Republican farmer., 1919-09-05
M0NDELL MAY
 60 AS HOUSE
 6. Q. P. LEADER
Failure of Congressional Majority to Pass Needed
 Laws Gives Trouble.
KILLING DAYLIGHT
 LAW ONLY VICTORY
Nine Months Doing Moth ing Causes Alarm Among
 Eastern Members.

Washington, Sept. 2.---Opposition to the leadership of Representative Mon 1 dell is becoming very pronounced among Republicans in the East in the House of Representati lives, who are planning to insist upon a change of policy at the next Republican confer ence. MondeH succeeded Representa- 1 tive James R. Mann as Republican | leader in the House, after bitter i fight, which left scars that have not since healed. The feeling against Mondelrs leadership took the form of open revolt at a recent conference, when his party virtually denounced as a reclamation project the bill spon sored by Mondell for the reclamation of lands for soldiers and sailors.
 Tn the nine months during which the Republicans have been in charge not A single bill of a Cons.ru uctive na-
 ture has appeared, assert the Republi- cans who are criticising the leader | ship in the House. The daylight saw 1 ings law has been repealed. over the i veto of President Wilson by the strong Republican vote from the az ricultural districts. and the Woman l Suffrage resolution was passed Aside 1 from this. and the passage by the ] House of two small tariff bills. in 1 tended to protect American producers 1 from competition from Germany. the 1 House has done nothing to justify Re- [ publican control, il is pointed out by Republican critics.
 1 Republicans are becoming much worried in the House about the way
 the country is viewing the return of ! Republicans to control Most of the 1 House members disagree with the 1 Republican Senators who are attempt ling to defeat the treaty and to make i radical reservations in the League of Nations They are afraid that Preei- ] dent Wilson in his tour around the , country will become so strong as to i defeat Republican opposition to the treaty. and that the natural result of this will be trouble for the party in
 1920
 1 As to 1920. the House Republicans ] who are critical of the alleged fail l ures of the House leadership, are l asking on what platform the Repub- i Hcans will make their argument for 1 retention of Republican control of the | House 4 group of progressive. i have discussed the situation mos ] earnestly. and, led by Represantat tiv, 1 LonEworth of ohio. they will make 2 i demand that the Republicans in the 1 House get down to real legislative work. Their demands will be ore. i sented at conference scheduled fo, ! this week, when the final attitude o- l the party on the Soldiers and Sailors Land Settlement bill will be disclos l ed. At this conference the electior
 1 of chairman of the Republican
 ! Congressional Committee will be con.
 ! sidered. Many Republicans say the
 l chairman should be a strong positive i factor in party politics. and they are opposed to re-electins Representative l s. D. Fess.
 There is what may be described as l sectional feeling among Republ- cans Eastern Republicans are as | serting that MondelTs leadership does not come across the Mississippi river and that he does not view things i from a national viewpoint. They | charge that the leadership of Mon ! dell and Fordney is responsible for | the biggest legislative fasco of the | session-the failure to pass a semi 1 luxury tax repeal bill. These Re- 1 publicans assert that these two men made 1t impossible to pass the bill | by attacking the Democratic Tariff ! bill and by asserting that the revenue | law of 1918 would not be sufficient to 1 meet the expenses of government. l After such speeches action on the proposed repeal was postponed and l it Is proba bIe that the tax will not be repealed in this session of Congress. l In the closing days of the Democratic 1 session the tax was repealed without | opposition, but Democrats after Ford ! ney's attack, as well a smany Repub- l licans, declined to vote for repeal. The troubles in the Republican Party are most serious and only real action on constructive legislation will satisfy those Republicans who are l dissatisfied with the legislative rec 1 ord of their party.
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