Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-02

members Of congress and the work Of the
session.
. When he had concluded the speaker d.
Fected the clerk to call the roll. 1mme-
diately a babel Of voices broke out and
IN the volume Of sound that Alled the hall
the calls Of the clerk could hardly be
heard.
So great was the confusion that the
speaker was obliged TO bring the house to
order and TO admonish both the members
and the spectators in the galleries TO pre-
serve order. The roll call then proceeded
The democrats, who arc returning after
their NTH successive defeat, took the rail-
lery Of the republicans good-naturedfy.
Two Resign.
When the roll call was finished the
speaker announced a quorum present. The
designations Of Representatives Ray OF New
York and Hall Of Pennsylvania were laid
before the house.
The following members, elected during
the recess to fill vacancies created by death
or resignation, then appeared before the
bar Of the house and took the oath Of
once: Augustus B. Gardner, Sixth Massa-
chusetts, vice Secretary Moody. resigned;
Alexander William Myer, Seventh PennsyI-
vania, vice Rufus X. Polk, deceased; Frank
b. Brandegee, Third Connecticut, vice
Charles A.. Russell, deceased; John w.
Dwight. Twenty-sixth New York, vice
George W. Ray, resigned; Dewitt c. Flan-
uigan, Fourth New Jersey, vice ]. s. Salmon,
deceased; Carter Glass, Sixth Virginia. vice
Peter J. otey, deceased; Morris Sheppard,
Fourth Texas, vice his father, John 8. shep-
pard, deceased; James ]. Butler, Twelfth
Missouri, vice himself, he having been I'M
seated at the last session.
Immediately after the swearing In Of
these members Mr.. Taylor Of Ohio created
a furry by Offering a resolution to ~invssti-
gate the election Of Carter Glass in the
Sixth Virginia district.
Mr.. Richardson. the minority leader, chal-
lenged a motion upon the resolution. but
as Mr., Taylor did not ask action upon 1t
but only that It be referred to the COM
mittee on elections, It was so referred with
out objection.
A resolution was then adopted for the
appointment Of a committee Of three to
walt upon the president and inform him that
there was a quorum present and ready to
receive any communication The speaker
appointed Messr. Bingham (Pa.), Hit
(Ill.), and Richardson (Tenn.).
The customary resolutions instructing the
clerk to inform the senate that the house
was ready to do business and fixing the
hour Of meeting at noon were adopted.
Mr.. Brandegee of Connecticut then an
nounced the death Of his predecessor, Mr..
Russell, and presented the usual formal
resolutions Of regret. These were adopted
and at 1885 p. m, as a further mark of
reapect, the house adjourned until to-
morrow.
wish to Curb Trusts.
A number Of bills we're introduced affect
ing commercial combines, but none are ad
ministration measures. Several had been
shown to the attorney general, but he
neither approved or disapproved any OF
them. 1t is expected that when the Judi
ciary committee takes the bills up Mr.
Knox will be Invited to state his views
A resolution offered by H.. c. Smith
'tMich.) proposes an amendment to the
constitution comforting on congress power
to define, regulate, prohibit and dissolve
trusts and monopolies.
w. P. Hepburn tIowa), chairman Of the
committee on commerce., introduced q. bill
appropriating $4,000 to be expended un.
der the direction Of the attorney general
In the employment OF special counsel and
agents OF the Department Of Justice tC
conduct proceedings, suits and prosecution;
in the enforcement of the Sherman anti.
trust law.
x Bill introduced by John snool
tohio) aims at securing evidence in such
suits and provides that no one shall b,
excused from testifying.
All these measures were referred to the
committee on judiciary.
A bill was introduced by H. C. Smiti
(Mich.) placing paints, colors, varnishes
glass and glassware, metals and manufac
lures. pulps, paper, books and coal on the
free list.
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w. P. Brownlow (Tenn.) introduced
a bill to create in the Department Of Agri.
culture a bureau to be known as the bureau
OF public roads with a director at it's head
The purpose Is to secure uniformity OF
road constitution and a uniform system O.
taxation for road purposes.
The resolution proposing hat the ere,
dentials of Carter Glass, elected from tn,
sixth Virginia district, be referred to tn,
elections committee, was proposed by tn,
chairman, r. w. Taylor. The resolution
directs whether the credentials are base,
on returns Of a lawful election and upoI
what character of registration lists ant
under color OF what constitution or ordI
nance such election was held and whethe
at said election the right Of franchise wa
accorded to all citizens Of Virginia alik,
without regard to race or color, an,
whether any citizens OF the United State
who were entitled TO vote for members O
congress were deprived OF any rights"
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