The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-21
YALE PALMER
WINS SCORES
RACE SENATE
Says Those Who Oppose Him
Are Friends Of Germany
and Enemies of u.s..

WASHINGTON. d. c., Juno 2o.-At.
torncy General Palmer At the hrst Dubf1o
hearing in the fight to prevent connrrnar
ton by the senate Of his appointment,
turned sharply today upon his aecuSesS
and boldly charged that they were align
cd with German interests In . coneefte4
attempt to discredit his administratton
as alien property custodian.
During the year and q half he wAS
In charge Of the office Mr.. Palmer de-
clared he had been denounced By every
: enemy alien and every friend and Ct.
torney for every enemy alien in this
country, and that in Berlin he was char.
actcrized as the Official American pick.
pocket" Every friend Of the 10000 aliens
whose property had been seized were at
lacking him, he said. because his or
ganization had seized enemy property
and captured the German industrial
army in the United States It would
be shown, he told the committee, that
the particular charges lodged against
him were not based on the ground that
he sold enemy plants at too low DrtcA
but that he had sold them to Americans
who had turned them to profitable ~
count.
For nearly Ave hours the senate Judi.
ciary subcommittee, conducting IN onS0
inquiry at the request OF the attorney
general. was in a continual snarL For
two hours a crowd that was kept on edgQ
by the tense feeling breaking out 1t In.
tervals witnessed the remarkable spec.
tacle Of an attorney general OF the
United States defending his record ana
slashing at his enemies before senAtAa
committee meeting sitting on his ntnsss
future procedure and summon witnesses
for a place in the cabinet
The bitter feeling that broke out ~
the beginning remained to the end, thA,
meeting closing abruptly and IN dfsofs
der. with the announcement BY Chair
man Dillingham; that another session
would be held tomorrow to determine
future procedure and summon witnesses
asked for by the compliments. There
was a strong belief at the capitol 10.
night that no further hearings OF con-
sequence would be held and that the
committee would recommend connrmS-
lion Of Mr.. Palmer's nomination. ..
The first evidence Of bitterness Was
displayed at the very outset when SEN
n;or walsh. Democrat, Of Montana,
charged Merton E. Lewis formerly AZ
torncy general Of New York, with de-
cc.ying the committee last week through
failure to quote all the sections OF the
law bearing on the right OF the alien
property custodian to seize enemy prop
erty. Mr.. Lewis, who Is counsel TOT
Harvey T. Andrews, the principal COM
plainant. frankly stated that he had been
in error and that he had como prepared
10 offer his apologies. senator "nsn
retorted that while he accepted the
statement without reservation. H.
lewis should realize that the committee
thereafter could not rely on anything No
said.
Frequently during the presentation ~
Mr. Lewis of documentary evidence he
cInshed with Mr.. Palmer, and no effort
apparently was made by either 70 com
ccal his feeling Of hostility. During
his long and at times dramatic rcatA
The attorney general stood With hair
disheveled, while his voice. thrown 70
high pitch, reached far down IN cor
ridors. ....-..4-.' -.