Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-02
ASSEMBLED AT NOON The Fifty-tirst Congress Now ill
 Session.
TO TROUBLE IN ORGANIZING
The Republican Caucus Nominees Go
 Through Without Question.


 Secretary windom's Report to Be Sent
 in on wcdnesday-FutureB Business.
 WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.-The fifty-first Congress assembled at noon to-day. There was large crowd of visitors. present, and as usual the desks of Sen ators and members were covered with flowers. The Republican caucus nom- inees were elected without objection. Speaker Reed was enthusiastically ap- plauded.
 The Clerk of the House refused to put Congressmen-elect Amos J. Cummings and Terens T. Payne, of New York, upon the roll on account of an infor- mality in their certificates of election. The law of New York says that such certificates shall be issued by the Sec rotary of State upon the report of the State Board of Canvassers. That board does not meet until December Is, and Mir. Cummings and MT. Payne's elec- tions have only been passed upon by the county boards. They will not be able to take their seats until they get the new certificates, unless the House shall vote to receive them, notwlth- standing the defects in their present certificates, which it has the power to do, as there is no question of their cleo 
 The New Committees.
 It is generally conceded that McKin ley will be chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means-the first prize although Judge w. D. Kelly, of Penn sylvania, who had it when the Repub- licans were last in power, will be much disappointed if he does not get it again.
 ''Uncle Joe'' Cannon, of Illinois, will be chairman of the Committee on Ap- propriations and General Henry H. Bingham, of Pennsylvania, chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads.
 Boutelle, of Maine, is believed to be sure of the chairmanship of tho Com mittee on Naval Affairs; Robert R. Hit. of Illinois, of the Committee on Foreign Affairs; Dingley, of Maine, of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries; Henderson, of Illinois, of the Committee on Rivers and Har- bors; Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachu- setts, of the Committee on elections, and also of a place on the Ways and Means.
 Of the New York members Belden will get the highest reward on account of his successful management by which the entire Republican delegation of the State voted for Reed. He is booked for the chairmanship of the Committee on Coinage, before which the silver queS- tion will come, and for a place on the Ways and Means.
 The Presidents Message.
 I seems to be generally accepted fact that the Presidents carefully Secreted message will not be sent int Congress until tomorrow. A large amount of time was necessarily con- stunned in the organization of the new H1n tc to ho rnn ,,1 " as long as the Inaugural, and to differ in form from any of the messages of preceding Presidents. They have largely been made up of recommendations of the different heads of Executive De- partments. MT. Harrison's message is to be his own: he will let his Cabinet officers speak for themselves in their re- ports to Congress. The only Cabinet officer who does not make report rotary of State. It has always been customary for the President to in sert the report of the Secretary of State to him upon the relations ot this Gov ernment with foreign powers as one of the first features of the message. Tho only occasion when this practice was broken in upon was when MT. Cleveland, at the last session of Congress during his Presidency, sent in his famous tariff
  stated that MT. Harrison has not even yet decided whether he will make Sec retary Blaine's report a part of his first annual message or whether he will send it in to the Senate and House as a sepa- rate document
 Matters to Come Before Congress. | WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-The present Congress will have brought to it's atten- | tion for action a number of matters upon which the public has become well in- formed by reason of previous discussion. The great question of silver coinage has been much agitatea of late month 8 and the Secretary of the Treasury, it is confidently expected, will make such recommendations to Congress in the an nual report that will be transmitted to the House and Senate on Wednesday | next as will bring the question into still greater prominence. The effect of | the deliberations of the silver conven- | tion recently held in St. Louis will un- ! doubtedly be felt, and the course taken by MT. Reed, the Speaker, in constitut- ! ing the new committee on coinage, weights and measures will be watched | with much interest.
 A New Tariff Bill.
 An effort will be made to amend the l tariff laws and strong influence will be | brought to bear to have the Internal | Revenue laws repealed. It is generally understood that the Republican major ity in the House and Senate will make an effort to have bill on the line o1 the Allison Tariff bill of last year put l through both Houses and sent to the
 President. The discussion of this ques tion may be postponed for severa months. It is bound to absorb 8 grea l deal of the attention of both Houses. To Abolish Civil Service. | Senator Farwell. of Illinois, will in
 troduce a bill to abolish the Civil Ser vice examinations. He has discussed
 the matter with the President and ha!
 told the President what he proposes t. l do. He denounces the law as a menact l to good government Representative | Candler, of Georgia, will also introduc.
 8 bill to repeal the Civil Service law. l The River and Harbor Bill.
 There is little doubt that River ant
 Harbor bill will be passed by this Con
 gross. The local demands for it are O
 such character that they cannot be ig
 nored, particularly as Congress at it
 last session made no appropriation fo | the imprOyement of rivers and harbOrS