Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08
CONGRESS coNvENEs.
large Majority of Both Houses Already
Present at the National Capital

Present at the National Capital.
Washington. Dec. 6.--The regular
session of congress opens at noon t b
day. The leaders and large m a.
iority of the members of both houses
are here to participate in the opening
ceremonies, and President Mckinley
has made the journey from the bed
side of his dying mother, that his a b.
sence might not delay the nation al
legislature at its assembling.
The house will be called to order by
the speaker, who, after the chaplairE's
invoca tion, will direct the clerk to call
the roll
After that there will be a recess TO
await the arrival of the presidents an.
nual message, which will be read upon
it's reception and followed by an ad-
journment until Tuesday.
1t is the intention of the house lea "a,
ers to proceed with the business of he
session as rapidly as possible. he
committees will begin their labd RS
biliS NNCh anu DO hlA va bAiShi he1
more or less bills on hand which we re
introduced at the extra session, the
will be no lack of material for the
house to work on.
Among the general measures to re-
ceive consideration is the bankruptcy
bill. Whether it VIII be the Nelson
bill, which passed the senate at the
last session, or modification of the
Torrey bill depends upon the te m
per of the judiciary committee, which
will submit the measure to the house
Beyond doubt there will be several
resolutions of inquiry during the Fl fst
week which may be more or less SEN
sational some of the pro-Cuba me m
bers will attempt to get considerati ion
| for Cuban resolution before the fPr-
eign affairs committee can act. Con
gresham Livingston of Georgia is cine
Of these. But owing to the nature of
the house rules, all these hasty effofts
will prove aborlive, and the measures
probably will take their course.
| There will be nothing except indis-
position on the part of members to
prevent the senate from entering
promptly into its work upon conyfn-
ing as there is calendar already ma de
for it with about thirty bills report led
| from committees during the special
session.
The indications are now for lit tile
more activity than usual during The
pre- holiday session, due to the fhct
that the supporters of the administra'
tion and advocates of annexation hre
very an, 10 Is to secure the earliest
possible consideration with Hawaii
One point which the committee will
be called upon to decide is whether
to proceed to ratify the treaty of hn-
nexation, or to annex the islands by
resolution. The annexationists have
lost some votes during the vacat ION
and there is now apprehension that
the two-thirds vote necessary to assure
the ratification cannot be secured. Nc
satisfactory canvass is possible until
the senators arrive, and If it is then
made manifest that the necessary two
thirds vote cannot be secured, it is
likely that the proceeding by means O
resolution, which would require only
a majority vote, will then be inau gu
rated.
Some members of the foreign rala
tions committee who favor annexation
advocate this course, because they say
they can see no reason for travelling
the same ground twice, as they wonlt
be compelled to do in case the matte
should be first considered in executive
session, fail there, and then be tak ke1
up in the form of a resolution in opel
senate and house.
The immigration bill for which s en-
ator Lodge stands sponsor, is pra cti
cally at the head Of the senate legibla
tive calendar, and will be considdret
early in the session Senator LoH oHg
today repeated his intention of pr ess
ing the bill but he will not antagohiz
the Hawaiian treaty with it.