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may have against any State in this Unio~ as an offset to the claims The SPEAKER. The Chair will appoint the same conferees- under this bill. That is the intention. 1\Ir. MAHON, Mr. OTJEN, and Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. TILLMAN. Does it intend also to allow payment for PUBLIC BUILDING AT 1'.°"EWPORT NEWS, VA, every account that a governor has paid and every account which has not been paid, but which he has certified to as just? Mr. MERCER. Mr. Speaker, I desire to call up the bill S. Mr. WARREN. I think that is the intention. 1064, and move that the House adhere to its amendments and l\.1r. COCKRELL. Of course. agree to a conference. l\fr, TILLMAN. If that is the intention of the proposed law, The SPEAKER. The 'gentleman from Nebraska moves that the and you so intend, the Comptroller of the Treasury will not tell House further insist on its amendments to the Senate bill and me again that the law will not permit him to pay it. agree to a conference on the bill, which the Clerk will report. Mr. BATE. In some of the States, as in my own, in the case of The Clerk read as follows: these bonds, we claim that the Government of the United States A bill (S.1964) for the erection of n public buildin~ for the use of a custom is indebted to us as a State for having taken possession of the rail house and post-office at Newport News, in the district of Newport News, Va. road, etc., during the war. There is a bill in this Congress upon The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Nebraska moves that that very question, and some of the States stand in that way. We the House further insist on its amendments and agree to a con think the Government is in debt to us largely. We certainly ference. ought not to be estopped because of that. It is in litigation. Mr. LIVINGSTON. Let'us have the amendments reported. Therefore this is all right, I think. The Clerk read as follows: . Page 1, line 7, strike out the word " elevator." The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend Page 1, line 11, strike out the word "elevator." ments were concurred in. Page 1, line.12, strike out "one hundred" and insert "seventy-fi-.e." The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read l\fr. BERRY. Mr. Speaker, is that a privileged question? If it the third time, and passed. is not, I object. The title was amended so as to read: "A bill to amend an act The SPEAKER. The Chair thinks it is in order. entitled 'An act to reimburse the governors of States and Terri The ·question was ta.ken; and the House insisted upon its amend tories for expenses incurred by them in aiding the United States ments and agreed to the conference. to raise and organize and supply and equip the Volunteer Army The SPEAKER. · The Chair appoints as conferees the gentle of the United States in the existing war with Spain,' approved man from Nebraska, Mr. MERCER, the gentleman from Pennsyl July 8, 1898, and for other purposes." vania, Mr. HICKS, and the gentleman from Alabama, Mr. BANK l\Ir. ALLISON. I move that the Senate adjourn. HEAD. l\fr. CHANDLER. Will the Senator from Iowa allow me to call his attention to the fact that the Senator from Oregon and I RIGHTS OF WAY BY RAILROAD COMPANIES THROUGH INDIAN have been patiently waiting here to pass two little bills before the RESERVATIONS, ETC. Senate adjourns. Mr. CURTIS of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I call up the bill that I Mr. ALLISON. I should be very glad to yield to both Senators, send to the desk. but I am constrained, in view of the fact of there being very few The Clerk read as follows: Senators here: and it was generally understood that we should A bill. (H. R. 11868) to.provide for .the acqu~ring of rights of way by railroad adjourn when these two matters were disposed of-indeed, I made compames through Indian reservations, Indian lands, and Indian allotments a promise privately, not publicly, that I should make this mo- and for other purposes. ' tion-- · Mr. DOCKERY. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will permit me Mr. CHANDLER. That illustrates the danger of making these a moment just at this point, is this the general right-of-way bill agreements. reported by the Committee on Indian Affairs? J\fr. ALLISON. No; not an agreement. It was a promise that Mr. CURTIS of Kansas. It is the bill. I would make this motion. I have redeemed my promise. Mr. DOCKERY. I think that fact should be stated, so that the 1\Ir. CHANDLER. The arrangement should have been stated House may give some attention to the bill. to the Senator from Oregon and·myself. The Clerk proceeded to read the bill, as follows: l\fr. ALLISON. I am very sorry I can not yield. A bill (H. R. 11868) to provide for the acquiring of right; of way by railroad companies through Indian reservations, Indian lands, and Indian allot The VICE-PRESIDENT. The question is on agreeing to the ments, and for other purposes. motion of the Senator from Iowa that the Senate adjourn, Be it enacted, etc., That a right of way through any Indian reservation in The motion was agreed to; and (at 5 o'clock and 48 minutes a?Y State 9r Terri~ory, or through any lands lield by an Indian tribe or na p. m.) the Senate adjourned until Monday, February 13, 1899, at tion in Indian Territory, or through anr, lands reserved for an Indian agencv or for other purposes in connection with the Indian service, or through any 12 o'clock meridian. lands which have been alloted in severalty to any individual Indian under any law or treaty, but which have not been conveyed to the allottee with full power of alienation, is hereby granted to any rai}.road company orgamzed HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. under the laws of the United States, or of any State or Territory which shall comply with the provisions of this act and such rules and regulations as may be prescribed thereunder: Provided, That no right of way shall be granted SATURDAY, February 11, 1899. under this act until the Secretary of the Interior is satisfied that the com pany app!ying has made said application in good faith and with intent to con- The House met at 12 o'clock m. Prayer ~y the Chaplain, Rev. struc:t said road. · HENRY N. COUDEN. SEC. 2. That such right of way shall not exceed 50 feet in width on each The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and ap- side of the center line of the road, except where there are heavy cuts and fills, when it shall not exceed 100 feet in 'vidth on each side of the road and proved. may include ground adjacent thereto for station buildings, depots, machine Mr. CURTIS of Kansas. Mr. Speaker- shops, side tracks, turn-outs, and water stations, not to exceed 100 feet in The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Kansas. width by a. length of 2,00U feet, and not more than ono station to be located within any one continuous length of 10 miles of road. Mr. MAHON. Mr. Speaker-- SEC. 3. That the line of route of said road may be surveyed and located The. SPEAKER. The Chair understands that the gentleman th~ough a~d across any of said lands at any time, upon permission therefor from Pennsylvania. has a conference report. berng obtamed from the Secretary of the Interior· but before the grant of such right of way shall become effective a map of the survey of the line or BOWMAN A.CT AND OTHER CLAIMS, route. of said road must be filed with and approved by the Secretary of the J\fr. MAHON. Mr. Speaker, I desire to present a conference I~ter10r, and the company must make J,>ayment to the Secretary of the Inte rior for the benefit of the tribe or nation or individual Indian. as the case report. · may be, of full compensation for such right of way, including all damage to The conference report was read, as follows: improvements and adjacent lands, which compensation shall be determined Tho committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on under the 9irection of the Secretary of the Interior, in such manner as he the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 4936) for the allowance of cer may prescribe. . tain claims for stores and supplies reported by the Court of Claims under the . SEC. 4. Tha:t sho~ld any such company fail to construct and put in opern. provisions of the act approved March 3, 1883, and commonly known as the tion any portion of its road within three years after the approval of its map Bowman Act, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free confer of location by the Secretary of the Interior, the right of way hereb¥ granted ence have been unable to agree. shall be deemed forfeited and abandoned ipso facto as to that portion of the THADDEUS M. MAHON, road not then constructed and in operation: Provided, That the Secretary THEOBOLD OTJEN, may, when he deema proper, extena the time for the construction of any JAMES D. RICHARDSON, road for which right of way has been granted. SEC. 5. That where a railroad is constructed under the provisions of this Managers on the part of the House. act through the Indian •rerritory there shall be paid by the railroad com HENRY M. TELLER, pany to the Secretary of the Interior, for the benefit of the particular nation WM. M. STEWART, or tribe through whose lands the road mar be located, such an annual charge S. PASCO, as may be prescribed by the Secretary o the Interior, not less than $15 for Managers on the part of the Senate. each mile of road, the same to be paid so long as said land shall be owned and l\1r. MAHON. l\fr. Speaker, I move that the House agree to a occupied by such nation or tribo, which payment shall be in addition to the compensation otherwise required herein. And within the Indian Territorv further conference. upon any railroad constructed under the provisions of this act the rates a.nil The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Pennsylvania moves that charges for passenger and freight servicel if not otherwise prescribed by the House further insist on its disagreeing votes and agree to a la"':, may be prescribe~ by.the SE?cretary or th~ Interior from time to time, anu the rate for carrymg the Umted States mail may be fixed by Congress, conference. and when not fixed by Congress may be fixed by the Postmaster-General. The motion was agreed to, SEC. 6. That the provisions of section 2 of the act of March 3, 1875, entitled 17'54 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. FEBRUARY 11,
"An act granting to railroads the right of wo.y through the JlUblic lands of Mr. CURTIS of Kansas. The bill as prepared by the Depart tho United States," are h ereby oxtended and made applicable to rights of way granted under this act and to railroad companios obtaining such rights ment allowed five years, and we reduced it to three. of way. l\fr. DOCKERY. What has been the time heretofore fixed in SEO. 7. That the Secretary of the Interior shall make all needful rules and special bills? regulations, not inconsistont herewith, for the proper execution and carrying into effect of all tho pro>isions of this act. Mr. CURTIS of Kansas. From three to five years. They gen SEO. 8. That Conf:'ress hereby reserves the right at any time to alter, erally required GO miles to be built within one year. amencl, or repeal this act, or any portion thereof. Mr. DOCKERY. I also notice a provision that in the carrying The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as the mails Congress shall have the right to fix the rate of compen follows: sation, and in the absence of exercising such right the Postmaster- On page 3. in line 3, o.ftcr tho woru "prescribed " add the following: Gencral shall fix the rate. Is that correct? · "Provided, That tho compensation herein proVlded1 for must be paid for Mr. CURTIS of Kansas. That section was prepared by the tho benefit of the allotteo or person in possession before construction is com Interior Department. · menced through such allotment or possessory rii::rhts, and the other compen sation shnll bo paiU at such time for the whole line, or such part thereof, as 1\1r. DOCKERY. The chairman of tho Committee on the Post- the Secretary may pro>ide. '·' Office and Post-Roads is present. I did not know of any special On i1age 3, lino 11, striko out tho word "construction" and insert in lieu provision as to compensation for carrying the mails in Indian thoreof the word "completion." In li.rio 12, page 3, after tho word" granted,'' adcl tho following: "and a part Territory. I thought tho mails were carried by all railroads on of which shall have been lmilt." the basis of weight, space, and distance. Mr. CURTIS of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I ask for the reading of Mr. CURTIS of Kansas. I have no personal knowledge on the the report. It is very short. I hope there will be order while it sub.'cct, but I suppose there is some provision. is being read. l\fr. LOUD. The law covers the whole country. The report (by Mr. CURTIS of Kansas) was read, as follows: Mr. DOCKERY. It occurred to me that this provision was Tho Committeo on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred tho bill (H. R. unusual. ll8G8) to proviclo for the acquirement of rights of way by railro:.i.d compa Mr. CUR'rIS of Kansas. There surely can bo no harm in tho nies through Indian reser nttion~, Inuian laucls, and Indian allotments, and prov1 s1 on. It is simply a matter of precaution. for other purposes, hanng llad the same undor consicleration, make the fol lowing fo.>orablo report: Mr. LOUD. It may be a question of whether it does not by 'Vhen it is remorubered that~ bills have boen introduced and reforreu to implication repeal tho law and give him discretionary power to the Committee on Inclian Affairs at this session of Congress r;ranting rights pay wllat he sees fit. of way in tho Inufa.n Torrit.ory nlono, to say n othing of the number of bills nlr. CURTIS of Kansas. If the House thinks that way, I have whlch ha>o been introduced g-ranting- rights of way o>er Indian re~or>ations and Indian lands out~iue that •rcrritory, tho necessity for thhi bill is per no objection to its going out. fectl;v apparent. A great part of every meeting of t110 committco is taken in . l\lr. DOCKERY. My que1ies are for information. If the Com hearing parties intorestetl in theso measures, ancl unanimous consent is fre m1tt ~ o on the Post-Office and Post-Roacls is content with the pro quently a kcd for bills of this description on tho floor of th!:' House. In addition to tho a.l>o>o, all of the llilts arei reforred to tho honorable the Yision, I shall no~ press an objection; but, as I have understood Secrotary ot' tbo Interior, and the timo of clerks in that oilice antl in tho tho law, railroad companies are now paid on a basis of the weight offico of tho Coramissioner of Indian Affairs is greatly encro:!chocl upon in of the m:J.il they carry, tlle space it occupies, and the distance the work of r porting upon. tho s:.i.me, all of which will lie done away with by tho passago of this Lill. 'Vo attach herewith, as a part of this r eport, a lettei· they haul it. I supposed the law n.s to compensation would apply froru tho Secretary of tlle Interior and Commissioner of Indian A.ffoirs ask to the carryin.,. of mn.ils in tllo Territories just us in the States. ing for tho passage of this bill: Mr. CUR TI of Kansas. One of the railroads running through DEr~nT)IBXT Oli' TIIF. L'\TEn1on, nrashi11gto11, January ~l. 1899. the Inuian Territory only charges 8 cents a mile in Kansas for S1ns: Tbore is transmitted herewith a draft of n g-eneral bill for rights of passengers, bnt char~es G cents a mile in the Inclian Territory, and way for railroads through lnilian roscr>ations, Indian lands, anu Indian F-1- there ma.y ho something in the original charter in regard to the lotmcnts. During the sel:SSiqns of Congress no inconsiderable portion of the carrying of the mails. I have not looked that question up, as it timo of the Indian Bureau and of tho Sccrotnry of tho Interior. is taken up in the consideration of and in r eporting upon spPcial bills granting- railroad has never come beforo our committee. ri~h t.<; of way through the Indian Territory, Indian resor>ations outsitlo of Mr. D08KERY. I simply ca.11 it to the attention of the Com that Territory, and through Inuian allotments. These special bills attompt mittee on the Post-Office ruid Post-Roa.els because it so3ms to fix no uniformity in tho substance of their pro>isions or in tho manner of pro different rates for carrying mails tllrough the Territories from ceeding thereuncler. It is believed that le,rislatfon of this charactf~r sho'Jltl be uniform, as in tbe en.so of rights of way xor railroads over tho public lancls those fixed by tho statute for the States, or at least there is a pre under the act of March :J, 187.:i (18 Stat., 482) . and as in the en.so of rig hts of sumption that it does. wa¥ for canals and ditches throug-h the public lands aud r eservations of tho Mr. CURTIS of Kansas. I think it was only put in tho bill as Umted States under section 18 of the act of March 3, I B!Jl (~tl Stat., 10'J5, 1101) . Tho bill h erewith inclosed is thought to bo so framed as to fully proscr>e a matter of precaution. and protect the rights and interests of Indians and also to secure entire uni Mr. DOCKERY. What precaution? formity in tho method of obtaining such rights of way and to savo the time Mr. CURTIS of Kansas. To prevent any extortion in case there which. under existing conditions, must bo given to each of the separate spe cial bills. It is earnestly recommended that it receive the fa>orable consid were no such rules or rtgnlntions. eration of Congress. }.ir. DOCKERY. Would not this provision enable the railroads Very respectfully, W. A . .TONES, to carry the mails at a different mte of compensation to that Commissioner of Indian Affairs. C. N. BLI S, which other roads of the country are compelled to carry them? Secretary of the Interior. l\Ir. CURTIS of Kansas·. I yield to tho gentleman from Iowa The Col!lllTTEE o~ IxnIAY AFFAIRS, [Mr. LA.GEY]. who will read the provision. House of Representatives. Mr. LACEY. The.provision, 1\1r. Speaker, is as follows: Your committee thoreforo recommend the passage of the bill with the fol lowin:;r amendmen ts: And within the Inclia.n Territory upon n.ny railro:i.cl construct.od under the On pago 3, in line 3, after the word "prescribed," add the following: pruYh;irms of this act the rates anrl charges for passenger and freight service1 "Pl·ovided, That the compensation herein provided for must ho paiu for if not uthorwiso proscribed by l:i.w, may be prescribeu by tho 8ocretary or the benefit of the allottee or person in possoss1on before construction is com the Interior from ti.mo to time, and tho rnto tor cnrrying the Unitec1 States menced through such allotment or posscssory rights, and tho other compen mail may bo fixed by Cong~ss, and when not fixed by Congress may be tlxed sation shall be paiu at such time for tho whole line, or such p:i.rt thereof as by tho Postmaster-Gonernl. the Secretary may provide." This was intended as a reserve power to prevent any extortion. Un page 3, line 11, strike out the word "construction" and insort in lieu thereof the word "completion." Of course the Postmaster-General can fix the rate by contract, if In line 12, page 3, after the word "granted," adcl t.he following: "and a a fair and reasonable one, but in case he does not, tho reserved p:.i.rt of which shall havo been built." power would be lle1d to fix the rates absolutely in the Depart Mr. CLARDY. Mr. Speaker, I desire to reserrn the right to ment, or for Congress to do so. In view of the fact of this grant object until after I hear the gentleman's explanation. of that additional right an cl privilege, Congress has •the reserved The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Kentucky reserves tho power that they havo not attempted to exercise heretofore. right to object. Mr. LOUD. I want to suggest to the gentleman that the lan Mr. DOCKERY. I understand this bill was prepared by the guage in the bill is ambiguous. You aro evidently seeking to Department and approved by the Secrefary of the Interior and compel tho railroad corn:pany to carry the mail, but the la.nguage the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. can uot be interprete
The bill was read, as follows: the gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. MORRIS], and he knows all Be it enacted, etc. , That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the about it. I will yield to him. Grand Rapids Water Power and Boom Company , of Grand Rapids, l\Iinn., Mr. DOCKERY. Is it proposed to strike out the proviso as to . its successors and nssjgns, to construct across the l\Iississippi River, at a the purchase altogether? If not, I would like to amend, before point within the limits of the village of Grand Rapids, Minn., to be approved by the Secrotary of War, a dam, canal, and works necessarily mcident unanimous consent is given, to provide that the Government in thereto, for water-power purposes, and a wagon and foot bridge if desired the event of its purchase of the dam shall be required to pay only in connection therewith for the purpose of travel. Said dam shall be so con the cash value. structed that there can at any time be constructed in connection therewith n. suitable lock for navigation purposes: Provided, That the Government of the Mr. FLETCHER. There is no objection whatever to striking United States may at any time take possession of said dam and appurtenant that out. works.and control the same for purposes of navigation by paying the said Mr. DOCKERY. Does the gentleman make a motion to strike company the actual cost of the same, but shall not do so to the destruction of the water power created by said dam to any greater extent than may be out the provision in question? necessary to provide proper facilities for navigation: Provided further, That .M:r. FLETCHER. I will move that that provision relating to said dam shall be so constructed as to provide for the free passage of saw the purchase be stricken out altogether. logs and fish. The said Grand Rapids Water Power and Boom Company The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the amendment pro its successors and assigns, shall make such change and modification in said dam, canal, and works incident thereto, and said bridge, as the Secretary of posed by the gentleman from Minnesota. War may from time to time deem necessary in the interests of navi~ation, The amendment proposed by Mr. FLETCHER was read. at its own cost anu expense: Provided further, That in ca.se any litigation Mr. :M. ORRIS. Mr. Speaker, I would say to the gentleman from arises from the obstruction of the channel by said dam, canal, and works in cident thereto, or such bridge, the case may be tried in the proper court of ~Iissouri that that provision was put into the bill, as it is put into the United States in the district in which said works are situated. aH bills of this character, for the protection of the Government. SEC. 2. That the right to amend, alter, or repeal this net is hereby expressly Mr. DOCKERY. That may be. But some of the gentlemen r eserved. SEC. 3. That this act shall be null and void unless said dam herein author around me on the floor, lawyers, have suggested-and notably the ized be commenced within one year and completed within three years from gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. TAWNEY]-that the interest of the date hereof. the Government would be better subserved by striking out the entire provision, and leaving the matter of purchase to be here The amendments reported by the committee were read, as fol after determined by condemnation proceedings. lows: .l\fr. MORRIS. I have no objection to its going out of the bill,· After the word "dam," in lino 3, insert "and appurtenant works." but I do not believe it is better to eliminate it. After the word "navigation," in line 8, page 2, msert the followin~: J\Ir. DOCKERY. I have no information whatever in reference "Provided also, That said dam shall be so constructed that it will not at any time raise the water surface, at a point 300 feet above said dam, to an ele· to the matter. What I sought to do was to simply strike out a vation higher than the floor of the sluices of the reservoir dam built by the provision which seems to require the Government to pay the cost, Government at Pokegama Falls on the Mississippi River, in section 13, town in the event of purchasing the dam, instead of what I think should ship 55, range 26 west of the fourth principal meridian, Minnesota." In lines 17and18 strike out the words "and fish. The said Grand Rapids be inserted if the provision remains at all in the bill, the actual Water Power and Boom Company" and insert "without tolls or charges; cash value. and the said company shall construct and maintain, at its own expense, suit .Mr. PAYNE. I would suggest that the amendment be simply able fishwn.ys, to be approved by the United States Fish Commissioner; and the said company." · to strike out the word '' cost " and insert the words '' actual cash value." Mr. LOUD. Is this improvement to be constructed at a part of Mr. MORRIS. That, I think, would be better. the river which is now navigable? Mr. FLETCHER. I will withdraw my amendment, then, and 1\Ir. FLETCHER. It is the extreme head of navigation on the accept the amendment suggested by the gentleman from New :Mississippi River. York. Mr. LOUD. There seems to be a very dangerous implication Mr. DOCKERY. It ought to read "not exceeding the actual in the provision that hereafter the Government may be at liberty cash value." to buy this dam if it should want to improve the river. It seems Mr. .MOODY. If the gentleman from Missouri will allow me, to me that if the Government should desire to improve the river there comes up another question, if his suggestion is adopted, as these people, who may meanwhile have dammed up navigation, to what the word "value" may include. Does the word "value" should at least be required to donate the dam to the United States, include as an element the value of the franchise? It opens a very without compelling the Government to buy it. wide field. Mr. FLETCHER. TM Government has a dam about 600 feet ~Ir. DOCKERY. I suggest simply the words "cash value," above this. This dam, below that of the Government, will not which would seem to include everything. interfere with any future navigation. Mr. MOODY. The value of a bridge, for instance, has been held Mr. LOUD. I do not know anything about tho river at the point to include the value of the franchise to use the bridge and collect contemplated. But it seems to me dangerous to even intimate in tolls. I fear the amendment will take us" from the frying pan a bill of this kind that the Government should buy this dam after into the fire." these parties have dammed up the river. l\Ir. DOCKERY. · Will the gentleman from Massachusetts sug- Mr. DOCKERY. What use would the Government have for gest an amendment to meet the difficulty? this dam? Mr. LACEY. I would suggest, Mr. Speaker, that these words Mr. LOUD. It might be desirable to extend navigation, as will be substituted, "the actual cash value not exceeding the cost." evidently be the case in a few years. Mr. MORRIS. I think I can suggest an amendment that will Mr. DOCKERY. There is another provision in the bill, if the meet all the objections which have been urged. Let tho proviso gentleman will allow me to suggest, that ought to be changed in be m~de to read _in this way: the interest of the Government.. If the Government buys this Provided, That the Government of the United States may at any time take dam, the bill provides that it shall "pay the cost" of it. There possession of the dam and control the same for purposes of navigation. should be some provision to determine what that cost is. Then leave out all about paying the cost or anything of that Mr. FLETCHER. I am :perfectly willing to strike out that kind, and go on as follows: provision. But shall not do so to tho destruction of the water power created by said Mr. DOCKERY. Because the cost of the dam may not be the SEC. 6. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of the that the bow of the merchant steamorwas caught upon one of tho projecting bridges herein authorized is not commenced within one year and completed after sponsons of tho cruiser. within three years from the date thereof." Upon careful consideration of the facts reported by tho naval court of in Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting tho right and authority to quiry above mentioned, the Department is satisfied that there is at least the Pensacola and Northwestern Railroad Company to build bridges o>er r easonable ground for the contention advanced by the owners of the Foscolia certain rivers in the State of Alabama." that the collision might have been avoided had the Columbia shown the lights and sounded the fog signals usual under such conditions. 'l'he lights and The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration signals were1, however, dispensed with by the Coltrnibia on this occasion for of tho bill? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. the reason that the Spanish fleet, under the command of Admiral Corvera, The amendments r ecommended by the committee were agreed to. had not at that time been located1 and tho cruiser was then engaged in patrol The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed for a third duty in the vicinity of the most lIIlportant ports of the country, New York and Philadelphia, the points between which sho was cruising being Fire reading; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third Island light-ship and Delaware Breakwater, and that it was deemed essential time, and passecl. to take extraordinary :precautions, even to tho extent of incurring some On motion of l\Ir; SPAR KUAN, a motion to reconsider the vote hazard, in guarding agamst possibilities which might have developed at any moment. by which the bill was passed was laid on the table. A collision with one of our war ships having occurred under such circum· The title was amended in accordance with the recommendation stances, when, for public r easons deemed sufficient to justifv such action, of the committee. our vessel was disregarding the rules of tho road at sea, and a valuable mer chant steamer and cargo belonging to a friendly power being destroyed OWNERS OF BRITISII SHIP FOSCOLI.A, apparently without contributory negligence on the part of her officers anQ crew, it would seem proper that the losses incident thereto should not be Mr. STONE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for the alloweu to r e&t upon the owners of a private >ossel, but that such losses present consideration of the bill which I send to the desk. should, on tho contrary, be borne by the United States, provided, of coursEI, The Clerk read as follows: that it shall be judicially determined in tho courts of the United States that the facts aro as hereinbefore outlined. · A bill (H. R. 108H) for the relief of the owners of the British ship Foscolia Entertaining those views, and inasmuch as it appears that the bill (8. 5000) and cargo. provides simply for the submission of all matters of fact in the case to the Be i t enacted, etc., That the claim of the owners of the British steamship United States district court for the southern district of Now York, sitting as Foscolia, sunk by collision with the U. S. S. Columbia on the evening of May a court of admiralty, and for the payment of such amount only as may be 28!/18!)8, near Fire Island light-ship, for and on account of the loss of said ves adjudged to the claimants by decree of such court, the DoJ;iartment recom sel and car~o, may be submitted to the United States district court for tho mends tho bill to the favorable consideration of the comrruttee, section 2 of southern district of New York, under and in compliance with the rules of the bill, ma.king provision for the prompt payment of the amount which the saiu coUI·t sitting as a court of admiralty; and said court shall have jurisdic· court may find to be duo, being deemed proper in view of the fact of the for tion to hc:i.r and determine and to render judgment thereupon: Provided, eign ownership of the vessel lost and the desirability of avoiding in such a howeve1·, That the investigation of said claim shall be made upon the follow case the delay which would result from a resubmission of the matter to in~ basis: First, the said court shall find the facts attending the loss of the Congress for tho necessary appropriation.. said steamship Foscolia and her cargo and second, if it shall appear that tho In this connection I desire to state that under date of the 21st of June last, responsibility therefor rests with the U. S. S. Columbia, the court shall then this Department addressed letters to tho Committees on Naval Affairs of the ascertain and determine the amounts which should be paid to the owners, Senate and House of Representatives, r espectively, recommending favor respectively, of the Foscolia and her cargo, in order to reimburse them for able action in the matter of the claim of the owners of tho Foscolia and cargo. the losses so sustained, and shall render a decree accordingly: Pl"ovidedfur The inclosuros of your communication are herewith returned. the1·, That the amounts of the losses sustained by the master, officers, and Very respectfully, crew of tho Foscolia may be included in such decree. JOHN D. LONG, Secretary. SEC. 2. That should such decree be rendered in fa>or of the owners of the Hon. H. M. TELLER, Foscolia and her cargo, the amount thereof may be paid out of any money in Chainnan Senate Committee on Claims, Unitecl States Senate. the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. l\Ir. LOUD. Mr. Speaker, I shall not object to this case, but I Mr. LOUD. What is this, Mr. Speaker? can only submit to the House that there arn a great many cases Mr. STONE. Mr. Speaker- where American vessels have been destroyed under circumstances The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration just as aggravating as they appear in this case, and yet the Depart of the bill? ment has not taken any action, while here we have a caso where Mr. STONE. One word. The report of the committee will ex the Department does take action where the vessel was under the plain the bill, which was prepared by the Secretary of the Navy. English flag; but in no single case where an American vessel has :M:r. DOCKERY.. I reserve the right to object. been sunk under more aggravating circumstances, where the par Mr. STONE. The bill was transmitted here with the recom ties have been knocking at the doors of Congress for a number of mendation that it receive the attention of Congress. The vessel years for relief, have they been able to get action on the part of Foscolia was run down by a United States vessel carrying no lights the Department. But as this goes to a court, I shall not object on account of anticipation of Cervera's fleet, and the bill is sent to the consideration of the bill. here with the recommendation that the whole matter be referred Mr. DOCKERY. One point in connection with the considera to a court of admiralty for consideration and action. The report tion of this bill. I find that section 2 makes an indefinite appro· of the committee embraces the letter of the Secretary of the Navy, priation. It is customary in cases of loss with our own seamen, and I ask that it be read. under the general law, that after the court shall find judgment The report (by Mr. YosT) was read, as follows: the judgment shall be reported to Congress for appropriation. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 10814) for the r elief of the owners of the British ship Foscolia and cargo, have consid The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera- ered the same, and respectfully recommend that the bill do pass, for the rea tion of the bill? · sons set forth in the letter of the Secretary of the Navy, as follows: Mr. BAIRD. I want to ask the gentleman if tho second section NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, January !JG, 1899. of the bill does not carry an appropriation? Srn: Referring to the bill (H. R. 1031-i) for tho relief of the owners of the Mr. STONE. It does. British ship Foscolia and cargo, and to your request of the 23d inst:mt for re l\Ir. BAIRD. I object. port in regard thereto, I have the honor to inclose herewith a copy of tho Department's communication of the 11th idem, addressed to the chairman of 1\fr. STONE. Let me make a sucrgestion for one moment. Sup-. the Committee on Ulaims of the Senate,·showing the facts r egarding the loss pose the second section goes out. The second section is that which of the Foscolia and the views entertained respecting the measure for the re provides for an adjudication in the southern district of New York. lief of her owners. Very respectfully, JOHN D. LONG, If the matter were to go before the Court of Claims, it would pro· SecretarJI. vide for a return of the :findings to Congress. If this second sec Hon. CHARLES N. BRtnn!, tion be stricken out, will the gentleman withdraw objection to Chairman Committee on Claims, House of R ep1·esentatit"es. that extent? • NAVY DEPART.l\IE~"""T, Washington, January 11, 189[). Mr. BAIRD. No; I object to the consideration of the bill. SIR: In response to the committee's request, contained in its lotter of the Oth instant, for tho views and re::ommendation of the Department in regard P.AY OF WORKMEN AT UNITED STATES NAVY-YARD. to Seruito bill 5000, for the relief of the owners of the British ship Foscolia and cargo. I lla>e the honor to state that on the 28th of May last, at 7.80 p. m., the l\Ir. RIXEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for tho U.S. S. Columbia, while engaged in patrol duty just outside the harbor of present consideration of the resolution (H. Ros. 307) authorizing New York, and about 12 miles southerly and easterly from the Fire Island the Secretary of the Navy to pay certain laborers, workmen, and light-ship, came into collision with the British m erchant steamer FoscoUa. mechanics at Unitecl States navy-yards and naval stations GO per The Columbia was not seriously injured, but t]le 1/'oscolia suffered much dam age and sato.k nine hours after the t:ollision·. There was no loss of lifo, the offi cent additional for work performed in excess of oight hours per cers and crew of the Foscolia being taken on board the Columbia and cared diem. for and brought into port, but the Foscolia and her cargo were a total loss. The Clerk rend tho joint resolution, as follows: It appears from tho finding of a na>al board of inquiry, convened to inves tigate and r eport upon the circumstances attending the collision, that at tho I'.esol!.:ecl by the Senate ancl House of R-cprcsentalives, etc., That tho Secre time it occurred and for an hour and a half previously a thick f.:>g had pro· tary of t!i reduced to eight hours. During the exigency growing out of the MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE, war, men working in the navy-yard 1n relation to which this joint A message from the Senate, by Mr. PLATT, one of its clerks, resolution is proposed, were working twelve hours a day on two announced that the Senate had passed bills of the following titles; shifts. They were not only willing, but desirous to work over in which the concurrence of the House was requested: time. But since the war closed, these men are working only eight S. 5427. An act granting to the Clearwater Short Line Railway hours a day. Their employment for extra time grew altogether Company a right of way through the Nez Perces Indian lands in out of the fact that the war brought us face to face with an im Idaho; and mediate emergency, with inadeqate implements of war on hand. S. 5258. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across During that emergency the men who commenced work at noon the Missouri River at the city of Yankton, S. Dak. and worked till mid-qight received for work subseciuent to 8 o'clock The message also announced that the Senate h ad passed with the regular rate and one-half additional, while the men who com out amendment the bill (H. R. 26) for the establishment of a menced their work at midnight received only one hour's pay for a light and fog-signal station on or near Hog Island Shoal, Narra straight hour's work. The object of this joint resolution is to gansett Bay, Rhode Island. cure that discrimination. The message·also announced that the Senate had agreed to the Mr. LEWIS of Washington. I appreciate the purpose of this amendment of the House of Representatives t o the bill (S. 4090) r esolution and I certainly advocate its passage. I appreciate also for the relief of certain homestead settlers in Florida. the suggestion made by my friend from Iowa. I recall that he The message also annolmced that the Senate had insisted upon was one of those gentlemen who gave attention to the defects of its amendments to the bill (H. R. 11217) making appropriations our eight-hour law and joined with me to amend its provisions, so for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department as to cover what in justice it should cover with r espect to work and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes men in the employ of the G'Overnment. I am· glad also that he for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900, and for other purposes, reminded the House of that other important fact that in the tur disagreed to by the House of Representatives, had ag1·eed to the bulent hours when the intorestsofthis Government were greatly at conference asked by the House on the disagreeing votes of the two stake her most loyal citizens, those who gave her their most zealous Rouses thereon, and had appointed Mr. ALLISON, Mr. PERKINS, aid, were that army of toilers who cheerfully worked overtime and Mr. COCKRELL as the conferees on the part of the Senate. without murmur or dissent and without extra compensation. The message also announced that the Senate had passed with Yet, sir, who were more needy than they? amendments the bill (H. R. 9219) for the relief of the Fourth Ar In view of tho existing conditions I respectfully suggest that kansas Mounted Infantry. not only should this measure be passed by the House, but that, acting in accord with its spirit, we should all do what we can to SENATE BILLS REFERRED. secure the pas8age of such an eight-hour law as will cover the Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV, Senate bills of the following titles cases of all persons justly entitled to the benefit of its provisions. were taken from the Speaker's table and referred to their appro Mr. MOODY. Will the gentleman from Washington kindly in priate committees as indicated below: form us what are the hours of labor prescribed by law in his own S. 5258. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across State? the Missouri River at the city of Yankton, S. Dak.-to the Com Mr. LEWIS of Washington. We have there, of course, three or mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. four different classes of laborers. In respect to farm labor there is S. 5427. An act granting to the Clearwater Short Line Railway no limitation as to hours. In respect to mechanical labor, there are Company a right of way through the Nez Percea:Indian.Jands in limitations similar to those adopted in the gentleman's own State, Idaho-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. our law being copied practically from the statute of Massachu ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED. setts, as construed by the judicial decision to be found in 142 Mas Mr. HAGER, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported sachusetts Reports. that they had examined and found truly enrolled a bill of the fol· Mr. MOODY. I will inform the gentlemq,n from Washington lowing title; when the Speaker signed the same: that there is no State, as far as I am aware, that has an eight-hour H. R. 4382. An act to establish a national military park to com law, except in relation to the employees upon the public works. memorate the campaign, siege, and defense of Vicksburg. Mr. LEWIS of Washington. I referred to that. The SPEAKER announced his signature to enrolled bills of the Mr. MOODY. And my question, therefore, had no reference to following titles: such employees. I refer to the great masses of the people who S. 1357. An act for the relief of the legal represent.ati ves of Edwin are laborers in private employment, and ask the gentleman again De Leon, deceased, late consul-general of the United States in what is the limit of the day's labor in the State of Washington? Egypt; and Mr. LEWIS of Washington. I regret exceedingly that the leg S. 4690. An act for the relief of certain homestead settlers in islature has not passed an act limiting the hours of all labor in Florida. that State. It has been a Republican legislature save on one occa sion, and we have been unable to accomplish this act of justice. EULOGIES ON THE LATE REPRESENTATIVE DINGLEY. [Laughter.] We have now a labor commission, the most efficient · Mr. BOUTELLE of Maine. Mr. Speaker, I now call up for of its kind throughout the nation. present consideration the special order and ask the reading of the Mr. MOODY. Then, as a matter of fact, what did the Demo resolutions which have been submitted to the House. cratic legislature do? The SPEAKER. The resolutions will be read. Mr. LEWIS of Washington. Unfortunately, in consequence of The Clerk read as follows: the inimical action of the filibustering Republicans, no relief could Resolved, That the business of the House bo now suspended that oppor tunity may be given for tributes to the memory of Hon. N ELSON Dr~GLEY, be afforded. [Laughter and applause on the Democratic side.] late a member of the House of Representatives from the State of J\foine. Mr. l\IOODY. Well, let us have the exact truth in reference to Resolved That as a particular mark of resP.ect to the memory of the de the matter. That is what we are seeking. ceased, and in recognition of his eminent abilities as a. distinguished public servantt the House, at the conclusion of these memorial proceedings, shall Did they pass a law-that legislature to which you refer-limit stand aajourned. ing the hours of labor in your State? Resolved, 'l'hat the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate. Mr. LEWIS of Washington. I confess I can not inform the Resolved. That the Clerk be instructed to send a copy of theso resolutions. gentleman. There was a serious conflict between the legislative to the family of the deceased. departments upon this subject, which prevented the legislative The SPEAKER. The question is on the adoption of the resolu action from becoming operative. tions which have just been read. Mr. MOODY. Then, Mr. Speaker, I would suggest to the gen The resolutions were agreed to. tleman from Washington, in view of the fact thatit seerr.s he wm have ample leisure for some time in that direction, that he go to Mr. BOUTELLE of Maine. Mr. Speaker, it becomes my duty his home and endeavor to have brought about by the legislature to call the attention of the House for a few brief moments to the of his State the same provision of law that is enforced upon the occasion to which t.he special order just read is devoted, being the same subject in the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts as to opportunity which tha House has taken to pay its tribute to one the hours of labor. of its former m embers who for many years was a conspicuous and Mr. LEWIS of Washington. I will inform my friend from influential Representative of the State of l\Iaine in this body. Massachusetts that I happen to be the author of the only bill There are comparatively few members in the House, perhaps, which passed both houses of my legislature; but unfortunately, as concerning whom anything in the nature of biographical state 1 I have stated, it later met the inimical action of the Republican ment would be less necessary. Mr. DINGLEY has been so long a governor. fLaughter and applause on the Democratic side.] prominent factor in the legislative proceeding of our Government, The SPEAKER. The question is on the engrossment and third has occupied such conspicuous positions in public life, and has so reading of the joint resolution. long been recognized as an influential member of the House of The joint resolution was ordered to be engrossed and read a third Representatives that it seems to be entirely unnecessary at this time; and it was accordingly r ead the third time, and passed. time that I should attempt anything like a sketch of his private On motion of Mr. RIXEY, a motion to reconsider the last vote or his public life. In my judgment this occasion is more that of an lf'a,.s laid on the table. opportunity for us, his fellow-members who have been associated 1899. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE; 1761 with him for a long period of years, to pay an earnest and feeling nation and analysis of public reports bearing upon the great ques tribute to his personal worth, his public se-.rvices, his many amiable tions that have agitated the country, and I have no question but and winning qualities, rather than to give our judgment of . the that to a degree sapped his vitality and led to a shortening of his · usefulness of his public life. years. He was absolutely tireless in his devotion to the public· Governor DINGLEY has been an acquaintance and friend of my service. own fora great many years. Associated, as we were, professionally W ithin the last year, in audition to the immense labors and re in the publication of newspapers, our relations with each other sponsibilities of the great position which he held as chairman of and our r elations to public affairs have moved along in parallel the Committee on Ways and 'Means and the recognized leader of lines; and it is a very gratifying reflection to me at this time that the controlling portion of this legislative body, he responded we have agreed on all great and moving questions that h ave at promptly to the invitation of the President to take a position tracted public attention and excited public interest during the upon the British and American commission which, in the midst ·last generation. of all these other cares, undertook to compose and adjudicate and As the proprietor and editor of the Lewiston Daily and Weekly settle the vast amount of rasping and difficult questions that had Journal, having an exceedingly large circulation in our State and arisen during all the years of the past between this country and beyond, the Hon. NELSON DINGLEY has for many years exerted a Canada. · very widespread and potent influence upon public affairs not Between those additional cares and those with which he was only in Maine, but throughout New England. It is unnecessary charged by the Speaker of tho House in his assignment to the to say to those who have known him in his daily walks th~t his chairmanship of the great business committee of Congress, he newspaper has uniformly been the advocate of all those policies wore out his life, his frail constitution broke down under the and principles which in his belief lead to the uplifting of public strain, and he passed away, as much a sacrifice of patriotism as morals, public integrity, and the advancement of civilization. if he had fallen on the field of battle, amid the flurry of drums. As a writer Governor DINGLEY has had few superiors in the and the roar of cannon, beneath his country's flag. No more journalism of this country. A profound student, a man of rare faithful soldier of the Republic has ever fallen in the fac9 of a fos accuracy of information, he had a facility and a feiicity with the than NELSON DINGLEY when the last spark of life gave out in a· pen that are seldom found, even in this age of so much writing. struggle that he had been making, performing heroic public du He was always an earnest man, profoundly so; not aggressive, ties until the body was too weak for the soul, and it passed to the rather inclined to be cautious. Carefully searching out with in hands of its Maker. finite pains the ground work of his beliefs and convictions, he It became my duty to accompany the remains, with others of framed them into arguments of rare cogency and great influence. his late associates here, to his home in his native State for final He came to this House in 1881, making his service here in the disposition. No one who accompanied that sad party will ever vicinity of eighteen years of long, faithful, conspicuous, and use forget the universal character of the interest manifested or the ful devotion of his talents and ability to tho welfare of his Gov deep sympathy evinced by the people of communities all along ernment. He was a modest man, distrustful of his own powers the route; and when we reached his late home and found the pop of attraction in public assemblages, and yet possessing a due self ulation of a whole region practically massed around the station .. respect and a confidence in his ability to search out the merit of hushed, reverent; and sorrowful, it impressed upon the minds of questions and get at the pith of controversies. everybody present what a potent force there is in character when· It is interesting to me in the retrospect, as it was interesting to the death of one man, a quiet, unassuming man, can so impress me during our joint service in the early years, the Governor hav itself upon a whole community that a great Commonwealth should ing preceded me by a single session before the Forty-eighth Con toll its bells and. wait in hushed silence· while the friends of his gress, to observe the steadfast purpose, the self-knowledge, and th9 childhood, the pastor who had watched over his manhood in. determination to accomplish an object with which my distin church affairs, to which he was so sincerely devoted, paid their guished colleague devoted himself to that line and sphere of pub tributes to the memory of a great and good man. lic efforts to which he was best fitted. Without the charms of Mr. Speaker, these services are held to furnish his late associates oratory, not having the attractions of a mellow and sibilant voice, in this body an•opportunity to speak their judgment upon him as the Governor early recognized, or, in fact, on his entrance into this a man, as an associate, and as a friend; and it is my purpose sim forum became satisfied, that his sphere would not be that of the ply to-day to inaugurate this tribute as a fellow-member by the orator, to hold breathless thousands upon the resonance of his few remarks which I have made without attempting to go into a speech, but that he had a mission and a field and a talent that was detailed record of his life or a detailed eulogy of his characteristics. not only adapted to this legislative body, but could be used with For myself, his death has come as a very severe blow. The State real devotion to the public interests, to advance those great causes of Maine has a small delegation in numbers. We havesto9dhere u pon which his heart was bent, and to frame his contribution as since I became a member, only four of us. One passed away a year no insignificant one to the formation of the great public interests ago; another has recently followed; and the shattering of a dele committed to the care of this body. gation by the removal of one-half of its membership by the hand So my colleague became preeminently the student of the House of death is a serious blow. And the death of Governor DrNGLEY, of Representatives. It was my fortune to live in the same hotel while it will be lamented and felt throughout the country and es with him during a long period of years, and I do not recall a sin pecially by his State, is peculiarly a heavy blow to the delegation gle instance.when I have entered his apartment while he was there from the State of Maine with whom he has stood here so stanchly ~hat I did not find him seated with a pad upon his knee, sur and so faithfully during all these years. It is a pleasant thought at rounded by documents, laboriously but intelligently searching out this time that that delegation, of which the governor was so con the bases upon which the great questions agitating the American spicuous and influential a member, stood together in all the great public were to be decided in Congress. stresses that have come upon us, and no one of the surviving mem And so it came that in spite of his lack of a commanding pres bers will ever fail to remember how often and how securely we ence, in spite of his lack of oratorical attractions, month by month have depended upon the wise counsel, sagacious views, and faith and year by year, it became more and more fully recognized that ful patriotism of our deceased colleague, Governor DINGLEY. tho quiet, unassuming, unassertive man from, .Maine was a m ar velous repository of accurate and trustworthy information upon · Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, on the 13th day of last month the an enormous variety of subjects, and that while his speech was earthly career of NELSON DINGLEY came .to an end. It was the not loud or ag~essive, he was a very dangerous antagonist in any close of a long and useful life, in which he had accomplished dfacussion which involved great knowledge of the question at much for his generation and his country. Though ho had nearly issue. filled out his three score years and ten, it seemed to us that ho So from year to year be went forward in his quiet, unassuming was cut off in the very height of his honor and in the midst of his but devot.etl way, acquiring more and more of that information greatest usefulness. It is fitting now that we, his companions which perhaps some of us were inclined to permit him to dig out and friends, should pause in the public business and offer a tribute over the midnight oil, until it came to pass that all over the House, to his memory. · , on both sides, without regard to pohtical divisions, the Hon. My first acquaintance with Mr. DINGLEY began on the assem NELSON DINGLEY was looked to as a trusted authority upon pub- bling of the Forty-eighth Congress in December, 1883. Ho had lie questions, especially upon all of those intricate and most im- then served one term, while I was entering upon my firflt. I re portant affairs relating to the revenues and finances of the country, member well his kindness to the new members, arnl very early and when he made a statement as one of fact it came to be a rare there sprung up the beginning of that mutual friendship and re thing to find anyone even disposed to question its correctness. spect which has ripened with the years. In the Fifty-first Con- The amount of absolute labor by which Governor DINGLEY ac- gress we were both placed on the Committee on 'Vays and Means, quired the confidence of this House and of the country it would where we were also associated at the time of his death. We had, be hard to overestimate. In my knowledg·e I have never met so therefore, labored together in the formulation of the tariff law of steadfast and devoted a student as my late colleague. I know the 11890, as also the tariff law of 1897. There is no place where you many hours that he has devoted to that most wearing of all pur- can get to know a man more thoroughly than in an association of suits, the elucidation of facts from statistics, the careful exami- this character. XXXII-111 • 1762 CONG RESSION .AL RECORD-HOUSE. FEBRUARY 11, Mr. DINGLEY came to Congress after a long experience in pub ter than the plaudits of the nation, which followed him to his lic life and a much longer study of public questions. It is re grave, was the heartfelt tribute of such as these, who knew him lated of him that long before ho had reached his teens he read the best. Looking back over his life, it would seem that he had per speeches of Webster and Clay with more avidity than would most formed a full measure of labor and success. LookiBg forward at boys pursue Scott's novels. He was a Whig long before he was a the work before us, it would seem that the country could illy voter, and could give "a reason for the faith that was in him." spare the ripened judgment of the po itical scholar and states In 1855 when the Whigs and the Free Soilers united in Maine as man. Questions new and grave are right in front of us, demand a part ~f the new party, Mr. DING LEY wrote that the R epublican ing the highest wisdom and best statesmanship. We shall miss party then formed was ''destined to live in history." He began his cool and diRpassionate judgment, his wise counsel, his uner writing political editorials before he attained his majority, and ring sagacity, and his vast information. ·His life is a valuable les this was his favorite occupation and the one mos,t cherished by son to the boys of America. It illustrates that genius is the him down to the last time of his departure from home to partici capacity for hard work. Brilliancy discourages patient toil; what pate in the duties of the present session of Congress. we call natural genius is ever a failure without eternal vigilance His studious habits were formed in his early boyhood, and they and constant effort. increased with his years. Often on his vacations, when others would carry a rod or a gun, he al ways provided himself with a Mr. GROSVENOR. Mr. Speaker, I come to pay a brief tribute writing pad and a pencil. He knew something about everything; to the memory of a man whom I respected, revered, honored, and be knew everything about m any things. loved. I knew NELSON DINGLEY b'efore he was elected to Con Before he call!e to Con~re~s he had served severa:l ,ter!Ils in the gress, and my acquaintance with him began under circumstances legislature of his State. aurmg a great part of whwh time he oc which point to one of the great characteristics of the man. It cupied the speaker·s chair. Re had also served two terms as was during a political campaign in the State of Maine. It was at governor. a time when fierce controversy raged throughout that splendicl Entering the House of Representatives in the fiftieth year of his State, and when public speakers were criticised with sharp intel age, he was splendidly equipped for a career of great usefulness ligence and with almost brutal pertinacity. There was a question and honor. His mind was a storehouse of useful knowledge on all w hich involved a matter of financial history of our own country public questions. But better far than this, he had formed a life in comparison with that of France. long habit of untiring r esearch. He had learned to take nothing I had been challenged at a meeting in one of the lower counties for granted. He must verify the truth for himself. To him to of the State to answer certain interrogatories. I was not very well know was a delight, and the toil by whicl:l he reached that goal, prepared for the emergency. I delayed and parried the issue, but so irksome to others, had become the keenest pleasure. · I was to be met again the next njght upon substantially tho same In this body a man is generally measured by his companions at field of battle, ancl a newspaper took occasion to remark that I hjs true worth. We may have sharp encounters and fierce politi had exhibited some of the merits that were valuable in a soldier cal debate, but, after all, m en of all parties are measured by their nuder certain circumstances, and that I would live to fight. per comrades by a just and true standard. Political blindness never haps, another day. I did not have access to books; I did not know hides the true worth of our political friends or adversarieE!. It whom to go to for advice, but a gentleman told me to go to Lewis was a great tribute to the industry, perseverance, energy, and ton and seo Governor DINGLEY. I took the train, went up truthfulness of NELSON DINGLEY that information was sought there, and met him for the first time. I introduced myself, and, from him by men of all political parties, and was uniformly ac laying before him the proposition, he sat down at his de~k and in cepted as reliable, frequently furnishing the basis for important a very few moments wrote out a complete solution of the whole action. This is the more r emarkable when we consicler that his difficulty that .I had labored under, and furnished me with the greatest and most important work here was in connection with material on which I demonstrated to my audience the followin~ the formulation of two great tariff bills on partisan lines. night that I was absolutely master of the whole situation and. He has impressed himself on all the most important legislation know all about it, and that they had made a great mistake in the of the last decade. No great question has arisen here that ha~ challenge. From that day to this 1 knew Mr. DINGLEY, and met not been illuminated from the stores of his knowledge, garnered him often before I came to Congress in the F orty-ninth Congress, by years of p!l.tient toil. He has been heard on the needs of a mer he having preceded me by two Congresses. chant marine, on the civil service, on the great appropriations, I am not attempting an analysis of his character. We are all connected as they are with all the branches and interests of the familiar with it here. I had the honor to serve with him on the GoYernment, on the currency question, the national credit and Committee on Ways and Means during the last two Congresses of the pu"Qlic faith, and especially on the great questiOD;S of revenue his life. He had served on the Committee on Appropriations in and protection. To each he has added a store of learnmg and good the Fifty-third Congress, and then took the place that was vacated sense, winning the respect even of those who differed from him. by bis honored colleague, the present distinguished Speaker of the His was not a brilliant genius. I was particularly impressed by House of Representatives. Coming later into Congress, I tried to the words of his pastor in his address to the neighbors of Mr. follow along in the footsteps he hacl made. I think I may say DINGLEY, at Lewiston, his Jato home. With a truthfulness and without hesitation that 1 never met a man who knew so much boldness t oo often wanting in the eµlogist, he said, speaking of about so many things that were incident to our political history his enduring success: as he did. It was not great intelloctual ability, for his w:as n.ot a preeminent endow It has been very well said by the gentleman who has preceU.ed ment; it was not eloquence, for he hacl no special gifts as an orator; it was not the charm of a polished manner, for, while he was ever affable and cour me that l\fr. DINGLEY knew a great deal about everything and teous. he had not cultivated the "arts of grace as a means to an end." everything about a great many things; and under that second sub What, then, was it that enabled him to attain unto and hold so long tho po division of his suggestion, I would state as my belief that he knew sition he occupied in the thought. osteem, and affection of his countryman? more facts and events of American history than I have known to The answer to these queries is found in his lojalty to principle, his devo· tion to truth, his thorough preparation, and conscientious work. Thu8 he be possessed by any one, living or dead, American. No man who was ever ready for and equal to the demands of the hour and tho occasion. was ever associated with him in the way of work of a committee By his earnest application to the task in hand and by his signal success in his will ever forget the patience and untiring industry with which chosen fl.elcl of effort he proved to the young men of this R epublic that- The heights by great m en reached a.ncl kopt ho mastered every question that came before it. In the winter \Vero not attained by sudden flight; that followecl the election of 1896 be called together the Republi But they, while their companions slept, can members of the Committee on Ways and Means, and devoted Wore toiling upward in the night. the entirn winter, by day and by night, to the study of every item In this Hall mere elocution and oratory sometimes hold sway, that was to be affected by legislation in the coming Congress. I but the man who uniformly reaches the ears and holds the atten would not disparage the work of any other member of that com tion of the members of this House is the man who always has mittee. for there were several gentlemen upon it who were of dis something to say. Members are not looking for one who merely tinguished ability and who had served long ancl faithfully in that amuses for the m oment. but for him who always furnishes val connection, but the chairman of the committee-the chairman of uable information. Although it required the utmost physical the detachment of the committee-never allowed anything to go exertion to make himself heard, with no grace of oratory, no well through and be fi.njshed that he did not at some time study and rounded periods or glittering sentences, yet Mr. DrnGLEY never master every fact jn connection with it. failed to get the attention of the members of the House. It was It has been said by his pastor, in the extract read, ancl by other the triumph of patient toil and study over all outward circum gentlemen who have preceded me, thathe was not an orator; ~hat stances. is, in the ordinary and popular sense of the term. He came mto In his own city, in his district, and in his State he was gre~tly public observation, into public prominence, and ultimately into tho belm·ed. I shall not soon forget the crowded throng that passed leadership of this House, during a period of time when there .was his bier in the city of his home. The sturdy farmer, the nervy a discount on oratory as compared with the market value of it in mechanic, the high and the low, the rich and the poor, all seemed the years that. have gone by. He might not J:.av~ been· a Henry to feel the loss as of a personal friend. Many a poor man and Clay in oratoric~l P<;>wer, but he far exce~ded him m ~he pow~i; of woman brushed away a tear, while one thanked God for the friend analytical exammat1on of the great questions of American poht1cs. who had saved her husband and her son by his timely aid. Bet- He may not have beer.. :iluent of speech, but he was reliable in 1899. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 176!3 thought. He may not have been attractive in his personal appear the genial gentleman on whose courtesy and consideration they ance as he stood on the floor of this House, but when we came to always relied. This brings us to the consideration of two or three examine the subject-matter of his address we found we bad lis propositions. tened, perhaps unthinkingly at the time of the utterance, to the How wonderful are the ties that bind us here, even though the declarations of a master. bitter assaults and storms of political controversy come and for the He had no sense of humor; he never permitted himself to be car moment apparently divide and sever us. How quickly we learn ried away for a moment from the sturdy and studious business of the character of a man, even though he may be our assailant. life by any thought of the attractiveness of humor or gaiety. We How quickly we appreciate the man, though he may differ so all remember some instances here in the House that we shall re widely with us. And so I think I can speak truthfully when I member while we live and speak about as illustrative of this cu say that no man had a higher standing in the estimation of his rious feature of bis character. No man was ever brilliant enough fellows, even upon the Democratic side of the House, than did in repartee or in wit to make apparently the slightest impression DnmLEY. upon him. If it was a statement of fact, he heard it; if it was an Be has gone, but he has written upon the statute books of this application of an argument, he analyzed it; if it was a witticism, country his views upon political matters. They will be bis mon he did not seem to hear it. ument in coming time. He has left upon the bearts of his coun He was a faithful man. He was one of the men that when you trymen a sense of proprietorship in his great name that will be a looked for him at the place where he notified you he would be heritage to the people who shall follow him. found upon any question he was there; you did not have to con sider whether or not there might be a change in his purposes in' Mr. BURLEIGH. Mr. Speaker, in view of my short service in that behalf. Loyal and faithful to his party, I think it is fair to this House, it seems but fitting that I should leave to those who say tllat, strong partisan as he was, he never permitted partisan were longer and more intimately as ociated with NELSON DING LEY ship to override his devotion to that which was best for his country. in its work the duty of testifying to the distinguished character of His State had been peculiar in one matter of its politics. With his services here. the bare exception of a term for some gentlemen who represented In the brief but heartfelt tribute I desire to offer, I wish to a combination of opposition-with this exception, one single party, speak more particularly of his relations to the social and political the Republican party, had dominated the representative capacity life of his own State. Maine has ever been loyal to her Repre of that State ever since the Republican party was organized. So sentatives at the national capital, and has never failed to feel a that we might have looked, in the development of a man who had just pride in the successes achieved by them. I was for some come to be a Representative from that State, for a tendency to years in a position to know and appreciate how strong this feeling ward more in Mr. DALZELL. Mr. Speaker, I very much regret that, hav ciples of his party, and their predominance to-day is as much the ing been abEent from the House when the time was set for eulo result of his labor as it is of any other one man. gies on the life of Mr. DrNGLEY, I received notice too late to Nothing so knits men together as association in a work in which m ake such preparation as I ought, to do juetice to his · memory. they have a common interest. Among the days of my public life Though late in coming, I come with as eager a desire as any to that I shall always remember with the greatest interest will be lay my little wreath of affectionate admiration and esteem upon those when the Committee on Ways and Means of the Fifty-fourth his coffin. Congress was framing the tariff bill now known as the Dingley The language of eulogy is too apt to be the language of extrava law. We were then in closest communion. T.ilen it was that gance. Mr. DINGLEY needs no eulogy of that kind. Justice· to every man on that committee revealed to all his fellows his most his life and character calls only for the naked language of truth. characteristic qualities. Then it was that we learned from the His was a career that r equires no embellishment in words and no inside the strength and the weakness of each other. We were en exaggeration. What he thought and what he wrought suffice to gaged in a great work, one of stupendous importance to the na give him a name and place among the most distingui::hed and use tion at large and of more or less interest in its various features to ful men of his time. each of us. Out of the struggle that. ended in the framing of the He was fortunate in the opportunity to serve the people, both J;)ingley bill we all came with an estimate of Mr. DrNGLEY as a in his State and in the nation, during a critical time of the na leader full of tact and resources, as a wise and conservative states tional life. His career covers the grave periods of the civil war, man worthy of the greatest of the chairmen of the past of the of reconstruction, and of the succeeding years which have seen Committee on Ways and Means. the entrance of a nation, and not a confederation of States, upon It is not for me to seek to penetrate the veil and speak of :M:r. a career of unexampled prosperity and a future of incalculahle .DrnGLEY in that sphere in which as husband and father he was promise. Unfortunately for us all, the grim reaper seized him the beloved center. It was there that the graces of a Christian when we were facing new and untried conditions, and when his character made a happy home and furnished an example to bear wisdom and experience would have been of immense service to fruit long after his time. his country. But he needed not any glory to be gathered in new His life work ended, he died in the fullness of his fame, leaving fi elds to be added to the already full measure of his f'ame. He to his countrymen the record of a useful life spent in tlleir service died full of years and of honors, and an appreciative people do and to his children the priceless legacy of a spotless name. willing and sorrowing homage at his bier. When Mr. DrnGLEY entered public life, the flames of civil war l\fr. DOLLIVER. Mr. Speaker, the death of Governor DING LEY had made lurid the whole horizon and the perpetuity of the nation has r emoved from public life one of the most useful men who has was at stake. When he was called to depart this life, a saved and appeared in the national councils in this generation. His long reconstructed Union was in the enjoyment of an established and service in this House gave him such a relation to national affairs yet further promising prosperity. To this happy consummation that his untimely removal is in the nature of a national misfortune. he, in many ways, largely contributed. It was characteristic of He came into Congress in 1881, after a distinguished career in the him that to whatever place or whatever task called, he rendered . legislature and the executive office of the State of Maine, and faithful, conscientious: and fruitful service. from the time of his entrance into the Honse was recognized as a From 1863 till 1873 he was, with a slight interruption, a membGr trained and experienced legislator. He had a preparation for of the Maine house of representatives, and during a term its public life, based upon a liberal education in one of the most speaker. Succeeding this service, he was the governor of his S~a.te. · famous colleges in New England, besides the advantage which For eighteen years he was a member of the National House of arises from the studies required for admission to the bar. In ad Representativesand died its leader upon the floor, chairman of the dition to this he was, throughout hjs life, identified with journal Ways and Means Committee. In many other capacities he ren- ism, a circumstance which in itself greatly contributed to hisuse dered distinguished public services. The mere recital of the places fulness as a statesman. that he held is a witness that he was a man of mark amongst his Mr. STEELE. Mr. Speaker, will my good friend the gentle fellows and of service to his kind. Mr. Blaine once said that no man from Iowa permit me to inject into his address a brief ex truer test of a man's power could be found than his success in the pression of my appreciation of our departed friend? Honse·of Representatives; that place therein must be fought for Mr. DOLLIVER. Certainly. and won by merit. This test Mr. DING LEY successfully stood. Mr. STEELE. In an experience of nearly twelve years I do not When he died he was faciie princeps in the House, a leader whom t.hink I have known a member of this Honse who has so indnstri we all delighted to follow and one who commanded the confidence ously, E>O efficiently, and so ably devoted his time to the best inter of his party and equally commanded the respect and esteem of the es ts of our great country, and at the same time has so faithfully, opposition. His career is a valuable contribution to the glory of so successfully, or more unselfishly served the people of his own r epublican representative government, wherein the equality of all beloved State. H e was a man of unusual information and ability, men, not only before the law but in a contest for advancement of unquestioned integrity, was respected and honored by all ~ood upon the ground of merit, is a conspicuous feature. He was a people, more especia1ly so by those who had the pleasure of h is shining example of the i1ossibilities c:-: Amerfoan citizenship. personal acquaintance. Nothing came to him by inheritance; he was the architect of his Mr. DOLLIVER. He had the wisdom to understand that tho own fortunes, and his fortunes were built upon the solid fonnda- r ange of public affairs is too broad to permit a man to be~ome an tion of a noble character. authority in all its departments. He therefore, following the He was a manly man, patient, learned, and eminently inclus- natural bent of his mind, deliberatelyiclentifiecl himself with that trious. He was a manly man because he was ever true to his branch of public affairs which deals with the fiscal problems of ideals. and his ideals were lofty. Pure of private life, with strong the Government, with the creati.on and disposition of tho national convictions, he never, swerved from his standards nor forsook r evenues. and with the larger problems that relate to the coinngo what he believed to be the interests of the people whom he was and currency of the country. · called upon to represent, and he believed that he was called upon While he was alive his preeminence in these fields of research to represent the people of the whole country. He was a patient and controversy, generously conceded by all, invited neither envy man, charitable of the views of others, though fixed in his own. nor jealousy, so that we only repeat the tribute ungrudginglypaid He was a tactful man, anxious, always, to work out by the wisest to tho living statesman on all hands when it is said, now that the methods, by compromise, when necessary-but never a compro- labors of his life are-done, that no man of his time equaled him misa of principle-by courageous methods when others failed, in the mastery of the complex and difficult problems which con whn.t he believed to be the true interests of the people. He was a cern the Treasury of the United States. learned man. He had a wonderful storehouse of information, in In other matters the House may have turned to others for au general and in detail, and his information was exact and accurate. thorifative statements of fact ancl suggestions of policy, but when A wonderful memory added greatly ·to his power as a leader. He the questions of coinage, banking and currency, of ways and was rarely found wanting for a ready reply to the arguments means were before the House every member acquiesced in the offered by the opposition. unfrersal confidence in the profound knowledge of Governor To such an extent was reliance-placed upon what he h·ad to say DINGLEY upon these subjects. that he never rose to speak that he did not command the atten- It was not an accident that he occupied this unique relation to the tion of all, whether friend or foe. I have never known a more affairs of the Government, for to a natural adaptation to studies of industrious man. Every waking hour of every day was given to this charaeter he added an industry with which he pursued his the acquisition of useful knowledge. With an apparently deli- favorite themes without weariness and without vacation . We cate physique, his capacity for work seemed nevertheless without have heard it said that Governor DING LEY owed little to natural limit. All that he knew and all tllat by his patient industry he talents and everything to unremitting labor. It is nearer the learned was gladly devoted to the public service. I could not if truth to say that he was sagacious enough to know that even the I would recount the measures that his advocacy wrought into the possession of extraordinary gifts is futile unless they aro put into statute law -of the nation. Suffice it to·say, that during his long the harness and driven by a steady and severe hand. career there were few matters of important legislation that did . He was an example of the intellectual type that takes nothing not receive his attention. He was an ardent believer in the prin- for granted, that stands upon the solid rock of fact and truth, CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. FEBRUARY ·ll, perfecting every detail with patient care, until at last men looked real estate of the Republic is not the boundless territory of the upon him as a leader and teacher of his fellow-men. national domain, nor its real wealth the accumulated sum of its It is probable that .Mr. DINGLEY regarded his labor in the pres property, nor its real life the unnumbered millions of its p6ople, ent Congress as his most important public work, and there is no for after you have gathered together all the statistics of material doubt that his name will be chiefly known to posterity in con prosperity you have yet to find by the quiet :firesides of an upright nection with the fiscal legislati.on of 1897. It was my good for people the authentic census of a great commonwealth. tune to be associated with him in the preparation of the tariff law which bears hjs name. For many months prior to the ex Mr. HOPKINS. 1\Ir. Speaker, I desire on this sad yet interesting traordinary session of this Congress he sat at the head of the occasion to add my meed of praise to the memory of our departed table, surrounded by the ten members of the Ways and Means friend and colleague. I shall leave it to others who knew him Committee belonging to his own party, conducting the investiga longer and better to speak of his early manhood and of the train tions which r esulted in the original draft of the Dingley tariff ing that he had preparatory to his entering upon his great career bill. They were months of labor, without a day of recreation in this House. l\fy acquaintance with Mr. Du"\'GLEY commenced and without an hour of leisure. The chairman of the committee, in the Forty-ninth Congress. When I came here at that time he even then to all appearances frail and uncertain in strength, had serveu his district and State faithfully and well i:µ our na brought to the business in hand that wealth of accurate informa tional councils for a number of years and bad already attained a tion, that vast store of 9efi.nite knowledge, that unflagging zeal of commanding position with his colleagu es. personal attention which left his colleagues in daily astonishment As a new member, I naturally made a careful study of the lead as they came to see the fullness of his equipment in the field of ing members of that Congress, and of all the men who then and practical legislation. since have filled conspicuous places in the public mind Mr. Drna The minute details of.previous legislation from the first t ariff LEY was one of the if not the most interesti.ng character. Ho law to the last, and the history of American industries, great ancl wa3 not gi.fted by nature with a voice and person that would attract small. including the vicissitudes of the business world,_seemed to attention. What he gained in the way of public distinction was be within easy reach of llis infallible memory, so that he conld in spite of many personal defects. It was the superb quality of neither be deceived by the petitions of t hose who asked for duties h ~ s mind and that never-tiring industry so characteristic of him unreasonably high nor the protests of those who sought to reduce that placed him in the foremost rank of the public men of the day. them to a point unreasonably low. In this bewildering mass of Whatever he had ifJ. hand to do be did well. He was a good par statistics, official reports, price lists, and personal statements, liamentarian, well versed in the science of finance, thoroughly Governor DINGLEY moved about like a man perfectly at llome, conver ant with the principles of political economy, and as a never failing to get at the facts, never hesit atfog to cnst aside hear member of t.he Appropriations Committee he distinl?'uished h im says from whatever quarter, and when the work was over ancl the self for the depth and variety of bis information. As chairman bill appro·n~d by the House without an amendment not suggested of the Committee on Ways and Means he has inseparably con by the committee, every rna.n associated with him, in addition to nected his name with the legislative history of our country in admiration for the statesman, found in his- heart a sincere atfcc· connection with the law now on our statute book known as the tion for the man himself, for the unostentatiou~ colleague whos9 Dingley law. greatness as a leader only emphasized his kindness and generoEf,ty None of ns dreamed at the opening of the present session of as a friend. Congress that his earthly career was so nearly ended. Up to the In so far as his fame r ests upon what he said and what he c1iu, ho '. iday r ecess he came daily among us in the committee room and it is preserved in tbe RECORD of the proce8dings of this House. as leader on this floor with all the old-time vigor, courtesy, and That R ECORD will show to future generations the wisclom with firmness that have marked his leadership. He had the entire con which he approached the questions of his time. H is speeches fidence not only of his R epublican colleagues, but of our Demo upon this fioor have a permanent value t o the student and the cratic friends as well. Whenever he ai·o::e to address the Chair historian, not only because of their trustworthy statement of the on any subject relating to legislation he was listened to with re matters under consideration, but because they are inseparably spe This little incident, so insignificant in itself, is now cherished cause, how genuine in character, how gentle in his dispo8ition, as one of the happiest espisodes of my Congressional life. It gave how solicitous for the public welfare this man at all times was, me the acquaintance and goocl will and in time· the friendship of to-day would be universally observed throughout the land in pay-. one of the noblest, truest, and purest minds and characters that ing tribute to his memory. American statesmanship has ever developed. He was always But he was not covetous of notoriety. His voice was not heard so helpful, so kind, and so thoughtful of us new members. Our far, though the fruit of his intelligence and labor falls in rich admiration for and appreciation of him grew with the passing abundance wher ever industry prevails. He left the richest legacy years. We of his own political household followed him unfal of his ability and industry in the legislation of his country. Every teringly. sometimes walking by faith more than by sight, through citizen is his legatee. Men will enjoy the benefits of his toil and the years when our party here was in a hopeless minority. We maybe never know his name nor comprehend his thought. The rallied around him with contidence and courage when a turn in wheels were spinning and the axles whirling on the day of his de the wheel of political fortune made him the floor leader of a tri mise. Labor has 1·eceived increased rewards, and the faces of its umphant majority. In victory or in defeat he never failed u s. children, once haggard with the marks of hunger, are gleaming He knew well political history, the sources of revenue for the now with joy-unconscious tributes to the wisdom and the use Federal Treasury, and the objects for which the public money fulness of him whose loss our nation mourns. could properly be expendecl. His accurate knowledge and com To this faithful servant of our country, to this ~entle, truthful prehensive grasp of public affairs commanded our respect, and his comrade of every earnest Representative in the Congress of integrity of character won our unbounded confidence. America, l pay the tribute of a constituency who appreciate es Respect for his knowledge and confidence in his integrity gave sential worth and genuine manhood, who undeTstand the value to this man his commanding influence while living, and they will of good deeds, the vanity of praise, and something of the loss our. insure for him an earthly immortality in the Pantheon of his coun countTy suffers in the death of one like him. try's history. The encouraging thought in connection with such a life is that Mr. DOCKERY. :Mr. Speaker, it is a melancholy duty, and the renown and success achieved by him were due to neither wealth yet a privilege not to be foregone, to speak a. word touching the nor hereditary rank, nor yet to any peculiar great natural gift of exemplary life of the friend and colleague who has so lately passed oratorical or other intellectual endowment not vouchsafed to com from us-of him whose amiable personal qualities, exalted attain mon mortals. ments, and national distinction endeared him to us all in so great The homely virtues that made him r espected and loved are the a degree. potential heritage of every American youth. What little I shall add to that which has already been so well Knowledge isacquiredandcan be acquired by all who are willing said by others deals particularly with a phase of his career and to pay the price in patient, persevering, self-denying study. Integ character which came under my direct observation in my experi rity does not even havo to be acquired. It is an original patri ence as a co-worker with him in the public service. mony, possegsed by all who do not intentionally or negligently NELSON DINGLEY, Jr., entered Congress as the successor of throw it away. Hon. William P . Frye, from the Second l\faine District, two years It may be n ews to some, hat it is a fact that the "Congressional before my entry here; but even those two short years had enabled Temperance Society" is the oldest temperance society in America. him to take a. prominent rank in the House. From that date un For sixty-five consecutive years it has held aloft the banners of til his untimely death a few weeks since, I witnessed with pleas temperance Ol;l the battlements of this Capitol. For the last half ure his rapid rise in the confidence of his party and the esteem of score of years or more Mr. DrnGLEY has been our president. \Ve the House, and his continuous growth in great usefulness to the shall sadly miss him at futu1·e meetings. Ilut the cause must not country. suffer. Other hands must seize the colors he relinquished. "The He has gone from us so recently that it is hard to realize that workman ma.y fall, but the work must go on." his familiar presence is not among us still, and even harder yet t o Wherever assigned to duty he did his work well. Appropria know that we shall never more see him in bis customary seat in tions, commerce, and the n ational de: ense by land and sea each this Hall, or at his post on the floor, or in his wonted place at the claimed his attention and responded to the touch of his guidance committee table. It is painful to adjust ourselves to the stony in a manner al ways calculated to enhance the happiness and pros r eality of fact with respect to his departure-painful to think perity of the people and the enduring glory of the Republic. that he has gone irrecoverably on his long journey to But his greatest achievement, for which his countrymen, and The undiscovered country, from whose bourno especially we of his own political party, will ever cherish his name No traveler returns. and m emory, was writing upon our statute book the revenue la w Mr. Speaker, it is altogether idle to say merely that we miss of 1897, popularly, and very properly, known as the Dingley law. him, that we shall always miss him, that the peculiar place he All his associates on the committee labored faithfully and in occupied in our regard and affections can never be filled by another dustriously on certain schedules; Mr. DINGLEY mastered every just as he filled it. The bonds of tried friendship and the ties of detail of every schedule. warm comradeship can not be thus broken asunder in a moment When our work was concluded, he remarked one day that we without a cruel shock of surprise and grief. In the endurance of had done three times as much hard work as any committee had such a calamity the heart recovers but slowly, and time a1one ' ever done on any tariff bill before; and he knew, for he had served can heal the sundered ligaments and soothe the throbbing of tho on the Ways and Means Committee during the revisions of 1890 anguished nerves. and 1894. Y cs, he bas gone from us so recently that bis personality is as Soon after completing these arduous tasks the Spanish war came fresh before our minds as though we had heard him bicl us good on, necessitating tho levy and collection of hundreds of millions morning but an hour ago. We can see lJeforo us his frail figure, of additional revenue. How wisely the crisis was met, both in clad in the scholar's black; his grave ancl sensitive countenance, strengthening the public credit and in levying the necessary addi touched with tlle "pale cast of thought;" his dark, ea0 fo oye, tional taxes where they produced the least hardship, the present beaming with intelli~cnce and kindliness; his black hair and beard, condition of our industries and finances amply attest. his nervous hands, hlS quick m ovements, his unassuming manner, The honor of these achievements are due, not exclusively, but his cheerful, reassuring presence. lar(}'ely, and I might say mainly, to Mr. DINGLEY. We all know that his temperament and disposition were alike Then, when summer vacation came and tho rest of us scattered lovable and rare. All his instincts were kinilly and humane. to the seasi distinctive characteristics were his extraordinary indnstry, his are now members of this body-Messrs. BINGHAM, ERMENTROUT,' method, his system, his economy of time, and his utilization of BRUMM, and HARMER, of Pennsylvania; Messrs. REED and Bou opportunity. He was a tireless student, an indefatigable investi TELLE, of Maine; Messrs. CANNO:N and HITT, of Illinois; l\Iessrs. gator, a close observer, a clear thinker- PAYNE, R AY, and WADSWORTH, of New York; Messrs. HENDER Deep and slow, exhausting thought, SON and HEPBURN, of Iowa: Mr. BLAND and myself, of :Missouri; And hiving wisdom with each studious yea!'. Mr. STEELE, of Indiana, and Mr. LANHAM, of Texas. Possessed of richest stores of information on almost all public All the others have gone-some into the busy activities of pri questions, he never wasted them on umvorthy objects or diverted vate life, but many, very many, have preceded DINGLKY to the them to idle uses, but employed them effectively an His tireless mind was always busy. silent and cold, I shall cherish his precept and example as a pre Measured by-what he did, his life was Jong indeed, for he left cious benediction and friend. his impress on his country's history. His name is no longer on It was my sad duty, as one of the funeral committee representing the r oll call. He no longer leads his party; but he l;las left an in this House, to accompany the remains of Governor DrnGLEY to fluence upon his country's history that will endure. his home in the State of Maine,,to the city he loved so well, to his neighbors and friends who had so signally honored him and who Mr. W:M. ALDEN SMITH. Mr. Speaker, this day has been loved him so well. set apart for loving tributes of friends and associates upon the life, No bray of trumpeta, no glittering pageantry, witnessed the ap· character, and distinguished services of our great leader, N ELSON proach of the funeral train; but our precious dust was committed DINGLEY. to tender hands and to loving hearts in a manner that was in keep Others have told you of his home life and the sweetness and all ing with his modest, unostentatious life. pervading influence of his lofty character; of his early public We buried him amidst the scenes of his childhood days-days work, and of b.is entire mastery of the great problems of state so that in some respects are the happiest and deatest to us all. Not vexatious to many and yet so yielding and pliable under the in in the din of the loom and the spindle, for on that sad day the fluence of his master mind; some have spoken of his methods of wheels of industry had ceased to revolve, the noise of business was thought and his deep devotion to any duty falling to his lot. hushed, the voice of partisanship was dumb; but we buried him I can not hope by any words of mine to add to this sublime sum in the silence of a sorrowful, stricken city, and under countless marv of his life work, in which all agree with singular and spon wreaths of flowers that were as pure, as sweet, and as beautiful tane'ous accord; but, Mr. Speaker, as a young member of this body, as was his life. I desire to pay my weak tribute to this masterful mind, this store house of knowle enactment of the great tariff law that bears his name he followed ment of their theories. No other lives of modern day can we re its operations with the solicitude and pride with which a father cail who were gladdened with the sight of the realization of their observes the growth of his child. Men of all shades of politics own system as devised by them for the salvation of their country agree that in his passing from us a calamity has fallen upon the in the hour of peril. Those who have been given the privilege to country. This period needs the service of our wisest statesman devise the method of a country's guidance while serving here ship, and he was preeminent in that class. have been few. The world's greatest ministers of finance have Those. who knew him best will cherish his memory most. Pa been those who are in cabinets, who were the administrative of tient and unassuming in his relations with men, yet able, force ficers. ful, and brave on occasion, he commanded the respect and confi But when in the coming years youth shall turn the pages of his dence of all. He was devoted to his family as husband and father tory to mark who in our legislative halls that laid the foundations as be was to his country in service. He was pure and upright in of revenue saw the realization of their effort and obtained from speech and life, showing forth the qualities of gentleness and kind the public expression of his nation the approval of his method, ness to the weak and the poor, thus practicing the Christianity he the indorsement of his views, and the acceptance of his results, professed. His mind was honest, his purpose lofty, his long serv he shall be confronted with the two epochs, the late civil war ice dedicated to the good of his State and country. It is not sur among the States, and recall Morrill, of Vermont; and then tho prising, therefore, that as the honored leader of his party in the war between Spain and .America, and recall the name of NELSON American House of Representatives NELSON DING LEY attained such DI:r\GLEY. "A great name, next to a great act, by nature herself distinguished position that political relations were forgotten in the cemented, and joindered by time; orders the act itself to die, but genuine sorrow felt by all his colleagues at his untimely death. by the melt of time, when can an act expire without oblivion, It is difficult to realize that he has gone not to return. I hesitate when its event is of the glory of war or death? It survives to to think of such a man as dead. I believe he is exalted to a better eternity." life, and I lay this simple tribute to his memory as I would drop Mr. Speaker, it is known that in the political differences per an immortelle at his to:D?-b, and thank God for his sojourn among us. mitted under our form of government I entertained varying views to those expressed by the distinguished dead. Therefore it is not ::M:r. LEWIS of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I am at this moment of his views nor of his work which I memorialize; it is of the man, designated as one to give his voice in this chorus of sacred amens. his manner of kindness and gentleness, of indulgence to those I an;i not filling the place of an eulogist. That office is permitted who needed his friendship and were dependent upon his forbear to those who know of the birth ana the life, who speak of the ance-the new member, the young man. When one enters this character and the work of this dead statesman whose name and House, he finds an atmosphere.filled with jealousies, envies, con memory the Houi:ie mourns as it honors. Unto me alone is offered tentions, sometimes bitterness-all tirµes opposition and suspicion. a privilege which I accept with gi·aciousness. I am one of the These are born from the mutual ambitions of men, spring from · new members, the "one-term member," speaking. It is as one of the individual aspirations of the race, are natural to the zealous the young men and for them that I bring forth this tribute. impulses of the man himself. It may be that those whose impulses overcome reflection shall '£his House is well illustrated by the story of the Egyptian charge my following expression as rash. It is that I do not con vipers. in the Alexandrian pitcher, each struggling to get its cur in the sentiment that death is untimely. I hold that in the head above the other where the room will permit but one head gr eat temporal theater of events each scene is shifted by a guiding at a time, yet in the blind and maddening squirm careless of the hand. Never a curtain falls save in response.to the pell. To me death sting inflicted upon the other in the conflict. In such scenes, the very fixedness of earth, the race of the planets, the burning where shall the new member who has not yet inherited opposition glow of heat and the cold light of the stars yield obedience to the or party animosity-to what source shall he turn, if not to those who law of order and of time. - may lay aside their ambitions, pause from their aspirations, stand "If the stars have their time to shine above self-adulation, and be beyond his self-admiration in order The flowers to wither in t he cold wind's breath," to serve and to accommodate-yea, to befriend-those who may For it there is n. time- neea? As weil as all of time for death. It was this spirit of the distinguished dead which attracted me. I would not have it understood that I hold that death is merely The humblest man in this House could not address an inquiry timely in itself. Rather would I know, rather would I feel and without receiving the courteous and dignified response. The most have it expressed that unto those who die it is timely. There can embarrassed member in the most confusing moment could hopo be no act of Nature or of her children that is without a purpose. for the su~estion of rescue and the kindly prompting of encour Death serves some men well, both in its occurrence and in the agement from Mr. DINGLEY. His years of service to country and time of its choice. In the obedience to Death's demands the sub to self taught him that those who sometimes bend rise higher than ject complies with the law, and thus obedience, though inevita ever when recovered; that thoy who serve are served to the best. ble, has its reward. The reward is seldom visible to the eyes of So thoroughly was he without the jealousies which prevent rec those whose loss seems irreparable. It can not be 'appreciated by ognition of merit in others; so devoid of envy which denies the those whose grief forbids philosophy; but time, the test of events. admission of capacity in others; so broad and generous in his ap speaks the consolation and proves the wisdom of the end as well preciation of his fellow-creatures, that to him genius in youth was as the blessing of the time. a light which was beautiful, ability in age was a source of his Some men live so long and under conditions which forbid their constant respect. and wisdom from experience was his ever unfail due appreciation by their fellow-man. This works a depri~n.tion ing refuge. .All of this was to him a part of the gr eat endowment to the children of their generation following. It denies them the of his l\faster. For these to him, particularly in others, were a part sacred light of exalted reflection in which to walk and be known. of the world's property which he always admired, ever applaucled, The deeds of such great, covered by the increase of minor events and constantly enjoyed. and hidden by the multiplication of increasing detail, is as have Sir, seldom given to fulsome compliments or unnecessary adula been great lights submerged in fog and beacon g1eams lost in mist. tion, ho yet found it often agreeable to say to the humble member When a man has lived so long that in the slow but unerring and struggling for little .place that his work was well clone. This left unabatin~ graduation of life he reaches all the perfections which many a young man touched with his considerate and measured the world allows and closes the best act of existence with his exit praise feeling himself- from the theater, what more is to be desired? Who of us would Laudai'i a viro laudatus. not rather such to be our termination than to endure the recall or to be destined to play again amidst others who are the center of To be thus praised by the praised did more than flatter self the admiring eye, the sole voice of fickle praise? This seems like esteem; it gave confidence to strength arid purpose. It was never the philosophy of Epictetus. I place it shortly in the language of lost to him who gave, and yet it was twice blessed to him who gave and to hi~ who received. the Greek: Mr. Speaker, it is of these qualities in which the figures of speech L et me not live an ignoble life to die, to be forgot, Thrust foully beneath the earth, like a worm to rot; are neither necessary nor defensib1e, the expression of which the Rather let me in some glorious deed expire, plainest of words convey the most. Of these I speak. I speak as That distant ages may the deed admire. one of the young members and of the young men who were tho l\fr. DINGLEY closed the most important epoch of his life with recipients of some of the generous kindness in his unselfish nature, his death. He concluded the most important event that could which to-day any flattery would wound, not soothe, bis "dull, occur in his life and bowed himself out, as the player who speaks cold ear." For this I am compensated. his best and then gives to his audience the adieu. Masters of Sir, in days to come, as the recurring sessions will bring men finance, ministers of revenue, creators of the muniments of the here, and as the closing day will take them from us, as the too oft nation's wealth have invariably been cursed by their immediate mock a:ilcl ceremonious form of eulogy will be presented in this generation-seldom blessed. Mr. DING LEY created and gave to his House, still, sir, no man will have more said of him, however nation the expression of the system producing the finance into the much, than that he was a just man. bodv of his nation-the two arteries which in time of war have B_e this writ upon the tomb. To his .virtues let no higher eulogy been told us are the life springs, "money and iron." be sought. None higher could be written on earth, none better Necker, in France, and Peel, in England, lived to see the fulfi.11- finds its way to heaven. 1899. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 1775 Through the aisles of earth, where the lamp of character ever am inclined to the -belief that he became a martyr to his official swings its incense, perfuming the air, no odor so rare and sweet, duties, that through constant and unyielding application of his no gleam so gentle and so pure, as that which shall be given gen mental powers to his offici 1 duties his nervous system was seized emtions- to come by the lives of such as this glorious dead, who with a blight that invited the fatal disease that caused his un leaves its walks filled with the memory of justice and its course timely death, an overlooked but fatal dissipation, but an unselfish bright with the light of truth. Public virtue in public life, one. private character above reproach, the Christian man, who looked His temperament was of that species which had no side tracks o-f upon mankind as brother and turned ever to God as the giver of diversion; he possessed no visible mirthful strain to fertilize and all; surely such is after all the noblest and best example from rejuvenate his wasting powers as his daily task proceeded. Ths which youth may pattern and the highest which civilization and world will not record him as one of its oratorical specimens, and the world's immortality can contribute to man's existence. yet he possessed some of the highest qualities of oratory, traits without which no one can be an orator. He had the remarkable 1\fr. MOODY. Mr. Speaker, the sense of bereavement. by the and most choice gift of thinking clearly and logically, and there death of Mr. DINGLEY is not confined to those who enjoyed an in fore his statements were rare gems of concentrated clearness and timacy with him. It is not strange that an affliction which has specific directness of purpose. Whenever a great question was no lesser limit than the boundaries of the country itself should in pending, all desired to hear him, a true criterion of real oratory. this body excite a deep feeling of grief among all its members. It He had none of the condiments or ornaments of oratory. He is fitting, therefore, that a sentiment so universal should find cor was not gifted with satire, a ludicrous descriptive power, or the responding expression. keen shafts of repartee. He was not an actor or resonant de Nowhere is there a more profound sense of loss in his death claimer, and therefore was not an entertainer, except as unvar than in the State of .Massachusetts. He was familiar with all her nished and incisive wisdom and clear information on current topics activities, understood her people, and sympathized with her entertained his fellows. aspirations as fully as if he had been born and had lived upon her In many things he stands as a rare example for emulation among soil. When I entered Congress :Mr. DINGLEY was the unques statesmen. He led his great party on the floor of the House with tfoned leader of his party upon the floor of the House. T_he slow, out seeking to lead it. He received the designation as the most steady, aud laborious steps by which he attained that position tit among his colleagues from his distinguished colleague of his have been described by others. I did not witness them. I did own State, the Speaker, probably without request and probably not see him ascending the hill. I saw him only after he had without any desire on his part, but because of preeminent fitness. reached the summit. Yet the manner in which he conducted None envied him; none were jealous of him by reason of an ac himself there left no uncertainty concerning the methods by knowledged superior fitness to which all of his associates grace- which he had r eached that place. fully bowed. · Without the arts or graces of the orator, or that indescribable To his exemplary temperament, persistent industry, loyalty to quality which invokes enthusiasm and commands personal loyalty, duty, and integrity of purpose his eminent standing was but a he wielded undisputed sway through the more solid qualifications necessa1·y resultant. No one claimed for him any distinctive supe of wide and accurate knowledge, of the power of clear statement riority by nature over the generality of his colleagues. Nature and cogent logic, and of purity of motive and character. He was had given him the ordinary capacity usually dealt out in in a well a bold man who, on either side of the Chamber, dared to contest distributed form, and it was he that so developed and husbanded Mr. DrnGLEY's position upon any public question not involving_ his resources that he found himself well in advance of the general differences of party politics. He was a foolhardy Republican who procession of those inheriting like capacities and opportunities >entured. to dispute his leadership on questions of party policy. when death overtook him. He laid down his burdens after his Early in his life he measured with accurate foresight the possi long and laborious journey in this House with everyone of his bilities of his car eer, and with prophetic vision foretold to him associates a sincere and sympathetic friend and all acknowledging self the things which the future had in store for him. His life that in his death the nation suffered a great loss. presents one of the few instances in our history of m en who, hav ing deliberately prepared themselves for the problems of practical Mr. SULZER." Mr. Speaker, representing in part the great statesmanship. have found the opportunity of dealing w ith them metropolis of the nation, I would be false to my nobler impulses upon a magnificent scale; who, having accumulated an abundant and to the people I have the honor to represent if I did not on store of knowledge, have been given a chance to u se it all in the this sad occasion place on record µ:iy poor tribute of esteem, of service of the people. He pursued the study of the law and ob respect, of affection, ancl of admiration for the late N ELSON tained admission to the bar with no thought of practicing the pro DrnGL]£Y. His death has left a void in the House of Representa fession, but with the purpose of thus best disciplining his mind tives which can never be filled, and the announcement of his un and preparing himself for the activities of the life which he so expected demise fell like a pall on the people of the Republic. clearly foresaw. The training of his profession of journalism he His loss is a national calamity, and the country has lost a useful, constantly utilized as a preparation for the puhlic life which he an honest, a faithful, and a conscientious pub1ic servant. We entered early and followed ~ill the end. miss him now, but we shall miss him more and more as the 'l'he sense of personal grief which oppresses us all, great as it is, weeks and months come and go. No one can take his place. is overshadowed by the conviction that his untimely death was a There are many here who knew Mr. DINGLEY better and. more public calamity the extent of which can not be measured now by intimately, but no one respectecl him more than I did. I became words, but will be felt with increasing force for many years to acquainted with him when I came to Congress four years ago. come. As the new problems, born of our changed conditions, In a very short time I was impressed with his sincerity, his hon- come, one !Jy one, to face us, who is there who does not miss tho . ,esty, his courtesy, and his industry. He was an indefatigable kindly counsel, the sagacious spoech, the wise and conservative worker, and he accomplished great results. H e was patient, tire leadership of NELSON DINGLEY? For what he has done his place less, and methodical. H e seemed to be the h appiest when he was in our history is secure. But the need of the present and the fu the busiest. He died a martyr to his fidelity-to public duty. ture for him, and the void which his death has caused, can be un He never e-vaded an obligation and he never shirked a responsi derstood alone by those who have served with him in the councils bility. of the nation and whose undying respect and affection he had vrnn. In many respects l\fr. DING LEY was a great man, a great parlia mentarian, and a great legislator. His name is connected with .Mr. BELL. Mr. Speaker, I can claim no very intimate indi some of the greatest laws on our statute books, and the great legis vidual relationship with the lamented decea~ed or any knowledge lative work he performed will live and redound to his credit as of his private life except as I gathered the same from proximate long as the Republic endures. circumstances surrounding his sphere of public duty. I have fre To those who knew him well he was a kindly, genial man. He quently walked with him from the House to his hotel., and. learned was loved and admired on both sides of this Chamber, and his something, in a small way it is true, of his general customs of name was a household word throughout the country. I do not life. I aleo went with his associates to assist in paying the last think he had an enemy in all the land. H e had a lovable character. tribute of respect to his mortal remains at his home at Lewiston, l\fr. DINGLEY was especially kind, considerate, and courteous to and saw something of the adoration with whioh his neighbors tke new and younger members of the House. He made their ac cherished him as a citizen, neighbor, and statesman. quaintance, and was always willing and anxious to aid, counsel, From the different standpoints from which I have viewed him and assist them. No matter how weary or how busy he was, he I would say the d istinguished deceased was what the world would never refused to·listen to the inquiries of the new and inexperi call a phlegmatic temperament-that is, he regarded life as a chain enced member, and he always gave him good advice and the bene of se1ious connecting links, which demanded his incessant and fit of his great knowledge, soupd judgment, and vast information. sincere attention. Many here will never forget how kindly disposed he was to them He lived after a fixed r egime. He did not poison his blood or when they first became members of this House. I do not believe brain with intoxicants or narcotics, avoided the gluttony of club he ever turned a cleaf ear to any member.seeking information on life and the blasts of inclement weather and the coarser dissipa any subject, and this generous characteristic has left a lasting im tions common to the contemporaries of his generation, and yet I pression on us all and gives us a true insight into his noble nature. 1776 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE .. FEBRUARY 11, - The career of NELSO~ DrnGLEY is one we can all be proud of, there are not very many of the prominent ones living. Although and illustrates the advantages and the opportunities of American in that Congress there were some of the niost distinguished men institutions. By hard work, by industzy, by sobriety, and by per of our country, yet there was not one man who made the impres severance he rose from a poor boy to one of the most important, sion upon me that was made by Governor DINGLEY. honorable, influential, and commanding positions in the nation. It seems to me that almost the moment I became acquainted The story of his life has been truthfully and eloquently told here with him he struck me as being a superior man; surely not in his to-day, and demonstrates anew the possibilities of human effort appearance, but there was such earnestness, sincerity, honesty, and human progress in this land of equal opportunities. Every and conscientiousness in the man that impressed me with his hopeful and ambitious schoolboy should read the story of his life gi·eatness then, and this impression has grown f:rom that day to and endeavor to emulate his shining example. It must always be this. · a fruitful source of encouragement to every ambitious youth and This was when the financial question was the all-absorbing issue struggling patriot. of the day. I did not agree with him in his financial views upon Mr. Drr"GLEY came of sturdy New England stock, the first general principles, yet the wisdom and knowledge he displayed American Dingley having come to Massachusetts in 1Ci38. His would make any man respect him, while his logic was so clear and ancestors were nearly all traders and farmers. He was born at forcible that it would oft make his llonest antagonist doubt and Durham, l\:Ie., February 15, 1832. At 17 he was a teacher of a hesitate. school near his home. A little later he entered Waterville Col -No question of any importance arose in committee that was not lege, and subsequently Dartn:;wuth, where he graduated in 1855 referred to Governor DrxGLEY, and what astonishe its portals new arrivals. And likewise, after four years of service influence limited by the confines of tho Republic. It swept beyond even these, commanding the r espectful attention of the world's leading states here, among the pleasantest memories I have of the House of Rep men and affecting, directly or indirectly, the le~islation of all the nation resentatives is the recollection of courtesies extended and kind 'Vhile :p.e :was thus pressing h~ way upward t~ th£'. high posit~on which h~ nesses shown by men like Governor DINGLEY. fillPd hIB mfiuence was deepenm~ and broadenmg m the community where he began bis eventful career. Tnis commanding influence was not the r e I was much struck this afternoon by the tribute paid to Amer sult of fortune or adventitious circumstances, but was the legitimate out ican homesteads by the gentleman from Iowa [Mr. DoLLIVERJ . come of a life "laid in deep and solid foundations and reared in harmonious He said that the true cens LS of a nation's greatness, the best hope and enduring proportions." . Sac.h r~sults coul~ have be~n achieved by fidelity to duty and an unfalter of a r epublic's security, is not in the splendor of its wealth or the rng fa.1th m the rectitude of his purposes. From tho beginning of his active uncounted millions of its people, but in the virtues of which the life he must have been dominated by the loftiest and noblest of moral ideals. dead statesman was so conspic.:uous an example. Governor DING It coulcl not have been otherwise, for while it is possible to so order one's conduct as to deceive here and there an individual, it is impossible for a pub LEY'S ambition was to administer with integrity, as well as ability, lic servant to deceivo millions of people for a generation. No craft how skil the high places confided to his care. fully ell!ployed could, for so long a time, disguise the hypocrasy or hide the Therefore, without knowing the late chairman of the Ways and corruption. means Committee well, observing hi'In only as a young member ~ov:r is this constantly increasing and enduring strength with. the vast IJ?a:Jor1ty of our P.eople to b~ accoun~ed for? :Wh~t enabled our distinguished will note an older and more experienced legislator, I was im c1t1zeJ:?. to pass, without a smgle stain. upon hlS fair fame, through the varied pressed with two qualities of his character, qualities that glorify experiences of a long aud peculiarly trying public life? all the other attributes ascribed to him in these eulogies to-day. It was w>t great intellectual abihty,for his was not a preeminent endow ment; it was not eloq~ence, for he haa no special gifts as an orator. It was Or:-e was his courtesy and tbe other his integrity. not the charm of a polished manner, for, while he was ever affable and cour t eous, he had not cultivated the "arts of grace as a means to·an end." Mr. GROSVENOR. Mr. Speaker, I ask that the sermon deliv . ~Vhat, then, ~as.it that enabled him to attain unto and hold so long the po s1tion he occup10d m the thought, esteem, and affection of his countrymen? _ered by Rev. G . l\L Howe, l\ir. DINGLEY's pastor, on the occasion '.I'be answer to these queries is found in his loyalty to principle, his devotion of the obsequies at Lewiston, Me., be published in the RECORD. to truth, his thorough preparation, and conscientions work. Thus he was There was no objection. e~er r eady for, a;nd ~qual to, the de.mands of the hour and the occasion. By his earnest appbcation to the task m band, and by his signal 1mccess in his The following is the sermon: chosen field of effort, he proved to the young men of this R opublic that- FRIE?o.JJS AND FELLOW-CITIZENS: This is not an uncommon scene, for as Tbe heights by ~reat men reached and kept Soen all these years to the influ The shock of Mr. DINOL"EY's unlooked-for death came not alone to tho ence and power of the Lord Jesus Christi How forcibly we are r eminded members of his devoted family- who had watched with tender solicitude hy this m~rning of .t~e earnest w01:ds .he used to speak wit!J. us concerning the bis bedside, but to the nation m whose council chambers h e had for so many r enewmg, sustammg, and sanctifying power of the gospel ! How vividly we • years been a conspicuous figure. recall his loving exhortation to make the word of God the mass of our conn The deceased by the cart-ful development of his native gifts his close ap sol and the light of our pathway. Wllo of us th~t were accustomed to meet with him in the prayer and con plication to public duty, bis kindly spirit and noble nature, won for himself ference room will ever forget the deep feeling he exhibited on :m occasion ~::~~ge place in tho llearts of his townsmen and in the esteem of his country- liefore r eturning to Congress when h e asked the brethren prai;ent to r emem ber him constantly at the throne of grace that he might have the strength to . It can tru~y be said. that it has been the fortune of but few men in tho meet and discharge his obligations as a public man to the honor and glory of history of this Republic to be so honored and trusted by their constituency God? Ancl then again., on the eve of his departure fo1· Washington for the as he. This is seen in his r epeated reelections to the National House of Ro:p- last time, how earnestly be exhorted us all, and especially the young mon manner in which he met and discharged bis public ~~s~~!~if:~ili~~i~~ff. i1re~ont 1 t.o avail themselves of eve:i:y opportunity to promoto the culture of then· spll'1tual natures, and thus uIDld themselves up in the most holy faith The press has given extended notices of his life and sen·ice and has com and then added: "If it were my last word to you, I would say make it th~ mented freely upon the eminen ce which h e attained as a stut~sman and tho busiuess of your lives to build up noble Christian characters, and you will high regai:d in which he was hold by bis associates in Congress. never regret it." It remams for me to speak of Mr. DrnoLEY as he appeared to me and I Though his lips are sealod in death, he Rtill speaks to us in the abiding in speak of him as a pastor and a personal friend. ' fluence of his life-a life purified and sanctified, a life made rich in r esources I am conscious that men do not estimate alike the worth of a human life and potent for good through his love for and faith in the crucified Redeemer. simply because they r egard it from different standpoints. It is a difficult Ho will be greatly missed in this commnnitybwhere he w as universally es t~sk, m~eed, toice is silent in your council hall at ~berty to eay to them while they werC!l with us, and what, perhaps, they in Forovor; and whatever tempests lower, then· modesty would l.Iave us leave unsaid. l!.,or ever silent. Evon if they broke It is a relief to the h eart to speak as we feel of our loss and to express in such In thundor, silent; yet remember all words as we can comma.ml. our Christian sympathy for those whos~ hearts He spoke among you, and the man 'vho are broken by this sore bereavement, for the death of a friend beloved always Spoke, l>rings a shadow with it. Who never sold the truth to serve the hour, .At tn.e same ~lr?e ~e m.aY always.gladly recall the past and look forward Nor paltered with eternal God for powor." with ~right a.nticipat10i:is mto the veiled future, as I am certain we all do this mornmg, as we engage in theso solemn services. . Ho will be missed in the home whore, as husband and father, he was greatly As I stand lrnre I can but feel that ho who has been so unexpectedly taken beloved. The sorrow of his bereaved family is too poignant and sacrod for from us bas been a holper and t eacher to me rather than I to him. us to intru de upon it. We can only humuly pray that the sweet comfort of He loved the house of God, he delighted in its services and ordinances faith may fall with healing grace upon each of these sorrowing hearts. The i;t-~d when present.gave thoughtful attention to the instructions given and revolYi;ng years may bring to them _some" sure-ease of sorrow," but no com Joined revorcmtly m every prayer offered. p ensat10n for the bereavement which they have experienced. Out of this And by his own upright and consistent life he has givon inspiration and home to which he contributed so much of light and j oy our friond and brother help to me, oven more abundantly than I to him. h a passc? to the untried experiences of the unseen world. there to learn the .I first JJ?-Ot Mr. p1NOLEY in the ai;itumn of. 1883, when, as the represent lesson o~ immortal being. We leave him there in the presence of the ,glori ative of this chnrc~ he conferred with me witll r eference to becoming its fi ed Sav10ur, whom he loved so d evotedly and sorveu so faithfully, and bt>foro l'3:8tor. ~he ac.qnmntance there formed, as time went on, ripened into a whom we, too, shall stand at no distant XXXII-. -112 1778 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. FEBRUARY 11, Though we may mourn (No. 2100); which said bill and report were referred to the Com Those in life the dearest, They shall return, mittee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Christ, when Thou appcn.rest. Soon shall Thy \oice Comfort those now weeping, REPORTS OF COl\!MITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS AND Bidding rejoice RESOLUTIONS. All in Jesus sleeping. Amen. Under clause 2 of Rule XIII, private bills and resolutions of the Mr. COUSINS. Mr. Speaker, I heard the request that the following titles were severally reported from committees, deliv funeral discourse pronounced by his pastor at Lewiston might go ered to the Clerk, and referred to the Committee of the Whole into the RECORD. I heard a funeral discourse in this presence House, as follows: upon the day of his obsequies in this House that was brief and Mr. MAHON, from the Committee on War Claims, to which excellent and worthy of a place in the history of this country. I was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 12080) for the allowance ask unanimous consent that those remarks of Rev. Dr. Newman, of certain claims reported by the accounting officers of the United made in this Chamber, may be printed in the RECORD. States Treasury Department, reported the same with amendment, The SPEAKER pro tempore [Mr. DALZELL]. It has already accompanied by a report (No. 2094); which said bill and rep ort been printed. - were referred to the Private Calendar. Subsequently, Mr. FENTON, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to Mr. COUSINS said: l\fr. Speaker, I am informed that the COI! which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 723) for the relief sent which was granted that the funeral discourse of Rev. Dr. of William H. Sprinkle, reported the same without amendment, Newman be printed in the RECORD did not extend to the memorial accompanied by a report (No. 2007); which said bill and report volume which will commemorate these proceedings. I therefore were referred to the Private Calendar. ask consent tbat that address be so printed. He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the There was no objection. bill of the Senate (S. 2638) for the correction of muster of Adolph Mr. F ARlS. Mr. Speaker, as the proceedings of this House on vonHaake, late major, Sixty-eighth Regiment New York Veteran the occasion referred to were brief, might it not be proper that Volunteer Infantry, reported the same without amendment, ac the prayer of the Chaplain of the House as well as the discourse companied by a report (No. 20!J8) ; which said bill and report reforred to by the gentleman from Iowa fMr. Cousrns] be included were referred to tho Private Calendar. in the memorial volume? - He also, from the same committee, to which was refe:rred the .Mr. STEELE. If my colleague [Mr. FARIS] will allow me, I bill of the House (H. R. 11064) to correct the muster of Benjaman ask that both the prayers delivered on that occasion be printed in F. Hasson, reported the same without amendment, accompanied the volume referred to. by a report (No. 2099); which said bill and report were referred Mr. TAWNEY. Mr. Speaker, I think it would be entirely ap to the Private Calendar. propriate that those entire proceedings of the House, attended as 1\fr. DAYTON, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to which they were by the President of the United States and his Cabinet, was referred the bill of the House (H. R. ·5062) for the relief of by members of the diplomatic corps, by the justices of the Supreme Dennis Kelly, reported the samo with amendment, accompanied Court, and other distinguished persons, as well as by the Senate by a report (No. 2101); which said bill and report were referred of the United States, be _printed in the memorial volume, I make to the Private Calendar. ·· that request. J\Ir. ·HICKS, from the Committee on Patents, to which was re Mr. DOCKERY. I suggest to my friend from Minnesota [Mr. ferred the bill of the House (H. R. 10880) granting an extension TAWNEY] that under the practice of the House that will be done. of Letters Patent 2448!J8, reported the same without amendment, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the request accompanied by a report (No. 2102); which said bill and report will be granted. · were referred to the Private Calendar. There was no objection. Mr. GROSVENOR. l\fr. Speaker, upon the suggestion of the PUBLIC BILLS, RESOLUTIONS. AND MEMORIALS gentleman from l\Iaine [Mr. BOUTELLE], I ask consent that all members of the House may have leave to print in the RECORD INTRODUCED. their tributes to the character and public services of Mr. DINGLEY. Under clause 3 of Rule XXII, bills, resolutions, and memorials There was no objection, and it was ordered accordingly. of the following titles were introduced and severally referred as · The SPEAKER. In compliance with the resolutions already follows: adopted by the House, and as a further mark of respect to the Dy Mr. OTJEN, from the Committee on War Claims: A bill memory of Mr. DING LEY, the House now stands adjourned until 12 (H. -R. 12084) _to reimburse those who have paid for sending to o'clock noon Monday. their P.omes for burial the dead bodies of officers, soldiers, sailors, And accordingly (at 5 o'clock and 40 minutes p. m.) the House and marines who died away from home while members of the adjourned. Army, Navy, or :Marine Corps of the United States, including trained nurses in the employ of the Government, since· the 1st day of January, 1898-to the Union Calendar. . EXECUTIVE COM.MUNICATIONS, ETC. By J\Ir. BABCOCK: A bill (H. R. 12085) to regulate licenses for Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV, a letter from the Secretary of War, theat.ers and other entertainments in the District of Columbia- transmitting a statement of certain unsettled accounts for adver· to the Committee on the District of Columbia. tising during the war with Spain, was taken from the Speaker's By Mr. HEMENWAY, from the Committee on Appropriations: table, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered A. bill.(H. R. 12086) making appropriations for fortifications and to be printed. other works of defense, for the armament thereof, and for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for other REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND purposes-to the Union Calendar. RESOLUTIONS. By Mr. BABCOCK: A bill (H. R.12087) regulating licenses in the Under clause 2 of Rule XIII, bills and resolutions of the follow District of Col um bi a-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. ing titles were severally reported from committees, delivered to Dy l\fr. STALLINGS (for l\Ir. WIIEELER of Alabama): A joint the Clerk, and referred to the several Calendars therein named, resolution (H. Res. 363) presenting the thanks of Congress to as follows: .Maj. Gen. Elwell S. Otis and the officers and men under his com Mr. OTJEN, from the Committee on War Claims, to which was mand-to the Committee on l\filitary .Affairs. i·eferred House bill 10093, reported in lieu thereof a bill (H. R.12084) to reimburse thoEe who have had sent to their homes for burial the PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED. dead bodies of officers, soldiers, and sailors who died away from Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills and resolutions of home while members of the Army or Navy of the United States the following titles were introduced and severally r eferred as since the 1st day of January, 1898, accompanied by a report (No. follows: 2093); which said bill and report were referred to the Committee . By Mr. BURTON: A bill (H. R. 12088) to place on the pension of the Whole House on the state of the Union. roll the name of James G. Saint-to the Committee on Invalid l\fr. F !SCHER, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to which Pensions. was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 5265) granting to the Clear By Mr. BOTKIN: A bill (H. R.12080) making an appropriation water Valley Railroad Company a right of way through the Nez for the support of the W. T. Whitaker Orphan Home, in the Indian Perces Indian lands in Idaho, reported the same without amend Territory-to the Committee on Appropriations. ment, accompanied by a report (No. 2095); which said bill and By Mr. CLARK of Missouri: A bill (H. R. 12000) grant.in2; a report were referred to the House Calendar. pension to Martha A. Myers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. FLETCHER, from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign By l\.fr. PAYNE: A bill (H. R. 120!J1) to extend privileges of Commerce, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. section 4216 of the Revised Statutes to the yacht Andria-to the 11953) to promote the efficiency of the Revenue-Cutter Service, Committee on the 1\Iercliant Marine and Fisheries. reported the same with amendment, accompanied by a report Dy Mr. STALLINGS (for l\.fr. WHEELER of Alabama): A bill -- 1899. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 1779 (H. R. 12002) for the relief of the estate of J obn H. Swift, deceased, sale of intoxicating beverages in all Government buildings-to the late of Madison County, Ala.-to the Committee on War Claims. Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. By Mr. BURTON: A bill (H. R. 12003) granting a pension to ByMr. STALLINGS (for l\Ir. WHEELER of Alabama): Petition Clarissa Wolcott-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of George Cross, of Jackson County, Ala., praying refe1·ence of his war claim to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. Also (for Mr. WHEELER of Alabama), petition of the heirs of Sarah PETITIONS, ETC. Derrick, of Jackson County, Ala., praying reference of her war Under clause 1 of Rule XX.II, the following petitions and papers claim to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. were laid on the Clerk"s desk and referred as follows: Also (for l\Ir. WHEELER of Alabama), petition of the heirs of By Mr. ARNOLD: Petition of the Presbyterian churches of V. Burrows, deceased, late of Lauderdale County, Ala., praying Rimersburg and Widnoon, Pa., favoring the passage of the Ellis for reference of his war claim to the Court of Claims-to the Com bill-to the Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. - mittee on War Claims. By Mr. BROMWELL: Petitions ·of fourth-class postmasters in Also (for Mr. WHEELER of Alabama), petition of David Der Miami County, Ohio, urging the passage of House bills Nos. 4930 rick, of Jackson County, Ala. , praying r eference of his war claim and 4931, for increase of compensation-to the Committee on the to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. · Post-Office and Post-Roads. Also (for Mr. WHEELER.of Alabama), petition of the heirs of By Mr. BULL: R esolutions of the Board of Trade of Providence, Nathaniel Kennemer, deceased, late of Jackson County, Ala., R. I., recommending liberal appropriations for American exhibits praying reference of his war claim to the Court of Claims-to the at the Paris Exposition and a reorganization of the consular serv Committee on War Claims. ice-to the Committee on Appropriations. Also (for Mr. WHRELER of Alabama) , petition of Tabetha By Mr. CAPRON: Resolutions of the Board ·of Trade of Provi Stephens, of Jackson County, Ala., praying reference of her war dence, R. I. , urging an increase of the appropriation for the Amer claim to the Uourt of Claims-to the Committee ori War Claims. ican exhibit at tbe Paris Exposition, and for a reorganization of By Mr. STRODE of Nebraska: R esolutions of Thornburg Post, the consular service-to the Committee on Appropriations. Grand Army of the Republic, of Clarks, Nebr., urging the pas By Mr. DAVENPORT (by request): Petitibns· of citizens of sage of Senate bill No. 325G, relating to civil-service appoint Pennsylvania favoring the establishment of postal savings banks ments-to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service. to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. By Mr. WANGER: Petitions of John S. Ross arid 209 citizens By Mr. ERMENTROUT: Petition of the Ministerial Associa of Fag1eysville; W. H. Jenkins and 202 citizens of Gwynedd; D. tion of Readi!1$• Pa., George Gaul, president, against the seating N. Cook and 197 citizens of Edgewood; Mrs. C. S. Holcomb and of· Brigham Ji. Roberts-as a Representative from Utah-to the 380 citizens of Newton, Pa. , in favor of the establishment of postal Committee on Elections No. 1. saving banks-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. By Mr. FITZGERALD: Resolution of the Massachusetts State Also, petition of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, asking that the interest of the in Penns Manor, Pa., to prohibit the sale of liquor in canteens, in dustrial cla ses be considered in the maintenance of a government immigrant stations, and in Government buildings-to the Com in the ialands recently released from the power of Spain-to the mittee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. Committee on the Territories. By Mr. GREENE of Massachusetts: Petition of the South Bris tol Farmers' Club, of New Bedford, Mass., urging measures to SENATE. promote the ocean carrying trade in vessels ~mder the American flag-to the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries. MONDAY, Fem·ua1·y 13, 1899. By Mr. GRIFFIN: Petitions of the Congregational and Baptist The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of the proceedings churches of Mondovi, Wis., to prohibit-the sale 6f liquor in can of Saturday last, when, on motion of l\fr. FAIRBANKS, and by teens and in immigrant stations and Government buildings-to unanimous consent, the further reading was dispensed. with. the Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. By Mr. GROW: Petitions of C. H. Dana and 201 citizens of RESERVOIRS FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES. Tunkhannock, August H. Kaul and HIS citizens of East Freedom, The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica Patrick Campbell and 197 citizens of Amsbry, Pa:, in favor of the tion from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response establishment of postal savings banks-to the Committee on the to a resolution of the 7th instant, a report from the Director of the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Geological Survey on the origin, character, and extent of the sur By l\Ir. HULL: Petition of the · woman~s Christian Temperance veys of reservoir sites made by the United States Geological Sur Union.of Indianola, Iowa, Mrs. E. B. Hurford, president, favoring vey, together with a brief memorandum as to present conditions of the Ellis bill-to the Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. - water storage, etc.; which, with the accompanying papers, was By l\Ir. KERR: Petition of the Elyria, Ohio, Auxiliary to the referred to the Select Committee on the Geological ~urvey, and Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal ordered to be printed. Church, against the seating of Brigham H. Roberts as a Repre PERSONNEL OF NAVY A.J."l'D MARINE CORPS. sentative from Utah-to the Committee on Elections No. 1. The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica By Mr. MARSH: Petition of 335 citizens of Plymouth, DJ., tion from the Secretary of the Navy, t:...·ansmitting, in response to praying for the passage of House bill No. 11735, providing that no a resolution of the 10th instant, estimates of the t otal annual cost polygamist shall be a Senator qr Representative-to the Commit of the personnel of the officers of the Navy under House bill No. tee on Elections No. 1. -..... 10403 as reported with amendments to the Senate from the Com By Mr. MERCER: Petitions of the Woman's Wesleyan Educa mittee on Naval Affairs on February 8, compared with the cost of tional Council of Nebraska·, also employees of Kingman Implement the personnel under existing laws and excluding any additional Company, of Omaha., Nebr., against the seating of Brigham H . force employed during the late war; and also a like estimate of Roberts as a R epresentative from Utah-to the Committee on the the cost of 22,500 seamen and apprentices, compared with the cost Judiciary. of the regular force of seamen and apprentices; andafurther like Also, resolution of the Omaha Central Labor Union, against the estimate of the cost of the personnel, including the officers and publication of advertisements in the Bulletins of the Bureau of men, of the Marine Corps under the bill, compared with the cost American Republics-to tl~e Committee on Foreign Affairs. - Also petitions of members of the 1\1ethod_ist Episcopal Church of such personnel under existing laws, excluding any temporary and citizens of Arlington, Nebr., asking for the pas-sage of the increase during the late wRr; which was read. Ellis bill to forbid the sale of intoxicating beverages in all .Gov l\fr. HALE. I move that the communication and accompany ernment buildings-to the Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. iilg statement be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs ancl By l\fr. MIERS of Indiana: Petition of the Interstate National printed. Guard Association, asking for an appropriation of $5,000,000 per The motion was agreed to. annum for the National Guard-to the Committee on the Militia. PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL. By Mr. PAYNE: Petition of the Woman's Christian Temper A message from the President of the United States, by Mr. 0 . L . ance Union of Strafford Corner, N. H., favoring the Ellis bill-to PRUDEN, one of his secretaries, announced that the President had the Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. on this day· approved and signed the act (S. 4070) to amend an act By Mr. ROBINSON of Indiana: Protest of Rev. E. B. Westbaper, granting to the St. Louis, Oklahoma and Southern Railway Com of Wolcottsville, Ind., against the seating of Brigham H. Roberts as pany a right of way through the .Indian Territory and Oklahoma a Representative from Utah-to the Committee on Elections No. 1. Territory, and for other purposes. By Mr. SAMUEL W. SMITH: Petition of Mrs. I. ~. Ellwood and 54 citizens of Flint, Mich., against the seating of Brigham H. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. Roberts as a Representative from ·Utah-to the Committee on l\Ir. PENROSE presented a memorial of the Monthly l\Ieeting of Elections No. 1. · Friends of New Garden, Pa., remonstrating against the sale of in Also, petition of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of toxicating liquors in Government buildings; which was referred Haley, Mich., favoring the passage of the Ellis bill, to forbid the to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.