Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-03-09
CALLS TARIFF MEET
Taft Orders Special Session
for March Is.
SENATE QUITS UNTIL THEN
Members Of Cabinet Take Oath of Of.
flee in Presence Of President-Chief
Justice in Charge of the cere.
mony.,

nC0 IN presence OF PreStuent-Chief
Justice in Charge of the cere-
mony.,.
Washington, Mar. g. = President
Taft has issued call for a special
session of the Sixty-first congress to
convene March Is. The call does not
mention the object for which the spe-
cial session is called.
The senate Saturday adjourned I'm.
til the 18th instant. The credentials
OF Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin
failed to arrive in time to permit him
to be sworn in.
The following is the text of the
cali:
by the President of the United
"A proclamation.
States Of America.
Whereas, Public interests require
that the congress of the United States
should be convened in extra session
at IL o'clock noon on the 18th day of
March, 1909. to receive such communi-
cation as may be made by the execu-
tive;
Will Meet at Noon.
Nov, therefore, l, William Howard
Taft, president of the United States
of America. do hereby proclaim and
declare that an extraordinary occa-
sion requires the congress of the
United States to convene in extra
session at the capitol in the city of
Washington. on the 18th day of
March, 1909, at IL o'clock noon, at
which all persons who shall at that
time be entitled to act as members
thereof, are hereby required to take
notice.
"Given under my hand and the seal
Of the United States of America the
9Th day of March, in the year of our
Lord, one thousand nine hundred and
nine. and of the independence of the
United States, the one hundred and
thirty-third. (Signed)
WILLIAM H. TAFT.
by the President"
Cabinet Is Sworn In.
Six members of President Taft's
cabinet took the oath of Office in the
cabinet room at the White House Sat
urday. The obligation to uphold the
constitution and enforce the laws wa!
administered by Chief Justice Fuller
of the supreme court of the United
States. The oath was administered
first to Philander c. Knox as secre
tary of state. Frank H. Hitchcocl
was next sworn in as postmaste
general; George Won Lengerke Meyer
,S no
Ballings. secretary of the interior
James Wilson. secretary of agricul
ture, and Charles Nagel, secretary o
commerce and labor.
George E. Wickersham took tn,
oath of Office as attorney general ant
;Messrs. Dickinson and MacVeagh will
not reach the city for some days.
President Taft Present.
President Taft, Secretary Carper
ter, Senator Burton of Ohio, Richar
d. Harlan, son of Justice Harla" o
the supreme court, and John Barrett
director of the Bureau of American
Republics. were present during tn
ceremony.
Az soon as the ceremony had bee
completed President Taft gave hin
self up to the reception Of severa
hundred persons who gained admt
lance to his ofaces by reason of be
Ing accompanied by senators and rel
resentatives. The outer Office wa
crowded and as the line passe
through the cabinet room the pres
dent stood and was introduced an
ho hopd NJ oooh norcon
Holds Large Reception.
The line from the outside SCENE
net to diminish. Senator Aldrich {
Rhode Island interrupted the recel
ton proceedings by somewhs
lengthy conference with the pres
dent.
While the friends of senator's an
members were being received in tt
ONCE building several thousand Peep
gathered in the east room. being del
cations with proper credentials, an
when President Taft had disposed {
the first crowd he went to the ca.
room, where the handshaking process
continued for some time.
Rules Body Puzzles Cannon.
0pcdhcI SduuOA 40 PuAAAA6 LID AOo
In the interim between sessions {
congress over the personnel Of til
next committee on rules. The a
pointment of this committee will
one of the first duties the speak'
of the incoming congress will have
perform, unless the insurgents" mu
ter enough strength to form an al
ance with the Democrats to amend tt
rules SO as to provide for the ele
ton Of committee on COMMITTEES
Speaker Cannon does not believe thu
will, and SO he is considering some
the problems that may vex him in Il
days to come.
There are two vacancies on til
powerful committee. Vice-Preside
Sherman has just left it and SO h
Senator-elect Williams of MISSISSIPPI
Ex.cAsHlER is mot GUILTY