The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-01-01

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y 6 The troubles Of the new congressman
2! IS are plentiful, but one of the most annoy
4 ing comes when lie tries to make a
& y * record as . legislator Having expend-
ed great deal of labor, erudition, and
stationery on the production Of the bill,
+. NJ he finds there are certain ,automatic
things that may be done. Hecan intro
duce' it in the house, get it printed and
Il sent to the proper committee, all just
\ 81 like clock work,
(: Butgetting that bill out Of the COM
nittee iss,a very different proposition
" s # from getting it in. The new member
(. 4. 81 finds that the committee will consider
- NJ every sort of a bill prepared by the vet
, 81. Grams of the house, before it will take up
q sx<his
..s s,.is The new member may get house
y leader enlisted in its favor. Then like
<. IS 8 " the house leader win probably put in
f q bill on the same subject, possibly
\ -. 4, n scouched in the same language, and the
- committee will deliberate upon it and
ks reportit as Mr. bill
h s4 Surprising he1' sen fortunate
q (, !. sp6ifiglt to- get tie committee by some
freak: of fate to report his bill out. 1t
y win be promptly placed on the calendar
considered is a far more complicated,
{<52{ n Job than getting il out of the commit
Vz IS - tee The COMMITTEES on ways ana means
fVt2{ 3 may take a notionto sit in Judgment on
a y. .s}le matter, az well as the original com
4. *kittee and sentence and execute it
s{& 1<X after thd'bill has travelled through
<of thesd eliberatve committees that
t< IA Nay have any right to pass upon it, then
t ~ f4. COMES the committee on rules. This
z "a; IS holr<vi the speaker at its head, really
n i5kides VIII ether or not any given legis
f. 4 81 y lation will be permitted to come up or
&{ AZ '3 y IA not The speaker will be able to see
# everybody else in the house first and the
y 49, will find himself blocked
nv x,.....1tfe every conceivable m9n-
~ e--r-en& he is new ka can be Turned
sxn with impunity. His constituents
anay send him back and they may not;
ii they do, it will be time enough next
session And that is the end of the
a. matter. 49,.
n The length Of the service of the house
lL, leaders may be useful exhibit in this |
connection. Speaker Cannon is sitting |
III in his fifteenth term: Serene E. Payne, |
u leader of the republicans, has been elect |
" - ed ten times r. r. Hit, chairman of |
M the committee foreign affairs, whose |
speech last week is still the talk of the |
W>Ens capital, has been elected to congress 10 |
<6R ZINES Gen. G. H. Grosvenor scored |
b times; John Dalzell, nine times; T. |
NY q Burton, six times E. D. Crumpacker |
III ~ for times; J. A. Heminway, five times; |
NI " w. p. Hepburn nine times; j. HI. Ket- |
III cham, 16 times; j. s. Sherman eight |
IA es; J. A.. Tawney. six times Jesse
I'M 'treet, fvetimes
led tigan has two FIVE termers, Bishop |
Xxx = Alden Smith; E. l.. Haml |
III = Smith have been elect |
~ = Fordney and Wash |
~ tnpes.--It will be
n ~ no. these members have |
" 49, good, cor se7 zap pointments and ocAt
eupy important relations to the business
of congress Bishop, William AldenJ
Smith and E. l.. Hamilton have chair
manships. Smith being at the head of
81, z Pacific railroads and Hamilton of terri
tsEies committees. They all connect
Ia si.with other important committees
sam w. Smith while not having chair
rnanship Is SECOND on the committee on
&nvalid pensions, and is on other large
committees. Washington Gardner is on
be appropriations committee, regarded
zone of the very good assignments, and
yayell up towards the top, Fordney also
a. committee assignments that show
tuttobe regarded as one Of the men of 1
Torrs in the house.
A Alb Darragh is from two-term dis
srict, but in spite Of that handicap, has
a taken a strong position in the house.
~ 1.-The breaks the hoodoo and comes back |
- y again. hewill probably land wellin the
81 IN future As it is he is on one of the
of