Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-21
SEATING NEWBERRy
OPPOSED BY c. 0. P.
SENATOR FROM IOWA
illegal Uses Of Money Prohib-
tied by Common, Federal and
State Laws, Kenyon Says.


BY Associated Press to Every Evening.
Washington, Dec 81. Declaring the
money spent In Senator Newberry's
campaign for election to the Senate
from Michigan. regardless OF any
statutes" shows the entire election
to be tainted Senator Kenyon, Re
publican. Iowa, asserted In speech
In the Senate today. on the Ford
Newberry election contest, adding
that II that body voted to seat the
Michigan senator IL would be under
mining the foundations of this gov
eminent The rule Of the people is
gone" Senator Kenyon said. "if the
Senate justified the expenditure Of
secure seat here"
While the federal act limiting cam
paign expenditures has been declared
unconstitutional by the Supreme
Court since the Newberry campaign,
the senator declared. Il was in effect
at that time, and so, he added I'VE
find the common law, the federal
statute, and the state statutes all vio-
lated, the latter openly, notoriously
So"
The record shows an expenditure
"of at least t263. 900" Senator Kenyon
said. adding that "the plain inference
from the testimony is that much larg-
er sum was spent"
If the record showed an expendi-
ture 81 si.000.000 for Mr.. Newberry." /"
Senator Kenyon continued, IL believe
the Senate still would seat him.
"If Mr.. Newberry were Democrat
ne would be promptly voted out under
this record. Some OF the Democrats
would be found stoutly defending him.
II is unfortunate that oS any ques-
tion of public morality there should he
dividing line Of politics in the cham
/ her.
"I deny the case is any test Of Re
pubticanism. I deny that the seven
million majority Of the Republican
party last fall wss a vindication Of
any such method. deny that the day
VIII ever come when Iorimerlsm and
/ Stephensonism and Newberryism will
be test Of Republics nism. The day
has not yet arrived when few gen
tlemen in the Senate OF the United
/ States can determine what Republl-
canism is. If so, God save the Repub-
licsn party"
The Iowa senator declared IL wa
nonsense to say tina. Senator New
berry knew nothing about the cam
I paign." adding that the record fairly
teemed with evidence showing Mr.
I Newberry was the active manage,
thereof and the guiding genius"
The people 0f the country do MOI
I HrdnYGn 1a-c-.
money in campaigns. Last year tn
Republicans did not dare nominal
either General Wood or Governo
Lowden because Of the enormous ex
penditures in their campaigns. On
Of the great contributing causes {
the nomination Of Senator Harding /
the clean account sheet he shove
in his campaign.
"A large part Of the press Of tn,
state was subsidized in the Newberr
campaign. AT least $40, 600 was spen
for publicity purposes. Two hundre,
and one papers were secured.
Mr.. Ford Is brought in as a smoke
screen in the matter. Ford will NJ
secure this seat. II Ford ever said IN
things that have been charged he sal
about the American soldiers he shouI
not have a seat in this body. l war
= to know the truth about this befol
I form an opinion, as 1 doubt if h
3 ever said the things that have bee
6 charged.
The President of the United Stat,
I did not evidently share in the belle
4 of many Republicans that Mr.. For
l was such a dangerous person. becaus
e he spent a very pleasant few days
r camping with him few months ag
e Il realize the stage Is completely $,
for this performance; that there wi
n be very few votes on this side Of III
q chamber against Newberry retainin
\ his seat. The Senate today does n,
4 stand any too well with the people
$ the United States. When the bran
p of approval was put on the StepheT
:. son campaign in Wisconsin the Senat
i suffered in the opinion of the countr
When the brand of approval of h
Newberry campaign is now placed I
the Senate upon his seat it win su
fer still more. The price Of Senatori
seats has been going up and If
- keeps going up it will surely reach Il
100000 mark in the next ten years.