Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-12-17

perity of the country, the opportuni-
ties Of the present and the bright
hopes and promises of the future.
Absentees Are Few.
As soon as the prayer was ended
the clerk of the House called the roll
of membership by states and II was
found that there were only a few alb
sentees. The roll call ended the read
ing clerk of the Senate who had APP
peared in the House was recognized,
and he announced that the Upper
House had passed q resolution to in
form the House of Representatives
sembled, that body was ready to pro
coed to business. The House also
was told that the Senate had appoint.
ed committee to join a House COM
mittee to inform the president OF the
United States that a quorum of each
house was present and that congress
was ready to receive any communica-
ten that he may be pleased to
make" On receipt of this message
pointed committee to join like
committee of the Senate to wait upon
the president. The members of the
body directed to notify Mr.. Taft that
the House was in session were by the
appointment of the speaker, the Re-
publican leader, Serene Il. Payne, and
the Democratic leader, Champ Clark.
The first day in the House as usual
brought out hundreds of legislative
measures in bill form. all of which
were read by their title only and re-
ferred to the proper committees. II
was evident from the tone of the bills
| introduced that some scores of repre-.
sentatives were anxious to father
measures which had been recommend
ed by President Taft as being neces.
sary to carry out proposed policies OF
progression. The bills ranged from
those intended to correct alleged ex.
listing evils in Interstate commerce to
those to give increases of pensions to
veterans of the civil war
| Applause Greets Speaker Cannon.
| If Speaker Cannon anticipates any
| particular trouble with the "Insur.
! gents" of the House at the coming
session, he gave no evidence of it
when he took the chair as presiding
officer He was greeted with great
applause from the galleries and from
the floor OF the House, many of the
Democrats and insurgents joining in
the demonstration, though in either
case possibly the hand-clapping was
given as an evidence of regard for the
office of speaker. rather than as evil
dence of any overweaning affection
for the speaker himself.
With the committees ready to begin
work, the House will settle down to
its winters business at once. No bills
will be passed Immediately because
all measures must be considered
in committee, and the meetings of the
committees will be held daily from
now until the Christmas holidays and
some of the more important House
bodies will sit during the recess.
When congress reassembles In Janu.
airy many of the committees will be
ready to report bills, and the debates
of the winter will begin.
Opening Of the Senate.
Vice-President Sherman called the
Senate to order at noon Rev. Ed,
ward Everett Hale, the chaplain OF
the Senate, having died during the
summer recess, his place as chaplain,
temporarily was taken by local
clergyman who offered prayer In the
Senate the roll was called and IL was
found that nearly all the Senator'S
were in their seats. The resolutions
were adopted to the effect that com.
mittees be appointed to inform the
House and the president that the Sen
ate had assembled and was ready to
begin the business of the session. As
was the case in the House many bills
were introduced for consideration dur.
ing the winter by senators who, like
the representatives, desire to have a
hand in forwarding administration pol
icies
After a comparative short session
lin the open," the galleries were
cleared and the Senate went into ex
ecutive session behind closed doors
for the purpose of considering nomina
tons for Office sent to the Upper
House by President Taft
A Question to Be Considered.