Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-14
ADRIAN LYON ENDORSES
SENATOR FREL|NGHUYSEN
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One OF the outstanding criticisms
against him arises out of the bill for
the adjustment of compensation to the
soldiers. No man in any public Of
flee could be placed in a harder
| political position. 1t demands a cor
dial sympathy rather than a spirit
of criticism. If we look at the mat
ter dispassionately we cannot fail
to see that it must be an extremely
trying situation. He was sworn to
| support the constitution and laws
and to perform the duties of his Of
flee for the benefit of the whole peo-
pie without regard to class. His
impulse was. as we all know VINO
I know him, to favor the soldier. He
believes, as we all do, that there is
nothing too good for the man who
risked and suffered in the great war.
Furthermore from u lower political
motive. in the face of an impend-
ing campaign, the impulse. of any
man running for Office would be to
support such a measure to win
political support. What motive then
can be charged against a man, who
fails to support such a measure, If it
, is not one based upon his informal
ton and belief that it will not be
for the benefit of the greatest num-
Der? Who can charge infidelity to
Il trust upon one who sits in a posi-
ton where he has before him all the
problems of government if he directs
his course to what he thinks will
serve the greatest good to
the greatest numebr? And who
can but admire the mar who
will subject his impulses to the
higher demands of craftsmanship?
Then, too, his opponent for the
nomination and others are criticising
him for his vote to seat Newberry.
When he answered that the United
States Supreme Court reversed the
judgment of the court of Michigan
they replied that it was. reversed OH
a technicality. True. but do we
| stop to think that the judgment of
| the court of Michigan was also on a
technicality. By that we mean that
the part of the charge against him
in the court of Michigan which in
volved moral wrong doing was
thrown out because the court de-
cided it was not sustained. 1t left
only a technical charge which made
him liable under the peculiar Michi-
| gan statute. AS much as we deplore
| the spending of large amounts as
was done in the case of Newberry
| that was not the question before the
senate.
There were no legal charges
against Newberry and it was entire
ly proper for any senate to say
that there was no legal ground on
which he could be deprived OF his
seat. A similar case arose some
years ago in the time of the great
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, a
senator whose craftsmanship and in
tegrity could not be successfully
assailed. Another senator elect was
charged with being ineligible to a
zeal on other grounds. Petitions
were sent from all owe the country
demanding that he De not seated.
Senator Hoar commended that tney
were all impertinent for the reason
that when the senate sits on ne
right of a member to a seat 1t sits
as a court and not as a legislative
body, and such questions can only lie
decided according to law and prec-
edent. Many are the occasions when
courts must enforce law n abide
by precedent when the Personal de-
sire of the judge might be to do
otherwise. So in the senatea.et ed
otherwise. So in this Ease in the
senate the actions of the senators
| who seated Newberry must be squar-
| ed by their belief as to whether or
not there was a legal reason to ILL
seat him.
II have yet to find a single reason
why Senator Frelinghuysen should
not be returned to the senate on his
record. The charges that he is allied
with special interests everybody
| knows to be untrue. He has been
fearless in his actions n wise in his
craftsmanship and deserves another
term.
Furthermore. more thar all, the
| country needs just such men.
ADRIAN LYON.