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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Governor Long is the only living ex-Representativ~ and to day enjoys the distinction of being the most popular and be . (' SUNDAY, June 5, 1910. loved man in Massachusetts. The House met at 12 o'clock noon and was -called to order by WILLIAM CROAD LOVERING was elected in 1896, and continued the Speaker pro tempore, l\fr. G:II.LEJ;'T of Massachusetts. to represent this district until his death on February 4, a period The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., offered the fol of nearly fourteen years. He was born at Woonsocket, R. I., lowing prayer: un the 25th of February, 1835. His father, Willard Lov Eternal God, our heavenly Father, we rejoice in life with all ering, was a native of Massachusetts; his mother came of its hopes and promises, that as the years come and go the world ancestors who were among the early English settlers of New is growing better, since men in all the legitimate walks of life York. are living to a higher standard of manhood. In 1837 his family moved to Taunton and his father became That all of good the past has had the managing agent of the Whittenton Manufacturing Com Remains to make our own time· glad. pany, a small cotton mill, which he later pm·chased. We thank Thee for all who by honest industry .and clean liv WILLIAM C. LoVEBING got his early education at the public ing have left results behind them and a character which liyes to schools of Tann.ton, later spending some years at a private inspire those wh-0 follow in their wake. Such was the man in school in Cambridge. He was at that time physically delicate, who e memory we have assembled here to-day. Strong in his of refined, almost artistic, tastes, passionately fond of music, mentality, pure in his motives, firm in his convictions, his aims and, except for a love of horses, little given to athletic pursuH:.s. were high, a fine type of American citizenship. The elements He was then, a-sever, a helpful comrade and a devoted son, ever thus blended in his character made him con.spicuous and brought earnest of pm·pose and iaithful to duty. him to the front, and though a quiet, modest_, unassuming man, In 1859 he left school and went into his father's mill, there · yet, wherever he was placed he fulfilled the high expectations of to remain till the outbreak of the civil war. · his countrymen. As a Representative upon the floor of this In May, 1861, he wa'S appointed quartermaster ·of engin"€ers House he served long and well his State and Nation, and leaves in the Second Massachusetts Brigade, consisting of the Second behind him a record worthy -0f emulation. And now, 0 God, and Third Regiments, and saw some service in the field, but his our Father., let the blessed hope of immorWity solace those who health was delicate, and he was finally put on the sick list and mourn him that tliey may look forward to the bright beyond sent back to Ma:ssachusetts. • where sorrows never come and glory and honor and praise be On .TlIDe 9, 1863, he married Mary Loring Swazey, of Taun Thine forever. Amen. · ton, and shortly went to Europe to spend .a year 'Seeking health The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and ap among the treasures of art, which he loved and appreciated proved. to a high degree. On his return he joined his father and elder brother in the HON~ WILLIA.M 'CROA.D LOVERING. management of the Whittenton Mill, an interest to which he The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clem will read the spe- devoted himself chiefly for the rest of his life. ci 1 order for to-day. In 1874- his father · retired, turlling over the management of The Clerk read as follows: the mill to his .sons. William became president. It was his On motion <>f Mr. Foss 'Of Massachusetts, iby unanimous consent, special duty to determine ail.d design the goods to be manu Grd1J1•ed, That there be a e sion of the House <>n Sunday_, the 5th day of June, at 1.2 o'clock, to be .set apart tor addresses on the life, factmed. character, and public services of the Hon. W.ILLr..ur CROAD LoVERING, Mr. LoVERrnG'.s thorough knowledge of machinery, his in !ate a Representative from the State of Massachusetts. g~nuity, and his unfailing good taste gave to the goods of this Mr. FOSS of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, .I offer the fol mill an urtistic quality which was among the chief assets o1 .lowing resolutions : the company. The Cl.erk read ·as follows : Mr~ LoVEBING's business activities were not limited to marru House resolution 726. .facture. He was the first president of the Taunton Street Resolved, That the House of Representatives 'has heard with pro Railway, the president of the American Mutual Liability In found sorrow of the death of Hon. WILLIAM C. LOVERING1 iate 11 Mem ber of this House from the .State of Massachusetts, whicn occur;red in surance Company, and an officer and. important adviser in sev this city on February 4, 191-G. eral other companies. Resoiood, That the buslness of the House .is now suspended that op In additi-0n to his business interests Mr. LOVERING wa:s for portu:ntty may be given to p.ay tribute to his memory. !ltesoW6d, That as a particular mar:k of respect to the -deceased, and· more than twenty years a devoted trustee of the Taunton Luna in recognition of hls distinguished public senriee, the House, at the tic Hospital. He was a p t master of the Ionic Lodge of conclusion of the memorial exercises of this da.y, shall stand adjourned. .Masons and a member of the Taunton Chapter and Taunton Resowed, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the. ·senate. Council of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was for two Res-oh;ea, That t.he Cle1·k send a copy of these iresolntions to the .family l()f the dee.eased. years president of the New England Cotton Manufacturers' A.s socia.ti-o.n and also president <>f the Arkwright Club. T~ resolutions "ere .agreed to. Mr. LoVERING held in high regard his ctvic duties. He always Mr. FOSS -0f .Massaclmsetts. Mr. Speakel", we ha~ met here found time to devote himself t() anything for the benefit of to-Oay to ;pay tribute to the memory --0f the late W.ILLIAM C. hl-s city, his Stat-e, or bis eountry, to philanthropic work, to LoVERING. I was not privileged to know Mr. LoVERIN-0 inti pnblie spea'Iring, or to polities. mately. I knew him but -slightly, and that in a business way. A life-long Republican, he first served bis party as a state I knew .him as an honored ilmsiness man at the head of one senator from Bristol County in the sessions of 1874 and 1875. of our large cotton manufacturing estahlishments, and I -shall In 1 76 his efforts secured for his native city one of t'h-e fine t refer to his activities in his city and State and leave -fo-r his waterworks systems in the conn.try. He presided over the colleagues the agreeable ta: k 'Of reciting .his public services in presid ntial ·delegate iconv-ention in Boston in 18D2 and was a Congress. delegate from his distriet to the conv-enti-on whlcb. nominated Beft>re spea.1..'ing of .Mr. LOVERING .a career, I 'Should like to Pr ident Gar.field. mention ea ually some of the m-Oerestlng chat·a.eteristies of the l\!r . Lovering died in 1.881, and Mr. LovEBING devoted him district which h-e so long .and ably served. self to his three daughters, one of wh-0m was living with lhim The Fourteenth Massachusetts Congressional District was till the end. formerly known as the Plymouth, or Old Colony, district. It l\Ir. LoVEBING was naturally quiet -and reserved, but posit'i'\'~ mclud-es about two-thirds of the eoast iine o:f Massachusetts, and firm in eharaeter. His high purpose and fidelity is well embracing Plymouth and the whole of Cape Cod~ with its fish illustrated by the foll-Ow.in-g .quotations from cei:tain letter -0f ing 3.nd .agricultural interests, and the large manufacturing his, which I have been privileged to see. He says in writing ·centers of Brockton. and Taunton. It is thus .one of the most to 'One of hls oonstitaents: • ' representatiYe districts in the United States and most Regardhlg the post•oflice. [ ha-v.e endeavor d in all the e matters to nas .a act conseientiollilly and without regard to polities in the .reeomnrenda thrllty nnd intelligent cxmstituency. tions I have made. 'rhis district bas been repre ented in ()o.ngr-ess since 1788 :by Referring then to o.n.e .specific case, he says.: long tine ()f notable men. George Partridge, of Duxbury, was a I must -say that 1 was n<>t influenced by polltical meti"ves -on one side its first Representative, and since his time Marcus Morton, or altruism -0n the other. I simply did what see.med to me just and ..'ToJm. Quincy Adams, Horace Mann, and John D. Long .are Tight, and must take the consequences whatev er they be. among t ho e who have served this people. As showing his 'breadth of views toward. those who opposed I may mention here that ex-President J. Q • .Adams .l'-epre him in the party, I quote from a letter written in 1904: sent-.ed this district for seventeen y-ears after hs.v.ing been I can easHy understand that oppcment s of mine who have become President of the United 'Stat-es. sueh tlhrough disappointments in post-office selections, who attribute 1910. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 7435
some of their political disappointments to me or my friends, are per necessary for us to even agree with him in his idea in order to fectly willing to seize upon any eligible candidate to run against me. These conditions run through the warp and woof of public service and be moved in admiration of his. courage and in a conscientious must always be reckoned with in every campaign. desire to pay a loving tribute to his memory. Personally I have no feeling against any of these men, and there is His long -and faithful service to his country will mark a not one of them for whom I would not be glad to do a favor. I feel quite sure they do not understand me. page in our history emblazoned with the record of deeds of honor, of wisdom, of patriotism, a d of fidelity. His many .Again, in the same letter, in speaking of his own service to deeds of kindness and of mercy to those who were more unfor the district, he says : tunate than himself will redound to the happiness and joy not I have tried, with all my heart, to serve eve1·y one of m'y constituents with my whole ability and have labored most assiduously to study the only of those who still live, but to many who are yet unborn. wants of the people, and so far as lay in my power have met them to .As the gathering shadows were enshrouding him as he was their satisfaction. entering the thickening mists of the mysterious realm he could In addition to this I have interested myself in the great industrial and economic questions of the country, knowing that whatever would have looked. back over the road he had trod and seen all along benefit our industries would make for the advant~ge of every citizen life's pathway emblems of his generosity and his benevolence. in the district, State, and country. I have never paraded myself or If everyone to whom he had done a kind act or gentle deed my work in these matters, and perhaps in this I have made a mistake by not publishing broadcast a complete record of my doings, bills, and could to-day stand around his open grave, there would be a speeches, and also a .great number of communications which I have multitude of voices exclaiming in the words that were said of received from all over the country. Distasteful as this is to me, it him who died on Strato's swotd- might have been good politics to have taken this course. His life was gentle; and the elements These extracts show his unselfish loyalty to his constitu So mix't in him that Nature might stand up, ency, his devotion to his work, and his natural disinclination to And say to all the world, " This was a man ! " advance himself by any course which savored of self-advertising. .And so from out the loyal, distant West I bring to the waiting, I recall a conversation with him relative to his work in patriotic East-to the bier of Massachusetts' honor.ed son-a Congress, and I remember with a great deal of pleasure his tribute of respect, of honor, and of love. We who remain can commendation of the fight whieh I was making for tarifr re honor him the most by a united fidelity to the flag he loved so vision and reciprocity. well-by a faithful, patriotic service to the country for which He was most liberal in his views on public questions and he gave his life. The busy world scarce waits while we pay particularly on the tariff, as is well known. His name will tribute to our departed friends. Life's battle goes on, and while always be remembered in legislation as an advocate of the we struggle amidst the toil and strife, Death is gathering in the drawback principle in our tariff policy, which he sponsored dur chosen ·ones. .And after all it is well, because death-the com ing his whole career in Congress. mon lot of all-is but the gathering of the shadows; the passing He long recognized that the time had come when not only of the night that must be followed by the dawning of the day. New England, but the whole country, must strengthen its in .And so I say that death hath lost its sting. We bow our heads dustrial position by having free raw materials and a broader and weep for those just gone before, while all around the heed policy with reference to entering foreign markets. less world is struggling on. We know that others soon must I have sometimes thought that his advocacy of a more liberal weep; that other ones will strive, while we, on yonder shore, will tariff policy during the long period in which he represented the watch and wait. It matters little where we stand if all our lives Cape district may in part have accounted for the remarkable are true, because our friends are waiting there while we are vote which this constituency gave me as his successor. waiting here. His last years were devoted to the service of his country. .And thus I say : While his strength was still failing he stayed at his post at the I never stand above a bier and see hazard of his life, and died literally in the harness. The seal of death on some well-loved face Death was doubtless hastened by his anxiety for the public But that I think-one more to welcome me business, for he left his sick bed against the advice of his physi When I shall cross the intervening space Between this land and that one over there ; cian to visit the White House on a matter of public interest One more to make the strange Beyond seem fair. then pending. H~ returned to his home and to his bed, never to And so tor me there nothing ls in death, ' arise from it again. And so the grave has lost its victory; It is but crossing with abated breafh He was a man of purest life, honorable, patriotic, and unsel And white-set face, a little strip of sea, fishly devoted to his family, his friends, and the district he To find the loved ones waiting on the shore, served so long. More beautiful, more precious than before. Courteous, kindly, and just, he was equally fair and consid erate to friend as to opponent, to the humble as to the most Mr. McCALL. Mr. Speaker, our late colleague in memory powerful. of whom the House is assembled to-day rendered his Common wealth and the Nation valuable and faithful service during Mr. NORRIS. Mr. Speaker, I can not permit this occasion the thirteen years that he spent as a Member of this body. to pass without offering my weak tribute to the memory of that His successor and the gentleman from Nebraska, who have just noble son of Massachusetts, WILLIAM C. LoVERING. Quiet and· spoken, eloquently bear witness of his high place in their re unassuming in disposition, but deep and analyzing in mind and gard. I join them and those who are yet to speak in paying character, his service here not only redounded to the credit tribute to his memory. I will simply add a few words to ex and honor of his own great Commonwealth, but his wise counsel press my own deep sense of personal loss and of the high and deliberate judgment formed a mighty power in shaping and .esteem in which I held him. molding the progressive thought of our advancing civilization. I first knew him some eighteen years ago, when~ as the chair While he lived beyond the years of the ordinary man, yet his man of the Republican state convention of Massachusetts, he life is a living emblem of sacrifice to principle and to duty. In made a speech which impressed me with the great force and the early days of his youthful strength he lost his health in vigor with which he discussed the issues of that· time. I was patriotic service to his country during the darkened days of a fellow-Member with him during the entire period of his serv our great civil strife; and in the mature years of his ripened ice in this House. By his early traip.ing and from long asso manhood he sacrificed his life upon the altar of his country in ciation he was especially fitted to deal with questions of a an overburdened and patriotic service in the halls of Congress. financial and of an industrial character, and it was with such The physical body, weakened in the service of his country in measures that he was specially identified here. He was also youth, was unable to keep up the pace set by the ripened, stren deeply concerned in questions which had a humanitarian side. uous brain of manhood. .And so our fri~nd and brother stepped We all remember the keen interest which he showed in the aside from life's pathway, and, amid flowers planted by his own well-being of those men who patrol our vast stretches of sea band, lay down to eternal i·est. coast, who go out in their little lifeboats across the angry break By his long and faithful service here he had attained a posi ers in order to save the lives of their fellow-men, and how he tion of power and influence on one of the greatest committees was concerned to make suitable provision for the declining years of the House, and yet he sacrificed that place and gave up of those heroes after their active years had been spent in their power, influence, and patronage in defense of a principle which humane and dangerous calling. he believed to be just and fundamental. He also, in the committee of which he was a member, showed Far be it from my intention on this occasion to utter any a deep interest in measures which tended to banish from the word of censure or criticism against any man ; but, neverthe ocean the remnants of barbarities which still linger and which less, it ought to be said, to the glory and in the defense of have come down to us from former centuries. the dead, that honor rightly his, influence fairly earned, and He was, as I have said., especially concerned in great measures power honestly acquired were all ruthlessly thrust aside when of a financial and industrial character, and during his service he believed that in order to retain them he must violate a prin here rendered the country most valuable service in connection ciple which in his heart he believed to be right. It is not with legislation relating to finance, taxation, and commerce. 7436 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JUNE 5,
His. departure is a great loss to his friends, to the House, to IRock swings out into the North Atlantic the great, fiat sand; the country, and to his Comm9nwealth. He upheld here the. elbow of Cape .Cod, of which the long white dunes and the dry, high traditions which had been maintained by the Representa- swishing spear grass are no more distinctive and characteristic tives of the district which he served. His life will be an example than its fine old fisher people. Inland from Plymouth lie the to the young men of to-day and of the future, and will inspire manufacturing centers of Brockton and Bridgewater, with a them with the ambition . to render faithful service to their population radically different from that of the shore. Indeed, country. that little district is an epitome of all New England, and of all that was best in that district WILLIAM CBOAD LOVERING was .l\lr. KELIHER. Mr. Speaker, though born in Rhode Island, truly a representative. our late colleague, WILLIAM OROAD LOVERING, was essentially He ·had the same strength of character that inspired his fore a product of Massachusetts, for, having in youth become her fathers to hew out for themselves from the wintry woods of son by adoption, he continued in manhood one of her most use Massachusetts homes and hearths, the light of which illumined ful, respected, and distinguished citizens. a continent. Like the Pilgrims, bodily weakness could not stay· Those rugged traits which have ever char·acterized the people him from his work. With grim perseverance he fought the of Massachusetts, and to which they owe the commanding posi fight through to the end, gentle, unflinching, until he was called tion of their State among her sisters, were splendidly typified from hi& duty. Steadfast, but gentle, he was, with the gentle in the dead statesman whose memory we honor to-day. ness of those hardy settlers who could lay down their smoking WILLIAM CRoAD LoVERING was honest, intellectual, energetic, weapons and at a moment's notice become a loving father and and patriotic. Although he chose a business career the nature a genial friend. of which demanded continuous attention, he did not permit it Although .he was above all an earnest man and one who to so occupy him as to render him indifferent to the duties good plowed each furrow to the end, Mr. LoVERING's activities were citizenship impose. He gave generously of his time and talents not con.fined to a single branch of public service. He was a for the promotion of the general weal, and no public service leader in building up the great industries of our State; he was so unimportant as to be overlooked or shirked> served for a short term in the war; and he participated in the Due recognition of these civic duties liberally taxed time and government of Massachusetts while some of us were in the energy upon which his growing business enterprises had a prior cradle. We who knew him as a Member of this body need not claim. If more citizens of the type of WILLIAM C. LoVERING as recall the traits he showed here, the traits that made us love willingly and patriotically performed their share of the duties and respect him, the traits that made his Massachusetts col which rightfully devolve upon American citizenship, fewer leagues point to him proudly as the dean of our delegation, a demagogues would occupy public office and a higher standard of type of the founders of our State and of the Union. efficiency and honesty would characterize the public service. As firm he stood in his convictions as that famous bit of Mr. Speaker, when grim war visited upon our fair land, and granite lying in his old district by the blue waters of the bay, upon the success at arms depended whether a great political and his convictions were broad and based upon no blind refusal principle should stand or fall, WILLIAM C. LoVERING hastened to acknowledge the inevitable change of conditions. Ile stood to join the patriotic hosts that rallied to the support of Lincoln. always in the forefront of the line, swinging his ax with the His keen sense of duty manifested itself in . war as in peace, rest, not harking back too often to past accomplishments, but and to such a spirit as he displayed when occasion demanded intent on clearing from the tangled wilderness of problems we ~we that national solidarity that makes us at once the which has grown up to confront us a place for a new liberty, a most powerful and respected Nation upon God's earth. still more glorious peace, prosperity, and union. . In business. life our late colleague achieved marked success, When on that winter's day we saw the flags on Capitol Hill and yet it was never even whispered that his success was ac streaming at half-mast in the sunshine, and when we learned complished by other than strictly honorable means. In his that one more colleague was enrolled forever in the great ma public life WILLIAM C. LoVERING was rightfully reaarded as a jority of the hereafter, looking back upon the life and work of sound, able, conscientious, and progressive public servant. WILLIAM CnoAD LoVERING as we had known him, we must all Nature had blessed him with an excellent mind, which was have united in a single thought, however differently expressed, supplemented by thorough education, exhaustive study, and "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." extensive travel. He enjoyed great familiarity with the gen eral history of the Nation and his mind was well stored with Mr. BOOHER. Mr. Speaker, it is fitting that we should meet thoroughly digested views upon her complex economic, indus here to-day in this special session to honor the memory, to trial, and political problems. recount the valued services, and to review the life of WILLIAM Recognizing that the most successful way to administer the C. LoVERING, for fifteen years a Member of this Honse from the Government was through the agency of parties, WILLIAM fourteenth Massachusetts district. . CROAD LovERING subscribed and adhered to the principles and As a comparatively new Member of this body, I shall not at policies of the Republican party. Though he was a strong par tempt to dwell at length upon the public career of this great tisan, he was first a patriot, and party allegiance did not bind and good man. Others have told and will tell of the many him to that which he belie-ved inimical to the best interests of noble traits of character that endeared him for so long to his the whole country. constituents and his colleagues, and I have ·listened with ap In Congress he occupied a prominent and influential position proval to every word that has been said here by these veterans to the very day upon which his life work ended. As we here in the service. in Congress appreciated his worth, so did his constituency, for Yet, during my limited acquaintance with Mr. LoVERING, I it retained him in the office for twelve years and would have had grown to love, to admire, and to respect him to the fullest continued to do so had not his health so failed as to force him extent. He was a man that inspired these things. He de , to announce his wish to retire, a desire which death soon served and enjoyed the esteem of the entire membership of this granted. -House; he was as considerate of the novice in national legis M.r. Speaker, our late colleague was an impressive figure. lative service as of the man of more mature years who had Dignified, though a"rtremely kind, courtly, and ever courteous, fought side by side with him through many political battles. his departure through death from this body is mourned by its When I first met him I recall that I was particularly struck entire membership, while his loss to his State can best be with his genial bearing, his uniform courtesy, his regard for measured by the widespread and genuine grief which the knowl the feeling of others, and, above all, his conscientious devotion edge of his demise occasioned. to duty as he saw it. Mr. LoVERING disagreed with many of His death leaves a gap in the public service of Massachusetts us in his political views; he was a fearless advocate of what he ·which will be exceedingly hard to fill. May his type in the believed to be right, but no man within my hearing to-day can public service multiply. · say that he ever took an unfair advantage of an adversary, or, to use one of the expressions of the day, that he "hit below Mr. PETERS. Mr. Speaker, by a nature direct and sympa the belt." thetic WILLIAM CRoAD LoVERING drew to himself many friends, . And thus it was that his independent attitude, coupled with and their loyalty and love for him grew greater as the years his siprit of fair play and his unwavering loyalty to his friend , went on. As one of these friends it is my privilege to pay my his constituency, and his country, won for him here at the Capi last respects to him whose memory I shall always treasure. tol a reputation that might well be the enyY of any man in pub WILLIAM CnoAD LOVERING was, when he died, the oldest Rep lic service to-day. resentative of the oldest State of the Union. In the center of Mr. LOVERING entered Congress after he had passed the six his district stands the famous rock where English feet first tieth milestone of life's journey, at an age when less ambitious trod in settling this new land, their land of hope and freedom, men are thinlting of ces ation from life's struggles and of deeds their New England. Southward and eastward from Plymouth performed rather than those to be performed. Prior to this time . 1910. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 7"437 lj he liacl ser.ed with distinction In ilie Massachusetts legislature. · his knowledg~ of the world, and his adaptability to circum There, as here, he was nlways the exponent of uprightness in 1 stances made him victorious in his political battles and won ciril affair ; and there, a~ here, he made friends that mourn for him much respect as a legislator. .1 .. him sincerely to-day. . . He was happy in his domestic relations, having one daughter A man of means successful in business, influential in big as who married iDto a distinguished family in l\IasRachusetts and: well as little things, he has left behind him a record of good another who was his constant companion and solace of his ·rater works, and his career to-day should be an inspiration to the years. younger generations. His health was failing for some time before he left us. His Uassachusetts has lo t one of her most valued citizens, this friends remarked upon his weakened powers long before the House one of its most beloved Members, and the Nation one of end came. His courage, however, remained unshaken and he its most '\"'aliant public servants in the passing of WILLIAM C. hoped again to- resume the battle. Even before the pr~sent ses LoVERING. sion began, and while he was at his summer home his friends with him then noticed the change. He spent the' summers at Mr. '!'IRRELL. :Mr. Speaker, in the death of our associate a noted resort by the shore, a resort not open to the general we mourn the loss of a business man in politics. It is natural public, but occupied by congenial friends and relatives as a for a professional mun to be attracted by public affairs. His sort of family hotel. It was on a prominent bluff by the sea. professional employment is of a semipublic character. This It was located in his district. A few miles away was the harbor leads him into legislative or political associations in. which he of Plymouth, famous fu song and story. The Pilgrim towns finds a br02l.d field for the exercise of talents which his edu were around him, whose history was to him an inspiration to cation and experience have fitted him. With the business man patriotism and a guide to the highest public life. Near by was it is otherwise. His .tastes lead him in an opposite direction, the famous Minot Ledge light-house, illuminating that rock so that when you find the business man with an aptitude for bound coast. l\fay it not be that in this among his closing public life and successful also in business administration, you days, with that mind that had been so active, that heart that have an ideal man as a legislative guide, counselor, and creator. had glowed for better industrial conditions, that imagination Such emphatically was oun late associate, to whom we to-day that combined with facts, had been particularly useful to his pay our last tribute of respect and appreciation. people, he could see across the waters even then the call for him~ WILLIAM C. LovERIN or to put it aside if it so desired. The mere stating of this propo Some prominent college presidents and hostile opponents of sition appeared monstrous to Mr. LoVEBING. He could not un labor movements have insisted that men should be permitted to derstand why the Government should have rights that the indi work as they pleased and as long as they pleased, forgetting vidual citizen did not have; that if the individual was bound the fact that every college in this land confines its students to by a verdict of the court, the Government should also be bound limited hours of study; that this limitation is not confined merely when it was a party to the controversy. Several attempts had to the hours of the day, but to the days of the week and the been made to show the government officials the injustice of their months of the year ; that a vacation is prescribed; and if the attitude, but all seemed to be in vain, until one day I enlisted combined wisdom of centuries has said. that a man should not the assistance of Mr. LOVERING. study more than a given number of hours, can it be said that He immediately took the matter up and in brief time con the collective wisdom of the best friends of the laboring man vinced the officials that their course was unmap.ly, unfair, and which announces that hou~s of labor must be limited, is in any unjust. He went immediately to the heart of the subject and way out of harmony with the best thought of the ao-es? wasted no time or energy on useless features of the con tro Mr. LoVERING believed that the establishment of this hlaw versy. His presentation of the matter, his just indignation at would bring great changes to the manufacturing ei:p:ablish tlie indifference of the department officials to the rights of the ments of both the North and South, would equalize conditions, people, and his clearly stated determination to have the matter elevate the toilers and better their condition, while at the same called to the attention of Congress quickly induced the depart time it gave the manufacturer in all parts of the Nation equal ment officials to abandon their attitude and to abide by the de chances and no advantages over each other. That he failed cision of their own court. in securing the passage of this law was not to his discredit. All through this incident Mr. LoVERING displayed those talents He was a pioneer and, like the pioneers of all great movements that justified his district in sending him here for so many years. was not permitted to see the day when the full accomplish~ He was the ideal Congressman. The interests of all his con ment of his purpose would be acknowledged; but the great im stituents were very dear to him, and were jealously guarded by provement everywhere observed, and the tendency of our age him. He was attentiv-e, careful, progressive, and well informed. to limit the hours of labor and toil, because wisdom dictates His field of effort was not confined alone to his district, but that the best results can be achieved through limited hours of extended to the Nation. He had received an excellent business labor, must have afforded him great comfort in his last hours. training before his advent into public life, arid his experience in the Massachusetts senate added the necessary qualifications "DRAWBACK" LAW. to make him a very efficient Congressman. But he did not stop at a single effort. His splendid propa PIONEER IN EIGHT-HOUR LEGISLATION. ganda introducing the well-known "drawback" clause into Although he was a manufacturer and naturally mcllned to our tariff law attracted to him great attention and brought view legislation which affected manufacturing interests from down upon him the enmity of many men who had settled the angle of view of a capitalist, still it must be said of him notions about the doctrine of protection. Mr. LoVERING's per that he bad a very fair sense of justice to all who were con sistency in advocating this advanced doctrine, which, briefly cerned. stated, permits the importation free of duty of the products of In 1874 he was in the Massachusetts senate. Several bills had other lands for the purpose of manufacture here if the manu been introduced from year to year regulating the hours of labor factured article is immediately re-shipped tor sale in foreign in the manufacturing establishments in Massachusetts~ but the parts, won for him many friends, but made for him many first bill enacted into law in that State, and, if I am not mis enemies. This fact did not deter him, for he was a brave taken, the first bill to pass any legislature in the Nation which man, courageous, conscious of the dignity of a position rightly would regulate the hours of labor was passed in 1874. As a taken and steadfastly adhered to. The drawback provision member of the senate Mr. LoVERING played a most important worked out in its fullness means the employment of thousands part in the deliberations and the final passage of the bill. As of men who are, in most cases, highly qualified artisans. These a manufacturer, he felt very strongly that the whole business men could not find work in this country without this provision. interests where manufacturing was concerned were seriously It carries with it, also, the investment of capital here in our involved by the passage of the bill, but no man in that senate own land which otherwise would be diverted to other parts. gave it any more earnest support than he did. Through this drawback legislation Mr. LovEBING was best Hon. Andrew J. Bailey, who was at that time chairman of the known to the citizens of New England. The industrial and senate committee and who for many years has been a leading manufacturing parts of this Nation knew him well because of lawyer in Boston, in a recent conversation told me that Mr. his constant activity in advocating this doctrine, and it is pretty LoVERING constantly aided him and the committee by his advice generally recognized that one of the strong ties that bound and suggestions. Several times the bill was in danger of Mr. LoVERING to his district was the firm and sincere apprecia defeat, when amendments were attached to it which Mr. LOVER tion of his constituents, who will remember all his determined ING believed were full of harm, some urged by zealous advo efforts in this direction. cates of advanced ideas and others by those who were jealously FOUBTEENTH MASSACHUSETTS AN HISTORIC DISTRICT. · afraid of any legislation affecting the manufacturing interests, He represented the historic "Old Colony" district. In the but Mr. LoVERING, through his firm stand, influenced the com First Congress of this Nation this district was represented, and mittee to pass the bill. Mr. Bailey recently wrote me as its lines have been practically the same down to the present follows: day. Part of my district was included in this in the early days I have always felt that great credit should be given Mr. LOVERING for the passage of the first bill regulating the hours of labor in the and was represented by John Quincy Adams, once a President manufacturing establishments i.n Massachusetts. This occurred in of the United States. The Pilgrims landed in this district, and 1874, when Mr. LOVERING was a member of the Massachusetts senate. although Plymouth is known to the world as the landing place I regarded his action as indicating that be bad a heart full of sympathy with the mill workers and was ready to do everything in his power to of the Pilgrims, Mr. LovERING, with a love for historical accu better their c~dition. racy, was able to secure an appropriation to mark the first EFFORT FOR EIGHT-HOUR BILL IN CONGRESS. landing place on this continent at Provincetown of those wan Mr. LoVERING's effort to bring about an amendment to the derers from across the sea who were seeking a home where they United States Constitution for the purpose of establishing_a might worship God according to their own consciences. universal eight-hour labor day in this country clearly showed The traditions and history of these people who settled in the that he was possessed of progressive and humane ideas. Old Colony have developed in the fourteenth district a very in A man of refined tastes, of gentle and reserved disposition, dependent group of citizen who prefer the achievement of one who by his austere manner might possibly be regarded as high ideals to the success so often attained by cheap pandering an aristocrat, if such term may be applied in this country, he to popular tastes. Their independence of thought is a herit was, nevertheless, a true democrat in the full sense of the age from the Puritans and PiJgrims, and the succeeding gen~ term. He believed in full equality and was not willing to see eration of later arrivals have adopted the ideas of the first set \rast fortunes made by greedy, thoughtless capital at the expense tlers and have strengthened and intensified them by their splen of the toiling masses handicapped by unequal laws. did energy. We may differ about the wisdom of regulating the hours of The combined district, stretching from the tip of Cape Cod labor; organized labor may not meet tpe a_I?proval of many, but to the sands of Nantasket, including the great manufacturing the fact remains that the splendid efforts of organized labor in cities of Taunton and Brockton, with a seacoast of 125 miles recent years have helped and bettered the condition of the and a farming population of many thousands, indicates that this toiling masses of this Nation. Mr. LoVERING in seeking to population must be diversified. Farming, fishing, manufactur establish an eight-hour law was endeavoring to put into prac ing, with their allied interests, are about equally divided. tice the teachings and observations which he had gathered from The prosperity of the district is general, although not of such his own life and from the life of those with whom he was most a pronounced character as to develop men of vast wealth. The intimately associated. character of the manhood and citizenship of this district could ' 1910 .. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSElt only be satisfied by a personality and an independent character bodily ills, he continued true to his convictions and determined such aa l\Ir. LoVERING's. in his actions. It was given him to live beyond the time al mTER'EST IN LIFE SAVERB. lotted to most men, and yet up to the very hour when the set It would not be fair to conclude my tribute to his memory ting sun completed the number of his days he neyer faltered nor without commenting upon the fact that there is one class of ceased in his efforts for his country's welfare. The lesson of men in this country who will be forever grateful and who will the closing years of his life rises to noble proportions before a cherish with loving and lasting memory the achievements of people that has come to regard the amassing ot wealth but a our late colleague. I refer to that band of brave, heroic men prelude to a wasting of powers and idleness of living. who patrol the coasts of our Nation, known to the world as life It is because she has had many sons of such true worth that savers. This branch of the government service had been the Massachusetts has been eleyated to great prominence in our most neglected and underpaid of any department. Although the country's developm~nt and given to history the names of Adams. work of saving lives and property and warning mariners of the Warren, Webser, and Sumner. So again we learn that the treacheries of the uneven coast were daily before the notice of greatest boon to mankind is a true man. every traveler ot the sea, yet at no time had suitable legislative Thus Minnesota joins with Massachusetts in mourning the provision been accorded them; but Mr. LoVERING, through his death of a noble son, one worthy the name American, worthy persistent work and his complete knowledge of the wonderful the memory of those who knew him, worthy the memory of a parts they played, secured legislation which brought from the grateful people. life-savers of the United States a testimonial and approval in the form of a loving cup as a token of their high regard. Mr. GREENE. Mr. Speaker, the late Hon. WILLIAM C. Lov- · At his country home, at the Glades in Scituate, where the ERING and myself represented adjoining districts in :Massachu waves dashed highest when the storms broke, he had often setts, and in many respects the interests of both were closely seen these brave, gallant, heroic men saving the lives of those related. I had known him for many years, and when I was who were unfortunately found upon the sea at the time when elected to fill the vacancy in the House of Representatives the winds and waves were la.shed into almost invincible fury. caused by the death of the late Hon. John Simpkins, Mr. Lov The impression made on him by the splendid, intelligent work ERING met me with great cordiality and conducted me to the of these fearless guardians urged him on to a , vigorous effort, Speaker to take the oath of office. This courtesy was greatly which was successful. appreciated, and as an added kindness he at once put me in His death is a loss to Massachusetts and to the Nation. His close touch with his colleagues in the House. district has lost a sincere friend and careful guardian. The An often-remarked resemblance in personal appearance be policy of Massachusetts in sending a business man, thoroughly tween him and myself frequently resulted in our being taken equipped, to the councils of the Nation has been amply justi for each other, both in Washington and elsewhere. fied. It is well that in the ranks of the lawmakers there should When the legislature of Massachusetts recast the lines of the be other than those who are familiar with the drafting of laws congressional districts in the State, the county of Barnstable or acquainted with the laws. It is wise action that sends into was taken from the district which I had the honor to repre Congress men who understand the larger movements of busi sent and was transferred to the fourteenth district, repre ness and the significance of laws when applied to commercial sented by Mr. LoVERING. At that time I was glad to be instru enterprises. This body should be composed of men represent mental in placing him in close political relations with my old ing all the best elements of our life-its industrial, commercial, friends in the district, and they were al ways among his most laboring, and professional. The Old Colony district was sig loyal supporters. nally honored in having a business man of ripe experience and Before becoming actively a candidate for national political large interests as its Representative. Massachusetts was de office he had achieved distinction in the Massachusetts state cidedly fortunate in having Mr. LoVERING as one of her Repre senate, of which he was elected a member in 1874 and 1875. sentatives. He has added glory to his Commonwealth and has· We were both delegates to the Republican national convention · left behind him in the Nation a reputation for honesty of pur at Chicago when Garfield and Arthur were nominated in the pose, fearlessness in the pursuit of his ideals, and independence summer of 1880. I met him frequently at that memorable con· in thought and action that was typical of the State he repre vention, and recall vividly the great interest which he took in sented and the people who honored him. the proceedings of that gathering. I recall the dignity with which he presided at the Republican l\Ir. MILLER of :Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, we often find our state convention in 1892, and well remember the high encomi selves wondering whence cnme to us some thought, some ideal, ums of praise expressed at the convention and in the newspaper some trait of character whose origin is not clear to the vision. press of the State because of the elegant diction and patriotic Not unlikely, if the truth be learned, it will be found that the fervor, as well as the so11Ild. and progressive business sense, object of onr wonder has been assimilated from some acquaint which marked the words that fell from his lips. . ance, even from one but slightly known to us, whose character Mr. LoVERING was an active and efficient Member of the House we respect and whose qualities we admire. Such ls the influ of Representatives. On many matters requiring important legis ence exerted, in general unconsciously, by those of true worth lative action he was a recognized authority. Frequently he who are associated with their fellows. It demonstrates that a addressed the House on the currency question. a subject with kindly act is an influence more potent than written doctrine; which he was thoroughly familiar by reason of his extensive that a worthy deed is the greatest teacher in the world. Such business relations in the great commercial centers and because an influence and such a teacher among the membership of this of his training and prominence in the financial institutions of House was WILLIAM C. LoVERING, late a Member from Massa his own city. His activities in connection with the industrial chusetts. enterprises of his city gave him an unusual opportunity to Even to those of us· who have but recently entered upon our become familiar with the production and marketable uses of duties here, and who knew him but slightly, his presence was cotton and textiles, and his advice was frequently sought by a benediction and his fidelity to the right, as he saw the right, many of his associates in the House of Representatives upon an inspiration. Quiet and calm, kind and sweet, yet firm and the technical questions relative to this most important industry. strong, he had lived the life and knew the way. In addition to his prominence politically, I think there were I was impressed by the sturdiness of his character on the few men in the Honse more widely known in the business and occasion when I first saw him. He was in consultation with a commercial world than he. This was only the natural result group of his fellow-Members. It was a serious, an important, of his early associations and training, and hardly had he grown consultation, one that had to do with the welfare of the Nation to young manhood when he embarked upon a career in which he and his own personal fortunes. ·After reviewing the situation achieved marked success. After receiving a scholastic educa and expressing his judgment upon the proper plan to adopt tion at the high school and Hopkins Classical School, both ot !Ie added, and though his voice trembled somewhat from age: Cambridge, he entered the office of the Whittenton Mills, at it rang firm and true : Taunton, Mass., of which corporation his father was then mana This, gentlemen. is my judgment; but if you are of a contrary opin ger. Here he learned the mill business thoroughly, and later ion, if you believe other plans should be adopted and another course with his father and brothers, became the owner of this manu: followed, well and good. We are united in a common purpose and facturing establishment. This, in 1858, was the beginning of his when I join ith my fellows I go with them to the end. ' success as a textile manufacturer.· And he clid. During the months that preceded his death he He early showed great ability and genius as a designer ot must have known the end was near. textile fabric patterns, and in perfecting himself to become an It would have been quite human had he ceased his labors and authority in this particular branch of the indush7 he traveled sought the quiet and comfort to which bis long life of toil en~ extensively, visiting the markets of the world, particularly the' titled him; but not' so. He was engaged in a cause that con recognized centers for fancy cotton fabrics, with the aim of tained a principle, and though enfeebled by age and wasted by making the output of his company a leader in its field. The 7440 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JUNE 5, success of the Whittenton Manufacturing Company had been friends and retained them. While not self-assertive, he always due largely to his shrewd and careful management, which was felt conscious of the rectitude of his own convictions. Full of always e"'ident from his desire to keep in the forefront with all years and honors, he knew bis place and gave no man offense. modern advancement and improvements which would benefit He was a man whose kind is fast passing away-a gentleman ·his business interests. of the old school; kindly, courteous, gentle, and obliging. As he became established, and as fortune began to reward his Would that his kind might not only survive, but increase. industry, Mr. LOVERING soon began to take an interest in the building and development of other enterprises, the result of Mr. LAWREN CE. :Mr. Speaker, so many will speak to-day which added largely to the material growth and prosperity of of the distinguished public services of WILLIAM C. LoYERING, fpr bis home city. This was shown in many directions. He was a so many years a Representative in this body from the Common projector of the first Taunton street railway, and for many wealth of Massachusetts, that I shall go but little into details. years was the president of that corporation. Also, rapidly he l\fy acquaintance with him began when I became a 14ember of became interested in other textile ventures, and started other Congress, and twelve years of a common service gave an oppor successful mills in Taunton, taking an active participation in tunity to know him well and to estimate truly his many sterling their management. As a recognition of his ability as a leader qualities. I admired so much his character, bis ability, and in textile circles, he was for several years honored by the New his devotion to duty that I should be unwilling to let this England Cotton Manufacturers' Association with election as its occasion pass without joining his associates in paying tribute to president, and later was chosen president of the Arkwright an upright and useful life and in giving some expression, inade . Club, of Boston, which is composed largely of the cotton manu quate though it may be, to the loss which came to l\fassachu facturers of the New England States. He was equally. promi setts and to the country when this faithful public servant nent in all lines of endeavor for the upbuilding of the city, passed away. State, and Nation in which he lived. It is, indeed, most fitting that those who knew his worth Mr. LovERING went to the front in 1861 as an engineer when through daily and intimate association should gather in this the call to arms was issued, but because of a serious illness Chamber, where the most important and effective part of his which. overtook him soon after his enlistment he was pre\ented work was done, for the purpose of expressing sincere and affec from carrying out his patriotic desires and returning to his tionate appreciation of a life dedicated in high degree to the command. However, he never ceased to entertain a sincere re public service. The tributes paid to him are well deserved, be gard and admiration for his comrades who were privileged to cause they were earned by years of devotion to the interests of sene the cause of the Union for a longer term in that mighty our country, because his record as a Representative in Congress struggle, and he was recognized as a strong friend of veterans was characterized at all times by zeal for the public good. To and their deserving families throughout the ·years of his mem the people who trusted and honored him he gladly gave all that bership in the National House of Representatives. was highest and best in him. Personally, I deplore the demise of Mr. LovERING at an age Mr. LoVERING was about 60 years of age when he entered Con when he had ripened into the time of great usefulness. Re gress. He was admirably equipped through large experience was a man whose memory we do well to honor reverently on and wide information for the duties which awaited him. Dur this occasion. He was conscientious in doing his duty in all ing a long and busy life he had been engaged in the active man matters as he understood and saw it, and in his. death this agement of great business enterprises. . It was his good fortune body has lost an able and hard-working Member, the Fourteentll to be conspicuously identified with American industrial growth Congressional District of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and commercial expansion. All his life long he was a cotton ·was deprived of a worthy Representative, and the State and manufacturer, and became a recognized authority in all details the Nation of the services of an upright, patriotic citizen. of that great industry. His activities, however, were not lim ited to the business of cotton manufacturing. He was an officer Mr. ESCH. Mr. Speaker, again this House is called upon to and director in many large concerns, and his directing energy pay its tribute of respect to the memory of a deceased Member. was felt not only in Massachusetts, but in other States of the That the Sabbath day has been selected for such· tribute seems Union. To the remarkable development which has come to the to me to be fitting and proper. The stress and strain of the South in recent years he contributed his full share. Indeed, he week day's labors and responsibilities are not upon us. Quietly seemed to take an especial pride in that part of his work which and reverently, without distractions of any kind, we are per had to do with the splendid industrial progress of that section. mitted to contemplate the life, character, and achievements of During bis business career he showed the same qualities which our deceased colleague. After al1, the friendships we make we always found in his work here-patience, painstaking atten in this body are a chief compensation for the struggles and tion to details, thoroughness, and untiring industry. sacrifices we make to attain and retain our membership in it. But all his hours were not given to details of business. Dur The high resolve, the noble purpose, and genuine zeal for the ing that long, busy life of which I have spoken, he found time to public good exemplified in the lives of our friends and colleagues become a diligent and thoughtful student of public questions, here will furnish an inspiration for each one of us when we and before his election to Congress had served two terms in the shall have returned to private life. Massachusetts senate. Economic questions naturally attracted For thirteen years the Hon. WILLIAM C. LoVERING represented him, and to them he gave most careful attention. the fourteenth district of Massachusetts. His long service is His speeches in this Chamber were mainly upon such sub in itself a splendid tribute to his character and efficiency and jects, and he was always accorded a respectful hearing, for the to the respect in which he was held by bis people. The devo Members of the House soon learned that he addressed them only tion of Massachusetts to a faithful Representative is well ex after careful investigation and mature reflection, and that emplified in the political career of Mr. LoVERING. Well edu what he said was worth listening to. Mr. LOVERING was not one cated, an engineer and leading manufacturer, he brought to the who attempted or desired to fill much space in the OoNGRES discharge of bis public duties an experience and qualification SIONAL RECORD. He occupied very little of the time of the which proved of great value in the consideration of questions, House. Indeed, I think it may be said that he never partici both in committee and in the House. He had the alert mind pated in debate unless the topic under discussion wa_s one upon of the successful man of business and approached the multi which practical experience or discriminating study had qualified tudinous subjects of legislation in a sensible and practical .way. him to speak. It is not to be wondered at, then, that his During the four years of our membership on the Committee on speeches were effective and influenced the actions of his fel Interstate and Foreign Commerce I found Mr. LovEBING's knowl lows.· And they were doubly effecti\e, because the man who edge as to the Light-House and Life-So.ving Service, pure food, uttered them was fearless and independent, having at all times finance, transportation, and kindred topics to be extensive and the courage of his convictions. accurate. His persistent and finally successful efforts to better WILLIAM C. LoVEBING was never sensational; he never played the condition of members of the Life-Saving Service and their. to the galleries ; he never sought the limelight. He was con families betokened his wide sympathy for a most worthy class tent by patient investigation and hard work to render such as of public servants. Serving on a committee alinost wholly sistance as lay in his power toward a solution of the difficult composed of lawyers and dealing with legal propositions of problems which are crowding upon us. He did his work well. great importance and complexity, our colleague held bis own, He fought a good fight and kept the faith. We are glad that and his practical wisdom and large business experience re during his lifetime he had abundant reason to know that this peatedly evoked our admiration and respect. record of modest and faithful service was appreciated. Suc In his private character Mr. LOVERING showed traits worthy cessive reelections to Congress were accorded to him by ma of our emulation. Kindly and courteous and considerate of the jorities larger than were given to any other Representative rights of others, he aroused no enmities. His thoughtful re from his State. gard and consideration for the rights of others begot respect I can not bring this brief tribute to a close without referring for bis own. " Slow to anger and plenteous in mercy," he won to the personal loss which has come to us who represent Massa- 1910~ CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 7441 chusetts in this House of Representatives. A loyal colleague yet, do we complaisantly point with pride to our modern jurisprudence as being a monument to our superior intelligence and to all of th~se upon whose judgment we had come to rely is gone. But he virtues that contribute to the making of a good and great repubhc? was more than a colleague. He was a friend, always courteous ls this a fair comparison? Is this being perfectly true to them and to and considerate. We shall miss him, and memories of him will ourselves? I think not. Simple as was their code, it sufficed, and they obeyed it in spirit and in letter. How is it to-day with us? Alas, we ever be for all of us a most cherished possession. are in too many respects a nation of lawbreakers. • • • If the monument whose foundation we are laying to-day shall stand l\1r. WASHBURN. Mr. Speaker, while I had known Mr. Lov fbr nothing else, it will certainly remind us and future generations that respect for the law and the rights of others is the corner stone of a civil ERING for some time before I came to Congress my more inti government. mate acquaintance with him began here. He was the oldest Member in years, though not in service, in the Massachusetts The life-saving service along our rugged New England coast delegation, and belonged to a generation of men which has was always an object of Mr. LoVERING's solicitude and owes - accomplished much for Massachusetts, both in and out of pub- much to his fostering care. lic life. · '.rhe breadth of his views is well expressed in ·some remarks He began his service in the Fifty-fifth Congress, during the he made in fa-.or of a grant of money in aid of the St. Louis Speakership of l\Ir. n eed. His principal committees were those Exposition. He said: Great expositions mark great epochs in our history. They mark the on Patents, Banking and Currency, and Interstate and Foreign great onward progress in civilization, science, mechanics, art, archi Commerce. He was peculiarly fitted, both by inheritance and tecture, and the welfare of the people. Take, for instance, the exposi training, for valuable service on these committees. The son of tion of 1876, in Philadelphia. There were many features of the expo sition, either one of which was an ample warrant for its being held a successful manufacturer, born and bred in New England, and and either one of which has conferred benefits upon the people worth all his life a manufacturer himself, he naturally was deeply in many times the whole cost of the exposition. I will cite but one or terested in the industrial interests of the country. Early in his two features: Domestic architecture. A great step forward in domes tic architecture of the country dates from this time. The English service he favored legislation making more efficient the admin Government built on the grounds of the exposition a model domestic istration of the Patent Office, and was always an enthusiastic house, which was the inspiration of all architects who have since con friend of our patent system. On several occasions he delivered tri'ved and designed attractive, beautiful, comfortable, and inexpensive houses. It was a model of harmony in its lines and proportions, and it instructiYe addresses on monetary questions, and was a student has been many thousand times reproduced in principle if not exactly of the science of finance. His service as engineer at Fort Mon on the same plans. roe during part of the civil war gave him knowledge of our Since that time homes tastefully decorated and well furnished have been possible for people of small means. • military affairs, and he contributed some valuable suggestions Another great feature in the exposition of 1876 was a revelation in upon this subject. His deepest interest, however, was in legis sanitation. The knowledge diffused throughout the country at that lation relating to the textile business, to which he had devoted time was, and has ever since been, of incalculable value to the people of our country. In this one department alone the people were bene his life, and concerning which his advice was frequently s0ught. fited to an extent many times more than the entire cost of the expo He was particularly active in advocacy of legislation relating sition. • • • to statistics of the growing and spinning of cotton, both indus So far from their being extravagancies or luxuries, with only a local value, I believe that they are economic necessities, and to do them tries of such vital consequence to his State. · justice we should deal with them not with a niggardly, but a bountiful Mr. LOVERING, in 1900, was prominent in the creation of a hand. commission to investigate the commercial and industrial con Mr. LOVERING was a typical gentleman of the old school, re ditions in China and Japan. He was an early advocate of the served, but extremely courteous; independent in his judgments, building of a canal between the Atlantic and the Pacific. but tolerant of opinions different from his own; proud of his Originally favorable to the route by Nicaragua and to its con people and faithful to their interests; and true to the best struction by prh·ate capital, he later, when it became a_,pparent traditions of his State. that the rights of the French company could be acquired, fa vored tb.e Panama route. Mr. LOVERING, while not a frequent :Mr. l\IAGUIRE of Nebraska. We do well, indeed, to pause a debater, always contributed something of value to any discus moment, refrain from the duties of life, and turn from the sion in which he participated. Early in his congressional serv problems of the present and the future to recall the memory ice he made a brief speech upon the appropriation of $50,000,000 of an honored Member of this body, a faithful servant ·of the for the national defense at the time of the Spanish war which people, and a worthy son of the great Commonwealth of Massa was quite characteristic of him. He said: chusetts. That State has produced many illustrious patriots Mr. Speaker , whether this be a war measure or a peace measure will and statesmen to whom our common country owes much, but be determined by ~h e tum of events within a few days. It will re main for a foreign power to decide whether a small part of this fifty in all her history Massachusetts has produced no truer man or million shall be expended or whether hundreds of millions more shall nobler citizen that WILLIAM C. LoVERING. be appropriated for the defen e of honor and humanity. Born in 1835, in Rhode Island, his early years were spent as Massa chusetts has still the spirit of Bunker Hill in her veins. She most boys live. Educated and reared in Massachusetts, he had seeks not war ; but if war is forced upon us she will, as then, be found in the front ranks of the Nation's defenders. all the advantages of New England society, education, and cul May this great sum be wisely expended to place our army and navy ture. He answered the call of his country and served in the on the be t war footing, and then pray God that a hostile shot may war as an engineer at Fort Monroe till compelled to retire never be fired. because of impaired health. Later he chose the political life, Mr. LOVERING was deeply attached to his State and interested but after serving two years in the state senate, to which he in every movement that tended to mark the great events in her was elected in 1874, he retired, and spent the greater part of history. This is well illustrated in his active participation in his life in the manufacturing business until 1896, when he the successful effort to secure an appropriation for the raising again entered politics, and was unanimously nominated by hi8 of a monument at Provincetown in commemoration of the party for Congress. He was elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress, Mayflower compact on November 11, 1620, and of the first land and served in that and in each succeeding Congress continu- ing of the pilgrims on Cape Cod. ously until his death. · Dr. Edward Everett Hale has said that" the contract drawn His energies and his life were generously given up to the up at Provincetown is as important as the Declaration of In performance of civic duties and public service. Out of the dependence and is its forerunner." The feelinus of the pil forty-five years following the war Mr. LOVERING devoted fifteen grims when they landed were described by Governor Bradford, of these, which were perhaps his best years, to public life. At who !':laid in his history that they- the close of twelve years in Congress the people of his district fell upon their knees & blessed ye God of heaven, who had brought reelected him ·to this Congress with an increased majority. them ove1· ye vast & furious ocean and delivered them from all ye When the people of his own community, who knew him best, perils & miseries thereof, againe to set their feete on ye firme and stable earth, their proper elemente. paid him such a compliment it seems almost idle for me to The pilgrims remained on Cape Cod for a month before attempt to add anything upon this occasion. His public record crossing the bay to Plymouth, where the permanent settlement is a eulogy in itself. It is not only a tribute to him, but it is also an assurance to every boy in our land that this Re was made. The corner stone of the monument was laid in Au public is not ungrateful for service well and faithfully per gust, 1907, in the presence of a distinguished company. Presi formed. dent Roo evelt, the British amb~ssador, Mr. Bryce, and other distinguished gentlemen made addresses. From Mr. LoVER WILLIAM C. LOVERING did not live in vain. No man has lived ING's remarks on that occasion upon the present-day tendency, in vain who has served his country faithfully, as he did, both as he thought to the enactment of too many laws and to their as a private citizen and as a public servant. l\Ien are measured too frequent -violation, I make the following brief quotations: in peace, as well as in war, by their fidelity to lofty purposes. Fame may not always spring spontaneous to all worthy men While the1·e is sufficient reve1·ence in om· hearts to bring us to this honored spo.t and to move us to raise a monument to commemorate the alike, but surely it is not less permanent and real because work of those hnrdy Christian pioneers who framed that historic com achieved by men, like Mr. LoVERING, in ·an honest endeavor to pact, the simplest code that was ever designed to govern . a people, promote the welfare of their country and their fellow-men, and XLV-466 7442 CONGRESSIONM.t\_L -RECORD-HOUSE. this, too, whether tb-e.y are inspired by .a de ire for "'lory or by century the principal in-ventions u eil. in the Uriited States for the promptings of their own con cience for the realization of adv.ancing this industry lha:ve come from :Mas achu etts or New the highest ideal in prh·a te and public life. .England men. This is not the place to go into a discussion of The tandard of ucc&. · may vary in different ages and with this subject in detail, but reference to ome of the more im different people, but the cha.racter .and influence, as exemplified portant of th e ih\entions will indicate the debt which this by Ir. LOVERING 11.mong bi i:ell-0w-.men, ha'le alway tbeen and country owes to these l\1assachusetts men. The power loom ·are still the cr1teria by whieh future generations will estimate was :first successfully operat-ed in 1 14 by Lowell and Atherton our li\es and u efulne . We are coming more and :more to in Waltham, 1\1a . ; the tilling fiame now in general use '\Yas believe that sucoess, especially in public life, should not be in-rnnted by Paul ~foody, as was the soapstone roller and the measured by what a man does for himself, but rather by what cam motion for regulating it speed, the double sp.eeder, the he has done for his community, for society, and for his country. throttle-tube frame, and dressing machine . The elf-acting ..Judged by these tests, the late Mr: LovEBING was not only a temple was patented by Ira Draper and u ed in this country most succe sful man, but an exemplary pub1ic ser>ant. many years before being introduced in England. The doub1e He entered upon his career as a ser\ant of the people with carding machine, the picking machine, the Northrop 1oom , and their fullest confidence and b·ust. He continued to maintain many other simi'lar devices have literally saved hundreds of the dimity of bis position, and throughout bis long and >aluable Jllillious of dollars in carrying on this industry. In 1815 a servic he neTer lost that confidence with which he was in congressional committee reported that there was invested in the trusted by the citi~ens of his State. They knew him as an cotton mdustry in the United States $40,000,000, that 1.00,000 honest, honorable, and faithful public ervant. When death -people were employed, that the va1ue of the product was $25,- called him into l'etirement from public duties and from those -000;000, and that the number of spindles in operati-0n at that who llad learned to loTe and esteem Jilin, the Nation lost one time was about 350,000. This was before the installation of -0f her most fa1thfu1 and truest eitizens. the power loom. As an indication of the saving made by this The .obligations that rest 11pon men in public life can not be on~ device it is only necessary to state that twenty-five years discharged according to the same standaTds that ordinarily later, in 1840, when the capital invested had increa ed to $51,- preT.ail Ulllong men in priY:ate life. Public ser¥ice demands a 000,000, the value of the product had increa ed to 46,000, 00, broader view, and to those who .discharge its obligations 'faith the number of spindles had increased to 2,300,000, the number fully we are glad to pay our fuile t tribute, but they wbo enter of hands employed had actually decreased from 100,000 to public life for prtrate gain or to i·eap the honors thereof with 72,000. 'Out serTice de er>e tbe rep.roach of all good citizens. He who 'Since 1815, at least, Massachusetts has been the leading State is unwilling to forego the privileges and freedom of action that in tbjs industry, and to-day it ha in active operation one-third belong to p:rtvate eitizenship should n@t eek those 'Places of of the spindles in the United States, one-third of the capital high public trust where only sen,·ants of the people are eligible. invested in this ·ndnstry, and the ·rnJue of the product of its Under Olll' Government the people of the United .States re sov mill£! is substantially one-third the value of the product in the ereign :and we are their serv.an.ts. To serve this free peo'Ple United States. The number of people employed has increased is indeed a high honor. But that is not all. Public office ts to more than 400,'000, of which number at least 125,000 are not private e~ nor ·should it be conferred as a Tecognitiou employed in Massachusetts mills. of rper onal merit or p st ervice. It imposes upon those who As I have suggested, Mr. LOVERING and his family have had choose 'it the highest confidence and triotest tru t. 11n ·active part in this great development. His father, Willard J\Ir. LovERlNG w: s a statesman rather than a politician. He Lovering, was born in West Holliston, Mass., November 18, 1 01, was independent in political action and courage conditions, in which he was happily successful. His work dur The m·essage also transmitted to the Senate resolutions com ing the fourteen years of membership in the National House memorative of the life and public service of Hon. William C. was marked by much that was laudable and valuable; but to Lovering, late a Representative of the State of Massachusetts. this particular piece of legislation it was his special pride to refer. . ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED. Whenever one approaches the task of naming to those who The message further announced that the Speaker of the are left behind and those who are to come the virtues and House had signed the following enrolled bills, and they were characteristics of one who has departed, there is always the thereupon sigued by the Vice-President: danger of an overrating of the good and the asserting of facts S. 7653. An act granting pensions and increase of pensions to which will not bear the light of time's continued rays. In the certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy case of our departed colleague, however, the danger is lessened, and wars other than the civil war and certain widows and de if not actually removed, by the character of the man. Per pendent relatives of such soldiers and sailors; sonally, he was all that the most rigid code could require. Pub H. R.13468. An ·act to amend an act entitled "An act to estab licly, he was a devoted servant of the people and one to whom lish a code of law for the District of Columbia;" the public trust was a sacred thing. Throughout all he was a H. R.18285. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge gentleman, jn the truest meaning of the word, and the State of across the l\Iississippi River between Moline, Ill., and Betten Massachusetts bas lost one whose memory will ever be revered, dorf, Iowa; while we who are to can·y on his work have lost an associate H. R. 19403. An act granting pensions and increase of pen whose kindness and gentleness we shall long remember. sions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy, and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the LEAVE TO PRINT. civil war, and to widows and dependent relatives of such sol l\Ir. FOSS of l\Iassachusetts. l\Ir. Speaker, I ask unanimous diers and sailors; consent that Members who desire to do so may have leave to H. R. 20370. An act authorizing the widening of First street print remarks on the late l\fr. LoVERING for ten legislative days. NE., in the District ·of Columbia; The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? H. R. 20490. An act granting pensions and increase of pen There was no objection. sions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and A.DJOUBNMENT. Navy, and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the .At 1 o'clock and 50 minutes p. m., in pursuance of the resolu civil war, and to widows and dependent relatives of such sol tions heretofore adopted, the House adjourned until l\Ionday diers and sailors; and H. R. 21754. An act granting pensions and increase of pen at 12 o'clock noon. sions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy, and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the civil war, and to widows and dependent relatives of such sol SENATE. diers and sailors. MoNDAY, June 6, 1910. PETITIONS A.ND MEMORIALS. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, D. D. The VICE-PRESIDENT presented a petition of the :fiftieth The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of the proceed· anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg commission, praying ings of Friday last, when, on request of l\Ir. KEAN, and by unani for the enactment of legislation authorizing the cooperation mous consent, the further reading was dispensed with, and the and participation of Congress in the semicentennial anniversary Journal was approved. of the battle of Gettysburg, July 1, 2, and 3, 1913, which was ESTIMATE OF APPROPRIATION. referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica He also presented a petition of the General Assembly of 'the tion from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an ad Presbyterian Church of the United States, praying for the ditional estimate of appropriation for distinctive paper for passage of the so-called "white-slave traffic bi°ll,'' which was United States securities for the :fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, ordered to lie on the table. $28,097.50 (S. Doc. No. 604); which, with the accompanying He also presented a petition of the Colorado African Coloni paper, was referred to the Committee on Appropriations and or zation Company, praying for the enactment of legislation look ing to the betterment of certain conditions existing in the dered to be printed. Republic of. Liberia, which was referred to the Committee on :MESSA.GE FROM THE HOUSE. Education and Labor. A mes age from the House of Representatives, by W. J. l\lr. KEAN presented a petition of the Woman's Club of Browning, its Chief Clerk, announced that the House had Orange, N. J., praying for the passage of the so-called "white agreed to the amendments of the Senate to the following bills: slave traffic bill,'' which was ordered to lie on the table. H. R. 13468. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to estab He also presented a memorial of the Wesley Auxiliary, Wo lish a code of law for the District of Columbia;" and man's Home Missionary Society, of Pater on, N. J., remonstrat H. R. 20370. An act authorizing the widening of Fifth street ing against the construction and maintenance of a railroad NE., in the District of Columbia. track in square 673, city of Washington, which was referred to The message also announced that the House bad agreed to the the Committee on the District of Columbia. report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes He also presented a memorial of James B. l\IcPherson Post, of the two Houses on the amendment of the House to the bill No. 52, Grand .Army of the Republic, Department of New Jer ( S. 7359) to amend laws for preventing collisions of vessels and sey, of Hackensack, N. J., remonstrating against the acceptance to regulate equipment of certain motor boats on the navigable of the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee to be placed in Statuary waters of the United States. Hall, United States Capitol, which was referred to the Com The message further announced that the House had disagreed mittee on the Library. to the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 22390) to Ile also presented petitions of Local Grange No. 85, of Wil amend paragraph 5 of section 6 of the act of Congress approved liamstown; of Local Grange No. 73, of Ewing; of Somer et July 1, 1902, entitled "An act making appropriations to provide Grange, No. 7, of Middlebush; of Local Grange No. 12, of Rin for the expenses of the government of the District of Colum goes; of Local Grange No. 40, of Windsor; of Local Grange No. bia," etc., asked a conference with the Senate on the disagree 147, of Wrightstown; of Local Grange No. 132, of Cold Spring; ing votes of the two Houses thereon, and had appointed Mr. and of Local Grange No. 29, of Elmer, all of the Patrons of SMITH of Michigan, Mr. PEA.RRE, and l\Ir. Cox of Ohio man Husbandry, in the State of New Jersey, praying for the adop agers at the conference on the part of the House. tion of certain amendments to the present oleomargarine law, The me sage also announced that the- House had passed a bill which were referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ( H. n. 25552) making appropriations for sundry civil expenses Forestry. of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, and He also presented a petition of sundry citizens of Windsor, for other purposes, in which it requested the concurrence of N. J., praying that an appropriation be made for the extension the Senate. of the work of the Office of Public Roads, Department of Agri The message further announced that the House had passed culture, which was ordered to lie on the table. the following bill and joint resolution: 1\Ir. NELSON presented a memorial of the Minnesota Commer S. 5. An act providing for the reappraisement of unsold lots cial Federation, remonstrating against the pas age of the so in town sites on reclamation projects, and for other purposes; called " parcels-post bill,'' which was referred to the Committee and on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. S. J. Res. 88. A joint resolution to enable the States of Ore Mr. FRYE presented a petition of Local Grange, Patrons ot gon and Washington to agree upon a boundary line between Husbandry, of Sullivan. 1\fe., and a petition of Bear l\Iountain said States where the Colwnbia River forms said boundary. Grange, Pah·ons of Husbandry, of Waterford, Me., praying that