Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-05
5sth CONGRESS.
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| fore ! ask prompt attendance ana dlll'
| genCe on your part, which alone car
| make our coming sessions advantage
| Gus to the country"
Representative Bingham of Pennsyl'
| vaEia father of the House. admins
| tered the oath of office to Mr.. Cannon
| after which the roll was called by
| states for the purpose of administering
| the cath to members. Those taking th'
| oath, which was administered by the
| Speaker came forward to the space il
| front Of the Speakers desk.
| BY unanimous consent. Marshall IN. D.
took the oath, though his credentials haC
| not arrived.
ON motion of Hepburn, the officers I"
| the House of the last Congress were re
elected and sworn in. the House first vot
! ing down the officers proposed by Henry
| Tex. on behalf of the minority.
| The officers were sworn in. including
| Alexander Mcdowell. clerk; Henry Cas-
| son. sergeant-at-arms: F. b. Lyon, door
keeper: Joseph c. McElroy, postmaster
| III. n. Couden, chaplain.
| The Speaker appointed Messrs. NC
| CIeary, Mimi, Littaeur, y. y, and VIII
| Hams. Miss. as a committee to nforrr
| the President that the House WAS pre-
| pared for business.
resolution adopting the same rules
| as prevailed in the last Congress. Offered
| hy Dalzell, brought on the first debate
| which was short but provoked consider
| able laughter.
Williams. Miss, sought recognition foi
an amendment making the rules applica-
| BILE for only 80 days. This was not per-
n1itted Williams called the rules man
| acles and appealed to the minority OF
| the majority" to vote against their ador
| ton. He remarked there was Il great diff
| ference of opinion gaining ground among
| Republicans as evidenced by the LaFol
| Iette idea, the Cummns idea, the Massa.
| chusetts free raw material idea ard III
| sorts Of Republican ideas blown in BY
| every breeze from the east and west. al
looking to a revision of tariff schedules
eff YOU adopt these rules they will rem.
der You just az helpless as bird trying
to fly in an asphalt lake" remarked Viii
liams as he appealed to the kids" Of thu
majority to vote against the rules.
| An appeal was made that Williams
| might have minute to reply to u ques
| ton by Wharton. now member from r.
| linois.
az would have the gentleman explain
| said Wharton, who is somewhat youth
| FIJI in appearance, 'what he means by
| kids
with that degree Of reverence that tn,
personal appearance of my intCrroga to,
| cXci:es in my mind | would reriy thai
| he is the last man in the House to ASK
what u kid is
| This rcjoindcr by Williams was rccciv-
cd with hearty laughter and was the end
| Of the attack on the rules. 1t ok
| planned briefly by Dalz"Il that The rules
| offered for adoption had prevailed sub
stantially since the 51st Congress. On his
motion for the previous question Will
| liaInS secured q roll call. Tho vote was
| 22S for and 126 against ordering the pre-
viouS question. The rules were then
| adopted on u viva voce vote and it was
ordered that the daily session Should be
gin at neon.
On Tawneys motion. the drawing for
seats began. 1t was previously arranged
after some discussion that the party di-
vision aisle should be made the first aisle
| from the center on the Democratic side
| instead of the center aisle, this bcinG
nee eSSdry 10 accommodate tiie ldI ScI plu-
portion of Republican members.
TIE new arrangement gives the ma jor-
| ity party the first section of o., seats
nearest the center aisle on the minority
side. also the last section of IS seats.
| known as the "Cherokee strip" on tn"
minority side.
F,X-Spcakcr Kcifer, Ohio, and Reps.
Bingham. Pa, father of the House
Payne. y. Y, Republican floor leader,
ana Williams. Miss, Democratic floor
leader. were permitted to choose their
seats before the drawing. TIL" members
then retired to the rear of the hall. .
pagc was blindfolded ana drew number
ed marbles from a box. Each number
corrcspondcd to the nanc of a member
The number first called WAS Is, and Rep.
Bar tholit, No. came forward ana So
! Iected his scat. Tawney. tn" r. publican
whip" drew the next opportunity Tor Sc
lection.
Fitzgerald. n. Y. was the first Demo
cratic member to draw a selection. Buck
| man. Minnesota, drew the last seat
Speaker Cannon announced the appoint
! ment OF the committee on rules anu the
committee on mileage, as follows:
Rules the Speaker. DflZell. P"nnSylva-
mia. Grosvenor Ohio, Williams, MissIsSlp'
ii. De Almond Missouri.
| MjIcage-Rccder Kansas, Flack, New
| York. Wharton, Illinois. Lewis, Georgia
Wood, Missouri
Resolutions lamenting the death OF Sen
| ator Platt of Connecticut, were aGortca
at the instance of Tilley. and reG"1dinf
the death Of Rep. Il. +. Marsh, Illinois
| by Kinney.
As a further remark Of respect t" til.
deceased the House adjourned at 81
| o'clock.
| IN THE SENATE.