The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-24

Total. ......... fys1s
A large percentage Of thsss appeara In
the line of pensions. and the passage OF
pension hIlla suggests tho flow Of water
through a spillWay. Many bills are in
troduced without the slightest expecta-
ton that they will BE- considered. Others
arc merely routine measures about which
few questions may b. asked but which
provoke no discussion. In the lot there
are some hundreds which are regarded by
thoes who present them ~ % vital irnpor-
tance 60 the country. IN their constituents
or 60 their own political fortunes. The
passage or even the consideration of all
% them In the satisfaction 81 their pro-
ponsnis r. as impossible az the extinction
% prairie fire with q squirt gun. Some
where I'm eoms individual or COMMITTEES
tbere must rest the power ~ selection. A
winnowinx medium In an absolute necessity
u an encrnachment on eternity h IN he
avoided. The apparatus employed for
this purpose during recent years has been
called -CannoniaEn- by those who have
been disappointed ny its operations.
The resent wrsckinG Of this apparatus
compels the creation 81 a new device.
The new affair NAV differ from the old
one in its structural form and in the ma
terial Of les composition. hut its purpose
will remain unchanged IL will he, be-
cause it must he. a winnowing machine.
The nov design viii make II necessary
for the Representative 10 convince rix
men instead Of the three % the old sys-
tenn that the country, his constituents
or his personal political fortunes will
20 to tho bowwows II his pet measure
IN not considered and approved. II 10
60 b. Inferred that the Democrats and
the insurgents believe that a body of
ten men. with the Speaker oR the House
excluded from Il. can work a miracle
that was beyond the power 81 five men.
including the Speaker. The problem 10
90 discover a system under which a mum
Der % measures can b considered and
discussed in the time her~tofore given
Co the consideration ~ one measure
without permitting discussion % two OF
more Issues simultaneously.
The one clearly evident way by which
something might b. done to economize
the time OF the House would ~ rigid
enforcement oG rule limiting discussion
and speechmaling 10 the matter imme-
dIntsly under consideration. The pres
sua custom may be illustrated Ivy refer
encs TO q recent experience. On January
9 the army appropriation hill was pre-
ssnted % the House. A Ave hour de
bate was agreed upon, one-haf of the
time 20 Republicans and one-hah to Dem
ocrats. Mr.. Hull. in charge ~ tho hill.
explained and analysed u. Mr. Smith
81 California spoke for thirty-hve minutes
on conservation. MIR. kOsterrnann spoke
for an hour on the merchant marine Mr.
u.rfholAe t,rUad restoration ~ the army
canteen. Mr. OldNeld talked for fifteen
minutes on conservation Mr. Harrison
considered Affairs IN the Congo. NJ
SulzeT ap~erhihed on roads and water
ways Mr. Goulden devoted fifteen min
ut-a TO waterway Mr. Henry spout~d
an hour and q half on tsriH and trusts
Mr. Sulser ,aEsin) talked income tar.
Wherrupon the COMMITTEES ~ the whole
House on the state ~ the Union rose and
reported % the House that u had con-
sidered the army appropriation hill and
had come n no resolution thereon. And
vet u the new Committee ON Rules shall
by = rule rigidIy enforced do away with
theae breathing speiis- that enable our
Heflins and Gamblers and suffers aud
! their kind To relieve thew stuffed hosoma
there will rome new revolution that
will make the affair ~ last week look
ike the weekly prayer meeting n Parker e
Corner That which has b~~p called
| -Cannonisrn- IL no more Cannonism
than u n Reediem or CTispism or Hen
deraonism Something closely resem-
bling ~ wtll he the -irn' ~ Congresses
vet On come. each with an Increased num-
her Of bills with their proponents insist
! ing that preference he given them.