Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-04


WASHINGTON. April 4.--The sixty
second Congress, called by President
Taft in extraordinary session to con-
slider the reciprocity agreement with
Canada. got under way today.
The Republicans retain scant control
of the Senate. The House passed into
the hands of the Democrats for the
first time in sixteen years, and Champ
Clark, of Missouri, was epectea
speaker. He received 217 votes. to ISL
cast for James r. Mann. of Illinois the
Republican nominee.
The insurgent Republicans of the
House in their votes for speaker indi7-
Gated that they intend TO maintain a
separate working organization Fifteen
of them voted for Representative
Cooper, Of Wisconsin. Representatives
Norris, of Nebraska, and Madison. OF
Kansas, however. temporarily deserted
and voted with the regular Republicans
for Mr.. Mann. Theron Akin, the in
dependent Democrat" of New YORK,
also voted for Cooper. Victor L. Ber-
ger, of Wisconsin, the only Socialist in
the House, declined to vote
The interest of opening day centred
almost entirely in the House, and the
routine proceedings of the Senate were
ell but forgotten. The reelected and
new senators were sworn in under the
old regime, and then a recess was or
dered to await the organization OF tie
House and the report of a committee
appointed to wait upon the president
Representative Mccall, OF Massachu-
setts, who introduced the bill at the
last session of Congress TO carry the
reciprocity agreement into effect, re-
introduced his measure today, and it
was referred to the Democratic COM
mittee on ways and means, where 1t
win be sidetracl1ed.
Notwithstanding that the initial cere-
monies of the extra session in the Sen
ate We're quite secondary in interest 10
those of the House, there still was a
large attendance in the galleries and
the scene was an animated one.
The spectators began to arrive early
and long before the beginning of the
session every seat had been taken ana
every available bit of space was occu-
I pied.
Like Social Function.
Old senators mingled with the new
+ and general round of introductions
I served to give the scene ON the floor as
/ much of social as an official charac-
ter. The only ex-senator present was
! SS-year-old Henry Gassaway Davis. OF
/ West Virginia. who appeared quite as
spray as many of the younger men.
The ceremonies were brief and for
NAL, consisting in the main of brief
prayer by the Senate chaplain, the Rev.
Ulysses Grant Pierce. who petitioned
that as people We might be "deiiv-
cred from strife within and warfare
without the reading of the message
calling the special session and the
swearing in of the thirty newly-elected
senator's
i OF the senators sworn, seven were
men who never before had occupiet
seats in the Senate. Twelve were
Democrats and five Republicans. the
new Democrats being Messrs. Bryan. OF
Florida Chiffon. OF West VIRGINIA:
Hitchcock. of Nebraska; johnson, Of
Maine: Kern. of Indiana: Lea. OF
Tennessee: MARITIME, of New Jersey:
Myers. of Montana; O'Gorman, of New
York: Pomerene. of Ohio; Reed. OF II s.
souri,, and Williams. Of Mississippi The
new Republicans were Lippit, OF Rho =
i Island; Mclean. of Connecticut; Poin-
dexter. OF Washington; Townsend ef
Michigan, and Works. of California
AS soon as the last OF the senator's
/ had left the Tice-President dias. after
being sworn in. the roll of the Senate
was called. Eighty-six senators With
in five of the entire membership were
found to be present. and Senators Gall
/ linger and Bacon were appointed .
committee to wait on the President