Show Jul e of oC es Cs Once more the effort is to 10 be Lc made Ja r next winter inter to change the beating of ur the house of representatives es at Washington Washington Wash Wash- ah ington bo so 10 as to 10 mako it I pu possible for fol members to 10 hear speeches and to concentrate con con- their attention while in iii the time house homm on the business in iii hand To ro do 10 u this the suggestion is that desks be lIt removed and amid benches put in a as- as asIn In the tho house of commons The rime plan would have ha half hlf of time the space on omi 01 the floor and amid would allow alow man many extra extra seats eats for or visitors I i 0 r Tho The scheme has ha much in Iii Its ls favor Any visitor to Lo time the house hOlse these days except when sortie some important member Is or thero is a rough and tumble light on un hand observes that that the time desks ess aro alO seldom Idom more than half hal occupied and that of present most are arc reading newspapers newspaper writing letters of taking a n Isle listless g Interest In I the proceedings So long bug as members had no other place to tn go and id attend to their correspondence enc it was vas well enough to have desks desks' but now that thai a palace has haH ben bemi erected for their comfort com corn fort Cort where each has a n fine lino room desks desk on tho th hoer Hoor of ur the tho house arc are less es es- es Few Fe Iel persons know that this plan was tried tiled Ju jut t about 50 O years CHr ago ago Benches were brought In but bul Congress was vas wa small sinaI in lii those days dars and were without ulm an any place to write unless un un- le less hess s chairmen chalmen of oC committees After a single h session tho the us desks were re restored But Bul this tills failure Is s not necessarily arlly a precedent for reasons already ahead men men- The members who ho tho time change in iii mind are arc leaders on tho the floor loor and their opinions will wi crr carry much nuch weight weIght In an any event o it i would tot hot be difficult to restore tho d desks If f tho thu benches did dil not suit With Hh the time addition addIton of tho the Oklahoma Ol lahoma members the time ihor will s wt be Le tilled under existing conditions almost to Its s It utmost ca- ca If H borne ome chan change e is not nut made malc It I will wi not bo be te ons possible to Inel increase the after tho the n next CI census UI as asis ass is s customarily done I |