Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-01-10
WORK IN CONGRESS-.
Programme for the Senate and
House Outlined.
GREAT DEAL OF BUSINESS LAID OUT.
Ratification of the Peace Treaty by
the Senate Is Regarded MS Ger
tainty-Future Policy of ANTI
Expansionists.

Washington, Jan. 4.-Congress will
reconvene to-day in accordance with
the terms of the holiday adjournment
resolution. The senate will almost i'm
mediately adjourn for the day as an
evidence of respect for the memory of
Senator Morrill,. 1t is customary not to
transact any business whatever on
such occasions, but there is POSSIBLE
ity that a message may be received
from the president transmitting the
peace treaty, as it is known to be the
general desire that the treaty shall be
formally laid before the committee on
foreign relations at the earliest posi-
BILE moment, so that the committee
may make it's report as promptly as
consistent with its duty in the prem
ises.
A session of the senate will be held
on Thursday, but there is movement
looking to an adjournment from that
date until the following Monday based
upon the probability that there will
not be full attendance of senator's SO
soon after the holidays. This plan will
be antagonized by the friends of the
Nicaraguan canal and by other sena-
tors who are championing special meas
ures, and it now appears quite prob
able that they will be able to hold the
senate for at least another day of the
week.
There will be two months of the ses-
sion left, to a day, from the date of re-
convening, and the time will be fully
occupied if half the work is to be done
that is planned. None of the regular
appropriation bills have passed the
senate, and the river and harbor bilris
to be added to the regular list this ses-
sion. None regard the treaty OF less
importance than the supply bills. and 1t
will be pressed along with them when
reported, practically without regard to
other bills.
important Measures.
OF other measures of magnitude
which will press for consideration in
the senate during the session, the Mica
ragua bill will take precedence, but it
will be urgently pressed by the Hawaii
an government bill, the anti-scalping
bill and the interstate commerce com
mission bill, to say nothing of the prob
ability concerning measures for the
increase of the standing army and of
the navy. Senator Ellsins and other
friends of that measure will also con-
tinue to urge the bill regulating the
registration of foreign-built vessels
wrecked in American waters. These
are only the most important questions
demanding consideration in the few
weeks remaining. Every senator has g
number of measures of less Importance.
The Nicaragua canal bill will command
the right-of-way at the beginning of
the session, and will hold its place if
it is made evident that vote can be
secured on Il before the appropriation
bills and the treaty are to be taken up.
Ii it cannot be disposed Of before these
are brought in, it will be temporarily
displaced from time to time. The
friends of the bill maintain, however,
that debate is practically exhausted,
and they gre hopeful of securing vote
ut no very distant date. They profess
TO feel very much encouraged by the
preliminary report of the Walker com.
mission, which was made PUBLIC last
week. Senator Cullom has given notice
Of motion to take up tie anti-scalping
bill SO soon as the canal bill may be out
of the way.
Peace Treaty VIII he Ratified,