The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-02

ONs July l.-Amld
wv scene Of enthusiasm that has
not been paraIleled since the ex-
citing and stirring days of the Span
ish war, Speaker Henderson at $50
this afternoon declared the house of
Representatives adjourned without day.
In doing so he said that no house of
representatives since the adoption of
the constitution had done as much
work as this one. The audience to
which he made his brief address was a
brilliant one. The galleries were
banked to the doors and almost two
thirds of the members were in their
seats on the floor The speakers APP
preciative words to the members on
thanking them for their cooperation
during the session had touched a re-
sponsive chord. and they gave him a
remarkable demonstration of their
friendship and good will. While the
cheering and applause were still in
progress, the members on the floor
began singing My Country, tbs of
Thee.
1t was taken up by the correspond
ents in the press gallery over the
speakers chair and by the spectators
in the surrounding galleries, and soon
the vast hall was ringing with the
swelling chorus. Other patriotic airs
followed as the members exchanged
farewells. The Star Spangled Ban
ner" alternating with Dixie" The
speaker came down from his rostrum,
his appearance on the floor being
greeted with For He's a Jolly Good
Fellow" and a perfect rush of MEM
bers TO grasp his hand. Standing in
the area in front of the clerks desk.
he too, Joined in the songs and there
was wild scene when General Hooker
of Mississippi, an old one-armed con-
federste veteran, took his place by the
side of the speaker and together they
sang Dixie"
Mr. Gambler, a Mississippi Democrat.
| jumped upon a desk and let out a yell
of jubilation that fairly shook the
rafters. For almost an hour, the ju-
! bilation continued. All this time the
I spectators remained standing in the
galleries watching the animated scene
/ below and joining in the singing. The
] adjournment came at the end Of a
! seven and a half hours session, dur
! ing which much minor business was
/ transacted.
IN al seventy bills ana resolutions
were passed The general good feel
/ ing in the house had been heightened
| by the victory won over the senate on
| bill for the building of a battleship in
government yard; the closing hour
vas occupied in a spirited debate be-
tween Mr.. Cousins of Iowa and Mr..
| Richardson, the Democratic leader,
over the report on the investigation
into the charges made by Captain
Christmas concerning the sale of the
/ Danish West Indies. Mr.. Cousins ridi-
culed Mr.. Richardson for bringing the
ma 70 a ar -
! The latter defended his Goose
Speaker Addresses House.
At 5:2S Mr.. Payne, on behalf of the
committee to notify the president, re-
ported that the president had no fur
Their communication to make.
! The speaker then arose and with evil
dence of much feeling addressed the
/ house as follows:
Gentlemen of the House Of Repre-
sentatiE es: Many of US met at the be-
| ginning of this session as friends:
many Of US at the commencement of
this session met as strangers. I believe
that we shall all part when the mo-
ment for adjournment comes as
friends.
THE prayer which 1 made to this
house at the commencement of this
congress, that the house would help TO
sustain the chair in enforcing the rules.
has never beer forgotten. You have
been, each and all of you, sustaining
forces in aiding me in the discharge of
my duty. For that. my friends, L re-
| turn my grateful Acknowledgements. ]
am proud tn say that no house of rep
Tesentatives since the constitution was
adopted, has, in the same length of
| time, Gone the same amount of work
| that this house has done, and you have
done your work like men-earnest and
| honest as you all have been in carrying
! your convictions so far as possible into
! execution You have all been faithful
and untiring; and in the twenty years
| of my service l have never seen so
many friends in the closing days of a
/ session as / now witness
Now. as we are about TO part. |
wish you all a safe return to your
| homes, and that you may all come
! back to the next session rested and re
/ freshed; and 1 ask no more than that
you may be as earnest then as you
| have been in the session just closed.
And now. gentlemen, in pursuance
of the concurrent resolution of the two
houses. l declare this session of the
Fifty-seventh congress adjourned sine
| die
The gavel fell amid the wild applause
that followed.
Grand Finale in Aenate