Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-13

NaSnlnSlon, W Jan. 4Z.-ITuInan h. Newberry. of Michigan, tonight finally | won h;s long fight for seat in the United States senate
 The right to the seat wac determined | by the senate itself, which 5y a vote | of 46 to 41 on a resolution sponsored | by republican leaders asserted that Mr. | Newberry was entitled to his seat All who voted for him were republi- l cans. while nine republicans and 32 dem ocras voted against him. Three sena- ! tors were paired for and three against | the resolution, and three senators did i not vote.
 Added to the resolution declaring Mir. New5erry entitled to his seat and de- nying the claim Of Henry Ford. the de | fea>7d democratic contestant in the 1918 election that because of campaign ex- i penditures Mir. Newberry was not en- titled to sit in the senate was state ment of public policy by which the sen i ate Severely condemned and disapprov- ed' the use of excessive sums in behalf of any candidate.
 The roll call deciding the issue was as follows:
 For seating Senator Newberrv: Re puhlicans; Ball. Brandecee Bursum
 Calder, Cameron, Colt, Cummins. Cur
 tis, Dillingham;, Edge. EVlius. Srnst.
 Fernald France. Frelinrhuysan. Good
 ing, Hale. Harreld. Kellogg. Reyes.
 Lenroot Lodge. McCormick McCumher.
 Mckinley. Mclean. NrcNarv. Nelson New. Nicholson OdHie. Page. Penne-. | Phipps, PoindeXter, Shortridge. Smooth
 Spencer, Stanfeld. Sterling. Townsend. tNadsworth, Warren. Watson Indfana). Weller and Willis. Total IS. Against: Republicans: Borah. Gamer
 Jones tWashinEton). Kenyon. Laid. La
 Toilette, Norbeck, Norris and Suthelland. Nine
 Democrats: Ashurst. Proussard. Car , away, Culbsrson. Dial. Fletcher. Gerry.
 Glass. Harris. Harrison. Helfin. Hitch z cock. Jones CNev MexicoD. King. Nc- Kellar, Myers. Overman, Owen. Pjf+- r man. Pomerene. Rarsdeu. Robinson a sheppard, Shields. Simmons. Smith f Swanson. Trammsn. Underwood Walsh a 6Nlassachusatts. Walsh CMontana). and . Williams. Total 2.
 , Six senators were haired three TO- a pub'icans. Crow of Pennsylvania. Du.
 pont of Delaware and Moses of New Q Hampshire being naired for Senator :, Newberry witS Senators Ecnd-i,15 of l. Wyoming. Stani@y. Kentucky. and Reed n of Missouri. against
 Three senators were ahsan+ and m. l. voting. They were: Senator Ne7vberrv 10 Jc7es of California. republicans. and ,s Watson democrat. Georgia Announce. n ment was made originally that Senator ,e Watson was paired with Senator Nor. l. beck but later f. was announced on tht
 floor that Mir. Watson did not wish q a pair and Senator Norbeck voted -s Mir. Nevberrv, himself on tho foo c. only once during the long battle anl Is then to sneak In his own defense las m Monday. telanhoned his sunno-ter= at tb.
 ! Ca ~of-of tOuicb+ aF h. .y termined that he regarded the result a
 'complste vindication and an exon 1e eration of myself and all concerned" S. The text of the resolution hv whirl sd Mir. Newberry's title to lis seat wa -y cleared and which dismissed she char- ,d es made and the contest filed against hin S. by Henry Ford follows:
 mt "(D-That the contest of Henry For, 'e against Truman H. Newberrv be. an h. it is hereby dismissed
 v- "(2)-That Truman IT. Newherrv al hereby declared to be a duly eIocfe,
 senator from the state of Michigan fo
 the term of six years commencing or
 the fourth day of March. 191a. and ! m entitled to hold his seat in the senate q
 the United States.
 h. "t3)-That whether the amount ez it. pended in this (Iichiganl uromarv va 'e- S1a5.oOo as was fuH,,- reported or onar O. ly acknowledged or whether there we- ,q some few thousand dollars in exces i'd the amount expended was in either cae
 1 too large. much larger than ought f
 have been expended. The eynenditur ,st of such excessive sums in behalf of an candidate either with or without hi he knowledge and consent being contrary f IT, sound public policy, harmful to the hor dv or and dignity of the senate and dams & erous to the perpetuitv of free coy
 
 sh hereby severely condemned and disar aSs provd"
 of The end ot the Newberry controvers ba came at 6.2S D. m. and the senators. Q,
 hausted from the strain of the batt
 which had been waged unceasingly O
 the cor and under the surface for day
 quit work until Monday.
 IE The final vote was taken after da ,, of combat unlike any in recent mont ne and after the democrats and nine repui Icl llcans had made strenuous but futile Q. ip forts to upset the programme of II isn Ne7vberry supporters. Three resolution a.' differing in phraseology. but each decla ny ing the seat vacant were voted .lov al- by exactly the same lineun which Q hg tablished MT. Newberry's title to | 'rk seat. The custer resolutions were tho
 of Senators Walsh of Montana. Owen
 Oklahoma, democrats, and Norris. the Nebraska, republican.
 cre With the disposition of the three re
 olutions, Senator Cummins of low
 president pro tempore. began to put f
 question which was to decide the co e14 troversy. He did not complete the SC
 tence, however. before Senator I,af, 'lo- lette. republican. of Wisconsin. rose ar nee addressed the chair. He had not hit md erto taken part in the debate but. lrs. the hush that had settled down in anti the patton of the final roll call. the Wi lm- consin senator iAosened barrage ere | denunciation of the stand his party e ded leagues were about to take
 He made lengthy comparison of f
 Newberry case with that of the ousti
 of former Senator Lorimer. Of Tllino AR and contendcd that the comparison "
 favorable to Mir. Lorimer ice- 'The question. and the only uuest' to here" Mir. Lafollette declared drama ate cally, "is whether a seat in the Unit has States senate can be bought for uuar 'aX- of million or for half a million d, en- lars"
 yer, Then almost with the suddenness Il two he began MT. LaFollette sat down E,
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