The bee., 1901-03-07
FrFrY-srxrH CONGRESS.
second session.

In the senate. on the 2Sth, an. immense
amount OF business was disposed or. Tht
river and harbor bill. carrying appropria,
! without discussion. The conference report
| on the war revenue reduction bill was
adopted, and final conference reports were
| made and agreed TO on the diplomatic and
| consular and agricultural appropriation
| bills, and another conference ordered oa
the post office appropriation bill. Con-
| ference reports on several other measures
| were agreed to, and several minor billa
were passed. .. In thehouee number ofim'
portant conference reports were adopted,
among them that on the war revenue re-
duction bill. wns odopted without divis-
lon. Final reports on the diplomatic ana
consular and the agricultural approprla-
tion bills were also adopted.
In the senate, on the let, the greater part
OF the session was devoted to discuS9lon
OF tho sundry civil appropriation bill. The
bills approprlating S500,O00 for the Buhaio
Pan American exposition; 600 for the
and $3.50, 1900, for the Charleston ts. CO in
terstotc and West Indies exposition, were
attached to the bin as riders. I'm the
house the senate amendments to the
army appropriation bill were concurred In
upon tho Indian appropriation bill was
adopted The conference report on the
81. Louis exposition bill (which agreed to
sunday closing) was agreed to and the
bill was sent hack to conference.
In the senate. on the I'd, the general de-
iiciency bill. the last OF the great appro-
priation bills. was passed. The. omnibus
public building bill, increasing the appTU-
priation for public buildings in 80 States
to an aggregate amount of $2.000,000, was
also passed. A night session was. de-
voted largely to listening TO speech from
Mr. Chandler, urging on investtSa-
tion OF the election of w. A Clark
az senator from Montana. LIN the
t.o house the legislative ,,IHgSDG SgpGEOprSs
and many conferences were advanced TO
stage which gave promise that there
would be no failure of important legi5lL-
ton. Under suspension of the rules a
omnibus public building bill.
In the senate, on tho 9Th. the conference
report on the sundry civil bill was adopt
ed after the riders making appropriations
Charleston, s. c., mas been stricken out,
and then. on motion of Senator Vest the
ns sppropreton Of SSS for P the 9S st.
Louis Worlds fair was taken up and
agreed to. Mr.. Carter. retiring SEN
ator from Montana, declared his intention
Of talking the river and harbor bill to
death. and successfully accomplished that
feat. holding the floor for 13 CONSECUTIVE
hours. and until the ceremony of induct-
lng the vlce-presidcnt-elect into Of
fee was begun. Upon being sworn in,
Vice President Roosevelt Immediately
called tho senate of the Firty-seventh
sworn in, ard the senate, in Il body, at
tended the inauguration Of President Nc
Kinley and adjourned until the 9Th. .....ln
ne house. MIR. Richardson (Tenn), mi
ity leader presented resolutions Of ~.
gard for the rctirilS speaker. which were
adopted by a rising vote. Mr. Henderson
thanked the members for their consider
ate cooperation. and declared the sessions
Of the Fifty-siSth congress closed.
In the senate. on the 9Th, o very lively
debate was preclpitated By an amend
ment to the rules offered by Mr.. Plat
(Conn.l. The proposed amendment vas
denounced Ivy Massrs. wellington (Md)
and Bacon CAL and approved by Sena-
tor Mason UlL), who declared that it did
the majority would no longer consent to
the control OF the minority. Many of the
new members were recipients OF beautiful
loral offerings. A communication was re-
eeiVed from the >president renominating
all the present members of the cabinet,
and they were promptly confirmed.