Our government is devised into three general sections known as the executive, legislative, and the judiciary departments. The executive department consists of the President, the Vice President, and a Cabinet of advisors whom the President appoints. The legislative department is composed of two bodies known as the House of Representatives and the Senate. The judiciary department consists of the Supreme Court and the lower courts. The President and Vice President are elected for a term of four years. The Vice-President presides over the Senate. In 1789 there were only 65 representatives in the House. In the 64th Congress (March 4, 1915, to March 4, 1917,) there were 440. Two senators are elected from each state by direct vote of the people. Since there are 48 states the total number of

senators is 96. The scene here shows President Woodrow Wilson addressing the representatives and the senators in the House of Representatives. The President is standing at the desk, reading his message to the body. The custom of the President's coming from the White House to address Congress is an old one. Our early Presidents followed this plan, but no President had done so for a long while until Mr. Wilson revived the custom. Seated just beneath the American flag are the Hon. Champ Clark and Vice-President, Thomas Marshall. Mr. Clark, Speaker of the House of Representatives, is the gentleman on your right. Directly in front of the President at the tables are the newspaper reporters. In the galleries are the visitors. The senators and representatives are seated in curved benches.