Scene in the House of Representatives : a witticism from the chair,Arthur Keller

Title: Scene in the House of Representatives : a witticism from the chair
Creator(s): Keller, Arthur Ignatius, 1866-1924, artist
Date Created/Published: [1902?]
Summary: Keller's wash drawing shows the House chamber, where eat member had their own desk. The drawing was published in the June 1902 issue of Century magazine, and although David B. Henderson was the Speaker of the House, this drawing looks back on Thomas B. Reed's terms as Speaker (1881-1891 and 1895-1899). Reed was a Republican congressman from Maine. In 1890 Reed stamped out the 'disappearing quorum,' a refusal of members, though present, to vote. Reed's motto was 'the object of a parliamentary body is action, not stoppage of action.' Although he was vilified as a 'czar' and a 'tyrant' and although his rules, known ever since as the 'Reed rules,' were denounced with equal vehemence, they were readopted by his Democratic opponents as soon as they gained control of the House. The Reed rules serve to this day as the organizing principle of the House rules.
Notes:
(DLC/PP-1933:0139).
Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
Published in: 'Making Laws at Washington' by Henry Loomis Nelson, Century magazine, 64:174 (June 1902).
Subjects:
Reed, Thomas B.--(Thomas Brackett),--1832-1902.
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Interiors.
Legislative bodies.
Drawings--Color.
Periodical illustrations.
Bookmark /2010716953/
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