The Lake County Times

The Newberry Indictment
The indictment of Senator Newberry, of Michigan, together with the men who were active in his behalf in his campaign for election, comes as no surprise to those who have followed the bitter and vindictive efforts of the federal administration to "get him." It is well to bear several very salient facts in mind, however.
The first of these is that an indictment is not a conviction, and that where the proper strings are pulled an indictment is not difficult to secure.
In the next place, it is well known that the indicted men have never denied the main charge made against them—that they spent a large sum of money defeating Henry Ford. It is their contention, however, that they spent it openly and legitimately. They were in a position where they must combat Ford's millions and the influence of the pernicious papers of William R. Hearst, and they went to it right manfully and well. They did a good job of it, too, and despite the votes of the pacifists, the I.W.W., the socialists, the sentimentalists, and the bolshevists, Mr. Ford was given a good trimming—a trimming that was distinctly in the interest of the American people.
It is just as well to remember, too, that while this campaign in Michigan was on, Mr. Newberry was not in the state. He happened to be absent during the entire period. You see, that during this time our country was engaged in carrying on the great war and Mr. Newberry was on active duty in the navy, he having volunteered at the first call. His opponent, Mr. Ford, however, was at home engaged in highly profitable work for the federal government—a work which likewise "required" the services of his husky son of military age, a youth who is known the country over as "Edsel the slacker."
We rather think that when the "Newberry conspirators" are brought to trial there will be some fireworks that will not be altogether pleasant for Mr. Ford and his patron, President Wilson, concludes the Fort Wayne News.