New-York tribune., 1906-11-27
r,sHINGToN WAKING UP
.,rpAR1NG FOR CONGRESS-
.unittees already at Work-A
~ pasu Session Erpected.
rD-,- The tribune Bureau-l

- oe-congress is taking tirne
Nssi.-- -,,oc- and several committees oesah
n th7 ,-sltroirarv work as can be done IN
to-da! +,a regular assembling next Moh-
shTs -.-. that the coming session Is a
5aF s-6 expires by law at noon on
sAorl -,.,,es u important 10 do all the ad-
.s'cH - ,os.t,,le, as even with this precau-
Fsa', $. hou.es will have TO work nights to
w Itch eu tllst Is necessary. IN ADDITION 20
So .,ev desire, before the expiration OF the
81 thst they 0e'e'
ssssion ,,.s .o1.-,e- ,hs sub-
-,+-As ~ the Appropriations Committee
-a.b nrepares the Legislative. Executive and
'.,.,oi hill. at noon to-day. The clerks OF the
.--,-.a.fons Committee have been hard at
= so- more than a week. and the rough draft
80 h71. prepared In accordance with the esti-
..s ~ TIE officials. was on the desk OF the
tree when II was called to order. The
-.-,,-.ee expects TO have the measure ready
-s,o-t 10 the House early next week. and an
- vii be made 10 have II passed promptly,
der rat the Senate may not be kept wait
..g This BILL es soon as reported. viii give
.,scs 70 another appropriation bill. Of which
.,s,e are fourteen altogether.
:, tfe room ot the Committee the Revision
:. N. Laws the joint committee OF the two
,ouses to-day considered the revision Of the
,s7aI code as prepared by the commission ap-
,o;ntsd for that purpose IN 1897. The commit
.. is formulating bill for consideration by the
1zorse which VIII show at q glance just what
os contained n the statutes az originally en-
s+A5 and what new legislation the commission
,ie,.sd Z Is expected that ths criminal laws
.5u he ready 70 submit TO the House early next
rock and Il IS probable that night sessions will
bs held for considering them.
,+-he Senate end OF the Capitol Senator PEN
... called 70 order the commission charged with
:, Investigation of the postal laws. The COM
-lssion net n the room OF the Committee on
pstoHces and Postroads. There is considerable
,.4yi-v IN the Senate Committee on Approprta-
ans. where the clerks are already going over
a. nrs!irnina-y estimates on which the appro-
n-stion bills viii be based
Many members OF both houses arrived IN
Washington to-day, and every day this week
r41 see an increasing number Of arrivals.
Sneaker Cannon arrived tonight, and the news
that the President would reach Washington this
evening led many members Of both houses to
accelerate their plans for returning 20 the cap
tal
TIE digburstng offices Of both Houses We're
men for business to-day, and members who ar
rye IN Washington without the necessary funds
,o tds them over until Congress actually meets
car draw against their salaries from now On.
Members predict that the coming session VIII
be en- exceedingly busy one The general pros
re-rv Of the country has been accompanied by
steadily increasing growth IN the executive
DEPARTMENTS, and the appropriation bills Of these
GAYS are far more complicated measures than
they we're few years ago In some depart
49,
nearly 80 Per cent IN half q decade, and all this
coupsls more extended consideration Of the
measures which provide for salaries and other
expenses q the departments.
With the return Of the President the few
members OF the Cabinet who have been out of
town VII also reach Washington, and the de-
pa-rments. es well as the Capitol, VIII resume
their usual winter activity. Already the streets
Of the city have lost their resemblance 10 q
country village and the stranger can hardly
walk block n the downtown district without
running across at least one more or less dis
tngusaed man. Representative Tawney said
to-day that II only remained for Speaker Can
Aon and General GrosvenOr 10 appear for Wash
lg1oR 70 look natural" once more.
VIEWS OF CANNON AND TAwNEY
Speaker Cannon arrived fresh from the
hs vas in excellent health and "in a receptive
mood" He had come TO Washington early TO
asc-ss matters with the President and others
Eno 70 nap our the work Of the coming session,
1ul ne was not Yet prepared to say anything
toE ploIcGI-0r5 Tor the present he merely de-
Efed 10 learn After having done so he might
pt ready 10 tuparC some information
tnalrlan Tawney gave notice that this was
hol TO be an extraTagant session. Despite the
gfeat prosperity ana the gratifying condition OF
ne United States Treasury, there is to be no
EFEh appropriation Of the public moneys Ihe
spIr0p-iatlo-s must be Simple 10 carry on the
BUSINESS OF he government but the party VIII
exert the same pressure 10 COndne the expendtr-
ares O. the government within reasona bic limits
Is Il did last session" he said.
mink We VIII have a reasonable River and
hsr5or bill. 3r. TaWuey said, IN reply to e Ques-
Ion That IS not extravaganza Wisely drawn,
s-ca bill IS just and proper legislation, and
AylA-ng the government can expend viii bring
IrgeT return 70 greater number Of people
90 not expect that any great amount Of legis-
lsuon can be enacted az this session. There
vii not be sufficient time, I do not yet know
Neat viii be the most important matter con-
Eoerec, but there VIII certainly be a strong
e-ott 70 pass the Snip Subsidy bill And, by the
te!, believe Secretary Roots speech, in which
- Ielerrec 70 that subject, will 90 long way
tV#erd securing the support Of Western mem
Neis IoT the measure"
NJ Tawney said he was already at work on
Is legislative Appropriation bill. and that II
would be MS policy throughout the session To
press the appropriation bills as rapidly was
SS'-IaCole with careful cOnstd Iteration, that
'efe would be no Legislative Jam" at the last
= Wei known that when the legislation be-
t-es damned al the last of the session many
o. o. U LAe House are likely to slip through, and
- s-Sc-,-nan Tawney viii follow in the footsteps
crogdiug