The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-06-05
CONGRESS ADJOURNS.
House and Senate Close Just Be
fore Midnight Saturday.
The PRESIDENT is SATISFIED
The Currency Bill, Employers Liability
Bill and the Omnibus Public Measure
Among Those Passed.

Washington, D. C-The first session
of the sixtieth Congress came to a
close Saturday, midnight.
In the house the closing hours were
characterized by singing of songs and
the session closed with general good
fellowship among the members.
The senate was extremely quiet dur
ing the closing hours, held together
only by the necessity of remaining in
session for the engrossing and signing
of bills.
The last two days CT the senate will
be memorable on account of the fill
buster of Messrs. La Toilette, Stone
and Gore against the Aldrich-Vree-
land emergency currency bill, by the
remarkable interpretations of the rules
which go far to establish cloture in
body noteworthy for the freedom of
debate, and by the final passage of
the currency bill President Roosevelt
and several of his cabinet were at the
capitol during the evening and the
president signed the bill shortly before
no o'clock. The vote in the senate
stood 43 to % for passage.
The government employees liability
bill, providing for the payment of dam
ages for injuries or death, caused
while in the service, which has been
the source of no little uneasiness to
its sponsors in the senate, was taken
up and passed by that body after brief
consideration 1t was called }up by
Mr.. Depew after the final disposition
of the currency bill and upon vote
On consideration. H
On motion Of Senator McLaurin, the
provisions in the bill penalizing any
government employee who should be
deemed guilty of Illegally receiving
compensation for injuries, was stricken
out.
The house late passed the omnibus
public building bill.
Immediately after the official an
nouncement in the house Of the agree
ment by the senate to the conference
report on the currency bill, Speaker
Cannon recognized Mr. Bartholdt of
Missouri who called up the conference
report On the measure and requested
that the rules be suspended and the re-
port adopted.
Mr. Barholdt explained in detail the
various points of the report.
The vote on the adoption of the re-
port stood, yeas, 214, nays, 4, present
and not voting, 8, those in opposition
being Messrs. Alexander of Missouri,
Crumpacker of Indiana, Fitzgerald OF
New York and LongWorth Of Ohio
The conference report on the gen
eral deficiency bill, the last of the
great government supply measures
acted upon by congress, was agreed to
by the senate 1t carries an appropria-
ton of $30,718,848, of which $12,466-
750 is to begin work authorized by the
public buildings bill, the authorizations
of which aggregate over $33,000,000
The house had passed the bill. The
bill itself was only briefly discussed
in the house, but it furnished an OPP
portunity for Messrs. TaWney of Min
nesota. and Fitzgerald of New York,
chairman and ranking minority mem
Der respectively of the committee on
appropriations, to make the usual
statement regarding the state Of the
national finances.
One bill giving the secretary of the
treasury the privilege of transferring
llUIdIy UOOho III uo0 III Lndb QSpdA u
ment to the life saving service, had
been passed by the senate and house,
but was not enrolled in time to be
signed by the president.
The president in conversing with
members of his cabinet present and
several senators stated that be was
very well satisfied with the accom-
plishments of the congressional ses-
sion.
The major appropriations enacted at
the session just closed follows:
For agriculture .. >. ..$ 11,672,1O8
Army :. :. 95,382,247
Diplomatic and consular :. 3,577, 463
District of Columbia Zone
half payable from dis
trict taxes ;. !. :. !. 1O,117,668
Fortifcations :. 9,317,145
Indian H.. :. :. ;. :. 9,253,347
judicial :. ;. 32,888,821
Military academy :. :. 845, 634
Navy E. :. =. :. :. 1872, 662, 485
Pensions =. .. .. =. :. 163,053,000 |
Postofice .. :. :. :. 222,962, 1892
Sundry civil :. =. :. :. =. 112,937,31
Deficiencies =. :. :. :. :. $685. 1913 |
Miscellaneous =. =. -. :. 100000
Permanent annual appro-
priations :. :. :. :. !. 154,144,S94
Grand total !. :. ]. s1,OOS,SO4,8s4