Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-06-11
CONGRESS HAS ADJOURNED
The Senate and the House Were For
mally Declared Adjourned
at 4 P. NJ.
CONFUSION PREVAILED In BOTH HOUSES
Senate Forces the House to Consent to
Appropriations for Public Buildings
in New States-Appropriations
Over Half Billion.

Washington, June u.--Except Savan-
nah, the capitals of the four new states,
Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Utah, are
the only places that srcoeeded in securing
public buildings from this session of
congress.
Senator Dubois, who engineered the
campaign in the senate, was importuned
to drop the amendments TO the sundry
civil bill providing for such buildings,
but the western senators and representa-
tives refused to capitulate on any con-
ditions. Finally the house accepted the
amendments.
CLOSING SESSION OF THE House.
Scores of members left the city last
night after the appropriation bills were
disposed of and there we're not more than
fifty members on the floor of the house
when it met at II O'Clock to-day for the
final session of the 54th congress. The
reading of the journal of the legislative
day of Saturday, which continued from II
O'Clock on Saturday to IL O'Clock last
night, consumed half hour.
Mr.. Turner, Democrat of Georgia, on
behalf of the minority, offered resolu-
tion thanking Speaker Reed "for the
ability, efficiency and strict impartiality
with which he discharged the arduous and
responsible duties of his Office"
The resolution was greeted with great
applause and enthusiastically adopted by
standing vote.
CONFUSION IN THE SENATE.
The senate began its closing day with
the confusion and activity usual to such
occasions. The last obstacle in the way
of adjournment was then removed, when
(soon after the session opened) the en-
rolling clerks brought in the last of the
appropriation bills-tha at for the District
of Columbia. 1t was signed by the vice.
president and dispatched to the White
house for the signature of the president.
This done, business was suspended until
Mr.. Sherman secured the passage of the
house bill pensioning the widow of Gen.
H. Gibson, Of Ohio, in the sum of $50
month.
On motion of Mr.. Platt, of Connecti-
cut, the immigration bill, which had
been displaced, was made unfinished
business. The effect is to give the bill
the right-of.way when the December $685.
sion begins.
The vice-president announced the ap-
pointment of Messrs. Harris, Faulkner
ann McMillin as committee to inquire
into the charities of the District of Col
umbia with a view to ascertaining the ex-
tent of sectarian control. The inquiry
was provided for in the District of Col
umbia appropriation bill.
CONGRESS ADJOURNED AT 4 P. M.
Vice. President Stevenson declared the
senate adjourned at 4 pm At p. m.
the house also adjourned.
APPROPRIATIONS OF THE SESSION.
Chairman Cannon, of the appropria-
tions committee of the house, and Mr..
Sayers, of Texas, who is at the head of the
minority of the committee, are preparing
elaborate statements of the appropria-
tions of this session, which will be given
to the press tomorrow. The actual ap
propriations, inclusive of future liabili-
ties contained in the contracts author
lied, reach grand total of $515, ,759,820.
THE HAMMOND INCIDENT CLOSED.
u. s. Vice.C Consul knight. at Capetown,
South Africa, cabled as follows: "Reform
leaders released. Fined E25,OOO. No
banishment." This closes the Hammond
incident.
NO sECTARIAN AID.
In the conference report on the Indian
appropriation bill, agreed upon by con-
gress, a change was made in the declara-
tien on Indian schools. The word "In-
dian" was omitted so that the declara-
tion was broadened. It now reads:
''It is hereby declared to be the settled
policy OF this government to hereafter
make no appropriation whatever for edu-
cation in any sectarian school,"
The provision extending school appro-
priations to June 80, 1897, was adopted
with provision that the amount shall be
apportioned as nearly as possible among
the schools of the various denominations.
BILLS SIGNED.
The president has signed the postofice
appropriation bill and acts to expedite
the delivery of imported parcels not ex-
ceeding $500 in value; to regulate mail
matter of the fourth class and the joint
resolution to authorize the scientific in
vestigation of the fur seal fisheries.