The Washington times., 1902-01-04
CANAL BILL IS
SPECIAL ORDER.
Chairman Hepburn Expects
EARLY Success.
MEASURES ON The CALENDARS.
Committee On Calendar Most Active
of a.; Before the Recess. Having
Formally Reported Niac Hills
Representative Grows Measure
for schools for Deaf Children.

The most important measure On the
calendar of the House to come up fer
consideration Eext Tuesday is the bill 10
provide for the construction of = canal
connecting the waters OF the Atlantic ani
Pacific Oceans. MIR. Hepburn Chairman
of the Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee. who will have charge of the
bill, hopes to get it through in two days,
but other friends of the measure are not
SO sanguine. 1t is the special order for
Tuesday.
The legislative calendar of the House.
giving the status of the bills considered
and reported by the committee just before
the adjournment for the holiday recess.
has been printed, and is now ready fer
distribution.
There are three calendars, the Union.
or the Committee OF the Whole House on
the State CT the Union-an bills raising
revenue ard making appropriations being
considered in the committee OF the
whole; the House calendar, and the pri-
vate calendar. cn which are placed all
measures cf private nature.
Committees Did Litiic.
There IS also . calendar CT unfinished
business and privileged reports. which al
ways have the right of way. The calendars
SHOW that the committees OF the House
did but little business before the adjourn
ment of the holiday recess
The Committee On War Claims was
most activc CT all the committees. for il
the present calendar are nine bills as
follows. all CT which were fo-!nau. re
ported at the last Congress:
No l. For the relief OF Jeroacnlu. :.
Underhnl
No. ,. For the relief Of the Atlantic
Works OF Boston.
No. >. Fer the allowance Of certain
claims fer property taken for military
purposes within the United States during
the war with Spain.
No. .. For the relief Of the trustees OF
Carson Newman College Al JEFFERSON City.
Tenn
No. c. For the allowance of certain
claims reported by the accounting officers
Of the United States Treasury Depart
iaent.
No. :. 4 joint resolution author ling the
Secretary c. the Treasury to adjust or re-
Ter to the Court CT Claims certain claims
and Illinois.
No. s. For tho relief c. Francis King
No. .. \ resolution to reicr II. K. ::2l7
For the relief o. Benjamin f. Fox. to
the Court og Claims.
No. 10. For the re!ief OF William p.
Marshall.
Schools for The Deaf.
On the Union calendar. the bill intro
duced by Representative Grow in tte
last two Congresses 10 aid in establishing
homes ia the States anl Te-ritOrics Tor |
teaching articulate speech and vocal ian |
srage to de2f children before they are cr !
school age again heads the list This is !,
the first bill reported from the Commit !
tee on Edacaticn, OF which Nj. Grow is |
chairman.
The seoond bill en- the Union calendar !
is The oGe designated Ne. 3. which is the
Hepburn bill to provide for the construc-
ti0n of a canal connecting the waters CT
the Ati5nilc and Pacific Oceans.
There are nc privilege reports. There
are no nleasxres on the House calendar,
and there is no unfinished business.
The calendar states that the call OF |
committees under rule q begins with
Committee cn Elections No. 1.