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?7'434 CONGRESSIONAL. RECORD-HOUSE. JUNE 5, 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.