Evening star., 1920-02-03
ASSERTS SNEWBERRY
SPENT NO MONEY
IN HIS CAMPAIGN
Defense Attorney in Election
Conspiracy Case Answers
Governments Charges.

Governments Charges.
By the Associated Press.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. February
3.-Truman H. Newberry entered the
1918 senatorial campaign in Michigan
at the solicitation of others and not
in furtherance of a scheme to get
seat in the Senate, said James ~
Muffin Of Detroit, in outlining to the
jury in United States district court
today the attitude the defense Will
assume toward the charges OF con-
spiracy and fraud for which 123 men
are on trial. In the course of his ad-
dress he said regarding Senator New
berry:
He stipulated that he could not
leave his dutieS that he could not De
active and that he could not con-
tribute 81 to this movement. This
determination not to be active nor to
concontribute 1 cent was religiously
adhered to by him from the beginning
to the end and the proof will posi-
lively show that not 81 Of his money
was ever handled by any one"
Defense's View of Details.
Judge Murfin explained the defense's 8
view of the specific details of the of
fenses charged in the six counts of
spiracy is the essence of the charges.
1t was pointed out that on the first
four counts "the gist of the charge is
not fraud in the election. corruption
in the election or anything of that
description, but that these respond
aid. abet assist and encourage Tru-
man H. Newberry to commit an Of
fense, to wit: The offense of expend-
ing more of mis- money than the law
allows"
1t was argued that under the Mich
igan law, as long as expenses come
within the eleven enumerated classes
in the statute. there is no limit as to
the amount of money committee of
a candidates friends can expend in
his behalf"
iIt is my purpose" Judge Murfin
in exact detail everything that was
done by anybody connected with this
campaign in order that you may un-
derstand it in it's infinite detail. The
campaign was unusually hot and in
analyzing and considering what these
respondents did. the atmosphere under
which they did it should be consid-
cred.
Country Faced Critical Situation.
"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. The fate of the civ
iIized world was hanging in the bal
ance, with the late German drive at
ened and the German advance armies
within thirty miles of Paris.
"The records will show that Michi-
gan sent to this war 100000 young
men in the Army, Navy and Marine
Corps; they left behind them fathers.
other relatives and friends. Americanism
and patriotic excitement were Mt their
crest.
while there had been rumors in
Michigan that Henry Ford would be a
candidwate for the Senate, his candi-
dacy was actually announced on June
"A. 1918:
cuss it-there was very general
feeling that 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.
remembered his campaign against
military preparedness. Many people
remembered his well meant, mis-
guided efforts to bring about what
now appears would have been a Ger
man peace. Many people were bitter
IL
in the war and that none of his family
had become active in the war.
Cites Newberry's Honorable Record.
"On the other hand. Commander
Newberry had had an honorable rec
ord in the Spanish-American war;
when in the Navy he was under fire
and actively participated in overcom-
ing a superior force. He had been
Secretary of the Navy in the cabinet
of hof
Roosevelt.
within forty-eight hours after our
country threatened to enter the world
war he volunteered and in the spring
of 1917 was commissioned lieuten-
ant commander and made aid to the
commandant of the third naval dis
trict, at New York His brother and
his two sons were also in military
service.
This combination of circumstances
aroused many Americans 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 conclusively show that
they were prompted not by pay. but by
patriotism-they were actuated not by
avarice. but by Americanism.
Describes Campaign Organization.
THE organization that was subse-
quently built up under the supervision
of Mr.. Paul kin6 was undoubtedly the
most perfect political organization ever
put together. With few conspicuous
exceptions every township. hamlet and
city in the state was organized. The
commission was running against the best
advertised man in America. 1t was in
dispensably necessary. in the judgment
of these respondents in princi pal charge
of the campaign, that his qualifications
be given the widest publicity. A general
advertising campaign of newspapers. cir
culars, pamphlets and similar devices
was organized, in charge of the most
skillful publicity men who could be
found-who did their work thoroughly
and with absolute honesty"
From this point the attorney told
the jury in details the connection Of
most of the respondents with the case
NoMhorrv caen Prneon,,for