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EXTRA
Session Of Congress Opens
Tuesday At Noon

extraordinary session of the Sixty sec
ond Congress, the senate and house
of representatives will meet tomor-
row at noon. The Presidents mes
sage relating to reciprocity with Can
ada will not be sent until Wednesday.
In the senate the routine program
will be followed. Vice President Sher-
man will call the senate to order, and
the Presidents proclamation calling
the session will be read. A commit
tee will be appointed to call upon the
President and inform him that the
senate is in session, and another COM
mite will similarly advise the house.
A big shift of seats In the senate
will accompany the opening OF the
session. Not only will there be abb
sent many of the familiar faces that
have seemed fixtures In the upper
house and be in evidence many now
faces, but also many Of the old ones
will appear in new places.
The greatest change in the seating
in the senate will be the wiping out
OF Cherokee strip"-that group Of
seats on the extreme end Of the min
ority side which have been occupied
for number OF years by Republicans.
That Is due, of course, to the replac-
ing by Democrats of Republicans In
several delegations.
Under the rearrangement OF seats
those who will have the front row
seats on the Republican side, begin
ming at the center aisle. are, In order,
Senators Frye, Cullom, Gallinger,
Hepburn, Dixon, Brandegee, Penrose,
Page and Poindexter. In the front
row of the Democratic side will ap-
pear, in order, Senators Chamberlain,
Johnston, Martin, Owen, Newlands,
Terrell, Taylor, Lea and Watson.
The Clerk Of the house will call that
body to order at noon, read the Presi-
dents proclamation, and cali the roll
of those entitled to seats In the Six
ty-second Congress. The oath will be
administered, and the drawing of seats
will then take place, the members
standing behind the rails until the
name of each is drown from box by
blind-folded page. Following GUS
tom, Representative Joseph G. Can
non, the father of the house," prob
ably will be allowed the privilege of
selecting his seat. The chosen lead
er of the Democratic majority will al
so be accorded the same privilege.
After the election of house officers,
committees will be appointed to wait
upon the President and upon the SEN
ate to advise both that the house Is In
session. Several days will probably
be required to complete the organiza-
ton and get the house into working
ter for which 1t has been called to-
gether by the President. The senate
will not be able to do much business
until the reciprocity measure comes
over from the house, and 1t is prob
able that after disposlng of Its pre-
liminary business the senate will ad-
journ for several days at time un-
til the action Of the house Is taken.
The scope OF Legislation and the
length of the session are now tho sta
pie topics of discussion. The belief
seems to be gaining ground that the
new Congress will take up other sub
jects than reciprocity and tariff The
advocates of direct election of sena-
tors will probably make another try
for their constitutional amendment
An apportionment bill will be sent ov-
or by the house. The new members
with record to make will clamor for
public buildings and river and har-
Dor improvements. Conservation
measures left over unfinished from
the last session may be revised, In.
deed, the leaders think that the extra
session may be called upon to take up
variety OF subjects for legislative
action.
First and foremost on the agenda
however, IL the subject of reciprocity
That the Canadian agreement will be
given prompt approval by the house
Is not doubted by any faction, All Of
the Democrats appear to consider the
vote in the last house a committal Of
the Democrats to such legislation. The
proposed pact, on the other hand, will
find 1t hard shedding when II reaches
the senate.
President Taft viii urge his porma.
nent tarifi commission plan, which is
expected to cause wrange In Con-
gress and help to prolong the session,
Then. again, should the committe ac-
cede to demands for general revl.
sion OF the tariff to be open to the
world, the session probably would
drag through the summer and well In.
10 the fall. In any event there APP
naara IN ha litfIa liraIIhnOd that tho