The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-03-12
NEW SENATE MEETS
Assemblies in Compliance With
Presidents Call.
BODY PROMPTLY ORGANIZED
Oath is Administered to TWenty-Slx
senators.-Scene a Brilliant One
and Similar to Opening of
Every Congress. 5

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United States senate met at noon
Thursday, in a special session caIleo
| bv the president 1t was an interest
ing event, as such sessions DO not u.s.
ually occur except when a president
Of the United States is inducted Into
Office at the beginning OF each ne"
congress, and this occasion was the
first session Of the senate OF the fifty
eighth congress, the oatn was ADMIN
istered to twenty-six senators elected
for six years. OF these sixteen Were
| reelected as follows:
Allison, of Iowa; Clay, OF Georgia;
Dillingham;, of Vermont; Fairbanks
of Indiana; Foraker, of Ohio; Hans
brough, of North Dakota; Kittredge,
! of South Dakota; McEnery, OF Loulsl-
ana; Mallory, Of Florida.
| Serving on appointment until the
legislature meets: Penrose, Of Penn
sylvania; Perkins, Of California; Pet
tus, of Alabama: Platt, of Connecti'
cut. Platt, of New York; Spooner,
of Wisconsin: Teller, Of Colorado.
The oath was administered to ten
new senators, although one, Mr.. Cor
man, of Maryland, had previously
served eighteen years in the senate.
! The new senators are:
Fulton, of Oregon; German. OF Mary
land; Hepburn, Of Idaho; Hopkins, OF
Illinois; Latimer, of South Carolina;
Long, of Kansas; McCreary. Of Ken
lucky; Newlands, Of Nevada; Over
man, of North Carolina. and Smoot.
of Utah.
Three newly elected senators
kenny, Clark, of Arkansas, and Stone.
were not sworn in, they being absent,
nor was the oath administered to Mr.
Gallinger.
The senate being continuous body,
its officers hold until their successors
are chosen. Promptly at noon the
body was called to oder by President
Pro Tenn Frye
The desks of the new senator's could
be distinguished by the wealth of flow-
ers which had been provided. The
names of the new elected senators
were called alphabetically and each
was escorted to the desk by his COL
league. AS some of the names were
called there was applause in the gal
leries. That given 10 Mr.. German
was especially noticeable.
1t is the custom to Febuke applause
in the galleries. but Mr.. Frye, the pres
ident pro tenn had overlooked the dem-
onstration.
"The CHAIR said he. "is especially
lenient to the galleries this morning, -
and then he received a rounu Of ap'
plause.
Messrs. Spooner and Allison re-
ceived generous applause as they were
escorted to the desk.
Mr.. Smoot, of Utah, subscribed to
the oath with an emphatic II do!" No
objection was made to his taking the
oath.
There were "a seniors present
Messrs. Hoar and Cockrell were ap'
pointed a committee to wait upon
the president and inform him that the
senate was ready to proceed to busi-
ness.
President Roosevelt sent the follow
ing message to the senate Thursday:
II have called the senate in extra
! ordinary session to consider the
treaties concerning which 1t proved
impossible to take action on during
the session Of congress just ended. |
ask your special attention to the trea-
ty with the Republic of Colombia, Sc
curing to the United States the right
to build an isthmian canal and to the
treaty with the Republic of Cuba for
securing a measure of commercial
reciprocity between the two countries.
THE great and far-reaching impor-
tance Of these two treaties to the wei
fare of the United States, and the urg.
ent need for their adoption, requires
me to impose upon you the inconve
niapce of meeting at this time.