The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-04-21
| ENGLE WANTS
To KNOCK OUT
one PRECEDENT
IL THE FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN
HAS HIS WAY SENATORS WILL
NO LONGER GO AHEAD OF CON-
cRESsMEN IN TRANsAcTINo
PUBLIC BUSINESS.
BY H. c. sPARKMAN.

W6Su1u&LOup April Jul O14uUe
L'Engle has his way. one long estab-
lished precedent In Washington will be
knocked out. He contends that pre-
cedence has no place In the government
Of the people, and that In the trans
action Of public business 1t should be
first come first served
But house resolution IS explains it
self as follows:
Resolved. That precedence has NO
! place in a government Of the people,
and that the custom prevailing by
which senators go ahead OF members
Of the house In transacting public
l business In the government depart
/ nents Ia Objectionable to this house,
/ and that a continuance OF this practice
win be regarded as an affront to the
house.
! That 1t is the sense of this house
that In the transaction Of the public
business there shall be no order of adj
mission Of members Of congress to any
government official or department
other than the order Of arrival at the
departmental Office, specific appoint
ments previously arranged excepted"
LEngle also thinks that so long as
we have special departments and COM
mfttees to look after the health Of
hogs, cattle, horses and other domes-
congressional committee to look after
questions relating to the public health
and happiness of human beings. To
cover this point he has introduced the
following resolution, known as house
resolution 20:
Resolved, That rule K be amended
so as to add to the standing commit
tees Of the house a committee on the
public welfare and happiness. to con-
sist OF eleven members, and that rule
XXI be amended by adding the follow
ing: All proposed legislation relating
to and affecting social and living con-
ditions, the public health and SANTA
ton, woman's suffrage, and the promo
ton of the public welfare shall be re-
ferred to the committee on the public
welfare and happiness"
NO SECRET CAUcUSES.
There should be no secret caucuses,
committee meetings or gatherings OF
public officials to transact business,
was a contention of L'Engle during his
campaign and though the open eau
Gus advocates were defeated In the
democratic caucus, he hopes to have
opened to the press and the follow
ing resolution, house resolution 81, COW
ers the ground thoroughly:
Resolved, That rule XXXV be
amended by adding thereto the follow
ing:
An representatives OF the press who
are granted the privilege of reporting
debates and proceedings in the house
shall also have the privilege OF report
ing all proceedings Of all committees
Of the house and shall have at all times
access to all committee rooms when
committees are considering public bus
mess"
Along the same lines Of open trans
action OF public business is house reso
luton 80, requiring committees to re-
cord and publish the vote of their
members on all bills and resolutions
referred to them. and to give the
names, interests represented and COM
pensation received by parties appear
ing before committees for or against
any bin. This is in line with L'Engle's
successful effort to put the lobbyists
out of business at Tallahassee, and
will have the same effect here, for
when It is known what interests lob
byist represents and what compensa-
ton he receives his influence In ways
that are dark and devious will be de-
strcyed.
The resolution is as follows:
Resolved. That caiuse two of rule
XIII be amended SO as to read as fol- |
lows:
"sAll reports OF committees, except |
as provided in clause hfty-six of rule
xI, together with the views of the mi
ncrity, shall be delivered to the clork
fer printing and reference to the prop
er calendar, under the direction Of the
speaker, in accordance with the fore
going clause. and the titles or sub
ject thereof shall be entered on the
Journal and printed in the Record. And
each report of each committee shall
contain the names of those members of
the committee who voted to report the
bill resolution, or memorial favorabIy, |
and the names OF those members of
the committee who voted to report I'M
favorably, and the names of all per-
sons, together with the interest they
and the compensation they |
received, who appeared before the COM
mittee in advocacy OF or adverse to the |
bin. resolution, or memorial reported
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