Evening star., 1924-06-05
CONGRESS MENACES
COUNTRY, IS CHARGE
F. J. Hogan Tells Realtors Fools
Are Sent Here to
Make Laws.
RIGHTS ARE SEEN IN DANGER
Weldon Greets Visitors at Presi.
RIGHTS ARE SEEN IN DANGER
Weldon Greets Visitors at Presi-
dents Dinner.

Warning that the country is drifting
into a condition more serious than the
insidious propaganda of the reds and
sounded last night by Frank j. Hogan,
local attorney before prominent real
tors of the country attending the
presidents dinner rendered by the
Washington Real Estate Board at the
New Willard Hotel.
He charged that Congress was
abusing and gradually taking away
the constitutional rights of the citi-
zens. and in vitriolic attack on that
body. indicted the realtors and other
citizens Of the states for not paying
more attention to their suffrage. He
told them directly that they were too
busy to see who was being sent to
Congress. adding that they keep their
wise men with brains at home and
send their fools" to Washington.
Reviewing the propaganda of the
So-called reds, Mr.. Hogan said there
is more insidious danger existing
in the conduct of the national affairs
of this government"
Sees Rights Attacked.
Then. continuing. he told of the
tecting the liberty of citizens, and
guarding their homes and private pa
perS from being seized without due
process of law, and pointed out that
inch by inch these private rights are
being withdrawn.
ditions,' he said, pointing an accus-
ing finger over his audience, DE
cause you are so busy with your af-
fairs at home that YOU send your
radicals to Congress You keep your
commonsense men at horne and send
your fools to Congress.
I'm the District of Columbia we
come in close contact with these men.
and here we think that congress
man is the lowest form of animal life.
1t is such men you have sent to US in
whose hands you trust your affairs.
Party government is all right when
you have a responsible government
with a responsible head on whom
you can place blame. But when you
have the indescribabi conditions that
exist here now. you only know where
to put the individual responsibility"
Men. he said. are hauled before the
bar of Congress for contempt but
when YOU go there it is with diff
Guilty that YOU try to conceal your
contempt. for there is no trouble
in showing it,"
Scores Political Maneuvers.
today" he continued. do not con-
slider what is good for the people,
but what will be good for the cAndi-
date in November: they do not con-
slider whether ii is wise to spend
money from the standpoint OF the
budget. but whether it will bring
more votes.
These legislators do not ask
whether your papers, your accounts
and your regulations are being
jeopa rdized. but behind the cloak Of
congressional immunity that cannot
l. Il ~,
violate your constitutional rights.
Under this g.uise of congressional
immunity. they libel and ruin a private
citizen, and for 1t there Is no redress.
OF course it is vitality essential that
there should be legislative immunity,
but it is more essential that you put in
these positions men who win not abuse
that tyrannical power.
II hope that you will go back to
your com munities, for the responSi
bility rests on you, for we have no
vote here, with a determination to
correct these intolerable conditions,
If conditions worse than those of a
red government are to be stopped
you, and you alone, can stop it.
appeal not to your party alliances
but to your plain Americanism. Won
you take this home"
John c. Weldon, president of the
Wash lin gton Real Estate Board, said
the, Washington board was glad To
have the realtors here, and delivered
special welcome to the Canadian
realtors. He also told the realtors
that the Washington board, at the
seat of government, was in a pecu-
liar position to help the realtors OF
the country, and told them to call on
it for Information and help whenever
needed.
President Ennis urged a closer alli-
noe hetw cen the various local boards
for the interchange of ideas, and
pointing out that there was a grow
ing respect for realtors inn all parts
of the country, urged them 20 back
strongly the Washington board
which, at the seat of government, he
said. is really trying to do things
Harry Wardman and Randall H
Hagner spoke briefly. Harry *. Boss
was toastmaster. The musical pro-
gram included solos by Mrs. Mary
Scherier Bowie, Miss Richie Mclean.
]. r. M Bowie and Fred East OF the
Washington Quartet, with GaOrE<
Wilson, accompsnist, and BY Geesgs
O'Connor with Matt Horn. acUDm-
panist