The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01

WASHINGTON June S0.-PromptIy
al 10 O'Clock TOM ght Vice President
Fairbanks in the Senate and. Speaker
Cannon in the HOUSE declared the final
adjournment of the first session OF the
Fifty -nin5h Congress. -~<.~ 80. -. 2.
For the hrst time Congress adjourned
on the. day which closed the .hscar year.
Other sessions had. adjourned: before
and some after jane 80. -buf the ffty-
ninth Congress ended jas hrst session
on the day when the. Government
strikes its. balances. and: closes its
books. :>:.:.s -: ~:
There were some. interesting. features
10 mark the. end. which came when
there was less. than a quorum in either
House Many senators and. Representa-
lives, believing that the Adjournment
would come. early in the. day, made ar
. rangen1eRts TO: leave in. the. afternoon
and did not remain for the closing
scenes.
An error. in the enrolment. Of the
sundry civil appropriation bin caused
quite furry a bout the Capitol. It was
found by Secretary Root yaffeT-it: had
been signed by the President, that an
-oAA
Tor public building in: Washington a
. provision w h5sh had been eliminated by
.. Congress. appeared IN she copy: After
some perpJesity. the errQr was corrected
by joint resolution. ~..
PRESIDENT KT. c APIToL. }.
Z. President. Rooseyeit. came to+the Cap
1tOl at ! o'clock in anticipation of an
early adjournmeRts and when. he found
that there would be q delay in securing
the enrOlment.of the Bills which *lTad
10 be passed. he took luncheon; in the
Capitol, and IN the Afternoon visited the
CORgr ressi0nal library. - -.
d Speaker Cannon. rigfdlR carried out
his Intention Of: keeping back the adj
JOurnmenC- resolution until the bills
Were all passed and signed, and the
hour Tor the end was not known until
q short tinle before the gavels feH witt
the announcement by Vice President
Fairbanks IN the Senate and the Speak.
eroia the House that the first session of
. the 1fty-ninth' Congress stood 'ad-
joUrned. 10. :.
Both Senate. and House met early,
but a long recess was necessary in the
afternoon TO enable the enrolling clerks
10 catch up 70 the bills that had passed.
g The closing in the Senate was formal
and without interest In the House
there were the. usual serious perform
ances. amusing speeches and songs 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 leg
islatien was transacted in either house
during the day.
CANNON REVIEWS THE WORK.
The work accomplished by the ses-
sion is thus reviewed. by Speaker Can
non:
IN my judgment. the work done and
the legislation enacted in the session
exceeds in Importance, for the best in
terests of the people. the work of any
session during my thirty years of public
life. i have not time. to make a com
plete review OF all the legislation. Suf-
sflcient TO say that the legislation COW
ering the appropriations. and the au-
.thoEizing Of public expenditures. has
been most carefully considered and
wisely enacted The legislation COM
gnonly referred to as the rate iegisla-
tion, the pure food bill, the inspection
feature of the agricultural BILL all are
p measures that affect the interests OF
all the: people, and. while nOthing per-
d feet can be enacted; / am satisfied that
the operation of these laws Will dem
onstrate their wisdom
And ] believe. IL. aothing had been
accomplished .lhan the enactment OF
these. three measures, they alone would
be sufficient TO make the first session OF