Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-03
s7,h CONGRESS.
CONTINUED from page l.)
faithful administration Oh the III" anu


.Jt will he nv aim to discharge I'M
nartially the duties of this office. As l
said at the opening of the last Con
yress no presiding office can success
fully administer the duties of his once
unless he has the support of the BODY
over which he presides. l asked for II
then. YOU gave it to ME throughout
the entire Congress Permit me once
more to invoke that patience. kind
consideration and splendid support
which was accorded to me in the last
Congress. The maker Of laws should
not he a breaker of laws. We proceed
under laws and rules: and the duties
devolving upon each and all of TIL"
membership of this House will be far
better conserved if this principle is
kept in mind and acted upon.
Again sincerely thanking you each
and all. | am ready to take the pre-
scribed oath of office" (Applause).
The honor of administering the oath
to the Speaker fell to Bingham of
pcnnslyvania the oldest member of
the House in point of continuous ser
vice The Speaker then administered
the oath to the members-elect
At the conclusion of this ceremony
rhe Speaker laid before the House the
resignation of Nicholas Muller. as a
representative from the seventh con-
-ressionaI district of New York. to
take effect. Dec. /.
Cannon. H.. then presented the fol-
lowing resolution for the election of
officers OF the House:
"HeSolved, that Alexander McDoWell
of PENNSYLVANIA. be and is hereby
of
...ntatives: Henry CasSon oi Wiscon-
sin ecrgCant-at-arnS: j. tlenn OF New
York. doorlseeper: Joseph c. McElr"y
If ohio. postmaster, and II. \. Coudeh
OF Michigan. chaplain
Hav. Va. on behalf Of the minority.
presented Il sub-resolution containing
tho names Of the candidates selected
bv the Democratic caucus. Saturday.
The minority resolution was voted
down and Cannons resolution was
adopted without division.
'rhc usual formal resolutions 10 no
tify the President and the Senate that
the House had selected Henderson as
Speaker. and Mcdowell as clerk. were
adopted
bingham. Penna., offered a resou-
tion for the appointment by the Speak
or Of q committee of three TO join
similar committee Of the Senate to wait
upon the Pres dent. to notify him that
Il quorum of the two Houses had as
yemhled and that Congress was ready
10 receive any communication he might
haze to make.
The resolution was adopted and the
Speaker appointed Payne. y. Y, Bing-
ham, Pa. and Richardson, Tenn.
Dalzell then offered the resolution
agreed to by the Republican caucus
Saturday for the adoption of the rules
of the last House with certain specified
amendments. as the rules of the pres
ent House. This drew the first fire
from the other side. Richardson in
Iuired whether opportunity was 10 be
given to offer amendments and on re-
ceiving a negative reply he protested
against such action. He said he de-
sired to offer some amendments which
he thought would prevail if the gentle
man from Iowa. Hepburn. could de-
liver the 40 votes which the newspapers
said he had in the Republican caucus,
Saturday. Dalzell said the proceeding
VAS similar to that taken in the last
Congress. He pointed out that the
rules We're practically Identical with
those of the 51st. 54th and succeeding
congresses and practically identical
with those Of the intervening Demo-
cratic Congress. He then yielded five
minutes to Richardson, who occupied
th. time in dcnouncing the rules.
While Richardson was speaking of
Hepburn's 40 followers. Steels. Ind.
countered by asking if the McClellan
resolution offered at the Democratic
c. NJ
votes on the Democratic side.
Hepburn said that his views ON the
subject of the rules had been enter
tanned by him for many years. He had
even attempted TO secure their moditi-
cation in the sd Congress. which was
Democratic. and upon that occa sion.
Richardson himself had bitterly op-
posed the campaign. This sally raised
= burst of laughter on the Republican
side
naiz"ll moved the previous question.
which was ordered 116 TO l43. i;ich-
ariSun moved to commit the r. solution
to the committee on rules, which was
lost. ~ to 49,. The resolutions We're
tacH adopted,
Twelve o'clock noon was fixed as the
daily hour Of meeting. Then under IA
.tNN'luisolI blItltu DS sltttIt' iii'i'' t'i'
seat drawing took place.
Before the drawing began, sherman.
y. Y. asked unanimous consent that
Grow. Pa. an cX-Speaker of the House.
ana f;ingham, Pa. the father of the
House DE- allowed to select their
seats without drawing. Similar re-
quests We're made from the other side
on beh@If of Richardson and Creamer.
=. V. who was a member of the 43d
Congress. The requests We're ac-
coded TO.
I'll" scat drawing concluded. the
Speaker assigned the contested elec-
ton cases from Alabama. Kentucky
and Missouri to elections committee
No. :. those from North Carolina, Ohio
anG South Carolina. TO No. .. and those
Tram Virginia to No 8.
Tho following committee on mileage
vas appointed: Reedy. Rep. Kan;
Stewart, Rep \. Y; Blakeney. Rep.
Md; Lewis, DEM, Ga. ard Butter,
Dem. Mo.
On motion of Elliott. S. c., a +. So
luton was adopted that the importa-
lion OF all articles from foreign coun-
trieH free CT duty. and the transfer of