Evening star., 1922-01-08
THREATS ALLEGED
.:e:s=IN NEWBERRY FIGHT
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penditures. Senator Townsend, bang.
ing his desk; declared:
There were three candidates, all
classed as. milIionaires. have heard
former Gov. Osborn mentioned as poor
Mr.. Osborn. but do not believe he
realized that, because he is very
wealthy. So is Mr.. Newberry and so
,is Mr.. Fora -" .
!. Senator Townsend said there were
few men IN; the United States as rich
as Henry Ford. Asked which was
the weather.. Newberry or Osborn,
Senator. Townsend waved away the
question.
Il don't know anything about that"
he shouted. When men get q rating
as mil1ionaires their wealth grows
rapidly. in the public mind. But all of
the candidates were rich. 1t was no
campaign against a poor man. No
poor man lost his, change, because
there was no poor man in the race"
Taking up the evidence as to ex-
penditures of which, he insisted, Sen
ator Newberry had no knowledge,
Senator Townsend declared:
1--WE all suffer from the acts Of our
fool friends. All Of US here in this
Senate have friends who do things for
us which we do not know of or ap-
prove"
Mr.. Townsend, speaking of the
charges made against agents of the
Newberry committee, said he never
had understood why Ford's counsel
had not called Fred Cody to testify.
Cody, the senator said. had been
charged with about everything" and
vet, he added. the alleged agent never
was suggested as a witness.
IT cannot understand" he COM
tinued, why he was not called, unless
the Ford lawyers and the democrats
here in the Senate thought 1t would
be better to speculate as to what
Cody had done rather than to have
the facts
Senator Walsh, democrat, of Mon
tana, interrupted to inquire about
some testimony in the record Of the
Senate investigation. He differed
with Mr.. Townsend as to statementa
resumed his speech with, the remark
"Tm not attempting to trace out
details. believe that If these men
(the Newberry committee managers
were dishonest, they would have hxeo
up these details. They would have
made the details dovetail if they de-
sired to be crooked"
Conofor CQrawav. democrat. OF
Arkansas, rose then and the presiding
officer asked II MIR. Townsend would
sIil yield for a question, but not
for an argument with the Senator
from Arkansas" replied the Michigan
"Oh, we'll, he don't have to yield to
me at ALL" retorted Mr.. Caraway;
"He can't put any conditions on me"
Attacks HeAim. StanA.
Senator Townsend took up the
statements of Senator Hefiin. demo-
crat, Alabama, who declared that he
proposed to submit a series OF Ques-
tions which, he said, might prove en-
barrsssing to Mr.. Newberry. ME-,
Townsend asserted that Mr.. Hehih
had no right to treat a colleague In
that manner. and added: =.
And II he does, I shall think less
of him than 1 do now"
Mr. Helm replied to this by saying
that he had no intention to heckle
Mr.. Newberry.
Senator Trammel, democrat, Flor
ida. also engaged in exchanges with
Mr., Townsend. and into these col
loqutes entered Senator Spencer. re-
publican. Missouri, who IL leading the
night for Newberry, and Senator
tWaio1, democrat, Montana, q otrone
opponent Of the Michigan senator:
Senators Spencer and Walsh SPARED