The Carlisle independent., 1906-07-05
hAfA LOVE FFay
WHEN FlFTY-NINTH CONGRESS
 FINISHED ITS FIRST HALF.
There Was Gladstone Song, With Pure Food, Rate Bill and
 Meat Inspection.

ington.-Promptly at 10 o'clock June 30 Vice President Fairbanks, in the senate, and Speaker Cannon, in the house, declared the final ad- journment of the first session of the \Fifty-ninth Congress.
 President Roosevelt came to the Capitol early in anticipation of an t2rly adjournment, and when he found that there would be delay in secur- ing the enrolment of the bills which had to be passed he took lunch in the capitol, and in the afternoon visited the Congressional Library.
 The closing scenes in the senate were formal and without interest. In the house there were the usual hilari- ous performances, consisting of anus ing speeches and songs, which occu- pied the time during the long waits, and members made the best of the hottest day of the season with merri- ment. No business of importance, aside from completing the pending legislation, was transacted in either house during the day.
 It had been strenuous session from start to finish. The measure which caused the greatest debate is the railroad rate bill. Begun with the session, it's consideration continued throughout.
 The pure food amendment and the meat inspection legislation are changes in the federal attitudes toward both the producer and con- sumer of the country. A uniform and more strict method of naturalizing aliens was enacted The immunity of witnesses from prosecution who gave testimony before government tribunals was made the subject of an enactment which clearly states when such immunity obtains and when otherwise.
 A bill removing the internal rev enue tax on denatured alcohol also was passed.
 The type of the Panama canal was fixed thus settling question which has perplexed both the professional and lay mind.
 When the appropriations for the sessions are totaled it will be found that the aggregate will reach nearly s900,O00,000. This is a greater sum than has been made available since the war Congress of 1898. Of this amount s25,000,000 will go into new public buildings in various sections of the country.
 The naval increase which has been going on annually received somewhat of a setback. "The largest battle ship afioat" was authorized, but Con- gress required that before bids for it's construction could be submitted the plans must be sent to Congress at it's next session.
 The annual appropriation for the state militia was doubled, and here after S2,000,000 will be spent from the federal treasury for the purpose of keeping the state military organiza- tions in touch with the regular army.
 Animosities and political differ ences of the present session of Con. gress were totally forgotten or laid aside. as the sweet singers among the members joined in the songs that are sung everywhere the English lan- guage is spoken. With Mr Watson of Indiana, who has a fine baritone voice, MT. Tawney of Minnesota, who has a high tenor, MT. Campbell of Kansas, MT. Webb of North Carolina and MT. Olmstead of Pennsylvania and others, whose musical qualities are well known within the house, and with the galleries to join in the cho- ruses, the chamber rang with melody during the long and tiresome waits occasioned by the delay in agreeing to conference reports.