Garland Globe | 1906-12-15 | Page 2 | President's Views

1 PRESIDENT'S VIEW8. I i Members of Both Houses of Congress I Listen to Annual Message. 1 1 Washington. President Roosevelt's annual message to congress occupied tho attention of tho Bonate for two and one-half hours Tuesday, to tho exclusion ex-clusion of nearly nil other business. Tho exception to this was tho Introduction Intro-duction of a resolution on tho Japan-eso Japan-eso situation by Senator Itaynor of Maryland and tho adoption of appropriate appro-priate resolutions regarding thoso members of tho houso of ropresontn-; ropresontn-; tlves who havo died slnco tho last ' session. Tho reading of tho president's mos- sago conBumcd two hours and twonty- five minutes In tho houso, and was followed fol-lowed closely by a largo number of members, whllo tho crowded gallories gavo closo consideration. Whllo tho houso waited upon tho secretary to tho president to nppear with tho message Speaker Cannon appointed Robert O. Cousins, of Iowa, chairman of tho committee on foreign affairs to succeed tho lato Robert R. llltt, of Illinois. Ho also appointed Representative Frank O. Lowdcn to a place on tho samo committee to fill tho vacancy caused by tho death of Mr. llltt.