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Since we are called upon so frequently to contemplate death built on the battlefields where American valor won and lost. and know that we shall before long explore the "uncharted Faithful historians will record the facts free from the preju­ seas" ourselves, let us contemplate it as a state less mysterious dices of the hour and can not fail to make mention that the and even more natural than life. The only thing we need fear one side was right under the strict consh·uction of the Constitu­ about it is that it may catch us using life unwisely-with empty tion and the other side right under the changed conditions of hands and work all undone. public sentiment in their respective communities. The philo­ The brave man learns, as the soldier does, to put the fear of sophical historian of the future will not fail to record the his own death behind him, and if he think of death at all it will achievements in civil life of the men who returned from the l>e at such times when the scythe has cut down some loved one armies to their homes-often to desolate homes, where there or some honored friend and colleague, as is the case with us was more than one vacant chair. · this hour. On the Southern side it required more moral courage and For himself there is no fear. No man can afford to waste sh·ength of character to meet the stern duties· and pressing re­ his thoughts and time on death. The work we are put here to sponsibilities of life than it did to face the mortal perils of the do demands our energies and powers. Just in proportion as we battlefield. Heroes they were called in war. Greater heroes were do this work faithfully will we be held in esteem by ovr fel­ these men in peace. For their sacrifices and toils in building lows-our names recalled with pleasure and our memories up their wasted fortunes; for their patience under the recon­ revereu by the generations that follow us. · struction laws; for their manly triumph over innumerable diffi­ In the death of CAMPBELL SLEMP, Lee County, Va., bas lost culties, due to burdensome taxation and constantly falling prices, an honored and useful citizen, and the Ninth Dish·ict the world will some day mete out to them full praise in story a Representative who was honored by an election for three and song. succe si ve terms in Congress. The company and regiment that SLEMP led in the en­ He was a man of action and his life was one of achievement, as gagements to which we have referred were among these men. we may well infer from the period of his birth and the condition They averaged perhaps 25 years of age when the curtain fell of southwest Yirginia at that time. Lee County is that extrerpe upon the tragic scene at Appomattox, and for the most of them southwest section of the Commonwealth of Virginia, running at . Lee County had suffered greatly, though like a wedge for a number of miles between the State of Ken­ not so much as the counties that I have the honor to represent tucky on the north and on the south. In the youth of on this floor. These men, with their comrades, have made that SLEMP no railroads penetrated the mountains of Lee County. county rich by their enterprise and their labors. l\Iany of them, Stock were driven through the Allegheny .Mountains or up the like Colonel SLEMP, were men of intelligence and force of ~har­ Shenandoah Valley to Baltimore. Goods were hauled long dis­ acter, and became, as he did, leading figures in the civil and tances to market over mountain roads. The people were poor, business life of his section. while great ricl:Les were hidden beneath the rugged mountains In 1878 they elected him to the house of delegates of Virginia that look eternal. over several competitors. In 1889 he was nominated on his These very conilitions, however, helped to produce strong-and ticket for lieutenant-governor and made a thorough canvass of practical men who developed self-reliance and determination. the State. He was often selected as chairman of district and These characteristics were observed by those who. were thrown State conventions and was elector in the Harrison and McKin­ with Colonel SLE::UP. After attending the schools in Lee County ley campaigns. he was sent to , one of the oldest The people of his district, who were better judges of his life institutions of learning in southwest Virginia. It is said that at and character than we, who were only thrown with him in the Emory and Henry he was not only a diligent student, but one of ordinary business of this House, bestowed on him their highest the most popular. Then, no doubt, developed those traits that honors, and elected him over talented men like Wysor and made him a favorite with his fellows in civil and military life Bruce and others. · and giving him at the age of 21 a captaincy in the Confederate Southwest Virginia is Republican for two reasons not well States of America. understood on this floor. The old-time Whigs inherited their It is shown by the Confederate records that CAMPBELL SLEMP opposition to Democracy. Even the most conservative of the entered the Confederate senice September 16, 1861, at Camp Clay Whigs had to be graduated into the Democratic ranks Lane, Lee County, Va., as captain Company A, through the name of" ConservaUve Democrats." Battalion, afterwards known as Company A, Twenty-first Bat­ A great number refused to take the degree. In 1878 a third talion Virginia Cavalry, Confederate Stutes army. He was party, the , swept the State, producing bitter­ promoted to be lieutenant-colonel, same battalion, date not ness of feeling and dividing the Democratic party. Its success stateu, and he was reported present with the organization on was made possible through the negro vote. It soon ran its April 30, 1862. On November 2-:!, 1 G2, the regiment was con­ course, and when the flood subsided it left a few strong and solidated with other Virginia troops to form the Sixty-fourth many good men in the Republican party who had hitherto Vir

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In paying this tribute to the memory of my deceased colleague, right or wrong, consecrated themselves and their lives to what I express the earnest hope that happiness and contentment may they believed to be right, and are among the countr-y's noblest attend those who immediately bind his memory to earth. exemplars.

Mr. HOLLIDAY. Mr. Speaker, during the last few years of Mr. CHA...~Y . 1\Ir. Speaker- his life I was well and intimately acquainted with CAMPBELL We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths ; SJLEMP. During the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses In feelings, not in figures on a dial. we boarded at the same hotel. We were about the same age. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives He had worn the gray while I was wearing the blue, and, like Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best. a great many other old men, we liked to get together and ex­ CAMPBELL SLEMP was a Virginian by birth and life. In 1830 change reminiscences. We lived to some extent in the past, his eyes first Eaw the light. He honored the State which gave as is characteristic of men of our age. In that way our friend­ him birth, and for almost fourscore years, boy and man, he ship became intimate and, like everybody else who knew him, sen-ed well the " Old Dominion." I served on no committee I liked him well. His laugh was so genial, his smile was so with him here. contagious, his hearty hand grasp was so wholesome that it was I knew him only since he came to Congress ; and I found him a delight and joy to meet him. We never talked politics. \\"e genial, sociable, and reliable. Endowed by nature with a happy would most of our time talk about old times when we were boys, turn of mind, he wore the cares of public office easily and agree­ nnd we got a lot of pleasure out of it. and to-day I take a great ably. He was always at his b-est in answering a political ques­ deal of pleasure in remembering those things and the pleasure tion, deciding a post-office controversy or proving to a constitu­ I got and the pleasure I gave to him during those conversa­ ent why he failed to accomplish a task. Living only a limited tions. When the war broke out between the two sections of distance from the National Capital, and being the only Republi­ the cotmtry Mr. SLEUP threw in his fortune with his State as can Member from his State, everybody from Virginia came t o against the great body of the nation. He fought her battles him for everything; and every morning fTom 7 o'clock to noon, well and gallantly. He led men, as gallant soldiers as :followed at the Ebbitt House, where we both lived, and in the lobby of Alexander the Gre..1.t during his career, and when the fortune the House when Congress was in session, and again at the hotel of war had gone against him, when the flag he loved went down up to the hour of retirement at night, the hearty laugh of Mr. in defeat, he did not repine; he did not go whining about, com­ SLEMP was heard. E\eryone liked him, for he was everyone's plaining of his ill luck. He went to work, like thousands of friend. other brave men who were with him, to build up the country In the "great unpleasantness~· he, with the a rdor of a local that had been desh·oyed, to replace the waste places, and restore pride and the inspiration of a conh·olling environment, served the grand old Commonwealth which he loved so well to her the Confeder:ate cause. As captain, lieutenant-colonel, and ancient prosperity. colonel he chi-valrously wore the "gray" and valiantly battled I am glad he did this, not only he but thousands of others, for the avowed sovereignty of the Southern States. On a Con­ and from that time onward he had the interest of his State federate tombstone in Georgia there is an inscription : "'To the as well as the interest of the United States closely at heart. memory of those who died for a brave and simple faith." It There are men who will say that CAMPBELL SLEMP was wrong was in this "brave and simp!.e faith" he belie-ved, and for this when he cast his fortunes with the Confederacy; there are ' bra-ve and simple faith" he fought on to the end of that in­ men who will say that he was wrong when he cast his political comparable struggle. But when the swift, flashing blade had fortunes with the party to which he had been a long time declared that there was no sovereignty but the Stars and opposed. We will not discuss that. Tha. t is not for us to say, Stripes, he doffed the habiliments of rebellion and held up his . but we who know him, know that his convictions were as hand to the Lincoln interpretation of the Constitution, Southern strong as the eternal hills among which he dwelt, and either in Democrat though he was. After that the prejudices of recon­ peace or war, in the field of battle or in the field of politics, struction did not concern him quite so much as fidelity to the CAMPBELL SLEMP followed his convictions, and that is enough Union, and with patriotic devotion he labored to rebuild the for us to know. He had a stormy career undoubtedly. He was temple of absolute liberty n without the hope of fee or re­ situated so, and his environments were such that it must have ward." To that purpose he brought every energy and every been stormy; but after life's fitful fever he sleeps well, and his faculty. Not finding a ready enough acceptance of the "malice death admonishes those of us who are his contemporaries, if we toward none, and the charity for all" of the sainted President, need any admonition; that our time is coming within the near and differing with his party on some important public ques­ future. We have nothing to complain about; we have done our tions, he left the Democratic party in 1880, along with that part; we have h·ied to do it. I may say in passing, in speak­ splendid Virginia American, . He soon en­ ing of his legislative career, although I was intimate with rolled his name among those who believe that "one man's lib­ him, we did not talk very much about legislative matters, and erty ends where another's begins." He was not one of those t o I am inclined to think, to be fair about it, that he, like myself commit " the unpardonable sin," and there was no unpardon­ and a few others, entered the political arena too late in life able sin, in ll'is view, in anybody else. to acquire distinction in the halls of legislation, but he did I like the man who is too courteous and honorable to impugn his duty. He was honest, upright, fair, always ready. No the motives of his fellows, and I always believe in his good amount of trouble and no amount of worry could dim his good intentions, for he is generaJly too worthy to have any other humor or bring a frown to his face. He has gone and they kind. I would that every man could shake off the sad mistakes are fast going. of his life, that there might be no weight to his progress, so Those men who played an important part during those that he could the better run the swift race of success. I would troublous days are fast passing away. We think they have done that men could easily discriminate between the essentials and their share well, and it seems to me there is nothing grander in the nonessentials of life, like unto the judge on the bench, history than the action of the two great armies after the civil between that which is evidence and that which is not evidence. war. I speak of this to-day because he was a splendid repre­ There is more lost to life and progress and civilization and sentative of one of those armies. The Northern army-flushed humanity through brooding over fancied wrongs, unwarranted with -victory, some people thought they would establish a mili­ inferences, and unprontble assumptions, than there is by panics, tary dictatorship over this country-melted away into the ranks and wars, and hurricanes, and accidents, and disasters. Fortu­ of peaceful life without causing a ripple. The Southern army, nate is the man who can create within himself a liberal heart, while they told us, and I confess I had some fears, they would a tolerant spirit, an equity of conscience, and thereon build a start a guerrilib. warfare, did nothing of the kind, but went to character which commands unstinted acceptance and liberal peaceful pursuits in life, and the country in a few years was respect. as strong and Yigorous as evel.'. There are three eternities, "faith, hope, and love." "Faith Gentlemen, I regard that as really greater than the battles is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not which these men fought, the battle of self-abnegation, the battle seen," and is a substantial element of human life. Hope 011ens for better things and better conditions after the bloody conflict the eyes wide, clasps the hands of friendship and confidently, was o-ver. goes forth to conquer and to satisfy. Love is the charity of the CAMPBELL SLEMP has passed away. We, his contemporaries, human heart which binds together families, and friends, and will not sur-vive him very long, but we are glad to know that the states, and principalities, and powers. CAMPBELL SLEMP was world has grown nee we ha \e been in it. It is one of those endowed with a liberal heart, a tolerant spirit, an equity of things that gives pride to a man, who has climbed to the heights conscience, and these three eternities possessed him body ana of life and is going down on the other side, to know that he soul, mind and strength. will leave the world a. little better than he found it. I feel He was a typical American, born of her soil, baptized in her that, and I am optimistic about it. The men who, like CAMP­ crystal waterS', nurtured in her admonition , inspired by her BELL SLEMP, ha-ve set an example of duty to a cause, whether possibilities. He was a true citizen of the Republic, for he be- 1908. CONGRESSION .~._~L RECORD-HOUSE. 3027 lieved -in doing unto others as be would that others should do which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 16927) for the unto him. Indeed, this was his religion. It is a scripture im­ relief of Lieut. Commander Kenneth McAlpine, r:eported the possible of misinterpretation, and worthy of universal acknowl­ same without amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 1190), edgment. which said bill and report were referred to the f'rivate Cal­ 1\Ir. SLEMP was a man of earnest convictions, of uncompromis­ endar. ing conscience, of honorable impulses. He was like,vise affable, 1\Ir. BUTLER,,from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to which courteous, and generous hearted. He lived not to himself alone, was referred the bill of the House (H. n. 10416) to correct the but to contribute his share of the world's work and to assume naval record of Lieut. Hilary Williams, United States Navy, his fun portion of its responsibilities. His life was respectable, reported the same with amendment, accompanied by a report creditable, and successful. He died as be lived, in the open (No. 1192) , which said bill and report were referred to the view and critical crutiny of the best citizenship_ of Virginia, Private Calendar. and with the ap11roving conscience of his associates in Congress. He put off not until to-morrow what be could well do to-day. CHA.!~GE OF REFERENCE. He spoke the words, he did the things, he cheered the hearts, Under clause 2 of Rule XXII, committees were discharged and be kept the faith of family and friends, of State and nation. from the consideration of bills and joint resolution of the fol­ His life was guided by the poet : lowing titles, which were thereupon referred as follows: We shall do so much in the years to come, A bill (H. R. 18142) granting a pension to Ellen A. 1\fealia­ But what have we done to-day? We shall give our gold in a princely sum, Committee on Invalid Pensions discharged, and referred to the nut what did we give to-day? Committee on Pensions. We shall lift the heart and dry the tear ; A bill (H. R. 18598) granting an increase of pension to We shall plant a hope in the place of fear; We shall speak the words of love and cheer, George Camp-Committee on Pensions discharged, and referred But what did we speak to-day? to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. We shall be so kind in the afterwhile, A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 24) to restore status of the But what was the kindness to-day? McLane's Erie Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, who We shall bring each lonely life a smile, served in the ci'l·il war-Committee on Military Affairs dis­ But what have we brought to-day? We shall give to truth a grander birth, charged, and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. And to steadfast faith a deeper worth; We shall feed the hungering souls of earth, But whom have we fed to-day? PUBLIC BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MEMORIALS. We shall reap such joys in the by-and-by, Under clause 3 of Rule XXII, bills, resolutions, and me­ But what have we sown to-day? We shall build us mansions in the sky, morials of .the following titles were introduced and severally But what have we built to-day? referred as follows : 'Tis sw<'~t in idle dreams to bask, By Mr. FULTON: A bill (H. R. 18878) to provide for free But here and now do we do our task? Yes, this is the thing our souls must ask : homes to the settlers in the Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache What have we done to-day? country-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. By Mr. CHANEY: A bill (H. R. 18879) to amend sections Mr. JONES of Virginia. .Mr. Speaker, as some of those who 4931, 4932, and 4934 ·of the Revtsed Statutes of the United bad indicated a desire to speak on this occasion are una void­ States relating to design patents-to the Committee on Patents. ably absent, I ask unanimous consent that they may be per­ By Mr. SHEPPARD: A bill (H. R. 1 , 0) prohibiting cor­ mitted to print their remarks in the RECORD. porations organized outside of the District of Columbia to buy, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? sell, or deal in real estate, except real cst..'lte agency or broker­ There was no objection. . age corporations, from operating in the District of Columbia-to M:r. JONES of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, as a further mark of the Committee on the District of Columbia. respect to the memory of the decea~ed, I move that the House Also, a bill (H. R. 18881) establishing fines and penalties do now adjourn. for failure of corporations in the District of Columbia to file The motion was agreed to. annual reports-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Accordingly (at 3 o'clock and 12 minutes p, m.) the House Also, a bill (H. R . 1 8 2) establishing forfeitures and fines adjourned. for false reports of corporations in the District of Columbia­ to the Committee on the District of Columbia. REPORTS OF CO~HIITTEES O::N PUBLIC BILLS A...'N'D Also, a bill (H. R. 1 883) making regulations regarding an­ RESOLUTIONS. nual reports of corporations in the District of Columbia equally Under clause 2 of Rule XIII, bills and resolutions were sev­ applicable to corporations organized outside the District of erally reported from committees, delivered to the Clerk, and Columbia and authorized to operate within the same--to the referred to the several Calendars therein named, as follows : Committee on the District of Columbia. ::\Jr. HACKNEY, from the Committee on Indian _Affairs, to Also, a bill (H. R. 1 884) requiring corporations organized which was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 3640) to amend outside of the District of Columbia and desiring permits to sections 9 and 14, chapter 1495, Statutes of the United States opernte within the same to show that 10 per cent of authorized of .America, entitled "An act for the survey and allotment of capital has been paid in, and to file with the recorder of deeds lands now embraced within the limits of the Flathead Indian certified copies of their charters before such permits shall be Reser\ntion, in the State of Montana, and the sale and disposal tssued-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. of all surplus lands after allotment," reported the same with By Mr. COOKS of New York (by request) : A bill (H. R. amendments, accompanied by a report (No. 1189), which said 18 5) for the reorganization of the Army Medical Depart­ bill and report were referred to the Committee of the Whole ment-to the Committee on Military Affairs. House on the state of the Union. By Mr. WALLACE: A bill (H. R. 1 6) to pro\ide for a Mr. S:i\IYl'H of California, from the Committee on the Public survey of the upper Ouachita River-to the Committee on Lands, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R.17421) Rivers and Harbors. to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to certify certain By Mr. PARKER of South Dakota: A bill (H. R. 1888'7) for lands to the State of Kansas, reported the same with amend­ the restoration of annuities -to the Medawakanton and Wahpa­ ments, accompanied by a report (No. 11Dl), which said bill and koota (Santee) Sioux Indians, declared forfeited by the act of report were referred to the Committee of the Whole House on February 16, 1863-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. the state of the Union. By 1\Ir. RANSDELL of Louisiana: A bill (H. R. 18888) to create a new Executive Department of Transportation and Pub­ lic Works-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com­ REPORTS OF COl.fMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS A.c'\D merce. - RESOLUTIONS. By Mr. SHEPPARD: A bill (H. R. 18 89) prescribing annual Under clause 2 of Rule XIII, private bills and resolutions registration fees for corporations operating in the District of were severally reported from committees, delinred to the Clerk, Columbia and providing for enforcing payment thereof-to the and referred to the Committee of the Whole House as follows : Committee on the District of Columbia. 1\Ir. DAWSON, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to which By l\lr. GREGG: A bill (H. R. 18890) to create a new di­ was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 14343) to correct the vision of the eastern judicial district of Texas, and to provide naval record of Randolph W. Campbell, reported the same with for terms of court at Palestine, Tex., and for other purposes­ amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 1188), which said bill to the Committee on the Judiciary. and report were referred to the Pri\ate Calendar. By 1\lr. l\IUDD: A bill (H. n. 18801) to amend an act au­ Mr. ROBERTS, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to thorizing the Washington, Spa Spring and Gretta Railroad 3028 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. li.ARC.tl 7,

Company, of Maryland, to enter the. District of Columbia, ap­ By 1\Ir. Sil\IS: A bill (H. R. 18920) for the relief of Eaton proved February 18, 1907-to the Committee on the District of Bond-to the Committee on War Claims. Columbia.. By Mr. THO:\IAS of North Carolina: A bill (H. R. :1..8921) By Mr. S!.B.A.TH: Memorial creating a volunteer retired list for the relief of R. W. Williamson, administrator de bonis non of the officers of the late civil war-to the Committee on Mili­ of the estate of .William Ward, deceased-to the Committee on tary Affairs_. War Claims. By Mr. WEISSE: A bill (H. R. 18922) granting an increase of pension to Robert Voigt-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. sions. Under clause 1 of Ruie XXII, private bills and resolutions Also, a bill (H. R. 18923) granting an increase of pension to of the following titles were introduced and severally referred James Bowe-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. as follows: By Mr. GARDNER of Michigan: A bill (II. R. 18924) grant­ By 1\Ir. BENNET of New York: A bill (H. R. 18892) grant­ ing an increase of pension to George w. Bowker-to the Com.. ing a pension to Lewis Mundheim-to the Committee on Invalid mittee on Invalid Pensions. Pensions. By Mr. McGUIRE: A bill (H.. R. 18925) granting an increase By 1\Ir. BRICK: A bill (H. R. 18893) granting an increase of of pension to Mrs. Robert B. Houston-to the Committee on pension to Peter G. Keely-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ Pensions. sions. By Mr. MUDD: A bill (H. R. 18926) granting an increase of By 1\Ir. BROUSSARD: A bill (H. R. 18894) for the relief pension to William T. Smith-to the Committee on Invalid of the heirs of Frederick Huppenbauer, deceased-to the Com­ Pensions. · mittee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 18927) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. COLE: A bill (H. R. 18895) granting a pension to Charles Copenski-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Sanford Shellenbarger-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 18928} granting an increase of pension to By Mr. COUSINS: A bill (H. R. 18896) granting an increase Jacob L. Riegel-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of pension to Edward Bedell-to the Committee on Invalid By Mr. WILLIAMS: A bill (H. R. 18929) granting an in­ Pensions. crease of pension to Pleasant Umphrey-to the Committee on By Mr. ORAVENS: A bill (H. R. 188!>7) for the relief of the Invalid Pensions. · estate of Josiah Harrell-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 18898) for the relief of the estate of Nancy PETITIONS, ETC. W. Estes-to the Committee on War Claims. Under clause 1 of RULE XXII, the following petitions and By Mr. FOSTER of Illinois: A bill (H. R. 18899) to remove papers were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows : the charge of desertion from the record of Frederick Fen­ By Mr. ALEXANDER of Missouri : Paper to accompany bill inger-to the Committee on Military Affairs. for relief of Jacob Clute-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. BAGGOTT: A bill (H. R. 18900) granting an in­ By Mr. ASHBROOK: Petition of Advertiser Club of Cin­ crease of pension to John Coppee--to the Committee on Invalid cinnati, Ohio, favoring Condrey bill (H. 14387), against Pensions. n. misleading statements in advertisem~ts-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 18901) granting an increase of pension to the District of Columbia. Henry Hanke-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, paper to accompany bill for relief of Joseph W. Le­ Also, a bill (H. R. 18902) granting an increase of pension to feve.r-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. James W. Nelson__:to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. BEl\TNET of New York: Paper to accompany bill for Also, a bill (H. R. 18903) for the relief of the heirs of Kit relief of William S. Walsh-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ Carson, deceased-to the Committee on Claims. sions. Also, a bill (H. R. 18904) for the relief of Felipe de Jesus By Mr. BffiDSALL: Petitions of Cigar Makers• Union; C:!ntee-to the Committee on Claims. Journeymen Horseshoers~ Union, No. 174; F. A. Wolfe; Julien Also, a bill (H. R. 18905) for the relief of Ascencion Lucero, Lodge, No. 322, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Con­ widow, and the heirs of Gabriel A. Lucero, deceased-to the ductors; Machinists' Helpers' Union, No. 9713; Julien Lodge, Committee on Claims. No. 379, International Association of Machinists; United Broth~ By 1\fr. GILLESPIE: A bill (H. R. 18906) for the relief of erhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, all of Dubuque, the estate of Allen J. Mann, deceased-to the. Committee on Iowa, for battle-ship building in navy-yards-to the Committee Claims. on Naval Affairs. By Mr. HENRY of Texas: A bill (H. R. 18007) for the relief Also, petition of merchants and commercial travelers, against of Nancy Pierson, widow, and the heirs of John Hogue Pierson, a parcels-post law-to the Committee on the Post-Office and deceased-to the Committee on Claims. Post-Roads. By Mr. HOWELL of New Jersey: A bill (H. R. 18908) grant­ By Mr. BRICK: Petition of sundry citizens ot Indiana,. ing an increase of pension to Charles W. Heiseley-to the Com· against religious legislation in the District of Columbia.-to the mittee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on the District of Columbia. By Mr. JOHNSON o! Kentuccy: A bill (H. R. 18909) for Also, petition of Typographical Union, No. 286, ot :Marion, the relief of James Clark Smith-to the Committee on Claims. Ind., against amendment to section 3893 of Revised Statutes­ By Mr. KEIFER: A bill (H. R. 18910) granting a pension t~ to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Margaret Cathel"ine Wood-to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. BURKE: Petition of Washington Chapter, Ameri(4n Also. a bill {H. R. 18911) granting a pension to Ellen Bernard Institute of Architects, against removal of site of the Grant Lee-to the Committee on Pensions. ' Memorial-to the Committee on the Library. By Mr. LAW: A bill (H. R. 18912) granting an increase of Also, petition of American Musical Copyright League, for pension to James H. Stevens-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ Currier bill (H. R. 243) and Smoot bill (S. 2499)-to the Com~ sions. mittee on Patents. Also, a bill (H. R. 18913) granting an increase of pension to Also, petition of :m. D. Mullen, of Schenectady, N. Y., for Henry C. Vedder-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. forest re8er ations in White Mountains and Southern Appa­ By 1\Ir. McDERMOTT: A bill (H. R. 18914) for the relief of lachian Mountains-to the Committee on Agriculture. Thomas Hennessy-to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. CALDER: Petition of American Musical Copyright By Mr. McHENRY: A bill (H. R.18915) granting an increase League, favoring Currier bill (H. R. 243) and Smoot bill of pension to James M. Gibson-to the Committee on Invalid (S. 2499)-to the Committee on Patents. Pensions. . Also, petition of United Mine Workers of America, for a By Mr. A.IA.l'rn: A bill (H. R. 18916) granting an increase of sixteenth amendment to the Constitution, against disfranchise­ pension to William T. Jones-to the Committee on Invalid Pen-· ment of citizens of the United States on account of sex-to the sions. Committee. on the Judiciary. By Mr. NELSON: A bill (H. R. 18917) granting an increase Also, petition of William Verbeck, of St. John's School, Man­ of pension to Gilbert S. Main-to the Committee on Invalid lius, N. Y., favoring H. R. 11336, to promote military education Pensions. in several educational institutions of the United States-to the By Mr. RUSSELL of Missouri: A bill (H. R. 18918) granting Committee on Military Affairs. . an increase of pension to 1\.Iary 1\I. Brock-to the Committee on Also, petitions of Washington and New York chapters, .Ameri­ Invalid Pensions. can Institute of Architects, against change of site of Grant By Mr. STEVENS of Minnesota ~ A bill (H. R. 18919) grant­ Memorial-to the Committee on the Library. ing a pension to Benjamin Brown-to the Committee on Pen­ By Mr. ORAVENS : Paper to accompany bill for relief of si()ns. Nancy W. Estes-to the Committee on War Claims. 1908. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 3029

By Mr. CURRIER: Petition of Atlas Motor Car Company, of By Mr. MOORE of Pennsylvania: Petition of Allied Agri­ Springfield, Mass., for a national highway commission-to the cultural Organization of Pennsylvania, for H. R. 534 (agri­ Committee on Agriculture. cultural instruction in high schools)-to the Committee on By Mr. DALZEZLL: Memorial of men's meeting in McKees­ Agriculture. port, Pa., for the Tirrell bill (against liquor selling on Gov­ Also, petition of board of direetors of Philadelphia Credit vernment property)-to the Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Men's Association, of Philadelphia, Pa., for H. R. 13266 (sup­ Traffic. port of the bankruptcy act amendments)-to the Committee ..Al o, petition of sundry citizens of Thirtieth Congressional on the Judiciary. District of Pennsylvania, for legislation against liquor traffic­ By Mr. NORRIS: Petition of Western Frt;tit Jobbers' Asso­ to the Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. ciation, for determining minimum and maximum rates on rail­ By Mr. DAWSO)l: Petition of United Mine Workers of ways by Interstate Commerce Commission-to the Committee America, against decision of Judge Dayton relative to injunc­ on Interstate and E'oreign Commerce. tion-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, petition of G. A. Falden and other members of the So­ By 1\fr. DIXON: Petition of Thomas Mead and 44 other citi­ cialist Club, against S. 1518-to the Committee on the Post­ zens of Ripley County, Ind., against religious legislation in the Office and Post-Roads. District of Columbia-to the Committee on the District of Co­ By Mr. NYE: Petition of citizens Of Minneapolis, ~linn., lumbia. against religious legislation in the District of Columbia-to the By Mr. DRISCOLL: Petition of Typographical Union No. 55, Committee on the District of Columbia. of Syracuse, Ill., for remoYal of duty on white paper-to the Also, petition of citizens of Minneapolis, favoring prohibition Committee on Ways and Means. of sale of intoxicants in the District of Columbia-to the Com­ By Mr. ESCII: Paper to accompany bill for relief of William mittee on the District of Columbia. Hemphill-to the Committee on In-valid Pensions. Also, petition of Minnesota State Dairymen's Association, for Also, petitions of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Davis bill for appropriation for agricultural schools-to the Firemen of Oregon, and Fond du Lac, Wis., for S. 4260 (Clapp Committee on Agriculture. free-pass amendment)-to the Committee on Interstate and By Mr. PETERS: Petition of certain clergymen of Indiana, Foreign Commerce. against excessive increase of the Navy-to the Committee on Also, petition of G. M. Breakey and others, against a parcels­ Naval Affairs. post law-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Also, petition of Thomas B. Fitzpatrick and other business By 1\Ir. FLOYD: Paper to accompany bill for relief of Paul men of Boston and -vicinity, against buil.ding four new battle Cariker-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ships-to the Committee on Na-val Affairs. By Mr. FOSTER of Illinois: Petition of Henry Longmeeker By 1\Ir. RAINEY: Petition of Socialist party of White Hall, Post, No. 171, Grand Army of the Republic, of Robinson, Ill., Ill., against S. 1518-to the Committee on the Post-Office and against consolidation of pension agencies-to the Committee on Post-Roads. Appropriations. By 1\fr. RAUCH: Paper to accompany bill for relief of Also, petition of John A. l\IcNerney and other citizens of Bell George Camp (previously referred to the Committee on Pen­ River, Ill., for the pas:s:age of the Dawes bill-to the Committee sions)-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. on Military Affairs. By 1\Ir. RYAN: Petition of board of managers of the Sons of the Rer-olution, for appropriation to publish and preserve By Mr. FULLER: Petition of nineteenth annual convention certain records and documents of the Revolution-to the Com­ of United Mine Workers, against decision of Judge Dayton-to mittee on Military Affairs. the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, peti1;ion of Retail Dealers' Association of De Kalb, Ill., By 1\Ir. SMITH of Texas: Petitions of St. Boniface Society, of Olfen, Te:~., and ltowena Lodge, No. 216, Sons of Herman, against a parcels-post law-to the Committee on the Post-Office of Rowena, Tex., against any kind of prohibitory legislation and Post-Roads. relati-ve to intoxicants-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, petition of the Exchange Bank, of Gene-va, Ill., against By 1\fr. STEVENS" of Minnesota: Petition of Electroplaters a parcels-post and postal savings bank-to the Committee on the and Stereotypers' Union of St. Paul, Minn., for removal of duty Post-Office and Post-Roads. on white paper-to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. GRAHAM: Petition of Washington Chapter, Ameri­ By Mr. WALLACE: Paper to accompany bill for relief of can Institute of Architects, against removal of site of the George W. Robinson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Grmit Memorial-to the Committee on the Library. By Mr. WEISSE: Petition of American Association of Mas­ Also, petition of Pittsburg Railway Company, for forest res­ ters, Mates, and Pilots, against Littlefield pilotage bill (H. R. ervations in Wbite Mountains and Southern Appalachian Moun­ 4771)-to the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries. tains-to the Committee on Agriculture. Also, petition of United Mine Workers of America, for six­ Also, petition of American Musical Copyright League, for the teenth amendment to Constitution, for woman suffrage-to the Cunier bill (H. n. 243) and Smoot bill (S. 2499)-to the Com­ Committee on the Judiciary. mittee on Patents. By Mr. WANGER; Petition of Willard Gro-ve Lodge, No. 434, Also, petition of E. D. Mullen, for forest reser-vations in Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, of 1\Iahon­ :White Mountains and Southern Appalachian 1\Iountains-to the ingtown, Pa., for S. 4260, to amend interstate-commerce act­ Committee on Agriculture. to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By ::\Ir. GRONNA: Petitions of citizens of North Dakota and Also, petition of Paint Manufacturers' Association of United tLocal Union No. 2798, American Society of Equity, of Portland, States, against H. R. 17824, relating to paints, etc., in interstate N. Dak., for the Federal grain-inspection bill-to the Commit- commerce-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com­ tee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. • merce. By 1\Ir. HIGGINS: Petition of citizens of Norwich, Conn., Also, petition of Philadelphia Association of Retail Drug­ against passage of the so-called " Penrose bill," amending sec­ gists, representing 1,000 druggists in the city of Philadelphia, tion 3893 of the Revised Statutes (previously referred to the for S. 4700 and H. R. 1463!), to classify certain grades in num­ Committee on Revision of the Laws)-to the Committee on bered post-office stations-to the Committee on the Post-Office the Post-Office and Post-Roads. and Post-Roads. By Mr. HOWELL of New Jersey: Paper to accompany bill Also, petition of W. H. Oliver Division, No. 452, Brotherhood for relief of Elizabeth Disterle-to the Committee on Invalid of Locomotive Trainmen, of Callery, Pa., for S. 4260, to amend Pensions. interstate-commerce act-to the Committee on Interstate and By 1\Ir. HOUSTON: Paper to accompany bill for relief of Ann Foreign Commerce. P. James-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, petition of members .of the Brotherhood of Locomotive By Mr. HULL: Petition of Local Union No. 1047, United Firemen and Engineers of the States of Oregon, California, 1\fine Workers Qf America, for the Pearre bill-to the Commit­ Nar-ada, Utah, Texas, and the Territories of Arizona and New tee on Invalid Pensions. Mexico, for S. 4260-to the O>mmittee on Interstate and For­ By Mr. KELIHER: Petition of Bay State Lodge, No. 73, eign Commerce. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, for em­ Also, petition of Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen on the ployers' liability bil1, etc.-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Youghiogheny Division of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Rail­ Also, petition of Massachusetts State Board of Trade, for a way, for S. 4260 and 5307 and H. R. 17036 and 17137-to the breakwater at Point Judith-to the Committee on Rivers and Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Harbors. Also, petition of Mountain Echo Lodge, No. 507, Brotherhood By 1\fr. LOUDENSLAGER: Petition of Charles H. Scott of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, of Hazelton, Pa., for and others, for a national highway commission-to the Com­ S. 4260-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com­ mittee on Agriculture. merce. 3030 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. l\f.ARCR 9,

Also, petition of nineteenth annual convention of United H. R. 12499. An act for the relief of Clarence Frederick Chap­ Mine Workers of America, held in Indianapolis, Ind., for pas­ man, United States Navy; sage of a sixteenth amendment to the Constitution, for woman's H. R. 14361. An act to reimburse the Eastern Salt Company, suffrage-to the Committee on the Judiciary. of Boston, Mass., for certain excess duty; Also, petition of Clearfield Lodge, No. 638, Brotherhood of H. R. 16143. An act to provide for payment of the claims of Locomoti Ye ]'iremen and Engineers, of Clearfield, Pa., for the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippine Islands; S. 4260 and 5307 and H. R. 17036 and 17137-to the Committee H. R. 16471. An act for the relief of George H. Penrose. on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. H. R. 17005. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior Also, petition of Laughlin Lodge, No. 633, of the Brother­ to issue patents in fee to the board of missions of the Protest­ hood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, of Pittsburg, Pa., ant Episcopal Church for certain lands in the State of Idaho; for S. 4260 and 5307 and H. R. 17036 and 17137-to the Com­ H. R. 17056. An act for the relief of Capt. Charles E. Morton, mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Sixteenth United States Infantry; Also, petition of Midnight Lodge, No. 490, of Brotherhood H. R. 17167. An act authorizing the Woodlawn Cemetery As­ of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, of Pittsburg, Pa., for sociation, of St. Maries, Idaho, to purchase not to exceed 40 S. 4260-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com­ acres of land in the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation in Idaho; merce. H. R. 17277. An act for the relief of GeorgeS. Patten, of Wil~ Iiams, Coconino County, Ariz.; H. R. 17510. An act to authorize the county of Ashley, in SENATE. the State of Arkansas, to construct a bridge across Bayou Bar­ 1\foNDAY, March 9, 1908. tholomew, Ashley County, Ark., at Portland; H. R. 17512. An act to authorize the county of Ashley, in the Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. EDWARD E. HALE. State of Arkansas, to construct a bridge across Bayou Bartholo­ The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of the proceed­ mew, Ash1ey County, Ark., at Wilmot; and ings of Friday last, when, on request of Mr. KEAN, and by H. J. Res. 134. Joint resolution for the. relief of Archibald unanimous consent, the further reading was dispensed with. G. Stirling, rece:1tly midshipman, United States Navy. The ·viCE-PRESIDENT. The Journal stands appro\ed. The message also announced that the . House had passed ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS. resolutions commemorative of the life and public services of The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communi­ Hon. CAMPBELL SLEMP, late a Representative from the State of cation from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a let­ Virginia. ter from the Secretary of War submitting additional estimates ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED. of appropriations for roads, wharves, and drainage, $184,750, The message further announced that the Speaker of the House and for waters and sewers at military posts, $160,000, "which, had signed the following enrolled bills, and they were thereupon with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee. signed by the Vice-President: on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. S. 3400. An act to extend the time of payments on certain MAIL MATTER RELATING TO NATURALIZATION. homestead entries in Oklahoma ; S. 4351. An act for the relief of the Alaska Pacific Railway The YICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communi­ and Terminal Company; cation from the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, calling at­ H. R. 598. An act granting pensions and increase of pensions tention to the necessity for the enactment of a law providing to certain soldiers and sailors of the ci.vil war, and to certain for the transmittal by registered mail, without cost, of mail widows and dependent relatives of such Eoldiers and sailors '; matter relating to naturalization to the Department of Com­ and merce and Labor, which was referred to the Committee on H. R. 13102. An act to authorize the county of Elmore, Ala., Post-Offices and Post-Roads. to construct a bridge across Coosa River, Alabama. OPINIONS OF COURT OF CLAIMS. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica­ The VICE-PRESIDENT presented a memorial of Local Uniol). tion from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting No. 286, International Typographical Unjon, of Marion, Ind., opinions of the court, together with the statement by Judge remonstrating against the enactment of legislation to amend Howry, that all the cases represent recent work except Sugar section 3893 of the Revised Statutes, relating to the freedom of Estates De\elopment Company, and that derives present im­ the public press, which was referred to the Committee on Post­ portance from some recent opinions of the Supreme Court etc., Offices and Post-Roads. which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the He also presented a petition of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Committee on Claims. American Party of Salt Lake City, Utah, praying for the enact­ FINDINGS OF THE COURT OF CLAIMS. ment of legislation making po1ygamy a crime punishable by fine The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica­ and imprisonment, which was referred to the Committee on tion from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, trans­ the Judiciary. mitting a certified copy of the findings of fact filed by the court IIe also presented a petition pf the Chamber of Commerce of in the cause of Harmon W. Hessen v. United States, which, New York City, N. Y., praying for the establishment of a special with the accompanying paper, was referred to the Committee school for consuls and diplomats at the national capital by the on Claims and ordered to be printed. enlargement of the college of political sciences connected with MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. the George Washington University in Washington, D. C., which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. W. J. l\Ir. FRYE presented a petition of Joel A. Haycock Post, No. BROWNING, its Chief Clerk, announced that the House had 34, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Maine, of passed the bill (S. 1931) to grant certain land, part of the Calais, 1\Ie., praying for the enactment of legislation to create Fort Niobrara Military Reservation, Nebr., to the village of a volunteer retired list in the War and Navy Departments for Valentine for a site for a reservoir or tank to hold water to the surviving officers of the ci-vil war, which was referred to the supp1y the public of said village, with an amendment, in which Committee on Military Affairs. it requested the concurrence of the Senate. Mr. LODGE presented a memorial of the Chamber of Com­ The message also announced that the House had agreed to the merce of Boston, Mass., which was ordered to lie on the table amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 2429) granting an and be printed in the RECORD, as follows : increase of pension to Elizabeth H. Olcott. BOSTO~ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, The message further announced that the House had passed Boston, Mass., March 6, 1908. the following bills and joint resolution, in which it requested Report of the committee on banking and resolutions unan lmously the concurrence of the Senate: adopted at a meeting of the Boston Chamber of Commerce held March H. R.1815. An act for the relief of the estate of D. S. Phelan; 6, Hl08. Your committee on banking desires to present for consideration by H. R. 3822. An act for the relief of James Behan; the members of the chamber of commerce and to recommend the pa.s­ H. R. 6664. An act for the relief of Roman Scholter; sage of the following resolutions: H. R. 10671. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior "Resol,;ed, That the Boston Chamber of Commerce is opposed to the passage of Senate bill 3023 for the amendment of the national banking to issue patent in fee simple for certain lands of the Sautee laws, known as the 'Aldrich bill.' Reservation, in Nebraska, to school district No. 36, in Knox "(1) It is makeshift legislation which tends to perpetuate another County, Nebr.; piece of makeshift legislation originally adopted as a war measure and which had chiefly for its object the creation of an artificial demand for H. R. 12202. An act for the relief of A. E. Couch ; Government bonds rather than a scientific, elastic cunency. H. R. 12476. An act to p1ace the name of William S. Shack­ "(2) It provides for the subtraction of $500,000,000 of rrercantile lette on the retired list of the Navy as pharmacist; balances from active trade.