The sun., 1894-08-29
CONGRESS QUITS AT LAST.
THE SENATE AM HoUsE or REP
REsENTA TTTEs ADJOURN.

Mr. CisveIsss Hss No Message for Either
-Onlv Twenty Senators Hear the Vice.
Presidescs Asrourcement Ia the House.
wAsurSuToN, Aug. 2s.-The las, act in the
great legislative spectacle that has attracted the
attention Of the whole country for the last nine
months was performed IN the Senate chamber
to-day and was the least interesting and most
commonplace performance that ever closed q
long session in that body. Although there we're
only two hours assigned TO II, three recesses
were taken within that time a. resource
against the WEAKNESS and drearlness OF the oc-
casion: and when the Vice President made his
farewell speech and declared tho Senate adj
journed without day, the speech and tho decla-
ration were heard by only twenty Senators. All
the rest had vanished, either to their homes, to
watering places. or to distant countries.
As to the fate OF the Tariff bill which had alb
sorbed and almost monopolized public attention
throughout the long session, there was not
word officially communicated TO the Senate. IL
had been supposed that the Senate would have
been notified by the House that the bill had be-
come a law through the expiration OF the ten
days allowed by the Constitution to the Pres-
dent for the return OF a bill with or without his
approval. Hut the only notification Of the fate
OF that great measure was that which was gath
cred from Mr. Clevelnnd's letter OF yesterday To
Representative CatchinRs OF Mississippi, with
its covert allusion to Democratie traitors;
There was message from the President or
from the House of Representatives In relation
tothe matter. and there was no sllusion to II,
except the effort on the part OF Senator Jones of
two other Democratic Senators, some ot the
polariscope mysteries In connection with the
The final adjournment Of the Senate took
place at n minute before 2 o'clock.
In accordance with the terms OF the joint reso-
luton, adopted last Friday, the House at 2oclock
Today was adjourned for the second session Of
the Fifty-third Congress without day. The an
nouncement was made by Speaker Crisp with no
ceremony whatever, and II interrupted the read
ing clerk as he was mi making his % Nay through the
Of which had been asked for by Mr.. Terry Dem,
Ark.) Just two minutes before the hour hxed for
This last act in the session had been preceded
by the usual wearlsome wait for the return OF
ths committee % %apPointed to wait upon the Pres
journ. and ask him II he had any further COM |
munication TO make: The wait, however. was
the passage Of the resolution reported yesterday
authorizing the printing q, 81, sixty thousand
previous bills. The point OF no quorum had been |
made by Mr.. johnson Dem, 0l, who was Or
posed to the passage Of the resolutions and fall
man Wilson to add anything he desired in the |
way of explanation to the comparison, he insist
ed upon his point. This forced withdrawal OF
several efforts were made to secure the ac-
compiishms,n,t OF desired a. legislation: but the
was that to print $500 copies Of the digest and
rules for the second session.
Ind;l Piggott DEM. Comm. Daniels tRep.;
" "a. and updegrsT tEep a. & wsre e. appointed 1ps
to al and the a
blIty OF the Government. II any. for the disaster
nt Ford Theatre last year. by which twenty
lives.
The resignation of w. C. Oates. Govsrnor-elcct
"a SsTp fom that
letter TO the Speaker.