Alleged in Great
Number.
ONE BROTHER GAVE 500, 800
Rich Relatives of Senator Charged
With Giving Far More Than
Law Permitted.
ONE BROTHER GAVE soo,5oo
my Asgoclated eressl


Truman II. Ncwberry. United States
Senator from Michigan. was indicted
by United States Srand jury today
for corruption. fraud and conspiracy
ia connection with the election by
which he obtained his seat in the Sen
ate. defeating Henry Ford. his Demo
cratic opponent.
The others named were Allan X.
Templeton. OF Detroit, president o: the
Newberry campaign committee; Freder-
iciS Smith. Dct-oit, manager OF the
Ncwberry estate: Charles a. Floyd. De-
Yeiland, Esca9a ba. Mlch.; AIilton oak
WAYNE County: and Harry 8. Turner.
BI2etr,9it; Frank Mckay, OF Grand
R Kapd Mem and F. Ga nisaas Bia asGn
paw Paw. Mich. -'>O' 80 -
Judge SESSIONS indicated that the
closed the fraudulent. expenditure OF
bs.ween s5ec,eSo and Sleooooo in con-
Names of Majority Withheld.
With Newbsrry. lss other persons
I'M ssmS charge The NAMES OF al
held from publication BY Judge. Clar-
eass w. so; ssss En presdins, until war
" aoTphlps. a0s e ST na"s Clair. ~srs alaa
Of the united STATES seaate
john s. Newberry. brother OF the Sena-
troiL King was manager of the New
berry campaign committee.
to tbn i nS
had revealed a political scandal that
in many respects was without parallel
In American annals.
Unparalleled Corruption Alleged.
IL was alleged voters were bribed,
election boards corrupted. editors sub
ssidsed and IN
bo.b E9 ind IN n,s the Ri
! won the Democratic nomination. in the
election itself.
But general outline of their methods
j an attempt was made to repeat the
suspected tactics OF the 1918 campaign
rection OF Earl J. Houck. who, with
The ATTORNEY general. ' vas ssslSt central az
. figure in the election fraud cases of
a Ts5rs auis Inq ds SansvIle
ginning in 1915. resulted in some 200
DALEY and Houck came to Michigan
specied and the visitors lists OF safety
We're sem. out. They visited Asmaii
f Ey ns OF wha S me esr aoe .n ne%
a mythical campaign Of q curtain
Michigan politician.
secured "lOnuuCnttNlS Returns.
followed by confidential" comparisons
with the Newbcrry campaign
Gfns1as sadtrs fe sa Sto h tas 1 tlaps
telling what, they had received and
E TRe Sa aE6 IS to bangle the
then approached and by. this hae meth MaS
to the higher ups
When brought into the grand jury
counts OF their Conversations with the
agents. the men generally, it was said,
reR Fhe tnsir gs1rles legal
headed by Mr.. Daley; Mr.. Dalesouter,
Of Grand Rapids, a former assistant
detment expert for o0 the Tel ana 'o Of
Justice, took both State and Federal
laws as the basis for the indictments
&1a10 limits the expenditures of sena-
torial candidates to $4,000 and re-
quires that four statements be filed
preceding and following first the pri-
maryland then the election. The New
berry Der, S,tidavit. Cited in the second in
with this act.
Makes Bribery n Crime.
Tho second Federal corrupt practices
act which the indictments alleged was
yiola ade b wns passed in October. 1918
ter several Federal courts held that
SUCH an act was not an offense against
the laws of the United States. This
law came into being after the Mic hi.
gan primary, but just ahead Of the
election. 80
The state lays Were brought in bv
the act Of 1910, which provides thai
L state :. limits campaign expe lne
in that act, then the State law shall
apply to campaigns within that Com.
1ionwcalth.
The Michigan statutes limit on
,aign expenditures to fourth of the
rearly salary OF the position soueb f
Tor each primary or election campaign.
An aspirant for United States Senafor
o this state may. therefore. it was was
lrgued, spend only $1,S75 on the pri-
nary and an equal amount on the cleo
ION campaign.
l CInr.ses Fraud In Use OF Nails.
The law forbidding use of the malls
10 defraud was first used in election
mses by Mr.. Daley in tho Terre Haute
indictments; It was applied to the
arious, letters sent to campaign con.
ributorsy which lctters.it was charged.
zero worded SO as to deceive tho re-
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