The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
LAST HCyRS
 oF.oNGREss' In f House, Members
 Make Merry. THE SENATE IS ALL PORTABILITY Roots Discovery f an Error
 Cause of Excitement. It Was Merely . Matter of esooAsoe and the Oversight soon l. Ren- edied tsy Joint ResoIusisn by
 the Two Chsnbers.
THE SENATE IS ALL FoRMAITY

Washington, June 30.--Promptiy at 10 o'clock tonight Vice President Fair banks in the Senate and Speaker Cam non in the House declared the final adjournment of the first session of he 53th Congress.
 For the first time in the history of the Government Con gress adjourned on the day which closed the fiscal year. Other sessions had adjourned before and some after June 30. but the fifty-ninth Congress ended It's first session on the day when the government strikes It's balances and closes it's books.
 There were some interesting features to mark the end which finally came when there was less than quorum in either House as many Senators and Representatives. relying on the belief that the adjournment would come early in the day. made their arrangements to leave in the afternoon and they did not remain for the closing scenes
 An error in the enrollment of the sundry civil appropriation bill caused quite a furry about the capitol. Ie was found by Secretary Root in look ing over the bill after 1t had been signed by the President that It con tained an appropriation of s3.ooo.ooo for site for q public building m Washington, a provision which had been eliminated from two different bills. After some perplexity the error was corrected by a joint resolution.
 President Roosevelt came to the cap ftol about i o'clock in anticipation Of an early adjournment and when ne found that there would be delay Tn order to secure the enrolment or the bills which had been passed he took lunch In the capitol and in the after- noon visited the Congressional Libra
 Sneaker Cannon risidly carried out his intention of keeping back the ad- journment resolution until the piiis were all passed and signed and the a short time before the gavel fell with the announcement by vfce-president Fairbanks In the Senate and the Sneaker in the House that the hrsf session of the 5sth Congress stood. ad : tourned without day.
 Yoth Senate and House met earix' but long recess was necessary n Ias afternoon to enable the enro.ins nss sasn to catch up to the bills that nao been passed
 The closing scenes in the Senate ,rsre formal and without incident. In tba uouse there were the usual hill arfous performances, consisting oi amusing speeches and songs which occupied the time during the long waits and members made the best oi the hottest day of the season with merriment.
 No business of importance aside from completing the pending iegisla- tion was transacted in either house during the day.
 The work accomplished by the con- sress that terminated today is told by Speaker Cannon to the Associated Press. He said: Tn my judgment the work done and the leeisiation enacted in the session inst closed exceeds in importance for the best interests of all the people Of the republic. of any session in thirty years of public life.
 T do not contemplate review oi all legislation. It is sufficient that the legislation covering the appropria- tions and the authorizing of public expenditures has been most carefully considered and wisely enacted. The legislation commonly referred to as the rate legislation. the food bill the inspection feature of the agricul- tural bill are measures that affect the 1 interests of all the people and while nothing perfect can be done. am satisfied the operation of these laws will demonstrate their wisdom. And, I believe if noything else had been accomplished than the enactment of these three measures. they alone would be sufficient to make the first 1 session of the Fifty-ninth Congress q memorable one in the history of tho republic