New-York tribune., 1906-07-05
JINGLE JOE PLEASED
reneogsr Returns to DanWNe scith
KnosoIedge Of WorA WeH Done.
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,v-.,ss,eton. July 4.-Probably no member Of
,-.,r-.ss is returning 20 his home with as great
rense OF qualification over the work OF the ses-
az speaker Cannon, who started for Dan
~. ,o-say. And probably no man has as good
s..e,n 70 bs satisfied. The Speaker has presid-
- ever great Republican majority. majority
!. p.rre as to have been pronounced by some 20
!. vnvieldy, and fn every respect the House
sss bean smenable TO the wishes of it's leader
!. has performed an immense amount Of work
.r,sb extraordinary intelligence and has not once
tssn guilty Of actual insubordInafion, despite
So fact that a handful OF insurgents" did "a
,,,rer OF shouting early I'm the session.
~ am proud OF the work OF the House." said
s,s Speaker just before leaving. 1T has done
r-,os work. has done It wisely and intelngentIy
and the boys have now gone home 10 their con-
s,ituents where they deserve 10 hear the words
well done, thou good and faithful servant
There were just one hundred and ffty-six leg
s,lative days in the last session and nearly one
hundred Of these were devoted to consideration
~ the great appropriation bills. And so care
sUuv were these scanned that it was necessary
so~ the Senate to do no revising OF these big
suppy bills whatever. the only changes made in
ebs upper house being the addition of items for
vhich Senators contended So well were the
enuroprfation bills drawn and so carefully were
tbey pruned that Senator Hale. who, in the alb
esnce OF Senator Allison, acted as chairman of
che Committee on Appropriations, paid a hand
same compliment to Representative Tawney,
chairman OF the House committee OF like name
an the thoroughness with which the House had
'qegislated."
Bat despite the fact THAI It was necessary to
spend one hundred days perfecting the appro-
prsaton bills which. under the Constitution. must
originate in the House. the lower chamber found
time to consider and pass the great number OF
Yneritorlous measures which have been written
On the statutes as well. In fact, the House
passed one measure and not without consider
able debate and struggle. which the admins
tration regarded as essential. but which the Sem
ate killed by leaving it in committee. That was
the Philippine Tariff bill.
At the very beginning of the session the House.
considering the question of where certain por-
lions Of the Presidents message should be re-
ferred exhaustively discussed the question of
federal supervision OF insurance and later on
The House Committee on Judiciary reported
resolution setting forth the impracticability OF
federal supervision Of this industry under the
Constitution. which report was probably made
the basis Of the Senate report Of like character
and which greatly resembles it.
In considering the appropriation bills the
House committees listened to a large amount Of
testimony, and the records show that they held
hearings the reports of which cover fifteen thou
sand printed pages. Beginning with January p,
the date on which the Urgent Deficiency bill was
passed, the House passed the appropriation bills
with the greatest regularity. Two were passed
in February three in March. two in April, four
in May and two in June. This means that the
Speaker and his advisers had the House in per-
feet control throughout the session. that the
chairmen Of committees worked in perfect har-
rnony with the Speaker, and that the work Of
the House was we'll ordered and systematic.
Another notable feature of the session and one
which is peculiarly and naturally gratifying 10
the Speaker is the extent 10 which he curtailed
the demands upon Congress for special appro-
prstions with never a word OF dissatisfaction
or i'll temper on the part oe the members. When
Mis realized that the demands for public build
ingE aggregated $6OOOOYOO0. while only S20,OOO.-
90 was appropriated for this purpose, the eX-
tent to which Uncle joe curbed the rapaclty
Of his boys" may be appreciated. And there
was the same discrepancy between the demands
on Congress and the amounts appropriated in
almost every other line Of work in which the
federal government is engaged.
II is doubtful If there have been many sessions
where the boys were so amenable to the de-
cisiens of the Speaker and his advisers and
where SO little friction attended the enactment
Of legislation of almost unparalleled importance
Under the circumstances Speaker Cannon is re-
turning 10 DanvilIe with the satisfaction of
great work well done and a rest we'll earned
He will remain there until the early fall and will
then Tend the boys a hand" in the Congress
campaign.
SAYS HOPE HALL is TO BE IN NYACK.