The Washington herald., 1918-06-28


comparison, my poor abilities will per-
init.
Broadly stated. not sympathizing
with the tenant class when in contro-
yersy with the landlord class. Is no
legal offense. For that lack Of sym.
pathy with the tenant class which 1
accord or impute to him, he has per-
feet right. My right not to be in
sympathy with the landlord class is
no greater than is his to be with
them l freely admit that. under pres
ent conditions. ! am a partisan in the
cause of the tenant. II / were to say
that he is a partisan on the other side
OF the question, 1 would impute to
him nothing that do not sssume for
myself. With all of a plentiful err
crgy. l. have enlisted with the tenant
In the fight Of which Mr.. worthingtUn
wrote his Fellow. Realtors
In drafting bill for the relief, OF
the tenant in his present extremity 1
gave 1t all the effort and thought of
which | am capable. If what 1 wrote
will not accomplish that end, neither
the tenant nor ] has yet discovered
the failure.
POmerene Bill Protects Landlord
'On the other hand. if the amend
ment known as the Pomerene bill pro-
tects the tenant from eviction, the dis
covery has only been made b the land
lords and its author.
Since the appearance OF the Pome-
rene bill / have been constrained to
believe that, In the exercise Of my leg-
islattve efforts behalf of the tenant
class in the District OF Columbia had
to meet the opposition of the able au-
thor of that paper. because his SEEM
ing cympathies have been for the land
lordclass. I use the expression SEEM
ing sympathies. while, IL his attitude
Is to be determined by the bill bearing
his name, / may surely omit that
word.
. Heretofore have said, and | now
repeat my opinion. that he can express
himself on paper most accurately in
deed. In the so-colled Pomerene bill
he has done this. In doing It he has
written that to which the tenant class
and teir friends object and that which
the landlords and their supporters ap-
prove. But that Is his right. Just as IL
Is mine to write that which is to the
interest of the tenant class.
The distinguished parsonage OF
whom I speak will agree, am sure
that the landlords gave me none OF
the money of which Mr.. worthington
wrote his fellow REALTORS and just
as readily and without any sort OF
qualification I shall agree v~'th him
that they gave him none. atti-
tude of each Of US toward bill
as a matter of course, was ;,IoTn tc
those who had the money to spend In
the local fight in Congress. II both
he and I get some Of the money-and
eac OF us US a good witness. one for
the other. that neither of us got any
of it-it did not alter or change the
views Of either.
Penant II MoneyIess-
THE tenants have not given me
any money to help them in their
fight in Congress. In the first place
the tenant Is the moneyIess man in
the controversy. In the next place
they knew by the bill ! introduced
that I was on their side. To have
given me money under the 'circum-
stances was not only unnecessary;
but would have been bad business.
On the other hand, the landlords
have not given the Senator any
money in their fight in Congress.
They knew from the bill which he
wrote that he was on their side. To
have given him money under the cir
cumstances was likewise not only not
necessary, but would have been bad
business.
1T is a matter Of choice with a
member Of Congress whether, in the
present controversy, he will side with
the tenant or with the landlord. II
were to declare from every house.
top that my sympathies were with
the downtrodden landlord, the bill
which I wrote would contradict me.
II, upon the other hand, the Senator
were to declare with equal vehemence
that his efforts are in behalf Of the
oppressed tenant, the bill written by
him would confront him.
our attitudes run parallel; but,
judged BY what each has written,
they lead to opposite results: and
neither he nor l got any money, II
FOR no other reason. because II was
not necessary.
without Precedent.
Next. an outsider, resembling q
Fiji Island opicure on exhibition nj
the worlds fair. one to whom
neither questions nor letters had
been sent. butted in and sent up a
bIeat OF Indignation because the sub
mission Of questions by one con-
feree to another conferee is, as he
says, without precedent.
whether with or without pre-
cedent. its tendency to hasten mat
ters in behalf of the common veal
is sufficient to warrant its rejec-
tion by this ante-deuvian prince OF
procrastinators who already has es-
q reputation as a false
prophet of past events.
But, dendrides and ammo Domini
working together, have rendered
him not the most reliable authority
on precedents or anything else, un-
less It be with the local organ of
the landlords which frequently ex-
hausts all possible eulogy by re-
ferring to him as the staunch friend
OF the District Recently this speci-
men Of an all but extinct creation
made a speech somewhere, not in
France, against a proposition relat-
ed at least, by consanguinity, to
the one on question; and then, when
the vote came to be taken, had to
inquire what 1t was all about.
IF the lapse of q few minutes be-
tween the speech and the vote was
too much, then certainly he Is to be
pardoned for invoking a certain
brand of dignity to prevent the
putting of questions q whole day
before they are to be answered.
Another High Brow.
Once upon q time another High
Brown VIII kept himself keyed up on
this same vanity-or brand of monu-
mental "dignity'-there's another and
more familiar name for IL, but really
can not recall it just now-in making