The Washington herald., 1906-12-03
CONGRESS GAVEL
TO FALL AT NOON
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bic, too. that there will be further con-
sideration of the Dominican treaty, and
with two new Republican Senators and
the changed conditions in Santo Do
mingo, it may eventually be ratified.
Eight-hOur Bill VIII Come Up.
In accordance with an order made last
winter vote will be taken about De
cember Is on the La Toilette bill limiting
the hours Of labor Of railroad men.
There is a belief that the record for
oratory in a three-months' session will
be broken before the final adjournment
on March T. The Cuban revolution will
be one storm center The dismissal from
/ the army of three companies OF negro
troops will be another. There will be
any amount Of talk on the subject OF
campaign contributions, and the land
office scandal will be a fruitful theme for
/ discussion.
/ The international differences between
! this government and Japan over the
school question in San Francisco will,
i in all probability, be worked overtime.
/ II will be taken advantage Of by the
advocates OF a greater navy 20 support
their demands for the construction of
monster battle ships while the so-called
anti-imperialists will use il as an argu-
ment for the cessation Of interference
/ in the affairs of foreign governments.
The question may result I'm a spirited
/ fight over Philippine legislation. An ef-
/ fort will be made by the administration
TO obtain big appropriations for fort-
/ fications in the Philippine archipelago.
Opening Session VIII Be Brief.
/ The opening session In both houses viii
be very brief. The Presidents message
will not be read until Tuesday. II is
expected that within week the Presi-
dent viii send 70 Congress a special
tmessage on the Panama Canal If the
present programme is carried out the
document will be without precedent for
/ the idea is 10 accompany it with q large
number OF photographs. showing actual
conditions in the Canal Zone as the
/ President found them on his recent visit.
Eight Congressional kids" will be
| ushersd IN as members Of the House to-
morrow, six Of them being elected to fill
vacancies caused by death. Three mem
bers Of the Pennsylvania delegation-Ad
ans. Patterson. and Castor-have died.
They will be succeeded by John E. Rey-
burn. Charles y. Brunn. and ]. Hsmp-
/ ton Moore.
The vacancy caused by the death Of
! Representative Adams, Of Wisconsin, is
/ 20 be fillei by John n. Nelson Frank o.
/ Towden viii succeed the late Representa-
tive HIT Of Illinois and Charles g. Ed
wards the late Representative Lester OF
/ Georgia Z. ". Saunders will take the
] L
gluia, and W F. Englebright viii sue
/ coed Representative Gillett, who has
/ been elected governor Of California. Two
vacancies stin exist-one in Massachu-
| sets, caused by the death Of lockwood
/ Hoar. and the other in New York, caused
/ by the death Of Gen. Ketcham.
Fight Over Small Positions.
! There are two minor positions in the
House TO be flled. and the scramble for
them among candidates is as lively as
might be expected over the SpeakeTship.
/ Capt Wasson, the assistant Journal clerk
I of the House. died last summer, and there
are applicants enough for the job TO I'll
the entire roll Of employees Of the House.
/ The place is one which the s0-caIled hog
combine" As il is sarcastically referred
/ to by those who are not affiliated with it
in the disposition Of Offices. allotted to
Representative Dalzen, of Pittsburg. The
man whom MI Dalzell names viii get the
position.
The death OF Col Ike" HiH left a posi-
/ ton for the minority 20 III. just what
the late lamented Col Hills place was
II would be difficult 10 describe. but the
candidates for II all believe that IL was a
Isinecure, and there isn't much ground for
/ disputing the assertion.
/ In consequence there are only a few
/ Democrats who haven't constituents who
want the post The leaders in the race,
/ which carries with it a purse Of $3.50 "A
/ year. are Zeb Vance Harris. Of North
Carolina, a prominent young Demo
Crat. and Judge Nathaniel Crutchfeld.
formerly parliamentary clerk Of the
/ House under Speaker Carlisle,