Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-01-20

face. The good of the whole nation
is above and beyond the friendship
of any man or the welfare Of any
man. The good of the nation demands
that seats in the body shall not be
purchased that they shall be secured
through the free and fair and frank
expression of the voters of the various
states. I realize that the stage is
completely set for this performance;
that there will be very few votes from
this side Of the chamber against Mr..
Newberry retaining his seat
know the effective pleas that have
been made. know the activities of
the social bloc and how effective it
is. Do not talk so much about the
agriculture bloc; talk little about
the social bloc.
It would please me personally, be-
cause Of my liking for Mr.. Newberry,
to vote that he is entitled to his seat,
but | can not in conscience do so.
realize men will vote on this case who
have given absolutely no study to the
record. It was thought it could be
showed through Speedily at a time
when the country's attention was di-
verted by the disarmament confer
ence, but that did not succeed. There
are those who will rush in at the last
moment who have been out of the
chamber during the discussion, who
can not explain this record to their
constituents, and who will vote to seat
Mr.. Newberry simply for party rea-
sons. There are others who will not
vote; others who will be paired.
Some, of course, for perfectly legiti-
mate reasons, will vote for Mr.. New
berry's right to his seat. There are
some who will have official business
elsewhere, but the people are going to
understand the whole proceeding.
The senate does not today stand
any too well with the people of the
United States. That is unfortunate,
because it is a body of splendid men,
earnestly devoted to the best welfare
of the country. When the brand Of
approval was put upon the Stephen
son campaign in Wisconsin, the SEN
ate suffered in the opinion of the coun-
try; when the brand of approval of
the Newberry campaign is now placed
by the senate upon his seat, it will
suffer still more. The price Of seats
in the senate has been going up. SEN
ator Morrill,, Of Vermont, expressed
horror at the expenditure of $4,000
in the Caldwell case. The Stephenson
case raised the mark to 100000 The
Newberry case raises it to $263,0OG,
though it should be considered in
perfectly fair discussion of the price
of seats in the senate, that the pur-
chasing power Of the dollar has di-
Will the People Stand for Such Out
RACES Much Lonoer2
1ulSx Will AOL U0 Cll0 last Ol lie NEW
berry case. You can not brush aside
a thing Of this kind, even though
great and mighty international ques-
tions are before the people. 1t goes
to the very fundamentals of the gov
eminent. The people of this coun-
try who love their government are
jealous Of its integrity and hate the
corrupting influences that purchase
seats in the congress. 1t is even
worse to do it in insidious ways than
to go out and buy it outright, as was
done in the Lorimer case. 1t requires
much more courage to buy elections
in that way than it does to buy them
in this way. If the price Of seats goes
up from 100000 in 1912 to 1858, 900
in 1921, it certainly ought to reach the
100000 mark in the next 10 years.
What opportunity is there for the av-
erage everyday citizen, man or woman
to aspire to a seat in thisbody? You