The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01
PRESIDENT SIGNS
 BILLS AT CAPITOL Takes Trip Through the Con-
 greSSionaI Library GETS TIRED OF WAITING Tells Speaker Cannon He Can Send Committee to the White House In
 Automobile With the Re-
 mainlng Bills.
GETS TIRED OF WAITING

Washington, June 30.-President Roose- welt went to the capitol this forenoon in order to sign bills that might be passed during the last hours of Congress. The President arrived at the capitol at lt:S, and after shaking hands with num- Der of senators and representatives, began immediately to sign bills.
 About 100 bills were signed by the Pres- ldent, among which were the sundry civil. general deficiency and agricultural ap- propriation bills and the omnibus public building and pure food bills
 Fifteen or sixteen bills presented were not signed. Most of these were of a local character. When the Senate took a re- cess at 2 D. m. till D. m. to await the completion of the enrolment of bills. Sem ator Warren extended an invitation to the President and the members of the cabinet and Mir. Loeb to take luncheon with him. The luncheon was served from the Sem ate cafe in the Senate military affairs committee room.
 Visits Congressional Library.
 After luncheon. the President accom- panied by Secretary Root and Attorney General Moody and Assistant Secretary of State Bacon, made an extended visit to the congressional library, where he re- mained until the expiration of the recess taken by the houses of Congress.
 The President has been frequent yls- itor at the library ever since its conl- pletion Today he made a tour of the whole building from the basement to top. At 4:45 the party returned to the legls- latve room in the capitol. ls
 another long walt with nothing to do met the President when he returned to the capitol After waiting patiently for twen- ty minutes he sent for Senator Hale to learn when the enrolling of bills could hn completed. The Maine senator said the public buildings appropriation had been sent from the printing office without the necessary official blue copy. and thur half an hour would pass before this error could be corrected. He figured that 1t would then require forty minutes to pass the bills.
 "Ill not wait that length of time.'' said the President. "Tll go somewhere and get shaved"
 He was escorted to the Senate barber shop by Secretary Bennett and after getting his shave he returned to the Presidents room.
 Returns to the White House. t
 At o'clock the President decided in view Of the delay in getting the TWO remaining bills before him. that he would return to the White House There was some discussion as to whether the Presl- dent should return to the capitol to sign the bills. and to receive the committees of Congress, but he determined that ha would stay at his residence.
 You can send the committee in an an- tomobile," he remarked to those present. and Speaker Cannon answered that the "Lordly Senate" would get the auto- mobile.
 suggestion was also made that the President could be notified and communl- cate with the committee by telephone, but when this matter was referred to Senator Hale, he remarked that it would establish a precent and consequently It was decided to send the committees to the White House.
 The President shook hands and bade goodbye to Vice President Fairbanks. the speaker the senators present. and several members of his cabinet. He also attended to some business that had been awaiting him, and at 63O left for tho White House.