National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-12-05


uereiouers the Senate refused To cnnsput To
IL nroyist,',,s ,,,o,,'i,,os ,,,rt nj a ronc..I
o,,,,or,iatinn raj Co.,, ~, s,,io r,.,i',,, thot
olp"!iiuuoh ul'I' w tnc SUN ie"s'l ''ae
IL was genera Legislation, which RUE 10
Of the Senate prohibited. The discussion
was participated in nv Senators Edmund5,
Uaynid Iryp sherman DIVES Hale
IInir AlIisnn Jlrnr IJaNlev M,rT,n. and
.ii 80 15 ~ Ii
Cu,tl ,'auInB sehh'olSi Iugst Vi MnVin hau
served long terms In the House oil Repro
sentatiyes, Senator Frye being especially
Il milirr with the House rules. having been
a tncmI or of tbr committed which t.revlsndU
tbo mic tn tbe fn,,,-si,tb Cnmoross
V ,"s ~ oto t tuiuy az esS soo.
~ an extract from lne speech OF oeuator
BayAfd, which fairly indicates the feeling
and temper Of the Senate on this question,
ss piyen
Mn prrsu,rNr, Tho situatinn ia n yprv seriouq
onr , il is very cr,yc / nnnrrpIate Il f,,llv,
hui Eclicyp nliynys tbat where princinieis
nroIcund md impuitsni aud is recognised IL
sh,ut, mo, 10 n hdndcpod 40 moi nponoso bv
my vote 10 opcn Wide This rote for thc in1Tx
OF n ensures without end, and to System of
legislation which bellove L. practically dc.
'utcliYc oi al inc philosophic m1chinery OF
npu os, &C.,, f,nr,'od ~ ~
If !, hail be that d,iIoy aionS from
ono cause or another one Of the houses OF Con.
gcss--nnd am speaking now by way OF illus
iroiion- shall have gotten It's rules for the
iihhsncllnli OF pnslness lnto sucm petiect,y
.,nic nori.,a, ,bni pr ,,nns,,y ,r,d or
Ind, ouctfionnhie or moi can he brought before
that Iiouie for decision but that It must await
the me ment of nect ssty of the government,
tine when every branch needs money to
Keep IN motion, anu 'heh' hnu tnen
Losg,i,u Ea nh,oined Tor tnnsc rnens,ires ,ybicb
lie machinery OF their rules absolutely pro.
hiIits in the ordinary, regular thoughtful
manner OF presenting business-lf such state
OF Things as tnat mas arrived, II ~ DC true that
nspupleasn goyegn nS n !" ge vreu Ut
SuTSss Inc REM iy Ind heiisr l,s apnlled nnIy
ana and stand had better be tsken now. IL viii
always 10 inconvcnient to take 1t; Il will
always give Lise 20 some extra personal labor
anu ,cshons'piltyi Dut u mignt ~ wen ne
mel, pfchusc Gun scV-hnu tuink W,tuou'
lhe sIiSnlest ue,lly OF eMngEeIT'.un,ng tne ~,
ups",.e ~, vi ~ vusss
Ior lnc Justcc' w Ipnvaa wv m
n.enst vi nElhIu'' ~ tiu. paitinentntty
Iulss US Know II 70 Wy iatleIs VI thls repu9,llg
ma 10 tneit ucscenuan's were ever lh'ehdeu
10 s1Vuic' -, =, A.,
But ny iar the greatest evil Oh az is Tue
fact that this system takes away from the
two houses the questions OF differences be.
tween them and commits them in a lump
TO a conference committee consisting of
three members from each House, the con
ferces being invariably the subcommittee
having cbaIne Of the bill In their respective
committees, which subcommittee Is ap-
POINTED by the chairman. While IL isaw we'll
settled principle of parliamentary law that
n conference committee can only consider
matters in dispute between the two houses,
there are numerous instances where not
only new matter has been incorpornted, but
even the text of the bill to which both
houses had agreed has been changed by
conft renee committees. While IL Is an
equally correct principle that conferences
committee NAV be Instructed like other
committees land there are numerous prece-
dents), 1t has also been held that II could
not lie.
In the article already quoted, Senator
Uoar saws no 10 This oues..nn.
,'yy.9 " 49,, 49,, a., ~,
Degradihg os TINS system Is ~ the House
,ti pY MORE ls rcmSst 1 The whols naweT Of
,eeiSntlon Over tnat ,ast ieiu Whlen Is covered
ny tne seInie hinenunents 70 lhe BIeat approcc
hria.,oh DiIls Is In plhcIlce ueiegat1n 20 TWO OF
lhe three members VINO are appointed on tne
cohiefence commlttee. no other member ge.s
Cnance 70 1lscuAs tilenl, 70 VOC sephrately pli
ny one OF thenl, 10 NUKE uiiy ii9tion IN re,a'
non 70 tneih oI even " see III Prlht Whnt tne
commlltee recomihehu III REGARD 10 them'
'Gnpe, sinner, ana swallow.
Inc present membership OF inc Rouse Is
C33-including eight delegates-an increase
Of ECO members since the first Congress.
The steady increose of business IN the
Iorse hos I,ent nocc with The increase ~
ilouso nae hsp' p,'o miVn .no nv Eaoo vi
tInue IRON the organlzation OF the gov
crnment, said Speaker Carlisle in his vale
dictory address on the 4th OF March last,
ito the twenty-dfth Congress- a period OF
fifty years, there were introduced into the
House S,777 bills and joint resolutions,
while during the forty-eighth Congress there
were s,687, almost as many as during that
half century"
Referring to the fact that the House was
compelled 10 leave diminished SO large q
percentage OF its business, he said
il Is evident that unless some constitutional
or legislative provision can be adopted which
WI srelieve Cnngress from the consideration
OF ali or AZ east iafEi part, OF tne local ana
If H. edm,Ses and MI III" cnlen5Ssr sn Of ' tho
two houses The peTcen'a aye of business leit nm.
dis posed of at each Adjournment must con-