| Show I 1 1 0 CONGRESS NOW IN SESSION I 1 BUT LITTLE DONE ON THE OPENING DAT DAY tie tl e house was in session bed less than an hour XV vl ie to the senate was but minute minutes in getting settled the fifty seventh congress is now in session the senate was in session twelve minutes adjournment bein taken out of respect to the memory of the late senator mcmillan who died during the recess the session of the th house lasted t little less than one hour when the death ot of the late represents Be presenta live russel of connecticut which oc burred in the early fall was announced and adjournment was taken president pi 0 tern tent fry frye e of the sen ite te ascended the rostrum at noon and 01 hush fell upon the assemblage while rev F J prettyman tyman who took the place of bev lev dr milburn pronounced the invocation the clerk called the roll and bitty sixty eight senators responded to their names the cust marv resolutions were adopted notifying the house that the senate was ready to proceed to business appointing a committee to join with one from the house to wait on the president and inform him that congress was as seni bled and also fixing the hour of meeting at 12 0 clock president pio pi tern tem frye appointed mr platt conn and mr jones ark as the committee to await upon the president mr burro burrow mich then announced the death of big colleague james me millan and adjournment was taken As the hands of the clock pointed to the noon bout speaker henderson called the house houge to order rev cou don offered I 1 rayer after which the roll was ordered and the speaker an bounced a quorum present Fhe nation of representatives ray of new byork york aud and hall of pennsylvania Penn syhania were alaid laid before the house members elected during recess to fill vacancies created by death and nation then tool the oath of oarce A resolution was then adopted for the appointment of a committee of three members to join a committee from the senate to wait upon the pre and tand in foi in him that there was a quorum p present reset rese t and that the house was ready to receive any com munica tion he might desire to make the speaker appointed bingham pa hitt ills and richardson tenn she customary resolutions instructing the clerk to inform the senate that the house boube wa ready to do business and fixing the hour of meeting at noon were adopted mr brandegee of connecticut then announced the death of his sor mr bussell russell and presented the usual formal resolution of regret and at 12 56 the house adjourned |
