Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-31


be lawmaker after the lower courts,
at least. have decided he is law
breaker.
Raleigh News and Observer
(Dem.) The Senates duty is clear
1t should require the convicted Sen
ator to surrender his seat
Philadelphia Public Ledger (Ind,)
Mr.. Newberry will hardly have the
eifrontery to seek to take any part
in the deliberations of the body into
which a court ana a jury have form
ally declared he had bought his way
by methods in contravention of law.
| Philadelphia Record CInd. DemJ
/ He should resign and make way for
a better man. If he lacks the decen-
cy to do this the Senate should lose
no time in expelling him.
Sacramento Union OndD. There
will be some trouble in ousting him,
Tor a body which was willing to swal-
low several notorious seditionists
during the time of war viii hardly
gag al assOCiatiug with convicted
criminal.
Houston Post tDem.t. VIII the
Republican majority find it good poll
tics to wash its hands OF the convict
ed Senator and eXpel him, or wui It
defend him as a martyr to the ad
ministratiou2
Lincoln State Journal 0Hl. RepD
Ii Michigan We're in England. where
they have corrupt practices acts with
teeth i'll them the Michigan senator
ial election would be automatically
yOided by such a conviction.
Knoxville Sentinel end. DEM: If
his Republican colleagues could toll
crate LaFollette for the sake of seua-
torial domination they viii stick to
NeWberry closer than brother.
Extenuating circumstances are
dwelt on in many opinions. Senator
Newbcrly's offeuse was only a law
made crime SAYS the New York
Times end. Dem9. and IF it were
morally wrong and crime per Sc,
most OF our Presidents would have
had to 20 to Leayenworth, while the
New York Globe ttud.1 thinks such a
plea Shows at least a moral blind
ness. for the law was violated. and
il IS Imperative thai law be Yindicat
ed "
Buffalo Express Qnd. Rep.l: The
SenatOr becomes the victim of new
law. not previously tested by an ac-
tual prosecution. which he apparently
looked upon as unreasonable and not
intended for serious enforcement.
That was wrong viewpoint to use
as the basis of course of action.
Baltimore News Qnd). Under
present-day conditions neither the
Mic.isdn maximum of $3.50 nor the
Federal maximum of $4,000 is high
enough to let any senatorial Candi-
cate get his case before the people.
Such limitations would send nearly
the entire Senate to jail--let alone
long run of Presidents.
Albany Journal Rep). One be.
comes inclined to suspect that in the
eyes OF the government Senator New
berry's offense was that he was
elected.
Omaha Bee lRep9: Some method
should be devised for lessing the
cost Of running for office. or the
penal limit bn expenditures should
e removed. Senator Newberry says
he is conscious OF having committed
no crime; any at all familiar with
election practices will agree With
him.
Buffalo Commercial Gndl: The
validity Of the law may well be at
tackled.
Minneapolis Journal (lnd Rep -
How is candidate to reach three
quarters OF a million voters without
spending far more than The amount
allotted by law? Merely to send one
letter TO each Michigan elector would
cost S15,000-four times tn legal
limit
Philadelphia Press tRep, The
statute under which he is convicted
is a bad one Its natural effect is to
make elections a blind choice. It
Is undemocratic ana mrepublican. be
cause it discOuragos and discredits
ehe publicity which is the life ana
soul OF popular government.
Arkansas Democrat tDem): How
much money did your senator. or
Your representative or your mayor.
or Your petty officeholder spend in
his campaign? Did he and all his
friends eonfine themselves to the
legal limit? II not, why not? II not.
do YOU want them sent TO The peni
/ tcutiary3
Detroit Journal Clnd. Repl: The
/ public Will gladly wait FOR the SUI.
/ preme courts Interpretation OF this
/ statute, and until that time Will Re,
/ 1fit o..