The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-06
THE SENATE.
No Demonstration During Reading of the
Presidents Message.

Presidents Message.
When the Senate convened today to
begin the closing session of the 55th
congress. the chamber presented a not
able and beautiful appearance. By II
o'clock the public and private galleries
were filed almost to their capacitv
with distinguished assembIage. in
Guiding many ladies' in brilliant attire
On the floor of the Senate the display
of flowers was unusually beautiful
The memorable scenes enacted in the
chamber during the last session and
the momentoUs events that have oc-
CURED since congress last adjourned
created a feeling of intense expectancy
on the part of both the spectators and
the senators.
Through the courtesy of the vice
president, the memb ers Of the Joint
hlgh commission were admitted to the
floor of the senate and We're the re-
cipients of much attention. Just before
the session was called to order. several
well known members of the diplomatic
corps appeared in the diplomatic gal
lery. Among them were Sir Julian
Pauncefote, ambassador Of Great Brft-
am to the United States, and dean of
the corps, with a party from the R1-ft
ish embassy; Mr.. WI Ting Fang. the
Chinese minister, and party, and Mr.
fe PUN Chin, the Korean minister.
All were interested spectators of tha
opening scenes of the session and at
tent1ve listeners to the reading of the
presidents message.
Mr.. Morgan Of Alabama was the 6lst
senator to enter the chamber. and
closely following him came the octo-
genarian, Mr.. Morrill, Of Vermont. One
by one the members dropped into the
chamber, and the floor soon presented
scene as animated as that afforded bv
the galleries.
Above In the diplomatic gallery. inst
before the Senate ABGvened, appeared
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British am
bassador, and party; Whiting Fang.
the Chinese minister, and attaehe of his
legation, and some other members OF
the diplomatic corps.
On the floor were Lord Herschea.
the chief representative of Great
Britain on the joint high commission:
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Sir Richard Cart
wright. Sir Louis Davis and C. Charl-
ton all members of the commission.
Promptly on the stroke of u O'Clock
Vice-President Hobart entered and
raped for order. Rev. Mr.. AIiIIbtRrn
the venerable blind chaplain, returned
''devout and reverent thanks for Gods
goodness"
A call of the Senate developed tina
presence Of 81 members The usual
resolutions were offered and adopted.
Mr. Cullom of Illinois offered that to
appoint a committee to inform tina
House that the Senate was ready to
transact business; Mr.. Hale of Maine
that fixing the hour Of daily meeting
at IL o'clock noon
Mr.. Morrill, of Vermont and Mr..
CockrelI of Missouri were named by ths
vice-president to join q like committee
of the House Of Representatives to call
on the president
Mr.. Mcbride of Oregon presented thu
credentials of his newly elected COZ
league, Mr.. Simon, to whom the vice,
president administered the oath Oe
office,
Pending the receipt of the presidents
message, the Senate, on motion of Mr..
Allison of Iowa, took a recess of 80
minutes.
At 20 p. m. the committee appointed
to wait upon the president reported the
performance of its duty, and announced
that the president would Immediately
communicate With the Senate in
writing. Scarcely had the report been
made, when Maj Pruden, executive
clerk of the president. entered the
chamber and presented the message.
Vice. President Hobart laid it before
the Senate at once, and its reading was
begun.
The reading Of the message occupied
hours and is minutes. Many persons
remained in the galleries throughout
the reading, but, as is usual, little at
tention was given to the presentation
of the message. either in the galleries
or on the floor. After the first few
pages, many Of the senators, who had
been provided with printed copies of
the message, retired either to the cloak
rooms or to the committee rooms, to
read the document at leisure. Not tho
slightest demonstration occurred dur
ing the reading of the message.
At 8. as the senate adjourned.