Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-19
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FlFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
fla SDecial Sessior-1

seuate-fresident Pro Ten. Frye called
the senate together, IN the 9th. in eN-
t~raordinary session. the proclamation of
The president was read. Roll cala showed
~ members present. a committee of two
appointed to join house Committee to no.
MY the president. On motion of Mr.. ALI
sen, the senate a~djourned at l2:l5......
HOuse-The Fifty-eighth congress con-
vened in extraordinary session, on the 9Th,
n accordance with the proclamation OF
President Roosevelt For the purpose of
9nacting legislation necessary TO make
effective the Cuban reciprocity treaty. Mr..
Cannon, of Illinois, was elected speaker,
and he appointed a committee to join
senate committee to notify the president.
IN motion of Mr.. Payne. the house adj
iourned at 1890.
10th was devoted exclusively TO the read
ms OF the presidents message in support
OF reciprocity with cuba and the routine
incident to the receipt of the message.
The attendance was exceptionally large,
and many appeared with large rolls OF
freshly-prepared bills. Mr.. Cullom ull.)
was recognized to move the reference 10
the committee on foreign relations of the
treaty. the text of which had been trans
mitted with the message. The motion pre-
vailed. Upon motion of Mr.. Allison Na.)
the senate adjourned at :16......House-
AT l2:l3 Assistant Secretary Barnes, OF the
White House, on the lOth, presented the
presidents message to congress. Its read
ing was begun at once, after which the
speaker announced a few minor commit
tees. Then the house adjourned out OIL
respect to the memory of representatives
who had died since the last session.
S~enate-The n began business in
earnest on the 18th. A number of blis
and petitions We're presented. Senator
Cullom Ull)' presented the following con-
current report: THAT the president be
requested to TO the senate
II not in his Judgment incompatible with
the public interests all correspondence and
other official documents relating to the
recent revolution or the isthmus of Pan
anna" On motion of Mr.. Allison DAD
senate adjourned at 2:l5... .,House-The
house was in session only five minutes on
the 10th. No business was transacted.
S~enate-The nomination ~ Gen. Robert
Shaw Oliver to be assistant secretary OF
war was reported favorable in the senate
on the 18th, other favorable reports were
on nominations of Maj.-Gen. S. M. b.
Young to be Acknowledgment, and Gen.
Samuel S. Sumner to be major-general.
Mr.. Tillman, of South Carolina, made
his first appearance during the present
session. Upon motion of Mr.. Hale, 1t was
agreed that when the senate adjourned
on the 18th it be until the 10th. ..... House
The house was in session ten minutes on
the 18th. Mr.. Cannon announced the new
ways and means committee. Mr.. Payne
introduced a bill making effective the
Cuban reciprocity treaty. The measure
was referred to the ways and means COM
mittee. The house then adjourned.
Senate-The senate was not in session on
the 18th. ..... House-The Panama question
was taken up in the house on the 18th
by Mr.. Livernash, of California. He ar
raigned the attitude of the president In
the Panama matter, saying that a con-
stitutional prerogative of the house had
been exceeded by the president declaring
war with Colombia" Speaker Cannon
ruled that Mr.. Livernash would have to
reduce his question to the form of a
resolution before it could properly come
before the house. Mr.. Payne, of New
York, chairman of the committee on way
and means, presented the majority report
of the committee on the Cuban reciprocity
measure. The house then adjourned.