Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-12-14
fIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS CONvENES
The Senate Proceedings Were Brief
The House Was in Session for
More Than Three Hours.

Washington, Dec. 5.-The assem-
bling yesterday of the members of the
Fifty ninth congress for their first ses-
sion was marked by no unusual Incl
dents, but it attracted to the capitol
crowds of spectators who took lively
interest in the proceedings.
Senators allison and Morgan were
appointed by Vice President Fairbanks
as committee to notify the president
that congress was ready to receive
any communication he desired to
make. The senate was in session only
20 minutes. Senators Aldrich Or. L.,
Knox (Pennsylvania), Warner (MoD
and Frazier (Tenn.) took the oath of
office and an adjournment was taken
as mark of respect to the late Sena-
tor Platt, of Connecticut.
The preliminary steps to organiza-
tion were taken by the house. Joseph
G. Cannon, of Illinois, was reelected
speaker, the members Of the house
took the oath of office; the officers and
floor employees of the body were re-
elected; the rules of the last congress
were adopted, and members went
through the formality of drawing for
seats.
committee was appointed to act
with the senate committee in notifying
President Roosevelt that congress was
ready to transact business, the rules
committee and the committee on mile
age were appointed and the house ad-
jOurned after a session which lasted
three and a half hours, in compliance
with resolutions announcing the death
of Senator Plat, of Connecticut, and
Representative Marsh, of Illinois.
Washington, Dec. G.-The senate
was in session for almost three hours
yesterday and gave practically all of
its time to listening to the reading of
the presidents message. Mr.. Branda-
gee took his seat as senator from
Connecticut.
House.-President Roosevelts mes
sage to congress received the atten-
tion of the house for two and a half
hours yesterday.
The house received and ordered re-
ferred to one of the regular election
committees a protest from the Fifth
congressional district of Illinois, stat
ing that Anthony Michalek, who was
on Monday sworn in as member of
the house from that district, is not a
citizen of the United States
Upon motion of Mr.. Goldfogle of
New York, a resolution was read eX-
pressing the sympathy of the American
people for the distressed Russian
Jews.
Washington, Dec. THE senate be
gan business in earnest yesterday. The
session was of only little more than
two hours duration, but in that time
several hundred bills and resolutions
were introduced and referred to com
mittees
House.-With an opportunity for
unlimited debate on the subject of the
Panama canal, the house exhausted its
.oratory on that subject in a session OF
four and three quarter hours yester-
day.
Washington. Dec. S.-An appropria-
ton of $11 100000 was voted yesterday
toward the construction Of The Pana-
ma canal.
The bill contains beside the appro-
priation a provision removing a tax
disability against the proposed bonds
to be issued for the construction of the
canal, thus placing the bonds on
footing with other government bonds
as available for security for national
bank circulation and to reimburse the
treasury for the money appropriated
in the bill.
Senate.-The subject of campaign
contributions by insurance companies
occupied the major portion of the time
of the senate.
The resolution directing the secre-
tary of the treasury to report whether
the reports of the national bank exam
iners show that the banks have made
campaign contributions in recent
years was adopted.