Show present congress thus far shy on talk it iett IS T tt NOT A jokse 04 gook Y T JS washington dashington investigation dla dis VV closes that congress title has not talked so BO much during this session as wany of its ha critler allego allege other congresses have talked more and have consumed tona umed more space apace in tho the Con congles gres record all this in face of tho the fact that the present has boon widely attacked as aa ii a do nothing congress bont bent only on oil end ing the session without passing any measure that could be assailed in the presidential campaign with each member omler ci intent on filling as many pages as aa possible of the tha record with bunding thoughts though ta for the edification of his big constituents and for impressing them with the idea that the incumbent Is the tha best possible man to return to washington up to date about pages have boon been taken up in tho the congressional record with iho proceedings of con coil eneas en that la Is with its doings and sayings nayl this looks like a lot of space apace and would appear to the casual observer to afford room for a lot of legislation as well OB as a groat great deal of conversation but as tho the average congress does things and talks about thern them it to la not so much fur for example the beconi session of tho the fifty ninth coil congress gi ess which ended on march 4 of last year fillod nearly as much apace in tho the record as aa has ham this session up to tho the middle ot of april 1908 the first session of the fifty ninth congress had filled moro more space by several hundred pages similarly the present congress con grosa will stand comparison with several other talkative congresses tho the longest in either housa was made by la follette the senator from wisconsin consumed the larger part ot of three lays days in almack ing the aldrich bill tho the drowns browns villo ville case has haa not occupied a groat doal deal of sonata time thus far but there are several speeches yet to be made upon pon it aside from the fact that tho the senate bonate line has not indulged in much protracted talk it has haa not been working as aa a body as regularly as usual this session most of the time it has been adjourning jo over from thursday to monday manday which la Is not true of the house rut it congress cannot fairly he be accused ot of talking more than usual it must be bd admitted that it la is going a rapid pace in the tha matter of introduction of bills in the alie house alone about have been introduced up to date an average of nearly 50 tor for each member |