Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-05-16

When Meyer London the Socialist
attorney who appeared as the repre-
ious countries. These rural Congress
sentative Of thirty thousand mem
bers of the Workmen's Circle, began
TO address the committee. Goldfogle,
turned nervously in his chair and
mumbled to Burnett that @the hour is
getting late" Burnett, who has
shown a partizanship toward the
Root amendment Immediately shut OFF
London and announced chat the hear
ing on the amendment sis now closed
To Offset criticism, Burnett permitted
London, Jacob Panken, Of the New
York United Hebrew Trades, and
Simon o. Pollock, OF the Refugees
League to "file their views with the
committee"
Aside of Goldfogle's general reac-
tionary attitude toward the movement
of the people of Russia, the country
of his ancestors, there is another rea-
son that prompted him to suppress
London's speech. London, asthe So
cialist candidate for Congress, nearly
defeated Goldfogle in thel asst cam
paign.
Probably the strongest speech made
before the committee was that of
John G. Ohsol, a former member of
the Russia duma and now a student
at Harvard University. He told the
committee of the, police and spy sys-
tenn of Russia and declared that it
would be easy for the Gear to manu-
facture evidence against every poll
teal refugee in this country, if the
Root amendment passes the House.
Ohsol gave his own experience as
Ian instance of the Russian govern
ment's Justification of evidence. He
said that while he was member OF
the Russian duma theg oVernment &C
cused him of being the sponsor of a
petition from the ST. Petersburg gar
rison to the duma. This was simply
a pretext to arrest IS members of the
duma which was then followed by an
order to dissolve the entire legislative
body.
He pointed outzthat according to
the language Of the Root amendment
| it would be conspiracy for man
to participate in a movement of III
millions of Russians against 10000
noblemen who constitute the Russian
/ government.
/ Speeches against the Root amend
ment were also made by ex-Congress.
man Parsons, of the Society OF
Friends of Russian Freedom; Miss
Lillian D. Valid, a New York settle
ment worker, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise,
of New York, and two representatives
| of Chicago Jewish educational organi-
cations.
Ohsol In an interview after the
hearign pointed out that the commit
tee apparently favors restriction of
immigration and that it is working
against its program when 1t favors
an amendment which would prevent
revolutionary movements to better
conditions in countries from where
now men and women are compelled
to emigrate.
Mexico Next.
As is generally known, Senator
Root justified his amendment on the
ground that theb order States are to-
day endangered by 'conspiracies' of
Mexican Socialist and reYolutionist
who Is now in Washington, informs
the National Socialist Press that his
countrymen no longer need the United
States for revolutionary conferences.
1--WE can meet in Mexico and in
fact refugees of other countries will
find our country much safer than the
United States, declared de Lara. "Of
course, Madero wants the Root amend
ment passed as it may be handy some
time. He is getting legislation from
Congress just as Diaz used to. But
the Root amendment can not harm
the Mexican revolution hardly at all. p