The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-04
Contest Over Roberts Admission VIII
Come in the House.
Receipt of Presidents Message
Will be Postponed Until Tues
day Out of Respect for Vice
President Hobart's Memory
Very Little Will be Done in
Senate-Likely to be Considera-
BILE Friction Over Roberts Case.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3-The first
| week in the Senate will doubtless be
marked by considerable lethargy as
usual. On Monday the new Senators
will be sworn in, but beyond this moth
ing will be done. The receipt of the
Presidents message will be postponed
for day out of respect to the mem
DRY of the late Vice President.
Tuesday little will be done beyond the
receipt of the message, Immediately
after which, according to the present
program, an adjournment will be had to
give the Republican Senators an oppor-
tunity to hold caucus over the re-
organization Of the committees.
| Wednesday and Thursday will be de-
voted largely to the Introduction of
bills. There will probably be no session
either Friday or Saturday.
Among the first bills to be introduced
will be the financial measure prepared
by the Republican members of the FL
nance Committee. 1t will be offered
by Senator Aldrich and will be referred
to the whole Finance Committee, in
Guiding the Democratic members.
! Up to date only one Senatorial ap-
pointment has been made by any Gov
Quay, but if he is seated there will be
an effort to fill the vacant seats from
Utah, California and Delaware by the
same methods. There is unusual in
terest in Mr.. Quay's case, and both his
friends and opposing Senators are al
| ready working zealously. Mr.. Quay
will make no effort to be seated Mon
| day.
| The opening week of the session in
the House promises to be crowded with
stirring events. Usually no actual
business is transacted until after the
holiday recess. This year it will be
different. At the very Threshold of
the session will come the contest over
| the admission of Representatives. elect
Roberts of Utah, and later in the week
the House will plunge into an important
and possibly a protracted debate On the
financial bill which was prepared by the
Republican leaders last spring at At
lantic City.
In the Roberts case the Republican
leaders have adopted a plan of proceed
ure which is designed to prevent Mr..
Roberts from taking the oath of Office
until after the charges in connection
with his alleged polygamous practices
have been Investigated by special
committee. Mr.. Taylor of Ohio will
make the objection to the administra-
ton of the oath to Mr. Roberts to-mor-
row and will offer a resolution of his
case to a special commission. There is
considerable scattered objection to this
method of procedure on the ground that
the refusal of the House to PERMIT a
Representative-elect bearing credentials
to be sworn in upon unproven charges
would create had precedent and might
result in chaos 1T some future time
when political feeling ran high. But
there are several precedents for this
course in the case of members charged
with dsloyalty after the war and these
will be used in support of the procedure
/ Every member of the House has been
bomharded with petitions in the Rot-
erts case and there undoubtedly will
be a large majority, without regard to
party lines, in support of the plan cut
lined by the Republican leaders. Owing
to the time which will be consume 4
in the disposition of the Roberts case
to-morrow the drawing of seats, which
usually requires several hours, probably
Will be postponed until Tuesday
The announcement of Vice President
HuDart's death will be made probably
after the Roberts case is disposed OF,
and the House VIII adjourn out of re-
spect to his memory. The drawing of
seats and the reading OF the Presidents
message will occupy Tuesday.
Tuesday night the Republicans will
caucus on the financial bill. 1t is the
intention of the Republican leaders to
make this a caucuS rnea SIRE and ma CO
it before the holiday recess. The House
Will decide, If the present intention is
followed, not to wait for the appoint
ment of the Committee on banking and
Currency, but to bring the bill into the
House forthwith, probably under a sr.e-
cial order from the Committee on Rules
The debate may begin on Wednes-
day.