The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-05
THE HOUSES
 LAST HOURS Harmony and Good Eel lOWship For Once. JOINT CAUCUS IS HELD Unique Occurrence In Polit~
 ical History. Demonstratis.s Evoked when spsaks1 Cannon and lIinsrtty LeaAer williams Are Presented win Handssme Lsvi.s CsDs
 

Handssme Lsvias CsDss l washingto March l.-Jrhe Isst rea maining hours of the House Of Rep& Iresentatives of the Fifty-eishth Cone gross began at 10 o'clock this morn- ing, although 1t sti1l was the legislative l day of March 2. When Speaker Can- non rapped the body to order few members were in their seats. but. soon affairs took on the usual appearance of assembly. l 1 A prolonged discussion was precipi~ Itated over the conference report on . bill prohibiting the selection of timber lands in lieu of lands in forest reservea. The report was agreed to, which finally passed the bill. At 1e:4o o'clock the House took a recess for fifteen min- utes. At it's conclusion, Mir. Hemen- way. (Ind.) chairman of the Commits tee on Appropriations. in accordance of custom. gave resume of approprla- tions made during the present Con- gress. The total permanent and am nual appropriations. he explained. were $697.04s,104, while the estimated rev- enues for the next fiscal year were | I$725.590.515, If there were no adoi> tional expenditures there would Do . surplus at the close of the next fiscal year of s2S,542.410 "It now looks clear beyond question" he said. amid loud Republican applause. that there will be no deficit." l The usual committee of three was lappointed to join similar comhittea 1 of the Senate to wait on the President and inform him that the House had completed it's business and was ready to adjourn.
 A Joint Caucus. | At 11:10 a recess for twenty mfn- utes was taken. Immediately thereaf- be joint caucus. '
 Mir. Hepburn Qa.9 mounting the rostrum said there were occasiona when a mild Republican like himself could be permitted to presfde over @Democrnticr caucus and sshen a tiis< tinguishea Democrat could preatdc 0vel a "Republican" caucus. 1 Mir. Hay (va. ), chairman of the reg ular Democratic caucus then took the chair and in humorous vein said the occasion was the most unique in the political history of the country. Hs did not believe. he said. that there had ever been joint caucus of that char acter before.
 A pleasing incident, said to be with. out precedent, then followed. Speaker Cannon was presented handsome low ing cup. the tribute of affection and esteem of the members. regardless of party. The presentation speech was made by Mir Boutelle tIll) and was punctuated throughout with applause. He was followed by MT. Williams tMiss.). the minority leader. who also delivered a most feeling and appropri- ate address.
 Amid deafening applause Speaker Cannon rose to respond. He spoke as follows:
 "A gift from master to servant hum- bles the recipient. A gift from servant to master embarrasses the master; a gift from equal to equal. when prompt- ed by confidence and esteem. is like unto apples of gold in pictures of sil- ver.' The men who compose the na- tional House of Representatives. with their warrant of attorney from great people, have no superiors. They are all equals. I am proud that am one of you. I am more gratified to receive this gift than words will ex- press. I receive 1t as token of your respect for me as one of you.
 This loving cup. notwithstanding its magnificent proportions. is not large enough to contain my thanks, my confidence In. respect for and love of you, one and all"
 When the enthusiasm had subsided. MT. Clark (Mo.) produced a second demonstration by presenting John Sharp Williams (Miss.), the minority leader. with a loving cup. the gift of his Democratic colleagues. Like MI Boutelle, his remarks were peculiarly appropriate and expressive of the es- teem in which Mir. Williams is held.
 When Mir. Williams arose to respond, he was accorded the same spontaneous and general applause given to the speaker. He said in part:
 T have been touched by the words of my friend from Missouri My cola faIf af t,a A.,~ den of apprehended, even approachinr failure in attending to the duties which you have laid upon me. I will there- fore only say now that it affords ma and will afford me hereafter increase ing pleasure to know you arc pleased to say that I have measureably we'll succeeded. It affords me the same de- gree of pleasure to know that you are pleased to say, or that you are pleased to applaud the gentleman from Mis- souri when he said that In whatever measure I might have succeeded or failed. I had tried to do my work and had succeeded thus far. at any rate, in indulging in no sort of enmity. no sort of animosity and no sort of malice"
 The House then resumed it's session and the Speaker announced the fol< lowing appointments:
 Visitors to the Military Academy-< Messrs. Gardner (Mich), Esch (wis.)s Slayden (Texas.)
 Visitors to the Naval Academy Messrs. Vreeland (N. Y.), Brandegea (Conn.) and Jones (Va.)
 Temporary Committee on Accounts Msssrs. Cassell (Pa.). Hughes (W. Va) and Bartlett (Ga.)
 Commission to examine into the pub- lie printing-Messrs. C.. B. Landis 0nd.), Perkins (N. Y.) and Griggs | (Ga.)
 | Committee to attend the opening ex- ercises of the Lewis and Clark Ex- position-Tawney (Minn.l. Bartlett | (Ga ), Sibley (Pa.), Loudenslager (N. IJ.), Henry (Texas), Legare (S. C.) and Small (N. C.)
 It was exactly ten minutes to 12, when, in response to a suggestion from MT. Williams, Speaker Cannon sur rendered the gavel to James D. Rlch< ardson (Tenn). during the reading oa the following resolution:
 Speaker Thanked.
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