- ~ CONGRESSIONAL_'- RECORD._ I. · rROCEEDIN~S AND DEBATES . ~F _:I1BE FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. ·-'··· .· SPECIAL. SESSION OF TJIE SENATE. ' . by my country.men with .grateful appreciation of the high honor SENATE~ and with a deep sense of its responsibilities. - · SATUIIDAY, March 4, 1~05. I have enjoyed the privilege of serving with you he~e for eight years. Dl.tril)g that period we have been engaged rn the CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS, Vice-President of the United <'onsideration of many domestic questions of vast import&nce; States to whom the oath was administered at the close of the and with toreign problems ·of unusual and far-reaching sig­ last r~gular session of the Fifty-eighth Congress, took the chair. nificance. We submit what we have done to the deliberate PRAYER. and impartial judgment of history. I can ,never forget the pleasant relations which have been Rev. EDwARD E. HALE, Chaplain of the Senate, said: formed during my service upon the fioor of the Senate. I I 'ICill m'ltltitJly my people, they shan not be few. .shall cherish them always as among the most de.lightful memo­ I will glorify them, and they shall not be small. ries· of my life. Tpey warrant the belief.-that I shall have in Their congregation shall be established, before me; the discharge of the functions which (),evolve ..upon me under Ana I 'loiU punish all that oppress them. the Constitution, the generous assistance and .1..~dly_ forbear­ Their nobl-es shall be from themselves and their governor ance of both sides of the Chamber. from the midst of them. We witness the majestic spectacle of a peaceful and orderly I 'l.Vill cattse him to draw near beginning of an Administration of . national ..a.tiairs under: !he Ana he shall approach unto me. laws of a free and self-governing people. We pray that D1vme Ana ye shall be my people and I 'loill be your God. favor may ·attend it and that peace and•progress,. justice a.J?.d The Law shall not depart from them. honor may abide with our country and our countrymen. Be thou strong and -of good courage; The Secretary of .the Senate will now read the proclamati<?n Be not afraid, neither be discouraged. _ of the President of the United States convening the Senate m For the Lord th11 God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. extraordinary session. Let us pray. • • . PROCLAMATION. Father of Life., Father of Love, the work is done-for better, The Secretary (CHARLES G. BENNETT) read the proclamation, for worse-which Thou hast given this Congr~ss to do. Grant Thy blessing to our endeavors. Thou wilt crown with Thine as follows:. own success every good effort. Thou wilt forgive every mistake BY THE PRESIDEST OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. of ours. The past is gone, and we will forget the things behind. A PROCLAMATION.' Whereas public ~terests requir-e that the Senate of the United States To-morrow is Thine, and we trust it tO Thee. be convened at 12 o'cloek on the 4th day or March ne:tt- to receive For the homes and the country we pray again and again and such communications as may be .made by the Executive; always that they may come into Thy kingdom of love and hope Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and declare that an .extraordinary and "faith, pm·e as Thine own light, peaceable as Thine own occasion .requires the Senate of the United States to conv.ene at, tp.e purpose, and alive with Thy life. Give to Thy servants wher­ Capitol, in the city or Washington, on the 4th . .day or March next, at ever they may go of Thine o""'n strength that they may be fel­ .12 o'clock noon, of which all persons who shall· at that time be ·entitled to aet as members or that body are hereby ~ requi.red 1:o-i:ake notiee. low-workers together with God. Given under my hand and the seal or the United States at Washing­ Almighty God, this nation is in Thy care, and this people ton the 23d day or February -in. the yeaF- or our-Lord 1905, tu1d ut the seeks Thee to-day. We are in prayer for the country, that it independence of the United States the one hundred a:nd twenty-ninth. THEODOBE ROOSEVELT.' may be more and more the happy nation which seeks Thee and By the President : finds Thee, as they find Thee who seek for Thee with all their JOHN HAY, Secretary of State. hearts. ADMINISTRATION OF OATH TO SENATORS. Thou hast made tills people master of its own destiny. Th!s people has chosen its leaders and its Congress for these years The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Secretary will call the names of Senators-elect to whom the oath is to be administered. They I before them. And they ask, and we ask, Thy consecration on these years, for every father and mother, for every son and will come forward as their names are called,. daughter, for every home, the help and blessing of the living The Secretary called the names of- God. Mr. ALDRICH, Mr. ·BATE, Mr. BEVERIDGE, Mr. BULKELEY, and t For the President, for the Vice-President, for the Congress, Mr. BURKETT.. for the judges, and for the people we ask the blessing every These Senators (with the exception of Mr. ALDRICH), escorted hour of the living God. by Mr. C~M,A.CK, Mr. CULLOM, Mr. PLATT of Conn~ctic~t, and For purity in their homes, for peace, for health, -for -strengtb, :Mr. MILLARD, respectively, advanced to the Vice-PreSld(>nt s desk, for all that God can give, for all that men can use in the serv­ and the oath wa.s. administered to them by the Vice_-President. ice whicll is perfect freedom. The Secretary called the names of Mr. BURRows, Mr. CARTER, Hear us, answer us, and bless us as Thine own children in Mr. CLAPP, and Mr. CLARK of Wyoming. Christ Jesus. ' These Senators, escorted by Mr. .ALGER, Mr. C~K .of Mon­ Join me audibly in the Lord's prayer. tana Mr. ·NELSON, and Mr. WARREN, respectively, advanced to Our Father who art in -heaven, .hallowed be Thy name; Thy the Vice-President's desk, and the oath was ' administered to kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is done in heaven. them by the Vice-President. Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our trespasses as The Seeretary called the names 'of Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into· DArnEL, Mr. DEPEW, and Mr. DICK. temptation, but deliver us from evil, for Thine is the kingdom, - 'l'hese Senators, .escorted by Mr. BAILEY, Mr. MARTIN, Mr. PLATT of New York, and Mr. FoRAKER, respectively, advanced the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. to the Vice-President's desk, and the oath was administered to ADDRESS OF VICE-PRESIDENT FAIRBANKS. them by the Vice-President. The VICE-PRESIDENT. Senators, I enter upon the dis­ The Secretary called the names of Mr. FLINT, Mr. HA..LE, Mr. charge of the duties of the position to which I have been called .KEAN, and Mr. KNox. 1 / 1 .- 2- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD~ENATE. -- MARCH 4 -· ~-. J These Senators (with the exception of Mr. KNOX) advanced elect by the Chief Justice of the United States, he delivered the to the Vice-President's desk, escorted by Mr: PERKINS, Mr. FRYE. iollowing and Mr. DRYDEN, respectively, and the oath was administered to them by the Vice-President. INAUGURAL ADDRESS. The Secretary called the names of Mr. HEMENWAY,- .. Mr. _ 1\fy FELLOW-CITIZENS: ...Nu people on earth have more .cause to LODGE, Mr. McCUMBER, Mr. MONEY, and 1\fr. NIXON. be thankful than ours, and this is said reverently, in no spirit of These Senators, escorted by Mr. BEVERIDGE, Mr. CRANE, _Mr. boastfulness in our own strength, but with- gratitude to the HANSBROUGH, Mr. McLAURIN, and Mr. NEwuN-ns, respectively, Glver of-Good who has blessed us .with the conditions which advanced to the Vice-President's desk and ·the oath was adffiin­ have enabled us to achieve so large a measure-of well-being and istered to them by the ·Vice-President. ~f - happiness. To us as a people it has been·granted•to lay the The Secretary called the names .of Mr. PILEs, Mr. PJWCTOR, foundations Q~ our national.life in a new continent. _ We are 1\Ir. SuTiiERLAND, and Mr. TALIAFERRO. _ _ the heirs of the ages, and yet we have had to pay few of the These Senators advanced to the Vice-President's desk, es­ penalties which in old countries are exacted by the dead hand corted by Mr. ANKENY, ])ir. DILLINGHAM~ Mr. SMOOT, and Mr. of a bygone civilization. We have not been obliged to fight for MALLoRY, respectively, and the oath was administered to them our existence -against any alien race ; and yet our life has by the Vice-President. · · . · · - · called for the vigor and effort without which the manlier, and The Secretary called the names of Mr. ScoTT and Mr. RAYNER. hardier \irtues wither away. · Uiider such conditionS it would These Senators, escorted -by Mr. ELKINs .and Mr. GoRALAN, be our.. ow•n fault if we failed; and the success which we have respectively. advanced to .the Vice-?reside.I;lt's desk, and ~l;le had in the past, the success which we confidently believe the affirmation was administered to them by the Vice-President.