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1913. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HO-GSE. 281 NO.:\-IINA.TIONS. SWEARING _IN OF MEMBERS . EJ.ecutfre nominations received by the enate April '21, 1913. l\Ir, KE ~KEDY of Iowa and l\fr. GooDWIN of Arkansas appeared COLLECTORS OF C STO~IS. before the bnr of the House and took the oath of office. William C. Logan, of Oregon, to be collector of customs for the MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT. di:;trict of Astoria, in the State of Oregon, in place of William F. The SPRAKER. Last Thursday the President sent a mess::ige McGregor, whose term of office expired by limitation June 15, in, and after the message came in certain gentlemen got into a 1912. prolono-ed parliamentary wrangle, and the gentleman from Ala Thomas C. Burke, of Oregon, to be collector of customs for bama [l\Ir. UNDERWOOD] moved to adjourn, and the hair for~ot the district of Portland, in the State of Oregon, in place of all about the messnge and now presents it to the House. Luckily Philip S. :Malcolm, whose term of office expired by limitation there is nothing in it that demands immediate action. January 9, 1911. 'l'he Clerk read as follow : AUDITOR FOR THE WAR DEPARTMENT. To tlle Senate and House of Rcprcsrntatit"cs: James L. Bnity, of Missouri, to e Auditor for the War De On August 21. 1912. aud October 19, 1912, there ''ere np partment in place of Elton A. Gongwer, resigned. pointed by the President. in accordance with the authority GOVERNOR OF ALASKA. granted to him to reorf.;anize the customs ser1ice. Winfiel<l T. J. F. A. Strong, of Juneau, Alaska, to be go-vernor of Alaska, Denison, Esq., au As ·istant Attorney General; William Loeb, Tice Walter E. Clark, resigned. jr., E.;,q., collector of customs nt New York; and Felix Frank furter. Esq., law officer of the Bnrea.u of Insular A.ffair.s, as a SURVEYOR GENERAL OF .ALASKA. committee to inquire into the procedure practice, and ml Charles E. Davidson, of Fairbank , .i\Jaska, to be suneyor ministratiYe u:.ethod of the Board of United States General gf'neral of Alaska, vice William L. Distin, term expired. Appraisers. PROMOTIOKS IN THE NAVY. I tran~mit herewith the re11ort of this committee on these Capt. George S. Willits, an additional number in grade, to be subject . a rear admiral in the Navy from the 26th day of .March, 1913. WOODROW WILSON. Capt. Walter F. Worthington, an additional number in grade, Trrn \\HITE Ho SE, April 15, 1913. to be a rear admiral in the Navy from the 26th day of l\Iarch, The SPEAY:-ER. The rnE>i;:sage and accompanying document 1913. are ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Capt. William N. Little, an additional number in grade, to be Ways and Menns. a rear admiral in the Ka vy from the 2Gth day of l\Iarch, 1913. WITHDBA WAL OF PAPERS. By unanimous con ent l\Ir. HENBY was granted leave to "\lith CONFIRl\IATIONS. draw from the files of the House, without leaYing copie , the papers in the case of James Tandy, first session, Fifty-ninth Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate April 21, 1913. Congress, no ad-.erse report haying been made thereon. ASSISTANT SECRE TARY OF STATE. ASSAULT ON REPRESENTATIVE SBfS. John E . Osborne to be Assistant Secretary of State. 1\Ir. G.c\.RRETT of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I offer a privl- legecl resolution. TIIIBD ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report it. Dudley Field UaJone to be Third Assistant Secretary of State. The Clerk read as follow : COUNSELOR FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT. House resolution 59. John Bassett 1\Ioore to be counselor for the Department of Whereas it has been pnblished in various newspapers circulating in the city of Washington, D. C., and eli::ewhere. and otherwi~e cur State. rently reported, that on Friday, April 18, 1913. TIIETUS W. SIMS, AMil.A.SSADOR. a Representative in Congt·e s from the State of Tennessee, was. in a public park in said city. while on his way from his plac of residence Walter Hines Page to be ambasrndor extraordinary and pleni • to a dPpartment of the Go>crnment for the purpo e of transactin;; potentiary to Great Britain. official busines ·, and while in attendance upon the Con_gres as such Representative, set upon and physically assaulted by one C. C. APPOINTMENT IN THE ARMY. Glover, a citizen of the District of Columbia; and CORPS OF ENGIKEERS. Wherea said assault is alleged to have been made because of words spoken by said Representative on the floor of the House while it was Wistar Morris Chubb to be second lieutenant. in re~ular session ; and Whereas said assault, if made, constitutes a breach of the privile6eS APPOINTMENT IN THE NAVY. of the House and of its Members and demands immediate action on Ilichard Grady to be u dental surgeon in the Navy. the part of the Hon e for the -protection of it rights and the ritihts of its Members in the performance of official duties : There POSTMASTERS. fore be it OIIIO. Resoli:ed, That a select committee of fi>e members be appointed forthwith by the Speaker of the Honse to investigate and report: John C. Gorman, Ironton. First, whether such a sault was made by said C. C. Glover upon the said Representath·e, THET s W. Suis; and if so, then, PENNSYLVANIA. Second, a course of procedure to be followed in dealing with the William C. Kreider, l\Iauch Chunk. said C. C. Glover, to the end that the rights and the privileges of the House of Rep re ·entatives and its Members shall be maintained and protected. :b.,or tbe purpose of ascertaining the fact herein requJrcd to be re HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ported upon, the said committee shall have power to send for per ·ons and papers, and to examine witnesses upon oath administered by the MONDAY, ~1, chairman or any mernl.Jer thereof. April 1913. Said committee shall report not later than Saturday, \.pril 2G, 1!:)13. The House met at 12 o'clock noon. Mr. GAR11ETT of Tennessee. l\Ir. Speaker, I take it that Tbe Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., offered the fol- eyery l\fember of .this body is familiar in a general way with lowing prayer: the episode which occurred on Friday last between a :Member 0 Thou great I•'ather-soul, abo1e all, through a11, in us al1, of this body and a citizen of the District of Columbia. it we blef's Thee for all the disclosures Thou bast made of Thy- haying been widely published in the local papers and in all self in the works of Thy hands which environ us-the stars papers, substantially, throughout the country. It therefore doe.:; which shine by night, the sun which fills the earth with glory not seem necessary for me to enter now into any reYiew of that day by day, the change of seasons, the wonderful adaptation of episode, and it seems to me that all the facts that are essential means to ends everywhere apparent. But r.bove all do we thank to action upon the part of this House are contained in the Thee for that sfrange, mysterious something which we call con- · resolution as it has been offered and read from the desk. That science--the still small YOice speaking through the soul words · it presents a question of highest· privilege, I take it, is a matter of encouragement when we are in harmony with the laws which which can smrcely be gainsaid. I . think I should say this: Thou hast ordained, chiding us when we strike a discordant '.rhat this matter is not presented at the request of the 1\Iember note. Make more sensitive our spiritual ears, that we may who is alleged to haYe been assailed, nor is it presented by me hear more clearly Thy Yoicc, and give us the courage to obey. simply because of the fact that I happen to be from the same In the spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. State as the Member who is alleged to have been assailed, but The Journal of the proceedings of Thursday, April 17, 1913, it is presented as a matter of House pr~vilege, in the belief was read and approved. that this House owes it to itself to protect its own rights and 282 · CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. APRIL 21, the •rights of its Members in the performance of their official far beyond any personal feeling that might be entertained by duty. my colleague from Tennes ee [-1\Ir. SIMS], being a matter that .Mr. MURDOCK. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yielcl? touches the privileges of the House nnd -nil its Members, I have l\Ir. GdRRETT of Tennessee. I yield to the gentleman. assumed the responsibility of bringing it before the House. Mr. l\lURDOCK. I am in entire sympathy with the purpose Mr. COOPER. Will the gentleman permit un interruption? of the gentleman. I know the services of 1\fr. Snrn. He bas Mr. GARRETT of Tennessee. Certainly. been one of · the men here who has been fearless in handling l\Ir. COOPER. The resolution is not related to the respon local affairs, and when I read the episode it was my -hope that sibility of the gentleman from Tennessee [l\Ir. G.ABRETT] him . when his friends moved in this House they would follow the self at all? . preceuent ancl ham immediate action upon the proposition; J\lr.