Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-12-05
SESSION
OF CONGRESS
OPENS TODAY
Republicans Are Downcast
While Democrats Iubilant
Over Their Successes.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
READ TOMORROW
fFrom h. NEWS Correspondent. )

{From The NEWS Correspondeat)
Washington, Dec. 5:-When the
members of the House Of Renresen-
tatives assembled today to take up
the work of the. last session of the
sixty-first Congress, leaders of the
two dominant parties betrayed their
feelings resulting from the effects of
the recent election In numerous un-
mistakable manners. Republicans,
many of whom will retire to private
life at the end or the present ses-
sion, were more or less subdued in
their demeanor. Democrats, who
are looking forward to resuming con-
troll of the House after a long term
of years, were jubilant. The insur-
gents were divided between the two
classes, some of this faction booked
to remain, while OF ers are destined
to depart.
Uncle Joe,' the unterrified, re-
turning with an increased majority,
was the most clipper of the Repub-
licans. The old warrior scents the
fray from afar, and there will be no
one who will relish the rough and
tumble of debate that Is sure to
characterize the proceedings OF the
next Congress, better than the pres
ent speaker. He will have with him
some of the notables of the Republi-
cans.
When the speaker took his place
at his desk and raped for order pre-
eisely ON the stroke of noon today,
there were but few absentees on
either side of the hall. Democrats
as we'll as Republicans from every
state were present almost to man,
and New Jersey was no exception to
the rule. ALI felt that alth ough a
short session, 1t is likely to be me-
morable. In some respects, particu-
larly in debate whenever the brill
liant minds on either side of the
House have an opportunity to call
their opponents to account on any
question or policy.
The New Jersey delegation viii be
reversed in the next Congress. With
seven Republicans and three Demo-
Gratis it will have the same number
of the dominant party in the de3ega-
tion In the next Congress. Thomas
J. Scully will succeed Benjamin F.
Howell In the third district; w. g..
Tuttle, Jr., will take the place of
Charles N. Fowler In the fifth; r..
w Townsend will succeed r. Wayne
Parker In the seventh; and w. l..
Mccoy will succeed William H. Wi
lev in the eighth, while e. F. Kin
Read and James A Hamill, in the
ninth and tenth districts, respective
ly, will spend two more years in the
House of Representatives.
1t will seem strange to Renresen-
tatives Parker. Howell and Fowler
to retire from Congress. They have
been here long term Of years. 1t
will not seem SO strange to Repre-
sentative Wiley, OF the eighth dis
trict, as he has not been here so
long, and he was out one Congress,
the time Colonel LIE Gage Pratt was
elected Representative Hughes has
had the experience of remaining at
home one Congress, the time when
Henry Allen came down from the
sixth district.
Representative Parker will re-
sunie the active practice aof law in
Newark after the fourth Sf March,
next Mr.. Wiley has maintained his
interests in a publishing house, and
may devote his time more actively to
the work. Representative Fowler
Is lawyer, but of late years has de-
voted more time to financial mat
ters, in which he is considered an ex-
pert. Mr. Howell ls banker, and
will give more OF his time In the
future to that business.
General Bingham, of Pennsylva-
MIA. known as the Father of the
House," by reason Of his long, con-
tinuous service, will be here In the
sixty-second Congress. John Dali
cell, of the same state, a recognized
tariff expert; J. r. Mann and w. B..
Mckinley, Of Illinois, colleagues of
the speaker; Serene e. Payne, au-
thor OF the Payne tariff act; Nicho-
las Longworth, of Ohio; Victor MUIR
dock, of Kansas; E. A. Hayes, of
California; A. P. Gardner, of Massa-
chusetts. three reconeilable insur-
gents, will all be here.
OF the Democrats who will come
to the front by the change are
Champ Clark, slated for speaker; c..
w Underwood. of Alabama. who
will be prominent leader OF the
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