The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-26
rNcLE JOE PRaIsEs CONGREss.
says the siNty-Hrst u the Greatest Ever
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WASHINGTON. June Is In the dying
hours Of the present session Uncls 10
Cannon gave out a statement giving his
opinion Of the work accomplished thus FAR
in the Sixty first Congress. Said he:
In my judgment the two sessions Of
the sixty-hrst Congress have accom-
plished more and done bstter work than
any other Congress Of which have been
member Il has rarely occurred that
a Congress enacting a new tarth law has
accomplished much else save handling
the appropriations for the Government.
This Congress has not only revised the
tariff without disturbing business but u
has enacted important legislation amend
ing the interstate cOmme0ce law. making
that law more effective. giving the Inter
state Commerce Commission greater
power and creating . court of commerce.
and this without seriously affecting the
bushes Of railroads or checking their
increase Of wages % their employees.
This seems % ne 20 meet the definition
OF craftsmanship in legislation. and
can say this without selfish pride. because
the legislation was enacted under the
lendershipNOf the COMMITTEES on Inter
state and Foreign Commerce with the
Hon. James r. Mann az chairman
This Congress has also enacted postal
savings hank law. which IL entirely new
: legislation. blazing q new trail In law
making in this country In my Judgment
this Is the hest illustration o. party legia-
ation We have had IN many years and Il
fully justihes the necessity for party
action in a great legislative body II
there had not been party solidarity on
this bill there would have been no legisla-
ton creating postal savings banks.
Mr.. Cannon reviewed the other measures
that have been passed In this session and
added:
The appropriations have been large.
but not lAearly a. large a. demanded ny
the people who were agitating over tho
development u the various departments
Of the Government There has not been a
single appropriation bill that has not been
INCREASED by nOn-partlsan vote IN the
House over the report FROM the com
mites This would seem n indicate that
the demand for economy Is like the De
mand Tor reduction II the tarIf and always
applies 10 the appropriations other than
those in which the agitators are interested
The people WAC want a larger navy are
willing 10 econOmtEe on everything else
and the same n true II those who want
large appropriations tor the Department
u Agriculture. for the army, Tor the
Improvement Il rivers and harbOrs. for
N.a.Ha -.
activities % the FEDERAL Government
Tbs Democrats have talksi abou,
economy. but they have helpei enla re
every appropriation, and there are bills
introduced BY Democrats aud not aCted on
which would call FOR $50 on. ono additional
expenditure. 80 ! take u their talk III
ec1nOmy IN Pickwickian A. I said In
the beginning. the work % this Congress
has besn greater than any other with
! which have beel identified A. a member
! and Il has adopted constructive isgisla
ton IN the face " destructive tactics and
efforts u create factional strife Thesf
efforts, regret 10 say. have received mOrs
attention Ia the public press than the
, real work q legislation. and having giver
~ much spare 20 these efforts az tho ex,
| psuse Of the record u work. n h not sur
prising that some Of the editors should
Bndsnly discover Ia thens last days that
the Ropuhlioan Congress has enactei
laws 10 carry out tho pledges Of the Re-
} publican platform and then jump az ths
conolmion thet this work has been dons
ia haste before adjournment Instead ol
. being the painstakinR effort % sever
b months by the committees and the mem
bers % Congress.
/, This work Of legislation has gone or
quietly but effectively. while those who
view Congrals from q distance have bear
assuming that the House was doina
nothing but changing it, rules m,
changes Of rules have contributes b n,
pleasure and perhaps the power % SON,
: individuals IN the House. but the curFau
Of legislation itself has moved on q.
, usual with htfle disturbances on acoom