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St. Tammany farmer., 1922-05-27
Little Beau-lieeD.

Little Bcau-lkeep.
Little Beau-Keep
Has lost her sheep
To social he went,
And can't tell where to find him;
Spent ever cent,
And left his purse behind him.
Cream puffs that night,
Were her delight,
And cakes, that now remind him,
This girl if teens
TO treat, we'll means
One needs must have the Red Cross
behiild him.
St. Tammany farmer., 1922-05-27

mqE FARMER on sale every Sat-
ur,1ay at Covington News Stand,
Rulloch's Drug Store, Schonberg's
pharmacy, COvington; The Ideal
pharmacy, Madisonville.
Five Cents Per Copy.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-21
1T is BETTER so.

In resigning from the United States
Senate. Truman X. Newberry, OF
Michigan. has chosen the better part.
His resignation is for the best inter-
ests Of his party. of the Harding Ad-
ministration, of the country and of
himself.
He has leaped from the deck before
the Senate could force him to walk
the gangplank. Newberry has fore
stalled his almost certain expulsion
from the Senate. 1t was better for
him to go in such dignity as he could
summon than to be thrown out. BY
midnight of November it was plain
| that Newberry and "Newberryism"
had arrived at the dignity of a ma
tional political issue and that New
berry must so.
Senator Newberry was the victim of
sudden upsurge. of popular feeling
that is half a sense of righteousness
and half political mob law Some of
his lyn0hers, some of the men who
carried the rope and knotted il around
the neck of the Michigan Senator. un-
] doubtedly have sinned even as New
berry is charged with SHINING. New
berry had been showed into a position
where he could be used as the popu-
lar scapegoatt for many an erring
brother.
Just the same. the passing of New
berry must be taken as a sign of the
times. Excess expenditures in poll
tics have ceased to be a conventional
crime" The Newberry case was built
up and fed until ii became a symbol
against which an outraged public
sentiment launched itself in Michigan
Nebraska, Wisconsin. Iowa, Minnesota
and possibly Indiana.
The people of the United States dc
not like to see the high offices within
| their gift bought and paid for, and
| 'Newberryism" was made to symbolic
that practice. 1t aroused dread and
the men who had stood by Newberry
paid the price. Now he has paid il.
There have been hundreds of New
berry campaigns" in this country. The
election of Senator'S by popular vote
has thrown a heavy burden on nearly
every man who seeks that office. Il
he wins he must spend money bu
there are State laws saying he mus
not spend more than nominal sum
This necessity VS.. these laws has lee
to all manner of hypocrisies and sub
terfuges. Senator Newberry has beer
made-thanks To the ceaseless enmit,
of the Ford interests and a genera
reaction against ~reaction--the frs
sacrifice to these hypocrisies and Il
an awakening public conscience.
Newberry's letter of resignation
: hints he may try to come back.
, That is folly. He has enriched tn
language of American politics wit
. the word "Newberryism,' has. been
. four-year embarrassment to the Re
publicans and never again will he b
: anything but liability to his party
O Truman II. Newberry may not
o convinced of il, but he is ''all through
. with politics Publ
, Ledger.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-21
SENATOR NEwBERRY RESIGNS

The action of the Michigan Senator
saves himself. his friends in the Senate
and his party at large, a degree OF en-
barrassment. He will retire with a rec
ord of efficiency in previous service at
Washington, of patriotic self-sacrifice
during the war. When the prejudice of
partisanship has passed, whatever Of
the Judgment of public opinion has
been against him in the matter of his
election to the Senate, is likely 10 he
modified. But the present situation.
as he recognizes II, cannot be gainsaid
Xhere Is partisan glee at this accept
ance OF exile. But II the rebuke 10
senator Newberry is to be effective
beyond the individual and his particu.
lar campaign. the movement which
actuated it must be something more
than partisan. Huge expenditure of
money IN politics cannot be avoided
until the reform of political methods
goes farther. So long as canvasses
are continued in a manner which puts
a premium on the measure of publicity
which can be secured in one wav q,
another, and so long as the great mass
Il the electorate is so lethargic thai
II requires he maintenance and oper.
ation OF great organizations OF workers
TO induce the voters TO register and {,
come to the polls, large funds will b,
required to finance campaigns.
Public opinion is not hypocrltical il
It's denunciation of money bags in poll
tics. But it is strangely inconsisten;
Whlie 1t denounces great campaigl
FUNDS. it continues TO invite them an
even to make them necessary.-Even
ing Bulletin,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-21

Ford and the Democratic managers.
both ir and out OF Michigan, tried
their best 20 make the case smell to
heaven" for political, and not for
moral rensons. Newberry would prob
ably have defeated Ford even had the
financial outlay been much smaller.
and there liz no doubt that the ex-
penditure was the result Of foolish
anxiety and uncomplimentary Of the
wisdom Of the Newberry managers.
But the fact remains that the money
was spent and the fact remains that
the opponents Of Newberry succeeded
in making-nn issue Of the case that
stuck. The fact remains'that Senator
Townsend was defeated in Michigan
| for reelection and that one of the
issues in his campaign was New
berryism." In View Of the Townsend
result Newberry was perfectly right
in anticipating persecution" If he
retained his seat.
Now. Newberry can go back to the
people II he wants to. lie can ruT
again. He can ask vindication. II 4
1 said he may do so. II he seeks vindi
cation at the hands Of the voters ant
gets it he and his party will b'
strengthened. If he seeks it ant
I fails TO get II. the issue will hav'
been closed-without much profit L
anybody; for. paradoxically enough
those Senators who have been tn
most bitter against him are the yer.
ones who are loudest in their prais
of the direct primaries system. whicl
is such promoter Of campaign ex
travagance. Baltimore American.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-21
EXIT NEWBERRY.

In reefgnng his seat Truman II.
Newberry| has done the only sensible
thing that has marked his four years
career as a United StatSs Senator. Evil
IDENTIFY IL has been made clear TO him
by fellow Republicans that he Is a
tremendous party liability and that he
owes 1t to the G. o. p. to give up his
seat in order to avoid the Disgrace and
ignominy of expulsion.
A lineup of the new Senate has
shown that there win be at least SO
members opposed to the Michigan Sen
ator as against only 43 who could be
rallied to his support. His unseating
therefore became a certainty II ne per-
sisted in defying public opinion and
the mandate given by the people OF
Michigan to the recently elected
Democratic Senator, Ex-Governor Fer
RIG. to uphold the honor of the Com
monwealth by forcing the question OF
Newberry's expulsion. Possibly some
of the standpat Senators who stood by
their colleague last January, when ne
was confirmed in his seat by the mar
row margin Of five votes. have seer
great light since the election anC
can no longer be depended upon tC
condone the offense of which New.
berry was accused and on which ht
was convicted by a Republican jury
and sentenced TO prison by a Republi
can Judge.
Whatever the reason for the Sena
| tors sudden action may be. his resig
nation is a great victory for decenc,
in politics and is a complete vindica
| ton OF those who have declaime,
against the too lavish expenditure o
money in elections. 1t has been
costly lesson fer the G.. o. P. but w
hope 1t has been we'll learned. Par
Hticularly embarrassing will the resig
nation be to that distinguished puris
IN politics. the Hon. Charles Evan
Hughes, Secretary of State, who no
only defended Newberry at his tria
but has since gone out of his way I
| give him generous ccat of whitewas
as much injured person who wa
innocent Of any offense against tn
law. Evidently Newberfys sense q
perfect rectitude is not so keen a
that which his counsel so liberallv de
vlsed for him.-Phila. Record.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-21

We can almost see them now as they |
beat their breasts and shed crocodile
tears at the thought of member OF
the Senate spending large sums of
money for his nomination and election.
But Newberry has voluntarily quit,
and the La Follcttes and the Borahs
and the demagogues are now doomed,
90 far as this issue is concerned, to-
silence. That. to them, Is cruel and
inhuman punishment. II will be re-
lief to the country, however, and in
this respect will have the commenda-
ton OF the public. The fresh attack
upon the right of the Michigan man TO
hold his seat would have meant
tedious and almost endless debate. and
would have obstructed important leg
ielaton for which the extra session OF
Congress has been called.
The Newberry case has been die-
cussed so much that II seems futile to
opinion among fair-minded men and
women viii be that he has been the
victim of political persecution. 1t be-
gan when he was first a candidate for
| the Senate when the full force and
power of the Wilson administration
was used against him and In the inter-
est of Henry Ford. 1t was in war
times when the country was keyed up
to great patriotic pitch. Mr.. Ford
has demonstrated ability as n manu-
facturer of certtin types of automo-
bilee. but the friends Of Mr.. Newberry
felt that the presence of a pacifist and
a theorist in the Senate at that time
would have been a public misfortune
And they were right. They subscribed
freely, although the total was modest
compared with many other cam
paigns.
That money went for publicity and
organization. II has never beer
shown that n dollar Of IL was spen
corrupuy. Yet the hue and cry wa'
raised. and has been continued unit
the present time. Some Of II hai
been sheer. malignant persecution
some of Il has been what We describ'
80 we'll with the word bunk" an,
, some OF II has been thoughtless Nov
Mr.. Newberry has ended 1t In the onl-
, way it can be ended. and he deserve
r credit for his action II would be ;
' fine thing If he were willing 10 go be
I fore the people Of Michigan again. bu
, that of course. is for him to decide
] Philadelphia inquirer.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-21

in Delaware that have been abandoned
for the reason that they DO not af-
ford n livelihood to their owners or
tenants. 1t has been estimated thai
In another decade 20 or 25 per cent
OF the land In the State will have been
abandoned unless farming takes an
upward turn. In Chester Co. Pa. some
of the best land is lying fallow-ovsr-
grown with weeds and rubbsh--be-
cause of the fact that there, as we'll
as here even with the markets of
large cities close at hand the farmers
cannot obtain enough for their pro-
duce to pay for raising 1t.
1t would seem and. inded, it is a
fact that the farming business is over
done. There is more foodstuff pro-
duced than can be sold at a profit,
and yet we must have the supplies
grown from the soil at the lowest
possible price to enable the laborer
to live properly at moderate cost.
There is no class of workers today
who receive less in the way of COM
pensatiop for their work than the
farmer. The house painter, for ex-
ample, who was granted an increase
of 121a per cent on his existing pay
of so cents an hour, in an agreement
reached in Philadelphia the other
day, would earn more in two of the
six days he would be employed than
the farmer would be able to get in
return for all seven days of the week,
without considering an interest on
his investment on land or stock.
| How far the farmers loans have
gone TO aid the agriculturist one can
not conjecture but even with that as
sistance and the doubtful benefits OF
Il
a tariff that prohibits the importa-
ton of farm products into America
the farmers at this moment are not
able to make their actual expenses of
running the farm-at least great
majority of them are not able TO take
a. profit in return for their hard and
constant work.
Here is one of the biggest problems
before the country today. But there
seems to be no one to solve it. Ever
the farmers bloc in the Federal leg
islature has not brought relief for the
business appears to be skidding or
the down grade. according to all ad
vices in this country as we'll as from
England and the Old World generally
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-21
A "MAJORITY- RESIGNS

Truman II. Newberry was the Re-
publican majority in the Senate of the
Sixty-sixth Congress. He was admitted
oy republican Senators who recogniz-
ed the method of his bought election
as dangerous to the perpetuity of free
government" because his vote was
needed to organize the Senate AGAINST
the treaty of peace and the League Of
Nations.
without Newberry, Henry Cabot
Lodge could not have been made
Chairman Of the Senate Foreign Rela -
tons Committee to menace the treatv
with the sleep of death" Without him
the treaty could not have been so
loaded with reservations that it's hack
was broken. The evil conspiracy that
for partisan advantage in the 1920
election has prolonged the war crisis
in Europe and reacted so gravely upon
our own shores centred about New
berry's purchased seat
That purchased seat Newberrv now
resigns to forestall expulsion. Nor
would thatclearance have been effect
ed by Democrats. He complains of par
tisan abuse; but in cold fact he goes
because his own party can no longer
stomach him. He was tried before a
Republican Judge in Michigan. He
was repudiated In the late election by
the Republican voters, who broke a
precendent of seventy years to defeat
his champion and co-Senator on tn,
| "Newberry issue" President Hardinf
and the Old Guard, after that, hav,
neither power nor wish to save him
The false excuse was made 70
Newberry that his profiigate buyin,
of a seat was q patriotic duty; tha
he had to defeat Henry Ford pacfisi
But that process of purchase was be
gun six months before Ford's can
didacy was heard of. The Newberr
and allied interests began their cam
paign for man who never represent
ed anything but money, not agains
Ford but against Chase Osborn an
other Republican aspirants for tn
Senatorship.
Newberry says he resigns becaus
Michigan defeated Townsend. 1t is les
than the truth. He could have contiu
. ued two years longer to defy the pee
. pie of his State. He could not longe
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-21
SENATOR NEwBERRY'S
RESIGNAT

Senator Newberry's resignation is
a right thing done in a manly way. II
there is one criticism to make of his
act It is that II would have been bet
ter done months ago for the sake OF
himself. his party and the United
States Senate, when IL became evil
dent that his usefulness in public Of
Ace would he largely destroyed by
bitter and ceaseless partisan political
attacks, as Mr.. Newberry himself now
admits has come to pass.
On this point The New York Herald
said on January Z, last. before the
Senate had confirmed his right to re-
tain his seat
Putting aside the honesty or fall
slty OF the charges of corrupt prac-
tices, which We're made against the
Newbecry campaign and assuming
that Senator Newberry was person
ally guiltless of any conscious viola
ton of law and ethics, the fact re-
mains that Ford's persistent charges
for three years have raised the New
berry case 10 the dignity of real is
sue.
Even II Senator Newberry's righ
| to his seat should be sustained by tn,
| Senate he would inevitably he handi
| capped by the inccssant war that hat
| been made au him for the last thre,
years
Some of the best friends of Sena
tor Newberry. jealous for the preser
walton Of the good record he made II
his country's service. believe tina
under the circumstances it would b.
the brave thing and the wise thing 70
him to resign his seat and submit hi
case To the people of the State O
| Michigan by sanding for reelection
The New York Herald held no brie
FOR or against Senator Newberr
then: II holds none now. But wit
his resignation finally submitted, un
fortunately too late to have the popu
lar effect 1t could have had elevei
months ago, II can be said for hin
| that. however much money was spen
! to achieve his election. Senator New
berry and his friends spent the none
out of their own pockets. In contras
with the course of some of his mos
vindictivc enemies, who were willin
to secue their political prefermen
with colossal drafts upon the Unite
States Treasury.
Senator Newberry is properly an
wisely out of the Senate, but com
pared with men of that stamp, som
Of whom still remain in, Senator New
berry is towering figure as n publi
servant and man-New York Her
aid.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-21
are in the sidewalk. arrangements

care In the sidewalk arrangements
in front of places a business.
The new lighting system will make
King street brilliant at night, and
it Is expected to be n factor in draw
ing business In the evenings that
would not naturally go there--just
because it hasn't learned that King
street is already a wideawake business
thoroughfare that Is just doing a little
more than heretofore to welcome buy
ers. So, If there are any property owners
along King street-or any others in
terested for that matter-who believe
they can do something individually to
second the efforts OF the authorities,
this is a good time to begin.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-21
SENATOR NEWBERRY'S
WISE ACTION

In resigning his seat in the Senate,
Truman II. Newberry has taken the
wiser course. He will not only save
himself from further persecution" he
saves himself from being ousted b.
that body. There have been many YER
diets and reversals in this case, but
the vote in the last Michigan election,
when Senator Townsend was defeated
largely on the issue OF "Newberryism. 80
was really decisive.
Senator Newberry has many de
tenders. He is a man of ability and
has rendered conspicuous service 10
the country. The fact remains, how
ever. that he secured his seat in tbs
Senate after a campaign in which huge
expenditures were made. He has ad-
mitted that these large sums were
spent in his behalf, and the Senate
that voted by a narrow margin to seal
him did so after condemning the way
in which he had been elected. Mr.
Newberry should have resigned fol
iowirg this qualified vote on his righ,
TO a seat.
In his letter offering his. resignation
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-21
Allowing HEART STILLED.

There were few more lovable char
acters on the stage than Frank Bacon,
who died on Sunday night, in his
wife's arms" from heart disease.
Bacon was a man much like Joseph
Jefferson. who was beloved by every
body. No man, even Of the sternest
stuff. ever felt that il was a token of
weakness to say he loved Joseph
jefferson. And no one need have met
Bacon off the stage. and out of his
part. to say he loved the Bill Jones of
"Lghtnin'."
Indeed, Bacon was a rare individual.
Ones admiration was immediately
aroused for the great player whose
very simplicity was the very highest
note of real art. Tens of thousands
had enjoyed his performances, had
laughed and cried as he played so
adroitly on the strings of their emo
tions. He seemed not the man across
the footiights, but one of us who had
lust stood where he had arisen in the
theater to deliver his message OF
mirth or pathos.
His art-like all great art-impress-
ed the mighty and the lowly alike, for
it was trusHnd emphasized its moral
clearly. entertainingay, legiumately
I That he was beloved far above his
fellow men was attested upon the oc-
casion of his moving his play from
New York to Chicago many months
ago. when city officials and busy bust
ness men halted in their work 10 es.
cort him afoot along Fifth Avenue tC
| the railroad station. proud TO b-
grouped as a friend of the man whC
had worked his way from a sheep
tender, through the varions stages O
newspaper work to the brightest sta
lin the galaxy of Americas comedians
His life is a lesson to every youth il
the land. Bacon, by doing whateve
was before him. the best he could
achieved great distinction in one of III
most exacting of the arts. His goo
lcheer and his real love for his fellow
man made place for him in tn
affections Of the American theate
patrons that one almost fears canno
be entirely filled
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-21
NEwBERRY SURRFNDERs.

A political tidal wave that sweeps
away candidates for reelection is a
familiar and logical phenomenon But
It Is not often that one comes along
which sweeps away an oficeholder
who has still two years to serve That
Is the peculiar thing that happened TO
Senator Newberry on November T.
He Is forced. out by the vote Of no
confidence which Michigan and other
parts of the country recorded again 81
HIM. The vote in his own state was
distinctly a reversal OF the vote OF the
Senate in his case The appeal to the
higher court Of the people resulted In
virtual overturning of the judgment
pronounced by the Senate. Rarely If
ever before has there been such an
emphatic rebuke to political partisan
ship as in this case. Michigans was
practically a vote of recall. Newberry
had become in the last four years q
moral issue in that state. and il
struck at him In striking at his Re-
publican colleague and defender.
In one sense this was the most valu-
able lesson Of the recent election, the
most important thing done on that
day of political reckoning and wrath
j. was warning 20 the politicians oi
both parties, a notice that punishment
will follow sins OF this character. thai
no man can poison the fountains o
| popular power and representative gov.
ernment without paying for il MANY
J times over. Nemesis has followed harC
after Newberry for the last four years
II has pursued him through the court.
and in the Senate He has evaded the
pursuer in both, but at last IL has r1ir
him down. He is forced to surrender
to hand back to the people a commits
sion which they regarded as fraudu.
lent and tainted.
The moral OF this significant Incl.
dent in our national politics cannot bC
obscured by Mr.. Newberry's mocl
heroics and attempt 70 assume the rol,
OF a prosecuted victim. He retire.
sullen and defiant, but his attitude il
in conflict with the facts. He has bee,
tried by a jury of MS own State an,
the verdict is guilty. And he dare
not challenge it. And though ne init
mates ne may do so at some futur
time, we may be sure that he has re
ceived life sentence Of banishmen
and that his party will never uomi
| nate him again.
Newberry is not alone in the con
/ demnation that has been pronounceC
: Republican apologists for him in tn
: Senate and in the Harding circle c
= ofticialdom-ingenious hair-splitters G
ethics, learned in the art of maxim
the worse appear the better cause
come in for their share of this popu
. lar rebuke. Mr.. Hughes especial
ought to lay it 10 heart. What a pit
that ne should have descended frol
the high level to become a speci.
{ pleader for the political immoraIit
and indecency represented by New
s berryism!-Baltimore Sun.