The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-12
barometer of Public Opinion
The Ncwbcrry Case
Editor world

Editor World.
some Of the democratic papers are very
mu'n aBlihtod about the Ncwbcrry case and
IN" ihot that senator Harrold is going to vote
t"r MIN to retain his Scat In the senate. Flee
tl"hS nave beon corrupted by Acknowledgement
OF electors, by Tissue ballots bv acttinl pur-
chase Of votes and by tho modern gcntlemanly
manner OF manipulating tho adding machin ne
but history furnishes no parallel tn tho Nnv,.
berry case which began the day the tin lizzie
maker walked into the White House ana waa
mere Transformed into fun -fedged senatorial
t'huldhto Ford has never been accused Of
having any qualifications for the senate or any
legislative position, lie probably qualified as
request OF Tumulty, he contributed S5OOOO.OO
70 lhe wilson campaign fund In 1913. Wilson
knew that the house going against him
and no doubt he feared that the narrow margin
In the senate would be wiped out Ford had the
money employed thousands OF laborers and
mlsht turn the trick, oven in Michigan. That
state has the crnAost primary law that has
ever been DEVISED. Ford was TO run on the
democratic ticket without opposition, and to
run on the republican ticket ana If possible
win the nomination so to- walk in
without Opposition In the general election
Ford was an ideal democratic candidate. lie
started n magazine, had the free benefit of
Crcels publicity department In all the picture
shows and presented each OF the Ford clubs In
the state with automobiles. They were pre-
pared to go some even II FORD had sailed the
Peace ship kept son Edsel out of the war and
had stated that when the war was over that ne
would pun down the American flag from his
factory and hoist an international flag
While this appears as the Ncwberry case, he
was never the storm center. Any other re-
publican would have Jared about the same
Michlghn republicans were not fools. They
saw what was In front OF them and went ITO
the bat ON primary recount Newberry was
4,JJi votes In the lead.
From our study OF that situation we were
forced to the conclusion that the question
whether Nowbcrry had, or did not have money
they were going to got his scalp. one man
admitted that he spent *l1oo.OO ana would
willingly have spent all he had to beat Ford
because his boy had to go to war and Ford's
influence kept Edsel out No doubt many like
him wasted money, but they knew they were
Fighting millionaire, Creeps publicity plant
and the admintStration, and they afraid
to be nesligent on october "a. 1918, the presi-
dent threw the gmnd hailing sign of distress
! and demanded democratic victory. lie
spilled the beans" increased the republican
majority In the house and gave us the senate
| by a majority OF one.
| Despair and ruin hung the powers at
! Washington. In their desperation something
| had to he done, to the day. There were
! two chances They might knock out Moses. of
| New Hampshire or Newberry, OF Michigan.
! 81, 1921, tCongressional Record page S95O)
Watson Of Georgia, said to the senate:
How many people In this country know
that In addition to the district attorney and his
assistants the attorney-general and his
| pockets OF lawyers to have convicted Mr.. New
| berry and his friends? How many people know
that the department OF Justice was eager to
! put Newberry In the penitentary whore h.
! could not vote against he league OF nations,
! that they sent more than 100 secret service
men to Michigan and kept them for months
! hard at work to drum up testimony which they
could not find?
1t is said that the department Of justice under
! MIR. Mitchell Palmer spent more than $40O ,0OO
| in their efforts to convict Mr.. Ncwberry and
| send him TO the penitentiary. Were they
! simply trying TO get rid OF Newberry, We're
! they trying to get Ford in? That IN a common
! sense question. A mere vacancy here was not
worth 100000 1t is not worth that much
| now"
No wonder Newberry was convicted. Think
| OF the hundreds OF sleuths, masters in the art
OF securing testimony well whore 1t not
as where It was reveling in the $4OO 900 wrung
| from the dear people for the purpose Of
! party" Put Newberry In the penitentary and
| Ford In the senate, and democracy would be
safe in tho senate. However with only va
cancy by reason of Newberry gelng to the Ieni-
| tentary, party interests would have been cared
for by the vice-president who In party matters
| than right" At that time they did not realize
that Fords vote could not save the league of
| nations. According to Watson. OF Georgia
Ford must have been something OF financier
| ON November 81, 1921, page 1850 of the Con.
that Ford got si40O0,0oO out OF the Eagle
boats which were either useless or not con-
structed." Then watson gets more definite
| from the department record and states
that Ford Motor Co received sg49 900 for tools
not delivered, 81. 600 for tractors not de-
Nvered s5,5l7 900 for spare parts not delivered
Those Items added to the Eagle boat farce make
| $20,a7b,0O0, II occurs to one that $4,000 cast
upon the waters in 1919 when Tumulty said
"Henry come across" realized a wonderful per
| cent us an investment, was that pronteering
! or something else? His methods appear to
ccssful--uonc Of the rough stuff OF the hi
/ jacker llc is now trying to play shell game
| with congress TO skin the country out OF Mus
| Gle shoals property. We have democratic au-
| thority In this because when democrats get to
| telling the truth on each other the real facts
| are stated In picturesque language,
Watson was against the league " nations and
did not worship at the shrine of Wilson. The
! Wilson league senator's are against Newberry for
purely partisan purposes. Democratic sena-
tors from Alabama and Arkansas are making
some noise In 1918 In Alabama democratic
senator received b4,SS0 votes. but Newberry
ceived l26,477 votes. Alabama had $4,000
male citizens over 81 years OF age and Arkau-
sas had almost $4,000, In 1920 the Michigan
I republicans must have been greatly discouraged
over the administration charges against New
berry Tor they only gave Harding $4,000 more
votes than Cox received. To be plain. few
| republican senators are making fools OF them
selves They have to mako noise in order
that people may know that they are there They
want TO stand very erect that they generally
lean considerably backward. l hope that will
never find on my ballot the name OF a man who
has voted to unseat Truman II. Newberry In
this contest l will not vote for half breed
republican because he is on my ticket
AVN CAMPBELL