The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-23


berry, Therefore Preiutliced Party -
Fear Influence of Secretary of State
I'm Fight for Congressman.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
Especial Despatch to The Reformer.1
Copyright 1922.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23-Secretary
Hughes's letter defending Senator New
berry has started a good deal of talk
here to the effect that President Hard
ing will reverse himself and let mem
bers of the cabinet participate after al
in the congressional campaign
Not long aoo some Republicans from
Ohio asked to have Secretary Hughes
come to deliver a keynote speech bus
the President made it clear that h.
didn't think it dignifed for secretary
OF state to be making political speeches
The Republican national committee
however, did not share Mr. Hardng's
view and believed that the prestige o.
secretary of state was an importan,
factor and hence the publication of Mr.
Hugnes's letter to a Jersey clergyman
clearing Senator Newberry of guilt il
connection with his election.
The Democrats are astr about it. Tn,
DrOaqslde issued by Cordell Hui, char
man Of the Democratic national commit
tee III winch he pointed out that tn,
senate itself had adopted resolution
disappearing the manner in which Mr.
Newberry Was elected, will Undoubtedly
! be followed bg further bombardment bN
! the Democrats. They were pointing out
| today Tor instance, that Mr.. Hughes wa.
| selected as counsel for Senator New.
| berry and as such might have received
Ie,Y.s 8. 10 H..
| tor him as secretary of state to issue {.
| statement defending a client from whom
| he probably at one time received money.
Think Hughes Should BE Silent
| If Mr. Hughes were still a practicinp
attorney he could enter the discussion
! they said, without being subject TO crit
| lclsm but as secretary of state the Dem
Ocrats argued that the natural reply to
| the clergyman should have been a re
fusal to discuss the case because of his
| former connection with it.
/ Some Democrats are trying to draw
! a parallel between Mr. Hughes's posi-
4 tiOn with reference to Senator NewbeTrl
! and Attorney General Daugherty's po
| sition with reference to Charles W
| Morse. Dir. Daugherty was instrumental
| in securing the pardon of Mr.. Morse
He was practicing law at the time anC
/ had no connection with the government
When a case involving Morse came be
fore the department of Just how
| ever. Mr.. Daugherty is said to hay,
/ promptly reminded those who We're in
terested in the prosecution that a spe
cial committee should handle the mat
ter SO that he himself would not be il
an embarrassing position.
Won Case For Newberry.
Mr. Hughes defended Senator New
berry before the supreme court of thu
nT VIII oh ha
Der a few years ago. He won the cas-,
on technical grounds which the Demo
Gratis now say had nothing to do Will
the moral questions involved upon whicl
the senate itself passed when il adopted
a resolution condemning the large eX
pendIture Of money in the Newberr1
election. That's why Senator Pomer
enc and other Democrats are so read,
to attack the Hughes letter as an elfor
to whitewash Senator Newberry.
The irritation in Democratic circles
is of course due to the fact that th'
prestige of Charles Evans Hughes i
well established and many people vii
accept his conclusions as final because
they believe in his sincerity and pro
| bity.
The Hughes letter. however, will un
| uuestiOnably figure in the campaign q
the Democrats viii endeavor to max
| capital out of the fact that Mr.. Hughe
was counsel of Senator Newhnrry an'
that his letter is. therefore that of {
| prejudiced party
Following Democratic Example.
Entirely apart from the merits of tn,
| Newberry case the chances are that Mr.
| Hughes and other members of the Hard
| ing cabinet viii be drawn into the an
| tumn campaign notwithstanding tn
| earliest resolution of President Harding
to keep them out of it. The Republican
national committee knows the value o