The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-05
FIRST SESSION
59TH CONGRESS
Senate Adjourned Out of Respect to
the Memory of Senator Plat.
REFLECT SPEAKER CANNON
GAG LAW WILL PREVAIL DURING
THE WINTER.
Dec. The Assem-

lAI ASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-The Assem-
w bling today of the members OF
The Fifty-ninth congress for their
first session was marked by no unusual
1ncidents, but il attracted to the CAP
1tal crowds Of spectators. who took
lively interest in the proceedings. The
day was beautiful. The sun shone
brightly and the air was keen. So
ciety was out in force and filed the
reserved galleries. while visitors un-
able TO find seats roamed the corridors
10 catch glimpses of public men. IN
the senate the proceedings were brief,
hut most Of the spectators seemed TO
find quite as much to interest them IN
observing the senators who remained
on the floor after adjournment as they
could have experienced had the ses-
SON continued longer.
House Sat Three Hours.
~ The house was in session for more
Nhan three hours. and while the pro-
ceedings followed the programme that
has marked the opening of congress
Tor many years. there was enough of
interest TO hold an exceptionally large
audience during the entire time.
one noticeable feature was the alb
sence of flowers which heretofore have
been common to both chambers On
opening days the display had been 81
great that the exhibition alone would
nave been sufficient TO draw great
crowds; and The absence of floral trib-
ntes, due 10 a resolution adopted unani-
mouSiy by the senate. and Ia an order
by the speaker Of the house robbed the
occasion of much of its PICTURESQUE
ness.
During the sessions senators and rep
resentatives visited the galleries and
chatted with friends
Twenty Minutes in the Senate.
Senators Allison and Morgan were
appointed by Vice President Fairbanks
as committee 10 notify the president
that congress was ready for any COM
munication he desired 90 make The
senate was i'm session only twenty min
utes, Senators Aldrich of Rhode Is
land, Knox of Pennsylvania Warner
Of Missouri and Frazier 81 Tennessee
took the oath OF Office, and an adjourn
ment was taken as Il mark OF resoect
90 the late Senator Plat OF Connecti-
cut
The preliminary steps 20 organiza-
ZION We're taken BY the house joseph
=. Cannon OF Illinois was reelected
speaker. other members of the house
took the oath of office: the officers aud
floor employees OF che body were re-
elected; the rules of the last congress
were adopted. and members went
through The formality of drawing for
seats. all of which was enlivened by
the presence of the crowds in the gal
ieries. the animation of the reunion of
veteran members and interest of new
ones.
Speech of Mr.. Williams.
In a brief speech against the adop
TiOu of the rules. the minority leader
Air. Williams of Mississippi. touched on
the interest of the country la tariff
legislation. and told of the new Repub-
iican ideas" which were being waited
10 Washington on breezes from every
, part of the country These. he said,
might be properly legislated should the
minority OF the majority stand with
W Democratic members i'm opposing
lhe adoption OF the old rules and form
fug new ones which would permit con-
r'S'fration of such legislation is popular
lnion might dictate.
Vote Was Against Him.
II II was explained briefly by Ar. Dali /
zen that the rules offered for adoption
had prevailed substantially since the /.
Fifty-first congress. on his motion for
the previous question. AIr. Williams Sc }
cured a rollcall. The vote was 22S for
and l23 against ordering the previous
question. The rules were then adopted .
ON a viva Noce vote
IL WAS ordered that the daily session ,
should begin at noon. The minority /
floor employees We're authorized. and .
copies Of The rules ordered printed.
Drawing for Seats.
On Mr. Tawneys motion the drawing /
FOR seats was begun. 10 was previous I
ly arranged, after some discussion.
that the party division aisle should be /
made the first aisle from the center on .
the Democratic side, nsJead of the /
center aisle this being necessary 10 ac-
commodate the larger proportion OF /
Republican members. The new ar
arrangement gives the majority the first
section OF thirty-hyt seats nearest the
center aisle on the minority side also
the last section of eighteen seats.
known as the Cherokee Strip" on the
minority side
EN-Speaker Keirer Of Ohio and Rep
reseptatiVe Bingham OF PENNSYLVANIA.
father Of the house: Payne of New
York, Republican floor leader and WI
liams Of Mississippi, Democratic floor
leader We're permitted to choose their
Deats before drawing. The members |
then retired To the rear of the hall a !
page was blindfolded and drew num-
bered marbles from a box. Each num-
Der cOrrespOnded 10 the name OF a /
member. The number first called was |
16. and Representative Bartholdt MOI
came forward and selected his seat /
Mr.. Tawney, the Republican whip"
drew the next opportunity for selection !
Representative Fitzgerald of New
York was the first Democratic member |
20 draw a selection. Mr.. Buchanan Of
Minnesota drew the last seat.
Two Committees Appointed.
Speaker Cannon announced the an I
= <intment of the committees on rules
and mileage as follows:
Rules-The speaker. Dalzell OF Penn
eylvania. GrOsVenOr of Ohio. Williams
of Mississippi De Almond OF Missouri.
neage-Reeder of Kansas. Flack of
New York. Wharton of Illinois. Lewis
of Georgia. Wood of Missouri
Resolutions lamenting the death of
Senator Plat of Connecticut and Rep
Tesentatfve B. F. Marsh Of Illinois were
adopted.
As a further mark OF respect 10 the
deceased. the house adjourned at 1885
O'Clock.
MESSAGE NOT READY.