Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-10-10
IT'S over.
THE FIFTY-FlRST CONGRESS
STANDS ADJOURNED.
The Tariff 2lIl is Now the Law of the
Land.
some Of the Final Scenes at the
Close OF the Term.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. 9. 1890.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct. 2, 1890.
On Wednesday the chaplain invoked
divine blessing upon the members OF the
house who were about TO depart for their
respective homes. Before the journal Of
Tuesdays proceedings of the house was
read, Representative Breckenridge, Of
Kentucky, raised the point os CIDER that
there was no quorum present. 4 call of
the house was ordered. While waiting a
quorum "a message was received from the
senate, announcing the agreement TO the
conference report on the tariff bills.
In the 10 months of the session that
closed yesterday President Harrison sent
to the senate 3,S37 nominations, of which
all but IL were confirmed. AS many Of
these nominations contained the name of
more than one person, they represented
probably 4,500 appointments. Several
hundred of these were postmasters at
offices which have become presidential
through the growth of business. They
also include the appointments in connection
with the census, nearly all of which are
temporary in their nature.
air. Spocner of Rhode Island, from
the committee on accounts, submitted
the report of that committee on
NhS ouOyNbes hS ItpOLb SJdbGS bAdJ luC
charges made by the Enloe resolution
against the postmaster of the House have
been substantially established, and al
though the relations between Dalton (the
previous postmaster) and Culbertson 1.-THE
mail contractor) gives rise to grave sus-
picion that some private arrangement ex-
listed between them, whereby Dalton, dur
ing the forty-ninth and fiftieth Congresses,
derived fAnrcopa1 ant Of no
tracts for carrying the mails, no absolute
proof had been obtained. The report is
accompanied by a resolution declaring the
Office of postmaster of the House vacant,
and directing the assistant postmaster to
perform the duties of postmaster until a
postmaster shall have been elected and
duly qualified.
The resolution was agreed to.
Speaker Reed signed the tariff bill at 2:45
p. IN.
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 recess.
During the recess nearly all the members
left the hall TO make preparations for their
departure from the city, and when the
speaker reconvened the house. that Official
looked down upon vast array Of empty
seats. He merely stated that according TO
The concurrent resolution he declared the
rst session of the fifty-frst congress adj
.urncd without day.
! In the senate Mr.. Sherman offered
resolution for the appointment of COM
mittee of two senators to join like COM
mittee of the house TO wait upon the presi-
dent and inform him that unless he SHALL
have any further communication TO make,
the two houses are now ready to adjourn.
The resolution was agreed TO. Messrs.
Sherman and Harris were appointed the
committee on the part of the seacte.
At 1853 the tariff bill was presented TO
the senate by the clerk of the house, Mr.
Mcpherson. Two minutes later Vice
President Morton affixed his signature TO
IL. The signature was announced through
Chief Clerk Johnson.
The announcement was followed by the
recognition of Mr.. Aldrich who reported
from the committee on finance the resolu-
ton providing for the adjournment of con-
gress amended so as TO make the time of
final adjournment o'clock. The resolu-
ton was agreed to.
The president signed the tariff bill and it
became law at 3 o'clock Thursday.
Mr.. Caswell of Wisconsin submitted a
letter addressed TO the speaker by James
Wheat, postmaster of the House. tender
ing his resignation.