Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-11
STATESMEN AT WORK.
SPECIAL SESSION OF CON-
GRESS NOW AT WORK.
Democrats Control the Whole Machine
for the First Time in Decades
Summary of Proceedings.

international Press Washington Specialist
The first Democrat congress that has
assembled under Democrat admins
tration since the anti-bellum days of
slavery met in extra session at the ma
tional capitol. The occasion was an
impressive one, recalling as it did the
political situation that has not existed
for over n third of a century and q deep
so.emnity was added TO the scene by a
general appreciation that the problem
to be met and solved is a graver one
than has agitated the pubic mind
since the political forums rang with
the discussion of the slavery question
in the dark days of the sos. An inteus-
lty of feeling unprecedented for de-
cades has suddenly sprung up over the
financial problem, but the bitter
ness of the situation is greatly re-
lieved by the reflection that now seems
TO be in every ones mind that while
the silver question may be to some eX-
tent IA sectional one, it is not a politi-
cal one, that parties are divided on it
and not by it, that it has its adherents
and its opponents in the Democrat and
the Republican ranks alike.
Short Senate session.
The Senate, on the first day of the
special session of the Ffly-third Con-
gress, was in session just half an hour.
There were rs Senators present. Vice
President Stevenson call for the Sen
ate to come 70 order was folio wed by
prayer by Rev. Butler. The Presi-
dents proclamation converting Con-
greSs in extra session was read; Sena-
tors Quay, of Pennsy lvania, and Pasco,
of Florida, reelected, took the oath of
office; the res ignation of Senator Beck
with, of Wyoming, was received; oath
of office was administered TO the new
secretary, Mr.. Cox. A committee was
appointed to notify the President that
the Senate was in session and ready to
receive any communication, but before
the committee returned a resolution
was agreed to to adjourn as mark of
respect To the memory of the late Sem
ator Leland Stanford, of California.
In the House.
Clerk Ker, of Pennsylvania, raped
for order and called the roll after
which he announced that the clection
of speaker was in order. Rep. Holman,
of Indiana, named Hon. Charles T.
Crisp, of Georgia, for the Democrats:
Rep. Henderson, of illinois, named
Hon. Thomas b. Reed, of Maine, for
the Republicans, and Rep. KEN, of
Nebraska, named Hon. jeremiah Simp-
son, of Kansas, for the Peoples Party.
| The roll ca Il showed 32l members, vot-
ing: Crisp, PA; Reed, 100; Simpson,
| Z. Messrs. Holman, Reed and
Simpson escorted Mr.. Crisp to the
chair and the oath was administered
by Rep. O'Nein, OF Massachusetts,.
Prayer 10y the blind chaplain Rev. Mil
| burn, now in the Senate, was followed
10y the administering of the oath of
Office 20 members of the House by
Speaker Crisp. Mr.. Burrows, of Mich
igan, protested against administering
the oath to Mr.. Richardson whose
name appeared upon the roll as repre-.
sentative of the Fifth district of Michi-
gan. After all the other members
present had been sworn in Mr.. OFFER
rail-. of Virginia, offered "A resolution
to the effect that Mr.. Richardson be
sworn in as representative from the
Fifth district of Michigan. Mr.. Bur
rows offered as n substitute a reSoiu-
ton to seat Charles +. Belknap on the
grounds that Mr.. Richardson's right TO
the seat had been controverted by the
Michigan supreme court and Mr. Bel
KNAPP had been given a certificate of
eIecJlOn Dy Ine SIdJe elecJlOn DOaru.
The case went over. House officers, all
Democrats, were elected as follows:
Clerk, James Ker, of Pennsylvania:
| sergeant at. arms, Herman Snow, of
Illinois; doorkeeper, A. Il. Hurt. Of
Tennessee; postmaster, Lycurgus Dali
ton, of Indiana; chaplain, $. w. Had
daway, of Maryland. a committee
was appointed To inform the President
that the house was ready to receive any
communication he might have to offer.
After the drawing of seats the House
adjourned as a mark of respect to the
memory of the late Representative
knochs, of Ohio.