Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-11-14
NEW CONGRESS STARTS In
10th Houses Convc1e, the Senate Ad.
jOurniug Soon.
HOUSE GETS RIGHT TO BUSINESS
sAenator Frye Presides Over the Senate and
Representative Cannon Is Elected Speaker
OF the house-New Arrangements 10 the
Galleries Of the House Which Provide Com.
fort for the Spectators.

Washington, D. c. (Special).-rhs
Fitty-eighth Congress was opened in ex
ira session at noon Monday. A Speaker
and officers of the House of Representa-
ctiyes were elected and the preliminary
steps of organization were taken by botf
houses upon plan which contemplate:
ahis special session as but an anticipation
iDf the first regular session by an earlier
1neeting.
Joseph G. Cannon was elected Speaker
pf the House by the votes of the ma
1Drity. and the minor officers who served
during the Fifty-scventh Congress were
reelected. The complimentary vote OF
the Democratic minority was cast for
Mr.. John Sharp Williams for Speaker
thus designating him as the leader OF
abe minority. The rules of tho Fifty
seventh Congress. which arc the Reed
rules surviving from the Fifty-6rst Con-
gress. were readopted, not for the spe-
cial session only, but for the entire Con-
gress.
While there was a large attendance i'll
both the Senate and House of Represcn-
xatives, there was less than The usual
excitement incident to the coming to-
gether of Congress.
The Senate was in session for only a
few minutes, no business being trans
acted but the adoption of the usual reso-
buttons to appoint committees of Motif
cation to the President and the House
that the Senate had assembled. There
were 70 Senators present.
The most conspicuous incident was
the meeting between Senators A. P. Cor
man and NJ. A. Hanna in front of tho
VicePresident' desk i'll the Senate
chamber two or three minutes before the
Senate was called to order. By chance
coming from different directions, the two
Senator's met Immediately i'll front of the
'Vice-Presidcnt' desk and shook hands
cordially. Nearly all the Senators were
IN their seats at this time and the CALLER
ies were crowded. The galleries ap-
plauded enthusiastically and the applause
was taken up by the members of the
Senate, the demonstration amounting to
quite an ovation. On taking his seat
Senator Hanna was again applauded by
both the galleries and the Senate, and a
similar demonstration was extended 10
Mr.. German when he assumed his chair
The floral display was never more
magnificent at the opening of either
branch of Congress. On the House side
The main lobby and its long corridor
were completely filled with the tributes
sent by friends to new members and
veterans of the popular branch of Con-
gress. This was an innovation. and for
the time transferred the lobby into fra
grant conservatory filled with the finest
specimens of roses, lilies, chrysantllc-
NUNS, violets and carnations that the
florists were able to obtain in this and
neighboring cities.
After the adjournment of the House
many of the fair sex from the reserved
galleries visited the collection. The
younger representatives of the gcntler
Sex wore their daintiest fall gowns and
were such rivals to the beauty of the
flowers that many of the most coura-
goous leaders of many an exciting strug-
gle in battle or on the floor of the House
s.erc at a loss for an opinion as to which
MAS the fairer.