The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25


 ing the payment of expenses of the trial from the contingent fund of the Senate was also accepted
 At the instance of MT. Piatt of Con- necticut a roll call of the Senate was ordered few minutes before o'clock in order to ensure . full attendance at the scene of the administration Of the oath. seventy-two Senators responded, and the last name had hardly bee an nounced when Justica Fuller appeared at the south door of the Senate cham Der. He was fianked on the one side by Mir. Fairbanks and on the other by Mr. Bacon. His presence was au- nounced by the assistant sergeant-at- arms of the Senate and he was escorted to the presiding officers seat. He was clad in the full robes of his office and his presence was impressive as he walked down the centre aisle of the Senate between the two staiwart sena- tors escorting him.
 The entire Senate had risen when the Chief Justice was announced, and remained standing until he was seated on the left of President Pro Tempore Frye.
 He proceeded immediatel yto admin ister tho oath to the President Pro Tempore, and then to MT. Platt as the presiding officer for the trial After they had been sworn. the roll was was called and Senators appeared in take the oath. which was administered by the Chief Justice standing at the presiding officers desk.
 You do solemn1 yswear," the oaths ran. that In all things appertaining to the trial of Charles Swayne, Judge of the Northern District of Florida, now pending, you will do impartial justice according to tho constitution and laws. so help you God?"
 The Absentees.
 Tn the first group of Senators, Sena- tor Aidrich was the only absentee, and 1t was announced that his absence was unavoidable. The absentees were Messrs. Blackburn. Burton. Clark of Wyoming. Culberson, Depew. Dryden, Foston of Washington Knox, McLaurin, Mitchell, Quarles and Tillman. MT. Scott wa sthe only Senator who affirmed instead of swearing.
 The Chief Justice retired at the con- clusion of the ceremony for which he had been summoned and Mir. Platt suc- ceeded Mir. Frye as presiding officer.
 Mir. Platt made bare announcement of the fact that sthe Senate was sitting for the trial of Judge Swayne. to which he added a word enjoining on Senators the importance of being in their seats during the impeachment proceedings. He said that even committee work should not keep Senators away.
 resolution by Mir. Fairbanks di- recting that the House be notified of the organization of the Senate as a tion being conveyed to the House, the fnr 4hQ fx,na fra | t.a day soon presented themselves in the Senate and were announced by Assist ant Sergeant at Arms B. F. Sagton.
 They were formally notified by the presiding officer of the action of the Senate and Mir. Palmer, replying for the House, voiced the demand of that body that the Senate Issue a process requiring Judge swayne to appear be- fore the bar of the Senate.
 Accordingly resolution by Mfr. Fair banks ordering that . summons for Judge Swayne be issued was passed It was made returnable Friday next at l p. m.
 Legislative Business Remumes.
 The Senatorial court then adjourned until that time and the Senate proceed ed with the legislative business. The entire ceremony consumed only a little more than thirty minutes.
 MT. McCumper spoke Tn support or his amendment to the Statehood bill providing for the admission of each of the four territories as q State. MT. MeCumber and MT. Beveridge engaged in several spirited controversies as to @ qualification of a Territory for, ,State- hood. In one of these encounters MT. McCumber asserted that even Indiana had been taken in lon trust" to which MT Beveridgel replied that If even had this been true, that state had been able to furnish acceptable collateral
 At 4:30 p. m. the Senate went into executive session and five minutes later adfournod