The Washington times., 1919-11-30
NEWBERRY 10 SIT
DESPITE CHARGES
Senator, Indicted for Election
Fraud, Has mot a
Word to Say"
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however. declared that an investisa.
ton could properly be undertakes
only by the Congress TO which he was
elected IL also was urged thai .
State investigation ,was under way.
and delay WAS urged until the result
was known Now. however. Dem ,
Gratis are intent upon forcing i'm
mediate action, hoping to oust New, !,
berry and gain a seat for thepseives-
Republicans, whose control OF the
Senate Is by a small majority, are de-
termined 10 prevent reductsca os
hat majority II possible.
Hes -Nss . Word - say -
II have not word to say wassths
only comment today of Senator New
berry on his Indictment Newherry
listened attentiveiy as the news of
his Indictment was read to him over
the long distance telephone Nzacn
the reading paused, NewberWy .ssid to
read the rest OF IT. He asked ar
ticulariy for the nance of tbos< who
indicted him. Then NewSerry a.
clsred he had no comment to make.
adding: Thank. for calling me.rS
Indictment of Senator NeWb<rry
caused a stir IN Senatorial circles. In
vestigatfon of Newberry's campaign.
as well as that of Henry Ford. whom
he defeated for the Senate. IA pend
ing before a subcommittee of the SEN
ate Electinn Committee. Sensxor Dfi-
lingham of Vermont il chairman OF
the subcommittee. The committee was
awaiting the result of the grand Jury
investigation before beginning its In
quiry. Senator Dillingham; was not In
Washington today and could bc< ba
reached.
FsrS starts PrsSe.
The investigation OF the Ford-New.
berry campaign was begun az the in-
stance OF Senator Pomercne OF Ohio
and was originally based upon charges
filed by Ford. alleging that Newbervy
had won the Senate seat by too liberal
use of money in the campaign Ford
also charged irregularities in the
counting OF the ballots. Later ths
probe was broadened TO include
counter charges filed by Newberry.
covering almost the ssme ground az
Ford's charges. Pomerene made Wig
orous efforts TO get the investigation
under way last session.
A resolution giving the committee
power to spend money necessary In
getting testimony is now before the
comittee on contingent expenses of
the Senate. Efforts to get Senator
Calder. chairman of that committee.
to report IL have failed. and thhs also
has helped delay the inquiry.
senate - Go Ahead.
Senator Pomerene. author Of the in
vestigation. today declined to con-
ment on the probable effect Of the
grand jury's action on the Senate i'm
quiry. subcommittee members. low
ever, expressed the view privately
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conflict with the Senate's SsQuiry.
The Federal inyestiga alton was on
criminal grounds. 1t was pointed out.
while the Senate's is merely to deterS
mine whether Newberry is entitled to
nls seat or not. &,s.r
:. CSmptttee Smembers-s v11euF Asked
whethef Ford would be seated u the
senate tnvestigation should nesuIt in
usseatspg sNewb~rry. said thai would
DEPEND on whether the Avidence
showed that Ford had received . plu-
rality Of the votes. - st.a o.
Brother IL InStetet.
John W. Newberry. of Detroit,
brother of Senator Newberry, a1so .Nas
indicted, and IL was said more, Wan
a score of others had been tnd{exed-
among them being Raul H Knfx of
Detroit. manager Of. the Ner8rs
a,,uc
In the primary Mr.. NewbeFSk.yas
by two other csnd1dA4es.
Charles s. Osborne. RepubiicapoSno
former governor of M1chig an, r4nc
Henry Ford. the Democratic nomtnee
Mr.. Newbery defeated Henry Ford BY
less than 10000 votes in the election
The Indictment charges thai
amounts ranging from IS to regular
weekly salaries OF substantial amounts
were pai6 workers in the Ne~fborry
election campaign. Some OF the
smaller sums were alleged te have
been paid for influencing the vote OF
Indians in northern Michigan
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