Delaware gazette and state journal., 1895-12-05
AGAIN COMES CONGRESS
Senate and House Of Representatives
Convene at Noon Monday.
/, SENATORS EXCHANGE GREETINGS
The Usual Decorum of That
Body Observed.
CROWDS VIEW THE OPENING, SCENES


ofrsrings-yi Stevenson Calls
the Senate to order--Opening scenes in
Both branches.
Washington, Dec 2.--.The American
Congress is again In session. Promptly
lat noon to-day the Senate and House
were called to order in their respective
chambers amid the scenes Of animation
and excitement marking the opening
OF a Congress.
Tho Senate was called to order by
Vice President Stevenson The de-
corum of the upper branch of Con-
gress Is seldom disturbed, even by the
opening OF Congress, and to-day with
crowded galleries and general air Of
expectancy there was the same even
and unrufiied procedure which charac-
terizes the Senate. All of the gal
leries, public aud private, except that
reserved for the diplomatic corps, were
filled to oyorhowing by IL O'Clock and
the outer corridors were crowded with
those unable to gain admission.
Mr.. Jones Of Arkansas, and Mr..
Teller of Colorado, were among the
by tho venerable Senator Hoar and his
Massachusetts colleague, MIR. Lodge.
Mr.. Petfcr and Mr.. Allen showed
special attention to the acquisitions to
the Populist Senatorial ranks.
There Vas special interest in the
many new faces Mr.. Martin of Vir-
ginia was introduced to his associates
by Mr.. Daniel. Mr.. Sherman crossed
the chamber and greeted his Ohio asso-
ciate, Mr.. Brice, VINO was in q group
with Messrs. German, Cockrell and
Harris
Tho floral offerings were unusually
abundant many of the desks being lit
orally buried beneath their weight of
roses, and chrysanthemuma. The desk
OF Mr.. Shoup Of Idaho, held fruit as
we'll as flowers.
The two New Jersey Senators, Mr..
Smith on the right and Mr.. Sewell on
the left were entrenched behind enor.
nous banks of American beauty roses,
rising feet from the floor. Other SEN
ators remembered with baskets and
bunches Of flowers were Allison, Baker,
Cullom, Faulkner, Gallinger, Hans
brough, Harris. Jones Of Arkansas,
Lodge, Mcbride, Mantle, Martin,
Mitchell Of Oregon, Proctor, Quay and
Roach.
Exactly at 12 o'clock tho Vice.
President ascendcd to the presiding
officers chair, rapping once, called the
Senate to order
The first business transacted was the
swearing in Of new Senators, and Of
those reelected.
IN THE HOUSE.
The fty-fourth House Of Repre-
sentative was called to order at noon
to day.
privilege of the floor reluctantly re-
+. tired and sought at the thronged doors
IS Ls.. 10 -,
glimpse of the proceedings below.
The eagle mounted mace, the emblem
OF the Houses authority, was placed
on its pedestal, the flag above the
House was run up and Hon. James
Kerr, the clerk of the last body, called
the House to order.
A hush Immediately fell upon the as
sembly and the Rev. Bagby of this
city, the chaplain of the House, offered
the invocation.
Under the direction OF Mr.. Kerr, the
roll Of the members elected to the
Fifty-fourth House was called.
At the conclusion of the roll-call Mr..
Kerr announced that BAL of the 356
members of the House were present.
Thomas Brackett Reed of Maine, r. +,
Charles f. Crisp of Georgia, D., John
@. Bell of Colorado, p, were placed in
nomination for Speaker.
The result OF the vote was: Reed,
324; Crisp, 95: Bell, 6; Culberson
OF Texas, /. The latter vote was cast
by Crane of Texas.
Mr.. Kerr's announcement of Mr..
Reeds election was greeted with a
thunder Of applause.
The other Republican caucus officers
were then elected.
Washington, Dec. 3.-The Senate
galleries were again we'll filled to-day,
but there was not the struggle fol
place incident to the opening. The
floral offerings continued to come in.
Mr.. Burrows being remembered with
a.great cluster OF yellow chrysanthe.
NUNS and Mr.. Call with a large stand
ing wreath Of pink and red roses.
AS soon as the formal proceedings
were over, Mr.. Villas and Mr.. Allison,
the committee appointed TO wait or
the President, stepped together into
the middle aisle. where Mr.. Villas ad
dressed the presiding officer and said
1.-THE President desires US TO convey
his respectful salutations to the houset
of Congress and to say that he will
Immediately communicate his views ir
writing to Congress.
Then Mr.. Pruden, the executive
clerk, stepped forward with the mes
sage in hand and made the forma
transfer of it TO the Senate. The clerl
OF the Senate, Mr. Cox, at once begar
reading the document. The Senators
showed marked attention and interes
during the reading of the message
IN THE HOUSE.
The excitement and confusion attend
ing the opening session of the HOUSE
yesterday had almost entirely vanished
when that body met at noon to-day
The crowds in the galleries had thinnet
out, the flowers had disappeared mem
bers lolled and chatted easily in theii
revolving chairs and the House as
sumed something like a normal ap
pearance.
The Rev. H. N. Ceudon, tho new
chaplain Of the House, delivered tn,
invocation after Speaker Reed hat
raped the members to order. He is ;
Uniyersalist minister from Port Huron,
Mich. He is tall and gaunt and thu
tones Of his Deep toned voice arc clea
and pleading. Like the present SarBt,
chaplain, who for so many years
looked after the spiritual welfare Of tn,
House, the Rev. Mr.. Coudon is total,
blind.
At tho conclusion of tho reading o
the journal, Mr.. Payne, H., New York
chairman Of the committee appointed Il
wait upon tho President, reported tina
Mr.. Cleveland had sent his respectful
Hrlutations 10 Congress- and would com
municato in writing.
Immediately thereafter Mr.. Pruden
the President'a executive clerk, ap
pearel with thu maasaon vhinh m