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14'44 CONGRESSIONAL ·RECORD-SENATE. APRIL 22, Mr. ALDRICH. 'The Senator from South Carolina wants to EXEoUTIVE SESSION. vote with us in disagreeing ·to this amendment. Mr. ALDRICH. I move that the Senate proceed to consid Mr. SMOOT. Mr. President-- eration of executive business. Mr. BACON. What effect does that have upon the -action of The motion was agreed to, and the Senate proceeded to the the House? consideration of executive business. After eight minutes spent ·The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Senator from ·utan was rec- in executive session the doors were reopened, and (at 5 o'clock ognized. and 8 minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, Mr. BEVERIDGE. I was on the floor and had not com Thursday, .April 22, 1909, at 12 o'clock _meridian. pleted ·my remarks. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Senator from Utah was rec ognized before the Sena tor from Indiana rose. NOMINATIONS. Mr. BEVERIDGE. The REcoRD will show the reverse was Executive nominations recei-ved by the Senate A.pril ~1, 1909. the case, but I do not insist. ENvoY EXTRAORDINARY .AND MINISTER PLENIPOTENrfIARY. Mr. .S~IOOT. I will yield to the Senator from Indiana. H. Percival Dodge, of Massachusetts, now envoy extraordinary Mr. BEVERIDGE. Not at all. and minister plenipotentiary to Salvador, to be envoy extraor l\Ir. NELSON. Will the Senator-- dinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States of The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Senator from Utah is recog- America to Morocco, vice Samuel R. Gummere. nized by the Chair. l\Ir. NELSON. Will the Senator yield to me for a minute? RECEIVER OF PUBLIC MONEYS. l\Ir. SMOOT. I yield to the Senator from Minnesota. William C . .Blair, of Lake City, Colo., to be receiver of public l\Ir. NELSON. The ame}ldment proposed by the Senate is in moneys at Montrose, Colo., vice Gordon Kimball, term expired. the nature of a motion to strike out and insert. If that amend REGISTER OF THE LAND OFFICE. ment is rejected, it seems to me that the House provision re William H. Batting, of Wallace, Idaho, to be register of the .mains. land office at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, vice Robert N. Dunn, Mr. SMOOT. That is true. resigned. Mr. NELSON. You want to have the House provision remain? SURVEYOR-GENERAL. Mr. ALDRICH. Yes. Edward P. Kingsbury, of Washington, .to be surveyor-general Mr. S~IOOT. Perhaps I .had better explain how the Senate of Washington, his term having expired March 1, 1909. (Reap colhmittee came to make the amendment. There has been a pointment.) of in great deal sulphur of late .discovered Japan. It is formed PROMOTIONS IN THE ARMY. by hot water running from the mountains, coming out in crude .sulphur, almost pure. That sulphur comes into this country MEDICAL CORPS • now free. It is 99.7 per cent pme sulphur, but it comes in the Capt. Elbert E. Persons, Medical Corps, to be major from shape of mats, and has been always allowed to come here free. January 1, 1909, vice Mccaw, promoted. There are a great many sulphur mines in Wyoming and Utah Capt. William N. Bispham, Medical Corps, to be major from that come in direct competition with thi.s product. We thought January 1, 1909, vice Kean, promoted. by the wording of the amendment that we could eliminate the INFAN'.IJRY .AB!L Japanese sulphur and still no~ interfere with the Sicilian sul Second Lieut. .Albert B. Hatfield, Eighteenth Infantry, to be phur that comes here in the East and is manufactured in sul first lieutenant from March 25, 1909, vice Stone, Thirtieth Infan phuric acid and fertilizer, used in wood pulp, and a thou.sand try, promoted. other things. But we found that it was impossible to do that. Second Lieut. Regin_ald H. Kelley, Fourth Infantry, to be first So we are now perfectly willing to go back to the Dingley lieutenant from .April 3, 1909, vice Kinzie, Twentieth Infantry, .rate and let the sulphur come in as it did. It is crude sulphur resigned. · that comes in mats, and it does not interfere at all with the Japanese sulphur. Mr. BACON. If I understand the Senator correcUy, the pres- CONFIRMATIONS. ent r-ate of duty is only on.the refined or sublimate of sulphur. Exec1iti1Je n0111Jinations confirmed by th~ Senate April 'R-1, 1909. Mr. SMOOT. Yes. Mr. BACON. It does not affect the crude sulphur/ MINISTER TO CHILE. 1\Ir. S~fOOT. It does not affect the crude sulphur. Thomas C. Dawson to be envoy extraordinary and minister Mr. BACON. So, if the law is permitted to stand as it is now, plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Chile. crude sulphur will come in free of duty. UNITED STATES ATTORNEY. Mr. SMOOT. Crude sulphur wm come in free of duty. Carnelius D. Murane to be United States attorney, third Mr. TILLMAN. The Senator from Florida has just informed division, district ot .Alaska. me that a certain portion of Louisiana is interested in this sul phur schedule, and as the Senators from Louisiana are not pres POST:h.fASTERS. ent, I suggest to the chairman of the Committee on Fina.nee to KAN-SAS. let the paragraph go over until we can hear from Louisiana. .Almond P. Burdick, at Nortonville, Kans. Perhaps there is something down there that they would like to Henry A. Platt, at Overbrook, Kans get a little protection for. MAINE. Mr. SMOOT. I will inform the Senator from South Carolina that Louisiana to-day is not interested in the tariff on sulphur Harlan P. Denni.son, at West Bethel, Me. in any way. Louisiana can produce sulphur cheaper than any MASSACHUSETTS. country on earth. Charles D. Streeter, at Mount Hermon, Mass. Mr. TILLMA.l"'f. They just go and dig it out of the ground and sho>el it into a sack and ship it here? Mr. S~IOOT. They do not even dig it aut of the ground. SEN.ATE. They pump the hot water, and it runs out sulphur. I under , tand that Louisiana is in such a position to-day that they have THURSDAY, April 1393, 1909. ·even gone so far a to go to Sicily and tell the authorities there Prayer by Rev. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, of the city of Washington. .if they import sulphur into this country, they will flood their The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. own markets with sulphur. I have seen the statement made PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. that they can produce sulphur in Louisiana to-day for $3.56 a ton. Louisiana controls the sulphur market of the world. The VICE-PRESIDENT presented petitions of sundry citizens The VICE-PRE !DENT. The Senator from South Carolina of Illinois, l\lissoul'i, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Maine, Texas, Ohio, a ks th"at the paragraph be passed over. It will be passed over. North Carolina, New York, New Jersey, Arkan as, California, The next amendment was, on page 18, line 18, before the word Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Tennessee, and Michigan, " cents," to strike out "fifteen " and insert " twenty-five," so as praying for a reduction of the duty on raw and refined sugars, to make the paragraph read: which were ordered to lie on the table. Mr. SCOTT presented petitions of sundry citizens of Berkeley 81. Vanillin, 25 cents per ounce. Spr1ngs, Sherry Run, and l\Iorgan County, all in the State of The amendment was agreed to. West Virginia; of Illinois, Texas, Missouri, Colorado, .and Con The next amendment was, in Schedule B, on page 18., after necticut, praying that a suitable memorial to James Rumsey line 19, to strike out the subhead" Brick and· tile." be placed in Statuary Hall of the Capitol building, which were Tb.e amendment was agreed to. referred to the Committee on the Library. 1909. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. l\Ir. FRYE presented petitions of- sundry citizens of 1\Iaine, a government line of steamers from the Pacific coast ports to praying for a reduction of the duty on raw and refined sugars, Panama. I ask that the resolutions be read and referred to the which were ordered to lie on the table. Committee on Interoceanic Canals. fr. NELSON presented an affidavit to accompany the bill There being no objection, the resolutions were read and re (S. 634) granting an increase of pension to Daniel W. Ingersoll, fened to the Committee on Interoceanic Canals. as follows : which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. Whereas the Government is now operating a line of steamers from 1\1.r. BURROWS presented a petition of Local Lodge No. 429, New York to Colon in connection with the Panama Railroad; and Whereas a line so operated can not be of general service or use or BeneT"olent and Protecti"ve Order of Elks, of Adrian, Mich., and secure the freight necessary to its successful operation; and a petition of Local Lodge No. 632, Benevolent and Protective Whereas the commercial necessities of the Pacific coast demand the Order of Elks, of Manistique, 1\Iich., praying for the enactment extension of this service to all points on the Pacific coast: Now there fore be it of legislation to create a national reserve in the State of Wy Resokea b-y the Chamber of Oommerce of the Oi ty of P0t·tlan<L, Oreg.: oming for the care and maintenance of the American elk, which First. That we favor the extension at as early a date as possible of were referred to the Committee on Forest Reservations and the the service now established to Colon to all Pacific coast points, in order that relief may be afforded to the manufacturers, merchants, and pro Protection of Game.