Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-12-02

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Washington. D. c., Dec. .
= Congress met promptly today at :
\ noon for the short session that
\ will terminate with the incoming =
= of the democratic administration, =
y March /, Crowded galleries look \
\ ed down on the animated scenes =
y on the floor as Speaker Clark, i'll
\ the house and Senator Bacon, \
= president of the senate, raped =
y the respective bodies to order =
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1t was not quite y O'Clock when
Senator Eacon, president pro TEN,
took the chair al tire desk OF the late
Vice President Sherman ard raped
for order in the senate. Senators
moment and it took some time to Sc
cure order for the prayer by the chap
lair, the Rev. J.. G. 3. Pearce. Failure
Of members Of the house to reach the
sion in the house about a minute af-
ter the hour of noon. When Speaker
Clark climbed the stairs to the ros-
trun'. he was GREETED by applause and
cheers from the floor and crowded
galleries. When the prayer was con-
cuded a burst of applause greeted
Representative William Sulzer, gov
ernor-elect Of New York, as he took
his seat.
he roll call by states followed.
When the name Of former Speaker
Cannon was called the members rose
and applauded and cheered the vet
eran legislator, whose services at this
gsessjens viii conclude. forty. years Jill.
the halls of congress. "Uncle joe
rose in his place and bowed his ac-
acknowledgement of the greetings. Aft
er the adoption Of the customary reso-
luton to appoint members OF com
mittee to notify the president that
congress had assembled, Senator
Lodge moved that the senate meet to-
morrow at / o'clock 1t was adopted
without debate, the purpose being to
give time for the reading OF President
Tafts message before the hour set
for the convening OF the Archbold
court OF Impeachment at 1890.
Senator Root gave the senate the
nf Inn II, of
Vice President Sherman.
Resolutions were adopted covering .
the senates sympathy to the family .
of the late vice president
Senator Borah presented the Motif !
cation OF the death of his colleague,
Senator Hepburn, and Senator Smith .
of Maryland, that Of Senator Rayner
Again resolutions OF sorrow were
adopted and after session OF % min .
utes the senate adjourned out Of re-
spect to the memories OF Vice Presi-
dent Sherman and Senators Hepburn
and Rayner.
Four new members We're sworn in
in the house They were Lewis L.
Morgan OF Louisiana, who succeeds
the late Representative Wycklilfe,
Archibald c. Hart who succeeds Rep
resentative Hughes of New Jersey,
elected to the senate; George {,
Scott, who succeeds the late Repre-
Hubbard OF Iowa, and Ed
ward A. Merritt, who succeeds the late
George Maltby, OF
New York.
The house after a session of one
hour and ten minutes, adjourned un
til noon tomorrow, or motion of Rep
resentatiye Cannon out Of respect to
the members who had died since the
last adjournment
Washington, d. c., Dec. 2.-The
third session Of the G2nd congress be-
gins at noon today under circum-
stances of unusual interest. 1t comes
together after Il political upheaval of
far reaching extent which will soon
transfer all the executive and legisla
tive branches Of the federal govern
ment to democratic control
While the present session is mere
ly the expiring stage of a congress
soon to go out of existence and to be
in political control and
policy after March 4, yet today's ses-
sions in the senate and house bring
together for the first time since the
recent overturning those leaders and
of the various parties who
have been most prominent in pubic
affairs. The old faces and figures are
again in evidence today, although
some of them, like eX-Speaker Can
non, will soon pass Off the congress
sional stage, while others, like Speak
er Clark and Chairman Underwood,
have had their tenures renewed and
AS a whole, however, the dominant
note as both branches of congress as
semble is that new conditions, new
policies and new men have been ush-
cred in as result of the recent elec- :
ion and that about the only function