4116 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. APRIL 1,

By l\Ir. ESCH: Petitions of citizens of the State of Wiscon­ By Ur. RANDELL of Texas: Petition of citizens of Denison. sin, protesting against the Lever oleomargarine bill; to the Tex., in favor of old-age pensions; to the Committee on Pensions. Committee on Agriculture. · By Mr. REDFIELD : Memorial of the Seamen's Church In­ By l\Ir. ·FULLER: Papers to accompany bills for the relief stitute of New York, for enactment of Senate bill 2117; to the of Marcus F. Nesmith (H. R. 21439) and James 1\fitchell; to Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By !.fr. REILLY : Petition of Brotherhood of Locomotive En­ Also, petition of Group No. 1224, of the Polish National gineers, Order of Railway Conductors, Order of Railroad Teleg­ .Alliance of the U. A. of N. A., of Rockford, Ill., protesting raphers, and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen., for enactment ngainst passage of immigration bills, providing for the educa­ of House bill 20487, the Federal compensation act; to the Com- tional test, etc.; to the Committee on Immigration and Natu­ mittee on the Judiciary. · ralization. ' Also, petition of Camp No. 2, United Spanish War Veterans, Also, petition of G . .El Wiltse & Son, of Waterman, Ill., favor­ of Meriden, Conn., for enactment of House bill 17470; to the ing a reduction in the duty on raw and refined sugars; to the Committee on Pensions. Committee on Ways and Means. Also, petition of Grange No. 10, Patrons of Husbandry, of1 Also, petition of Robert Daring, R. F. D. No. 2, and Truman Kent, Conn., for parcel-post legislation; to the Committee on L. and L. N. Cleveland, R. F. D. No. 5, all of Rockford, Ill., the Post Office and Post Roads. favoring the establishment of a parcel-post service; to the Com­ . By Mr. O'SHAUNESSY: Memorial of the General Assembly mittee on the Post Office and Post Roads. of the State of Rhode Island, for establishment of a naval base By Mr. GARNER: Petitions of citizens of Corpus Christi and on Narragansett Bay, in the State of Rhode Island; to the Com- Fort Worth, Tex., for enactment of the Berger old-age pension ' mittee on Naval Affairs. . bill; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. SAMUEL W. SMITH: Petition ot citizens of Holly, By Mr. GREGG of Pennsylvania: Petition of Union Church Mich., for passage of the Kenyon-Sheppa;rd interstate liquor . Mass Meeting, of Scottdale, Pa., for passage of the Kenyon­ bill; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Sheppard interstate liquor bill; to the Committee on the Judi- By Mr. STEPHENS of California : Petitions- of numerous ciary. . citizens of the State of California, for parcel-post legislation; to By Mr. HANNA: Petition of Nicholas Gahr, of Haynes, N. the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Dak., asking that the duties on raw and refined sugars be re­ Also, petition of Melville Jeffrey, of Los Angeles, Cal., for duced; to the Committee on Ways and Means. enactment of House bill 20595, amending the copyright act o! Also, petition of North Dakota Sunday School Association, for 1909; to the Committee on Patents. enactment of the Kenyon-Sheppard interstate liquor bill; to the By Mr. TILSON: Petition of Brotherhood of Locomotive Committee on the Judiciary. Engineers, Order of Railway COnductors, Order of Railway, Also, petition of citizens of Edmore, N. Dak., for parcel-post Telegraphers, and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, for en­ legislation; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. actment of House bill 20487, Federal accident compensation Also, petition of citizens of Elbowoods, N. lllDak., protesting act; to the Committee on the Judiciary. against parcel-post legislation; to the Committee on the Post Also, memorial of the Camas (Mont.) Hot Springs Commer­ Office and Post Roads. cial Club, relative to irrigation of the Flathead Indian Reser­ By Mr. HENRY of Texas: Petitions of Mart, Waco, and vation; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. West, Tex., for parcel-post legislation; to the Committee on the Also, petition of the Illinois Bankers' Association, for agl"i­ Post Office and Post Roads. cultural demonstration work throughout the country; to the Also, petition of citizens of Bridgeport, Tex.., for construction Committee on Agriculture. of one battleship in a Government navy yard; to the Committee By Mr. TOWNER : Petition of citizens of Creston, Iowa. for on Na val Affairs. · passage of the Kenyon-Sheppard interstate liquor bill; to the By Mr. JACOWAY: Petition of J. R. Beckett and 100 other Committee on the Judiciary. citizens of Faulkner County, Ark., for parcel-post legislation; By Mr. TURNBULL: Petition of Thomas F. Goode and 45 to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. other citizens of Mecklenburg County, Va., against the estab­ By Mr. KOPP: Petition of citizens of Reedsburg, Wis., pro­ lishment of a parcel post; to the Committee on the Post Office testing against parcel-post legislation; to the Committee on the and Post Roads. Post Office and Post Roads. By Mr. UNDERHILL: Petition of Grange No. 426, Patrons By Mr. LEE of Georgia: Papers to accompany bill for the of Husbandry, of Prattsburg, N. Y., for parcel-post legislation; relief of heirs of Charles G. Knight (H. R. 22411) ; to the Com­ to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. mittee on War Claims. By Mr. WEDEMEYER: Petition of sundry citizens of Addi­ By Mr. LINDBERGH: Petition of citizens of Douglas County, son, Mich., for passage of the Kenyon-Sheppard interstate liquor Minn., for enactment of the Haugen oleomargarine bill;. to the bill ; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Committee on Agriculture. By Mr. YOUNG of Texas: Petition of W. E. Jordan and By Mr. LANGHAM: Petitions of the Woman's Christian Tem­ others of Murchison, in favor of legislation prohibiting perance Union of Homer City, and Glade Run Presbyterian gambling in farm products; to the Committee on Agricul- Church, of Dayton, Pa., for enactment of the Kenyon-Sheppard ture. · interstate liquor bill; to the Committee on the Judiciary. · By Mr. LINDSAY: Memorial of the Camas (Mont.) Hot SEN.A.TE. Springs Commerclal Club, relative to irrigation of the Flathead Indian Reservation; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. MoNDAY, April 1, 191~. Also, petition of the Illinois Bankers' Association, urging ag­ The Senate met at 2 o'clock p. m. ricultural demonstration work throughout the country; to the The Chaplain, Rev. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, D. D.. offered the Committee on Agriculture. following prayer: . By Mr. McCOY: Petition of citizens of New Jersey, for con­ Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who hast been our refuge struction of one battleship in a Government navy yard; to the in all generations, we come before Thee with bowed beaus und Committee on Naval Affairs. ~ saddened hearts over the great loss we have suffered. We know .Also, petitions of citizens of Irvington and Newark, N. J., indeed that the way of man is not in himself alone, and t.hat it for enactment of House bill 20595, amending the copyright act is not in us who walk to direct our steps. Therefore we submit of 1909; to the Committee on Patents. our lives unto Thee, whose we are. Though Thou slay us, yet By Mr. PATTON of Pennsylvania : Petition of residents of will we put our trust in Thee. Deepen in us, we pray Thee, the Grampian, Pa., for construction of one battleship in a Govern­ confidence that amid all earth's changes Thou changest not, ment navy yard; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. and fulfill unto us the promise that Thine unfailing love shall Also, petitions of Granges Nos. 96, 223, 290, and 1284, Patrons be sufficient for our deepest sorrow. of Husbandry, for a governmental system of postal express; to And unto Thee, our Father, who hast loved us with an the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. everlasting love and hast given us comfort and good hope By Mr. PAYNE: Petition of citizens of the ·state of New through the gospel, be glory and praise now and for evermore. York, for construction of one battleship in a Government navy Amen. yard; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of the proceed­ AJso, petition of citizens of Dundee, _N. Y., protesting against ings of the last legislative day, Thursday, 1\Iarch 28, when, on parcel-post legislation; to the Committee on the Post Office and request of Mr. CuLLoM and by unanimous consent, the fmther Post Roads. Also, petitions of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union reading was dispensed with and the Journal was approved. of Alton, N. Y., and the Ministers' Association of Newark, DEATH OF SENATOR ROBERT LOVE TAYLOR. N. J., for passage of the Kenyon-Sheppard interstate liquor Mr. LEA. Mr. President, it becomes my sad duty to announce bill; to the Committee on the Judiciary. to the Senate the death of my colleaguei Hon. RoliEBT LOVE 1912. OONGRESSION AL RECORD-HOUSE. 4117

TAYLOR, a distinguished Member of this body and three times Accordingly the House resolved itself into the Committee of governor of the State he represented in the Senate. He died the Whole House on the state of the Union for the further con­ yesterday at Providence Hospital in this city. siderati0n of the bill H. R. 22195, with l\!r. GRAHAM in the I fully appreciate the profound sorrow which his death has chair. occasioned in the hearts of the Members of this body, for in Mr. RANDELL of Texas. Mr. Chairman, in the concluding my short experience here I have learned of the affectionate hours of the debate on this pending measure-the woolen sched­ regard in which he was held by Senators on both sides of the ule, commonly known as Schedule K-it is apparent that no Chamber. 1lrgument which can be made will in any manner affect the It is not now the proper time for any extended remarks terms of the bill as it will pass the House; but the debate has upon Senator TAYLOR'S distinguished public service and his shown conclusively that the Democratic bill framed in-the last eminent character, but at the proper time I shall ask the Sen­ session of this Congress by the Committee on Ways and Means, ate to suspend temporarily its business that fitting tribute and which was adopted by the Democratic caucus and is iden­ may be paid to his high character and distinguished public tically the same as the pending bill, should have been passed service. into a law at that time, so that relief might have been then At the present time I offer the ,following resolutions, and ask given to the people of the United States. -The Republican objec­ for their adoption. tions to it have all been met. The reasons for delay have been The VICE PRESIDENT. The resolutions will be read. shown to be groundless. The President's veto of the measure The resolutions (S. Res. 271) were read, considered by unani­ was an exercise of Executive authority-no matter how hon­ mous consent, and unanimously agreed to, as follows: estly exercised-which resulted in placing upon the people of Resoli.-ed, That the Senate bas beard with profound sorrow of the the United States the burden of Schedule K for one year death of the Hon. ROBERT LOVE TAYLOR, late a Senator from the State longer, a burden which he himself had previously said was in­ of Tennessee. Resolved, That a committee of 12 Senators be appointed by the Vice defensible from any standpoint. The Republican position in President to take order for superintending the funeral of Mr. TAYLOR. politics is the opposite of the position of the Democrats in prin­ R esolt:ea, That as a further mark of respect his remains be removed ciple and policies; and it might be well, while we consider these from Washington to Nashville, Tenn., for burial in charge of the Ser­ geant at Arms, attended by the committee, who shall have full power various schedules and the revision of them from time to time, to carry these resolutions into effect. to stop and consider why the Republican Party stands out Resolved., That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the against every reform proposed in the interest of the common House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased Senator. people. While they profess allegiance to American industry and American labor, they continuously oppose every measure that The VICE PRESIDENT appointed as the committee under tends to free industry from embarrassment or ameliorate the the second resolution Mr. LEA, Mr. BACON, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. conditions of labor. When driven from one position they fall SUTHERLAND, Mr. BOURNE, Mr. BRADLEY, Mr. OVERMAN, Mr. back to another; but the fight is continuous, and always to pre­ JOHNSTON of Alabama, Mr. FLETCHER, Mr. PA.GE, Mr. WATSON, vent reform. and Mr. KERN. The difference between the Democratic and the Republican Mr. LEA. Mr. President, as a further mark of respect to the tariff is ai;; distinctive as the difference between equal rights and memory of the deceased Senator I move that the Senate do special privileges. The Democratic Party has always looked now adjourn. upon the Constitution as a charter from the people of all the The motion was unanimously agi·eed to, and (at 2 o'clock and States which gives to the National Government only the power 5 minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, Tues­ expressed therein, the limitations to which should l>e as sacredly day, April 2, 1912, at 2 o'clock p. m. guarded as the power conferred should be wisely and efficiently executed. The constitutional power of the Congress to levy a tariff on imports was intended as a means of raising revenue HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. for the administration of the Federal Government. It is a tax MoNDAY, April 1, 1912. pure and simple, and the principle of economy applies as well to the levying of the tariff as it does to the appropriation of the The House met at 12 o'clock m. rel'enue derived therefrom. The Democratic doctrine main­ The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., offered the fol­ tains that no more revenue should be collected than is needed lowing prayer: for the economical administration of the Government; that this We come to Thee Almighty God our heavenly Father with revenue should be secured in the· most just and economical way; glad hearts, rejoicing in the possession of life with its splendid that high rates of duty should be avoided; that the necessaries environment, its lofty hopes and glorious aspirations, which are of life should, if possible, be relieved from taxation, and luxury ever moving us onward and upward to higher manhood_ and wealth should be made to bear their full measure of the Strengthen, we beseech Thee, our faith in Thee, that when sor­ public burden. rows gather abont us we shall not fail, when the storms of ad­ The Republican Party, being both sectional and partisan, has versity burst upon us we shall be firm, and when temptations constantly opposed the Democratic policy, and has in the last 50 roll in upon us like the mighiy waves of the ocean we shall be years succeeded in building up, step by step and stone by stone, strong to resist, for "He that dwelleth in the secret place of a tariff system and a tariff wall which have established mo­ the Most IDgh shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." nopoly of home industries and warped and paralyzed our for­ Touched by the sudden death of another one of the congres­ eign trade. sional family, whoi:::e smiles and cheering words brought sun­ It has always been the pretense of protectionism that high shine into the hearts of thousands, comfort his many friends rates of duty would give the American market to the protected and bereaved family with the thought that he still lives to the industries, and at the same time labor would have a propor­ larger life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. tionately increased wage, and high prices • to the consumer The Journal of the proceedings of Saturday, March 30, 1912, would be prevented by competition. None of these claims a.re was read and approved. true except the first. The protected industries have, indeed, SERVICE PENSION BILL. full control of the American market, but labor has received no Mr_ ADAIR. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on share of the benefit, and monopolistic combinations have de­ stroyed competitiop.. All the evils that were feared by its op­ Invalid Pensions I call up the bill (H. R. 1) granting~ service pension to certain defined veterans of the Civil War and the War ponents have materialized without any of the.. good results that with Mexico, with Senate amendments, and move that the were claimed by its advocates. The cost to the consumer and House disagree to the Senate amendments and ask for a con­ to all unprotected industries has greatly increased; the cost of ference. living has been made oppressively burdensome and American The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Indiana reports the bill workmen have been forced to compete not only among them­ H. ll. 1, and morns to disagree to the Senate amendments and selv-es, but also with the hordes of cheap labor imported by tile asks for a confer ence. The question is on disagreeing to the protected indush·ies. Senate amendments. The whole system is wrong, both in policy an