The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-07
by MARK SULLIVAN

National Political Correspondent oil tue
Intclligcncer and y. Y. Evening ios'
Washington, February T.-Leaders, III
the senate arc eager for the restoFA-
ton Of that body to tle good Eraces
or The public. They wan TO get PACK
for themselves the prestige ana ie""-
crshin which left them ard went 10
the white House, partly as 4 heceS-
s,rv incident Of the war. partly PC
c,uso Of fifteen wears Of big and ag-
pressive personality in tho White House
in the persons oc Wilson and Roosevelt.
This wish Is close TO the Senate s heaTt
and frequently in private CONVERSATIONS
( Spcak!nE i'm personally and unSeihsh'E'
they are able TO make an appealing ar
gumcnt from a public point OF vie"
why this should happen.
Measure Popular
Thu vote on the bill showed now
popular the measure was. how niue
and how .pcC!alizcd the opposition WAS
Less than one oui OF ten Of the mem
bcrship Of the House opposed II. the
mex, day tho bill went TO the Senate.
And in tho Senate II still remains more
than eight weeks later. The day 1t
arrived in the Senate one Senator evi-
IDENTIFY had some concern about imputa-
tons of bad faith to his fellows. Sena-
tor King Of Utah said:
ct have seen the statement IN a num-
h"r OF newspapers that in MI pr"oa-
L!l!ty nothing further would be done
with his legislation. l do not Know
whore this information came from. Con-
ccdinC accuracy generally 10 the press
7 nm inclined 10 think that In this mat
ter an crror has been fallen into. ] de-
sire TO say there is no disposition to de-
lav the passage OF legislation al ms
session dealing with Immigration. | be
l'cvc that SOME leg Station should DC
enacted before we adjourn. | sincerely
hope the committee VIII Immediately
consider the question:
Hut the committee did not "!mmedi-
atcly consider the question:" for exactly
three weeks the committee did nothing,
on January 4 thcT began to hold hear
inrs On occasional days. ten days in
all. strung over Il period Of three weeks.
the committc. or fragments OF the COM
mittec. listened to Witnesses. Practically
all the witnesses we're interested in pro-
noting mmiRratiCn and defeating tho
bill There were two Government oni-
Gals who spoke rs experts on immtEra-
t!un statistics and one or two others
who were d!sint"rcstcI An almost
equally srraIl number OF volunteer wit
nesscs spoke In fave Of tho bill.
Testimony From Special Interests
Tho great bulk Of the hearings con-
sisted Of testimony from special inter
ests. either ruCiU or business, who
onroscd the bill ~strenuously. No
thouGht-ful American equipped with
knowledge Of the background. can read
the stcnographic report Of those hear
inEs without being dearly and Somhrely
concerned.
However. this is not the place for Al
analysis Of the testimony. nor for dis
cus.inr the merits of tho bill. What
IS here attempted to make clear Is the
i~nactsoo Of the Senate contrastcd with
tho speed and effectiveness that are
not found impossible by the lower
House. with n membership more than
four times as large. I ave said tho
Housr debated thn bill. amended Il. and
passed Il. all within seven days. The
Senate has had il NOR" 'ran eight weeks
and has not vet "vrn debated Il.
The bill is still In that state Of Sis
pendcd animation described % being
Gin tho committee" Ercn II tn" bill
should come out now. It IS so late In
the session that II ccn hardly pass.
Meantime. on March 4. The war time
regulation exrlrcs which gives his
country the small safeguard Of rcGu!r-
Ing that pqssport ~ cmiCrAnts leaving
Europe for America he v!Scd by our
Consuls.
ANY one with tho f~nIntcst orrortun'-
tv for knowing the state of the public
mind on this question Wiz Understand
how strong must be thc popular resent