Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-04
READY TO ORGANIZE
Annual Session of Congress will Begin at
NoOl Today.
LITTLE BUSINESS WILL Be DONE THIS WEEK
House Will Re-eleot Speaker Cannon and
Adjourn Until Tomorrow.
PRESIDENTS MtSsA6. COMES TUESDAY
BO b Houses Will Devote the Session to
Hearing II Read
APPROPRIATION ron PANAMA CANAL
Possibility That an Emergency Bill
"a Provide Funds 10 keep work
Moving Nay He Passed
This Week.
BO h Houses Will Devote the session to
Hearing II Read.
APPROPRIATION ron PANAMA CANAL

WAsHfNGTON, Dec. S-very little be- ,
sides the organization Of the house will be !
accomplished tho nrst week of the session,
although It is possible that an emergency
appropriation IN favor Of tho Panama
canal may be passed the last of this week.
Chtil tho committees arc appointed the
bills would have 70 be considered by
unanimous consent or under special order
II will depend the needs Of the canal
finances whether the cnergency appropri-
alton Will be rushed through this week
o. 60 over until the week following The
leaders Of the house have been informed
that the emergency appropriation will not
be needed until December 10 and conse-
quently the bill may not be passed until
next week.
Monday will bc taken up with the cleo
ton of speaker and other house officers.
They will be those nominated by the re-
publican caucus last night. II is already
understood that the rules of the last house
will be adopted after the members have
been sworr in. Tho biennial lottery for
seats will be ar Interesting occasion on
the first day and at it's conclusion the
adjournment will follow. Tuesday will
be devoted to the presidents message and
that will probably close the real business
OF the house for the week Speaker Can
non has not yet completed his commit
tees. but It Is expected he will be ready to
announce them early.
Bills will be read every day that the
house is in session from the beginning
and will be printed and referred to the
committees when appointed. 1t is ex-
pected that many important propositions
will be made during the early days of the
session.
Program of the Senate
Nothing but preliminary work will en-
gross the attention Of the session the first
week. The senate is already organized as
II is a continuous body, and besides there
was special session last spring when
the new senators were sworn in Senators
Brandadge Of Connecticut. Warner of Mis-
sotni and Frazier of Tennessee and La
Toilette Of Wisconsin have not yet taken
their oaths. The two former had not
4letfad -Aehnn the special session ad-
iourned.
Monday will BE very short session and
the senate will adjourn out of respect for
the late Senator Platt of Connecticut as
soon as the necessary formalities for the
beginning OF new congress have been
concluded, Tuesday the presidents mes
sage will be received and read and is
likely to be devoted to the Introduction OF
bills. short session will be held and
the senate will adjourn until the follow
ing Monday.
II is quite likely that republican eau
Gus will be held Tuesday or Wednesday
for the purpose of organizing a committee
90 fll committee vacancies and the ap-
plintment of a steering committee for the
session II is not expected that the COM
mittee vacancies viii be filled early i'm
the session II the house OF representa-
tivcs should pass an emergency appro-
! priation bill fer the Panama canal the
senate will at once take II up and pass
H. but this measure is not expected in
TIE senate untll the second week of the
sssSion.
civil Service Commission Reports.
The twenty-second annual report of the
aited States Civil Service commission
..tade public today contains a recommends
don that congress should authorize the
collection Of a fee from applicants for ex-
animation for the government service.
Should this authority be given the report
states that the commission will issue o
manual, giving such detailed information
regarding the examinations as win max,
h unnecessary for the more Intelligent
applicants 10 mako special preparation fol
tac examination ia some ciyll service schoo
ot institute. The amount OF the fee q
Is suggested, should be a small one. Tn,
argument in It's favor is that It woul,
eliminate from the examination the larg,
number of persons who take them out o.
curiosity or to secure higher rating OF
the eligible list through denomination
II is stated that 10000 persons were ex
amined last year $1,000 Of whom secured
Iositibns. During the year the numbe
of competitive positions Increased from
I5iogs to 1851.
Touching on the order Of President Roose
velt OF November Il last. giving authorit!
iu heads Of departments TO separate an EN-
ploye from the service without notice 10
delinquency or misconduct the report says
The new rule neither changes the au
thOrity 10 make removals. which eXiste,
, rs fully under the former as well as unde
he present practice, nor Affects the iuTis
dleli9n Of the ciNil service commission
vfduNc IN case of removal,
FourIh C.ass PostmasterA.
THE order OF Postmaster General Coz
lt;s on. providing FOR the retention q
-aurth-ciass Uostmasters during satlsfac
t}ry service, Is regarded by the commits
Sion % distinctly the most important ao
ilinlsuatVc reform effected within the las
year The fourth-class postmastcrs const
ate the largest class OF employees seIecte
Without examination Of any kind. Fc
many years these positions have bee
treated as political spoils and appoint
ments made 10 them with slight regar
to The best interests OF the service"
Regarding appointments to the Panam
canal service, the report states the con
mission had experienced considerable di
hculty In securing eligibles for position
included IN the outdoor service on n
isthnlus, AS to the Philippine service. Ii
ne difficulty has been experienced in pr,
viding SUFFICIENT eugibles.
Commenting on the desirability OF p
stions In the government service, the con
mission says that the separations from a
service amount 20 about 10 per cent al
rlaily and further says:
The great defect in the federal seryil
today H. the lack OF opportunity Cor az
hitious. well educated young men. All
ihe highest positions are outside OF q