Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-06-14

Washington, June S.-Congress adj
Sjourned sine die at o'clock yesterday
afternoon. For the senate it was. a
day Of waiting. The naval appropria-
ton bill-the stumbling block to final
adjournment-could not be agreed to
by the conferees of the two houses
and the disagreement was reported to
the senate early in the day. The re-
port was accepted by the senate, which
refused to request another conference,
although Mr. Hale expressed the be-
lief that an agreement might be ar
rived at. There was an evident dis
position on the part Of the senate to
make trouble if the conferees should
recede from the senate amendment as
to the ocean surveys, and it was
deemed the wiser policy to afford the
house an opportunity again to pass
several recesses had been taken, it be-
came known to the senate that the
house had concurred in the senate's
amendments remaining in controversy,
and soon afterward the house resolu-
ton providing for final adjournment
was passed, an amendment fixing the
hour at o'clock, June Z. 1t was not
until $40, twenty minutes before the
hour fixed for adjournment, that the
president pro tempore of the senate.
Mr.. Frye. affixed his signature to
the naval bill. With some other meas
ures it was hurried to the president,
who was in waiting in his room in the
capitol, and was signed by him a few
minutes later. The concluding hour
of the session was purely social
session. No business beyond the adop-
ton Of the customary resolution OF
thanks to the chairman, Mr.. Frye,
was accomplished.
The House.
In marked contrast with the exciting
incidents attending the bitter struggles
of the closing hours of the session.
Speaker Henderson laid down his
gavel at o'clock yesterday afternoon
at the conclusion Of one of the most
picturesque scenes which has ever oc-
CURED in the hall of representatives.
Party passion and personal rancor,
which have brought the house to the
brink of actual riot several times dur
ing the last forty-eight hours, gave
way in the closing half-hour to good
fellowship, which found vent in a
patriotic outburst that stirred the
crowded galleries to the highest pitch
Of enthusiasm. During a brief recess
taken within thirty minutes of the
time fixed for the final adjournment,
to give the president an opportunity to
afix his signature to the bills that
were being rushed to him for approval
a group of members, led by Mr.. Mercer
of Nebraska, Mr.. Ball of Texas, Mr..
Fitzgerald Of Massachusetts, and Mr..
Tawney of Minnesota, congregated in
the area to the left of the speakers
rostrum and began singing patriotic
airs. The galleries were banked to
the doors. 1t was a magnificent and
soul inspiring spectacle.
The principal feature of the closing
day in the house was the reversal of
its action Of Wednesday night in turn
ing down the conferees on the naval
bill by yielding on the item relating to
ocean surveys. Over night the senti-
ment of the house underwent a COM
plete change and the members voted
by a large majority to accept outright
the senate's amendment, which goes
much further than the compromise
which the conferees offered Wednes-
day night. The new conferees, led by
Mr.. Cannon, who had brought in a
more satisfactory, were ANONYMOUSLY
brushed aside. 1t was distinct vic
tory for the old conferees, Messrs.
Foss of Illinois, Dayton of West Vir-
ginia and Cummings of New York.
The other feature of the closing day
was the course of Mr. Lentz of Ohio
in blocking unanimous consent legis-
lation. For three days he has objected
to bills because a najority would not
allow the testimony in the Occur
d'Alene investigation to be printed,
and he maintained his position to the
end.