The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-05
DETERMINED TO
 LET COURT FIX
 NEWBERRY CASE

Washington, D. C., Jan. 8. - The Newberry tune has been changed in the United States Senate. Not so much keenness is now being shown in the effort to make of Newberry a martyr to a political cause. Not so much spirit is shown in rushing to Newberry's defense. More desire is evidenced to permit the Federal court at Grand Rapids and the Sem ate conmitte on elections to deter mine whether or not Truman H. New berry is entitled to a seat in the Senate.
 It has only been a few weeks since Newberry returned to the Senate chambers for a very short period. He was met at that time by Republican Senators with happy countenances and Newberry's hand was patted and pressed as every endeavor was made to convince those in the galleries that Newberry was a man of whom the Republicans were particularly fond and also to leave the impression that there was no cause for worry or alarm in the fact that he had just been indicted in a Michigan court for violation of the election laws.
 Within the last few weeks, one of the three or four Republican leaders in the Senate, informed some of his associates in the cloak room that it might not be the part of wisdom to offer defense for Newberry at this | time and especially would 1t be un- | wise to permit the inference to go out over the country that the Re- publicans approved of the expendi- l ture of enormous sums of money in I the effort to gain a Senatorial seat. It is admitted now as it has been at
  I in the Newberry campaign than he l can hope to obtain in salary in his l life time but until now the Repub- l licans have been very lax in con- -demning such practices.
 | That the Senate gradually is loos- I ing caste and that there is danger l to our form of government because | of the reputation it is getting through ! such stories as those circulated about | Newberry is openly admitted. One 1 Senator with a progressive turn of mind and with sincere ambitions to
 serve his people, suggested recently $ that the only number which got
 hearty applause at a local vaudeville
 theatre was a reflection upon the
 Senate and upon it's work. His com- l ment was inspired by an open letter l published in Washington paper i from just an ordinary man in which 1 he called attention to the reports 1 form the Newberry case and the vast expenditures of money which were ! stated to have been made in thai ! election.
 The Republicans fear a Newberry issue in the next campaign. Inn
 mediately after Newberry came to the Senate and was forced into his | seat by the Republican leaders, ar 1 effort was made to keep down any | agitation for a review of the case l Eventually, Senator Kenyon of Iowa | a Republican supported the Demo.
 cratic demand for an investigatio 1 and the Republicans feared to make
 further open movements in New l berry's defense though at no time
 did they press for an investigation ot
 the case.
 It cannot be forgotten and all the 1 Republican clamor can not live dowr
 control of Congress did not offer te
 make an investigation. It will not bt
 forgotten in the next campaign tha
 month after month Newberry retain
 ed his seat and that he was permit ted to v-te upon important nationa question. because the Republican
 were nc4 concerned with any ques , tion of .rity in Senatorial elections It will 3 remembered in the nex campa.= and throughout histor. that :. Senate is to be discreditet in th:- . Intry, it will be so becaus } of the ingness of the Republican fn nf Sto in tn