St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-06
CONGRESS ADJOURNS,
The House and Senate Finish
Business and Quit at II
O'Clock P. NJ.
DupboroW's Worlds Fair Bill
Is Passed and the Presi-
dent Signs 1t.
Discussion in the Senate Of
the Appropriations Of the
Session.
a Closing Address by Morton
The DoXology in the
House.


WASHINGTON, Aug. 5,-The dying
hours of the first session of the Fifty
second congress were unevenIful and
lacking in any excitement, and save
for the presence of the president and
two members of his cabinet and
an unusually large crowd of peo-
pie in the galleries, princi-
pally ladies dressed in summer
attire, there was nothing to denote that
the gavel was about to fall, adjOurning
the two houses until December next.
Nearly all the senators and representa-
tives in the city were in their seats when
the clock pointed to the hour for ad
journment, and on the floors of
both houses and around the corridors
and clerks office there was hustle and
excitement incident to the preparation
of bills which passed during the even
ing for the presidents signature before
the session of congress expired.
Shortly after o'clock, as is GUS
tomary OH such occasions, the preSi-
dent arrived at the capitol and
where he was engaged for some min
utes in chatting with senators and Vice
President Morton, who dropped in to
pay their respects. Owing to the alb
seDce Of many cabinet officers from
the city, the president was accom-
panied only by Secretary of
State Foster, Secretary Noble and
Private Secretary Halford. Assistant
Private Secretary PruGen having pre-
ceded him with a bunch of mea u""S
approved yesterday and today d the
White house. Soon after arrivin the
worlds fair bill was presented ftl his
signature, and in a few mlh..>.
it became a law. The pen
used for the purpose was given
to Editor Elliot f. Shepard. Other bills
followed, and for some minutes the
president WAS kept busy atfiXing his
name to various measures. consisting
principally, however, of bills of a pri-
yate nature.
The Worlds Fair Bill.
At the morning session the house went
luto committee of the whole on the
Durborrow worlds fair bin appropriate
Ing $4,000 Mr.. Cummings opposed
the appropriation as a ''looting PROPOSE.
tion." Mr.. Fellows supported the bill.
The bill was passed, yeas l31, nays IS.
On motion OF Mr.. Reilly, of Pennsyl-
vania, the vote by which the bill was
passed was recOnSidered and the motion
to reconsider was laid upon the table.
This was done only after All Intellectual
attempt had been made by Mr.. Bailey.
If Texas to filibuster. The speaker ap
pointed Messrs.- Fitch, Geissenheiner,
DeForest, Ray and Harmer as the men,
bers of the special committee
to inqnire into the execution of
the election laws in New York.
On motion of Mr.. HOuk, of Ohio. 4 Sen-
ate joint resolution was passed author
ing foreign exhibitors at the worlds
fair to bring into this country foreign
laborers to assist in preparing their eX-
hbitS. Mr.. Boatner, of Louisiana, sub
mitted the majority report on the Wat
son charges, and it was ordered printed.
SO also were the views of the minority,
signed by Mr.. Simpson, or Kansas MIR.
GrOut. of Vermont, submitted his indi-
vidual views. The house then took 4
recess until o'clock this evening.
At the Evening Session
the senate bill was passed regulating
the time for holding terms of the United
States courts i'll the district of South
Dakota. The senate joint resolution
was passed extending TO the king and
queen of Spain and to the descendants
of Christopher Columbus Invitations to
be present at the opening of the worlds
fair. The DurborOW bill came over
from the senate, and Mr. Holman, of Indi-
ana, presented the conference report on
the Sundry civil appropriation bill. MIR.
Holman stated that the bill, as finally
agreed upon. appropriated S27, ,S27, 900.
This was S9,600.0C0 less than the bill as
IL passed the senate ana S2.Gl4,C COO more
than as it passed the house. Mr.. Bing-
ham, of Pennsylvania, said that the
issues of this congress had been made
up. Among those Issues was the
issue of extravaganza. Mr.. Simp-
son, of Kansas, regarded the conference
report as a cOWardly surrender of
the representatives of the house to the
arisiocracy of wealth in tie senate.
After soIme further discussion (purelv
personaD the conference report was
agreed to-l69 to IA. This disposed of
the last appropriation bill pending. A
number of private bills were then dis
posed of. On motion of Mr.. McMillin a
committee was appointed to join SIM
liar committee on the part Of the senate
to wait upon the president and inform
him that congress is
Ready 10 Adjourn.
The committee consisted of Messrs.
McMiIllU. I(DONS anu " 4NCllI vi
Pennsylvania. Shortly before 10 o'clock
message was received from the sen.
ate announcing the agreement of that
body to the conference report on the
sundry civil appropriation bill. 1t was
received with manifestations or ap
proval, but with 10 applause of any
kind. The consideration of private
pension bills was proceeded with
At 1920 the speaker signed the Sundry
civil appropriation bill. and his sigma
ture was a signal for general leave-tak
ing. The speaker laid before the house
the senate amendment to the resolution
for final adjournment The amend
nent, which fixed IL o'clock tonight as
the hour of adjournment, was agreed
10 without objection or debate. Mr.
Mcmillan, as chairman of the com
mittee in charge CT the subject, re
ported that the committee haC
waited upon the president and informed
him that cong TesS was ready to adjourn
The president had stated in reply tha
he had no communication to make. i
resolution was adopted for the appoint
ment of special committee to codify
existing pension laws. The hour OF L
O'Clock having arrived the speaker de
clared the house adjourned withOu
day, and the galleries broke into doX
Ology.
PASSED BY The SENATE.