The age-herald., 1900-06-08
56TH CONGRESS ENlS
 ITS FIRST SESSIUN
Closing Hours Made Merry By Sharp Repartee and
 the Singing of Patriotic Songs.

| as a matter of personal privilege to deny | a newspaper report of scene which oc- l cured during the exciting uproar in the house last night, when MT. Cannon, Illi- 1 nois, and Sulzer, New York, embraced each 1 other in the centre aisle. | The reports state that 1t was MT. Gros- venor who had embraced MT. Sulzer. MT l Grosvenor caused much merriment by re- pudiating the alleged incident. MT. Terry, Arkansas, added to the fun l by remarking that it was a question as l to whose privilege it was to deny the in l cident, and Mir Sulzer remarked that he | was glad it was MT. Cannon and not MT l Grosvenor who embraced him. MT. Lentz got another word about the Couer d Alene controversy, which drew | from MT. Lacey, Iowa, shot to the effect l that the minority view of the Couer d'Alene l trouble had not been sustained in Idaho l yesterday, where the democrats had en- dorsed Governor Stuenberg's action. 'I do not believe it, replied MT. Lentz At any rate he was not endorsed in Shos- l hone county, where all the facts are | known"
 bill was passed to amend the car 1 coupler law so as to require railroads to | report monthly under oath to the interstate commerce commission all accidents to their | employees and to make reports as to all accidents to their employees and coll. .sionS between trains.
 MT. Overstreet attempted to bait MT 1 Lenz with resolution to give a condemned cannon to the Sons of Veterans, but MT. | Lentz with the remark that the Sons of Veterans would like to read the story of how their fathers were confined in the "bull pen at Wardner, Idaho, said he would not object, and the resolution was | adopted.
 Lentz StoI ped Pro .ecdings l MT. Lentz then brought matters to a | standstil. Some republicans attempted to | circumvent him by getting their friends on | the democratic side to offer their bills. | MT. Hay, of Virginia, asked consideration
 of bill to make Des Moines la, sub port of entry. The Ohioan promtply ob- jected.
 MT. Cannon, on behalf of the conferees on the naval appropriation bill, formally re- ported a disagreement. Mir. Cannon moved that the house recede and concur in the senate amendment, which struck out the word "hydrographic" and provide for ocean surveys, including the waters ot Porto Rico, | Cuba and the Philippines, except the coasts l thereof. MT Dayton moved to recede and concur in the amendment. ] Mir Moody, who last night charged the | conferees wI.n betraying their trust, apolo- gized for his words, amid applause Mir Cummings, one of the conierees, said
 the apology was justly due and handsome | ly done.''
 1 He then explained the difficulties under | which the old conferees had labored He somewhat startled the house by re- 1 ferring to d 'junketing trip which MT. ] Cannon had taken as a guest of the coast survey, and then paid his respects to the chairman of the appropriations committee. He pictured MT. Cannon, the chairman of ! the great appropriation committee, as a | lion flashing his sides and roaring while the | crowd of JackalS followed they smelt l fresh meat. Then he described how the l house followed blindly the lions leadership,
 had done everything it could do to degrade | its conferees, despite their appeals that | they were powerlesS.
 Up Against Stonewal T told you," said he, with great ve- 1 hemence, that we were up against stone wall, but you turned us down and turned 1 the controversy oyer to the appropra tions 1 committee to settle. And they went up | against the same stone wall with the same | result that they are back here crawling 1 before this house with another proposition.
 Why, if you were so loyal, did you come I crawling back into the house?" he asked, addressing MT. Cannon. Why did you not 1 take your opposition?
 Then, with sarcasm and a contemptuous wave of his hand, he said ts he took his seat, you have been misnamed you are l no cannon, you are toy musket." l This shot convulsed the house and it l was several minutes De1Ure Oruef was re- l stored.
 l MT. Cannon, in conclusion, asked the 1 house to stand by him. II can give as-
 surances," said he that if the house l adopts my motion We can adjourn without day in an hour"
 l MT. Dayton's motion to recede and con- l cur in the senate amendment was carried 1 Y to Il.
 1 MT. Cannon demanded the years and | nays, which were ordered. Mir. Dayton's motion prevailed-11S to 96. | great demonstration followed the an
 nouncement. After this defeat MT. Can | non turned the management of the item
 still in dispute between the two houses 1 over to MT. Dayton. This related to the course of the naval cadets at Annapolis. MT Dayton moved that the house recede and concur in the senate amendment con | tinuing the six years course for cadets, l providing that a cadet at Anna polls from each congressional district should be ap- l pointed every four years. The motion was | agreed to.
 This action removed the last stumbling | block and finally passed the naval aopro- 1 priation bill.
 IndescrIbabte Confusion | Then followed a scene of indescribable l confusion. number of conference reports l on private pension bills were put through 1 with great rapidity while the expressing | clerks rushed back and forth in their eff ] forts to get belated bills to the president before final adjournment. Members clam
 ored for recognition, pages scurried about | and the turmoil and confusion were indis- l putable signs that the closing hour was at l hand.
 l A bill was passed authorizing the King ston Bridge company to build a bridge over Clinch river, Tennessee
 MT. Lentz made frequent Interruptions and at one time managed to get in with Tn nn to Mr | Lacey, I have telegram from the Couer d'Alene country saying: Governor Steun- enberg cut melon today, but" The sharp rappings of the gavel cut MT. Lentz off.
 At 330 the secretary of the senate arrived
 and in ringing voice announced the action
 in the senate for adjournment at D. m.
 There was a warwhoop from the floor and