The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-05
CONGRESS- IS OVER
SIxTIETH SESSION COMES TO A
 CLOSE.
The Final Act Took Place fin Senate Chnmber, Where Both Houses Witnessed New Adminis-
 tration's Incoming.

Washington, March 4-Tne SlNtietH Congress came to an end at noon to- day, and it glided into the Sixty-hrst so imperceptibly that the change was scarcely noticeable.
 The final act, though unofficial inso- far as the House was concerned, LOOK place in the Senate Chamber. where both Houses witnessed the incoming or tfe new administration. The senate will meet at noon tomorrow to consid- ar President Taft's nominations, but the House will not convene again un- til the beginning of the extra session of Congress. to be called Tor the loth instant.
 The Senate met at s:30 a. m, but the proceedings were confined to the most formal work mainly adoption or tne complete report of the conferees on tht pension appropriation bill, the last oi the great supply measures which the House also passed within one nour o' adjournment, and the appointment or two or three commissions in aeeoru' ance with recent Congressional enac'' ments. Vice President Fairbanks ue- Byered an address, in response 10 res oiuttons thanking him for his conuuc' of inc office Immediately after au' iournmcnt of the Sixtieth Congress, ,h' proclamation of the Pres1oeht calliiS the Senate in extraordinary sessloh " consider Presidential appointments was read at the ulrectloh o'
 Vice President, Mir. sherman.
 Irtterlv lacking in all the stirrln8 III. cidents usually marking the close U, Congress the House, at ll'"' o'clock. was declared by SpeaheT S non. to be adjourned witpou. i Having re-convened at io eioen the morning. the two hours were sp, in cleaning up conference aat nublic nassing A few bills of no great p"'N interest. ;,,oa a unani- nnous vote of thanks whlch he
 knowledgeI amid some applause. +o
 "The special committee appointed .o wait upon the President, as IS
 custom, said that he had 1urthel eV rarnJcations to make. The Speaker wished the members peace heal'h " nrosnerity and the House ad1ourheo, the members marching over to the Senate.
 During the sessions. Chairman raw ney. of the appropriations coinihl''ee iu-the House, declared that the eA penditures of the government have al no time. except in war, increased as rapidly as during the past eight years primarily caused by popular and ex- ecutive demands upon Congress Tor concentrations for the exercise or rights and functions belonging ex- clusively to the States, and the ab- normal and unnecessary war eApehoi lures in time of peace.
 ADpropriations during the past eight years, including the fiscal year 1910, he said, were equal to SHOOT, ,S39, 1S3 and he declared that at the end or the present fiscal year there will De deficit of $175.000,000. He severely criticised the executive branch for submitting estimates of expenditures far in excess of estimates of receipts. Ia expiring session at $1,644.014,293.
 StupendOus Appropriations
 MT Livingston, (Georgia) the rank ing minority member of the commit tee. characterized the appropriations as stupendous. saying they exceeded last session by s35, and greater than at any two sessions prior to 1898. He declared Congress should be com mended for the millions It had refused to appropriate notwithstanding the pressure brought to bear by the eX- ecutive and the badgering of innumer- able interests on all sides clamoring to get their hands into the Treasury"
 Senator Culberson submitted a state ment covering the past seven years, stating that the increase of appropria- tions for 1910 show an increase OCT those for 1903 of over SIPS 0OO 900 or about Fl per cent, and that the treas ury estimated expenditures for 191n exceed 1902 by over $37500 O00 an increase of 63 per cent. in eight years In the failure of Minority Leader Clark to present the usual resolutions to the retiring Speaker, MT. Payne, the majority leader, presented them. and Mir. Cannon, in reply. alluded to Mir. Clarks attitude. without mention ing it specifically, and then said:
 After all is said and done in the affairs of parties and of men. what is | I. men; men who favor policies that they believe in and have the courage of their convictions. Whether 1t be the majority or the minority-and a minor ity virile and patriotic, is as necessary as is majority in a Government of the people, strong men in public life, as well as in private life. strike above the belt and tell the truth. As one member of this House, and under the tongue of good report and evil report. I have performed my duty as a repre- sentative and Speaker to the best of my knowledge. without regard to per sonal consequences to me. I thank the members of the House for their cooperation, approval or criticism. when approval or criticism is not full some on the one hand or captious on the other for the mere purpose of praise or the mere purpose of com | demnatins.
 q wish you health and prosperiay individually. Some of you are not members If the incoming Congress. You join the great body of citizenship in private life; you will perform your duties there as well no doubt. You may return again. I can look in the faces of many of you who depart from public life, on both sides of the House
 with sorrow, and not joy, at your de- parture May peace, health and pros
 perity attend your footsteps"
 The Speakers remarks brought gen.