The age-herald., 1898-07-09
MORGAN OPPOSED ADJOURNMENT

l simple as to be almost perfunctory the sen-
 | ate at 2:06 o'clock tllls afternoon adjourned
 I without day.
 l None of the dramatic and exciting scenes | usually attendant upon the adjournment of l congress were enacted during the closing l hours of the senate session. It had been | agreed that when the senate met at noon 1 the house provision for the adjournment
 of congress at ? D. m. today should be
 adopted, and that an executive session
 should be held to confirm the nominations in the military and naval establishments. | No other business except of the merest | routine nature was to be transacted The arrange meIal was carried out to the le1ter For nearly an hour previous to adjourn ment President Mckinley and his cabinet members except Secretaries Day and Long were in the presidents room adjoining the senate chamber. During that time the presl- dent signed a large number of engrossed bills, many of which would have failed had it been necessary to send them to the ex- ecutive mansion for his signature. MT. Morgan opposed the proposed ad- | journment, maintaining that it would be | far more advisable for congress to take recess until the first Monday in Septem- l Der. MT. Morgan said: "There is absolutely | no necessity for an adjournment alt this 1 time. It is a hasty, improvIdent and dan | gerous step.
 War Nearing an End
 l "It seems to me that the war with Spain | is drawing to a conclusion. The ending ot
 | the war will bring to congress questions | of the highest importance, of the graYest
 | consequence in our history. l should not be satisfied to go away in the circumS tanceS
 | leaving the president without our support | We do not know what emergencies con | front us, what dangers lie just ahead. 1T l the army in the intense heat of tropical | sun can stay in the field we in the midst l of comfort, can remain here. It would be | reproach to the government if, after we 1 had gone away, the president in thirty or | forty days should call us back and 1 do not 1 doubt that he will do so."
 1 In response to a question by MT. Allen as | to whether itawas not likely that peace ne-
 ] gotiations in view of the dispatches pub
 | lished this morning might not require the
 | action of congress, MT. Morgan said the
 | suggestion was correct and appropriate.
 | "fhe very moment said he, "tbat the | treaty of peace is signed by the president | and the government of Spain the military | powers of the president will cease and | the legislative branch must provide l government for any territory we may ac- qure by the war. The power of congress l comes immediately into effect and we ought l to be here to exercise it.
 MT. Allen opposed adjournment because l the calendar was crowded with bills of the most important character.
 | Mr. Gallinger interrupted to say that he | had just counted the measures still on the 1 calendar and there were just 1l5 general and thirty old pension bills, number few | CT than had been on the calendar at ad- l journment at any time during the past | twenty years.
 Of Highest Importance l Resuming, MT. Allen said many of the l measures were of the highest importance l i1cto hill parrnittipp VOIIlp- | teers at the front to cast their votes for members of congress.
 Instantly MT. Burrows, of Michigan, was I on his feet with request for unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the consideration of the volunteer bill and l that a vote be taken at 1 o'clock. He said l the republican side of the chamber had l been endeavoring to get consideration for | the measure and was ready to vote upon | it. A half a dozen objections were made 1 against it.
 The senate then went into executive l session. At 1:59 the executive session l ended and the doors were re-opened. The 1 clock by which the senate regulates it's 1 business had been turned back five min l utes.
 Mr. Spooner offered a resolution thank | ing Senator Frye, president pro tenn of the 1 senate, for the able and courteous manner 1 in which he had presided over the deliber- 1 ations of the senate during the present 1 session. It was adopted. A similar resolu- 1 tion offered by MT. Cockrell, of Missouri,
 thanking vice-President Hobart was l adopted with rousing aye. l Vice-President Hobart then, the hour. or
 9 o'clock beng indicated by the senate
 time-piece, formally declared the senate
 adjourned without day
 IN THE HOUSE
 1 Washington, July S.-The end of this ses- l sion of congress in the house was marked nnn yUnC a.
 tionally partisan well nigh resulting in 1 personal conflicts upon the floor Of the | house: the other was notably patriotic and
 swept away all signs of the former In
 the former, MT. Ray (rep., of N. YD, MT. l Handy (dem of Dela.), MT. Cannon (rep., l of Ill3, and MT. Ball (dem., of Tex) were l the principal participants. In the latter | all members joined irrespective of party affiliations. After the rather stormy ses- 1 sion of two hours the house, when adjourn
 ment was announced, joined in cheers for 1 the president and war heroes and the sing | ing of patriotic songs, making perhaps the most notable ending to session since the l civil war The only measure of import
 ance passed was that to reimburse states 1 for expenses incurred in aiding the organ l ization- of the volunteer army. 1 MT Handy (dem. of Dela.) by moving to l strike from the record the speech which | appeared as that of MT. Ray (rep., of N. Y) l precipitated the dispute which brought on l the ciOSlDS lnclueHl Ol SefiSeittoiaa hoeui Mir. Handy declared the part in question 1 was never uttered on the floor of the house
 and he read from reporters notes to cor l roborate his assertion.
 l Mir. Ray declared he had uttered every | word. The house was becoming excited 1 and the packed galleries were intensely in- | terested.
 l MT. Speaker" resumed MT Handy, "a l question of veracity has arisen here. The | gentleman from New York says he uttered
 the words in question; I declare upon my l honor that he did not and I hold here the | reporters notes which show that he did | not, and I rely upon the memory of mem- | bers to substantiate what I say.' l Call For a Vote