St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-05
The Gar Refused a Unani-
nous Vote Of Thanks by
the House.
Closing Scenes Of a Congress
Notorious tor Vicious
Legislation.
Vice President Morton Makes
the Greatest Effort of
His Life.
A Few of the Things Done
With the Many Measures
That Failed.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-The 18th OF
March broke upon the capitol in broad
beam OF sunlight that flashed Il welcome
upon the bronze figure of Liberty and
then crept rapidly down the white sur
face OF the great dome, peeping into
windows aud lighting up dark corners,
dlmmlDg the Pickering yellow gas jets
and c0nquering even the white electric
flare. Inside the great building the
sleepy watchmen rubbed their eyes and
sat again upright at their posts. The
corridors were almost deserted and the
galleries of DO h houses were well nigh
tenantless. All the fore part of the
morning there was an intermittent babel
OF shouts for recognition from anxious
members of the house of representa-
tives. who crowded around the open
space in front of the speakers desk and
res0rted to loud calls,
VOcEferous Remarks
and all manner of devices to attract at
tention. The Republicans in the house
nailed their coorS to the mast. deter
mined to go out of power as aggressive,
defiant and full of fight as they had been
at any time during the session. They
were loyal to the speaker, and awaited
the proper occasion manifest the fact.
1t soon came. No Democrat having pre-
pared the usual vote of thanks TO the
speaker, Mr.. Mckinley. of Ohio, arose
and offered resolution thanking the
speaker Tor the able and impartial man
ner in which he had performed his
duties. The house, which had been in a
buzz from the manytoned whispers of
the members on the floor, lapsed mo-
mentarily into something approaching
quiet as the resolution was read, and
Mr. Mills. Of Texas. arose in his place.
The predecessor of Mr.. Mckinley as
chairman of the ways and means com
mittee disappointed those persons who
hoped for vigorous oartOrical display.
as he merely demanded the call of the
yeas and nays. The call was proceeded
with
amid Great Confusion.
due TO the fact that nearly every mem
Der had some parting remarks for the
neighbor.a whom he perhaps might
never see again. AS Speaker Reed
entered the hall to relieve Mr. Burrows,
OF Michigan, who was temporarily in
the chair, the Democrats jeered at
the demonstrations, Mr. Bland and
"
shouting out retOrts to the Republican
applause. that were lost in the CON
fusion. Mr.. Cannon came in for a Wild
ovation as he presented the conference
report on the deficiency Dill-"the last
report ne would have to make" His
Republican colleagues sDrang to their
feet at his words, giving him ringing
cheer after cheer and tossing whatever
was on their desks into the air in tu-
multu0uS cyclonic Communications of
Dir. Cannon. aMr Breckenridge, of
Kentucky, amid the applause of his
Democratic friends, made graceful
little speech eulogiStic of the treatment
the minority had received from Mr.. Can
non: but the Republicans were little
chary of joining in the acclamations.
being evidently of opinion that Mr..
Breckenridge'S remarks were reflex
lively III some measure in derogation of
the speaker.
Senatorial Dignity.
This concluded the necessary work of
congress, and the remaining time was
chiefly consumed In efforts to secure the
passage of local or private bills. On the
senate side the scenes, while of a some
what more dignilied nature than those
in the house, were nevertheless animated
and spirited. Long before the arrival
Of the president the corridors. waiting
rooms and elevators were crowded with
persons, many Of them ladies'. anxious
20 secure seats III the galleries to wit
ness the expiration of the Fiftv-first
congress. The wives and daughters
of senators and representatives
tiocked around the reserved gal
leres and presented their cards
of admission. but in many cases were
doomed to disappointment. as these gal
leries are small and were soon filed
to their utmost capacity. The senate
chamber presented an unusually order
ly appearance for the last day of ses-
sion, due to the short recess taken this
morning, which enabled the cleaners to
put little more tidy aspect TO the desks
covered with papers, books and docu-
ments. Soon after the house adjourned
many of its members drifted over to the
senate and filled the large easy sofas ar
ranged back of the senator's seats. so
that when the senate finally adjourned
every seat on the senate floor was occu-
pied.