Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-11-30
Senate Awaits Adjournment
Proposition from Lower
Branch Of Congress.
AkROUNCEMEKTOF COMMITTEES
viii Be interesting Feature in House
Of Representatives-Extra Session
May Expire by Limitation--ReguIar
Session Opens in Week.

Washington, Nov 3o.-The senate
will not do any business other than of
q routine character during the present
week It will meet Tuesday, and I'M
less the house manifests a disposition
by that time to reach a final adjourn
ment, will adjourn over to the follow
ing Friday. The understanding is
that the senate will not originate
resolution for the adjournment 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 unfin-
ished business, but no speeches will
be made on it until after the begin
ming of the regular session week
from today
The committee ON military affairs
will continue its inquiry into the case
Of General Wood during the week.
Speaker to Announce Committees.
The interesting feature of the COM
ing weeks proceedings in the house
Of representative 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 TIE
be delays, In which case the members
will not know their several fates as to
committee assignments until Friday,
when 1t 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 OPP
Grafton of the constitutional provision
converting the regular session ON the
first Monday in December, is another
interesting feature for the weeks de.
velopment. The presidents on this
point are being spread before the
speaker for his guidance.
Adjournment Rests With House.
House leaders have taken the posi-
ton that no matter how the extra ses-
sion ends. the responsibility for its
termination, in the absence of the
completion of the Cuban legislation,
shall not rest with the lower branch
Of congress. For this reason there is
some objection to joint resolution
unless that form of adjournment
should come from the senate Senate
precedent, which is a matter of some
weight in that body. is to look for
an adjournment resolution from the
house. This has been the method of
adjourning extraordinary sessions OF
congress heretofore, and would seem
to warrant the prediction that the
regular manner will prevail and that
some time during the week the house
will make its proposition for adjourn
ment to the senate, which will be ac-
cepted
In the absence of such a resolution
the pls suggested, so far as the house
Is concerned, is to take a recess or
Saturday until few minutes before
II o'clock Monday. then to adjourn
the extra session and assemble the
regular session precisely on the hour
OF ~. The extra session will be des-
ignated the first session of the Fifty
eighth congress and the regular SEES
sion the second.
ain Session, but Doing Nothing"
In the absence Of 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 Williams. the
minority leader, announces that when
the house meets Tuesday the atten-
ton of the country will be called
again ito the spectacle of a Repub-
lican congress in session but doing
nothing
Should the leaders of the majority
not take this curtain lecture good
naturally and peremptorily cut it off,
the point will be made by the minority
that mo 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 quorum in this manner Ii
will be impossible to originate or con-
slider an adjournment resolution, in
which case the extra session neces.
sarlly will expire by limitation