New Britain herald., 1921-09-29

in the primary election large as was
the amount, was spent for corrupt. IL
legal or improper purposes. 1t was
spent without the knowledge or con-
sent of Truman ii. Newberry. for pub
liCity and for ordinary campaign pur-
poses and expenditures which are per-
fectly familiar to every man who has
been a candidate for office and which
are generally regarded as both neces-
sary and proper.
"2-That Truman ii. Newberry had
no part whatever in the solicitation
OF the campaign fund or in it's acquisi-
ton o. in the expenditure of 1t.
IL came from sources entirely vol
untary. and IL was spent by a volun-
tary committee which was in no sense
the agent OF Mr.. Newberry and
which had complete control of IL and
the entire responsibility for its use
The majority emphasized that Mr..
Newberry was serving the navy in
New York and was absent all during
the campaign. His record during the
campaign the republic report said
merits commentator and approval"
The democratic report declared that
the "exorbitant expenditures in this
primary campaign shocked the con-
science of the country" and were
enough to pay Senator Newberry's
senate salary for Is years.
In part the minority report said
the evidence showed conclusively:
That his (Senator Newberry) NOM
ination was secured by this extrava-
giant expenditure of money without
which he could not have hoped to
win over his competitors. because he
was little known in the state.
This money was expended through
the agency of the Newberry senator
ial committee.
This committee was organized at
his instance and manned by execu-
tives whom he himself chose. or IL
they were suggested by friends he
approved them.
while a large part of the plan
ming of the campaign may have been
done by executives of the committee
they were submitted to him for APP
proval.
Every general activity OF shis
committee and its executive officers
was reported to him almost
daily.
HE did not know concededly the
enormous expenses of the plans Of
organization and publicity.
THE Michigan law limited the ex-
penditure OF any candidate for the
senate to s3.750. We submit this
amount could not be increased by
the organization OF a committee to
net his agent and this committee did
so act
The Newberry senatorial COM
mittee violated the Michigan law by
far exceeding the limitations of ex-
q 49,. srs- L ,,-r
and it's members by purchasing
drinks and cigars for voters
Proper accounts OF expenditures
were not filed, either by the New
berry committee for the candidate,
the minority asserted and although
the supreme court held the state law
unconstitutional the democrats oe-
clared 1.-The moral turpitude" was as
great as IL the law had been upheld.
I'm our opinion" the democrats
stated 1.-THE record conclusively es-
tablishes q conspiracy upon the part
Of Truman III. Newberry ct al. .;
that such conspiracy had for its OBJ
ject the violation OF the election laws
of the state OF Michigan as well as
the federal statute limiting expendi-
lures and contemplated de-
bauching OF the electoral .; that
Truman III. Newberry participated in
such conspiracy and actively en-
Eaged in it's execution: that he
was familiar with the facts that
large sums OF money were being cx-
pended"
The minority declared that Senaor
Newberry himself contributed to the
campaign but In what sum the COM
mittee was unable to learn because.
the minority said, books and records
had been destroyed. His expendi-
ture declaration. the minority there
fore found. was false and untrue"
The minority depfored that Senator
Newberry had nc( volunteered to
testify and the republican majority
had refused to call him.