The age-herald., 1900-12-04
OPENING NOT EXCITING Both Houses Adjourn Through
 Respect for the Dead NEW MEMBERS WERE SWORN Ia Reading of the Presidents Message Re- quired One Hour and Fifty
 Minutes-Jones and Hanna
 Have Cordial Meeting.
NEW MEMBERS WERE SWORN Ig

Washington, December 3.-The opening of the session of the House was brilliant, but not exciting. There were the usual throngs in the galleries and the usual dis play of floral pieces on the floor, but the proceedings were purely formal, consisting of the rapping to order by the Speaker prayer by the chaplain, the roll call of members, the appointment of the formal committees to wait on the President and the reception and reading of the Prest- dents message.
 The deaths of late members of Congress were announced and the House then ad- journed until tomorrow.
 The floral pieces were of infinite variety Roses, carnations and chrysanthemums of every hue were made into every conceivable design. The great proportion of the f1ow- CTS were on the Republican side and one could mark the geographical limits of the Vlctorlous party in the recent campaign by the lowered area. Here and there how. ever, an admiring constituent had depoS- tied ouch of flowers on a desk on the Democratic side,
 ''The House will be in order" said Speak, CT Henderson, and then the blind chaplain delivered a prayer referring feelingly to the two dead members.
 The Speaker then directed the clerk to call the roll, and after this had been done
 
 to their names, a quorum, and the house was ready for business. The following members-elect were then sworn in:
 Albert D. Shaw of New York, Allen r. McDermott of New Jersey, Walter o. Hof- fecker of Delaware, Edward de " Morell of Pennsylvania, William Richardson, who succeeds Gen. Joseph Wheeler, of Alabama, " H. Jackson of Maryland, Samuel D. Woods of California
 Bailey Raises a Point.
 MT. Bailey of Texas questioned the form of the resignation of Representative DollI- yer. He said he doubted the right of a member to resign at a future fixed date He said he would not raise the point form- ally, but merely called attention to it so in future 1t could not be used as a prece- dent. MT. Delivers resignation, he said, had been rendered to take effect on Decem- Der l, so that MT. Connor had been elected to fill a vacancy which did not exist at the time of the election. He cited a court de- cision to show that a resignation to take effect at future date was not as a resig- nation in fact, but simply a notification of resignation to be made in the future. MH Bailey said he ddd not desire to press the matter, but desired the protest to be fled
 The Speaker stated that inasmuch as ob- jection had been made, MT. Connor would step aside until the protest had been dis- posed of. The Speaker announced the ap- pointment of MT Babcock of Wisconsin on the committee ways and means to suc- ceed Mir Deliver.
 Messrs. Payne (Rep) of New York; Gros- Venor (Rep.) of Ohio and Richardson (Dem.) of Tennessee were appointed to join the committee of the Senate to notify the Presi- dent that Congress was in session. The clerk was also directed by resolution to notify the Senate that the House was ready to do business.
 After the adoption of these resolutions the House at l o'clock took a recess until 2 o'clock, when the Presidents message was read, which occupied two hours and ten minutes.
 The death of the late Representative Hof- fecker of Delaware, the late Representative Daly of New Jersey, the late Senator Gear of Iowa and the late Senator Davis of Min nesota were then announced and after the adoption of resolutions of regret, the House, as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, at 4:20 p. m-, adjourned.