1900. CONGRESSIONAL REOO_RD-_HOUSE. 1239 other citizens of St. .Johnsbury, Vt., for the passage of Senate bill Knightstown Sun, Terre Haute Express, State of Indiana; Roches· No. 34, relating to the prevention of cruelty to animals in the ter Post and Record, Northfield News, State of Minnesota; Mar­ District of Columbia-to the Committee on the District of Co- tinsburg Democrat, UIJ.ion Watchman, Sutton Democrat. Romney lumbia. Review, Kingwood Argus, Point Pleasant Regfater, of West Vir~ By Mr. HENRY of Mississippi: Paper to accompany House ginia; also Jamestown (N. .Dak.) Alert, Centerville Chronicle, bill relating to the claim of Joseph T. Ems-to the Committee on l\IelletteT.ribune, Huron Hmol)ite, of South Dakota; also Caribou War Claims. (Me.) Republican, Hailey (Idaho) Times; also Ashland Gazette By :Mr. LATIMER: Resolution of the board of health of the andPortCJintonRepublican,oftheStateofOhio; Eldorado Times city of Charleston, S. C., with reference to yellow feve_r in Habana, and the Wamego Times, State of Kansas, favoring the passage of Cuba-to tbe Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Hoµse bill No. 5029, relative to the free entry 'Of wood pulp im- Also, resolution of Branch No. 454, National Association of Let- ported for use in the manufacture of paper-to the Committee on ter Cai-riers, of Charleston, S. C., favoring the passage of Honse Ways and Means. bill No. 4911, to increase the pay of letter carriers-to the Com- ..By :Mr. SPARKMAN: Resolution of the Jack.sonville (Fla.) mittee on the Post-Office and Post-.Roads. , Board of Trade, in favor of the laying of competing cable lines to By 1\lr. McALEER: Resolutions of the J.:Ianufacturers' Club Cuba.-to the Committee on Insular Affairs. of Philadelphia, Pa., favoring the passage of House bill No. 887, I By' Mr. WADS WORTH: Petition of citizens of the town of for the promotion of exhibits in the Philadelphia museums-to the Orangeville, N .. 'Y., for legislation relating to dairy or food prod· Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. nets-to the Committee on Agriculture. By Mr. McCALL: Paper to accompany House bill No. 7177, for By Mr. ZIEGLER: Petition of E. L. Eshleman, druggist, ask- the relief of John N. Breed-to the Committee on Invalid Pen- ing for the repeal of the stamp tax upon .proprietary medicines, sions. etc.-to the Committee o.n Ways and Means. By Mr. ME.RCER: Resolutions of Mannfactm:ers' Club of Phil- adelphia, Pa., indorsing Rouse bill No. 887, to provide for adding to and completing specimens and productions, etc., to be exhibited HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIV.ES. in the Philadelphia museums-to the Committee on Interstate and SATURDAY, January 27, 1900. Foreign Commerce. Also, resolution of the Chicago Federation of Labor, with refer­ The House met at 12 o'clock m. Prayer by the Chap1ain, Rev. ence to arid lands-to the Committee on the Public Lands. HENRYN. COUDEN, D. D. By Mr. MIERS of Indiana: Petition of ex-soldiers of the war The J aurnal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. residing in the State of Indiana, in opposition to the passage of MILITARY 1IOSPIT.A.L, FORT LE.A. VENWORTH, KA.NS. House bills 1746and1747, relating to the revision of the pension Mr. CURTIS. I ask unanimous consent for the present consid­ laws-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. eration of House joint resolution No. 0. By Nr. NEEDHAM: Resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce The Clerk read, with the amendments reported by the Commit­ of San F.rancisco, Cal., in favor of the passage of House bill No. tee on Military Affairs,-the jointresolution (H. J. Res. 6) authoriz­ 3988, to reorganize the Weather Bureau-to the Committee on ing the Secretary of the Treasury to use 8100,000 of the-appropria­ Agriculture. tions for the support of the Regular and Volunteer Army for the Also, petition of the railway mail clerks of the State of Califor­ fiscal year ending June 30, 1900, for the construction of a modern nia, Los Angeles Branch, favoring the bill for the reclassification military hospital at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. of the Railway Mail Service-to the Committee on the Post-Office Mr. CURTIS. After the estimates were sent in last year the and Post-Roads. War Department made a special estimate of $100,000 for the con­ Also, resolutions ·of the San Diego, Cal., Chamber of Commerce, struction of a hospital.at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. relative to the reciprocity interests of the country-to the Com­ The following is the special estimate: mittee on Ways and Means. TREASURY DEl'ART.ME...~, OFFICE OF THE SECRET.ARY, Also, resolutions· of the San Diego, Cal., Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D. C., January 3,.1890. favoring the Nicaragua Canal-to the Committee on Interstate SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the consideration of Con­ and Foreign Commerce. gress, copy of a communication from the Secretary of War, of the 28th ulti.mo. submitting an estimate of appropriation ($.100,000) for the erection of a mod­ Also, resolutions of the San Diego, Cal., Chamber of Commerce, ern hospital at·Fort.Leavenworth, Kans. favoring the bill relating to food products-to the Committee on Re.spectfully, yours, -0. L . SPAULDING, Agriculture. . .Acting Secretary. Also, resolutions of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce, for The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESE!!l"TATIVES. an appropriation for the measurement of streams in California WAR DEP.ART~TT, Washington, December f!B, 189S. and Arizona-to the Committee on Appropriations. SIR: I have the honor to forward herewith, Jor transmission to Congress, By Mr. NEVILLE: Papers to accompany House bill No. 6915, an estimate ($100,000) of appropriation for "Hospital construction," for the erection of a modern .hospital at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., required by the granting a pension to William C. Wilson-to the Committee on War Department for the .service of theiiscal year ending June 30, 1900. Invalid Pensions. Very respectfully, By Mr. SCUDDER: Petition of patrons of the post-offices at .R. A. ALG~R, Se.creta1-y of War. Woodhaven, Ozone Park, and Clarenceville, Stafe of New York, T.J?.6 SEORE4.A.RY OF THE TRE.A.SU:RY. for the establishment of the free-delivery system with the post­ Estimates of app1·opriations required for the sei-vice of the fiscal year ending office at Jamaica, and opposing House bill No. 3729-to the CQill­ June so, 1900, by the Surgeon-General United States Army. mittee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Hospital construction: By Mr. SHACKLEFORD: Petitions of.the publishers of the Clay For the erection of a modern hospital; for 100 beds, of stone and brick, at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., including heating, ventilat- CenterTimes,AshlandClipper,ErieSentinel,ManhattanMercury, ing, plumbing, wiring for electric lights, gas piping, elevator. Iola Register, Horton Headlight, Ottawa Republican-Times,,Vin­ dynamo, electric motor, bookcases, lockers. closets, mortuary, field Courier, Abilene News, Lincoln Sen tinel, Paola Times, Salina ambulance shelter, stable, etc. (Submitted)-··------· ·------~· - $100,000 _ Herald, Mound City Torch of Liberty, l\Iarion Headlight, Welling­ N OTE.-In ~xplanation of the fore~oing estimate the following communi­ cation of Maj. George H. Torney, Umted States Army, surgeon in charge of ton People's Voice, St. Marys Star, Pratt Union, McPherson Opin­ the post hospital at Fort Leavenworth, transmitted to·the War Department ion, Concordia Kansan, Clay Center Dispatch, Emporia Gazette, through military channels, is respectfully submitted: in the State of Kansas; also Rock Rapids Review, McGregor News, UNITED STA.TES ARMY POST HOSPITAL, Fort Madison Gem City, Winterset News, Farmington Herald, Fort Leavenworth, Kans., Novembe1· S7, 1893. Cresco Plaindealer, Clinton Advertiser, Fort Madison Democrat, Sm: I have respectfully to report that the post hospital now in use at this post is inadequate and of insuffic1en.t capacity for the requil.'ements of the sick Montezuma. Democrat, Reinbeck Courier, Orange Herald, Mar­ of this command. shalltown Reflector, Bedford Free Press, Chariton Democrat, It is what is known as a 24-bed army hospital, which at this moment con­ Creston America, Boone Democrat, Oelwein Record, Fayette tains 60 patients. In order to provide space for beds for the additional pa­ tients, the storerooms and rooms heretofore used for administrative purposes County Union, Grundy Center Democrat, Jackson Sentinel, Inde­ are being utilized, under many disadvantages. pendence Conservative, Spencer Herald, in the State of Iowa; The dining room and kitchen are, of course, too small for the use of the con­ also Marshall Statesman, Monroe Commercial, Fenton Independ­ valescent sick and the men of tlm hospital corps, rendering it necessary to ent, Romeo Observer, Caro Advertiser, Lansing Republican, serve two separate sittings for each of the three daily meals to seat all the men for whom provision must be made. Ludington Appeal; also Meadville Star, Blairsville Courier, When this hospital was constructed, it was intended to provide for the sick Montrose Republican, Grove City ReC'order, Shippensbm·g News, of a. coIIUD.all.d numbering between300and 400 men. The command now num­ Shamokin News, Mount Carmel Item, Milford Press; also Sedalia bers nearly 900.men, and will reach over 1,200 when the.regiment is recruited - to its.foll capacity. Its inadequacy is thererore apparent. ( l\Io.) Journal; also Mason News, Gonzales Inquirer, Texas; also At this time it is in need of extensive repairs in the way of repainting, re­ McMinnville New Era, Columbus Republican, Indiana; also Pied­ flooring, entire chan~e in the plumbing arrangements, involving a large in­ mont (8. O.) Sun-Herald; also Cape May Star, Trenton Gazette, crease in the closet accommodation (there being now only one water-closet for each ward), change in the. ventilation, etc., which will involve a large Pl'1infield Courier-News, Newark Advertiser, Passaic Record, outlay in money without increasing the capacity of the building for the care Morristown Express, New Jersey; also Perry Herald and News, of the sick. Randolph Register, Kingston F.reeman, Poughkeepsie Star, Mid­ In view of these facts, and the prospective increase of the number of men in this ~arrison, of the reestablishment of the school of instruction, and of dletown Times, Johnstown Republican,.State of New York; Rush­ the designation of this post as a place of rendezvous for troops returning ville Graphic, Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. Union City Eagle, from the Tropics for recuI)eration of the health of the men who have been 1240 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 27,

serving in Cuba and Puerto Rico, I have urgently to recommend that appli­ cation be made for funds for the construction at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., 'Mr. CURTIS. It does not increase the appropriation at all. It of a. modern brick hospital of 100 beds. simply authorizes the use of money heretofore appropriated for A building of this kind and size will, according to recent estimates and ex­ the purpose for which it was appropriated. perience, C'ost a.bout $1,0001.1er bed, making a total outlay of $100,000 for a new Mr. CLAYTON of Alabama. This is an appropriation which hospital of sufficient capacity to meet the requirem_ents of a garrison of 1,800 men. · has already been made? It is, however, essential that this question should receive early considera­ Mr. CURTIS. Yes, sir; made upon the recommendation of the tion, as the present hospital can not be enlarged to meet the demands that Department. will bemade upon it for the care of the sick admitted to it from an increased garrison and from other posts. Mr. MOODY of Massachusetts. I understand that this pro­ Very respectfully, GEO. H. TORNEY, poses to divert an appropriation already made and which under M ajor and Surgeon, U. S. A., Surgeon ·in Charge. existing law can not be used for the purpose proposed. The ADJUTANT, Fort Leavenworth, Kans. Mr. CURTIS. The appropriation was made for the purpose of A hearing was had before the committee, and the original esti­ erecting a hospital; but at thattime neitherthe committee nor the mate was increased. the sum of $100,000 in order that the money Surgeon-General bore in mind the fact that $20,000 was the linlit. might be used for that purpose. It was distinctly understood Therefore the name of this specific hospital was not inserted, al­ that the money, or so much thereof as might be necessary, was to though the estimate was made for Fort Leavenworth. The hear­ be expended to build a hospital at Fort Leavenworth. But the ing before the committee was on the subject of Fort Leavenworth; committee desired nottospecificallyname the place. This appro­ it was so published in the report. But the name was left out in priation, however, of $100,000 was made. The money was set the bill, though the understanding of both the Department and aside at the War Department. But upon investigation it was the committee was that the money was to be used at Fort Leaven­ found that without the place being specifically named in the bill worth. There is no place in the country where a new hospital is the Department was limited to an expenditure of 520,000. So the so much needed as at Fort Leavenworth. appropriation was not used. Plans and specifications, however, Mr. MOODY of Massachusetts. It seems to me that this is a were drawn, and the Surgeon-General has held the money and matter which properly comes within the jurisdiction of another desires to use it for the purpose for which it was appropriated. committee. Having that view, while I do not desire to object at His letters on this subject appear in the report of the committee. this time, I ask the gentleman to let this matter stand over until I will say to the gentleman from Massachusetts fMr. MOODY] Monday, so that it may receive further examination. that this resolution was drawn at the Department. "The money is Mr. CURTIS. That is perfectly satisfactory to me. already appropriated. The resolution makes no extra appropria­ Mr. CLAYTON of Alabama. Before the matter goes over, tion. It was unanimously reported from the Committee on Mili­ allow me to ask why was $100,000 necessary for the erection of this tary Affairs. hospital at Fort Leavenworth, whereas under the general law the Mr. TALBERT. Do I unde1·stand the gentleman to say that limit of expense in such cases is $20,000? this resolution has been considered by the appropriate committee? Mr. CURTIS. They desire to erect a hospital larger than is Mr. CURTIS. As I have just said, it was unanimously reported usually erected. A hospital with 50 beds will cost about $60.000. by the Committee on Military Affairs. There was a hearing be­ On account of the size of the fort the number of invalids at Fort fore the full committee-an open meeting. I have the report here, Leavenworth is larger, and hence a larger building was deemed which embodies two letters from the Surgeon-General. necessarl. Mr. MOODY of Massachusetts. Let it be read. Mr. C A YTON of Alabama. It was thought necessary to have The report of the Committee on Military Affairs (by Mr. HULL) a larger hospital at that place than anywhere else in the country? was read, as follows: ~ Mr. CURTIS. Oh, no; there are larger hospitals in other parts The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred House joint of the country, but in such cases the hospital was specifically resolution (H. J. Res. 6) authorizing the Secretary of the Treasurv to use named in the appropriation. In this case that was not done. $100,000 of the appropriations for the support of the Regular and Volunteer Mr. CLAYTON of Alabama. So you want to abrogate, so far Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900, for the construction of a mili­ tary hospital at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., havin~ had the same under con­ as Fort Leavenworth is concerned, the general law providing the sideration, report back to the House, recommending that said resolution do limit of SZ0,000? pass, with the followini;? amendments: Mr. CURTIS. Yes, sir; becanse this place was named in the lut~~~~~d~ t~ee '3~~~·~~;~s~rfi~~'!~!~:di :?f:;:du;i' ~~~~~le of the reso- estimate and $100,000 was asked for. Letters of the Surgeon·General United States Army bearing on the sub­ Mr. COX. Has there been a report in this case from the Com­ ject of this 1·esolution a.re herewith submitted and ma.de a part of this mittee on Military Affairs? report. Mr. CURTIS. Yes, sir; the resolution is unanimously reported by the committee. WAR DEPARTMENT, SURGEON·GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, March 20, 1899. Mr. COX. When was that report made? MY DEAR M.a. CURTIS: Your letter of March 18 has just reached me. I Mr. CURTIS. A week or ten days ago. I appeared before the' fully understood that a portion of the appropriation made by Congress was committee. to be used for the erection of a hospital at Fort Leavenworth, and it is my Mr. COX. Oh. I have no doubt the gentleman appeared there. intention to build at that place a first-class modern hospital of proper capacity for the needs of the post. But it did not occur to me at the time I The SPEAKER. The Chair will state that the report was made promised you and when I was before the committee that I had.not authority January 16. to expend a sufficient sum for building such a hospital as we need at Fort 1\1r. STEPHENS of Texas. Will the gentleman allow me to Leavenworth. I had forgotten that I am restricted to an expenditure of $20,000 by some previous legislation-that is, no hospital can be constructed at ask him a question? an expense exceeding $20.000 without first obtaining specific authority from The SPEAKER. Does the Chair understand that the gentle­ Congress. What I propose to do now is to have the plans drawn for such a man from Kansas withdraws thii:;? hospital as is n eeded at Fort Leave'hwortb, and to ask for the necessary au· thority, when Congress meets again in the autumn, to expend so much of the Mr. CURTIS. With the understanding that it will come up appropriation already made as may be necessary to build a hospital at F ort Monday morning. Leavenworth. The appropriation already made will be available as soon as I The SPEAKER. It is withdrawn for the present? get this authority, and as no additional appropriation will be asked for there should be no difficulty in obtaining the necessary legislation. Contracts can Mr. CURTIS. Yes. then be made and the work commenced in the spring of 1900. The SPEAKER. Then the matter is not before the House. Very truly, yours, The Chair will state to the gentleman from Kansas that unani­ GEO. M. STERNBERG, Surgeon-General United States ..4 nny. mous consent will have to be given before it can occupy the posi-· Hon. CHARLES CURTIS, M. c., tfon of unfinished business. Topeka, Kans. Mr. CURTIS. I ask unanimous consent that it may be called up after the reading of the Journal on Monday morning. WAR DEPARTMENT, SURGEON-GENERAL'S OFFICE, The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gen­ Washington , November !!7 , 1899. tleman for the consideration of this bill? DEAR SIR: The appropriation for the construction and r epair of hospitals Mr. RICHARDSON. I think we had better let it go over and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900, was increased by $100.000 for the pur· pose of construC'ting a. modern post hospital at Fort Leavenworth. Kans., but let the gentleman have recognition to ask again for its consider­ owing to the fact that under existing laws not more than $20,000 of this ap­ ation. That is the better course. propriation can be used for any one building unless 11pecially authorized by The SPEAKER. Objection is made. act of Congress, I have been unable to C'all for bids for the construction of this hospital. In order that the money may be available, I tran!':mit herewith a ENROLLED BILL .A.ND JOINT RESOLUTIO~ SIGNED. draft of a joint resolution, with r equest that it may be introduced at an early date. In my opinion the a.mount mentioned will n ot be necessary, and it is Mr. BAKER, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, repo1-ted probable that an entirely satisfactor;t post hospital of fifth beds can be that they had examined and found truly enrolled bill and joint ~f ~dci~s~~va~¥Je t~~sc: eY!e~he~~.propria.tion whic .may remain resolution of the following titles; when the Speaker signed the Very truly, yours, same: GEO. M. STERNBERG, Surgeon-General United States .Anny. H. R. 4602. An act to authorize the Chicago, Rock Island n.nd Hon. CHARLES CURTIS, M. c., Pacific Railway Company to construct and operate a railway House of Representatives, Washinyton, D. C. through the Fort Reno and Fort Sill military reservations in the Mr. CLAYTON of Alabama. Iwonld liketoaskthegentleman Territory of Oklahoma, and for other purposes; and whether this increases the expense in any way? H.J. Res. 129. Joint resolution authorizing the Secret.a.ry of 1900. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 1241

War to receive for instruction at the Military Academy; at West him remain long in private life. In April, 1896, he was elected a Point, Olmedo Alfaro, of Ecuador. . . member of the Louisiana State senate. In that body he served EULOGIES ON THE LATE REPRESENTATIVE SETTLE. with distinction on three important committees, and was chair­ man of the joint Democratic caucus during that session of the Mr. GAYLE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to vacate general assembly. As one of the delegates from Louisiana to the the order heretofore made setting apart February 10 next for Chicago convention in 1896 he aided in the nomination of Mr. eulogies on my predecessor, the late Representative SETTLE, of Bryan for President, and was an enthusiastic supporter of the Kentucky. brilliant Nebraskan. He was elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Kentucky asks unani­ without much opposition, and was reelected to the Fifty-sixth as mous consent to withdraw for the time being the special order for the unanimous choice of the Democrats of his district. Few men the eulogies upon the death of the late Mr. SETTLE, of Kentucky, of his age can point to so brilliant a record and such-continued heretofore fixed for February 10. Is there objection? political success. His publfo career began at 23, and when he There was no objection. died, in his thirty-eighth year, he had given to his people faith­ EULOGIES ON THE LATE REPRESENTATIVE BAIRD. ful and efficient service as district attorney, judge, State senator, and Congressman. Surely a bright career lay before him if the The SPEAKER. As there is no further business this morning past be any criterion for the future, for he was not the man to for the consideration of the House, and as 1 o'clock is set for the tarry or lag in the march of fame. It is said that "death loves a memorial exercises on the death of the late SAMUEL T. BAIRD, of shining mark," and it certainly found one when SAM BAIRD was Louisiana, the Chair, if there is no objection, will call up that called to meet his God. matter now for the consideration of the House. In the closing days of the Fifty-fifth Congress he contracted vio­ Tnere was no objection. lent rheumatism during the terribly cold weather of last February. Mr. ROBERTSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the His splendid constitution bore up against it for a while, but the gentleman from Louisiana [Mr. RANSDELL]. ins1dious disease gradually sapped his strength. To add to his Mr. RANSDELL. Mr. Speaker, I offer the resolutions which I difficulties, his youngest child, a lovely boy, was stricken with send to the Clerk's desk and move their adoption. meningitis and lay for weeks at death's door. He was passionately The resolutions were read, as follows: fond of his son, and the constant watching at his bedside, with its Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow the announce­ ment of the death of Hon. SAMUEL T. BAIRD, late a member of the House of attendant anxiety and worry, made serious inroads on his en­ Representatives from the State of Louisiana. feebled condition. His devoted wife and loving brother, aided by Resolved, That the business of the House be now suspended, that opportu­ kind friends, ministered faithfully to him, and medical science nity may be given for fitting tribute to bis memory. did its utmost, but the grim destroyer had marked him as her own. Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate and transmit a copy of the same to the family of the deceased. On the 22d of April last, in the full vigor of a magnificent man­ Resolved, That, as an additional mark of respect, the House, at the conclu­ hood-physical and intellectual-he bade his loved ones good-bye sion of these memorial proceedings, do adjourn. and departed on a long journey to that land from whose bourn no The SPEAKER.- In the form in which these resolutions are traveler returns. Death is always sad, but when an old man is drawn it is proper that they should "be submitted now. called whose feeble steps and whitened hair indicate that the sands The resolutions were unanimously agreed to. of life are nearly r_un, we easily reconcile ourselves to the loss. Not so, however, when one dies whose keen eye, elastic step, Mr. RANSDELL. Mr. Speaker, one of the most appropriate ruddy cheeks, and glossy hair tell us that youth is in his veins customs of this House is that of paying grateful tribute to the and that the world, with all its joys, its hopes, its ambitions, lies memory of departed members. We live in the most rapid and before him. progressive age the world has ever seen. There is great progress Previous to BAIRD'S last illne-ss there was no finer specimen of in every line of human endeavor, in every art and science, in every physical manhood in this House. Tall, erect, well proportioned, phase of lif&-social or political, public or private-and we Ameri­ a fine eye and pleasant expression, he was indeed strikingly hand­ cans are the most advanced people of this age; but, thank God, some. Prior to that sickness he had enjoyed nearly perfect health, the march of progress has not dulled the feelings of our hearts, and dying as he did at the post of duty, from a disease contracted and we are ready to pause and mourn for a deceased brother as while-on duty, it may tmly be said embrace of winter. And to see the luxuriant foliage, green The grim reaper, Death, has indeed gathered a rich harvest for grasse , and blooming flowers, -to se& the people arrayed in sum­ the tomb from the members of the Fifty-sixth Congress-the dis­ mer habiliments and ·carrying umbrellas to protect themselves tinguished gentleman from Maine, Mr. Dingley, the acknowl­ from tbe ra-ys of the sun, at a time ,when Minnesota was in mid­ edged leader of his party in the Honse, ripe in years and experi­ winter, impressed ·me deeply. 'But the fact that made "the most ence; the faithful and devoted tribunal of the people from indelible impression on my mind was that the people there assem­ .Missouri, Mr. Bland; the gentleman trom Nebraska, Mr. Greene; bled-and it seemed to me that the whole countryside had turned the gentleman from Ohio, Mr. Danford; the gentleman from out-were animated by a common purpose, and this purpose did Pennsylvania, 1\1r; Ermentrout; the gentleman from Kentucky, not appear to be so muchin honor of his achievements, thongh on . Mr. Settle, and the young and talented Representative from the every ide hese achievements were spoken of with pride; not so State of Louisiana, SAMUEL T. BAIRD. much a feeling of respect, although the high respect in which he Truly are we warned of th.e certainty of death and of the uncer­ was held wa~ everywhere manifest, as it was a spirit of personal tainty of life by the frequency with which death has invaded bereavement, uch as one feels when he stands at the bier of a this House. It has spared neither the young nor the old in years deax rnlative. or in legislative experience, but all alike have been marks for the Men clad :i,n broadcloth cut by the fashionable tailor sat beside arrows of the grim Archer, who has respected neither youth nor the farmer and la.borer arrayed in their Sunday best that bore the age nor party. The frequency of the deaths in this House reminds unmistakable marks of the "ready-made" clothing store, and us of the-truth of what the great Latin poet declared when he said-: mingled their tears together. Women draped in rustling silks and women clad in gingham and calico gowns sat in the same pew Pa.llida mors aequo pulsat pede and sobbed in common sympathy. It seemed to me he was a l'auperum tabarnas, regumque turres. brother to them all, and the infallible-sign of this brotherlyaffec- Peasants and princes, the rich and the poor, the member of tion in which he was held was everywhere in evidence. What is C<µ>;gress and the humblest of his constituency are alike subject this infallible sjgn? When a man achieves distinguished success to the immutable law of mortality. As frequent and sudden and in public life a.nd when honor and respect are the predominant unexpeCted as have been the deaths of membe1·s·of this House, jet features of-the re~ard in which he is held, he is known and ad- the death of none came so unexpectedly or caused more .sadness dressed l>y the tit1e of his office, as Congressman A, Governor B, than that of our lamented friend, Hon. SAMUEL T. BAIRD, of or Sena tor C. When honor and respect exist in a lesser degree Louisiana. Young, in the very prime of life, strong in body, they know him and call him by the cold, hollow, society-created boasting that he had never known a day's sickness, manly in form title of !\fr. But when they love him for.winning qualities of mind and handsome in appearance, the very picture of health; surely and soul they discard all official titles, all society-created addresses, no one who knew him and saw him as he appeared in the Fifty­ ·and know him and address him' and speak of him by the name fifth Congress, during the last session, would have believed or whispe1·ed by loving lips when the man of God sprinkled the predicted that ere the members should reach their homes, and ere emblematic waters of baptism on his brow. the spring should come and clothe the earth with flowers, ·he Go out in the Commonwealth of Illinois, to the early home and would hav'B fallen a victim to the insatiable enemy of mankind. among the early associates of th~ greatest President of modern During the last week of the Fifty-fifth Congress he was taken time , and he is never spoken of as President Lincoln, bnt always suddenly ill and, after lingering for eight weeks, died in this city as "Abe" Lincoln. on the 22d day of April, 1899. It was indeed a. sad death-away Go to my own State, go into the home of the millionaire or the from his home, to :which ihe continually during his sickness ex­ log ca.bin of the frontiersman, and you will never hear our junior pressed his desire to return-in a city of strangers, with his young­ Senator referred to as Congressman NELSON, Governor NELSON, est son, a, bright and beautiful boy, lying in an adjoining room, or Senator NELSON. He is KNUTE 'NELSON, Go with me to a hovering between life and death; with his faithful and devoted certain Congres ional district in the Hawkeye State-a Congres- wife, distracted with grief at the·coming death of her husband sional district that has as much reason to be proud of and is as and the suffering of t'be child-all the surroundings united to ' proud of their brilliant Representative as any Congressional dis- make it sorrowful in the extreme and to excite the sympathy and trict in the United States. Traverse the length of it as I did last pity of all. midsummer, you will hear no one speak of General HENDERSON, He had been elected to this Congress without opposition, and Congressman HENDERSON, -or Speaker HENDERSON; but the name from his devotion to his duties as a member, from his high sense ''DAVE" HE 'DERSON is in everyone's mouth. And in that sorrow- of honor and integrity, from his careful attention to the interests ing multitude gathered under Louisiana's sunny skies, I heard no of his constituents '"and the interests of the common country as one mention Congressman BAIRD, but in hushed whispers it was well, and from his ability and the popularity he so justly enjoyed passed among the throng, 'lSAM" BAIRD is·dead. amongst his own people, there was every evidence that he had The humble home, its plain furnishings, the modest surround- entered upon a Congressional career which wa.s to grow more ings denoted the fact that he was possessed of but moderate com- . illustrious in the future.. But to all of these hopes of his friends petence, but the lingering affection with which the name" SAM" and this promotion which he gave promise of death put an end; and BAIRD was hispered proclaimed the faet that in the bank; of love when we•met.in-December we looked in vain for him, and listened 1900. J CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 1243 in vain fox his voice, whic.h was·still, and J~nged for the touph.of bestowed upon him, without .warning the s-qmmons came to him bis ·vanished hand. to lay his burdens down and to cross t.he river whose waves wash SAM BAIRD, as those who 'knew him called hlm, was possessed 'the great unknown shores of Eternity. · of those qualities which attracted men to him. He was generous; And he is . de~d: - he was noble; he was con,rteous .and courtly and :true; he was Tile earth that bears him dead manly and brave, as gentle as a woman, as courageous as.a knight Bears not alive a truer-gentleman. in the defense of what he deemed to be right. No one :who came Bnt through the mist that blinds us here, we look beyond and to know him well but loved andadmiredhim. Tothose::whowere feel that while it is true that we shall see him no more-that the fortunate enough to be classed as his fri~nds he exhibited a devo­ grave covers all that is ~ortalof our friend-,-he fonotdead. That tion and fidelity which is rare among .men. "Deceptio;n formed no which made him noble, true, ~nd brave can n,ever die. part of his character. You could :rest implicitly .upon his word Although :with bowed heads and saddened hearts we have bor.ne and know that when once given it would be fulfilled; and no -his se~ele~ dust to rest and said, "He is dead,'! yet he is not greater tribute can be paid to hun, .as we stand to-day over his dead: · newmade grave, than to ·say: "To his ow.n self he was tr.ue, and He has but passed Beyond the mist that blinds us here, therefore he wa.s false .to no man." Into the new and larger life The career of Mr. BAIRD, though short in y~ars, was a remark­ .Of that serener S:Ql;lere. able one. He was a lawyer, admitted to the bar in 1882, and from And ever near us, ~hough unseen, the time of his admis~ion -until ,his death enjoyed the confidence The-dear, immortal spirits tread, of his clients and engaged in an -active practice. As a lawyer be For all the boundless universe was devoted to those principles ,which lie at the found~tions of ls i,ife! 'fhere are no (lead. this great profession, and .he practiced his ,profession according to the teachings and doctrines of those great lawyers who have iltus- .Mr. MEEKISON. Mr. Speaker, the death of Mr. ,BAIRD ;w-as ,a trated and illumined it. In all of his professional llfe there was gi.'eat shock to me. I .could not realize that the vigorous young no aot that w~ not in full accord ,with the principles that should man with bright eyes- and firm grasp .who had greeted me but a guide an upright, conscientious, and ethical lawy~r. Not only short time before in the Chamber was no more-. was he distinguished in .his profession as a practitioner, b:ut be Re had jus.t been el~cted for :the second Pi.me to this Ho.use .and had ,gcarcely been at the bar two years .when .he had g~ed such was .full.of.hope and confidence. distinction that he was elected dist1ict attorney oJ :his judicial He was in the noon of young manhood, strong and vigorous, district. keep and alert; .all predicted ·for him a long and-useful career :in In this office he displayed that ability whioh so disti.nguished this House, and little did I think that he would have been so soon him .and those qualities of high character .and devotion to duty cut down. - which so easily ma1:ked him. In the discharge of .his duties as We must all meet death, .and it .matters little whether it .is ex~ prosecuting attorney he received the approbation of those amongst tended .a few years longer or not. Still no.philosophy reconciles whom he lived; and while he prosecuted crime and endeavored .us to the death of one so ·young and pi:omising, or to the famjly to convict and punish it, he was careful that innocence should that knows best what his loss means. , not suffer. At the end of four years' service in the office of prose- Mr. Speaker, it was my sad duty to accompany the remains of cuting attorney he was called by the people of his district to be our bi:other to .his former home in Louisia~a, and .I can ;;ay th.at judge, and he served four years upon the bench as such. In _that the old pro¥erb hat "a prophet is not 'Without honor save in his important position he was just, impartial, and upright, patient in own country " did not apply to our departed friend. We we.nt hearing the cases before him, fair ru;id firm in his judicial decisions. through two towns in his district, and as a tribute to his memory No charge of partiality was ever made, and he left the bench and worth business was suspended. In his home town every­ honored and xespecte_d by all as an upright judge. No one who ·where was evidence of sincere.sorrow. To all it seemed Uke aper- · had .witnessed his adminjstration of ·tl;J.e high office of judge could. sonal bereavement. but say, and all did say, that.he wore the ermine most worthily. The older men mourned a son, the younger that of a brother. He was a member of the legislature of his native State, having Had I .not known Mr. BAIRD i.n this House the touching tributes been elected to the State senate in 1896, and in that body served that were univers.aJ. fro.mJus p.eighbors and townsmen would hav:e upon some of the most impo;rtant committees. So ably and effi- proven him to be a man in whom pubJic conpqence· rested and ciently did he discharge his duty as a member of the State legisla- who could be trnsted. Those who knew him best loved and ture that in the fall of 1896, when his district came to select and trusted.him mo~t. nominate a man to represent it in the .halls .of Congress, he '\yas Almost since attaining .his majority he has been in the public almost unanimously.chosen for•this high office. service,_as district .attorney~ district judge, a l_Ilember of his State Thus, step by step, from the young lawyer to the' prosecuting legislature,.andJnember of Congress. attorney, from the prosecuting .attorn.ey's office to that of judge Such _long and varied public 13ervice is not chance, but ,Proof of and a seat on the bench, from the bench to the halls.of the State sterling qualities, faithful.service, duty .well done. legisla_ture, from the halls of State legislation to the National Mr. Spea.ker, _this faithfo.l public servant, tender husband and Congress, was the rapid progress of this man, whose.life and death father, sleeps in his native Southland where fl.owe.rs-ever bloom we commemorate to-day as fitting evidence ofi his character, worth, and it js always,-summer. and the esteem in which he;was .held ,by the people amongst whol)l If his years had been prolonged, I am sure his services would he lived. . have ·been valuable to .his Staite and t.he country and his death a In all his profession~.l~areer he discharged his duty with ability, great loss to each. . integrity, and fidelity to the truth, and as a legislator andmember .M;ay he rest in peace. of Congress he was guided by the same lights. He was a devoted husband and a fond father. It·was my pleas­ Mr. CLAYTON of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, he had been a dis­ ure to know him as such. I was intimately associated with .him, trict.attomey,·a district judge, a State senator, and a Represen­ living in the same hotel in Washington, and it was indeed.a beau­ tative in Congre~s, and .he .died at 38" years of age. This is a brief tiful thing to see and know the devotion that existed between him sta:tement of the life.and career of SAMUEL T. BAIRD. and his wife; and no words can express or language convey the ln thinking of the death .of our departed friend .it has occurred sad and sorrowful scene I witnessed the day he died. The wife, to me that the gi:im .Reaper has been unusually remorseless in .his broken down by long weeks of care and attention, both to the sick treatment of the Fifty-sixth Congress. Seven :B,epresentatives ip and dying huspand and the afflicted child, had bravely stood.the th.e Fifty:fifth Congress who were elected to the Fifty-sixth Con­ terrible ordeal and trial l1Util the dreadful announcement was gress died before entering upon their duties in the present House made that he was no more, and nature could stand no m.ore! and of Representatives. Mr. Dingley, of Maine; Mr. Greene, of ~e­ in the anguish and sorrow of her heart she wanted to know why bra,ska; Mr. Bland, .of Missouri; Mr. Danford, of Ohio; Mr. Er­ she could not have been taken and he spared. But the ways _of mentrout, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Settle, of Kentucky, and Mr. Providence are past finding out, and the widow and orphan now BAIRD, of Louisiana, were the conspicµous figures that were live, and the stalwart, strong, and healthy man is dead. May He stricken down by the fell destroyer. who holds the universe in His hand, and doeth all things well, and Mr. Sp~aker, .if I had been ,asked .during the last Congress to. marks each sparrow's fall comfort her broken heart, bind up her s~lect a dozen men whose ,physique, youthfulness, and health wounds, and be a Father to her fatherless children, that they may indicated long life, I wo.uld have :readily selected Mr. BAIRD as live to illustrate in their lives the character and qualities of their one of them. He was a fine specimen of .manly beauty, and I lamented father • . think he was -easily the .handsomest fa the Fifty-fifth Congress. In no place· or position in which he was called to .discharge a He was tall, erect, ancl well pro_portioued. He was graceful in duty did he fail to so act as to receive the approbation of his own his carriage, commanding in his appearance, and, withal, cour­ conscience and the approval of his own people. And thus we find teous in his treatment of everybody. that they recognized his worth and character, and were ever I' ne:ver knew Mr. RliRD until the Fifty-fifth Congress met in ready to promote and advance him; but just as.he bad reached _the extraordinary session in March, 1897. Re and I came .to :that highest office in their gift, just as new honors were about to be Congress as new men upon this scene of action. We were assigned 1244 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. I JANUARY 27,

to the same committee-the Committee on Merchant Marine and him, and I can truthfully say that there was never a day that I Fisheries. Perhaps no man here knows better than I do of his associated with him but what I saw some magnificent quality devotion to public duty. That committee was charged with, about his character that deserved tO be emu!ated. His life as a among other things, the consideration of one of the most impor­ public man, his keen appreciation of jnstice and equity, and his tant measures proposed in the last Congress, and one of the most hundreds of manly qualities s:b.ould be recorded as a rich heritage important that has been proposed in this Congress-the ship­ to the youth of his State. subsidy scheme. I believe that at all hea.rings and arguments had We do not know why he was stricken down in the prime of life. before that committee Mr. BAIRD was always in attendance. He The mason for these things are not revealed to us, but we do was a good listener, an industrious student, and a good judge of know that there must have been some good reason by the over­ the worth of any argument. He was alws.ys faithful in his endeavor ruling Providence. When he was taken from amongst his col­ to find the facts and the reasons that should underlie any action leagues the State of Louisiana lost one of its most influential that Congress was proposing to take. He was a man of strong con­ members. He was not an obtrusive individual, but had a won­ victions. He did not thrust his opinions on other people, but he derful influence over his colleagues, and we can not point to a asserted them and maintained them ably and fearlessly when it single young member of that Congress that could accomplish so became necessary for him to act or ~.) declare his convictions. much in a modest and unassuming way as could SAMUEL T. But, Mr. Speaker, SAM BAIRD, as those who knew him best BAIRD, of Louisiana. His patience was a marvel of sweetness always called him, has gone from among us. I shall not attempt and influence, and his tolerance a tower of overwhelming strength. to express my own feelings over the per~onal loss that I sustained, Mr. Speaker, when in Washington, just before his great soul and I am unable to pay a fitting tribute to his memory. His suc­ took its flight and the death angel was hovering over him, sum­ cessor, Mr. RANSDELL, said a moment ago that men loved SAM moning him to the great Unknown, I was profoundly happy to BAIRD. That is a beautiful tribute to pay a man, and very beauti­ learn that he communed with his family and friends, and, with ful here, because it is so true. There is not an associate of his in that superb com·age that characterized all his acts, assured them the last Congress or in this Congress who did not respect, admire, that he did not fear the issue, that he was ready to go, and would and love him. He was not of a cold, metallic nature. He was enter into the great eternity with that sublime faith and hope ambitions, but not selfish or envious. He was gifted, learned, that sustains the true Christian. We never talked of religion or warm-hearted, generous, and always considerate. While he rests that undiscovered hereafter, but I felt and knew that the great now in the bosom of his native ·Louisiana I have come to offer a God, who had fashioned and finished such a magnificent character, few flowers of affectionate regard. had tenanted his inimortal soul with a blessed belief that would Mr. BAIRD, I doubt not, went to his death asbravelyas anysol­ lead him out from the walks of men to the bosom of our Redeemer. dier on any crimson field. He did not believe that it was all of Louisiana can ill afford to lose such a Representative. Many life to live, or that death was the end of all. He looked beyond sunny days will pass in that great old State, the place of his na­ that to that life which comes after this transitory existence. In tivity, before she sends to this body a completer gentleman or a faith he belonged to the Anglican communion. He believed in better rounded character. Well may the citizens of his State cher­ the resurrection of the dead and in the life everlasting. His life ish bis memory and public deeds an'd boast that this far Southern · was a useful one and was made up of a series of successes. He clime produced this superb and remarkable young man. was taken away just when his career in the broader field of na­ tional affairs had begun. We need not speculate as to why his Mr. BROUSSARD. Mr. Speaker', it is ever a sad occasion when useful and still more promising career was so soon ended. There this great body pauses in its accustomed activity to mourn the loss is no philosophy that can explain the enigma of life or the mystery of one of its members. What a perpetual reminder, indeed, is it of death except the highest and most beautiful and truest of all of the uncertainty of human life and what an admonition to those philosophy, the Christian religion. And in the presence of the who would accomplish much here not to be laggards. He whose dead even that can offer us no more than the consolation of a sub­ memory we here revere and to whom we here pay possibly the last lime faith in the goodness of the great Father and the blessed sad earthly rites until the .triumphant blast of the summoning promises of His revealed religion. Let tis . cherish the memory of angel shal1 clothe his bones with flesh again was in manyrespeets the dead and follow his exaruple of devotion to duty. We shall a remarkable man. not have among us amorefaithfulRepresentativethan SAMUEL T. SAMUEL T. BAIRD was bprn in Louisiana in 1861 and was edu­ BAIRD. We shall not look upon a manlier man. cated in that State and at Vincennes, Ind. At 18 we find him studying law. Three years later he was admitted to the bar. At Mr. HENRY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I believe that I knew Sur 23 he was elected district attorney of the Sixth Louisiana judicial BAIRD better personally than any of his colleagues of the Fifty­ district and filled that difficult and laborious position with so much fifth Congress. I cac not pronounce studied enlogiums upon his ability that at the expiration of the term of four years, in 1888, life and character. I can only undertake to give utterance t-0 when only 27 years of age, he was elected the judge of that dis­ those feelings that are pulsating in my heart to-day, when I remem­ trict. After serving his people for four years on the bench with ber him as my friend. I believe that I knew him as intimately as great distinction, he withdrew from active participation in poli­ anyman with whom he was ever associated. Notonlydidlknow tics and returned to the practice of his profession. But in 1896 him in public life, but I kiiew him in private life. His life in the his people called. him back to it by electing him a member of the midst of his family enriched it with the most tender love and the State senate, and while a member of that body he was both prom­ purest happiness. . - inent and active, easily taking the leadership. I do not wonder that his career as district attorney in the State He was the chairman of the committee on railroads and a mem­ of Louisiana was a remarkable one for a young man, so faithful ber, besides, of such important committees as judiciary, lands and was he in his devotion to duty and law. I do not marvel that he levees, and elections. From that time his promotion became e~n adorned the bench of his State in such a brilliant manner while more rapid. A strong, an earnest, and a. consistent Democrat, serving as district judge, so accmate was his splendid intellect his party loved to honor him no less than the people of his section, and so warm and merciful were the feelings of his great heart. for no sooner had he entered the senate than he was elected the I am not surprised that he was a man amongst men as a legisla­ chairman of the joint Democratic caucus of the general assembly, tor in the State of Louisiana, so accomplished was he as a scholar and a few months later the Democratic State convention elected and so loyal to the rights of his fellow-man. And while I speak him both its temporary chairman and a delegate to the national of him to-day, I shall give utterance only to those things that I Democratic convention held at Chicago in the summer of that do know about him and his character. year. Having supported the candidacy of the great leader of the I was with him frequently during the Fifty-fifth Congress and "common people" and assisted in his nomination for President, studied his character. I knew his charactel'istics as a man and upon his return home his people, loving him as they did, saw no feel that I may be pardoned for alluding to a few of them. fitter compliment to pay this intrepid young Democratic leader lie was one of the few men that I have ever known that was as than to nominate and elect him to the Fifty-fifth Congress. He gentle as a woman and as brave as the bravest. He was Joyal and was reelected to the Fifty-sixth Congress with practical unanim­ faithful to his friends, and during my association with him. I ity. He died at the age of 38. So that when he had scarcely never knew him to pass any sort of criticism upon a friend. If reached the prime of his ruagnifice_nt manhood we find him to they were liable to error, if they had thefr weaknesses and were have filled all the important positions of prosecuting attorney, justly subject to criticism by others, SAM BAIRD always withheld judge, State senator,-and twice elected tothis body. In the Dem­ criticism and helped to sustain his friends. He was a conserva- · ocratic party of his State he was equally honored and respected, tive and broad-minded member of the Fifty-fifth Congress. even as he was by his own people. He had his opinions and his convictions, and they were always I knew BAIRD well and intimately. A young man of marked based upon thorough investigation and upon his best deliberate ability, of splendid virtue, wise, honest, honorable; a man whose judgment. He was ready to defend those convictions upon any word was sacred and who never forsook a cause he once espoused; and all occasions. So much did the man despise error and hate a man whose judgment was rarely, if ever, at fault; aggressiv'e, wrong that he combated it whenever and wherever he met it. yet tractable; stern when occasion required, yet just always. Of For two years I enjoyed the very closest personal friendship with superb physique, who would have thought to look upon him at 1900. CONGRESSIONAL · RECORD-HOUSE. 1245

the last session of the Fifty-fifth Congress that death should manhood, the words from Festus match well with the aspfrations, gather him in its cold embrace before the convening of the Fifty­ the soul and aims of him whom we commemorate to-day: sixth? Life is more than breath and the quick round of blood; It is a great spirit and a busy heart. While his career in public life was brief, it was brilliant. It The coward and the small in soul scarce do live does indeed seem hard-that one so young and useful should so One generous feeling--0ne great thought--0ne deed soon be called to the judgment seat. And when the thread of Of good, ere night, would make life longer seem life is cut suddenly and without premonition, the finite mind is apt Than if each year might number a thousand days Spent as this is by nations of mankind. to question the inscrutable justice of Him who shapes it and rounds We live in deeds, not yea.rs; in thoughts, not breaths; it and terminates him. So it was with me. I felt startled and In feelings, not in figures on a dial shocked when I heard of BAIRD'S untimely death. But, after all, We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives the culmination of physical life is death, and who knows but that Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best. the early accomplishment of the end is not a mark of Omnipotent The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. ROBERTSON of Louisiana, at 1 favor and esteem? o'clock and 25 minutes p. m.). In accordance with the resolution And if through patient toil we reach the land adopted by the House, and as a further mark of respect to the Where tired feet, with sandals loose, may rest, memory of our deceased colleague, the House stands adjourned Where we shall clearly see and understand, I think that we will say, "God knew the best." until Monday next at 12 o'clock m. In his death the Democratic party of Louisiana suffered great EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. loss, and Louisiana herself lost a well-beloved son, who was des­ Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV, the following executive com­ tined to play no unimportant part in carving her destiny. Sad to munications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as us was the parting; sad to his many friends here, but sadder than follows: all was his loss to his own people who so loved him, and loving A letter from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, trans­ him so uniformly honored him. mitting a copy of the findings filed by the court in the case of Ah, Mr. Speaker, well do I recall the sad rites paid the remains James S. Oakley against the United States-to the Committee on of SAMUEL T. BAIRD. The people of north Louisiana, who had War Claims, and ordered to be printed. so loved and honored him in life, now crowded about the bier that A letter from the President of the United States Civil Service bore him to mourn his loss. From all over the district they came Commission, relating to an amendment to the estimate of appro­ and by all manner of conveyances, until the beautifUl village priation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901-to the Commit­ among the hills was filled with the gathered multitude. The tee on Appropriations, and ordered to be print-ad. church bell summoned all, and on the sad, solemn march to the A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a re­ grave there joined men of all classes and conditions and colors. ply to the resolution of the House of Representatives relating to Out of the pretty church and of Bastrop we slowly moved, and the shipment, distribution, etc., of the oleomargarine product-to on the side of a hill of red clay, amid the tall pines that stood as the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. sentinels around, in stern silence, we buried him, and then re­ A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter luctantly the multitude departed and dispersed as the sun dipped from the Chief of Engineers, report of names of civilian engineers in the ocean on the west. employed on river and harbor work-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, and ordered to be printed. Mr. MEYER of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I rise to second the A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter resolution in memory of my late colleague from the Fifth Con­ from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination_and survey gressional district, SAMUEL T. BAIRD, and to pay a urief andhum­ of M~urice River, New Jersey-to the Committee on Rivers and ble tribute to his private virtues and public services. Harbors, and ordered to be printed. The graphic sketch presented by my friend Mr. RANSDELL, his successor on the floor of this House, depicts a character at once CHANGE OF REFERENCE. court.eons and gentle, with a fi.1·mness and devotion to high prin­ Under clause 2 of Rule XXII, committees were discharged from ciple that readily explains the esteem and honors bestowed upon the consideration of bills of the following titles; which were there­ him by a community always ready to appreciate noble and manly upon referred as follows: qualities. A bill (H. R. 6163) granting a pension to Flavel H. Van Eaton­ His record seems brief, yet it covers a period fraught with vital Committee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the Commit­ issues to his State and section. Though but a youth, he appeared tee on Invalid Pensions. upon the active scenes of political life and bore a man's part at an A bill (H. R. 4849) for the relief of Mary Chambers, widow of epoch to recall which now seems like reviving a painful dream. Thomas Chambers-Committee on ·war Claims discharged, and The State of Louisiana was fast bound in misery an

Also, a bill (H. R. 7520) to establish a dollar-and-a-half-day Also, a bill (H. R. 7548) granting an increase of pension to Ben· standard of wages for labor-to the Comniittee on Labor. jamin Bolser-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. PRINCE: A joint resolution (H. J.Res. 139) providing Also, a bill (H. R. 7549) for the i·elief of I. Winslow Ayer-to for a preliminary survey for the construction of a steamboat lock the Committee on Invalid Pensions. in the Mississippi River at Moline, Ill.-to the Committee on Riv­ Also, a bill (H. R. 7550) granting an increase of pension to Gil­ ers and Harbors. bert G. Gabrion-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. DALZELL: A joint resolution (H.J. Res. ~40) granting Also, a bill (H. R. 7501) granting an 'increase ·of _pension to My­ permission for the erection of a monument in Washington, D. C., ron C. Lathrop-to the. Committee on Pensions, for the ornamentation of the national capital :and in honor of By .Mr. MERCER: .A 'bill (H. R. 7552) granting a pension to Samuel Habnemann-to the Committee on the Library. Marietta Elizabeth Stanton~to th.e Committee on Invalid Pen­ Also, a joint resolution (H.J. Res. 141) directing the selection sions. of a site for the erection of a bronze statue in Washington, D. C., By Mr. NEVILLE: A"'bill (H. R. 7553) granting a pension to in honor of the late Henry Wadsworth Longfellow-to the Com­ Fannie M. O'Linn, of 'Chadron, in the State of Nebraska-to the mittee on the Library. Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. ALLEN of Maine: A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 14.2) Also, a bill (H. R. 7554) granting a pension to Frederick Wxight, providing for a preliminary survey of York Harbor, in York, of North Platte, in the State uf N eoraska-to-the ,Committee on Me.-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Invalid Pensions. ' By Mr. BURTON: A resolution (H. Res. 119) relative to the By :M.r. QUARLES: A bill (H. "R. 7555) granting a pensjon to appointment of an assistant elerktothe Committee 'On Rivers and Mrs. Nellie L. Parsons, of Rockbridge County, Va.-to the Com­ Ha1·bors-to the Committee on Accounts. mittee on Invalid Pensione. By Mr. RIDGELY: A bill {H. R. 7556) granting a ·pension to PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED. J. A. Cox-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Under clause 1 uf Rule XXII, private bills and resolutions of Also, a bill (H. ·R. 7557) granting a pension to Marcus Klingler­ the following titles were introduced and severally referred as to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. follows: Also, a bill '(H. R. 7558) granting a •pension to Hynes Wood­ By Mr. BRUNDIDGE: A bill (H. R. 7521) for the relief of the ring-to the Committee -0n Invalid Pensions. estate of R. E. Bonds, ·deceased, late of 'Monroe County, Ark.-to Also, a bill (H. R. 7559) granting a pension to Thomas Louder­ the Committee on War Claims. back-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . By Mr. BROWNLOW: A bill (H. R. 7522) for the relief of the Also, a -bill (H. R. 7560) granting .a pension to Abraham C • legal representatives of Mary Counts, of Morristown., Ten.n.-to Williams-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on War Claims. ,_ Also, a bill CH. R. 75615 granting a pension to Joseph Page­ Also, a bill

By Mr. LITTAUER: Petition of derks in the post-office at Og­ food products to the laws of the State into which they are im­ densburg, N. Y., asking for the passage of House bill No. 4351, ported-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. for the classification of clerks in the first and second class post­ Also, petition of the post-office clerks of Utica, N. Y., post-office, offices-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. urging the passage of Honse bill No. 4351, for the classification of Also, petition of citizens of the Twenty-second Congressional post-office clerks-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post­ district of New York, fo.r a law subjecting imported food products Roads. to the laws of the State into which they are imported-to the By Mr. SLAYDEN: Papers to accompany Honse bill No. 5219, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. to confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear and det.er­ By Mr. LITTLE: Petition of G. N. Spradling and others, of m...i:ne the claim of Luther Sargeant-to the Committee on Claims. Greenwood, Ark., protesting against the passage of the pru:cels­ Also, papers to accompany H011se bill No. 3274, for the relief of post bill-to the Committee on the Post~Office and Post-Roads. Julius E. Mugge, of San Antonio, Tex.-to the Committee on Also, petition of G. W. Sanders and other citizens of Warren, Claims. Ark., urging the passage of certain neutrality laws-to the Com­ By Mr. THOl\IAS -0f Iowa: Petition of the clerks in the post­ mittee on Foreign Affairs. office at Lemars, Iowa, favoring the passage of House bill No. Also, petition of G. W. West and other citizens of the Indian 4351, for the reclassification of postal clerks-to the Committee on Territory, praying for the enactment of laws to protect the game the Post-Office and Post-Roads. in said Territory-to the Committee on Indian AffairsJ Also, petition of William Mays, of Company M, Second Regi­ ment Missouri Mounted Volunteers, and a Mexican war survivor, SENATE. for increase of pension-to the Committee on Pensions. MONDAY, January 29, 1900. By Mr. MOODY of Oregon: Petition of A. W. Gowan and 1,000 citizens of Harney County, Oreg., protesting against the leasing Prayer by Rev. STOWELL L. BRYANT, of the city of Washington. of public lands-to the Committee on the Public Lands. The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of the proceedings By Mr. NORTON of South Carolina: Petition -0f the Charles-­ of Thursday last, when, on motion of Mr. DAVIS, and by unani­ ton, S. C., Chamber of Commerce, against the passage of House mous consent, the further reading was dispensed with. bill No. 5462, in referen-0e to license for pilots-to the Committee The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Journal will, without· ob­ on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries. jection, stand approved. .Also, resolutions of the Manufacturers' Club of Philadelphia, INCREASE OF POST QUARTERMASTER SERGE.ANTS. Pa., urging the enactment of House bill No. 887 and of Senate The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before -the Senate a com­ bill No. 417-to the Committee .on Interstate and Foreign Com- munication from theSecretaryof War, transmitting a letter from merce. - the Quartermaster-General of the Anny, recommending, for rea­ Also, resolution-of the employees of the New York Navy-Yard, sons stated, that thenmnber of post quartermaster sergeants, now protesting against discrimination against that yard in govern­ authorized by 1aw, be increased from 105 to 150, and stating that mental work-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. the proposed legislation meets with the approval of the Command­ Also, petitions of the Merchants' Exchange, Young Men's Busi­ ing General of the Army and the Adjutant-General; which, with ness League, and Chamba· of Commerce, of Charleston, S. C., the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on Mili­ favoring amendments to the interstate-commerce act-to the Com­ tary Affairs, and ordered to be printed. mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commer.ce. COAST SURVEYS. By Mr. RICHARDSON: PetitionofWestfieldPost, Grand Army The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com­ of the Republic, in favor of establishing national battlefield parks munication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in at Stone River, Murfreesboro, Tenn.-to the Committee on .Mili­ response to a resolution of December 20, 1899, certain information tary Affairs. relative to the progress and present state of the survey of the coast By Mr. SHACKLEFORD: Petitions of the publishers of -the of the United States, including Alaska; which, with the accompany­ Shreveport (La.) Caucasian, Plaquemine (La.) South, Poultney ing papers, was referred to the Committee orr Coast and Insular (Vt.) Journal, Charlotte (Mich.) Tribune; Van Wert Republican, Survey, and ordered to be printed. Defiance Record, Warren Tribune, State of Ohio; also San Anto­ nio Republican, Stephensville Empire, State of Texas; Kittanning WAR-REVENUE EXPENDITURES, Democrat and Sentinel, Bradford Star, Duncannon Record, Cou­ The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com­ dersport Journal, State of Pennsylvania; Nevada City (Cal.) munication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in Transcript, Mandan (N. Dak.) Pioneer; Plankinton Standard, response to a resolution of the 8th instant, schedules prepared by Iroquois Chief, White Enterprise, State of South Dakota; Nash­ the Auditor for the Treasury Department relative to the portion . ville Citizen, Maryville Times, State of Tennessee; Somerville expended by and under the direction of the Treasury Depart­ Democrat, Flemington Democrat, Harrison Record, Freehold ment of the $50,000,000 appropriated by Congress under the act Democrat, Dover Index, Norristown Banner, Rutherford News, approved March 9, 1898, entitled "An act making appropria­ Belmar Echo, Washington Star, Clinton Democrat, State of New tions to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the Jersey;· Fonda (N. Y.) Democrat, Lesueur Sentinel, Wilmar Trib­ fisoal year ending June 30, 1898, and for prior years, and for other une, Shakopee Argus, Little Falls Herald, Winona Farm, Field purposes;" which, with the accompanying paper, was referred to and Stockman, Jordan Independent, State of Minnesota; N atehez the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Democrat and Courier, Summit Sentinel, McComb City Enter­ MERCHANDISE IMPORTED FROM GERMANY. prise, Yazoo City Herald, Columbus Dispatch, State of Missis­ The PRESIDENT pro temporelaid before the Senate a commu­ sippi; Oconto Enquirer, Sparta Democrat, Mayville Pioneer, nication from the Secretary of State, transmitting copies of listed Waukesha Dispatch, Watertown Gazette, Hartford Tjmes, Bara­ correspondence relative to the complaint of the German Govern­ boo Democrat, J.\filwaukee Signal, Racine Advance, Oshkosh La­ ment, presented by its ambassador at Washington, against the bor Advocate, State of Wisconsin; Westminster Advocate, Belair existing customs regulations of the United States applicable to Times, Salisbury News, Annapolis Examiner, Easton Ledger, merchandise imported from Germany; which, with the accom­ Hagerstown Mail, Havre de Grace Ledger, Centerville Observer, panying papers, was referred to the Committee on Finance, and Marlboro Gazette, State of Maryland; Winchester Sun, Louisville ordered to be printed. Anzeiger, Princeton Banner, Murray Ledger, Murray Tim.es, TRANSACTIONS WITH NATIONAL gTY BANK OF NEW YORK. Eddyville Two Cities, Taylorville Courier, Bloomfield 'sentinel, Lexington Herald, Harrodsburg Sayings, State of Kentucky; The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a commu­ Greensburg Standard, Richmond Sun-Telegram, Marion Herald, nication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in re· Centerville Record, Shelbyville Democrat, Angola Herald, Logans­ sponse to a resolution of the 23d instant, certain information rela­ port Times, Michigan City Dispatch, Greensburg New Era, War­ tive to the correspondence between the Secretary of the Treasury saw National Union, Elkhart Truth, Madison Courier, Winamac and the officials of the National City Bank of New York; which, Democrat-Courier, Auburn Courier, Lebanon Reporter, Terre on motion of Mr. ALLEN, wa-s referred to the Committee on Finance, Haute Gazette, Princeton Democrat, Vincennes Western Sun, and ordered to be printed. Danville Gazette, Kokomo Dispatch, Greenfield Democrat, Frank­ MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. lin Star, Evansville Courier, Jasper Courier, Cannelton Telephone, A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. W. J. Frankfor~ Crescent, .Batesville Democratic Herald, Fort Wayne BROWNING, its Chief Clerk, announced that the House bad disa­ Staats-Ze1tnng, l\fa