The daily gazette., 1875-03-05
SCENES OF CONGRESS-

WASHINGTON, March 4.-Both Houses
of Congress remained in continuous
session all night and up to the hour of
noon to-day, when the final adjourn.
ment took place. Several hundred
spectators Kept watch in the galleries
all through the night.
TIE SENATE.
The Senate WAS occupied the entire
night with the appropriation bills not
the last of them till long past
daylight. Then they were immediate
ly sent to conference reports on all of
them were concurred III without op-
position, the last of the series having
been finally acted upon before II o.
clock to-day. Senator Morton did not
stay during the night, having no furth-
er interest in the proceedings when he
found be could not tack
THE FORCE BILL
on some appropriation bill His alb
sence made the democratic Senators
comparatively sasy, for they knew
that no one else was likely to move to
take up the bill After the appropria-
ton bills were out of the way, it was
agreed that unobiected bills on the
calendar should be acted. The noise
was so great that bill after bill was ac-
ted on without anySenator but the one
who called it up hearing any more of
it than the title. In this way number
Of
BILLS SLIPPED THkoCGH,
which In the ordinary course OF busi
M, Ia
sisted. Among such bills was one to
make women Eligible to membership
IN the Medical Society of this District
and several measures which came un-
der the class of jobs. Senator Morton
came in about ten O'Clock this morninP
Every movement he made was then
closely watched by the democrats, who
did not know but lie might in the con-
fusion seek to rush the force bill
through. But all the measures Mr..
Morton asked to take up were entirely
harmless and he did not mention the
force bill once.
SIGNING THE BILLS.
By the hour Of noon the calendar OF
theSenatC was pretty well cleared. The
President was at his room in the Sen.
ate wing early i'll the morning, and be-
tore the adjournment signed nearly 50
bills. The clerks were kept busy in
running from the House side to theSen-
ate side with the bills, all of which must
be signed by the Speaker and the Vice
President before they are prcse nted 10
the President for his signature. A few
bills which had passed 10Th houscs
n hDauIIGa of IA !
them to the President TheNice- Presi.
dent was very nervous, and was not
rapid enough in attixing his signalulc
to the bill to please three or four SenH-
tors, who added 10 his embarrassment
by handing him, out Of their order, bills
to sign in which they were Interested
When twelve O'Clock noon arrived Mr..
Wilson simply raped gavcl his and de
clared the Senate adjourned Sthe die.
sPEAKER BLAINE's vALEDICrony.
Speaker Blaine, in declaring the
House adjourned sine de- took the oc
casion to signalize his retirement from
the chair, which he has filled for six
years, by neat speech. Wen lie con
cluded there Immediately went u.
loud and
LONG CONTINUED HURRAH,
by clapping of bands and
of fhandkerchicfs. The demon
strations of good will, for it was uni
versal, affected Mr.. Blaine visibly, and
did not undertake to hide his emotion.
THE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
AT 1870, a. m, the consideration of
the River and Harbor bill wasresumed
and most Of the amendments made in
Committee OF theWhole were rejected.
Among those concurred in was one ap-
propriating $50, 900 for the continua-
tlon OF the construction OF the United
States pier at Lewes, Delaware; SIC, 900
for the Youghiogheny river, Pa, and
1921 900 for au additional pier in the ice
harbor at New Castle, Del. The bill
was read a third time and passed at
BIB a. IN.