The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-04-15

ment other than the order Of arrival al
!the departmental office. specific ap-
pointments previously arranged ex-
/ tcepted"
IEngle also thinks that so long as
we have special departments and com
mittees 10 look after the health OF
hogs. cattle, horses and other domestic
animals, We should at least have a
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 x be amended
50 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
j xI he amended BY adding the follow
ing: All proposed legislation relating
. 10 and affecting social and living con-
ditions. the public health and santa
ton, woman's suffrage, and the pro-
motion of the public welfare shall be
referred to the committee on the pub
lie welfare and happiness"
There should be no secret caucuses,
committee meetings or gatherings OF
public officials to transact public bus
mess was contention of LEngle's 5
during the campaign, and though the
open caucus advocates were defeated
in the democratic caucus. he hopes to
have the doors Of the committee rooms
opened to the press and the following
resolution. House resolution 81, covers
the ground thoroughly:
Resolved. That rule xXxV be
amended by adding thereto the fol-
lowing. All representatives of the
press who are granted the privilege of
reporting debates and proceedings in
the House shall also have the priv
ilege of reporting all proceedings of
all committees of the House and shall
have at all times access to all COM
mittee rooms when committees are
considering public business"
Along the same lines Of open trans
action Of public business is House
resolution 30, requiring committees to
record and publish the vote of their
members on all bills and resolutions
referred to them, and to give the
names, interest represented and COM
pensation received by parties appear
ing before committees for or against
any bill This is in line with L'Engle's s
out of business at Tallahassee. and
viii have the same effect here, for
when it is known what interest lob
byist represents and what compensa-
tion he receives his influence in ways
that are dark and devious will be de-
stroyed
The resolution is as follows:
Resolved, That clause two of rule
XIII be amended so as to read as fol-
lows: All reports of committees ex-
cept as provided in clause fifty-six of
rule AI, together with the views of the
minority shall be delivered to the
clerk for printing and reference to the
proper calendar, under the direction of
the speaker, in accordance with the
foregoing clause, and the titles or SUBJ
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
unfavoPably, and the names of all per-
sons, together with the interest they
represented and the compensation they
received, who appeared before the
committee in advocacy of cor adverse
to the bill, resolution, or memorial re-
ported"