1923. CONGRESSION Tl RECORD-HOUSE. 3915 Ous and Drastic Steps to Enforce the Collection of $3,500,000,000 7337

1923. CONGRESSION tL RECORD-HOUSE. 3915 ous and drastic steps to enforce the collection of $3,500,000,000 7337. Also, petition of the Traffic Club of New England, owed by the Government of France to the GO"rernment of the favoring the passage of the ship subsidy bill ; to the Committee United States, with intere t thereon from the time the United on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries. State· advanced saicl sum to the Go1ernment of France until 7338. By Mr. DARROW: Petition of the executive committee aid sum is paid ; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. of the board of trustees of the Drexel Institute, of Philadel~ By Mr. POUTER: Joint resolution (II. J. Res. 453) re- phia, Pa., protesting against section 6 of the copyright bill que.'ting the President to urge upon the governments of certain (H. R. 11476) ; to the Committee on Patents. nations the immediate necessity of limiting the production of 7339. By Mr. FROTHINGHAM: Petition of Traffic Club of habit-forming narcotic drugs and the raw materials from which New England, urging support of the so-called ship subsidy bill; they are made to tbe amount actually required for strictly to the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries. medicinal and scientmc purpo es; to the •ommittee on For- 7340. By Mr .. GALLIV.A.N: Petition of 23 members of North eign Affair ·. Shore Garden Club, Ma sachusetts, favoring Senate bill 4062, By Mr. VOLSTEAD: nesolution (H. Res. 537) for the con- for the comprehensive d~velopment of the park and playground ideration of bills reported from the Committee on the Judici- system of Washington; to the Committee on the District of Co- arr; to the Committee on Rule . lurnbia. Al. o, resolution (II. Res. 538) for the consider~ltion of 7341. Also, petition of various organizations of Federal em- Hou. e bills J3D27 and 1~123; to the Committee on Rules. ployees, favoring House bill 14226, providing compensation for By :\Ir. CURRY: A re ·olution (H. Res. 539) authorizing pay- . United States employees injured in the performance of their ment of one month's ·alary to the clerkJ to the late Hon. John duties; to the Committee on the Judiciary. I. Nolan; to the Committee on Account . 7342. By Mr. KIESS: Petition of Excelsior Council, No. 4, Sons and Daughters of Liberty, of Williamsport, Pa., relative to immigration legislation; to the Committee on Immigration PTIIvATE BILLS AND RESO~:tJTIOKS. and Naturalization. . "Gncler clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills and re olutions 7343. By Mr. KISSEL: Petition of Paul J. Christian, repre­ were introduced and se\erally referred as follows : senting New Orleans Cotton Exchange, Washington, D. C., B.,. Mr. CHIKDBL0)1: A bill (H. R. 14373) ~ranting a pen­ approYing the trading in cotton futures; to the Committee on sion to Elizal>eth \an AJi::;tine; to the Committee on Invalid Agriculture. Pen ·ion . . 7344. Also, petition of Illinois Manufacturers' As ociation, By :Jir. CURRY: .A bill (H. R. 14374) aufuorizing the Pre i­ Chicago, Ill., opposing cancellation of foreign war debts; to the dent to Teappoint Maj. Harry Walter Stephen 011, United States Committee on Foreign Affairs. Army .(retired), to tbe position and rank of major, Coa t Ar­ 7345. A.lso, petition of Syracuse Branch, Railway l\Iail As o­ tillery Corp~. ill the United States Ai·my; to the C.Ommittee on ciation, Syracuse, N. Y., favoring House bill 13136 pronding Military Affair . · for 1oluntary retirement after 30 years of. service; to the By l\fr. FO 'HT : A bill (H. R. 14375) authorizing the Secre­ Committee on the Po t Office and Post Roads. tary of War to donate to tlJe town of Lewi burg, Pa., one Ger­ 73-!G. By :Mr. KRAUS: Petition of J. C. Werner and other man mortar, cannon, or :fieldpiece; to the Committee on :Military citizen of Pula ki County, Ind., in relation to House Joint Affair . Re olution 412; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By l\Ir. HICKEY: A Lill (H. R. 14376) granting a pen ion to 7347. By Mr. LEA of California: Petition of 22 reSidents Mahaley FrankHn; to the 'ommittee on Pen ·ion . of Colusa County, Calif., favoring abolition of tax on small­ Al o, a bill (H. R. 14377) for the relief of Richard Iio"an; to arms ammunition and firearm ; to the Committee on Ways and the Committee on Claim ~ . l\Iean . By Mr. HOCH: A bill (H. R. 14378) grantinO' an increase of 734 . By Mr. RJ.T~EY of Illinois: Petition of Medinah pension to Arminta Shinn; to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ Temple urging the Pre"'ident to set a ide a week to be known sion . ~. as national antinarcotic week; to the Committee 011 Ways and ~Jean . PETITIONS, ET . Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, petition and papers were laid' on the Clerk' · de"k and referred as follows : HOU E OF REPRESENTATIVES. 7328. By ti.le SPEAKER (by request) : Petition of city of mrn.n, February 18 19~3. Chicago, favoring a bill to declare a part of the West Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River nonnavigable; to the Tbe House met ut 12 o'clock noon. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. ReY. William B. Waller, of Washington, D. C., offered the fol­ 7329. Also (by request), petition of William (Bob) Kennedy lowing prayer : Post, No. 416, Veterans of Foreign Wars, New York City, N. Y., oppo ing any amendment to the present immigration law; to Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, "ITe thank Thee that we the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. may approach Thee confidently this morning; that we need not 7330. Also (by request), petition of William (Bob) Kennedy appease or propitiate Thee, but may trust Thee; that we need Post, No. 416, Veterans of Foreign Wars, New York City, N. Y., not comprehend Thee, but may accept Thee; that Thou art wait­ requesting the President to set aside a week to be known as ing to be gracious. Command Thy blessing upon us as Thou national antidope week; to the Committee on Way and Means. seest we may need at this time. Comfort those that mourn, 7331. Also (by request), petition of William (Bob) Kennedy giye unto them fuat be eech Thee the realization that the ever­ Po. t, No. 416, Veterans of Foreign Wars, New York City, N. Y., lasting arm of the Heayenly Father are round about them. favoring Hou ·e bill 1176, providing for tbe restoration to good We pray for all who• are in distre. s everywhere. Let them standing of n veteran who is now in poor physical health realize the sympathy of the Lord Jesus Christ, who wept by the through clisabilitiei incurred in the service of the Government ; side of the gra-rn of Lazarus and is willlng to mingle his tears to the Committee on Military Affairs. with ours and to .,peak words of resurrection, hope, ancl com­ 7332. By Mr. ANSORGE: Petition of Dr. Jo eph Broadman fort. Guard and ble all of us, we pray Thee. Fit us for all New York City, urging Congress to take steps to prevent an: the privileges and respon ibilitiei for which Thou dost summon other European war; to the Committee on Foreign Affair . us. Let the ble · 'ing of the Sabbath rest upon our President, 7333. Also, petition of the Harlem Board of Commerce New upon the Congress, upon all in authority in our land, that we York City, urging the establishment of a national police b~reau · may be a people whose God is the Lord. Bless us as we meet to the Committee on the Judiciary. ' to pay tribute to the memory of our distinguished dead who have served well in their day and generation. And at last, n34. Also, petition of Men's Temple Club of the Free Syna- / gogue, Washington Heights, New York City, favoring the pas­ when we are done serving Thee here below, recei'\"e us into glory sage of the l\1cCormick bill; to the Committee on the Judiciary. with all the loYed ones who have gone before, and with all the 7335. By Mr. CULLEN: Petition of the General Lafayette redeemed of God, and we will praise Thee, Father, Son, and Police Post, American Legion, No. 460, State of New York, Spirit, in a world .without end. Amen. favoring the enactment of Senate bill 1565; to the Committee on THE JOUR~AL. MiUtary Affairs. Mr. CR.A.GO. llir. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that 7336. By l\Ir. DALLINGEJR : Petition of tlle Men's Club of the reading of the Journal may be postponed until to-morrow. the First Methodist-Episcopal Clrnrcb, of Medford, Mass. favor­ The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Pennsylvania asks ing legislation to prevent a recurrence of the prese;t coal unanimous consent that the reading of the Journal be post­ shortage; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com­ poned until to-morow. I there objection? merce. There was no objection. 3916 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. ;FEBRUARY 18,.

SPEAKER PEO TEliPORE. who would have liked to see hlm retire from the Senator bip The SPEAKER. The Chair will ask the gentleman from by announcing his candidacy for Senator and deciding to make. Pennsylvania [Mr. FocHT] to preside. a campaign throughout the State before the people. He made Mr. FOCHT took tlle chair as- Speaker pro tempore. the most wonderful campaign that has ever been made by any man for this great office. I talked with him one day and a ked MEMO.RIAL EXERCISES. him how he liked campaigning from town to town among the The SPEAKER p1·0 tempore. The Clerk will report the people. He said he really enjoyed it; that there was only one special order. danger connected with the work. He was required to speak The Clerk read as follows: a great many times every day, and the danger that he aw On motion of Mr. BUTLER, by unanimous consent- · was that be might come to like the music of his own voice and Ordered, That Sunday, February 18, 192.3, at 1.2 o'clock noon, be set apart for addres e on the life, character, and public services get into the habit of speaking oftener than he thought occasion of Hon. Bom.s PllNR-OSl!l_, Holl. PHILANDER c. KNOX, Hon. WILLIAY E. might require. But after the campaign was over he had the Cnow, late Senators rrom the State of Penn ylvania; and Bon. good sense not to continue campaign speeches on the floor of CHARLES R. CoKXE.LL_. late a Representative from the State of Penn.· sylvania. the Senate. He spoke when occasion required, when the bu i­ ness of the Nation called for speech. Mr. CRAGO. Mr. Speaker, I offer the following resolution. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Penn­ He was one of the greatest organizers the Nation has ever sylvania offers a resolution which the Clerk will report. known. He had the confidence of those who were associated with him to a more 'marked degree than any other man I ever The Clerk read as follows : · knew. The ·organization of the Republican Party in Pennsyl­ House Resolution 540. vania under his leadership was impTegnable. It spoke the \Oice ResoZveil, That the business of the House be · now su.pendecl, that opportunity may be given for tributes to the memory of Hon. BOIES of the people. It advocated clean government. It advocated PlC~ROSll, Hon. PmLA.ND!lR C. K.~ox, Hon. WILLiAM E. CRow, late things that were of interest to the people of the State. The t;enators from the State of Pennsylvania, and Hon. CHARLES R. best manifestation of the fact that it did so was the continued CoN~'ELL~ late a Member of this House trom the State of Penn­ sylvania. confidence in which that organization was held. PENBOSE wus a Resol ·ve~, That as a particular mark of respect to the memory of lovable character, not always easy of approach, but to tho e th deceased, a.nd in recognition of tbeil· distinguished publk careers. who knew him best he was a man of kindly spirit who had the House at the conclusion of these exercises shall stand adjourned. Resolved, That the Clerk e<>mmunicate these resolutions to ihe charitable views. He was modest, unassuming, retiring in his Se-nate. disposition, contrary to the general conception of what great Resolved, That the Clerk send copies of these resolutions to the leadership means. He devoted his life almost exclusively to the families of the deceased. upbuilding of the Republican Party within his State and The SPEAKER pro. tempore. The question is on agreeing throughout the Nation. He could afford to do this, because he to tbe resolution. was a man of wealth. He had no ulterior purpose. There was The resolution was agreed to. no reason why he should have. He devoted his time, his genius, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gen­ hi knowledge, his exper:ience, his wealth to the well-being of tleman from Illinois [l\lr. liADDF..N]. the Nation. He was a towering figure in every national Repulr Hean convention. It was not neces"ary for Mr. PENROSE to be Mr. MADDEN. Mr. Speaker, I first met B01.Es PE!-.""BOSE in present to wield the influence, for his organization was so true to 1893. He was tall, ered, athletic, intellectual-a perfect speci- . what he wanted that his word was law. Whether that word was men of physical and mental manhood. I knew Philadelphia pa sed from a distance or on the ground, it made no difference. and Philadelphians very well in those days. I happened to be He was a marvelous legislator. He was constantly on gu:ud, in Philadelphia that year, when the leader of the Republican constant in his attendance on the ses ions of the Senate, ex­ Pa.rty in Pennsylvania, Senator Matthew Stanley Quay, had eept during his late illness. You always found him at work; proposed Boms PENBoSE as a candidate for mayor of the city. bis devotion was unselfish to a great cause. He was a friend Those favoring the mayoralty candidacy of l\Ir. PENROSE wore upon whom one might always rely. His passing away il'om in the lapels of their coats a pen with an artificial rose at- the activities of this life was a great shock to his friends and tacbed. That was the insignia of their friendship and support to the Nation. It was a great loss to the Republican Party, of his candidacy. One of Mr. PENROSE's friends attached one !illd a great loss to the people of Pennsylvania. He had a of these insignia to the lapel of my coat. I was in the city mind as clear as the daylight sun. He was clear in his ex­ for a few days, and I called on one of those opposition leaders pressions; he was vitriolic sometimes in what he had to ay, who was a friend of mine. He said: "You are associating with but never radical on any subject. He always had a ready the losing crowd. PENROSE is not to be the mayor of Phila- reply for anything that might be said by an opponent. He delphia. I would advise you to get into the band wagon." stood as a bulwark of national honor. He believed in the Na­ The gentleman to whom I refer was Dave Lan~, a power in tion in its present and its future, and he always advocated those days and every other day while he lived. It turned out legislation caleulated to make for a greater A.mel'ica. He b~ that the prophecy of M.r. Lane was true. Mr. PE...~ROSE did not lieved that it was a wonderful thing to be an American, and become the mayor of Philadelphia, but shortly after that ha he always acted on that belief. He thought that the most won­ became the Senator f1·om Pennsylvania in the Senate of the derful privilege that could come to a man was to be a citizen United States. of the United States. He thought that was the great privi~ The leadership of l\fr. Quay was recognized all over the lege. He always realized that it carried with it the greatest Union. It was thought that when he passed away it would be responsibility, and in the exercise of the responsibility placed hard to fill his place, but l\Ir. PE~OSE filled it to the full, upon him under his privileges of citizenship he was true to better than it had ever been filled before in Pennsylvania, every national ideal. He thought it was more worth while to which always had great leaders. Mr. ]?El\""BOSE graduated at be a citizen in the humblest walks of American life than to be the head of his college class. No two men who ever served in the greate t ruler of any other nation. He believed that it was the Senate of the United States had a better classical educa- a wonderful thing for everybody here, and he acted upon that tion than PENROSE and Quay. Neither one of them was an belief, to live in a land where every citizen is a sovereign and orator. That does not mean that they could not speak, but they where every man, woman, and child is free to worship God were wonderful workers. They were great Senators. They according to the dictate of his own conscience-a land whose attracted nation-wide attention. They had more power within inventions lead the world, where the printing press and the the boundaries of their State and throughout the Nation than church follow close upon the march of empires, where labor is any other two men that I have known in the Senate during exalted to comfortable homes, whe1·e caste i ignored, where the history of my experience. · the humblest child of poverty may aspire unrebuked to the enator PENROSE was a student, mainly a student of the highest place in the gift of the Nation. finances of the Nation. He afterwards became chairman of the He realized, as I have heard him say, more than any othe1· Finance Committee of the Senate. He was recognized as an man could that the men from the worn-out monarchies as the authority on all tariff matters and matters of finance. He was result of the great World War came to realize that the noblest a potential factor in shaping the financial policy of the country. trend of human progress lies in the direction of a republic. He He rarely spoke, but when he did everybody recognized that realized that in this supreme land the best of the human race \vhat he said was authoritative. I remember his first cam- . mii;b.t find expression, while it was bound to win the acknowl· paign for reelection after the amendment to the Con titution edgrnent that America, under a f1·ee government, outstripped which required Senators, to be elected by popular vote. It was the world. thought on every hand that PE~sE would not become a can- I He al o realized, as I have heard him express it, that with a didate before the people; that his best qualification was to proper degree of devotion and unselfishness. and patriotism in manipulate the members of the legislature, who had theretofore the minds and hearts of tho e who from time to time occupy elected the Senators; but he disappointed a great many of those · high official places in the Nation's council and supported by a 1923. OONGRESSION AL RECORD-HOUSE. 3917

united, patriotic, unselfish, devoted people that America was the walls of party politics. Some of those flowers wither and bound to live. forever to emphasize the life and strength of this die of neglect, some of them are blighted by the frosts of the greatest of all republics. time, some are seared and even consumed in the fires of l\.fr. PENROSE was a great American ; he believed in the things heated partisan debate, while others live to· shed their fra- that I ha·rn just described to an extent greater than that of any grance even beyond the tomb. · other man that I ever knew. He believed that the safety of the The latter has been the case with those flowers of friend­ Nation lies. in the pattlotic devotion of the people, in their con­ ship which sprang up between the Hon. CHARLES R. CoNNELL tinued unselfish practice of true Americanism, and 1n their and myself during the short period of our services together in willingne~s to fight while they are here to protect and preserve the House as coworkers on the Committee on Pensions. and perpetuate American institutions so that they- may be We sat side by side, and I have never known a man who handed down to be preserved and applauded by the generations impressed me more for the short time we were together than who are to people this continent in the age.s .to come. did this distinguished son of Pennsylvania. He was ever mind­ ful in his duty to the American taxpayers; be was ever mind­ Mr. MONDELL. Mr. Speaker, those who knew Borns PEN­ ful of the condition of the Public Treasury, while at the same ROSE best and recall his many virtues will, I think, agree with time he never turned a deaf ear to those whose services me that among those virtues perhaps the most conspicuous were to their country in times of war rendered them deserving the qualities of fair and square dealing, steadfastness of pur- of the Nation's gratitude and the Nation's care in times of po e, and unwavering courage. . peace. I became acquainted with our departed friend during my Entertaining widely divergent views on economic and political service in the Fifty-sixth Oongress, but I did not come to know questions as we did, he being a northern Republican and I a him well until somewhat later, and in connection with questions southern Democrat, yet during the discussion of those matters of tariff and tariff revision. He was a stanch and stalwart and about which we differed I have often observed that his care­ unwavering believer in the doctrine of a protective tariff, not ful consideration for the feelings of those who did not agree in a proteetive tariff for Pennsylvania or for the East alone, but with- him, his painstaking regard for those amenities which for the country-North, South, East, and West-and he was govern the intercourse between gentlemen, rendered his asso­ not less insistent upon having a schedule which applied to the· ciation and his companionship indeed pleasant, even when we South or West square in its provisions with the protected policy were discussing those matters upon which we never agreed. than he was in the case of a schedule relating to products pro-­ He was a man with the courage of his convictions, and I can duced or utilized in the sectfun in which he lived. safely say that during my acquaintance with him he always I witnessed a striking illustration. of this steadfast adherence manifested a high sense of responsibility as a representative to principle and policy during hearings in connection. with the of the American people. He was courteous to a degree that consideration of the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill. An item of very rendered him extremely attractive, not only in the committee great importance to the West and the Southwest was under room but in the lobby, on the street, on the floor of the House, consideration before the Senate- committee. Some members of and everywhere else it was my pleasure- to come in contact the committee were inclined to the view that the treatment of with him. Possibly I was thrown with him more than almost that particular schedule in the manner urged by the West any other Member on the Democratic side, because we often would be criticized and might, indirectly at least, be harmful discussed a great many questions foreign to legislative matters, to certain interests in the East~ some of them ID. Pennsylvania. and I found him to pos e s a wonderful store of general infor­ It was Senator PENROSE who, in a fe.w w01·ds, quietly but quite mation. decisively spoken, settled tbe question. To him it was merely I know nothing of his religious affiliations, I know nothing a question as to whether what was proposed squared with the of his fraternal connections, but my experience with him in a principle and the policy to which he adhered. It it did, then practical way led me to believe that he was more or less a that principle and that policy could only be sustained, could disciple of that philosophy enunciated by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, only be justified by doing the thing that squared with its fair when she said: and national application. So many gods, so many creeds, It was the first opportunity I had had to witne s the Senator So many paths that wind and wind;.. from Pennsylvania in action at w crucial time in defen e of a When just the a.rt ot being kind principle or policy that might be- temporarily or locally un­ ls all this sad world needs. popular, but it revealed the man as I knew him from that time I can not speak of his home life, I know nothing of his se1·v­ on-a follower of the principle he espoused without trim­ ices to the people of Pennsylvania before he came to Congress; ming or hesitation; a champion: of the fair deal, a man of sound I know nothing of his great achievements in a business way. judgment and of unfailing- courage. Other men who are familiar with his former career will pay Senator PENROSE, like all men who rise to positions o:f promi­ their tributes to him in more appropriate terms than I could, nence and who have- great responsibilities laid up.on. them, was even were I familiar with the facts ; but I, who enjoyed his the subject of severe and~ I regret to say, unfair and unreason­ friendship only during the short time of our services here in able criticism. Such isl the price of prominence. He who the House, merely wish to come in all humility to pluck one of drifts with the tide, shifts with the wind, and has an ear the flowers which his generous nature caused to grow over the accutely attuned to temporw:y or local clamor may, for a time, walls of party politics and to- reverently place it upon his grave~ enjoy much superficial public approval, but his accomplishments religi-0usly trusting in all sincerity that we may share the effects in the public interests will be small and his memory fleeting. of its beneficent inftuence when we "greet tile coming of an­ Those who stand firm and steadfast in defense- of principle, in other age of youth and usefulness in another radiant Easte1·, adherence to policies to which they have given their faith, in beyond the gates of night." conscientious discharge of public duty and responsibility, are certain to be unfairly and unjustly criticized and are likely to 1\-Ir. BIXLER. Mr. Speaker, we have met to-day to pay be nllfied and abused. Thia' is- the unfailing rule, the one that tribute and manifest our respect and esteem to one who held has no exceptions, and all who are placed in positions of re­ a high place in this Nation and in his native State-Pennsyl­ sponsibility must accept it as an inevitable accompaniment of vania. One who performed the duties of- these high offices power and of responsible station. of State and Nation fearlessly, judiciously, and to the ever­ Boms PENROSE was a splendid produe.t of his people, his State, lasting credit to himself and Nation. It was my great pleasure an

Ohio. They are tired of PENROSE in Pennsylvania. Let us of State to March 5, 1913; elected to the Senate November 6, dri'le this grand old party to the brink. Let us drive it to the 1916, to succeed Hon. George T. Oliver. His term of service very edge, let us push it over the precipice, and then go to the in the Senate would have expired March 3, 1923. Senator other side and g:ttber up the fragments and out of them build KNox died in the city· of Washington October 12, 192L a new Republican Party with new principles to meet advanced The name of Senator KNox had been associated with many conditions," and you will well remember that his wo'rds came great legal conflicts, and he had gained a well-deserved na­ true. tional reputation in law and in statesmansllip before entering It was a pleasure to consult Senator PENROSE; there was no the Senate the second time; but to my mind bis greatest evasion of tlrn subject, no idle promisea, but at all times an an­ achievement-and I believe history will confiTm me in tbi - swer that carried weight and could be relied upon. While in was his masterly work in showing the American people the many of his campaigns be was grossly assailed and misjudged, weakne s and the fallacy of the so-called League of Nations. yet I recall once when an opportunity presented itself that His words of explanation of this question were so far-reaching, would have permitted him to retaliate against an opponent, so convincing, and his position so unanswerable from the Amer­ and when be was being implored to do so, his answer was, ican point of view that gradually our people came to see what "Boys, don't do it. I can.stand all the criticism and falsehoods he had visioned in the very beginning, namely, that the whole ancl malicious comments forced upon me, but I will not permit it scheme wa founded on a false basis and was fraught with to be done to another if in my power to prevent," a most noble dangers to us as a nation and as a people far greater than any spirit. dangers that could come to us from war. All his long h·aining He was a natural born leader, energetic, courageous, and in the legal profession, his real knowledge of conditions, his defiant; his whole life was devoted to his State and the Nation. work as a legislator and as a statesman prepared him for this As chairman of the Finance Committee of the Senate, under conflict-a conflict where the man of experience who knew physical circumstances that I doubt if any other could have proved so superior to the one who, while he had more power . tood the strain, he performed his duties to the last and to the perhaps than any other man just at that time, yet lacked ex­ credit of his country. He was a true servant of the people perience and practical knowledge of the question. The final in that his whole life was devoted to their cause. He believed result of such a conflict was inevitable. · that tl1e life blood of this country was its industries and its When Senator KNox fiTst began this fight in the Senate the natural resources, and he was ever ready to lend every effort American people had not yet awakened fron. a dream which in their advancement and protection, knowing full well that they wished to dream and hoped might come true-a dream in the Nation's industrial activities the prosperity of the of a time when war could be no more. The people failed at country's agricultural interests and that of every laborer would first to realize that so long as life has action and human minds necessarily follow and their interests best served. Senator control there will come times when the arbitrament of the PENROSE was sometimes misunderstood, but to one who knew sword is the only final award of justice; and that a nation him knew full well that every move or action was done with to be really strong must be not only morally right but physi­ careful deliberation and consideration for the interests of the cally prepared and ready to maintain its ideals; ancl that whole people. He died in the service; his- last days devoted to higher ideals tied up with lower ones must inevitably invite working out a financial program to relieve the burdens of a rather than prevent armed . conflict. ::'.\Iation that was distressed with a heavy debt, the result of a Time and again, when Senator KNox first gave utterance to great war for humanity. He was a most considerate man; no his position on this question, I would be asked by ome of our public duty was too small for him to perform, and no service friends, " What in the world is Senator KNox driving at, and that he could render an individual but that he would gladly what does he mean by taking the position he doe ? " I in­ perform. His word was as good as gold, ancl he denied no variably answered, " He is taking now the position you will one an interview on public questions, and after the interview take when you have had time to realize the situation and ()'et you came away always with the information you desired, your bearings." whether it was pleasing.to you or not. While we are here to­ Any of us can usually, after a public question has been fully uay to honor his memory and recount his worth and express discussed, arrive at a conclusion and take a position which our sorrow at his ultimely departure at a time when men of his we are prepru·ed to maintairi, but to look into the future and ability are so much needed we say farewell, our remembrance analyze a great question of public policy which involves taking of him always will be cherished for his great work done for his a position in opposition to the powers that are in control is the native State-Pennsylvania-and the Nation. true province of a statesman; and too frequently legislators choose the easier way, which means drifting with the tide. SE~ATO& KNOX. Not so with Senator KNox; he bad courage, and courage l\Ir. CR.A.GO. Mr. Speaker, ne\er before, so far as I can coupled with knowledge and experience means ultinlate power ascertain, in the history of the United States Senate has it and leadership. happened that a State has lost by death three United States During the late summer of 1921, after returning from a visit Senators in lcs than one year. For a period of more than 25 to Europe, Senator KNox, while not in his usual health, re­ yeai·s four men-Quay, PENROSE, KNox, and Oliver-bad rep­ mained in Washington most of the time attending to his sena­ resented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate, yet in the torial duties, and when news of his sudden death was given period of a few months we have added to that illustrious list out it came as a great shock to his colleagues and to the the names of Senators CRow, PEPPER, and REED, and now to Nation. Senators PEPPE& and REED have fallen the duties and responsi­ It was no surprise to those of us who had been with him at billties so suddenly and tragically laid down by their prede­ his country home at Valley Forge that he was to find his last cessors in office. resting place there. He loved that home, and every time he I wish to speak briefly of the life and services of the late could arrange to do so spent his spare moments amid its quiet Senator PHILANDER CHASE KNox. Others will take up dif­ and peaceful surroundings. The day of his burial was a bright, ferent phases of his public career; but I want to record here a beautiful October day, and the wonderful coloring of forest and brief summary of the principal events in his life, even foliage lent an added solemnity to the scene. On one side of though I do not feel capable of adding anything to what has the grave stood relatives and close personal friends, on the been so well said of Senator KNOX by the per ons who de­ other· men of prominence in every walk of life and his col­ livered the addresses in the Senate and on the floor of the leagues of the Senate and House. Standing among these was House. the tall figure of the late Senator PENROSE, who was to answer PHILANDER CHASE K.Nox, Republican, of Pittsburgh, was born the last summons before the year was ended. Beside Senator in Brownsville, Pa., l\Iay 6, 1853 ; was graduated from Mount PENROSE stood the chief executive of Pennsylvania, Governor Union College, Ohio, in 1872, receiving the degree of A. l\'I.. , Sproul. and later the degree of LL. D., and also from Yale, Pennsyl­ Tenderly the body of Senator KNOX was laid a way in this vania, and Pittsburgh Universities, and from Washington and sacred spot He had fought his country's battles in the days Jefferson and Villa Nova Colleges and the University of of peace and in days of war, and in death he sleeps in the Guatemala; practiced law in Pittsburgh from 1875 to 1901; soil hallowed and consecrated by the suffering and the blood appointed Attorney General in President McKinley's Cabinet, of men who made this Nation possible. April 5, 1901; in President Roosevelt's Cabinet as Attorney SENATOR CROW. General from the death of President McKinley until July l, \ 1904; appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Hon. }if. S. Mr. Speaker, a few miles west of the Allegheny Mountains, in Quay in Senate, July 1, 1904; subsequently elected to fill Sen­ Pennsylvania, on the banks of the Monongahela River, at a ator Quay's unexpired term, then to the full term of six years; point in this region where the sturdy Scotch-Irish settlers of a resigned from the Senate to accept the position of Secretary of century and a half ago ended their perilous journey from the State in President Taft's Cabinet March 4, 1909 ; was Secretary east and bE--gan turning the :wilderness into the fertile and pro- 1923. 00.r ·GRESSIOl ... AL RECORD-HOUSE. 3919

ductive hill and valleys of that region, now 1."llown as Fayette, at this point in his career he showed that real leadership Wa ·bingt011, and Greene Counties, one can describe a circle which afterwards characterized his work, for he soon made with a radius of less than 10 miles, and encompass within that friends of his former political enemies, and ·would go out of small area the places where were born four sons of Pennsyl­ his way any time to help them in any worthy ca use. 1\fany of sania. descendents of these Scotch-Irish ancestors who have left the men with whom he had contended. became his most tru ted their indellble impress on the legislative history of our country. friends and admirers, and for many of these be time and again In this area, which has given to the world many men famous exi:>ressed in a most practical way his '\"ery high regard and in professional and business life, these fom· names stand out esteem. above all the others in our political history. Here from all the For many years Senator Cnow and myself served together as stmdy strength the unconquerable will, the joyous vigor, the members of the board of trustees of the Southwestern Pennsrl· civic virtues, tbe patriotic passion, and the sanctities of parents vanla State Normal School, of California, Pa., and of Waynes­ ht> lo-vetl home and rountry were born in humble stations in burg College, Waynesburg, Pa. When I first became a candi­ life these men who have contributed so largely to the public date for Congress in 1910 from the twenty-third district, com­ weal. Just aero the :iuonongahela River from Brownsville, on prising Greene, Fayette, and Somerset Counties, Senator Ccow tbe hills of Washington County, was b<>rn James G. Blaine; in was a candidate for reelection to the State senate from Fayette the town of Brownsville prope1·, in Fayette County, was born County. This was a gubernatorial campaign and only those who PHILANDER CHASE KNOX; only a few miles away, near McCleI­ are familiar with the details will ever know what a bitter fight landtown, Fayette County, was born WILLIAM EvANS CROW; and wa made on the Republican organization that year-a fight which a: few mile west of there in Greene County, near Carmichaels, foreca ted the contest of 1912. Senator C.Row and his friends wa born ALBERT BAIRD CUMMINS. These men passing through had charge of the campaign in his county, and our friends in the public schools and small colleges, entered public life and the clish·ict exerted themselves to the utmost to hold things in brought to. the service of their country a determination to line. So successful was their work that this congressional dis­ achieve succe s; and we may- truly say that these sons of the trict was the one district in the entire State which really stood sturdy Scotch-Irish have given a wealth of service to our coun­ np in its vote for the State ticket. By thls time Senator CRow tcy. bad become a leader in the State senate and was elected the From this same region have gone forth many men who in presiding officer of tliat body. th-e professions, in finance- and in trade, in war and in peace As chairman of the Republican State committee and as a haT"e contributed largefy to our Nation; yet these four men have leader in the State senate hi. work was very ai·duous, and his. so impressed themsel-ves on our Nation's history that I ha.ve efforts to keep harmony in the ranks of the party, to head off coupled their names together a. we come to this solemn service vicious legislation and put through constructive programs, de­ to""day in h{)nor of Senators KNox, PENROSE, and CRow, and our manded by the different executives of tlle State, as they came own beloved colleague, Congres~ man CHAI:LES R. CoNXELL. and went, was a taLk of no mean propo1·tions. To this work WILLIAM E. C1t0w, Republican, of Uniontown, Farette County, Ile gave every ounce of energy at his command. It was never wa. born in German Township. Fayette County, Pa., March 10, too late or too ear1y for any friend to see "BILL" CEow, as he 18TO; was reared on a farm and educated in the public schools, was affectionately called by bi host of political and personal the Southwestern State Normal School, from which he was admirer ·, and hi willingness to sacrifice himself for his party graduated in 1890, and'. Waynesburg College; was engaged in and bis State endeared him to men in every walk of life and ne:w paper work for three- years; studied law and wa ad­ made men proud to call him a friend. mitted to the bar of Fayette County in 1895; appointed as­ Senator CRow did not step into this place of high command in, sistant district attorney in 1800, and in November, 1898, was Fayette County, and in the State of Pennsylvania, without a . elected district attorney for a term of three year ; wa chair-· struggle and without many a hard-fought battle. I wa · at his man· of the RePJI.blican connty committee in 1899, 1900, and side in many of the. e battles, especially during the time when 1901; served a a delegate- to various Republican State conYen­ I represented this congressional district in Congress. I llave tions and to the Republican National Convention in 1916; was known times during the stre s of campaigns when he would not elected chafrman of the Republican State committee in 1913, get a chance to see his family even for a few minutes each day, and reelected in 1914, 1916, and 1918; elected to tbe State senate and JOU could hardly realize how a man so filled with respon­ in 1906; reelected in 1910, 1914, and in No-vember, 1918; elected sibilitie could find any time to be at home with the family president pro tempore of the St te senate at the clo e of the he lO'red; and I sometime. wonder whether, in estimating a ses. ion in 1900, and was reelected in 1911 ; was ap.pointed to the man and his great achievements in ·public life, we give credit United State Senate by Governor Sproul, of Pennsylvania, to enough to the woman, the wife, the mother at home, taking the fill the unexpired term Of the late Senator KNox, and took the responsibility of rearing children and keeping the home life oath of office on October 24, 1921. going while the man unfettered by the e dome tic duties give March 24, 1897, Senator CROW was married to Miss Adelaide his entire thought and time to public affairs. Senator CKow Curry, of Fayette County, and to tl.tis union were born three was peculiarly fortunate in this re pect, and anyone who son., Evans Curry Crow, William Krans Crow, jr., and Warren knows of their splendid home life and their family will appre­ Crow. Senator CRow passed a.way Wednesday morning August ciate that during all the e busy years l\Irs. Crow, the wife and 2, 1922, leaving ro survive him the- widow and these three sons. mother, did her full part, and helped make possible for her hus­ Thu in this short recital of dates and e\ents is encompassed band u public career so filled with usefulness. The husband a life so filled with work and action, and which when emled left and companion is gone, the father is gone, yet through all the a vacancy in th-e life of a home· and in the affairs of the years of their li'rnN l\Irs. Crow and these sans will have in their Nation. hearts a olemn pride in the fact that the one they loY-ed had ::\Iy close per onal acquaintance with Senator CROW began gained the heights. more than 30 years ago, when Ile fust entered Waynesburg Col­ Personally, I think I rejoiced almost as much as did Senator lege. We were in some Of the same classes and belonged to the CRow when be achie\ed his life ambition and became a Member same literary sot:iety. CROW soon gained recognition in college of the United State. Senate. This is true not only because of as a public speaker, and wa elected by the Philo Literary my long association with him but because of the keen interest Society to represent that- society as orator in the annual con­ which he had always shown in my political success. In 1020, test. Before the date- of this contEd, howe\er, he felt that when we had a misunder ta.nding in our State-wide primary he was compelled to leave ~chool, a he had an opportunity to and I failed of renomination, I think Senator Cnow felt the take up newspaper work in Pittsburgh. renult more keenly than I did, and when a few months later He continued in this newspaper work for some time and a vacancy occurred in our delegation by reason of the death then returned to Uniontown, Fayette County, where he regis­ of Congres man Garland, Senator CROW, even though a sick terec1 a a law student and did newspaper work while readibg man at that time, never let up until he was assured that my law. Soon after his admission to the bar he began to take an nomination would be accomplished. acttre interest in local politics. At this time the men who for Senato1· CRow was a man who would compromise whenever yea.rs had controlled politics in Fayette County were growing it appeared best for the party and the public good, but he old in the service and new alignments were being made. The would not go back on his real friends, even when seeming county had but recently htrned from a Democratic to a Repub­ political expediency would dictate a change in his attitude lican county, and there soon developed two factions In the on a public question when that change would have indicated ·Republican Party. As- a result of this many bitter struggles a desertion of his friends, even though they fought a losing within the puty gave the :ronng men who had entered the battle. arena a chance to s-how their mettle and their worth. Grad­ Words can not adequately portray our feelings on an occa­ ually, by hard work, the ability to make friends, and with a rare sion of this kind. To lose such a friend makes one feel that genius for the game, Cnow became the acknowledged leader of a part of his very life is gone, but to ha-rn had such friends one faction, and 6on this faction controlled the county. .rust as we pass through life should be to each of us an inspiration 3920 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. FEBRUARY 18, and should create in us a willingness to lend ourselves to one great com-age, determination, and resources; and in those two another and to the public good. Senators Pennsylvania· gave to the Nation men of striking abil· Through the long months in the hospital, hoping against hope ity, who left a marked impress on national legislation. that medical science might in some way ward off the inevitable end, Senator CROW cheerfully submitted to whatever treat­ llr. WATSON. Mr. Speaker, social and political a ociation ment was prescribed, but when at last hope was almost gone during a period of 40 years with the one to whose memory his mind natural1y turned to that home in the mountains. we are paying tribute to-day welded our friendship with mu­ Tenderly and re"Verently they carried him to that loved place, tual consideration of affeetion and esteem. One afternoon late and here ju t a few weeks before his death President Harding in February, 1884, BoIEs PENROSE, on his way home, topped paused in his passage over the old natipnal pike to greet him at my law office, located on Walnut Street, Philadelphia, and and drop a word of hope and encouragement. On the day of in the course of conversation expres ed a desire to enter poli­ bis funeral Uniontown was hushed and silent, by proclamation tics, and related with much pleasure his appointment to meet of the mayor all places of busine s were closed, and both for the first time l\Iathew S. Quay. PENROSE three year pre­ sides of the street and all along the national pike for many vious was graduated from Harvard College, second in the miles the people stood in reverent a we as the funeral pro­ class, his brother, now an eminent physician, held the first cession passed to the cemetery. Never before in Uniontown honor. In 1883 PEmosE was admitted to the Philadelphia bas there been such a funeral as that of Senator Cnow, and bar. Tall anu slender, a well-balanced mind, ambition to rule, the great outpouring of the people and thefr re"Verent attitude bold and fearle s, depending upon his own judgment .rather expressed to all the visitors the fact that the e people knew than that of othe1· , were characteristics that made him a and loved him. Senator CRow's body was interred in the leader of men. He 101ed outdoor and manly ports, wa fond Uniontown Cemetery with the fullest masonic funeral ritual, of big-game hunting, rowing, riding, and yachting. These he being a thirty-third degree mason. l\len from all walks of athletics very early developed his physical strength, and he life from every section of the State were present on this occa­ was accepted to be one of the handsome young men of Phila­ sion and attested the high esteem in which he was held by delphia. The ancestqrs of Senator PENROSE for generatio.ns those with whom he had come in contact held positions of honor and trust and were prominent in the This. day with us is a day of sorrow, but to-morrow comes­ cm·rent affairs of England and America. Charles B. Penrose, to-morrow with all its cares, its pleasures, and its possibilities. his grandfather, was the ablest political counselor of his time. l'liay we enter that to-morrow with a new realization of its pos­ He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from sibilities, with a new sense of the fact that we are all agents Cumberland County and elected speaker. He resigned his of a great power in a mighty purpose. The manner of accom­ seat in the senate to accept the position of Solicitor of the plishing that purpose we may not know, but if om· work is Treasury, to which office he was appointed by President Wil­ good, if our lives are filled with good deeds, if we have added liam Henry Harrison. He retired from the department after to human happiness, ''e will have fulfilled the hlghest pur­ a few months of service, moved to Philadelphia, and was again po e of the infinite. elected to the State senate in 1856. BoIEs PENROSE inherited honestly from his distinguished ancestors the career that was Mr. GILLETT. Mr. Speaker, I ha·rn been in Congress with to be bis. both Senator KNOX and Senator PENROSE ever since they began 'l'he sti:ong per onality of BoIEs PENROSE appealed to Senator their national ~ervice. It happened that during the Roosevelt Quay, who early reeognized his ability and worth. Quay indorsed administration circumstances threw me into quite close a so­ him for the Legislature of Pennsylvania, to which office he was dation with the members of hls Cabinet, and so I carne to know eleeted in November, 1884. Two years later he beeame a can­ very.well Attorney General KNox, as he then was. Quiet and didate for the State senate, and after a bitter contest with unassuming in manner, a ured and self-reliant, as you came Robert Adams, jr., he was nominated and el~ted in 1886, was to know him better he wa exceedingly genial and full of good president pro tempore of the State senate in 1889, and reelected fellowship, an entertaining and delightful social companion. in 1890 and 1894. He had a mind of extraordinary keeness, one of those intellects PENROSE was ambiti<;ms to be mayor of Philadelphia and had which penetrateg clearly and luminously and in tautly where the indorsement of Sena.tor Quay in the mayoralty contest of . most of us grope hesitatingly, able at once to look to the very 1894.. Saturday previous to the primaries many of the sup­ marrow of an intricate subject. That seemed to me his ruost porters of PENROSE assented to the nomination of his opponent, distinguished characteristic. His strong, vigorous intellect Charles F. Wa1·wick, for mayor. This defeated PENROSE. Sen­ grasped any problem which came before him, mastered it and ator Quay naturally resented the action of his friends; he said tralghtened out complexities so that he could make it plain to them, "You have defeated PENROSE for mayor, but I will to minds of less original power, who had to . tudy carefully make him United States Senator." Senator Quay at that time what to him was clear at first sight. He sometimes seemed to controlled the State· senate and the house of representatives. show a little consciousness of intellectual -·uperiority, which The two legislative bodies met in joint assembly, and through certainly was justified, but was of a hospitable and companion­ the influence of Senator Quay Boms PENROSE was elected United able disposition which securely held his friends. States Senator to succeed J. Donald Cameron for the term The · two Senators offered an extraordinary contrast physi­ beginning Ma1·ch 4, 1897, and was the choice of the people up cally, for while Senator KNox was much below the average size, to and including his last election, November, 1920. enator PENRO E loomed above nearly all his fello'1s with a PENRO E was opposed to the eleetion Qf United State. en­ gigantic stature. When he succeeded Senator Quay I think few ators by popular vote, and adverse to prohibition and woman' believed that he had the capacity to ::;ucce sfully assume the suffrage. With this record he made a triangular fight for minute and absolute leadership of his party at home to which United tates Senator and won by a majority exceeding the tbe State had become accu tomed. combined vote of his opponents. This was evidence that the Everyone recognized that he had a strong, cultivated intel­ people of Pennsylvania had confidence in his ability and trusted lect, but I think few anticipated that indefatigable application his judgment in the legislative affairs of his State. When to the interests of his party and State, that til'ele's tact, and PE.i.~ROSE made a political promise it was fulfilled; his power to that sotmd, dominating judgment which soon won for him the carry it through was seldom questioned. support and even the obedience of his party followers and made It was during his office as State senator that he laid the him the undisputed leader in Pennsylvania. He had inflexible foundation upon which he builded his political power an

LXIV--248 3922 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. FEBRUAilY 1 unfortunate---c. hlle ~e must bow to the will of God-thaf CRow · Although Simon Cameron was given four election to the en­ wa · not spared a lfew years to his native State and to this ate an.d was a member of the body for about 18 year , be erved Nation, ·because he would ham become a marvelous man. And only one complete term, a.she as numed for a vacancy and did so far as our o.wn .coUeagne, CHA.RI.Es -OoNNELL-I always .called · not remain until the end -0f two of he terms for whicll he was him Connell, because we dn P.ennsylvania knew his esteemed chosen. Entering the enate in 1845 he filled the vacancy occa­ ifather as Connett-he was a true, honest, God-fearing, upright, . si.oned by the resignation of Jame.s Buch n n, anor organizations and Will_iam Bingham were cine-term Senato.rs. . George l\f. Dallas, with employers of labor on mea~m·t- for th improveme.nt who wa ele ted to a -vacancy, served 15 months, and David of conditions under whicll the WtJrking p ple toiled. He lu.Hl Wilmot wa a Senator for onlr two rears. witne ed eYerywhere the iJohn Sherman, of ators and Representatives and other public speakers who used Ohio; Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont; Thomas F. Bayaru, of it as an issue in the congressional campaign of that year. Delaware; Daniel F. Voorhees, of Indiana; Nelson W. Aldrkh, Senator .Aldrich had just retired from the Senate and Mr. of Rhode Island; Senator Simmons, of North Carolina; anti PENROSE had been made chairman of the Committee on Fi­ Senator :M:cCumber. Senator Morrill held the chairman. ·hip nance. Bills reducing the duties on iron and steel, cotton, longer than any other-17 years-and was succeeded by Sena­ woolen, chemical, and, in fact, every schedule of the Payne Act tor Aldrich, who retained it until he retired from public life. affecting the industries of Pennsylvania were referred to tbat Records of the Senate show that for at least 70 years, de. pite committee. To prevent pas age of the e bills, the Republicans Pennsylvania's vast industrial interests and the ftlc:t that the· ;

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State to a greater .degree than any other is .affected by tn.riff interests of the State, .working out those great problems that legisla.tiDn, ·semrt0r :PEN~osE is not only the .one .P.ennsylvanian have made l>ennsy1vania one of the foremost States in the who has ;held 'fhe Chainnansliip but he is the only Republican Union. He was a lover not only of the United States of Americ1;1 Senator from the S.tate wlio has been a member of the com­ but a _particular lover of his own great State; so it was a mittee. plea.sure durmg those yea.rs, after working with him in the State The Americanism of Senator PENROSE was a source of pride legislature, to work with him after I came to Congress. to Pennsylvania. As a .priv-ate citizen JlD.d· official of the Gov­ l had the honor and plea.sure of voting for the Senator be­ ernment he -placed America -first in our relations with foreign fore the uniform primary law was pas ed. I also had the go1ernments, and when the national honor even remotely .ap­ honor and the pleasure of voting for PHILANDER C. KNox, Sena­ peared as an issue :he demanded its vindication without equivo­ tor from Pennsylvania. I wish particularly this afternoon to cation or concession. He resolutely denounced indecision in say just a few words about Senator KNox, because be came dealing withforeign .questions .when such a policy compromised from western Pennsylvania, my own part of the State. the national respect and threatened the national secUl'ity. As But before doing so, J want to say a word about Senator a Senator his attitude towar.d disloyalty was distinct and em­ CROW, whom I knew so well and intimately for many years. phatic. He a sailed .u as an evil that .must be boldly .met and He was in the Senate of Pennsylvania durlng all the time I destroyed and ,proposed measures to this end. His service as wa.s a ·member of the legislature, and frequently we worked on a Senator throughout .was marked by .a broad and urib.esi­ commissions, he on one side and I on the other, and I learned tating loyalty to American ideals and American txaditions. to know the sterling worth dnd that intensity and honesty of Senator -PED<""ROSE's Americanism was of a substantial and purpose that made him the great leader that he was. It as practical chamcter, directed at the fundamentals of patriot­ a pleasUl'e to be associated with the Senator, and I shall nernr ism. He resorted .to none of the arts of the soap-box orator ; forget the 1ery many pleasant days we sp~nt together. Hi.a in his public utterances -were no bombastic deliverances; he passing was a source of great regret to all of us. made no blatant ~ppeal to the mob; he was no jingo. The Hon. PHILANDER C. KNox was truly a product of west­ The deterniined and aggressive .attitude of Senator PE:r-."'"ROSE ern Pennsylvania. Born · in Brownsville, a graduate of Penn­ in demanding protection for the rights of American citizens sylvania universities and colleges, admitted to the bar and in l\Ie.Xico forms a striking chapter in our dealing with that practiced law in Pittsburgh, we of western Pennsylvania have ba.ndit-ru1ed .country. That the Wilson administration finally a right to be proud of the distinguished career of one of our abandoned 1 its policy _of indeci ion, known .a:s " watchful wait­ number. · inO'," .and _sent .soldiers to -the Mexican ·border was due largely P.EIILANDER 0 . .KNOX ranked high among the men who have to the vjgorous .criticisms of PEI\""R-OSE nn.d other Republican contributed to the greatness and unparalleled prosperity of the Senators, speech.es which .attracted the attention of the people Keystone State. to a situation involving the dignity and honor of the Nation. The late Senator also ·wrote his name higl1 on the scroll or But one question -had been presented by the :Mexican Tevolu­ fame .not only in his own country but in the countries with tion , so far as this country. was concerned, PENROSE a serted, whose affairs he .had such an extended acquaintance while anER 0. cho en a delegate to represent Pennsylvania, three times from KNox attained his greatest achievements. His keen knowledge the econa .congressional district, -and twice a delegate Jlt of •world affairs and the training he had received during his la1·ge under the direct _primary system. At .four of the e .con- years of _public service eminently ..fitted him for this hlgh posi· ' vantions he was ch.airman of the Pennsylvania delegation, .and tion. always his judgment carried -weight in the selection of the Through his efforts a 1plan t.or departmental organization was candidates and in the construction of the .platform " The put into effect, and newly created divisions and offices were by representative on the national committee of the foremost Re­ law made specific and ·permanent ·as ,part .of the general organi­ publican Qo.mmonwealth, he -occupied an official position of zation. prominence in the management of four campaigns for the The Department of State took ·upon it elf new forms of mod­ Presidency. ern business methods. Under his administration there . was Bis supremacy ,as· ,a ;plltY leader he :maintained to the end. created the Division of Latin '.American Affairs, Far Ea. tern In 1920 bis leadership commanded a notable mark of 1tpproval, Affairs, Near Eastern Affairs, and Western European .Affairs, a vote of .confidence .that .is .without a parallel in the .politics of all of them continuing up ,to the .IJI'esent .time, and the Depart­ Penns3r.lvariia. A.t the 'Prbnaties he was the successful cmidi­ ment of Commerce has •-established within its service the same date for ·the Republican 'nomination for United .States Senator, divisions, so .that at all times there .is clo e cooperation and for delegate . at large .. to '.the national convention, and for re­ coordination between the two services. election to :-t11e national committee, the last~named place to be .The creation of .these divisions has ·given the departmental filled by the Republican State committee chosen on ithe same establishment an ·Qppo.ntunity for careful attention to increased ballot. ' and ·increasing friendly l!elations between the friendly coun­ ~Iy personal relations with Senator PENROSE were .most tries, and the correlation between -these ·energies has evol-r-ed a cordial -and extended ·through a 1long period of years . . I first complete organization ifor the development of commercial -inter­ was associated with 'him 1n J)olitics in 1897, .and 'from .that ests, the results of which have been far beyond our most san· time on I ·was an activeunember of the organization of which he guine expectations. " was the dir-ecrting lrea:d. .Never having held 1public office, the Secretary KNo-x felt ·that the Department of ·State and the. sugge tion that ,l ~become a .candidate for Congress came from whole .working .of our _toreign-service e.stablishment should be Sena tor PENROSE, with the .re5ult that .in 1916 I was ·elected to utterly outside the ·sphere of ·partIBan politics if our foreign this body. affairs are to progress for the highest benefit of the wl1ole In various campaigns J aecompa.nied the Senator on speaking Nation. trips throughout :Penns-ylnmia which ·gav:e ms an .qpportunity to The suc.-cessful :operation -of the e -departments 11ffects the enjoy his keen sense ·of 1hum-0r as well as to admire bis sterling people .of 'all occ_npations and ·an political faith in every part of party loyalty and his wonderful .genius for or:ganiz.ation. The the c.ountry. ploce he occupie

In closing I desire to say a few words about the Hon. his- great achievements but because he was "BILL" CROW, their ·CH.AB.LES R. CONNELL, truly a distinguished son of a distin­ frien& 'guished father, who for several terms represented the Scran­ When President and Mrs. Harding drove over the old Ka­ ton district ln the Halls of Conocrress. tional Pike on their way to their eld home at Marion they found The father was prominently identified with the great indus­ time to- call to extend to1 the stricken Senator their heartfelt tries of Pennsylvania, and while in Congress rendered valuable prayers for his recovery and their" sin~ere hope that he might service to his country. ' · take his place in the Senate_and aise: affecting his own district He was regular in show. their friendship and love- for the stricken friend. hls duties, both in committee and on the. floor of the House. On: August 2, 1922, the Angel of Death paid a visit to that a.nd was a valuable Member of the Pennsy,hania delegation in mo.untain h01ne and the great soul of WILLllM EvANs CRow Oongress.. We all shall mom·n his loss. passed into the light of the eterua1 morn. Senator Cnow was buried on a beautiful day in_ August and Mr. KENDALL. Mr. Speaker, Pennsylvania, t.b.e great Key­ n~ver in the hli:itory· of Fayette County- was there such an out­ stone State, has, within the brief span of one year~ suffered a pouring of sorrowing friends. The streets were lined with.. loss unparalleled 1n the history of the Nation, the loss by death people from all sections of the c.ounty-by proclamation of the of her three distinguished Senators, men endowed with unusual mayor of Uniontown all business place.s were closed, and all qualifications and renowned not only in their native State but branches of the city government paused to pay: tribute to the 1n the Nation, PHILANDEB CHAS_E KNOX, the intellectual giant, first citizen of that town. Amid the: tolling O.f the bells an loving and beloved, brillia.n.t, magnetic. and sympathetic, with face~ of the countless friends I realized there- could be no an almost superhuman understanding of men and a.bill ty to higher eulogy· of' man than tha.t the humblest pay him tribute influence. their actions. in tea.rs, and my mind could but revert to the immortal ode of Both Senators KNox and C.BOw were born in Fayette Cnr "Lan4 that he was beyond human skill and realized that he was fight~ of Liberty," of which theil: chorn& swelled in words of patriotic Ing a losing battle> he asked that he be taken to his beloved song. mountain home at Chalk Hill, where, surrounded by the beauties Coulw's dBvo­ It was here at his Uniontown home- th"3.t I met WILLIAM tion to his wife and ehildren portrayed th& sweetest charac­ EVANS CBo.w, upon whose bier I have come to-day to lay onei teristic of his great intellect. lltUe flower <>f remembrance. l h.-ad,. ef course, known of him While Senator Cnow was at his mountain home it was the vagmtly as- one of' the giant leaders of the politieal organiZation. Meeca for hosts o:f atlmiring friend -rich and poor, blac~ and which functioned irresistibly in the Keystone State, and wished! white, men, women, and children. They all loved him, not for I might meet one of such power among his fellow m.ell'.. Ha.v- 3926 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. FEBRUARY 18

lnO' heard that trict rest was enjoined by physicians, who Mr. GERNERD. Mr. Speake1·, we are gathered llere to-day m:de him a pri oner in his room, I was indeed grati_fi~d to be in solemn contemplation for the purpo e of paying a human met by ~lr . Crow, who in isted that it was the de ire of her tribute to those di 'tinguisbed sons of Pennsylvania who have an­ husband as well as herself that I become their gue t. swered the last call. Of one of these I shall humbly speak. What an ideal home it was to which I was thus welcomed­ T'O Pennsylvanians the name of Boms PENROSE will always comfortable, livable, and unpretentious. A home where _you arouse a feeling of genuine regard. His intimate knowledge of found a well-worn Bible in sight and where the most prized her people and their traditions, together with his thorough un­ ornaments were portraits of their sons in uniform. derstanding of their economic problems, made him a dominat­ I wa'"' allowed to see Mr. CRow, who was interested in me as ing character. For more than 30 years he was identified in representing a new element in political life-that of the con­ molding and advancing the legislation which attended the mar­ servattre woman who had not striven for a place in politlcs­ velous growth and development of our State. Endowed with a =and knowing there were in Pennsylvania thousands of .my t~e rare intellect, which absorbed all of the exceptional advantages there was a great temptation to both of us for a discussion that a cultured home could give, he attended Harvard College which 111.s weakness did not allow. as a youth, whe1·e his natural qualities soon ripened into com­ So hls devoted wife took me away from the cheery upper manding scholarship. Few young men were ever better equipped room where the May sunshine streamed in and the cent of to battle the trials of life than he-posses or of a wonderful lilac· came through the open windows. physique and an engaging personality and hacked up by the There was an inspiration I shall neYer forget in the encour­ pre tlge of a wealthy and distinguished family. He knew non aging, interested words of this giant battling for life. He of the hard and perplexing struggles that confronted most of knew that he had been sorely wounded in his stern fight for our successful men in their youth. He craved a different ambi­ the ideals he had made his goal, but he was not disheartened. tion than those who were reared and educated as he was, fo1· The domestic life of that home as I saw it was one of that even in his college days he was found pursuing the study of sacred mutual devotion which it is not for me, even with the politics. To Wm Martin Van Buren was a most absorbing and deepest reverence, to try to tell you. To me it seemed the per­ fascinating per onality. It was but natural that soon after he fection of human love and companionship. completed his education he should turn to politics as a career. I saw him only once again. A day when I avuiled myself of a privilege I felt a natural timidity in exercising, and went Within fom· years after his graduation from Ha1·1·-ard Col­ upon the floor of the Senate to see him take his oath of office-­ lege he was elected n member of the General Assembly of the first woman to have thus congratulated a Senator. Pennsylvania. He entered that body full of vigor and self­ confidence, and immediately attracted the attention of l.ti. Surrounded as he was by eager colleagues and friends, when he aw me waiting there was an immediate smile of recogni­ colleagues by his forcefulne s in debates and the calm and tion and a warm handclasp. I felt the new element in politics adroit manner in which he met attack. Strange as it may would have a good friend in him. · appear, he began hi · political career with reform idea . So While it seems tragic beyond all expression that just at the thoroughly was he imbued with these conceptions that he, in moment of ambition's realization the sun should suddenly drop conjunction with lli law partner, Edward P. Allinson. wrote from its zenith, we can but admit that there is a sublimity in a volume on municipal government adrncating· the principle~ such a cloudless departure. of reform. It is a remarkable work, giving an exhaustive his­ city It I..ove ls the greatest gift ever bestowed upon frail humanity. torical treatise of governments in this country. re­ .['his he had in fullest measure, and ln its joy he went happil7 veals a thorough knowledge of the g1·a'\"e and difficult problems home to that Father's house where many mansions are.- that then confronted our municipalities. He strongly urg d reforms, but within party lines. Through the publication of Mr. BEGG. Mr. Speaker, we are as embled to-day to pay his work he acquired great publicity, whlcli immediately placed our respect to the memory of our deceased colleague. Hon. him 1n the forefront as a student and an authority on munici­ CHABLES R. CONNELL, of Scranton, Pa. pal governments, which naturally greatly enhanced his political We shall leave it to hiB colleagues and friends from his own prestige. After a single term in the lower branch of the State of Pennsylvania to tell of his life history, for it was not general as embly he· was elected a State senator, to which the privilege of many of us to know hlm ln hJs boyhood and position he was successfully reelected three times. Thi ga\'a early manhood. him a wonderful opportunity to develop his natural talent., His service with us in the House was ell too brief, but in that and his keen knowledge of the essentials of gO',ernment inti­ time he established a place for himself in the hearts of his mately brought Wm in contact with the great political prol>­ colleagues. Those of us who knew him best loved him most lems in the concrete. He gave them exhaustive study and It was my privilege to know him intimately, having visited his zealou ly fought for those legislative measure which be b - home on several occasions. lle"red were for the welfare of the State. His career in th He was a man of big business and naturally and by training Senate of Pennsylvania ls a most brilliant one, for bis activi­ looked on all things in a big way. He was broad visioned, prac­ ties during those 10 years were not dominated as the politician tical, and successful ln serving his constituent.~ of the tenth but as the student of legislation. His advocacy of a measure Penn ylvania district, as well as in business. was not actuated by political motives, but; on the contrary. Thousands of men were in his employ for years and never based solely on their social and economic effect on the State. once did he fail in that understanding of men which makes His legl fative inquiries and the measures he champfone

enabled them to enjoy the many advantages that local self­ SUn. I frequently in should insist upon his running for mayor of Philadelphia. my youth beard of his father, and it was with keen eagerness At that time the political destinies of the City of Brotherly that I greeted CHARLES CONNELL as a colleague of mine in thiS Love were dominated by David Martin and Charles A. Porter, Congress. We got to know each other intimately, we lunched two resourceful and astute politicians who baffled the ambitious together, and di cussed problems together, both business, eco· plans of PENRosE and his many friends, for they brought for­ nomic, and social. ward Charles F. Warwick as an opposing candidate, who after CHARLES CONNELL was a positive, direct character. Th.ere a spirited and intensely partisan contest defeated him for the was no hypocrisy or vainglory about his make-up. He had a nomination. While his defeat proved a very serious disappoint­ high appreciation of business -ethics, 'and frequ-ently when mat­ ment to many Philadelphlans who had hoped to rescue their ters on the floor of the House seemed to be in a turmoil he city from the inister and baneful machinations of the munici­ would say to me, "That is not the way to do business. You pal political bosses into whose grip their city government had and I could settle this in a very short time.l' We believed that 'fallen, nevertheless for his own political future it proved a to be trne because we did not then know enough about the pro­ most fortunate incident. The contest for mayor attracted John Wanamaker, Postmaster General in the Harrison admin­ tleman from Pennsylvania '[1\ir. Fo-cHT). i tration, as its choiee. Here was a formidable foe, a man who name was a household word in every family in Penn­ Mr. FOCHT. Mr. Speaker, in attempting to express an estl· sylrnnia, and whose splendid administration as a Cabinet mate of the unselfish purposes and lofty ideals of the .men we official challenged the support of the business men of the State. mourn to-day, we can n-0t help but feel our weakness in the It proved a remarkable political battle. Here were two rare presenee of the memory of these great outstanding figures who at d exceptional men arrayed against each other. The one a so long labored for Pennsylvania . in the wide field of loc.al young, brilliant, and successful leader, whose worth as a legis­ endeavor and of American statesmanshlp--Senators PENRO E, Ja tor wa recognized by everyone in the State, and the other KNox, and CB-ow, and Oongressman CoN~ELL. the greatest merchant in America, whose life story gripped Senator Pfil'.'"ROSE was trained in legislative practice in that every youth and who had won the plaudits of the mercantile school where the rudiments are acquired to great advantage-­ world. Nevertheless tbe verile and spectacular leadership of the State legislature, h-0use and senate. There was early evi· Borns PENROSE so completely captivated the young men of dence of his grasp of details and the understanding of men Penn ylvania that they triumphantly brought about his eloo­ and as the shaper of vast national pre>gressive projects, cul­ tion as United States Senator. What a remarkable achieve­ minating in the attainment of a high place among his fellows and ment, to attain the toga of a United States Senator of one as counselor great and wise in guiding the destiny of the Nation. of the greatest .States <>f the Union at the unusual age of 37. There is pardonable prlde in reverting to the vast energies That goal, however, was only reached through the exercise <>f of his State and its prodigious commercial expansion and high political ideals and abn01·mal passion for public service. production, and in linking this great man of mind and heart to With h'iln there was no compromise \vith time when public the steps of immeasurable progress of Pennsylvania stretching duty beckoned. His sch-0lar1y attainments and practical in­ over a period of more than 30 years. During that time, which sight into domestic problems, as they effected the general wel­ marked a greater sweep of advancement than during any other fare of the State, made his judgment unerring. The great period in the State's history, he was early a potent factor experience he acquired as a legislator of his Commonwealth and latterly the masterful, dominating mind. gave him a superb equipment for the larger problems which For one of the greatest single divisions of government in the awaited him. world-Pennsylvania-he helped shape an unmatched fiscal I shall not speak of his subsequent career, for I shall defer system which provides vast revenues without direct taxation. that to other colleagues who have had the pleasure of serv1ng During his leadership of the great dominant party there was with him in the United States Congress for a much longer written on the statute books more progressive laws than during period than has been my privilege. I wish to emphasize· the the Commonwealth's entire previous history. From the migllty fact, however, that he never lost grip upon the legislation of his fund collected from the corporations the public-school system State. Every problem challenged his attention, and he liber­ was given new impetus, with free scl10ol books for all children ally gave of his wisdom and support. The people of Penn­ and compulsory education a· requirement. The agricultural sylvania truly understood and appreciated his remarkable serv­ department was established, State police organized to guard ice , for they showed their gratitmle by their generous confi­ every section, compensation in abundance fo1· every injured de-nee in electing him to the United States Senate for five woTkman, first aid and revised laws providing safeguards for 3928 OONGRESSION AL RECORD-HOUSE. FEDRUARY 18,

those engaged in the vast mining industry, with millions for enjoyed the human viewpoint or could more quickly or sharply colleges anc1 institutions for the weak and helpless, and a rebuke the umeal and the counterfeit. wider scope of rights and protection for women than prevailed Thus, brave and great and useful in life, he did not shrink in any State having woman suffrage 20 years before the vote when the pale messenger a_pproached hi. l>ed"ide but an.swerecl wa. given in Pennsylvania. the summons as those who knew him be"t expected. He pus ed It was great honor, indeed, to represent the State of Franklin into the shadows without ceremony or circumstance, ancl tlJus, and Muhlenburg, the State that was the Nation's birthplace in the last act, a during his entire life, there wa expre ed ancl its cradle. Stephen Girard and Robert Morris, Ritten­ his aversion for anything suggesting the spectacular. house, Fulton, Mad Anthony Wayne, Priestly, and Trumbull The Nation loses a state man and trained servant and a are outstanding figures who furnished inspiration for this faithful official, while his party is bereft of an unbeaten leader youth; then Meade, Hancock, Reynolds, and Gregg, John Ban­ whose wise counsel wlll long be missed. nister Gibson, Andrew G. Curtin, John Wanamaker, and Rus· His friends to-clay mourn a companion and coun elor, who. e sell Conwell From the Declaration of Independence to Valley acts of kindness and love and unselfish helpfulness will be Forge, the Brandywine, and the slopes of Gettysburg we have cherished and remain ineffaceable through every cycle of time. everything in patriotic sacrifice and scientific, scholastic, and Before retiring from the floor, I feel that on account of my philanthropic accomplishment. long personal acquaintance with and my bigh admiration fot· .And it was this illustlious patriotic example, this vast en­ the public services of Senator KNOX and Senator CROW, nnd ergy and scientific attainment and philanthropy applied for also of the opportunity I had of as ociation with !\.Ir. Co. NELL, the welfare of man that inspired Senator PEN.ROSE when a boy as well as with his father, I should like to say a few word.3 and pointed him the way of duty and where promise was re­ about each of these distinguished gentlemen. splendent and the reward of achievement made certain. While I have not read every speech delivered by Senator Senator PENROSE was a statesman and philosopher, yet a KNox, or every opinion given by him, or every one of his deci­ pure democrat in his contact with men. While vast and over· sions when he was Secretary of State, it is my opinion that hi shadowing were often his engagements, he could become deeply address at .Getty burg in 1911 is the briefest, . yet the most pro­ intere ted in the details of the smalle t concerns for others, found, exposition of the cau8es of the Civll War and of the and it was in countless instances that he extended the hand liope for future liberty and the perpetuation of this Union that of helpfulness to the afflicted and bro'Qght rejoicing to many I have read anywhere. Further, hi address in the Senate on who otherwise would have despaired of relief. There was an the question of the League of Nation , the shortest address de­ -intensity and sacredness about his devotion to the performance livered on the subject, covered the case entfrely in no more Of erery detail relating to the discharge of his duties, and that than three pages of the ordinary size in which we ·end out our 'nothing might be oYerlooked he employed many skilled as­ speeches. I believe what he said there, in its brevity and clar­ sistants and the ablest secretaries obtainable, three masters ity and tremendous power and understandability, his explanation of detail long in this trusted, confidential association being that it meant an association and affiliation for war purposes with ·col. Wesley R. Andrews, Mr. W. Harry Baker, and Mr. Leighton Europe, had as much to do with the rejection gf that intolerable Taylor. League of Nations as any other deliverance or all the other de­ And after all, it ls faithfulness in the performance of duty liverances combined on the subject. In the light of all that I that entitles a man to the fah·-and-square estimate of his have known and read of the sp~hes and decisions of men of merits and the gratitude of those whom he served. pow.er and genius and statesmanship in this Republic, these two Thus the keystone of the arch of the Republic, Senator utterances meet two situations more clearly than all the other PEmtOSE represented in the world's greatest forum, and there things I have read on these two questions. among peerless men, many of them the Nation's most brilliant, As has been said in admiration and pride, Senator CROW wa he spent a quarter of a century the peer of any, and died a product of the evolution of the politics of Pennsylvania. I while their leader in shaping· the great tariff bill which bears have briefly enumerated a few of the accomplishments of the his name and that of bis beloYed friend, JosEPH FoRDNEY. great leader of the dominant party in Pennsylrnnia and the It was in this very Hall, on February 27, 1882, that James progressive measu1·es which lie as isted in enacting into law. G. Blaine, in paying tribute to the martyred Presiuent, James He was one of the most abused and maligned men in America A. Garfield, said in part: until he died, and now come the encomiums even of those wh attacked him most bitterly. Great ln life, he was surpassingly great in death. He begged to be taken to the ea, and gently and silently the love of the great people So Senator CBow was a man of most benevolent impulses. bore the pale sufferer to the healing of the boundless waters of the As his dear friend, Mr. KENDALL, and another friend, Colonel deep. He looked out wistfully on the ocean's changing wonders, on ·us CRAGO, have said, he was of a temperament which reflected the tar sails, whitening in the morning light; on its restless waves. rolllng a bore to break and die beneath the noonday sun ; on the red clouds of one great method of accomplishing result.a in American politic , e-venfng, arching low to the horizon ; on the serene and shining path­ namely, that no man can have his way entir~ly and in full, on way of the stars. Let us believe that in the silence of the receding the assumption that any man can be infallible, nor has he the world he heard the great waves breaking on the farther shore and felt already on his wasted brow the breath of eternal morning. right to presume that he is always and entirely right. Hence Senator C&ow, with broad vision, with real statesmanship, met Nothing in the life of Senator PENROSE was so profoundly his political enemies half way, and as a re'"'ult we have llad heroic as his resignation to the inevitable, which he faced with splendid concord in the western part of the State of Pennsyl­ tmwayering courage. That end he knew had been decreed and vania. We had the opportunity to assist in advancing him and that the hours for earth were fast passing; then, like the mar­ are proud to-day to refer to his memory as one of the brightest tyred Garfield, this giant among men repaired to a place of and most honorable careers in the history of our party in rest in the Capital City which overlooked the center of the Pennsylvania in recent years. Nation's Government, yet secluded. Just before him stood a Of oru· friend Mr. Co::.'iNELL I wish to say that when I fir t fringe of green-belted forest, and beyond the ma terpieces of came to this House I met his father. Much like Senato1· architecture set against the Lincoln :Memorial, the Wa hlngton CRow, lle was of a benevolent, charitable, forgiving spirit, the Monument, and the Capitol, and in the distance tlle hills of kind of man who cares to accomplish results rather than to l\Ia1·yland; to the south, and in full view, the majestic and wreak vengeance. Re was not a man of reprisals, but rather historic Potomac. To Sena tor PENBO .. E this all offered charm of compromise and helpfulness to both sides, and there i of and enchantment, even though he contemplated tlle early draw­ record a most notable instance in Pennsylvania where by the ing of the curtain that was to reveal the shores of eternal day. exercise of that spirit he saved the Republican Party a backset From this sunlit resting place he could see every part of the probably for many years. I knew him here. He was held in city, and a flood of happy memories must often have swept high esteem. His son had every reason to reverence his mem­ through bis mind as he contemplated the scene spread before ory. A man who started at the bottom round in the vicinity ]Jim. His wa a. great, profound mind, and clear must have of Scranton, he accumulated a fortune. He was benevolent in been his conception of what he was approaching with such rare the wide distribution of his wealth, in the building of churches, fortitude. No complaint was ever heard from him. His was in the helpfulness of the poor, his hand always extended to the suffering of the Spartan. Only a few days before the soul the weak and the unfortunate. The best I could say of my took its flight my ~olleague, Congressman HENRY W. WATSON, young friend, his son, and the best he would wnnt me to say, is and I, both of us close friends of Senator PENROSE from early that in that re&'Pect he emulated his father. As we knew him life, were hi guests at his apartments, and a more gracious no one could have been more companionable, and as you knew ho t never welcomed friends than did Senator PENROSE on that him a little better it was revealed that he had a wide range of evening. Dete ting ostentation, he held in contempt vain con­ knowledge, gained by extensiYe travel. Having been in Europe, ceit, and freelr, in a spirit of mirth, characterized the snob and and in every city of Ew·ope, many time , and in the far recesses buffoon. To him life was serious, and yet no man more greatly of South America, he was l'ond of detailing in most interesting 1923. OONGRESSIONAL RECORD~SEN~i\_TE. 392-9 ancl instructive narrative hi contact and as ·ociation with once represented by their fathers. The elder Connell, now de· those strange people. cea ·ed, repre~ ented this same Pennsylvania district some 20 I cnn not help feeling how great has been the Io. to Penn­ years prior to our colleague's election. s:rlrnnia in the death of the e men. 'Vhen we think how long, Mr. CoN~'ELL broug~t to the House of Representatives a ripe r·ea, how many centuries it took to develop and refine minds business e),,··perience gained through the management of several such as tlle e men possessed, we appreciate our loss, in fact large manufacturing plants, as well as serrtce on the boards of we are appalled. All we can do is simply to go ahead and directors of sernral hanking institutions.. His practical, com­ striYe for tl1e best, and as nearly as possible follow their ex­ mon sense, sound judgment, sterling honesty, and high ideals ample, whic.h bus been good and great and inspiring. Under at once marked hlm as a valuable l\Iember of this legislative their leader hip vast progress has been made and great ruuni'ft­ body. He was exactly the type of man needed-a business man cence." and benefaction have been bestowed. We can simply in CongTe"'s. May we have more men of his courage, faith, emulate fuem and hold them in fond recollection, affection, and ability, and firmne s ! low. To have acted with him in the work of important legLSlation was a privilege, and to meet him socially and learn of his fine 1\lr. FOCHT again took the chair as Speaker pro terupore. traits of character, and to have counted him my friend, was l\lr. CRAGO.· Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that an inspiration. all Members who have spoken may have permission to extend During the rece s of Congress last summer he was stricken theil' remark in the RECORD, and that those who have not with a fatal illness, and in August, in the homestead of his spoken mar have five dnys in which to insert in the RF.CORD fathei·, in whkh lie had so long resided, in the beautiful resi­ remarks concerning the Members whom we have remembered dential section of the city of Scranton, surrounded -by his de­ to-uay. . voted family, our beloved colleague passed on to 'his just re­ The SPEAK.ER pro tempore. The gentleman from Penn­ ward. Sadly missed by the many friends he had made in this sylYania a "ks unanimou consent that all Members who have legislative body, mourned by bis thousands of employees, and spoken may have ·the privilege of extending their remarks in amid the tear of the hos.ts of his admiring friends he was the RECORD, and that other Members may ha.ve five days in buried in his native city. He was an honor to the State and the which to print remark in memory of the dece.ased Members. Nation. He died at his post of duty a faithful public servant, Is there objection? loved foe hi. fraiik and manly a, to the memory of OHARq;s R. CoNNELL. But such a tide as moving seems a Jeep, :\Ir. CoN ~ELL came to the Congress rich in experience. He Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundles deep was a type of Pennsylvania's progressive buslnes men. Proud Turns again home. of his heritage, proud of his State, proud of his community, he gave richly of his personal abilities and fortune that the Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark ! life-giving industries of Scranton might prosper and the com­ .ind may there be no sadnes of farewell, munity prosper with them. A tYPe of Pennsylvania's business When I embark ; men, ·OHARLES R. CONNELL possessed a high regard for the gen­ For tho' from out our bourne of Time ana Place eral welfare, and leaves a record which might well be emulated. The flood may bear me far, In performing his duties as a Member of Congress Mr. CoN- I hope to see my Pilot face to face­ 1'ELL carried the same regard for strict integrity that he did Wheu I have crost the bar. in private business. Ile viewed every governmentul problem ADJOURKMEJS'T. broadly. No personal interest, no local interest, no partisan plea could compel him to deviate from what he regarded as a Mr. CRAGO. Mr. Speaker, in o.ccordance wlth the. re.solu­ plain duty. He sought with all the energy of his fine nature tion previously adopted, I move that the Honse do now ad- to serve those who had expressed trust in him. It was char­ journ. . acteristic of his service in Washington that no personal inter­ The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 2 o'clock and 35 est, political or otherwise, could influence his decision. minute p. m.) the House adjourned until Monday, l!,ebruary The charm of Mr. CoNNELL's personality attracted men, and 19, 1923, at 12 o'clock noon. he held as close friends perhaps more than the usual number of his associates in the House. Com_ing back among us with the knowledge that his days were numbered, he went about SENATE. with his usual genial word e.nd smile, with llis accustomed good nature and willingness to aid. Hi!> courage in the face l\foND.lY, Feb'rua.ry 19, 19£3. of the inevitable was remarkable. His memory will long linger with those who knew him best. - The Senate met at 11 o'clock a. m. The Chaplain, ReY. J. J. Muir, D. D., offered tlle following l\lr. APPLEBY. Mr. Speaker, under the permi ion given prayer: l\lembers to extend their remarks in the RECORD upon the death Our Father, help us to realize that life is a constant benedic­ of our beloved colleague, I should not want this occasion to pa ~ s tion, and as we spend it for higher interests enable us to recog­ without joining with the other Members present in te~tifying nize the privileges given unto us, so that de.Hy and hourly we to his splendid personality, nobllity of character, nnd value to may have in mind Tl1y glory nnd the best interests of our loved his country of his short public career. land. Hear and help us through this day's service. For Ghrist Mr. CONNELL, in common with myself, was elected to Congress Jesus' sake. Amen. -_ in November, 1920. He was one of the first Members of the Hou e with whom I became acquainted. That acquaintance THE JOUilN AL. ripened into a warm friendship, and in listening to the eulogies The reading clerk proc.eecled to read the Journal of the pro­ pre ented this afternoon by his colleagues, many from his own ceedings of Saturday, when, on the request of Mr. CURTIS and State, I am satisfied that the early judgment I formed of the by unanimous con ._ ent, the further reading was dispensed with man was a correct one. Always ·considerate of others, even and the Journal was approved. tempered, self-controlled, kind, and gentle, he made warm friends, whom he held in growing attachment. One of my CJ.LL OF THE BOLL. earliest recollections of the man was the pride which he so f re­ Mr. CURTIS. Mr. President, I suggest tlie absence of a quently expressed in being one of the few Members who had quorum. the distinction of representing In Congress the same district The VICE PRESIDENT. The Secretary will call the roll.