The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-05
IN THE SENATE.
But Little Business Other Than the Mes
sage.


Washington, Dec. 4.-The first ses-
sion of the Fifty-third Congress as
sembled at noon.
On many desks were floral tributes
from admirers of the respective oc-
cupants.
vice-President Stevenson had been
remembered with a large basket OF
roses. Bunches of roses lay on the
desks of Dolph and the doughty cham
pion of the white metal, Stewart, was
the recipient of basket of beautiful
Marechal Neils.
The galleries were filed and a touch
of color lent to the scene by the bright
winter toilets of the ladies present.
After the vice-presidents gavel fell,
the blind chaplain was led to the desk
and delivered an eloquent prayer.
The roll call showed fifty-six sena-
tors present After the passage of the
usual resolution notifying the House
of the meeting Of the Senate and the
appointment of a committee to join
like committee from the House to wait
on the president and notify him OF the
assembling Of Congress, and one nxlng
the time of the meeting at noon each
day, the Senate took recess of one
hour to enable the committee to wait
on the president
At the expiration of the recess the
Senate reconvened and a message was
received from the House of the ap-
pointment of a committee to wait on
the president.
Another recess of twenty minutes
was taken. On reassembling, the COM
mittee to wait on the president an
nounced the accomplishment of its
duty and that the president would at
once communicate with the Senate.
Secretary Pruden then stepped for
ward and delivered the message to the
vice-president, who laid it before the
Senate, and Secretary Cox at once be-
gan its reading.
All present, with a few exceptions.
gave close attention when the read
ing began.
Dolph gave attention to his old file
of bills for q few moments. but prick
ed up ears as the reading reached the
Hawaiian paragraph. There was a
general changing about in the seats
of the Senators when that portion of
the document dealing with Hawaii was
approached. Many Senators had, how
ever, anticipated the secretary's read
ing by turning in their printed copies.
After this there was an evident fall
ing off in the interest of the Senators,
but their attention briefly revived
when the paragraph concerning bonds
was reached.
When this had passed the Senators
gradually left their seats and drifted
into the cloak rooms, SO that by the
time the time the reading of two-thirds
had been concluded, only twenty-five
Senators were in the chamber, and the
majority of these were engaged in con-
versation among themselves.
The reading was concluded at 8,
having occupied one hour and half.
Dolph Immediately rose and said
there had been distributed in the Sen
ate printed copies of what purported
to be the message of the president, in
which, on page 8, he found a part of
the page devoted to Hawaii. He did
not hear that portion read from the
desk. He desired to know, and thought
the country did also, whether that
part was inadvertently Of purposely
omitted by the secretary, or whether
the copies which had been circulated
were not true copies of the message.
The vice-preSident responded, that
the portion Of the message relating to
Hawaii had been inadvertently omitted
by the secretary, and directed it be
read This was done, and Dolph gave
notice that he would, on tomorrow,
address the Senate on that part of the
message.
The message was ordered to lie on
Numerous petitions were presented
and many bills introduced and referr-
| ed.
A Joint resolution permitting Colonel
Arson Mills, U. S. A, to serve as en-
gineer on the commission to survey
! and fix the boundary between the
United States and Mexico was passed
| A message received from the House
ANNOUNCED the death of O'Neill and
Lilley, late representatives from Penn
| sylvania.
| Cameron offered a resolution expires
sive of the sorrow OF the Senate, and
committee was appointed to attend
the funeral.