The Jersey City news., 1906-12-04
CONGRESS AT WORK
Opening Session Of the senasa
Marked by Violation Of
Precedent.
TALK ON NEGRO RESOLUTION
Senator Foraker Calls on President Pos
Information About Diseharoe os Sole
diers-Executive Sends Nonsna4ion@
While Waiting to Be Informed That
Lawmakers Are In SESSION.

diers-Executive Sends Nominations
While Waiting to Be Informed That
Lawmakers Are In SESSION.
Washington, Dec. A. Erecedents
went by the board when the last sess
sion of the Fifty-ninth congress met,
The president broke one when he sent
in long list of nomir atoms before the
senate had appointed its customary
committee to inform him that congress
was again In session.
The senators were amazed, for It has
been customary since the beginning os
the government for the president to
wait until duly informed by congress
of its readiness 70 transact business
and then to send II his annual massaga
as his first communication.
The nominations were as followss
Secretary Of the treasury, George 5.
CortelEou; attora aey genesal, Charles J.
Bonaparta: pcssHaatsr gsaeral. George
yon L. Meyer; secretary Of the nsvy,
Victor H Metcalf; secretary ~ the in
terror, James R. Carried, secretary o4
commerce and labor, Oscar s. Sraus;
associate justice supreme court, VIII
Jam H. Moody; interstate commerce
commissioner, Judson 3. Clements.
On receipt of the nominations the
senate went into executive session.
Senate Violates Precedent.
The senate acted in direct variance
with its established custom when it
fell to discussing resolutions bearing
on the presidents discharge Of thres
companies of colored regulars from
the United States army before any
word had been received from the presi-
dent or the usual exchange Of courts-
sizes effected.
When the presidents list of nOmiTa-
tions was handed into the senate Sena-
for Cullom arose and moved that the
senate go into executive session I'M
mediately to consider the nominations.
Hundreds of spectators in the senate
galleries were disappointed, for that
meant the galleries must be cleared,
and there was a pereeptibIe expression
| of disgust
Nc combinations were ordered, and
the unusual procedure on the part Of
the senate in line win that of the
president in sending in nominations
before the senate committee had time
to get to the White House was Wit
messed of allowing the presideu's nom
ination for members of his cabinet to
lie over without action.
Want information About Nacroes.
Senators Penrose and Foraker caused
a ripple of interest in the senate by
yieing with each other to be The first
TO introduce a resolution calling or the
president for information concerning
his executive order discharging from
the army the colored regulars
Penrose was frst to the wire, but
Forakec's resolution was much more
pointed and far REACHING After q col
loquy they both were laid over.
Only one new senator, Colonel Du-
Pont Oel), presented himself to take
the cath of Office. Jefferson Davis
(Ark) did not arrive in time.
Senator Allison Qa.), who has been
in i'll health, was missed, as also was
Senator La Toilette, Senators Platt
and Depew (N. " were present.
No flowers graced the members
desks in either house, owing to the
new regulations barring them out Of
both chambers except at funerals.
In the house the new members elect
ed to fill vacancies caused by deaths
and designations were sworn in.
The deaths of Representatives Ketch-
am IN. ". Adams CWis,), Hoar CMass.)
and Hit Qll) were announced, and
then, as mark of respect, the house
adjourned.
Between 400 and 800 private bills
were introduced, and about fifty
public bills were dropped in the hop
per.