The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1913-04-10
WILSON DELIVERS
HIS MESSAGE
UPsETs PRECEDENT OF CENTURY
BY PERSONAL DELIVERY
FROM FLOOR
CLOSER TOUCH IS DESIRED
Special Session Of Congress With
Both Branches In Control Of
Democrats Starts on Labors
Tariff Bill First.


Misunderstanding aside prece-
dents of more than century, Presl-
dent Wilson appeared in the halls OK |
congress to deliver his first legislative |
message in person.
He is the first president Of the |
United States to appear officially at
either body of congress in deliberative
session since John Adams, in the first
few years of the last century An at
tempt was made exactly 100 years ago
in 1913, to revive the custom but
President Madison declined an invi-
tation to discuss foreign relations with
the senate. Since then no president
has even suggested joining in the de-
liberations of congress.
The president Believes that he can
get into closer touch with the mem
bers of both houses of congress be-
cause personally expressing his views
to them in addition to his official Wis
its to the house which will become a
matter of White House policy. The
president will take advantage of these
visits to hold conferences with the
party leareds in congress.
The president had read with con-
siderable surprise reports that he had
actually written parts of the tariff bill
or that he had forced agreements with
committees of congress. He declared
he simply had been asked to make
suggestions and had cheerfully done
so; that the bill is the work of con-
gress and that his part in it has been
that of counsellor and advisor. It is
known, too, that the president is anx-
iouB to give equal consideration to the
leaders in both houses of congress in
seeing that party pledges are carried
out
Tariff Bill Comes Early.
Both houses of the sixty-third con-
gress got down to business in extra
ordinary session Monday, confronted
by the task of revising the tariff The
democratic tariff bill completed by the
democrats of the ways and means COM
mittee probably was introduced in the
house shortly after it convened at
noon.
The senate had already organized for
the new congress and it's session was
mere routine meeting. Immediately
afterward, however, a democratic eau
Gus was held, when the fight to revise
the senate rules to liberalize proceed
ings in the upper body will begin. This
matter will occupy the senate during
part of the time that the house
busies itself with it's weeks Of tariff
debate
When the house convened in its
changed champer, where benches have
taken the place OF the old-time desks
and chairs, the members, including
hundreds Of new representatives elect
ed last fall, were sworn in. Clerk
South Trimbell was the presiding Of
floer until the seats were filed
and the speaker elected. The demo.
Gratis, following their caucus decision,
renominated and reelected Speaker
Champ Clark. The republicans NOM
| mated Representative Mann of Illi-
nois, and the progressives, the new
party organization in the house, NOM
mated Representative Murdoch OF Kan
sas.
The democrats with a majority of
approximately $50 members in the
house, contemplate little trouble in
running things to suit themselves.
In the senate the democrats will line
up with 81 senators, republicans 43,
and progressives 2.
Both houses Of congress we're be-
sieged Monday by a small army of suf-
fragists who planned a parade through
the rotunda Of the capitol where indi-
'Vidual suffragists performed mis-
sionary work for the cause among the
members of the house and senate.