The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-12-06
CROWDS FILL HALLS
OF NATIONS CAPITOL
Eager to Hear Message of the
President Read.
HEARD WITH MARKED INTEREST

That Portion of tho Document ReIat.
ing to Trusts and the Chinese Exclu.
| sion Law Drew Forth Much Ap.
pIause from Both Sides of House.
Washington, Dec. 3.-In anticipation
| OF the receipt of the first message of
| President Roosevelt members of the
senate today assembled early in the
senate chamber and in the cloakrooms
adjoining.
Many of the senators, particularly
the close personal and political friends
of the president though familiar with
the principal features of the message
awaited it's reading with unusal inter
est.
Despite the cold and penetrating
rain which fell throughout the r.oim.
ing the galleries of the senate were
we'll filed with Interested spectators S,
many Of them having a special interest
In the message.
When the journal of yesterdays pro.
ceedings had been read a communica.
tion was received from the house in.
forming the senate that that body had
been organized and was ready to pro.
ceed with public business. Senators
Hale and Morgan reported that they
had waited upon the president in con.
junction with like committee of the
house to inform him that congress was
prepared to receive any communica.
tion he might desire to make. The
president had said he would communi.
cate with congress at once in writing
Close attention was given to the
reading of the message by all senator's
Printed copies of the document were
distributed among the senate.
House.
There was very good attendance In
| the galleries of the house today to
listen to the reading of the first mes.
| sage OF President Roosevelt. The
members gathered early, chatting and
discussing the prospective legislation.
| The main topic was the personality of
| the new president. Keen interest was
| manifested in what he would have to
say in his message.
AS the hands of the clock pointed
to IL Speaker Henderson called the
house to order. After the journal had
been read and approved Mr.. Cooper,
of Texas. and Atwood. of California,
who were not present yesterday, ap.
| peared at the bar and were sworn in.
On motion of MIR. Payne. the floor lead
! er of the majority. it was agreed that
when the house adjourned today 1t be
to meet on Friday. The speaker an.
nounced the appointment of a commit.
tee on rules as follows:
Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa; Mr. Dal.
xell. of Pennsylvania; Mr.. Grosvenor,
of Ohio; Mr.. Richardson, of Tennes.
see, and Mr.. Underwood, of Alabama.
The only change in the COMMITTEES
was the substitution of Mr. Under
wood for Mr.. Bailey, Of Texas, who is
now a member OF the senate. Mr.
Bingham. of Pennsylvania, at the head
of the committee appointed to wait
upon the president, reported that the
committee. accompanied by a like
committee of the senate, had perform
ed it's duty and that the president had
received their message and had said
he would at once communicate with
the two houses in writing.
Two minutes later Major Pruden, as
sistant secretary to the president, ap.
peared at the main entrance and an.
nounced message from the president
Reading Of Message.
| Thc message vas taken to the speak.
sr's desk, where Speaker Henderson
broke the seal, handed the document
to the reading clerk and directed him
to read 1t. Throughout the reading
the keenest interest was manifested.
Hardly a member left his seat until
the reading was concluded. There was
slight murmur Of applause when In
concluding the recommendation for
legislation to put down anarchy the
clerk read: "No matter calls more
urgently for the wisest thought Of con.
gress." The murmurs when this sen.
tence was read was followed by a
burst OF applause when the clerk read !:
"The American people are slow ia
wrath, but when their wrath Is once
Mndled it burns like a consuming
flame"
Probably no other portion OF the
message attracted so much attention as
that relating to trusts. No demon.
stration was evoked by the reading of
this portion of the message, but the
recommendation for the re-enactment
| of the Chinese exclusion law drew ap
| Dlause from both sides Of the house