The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11
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TORN away
IN ELECTION
Rumor He Will Resign;
Senator Elect Ferris
to Reopen Case.
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Copyright, 1922, by The August
Washington, ID. c.. Nov. 11.-Tru-
man H. Newberry's seat in the
United States senate hangs in the
balance. The margin Of votes by
which he was permitted to retain
his seat has been wiped out by the
national election this week. !.
The case of William Lorimer OF
Illinois is somewhat Of a parallel.
He was able to withstand the first
attack against his title to a senate
seat but this did not dispose of the
case and it was brought up again
in the next session. Former Gov
ernor Woodbridge N. Ferris. who
Just has been elected United States
senator from Michigan on the New
berry issue, announces that he will
reopen the case. He feels that
Michigan by her vote this year in
favor OF a Democrat for the first
time since 1852, went on record
emphaticaily against the Newberry
election. But Mr.. Ferris is not
alone in that belief. The men who
voted to unseat Newberry. Repub-
beans and Democrats. feel the
same way and it is a moral certain
ty that the case will be reopened
unless of course, Mr.. Newberry re-
signs in the meantime.
Won't Quit Under Fret
For many weeks there has been a
rumor in circulation that Senator
Newberry would resign Immediate
ly after the election. This has been
predicted on the idea that he would
not resign under fire, however. and
that upon the election Of Senator 4
Townsend he would feel free to n
leave the office without seeming to \
surrender to his opponents. Sena-
tor Townsend, who voted to seat
Mr.. Newberry. defended the latter
in his, campaign. while Mr.. Ferris
attacked Mr.. Townsend as the ex-
ponent OF Newberryism. Mr.. New
berry has contended that he had no
personal knowledge of what his
campaign managers were spending.
The resolution adopted by the
United States senate by vote OF
46 to Al declared Mr.. Newberry
elected but condemned the expen-
diture of $795 900 as much larger
than ought to have been expended"
and further declared that the
spending of such excessive sums
! in behalf of a candidate either with
or without his knowledge and con-
sent, being contrary to sound pub
lie policy, harmful to the honor
and dignity of the senate aid dsn-
gerous to the perpetuity of a free
government, are hereby severely
condemned and disapproved."
Action Inconsistent.
Many senators have felt that the
! sentiment expressed In the latter
part of the resolution is sound but
that in order to be consistent Mr..
Newberry's seat should have bsen
declared vacant. That was the
basis OF the whole campaign
namely that irrespective Of MI.
Newberry's own part in the matter
no seat in the senate should be OBJ
/ tanned by such means.
OF the 46 senator's who voted to
seat Mr.. Newberry. the following
have just been defeated: Calder OF
New York, France OF Maryland,
Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, Kel-
! logg Of Minnesota, Poindexter OF
Washington, and in the primaries
Senator Harry New. Republican,
| was eliminated as was Senator Nc
Cumber of North Dakota.
| All the foregoing Republicans
! with the exception OF McCumber
and Kellogg nave been replaced by
Democrats and it is by no means
certain whether Mr.. Frazier OF the
| Non-Partisan league would vote as
did Mr.. McCumber. II be follows
LaFollette. he will not and he has
/ followed the Wisconsin senator on
many other issues in the past. 1t
/ is also worth noting that Senator
Ladd of North Dakota, another
Non Partisan league senator, voted
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