Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1903-03-11
THE US. SENATE CONVENED
Meets in Extra Session and Receives
Message From the President.
NEW MEMBERS ARE SWORN IN

The President Urges tho Raiincation or
the Panama Canal and Cuban Reel
prociiy Treaties - No Opposition to
Seating ,f Mr.. smoot ia Devcioped-
Brilliant Scene in senate Chamber.
Washington. u. C.-With galleries
packed end desks ovcrGowing with
flowers the Senate of the Fifty-cighth
Congress. in obedience to the Presi-
dents proclamation. convened i'm extra
session. After the new members had
been sworn in the time of the Senate
until Bio o'clock. when an adjourn
mcnt was taken. was given over to
speeches in criticism of Representative
Cannon'S denunciation of what he
called Mr. Tillmans Legislative black
mail Senators Tillman. Hale. Allison
and Teller spoke
The Senate heing Il continuous body.
its officers hold until their successors
are chosen. so The body was called to
order Ivy President pro ten. Frye. The
scene was y brilliant one. The CALLER.
les Were filed ut an early hour. and i'm
the family ana reserved galleries were
friends and relatives OF the new Sena-
tors The desks of the new Senators
could he distinguished by the wealth
of flowers which had been provided.
After the invocation the Secretary of
the Senate read the Presidents procla-
nation. which was MS follows:
ITO the Senate: have called tho
Senate III extraordinary session TO con-
Sider the treaties concernin.. WhicL II
proved impossible to take action dur
ing the session of Congress Just ended.
| ask your special attention 10 the
treaty with the Republic of Colombia.
securing tc the United States the right
To build an isthminn canal, and to the
treaty with the Republic of Cuba.
FOR securing measure of commercial
reciprocity between the two countries.
The great and far-rPaching import
anco Of these two treaties to the well
Care of the United States. and the
urgent need for their adoption requires
me to impose upon YOU the incon-
Venience OF meeting ut this time
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
The oath was administered to twenty
six Senators. OF these sixteen were
reelected. rs follows: Allison 0owal.
Clay tGa.). DILLINGHAM; Vt). Fairbanks
Ond0. Foraker (Ohiol. Hansbrough IN.
ID. kittredge Is. ID, McEnery Oa0.
Mallory Q'la.. serving an appointment
until the LEGISLATURE mcpts,. Pcnrose
G'a.i, Perkins (CaL), Pettus (AlaD.
Platt (Conn). Platt CN. ", Spooner
(Wis.). ana Teller (Colo.).
The oath was administered to ten
new Senators. although one. Mr.. Cor
man. had previously served eighteen
years in the Senate. The new Senators
We're: Fulton (Orel. German (MdO,
Hoyhurn Gdaho. HOPKINS Nll. I.ati-
mer q. c.. Long CKan0. McCrcary
tkNl. NcwlandS (Ncv0, OVcrman N.
c. ana SmoOt Otam.
The names Of the newly elected Sen
a'orS were called alphabetically. and
each was escorted to the desk bv his
colleague. As some of the names were
called there was applause in the gal
lerioS. That given TO Mr.. German was
especially noticeable. IT is the custom
10 r"hukc applause in the galleries. but
Mr.. Frye overlooked the dcmonstra-
ton
"'rhe Chair" said he. as especially
lenient to the galleries this morning"
Mr.. Smoot of Utah subscribed TO the
oath with an emphatic II do 40 OBJ
lection was made to his taking the
oath When Mr.. Ankeny's name was
called. his colleague. Mr.. Foster. of
Washington announced thar Mr. An
keny was under n physician's care Mt
his hotel. Three other newly elected
Senators did not respond to the roll
call-Clarke Cirk). Gallinger IN. HI.
and Stone OIo0. Messrs. Clarke and
Stone wcr| delayed and Air. Gallinger
was called out of the city.