Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-01


duction and business activity. expendi'
lures have kept within the income Of the
government without creating new sources
of revenue. This great appropriation
brought upon us the criticism that 1t was
q "billion dollar session." and yet the de
mands made upon the F'ifty-ninth Con-
gress for appropriation aggregated many
million dollars more. and IL granted
would have carried us beyond the reve-
nues brought into the Treasury under
existing law.
Development Of the Country.
In providing Cor tha public service dur
ing The sixtieth Congress. we should bear
in mind that the development. of the
country, marvellous as 1t is Is still in its
infancy. The future will witness de-
velopment and growth more wonderful
than the past has seen- and from time
to time through the decades other Con-
gross,s as patriotic as the on : about to
ass en,Sle viii care for the demands OF
government as they are presented.
In my jug srleut. il is NOS wise to in
crease the revenues of the government.
nor is IT neccs'a y or ady-sa5ls to trans
fer Eurd ans from the local and state
trcassIriss to the federal Trsasury--to fos-
ter q csnt!alizing power and RESPONSE
bility. wl:c.l, Of necessity, daveloas Cult
fast enough.
We had iuora than c5.93l bills bafor,
have as many in tbs SixtlstA Congress.
IT VII. of course, b. impossiale to s,io
more then S-lcCt fro-1 this great I1ass- OF
proposed legislation that which is nee s.
sary Ind VS. We nave bszn ad.non-
ished ~ events that il 70 not time for
extrava@21ce o. excUrs' ons into Tie realm
of experiment IN Sisis .ion II is ny
personal judgment tEGt W. sr1.;1d held
fast tn priuc sles laid down by TIE faith
ers: tfat tas fed sral government! is on
NJ VII u -.T= lsfTr
has iurisGict on and that " should Law
TO ilIa people Of tao statSs the igtisdie-
tion NOT grant 4 to tiTe feG sral S5yer.I-
naant ard also lave rEon them, TIE re-
spe1s billy and buTdsn of taxacioa for
We hear much Of the power of the
psoPls SHOWS ana beyond parties: but
res possibility for error Ia naver divided.
You ave 70. the third tins honf5Esd ms
with ste nomination as Spcaksr l accept
this rs duty, as well as an hono--a
s61tE 70 the rlens bersslip Of the Hosgss and
10 tas country in organizing this body Tor
effective work. I snail asspmc tRis ofiics,
not as PERSONAL privilege. but as a
grave responsibility, well knowing thai
you and the country will rightly place
that responsibility upon my shoulders. ]
hope 10 discharge ths duty dcvoivsd upon
me generally to your satisfaction. though
to no man Is given tina wisdom OF rseog-
nizing the fun ability of each .n1an5sr Of
t4iA~ 10y s--t NN'@ll II X Nctc II - Jftl
in the Grz ct COMMITTEE of the Who'll, house
that al can fin1 work fitting 20 their
energies and ca Dabilitiss.
I max make errors Of judgfnaRt bat l
hope 10 be acquitted al any desire or in
tenfien fo use selGshly the power placed
in my hands, for, with. the sense Of the
great responsibility upon me, | shall ap-
preach this work as though it were 10 b.
the tiRalact for which l shall be judge
in the summing up of my pablo life.
Other House Officers.
Representative Sherman or New York
then, placed in nomination the other Off
GERS Of the House as follows:
Clerk of tire House, Alexander Nc
pswsil Of Pennsylvania: chisf clerk. VIII
liam J. Browning of New Jersey: ser
sin; dooFkeepeT, Frank T. Lyon of New
York: chaplain. Rev. Henry N, sCouden
OF kFaSiaa gten. POSTING sters s. A. Ian
gum Of Minnesota. These officers were
elev-et sy reclamation.
Representative Hepburn was then re-
elected chairman. of the caucus, Repre-
sentative. Loudensiager secretary and
Reprs sentative James Watson Of In
diana was chosen to be the republican
whip of the House.
Capt. John G. cfIancey was reelected
special employee of the House, position
he has filed for fifty-two years.
Then a letter was read from Rarre-
sentative Peter A. Porter OF. the 18th
New. York district. Applying for recogni-
ton as a republican. Mr.. Porter sue
ceeded Representative Wadsworth. Raw
ing been elected upon an Independent
ticket. Mr.. Hepburn pointed out that
Mr.. Porter had received the votes of
%. 6o.Eis democrats. $50 Independence
League and T4s independents. Mr.. Hep
burn costaqded that Mr.. Porter was Act
a republican.
Mr.. Porter's application was laid upon
the table, which means that he viii not
be admitted to republican caueases in
fin committee assignments. The caucus
then adjourned. 81 ISss4