Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-03-07
Adjournment Of CONGRESS
FlFTY-sEvENTH SESSION CLOSED
AMID A BITTER FEELING.
Speaker Henderson Has Retired as
Speaker and a Member Of the House
AN Unusual Incident occurs
President Roosevelts Biennial Visit
to the neutrality-suspicious..

washington, March 4.-The Fifty
seventh congress expired at noon to-
day by Limitation. 1here has not been
in many years such demonstration
in the house as occurred today, owing
to the fact that Speaker henderson
was retiring not only as presiding Of
ficer. but from the house as mem
her. The bitter part of 1t is feeling
that has sprung up in the house OF
representatives during the past week.
caused the speaker to fail OF the
unanimous approval of the house
when the resolution of thanks was OF
fered. More than this, the resolution
had to come from the republican, side,
and while this has occurred before,
il is not the usual custom.
Two years ago, when the Fifty-sixth
congress expired, it was remarkable
not only for the second inauguration
of William Mckinley. but also for the
fact that Senator Carter of Montana
talked the river and harbor bills to
death. which occupied the time of the
senate up to within few minutes OF
the end. Senator Mason, whose term
expired. also talked an unimportant
bill to death, but in his valedictory he
lectured the senate for it's unlimited
debate which allows bills to be killed
in that manner, and ne also made
anal plea for the freedom of the
Filipinos.
AS all of the important supply bills
had passed before the two houses
took a recess this morning, no legisla-
tion was necessary and none was at
tempted The bills which had passed
and reached the stage of enrolment
were all signed by President Roose-
welt, who, with members of his cabi-
net. occupied the presidents room ir
the wing of the capitol. Theis bien-
NAL visit of the president to the CAPT
toll is one of the features of a closing
congress.
The appropriations made during the
session of congress which closed to
day aggregate $753,4S4019, as against
$500, 624, 496 for the last session. The
total for the entire congress thus foot
ed up $1554, 108,514. or somethfng
more than hundred millions in eX-
cess of the total appropriations for
the F'ifty-siXth congress. The total
for that congress was $1.440, 4S9.43S
These figures were embodied in a
statement presented to the senate 70
day by Senator Allison. chairman of
the committee on approximations. The
statement also contained an itemiZed
statement showing the expenditures
for the past session by bills as fol
lows:
Agricultural. $5,97S,160; army, SIS,
1912; diplimatic and consular 81,
96S,250; District of Columbia, $S,647,-
497; Notifications, $L18S,416; Indian,
$S,512,950; legislative, executive and
judicial. $27 .595,9 1858; military academy
$685. navy, $S1,S71, 291; pensions
$139, SAT 500; postoffice, $153, 401, 459;
sundry civil $S2.272,955; deficiency
$21 ,561,572: permanent annual appro
priations. $132.5S9,S20; miscellaneous,
$3,250,000.
The speech of Representative Can
non, chairman of the appropriations
committee, delivered after 3 80 We'd
nesday morning in the house on the
conference report on the general de.
ficiency appropriation bill protesting
against Legislative blaekmail" and
insisting on the right of a majority to
rule in the senate. in view of the fact
that he Is to be the speaker of the
next house, Is regarded as foreshadow-
ing contest upon this question.
The scene when Mr.. Cannon deliver
ed his speech was the most remark
able of this congress. Late as the
hour was, the weary members were
set on fire with enthusiasm, and they
cheered his utterances until the great
hall resounded with their shouts.
David Henderson, speaker of the
house, who stepped out of the chair
and congress for the last time, de-
ivered an etfecting farewell address.
President Signs Bills.
All measures presented for sig.
nature were scanned carefully by the
president and members of the caDi-
net who were interested in them. At
ter being entered by the executive
clerks in the White House record.
they were signed by the president.
Both the sundry civil and the gen-
eral deficiency appropriation bills we're
signed by the president after their ap.
prival by the cabinet.
The naval appropriation bill was the
last of the big supply measures 70
which the president affixed his sig
nature. Just previous to signing the
bill he had signed the public building