Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-12-06
CONGRESS- OPENS; BUDGET ESTIMATE BILLIONS
is EXPECTED TO
MARK TIMEFOR
9th MEETING
National Assembly Faces
Heavy Demands in
Legislation.
CROWDS IN GALLERIES

| WASHINGTON, Dec. 6-Congress again
| is in session. The two houses met at
noon with the next President Of the
United States, Senator Harding, in his
place
Harding was the magnet that made
! the Senate wing OF the Capitol the goal
Of the crowds. His entrance into the
Senate caused n dem monstration by sena-
| tors and spectators lasting several min
I utes When Harding answered his name
on the roll call, there was more ap-
plause
| Speaker GiIett called the House to
Vice President Marshall let his gayeli
fall moment later.
| There was nearly a full attendance OF
| Senators and Representative only few
| from each house being absent. Some
were due to arrive during the day. House
: galleries also were crowded but the long
| lines that waited in the Senate corridors
were not present in the House where the
| main events were the swearing in OF new
members and the appointment Of a COM
mittee to notify the President Congress
| had met.
| COMMITTEE TO
| NOTIFY PRESIDENT.
] Speaker Gillett Of the House appointed
ANtPACofiAAdAlfGS 4IbnUclls T oAUAtg anu
| Champ Clark as the House committee TO
notify President Wilson that the House
was ia session and ready TO receive any
| communication he might have to make.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, formerly
| Miss Alice Roosevelt, was an early ar
| rival. She occupied a front seat in tie
members gallery.
Harding was called to the rostrum for
| a speech a few minutes after the Senate
got under way. Then Senate adjourned
| at Il 20 o'clock, Immediately after Hard-
ing concluded speaking.
Before Harding spoke, Senator Helm,
I Alabama. and Senator Glass. Virginia,
were sworn in and resolutions were
adopted notifying President Wilson and
/ the House that the Senate was ready for
/ business. The House meanwhile entered
] on its session without any unusual
J events. Calling Of the roll consumed a
long time and then the s S'nate resolution
1 was agreed to and the House adjourned
| Until tomorrow
! While the session opening today prob
ably will only mark time for the new
/ order Of things coming in with the new
administration March +, certain features
Of It are unique in the history Of Ameri-
can congresses.
The Senate has for the first time a
G. Harding Of Ohio.
Many figures prominent In Washington
life were defeated in the last election
and Will become private citizens after
March 4.
Faced by heavier demands for leg.sla-
::on than any Congress save the one
that declared war on Germany, beth
branches openly have adopted a program
that calls for the transaction Of only
The most routine business until the CALL
Ing OF the proposed special session.
The House. too, had its feature Of In
terest Republican Leader Mondeu came
I to the Capitol on crutohes. his leg having
been broken in an accident Representa-
/ tive Claud Kitchin, scheduled to be lead
er of the Democrats on retirement of
/ Champ Clark, made his first appearance
since he suffered n paralytic stroke on
the floor last session. Uncle Joe Cannon
was another injured member. He broke
his arm during the campaign.
The only real legislative work sched-
uled for today was a hearing By House
and Senate Agricultural Committees sit
ting jointly, for farmers, who are asking
legislation TO meet conditions by falling
prices OF their products. This demand,
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