New-York tribune., 1901-03-04
LAST HOURS OF CONGRESS.
ALL IMPORTANT MEASURES PRACTICAL
LY OFF THE CALENDAR.
FRICTION OF SATURDAY IN THE SENATE
AND FRIDAY IN THE HOUSE
FOR SUNDAY SESSIONS.
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Washington March 3.-At ll3o o'clock to-
night the prospects were that the LVlth Con
.ress virtually would have its calendar cleared
OF all important measures in time 10 permit the
lawmakers To get a few hours sleep before be
ins called together at an unusually carly
hour tomorrow to participate IN the in
..uglration of the President and Nive-Pres-
ideut At tins hour the Senate and House
are at logcerhcads over unimportant amend
Inents that carry. in the main, special appro-
priations. though t is believed that. as usual,
the House will YIELD rather than cause the
failure of the various schemes that will take
from the Treasury money in aid of semi-public
enterprises.
The River and Harbor bill. with its more than
500 900 the most of which goes to the South
and West in return for the Democratic lay
down in the Senate on the Philippine and
Cuban propositions. is the main bone OF con-
tention but the appropriations for the ST Louis
Buffalo and Charleston expositions. which finally
have turned up amendments to the Sundry
Civil bill are causing good deal of friction be-
tween the two houses Senator Tillman. of
South Carolina was "soothed into silence on
the governments Philippine and Cuban policies
by the Charleston Exposition appropriation of
S2jOOOO SO was Senator Cockrell. of Missouri
the erstwhile Watchdog of the Treasury" by
the gift of S5.OO0G00 to the St Louis Fair.
Under the terms of its soothing" agreement
with these two Democratic Senators the Senate
cannot well recede from its Charleston and ST.
Louis amendments TO the Sundry Civil bill The
House is not averse 10 the 81. Louis appropria-
tion but it IS stubbornly opposed TO paying the
price of Mr.. Tillmans silence. and under the
leadership of Chairman Cannon of the APPro-
priations Committee it seems determined TO
III.
done the whole Sundry civil bill will be de-
feated carrying down 81. Louis and Buffalo in
IN. wreck This however would not force upon
the President the necessity of calling an extra
session as is so ardently hoped 10y the special
interests that continue loudly to clamor for an
early extra session of the new Congress
feature of the nights proceedings in the
Senate was the yielding by that body To the
Houses disagreement with the amendment TO
the Naval bill authorizing lavish expenditures
for submarine torpedo boats. y Republican
Senate leader declared that this proposition.
which was ardently championed by Mr. Till
man. was not only Democratic scheme against
the Treasury hut was particularly a Tammany
Han snap 1t appears that Lewis Nixon. head
of the Immortal Five" in New-York. was
largely the instgator of the scheme and one Of
it's prospective benefci0ries. Mr.. Tillman took
the defeat of the scheme with much better
grace than it was thought he would. and in
stead of raising the expected rumpus main
tained comparative silence and composure in
ticipation of the Senate finally whipping the
House into line for his Charleston grab.
The Senate at $40 took a recess until 1880 To
await further reports from various conference
committees. Then the House wing of the Cap
itoI became the centre of attraction for the
immense crowds that have surged through the
building all day. Seldom have such throngs OF
visitors been seen in the Capitol They repre-
sent every conceivable phase of national life,
from the millionaire with mis- handsomely
gowned wife and daughters, to the country
gawk with his quantity attired spouse. They
have kept the corridors Choked all day and late
into the night and stormed the entrances
TO the galleries of Senate and House TO the dis
traction OF the capitol police guards and guides.
good natured crowd il is. withal. or else the
closing hours of the LVIth Congress would have
been marked by routous scenes. Military uni
forms are especially conspicuous as TO numbers
in the Capitol as the streets and the catchy
costume OF the Rough Rider is much I'm evidence
everywhere. Apparently the men who stormed
San Juan Hill with Roosevelt have come In large
force from all parts of the country 10 witness
his induction into the Nice-Presidency. In its
expiring gasps this Congress, following the
precedent of its predecessors, has taken the
usual liberties with the Grsgorian Calendar
That is ~ say. the Senate has proceeded to-day