Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-19
Right to Seat Given
Nerberry By SenQte
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advertised manufacturer, just IS lie
had claimed. 1t also declared that the
Senate does not approve OF excessive
expenditures, establishing a rule for
the future government Of cases before
the Senate.
The vote of 46 to Al in favor q
Newberry came nearly on party lines,
although few radical Republicans
joined the Democrats or the vote.
If rumor of disfranchisement of
|colored men in certain sections Of the
south is true, it is possible that some
southern senators, who We're not as
rightly entitled to 4 seat in the Sen
a,&, as is Michigan's junior senator,
WED against him.
HXry Ford, world famous manu-
|factner, and the worlds riches. man,
has now had expressed, not only the
preference of the Republicans Of
Michigan at a direct primary, but the
preference of the people Of Michigan
Expressed at an election and the sol
omn verdict Of the i.ation on that cleo
ton EXPIRE ssed by the Nation, through
the medium Of the United States Sen
late.
Following will be found the full
text of Senator Newberry's address IN
the senate, which convinced his fellow
senators that he was entitled TO be
member Of that law-making body:
Mr.. President: I cannot remain
silent any longer during the con-
federation of my right TO represent
thAstate of Michigan as one Of it,
Senators. / did not volunteer t.
appear before the committee Of the
senate which took testimony in this
tnetter, because | really had no in
Formation that would assist in the
OF the charges flied by
my opponent. It seems to me that
1.-The time has come to speak, because
my silence may be misunderstood by
my friends.
AS my colleagues in this body
know, and as is also well known by
my associates and constituents in the
state Of Michigan, l am not accus-
toned to public speech and whatever
service / have been able to render to
my country or to others has been en-
Itirssy along lines remote from oral
debate. Therefore, earnestly re-
quest my associates in the senate to
permit me to proceed with my state
ment without interruption.
| shall state the whole case as !
know it, fully, frankly and honestly
as in the presence Of God and before
my fellow senators in this great tri-
bunal; and | shall do this just as COM
pletely as / am able to do it. | can
ado absolutely nothing to what l am
about to state to the senate.
must abide by whatever effect
it may have upon the conscience and
the judgment Of the members Of this
body.
1t is perhaps unnecessary for me
to say that / shall confine myself
strictly and entirely to the facts as
II know them to be, and shall not
attempt in any sense, either by ar
gument or appeal, to affect in the
slightest degree the Judgment OF this
body. So far as l am concerned, ! de-
sire that the facts as they are shall!
determine this matter.
Took Navy Office.
On the sixth day OF June 1917,
was commissioned lieutenant COM
mander in the United States navy
and on the twenty-third Of the FOL
lowing month, that is, July %, l9l'l
was assigned to the Third nayai
district, with headquarters in the
H1boklyn navy yard, which some
months later was moved to Chambers
stvet, New York City. l Immediately
took up my duties there and from
that day, July 90, 1917, until after
tho signing of the armisticc, Noyem-
boil, 1918, | was never in Michigan