The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-01-14

OF course he did not know. The
records available for every. senator
to read. prove that he did. But let's
assume that he Is the boob, or:worse,
that he tries to make himself out to
be. Then consider the situation.
Any man who desires to buy a
seat in the senate has only to :ab-
sent himself from the state and give
his agents free; rein. They may spend
all they please-it is immaterial
whether it is his money, his fam
lly's or their own. It is for him
that 1t is being spent. -
Can common sense or common
honesty condone q course Of that
kind? Think OF the possibilities.
Think how the moneyed interests will
be prepared to use such g. prece-
dent. They want their own man In
the senate. SO they keep him igns-
rant Of their activities. They are
free to spend all the money neces-
sary, so long as he can stand up in
the senate and say with a straight
face that he knew nothing about IT,.
Lorimet Not So Raw.
We submit that the founding
fati1ers-to borrow President Hard
ing name for; the trainers of the
constitution-did not conceive that
they had planned anything that
could be subverted to such purpose.
Even Lorimers didn't attempt any,
thing so raw; it remained for Tur-
man Newberry. :
It will be interesting to watch. the
conduct of Senator kellogg of Min
nesota. in the Newberry case. He
probably will vote TO exonerate the
Michigan man. He can do nothing
else. There was no Ford in Min
nesota TO question his right to sit in
the senate of the United Slater.
But as the SNewberry. cases ISL
Ing reviewed and strange stories are.
toldsAof the proven exfandi diture of
,$196,ooo in the Michigan campaign
to elect him., one: recalls that the
kellogg campaign was no, ffve-cent
picture show. The, page. advertise
ments in. the big city daily papers,
in: the, country weeklies in doubtful
counties, the expensive billboard ad-
Yertising, the de-lux stationary upon
which all matter was printed, the
tremendous amount Of literature and
the army Of wire-pullers, workers
and henchmen were not purchased
for a song. 4 ;<;5$S - : =. -.
Kellogg's Costly Campaign. =.
1T was estimated. at the time that
the Kellogg: campaign cost anywhere
from ,$150,000 to $250,000. Tho
Haunting Of the wealth behind KEEL
logg, before the voters of this state
was a matter of common discussion
in all sections Of Minnesota, but there
was. no one to raise, a point about
his election. There was no Henry
Ford game enough to start a contest.
Kellogg is to be a candidate again
this year. 1t lis a safe bet his com
nlittee will be watched closer than
1t was in the last; campaign,
Senator Borah is the chief Repub-
lican TO throw emery dust into the
Newberry bearings He l-olds that
any man who has any respect for de.
cency in politics. will say: that il,
Newberry didn't know what was be-
ing: done for him heEshould have
known, and his ;.uilt' is exactly the
same as If he lad known. -
- Wanted An Alibi. -
II Newberry was not IN touch with
the expenditures being made in his
campaign the obvious conclusion is
that It, was because he did not wish
to be- in touch, that he wished to be
able to plead Ignorance under the
fire Of investigation. i. = :,
There isn't any question but that
the majority report OF the senate
committee Recommending the seat
ing Of Newberry Is purely q partisan
report. That is why. the News
Tribune here in, Duluth i: support
ing him. He is a regular Republi-
can, insists the morning paper. and
that covers every sin, agsinst the
political decalogue. 1T would con
denim to perditfon, the enemy OF our
social order. but 1t would lodge in
the highest legislative body in the
land the manwho would pollute our
election system. On who would cor.
rupt our political life is Infinitely
q great menace to good order; and
the country that all the I. w. w.
agitators in and out Of federal pri-
sons: sss-a. 81 !. s. T.
" MAY. BE Partisan, Too.
4 tits possible TO say that the: min,
ority report agaihst Newberry may
in some measure be prompted by
partisanship. but fact does not
excuse the admitted crime that was
committed against, honest elections.