Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-07-05
CONGRESS At An END
57fh's First Session Closed Amid
Scenes Of utilization.
HOUSE GREW BOIsTERlouS
Gen. Hooker and Col. Henderson Leave Arm
in-Arm-Day Not Without Debate-Live
coIloquy in the Senate Over a
Proposition to Continue the
Philippine Inquiry.

Washington. ID. G.. Juiv 2 The
first session Of the Fittv-seven'h Con-
gress, which has voted away $50. 600.
600, ended at 5 80 O'Clock Yesterday
afternoon, when both Houses adjourn
| ed
The Philippine bill, the Naval APP
nropriation bill and the General De-
ficlency bill were passed, the Senate
in the case of the lass-named messuer
Welding to the House to the extent OF
providing thai one new battleshlp
must be built in II Government ward.
The closing scene III the House of
Representatives was in sharp contrast
to that in the Senate. AL was har-
mony and good feeling. and the ses-
sion closed with the singing or my
Country. 'Tis of Thee, the Star
| SpangIed Banner and Dixie. the
| Speaker ana General Joe Hooker, the
one-armed Confederate veteran, stand
ing side bv side and Joining in the
| chorus of the aforementioned song.
| When the Speaker appeared on the
| floor congressman and SPECTATORS sang
For He's a jolly Good Fellow and
Praise God. From Whom All Bless
ings Flow
Mr.. Bailey (Texas) entered the Sem
ate chamber from the democratic
| G loak room soon after the invocation
had beer pronounced. and took his
seat on the Democratic side He was
| Joined by Mr. SDooner, and they chat
| ted together for a few minutes. Rep
resentatives Burdeson, of Texas. then
Joined Mr.. Bailey and had an extend
| ed talk with him
Mr.. Beveridge, who had been en-
| gagged in his committee room. entered
| the chamber about half an hour after
the Senate convened. AS he went to
his seat on the extreme Democratic
side other Senators joined him and
shook him cordially bv the hand.
Later he was Joined bv Mr.. Hans
brough IN. d. who was present
during the scene with Mr.. Bailey.
and Mr.. Warren (Wyo.), who had an
| extended char with him. Mr.. Bever-
idge then went over on the Republi-
can side and talked for som etime
| with Mr. Allison Uowa).
Mr.. Lodge moved the adoption of
the conference report on the Philip
pine bill.
Mr. Culberson (Tex..) one of the
| Senate conferoes. said he had declin-
ed tn sign the conference report be-
vote for the measure as agreed upon
or recommend its passage to the Sen
ate. He thought it would serve no
good purpose to make an extended
statement OF his positi)n ~.
Mr.. Cuiberson sail the renort of
the Secretary of War Indicated that
from Mav-1, 1898, to April 80, 1902.
the expenditures for the army were
S605. 900, 600 in round Numbers, while
of this sum only $40, GOO. 600 were ex-
pended in the Philippines This state
ment Mr.. Culberson questioned, and
figured up an expenditure bv the
United States OF 1922, 436, 4o6 on ac-
count OF the Philippines. and even
these figures he said did not include
some of tue expenditures made for
the Philippines.
The President according to- the usu-
al CUSTOM, arrived at The Capitol
from the White House about 3 O'Clock
and was ushered TO the just OFF
the Senate Chamber reserved for him
when occasion IA leqnile. Mr..
Roosevelt was there for the purpose
of signing whatever bills might de-
mand his immediate attention. de
was pleasantly engaged from time to
time with different Sen ~is 40 call
signed several measures fresh from
the Senate and House.
The last days session of h Con
gress was very dull. from a business
viewpoint In the Senate most OF the
afternoon was consumed in q uiscus-
sion of the Philippine question hN
Senators Thomas M. Patterson, a..
Colorado; Edward W.. lCarmae
Tennessee, and John O. Spoon ~ u
Wisconsin. In the House mo-
the time was consumed in d zoe :
ing bills under suspense y uf 'in
rules. The session there I ~ tn
q debate between Rel ,es
J James ID. Richardson. OF 'nre see,
and Robert q. Cousins. o. iJNa on
the Danish West Indies alleged scan
DIAL, wherein it was charged that
corrupt methods had been resorted IN
in behalf of the measure to purchase
the islands by the United states.
When 5 o'closk arrived r spresenth
tive Serene E. Payne, OF New York,