St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-06
There VIII Be a Large Num-
Der Of Empty Seats in
Congress This Week.
The Grip Apparently Attacks
Great and Small With
Equal Virulenee.
Indian Commissioners 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
reaSSamole Tomorrow. Several mem
Ders of each house who remained in the
city during the recess are suffering
from ''the grip and will not be pres
ent. A numuer 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-
eLtiOn OF business in either branch.
In the senate the most important work
OF the week, so far as can be judged
now, will be dOue 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
It's meeting WedG 1sday. Senator Piatt
will also Introduce this week bill to
enable settlers i'll 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-centennial
OF the discovery of America will begin
hearing the Statements of the commit
tees representing the cities watch are
endeavorlng to secure the proposed
worlds fair. 1t is proOabie that these
hearings will be concluded this week,
Then there remain Numerous
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 aff,ir will meet
Thursday, at which time it is expected
Commissioner N lrgan's reply TO the
charges filed against him by Father
Stephan, director of the Catholic b GARD
of missions. Will be received. The nom
nations OF Mtssrs. Roosevelt and
Thompson to be civil service commits
sioners, are also to be con sidered Sem
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
committee 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-
venlng OF the senate, call up for action
his resolution to provide for the c0nsid-
Grafton OF all executive nominations In
open session. Therefore, the subject
may occupy the time of the senate dur
lug a portion of the week if suitable
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The house will begin its session to-mor-
row with but two bills in position to be
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 MIR. Mckinley
will be busily 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
tam, however, that the above list will
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
mlttee OH appropriations has been held
during the recess, the clerk, Mr.. Curtis.
has been drafting the regular bills, based
upon the estimates for the early conSid-
alton OF the committee, and the work IS
we'll advanced. Journal Clerk Smith
has been engaged during the re-
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
mlttee has considered the compilation
and agreed upon its report. This is not
likely to be presented to the house be-
lore next week. A report is expected
this week from the Slcott committee
upon the facts and law of the case, Civ
ing the conclusions of the committee
upon the question of the location of re-
spOnSibiitY 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.