Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-23
From Other Viewpoints
ono Really IIidcouS Scandal.
ny ALFRED u. WILLIAMS.

Honest" L"hn "a ;e:aoa, sarcastcally named
sfa,or from south Carona in
|" stay in the state because there vns !I,,n
ans historic Eo is S,e e"MsEE; , The m,5 remark be
n,.io'tt"'E by me revelations OF The perform
present administrator rciienro wiIH Rder i tn"
600 FOR the housin; Of Va NO GKefa S S,Toooo
mn charge OF the matte. OF course he could
~ bHt na%ry turned ' il over Tn TO the BE-
the commission was organized and VIM nm ny ~,
lila, ,,s manage'nen, quickly became a publi,
m"st any fEfn dnr'ns the waG aaya al
money wen rs h maE "i uspenains publis
n"r' Of 'he work was done il, Washinston' n n,s
TIe tWeVe nos s'Gr rsc a2a in Ef fFs
Been clen m,' S,ani"H. on t!,e plaza which had
station tho cepi'o were fordSd ed" on 'F tne n nne
%ho rrv of e ana Tba
t. cip ''.' !" arG3noGats yonns women called
- the wasicfu and slothfuI way 1't whic lei,
men employed tcir Obvious soderins 1T II
- -" r"t2cn IN at least one h,ncst mechanic
ashamed the mon"S for ' What t"h he Was we w a
rin i seemed to he take care TO G Sener at
i locked as If somebody was intent on taiin1s.
VEN. a["iM 4 ,ryinSHrN strained by demands OF wa!
rne arshl;gcs were isit IDLE 'f by isciS 0o Of
hing uly comneent Washinss1iona do or n1y-
.rti, was paid 52?oo" TO draw the plans tor tho
stored
lnsI WIN Stucco walls and each practically
anniiG S,a, OF All thc others lie was allowed.
"iSn' aiVo Z month for assistant to whom he
}Eih N-oo Ihai is but one incident. Tic dorm
torres We're not completed until the Wa,. W..
over ana the rooms for Loo women COS, &, Kan
r:'.H. oi course the buildings are tcnpor, ~.
ana "er" intended TO hc q from the hccinn;n,..
nc coini sSi"n spent altogether $61 500 900 ,.f,
nc Sickening disclosures now brought tn tnn
front are no SURPRISE. There is nothing l., Inc
~" Tweed ring II New Yorl, and ihr n, ,,ot
pHS governments in the South.
Democrats in congress are more ,a...r ,no,,
Republicans in exposing this shame and ,,r~ia -
searching inquiry and punishment of the .liii.x
rms M; is not only sound patriotism. but nccossary
l"!iticS. The party IN power not purge IT..
self too thoroughly too quickly II is dtIi
cult 20 see how the Secretary OF Labor ga ne
cape responsibility for negligence and moon
p"icncc III permitting such outrage asainst rho
country. Certainly nc has struck another tIcad-
~ bio" AT his own party and the admin
trItion If Which he is part. Republican spr;ll;-
crs could mol ask better ammunition for the
stump next fall than the record of this depart
and this commission. s..vorinG so strongly
81 cold bioodcd aud deliberate pluntlc, OF tho
government and people by public officials i'm
Time at Nar. when Tho were dcprivinc
themselves and being deprived of ordinary COM
forts and tho soldiers giving life and limb
and health and enduring misery to help tho
common cause.
Justice and political sense and instinct OF self
prompt aud thorough and go to the very roots
OF responsibility and that punishment shall he
quick and heavy That cry is coming from bot h
parties and every OF the country and
there can he no doubt that IL will be needed. We
may nave startling news presently.