Show EXPENDITURES ARE SUR P R I S E Michigan Senator Protests He Knew Nothing About Huge Sums Raised by Others for Campaign Expenses I i I II I I WASHINGTON ASHINGTON V Jan 9 A A swe sweeping pIng declaration of his his' innocence was wa's made by Senator Newberry Republican Michigan today in the senate Taking the floor for his defense d Inthe in inI inthe the ouster proceedings brought by Henry Ford defeated Democratic candidate candidate candidate can can- I Senator Newberry emphatically denied personal knowledge of the collection collection collection col col- lection or expenditure of the large campaign campaign cam earn fund spent in his behalf As God is my witness I am not to tits this day and hour conscious of having done In connection either with the primary pd primary mary campaign or the general election of 0 1918 in Michigan he said a a sinI single single sin sin- gle act that was or is unlawful dishonorable dishonorable dishonorable dis dis- honorable or corrupt and this I sayto say sayto I to the sen senate te ut r pr c r- r r qualification qu k kUpon Upon these facts as I r. then believed v d them to be and as I now believe them to be be I shall shan abide the tho result with a a. clear conscience he ad added oed in conclusion conclusion sion of his prepared address A business man and not an experienced experienced expert expert- public speaker Senator Newberry New- New berry berr said he desired to give the senate senate senate sen sen- ate what little information he had re regarding regarding ro- ro garding the charges made against his election At the outset he asked that he be not Interrupted until he concluded ed his address SILENT NO LONGERI LONGER I r cannot remain silent any longer during the tho consideration of my right right to represent Michigan he said I 1 did not volunteer to appear before the th committee of the senate which took testimony in this matter because I really had no information that would assist in the Investigation of the charges filed by my opponent It seems to me that the time has come cometo cometo cometo to speak because my silence might be misunderstood by my friends It It Is perhaps unnecessary for me to say that I shall confine myself strictly strict strict- ly to the facts as I know them to be and shall not attempt to affect in the tho slightest degree the judgment of ot this body So far as I r am concerned I desire de desire desire de- de i sire that the facts as they are shall determine this matter On the day of June JOne 1917 I was commissioned a a. lieutenant commander in the navy and on July 23 1917 Iwas I Iwas Iwas was assigned to the third naval district district district dis dis- with headquarters in the Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn Brook Brook- lyn navy yard I r immediately took toole up my duties slid hd from that day July 23 1917 until after the signing of the armistice November 11 1918 I was never in Michigan The primary election and the general election of ot 1918 occurred during my absence In the early fall of or 1917 I began to receive visits and letters from men active in public and political affairs in Michigan urging me to become a candidate candidate can can- didato on the Republican ticket for senator I was not unmindful of ot the tha II II suggested honor and yet I fully realized realized realized real real- that I certainly would not resign my commission in the navy to become a candidate and that I could not take any personal active interest while I continued to be an officer officer on on duty in inthe inthe inthe the navy While I was considering whether or i 1 I not it was my dut duty to become a candidate candIdate candidate can can- for tho the office I said to Mr Allan Allan Allan Al Al- Al- Al lan Templeton of Detroit who was was was-ac- ac actively engaged in a large industry in which I was a stockholder and who was also president of the Detroit board of or commerce that 1 if I should hould decide to become a candidate I l loped Hoped it would me most met t with the approval of my Detroit busi business ess friends and associates and that 1 I trusted the campaign might be bo looked after by business men of that description This is as far as I t had any direct connection n with the selection selection selection tion of the committee or business men whose management of tho the campaign in my behalf I shall remember with gratitude gratitude gratitude tude as long as I shall shaIl live ACTUAL MANAGEMENT Mr j Paul II King was induced to accept the active management of th the campaign The selection of Mr King did not originate with m me I knew Mr King but slightly My last contact with him had been in 1912 when we w were re political opponents In my mj- judgment Paul King is aman a aman aman man of the tho highest character and sterling integrity and when ho he had been selected as manager of or the senatorIal senatorial sena sena- campaign which was done without without without with with- out the slightest knowledge on my part he insisted that before re he would even accept he should and must learn for himself because of our differences in Continued on page 2 2 1 1 EXPENDITURES ARE r Continued from page 1 1 1 1912 whether or not his management would be entirely acceptable to melIe melie me lIe He cam cano canio to New York and NO wo haca had hac hada a brief Interview We did n not t discuss even indirectly a detail of the cam cam- I reca retail l that during the tho conversation con con- Mr King answering to a question as to how much it had cost cos cost the friends of Senator Townsend whose campaign Mr King had managed managed managed man man- aged said it had cost approximately and added that in view of the situation then existing in Michigan lie thought it would cost my friends friend approximately to make a successful successful suc- suc campaign This is the only amount of money which directly or in indirectly indirectly in- in directly I ever heard mentioned in connection with senatorial campaign In Michigan until after the primary election election election elec elec- tion and the report of the committee committe was filed I did not solicit or expend directly or indirectly one single dollar in the campaign for senator in Michigan n in 1918 nor did I know of the contrIbutions contributions contributions made until afterwards The two statements which I made ade under oath to the senate are absolutely and wholly true truO The first is dat dated d August 14 1918 and omitting the printed form with which you are all familiar and andio to io which I sincerely subscribed I wrote In my own hand as follows The campaign for my nomination for United States senator has been voluntarily conducted by my friends in Michigan I have havo taken no part in 1 It whatever and no contributions or expendItures expenditures expenditures ex ex- ex- ex have been made with my knowledge or consent The second dated August 28 1918 with the same omissions and In ad addition addition addition ad- ad to the printed form to to which I sincerely subscribed I wrote with my myown myown myown own hand as follows under the head of jf Contributions None ContributIons None with my knowledge and consent And under tho the head of Disbursements None Disbursements None with my knowledge and consent I have read a general public statement of Paul H. H King concerning expenditures expenditures expenditures expendi expendi- tures made by a voluntary committee of my friends but these were made without my knowledge or consent As every senator knows this form refers reters only to campaign contributions disbursements and promises NO INTENTION TO DECEIVE I had not the slightest intention of misleading anyone in making this statement The form of report furnished furnished furnished fur fur- by the senate under the act of congress then supposed to be in force orca but which has since been dec ared void called for a full correct ant and itemized statement under oath of at al all campaign contributions names of contributors contributors con con- all expenditures and the purposes purposes pur our poses for which the expenditures were madeI made I ha had not the knowledge r required to make such a verified report Ha Had my affidavits so stated this fad fact all ll criticism would have been avoided 1 I Imade made the statement in the form It was made in without consultation with anyone anyone anyone any any- one and it was literally true t I tad heLd taken no active part in the campaign I not even been in Michigan l I 1 had neither received nor expended any funds and had no personal knowledge e eto to enable me to make the report called for In my statement filed with the th-j secretary secretary sec eec of the senate I did call attention attention attention atten atten- tion to the report of the campaign campan committee at Detroit which report as called for by the Michigan law includes Includes In Includes In- In a full statement of receipts and ana reported ted by the disbursements as treasurer of or that committee After Atter our interview in New York Tork xo Mr King went back to Michigan and prosecuted a campaign conducting it u entirely in his own wayOn wayOn wayOn way On one or two occasions questions of policy were discussed between us usand usand usand and in each instance the tho Judgment of Mr King controlled control I I knew as a matter of fact that a campaign of publicity was being ex extensively extensively extensively ex- ex carried on and I realized that such a campaign must necessarily cost costa a considerable sum of money but Idid Idid I Idid did not have the faintest Idea as to the amount of or money moner that actually was expended until after atter the report was made public The cost of the campaign the report re report report re- re was about according to and when I learned of ot this port I I amount I was at once filled with astonishment astonishment as astonishment as- as and regret The amount expended was lar large e more than I had any Idea was being expended and more than ought to be necessary to expend in any ordinary campaign But this was not an ordinary ordinary ordinary nary campaign I I shall not dwell upon the reasons which the committee thought Imperatively Imperatively imperatively Impera Impera- demanded a campaign of or newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper publicity Involving this expenditure expendi expendi- ture of money I can further say that In the acquisition of the money in the solicitation of that money in the collection collection col col- lection of that money in the use of that money I had nothing whatever to do I knew nothing whatever about itI itI it I 1 make this statement not to escape any responsibility but that the actual facts in the matter may be presented to the senate How the money was spent in the state of Michigan how the books of accounts were kept I did not know I do not know how except from the accounts of the hearings It is and always has bas been my nay understanding understanding understanding un un- that in so far as the primary primary primary mary in Michigan is concerned if the cost Is Js not borne by the candidate himself himself him him- self the committee in charge of the I campaign may spend whatever amount I it pleases for the eleven enumerated objects which are set forth enumerated at length In the Michigan primary law I therefore therefore therefore there there- fore assumed from the start and I still believe that the law was carefully careful careful- careful I ly obeyed by this independent committee commit commit- tee which had the campaign campaign- commit I for my primary election In hand STATEMENT MADEI MADE I I made my statements under oath to the senate as provided by law in inthe inthe the firm belief that they were full and fair statements ts of the absolute truth and I so beli believe ve to this hour I would make the same statements today I Imade Imade Imade made then As to the campaign fund the question question question ques ques- tion of its acquisition or of ot its expenditure expenditure ex expenditure ex- ex was never called to my attention attention at attention at- at by anyone anyon connected with me or the campaign committee and anil when I stated that no money was spent with my knowledge or consent I endeavored endeavored endeavored ored to convey the same sarno Impression which I now endeavor to make clear namely that as for myself I was i spending no money and that I knew I r nothing about the expenditure of money in the campaign I want to tomake tomake tomake make this point Just as strong as I amable amable am amable able to do because it has been hinted that money which was contributed without my knowledge or consent by relatives and friends of ot mine was subsequently subsequently subsequently sub sub- in some way directly or in indirectly indirectly In- In directly repaid by me mo or was to be re repaid repaid re- re paid by me There Is not the slightest slightest slight slight- est foundation for tor any such statement I did not know what amounts were given to the campaign I did not know by whom these amounts were gl gi en I Idid Idid Idid did not know either their source their amount or their use I have never 1 agreed either directly or Indirectly to repay or In any way to reimburse with contributions nor have I directly or in indirectly indirectly indirectly in- in directly repaid or such con con- So far as I am pers personally nally concerned I did not spend in the primary campaign campaign cam earn In Michigan a single dollar di directly directly directly di- di or indirectly and with the exception ex exception exception ex- ex of a personal contribution of I I 1500 to the Republican state central committee this Is equally true of the I general election I was elected e fairly and honorably a a. senator from the state of Michigan Whatever action the senate of the United States take tak-e I shall may re remember re- re member as long as I live the staunch loyalty of the people of ot Michigan who with complete and full knowledge of every allegation made against me held me in such confidence and believed In me sufficiently to elect me one of their senators from Michigan I can add nothing to this statement to which the senate with so much patience and courtesy has listened lit It It presents fully and frankly all the facts in the case as I know them to be be I |