Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-12-06
lots Of WORK AHEAD
CONGRESS FINDS MANY
IMPORTANT MEASURES
Henderson Will Be Reelected Speaker
PLANS for Committee Changes
---Session Will Last Till
Middle Of June.

II. Henderson OF Iowa, who Will be
rc.elec,ed Speaker. and considerable
number OF members OF the House and
o. Senators in Washington, II Is very
evident that the opening of Congress
is at hand. Colonel Henderson, VINO
will be re.nominated UNANIMOUSLY by
the Republican caucus, Is now Dusying
himself considering committee vacan.
cies. There are not lew Of these,
and there Is number OF new men to
be assigned to committees. However.
the Speakers task is far easier than
usual, because practically all the i'm.
portant chairmanships will be filed
by the re.appointment of the men who
presided over them In the late Con
gress. and where there are vacancies
in committee chairmanships the
speaker Will doubtless promote the
ranking member OF each committee,
following the old precedent. - -,---.
Colonel Henderson will not. OF
! course, announce his committees, with
the opening Of Congress. but he can
do SO early In the. season, possibly
within week after Congress has met
This will leave ten days for work be
fore the usual holiday recess. and IN
this way 1t may be possible to be
down to real work with the beginning
oil the new year. which should enable
the long session to complete its worl;
earlier than otherwise. However
with the multitude OF questions to be
settled. and the possibilities of diff
ferences OF opinion between the two
Houses, II is improbable that the IRIS,
session of the new Congress will enc
hpfpra the middle pf Junp Tho fa,,
is that the work oil Congress becomes
grea,er each year. ihe ordinary rou
tine Is. OF itseii. not easy to complete
D'it with questions OF reducing TN
revenue. with reciprocity. the ShiI
SUBSIDY bill. anarchy legislation AM
matters OF Importance To cuba, tn
phiiippines' Porto RICO and Hawaii t.
be disposed OF, there VIII be NOR
IMAM enough Tor the new Congress
10 DO.
AS iar as the completion OF Its worl
is concerned II Is rather fortunate
that the rules OF the House no longe
permit II to be a debating society. 81
that under cioture tne most importan
legislation can be passed through tn
House with only a few hours debat
suS oSho'V iuiSo p'imt stedt idtituu
OF debate. for with Its new rules tn
House does not always give suficien
| consideration to the measures
. passes. As rule the leaders detel
mine upon the legislation they thin
. should be passed and the majorlt
: fall into line. The Senate rules, how
r ever, while preventing hasty legisli
/ ton, also act often SO as to delay lef
t islation too much. Thus there Is rea
I. ly no satisfactory means betwee
: the methods OF procedure In eac
= House. However, old Senators VIII
/ fume at the fact that the Senate ha
no cloture. when some measure the
;, favor Is blocked by long-continue
debate. say that In their experienc
!. they have never seen any legislatio
:, o. q pressing character defeated b
hlibustering. To be sure, many meai
!, ures fail through fllibustering br
when their failure Is considered In
!, philosophical spirit 1t generally hal
}, pens that II Is agreed that the coul
r try Is about as well OF without ha'
Ing these measures on Its statu'
4: books.
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