The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-12-07
CONGRESS AT WORK
la~making Body Organizes
and Gets 10 Wogk
WILLIAMS DEMOCRATIC lEADtK
Speaker c-nsan 10 Reelected sEE
Rules Of Last Conxrsss Are a9ep&-
ed After Humorous speeeh u op-
position BY Gr. WiIlizEs-


Washington. sfeslal--t 'osagres- f.sf1-
vsned wiih little of tae l"sap St-i
r!fr~~.taurr af other asN<-
pr-Sefler af - much ffss ant Hnsefe
cnntllrtei with the idra of Ihr rtcrus
fitness ,.f things entertained bs tbs
elder statesmen. Itsue,.. tAe faEhEzt-
IL. Of the opening >ssssna has ef~pf'--
somr-hat less Spectacular stsi-.
However. s.sash itnr ratusrif - ta'
galleries relieved she SuinbEe asp
the fl,-cr. where hcseIs W~re s-sfe.
and the event proved az iutcrrHiiss' -
mans respects - "t >ufr.
Tie following caucus uumsnai'"sfr
were elected:
Clerk-Alexandcr Mcdowell, fsua.
sYl~ania.
Sergeant Henry Caszosl.
Wisconsin,.
Doorkeeper-F. II. Lyon. NeH York
stmaSter-Jdscph {. Aotsr"t
Ohio.
Chaplain-Rcv. Henry y Couden.
Michigaii.
The rules df the fIiiy-eishth Son
crese. including tfIe standing "FdrFN
reIssing to the consideration Of pa
sion ard claim bills on FRIDAY, ou
motion OF 8r. Dalzell. of PennsNi-
yania. were ordered continued dsfimS
the Fifty-ninth Congress. This Trsst-
luton will be offered iry Mr. balzrh-
whef the House Is organized neSf
Monday.
Very little besides the organization
! Gf the House will bc accomplished ;he
| first wess; Of the session. although u -
| possible that an emergency appropTla-
| tion for the Panama Canal may ="
/ passed the last ~ this week. tuth
| the committees are appointed. suclI a
| bill would have TO bc considered hv
| rnanimau. consent. or under slec3al
order. II will detend upon tie needs
of the canal finances whether the eui-
ergency appropriation will he rnahs@
| through this week or 20 over until ihc
week following.
Williams Minority Leader.
| Washington. Speeial-F"r Two
hours Saturday the Democratic mera-
| ber- of the House of Representative
discussed party policies and procedure
with a view 10 solidifying the mluoT-
itv and acting ANONYMOUSLY upon all
matters of partIsap character tiiat
NAV come before the House. John
| Sharpe Williams was unanimously
chosen a. the nominee for speaker
and this action Of the caucus makes
him the minority leader for the Gu
suing Congress To succeed himself
Washington. Special" The Amer
lean people have selected the Speaker
of the House for the kfiy-ninth Con
gress: it only remains for ns to ratiiN
their choice. | will not call Tor for
NAL nomination, but simply name
Joseph G.. Cannon. of lllincis.
The statement made by Chairman
Hepburn Saturday la the Republican
members of the House Of Repscsenta-
tives was received by hearty e'rscrs.
and Mr. Cannon was Immediately he
cIared the nominee for Speaker w
liam p. Hepburn, of Iowa, WAS re
elected chairman of the eaueus Tor
the session and Henry {. LoudeIIs.ac:-
or, Of New Jersey. secretary. Ar.
Cannon sprang surprise on his as
soelate. by pulling out OF his packet
typewrittea spssaA, which he read
from beginning to end
Mr.. cannon said lie would stand
With bis associates In upholains file
policies OF the Republican party, ln-
der which oil the people have pres
pered. Referring to railway legisla-
ton, he said that "by the operation
OF competitive forces, that matters CT
difference between the corporations,
the carrier. and the people they serve,
would be adjusted TO all.
1.-THE eoneensuS Of opinion of the
people. however, Is that Congress has
the powerr. BY amendment TO the la..
TO provide better remedies for real
abuses existing, so that tie producer
and consumer can find more speedy
and less expensive remedy than We
now have In this opinion, /. for one,
concur. The burden is upon Congress,
and our party, having power, is pri-
marily responsible.
Mr.. Cannon urged that justice be
done both to corporation and people,
and in conclusion referred TO the dssir-
ability of short session.
Several New Senators Sworn In
Washington, Speeial-In the Senate
Monday several new Senators were
sworn in. including Mr.. Frabler, Of
Tennessee. The credentials Of sena-
tor Taliaferro, OF Florida, were pre-
; sented by Senator Mallory. Sena-
, fors Allison and Morgan were appoint
. ed as committee to wait upon the
, President, together with a slmiiar
committee from the house.