St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-02
READY FOR THE ROAST
The Fifty-First Congress wilt
Begin Business at the Old
Stand To-Day.
President Harrison's Annual
Message Not to Be Read
Until Tuesday.
The Unofficial House List
Shows a Republican Ma
jority Of Eight.
CroouIafinu nnon the ChanO6S
Speculation Upon the Changes
to Be Made in the Code OF
Rules.

WASHINGTON, Doc. ls-lH0 fIGy>
first congress will assemble at noon to-
morrow with a prospect of accomplish"
ing an orderly and uneventful OrganiZa-
tion. In view. however, Of the neces-
sary consumption of practically an ens
tire day in the organization of the new
house of representatives, the presi-
dents annual message will not be sent
to congress until Tuesday. The annual
report of the secretary of the treasury
will be transmitted at noon on WedneS~
day. The coming congress will have
brought 10 its attention for its action a
number of new matters upon which the
public has become well informed by
reason of previous discussion. Among
them are the Blair educational bill;
the bills to forfeit land grants. general
and special; to declare trusts unlawful:
the dependent peLsiOn bill; the bills TO
repeal the civil service and oleomargaT.
inc tax laws, and various measures re-
lating to the tariff. internal revenue and
general financial systems. There will
also be presented TO the senate the re-
suits of the investigations made during
the recess by the several committees
upon the dreSsed-beef business, the sub.
jpct of irrigating arid lands, the relation
of Canadian railroads to the Interstate
commerce law, and the commercial re.
lations existing between the United
States and Canada, including the Alas
kan seal fisheries.
THE SILVER QUESTION
will speedily come up in some shape.
Senator Stewart SFeS0lutiOn, Introduced
last session. declaring it to be the sense
of that boly that the secretary OF the
treasury should purchase the full limit
of silver bullion for coinage fixed by the
laws, ,OO0. 900 monthly will be pressed
for adoption. The tripartite treaty with
Great Britain and Germany respecting
the control and direction of affairs in
Samoa is the principal topic TO be dis
cuSSed under the head of foreign affairs
There are, however, the fisheries and
seal questions. which were up for con-
sideration last session. which are likely
to appear again; also the proposed
scheme TO proiu9t6 commercial union
with Canada with view to its ulti-
mate annexation: the settlement Of the
Mexican and Alaskan borders by the
appointment of commissions or by
treaty; and the declaration of the
sense of the United States with respect
to foreign control of inter-oceanie canals
on the American continent. The gem
eraI expectation is. and precedents go
to confirm it, that very little business
will be completed before the holidays,
A good part of the time of the senate
the coming week. and up TO the Christ
mas recess. Will be consumed in eXecu.
tive session, discussing and dispOslng
of the long list OF recess nominations
that the president has to send in for
confirmation or rejection. a Republi.
can caucus will be held early in the
week to place the new senators on cons
mitteeS. It's said that at this caucus
efforts will be made to effect some
change in the personnel of the senate'S
officers. Unlike the senate, the
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
of the Fifty first congress will present
decided change in political complexion
as compared with its predecessor. Be-
sides the addition of FIVE representatives
from the new states to the roll. eXtenA
sive changes have resulted from the last
elections, so that of the total of $50
members only 1893 occupied seats in the
last congress, and the Democratic ma
iority of twelve in the Fiftieth congress
has been replaced by Republican ma
jority of eight. as shown by the unOffi-
eial list prepared by the clerk. At noon
Tomorrow, Gen. Clark. the clerk of the
house, who holds over until his successor
is appointed. willCall the mem0erS-eleet
to order. The roll of members, as pre-.
o ,rpd by him, will then be called in or.
d to demonstrate the presence of 9
q orum. and the house will immedi.
Maine. speaker. The oath of Office will
be administered to him by Judge Kelley,
of Pennsylvania. the member who has
the longest record of continuous serv.
ice. The first duty of the new speaker
will be to summon the members of the
house to appear before the bar and
qualify. There has been talk or OppOSis
ton to the qualification of certain repres
sentativeS, whose seats will be eonte ST. -
ed. bl IL is thought unlikely that there
will be any serious delay in the or
ganization. The remainder of the
elective officers of the new house
will be chosen, and then will follow the
biennial drawing for seats, with its at.
tendant divertiug scenes. which will
consumed the remainder fof the first
the reading of the presidents message
OH Tuesday it will be referred to the
committee of the whole for subsequent
distribution among the appropriate
committees when appointed. 1t has
been customary for each newly-Organ.
ized house of representatives to adopt
THE RULES
of the preceding house. but in some iu-
stances this adoption has been for a
limited period only. In view of pro-
posed notifications of the rules, it
is probable that the old rules
will this time be accepted only for
week or ten days. thus giving the COM
mittee on rules an opportunity to for
mulate new code. 1t is not likely.
however. that the new code will be verv
radically different from the old code, SO
far as restricting the power of the mi-
nority is concerned, for any attempt TO
materially interfere with what the mi-
nority, through long usage, has come
to look upon as its rights, would be
stubbornly resisted by the Democrats,
and there are few Republicans who
are equally tenacious of their individual
rights under the present practice. But
ly be attempted in order to pre-
vent a small minority (for instance
One-fifth of the members present.
who may now compel the roll to be
called ad libitum upon flibuSteriDg mo-
tions) from controlling very large ma
jority. The committees on rules. mile
age. enrolled bills and accounts will
necessarily be appointed this week; but
of late years the practice has been TO
defer the appointment of the remaining
until after the holiday re-
cess: SO that no legislative business is
likely to be transacted before the new
year.