Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-30
WASHINGINGTONG GETTING READY
FOR CONGRESS.
Senators and Representatives Arfiv-
for the Coming Session--Com-
ment on Timely Topics.

ment on Timely Topics.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9th, 1899.
President Mckinley is higly pleased
with the reports of Gen. Otis on the
success of the campaign in the Philip
pines, showing Aguinaldo to be fugi-
tive and members of his family and
of his so-called government, prisoners.
1t looks now as though Gen. Gros-
venor's prediction, made few weeks
ago, that the Filipino insurrection
would be over by the time Congress
assembled, would prove correct.
In fact, Secretary Root regards
the insurrection as already over, SO far
as organized fighting is concerned.
The ending of the insurrection will
spike the guns of many of the antis in
Congress, and they will have to hunt a
new subject for fault-fnding.
The Senate Finance Committee, or
rather the Republican members of that
committee, held meeting to-day to
consider the financial bill prepared by
the Republican House Caucus Commit
tee. So far the Senators have not
agreed to accept the bill as drawn by
the House Committee, of which Col.
Henderson is Chairman, as a whole,
although agreeing to the principal
points therein, and the House Com
mittee has declined to drop their bill
and adopt the one prepared by the
Senators. Present plans for handling
this bill in the House do not contem-
plate it's being referred to committee.
In fact it may be passed by the House
before the Committees are announced,
although Col. Henderson has said that
he would announce the Committees
before the Holiday recess. the caucus
committee will report the bill to the
Republican Caucus that will be held at
the end of this week, to nominate off,
GERS of the House, and it is expected
that the caucus will endorse the bill,
and adopt resolution in favor of its
being reported directly to the House,
as caucus measure, and passed.
The Republican leaders of the House,
after carefully considering the subject,
have practically decided that it will
not be advisable to make any radical
changes in the House rules, which have
been very nearly the same during the
last two Congresses. There are some
proposed changes which are favored
by considerable number of Republi-
can members and which might have
been made had the Republican majority
in the House been little larger. AS
it will be with the Republican majority
only in the teens, and the Reed rules
are considered necessary to insure Re.
publican control of House legislation.
The expulsion of Representative-elect
Roberts, of Utah, from the House,
which is probable anyway, will become
an absolute certainty if the Mormons
continue such tactics as making boasts
that they have secured pledges from
sufficient number of members to pre-
vent the adoption by the necessary
two thirds vote of resolution for his
expulsion. The only possible show
that Roberts has to retain his seat lies
in his ability to convince the members
that the Mormons are not responsible
for his nomination and election, and
not interested in having him keep his
seat, and it may be imagined what that
show will be when this Mormon boast
becomes generally known among
members. A number Of them expressed
the opinion that such talk, of ITSELF
was valid ground for the expulsion of
Roberts. A plan of keeping Roberts
out Of the House has been suggested,
and if the Clerk of the House, who pre-
sides until the Speaker is elected, agrees
to it, only a majority vote would be
required. This plan is to raise an OBJ
lection when he presents himself to be
sworn in. If the Clerk entertains this
objection, the House could either sus-
tain the objection, or refer the matter
to a committee for investigation and
report. In either case majority vote
would keep Roberts out. There are,
however, serious objections to this plan
and it may not be adopted.
Secretary Roots annual report just
completed, takes strong ground in
favor of the immediate appointment of
civil governors for Porto Rico and
Cuba, and it is regarded as probable
that the appointments will be made
before the first of the year, although in
the case of Cuba, there is much opposi-
ton. President Mckinley has the
matter under consideration, and it was
to get the benefit of the advice of Gen.