The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-07
THE SECOND SESSION
OF THE FORTY.NINTH CONGRESS-
BEGUN
At Noon YesteFday-The Swearing
In Of New Members, Who Are
20 Fill Vacancies.

WASHINGTON, u cemhfr G.-The
500. nd session Of the. Forty ninth Congress
will begin at noon tod, After prayer and
roll call zach house win appoint a commit
tee to inform tho other oil its re ldino' g to
proceed TO business. The new members who
are to OIL the vacancies caused by deatn and
rssig alter will then be sworn in. Upon the
compilation Of the formal ora aniEstion ajoint
Committee will wait upon the President to
inform him that a quorum Of each house Is
assembled and that Congress is ready, to re,
ceiVe any communication no may be pleased
10 make. The Presidents annual message
will then 10 received, and after its reading
the formal announcement In the Senate OF
the death Of Senator Pike and in the houfe
ofthe deaths Of Representative s Bach aud
Arnot will be made. 70 lowed Immediately
by adjournment, in respect to the memory
OF the deceased.
The leg slatipo business Of tho session Is
exneo I'D to beg n on Tuesday.
The unfuihhed business o. the Senate 10 q
vetoed priv Is pension bill, reported from
the Committee on p nsiOns with n recon-
mon 1ation that IL be pissed over the Veto.
The hrst Of he special orders is the p clhc
railroad funding ill, which has been at tne
head of the calendar. since last May. Its
not known whether iir. Hoar, who has 1t in
charge, will press II for consideration at
ence, or suffer il to remain over.
Senator Platts resolution for the. consid
GRAFTON Of Executive no ninati0ns IN open
htHHNOu IL u HD1Olhl OIuON lOl W hNNNh9 nHAA
its con Iteration will DO urged without fur
Their delay With these tlree exceptions no
measure on tho calendar is In a pO itton. to
cOmm&n the attention OF tn Senate during
the week, tie remaining special orders
lowing week. The calender contains
go bills and resolutions, from which
numbor o majority OF tho boey
will mako its selection for. consid-
Grafton. There Is Il prospect OF an early
-. - he a. "a 90 n uuOn TIM 0UtQF-
state commerce bill. II is hardly probable
that any business If consequence will be
transacted in tae House of hepresen 'atiVes
during the carly part Of tho week ARriyi
leged rol ort may be- pressnted 70 tho hou o
BY The conierees on the fortidcation- pPro
priatiOn bill, which failed Of enactment last
session by reason OF the total disagreement
of the oOnfcrees, in which event u new c9n-
fefence will be ord cd. The Apr priatlon
Committee has made such progress in the
preparati0 on OF the suudry civil appropria'
ton bill that IL Is believed this measure, can
DO repcr ed 10 the House about the middle Of
tia week. 1.-THE temper OF that body proves
favorable, the bill eau be token Up for imme-
date action and fair prosresI made 6S me ne
interest wero made continuing p'clal
orders at tho last ses ion and may BIO
called up at any time II the, House
is 80 disposed. They are the free chip bill,
the Gle etoral count bill, tho Pacific railroad
funding bill, the Washington Dakota and
0Klahoma Territorial admission bills, tho
army reorganization bill and sundry bills Of
minor Importance reported { ON the Com
mittecs on Labor, Ways and ueans, Bank
ina and Currency, Agriculture and Indian
Affairs.
Tho unfinished business for the morning
hours ii the House decides to follow ~routine
10 the bill to indemnify tho Chinese 81 hererS
by the Rock Spring massacre: Next in
order on this calendar is the bill providing
for the construction Of tho Hennepin canal.