The Van Buren press., 1893-08-12

Cna6. +. Cflep................ xl4
Thos. B. Reed............ .................l22
jerry simpson. ............................ 7
"Chas. +. Crisp, . representative
from Georgia, !" said the Clerk, .'has
received majority Of the votes given,
and he 10 duly elected Speaker Of the
House Of the Fifty-thlrd Congress.
The Clerk appointed Mr.. Holman of
Indiana, Mr.. Reed Of Maine and Mr..
Simpson Of Kansas to escort the
Spesker-elect to the chair.
There was . burst ofxpplause rs Mr..
Crisp appeared . few minutes later un-
der the escort Of the committee.
As he took the chair the speaker
said:
Observation-Disclosures grste-
ful for this mark Of confidence, shall
strive TO prove In some degree worthy
of 1t by an honest effort 70 discharge
the duties Of the ofilce with fidelity,
with courtesy and with the strictest
impartiality. (Applause.l ~ am now
really to take the 0ath Of ONCE"
Representative O'Neill Of Massa-
chusetts, the Father Of the House, ad-
ministered the oath to the speaker in
impressive tones.
"Before administering the oath to
members" )" said the Speaker, "prayer
will be offered by the Chaplain Of the
last House.
Prayer was theu offered BY Blind
Chaplain Milburn, now the Chaplain
Of the Henate.
At the conclusion Of the prayer the
oath Of Office was administered by the
Speaker to the member, tho roll Of
States being called for the purpose.
Mr.. Holman presented . resolution
providing for the election of officers Of
the House nominated by the Demo
cratic caucus Of last Saturday, A SUBJ
stitute by Mr.. Henderson substituting
the Republican nominees was rejected
and the democratic resolution adopted
The oath Of Office was then admin
istered by the Speaker to the following:
Clerk James Kerr, HeFgeant-at-Arms
II. Snow Of Illinois, Door-keeper A. B.
Hur. OF Tennessee, Postmaster Lycur-
gus Dalton Of Indiana. Chaplain S. w.
Haddaway Of Maryland.
SENATE MEETS AND ADJoURNS.
The Senate was called to order at
noon. The Presidents proclamation,
cOnveniDg congress in an OK ira session
was read and the oath ofoffice admin
istered to Senators Quay of Pennsyl.
vania, and Pssco Of Florida. The
usual resolutions to notify the House
and the President were adopted. The
Serate then adjourned out Of respect
to the late Senator Stanford. This pre-
vented the reception of the Presidents
message until Tuesday.
On Tuesday the Presidents mes
sage was read in both houses
of Congress shortly before lo'clock
in.the afternoon. AS anticipated, it
is not q lengthy document and is
devoted entirely to the silver problem.
In discussing the legislation OF July
"A, 1890, known ~ the Sherman act,
the President says Il may be consider.
cd - truce after the long struggle
between silver and anti-sflvef advo.
Gates. Instead ofaiding the producsrs
Of silver by increasing the price. the
effect Of the law has been entirslv diE
feFeut, the price for silver bullion hsv-
Ing steadily declined almost from the
time the law was passed. Referring
70 the provision Of the law regarding
the redemption Of Treasury notes is-
sued against bullion purchases, the
President points out that the Treasur.
~ has been compelled to redeem them
In gold to prevent their depreciation
~ obligations payable in silver. This
policy, II 10 held, has mAde the deple-
ZION Of the gold supply easy and
tempted other nations to add It 10
their stock. Answering the claims OF
the silver men that silver should have
. larger place In the currency OF the
country and the currency Of the world
through general international cooper
alton, the President says that this
country csn never gain bearing In
hvor Of such IN Arrangement % long
- u 10 willing 70 continue the at,em pt
single-handed. Aftef touching on the
injurious effect OF present conditions
on the laboring clisses, aud the coun-