The Missouri herald., 1922-12-01
SHARP RET0RTs ON sPEN.
GERS NEWBERRY EULOGY
Michigan Senator Should Have Re-
< signed Sooner, Declares Borah,
Speaking in a Serious Vein.


tor Spencer's ardent eulogy Of form
er Senator Newberry in the Senate
brought sharp retorts. from both
sides of the chamber.
Senator Borah, Republican, speak
ing wholly in serious vein, declared
that he could not let the statements
of the Missourian go unchallenged.
He was followed by the irrepressible
Harrison of Mississippi, who, sea-
sbning his condemnation of Spen-
GERS views with banter, said 1t was
apparent that the resignation of the
Michigan Senator was not written
with Spencerian pen.
Borah said he wholly disagreed
with the expressed opinion of Sena-
tor Spencer that the money used to
procure the nomination of Newberry
was spent without Newberry's knowl-
edge or consent. The evidence was
quite conclusive. Borah said, that
the money was spent both with his
knowledge and consent.
YF'I think Mr.. Newberry made just
one mistake" said Borah, "and that
was that he did not tender his resig-
nation immediately after the Su-
preme Court passed upon the legal
ity of the statute. He could have
done so then with great propriety
and gone back to his people for their
view of the matter. l am of the
opinion that in all probability he
might have done so had he received
the same advice that he received af-
Ter the election"
s Harrison began with mock praise
of Spencer for standing by his
friends and being the last to forsake
a cause.
1--WE once saw him stand by an
other" continued Harrison "His
name was Goldstein, and when the
shroud that enwrapped Goldstein be-
came too gold-stained for even Low
den, whose agents had performed the
operation, it was not so with the
Senator Aye, even after Goldstein
had served notice upon those who
sought to honor him that he would
not accept the nomination, the dis
tinguished Senator from Missouri
stood adamant, defiant to the end.
When others see that it is wise to
get out and from under, the Senator
from Missouri remains constant and
firm. His speech today is in keeping
with his past record.
But l suppose the distinguished
Senator from Missouri is about the
only Senator who voted to seat Sena-
tor Newberry who feels pang of
horror over his resignation. New
berryism, which the people have
come to understand to mean the
plundering of the people through the
purchase of power, will not down
Like Banquo's ghost, it will rise
again, and it will haunt in future
last campaign. Senators, who con-
demned by their votes the confess
sion of an expenditure of the $685.
900 for his election in Michigan and
at the same time said, we are go
ing to seat you here. we want you to
be one of us.
when the Senator casts his
watchful eyes over the States that
held senatorial elections on Nov. 7
he will see that only two Senators
who voted to seat Newberry in the
face of the facts, and who came up
for reelection at that time, were re-
turned, ard both of those by tre-
mendously reduced majorities-ma-
jorities that permitted them only to
squeeze in. All others who went be-
fore the people in that campaign and
were compelled to answer the issue
of Newberryism were swept from
power. Their defeats answer the
arguments of the Senator from Mis-
souri, better than any feeble express
sion that i might now utter. The
peoples wishes will prevail and they