The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-01
.63 SENATORS.
 AGREE ON VOTE.
 HATFIELD.
Forty-eight Republicans to Join Fifteen Democrats to Throw New Texas Sen
 ator Out When Next
 Congress Meets
WARRINGTON BUREAU TIE A0E-H ElsAI.n

It 10 learned today that 63 senator's have quietly agreed to throw out of the Senate. shortly after the new congres convenes. Earl Mayfieid. senator-elect from Texas.
 Forty-eight of tho anti -Mayfisld senators are republicans and 1B are democrats.
 The republicans want to eject . democrat because democrats made It certain that former Senator Truman H. Newberry would have been eject cd had he not run under fire. Fur thermore. they want to deprive demo- crats of the Newberry Issue. which rested like q thorn In their flesh In the last November congregational contests.
 It is pointed out that If the demo- crats make party fight in favor of Mayfield. they will not again be able to refer to the republican ef- fort to sustain Newberry. It is no secret that the republicans have an- ticipated with no degree of dlsdain the ill-effect of NewberryIsm If democrats are able to use 1t in the presidential campaign next year.
 For not only the rank arl fils of republican senators mlred by Newberryism but the President. him self. was equally mired.
 Similar Aspects to Case.
 The Newberry and Mayfield, cases promise to present similar aspects. Nswberry was charged with having suffered himself to be elected by . slush fund off si4o.ooo expended in his behalf by his friends and family. Democrats frankly charged that If Newberry had been unaware !, the use of the slush fund The was pal pably fool.,'
 Mayfield is charged tths papers are already on file) with having suffered himself to be elected by a slush fund approximatinK yt50.000. If Mayfield declares that he was ignorant of such sum of money. the republicans. 1t is pointed out. will be able to apply to him the spl- thet 10 freely applied by democrats to Newbsrry-
 or course, the fact that Mayfisid was the candidate of the Ku Klux Klap will have great weight. but t a AndicAted that In renderiDg tfs'yer- ence to.the klAn. The point will be made and Stresssd that tho nams of George E. E. Teddy, democrat. who ran with the indorsement of the re- publican stato committee. was not included in the list of candidates which appeared on the ticket. 1t will CT the result of the operation of law or not. precluded the possibility of free expression of the people of Texas.
 Hens. fer May3ssiHs.
 Only one democrat member of the Senate up to the praS,pt time has resentative J. Thomas Heflin of Ala bama has stated the opinion that the credentials of Mayfield would be "as good as gold.s It is under stood that Senator Heflin holds that the anti Mayfield crusade is simRly an attempt on the part of republi- cans to gain Senate seat for them selves.
 In his defense of Mayficld. sena- tor Heflin will no doubt be remind ed of his Innumefable sensational speeches against Newberry in which he charged that Newberrv had bought" the election, had stolen 1t. and had "debauched" the people. Former Senators Bailey and Culber- son of Texas are aggressivoly op- posed to the seating of Mayfield. 9en- ator Sheppard, who win next bs up for reelection Is between "the devil and the deep blue sea, and has made no statement.
 Both Mayfield and Teddy have been in Washington feeling" out the sit uation. There is said to be no chance of the Senate giving Teddy the seat even If Mayfisld h cast