The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-18
TI0lIEyCE IS STIFLED
j.. House Rules Hamper
Nv New Members.
,,,, GET NO CHANCE TO TALK

..s Members ""'
Exhausted =,
,roS Jan. 1e.-[special Ike
NA'n, n,r,ucss in congress have served 10
cent OCCUR ,oro strikingly than ever the es-
' .lts difference between 'ne ns se 20 add to
tn' san s Of representatives ana 70 aaa . 70
The nous. Int Of members of the latter
il a,S Their great complaint is that ana esa
body iH :, the house, as they are at the
iAelu, . moment there is no chance wh @
present Hon I'm n make a reputation. De-
ever iOf ,',norrased In the house. only
bate IS uls sS leaders, men OF long service,
Jew ~, ia time to make speech IN whicn .ney
81 ' a" themselves or their subject JUSTIFY
cal az . ,"Y the debate on the Pacific rail-
fol Ss s"naing bill, one OF the most lmpor-
'OSu Iu ."suyes brought before congress IN
ian' m u"ars and one of the best upon which
man. w.is an address Of spopular character
~. s RALLY discussed by only smai, nun o
wa . ~ mem and few Of these had time
@ ~ At their disposal to enable them 10
eDCu.D , ~ with credit. The great
acqu" - representatives had to be content
n a's =, Itch as catch can sort of participa-
sou in the discussion under what IL Known
!, the five minute rule
The House Rules.
MI. e,s minnie rule is most discour-
..,ns thing The new member or congress
es mt down ON the list for i've min
vs.. ,binks he can make his reputation IN
.sat .Ims He sets out with an explana-
w." a ~ vby h, has appeared In this debate.
W. w. st.t,, his propositions. He indicates
=. Srir,t in which he has approached a
s.~ay AZ the question. Finally he begins
~ ,ssl argument. But In nine casss out
n tan he has uttered no more than lew
ssrtspcs, Of the solid part Of his speech
chem down osmss the spes kerr gavsl with
Mns the presiding officer calls out, The
limo of the gentleman has expired, and
another budding ambition 10 crushed to
earth. Sometimes the speakers interior
euce with flights Of eloquenos 10 eonioal,
Nv now and then it catches "a man at a
most iuoonysnient period and leaves him
hanging, az it we're, between the heaven
and the earth of defamation. At other
times II Ia pathetic, for once in awhile a
really able and promising speech Is cut
short and an opportunity to bring out a
strong man and add him to the list OF
nOtables Is ruined by enforcement OF the
rule
OF course IL isn't the speakers fault. lie
cannot help himself The rules are made
10 be enforced and to enforce them is his
sworn duty. II lie were To become lax and
show iavOrtism here or there, his disci'
pine would not endure day, and bis repu-
htiou aud peace of mind would disappear
In twinkling The trouble 10 In the sys
TEN. 1t is the way the house 10 organized.
Too much time Is consumed in dronine
along with routine business. Trivial de-
bate about embarrassing things eats VI
day aftsr day. Matters which should have
been attended TO in the committee rooms
are made to waste the time OF all the house
There Is room for reform. The methods
Of the house should be changed.
No Opportunity.
Each congress brings to Washington
fomNhng like a hundred new members o
fhe house. They are bright, pushing men
wno have forced themselves to the front
rding over competition, from all the state
O the Union. They are naturally snxiou
. distinguish themselves. They are cage
. 90 something TO justify the oonfldeno
which their constituents have reposed II
mem They expect TO find an opportunit.
goo 60 But what ars the fact1 A new
member Is lucky II he gets the floor at al
puflng his first session. II he gets it 70
aore than i've minutes, be may conside
nav ne mas drawn a big prize In the lot
eiy The net result is that all thes
,gnt' ambitious, capable men dron
wong all the winter through without or
Oi'unlty to DO any thing, becoming Las
uu 'nulnerent, having all the life an
pl" squeezed out Of them, and in tn
prng many Of thom come to the sonolr
WV 'Aas service In congress IL not what
ds Oe'n cracked up to be.
nOw different things are In the ssnat,
IVY. wv, members Of the house do envy the
.' ~ at the other end of the capitol
~ !" senate one may talk when he please
Iss, p,v"caily upon any subject tn.
(% Su~ MS fancy. Moreover, he may tai
~ 10 IS tired, be 1t one hour or four hon,
nov 'U Jays or four days. Still better,
,S NJ give notice Of the day and hour
, ~Sn 10 VIII address the senate. He me-
ds,, o himself fully. He may make read
"a ~ inc greatest speech OF his lif
m, ns invite his friends and may ser
=. auVsnce copies Of his spesch to Il
nS S'papers' In the senate there 10 eve,
prprs Sv" ,a 10 man to study, to work,
Fo,, himself, for the making of a gre,
Inn - ~ 'he house there is every tempt
bo w ~ Osoome lazy, Indifferent, hopeless
etv "Onuer is, considering the difYeren
tow ,"V 'a .he two systems, that so few se
pesch make really admirable and strikir
h Sou' ana that so many members
w inc public eye
A. Tue senate Thermostat.
away down In the subba.on,or.,. =,
erroco S r.si' underneath the beaut,f
The O .n,On extends along the west fro
into t ,n' are the engine rooms. 2
stterv 90 ,D'se engine rooms, with the
mall OIL VI huge boilers, the large a,
ppa,otnes 'nes, the complicated light,
and o~, 'ne multitude of wires runnil
atnp VIII. w. .ne machinery used for ven
hamber I'm and cooling the sena
, the now ao IS tempted TO think hims,
htbe, Lo' department OF a great fscto
tat.. o ''an In the bowels of the TInit
Initiating .n. mere the new heating Al
|r Is locas.. apparatus of the senate cha,
nd curIo ~'so, and here is device, usef
BIKE in ,%a which has become a standi,
sitswitSu ,, The thermostat. Connect
Fires thu s' .n .ae senate cham Der BY elect,