The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-03
FIFTY-sEvENTH CONGRESS.
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were appointed committee to escort the
Speaker 10 the chair. AS General Hender-
son appeared two minutes later the arm
of MIR. Richardson. the Speaker was greeted
with great outburst of applause from both
sides of the House. Mr.. Richardson in
troduced him in half dozen words. The
Speaker addressed the House briefly, say
ing:
Gentlemen OF the House OF Representatives
This high honor which you have conferred on
me 1 profoundly appreciate. All the more do
appreciate II. coming as II does. with this gem
erous expression ffom both sides of the chamber.
There is yet left another method Tor presiding
officer to express his appreciation OF such an
honor: that is, by kindly firm and faithful ad-
mitistration OF the laws and the rules that gov
ern this body. II will be my aim TO dischar &c
impartialiy the duties of this Office. As 1 said
at the opening Of the last Congress. presiding
officer can successfully administer the duties OF
his office unless he has the support of the body
owe. which he pTesides. / asked for il then; you
gave II TO me throughout the entire Congress.
Permit ME once more to invoke that patience kind
and splendid support which accorded to me
in the last Congress.
The maker OF laws should not be breaker
Of laws We proceed under law and rules; and
the duties devolving upon each and all OF the
membership OF this mouse will be far better CON-
served if this principle is kept in mind and
acted upon.
Again. sincerely thanking you each and all. I
am ready TO take the prescribed oath Of office.
OATHS ADMINISTERED AND
OFFICERS OF HOUSE ELECTED.
The honor of administering the oath to
the Speaker fell to Mr.. Bingham of Penn
sylvania, the oldest member of the House
in point Of continuous service.
The Seaker then in turn administered the
oath to the members-elect. They came for
ward in State delegations as their names
We're called.
AT the conclusion of this ceremony. the
Speaker laid before the House the reSisna-
tion Of Nicholas Muller. as Representative
from the Seventh Congressional District OF
New York, to take effect December ].
Mr.. Cannon of Illinois then presented the
following resolution for the election Of Of
ficers of the House:
Resolved. That Alexander Mcdowell of Penn
syivania be and is hereby chosen clerk Of the
House OF Representatives: that Henry Casson OF
Wisconsin be and is hereby chosen sergeant-a:-
arms: that wm- J. Glenn Of New York be and
is hereby chosen doorkeeper; that Joseph Nc
Elroy OF Ohio be and hereby is chosen postmas-
ter. and that II. n. Couden Of Michigan be and
is hereby chosen chaplain.
Mr.. Hay Of Virginia, on behalf of the
minority. presented substitute resolution
containing the names Of the candidate Sc
lected bv the Democratic caucus last Sat-
urday. The minority resolution was voted
down, and Mr.. Cannon's resolution was
adopted without DIVISION.
The usua! formal resolutions to notify the
President and Senate that the House had
selected Mr.. Henderson as Speaker. and Mr..
Mcdowell as clerk, were adopted.
Mr.. Bingham of Pennsylvania then Of
fered resolution for the appointment by
the Speaker of a committee of three to join
a similar committee of the Senate to wait
upon the President and notify him that
quorum OF the two houses had assembled
hot oG,-f IN
communication he might have to make The
resolution was adopted and the Speaker ap-
pointed Messrs. Payne of New York. Bing
ham of Pennsylvania. and Richardson of
Tennessee.
ADOPTION OF REED RULES
DRAWS DEMOCRATIC FIRE.
Doctor Dalzell then offered the resolution
agreed to by the Republican caucus on Sat
urday. for the adoption OF the rules of the
last House. with certain specified amend
ments, as the rules of the present House.
This drew the first fire from the other
side. Mr.. Richardson inquired whether op
portunity was to be given to offer amend
ments. and on receiving negative reply.
he protested against such action. He said
he desired to offer some amendments which
he thought would prevail If the gentleman
from Iowa Hepburn) could deliver the for
ty votes which the newspapers had said
he had in the Republican caucus last Sat
urday.
Mr.. Dalzell said the proceeding was sim.-
lar TO that taken in the last Congress. He
pointed out that the rules were practically
identical with those Of the Fifty-frst, Fifty
fourth and succeeding congresses and prac-
tically identical with those OF the interven-
ing Democratic congresses. He then yielded
five minutes to Mr.. Richardson. who occu-
pied the time in denouncing the rules.
While Mr. Richardson was speaking of
Mr.. Hepburn's forty followers, Mr.. Steele
OF Indiana countered by asking If the Nc
Clellan resolution, offered at the Democratic
caucus last Saturday, would command forty
votes OH the Democratic side.
Mr.. Hepburn, in a five-minute speech.
said that his views on the subject of the
rules had been entertained by him for many
years. He had even attempted to secure
their modification in the Fifty-third Con-
gress, xSaich was Democratic, and upon
that occasion Mr.. Richardson himself had
bitterly opposed the change. This sally
raised a shout Of laughter on the Repub-
lican side.
Mr.. Dalzell moved the previous question,
which vas ordered. 176 to 143.
Mr. Richardson moved to commit the
resolution to the Committee on Rules,
which was lost-142 to 1s5.
The resolutions then were adopted.