Daily Republican., 1879-12-02
THE FORTY.sIxTH CONGRESS-
The Opening OF tbe Eesss.a Yes.
terday- Heading ofthe Message
Senator ChandIer's Death An.
nOunced.

the ODeUfmx OF tD6 HeaBbta Yes
terday- Beading Oflhe Message
Senator ChandIer's Death An.
nOanced.
The Senate was called to order at IL
o'clock by Vice President Wheeler, and
prayer WAS offered by the Chaplain.
who made special sllusion to the death
Of one Senator aud the severe domestic
affection OF another since the close Of
the last session.
On motion Of Mr.. Thurman, of Ohio,
the Secretary was directed to inform
the house that the Senate was in ses
sion, and on motion OF Mr.. Bayard, OF
Delaware, Messrs. Bayard and Anthony
OF Rhode Island, were appointed com
mittes, to join similar committee on
the part OF the House, to walt Oh the
President Of the United States and in
form him that both houses Of Congress
were in session, and ready to receive
any communication he might chOuse to
make.
On motion of Mr.. Wallace, of Penn
sylvania, IL o'clock was fixed as the
hour of daily meeting.
At Las p. NJ. the Senate Committee
to wait on the President reported that
they had done so, aud had been inform
I'd that the President would at once
communicate to Congress a Message in
writing.
Immediately after ths committee had
reported, the Private Secretary Of the
President appeared and announced that
he had been directed TO deliver to the
Senate a Message from the President.
The Message was thereupon received
and submitted by the Vics-President.
The Clerk then began to read the Mes
sage. The reading was concluded at
$40 p. N.
SENATOR CHANDLER's DEATH.
Mr.. Ferry, of Michigan, then rose and
said that the sOrrOwful official duty de.
volved upon him Of announcing to the
Senate the death Of his late colleague,
Zachariah Chandler. II was not his
present purpose to speak Of the char.
acter and SERVICES of one so long and SC
notably member Of this body, but al
some suitable time he would invite the
Senate to express, by resolution and by
sulogy, Its sense of the irreparable loss
the nation had sustained in the death
of SO distinguished citizen. As
mark of respect to q Senator present al
the last adjournment and absent now
forevermore, he moved that the Senate
adjourn.
The motion was agreed to and at 3.l5
p. m., the Senate adjourned until IL
O'Clock to-day.
HOUSE.
Long before the hour appointed for
the meeting, the galleries of the House
were filed with interested spectators,
while on the floor the scenes Incl.
dent to the first day Of session
were being enacted until Speaker Ran
dali, assembled to his desk which was
adorned with handsome basket o.
flowers, and called the House to order.
Prayer was offered by the Chaplain,
the Rev. DR.. Harrison, who returned
thanks that the members of the House
had again been permitted to assemble
together.
The speaker then directed the Clerk
TO call the roll, when 232 members re-
sponded to their names, there being
SIS absentees.
The speaker laid before the house
the certificates of election of Horace
Davis. H. +. Page, c. P. Berry, and
Romualdo Pacheco, Of California, Will
liam G. Thompson, Of Iowa, and Of
Waldo Hutchins of New York, who all
took the iron clad oath as members of
the House,
At1.5O p. NJ. the Presidents annual
message was read by the clerk.
The reading consumed an hour and
half, and then, on motion OF Mr.. F.
Wood, the message and the accompany
ing documents we're referred to the
Committee of the Whole and ordered
to be printed.
Then House then, at $50, adjourned
until tomorrow.