The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1922-01-11
Senator Kenyon Says Newberry's
Sent Was Purchasd

Senator William s. Kenyon o.
Iowa, the leader by the right o
, ability of the western group of Pro
gressive Republican Senators, in {
!. speech supplementing the great de
liverances of Senators Pomerent
(Dem., Ohio.) and Walsh (Dem.
Mont.,), disclosed a new factor In
the Newberry senatorial case wher
he asserted that the social lobby ha6
been active in behalf of Senator
Newberry.
This means, of course, that the
Newberry supporters have exhausted
the last efforts to bolster up his case
by what may be called the plea OF
the petticoats. By invoking the aid
of the feminine sex in this case, the
inevitable comparison is raised of a
male offender hiding behind a wom-
ans skirts. After reviewing the law
bearing upon the case and present
ing some of the major facts Senator
Kenyon made this summary:
81 assert that under the record
the following conclusions can rea-
sonably, safely and legitimately be
drawn:
THAT the committee expended ap-
proximately S263,0O0.
THAT the comittee violated the
Federal Statute and the statutes of
Michigan, and that such action en-
tered into the election through the
primary.
THAT the committee was not a
voluntary committee. 1t was picked
by Mr.. Newberry.
THAT Mr.. Newberry was RESPONSE
BILE for the acts of the committee,
and that the agency of Cody and
King is established beyond question,
and he would be responsible in a
civil action for debts contracted by
them in the campaign.
THAT Mr.. Newberry knew about
the campaign, financially and other
wise, and knew of most of the ex-
penditures of the campaign.
That a part of the money spent
in the campaign was actually the
money of Mr.. Newberry."
Denying that the Newberry case
is any test of Republicanism, Sena-
tor Kenyon says:
at is an insult to the Republican
party to claim that a vote on this
question is test of .Republicanism.
1t is an insult to the millions of Re-
publicans throughout the country to
maintain that the majority in this
body must be maintained through
corrupt elections. The people of
the country have a right to inquire
as to the proposition of fixing a
price on seats in this body"
Elsewhere he said:
There is no use beating about
the bush in this case. The cold fact
is that this seat in the Senate was
purchased, and the price paid was
at least $263,0O0."
He made 1t plain how the public
view these enormous expenditures
in campaigns by referring to the
primary campaigns of Governor
Lowden and General Wood last year.
and theoretically contrasted the at
titude of two Lowden delegates with
Mr.. Newberry's attitude that he
knew nothing of the campaign when
be said:
1--WE had two precious scoundrels
Of the Missouri delegation who were
Tor Lowden for President, and who
Rad $4,000 a piece of Lowden mon
~ in their pockets or lip the bank.
They did not seem to see anything
or strange about that. They
'at there with. brazen effrontery
md bland countenances; they had
no statute. The Republic
ANS did not dare to nominate Gen ;
'ral Wood or Governor Lowden, be-
,ause of the enormous expenditures
n their campaigns
Referring to attacks made upon ]
Henry Ford by Newberry supporters. |
senator Kenyon said:
THE President of the United ]
states evidently did not share in {
his belief of many Republicans that I
dr. Ford was such dangerous citi- |
en-. for he spent a very pleasant
ew days in camping with him and q
theirs some months ago. Secretary I
Weeks, who has suddenly leaped in s
o fame as the destroyer OF the ag- I
icultural bloc. did not share this s
pinion. because he had Mr.. Ford
ONE to see him about Muscle 6
hoals."
In his concluding sentences sena-