The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-29
SEN. NEWbERRY
IS AbSOLVED IN
SENATE PROBE
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amount, was spent IOr corrupt,
illegal or improper purposes. 1t was
consent of Senator Newberry for
publicity, and for ordinary campaign
purposes and expenditures which are
perfectly familiar to every man who
has ever been candidate for
office, and which are generally re-
garded as both necessary and
proper.
Senator Newberry had no part
whatever in the solicitation Of the
campaign fund. or in its acquisita-
ton, or in the expenditure OF 1t.
1t came from sources entirely vol
untary, and 1t was Spent by a vol.
untary committee which was In no
sense the agnt Of Senator New
troll Of it, and responsibility for its
use."
Didn't Solicit Funds.
The majority report also stated
that the Republican majority mem.
bers Of the investigating committee
condemn the use Of such large
sum Of money in any primary cam
paign, but there is not the slightest
foundation upon which to connect
Senator Newberry with it's solicita-
ton, its acquisition, or its USE nor
to condemn him because OF the
amount.
While the aggregate was large,
1t was not spent for any purposes
that were in them\'lves Illegal or
improper. and it's use was wholly
managed by a campaign committee
entirely free both in selection and its
action from Senator Newberry." the
report added.
THE evidence shows that Senator
Newberry was himself out OF the State
OF Michigan during the entire primary
campaign" the report continued. III.
was unable. therefore, to personally
address or meet with the people. His
constant service, during this time in
the Navy was not Of such public in.
terest as Of itself to be either widely
or constantly commented upon in the
public press. particularly when 80
much more important war news was
filling its columns.
Campaign Was Vigorous.
I'm these circumstances the friends
or Senator Newberry regarded It as
imperatively necessary to conduct a
| campaign of publicity and advertising
OF the very widest character in order
to present as fully as possible to every
voter in Michigan the claims of Sen
ator Newberry to the office for which
he was a candidate. The evidence dis
closes that a most comprehensive and
far-reaching campaign of publicity
was vigorously conducted In a thor
ough and systematic manner through
the newspapers of Michigan.
desperate and Dubious
In his minority report, Senator
Ashurst stated:
If the desperate and dubious ex-
pedients resorted to in the Michigan
Senatorial contest In 1918 to obtain a
scat In the Senate were to become the
general rule, or the custom of persons
seeking membership here. then no man
OF limited means-indeed, no man Of
ample fortune, IL honest-could enter
Senatorial contest with even a con-
1ectural probability Of success.
To encourage the methods prac.
ticed In the Michigan Senatorial con.
test would be to embolden and to
multiply the most baleful assaults that
can be made upon representative
government
The testimony shows that Senator
Newberry was privy to and inevits-
bly,. in the nature Of events, had
knowledge Of those facts concerning
his own campaign, which scores OF
thousands Of men in Michigan we'll
knew. He was warned by the editor
Lieut.. Gov. Dickinson as to the i'm. |
proper course of his campaign.
His agents and managers kept him |
fully and constantly supplied with re-
ports, but he failed to put a stop to |
me disbursement OF moneys made by |
his agents, and It is puerile to say that |
a seat in the Senate thus obtained may
not be declared vacant because, for. |
sooth, the candidate for II says he was |
Obvious to that one feature of his |,
campaign which overshadowed all 9TH |
ers, feature which was so widely |
discussed and so notorious as to be |
known not only in Michigan but !,
throughout the length and breadth Of |
the land, |
OF all the persons interested in |
that campaign, Truman H. Newberry |
was the most interested. He was the |
candidate; he was the man for and |
in whose behalf the expenditures were |
made; he was luminary around whom |
all the satellites revolved; from him
they received their light and heat and |
life. From him his managers received
suggestions, words Of encouragement,
and orders to proceed at full pres.
sure He was tho motive power of |
the organization built to secure for
himself a seat in the Senate-an or
u
brity and momentum that crushed or
purchased opposition to its plans or
purposes"
Knew Of Expenditures"
In the minority signed by Senators
Ashurst, King and Pomerene, 1t was
further averred that Senator New
berry knew for weeks in advance Of |
the primary that the extravagant ex-
penditure Of money had gone on to
such an extent as to be a common
scandal In the State, and that he was
the beneficiary thereof"
THE exorbitant expenditures
the conscience Of the coun.
try" the report added. It charged
that this extravagant expenditure
Of money" was conducted by the
Newberry Senatorial committee,
organized at Senator Newberry's in.
stance, and manned by executives
whom he himself chose" and while
the campaiRn NAV have been plan. |