Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-03-08
ITS WORK ENDED.
Labors Of the Fifty-second Congress Over
Farewell Address by the Retiring
Vice. esident.

-r6E6W6A AQuTSbb ny the mourning
ce-President.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 4.--The
Fifty-second Congress adjourned sine
die at noon to-day. The principal
scenes of interest were in the Senate,
where Mr.. Morton, after the adoption
of vote of thanks by the members,
delivered brief farewell address, fol-
lowed by speech of greeting by Vice
President Stevenson. Mr.. Morton said:
SENATORS: The time fixed by the con-
St1tution for the termination OF the Fifty
second Congress has arrived, and | shall
soon resign the gavel of the president of
the Senate to the honored son
of Illinois, who has been CHOSEN as
my successor. I cannot. however,
take my leave of this distinguished body
without offering my most grateful
acknowledgements for the honor conferred
by the resolution just adopted, declaring
your approval of the manner in which L
have discharged the duties of the chair,
and expressing my deep sense of the uni
form courtesy and kindness, even in
critical and complicated situations,
extended TO me as the preSld-
ing officer, by every member of
this body. If [ have committed errors,
you have refrained from rebuking them;
and [ have never appealed in vain to your
sense of justice and have ever received
your support. My association with the
representatives Of the f0rty-four states
Of this great nation IN this cham
Der will be. among the most
cherished memories OF my LIE; and l can
express no better wish for my successor
than that he may enjoy the same relations
of courtesy and kindness that have never
been limited by party lines or con-
trolled by partisan affiliations, and
which hay have So happily or. marked n5e
be extended to him. And now, senators
and officers of the Senate, from whom l
have received so many good Offices in the
discharge of my duties, accept feeble eX-
preston Of my grateful appreciation Of
your kindness, with my heartfelt wishes
for our future welfare, happiness and
prosperity in life. Is the vice-president-
elect now ready to take and subscribe to
the oath Of Office?
Mr.. Stevenson was introduced and
spoke as follows:
SENATORS: Deeply impressed with a
sense of its responsibilities and of it's dig
nifty, | now enter upon the discharge of
the duties OF the high Office to which |
have been called. l am not mindful of the
fact that among the occupants of this
chair during the 104 years of our cOnstitu
tIOnal history, have been stateSmen-imi-
nent alike for their talent and their tire
less devotion to public duty. Adams, JEFF
ferson and Calhoun honored It's, in
cnmbe9ncy during the early days
Hendricks and Morton have, at a
later period OF our history, shed luSter
upon the office of president of the most
august deliberatlve assembly known to
man. | assume the duties Of the great
trust contided to me with no feeling OF
self-cOnfidence, but rather with that OF
grave distruSt of my ability satisfactorily
to meet its requirements. l may be par
dOned for saying that 1t shall be my
earnest endeavor to discharge the import
ant duties which lie before me with no
less of impartiality and courtesy than Of
firmnesS and fidelity. Earnestly lnvOk-
ing the cooperation, the temperance, the
charity of each of its members, [ now
enter upon my duties as presiding o1hcer
the Senate.
In the Senate last night, after the pas
sage of the McGarrahan claims bill, Sena-
tor gin made a last stand stand Tor TOR
monotony. of calls, of the Senate. re-
sulting in the disappearance of
quorum when it came to voting on Sena-
tor HIPS pet BILL became too eXaSperating
for further endurance on the part OF Sena-
tor Harris, of Tennessee, a stickler for
parliamentary etiquette, and he gave
characteristic tWo-minute speech, in
on my responsibility as senator and a
man, that the proceedings Of the last two
hours is a disgrace; disgrace that III the
expiring hours OF the CONGRESS sufficient
number of senator's cannot be held here to
dispose of the public measures necessary TO
be Considered
The House sheet metal gauge bill was
passed. The conference reports on sum
dry civil and the Indian appropriation
bills, early in the morning, made diver
sion Tor time, but they were adopted
without much discussion About half
past o'clock Senator Hill became
desperate and made a lively attack upon
the ''flibuStering" tactics of the OppOSi-
ton, which aroused Senator Frye into re-
sentiment, and finally involved Senators
Hiscock and Blackburn. Senator Hill aG
mitted that his bill was dead so far as this
Congress was concerned, but renewed
his efforts later on, but at $50 gave
up the fight gracefully and himself
moved the recess which was taken from
$50 to $50 o clock. When the Senate re-
assembled the usual resolution Of thanks
to the Vice-President for the dignitied, i'm
partial and courteous manner in Which he
had presided over the deliberations Of the
Senate was offered by Mr.. Harris and
agreed to, and after that there was an
entire stoppage of the wheels OF
legislation, and nothing was heard out the
noisy hum of conversation on the floor
and in the crowded galleries. A like reSO-
luton OF thanks to Mr.. Henderson for the
uniformly able, courteous and impartial
manner IN which he had exercised his du-
ties as president pro TEN. was subsequently
offered by Mr.. German and agreed to.
It was daylight when the last two of the
conference reports were presented IN the
House. There were reports on the sundry
civil appropriation bill and the Indian ap-
preparation bill, and against them all OPP
position failed and they were adopted
without serious obstacle, Whereupon the
House took a recess until 1920
o'clock. After the recess the SEN
ate bill granting a right OF way
through the Indian Territory to the Inter
oceanic Railroad Company was agreed 10.
On motion of Mr. Springer resolution
was adopted for the appointments or COM
mittee of three members to wait upon the
President and inform him that the Con-
gross was ready to adjourn.
LEAPED UNDER A TRAIN,