Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-12-03

Up early.
WASHINGTON, December 2.-The'
Senate will be called to order at IL
o'clock tomorrow, but beyond the
probable reading of the Presidents
message will transact no business, as
the announcement of the death during
the recess of Senators Davis and Gear
when the message has been read Will
bring the sitting to a close Senator
Allison will make the announcement
in the case of his late colleague, Senator
Gear, and there is hope that Senator
Nelson may arrive in time to perform
similar service concerning Senator
Davis. These announcements will be
preceded by the ceremony of swearing
in the new members who this year are
Mr.. Dolliver, who has been appointed
to succeed Senator Gear and Mr.. Dill
bingham, who takes the place formerly
occupied by Senator Ross, of Vermont,
and the appointment of the usual COM
mittees to wait upon the President and
the House of Representatives.
Mr.. Frye expects to get up
The Shipping Subsidy Bill
on Tuesday and if not on that date
then on Wednesday, and in doing this
to have the Spooner Philippine bill dis
placed This will be the beginning of
Orto ~ hn nd
upon the success or failure of the
scheme may depend much of the future
course of proceedings for the entire
session. In order to accomplish this
result it will be necessary first to get
the consent of the Republican commit
tee on Order of Business, and to this
end meeting of that committee will
be held after the adjournment of the
Senate Monday afternoon. Mr.. Frye
said to-day that he already had con-
ferred with majority Of the members
of that committee, and that he felt as
sured he would have no difficulty in Sc
curing their assent to the proposed
change. Thus far there has been no
consultation with Democratic Senators,
but the friends of the shipping bill do
not look for factious opposition to the
taking up of the bill from that source
A motion to take up the measure is not
debatable under the Senate rules and
they are
Confident of Majority
on vote if a roll call should be de-
manded. 1t is probable that friendly
arrangement will be made with Sena-
tor Morgan, who has the Nicaraguan
bill in charge, that bill being on the
calendar as a special order for the
tenth instant.
There is some talk of an effort dur
Ing the week to get up the Hay-Paunce-
fote treaty in executive session, but
there is as yet no definite programme
to this end. A movement is on foot
now to secure the assent of the COM
mittee on foreign relations to the
abandonment of the Davis amendment
to the treaty for the fertilization of
the proposed canal
The usual custom of adjourning over
from Thursday until the following Mon
day during the first weeks of the SEES
sion probably will be departed from
this session. That is the desire of the
Republican leaders now here and they
say there probably will be no such adj
journment this week.
The Leaders of the House
are preparing to press with great Wig
or the important business of the short
session of Congress, which convenes to-
morrow. Already considerable prelim-
mary committee work has been done
on the important measures-the bill for
the reduction of the war revenue taxes
the army reorganization bill. the Riv-
er and Harbor bill and several of the
appropriation bills-and the legislative
bill will start under a full head of
steam. The army reorganization bill
is considered particularly urgent, ow-
ing to the possibility of it's meeting
strenuous opposition after it reaches
the Senate and it is the intention of the
leaders to get it out of the way at the
earliest possible moment. 1t will be
reported probably on Tuesday and will
be taken up at once unless after furth-
er consultation it is decided to let the
legislative executive and judicial an
preparation bill, which also will be
ready on Tuesday, in ahead of it.
The Democrats VIII Caucus
on the army bill on Monday and the
indications are now that they will Of
fer as substitute for the permanent
reorganization measure a bill extend
ing for two or three years the present
law for provisional army. The bill
TOT reduce the war revenue taxes has
been practically completed by the Re-
publican members of the WAYS and
Means Committee and it will be sub-
mitted to the full committee on Tues
day, unless in the meantime a caucus
OF the Republicans should be found
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