The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-27
Passport and immigration
Moves Blocked. I
HAVE INJURED RACE
Recent Bill Which Virtually Gave For
eign Governments Power to Say
Who Should Enter United States
Reused Jews to Big Protest-eiII
Sent Back to Conference.
BY ARTHUR W. DUNN.


Washington. Jan. 25.-lSpeciaI.l-The
power OF the Jewish people has often
been demonstrated. as in tile case OF
the Russian passport resolution OF a
year ngO and again when the immtgra'
ton bill was sent back to conference
nv the senate recently. In extreme
hnste the conference report OH this bill,
which was In reality new hill mhde
by the conferees. was pushed through
the house by those who want more
drastic immigration laws.
But by the time it was taken up In
the senate its provisions had become
known. especially that which gave for
rign governments virtually the power
TO say who should come to this corln-
try. This provision was attacked Wig
orously. particularly by the Jewish neo'
pie. who sent kilograms OF strong pro-
test. And Immediately the bill was
sent back 10 conference to have the
Objectionable feature eliminated.
Attacking COLUMBUS
They are pulling down Nil our idols.
Only recently IN organization in Wash
Ington held a meeting and denounced
Columbus. In the language of Il wild
westerner. they gave him a dirty set
tin ont" and NIL because they did
not want Columbus canOnized rs the
patron saint II America. "lf those fel-
lows really want to put It over on
Columbus" remarked a member OF con-
gresS. "thcy ought to circulate pictures
nj that statue that has been erected OF
him down by the Union station. That
gives him the worst deal any hero ever
got. They have made the discovercr OF
this country anything hut the pictured
hero OH the quarterback pushing on
and on toward an unknown land across
the unsailed seas"
Underwood Knows.
The men who have appeared before
the ways and means committee to tell
that body what ought to be done with
the tariff have become convinced OF
one fact. and that is that Oscar W.
Underwood knows the tariff from one
end to the other. The few pointed
questions lie asks. the brief statements
he makes from time to time. show
TINT he has been over the tarin bills.
treasury reports and all other data
pertaining to the difficult subject OF
tariff making and has knowledge OF
what it all means.
Washed Money Troubles.
Bob Bailey. assistant secretary OF
the treasury. is u natural reformer.
He is newspaper man and had no
more than settled In the money de-
partment of the government than he
began tearing things up. All went
well until he introduced washed mon
ey, which meant throwing out Of en-
ployment many plate printers. because
If money could he washed there would
not be the necessity OF printing and
issuing new supply In place Of dirty
money. But the plate printers are
union labor men. and they objected to
the new scheme. Then came the coun-
terfeitlng proposition. and 1t was
shown that the washed money was so
like the countcrfcits that not even OK
pGrts could tell one from the other un-
til there had been a microscopic exam
inntiOn. And ut this point the troubles
of Bailey became burdcnsome. He
has had trouble in explaining to the
appropriations committee that the
washed money process must not be
abandoned.
A Mysterious Disappearance.
Tom Penre, versatile North Caro-
lima newspaper man, was the press
agent of the Wilson campaign before
the national convention. More than
that. he was guiding spirit in han
ding difficult problems. He continued
as press agent. and more particularly
aS common sense adviser. during the