The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-14

rln Dohrinc Sea differences between the
,.,i,ol states and Great Britain provoked
~ minated debate Al the Senate on the
a. a., senator Cockrell had offered an
n1n,n,dmeut to the pending deficiency bill
'rrich appropriates $4,000 for the expenses
'tnrothpr commission of arbitration to adj
t".t thp claims of Canadian sealers seized
,,r Tho United States. The deficiency bill
"ro. kent steadily before the Senate
,hrolrhout the day and was passed after a
,tyucolr of three hours. The claims of
raiifnrnla. Oregon and Nevada against the
Cuyernmcnt, ~aggrcgating about $4,000, 900,
uqs,cl without the formality of a yea and
nnny vote. The appropriation OF l,SO?, 900
- thc Southern Pacific Railroad and an
,,h.r Of about 81. 10000 for French spolia-
,ion claims and the war claims were also
nassel. Eulogics were pronounced on the
Iac Representative Lysle of Kentucky,
WRIGHT of Pennsylvania, Post of Illinois
and lIouk of Ohio.
The House is approaching the close of
the session with unusual calmness and
eouanimity. Not a sensational incident
occurred on the LIST, the last legislative day
bu, one of the House. A part of the day
was devoted to the consideration of bills on
motions to pass them under suspension of
fine rules. Five recognitions for this pur-
pose were made by the Speaker, of which
three passed and two failed to receive the
fine necessary two thirds. An order was
made to send the deficiency bill to confer
ence if it came from the Senate later, and
then at 500 the House took a recess until
So'clock, the night session to be devoted
to private pension bills.
- A., lth of@ar n n,,c
session of forty-eight hours, interrupted
bv an occasional recess, the flags above
the Capitol were lowered and the Fifty
third Congress had passed into history. In
the House the end was not marked or
marred 10y any unpleasant incident. All
the appropriation bills were out of the way
when the House convened, and the time
was dwindled away until II o'clock, the
only feature being the rather brisk but
brief debate on the result to follow from
the projected monetary conference. The
usual committee was sent to the President
10 inform that Congress was ready to ad-
iourn, and the other fOrmalities with the
end Of a Congress were gone through with.
The concluding minutes were in the natur
Of a love feast. The best feeling prevailed.
The resolution of thanks to the Speaker,
which usually came from a member OF the
majority, was offered by Mr.. Cannon in a
graceful speech, bearing testimony to the
high appreciation in which the presiding
officer was held by the Republican minor
ity. Speaker Crisp, who had been absent
during these proceedings, returned to the
rostrum and expressed thanks for the
good feeling expressed by the House
toward him 10y passing a resolution, and
for its uniform courtesy. and declared the
House adjourned sine die.
At noon on the 4th the United States
Senate closed its final session of the Fifty
third Congress amid crowded galleries,
con~gratulatory speeches, a parting word
from President Cleveland and a brief val
tdictory from the Vice President. The
Wontcd dignity of the Senate was pre-
served to the end, except for the rush OF
business incident to the last hours of the
session. The committee to wait on the
President reported that the President had
no further further communication to make.
AT Hos the Vice President arose and in a
graceful speech thanked the Senate for the
consideration shown him, and as the clock
pointed to II, declared the session at an
end