Republican farmer., 1920-06-04
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 on 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 Monde1l 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 an alien the right of asylum in the United States.
 Both the attempt 10 shove the pro- vision through and it's defeat are now attributed to mismanageme ent in the House. It is not unusual nowdays for the House to reject something which is cooked up'' in conference of the Republican leaders.
 Representative Mann, of Illinois, former Republican minority leader of the House. assailed the diploma tic 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 tised' by a rep resentative of the State Departm ent. Here is a proposition that would prevent an Irishman fleeing from Ire land from entering the United States declared Representative Mann. t'It would prevent some man in South America, persecuted by his govern ment, from fleeing to the free United States. It would prevent any man fleeing from the Balkans to the Unit ed States It is impossible for them to obtain passports from their own country"
 Even in the face of Mann's indict- ment, the Republican floor leader, MT. Mondell, insisted that the provis- ion should be adopted and denied that it would work hardship on per sons desiring to leave Ireland. MT. Mondeu argued that Great Britain would be more than willing to permit Irishmen to leave that country.
 Some of the opponents of this leg islation,' said Monden, "complain that it would affect their friends of the Emerald Isle. In my opinion, the English government would be mighty willing to issue a passport to any per son in Ireland who wants to go to another country. I do not think there is anything in the contention of the opposition. I cannot conceive of any circumstances where the British gov ernment would refuse a passport to an Irishman. Scotchman Welshn, an or Englishman desiring to leave the British Isles"
 MT. MondeIPs argument was inef- fective. and both Democrats and Re publicans assailed the change of pol
 icy which would deny any persecute6 or unfortunate persons an asylum ir the United States. Al hcugh the pro- vision in the diplomatic and consular bill had the approval of the G. c, p machine in the House. it was uncere- moniously rejected and was strick CT from the bill by a vote of 192 to 96 ! The defeat was bitter dose to Mon dell and various other Republicans
 who had carefully framed the leg:s- lation but who did not furnish en- tirey satisfa ctory evidence as to it: necessity. Most of the time the Re publican leadership was consumed 1T attempts to explain away charges that ! such a provision would particularly work against Ireland.
 With the Republican machine ir the House disorganized as it is today and Congress following a "do noth ing" policy, it is not uncommon te see the plans of the leaders go astray Republican insurgents refusing te
 be driven by the steering committee have more than once joined with Democra to overthrow legislation which had the o. K. of the Republi- can elders. A dictatorial steering
 committee. it is claimed, is the chie1 cause of Republican troubles in the House.