Fifty-third Ends

Washington, Mirón 4.- The Fifty-third congress bus passed out of existence. As the hands of the clock pointcd to 110011 today the gavels in either house came down with a resounding thwack on the respective presiding ollloers' desks and something over 400 statesmen ueaved a beavy sigli of relief and oongratulated themselves that it was all over. Thoro Were a number of goodbyes sald, - few au revoirs, and in a short rimo silonce had posaesslon of the two ehambers thac since last December liad rung with the r oquence of senator and representativo. The close of the session was lik all 01 hor closes - f uil of hurried conference, of compromiso nul adjus tinene o differences ou the bilis that had to pass - the appropria' tion bilis. Wtre A wake iti the Kai ly Morn. It was 2 ;i. in. yesierday before the two hotises that had met Sftturday coucluded that a receas wouitl not hurt business, but rather. probably, enable conference couimittees u nmke bettcr pi-orrcss. and so it carne ubout thao the oougresa of the United States was in open gession and transacting# business at 2 a. m. ou Sun.day. BuC to the statcisuion it was not Sunday. The session of eoiifire-s was that of Saiurday Alarch 2, COntinued. With thls liction it is supposed some ol' the gentlemen who woul.i Imj horrorstruok at the idea of profaning the ''Sabbath" eased ilieir consciences and got in their work for their (xnstitueuts, when they bould. l-'eature of th Keceitt Scssion. A review of the work of this last session of the Fifty-third consrress must necessarUy deal more with what was attempted Kj be dono than that which was aocotuplished. The term has been partieularlv marked by the inability of thesenate and tlio house to agree upon any of the most important problems pre-ented by them. Congress met on ilie 4th of Decembor last with mu! itnperattve and yeren nial task, to frame and enai't the various appropriation bilis. Next in importance was the financia! question, for which no delinite plan of settlement beyond many tree silver bilis and various individual scbemes were thon in view. Several important bilis carne ever as a heritage from the preeeding: session. Foremost among them were, in the house, the Nicaragua canal bilí, the railroad pooling bill and the bill for the settlement of the indebtedness of the Union Paciflc railroads. sknne of the Bills That Iaileil. The Nicaragua canal project has not been able to secure a hearing in the house, although it passed the senute. The pooling bill was passsd by the house carly in the session, but the senate refused to consider it. titrong opposition to the Keilly bill was developed in the house and after very sharp debate it was recommitted to the eoinmittee without instructions. Then there were several legacies from the first session - the bankruptcy bill, the anti-option bill, the "pop-gun" tariff bilis to place sugar, coal, iron and barbed wire on the free list, are the most important - which are lelt over vet.