Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-06
THE SECOND SESSION.
WHAT THE FORTY NINTH CONGRESS WILL
Do AS A STARTER TO-DAY.
The Legislative Business Of the Session Not to Begin
Ill hsSday-Un6nlshsd Business Of the Sen
sts-Special 0rdsrs-S65 Bills on the
Calendar Unfinished.

WASHINGTON, d. C., December 5.-The
second session of the Forty-Ninth Congress
will begin at noon tomorrow. Aftel
prayer and roll call each House will ap,
point Committee to inform the other Of
its readiness to proceed to business The
new members who are to fill the vacancies
caused by death and resig alton will be
then sworn in. Upon the completion Of the
formal organization joint committee will
wait upon the President to inform him
that q quorum of each House is assembled
and that Congress is ready to receive any
communication he may be pleased to
make.
THE PRESIDENTS ANNUAL MESSAGE
will then be received and after its reading
the formal announcement in the Senate OF
the death of Senator Pike and in the House
of the deaths of Representatives Beach and
Arnold will be made, followed Immediately
by adjournment in respect to the memory
OF the deceased.
The Legislative business of the session
is expected to begin on Tuesday. The
unfinished business of the Senate is a
vetoed private pension bill, reported from
the Committee ON Pensions, with a recon-
mendatiOn that it be passed over the veto.
The first Of the
SPECIAL ORDERS
is the Pacific railroad funding bill which
has been at the head Of the calendar since
last May. 1t is not known whether Mr..
HOar, who has it in charge, will press it
for consideration at once, or suffer il again
to lie over.
Senator Platt's resolution for the con-
SideratiOn Of Executive nominations In
open session is a special order for Wednes-
day and its consideration will be urged
without further delay. With these three
exceptions no measure on the calendar Is
in position to command the attention OF
Senate during the week, the remaining
special orders being assigned to days OF the
| following week.
THE CALENDER
| contains two hundred and sixty bills and
| resolutions from which number q major
ity of the body will make its selections
| for consideration. There is q prospect OF
an early agreement by the cOnfers upon
/ the interstate Commerce bill. 1t is
hardly probable that any business of con-
sequence will be transacted in the House
of Representatives during the early part
of the week.
A privileged report may be presented to
| the house by the confereS on the fOrtitica-
| ton appropriation bill which failed OF
enactment last session by reason of the
total disagreement of the cOnterees, in
which event a new conference will be
ordered. The
APPROPRIATIONS
COmmitte has made such progress in the
preparation of the Sundry Civil Appropri-
alton Bill, that it is believed this meas
ure can be reported to the House
about the middle of the week.
II the temper of that body proves favor,
able, the bill can be taken up for imme,
diate action and fair progress made by the
/ end of the week. Several measures of in-
terest were made continuing special orders
mt the last session and may be called up at
any time if the House is so disposed.
| They are the Free Ship bill, the Electoral
Count bill, the Pacific Railroad Funding
bill, the Washington, Dakota and Okla
hama Territorial Missions bills.
TheArmy Reorganization bill and sundry
bills of minor Importance will he reported
from the committees on Labor, Ways and
Means, Banking and Currency, Agricul,
ture and Indian Affairs. The unfinished
business for the morning hours, if the
House decides TO follow the routine, is the
bill to indemnify Chinese sufferers by the
Rock Springs massacre. Next in order on
! the calender is the bill providing for the
construction of the Hennepin canal.