The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-07-15
CONGRESS ADJOURNS
The National Legislature Closes Up
Its Work and Leaves.
SENSATIONAL TINE IN THE HOUSE
A Dispute over the Record Of n speech and
the Lie Gtven-A Patriotic d. mon
stration and Much Singing
INDUCED In.

SO simple as 10 De dllllOSJ peIluuCIoTNs |
the senate, at 2;06 o'clock yesterday !
afternoon adjourned without day. |
None of the dramatic and exciting |
scenes usually attendant upon the adj |
iournment of congress was enacted |
during the closing hours of the senate's |
session. 1t had been agreed, when the |
senate convened at noon, that the |
house resolution providing for the adj |
| journment of congress at two p. IN.
yesterday should be adopted and that
an executive session should be held to
confirm the nominations in the mill
tary and naval establishments. No
other business, except of the merest
routine nature, was to be transacted.
The, arrangement was carried out to
the letter.
For nearly an hour previous to adj
tournament, President Mckinley and all
the members of his cabinet, except
Secretaries Day and Long. were in the
presidents room, adjoining the senate
chamber. During that time, the pres
ident signed a large number of en-
crossed bills, many of which would
have failed had it been necessary to
send them 10 the executive mansion
for his signature.
Mr.. Morgan. of Alabama, opposed
the proposed adjournment, maintain
ing that it would be far more desira.
Bile for congress to take a recess until
the first Monday in September. Sena-
tor Morgan said: There is absolutely
no necessity for an adjournment at
this time. 1t is a hasty, improviient
and dangerous step. 1t seems to me
that the war with Spain is drawing to
a conclusion. The ending of the war
will bring to congress questions of the
highest Importance, of the gravest
consequence in our history. l should
not be satisfied to go away, in the cir
cumstances, leaving the president
without our support. We do not know
what emergencies confront us, what
dangers lie just ahead"
On motion of Senator Allison, the
senate then, at 1905 p. m, went into
executive session. 1t was just one
minute of two o'clock when the execu-
, tive session ended and the doors of the
senate were opened for the closing
legislative session. Senator Spooner
, offered resolution thanking Senator
= Frye, president pro tempore of the
, senate, for the able and courteous
manner in which he had presided over
the deliberations of the senate during
the present session. 1t was adopted.
y similar resolution, offered by Sena-
, tor Cockrell, of Missouri, thanking Vice
= President Hobart, was adopted by a
rousing aye.
Vice President Hobart then, the
, hour of two o'clock being indicated by
| h..u 20 ,Y,antapa 1lty do a - A
= the senate adjourned without day.
= THE HOUSE.
3 WASHINGTON, July 9.-The end OF
{ this session of congress in the house
: was marked 10y two notable incidents.
q One was sensationally partisan, well
nigh resulting in personal conflicts on
the floor of the house; the other was
nota oily patriotic and swept away all
signs of the former. Mr.. Handy. OF
= Delaware, by moving to strike from
the record part of the speech
= which appeared as that of Mr.. Ray,
! of New York, precipitated the dis.
: pute which brought on the closing
; incident of sensational nature. Mr..
Handy declared the part of the speech
' in question was never uttered upon the
: floor of the house, and read from re-
porters' notes to corroborate his asser'
~. ton. Mr.. Ray declared he had ut
tered every word. Mr.. Cannon, oil
y Illinois, made a charge of obstruction
when Mr.. Ball, addressing the repub
= lican side, as il su bsequently developed
! declared: The record is false, anC
= you knew il was false when you voted
g against correcting it," That is 8
- "a. ,rial M, and i'm an in
= slant the belligerent members were
y struggling to reach each other, while
. many others were pulling and strug
- Cling to control them The house wa'
= upon its feet. Order was restored
- Slowly, and Il roll call, upon Mr.
= ilandv'S motion to strike oIt, resulted
.r Vas, 30; nays. lO6,
= The mouse then passed the bill to re
=. imourse the states for expenses in
. CURED ia transportation, feeding
10 clothing and caring for soldiers in aiC
=, OF organization of the volunteer army
p he speaker named Mr.. Henderson, o
Iowa. Mr.. Hopkins, OF Illinois, and Mr.
Richardson. of Tennessee, as commit
70 tee 20 wait upon the president, in com
IL pany with "a senate committee, anC
~ announce the readiness of congress u
d adjourn. "Mr Speaker" said Mr.
u Henderson, after the return and re
Y porting the committee had discharged
e its duties, "The president directs thu
committee TO say that he has N
y further communications to make u
the house, and says he desires to con
=, graduate this congress upon its patri
- utic and faithful work" The repor
- was applauded.
"a At two O'clock, when Speaker Rec
~ announced, This second session o
10 this congress adjourned without dav,
~ a great cueer arose and tnen negan
a scene which, while similar 20 the usua
N closing scenes OF sessions, far sur
u passed in enthusiasm and manifest
10 goon feeling any similar episode il
" the memory of the oldest membe,
Is OF the house The occupants of the