The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-21
SOME NEW. BOOKS.
Trcccd-nts aud Personalities In The
House ~ Representatives.

UbV<c VI
Since the proceedings of lcgisl'-
tires are governed Ivy precedcn!s
and personalities. these are the ma
ie''ais ~ In ALNA ST>N woop ALEN-
ha.i;R's UiSiOrU and PrOCcdHrC NJ ire
HrHS~ OF Representatives ,Houghton
Mifflin). The author served in congress
from 1897 to 1911. He began his stud
~. i'm the history uf tac procedure III
t.s House. phrasing that express 's
l., haps mere accurately than M
bt Ik's title the books plan upon the
ndvicc and with the nss!stanc" 20!
Speaker Reed. Speaker Galusha Grow
and Senator Frye mad generous
donations To- Mr.. AlexauGcr's ~thesaurus
Of anecdota, "reminiscences; INT WIN
Asher liinds's "~Preccdents' propplng
the parliamentary terhn'I'i. ot inc
essay and Representative DaizeH care
fully revising the whole the review vi
the organic growth OF the lower mouse
of our national legislature ana oi iorth-
,sIc battles now almost Legendary ~
e certified as ~ proper comi ahion Ia It's
authors esteemed Political History
~ the state of New York. tn" ar
ranrcmcnt is not chronological. nut
lorjcal. organization of the House.
the history Of the Speakcrship,
sketches of u long series or party
wuips and floor leaders. the dcNci ~
mont of committee work and OF the
H., sc rules; an account Of great to-
hates and sketches of great dehat"rs,
~up,achmcn practices. and Il chapter
nm ..Thc President and the House.' u
e. an earnest and conscientious student
of the machinery Of government VINO
can concentrate attention upon the
details of organization. the quorum
wars, the order Of bGsiness, the at'-
Element Of contested elections ana the
development of tic House rules. ana
restrain the eye hat turns naturally
TO the accounts ot men. not measures
The history OF the House Of Repre-
scntativos Is Tor the student oi human
nature as full of meat as a chicago"
stpckyard.
The mon who made our Constitution
however much they inaS rave been NJ
dc btcd to Great Erit"in for - model
GrJ not copy British methods in IN"
popuIar branch of IL" national al
ninistration The liois" oi ON
mons WIS a warning. not AN exam
pie. Ia the creators ~ the HOUSE
o. Representatives. But many wears
PASSED before the system Of apportion-
mcnt was fixed with any approach 10
satisfaction Of conflicting sectional IN
terests. And oven yet. in the bryant
~ tion of III" louise FOR a new SESSION.
st.cu,d "A close election leave it compo-
si,ion almost; cvenly balanced in party
repr,scn,atio "it is not pleasant To
con,emplo.e what, might occiiy' II \
hold hnldovcr c,erE should copy Hugh
Garland who in 1899 prepared Il
ro,, of mcn.bcrs in which 10y emitting
,he names ot ali contcstants from New
l.rsov M, cnde,yored to give his own
o.r,, ,b> u,,u,hcr nf Yates needed To-
80, ., SnoaLcr and thus organize the
u,us, ga us own adyant,rc In the
cr,, soss,o, - ~. Eor.ioth Congress.
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