The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-09

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'15l Solie1. now Insist tint this has
4 G1a ~ resolt q ~ lsftsr writ
II W DecSotsSy e Dtnte Huehes
1Yg Nov Jefoey clergyman. insist
|ing that, from . Legal sta14Dolnt
IN senator Iron 1ichfe1aSs title
10 HI eeat 10 unaentjable.
b Docause The secretary q N &C
dive member d Presi6ent Har6ing's
Ecabi1et his uttefancss must b 80
oopt1d - moro o. less ofnc1al."
EDITORS Insist, and they are oebat-
tng them from this angle. II gen
sefally also ID agreed that from now
/ on the statement Of the secretary.
sHa1e Just before he started down
ito Mo. becomes m integral part Of
] the campaign. and An issue In al
cougressionai fights.
Comment 10 naturally more or
lees tinged with paftisauship, the
uenocratic view being voiced by
thu Baltimore Sun lind. DEM. de-
daring that 'Newberry is too damn
~ 3 spot to be rubbed ont even BY
D manipulstor OF Mr.. Hughes abil-
] n.y.. Mr.. Hughes pleading Is al
most purely technical. Il ignores
wholly the moral evidence. We re-
call NO other Job which Mr.. Hughes
has done 80 badly. Probably no
one else could have done 1t any
batter" The Newark News (Ind.)
suggests that Secretary of State
Hughes has tried to do a nice turn
for Senator Ffelinghuysen. The
Hughes letter 10 notable for mat
terB in connection with the New
berry case that are left unmen-
toned. As counsel for the Michi-
gan senator, Mr.. Hughes puts up as
strong defense as was possible
tor his client. The letter of Secre-
tary Hughes is . campaign docu-
ynent. Under these circumstances
congress can mot. without stultify-
Ing itself, pass a pending bill that
has been heretofore favored to pre-
vent the repetition of such lavish
expenditures by candidates for the
senate and house OF representa-
tives. But because both political
parties profess to be "scandalised'
by the lavish expenditures Of their
opposition, the New York Times
(Ind. Dem.) asks why not be hon.
est? Why not admit the obvious
fact that this system of the peo-
pies will necessarily means the
pouring out Of money? The people
who kick at Newberry-and he
ought to be Kicked at-must always
do what he did, with comparative
I economical expenditures for thei1
own region, In their own district
for diffusing themselves among o.
intelligent people,"
The New York Herald lind. Rep.)
also sees in the primary system thu
real cause for the Newberry ex.
penditures and feels certain that he
was victim Of his friends because
mo wise man IL going to defend
the spending Of huge sums to nom
inAke or elect men whose only 20
lfticAl asset ID their wealth, but be
fore passing on the morality OF 20
liticAl expenditure all the circum
stances OF the case should be con
sidered." The Dayton News dem.
holds that "Mr. Hughes has mud
died up the waters again in per
uniting himself to become involves
in . controversy which ii going II
play . big part in the November
political campaigns. Instead o
making the road easier for som,
candidate he has made 1t defnitel.
more difficult. In attempting q de
defense he has done that which
wtl1 be accepted everywhere as al
apology" The Detroit Free Pres
! lind Rep.). however, after sum
/, ming up the arguments agains
"Nswb6rryism,s says that the "cr,
the Democrats and their anti-Re
publican confederates have beef
raising is . lie and fake, manu-
featured in the hope that it coul
be used ~ smoke screen, and |
now ia blowing back In the face
Of those who uttered and publishe
H."