El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-05

carries il over to the house Every
thing stops while he makes a pro-
found bow and announces the contents
of his message from the senate" The
speaker lays the embryo act before the
house, referring the measure to the
appropriate committee.
Then it goes through almost iden-
tically the same machinery it passed
through IN the senate If the house
agrees with the senate in toto, the
enacted measure is sent to the enrol
ling clerk after the house has returned
the call of the senate with the an
nouncement TO the latter body that il
has passed sundry bills" The house
returns the measure and when the en-
rolling clerk has finished comparing
it with previous drafts it goes to the
government printing office When ii
comes back it is again read and com
pared, and is then sent to the commit
tee on enrolled bills. where ii is ex-
amined once more and the o. X. of thar
committee placed upon it through a
report entered II the journal
Passes Up Higher
Then the vice president and the
speaker of the house sign the bill and
il is carried TO the white house for the
approval or disapproval of the presi-
dent. But if the senate and house are
not able TO agree on the measure
there comes a struggle that IS some
times fierce and long drawn out The
side that last acts on the measure re-
quests a conference on the disagree
ing votes of the two houses. and three
men are appointed by each house. One
of these is the chairman of the COM
mittee that has charge of~the bill. The
other two are the oldest Republican
and the oldest Democratic member of
the committee. in point of service.
These six men fight IL out. Some
times they fight for hours. sometimes
for days, and occasionally for weeks
Often they go back to their respective
bodies and ask TO be supported or ex-
cused. Usually il is process of give
and take The senate conferees will
yield on some items and the house con-
ferees will rcceGe from inSiStence on
other items. and then peace is de-
clared by both bodies, after which
comes the enrollmene and the transmits
sion to the president
Some Are Made Special Orders.
There are many parliamentary steps
not related here through which meas
UreS may go while in the custody of
either house. They may be made
special orders in the senate. and have
the right OF way over everything else
Every bill must be read by its title
al least three times before the senate
can pass sit, and except by unanimous
consent the reading must b. on three
different days After a bill is reported
it is considered twice in both houses.
once in the committee of the whole
ard the second time in the open ses-
sion Modern parliamentary practice
can make the pressure of the Legislative
mill as hard a grinder as it desires.
and can make, it extremely difficult
for measure to get Tough con-
greSs
The test of the legislative machin-
cry comes at the end Jof a session.
The senate and the house are con-
firmed prOcrastinators until they sud
denly wake up and find it is only a
few weeks until adjournment. Then
they put on bit and spur and rush
things through AT headSwimming
gait. The last few days Of a session
the clerks who have charge of the bills
work day and night 1t is natural
that with a big omnibus BILL like the
public buildings bill. there should be
liabilities TO error y few years ago
every senator and house member