The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-11-09
ADJOURNED SINE DIE.
THE EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF
CONGRESS BECOMES HISTORY.
Senate Confirmed the Nomination Of Rose.
welt, But Rejected Atwood and Judge
Hornblower- Cherokee Strip In
vestigation to Proceed Dur
ing Vacation.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.-The senate
presented no unusual features this
morning. The attendance was small,
botl senators and spectators. Soou
after the senate met Senator Cockrell
from the committee on appropria
tions reported favorably house reso-
luton providing for adjournment OF
congress and after some unimportant
debate it was adopted.
House bill in aid of Worlds Fair
Prize Winners exhibition to be held
in New York city was then passed, as
was the usual committee to wait uron
the president and inform him that
congress was ready to adjourn and in
quire if he had any further communi-
cation to make to it.
Senator Ransom IN. O. and Cullum
Qll.) were appointed and then the
senate proceeded to consideration of
executive busine
At 1857 the senate opened its doors,
and Senator Ransom informed the
senate that the president had no fur
Their communication to make.
The vice president then made his &C.
acknowledgements of the resolution of
thanks and adjourned the senate in a
few words. The gavel was brought
down and the extraordinary session of
the Fifty-third congress had adjourned
sine die.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.-There was
the usual rush and crowding of bills
and conference reports ia the legisla-
tive chute of the house today that al
ways marks the closing hours of ses-
sion of congress, At l2.55
the clerk of the senate announced that
the resolution providing for final adj
journment at 3 o'clock had been
agreed to.
AS soon as the announcement was
made the house passed joint resolu-
ton instructing the speaker to appoint
committee of three to join a similar
committee of the senate to wait on the
president and inform him that if he
had no further communications to
make, congress was # ady to adjourn
The speaker appointed Messrs. Hol =
man Qnd), Turner (Ga) and Dingley
mo }, who at 2:15 reported that the
president had no further comInunica-
ton TO make.
Several trivial bills were reported
from committees.
The house receded from it's amend
ment to the Worlds Fair bill.
A resolution providing for the pay
ment of members clerks out of the
miscellaneous fund was passed.
Then the house, on motion of Mr..
Cobb (Ala,), paid a substantial tribute
to the late chaplain by ordering pay
ment of a years salary to his widow
AT 2:25 p. III. joint resolution
was passed by the senate extending
the time of adjournment to 4:30 was
presented.
Mr.. Springer tried to secure consid
Grafton for the resolution but the
speaker held that the motion was not
in order, as the point of no quorum
was pending.
Notice was Withdrawn giving Mr.
Catching an opportunity to move to
suspend the rules and adopt the senate
resolution. 1t was then 25S.
Mr.. Hutchinson, despite appeals of a
hundred members, demanded a second
on the motion. Their pleadings were
unavailing and at o'clock Speaker
Crisp rose and with rap of his gavel
declared that in accordance with the
adjournment resolution passed. the
hour of o'clock having arrived, the
house stood adjourned sine die.
Mr.. Hutcheson's last filibuster was
successful. The lights of the house
went out, and all conference reports
| failed.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WASHINGTON, Nov 3.-The senate.
just before the close of the executive
session, rejected the nomination of
Henry G. Atwood of New York to be
consul of the United States at Calais,
France. 1t confirmed the nominations
OF James X. Roosevelt of New York as
secretary of the embassy of the United
states at London, vice Henry White.
resigned; Thos. Smith of the Indian
Territory to be Indian inspector: most
master, Charles j. Bowman, Edmon,
Oklahoma. The senate adjourned
without confirming the nomination of
Judge Hornblower to be justice of the
supreme court. This has the affect of
rejection. The president will there.
lore be compelled to either send his
name IN again or nominate another
man for the Off1oa