The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-20

| | no such thing.
 ITO show you that the Supreme l Court meant that we had chance
 10 pass on this thing and that it was
 our duty to do so, listen: The major | ity opinion, written by Mr. Justice | McReynolds, deals only with the question of the constitutionality of the act and concludes with these l words. Now 1 read what Mr. Nc | Reynolds, of the Supreme Court, said:
 "'As leach House shall be the
 judge of the elections, qualifications,
 and returns of it's own members" *
 the National Government is not
 without power to protect itself against corruption, fraud, or other
 malign inhuences.'
 "Senators, we are now called upon
 to protect the Government from fraud
 and corruption in the securing of
 seat in the Senate What did MT.
 Justice Pitney say? They tried to get
 the court out there in Michigan, the
 Federal judge, Republican, to
 charge the jury that in the light of
 the evidence 1t ought 10 aCquit Mr.
 Newberry, and Federal judge in his own State refused to do it. The opin- ion of Justices Pitney, Brandies and Clarke upheld the courts refusal to direct verdict for the defendants
 MT. Justice Pitney, in his opinion, says:
 Tt may be said, however, that, in my opinion the trial court did not err in refusing to direct a verdict for the defendants for want of evidence of the alleged conspiracy; nor in in struCting the jury that the DrOhibi tion of the statute against the eNpen- diturc and use of money by candi- date beyond the specified limit is not confined to his own money, but ex- tends to the expenditure or use of excessive sumc of money by him. from whatever source and from whomsoevcr derived.'
 MT. President, if the position taken by the Senator from Conncc~ ticut (Mr. McLean) is to become the | position of this body, God help the States of this Union!
 "Nindication by the Supreme Court? The Supreme Court has not vindicated Mir. Newberry, and mo- body can vindicate him under this tcs timony, You may by your votes seat him; you may have dinners like you had last night, as the rumor has it, and Senators may be sent for to go to the White House but you arc not going to vindicatc him in the light Of this testimony until you do it at the judgment bar of the American people.
 "I thank God that the terms of Senators are fixed, and that every six years they have to go back and sub init their claims 10 the people of the various states ,and if they forget the people at home and surrender here and refuse to protect the honor ana of this body and safeguard the rights of the American people, here is another trial to be had when hcy themselves must stand up ac- ,used before those who will render the verdict. l am glad that is the case.
 The Senator from Nebraska (Mr Norris) in what will go down in the Record as a classic Of powerful and sarcasm that he delivered 1ere yesterday, bristling and burning with truth, said: The question is, Shall the sale of this Newberry seat De confirmed?' That is the question: He summed 1t up i'll magnificent ashion. In that short statement he las told the truth of the story, the whole story: Shall the sale of this ,eat be confrmed?' That is the ques- ion that we as United States Sen ltors have to decide.
 "Mr President, that is all I care o say at this time 1 wanted to make his brief statement following the beech of the Senator from Connec- ( icut because 1 want those who read The Record to know that there are