The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-02-03
FARM BLOC Is OUT
TO get" HARDING,
LODGE, OLD GUARD

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of those whose term expires March
a., 1923. All of them except those in
hoplessly Republican states, will have
much explaining to do, but those
who will find it hardest to try to rec
oncile their pretensions with their
votes for Newberry will be Kellogg
Of Minnesota, McCumber of North
Dakota and Poindexter of Washing
ton, who come from states which can
reasonably be expected to show their
disapproval of the methods used to
elect Newberry.
! 1t can be said authoritatively that
the Democrats confidently rely upon
the people of all the states to take
up the Newberry case and make it
their issue, both with respect to the
election Of United States Senators
ator Underwood, the Democratic
leader, has truly said, at is not Tru-
man II. Newberry who is under in
dictment in this case; it is the
Republican party. 1t is not only Sen
ator Newherry who is charged with
Violating the Corrupt Practices act
of the state of Michigan, but it is
the Republican party"
Denunciation of Newberry BY Re-
publican Progressives.
OF the nine Republicans who voted
to uphold the honor of the Senate
and the Nation and remained true to
their personal convictions by voting
with the Democrats against Newber-
ry, (Borah, Capper, Jones of Wash
ington, Kenyon, Ladd, LaFollette,
Norbeck, Norris and Sutherland)
three of them made powerful and eX-
Icoriating speeches against the meth
dds employed in the Newberry cam
paign-Borah, Kenyon and Norris.
On the currupt use of money in
politics, Senator Borah said:
"This is the third time since have
been q member of the senate in which
it has been charged, and, to my mind,
proven that seats in this body have
been secured by corruption. (The
Lorimer and Stephenson cases being
the other two.) 1t is the belief in
many quarters that these three in
stances by no means tell the whole
story. The fact is it is being made
more and more difficult to secure
seats here in any other way. Issues
are put aside, great questions are
pushed into the background. = and
money, the power of money, is relied
upon to secure political honors. y
There was Rome once so sordid, so
base and so corrupt that she has been
designated in history as 'Venal Rome
We point to her as revolving ex-
ample of political degeneracy, and to
that attribute her fall. But | venture
to say that we have travelled further
over the road of money in politics in
100 years than Rome travelled in 500
years. And with this shameless de-
bauch before us, with the precedent
established for which Senators here
contend, who can feel other than dis
couraged with the outlook? There is,
it seems, only one hope, and that is
to take our appeal from this tribunal
to the open forum Ito the people),
where we must look for the final judg-
ment on all such matters, and which
judgment, | shall not doubt, will be
both righteous and drastic"
Here is Senator Norris epitome of
the Newberry election:
"They hal a public sale up in Mich
igan. The property that was placed
on the auction block was a seat in
the United States senate. The sale
was public, the bidding was in the
open and the property was knocked
down to the highest bidder. The only
question before the Senate is, "Shall
the sale of seat in this chamber be
confirmed? p "
With fine irony, the Nebraska SEN
ator took a fling at Presidential
dinners and poked fun at Senator
Lodges whiskers, when he said:
'1f we do not confirm this sale, the
first thing we know we will have a
lot of poor men here. There will be
farmers in the senate, bloc of farm
ers whom you cannot control by invit-
ing them to Presidential dinners,
farmers with whiskers that will put
in the shade the beautifully trimmed
beard which adorns the face of our
illustrious leader"
The gist of Senator Kenyon's
speech has already been published in
these columns.
Democrats Score Auction Block Flee
ton.
In addition to the great speeches
reviewing the case of Senators Walsh
of Montana and Pomerene of Ohio
and the convincing arguments of Sen
ators Trammel of Florida, and others
there were many strong points made
by numerous Democratic Senators
some of which were as follows:
Senators Hitchcock (Dem., Neb. J
Senator Newberry was not elected ia
the Senate of the United States. Two
hundred thousand dollars were elect
ed. Notwithstanding the fact the
lieutenant governor has, denounced
the election as purchase, as an auc-
ton OF the senatorship in the state OF
that the voters resented it at the polls
by reducing the majority of 100000
which Senator Townsend had two
years before, to mere bare majority
of 1000, the Senator from New Jer.
sey (Mr. Edge), insists on asserting
that Senator Newberry was elected
by the people.
Senator Hefiin (Dem., Ala.), | hole
) to the doctrine that if man woult