Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1919 — BERGER’S SEAT TO CONGRESS [ARTICLE]

BERGER’S SEAT TO CONGRESS

Carney, Democratic Claims Position, as Victor Has Been Convicted of Disloyalty. Chicago, Jan. 10.—-Victor L. Berger, Socialist congressman-elect, who was found guilty of conspiracy against the United States in Judge Landis’ couft, now faces a contest for his seat In congress. Complaint already has been filed by J. P. Carney, his Democratic opponent in the Fifth congressional district at Milwaukee, whom Berger defeated by 3,000 votes in the election. Congress must itself determine the question of Berger’s eligibility to take his seat, as no court can pass upon that question.