Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-02

came about. Early In the war there
was movement in Congress to curb
real estate pcoh:eers In Washsnsto on.
Representative johnson. Of Kentucky.
brought out bill to that end and
senator Pomerenc, OF ohio. brought
out another They were different. Very
different. The two houses OF Congress
deadlocked over them. Finally Scna-
tor Salisbury brought forth a subsu-
lute which was accepted. Mr.. John
pomercne rcspcctirS this legislation.
He broSded over ii for months. He
lay awake nights nursing his wrath
against the Oh,oiau and finally he
made up his mind tnat he would CX
pose the senator He would pillory
that gentleman before the world He
would rcnd him. He would make the
Ohoiap rue the day when lie chul-
lenecd Kentucky panther The OPP
portun!ty came the other day. NJ.
Johnson was given time 10 make Il
most OF his observations 10 Mir.
pomercuc.
k-n,uck, Versus ohio.
And here are some Of the friEhtfui
thing the kentuckian said about the
Oh.oian:
4 say that prohteering was run
ming rampant in this city while
thousands Of the poor were compelled
20 sleep in railroad stations or spend
The last cen; for Il few nights Iodg-
Ing in the house Of proitcer. The
man vino became responsible for thai
condition hailed from the State OF
ohio.
Il say that the facts Justify me in
asserting that his conduct fully war
rants the statement inat he, by his
friendly attitude toward the protteer
ana his eXtortion. stands today as the
worst internal enemy that America
had during the war.
san IL ';houghtfuliy and I say it
deliberately that when our boys were
4 hei
mothers and sisters who were driven
from houses here into the stormy
night
And vet, az the result of that mans
protection Of and friendship for the
Drohteer. as the result Of his DELHI
crate and prcconceivcd purpose TO on
WORKERS int" the street and tempest
and storm, he became even worse than
the Hun who threw the bomb in this
city only few weeks ago.
The latter sought to destroy only
one person, while this Ohio criminal
sorah, TO starve and freeze thousa nd
for the benefit of the proGteer.
IT tho boys. while in the trenches
giving the best Of their young man
hood. giving the blood and their limbs
Tor the country could nave looked
seen their mothers and their sisters
turned out into the terrific storms of
thai most friGhtful winter by the acts
OF this one man.
whether or not u senator from West
cin state SAould retain his seat III
mat august body. This man arose TO
press the charge tina, he should he
expelled when God knows that he was
" thousand times worse than the man
"hom he was prosecuting"
senate Takes UmbrnEc.
quite some arraignmcnt. that; No
m.ncine of words or Juggling Of
phrases in this verbal broadSide. And
when the senate. which harbors this
"Hun" this internal enemy" this
ohio criminal and this oppressor
OF soldiers mothers and sisters. read
this and lot more OF the same
species in the Congressional Record,
IL fairly billed" with resentment. Its
super dignity had been outraged not
by mere newspaper man or even by
millionaire banker. but by a mem
I've" OF tac House, on the floor OF the
House and with the apparent appro-
baton OF the House. Action was de-
handed. The leaders consulted. Con-
fcrcnccs were held and finally a re
solution was brought forward and
passed Condcmning the cruel imputa-
lions Of Mr.. Johnson, giving a vote Of
confidence TO the Senator from Ohio
and. TO marc the measure AS sharp
and piercing as rapier. Mr.. Johnsons
words were pronounced "untruth ful."
This resolution in due course was