Evening journal., 1905-12-02
MEMBERS READY
FOR CONGRESS
Number of important Changes Made in the
Capital Building brief Session on
Monday
MI ICH IMPORTANT BUSINESS
BUSINESS
MI ICH IMPORTANT

nation by the Republicans. John sharp
Williams. OF Miss. viii receive the
honorary nomination from his Demo-
cratic colleagues. Tellers will be ap-
pointed. and a roll call will ensue.
Clerk Mcdowell will announce the re-
suit and Williams, the defeated candi-
date will escort "Uncle Joe" to the
chair. A brief speech by the new
speaker. and representative, the
Father OF the House" will administer
the oath OF Office. The speaker, in
turn, Will administer the oath
OF Office 70 the representatives,
gathering by States In front OF his chair
for the purpose. Then a resolution will
be offered TO re-elect the officers OF the
old House. as follows:
Alexander Mcdowell OF Pennsylvania,
clerk; Henry Casson of Wisconsin,
sergeant at-arms; i. b. Lyons of New
York. doorkeeper; Joseph c. McElroy
of Ohio. Postmaster; Henry N. Couden
of Michigan, Chaplain.
The minority win offer its hopeless
resolution naming its candidates for the
honorable positions and the majority
resolution viii be adopted the swearing
in of the newly elected officials by the
speaker following Immediately. Then
the house being ready for business. will
notify the Senate and President to that
effect
Presidents Message Tuesday.
As IN the case OF the Senate. the
House will adjourn Monday without re-
celving the Presidents message, the
reading OF that document being
special order for Tuesday afternoon.
Perhaps a thousand private pension
bills and several hundred bills OF gem
eral character. covering every conceiv-
able subject from rate legislation and
tariff revision TO river and harbor inn
lprovements. and the erection of public
buildings viii be dumped into the
House on the opening day.
| The mileage committee will be the
lonly announced Monday. All the
lothcr committees will he ready before
adjournment for the holiday recess.
jThe most porplexing question In con-
lnection with the committee assignments
has arisen through the retirement OF
James A. Hemenway Of Indiana, for
the craftsmanship OF appropriations, by
virtue OF his promotion to the Senate.
lMcLeary Of Minnesota, ranking member
Iof the committee. after Bingham OF
/ Pennsylvania. wants the place. Bing-
iham does not want 1t. because he Is
getting old. The speaker does not want
lMcCleary TO stay on appropriations be-
lcause he is a tariff expert and q stand
lpatter. He wants TO transfer him TO
Ways and Means. which is getting
somewhat wobbly on the tariff question
land wants a little high-tariff ginger.
lTawney, Of Minnesota. is on Ways and
Means. and by taking him away from
There. he being something Of re-
lvisionist, and substituting McCleary, a
very effective check against revision re-
ports will have been devised. Tawney
lis the republican whip. and a useful
member and Speaker Cannon is think
ling about making him chairman of ap-
preparations. But he has not yet an
lnounced his intentions. His friends
have been advised, however that Bur.
ton of Ohio. will not be changed from
1.-THE craftsmanship on the rivers and
lharbors TO the appropriations. AND
lBurton's friends have been advised that
Notwithstanding this fact, Burton has
decided not to become a candidate fol
speaker against Cannon in this Con-
gress.
Important Business.
Press. public and politicians are
lpretty well agreed as to what consti-
tutes the most important problem
which the 59th Congress. will have to
solve. Rate legislation is the one over
shadowing issue, and an issue clearly
, defined.
Interest in the rate question viii not
reach the proverbial fever heat until