The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-03-14
BIG BILL KILLED.
River and Harbor Measure Talked
to eat In the senate by Car-
ter, OF Montana.

Washington, March 5.-Senator Car
ter (Mont.) talked the river and har.
Dor bill to death Monday, and the
senate adjourned at 1855 o'clock
without passing that great appro-
priation measure. Starting in early
in. the morning, Senator Carter be-
gan his speech with the avowed in
tention of continuing until the life
of the Fifty-sixth congress should
have expired. After a few weak aud
futile efforts to interrupt him, the
other senator's gave up all idea OF
preventing him from completing his
talk. Senator Carter talked on and
on, smilingly replying to the occa-
sional taunts of friends of the bill
he was executing.
Finally at 1855 O'clock, the Mon
tana senator closed his remarkable
address, and Senators Hoar (Mass.}
and Cockrell (Mo) announced hal
the Fifty-sixth session of congress
had completed it's work and that the
president had instructed them to in
form the senate that he had no other
business to transmit to congress.
Senator Jones, democratic leader in
the senate, then introduced a reso-
luton of gratitude to the presiding
officer, William Frye, of Maine, who
was about to retire to make way for
the evice president. MI. Frye then
delivered his retiring address, say
ing:
st thank you for the resolution just
adopted and for it's kind assurances. My
election to the honorable office of president
pro tempore of the senate by your unani-
nous vote will be the pleasantest memory
of my public life. Such an expression. of
your confidence could not be otherwise
than very grateful to me. I hope that I
have never betrayed it. 7 think I can say
In this presence that I have never been
conscious of yielding to any personal or
political Partially. The duties of the office
expected to be merely temporary, became
practically permanent by the death of our
greatly loved and lamented vice president,
Mr.. Hobart, but your cooperation and kind
consideration made their discharge easy
and agreeable"
Washington, March 5.-The house
closed its session at 11:45 Monday
amid a demonstration from it's mem
bers following the delivery of an i'm
pressive valedictory by Speaker Hen
derson. For an hour the body had
been in the throes of dissolution,
with little business to perform. The
galleries were almost empty, for
there we're too many sights and
scene without the building and too
many restrictions on admission 20
permit an overfiowing assemblage.
Here and there on the desks of me1n-
bers were great clusters. of fowrs,
paying farewell tribute to their serv-
ices.
Shortly before the closing hour Mr..
Richardson (Tenn.), the minority
leader, presented resolutions testify
ing the high regard of the house for
the able, impartial and dignified man
ner in which Speaker Henderson had
administered the duties of presiding
officer. Coming from the minority,
there was added significance in the
tribute. The resolutions were unnr-
imously adopted by a rising vote.
Then the speaker, in slow and impress
sive tones, delivered his closing
words to the house, thanking the
members for their cooperation
through a busy and eventful con-
gress. He concluded at 11:45 and an
nounced the sessions of the house for
the Fifty-seventh congress adjourned.
Washington, March 5.-The volume
of work done by the congress just
closed is shown in a supplement to
the house calendar prepared by Tally
Clerk Wakefield, of the house staff.
The congress was in session 1877 days,
which is less than any. congress for
years. The following is given of
bills, acts, ETC.: Number of bills, H.
1856; number of reports, 5000; pub
lie acts, 345; private acts, 1880; total
acts, 1885; number of joint resolu-
tions, 395.
Washington, March 5.-The presi-
dent has signed all the %appropria-
ton bills except the river and har-
Dor bill, which failed to pass the con.
ference stage. The St. Louis expo
sition bill also was signed.