South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-13

TO mold MS scat DID lNt N'tiHt' va
tho United States
"ts1 That whether the amount
expended in This CNichiCan) pri-
mary was S195.000. 80 was fully
reported or openly acknowledge,
or whether there were some few
thousand dollars IN excess. the
amount expended was Ia either
case too large, much larger than
ought 20 have becn expended. The
expenditure Of such excessive sums
I'm behalf Of candidate either
with or without his knowledge and
consent. being contrary TO sound
public policy harmful 20 the honor
and dignity OF the senate and dan
gerous 20 tho perpetUty Of free
government, such excessive eXpen-
diturcs arc hereby severely con-
demncd aRd disspproved
The end Of the Newberry contro-
versy came at 6.2s p. m. and the sem
ators. exhausted from the strain Of
battle which had been waged un-
ceasingIy on the floor and under the
surface for DAYS. quit work until
Monday
Lineup Same Throughout
The final vote was taken after a
day ~ combat unlike any IN recent
months and after the democrats and
nine republicans had made strcuu-
Gus but futile efforts 90 upset me
program Of the Newberry support
ers. Three resolutions. differing in
rhraseology. but each declaring the
scat vacant. were voted down by eS-
actIy the same lineup which estab-
llshed AR. Newberrys title 10 his
seat. The custer resolutions were
those Of Senators Walsh. OF Montant.
and owen. OF Oklahoma, democrats.
andeNorris. OF Nebraska. republican.
With tho disposition Of the rcso-
luuons. Sen. Cummins Of Iowa. pres
ident pro tempoTe, began 20 put the
question which was 10 decide the
controversy. He did not complete the
sentence however, before Sen La
Toilette. republican. OF Wisconsin.
rose aud addressed the chair. He
had not hitherto taken part in the
debate, but IN the hush that had set
tied down in anticipation of the
rnal roll call the Wisconsin senator
loosed q bsrr3ge Of pronunciation Of
the stand his party colleagues were
about 20 take
IafoIlettc speaks
lie made lengthy comparison Of
the NcwbeTry case with that Of the
busting Of former Sen Lorimcr Of
Illinois. and contendcd that ,he
comparison was favorable 90 Mr.
Loriner
The question, and the only qucs-
ton here Mr. Lafollette declared
dramatically, is whether a seat in
the United States senate can be
bought for "A quarter of a million or
for half a million dollars"
Then almost with the suddeuncss
that he began Mr. Lafollctte sat
Gown, saying ne had desired 10 speak
longer but that he would yield to
the Onc-hour speech limitation im-
posed By unanimous consent agree
meut.
The last day Of the light brought
continuation of the conditions
which prevailed practically all week
Efforts were being made contin-
uously by the leaders TO reach an
agreement for "a vote. Party whips
were busy. They knew where cv-
cry senator could be reached lt q
forCtcllinig when vote would come.
The FIRST roll call was accepted as
decision Of the issue. for il develop
cd the position of several senators
whose attitude had not been dis
closed.
The change I'm tho form Of the ma
jority resolution came jus, before
the voting began Sen. Willis. re-
publican. Ohio. offered and Sen.
Spencer. republican Missouri. in
charge or the Ncwbcrry forces. ac-
cepted the proposal for a severe
condemnation Of the use of large
funds - q substitute for the orig
iual clause declaring that the
charges against Mr.. New berry were
unfounded
Democratic leaders contendcd that
that change VAS made 20 secure D.
few more votes for Mr.. Newberrv
The Willis amendment immediately
was subjected 70 hot fre by rcpub-
lean and democratic opponents of
tho senator. II was defended nv
Sens spencer and Willis and went
into the fnaI resolution without 20
record vote.
Until the final vote was announced
spectators thronged the galleries.
while many house members stood
about tho senate chamber. Sen
Newberry did not attend the scs-
sion but members Of his family
were among tho spectators I'm the
Galleries together with representa-
ttves OF Nfr. Ford
Sen Willis, Ohio. one ~ the
doubtful republicans IN the New.
berry case, THURSDAY received IS
letters from sixth grade purus ia
rho Ala ban1a school. Cleveland. Ohio,
urging him 20 vote against NGwber.
rv. The letters. each i'm childish
handwriting, were identical In text;
Dear sir.-we. the pupils a Ala
banla school. have heard much
about the Newberry case. We have
read that YOU are one OF the doubt
fuI is. But we hope YOU wiz vote
against Newbcrry's return 70 the
senate
The reason we are against New
berry Is because those who buy
votes are not ne 20 be senator's. II
is against the laws Of Michigan %
spend more than $4,000 r. wa,
proven that five times that amount
was spent % elect NewberTy.
Please read The Soul Goe>
Marching on" written by L. s An
drews. found in Good Housekee ping
October's magazine.
Hoping YOU viii vote against
Ncwocrry. etc