New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-12-30

Sl47 500 was spent for advertising; ov-
er $1,000 was spent for office ex-
penses, such as rent, furniture and
light; over $500 was spent for tele-
phone and telegraph service; $9,OO
was expended for travelling expens-
es, and the remainder was spent for
salaries of clerks, etc, copying of ell
,ection registers, canvassing the vot-
ers, etc.
The TACT is emphasized that at no
time in the trial of Mr.. Newberry in
Grand Rapids, nowhere in the testim-
ony at that trial, and at no time dur
ing the hearings OF the Senate COM
mittee was there any evidence offer
ed to show that any OF the expendi-
lures in connection with Mr.. New
berry's nomination was used in an
illegal manner for the purpose of
corrupting the electorate, perpetrating
fraud or, in common parlance, buy
ing a seat" in the United States Sem
ate.
Situation Without Parallel
The report filed by the majority
of the Senate committee which IN
vestigated the nomination and cleo
ton Of Senator Newberry stated that
while it condemned the use OF large
sums Of money in any primary cam
paign, in the case before it for in
vestigation the amount expended was
not spent for any purposes that were
in themselves illegal or improper"
The committees report further states
that it is but fair to set forth the
fact that the evidence disclosed a
situation in regard to the primary
which perhaps has no parallel in Am
erican history.
To thoroughly understand the case
it is necessary to recall that at the
time Mr.. Ford offered himself as a
candidate for the nomination to the
United States Senate, the Michigan
primary laws were very faulty. Brief
ly, they permitted any candidate IN
a primary to run on as many tickets
as he wished. In event of his win
ming the nomination on two or more
tickets it was then left to his choice
as to which ticket he should remain
on as a candidate for election, with
drawing his name from the other tick
cts upon which he had won nomina-
tions, thus leaving the tickets from
which he withdrew with no candidate
against him.
Democrats Plan to Debauch State
Mr.. Ford became a candidate Tor
the United States Senate in the city
of Washington, d, c., after a series
of conferences with former President
Wilson and the Democratic national
and congressional organizations. Mr.,
Ford himself announced at the time,
in a statement issued at Washing
ton, d. c., soon after he had left
the White House, that he would be-
come a candidate at the urgent re-
quest of President Wilson. The story
of the incipiency of his candidacy
was common information throughout
the country at the time, being carried
in all the news reports.
1t was also common information at
that time throughout the United
States, and especially in the state OF
Michigan, that Democratic %organiza-
in event he would become a candi-
date, they would see to it that he
had no opposition in the primary on
the Democratic ticket. 1t was also
arranged that he should announce his
candidacy both on the Democratic
and Republican tickets. Thus the plot
was laid. There is no doubt but
what it was a conspiracy by the
Democratic administration to debauch
the primary nomination of Michigan
by taking advantage OF a defective
primary law. The conspiracy was
that Mr.. Ford, running N both tick
cts, would be guaranteed no opposi-
ton in the Democratic party, thus
enabling tens of thousands OF Demo
Gratis to vote the Republican prim-
airy ticket and by thus raiding the
Republican primaries force Mr.. Ford's
nomination on the Republican ticket
Having no opposition within the par
tv, he naturally would be the nominee
on the Democratic ticket il only a
hundred votes were polled for him
As the conspiracy was planned by
the Democratic administration. Mr..
Ford, thus in possession OF both the
Democratic and Republican nomina-
tons for the United States senator
shin. was to Withdraw from the Re
publican ticket and run in the cleo
ton as A Democrat. so that he might
be properly affiliated with the Dem
%ocratic Senate organization after his
election.
Why Conspiracy Failed
The conspiracy failed because the
honest Democrats in the state OF Mich
igan would not stand for any such
frame up" and entered a candidate
against Mr.. Ford on the Democratic
ticket, over the protests Of the DEM
~locratic organization and the represen.
%tatives OF the Democratic national
administration. The opposition to Mr.
Ford within his own party compel
led the Democrats TO stay within their
party and being unable to raid the
Republican ticket, Mr.. Ford did not
secure the nomination on the Repub-
lican ticket. SO much for the iniquity
which surrounded the conception OF