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Show SESSION I Congress Meets to Con , I sider Canadian Reci procity Agreement , 1 1 ) i M SIXTY-SECOND CONGRESS. ' M 4- I IH The political complexion of the i H Sixty-secopd congress, convened ll 4- In extra session today is 'as fol- ! follows: ll 4- Senate Republicans, 50; Dem- ll ocrats, 41; vacancy, 1. I House Democrats, 228; Re- H publicans, 160; Socialist, 1; va-4- H cancy, 2. H In the Sixty-first congress, H which was adjourned March 4, H the senate membership was: t-ll Republicans, 59; Democrats, IH 32; vacancy, 1. H The House membership was: 4- ' H Republicans, 217; Democrats, H 174. W The Senate vacancy i3 from I H Colorado, the legislator being 4- j H Democratic. Iowa is expected H soon to elect a successor to the 4- H late Senator Dolliver, whose H ceSt now is occupied by Lafay- H ettc Young, W The House vacancies are from IH the Ninth Iowa and the Second IH Pennsylvania districts. 4- H 4- I H Washington, April 4. The Sixty- H second congress, called by President . H Taft In extra session to consider tho , H reciprocity agreement with Canada, H got under way today. H The Republicans retain scant con- H trol of the senate. The house passed H into the hands of tho Democrats for H the first time in sixteen years, and IH Champ Clark of Missouri was elect- IH ed speaker. He received 217 votes to IH 131 cast for James R. 5Iann of 1111- H noJs,the Jtepublican nominee H The Insurgent "'Republicans" of the 4 H house, in their votes for speaker. In- lH dlcated they intended to maintain a IH separate working organization. Fif JH teen of them voted for Representative IH Cooper of Wisconsin; Representatives ) jH Norris of Nebraska and 5Iadison of H Kansas, however, temporarily desert- jH cd and voted with tho Republican reg- IH ulnrs for 51r Mann. Thereupon Akin, JH tho Independent Democrat of New IH York, also voted for Cooper. IH Victor L. Berger of Wisconsin, tho IH onlv Socialist in the house, declined H to H The opening ceremonies of the H house held an unusual interest. It H was the first time In sixteen years H that the Democrats had taken up the H conduct of affairs In the lower branch H of the national legislature. H The transition from a month ago H was complete. New faces were every- H where to be seen. Democrats not only filled the side of the chamber alloted H to them, but poured ovor into tho H erstwhile sacred precincts of the Re- H Members of the house, always thrdy H on ordinary days of the session, began H to arrive with the earliest spectators, H and the floor was crowded almost as H soon as the galleries. Everybody ap- peared to be in the best of humor. The Democrats woro smiles that IH would' not como off, while the Republl- IH can minority also smiled a grim sort -1 of smile which meant they were go- ll ing to try to even up for the troubles H caused by the Democrats during the days of Republican supremacy. il The opening program in the house, always an interesting spectacle, was H followed with uncommon keenness. H It included the calling of the house H to order by Major Alexander J. 51c- Dowell, tho veteran Republican clerk H of the house, who was soon to be ro- i H placed, the calling of the roll, tho j H election of the speaker, his speech of H acceptance, the swearing In of the ' -JH members by state delegations and the l drawing for seats When the drawing for seats begins, H the floor of the house is cleared, the ' l members retiring to the cloak room. H The weather for tho opening of tho lfl new congress was atrocious. A , H steady rain, driven before a cold cast H wind, made tho day one of tho most l disagreeable of the winter. H As 5Ir Clark concluded his address H to the house of representatives he re- jH quested that tho oath of office be ad- H ministered by Representative Talbolt jH of 51arylnud. The members arose as H 51 1 Talbott read the oath and 51 r. H Clark subscribed lo it The new H speaker brought the gavel down with H a resounding whack and announced: H "The House will be In order." H When tho demonstration subsided, H members advanced by state delega- H tions to be sworn in. Representative H Oscar Underwood wns tho first as he IH lnd the Alabama delegation. Spoaker jl Clark administered tho oath. As the H last had been sworn in, he calcd for- H wnrd Ihc four Quakers o fthe house, B who affirmed their nllegianco to tho 1 United States. They wero Represent H atnes Butler, Grlest r.iul A. 511tchcll H Palmer of Pennsylvania and Hoald jH of Delaware. H The election of the officers of the H house followed. The veteran Rbpub- jB llcnn officials were proposed by 'Rep- resentntlvo Currier of New Hamp- HSBS shire, but were dofcatcd, with the ex- HBSH ccption of the blln chaplain. The oi- firers chosen were: JBVJ Clerk South Trimble of Kentucky. "Sorgcanl-at-Arms U. S. Jackson of Indiana. H (Continued on Page Sevcn-T "" H IN EXTRA SESSION. (Continued from Pago One.) Doorkeopor J.J. Slnnott of Virginia. Vir-ginia. Postmaster Win. M. Dunbar uf Georgia. Chaplain Rov. Henry N. Couden of Michigan. At 3:;ir a moBBongor appearod from the senate to nnnounco the organization organiza-tion of that body and request a committee com-mittee to notify tho President that congress was ready for business. Speaker Clark appointed Roprosen-, tatives Underwood, Bartlott and Mann' to act on tbis notification committee I Resolution;, followed fast to llx i,he hour of meeting at 12 o'clock; to pro-, vide for the, drawing of seats and to arrange other routine affairs. Boforo the drawing of seats began Representative Burleson presented a resolution giving to loaders of "both parties the honors of Golectlng their1 own seats. Thoso favored Individuals wen former Speaker Cannon, James R. Mann, H. H. Bingham of Pennsylvania, Serono E. Payno and John Dalzell of tho Republican tddo and Oscar Underwood, Under-wood, William A, Jones, J. F. C Tal- bott, J. J. Fitzgerald and Isaac W-. Sherwood, on tho Democratic side. Former Speakor Cannon took a seat directly across tho aisle from Mr Dalzell, Dal-zell, and near Mr. Payne, Minority Leader Mann moving to a seat back of hifi former location, hut kept cIobo to the center alslo. Chairman Underwood of the ways and means committee, who will bo minority floor leader, choo&e a seat across the alalo from that formerly occupied by Champ Clark. Thomas J. Scully of Now JcrBcy drew the first number and chose the most conspicuous conspicu-ous Domocrat seat, that occupied last session bv Macon of Arkansas. New Senators. Washington. April 4. Notwlth-standing Notwlth-standing that the initial ceremonies of tho extra session in the senato were quite secondary in Interest to those of the House, there was a largo attendance in the galleries. The only ex-senator present wob the 88-year-old Henry Gassaway Davis of West Virginia. Of the senators sworn, seventeen never before had occupied seats In tho Senate. The new Democrats wero Bryan of Florida, Chilton of West Virginia; Vir-ginia; Hitchcock of Nebraska; Johnson John-son of Malno; Kern of Indiana; Lea of Tennessee: Martlne, Now Jersey; Myers, Montana; O'Gorman, 'New York; Pomorone, Ohio, Reed of Miss-ousl, Miss-ousl, and Williams of Mississippi. The new Republicans wore Llpplt of Rhode Island; McLean, Connecticut; Connecti-cut; Poindexter. Washington; Town-send, Town-send, Michigan, and Works of California. Cali-fornia. Tho senators were sworn in in squads of four, the colleagues of the newly chosen men escorting them to the vice-president's desk. The oath was administered by Vice-President Sherman. The first quartette comprised Messrs. Bryan, Chilton, Clapp and Clark of Wyoming, and they and all who followed were cordially "congratulated "congratu-lated by the vice-president. Mr. Chilton Chil-ton took the oath on a bible given him by his mother The only feature of the proceedings not on the program was Introduced by Senator Bailey of Texas; who sought to have tho hour of daily meetings fixed at 2 p. m instead of noon Tho suggestion was made in connection with n motion of Senator Brown of Nebraska, fixing the hour of 12 as the time of meeting. Mr. JBailey ultimately withdrew the amendment but with a promise to renew re-new it later. |