Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-02
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Continued FROM Hase Oue.I
H1,,esenf snort session, lasting until March
is to pass annual supply bills II
Wind nm what remains of the old regime
N Bacon Rules Senate.
!, tho senate. Vice President oner-
a al has has been removed by death from
lIIa presiding officers char, when VIII
ha filed temporarily by Senators bacon
~ Ceorgia. and Gallinger OF New f1amP-
chirr. Alternating. The Republican con
tr0l of the Senate. with aDout my
votes as against the present De,noot ,ne
I'll March 4, although this control IS con-
ditioned largely by the presence of two
elements, regular and progressive, IN
the Republican total Of so. Senators
| Hepburn of Idaho and Rayner of Mary
and. have died since the last session
closed, but in other respects the per
sonnet continues unchanged until March
18th. #aE
Last Session For Many.
In the House, Speaker Clark and the
| various chairmen Of the two proceed
ing sessions, continue to direct affairs,
with a total democratic vote of 23O, CIV
ing a democratic majority OF about SO,
The personal aspect was very pro-
| bounced as the session began today. the
air Of democratic victory ~pervading the
capitol from end to end. Scores OF men
whose names have been prominently
identified with affairs of congress for
many years, and who have shaped poll
| tics and legislation. faced their last
three months Of service as the session
opened. ..
In this notable company were the
| deans of House and Senate: Uncle Joe"
| Cannon, former speaker, and center OF
| many turbulent sessions OF the House;
J and Senator Shelby M. Cullom, for thirty
| years a senator from Illinois, a personal
friend and contemporary of Lincoln, and
| VIII was elected to his first term in the
national house of representatives in 1866.
Both Cannon and Cullom came back
for the winters work the victims OF po-
litical defeat. Senator Joseph w. Bailey
| of Texas, long a Democratic leader in
nouncement of his retirement; Repre-:
sentatives Cog Of Ohio and Sulzer of
New York brought into the legislative
hall the titles Of governor-elect, respect
lively, of Ohio and New ork.
Senator Crane OF massachusetts,, long
regarded as the Republican whip Of
the senate, who also retired voluntarily;
| Senator's Bourne Of Oregon, G~uggenheim
| OF Colorado, Wetmore Of Rhode Island,
| Curtis of Kansas, Paynter of Kentucky,
Gamble of South Dakota, Brown of Ne.
| three months OF service, before volun-
tary or enforced retirement to private
life.
Sorrow Shadows Senate.
Sorrow for the late Vice President
Sherman ~overshadowed the spirit Of
democratic triumph in the senate, and
tempered the spirit OF greetings amongst
returning members. Custom decreed
that the upper house should adjourn
Immediately after meeting today, out OF
respect for the memory Of the vice pres
ident; and in contemplation Of this, SEN
ators were early in their seats.
The outline Of the winters work
seemed inextricably mixed. as senators
f~erences, with the prospect Of tariff re-
vision in the special session that is to
assemble under President Wilson next
spring. In the senate Republican lead
ers were slow to admit the certainty
Of democratic control on all tariff prob