The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-02
GOTH CONGRESS BEGINS TODAY Body Will Convene at
 Noon. LITTLE WORK FIRST DAY Presidents Message Will Come
 Tuesday. Events of This Week Include Great Meeting In washington to Discuss Rivers and Harbors

The opening of the 6Oth congress promises to be the most interestins feature of the week. Many other events of much interest. however. are sched- uled.
 Perhaps the one in which the widest interest is felt is the meeting of the Republican national committee, which will be held at Washington Dec. 6. While the principal business will pc 10 decide upon time and place for hold ing the next national convention or the party, it Is said to be not unlikely that the question of a candidate Tor Pres- tdent will be discussed.
 Other important gatherings include the dedication of Fraunce's Tavern, @t New York; the annual convention or the national Rivers and Harbors Congress at Washington; a conference between Secretary Straus of the Department Of Commerce and Labor and representa- tives of commercial bodies from 2 score of the larger cities, with view to ex- tending the foreigr trade or the unit- ed States and plenary council at Ma nila of the Roman Catholic church In the Philippines.
 Harry K. Thaw will appear in court in New York Monday. but 1t is likeiy that his second trial will be deferred until early in the coming year.
 Congress Today at Noon.
 Both houses of Congress will convene at I2 o'clock on Monday and the ses' sion of Congress which will pc begun at that time will continue indefintteiys Little business will be transacted dur ing the first week ef the session and both houses will adjourn almost imme- diateiy on account of the death during the recess of members of each body.
 The Presidents message will not be received in either house until Tuesday: This will consume the greater part or the second day of the session ana Wednesday and Thursday Will De giV- en up largely to the introduction or bills.
 The House will begin proceedings without being organized and the hrst real husiness will he the election or q Speaker. to which office Representa- tive Cannon has already been nomi- mated by the Republicans and the election of other general officers or the Hoase. The business of the House will then be largely suspended until committees can be appointed. MT. Cannon hopes to complete this work before the holidays. but will not yet undertake to say when 1t may be done.
 The Senate Is a continuing body and will proceed as if there had been no interim There will, however. be Q large number of new members Of that body and 1t will be necessary to reor- Ranize the committees in order to give the new men places on them and 10 fill the vacancies caused by retirement and death. .
 There will be an effort to bring about final adjournment some time in May to permit Senators and members to return to their homes before the National Convention. which will prob ably be held in June.
 Money for Waterways. y- A ANemand that Congress provide for n more liberal expenditure of the reve- nue of the Government derived from commerce in improving the natural channels of trade and transportation. will be made at the annual three days convention of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress. which will open m Washington December 4. No special nroiect for river and harbor improve ments will be advocated or considered, if is said. The body is expected to nlace itself on record in favor Of broad and liberal policy by the Na' tional Government.
 With Governor Hughes and many other dignitaries present, historic old Fraunce's tavern on Wednesday next will be dedicated as the home or the Sons of the Revolution. Long before the days of the revolution. Fraunce tavern was one of the famous places fin New York, and 1t was there that General Washington, in l1S3, paoe farewell to his officers.
 A meeting of tlie various emigration commissioners will be held at the Chamber of Commerce in Tokio to discuss the Japanese immigration prob