St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-06
There Will Be a Large Num-
bep Of Empty Seats in
Congress This Week.
The Grip Apparently Attacks
Great and Small With
Equal Virulenee.
indian Commissioner Morgan
to Be Put on the Broil-
ing Iron.
The House Of Representatives
Has but Two Bills Ready
for Consideration.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Congress will
reasSemole tomorrow. Several mem
berS of each house who remained in the
city during the recess are suffering
from "the grip and will not be pres
ent. A nunoer of others who are at
their homes out of town are also suffer
ing from the grip, so tn 1t the list of alb
sentees will be unusually large, but not
SO great as to interfere with the prose-
sutton of business in either branch.
In the senate the most Important work
Of the week, so far as can be judged;
now, will be d0ue in committee. Sena-
tor Plumb Will press his Oklahoma
townsite bill before the committee on
public lands tomorrow, hoping to Sc
cure favorable action. Senator Platt will
endeavOr to have the bills authorizing
the admission of Idaho and Wyoming
into the Union as states really for report
from the committee on territories after
its meeting Wedn 4sday. Senator Platt
will also Introduce this week bill to
enable settlers in Alaska to obtain titles
to their lands. On Wednesday, accord
ing to agreement before the holiday re-
cess, Senator Hiscock's committee on
the celebration of the quadri-centenniai
of the discovery of America will begin
hearing the Statements of the conmi t.
tees representing the cities watch are
endeavorlng to secure the proposed
worlds fair. 1t is proOable that these
hearings will be concluded this week.
Then there remain numtlouS
EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS
to be considered. Prominent among
them is that of Thomas j. Morgan, to
be commissioner of Indian affairs. The
committee on In liam atfiir will meet
Thursday, at which time it is expected
Commissioner Mlrgan's reply to the
elarges filed against him by Father
Stephan, director of the Catholic b GARD
of missions. Will be received. The nom
nations OF Messrs. Roosevelt and
Thompson to be civil service commits
sioners, are also to be con sidered Sen
atOr MOrgan's resolution, directing the
president to instruct Minister Adams to
formally recognize the republic OF
Brazil, with the several amendments
thereto. will come up as unfinished
business and be referred to the
co mmittee on foreign relations. 1t is
believed that no further discussion will
| DC had thereon. just before adjourn
| ment for the holidays, Senator Teller
stated that he would, upon the recon
| vening OF the senate, call up for action
his resolution to provide for the consid-
| Grafton OF all executive nominations In
open session. Therefore, the subject
may occupy the time of the senate dur
| lug portion of the week if suitable
opportunity occurs for its discussion.
The house will begin its session to-mor-
row with but two bills in position to he
considered-the District of Columbia
appropriation bill and the McKin-
ley administrative customs bill.
| As Mr.. McComas, who has charge
of the appropriation bill is sick, nothing
will be dose with that until he is able
to be i'll his seat; and, as hIr. Mckinley
will be busilv engaged during the week
at the meeting of the committee on ways
and means, any discussion of the Gus
| toms'bill is likely to be desultory and
merely to kill time. The committee on
ways and means have
| SCHEDULED HEARINGS
for this week AS follows: Monday, silk
and sugar. Tuesday. tobacco and
| LIQUORS; "Wednesday, provisions and
farm products; Thursday, wood and
| paper: Friday, sundries. 1t is not GER
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| include this branch of the work
of the committee, but the COM
| mittee will probably be more
or less engaged in receiving information
and views upon the schedules to be in
cluded in the tariff bill. 1t is expected
that the bill will be reported to the
hOuse about the 1st of February. and
that such progress will be made with it
and the appropriation bills that congress
can adjourn about the first week in
July. Although no meeting OF the COM
mittee OH appropriations has been held
during the recess, the clerk, MIR. Curtis.
has been drafting the regular bills, based
upon the estimates for the early consid-
| alton of the committee, and the work is
well advanced. Journal Clerk Smith
! has been engaged during the re-
| cess in arranging a code of
rules for the house, and the draft
| will be submitted to the committee on
rules some time this week. What
| changes will be proposed cannot, of
course, be known until after the COM
mittee has considered the compilation
and agreed upon its report. This is not
likely to be presented to the house be-
fore next week. A report is expected
this week from the Silcott committee
upon the facts and law of the case, Civ
ing the conclusions of the committee
| upon the question of the location of re-
| sponsibility for the cashiers shortage.
This report is quite likely to lead to an
extended debate, which may keep the
| house occupied until the committee on
ways and means suSpends its public
meetings.
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