The Washington times., 1922-06-05

WILLIAM HARD. one Issue:
Namely, "Newberryism."
OF course. there are other citizens
OF Michigan besides Mr.. Kelley who
think that they ought 70 succeed
Senator Townsend. There Is. for
instance. Herb Baker. Of Sheboy-
gan, whose numerous friends can
see no difference between Townsend
and Kelley when gazed at with a
truly progressive eye. In fact, Mr..
Eugene ]. Brock, prominent
occupant Of labor circles in Detroit,
and chairman. or the like. Of local
committee here TO further the work
of the recent Chicago farmer and
labor conference for progressive
practical action, tells, that from the
enlightened agricultural and pro-
letarian standpoint the record of
Kelley is rather worse than the rec
ord of Townsend can show.
am further informed by Mr..
Frank X. Martel, the business rep
resentative Of the Detroit Fedora
tion. of Labor, that Kelley expressed
to him the view that labor was
more or less getting out Of its
place and ought to be strongly in
duced to return to 1t. Mr.. Martel
seemed to feel that the place which
Kelley had in mind was a rather
low, rather than a high one.
Mr.. Brock and Mr.. Martel and a
considerable number of other dis
contented spirits in labor and farmer
and other circles are giving earnest
support to Herb" Baker, who Is
credited with being a dirt farmer and
who seems to be the Michigan
equivalent of Wray in Nebraska
at-tP IN, hi nf
whom have developed important
strength. Baker has intimated that
he Is not pressing his candidacy but
his friends intimate to me that II
will be pressed for him. and they as
sert that he will get-even II he
does not seek-a large vote.
In any case 1t is clear that the
advanced labor and farmer support
that went to Pinchot in Pennsylvan-
ia is not going in any similar way
TO Kelley in Michigan. His attack
on "Newberryism" has led the coun.
try to believe that here in Michigan
in him we have another upriser and
upsetter. This impression Is unjust
to Kelley. 1t happens that most of
the organization Republicans in
NhiSuledh IO"HScTu. fbuI
the uprising and attempted upsetting
done by Kelley is not for the most
part related to anythinaethat the or.
Fanization does or does not do either
In Michigan or in Washington when
In office, but is devoted principally
and simply to rebuking the use of
large sums of money by candidates
enroute to office.
Kelley believes that II was wicked
OF Newberry to spend such large
sums of money, and he believes
that IT was wicked. therefore, OF
Townsend to vote for allowing New
berry to have a seat in the Senate,
and he believes that, therefore. he
himself ought to be given Town
sends seat for pointing these things
out. He pointed them out with
great vigor and vivacity and With
the support. for instance. Of Chase
8. Osborn. an extremely progressive
person. who once beat Kelley for
governor. and of Fred NJ. Warner,
new national committeeman. He
has backing and he campaigns well.
Meanwhile, Mr.. William E. Metz
ger, who is managing Townsend 8
candidacy in Detroit, tells me that
all the work for II will be done by
volunteer workers. There will be no
paid workers. II Mr.. Metzger sticks
to this determination II will be a
black outlook for Kelley's issue In
the metropolis of Michigan this year
MIR. Metzger seems bent on being as
inexpensive and as pure as Kelley
could wish or imagine.
Meanwhile, there is also Major
John g. Emery, Of Grand Rapids
former national commander of the
American Legion, who insists on
running against Kelley and Baker
and Townsend. and who claims that
he is as progressive as anybody
and, in fact. more so.
Townsend meanwhile stays in
Washington and pays no attention
TO Kelly's issue Of "Newberryism, 4"
and seems to be far too busy to
have any time to suggest any issue
Of his own.
We, therefore. have Emery and
Baker conducting progressive cam
paigns in the wings, and we have
Townsend and Kelly in the center
OF the stage, with Townsend sug.
gesting nothing to fight about, and
with Kelly earnestly suggesting
"Newberryism." The net result Is
q campaign in which the only issue
so far pushed into spot light
prominence IL NeWDeTTylSm ana
the wickedness OF money in elec.
tions.
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And now Pinchot says that in
course OF getting votes in Pennsyl.
vania he spent sum OF money
which turns out to be equal at least
TO two-thirds Of the sum OF money
which Newberry spent in getting
votes in Michigan. This makes an
awful hole in the moral front OF
the chief contest in the Michigan
Senatorial primary 1t n impossible
TO come out and say that Pinchot
is as wicked as Newberry or even
that Pinchot is two-thirds as
wicked as Newberry. Pinchot is
running on the regular Republican
ticket for Governor OF the banner
Republican State OF the Union. He
is a good man, both In fact and
necessarily,