The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-10-02
CONGRESS ADJOURNS WITHOUT DAY,
Scenes Of the Closing Moments of
the Long Session
Which VIII Be Memorable For What
1t Has Accomplished.
The Postmastershlp of the House
De clared To Be Vacant.

WASHINGTON, October LIN the Senate a
resolution for the appointment of commit
tee of two senators to join with like CON-
mittee on the part of the House to inform
the President that unless he shall have any
further communication to make the two
houses are now ready to adjourn was agreed
to.
Mr.. Manderson, from the committee on
printing. reported back the House bill to re-
wise the wages of certain employees in the
government printing officer; calendar.
The Vice President laid before the Senate
three veto messages from the President, two
of them on bills referring to the Court OF
Claimsjthe claims of Chas. j. Chantean and
the Portland Company Of Portland, Me-,
and the third one the bill to prohibit book
making and pool selling in the District of
Columbia, for the purpose of gambling.
The Presidents objection to the latter bill
is that it does not prohibit book-maklng and
pool selling, but on the contrary permits It in
the case of the Washington Jockey Club
and of other clubs owning race tracks. Ii
that form Of gambling was to be prohibited,
as the President thinks it should be, the pro-
hibition should apply to all persons and all
places.
The three messages were laid on the table.
The Senate then took recess for half an
hour till 2.15.
A resolution to continue Gin employment
the employees of the Senate another month
and pay them out of the contingent fund was
agreed to.
AT five minutes before three the tariff bill
was received from the House with the
Speakers signature and was Immediately
signed by the Vice President and sent to the
President for his signature
MIR. Aldrich reported back the adjourn
ment resolution amended so as to fix the
time at 8 o'clock today, and 1t was agreed to.
At 800 recess was taken until o'clock.
While business was in suspense Mr.. Blaine,
who had accompanied the President to the
Capitol, stepped into the Senate chamber
and was greeted with cordiality by several
of his former associates. Mr.. ingalls, pressed
him to come into his old seat and Mr. Blaine
having complied with the request was, for a
time, the centre of a pleasant group. He
looked very bright and cheerful, and seemed
in excellent spirits.
AT five minutes before the time proposed
by the. Senate for final adjournment. Mr..
Mcpherson, tae clerk OF the House, deliv-
cred a message from that body proposing a
conference on private pension bill.
Mr. Harris offered a resolution, Mr.. DOlph
being in the chair, rendering the thanks OF
the Senate to Vice President Morton for the
dignified, impartial and courteous manner In
which he had presided over the delibei ations
of the Senate. This. was adopted unani
mously. A resolution, similar in its terms
was OuOACu Wy MI AbhnoOh AZ NOhPAinOhe W
Senator ingalls, as President pro tempore
and was unanimously adopted.
At ten minutes past 5 message was re.
ceived from the House that the adjournment
resolution was amended by substituting
o'clock for 3. The amendment was concur
red in.
Mr.. Sherman, in company with Mr.. Har-
ris, reported that the committee OF the two
houses had waited on the President and in
formed him that the two houses had con-
cluded business, and ware prepared to ad-
journ if he had no further communication
The President answered he had no further
communication to make. The Senate then
took recess until $50. At the expiration
of the recess message was received from
the House announcing its concurrence YIN
the resolution as to negotiations with Mexf
co to prevent Chinese entering the United
States from that Republic
When the hands on the clock dial pointed
to g. Mr.. Morton thanked the Senators fol
the resolution Of approval and confidence
with which he had been honored. He con
graduated the Senate and the country upon
the large number of important measures
which had received careful consideration in
this body and become laws, and declared
the Senate adjourned without day. The
Senate in the first session of the 51st Con
gress met 224 days against 1877 days in the
50th Congress. Measured in hours, the dis
proportion is still greater. Eight hours q
day has been the average time during much
of the period when the tariff bill was under
discussion.