The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-01-26
CONSISTENCY, "A RARE JEWEL,
INDEED


leader OF the Democratic minority
in the Senate, opened his speech
against the seating OF Senator New
berry as follows:
THE case now before the Senate
does not present the Ordinary ques-
tion as to whether senator has
been fairly and honestly elected to
seat In this body AS I see this
case. and as I believe the country
will see II. the issue involved here
Is whether or not the Republican
party as a party intends to obey the
law of the land. That is the issue
involved here. II is seldom that
you find a contested case that is so
closely connected with party organi-
sation as this case is"
The spectacle of the United States
Senator from Alabama. or from any
other of the Southern states. pre-
suming to hale the Republican par
ty to the bar OF public opinion upon
the charge that in federal elections
that party does not obey the law OF
the land, to say the least, excites de-
rision.
There hasn't been an honest fed
eral election In any Southern state
since 1870. The law OF the land.
obedience to which suddenly con-
Germs Southern Senators, has been
openly and contemptuously flouted
In every federal election in every
Southern state. There is not the
slightest pretense In the South of
conforming to the mandates of
the federal Constitution as regards
the rights of citizens 10 vote.
hA "a Ia
tions less than 90 per cent of the
legal citizenship of the South exer-
cises the right of franchise In fed
eral elections. In some states the
proportion runs as low as less than
per cent. There is not Demo-
cratic senator from any Southern
state who was elected in conformity
with the United States Constitution
and the federal election laws.
There was not Democratic
senator who arose to denounce the
seating of Senator Newberry who
has a right to his own seat we're his
credentials examined and passed up
on In accordance with the provisions
OF the United States Constitution.
II the federal laws were enforced
In the South. there would be but a
party which now exists. for five
sixths OF its representation in the
House OF Representatives would be
eliminated.
The entire opposition to the seat
ing of Senator Newberry Is the af-
| termath OF the failure OF the Will
son administration and the Demo-
cratic national and congressional or
4 na los 10
nomination in Michigan through dis
reputable methods that we're justi-
fled publicly because they kept
within the law. owing to a vital
weakness in the Michigan primary
laws.
The entire machinery of the Will
son regime. the publicity bureaus of
the government, financed by money
from the federal treasury, were di-
rected against the candidacy of
to go down to defeat witnessing the
rape of his own party primaries b.
| the Democratic administration or he
had to raise funds privately to wage
a campaign of publicity that offset
the campaign conducted out of the
United State treasury by the Demo-
Because he did the latter and
won. be became the obpect OF undy-
| Ing hatred and malicious abuse by
the Wilson administration The
Democratic party organization has
fallen heir to this heritage of hatred
and has sought by every means that
( was foul TO obtain revenge upon
| Newberry by unseating him and de-
fs.r ts,ar IA
acter. but the Republican state of
Michigan.
The charges of corruption which
were launched against Newberry
utterly collapsed when the time
, came to sustain them.
The whole opposition simmered
down in the last hours OF the de-
bate to the ridiculous proposition
that spending money for advertis-
, ms Is corruption because such adj
vertising bribes the editorial columns
of the newspapers which carry IL.
, Never before has such an absurd
and untenable proposition been
made,---a proposition which is as
! much OF libel on the character
! of the newspapers of the country as
the charges against Newberry were
| iibelous in regard to him.
/ The charge that carrying adver-
tising briDes the editorial Influence
of newspaper. which was freely
made by the opposition to Newherry
In the closing hours OF the debate
is typical of the entire case which
was framed up against Mr.. Newber-
ry,-a case which had It's origin in
the inner circles OF the Wilson
regime. and which had for It's mo
tive the glut for revenge upon both
the man and the party which de-
feated the attempts of the Wilson
regime to steal seat In the United
States Senate through prostitution
OF the primary election of sover-
eign state.