The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-12-09
RATIONAL SOLONS
Now Ready to Consider the Work
That Is Before Them.
TINE CALLED IN THE CONGRESS.

Prospects for Business In the Two Cham
bers- Plenty of Work ON Hand House
Can Proceed with the APPROX riations,
~ Some BILLS Are Ready, and VIII Prob
ably do So
Washington, Dec. 7.-Congress is once
more in session and ready TO do bust
ness, or will be by the time this dis
patch is read by the public. The two
houses convened this noon in the
me-honored manner, the hour or so
previous TO the fall of the presiding
officers gavels. showing the floors of
the two chambers scattered over with
groups OF congressman greeting each
other. talking politics, or specializing
on what would be said in the presi-
dents message about Cuba or the
finances, and what would be done by
this session of congress with reference
TO the tariff the money question or the
pleas of the Cuban rebels for the as
sistance OF Uncle Sam.
Little To BE Done This Week.
Vice President Stevenson, with rap
of the gavel, called the senate 10 order
at noon today. The first day of the ses-
sion will be devoted almost entirely to
receiving the presidents message, pro-
vided il is sent in today, as IL is gener-
ally conceded that II will be. Immedi-
ately after the opening prayer COM
mittee was appointed to notify the
president and the house of representa-
tives that the senate was organized
and ready 10 receive communications
and proceed with business. The first
week of the session Is not expected 70
be productive of any important results
in a legislative way. There are many
senators who think nothing should be
done beyond the passage of the appro-
priation bills at this session, and as
these measures necessarily originate In
the house there will be a disposition to
postpone the season of activity until
some Of these bills can be received from
the other end of the Capitol.
There Is Plenty of Work Ready.
The probabilities are that the daily
sessions at the beginning Will be COM
paratively brief, and that the senate will
content itself with four days work each
week. The calendar presents a wide
range of material for consideration in
case the senate shows a disposition to
busy itself. In this Is included the I'M
migration bill. which is the unfinished
business; the Pacific railroad refunding
bill. the statehood bills and the Dingley
tariff and bond bills as well as the
Cuban and Hawaiian questions. Sen
ators Lodge and Chandler have an
nounced their determination to press
the immigration bill 10 a vote as speedi
ly as they can. 1t will be the first regu-
lar business to be taken up, and cannot
be displced except by vote or unani-
nous consent. They hope to get the
bill through before the holidays.
Tariff VIII Wait on "a Caucus.
II is also possible that the presidents
message may suggest subjects for
speeches. and there are those who pre-
dict that the Cuban question will re-
ceive vigorous attention from the be-
ginning Of the session. 1t is generally
agreed that the Republicans will hold
a caucus 10 determine upon a line OF
policy, especially with reference TO the
tariff, and until after the exchange of
views which this conference will per-
nit no step is likely to be taken which
will commit the party TO any position
on any question Of political significance.