Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-11
PeDDer Placed on Grill
After Newberry Speech
Pennsylvania Senator Discovers Address
Didn't Please Democrats.

that he will be here with for some time,
Being a man of such punctilious honor
and seeing in it matter of honor where
possibly dull and obtuse men might not,
| I will advert to the record in the case.
ION the 18th day Of January the case
| came up, and the case is dead and over
so far as l am concerned. I have not
brought up this matter. If the Senator
from Pennsylvania had not seen fit to
make this speech I never would have
mentioned the Newberry case, certainly
not here but a resolution regarding the
Newberry case was proposed, and an
amendment was adopted and the resolu-
ton then read and l ask the Senator
from Pennsylvania to bear with me while
1 read it:
Resolved. etc: Third, That whether
the amount expended in this primary
was S195, 600 as was fully reported and
openly acknowledged, or whether there
were some few thousand dollars in excess,
the amount expended was in either case
too large, much larger than ought to
have been expended. The expenditure of
such excessive sums in behalf Of a candi-
date, either with or without his knowl-
edge and consent, being contrary to
sound public policy, harmful to the
honor and dignity OF the Senate, and
| dangerous to the perpetuity Of a free
Government, such excessive expenditures
are hereby severely condemned and dis
approved"
This knight Of the common people,
who has lifted many a lance and hurled
it forward, and shot out many whizzing
javelins in behalf of the common people,
entered the Senate. A record of 1000
pages OF testimony was before him. l
would not be SO offensive as to pre-
sumo that he voted without reading those
1000 pages, although he had but two
days in which to do it.
SEES NO MORAL
ISSUE INVOLVEp.
1.-THE Senator from Pennsylvania saw
no moral question involved. He saw no
difficulty, he found Nd obstacle In voting
| that the expenditures IN the Newberry
| case were contrary to public morals and
| derogatory to the best interests Of the
| Senate and were undermining the
! foundations Of the republic. He put his
blessing, his seal of approval upon the
method by voting to seat the member,
and then charges all of the Democrats
with having violated their consciences
and stained their own honor in voting
to deny a seat to a man who procured
It by methods that he says undermine
the republic.
$50, 1 will now, again disclaiming any
desire to be improperly contentious or
offensive, ask the Senator into what
category he puts William S. Kenyon.
William z, Borah, Arthur Capper, Edwin
E. Ladd. Howard Sutherland and Wes-
ley L. Jones of Washington? 1 cannot
remember them all.
Did those eight men who voted hap
pen to vote and do 1t as the minority side
viewed the case? Did they violate their
/ honor, or are they absorbed from all
blame because they happen to be Re
publicans7 Or did they give this a ju-
dicial cast? Did they look upon 1t jR-
Ideally, or is the Senator excusing them,
or is he condemning them? What is his
answer to thatT
without specifying individual Sena-
tors" Mr.. Pepper replied, II think can
fairly answer the question addressed to
me by saying my remarks had no ap-
plication TO any Senator who dssents
from the following statement on page
( 2020 Of the Congressional Record, but
were directed to any Senator who re-
affirmed those remarks. The remarks to
| which 1 refer are these, and quote
from the speech Of the senior Senator
/ from Missouri (Mr. Reed.
REED SAYS FAVOR
MEANT DIsHONOR.
Their is not a Senator who voted
for this resolution who did not brand
/ in red letters above and over and across
! his political record the word 'dishonor'"
Il answer the Senator by saying that
my remarks have no reference to any
Senator who disssnted from that view,
and they are applicable to any Senator
who subscribed to IT,"
Then why did not the Senator say
that in his speech before the Albany
County Republican Club" Senator Ash
urst inquired.
4 am not sufficiently familiar with
the procedure in the Senate to be aware
to what length a catechism Of this sort
should be carried" Senator Pepper an
swered II am quito ready to answer
any questions that the Senate will be
! patient enough to have me answer but l
am not DESTROYS Of continuing the matter
further"
( II want to thank the Senator" Mr..
Ashurst responded. He has answered
the questions I propounded. I do not
wish to pursue the matter any further
/ The Senator has avowed the speech and
san every Democrat stained his soul
with dishonor, but that the eight Repub-
licans did not
The discussion might have gone on fur
Their, but Senators Lodge and Brandegee
obtained the floor and put an end to 1t.
There were promises, however, the de-
bate might be resumed at a later date.
The Democrats wish to keep the New
berry case before the public. They regard
It as their best political card IN the
forthcoming campaign.-Copyright 1922,
! by Public Ledger Company.
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