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Show ii m iii1. he Filiy-iirst Congress of the United States Adjourned sine Die at Xoou Today. m Unusually Large Attendance of Members, but Also an Unusually Disorderly One. rHE GEAND TINAL LOVE FEAST- (senator Iil tlr, Evai-ts, Hampton, I jinguilM, I'ttnif and Snootier I Siiy Farewell. ' T e Annual Appropriation Bills Rushed Through and All Have Already been Signed by Harmon. ; :enes of litter and confusion. 1 dnted and pithy Speech from Speaker Ileed Hint Vice-President Morton News Irom tlie Capital. the bill, lit, consoled Stewart by assuring as-suring him that tho senate was committed com-mitted to the state claims by a vote, not by sentime nt, and that it "was only a matter of time when they would be paid. In conclusion he promised that tho con-feres con-feres would make a further report in a very short time. Then Sherman interposed a motion for an executive session. The galleries were cleared and the doors chssed. It was a quarter to 11 o'clock when the doors were reopened. The clerk of tho house appeared at the bar with a message announcing that the house had agreed to the conference con-ference report on the general deficiency bill. Immediately afterwards Hale presented the same conference report to the senate anil moved its adoption. Stewart asked w hat disposition had I cen made of the amendment in dispute. dis-pute. Ho was informed by Halo that the house conferees were so lirm in their resistance to these amendments t hat it became a question of giving up the amendments or giving up tho bill, lu consideration mainly of the largo pensiou appropriation which the bill contained the senate conferees receded from the amendments and tho amendments amend-ments arj now out of the bill. The report re-port w as agreed to. Morgan applied to bo excused from further service on the committee of for-eigu for-eigu relations. Hoar objected and said it would be with tho great regret of tho senate ami country that the distinguished distin-guished senator from Alabama would withdraw from that important committee. com-mittee. The senate declined to accede the Central Pacific railroad for tho transportation of troops and the French spoliation claims; report adopted. Cogswell of Mississippi moved thai tho house recede from its disagreement to the French spoliation claims amendment. amend-ment. Butterworth of Ohio, opposed tho motion vigorously and attacked the proposition to pay tho claims, lie was frequently interrupted and tho house fell into a tumult. Tho motion was agreed to, US to 80. Dackery offered a resolution directing the house conferees to insist on the disagreement dis-agreement to the Pacific railroad items; adopted. Tho house insisted on tho disagreement disagree-ment to all remaiuing points iu dispute. Burrows of Michigan, having taken the chair, McKinlcy ol Ohio offered tho following: That tlritilfof this hniisn hi pn-senteil Hem, Thomas IV Kernl (or the ai-le. Impai-niil ami ftlKiillieit maimer In wnlrh lie preHeleil over ll rieliber.ttmn iiml perfermi'ii the at'iluous ;ml import an. duties of t-pealier. Mil, s demanded the yeas anil nays. Tho resolution was agreed to, yeas l.Y,', nays 114. A strict party vote. The republicans immediately burst into a volley of cheers, which were redoubled re-doubled when Mills inquired whether this was a part of the funeral services. Cannon submitted tho report on tho mineral deficiency bill, and while he was explaining the report tho speaker resumed the chair. His appearance was the signal for a wild outburst on the republican side, papers ami records were thrown iu the air; handkerchiefs waved and for a few moments tho chamber rang with cheers. But throughout tho tumult tho speaker was calm and with a few vigorousstrokes of his gavel restored order. Brockenridge of Kentucky, rising, paid a tribute of respect to the chairman chair-man of the committee on appropriations. appropria-tions. (Mr. Cannon), and said, "on the lloor, in committee and in personal contact, .Mr. Cannon earned tho gratitude grat-itude of the gentlemen on the democratic demo-cratic sido. Loud applause from both sides of tho chamber. The conference report on the deficiency defi-ciency bill was agreed to, thus disposing dispos-ing of tho last of the general appropriation appropria-tion bills. Funstan of Kansas moved to suspend the rules and pass the senate bill for the erection of a public building at Kansas Kan-sas city. Kansas, to cost not less than $1.V),000. Ju speaking to this motion, Springer of Illinois congratulated the country that the era of treasury trea-sury raids was now at a close. The republican sido had but fifty-live minutes min-utes in which to put its hand into the treasury and squander the people's money. The motion was lost, not securing se-curing a two-thirds vote. On motion of McKinlcy the speaker was authorized to appoint a committee of three to join with a committee appointed ap-pointed by the senate to wait upon the president and in form him that the two houses were ready to adjourn, unless he hail some further communication to make to them. McKinlcy, I'ayson and Mills were appointed ap-pointed as such a committee. Belden of New York, moved to suspend sus-pend the rules and pass the bill for the relief of Henry S. Rhodes. Tho yeas and nays were ordered but interrupted by the 'speaker with the statement that in enrolling the agricultural bill, the appropriation of $1."0,000 for the relief destitute persons in the west had been inadvertantly ..retained. He therefore asked tinanirrVus consent for the passing pass-ing of the joiiil! resolution rectilyingthe mistake. Pickler of South Dakota objected, whereupon Kunston of Kansas vigorously vigor-ously exclaimed: "Shame on you, shame on you, you villain, you villain," but Pickler subsequently withdrew his objection ob-jection and the joint resolution was I passed. Speaker Rend then rose and said: Aftr two lotiR and stormy ses-dons. In some repets unpuralleled la a hundred years tho house of representatives of the tifty-tlr-'t cn-uTess cn-uTess will soon pass with a completed record into the history of the country and its works will follow It. Wh.it we have done Is in a larno measure iwlitical, whatever what-ever is political, however. Is fie sternest, stern-est, liio-tt t irbulent, most unforgiving passions of the human raee. Political action c:m never be Justly viewed from a near standpoint. stand-point. Time and distance are needed for ripe judgment ami the verdict history is the, rnly verdict worth recording. To state In language which would so.mi to me to be a leipiate, !ho achievements of the house would not be siiitatlB to this time; to this plare. Nor is it in the least needful that I t-honld here nnd now rekindle 1 1 1 dlputes or fan dylnt: embers of atruiodes p:ist, or whether we have disposed of the question of finance with wisdom anl broad statesmanship. Time will surely show whether in these things we have done well and whether the thines we have attempted are for the furtherance of hum liberty. That we are actuated by hitrh and honorable motives will be visible 1 1 all the world at no distant day. hir a -tl ms are catalogued and all enumeration enu-meration and prniso by ourselves would be in vain. If our deeds A not praise us. our words cannot. Confident as I am of the verdict, ver-dict, of time on what we have done, I am s'lll morn conlhlent that the highest rec im-nu-ndation wlil be itlven us in the future, not It what measures we have passed, valuabe as they are. but because we have taken so Ion,' astrdo In the direction of rospousiMe government, govern-ment, llavinn demonstrated to the people that those whi have t een elected to do their will ca i doit. Henceforth excuses will not he ta'-:tm for performance and the government by t ie p ople will be stronger In bends toward those wuo have opposed what the majority of the I'ouse des red. We can have no tin -tndly or personal feelings. Whoever offers battle to old convictions and faiths im:st exnect battle and vigor of resistance, must always bar ome propoition to th- vl,'or of tho onset, To members on my left, with whom I am politically politic-ally assoit ited. I beg to tender my mo -ts n -ere and heartTelt ack wwlertjement. No man ever received more unrnntrn: and millinching support or f -om a band more pafotle. I am proud to acknowledge in all that has -eendone 1 hae been ore in a multitude, and t tat the 1 honors of t ie li ft y lirst congress beL, n to you a one. I now declare this hoti-e a i..oiirned I without day." I WasiIisotov. March 4. When the I4(h of March broke upon the capitol I the corridors were almost deserted and tho galleries of both hoiisis well nigh ' tcnantless. The senate had taken a recess just before daylight until !) o'elovk and tho hall of the house was the nceno of litter and confusion. There was an unusually largo attendance attend-ance of members but it was also an unusually un-usually disorderly assembly. Tho speaker appeared to bo the most serene person in tho vast hall, saving certain representatives who tilted themselves back in t heir easy rhairs or had thruwn themselves upon the ample lounges and wero more or less advanced towards some slumber. 'J'ho sharp voice of the speaker rang out as clearly as ever, calling for order and in remonstrance with unruly members who sought to indulge in "horso play." As the day grew signs of life outside the hall of tho houses multiplied. Members who ha.f stolen off for tho night to their rot ins began to drop in quietly. The filiate doors were reopened. re-opened. Largf crowds of people who take an inlerrst in the congressional t'eath ftrugujc began to Hock to the i "' , Si to seat themselves in the y t10 'as' t'a'''s ('t'ss"m was , Br, Kvarts, Hampton, - . iud Spooncr, six sena-s sena-s expired at uoon, were tttmber to the last and ' tfkmanifestation of con-"''tV. con-"''tV. JjWving tho old faiuil- W K-r- Xtfcngn now and aain one I associates 'approached to say ! r P"--1 SENATE. IkHiSiiTDN, March 4. In the senate iorning. after the passage of the i '"-'seill to supply artificial limbs to pensionvw every three years instead of every five years, the conference report of the bill for the reorganization of the artillery and infantry forces of the army was reported anil agreed to. Ilawlcy explained that tho report was merely for a change of organization and did not increase the army. The house bill to is.siio a commission commis-sion to Philip C. Johnson, as rear-admiral in the uavy and deliver it to his widow, was passed. A message from tho house proposing a further conference on tho legislative appropriation bill was presented and agreed to. At 4 a. m. Allbon returned to the chamber and presented the conference report on tho legislative bill, tho senate receding from the amendments as to senators, clerks and session committee clerks, leaving them still at per diem compensation. Tho report was then agreed to. Tho conference report on the deficiency de-ficiency bill was presented, Hale said nearly all the items in dispute had been arranged. Still unsettled wero the questions as to tho Pacific railroad claims; payments to widows of Chief Justice Waite and Justice Miller; tho French spoliation claims and the claims of states for moneys expended in the lute war and the war of 1'Jl. While the report was being discussed, Pascoe called attention to tho fact that there was a motion to reconsider the vote on the copyright bill and request the house to return the bill until the senate, bill had been signed by the speaker of the house and laid on the table of the vice-president. vice-president. He asked, pending action to .Morgan s request. On motion of Kdmunds a committee ot two senators was appoiuted to join a like committee on tho part of the botist to wait on tho president and inform him that congrtss was ready to adjourn. ad-journ. Kdmuuds and Gorman were appointed on tho part of the senate. Hansom offered a resolution which was unanimously agreed to, tendering thanks to tho vice-president for the courteous, dignified ami able manner In w hich ho had presided over tho deliberations de-liberations of the senate, Tho house bill for tho protection of the lives of miners in tho territories was passed. A resolution was offered by Mitchell instructing the judiciary committee to inquire ami report as to tho date when the laws relating to Chinese restriction expire; whether in or 1WI4; also when the Chinese exclusion act of 1HSS shall expire. He explained that his object was to have new legislation on the subject before the existing laws ceased to operate; resolution agreed to. OAt Jialf past eleven, McPherson, clerk of tho house, presented tho senate deficiency de-ficiency bill, enrolled and signed by the speaker and it was immediately signed by tho vice-president and carried to the president. Allison asked and obtained leave to have printed iu the record a summary of the appropriations for this session. In the nature of the thing, he said, that statement could not be prepared in a few days. To a suggestion of Cockrcll's Allison gave reply that it would be a "lair, candid statement of tho situation, whatever it is" The manner as well as tho tone and language employed by Allison gave rise to laugh(ter among the democratic senators. sen-ators. "I ktiw it will be .bad enough," Cockretadded, "but if it is fair and candid wie will be satisiod."- Mr. E.fttxtndsj reported that tho committee com-mittee aApointed to wait upon the president presi-dent iu conjunction with a similar committee com-mittee or the house, had waited on him and had informed him that tho two houses had coucluded thoir business and were ready to adjourn, and that the president had replied that ho had no further communication to make. He wished to tho president, senate and all its members a happy return to their homes and every felicity. Meanwhile t lie clerk of tho house had brought over a joint resolution just passed to correct an error iu tho enrollment of tho agricultural appropriation appro-priation bill. Tho joint resolution was passed, the last piece Of senate legislation legisla-tion of the fii'ty-lirst congress but it was of no force or effect, for before it could be sent back to tho house that body had adjourned. When no other business remained to be transacted the vice-president arose and made his farewell speech. He said : I am admoniBhcd by the dial that the life of the lift y-first c ingress Is ended and that the hour of separation an 1 farewell has again arrived. ar-rived. The record is made up and has gone Into history. No one of us can be unmindful as we part of the fa--t that ail are not with us who answered to thn first roll-call of this eon-giess. eon-giess. Tnree mem'.iers of this body, all taken irom one side of the cham'er, have answered tho last summons and g.'ne out forever fio.u the haunts of men. They were well worthy of the love we bote them and will l e cherished lu the hearts of the people as able, honorable and patriot le pull c servants. Without p'-cvious experience as a presiding officer I catue with distrust to the discharge of thn duty imposed by tho eonstli ution upon the vice-president in his relation to the senate, certain only of au unfaltering purpose to do right and of the patience and forhearance of i this great body. I acknow.elgo wlih grateful gen-lhlllty the courtesy and kindness which. even in critical and complicated situations the mrmh'-rs of the scnite were accustomed to accord mi an 1 the honor conferred by the resolution Just a.iopt'd in my absence from the chair. With the earnest hope that each memt et of this body may he blessed In every relation of life. on his motion, that the vice-president have his attention called to tho motion. The discussion, upon Pasco's motion to reconsider the vote agreeing to tho conference report on the copyright bill, occupied the attention of tho senate at intervals up to the hour of taking a recess. re-cess. Pasco complained that notwithstanding notwith-standing his motion the bill had been hurried to the vice-president, received tho vice-president's signature aud was nw awaiting the president's. Meantime the conference report on the agricultural appropriation bill had been agreed to, and a partial conference report on the deficiency bill agreed to, a further conference being asked. At 0:15 a. in. the senate took a recess tilt 0 a. ni. Senate resumed its session at 9 a. ni. with tho vice-jiresideut in the chair, pascoe's motion made at the night session ses-sion to reconsider the vote ngrceing to the conference report on the copyright bill and to recall the bill was defeated. A further conference report on the deficiency bill was presented and read. Stewart complained bitterly of tho action of the conferees in rejecting the amendment to reimburse California, Oregon and Nevada for expenses in-C'incd in-C'incd in supressing the rebellion, while provision was made in a bill for French spoliation claims, for which there was no judgement ot the courts. As soon ns he stopped speaking. Hale promised that the senate conferes on the deficiency bill would endeavor to secure as much as possible of action on I now declare the constitutional period of tho Fifty-first congress as havin ' been completed and the rettate stands adjo. rned without day." There was a good deal of applause on the lloor and in the galleries at the conclusion of Morton's little speech which was at precisely 13 minutes past i. For the next half hour or so there were on the floor and in tho halls many hearty and probably sincere leavclak-ings leavclak-ings of senators with each other aud with senata oflieials. HOUSE. Washington, March 4. In the house after the conference report on the copyright copy-right bill htid been agreed to Fusion, of Kansas, presented the conference report re-port on tho agricultural appropriation bill but the house, refused to accept it; 34 eas to 1 15 nays and a further conference con-ference was ordered. The conference report on the legisla live appropriation bill was agreed to. Cutclieon presented the conference report on the bill for the reorganization of the army rejected; yeas 4(5, nays 51. Cutcheon moved a further conference confer-ence rejected; yeas 54, nays 50, thus defeating the bill. Senate bill was passed to incorporate a national conservatory of music in America. As day broke Cannon of Illinois called up the disagreeing report mi the deficiency appropriation bill, the remaining re-maining points of difference being the appropriation for the payment of |