Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-30

tho More Important OF the Meas
u-es Pending.
washington. D. C., November %
1tisnot probable that the House at the
c5mins- session Of Congress. which be-
gins a week from tomorrow, can dis
pose of much of the proposed legisia-
zion which ercumber its calendars.
L!t,,e is Usually accomplished at the
short session beyond the passage OF the
regular supply bills. Stiu the House,
with -s Observation-Disclosures for the ex-
pediuon of business. can accomplish
q great deal in briei time. The ques-
tion of gisIarion for additional reye-
uues for the government Will depend
on the Senate. TO which the House sent
the Dilsley bill almost year ago.
Should il be impossible, or be deemed
inexuet.ent. TO press that measure
through the Senate. there is, Of course,
possibility that the proposal to in
crease the revenues by an additional
tax on been and the imposition Oh
duty ON Iea cJuee, etc. may
TAKE TANGIBLE FORM,
and if so. such legislation may orig
mate. under the constitution, IN the
lower branch of Congress.
There are on the several calendars
OF the House 1855 bills reported from
the various committees and the propo-
siti0u which viii pass 40 the coming
session uIsC bee necessary. almost IN
fnitessima-. Most o. them are, of
course. private bills (Of which there are
1.19U. bCt there are also ZJ6 bills on
the calendar ON the state OF the union
and nIney-uiue public bills on the
regular House calendar. Some or
these are of very erecr public import
ance. and those interested viii no
doubt DO an iu their power 20 secure
action u0On them. The powers lodged
in the lands of the Committee on
Rules. which give the members of that
committee control of the House pro-
Eramme. viii make that committee the
practical ar..er of what shall be sub
mitted 90 the House for It's action. That
committee is composed as @, present
constituted of the Speaker. Mr.. Hen
d -srr. Of Iowa. Mr. DalZel. of Penn
svIvania. and Mr.. McNillen, of Ten
nessee.
The death Of ex-Speaker Crisp
CREATES AVACANCY
at the head of the minority of the COM
ml-ee which must be filed by the
Speaker The names principally men
toned with the vacancy are Mr. Bailey,
OF Texas NIr Catchings of Mississippi
Dir. Turner. of Georgia, Mr.. Richard
son. of Tennessee. and Mr.. DOckery, Of
Missouri
The bin which. i'm many respects. is
frau-ht at this time with most inter-
est. and which viii press hardest for
conside-at De- is the Pacific railroad
fuuliu- llU The bonds guaranteed by
the government are payable early IN
the coming year. and either an extern
sion or q foreclosure stares the roads
I'm The face For eight years fund.-
bills have oc Died good share of the
attention of Congress- The present
bin. of which Mr.. Powers. of Virginia,
is the author was reported shortly be-
fore the close of the last session.
EvervthL- viii Dee done by those in
tarested iu it TO secure consideration.
The friends of the Nicaragua Canal
are also bending every energy 90 se-
cure action ON the bin reported by Mr..
Dooirrle which pro .les for guar
autee by the United States of 100000
O01 of bonds for the construction Of the
canal
The War Claims Committee, which
SHOWED FIGHT
on several occasions az the last session,
promises 90. renew their aggressive
ness this winter. especially for the
passage of the claims awarded under
the Bowman acJ and the French spOli2-
ton c.ei S. These claims. the former
amounting 90 S562459, and the latter
To S2.T0N.I26. were put ON the Sundry
civil bin at the last session as rider
OF the Senate. but the bill was vetoed
Iv The Pres emit and they We're then
dropped Mr. Nahon who is chairman
of the War Claims Committee. Will
e1s0 press the Pennsylvania border
claims. which have been pending in
Congress for years.
The Loud bilL 20 cure the abuses Of
the law relating Go second class mail
matter of which newspaper matter is
transmitted at one cent per pound, and
which has been the subject of much
criticism of the P0stoGice Department
because of Tho advantage taken of the
law FIN various ways for the transmits
zion OF books and pamphlets. viii also
DE pressed. as viii the PiCkler service
fusion Ei1 which occupies q favorable
position ON the caltGdar as privileged
report
Among the
OTHER BILLS
are the Wadsw0rth hilI for the crea-