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Show CONGRESS NOW IN 8E8SION. Flood of Bills Introduced in the House on First Day. Senator Fryo, president pro tcm of tho sonatc, called thnt body together In tho second extraordinary session of tho Flfty-clghth congress at noon Mon-dny, Mon-dny, and after prnycr by Itov. F. J. Prottyman of Washington, tho formal proclamation calling tho congress in extraordinary session was read. Tho special session of tho scnato following tho adjournment of tho Flfty-sevonth congress last spring, eliminated much of tho routlna work which would oth-orwlso oth-orwlso hnvo been porformed at Monday's Mon-day's session. Now senators had gono through tho formality ot taking oaths of olllco, seats had been assigned, and with tho oxceptlon of tho appointment of somo vacances all functions ot tho organization had been completed. At tho roll call sovonty senators answered an-swered when Prosldont Pro Tom Fryo dcclarod a quorum present. Senators Hoar and Gorman wcro appointed ap-pointed by tho scnato to Inform tho president that congress had organized and was ready to rccelvo any communication com-munication ho had to make. A resolution offered by Mr. Cullom fixing 12 o'clock noon ns tho hour for convening dnlly sessions wns ndoptoJ. Senators Hanna nnd Gorman, on account of tho lecont victories won by them In their respectlvo stntes, wero tho recipients' of much attontlon. When Senator Hanna arrived on tho floor of tho scnato ho wns greeted with chcors, which Increased to thun-dorous thun-dorous nplauso as ho was followed a moment later by Senator Gorman and tho two shook hands cordially. Tho houso of representatives of tho Fifty-eighth congioss on Monday held Its first session, and except for tho naming of committees, which will follow fol-low later, organization was completed. Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois, whoso olcctlon to tho speakership was assured as-sured months ngo, was formally elected elect-ed speakor and Inducted into office. Tho old ofllcers wcro ro-clectod nnd tho customary resolutions adopted providing for tho appointment of a commltteo to notify tho president nnd sonnta of the election of n speaker and clerk, and n commltteo to Join a scnato commltteo to notify tho president presi-dent of tho presenco of a quorum In tho two bodies. Tho rules of tho Flfty-soventh congress wero ndoptcd for tho Fifty-eighth congress by an lyo nnd nay voto after brief discussion, during which tho minority sought to sccuro nn Increase In tho representation representa-tion on tho commltteo. Several hundred bills wero Introduced Intro-duced in tho houso nt tho opening session. ses-sion. A statehood bill for Now Mexico, Mex-ico, introduced by Delegate Rodey, has tho distinction of being tho first houso bill of tho Fifty-eighth congross, and will bo number ono. Hattholdt (Mo.), sought this distinction for a bill re-itorlng re-itorlng tho army cantoen, but was compelled com-pelled to tako second place, and this bill Is number two. A bill giving congress con-gress tho right to rogulato the trusts was Introduced by Palmer (Rep.) Ponnsylvnnla. Chairman Hltt of tho foreign affairs commltteo offered tho following resolution: reso-lution: "Resolved, by tho houso of roprosontntlvcs, That tho prosldont communlcnto to tho house, If not Incompatible In-compatible with tho Intorests of tho public service, all corrospondenco and other ofllclal documents rotating to tho recent revolt in tho Isthmus of Panama." |