Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-03-05
FIFTY seventh
CONGRESS ENDS
Much Interest Attaches to tn,
Numerous Changes in this
Upper House.
STATEMENT BY ALLISON
He Discusses the Heavy Appropria,
tions, show;ns That Three Items
Made vi, 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 1855 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-
scented to him, and after their approval
by the cabinet the president affixed his
signature. The naval appropriation
was the last big supply measure to
Which the president affixed his sigma
ture He had previously signed the
public buildings bill, in which members
of congress throughout the country
We're 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 BERN until some time later. The
delay was due to the absence of 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
congress, but by many occurrences
which We're 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-
pircd today, thirteen failed to secure
re reelection, either through defeat or
through their own refusals to enter the
contests in their various states. In
Guided in the number are six repub-
licans and seven democrats; but of the
republicans, two, Jones of Nevada and
Wellington of Maryland, have in re-
cent y9i,.s supported the national cam
uldateSs 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 Ili-
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-
emily during the greater part of his
term. The other three senator's, 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 so 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 on appropriations, made q
statement showing the total of appro-
prlatiois for the present congress was
sl.554, loS,5ls, compared with 81 ,44o.-
4S9,4"S for the Fifty-siNth 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 s50,CG0,000 for the PAN
anna canal, an increased appropriation
of $50 600 for the postal service. and
sd7 100000 of river and harbor appro-
prations
He concluded by saying the country
Endorsed these items and the opposite
political party concurred in them.