St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-06
THE SECOND SESSION
Of the Forty-Ninth Congress to Begin
To-Day Its Work for the
Winter.
The Presidents Message the First Matter
Of Importance to be At
tended to.
Treasurer Jordan Gives the Public
Tip on the Contents of the
Treasury,
And Urges That Alterations Should
Be Made in the eSub-Treasury
System.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The second
session of the Forty ninth congress Will be-
gin at noon tomorrow. After prayer and
roll-call each house will appoint COM
mittee to inform the other of its readiness
to proceed to business. The new members
who are to fill the vacancies caused by
death and resignation will then be sworn
in. Upon the completion Of the formal
organization a joint committee Will walt
upon the president to inform INN that
Quorum of each hORSe is assembled. and
that congress is ready to receive any COM
municatOn 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
representatives Beach and Arnot. will be
made, followed Immediately bv adjourn
ment. out of respect to their memory. The
legislative business of the session is eX-
pected to begin Tuesday. The unfinished
business of the senate is a vetoed private
pension bill, reported from the committee
on pensions with a recommendation that 1t
be passed over the veto. The hrSt of the
special orders is the Pacific railroad funding
bill, which has been at the head OF the
calender since last May. 1t is not known
whether Mr.. Hoar, who has it i'll charge,
will
PRESS IT FOR CONSIDERATION
at once or suffer it to be uverrued. Senator
Platt's resolution for the consideration of
executive nominations in open session iS
special order for Wednesday. and its con-
sideration will be urged without further
delay. With these three exceptions no
measure of the calendar is in position To
command the attention of the senate dur
inc the week, the remaining special orders
being assigned to days of the following
week. The calendar contains 260 bills and
resolutions, from which number majority
of the body Will make its selection for con-
sideration. There is a prospect of an early
agreement by the cOnfereeS upon the inter
state commerce bill. 1t is hardly probable
that any business of consequence will De
transacted in the house of representatives
during the early part of the week. A
privileged report may be presented 10 the
house by the cOnfereeS on the fOrtitication
appropriation bill, which
FAILED OF ENACTMENT
last session by reaSGn of the total disagree
ment of the cOnfereeS, in which event
new conference will be ordered. The ap-
preparation committee has made such pro-
greSs in the preparation of the sundry civil
appropriation bill that it is believed 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 immediate action and fair pro-
gress made by the end of the week. Sew
eral measures of interest were made con-
tinuing separate orders at the last session
and NAV be called up at any time if the
house is so disposed. They are the free
ship bill. the eiectoIal-count bill. the Pacific
railroad funding bill. the Washington, Da-
k0ta and Oklahoma territorial admission
bills. the army reorganization bill. and
sundTy bills of minor Importance reported
from the committees on labor, ways and
means. banking and currency, agriculture
and Indian affairs. The unfinished busi
ness for the morning hours. if the house
decides to follow the routine. is the bill to
indemnify the Chinese sufferers by the
Rock Springs massacre. Next in order on
the calendar is the bill providing for the
construction of the Hennepin canal.