Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-02-03
NEWBERRY PUSHED
INTO SENATE SEAT,
COUNSEL DECLARES
Says Naval Officer Was Shown ~
Was His Duty TO Run and
Beat Stacker" Henry Ford.
CAMPAIGN METHODS WIN
ADMIRATION OF ATTORNEY

bV fF1Sfet1 Press - EveFy ENcfifng
Grand Ia pids, Mich, Fcb. 3 -Tnirnsn
". Newberry entered the 1913 senatoria
campaign in Michigan % the solicitation
If others, and not in furthersnoe q =
scheme 10 get seat in the senate, s.id
james O. Murhn, Of Detroit, in outliufug
TO the JURY in United Slater Tigtricb
Court, the attitude IF the defense win a.
sumo toward the charges II conspiracy
and fraud for which 10 men arc On trial
Mr. Muffin explained the defence
view Of the specific dctsils II the ofiense.
charged in the six counts q he Indirt
ment. emphasizing that conspiracy p fbn
essence n the charges
II vas pointed ont that on thc hrvt ~
tho four countg. the gist ~ tho charge y
not lraud in the election, corruption in
the elecfion. or anything ~ that descrif
ton but that these respondents are chgrg
ed with conspiring ~ aFd, abet, assist ard
encourage Truman II. Newbcrry ~ con-
nit an Offensc. 70 wit The offense of -
pending more u his money thsn the iao
SLOWS +"
n was further argued that under ths
Michigan law, ~ long as expenses oonpo
within the eleven enumerated Glasses in
the statute, there y no limit ~ - tbc
amount ~ money n committee ~
candidst.5s friendv car spend 70 his b
half +"
1T i nv uurpoee Mr. Murfn. tol,l
the Jurors TO point out 70 YOU m eTrc
detail, everything that wsg done BY any
body connected with this campaign ir
order that YOU may understood m ifs
infinite detail. The campaign wss IN
us,lally hot and in snalyzing and con-
sidering what these respondents did the
atmosphere under winch they did u
should be considered.
Our country was ~ war: AZ the carn-
paign began 20 liven up we had Just passed
our first year 0f participation ard the
situation wa. critical in the extreme. The
fate Of the civilized world VISA hanging IN
the balance with the last German drive at
its height, the channel ports threatened
and the German advance armies within 30
miles Of Paris.
The records will show that Michigan
sent 70 this war 10000 young men IN
the army. navy and marine corps they
left behind them relatives and friends.
While there had been rIIrnors ~ Michigan
that Henry Ford would be a candidate for
the Senate, hls candidacy was actually
announced ON June IL, 1915
Rightly or urongiy-and this Is nelfh-
rr time nor the place 10 discuss it---there
did not represent the type OF American
who. at that critical Juncture. should rep
resent ms state IN the United States Sen
ate.
Rightly or wrongly, many people re-
menbered his campaign against military
preparedness. Many people remembered
his well meant, misguided efforts 70 bring
about what now appears would have been
a German peace. Many people were bit
ter over the fact that he WAS not active m
the war and that none OF bis family had
become active IN the war.
On the other hand. Mr.. NewDerry
had had an honorable record IN the Span
war, when. in the Navy. he
was under fire and actively participated u,
a superior force. de had
been secretary of the navy in the cabinet
of that militant american, Theodore
Roosevelt
Within IS hours after our eountr,.
threatened to enter the world war be vol
lmteered and, IN the spring OF 1917 wac
commissioned a Lieutenant Commands
and made aide to the commandment OF the
Third Naval District at New York. HIS
brother and his two sons were also n
military service.
PROMPTED BY PArRIoTIsM-Nor TAT.
This condition OF circumstAnc 5
brought many a man in Michigan to I'd
firm belief that il was his patriotic duty
do all IN his power TO assure the election
OF Commander NewbeTy, and We expece
10 show conclusively that they were mo-
prompted by pay, but by patriotism
that they were actuated not by avarice,
but by AmericaniSm.
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