New-York tribune., 1907-12-01

eny nation The American people are s lIensi e9 Dy
bsTlion dollars they were ten years eSos
End their wealth represented by 1eUs ibUfsd han
@0Ik srer before bn@ hs has been The triumph Of
peoples government, under wLlSis VII vae,,fe5 bY the
bv The peope are worked out ana eaeculeu 0' Inv
pe9pe hes haen said: Boast rot thyself of to
n,I. ca - i faT thou Knowest not what a day may
Ne must face the responsibility Tor gore@rnInen1 @ 4
without regard the past The Teceh, sdOTs 80 ~
business that has arrested cofneeGb s9be1neSs and
us TO approach our task win ~ York Of
courage for we are 10 be judged by the "ofh Vi
The 5sth Congress had prodlglons, ,a ain0uIs T,ne
OF put before it. ana II % in
MANY years 1 believe-and il is my opinion Iaal
,bs, mai wosk was necessary and was well done
But are not going TO secure Peareo'o 1 ~ is not
alone the letter. it is in the spirit OF enf geo
81 constitutional authority without the substance
Of either constitution or law. -o,, Cow
eress enacted much OF new legislation Ehicl IS Is 10
be tried and tested Supplemental 81 t sniTit @
of Justice, and OF retaliation or revenge we
ere ere 10 % ere k6ion Of strength without the
restraint OF caution against inJustce A., ,or.
Including the permanent appropriations: the 1dst
session Of Congress appropriated more than sst,- ss
tn the abstract but owing TO our enormous = @ t
and business activity. expenditures nave KEEP
ing new sources Of revenue This great approprla-
ton brogsht upon Us TIE & eiica ei tb demands made
upon the 9th Congress for appropriations astfes,
Sa ga.e1 many i6 1 m, baSona the revenues brought
into the Treasury under existing law: .,, en.t,
Congress we should bear mind that the develop
,nei;f oI 1ne e4sllts @ la iI ytess a DEVELOPMENT
and growth more wonderful tnan the past mas seen,
Congresses as patriotic the one about to Assem-.
be viii care for the % deands sne9t Gr 6e9 IL IS NOT wise
70 increase the revenues of the government nor & IS
te local and state treasures to the feoerat @
uryto foster centralizing power, aFa fa+ e5"ng
We had more than twenty-five thousand hlIls pc
many in the 60th Congress it viii Of I course @ ef
PesferS 81 1onoseG TO G P @ that Which necessary
and wise. We have been adnonlsne1 20 nx I,,rs;o1's
into the realm % Experiment in leSis1tieli II az, -
my personal iCr1eI't that we should ho!o l<s
gIr7ry7e,+ Is c7.e Of limited powers hut supreme
,e re, i 3 9s oTs'lGon IS 81 states st ne t frsdcti5n
tra-.ez 80 tfe federal government ard also leave
sI-.nf. tce. the responsibility ana buraen . tdAA
We hear r51ch Of the power Of the people shove
~ 4iS4da y,-5 have for the third TINE hono-eG
with tl'e norration as spealeT afesp, c[ ] a,3,s
as ety vel IS an honorLa % g dg{g - te n an3I
izing this body fn- effective work Slar t+ M
his Office not personal nTl.ii.EF raI @ az
the country VII rig2tig & plate dscharra 4te iutv
though to no Is given the wisdom "t f:c9SnlZ-
nd even n II were if only in the great cora:it-
Of the whole House tlt "a, CO ma "orS H''is
NAV make errors Of iudgInent but hore 70 9e
Of desire intention 10 SeisiSiiis
-,e r,owe- pIaced hands. Sor. With the sense
,f -he great responsibility upon ne. shan an
-7-orcl7 thss work though II TO DC the flrSI
ecf for vl'ic7 7 shall judged in the summing up
~ my public life
The caucus was called to order at 3 O'clock
s,v Representative Hepburn. who presided, ara
within an hour the nomination Of the Speaker
and all -the officers of the House was completed
and an adjournment taken
The other officers chosen were:
NscncvvaIi of PENNSYLVANIA, clerk,
Frank r. T.z-o,. of New York doorileeper; Henry
Casson Of Wisconsin. sergeant-at-arrns' and
Samuel w Langum. OF Minnesota. postmaster
With the exception IF the Speaker all the off,
GERS were chosen by the adoption Of one resoiu-
,ion. which was offered by Representative Taw-
~ez- of Minnesota All She successful candi-
dates -,ow occupy the Offices for which they are
DESIGNATED except Mr. Langum. He succeeds
the former oostma ster, who died in the recess.
There was no opposition 70 M i-angum al
though It IS known that OHIO had a man Tor
7ga,,ll5 he delegation Desired the place