The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-14
Mr.. REEDS
BIG WHIP.
He Proposes to Crack it About the
Ears of the Senator'S.
PREPARING FOR A ROW THAT
WILL BE = GREAT oNE-No
Orders" TO APPROPRIATION
BILLS WILL BE ALLOWED AND
THE SENA TORS WILL BE GIVEN
A HARD LESSON.

Washington, Dec. 13.-Speaker Thomas
Is. Reed has decided upon u course which
will involve him in bitter struggle with
the Senate. 1t is nothing less than a
plan to use his power in the House to
prevent the Senate from swelling appro-
priation bills in the form of "riders"
For years there has been rule in the
House providing that any member may
remove from an appropriation bill any
clause which embodies new legislation or
is not Germane to the subject matter
When these bills reach the Senate all
kinds of legislation are tackled on to the
appropriation bills in the shape of Grid
els" The senate would not hesitate, for
instance, at including provision for the
free and unlimited coinage of silver in a
bill alloting money for the maintenance
of the navy, if it saw fit to do so.
When these bills go into conference
between the two Houses it is found inn
possible to eliminate all of these "riders'
and as consequence the appropriations
are increased millions of dollars in the
Senate, and the House is forced 10 nc
quiesce.
Every effort was put forth in the House
in the last Congress to make an effort at
economy, tut the bills came back with
an increase of moe than s., 600, 900. The
conference commit ee could only rednc
the additions $3,000,000. The House
was thus compelled to become accessory
to IL net increase by the Senate of Sc, 600
900.
The Senators ara now lying in wait
with hundreds of "riders" to be pinned
on the appropriation bills. The Senate
cOnferees will tie instructed to insist that
there he no reductions. The result prom
ises to he that, instead of adding SIS, 000,.
600 at this session, the Senate will IN.
crease the House bills 500, 200, 600. That
sum would just--equal the deficit to be
expected from the Dingley law, as est-
mated by Secretary Gage.
The details of the speaker splan to defy
the United States Senate in the bodest
stroke of his public life have not been
completed, but the basis will he il new
House rule, whereby Senate "riders" on
appropriation bills will be rendered no
more germane norr permissible, than if
they had originated in the House.
The Speaker will have before him as
sanctioniug this rule section = article /
of.the Federal constitution, which says:
"All bills for raising revenue shall orl"i-
nate in the House of Representatives. hut
the Senate may propose to concur with
an endments, as on other bills.''
The argument will he made that as the
House is empowered to decide W hat APP
preparations arc necessary for the main
tainance of the Government, the Senate
should acept IS judgment and mot arb
trarily declare that from $40, 600, 900 to
$50. GOO. 0U0 additional is needed.
The effect OF the explosion that will
follow the news Of Speaker Reeds deter
mination to exercise what will he called
n censorship over the United States Sem
ate can scarcely be over-estmated.
1t will ,foreshadow IL rupture between
the two branches OF Congress which will
bring to IL standstill he machinery of The
Government. 1t may mean the failure of
many appropriation bills