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CONGRESS. (ORGANIZATION.) 



American Congregationalists in the erection of 

 the John Robinson Memorial, was unveiled by 

 Mr. George Spicer, of Enfield. 



Welsh Congregational Union. The Welsh 

 Congregational Union, at its annual meeting, held 

 in Carnarvon in June, returned 1,068 incorporated 

 churches, 197 mission rooms, 148,818 full members, 

 153,511 pupils and 15,197 teachers in Sunday- 

 schools, dol ministers with and 98 without pas- 

 toral charges, 22 ministers ordained during the 

 year, -11 ministerial students, and 274 lay preach- 

 ers. During the year 56,575 of chapel debts had 

 been paid, leaving outstanding debts to the 

 amount of 239,058, of which 45,735 repre- 

 sented the cost of new buildings. The voluntary 

 contributions had amounted to 204,858, showing 

 an increase of 40,755. A resolution recommend- 

 ing closer relations with the Congregational 

 Union of England and Wales was passed. Other 

 resolutions welcomed the licensing bill and 

 recommended the use of unfermented wine in the 

 sacrament of the Lord's Supper. The treasurer 

 of the Twentieth Century fund represented that 

 the total receipts had been 22,443, nearly half 

 of which had been collected by the secretaries 

 since the last meeting. A connectional publica- 

 tion department had been established, and a 

 Welsh Independent Year-Book was to be issued. 



Irish Congregational Union. The seventy- 

 third annual meeting of the Irish Congregational 

 Union was held at New Row, Coleraine, May 25. 

 The report of the Irish Evangelical Society and 

 Congregational Home Mission showed that there 

 were 12 self-supporting Congregational churches 

 in Ireland, while the remaining 16 churches, with 

 CO out-stations, were dependent on contributions 

 raised by the society. Contributions from Eng- 

 land had decreased in past years, but nearly 

 1,200 had been paid during the last twelve 

 months in grants to the mission stations. The 

 executive of the union has addressed a memorial 

 to the Royal Commission on Education in Ire- 

 land, calling their attention to the fact that there 

 were 123,000 of the population of the country who 

 did not belong to the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, 

 or Presbyterian Church, and asking equal rights 

 for them with these bodies in any legislation that 

 may be proposed, to representation on governing 

 bodies, professorial staff, and students' roll. 

 " Speaking as Congregationalists only," the me- 

 morial says, " we desire a university system which 

 shall make no inquiry as regards religious 

 opinion." 



CONGRESS. The Fifty-seventh Congress, be- 

 ginning March 4, 1901, and to close March 4, 

 1903, was composed as follows: 



THE SENATE. 



William P. Frye. of Maine, President pro tern- 

 pore; Charles G. Bennett, of New York, secre- 

 tary. 



Senators by States, with the expiration of term 

 and party affiliation indicated: 



Alabama. 



1903. Edmund W. Pettus, D. 

 1907. John T. Morgan, D. 



Arkansas, 

 1903. James K. Jones. D. 



1907. James H. Berry, D. 



California. 



1908. George C. Perkins. R. 

 1905. Thomas R. Bard, R. 



Colorado. 



1903. Henry M. Teller, D. 

 1907. T. MacD. Patterson, D. 



Connecticut. 

 1003. Orvllle H. Platt, R. 

 1905. Joseph R. Hawley, R. 



Delaware. 

 1905. Vacancy. 

 1907. Vacancy. 



Florida. 



1903. Stephen R. Mallory, D. 

 1905. J. P. Taliaferro. D 



Georgia. 



1903. Alexander S. Clay, D. 

 1907. Augustus O. Bacon, D. 



Idaho. 



1903. Henry Heitfeld, D. 

 1907. Fred. T. Dubois, D. 



Illinois. 



1903. William E. Mason, R. 

 1907. Shelby M. Culloin, R. 



Indiana. 



New Jersey. 

 1905. John Kean, R. 

 1907. John F. Dryden, R. 



New York. 



1903. Thomas C. Platt, R. 

 1905. C. M. Depew, R. 



North Carolina. 

 1903. Chas. W. Fairbanks, R. 1903. Jeter C. Pritchard, R. 

 1905. Albert J. Beveridge, R. 1907. F. M. Simmons, D. 



Iowa. 



1908. William B. Allison, R. 

 1907. Jona. P. Dolliver, R. 



Kansas. 



1903. William A. Harris, P. 

 1907. Josepli R. Burton, R. 



Kentucky. 



1903. William J. Deboe, R. 

 1907. J. C. S. Blackburn, D. 



North Dakota. 

 1903. H. C. Hansbrough, R. 

 1905. P. J. McCumber, R. 



Ohio. 



1903. Joseph B. Foraker, R. 

 1905. Marcus A. Hanna, R. 



Oregon. 



1903. Joseph Simon, R. 

 1907. John H. Mitchell, R. 



Louisiana. Pennsylvania. 



1903. Samuel D. McEnery, D. 1903. Boies Penrose, R. 

 1907. Murphy J. Foster, D. 1905. Matthew S. Quay, R. 



Maine. 



1905. Eugene Hale, R. 

 1907. William P. Frye, R. 



Rhode Island. 

 1905. Nelson W. Aldrich, R. 

 1907. George P. Wetmore, R. 



Maryland. South Carolina. 



1903. Geo. L Wellington, R. 1903. John L. McLaurin, D. 

 1905. Louis E. McComas, R. 1907. Benjamin R. Tillman, D. 



Massachusetts. 

 1905. Henry C. Lodge, R. 

 1907. George F. Hoar, R. 



Michigan. 



1905. Julius C. Burrows. R. 

 1907. James McMillan, R. 



Minnesota. 



1905. Moses E. Clapp, R. 

 1907. Knute Nelson, R. 



Mississippi. 

 1905. H. D. Money, D. 

 1907. A. J. McLaurin, D. 



Missouri. 



1903. George G. Vest, D. 

 1905. F. M. Cockrell, D. 



Montana. 



1905. Paris Gibson, D. 

 1907. William A. Clark, D. 



South Dakota. 

 1903. A. B. Kittridge, R. 

 1907. Robert J. Gamble, R. 



Tennessee. 



1905. William B. Bate, D. 

 1907. Edw. W. Carmack, D. 



Texas. 



1905. C. A. Culberson, D. 

 1907. Joseph W. Bailey, D. 



Utah. 



1903. Joseph L. Rawlins, D. 

 1905. Thomas Kearns, R. 



Vermont. 



1903. W. P. Dillingham, R. 

 1905. Redfleld Proctor, R. 



Virginia. 



1905. John W. Daniel, D. 

 1907. Thomas S. Martin, D. 



Nebraska. Washington. 



1905. Charles H. Dietrich, R. 1903. George Turner, D. 



1907. Joseph S. Millard, R. 1905. Addison G. Foster, R. 



Nevada. West Virginia. 



1903. John P. Jones, R. 1905. Nathan B. Scott, R. 



1905. William M. Stewart, R. 1907. Stephen B. Elkins, R. 



New Hampshire. 

 1903. Jacob H. Gallinger, R. 

 1907. H. E. Burnham, R. 



Wisconsin. 



1903. John C. Spooner, R. 

 1905. Joseph V. Quarles, R. 



Wyoming. 



1905. Clarence D. Clark, R . 

 1907. Francis E. Warren, R. 



Republicans, 56; Democrats, 29; Populist, 1; 

 Independent, 1 ; Fusionist, 1. 



James H. Kyle died July 1, 1901; and Alfred 

 B. Kittridge was appointed by the Governor of 

 South Dakota. 



William J. Sewell died Dec. 27, 1901; and John 

 F. Dryden was elected to succeed him. 



James McMillan died after the close of the first 

 session of the Congress. 



THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 



David B. Henderson, of Iowa, Speaker; Alex- 

 ander McDowell, of Pennsylvania, clerk. 



Members by States, with the districts and po- 

 litical affiliations indicated: 



