Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-07
HAS FINISHED IT'S WORK.
Fifty Seventh Congress Has Made
Its Record and Has Passed
= Into History.
ADJouaNS PROMPTLY At z O'CLOCK.
In the House Mr.. Cannon Makes q
Protest Against What He Termed
"Legislative BlackmaIl" Usual
Resolution of Thanks to Speaker
president Holds Reception.

"Legislatlve Blackmail" Usual
Resolution of Thanks to Speaker
-President Holds Reception.
Washington, March 5.-The Fifty
seventh congress adjourned at noon
Wednesday. The senate was called to
= order at ten o'clock for the last sit
ting. The session was interesting,
not alone because of the official pro-
ceedings on the floor of the cham
Der, incident to the last day of con-
gress, but by many occurrences which
were purely social in their character,
due to the fact that the day marked
the close of many careers in the
senate.
Of the 80 senator's whose terms ex-
pired when the presiding officers
gavel fell at noon, IS failed to Sc
cure reelection, either through de-
feat or through their own refusals
to enter the contests in their various
states. Included in the number
whose official presence in the cham
Der will no longer be noted are six
republicans and seven democrats.
Veterans Retire.
In Senator Jones, of Nevada, the
senate loses one of the two men who
have served in that body for 80 con-
secutive years-the other being Sen
ator Allison. Senator Vest, of Mis-
souri,, belongs to the next generation
of senators. He entered the body
in 1879, and has served for "a years,
winning a reputation for brilliancy of
speech, classic learning and sharp
repartee seldom eXcelled in the SEN
ate.
President on Hand.
President Roosevelt, accompanied
by Secretary Loeb, arrived at the
capitol shortly after ten o'clock, and
he was conducted at once to the
presidents room in the senate wing.
There he was joined soon afterward
by the members of his cabinet. All
measures presented for signature
were scanned carefully by the presi-
dent and members of the cabinet
who were interested in them. The
bills went through the regular chan
nels. After being entered by the ex-
ecutive clerks in the white house rec
ord they were examined by the men,
beers of the cabinet whose depart
ments were affected by them. Then
they were signed by the president.
The naval appropriation bill was
the last Of the big supply measure to
which the president affixed his sig
nature. Just previous to signing that
bill he had signed the public build
ings bill, in which members of con-
gress throughout the country are in
terested.
Regular Proceedings.
Senator Bailey (Tex.) called up a bill
amending the rivers and harbors act
so as to provide that the 1926, 900 here
tofore appropriated for certain rivers
and harbor improvements in Texas
shall be used for the construction of
channel in Sabine Lake, Texas.
On yea and nay vote, demanded by
Senator Mason, the senate agreed to
take the bill up, II to 9. The effect of
the vote was to displace the Philippine
tariff bill. 1t was then temporarily
laid aside and Senator Hoar spoke on
the Philippine bill, saying that the bill
had been talked to death. Senator
that the bill had failed. It was the bill
of the house. the committee and the
ma iority of the senate. "It has been
defeated here" he said, raising his
voice. ''Senators have not hesitated to
take the responsibility of killing it,
Final Adjournment.
Acting upon a resolution, President
Pro Tenn. Frye appointed Senators AL
lison and Jones (Ark.) committee to
meet similar committee from the
house and notify the president that
congress was ready to adjourn. Sem
ator Allison reported that the special
committee had waited on the president,
who had said that he had no communi-
cation to make, and said, Senator AL
ison added: IF it is in order would
like to say that congratulate the two
houses of congress upon the admirable
work performed during this session"
| Following this statement President
Pro TEN. Frye thanked the senate for
its action, speaking as follows: 81 ap-
preciate highly this expression of your
confidence. I can only hope that in
some regard as your presiding officer
/ may have merited it. May Gods
benediction be with you all. Your pre-
siding officer declares the senate adj
journed sine die"
The senate thereupon at IL o'clock
adjourned.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Usual Scenes Incident to Final Adj
j0urnment Take Place.
/ Washington, March 5.-The confer
ence report on the general deficiency,
the last Of the appropriation bills, was
presented in the hOllse at three o'clock