The Monticellonian., 1906-12-13
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Fifty-Ninth congress-Last Session.

Fifty-Ninth Congress-Last Session.
 It took thesenata 15 minutes to ar range it's preliminaries on reassem- bling for the last, or short session, and the house occupied an hour. The president sent long list of recess appointments to the senate. Senators Penrose and Feraker introduced reso- lutions of inquiry regarding the dis charge of negro troops of the Twenty fifth infantry. One was addressed o the president and the other to the secretary of war Both resolutions went over. Senator Dupont. of Della ware, took the oath.
 Some of thesenators wanted to set angry because the president sent ill a batch of nominations before the senate had notified him that it was in session. When they came to realize that the constitution or the-- United States required them to assemble, and that the president had to only assume that the senate was obeying the con stitution, and was on hand ready to attend to business, they concluded to allow the "affront" to pass un. noticed.
 The house passed the bill authoriz- ing the secretary of the treasury to duplicate gold certificates In lieu of ones lost or destroyed, and the bill amending the national banking laws, permitting national banking associa- tions to make loans on real estate as security and limiting the amount of such loans.
 Senator Flint has introduced a bill providing for an exhibition at Los An geles, Cal, in 1915, to celebrate the completion of the Panama canal. The bill provides for government aid of 310,000,000 provided the exhibition company furnishes an equal amount.
 The president sent special mes sage to congress urging legislation giving the executive authority upon his own initiative and responsibility to dismiss any officer whom he thinks unworthy to remain in the service.
 The Senate.
 Washington, D. C.-President Roosevelt's annual message to con gress occupied the attention of the senate for two and one-half hours to the exclusion of nearly all other busi- ness. The exception to this was the introduction of resolution on the Japanese situation by Senator Rayner, of Maryland, and the adoption of ap- propriate resolutions regarding those members of the house of representa- tives who have died since the last ses- sion. As a mark of further respect to their memory, adjournment was taken.
 House.
 Washington, D. C.-The reading of the presidents message consumed two hours and 25 minutes in the house, and was followed closely by large number of members while the crowded galleries gave close consid- eration. Here and there the reading of the document was punctuated with applause, and hearty hand-clapping from democrats as well as republicans followed it's conclusion. During the major portion of the time of the read ing of the message. Representative Lacey, of Iowa, acted as speaker pro tenn, being the first of the defeated stand patters" to be recognized by Speaker Cannon.
 While the house waited upon the secretary to the president to appear with the message Speaker Cannon ap- pointed Robert G. Cousins, of Iowa, chairman of the committee on foreign affairs, to succeed the late Robert Hit, of Illinois He also appointed Representative Frank O. Lowden to place on the same committee to fill the vacancy caused by the death of MT. Hit.