Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-20
SPECIAL SESSION
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dentials and commission under his
election November z, arrived here to.
| day. accompanied by Senator Harris
! Democrat, Georgia. He said he would
not present himself in the Senate I'M
til after Mrs. FELTON, had an opportuni-
| ty to claim the seat.
| He plans to remain in a Senate cloak
room pending a decision as to her
status and not to claim his seat until
! Tuesday.
| Vice President Coolidge and Senate
leaders We're disposed today to seat
| Mrs. FELTON, by unanimous consent, but
| a single objection, it was said. prob.
ably would bar her. Leaders of both
parties were said to agree that since
| Senator-elect Georges election she has
had no legal right to be seated and
could not receive mileage allowances
= or pay. but all appeared reluctant to
prevent her from taking the oath of
Office.
There we're reports. however, that
Mr.. Coolidge was being urged in order
| to avoid making a precedent, to rule
against Mrs. FELTON, should she present
herself.
Neither the Senate nor House will
| take UP any work tomorrow. After
| roll calls and swearing in Of new
members, the Senate plans to adjourn
out of respect to the late Senator Wat
son of Georgia, and the House our of
respect to Representative Nolan, Re
publican California, chairman Of the
labor committee, who died yesterday.
President Harding is expected to ad-
dress Congress in Joint session Tues
day. The presidents address. it is
said, will be brief and will deal MAIN
ly with arguments for the shipping
measure.
With the Senate in a quandary over
Mrs. Feltons status, Mrs. Winfred
Huck will be sworn in tomorrow as a
member of the House. She was elected
as representatiye-at-larg from Illi-
nois to succeed her father. the late
Representative William E. Mason.
Seven others elected to fill vacancies
in the House also will take the oath OF
office, while the Senate will receive a
new member Thomas F. Bayard. DEM
ocrat, Delaware. victory in the cleo
ton over Senator T. Coleman Dupont.
Republican. both for the short and
long terms. Senator-elect Brockhart,
Republican. Iowa. who succeeds Sen
ator Rawson, is not expected to present
his credentials until later
Both Senate and House will settle
down to work after the presidents ad-
dress Tuesday, the House to fight over
the ship subsidy bill. which leaders
plan to bring to vote November 20.
and the Senate to take up unfinished
and miscellaneous business. of which
the administration bill to loan $1,000
600 to Liberia has the right Of way.
large number Of presidential nom
nations are to be transmitted to the
Senate early this week. with supreme
court and federal reserve board vacan-
cies among the most important to he
filled. Scores of postmasters and 9TH
err federal officials also are to. be
named.
Action Of the Republican progress
sives or 'irregulars' promised to be
Of unusual interest in the coming de-
alterations Of Congress. especially in
view of the call Of Senator LaFollette,
Republican. Wisconsin. for formal con-
fcrences December l and 2. preceding
the regular session of Congress.
The bulk Of members of both Senate
and House are on hand for tomorrow
opening. Vice President Coolidge and
Speaker Gillett are on hand. with Gena-
tor Lodge OF Massachusetts and Rep
resentative Mondell of Wyoming. Re-
publican leaders of the Senate and
House, respectively. Senator Under
wood of Alabama. Democratic leader,
was detained at home by illness but is
to arrive soon to close his term as
leader. having announced that he would
not be a candidate for the minority
leadership in the next Congress.
The new session will be q record
breaker in at least one aspect, as it in
sures an unprecedented number Of ses-
sions Of a single Congress With the
extra session called in April, 1921. the