The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-13
Seventh
CONGRESS ENDS
Much Interest Attaches to thu
Numerous Changes in the
Upper House.
STATEMENT BY ALLISON
He Discusses the Heavy Appropria
tions, Showing That Three Items
Made Up the Entire Increase,
and All Were Needed.

Washington, March 5.-The Fifty.
seventh congress adjourned at 100,
Wednesday,.
President Roosevelt left the White
House at 1855 this morning for the
capitol, Where he remained until thu
adjournment of congress.
Soon after the presidents arriva
both the sundry civil and the genera.
deficiency appropriation bills We're pre-.
scented to him, and after their approva
by the cabinet the president affixed hi.
signature. The naval appropriation
was the last big supply tc
which the president affixed his sigma,
ture. He had previously signed tht
public buildings bill, in which members
of congress throughout the country
We're interested.
The senate was called to order at II
o'clock today for the last sitting of the
Fifty-seventh congress, but business
did not BEGIN until some time later. The
delay vas due to the absence of a quo.
run. The attendance in the galleries
was also comparatively small.
The session of the senate was inter-
esting5 not alone by the official pro-
ceedings incident to the last day o.
congress-, but by many occurrences
which were purely social in their char.
acter, due to the fact that tho day
MA hSu slltG eSlOSG ol lIdIS CuItGIS IL
the senate.
OF thirty senators whose terms ex-
pired today, thirteen failed to secure
reelection, either through defeat OF
through their OWL refusalS to enter the
contests in their various states. In
cluded in the number are six repub-
licans and sever democrats; but of the
republicans, two, Jones of Nevada and
Wellington Of Maryland, have in re-
onnf n &c, c,,,rnrfnI Shn ,,ts~,rJ a,,-
didates Of the opposing party.
Two other senators, Deboe OF Ken
lucky and Pritchard Of North Carolina.
are southern republicans, and both are
succeeded by democrats. The remain
ing two republicans are Mason of uli-
nois and Simon of Oregon.
The Party Changes.
OF the seven retiring democrats, Har.
ris of Kansas, Turner of Washington
and Heitfeld Of Idaho We're elected as
populists. All are succeeded by repub.
licans. McLaurin Of South Carolina
was elected as a democrat, and while
still classed as such has acted independ.
entity during the greater part Of hi,
term. The other three senators, Vest
Jones of Arkansas, and Rawlins, have
from first to last been In. the democratic
ranks, n Jones and Vest have riser
to places of conspicuous leadership ii
their party.
OF seven democratic senators who re.
tire. four are succeeded by republicans
Of six republicans who go out four are
succeeded by democrats. All the
changes in favor of the republicans arr
in the northwest; those in favor of thu
democrats are in southern or border
states.
Senator Allison. chairman Of the
committee on appropriations, made {
statement showing the total Of appro
priations for the present congress wa.
u, 1854, 10S,51S, compared with $1,44O,'
4S9, 43S for the Fifty-sixth congress. Ht
a y while it appears the appropriation.
Of this congress have been largely il
excess Of those Of the last congress-, thu
Increase Is chiefly made up of tire,
items, namely, $50, 900, 900 for the Pan
ANA canal, an increased appropriation
of $50, 900, 900 for the postal service, ant
SAT, 000,0 900 Of river and harbor appro
priations.
He concluded by saying the countr.
Endorsed these items and the opposit,
political party concurred in them.