Show Reed on the New House Rules ASlGTO Feb 4Talking this afternoon to an Associated Press reporter exSpeaker Reed said The withdrawal by the Louisiana lottery of its demand for a new charter is one of the triumphs of the Fiftyfirst Congress Now that the su premo court has sustained the constitutionality constitu-tionality of the antilottery postal act even the lottery company recognizes the futility of Us future axis ence The acts of the Fiftyfirst Congress shall stand well in the test of time tme With regard to the rules just adopted Reed said that the principle of responsible government in the House had been more ruthlessly recognized in that part of the new regulations regarding the power of the committee on rules than was ever dreamed of in the Fiftyfirst Congress The right of a present quorum had been denied and the farce of a member present for the purpose of being absent been revived re-vived All this however time and the supreme court will take care of Meanwhile Mean-while it will be a source of regret to the country that more liberal measures for the promotion of innocent useful nonpartisan nonparti-san and necessary legislation were not adopted Debate has shown that the good example of the last two years has been entirely lost What used to be called tyranny is now on the road to be called good sense The folly of wasting the time of the House in the reference of bills has been forever done away with Thanks to the example set by the last Congress the country knows the House can do all it wants to do that if it dont do now it is responsible |