The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-02
Plans for TOday'S Senate
Session.
Adjournment in Memory Of Sen
atOr Kyle.

Washington, Dec. Lone of the first
measures Of national interest which
win be introduced in the senate at the
session which viii begin tomorrow VII
be a resolution locking to public action
concerning the death Of President Nc
Kinley. This VIII be presented on
Tuesday by either Senator Foraker or
Senator Hanna, probably the former.
and after its introduction the senate
VIII adjourn Immediately as a mark Of
respect 10 the memory Of the dead
president
The annual message Of President
Roosevelt viii not be received until
tuesday, and on this account the ses-
Sion Of Monday Will be exceedingly
brlss. 1t is not now expected that any
thing will be done on that day beyond
the announcement of the death of Sen
ator Kyle, following which. the senate.
IN accordance with custom, viii ad-
JouTn 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. whereup-n, under the
precedent estS blished when Presidents
Lincoln and Garfield died. resolutions
providing for the appointment of a
committee 20 act with q similar COM
-rlttee Of the house of representatives
TO take appropriate action relative to
the matter and then calling for i'm
mediate adjournment for the day viii
be adopted. Heretofore committees
have been appointed TO arrange the de-
tails Of public exercises, and It is I'M
derstoOd that plan viii be pursued in
this Instance, and that later in the ses-
sion some public man Of distinction will
be invited to deliver a eulOgy in the
capitol
Wednesday and Thursday will be de-
voted 10 the Introduction Of new bills
and. as usual, there VIII be a flood Of
them. Among he first bills Of iH-
poTtance TO be presented will be the
ship subsidy bin. which viii be intro
duced by Senator Frye. and the Near
aguan canal bill, which Senator Nor
gan viii present. Senator Frye has not
entirely completed his bill, but he said
today that il would be different in
many details from the old bin of last
session. that measure was framed by
former Senator Edmunds Senator
Frye himself is the author Of the new
bill. Senator Morgan's canal bill viii
be a duplicate Of Representative Hep
burns bin on the canal question. Other
early bills Of Importance viii be one
looking to the construction Of a sttb-
marine cable from the western coast to
Hawaii, and another providing Tor the
establishment of a new executive de-
partment 10 be known as the depart
ment Of commerce. On Thursday the
senate viii adjourn until the following
Monday.
The general opinion among senator's
IS that very little real work viii be
done before the Christmas holidays.
The first subject demanding attention
Is reciprocity, Various treaties are
now pending in the senate looking to
commercial agreements between the
United States and other countries. SEN
atOr Aldrich viii renew his effort 10
have these treaties which already have
been reported from the committee on
foreign relations referred to the COM
mittee on finance on the ground that
they deal with tariff questions. The
friends of treaties viii oppose this de
mand and the preliminary skirmish
expected to ensue probably viii serve
10 develop some interesting features.
The early days of the session viii be
marked by the reorganization of the
senate committees so far as may be
necessary and a caucus Of the Repub-
lican members VIII 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 filed
IS that of chairman Of Committee on
foreign relations. Tt is generally con-
Ceded that Senator Cullom. who is the
senior Republican member of that COM
mittee, viii succeed to the chairman
saip.