The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-03
NEW BERRY DEFENSE
OUTLINES CASE
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and the situation was critical in the
extreme.
! "The records will show that Michigan
sent to this war 10000 young men in
the army, navy and marine corps; they
left behind them fathers, relatives and
friends. Americanism and patriotic
excitement were at theis very crest.
"While there had been rumors in
Michigan that Henry Ford would be a
candidate for the Senate, his candidacy
was actually announced on June Ia,
| 1918
Rightly or wrongly and this is
neither the time nor the place to dis
cuss it--there was a very general feel
ing that Mr. Ford did not represent the
| type of American, who at that critical
juncture should represent this state in
the United States Senate.
''0n the other hand Commander New
berry had had an honorable record in
the Spanish American war, when in the
navy, he was under fire and actively
participated, in overcoming superior
force He had been secretary of the
navy in the cabinet of that militant
| American, Theodore Roosevelt.
"Within as hours after our country
threatened to enter the world war, he
volunteered, and in the spring of 1917
was commissioned a lieutenant com
mander and made aide to the command
ant of the third naval district at New
York. His brother and his two sons
were also in military service.
This combination Of circumstances
reused many man in Michigan TO the
firm belief that it was his patriotic.
duty to do all in his power to assure
the selection of Commander Newberry,
and we expect to conclusiyely show
that they were prompted not by
ayariee, but by Americanism.
AS early as August, 1917, when it
was generally understood that the sen
ior senator from Michigan, William Al.
len Smith, would not be a candidate to
| tive citizens had a conference on the
senatorial situation, In addition to
the governor Of the state there attended
publisher, banker, lawyer, sol
der and business man.
after canvassing the qualifications
OF other distinguished Republicans, it
was their composite judgment that they
| should organize movement to elect
Truman II. Newberry. Their desires
were communicated to the commander
twho. by the way, never left his post
of duty from the spring Of 1917 until
the war was over. In December and
January this movement continued to
gather force until finally the comman
der seriously set out to determine
whether ii was duty and would be de-
sirabie for him to run,
1T was not until this had all hap
pened that he consented to the use OF
his name. He stipulated that he could
not leave his duties. that he could not
be active and that he could not con
| tribute one dollar TO the movement.
This determination not to be active or
to contribute one cent was religiously
adhered to by him from the beginning
to the end and the proof will positively
show that not one dollar of his money
was ever handled by anyone.
sThe organization that was subse
quently built up under the supervision
of DIR. Paul s. King was undoubtedly
the most perfect political organization
ever put together. With a few con
spicuous exceptions, every township,
hamlet and city in the state was or
ganized. The commander was running
against the best advertised man in
America il was indispensably neees-
sary, in the Judgment of these respond
ents in principal charge Of the cam
paign that his qualifications be given
the widest publicity. A general adser-
Using campaign of newspapers, circu-
lars, pamphlets and similar devices was
organized, in charge Of the most skill
full publicity men who could be found
who did their work thoroughly and
with absolute honesty
From this point the attorney told
the Jury in detail the connection of
most OF the respondents with the case.