The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-12-05
CONGRESS TO MEET.
Everything Ready for the Opening
Of the Session.

ate at the session which begins to-
day, will be a resolution looking to
public action concerning the death
Of President Mckinley. This will be
presented on Tuesday by either Sem
ator Foraker or Senator Hanna, prob
ably the former, and after it's intro
auction the senate will adjourn inn
mediately as a mark of respect to the
memory of the dead president. The
annual message of President Roose-
welt will not be received until Tues
day, and on this account the session
of to-day will be exceedingly brief.
1t is not now expected that anything
will be done on that day beyond the
announcement of the death of Sen.
ator Kyle, following which the SEN
ate, in accordance with custom, will
adjourn for the day.
The Message.
On Tuesday the presidents message
will be read, and, after it's reading,
the announcement of the death of
President Mckinley will follow at
once, whereupon, under the prece-
dent established when Presidents
Lincoln and Garfield died, resolutions
providing for the appointment of a
committee to act with a similar COM
mittee of the house of representa-
tives to take appropriate action
relative to the matter and then call
ing for immediate adjournment for
the day will be adopted. Heretofore
committees have been appointed to
arrange the details of public -exer-
cises, and it is understood that plan
will be pursued in this instance, and
that later in the session some public
man of distinction will be invited to
deliver a eulougy in the capitol.
Many Bills Expected.
Wednesday and Thursday will be
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
Nicaragua canal bill, which Senator
Morgan will present. Senator Frye
has not entirely completed his bill,
but he said Sunday 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 Nor
gan's canal bill will be a duplicate of
Representative Hepburn's bill on the
canal question. Other early bills of
Importance will be one looking to the
construction of submarine cable
from the western coast of Hawaii,
and another providing for the estab-
lishment of a new executive depart
ment to be known as the department
of commerce. On Thursday the SEN
ate will adjourn until the following
Monday.
The Treaties.
The general opinion among SEN
ators is that very little real work
will be done before the Christmas
holidays. The first subject demand
ing attention is reciprocity. Various
treaties are now pending in the SEN
ate looking to commercial agree
ments between the United States and
other countries. Senator AIdrich
will renew his effort to have these
treaties, which already have been re-
ported from the committee on for
eign relations, committed to the
committee on finance, on the ground
that they deal with tariff ques tions.
The friends of the treaties will op-
pose this demand, and the preIim-
mary skirmish expected to ensue
probably will serve to develop some
interesting features.
In the House.
Washington, Dec. 2.-The pro-
gramme for the opening in the house
to-day, although it will follow rigidly
routine presidents, will be interest
ing and, to a certain extent, pic
turesque. Admission to the galleries
will be by card, of which two have
been issued to each member, and they
no doubt will be crowded to their
full capacity. The desks of the pop
ular members will be laden with flow
ers. The clerk of the house will call
the members to order at noon, and
after prayer by the chaplain the roll
will be called by states.
The Organization.
The speaker will be formally elected
and escorted to the chair by a COM
mittee. Gen. Henderson, whose reelec-
ton as speaker is assured, will then
address the house, after which Mr..
Bingham, of Pennsylvania, "the IA
Their of the house." titular honor be-
slowed upon the oldest member in
point of continuous service, will adj
minister the oath to him. The speak
err in turn will administer the oath
to the members-elect. The old off.
GERS of the house, who were chosen by
the republican caucus, then will be
reelected and sworn in. Following
this resolutions viii be adopted to
appoint committees to inform the
president and the senate that the
house has elected Gen. Henderson
speaker and Mr.. Mcdowell clerk. By
resolution Speaker Henderson then
win appoint committee of three to
Join similar committee from the sem
ate to inform the president that a
quorum of the two houses has assem-
bled and that congress Is ready to re-
eeiye any communication he may have
to make. Resolutions to adopt TEN.
porarily the rules Of the last house
and to fix the daily hour of meeting
also will preeede the event of the open
ing day, the annual seat drawing.
The presidents message will be