The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-08
FIFTf-NINTH CONGRESS
HAS ADJOURNED

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The Record Made Is Gratifying To
Both Parties.
SOME OF THE STRIKING INCIDENTS.
1t Was in the House Instead of the Sen
ate That 1t Became Necessary to Turn
Back the Clock-A Great Day for
Gen. Grosvenor, the Venerable Repre-
sentative From Ohio.
Washington, D. g. (SpeciaD-Con-
gress adjourned Monday after one OF
the most fruitful sessions in legisla-
ton. Senators and members, when
the gavel fell in each House adjourn
ing the session without delay, left
the Capitol with the feeling that the
American people have every reason
to be proud of the work of their rep
resentatives at Washington.
Much important legislation has
been enacted, and even the Demo-
Gratis feel content, for they know
that they can safely claim to have,
if not enacted, at least honestly CO.
operated with the Republicans in the
enactment of the important laws that
have been made by the Fifty-ninth
Congress. In the House Mr.. Will
liams, the leader of the minority,
made the usual speech thanking
Speaker Cannon on behalf of the mi
nority for his fairness and his kind
ness. In the Senate Mr.. Blackburn
introduced a resolution in similar
vein. In each case the expressions
of appreciation were sincere, for the
Democrats in the House admire
Speaker Cannon and the Democrats
in the Senate respect Mr.. Fairbanks.
In the House the Democrats were
jubilant over the fine record they
made in these closing days of the
session in the Sixteen-hour Bill, and
In the Senate the Democrats were
equally gratified at their success in
defeating the Ship Subsidy Bill. So
with the Republicans proud over
what Congress has done and the
Democrats happy over what was left
undone there was an era of good
feeling at both ends of the Capitol.
Closing Scenes i'm the Senate.
If the closing hours of the staid
and dignified senate differed in any
respect from any previous occasion
it was that the Senate scorned to
avail itself of the parliamentary de-
vice of turning the clock back. For
years immemorial it was the recur-
ring practice of the venerable Cap
tain Bassett to stand guard over the
great clock in the Senate Chamber
in the closing moments of the ses-
sion, and with long pointer turn
back the minute hand of the clock
each time that it touched the So
minute-of-12 mark. This was the
Captains great act, and the ap-
plause in the galleries was sweeter
than incense and the odor of roses.
But this year Father Time went on,
with no Captain Bassett to stop him,
and the clock stood at 1915 when
Mr.. Fairbanks, tapping his desk for
the last time with his dainty little
ivory gavel, declared the Senate ad-
journed.
The crowded galleries soon found
it more interesting to watch Mrs.
Longworth, the daughter of the Pres
ident, who sat in the Presidents pew
with friends, than to follow the pro-
ceedings. For the proceedings were
tame enough. The Senate had met
at $50 o'clock A. M, with every
Democratic senator in his place and
the tireless Mr.. Carmack fresh prim-
ed to continue the merry filibuster
against the Subsidy Bill.
A Dignificd Surrender.
Mr.. Carmack took up the thread
of his discourse, aided and abetted
at times by other Democratic sena-
tors, until at exactly II o'clock Mr..
Gallinger at last surrendered. He
abandoned his bill after an address,
short, dignified, good-natured, and
full of truths that will deserve the
earnest consideration of the Ameri-
can people, and which must bear
fruit if the people of this country
ever hope to have the American flag
on a merchant feet. He pointed out,
among other things, that this coun-
try, which was refusing to spend a
penny for American ships, was spend
ing $12.000,000 to improve the har-
Dor of Galveston, and yet the only
ship flying the American flag that
ever came into or sailed out of that
great harbor was a little schooner
of some 800 tons. The Panama
Canal would cost this country, be-
fore it was finished, $40,00o.OOO, he
continued, and yet the only Ameri-
can ship that would ever sail through
that canal would be an American
battleship or the yacht of some
American millionaire.
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