Show I INTERESTSOF1 WEST 1i I 1 t Meeting of Congressmen to Consider Question Ques-tion May Be postponed Until Tuesday Congress Will Meet I Today but Vill Immediately Adjourn as a J Tribute to the Memory of Late President McKinley Congressman J Congress-man Aondelf Discusses Irrigation Problem t 1 r 1 TRIBUNE SPECIAL r alnston DC Dec 1Thc met i nc of Western Congressmen called for tomorrow night to discuss irrigation and other questions may have to be postponed for n day or two Congress I ivJll meet tomorrow and almost imme rJ diately adjourn aa a tribute to the memory of the late President McKin I ley and hence the Presidents message J I cannot bo heard until Tuesday I Is I considered highly desiruble that thc Presidents pronouncement on subjects nftccting Western affairs bo known prior to the proposed called meeting of the Western Congressmen Moreover some lI1 COl I gressmen wlll not reach Washington Monday RepVesentatlvc Mondpll of Wyoming H be one of the leaders at The meeting as will Senator Dubois of Idaho Discussing the subject of Irrigation Irri-gation Mr Mondcll said t MONDELLS VIe VI-e do not want the Government to I Irrigate the land he concluded All we want Is that It shall conserve the raters that would otherwise go tow j to-w < te In the natural reservoirs that exist ex-ist In n number of places In our great Western mountain ranges When this Is L done the people under proper State control will attend to the distribution of these waters What the result would b has often been stated The wonderful I won-derful pioductlve quality of these arid lands under nroper Irrigation conditions I condi-tions is almost too enormous to be be llovcd by those not familiar with the actual demonstrations WILL GET TOGETHER 1 I now seems to be the Intention of the Wesltin Representatives to get to I KPllifr on this matter and make an npal for a certain sum for each State interested in the subject of irrigation Jlr Mondell will alpo work hard to have tfc < Government build reservoirs in the arid land iPglonBfoivthe conservation o the water 80 that they may be used I for Irrigation purposes J I NO CHANGE IN TAHIFF 1litit the tariff snouldv beVallcwedi I complete respite from cjfange or agitation l I agita-tion and that the proposition to open our markets to Cuban sugar should be dealt with summarily Ina negative manner To allow Cuban raw sugar to come Into this country free from the 3 cents per pound duty would be to I make I present to Cuban planters of 160 an acre annually on their sugar jiroduclngjand I would not only mean this but it Would at the same time tme I mean the complete destruction of our own beet and cane sugar industries MONDAY IN THE SENATE 1 is not now expected that anything Tvlll be done In the Senate tomorrow beyond the announcement of the death i of Senator Kyle following which the Senate In accordance with the custom will adjourn for the day On Tuesday the Presidents message will be read I and after its reading the announcement of the death of President McKinley will follow at once whereupon under the precedent established when Presi dents Lincoln and Garfield died reso lutions providing for the appointment of a committee to act with a similar committee of the House of Rcprcsenta i lives to take appropriate action In the matter and then calling for Immediate ndjournment for the day will be wi I adopted WILL FOLLOW OLD PLAN Heretofore committees have been ap pointed to arrange the details of pub He exorcisbh and It Is understood that Pwn will be pursued In this Instance and that later In the session some pub lie man of distinction will be Invited clslncton wJ to deliver a eulogy In the Capitol OPENING DAY IN HOUSE I The uroffranime 1 for the opening day follow In the house tomorrow although It will I folow rigidly routine precedents will toutnc b wi uo Inter 1 Interesting lng and to a certain extent PirtUrcsqU J < i Admission to the galleries iii wiiI be by card thcsalcrcH Cltd of which two have utql m issued 16 each member and they 210 doubt mercr wilt be crowded to their fullest nr rulest Carl 1lt The dcskis I csl of the popular niembrs wI be laden with populnI flowers I 1lfl5Lthrlc of the 1owers House will call the llcmbr tu otder and after cul b ti i lr utcr prnyer by Itle chnpllln the roil will bc called by HBNDE11SON WILL BE ELECTED The LECTlD Sjfilor will be form 1 formally elected inj i r c v ° lJ lo the chair by al n commit c GCI l dlrson whose reelection 5cJHPHJCiT recKvyUIlhcn d Vr CI thtTn ° U c after which Mr Blng mot I cnhn Iann Father the thOU i oitKst a titUlar honor bcstowi upon I UC t member In point of contlnu J contnu PrvIcoj WJII administer tf 1 the oath tlI I jft h Speaker in turn will ad fnh tcrhC oath to the membcrseloct uIl 1 holr oilers of the House who were by the 04n Republican U caucus j J I thrn i w reelected un l sworn In To 1N1Oit PKBJ3ID13NT 1 11 ln thin resolution wlll thil Olut rIH 10 Otb wi nl iLii lo tO I the 11 alomt committees to inn in-n Prlutdenl < And the Scnat that r Uv hl lertcil I cm Heiitleron Itou und Mr McDo J cleric By nl lllll Sffnlcpr Uendpruoii I will then It a toininlttic of 81 eOtllltce tlueo to Join aIr a-Ir tn I f onynluc from the Senate Lot Lo-t to t hrv Jc ldr > nt thaC a quorum of C r hOJf hits assembled und that tc unc thut s IH lor lthdy to rpwlx any com 1 IIltol h4 mny have lo mal 5UlUtIJfl4 t to ilot teniporarlly the mornrl o n d II K of h ni > laJt l House and to llx the 11 lr 1 I hOl af nieettzig nlto I will precede or he 1 1Wll h1nIflg the Lii I IHluC day an fiTU IhuII n i r frO Iunt jf Ohl ° wjil probably I of t the m > ° unwroeiU t the House ath Riot v lltl of the lute President Mc = hY Cnti0fr ° r the resolutions vhlih orut nun IK HoW wil Itsolulou upon pending Inthc Senate lboking to commercial com-mercial agreements between the United States and other countries Senator Aldrlch will renew his effort to have these treaties which already have been reported from the Committee qn Foreign Relations referred to the Committee on Finance on the ground that they deal I with tariff questions The friends of treaties will oppose this demand and I j the j preliminary skirmish expected to ensue probably will serve to develop some Interesting features The early days of the session wlll he marked by the reorganization of the Senate committees so far as may be necessary and a caucus of the Republican a Repub-lican members will be held tomorrow for the purpose of considering this question and appointing a committee to suggest names for the vacancies The most important place to be tilled Is that o f chairman of Committee on Foreign Relations It is I generally conceded that Senator Cullom who is the senior Republican Re-publican member of that committee I will succeed to the chairmanship FLOOD OF BILLS I Wednesday and Thursday wlll be devoted de-voted to the Introduction of new bills In I the Senate and as usual there will be n flood of them Among the first bills of importance to be presented wi be the ship subsidy bill which will be Introduced by l Senator Frye and the Nlcaracuan canal bill which Senator Morgan will present Senator Fryc has not entirely completed his bill but he said today that It would be different In many details from the old bill of hist session that measure was framed by former Senator Edmunds Senator Frye himself is the author of the new bill Senator Morgans canal bill will be a duplicate of Representative Hepburns lepburs bill on the canal question Other early bills 1 of importance Will be one looking to the construction of a submarine cable from the western coast of Hawaii and another providing for the establishment establish-ment oCa new executive department to be known as the Department of Commerce Com-merce On Thursday the Senate will adjourn until the following Monday FORECAST OF THE HOUR On Tuesday that portion of the Presidents Pres-idents message referring to the death of Mr McKlnlcy probably will be re fcrr tQ zrrane a programme of eulogies I Iff a remarkable markable coincidence that Mr IvIcKin le y wu the chairman of the committee commit-tee which arranged the programme when President Garfield died Blaine pronounced the eulogyupon that occasion occa-sion Elihu B Washburn Elhu was chairman chair-man when Lincoln died and George Bancroft the historian was the orator After Tuesday the House probably will adjourn three days at a time until Congress Con-gress recesses for the Chrlstnfas boll days Speaker Henderson will occupy this time preparing his committee lists which will be announced m soon as the House convenes after the holidays Practically no business will be transacted trans-acted before the holidays |