The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-12-12
THE WORK OF CONGRESS



ReHsans Mature oaay.
Atses ; ln~nslanss s<xs.Sa sie
aouse af Representatives adgsarEs~sa
anil Mas-aAy. Dumas lie asleg s4.-
! ssosa Representative II. 4. smuh. -
Ass@osfi, called The attsnisan of tie
House 10 ttas omission Of ais Eazs
fam the !ssi ef rneaabeTx voisag 9cg
soaR Sharp Williams, Democrats
candidate Tor tie speakss.Aip and tie
clerk vas instructed 10 n..ks the oSs-
reci:on-
Representative Rhinock, Of Ken.
incky, aad Delegate John X. kalanl.
aaaolr, of Hawn, were sworn in -
members Of the House.
The House adopted . resolution in
response 10 the message recs,ss. On
Tuesday from the Legislature Of The
State of Oklahoma The rrralaloa
sas - foliows:
The House of Representative
acknowledges the greeting of ths
State of Oklahoma and requests The
Speaker 10 send her good WISHES for
her future progress and greatness -
The resolution was received by the
House with applause.
On motion of Mr. Payne tNew
York;, tho House AT 1910 adjourn
ed until Monday at noon.
Senator Frye Honored.
The Senate elected William 4.
Frye, Of Maine, its president pro
lem, an office occupied BY him con
hnuously since February It'll. lSeG.
except during periods he has served
as presiden: of the Senate.
Senator Frye was nominated bv
Senator Allison for this honor. Be
fore a vote was taken. Senator Cui-
berson offered an amendment 10 the
resolution BY substituting the name
Of Senator Daniel. of Virginia, for
that of Mr.. Frye. This action was
generally considered rs delicate
compliment on the part of the re
Gently designated leader of the mi
hority IN tho Senate TO tic only other
Senator who had been spoken of
prominently III connection with the
minority leadership.
Senator Daniel alose with dignity
and said the suggestion of this great
honor was SO sudden ha hardly knew
how to respond TO il. With n glance
around the Senate and with a faint
smile, he said that if elected he would
serve, but added that if he should
not be elected he would not feel very
badly about his defeat.
The amendment was voted down.
Committees This Week.
There is excellent authority for
stating that it is not likely that
Speaker Cannon will announce anv of
the more important committees OF the
house before the latter part of this
week. There are more than one hund-
red new representatives in Sixticth
Congress and the Speaker finds it
necessary to get acquainted with a
good many Of them. There are in
the neighborhood Of a dozen appli-
eants for every prospective committee
assignment, and the care necessary to
be exercised by the Speaker requires
that he be familiar with the timber
at his command before he begins
building the committee structures. II
is possible that the committees on
rules and on mileage, and two or
three others, will be appointed early
In the week, though it is understood
the Speaker will not rush the forna.
tion Of these or of even the least i'm
portant.
The exception in the ease of the
committee on banking and currency
was made in Difference to financial
conditions.
Senate Does Nothing.
The Senate was in session for an
hour and half adjourning at l 80
O'Clock until Monday.
Senator William p. Frye, Of Maline
was elected president pro TEN of the
Senate, Senator Daniel, Of Virginia,
being given a complimentary vote fer
that honor by his Democratic col.
leagues.
The resolutions Of Senator Clay
and Senator Culberson calling on the
Secretary of the Treasury for infor-
nation concerning the recent bond
issues by the government were allow
ed to 60 over until Monday.