People's voice., 1892-08-12
CONGRESS QUITS.
Sweating Statesmen Finally Come
to an Agreement.
The Last Appropriation Bill Finally Gets
Through on a Compromise-The Worlds
Fair Secures $4,000, 900, just Half
What IL Asked For.
Flush ed Up.

'iuisheu Up
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6-Last night the
Fifty-second congress, after being in
session seven months, adjourned with
out day. This congress goes to the
country with its record made up like all
congresses in which the houses were of
different politics No political legisla-
ton was enacted. The democratic
house was estopped from from framing
many of the laws to which it is pledged
by the fact that they were doomed to
defeat in republican senate. The last
day was uneventfdl save for the passage
of the worlds fair appropriation of ST.
100000, the ctnpromise proposition
agreed upon Wednesday.
The agreement about the worlds fair
appropriation was carried out to the
letter. The bill appropriating 50, 5OO,-
900 passed both houses of congress be-
fore 4 o'clock. The majority it received
in the house exceeded all expectations.
The friends of the fair believed it
would win, but they were nervous and
anxious. No one dreamed it would re-
ceive as large vote as it did Some
unforeseen accident was feared but
never occurred, and when the vote was
finally counted it was found that it
had received majority of 40. Many
democrats who have heretofore voted
against the measure, feeling themselves
bound by the agreement in caucus
Wednesday, cast their votes in favor of
the appropriation.
In the senate no yea and nay vote was
taken. The senate went into executive
session, where an agreement was
reached that the yeas and nays should
not be demanded, as it 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 at as reason for not blocking
action in the senate by demand for a
quorum, as it had already been demon
strated that large majority of the
senators favored the appropriation.
When the doors were opened the sem
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 a recess until Z
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 of densely packed
galleries. Mr.. Harrison was in the
presidents room in the senate wing of
the capitol signing bills and resolu.
tions In the corridors were claimants
and lobbyists anxiously seeking action
on measures in which they were inter-
ested. Messengers rushed hither and
thither down the long corridors and
the usual scenes which mark the closing
of the national legislature occurred.
The members of the senate waited
leisurely in their seats while the house
with much hubbub and confusion
cleared its 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, or by COM
panies with government contracts, so
as to make it only applicable to the
District of Columbia and the depart
ments Of the government The doughty
author of the bill, who is known the
country over as a labor agitator, for
several minutes poured hot shot into
the house conferees for their 'fgno-
minious surrender" The house took it
as good natured bitof buncombe, and
after that the conferees explained the
legal defects of the 0'Neill 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
was railroaded through by unanimous
consent Then the committees appoint
ed by the house and senate to notify
the president congress was ready to ad-
journ. German and Allison on the part
OF the senate, and McMillin, Fellows
and 0'Neill on the part of the house, re-
ported that the president had nothing
further to communicate to congress. As
the clock indicated 1O:4s, twelve min.
utes before the hour of adjournment,
Mr.. Pearson, of Ohio, secured unan-
imous consent to ask for the passage of
a resolution for the appointment of a
committee to revise and modify the PEN
sion laws during the recess. After a
good deal of explanation and moment
or two of intense suspense on the part
of the gallant 0hioan the resolution
was passed three minutes before II
o'clock. Another resolution or two was
rushed through.
The gavel then fell.