The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-04
Many New Represents
 tiyes Present.
UNUSUAL NUMBER DEAD
Senate Fails to Confirm the Ap-
 pointments.
Penrose and Foraker Hand In Rese- lusions Calling For Inquiry About Black Soldiers.
 President win send
 Message Today.

Washington, Dec. 3--The ffty-ninth Congress began it's last session at noon today It took the Senate fifteen min- utes to arrange its preiiminaries and the House an hour The Senate receiv- ed from President Roosevelt q long list of appointments for its confirmation and in an executive session of nineteen minutes decided that as the nomina- tions had been received before the body had been organised formally. to make no conhrmations until the Presidents annual message had been received and the session fairly started.
 Senators Penrose of Pennsylvania, and Foraker of Ohio. came forward with resolutions of inquiry regarding the 25th infantry. One was addressed tb the President. and the other to the Secretary of War. After the ripple of surprise had passed. and Vice Presi- dent Fairbanks had suggested that 1t was unusual to transact any business until the Presidents message had been received, the resolutions went over'' by unanimous consent. Senator Dupont of Deleware. took the oath of ofice.
 The opening of the two Houses was witnessed by an animated throng which nlled the galleries to their capacity. Hundreds went away disappointed in not getting admission to witness the session of either Senate or House.
 Many Take Oath.
 Not in years has a larger number of members-elect of the tower House of Congress presented themselves at the speaker's desk to take the oath of office. Death has been unusually active among .he membership during the closing days of last session. and the beginning of the present, and Chaplain Couden feei- gnEIy called the attention of the body to the work of the grim reaper dur- Ing the saaaanfha since ad1ouFnment.
 Speaker Cannon appointed Repres0p- to tive James R. Mann of Illinois, as Q member Of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institute. vice. Robert Is- Hit of Illinois. deceased.
 The galleries of the House were crowded at an carly hour. The absence of flowers from the desks of members was much commented on, but the order of the Speaker prohibiting the floral display was generally commended for US EOOQ SGnSS. A 1AAAAAeA A0AG was made in the Senate two years ago
 Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, daughter Of the President. occupied a seat in the executive gallery.
 The routine work of the House inci- dent to the opening day was quickly despatched. the roll call showing nearly tlree hundred members present.
 Representative Bourke Cochran of New York, who recently married Miss ,a sztth rNF lHt~hkRr when his personal request that he be permitted to absent himself for an inc definite period on account of business, was laid before the House by the Speak CT
 After the appointment of the usual committee to walt upon the President and inform him thatt the House was organized and ready to receive any communication he might desire to make of interest to the public service. tue House adjourned out of respect to the memory of the deceaded members.
 President Roosevelt's message will be read both in the Senate and House to- morrow. No new bills were introduced in the Senate. In the House there vera thirty eight public measures and three hundred and fifty of a private charac- ter
 Uncle Joe on Hand Early.
 Speaker Cannon and many other mem bers arrived at the Capitol long be- fore the assembling of the House and engaged in a formal discussion of the issues which will require their atten- tion. The Japanese situation was dis ctissed quite generally by the members and the opinion was freely expressed that measures affecting the Japanese may be introduced in the House at any time.
 No effort was made to transact bus mess. even In the committee rooms. The day was given over absolutely to re- captions and the formal business of opening the session.
 Practically all of the veterans of the Senate were on hand, most of them looking hale and hearty, as if their summer rest followed by a busy cam paign had agreed with them. One of the familiar faces most missed was that of Senator Allison. He had ar buque, Ia, until after the holidays re- cess, leaving the work of organization for the younger members.
 Senator Pettus, the oldest member, who was not we'll at the close of last session was one of the first to arrive at the Capitol He sticks to his pet phrase of telling hom young" he is when reference is made to his advanced years.
 Vice-President Fairbanks beRmed up- on the two or three score of Senators who sought him out in his room before the Senate opened. Most of the prom inent Democrats were in attendance, one exception being Bailey, who left Washington a few days ago for his home in Texas.