The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-03
CONGRESS- IS
 IN SESSION Little Done on the Open-
 ing Day. LARGE CROWDS PRESENT Speaker Henderson Again PreSideS Over the House. Spectators Clung to Their Seats De- spite the Tedious Process of Getting Down to Work.
 Committees Named.
LARGE CROWDS PRESENT

Washington, Dec. Z.-Ihe oPei"e
 of the first session of the b7th congress fin the House of Representatives furnish cd A spectacle that delighted the crowded galleries. The machinery Of the House ,s cumbrous and is set in motion by ,ahorious process, but the spectators to- day evidently did not consider IL teoious as they chung to their place through the entire proceedings, which lasted four and one-half hours, prooaniy haii the time being consumed in the monot- onous calling of the roll. After Speaker Henderson had been reelected the usual committees were appointed.
 The rules of the last House were adopt ed after a last jar and then the pi-ehhiaA seat drawing occurred.
 Mr Wilcox. the swarthy delegate from Hawaii. and Mir. DeGatau the delegate from Porto Rico, attracted attention. Every chair except those in the olplo- matic and executive galleries were occu- nied when. at F o'clock, MT. McDoweii, clerk of the House, brought his gaVeI down and announced that prayer "oulo be offered. The Rev. MT. Couden' the rlind chaplain, offered prayer III S, nniGH he referred to the death Of the late FIest dent. The roll of members-elect then 
 was called by States. The clerk announc- ed that SIS members-a quorum-hao an swered to their names ana MT. Cahhoi' mll placed in nomination for Speaker General Henderson Qowa) amid wave of applause from the Repuohcah nieii- bers.
 MT. Hay CVa) chairman of the Demo- cratic caucus, to loud Democratic ap- nIause. presented the name of MT. richardson of Tennessee. general laugh followed as MT. Nevill (Neh.) nlaced in nomination MT. Stark of his own State, who now is the only other Populist acting independent. Messrs (Rep. Pa i and Maddox (Dem. Ga.) were appointed tellers. The result was: Henderson. 190; Richardson, 149; Stark, l; Cummings (N. Y.) l.
 Messrs Richardson, Stark and Cum mings were appointed committee 10 escort the Speaker to the chair. As Gen eral Henderson appeared two minutes later, on the arm of MT. Rlchardsoh' the Speaker was greeted with great out burst of applause from both sides of the House, MT. Richardson introduced him In half A dozen words. The Speaker addressed the House briefly, saying:
 "Gentlemen of the House of Represen- tatives. This high honor which you have conferred on me, I profoundly appreciate A l as it does with this generous expressions from both sides of the chamber. There is vet left another method for presiding officer to express his appreciation of such an honor; that is, by a kindly. firm ana faithful administration of the law and the rules that govern this body. It Will be my aim to discharge imparually the duties of this office. As l said al the opening of the last Congress no presiding administer duties of his office until he has the sup port of the body over which he presides, l asked for it then; you gave to me throughout the Congress. Permit me to invoke that patience. Kindness and splendid support which was accorded me in the last Congress.
 ''The maker of laws should not be a breaker of laws. We proceed under law and rules; and the duties devolving upon each and all of the membership of this House will be far better conserved if this principle is kept in mind and acted upon.
 Again sincerely thanking each and all of you, I am ready to take the prescribed oath of office" (Applause.)
 The honor of administering the oath to the Speaker fell to MT. Bingham (Pa) the oldest member of the House in point of continuous service. The Speaker ad- ministered the oath to the members elect. Mir. Cannon Qll) then presented the following resolution for the election of officers of the House.
 Resolved, that Alexander McDowell of Pennsylvania be and is hereby chosen clerk of the House of Representatives; that Henry Casson of Wisconsin be and is hereby chosen sergeant-at-arms; that William Glenn of New York be and is hereby chosen doorkeeper and that Joseph McElory of Ohio be and is hereby chosen postmaster and that H. H. Coudon of Michigan be and is hereby chosen chap lain"
 MT. Hay Cva) on vehalf of the minor ity, presented a substitute resolution containing the names of the candidates selected by the Democratic caucus last Saturday. The minority resolution was voted down and MT. Cannon's resolution was adopted without division. The usu- al formal resolutions to notify the Presi- dent and the Senate that the House had elected MT. Henderson as Speaker and MT Mcdowell as Clerk were adopted.
 Mir. Bingham (Pa) then offered a reso- lution for the appointment by the Speaker of a committee of three to join a similar commtte of the Senate to wait on the President and notify him that a quorum of the two houses had assembled and that Congress was ready to receive any communication he might have to make. The resolution was adopted and the Speaker appointed Messrs. Payne of New York, Bingham of Pennsylvania and Richardson of Tennessee.
 Mir. Dalzell then offered resolution
 greed to by the Republican caucus on Saturday for the adoption of the rules If the last House with certain specified
 mendments to the rules of the present Iouse.
 MT Richardson inquired whether op- portunity was to be given to offer amend nents and on receiving a 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 forty votes which the news papers had said he had in the Repuo' iican caucus last Saturday. MT .Dalzel said the proceeding was similar to that taken in the last Congress He pointed out that the rules were practically iden'