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Show SENATE OF U S IS FAST ASLEEP. No comment on public affair by twM Mark Sullivan ha i been more tlmch 'ban his analysis of the lost prestige tM of the lnlted States senate. twM I "Leaders in the senate are ej;er for the restoration ol lhat body to fhej tM j iOOd Rrares of the public," says Sulli j J an "They want to get back for tlieni-; selves the prestige and leadership fThlch lefi them and went to the White House, partly as a necessary In-j In-j ' Ide0l to the war, partly because of f if - twM j ,ren years of big and aggressive per- -onality jn the White House In the i" ' -nut of Wilson and Roosevelt. Thi ivl"h Is close to the senate's heart, and ; frequently in private ( on rsation. speaking impersonally and unselfish LaH I h. they are able to make an appcal- Ilng argument from a public point of I icw why this should happen. But J 'he disposition of (he sennit to lake Jnlnntagt of its Impersonality and bbbj a I.IH.U..IIIIII, irniiitinawn iu piocraati- V nation 1n the plain sight of the pub He, its tendency in dispose of popular 1 measures, not by decision, but by In- J action, are Illustrated by the course of tM j tie immlgiation bill In the present wm 1 session " SullJvan notes that popular demand J for restriction of immigration met twM With prompt and effective re.pons In tM tbe house, bin the senate has lail.l IMMM ,0 Ct The bill wns introduced In the I j house on December 6 and passed tha-body tha-body on December 18, with an oer whelming vote in Its favor. The next, 'J day the measure went to the senate 1 and has remained there without ac 3 Hon. It is one of the most important j bills before congress. A great si ream J of undesirable immigrants Ifl bearing 1 into the country at a time when there i l is industrial stagnation and hundred! of thousands ol ruericans are unem i ployed. The senate, seeming)) indlf fereni to thia flood, procrastinates and makes no no e to protect the coun is try. |