The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-06

from nearly every state had extended in
vitations to the President to visit them
when some one announced that the time
of adjournment was near at hand.
II must be off, for we are leaving for
Beverly tomorrow" said the President.
Mr.. Taft left the capitol at $50 o'clock
to return to the White House through
a driving storm. However the coverings
had been put on his big touring car and
the President escaped drenching.
Busy Day in Senate.
The signing of the general tariff bill
had been preceded by busy day, both
in the House and the Senate.
Meeting at 10 o'clock the Senate de-
voted four hours to the final debate on
the measure. At 2 o'clock the vote was
taken on the adoption of the confer
ence report which was agreed to, AZ to 81.
Following closely upon this action the
Senate adopted Mr.. Aldrich's concurrent
resolution providing for a resumption of
the duties on various manufactures of
leather to meet the views of western SELL
ators who had been defeated In their eff
forts for protection for hides. Senator
McCumber's resolution providing addition
al rebate regulations amending the motion
of Senator McLaurin to include a pro-
vision for free cotton bagging was adopt
ed without division. After this action there
remained nothing for the Senate except
to await the signing of the measure. Sem
ators Aldrich and Daniel were appointed
a committee to wait on the President III
conformity with the custom of inform
ing the chief executive that Congress
had concluded its business and was ready
to adjourn If he had no further COM
municaton to make.
Six o'clock was agreed upon by the two
houses as the hour for final adjourn
ment. Senators loitered about until the
arrival of that hour Democrats and re-
publicans, regular and irregular, formed
little social groups with no indications OF
hostility,
A resolution offered by Mr. Culberson
expressing tn appreciation of the Senate
for the able and impartial manner in
which the vice president had presided over
the sessions of that body was adopted.
In especially happy language Mr.. Sher-
man thanked the Senate for the court
eous treatment which had been extended
toward him at all times. His life In the
Senate, he said, had been made con-
tinual pleasure by the consideration shown
him.
He concluded his remarks by wishing
the senators a happy journey to their
homes, and declared the Senate adjourned
without day.
A burst of applause was accorded the
vice president as he laid down the gavel
of his authority at 55S p. M, two minutes
in advance of the time fixed.
Closing Hours In House.
| With its members nearly exhausted
| from the heat and the arduous labors of
! the last four months, the House of Rep
/ resentatives devoted the last day of the
session to perfecting the tariff bill and
| transacting a mass of routine business.
| Speaker Cannon announced his commit
/ tee appointments, and they were received
with varying degrees of satisfaction.
The concurrent resolution amending the
leather schedule of the bill was adopted
without a dissenting vote after 1t had
been discussed half an hour. No such
! good luck, however, befell the McCum-
ber-McLaurin resolution, revising the
drawback provision and placing cotton
bagging on the free list, which had been
previously adopted by the Senate.
On a point of order 1t was referred
back to the ways and means commit
tee. 1t was few minutes of when
Mr.. Payne's resolution fixing the hour
| of 6. as the time for adjournment.
| A half hour remained before the APP
| pointed hour of adjournment. and the
time was dragging so heavily that by d.
rection of the speaker the hands of the
| clocks were set ahead 26 minutes.
| Before adjourning, Speaker Cannon,
| with the members standing, their hats in
their hands, made a speech in which he
| thanked them for their service during the
| special session. Upon Its conclusion he
got round of applause from both sides.
cannon's Speech.
The speaker said:
IT desire to thank the membership of
the House for efficient and faithful, and
in my judgment wise, service during this
special session of Congress. Represent
ing as we do in the aggregate 90,000000
of people scattered as the population Is,
from the Atlantic to the Golden Gate,
and from the northern boundary to the
southern boundary, producing a. we do