Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-31
NEWBERRY CASE ISSUES
ALARM REPUBLICANS
Senators No Longer Keen to
Make Him Out Martyr;
Hays Gets Big Sums.

Washington. ID. C.. Dec. 31.-The
Newherry tune has been changed III the
United States Senate. Not 50 mulch
keenness is now being shown IN the effort
to make of Newbcrry a martyr to a
political cause. Not so much spirit Is
shown in rushing to Newberry's defense.
More desire Is evidenced to permit the
Federal Court at Grand Rapids and the
Senate committee on elections to deter
mine whether or not Truman Ill. New
berry is entitled to a seat in the Senate.
IL has only been q few weeks since
Newberrv returned to the Senate cham
hers for a very short period. He was
met at that time by Republican Senators
with happy countenances and Ncwberry
hand was patted and pressed as every
endeavor was made to convince those
in the galleries that Ncwberry was man
of whom the Republicans were particular
" fond and also TO leave the impression
that there was no cause Tor worry or
alarm in the fact that he had just been
indicted in Michigan Court for violation
Of the election laws.
Within the last few weeks, one OF the
three of four Republican leaders In the
Senate, informed some OF his associates
in the cloak room that 1t might not be
the mart of wisdom To offer defense Tor
uo,,Id IL be unwisc 10 permit the Infer-
enee 10 20 out over the country that the
Republicans approved of the expenditure
of enormous sums Of money IN the effort
70 gain a Senatorial seat 1t Is admitted
now As II has been at all times that more
money was spent IN the NCwbcrry cam
r,aign than he can hope to obtain III salary
in his life time, but until now the he
yr,bIicans have been very lax IN condemn
ing such practices.
That the Senate gradually Is loosing
caste and that there IS danger to our
form Of government because oi the rcpu-
tation II Is getting through such stories
ae those circulated about NcWbcrrN :
openly admitted Ono Senator WITH
a progressive turn of mind and with
slnccrc ambitions ~ serve ms people.
suggested recently that the only number
which got hearty applause at legal
vaudeville theatre was a reflection upon
the senate and upon It's work, Ills
comment was inspired by an open letter
published in 4 Washington paper from
INST an ordinary man IN which he called
attention to the reports from the \cwbcrrN
,-sss., and tho vast expenditures Of money
uhich were stated tn have been made IN
that election
Tn, Republicans fear . Ncwhcrry
issue IN the ncxt campaign lmmrdl-
atelv after NcwberTy came % the Senate
and was forced into his scat by the TIC
pybhcan leaders, an effort was made 10
keep down any agitation for rcvIcw of
he case Eventually. Senator Kenyon
RepublIcan. Iowa. supported the Demo
cratic demand for az investigation and
He Republicans feared 10 make further
o,,cn movements IN Ncwherrv's defense
hough at no time dld they press tor an
investigation of the CAS-
In cannot hc forgotten and all the
Republican clamor can not live down the
fact that the Republicans n control ot
Congress did not offer Ia make an m
ve-4ic3tIon. IL viii not hC forgotten III
the next campaign that month after
month Ncwbcrry retained his scat an.
that lie was permitted 70 vote upon i'm
portant national questions because the
RepuhIica ms were not concerned with
anv question of purity IN Senatorial
electors II will he remembered in m"
next campaign and throughout history
that if the senate Is to he diScTedited IN
this country. il will be So because ot tho
willingness of the Republicans TO permit
a question Of stain to rest upon Il with
out even cham7,onng the cau>' q purity
IN elections
Reports arr reaching Washington nov
from every state of the immense funds
being gathered by Will II uays. chairman
81 the Republican, national committee
and Republicans campaigning N special
Congressional elections have stated they
we're unable ia spend all the money sup
piled to them Evidences of this vast
sum Of money show n the untold eN-
pcnse being carried now by the Repuhll-
can national organization With his
evidence at hand the next election cam
paIgn must undoubtedly rest Sonew hat
upon the facts developed IN the NeW berry
sIec1on CAS- Ii Michigan.