The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-02-02
REED OPENS ON NEWBERRY
Missourian Ironically Scores Sen.
ate for Shameless Resolution"

ate for Shameless Resolution"
Washington, Jan. 27.-The senate
was told today by Senator Reed of
Missouri. that never in all the his
tory of legislative bodies in the
world has SO shameless resolution
been adopted as that approved BY
the senate in confirmating Senator
Newberry of Michigan in his seat.
There is not man who voted for
this resolution" Senator Reed said.
who did not brand in red letters
above and over his political record
the word 'dishonor' No word of
tongue and no word of pen can des-
cribe the degradation of that resolu-
ton and self-confessed degradation
OF those who supported it"
II wish that the Newberry resoiu-,
ton could be printed in no million
copies" Senator Reed continued,
and pasted on the footboard of every
bed in America, SO that the men, wo-
men and children. on awakening
and saying their prayers for the rest
of creation. might invoke Almighty
God to forgive the men who voted
that the acts OF the kind done in
the election of Newberry were of a
character To cndanger the republic
ind then voted TO confirm Ncwberry
III his seat.
The adoption of that resolution
was the most stupid piece of busi-
ness that has ever disgraced any body
Of men, whether pirates sailing the
seas under the black flag or states
men here seated in this body.
What miscrably stupid, idiotic
thing it was!'
The tongue is paralyzed in an ef-
fort to describe thing like that. II
he was wrong, why did you not wipe
out the effect of the wrong and not
adopt it," Reed continued.
"4ou say: This thing that crawls
and has forked tongue and crooked
teeth is a poison serpent. There
fore. we will admit it to the family
circle and allow it to wind its folds
about the arms of Our children.
"fou say: This is dog with the
rabies. Every iu,c he sinks his
fangs into the flesh they carry with
them deadly disease, and therefore
we viii turn tthc dog loose on the
You say This is a thing black
with infany, Therefore, we will
spread it as a mantle over the sen
ate chamber.
."You say. This is deadly icp-
rosy that introduced into the body
polite will destroy The virtue OF the
nation Therefore we will introduce
is victim into the senate and bring
he disease here
"You say: This office was sold
Tor money. Therefore, he who
bought it shall be confirmed in his
tile
you say; This thing is crimson
II its crime, and reeking rotten in all
IS parts. Therefore, it shall be in
into the senate chamber to
'ote On bill concerning the welfare
If the state
"You wrote the cpitaph of deccncy
n this body and you have preserved
t for all time in the records of the
tate.
A new word ought to be intro
luced into our tongue-a word that
would describe this sort of a thing
hat has happened-a NewberrYism.
It will not serve much use. however,
because the thing that describe
never has happened before and it
'eyer will happen again, Tor there
ever vii appear upon the face OF
his earth another band OF gentlemen =
Tho will write down HI cold type.
The thing is bad, wicked, dangerous
, the state, and therefore we do that
hing; therefore, We ratiiy it, we con-
rim it, we sanctify it."
Reed said the resolution would
ladc "A great platform for the sem
tor who wrote it. and they say he
'rotc it all alone"
Il feel" he added. that ought to
congratulate the senator from Ohio
Willis) upon his wonderful piece of
olitical ethics and modern states
anship. have not any doubt that
hen he runs again, all the billboards
Ohio will have this resolution IN
rge letters and above it will be in
ribbed the words: Written by
mself. lie wrote it all alone"