The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-29
END OF CONGRESS- HASC0ME
THE MOST LEAST EXCITING AD-
 JOURSMEST OF THE SENATE.

In tho House There Was a Little Excite
 ment-when the Speaker Descended the
 Steps From His Desk Few Members
 Ciapped Their Hands.
 Washington, Aug. 2s.-An immense crowd was gathered In the senate gal leries before the hour of noon to-day. eager to witness the closing scenes or the eventful session on which the cur tain fell at 2 ?. m.
 There were but three republican sena- tors present when the chaplain made his opening prayer and only ten demo- crats.
 A resolution instructing the select committee on the Ford's theater dis- aster to continue its investigation dur ing the recess was offered by MT. liar ris, dem. of Tennessee. and agreed to-.
 At 12:17 the senate took recess till 12:45.
 The session was resumed at 12a5
 
 when a message was received from the house announcing, among other mat ters, the death of Representative Shaw of Wisconsin. The usual resolutions expressing the deep sensibility of the senate and providing for a committee to attend the funeral were offered and agreed to, and the vice president an- nounced the appointment of Senators Mitchell, dem. of Wisconsin; Cullom of Illinois, Davis of Minnesota; republi- cans, Roach of North Dakota, democrat; and Kyle of South Dakota, popuiist
 At 12:55 another recess was taken till 1:3O
 After the recess report was made by the senators who had been appointed to wait upon the president, and who in formed the senate that the presidents reply was that he had no further com munication to make to congress.
 A third and final recess was taken till 1 :50, when a message was received from the house announcing the appointment by the speaker of the house members of the joint commission on the Ford's theater disaster. Then after Q wait of several minutes, the vice president rose and formally closed the session of the senate with these words:
 Senators: The hour fixed by the con- current resolution for the adjournment of the second session of the Fifty-third 1o. Dof 1rfv m the formal announcement cannot for bear giving expression of my grateful appreciation of the resolution, personal to myself, just adopted by the senate. For this manifestation of your confi- dence, as we'll as for the uniform courtesy, official and personal, extended to mel am profoundly grateful. And now, wishing each of you safe return to home and constituents, declare the senate adjourned without day."
 It was the quietest and least excit- ing final adjournment that has ever been witnessed by any of the senators present. ,,qm
 When the house was called to order by Speaker Crisp at 12 o'clock this, the last day of the present session of con- gress, there were less than fifty rep resentatives on the floor, the great bulk of members having departed for their various homes.
 After the reading of the journal Speaker Crisp announced the following members on the part of the house joint committee to consider the old Ford's theater disaster and report to con- gress the liability of the government, if any, Messrs. Maddox, dem. of Georgia, Brookshire, dem. of Indiana, ,Pigott, dem. of Connecticut, Daniels, dem. of New York, and Updegraff, rep. of Iowa.
 MT. Richardson then called up the resolution reported by him yesterday providing for the printing of 6O,O0O copies of the tariff bill ith compai- sons of rates in similar previous laws.
 The vote on the passage of the reso- lution was, ayes 71, nays 31, and MT. Johnson, dem., of Ohio, made the point of no quorum.
 There being no apparent prospect of coming to an agreement on the subject, MT. McMillin, dem., of Tennessee, sug- gested that the house take a recess till 1:45, which was unanimously agreed to.
 At 1:45 the house reassembled and MT. Richardson withdrew the resolution to print 6O.000 copies of the compari- son of the tariff bill with the rates Of previous similar measures. He stated that members could get copies of the publication at the government print ings office at nineteen cents each,
 The committee appointed to wait on tke president was announced and MT. Wilson reported that the duty de- volved upon him and his associates had been discharged and i've are charged by him." MT. Wilson continued to say that the president has no fur ther communication to miake. He con- graduates the congress upon the suc- cessful conclusion of its business and to each member individually he wishes a pleasant and prosperous vacation"
 MT. De Armond. dem.. Of Missouri. offered then. as an independent 'meas- ure. the resolution previously proposed by him to print 60.000 copies of the tariff bill with comparisons with the rates Of the Mckinley law. to be pre- pared by the ways and means commit tee clerk and approved by the chair man thereof.
 MT. Hicks, rep, of Pennsylvania, re- newed his objection. however and the publication will not be made.
 MT. Terry, dem., of Arkansas asked