Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-11-30
58TH CONGRESS.
Speaker CannonWiII Announce
Committees, This Week.
Question Of Adjournment Is Agitating
the Democratic Members.
The Senate Will Not Act on Cuban
Bill, This Week.

! Washington, Nov. 29-The interest
ing feature of the coming weeks pro-
ceedings in the House will be the an
| nouncement of committees by Speaker
| Cannon. This announcement is looked
| for, Tuesday, on which day the first
! session of the week will be held. The
Speaker says, however, that there may
| be delays, in which case the members
will not know their several fates as to
committee assignments until Friday,
when it is proposed to hold the next
| session, or perhaps until Saturday.
In just what manner the extra ses-
sion is to end, whether by joint reso-
| luton of the two Houses, or by the
operation of the constitutional pro
vision converting the regular session
on the first Monday in December, is
another interesting feature for the
weeks development.
House leaders have taken the posi-
ton that no matter how the extra ses-
sion ends, the responsibility for it's ter
mination, in the absence of the com
pletion of the Cuban legislation, shall
not rest with the lower branch of Con-
gress. For this reason there is some
objection to a joint resolution unless
that form OF adjournment should come
from the Senate.
In the absence of such a resolution
the plan suggested so far as the House
is concerned, is to take a recess on
Saturday until a few minutes before
II o'clock Monday, then to adjourn the
extra session and assemble the regular
session precisely at the hour of IL.
The extra session will be designated
the first session of the 5Sth Congress
and the regular session the second.
In the absence of a quorum in the
House during the week, the minority
in that body will be in position to
shape the course of events to some
extent. Representative Wilkins the
minority leader, announces that when
the House meets, Tuesday, the .atten-
ton of the country will be again called;
to the spectacle of Republican Con-
gress in session but doing nothing"
Should the leaders of the majority
not take this curtain lecture good
naturedly and peremptorily cut it eff,
the point will be made by the minority
that no quorum is present, which,
under the rule, will necessitate meet
ing of the House each day. At each
| one of these meetings the same effort
will be made by the minority to en-
phasize the inaction of Congress.
Should the weeks session proceed
without a quorum, in this manner. it
will be impossible to originate or con-
slider an adjournment resolution, in
which case the extra session necessa-
rily will. expire by limitation.
The Senate will not DO any business
other than of q routine character dur
ing the present week. It will meet,
Tuesday, and unless the House mani
tests disposition by that time to
reach a final adjournment, will adjourn
| over to the following Friday. The I'M
derstanding is that the Senate VIII not
originate a resolution for the adjourn
ment of the session. but some senators
entertain the hope that the House will
send over an adjournment resolution
not later than Friday. The Cuban
| reciprocity bill is on the calendar as
| the unfinished business, but no
speeches will be made on it until after
| the beginning of the regular session, a
week from tomorrow.
The committee on military affairs
will continue it's inquiry into he case
of Gen. Wood during the week.