Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-03
CONGRESS- AGAIN.
The Sc econG Session of the Fifty
 Sixth Congress Now Open.
RESOLUTION ABOUT KRUGER.

ABOUT KRUGER. Representative Fitzgerald Presented a Paper Early in the Session-Prayer l Was Offered By the Blind Chaplain | -The Presidents Message Laid Be ! Fore the Members, Washington, Dec 3.-The two houses | of congress were called to order for the second session of the fifty-sixth | congress at noon today There was unusual activity for so early in he session by members on both sides of the capitol. Speaker Henderson ar rived at his private office at 11:1o and soon was surrounded by members dis cuSsing the program of business. On the senate side there was less evidence of activity. President pro tenn, Mir Fry. was at his office early conferring with the senators and by 11:30 the floor of the senate began to show signs Of the activity preceding actual business. President Fry appointed MesSrs Hoar and Cockrell a committee to wait on the president and inform him that the senate was ready to receive any com mUnicatiGn he desired to send in.
 Aside from the sadness caused by the passing away of dear friends, per sonal as well as official, the opening of the senate was notably brilliant. As the hands of the clock on the speakers desk pointed to noon. Speaker Hender- son of the house entered the hall from the rear lobby and ascending the roS- trum he called the house to order. The members arose in their places and -D1 heads while the blind chaplain raised his hands in prayer The speaker ap- pointed Messrs Payne of New York. Grosvenor of Ohio and Richardson of Tennessee as a committee to join with the committee of the senate and notl- fy the president that congress was ready for any communication. The house then took recess until ? o'clock. Washington. Dec 3-A resolution was introduced in behalf of eX-Presl- dent Kruger in the house to-day by Representative Fitzgerald of Massa- chusettS. It reciteS "Whereas the he roic struggle made by the Boer repub- lie to maintain their existence has eN- cited the sympathy of the world. there fore be it resolved that the efforts of Paul Kruger to obtain the assistance of the civilized nations of the world in securing peace and proper terms Of settlement between Great Britain and the Boer republic. is deserving of the praise and sympathy of the American people,"
 Washington. Dec 3.-When the gavel of President pro tem Fry fell at 12 o'clock today the buzz of conyersa- tion in the packed galleries ceased and the senators rose to their feet, while the venerable blind chaplain Alilburn. invoked the divine blessing upon the session just opened and in touching language referred to the deaths of Sen- ators Geer and Davis. The call of the roll showed siXty-one senators pres ent and the senate proceeded to rou tine business.
 After an adjournment of One-hal1 hour the senate reassembled at 4. and a few minutes later Major Pruden one of the presidents secretaries, ap peared with the presidents message Secretary Bennett. of the senate, a once began reading the document which is as follows:
 I-o the Senate and House of Represents
 lives:
 At tllo outgoing of the old and the in coming of the new century you begin tn last session of the Fifty-sixth Congres with evidences Oil every hand of ind vidual and national prosperity and wit proof Of the growing strength and II creas:ng power for good of Republica institutions. Your countrymen will joi with yon in fciicitation that America liberty is more firmly established tha ever before. and that love for it and tn determination to preserve it are more un vcrsal than at any former period of ou history.
 The Republic was never so strong, b cause never so strongly intrenched ill tt hearts of the people as now. The Col stitution. with few amendments, exists it left the hands of it's authors. The a' dicions which have been made to 1t pr claim larger freedom and more eXtende citizenship. Popular government h. tlcinonstra ted in its hundred an fwcuty-four years Of trial here it's st biIity and security. and it's efficiency ; the best instrument of national develo Ynent and the best safeguard to huma rights.
 When the Sixth Congress assembled
 November, 1860. the population of u United States was 5,30S.4S3. It is no IG.3U!, IJo. l hen we sad SlAteen Slate Now we have forty-fve. Then our te litory consisted of 909,050 square mile It is now 3,S46, ,J9o square miles, Ed cation, religion, and morality have Ike
 pace with our advancement in other ( lections. and while extending its pow
 the Government has adhered to it's fou
 dation principles and abated none
 them in dealing with our new peopi and possessions. nation so presery'
 and blessed gives reyerent thanks
 God and iiyokes His guidance and t
 continuance of His care and favor.
 h our foreign intercourse the domina
 question has been the treatment of u
 Chinese problem. Apart from this O
 relations with the powers have been ha
 py.
 The recent troubles in China spril
 from the antiforeign agitation which
 the past three years has gained streng
 in the northern provinces. Their orig
 lies deep in the character of the Chine
 race and in the traditionS of their Go
 ernment The Taiping rebellion and [
 opening of the Chinese ports to forei
 trade and settlement disturbed alike t
 honlogeneity and the seclusion of Chins