The morning call., 1891-03-05
WITHOUT DAY.
Final Adjournment Of the Fifty
first Congress.
Inimated Scenes in Both Chambers During
=" =. the Closing Hours,
u Comparison Of the Amount Of Work Per-
=. formed by This and the Preceding
! Legislative AsSemblage.
Special to THE MoRSISe CALL

dOrs vert almost deserted and the galleries
of both houses were well nigh tenantless.
zThe Senate had taken a recess just before
daylight until O'clock and the hall of the
House was. a scene OF litter and confusion.
There vas an unusually large attendance Of
members, but it was also an unusually dis
orderly assembly.
The Speaker appeared to be the most
serene. person in the vast hall, saving GER
tain Representatives who tilted themselves
back In their chairs or had thrown them
isslveS upon lnunres aud were more or less
:str ..ssd toward sound slumbs-. The'sharp
= .5olos Of the Speaker rang oat as clearly as
. ever. calling for order and in remonstrance
w.sh ,hi,e unraly members who sought -
. .:.i.s5a.ze 40 "hOrsz play"
- -... N-RY coSsBEssstES.
: e. .3at. ii.se business was. transacted, the
=. .f9ft -.fs memhe-s apparently having re-
:Ej'to.; 10 make the last hours Of Inc Fifty
-uzst Congress merry, and Tie cham ber rang
.lauslts. Is one after another Of the
wits edited the House.
As the day grew signs of life. outside the
dAilS VI lbit IlVuSEo AoN .
who had stolen off for the nj ght to their homes
began to drop in quietly. The Senate doors
were reopened, the large class of people who
take an interest in the Congressional death
Struggle began to flock to the Capitol aud to
seat themselves in the galleries, and the last
Gay OF THE session was fairly begun.
r.. ANXIOUS MEMBERS.
All through the greater part of the MORN
ing there was an intermittent babel Of
shouts for recognition from anxious mem-
bers Of the House, who crowded around the
open space in front Of the Speakers desk
. and resorted to loud calls, yociferous re-
marks and all manner Of devices to attract
attention. The House was in critical
mood, and those members who we're tOrtu-
nate enough to catcif the Speakers eye
TO ud they still had hard read 10 travti
90 Lue Presidential haven. Tor x was not au easy
g r'atttr 10 secure lie necessary lTo-lhrds ma
.sFU 10 haye iAe rules suspended and their bills
psssed ---..-.--....-..--
EIeanwbie. the cUnisrrres on Tie Deficiency
Bl.l, tie 5lly gputogilallQu bill remaining 10 be
. .rc-sd on. we're esl1estlg ence1sqrinF 10 refnoYs
tie stumbling. .bl5Gss Ii the way ot sn agree
rent. Tire House rapidly hHed as the meal
adjournment i1onsd up-less than three hyurs
oft-wLGe "a .ac gai.esi.s siandi0B-foon bad
cesaed 20 Be aT4iutis sons t.i9e ilcfl9ussy, aho
sl-gurs of ispp's jawHesi 'ile pas sgsgsay-.
= i lie hepuU.ICdus a.. ~ t4ai-u e-tied .tSit 2
:cSSgltO tie mast determined 10 go out OF
bij~eT EE5I Essif5 uEiIaEt '7I IIli+
tney have been dr any time during Inc session.
No Democrat having prepared The usual vote oi
thanks to tile Speaker, Mckinley arose and
Offered a resolution thanking tnr speaker LOT lhe
able ana impartial manner IN which lie had per
formed his duties.
q. THE AYES AND NOES.
Wells demauded The ayes and noes, and when
at last tile vote was announced the Kepubhcaus
rose iH mass, clEppins vigorously anu wins
papers aud UuDks, aud making the all resouhi
SlLh their cheers, the volume OF Souhu peiug
sWelied by applause IN the galleries.
The applause was renewed more vigorously
than before, as Speaker Reed entered the nan 10
relieve Burrows Of Michigan, Who was Tempo
TaTIly in tile Chair.
-IJie Democrats jeered al the demonstration.
Bland ard hicCldmmy shouted out retorts TO tile
Republican applause that were lost IN Inc con
fusion.
F.: -Cannon came in for wild ovation as lie pre-
selied the conference report On Tie Deficiency
Bli-the last report he would have 10 make Els
" Repubhcau colleagues sprang TO their feet, giving
him. Cheer after cheer aud tossing "ha ever wa
on tieir desks into The air, IL was a tumilluOus
. cyciUn!c cummeudation oi Cannon.
GOOD WORDS FOR CANNON.
- BrecklnT6ee OF Kentucky, amid lhe applause
= of The DemOcl ats made EIdceiul ltlle speech
.eBLogistic' OF The treatment tie minority had re
crtyed from Cannon, but tie Republicans wer
= cLary Of Joking III fye accldmalOns, OelDg eVl
: deutfy Of lie OpiuiOn that BIeckiurldge's re
marks wefe rtieN!yely, III some measure, Il
- Gerpgation OF the speaker. Inls concluded th
GECt hthi y WI n VI OoAEito1t anu tliS ANh"'t'N
; time was chiefly consumed Ia efforts TO secur
tile passage OF local OF private 0l'l5.
- N THE SENATE.
= ON tie naie side lhe-scrne While OF NOR
-diguIAed uaIule han 10 TIC HOusri were, neFel
= tleless mated and spirited 1He gdll-ry, o.
l0site Wee PI esideDt MOrtOn's chair, which wa
= reserved Tor tile diplomatic corps was ~eil-hue
with nien4eIs OF tie ioieign legations, ana III
onlysYXCauL seats IN any gallery we've those Te
. served fUr lie Presidents family.
THE PRESIDENT Al WORK.
The President arrived at the Capitol shortly
after O'Clock aud commenced 10 examine aA'
attach his signalule 10 lie various measures
He Remained Tnlil both Houses adjourned SO a
Is.Slgu al tie bills laid before lin, else The
- Yuiild have failed TO become laws.
Mi Reed Is uut HE trst Speaker who has bee
refused a ytte OF thanks by the opposition part
a. tie close OF Cong lie Is tie thirteenth O
= the list against VII Cm LrsentnieHt has thus bee
- FIFTY First CONGRESS.
OF ine.WOtk Of the Fifty-tirst Congress, thre
measures, any Of which, IN intrinsic IN
T. 5puftance and popular interest, would ge sun
cledt for a fIatiuual Issue, Etaud forth prOmhen
among all the others. The FIRST Is the Mchinle
Il arsf Bill which became law; the second
lille Silver Bill, Oh winch 10 the hrst session
cUmgrOnse was effected, based on Ihe MONTH
. % 'purchase OF 4,5eOODo ounces OF silver whc
In tufn. wa FELLOW ed by more radical measure
ihal failed vi passage; and, third. the fedeE
Elections -Bl, which, alter PIotracted stru
pie; failed IN tie Senaie 10 reach decisive You
;. Radical CHANGES IN THE RULES.
: The radical innovation In the rules Of Il
House added nterest tO.lts proceedings and Il
determined but fruItleSs Efforts To adopt the mo
.YRaLOI these Innovations formed part 0f the bl
tory of tip batter part Of Tie session Of the Sc
Eyeuin its mortuaGy record the last Congre
was remarkable, the call OF dealh having SUI
nr0uied no lever Than twelve Of its Represent
lives aHd three Of lis SENATORS.
TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS.
rec The total appropriations for this Congress W
-, probably reach 81 900. 100000. During u
:.'.fktieth Congress lGI 1lls wers vetoed ana @ dn
. 1tg. Ibe. Fiicy-hrsT Congress fourteen Amou
The bills which became laws are tIes
q, :Copyright. .Bllli Private, Land Court BLl
:: Postal subsiuy- Bills Indian Depreciation
= Claim Bill; IinIDel-;rnd Presumption Law R-pei
- Bill; Customs Administrative Blll Gener
" Land Forfeiture Bllli bill 10 relieve the Supten
:. :t:Durt by the establishment Of IA int media
= court oil Appeal; Giised States Judges Saari
Bill; Worlds FairBilf; Wyoming aud Idaho
, mission bills; Antl-LOttery and Anti Trust Dill
- REINFORCEMENT Bill; Immigration Bill II
=: bin t0 ratfy agres mehis with various lhdL l
tribes, and. to pay friendly Sioux S5O0,oO
>. 10 Tednce lie lees Of PENSION agents; tor
:. The; French spoliation clalinsi Meat lnSpeeilI
%: .lil; bill to prevent the importation of adults
:. attd food and drink; Live Cattle and Hog ]
=; specton, BILE the bill app opsiatlng 81 oqo,O
-. fjrtle Improvement oil lhe Mississippi Rive
-. 10 Iei mil sorghum sugar manufacture
10. use alcohol without ihe payment
lax; TO limit to- 20 per cent oi .nd iae lSa Ia.
-, TsilLoads Shall Charge for tie transport atlOn
troops and supplies; for ihe relief OF settlers
Northern Pacific Railroad Indemnify IAhds;
I,ermtt Tie exp0rt of Ierunented liquors 10
80 foreign county without the payment OF a tax !
e. ;arrIy the pL0ceeds Of the sales OF pubic Ian
- and lie receipts from certain land grant Ia
" reads 10 The support OF agricultural ana lnuu
:. irial.ooeges; 10 exteEd the time Tor me pa
.ne6t-for iiutiic LANDS iu cases OF Tie ialuie
=: crops. To- set aside he big tree tract III Saiit
MIA as a public PARK; for The Inspection VI ca,
: steamers To secure InoIe humane treatment
DEFEATED ON TEsT VOTES.
The BLAIR Educational Bill. a bill Tor tue D
.p0lntmeGt OF sn Alcoholic Liquor Comlnissl'
ana tie Eight Hours Claims BIZ we're deIoa,t
0n test votes, while among those Whlcn. au
:. passing one House failed OF actlou IN the otns
II gre; The bankruptcy Bill, ,the Gonger Lara ID
and 4he Army Reorganization Bill
The Paddock Pure Food Bill. Nicaragua Can
Bill, Pacific Railroad Funding Bill aud The lnle
stare Commerce Bill 10 permit limited p0olll
arc among the measures which failed 10 reach
B goIe iu either House:
Following are some OF the Senate bills Will