The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-02-10
PACIFIST VS.. PATRIOT

1ucIt Is llCllc udIISSI tHdc CiS PSo-
pie of the country will fail to under
stand the merits of the Ford-New-
berry contest in the United States
Senate" declares the Republican Pub
licity Association through it's Presi-
dent, Hon. Jonathan Bourne, Jr. "The
Democrats have tried to make the
amount of money expended in New
berry's campaign the sole issue, and,
unfortunately, circumstances have
been such as to make it easy for them
to ignore Ford and the influences
that were at work in his behalf. Peo-
pie are not so forgetful as the Demo-
cratic politicians apparently believe.
there will be no overlooking the
fact that Henry Ford was the rankest
kind of a pacifist. He was for peace
at any price. He was one of those
who contributed heavily to the 1916
Presidential campaign by means of
which Woodrow Wilson was reelected
to the Presidency on the false claim
that he kept US out of war; Mr.. Ford
was one of those internationalists who
would call upon the United States
to make the supreme sacrifice con-
templated by the Treaty of Versailles.
"This reference Of some of his ideas
is sufficient to demonstrate that he
was out Of touch with public sentiment
in Michigan. Nevertheless, because Of
his large industrial interests, the large
number of his employees, mad the ex-
ten Of his selling organization, to-
gether with publicity he had received
because of the popularity of the car
he manufactured, Mr.. Ford had a ire
mendous advantage in any political
campaign. Moreover, Mr.. Ford be-
came a candidate for the Senatorship
at the request of President Wilson,
and had the support of the Federal
machine in Michigan. All of these in
~fluences in his behalf, except the sup
port of Federal office holders, were
something which Mr.. Ford had a right
to utilize and no criticism can be made
against his receiving the benefit of
that political strength.
"But those facts must be kept in
mind in passing judgment upon the
methods which undertook to conduct a
campaign in behalf of MI. Newberry.
Newberry was in the navy. Two of his
sons and a son-in-law were also in the
military service of their country. The
committee of Republicans who under
took to meet the campaign conducted
in behalf of Mr.. Ford, was confront
ed by the task of getting clearly be-
fore the people of Michigan the real
significance of the attempted election
of Mr.. Ford to represent them in the
Senate. They were engaged in a con
test against influences which coulG
not be measured in dollars. They had
the alternative of either yielding the
election without a contest or expend.
ing money for publicity purposes X
such amount as might give them some
hope of winning. They wisely chose
the latter course and as a result the
man elected to the Senate is one who
truly represents public opinion in his
State as Mr.. Ford does not.
mo corruption is either charged OF
intimated. The real question was
therefore, whether, when a man Of
Ford's wide acquaintanceship and com
mercial connections becomes a candi.
date for office, those who did not be.
lieve him fit for the position mus,
quietly accede to his demands because
they were afraid to expend the funds
necessary in a publicity campaign to
give the voters of the State full in
formation regarding the issue. But
for the expenditure of a large sum of
money by Republican leaders Mr.. Ford
would have grabbed the Senatorship