The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-06-12
WHOLE NO. II, O63.

| there was a faint outburst of applause,
after which Senators gathered in knots
! in aisles and before the Presidents desk
| bidding each other good-by. Then the
| Senators on the floor and the visitors in
the galleries melted away, and the
| chamber, which has been the scene of
| SO many stirring incidents, was left 70
the pages and attendants until the first
Monday in December next.
| The Senate met at IL o'clock, and
few minutes later went into executive
| session. Before the doors were closed,
however, a bill granting a pension TO
the widow of General William H. Glib
| son of Ohio was passed, and the Vice
President affixed his signature to the
District of Columbia appropriation bill
| the last of the general appropriation
! bills.
! The doors were reopened at 11:20
O'Clock.
| At twenty minutes before - o'clock
a batch of House bills was laid before
| the Senate and referred to the proper
committees. after which the Senate re-
/ lapsed into its former drifting condi-
/ ton.
| AT ten minutes before 1 O'Clock COM
] AAAANNNS, NOilS4Stil4S VI N'AiNA man NANSR"t
/ of Ohio and Smith (Dem) of New Jer-
sey, was appointed TO cooperate with
a similar committee from the House to
| inform the President that Congress
was ready to adjourn unless he had
some other communication to make.
| At 100 the Senate took a recess until
8 o'clock
| At 3 o'clock, after the Vice President
hp1 fEr L ,~s.- no., \ of
! Tennessee moved that the Senate pro
ceed to the consideration of executive
/ business, and the galleries were cleared.
! The executive session was of short du-
ration, and a few minutes later the
doors We're reopened and the crowd
| gradually drifted back into the gal
| leries
| At 3:15 Sherman and Smith, the COM
| mittee appointed to call on the Presi-
! dent, returned to the Senate and stated
| that they had discharged their duty,
| and the Executive had no further COM
| munication to make to the Senate.
| AT 3:2o Harris Dem.) of Tennessee
offered the following resolution, which
was unanimously adopted
! Resolved, That the thanks of the
| Senate are hereby rendered to the Hon.
William P. Frye, President pro tenn of
! the Senate, for the courteous dignifed
| and able manner in which he has pre-
| sided over it's deliberations during the
| present session.
| A similar resolution was offered on
the part of the Republicans by Allison,
| rendering the thanks of the Senate to
the Vice-President.
/ Promptly at 4 O'Clock the Vice resi-
| dent arose, and slowly and clearly de-
| livered the following valedictory:
| Senators: l am deeply touched by
| the resolution personal to myself,
| adopted by the Senate. 1t has been my
| earnest endeavor impartially to execute
| the rules prescribed for the guidance
| of this body. For the aid you have so
| generously given me in the discharge of
| the duties that pertain to this office. as
we'll as to the courtesy uniformly shown
me, l am profoundly grateful And
now, wishing each of you a safe return
| to your homes and constituents, it only
remains for me to declare the first ses-
sion of the Fifty-fourth Congress ad-
| journed without day"
| Then with a tap of the gavel the Sen
ate stoo5 adAaaEned sine die