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Show CONGRESS CONVENES Senatt Has No Definite Pre-gmmrn Pre-gmmrn Mapped Out. WILL 0ECIBE SM90T CASE Panama Canal Trt&ty Will ccupy Much Tim. Committee Is Expected to Report the Convention by the Middle of the "Week. Washington, Jan. 3, After a recess of more than two weeks the Senate will resume re-sume business tomorrow without any definite programme. Indeed, It may be stated the Senate has no programme for the entire s55k)n beyond" the passage of the appropriation bill, the conpldera-tlon conpldera-tlon of the Panama, canal treaty, the determination de-termination of Senator Smoot's case and the disposition of some other comparatively compara-tively unimportant matter?. One of the appropriations, namely, the pension bill, has reached the 8enate, and that has not yet been considered In commlttpe. It la probable, however, that It will' be reported at an early date. The Panama canal treaty Is also In committee, and it also probably will be reported to the Senate during the present week. ! SMOOT CASE. ! The Smoot case will be proceeded with by the Committee on Privileges, but the Indications are that some weeks will elapse before the question can be brought before the 8enate in regular order. Notwithstanding the fact thai the canal treaty Is not at present in the Senate, Sen-ate, there Is little doubt that the canal question will form the leading topic for discussion during the week. Senator Lodge will speak on this subject on Tuesday, and it Is quite certain he will be followed by other Senators, especially espe-cially by some who antagonize the attitude atti-tude of the Administration. WHAT LODGE WILL UPHOLD. Senator Lodge- will uphold In an elaborate elab-orate speech the right of the President to recognize the Independence of Panama Pan-ama at the time- and in the manner in which President Roosevelt gave them recognition. Senator McComas also has intimate his intention to discuss this subject. WILL REPORT TREATY, The committee is expected to report the canal treaty by the middle of the week, and It Is the intention of the friends of the Administration to press Its consideration as. rapidly as possible. With the treaty onco reported they will make an effort to confine the discussion to the executive- sessions -in the hope that by so doing they will shorten the consideration of the question. WOOD "NOMINATION. The Committee on Military Affairs probably will report the nomination of Gen, Leonard Wood to be Major-General at th first executive session. A meeting meet-ing of the' committee has been called for tomorrow, with the understanding that a vote on the nomination shall bo taken. There will be an effort to secure consideration con-sideration of this nomination as soon os possible. The nomination probably wili lead to much debate. HOUSE FORECAST- When the House reassembles tomorT row it will be confronted by an almoyt bare calendar. Only a few Items of legislation leg-islation have been reported by committees commit-tees and nil these are of comparative Insignificance. In-significance. It therefore will be necessary neces-sary for the house to wait for a fev days upon Its committees before beginning begin-ning the transaction of complete business. busi-ness. DISPOSITION OF MEMBERS. The disposition Is to take up no matters mat-ters of general Interest outside of appropriation ap-propriation bills, and there Is no appropriation ap-propriation measure In shape to be reported re-ported from committer, The legislative, legisla-tive, executive and judicial bill will he the first to receive attention, but there is no expectation that it will be reported from the Appropriation committee before be-fore Friday or Saturday. ACTIVITY IN COMMITTEE ROOMS In the, meantime the Houso will consider con-sider private pension bills and other questions of not much Importance, unless un-less some matter should be taken up for general discussion. The week, however, will be one of great activity In the committee com-mittee rooms. |