Evening star., 1921-12-21
ELECTION TAINTED,
|. CHARGES SENATOR
Kenyon Opposes Seating of
Newberry, Saying Law
Openly Violated.

Declaring the money spent iu Sem
ator Newbsrry's campaign for election
t" the Senate from Michigan, regard
tire election to be tainted" Senator
Kenyon. republican. of Iowa asserted
in speech in the Senate today on the
Ford -Newberry election contest that
if that body voted to scRt the Mich
igan senator it would DO "undcrmln-
ing the foundations Of this govern
ment." The rule of the people is
gone Senator Kenyon said. II the
Senate ''justities the expenditure OF
hundreds OF thousands Of dollars to-
secure seal here
While the federal act limiting cam
paien 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
finG the common law. the federal
statute and the state statutes all vio-
lated. the latter openly. notoriously
SO. The record shows an eXp.ndi-
iure of Eat least S2t".000.' Senator
Kenyon said. adding that ''th. plain
inference from the testimony is that
Il much larger sum was expended"
Election Tainted and Fraudulent.
IF the record showed the expendi-
tuIe of million dollars for Mr. New
berry. Senator Kenyon continued Il
believe the Senate still would seat
him. But no senator who will study
TINS case with an open mind and for
get that he is Il member of any DO
iitical Larty can do otherwise than
arrive al the conclusion that the
statutes Of Michigan were hagrantly
violated: that such sums of money
! were spent in the campaign as to
! shock public conscience, and that the
cler' ion is tainted and fIautuleng.
| The social lobby has been active in
! this case-and the social lobby is
: effective. y" argument here is going
to change any votes. The matter is
| pushed al II time when the country
.an knew but littl" about If. If Nr
; Newb"lry were Il democrat he would
! he promptly voted out under this
/ cord. SGme OF the de,nocra v.A
I BE- found Stoutlys defending him. 1t
; is unfortunate that on amy ques tinn
, Of iuh.ic morality there should h- :.
dividing line Of Lolitios ia the
chamber.
I Il deny that the. Ncwbrrry case is
| any test of rcpubiicauism. ! deny
, the seven million majority Of the re-
! publican Laity last fall was Il vindica-
/ tion Of amy such methods. l deny
| that the day will ever come when
Lorimerism and Stephens"nism and
NeWberrEISm VIII t'e :. test of re-
publicaniSm. The day has not Yet
! arrived when u few gentlemen in The
I Sepate of the United States can de-
| tei1niiie what rerubii"Gn.,,: i -.
: God save the republican party.
! Calls Newberr! Active Manager.
! Tie Iowa senator declared il wIs
: 'nousense to say that S, natul New =
berry knew nothing about the cam
{ paign." adding that the record fairly
/ teemed with evidence showing that
! Mr.. New beIry was tn" active mauag. /
! ths"."f and the guiding genius"
! The people of the country do not
: indoIs, the large expenditure of money
| Ill campaigns. Last year the republicans
did not dare nominate either Gen. Wood
nr Gov. iIowdan bacaNSt of tn. enor-
/ nous expenditures in Their cam
paicus. One of til. great Contributing
| causes tC the nomination Of Senator
/ Harding was the clean account sheet
! that he showed in his campaign.
/ The record teens with mystery
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