Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-13
Republican Majority Of Sen.
ate Plagued by This Pc.
litical Issue.
FUEL FOR CAMPAIGNS
Townsend, in Michigan, Is
Making Little Headway in
Reelection Fight.
Hy }. Frederick Es.nry,
Washington Correspondent OF tt


Times Dispatch.
WASHINGTON. June l2.-Newbcr-
ryism as a political Issue continues TO
plague the Republican majority of
the Senate. particularly those friends
Of the Michigan Legislator, who voted
70 keep him In his seat ana who
must now go before their people and
ASA for denomination and re-
election
other issues in the prcscnS cam
p"!En may be more or less abstract
many OF them arc--but nothing
could be more concrete than the
gh, Of Truman H. Ncwbcrry TO ST,
ia tn. United States Senate, after a
confessed expenditure in his D.hal.
OF nearly 100000. the highest price
paid. no~ on record. for primary
victory under the drcc, system OF
nominating and cicciing members OF
tho Senate.
TO date Democratic interests nave
rUt been alone in keeping Scwbcrry-
ism alive They have done villa,
hey could to capitalize Il, and VIII
keep AT IL. but The !sAu. has been
more effectively PLAYED upon Ia
sIaight Repubiican primaries.
fuel for H-,cridgc.
Iiis vote for Senator Newberry
probably did more than any other
ono thing 10 accomplish tho defeat
or ..nator Sow OF Indiana. at the
hands u former Senator Bcveridsc.
Tor weeks Bcverldgc tnunde:cd
against the outrageous expenditure.
~ money in senatorial campo! gus
lie himself published his own cam
raicT expense account every week
or ten days prior 10 tho primary and
challenged Senator New Ia do IKE
wise. Tho Senator refused TO accept
iHs challenge.
lowaus now in Washington insis,
tina, ia" most effective issue ra!scd
by Colonel Brockhart In the recent
primary contest in ;ho!r state VA.
tina, OF Newberry!sn, albeit not one
~ his opponents. Of course. voted
for the Michigan Senator, ind not
ono Of them offered any outrigh, de-
Tense Of tho action Of the Senator.
ius, the Same tho orrnu.za,!on's
candidates wcr. all associated ind
r,"iy with the national regime that
s'pVI for IN" Sewbcrry "virdicatlon"
10y Brooklnrt ana n. proatcd heavily
AS result
same Issue In North DnLo,a.
la North DAKOTA tn. same ISSUE has
hrcu raised against Senator McCu.u
her. Representative Kelley. o,
Nith!gnu. Is waglng his campaign
against senator Townsend for tho
Republican senatorial nomination In
New 6erry's own state. almost Who'll
Is on Newb-rryism as an issue. !;
was sir. Townsend VINO wen; to the
defense %: his colleagu. when the
latter was hardest pressed. and il
las boon widely conceded ;ha, the
Townsend speeches ard tic Town
end adroitucss had more To do with
saving Newberry from b.nls cast
ont Of the Senate than anything else.
In only one state where the issue
was raised In u Republican, primary
has II Jailed To be II decisive factor.
This is Pennsylvania. Senator Pep
per, after less than TWO weeks ser,
Vie" in tn. senate and TO the Gisap-
pointment % many az his most inil-
~a;. friends and admirers. voted TO
esa. Ncwo.rry. Ills progressive re-
cord IA po!!tics l!thcrto had led mos:
propic {" assum. tina; as q matter o.
course. h. would 60 nlor~ with tho
opposition.
rgring TIA, H"ruO..aEt primary ia
jobs state. MIR. Pepper Vas constant
rs confronted with h.s EcWbrrrv
vote. lie made TO apology FOR IT,
TFr even seemed 10 take pride IN III.
courae. tina; led him TO turn his
back on those who would cruelty tho
Michigan Scion. Nor was he pun
shed FOR his vote or his ati,tucc TO-
ward II. lie was Overwhelmingly
nominated.
Continue to Hammer Hnrd.
since the Pennsylvania primary.
the PEPPER and F!nchot expense ac-
counts have been made public. Tho
amount OF money expended In Hchalf
al the candidate for Governor was
large. hu, not within many thousands
Of the amount expended in behalf OF
senator Pepper. |; has been sug-
p"s.cd that Senator Pepper knew fvll
well that MS candidate he would
be the political beneficiary of heavy
expenditures and tina; II would have
been both imconsistcn: and perilnus
on his part, having knowledge OF tho
facts. to ind fault with the Ncwber-
D.; campaign.
Those Republican Senators wlc
voted for Ncwberry and who have
escaped or will escape fight over il
in the primaries. are reasonably cor
tain to encounter the issue in heir
contests with the Democratic canGi-
oates Tor their respective seats.
Democratic Senator's continue to
hammer hard at the Newbcrry ma
l"rity in the Senate Scarcely
week passes that some partisan
speech Is not made on the floor in
which the Newberry question comes
forward. Moreover. Democrats. led
ny senator Pomerene. Of Ohio. con-
time to demand an overhaIIinu NJ
the Senate rules. which Will over
come the supreme Court decision in
tho Ncwberry case, and which will
bar any man from the Senate who
eApcnds too much money in carr
paign or in whose behalf too much
money Is expended.
The senate Committee on Prlvi-
leCnS and Elections a Ire ID, 10.