Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-02-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
RI ON our Regular C~rrssnn1ient J

the body can take the floor whenever
he feels inclined either to speak or to
make a motion and even those who
have passed few days in the galleries
looking at the pan" rama below, know
little Of the laws or code Of rules by
which its proceedings are governed.
Writers for the press have often re-
fr.rred to the House as the cheer gar
dsn," and not without some reason. for
if appears 80 II etimas as much like an
dimonium as ything I ever saw.
During the recent debate on the proro-
stiOn to increase the membership Of
the committees the fact was made "ppar-
Mt that to the minds of the more px-
p.riencpd and rejecting members has
come the conviction that the House j.
by means of its rules incapable Of per
f,rming any serious wor: Of Legislation.
The most that e1-Spe1kor Randall could
cInim was that under the new revision
Of the rules there were greater facilities
FIR reporting bills rom the commit
tees, but other members could not 500
tie practical difference between PIGEON
boiling in the committees and death
from sufr0cati n in tine House It is an
idle farce for members 70 waste time il
perfecting measures which are never
heard Of after they are reported NJ
Dunneli, of Minnesota, characterized
the rule" as f q most infamous govern
ing any Legislative body in the w rid
Mr.. Williams. of Wisconsin. praved f,r
a new Christopher Columbus to discover
I pathway through the boundIess sea Of
leeisl ,tlOn. Mr.. Robinson, Of Massc-
chusetts, one Of the most 81 ar-headed
men in the Enus' gave expression to de-
spa r, and at the same tmr rebuked tie
Speaker for his utter failure to maintain
order Aud Mr.. Relfor9l, of Colorado.
in ridieue, that all commit
tees should be abolished except two
the Ways and Means and the annrn-
pria ionS-that all the members Of the
House should be assigned to these two
committees in alphabetical order and
th"t every member should be furnishe
with one clerk and two bootblacks
Notwithstanding the croteSqueness Of
Mr.. BelfOrd's proposition, i really con
tains germ of good sense and an ind-
cation of the emily possible remedy for
the disorder and incapacity of Cen
gross.
The experience Of new members who
enter upon their duties without due
OF the patient study and
persevering practice necessary to be
come raTiiamentarians and obtain a
fOotho'0, is sometimes pathetic. MANY
:, new member with q budget of bills
and resolutions which he firmly be
linves is to reveal to the country its
future great statesman has entered the
hall Of the lEcnse in undOuhtpd faith |
that he has passed the portals of a bril- |
| ant career. He rises in his lace and
addresses the chair. He is sure he was
up as soon as anyone, but the Speaker
seems unaware of his existence. He is |
Il little dazcd by the fact that a dozen
more are doing the same thing, and
that the loud talking and clapping cfE
hands for pages, and the tot uncon-
5 'iousnesS Of the body that he was try
irg to gain an audience, making a COM
of untoward circumstances very
like trying to address the people in the
ON nihuSses from curhstone in Broad
way, and he takes his seat a little flus-
trated, thinking he will watch the
cou Sc of things and try it again. The
next time he determines he will not be
fOled by mndosty, aNd shouts "Mr. |
Speaker" so loudly that, as much to
he rid of him as for anything else he Is
recognized by the chair 81 desire to
present resolution and ask its adop-
ton" at can only lie dene by unan-
im0us CONSENT" the Speaker replies,
and II ehject," is heard from severa
members at once. Some one else is
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