Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-08
END OF THE SESSION
National Statesmen Can Now
Devote Their Whole Time
to Politics.
NATIONAL LEGISLATURE HAS QUIT
Members OF the House Sing For He's
a jolly Good Fellow at the
Speaker - Closing Incl
dents in the House.

Washington, June S.-Congress ad-
| jOurned sine die at o'clock yesterday
| afternoon. For the senate it was a day
| of waiting. The naval appropriation
| bill-the stumbling block TO final ad-
| journment-could not be agreed to by
| the conferrees OF the two houses, and
the disagreement was reported to the
senate early in the day. The report was
accepted, but the senate refused TO re-
quest another conference, although
Hale expressed the belief that an
| agreement might be reached. There
was an evident disposition on the part
of the senate to make trouble if the
conferrees should recede from the sen
ate amendment as to the ocean surveys
and it was deemed the wiser policy to
afford the house an opportunity again
to pass upon the question. The dif-
ference between the house and senate
involved only the matter of whether
the coast survey bureau should make
the ocean surveys, the lower body
sticking to its point in the negative,
Cannon of Illinois being the champion
of that side.
House Finally Recedes.
At o'clock, after several recesses
had been taken, il became known to
the senate that the house had con-
Cured in the senate amendments re-
manning in controversy, and soon aft
erward the house resolution providing
for final adjournment was passed, an
amendment fixing the hour at O'Clock.
June u 1t was not until 4:40, twenty
minutes before the hour fixed for ad-
journment. that the president pro
tempore of the senate CMr. Frye an
uounced his signature to the naval bill
With some other measures 1t 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 ses-
sion was purely Il social session. No
business beyond the adoption of the
customary resolution of thanks TO the
chair CEryeJ was accomplished In ac-
acknowledgement of the compliment Frye
delivered Il brief and graceful speech
which was received with cordial ap
plause throughout the chamber.
Pettigrew's Joke on Cannon.
After one of the several recesses, on
reconvening Beveridge asked for con-
sideration of n joint resolution to
donate condemned cannon to the
Sons of Veterans. I'D like to Know
inquired Pettigrew. IF that resolution
has any reference to the chairman of
the committee on appropriations OF the
house of representatives The laugh
Ter WHlcH lHlS sally tISdltd Si iduu''iiS
swelled into applause as the full signi-
ficance of it dawned upon the auditors.
The resolution was passed.
"Message From the Great White Throne"
AS the big clock over the main en-
trance indicated the hour of the
presidents gavel fell and Frye de-
clared the senate adjourned sine die.
AS the people were streaming from the
galleries a fine-loOking, gray-haired
man rose in the gentlemen's gallery
and raising his hat high above his head
and looking upward, shouted:
"A message from the great white
throne, Jesus is coming soon.'
He is the same man who, at the con-
clusion of the Grant ceremonies in the
house of representatives a short time
ago made a similar demonstration.