Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-05

Sldt, Ot 1cAdb, Iu pidCc oh hEs SatCufhES bA Mississippi, democrat, as heretofore an nounced, and Representative Hit, repub- lican, of Illinois, to serve with himself AS delegates to the international monetary conference.
 The clocks hands had come together marking the noon hour, and without fur. ther ado the speaker brought his Gavel down on the desk and declared the house adjourned sine die.
 A cheer went up from the floor, but it spondents m the press gailery sang the do X ,logy.
 Ihey were cheered heartily on conciud- ing, and the immense throng of people filed out of the chamber and the scenes of the Fifty third congress were at an end.
 IN THE sEEATE.
 The last message which the president sent 10 congress, through the ioiut com- mfttee which waited upon him to zhsk whether he had any further communica- ton to make to it, was rendering of con gratulatiors to congress al the conclusion of it's labors. Senator Voorhees,, in deliv- ering that message, did so in a spirit of humorous gravity, which led irresistlbly 10 an outburst Of laughter and applause h the senate chamber and iu the galleries packed with spectators.
 In the farewell words of the yice-presi- dent testimony was borne to the magnitude of the questions determined by tue senate during ihe congress just expiring and to the ability with which they had been dis cussed. With the fall of the gaveI, he said, the great debates and the important legislation of the Fifty third congress would pass into the domain of history.
 During the brief session, beginning at g o'clock and termiuating a, noon, there was little done except the formaiilies of receiv- ing messages from the house requesting the signature of the vice. president to en- rolled bills and of announcing such sigma lures. The .ait two of the appropriation bills-the naval and the defcieney--were signed by the vice. president at 9:30 a. in. ana 9:50 a. m., respectively, and were then transmitted to the president. The winding up scenes were enlivened by discussion between Messrs. Morgan and Gray upon the Behring sea fisheries question, and by highly amusing one between MT. Gall and Messrs. German, Aldrich and Woicott h reference to MT. Calls resolution for special committee to investigate the doings of the Louisiana or Honduras Lottery com pany. In his indignation at Ihe failure of his proposition Mir. Call did not hesitate at declaring that the religious and moral peo- pie of the country would supply the ex- penses of the Investigation which MT. Cor man 'sdesired to suppress, ' and when MT. Aldrich intimated that MT. Calls purpose was 10 affect politics in Florida and not to promote morality the Florida senator pro- nounced Mir. Aldrich's statement as untrue and without any warrant, except that The senator desires to promote lotteries in the United States.
 MT. Wolcott's opposition was met with the assertion that the senator never failed to speak in the interest of foreign cor poration. Dlr. Call was in the fnll tide of passionate Reclamation against those sena- tors who opposed his resolution when the president rose, delivered his farewell speech and declared the senate adjourned without date.
 The senate took a recess at 4:15 this morning until o'clock, when business was resumed. At the latter hour six sena- tors were present-two on the democratic was apparently no business to be attended to. Another recess for quarter of an hour was ordered, and matters drifted along in that way until 9:30, when MT. Fowle, chief clerk of the house, appeared and announced that the speaker had signed the naval bill, the last of the appropriatiol bills, and he delivered 1t to the senate for the signature of the vice. -president.f In addition the vice. president announced that he signed 1t, and 1t was immediately re- turned to the house aud was by the house enrolling committee carried to the White House for the signature of the president.
 After some ten min utes more passed in silence it occurred to MT. Call of Florida that this was an opportune time for him to get action on his resolution for an investi- gation as to the doings of the Louisiana or Honduras Lottery company, and he moved to takeit up, but was reminded by MT. Manderson, republican of Nebraska, of the unanimous consent of the senate &C., cording which no business was to be trans acted except the signing of bills and action on conference reports until Il o'clock.
 ''And at Il o'clock, what then?' Mir. Call queried.
 ssAt Il 'clock," said MT. Harris, dem ocrat, of Ten netsse, in his severely digni- fed style, 'sit is supposed that senators will be here and that the senate will do as 1t pleaseg.'
 At 9:5O the last of the appropriation bills (the deficiency) was received with the speakers signature to it, and 1t immedi- ately received the signature of the vice. president and was returned to the house.
 In the course of the next hour several other enrolled bills were presented and re- ceived the signature of the vice president, and this was the only sort of business trans. acted.
 The vice. president announced his sigma lure of the anti-lottery bill and the bill amending the copyright law so as to limit the liability of publishers.
 At 10:16 @ resolution was offered by MT. Voorhees, for the appointment of commit. tee of two senators to join like committee of the present house to wait upon the pres ident of the United States and inform him the two houses, having completed the bus mess of the present session, were ready to adjourn unless the president had some other communication to make to them.
 The resolution was agreed to. and Messrs. Voorhees, and Sherman were ap- pointed such committee.
 MT. Gray asked unanimous consent to take up the house bill which, he said, is intended to save from total destruction the fur seal herd, saying that 1t could be passed without delay or trouble.
 MT. Morgan objected, and that objection was conclusive.
 The senate passed concurrent resolu- ton offered by Mr. Ransom for the de- livery of two pieces of condemned cannon to the First regiment, North Carolina state guard.
 The resolution heretofore offered by Mir. Morgan, instructing the committee on foraiuu relafiana tn iunuira into fha nlair