Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-03
Senate Holds Brief Session and
Adjourns Out of Respect for
Memory Of Vice President
and Deceased Members,
SPEAKER AND CANNON
PROVOKE APPLAUSE
Upper House Republicans Me-
gotiatlng for Election of Gal
llnger as Permanent PreSid-
ing Officer,

Washington, Dec. 2.-Tho senat,
and house settled down to work today
/ for the high pressure session that /,
To end the sixty-second congress
] Speaker Clark welding his emblem
OF order, with evcr-increasing force
succeeded in breaking two valuabl,
/ gayels before he had brought the en-.
thusiastic house through an hour ano
ten minutes Of business. The sessions
IN both houses served to complete the
preliminary work of organization and
left congress ready for legislative bus
lncYs tomorrow.
The senate, depressed by the recent
death of Vice President sherman and
senators Hepburn and tayner was in
session twenty-five minutes. Both
houses adjourned as soon as the pre-
flnlinarics of organization were con-
cludcd odt Of respect for officers and
mcmhcrs Whe had died since the ad-
jouinment in August.
President Tafts message will CONE
to both houses tomorrow. The SEN
ate wiIl meet at fl O'Clock. one hour
before the customary time. so that the
message may be received and read be-
fore proceedings are begun in the
court Of impeachment which Ia to try
Judge Robert ". Archibald Of the COM
mcico court. Boistcrous enthusiasm
greeted the return to the house OF
speaker Clark. former Speaker Can
non and other members whose names
long have been associated with the
important affairs OF that body.
Former Speaker Cannon was given
a rising greeting when his name was
reached. Democrats and republicans
who had Joined in the applause for
Speaker Clark. when he entered the
chamber at noon. jumped to their feet
and joined in the cheering -Four gov
crnors-clcct. who Will 20 from the
house Of representative to their re-
spective state capitals. also were Wig
orously checred as the rool call pro-
cceded They were Representatives
SulZer, Of New York: Cox, of Ohio
Roginson, of Arkansas, and Hanna. of
North Dakota.
No business was transacted by the
senate. but number of bills and res
olutions were introduced in the house.
A joint committee was named by the
two houses To notify President Taft
that congress was ready to receive his
communication. Senator Bacon. pre-
siding officer of the senate. appointed
Senators Cullom and Martin ana
Speaker Clark named Representatives
Of Alabama Mann, Of
Illinois, ana Johnson Of Kentucky.
Senate republicans held an informal
during the day In an er-
fort to solve the tanglc that was pre- /
vented the selection of a permanent /
presiding officer of the senate. II Is
expected that Il republican caucus viii
be held before the end Of the week,
ind that an effort viii be made to sc-
'ure enough support from progress
,',c ana nsurgent republican senators
20 bring about the election Of Senator
iallinger.
The house will convene at noon to-
morrow. Ron call in the two houses
oday showed sixty-six senators pres
mt out Of "A membership of ninety
hree and 275 representatives. out of a
membership Of 45s, There are three
acancies in each branch.
Congress met promptly today 1T
oon for the short session that VIII
ermipate with the incoming of the
cInot tratiC administration March 4th.
rOwdcd galleries looked down on the
minated scenes on the floor as Speak
r Clark in the house and senator Ra- 5
ln president of the semitic. raped
he respective bodies to order at the
roke of ~.
ii was net quite ~ O'Clock when ,
enator Hacon. president protein.
J, the chair at the desk of the late
Ice President sherman ana raped
n order IN the senate. Senators
irged through the doors at the last
toment. and il took some time to
,curc order fer the prayer by the
naplain. the Rev. e. q. B. Pearce.
Failure OF members of the house to
Zach The floor delayed the opening ,
the session in the house about a Il
Iinute after the hour of noon. When ,
peakcr CLARK climbed the stairs TO ,
d, rostrnm he was greeted hy app i
ausr and cheers from the floor and T
'owded galleries n
When the prayer was concluded q d
irst OF applause greeted William y
ilzcr. gotcrnor-eleot pf New York, y
6 he took his seat. VI
Tn, roll call by states followed. a
hen the name of former Speaker y
snnon WAS called the mem bcrs rose ;
ld applauded and cheered the Vet n
an legislator whose services ut this
ssion viii conclude forty years IN
c halls OF congress. Uncle Joe"
see IN his place and bowed his ac-
lowledgcme nj of the greetings. =
After the adoption ~ the custom /
y resolution To- appoint members ga 1