The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-23
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

Greatly Desired.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington. Sept Special. J.
Two Minnesota men recently severely
criticised the methods of the house OF
representatives Mr.. Anderson carried
his resentment so far as to resign fror
the ways and means committee, the
most important committee In the house
in order to emphasize the fact that mi
nority members Of that committee have
no voice in shaping legislation. Mr.
Lindbergh was more mild, but his crit
icism was none the less severe. He
said in beginning to discuss the cur
rency bill that as he had only an hour
he did not want to be interrupted
ANY member can get an hour to dis
c,lss personal grievance he said, "or
any trivial matter, but only an hour is
allotted to discuss the most important
measure that has come before con
gress. The house is growing in dis
favor because it takes weeks to consid
er trivials and runs the time short
when matters Of Importance are con
sidered.'
House Cannot Reform.
The house has gone beyond the period
of reform because it has increased its
size every ten years until it has become
SO unwiedy that it must be run Oh
the close corporation plan. The lead
ers long ago saw that the larger the
house the more power was given to
| that select few who were leaders and
took control Of legislation. There We're
no more severe critics Of the methods
Of the Republican congress than the
men who are now running the Demo.
cratic congress- When they came into
power they found that the only way tc
manage the large body was to take
control by the same old methods, using
the party whip and drastic rules just
as their predecessors had done. 1t is
the way to accomplish results, but 1t
affords cause for criticism by those who
want more freedom Of debate and gen
eral privilege of making amendments
Value Of Citizen.
When the house passed resolution
paying $4,000 to compensate an Italian
family for the loss Of mans life
Congressman Austin Of Tennessee be-
came indignant Il want to protest"
he said, against what has been done
before. Here you pay $4,000 for an
Italian, but this house has fixed the
value of a citizens life at $1,000 and
even as low as $500 in paying claims
for lives lost while on government
work, and often that is all that wild
-ow with several children has to sup
port herself and orphans"
Esch Poet.
No one suspected that Congressman
Esch was a poet until Congressman
Adamson sprung it on the house in adj
West Indies. 1t seems that on one of
the trips to Panama the Wisconsin
congressman turned loose seven stan
zas on the rock called NavaSSa. and
now the Georgia congressman has en-
balmed them in the Congressional Rec
ord. and it is very good poetry that
Esch turned loose about the lonely
rock in the Caribbean sea, which is
now the site Of United States light
house
Down to Fighting Weight.
Minority Leader Murdoch in discuss
ing the currency bill said something
about the Progressive party and eS-
pansion Of the currency.
Judging from the news from
Maine interrupted Glass Of Virginia.
1.-THE Progressive party is chiefly in ia
vor of contraction"
THE Progressive party has just got
down to fighting weight" retorted
Murdoch.
Pooh Bahs In Finance.
Congressman Mondell claimed that
under the Glass bill the secretary OF
the treasury became the Pooh Bah OF
finance
.Didn't you vote for the Vreeland-
Aldrich BILL asked Chairman Glass,
(which made the secretary Of the treas
ury the sole dispenser Of $5O0.O0O.0OO
of currency?"
"A very different proposition re-
piled the Wyoming man.
I'm other words, that was your Pooh
Bah and not my Pooh Bah"
Two Sides to 1t.
Senator Nelson of Minnesota rather
surprised the senate BY asserting that
there were two sides to the matter OF
speculation in farm products. He de-
clared that the farmers thought that
1t often brought them higher prices.
It gave them two markets, the millers
and the Spectators
II am interested In the farmers,
said Nelson. These people who are
foolish enough to bet on baseball or
gamble In wheat and cotton are set
Of gamblers. Even If part Of the wheat
buyers are nothing but gamblers |
have no objection If the farmers get
q little better price for their wheat"