Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-28
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Captain y, S. N, President.
How 1t Was Received by Roth Houses and
The Audiences.

The Audiences.
Washington. March 2s.-Except or
the occasion of the inauguration of q
! President, no such crowds as surged
through the corridors and stormed the
| galleries for admission have been seen
at the capitol in quarter OF CEN
| fury.
Public interests in the findings OF the
| board of inquiry appointed to investl-
/ gate the disaster which sent one of
| Uncle Sans noblest vessels to the bot
tom of Havana harbor and sacrificed
| the lives of 260 brave American sailors.
| was at white heat.
At daylight people were already seek
| ing entrance to the capitol and hours
| before noon, when the houses convened.
| the marble stairways were choked
with surging, jostling people pressing
toward the galleries. Not an inch or
\ space remained in the public galleries
| at o'clock, though long lines OF peo-
| pie stretching down the stairways to
the lower corridors continued to press
! forward.
Within few minutes after the re-
served galleries We're thrown open. they
We're completely filled.
Admission to these galleries was
strictly by card.
Many distinguished personages and
many ladies' We're in the galleries. The
nam puEIth IKE u DtfnlNe with the
sound Of myriads of voices. on the
floor there was almost as much excite
ment as In the galleries, although the
full synopsis of the report, which was
printed by the Associated Press had
taken the keen edge off the anxiety
with which the members awaited the
reading of the official finding of the
board.
Upon the desk of late Representative
Simpkins of Massachusetts, who died
suddenly on Saturday night. a wreath
of Easter lilies interviewer with tulips,
crocus and lilies of the valley, cast an
air of sadness over the vast assem-
blage.
IN THE HOUSE.
At exactly ~ o'clock the Speaker
called the House to order Amid the
impressive silence that followed the
blind chaplain delivered a solemn
prayer, which rang through the hall
like n warning. He referred to the
storm clouds that hung above the coun,
try threatening to break at any time
He prayed to God to interpose His pow
err that this cloud that might pass away
leaving us in peace and tranquility.
And yet If war must come" he
prayed, "in vindication of truth and
justice, mercy and right, help us to be
prepared with brain, heart and Drawn
to meet it. To this end be with the
dnt HIS ana All Ofll-
cially connected with the affairs of
state"
There were no prelimnaries. While
the journal was being read, Chief
Executive Clerk Pruden appeared with
the message which was announced as
soon as the reading of the journal was
concluded.
The thronged galleries were hushed
as the clerk carried the document down
the main aisle and placed 1t on the
Speakers table. Speaker Reed himself
broke the large red seal of the envelope
and handed 1t to the clerk at the same
time announcing In clear distinct
voice; "A message from the President
of the United States"
No presidential message was ever lis
tened to with such breathless interest
Members sat with intense faces strain
ing to catch every word.
When the reading of the message was
concluded wave of applause swept
over the noor and galleries. The
Speaker Immediately announced the
reference of the message to the COM
mittee on foreign relations, undre the
rules.
Mr.. Bailey. the Democratic leader,
arose and said he understood the mes
sage would take that course without
debate under the rules, but asked II
the report of the board of inquiry had
not accompanied the message.
The Speaker replied that foot note
to the message contained the Informal
ton that the testimony had been trans
mitted to the Senate.
Would 1t be In ourpoweito ask unan-
imous consent to set apart Wednes-
sage" asked Mr.. Mcmillan Dem.
TENN
"The chair thinks not" replied the
Speaker.
Meantime Mr.. Walker (Rep., .Mass,,)
N lie nd rtrlN.
he announced the death OF his col |
league. Representative Simpkins. The |
usual resolutions We're adopted and the |
speaker appointed the following COM !
mittee to attend the funeral: Messrs. |
Gillette, Mccall. Moody and Lowering |
OF Illinois. Littaur of New York, New |
lands of Nevada, and Berry of Ken
lucky.
Then at 1918 pm, the House MS n fur
ther mark of respect adjourned.
IN THE SENATE.
by o'clock the people We're waiting
outside the Senate wing, and when the
doors to the Senate galleries Were
opened at o'clock the rush for seats
began.
Within an hour every available inch
in the Senate public galleries was occu-
pied and all the Senate galleries were
packed to the doors by II o'clock
In the diplomatic gallery We're Mr. |
Abner Mckinley, the Presidents broth
er, and Mrs. Captain Sigsbee. The at
tendance of senators was unusually
large.
II was quite evident that the indl-
vldual members of the body, DESPITE the
iignified reserve in which many of them
were wrapped, were quite as deenly in
ierested In the proceedings as was the
general public. Every senator at the
capital was in his seat when the Eavel
Of the vice president fell.
At 1901 Executive Clerk Pruden
to the Senate the Presl-
dents message. transmitting the long
and much desired report of the court
IF inquiry.
As Major Pruden was recognized by
The vice president there was a hush in
the chamber. a majority OF the specta-
tors expecting that the message and
full report would be read to the Senate
Routine business, however, was taken
up for time.
At 12:lS pm. Mr.. Morgan Ala), re-
demanded the reading OF the presi-
Tents message.
Instantly there was n hush in the
Vice President Hobart at
ince laid the message before the Sem
ate and its reading was hpgun The
'losest attention was given 10 the read
ng OF the message by every person
within hearing.
Around the inner semi-clrole walls of
he chamber, many Of those entitled TO
he floor stood two score of members
If the House.