Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-05
57TH CONGRESS.
Opening Session Called to Order
at II O'clock Monday
Noon.
ONLY ROUTINE WORK DONE
Senate Adjourns Out of Respect to
Senator Kyle-A Little Discussion In
the House over Adoption OF Rules
The Contested Election Casss
Referred TO Comp'ittees.

washington. Dec. 2.-Thc oporing OF tho
first session of ;he nfty-scVonth Congress
at noon to-day drew to the capitol u
great throng Of spectators to witness TIE
scenes of animation which mark the AN
nual rc-asscmblng of the national law
makers. Although the actual work OF the
two houses was not begun until l. q clut<
the historic old structure now rcfurnishcd
from end to end until it shone with mar
bic gilt and rich CCcCratiCns, was dSur
long before that hour. 1t WAS an IDEAL day
to bring cut the public, sunny and warm
with just enough bro eZe from the south
to lazily stir the flags over tn, ,pitol.
In the Senate chamber an hour before
noon both the public AMI private sal cries
were througcd with spectators with cN-
cry available inch of standing room be-
ing occupied. Senators assent. slowly.
Mr.. Kean On. j. was the first to appear
in the chamber. lie was closely fol-
lowed by Mr. Tilman g. ca and Mr..
Hoar (Mass), who soon after took his
seat and buried himself in % ncVsp2p L.
The venerable Senator Vest of Missouri
was in his seat twenty minutes before
the body was called To- order He was
accorded a most cordial reception by his
colleagues. Fly noon practically every
senator in the city had appeared in he
chamber. Many of them made 10 at
tempt to reach their seats on account of
the wealth of floral offerings which far
" filed the desks and diSle-.
At T. o'clock Mr.. Frye (Mc) ,presid, Mt
pro tom of the Senate. raped for order.
The blind chaplain of me Senate. Rev.
William Milburn. then delivered the fol
lowing Invocation:
God of our fathers. Thy servants Of
this chamber are come together for the
opening Of the 57th Congress with kindly
feelings each for the other ana impressed
with the sense of duty as their tasks are
opening before them. And yet there comes
to U- the oppressive sense Of an unspeak-
able loss. the departure of our friend and
brother. our father and the choice of the
nation by the hand of The assassin.
"Oh Lord, God, let Thy pity and grace
come to all the people of this land by
reason of this unspcakable calamity and
as Thy servant, the widow, sits alone and
bereft. may Thy comfort and consolation
come to her
And grant O Lord that we may duly
feel the loss and sorrow attendant upon
the departure from earth of member of
this body, a senator from South Dakota.
Hear our deVout prayers In behalf of Thy
servant the senior senator from New Jcr-
sey CMr. SewelD and grant that the means
which are used for his recovery to health
may be blcst hy Thee and may he come
to his place upon this floor again crowned
with Thy loving kindness.
Grant Thy grace to every member o.
this body and to all who are dear to them
and so may the light and favor of God
our father be with us all now and ever
more. Amen.
Credentials We're presented Of Charles II.
Dietrich and Joseph II. Willard of Ne
hraska: Alfred =. Kittrcdgc of South Da-
kOta; and Paris Gibson of Montana.
formal resolutions Wcro offered 10y Mr.
Culom Ols) that tho EoISc bc notified
that the Senate was roaGY to proceed TO
business: by Mr. Allison that the hour
Of meeting Of the Senate Dc T. % clock and
MIR. Hale (McJ that committee Of two
senators be named to io.r similar com
lnittee of the House 10 inform the PrcSi-
dent that Congress was ii session and pr
pared to receive any message he might
desire to submit.
Mr. Hale ana Mr. Morgan (Ala) wer
named as the committee.
MI. McLaurin g. O. offered 4 Joint
resolution authorizing the admission free
of duty Of imports of articles intended to
be exhibited at the Charleston exposition
and the transfer of the government. cN-
hihits NJ the Buffalo opposition to the
Charleston exposition.
Mr.. Hoar objected tc Immediate con-
sideration saying it vas tho universal
practice of the Senate to transact no nusi-
rcss until the President had been inform
ed that Congress was prepared to do bust
ness. The resolution was Withdrawn tom
To1arily. Recosses were taken until
O'clock but no report of the organization
of the House had been received at that
time Mr.. Gamble Is. D. formally an
ncunced the death Of Senator Kyle OF that
state, on the first Of last July.
He offered thc usual resolution cxprcs.
siVe OF the sorrow Of the Senate and af-
ter its adoption the Sc.ato as an adj
ditional mark of respect adjourned until
tomorrow.