Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-08-11
CONGRESS- ADJOURNS.
4 GIFT OF $2,5oo,ooo TO THE CHI
CAGO EXPOSITION.

for the First Session of the Last Con-
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-The 5th of August,
1899, will be remembered as red letter
day in the annals of legislation and in the
history of the country, as it chronicles ad-
journment of the first session of the Fifty
second congress and the passage of the
Worlds fair bill appropriating 81, 100000 for
that enterprise. The passage Of the bill
was without special incident, as it was a
foregone copclusion. One hour was devoted
to debate, and the final vote resulted: Yeas,
1871; nays, s3. A substitute of Mr.. De
Almond, of Missouri allowing the Worlds
fair managers to coin bullion to the extent
of S5,0O0000 In souvenir coins, the segnor-
age to go to the management ESTIMATED at
se,5O0000 and the premium on the coin,
was rejected. The house not then being
in mood to pass any general bills took a
recess until o'clock in the evening.
The Night Session.
Expectation of an adjournment filled the
galleries Of the house at its night session.
and the same reason brought an unusual at
tendance of members. Promptly at Z
O'Clock Speaker Crisp called the house to
order and soon after the Durborrow Worlds
fair bill was reported from the senate. Mr..
Jolley, of South Dakota secured the
passage of senate measure regulating the
time for holding sessions of the United
States courts in South Dakota, and then the
private calendar was taken up.
After the passage of several of these bills
Mr.. Holman, Of Indiana, presented the re-
port OF the conierees on the sundry civil
bill. MIR. Holman explained the nature of
the agreement, detailing the items in dis
pute and the compromises effected. He
said the bill as finally agreed to carried
$27, ,6S ,42s, being $4,000, ,239 less than the
bill as 1t passed the senate and g. ,6l4, ,246
more than its aggregate when it passed the
house.
Concerning the Pinkerton detective clause
OF the bill Mr.. Holman admitted that the
amendment adopted by the house was q lit
tie too broad, and that in the interest of
q speedy adjournment the house con-
ferees were obliged to accept the substi-
tute submitted on the part of the senate
The chief stumbling block had been the
amendment offered by Mr.. ONeill, of Mis-
souri,, and adopted by the house, but cut
out OF the bill by the senate, to prevent any
officer OF the government having the power
to make contracts with any corporation,
firm or individual who employed Pinkerton
detectives. After considerable discussion
the conferees agreed to substitute for the
amendment the following proviso:
"And no employee of the Pinkerton de-
tective agency or any similar agency shall
be employed in any government service or
BY any officer of the District of Columbia"
This relieved the application to government
contractors.
Mr.. Simpson, of Kansas, denounced "the
act of the representatives of the house in
surrendering to the representatives of the
plutocracy of the country" He called the
Pinkertoh employees EARNED thugs, rob
bers and murderers"
You'll hear from this in the elections In
the fall" said Mr.. Simpson, land any one
that votes for this amendment should be
left at home. You should not surrender to
the representatives OF wealth."
The Closing Scene in the House.
Mr.. McMillin, of Tennessee, offered a
resolution (which was adopted) providing
for the appointment of a committee of three
members to join like committee of the
senate In informing the president that con-
sress was ready to adjourn and ask if he
had any further communications to make.
The speaker appointed Messrs. McMillin,
Fellows and O'Neill as the committee.
Mr.. McMillin, of Tennessee, reported
that the committee appointed to join
committee Of the senate and inform the
president that congress was ready to ad.
jougn had performed its duty, and the pres
ident had said that he had nothing further
70 communicate.
II lacked five seconds of the eleventh
hour when q dozen members shouted wildly
for recognition, waving papers in their
hands, but they were too late.
Speaker Crisp announced that the hour of
IL O'Clock had arrived, and bringing his
gavsl down on his desk with bang, de-
olared the first session of the Fifty-second
congress adjourned without day.
. great shout went up from the members
on the floor; great bundles of waste paper
were thrown high into the airAnd fell in
showers on the happy congressman, while
from the press gallery came the deep res
onanoe of the doxology. PRAISE God
From Whom All Blessings Flow" struck
responsive chord in the floor and gallery,
end dignifed old members stood at their
desks amid the showers of falling paper and
Joined In the hymn.
A great shout of applause went up at its
conclusion, and the press gallery choir re-
sponded with some verses about Speaker
Crisp and ex-Speaker Reed being jolly good
fellows, and concluded with a musical
query of Congressman Watson as to what
constituted congressional jag Then there
was handshaking and many goodbys, and
in half an hour the house of representatives
was deserted
Senate Proceedings.
Pursuant to an order of the day before
the senate met at 2 o'clock. Some business
OF routine nature was transacted when an
executive session was held. When the
doors were reopened the Worlds fair bill
approprtating s25O0,OOO was submitted,
read and without division passed, although
several senators emphatically protested
against its passage. Another conference
was ordered on the pending sundry civil
bill and recess was taken until o'clock.
Promptly at o'clock. In sultry atmos-
phere with well filed galleries, but very
sparsely occupied floor, the vice president
raped the senate to order after the recess,
Mr.. Pettigrew, of South Dakota attempt
ed to obtain reconsideration of the vote
which tabled his resolution authorizing
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