St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-02
The First Session of the
Fifty-First Congress Is
Closed.
Members Of the Popular
Branch Are Hurrying to
Their Homes.
House Postmaster Wheat Ten
ders His Resignation to
Escape Expulsion.
Suave Levi Morton Gives the
House Of Millionaires q
Little Advice.

WASHINGTON, ID. o., Oct. 1.-The
first session of the Fifty-frst congress
died natural death to-day, and there
| is not the slightest sign of mourning at
| the capital. When the house was called
to order by burly Tom Reed the chap
lain invoked divine blessing upon the
members who were about to depart
for their respective homes. While
awaiting quorum a message was
received from the senate announcing
the agreement to the conference report
on the tariff bill. A few minutes be-
fore o'clock Mr.. Breckinridge with
drew his point of no quorum. 1t was
Immediately renewed by Kilgore, of
Texas Not long afterwards, how
ever, Mr. Kilgore relented, with
drew his point, and the clerk
proceeded to read the journal.
Mr.. Mckinley offered resolution for
the purpose of securing the appoint
ment of a committee of three, to join a
similar committee On the part Of the
senate, to wait upon the president and
inform him that congress is ready to ad-
journ. The resolution was adopted. Mr.
Carter, of Montana, presented the con
ference report OIL the bill to dispose of
the Fort Ellis military reservation
in Montana. Mr.. Allen, of Mississippi,
arising to speak to this bill, made a long
political speech. To say that the Re-
publican party had begun with Abra-
ham Lincoln and euded with BENJAMIN
Harrison was proof, he said, that the
party had gone to seed. Mir. Bayne, of
Pennsylvania, denied the truth of the
charges. Not the name of one Repub-
lican leader in the past twenty-five
years had escaped calumny, he said.
Not man who had done honor to this
country had escaped
The Spleen and the Venom
of the Democratic party. Mr.. McCreary,
OF Kentucky, gave notice that he would
raise the point of no quorum against the
conference report and Mr.. Carter there
upon withdrew it. Mr.. Caswell pre-
sented to the house letter addressed to
the speaker by Postmaster Wheat ten
dering his resignation. The speaker
laid the letter before the house.
Later Mr.. Spooner, from the
committee on accounts, submitted
report on the investigation
into the conduct of the postmaster ac-
COll poiiCo NY 1OOOlubtOu uCCldIluS
the Office of the postmaster of the house
as vacant. MI. Hayes, Iowa. submit
ted minority report. Mr.. Caswell said
that while he had no fault to find with
the majority report, the postmaster who
was about to retire from Office would go
from his position without 81 of the
public funds in his pocket. On the con-
trary, the result of Mr.. Wheat's admins
tration had been saving of $1,000 to the
government. Pending discussion upon
the question, Mr.. Mckinley called up
the resolution for final adjournment,
with an amendment fixing the hour
at 6 o'clock. Agreed to. The
Wheat resolution was then agreed to.
The speaker laid before the house
letter from Representative E. FL. Con-
ger, stating that he had forwarded to
the governor of Iowa his resignation as
a representative from the Seventh dis
trict of that state. The speaker further
stated that he had received substan-
TALLY similar communication from Rep
resentative De Haven, of the First dis
trict of California, but that the
Letter Had Been MisIafd.
A senate concurrent resolution was
agreed to requesting the president to
enter into negotiations with the govern
ments of Great Britain and Mexico for
the prevention of the entry of Chinese
laborers into the United States. Mr..
Caswell, of Wisconsin, asked unanimous
consent for the consideration of a reso-
luton electing P. J. Flint, of
Wisconsin, as postmaster of the house.
Mr.. Williams, of Ohio, objected and Mr..
Caswell Withdrew his resolution Mr..
Mckinley, of Ohio, chairman of the
committee appointed to wait upon the
president, announced that the president
had no further communication to make
and then the house took a re-
cess. During the recess nearly
all the members left the hall
to make preparations for their de-
parture from the city; and when the
speaker reconvened the house, that Of
fetal looked down upon vast array of
empty seats. He merely stated that,
according to the concurrent resolution,
he declared the first session of the fifty
first congress adjourned without daV