The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04

Treaty to be Reported at au Early Date
 --Its Consideration to be Pressed by
 Friends of Administration-T The
 smoot and Wood Cases-Aimosf Baro
 Calendar fn the House.
 Washington, Jan. 3.-After recess of more than two weeks the senate will resume business tomorrow without any definite programme. Indeed, it may be stated that the senate has no pro- gramne for the entire session beyond the passage of the appropriation bills, the consideration of the Panama canal treaty, the determination of Senator Smooth's case, and the disposition of some other comparatively unimportans matters
 Only one of the appropriation bills, namely. the pension bill, has reached the senate. and that has not yet been considered in committed It is prob able. however, that it will be reported at an early date. The Panama canal treaty also is in committee, and it also probably will be reported to the senate during the present week. The Shoot case will be proceeded with by the com- mittee on privileges and elections, but ! the indications are that some weeks will elapse before the question can be brought before the senate in regular or der.
 Notwithstanding the fact that the canal treaty is not at present in the senate there is little doubt that the canal question will form the leading topic for discussion during the week. Senator odge will speak on this subject on Tuesday and he will be followed by other senators. especially by some who lantagonize the attitude of the ad1ninis- ltration. Senator Lodge will uphold i'm an elaborate speech the right of the president to recognize the independence of Panama at the time and in the man. ner in which President Roosevelt gave that recognition.
 Senator McCenaas has also iifltimated his attention to discuss this subject No formal notice has as yet been given of other speeches on the canal question. but it Is the prevailing opinion among senators that many other speeches win be made.
 1 Senator Morgan's present intention is to wait until the treaty is reported from the committee on foreign relations and then to discuss it in executive session. l The committee s expected to report the canal treaty by the middle of the week. and it is the ifftsntion of the friends of the administratioh so press Iconsideration of the treaty by the sssss late as rapidly as possible, with the hope' of getting speeches out of the way and having the treaty disposed Of as early as practi, able in the session. With the treaty onte reported they vii make an effort to confine the discussion to the executive sessions in the hope that by so doing they will shorten the consider ation of the question
 The committee on military affairs probably will report the nomination of General Leonard Wood to be major general at the first executive session of the senate. A meeting of the committee has ben called for tomorrow, with the understanding that vote on the nomina- ton shall be taken immediately. There will be no effort to secure consideration of this nomination as soon as possihIa aster it is reported, with the hope of also having it disposed of before the. session shall be far advanced. The nomination probably will lead to much debate in executive session as both the
 Friends and the opponents of General
 Wood are quite determined to discuss 1t at length