The Washington herald., 1906-12-01
MESSAGE ON TUESDAY
House viii Hold Only Brief
Session Opening Day.
TO HONOR DECEASED MEMBERS
Four Prominent Representative
Die since Last SessiOn-COuSins
Hits Probable Successor. as Chair
man Of Foreign Affairs Committee.
No Legislative Programme Yet.

President Roosevclts message will not
be presented to Congress on Monday. the
first day Of the session. but will go over
until Tuesday This has been definitely
lagreed on between the President and the
leaders I'm Congress.
The first session Of the House will be "a
very brief one. After the calling of the
roll and the transaction Of the usual pre-
ljminary business. resolutions Of respect
to the memory Of four Representatives
who have died since adjournment last
lsummer will be presented and adopted.
and the house viii adjourn Immediately
thereafter.
The four former members whose deaths
will be thus officially observed, were Gen.
John II. Ketcham. Of the Twenty-frst
New York district. who outranked all
bis colleagues in the matter Of ccntir-
uous service; Robert Roberts Hit. Of
the Thirteenth Illinois district. another
veteran, who for years prior TO his death
was chairman of the Committee on Fer
eign Affairs, Henry Cullen Adams. Of the
Second Wisconsin district. am able
speaker, and lockwood Hoar. Of the
Third Massachusetts district son of the
ia;e Senator Hoar. and enc of the con
spicuous younger members Of the House.
No Definite Programme Arranged.
Nothing like. definite legislative pro-
gramme has been agreed on vet. and
probably will not be for some days after
the session commences. Speaker Cannon
Iis holding daily conferences with mem
bers as they arrive, and in this way is be-
coming thoroughly acquainted with DO
htIcal conditions in various parts Of the
country Only a comparatively small
number Of the legislators have arrived
owing to the fact that many Of them
preferred 20 wait until after Thanksgfv-
ing before starting for Washington and
until full attendance is present. and th.
Speaker has chance 20 talk things over
with all those whose opinions he consid-
eTS worth while, only plans which are
tentative in the extreme viii be ar
ranged.
some interest is being manifested in the
matter OF the reaTTangement Of commit
/ tee assignments made necessary bv the
deaths already referred 70. While no off,
cial information is forthcoming. il Is as
sumed that Representative Robert C.
Cousihs, OF iowa, VIII be made chairman
OF the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
succeeding Mr.. Hit. Mr. Hit was absent
/ during practically the whole Of cast ses-
sion, and the late Representative Robert
/ Adams, Of Pennsylvania, acted as cnaIr-
man Of the committee in his stead. fine
/ death Of both Mr. Adams and Mr. HIT
/ has left Mr.. Cousins the ranking Repub-
/ hcau member. and there is apparently no
reason to believe that Speaker Cannon
/ will care 10 put any one else in the chair
manship over his head.
LOwden to GO on Foreign Affairs.
It Is also pretty safe to guess that
Frank o. LOwden, who succeeds Mr. Hit
as a member of Congress. win be given
the vacancy on the Republican side of
the Foreign Affairs Committee. OF course.
he viii have 10 go AT the foot OF the list
but Il is unusual for a new member TO
get such a good assignment Immediately.
so Mr. L0wden probably will not COM
plain.
The late Gen. Ketcham was chairman
Of the Committee on Expenditures in the
State Department His death made Rep