Telegram-herald., 1890-09-03
WASHINGTON ECHOES
There Has Been No Buster Congress
Since Ihe War.
fA~ bti4s rhst Hass Beeoaas La~s Ars
a. Measures "a Waisk ths Ea1irs
SaanrlF - tsFF Greatly fateTsstea
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lower house has done as much business
affecting p0bhe interests as has bsea
transacted y the present House Of
Representatives. am aware that tbs
statement vii be challenged and very
likely sneered Al by the Democratic
press, eut a Fecapltulat.on OF the bills
Wh4eh have passed the House Will
shoN thar I am not exaggeralns the
facts. Here are some OF tie more inl-
portant which occur 10 me nov TIE
tariff b.li, the silver bal. the original
package bill, the bill 70 reorganize the
supreme Court OF the United states, the
land forfeiture bill. the bill 20 admit
the territories Of Wyoming and Idaho,
the bankruptcy b.u, tie federal elec-
ton bill, the compound lard 5lll, the
pension oil, the biA creating the tern
tory Of Oklahoma, and tae copyright
til, the latter measure having been
brought 70 a vote and disposed Of after
having been pending for great many
years. In addition to al these meas
ures Of great public Importance, and |
have no doubt taa. I have failed TO
mention some Of equal Importance, the
present House has had TO pass on more
contested election cases than has ever
fallen TO the TOT Of an election commit
tee before.
This is very good showing. Usually
the House considered 20 have worked
hard when Il passes Ia addition 20 the
regular appropriation bills an import
ant oil Ike the tariff, but when IN ad-
clifton &c passes the silver b.ll and the
federal election blll, il IS considered
% have beaten the record. This year.
however, the silver bill, the original
package bill and several more OF equal
public importance have become laws,
and they are al measures n winch the
entire country IS very greatly inter
ested.
For all this dispatch OF the public
business great praise must be gwen 10
Speaker Reed. he started IN by de-
CiErlug that this was 10 DC 4 business
congress and the results have justified
his prediction. 10 was OWING 10 his
changes in the rules and tie nrm way
IN whIch ne has administered them,
that the house has been able 10 trans
act so much business. and It shows that
Mr.. Reed knew what he was about
wnen ne declared that II the house was
20 properly transact the business of the
country, and Tor which members of
congress were sent 20 Washington, u
was absolutely necessary that the rules
should be framed so as 10 permit the
majority 20 have the control of affairs
and not subject them 70 the whim or
freak OF some irresponsible individual, ,
who, % crafty q feeling Of revenge or
for any other motive, would De able 10
block all business. This spectacle was
many tunes presented IN the last con-
gress. Time after time the bushes
OF the house was brought 20 a
standstll because o single member was
opposed TO the consideration of some
measure or because hc imagined that
he had not been gwen the consideration
winch the Speaker ought % have paid
hrm. Arid the House was perfectly
pOwericss. There was q large and
powerful majority in favor OF parti-
cular measure and yet the majority
could do nothing because this single
member blocked the way. Speaker
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liberty and the rights of the people,
and he determined to change il If be
ever bad the power. As soon as the
power was placed IN MS hands be made
thc change, With the result / have al
ready ndicated Long ago when tho
fight on the rules took place and the
newspap pers We're filed with long articles
about the country rebukng Nr. Reed
for hls Assumption OF power. as the
Democrats expressed Il. ! said that the
country would judge by results. TEey
DID not care so mucn about the way in
which toe end was reached as they did
about the effect. Well, I think that
the country, and especially the business
portion OF the country will be satisfied
when it finds oIt how much good work
was done, and they will agree with nae
that Mr. Reed was justified in all that
be did snd only acted within the scope
of his legitimate authority.
There have been lively scenes IN the
House during the week, and TO judge
by the accounts printed IN some OF the
papers, one would imagine that the
lives of a score Of mem mhers were IN
DANCE. and chat the language em-
pi0ycd IN debate was little worse than
that generally made Use Of by prize
fighters and hangers on Of the track.
IT. - fact that some words we're q ed
which were better left uusgd. and Shat
a couple OF members, carried away bv
excitement. struck 40 each other. but
that was ait. Nr. Cannon made Use OF
an expression which was ln sonlaW hft
bad taste. bus lt WAS not 50 bod that 9
c8gsed v'rtuouS women to leave thc
galleries Tn disgust and c1use the blush
of shame On mantle the FAIR cheek of
u1aidennocd Asa matter of fscs. Z
doubt very much 'f a dozen persons 1
the galleries. heard what ne ssfd. as
there was 50 much NOISE aut confusion
rn tnp House At the time. ard the
Speaker WAS pounding so vinarousl q
WITH rs C9vFl ,u hls 3ttemrts e. prr-
serve order, t1at ft was rmpussible. er-
crpt ior those propla who are fu fhs
habit ~ attending fhe HOUSE arf can
almost hv intuition follow the rror--.I
in1s. 90 uatcrstlrd u the strnts.t
what wss going aa en- che fcor hrrerfn
taem. arr notdefendlug Nr Cannon
for having offenisd aElinst t1e car-
nors ~ good tastc tut ttwk t iust
a. weii that the tt.ts should he known
srd faat an cxarre rated rspnrt of fhe
proceedings should not be genera s.
accepted as the t-uIh.
Rerre sentative AHsn spent several
1evs last week r. ramc1 cnsnz in ~.
nrr'ovs str.cta1 Nsine TIE election
comes a9 en- tre sfh of September ~
the present rerrese1tat nli ee 10.
e.eclei The Democrats are mas frr q
great ighs o. defeat Nr Eeed and rs