The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-02
CONGRESS- AlJ0URHs
And the Members of House Are
Enthusiastic.

Washington, July 1.-Amid a scene
of enthusiasm that has not been
paralleled since the exciting and stir
ring days of the Spanish war, Speaker
Henderson at $50 o'clock this after.
noon declared the house OF representa-
tiyes adjourned without day. In do-
Ing so he said that no house Of repre-
sentatives since the adoption of the
constitution had done as much work
as this one. The audience to which
he made his brief address was bril-
liant one. The galleries were banked
to the doors and almost two-thirds
of the members were in their seats on
the floor. The speakers appreciatiye
words to the members in thanking
them for their cooperation during the
session had touched responsive chord
and they gave him a remarkable de-
monstration Of their friendship and
good viii. While the cheering and ap-
plause were still in progress the mem
bers On the floor began singing 'My
Country, Ills 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 speaker came
down from his rostrum, his appearance
on the 3oor being greeted with g For
He's a Jolly Good Fellow" and a per-
feet rush of members to grasp his
hand. Standing in front of the clerks
desk he, too, joined in the songs and
there was wild scene when Gen.
Hooker of Mississippi, the old cne-
armed Confederate veteran, took his
place by the side of the speaker, and
together they sang "Dixie." Mr..
Gambler, Mississippi Democrat,
Jumped upon desk and let out yell
| of iubilation that fairly shook the
rafters. For almost half an hour the
iubilaticn continued. All this time
the spectators remained standing in
the galleries watching the animated
scene below and joining in the singing.
The adjournment came at the end Of
seven and half hours session dur
| ing which minor business was trans
acted. In all TO 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 incorporated in the naval appro-
priation bill for the building Of battle
ships in a government yard.
Washington, July 1.-After a ses-
sion marked by some of the stormiest
debates ever heard in the American
congress, the senate adjourned sine
die at $50 this afternoon.
During the last hours of the session
there was a tart debate on the Philip
pine question participated in by
Messrs. Carmack of Tennessee, Spoon
er of Wisconsin, Culberson OF Texas,
McComas of Maryland, and Lodge of
Massachusetts,. The conference report
on the Philippine government bill was
adopted without very serious opposi-
ton and then when the decks Of the
senate we're cleared for adjournment,
Mr.. Carmack called up his resolution
providing for continuance of the in
vestigation OF the Philippine committee
and for visit to the Philippine isl
ands by, the committee during the
present summer. This started the
trouble, and for more than an hour
battle of words was waged. The reso-
luton was referred to committee,
thus effectually killing it.
Just before adjournment the usual
resolutions were adj opted, including one
offered by Mr.. Cockrell, the venerable
Democrat Of Missouri cordially thank
ing President Pro Tempore Frye for
"the dignifed, impartial and cour-
teous manner in which he had presided