The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-07

THE USUAL ROUTINE.
Rule for Three-Day Adjourn
fnentS Vacated by
the House.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-The attend
ance upon the session of the senate to-
day, both on the floor and in the gal
leries, was notably large despite of the
wellunderstood fact that little bust
ness beyond the presentation of the
presidents message and the proceed
ings incident thereto would be trans
acted. Prior to the conVening of the
senate the members passed half an
hour in exchanging greetings. Mr..
Hanna, of Ohio, who has been i'll for
a week, was given cordial reception
by his Republican colleagues. Mr.. VOL
colt, of Colorado, one of the members
of the international monetary commits
sion, was also given a warm greeting.
DR.. w. Godfrey Hunter, of Kentucky,
the recently appointed minister to
Guatemala, was an interested specta-
tor of the proceedings from a seat be-
side his friend, Senator Deboe. Charles
Page Bryan, the new United States
minister to China, was a notable figure
in the reserved gallery, and in the dip
lomatic gallery were several members
of the Chinese legation and other mem
bers of the diplomatic corps. When
the senate convened after the recess,
Hon. H. D. S. Money, the new senator
from Mississippi, entered the chamber,
but the oath of office was not admin
1stered to him during the session. The
reception and reading of the presidents
message was the only feature of the
day.
The senate chamber was a veritable
conservatory. The floral display was
unusually rich and beautiful, and the
odor of flowers was, heavy in the hall.
The Republican members were partic-
ularly we'll remembered with floral
presents. One of the most notable of
the offerings, both for size and beauty,
was that presented to Mr.. Foraker, of
Ohio, a magnificent tree of American
Beauty roses set in a stand of ever
green's and ferns, from the senator's
Republican friends of Columbus, O."
Among the senators who received flow
ers were Mr.. Butler On. Co. a horse
shoe of roses; Mr.. Hansbrough On. D.,
a basket of roses and lilies; Mr.. De-
Doe Ky.), roses; Mr.. Allison Qo.),
roses; Mr. Cannon Otah), a bunch of
handsome roses; Mr.. Smith On. J),
American Beauty roses and chrysan-
themums tied with pink silk ribbons;
Mr. McEnery Na), a handsome cres-
cent of pink roses; Mr.. Shoup Qdaho),
basket of fruits and flowers; Mr. Per-
kins (Cal), miniature birch bark ca
noe filed with carnations and a basket
of roses and chrysanthemums; Nh
Proctor (Vt), punches of roses; Mr..
Hawley Comm, roses; Mr.. Nelson
(Minn.), chrysanthemums and roses;
Mr.. Thurston (Neb), handsome jar of
roses and ferns; Mr. Mallory (Fla),
a stand of American Beauty and Bride
roses.
Precisely at II o'clock the gavel of
Vice President Hobart fell and the
senate was called to order. The invo-
cation was delivered by Rev. w. H.
Milburn, the blind chaplain. He made
a beautiful and touching reference to
"our beloved president" who awaited
news from the bedside of the mother
to whom he is devoted and prayed
that she might have a peaceful pas
sage to the celestial shore. Seventy
seven senators responded to their
names at roll call. The venerable Mr..
Morrill,, of Vermont, was first recog-
niZed by the vice president. He offer
ed a resolution, which was passed in
the usual form, that the secretary in
form the house that the senate was
in session and ready to proceed to busi-
ness. Mr.. Allison Qo) presented
resolution that a committee of two
senators be appointed to join a like
committee from the house to inform
the president that congress was in ses-
sion and prepared to receive any COM
munication which he might desire to
make to it. The resolution passed and
the vice president named Senators AL
lison and German (Md.) as the senate
committee. BY resolution of Mr.. Gun
lom Qll) the time of daily meeting
of the senate was fixed at 12 o'clock
noon. On motion of Mr.. Hale (Me) a
recess was then taken until o'clock.
At 1:30 the senate reconvened and
the committee consisting of Mr.. Allison
and Mr.. German reported that the
president had informed the committee
that he would Immediately communi-
cate with congress in w.1ting and he
expressed the hope that the delibera-
tions of congress might result in great
good to the country and reflect honor
upon itself.
The presidents message was present
ed by Mr.. Pruden the presidents as
sistant secretary, and was at 1:35 laid
before the senate and read. Senators
gave the closest attention to the read
ing of the message, majority of them
followed it from printed copies with
which they had been supplied. That
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