The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-08


hlr. returning ia the White House I'm
mcdintsIy after communicating his
mcssHgc. A Cabinet meeting VIII pre-
redc the Presidents departure from
the White House. mud while the Cabinet
members viii not officially accompany
the President. IL In undcrstood that
sonic of them VIII attend. A demand
hns hccp made on the White Hou.e for
tickets, aud "a In probable that tho eA-
ecuti,c galleries VIII he hIlcd- -"
senate Is Nnc Pleased.
WnshingtoYs - April 1-CongrcnH
"rcniwp in extraordinary session to-
4r'ss under Democratic domination. vas
cuiIsencd by the nctiSitlrs OF hcnIthy
youth, thc Progressive drKanixation In
tho Iouse, and an Invasion Of petition
Tbrnrinx sunrnRfsfs. Hut even these
Hrations for tho event or Tomorrow
when President Wilson will deliver his
isrlT mrSrnGc by word OF mouth ia the
nations lawmakers.
victor Murdock, leader of tho new
Progressive party in the lower branch.
aided by his small band OF followers,
attracted unusual interest, and at tho
very outset stirred up tight over the
seating OF Representative II. Clin
Young, OF Michigan. The heraldiuS
uf the coming of the President OF the
United States. however. was the prin-
cipal subject of official and unofficial
discussion. The Senate hcsitateL when
Il resolution, adopted previously by
The House providing for n joint ses-
sion Tomorrow To listen to President
Wilson, was presented for its consider
alton. j: was stunning proposal
Not in the lifetime OF any veteran
statesman present had such thing
even been considered. History, they
supposed. had closed on that custom "A
century and more ago First am cf-
fort was made 10 have the resolution
lie over under the rule. but Vice-Pres-
idcnt Marshall ruled 1t was a resolu-
iion OF the highest privilege.
Doubts Wisdom OF Move.
Before IT was adopted Senator Will
iams of Mississippi, deprecated the
Presidents decision To enter the halls
Of Congress and speak his mind to the
peoples representatives" He express
ed the hope that such aG event never
would occur again III the ndministra-
tion. He doubted tie wisdom Of the
move. avcrring that il could not aid
in bringing about the legislation for
which the people were ciamoring.
In the House the resolution was
adopted without debate as soon as Ma
jority Leader Underwood introduced it,
There, plans for the Presidents vel
come took on a gala aspect. Members
scrambled for the special tickets TO the
morrow, the occasion being look cd for
ward to as an epochal event in the his
tory OF the administration.
Organization of both houses was
partly concluded to-day, the Senate
having little to do hut TO mark time
Speaker Clark was reelected over
James r. Mann. Republican. and Vic
tor Murdock. Progressive, and other
officers OF the House also were re
elected. The Progressive strength was
tested OH the speakcrship Mr.. Muir
dock receiving eighteen votes. The
new party, however. mustered more
votes later in the fight on Representa-
tive Young, when it attempted to pre-
vent his taking the oath of Office by
a resolution introduced by Representa-
tive Hinebaugh, OF Illinois. Democrats,
led by Representative Fitzgerald, and
Republicans. marshaled by Leader
:Iann. joilfed forces in sitting upon
he new party organization. the first
recognized third organization in the
House for Ifty years, and Mr.. Young
Was sworn in a contest Of his seat
by W. j. Mcdonald, d Progressive. is
Ia be considered later by the Elec-
tion& Committee.
Not Dauntcd by Defeat.
The ProgreSsives were not daunted
by their first defeat. and when Repre-
sentative Henry. Of Texas, brought in
a resolution for the adoption of tho
rules Of the last Congress-. they were
again up and fighting. ,rrrying out the
pledge of their keynote speech, de-
livered by Representative Chandler, OF
New York that they proposed to fight
every inch of their ground for Pro-
yrcssive principles and legislation.
They succeeded again In obtaining
recognition but In the end the Demo-
cratic rules prevailed.
The Senate debated the concurrent
resolution for joint session to-mor-
row to hear President Wilson's meas
ure for nearly an hour. No Senator
Eof the dozen who spoke on 1t. opposed
a passage. but several ON both sides
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