The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-06
|FTY-SEvENTH
CONGRESS ENDS
Much Interest Attaches to the
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 noon
Wednesday.
President Roosevelt left the White
House at 9:55 this morning for the
capitol, where he remained until the
adjournment of congress.
Soon after the presidents arrival
both the sundry civil and the general
deficiency appropriation bills were pre-
sented to him, and after their approval
by the cabinet the president affixed his
signature. The naval appropriation
which the president affixed his sigma
ture. He had previously signed the
public buildings bill, in which members
Of congress throughout the country
were interested.
The senate was called to order at 10
o'clock today for the last sitting Of the
Fifty-seventh congress, but business
did not BEGIN until some time later. The
delay was due to the absence of a quo
rum. The attendance in the galleries
was also comparatively small.
The session of the senate, was inter-
esting not alone by the official pro-
ceedings incident to the last day of
which were purely social in their char
acter, due to the fact that the day
marked the close of many careers in
. the senate.
OF thirty senators whose terms ex-
pired today, thirteen failed to secure
reelection, either through defeat or
through their own refusals to enter the
contests in their various states. In
cluded in the number are six repub-
licans and seven democrats; but of the
republicans, two, Jones of, Nevada ana
Wellington of Maryland, have in yre-
cent years supported the national can
didates of the opposing party.
! TyIyn nf1 f1,n tr,pcs It O1IHo r>f Z
lucky and Pritchard of North Carolina,
are southern republicans, and both are
succeeded by democrats. The remain
ing two republicans are Mason Of nli-
nois and Simon of Oregon.
The Party Changes.
OF the seven retiring democrats, Har-
ris Of Kansas, Turner Of Washington
and Heitfeld of Idaho were elected as
popu1ists. All are succeeded by repub-
licans McLaurin of South Carolina
was elected as democrat, and while
still classed as such has acted independ-
emily during the greater part of his
term. The other three senators, Vest,
Jones of Arkansas, and Rawlins, have
from first to last been in the democratic
ranks, and Jones and Vest have risen
to places of conspicuous leadership in
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 are
in the northwest; those in favor of the
democrats are in southern or border
states.
Senator. Allison, chairman Of the
Committee OH appropriations, made a
statement showing the total of appro-
prfations for the present congress was
81, 554, ,108,5 ,51S, compared with $1,440,
4S9,43s for the Fifty sixth congress. He
says while it appears the appropriations
OF this congress have been largely in
excess of those of the last congress, the
increase is chiefly made up Of three
items, namely, $5O,OO0,0OO for the Pan
anna canal an Increased appropriation
Of $50000,000 for the postal service, and
$47, 100000 Of river and harbor appro-
priations.
He concluded by saying the country
Endorsed these items and the opposite
political party concurred in them.