The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-29

5lnlllai.-e feaeAftaiS, the outgEoWth on
he recent Michigan senatorial election,
is now before this body. nor under ex-
isting conditions is it intended to Pre-
sent such credentials to this senate.
Should Your honorable body disagree
with THIS lnrisdietional position, then |
before the ballots and the election his |
tory of 2,l00 voting precincts. scattered |
over. eighty-three counties in Michigan. |
shall te examined It is respectfully sub
mitted that some facts should be prov
en- preliminary to the adontion Of such |
a programme. II permission were giv
pa fofS q IreL1nllarv Nearing attention
will lie called to'sthe following facts
and circumstances:
49, The petition upon which this
resolution has been based. it viii be
noticed, is entirely a petition upon ia.
formation aud belief: in other words, 1
1t is entirely hearsav.
y ''3 All the ballots. poll books and
election history in Michigan are now in
state of perpetual preservation 'onder
final injunctions issued bys the two
United States courts in Michigan by
virtue of stipulation entered info be-
tween counsel for Henry Ford and Tru-
man II. Newberrv so that there now
is no proof of this description which
will not be available for the new sen
ate, the proper body, if it determines
that there are facts which warrant an
investigation or recount
81. In connection with the request.
ed recount attention should be called
to the following facts:
"(a) The campaign put up in Michi-
| ran on behalf of Henry Ford can be
shown to have been generally regarded
as the most elaborate, expensive and
| pretrntions in the history of the state.
EF(b) In every county an elaborate
| newspaper advertising campaign was
carried on at an apparently tremendous
expense.
| ''(c) I'm every county literature was
freely distributed through the mails, by
messen2rr- boys and even to handbills
'H(dA "A most elaborate and preten-
tious billboard campaign was conduct
ed through the state, the expense of
which must have run into very large
figures.
/ '"(el A very expensive, elaborate an6
lpretentious booklet was PREPARED ant
distributed 70 number estimated a
about a half million Testimony from
all over the state can be produced in
dicating that this pamphlet was MALE,
to every voter in the state and in somi
eases TO TIE same voter on two tire
Or four occasions II is believed il cal
he shown that the cost Of printing thi
pamphlet alone must have been SO
600. that postage ON this ono piece o
literature must have been from $40
600 to $4,000. and The cost of nd
dressing and distributing would brin
, this one item alone so far as expens
! Is concerned into extremely large te
ures. There can be no donbt of ii
5 political effect
.'(t) Two occasions al least can b
shown where Democratic postmaster
] had mail carriers distributing Ford Ii
erafrrc the SUNDAY before election an
: withholding other mail from distrib,
I ton until the Ford political mail a da
or two before election had been Iii
tributed
! .'fp) II viii be further shown th;
outside. oE WAYNE county. il which
5 located fctroit, the majority of Til
!. man H. Ncwberfv over Henry Ford ";
: Approximately 5000 The normal X
c publican iAaiority including Detroit
5 about 30D0o vet Mr. Ford carrie
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