| Show FlfT NINTH CONGRESS IS NOW IN SESSION The First Days Session of the Senate Adjourned Out of Respect to the Memory of Senator Platt Washington D CThe assembling on Monday of the members of the Fiftyninth congress for their first session ses-sion was marked by no unusual I Incidents Inci-dents but It attracted to the capital crowds of spectators who took a lively live-ly Interest In the proceedings Tho house was In session for moro than three hours and while the proceedings pro-ceedings followed the programme that has marked tho opening of congress for many years there was enough of Interest to hold I an exceptionally largo audience during the entire time The preliminary steps to organization organiza-tion were taken by the house Joseph G Cannon of Illinois was reelected speaker other members of the house took the oath of office the officers and floor employes of tho body wero reelected re-elected the rules of tho last congress were adopted and members went through the formality of drawing for seats Senators Allison and Morgan were appointed by Vice President Fairbanks as a committee to notify the president that congress was ready for any communication com-munication ho desired to make Tho senate was In session only twenty mInutes mIn-utes Senators Aldrich of Rhode Island Is-land Knox of Pennsylvania Warner of Missouri and Frazier of Tennessee took the oath of office and an adjournment adjourn-ment was taken as a mark of respect to the late Senator Platt of Connectl cut President Hoosovclts message to congress received the attention of the i house for two and a half hours Tuesday Tues-day Its reading was listened to with marked attention and at Its conclusion conclu-sion tho document was applauded Preliminary steps wero taken toward appropriating the needed emergency f iu1stortnn 1anainB canal ° Tho house received and ordered referred to one of tho regular election committees commit-tees a protest from tho Fifth Congressional Con-gressional district of Illinois stating that Anthony MIchalek who was sworn In on Monday as a member of tho house from that district Is not a citizen of tho United States Representative Howell of Utah on Tuesday Introduced a bill to annex that part of Arizona lying north and west of tho Colorado river Upon motion of Mr Goldfogle of Now York a resolution was read expressing ex-pressing the sympathy of the American Ameri-can people for tho distressed Jews The senate was In session for almost al-most throo hours Tuesday and gavo practically all of Its time to listening to tho reading of the presidents message mes-sage Mr Brnndege took his seat as a senator sen-ator from Connecticut |
