Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-12-05
The August Body Assemblies With
Decorous Quietude.
INSTALLATION OF NEW SENATORS.
Senator Hoar's Resolution on the New
States PrOvokes Few Rap
marks-Routine Busts
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transferred to the House side. Several
of the foreign delegates to the mari
time and Pan-American conferences
and a number of ladies occupied seats
In the diplomatic gallery. Sir Julian
Pauncefote, the British Minister, and
Admiral Kozenkoff, of the Russian
navy, were among those present.
Interest on The floor was devoted
largely to the Senators from the new
States. They had had seats assigned
to them on the Republican side of the
chamber. Senator Casey, of North Da-
kota, took his seat on the end of the
second row against the north wall.
Directly behind him sat the Washing
ton Senators, Allen and Squire, while
Pettigrew and Moody, of South Dakota,
were in the fourth row near the center
of the room. Senator Pierce, of North
Dakota, has the end seat in the
front row, but he was not present yes
tsrday.
On the Democratic side are two seats
so far unassigned. They will be Occu-
pied by the Senators from Montana
when they shall have been chosen.
Flowers adorned the desks of several
members.
At noon Vice-PresiGent Morton en-
tered the chamber and the chaplain,
Rev. J. G. Butler, opened the proceed
ings with an invocation for the divine
blessing.
The oath of Office was then admins
tered by the Vice President to Senator
Chandler, of New Hampshire, for his
new term. The credentials of Nathan
F. Dixon, SenatOr-elect, from the State
of Rhode Island, were presented and
read and the oath of office was admin
istered to him. The credentials of
Messrs. Moody and Pettigrew, Sena.
tOrs-elect from the new State of South
Dakota, were presented by Senators
Plattand SpOOner, and those of Messrs.
Allen and Squire, of Washington, were
presented by the Yice-President.
These several credentials having
been read, Mr.. Plat moved that the
oath of office be administered to the
four new Senators.
The motion was agreed to and the
four Senators, each of them escorted
by Senator, proceeded to the clerks
desk (amid some applause from the
galleries) and took the oath of Office.
Mr.. HOar offered a resolution provid-
ing mode for assigning the Senators
from the States of North Dakota,
South Dakota and Washington to their
respective classes lin relation to the
period at which their terms will expire),
and moved its reference to the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections.
He said that it had been the custom
of the Senate ever since the OrganiZa-
ton Of the Government to assign new
Senators to their respective classes as
soon as they had taken the oath, but
that now, for the first time, the Sem
atOrs from three States entered sub
stantially at the same time. His reSO-
luton, he said, proceeded on the theory
that the Senators from the three States
mentioned stood on an entire equality
with reference to their opportunity to
be assigned to the shorter or longer
term. The three States were all adj
mitted under the same act of Congress.
They were all admitted by virtue of pro-
ceedings that took place in them on the
same day. The fact that the proclama-
tons evidencing the admission of the
two DakOtaS preceding that of Wash
ingtOn by two days was due to the ac-
cident of the greater distance of the
latter so that the evidence of the pro-
ceedings had not reached the Depart
ment of State at the same time; this
gave to the two Dakotas no just title
to priority.
Mr.. Vest inquired whether there was
any thing in the resolution in reference
to Montana.
Mr.. HOar-NOthing. do not under
stand that the Senators from the State
of Montana are here, or are likely tObe
here very soon.
Mr.. KeSt-That is very true. Yet /
would suggest that the provision be
made for an event which is very sure
to happen, and which we know must
happen, in reference to a State that is
already member of the Union by the
Presidents proclamation. But of
course that matter can be considered
by the Committee on Privileges and
Elections.
Mr.. Hoar-The Senators from the
State of Montana Will lose nothing by
not being included in the resolution.
The resolution was then referred to
he Committee on Privileges and Elec-
ions.
Resolutions were offered and agreed
to fixing the daily hour of meeting at
noon, for the appointment of commit
zee of two to join like committee
rom the House to await upon the
PRESIDENT and inform him that Con-
TFess is ready to receive any c9mmHni-
alton he may choose to make lSen=
tors Edmunds and Harris being ap.
ard for the continuance OF
he select Committee on the Transport
Ition and Sale of Meat Products.
Mr.Aldrich offered a resolution, which
vas laid over, declaring the COMMITTEES
n Rules in the Senate and House a joint
elect committee to prepare and report
code of joint rules for conducting
BUSINESS on the part of the two houses.
Mr.. Aldrich also offered resolution,
Thich was also laid over, for the ap-
ointment of q select committee Of
inc Senators to be called the Quadro.
CENTENNIAL Committee, to which shall
Q transferred all matters connected
18th the proposed celebration Of, the
10Th anniversary Of the discovery OF