Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-02
THE LAST SITTING
OF CZAR REEDS GREAT BULLDOZING HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Flowers Decorate the Seats of the Leading Mem
bers, Including Those Of Congressman Wilson
and Atkinson, of West Virginia-Senator
Voorhees, Presented With a Vic!o-
riouS Floral ROoser.

WASHINGTON, December With the
exception of the few seats reserved eX-
cluSively Tor the members of the PreSi-
dents family, and for the diplomatic
corps. every available seat in the vast
galleries which surrounded the chamber
of the House, was occupied early in the
forenoon by spectators, TO witness the
proceedings at the opening OF the second
session of the Fifty-Second Congress.
There was standing room only 10 be-
lated arrivals. The Democrats were
especially Joyous and the Republicans
had TO put up with good deal of badg-
ering. \ bouquet of flowers adorned
the Speakers desk. On the DemOcrtic
side, Mr.. Kerr, of Pennsylvania,
Mr.. Holman, of Indiana, Mr.. Wilson, OF
West Virginia, Mr. Flower and
Mr.. VauX were the recipients of hand
some floral designs; and on the Republ-
can side MessrS. Flick, Harmar and
Atkinson, of West Virginia, were not
forgotten by their friends. At noon
Speaker Reed entered the hall and a
rap of his gavel instantly restored or
der. After prayer by the Chaplain the
Clerk proceeded to call the roll OF mem
berS by States. The roll call disclosed
the presence of POT members, and the
Clerk was directed 10 infornAhe Senate
that a quorum of the House had appear
ed and that the body was ready 10 pro-
ceed 10 business. On motion
of Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois, a
resolution was adopted for the
appointment of a committee to join Il
similar committee on the part OF the
Senete TO wait upon the President and
notify him that Congress was ready TO
receive any communication he may see
fit to transmit. The Speaker then
stated that there were various creden-
tialS upon his table, which he then pro-
ceeded TO present TO the House.
Credentials were then read as follows:
C. Is. Breckenridge, Second Arkansas
district; Willis Sweet, IdanO: c. w.
Stone, Twenty-Seventh Pennsylvania,
and Clarence ID. Smith. Wyoming.
These gentlemen then appeared at
the bar of the House and were duly
qualified. Breckenridge receiving Il
round of applause from his Democratic
friends,
John s. Pinder, from the Twenty
fourth New York district; +. L. Hayes.
from the Seventh Iowa district, and
Robert WhiteLaw, from the Fourteenth
Missouri district qualified as repreSen-
tatives, Notwithstanding the non-arriv-
al of their credentials.
The Speaker laid before the House
the credentials of David \. Harvey, as
delegate from the Territory of Okla
homa, and upon motion OF Mr.. Parkins,
of Kansas, the oath of office was ad-
miniStered TO him.
The House then took recess till
1880.
At the expiration of the recess the
Presidents message was received. and
it was Immediately read by the Clerk.
The reading of the document consumed
an hour and half, and at the conclu-
sion of the reading the Republicans
warmly applaudcd its sentiments. The
message will be found in another col
umn
On motion of Mr.. Mckinley. OF Ohio,
the message was referred TO the Com
mittee of the Whole.
At 3:05 the House adjourned.