The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-17
THE OPENING
DAY OF CONGRESS
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/ being most complimentary 90 the upw-
/ U.s. elected Speaker.
The fact that Speaker was to be
] elected ana that this Was the first sps-
/ sion OF % new Congress added TO the
interest that usually attaches tp am
opening day Long before noon. when
/ the Eavol fell the galleries were filled.
/ the ladies being largely Iu the ma
I iority Many more were disappointed.
holders Of cards of admission even bee
/ ing among this number
The Democrats today rallied around
/ a new leader Williams of Mississippi
/ having been chosen TO take the place
/ Of Richardson of Tennessee. who rec
tired from the leadership OF the mi-
nority.
Promptly at noon Clerk of the House
. Alexander Mcdowell called the House
to order. call OF the roll by states
. developed "A quorum and the clerk
! called for nominations for Speaker.
f. Cannon was formally named, and Hay
/ OF Virginia, chairman Of the Demo-
/ cratic caucus, named Williams of Mis-
sissippi. As the call proceeded it was
noted that the old members generally
occupied their former seats, while new
| members occupied those made vacant.
| dence on the Republican side, fully
one third Of the members of the ma
jority side wearing the blossom on
coat lapels.
When the vote for Speaker was taken
it was found that Cannon had received
1873 votes and Williams 16G, Cannon be-
ing declared duly elected as Speaker
of the House.
Williams of Mississippi and Grosve.
I M Of
mittee to notify Cannon of his cleo
ton and to escort him to the Speakers
chair. Williams introduced Cannon.
Cannon in a brief response said:
81 appreciate the honor you confer in
choosing me as the presiding officer
of the House. After twenty eight
years service in the House such an
expression of your confidence touches
me profoundly. / thank you. If / err
in the performance of duties of office
it will be an error of the head. not
of the heart. In the performance of
the duties of Speaker 1 bespeak the
kindly cooperation of each member
of the House. l am ready to take the
cath of office"
Bingham of Pennsylvania. upon
whom falls the titular honor of father
of the House." i'm accordance with
custom. administered the oath to the
CDethtI ne IleInDeIS were lHtl
sworn in by Canon Following this,
a resolution was adopted re-eecting
the old officers of the House. Com
mittees were appointed to notify the
President and Senate that the House
was ready .or business.
Dalzeli of Pennsylvania offered the
resolution adopted i'm the Republican
caucus providing that the rules of the
Fifty-seventh Congress be adopted for
the Fifty-eighth, with the addition
that the Committee on Industrial
Arts and Exposition be made stand
ing committee and increased to fifteen
members.
| Williams of Mississippi said that the
minority should have a larger repre-
sentation on the committees than now
provided, saying that when their re-
presentation was reduced it was eX-
planned to have been due to the fact
that the Democratic membership had
been decreased. Now he said it has
been increased, and he hoped that the
majority would grant the request.
On demand, the ayes and noes were
called, the resolution being agreed to
by a vote of 191 to 165.
The biennial lottery for seats was
begun at u o'clock. When most of
? the members had drawn seats, mes
, sengers began bringing in the floral
, tributes and placing them on the
, desks, but the confusion resulting
from applause caused the Speaker to
. direct that no more be brought in.
Some of those brought in were most
. elaborate. One piece, made to repre-
sent a locomotive, amid laughter was
placed on the desk of Baker of New
York, who offered a resolution in the
+ Democratic caucus proposing that De-
e mocratic members do not accept favorS
e or passes from railroads.
= The preliminaries incident to or
f ganization and seating of members
/, having been disposed of. Hit of Hi
!. nois, who has been chairman of the
n Foreign Affairs Committee of the
House, offered a resolution asking the
President for papers bearing on the
Panama affair.
WASHINGTON, November 9.-Witf
= the galleries crowded, with the cham
p, Der mass of elaborate floral tributes
j and nearly every Senator in his seat
d the gavel of President pro tenn Frye
sounded at noon today, calling the
1 Senate together in the second extra
ordinary session of the Fifty -eightl
Congress.
! Hoar and German were appointed
by the House to inform the President
n Congress had organized and was ready
to receive any communication he haC
to make.
A resolution offered by Cullom fix
ing IL o'clock noon as the hour OF
converting daily was adopted, after
which the Senate adjourned.
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