The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-11-06
Inauguration Date Change to
be Begun Again in Congress
sy aooER,ck CLIFFORD.

1850 - - ~ - 1873
ny RooERick CLIFFORD.
Washington. Nov. "A letter was
received here recently from Repre-
sentative hobart L. Henry OF Texas.
to the effect that be will make an
other effort in the early part OF the
next session of congress TO secure the
passage OF his joint resolution to
change Inauguration day from March
4 to the last Thursday In April. The
Henry Joint resolution came within a
few votes Of passing the house last
session. and since then public opin-
ion In favor Of the proposed change
In the date OF Inauguration has stead
lily grown. until now the advocates OF
the change are more than hopeful Of
success.
In connection with the change In
the date OF Inauguration It is also pro-
posed to change the time for the meet
ing and adjournment Of congress
For q number of years date for the
beginning Of the sessions OF congress
has been much discussed. The vet
Grams Of the house unite in saying
that the time between the election of
the members in November. and the
taking Of their seats in the house on
the Arst Monday in December of the
year following Is too long. The Is
sues which play prominent part in
the campaign and upon which the
political complexion Of the house is
often changed. lose much Of their
vital force in year and hence 1t Of
ten follows that the new congress
disappoints the country Members
who have given much thought to this
subject say that IL the new congress
could assemble say within two
months after the election there would
seldom, IL ever, be occasion for an
extra session and the legislation
promised the people could be placed
upon the statute books within rea.
sonable time after the people had de
clared themselves at the polls.
This is one of the reforms in legis
lation said to have the Endorsement
OF President Taft, but 1t is doubtful
IL he will refer to it In his message.
as to do so might be regarded as be.
ing outside his province. He may.
however, avail himself of the oppor-
tunity to discuss the subject with his
supporters in the house and senate
when they visit him in the White
House.
Clerks in the house document room
are busy these days putting In shape
for the members. copies OF bills and
resolutions that went to sleep in com.
mittees during the last session. Many
of these measures will be freshened
up, amplified and reintroduced when
the house meets lin December. 1t ia
not likely that the house will dupli
cate its record OF the last session In
the matter OF the Introduction Of bills
and resolutions at the short session
During the session that ended June
Is last, 27.279 bills were introduced
in the house and 100 resolutions. And
nearly every conceivable subject oil
legislation was covered by the bills
and resolutions. there promises to be
HO ldCA Vi new U1lk6 anu IO0OlutlOuG
poured into the hopper during the
first few days Of the coming session
AS the tariff has figured In many
congressional districts 1t is safe to
assume that not a few members viii
have the perfect tariff commission
bill" to embarrass the ways and
means committee of the house. Sew
eral measures authorizing the appoint
ment of tariff commission such al
President Taft has suggested. were
introduced in the house last session
but Representative Payne. chairman
of the ways and means committee
was strong enough to prevent any OF
these bills being reported out Of com.
mittee. II the democrats win at the
November elections the republicans
who favor the tariff commission idea
will make renewed effort to have such
a commission authorized at the short
session, because a failure to enact
such legislation while the republicans
are In control would be fatal. as the
democrats are known to be opposed
to it.
A veteran OF the house in comment.
ing on the tariff commission PROPOSE.
ton. said that he was surprised that
the newspapers should give so much
space at this time to the subject. The
talk OF having commission to frame
a tariff bill might sound good to some
of the new members, and to those un.
familiar with tariff history. he said
But glance through the record
brings to mind the work of the tarifI
commission in the early SOS. At that
time there was lots OF tariff talk and
there were many who advocated the
appointment of commission to deal