The San Francisco call., 1901-12-02
PROGRAMME OF THE SENATE.
Matters of Great Public Interest Soon
to Be Considered.

u1dCLeIS OF GreaC EuD11c interest SOOn
to Be Considered.
WASHINGTON, Dec. lone Of the first
measures of national interest which will
be introduced in the Senate at the session
which will begin tomorrow will be a reso-
luton looking to public action concerning
the death of President Mckinley. This
will be presented on Tuesday by either
Senator Foraker or Senator Hanna, prob
ably the former, and after its introduction
the Senate will adjourn Immediately as
mark of respect to the memory of the
dead President. The annual message of
President Roosevelt Will not be received
unuul TUESDAY, and on TINS account the
session OF Monday will be exceedingly
brief. 1t is not now expected that any
thing Will be done on tnaI day beyond the
announcement OF the death OF senator
Kyle, following winch the Senate, in ac-
cordance with custom, will adjourn for
the day.
On tuesday the Presidents message will
be read, and after its reading the an
nouncement of the death of President Nc
kinIey will follow at once, Whereupon un-
der the precedent established when Presi-
dents Lincoln and Garfield died resoiu
tlOnS providing for the appointment of
committee to act with a similar commit
tee of the House of Representatives to
take appropriate action relative to the
matter ana then calling for immediate
adjournment for the day will be adopted.
Heretofore committees have been appoint
ed 10 arrange the QetalIS Oh puDllC 6Xer-
cises, and it is understood that plan will
be pursued in this instance, and that later
in the session some public man of dis
tinction will be invited to deliver a eulogy
in the Capitol.
Wednesday and Thursday will be de-
voted to the introduction of new bills,
and as usual there will be a flood of them.
Among the first bills of Importance to be
presented will be the ship subsidy bill
which will be introduced by Senator Frye
and the Nicaraguan canal bill, which Sen
ator Morgan will present. Senator Frye
has not entirely completed his bill, but he
said to-day that it would be different in
many details from the old bill of last ses-
sion; that measure was framed by former
Senator Edmunds. Senator Frye himself
is the author of the new bill Senator
Morgan's canal bill will be a duplicate of
Representative Hepburn's bill on the
canal question. Other early bills of i'm
portance will be one looking to the con-
struction of a submarine cable from the
western coast of Hawaii and another pro-
viding for the establishment of a new
executive department to be known as
the Department of Commerce. On Thurs
day the Senate will adjourn until the fol-
lowing Monday.
The general opinion among Senators is
that very little real work will be done be-
fore the Christmas holiday The first
subject demanding attention is recipro-
city Various treaties are now pending
In the Senate looking to commercial agree
ments between the United States and
other countries. Senator Aldrich will re-
new HIS tlLOIl " nave IH6S6 .IredIl6S,
which already have been reported from
the Committee on Foreign Relations re-
ferred to the Committee on Finance, on
the ground that they deal with tariff ques-
ions. The friends of the treaties will op-
pose this demand and the preliminary
skirmish expected to ensue probably will
serve to develop some interesting features
The early days of the session will be
| marked by the reorganiZa ton of the Sen
ate committees so far as may be neces-
| sary. and a caucus of the Republican
members will be held tomorrow for the
| purpose of considering this question and
appointing a committee to suggest names
! for the vacancies. The most important
place to be filled is that of chairman of
| the Committee on Foreign Relations It
! is generally conceded that Senator Gull
| lom, who is the senior Republican mem
| Der of that committee, will succeed to
| the Craftsmanship.