The Washington herald., 1920-02-25
Declines to Take Trial
Of Senator Nelobery Seriously;
Defendants Appear Content

Associated with him Is Judge w. II,
Eichorp. Of Bluffton, Ind.
on the other side of the table sit
Martin w. Littieton. OF New York.
and Judge James o. Murfin. OF De-
troit. personal attorneys for Senator
Newberry. Associated with them II
George E. Nichols, of Ionia. Ranged
behind these are dozen or SO at
torneys representing other defend
ants. singly or In groups.
Prosecutor Daley Is q tighter OF
the two-fisted kind. In his college
days he was q star athlete at Indiana
University. After making good as q
lawyer he became nationally known
as q prosecutor by sending bunch
Of Democratic election workers in
Terre Haute to the penftentiary. and
also the chief OF police OF Indianapo-
lis. All were Democrats and he Is
Of the same political faith. Daley
took hold of the Michigan case af-
ter local prosecutors had failed. The
number of defendants shows the
thoroughness Of the job assigned
him.
without wishing to anticipate In
any way the verdict, 1t might be
pointed out that after trip
through the southern half Of the
State, the conviction is forced on
the observer. that few look for any
thing but an airing OF political
methods employed In national elec-
tions. In fact most OF the people
encountered did not regard the trial
In a serious light. It Is this aspect
Of the case that deserves attention.
On every hand the vast expendi-
lures of money was deplored but
not strictly from a moral view
point. 1t was simply regretted that
II was necessary to spread a Blanket
of greenacks over the State In
order to elect 100 per cent Amer
lean" to the Senate. The Newberry
managers themselves claim that
they were not anxious to knock in
the head a new barrel every few
days. From the testimony offered
by the defense IL might be deduced
that the large expenditures were
made for wholly patriotic reasons.
Newberry Urged to Run.
1t was pointed out on the stand
that Senator Newberry himself was
not enthusiastic about entering the
campaign. 1t took a great deal OF
former Secretary Of the Navy to
consent to An. He sized up his
own limitations, the principal one
being that he was not personally
known In the State. Then, in ad-
dition he was not enamored of the
job and II has been strongly hinted
In certain circles that family and
social reasons dictated his final de-
termination to place himself in the
hands OF his friends. These friends,
once the campaign was decided
upon. proved no pikers and they
saw to It that funds were not lack
Ing.
1t was claimed by the campaign
committee that there was a rush
to contribute to the cause. and sums
as low as 81 figure in the final re-
port; but il is to be noted that Of
the total of over s176,060. five SUBJ
scribers contributed SI6e.so0. II
probably went higher. as a deficit of
$4,000 was mentioned on the stand
or the total amount, John s. New
berry. younger brother of the Sen
ator. contributed sss,so0 and Victor
Barnes and Harry Joy, both related
to the Senator by marriage, threw
$4,000 each into the pot
Campaign Well Managed.
Once under way. the campaign be-
came a marvel of efficient manage
ment under the direction of Paul
H. King, OF Detroit, who with his
law partner. Mark r. Mckee, ns-
ures prominently in the trial. Nc
such system had perhaps ever been
an n
or election. A list of every pros
pective worker. in the State was
made up and each one was seen per-
sonally by a small army of field
agents. After this came a showe-
Of greenbacks. but money was not
squandered. 1t seems. as II was al
ways for value received" Thus,
IL someone. as was testified, found
a $50 bill in his overcoat poke,
after visit TO a branch of head
quarters, the lucky finder was ex-
pected to distribute buttons, cards,
circulars or petitions. If the buttons
happened to be wrapped in currency
1t was meant as an encourage
ment for extra speed IN their dis
tribution.
Actually, from the testimony Of
fered, few could be considered over
paid II their time was worth any
thing. Five-dollar bills figured Oft
ener than those Of larger denomina-
tions. For this they were expected
to hustle in a limited area. Each
one was assigned a section which
ranged all the way from a church
to half a dozen counties. . The sums
appropriated were supposed to cor
respond to the amount Of work to
be done, but to the fiat" rate was
sometimes linked an unlimited ex-
pense account which was not al
ways itemized.
G. w. AXELSON.