New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-29
The Closing Scenes-Members of
Both Parties Cheer Jfr. Cannon.
lFRoM THE TRIBUNE BUREAU.I


Washington. April 2S-In the presencs OF the
President OF the United States. members OF his
Cabinet Justices of the Supreme Court. repre-
sentatives Of the diplomatic corps and a throng
that crowded the galleries to the doors and
blocked the corridors the second session OF
LVIIIth Congress ended at o'clock to-day,
and marked the close OF the shortest session
Immediately preceding & Presidential campaign
within the memory Of any OF the participants
The scenes in the Senate in the closing hours
sharply accentuated the difference IN the tenn
permanent and behavior Of the two bodies. IN
the upper chamber dignity and decorum strug-
gled for supremacy. while IN the popular
branch merrirne1t and good fellowship so domi-
mated proceedings that the consideration OF
legislation devOlved chiefly on the reading clerk
who could not make himself heard and the
Speakers gavel. which could The interchange
Of messages between the two houses. the fre-
Guent Interruptions for the presentation CT en-
rolled bills the customary resolutions and the
soodbys and gOdspeeds were all typical OF
getaway day. while party affiliations partisan
dssensious and personal disputes were all for
gotten the hands on the dial neared the
hour Of >
THE PRESIDENT AT THE CAPITOL
When the President arrived at the Capitol ac-
companied by Mr. Loeb his secretary he found
awaiting him in the Executives room adjoining
the lobby of the Senate. majority OF his Cab
met. and he at once began TO dispatch the off,
cial duties incident to adjournment. He was in
constant consultation with members Of both
houses regarding measures presented to him for
Signature. The last of the important bills
signed were the Panama Canal and the River
and HarbOr measures From the latter an ap-
preparation for survey near the Presidents
home at Oyster Bay had been stricken out in
conference. and when he signed ii he laugh
ingly remarked that II pretty evident he
had no influence with Congress. The President
worked with his accustomed energy, and when
the joint committee OF the two branches OF Con-
gress consisting Of Senator's Hale and COckreu
and Representatives Payne. Hemenway and
Williams. called with the information that Con-
gress was ready TO adjourn he prepared 70
announce that he had no further cOmmunica-
tion 10 make. The President left the Capitol
fer the White House Immediately after adjourn
mens
Watching the proceedings OF the Senate from
the Presidents private gallery Mrs. RoOse-
welt. her sons Theodore. jr. and Kermit and
Miss Kean. and they were the recipients OF con-
siderable attention Mrs. Roosevelt and her
party were however. twice compelled 10 retire
from the gallery and descend the floor below
because of executive sessions. The proceedings
were enIivened by a sharp political slirnish
between Senators Aldrich and German. leaders
respectively of the Republican and Democratic
sides of the Senate. but ii contained nothing or
rancor II was important for the strong de-
fence of President Roosevelt and the policies cs
the Republican party made by Senator's ALison
and Aidrich and because the Maryland senator