The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-17
SENATOR REEDS
GREAT SPEECH

In response to numerous requests,
The Times herewith presents the re-
markable speech made by Senator
Reed in that body in condemnation of
the seating of Senator Spencer
The Spencer-WiIlis Newberry ResO-
luton.
Mr.. Reed. Mr.. President, do not
know whether it is worth my time or
the patience of any Senator to discuss
a measure which understand has re
ceived caucus attention by. the other
side of the Chamber, Whenever d
body of men can get themselves into a
frame of mind such as passed the
Newberry resolution, it occurs to me
that the day of argument has ended
| had the misfortune to, be absent
when that resolution was adopted.
was, however, paired againss it and all
similar aSininities and criminalities.
only refer to it now because / think 1t
is really pertinent to the question
whether there is any use in submit
ting any argument to the majority OF
the Senate upon its merits, either OF
fact or logic.
The resolution seating Truman H
Newberry, as drawn by the junior
Senator from Missouri (Mr. Spencer
and adorned by the Senator from
Ohio (Mr. Willis, reads as follows:
Resolved, ~ That the contest OF
Henry Ford against Truman H. New
berry be, and it is hereby, dismissed.
(2) That Truman H. NewBerry is
hereby declared TO be duly elected
Senator from the State of Michigan
for the term of six years commencing
on the 4th day of March, 1919, and is
entitled to hold his seat in the Senate
on the United States"
(3) That whether the amount en-
cended in this primary was Sl95.hOC
rs was fully reported OF openly nc
knowledged, or whether there were
some few thousand dollars in excess
the amount in either case too large
much larger than ought to have been
expended.
The expenditure of such excessive
sums in behalf of candidate, either
with or without his knowledge and
consent, being contrary to sound pub,
lie policy, harmful to the honor ano
dignity Of the Senate, and dangerous
10 the perpetuity Of free Govern
none, such excessive expenditures are
hereby severely condemned and disap'
proved"
Surely, whenever a body of mel
get ready to say that 'Sthe amount eX
pended in a primary election wa'
$195,000 or an amount in excess Of
that; that the amount expended wa!
"much larger than ought to hav'
been expended" and therefore thu
man should be seated; whenever the!
are prepared to say further that "th'
expenditure of such excessive sums IL
behalf of candidate, either with o.
without his knowledge and consent,
is contrary to sound public policy,
and therefore the man should be seat
ed; whenever body of men are pre-
pared to say that the expenditure o
such sum of money was harmful I,
the honor and dignity of the Senate,
and therefore the man ought to b
given 2 seat in the Senate; wheneve
the majCsity is prepared to say tina
the eNpnditure of the sum OF mon,
referred to was dangerous to the per
petuity of free government, an
therefore in the interest Of the pei
petuity of free government they vii
congummate the crime by giving 1t
beneficiary a seat in the Senate; when
ever we find the morals of the major
ity SO lax that it can declare in on
breath "that such expenditures ar
hereby severely condemned and disap
proved" but the election of the mai
thereby accomplished is hereby com
mended and approved-whenever W.
find that sort Of conscience and thai
kind of logic, we know that caucu:
action having been taken on any BIZ
aAe time for debate and appeal t.