St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-05
ENDED WITH DIGNITY.
Senate Comes to Close without
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WASHINGTON, March AT noon
today the United States senate closed
its final session of the Fifty-third con-
gress amid crowded galleries, congrat-
ulatofy resolutions, parting word
from President Cleveland and brief
valedictory from the vice president
The wonted dignity of the senate was
preserved to the end, except for the
rush of business incident to the last
hours of a session. The senator's were
at work by o'clock, after having re-
ma1ned IN the chamber until a. M
They clearly showed the fatigue of the
long session lasting from Saturday
noon, and their ranks were too thin up
to II o'clock for the transaction of any
thing beyond formal business. BY that
time there were few vacant seats on
the floor of the senate, and the gal
leries were literally packed, the crowds
nlllng the senate, pushing into the
aisles and overfiowing in long lines
down the corridors and stairways.
Many members of the diplomatic corps
occupied the gallery reserved for them
By 10 o'clock the last formalities on
the two remaining appropriations bills
the naval and deficiency-were con-
cluded, and the measures started to
the executive mansion. There was no
disposition to take up new business,
and two efforts to consider questions
affecting the Bering sea were cut off
by objections. A feature of the last
moments of the session was the tumuI-
tuous laughter which greeted the an
nouncement of Mr.. Voorhees,, of the
committee to wait on the president, that
the latter rendered his congratulations
to congress on the close of their labors
Vice President Stevenson closed the
session with few well chosen words,
and, as he stated, the work of the
Fifty-third congress passed into his
tory.
sENATE's CLOSING WORK.
After the regular Associated Press
report of the senate closed this morn
ing that body passed number of bills
that were unobjected to. On motion
of Mr.. Platt Rep., Comm house bill
was passed, amending the copyright
law by limiting the severity of the pen
atty imposed on newspapers for unin-
tentionally violating the law in repro
ducing copyrighted photographs, etc.
Mr.. Pettigrew Is. d. offered a res
olution directing the secretary of the
interior to furnish the senate informa-
ton as to the number of Indian allot-
ment agents employed in 1893 and 1894.
Agreed to.
Mr.. Dubois offered a resolution
amending the rules so as to provide
for the distribution of the appropria-
ton bills, among the several commit
tees of the senate, instead of confining
them as now to the committee on ap-
preparations, except the river and har-
Dor bill, which at present goes to the
comittee on commerce. He asked its
present consideration, but Mr.. Aldrich
objected, and Mr.. Dubois gave notice
that he would call up the resolution
the first Monday of the next congress.
A resolution relative to the medal of
honor, authorized by the act of July
II, 1862, and March 6, 1863, was then
adopted. The senate then at 4:05 a.
M. took a recess until o'clock, with
an understanding that no business is
to be transacted until IL O'Clock, ex-
cept in connection with the conference
reports.
LAST OF APPROPRIATIONS
At 9:10 when the senate proceedings
were resumed, the vice president an
nounced his signature to the deficiency
bill. This was the last of the appro-
priation bills and thus all of the great
measures for carrying on the govern
ment were either at the executive man.
sion or on their way there.
Little was done before IL o'clock.
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