Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-01
Half Million Dollars Appropriated for
Customs House in Des Moines.
" SPENT IN WAITING FOR REPORTS
Many Radical Laws Passed During the
Last Six Months.
BRIEF RESUME OF IMPORTANT WORK DONE
Largest Appropriations for Public
Work Made by Any other Con-
SressiOnRI Session in
Days of Peace.

WASHINGTON, June sO.-Promptly at
10 o'clock tonight Vice President Fair
banks in the senate and Speaker Cannon
in the house declared the final adjourn
ment OF the first session of the Fifty
ninth congress.
For the first time congress adjourned
on the day which closed the fiscal year.
Other sessions had adjourned before and
some after June 80, but the Fifty-ninth
congress ended it's FIRST session on the
day when the government strikes its ball
ances and closes its books. There were
some interesting features to mark the end
which came when there was less than q
quorum in either house. Many senator's
and representatives, believing that the ad-
journment would come early in the day.
made arrangements to leave in the after
noon and did not remain for the closing
scenes. An error in the enrolment of the
sundry civil appropriation bill caused
quite furry about the capitol. 1t was
found by Secretary Root after-it had been
signed by the president, an appropriation
of $S,O00,000 for a site for a building in
Washington, a provision which had been
eliminated by congress, appearing in the
copy. After some perplexity the error was
corrected by joint resolution.
President Roosevelt came to the capitol
about 10 o'clock in anticipation OF an early
adjournment and when he found that
there would be delay to secuSe the en-
rollment of the bills which had to be
passed, he took luncheon In the capitol
and in the afternoon visited the con-
gressional library,
Speaker Cannon rigidly carried out his
intention of keeping back the adjournment
resolution until the bills were all passed
and signed and the hour for the end was
not known until a short time before the
gavels fell with the announcement by Vice
President Fairbanks in the senate and the
speaker in the house that the first session
of the Fifty-ninth- congress stood ad-
journed without day.
Both senate and house met early, but a
long recess was necessary in the after
noon to enable the enrolling clerks to catch
up to the bills that had been passed.
The closing in the senate was formal
and without interest.
| In the house were the usual hilarious per-
| formances, amusing speeches and song dur
ing the long waits, and the members made
| the best of the hottest day of the season.
| No business of Importance, aside from
completing the pending legislation, was
transacted in either house during the day.
The work accomplished by the session
is told by Speaker Cannon to the Asso-
ciated Press. He said:
In my judgment the work done and the
| legislation enacted in the session closed
exceeds in Importance for the best inter-
ests of the people the work of any session
during my thirty years of public life.
have not time to make a complete re-
| view of all the legislation. Suficient to
say that the legislation covering the ap-
| preparations and the authorizing Of public
expenditures has been most carefully con-
sldered and wisely enacted. The legisla-
tion commonly referred to as the rate
legislation, the pure food bill, the inspec-
ton feature of the agricultural bill all
are measures that AFFECT the interests Of
all the people, and, while nothing perfect
can be enacted, / am satisfied that the
operation of these laws will demonstrate
And believe, If nothing else had been
accomplished than the enactment of those
three measures they alene would be suf-
Fifty-ninth congress memorable In the his
tory of the republic
Public Building Bill Passed.
Senator Scott reported a complete agree
ment on the omnibus public building bill to-
day soon after the senate convened. He
said the senate conferees had been COM
PEELED to yield the senate provision for a
/, 100000 building in Washington for the
departments of state, Justice and commerce
and labor. Mr.. Scott expressed his mortih-
cation over the fact. For himself he salo
he would have the national capitol the
admiration and wonder of the world and
he would have every available foot OF
ground secured with this end in view.
The house adopted the conference report
on the public buildings bill.
Among the disputed amendments settled
by an all night conference appropriations
were made as follows: For Cedar Rapids,
I Ia. 500, 600; Des Moines. Ia, $4,000; Mos
E COW, Idaho, $4,000; Denver, Colo, $500. 900.
{ Senator Scott presented the conference re-
Z 10 In he II
q and it was agreed to, which passed tile
e measure.
Night Session of Senate.
When the senate reconvened at 7lt
O'Clock tonight, after one Of the many re-
L cesses of the day, Senator Hale called at
2 tention 10 the chain of circumstances that
Z; had held the senate all day and part OF
, the night and offered resolutions, directing
!. the committee on rules to investigate the
!; enrolling force of the senate and the COM
= mittee on printing 10 make inquiry as to
. delay at the government printing ONCE
Both resolutions were adopted.
v Mr. Hale said that the senate had waited
=, all day and that the president OF the United
y States, with his cabinet, had been in con
stant attendance, remaining longer thar
|. he had ever known a president to stay
He had he added, been greatly disturbed
n over the retention In the sundry civil bill
of the item appropriating 100000 for th'
site of executive buildings in face Of the
n fact that both houses had voted IL out
n He expressed apprehension that II the mis-
take had not been discovered the news.
n papers would have been suspicious Of hin
,r self Senator Scott. and the secretary
state. ali Of whom had advocated the
" preparation. Mr.. Hale said that posi-
n the new administration in the printing Of
is too much concerned with It's own VIE
" and had not sufficiently taken into acco'
the urgent demands Of congress. He h
3. he said. been informed that error5 -
J. found in each new copy Of ths1G
m ings bill that had been recs
Senator cullum mentiQ
q the public printer as an
W conditions In his once.
Senator Warren said
" fault could be tracqa