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Show V v V V V V V V V V 9 USELESS FOR ILIi AI1S i Letter of Resignation to Be Read Into Record of Senate FOUR YEARS DISPUTE Charles B. Warren Looms as Successor of Millionaire WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 The res-iT res-iT i'ion of Senator Truman H. New-bi New-bi rry of Michigan, the central figure of a long and bitter senate controversy, contro-versy, will become effective tomorrow. Vice President Coolldge was unable at today's brief 8es.don to present Scna- j tor Newberry's letter of resignation and the Michigan senator's nam" re- malned temporarily upon the rolls. WAJBHINQTON Nov 20 Vice Tres-' Tres-' ident Coolldge was expected to read I into vhe senate record today after con-; con-; veiling the special session of congress ih" resignation of Truman H. Nowber-, Nowber-, ry as l'nlted States' senator from Michigan. Mich-igan. Forwarded to Governor Groes-! Groes-! bei ; of that Btate. under date of No-Ivember No-Ivember 18. Mr Newberry's letter of , resignation, requesting that It heeomo effective Immediately, was made pub lie here Sunday night, after a copy , b id been transmitted to Vice President Presi-dent Coolldgo with the request that It be read Into tho senate record na I soon as possible. u iUii s KB SUCCESSOR. While of course there was no Intimation Inti-mation In Washington as to whom Governor O roes beck might appoint the first name brought out In discussions discus-sions among Republican leaders and Others was that of Charles B. Wur-ren, Wur-ren, who is about lo relinquish his pout ii.h ambassador to Japan. Mr. Warren, who Is a Detroit lawyer law-yer and a former Republican national committeeman from Michigan, was bu-Ing bu-Ing urged to make the race for the senate at the lime Mr. Newberry first was brought out as a candidate, but Mr. Warn n declined to do so because he felt he could not spare tho time from his law practice and large business Interests. x Nobody In Washington professed to I. now definitely what Governor Groes-beck Groes-beck Intended to do In filling the . a -cancy, however, and mention of the nam.- of Mr. Warren was entirely speculation. Reviewing the outstanding features of the controversy which grew out or , bis lection four years ago. over H. niy Ford, his Democratic opponent, he declared de-clared his rlfiht to a seat In tho senate had been "fully confirmed.'' He do-i do-i dared that if. In the future there seemed to be opportunities for pub-I pub-I lie service he would not hesitate to j offer himself to his state and country. His resignation brings to an end B ' fight which already has made political history and which It appeared would be resumed early In tho session of ri.inKre.i9 which begins today. Conxlc-' Conxlc-' led In Michigan of a conspiracy to violate vio-late election laws senator Newberry appealed to the supreme court, which I declared unconstitutional the statute under w hich he was accused. The sen-i sen-i ate Itself, after a long investigation, finally fi-nally confirmed his tlllo to a seat by I a tiKii'Kln of five votes. In the campaign cam-paign Just clued the case was an Issue In many states. A copy of the letter of resignation sent to Governor Groesbeck was di llv - sred Sunday to vice president Coolldge by Walter R. Dorsey, Mr. Newberry's secretary. Mr. Newberry himself, Is at his home In Detroit The letter to the governor, dated November IS, w;us 1 as follows: TEXT OF LETTER "1 tender herewith, my resignation as I'nited States senator from Michigan, Michi-gan, to take Immediate effect. "I am Impelled to take this action because of tho recent election. Notwithstanding Not-withstanding his long and falthfur public service and his strlct'adherence to the basic principles of COnStrUCtlVl Republicanism Which 1 hold In common com-mon With him, Senator ToWnSeOd Was def( it d While this failure to ' . leql him may have been brought about In part by over four years or continuous propaganda of misrepresentation misrepre-sentation and untruth. B fair analysis Of the vote In Michigan end other states where friends and political en-emles en-emles Mike have suffered defeat, will demohstiyte that s general feeling of unrest was mainly responsible therefor. there-for. S Kit VICE IS FITIPF "This situation renders futile further fur-ther service by me In the United States senate, where I have consistently supported sup-ported the progressive policies of President Pres-ident Harding's admlnlstiatlon. My work thorn has been and would continue con-tinue to be hampered by partisan poi-Itli poi-Itli il persecution, nnd 1 therefore. (Continued on Page Two.) I ! USELESS FOR 1 ME TO GO ON, SOLON AVERS (Continued from Page One) I he rfully return my commission to Jithe people from whom I received it. , "I dcslro to record an expression I of my gratltudo for the splendid friendship. loyalty and devotion of I I those who havo endured with mo dur-, dur-, ing the past four years, of experiences I unparalleled in the political history or Jour country. By direction of tho Dem- I ocratlo administration this began Im-, Im-, mediately upon my nomination by proceedings pro-ceedings before a specially selected . grand Jury sitting in another state, i which by a vote or sixteen to one, COm-' COm-' pletely exonerated thus.- who had ..n-j, ..n-j, ducted my campaign Then followed ,my election, with every Issue which (jhas been raised, clearly before the . I electorate of the state. A recount was ; demanded, and after a thorough and painstaking review of the ballots l I the United States senate, I was found I I to have received a majority. While this was in progress I was subjected, 1 1 with a large number of representative :inen of Michigan, who had supported lime, to a trial, following indictments ' procured by a Democratic department of Justice, which through hundn ds 1 1 of agents had hounded and terrified 1 , men in all parts of tho state into believing be-lieving tnat some wrong had been done. Under the Instructions given by the court, conviction of a conspiracy to spend more tnan $3,760. naturally followed and sentences Imposing luie.s (and Imprisonment were Immediately passed! All charges of bribery and i corruption were, nowev er. quashed by 'the specific order of the presiding Judge. ACTION REVERSED "On appeal, the supreme court of I the United States reversed tho action of tho court below, because, as stated by Chief Justice White, of the grave misapprehension and the grevlous misapplication of the statute which wasfllso declared unconstitutional ; protracted Investigation beforo the i committee of privileges and elections of the senate resulted in a report sustaining sus-taining my election; and after a bitter bit-ter partisan debate tho senato had declared de-clared that I was entitled to my seat "In view of all these proceedings my right to my seat has been fully confirmed con-firmed and I am thankful to have been permitted to serve my state and my country, and to have tho eternal satisfaction satis-faction of having by my vote sided In keeping tho United States out of the league of nations. "For those who so patriotically and unselfishly worked for my election, and In defenB of my own honor, that of my family and friends. I have fought the fight and kopt faith The time has now come, however, when I can conscientiously lay down the "bur-1 "bur-1 den and this I most cheerfully do If In tho future there seems to be opportunity op-portunity for public service, I shall not hesitate to offer my services to tho 1 state which I love and the country I revere " LETTER TO COOLIDGE In his letter to tho vico president under date of November 17. Mr. Newberry New-berry said: "I enclose herewith copy of my resignation, which I havo this day forwarded for-warded to the governor of the state of Michigan, and I respectfully request that this bo read Into the records of I the 8( nate as soon as possible. ' In terminating my service as a senator, I beg to express onco more to you, my doep senso of thankfulness for your many courte-jles and friendly considerations." |