The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-21
Elsage 0|s
SAssld b q sueh fn1n0 = $780,
demands.
he appropsisess iessssaDuD
sCHVvAnxoCnuD -
MUST FIND SEATS
FOR new MEMBERS
Perpaexing Problem 70 cars -
Increased Membership Of !
Congress.

AAASAVoOO0 S8US&A2SSxU8AAR -
Congress.
ESPECIAL to The Nmso- Dtspatch.l u
Warrington. October so-whess1s
my officer Whsrs's ny ssat.
These are some Of the pefttnen4
questions that abeut eerty new Cess
grsssmen viii Be asking March s eos
Whereabouts. when the sixty-third Co..
Grass gets on the Job to take 49,
1t some Of the problems that IT,
Sixty.second Congress- did not a1eoo4
to. Il Is considered almost caetnf6
that there will be an extea oogeto9s
beginning shortly after March q -
that some Of the difficulties that mSt
be brtdged over II none we're ca1ee
number OF statesmen win be Gfoeslx
inconvenisnced.
There will be A3s consrsssmsn e
the next CQnGross a. agatnDt tho ~
IN the prssSXt House. the increase Dee@
seousnt on the 1910 census. AAA 10
the AIS the tive insular and Tetrtaox114
delegates who enjoy all the prtyNe8
OF member OF Congress except g
vote: ,i ana s. you !, have 5. : .ss
seats on the floor OF the Hoe1A
mileage fees and All the other
that are enjoyed BY reprsssnsakzss
of the people.
There are now only ssl seats q ~
House. The plan OF doing eway 1.S<$ -
doska ana substituting benches. es112S3
to the scheme followed In the En9u8
House OF Commons. nas been
provements in the Capitol have -
hard to get Years Of dtscasston 49,
orally precede action. The tile 0ool
and treads OF the staircases are 49,
ms out fast. but nobody su9ges!e 49, AIs's
they be repaired. 1t 10 conceoe9
ali hands that the Capitol musS e -;
a rood overhauling, and tnat a0s ~
the far distant future. Pc
The Job Of supplying seafs rs H.
40 -members" will not % - 1850
because it 10 we'll known thai
sr ever are more than two-fharos
the members In their seats M
II,,,,se at the same time. Even
q most Important bill Is being 49,
Il 10 hard to get more tnan w 49, -
resenta4dves In their seatA Tney
An aud vote and then huat1e 81
oesser huiness. Some membefo 60
.r.ssa more chan q few hourD IN t0eAk
80 throuShouk an entire sessse. Il
Bwt the job Of supplying Ole
another uatter. Every Co0e
Van6s "A, once. II 10 the place 49,
~. nail ID received and Where
aoes al his business. 6ceAsee ts
- has constituents. greets rs
from home,' or enjoys . quiet s -
what 10 . Congressman
oAace1 might be the oarosn ~
mopuIar congressional song.
I'M. House once building. Anss
r,ernIe structure that cost 9evetNss
miiNons, and In which . sos g .Ssss
useful spAce has been onssss 11$$ss
Wasted In high ceaAngs. . IA
overcoming now Prssss = noI ,nirst -
r.oasible TO squeeze few moro IN ~
,s<,t With any degree of COMFORT
members will insist on reta1nlne
offices, leaving the new one J
=, r,avaAe once buildings
viii be impossible to provide Adsqe
quarters on short notice co1 80;
thoee members =. q
The addition Of forty new
~ the rDst Of running the govefnme
hr somethipg over $S00.ooO. I0s
ary Of each Congressman -
He is allowed $500 yesr TOE ~ ~
hire. and In addition cOile c,a.,. 49,.
~ressman costs the governments oe
s1o noo a wear In salaries alone.
70 ff,is must be added the cost OF 49,
niies ranking privileges ana
s1 LII Nv Congress, will contain many 80
800 thus far for one reason or enoene9s
r. n cer.sin that At least hfty Cooose
viii not be returned, some havlns
beaten In TIE primaries others ie1
heaith and still others being diseusse9 49,
the p<cuniary returns of public ne - -.
turr Ing to private life. This t1koe
cccnt Of the number who may nl y esSSs~,:
10, nex, month The election - exo0eee4
:, retire afty more. 20 that all tesa 49,
vi,l be 100 or more "rookies~ In the 49,
brarch Of the national Legtsseture-
A well known race that Win = 49,
vii; be Representative DssRD. 81 Pee1ss
rsnas nigh tara0 aavoaese ana eeuoesv
tive Representative Akin. Of New Selss;
known ~ the wae OF the 49,
will NOT return. Representative Morris DesS
nier inscrKent from Nebraska. has esve4 3
his chances for q seat 70 seek t0Bo n
senate Representative Billy HuoDee IS
New Jersey - also seeking seat = t45
upper branch. Representative 0ooa. o. Ioue5
yyjvanIa well known ~ laWyef ~ e.
ability viii Be smother aoeeateo.
Representative James u Coz. - $3.50
rave up his seat to seek tAe e0veSu0Uu4I
o. Ohio. Ollie James. the g9out q
Hcuse-he II easily the bieseSs 0oo - -
Housewife be In the Senate H - ut1
seivsd his election - thss ~. =