New Britain herald., 1920-02-03
NEWBERRY DEFENSE TELLS OF CAMPAIGN Ousted Senator Paid Nothing to
 Become Elected, Is Statement WAS PATRIOTIC" CHOICE
Ran Against Henry Ford Who, Right or Wrong,'' Was Not Popular Be- cause of Peace Endeayors-Other Candidate Was.

Candidate Was.
 Grand Rapids, Mich. Feb. s-Tru- man H, Newberry entered the 1918 senatorial campaign in Michigan at the solicitation of others and not in furtnerace of a scheme to get a seat in the senate, said James o. Murfin of Detroit in outlining to the jury in U. $. district court the attitude the defense will assume toward the charges of conspiracy and fraud for which I23 men are on trial. Judge Murfin explained the defense's view of the specific details of the offenses charged in the six counts of the in dictment emphasizing that conspiracy is the essence of the charges.
 It 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 ents are charged with conspiring to aid, abet, assist and encourage Tru- man H. Newberry to commit an of fense to wit: The offcnse Of expend- ing more of his money than the law allows"
 No Limit to Amount.
 It was further argued that "under the Michigan law as long as expenses come within the 1 enumerated class es in the statute there is no limit to the amount of money a comittee of candidates friends can spend in his behalf"
 "It is my purpose Judge Murfin told the jurors ito point out to you in exact detail everything that was done by anybody connected with this campaign in order that you may un- derstand it in it's inf1ite detail. The campaing was unusually hot and in analysing and considerig what these respondents did the atmosphere un- der which they did it should be con- Sidered.
 Our country was at war; when the campaign began to liven up we had just passed our first year of partici- patton and the situation was crittcit in the extreme. The fate of the civ ilized world was hanging in the bal ance with the last German drive at it's height, the channel ports threatened and the. German advance armies within 30 miles Of Paris.
 Recalls Michigan's Quota.
 "The records will show that Michi- gan sent to this war 150,O00 young men in the army, navy and marine corps: they left behind them fathers, relat and friends Am ericaniSm 'eiIo pau ioNAS N<nSA1SAAAS4-N w O-O ~@' N'-0 very crest.
 While there had been rumors in Michigan that Henry Ford would be ;a candidate for the senate his candid acy was actually announced on June II, 1918.
 Rightly or wrongly-and this is neither the time nor the place to dis cuss it-there was a very general feeling that MT. Ford did not repre- sent the type of American who, at that critical juncture, should repre- sent his state in the United States senate.
 Ford Unpopular
 Rightly or wrongly many people remembered his we'll meant, misguid- military preparedness. Many people remembered his well meant, isguid- ed efforts to bring about what now appears would have been a German peace. Mary people were bitter over the fact that he was not active in the war and that none of his family had become active in the war.
 "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 Q superior force. He had been
 
 of that militant American, Theodore Roosevelt.
 Within IS hours after our country threatened to enter the World war he volunteered and, in the spring of 1917 was commissioned a lieutenant con- mander and made aide to the com- mandant of the third naval district at New York. His brother and his two sons also were in naval service. Became Popular. "This combination of cil cumstances aroused many a man in Michigan to the firm belief that it was his patriot ic duty to do all in his power to as sure the selection of Commander Newbe~ry and we expect to show con- clusively that they were not prompt ed by politics but by patriotisn-that they were actuated not by a ovar1ce but by Amerioanism.
 "Getting into this campaign was not of the choosing of Commander Newberry and he entered with the ut most reluctance and only after re- 1 pcated urging. As early as August 1917 when it was generally under , stood that the senator from Michigan. Wm. Alden Smith, would not be 8 1 candidate to succeed himself a group ] of representative citizens had a con- 1 ference on the senatorial situation. In 1 addition to the governor of the state 1 there attended publisher, a banker, l a lawyer, a soldier and a business man.
 "Afer canvassing the qualifications ! = =