The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-03-08
.59TH CONGRESS GOES
OUT OF EXISTENCE.
LARGE CROWD WITNESSES SINE
DIE ADJOURNMENT IN HOUSE
AND SENATE.
Ship Subsidy Bill Withdrawn by GAL
Iinger-President Signs Bills at
Capitol-Resume of the Work Done
During Session.

Washington, March 5.-The fifty
ninth congress was ended at IL o'clock
Monday, according to the declarations
of the presiding officers of the senate
and house, although the clocks in the
former marked 1918 p. m. and in the
latter 2:15 p. m. The delay was &C.
casioned by a slight error in the en-
rollment of the railway employees hours
of service bill, and this was the last
measure to reach the president. Ac-
cording to custom, when congress is
dying, the president, his cabinet, and
the White House staff occupied the
presidents chamber in the senate wing
in order to facilitate the handling of
business incident to the close of the
session.
Good Feeling In House.
No scenes out of the ordinary &C.
CURED in either branch of congress.
In the house the members sang and
told stories and boisterously filled in
the last hours. General Grosvenor
(Ohio), who retires from the house,
was presented with handsome silver
service by his colleagues of the fifty
ninth congress. In the senate the pro-
ceedings were entirely decorus. Sena-
tor Gallinger withdrew the ship sub
Sdy bill and therefore the filibuster
against it was not continued to the
end as had been anticipated. The con-
ference report on the bill regulating
he Of IF 1xxyou
ployes was agreed to. Resolutions
were adopted thanking Vice President
Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon for
their unvarying impartiality and re-
sponses were made by these presiding
officers just prior to their letting fall
the gavels which adjourned the con.
gress sine die.
Galleries Are Crowded.
The galleries of both houses were
crowded and by order of the sergeants-
alarms the visitors were permitted to
occupy all of the space available as
standing room. The floors of the
chambers, in the rear of the seats of
members, were filled with committee
clerks and other employees at the CAPT.
toll.
At the close of the proceedings the
visitors 'unrestrainedly applauded with
cheers and handclapping and then fol
lowed the exchange of farewells by
the members.
The president left the White House
at 1880 for the capitol, arriving there
about IL o'clock. Before he left the
executive Offices the Aldrich currency
bill was signed, and the first measure
signed after his arrival at the capitol
was one authorizing an immigrant sta
ton at Charleston, S. C.
President Holds Session important.
Notwithstanding that the president
was turned down" on several of his
pet measures, he is still of the opin-
ion that it was the most important ses-
sion of the national legislature ever
held. He secured the passage of the
railroad rate bill, the pure food bill,
the railroad hours of service bill, the
measure prohibiting campaign contri-
buttons by banks and corporations, the
meat inspection bill, the law creating
the new state of Oklahoma, and many
other measures of value to the coun-
try at large.
Both house and senate lose many
picturesque and valued members to-
day. Of those who are best known to
the public the house loses General
Grosvenor of Ohio, Littauer of New
York, Lacy of Iowa, and McCleary of
Minnesota, the "stand-patter."
Nearly $1,000, 100000 Appropriated.
This was a record-breaking body.
Appropriations totaled $1,S49, 000,0 900,
of which $SSO,O00,OOO was distributed
at the first session and 1858, 1888 900 at
the short term. The appropriations
for the session ended Monday were
distributed as follows:
Agriculture .........................$ $500, 900
Army ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. rs, 900
Diplomatic and consular......... 3,085, 900
District of Columbia. ............ OTIS 600
Notifications ..................... 1885,, 900
Indian .......................... IA, 254 900
Legislative, executive and judi
cial ........................-.. 80, 900 900
Military academy. 1947 900