The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-03-14
REED AND HOBART REPLY
SPEECHES RESPONDING TO VOTE
OF THANKS.
Occasions Peculiarly Anglo-Saxon and
What the Presiding officers of the
House and Senate Said.

In replying to the vote of thanks pre-
| scented by Bailey the Democratic leader
| and adopted unanimously by the lower
house, Speaker Reed said:
I'm laying down for the third time
the insignia of an office which has
| but one superior and no peer | might
| perhaps, fairly congratulate myself up
on having had a great opportunity to
| administer a great Office in the fashion
| indicated by the noble words known
| to our law without fear, favor or hope
of reward Where l have succeeded
am sure to have your final approval;
where l have failed l am sure you
have given me credit for honorable in
| tenton.
Notwithstanding any differences of
opinion or of party, you have given
me your confidence in all which per-
tanned to my duties here in a manner
so full and ample that my memory of
it will never pass away. When l COM
pare the opportunity you have given
me with what it has been possible to
do, 1 see how much 1 need your kind
endorsement of today, for which | re-
| turn you thanks and gratitude. With
pleasant memories for our past, which
l shall always cherish, and best wishes
for your future, which I shall always
entertain, l now declare this house adj
journed without day"
In the senate Senator Cockrell pre-
sented the resolution of thanks to Vice
President Hobart. In response the vice
president said:
Senators: In a few moments the
Fifty-tifth congress will pass into his
tory. 1t has been a congress disting-
uished for remarkable achievements
During it's life, unlike any other session
in the history of our country, this con-
gress has witnessed the inception, the
prosecution and conclusion of a war
with a foreign power, undertaken in the
interest of humanity and conspicuous
for the brilliant deeds of the army and
navy, by whose valOr an imperial do
main has been added to our possessions
and millions of people to our popula-
ton.
but not only has this congress been
a war congress, it will always be men,
orable as a congress of peace, and in
securing it this body has exercised it's
constitutional function as a part of the
peace making power, in way to COM
mand the approval of the whole coun-
try.
These facts alone would have made
this congress eminent In the long line
of our national legislatures, but for
other acts and results, not enumerated
at this time, the Fifty-fifth congress
has likewise been notable, and now, it's
constitutional life ended, it becomes a
part of our national history and leaves
to it's successors for settlement many
problems that will be perpleXing, i'm
portant and of the very highest con-
Germ to our people.
I'VE feel assured, however, and the
American people may well feel assur-
ed, that future congresses will meet
these grave questions and solve them
soundly and righteously. To doubt it
is to doubt the true American spirit
and doubt our American institutions.
I have faith in both.
THE hour of adjournment is now at
hand. For the unfailing courtesy and
the unvarying cordiality which have
characterized the attitude of the senate
towards me as its presiding officer I
am profoundly grateful, and l cannot
let this opportunity pass without this
public expression of my deep apprecia-
ton of kindness received at the hands
of each member of the body, and par
tcularly | cannot close the senate
without recognition of the efficient SER
vices of the officers and reporters of
this body, whose efforts have been so
faithful and whose duties have been
so courteously and diligently perform
ed.
From the senators who remain and
the senators who retire from this body, !
desire to convey my thanks for the
kindly sentiments expressed in the res
olution just adopted, and it only re-
mains for me now, in the exercise of
the duty deVolving upon me, to declare |
that the senate stands adjourned with !
out daY,"