Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-29
W ORK OF THE HOUSE
Speaker Crisp Reviews the Bust
ness Dispatched This Session.
THE LEADING MEASURES PASSED
Great Questions Acted On With
Exceptional Promptness.
WORK YET TO BE DONE

Il am much gratiied" said Speaker
crisp, to representative of the Associated
Press, at the expeditions and satisfactory
manner In which the present House OF
Representatives has dispatched public bus!-
ness"
IN view Of the near approach of the close
OF the session, Mr. Crisp had been request
ed to outline the general features Of legis-
lation accomplished by the House. and
what remained to be done to round out the
work Of the session.
I'VE have been singularly free from ex.
asperating delays" said the Speaker. land
the great questions Of tariff and finance
have been acted on by the House with ex-
ceptionai promptness, considering the vas,
interests involved. And yet there has been
no curtailment Of reasonable debate and
we have heard very little complaint OF
criticism on that score. On the other hand
niipustering Is practically a thing Of the
past, and the House has experienced little
or no delay Tor the mere sake Of delay"
Leading Measures Passed.
The Speaker was asked to enumerate the
leading measures passed by the House.
The tariff bill naturally comes first. -
said he. Its passage by the House was at
tended by few delays. The extra session
permitted the organization Of committees
So that the ways and means committee was
wen along on its work before the date when
Congress usually assemblies. and the bill
was actually presented early in January,
wnen, as q usual thing, the committees are
just beginning to organize. In the debate.
also there was no wasting of time. and
think Chairman Wilson succeeded In salts
Tying both sides of the House that he de-
sired to be fair and yet to satisfy the
wishes OF the public that bill should be
brought to vote after fair discussion.
.,nosa on the the financial question also" con-
tinueo the speaker, I'VE have avoided ir-
ritating delays. When the business depres-
sion OF last summer brought on the wide
spread public demand for the repeal Of the
purchase clause Of the Sherman act the
House met In extraordinary session and
quickly performed its part in the repeal for
which President Cleveland had specially
convened Congress Those opposing the
repeal recognized the propriety Of allow
ing the House to reach vote without de-
lay and an agreement to that effect was
made and executed.
Another measure Of great Importance
passed by the House was the repeal of
the federal elections laws enacted during
the reconstruction period. Three new states
ARIZONA, New Mexico and Utah-have
been admitted to the Union so far as the
House can accomplish that end. and 1t re-
mains only for the Senate to complete the
legislative work. The appropriation bills
have all been passed by the House, and
hLoSt VI lie important ones were paSS-
ed at an unusually early stage Of the ses-
sion sion IT. It remains for the SENATE to 5eom-
Altogether" added the Speaker, ~ is a
record Of work done. and done quickly
which must prove satisfactory to the House
and to the public. as II does to myself,"
Work Yet to He Done.
Mr. Crisp was asked to outline the more
important work yet to be done by the
House.
There Is general DESIRE" said ne, '.to
take up the bill SO widely discussed for
choosing Senators by direct vote Of the
people, and 1t Is probable that this meas.
ure Will be considered. There is also the
important bill known as the pooling bill
which grants mutual advantages to the
public and to railroads by allowing the
roads to pool their earnings. The judiciary
COMMITTEES has several important bills Of q
judicial and legal character which will be
given hearing. These are the main pub.
lie measures yet to be heard and with them
passed upon by the House. think we will
be entitled to congratulations as well as
an adjournment"