Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-05
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| to prevent junketing trips during the re-
cess and prevent the public money peine
frittered away The attack made py the
senator from Florida upon the senator
from Rhode Island, was utterly uncailed
for. Only today an act was passed. at the
request of Hoar, which bound the letters
still more closely upon the lottery dealers
There were laws on the statute DOCKS,
today, which permitted more espionage
than was ever permitted under the ola
French monarchy. There was law enough
to abolish lotteries
Call tainted Wolcott with readiness
| to "speak OUT when the interest OF
foreign corporation as against the peo-
| pie of the United States was involved
At 9.05 the last of the appropriation
bills, the deficiency, was received with
the Speakers signature to it, Immediately
received the signature of the Vice Presi-
dent and was returned to the House.
In the course of the next hour several
other unrolled bills We're presented and
received the signature of the Vice Presi-
dent.
| The Vice President announced the sigma
ture of the anti-loatery bill and the bill
amending the copyright law SO as to
| limit the liability OF publishers.
| A few minutes before ~, Senators
| voorhees, and Sherman, the committee
appointed to wait on the President, entered
| the hail. and Voorhees, reported they had
performed their mission and that the
President congratulated Congress on the
conclusion of its labors
At this announcement the senators and
the immense audience INDUCED in loud
laughter and applause.
Then, at noon, the Vice President made
his parting speech, in which he said that
the magnitude of the questions determined
| by the Senate and the ability with which
| those questions had been discussed had
| been SURPASSED in only few preceding Con-
| crosses, and that this hour marked the
| close of long and honorable terms of ser
vice of the senators who would be borne
| in grateful remembrance by their assOci-
ates who remained. He expressed his
thanks to the officers of the Senate for the
fidelity with which they had discharged
| their duties and to the senators for their
assistance and courtesy to the presiding
officer and said that the great debates and
important legislation of the 53d Congress
now passed into the domain of history.
He then let the gavel fall and declared
the Senate adjourned without day.
| In the last moments of the session,
Cockrell (Dem) of Missouri, Davis
rep. of Minnesota. Daniel (Dem.) of
Virginia, Hawley (Rep. } of Connecticut,
Gordon Dem of Georgia, Quay (Rep.
of Pennsylvania, Berry Dcm.) of Arkan-
sas, and Sherman (Rep.) of Ohio, were ap-
pointed commission on the dedication
of the national military park at Chicka-
manga and Chattanooga.
The Vice President remained in the
chamber several minutes exchanging
words of farewell with the senators-of
whom IS laid down their offices today-a
much larger number than usual at the
close of Congress.
The senaors whose terms expired are
Butler of South Carolina, Camden of
West Virginia, Carey of Wyoming, Coke
Of Texas, Dixon of Rhode Island, Dolph
of Oregon, Higgins of Delaware, Hun
ton of Virginia, McLaurin of Mississippi,
Mcpherson of New Jersey, Henderson of
Nebraska, Martin of Kansas, Powers of
Montana, Ransom of North Carolina,
Shoup of Idaho, Walsh of Georgia, Wash
burn of Minnesota, Wilson of Iowa. The
Legislatures of Delaware and Idaho have
not yet chosen successors to Senators
Higgins and Shoup.