The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-08
In Memory of Senator Stanford
the Senate Adjourns.
In the House Three Hundred and Thirty
six Members Responded to- Their
Nsmes-Crisp Elected Speaker-The
Presidents Message to DO Sent In to
Both Houses To-day.

IOrQ. Mr. Truuen, one OF the eroS1-
dents secretaries, was about to enter
his carriage with the message when the
announcement that Senate had aa-
journed was received. Consequently
the transmission Of the message was
withheld till to morrow.
The Senate assem- bled at noon in
obedience to the Presidents proclama-
ton and spent just half an hour in SEES
Mr.. Colquitt was wheeled into the
chamber but before he could be gotten
to his chair the Vice Presidents gavel
fell, hush came suddenly on the talk
and confusion, and the chaplain of the
Senate. Rev. Mr.. Butler, opened the
session with prayer.
The Vice. President then directed the
secretary to read the proclamation of
the President converting Congress in ey-
rraordinary session, and the document
was read by Mr.. McCook. the out going
secretary.
The Vice President laid before the
Senate a comm unication from Mr.. Beck.
with, of Wymoning, stating that, owing
to com bination of circumstances over
which he had no control, he had been
obliged to hand in his resignation to
Governor Osborne, of Wyoming, Of his
appointment as United States Senator.
The communication was placed on file.
On the suggestion of MIR. German the
oath of Office was administered to the
new secretary of the Senate, Mr.. Cox,
who was escorted to the desk by the
retiring secretary, Mr. McCook.
Resolutions were then offered, and
agreed to. to inform the House OF Re-
representatives. that L quorum of the
Senate had assembled and was ready to
proceed to business and to notify the
Honse and the President of the election
of Mr.. Cox as secretary of the Senate
Mr.. White, of California, then rose
and said that it was his painful duty to
announce the death of his late colleague
Mr.. Stanford He should, at date to
be fixed hereafter. request the Senate
te set apart day for such remarks in
regard to Mr.. Stanford's memory as
mark Of respect AMI would content
himself now with moving, as mark of
respect, that Senate adjourn. The mo-
ton was agreed to, and the Senate at
1910 adjourned till to morrow.
At quarter before twelve, the floor
Of the House was partly cleared of per-
sons not entitled to be present duii1 ~
the session. But the noise and con-
fusion did not cease either on the floor
or in the galleries until at the stroke of
noon. AS the flag over the south wing
of the Capitol was hoisted, clerk Kerr
called the members to order. The ex.
traordinary session of the Fifty-tnir
Congress began.
When order had been restored, Clerk
Kerr, in clear, ringing voice, read the
Presidents proclamation summoning
Congress to convene in extra session on
August Z, 1893.
Mr.. Kerr then proceeded to call the
list of Representatives elect to the
Fifty third Congress.
When the clerk had read the names of
the mbers-elect from Michigan he
said: 1.-The clerk begs leave to state in
reference to the certificate of election
from the Fifth Congressional district of
Michigan that on December %, 1892,
there was filed in his Office certificate
of election to the House of Representa-
tives from that district in due and au-
thorized form, showing the election of
Hon. Geo. f. Richardson as q Repre-
sentative to the Fifty-third Congress OF
the United States, and the name of the
said Geo. Il. Richardson was, by the
clerk of the House of Representatives,
duly placed upon the roll of Representa-
tives. elect.
EXACTLY similar certificates in every
respect, certified to by the same State
officers, were filed at other dates as late
as April 3, showing the ele cton OF Rep.
resentatives to Congress from all the
other districts OF Michigan, and similar
action was taken in each case. On Feb
ruary 20, there was delivered to the
clerk an alleged certificate of election,
9JOnnH VI n
GERS, required by law to certify to the
election Of mem bers Of Congress, having
been changed in the interim), which
said certificate claimed to show the
election of Hon. Charles e. Belknap
from the Fifth Congressional district of
Michigan, as Representative to the
Fifty third Congress-.
THE clerk refused to strike off the
roll the name Of George F. Richardson
as mem Der. elect from this district.
having already exercised the authority
given to him by law. The matter, u.s.
therefore, submitted to the House
which. when organized, is, under the
constitution and the law, judge OF the
election returns and qualification of It's
new members
Three hundred and thirty six men,
bers having responded to their names,
the clerk announced that there was
more than quorum present and that
tho first business in order was the cleo.
ton of a Speaker. Holman (DemocraU,
as chairman of the Dem ocratic caucus,
rose and said that he had the honor to
put in nomination for that high Office
the Hon. james" +. Crisp, of Georgia
The laughter caused by this slip of tho
tongue hardly abated before it was
renewed when the clerk foil ip,o tho
same error and announced that James"