The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-21
NEWBERRY
is TARGET
OF KENYON
Iowa Repub. Senator De
clares Entire Election
Is Tainted.

Washington, Dec. 21.-Declaring
! the money spent in Senator New
berry's campaign for election to the
United States senate from Michigan
regardless of any Statutes" shows
the entire election to be tainted,
! Senator Kenyon, Republican. Iowa
! asserted in a speech in the senate
/ today on the Ford-Newberry cleo
( tion contest that if that body voted
/ to seat the Michigan senator, il
would be undermining the founda-
/ tions of this government"
THE rule of the people is gone,
! Senator Kenyon said, If the SEN
ate justif1es the expenditure oi
/ hundreds of thousands of dollars
! to secure a seat here"
"NOtoriOus Violations
While the federal act limiting
campaign expenditures has been
declared unconstitutional by the
supreme court since the NeWberry
/ campaign, the senator declared, it
was in effect at that time, and SO,
/ he added, I'VE find the common
/ laws, the federal statute and the
{ state statutes, all violated, the lat
/ ter openly, notoriously So
/ The record shows an expenditure
of "at least $263, 600" Senator Ken
/ yon said, adding that the plain in
/ ference from the testimony is that
much larger sum was expend-
/ ed"
IF the record showed the ex-
penditure of million dollars for
Mr.. Newberry," Senator Kenyon
continued, | believe the senate still
would seat him. But no senator
! who will study his case with an
open mind and forget that he is a
member of any political party. can
do otherwise than arrive at the
! conclusion that the statutes of
Michigan were f1agTantly violated !;
that such sums of money were
spent in the campaign as to shock
public conscience, and that the
election is tainted and fraudulent.
Speaks of "LOrimerism."
4 deny that the Newberry case
is any test OF RepubIicanism
deny that seven million majority of
the Republican party last fall was
a vindication of any such meth
DDS. 1 deny that the day will ever
come when Lorimerism and Steph-
ensonism and NewberTyism will be
| a test of Republicanism. The day
| has not yet arrived when a few
! gentlemen in the senate of the
United States can determine what
Republicanism is. If so, God save
the Republican party"
The Iowa senator declared it was
nonsense to say that Senator New
berry knew nothing about the cam
paign," adding that the record
fairly teemed with evidence show
/ ing that Mr.. Newberry was the ac-
/ tive manager thereof and the guild
ing genius.
"a large part of the press of the
state was subsidized in the New
berry campaign. AT least $4,000
was spent for publicity purposes.
Two hundred and one papers were
secured.
Charges False Returns.
THE record teens with mys-
terry Original books, records and
nearly all the checks which would
have shown the transactions were
destroyed, lost or stolen. False
returns were made to county
agents. There was a doctored
treasurer's report. Witnesses have
disappeared. Newberry himself
did not come before the committee
and explain the charges, especially
! the report which he filed under the
law with the secretary of the SEN
ate.
Mr. Ford is brought In as a
smoke screen in the matter. Ford
will not secure this seat. If Ford
ever said the things that have been
charged he said about the Ameri-
can soldiers he should not have a
seat in this body.
Defends Henry Ford.
81 want to know the truth about
this before l form an opinion. as
l doubt if ever he said the things
that have been charged. The presi-
dent of the United States did not
evidently share in the belief of
many Republicans that Mr.. Ford
was such a dangerous person, be-
cause he spent a very pleasant few
days in camping with him a few
months ago
Il realize that the stage is com
pletely set for this performance.
The senate today does not stand
any too well with the people of the
United States When the brand of
approval was put upon the Steph-
enson campaign in Wisconsin, the
senate suffered in the opinion Of
the country. When the brand Of
approval of the Newberry campaign
is now placed by the senate upon
his seat it VIII suffer still more
The price of senatorial seats has
been going up and If it keeps go
ing up, it will surely reach the
$500. 900 mark within the next ten
years"
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