The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-29
DIFFICULT FOR
 REPUBLICANS TO
 CONTROL HOUSE
Pet Provision of Diplomatic and Consular Bill Defeat
 ed By Lack of Control.

Washington, May 29-Further il- lustration of the disorganization pre- vailing the majority side of the House of Representatives was fur nished recently when a pet provision in the diplomatic and consular ap
 propriation bill, which was fathered by Leader Mondell and other inf1uen- tial Republicans, was rejected. The Republican leadership was unable to control the majority side of the cham Der and many G. O. P. members voted with the Democrats against the pro- vision, which. it was claimed, would
 deny alien the right of asylum in the United States.
 Both the attempt to shove the pro- vision through and it's defeat are now
 attributed to mismanag cement in the House. It is not unusual nowdays for the House to reject something the Republican leaders.
 Representative Mann, of Illinois, former Republican minority leader of the House, assailed the diplomatic and consular provision and aided in it's defeat. It was proposed by this bill that no alien might leave his own country and come to America with out a passport "dully vised" by a rep
 resentative of the State Departm
 Here is a proposition that would prevent an Irishman fleeing from Ire- land from entering the United States declared Representative Mann. "It would prevent some man in South America. persecuted by his govern n1ent, from fleeing to the free United States. It would prevent any man fleeing from the Balkans to the Unit 1 ed States. It is impossible for them i to obtain passports from their own country
 Even in the face of Mann's indict- l ment. the Republican floor leader, l MT. Mondel insisted that the provis- 1 ion should be adopted and denied i that it would work hardship on ra~- | sons desiring to leave Ireland, MT. Mondeu argued that Great Britain l would be more than willing to permit [ Irishnlen to leave that country. Some of the opponents of this leg | islation,' said Mondell, complain | that it would affect their friends of i the Emerald Isle. In my opinion, the l English government would be mighty ] willing to issue a passport to any per i son in Ireland who wants to go to ! another country. do not think there i is anything in the contention of the | opposition. I cannot conceive of any l circumstances where the British gov
 
 an Irishman, Scotchman, Welshnan 1 or Englishman desiring to leave the l British Isles'' MT. Mondell'S argument was inef- l fective, and both Democrats and Re l pubiicans assailed the change of pol l icy which would deny any persecuted ] or unfortunate persons an asylum in 1 the United States. though the pro- l vision in the diplomatic and consular bill had the approval of the G. O. F. l machine in the House. it was uncere- | moniouSly rejected and was strick en from the bill by a vote of 192 to 96. i The defeat was a bitter dose to Mon ! dell and various other Republicans i who had carefully framed the legis- l lation but who did not furnish en- i tirey' satisfa ctory evidence as to it's
 necessity Most of the time the Re 1 publican leadership was consumed in i attempts to explain away charges that 1 such a provision would particularly i work against Ireland.
 1 With the Republican machine in 1 the House disorganized as it is today 1 and Congress following a s4do noth- l ing" policy, it is not uncommon to i see the plans of the leaders go astray l Republican insurgents refusing to l be driven by the steering committee, l have more than once joined with l Dem ocrats to overthrow legislation l which had the O. K. of the Republi- l can elders. A dictatorial steering committee. it is claimed, is the chief cause of Republican troubles in the ]. House.