The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-12-26

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uli sihRen De- congressional life viii
lHHn lnnk baft 90 the ffai week ~ the
lny ninth congress II started IN
with n suHp. The leaders were crowd.
ing on steam both in the senate and
The House. The ffsi body enacted no
legislation ~ note hut its committees,
although unromr.otc because not ~.
organised. have been working Tho
rate hill. foremost In consideration at
the Capitol. has been the subject 81 hl.
most daily dclibcfaiion. with tho lead.
crs busy trying 60 arrange compro.
mise hill. The House in passing the
Panama canal appropriation bill. dis.
posed Of troublesome subject for the
present. but not without considerable
friction. Generally at the beginning of
Congress. the House moves along with
great harmony, especially within the
ranks Of the dominant party. Most of
the trouble over the Panama bill grew
out of the Republican opposition.
The Senate was not altogether rs
| quiet and harmonious as il Is usually
at the beginning of a session. The agi.
tation over the rate question has been
| apparent there and the prospects Of
| trouble with the Panama canal bill be.
came apparent early. Then the nomi-
nation of Franklin X. Lane, of San
Francisco, to be an Interstate Com
merce Commissioner, forecasted a
clash between the President and the
Senate. Probably there will be no
clash, for the Senate leaders will find
some amicable solution of the question.
Even as Speaker Cannon has been hur-
| rying with the selection of his commit
| tees to announce them at once, the
| Senate Committee ON Committees has
| gotten to work. 1t VIII be able to
make it's announcements sometime
| within five or six days.
So all in all the usual criticisms that
Congress is dilatory does not apply this
year. All the leaders are working with
almost feverish haste. 1t may be OF
short duration but nevertheless is in
sharp contrast to the dilatory pro-
ceedings of the first week or more OF
Congress. Furthermore it is certain
that the time between now and the
adjournment for the holiday recess will
be filed with Industry. "Uncle Joe y
Cannon special purpose in Fastening
in the appointment of his committees
is to have measures prepared for con
sideration, so that members can dis
cuss them during the holidays, Will,
at home, and also can have opportunity
to sound the sentiment of their constit
uents thereon. Usually there is a lone
j pause after the New Year, while the
committees are getting in motion
The best part of the month is thus
lost.
Along with the activity is an un.
usual amount of talk about getting
away from Washington early in the
spring. 1t originates with Speaker
Cannon, who is stout opponent OF
prolonged deliberations by Congress,
and who thinks there will be politics
plenty for the congressman this com
ing summer in their respective con
gressional districts.
u From a personal standpoint the fea
ture of the session thus far has beer
the "kid" members They are numer
GUS in the House, many having come il
with the 1904 landslide. TIL,
news stands have been patronized b,
them literally all the week as issue
of newspapers came in from various
parts of the country with write-up
about themselves. The "kidsD prob
ably will not enjoy as much publicit,
again during all their careers, excep
for few who will survive politica
cataclysms and live to be veteran mem
bers of the House. Those newcomer.
are from the cities as well as the coun
try, whereas generally the grea
changes in House personnel are from
the cities where the celebrates arc
more tickle in their allegiance t.
parties.
Representative Tawney, of Mime
sofa, of course, stands out as one OF
the new leaders, because of Speaker
Cannon g recognition of him ms the ac
tual floor leader and also has decided t,
appoint him chairman of appropria
tions. This was apparent the very frs
day of the session. when Mr.. Tawne,
stood out in the aisle, where the foo
leader usually stands, and took charg,
of questions under discussion.
Naturally there is some sulking thai
he should have been chosen but the Re
publicans are gradually falling in lin,
and there is little, doubt that Mr.. Taw
ney will have loyal Republican fol
lowing. ERNEST G. WALKER.
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