The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-12
CONGRESS- ADJOURNED,
THE END OF THE TIFlY-
THIRD SESSION.

The Closing Scenes in Both the Sen.
ate and the House of Representa-
tives Were UneventfuI and Brief
No Quorum Was Present in
Either Body.
The second session Of the Fifty-third Con
gress ended promptly at 2 D. NJ, on the day
fixed for final adjournment. The scenes on
the floors of both houses we're uninterestiny,
and the occasion was only saved from teii-
Gus dullness by the presence of an extraor-
dinary throng in the galleries, most OF whom
woe the uniform or colors Of the Knights oil
| Pythias. 1t was a visiting audience almost
exclusively.
1t was in the Senate chamber that the last
act in the great Legislative spectacle that has
attracted the attention Of the whole country
| for the last nine months was performed and
It was the least interesting and most COM
monplace performance that ever closed a long
session In that body. Although there were only
two hours assigned to 1t, three recesses were
taken within that time as resource against
the weariness and dreariness Of the oc.
casion and when tho Vice-President made
| his farewell speech and declared the Senate
adjourned without day, the speech and the
declaration we're heard by only twenty Sena-
tors. All the rest had vanished, either to their
homes, to watering places. or to distant
countries. As to tho fate OF the Tariff bill,
which had absorbed and almost monopolizsd
public attention throughout the long
session, there was not word officially COM
municated to the Senate. There was no
message from the President or from the
House OF Representatives In relation to the
matter, and there was no allu5ion to 1t.
The final adjournment OF the Senate took
place at q minute before o'clock.
The House, in accordance with the terms
of the joint resolution. was adjourned at 2 p.
m. for the second session OF the Fifty-third
| Congress without day. The announcement
mony whatever, and it interrupted the read
Ing clerk as he was making his way through
the text Of the Hoar Anti-lottery bill, con-
sideration OF which had been asked for by
Mr.. Terry just two minutes before the
hour liked for adjournment. This last
act in the session had been preceded
by the usual wearisome wait for the return
of the committee appointed to wait uponthe
President, notify him that Congress was
ready to adjourn, and ask him If he had any
further communication to make. The
Ing vote by teller5 upon the passage OF
|
the printing OF sixty thousand copies Of
the rates OF tho Tariff bill with those OF
previous bills. The point of no quorum had
been made by Mr.. Johnson. who was op.
posed to the passage of the resolution, and,
failing to get a modification so as to enable
Chairman Wilson to add anything he de-
sired in the way of explanation to the com
parison, he insisted upon his point. This
forcei withdrawal OF the resolution. Sew
eral efforts were made to secure the accom-
plishment Of desired legislation, but the only
proposition which met unanimous approval
was that to print 2600 copies OF the digest and
rules for the second session. Messrs. Mad
dox, Brookshire, Piggott, Daniels and Upde--
graf were appointed members on the part
Of the House Of tho Commission to investi-
gate and report upon the lab ility Of the
Government, If any, forthe dlsast er at Ford's
Theatre last year, by which twentY-one
clerks in the War Department lost their
lives. The resignation OF W. c. Oates,
Governor-elect OF Alabama, as a Representa-
tive from that State, to take effect November
5, was announced in letter to the Speaker.