Evening star., 1922-01-13

Per psnds:S, :,.i !1 sos shi: tMishiEsp, prin.s.rys
or openly scknowisdsed. 81 whsthsr
there was soMe few thou1nnn dol
lars In excess. the amount exrended
WAS In either case too large, mueh
larger than ought to hsvs been ex-
'sThe expenditure Of such sxceasive
SUM In behalf Of q candidate. either
with or without his knowledge and
consent. being contrary to sound pub
dignity 81 the Senate and dangerous
to the perpetuity OF q free govern
ment. such excessive expenditures are
hereby hereby severely condemned and disap-
Senaters Omit Until Moaday.
The end Of the Newberry contro-
versy came at s:1S p.m., and the sen.
ators. exhausted from the strain of
the battle. which had been waged un-
csssingiy on the floor and under the
surface for days, quit work until
The anal vote was taken after a
months. and after the democrats and
the nine republicans had made stren-
uous but futile efforts to upset the
program of the Newberry supporters.
Three resolutions. differing In phrase
ology but each declaring the seat
the same line.up which established
Mr.. Newberry's title to his seat. The
custer resolutions were those OF
Senator'S Walsh Of Montana and Owen
Of Oklahoma. democrats, and Norris
Of Nebraska. republican.
With the disposition Of the three
resolutions. Senator Cummins OF
Iowa, president pro tempore. began to
put the question which was to de.
cid. The eontFovsrsy. He did not not
fore Senator La Toilette. republican.
chair. He had not hitherto taken
part in the debate but. in the hush
that had settled down in anticipation
Q the Anal roll call. the Wisconsin
tion of the stand his party colleagues
were about to- take.
He made a lengthy comparison Of the
Newberry case with that Of the ousting
Of former Senator Lorimer Of Illinois.
and contended that the comparison was
favorable to Mr.. Lorimer.
1.-THE question. and the only ques-
tion here" Mr.. La Toilette declared dra-
mat1cally. ''is whether a seat in the
United States Senate can be bought f0r
,;on susfs'ss sn'ss,s q million or tor half mil
Then. almost with the suddennsss tina
| he began, Mr.. La Toilette sat down
saying as he did SO that he had desired
to speak longer. but that ne would yieh
to the one hour speech limitation i'm.
posed on senators by q unanimous con.
sent agreement.
Last Day Of Fight.
The last day Of the fight brought
continuation Of the conditions which
had prevailed practically all the week
Efforts were being made continuousl.
BY the leaders to reach an agreement
| por,v whin. vy.re husv rhey knAv
where every senator. II he was not II
the chamber. could be reached at 4 mo
msnt's notice. There was no foretellinf
when . vote would come.
The frst roll was accepted a. de.
| position Of several senator's whose at
titude had not been disclosed. and
there was q busa Of comment wher
these senator's voted. 1t spread to the
galleries and brought rap Of the
Eavel by the presiding officer. whc
The change in the form Of the
majority resolution came just before
the voting began. Senator Willis. re-
publican. Ohio. offered. and Senator
spencer. republican, Missouri. In
eepted the proposal for = severe con
Idemnation Of the use Of large funds
as a substitute for the original
clause declaring that the charges
against Mr.. Newbsrry were unbound.
| ed. Democratic leaders contended that
the change was made to secure few
| more votes tor NJ. Newberry.
| The Willis amendment Immediately
was subjected to hot fire by repub-
lican and democratic opponents OF the
aenntor, It was defended by Sen.
ators Spencer and Willis. and went
into the final resolution without a
record vote.
Untii the hnal vote was announced
spectators thronged the galleries
| often eyerfowingf fnto the halls. while
many House members stood about the
senate chamber. Senator Eewberry
did not attend the session. but mem.
fbers Of his family were ameng the
] spectators In the galleries, toeether
| with representatives OF Mr.. Ford.
VOTE CALLED v1NDIoATIQN.