The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-01-18
Editorial Resolutions on
The NeWberry Result

NEW YORK TRiBtNE The rc-
solution uf senator willis Of Ohio.
which has the force Of "a rider to Jhr
ScnHio's action confirming senator
NcwhortN In his scat. errs in going
too far or in o coins fHr nousu
u condemns the ~oNpcndttur, uf
$3.50. 600 made In senator Nowberry'a
behalf thereby implying that such aa
expenditure Is necessarily corrupt. but
then q In no wise indicates what
principle 81 limitation should be M
PRODUCED There Us thus practically al
accusation against Senator Ncwbcrry.
Set no suggestion OF remedy Of the
abuse complained Of.
There are two sorts OF limitation
that might DC established. namely
n flNire d per vutcr cNncnditura
that u Permissible. or second. "a ls'
of the purposes FOR which mone, ,ta
lc spent S1nutur Millls prnuofss
neither nor any other.
Michigan has o. votinE p~hpulutIlu
Of . zoe ami AN expenditure Of
Sta0.0o0 Is but about 80 cents per
capita. u Seems uons"nsicai 10 ,ua-
tenn that TINS sum d. necessarily or
even prcsumptiVeh. corrupt. 10
carr' on statcNid primary campaigns
b. expensive II an the money -ueut
Zoo behalf of Senate ia Ioncttu
whose vutl" i~ shocked we're sei
down % would Doe more han thlriy
cents pet voter ", must give up the
primary or not be alarmed ut The
liii
10 send one circular 10 each voter
In Il presidential campaign Gusts
81 zoo 900 ns General Moods mani.
gees discovered
II D. time to end The ~hypocri-y that
attends the discussion of oampai-n
funds, and to haye specific las.
whose consequences aic faced.
PHILADELPHIA ntIIETIN
Public sentiment in The United atat.s
Is sci against the large expenditure
or money IN political campaigns.
barrel unless % Be- wen covered up.
is "a handicap rather than an aid. Tor
any candidate thosc days There b.
no voice OF approval for the methoIs
ana measure OF expenditure which
marked the Ncwbcrry senatorial cam.
paign in Michigan in 1919.
But when an that - snid ana nd
United. iair-mindcd men. seeking to
Dee just n without h-yprncris,. can.
not nil t. remember that when Mr
Nowbcrry was making the ughi
against Henry Ford that year. he re-
Presented the patriotic natioDnlism OF
the United States against the inter-
n~Htirnallsm OF the whliOm papifst.
The latter assured the democratic
nomination, was seeking to raptpre the
republican primaries, Il was not al
hat time a party contest hut rash.r
me battl" Of an intensely loyal Amer
ichnism against y brand Tat had beesi
regarded as dubious, az least in ~
Nagarics n lack Of xlrllity.
The Y~eUuhltnuu ausf. - a.. 49,
country and not a few outside the
party lines. were pulling" for New.
berry lie was running against tho
best advertised nan in the country
against the concentrated power of the
rational administration against "a
u who hadn't stopped Ia count MS
millions and az that tfinc there was
NO lack ~ law-rcspeeIins aud law.
abiding citizens in tho United Rtsts.
"h" did not think % n crime Or u
moral oftoises 10 spend money TO best
Henry Ford assuming uiui the money
was not "a he spent In the purchas. ~
Votes or tho corrnptioh OF the ballot
tut In The appeal and agitation Of st.
ttimntc cempHiening
u was regarded ne an nNceptlnnhi
crisis, with much more than the Mich
lgan SENATORIAL scat at sake. Frank.
". a widespread public sentiment
considered that the and and the cir
'imstanc"s justified tho menns. To
day the moral sense OF the nation D.
strongly registered against such cam
paign expenditure. but cuufcssinv a..
charge ~ inconsistency, ~ cannot h.
forgotten that " waVered from H.
own ideals whcr he cancention Of.
AmerIcanism was challenged in the
DAYS " the war and N~cwberry. the
volunteer In the uniform Of he ser
noe. stood as its type Of Amrticln
citizenship.
WICHITA BEACONl-Aner one Of
the most virulcnt campalgna ever
made against an elected official scn-
ator Newherry has been indicated
by q vote Of his colleagues His re-
cord has been raked and examined
with miscroscopic cafe, and accord
ing tn the Judgment ~ thr asuate
nothing has been found that Judi
Gates fraud of corruption.