San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-03-04
CONGRESS- CLOSING.
SENATE AND HOUSE HELD CON
TINUOUS SESSION SINCE
SATURDAY.
All the Appropriation Bills Passed
and Numbers of Personal Bills
Went Through-Discus-
sion on Silver.

Senate.-A number of bills that
were unobjected to were passed by
the Senate this morning, chiefly Of
a personal character.
On motion OF Platt, OF Connecti-
cut, the House bill passed
amending the copyright law by
limiting the severity of the penalty
imposed on newspapers for unin-
tentionally. violating the law in re.
producing copyrighted photo
graphs, etc.
After further but unimportant
proceedings, the Senate at :05
o'clock a. M, took recess until 9
o'clock, with the understanding
that no business was to be trans
acted until II o'clock, except in
connection with conference reports.
Only three senators were at their
desks when the vice-president
raped for order this morning.
After recess OF less than five hours
there were perhaps at this time a
hundred people in the galleries.
The octogenarian, Morril, and sill
ver-haired Sherman, neither OF
whom had remained throughout
the night, came in shortly after.
AT 10 a. m, when the Senate
proceedings were resumed, the
vice president announced his sig
nature to the naval appropriation
bills. 1t was the last formality
before the taking OF the last i'm.
portant measure to the President.
At $40 the vice-president an
nounced his signature to the def
cheney bill.
At 1918 Voorhees, offered a reso.
luton which was adopted, for the
appointment Of committee of the
two houses, of two senators and two
mem bers, to wait upon the Presi.
dent and inform him that Congress,
having completed its business, was
ready to adjourn. The vice. presi-
dent named Voorhees, and Sher-
man for the committee.
House--At O'Clock, when the
House reconvened in it's final ses-
sion, after four hours recess, there
were exactly eleven mem bers on
the floor. All looked tired and
worn out. At 9 o'clock Chairman
Savers, OF the appropriations COM
mittee, entered the hall. Although
he had been almost constantly at
work for forty eight hours, he was
bdoyant and Of light step, over
joyed that the last appropriation
bill had passed.
The Hawaiian cable appropria-
tiOn was defeated.
GrOsvernOr, (Republican) OfOhiO,
caused the first furry by a short
speech, cOntending that Republic
cans were true friends Of bi.metal-
ism. The repeal of the Sherman
act two years ago, had accomplish
ed more than any other influence
to bring about the hopeful cOndi-
ton for silver we now observe the
world over. He predicts great re-
suits from the proposed money con-
ference.
Mr.. Bryan (DemOcrat,of Nebras-
ka,managed to get the floor and
Indignantly resented the reflection
Of Pence, yesterday, upon the sill
yer men, who favored this con-
ference. He was for free silver,
but he believed it the height of
folly for the United States to re-
fuse to join hands with other cOun-
tries of the world, if they were
ready and willing to join in the
scheme for recommendation OF silver.
Dingley, Republican, of Maine,
agreed with GrOsvenor, contending
that with European bi-metalism,
the single attempt OF any country,
the United States, France or Ger
many, to open its minis to free coin
age of silver would swamp it.
At II noon the 53rd Congress ad-
journed sine die. The clock was
not turned back and both Houses
came to a close simultaneously.
Crisp, Culberson and Hit have
been appointed as House members
of the International Monetary
commission.