The Colorado statesman., 1921-07-23
MADDEN SAYS ANTI-LYNCHINC BILL
WILL PASS
Tinkham Bill COnsidered-MOndell Beaten
i'm Conference.

jority leadership. Thirty-siX Republi-
can members of the House participated
in an "outlaw" caucus held in the
chamber of the House last night to
consider the Tinkham legislation to
enforce the Fourteenth amendment to
the constitution, giving votes TO Ne
groes. The conference was held in OPP
position to the wishes of Frank w.
Mondell of Wyoming, majority leader,
and despite all his efforts to prevent
it.
The outlaw conference elected tenn
porary officers, eXcoriated Mr.. Mon
dell and pledged itself to an organ
lied campaign to compel the Republi-
can management of the House to 20
on record one way or another in the
matter of the Fourteenth amendment.
The tendency toward insurgency
against the party leadership was fol-
lowed by virtual indorcement of
seventy-five Republicans in the House
of what the OUTLAWS" did the night
before. Representative Tinkham of
Massa chuSetts circulated a petition
for another party conference on the
Fourteenth amendment He would
have the meeting held. Fifty sigma
lures were necessary to force the con
ference. He passed that number with
in an hour. He expects to have no
less than 100 Republican names, all of
IL, h., n,.,1e. ind m
stand.
With one hundred Republicans sup
porting Mr.. Tinkham in a movement
for conference which Mr.. Mondell
has twice opposed, and the Minnesota
and other delegates openly challenging
the tariff policies of Representative
Fordney, chairman of the Ways and
Means committee, the situation was
not regarded with cquanimity by per
sons interested in the welfare of the
Harding administration and the Re
publican party. There have been fire.
quent rumblings of discomfort with the
party leadership in Congress, but un-
til now the champions of harmony
have blocked every effort to have the
party's soiled linen washed in public.
Open warfare between Messrs. Tink-
ham and Mondell began two weeks ago.
The Bay state member obtained sixty
five signatures for party caucus on
the Fourteenth amendment. Mondell
countered by having Representative
Barbour of California issue call for
conference on Congressional deport-
ment. Accordingly Representative
Towner of Iowa, chairman of the Re
publican conference, convened Il eau
Gus to consider both subjects.
Mr.. TOwner, who previously had
ruled that reappOrtionment was ger
name to enforcement of the Four
teenth amendment, held that enforce
ment was not germane to reappOrtion-
ment. There was noisy demonstra-
ton against the ruling. Mr.. Mondcll
, tried to force the adjournment of the
conference. but he was outvOted five
to one. Then there was an agreee-
ment to adjourn to meet later. Mr.
Mondell sought to have Mr.. Tinkham
agree to abandon the conference. He
was unsuccessful. 1t was charged that
the majority leader then issued in
structiOns that all Republicans in the
House he notified that the conference
had been cancelled. Orders were given
the doOrkeepers to close the chamber
of the House.
The question raised by Mr.. Tinkham
is being opposed by Republicans from
border states, who declare that for
them TO vote for or against the Tink-
ham proposals would be to invite
trouble.