Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-12-06
CONGRESSIONAL FORECAST.
Measures 10 be Considered AT the
beginning of the Coming
Session.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-rhe second session
OF the Forty-ninth Congress will begin at
noon tomorrow. After prayer and roll call
each house will appoint committee to in
form the other of its readiness to proceed to
business. New members who are to to fill
vacancies caused by death and resignation
VIII then be sworn in. Upon the completion
OF formal organization Joint committee
VIII wait upon the President to inform him
that 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
reading the formal announcement in the
Senate of the death of Senator Pike, and
two of deaths of Representatives-Beao
and Arnot-will be made, followed immedi-
ately by adjournment in respect to the
memory of the deceased members. The
legislative business session is expected to
begin on Tuesday. The unfinished business
of the Senate is the vetoed pension bill re-
ported from the Committee on Pensions
with the recommendation 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 present it for consideration at
once or suffer it to lie over. Senator Platt's
resolution for consideration of executive
nominations in open session is the special Or
der for Wednesday, 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
the Senate during the week, the remaining
special orders being assigned to days of the
following week. The calendar contains two
hundred and ninety bills and resolutions.
from which number majority of the body
will makes its selection for consideration.
tf1a nnA
by the conferees on the Interstate Com
MERGE bill.
II Is hardly probable that any business Of
Importance will be transacted in the House
of Representatives during the early part of
the week. A report may be presented to
the House by the conferees on the Fortifica-
ton Appropriation bill, which failed of en-
actment last session by reason of the total
disagreement of the conferees, in which
event new conference will be ordered.
The Appropriations Committee has made
such progress in the preparation of the Sun
dry Civil Appropriation bill that it is be-
lieved this measure can be reported to
the House about the middle of the
week. If the temper of that body proves
favorable, 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
at the last session, and may be called up at
any time II the House is so disposed. They
are the Free Ship bill, Electoral Count bill
Pacific Railroad Funding bill, Washington
Dakota and Oklahoma Territory admission
bills, Army Reorganization bill, and sundry
bills of minor importance reported
from the committees on Labor, Ways and
Means, Banking and Currency, Agriculture
and Indian Affairs. Unfinished business fol
the morning hours, if the House decides tc
! follow the routine, is the bill to indemnify
the Chinese sufferers by the Rock Spring.
| massacre. Not in order on this calendar i
the bill providing for the construction o
the Hennetin canal.