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burn believes that the Sherman law is
sufficient. If rigidly enforced
Bills. placing coal on the free list.
were introduced by Mudd. Republican.
from Maryland. and Gaines, Democrat.
from Tennessee.
Washington. u. c. Dec lin an.
ticipation Of the receipt Of President
Rooseyelt's message. members Of the
senate today assembled early in the
senate chamber and the cloak rooms
adjoining. Many of the senator's par.
ticularly the close personal and polit-
ical friends VI the President such as
Lodge Of Massachusetts,. Burrows. of
Michigan: Spooner. Of Wisconsin;
Fairbanks. Of Indiana. aud Scott. of
West Virginia We're already familiar
with the principal features of the mes.
sage. but the reading Of the import.
ant state paper OF the President was
marked with unusual interest. Those
passages Of the message treating OF
the truit and tariff issues were list.
ened 10 with closest attention. notwith.
standing the. fact that the recommen.
dation concerning the creation Of
non-partisan commission and the
cautious attitude regarding the Qucs.
tion OF trusts had been generally fore.
casted. Equal interest was displayed
by the senators in those portions OF
the message relating 20 the question
Of reciprocity with Cuba. and 20 the
existing conditions In the Philippines
Porto Rico and Hawaii The recon.
mendation In regard 20 statehood for
the territories. irrigation and the pro
lection OF forests evoked mods of ap.
proyal from the Western senators.
Mention OF the satisfactory status OF
the lsthmian canal question also was
received with general approval
There was a good attendance in the
house long before the hour arrived for
the assembling The members gath.
cred early, chatting and discussing
prospective legislation. The trust
and tariff issues were the main topic
The exchange Of congratulations was
i'm order among reelected members
and everyone was iovially slapping ev
erybody on the back The arrival OF
the new speaker. the venerable Uncle
Joe" Cannon, was the signal for an
ovation. which was graciously ac-
.knowledged by the distinguished mem
Der from Illinois.
Pushing about on the floor We're
crowds Of visitors, mostly women, all
anxious 20 obtain tickets which would
entitle them 10 seats TO witness the
opening Of congress. The opening Of
congress is distinctly a woman's day
and women were present in great
crowds Fashionably dressed in bright
colors. they began 10 invade the gal
lerles as early as 10 o'clock Most Of
the sections were filled with women
and children. and the time mp 10 the
noon hour was spent chiefly in admir-.
ing the floral tributes which adorned
the members desks. Many OF them
were OF great beauty and some OF the
mahogany desks We're almost hidden
beneath their fragrant burdens.
When Clerk Mcdowell raped the
house 10 order on the stroke Of -
there was not an empty seat I'm the gal
leries. Admiring constituents had ev'
en- pre-empted the steps in the CALLER
les. and they refused 20 leave. AFTER
the body had been wrappd TO order the
chaplain delivered the opening prayer
He prayed that the members and the
speaker might receive Divine guidance
during the session. The moment the
chaplain concluded the members began
TO scatter about, and talk with Old
friends. William r. Hearst, the young
newspaper publisher OF New York,
Chicago and San Francisco, and new
member Of congress from New York
City, was a conspicuous member on
the floor. His was one Of several new
J faces that was constantly pointed out
10 the gallery visitors by persons who
recognized him. Looking fully as Wig
orous as he did a score Of years ago
was Representative GrOsyenor, OF
Ohio, who was kept busy exchanging
greetings with his friends. Other
prominent members. whose desks were
centers OF attraction, were BabcoCk, OF
Wisconsin; Dalzell, OF Pennsylvania;