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Show THE 52XDl cOXGKESS. THE HOUSE CALLED TO ORDER BUT ADJOURNED AT ONCE. 1 The Prospect for 3tpch Important Legislation Legis-lation Not Very Good Some of the . Historic Deadlocks Composition Composi-tion of this Congress. Washtxgtost, Dee. 7. The house was called to order promptly at noon with 826 members present, t)n motion of Holman it at once adjourned until tomorrow at noon. Before the Organization. Wasdixgtox, Dec 7. Congress assembled assem-bled with one branch of the national legislature legis-lature in possession of each of the two great political parties, nd both striving to shape the course of legislation bo as to effect their interests in thf approaching presidential campaign and sourfi supremacy in control of the govemmefilf It may fairly be assumed that the Fifty-seond Fifty-seond congress 'will take a prominent place in the history oj legislative assemblies. In view of the C'liflicting majorities in the branches it is n M possible that, when it Las concluded its Rors, it will have added to the statutes many measures of national importance. im-portance. Bnt t'eyond doubt many tierce battles will be wtged upon the leading issues is-sues between the two great parties tariff and silver coinage while the members of the small Vut lively alliance element may be counted on to. lose no opportunity oppor-tunity in debatcj Jor bringing their demands and principled before the country. In the senattj an unusually large number of members wift stand before the vice-president to take th oath of office. For thirty-tw thirty-tw "'Varly hal. the membership of the sen-at, sen-at, either; new to that body or begin new to . - slrvice. David B. Hill, gov ernoro. i -r-aork, is not expected to appear ap-pear for some ifeme, and his credentials have not been filed with the secretary. Redfield Proctor, late secretary of war, has also failed in this respe( buTCe fna'y yet hand his letter let-ter of appoiuMient to the secretary in time to have it yjjAnted today. In two linset there are rival claimants for for si uts. r. Dubois, of Idaho is challenged as to the Validity of the title by Mr. Clagett, but, as the name of the former appears upon the secretary's list, he will 'be sworn in and Clagett's claim be examined by the committee commit-tee on privihtres and elections. Mr. Call, of Florida also finds a contestant in Mr. Davidson, David-son, who is armed with the Governor's certificate, cer-tificate, and 'lis case may possibly be referred refer-red to same teommittee for a report, before cither party s admitted. Should tlit house fail to organize today the senate ill not be able to transact business, busi-ness, for itsinability to notify the president through a jbint commit'ee of its readiness to receive ljis communications, will operate to defer fod a time the presentation of the annual menage, as well as a large accumulation accumu-lation of rtoess appointments that must be sent to the senate for eoniirmatiou. Conferences Confer-ences willibe held by the senators of the different parties early in the week to arrange -the membership of the committees, as the task is oilinore than ordinary importance this time, L view of the income of new senators. sen-ators. Unless theic-i ladical change in the speakership situation early this morning, the house for the first time since the thirty-feixth thirty-feixth congress, when the last deadlock over ' the spcakerip occurred, will meet with out a previjleetion by the dominant party of the presiding officer of the popular brnch of the legislative department. Though this condition of thijisjis not existed in recent years, it was nut so rare in the stormy ylars, between the Mexican and the civil Wars; when, the conflict over the salvery question drey the lines, without and within the parses, terse and close. Thus in the twenfly-sixfn twenfly-sixfn congress, the speaker was not elected foreleven days, a chairman meantime being appointed to adrainister the rules of the house. In the Thirty-first congress nearly a month elapsed before a speaker was selected, and this period c f practical interregnum was prolonged tci two months in the Thirty-J Thirty-J fourth and hirty-sixth congresses. In the Itwo last njuued cases the clerk of the house presided. .Should there be a failure to de-1 de-1 cide upon -a. speaker at the caucus this forenoon, fore-noon, it will be necessary for the house to adopt onf: or the other of two methods, es-tablishcA es-tablishcA by the president for such events, namely, to elect a "temporary chairman" or a "temporary speaker," or else, commit the duty ft presiding to the clerk. Iu the ab-senewof ab-senewof an agreement for the perfection of the f ganization of the house, the course of proyfedings during the coming week is a nailer of pure speculation. In any event, ti r little business will be trahsacted in the use during the week. f fhe president's message will be received til read according to custom on Tuesday, if I he house completes its organization to-d to-d I-, and for the rest of the week brief ses-sjlns ses-sjlns and an adjournment of the house for ijday or so at a time is probable. The committees com-mittees are not expected to be appointed fat be appointed before the Christmas holi-flays, holi-flays, with the exception of the committees 'n rules, enrolled bills and mileage, which ire usually named within a few days after the speaker is inducted into office. |