Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-02

HENDERSON HELD LEVEE.
congressman Rugged and Shook Him
All Sanu and Shouted

MI Gang ana ShOuIeO.
| Washington. July 2.-Amid scene OF
enthusiasm that has not been paral-
| leled since the stirring days of th,
| Spanish war, Speaker Henderson al
$50 yesterday afternoon declared the
house of representatives adjourned
without day.
| II 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
q brilliant one. The galleries Were
banked TO the doors and almost two
thirds of the members were in their
seats on the floor.
1t was not necessary for the door
keeper to turn back the hands of the
clock yesterday afternoon. Both the
house and senate had time to burn
The hour of adjournment had been
fixed at $50. The membership sat and
waited for the hour to arrive as travel
ers await a train three hours late. L;
was not q Quaker meeting. but the time
was frittered away in desultory and
profitless speechmalling.
House adiournments are always
spectacular. The closing moments OF
the senate are colorless. The members
of the house made josts groan and
rafters jingle after the gavel had fallen.
and Speaker Henderson helped. They
made Rome howl. Senators Will strive
tc throttle one another and threaten to
kill, but there must be no levity when
the presiding officer says sine die" A
smile was the nearest approach to
reckless hilarity.
Half a minute after the speakers
gavel had thumped the desk, hundred
of the best singers in the house had
packed the space in front of the re-
porters' desks. and My Country, Ills
of Thee was sung as you rarely hear
it sung. Men who have not warbled a
note since last November turned their
faces upward and sung with voice and
soul. The speaker was in the thickest
of it. He was given an ovation. A mar
row passage way was formed thru the
solid mass, and the entire membership
not singing passed thru, shaking hands
and hugging the speaker The speak
er's face was radiant with pleasure
Mrs. Henderson sat in the gallery and
smiled thru her tears. The singing new
er stopped. "Old Black Joe" followed
the "sStar Spangled Banner; thon
"Auld Lang Syne," "Merrily Roll
Along" annie Laurie" and other old
time airs. The speaker shook hands
and sung and bowed and chatted If he
lost note he caught the next. Some
body started Dixie" and it went. Gen
eral Hooker, & one-armed eN-confeder-
ate, rushed in and grasped the hand of
the speaker, and the house Went Wild.
Mr.. Gambler, Mississippi democrat,
jumped upon q desk and let out yell
of jubilation that fairly shook the raf-
tiers. The packed galleries had been
standing A tremendous wave of APP
plause made the walls tremble and Win
dows rattle. AT this point the press
gang started the "Doxology," in which
members Joined, and then there was
scattering.
The adjournment came at the end of
the seven and half hours session,
during which much minor business was
transacted. In all, seventy bills and
resolutions We're passed. The general
good feeling in the house had been
heightened by the victory won over the
senate on the item int he naval appro-
priation bill for the building of battle
ship in a government yard.
The closing hour was occupied with
q spirited debate between Mr.. Cousins,
of Iowa and Mr.. Richardson, the demo-
cratic leader. over the report on the in
vestigation into the charges made by
Captain Christmas concerning the sale
of the Danish West Indies. Mr.. Cous-
ms ridiculed Mr.. Richardson for bring
ing the matter to the attention of con-
gress. The latter defended himself