The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-12-07

notify President Wilson of the OPEN
ing of the session, a recess was tax
en- until 3 p. NJ.
The house named Representatives
Underwood. Fitzgerald and Mann to
walt upon the president with Semi
tors Gallinser and Kern and then
resolution was adopted fixing 1880
p. III. tomorrow as the time of the
joint session with the senate to hear
President Wilson read his annual ad
dress.
Washington. Dec. THE SIXTY
third Congress reassembled today for
its third and concluding session.
President Wilson will deliver his
annual address, in person, tomorrow
from the rostrum In the Hall of the
House before II joint session. outlin-
ing the administration program. I'm
til that is fully disclosed, the work
which will be undertaken during
the comparatively few remaining
days in the life of this Congarcss,
which dies at noon March 4. remains
underlined, except that the usual APP
first and chief attention. Whether
the SiXty-fourth Congress. chosen at
the November elections will be called
in special session or will not assem-
Bile before another year no one can
predict with certainty.
After six weeks of respite from
legislative grinding during which
many participated in the political
campaign, members OF both Houses
assenbled prepared to go on with
the unfinished business left over
from the last session. That the gem
cral appropriation bills would be dif-
ficult to complete before March
if much other legislation were to in
tcrvcne, was the COncensus of opin-
ion among leaders of both dominant
parties. What circumstances mag
arise from the European war or
changed conditions in Mexico may be
the deciding influence in the meet
ing time of the next Congress with
its new host OF Republicans in the
House.
With the falling of the gavels in
both Houses today many legislators,
some of them prominent figures for
years in the political life of the ma
ton, turn their faces toward private
life, for this session of Congress is
their last unless changing fortunes
return them.
| Senators Root of New York, Burt
on of Ohio. Perkins of California,
Bristow of Kansas. Crawford Of
South Dakota, Stephenson of Wiscon-
sin-all Republicans-and Thorn
ton of Louisiana and White of Ala
bama, Democrats, will so out of Of
flee al lie end of the session
In the House OF Representatives
Udcrwood of Alabama, Hardwick OF
| Georgia. and Broussard of Louisiana
are serving their last terms befoio
their elevation to the Senate Of the
next Congress
| Among prominent House Demo
Gratis retiring are: A. Mitchell! Palm
err. of Pennsylvania. a member OF the
Ways and Means Committee: Stanley
| T.. Bowdle. of Ohio. who will return
the scat he took from former Repre-
sentative Nicholas Longworth; Rob-
ert j. Buckley, of Ohio: John r.
| Clancy. OF New OTh. ItpptIt Ia
Difenderfer, of Pennsylvania Jere-
miah Donavan, of Connecticut
Richmond Pearson lIobson, of Ala-
bama: Henry II. Goldfogle, of New
| York: Charles a Korbly, of Indiana;
Robert E. Lee. Of Pennsylvania
George Neeley, of Kansas: Frank 7.
O'Hair, of Illinois, who will r'eld
back the seat he took from former
Speaker Jos. G. Cannon; John j
Mitchell. of Massachusetts,, men,
Der of the Ways and Means Commit
tee; Edward w. Townsend, Of New
Jersey, and many others. Of the
Progressive organization il the
House members who will be retired
include the party leader. Victor
| Murdoch. Of Kansas; NJ. Clyde kel-
ly. W. J. Rulings and Henry w. TEN
| pie all of Pennnsylvania: James {
, Mclaughlin, of Michigan, and VIII
liam Hinebaugh of Illinois.
Leaders on all sides look forward
to interesting developments over tbs
naval and the army appropriation
bills because of agitation rcsult'n:
from the European war. Represen
tative Augustus p. Gardner, of Mas
sachusetts has resolution directing
Congress ional investigation into the
military preparedness of the United
States for war.
Tile first calendar business before
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