Show fifty eighth congress meets in regular session the first regular session of the afif ty el eighth ath congress began at noon monday but the senate met halt half an hour previous to that time in accordance with the adjournment of saturday last for the purpose of permitting an orderly termination of the called session the fact that there had been an extra session had the effect of robbing the day of the regular session of in many any of the features which usually characterize a first day little business was transacted in either branch at congress during the da day except listening to the presidents message |