The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-06-02
CONGRESS AOJOURNS.
Wild Scenes During Last Ses-
sion Of the House.
CURRENCY BILL PASSED
La Toilette, Who Spoke For Eighteen
and Half Hours, Loses Fight
Through Triek--Messure Signed arc.
Is Now a Law.

and Half Hours, Loses Fieh,
Through Triek--Msssure Signed arc
Is Now Law.
Washington. June 1-Congress al
Journed sine die al ll.50 O'Clock sat
uriay night President Roosevelt or
rived at the senate about O'Clock &C.
facilitate the signing of bills
Never before was such a scene Wit
messed in the house OF representative IS
as that which furnished the climax O.
the goodnatured fun Of the closius
night OF this session. A committee hay
ing been dispatched 10 inform the pres
idcnt that congress was ready 20 ali
journ. there was for a time no lesis n
tive matters % occupy the attention %.
the house. Republicans and Dcmocrnr s
marched through the aisles. yeirnc
AID waving br0oms. The hub5ub CON
unued until a few minutes before al
journmcnt.
The closing scenes in the sena 8
were charactrized by am unusua 3
large atteidance In the galleries Tae
filibuster over the currency bill w-s
the drawing card
Through superior gencralship on tic
part OF the Republican leaders the q
Toilette flibuster came TO a suddr .
end. Before Senator la Toilette Au IS
what was going on. before he cou .
reach the senate chamber in fact f1l
the coup was accom- plished during fIs
absence in his committee room. tre
senators We're voting on the curren ry
bin conference report
II was all over in few minute. T @
report was adopted. and that mea q
the passage Of the bill The president
signed the bin and it is now a law.
The closing scene was dramat
Senator la Toilette. who spoke f.r
eighteen and half hours. rushing fl e
the breach. made a futile domonstra
ton. but had no chance. Once a rcl
call is started there is nothing OF 3
parliamentary nature to stop &c. For
three TO twenty-five was the final voi
All those who voted In the affirm
tive were Republicans. One OF the D.
was la Toilette. who changed his vote
from mo" 20 aye" so that no cou q
move 10 reconsider But Senator ID
drich. by whose strategy the currcncy
measure was put through. made tie
reconsideration motion first and tho1
had It laid on the table. thus prevent
Ing future attempt 20 reconsider. TIC
other Republicans who voted again Q
the bin were Borah. Bourne. Brown
and Hepburn
During the presidents stay az tie
capitol be signed the public building
general deaciency. government lab
ity and other bills placed before him
Before leaving the capitol ,he pre-
dent expressed himself as well SAT-
fed with the work OF the session.
The usual Resolutions were adopt g
in the senate and house commentator
OF the presiding officers OF the rospc-
tive houses. TO which both the vice
president and the speaker made dttiue.
replies
The vice president announced tic.
names OF the nine members of ill.,
Joint congress currency commission
created by the Aldrich-Vreeiand Din
They are Senators Aldrich. Allison
Hale. Burrows. Knox. Daniel Teller
Money and Bailey.
Speaker Cannon announced the fof
lowing as the house members. Reru8
licans. Nrecland. OF New York. Over
street OF Indiana: Burton, OF Ohio
Weeks. OF Massachusetts. Denying OIL
Colorado. and Smith. OF California
Democrats. Padgett. OF Ternes.e
Burgess. OF Texas. and Pajo. OF Louis
iana