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· rROCEEDIN~S AND DEBATES . ~F _:I1BE FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS.

·-'··· .· SPECIAL. SESSION OF TJIE SENATE.

' . by my country.men with .grateful appreciation of the high honor SENATE~ and with a deep sense of its responsibilities. - · SATUIIDAY, March 4, 1~05. I have enjoyed the privilege of serving with you he~e for eight years. Dl.tril)g that period we have been engaged rn the CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS, Vice-President of the United <'onsideration of many domestic questions of vast import&nce; States to whom the oath was administered at the close of the and with toreign problems ·of unusual and far-reaching sig­ last r~gular session of the Fifty-eighth Congress, took the chair. nificance. We submit what we have done to the deliberate PRAYER. and impartial judgment of history. I can ,never forget the pleasant relations which have been Rev. EDwARD E. HALE, Chaplain of the Senate, said: formed during my service upon the fioor of the Senate. I I 'ICill m'ltltitJly my people, they shan not be few. .shall cherish them always as among the most de.lightful memo­ I will glorify them, and they shall not be small. ries· of my life. Tpey warrant the belief.-that I shall have in Their congregation shall be established, before me; the discharge of the functions which (),evolve ..upon me under Ana I 'loiU punish all that oppress them. the Constitution, the generous assistance and .1..~dly_ forbear­ Their nobl-es shall be from themselves and their governor ance of both sides of the Chamber. from the midst of them. We witness the majestic spectacle of a peaceful and orderly I 'l.Vill cattse him to draw near beginning of an Administration of . national ..a.tiairs under: !he Ana he shall approach unto me. laws of a free and self-governing people. We pray that D1vme Ana ye shall be my people and I 'loill be your God. favor may ·attend it and that peace and•progress,. justice a.J?.d The Law shall not depart from them. honor may abide with our country and our countrymen. Be thou strong and -of good courage; The Secretary of .the Senate will now read the proclamatiUnited States convening the Senate m For the Lord th11 God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. extraordinary session. Let us pray. • • . PROCLAMATION. . Father of Life., Father of Love, the work is done-for better, The Secretary (CHARLES G. BENNETT) read the proclamation, for worse-which Thou hast given this Congr~ss to do. Grant Thy blessing to our endeavors. Thou wilt crown with Thine as follows:. own success every good effort. Thou wilt forgive every mistake BY THE PRESIDEST OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. of ours. The past is gone, and we will forget the things behind. . A PROCLAMATION.' Whereas public ~terests requir-e that the Senate of the United States To-morrow is Thine, and we trust it tO Thee. be convened at 12 o'cloek on the 4th day or March ne:tt- to receive For the homes and the country we pray again and again and such communications as may be .made by the Executive; always that they may come into Thy kingdom of love and hope Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and declare that an .extraordinary and "faith, pm·e as Thine own light, peaceable as Thine own occasion .requires the Senate of the United States to conv.ene at, tp.e purpose, and alive with Thy life. Give to Thy servants wher­ Capitol, in the city or Washington, on the 4th . .day or March next, at ever they may go of Thine o""'n strength that they may be fel­ .12 o'clock noon, of which all persons who shall· at that time be ·entitled to aet as members or that body are hereby ~ requi.red 1:o-i:ake notiee. low-workers together with God. Given under my hand and the seal or the United States at Washing­ Almighty God, this nation is in Thy care, and this people ton the 23d day or February -in. the yeaF- or our-Lord 1905, tu1d ut the seeks Thee to-day. We are in prayer for the country, that it independence of the United States the one hundred a:nd twenty-ninth. THEODOBE ROOSEVELT.' may be more and more the happy nation which seeks Thee and By the President : finds Thee, as they find Thee who seek for Thee with all their JOHN HAY, Secretary of State. hearts. ADMINISTRATION OF OATH TO SENATORS. Thou hast made tills people master of its own destiny. Th!s people has chosen its leaders and its Congress for these years The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Secretary will call the names of Senators-elect to whom the oath is to be administered. They I before them. And they ask, and we ask, Thy consecration on these years, for every father and mother, for every son and will come forward as their names are called,. daughter, for every home, the help and blessing of the living The Secretary called the names of- God. Mr. ALDRICH, Mr. ·BATE, Mr. BEVERIDGE, Mr. BULKELEY, and t For the President, for the Vice-President, for the Congress, Mr. BURKETT.. . for the judges, and for the people we ask the blessing every These Senators (with the exception of Mr. ALDRICH), escorted hour of the living God. by Mr. . C~M,A.CK, Mr. CULLOM, Mr. . PLATT of Conn~ctic~t, and For purity in their homes, for peace, for health, -for -strengtb, :Mr. MILLARD, respectively, advanced to the Vice-PreSld(>nt s desk, for all that God can give, for all that men can use in the serv­ and the oath wa.s. administered to them by the Vice_-President. ice whicll is perfect freedom. The Secretary called the names of Mr. BURRows, Mr. CARTER, Hear us, answer us, and bless us as Thine own children in Mr. CLAPP, and Mr. CLARK of Wyoming. . . Christ Jesus. ' These Senators, escorted by Mr. .ALGER, Mr. . C~K .of Mon­ Join me audibly in the Lord's prayer. tana Mr. ·NELSON, and Mr. WARREN, respectively, advanced to Our Father who art in -heaven, .hallowed be Thy name; Thy the Vice-President's desk, and the oath was ' administered to kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is done in heaven. them by the Vice-President. Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our trespasses as The Seeretary called the names 'of Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into· DArnEL, Mr. DEPEW, and Mr. DICK. temptation, but deliver us from evil, for Thine is the kingdom, - 'l'hese Senators, .escorted by Mr. BAILEY, Mr. MARTIN, Mr. PLATT of New York, and Mr. FoRAKER, respectively, advanced the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. to the Vice-President's desk, and the oath was administered to ADDRESS OF VICE-PRESIDENT FAIRBANKS. them by the Vice-President. The VICE-PRESIDENT. Senators, I enter upon the dis­ The Secretary called the names of Mr. FLINT, Mr. HA..LE, Mr. charge of the duties of the position to which I have been called .KEAN, and Mr. KNox. 1 / 1 .-

2- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD~ENATE. -- MARCH 4 -· ~-. J These Senators (with the exception of Mr. KNOX) advanced elect by the Chief Justice of the United States, he delivered the to the Vice-President's desk, escorted by Mr: PERKINS, Mr. FRYE. iollowing and Mr. DRYDEN, respectively, and the oath was administered to them by the Vice-President. INAUGURAL ADDRESS. The Secretary called the names of Mr. HEMENWAY,- .. Mr. _ 1\fy FELLOW-CITIZENS: ...Nu people on earth have more .cause to LODGE, Mr. McCUMBER, Mr. MONEY, and 1\fr. NIXON. be thankful than ours, and this is said reverently, in no spirit of These Senators, escorted by Mr. BEVERIDGE, Mr. CRANE, _Mr. boastfulness in our own strength, but with- gratitude to the HANSBROUGH, Mr. McLAURIN, and Mr. NEwuN-ns, respectively, Glver of-Good who has blessed us .with the conditions which advanced to the Vice-President's desk and ·the oath was adffiin­ have enabled us to achieve so large a measure-of well-being and istered to them by the ·Vice-President. ~f - happiness. To us as a people it has been·granted•to lay the The Secretary called the names .of Mr. PILEs, Mr. PJWCTOR, foundations Q~ our national.life in a new continent. _ We are 1\Ir. SuTiiERLAND, and Mr. TALIAFERRO. . _ _ the heirs of the ages, and yet we have had to pay few of the These Senators advanced to the Vice-President's desk, es­ penalties which in old countries are exacted by the dead hand corted by Mr. ANKENY, ])ir. DILLINGHAM~ Mr. SMOOT, and Mr. of a bygone civilization. We have not been obliged to fight for MALLoRY, respectively, and the oath was administered to them our existence -against any alien race ; and yet our life has by the Vice-President. · · . · · - · called for the vigor and effort without which the manlier, and The Secretary called the names of Mr. ScoTT and Mr. RAYNER. hardier \irtues wither away. · Uiider such conditionS it would These Senators, escorted -by Mr. ELKINs .and Mr. GoRALAN, be our.. ow•n fault if we failed; and the success which we have respectively. advanced to .the Vice-?reside.I;lt's desk, and ~l;le had in the past, the success which we confidently believe the affirmation was administered to them by the Vice-President. . future will bring, should cause in us no feeling of vainglory, SENATORS PRESENT. but rather a deep and abiding realization of all which life has offered us ; a full acknowledgment of the responsibility which The ·Senators-elect having been sworn and taken -their seats is ours; and a fixed determination to show that under a free In the. Senate,- the following Senators were present: · government a mighty people can thrive best, alike as regards the Alabama-John T. Morgan and Edmund-W. Pettus. things of the body and the things of the soul. A:rkansas~James H. Berry. , · ' Much has been given tO us, and much will rightfully be ex­ California-Frank P. Flint and George -c. Perkins. pected from us. We have duties to others and duties to our­ Colorado-Thomas M. Patterson and Henry M. Teller. selves; and we can shirk neither. We have become a great Conecticut-Morgan G. Bulkeley and Orville H. Platt. nation, forced by the fact of its greatness i~to relations with Delaware-J. Frank Allee. the other nations of the earth, and we must behave as beseems a Florida-Stephen R. Mallory and James P. Taliaferro. people with such responsibilities. Toward all other nations, Georgia-Augustus 0. Bacon and Alexander S. Clay. large and small, our atu.tude must be oqe ·o.f cot:dial and sincere Idaho-Fred T. Dubois and Weldon B. Heyburn. friendship. We must show not only in our words, but in our Illinois-Shelby M. Cullom and Albert J. Hopkins. ·· deeds that we are earnestly desirous of securing thei.r good will Indiana-Albert J. Beveridge and James A. Hemenway. by acting toward them in a spirit of just and generous recog­ Iowa-Wiliam B. -Allison and Jonathan P. Dolliver. nition of all their rights. But justice and- generosity in a na­ Kansas-Chester I. Long. tion, as in an individual, count most when shown not by the Kentucky-Joseph C. S. Blackburn and James B. McCreary. weak but by the strong. While ever careful to refrain from Louisiana-Samuel D. McEnery and Murphy J. Foster. wronging others, we niust be no less insistent that we ar,e-not • Maine-William P. Frye and Eugene Hale. wronged ourselves. We wish peace, but _w<.> wish the peace of Marylan~Ai'thur P. Gorman and Isador Rayner. justice, the peace of righteousness. w~ ;wish it. because we M assaclutsetts-Winthrop M. Crane and·Henry Cabot Lodge. . think it is right and not because we -are afraid. No weak nation Michigan-Russell A. Alger and Julius C. Burrows. that acts manfully and justly should ever have cause to fear Minnesota-Moses E. Clapp and Knute Nelson. us, and no strong power should ever be able to single us out as :Mississippi-Anselm J: M~Laurin and H. D. Money. a subject for insolent aggression. Missout·i-William J. Stone. . , _ Our relations with the other powers of the world are impor­ Montana-Thomas H: Carfer and Wil~iam A. Clark. tant; but still ·more important are our relatfons among our­ Nebmska-E~mer J. Burkett ~d Joseph H. Millard. selves. Such growth in wealth, in popul-ation, and in power as Nevada-Francis G. N('wlands and GeorgeS. Nixon. this nation has seen during the century and a quarter of its na­ New Hampshire-Hem·y E. Burnham and Jacob H. Gallinger. tional life is inevitably accompanied by a like growth in the New Jersey-John F. Dryden and John Kean. problems which are ever before every nation that rises to great­ Netv York-Chauncey M. Depew and Thomas C. Platt. ness. Power invariably· means both responsibility and danger. North CarolinUr-Lee S. Overman and Furnifold M. Simmons. Our forefathers faced certain perils which we have outgrown. North Dakota-Henry C. Hansbrough and Porter J. McCum- We now face other perils, the very existence of which it was im­ ber. · possible that they should foresee. . Modern life is both complex: Ohio-Charles Dick and Joseph B. Foraker. and intense, and the tremendous changes wrought by the ex­ 01·egon-Charles W. Fulton: . - traordinary industrial development of the last half century are 'Pennsylvania-Boies Penrose. felt in every fil:!er of our S(){!ial and_political being. Never be­ Rhode Island-George P. Wetmore. fore ha\e men tried so vast and formidable an experiment ~ South Carolina-Asbury C. Latimer. that of administering the affairs of a continent under the forms "South Dalcota-Robery J. Gamble and Alfred B. Kittredge. ­ Qf a democratic republic. The conditions which have told for Tennessee-William B. Bate and Edward W. Carmack. our marvelous, material well-being, which have developed_ to a I Texas-Joseph W. Bailey and Charles A. CulbersonT very high degree our energy, self-relian(!e, and indiv~dual j.nitia­ Utah-Reed Smoot and George .Sutherland. · tive, ha\e also brought the care and anxiety inseparabl~ from Vermont-William P. Dillingham and Redfield Proctor. the accumulation of great wealth in industrial centers. -Upon Vit·ginia-John \V. Daniel and Thomas S. Martin. - - the success of our experiment much depends, not only as re­ Washington-Levi Ankeny and Samuel a. Piles. gards our own welfare, but ~s regards the welfare of mankind. West Virginia-Stephen B. Elkins and Nathan B. Scott.. If we fail, the cause of free self-government throughout the Wisconsin-John C. Spooner. . . ' world will rock to its foundations, and therefore our ,responsi­ Wyoming-Clarence-D. Clark and Francis E. Warren. bility is heavy, to ourselves, to the .world as it is to-day, and.to The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Sergeant-at-4-rms will n(}w the generations yet unborn. There is no good reason _why we execute the order of the . Senate for the inauguration of the should rear the future, but there is every reason why .We should President of the United States. ~ _.. face it seriously, neither hiding from ourselves the gravity of The President-elect, Theodore Roose-velt;·accompanied by the the problems before us nor fearing to -approach these problems Chief Justice of the Un,ited States, the Committees on Inaugu­ with the unbending, unllinching purpo e to solve them. aright. ral Ceremonies . of the :two Houses of- Congress, the associate Yet, after all, though the problems are new, thou_gh ~ the tasks justices of the Supreme Court, and followed by the ambassadors set before us di.tl'er from the tasks set before our fathers wh() and ministers of foreign countdes, the members of the Senate, founded and preserved this Republic, the spirit in which these preceded by the Vice-President and Secretary, the Members of tasks must· be underta.ken and these problems faced, if our duty the House of Representatives, . preceded by the Speaker and is to be wen done, remains essentially unchanged We know Clerk, the heads of Executive Departments, and the other guests that self-government is difficult We know that no people needs of the Senate, proceeded to .tl:ie inaugural platform at the east such high traits of character as that people which seeks to gover:n front of the Capitol. - - -- · · - ·· its affairs aright through the freely expressed will of the free­ The oath of office having been administered to the President- men who compose it. 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false to the memories of the men of the mighty past. They did POSTMASTER-GENERA..L.. their work, they- left us the splendid heritage we now enjoy. George B. Cortelyou, of New York, to be Postmaster-General, We in our turn -have an assured confidence that we shall be vice Robert J. Wynne, resigned. able to leave this heritage umvasted and enlarged to our chil­ dren and our children's children. To do so we must sbow, not SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. merely in great crises, but in the everyday affairs of life, the Paul Morton, of Illinois, to be Secretary of the Navy. (Re­ qualities of practical intelligence, of courage, of hardihood, and appointment.) endurance, and above all the power of devotion to a lofty ideal, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. which Jllade great -the men who founded this Republic in the Ethan A. Hitchcock, of Missouri, to be Secretary of the Inte­ days of Wasllington, which made great the men who preserved rior. (Reappointment.) this Republic in the days of Abraham Lincoln. The Senate returned to its Chamber at 1 o'clock and 20 min­ SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. utes p. m., and the President pro tempore took the chair. James Wilson, of Iowa, to be Secretary of Agriculture. (Re­ HOUR OF MEETING. appointment.) On motion of Mr; Au.rsoN, it was SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND LABOR. Ordered, That the honr of daily meeting of the Senate be 12 o'clock Victqr H. Metcalf, of California, to be Secretary of Commerce meridian, until otherwise ordered. and Labor. (Reappointment.) Mr. ALLISON. I move that the Senate adjourn. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSIONER. The moti-on was agreed to; and (at 1 o'clock and 21 minutes p.m.) the Senate adjourned until Monday, March 6, 1905, at 12 Francis M. Cockrell, of Missouri, to be an Interstate Com­ o'clock m. merce Commissioner for the term ending January 12, 1911, vice James D. Yeomans, resigned. SENATE. AMBASSADORS EXTRAORDINARY AND PI,ENIPOTENTIA.RY. Whitelaw Reid, of New York, to be ambassador extraordinary MoNDAY, March 6, 1905. and plenipotentiary of the United States to_ Great Britain, vice Joseph H. Choate, resigned. Prayer by the Chaplam," Rev. EDWARD E. HALE. Robert S. McCormick, of Illinois, now ambassador extraor­ The Journal of the proceedings of Saturday last was read dinary and plenipotentiary to Russia, to be ambassador extraor­ and approved. dinary and plenipotentiary of the United States to France, vice NOTIFICATION TO THE PRESIDENT. Horace Porter, resigned. Mr. ALLISON submitted the following resolution; which was George v. L. Meyer, of Massachusetts, now ambassador ex­ considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to : traordinary and plenipotentiary to Italy, to be ambassador Resolved, 'rhat a committee of two Senators be appointed by the extraordinary and p-lenipotentiary of the United States to Rus­ Chair to walt upon the President of the United States and inform him that a quorum of the Senate is assembled, , and that the Senate is sia, vice Robert S. McCormick, nominated to be ambassador ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make. extraordinary and tllenipotentiary to France. The VICE-PRESIDENT appointed Mr. .ALLISON and Mr. GoR­ Edwin H. Conger, of Iowa, now envoy extraordinary and MAN as the committee. minister plenipotentiary to China, to be ambassador ·extraordi­ RECESS. nary and plenipotentiary of the United States to Mexico, vice Powell Clayton, resigned. Mr. FORAKER. I move that the Senate take a recess until Henry White, of Rhode Island, now secretary of the embassy 1 o'clock p. m. at London, to be ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary The motion was agreed to; and (at 12 o'clock and 15 minutes of the United States to Italy, vice George v. L. Meyer, nomi­ p. m.) the Senate took a recess until 1 o'clock p. m., at whi<:>h nated to be ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to hour it reassembled. Russia. NOTIFICATION TO THE PRESIDENT. ENVOYS EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTERS PLENIPOTENTIARY. Mr. Au.rsoN and Mr. GoRMAN, the committee appointed to William Woodville Rockhill, of the District of Columbia, to be wait upon the President of the United States, appeared; and envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United l\fr. ALLISON said: 1\fr. President, the committee appointed States to China, vice Edwin H. Conger, nominated to be ambas­ to wait upon the President of the United States and inform him sador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Mexico. that a quorum of the Senate is assembled and that the Senate David J. Hill, of New York, now envoy extraordinary and min­ is ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to ister plenipotentiary 1;., Switzerland, to be envoy extraordinary make have performed that duty, and the President in reply and minister plenipotentiary of. the United States to the Nether­ informed us that be would immediately communicate to the lands, vice Stanford Newell, resigned. Senate in writing. - Henry Lane 'Vilson, of Washington, now envoy extraordinary [Mr. B. F. BARNES, one of the secretaries of the President of and minister plenipotentiary to Chile, to be envoy extraordinary the United States, communicated -to the Senate several messages and minister plenipotenti!lry of the United States to Belgium, in writing.] vice Lawrence Townsend, resigned. . EXECUTIVE SESSION. William ~filler Collier, of New York, to be envoy extraordinary Mr. LODGE. I move that the Senate proceed to the consid­ and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Spain, vice eration of executive business. Arthur S. Hardy, resigned. The motion was agreed to ; and the Senate proceeded to the Brutus J. Clay, of KentUcky, to be envoy extraordinary and consideration of executive business. After one hour and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Switzerland, twenty-six minutes spent in executive session the doors were re­ vice David J. Hill, nominated to be envoy extraordinary and min­ opened, and (at 2 o'clock and 33 minutes p. m.) the Senate ad­ ister plenipotentiary to the Netherlands. journed until to-morrow, 'l'uesday, March 7, 1905, at 12 o'clock Thomas J. O'Brien, of Michigan, to be envoy extraordinary meridian. and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Denmark, vice Lauri ts S. Swenson, resigned. Samuel R. Gummere, of New Jersey, now consul-general at NOMINATIONS. Tangier, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary Efrectttive nominations received by the Senate March 6, 1905. of the United States to Morocco, to fill an original v-acancy. SECRETARY OF STATE. Charles H. Graves, of Minnesota, to be envoy exh·aordinary John Hay, of the District of Columbia, to be Secretary of and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Sweden State. (Reappointment.) and Norway, vice William W. Thomas, resigned. Edward C. O'Brien, of New York, to be env-oy extraordinary SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Paraguay Leslie M. Shaw, of Iowa, to be Secretary of the Treasury. and Uruguay, vic·e 'Viliam R. Fincll, resigned. (Reappointment.) John B. Jackson, of New Jersey, now envoy extraordinary SECRETARY OF W.A.B. and minister plenipotentiary to Greece, Roumilllia, and Servia, and diplomatic agent in Bulgaria, to be envoy extraordinary William H. Taft, of Ohio, to be Secretary of War. (Reap­ and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Greece and pointment.) Montenegro, and diplomatic agent in Bulgaria, to fill an original ATTORNEY-GENERAL. vacancy. William H. :Moody, of Massachusetts, to be Attorney-General. John W. Riddle, of Minnesota, now agent and consul-general (Reappointment.) at Cairo, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary

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