New Britain herald., 1922-09-21

whose garments there yet clings an odor of sanctity, And SO Mir Hughe writes a letter to clergyman in Ney Jersey and says, in substance, that 1 was too bad that the unfortunate MT Newberry was convicted under a sta
 tute which afterwards turned out t
 be unconstitutional. Many peopl might think that it was fortunate 10
 MT. Newberry that the statute wa
 unconstitutional, for surely he did no
 know 1t was unconstitutional when h,
 violated it. And what shall we sa,
 of Mir. Hughes? What mental tor
 lures he must have endured befor,
 he could bring himself to share hi
 mantle of responsibility with New
 berry? Unhappy Mir. Hughes, wht
 could not endure that bet should bt
 laid at a race track, and who pursued
 the sporting gentry with feverlsh zeal
 Is brought by the persuasive necessi
 ties of partisan politics to the oper
 approval of the purchase of an entire
 state. No wonder that he has de.
 parted for Rio de Janeiro.
 Let us hope that the trip will dc
 him good and that he will return re.
 freshed to renew the struggle with
 the forces of evil.
 But MT. Hughes speaks in vain
 There Is not an intelligent person in
 American who is unfamiliar with the
 essential facts. It Is against Newber.
 ryism and similar evils that the cause
 of good government wages Its eternal
 struggle. All the anointing oils of
 political hypocrisy will be poured
 upon his head in vain; and those who defend him connive at great crime against the bulwark of democratic government-the freedom and the purity of the ballot. Let us take. in- stead of the testimony of Mir. Hughes, who. let it be remembered, was a former attorney for MT. Newberry, the solemn resolution of the Senate itself and the language of one of the most respected and courageous sena- tors that America has produced, Senator Kenyon republican of Iowa, who, speaking of the seating of New bery, used these words: My God, you can never lessen the dignity of the Senate after today"
 That issues of this kind are funda- mental and far reaching and of character to arouse the electorate quite independent of political affilia- tions seems to be too obvious for dis cussion. One vote in the Senate pur- chased by fraud and in violation of the existing laws of the land is capa- ble of changing the destiny of the hu- man race. In fact, this one. particular vote made 1t possible for the control of the Committee on Foreign Rela- tions to fall in the hands of Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, with all that that means of envy and malice and partisanship and envenomed jeal- ousy.
 What other great causes will be slain in the temple of American jus tice! No man can tell. Newberry, like Lorimer, must be expelled if the sen- ate is to regain the respect Of the peo- pie and perform the great work for which it was designated Here is an issue transcending all of the smaller matters of mere partisanship.
 State Politics.
 I cannot imagine for what reason the republican convention conducted it's proceedings and adopted its plat form, without one word of reference 10 the retiring governor of this state Surely he measured up to the stand !! 'rd of governors that the republican | party has nominated. The failure of he state administration was not the Q Nf aly ha | :ault of conditions and the general ack of that leadership upon the exist ,nce of which the state platform SO ,nwisely plumed itself The increas- d taxation, the unscientific manner n which recent state laws have been written and administered. as we'll as he burdensome method of taxation Ldopted have caused widespread dis Luiet amongst large elements of our population A system of bureaucracy las developed which is increasingly offensive and we are gradually ac- in our state a group of public servants who seem to feel that hey are the masters instead of the ervants of the people. Our comn.is- ions must be liberalized and brought nore closely in touch with the mod Tn needs of our people. Economy in Is a prime necessity.
 These conditions are the natural utgrowth of long and undisputed possession of power. It is not desir ble for any state to continue one mited group of men for many years n control of its affairs. The time is ipe for a complete change in state 
 Leadership.
 During the democratic adninistra- ion, we wrote great pages of history which constitute an imperishable lory that neither time can tarnish or partisanship can take away. We lid these things in the face of un- 'aralleled clamor.
 The republican platform takes oc- aeion to compliment the people of upon the fact that 'Un- lmerican public discussion is hush d." This is a curious and inadvert- nt admission Having gotten into over by a most extraordinary con- piracy and after having written one f the most deplorable pages of Am rican history, those who produced 1e "Un American discussion are ow gratified that it Is hushed. Irony ould go no further.
 The republican platform also says nat There is no present promis~ in le national policies, plans or lead -ship of the democratic party. In lis state, it has no leadership of a haracter to inspire the electors"
 T presume that the authors of this ,markable outgiving are radiantly onfidplt that they are able to make