Show FIFTYNINTH CONGRESS IS NOW IN HISTORY Final Session of Both Branches End at Few Minutes Past Noon on Monday March 4 Washington With a new record for largo appropriations and fnr reach ing legislation tho Fiftyninth congress con-gress was brought to a close shortly after noon on Monday March 4 Tho last few hours were tamo by comparison compari-son with what had been expected I Long before noon Senator Gallingers I fight for the passage of tho ship subsidy sub-sidy bill had been abandoned and tho filibuster against It conducted by Sen ator Catmack being no longer necessary neces-sary ho surrendered the floor much to the disappointment of tho galleries galler-ies Extreme fatigue duo to continued con-tinued night session In tho house during dur-ing the last week had a dampening effect upon many congressmen and the usual excessive last day enthusiast en-thusiast was confined to less than half the membership President Roosevelt with his cabinet cabi-net White House staff and a number of guests occupied the presidents box In the senate wing Seated at a big table In the center of tho room he signed bills as they were enrolled and presented to him On account of the dispatch with which business had been conducted during tho past week there were only forty bills to bo signed on tho last day Vice President Fairbanks and I Speaker Cannon received tho thanks of the minority for tho impartial manner man-ner In which they had presided over tho deliberations of the two houses and both made speeches expressing gratitude at the words of appreciation apprecia-tion A feature of the house session was the presentation of a club silver service of 300 pieces to General Gros venor by his colleagues of the Fifty ninth congress In the senate the last of the proceedings pro-ceedings was the speech by Yb President Falrbanlts prior to adjournment adjourn-ment at 1213 p m |