New-York tribune., 1901-12-02
MEETING OF CONGRESS.
SENATE TO ADJOURN TO-DAY IN HONOR
OF SENATOR KYLE AND TO-MOR-
ROW FOR MKINLEY-HOUSE
TO ORGANIZE

Washington. Dec lone of the first meas
ures of national interest which will be intro
duced in the Senate at the session which begins
tomorrow Will be a resolution looking to public
action concerning the death of President Nc
KinIey. This will be presented Tuesday by
either Senator Foraker or Senator Hanna. prob
ably the former, and after it's introduction the
Senate will adjourn Immediately a mark Of
respect the memory of the dead President
The annual message of President Roosevelt viii
not be received until Tuesday, and on this
count the session of Monday Will be exceeding
ly brief.
1t is not now expected that anything will be
done on that day beyond the announcement of
the death of Senator Kyle, following which the
Senate, in accordance with custom, will adjourn
for the day On Tuesday the Presidents Mes
sage will be read. and after its reading the an
nouncement of the death of President Mckinley
Will follow at once. whereupon, under the prece-
dent tabsfed when Presidents Lincoln and
Garfield died resolutions providing for the ap
pointment of a committee to act with a similar
committee of the House Of Representatives, to
take appropriate action relative to the matter,
and then calling for immediate adjournment for
the day will be adopted. Heretofore commit
tees have been appointed TO arrange details OF
public exercises, and it is understood that plan
VIII De pursued II! lIiiS illStdiiSe anu tii'I
in the session some public of distinction
will be invited deliver eulogy in the Capitol.
Wednesday and Thursday viii be devoted to
the introduction of new bills, and, as usual,
there will be 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 Nicaragua Canal bill.
which Senator 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 session That
measure was framed by former Senator Ed
munds: Senator Frye himself is the author of
the new bill Senator Morgan's canal bill will
be duplicate of Representative Hepburns bill
on the canal question. Other early bills Of i'm
portance will be one looking to the construction
of a submarine cable from the western coast TO
Hawaii. and another providing for the establish
nlent of a new executive department, to be
known as the Department OF Commerce. On
Thursday the Senate will adjourn until the fol-
lowing Monday
The general opinion among Senators is that
little real work will be done before the Christ
mas holidays. The first subject demanding at
tention is reciprocity. Various treaties are now
pending in the Senate looking TO commercial
agreements. between the United States and other
countries. Senator Aldrich Will renew his eff
fort TO have these treaties which already have
been reported from the Committee on Foreign
Relations, committed to the Committee on
Finance on the ground that they deal with
tariff questions. The friends of the treaties will
oppose this demand, and the preliminary skir-
msh expected to ensue probably will serve to
develop some Interesting features
The early days of the session viii he marked
by the reorganization Of the Senate committees
so far as may be necessary. and caucus Of the
Ioar,, he hold or
the purpose of considering this question and ap-
pointing committee TO suggest names for the
vacancies. The most important place to be
filled is that of chairman Of the Committee on
Foreign Relations. Il is generally conceded
that Senator Cuom, who is the senior Republi-
can member Of that committee, VIII succeed 10
the chairmanstip.
The programme for the opening day in the
House tomorrow, although ii will follow rigid
y routine precedents. viii be interesting and
to a certain extent picturesque Admission 70
the galleries will be ~ card. of which two
have been issued to each member. and they. no
doubt will be crowded 10 their fuil capacity
The desks of the popular members will be laden
with flowers. The clerk of the House viii call
the members to order at noon. and after prayer
by the chaplain the roll will be called by States.
The Speaker viii be formally elected and es-
corted TO the chair by committee General
Henderson, whose reelection as Speaker Is
assured, will then address the House: after
which Mr.. Bingham of Pennsylvania, The F'a
ther of the House." a ttuiar honor bestowed
upon the Oldest member IN point OF continuous
service, viii administer the oath to him. The
Speaker in turn viii administer the oath to the
members-elect. The old officers Of the House,
who We're rechosen by the Republican caucus,
then will be reelected and sworn in. Following
this resolutions will be adopted TO appoint COM
mittees to inform the President and the Senate
that the House has elected General Henderson
Speaker and Mr.. Mcdowell clerk.
By resolution, Speaker Henderson will then
appoinJ committee of three TO join a similar
committee from the Senate to inform the Pres
ident that quorum of the two houses has as
sembled and that Congress is ready to receive
any communication he may have TO make. Res
outions to adopt temporarily the rules of the
last House and to fix the daily hour of meeting
also will precede the event of the opening day,
the annual seat drawing.
The Presidents message will be withheld TIL
Tuesday. General GrosVenor of Ohio. probably
viii make the sad announcement to the House
of the death of President Mckinley. and offer
the resolutions upon which the House will act
on Tuesday that portion of the Presidents Mes
sage referring TO the death of Mr.. Mckinley
to arrange a programme Of euogies. 1t is rather
2 remarka BILE coincidence that Mr.. Mckinley
was the chairman of the committee which ar
ranged the programme when President Gar1eId
died Mr.. Blaine pronounced the eulogy upon
that occasion. Elihu B. Washburn was chair
man when Lincoln died, and George Bancroft,
the historian was the orator After Tuseday
the House will probably adjourn three days at
a time until Congress takes recess Tor the CHRIST
mas holidays. Speaker Henderson VIII occupy
this time preparing his committee lists, which
will be announced soon as the House con
yenes after the holidays. Practically no busi-
r,ess viii he transacted before the holidays