Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-05
TIE LAST BILL SIGNED Ard President Cleveland, After a Long Siege of Labor, WILL GO DUCK HUNTING Fifty-Six Bills When the Clock Struck 12 Died of
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WILL GO DUCK HUNTING

WASHINGTON, March 4.-All the ninety acts of congress signed by the president to- day bear the fictitious indorsement, "Ap- proved March 2, 1895. The continuing legislative day of Saturday was also opera tive at the White House, and at noon to- day, when March began. March and 3 ended simultaneously.
 In the case of the president there was more truth than fiction in the politica loss Of day from the calendar, for since last Friday, whea the extraordinary deluge of legis a.ien commenced to pour into his office, he has never left his desk for more than few hours at time.
 The cabinet has been almost uninter- ruptedIy in session, and practically as sharp m investigation of the merits of measures has been in vogue as under or dinary circumstances. Ten days are al lowed in which bills may be thoroughly considered before they become laws. At and o'clock in the morning of the last days the president has al- lowed those about him to snatch little rest and four or five hours later they have returned to continue the work with him. Whether in the meantime he found oppor- tunity for little sleep is more than the members of the cabinet know.
 Five of the big appropriation bills did not reach the president until this morning after g o'clock. They were the Indian, sundry civil, deficiency, diplomatic and consular and naval, and the failure of any one of them, except possibly the deficiency, must have resulted seriously to the national government or force the assembly of the new congress in extra session before mid summer. Their passage in congress had been closely watched by departmental ex- perts, and after examination by the cabinet cfficerss who will be responsible for dis bursting the millions they appropriated, i, the president was able to approve them.
 At Il 40 O 'clock, at the request of Post- master-General bissell, the anti lottery bill was taken up for examination and promptly signed. This was quickly fol- lowed by the copyright a:t, which was the last measure of the Fifty-third congress to go upon the statute books.
 When the hour of noon arrived tbe Brunswick, Ga., harbor bar improvement bill, MT. Gordon'e pet measure, was under consideration, but there was no turning the clock back in the White House this year and, though it was wholly unobjec- tionable bill, which the president was ready to sign, at the first stroke of the clock he laid down his pen and fifty-six measures, including the Red Cross insignia protection measure, which passed congress .unani- mousiy; Mr. Hiii's suburban trolley rail- wey bili and MT. Gorman's Baltimore ex- position bill. died of inanitioa.
 The president VIII leave >WashingtoD Tor North Carolina on the light house tender Violet with Secretary Carlisle aud few friends in ali proba abllity at oncs. He has made no announcement of the hour of his departure, but The Violet has reached the wharf here and congress, with the excep- tion of few office seeking members, is out of the way, so there is nothing to keep the preside nt. No one would be surprised if he is on his way down the river tomorrow, as the Violet is coaled and provisioned and the ducking season has almost reached it's end.