Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-03-07


ment-senate's Closing Was More
Dgnfled.
Washington. u. C.--Wlth Misses
In the house and a display of temper
in the senate the last session of the
57th congress was brought to an eni
Tho same temper which has been
displayed during the last weeks OF the
session was continued up 10 the very
hour Of adjournment.
In the house the usual vote OF thanks
TO the retiring speaker was adopted,
but 1t was only adopted after some
of tho Democrats had shown an in
| clination to oppose it, and which led
| to their being hissed by the Ecpubli.
| cans.
In The senate tilibustcr was c0ntin.
ucd to the last moment. and Mr.. Ma.
son prevented the passage OF bill in
which Mr. Bailey of Texas was inter.
estcd
Both houses met ut 10 o'clock and
in both houses the strain of what was
distinctly visible.
When the house was called together,
members who had only had few
hours in which to snatch a brief sleep
and make change of clothes and get
their breakfast, showed by their list.
| less movements and the lines on their
| faces how severely the heavy strain
| had told upon them.
1t was noticeable. however, that the
men who appeared to stand the IA
tiguc best were the leaders, VINO are
| well advanced in years
Mr.. Cannon was one OF the first ar.
rivals and he looked as jaunty as ever.
Speaker Henderson was promptly on
time to resume the gavel. and neither
by his looks nor his speech, would
any one have imagined that he had
been up nearly all night.
The last day of the session began
with the usual roll call. When the
speaker called the house to order it
was plainly evident that there was no
quorum, and to save the motion being
made by the Democratic side, Mr..
Payne, the Republican floor leader,
moved a call Of the house.
When Mr.. Payne concluded his
speech of thanks to Speaker Hender-
son and demanded action on the res
ulution there was a period of ominous
silence and the Republicans looked
nervously at the Democratic side Won
hot Il
The silence was broken by Mr..
Cochran, who demanded division.
Vigorous Kisses came from the Re-
publicans and then the speaker an
nounced to the house that a division
had been demanded and made the GUS
tumary announcement that all those
who favored the division should rise.
Mr.. Cochran and a few other Demo
Gratis after a slight hesitation arose to
their feet, but Mr.. Richardson, the
Democratic floor leader, and other
prominent Democrats as we'll as The
bulk of the rank and file remained in
their seats.
When the Republicans saw that the
Democrats as Il body were not in ia
vor of opposing the resolution they ap-
plauded and the spectators in the gal
leries, which were crowded, applauded
the discontinue of the Democrats and
Kissed those who were standing.
The speaker replied and as he con-
cluded his valedictory with the words
And now bid you goodby," the house
was in a tumult of applause. and mem.
bers, as we'll as spectators, rose to
their feet. the members applauding
and cheering, and the men and women
in the galleriese waving handkerchiefs
and hats.
Then, as the applause gradually sub.
sided. the speaker brought down the
gavel with resounding thump and
announced the adjournment.
AS II by a prearranged signal the
whole audience broke out into the
singing Of America" and the cham.
Der was sea of waving American
flags.
1t was one of the most remarkable
and inspiring scenes that has been
witnessed in the house for years. With
everybody standing, and just as the
last notes OF the national anthem were
dying out Mr.. Kyle of Ohio, who has
a magnificent tenor voice, sung Sweet
Land of Liberty"
The house remained spellbound for
few minutes and then everybody who
could sing, or thought he or she had q
voice, joined in the refrain.
In the senate there was more digni.
ty, and the proceedings were less spec.
tacular, although they We're marked by
a display Of temper and continua.
tion Of the filibuster until the hands of
the clock met.
When the senate was called to order
at 10 o'clock there was not quorum
present, and Mr.. Cockrell demanded
that the requisite number of senator's
should be in their seats before bust.
ness could be transacted.
Mr.. Hoar, in short but very ear.
nest speech, rebuked the senate for
its action in not giving tho Filipinos
the relief to which they were entitled,
and said that the action of the senate
had shown il was not fit to govern the
destinies of a people 5000 miles away.
With all the earnestness for which
the venerable senator is famous he
said this action was another object
lesson OF the iniquty of what the
American people had done two years
ago and were continuing to do.
Unveiled Tablet to Luther.
Boston Mass.-At the Theodore
Parker Memorial Berkeley street,
there has been unveiled the third of
three talle.S concentrating Protest
ant heroes a tablet of Martin Luther