New-York tribune., 1911-04-05
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insurgents who remained out Of the I,ei
publican caucus last night
Election Of Champ Clark.

Mann. 131. and Cooper, 16.
OF the 39t members OF tho House :'OJ
answered TO their names to-day En-
Speakcf Cannon. Representative serene
T.. Payne. John DalzclI. Samuel w. NC
Call Marlin T. Olnsted and other veteran
Republicans sat by with queer smile
on their faces. while the vocifcrous Dem
ocrats enjoyed the turn oC the political
wheel of fortune.
Because Of their large majority IT was
necessary for thirty Democrats. includ-
ing many prominent members. tn pro
ompt a strip Of seats on the Republican
side. Four of these are committee chair
mer-Sulzer. Foreign Affairs: Lloyd,
Accounts: Johnson, District OF Column
bia. and Sparkmar. Rivers and iiarpors.
-Four others are members of the poWcr'ui
Committee on Ways and Means ana
Committee on Committees s-Hughes. II
New Jersey. Shackleford, of Missouri:
Kitchin. Of North Carolina. and Harr'-
son, Of New York.
Representatives Littlcton. 81 NoW
York: Burleson. II Texas; Boriand. of
Missouri: Bartlett. cf Georgia. ana Mar
tin. Of Colorado. were among others role
lated 10 the Republican strip.
When the Republicans found 1t neces-
sarv to invade tho Democratic side of tho
chamber their section was known as the
"Cherokce strip" To-day Representa-
tive Rurlcson. Of Tc1as. named tho Dem
ocra,,c section on the Republican side
the Panhandle
The minority leaders. Cannon, Payne
and Dalzell, are seated in group Win
Mr.. Mann. the floor leader. short DIS
,ance away. Representative Murdoch.
Of Kansas. y radical insurgent, chose
scat once removed from Mr. Dalzell and
lust back of Mr.. Payne, much 10 the
amusement Of the members.
Reprcsen;atiye Berger. of Wisconsin.
the only Socialist in tho Ilouse. voted
present on the Spsakership ballot. }ie
also chose A seat on the Republican sld'.
"Recausc." he aftcrward explained,
belong to the opposition.
The insurgents gained = member when
REPRESENTATIVE Theron Akin, OF New
York. elected as an "indepcndcnt Demo
crat." and heretofore carried on the
Democratic rolls cast his lot with them
and chose a scat on the Republican SIDE
Reciprocity Bill introduced.
Rcpresentative Mccall. Of Massachu-
setts. who introduced the hill at the last
session OF Congress to carry the reel
rrocitv agreement into effect. reintro-
duced his measure to-day. and II WAS
referred to the Committee on ways ana
Means. where il will probably he SIDE
tracked for similar measure Of Demo-
cratic origin.
Bills on almost every conccivAble SUB
i,c. were introduced o-dav. They pro-
vided fo+ changes in tariff, pensions, I'M
provompnts in tho postal service. al IN
come tax. making tho birthday OF
Ahra ham Lincoln OFcbruarv ~ legal
holiday. for memorial to Robert Sul-
ton. inventor NJ the steamboat. IN the
county in Pennsylvania where lie was
horn. and many other matters. More
than . 0oo private bills were presented.
Reprcsentative Hull. of Tennessee, Ia
all salaries or incomes Of $4,000 or more
derived from any source whatever. un-
logs otherwise taxed, to bs assessed Al
the rate Of per cent v"ar. lie OK
meets 10 press this bill without regard
10 the proposed constitutions amend
rent OF the subject.
The Senate's Session Brief.
The Senate. with now faces in place OF
many OF the old. convened al noon. Al
though several of the moro venerable
members Of the old regime were missing,
there was no apparent decline of the
sense of ceremony with which unusual
affairs like the opening Of a new Con-
gress are regarded in the upper house
Crowded galleries. in which sat many
of the friends and members OF the fami-
lies Of the new Senators, looked down
upon tho opening ceremony. After the
chaplains prayer the proclamation OF
The President calling the extraordinary
session was read. Immediately after
ward Senator Root presented the creden-
,ials Of Senator OGorman and Senator
Dixon presented those Of Senator Myers.
Of Montana
In the absence Of any precedent deiin-
inC the procedure Nice-President Sher-
man announced that the members begin
ming new terms would take the oath ot
Office. after which the roll would he
called This led To a colloquy between
Senators Bacon and BAILEY on the ques-
ton of whether or not oaths could he ad-
,ninistered before It was ascert6ined that
quorum was present. The plan OF the
chair prevailed, however. and in groups
Of six. escorted to tho Nice-Presidents
desk by their colleagues the now Sena-
tors and those entering on another term
took the oath of Office.
New Members Sworn In.
Senator Root escorted Senator o'Gor-
man, IN accordance with the practice or
the senate. Senator Lea. the baby
Senator. who is more than six feet tall
walked arm i'm arm with Senator Taylor
Senator Ia Toilette. who begins another
term. compiled with the rule by per
functorily slipping his arm through that
OF senator Stephenson, on" OF thc rare
fccaSions when the two Wisconsin Son
ators appear as companions. Mr. NorEs'
u, insrreont almost clericaI III his
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