The Red Cloud chief., 1892-08-12
CONGRESS- CLOSED.
The Worlds Fair Gets an Appro-
priation of a2,5Oo,ooo.
POLITICAL LEGISLATION BALKED.
The Usual Thing With u Divided Congress
Mr.. O'Ns'h's Piukerton ResoiuHioa
A~ttenuatod Hurry and Con-
fusiosa to the ED.

W~AsIuSGToN, Aug. G-Last night the
Fiity-sccond congress-, after being in
session seven months. adjourned with
out day. This congress goes TO the
country with its record made M like all
congresses In which tho houses were of
different politics No polisicsl legisls-
ton was enacted. The democratic
house was estopped from from framing
many of the laws to- which IL IL pledged
by the fact hat thcy were doomed Ia
defeat in n republican senate. The last
day was u%nevcntful save for the passage
of the worlds fair appropriation of 81
DOC, 900, the compromise proposition
agreed upon Wednesday.
The agreement about the worlds fair
appropriation was carried out to the
letter. The bill appropriating g., 500,-
600 passed both houses of congress be-
fore 4 o'clock. Tho majority It received
in the house exceeded all expectations.
The friends OF the fair believed il
would win, but they were nervous and
anxious. No ono dreamed il would re-
ceive rs large a vote as IL did. Some
unforeseen accident was feared but
w oCCuTTtu, anu Wltu tIt Nptt WE
finally counted II was found that 1t
had received a majority Of 10. Many
democrats who have heretofore voted
against the measure, feeling themselves
bound by the agreement in c
Wednesday, cast their votes in favor OF
II appropriation.
In the senate 10 yea and nay vote was
taken The senate went into executive
session, where IN agreement was
reached that the yeas m nays should
not be- demanded, as IL was apparent
that no quorum was in the city. The
critical illness of Mrs. Harrison and the
urgent necessity of the presidents i'm
mediate departure for Loon Lake was
limited ut az u reason for not blocking
action in the senate by u demand for Il
quorum, as 1t had already been demon
strated that a large majority of the
senators favored the appropriation.
When the doors were opened the SEN
ators who so desired. briefly stated their
objections and then by unanimous con
sent the bill was passed. This cleared
away the one obstacle to adjournment
and both houses took q recess until :
o'clock, when the final session of the
Fifty-second congress was held.
The closing hours were enacted last
evening under the glare Of the gas light
and in the presence Vt denscly packed
galleries. Mr.. Harrison was in the
presidents room in the senate wing Of
the capitol signing bills aud resolu.
tions. In the corridors were claimants
and lobbyists anXiously seeking action
on measures in which they We're inter-
ested. Messengers rushed hithcr and
!. thither down the long corridors and
l the usual scenes which mark the closing
36f the national legislature occurred.
The members of the senate waited
lcisurely in their seats while the house
with much hubbub and confusion
cleared it's decks for adjournment The
last conference agreement on the sun
dry civil bill emasculated the O'Neill
amendment, providing against the en-
ployment of armed Pinkerton detect
ives by the United States, o. by com
panies with government contracts, SO
AS TO make it only applicable to the
District Of Columbia and the depart.
mcnts of the government, The doughty
author of the bill, who Is known the
country over as u labor agitator, for
several minutes poured hot shot into
the house conferecs for their 'igno-
minious surrender" The house took il
as u good natured bit of buncombe, and
after that the conferees explained the
legal defects of the ONsill amendment.
The report was agreed to and the last
appropriation bill was sent to the pres.
ident for his signature, which was
quickly attached.
The last hour was occupied with the
usual routine proceedings. Abill or two
vas railroaded through by unanimous
consent. Then the committees appoint
ed by the house and senate t notify
the president congress vas ready To ad.
journ. German and Allison on the par,
of the senate, aud McMillin, Fellows
and O'Neill on the part OF the house, re.
ported that the president had nothing
further to communicate to congress. Al
the clock indicated l0:4S, twelve min,
utes before the hour of adjournment,
Mr.. Pearson, of Ohio, secured unan'
imous consent to ask for the passage o.
a resolution for the appointment Of
committee to revise and modify the pen
sion laws during the recess. After q
good deal of explanation aud a momen,
or two OF intense suspense on the par
of the gallant Ohioan the resolution
was passed three minutes before II
o'clock Another resolution or two wa.
rushed through.
The gavel then fell.