Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-02
FIFTY-FIRsT CONGRESS.
Today Will Be Spent in
Organizing.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE DELAYED.
Synopsis of the Subjects That Will
Come Up This Session in
House and Senate.

Associated Ptess Dispatches TO the EHnALp /
WASHINGTON, December 1.-The fifty
first Congress assemblies at noon tomor-
row. Owing to the entire day being
occupied in the organization of the
new House Of Representatives, the Pres.
ident's message will not be sent to Con.
gress until Tuesday.
The coming Congress will have
brought to it's attention q number of mat
tiers upon which the public has become
we'll informed by reason of previous dis
cuesiop. Among them are: The Blair
Educational bill; bills to forfeit land
grants, general and special; to declare
trusts unlawful; Dependent Pension bill ;
bills to repeal the Civil Service
law and oleomargarine tax law, and
various measures relating to tariff, in
system.
WHAT THE SENATE has ON HAND.
There will also be presented to the
Senate the reports OF Investigations made
during the recess by the several commit
tees upon the dressed beef business, the
subject of irrigating arid lands, the rela.
ton of the Canadian railroads to the In.
terstate Commerce law, and the com.
mercial relations existing between the
United States and Canada, including the
Alaskan seal fisheries. The silver quee.
ton will speedily come up in some shape.
The triparte treaty with Great Britain
and Germany respecting the control and
direction of affairs in Samoa is the priuci.
pal topic to be discussed under the head oil
forsign affairs also the proposed scheme
to promote commercial union with
Canada with view to it's ultimate an.
nexation, and the settlement of the
Mexican and Alaskan boundaries by the
appointment of commissions or by
treaty.
CHANGES IN THE HOUSE.
The House of Representatives will
present decided change in political com.
plexion, az compared with it's predeces.
sors. Besides the addition of five Repre-.
sentatives from the new States to the
roll, extensive changes have resulted
from the last elections, so that of the
total Of 230 members, only 1879 occupied
seats in the last Congress, and the Dem.
ocrstic majority Of twelve in the Fiftieth
Congress has been replaced by Repub-
lican majority Of eight, as shown by the
unofficial list prepared by the Clerk. In
view Of the proposed notifications of the
rules, it is probable that the old rules oil
the last House will be accepted for a
week or ten days, thus giving the Com.
mittee on Rules an opportunity to form
ulate new code. It is not likely, how.
ever, that the code will be radically diff
ferent from the old code, 60 far as re.
stricting the power OF the minority lie
concerned; but some notifications will
undoubtedly be attempted in order to
prevent small minority flor instance,
one.tifth OF the members present who
may now compel roll to be called
ad Iibitum upon filbustering motions)
from controlling a very large majority.
Following numerous presidents the
House will probably permit the intro
duction OF bills for printing and re Ter.
ence to appropriate committees when ap.
pointed, and OF these bills and resolu.
tons, new and old, there are vast mum.
Der now ready for introduction.