Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-10-22
It Has Blown Over.
Congressman Tire of Playing
at Legislation.
BOTH HOUSES ADJOURN AT LAST.

Very Few of the Statesmen Left TO Ad-
journ-The Closing Transactions Few
and uimportant-Minority Report on
Civil service-Obstinate Sioux Decline
the Latest Proposition and Go Home
Bond Buying and the Surplus.
WASHINGTON CITY, Oct 22-The closing
hours OF the session OF congress Saturday
were comparable to those of none Of its pre-
decessors within the memory of the present
generation The hustle and excitement, the
crowded corners, the anxiety of claimants
and lobbyists, the effort OF the legislators in
behalf of belated measures, were conspicu-
ously missing. In tho senate gallery audi
ence of score of individuals at II o'clock
had increased to two or three hundred at the
end, and these looked down in placid silence
upon the round dozen of senators and COM
pement of clerks, pages and attendants
busily doing nothing upon the floor of tbe
chamber.
The dignity and decorum of the body were
preserved to the end, despite the .neagerness
of numbers and tine fact that there was
less than quorum present. and that the
body was practically powerless for any leg.
islauive purpose was successfully concealed
from the official eye of the official reporter
Constructively, the tariff bill was under dis
cussion, but practically not a word was
heard on the subject The last hour, with a
few momentary Interruptions, was spent in
state of suspended animation-of waiting
for time Just before 1 o'clock President
Pro Tenn ingalls, arose, and with the utter
ance of his first syllable the hush of pro-
found silence fell upon the body.
With the fall of the gavel, the act which
formally Terminated the first session of the
Fiftieth congress, the audience, the attend
ants-even the senators-relieved now from
the operations of rigid senate rules, ap-
plauded the brief though dignified and
courtly remarks Of the chair, and cele-
brated the beginning of the recess
Some time previously a committee had
been appointed to join a like committee on
the part of the house to wait upon the presi-
dent and inform him that congress "having
finished its business" was ready to close the
| present session by adjournment at O'Clock.
Blackburn presented the minority report
| of the select committee on the operations Of
| the civilservce law and it was ordered to
be printed with the majority report.
| The last bill of the session TO be intro
| ducced was one by Mitchell proposing an
amendment to the constitution providing for
the election Of United States senators by the
people.
The first message received was one from
the house announcing the passage of joint
resolution authorizing the government ex-
hibits at the Cincinnati exposition to remain
there until Nov Is. 1t was Immediately
| passed by the senate.
| The next message from the house was send
ing back the enrolled joint resolutions
signed by the speakerl as to the government
exhibit at the Cincinnati exposition. Itwas
Immediately signed by the presiding officer
and dispatched to the president, but as the
hands OF the dial of the clock showed thai
but twenty-five minutes OF the session were
left, the question of its being approved, anG
signed was very doubtful
McMilln reported that the president had
stated that he had no further communication
to make to congress A further recess wa.
taken until seven minutes before l.
At 1885 message from the president au-
nouuced his approval of "sundry senate bill.
and joint resolutions" In few minute
afterward came the final incident of the ses
officer
Ingalls,, with great deliberation and fin
elocution, made a brief closing speech ii
which acknowledged his obligation to tn
senators for the assistance they had rem
dered him in the discharge of his duties, ant
trusting that the supreme power which con
trols the destinies of nations as well as tn,
fortunes of Men may, during the brief in
tervals of your labors in this chamber, con
tinue his henefcence to each of you per
sonally, to the families of which you ar
members, TO the states OF which you are rep
resentatives and TO the country of whic
you are citizens, the chair announces tina
the senate stands adjourned sine die"
A resolution rendering the thanks of th,
senate to Ingalls, afor the uniformly able
courteous, and impartial manner in whicl
he had presided was offered by Saulsbur,
and adopted unanimously
In the house Ryan offered the followins
resolution, which was unanimously adopted
| That the thanks OF the house are hereby ter
dered to Hon. John G. Carlisle, the speaker 70
the courtesy ability and fairness with which h,
has presided over the deliberations Of the fir.
session of the Fifteth congress
Speaker Carlisle having resumed the chail
Hopkins of New York offered and the hous
} adopted resolution rendering the thanks c
the house to It's officers for the courteou
manner in which they have discharged thei
duties
As the hands of the clock pointed to th
hour of the speaker said "The hour of
O'Clock having arrived | now declare th
house adjourned sine die"
The announcement was received with al
plause and the correspondents in the pres
gallery evinced their thankfulness by chan
ing the doxology.
Congress had not been adjourned five mil
utes before the White House was crowde
with members and senators who intended I
take the outgoing afternoon trains or HON
who wished to say good bye, and at IL
same time put in parting word for the +
appointment during the recess of the nom
,, nees who had failed of confirmation by Il
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