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Thomas Farris Hale, of Pennsylvania. Arnold Marcus, and Edward Wilbur Hanson, of illinois. Ligon B. Ard. Byron Harry Hermann, of New York. Ensign Ray H. Wakeman to be a lieutenant. (junior graue) Ralph Abram Hurd, of :New York. in the Navy from the 8th day of December, 1915. William James, of New Jersey. John W. Draper, a citizen of New York, to be an assistant John Prentiss Lord, of Nebraska. surgeon in the Medical Reserre Corps of the Navy from the Floyd Willcox McRae, jr., of Georgia. 2d day of August, 1916. · ;James Robert l\lcVay, of l\lissouri. · Boatswain Edward Sweeney to be a chief boatswain in the Hertel Philip Makel, of :Maryland. Navy from the 21st day of December, -1915. Laurence Hampson Mayers, of Illinois. Hugo Mella, of North Dakota. Edwin Morton Miller, of Illinois. CONFIRMATIONS. Thomas Grier Miller, of Pennsylvania. George Richards Minot, of Massachusetts. E:cecuti-r;e nominations conjlnncd by the Senate August 7 (legis Daniel Virgil Moore, of South Dakota. lative day ot August 5), 1916. Cecil Goddard Morehouse, of Iowa. UNITED STATES ATTORNEY. John 'Valt~· Morris, of Tennessee. Roscoe Edward Mosiman, of Ohio. James 0. Carr to be United States attorney for the eastern Frank Reid Mount, of Oregon. dish·ict of North Caro.lina. Hugh Stevens Mount, of Oregon. SECRE'r.ARY OF EMBASSY. Percy Musgrave, of Pennsylvania. CLASS 4. William Herman Myers, of Georgia. Benjamin Thaw, jr., to be a secretary of embassy or legation A.l·thur Newlin, of Pennsyl'rania. Frank Roberts Ober. of Massachusetts. of class 4. John Elbert O'Keefe, of ro-Na. ExCISE BOARD. George Kingsley Olmsted, of Colorado. Andrew J. Cummings to be a member of the Excise Board Robert Bayley Osgood, of Massachusetts. for the Dish·ict of Columbia for a term of three years. Alfred Harrison Parsons, of New York. POSTMASTERS. Francis Weld Peabody, of Massachusetts. IOWA. Albert Pfeiffer, of New York. Damon Beckett Pfeiffer, of Pennsylvania. H. L. Cartwright, Union. Edgar Warden Phillips, of New York. KANSAS. William Oscar Hampton Prosser, of Pennsylvania. Charles M. Dillman, Cimarron. George Kremer Rhodes, of Maryland. NEBRASKA. David Riesman, of Pennsylvania. James Stevens Simmons, of Pennsylvania. J. B. Davis, Humboldt. Frank Conger Smith, of South Dakota. NORTH DAKOTA. Mitchell Porter Stiles, of Pennsylvania. Minnie 1\I. Luce, Hope. August Adrian Strasser, of New Jersey. OHIO. George Reed Tabor, of Texas. William Barclay Terhune, of Louisiana. Glenn Baker, Centerburg. Donald Vaughn Trueblood, of Washington. OREGON. Ira Clinton Tyndall, of Maryland. Ira Wimberly, Drain. Norris Wistar Vau:x:, of Pennsylvania. Charles Edward Waits, of Georgia. James Ralston Wells, of Pennsylvania. W. P. Copeland, Roscoe. Walter John 'Vhitehouse, of Pennsylvania. Burney Reagan, Big Spring. Harry Leigh Willson, of Pennsylvania. J. L. Wilson, Celina. George Wilson, of Pennsylvania. J. 0. Wood, Wellington. Henry Otto Wyneken, of Texas. VERMONT. 'Valter 1\1eredith Boothby, of Massachusetts. John Layden-, West Pawlet. Louis Herbert BurlinghamJ of Massachusetts. WASHUGTO:N. George Parkman Denny, of Massachusetts. William Lincoln _Noble, of Illinois. A.l·thur B. Foley, Wilbur. Harry Reeves Oliver, of California. Lester S. Overholt, Omak. Frederic Kammerer, of New York, late first lieutenant ln the WISCOXSIN. Medical Reserve Corps. · William Dailey, Birnamwood. Arthur Garner Coumbe, of Virginia. Linus Reed Cranmer, of Ohio. Frederick John Cullen, of Washington. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. John Blair Deaver, of Pennsylvania. Frank Martin Dedaker, of Pennsylvania. MoNDAY, August 7, 1916. John Sebastian Derr, of Georgia. The House met at 12 o'clock noon. Henry Kuhl Dillard, jr., of Pennsylvania. The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., offered the fol- Clarence Eugene Drake, of 'fexas. lowing prayer : . William Drayton, jr., of Pennsylvania. Eternal God, dispenser of all good, amid the confusion of Henry Culp Earnshaw, of Pennsylvania. tongues, the clash of convictions, the criminations and recrimi James Bennett Edwards, of New Jersey. nations, the roar of battle, the groans of the wounded and dying Edward Coleman Ellett, of Tennessee. the far cry of the bereavert, the widows and orphans, help us t~ PnmroTIONS AND APPOINTME:-.iTS IN THE NAVY. put our souls into that prayer of prayers which fell from the lips The following-named ensigns to be lieutenants (junior grncle) of the world's greatest Teacher, Prophet and Seer and h·y to in the Navy fTom the 7th day of June, 1916: live it. Bruce G. Leighton, Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy Harold C. Van Valzab, kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heayen. Paul A. Stevens, Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as Reginald S. H. Venable, we forgive our debtors, and lead us, not into temptation, but' de John M. Kates, liver us from evil : for Thine is the kingdom, and the power, Eric F. Zemke, and the glory, forever. Amen. Edward J. O'Keefe, The Journal of the proceedings of Saturday, August 5, ln16, Arthur S. Walton, was read and approved. Valentine Wood, ELECTION CONTEST-GEORGE HOLDEN TIN.KHAM. Henry A. Selller, Mr.. H.AMILL. Mr. Speaker, I offer the following privileged Julian B. Timberlake, jr., resolution from the Committee on Elections No. 2, which I send Laurence W. Clarke, .to the desk and ask to have read. fl2248 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. AUGUST 7,
The Clerk read as follows : · .disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and bad appointe(l House resolution 340. Mr. JOHNSON of Maine, Mr. HUGHEs, and Mr. SMooT as the con r.csolvcd, Th:tt GEOJLGI!! HoLDEN TINKHAM was duly elected a Member ferees on the part of the Senate. of the Sixty-fourth Congress as a Representative from the eleventh con The message also announced that the Senate hrul agreed to grcs::;ional district of Massachusetts and is entitled to the seat therein. the reports of the committees of conference on the disn o-reeing The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the resolution. votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the H ouse to hill~ The resolution was agreed to. · of the following titles : S. 4654. An act granting pensions and increa ~e of pensions to MESSAGE FRO"ll THE SENATE. certain soldiers and ::::ailors of the Regular Army anu 1·avy aml .\message from the Senate, by Mr. Waldorf, one of its clerks, of wars other than tlle Civil \V::u· and to certain widows 3tll1 de announced that the Senate had pus ed without amendment bills pendent relatives of E.uch soldiers and sailors; anu of the following titles: S. 5914. An act granting pensions and increas e of pen ions to H. R. 20. An act authorizing the county of Gunnison, Colo., to certain soldiers and ~ailors of the Regular .Army and Navy an s. 6720. An act to increase the limit of cost of public building I C;hasE! or redempti<;m of the outstanding ~terest-b earing ob- at Park City, Utah; . ligatiOns of the Umted States; to the Committee on Ways and S. 5202. An act to authorize the maintenance and operation of Means. dams across the St. Croix River at Baileyville and Grand Falls, ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED. Me.; Mr. LAZARO, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported S. 6740. An ·act to correct the military record of Matthew 0. that they had examined and found truly emolled bills of the fol Butler, jr. ; and . lowing titles, when the Speaker signed the same : S. 6748. An act providing that Indian schools may be mam H. R. 16604. An act to authorize the commissioners of Lycom tailied without restriction as to annual rate of expenditure per ing County, Pa., and their successors in office, to construct a pupil. . bridge across the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, from The message also announced that the President had ·approved the borough of Montgomery, Lycoming County, Pa., to Muncy and signed joint resolution of the following title: Creek Township, Lycoming Connty, Pa. ; S. J. Res. 160. Joint resolution appropriating $540,000 for the H. R. 16534. An act to authorize the commissioners of Lycom relief of flood sufferers in the States of North Carolina, South ing County, Pa., and their successors in office, to construct a; Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, and Mississippi, bridge across the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, from and for other purposes. the foot of Arch Street, in the city of 'Villiamsport, Lycoming SEN ATE BILLS REFERRED~ County,. Pa., to the borough of DuboistowJ:4 Lycoming County, Pa.; · Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV, Senate bills of the following H. R. 16380. An act granting the consent of CoD.o'TI'ess to the titles were taken from the Speaker's table and referred to their board of supervisors of Highlanding Township, -Pennington appropriate committees as indicated below: S. 6561. An act providing for the sale at public auction of all County, Minn., to construct a bridge across Rro Lake River; H. R. 16891. An act granting the consent of Co14,0Tess to Trail~ unsold suburban lots not reserved for public purposes in the County, N.Dak., and to Polk County, Minn., to construct a bridge Government town site of Port Angeles, Wash., and for the issu across the Red River of the North; ance of patents for those previously sold under the act of May 2, H. R. 16875. An act granting the consent of Congress to Crisp 1906, on the payment of the price at which the said lots were County, Ga., to construct a bridge across Flint RI-ver, Ga., be reappraised under said act without further condition or delay; to the Commjttee on the Public Lands. ' tween Crips and Sumter Counties ; H. R.16764. An act to authorize the commissioners of North S. 3681. An act for the relief of the owners of the steamship umberland and Union Counties, in Pennsylvania, their succes l!Jsparta; to the Committee on Claims. · sors in office, to construct a bridge across the West Branch of S. 1548. An act for the relief of Emmett W. Entriken; to the 1 the Susquehanna River from the borough of Watsontown, Committee on Claims. Northumberland County, Pa., to 'Vhite Deer Township, Union S. 10. An act to correct the military record of Clayton H. County, Pa.; Adams; to the Committee on Military A.il'airs. H. R. 7883. An act for· the relief of Charlotte M. Johnston; S. 736. An act to correct the military record of John P. Web H. R. 6181. An act for the relief of Letitia W. Garrison; ber, alias John J. Webber; to the Committee on Military Affairs. H. R. 13620. An act granting pensions and increase of pensions S. 6154. An act for the relief of Dr. Charles Lee Baker; to the to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy Committee on Military Affairs. and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, . S. 6287. An act for the relief of Joseph Eubor; to the Com and to widows of such soldiers and sailors ; mittee on 1\iilitary Affairs. H. R. 14576. An act granting pensions and increase of pensions S. 1265. An act for the relief of J. G. Seupelt; to the Com to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy mittee on the Public Lands. and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, S. 3774. An act to authorize the sale of lands allotted to In and to widows of such soldiers and sailors ; · dians under the Moses agreement of July 7,_ 1883; to the Com H. R. 12194. An act granting pensions and increase of pensions mittee on Indian Affairs. to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy S. 3647. An act for the relief of Moses C. Tingley; to the Com and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War, mittee on the Public Lands. · and to wid·ows of such soldiers and sailors ; and S. 3972. An act to provide for selection by the Omaha Indians H. R. 11240. An act granting pensions and increase of pensions and the setting apart of reservation lands for tribal cemetery to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy purposes ; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the Civil War; S. 5635. An act authorizing the conveyance of certain land in and to· widows of such soldiers and· sailors. the State of South Dakota to the town of Flandreau in said The SPEAKER announced his signature to enrolled bills of State; to the Committee on the Public Lands. the following titles : S. 5632. An act for the relief of Aquila Nebeker; to the Com S. 5914. An act granting pensions and increase of pensions mittee on the Public Lands. to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy s. 5203. An act for the relief of Gardiner L. Eastman; to the and of wars other than the Civil War, and to certain widows and Committee on Military Affairs. dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors ; and S. '6601. An act for the enlargement of the post-office building S. 4654. An act granting pensions and increase of pensions in Pittsburgh, Pa.; to the Committee on Public Buildings and to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy Grounds. _ and of wars other than the Civil War, and to certain widows and S. 2388. An act for the relief of Orion Mathews ; to the Com dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors. mittee on Military Affairs. S. 4288. An act relating to the maintenance of actions for ENROLLED BIT.L PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT FOB HIS APPROVAL. death on the high seas and other navigable waters; to the Com Mr. LAZARO, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported mittee on the Judiciary. that this day they had presented to the President of the United S. 6720. An act to increase the limit of cost of public building States for his approval the following bill: at Park City, Utah; to the Committee on Public Buildings and H. R. 12197. .An act authorizing Ashley County, Ark., to con Grounds. struct a bridge across Bayou Bartholomew. s. 6748. An act providing that Indian schools may be main RESIGNATION. tained without restriction as to annual rate of expenditure per The SPEAKER laid before the House the following resigna pupil ; to the Committee on Indian A.ffairs. tion: s. 6740. An act to correct the military record of Matthew a JULY 22, 1916. Butler, jr.; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Hon. CHAMP CLARK, S. 4. An act to provide for the purchase of a site and the erec Speaker House of Repre.gentatives_, W a.s hingt on, D. 0 . tion of a public building thereon at Bingham Canyon, in the SIR: I beg to lnform you that I have t his day transmitted to the governor of California my resignation as a Representative in the Con· State of Utah; to the Committee on Public Buildings and gress of the United States from the te.ntb district of California. ' Grounds. · Yours, very truly, WM. D. S"TEPHENs. S. 697. An act authorizing a credit in certain accounts in the office of the Auditor forth~ Wa:t: Department; to the Committee CALENDAR FOR U N AN IMOUS CONSENT. on Claims. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will call the first bill on the S. 2544. An act to authorize the President of the United States Calendar for Unanimous Consent. to appoint John Q. A. Brett a first lieutenant in the United States .Army ; to the Committee on Military Affairs. OVERISSUES OF SECUlUTIES . S. 55. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to use, The first business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent at his discretion, surplus moneys in the Treasury in the pur- was the blll (H. R. 563) to amend section 20 of an act to regulate 12250 CONGRESSIONAL R.ECORD-HOUSE. AuGusT 7, commerce, to prevent overissues of securitie. by carriers, and for Mr. 1\IANN. 1\rr. Speaker, I mo\e to amend, on page 1, line 3. other purposes. by striking out the words "Interior Department" ancl inserting '.rhe SPEArillR. Is there objection? in lieu thereof the "·or Mr. CA.RA WAY. I ask unanimous consent that the amend- On mgtion of 1\Ir. ADAMSON, a motion to reconsider tbe vote by ment be modified so as to read at the end of line 7. which the bill was passed was laid on the table. 1\'Ir. ADAMSON. I have no objection to the amendment. LANDS FOR "EDUCATIONAL "PURPOSES. Tbe Clerk read as follows: The next business on. the Calendar for Unanimous Consent Amend page 2, after line 7, etc. was the bill (H. R. 15096) to amend the act entitled "An act to The que tion was taken, and the amendment was agreed to. . amend sections 2275 and 2276 of the Revised Statutes of the :l\Ir. CARAWAY. Mr. Speaker, I offer the amendment which United States, providing for the selection of lands for educa• I send to the Clerk's desk. · tiona] purposes in lieu of those appropriated,'' and to authorize Mr. ~'N. Mr. Speaker-well, I can offer an amendment to an exchange of lands between the United States and the several section 1 later. States. The SPEAI\:ER. Tbe Clerk will report the amendment. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the consideration of the The Clerk read as follows : bill? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. This bill is on On page 2, after RP<'tion 1. afld the following as a n t'w St'dion: the Union Calendar. "Amend an act approved July 20, 1912, and amendment thereto ap 1\Ir. RAKER. 1\lr. Speaker, I ask unantmous consent that . proved August 23, 1912, entitled 'An act to authorize Arkansas & Memphis Railway Bridge & Tt>rminal Co. to construct, maintain, and the bill be considered in the House ns in the Committee of the operate a bridge across the Mississippi River.'" Whole. So amenfl the proviso in section 1 oi said act that amended it will - The SPEAKER. The gentlemon from California asks unani rea:d as follows : "P-rov·ided, That said bridge shall be so constru<'ted, maintained, mous consent that the bill be considered in the House as in the and operated that, In addition to its use for railroad purposes, Committee of the Whole. Is there objection? [After a pause.] it shall providt> for a separate ro~dway and approaches and con The Chair hears none. The Clerk will report the bill. tinuous use by the publlc as a highway bridge, to be used by vehlcles, pedestrians, hon~emen, animals, and all kinds of traJfic and travel, for The Clerk read as follows: the transit of which rt>asonable rates of toll may be charged and re Be it enacted., etc., That the provisions of the act of Congress ap <·eivrd, ·but no rate for passage of a single passenger pn a railroad train proved February 28, 1891 (26 Sta ts. L., p. 796), entitled "An act -to shall exceed 25 cents." . amend sections 2275 and 2276 of the Revised Statuti's of the United States :provid,i:ng for the eleetion of lands for educational :purposes Mr. ADAMSON. Now, Mr. Speaker, I understand that is ln lieu of thC\se appropriated for other· purposes," are .hereby declared agreeable to the people of the community, .and I have no objec applicable to all grants oi school lands heretofore made by Congress, and all selections bl'retofore -made and · approv~>d unrter said grants tion. and in accordance with said act of February 28, 1891. if otherwise 1\Ir. MANN. How does the first part of the amendment read? lawful, are hereby ratified and confirmt'd; that an pending and un The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the first .part of the approved selections beretofore ma.de under said grants and in accord ance with said act, if found otherwise valid, and for lands which are amendment. nonmineral .in e.ha.racter and which ha-ve not, prior to date of approval.,~ The Clerk read as follows : been withdrawn under i.he provisions of the act of June .25, 1910 (3u .Add the following as a new section. "Amend ail act approved July Stats. L., p. 847).. may be approved under the provisions of said act 20, 1912,"-- of February 28, 1 !\91 : ·Provided, That nothing herein ·shall be con strued as preventing the al)proval of selections included within with l\fr. MANN. i.\ir. Speaker, that is not in proper form~ drawals under the provisions of said .act of June 25, 1910, subject to 1\lr. ADAMSON. That is an awkward statement. ~he gen conrtitions, .limitations, or reservations authorized or permitted by present or future ·acts of Cungress relating to such withdrawn lands tleman wants to amend the original act. if the surface of such land is founll by ·the Secretary of the Interior Mr. CARAWAY. 1 am inclined to think there is a pencil to be of substantial value for agriculture, grazing, or timber. emendation to the amendment. The fo0ow1ng committee amendment was read: . The Clerk read as· follows: ·On page 2, in lines J2 and 13, ,after the word " -character," Insert the following proviso : insert: · " Provided, "!1hat said bridge shall be so constructed, maintained, and operated that, in addition to its use for railroad purposes, it shall ...And -which -were -subject ito .>Selection .at the. time the applications we:re provide for an adequate and separate .roadway and approaches and con filed. tinuous use by .the public, etc.'' The SPEAKER. The question ·is on agreeing to the com Mr. 1\IANN. Mr. Speaker, the language of the amendment mittee amendment. is not correct. I move to amend by striking out before the -pro- , The committee ·amendment was agree.d to. viso-- T.he Clerk read as follows: Mr. ADAMSON. That is, in the Caraway amendment? 2 8 l\1r. MANN. Yes-and insert the language written there. .. ~Ei~t toT~e~eE~~i~sc~2f5e:~J-~~76~~ -~eeb~:V?se~ st::te:~~t£i:~ The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the amendment. United States, pro:viding for tht' selection of lands :for etlucational -pur poses in llt>u of those appropriated for other purposes," is hereby amended The Clerk read as follows: by adding thereto the following : - Amend b,Y strikin.e: out all preceding the proviso in the Caraway amend "That as to all surveyed or unsurveyed sections in place grantetl o.r ment and rnsert "That the proviso In section ~ of said act, approved reserved to the use of schools and included within national forests it August 23, 1912, be and th~ 6ame is hereby amended to read as 1ollows." shall be lawful for the State in pursuance of an agreement, -eiiher prior or subsequent ht>reto, bPtween the State rrnd tbe Secretary of Agricul 1\lr. ADAMSON. 1\Ir. Speaker, I think that is better_ ture to rt>linquiRh its claim. right, and title thereto ana select in :lieu The SPEAKER. The question is on the Caraway amendment thereof other unappropriated nonmineral lands of approximately equal value designated by the Secretary of Agrirnlture and lying within the as amended. boundari-es of any national fort'-st or foreRts ·within the Rtate wlwrein The amendment as amended was agreed to. the exchange is to be madt'; that upon the consummation of the PX Mr. M.Ai~N. l\fr. Speaker, I move to amend, Jn line 5, page change hen•in authorized and its approval by the Secretary of the In terior· the .President of i:hP Dnitt'd Statl's Is -authorized to eliminate fr-om 2, by striking out the quotation marks after the-word "twelve." such national forest the Iil.nds so se1ectt>d for and on behalf·of the &"ate: The SPEAKER. The Clerk will ~·eport the amendment. Provided, That the lands granted in place to llUCh State or TerrHory The Clerk read as follows: and surrendered under the provisions hereof shall, upon the approval of the indemnity or exchange, r.evert to and !Jecome a portion of the -na .Amend, page 2, line 5, .by striklng out the quotation marks aiter the tional forest wherein located subject to all the laws, rules, and regula word "tweJve.'' tions -thereto applicabl~. The que5:tion was taken, and the amendment was agreed to. Mr. WINGO.. Mr. Speaker, I move ~ to strike out the ilast Mr. MANN. And then, ill line 4, by inserting, after the word word. I wish to get some information with "l'eference ·to this " river " and the inside quotation marks which .follow the word matter. Can the gentleman from California [Mr. RAKER-] tell "river," outside quotation marks. me what the object is? I believe the .gentleman wrote the J.'e The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the amendment. port on tbe bill. The Clerk read as .follows : Mr. RAKER. I wrote a part of it. Insert outside quotation marks a'fter inside quotation 'marks after the 1\II.r. WINGO. Tell us wb.at the object is. word" river," line 4, page 2. Mr. RAKER. In answer to the g-entleman's question, there "The question was taken, and the mnendment :was _agreed to. are two objects. The first is to adjust the lands where the The bill as amended was ordered to be read a third time, was Stn.te has lost them-'that .is, where there has been a railroad read the third time, and passed. grant, or an Indian reserve, to exchange the land ·and permit Mr. M_A!\,TN". Mr. Speaker, I move to amend the title by strik the .State to obtain the land it otherwise should have obtained ing out. in the last line of the title, after the word" twelve," the under the original acts of Congress, namely, sections 16 and ·as. quotation marks and by inserting in the line next to the last, The other provision of the act, in section 3, applies .to •exchange after the inside quotation marks which follow the word ".river," of land in place where the national forest or Indian _reser:va outside quotation marks. tions have been created, particularly .national forests, where Mr. ADAl\l-80N; This is the same change made in the text the lands have ·been surveyed, the sixteenth .and thirty-sixth so as to correctly describe the title. sections, to permit the .exchange of that lan 1\Ir. WINGO. The language of the section ts contradictory, which are nonmlneral in character, and which have not prior to date of approval been withdrawn under the provisions of the act of June 2u./ it am>ears to me. I do not understand what it means. In the 1910 (36 Stat. L., p. 847), may be approved by the provisions of sala first part, in lines 11, 12, and 13, it says : ~ act of February 28, 1891 : Provided, That nothing herein shall be con That as to all surveyed or unsmve:red sections in place granted or strued as preventing the appro>al of selections lncluded within with reserwd to the use of schools and included within national forests it drawals under· the provisions o! said act of June 25, 1910, subject to shall be lawful for the State in pursuance of an agreement. either conditions, limitations. or reservations authorized or permitted by pres ent or future acts of Congress relating to such withdrawn -land.s, if the prior or subsequent hereto, between the State and the ~ecretary of .Agriculture, to relinquish his claim, right, and title thereto- surface of such land is found by the Secretary of the Interior to be of sub tantia1 value for· agriculture, grazing, or timber: Provided tu•·tlrm·, And so forth. That in the future exchanges may be made and approved a.s provided in section 2 of this act OL' at the election of the State, vacant unappro Then down in the succeeding clause of the same sedion, and priated nonmineraJ public lands of equal acreage outside the limits of commencing at line 21, it pro> ides: national forests may be selected in lieu of lands surrender·ed or relin That upon the consummation of the exchange herein authorized quished under the provisions of this act: And provided tm·the1·, That and it. approval by the Secretary of the Interior the President of the the ~ec1·etary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture aro United States is authorized to eliminate from .such national forests hereby authorized, in their discrP.tion, to exchange lands within the the lands so selected for and on behalf of the State. limits of national forests for lands outside of such limits of approxi· mately equal value lost to the State by t·eason of settlements, entries, It looks to me that the first part of the amendment proYides reservations, or the mineral character of the lands. • the States may make other selections where the original selec With a committee amendment, as follows: tion. ,,.ere in national forests, ,and yet the last part proV"ides rage 4, after the wcrd "character," in line 13, insert "and which for the elimination from the -forest when tbe ~ State makes the were sub]ect to selection at the time the applications were filed." selection. It appears to me to be contradictory. The SPEAKER. 'l'he question is on agreeing to the amend _1\lr. RAKER. The first provision, as to all sur\"'eyed or un ment. sur\"'eyed sections granted or reserved to the use of schools The amenument was agreed to. and included within national forests, is the land in sections The SPEAKER The Clerk will report the next committee 16 and '36. There are two distinctions there, the sixteenth and amendment. thirt.r-sixth sections, where the land has been surveyed, and The Clerk read as follows : there has been some question whether or not the State could ex Amend, page 4, line 19, by inserting after tbe word " may " the words change that land in the national forest to the Government, be " within the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior." cause, having bE>en stu'\"eyed, the title, they claim, immediately The SPEAKER. 'l'he question is on agreeing to the amend- 11ass{:'(l in the State. And this, then, creates that seeming ment. troubl<.'. The department has been holding they had a right to The amendment was agreed to. make the exchange. There have been two decisions of the The Clerk read as follows : United States district com·t that they could not make the ex In line 20, strike out the word "by" and insert the word "under." chan~e. and the department made its own ruling, and Judge The SPEAKER. . The question is on agreeing to the amend- Van De\anter, 110\'\' on the Supreme Court bench, ''hen he was ment. in the department, ruled it could be made. The amendment was agreed to. l\Ir. WINGO. Now, the report is very \Oluminous. I have The Clerk read as follows: not had time to read it. What States does this affect? Does On page 5, "after the word "timber," in line u, insert: this affect the State of Arkansas in any way at all? "Provided (twtller, That all lands within the boundaries of national 1\Ir. RAKER. California, Oregon, Nevada, Colorado, Wash forest:E: title to which ruay be vested in the States under the provisions of this act shall be ~ubject to all rights of way which the Secretary ington, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Idaho, Wyo of Agriculture may at any time deem necessary !or the administration ming, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona. And all of those States of the national forests." were represented before the committee by their Representatives The SPEAKER The question· is on agreeing to the amend- as well as a good part of them by the attorneys general of the ment. State.· and some of the go\"ernors, and the others by the sur The amendment was agreed to. veyors general. The Clerk read as follows : Mr. 'VINGO. It just meets the conditions that ha\"'e arisen Page u, line 13, after the word " State," insert the words "and with in tho:e States, and does" not affect Arkansas? the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture." Mr. RAKER. No; it does not affect Arkansas. The chair The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the amend- man of the Committee on the Public Lands sent a notice to the ment. goyernors and the secretaries of state and the surveyors gen The amendment was· agreed to. eral in the States affected arid had advice from them as well The Clerk read as follows: as from the Secretary of the Interior, and they have practically In line 14, after the word "nonmineral," insert the word " sur agreed on this legislation. veyed." Mr. Speaker-- The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the amend- The SPEAKER. For what purpose does tl1e gentleman rise? ment. 1\lr. RAKER. I want to make a suggestion to the gentleman The amendment was agreed to. from Illinois [Mr. MANN] if he will listen just a moment. The The Clerk rend as follows: gentleman from Oregon [Mr. SrNNO'IT] called my attention to In line 15, page 5, strike out the word "acreage " and insert the an o\ersight in that we possibly left out two small words in word " value." the bill on page 3, line 11. It reads, "that as to all." Now. The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the amend- the gentleman from Oregon suggested " any surveyed or un ment. StuTeyed land." He said the committee agreed to the amend The amendment was agreed to. ment "or any." The Clerk read as follows : The gentleman from Oregon [Mr. SrNNO'IT] suggested " as to Line 16 page 5, after the word " forests," inserts the words " desig all or any surveyed or unsur\eyed." land. He says the commit nated by the Secretary of the Interior." tee agreed to that amendment-" or any." ~ The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the amend- Mr. 1\IANN. I have no objection to it. It means the same ment. thing. The amendment was agreed to. 1\Ir. RAKER. l\fr. Speaker, I offer the amendment, on page 3, The Clerk read as fo1lows: line 11, between the word "all" and the word "surveyed," to Line 18 after the word "act," insert "but nothing herein shall pre insert the words " or any." vent the consummation of the agreement dated June 16, 1911, between l\Ir. l\IANN. · I had supposed that" all" would include" any." the Secretary of the Interior and the Rtate of California pro>iding for the adjustment of the claim of the United States against the State, The SPEAKER. Tile Clerk will report the amendment. because of excess approvals and overcertifications under the grant for The Clerk read ns follows: common schools thr<.tugh surrender or conveyance by the State of sur .Amend, on page 3, tine 11, b:f inserting, after the word "all," the veyed school sections within the boundaries of national forests." words "ot· any." The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the amend- The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the amend- ment. ment. The amendment was agreed to. The amendment was agreed to. The Clerk read -as fo1lows: The SPEAKER. The Clerk will read. On page 6, after the word "dlscretion," in line 3, insert " if they shall The Clerk read as follows: find that the pubUc interests will be subserved thereby." SEC. :]. 'l'bat exchanges of title between the United States and States The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the amend heretofore made and approved under authot·Ity of said net of February ment. 28, 1891, whereby the Stab• relinquished Its title to surveyed school The amendment was agreed to. lands in fot·est or other permanent reservations in lieu of lands else whet·e are het·eby ratified and confirmed, and all pending and unapproved Mr. l\IONDELL. Mr. Speaker, I move to strike out the last exclwngcs of like chm·actcr, if found otherwise valid, and for lands word. / 1916. .CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 12253 The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Wyoming moves to which was so utterly obscured and confused by legislation as strike out the last word. . this matter of exchanges in this bill. l\Ir. 1\IONDELL. 1\Ir. Speaker, I should have offered an amend The SPEAKER. The time of the gC'ntleman has expired. ment or made a motion to disagree with the House amendment Mr. MONDELL. I ask for five minutes more. on page 5, line 15, striking out the word " acreage " and inserting '.rhe SPEAKER. The gentleman frQm Wyoming asks unani- the word "value," if we had been considering the bill in any mous consent to proceed for five minutes. Is there objection? other way than by unanimous consent. I think it scarcely fair There was no objection. · to the House, when Members consent to the consideration of Mr. MONDELL. What might have been written on one page legislation in this way, to contest amendments proposed by the so plainly that a man who knew little of the subject might committee, the adoption of which is undoubtedly expected as a understand has been dragged through some six pages, so in part of the agreement to allow the bill to be considered by unani- volved, so difficult of understanding, that those who are best mous consent. _ acquainted with the subject find it necessa1>y to read the But I want to call attention to the fact, and I think I would bill again and again, and to study its provisions carefully, com not be doing my duty if I did not call attention to the fact, paring one with another, in order to arrive at an intelligent that if the bill becomes a law with the change that has been opinion as· to what Is intended. _ adopted, it wi11 be utterly impossible to adjust in any reason I am not blaming the committee, except for taking a bill able length of time, or at any expense that the exchanges will drawn by the department, when the committee is composed of justify, the exchanges that are affected by this amendment. It men any one of whom could himself have drawn a very much does not matter greatly, so far as the State which I have the better bill. The committee took this hill as the department honor to represent is concern(>d, for we have made most of our ex drafted it, backing and filling and double-crossing as it does, changes using lands within forest reserves as bases. But one and as everybody knows it does who knows anything ahout it, of the most beneficial provisions of the act of February 28, 1891, and they amended it, until I think the bill does about what every ·was a provision whereby we allowed the States to get out of the one wants to have done. I think it doe& conserve the public .forest reserves with their holdings and take lands elsewhere. interest. I think it does probably deal fairly with the States, In the main, if the States qo that, they must, under the condi although a new set of officials in the department could ea~ily ~ions that exist, necessarily accept generally lands of lesser interpret it so as to deprive the States of most of their benefits value than those they surrender. It is true they might sur under it. But hoping that the department will continue to in render mountain tops of little value, but they would also sur terpret its own bill in its own way, I am glad to have it passed; render timberlands of value, and as a matter of administration because, as my friend on the other side says, it is the best we it would be utterly impossible to make exchanges, taking the could do under the circumstances. lands within rese1·ves for lands optside on the basis of equal Mr. TAYLOR of Colorado. We do not expect to have a new value. There are no lands of equal value to exchange. If the set of officials to administer it. provision remained in the bill, the only way it could be done Mr. MONDELL. We certainly will have, but the gentlemen would be by assuming an average value of all the lands _which who are there are· in the main very excellent gentlemen, trying a State has in a forest reserve which it desires to surrender _ to do their duty ; most of them will remain, and as to the anrl an av(>rage value of all the lands it would select outside. others we will keep them there long enough so that they can By adopting that amendment we have nu1lified a very benef enlighten their successors as to just what this legislation icent and wise provision of the act which we amend by this legis means. I do not want to leave the impression that the public lation. I hope that in another body, or in conference, or some interest is not conserved in the bilL I think it is. I Mr. MONDELL. Well, I will :sa-y to my friend-- ture to establish uniform standards ~of classificntion fo-r cotton; 1\Ir. RAKER. Of course, on ·the question of acreage and to provide for the application, enforcement, .and "llSe of such value, the gentleman and I agree, but the depa-rtment and many standards in tran actions in dnterstate and foreign commerce, others thought this amendment ought to rgo in, and· we felt in to ·prevent deception therein, and :fer other purposes. duty bound ·to present it to the House, and the Bouse .ought to The SPEAKER. Is there objection? pass upon it. If tbe :other body takes ~ different view :Of it, Mr. ML~. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous -eonsent that this then we will have our opportunity. bill be pas ed over rw;ithout prejudice. Mr. M01\TDELL. Mr. Speaker, :will the gentleman yield? The SPEAKER. Is there .objection? Mr. RAKER. I always yield to the distinguished gentleman There was no objection. from Wyoming. :PUBLIC LANDS IN OKLAHOMA. 1\lr. MOl\"'DELL. The gentleman is aware of the fact that I -did appear bef-ore the committee, ;and .after I made an extended The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Con ~nt statement to the committee -in ~egard to the first bill, a new bill was the bill (R R. 15156) granting public lands to the State was inn·odnced. This is that new bill.; it is a little better than of Oklahoma. .. the bill I discus ed before the cemmittee, but it still has those 1r1r. McCLINTIC. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent unfortunate ambiguities. that this bTil be -pas ed over without prejudice. Mr. RA.KER. Let me .suggest to the .gentleman that when he The SPEAKER. Is there objection? made his suggestions to the committee he did not in any way There was no objection. errect or modify what he considers not .a proper and well 'SERUMS, TOXINS, ETC. .comprehended piece of legislation by any concrete :Suggested The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Con~ent _amendment or amendments. was the bill (H. R. 15914} to authorrze the Secretary ,Qf Agri Mr. MONDELL. Does the gentleman say that .I made no culture to license establishments for and to regulate the pr{'pa such suggestions? :ration of viruses, serums, toxins, and unalogous products for Mr. RAKER. 1 mean to say that the gentleman made no use in the treatment of domestic animals, and for other pur· ,concrete suggestions as t-o particular amendments. poses. Mr. .l\101\"'DELL. ·Oh, on the contrary-- The SPEAKER. Is there objection? Mr. R-AKER. Of course one can talk volumes in just going l\Ir. 1\!A.~. Mr~ Speaker, I aRk nnanimo.us consent that this around Robin Hood's barn, but if you want to get results on a bilJ he pn.~serl .ov-er without prejudice. piece of legislation you ought to offer concrete amendments and The SPF..AKER. Is .there objection? present your arguments to those proposed amendments. There was no -objection. of . The SPEAKER. The time the gentleman from Calife>rnla UNOO"hrP..u!Cilii: D:Dll~ liEBERVATIO:\. has expired. The ne.~t business on the Calendar for Unanimous Con, e-nt Mr. M0.1\TDELL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 'Consent to was the biTI (S. 43) tn relation to the location, entry. and _proceed for one minute. The SPEAKER. ls there objection? patenting of l-ancls within tlle former Uncompahwe Indian RRR~r· There was no objection. vatlon, in the State of Utah, containlng gilsonite or other 1ike Mr. MONDELL. .Mr. 4-;;peaker, the gentleman from California substances, and for otber purpeses. 1\1ANN. will remember that I .not C?nly discussed the matter before the 1\Ir. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the bll1 he pns~e Mr. ADAMSON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimo:us consent that Mr. RAKER. No, sir. I will state that the committee that bill be passed without prejudice and remain on the· cal amendment to the bill simply clarifies the language, but leaves endar. the bill just exactly us the law now applies to the project down The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Georgia asks unani there at Elephant Butte Dam; and it now applies to all, so that mous consent that the bill be passed without prejudice. Is there hereafter no right can be granted or lease of power on these objection? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. reclamation projects without the consent of the majority of EXPEESES, JOINT ENCAMPMENT, AUGUSTA, GA. water users and making it apply to all. - l\Ir. COOPER of Wisconsin. The gentleman says that the The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent amendment simply clarifies the situation. Jt appears to me it was the bill (S. 708) to make immediately available for the use is a considerable clarification when you strike out nine lines of the State of Georgia in paying expenses incurred by said of an entire proviso and insert, well, a great many-- State in connection with the joint encampment held at Augusta, 1\Ir. RAKER. Let me call the gentleman's attention-- Ga., July 22 to 31, 1914, certain sums appropriated for arming Mr. COOPER of Wisconsin. Why was this letter of the Sec and equipping the militia of said State. retary of the Interior presented to the House in this report as The Clerk read the title of the bill. an indorsement of a bill that he never saw? The SPEAKER. Is there objection? l\lr. SMITH of Idaho. Mr. Speaker, the report of the Secre 1\Ir. MANN. Mr. Speaker, what became of No. 290? I ask tary of the Interior does not purport to indorse the bill as unanimous consent that No. 290 be passed over without prej amended, but as introduced. Bills are not sent to a Cabinet udice. It is under consideration on Calendar Wednesday. officer, as a general rule, for a supplementary report. The The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the committee first gets information from the Cabinet officer before gentleman from Illinois? [After a pause.] The Chair hears the bill is considered, but does not call upon him for information none. . as to the effect of every Uttle amendment that is made to a bill. 1\Ir. MANN. Mr. Speaker, I make the same request as to 292. Mr. COOPER of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, the average reader Mr. ADAMSON. l\1r. Speaker, the reason we are not insisting in the House reading this report would get another impression, is that the blll is on regular call for Wednesday. · and that is the Impression which I had ·up to the time the gentle Mr. MANN. It is under consideration. man from California said that the Secretary of the Interior had The SPEAKER. The gentleman makes n similar request as to No. 292. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The Chair never seen this bill as amended. hears none. · The bill is presented to the Secretary of the Interior for his approval and fo~ his Cliticism. AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN .ABANDONED MILITARY RESERVATIONS, Mr. RAKER. Will the gentleman yield for a question? NEVADA. Mr. COOPER of Wisconsin. One moment. The Secretary of The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent the Interior sees n bill containing certain provisions relating to was the bill (S. 5466) to open abandoned military reservations a very important subject. He unqualifiedly indorses the bill in the State of Nevada to homestead entry and desert-land as presented to him. Subsequently that bill is changed in most entry, and to amend an act entitled "An act to open abandoned important particulars, amended by the committee in many military reservations in the State of Nevada to homestead en places, and . et in a report of the committee presenting that try," approved October 1, 1890. bill the letter of the Secretary of the Interior is incorporated The Clerk read the title of the bill. as indorsing the measure. I object to the consideration of this The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the consideration of bill at this time. . the bill? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. Mr. RAKER. Will the gentleman withhold it? Mr. RAKER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that Mr. COOPER of Wisconsin. No; I object. the blll be considered in the House as in Committee of the Mr. RAKER. Mr. Speaker, would not the gentleman with Whole House on the state of the Union. hold if just for one statement? The SPEAKER. Is there objection? Mr. STAFFORD. I wish the gentleman would withhold it. There was no objection. I would like to get information myself. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. COOPER of Wisconsin. Then I withhold it temporarily. Be it enacted, etc., That all the agricultural lands embraced within Mr. RAKER. In reply to the gentleman, if the facts were the mllitary reservations ln the State of Nevada which have been placed under the control of the Secretary of the Interior for disposi as the gentleman stated, he would be justified. tion be disposed of under the homestead and desert-land laws, and not Mr. -COOPER of Wisconsin. The gentleman admitted they otherwise. - were that way. The committee amendment was read, as follows : Mr. RAKER. Let me explain it to the gentleman. Add at the end of the bill the following proviso: Mr. COOPER of Wisconsin. Certainly. Provided, 'l'hat this act is intended to make applicable to the desert Mr. RAKER. It is the same as the law now exists, with tile land laws only such lands as were included under the act of March 3, sole exception that it permHs the lease to irrigation districts. 1877, providing for the dif'position of public lands under the desert-' Now, lines 21 to 25, inclusive, and lines 1 to 4 are identical land laws. with the law as it now exists. The committee thou~ht that The question was taken, and the amendment was agreed to. that was a wise provision, as undoubtedly the gentleman does. The bill as amended was ordered to be read a third time, was and we put that provision in full in lines 10, 11, and 12, which read the third time, and passed. _ reads follows : Mr. 1\IANN. Mr. Speaker, I move to amend the title of the as bill by striking out all after the word "entry" where it occurs The Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the legally or ganized and acting water-users' association, or associations, under any the second time, in line 2 of the title. lluch project, is authorized to lease for a period- The amendment was agreed to. On motion of Mr. RAKER, a motion to reconsider the vote by And so forth. That is the law, but under this project it which the bill was passed was laid on the table. could not be leased without the consent of the water-users' as TOWN SITES, IRRIGATION PROJECTS. sociation. The committee believed that that provision was so wise that hereafter under any project there should be no lease by The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent the Secretary of the Interior without the consent of the water was the bill (H. R. 15958) to amend an act providing for the users' association, and we struck out that whole long sentence withdrawal from public entry of lands needed for town sites and put it in an amendment here in lines 11, 12, and 13, . to in connection with irrigation projects. the effect that under no circumstances could the Secretary of The Clerk read the title of the bill. the Interior lease any of the power without the consent of the The SPEAKER. Is there objection? water-users' association. Mr. COOPER of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, reserving .the right Mr. COOPER of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, it may be that the to object, I wish to inquire of the committee what is the letter bill as amended is all that it should be, but I was entirely de· of the Secretary of the Interior, which letter, of date June 16, ceived-and, of course, I im·pute no wrongful motive whatever 1916, was written after the Secretary had had submitted to to the gentleman from California or to any other gentleman him the bill with the amendment the committee now proposes? on the committee-by the report of the committee. The report l\Ir. RAKER. Well, the letter was written, as I recall it, says: the letter before the department, but the committee considered the bill and amended it itself. The report of the Secretary of the Interior on the biU is as follows. 1\Ir. COOPER of Wisconsin. Yes; but the letter of the Secre And the Secretary of the Interior never saw the bill as re tary of the Interior in the report and purporting to be an in ported; Alld, therefore, in the absence of just the information dorsement of the bill, gives an indorsement of something different I want, I shall object, but with this 1:equest, Mr. Speaker, that from the proposition contained in the measure now before the the bill go O\er without prejudice. There will be abundant House. opportunity to consider this. ~2-256 CONGRESS!ON AL RECORD-HOUSE. AUGUST 7, The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Wisconsin objects to The SPEAKER. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The the present consideTation of the bill, and asks that the bill be Chair bears none. passed over without prejudice. Is there objection? (After a CIVIL WAR VOLUNTEER OFFICERS' RETIRED LIST• . pause.) The chair bears none. ,.rbe Clerk will report the next bill. The next busine. on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent was the bill H. n.. 386, a bill to create in the War Department OTTAWA INDIAN TRIBE. and the Navy Department, respectively, a roll designated as The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent the "Civil War Volunteer Officers' Retired List," to authorize was the bill S. 138, an act for the relief of the Ottawa Indian placing thereon with retired pay certain surviving officers who Tribe, of Blanchard Fork and Roche de Bamf. served in the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps of the United The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the consideration of States in the Civil War, and for other purposes. the bill? · The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the consideration of 1\Ir. MANN. 1\lr. Speaker, I ask to have the bill passed over the bilJ? . without prejudice. 1\lr. 1\!ANN. Mr. Speaker, I make the same request. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from illinois asks that the The SPEAKER. Tbe ~entlernan from Illinois asks nnanl· bill be passed over without prejudice. Is there objection? mous consent that the bill be passed over without prejudice. [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The Chair bears none. Mr. RAKER. Mr. Speaker, would it be in order to ask that REGISTRY FOR VESSEL "GOLDEN GATE." a day be fixed, not to interfere with the calendar, when the con The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent ference report on this bill could be considered? was the bill (H. R. 8816) authorizing the Commissioner of Navi Mr. MANN. It would not be in order at this time. gation to cause the sailing vessel Golden Gate to be registered The SPEAKER. No; it would not be in order. os a vessel of the United States. 1\lr. RAKER. Mr. Speaker, can I be recognized to suspend The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the consideration of tile rules and pass this bill? the bill? [After n pause.. } The Ohair hears none. The Clerk The SPEAKER. Not now. The gentleman stands a.s the will report the bill. thirty-second applicant to suspend the rules. The Clerk read as follows: HOURS OF S~VICE OF EMPLOYEES ON RA.ILBOADS. Be it enacted, etc., That the Commissioner of Navtgation is hereby authorized and directed to ~use the saJling vessel Golden Gate, rebuilt The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent at San Francisco, Cal .• from thP wreck of the salllng vessel Golden Gate, was the bill (H. R. 9216) to amend sections 2, 3, 4. nnd 5 of an wrecked near the harbor of Montevideo, Uruguay, and abandoned by act entitled "An act to promote the safety of employees and her owners as a total wreck, to be registered as a vessel of the Uo.ited States whenever is shall be shown to the Commission of Navigation travelers upon railroads by limiting the hours of service of that the cost of rebuilding said v£>ssel in the United States amounted to employees thereon." approved March 4, 1907. three times the actual cost of said Wl'eck and that the vessel is wholly The title of the bill was read. owned by citizens ol the United States. 1\fr. 1\IANN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the The following committee amendments were read : bill be passed oveT without prejudice. Page 1, line 8, strike out the word " ts , and insert the• word " it." The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Illinois asks unani In line 9 strike out the word " Commission " and insert the word " Commissioner." mous consent that the bill be passed over without preju.dlce. Is The SPEAKER. The quru;tion is on agreeing to the committee there objection? amendments. Mr. BROWNING. I object. The amendments were agreed to. The SPEAKER. The gentleman :from New Jersey [Mr. , The SPEAKER. The question is on the engrossment and BRowNING] objects. Is there objection to the present con third reading of the bill. sideration of the bill? The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, Mr. BROWNING. I object to the present consideration of was read the third time, and passed. the bill. On motion of Mr. CuRRY, a motion to reconsider the vote by 1\fr. MANN. I ask to have it passed over without prejudice. which the bill was pas ed was laid on the table. The SPEAKER. Has the gentleman from New Jersey any objection to its being passed over without prejudice? INSURANCE FUND- FOR UNEMPLOYMENT. Mr. BROWNING. I will not object to that. The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent The SPEAKER. It is passed over without prejudice. was the House joint resolution 250, to provide for the appoint l\1r. CULLOP. 1\Ir. Speaker, I ask unanimous con~ent to ment of a commissioner to prepare and recommend a plan for extend my remarks in the RECORD on this bill, H. R. 9216. I the establishment of a national insurance fund for the mitiga think a number of gentlemen here do not understand what the tion of the evil of unemployment. measure is. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the consideration of The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Indiana [Mr. CuLLOP] the bill? asks unanimous consent to extend his remarks on Calendar No. Mr. 1\IA.NN. Mr. Speaker, I nsk unanimous consent that the 311. Is there objection? bill be passed over without prejudice. There was no objection. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Illlnois asks unani The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the next one. mous consent that the bill be passed over without prejudice. 1\lr. CULLOP. I understand. :Mr. Speaker, that that bill was Is there objection? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. pa~sed without prejudice? The SPEAKER. It was passed over without prejudice. AVIATION IN COAST GUARD. :Mr. CULLOP. That is as I understand. The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent OIL AND GAS, SHOSHONE OR WIND RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION, WYO. was the btn H. R. 15736, a bill to provide for aviation in the Coast Guard. The next business on· the Calendar for Unanimous Consent Mr. MANN. l\Ir. Speaker, I make the same request. was the bill (H. R. 16396) to authorize the Secretary of the The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Illinois asks unani Interior to lease for production of oil and gas ceded lands ot mous coru~Pnt that the bill be passed without prejudice. Is the Shoshone or Wind River Indian Reservation in the State there obJection? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. of Wyoming. 1\Ir. MONTAGUE. Mr. Speaker, I ask that the bill be passed The title of the bill was read. without prejudice, if it has not been done. The SPEAKER. Is there objection? The SPEAKER. The request bas already been made, and· :Mr. STAFFORD. I reserve the right to object. the bill has been passed over. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Wisconsin reserves the right to object. ASSESSMENTS FOR OPENING STREETS, ETC., DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 1\Ir. STAFFORD. I wish to inquire why the committee did The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent not increase the minimum amount of royalty that is provicled was the bill H. R. 15460, a bill to provide for the payment of in this bill? Under a similar provision, carried in the general assessments for the opening of streets, avenues, roads, and omnibus leasing bill, provision is made for similar cases in liti alleys in the District of Columbia. and for other purposes. gation in California. As I recall, the minimum was not less 1\Ir. :MAl\~. l\lr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the than one-eighth. In this bill you provide for not less than one bill be passed over without prejudice. . tenth. 1\lr. JOHNSON of Kentucky. I hope the gentleman will not Mr. 1\IONDELL. The provisions of the committee amendment do it. are taken from the general leasing bill, nnd the provision as to 1\lr. 1\.I.A.NN. I am going to do it, and I will fight it when it the minimum royalty is the same as the general provision for comes up on the floor. royalty contained in the general leasing bill. There is perhaps 1916. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 1·2257J a different provision, -as the gen'tleman ·suggests, in cases where Mr: MONDELL. And I will say further to the gentleman there has been .a development and where there has been some that it is not a field where it is possible to market .a gallon of question of c:ontest. oil until we shall haT"e got development there Stfffieient to pay Mr. STAFFORD. Does not this blll cover instances where to build a pipe line to the railroad. - There is no oil marketed, there are .contests now pending in the departm~nt? and my understanding is that the well . that has been secured Mr. MONDELL. There are some few cases of that kind, I on this particular land is a comparatively small one; that is, · think, that I know of. as eompared with bonanza wells. But in any event, as gen Mr. STAFFORD. But those three or four carry very valu tlemen will uniierstand, this is a minimum. The S~retary of able rights to good oil lands in Wyoming, I believe. the Interior has full authority to fix the royalty as he sees fit. Mr. MONDELL. The thought of the committee was that This is a small .field that we .are hoping to develop. We think these people, having some rights there, were at least entitled we ought to develop it. The price {)f gasoline is const."l.ntly to the same consideration that the ordinary lessee would have mounting. These .are good gasolin-e oils, and while this field under the general provisions of the leasing law. Of course, the probably will not redu-ce the .price of gasoline the country over, Secretary of the Interior can increase that minimum as much whatever effect it has; of eourse. will be in that direction. as he likes. It is only a minimum of one-tenth. In other words, Mr. STAFFORD. .1\ir. Speaker, the Committee on the Pub they made the minimum the ordinary commercial rate of the lic Lands has given -this question of the proper rental and country. royalty to be p-aid foi' the use of our oil lands, or the oil on Mr. STAFFORD. Was not a similar provision, involving oil our public lands, more consideration than any other committee wells in southern California, incorporated in the omnibus leas in the House. I do not question that the Committee on Indian ing bill that passed the HollSe in the last Congress? A pro Affairs has given very good consideration to this bill, but the vision was incorporated there making the minlmum one-eighth. Committee on the Public Lands, after months and months of Mr. MONDELL. · No. The general provision of the leasing hearing and consideration, decided that, so far as the oil wellS bill, I will say to my friend-- in south,ern Califurnia were concerned, which were in lit:leo-a Mr. STAFFORD. I am not speaking about the general leas tion, the royalty, in case the litigants wanted to accept that ing provision. In the -case referred to the minimum provision provision, slwuld be not less than one-eighth of the output. I was one-eighth. think we should adhere to that, and unless the gentleman is Mr. MONDELL. I am not sure that the gentleman is right willing to accept an amendment making the minimum one-eighth or not; but whether that be true or not, this is, as the gentle instead of one-tenth I think I shall feel compelled to object. man will understand, merely a minimum. The Secretary of the Mr. MONDELL. If the gentleman wants his kind of legisla Interior has the authority to increase it as much as he likes. tion or not legisllltion .at all, and wants to prevent the develop· He may consider the situation and the conditions existing in ment of an industry, very well. the country and make such a rate as he sees fit. That is the l\lr. STAFFORD. I am not stating that. I am stating that the ordinary commercial rate. The committee made the minimum committee that has given more consideration to this matter than the ordinary commercial rate. I think it quite high enough. any other committee has fixed one-eighth as the minimum, and I am saying that the committee that has thoroughly considered .1\.fr. STEP~ENS of Texas. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield to me for a question? it should be given the credit of having its determination written into the bills t·eported from other committees that have not Mr. STAFFORD; I yield to the gentleman. given it as tho1·ough consideration. Mr. STEPHENS of Texas. I think the difference is this: In Mr. MONDELL. I hope the gentleman understands that this California it is a well-known and well-defined oil field. In this particular field is to all intents and purposes a new field, en instance it is a wildcat proposition. tirely undeveloped except as to one well at the lower end of Mr. STAFFORD. There are some superior oil wells in the area-a small producer, as . I understand it, of possibly Wyoming, just as rich in value as there are in California, and 200 barrels a day. . The Secretary of the Interior under the the Standard Oil Co., through its subsidiaries, as I am in proposed legislation c.an make the royalty higher if he wants formerl by the department, is interested in this legislation. I to do so. He certainly will make inquiries as to how much simply want to ascertain why your committee departed from these Indians ought to have. The committee says it shall be tbe ru1e laid down by the Committee on the Public Lands by mak not less than 10 per cent. Now, under these circumstances why ing it one-tenth, whereas the Public Lands Committee made should the gentleman insist on a larger minimum when· the it one-eighth. matter is left entirely to the diseretion of the Secretary of the l\lr. STEPHENS of Texas. We made it the minimum, and Interior? the department has the right to raise it to such amount as it Mr. STAFFORD. May I inquire of the gentleman-because . sees proper. he has first-hand knowledge, and my information was obtained 1\fr. MONDELL. I have no idea what the consideration was only incidentally some years ago by a casual visit to the de that led the committee to adopt one-tenth, the ordinary com partment-does this bill cover those claims pending in the In mercial rate, as the minimum, except that the committee terior Department as to some rich oil fields in the State of adopted as section 2 the general provisions with regard to the Wyoming, which claims are supposed to be controlled by sub length of the lease and the minimum royalty, which were the sidim·ies of the Standard Oil Co.? general provisions of the leasing bill. Mr. MONDELL. I am not quite sure just what claims the No.w, I will say to my friend that I am quite well acquainted gentleman has in mind, but I suppose he ha.'3 in mind what is with this particular situation. It is true there is, I think. at known as the Midwest field. least one well on this land where oil has been found. There Mr. STAFFORD. There is not only one. claim, but there are is no well so far as I know in which any great quantity has two or three. been found. We are hopeful that it will . develop .a fairly Mr. MONDELL. Yes; the Midwest-the Salt Creek field. good oil field. Nobody expects it to be a bonanza. The ordi Mr. STAFFORD. I am informed that ther-e are two or three nary commercial minimum is one-tenth. The committee evi subsidiary companies. dently felt that it was fair to fix that as the minimum, au l\ir. MONDELL. I do not think they are subsidiary. There thorizing the Secretary, of course, in his discretion, to go as nre half a dozen independent properties there. I do not know far above that as he saw fit. He may make it more. He can whether the Standard Oil Co. is interested in them. It may adjust the royalty· to fit the condition, whatever it may be, and or may not be. I know that the principal operator there I think the action of the committee was entirely proper in adopt iE~ entirely independent. That field is 150 miles from this field, ing the u!'lual minimum. I will say to my friend. This is in .a distant part of the State. Mr. STEPHENS of Texas. Will the gentleman permit an These lands are about 35 miles from the railroad. Parties interruption? have been trying to get {)U in that locality. One ,ven was se Mr. MONDELL. Yes. cured, possibly more, on a piece of private land adjacent to Mr. STEPHENS of Texas. I wisll to say to the gentleman these lands. I think one well has been drillf>d {)n some of that the Osage Indian oil fields, the richest in the world, were these- lands that are claimed. That well is not, I understand, a originally let for 10 years at a royalty of 10 per cent. It large producer. And I will say to my friend that there ls noth increased to one-eighth, and it was a question with the com ing to indicate that the field is going to be a bonanza field, mittee whether it should remain at 8 per cent or be made though we hope it wlli be a good o-ne; nor is it any part of the greater. TI1e matter was referred to President Roosevelt and fields that were affected by the decision of the Supreme Court left in his discretion, and my recollection is that he put it at in the Midwest case. · · one-eighth. Now, when the 10 per cent was given to the Prairie Mr. STAFFORD. How many claims are pending on the lnnd Oil Co. it was an undeveloped field-like this one. They might covered by this bill? . · have had one or two paying wells. This is a wildcat propo Mr. MONDELL. I really do not 1."D.OW how many filings have sition. If there had been a developed field, we wou1d have been made-possibly half a dozen or more. The parties have been l'ight i$ asking a further amount. not pressed their claims, however, because-- OONGRESSION AL RECORD-HOUSE. AuousT 7, ~u·. STAFFORD. How many claims are in litigation in the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? department? There was no objection. 1.\Ir. MONDELL. So far as I know, there is only one party The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the third who llas been trying to get tile department to settle the ques reading of the Senate bill. tion whether these are Indian lands, subject to lease under The bill was ordered to be rend a third time, w·as read the the Indian law, or whether they are public_ lands, subject to third time, and passed. disposition under the law under which the cession was made. On motion of l\1r. 1\IoNDELL, a motion to reconsider the vote by These people have been triyng to get the department to settle which the bill was passed was laid on the table. that question one way or the other. The department has not :Mr. MANN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that a been disposed to do it. These people asked the department to similar House bill be laid on the table. bring suit against them for the purpose of determining whether The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? the law authorized them to enter these lands or not. The de There was no objection, and it was so ordered. partment at one time was disposed to do that, but finally con MUNICIPALLY OWNED INTERST.!.TE R.llLWAYS. cluded not to do it; and then the department proposed a leas The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent ing bill as a way out, and the committee added these provi was the bill (H. R. 455) to define the rights and privileges of sions in section 2, which are the provisions of the general leas the trustees of municipally owned interstate railways, and con ing bill. Now, my own idea is that a royalty of 10 per cent struing the act to regulate commerce with reference thereto. would probably be a very excellent royalty under those condi The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? tions, from the standpoint of the Indians and of all concerned. 1\Ir. MANN. 1\fr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the That is, I think it would be quite enough, but the Secretary bill be passed over without prejudice. can make the royalty whatever he desires to make it. This is, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? in any case, but a minimum. The Indians can not receive less Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, I suppose the gentleman makes than 10 per cent. Under the legislation under which this land that motion with the idea of objecting to the bill if it does not was ceded the Indians would get only $2.50 an acre for these go over? lands under the placer act. They now get anywhere from 10 1\fr. l\1ANN. I do not think I care to answer that question. per cent up on any development that may be made. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request 1\Ir. STAFFORD. 1\Ir. Speaker, I was under the impres of the gentleman from Illinois that the bi1l be passed o'Ter sion that this bill covered some part of Wyoming that was re without prejudice? garded by the department as a bonanza field. There was no objection. Mr. STEPHENS of Texas. I think the gentleman is entirely mistaken. SALE OF MISBRANDED ARTICLES. l\fr. STAFFORD. I thought, if that were the case, the same The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent rule should be applied as that which the House adopted as its was the bill (H. R. 10496) to prohibit the manufacture, sale, or policy in the omnibus leasing bill, so far as the California transportation in interstate commerce of misbranded articles, litigated oil claims were concerned. Having the statement of to regulate the traffic therein, and for other purposes. the chairman of the committee [Mr. STEPHENS of Texas] and Mr. MANN. Mr. Speaker, I make the same request with re of the gentleman from Wyoming [1\Ir. MoNDELL], who are ac spect to that bill. quainted with the conditions, and whose statement is that this The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? is not regarded as a bonanza field, and that there is more or There was no objection. less risk involved in the venture, I will not press the question EXPORTATION OF Grn IN BOND. of the amendment, as I first suggested, in view of the informa The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent tion received, and therefore I withdraw the reservation of the was the bill (H. R. 16417) to provide for the exportation of gin objection. in bond in other than original packages. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? There was no objection. 1\lr. STAFFORD. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will read the bill. I wish to obtain information from the author of the bill as to The CJerk read the title of the bill (H. R. 16396) to authorize whether this provision would exempt gin for export from pay the Secretary of the Interior to lease for production of oil and ment of all excise duties? gas ceded lands of the Shoshone or Wind River Indian Reserva Mr. ALLEN. It does not affect the existing law as to the ex tion in the State of Wyoming. port of gin. It only permits gin to be bottled in bond immediately 1\fr. MONDELL. I ask unanimous consent to take fTom the after it goes into bond. It takes away the time limit. As the Speaker's table -the identical Senate bill ( S. 6308) and to con report sets out, the law relating to spirits being retained in bond, sider that bill in lieu of the House bill. particularly spirits that have gone into whisky and things of The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. CARLIN). Is there objec that kind, recognizes the fact that it improves with age. Gin tion to the request of the gentleman from Wyoming? [After a is a neutral spirit, and there is no improvement in it by age, pause.] The Chair hears none, and the Clerk will report the and there is no necessity for holding it that length of time. Senate bill. 1\fr. STAFFORD. I withdraw the reservation. The Clerk read as follows: The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby au There was no objection. thorized and empowered to lease, for the production of oil and gas therefrom, lands within the ceded portion of the Shoshone or Wind The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk 'villreport the bill. River Indian Reservation in the State of Wyoming, under such terms The Clerk read as follows : and conditions as shall be by him prescribed; and the proceeds or Be it enacted, etc., That distilled spirits known commercially as gln royalties al'ising from any such leases shall be first applic( to the ex of not less than 80 per cent proof may at any time within eight years tinguishment of any indebtedness of the Shoshone Indian Tribe to the after entry in bond at any distillery be bottled in bond at such dlstillet·y United StatP.s and thereafter shall be applied to the use and benefit of for u-port without the payment of tax, under such rules and regulations said tribe ln the same mann£>r as though secured from the sale of said as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval·of the Secre- lands as provided by the act of Congt·ess approved March 3, 1905, en tary of the Treasury, may prescribe. - titled "An act to ratify and amend an agreement with the Indians re siding on the Shoshone or Wind River Indian Reservation in the State The SPEAKER pro tempore! The question is on the engross~ of Wyoming, and to make appropriations for carrying the same into ment a.nd third reading of the bill. effect " : Pr·ovided, howevet"; That nothing contained in this act shall be The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, conslTued to abridge or enlarge any asserted or initiated rights or claims under any law of the United States. was read the third time, and passed. SEc. 2. That the leases granted under this act shall be conditioned On motion of 1\lr. ALLEN, a motion to reconsider the vote by upon the payment by the lessee of such royalty as may be fixed in the which the bill was passed was laid on the table. lease, which shall not be less than one-tenth in amount or value of the production and the payment in advance of a rental of not less than $1 JlECLA.M.!.TION PROJECT AT YUMA, Al'JZ. per acre per annum during the cPntinuance of the lease. The rental paid for any one year to be credited a!,'Ulnst the royalties as they The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent accrue for that year. L('ases shall be for a period of 20 years with the was the bill (H. R. 14825) to provide for an auxiliary reclama preferential right in the lessee to renew the same for successive periods ·uon project in connection with the Yuma project,,Arizona. of 10 years each upon such reasonable terms and conditions as may be The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? pre~cribed by the Secretary of the Interior, unless otherwise provided by law at the time of expiration of any such period; said leases shall Mr. STAFFORD. 1\lr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent tllat be irrevocable except for the breach of the terms and conditions of the this bill be passed over without prejudice. . same :md may be forfeited and canceled by an appropriate proceeding in the Unif£>d States District Court for the District of Wyoming when The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? e.er the lessee fails to comply with theit· terms and conditions. There was no objection. 1\Ir. l\101\"DELL. l\1r. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that BALTIMORE & WASHINGTON TRANSIT CO. tl1c hill be considered in the House us in the Committee of the The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent was 'Yllole. the bill (H. n. 13840) to amend an act appro,·ed l\Iuy ~0. 1908, 1916. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. l -12259 entitled uAn act to amend an act entitled 'An act to authorize I Mr. JOHNSON of Kentucky. Not on1y strikes out that part the Baltimore & Washington Transit Co., of 1\Iaryland, to enter · bu_t substitutes· oth.er. matter for it. Under the biU the transit the District of Columbia,' approved June 8, 1896." company is only required to take care of the streets in such The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? . manner as the commissioners will determine upon. The amend- Mr. MANN. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I do ment strikes that provision out and requires that existing law not know how familiar my distinguished friend from Kentucky, requiring that the street railway companies keep up the streets the chairman of the committee. may be with this measure, but be complied with. I see the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. LLoYD} also is here. Mr. MANN. The amendment to the bill, I will say in the main, The committee has reported House bill 13840 and also Senate bill in other respects changes the taw by inserting the words "Pnb- 5976 upon the same subject, supposed to be almost Identical lie Utilities Commission" in place of tbe Commissioners of the bills, though differing a little in form, but the committee does District of Columbia. That is because under the law which we not seem to agree with itself as to the merits of all the propos!- passed, since this bill was originally passed, created the Public tions in the bill. Utilit1es· Commission and they have power vver all of these Mr. JOHNSON of Kentucky. I will say to the gentleman things, I take it. from lllinois that the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. GRossER] Mr. JOHNSON of Kentucky. Do I understand the gentle brought this matter before the committee, and I remember quite man from Illinois as suggesting that the Public Utilities Com well when this particular bill was there~ but I do not remember mission is given any authority or option relative to the con the consideration of the Senate bill to which the gentleman :re- struction of streets? fers. Mr. MANN. No. I say under th~ law creating the Public Mr. MANN. The Senate bill was reported by the gentleman Utilities Commission they have this power. from Missouri [Mr. Loun], though perhaps he is not aware of it. Mr. STAFFORD. Am I to understand that this railroad ' Mr. LLOYD. '.fhe two bills are identical, except that the company, by the bU1 in the form that the gentleman seeks to House committee offered an amendment to the House bill. have adopted, would relieve the railroad company of the obli What is sought to be done- gatio-n of repairing the streets between the J:ails and on eitber Mr. :MANN. I know what is sought to be done. but the two side to the extent of 2 feet? bills are not identical as reported from the committee. Mr. JOHNSON of Kentucky. It is intended not to per~mit Mr. LLOYD. They are supposed to be identical. There is them t()l escape the construction and repair of the streets used just a difference in the sections. by them. Mr. l\1Al'l~. In the first bill, the House bill, the commHtee Mr. LLOYD. The Pnbtic Utilities Commission were not ere- struck out lines 23. 24, and 25, on page 3, at the end of the bill ated at the time thP original act was passed. Now. the Public and inserted an amendment. I do· not know that it is impor- Utilities Commission would have control of any part of the tant railroad that might be constructed within the District of Colum- 1\lr. LLOYD. It is very important bia. Mr. MANN. But in the Senate bill they did not do that I Mr. STAFFORD. It will rest entirely wtth the Public suggest, however, that if either bill Is to. be considered the gen- Utilities Commission whether they would exact that condition tleman a~k to considE-r thE' Senate bilL I have no ohjectio.n to or not? the consideration of the bill. · Mr. LLOYD. Yes-. M~ JOHNSOiiJ of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous Mr. STAFFORD. Whereas under the existing law they· are consent that the Senate bill be considered in lieu of the House obliged to repair the street? bill. Mr. LLOYD. Yes. 1\fr. STAFFORD. Mr. Speaker, I rose also to make a reser- Mr. STAFFORD. I do not think I am in fav:or of the ex- vation of obj~tion. emption of this railroad company from paving between the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objecti(}n? streets and leaving it to the ·option and discretion of the C(}m- Mr. STAFFORD. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the right to ooject mission. The report is rather brief and gives no information whatsoever. The· SPEAKER pro tempore. Is: there objection? Mr. 1\L\NN. The report on the Senate bill is fairly full. Mr. STAFFORD. Mr. Speaker, we are- getting information. 1\fr. LLOYD. It Is reasonably· fun. l\1r. JOHNSON of Kentucky. 1\Ir. Speaker. if the gentleman Mr. STAFFORD. I read the report upon the House bill and will listen, I will read the amendment, as follows: did not have the SPnate bill before me. r did not get the Idea StrUt~:> out Lines 18. 19, and 21 and substitute the fo-llowing: "The as to the pnrpose of the bilL Will. the gentleman kindly ex- · said transit eompany shall comply wttb the laws and regulations relat~ plain the rE-al' purpose of the bill? · lng to the paving and repairing of streets ln the District of Columbia." Mr. JOHNSON of Ke!l'tocky. It is to permit the- railroad That is the committee amendment. company to enter the District of Columbia. Mr. 1.\lANN. There is no such amendment in the Senate bill. Mr. MANN. Oh, no; I can explain the purpose of the blll In _ which requires paving_ between the rails and 2 feet on either a very few words. I do not know just what the Baltimore & side_ · Washlngton Transit Co. is, but I suppos~ It is that road that Mr. LLOYD.· Mr. Speaker,. the bill we a-re asking to be con- runs to Baltimore and Annapolis, and probably it is alrea-dy sidered-- · built in the city, but I do· not know abqut that. Under existing Mr. JOHNSON' of Kentucky. I would be in favor, if the law when they build they are required to have- an undergroum1 SPnate bill be taken up, of amending the- Senate bill to tllat connection. They ean not make a ground circuit from the car effect. track to the power house. This is what the District Public Utili- 1\.lr. STAFFORD. . I would not I would like· to have incor- tieR Commission say in regard to It; porated that very provision-that they should be required· to Thl' {'Urpose- of this was to guard a~ainst the destruC'tlv~ effe<"ts of pave the streets. e1e<'trolysis caused by stray rurrPDt l:n the l'arth from a groundro clr<'u1t. Mr. JOHNSON of Kentucky. I have just read the amend-. SuC'b deRtruetive efi'el'tR exist only when there are underground metal strurturPs to be destroyed. ment t(} the- gentleman. There Is no net"eRRlty for a nongrounderl return on the lfne of the , Mr. l\1ANN_ It might come in on streets not paved. and in Wa.o:;btngton & Maryland Railway Co. (·surcesROT to the Battinwre o.\ that th gbt t t b eq . ed t pa e Washington Transit Co., of Marylanrl) at the presen-t time. du~> to the case ey on no 0 e r mr 0 v • fact that thP linP runs throu~h an undPvf'loped RPc-tion of th~> DIRtrict of 1\ir. JOIL"JSON of Kentucky. Evidently the gentleman did · Columbia. The necessity wtll exist, however, when the adjolnlng tern. not follow the reading of the amendment. tory is built up. · Mr~ STAFFORD. I followed the gentleman very closely, and They go on to ~ay that the Public UtHftieS- Commission under I say that in all deference to the gentleman-- this bin and under the law creating the PubHc Utilities Commis.- Mr. JOHNSON of Kentucky. Let me read it again:. sion will have authority at any time to require the company to ·The said transit company shall comply- with the. laws and regulations make a direct cireuit. relatfng to the paving and repairing of streets in the District of Co Mr. S:T AFFORD. Will the gentleman yield? lumbia. Mr. MANN. Certainly. Mr. STAFFORD. I will say in reply that I understood the 1\Ir. STAFFORD. Did not the gentleman state the Senate bill g.entleman to state that the Public Utilities Commission .has the was not identical with the House bill? descrPtion to impose that condition on ·them. Mr. MANN. I said as reported to the House. The House re Mr. JOHNSON of Kentucky. I did not say anything of the ports an amendment. kind. Mr. LLOYD. The original House bill and the original Senate Mr. STAFFORD. I got the noti.on from some gentleman. bill are the same. Mr. LLOYD. The gentleman got it from me. 1\lr. STAFFORD. I wish to inquire what is the reason the Mr. .JOHNSON of Kentucky. If this. committee amendment committee struck out the provislons which relate to the railroad were ad.opted that would meet all the-objections set up by the company paving between the rails. and 2 feet on either side? gentleman from Wisconsin. CONGRESS! ON AL RECORD-HOUSE. AUGUST 7, Mr. LLOYD. lUr. Speaker, I think the gentleman is a llttle Mr. 1\I.ANN. -The gentleman does not want to strike out all mistaken in reference to this situation. If the Senate bill is that he suggested. The House amendment, if carrietl into the agreeu to there should be required that the law should be car Senate bill, would strike out after the word "Columbia," in ried out or that the roadway should be kept up. line 21, on page 2, down to the end of the Rection, and in. ert That provision is cut out of the House bill, but it remains in the language found ·at the top of pnge 3 of the House bill. the Senate blll just as you want it. It provides: 1\Ir. JOHNSON of Kentuch-y. Has the gentleman a copy of The same to be paved uetween the rails and 2 feet out ide thereof the House bill? with such material and in such manner as shall be approved by the said lUr. l\IANN. I haYe them both. commissioners, and kept in repair by the said railway company. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the NmY, if the Senate bill is agreed to, that provision will be in amendment. the law. If the Senate bill is not agreed to, then the House The Clerk read as follows : amendment, proposed by the House committee, might be agreed Amendment offered by Mr. Jon ·soN of Kentucky: Page 2 o.f the Senate bill, after the word "Columi>la" in line 21, strike out all ot to, which would change this law; but the original House provi the language down to and including the word " company," line 2, sion, without any amendment-the bill as it is presented to the par.e 3, and insert : committee-was exactly the same as the Senate bill. ' '.rhe said transit company shall comply with the laws and regula tions relating to the paving and repairing of sb·eets in the District of Mr. STAFFORD. What is the purpose of the House com Columbia." mittee in eliminating that provision of the law and substituting Mr. 1\fANN. With quotation marks following. the phraseology as reported? The Clerk read as follows : 1\Ir. LLOYD. I was not present just at the moment this was considered in the committee, and I do not know. This is After the word " Columbia " Insert quotation marks. Mr. CnossER's bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the amendment. Mr.. JOHNSON of Kentuclcy. It was made in deference to The amendment was agreed to. 1\Ir. CRossER's views, and I have the amendment in Ws hand The bill as amended was ordered to be reacl n third time, writing. But I see no substantial difference in the Senate bill was read the third time, and passed. and the Bouse bill as amended. 1\Ir. 1\IANN. Mr. Speaker, I move to amenu the title by Mr. LLOYD. I understand from Mr. CRossER that he wants striking out the quotation marks after the word "Columbia " this Senate bill to be passed. It is the Crosser amendment in in the second line from the bottom of the title. the House bill that we adopted. Now, Mr. CRossER Wmself, ln The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the order to secure this legislation, is perfectly willing to accept the amendment. Senate bill. The Clerk read as follows : l\!r. STAFFORD. 1\Ir. Speaker, I withdraw the reservation of Amend the title by striking out the ·quotation marks after the word the point of order. _ " Columbia " in the second line from the bottom of the title. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? [After a The amendment was agreed to. pause.] The Chair hears none. Mr. JOHNSON of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I move that the The request is that the Senate bill {S. 5976) be taken from House bill (H. R. 13840) do lie on the table. the Speaker's table and be considered in ~ieu of the House bill. The motion was agreed to. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. EXPRESS COMPANIES AND PUBI;.IC UTILITIES COl\Il\IISSION. The Clerk will report the Senate bill. The Clerk read as follows: The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent was the blll B. R. 12712, to amend an act entitled "An act Be it enacted, etc., That sPctlon 2 of an act approved May 29, 1908, making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the entitled "An act to amend an act to authorize the Baltimore & Wash ington Transit Co., of Maryland, to enter the District of Columbia, government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year end approved June 8, 1896," be amended to read as follows : ing June 30, 1914, and for other purposes." "SEc. 2. That the said transit company shall be empowered to con struct, maintain, equip, and operate a single or double track street rail The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the con way over said line, with nll necessary buildings, switches, machinery, sideration of the bill? appliances, appurtenances, and other devices necessary to operate the Mr. STAFFORD. Reserving the right to object, I wish to same by electricity, compressed air, storage battery, or other motive power, to be approved by the Public Utilities Commission of said inquire of the chairman of the committee as to its policy in District." exempting from the Public Utilities Commission, whlch has the SEc 2. That section 4 of the net entitled "An act to authorize the time to give consideration to public utilities in the _District, Baltimore & Washington Transit Co., ot Maryland, to enter the District of Columbia," approved June 8, 1896, be and the same is hereby, re certain of these public-service corporations, as, for instance, the pealed: P ·rovidea hotoever, That said rahway shall be constructed of bill under consideration, relieving the express companies from good material, w1th1 rails of approved pattern, and in a neat and sub mah'ing report to the Public Utilities Commission, and leaving stantial manner, subjt>ct to the supervision and aproval of the Public Utilities Commission or· tho District of Columbia ; the standard gauge them in the same category as the other express companies which to be used, and the surfaces of the tracks to conform to the grades of are obliged to make report to the Interstate Commerce Com the streets established by the Commissioners of the Dish'lct of Columbia, mission. and where the tracks Ue within the streets of the District of Columbia the same to be paved between the rails and 2 feet outside thereof with Mr. JOHNSON of Kentucky. The express companies have no such material anrl in such manner as shall be approved by the said intrastate or intraterritorial business in the District of Colum commissioners, and kept in repair by the said railway company. bia. They are strictly under the Interstate Commerce Com Mr. MANN. :Yr. Speaker, I move to strike out in line 8, page 2, mission. That is one reason, and then another reason is that the quotation marks: and strike out in line 9 the language " SEc. the Interstate Commerce Commission, having control of the ex 2 " and insert on page 3, at the end of line 2, quotation marks: press companies, requires the companies' statements to be issued The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amend at certain times in the year. The Public Utilities Commission ment. for the District of Columbia requires these statements to be The Clerk read as follows : made at another time in the year. If the express companies could furnish their reports to both commissions at the same Amendments offered by Mr. MANN: Pago 2, line 8, after the word "District," strike out the quotation marks ; page 2, line 9, :;trike out time, then everything that is necessary would have been done. the words " SEc. 2 " · page 2, line 21, after the word " Columb1a," sb·ike But in this way they have to furnish two reports at different out the remainder of the paragraph and insert "the said transit com is pany shall comply with the laws and regulations relating to the paving times in the year, and it unnecessary expense to them ; and and repairing of streets in the District of Columbia." in addition to that, as r have said, they have no intrastate or intraterritorial busines". 1\lr. 1\fANN. I offer this amendment because all of this is a Mr. STAFFORD. What character of express companies under part of section 2 of the act it is proposed to amend. The ~enate the Public Utilities Commission law are now obliged to · make segregated it. The language they put in is part of section 2. report to the Public Utilities Commission? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on agreeing Mr. JOHNSON of Kentucky. Every express company that to the amendments? has an office in the District of Columbia has to make that report The question was taken and the amendments were agreed to. under-the present law, and there is no reason in the world why 1\Ir. JOHNSON of Kentucky. 1\Ir. Speaker, inasmuch as the it should be done. . bill bas to go back to the Senate again, I offer the House Mr. STAFFORD. The thought was in my mind that these ex amendment. press .companies, operating upon some of these suburban rail The SPK~KER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the roads, coulu have their rat€'s more equitably and expeditiously amendment. passed upon by the local utilities commission, a local body, than The Clerk read as follows : by the Interstate Commerce Commission. · Strike out lines 18, 19, 20, and !!1, and substitute t.he following: l\Ir. JOHNSON of Kentuch.-y. The Interstate Commerce Com "The said tmn~lt compnny shall comply with the laws and rt>gula Hons t·elntinr, to the paving and t·cpairlng of streets in the Distt·ict mis ion and the Utilities Commission for the District of Colum vt Columbia. ' bia both recommenu the passage of this IJill. 1916. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 12261- 1\lr. STAFFORD. I am aware of that from the reading of the Mr. MANN. I . am calling attention to it. I have not any report , but that does not always necessarily carry conviction. amendment to offer, and. I do not propose to object, I '"ill say The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? to the gentleman; but I think if this bill passes in this shave There was no objection. here somebody ought to take it up and call attention to n matter The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the b_ill. -of that sort in the Senate. We have absolute power. We can. The Clerk rend as follows: · regulate the practice of the courts. Be it enacted, etc., That section 8, paragraph 1, of an act entitled 1.\.Ir. JOHNSON of Kentucky. The courts can overrule it. "An act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the gov Mr. MANN. They can not overrule it. ernment of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, l\.lr. JOHNSON of Kentucky. They do frequently. 1914, and for other purposes," approved March 4, 1913, relating to the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia (37 Stat. L., :.Mr. MANN. "The courts can declare a law unconstitutional. p. 975), be amended by adding to the names of the companies excluded That is true. This would not be unconstitutional. from the operation of said section, after the words " steam railroads," in the third subdivision of the last paragraph on page 975, the fol Mr. JOHNSON of Kentucky. I do not think we shoulu inter lowing: " express companies subject to the jurisdiction of the Inter- fere- with a court sale, but if the gentleman will suggest an state Commerce CoLnmission." . amendment to relieve his view of it I would be glad indee SEc. 8. That nothing bere1n shall be construed to excuse or release Mr. CARLIN. The gentleman does not seem to understand any person, firm, or corporation, or property from tbe payment of any occupational or property tax. or any other tax Imposed or levied by me. I have no objection to bills being passed over, but why law. Neither shall anything herein be construed to obviate the ap· pass them over without prejudice, which retains their present plication of any fraudulent or false advertisement statute of tbe Dis place on the calendar? trict of Columbia to any person wbo may violate the same; nor shall anything herein be construed to prevent any prosecution for fraud, de Mr. MANN. There is no way of passing a bill over except celt, or larceny by trick: nor to In any way estop or binder any without prejudice, or objecting to it, which takes it off the remedy at law or In equity, or the right to cancel or estop any uncon· calendar. sctonahle b~rgain or fraudulent transaction. SEc. 9. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are Mr. CARLIN. I do riot desire to object to it, and I do not hereby repealed. · desire to take it off the calendar. Mr. JOHNSON of Kentucky. 1\lr. Speaker, in line 3, page 1, Mr. MANN. And if it is objected to twice, it never can go on after the word "hereafter," I move to amend as follows: In the calendar again. sert a comma and the words " excepting sales made under au The SfEAKF..R. Is there objection to passiilg the bill with thority of law." out prejudice? The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the amendment. There was no objection. The Clerk read as follows: WHITMAN NATIONAL FOREST. Amendment offered by Mr.. ToHNSON of Kentucky: Page 1, line 3, The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent was after the word " hereafter," insert a comma and the following words : "exeepting sales made under authority of law," so that the Une as the bill (H. R. 16532) authorizing an adjm.~ment of the bound amended will read : " That hereafter. excepting saJes made under au aries of the Whitman National Forest, in the State of Oregon, thority of law, It shall be unlawful tn the District o! Columbia for and for other purposes. any person, firm, or corporation," and so forth. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the amend The SPEAKER. Is there objection? meat There was no objection. The amendment was agreed to. The SPEAKER. This bill is on the Union Calendar. The SPEAI<:ER. The question is on the engrossment and Mr. SINNOTT. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous C()nsent that third reading of the bill. it be considered in the House as in Committee of the Whole. Mr. GALLAGHER. Mr. Speaker, will this do away with these The SPEAKER. The gentle~an from Oregon asks unanimous auction houses! consent that the bill be considered in the HoUse as in Com Mr. JOHNSON of Kentucky. That is the purpose of it. mittee of the Whole. Is there objection 'l Mr. GALLAGHER. They are not prohibited in this btll. There was no objection. 1\lr. JOHNSON of Kentucky. Yes; they are. They are not The bill was read. as follows: prohibited in so many words, but you can not prohibit a sale I Be U enacted, etc., Tbat any land w1thin: the following-described areas except by general description. found by the Secretary of Agriculture to be chlt•fly valuable for the production of timber or for the protection of stream flow may be in Mr. GALLAGHER. I did not know but what you could stop cluded within and made part of the Whitman National Forest, in the them from operating these mock auction houses. State of Oregon, by proclamation of the-- President. said lands to be 1\lr. JOHNSON of Kentucky. If this bill passes, there is no thereafter subject to all laws a.tl'ecttng national forPsts: Township 11 sort of doubt that it will have that effect. south, range 34 east; townships 11 and 12 south. range 35 east; town ship 10 south, range 35~ east; townships 10 and 11 south, range 36 Mr. GALLAGHER. Why not include these fake fortune tellers east. Wtllamette meridian. In the State of Oregon. that are strung along the A venue? SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior be. and hereby is, au thorized to accept on behalf of the UnltPd States title to any lands 1\Ir. JOHNSON of Kentucky. It the gentleman will introduce in private ownership wtthin establlsbt>d boundaries of the said Whit a bill of that kind, the Committee on the District of Columbia man National Forest which. in the oplnlon or the Seeretary of Agri wm be very glad to consider it. culture, are chiefly valuable for the production of timber or the protec tion of s1 ream flow, and ln ltPu thereof may give in ex.c.bnnge such 1\!r. GALLAGHER. Can not this bill be amended? Government timber as may be determined by the Secretary of Agricul Mr. JOHNSON of Kentucky. It relates to an entirely dif ture to be of approximately equal value: and any reconveyed lands ferent subject. We are dealing now with auctions and not wit:l shall, upon acceptance. become subject to aU laws affecting national fortune tellers. forests. , Mr. GALLAGHER. It seems to me it Is just as important to With the following committee amendment: stop the fortune tellers. Pennsylvania A venue is lined with a Page 2, Une 11, after the word •• timber," insert the words "1n or lot of fake fortunte tellers with signs out. I do not think that near the Wbitman National Forest." is a very good thing- The amendment was agreed to. l\Ir. JOHNSON of Kentucky. I agree with the gentleman. The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read a Mr. GALLAGHER. I did not have time to read the bill. I third time. and was accordingly read the third time and passed. did not know but we might be able to amend it. On motion of Mr.. SINNOTI'. a motion to reconsider the vote by :Mr. JOHNSON of Kentucky. No; this bill does not deal with which the bill was passed was laid on the table. fortunte tellers at all, but just w1th the fake auctions. LOYAL CREEK INDIANS. The SPEAKER. The question is on the engrossment and The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Con ent third reading of the bill was the bill (H. R. 9326) to pay tbe balance due the loyal Creek The bill was orrtered to be engrossed and read a third time, Indians on the award made by the Senate on the 16th day of and was accordingly read the third time and passed. February. 1903. UNCLAIMED BANK DEPOSITS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The Clerk read the title of the bilL The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent Mr. MANN. I ask unanimous consent to have the bill pas ed was "the bill (H. R. 16070) to dispose of unclaimed bank de over without prejudice. posits in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. . The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Illinois asks to puss The Clerk read the title of the blll. the bill without prejudice. Is there objection? l\lr. MANN. I ask unanimous consent that the bill may be There was no objection. pas ed over without prejudice. REPUBLIC COAL CO. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Tilinois asks unanimous The next businE>ss on the Calendar for Unanimous Con ent con ent that the bill· may be passed over without prejudice. Is was the jolnt resolution ( S. J. Res. 50) authorizing the Secre there objection? tary of the Interior to sen the coal deposits in and under cer Mr. CARLIN. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object. a tain public lands to the Republic Coal Co., a corporation. great many bi11s are being passed over without prejudice. That The Clerk read the title of the bill. keeps them ahead of other bills that ought to be considered. The SPEAKER. Is there objection? 1\fr. 1\lANN. The reason we are doing it is to hasten along Mr. . MAYS. I object. and get an opportunity to consider those bills. Mr. MANN. Would the gentleman be willing to have it Mr. CARLIN. Why not pass it over without saying "with passed over without prejudice? out prejuctfce "? 'l'ben. when it comes back on the calendar next :Mr. MAYS. Certainly. time it will take a different place. The SPEAKER. Without objection, the bill will be pas ed Mr. HAWLEY. Oh, no; that would take it off the calendar over without prejudice. entirely. There was no objection. Mr. MANN. I think this expedites the reaching of bills further down on the calendar. Very few of these bills will be FLANDREAU BAND OF SIOUX INDIANS. objected to without some one asking that the objection be re The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent serYe 1\lr. ~N. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be passed holUing large areas from settlement the homestead settler woultl over v~itllout prejudice. come in anu he would secure his rights. The SPEAKER. The gentleman asks that the bill be passed 1\Ir. ROBERTS of Nevalla. l\Ir. Speaker, will the gentleman over without prejudice. Is there objection? yield? There was no objection. 1\lr. l\IONDELL. Yes. ARID LANDS IN NEVADA. l\Ir. ROBERTS of Nevada. We have no objection whatever The next bu iness on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent to those suggestions or to any amendments which will properly was the bill (S. 2519) to encourage the reclamation of certain safeguard the people's interests. arid lands in the State of Nevada, and for other purposes. l\Ir. 1\IONDELL. I realize the gentleman's attitude, and that The Clerk read the title of the bill. he does not desire to have the condition arise, which it seems The SPEAKER. Is there objection? to me might arise under the bill in the form in which it passed Mr. 1\IONDELL. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, the Senate. He desires, in good faith, to encourage this de I want to suggest to the gentleman from Nevada [Mr. RoBERTs] velopment. He is trying to secure legislation; naturally he that I think this bill should be safeguarded by, certain amend is not to be expected to criticize the Senate bill. We should ments. The object sought is wise and meritorious, but I am secure legislation along these lines, but at the same time we sure the gentleman from Nevada does not want to afford oppor should prevent the granting of exclusive .permits that might tunity for speculation, or to afford opportunity to withdraw result in the withdrawal from settlement· of lands in very enormous areas of land without making any real attempt at find large areas for a considerable length of time for speculative ing water. I think the bill should be amended on page 2, in line purposes. The Senate bill is very broad: Under it I do not 10 after the word " developed," by inserting the words " and note any limit to the number of these four-section water pros · re~dered available for such use." pecting permits one person could secure. They would cost That would require parties not only to find water and de nothing, not even ·a filing fee. They could cover the entire State without turning a hand or spending a penny. They hold velop it, but to render it availabl~ for use in irrigation. I do not think that anyone should be given 640 acres of land unless fol.· two years. they do actually render available for use enough water to irri 1\lr. MANN. Mr. Speaker, before the gentleman from Nevada gate 20 acres. [Mr. RoBERTS] ·becomes too deeply. committed, let us find out I want to make a further suggestion. In section 4. lines what the proposition is. As I understand, this bill proposes to 19 and 20, the provision is that the remaining area wi~hin the give a man who wishes to make search for water the right to limits of the land embraced within any such permit shall make that search on four sections, and if he finds the water thereafter be reserved froni other disposition. One section out so that it is .available for irrigating purposes, he is entitled to of four is finally patented, if the conditions are met, and the have one section of the land, and· the other three sections are to provision is that thereafter the remaining three sections shall be reserved frcm homestead entry and put up for sale in 40-acre be reserved from other disposition except that the Secretary of lots. the Interior may sell it. We are about to pass an enlarged l\Ir. ROBERTS of Nevada. Not less than 40 acres. homestead law. It does not seem to me wise to give people an l\Ir. MANN. As I understand, the gentleman from Wyoming opportunity to withdraw vast areas in Nevada in this way [l\lr. MoNDELL] proposes to give away the other three sections, and withhold them from homestead entry. I would sh·ike out and not to put it up for auction sale at all, which is a very the words " shall thereafter be reserved from other disposi different proposition. tion," leaving the language "that .the remaining areas within 1\Ir. l\IO~DELL. No; I leave it in the discretion of the the limits of the lands embraced m any such permit may be Secretnry. disposed of by the Secretary of the Interior by sale," and 1\Ir. 1\lA...'\N. But the gentleman's amendment as he read it, so forth. It would still leave the Sec·retary with authority to and as I understood it, provided that the other three sections dispose of the three remaining sections after the patenting of should be open to homestead entry. one, but it would not reserve those three sections from all 1\Ir. 1\.IONDELL. Of course they would be open to homestead .other disposition. I do not think it is wise to do that. entry, but the Secretary may nevertheless sell them . I want to saggest, in addition to that, that at tl1e end of 1\Ir. 1\IANN. Of course you may sell them, but you can also section 3 there should be this proviso-and I should like to give them away, and, of course, that means that you would give have the attention of the gentlemen who are familiar with them away. That is an entire departure from the theory of these things : the bill. I do not undertake to say which is correct. This bill P1·ovided, Th.at the lands embraced i.n any permit hereln p1·ovided was in the lust Congress, and I objected to its consideration at for shall at all times be subject to settlement or appropriate entry one time because I thought perhaps it was giving too much. It under the public-land laws, but such settlement or entry rights shall now comes in with the same provision in this Congress, and on the be held and perfected subject to the rights of the holder of such permit. floor it is proposed to change it practically to give away at any Let me for a moment illustrate the necessity for that kind of place four sections of land where you can find water. Of com·se an amendment. In the Ji'ifty-fifth Congress the House passed a that means that a development company gets a permit to examine seemingly very innocuous reservoir bill to encourage the de four sections of land. They get one section, and they locate velopment of water in the semiarid regions by the building of some of their men on the oilier three sections. I shall have to reservoirs, and it was very much along the lines of this bill. ask that the bill be passed over without prejudice for further It was well intended, but, just as this bill does, it made it ·consideration. . possible to withdraw from entry every acre of vacant land in 1\Ir. l\10NDELL. 1\lr. Speaker, I do not want the gentleman a State. Under that law the Interior Deparbnent was com from Tilinois to construe what I have said as an indication of pelled, when I was assistant commissioner, to make regulations any desire on my part to give away, altllough we do.give away that were in fact contrary to law in order to prevent whole and will give away, these lands. To make this bill more liberal regions from being withdrawn from homestead settlement and I think some limit should be placed, for unless some such pro enh·y during the period that those withdrawal rights were held. vision is made every acre of land in the State of Nevada, every There was one county in Kansas in which one man withdrew acre that is not now filed on, could be covered by a permit and every acre of unentered land in that county, and but for those thus be withdrawn for two years, so that not an entry could be regulations which were, as I have said, contrary to law there made in that e.ntire State under .any land law in that time, and would have been no settlement over vast areas. Under this at the end of that period it would be entirely possible to again bill, which I think is well intended, it would be possible to renew the permits. In the meantime the water development withdraw and withhold from any and every form of entry might be much or little; nobody knows. known to the land laws every acre of unentered land in Nevada l\lr. 1\IA.i"\fN. Well, if the gentleman is correct the bill ought for two years, and without cost. No one, I think, wants to uot to pass, and I ask unanimous consent tllat the bill be passetl have tllat done; at the end of two years they woulu slap on over without prejudice. some more of these permits, and so on. We entirely remove the The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Illinois asks unf\,ni danger of permits not in good faith if we provide that the mous consent that this bill be passed without projudice. Is there issuance of these permits will not prevent the assertion of a objection? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. The Clerk settlement right under the homestead law, or the making of a wlll report the next bill. homestead entry, or other proper entries. The man making that settlement, or asserting that right, would know that he did it 1::.'\DETIXITE LE...\ VES OF ADSENCE, SL'PEn-\N:ro;TUA.TED EMPLOYEES, subject .to any rights which tlle permittee may secure; there POSTAL SERVICE. fore, the permittee proceeding in good faith would probably not Tile next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent be interfered with by a homestead settlement, but if it were was the bill (H. R. 6915) granting indefinite leaves of ab made it would not defeat his right; but where it was notorious sence to superannuated employees of. the Postal Service. that these permits ,yere sought simply for the purpose of with- The Clerk read the title of the bill. 112264 CONGRESSIONA,L RECORD-HOUSE. The SPEAKER. Is there objection? The committee amendments were read, as follows : Mr. COX. Mr. Speaker, I object. Page 2, llne 15, after the word " point," insert the words " not in· The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Indiana objects. eluded In any town site heretofore provided for." Page 2, line 19, after the word " Secretary," insert the word "ma1." APPROPRIATION FOB EXPENSES INCURRED UNDER TBEA.TY OF WASH• ce!!r~: _.!1ne 11, after the word "cemetery," insert the words • or INGTON. 8 The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent The question was taken, and the amendments were agreed to. was the bill ( S. 649) making appropriations for expenses In The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read a curred under the treaty of Washington. third time, was read the third time, and pas ed. The Clerk read the title of the bilL On motion of Mr. DILL, a motion to reconsider the vote by The SPEAKER. Is there objection? which the bill was passed was laid on the table. Mr. MA.J.'\TN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the blll be passed over without prejudice. EXTENDING TIME OE PAYMENT OF :MONEY DUE THE GOVERNMENT BY The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Illinois asks unani THE CITY OF AUGUSTA, GA. mous consent that the bill be passed without prejudice. Is The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent there objection? !After a pause.] The Chair hears none. was the bill (H. R. 16630) authorizing and directing the ·sec retary of the Treasury to extend the time of payment of th~ CERTAIN CLAIMS OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. amount due the Government by the city of Augusta, Ga. The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent The Clerk read the tl tie of the bill. was the bill (H. R. 3654) to authorize the Secretary of the The SPEAKER. Is there objection? Treasury to audit and adjust certain claims of the State of Mr. ~~N. Mr. Speaker, ·reserving the right to object, what North Carolina. reason can the gentleman from Georgia otTer for reporting this The Clerk read the title of the bill. blll? The SPEAKER. Is there objection? Mr. VINSON. Mr. Speaker, tbe present situation with respect Mr. MANN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the to the Government's contract with the city of Augusta, Ga., for bUl be passed over without prejudice. the city's purchase of the old post-office property there appears The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the to be as follows : gentleman from Dlinois? [After a pause.] The Chair hears March 4, 1911, the Government owned a Federal building none. and a vacant site. The act of Congress approved same date COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION, WASH. authorized the exchange of the new site for the city's vacant The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent lot, the Uruted States paying the difference in value, provided was the bill (H. R. 15575) to amend the act of March 22, 1900, city purchased old post-office property. Old post office ap entitled "An act to authorize the sale and disposition of surplus praised at $50,000. The city's -lot valned at $16,000 more than or unallotted lands of the diminish-ed Colville Indian Reserva the Government's vacant site. tion, in the State of Washington, and for other purposes." The department contracted with the city to exchange lots' The Clerk read the title of the blll. and to convey the old post-office property to city upon completion The SPEAKER. Is there objection? of the new Federal building; city to pay net balance of $34,000 Mr. MANN. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I do upon delivery of deed to old post-office property. not know I desire to have it done, but I notice in reference to The deeds for vacant lots have been exchanged. The new this matter the department says that it is necessary to have post office has been completed and the city notified to forward five sections of land and that the committee d1d n.)t make that draft. The contract requires that upon receipt of draft the de change in the bill, lt having been introduced for four sections. partment shall deliver last-mentioned deed and if the city de Did the committee consider that matter? faults it loses all claim to its equity ln the old post-office Mr. DILL. The committee did and thought fom· sections property. would be sufficient. The reason why the city of Augusta asked for this extension The SPEAKER. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The is in view of the recent catastrophe in Augusta during, I think, Chair bears none. This bUl is on the Union Calendar. the month of 1\larch, wherein a portion of the ctty was prac· Mr. DILL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the tically destroyed by fire, causing damage of over $7,000,000. bill be considered In the House as in the Committee of the The Treasury Department has no objection to the extension Whole House on the state of the Union. of time, and I hope the gentleman from Illinois wlll not inter The SPEAKER. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The pose objection to the present consideration of this bill. Of Chair hears none. course, as the bill is upon the Unanimous Consent Calendar it The Clerk read as follows: can not be considered at this time if the gentleman interposes an objection, and I earnestly request that he withhold the same Be it enacted, etc., That section 7 of the act of March 22, 1906 (34 Stat. L., p. 80)~ entitled "An act to authorize the sale and dlspositlo\) and permit the bill to be considered by the House. of surplus unallotted lands of the dlmlnlshed Colville Indian Reserva Mr. 1\IANN. Well, Mr. Speaker, we have frequently extended tion, in the State of Washlngton. and' for other purposes," be, and the the time for payment where we sold land to settlers, especially same ls hereby, amend4:'d to read as provided herein, and that one sec- Indian lands. We have done so a great many times, though I ~~d~d ~~· t~!· s:fd ~ct~inafter provided, be, and the sa.me hereby is, do not recall any instance where we did not require that th~ " SEc. 7. That the se·cretary of the Interior may reserve from allot ment or other dtspositlon and set apart such lands of the Colvtile interest on the extension should be paid in advance. Reservation as ln h1s judgment may be nec.essary, said lands not to Mr. VINSON. If the gentleman will yield-- exceed four sections in all. for school, agency, sawmill, gristmlll, and 1\ir. MANN. Does the gentleman from Georgia think that other mill (11' administrative purposes, said lands to remain reserved so Lf this had been the reverse, and the United States by making long as needed for such respective purposes. And the Secretary of the Interior may also set apart for temporary use and occupancy such this exchange of land had agreed to pay the city of Angusta lands as he may deem nt>cessary for mission purposes among said $34,000, that the city of Augusta would either po~tpone the time Indians, not to exceed In any instance, except as hereinafter specHlcally for payment, or, if we should take the extension of time, the provided, 40 acres of land lying at any one point, said lands to remain so reserved as long as actually required and used exclusively for city of Augusta would let us off without interest? mission purposes, subject, however, to such regulations as the said Mr. VINSON. Replying to the gentleman's question, I am Secretary deem proper to make: Provided, That the Secretary of the confident that if the city of Augusta had a claim against the Intt>rfor ls further authorized. to issue a patent In fee simple to the properly designated tnlsslonary board or corporation which now main United States and a great calamity bad fallen on the country, tains the St. Mary's School and Mission for Colville lndianR, for the the city of Augusta would promptly, if requested to do so bY. 60 acres of land in township 33 north, range 27 east of the Willamette the National Government, give it ample time to meet its in meridian, whJch Is the site of said St. Mary's School and Mission plant; and Ln addition thereto the said board or corporation shall have the debtedness. privtlege of using for training purposes and support of said school and Mr. MANN. Why should we do more for the city of Augusta mi~slon the lands already formally set apart for such purposes, to gether with those several tracts selected and used for school or mis than we do for some poor pioneer down in Oklahoma, out in sion purposes which the mission authorities, prior to 1914, described Montana, Wyoming, or Washington? We have qu1te a number. and requested to have set apart, such privilege to continue so long as of bills pending now, in one House or the other-we passed the lands are required and used exclusively for Indian mission and school purposes. The Secretary of the Interior is further authorized some at this session--extending the time for payment, but a1~ to reserve as nn Indian cemetery any lands within said reservation, ways requiring the payment of interest. not to exceed ,50 acres in all, and not otherwise formally or officially Mr. VINSOI:. Well, I do not think the gentleman will find appropriated, which have hert>tofore been or are now being used by the Indians for burial Eurposes." any record whereby the Government exacted interest in cases .. SEc. 13. That the ands allotted, those retained or reserved. and of a calamity. the surplus lands sold, set aside for town-site purposes, or granted to Mr. MANN. Oh, the gentleman is mistaken. These are aU the State or otherwise disposed of, shall be subject to the laws of the United States prohibiting the introduction of intoxicants tnto the . cases of calamity. Indian country until otherwise provided by Congress." Mr. VINSON. Not at all. 1916. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 12265 Mr. 1\IANN. Why, ever-y .one of these cases w11ere we extend 1\fr. 1\IAJ\TN. Mr. Speaker, I ask that the bill be passed o\er the payment the settlers oome in here by their Representatives without prejudice. · and say that owing to nature not giving them sufficient moisture, The SPEAKER. Is there objection? [After· a pause.] The or something else, they have not been able to raise any crops. Chair hears none. We extend the time and they pay the interest. :MILITABY PARK, GUILFORD COURTHOUSE. l\lr. VINSON. Does the gentleman from Illinois take the The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent position that the Government · should g{) into the business of was the bill (H. R. 8229) to establish a national military park charging interest on money that is due to it by the The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Tilinois asks unani With a committee amendment, as follows: mous consent that the resolution be passed over without preju Amend, page l, line 3 by striking out, after the word " to," the Iice. I:.; there objection? words "grant permission:, and inserting the word "convey." On page 2, line 3, after the word "way," insert the word "authorized." In the There was no objection. same line, after the word " conveyed,'-' strike out the word .. thereundei·,". I.ANDS OF WINNEBAGO Al'o.TO OJ.IAHA INDIANS, NEBRASKA. and insert the word "hereunder." The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent the committee amendment. was tlie bill (H. n. 11161) providing for the taxation of the The committee amendment was agreed to. lands of the Winnebago Indians and the Omaha Indians in the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the en State of Nebraska. grossment and third reading of the bill as amended. The title of the bill was read. The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed un<1 read a: The SPEAKER. Is there objection? third time, was read the third time, and passed. There was no objection. On motion of 1\lr. HULL of Tennessee, a motion to reconsider The SPEA.KER. This bill is on the Union Calendar. the vote whereby the bill was passed was laid on the table. Mr. VENABLE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the next the bill be considered in the House as in Committee of the bill. Whole. I aL~o ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Indian Affairs be discharged from the further consideration FISH-CULTURAL STATION ON THE KLAMATH r.ITEB, CAL. of the Senate bill 6116, and that that bill be considered in lieu The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Con!'lcnt of the House bill 11161, the two bills being identical. was the bill (H. R. 11245) to authorize the establishment of an Mr. MANN. Where is the Senate bill? Over in the com- auxiliary or field fish-cultural station on the Klamath River, mittee? in the State of California. Mr. VENABLE. Yes. The title of the bill was read. The SPEAKER. Where is the Senate-bill now? Mr. MANN. 1\Ir. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Mr. VENABLE. My information is that it has been referred bill be passed over without prejudice. to the House committee. The SPEAKER pro tempoi·e. The gentleman from Tilinois Mr. MANN. It is probably with the Committee on Indian asks unanimous consent that the bill be passed over without Affairs. I ask unanimous consent, Mr. Speaker, that it be prejudice. Is there objection? passed over without prejudice. M:r. RAKER. 1\fr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Illinois asks unani Mr. MANN. Yes. I would just as lief object. I wili, mous consent that the bill be passed over without prejudice. eventually. We do not pass any bills of this character. Is there objection? Mr. RAKER. The gentleman made a request to pass the Mr. VENABLE. The bills are the same. bill over. I would like to have it pas.c:;ed if I could. l\1r. 1\IANN. I am willing to pass it over temporarily. The 1\11~. MANN. I do not make any response. The gentleman is Committee on Indian Affairs is right down below here. You at liberty to do as he pleases. have to have the original engrossed bill of the Senate before The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Tilinois you can act upon it. _ asks unanimous consent to pass the bill over without prejudice. Mr. VENABLE. I ask unanimous consent, then, ~Ir. Speaker, Is there objection? to pass over the bill temporarily. There was no objection. The SPEAKER. Is there objection? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the next There was no objection. bill. COOS IJEAD ~[ILITARY RESERVATION. INDIAN DEPREDATION CLAIMS. The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent was the bill (S. 1159) authorizing the Secretary of War to was the bill (H. R. 6876) to amend an act entitled "An act to grant the use of the Coos Head 1\Iilitary Reservation, in the amend an act entitled 'An act to provide for the adjudication State of Oregon, to the cities of Marshfield and North Bend, and payment of claims arising from Indian depredations,' ap Oreg., both being municipal corporations, for park purposes. proved March 3, 1891," approved January 11, 1915. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The title of the bill was read. The SPEAKER pro tempore (1\Ir. FERRIS). Is there objec Mr. STAFFORD. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that tion? the bill g•> over without prejudice. Mr. MAl'-.~. Reserving the right to object, I should like to The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Wisconsin asks unani have the bill reported. mous consent that this bill go over without prejudice. Is there The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the bill. objection? The bill was read, as follows : There was no objection. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to grant permission to and to authorize the cities of Marsh HIGHWAY THROUGH FISH-CULTURAL STATION, UNICOI COUNTY, field and North Bend, each being a municipal corporation of and within the State of Oregon, to use and occupy all of those tracts or parcels TENN. of land known as the Coos Head Military Resen-ation, and also described as lots 1, 2, and 3, and the southwest qnurter of the northwest quarter The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent of section 2, township 26 south, range 14 west of the Willamette meri was the bill (H. R. 11474) authorizing the Secretary of Com dian, and lots 1, 2, and 4, and the southeast quarter of the northeast merce to pet•mit the construction of a public highway through quarter of section 3, township 26 south, range 14 west of the Willamette meridian, situated on the south shore of the entrance to Coos Bay, at Coos the fish-cultural station in Unicoi County, Tenn. Head, in Coos County, State <>f Oregon, for park purposes, and to exer The title of the bill was read. cise such use and occupation by and through a commission consisting The SPEAKER pro tempore (1\Ir. FE:JliUs). Is there objection? of three persons, two of whom shall be named and appointed l>y the said city <>f Marshfield from among its resident citizenship, and one to There was no objection. be named and appointed by the said city of North Bend from among :Mr. HULL of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con its resirlent citizenship; and for the purpose of enabling said cities more sent that this blll be considered in the House as in Committee effectually to promote th(> purposes herein defined, the said commission of the Whole. is hereby granted the privilege- (a) To fell and to remove trees and underbrush from said parcels The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Tennessee of land, and to otherwise clear and improve the same. nsks unanimous consent that this bilJ be considered in the CIJ) To erect temporary buildings upon said parcels of land for the House as in Committee of the Whole. Is there objection? accommodation and convenience of the puhlic. (c) 'l'o grant to private parties and to others the privilege of erecting There was no objection. temporary buildings upon said parcels of land for the accommodation The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the bill. of private persons and the public. The Clerk read as follows : (d) To survey and plat said parcels of land, or any part thereof, for the purpose of enabling said commission to indicate and define the Be .ft enacted, etc., That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to particular tract or tracts of land granted for such privileges to any per grant permission to the road commissioners of Unicoi County, Tenn., son or persons. a right of way for a public highway, not more than 20 feet witle, (e) To pollee said parcel or parcels of land while the same or any through the property of the United States in Unicoi County, Tenn., part there<>f Is being used or <>ccupied as a park or for parking pur used as a ·nsh-cultural. station and hatchery Prov-ided, 'l'hat such con poses, or while the same or any part thereof is used or occupied under veyance of r1ght of '\\ay shall not bP con~trued as affecting the right or any privilege ~ranted by said commission in accordance herewith. tltle of the United States in &1.id property or as in violatinn of any (f) To provide and enforce reasonable charges, restrictions, rules, and stipulation or condition in the conveyance of the sam tuH•ing station, lighthouse, anti any and all. other _Government purposes, the disposal of the surplus unallotted lands within the Black freed from any and all grants, conveyances, privileges, Charges, incum brances improvements, or li-ens, matured or unmatured, made, created, feet Indian Reservation, Mont. permitted or sanctioned thereon, by said .cities "Of Marshfield ·Or North The Clerk read the title of the bill. Bend or said commission, or either of them, under and 'by Yirtue of this The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? act: P1·ovided, That the United States shall not be or beCJ)me liable to nny person or persons for any damages or compensation whatever to Mr. MANN. Reserving the right to object, this bill proposes the saW cities of 1\Iarshneld or North Bend <>r to said commission, or to to advance out of the Treasury. a considerable sum of m{)ney either of them, for any future use by the said Government of any and to the Indians, to be reimbursed to the Government finally? all of the above-described parcels -Of land for any of the above-named 1\.fr. EVANS. Yes. . GoTernment purposes": Promdcd further, That each and all of the uses, occupations, and privileges hereby granted are .and shall be of a tem Mr. MANN. Is there any Teason why we should advance that porary character only, and the said Sec.reta.r:y of War is hereby author money without charging some rate of interest on it? · ized to revoke the same at his dis_cretlon. Mr. EVANS. I know of no particular reason why interest l\1r. MANN. The1·e is not very much information contained should not be charged. I do not know whether it has ever been 1n the report on this Senate bill.. I should like to ask whether done. the cities affected desire this legislation? Mr. MAl""rn". I do not know of any other case like this where l\lr. HAWLEY. They have passed resolutions through their we have acted. common councils authorizing the taking over by the dties of 1\fr. EVAN.S. The situation is briefly this, that this reserva this property if the grant is made by the Government. They tion was ordered to be opened some seven years ago, but be agree to preserve it in good shape and police it, which is an im cause some coal and oil and other rights were not reserved the portant thing just now. reservation had never been opened. It is now ready to open, Mr. MANN. How large are these cities? but there is a disposition to open only a part of it. Because 1\.fr. HAWLEY. The city of 1\Ia.rshfield approaches 7,000 in it appeared that the reservati{)n was ready to be opened, the habitants, I should tl1ink, and the city of North Bend some 4,000 grazing privileges have been cut off, and these Indians have or 5,000. There are other people living on the peninsula, so been left without means of support. Formerly they leased the . that the total number ()f people served will be over 15,000, as 1 grazing privileges, from which they received an income, liut understand. last year the Government spent about $30 for the purpose of Mr. 1\IANN. How many acres are there in this 1·eservation? feeding these Indians. It is now proposed that the Secretary 1\Ir. HAWLEY. About 120 acres. of the Interior shall loan to the$e Indians $150,ooo- Mr. MANN. As I understand, this bill does not provide for 1\Ir. MANN. Seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars would the sale of the land to these cities, but simply grants to them come nearer the amount. the use of this military reservation until the Government wants Mr. EVANS. I think it would finally, but $150,000 by this it, reserving the right of the Government to take it at any b~ . time. 1\Ir. MAl""rn". Seven hundred ana fifty thousand dollars by 1\Ir. HAWLEY. A.t any time, without any request whatever. the bill as originally introduced, and $150,000 by the committee Mr. STAFFORD. Reserving the right to object, what improve amendment, which I am sure the ·gentleman from Montana is ments has the Government on this tract? not in favor of. 1\Ir. HAWLEY. Practically none. It has been abandoned for 1\Ir. EVANS. I am in favor of it if the amount is increased. many years. NUisances are committed upon it, the Government The Indians have a valuable property, but.they are personally does not provide for its care, and if these cities take it over pooT. The Commissioner of· Indian Affairs testified before the they will police it and care for it, and it will be preserved in committee that he could open the reservation within 60 days if better eonrtition than it is now. this bill goes through. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? Mr. MANN. I have examined the matter quite carefully, and There was no objection. · have talked with some of the gentlemen who are here in hehalf The SPEAKER "pro temp01·e. The bill is on the Union Cal of the bill. I can see a good deal of merit in the proposition·; endarA but where we propose to sell a lot of Indian lands right away, l\1r. HAWLEY. I ask 11nanimous consent to consider it in the and pending the sale propose to invest a large sum of money in Bouse as in Committee of the Whole. · stock raising or something else, what reason is there why the The SPEAKER r.ro tempore. The gentleman asks unani Government should do this at its own expense in the end, the mous consent to consider it In the House as in Committee of Indians having plenty of property, and not charge them any the Whole. Is there ~bjection '? · interest on the amount·advanced to them? There was no objection. Mr. EVANS. Personally I should not object to an interest The bill was ordered to a third reading, .and was accordingly charge, because I th~k the prin~ipal will be repaid within two read the third time and passed. years. I shall not obJeCt to that. On motion of Mr. HAwLEY. a motion to reconsider the vote by Mr. STAFFORD. I ask unanimous consent that the bill go :which the bill was passed was laid on -the table. over without prejudice. METROPOLITAN POLICE OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Mr. EVANS. I hope the gentleman will not ask that. · Mr. STAFFORD. I feel obJiged ·to do so. The next business on the Calendar for Unanim{)US Consent was The SPEAKER pro tempore. . The gentleman from Wisconsin the bill (H. R. 10926) to amend an act approved June 8, 1906, nsks unanimous consent that the bill go over without prejudice. entitled "An act to amend section 1 of an act entitled 'An aet re Is there objection? lating to the Metropolitan police of the District of Columbia,' There was no objection. approved February 28. 190V' The Clerk read the titl€ of the hill. VETERINARY INSPECTORS~ Mr. l\1ANN. I ask unanimous consent that this bill may be The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent was passed over without preJudice. . the bill (H. R. 16060) providing for the dassification of salaries The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman asks unanimous of veterinary inspectors and lay inspectors (grades 1 and 2) consent that the bill may be passed over without prejudice. Is employed in the Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of there objection? Agriculture. There was no objection~ The SPEAKER. Is there objection? ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA., PARK. :Mr. COX. I object, Mr. Speaker. 'i'be SPEAKER. The gentleman from Indiana objects. The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent was 1\lr. RAKER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill retain its the bfU ( S. 3699) to donate to the city of St. Augustine. Fla.., plac~e on the calendar. for park purposes the tract of land known as the Powder House Mr. COX. I object. lot. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from California asks unani The Clerk read the title of the bill. mous consent that the bill be passed over without prejudice and Mr. MANN. I ask unanimous consent that this bill may be the gentleman from Indiana objects. The Clerk will report the passed over without prejudice. next bill. · The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Illinois asks unanimous consent that the bill may be passed .over with AVIATION CORPS. ,out prejudice. Is there objection? The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent was There was no objection. the bill (H. R. 17020) ma1.-Jng an appropriation for the benefit of the Aviation Corps of the Department of Wnr. and repealing TILACKFEET INDIAN "RESERVATION, "MONT." the provisions of certain acts relating to the acquisition of a site The next business on the Calendar for Unanimous Consent was and the erection of a public building at Ripon, Wis. , the bill ( S. 793) · modifying and amending the act providing for The Clerk read the title of the bilL 12268 CONGRESbJflNAL RECORD-HOUSE. AUGUST 7,, 1\Ir. STAFFORD. Mr. Speaker, by request I ask unanimous make men's hearts beat more rapidly with patriotic fervor than consent that this bill go over without prejudice. the contemplation of the deeds of able ami patriotic men which The SPEAKER. ThE> gentleman from Wisconsin asks unani the country in some suitable manner recalls to its people. A mous consent that the bill be passed over without prejudice. Is fitting memorial in the Nation's Capital will attract men from there objection? · all parts of the United States as to a shrine, and it will enkindle There was no objection. a noble and more intense love of ow· country in the hearts of many estimable citizens. JOHN ERICSSON, I hope that the House will take advantage of this opportunity Mr. FITZGERALD. 1\Ir. Speaker, I move to suspend the to pass this bill. In the last Congress nearly 300 Members of rules and pass the bill (H. R. 5) for erecting a suitable memorial the House publicly pledged themselves to support legislation to John Ericsson, with committee amendments. designed to commemorate the memory of this very distinguished The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New York moves to man, and I am glad that they are all present now and will have suspend the rules and pass the bill H. R. 5, with committee an opportunity to vote for the bill at this time. [Applau e.j amendments. The Clerk will report the bill. I reserve the remainder of my time. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. MANN. Mr. Speaker, I yield five minutes to the gentle Be it enacted, etc., That the sum of $35,000, or so much thereof as man from Minnesota [.Mr. STEENERSON]. may be necessary, is hereby authorized for the erection, in the city of Washington, D. C., of a suitable memorial to John Ericsson, the in [Mr. STEENERSON addressed the House. Se0 Appendix.] ventor and constructor or the Monitor, said sum to be expended for the purposes herein named by a commission con~isting of the chair Mr. M.ANN. Mr. Speaker, I demanded a second on the mo man of the Committee on the Library of the Senate, the chairmau of tion to suspend the rules in the absence of anyone else demand the Committee on the Library of the House of Representatives, and ing it, not because I am opposed to the bill but because I the Secretary of the Navy: Provided, That the design and location of said memorial and the plan for the treatment of the grounds· connected thought it was proper to have it in a status where gentlemen with its site shall be approved by the Commission of Fine Arts. might address the House concerning the bill. If anyone now The SPEAKER. Is a second demanded? wishes to be heard in opposition I would be very glad to yield Mr. MANN. Mr. Speaker, if no one else demands a second, him the time. Apparently no one is opposed to the bill. I I do. am with the others who have spoken. I think we are paying The SPEAKER. The gentleman from lllinois demands a a proper tribute to this great patriot, to this great Swedish second. citizen-Swedish-American I shall call him, notwithstanding the prejudice against hyphenated names, because it would not 1\ir. FITZGERALD. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent be jtist merely to call him an American. It would not be just that t1 second be considered as ordered. merely to call him a Swede. It is only just to can him, as he The SPEAKER. The gentlelD.an from New York asks unani was, a great citizen of the United States, born in Sweden, who mous consent that a second l.Je considered as ordered. Is there is somE.>times -referred to as a Sweqish-American. [Applause.] objection? 1\I..:. FITZGERALD. Mr. Speaker, I yield five minutes to the '!~here was no objection. gentleman from Nebraska [Mr. LonEcK]. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New York is entitled Mr. LOBECK. Mr. Speal.:er, the remark . was just made to 20 minutes and the gentleman from Illinois to 20 minutes. about a man being a " Swedish-American." If there was any 1\:Ir. FITZGERALD. 1\lr. Speaker, this bill is to commemorate man in this country who was intensely American it was Capt. by suitable monument the memory of one of the most dis John Ericsson. Throughout the entire country, from East to tinguished members of the engineering profession, and a man West, we do not know anything of Swedish-Americans. They who rendered services of an extraordinarily valuable character are all Americans. [Applause.] Though often called Swedish to the people of the United States in a great crisis in their history. Americans, it is nevertheless true the Swedish-born people, John Ericsson was born in Sweden in 1803 and died in the city adopted citizens of our Nation, love the land which gave t11em of New York in 1889, in which city he was buried. Subse birth. They are an educated people; they read and recite the quently, at the request of the Swedish Government, his body sagas, the literature, and sing the songs of their forefathers. was transported upon an Amerkan man-of-war to Sweden for They read the history of its warrior kings, its poets, and love interment in his native land. He is most familiarly known to its splendid music, instrumental and vocal. While this is all fame as the man who constructed the Monitor, at a very critical dear to them, above all they love their adopted country, and period in the existence of the Republic. But outside of his con no citizenship of the United States is truer than they to the nection with the construction of the Monitm·, he had been identi Stars and Stripes and what the flag stands for. [Applause.] fied with a long list of usefuJ inventions and improvements that The first settlement of the Swedish-born people in the West have been of inestimable value to mankind. He was the first was in 1846, in Henry County, Ill., led by Eric Janson, with to adopt the screw propeller for steam vessels. He originated a company of about 1,000 men, women, and children from the the use of compressed air for the transmission of power and of hillsides and the valleys of Sweden. They established the forced draft by centrifugal blowers. He was the inventor of im well-known colony of Bishop Hill in as beautiful a portion of proved boilers for steamships, and of the surface condenser for Illinois as can be found, and they and their descendants have mnrine engines. One of his inventions that was particularly transformed it into a veritable garden. I was born in the same valuable to the United States was the location of the propellers county, so known of the energy, industry, and perseverance of below the water line, and it was tried for the first time on a the pioneer Swedish citizens of that county. vessel of the United States Navy. He was the inventor of an When the Civil War came there were no people in this coun apparatus for deep-sea soundings, involving the principle now try of foreign birth w_ho responded better in relation to num incorporated in Lord Kelvin's deep-sea sounding dev~ce, to locate bers to the call to preserve the Union and for the defense of accurately warning signals. and he was the inventor and designer the flag. [Applause.] Of the men of Swedish birth- in Illinois and the improver of innumerable mechanical devices of great it is said that every fifth man able to carry arms responded advantage to the commercial world. to the call of Lincoln and of the Nation. He received the thanks of Congress and of the Legislature of When the news came that John Ericsson had constructed the State of New York during his lifetime for services which he the Monitor which won the victory over the .Merrimac and rendered to this country. He came to the United States in saved the Capital of the Nation, with the same came n~ws of 1838, was naturalized in 1849, and lived the remainder of his victories won by the valor of Swedish-born soldiers in the bat life in this country until he died, as already stated, in the city tle fields of the West. There was the celebrated Company 0 of New York in 1889. of the Forty-third · Illinois, all of Swedish birth, who dis It is peculiarly fitting, Mr. Speaker, that at this time the tinguished themselves at Shiloh. On the same battle field and Congress of the United States by some suitable memorial should elsewhere Silverspar!·e's battery won glory for themselves. commemorate the distinguished services of John Ericsson. He Capts. Forse and Eric Johnson, of the Bishop Hill company, ·was a native of one of the few countries which is neutral rlur Fifty-seventh Illinois, served for over four years in the defense ing the present war. The United States is now on the most of the Union; then there was Capt. Stolbrand, the great ru·til friendly terms with that progressive nation. Although the time lerist, and Capt. John Dedrick, of tl1e Nineteenth Illinois; Col. has been considerable since .he rendered the services for which Hans Mattson, who led the Scandinavians ft·om Minnesota. the country is particularly grateful, there are now numbered The soldier boys came from the shops and farms of Illinois, among the citizens of this country a vast number of natives of Iowa, and Minnesota, ami together with the Norwegians· of Ericsson's native land who constitute a valuable and desirecl Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota, 9id deeds of valor on many addition to our citizenship. They reverence his memory; they a battle field for the preservation of the Union. I remember J1ave just pride in his achievements; they are hopeful that his as a boy when the news came that the Monitor, John Ericsson's services will be commemorated by some fitting and lasting me invention, had won the battle against the Men··imac, and with morial. Nothing does so much to encourage patriotism and to what gladsome joy it was received. 1916. - QONGRESSION AL RECORD-HOUSE. 12269 The Swedish-born people, their sons and daughters, are and , the Capitol and the Potomac, reaching· toward the hea vens, always have been true to this Government, whether you find stands the greatest obelisk in the world. It was erectetl bv them in the factories in the New England States, or in the shops a generous people's voluntary subscription and a con ~ress ional .of the great centers of manufacture, or in the fields of Minne appropriation to the memory of Washington. Near the banks sota, Konsas, Iowa, Nebraska, or Illinois; wherever you may of the Potomac, beyond which rises in solemn grandeur Ar find them from the Atlantic to the Pacific, in shops, factory, lington Cemetery, the resting place of American heroism, is farm, mine, forest, or as mercb,ants, bankers, or educators, now being constructed a. magnificent Greek temple in commem theJT are a patriotic people. oration of Lincoln. [Applause.] In the various parks are im They Jove to speak of John Ericssop. and the brave boys who, posing statues erected to brave, wise, and grea t Americans, during the Civil War, were always found loyal to this country. 'whose ·deeds crown history's pages, and time's great Yolume [Applause.] - make.' All these are in chaste marble, enduring granite, or In the schools and colleges ·of our land they have gained imperishab-le bronze. These in the main are erecteti to com highest distinction, and the sons and daughters of Scandinavia memorate America's native sons. .in our schools compare favorably with those of any lineage or "However, America diu not come into national existence by ancestry. The present governor of Minnesota is an exmnple; I native effort alone, nor bas that national existence been main can remember· when his father, his ·grandfather, and grand tained independently of those who looked for the first time upon mother came to this country. They ·did not look" very much," the sun in other climes or under other flags tha n ours. In an as we say, but they have shown th~ir sterling worth. They oblong square fronting the Executive Mansion is Lafayette came to this ·counb:"y poor, with empty hands, but with an am Park. He~e are beautiful walks under trees transplanted from bition to succeed. Their civilization was of the type that read many other countries. In -..he southeast corner upon an elentted · the Bible. They brought the Bible and hymn book with them. pedestal, about which is the compatriot group, stands a bronze They ~ught their children to worship God. They gave them statue, with military trappings, of America's early, tried, and the best education they could. They taught them to be true noble friend-Lafayette. [Applause.] · Americans, and to-day their children and grandchildren are "At the nort11east corner is a similar statue erected to Kosci filling honored places. The history of this family is the history usko, the Pole. 1\Iay it stand there in grandeur until dismem of many Scandinavian families ~n this country. [Applause.] bered Poland, which gave him birth and for which he fought I am glad to be present and vote for this measure; I wish and fell, shall take its place among the other nations of the the committee had recoinmended a larger amount ; still I am earth. [Applause.] In the southwest corner is another statue pleased that Congress will show its appreciation to the memory of heroic mold erected to Rochambeau, the great French _gen of Capt. John Ericsson. eral, who led his army, side by side with the Americans under The turret idea evolved and put into practice in constructing Washington, up to triumphant Yorktown. The latest statue the Monito'r was the commencement and foundation of the placed is in the northwest corner, that of Baron von Steuben, present type of naval warships. Ericsson's fame as an inventor an officer under Frederick the Great. He became, after Valley is national and it is also world-wide. The last century brought Forge, the effective drill sergeant of om· Continental Army. It forth many wondrous inventions, and among the inventors was to a large extent his methods and discipline, added to the Capt. John Ericsson's name classes with Morse, Bell, Edison, zeal, daring, and patriotism of the American Army, which Howe, McCormick, and Marconi, wondrous in their ·inventive humbled the land forces of Britain. [Applause.] genius for the comfort and welfare of the peoples of the earth. "Nor are those who distinguished themselves on land alone [Applause.] · ~emembered. In Franklin Park there bas recently been erected Ml·. FI'l'ZGERALD. I yield to the gentleman from Illinois a bronze statue of Irish Jack Barry, who nobly earned the [Mr. TAVEli'~En]. . title, 'The Father of the· American Navy.' [Applause.] Re Mr. TAVENNER. 1\Ir. Speaker, the pending bill providing cently the American Government in just retrospect contlemned for the erection of a suitabl~ monument in the National Capit:il its own neglect of· Jofin Paul Jones, who under different flags in honor of Capt. John Ericsson is a meritorious one from every had become in that period of revolution on two continents 'the viewpoint, and I want to see the House pass it by a unanimous terror of the seas.' As a measure of justice the American YOte • . Government transported his remains from their Parisian rest Every school child in the land has been thrilled by the story ing place and placed them in a mausoleum at the Annapolis of Capt. E;ricsson and his .MonitQ1-. I know that the first story Naval Academy. Afterwards a statue enduring, imposing, and of the Civil War that impressed itself on my mind was the story appropriate was erected to his memory at Potomac Park in the of the thrilling fight between John Ericsson'S Mo'nitm· and the National Capital. The achievements of this Scot in gallantry .M etTimac. I heard the story even before I started to school and daring reflected luster all along his career, but never more from my father, himself a veteran of the old Grand Army of than when he patrolled the seas in vigorous warfare against the Republic. all who would assail the encradled Republic of the west. We have erected monuments in Washington to the memory of [Applause.] many of our great men, and it is in every way fitting that we "John Ericsson was born with a genius for mechanics and a should erect one to the memory of this great Swedish-American, mind for mathematics. With the industry and persistence of ·a man whose memory the people of this Republic will revere a~ his race this child of the north lived and closed his career with long as the Republic stands. a record for achievement which, had he lived a few centuries In connection with this I wish to insert as a part of my ago, would have, by. the iconoclasts of to-day, been cailed a remarks extracts from the finest speech on John Ericsson that I romance. have ever read. I refer to the speech of Congressman CHAP.LES "He first saw the light under the northern sun in Vermeland, H. SLOAN, of .Nebraska. It is a literary gem. It contains more Sweden. His nativity was but a few degrees from the Arctic interesting information about John Ericsson than can be fouml Circle. It was the land of the short day and summer and the in.any schoolbook or history that has ever come to my attention. long night and winter. Eighteen hundred and tlu·ee was a >ear It should be published as a Government document and sent out of great import to America. ~ It was the year when Napoleon, to the public schools e"'erywhere. I happen to be one of the intending to deliver his greatest indirect blow at Britain, ceded members of the Committee on Printing, and if a resolution i'3 Louisiana to the United States, giving us the scope of an introduced to make this speech a House document I will, as ou~ empire. Far off Sweden· was then under the rule of the great member of the committee, vote to report it favorably. Con Napoleon. There a boy was born w.ho 59 years later was to gressman SLoAN's speech, in part, follows: prove a great factor in preserving intact, under the American "Mr. SLoAN. Years ago in the schoolbooks we learned that tlag, that mighty domain. Napoleon intended by so ceding Baltimore was the Monumental City. . It is now seldom so desig Louisiana to build a western republic capable of battling suc nated. This is largely due to the fact that within an hour's cessfully with Britain. That was an enterprise in which the ride from the ' Metropolis of the Chesapeake ' there stands by great Corsican recognized his own inability. for already Brit the lordly Potomac, at a point where the waters from the moun ain's supremacy of the seas ha,d confined Napoleon's triumphs tains meet the tides of the sea, our· National Capital. to continental Europe. "Its regular streets, broad avenues, palatial homes, and great " The march of events confirmed the foresight of Bonaparte. buildings, public and private, together with its numerous parks, Britain was successfully combatted and our most marke<..l vic whose areas describe many geometric outlines, all challenge the tory was at New Orleans, the populous center of that great notice_and command the favorable comment of visiting Ameri annexation. The supreme trial of the Republic was not des-. cans and foreigners. - tined to be with Great Britain or any other power. It arose "Some of .the ~ost interesting features of Washington are lJetween two parts of the Republic itself. In that .John Erics its monuments, erected as a protest against the oft-repeated son earned the distinction which the bill-for his monument now statement that republics forget ·and are ungrateful. Between pending in this Congt;ess would confer. LIII--772 12270 CONGRESS!ON AL R.ECORD-HOUSE. A.UGU,ST 7, " Between the Swedish cradle and the American tomb (1803- "But the building of the Merrimac was not unknown to the 1889) we find many interesting facts. Ericsson exhibited a northern authorities, and the time of her arrival where the precocity for drawing at the age of "4. At 8 he became an adept battle must take place was of course reasonably forecasted. It at understanding and handling machinery. He was the builder seemed providential that preparation for meeting it should have of a perfect miniature mill at 9. At 10 he astonished Admiral been made by the one man then in the world capable of suc- Platten, the great Swedish canal builder, who prophesied for cessful preparation. [Applause.] . the boy an extraordinary future. At 13 he directed 600 Gov "On September 14, 1861, the Government entered into a con ernment military laborers in the construction of public high tract with Ericsson to construct the Monitor. One of his claims ways. So the good roads builders of to-day may find a pioneer was that it should be impregnable to shot. Think of it ! In in John Ericsson. At 17 he became a soldier in the army of that critical period the Government, dealing with the only indi .Bernadotte, under whom be was rapidly advanced. At 18 he vidual capable of meeting the great national crisis, inserted in was a surveyor in the King's service. His measurements and its contract of purchase a condition that payment should be maps made at that time still remain marvels {)f accuracy and withheld unless that condition could be clearly met. utility. At 23 be left his homeland of . the north, where he " The 1JI onitor' s keel was laid October 25, 1861 ; her engines deemed his abilities and activities circumscribed, for Britain were steamed December 30. It was launched January 30. com was then as now the empire of the sea. There he believed pleted February 15, went into United States commission Feb would be a demand for the creations of his braiQ. and their ruary 25, and on March 8 made her famous trip to Hampton perfection by his hand. [Applause.] Roads. Word painting of the first great sea fight, where gravity " Britain was not an hospitable host for the Scandinavian Reems to have been conquered and where iron not only floated genius. The man who rivaled Stephenson in producing the but fought iron, is left to the many writers and historians who steam locomotive, the foreigner who produced at a London with picturesque detail have given to the world an account of tire the first steam fire engine, the alien who bound the can the first great naval battle as modern warfare then begun and non barrels ·against their bursting, and the originator of the since continued. Interesting as such an account might be, more screw propeller, came up against British official inertia and interesting would be a statement of the fear and trembling on English red tape. While Ericsson could take dead metal and the decks of every northern wooden man-of-war. The conster shape it to his will, chain the elements, make a gun safe, at nation of Philadelphia, Boston, and New York, who saw in the least to its hanrllf'rs, subdue the fire fiend, and seizing upon immediate future the menace of their invaded ports, their de the theory of bird flight, apply it to shipping, revolutionize in stroyed shipping, and their wealth placed under tribute to the cheapness and speed navigation, yet he could not jar loose ironclad monsters already under construction and fashioned the official mind of Britain. The official mind of Britain was after the Merrimac. More interesting yet was the suspense much like the official minds of other countries which have so and almost terror in Washington, where those in authority in often dismissed the suggestions of genius with these insuper anticipation saw the Merrimac steaming up the Chesapeake on able objections : ' We never saw it before. It was never done into the Potomac, past Mount Vernon, and up to the National before.' It almost leads one to inquire why the ancients Capital, with guns trained on the Treasury and the Capitol, wasted rocks with which to build pyramids. Were there not which meant more tlum a mere battle and the destruction of sufficient official sh-ulls for the purpose? property. It meant a release of the southern blockade. It "So in 1839, wearied with Britain's official inaction, though meant recognition of the Confederacy by all the powers on he had acquired 30 British patents, he started for New York, earth. It meant their commerce aiding the seceding group. It the then ambitious port of the Western Continent, now the forecasted an unconquerable South and a permanently divided one through which passes more commerce than any other port Nation. of the world. "Men sometimes refer to the battle in Hampton Roads as "He had been schooled in his native land to look to officials being undecisive, because neither ship was captured or sunk. and governments for patronage, but he learned in Britain, and But the best evidence of victory was · the subsidence of fear had it confirmed in America, that governments are less inclined throughout our Navy; the restoration of complete confidence in toward seeing and adopting enterprise than is private capital. Boston, New York, and Philadelphia; the tightening of the This is probably due, first, to the fact that the government is southern blockade; the nonrecognition by foreign powers; the . not intent on accomplishing gain, and second, the machinery of supreme relief and the glorio;us confidence of Lincoln and his government being hedged in by constitutions and laws, and Cnbinet; and as time went on the complete victory by the North controlled by many heads instead of one, is necessarily slow and the perpetuation of the Union left unquestioned proof of in either seeing or accomplishing that which is not warranted who was victor and who was vanquished in the first great battle by precedent. . of floating iron. [Applause.] "He came to America at the invitation of Robert F. Stockton, · "That in building the Monitor, Ericsson's chief consideration an American capitalist. In 1842 he designed, and the Govern was for battle rather than navigation is suggested in the final ment adopted, its first real steam war vessel, known as the end of the historic craft. Late in the year of 1862, as the Pt·inceton. He invented an instrument for measuring distances northern naval forces were prosecuting their conquest against and in firing guns. The range finders on our great dreadnaughts the shore defenses of the South, the Monitor was sent down th~ are but the perfection of this instrument invented by Erics Atlantic coast. There, in a stormy sea, it passed Cape Hatteras i son. Its importance may well be realized since size of guns, but in the increasing gale .which followed it yielded to the bat weight of projectile, resistance of armor plate, and distance tering of Neptune's artillery, and on the 31st day of Decemhf'r. between gun and target constitute the four great factors in 1862, it sank in that section of the sea which has claimed so naval gunnery. many craft of both wood and iron and levied, year by y~ar. "The New World became attractive to him. He conceived a heavy tribute of human life. patriotic devotion to the great Republic whose enterprising men "My attention has recently been called to the fact that Dr. and liberal government gave him scope for his genius and in Greenville Weeks, who was a surgeon on board the Monitor in austry. From this country he was granted 100 patents. So, its first battle cruise, and still with it on its final trip, still lives, in 1848, he adjured his allegiance to the Crown of Sweden and at the age of fourscore years. He recently visited the great became a naturalized American citizen. Before our Civil War Capital whose preservation was the Monitor's prize in 1862. It he conceived the Monitor and offered it to Napoleon Ill, there may be a matter of general indifference, but to me one of the seeming to be no American demand, but Napoleon rejected it. most interesting seataring accounts I ever read was 'the lust By a strange coincidence, the character of the great battle in cruise of the Monitor,' written many years ago by Dr. Weeks, in Hampton Roads was to either side suggested by Ericsson. which he graphically described the last trip and final _passing of Mallory. the naval secretary of the Confederacy, had been a the Monitm· upon which he had been an officer and witness in its friend of Ericsson's before the Civil War. In his then talks battle triumph, and which he left on its final cruise only when · with the inventor, the ironclad was discussed, and Mallory it sank to rif.;e no more. later upon obtaining his position in the Confederate Cabinet, " There is a story of the ancient Swedish kings, and, by the used Ericsson's thought, years before the war informally com way, one of them was named Ericsson, that a prince entitled municated, for the construction of the Merrirnao. to the throne must look upon it, then go and perform some " '".rhe Civil War was on. Its first year had shown in the ac great and heroic deed; then drink a libation from a skull tivities of the field the mettle of both sides, albeit lack of before he takes his seat of power. Ericsson had looked upon discipline and preparation were manifested on either side, but a throne of metal, proffered by Neptune. He drank a libation more particularly by the North. It is an ancient story now from rebellion's skull, and became entitled to his throne. That about the .construction of the Merrimac. Her entering Hamp right was confirmed by Neptune and l\Iars. [Applause.] ton Roads, sinking our OtJ,mberland., burning the Congress-both " Some may think Er~cs~on's M oni~or was t~e chance thought wooden vessels-and driving the Minnesota into a position of of the dreaming inventor. . It was not. It was the legitimate helplessness. product of a highly organized, tempered, tried, and cultur·ed i916. CONGRESSIONA-L RECORD-HOUSE: l227f brain, which always controlled und commanded a hand of They are all gone. It was a great generation !>f men. One cunning. day I was sitting beside Jehu Baker, toward the end of that "A tribute to Ericsson_ is, in a broad sense, a tribute to the Congress. He had been here off and on for 25 years-mostly race from which he sprung. No evidence of this would seem off. He had been a Republican when he first came ·here, and in better or more appropriate just now than a quotation from 1892 he had three nominations, Democrat. Labor Union, and Admiral Luce in a paper read before the Naval Institute Greenback. He was a good deal of a philosopher. Toward the April 20, 1876 : end of the session I was sitting by him one day and he said "'£be Monito1· was the crystallization of 40 centuries of thought on to me, "They are always talking about the old times and there attack and defense, and exhibited in a sin@lar manner the old Norse being giants in those days. I-have been around here at intervals elem.ent or the American Navy; Ericsson (Swedish son of Eric) built her; Dahlgren (Swedish branch of valley) armed her; and Worden for a long time. I sat in the Forty-fourth Congress, one of the (Swedish, wording, Wt'rthy) fought her. How the ancient Skalla most celebrated, but I give it as my opionion that this Con would ba ve struck their wlld harps in bearing such names in heroic gress, the Fifty-third, has as high an average of ability as any Terse I How they would have written them in !'immortal runes"! of ·the Congresses that ever preceded it." I think the same [Applause.] thing about this House. Mr. STEENERSON. Mr. Speaker, I make the same request, When I c.:ame here we entered immediately into one of the to extend my remarks in the RECORD. hottest fights that ever took place in the House of Representa The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gen tives, on the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman tleman from Minnesota? [After a pause.] The Chair bears silver law. and it wrecked more lives than did the Siege of none. Troy. If it had not been for one of these pesky landslides that Mr. 1\IAl\TN, 1\fr. Speaker, I yiel Kahn Martin rowers Smith, Tex. Sinnott Swift T emple_ Wheeler !\"earns Meeker Price Snell flmith, Iflaho Taggart Thompson WlllinmR, W. E. Keister Miller, Del. Ragsdale Snyder Smith, 1\iinn. •.rague Timberlake ·wuson, Ill. Kelley Miller, l:'a. Rainey Stedman Stone Talbott Towner Young, N.Dak. Kf'nnedy, R.I. Moonl.'y Reavis Steele, Pa. Sweet Tavenner Wuson Kent Moore, Pa; Ricketts ' Stephens, Nebr. Key, Ohio Moores, Ind. Roberts, Mass. Sterling ANSWERED "PRESENT "-5. Kiess,. Pa. Mor~an, La. Rodenberg Stiness Fuller North Sloan Stcenerson Kreider .Monn Rowe Sulloway Humphreys, 1\Iiss. Lafean Morrison Rowland Sumners NOT VOTING-230. Lazaro Moss Rucker Sutherland Adair Fields Kent Reavis Ule Mott Russell, Mo. Switzer Allen Finley Key, Ohio Ricketts Lehlbach Murray Russell. Ohio Taylor, Ark. Anthony Fitzgerald Kless, Pa. Roberts, Mass. Lenroot Nelson Sanford Tilson Ashbrook Focht Kreider Rodenberg I..csher Norton Saunders Tinkham Barchfeld Fordney Lafean Rowe Lieb Oakey Schall Treadway Barnhart Foss Lazaro Howland Liebel O ~lesby Scott, Mich. Tribble Lindbergh Olney &ott, Pa. Van Dyke Beales Foster Lee Rucker Loft O'Sbaunessy Scully Vare Bell Frear Lehlbach Russell, Mo. Loud Ovet·myer Sells Walker Black Freeman Lenroot Russell. Ohio McCulloch Page, N. C. Shackleford Ward Blackmon Gard Lesher Saniord .McDermott Paige, Mass. Shallenberger Watson, Pa. Bruckner Garner Lewis Saunders Burgess Garrett Lieb Schall Mcll'adden Parker, N.J. Sherley _ Williams, T. S. Burnett G11lett Liebel McGillicuddy Pal'ker, N. Y. Sherwood William~ Ohio &ott, Mich. MciGnley Patten Sims Wilson, 11 'La. Byrnes, S. C. Glass Lindbergh Scott, Pa. McLaughlin Petet·s Slemp Wilson, La. Callaway Godwin, N. C. Loft Scully .Madden Platt Small Winslow Cannon Good Loud Sells Cantrill Gordon McCulloch Shackleford Magee Pot·ter Smith, Mich. Wise Capstick Gould McDermott Sherley Mapes Pou Smith, N.Y. Wood, Ind. Carew Graham McFadden Sherwood The SPEAKER. On this roll call 213 Members answered to Carlin Gray, A1a. McGillicuddy Sims Carter, Mass. Gray, N.J. McKinley Sis on tlteir names-not a quorum. Carter. Okla. Green, Iowa McLaughlin Slemp Cary - Gregg Madden Small ADJOURNMENT. Casey Griest Magee Smith, Mich. Chandler, N.Y. Guernsey Mapes Smith, N.Y. 1\Ir. KITCHIN. 1\fr. Speaker, I do not believe we can get a Charles Hamilton, Mieh. Martin Smith, Tex. quorum here to-day, and I therefore move that the House do now Chlperfield Hamilton, N. Y. Meeker Snell adjourn. Clark. Fla. Harrison Miller, Del. Snyder Coleman Hart Miller, Pa. Sparkman ,..rhe SPEAKER. The gentleman from North Carolina moves Cooper, Ohio Bayes Mondell Stt>dmnn that the House do now adjourn. The question is on agreeing Cooper, W. Va. Beaton Mooney Steele, Pa. to that motion. Copley Helm Moore, Pa. Stephens, Nebr. Costello Henry Moores. Ind. Sterling The qu~tion was taken, and the Speaker announced that the Crago Hensley Mol'l!an, La. Stiness "ayes" seerue Mr. BYRNES of South Carolina with Mr. CB:AND:LEB of New The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it. York. · Mr. RAKER. I want to ask the Speaker whether or not the Mr. FIELDS with 1\Ir. DEMPSEY. following motion would be in order : 1\Ir. HELM with 1\Ir. GRAY of New Jersey~ Ordered, That the Sergeant at Arms take into custody and bring to Mr. FITZGERALD with Mr. HAYES. the bar of the House such of its Members as are absent without leave? Mr. HUGHES wit:h Mr. GRIEST. And the further inquiry, whether there was not a gentlemen's ·Mr. EAGAN with Mr. HicKs. agreement that there would he no roll calls and no point of no 1\Ir. EDWARDS with Mr. FoCH"X. quorum upon any bill until Members were given three days' Mr. BELL with Mr. HUTCHINSON. notice to be ia .attendance? ' l\fr. Moss with 1\Ir. Loun. Mr. MANN. Of course there was no sueh agreement. It fr. MOBRISON with Mr. HIDI.PHREY ·of Washington. would be impossible to .have an agreement that U·ere would be Mr, HowARD with Mr. Goon. no point of no quorum tintil three days' notice bad been given. Mr. G ARD with 1\fr. FREEMAN. Only a crazy man would try to make such an agreement as that. Mr. GARRETT with Mr. GoULD. Mr. RAKER. There was an understanding that on any con Mr. SMITH of New York with Mr. RoBERTS of Massachusetts. tested bill-- Mr. SAUNDERS with Mr. ':MooRES of Indiana. Mr. MANN. There was a gentleman's -agreement. Mr. SMALL with Mr. RICKETTS. Mr. RAKER. That if there was to be any contested bill three Mr. SHERWOOD with Mr. RoDENBERG. days' .notice would be given. Mr. Sl.ITI'H of Texas with Mr. TILSON. Mr. MANN. If any bill was brought up upon which a con Mr. Wn..soN of Florida with Mr. TREADWAY" test was made, it was w tle put over until three days' notice had Mr. VAN DYKE With Mr. SULLOWAY. been given, but that was a gentleman's agreement. Mr. STOUT with Mr. SNELL. Mr. RAKER. That is what I refer to. Mr. AsHBROOK with Mr. CRAMTON. Mr. MANN. And some men do not know what it is to be a Mr. CAsEY. with Mr. DRUKKER. gentleman. Mr. ESTOPINAL with 1\fr, FEss. Mr. RAKER. I made my inquiry of the Speaker for the Mr. CARLIN with Mr. FAIRCHILD. purpose of reminding the House that there was a gentleman's Mr. BURNETT with Mr. DUNN. -.. agreement. I am not responsible for the comments of the gentle Mr. CARTER of Oklahoma with Mr; DALLINGEB. man from lllinois as to. Members of the House. Mr. CAREw with Mr. CosTELLO. The SPEAKER. The Chair has nothing on earth to do with Mr.-DUPRE with Mr. CoLEMAN. the gentleman's agreement; but, answering the ·gentleman's Mr. BARNHART with Mr. HILL. parliamentary inquiry as to the first proposition, the Chair thinks 11-Jr. HENSLEY with Mr. lf'oss. that motion is in order. "1\>Ir. GoRDoN with Mr. HowELL. Mr. FULLER. Mr. Speaker, it being evident that it is im Mr. BURGESS with Mr. HEATON. possible to get a quorum to-night, I ask unanimous consent that Mr. GoDWIN of North Carolina with Mr. HAMILTON of New further proceerlings under the call be dispensed with, and that York. the House do now adjourn. Mr. GRAY of Alabama with Mr. MAPEs. Mr. MANN. Of course it is nat neeessary ·to ask unanimous 1\fr. LoFT with Mr. MILLER of Delaware.. consent. That motion can be made. Mr. KEY of Ohio with Mr. Mc.KJ:m..Ey. Mr. NOLAN. I shall have to object to any unanimous. consent Mr. LEIBEL with Mr. RowLAND. of that .kind. Mr. Speaker, I move that the Sergeant at Arms Mr. McGn..LrcUDnY with Mr. KELLEY. be instructed to arrest-the absentees and bring them to the bal.· .Mr. LIEB with Mr. KAHN. of the House. Mr. CANTRILL with Mr.·MoNDELL. SEVERAL MEMBERS. Oh, no! 'Mr. LAZARO with Mr. KENNEDY of Iowa. The SPEAKER. The gentleman will reduce his motion to .Mr. BLACKMON with Mr. HAMILTON of Michigan. writing._ Mr. HARRISON with Mr. GILLETT. Mr. NOLAN. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw the motion. Mr. HART with Mr. HOPWOOD. Mr. FULLER. I renew the request for unanimous consent. Mr. SIMs with 11-f.r. CooPER ·ot West Virginia. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from lllinois [Mr. FuLLER] Mr. SHACKLEFORD with Mr. GRAHAM. asks unanimous consent that further proceedings under this call Mr. S-cULLY with Mr. SNYDER. be dispensed with, and that the House do now adjourn. Mr. RussELL of 1\Iissom:i with Mr. SwiTZER. Mr. NOLAN. I object; and I move that the House. take a Mr. SHERLEY with Mr. LAFEAN. recess until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. Mr. RAGSDALE With 1\Ir. W ATBON Of Pennsylvania. Mr. MANN. · I make the point of order that that motion is Mr. PATTEN with Mr. Wll..LIAMS of Ohi-o. not in order in the absence of a quorum. Mr. PAGE of North Carolina with Mr. SANFORD. The SPEAKER. The tootion is not in order. Mr. LEE with Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island. Mr. WEBB. Mr. Speaker, I will ask if there bas been enough Mr. DEcKER with Mr. McLAUGHLIN. intervening business so that a motion to adjourn is in order. Mr. DRISCOLL with Mr. MADDEN. Mr. MANN. Certainly. Mr. MUBn.AY with Mr. MooRE of Pennsylvania. Mr. .WEBB. Then I move that the House do now ajourn. Mr. OGLESBY with Mr. MAGEE. Mr. HARRISON. Mr. Speaker, I want to appear in the Mr. O'SHA UNESSY with Mr. KIESS of Pennsylvania. REcoRD as being present. Mr. LESHER with"Mr. SCOTT of Michigan. Mr. JOHNSON of Washington. I also desire to appear a.s Mr. 0VERMEYER with Mr. PARKER of New York. present. Mr. Srsso!'i with Mr. RowE. Mr. NOLAN. Mr. Speaker, if the motion to adjourn is agreed Mr. RucKER with 1\fr. PLATT. to the Unanimous Consent and Suspension Calendar is dead, Mr. PRicE with Mr. PAIGE of Massachusetts. is it not? 1\ir. TRIBBLE with Mr. STINESS. The SPEAKER. It is until two weeks from to-day. The Mr. SuM.NER.S with Mr. WARD. gentleman from North Carolina moves that the House do now Mr. STEDMAN with Mr. WINSLOW. adjourn. Mr. SPARKMAN with Mr. WooDs of Iowa. The question being taken, the Speak~r announced that the Mr. STEELE of Pennsylvania with Mr. WooD oi Indiana. ayes appeared to have it. . .Mr. HE:r-.TRY with Mr. HusTED. On a division (demanded by Mr. NoLAN) there were-ayes 'Mr. Pou with Mr. OAKEY. 111, noes 55. Mr. MoRGAN of Louisiana with Mr. NoRTON. Mr. NOLAN. Mr. Speaker, I demand the yeas and nays. From August 5 to 8, inclusive: . The yeas and nays were ordered. Mr. HUMPHREYS of Mississippi with Mr. CANNON. The question was taken ; and there were-yeas 100, nays 93, The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. answered" present" 7, not voting 232, as follows: The SPEAKER. There is not a quorum present and th-e House declines to adjourn. YJ'lAB-100. .1\fr. SMITH of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous Abercrombie Barkley Campbell Danforth Adam-son Booher Candler, Miss. Dent consent to extend my remarks in the REcoRD- Alexander Britt Church Dickinson The SPEAKER. That request is not in order. Allen Britten Coady Dixon Mr. M.A.1'fN. No such request is in order? Almon Brownf:ng Collier Doughton Aswell Buchanan, Tex. Cox Ferris The SPEAKER. Not in the absence of ~ quorum. Bacharach Butler Cullop Flood Mr. RAKER. Mr. Speaker, a parliamentary inquiry., Bailey Byrns, Tenn. Dale, Vt. Gandy CONGRESS! ON AL RECORD-HOUSE. AUGUST 7 12274 ' Glass Lloyd Quin Stout Mr. LOBECK with 1\Ir. REAVIS. GI.rnn 0 Rainey Taylor, Ark. Goodwin, Ark. h cc'H~~~~h Ramseyer 1.'homas 1\Ir. AmEN with 1\Ir. CoPLEY. Gray, Ind. McKellar Rayburn Tillman 1\Ir. KETTNER with Mr. STEP.Lil\G, Greene, Vt. McLemore Rogers Venable . , 1\Ir. LIEB with Mr. SLEMP. Hamlin 1\Iann Rouse Vinson Hardy Matthews Rubey Volstead Mr. CAllAWAY with Mr. Gn.LETT. Harrison Mays Saunders Walsh l\lr. DIEs with Mr. FoRDli.'EY~ Hastings Montague Sears Watldns Mr. EVANS with Mr. McKENZIE. Haugen Moon Shallenberger Watson, Va. Heflin Morgan, Okla. Sisson Webb Mr. HULL of Tennessee with Mr. F .liB CHILD. Hood Nicholls, S. C. Slayden Whaley Mr.. LnhHICUM with 1\lr. SNELL. Igoc Oldfield Stafl'ord Williams, W. E. Mr. SABATH with Mr. LEHLBACH. J'ohn~on, Ky. Oll>er Steagall Wilson, La. Kincheloe Olney Steele, Iowa Wingo Accordingly (at 5 o'clock and 26 minutes p. m.) the Houso Kitchin Padgett Stephens, Miss. Young, N.Dak. adjourned until to-morrow, Tuesday, August 8, 1916, at 12 Le':Cl' Park Stephens, Tex. Young, Tex. o'clock noon. NAYS-V3. AnclN·. on Dowell Johnson, S.Dak. Rioruan Austin Dyer Johnson, Wash. Roberts, Nov. REfORTS OF CO~IMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND Ayres . Eagle Keating Shouse RESOLUTIONS. Beak£>s Ellsworth King Sle~el Bennet Esch Kinkaid ~m1th, Idaho Under clause 2 of Rule XIII, bills were severally reported Borlanu Farley Konop Smith, Minn. Bowers Farr La. Follette Stone from committees, delivet·ed to the Clerk, and referred to the sev Browne Flynn Littlepage Sweet- eral calendars therein named, as follows : Brumbaugh Gallagher London . Swift :Mr. RAYBURN, from the Committee on Interstate and For Buchanan, Ill. Gallivan McAndrews Taggart Burke Garland McArthur Tague eign Commerce, to which was referred the bill (H. R. 16733) to Caldwell Grcene,~ass. M~racken Talbott • amend an act entitled "An act to regulate commerce" approved Carlin Griffin Maher Tavenner February 4, 1887, as heretofore amended, and for other pur Cline Hadley l\liller, Minn. Taylor, Colo. Connelly Hamill Mudd Ten1ple poses, reported the same without amendment, accompanied by n Conry Haskell Neely Thompson report (No. 1093), which said bill and report were referred to Cooper, Wis. Hawley Nichols, Mich. Timberlake the House Calendar. Curry Hayden Nolan Towner Davis, Tex. Ilelgesen Phelan Wason Mr. HAWLEY, from the Committee on Agricultm·e, to which Denison HeJ.vering Pratt Wheeler was referred the bill (H. R. 1304:6) to consolidate certain forest Dlll Hilliard Raker Wilson, Til. lands in the Oregon National Forest, in the State of Oregon, Dlllon Huddleston Randall Dooling Hull, Iowa Rauch reported the same with amendment, accompanied by a report Doolittle Jacoway Reilly (No. 1094), '''hich said bill and report were referred to the ANSWERED "PRESENT "-7. Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Fuller Humphreys, Miss. North Steenerson Buy Lobeck Sloan . . , NOT VOTING-232. REPORTS Oli' CO::\DIITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS A1~D :Adair Fairchild Kennedy, R. I. Pou RESOLUTIONS. Aiken Fess Kent Powers Anthony Fields Kettner Price Under clause 2 of Rule XIII, private bills were severally re Ashbrook Finley Key, Ohio Ragsdale ported from committees, delivered to the·Clerk, and referred to Barchfeld Fitzgerald Kiess, Pa, Reavis the Committee of the Whole House, as follows : Barnhart Focht Kreider Ricketts Beales Fordncy La.fean Roberts, Mass. Mr. KEY of Ohio, from the Committee on Pensions, to which Bell Foss Langley Rodenberg was referred the bill ( S. 6369) granting pensions and increase Black Foster Lazaro Rowe of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Arml' Blackmon Frear Lee Rowland Bruckne1· Freeman Lehlbach Rucker and Navy and of wars other than the Civil War, and to certain Burgess Gard Lenroot Russell, Mo. widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors, Burnett Gardner Lesher Russell, Ohio Byrnes, S. C. Garner Lewis Sabath reported the same with amendment, accompanied by a report Callaway Garrett , Lieb Sanford (No. 1092), which said bill and report were referred to the Cannon Glllett Liebel Schall Private Calendar. Cantrill Godwin, N.C. Lindbergh Scott, Mich. Capstick Good Linthicum Scott, Pa. 1\ir. C.. '\LDWELL, from the Committee on 1\filitary Affairs, to Cara way Gordon Loft Scully which was referred the bill (H. R: 538G) for the relief of James Carew Gould Loud Sells Campbell, reported the same with amendment, accompanied by Carter, Mass. Graham 1\IcCullocll Shackleford Carter, Okla. Gray, Ala. McDermott Sherley a report (No. 1095), which said bill and report were referred Cary Gray, N.J. McFadden Sberwood to the Private Calendar. Casey Green, Iowa McGillicuddy Sims Chandler, N.Y. Gregg McKenzie Sinnott Charles Griest McKinley Slemy Chiperfield. Guernsey McLaughlin Smal ·PUBLIC BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, Al'D :ME~lORIALS. Clark, Fla. Hamilton, Mich. Madden Smith, Mich. Coleman Hamilton, N.Y. Magee Smith,N. Y. Under clause 3 of Rule XXII, bills and resolutions were in Cooper, Ohio Hart Mapes Smith, Tex. troduced and severally referred ns follows: · Cooper, W.Va. Hayes Martin Snell Copley Benton Meeker Snyder By Mr. MONTAGUE: A bill (H. R. 17338) making an appro Costello Helm Miller, Del. Sparkman priation for the construction of a public highway from the Crago llcnry Miller, Pa. Stedman corporate limits of the city of Richmond, Va., to the Cold Cramton Hensley Mondell Steele, Pa. Crisp Hernandez Mooney Stephens, Nebr• . Harbor National Cemetery; to the Committee on Appropria Crosser Hicks Moore, Pa. Sterling tions. Dale, N. Y. Hill Moores, Ind. Stincss By 1.\Ir. GARLAND: A bill (H. R. 17330) appropriating Dalllnger Hinds Morgan, La. Sulloway Darrow Holland Morin Sumners · $50,000 for the erection of a monument to the memory of Davenport Holllngsworth Morrison Sutherland Robert Morris; to the Committee on the Library. Da·..-is, .Minn. Hopwood Moss Switzer By 1\Ir. BENNET: Resolution (H. Res. 341) regarding in Decker Houston l\lott Tilson · Dempgcy Boward Murray Tinkham quiry concerning Ellis Island; to the Committee on Immigration Dewalt Howell Nelson Treadway and Naturalization. Dies Hughes Norton Tribble By 1\Ir. HAY: Resolution (H. Res. 342) provi PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. By Mr. OAKEY (by request) : Memorial of American Braneh of the Socialist Pm·ty of Hartford, Conn., favoring 1-cent post Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills were introduced age; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. nnd severally referred as follows : By Mr. RANDALL: Memorial of Joseph G. Rickels and 230 By Mr. ADAllt: A bill (H. R. 17340) granting a pension to others, of San Fernando, Cal., protesting against bills to amend Margaret A. Weed; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the postal-laws; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post By 1\Ir. BLACKMON: A bill (H_. R. 17341) granting a pen Roads. - sion to Deborah Harrison; to the Conimittee on Pensions. By Mr. DRUKKER: A bill (~. R.17342) granting an increa. ) of pension to Emily Davison; to the Committee on Invalid Pen- SENATE. sions. - By Mr. FULLER: A bill (H. R. 17343) granting an increase TuEsDAY, August 8, 1916. of pension to William. M. Haines; .to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . · . (~egislatit'e day of Saturday, August 5, 1916.) · Also, a bill (H. R. 17344) granting an increase of pension to The Senate reassembled at 10 o'clock a. m., on the expiration Byron See; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of the reeess. By Mr. GOOD: A bill (H. R. 17345) for the relief of John · Mr. BUSTING. Mr. President, I suggest the ·absence of a Dauberman ; to the Committee on Military Affair:;. quorum. By Mr. KENNEDY of Iowa: A bill (H. R. 17346) granting The VICE PRESIDENT. The Secretary will can the roll. an increase of pension to Margaret Tschoepe; to the Committee The Secretary called the roll, and the following Senators an· on Invalid Pensions. swered to t_!l_eir names : . By 1\lr. NICHOLS of Michigan: A bill (H. R. 17347) granting As burst Dillin_gham Lni!.e Smith, Ga. an increase of pension to William E. Meadows; to the Com Brady Gallinger Martin. Va. Smltb, S.C. mittee on Invalid Pensions. Brandegee Gronna Mvers Rmoot Bryan Hardwick Nelson 'l'aggart By Mr. OLDFIELD: A bill (H. R. 17348) granting a pension Chamberlain Hitchcock Overman Tillman to Tilman L. Crafton ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Clapp Husting I'cnrcse Vardaman .Also, a bill (H. R. 17349) for the relief of R. W. Earnheart; Clark, Wyo . James RansrteU "Warren Co It Johnson. S. Da.Jr. Robinson Williams to the Committee on Claims. Culberson Jones Shafrot'1 Works Cummins Kenyon Sheppmd Curtis Kern Simmons PETITIONS, ETC. The VICE PRESIDENT. Forty-two Senators have answered U"!lder clause 1 of Rule XXII, petitions and papers were laid to the ron call. There is not a quorum present. The Secretary on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: will call the roll of absentees. By the SPEAKER (by request): Petitions of women-voters The Secretary called the ·names of the absent Senators. and of Garfield and Lake Counties, Colo., favoring woman-suffrage 1\Ir. STEBUNG and Mr. THoMPSON answered to their names amendment; to the Committee on the Judiciary. when called. . By 1\lr. BUTLER : Memorial of Board of Trade of West l\11'. CHILTON and :Mr. CLARKE of Arkansas entered the Cham Chester, Pa., indorsing the Smith-Hughes bill; to the Committee ber and answered to their names. on Education. Mr. KERN. I desire to announce the absence of the senior Also, petition of citizens of Pennsylvania, opposing House bill Senator from :Maryland [Mr. SMI~H], the senior Senator from 10845'; to the Committee on Military Affairs. New Jersey [Mr. MARTINE], the junior Senator from Louisiana Also·, petition of citizens of Chester County, Pa~, opposing [Mr. BRoussARD], and the senior Senator from Ohio [Mr. PoM House bill 6468; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post ERENE], who are necessarily detained from the Senate. Roads. Mr. ToWNSEND, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. BECKHAM, and Mr. BANK· Also, petition of woman's section of the Navy League of the HEAD- entered the Chamber and answered to their names. United States, Coatesville Division, Philadelphia Branch, and The VICE PRESIDENT. Fifty Senators have answered to Devon Division, Philadelphia Branch, favoring adequate prepara the roll call. There is a quorum present. tion ; to. t;he Committee on Military Affairs. Also, memorials of public meetings of Chester, Pa., favoring ARMY APPROPRIATIONS--cONFERENCE REPOR'r (8, DOC. NO. 526). adoption of ronstitutional amendment forbidding polygamy; to Mr. CHAMBERLAIN. I ask unanimous consent that the con the Committee on the Judiciary, ference report on the Army appropriation bill be taken up for Also, memorials of union meeting of Presbyterian, Baptist, consideration. · and Methodist Churches of Media; union meeting of West The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there objection? Chester; Presbytery of Chester; union congregational meet There being no. objection, the Senate proceeded to consider ings of Borough of Ridley Park, Pa. ; mass meetings of Darby ; the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing Methodist Episcopal Church of Parkesburg; union mass meeting votes of the two Houses on the amendm-ents of the Senate to of Phoenixville ; Darby Methodist Episcopal Church, of Darby ; the bill (H. R. 16460) making appropriations for the support of public meeting of Haven Church ; union meeting of the Parkland the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917. churches of :Media, Pa., favoring constitutional amendment: for Mr. CHAMBERLAIN. I ask for th~ adoption of the report. bidding polygamy; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. CLAPP. I think we ought to have the report read or By 1\lr. CONNELLY: Petition of citizens of Russell, Ellis, some slight intimation given the Senate as to what the report Gransfield, Osborn, and Palco, all in the State of Kansas, per contains. I should like to ask the Senatm· from Oregon what taining to enactment of such legislation as will enable the Inter the conference committee did with the provision relating to state Commerce Commission to arbitrate and settle certain in the age at which young men may enlist without their parents' dustlial disputes; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign consent? Commerce. Mr ~ CHAMBERLAIN. · In asking that the conference. report By Mr. DALE of New York: Petitions of J. 0. Crowell, of Den be adopted I had no desire to hasten it through without con nis, and A. Youn~ of Boston, 1\!ass., favoring woman-suffrage sideration. The conference report was submitted yesterday and amendment; to the Committ~ on the Judiciary. printed in the REcmm and it bas been printed in docmnent form Also, petition of Liquor Dealers' Protective Association of and laid on the desk of Senators. I shall be glad to make any illinois, relative to enforcement of United States revenue laws statement in reference to it. governing sale of intoxicating liquors; to the Committee on I may state to the Senate fiTst, generally, that the bill as Ways and l\1eans. reported to the Senate originally appropriated $330,599,010.10. By Mr. EAGAN: Petition of Liquor Dealers' Protective As Tlle net ded11ctions on the floor of the S.ena.te were $16,628,563. sociation of lllinois, relative to United States revenue laws gov In tabular form, I may state it as follows : · erning the sale of intoxicating liquor at retail; to the Committee Ot~o jloo1' oJ Senate. on "\ Vays and Means. Deductions------$29, 318, 295. 00 By l\1r. FLYNN: Petition of Seggerman Bros., of New York Additions ______...: ______:____ ~ 689, 732. 00 against Senate amendment to revenue bill, relative to suspen: sion of drawbacks; to the Committee on Ways and Means. · Net deductions------16", 62&, 563. 00 By 1\lr. FULLER: Papers to accompany bill granting an in As reported to Senate______~--- 33~, 599, 010. 10 crease of pension to Byron See; to the Committee on Invalid Net dednctions ______;'"--- 16, 1528, 56a. 00 Pensions. As passed Senate ______..:. ______313, 070, 447. 10 · By Mr. MATTHEWS; Evidence to slipport House bill 17308, As passed Rouse------~----_;_.._: _ _._ ___:_ 182. H03, 3:56. 10 granting an incr~ase of pension to Dailiel E. Warner; to the Committee on Pensions. Increase over Ilouse bin------~--- ~31,667,091.00