The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-12-06

REOPENED
Statesmen in Washington For the Long
Session.
THE CAPITAL CITY TRANQUIL ]
The Organization Of the House at the Extra
Session Robbed the Opening Of the
Excitement Usually Attending
the Beginning Of a Regu-
lar Session.


opened at noon today. President Nc
Kinley having made the journey from
the bedside Of his dying mother that
his absence might not delay the ma
tional legislature at its 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 a regular session
ordinarily Washington thrills with eX-
element. The hotel Hobbies surge with
place hunters In the wake of the vari-
GUS candidates for speaker clerk door
keeper, etc, the members are strug-
Cling for committee consignments, and
the air Is full of rumors Of plots and
counter plots. But as the house was
completely organized at the extra ses-
sion, and all the committee assignments
were made then beyond the natural
stimulus produced by the returning
statesmen, the regular hangers on Of.
| legislation and the outlining Of schemes
| by members of the third house." or
| lobby, Washington is tranquil.
The program at the house is very
| simple, and beyond the spectacular
show which il offers to the curious has
in itself little attraction. The house
was called to order by the speaker,
who, after the chaplain's invocation,
directed the clerk to call the roll This
having been accomplished and the
presence Of a quorum demonstrated,
the clerk was directed to notify the
senate that the house was ready for
business, and a committee was ap-
| pointed to wait on the president. After
this there was a recess to await the
] arrival of the presidents annual mes
sage, which was read upon its recep-
| ton, and followed by an adjournment
until tomorrow.
1t 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 intro
/ duced at the extra session there will
/ be no lack Of material for the house to
work on after the committee hOppers
have begun to grind. The appropria
tions committee has been at work for
ten days, and Chairman Cannon ex-
/ poets to pass at least two of the regu-
lar budgets before the holidays-the
legislative, executive and judicial and
the pension appropriation bills. One or
the 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 the early general measures
to receive consideration win be the
bankruptcy bill. Whether it win be
the Nelson bill, which passed the SEN
ate at the last session, or "a modihca-
ton of the Iorrey bill, depends on the
temper Of the judiciary committee
which will submit the measure to the
! l.
several resolutions of inquiry during
the first week which may be more ol
less sensational, and some of the radi-
cal pro-Cuba members will attempt tC
get consideration for a Cuban resolu-
tion before the foreign affairs commit
tee 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 regu-
lar course
There is nothing to prevent the SEN
. ate's entering promptly upon its work
, as there is a calendar ready made for
5 it, with about 300 bills reported from
committees during the special session
1t remains for the senate to decide
whether it shall enter seriously upon
the work of the session after today OF
begin a system Of delay intended to
throw all important questions over be-
yond the Christmas holidays.
The indications are now for a little
more activity than usual during the
S pre-holiday session. This is largely
due to the fact that the supporters OF
the administration and other advo-
Gates Of annexation are very anxious
to secure the earliest possible consid-
7 Grafton Of the treaty with Hawaii
I Senator Davis, chairman of the com
mittee on foreign relations, announces
y his purpose of pressing annexation al
y the earliest possible moment.
One point which the committee will
be called upon to decide is whether tc
! proceed to raufy the treaty OF an.
U neXation or to annex the islands by
? resolution. The anneXationists have
lost some votes during the vacation
! and there is now apprehension that
the two-thirds vote necessary to as.
s sure the ratification cannot be secured
I No satisfactory canvass is possible un
til all the senators arrive, and If It Il
then made manifest that the necessary
two-thirds vote cannot be secured, 1
r is likely that the proceeding by mean
Of resolution, which would require onl,
a majority vote, win be maugurated.
The immigration bill, for which Sen
e ator Lodge stands sponsor. is practi
e cally at the head Of the senate leg
r islatiVe calendar and will be considere,
b early in the session. Senator Lodg
h today repeated his intention of pressing
% the bill, but he win not antagonize tn
It Hawaiian treaty with it.
The first bin ON the calendar is Sen
ator Gears measure providing for tn
adjustment of the Pacific railroad debt
but the sale of the Union Pacific doubt
less viii have the effect of causing IN
temporary withdrawal of this bill an
the substitution of others.
q OF the 800 bills on the calendar abou
\, 200 are private pension bills, and a
q of these probably win be disposed OF q
one sitting when taken up. There al
also several hundred recess appoint
ments to be considered in executiy
session.
ct 1t is not probable that much will /