The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1922-01-11

c the great American people.
They (the people) will know the
, record" he said, "even though many
, Senators do not, and there is as lit.
, tie question Of the judgment there
as there is OF the verdict here; but
be assured IL Mr.. Newberry is seated
the Judgment there will reverse the
verdict here"
Newberry's Silence Convicts Him,
Says Senator Reed
Senator Reed (Dem., MOI, in a
brief but brilliant and caustic ad-
dress, put the main issue of the
Newberry case in this question:
SIS United States senatorship
to- become like a string of pearls
hung in the window of a jewelry
store, that can be purchased for
money, whether the money is that
of a bawd or of a virtuous woman I?
Men competent and qualified to fill
an Office do not need to buy it,
Senator Reed stressed the fact
that Senator Newberry had failed
personally to defend himself-a fact
which necessarily weighs heavily
against Senator Newberry with the
public generally, as 1t does with
Senator Reed. He said:
1T seems to me this ease is COM
plete, indisputable. If there were
one thing needed to make it a GER
tainty it is the failure of Senator
Newberry to take the witness stand.
'If Senator Newberry did not
know of the expenditure of this
money, why did he not take the
witness stand and say he did know
of it? If there was any circum-
stance requiring explanation and ex-
culpation, why did he not take the
stand to make that explanation?
Here was a tribunal the members of
which, regardless of politics, would
have been glad to have heard him
vindicate himself. But he did not
take the stand. He remained sill
ent. l will not vote for a man who
can not testify in his own behalf /
will not vote to seat a man who
dare not open his lips regarding
transactions which unexplained are
condemnatory."
Senator King Points to Big Post Of
flee Deficit
When the recent deficiency bill
was under consideration in the Sem
ate a short time prior to the holiday
adjournment, Senator King (Dem.
Utah), who is of an inquiring turn
of mind as well as of incisive speech,
shed some light on the amendments
relating to the Patent Office and the
Post Office. The Patent Office
amendment provided for additional
employees from January 1 to June
80, 1922, with total salaries of $52,-
975. The following colloquy ell
sued:
Mr.. KING, May | inquire whether I
the. employees named herein are
in the service of the Gov
eminent?
Mr.. WARREN Chairman, Appro-
priations Commlttee). No, they are
not.
Mr.. KING. This means taking on
a large number of additional en-
ployees?
Mr.. WARREN. That is my under
standing of it.
When a Post Office amendment
came up Senator King said:
81 see a large number of items
nearly S7,0O0.0OO for
he Post Office Department. As 1
have stated repeatedly. we have but
recently entered upon the fiscal
year 1922, and yet we are confront
I'd with a deficit of nearly $1,000
700 in the Post Office Department.
There has been great deal of talk
about economies that the Postmas-
er General was efficuating in i'm
proved service, but Notwithstanding
he enormous appropriation which
vas made of hundreds of millions of
iolIars we are asked now to appro-
,riate nearly $7.00O,00O to meet
deficiency. | should like to know
low it is possible that the enormous
made for that de-
'artment could have been expended
nd we should have deficits so soon.
II this rate we shall have a deficit
wo or three or four times that
mount before the expiration of>the
scial year."
Later he asked: "Are any steps
eing taken by the Committee on
lost Offices and Post Roads for the
urpose of Increasing the revenue