New-York tribune., 1922-01-13

pressed condemnation of the large
amount of money in the campaign. was
accepted by Senator Spencer and be-
came the last paragraph of the rcso-
luton which was adopted. With this
accepted, Senator willis not only be-
came certain for Mr.. Newberry, but the
way to vote for Mr.. Ncwberry was to
some extent cleared for ono or two
other Republicans who were wavering.
IN offering bis amendment Senator
Willis said:
Ut is not the junior Senator from
Michigan that is on trial here but it
is the Senate Of the United States and
the people have right to know what the
policy Of the Senate is to be with re-
spect to elections.'
Senator Willis said any man who cast
vote in this case because of fear
ought to be thrown out.
Asserting that he believed Mr.. New
berry open to criticism for not know
ing more about the expenditures. he
said he could not believe Mr.. Newberry
stood before the Senate land on his
honor as Senator told ono bare-face
nc after another. My own Judgment is
that. while he was derclict, do not
think he had personal Knowledge"
Borah's Final Word
Senator Robinson. of Arkansas. Dem
ocrat, referring to the Willis amend
ment, said:
u challenge Senators who may seek
to hide behind it to explain to the pco-
pie how it was that the campaign was
condemned as contrary to public policy
aud harmful to the dignity of the SEN
ate, and yet they voted to confirm the
result Of the election"
Senator Borah criticized the Willis
proposal in bitter terms. This was
after Senator Spencer had accented it
as part Of his resolution.
Mr.. Newberry is either entitled to
hold his seat o. he should be expelled. y
Senator Rorah said "What we propose
to do under this resolution is to say:
! ou may have your seat, but you hold
1T here as one who has obtained it in
violation Of the very laws Of the Re
public We put the brand OF shame
on Mr.. Ncwberry when we say 10 crept
in here i'll violation of the laws of the
country and Of common decencv If he
is to SIT here let him sit here as the
equal OF the Senator from Ohio or any
other Senator''
Senator Owen. of Oklahoma, chal-
lenged Senator Spencer to show there
was any law in Michigan that permitted
unlimited expenditure for certain de-
fined purposes. An animated legal
argument followed. Senator Spencer
declared that when it came to eXpendi-
lures by a committee for candidate
for certain defined purposes under the
Michigan law there was no limit.
Will Go "to the People
Senator Owen called this construc-
ton "preposterous."
Shortly before tho vote, Senator Ken
yon. of Iowa. Republican, assailed the
Spencer resolution with the Willis
amendment and called it "a farce
"I'd like to see men stand up and
vote one way or another" he declared.
81 believe if Mr.. .>cwberry were here
he would get up and denouncc this
thing. Do you think that ne wants to
20 through the years to come with
infamv written upon his brow be-
cause gentlemen here arc afraid to face
the issue?'
He said this case would SO to "a
HIGHER court" to the people. He in
vited any Senator who voted tor mr.:
Ncwhc.ly to go to the people and tell
them:
81 stand for the proposition that
any amount of money can be eXpenued
provided the candidate didn't DO 1t.
He characterized the Willis amend
mcnt as a "wiggling and wobbllng
amendment"
Other speeches made in the course
Of the afternoon were by Senator'S Nc
Kellar, Meyers, Hef1in and Harrison, Of
the Democratic side, against Mr.. New
berry, and by Senator Mclean for him.
Senator Newberry's twin sons, Phelps
and Barnes occupied seats in the gal
lery while the case of their father was
being fought to finish to-day. 1t SO
happened that Alfred LucSing, attor-
ney for Henry Ford, was seated d.
rectly in front of them, and by his side
was Sir Robert Borden, former Ere
mier Of Canada.
Senator Willis to-day received thirty
six letters purportng to be from pupils
of the sixth grade, Alabama School,
Cleveland, expressing the hope that he
would vote against Mr.. Newberry.