The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-10

encc-1o the presidents proclamation
Che senate of the ~Fifty-eighth congress
convened in the extraordinary session
at noon today. An immense crowd
witnessed the interesting ceremony.
Echoes OF the F~ifty-seventh congress
had not died away when President, Pro
TEN Frye called the body to order,
and soon thereafter the senators who
were reelected and those who were to
take their seats for the first time,
with the exception of Mr.. German,
who had seer long service in the sen
ate, were sworn IN. Friends and adj
mirers of the senators loaded down
their desks with beautiful floral trib-
utes. One of the features of the open
ing ceremony was the ovation accord
ed Mr.. German.
Mr.. Cannon's speech in the house
of representatives early yesterday
morning in presenting the conference
report OH the general deficiency bill
Ill WHICH nc tIldLSeI lldI Tic oclIdl
conferees had ,esorted to legislative
blackmail and attacked the rules Of
the senate, formed the subject OF
fervid remarks by Mr.. Tillman and
the senate conferees, Messrs. Hale,
Allison and Teller.
Oath Is Administered.
At the beginning of each new con
grassland today was the first session
of the senate of the E.ifty-eighth-the
oath was administered to 80 senators,
who AXE Office for six years. OF these
II were reelected, as follows; ALI
son, Iowa; Clay, Georgia; Dillingham;,
Vermont; Fairbanks, Indiana; Fora
ker, Ohio; Gallinger, New Hampshire;
IIansbrough, North Dakota; Kittredge,
Mallory. Florida Serving on appoint
ment until the legislature meets)
Penrose, Pennsylvania; Perkins, Cal
ifornia; Pettus, Alabama; Platt, Con
necticut; Plat, New York; Spooner,
Wisconsin; Teller, Colorado.
New Senators Sworn In.
The oath was administered to nine
of the ID new senators, although one,
Mr.. German, had previously served
IS years in the senate. The new SEN
ators are: Ankeny, Washington;
Clark, Arkansas; Fulton, Oregon; Cor
man, Maryland; Hepburn, Idaho;
Hopkins, Illinois; Latimer, South Car
Y. DINA; Long, Kansas; McCrea4J, Eson
lucky; Newlands, Nevada; Overman,
North Carolina; Smoot, Utah; Stone,
Missouri. Ankeny, Clark, Stone and
Gallinger were not present.
The senate being a continuous body
its officers hold until their successors
are chosen; SO promptly al moon the
body was called TO order by President
Pro TEN Frye. The scene was q bril-
liant enc and not unlike the opening
of every session Of congress. The
galleries were filled at an early houl
and in the family and reserved gal
leries were friends and relatives OF
the new senators. The desks OF the
new senators could be distinguished
by the wealth of flowers which had
been provided. The lavishness of the
admirers was shown by The fact thai
desks and ever chairs in some in
stances were completely buried under
huge floral pieces and beautiful bou
quets.
Proclamation Is Read.
After the invocation Mir. Bennett
the secretary of the senate, read ths
proclamation Of the president, conVen
ing the extra session.
Mr.. Hoar, speaking for Mr.. Burrows
ileges and elections, referred TO tht
constitutional procedure of admin
istering oaths to the new senator:
and said that if there were any othel
procedure the result would be a thirt
of the senate might be kept out o
their seats for an inditinite time OF
the presenting of objections without re
sponsibility and never established be
fore in the senate by any prolonged IN
quiry. The result might be-, he said
that a change in the political powe.
of this government which the peopl'
desire to accomplish might be indif
nitely postponed. Mr.. Hoar state'
that questions of qualifications hat
been proposed and acted upon by tn
senate afterward.
The names of the newly elected sen
'ators were called alphabetically AM
each was escorted to the desk by hi
colleague. AS some of the name