Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-06
DEFENSE THE
NEWBERRY TRIAL
! !. OUTLINES fight
Muffin Declares Senator En-
tered Campaign at Solici-
tation Of Others.

Grand Rasids.. Mich. Feb. s.-Tru-
man II. Newberry entered the 1918
senatorial campaign in Michigan at
the solicitation Of others and not in
furtherance OF a scheme to get a seat
in h senate, said James .. Murfin
OF Detroit, in outlining to the jury in
United States district court the attj-
tude the defense will assume toward
the charges of conspiracy and fraud
for which 1913 men are on trial. Mr..
Murf1n explained tho ~defense's view
Of the specific details of the offenses /.
dictment, emphasizing that conspiracy
is the essence OF the charges.
1t was pointed out that on the first
four count the s,st OF the charge is
not fraud in the election, corruption
in the election or anything of that de-
scription. but that these respondents
are charged with conspiring to aid,
Newberry to commit an ~ohfense, to-
wit:
The offense Of e%xpending more OF
his money than the law allows"
at was further argued that under
tire Michigan law, as long as expenses
come within the eleven enumerated
classes in the statute there is no limit
as TO the alnoun of money a con-
mittee Of a candidates friends can
spend in his behalf"
10 1T is my purpose Judge Murfin
Told the jurors, Ito point out to you
in exact detail everything that was
dom by anybody connected with this
campaign in order that you may un-
derstand it in its infinite detail. The
campaign was unusually hot, n in
analyz;ng and considering what these
Presidents did, the atm osphere under
which they did it should be con-
"our country was at war; as the
campaign began to liven up we had
just passed our first year of partici-
patton and the situation was critical
in the extreme.
Ford Entered Race.
While there had been rumors in
; Michigan thai Henry Ford would be
a candidate for the senate, his can
didacy was actually announced on
June IA. 1918.
neither the time nor the place to dis
! cuss THERE was a very general
feeling hat Mr.. Ford did not repre-
sent the type Of American who. at
that, critical juncture, should repre-
sent his state in the United States
senate
Rightly or wrongly. many people
remembered his campaign against
military preparedness. Many people
were bitter over the fact that he was
not,active in the war. that none Of his
family had become active in the war.
o the other hand, Commander
| Newberry had had an honorable rec
ord in h Standardization war,
when, in the navy, he was under fire
and actively participated in overcom-
ing a superior force. He had been
secretary of h navy in the cabinet
Of that militant American, Theodore
Roosevelt.
' IA --A- al ~,,~ fkn~ NV
country threatened to enter the world
war. he volunteered n in the spring
of 1917 was commissioned a lieuten-
ant commander and made aide to the
c~ommandant Of the Third naval dis
trict Of New York. His brothers and
his two ons were also in military
service.
Ncwberry Reluctant.
Getting into this campaign was
not of the choosing of Commander
Newberry and he entered with the ut
most reluctance and only after re-
peated urging. He stipulated that he
could not leave his duties: that he
not, contribute one dollar to this
! movement. This determination not
II he active nor to contribute m
a centsRaS religiously adhered to by him
FROM the. beginning to the end and the
proof will positively show h a not
Il one OOli9T OI-illS u1ouSS W0o osSh
handled by anyone.
.AThe organization hat was subse-
quently built up under the super
vision of Paul H. King was undoubt-
edly the most perfect political or
ganization ever put together. With a
few conspicuous exceptions, every
township. hamlet and city in the state
was organized. The commander was
running against the best advertised
> man in America. 1t was indispens-
ably necessary. in the judgment of
these respondents in principal charge
of the campaign that his qualifca-
tons be given the widest publicity:
A general advertising campaign OF
newspapers, circulars, pamphlets and
} similar devices was organized. in
charge Of the most skiElful publicity
men who could be found-who did
their work thoroughly and with abso-
i lutte honesty"
, From this point the attorney told
the jury in detail the connection Of
} most of the respondents with the
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