New Britain herald., 1921-12-21
WHOLE ELECTION
TERMED TAINTED
Senator Kenyon Takes Crack at
FOrd-NeWbeTry Contest

Washington, Dee 21,-Declaring
the money spent in Senator Now
berrys campaign for election to the
senate from Michigan "rcgardlcss Of
any statutes" shows the "entlrc cleo
ton to be tainted" Senator kenyon
republican, of Iowa. asserted in the
senate today that if that holy voted
to seat the Michigan senator it would
be undermining the foundations Of
this government"
Rule of People Gone.
The rule of the people is gone"
Senator Kenyon said. if The senate
"justilies the expenditure Of hundreds
Of thousands of dollars to secure a
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, it was in eff
feet at that time and 80, he added,
1--WE find the common law, the fed
eral statute, and the state statutes
iously So"
The record shows an expenditure of
lat least s263,0O0," Senator Kenyon
said, adding that the plain Inference
from the testimony is that Il much
larger sum was expended"
The Social Lobby.
The social lobby" Senator Ken
yon continued, has been active in
this case-and the social lobby is eff
fective. No argument here is going
to change any votes. The matter is
pushed at a time when the country
can know but little about it. If Mr..
Newberry were a democrat he would
be promptly voted out under this roc
ord Some of the democrats would
be found stoutly defending him. It
is unfortunate that on any question Of
public morality there should he a di-
viding line of politics in the chamber.
II deny that the Newberry case Is
any test of republicanism. deny that
the day will ever come when Lori
merism and Stephensonism and New
berryism will be a test of republi-
canism. The day has not yet arrived
when few gentlemen in the senate
of the United States can determine
what republcanism is. If so, God save
the republican party.
1.-The people of the country do not
endorse the large expenditures OF
money in campaigns. Last year the
republicans did not dare nominate
either Gen. Wood or Governor Low
den because of the enormous eXpen-
ditures in their campaigns. One OF
the great contributing causes TO the
nomination of Senator Harding was
the clean account sheet that he show
ed in his campaign"
The speaker said that Henry Ford,
who was Mr.. Newberry democratic
opponent in the election, is brought
in as a smoke screen in the matter.
Ford Out of Luck.
Ford will not secure this seat"
he continued. IF Ford ever said the
things that have been charged he said
about the American soldiers he should
not have d seat in this body. l want
to know the truth about this before |
form an opinion as ! doubt if he ever
said the things that have been charg-
ed. The president of the United
States did not evidently share in the
belief of many republicans that Mr.
Ford was such a dangerous person,
because he spent very pleasant few
days in camping with him few
months ago.
Il realize that the stage is COM
pletely set for this performance; that |
there will be very few votes on this
side of the chamber against Newberry |
retaining his seat. 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 Stephenson campaign in Wiscon- |
sin the senate suffered in the opin-
ion of the country. When the brand |
of approval of the Newberry cam
paign is now placed by the senate up
on his seat it will suffer still more |
The price of senatorial seats has been
going up and if it keeps going up it
will surely reach the 100000 mark in
the next ten years"
Not the End.
Asserting the pending action of the
seate Twill not be the last of the New
berry case" Senator Kenyon declar-
ed the day is coming when it will be
heard in another court-the court of
the great American people"
1T will be a trial that will be worth
while" the Iowa senator concluded.
because the American people when
they understand the question will de-
eide right, They will know the rec
ord even if many senators do not, and
If the senate seats Mr. Newberry, as
it evidently proposes to do, there is
little question of the Judgment there"
SPIKES FOR RUN 'NNERS