The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-02
UNIQUE SCENES 4
 CLOSE OF COItGRESS
The Members of the House Sang Dixie" and Indulged in a
 General JubilatiOn.

since tHS eACitiHS udyS Ot taaC ope-aAAoA@ war, Speaker Henderson at 5:3o this af- ternoon declared the House of Represen- tatives adjourned without day.
 In doing so he said no House of Repre- sentatives since the adoption of the Con- stitution had done as much work as this one.
 The audience to which he made his brief address was a brilliant one. The gal- leries were banked to the doors, and al- most two-thirds of the members were an their seats on the floor. The Speakers appreciative words to the members in thanking them for their cooperation dur ing the session had touched responsive chord, and they gave him remarkable demonstration of their friendship and good will.
 While the cheering and applause were still in progress, the members on the noor began singing My Country 'Tis of Thee It was taken up by the correspondents 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 farewell. ''The Star Spangled Banner" alternating with Dixie"
 The Sneaker came down from his ros- trum, his appearance on the floor being greeted with For he is a Jolly Good Eel low" and a perfect rush of members to grasp his hand. Standing in the area in front of the clerks desk. to, too, joined in the songs, and there was wild scene when General Hooker of Mississippi, the fna hia r1Ia Inv the side of the Speaker and together they sang Dixie"
 Candler Grows Excited.
 MT. Candier, Mississippi Democrat. jumped upon a desk and gave yell of jubilation that fairly shook the rafters. For almost half an hour the jubilation continued. All this time the spectators remained standing in the galleries. watch ing the animated scene below and join ing in the singing.
 The adjournment came at the end of a seven and a half hours session. during which much minor business was trans act.sd. In all. O. bills and resolutions were passed. The good feeling in the House had been heightened by the victory won over the Senate item in the naval appro- priation bill for the building of a battle ship in a Government yard.
 The closing hour was occupied with spirited debate between MT. Cousins of Iowa and MT. Richardson, the Demo- cratic leader, over the report on the in- yestigation in the charges made by Cap tain Christmas concerning the sale Of the Danish West Indies.
 MT. Cousinc ridiculed MT. Richardson for bringing the matter to the attention of Congress. The latter defended the of Congress. The latter defended his course.
 The House. which adjourned last night at Il o'clock, met at 10 o'clock this morn- ing with all indications pointing to final adjournment at the end of today's session. Despite the early hour and the Iateness. of the session last night, there was a large attendance upon the floor. The galleries were also well filled with spectators.
 The chaplain in his invocation prayed that all the members might return in good health to resume their duties in De- cember.
 The Senate bill to promote the efflcien- cy of the Marine Hospital Service and change its name to the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service, was passed under suspension of the rules.
 The Senate bill to reduce the number of appraisers at Philadelphia and Bos- ton was passed.
 Statues to Noah and Davidson.
 A joint resolution was adopted appro- prating 5000 each for monuments to the memories of General Francis Noah and General William Lee Davidson of North Carolina, as authorized by reso- lutions of the Continental Congress.
 At this point MT. Foss presented an agreement on the naval bill and MT. TayIer (Ohio) declared that a. fight had been made, and that the experiment of building a frst-class battleship would now be tried.
 MT. Meyer G1a) congratulated the Horse upon the result of the Contest with the Senate. The report was then adopted without division amid much ap- plause.
 Bills were passed to appropriate $5o,000 each for bronze equestrian statues in this city to Count Pulaski and Baron Steuben, the Revolutionary heroes; to pay $56l7 to Anna Eliza Isbella Von Hemert. and the Senate bill for the sup pression of the train robberies.
 MT Payne presented the resolution for sine die adjournment at 5:S0 o'clock this afternoon.
 Mir. SuIzer (N. Y) moved to recomnit with instructions to substitute July 3 AOA ShAy As LllS NdS AOStt oAAN though MT. Sulzer loudly demanded an opportunity to be heard, the adjourn ment resolution, without debate. was carried.
 Several conference reports on belated bills then were hurried through. A bill to make Confederate soldiers who enlist ed in the Union army previous to Janu- ary l. 1865. questionable, aroused consid- erable debate, but was finally passed, 97 to 19.
 Dr. Dalzell, chairman of the special committee to investigate the facts in connection with the purchase of the Dan ish West Indies, then presented it's re- port which was ordered printed.
 Cousins Makes a Speech.
 Mir Cousins Qowa) moved to take up the report. and. in humorous fashion. de- scribed the pretentious claims of Christ mas in tke matter of the sale of the Dan ish West Indies. He reviewed the testi- mony to show that the whole story of Christmas's having attempted to bribe Congress was utterly ridiculous.
 This wild and incoherent story of the sdventurer. Christmas" said Mir. Cous- ins .heIongs to the dark and by-gone ages when innocent credulity with won dsrinK eyes believed the monstrous sto- | ries of ancient orscles and accredited | the spurious performances to the necro- |
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