The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-03
SIXTIETH CONGRESS IN
SESSION AT WASHINGTON
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themselves upon the mere miserable
pretext that these rules had controlled
them and they could do nothing else. -
Mr.. Dalzell could not conceive of
anything more unnecessary than a lis
cussiOn of the rules. They had been
the rules of the last congress, and of
the Fifty-first congress, both Repub-
lican. and substantially of the Fifty
second and Fifty-third congresses, both
Democratic.
Directing his remarks to Messrs.
Cooper and DeArmond, Mr.. Dalzell said
ii was not unusual for a man with a
grievance to denOunce the power of
the speaker, which power had existed,
as it did today, for one hundred years
Explanation by Cannon.
Speaker Cannon at some length ex-
planned TO the house the preliminary
situation at the time of the request of
Mr.. DeArmond for recognition in his
own right, and also in TeDlv to Mr..
Cooper, who thought the speaker
should occupy a seat on the floor The
practice had grown up. he said, that
gentlemen seek the chair, and the
the chair exercised his right as a
member to say that il would De use
less to grant recognition because if no
one else. objected the chair would oh
ject in his capacity as a member of
the house. He said that the right of
a member to be recognized can in most
instances not be denied by the chair.
1.-THE speaker Of the house. he said,
is the servant of the house. If a
majority of the house acted under the
constitution and the laws, no speaker
would dare to fail to obey the will of
the people"
Mr.. DeArmond insinuated that the
speaker had not answered him.
IF the gentleman has not been an
swered" said the speaker suavely, 1T
is the misfortune of the chair or the
misfortune of the peculiar state OF
mind of the gentleman"
BY vote of 1877 to $50 the resolution
was adopted and the rules i'm the last
congress were adopted as rules for the
present congress.
Drawing for Seats.
The drawing of seats then began.
the house by unanimous consent al
lowing Messrs Bingham GPa), Payne
On. ", Keller (O), Williams (Miss.) },
seats.
The ballot box containing numbers
of all members was then placed in pos
session of a blind-folded page, who
proceeded to make the drawings, after
those who had been allowed to choose
their seats had made their selections.
The clerk called the name on the list
Of members corresponding to the num-
Der that was called and the members
took their choice of seats, Republi-
cans going to the left of the speaker
and Democrats to the section on his
right.
The body of the house was the IA
vorite location OF members. the first
row of seats not being in favor. Mr..
LOngworth, when his name was called,
selected a seat beside Mr.. Huff, the
millionaire coal operator of Pennsylva-
MIA.
De Almond Out of Luck.
Mr.. DeArmond did not have the good
fortune to have his name reached IN
til desirable seats had become scarce,
and he was obliged to accept a loca-
ton near the Cherokee Strip" on the
extreme right of the speaker.
Bourke Cochran proved an excep-
ton to the rule in the selection of a
seat When his name was called most
of the desirable places on the Dem
ocratic side had been taken, and he
sat down on the front row. where he
will be only twenty feet from the
speaker and will have no difficulty in
catching his eye.
Mr.. Hepburn 0a.) had his name
drawn when the Republican side was
well filled up, and his old seat had
been taken by Mr.. Lafean CPa) Mr.
Lafeaa caught the eye of the IOwan
and. reckoning him to his side, pre-
scented him with his old seat.
Applause for Champ Clark.
The name of Champ Clark CAIo.) was
applauded He sat down in the last
row near the middle of the Democratic
side, that being the best place in sight.
As the house filled up and the Re
publican side offered no more places,
members of the majority were obliged
to go over on the Cherokee Strip" as
the row of seats under the gallery on
the extreme right of the speaker is
called.
There the Republicans are hedged IN
between the Democrats and the gal
lery. The selection of seats being rom-
pleted, Mr.. Underwood announced the
deaths of Senators Morgan and Pet
tus, and resolutions of respect to their
memory were adopted.
Mr.. Jones CVa) announced the death
of Representative Slemp, and Mr.. RO-
denbuTg 0ll) that of George w. Smith
Qn)
A committee TO attend the funeral
of the late MIR. Smith was appointed
by the chair.
Then the house, out of respect of the
memory of senators and representa-
tive5 who had died during the recess
of congress, adjourned until noon to-
morrow.
SESSION OF THE SENATE.