The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-05
Final Session of Both Branches
Ends at Few Minutes
Past Noon.
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL
WITHDRAWN IN SENATE
Stirring Scenes in House: Trib-
utes to Speaker Cannon and
Chairman Fairbanks.

WASHINGTON, D. C., March A.
10 1.-THE Fifty-ninth Congress ended at
nlnoon today, according to the declara-
tions of the presiding officers. although
+ The clocks marked 12:l3 in the Senate
|zot, and 1915 in the House. The delay
p. uos occasioned by slight error in the
|fed enTollment of the railway employees
y. hours of service bill, and this was the
4 0iost measure to reach the President
No scenes out Of the ordinary oc-
Icurred. In the House the members
sang and told stories.
f'Vy In the Senate the proceedings were
i5ccorous Senator Gallinger withdrew
.the shin subsidy bill and therefore the
:, laIihuster against it was not continued
|ne;|to the end. The conference report upon
the bill regulating the hours of ser,
F. E s|se |s'sS Of '.,'N'y w., .,ou..
,.My Country. 'Tis of Thee rang
lont in the House as the clock was
,fnrned hack fifteen minutes IN order
kicslthat the bill limiting the hours OF la"
|n,, lbor for railroad employees mlgnt De
.1enroled.. 4 recess was ordered and
.sYSe songs began Hundreds ef waving
III. los in the hands of the members made
hi sSkstirrinp picture. The galleries Joined
l.. | ~ tbe chorus and made the chamber
h. ring The Speaker called Mr.. Clark OF
|aS;l Missouri to the chair. Mr.. Williams
of Mississippi, the minority leader, rose
srland said that another Congress was
|ye,.Iahout TO die; that the work performed
fpf1bv the Fifty-ninth Congress would
stand as the best work the Nation
Emsthas had in many years,
|es'S Then he spoke of the Speaker:
|b Z "The Speaker. whom every one loves
for his big brain, big heart, and I'M
|aut partialitv.
bis \ Mr. Williams then presented reso-
|m Sutton thanking Speaker Cannon for me
s7intellipent constant end impartial
|sstimanner in which he had presided.
n Mr.. Cannon was thereupon escorted
|sa lin. while the chamber rang with ap-
|Nnp planse.
E. |;,.. ler said
|., Response of the Speaker.
Furr az thank YOU. gentlemen, for your
lief Kindness in the deed and words of tins
brdsIdsy but even more cordially do
thank you for your unvarying and con:
|Su stant Friendship during. every one OF
a. the laborious and eventful days or the
M'lFifty.ninth Congress. Some Congresses
Pin1have done their work under the stress
,of rational trial and even national dis
|u,", |.a ,msssSl; il has been our good fortune
|rc ,td our work in a period OF prosper
l. 1ts,y 40 ahounding as to surpass all the
T. 5fimaeining Of the past. The states
H. &men of the days of stress Will always
H n have first place in the affections or
[is sthe people, but the men who with 10y
|IiuiIalty and devotion strive to keep
Efis,I mighty nation III the pathway of pru-
bo adence and common sense while pros
edperity abounds on every corner, have
liz troubles not always understood or sym
|con pat hized with by the people, but which
you well know of. In the two years
|ci NOV closed-years eventful in the pre-
sAtcedents set in these legislative halls,
\ ~ the good that may come TO the people
IN sftherefrou,-vour fidelity TO your own
duty and Your intelligent appreciation
led OF duty, even when IT has crossed some
skr.of your cherished purposes, have had
Hmy constant encouragement and sup
Va. port In bidding you farewell TO ex-
|mus press my appreciation of this, and to
|s nwish YOU in the future all success and
be 7nsefulness In your chosen walks of
h E@life
h " And now, in pursuance Of the re-
|pre lquircments of the Constitution. [ de-
|uri fclars the House of Representatives adj
h rIJonrned without day.
tatf Final Session Of Senate.
L. The closing exercises in the Senate
T. did not begin until six minutes after
nv noon. Previously Senator Hale had
II secured the addition of n Joint resolu
|. tlon authorizing committee of Sena-
|n tors and Representatives to wait upon
nIt The President and inform him that the
fpwork of the Fifty-niuth Congress was
nnished, "unless the President has
! Ltsrf Some other communication 10 make. -
Senators Hale and Pcttus were APP
o. pointed on this committee. The ad-
gournment hour had passed when they
Hare ftook their places in the center aisle
Ire n and announced that the President had
|zer peen communicated with and that he
|,ut mad replied ''hc has no further commu-
luitl nicatlon.'' Senator Allison at tins
hrs point took the presiding officers chair
'rua and MIR, Fairbanks retired TO the Vice
nj president q room. Senator lackburn,
|1obr9 tne minority leader, took the floor.
ta Tribute to Fairbanks.
Pt VI "sSpeaking for the minority he
|st sad, cit affords me great pleasure to
b.. loner a resolution which expresses the
hsi Iexpcrience ! have had and / am quite
|rt& snre voices the sentiment of every
|taD senator in this chamber, bearing testi,
mony TO the courtesy. the fairness and
|->t tne ability with which our presiding of
Office. y
y1 The. resolution rendered "the thanks
|, t. %sSt SS$ 'xl Senate TO Vice President Fair
H. pan ESsfor the dignifed, impartial and
ssn5s,ySarteons manner in which he has pre-
- I-3SSiucd over the Senate s deliberations
~, uuTmlpg the present session
4 G1 me resolution was unanimously
|rd and replying TO the resolution. said.
II the chair has been able to con
h. tha ,a'e the Senate of his impartiality ir
Pes ,-n5 olscharge of the duties which dc