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Show CONGIM SESSION. The Law Makers Reassemble to Hear the Message and Are Now Ready for Business. THE SCENES IN THE HOUSE. Several Dew Members Appear at the Bar of the House and Take the Oath. Washington, Doo. 1. With the e-ception e-ception of a few seats reserved for the president's family and diplomatic corps, every available seat in the vast galleries which surrounded the chamber cham-ber of the house was occupied early in the forenoon by spectators eager to witness wit-ness the proceedings attending opening of second session of the 51st congress. The steps loading to the wide portals were utilized as resting places, and the opening doors furnished standing room only to the belatod arrivals. The dull, leaden sky which overspread over-spread the city served to make the hall rather gloomy but the gloom was almost dissipated by the roars of laughter which came from the cloak rooms and by the animated conversation which took place upon the floor. The democrats were especially joyous, joy-ous, and the republicans were obliged to put up with a great deal of good-natured good-natured badgering with smiling countenances. coun-tenances. A tasteful pyramid of flowers adorned the speaker's desk. At noon Speaker Reed entered the hall and the rap of the gavel instantly restored re-stored order. After prayer by the chaplain, the clerk proceeded to call the roll by states. The call disclosed dis-closed tho presence of 2!J7 members, and the clerk was directed to inform the senate that a quorum of the house appeared nnd that that body was ready to proceed to business. On motion of Cannon of Illinois, a resolution resolu-tion was adopted for the appointment of a committee to join a similar committee com-mittee on the part of the senate to wait on the president and notify him that congress was ready to receive any communication he may see fit to transmit. Tho speaker stated that there were various credentials upon hi table, which he would present to the house. Tho credentials were then read as follows: fol-lows: C. K. Brcckenridge, Second Arkansas district; Willis Sweet, Idaho; T. W. Stone, Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania district, and Clarence D. Clark, Wyoming. Those gentlemen then appeared at the bar of tho house and were duly qualified, Breckenridge receiving a round of applause from his democratic friends. John S. Pindar, twenty-fourth N. H. district; E. R. Hayes from the seventh Iowa, aud Robert Whitelaw fourteenth Missouri, qualified as representatives, ' notwithstanding the non-arrival of their credentials. The speaker laid before house credentials of David A. Harvey as delegate from the territory of Oklahoma. The house then took a recess till 1:30 to allow the committees to notify the presiiiaut. On reassembling, the president's presi-dent's message was read. The Senate, Washington, Dec. 1 The senate met at 1 o'clock. After a session of a few minutes the senate took a recess until 1.30 o'clock, to allow the joint committee an opportunity to resume business. |