The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-05
Little Done by House or.
 Senate.
NEW MEfB .RS SWORN I.
Morgan on Comm .ttee to Wal,
 on President.
Cannon Reelected Speaker of House and the Usual Drawing for
 Seats Takes Piace-No r. Flowers Are Seen.

Washington, Dec. 1.-The assembling today of the members of the Fifty- ninth Congress tor .their nrst session was marked by no unusual incIuents put 1t attracted to the capIIol crvwus O. spectators, who took lively interest in the proceedings. The day was per- feet. The sun snone brightly and the air was keen. society was out Tn force and niied the reserve gallery wniie vis- itors unapie to una seats roamed the corridors tv eaten giimpses or pupAic men t
 One notie cable feature was the ab- sence Of flowers wnIch had been com mon to both chambers. The absence Of floral triDuLes was to resolution adopted unanimously by tho Ssoate and to an order of the Speaker of the House robbed the occasion of much of its pie turesqueness.
 The only color scheme given to the chambers today was that of the. gall leries where hundreds of handsomely gowned women gave a spiendor to the eveat that made It. the beginning of the Congressional social season. If
 To Wait on President.
 Senator's Ahiscn and Morgan were appointed by Vice-President Fairbanks as a committee to notify the President that Congress was ready for any com niunication he desired to make. The Senate was In session only twenty min- utes. Senators Aidricn. Knox, Warner and Frazier took the oath of office and an adjournment was taken as mark of respect to the late Senator Piatt of Connecticut.
 The preliminary steps to organization were taken by the House, Joseph c. Cannon of Illinois was reelected Speaker, the members Of the House took the oath of ofiice and the floor employees of both parties were elected. the. ruies of the last Congress were adopted and members went through the formality of drawing for seats, all of which wers eiliuened by the presence of the crowds Tn the galleries. the anf- nation of the reunion of veteran niern- bers and the interest ef new ones
 In a brief speech against the adop- tion of the rules. the minority leader. Mr. WI Hams of Mississippi, touched upon the interest of the tarfff iegisla- uon and told of. the new Republican ideas. which were being waited to Washington on breeses from every part of the country"
 Minority of the Majority.
 These, he said, might be properly 1egislated for should "the minority of the majority" stand with the Demo- cratic members in, opposing the adop- ticn of the old rules and forming new ones which would permit consideration of such legislation as popular opinion might dictate.
 Mir. Williams was asked by the youngest meuher of the House, Mir. Wharton of Illinois. for an explanation of what he had meant by the word 'kid" in asking for support in opposi- ti0n to the rules from the new Repub- iican members. The retort was in- startaneous and caused a burst of laughter at the young members ex- pense. gvf
 with that iegree of reverence which the personal arpearance of my Inter foEator excites in my mind should say he would be the last member of this House to ask that question" said Mir. Williams.
 committee was aopofnted to act with the Senate Committee in notifying President Roosevelt thnt Congress v-ss ready to trarsact business, the rules committee and the committee nn mile. age were appcinted The House ad- 5ourned after a session which lasted three and half hours in compliance with resolutions annouucinr ,the death of Senator Platt of Conuecttc,t and Representative Marshall of Illinois.