Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-04
The Senate Declared Adjourned.
PRESIDENT AT CAPITOL
SIGNED FORTY BILLS BEFORE
CONGRESS ADJOURNED.

PRESIDENT Roosevelt spent an hour or
more in his office this morning before leay
| Ing for the Capitol to sign the last bills
presented to him. He did not see any of
the callers who wanted to talk with him.
| He signed number of bills that had been
passed upon by the departments
Accompanied by Secretary Loeb and a
number of the executive office clerks, the
President left the White House shortly be-
fore IL O'Clock. On arriving at the Capitol
he was Immediately Joined by members of
his cabinet in the Presidents room in the
Senate wing, where his presence is neces-
sary at the short session of Congress to
sign the latest bills. Upon entering the
Capitol the President was met by Sergeant
alarms Ransdell with detail of Capitol
police and escorted to his room.
All the members of the cabinet were in
attendance and several of the prospective
appointeeS We're there also Mr.. James r.
Garfield, who is to be Secretary of the In
terror. was present, and the fact is COM
mented upon that twenty-SiX years ago to-
day his father was in the same room on the
occasion of his inauguration as President
A number of senators called upon the PreSi-
dent and exchanged greetings with him
during the interim of signing the bills.
Quite a batch of small bills came in at the
last half hour and were scanned by the
President and members of The cabinet.
Senator Spooner, whose resignation from
the Senate was announced yesterday, was
one of the first senators to greet the Presi-
dent, who again expressed his regret that
the Wisconsin senator is to leave public
service. The President also said goodbye
to Secretary Shaw, whose service as head
of the Treasury Department ends today,
and thanked him for his years Of faithful
work.
The first bill signed at the Capitol by
President Roosevelt was for tue construc-
ton of an immigration station at Charles
ton. s. c. A few minutes before noon COM
-s-Ns ~ yn~u Dat md
Hale and Representatives Payne, Watson
an De Almond called on the President and
advised him that both sides were ready to
adjourn in case he had no further work for
them.
President Roosevelt thanked the COM
mittee for the earnest attention Congress
has given to measures he was interested
in, and said much had been accomplished
at this session. He laughingly ended his
compliment with the remark that he still
has several bills which will be heard from
in the future.
The President signed the Aldrich currency
bill before leaving for the Capitol
Last Bill Signed.
AS the hour of - o'clock drew near there
was some anxiety over the fate of the bill
regulating the hours of employment of rail-
road employees. The conference report had
been delayed in the Senate and had to be
agreed upon, and then had to be rushed to
tLe printing OilCe IOT enSTOSS-
ment and the changes noted. The hour of
11:55 arrived ana still there was no bill.
Employees of the Senate stood by to turn
back the hands of the clock, If necessary.
as word was received that the engrossed
bill was on its way to the Capitol
The clerk of the Senate committee on en-
rolled bills finally was placed in possession
of the expected do iment and maze a
sprint for the House to have the Speakers
signature attached. Speaker Cannon was on
the floor of the House enjoying the fun Of
the closing hour and hurried into the chair
to sign the bill. 1t was then rushed over to
the Senate, where the Vice President at
tached his signature, and then taken to the
President. who Immediately signed 1t. This
was the last official act. and when the Vice
President was notified that the bill had
been signed he dec Jared the Senate ad-
journed.
Forty bills in all were signed by the
President at the Capitol. Delay in engross-
ing the bill limiting the hours of railway
employees prevented the President from
completing his task before noon and it was
exactly three minutes after twelve when he
attached his signature to that measure.
Shook Hands With H. r. Fuller.
H. r. Fuller, who .ias been representing
the various railway brotherhoods at the
Capitol during the consideration of this
measure was in the room at the time it
was signed The President shook hands
whit Mr.. Fuller, remarking, You know the
President only gets a percentage of what
he wants" Mr.. Roosevelt then told Mr.
Fuller that the measure was step in the
right direction, and he hoped it would re-
suit in more sweeping legislation in the
future.
1t was not necessary to turn back the
hands of the clock, for the officials did not
look at the timepiece and the journal shows
that the Senate adjourned at II o'clock
noon. If any one thought it was later than
that, their watches must have been too fast.
President Roosevelt waited at the Capitol
some time. chatting with senators, and was
then escorted to his carriage and returned
to the White House.