The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-12-06
CONGRESS VIII.
Convene TODAY
President ROOSEVELT Message
Will Not Be Read Till
Tuesday.
SESSION TO BE BRlEF
kyle's Death Will Be Announced in
5 Senate and Adjournment Taken,
Tuesday MckinIey's Death
Will Be Announced.

Washington, Dec. 2.-One> of the first
measures of national interest which
Will be introduced in the senate at the
session which begins today will be q
resolution looking to public action con-
c"rning the death Of President McKin.
ley. This will be presented on Tuesday,
by either Senator Foraker or Senator
Hanna, possibly the former, and after
its Introduction the senate will adjourn
Immediately as a mark Of respect tc
the memory Of the dead president. Tit
annual message of President Roosevelt,
will not be received until Tuesday, as
the session of Monday Will be exceed.
lngly brief. 1t is not. expected that any.
thing will be done today beyond
the announcement OF the death of sem.
ator Kyle, following which the senate
IN accordance with custom. will adj
Journ for the day. On Tuesday the
presidents message will be read, and
after its reading the announcement OF
the death of President Mckinley will
follow at once, w~hereupon under tho
precedent established when Presidents
Lincoln and Garfield o1ed, resolutions
providing for the appointment Of 8
committee to act with a similar COM
Wittee of the house of Representatives.
to lake appropriate action relative tG
the matter and hen calling for imme.
date adjournment for the day, will be:
adopted. Heretofore committees have
been appointed to arrange the details
of public exercises, and it is under
stood that this plan will be pursued III
this instance, and that later in tho
session some public man of distinction
will be invited to deliver a eulogy In
the capitol. ~
70 Wednesday and Thursday VIII be de-.
voted to the introduction Of new bills
and as usual there will be a flood OF
them. Among the first bills Of import
ance to be presented will be the ship
subsidy bill, which will be introduced
by Senator Frye, n the Nicaragua
canal bill, which Senator Morgan will
present. Senator Frye has not entire
ly completed the bill. but he said atur-
day that it would be different In many
details from the old bill of last session.
That measure was framed by former
Senator Edmunds. Senator Frye him.
self is the author of the new bill. Sen
ator Morgan's ana bill will be q du-
plicate OF Representative, Hepburn's
bill on the canal question. Other early.
bills Of Importance will be one looking
to the construction of q submarine
cable from the western coast to Hawaii.
and another providing for the estab-.
lishment Of a new executive depart,
iment to be known as the department OF
commerce. On Thursday the senate
will adjourn until the following Mon
day.
The general opinion among senators,
is that very little real work will be
done before the Christmas holidays.
The first subject demanding attention,
is reciprocity. Various treaties are.
now pending in the senate locking to.
commercial agreements between the
United States and other countries. SEN
ator Aldrich will renew his effort 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 skirlnish
expected to ensue probably will serve
to develop SOM interesting features.
The early days of the session will be
marked by the reorganization of the
senate committees, so far as may be
necessary, and a caucus of the repub-
lican members will be held today for
the purpose Of considering this ques-
ton and appointing a committee to
suggest mean for the vacancies. The
most important place to be filled is that
Of chairman of the committee on for
eign relations. 1t is generally conceded
that Senator Cullom, who is the senior
republican member OF that committee,
will succeed to the craftsmanship.