Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-08
CHANGES IN CONGRESS
EX-REPRESENTATIV DOCKERY IS
REMINDED OF THEM.
What He Thinks Congress Will Ac-
cOmplish During This
Session.

EX-RepresentativeD Dockery Of Missouri has
been visiting his old haunts at the Capitol
for several days, and has been warmly
greeted by his old associates. On the attn
Of next month he will be inaugurated gov
ernor of Missouri and his visit to WASH
lngton is for pleasure trip. Mr. Dockery
entered the House at the beginning of the
Forty-eighth Congress, and retired Volun-
tarily at the close of the Fifty-fifth Con-
gress to become candidate for governor,
as his friend and committee colleague, Gov.
Sayers of Texas. had done before him. Say
ers first term as governor of Texas expires
two days before Dockery's term as COVER
nor of Missouri begins.
when the House heard eulogies of Gov.
Dingley of Maine on the 11th of February,
1899" said Gov. Dockery to Star reporter
today, Il remarked that there were then
but eighteen members of the House, taking
both sides. who served with me IN the for
ty-eighth Congress. Locking about me now
l find but twelve of these left, and. one
of the twelve, Boutele of Maine. is ill and
absent. OF the eighteen who We're in the
House on the 11th of February, 80. three
Bland. Ermantraut and Harmel-have been
removed by death, and three-Reed, Brumm
and myself-have retired. The only men
now in the House who were here when l
first entered Congress are Payne, Ray and
Wadsworth of New York: Henderson and
Hepburn of Iowa. Cannon and Hill of llii-
nois. Steele of Indiana, Peirce of Texas and
Bingham of Pennsylvania. This suggests
how rapid have been the political changes
within the past few years.
Work for This Session.
Gov Dockery said that he thought that
at this session the republicans would make
a general settlement of their political obli-
cations. and he thought the entire program
would be carried out Il think they will
boir 1abt ha said
that they will do all that they really want
to do at this session. If any measure of
legislation in the announced program fails
it will be only because it is not seriously
their intention to pass that particular meas
ure. There may be a feint where action is
not intended, but in my judgment the ma
jority will accomplish all they set out to do.
/ believe, however, that the reduction of
revenue will be less than has been an
nounced. 1 do not think other legislation
contemplated will admit of great reduc
ton; the expenditures involved will be too
large. The army bill is on its way to
speedy conclusion. The ship subsidy bill
will be passed, and unless there is some
concealed reason why they do not want to
do So they will pass the Nicaragua canal
bill"
Mr.. Dockery makes a suggestion with
reference to the holding by the government
of money collected in taxes. He says that
the tying up of the surplus in the treasury
and subtrea sIrieS is a restraint upon the
business of the country. His suggestion is
that no more money should be collected
than absolutely necessary. and that the
subtrea suries should all be abolished and
the revenues, as collected. be put in bank
repositories, so that the money could al
ways be in use and never withdrawn from
active business circulation. This he says,
should be done it is in the states with
state revenues, the deposits in the banks,
as in Missouri, being secured by deposit
with the government@tf government bonds