| Show f FLORAL OFFERINGS NOS ARE THE FEATURE OF THE OPENING OF THE THES SENATE NATE I Dec Dee A A profusion of floral quit unusual in quan quantity quantity in variety and anti in jn beauty be uty today transformed the senate chamber into a veritable flower show Almost every member of the body was the recipient of or one or more of o these evidences of the regard of his friends and the at of th b l chamber c wU wM heavy havy h with aith th tt odor or of rare asil DIM bin semE mi Th The df wag wae notably no 1 beautiful JI rt C u specimens mena 1 of ef U en c vA Since f the adjournment of senate last helL J spring the chamber has been re redecorated redecorated decorated and The Tile prin principal principal cipal features of its ft beauty and Indi hail Individuality Individuality have been retained but they have been added to by the artistic A bright green carpet with old gold sold figures has hag taken the place ef of the tile old gold carpet et and the th desks d and furnishings of f the chamber amber c have been notably improved An hour ur b before re noon DOOn both the pub public lic It hl and aDd private galleries were thronged with spectators every available inch of standing room being occupied pled Sen Sea Senators Senators atom fee far the tha most part assembled assem led slow slowly slowly ly y Mr Kean of New Jersey Jer being the first senator to appear in the cham chamber chamI I her bet He lie was closely followed by Mr I I of oC South Carolina and Mr Hoar H of ot Massachusetts who soon BOOn after took hi his seat t and Uld burled bailed himself elf in a newspaper The venerable Senator Vest Veat of Missouri was in his seat twos twenty twenty ty minutes before the body was called to order He was wae accorded a most cordial reception by his colleagues By Bj noon BOOn practically every ry senator in inthe InI inthe the city had arrived in ib the chamber Many of them made mad ma no r to tore I roach reach re their sets seta on account o th the wealth of at offerings which fairly I filled tim the desks and aisles aisle I Prayer of the Chaplain Precisely Pr at 12 13 i Mr Frye Fry of I Maine Mal e president pro pre tern of the Ute sen senate senate n nate ate for tor order The blind chap chaplain chaplain lain of the senate e the Rev Mr lr Mil Mu Milburn HilI MuI I I burn thou then t delivered Ch the 0 following in invocation invocation c cG vocation G Go of our fathers thy servants of this chamber are aft come together for forthe forthe forthe the opening of the con gross grew with kindly feelings each for the theother theother other aol i impressed Imp with the sense en of 01 duty as their tub task are ope opening be before before I fore for them And ARdet yet there comes to us foe fhe oppressive ve sense e of af an unspeakable un low 1 the departure of our friend and brother br br thu our father t ther and 51 the tM cheer of the th nation by the band hand of the as fOh Oh Lord tonI God let thy pity and grace come to Jl JI 1 the people of this 1 land by reason of this ca calamity calamity calamIty lamity And ADd as aa thy day servant the widow sits alone and bereft may mal thy comfort and consolation con come COllie to her Iter herAnd herAnd And grant oil eli Lord Lont that we may duly feel feci the loss Iou and ad sorrow attend attendant attendant ant up the departure from trem earth rUt of a member of this body a senator from South SQ Dakota Hear Hew our devout pray prayers eta ers in behalf of thy servant ant the se so senior alec tor senator front from tro New Jersey Jeney Mr d grant that UIt the me means that I heed for his recovery to health mayl mayb may maybe be b Meat blest by thee and aad may he come to his JIb place upon this hour floor again crowned with thy loving kindness Grant thy grace to every member of this body and to all who are dear to them and so 80 may the light and favor avor of God our Father be with us usall usall usall all now and evermore Amen New Mew Senators Take Oath Credentials were presented of Charles CharlesH H Deitrich and Joseph Millard of Ne Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska braska Alfred B Kittredge of Dakota and Paris Gibson Gib oa of Montana Mr Frye then administered to them the tha th oath of office Formal resolutions were then offered by Mr Cullom of Illinois that the house be notified that the te senate is 18 ready to proceed to business by Mr Allison that the meeting time of the senate be 12 o clock noon and by Mr Hale Halt of Maine that a committee of I two senators be named to join a aim sim similar I liar ilar committee of the house bowie to inform the president that congress was In m I session sension and prepared to receive any message that he be might aught desire to sub submit submit mit mil Mr Hale and Mr Morgan Korean of Ala AIa Alabama home bama were named as aa the committee Mi Mt McLaurin of South Carolina of offered offered fert d a joint resolution authorizing the admission free of duty of imports of articles intended to be exhibited at atthe atthe the Charleston exposition and the transfer of the government exhibits at atthe atthe the Buffalo exposition to the Charles Charleston ton exposition Mr Hoar objected to immediate con consideration consideration consideration saying it was the universal practice of the senate eena te to transact no nobu I business bu until the president had been informed that congress was as prepared to do business T The Te e resolution was wu withdrawn temporarily Recess was taken until 2 but bu no report of the fhe organization organisation of the house being received at that bat time Mr Gamble of South Dakota formally announced the death of Senator Kyle of that state on the first of last July He offered the usual resolution ex ci expressive of the sorrow of the senate and after its adoption the senate as asan asan asan an additional mark of respect ad acI adjourned adjourned unto until tomorrow |
