Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-03
E ASY FOR MR.. ED
The New Members of the House Will Be
Manageable
No Kicking Over Committee Appoint
mcnts to BE Madc-Efnrt for
Short Bu,fncss Session.

Word is being passed around among the
new republican members of the next House
of Representatives that everything possi-
BILE must be done to make it easy for Mr..
Reed, after he Is elected Speaker, to con-
troll that branch of Congress. The opinion
is often expressed by people of experience
about Congress that House with such a
majority of new men in it will be unman-
ageable and that Mr.. Reed would he bet
ter Oft without the sponsorship. This has
inspired some of the newly elected and
consequently inexperienced republicans
with an idea. They want to prove that the
suspicion aroused by their newness is not
well grounded. .,'
Want to Prove Their Wisdom.
They want to prove their wisdom by
showing that they know how to obey, and,
in order to do credit to themselves, an un-
derstanding is being reached among all
the novices that they are to recognize
Reeds superior experience, abiding by his
decisions and carrying out his orders. So
the word is being passed around, and all
are swearing allegiance to their chosen
leader in all matters Of legislative policy.
They recognize that at the start it is going
to be difficult thing to make up the COM
mittees, with so many new men, in man.
ner to crafty or even satisfy every one.
Therefore the first precept of loyalty is:
Take what you get and don't kick If
this is adhered to the first difficulty will be
happily overcome.
Power the Speaker Will Have.
These new men admire Reed most in the
character of car. They propose that in
the next House he shall be more than ever
czar. They propose that he shall have
the power Of life and death over all sug-
gested legislation, and that he shall be rec
ognized as the law-giver of the party in
the House. This Is not because they all
want to advance his interests as a presi-
dental candidate, but because they want
to contrast the perfect discipline and har-
mony OF their party with the lack of both
exhibited by the democrats during the last
bition Of party loyalty and harmony which
will be inspiring to the great body of re-
publicans in the country at large. If they
adhere to their good resolutions Reed will
mount the chair on the first Monday in
December as a monarch. Those who are
most active in passing the word along are
more ready to approve the plan because
they understanl it to be Reeds policy to
avoid all questions on which there is a dis
agreement ir the party and to devote the
session to routine business.
A Short Session.
1t is understood that Reed himself has
started the idea of making the session as
short as possible. and every one is ex-
pected to assist all in his power to make
it the shortest first session" in the recent
history Of Congress. Early in March is
fixed upon as good time for ending it.
The idea is being taken hold of. and the
cry is for obedience and expedition. So
prompt an adjournment would greatly les
sen the danger of complications and give
smaller opportunity for circumstances to
arise to impair the Maine mans available
fty for the presidential nomina ton. The
young men are indulging in visions of a
meteoric session, which will dazzle the
country and spread confusion among the
democrats