Re: New start up splash screen annoyance...

[Richard Stallman]

    > The way Emacs currently handles the splash screen is completely
    > unsatisfactory, because it gives the impression that the splash screen
    > is being displayed *instead of* the file specified by the user (and
    > thus implies that Emacs is unable to process command line arguments.)

    Yes, this looks like a bug, and this is confusing for beginners who don't
    know how to turn this behavior off.

The best way is: don't specify a file name argument when you start
Emacs.  That kind of argument is supported for compatibility with
other editors, but it is not the recommended way to use Emacs.
Experienced Emacs users generally don't do it anyway.