The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-06
EXTRA SESSION OF THE
UNITED STATES SENATE
No Business Transacted Except the Swearing in
of the New Members Present
Mr. Canons Incorporate Speech the House Reviewed by Sena
tors TIman and Hale

FT1AsHLNGTON. March SIN o5edi-
w euce to the presidents procla-
nation the senate of the Fifty
eighth congress convened I'm extra
ordinary session at noon today. An
immense crowd witnessed the interest
ing ceremony. Echoes of the Fifty
seventh congress had not died away
when President Pro Tenn Frye called
the body TO order. and soon thereafter
the senators who were reelected and
those who were 90 take their seats
for the FIRST time. with the exception
OF Mr.. German. who had seen long
service iu the senate. were sworn I'm.
Friends and admirers of the senators
loaded down their desks with beauu-
fll floral tributes. One of the features
OF the opening ceremony was the Oya-
tlOn accorded Mr. German.
Mr. CaunOn's speech in the house or
representatives early yesterday morn
ing GA presenting the conference report
on the general deficiency bin, In which
he charged that the senate cOnferees
had resorted 90 legislative black
mail, and attacked the rules of the
senate. formed the subject of fervid
remarks by Mr. Tilman. and by the
senate c0nferees. 1Iessrs. Hale. Allison
and Teller.
The senate at s.l5 p. IN. adjourned
until Monday
Proceedings in Detail
The United States senate met at noon
today in special session called by the
president. To was an interesting event
as such sessions do not usually occur
except when a president of the Unit
ed States is Indicted into office. At
the beginning of each new congress
and today was the first session of the
senate of the Fifty-eighth congress
the oath is administered TO thirty sem
atOrs. who take Office for six years
OF those sworn in today seventeen
were reelected. as follows.
Allison Qa). Clay (Ga), Dillingham;
tVt), Fairbanks Gnd). Foraker tO).
McEnery UaD. Mallory CFlaD (serv-
ing on appointment until the legisla-
ture meets) Penrose CPaD. Perkins
tCal), Pettus (Ala). Plat Comm.
Platt (N. Y), Spooner (Wis). Teller
tColo). Gauinger On. H). Hansbrough
On. d., Kittredge IS. ID.
New Senators.
The oath was administered to ten
new senators. although one. Mr.. Cor
man. had previously served eighteen
Yeas Doe The senate. The new senators
are:
Fulton (OreD. German CNdD. Hey
burn QdaD Hopkins UlD. Iatimer
IS, CO.. Long lkanD. McCreary tKy)
Newlauds New, Overman ~. CD
Smoot lUtah).
The senate being a continuous body
IT'S officers hold until their sue
cessOrs are chosen, So promptly at
noon the body was called TO order by
President Pro Tenn Frye. The scene
was "a brilliant one and not unlike the
opening OF every session of congress. /
The galleries were filled at an early
hour and IN the family and reserved
galleries We're friends and relatives OF
the new senators. The desks Of the
new senators could DE distinguished by
the wealth of flowers which had been
provided. The lavlshness of the ad-
mirers was shown by the fact thar
desks and even chairs I'm some in
stances were completely buried under
huge floral pieces and beautiful bou-
quets.
After the Invocation Mr.. Bennett the T.
secretary of the senate. read the proc
lamation OF the president converting the /
extra session.
Credentials Recognized.
Mr. Hoar speaking for Mr.. Burrows I
chairman OF the committee ON priyi- /
leses and elections. referred 90 the con- +
eutuuonal procedure OF administering /
oatns 90 the new senator's. and said I
that I there were any other procedure /
lhe result would De "a third OF the sem
ate might De kept out OF their seats for 4
an Indefinite time on the presenting of /
objections without responsibility and
never established before In the senate .
by any prolonged inquiry. The resuIt
might bee, he said. that change I'm mo /
political power Of this government
which the people desire Co accomDHsh
might be indefinitely postponed. Afr
Hodr stated that questions of ouaHH-
cation should De- postponed and acted
upon by the senate afterward.
The names OF the newly-electad SEN
ators were called alphabetically and
each was escorted Co the desk by his
coi-eague. As some of the names were
called there was applause iD the CAL
leres. That given Mr.. German was es-
peciallv noticeable. Messrs. SDoonar
and Allison received generous applause
as they we're escorted To- the desk.
snioot Sworn In.
Mr.. Smoot of Utah subscribed TO the
oath with an emphatic 81 do" No Oh
Jecuon was made 90 his taking the
oath
MT Ankeny's name was called. and his
colleague. Mr. Foster. announced that
Air. Ankeny was under physicians
care. Three other newIv-eIactaJ
senators did not respond to the roIIrau
-Messrs. Clark 90 Arkansas GaUnpar
of New Hampshire and stone of Mis-
souri,. Messrs. clark and stone were
delayed. and Mr. Gauinger was called
out of the city.
Ihefe were seVenty-fOur senator's ,
present Messrs Hoar and Coctraii
were appointed committee 10 waif
upon the president and inform him that