New-York tribune., 1922-01-13

against Truman H. Newberry be and Il
is hereby dismissed.
"l2) That Truman II. Newbcrry is
I hereby declared to be duly elected
Senator from the State of Michigan for
the term of six years commencing on
the fourth day of March, 1919, and is
erttied TO hold his seat in the Senate
of the United States
"(3) That whether the amount ex-
pended in this (Michigan) primary was
$4,000 as was fully reported or
openly acknowledged, or whether there
were some few thousand dollars in OK
cess, the amount expended was in
either case too large, much larger than
ought to have been expended. The cx-
pcnditurc Of such excessive sums in
behalf of candidate, either with or
without his knowledge and consent. be-
ing contrary to sound public policy,
harmful to tho honor and dignity Of
the Senate and dangerous to the per-
petulty of free government, such
excessive expenditures are hereby Sc
verely condemned and disapprovcd"
-Four Roll Calls in All
Aside from the final roll call, three
other roll calls were taken. One WAS
on an amendment, offered by Senator
Norris, to the majority resolution
known as the Spencer resolution
which would have held Senator New
berry not entitled to his seat; another
was on the substitute resolution of
Senator Walsh Of Montana, holding
the Ncwberry election was in violation
of the law of Michigan and the Federal
law and that ho was not duly elected;
and another was on a substitute reso-
luton by Senator Owen, of Oklahoma,
holding Mr. Newberry not entitled to
his scat because his relatives and
friends had expended approximately
100000 in the Michigan primary cam
paign and because such a precedent
would be harmf, y the dignity Of the
government of the United States.
The Norris amendment and the two
substitute resolutions failed by the
same lineup as in the final vote.
Doubt Holds Long Time
The closing scenes were marked by
extreme interest among Senator's and
among large crowds in The galleries. So
close was the situation that until late
this afternoon many observers eX-
pressed doubt of the result. Intensive
Efforts of the Senate Republican lead
ers to muster votes for Senator New
the Michigan Senator by five votes,
which was substantially the margin on
which the leaders reckoned. Within the
last twentyfour hours the decision of
Senators Willis, of Ohio, and Poin-
dexter, of Washington, to align them
selcs for Mr.. Ncwbcrry greatly relieved
the tension for the Republican leaders,
Until almost the last too, there was
uncertainty as to how Senator Pepper
the new Senator from Pennsylvan MIA, ,
would vote. for he had informed leaders
in opposition to Mr.. Newbcrry that he
would make a study of the case, Sena
tor Watson, of Georgia, Democrat.
though he had spoken for Mr.. New
berry, was absent, and hence did not
vote and was not paired. Friends Of
Mr.. Ncwbcrry feared he would throw
his vote against Mr.. Newberry at the
last minutes.
The opponents of Mr.. Newberry were
disappointed in the failure of Senator
Hiram Johnson, of California, to re-
turn in time to cast vote. He is
understood to be on his way to Wash
ington from San Francisco. Senate
leaders said Senator Johnson would
have voted for Mr.. Newberry, but oppo-
nents of Mr.. Newberry said that vir-
tually he would have been forced to
vote against the Michigan man.
Debate this afternoon was marked
by heat and bitterness. Senator La
Toilette, of Wisconsin. made the final
speech, just before the decisive roll
call. He declared that the people Of
the United States were interested in
the Newberry case beyond even the
armament conference or any ques-
tion before Congress.
Newberry's is Thirteenth Case
"All other questions are pushed
aside he said, land the public is
asking just one question--whether it
is possible to buy a seat in the United
States Senate for a quarter of
Are seats in that body up for sale to
the highest bidder"
Contrasting this case with the Lori
mer case, Mr.. La Toilette declared it
was worse than the Lormer case. He
charged the seat of Mr.. Newberry had
been "procured" by an expenditure of
100000 to 100000. In answer to a
question. he said:
"lf the sitting members right to his
seat is confirmed | think MIR. Lorimer
ought to be called back, for think
he's got mighty sight better title
than the sitting member
senator LID L OlISttS ISCdiISU tHdt
Mr. Lorimer had been seated by vote
of the Senate, but later the case was
brought up q second time and then
Lorimer was unseated. He declared
the Newbcrry case, too, might be re-
opened Going into history, he said
that this was the thirteenth case in
the Senate in which corruption was
charged. He warned his colleagues
this question would be an issue before
the people.
Lenroot's View Is Opposite
Senator Lenroot, colleague of Sen
ator La Toilette, also spoke in the
course of the afternoon. He supported
Senator Newberry. He declared he
could not believe that Senator New
berry, when he got up in the Senate
and said he was innocent, was "a
liar" He contended that the large
expenditure of money in Michigan had