Show f t r SENATE SENA IE ACTION ON IS WAilED AWAITED A Socialists S Already Drawing Parallel With the thc Famous Berger Case Casc in Attempt 10 to I l Political Capital 0 a I B. B By B r David Lawrence Copyright 19 1920 Q b by Salt Lal o Washington D. D C O c. March An S.-An- An Announcement b bj- bj Governor Sleeper of ot Michigan that he Would not ask any officeholders to resign n who were re recently ro- ro reI I convicted in the federal courts for violation of at the election laws s has revived ro the Inquiry here hero not merely merel asto as asto asto to to what the state of ot Michigan would States Senate Sen Sen- do but what the United ato ate would sa say about the retention by Truman roman H. H Newberry e of oC his scat seaL The question concerns not alone Michigan politics and the reduction of tho Republican majority in the United States Stares Senate to one vote a vote a narrow margin on which to do but but it affects the opportunities of the Socialists Socialists So So- and radicals in the thc next cam cam- Alrea Already l the Socialists are arc tho the expulsion expulsion drawing a a. parallel between sion slon of ot Victor Berger from tho the House of or Representatives Rc because he had been convicted in a a. federal court on a charge of oC violating the espionage act and the case caso of ot Truman H. H Newberry 1 ry who has been convicted and sentenced sentenced sen son tented to two years cars In the penitentiary penitentiary C Co MII Are Arc Ap Appealed Both Mr Berger and Mr Ir Newberry b have have- o appealed their respective cases ind and each hopes to secure a reversal yen ven If it it is necessary to Carr carry the fight ight to tho the supreme court of oC the Unit Unit- sd cd d States But in tho the meantime the House louse of at Representatives not only ref rc- rc f used sed to scat seal Mr Berger but when he lIe heas vas as elected re-elected by the tho people of ot Wis Wis- Wisconsin who by their votes gave ba the that they didn't beHove him of oC wrongdoing the House HOUS de- de declined even then to accept Mr r. r Berger Berber into nto a to its membership All AU the soap-box soap orators are arc vetting getting readY eady to point out that a a. Socialist r I tho federal fe fed deal from cant can't get a square the Newberry and coal eral government Eo the they sa say case Is tho ho very cry ammunition they the havo o needed to drive c their point home Bergor's friends claim his crime consisted merely merel In expressing an opinion the war was W not for Cor ion In lon In saying democracy but for fOI commercial gain aln criticisms crUl- crUl and rivalry Somo Some of or the very ma made o b by Mr Berger during tho the later repeated repeated re re- re- re heat of the conflict were b by President Wilson Wilson Wil Wil- 11 In substance son Ron himself on his western trip In behalf of at tho the league of oC nations but butof butof of at course the fighting was over and sharp scrutiny of ot words there was no or arguments In post bellum post post- days May In Bare Election which the There arc are three ways by problem developed by the Newberry case CuO can be bc solved Mr Ir dewberry can cnn resign of at his own volition and spare his colleagues In rn the Senate any embarrassment em em- Tho The Senate can b by majority majority ma ma- vote ote declare Mr Ir Newberry's seat of ot Michi Michigan an vacant and the governor So can n make a temporary appointment Tho The state te of and call can a new election 5 election be before before be- be have a now Michigan 1 can fore fora the Senate acts and say whether in view of the federal courts court's verdict tho the people people- still want Mr Ir Newberry to represent them In tho the Senate Then the Senate In the event that tho the vote is favorable to Mr lr Newberry can vindicate vin vin- and reverse tho the te Its own position principle adopted In la tho the House In the tho Berger case caso and permit Mr Ir Newberry to remain in the Senate while his case Is being appealed The Junior senator from Michigan has not yet returned to Washington Immediately after his conviction ho he said he would consult his colleagues In tho the Senate Senat before deciding whether or not to resign n. Truman Newberry is tho the kind of ot a man who would not stay In the Senate a second longer loner than his colleagues wanted him to do s so o o. o Ho lie would n not t engage in a controversy or fight for fot his scat as did Senator Lorimer Lori Lorl- mer of Illinois If It ho stays staS It will be because his Republican associates In Insist Insist Insist In- In upon It though from the viewpoint of or political control l the vacancy caused caused caus caus- ed by br a possible resl resignation of ot Mr rr obern ewberry would be filled at once bythe by bythe b the appointment of another Republican can as the governor of Michigan an Is Isi Isa i a Republican Victim of or Personally Truman II Newberry Newbern Is well weB liked In the Senate He lie made many friends here when ho he was assistant assistant as as- secretary of ot tho the navy nav and tho the general Impression given b by his de defenders defenders defenders de- de fenders is that he was the victim of df overzealous friends who spent large sums of ot money mone to defeat Henry Hem Ford and give little concern to a possible check up I As a a. matter atler of fact although It It it-is is unfortunate that Truman Newberry alone should ha have q been ordered p punished putt putt- pun pun- J for or what so io so man many officeholders have ha gotten Jotten awa away with In past years I without prosecution of any an kind l the effect of the Michigan verdict already has boon bon to put campaign managers on their guard and to promote a healthier regard for Cor federal and state corrupt practice acts and election 1 laws S The upshot of the Now berry case however probably will be bo tho the voluntary voluntary volun volun- tary tan resignation b by Mr Newberry of oC his seat in tho the Senate |