The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-26
CONGRESS ENDS
AT Il O'CLOCK
Speaker Cannon Says he Bears No
Malice Toward Anyone at
the Close of the
Session.
POSTAL BANK MEASURE
President Has Signed the Bill Which
viii Go Into Operation
Within Short
Time.
tGate city Leased wire Service.

IGate City Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, June 25.-"I leave |
behind me the contest of this winter
in the house with malice toward
none" With these words amid per-
feet silence Speaker Cannon at IL
O'Clock tonight adjourned the house
sion of the sixty-first congress. For
five minutes in low monotone, Can
non spoke to the house. No other
sound was audible. When he finished
the applause was moderate, and the
leave taking of the members unusual
ly quiet.
tive bodies" said Cannon, there are
some men earnest and positive. who
say that which under the circum-
stances otherwise they would not
say So upon sober second thought,
broad 1neh realized that these earn
est, positive men are not to be held
responsible for that which under the
influence of passion they say and
which they would not say In moments
when they were cool.
CAS- this house is about to close. as
one member and as the speaker,
| ington to my home, putting behind me
| the contest through which this house
has passed and | go with malice to-
ward none. have nothing to apollo
| gize for as member or as speaker.
| | presume each member of this house
can now say the same. And so the
| chair adjourns this house, wishing
each member health, during the vaca-
ton period, hoping that we may meet
in next December, looking not back
ward but forward to the duties of
which we must perform"
Shortly before the closing hour the
senate passed a resolution praising
the fairness Of the vice president as
presiding officer.
Sherman repned, with a speech ex-
4 pressing his appreciation and graf
4 itude and announced adjournment.
4 The absence Of the usual uproarous
4 termination was surprising to many,
but followed a night session that
was full of serious work.
& The senate also adjourned sine die
in formal fashion at the appointed
hour without any demonstration.
IGate City Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, June 25.-Presi-
dent Taft signed the Postal Savings
Bank bill at six o'clock this evening.
The new banking system will be
put in operation as soon as a suitable
plan is devised by the trustees which
are the postmaster general, the secre
tary of the treasury and the attor
ney general.
IGate City Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, June 25.-A reso
, luton for the investigation of the
charges of bribery made by Senator
Gore was adopted by the senate to
night. 1t was introduced by Hughes
!. (Dem. Colo) and provided that the
, probe should be conducted by five
senators.
The house tonight followed the
lead of the senate and by a two-thirds
vote adopted the resolution prevail
ing for an investigation of the Gore
charges. This investigation will be in
dependent of the senate action.
: IGete City Leased Wire Servce.l
$ WASHINGTON, June 25.--In tn,
! presidents room" just off the lobb,
s of the senate, President Taft put il
!. exactly an hour tonight signing hi
t name to bills and holding impromptl
v receptions with various member!
s and senators. With him were Privat
Secretary Norton, Captain Butt, Sec
Z retaries Wilson. Ballinger, Knox, Ma
n gle, MacVeagh and Postmaster Gen
Il eral Hitchcock. Assistant Attorne
: General Lawler, Secretary of tn
d Navy Winthrop, Wade H. Ellis, Solic
d tor General Bowers, Census Directo
Durand and host of other govern
ment officials.
At 10:4S the President signed th
r. bill for publicity of campaign ea
If penses, and a moment later, tn
l. sundry civil bill.
IS At IL o'clock precisely the Pres
s dent signed an act to authorize tn
e loan by the War Department of tent
IS to the Appalachian exposition.
is This was the last measure approx
d ed.
Lei When the committee from the hous
d and senate waited on the Presider
and informed him that congress wa
20 about to adjourn, Senator Hale, th
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