Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-12-06
CONGRESS MEETS TO-DAY.
The Opening Robbed Of a Large
Amount Of Interest,

Owing to the Holding of the Special
Session-The Message Will Be
Read, and Then the House Will
Adjourn-Unusual A i v y
Looked for-The Friends of Cuba
Expected to Make an Early De-
monstration-TheC Case of Hawaii.
Washington, December 5.-The reg
ular or long session of Congress, as it
is called because there is no constitu-
tional limitation upon the period OF
it's duration, opens at noon tomorrow.
The leaders and large majority OF the
members of both houses are here 10
participate in the opening ceremonies,
and President Mckinley has made the
journey to Washington from the bed
side of his dying mother, that his alb
sence might not delay the national
legislature at it's assembling. The
extra session robs the opening OF the
regular session of the excitement and
interest which usually attaches to it.
On the eve of regular session ordin-
arily Washington
THRILLS WITH EXCITEMENT.
The hotel Hobbies surge with place
hunters in the wake Of the various
candidates for Speaker, clerk, door
keeper, etc, the members are strug-
Cling for committee assignments, ana
the air is full of rumors and plots
But as the House was completely Or
ganized at the extra session and all
the committee assignments were made
then. beyond natural stimulus pro-
duced by the returning statesmen, the
regular hangers-on of legislation, and
the outlining of schemes by members
of the third house." or lobby, Wash
ington tonight is tranquil.
THE PROGRAMME AT THE HOUSE
tomorrow is very simple, and beyond
the spectacular show which it offers to
the curious, has in Itself little attrac-
ton. The House will be called to or
der by the Speaker who, after the
chaplain's invocation, will direct the
clerk to call the roll. This having been
accomplished and the presence OF
quorum demonstrated, the clerk will
lie directed to notify the Senate that
Iae House is ready for business. and
r Committee will be appointed to wait
bn the President. After that there
will be a recess to await the arrival
of the Presidents annual message,
which will be read upon its reception
and be followed by an Adjournment
until Tuesday. This is the regular
routine, and unless something unfer-
seen occurs will not be departed from.
It is the intention of the House lead
ers to proceed with the business OF the
session as rapidly as possible. The
committees will all begin their labors
this week, and as all of them have
more or less bills on hand which were
introduced at the extra session, there
will be
NO LACK OF MATERIAL
.pr The House To work en- after the COM
mittee hoppers have begun to grind.
The appropriations committee has been
at work for ten days and Chairman
Cannon expects TO pass at least two of
TIE regular budgets before the holidays
the legislative, executive and judicial
and the pensions appropriation bills.
One other of these bills, it is expected,
will be reported by Wednesday, and the
end Of the week promises to see the
House down to business.
Among tie early general measures
to recei Q consideration viii be the
bankruptcy bill Whether it will be the
Nelson bill, which passed the Senate at
the last session, or modification of the
Torrey bill, depends on the temper of
the Judiciary Committee, which will
submit the measure to the House. Be-
yond doubt there will be several res
buttons of inquiry during the first week
which will be more or less sensational
and some of the radical pro-Cuba men,
hers will attempt to get consideration
for
A CUBAN RESOLUTION
before the Foreign Affairs Committee
can act. Congressman Livingston, of
Georgia. is one of these. But owing
to the nature of the House rules. all
these hasty efforts will prove abortive
and they probably will take their reg
uar course.
There will be nothing except indispo-
sition upon the part of members to pre-
vent the Senate's entering promptly up
on it's work upon converting tomorrow,
as there is calendar ready made for
it with about 300 bills reported from
committees during the regular session.
If any circumstances should prevent the
receipt of the Presidents message on
Monday. the probabilities are that the
Senate would adjourn over without
taking up any other business until the
message could be received. With the
message read, it will remain for the
Senate to decide whether it shall enter
seriously upon the work of the session
after Monday or begin system of delay
intended to throw all important cues
tons over beyond the Christmas holt
days. The indications are now for
A LITTLE MORE ACTIVITY
than usual during the pre-holiday ses-
sion. This is largely due to the fact
that the supporters of the administra
ton and advocates of annexation are
very anxious to secure the earliest pos
sible consideration of the treaty with
Hawaii. Senator Davis. chairman of
the Committee on Foreign Relations,
IL,