El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-06
CONGRESS OPENS.
MANY BILLS FILED
tContinued Fr0m rags onel

AlOnifuue0 FROM rage Une.l
fence measures predominated. and
there were many proposals for various
increases There were many bills for
rural credits. river and harbor i'm
provements. extension Of the rural
the socalled private bills Many viii
never get Surther than the stage Of
Introduction.
Old Timers Welcomed.
The business OF introducing bills did
not deter some of the returning old
timers from holding receptions. For
mer speaker Cannon. representatives
Hill. Longworth, Mckinley. and others
as well as the leaders OF both par
ties-were the centers or groups OF
the latest arrivals
Resolutions rejecting the views Of
those opposed to the national defence
program and proposing Investigations
OF organizations which favor military
preparedness were not lacking In the
lot were resolutions TO investigate the
league and the American Defence So
eiety-
The House Lineup.
Two hundred and twenty-nine Demo-
Gratis and one vacancy. 197 Republicans,
six ProgressiYes. one Socialist and one
independent compose the new house
The dozen or more Republicans of the
'-old guard who went down in defeat
three years ago only TO be returned 10
the lower house over Democratic OPP
ponents last fall, formed an interest
ing group Joseph c. Cannon, ormer
speaker OF the house, and now well on
toward so years of age, stood out
prominently II he finishes his pres
ent term he will have served 40 years
IN congress eight years as speaker
Other Republicans who remained at
home during the last congress 10 reap
ON n
of Ohio: William B. Mckinley, W. A.
Rodenberg. William ". Wilson. George
+. Foss, John A Sterling and Charles
F. Fuller, Of Illinois; Ebenezer Hill. of
Hampshire, and Benjamin h Focht. OF
Pennsylvania Meyer London, the first
Socialist elected to congress from New
York, attracted much attention
Many Drop From senate.
Senate proceedings always are
quieter than those in the house As
striking as the return OF old faces 10
the house was the absence OF familiar
couHtenances in the senate
Senators Root, of New York; Burton
of Ohio: Bristow. OF Kansas; Crawford.
of South Dakota: Perkins. of Califor-
MA and Stephenson, of Wisconsin, were
missing from the Republican side.
Democratic ranks missed Thornton, Of
Louisiana; White, OF Alabama, ana
Camden. Of Kentucky The first bust
ness was swearing in the new senators.
Most Of them already are well known
in political circles
Among the Republicans came James
". Wadsworth, of New York. successor
to Root. who attracted attention as the
youthful speaker of the New York as
sembly: Charles Curtis, Of Kansas. who
succeeds Bristow, and Warren G. Hard
ing, Of Ohio. who succeeds Burton.
Underwood Now in senate
Oscar w Underwood Of Alabama,
former majority leader of the house, led
the new Democrats. other Democrats
who took the oath were James d. Phe-
Ian. of California; !. c W Beckham, OF
Kentucky; Robert F. Broussard. Of
Louisiana: Edwin s johnson. of South
Dakota. and Paul O. Husting. OF Wis
consin. The senate now stands Demo-
Gratis 56 and Republicans 40.
Tomorrow shortly after noon the
house and senate will sit in joint ses-
sion in the hall of the house to hear
president Wilson deliver his annual ad-
dress.