New Ulm Review

First Week of Congress Promises Very Little in the Way of Legislation
House Has Appropriation Bills Ready and May Get to Work on One.
Feeling In the Senate That Only Supply Measures Should Be Passed.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. The opening week promises to see the house put its shoulder to the wheel of the regular appropriations bills. Chairman Cannon and the committee on appropriations were at work all last week and it is their earnest intention to pass two and possibly three of the bills before the Christmas holidays. The pension and legislative appropriation bills are about ready and work on one or the other of these will be begun in the house before the week closes. The pension bill, although it carries a larger amount of money than any of the other supply bills, is very brief and unless
Some Political Discussion
is precipitated, is not likely to consume much time in its consideration. Beyond these two bills nothing is in sight at present. It is, of course, not unlikely that the committee on rules will provide something for the house to do in case the committee on appropriations is not prepared to go ahead with either of these appropriation bills. The course of the legislation so far as the important measures on the calendar is concerned (like the Pacific railroad funding bill, etc.) will be determined entirely by the rules committee. But it is safe to assume that nothing will be allowed to block the appropriation bills as they are reported for action. They always have the right of way at the short session.