The San Francisco call., 1909-12-07
Two Branches Convene for the
Sixty-frst Session and No
tify the President
Bailey Enlivens First Meeting
of Senate by Trying to
Change Rules
Among Bills in the House One
Calls for Sugar Fraud
Investigation
Early Adjournment Taken in
Respect to Memory of the
Deceased Members

deceased members
IN THE SENATE-BaiIey OF Texas
unsuecessfuIIy attempts to make daily
meeting hours 2 p. M, instead OF noon.
Members of democratic minority take
steps TO make Bacon of Georgia their
leader.
Committee is named TO wait upon
President Taft.
Senate adjourns in respect TO memory
of late Senator johnson.
IN THE HOUSE-New members are
assigned to committees.
Numerous bills of wide range are
introduced.
Committee ON appropriations holds
it's first meeting.
Committee Is named to wait upon
President Taft In conjunction with SEN
ate committee.
House adjourns in respect To the
memory OF members who recently died.
w WASHINGTON. Dec. 6.-The two
W houses of congress convened
W today for the first regular ses-
sion of the sixfy-frst congress. but the
days proceedings were in great part
OF a social nature. and practically no
business was transacted.
Brief as was the senate's Is minute
session. it was enIivened BY an unsuc-
Bailey of Texas to defeet the passage
of the usual resolution that the daily
sessions begin at noon. the senator
suggesting that the senate convene
instead at o'clock Bailey said he
would like TO see the senate hold night
sessions that senator's might devote
the day to individual business No
objection was offered when similar
resolution was introduced il the house.
Notify the President
A joint committee was named by
both houses TO wait upon the president
and inform him that congress was in
session and ready for any business he
might wish to lay before it. The presi-
dents response will constitute his an
nual message. the reading OF which
will consume nearly all OF tomorrow's
session.
utes. in which W. W. McCredie. new
representative from the Second Wash
ington district. who succeeds the late
Francis Cushman. was sworn in.
Although 341 members responded to
their names. almost full membership
appeared on the house floor and there
were few who did not have one or more
bills to offer.
Bills of Wide Range
These included one by Representa-
tive Glarner of Pennsylvania for an
Investigation by congress Of the entire
customs service. particularly in regard
to the sugar frauds recently brought
to light; one by Representative Hitch
cock OF Nebraska for the establishment
of postal savings banks; one by Rep
resentative Mann OF Illinois for federal
regulation of the white slave trade:
another by Mann for the free admis-
sion of wood pulp. and one by Repre-
sentative Hamilton OF Michigan to
grant statehood to- New Mexico and
Arizona
Crowds in Galleries
There were the customary crowds in
the galleries and the usual scenes at
tending an opening day OF congress
were re-enacted on the floors. The
leaders of the majority and the minor
ity were there and conversed amiably,
all bitterness engendered over the tarin
fight OF last summer apparently hav-
| Ing been forgotten
Resolutions of respect for the mem
ory of Senator Johnson OF North Da-
kota and Representatives de Arnond
and Lassiter, who died in the recess.
were adopted. and. as a further mark
OF respect. the two houses adjourned
until noon tomorrow
Bacon to Lead Democrats
WASHINGTON. Dec. 6.-Wfth great
seriousness Democratic members OF the
senate met today to elect a successor
to Senator Culberson. who has deter