Show SENATE BREAKS OLD PRECEDENTS r r. tt President Roosevelt Follows With ith Smashing of Another An An- r other Custom THE OPENING IS UNIQUE I hla Tilt it or O IH ml 1 of h Iho hf l I 1 I Troops J 1 Narrowly r.- r. Averted A Ar j 1 pr- pr I a 5 1 n. n i. i Dec 3 The Thc The opening th the cond session of tho r rOth J. J re win in stand as nR a unique In fl IllS his t tc tot Pr Precedents so fojO Ion long by hy hyc c custom fis Ls to tn have t become an all wore W broken Th The senate to wa r responsible for nr one om violation and ind ant Pres- Pres pres-I pres Roosevelt PI for another j i Tho ho program for f today today's oll opening had boon been carefully arranged Hl and the executive machine so carefully oiled that a 1 break would have provoked a to In ute But tho the happened The rho pro program ram for tOl the h hou 1 fc e of or representatives Jl tJ c sweating swearing in out of lit of nr new members and adjourning n J respect to the tJ memory of those who had died during tin tin- recess wa was wasi carefully carev care- care v full fully observed Rut nUl the usually con cnn o Senate enato nate broke away rl from m re restraint restraint re- re and andO O consideration ConJ for the I greater part of the i If Hi minutes of open opens I f to the consideration of I resolutions I Hon tending to precipitate a spirited I discussion over the th recent J al oCth of oC I Ithe th the three of tf nl negro IO soldiers r from th the regular r army r tahl senators fairly gasped gaped with n at the Introduction of or regular business heror tho the com committee mitt appointed appo to O walt wait upon ulOn the tho ho public had completed U Us Its ml mission Ilon and thu th chie chiel CX executive he had sent Nent In hi his annual me ines sage President Precedent The Incident was closed for or the time being by a decision to lo send tho the resolutions over without action The senate VL t was preparing to adjourn when the President took a hand at sma smashing pr precedents precedents- Although It had been arranged ar ar- ur- ur ranged that the mtR message age should not nM be besent besent sent to congress until Tuesday and tho the fiction that the President did not know Jenow that com om commissions missions had bach assembled a 0 me message was received over O the telephone that a aI hI bIg batch bruch b of nominations wa W being rd U ues Sf e tim that t n cn II i i 1 le cht hN t f R l FoU Following so o soon after the high t tension ten ten- n- n short sion of or the members rR ov over r the resolutions relative C to the negro soldiers tho announcement sent seat nl the senate Into In Into Into In- In to a broad load smile Shortly after nn an adjournment was vas taken after af er a. a decision hall hail been heen reached reach reach- ed d d behind closed doors that the tho nominations nominations nomi nomi- nations which Included cabinet changes chang chang- es Cs and Attorney General Get 1 Moodys Moody's elevation ele ele- ee- ee atlon to the supreme court coun should hould be beul Ink ul en n up tip later latel for action Curious Coincidence i It Il was a curious coincidence nce much commented on un that the first prayer Uttered in Ia the senate b by the Rev Re Edward Hale Halt it Its venerable chaplain two years ago o on the Monday In December made macIc special reference to the death of or Senator Hoar Hoal to whose Influence Dr Hale largely owed his appointment Today two years yeal's later Inter congress mourned the death of ot Senator I the tho late hate Representative I Hoars Hoar's on nfl only I son pon tive tl Rockwood Hoar Hoal of or ells etts ceno of or Beauty mill anti Animation It It- was a scene cne of or beauty haut and animation animation anima anima- tion that preceded the op opening c ceremonies cere cere- rt monies on Ins in both houses The number nC pt Spectators were never greater or tho the women OH who largely predominated ed more elegantly gowned for such an Q c. occasion lon The Thc crush wa was so great gleat that the thC leading le from the corridors into mu Th Tha the galleries were wele thrown open In Inthe Inthe Intile most mORt distinguished spectator present the tile house hom gallery gallel was tho the Presidents President's daughter Mrs 1 Longworth 1 In in the tile senate gallery y reserved for the members were wel Mrs Irs Fairbanks I Airs Mr Depew who ho occupied a n. seat In th presidential row nuLl and the wives and anal personal t. t n friends nels f t the thC senators Plait null I Depew lepe IC on Hand Huml I The rho members of af the tho house home were not so M o sow slow In taking their thich th h seats as u theao the o a-o 0 j Senator Platt Piat entered on the tho e arm of 01 an attendant and antl made matle his jn way slowly 2110 to lo his seat at He appeared unusually thiu buoyant and laughed and hated l gaily all with various senators as the tte arrived ld His Ills coB colleague Mr Dep W was one of the thc last to enter through the seats scats A As As' he wound h Wl way until utIL hb ht reached his own In the front ro v. v he lle e glanced back ut at the private p find and smilingly ly acknowledged led e rh the the- ii mooting c n g from hi his wife DoW Both t rt from the Empire state ap- ap to much better beuel advantage ad than lit at the tho rI first t e lon Though hough giving c of nervousness oUne 1 Mr Air 1 Depew had lost los the careworn orn expression lon which was so marked before Ill health callet calIe- him away os early cony In the year r Chaplain Hale In the senate Invoiced ini in- in r i yoked voiced Infinite help and und Infinite vIS- vIS dom for fOl the senAtors tor while in the for foi ouse the tile bUnd blind chaplain prayed i wisdom strength and guidance for the add arid referred ll feelingly to the members who had had died fh t calls showed 70 senators ind members of or the hou house c o pres- pres orthe of or t l nt The Tho customary resolutions c the hour bout of m meeting eting etc LC were were Hale and anel Pettus I Senators af adopted Bout o of Representatives Payne an the tho ho I f 1 Williams Were vero selected as the pr to joint c committee donl that congre R Suited his picas pleaM- r. r t Jure tur ure V i Members IiI In Ii 1 V c I The oath of office was i 4 to IL II A A. Dupont the powder er following magnate the und and to lO the J.- J. in lower body 1 mcm members bers In the C C. G C. M. M Nelson J J. J 0 0 LOWden Low Low- Frank I Edwards Geor Georgia laj f E E. Haburn penn penn- f Illinois J. J den PennI C C. N N. Drumm Moore pc J J. J U hampton L. L In lana vanta C C. G C. C Gilham an and D D. LI D W Sau dere V Virginia t. t J a- a f i a RIordan New York YOrIO and tr IF W. H. H W. W I w Vaskey new delegate from Crom Alaska In Matter of or Colored Troop Then the tho house adjourned The senate enate was ready when Mr Ir Penrose presented a resolution and asked ell immediate consideration The Tho chair chait suggested that according t to Ii custom custom cus cus- tom tonI no general c business could be transacted before the tho presidents president's mes message sage go had held been received The fhe s senator asked unanimous consent for tor its con con- It called upon the Ow president dent If Ir not hot Incompatible with the In Interests In- In orests of or the public service to send to the time senate full Information bearing upon the late hate discharge for tic the three colored companies of or the try There wore were subdued murmurs of or dissent heard throughout the tho cham cham- ber Senators looked at each other In surprise Several wore asking for Cor re recognition re- re cognition E v expected a sen- sen answer to the thc question War War- arren ar ren Yen chairman of or the committee on military affairs objected to con tion Mr Ir Foraker offered a n tute LUte It directed the time secretary tar of or waito vat wai walto to send to the senate all information I relative to tho the dismissal al together with witha a history of or the tho regiment nt Upon Uon his suggestion both resolutions went wen I over oy l' l and everybody e breathed easier It wa realized d that there was to bea be bc I a tilt lilt o over or r tho the question i. i |