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1917. CONGRESSIO -rAL RECORD-HOUSE. 105

1)1tLAWARI1. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Albert F. Polk. Jrl.ORID-A,. }fONDAY . 1 A.pril13, 1917. Herbert J. Drane. Walter Kehoe. The House met at 12 o'clock noon. . Frank Clark. William J. Sears. day Gl!IORGIA. This being the fixed in the proclamation of the President James W. Overstreet. Charles H. Brand. for the assembling of the first session of the Sirty..fi:ftb Con­ Frank Park. Thomas M. Bell. gre s, the Clerk of the last House, l\Ir. Soutb Trimble, called Charles R. Crisp. ~I 'Vinson. William C. Adamson. .J. Randall Walker. the House to order. William S. Howard. William W. Larsen. The Chaplain of the Bot1se of Representatives of the Sirty­ James W. Wise. fourth Congress, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., offered the fol­ ID-\.HO. lowing prayer : Addison T. Smith. Burton L. French. God of the ages, Our fathers' God and our God, whose holy ILLJN'OIS. influence has shaped and guided the destiny of our Republic Martin B. Madden.. Edward J. King. James R. Mann. Clifford Ireland. from its inception, we 'Wait upon that influence to' guide us in William W. Wilson. JoJm .A. Sterling-. the present crisis which has. been thrust upon us. Diplomacy Charles Martin . . .Joseph G. Cannon. has failed ; moraf suasion has failed ; every appeal to reason and Adolph J. Sabath. William B. McKinley. James McAndrews. Henry T. Rainey. justice has been swept aside. We abhor war and love peace. . Loren E. Wheeler. But if war has been or shall be forced upon us, we pray- tlra.t Thomas Gallagher. William A. Rodenberg. the heart of every American citizen shall throb- with patriotic Fred A. Britten. Martin D. Foster. Geor~e E. Foss. Thomas S. Williams~ zeal; that a united people may rally around our President to Ira t.:. Copley. Edward E. Denison. hold up his hands in every measure that shall be deemed neces­ Charles E. Fuller. Medill McCormick. sary to protect American lives and safeguard our inhet·ent John C. McKenzie. William E . Mason. William J. Graham. rights. Let Thy blessing, we· beseech Thee, attend the Congress . now convened in extraordinary session under extraordinary George K. Denton. Albert- H. Vestal. <'Onditions which call for e.x:traordinary thought, wise counsels, Oscar E. Bland Fred S. Purnell. calm and deliberate legislation; that its resolves and all its William E. Cox. William R. Wood'. Lincoln Dixon. . enactments may spring sponttl.Deously from loyal and patriotic Louis W. Fairfield. hearts ; that our defenders on rand and sea may be amply sup­ Daniel W. Comstock. Henry A. Barnhart. plied with the things which make for strength and efficiency. . And, 0 God, our Heavenly Father, let Thy sn·ong right arm IOWA. uphold, sustain, and guide us in a just and rightoous cause ; Charles A. Kennedy.. Cassius C. Dowell. is Harry E. Hull. Horace M. 'l'owner. for Thine the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Burton E . Sw~t. William R. Greer... Amen. Gilbert N. Haugen. Frank P. Woods. PROCLAMATION OF THE PRESIDENT. James W. Good. George C. Scott. . C. William Ra.mseyer. The Cr.EnK. The Clerk will cause to- be read the proclama­ lUXSAS. tion of the President assembling the Sixty-fifth Congress in · ~~~ii~lc.~IfW~y, jr. Guy T. Helvering. John R. Connelly. extraordinary session. Philip p. campbell. Jouett Shouse. The proclamation of the President was read an follows: : . William A. Ayres. BY THE PRESIDEi'\T OF THE 011' AMERICA-A PROCLAMATIO:N. KEXTUCKY. Whereas public interests require that the Congress of the United States Alben W. Barkley. :rames C. Cantrill. should be convened in extra session at 12 o'clO'Ck rroon orr the 2d day David H. Kinchel

liOXTANA. TEXAS. John :M:. Evans. Miss J eannette Rankin. Eugene 'Black. James P. Buchanan. NEBRASKA. Martin Dies. 'l'om Connally. James Young. James C. Wilson. Charles F. Reavis. Charles H. Sloan. . Charles 0. Lobeck. Ashton C. _Shallenberger . Marvin Jones. D an Y. Stephens. Hatton W. Sumners. James L . Slayden. Moses P. Kinkaid. Rufus Haruy. John N. Garner. NEVADA.. Alexander W. Gregg. Thomas L. Blanton. E. E. Roberts. Joe H. Eagle. Jeff: McLemore. NEW HAMPSHIRm. Joseph J. Mansfield.. Daniel E . Garrett. Edward II. Wa&on. UTAH. NJJW JERSEY. Milton H. Welling. James H. Mays. William J. Browning. Edward W. Gray. Isaac Bacharach. Richard Wayne Parker. VERMONT. Thomas J. Scully. Frederick R. Lehlbach. Frank L. Greene. Porter H. Dale. Elijah C. Hutchinson. John J. Eagan. VIRGINIA. John R. Ramsey. James A. Hamill. William A. Jones. '· . Dow H. Drukker. Edwat·d E. Holland. Thomas W. Harrison. NEW MEXICO. Andrew J. Montague. Charles C. Carlin. William B. Walton. Walter A. Watson. C. Bascom Slemp. . Edward W. Saunders. Henry D. Flood. F.reuct·ick C. Hicks. Daniel C. Oliver. Chas. :Pope Caldwell. Benjamin L. Fairchild. WASHINGTON. J oseph V. Flynn. James W. Husted.· John F. Miller. William L. La Follette. Harry H. Dale. . Lindley H . Hadley. C. C. Dill. James P. l\faher. Charles B. Ward. .Albert Johnson. Fredel'ick W. Rowe. Rollin B. Sanford. WEST VIRGINIA. John J. Fitzgerald. James S. Parker. M. M.Neely. Harry C. Woodyard. Daniel J. Griffin. · George R. LuDn. George 1\I. Bowers. Edward Cooper. Oscar Wm. Swift. Bertrand H. Snell. Stuart F. Reed. Adam B. Littlepage. Reuben L. Haskell. Luther W. Mott. Daniel J. Riordan. Homer P. Snyder. . . George W. Fairchild. . John J. Escb. Christopher D. Sullivan. Waltet· W. Magee. Edward Voigt. Edward E. Browne. Fiorello H. LaGuardia. Norman J. Gould. John 1\I. Nelson. David G. Classon. Peter .T. Dooling. Hat·ry H. Pratt. William J. Cary. James A. Frear. John F. Carew. .Thomas B. Dunn. William H. Stafford. Irvine L. Lenroot. George B. Francis. Archie D. Sanders. James H. Davidson. Walter M. Chandler. S. Wallace Dempsey. WYOMING. . Charles B. Smith. Frank W. Mondell. Murray Hulbert. William F. Waldow. . Charles M. Hamilton. The CLERK. Four hundred and twenty-eight Members have .tWRTH CAROLINA. answered "present," a quorum . John H . Small. Hannibal L. Godwin. The Clerk has prepared a statement of the changes in the Claude Kitchin. Leonidas D. Robinson. ed George E. Hood. Robert L. Dougbton. membership can by death since the last regular electiou. Edward W. Pou. Edwin Y. Webb. Without objection, it will be printed in the RECORD: Charles M. Stedman. Zeb Weaver. The statement is as follows: NORTH DAKOTA. George M. Young. Patrick D. Norton. Date o[ District. Name. Name o[su c~e33:>. OHIO. vacancy. . Clement Brumbaugh. Victor Heintz. Arthur W. Overmyer. Warren Ga1·d. Ellsworth R. Bathrick. Samuel J. Tribble ... Dec. 8,1916 Ch~rleJ !;. Bun l. Benjamin F. Welty. George White. ~tr:~t~J%~\.rO'rir::: Michael F. Conry ... Mar. 2,1917 John S. Snook. R oscoe C. McCulloch. Fifth South Carolina ... David E. Finley .... Jan. 26,1917 William F. St~ve:1- Charles C. Kearns. William A. Ashbrook. son. Simeon D. Fess. David .A. HoHingsworth. Fir.>t New Hampshire .. Cyrru A. Sulloway .. Mar. u, 1917 John A. Key. John G. Cooprr. I saac R. Sherwood. William Gordon. Rober·t l\I. Switzer. Robert Crosser. ELECTION OF SPEAKEfl. Horatio C. Claypool. Henry I. Emerson. OKLAHOMA. The CLERK. The next business in ortl.er is the election of a Thomas A. Chandler. Joseph B. Thompson. Speaker. Nominations for Speaker are in order. William W. llastiugs. Scott Ferris. 1\.Ir. SCHALL. We are met to-day efficiently and harmoni­ Charles D. Carter. James V. McClintic. ously to organize the House and quickly to put it into condition Tom D. McKeown. Dick T. Morgan. to transact the public business. The i ue of the organbmtion OREGON. of this House is the i ue of the Nation. It is not the tariff; Willis C. Hawley. Clifton N. McArthur. Nicholas J. Sinnott. it is not whether any one party,_any one man, or a_ny one group P ENNSYLVANIA. of men shall fail or succeed. The question is whether the Nation, William S. Vare. John l\!. Rose. involved in an international crisi , shall show to the world u George S. Graham. ·Andrew R. Brodbeck. solid front. [Applau e.] Full cooperation between the Pre i­ J. Hampton Moore. Charles H. Rowland. dent and Congre should be a national benefit, impo <::ible with George W. Edmonds. Edward E . Robbins. Peter E. Costello. Bruce F . Sterling. one branch Republican and one branch Democratic. [Ap11lnu e.] George P . Darrow. Henry W. Temple. A State divided against itself would stand in time of peace, but Thomas S. Butler. Henry A. Clark. to-day such a condition might hold a serious menace. 'l'o-day Henry W. Watson. Henry J. Steele. William W. Griest. Nathan L. Strong. our vision should project beyond party cleavage. The respon­ John R. Farr. Stephen G. Porter. sibility weighing down our President should in pire the utmo t Thomas W. Templeton. l\f. Clyde Kelly. cooperation, even to the extent of foregoing party advantage, Robert D. H eaton. · John 1. Morin. Arthur G. Dewait. ~uy E. Campbell. that to-day's action may square with the public good. [Ap­ Loul T. IcFadden. Thomas S. Crago. plause.] Edgar R . Kiess. 1\Iablon f. Garland. The extraordinary peril to-day renders partisan hip danger· .John V. Lesher. Joseph l\I cLa ughlin·. Benjamin K. Focht. John R. K. Scott. ous, for it >Yould be interpreted as sho\Ying a divided pirit. AaronS. Kreider. To-day there should be ju t one party, and that is the American RHODE ISLAND. party. [Applause.] We can settle our domestic difference· later. George F. O'Shaunessy. Ambrose Kenneay. Standing at the crossway of party and Nation, ns an independent Walter R. Stiness. SOUTH CAROLINA. Progressive Republican I have no he ituncy ns to which way Richarrl R. Whaley. William F. Stevenson. is right. · The respon ibility of my vote has weighed heavily uvon .Tam e F . Byrne·. J. Willard Ragsdale• my soul. I have reviewed and rereviewed the situation from Fred IT. Dominick. Asbury F. Lever. every possible angle, and I have again and again been forcetl Samuel J. Nicholls. SOUTH DAKOTA. to the same conclusion. I have asked God to guide me, that in Charles H. Dillon. Harry L. Gandy. my vote I might not be fal e to any man, much le s betray a tru t Royal C. John on. confided in me. TENNESSEE . I am not unmindful of the sterling, de erving, patriotic char­ Sam R. Sells. Joseph W. Byrns. acter of the able, hard-working, faitliful Republican candidate, Richard W. Austin. Lemuel P. Padgett. .John A. 1oon. Thetus W. Sims. and were our country not facing an international cri is, with a Cordell Hull. Finis J. Garrett. Democratic Prestdent and a Democratic Senate, I shGuld with William C. Ilouston. Hubert F. Fisher. full party pride cast my vote for the Republican candidate. My 1917. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD~HOUSE . 107 father was a Republican_and voted for and fought under Abra­ in this hour is a united country. [Applause.] What we need in ham Lincoln. I have always been a Republican and still am a this h011r is the wisdom, the advice, and the as istance of every Lincoln Republican, and I believe that the spirit of that greatest American, regardless of wllat his politics may be. [Applause.] American is here with us to--day, guiding the destiny of our I s there one of you upon that side of the aisle that will not Nation, upholding the bands of our President in this hour of admit privately that if Republicans were consulted as well as. trial. Democrats upon these great questions, that if the country could I realize that my action to-day will be used to attempt my understand that while we have a Democratic President and a political death, for out of 43,000 votes in my district o-,er 32,000 Democratic Senate there was a Republican House acting are Republican. But I am ready at any time to give of myselt unitedly upon these great questions, we would have a united whatever my country can use. With my sightless eyes I would country behind us much more effectively than with a partisan be of little service on the field of battle, but in the position I Democratic administration? [Applause on the Republican side.} bold I can to-day, with the light that God gives me, vote right 1\lr. Clerk, this is no time for any man to criticize the Presi­ anu let the consequences to me be what they may. [Applause.] dent of the United States; but I do beg leave to ay that The re ponsibility of Congress, I believe, should be witll the it would be better for the country to-day if the President was President. Should the Republican Party succeed in organiz­ compelled un

- FOR MR. JAMES R. MANN-205. pie who elected us. We are all Americans, -whether nati~es or Anderson Foss Lenroot Sanders, Ind. Anthony Francis Little Sanders, N.Y. foreign born, as our constituent . On· many que tions we are Austin Frear Longworth Sanford ."distinct as the billows, yet we are one as the sea," when Bacharach Freeman Lundeen Scott; Iowa the honor and safety of the Republic are involved. [Applause.] Bacon French McArthur Scott, Mich. Bland Fuller, Ill. McCormick Scott, Pa. Politics :find no place in this House when the general welfare Bowers Garland McCulloch Sells and the common defense of the Nation are at stake. Let all Britten Gillett McFadden Siegel the ends we aim at be our country's,. and in the accomplish­ Browne Glynn McKenzie Sinnott Browning Good McKinley Slemp ment of these ends may the God of our fathers be with us and Butler Goodall McLaughlin, Mich.Sloan guide us in the way which will redound to the honor and per­ Campbell, Kans. Gould McLaughlin, Pa. Smith, Idaho petuity of the greatest Republic that ever existed in all the Cannon Graham, Ill. Madden Smith, Mich. Carter, Mass. Graham, Pa. Magee· Snell flood of time. [Applause.] -cary Green, Iowa Mapes Snyder I am now ready to take the oath of office and will ask that Chandler, N.Y. Greene, Mass. Maspn Stafford the gentleman from Maryland· [Mr. TALBOTT] administer it. Chandler, Okla. Greene, Vt. Meeker Steenerson Clarl<, ra. Griest Miller, Minn. · Sterling, Ill. The oath of office was administered by Mr. TALBOTT. Classon Hadley Miller, Wash. Stiness SWEA.RI G IN OF ME"h!BERS. Comstock Hamilton, Mich. Mondell Strong Cooper, Ohio Hamilton, N.Y. Moore, Pa. Sweet The SPE~KER. The Clerk '"ill now call the l\fembers by Cooper, W.Va. Haugen Moores, Ind. Swift Cooper, Wis. Hawley Morgan Switzer ~tates, and they will assemble in front of the Speaker's desk Copley Hayes Morin Temple and take the oath of office. Costello Heaton Mott Templeton The Members presented themselves as their States were Crago Heintz Mudd Tilson Cramton Hersey Nelson Timberlake called and took the oath of office provided by law. Currie, 1\lich, Hicks Nichols, Mich. Tinkham 1\fr. GRIEST and l\Ir. BUTLER affirmed. Cur'ry, Cal. Hill Nolan Towner Dale, Vt. Hollingsworth Norton Treadway ELECTION OF CLERK AND OTHER OFFICERS. Darrow Hull, Iowa Osborne Vare Davidson Husted Paige Vestal Mr. SAUNDERS of Virginia. -Mr. Speaker, I send to the desk Davis Hutchinson Parker, N.J. Voigt the follo":ing resolution, which I ask to have read. Dempsey Ireland Parlter, N.Y. Volstead The Clerk read as follows : Denison Johnson, S.Dak. Peters Waldow Dillon Johnson, Wash. · Platt Walsh House resolution 1. Dowell Juul Porter Ward Resolved, That Hon. South Trimble, of the State of , be, anti Drukker Kahn Powers Wason and he is hereby, chosen Clerk of the House of Repre entatives; Dunn Kearns Pratt Watson, Pa. That Robert B. Gordon, of the State of Ohio, be, and he is hereby, Dyer Kelley, Mich. Purnell Wheeler cho en Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives; . Edmonds Kennedy, Iowa Ramsey White, Me. That Joseph J. Sinnott, of the State of Virginia, be, and· he is hereby, Ellsworth Kennedy, R. I. Ramseyer Williams chosen Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives; Elston Kiess, Pa. Rankin Wilson, Ill. That William M. Dunbar, of the State of , be., and he is hereby, Emerson King Rea vis Winslow chosen Postmaster of the House of Representatives; and Esch Kinkaid Reed Wood; Ind. That Henry N. Couden, of the State of Michigan, be, and he is hereby, Fairchil(1, B. L. Knutson Robbins Woods, Iowa chosen Chaplain of the Hou~e of Representatives. Fairchild, G. W. Kraus Roberts Woodyard Falrfiele The delic"nte. situation in .which we :find ourselves jUsti:fi.es a either ·yea or nay upon the . amendment, whereas, if we can few words more. I fully appreciate- the fact that it will be have an arrangement by:. which we can simply vote for the excee<;tingly difficult to discharge the quties . of the Speakership individual;. gfving the respective names, that will settle the in this House. · It will be almost impossible to do so :.without mafter iri one roll call. · . . the hearty cooperation of the Members ·without regard to parcy : 1\fr.'l\IANN. •That is satisfactory. affiliations. I will use my utmost endeavor to be absolJifely 1\fr. ·GARRETT of Tezine8see. · Then, Mr. Speaker. I ask fair, ~nd I invoke .the aid of all the Members in doing so.· umininious ·consent that in taking the vote on the Clerk of tile It is absolutely unnecessary and superfluous to lecture the Honse-- membership on patriotism. We are all patriots, as are the peo- Mr. l\IANN. Make it on all of them. 1917. CONGRESSIONAL 'RECORD-HOUSE. 109

1\Ir. GARRETT of Tennessee. On all of them, if we have a FOR MR. PA.GE-213. separnte vote on enc)l-that \Ye shall vote the names of those Anderson .Frland for whom we desire to '"ote for the respective officers. Anthony Frear Lehlbach Sanders, Ind. Austin Freeman Lenroot Sanders, N. Y. The SPEAKEH. Is the gentleman a·sking for a vote Upon all Bachamch French Little Sanford five of these officers at once? · Bacon Fuller,.III. Longworth Schall 1\Ir. GARRETT of Tennessee. No. Bland Fuller, lllass. Lundeen Scott, Iowa Bowe1·s Gardner Mc.Arthur Scott, Mich. The SPEAKER. Then, the understanding is that upon the Britten Garland Mdl"ormick Scott, l'a. vote on the Clerkship the Member in casting his vote shall vote Browne Gillett Mr:Culloch Sells for either 1\'Ir. Page or 1\Ir. Trimble?- Br:>wning Glynn McFadden Siegel Butler Good McKenzie Sinnott 1\Ir. GARl\TER. 1\Ir. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? Campbell, Kans. Goodall McKinley Slemp 1\Ir. GARRETT of Tennessee. Yes. Cannon Gouid McLa:Igblin, Micb.Sioan 1\'Ir. GARNER. If the gentleman from illinois could. agree, Carte1·, Mass. Graham, Ill. McLaughlin, Pa. Smith, Idaho Cary Grab:tm, Pa. Madden Smith, lUich. and if we could do it by unanimous consent, one roll call would Chandlet·, N. Y. Gray, N.J. Magee Snell settle the entire matter. Chandler, Okla. Green, Iowa Mann Snydet· 1\Ir. 1\IANN. Oh, no. The reason for offering the amendment Clark, ra. Greene, Mass. Mapes Stafford Classon Gn()re, Vt. Ma!'lon Steenerson in the form in which it is is for the purpose of having a Comstock Griest Meeker Sterling, Ill. separate vote. Cooper·, Ohio Hadley 1\liller, 1\Iinn. 8tinr:ss The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Illinois demands the Cooper, W. Va. Hamilton, 1\lich. Miller, Wash. Strong Cooper, Wis. Hamilton, N.Y. Mondell Sweet yens nnd nays. Haskell Moore, Pa. Swift The yeas and nays were orqered. g~~~:fto Hau .~en Moores, Ind. Switzer 1\Ir. :MANN. "1\fr. Speaker, what was done with the request Crago Hawley Morgan 'Temple Cramton Hayes Morin Templeton of the gentleman from Tennessee [1\Ir. GARRETT] that in voting Currie, Mich. Heaton Mott Tilson upon these different officers, where there is a contest, we shall Curry, Cal. Heintz Mudd 'l'imberlake vote for the name of our respective candidates? Dale, Vt. Hersey Nelson Tinkham Dallinger Hicks Nichols, Mich. '.£owner The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Tennessee asks unani­ Darrow Hill Nolan Treadway mous consent· that the vote shall be for either South Trimble Davidson Hollingsworth Norton Vare or Tyler Page, by name. Davis Hull, Iowa Osborne Vestal Dempsey Husted Paige Voigt 1\fr. 1\fANN. I want it to apply to all the offices except that Denison Hutchinson Parker, N.J. Yolste-ad of Chaplain. Dillon Ireland Parker, N.Y. Waldow 1\Ir. GARRETT of Tennessee. That is ·my request, that it Dowell James Peters Walsh Drukker Johnson, S.Dak. Platt Ward shall apply to all except the Chaplain. Dnnn Johnson, Wash. Porter Wason The SPEAKER. The request of the gentleman from Ten­ Dyer Juul Powers Watson, Pa. nessee is for unanimous consent to vote for the names of the Edmonds Katn Pratt Wheeler Ellswot·th Kearns Purnell White, Me. men \Yho are candidates instead of going through the motion Elston Kelley, Mich. Hamsey Williams of Yoting for the substitute. Is t~ere objection? [After a Bmerson · Kennedy, Iowa pause.] The Chair hears none. The Clerk will call the roll on Esch Kennedy, R. I. ~!~J~er ;~;t~;ill· Fairchild, B. L. Kiess, Pa. Reavis Wood, Ind. the Clerkship and the vote will !Je for South Trimble or Wil­ Fairchild, G. W. King Reed Woods, Iowa liam Tyler Page. Fairfield Kinkaid Robbins Woodyard Farr Knutson Roberts Young, N.Dak. ELECTION OF CLERK. Fcss Kraus Rodenberg Zihlman Focht Kreider Rc.gers The question was taken ; and there were-voting for South For·dney La Follette nose Trimble 217, f~r William Tyler Page 213, as follows: Foss La Guardia Rowe FOR JUR. TRil'lillLFr-217. Th~ SPEAKER. The Clerk will call my name. A

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Key, Ohio Nicholls, S. C. Sabath Talbott Drane Hood Moon Sisson Kincheloe Oldfield Sanders, La. Taylor, Ark. Dupre ·Houston Neely Slayden Kitchin Oliver, Ala. Saunders, Va. Taylor, Colo. Eagan Howard .Nicholls, S.C. Small Larsen Oliver, N. Y. Schall Thomas Eagle Huddleston Old.fi.eld Smith,N. Y. Lazaro Olney Scully Thompson Estopinal Hulbert Oliver, Ala. Snook Lea, Cal. O'Shaunessy Sears Tillman Evans Hull, Tenn. Oliver, N. Y. Steagall Lee, Ga. Overmyer Shaekleford Van Dyke !- Ferris Humphreys Olney Stedman Lesher Overstreet Shallenberger Venable Fields Igoe O'Shaunessy Steele Lever Padgett Sherley Vinson Fisher­ Jaeoway Overmyer Stephens, 1\ILc;~. Linthicum Park Sherwood Walker Fitzgerald Johnson, Ky. Overstreet Stephens. Neln·. Littlepage Phelan Shouse Walton Flood .Jones, Tex. Padgett Sterling, Pa.. Lobeck Polk Sims Watkins Flynn Jones, Va. Park Stevenson London Pou Sisson Watson. Va. Foster Keating Phelan ullivan Lonergan Price Slayden W~ver Gallagher Kehoe Polk 'umners Lunn Quin Small . Webb Gallivan Kelly, Pa. Pou . Tague McAndrews Ragsdale Smith, N.Y. Welling Gandy Kettner Price Talbott McClintic Rainey Snook · Welty Gard: Key, Ohio Quin ~·aylor, Ark. McKeown Raker Steagall Whaley Garner Kincheloe Ragsdale Taylor, Colo. McLemore · Randall Stedman White, Ohio Garrett, Tenn. Kitchin Ra.iney 'l'homas l\Iaher Rayburn Steele 1Vilson, La. Gar.rett, Tex. Lar en Raker Thomp on l\lansfieM Riordan Stephens, Miss. Wilson, Tex. Glass Lazaro Randall Tillman l\Iartin, Ill. Robin on Stephens, Nebr. Wingo · Godwin, N.C. Lea, CaL Raybru·n Van Dyke l\Iartin, La. Romju"e Sterling, Pa. Wise ' Goodwin, Ark. .Lee, Ga. Riordan Vena!Jle !\lays Rouse Steven on Young, Tex. G.ordon . Lesher Robinson VInson l\Iontague Rubey Sullivan The Speaker Gray, Ala. Lever Romjue Walker 1\loon Rucker Sumners Gregg Linthicum Rouse "\I alton Neely Ru sell Tague . ·Griffin . Littlepage Rubey Watkins FOR 1\IR.. RODGER8-212. Hamill Lobeek Rucker Watson, Va. llamlin London Russell Weaver Anderson Francis Langley Rowland Ilardy Lonergan Sa bath Webb Anthony Frear Lehlbach Sandi!J'S, Ind. Harrison. Miss. Lunn Sanders, La. Welling Austin Freeman Lenroot ~anders, N. Y. Harrison, Va. Mc.An.ll.rews Saunders, Va. Welty Bacharach French Little Sanford ' Hastings McClintic S.eully Whaley Bland Fuller, Til. Longworth Scott, Iowa McKeown Sear White, Ohio flowers Fuller, ~lass. Lundeen Scott, Mich. ~!l~n McLemor& hacklefor

FOR MR. DUNBAR-217. Mr. CRISP. l\1r. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to make the statement that Mr. LEE of Georgia, and l\1r. MEEKER, of 1\Iis~ Adamson Dough ton Kelly, Pa. Sa bath Alexander Drane Kettner Sanders, La. souri have been present and voting, and both are sick and both Almon Dupr~ Key, Ohio Saunders, Va. have left the · Hall, and I ask unanimous consent that a pair Ashbrook Eagan Kincheloe Schall may be announced for them for the remainder of the day. As well Eagle Kitchin Scully Ayres Estopinal Larsen Sears The SPEAKER. There will not be any trouble about that. Bankhead E vans Lazaro Shackleford The Clerk will announce the pairs. Ba1·kley Ferris Lea, Cal. Shallenberger Barnhart Fields Lesher Sherley The Clerk announced the following pair: Bathrick ·Fisher Lever Sherwood For the remainder of the day : Bell Fitzgerald Linthicum Shouse. Mr. LEE of Georgia with Mr. MEEKER. Black Flood Littlepage Sims Blackmon Flynn Lobeck Sisson The SPEAKER. On this vote Mr. Dunbar has 217 votes, Mr. Rlanton Foster London Slayden Lyons 206, and Mr. Dunbar is elected Postmaster. [Applause.] Booher Gallagher Lonergan Small Borland Gallivan Lunn Smith, N.Y. ELECTION OF CHAPLAIN. Brand Gandy McAndrews Snook Mr. TALBOTT. l\1r. Speaker, I move that the Rev. Henry N. Brodbeck Gard McClintic Steagall in Bruclmer Garner McKeown Stedman Couden, D. D., Chaplain of the House the last Congress, be Brumbaugh Garrett, Tenn. McLemore Steele elected by acclamation Chaplain of the House. Buchanan Garrett, Tex. Maher Stephens, Miss. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Maryland moves that Burnett Glass Mansfield Stephens, Nebr. D., be Byrnes, S. C. Godwin, N. C. Martin, Ill. Sterling, Pa. the Chaplain of the last House, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. Dyrns, Tenn. Goodwin, Ark. Martin, La. Stevenson elected Chaplain by acclamation. Caldwell Gordon Mays Sullivan The motion was agreed to. Campbell, Pa. Gray, Ala. Montague Su::nners Candler, Miss. Gregg :Moon Tague The SPEAKER The vote recurs on the motion of the gen­ Can trill Griffin Neely Talbott tleman from l\1assachusetts [Mr. GREENE] as a substitute for the Caraway Hamill Nicholls, S. C. Taylor, Ark. main resolution. Carew Hamlln Oldfield Taylor, Colo. l\1.A1-."'N. Carlin Hardy Oliver, Ala. Thomas 1\Ir. Mr. Speaker, while the form in which t he matter Carter, Okla. Harrison, Miss. Oliver, N.Y. Thompson was presented to the House was that of a resolution to which Church Harrison, Va. Olney Tillman there was an amendment offered-that is what the Speaker has Clark, Fla. Hastings O'Sbaunessy Van Dyke reference to, is it not? Claypool Hayden Overmyer Venable Coady lleflin Overstreet Vinson The SPEAKER. Yes. Collier Helm Padgett Wall,er Mr. 1\IANN. Still, by unanimous consent, the House ...-oted Connally, Tex. H elvering Park Walton in Connelly, Kans. H ensley Phelan Watkins directly upon the names, and the Speaker announced each Cox Hilliard Polk Wa tson, Va.. case that the person receiving the majority was elected. I Crisp Holland Pou Weaver would !Je glad to have some gentleman on the other side ask Crosser Hood Price Webb Dale, N.Y. Houston Quin Welling unanimous consent that thut be considered as disposed of and Decker Howard Ragsdale Welty thnt these gentlemen be declared elected. Dent Huddleston Rainey Whaicy . 1.\Ir. GARRETT of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, it was contem­ Denton Hulbert Raker White, Ohio Dewalt Hull, Tenn. Randnll Wilson, La. plated in the request which I made--whether or not it was ex­ Dickinson Humphreys Rayburn Wilson, Tex. pressed fully enough to cover the situation I do not now re­ DIPS Igoe Riordan Wingo call-but in order that there may be no question about it I ask Dill Jacoway Robinson Wise unauimous consent that these several gentlemen-- Dixon Johnson, Ky. · Romjue Young. Tex. Dominick Jones. Tex. Rouse 'l'he Speaker 1\Ir. MA!'-I""N. That the action taken be considered as the final Dooling .Jones, Va. Rubey election in each ca·se. Doolittle Keating Rucker Mr. GARRETT of Tennessee. That they be considered as Doremus Kehoe Russell ·elected in each case. FOR MR. LYONS-206. The SPEAKER. The gentleman asks unanim.ous consent that Anderson · Francis La Guardia Rowland the action taken in voting on these gentlemen separately be Austin Frear· Langley Sanders, Ind. 'taken as final, and that they be elected. Is there objection? Bacharach Freeman Lehluach ~anden;, N.Y. There was no objection. Bacon French Lenroot Sanford Bland Fuller, Ill. Little Scott, Iowa SWEARING IN OF o :FJiiCERS OF THE HO'GSE. Bowers Fuller, l\lass. Longworth Scott, Mich. Britten Gardnt:>r Lundeen Scott, Pa. The SPEAKER. If the gentlemen who ha>e been elected will Browne Garland McArthur Sells .present themselves, the ChJ.ir will administer the oath of office Browning Gillett McCormick Siegel to them. Butler Glynn McCulloch Rinnott Campbell, Kans. Good McFadden Slemp 1\Ie srs. 'l'rimble, Gordon, Sinnott, Dunbar, and Qouden ap­ Cannon Goodall McKenzie Sloan peared at the bar of the House and the Speaker administered Carter, Mass. Gould McKinley Smith, Idaho to them the oath of office. Cary Graham, Ill. McLaughlin, Mlch.Smith, Mich. Chandler, N.Y. Graham, Pa. McLaughlin, Pa. Snell THE RULES. Chandler, Okla. Gray, N.J. Ma<.lden Snyder 1.\Ir. POU. 1\Ir. Speaker, I offer the following resolution. Clark, Pa. Green, Iowa Magee Stafford Classon Greene, Mass. Mann Steenerson The SPEAKER The gentleman from North Carolina offers Comstock Greene, Vt. Mapes Sterling. Ill. .ri. resolution \vhich the Clerk will report. Cooper, Ohio Griest Mason Stiness Th3 Clerk read as follows : Cooper, W. Va. Hadley Miller, Minn. Strong Cooper, Wis. Hamilton, Mich. Miller, Wash. Sweet House resolution 3. Copley Hamilton, N.Y. Moore, Pa. Swift Rcsol,;ed, That the rules of the House of. Representatives of the Costello Haskell Moores, Ind. Switzer . Sixty-fom·th Congress be, and they are hereby, adopted as the rules of Crago Haugen Morgan Temple the House of Representati>es of the Sixty-fifth Congress: Provided, Cramton Hawley Morin Templeton That the Committee on Ways and Means shall consist of 23 members, Currie, Mich. Hayes Mott TilMn and -~te Committee on Rules of 12 members: Provided fu,·thc1·, That any Curry. Cal. Heaton Nelson Timberlake motion or resolution to elect the members or any portion of the mem­ Dale, Vt. Heintz Nichols, M1ch. Tinkham bers of the standing committees of the House and the joint standing Dalllnger Hersey Nolan Towner committees shall not be divisible. · Darrow Hicks Norton Treadway Davidson Hill Osborne Vare The SPEAKER. The question i~ on the resolution. Davis Hollingsworth Paige Vestal Mr. MANN. Mr. Speaker-- Dempsey Hull, Iowa P arker, N.J. Volgt Mr. POU. Mr. Speaker, I have hot yielded the floor. Denison Husted P a rker, N.Y. Volstead Dillon Hutchinson Peters Waldow Mr. MANN. The gentleman can not stand on the floor and Dowell Ireland Platt Walsh keep still. Drukker James Porter Ward 1\lr. POU. If the gentleman desires ti~e I will be glad_ to Dunn Johnson, Wash. Powers Wason Dyer Juul Pratt Watson, Pa. yield to him. Edmonds Kahn Purnell Wheeler 1\Ir. MANN. I am not asking any favors of the gentleman at Ellsworth Kearns Ramsey White, Me. this time. He must either do something or yield the floor. Elston Kelley, Mich. Ramseyer William!': Emerson Kennedy, Iowa Rankin Wilson, Ill. Mr. POU. Then, Mr. Speaker, I move the pre,ious question. Esch Kennedy, R. I. Reavis Winslow I have not yielded the floor . . Fairchild, D. L. Kiess, Pa. ReP. cl Wood, Ind. Mr. MANN. The Speaker was putting the question. Fairfield King Robbins Woods, Iowa Farr Kinkaid Roberts Woodyard Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. Will the gentleman from North Fess Knutson Rodenberg Young, N.Dak. Carolina yield for a question? Focht Kraus Rogers Zil!lman 1 Mr. POU. I will. . Fordney Kreider Rose Foss La Follette Rowe Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. 1\Ir. Speaker, this resolution , contains three separate provisions, the most i:nportant of which So Mr. Dunbar was elected Postmaster of the House. urovides for adopting the rules of the Sixty-fourth Congress as 112 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. APBIL 2, the i'Ul('!s o.f t he Stx:ty-nftb Congre s. I had prepa.~ u number , Oliver, N.Y. Romjue Small Van Dyke Olney Rouse Smith, N.Y. Venable of clmno-e in the !"&~ that I would have J.lk"'e(l to have con- : O'Shaunessy Rubey Snook , Vinson SidB"re<:l, but it \\"'uld e unwise t-o consider ·them - t this time Overmyer Rucker Steaga11 Walker be·c-ause of ittll mutter hleh tlemand in tant ;n"ct.ion. ~l\..s .tne Overstreet Russell Stedman Walton Padgett ,'abath Steele Watkins gent! mau fi·orn ·orth Caralina rMr~ Pou] is the r.anking mem­ Park • andcrs, La. Stephens, .Miss• l\'atson, Va. ber of tl1~ Rules · mmitt-ee., .I 'WOUld like to have ,an :assurance Phelan Saunders, Va. Stephens, Nebx. Weaver from him that the Rules Committee will prom:p.tly take up Polk Schall Sterling, Pa. Webb · Pou Scully o..: tevenson Welling changes which may be offered :nnd afford the House an -oppor­ Price Sears Sullivan Welty tunity to >ote upon them. Quin Shackleford Sumners Whaley l\lr. POU. I will say to :the ...,entleman .:from Pennsylvania Ra~s dale Shallenberger 'l'ague White, Ohio Ramey Sherley Talbott Wilson, La. that if it is my .,..ood fortune to be a member of the Comm1ttee Raker Sherwood Taylor, Ark. Wilson, Tex. on Rules I think I .:un in a position to -as ure the gentleman Randall Shouse Taylor, Colo. Wingo that any proposition to ehange the i'ules-mll receive very earn­ Rayburn Sims Thomas Wise Riordan Sisson Thompson Young, Tex. est and early con ideration. Rollinson Slayden Tillman The ::;peaker .1\Ir. NORTON. Will the gentleman yie1d1 NA£8-206. 1\Ir. POU. Yes. ~ir. NORTON~ We had an Msumnce in the Sixty-third Con­ Ander son Frear Langley Rowe .Anthony l:;anders, Ind . gress and also in the .Sixty-fou1·th Congress to tbe same effect. Austin ~~ ~~~h'l n t~~;~~ Sanders, N.Y. Is it not a fact tbat the suggestions f-or amendments -of the rules Bacharae a yery cordial invitatwn to 1 Clark, Pa. Greene, Vt. Mapes Steenerson uppear before the mmmittee and make them. Classon Griest Mason Sterling, Ill. l\fr. NORTON. Will the gentleman yield further2 · Comstock Hadley Miller , Minn. •'tiness Cooper, Ohio. H amilton, Mich. Miller, Wash. - trong Mr. POU. Yes. Cooper, W.Va. Hamilton, N.Y. Mondell . Sweet Mr. .r ORTON. Will that consideration be such as will bring Cooper, Wis. Haskell Moore, Pa. Swift the suggestions before the House for a vote and not bury the Copley Haugen Moores, Ind. Switzer Costello ITa wley Morgan Temple suggestions in the Committee on Rule ·? Crago Hayes Morin 'l'eD!pleton .Mr. POU. I can not nndertake to say what wm be the action Cramton Heaton Mott Tilson of the Rul-es Oomm1ttee. , Currie, Mich. Heintz Mudd 'l'imberlake l\fr . .KELLY of Pennsylrnnia. A fair propositi<>n would be to 1 Curry. Cal. H~ r sey Nelson Tinkham Dale, Vt. H 11 1 Nichols, Mich. 'l'owner assure us that action will be taken on the suggestions by the Dallingcr Holling worth Nolan 'l'readway -committee. I would not be disposed to >ote fo-r the motion Darrow Hull, Iowa Norton Vare Davidson Husted Osborne Vestal presented unless that assurance is given, and I feel th.a..t since Davis Hutchinson Paige Voigt it is _given fairly we may accept it without impeachment. . Dempsey, Ireland Parker, N . .J. Volstead Mr. LENROOT. Mr. Speaker, in reference to the suggestion · Denison James Parker, N.Y. Waldow Dillon Johnson, S.Dak. Petei'S Walsh . maue ·by the gentleman from Pennsylvania, the ;gentleman from Dowell Johnson, Wash. P1lltt Ward · ,Pennsylvania will under. tand t11at if the Committee on Rules Drukker Juul Porter Wason does not see fit to net ~ffirma.tiYely on any suggestion .fo1· a Dunn Kahn Powers Watson, Pa. Dyer Kearns Pratt Wheeler change by any Member, if this resolution is ad<>pted, the H-ouse Edmonds Kelley, Mich. Purnell White, Me. will never haYe an opportunity to >ote in the Sixty-fifth C<>n­ Ellswo.rth Kennedy, Iowa Ramsey Williams gress on those questi<>ns. Elston Kennedy, R . .I. Ramseyer Wilson, Ill. Emerson Kiess, Pa. Rankin Winslow Mr. ·pou. 1\Ir. Speaker, I oemand the previ-ous .question. Esch King Reavis Wood, Ind. Th-e question was tak-en, and Mr. LENROOT ·asked fe read. Black Dewalt -Griffin Lea. Cal. Blackmon Dickinson Hamill Lesher - The Clerk 1·ead as follows; Blanton Dies Hamlin Lev& ::M:r. MANN moves to commit the resolution to a select committee to Booher Dill Ha:rdy Linthicum be appointed by the Spealrer, to .be composed ot seven members ·with Horland Dixon Harrison, Miss. Littl-epag:e instructions to that committee to report back to the House forthwith Brand :Dommic:k Harrj on., Va. Lobeck Dooling Hastings Lenihm the following amendment to i:he .resolution: ll~·o fl beck Strike out aU after the wo.rd ·~ esolved. ~, anious question w.ns ordered. 00NGRESBI{)NAL RECORD---R{)U£E. ~113

The SPEAKER. The question .1s on -the motion to recommit. ~!~a~leke Watkins W·Nty Wingo Watson, Va. Wl'l.afey Wis'e . 1\fr. MANN, Mr. Speaker, .on tllat [ ·(lemand tile yeas and Vinson . Weaver White, Oh1<> Yo'Ung,Tez. nays. W alker Webb · Wilson, La. The Speaker The yeas and nays were ordered. . Walton • Welling Wilson, Tex. The question was taken; and there were---yeas 208, nays '21.5, NOT VOTING--J.O. Bleakley Helgesen London Rowland not voting 10, as follows : Capstick Hicks Meeker .YEAS-208. Focht Lee, Ga. M.ott Anderson Foss La Follette Kreider So the motion to recommit was rejected. Anthony Francis La 'Guardia Rose Austin Frear Langley !Rowe The SPEAKER. The Clerk will call my name. Bacharach Freeman Lehlbach Sanders, Ind. The ~arne of Mr. CLA.BK <>f Missouri was called, and he voted ' Bacon French Lenroot -Sanders, N.Y. "no." Bland Fuller, Ill. Little 'Sanfor-d Bowers Fuller, Mass. Longworth S<:ott, 'Iowa The Clerk announced the following pair:· Britten Gallivan Lundaen Scott, Mich. l\ir. LEE of Georgia with Mr. MEEKER. Browne Gardner McArthur Scott, Fa. The result of the vote was announced as above reeorded. Browning Garland ·McCbrlllick Se1ls Butler Gillett McCUllocb 'Siegel 'l'he SPEAKER. The question is on the resolution offered by Campbell, Kans. Glynn McFadden Sinnott the gentleman from North Carolina IMr. Pou]. ann on Good McK-enzie Slemp The question was taken, and the resolution was agreed to. Carter, Mass. Goodall 'McKinley Sloan Cary Gould McLaughlin, Mich.Smith, Idaho On motion of Mr. Pou, n motion to reconsider the vote by Chandler, N. Y. G raha:m, .III. McLa'11ghlin, Pa. Smith, Mich. which the resolution was agreed to was laid on the table. Chandler, Okla. Graham, Pa. Madden Snell Clark, Pa. Gray, N.J. 'Magee -snyder COMMITTEES OF· THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Classon Green. Iowa ~nn ·SUU[ord Comstock Greene, Mass. Mapes Stee-nerson Mr. KITCHIN. 'Mr. Speaker, I · move the adoption of the reso­ Cooper', Ohio Greene, Vt. Ma on Sterling, lll. lution which I send to the Clerk~s desk. Cooper, W. Va. Griest Mil1e1; 'Min'h. Sti.ness The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the resolution. Cooper, Wis. MDl.C:'r, Wll:Sh. Str<>ng Hadley The Clerk read as follow~: Hamilton, Mich. Mondell .S~t 2~~::flo Hamilton, N.Y. Moore, Pa. Swift House resolution 19. Crago Haskell Moo-res, .Ind. Swi:u-er Resolved, That the following-named gentlemen be, and they are hereby, Cramton Haugen l\Iorgan Temple elected members of the standing eomruittees of the House and the joint Currie, Mich. Hawley l\forin · Templeton standing committees, as follows : Curry, Cal. Hayes Mudd Tilso.n Dale, Vt. Heaton Nelson Timberlake ELECTIONS NO. 1. Dallinger Heintz Nichols, Mich. Tinkham 1. Riley J. Wilson (chairman) , of Louisiana. Darrow Hersey Nolan Towner 2. Joe H. Eagle, of Texas. Davidson Hill Norton '!1'-r-eadw-a,y 3. Albert F. Polk, of Delaware. Davis Hollingsworth .Osborne V.a.re 4. L. D. Robinson, of North Carolina• Dempsey Hull, Iowa Palge Vestal 5. Benjamin F. Welty, of Ohio. Deni on Husted Parker, N. J~ Voigt 6. Fred H. Dominick, of South Carolina. Dillon Hutchinson Parl!::er.., N-Y. 'Volstead ELECTIONS NO. 2. Dowell Peters Waldow Ireland 1. James A. Hamill (chaiqnan) of New Jersey. Drukker James Platt Walsh 1 Dunn Johnson, S • .Dak. Porter Ward 2. Joseph J. Russell, of Missourt. Dyer Johnson, Wash. Powers Wawn 3. Jouett Shouse, of Kansas. Edmonds Juul Pratt Watson, Pa. 4. John N. Tillman, of Arkansas. Ellsworth Kahn Purnell Wbee.ler · 5. J. W. Overstreet, of Georgia. l<.Jlston K earns Ramsey White, ]').{e. 6. J. Y. Sanders, of Louisiana. Emerson Kelley, Mich. Ramseye-r WTiliams ELECTIOXS NO. S. gsch Kennedy, Iowa Rankin Wilsen, :rn. 1. Walter A. Watson (chairman), ol Virginia. Fairchild, B. L. K ennedy, R. I. R-eavis Winsl-ow 2. Michael F. Ph-elan, of bl:ssachusetts.. Fairchild, G. W. Kiess, Pa. Reed 'Wood, bd. 3. William J. Sears, of . Fairfield King 'Robbins Woods,1owa 4. Horatio C. Claypool, of Ohio. Farr Kinkaid RobeTt-s Wooilyard 5. Tom Connally, of Texas. Fe~s Knutson 1~odenbe:rg Ye1:mg, N. Dat. 6. Harvey Helm, of Kentucky. Fordney Kraus Rogers 'Zihlman N:A.Y8-215. WAYS AND MZ.ANS. Adamson Dili B.noaJestoii - Polk 1. Claude Kitchin (chairman), n 2. Henry T. Rainey, of Illinois. Almon Dominick Hnll, 'l'enn. .Price 3. Lincoln Dixon, of Indiana . Ashbrook Dooling Humphreys ·Qui"Il 4. Cordell Hull, of Tennessee. As well Doolittle lgoe Ragsdll.1e 5. John N. Garner, of Texas. Ayres Doremus Jacoway Rainey 6. James W. Collier, of Mississippi. • Bankhead Dough ton Johnson, Ky. -Raker 7. Clement C. Dickinson, of Missouri. Barkley Drane Jones, Tex. .Randall 8. William A. Oldfield, ().f Arkansas. Barnhart Dupr.; Jones, va. Rayburn 9. Charles R. Crisp, of Georgia. Bathrick Eagan X eating Riordan 10. Guy T. Helvering, of Kansas. Bell Eagle Kelloe Robinson 11. George F. O'Shaun . y, of. Rhode Island. Black E topinal Kelly, Pa. R0mjue 12. John F. Carew, of New York. Hlackmon Evans KettneT Ranse 13. George White, of Ohio. Blanton Ferris Key, Ohio Robey APPROPRU.'TIONS. Booher Fields Kincheloe Rucker 1. John J. Fitzgerald (chairman), of New York. Borland Fisher Kitchin Russell 2. Swagar Sherley, of Kentncky. Brand Fitzgerald Larsen .Sabath 3. Joseph W. Byrns, of Tennessee. Brodbeck Flood Lazaro Sanders, La,. 4. Thomas U. Sisson, 1of l\IiRslssippi. Bruckner Flyn:n Lea, 'Cal Saunders, Va. 5. William P. Borland, of 1issour1. Brumbaugh Foster Li:lsher Schall 6. James McAndrew~ ot Illinois. Buchanan Gallagher L ever Scully 7. William Schley Howard, of Georgia. Burnett Gandy Linthicum Sears 8. John M. Evans, of Montana. Byrnes. S. C. Garcl Littlepage .Shac-klefdrd 9. John J. Eagan, of New J ersey. Byrns. Tenn. Garner Lobeck Shallen:b~"rger 10. James Pl Buchanan, of Tua.s. Caldwell Garrett, Tenn. Lonergan . Sherley 11. James A. Gallivan, of Ma sachosetts. Campbell. Pa. Garrett, Tex. Lunn Sberwooa 12. James F. Byrnes, of South Carolina; Candler, Miss. Glass .McAndrews house Can trill Godwin, N. C. McClintic 'Sims THll .JUDICIARY. Caraway Goorlwin, Ark. M\KeOWD Si on 1. Edwin Y. Webb (chairman) of North carolina. arew Gordon · 'McLemol'e Slayden 2. Charles C. Carlin, of Virginia. Carlin Gray, Ala. faber Small 3. Robert Y. Thomas, jr., of Kentu<:ky. Carter, Okla. GrPgg Mansfield Smith, N.Y. 4. William L. Igoe, of Missouri. Church Griffin Martin, m. Snook 5. Warren Gard. of Ohio. Clark. Fla. Hamill Martin, La. SteagaLl 6. Richard S. Whaley, of South Carolina. Claypool Hamlin Mays ·Stedman 7. Thaddeus H. Caraway, of Arkansas. ' Coa!ly Hardy Montague :St"eele 8. M. M. Neely, of West Virgtnia. Collier Harrison, Miss. Uoo"Il Stephens, M.J:ss. 9. Henry J. Steele, of Pennsylvania. Connally, Tex. Harrison, Va. Neely Step~ens...._Nebr. 10. John Randall Walker, of Georgla . Connelly, Kans. Hastings Nicholls, S. C. .Sterling, Ya. 11. Hatton W. Sumners, of Texas. Cox Ha:vden Olafield St~~E!n.SO"Il 12. Joseph V. Flynn, of New York. Crisp Hefiin Oliver, Ala. Sullivan Crosser Helm. {)Jiver,:N. Y. Sumners BANKING AND CURRENCY~ Da le, N.Y. H elvering Olney Tague 1. Carter Glass (chairman), of Virginia.. Decker H ensley O'Shaunesgy Talbott 2. Michael F. Phelan, of l\ias achusetts. Dent Hilliard 'Overmye:r Tayl<>r,~r.k. 3. Joe H. Eagle, of T exas. Denton Holland OverstJ

8. Charles 0. Lobeck, of Nebraska. 4 . .Artlmr B. Rouse, of Kentucky. 9. Augustine Lonergan, of Connecticut. 5. Fred. L. Blackmon, of Alabama. 10. C. H. Brand, of Georgia. 6. Edward E. Holb.1.nd, of Virginia. 11. W. F. Stevenson, of South Carolina. 7. Dan1el J. Griffin, of New York. 8. Peter ll\ Tague, of Massachusetts. COINAGE, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES. 9. Eugene Black, of Texas. 1. William A. Ashbrook (chairman), of Ohio. 10. William A. Ayer , of Kansas. · 2. J ames L. Slayden, of 1.'exas. 11. Charles H. Randall, of California. 3. Ladislas Lazaro, of Louisiana. 12. Bruce .F. Sterling, of Pennsylvania. 4. J. Charles Linthicum, of Maryland. 5. Benjamin C. Hilliard, of Colorado, THill PUBLIC LANDS. G. William J. Sear , of Florida. 1. Scott Ferris (chairman), of Oklahoma. 7. James H. Mays, of Utah. 2. Edward T. Taylor, of Colorado. INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCI!I. 3. John E. Raker, of· California. 4. Carl Hayden, of Arizona. 1. William C . .Adamson (chairman), of Georgia. 5. Denver S. Church, of California. 2. Thetus W. ims, phens, of Nebraska. 8. John N. Tillman, of Arkansas. 5. Alben W. Barkley, of Kentucky. 9. Harry L. Gandy, of South Dakota. 6. Sam Raybum, of Texas. 10. Jeff: McLemore, of Texas. 7. Andrew J. Montague, of Virginia. 11. James V. McClintic, of Oklahoma. 8. Perl D. Decker, of Missouri. 12. W. B. Walton. of New Mexico. 9. Charles P. Coady, of Maryland. 10. Arthur G. Dewalt, of Pennsylvania. INDIAN AFFAIRS. 11. Harry H. Dale, of New York. 1. Charles D. Carter (chairman), of Oklahoma. 12. John S. Snook, of Ohio. 2. Carl Hayden, of Arizona. RIVERS A ·n HARBORS. 3. Denver S. Church, of California. 1. John H. Small (chairman), of North Carolina. 4. William J. Sears, of Florida. 2. Charles F. Booher, of Missouri. 5. C. C. Dill, of Washington. 3. Thomas Gallagher, of Illinois. 6. John N. Tillman, of .Arkansas. 4. Thomas J. Scully, of New J ersey. 7. Harry L. Gandy of South Dakota. 5. William Kettner, of California. 8. William W. Hastings, of Oklahoma. 6. Samuel M. Taylor, of Arkansas. 9. Joe H. Eagle, of Texas. 7. iurray Hulbert, of New York. 10." W. B. Walton, of New Mexico. 8. H. Garland Dupre, of Louisiana. 11. Zeb Weaver, of North Carolina. 9. Martin Dies, of Texas. THill TERRITORIES. 10. Oscar L. Gray, of Alabama. 11. George K. Denton, of Indiana. 1. William C. Houston (chairman), of Tennessee. 12. Hubert Fisher, of Tennessee. 2. •John T . Watkins, of Louisiana. THE l\IERCHANT l\IA.RINE AND FISHERIES. 3. Scott Ferris, of Oklahoma. 4. Walter .A. Wat on, of Virginia. 1. Joshua W. Alexander (chairman), of Missouri. 5. Clement Brumbaugh, of Ohio. 2. Rufus HarJy. of Texas. 6. Courtney W. Hamlin, of Missouri. 3. Edwa:rd W. Saunders, of Virginia. 7. Jeff: McLemore, of Texas. 4. Peter J. Dooling, of New York. 8. J. W. Overstreet, of GE>orgia. 5. llenry Bruckner, of New York. 9. Walter Kehoe, of Florida. G. Ladislas Lazaro, of Louisiana. 10. Zeb Weaver, of North Carolina. 7. William S. Goodwi!lz of Arkansas. 8. Jesse D. Price, of Maryland. INSULAR AFFAIRS. 9. Carl C. Van Dyke, of Minnesota. 1. William A. Jones (chairman), of Virginh. 10. David H. Kincheloe, of Kentucky. 2. Finnis J. Garrett, of Tennessee. 11. Clarence F. Lea, of California. 3. Harvey Helm, of Kentucky. 12. W. ll. Bankhead, of Alabama. 4. Joseph J. Russell, of Missouri. AGRICULTURE. 5. Clement Brumbaugh, of Ohio. 1. .Asbury- F. Lever (chairman), of South Carolina. 6. Peter J. Dooling, of New York. 2. Gordon Lee of Georgia. 7. James B . Aswell, of Louisiana. 3. Ezekiel S. candler, jr., of Mississippi. 8. Christopher D. Sullivan, of New York. 4. J. Thomas Heflin, of Alabama. 9. T. D. McKeown, of Oklahoma. 5. Thomas L. Rubey, of Missouri. 10. L. D. Robinson, of North Carolina. 6 James Young, of Texas. . 11. Marvin Jones of Texas. 7: HE>nderson M. Jac1>way, of Arkansas• 12. Fred H. Dominick, of South Carolina. . John V. Lesher, of Pennsylvania. R&.ILW.~YS AND CANALS. 9. Dudley Doolittle, of Kansas. 1. Henry Bruckner (chairman), of New York. 10. Arthur W. Overmyer, of Ohio. 2. Clement Brumbaugh, of Ohio. 11. Joseph B. Thompson, of Oklahoma. 3 ..Tames H. Mays, of Utah. 12. Charles Martin, of Ilijnois. 4. Benjamin F. Welty, of Ohio. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. 5. H. J. Drane, of l<'lorida. 1. Henry D. Flood (chairman), of Virginia. 6. Thomas L. Blanton of Texas. 2. J. Charles Linthicum, of Maryland. 7. W. F. Stevenson, of South Carolina. 3. William S. Goodwin, of Arkansas. MINES AND MINING. 4. Charles M. Stedman, of North Carolina. 1. Martin D. Foster (chairman), of Illi.nois. 5. Pat Harrison, of Mississippi. 2. Edward T. Taylor, of Colorado. G. Charles B. Smith, of New -york.. 3. Courtney W. Hamlin of Missouri. 7. Dorsey W. Shackleford, of Missouri• 4. Carl C. Van Dyke, of Minnesota. . .Adolph J . Sabath, of lllinois. 5. Otis Wingo. of Arkansas. 9. J. Willard Ragsdale, of South Carolina. 6. Meyer London, of New York. 10. George Huddleston, of Alabama. - 7 . .Andrew R. Brodbeck, of Pennsylvania. 11. Tom Connally, of Texas. 8. M. II. Welling, of Utah. MILITARY AFFAIRS. PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. 1. S. Hubert Dent, jr. (chairman), of Alabama. 1. Frank Clark (chairman), of Florida. 2. William J. Fields, of Kentucky. 2. John L. Burnett, of Alabama. 3. Percy E. Quin, of Mississippi. 3. James C. Cantrill, of Kentucky. 4. William Gordon, of Ohio. 4. William A. Ashbrook, of Ohio. 5. A. C. Shallenberger, of Nebraska. 5. Frank Pa1·k, of Georgia. 6. Charles Pope Caldwell, _of New York. 6. William W. Rucker, of Missouri. 7. James W. Wise, of Georl:la. • 7. Henry A. Barnhart, of Indiana. 8. Richard Olney, 2d, of Massachusetts. 8. Michael F. Phelan, of Massachusetts. 9. Samuel J. Nicholls, of South Carolina. 9. Henry Bruckner, of New York. 10. T. W. Harrison, of Virginia. 10. George E. Hood, of North Carolina. 11. Daniel E. Garrett, of Texas. 11. J. J. Mansfield, of Texas. 12. George R. Lunn, of New York. EDUCATIO '• NAVAL AFFAIRS. 1. William J. Sears (chairman), of Florida. 1. Lemuel P. Paclgett (chairman), of Tennessee. 2. Benjamin C. Hilliard, of Colorado. 2. Joshua F. C. Talbott, of Maryland. 3. Horatio C. Claypool, of Ohio. 3. Albert Estopinal, of Louisiana. 4. Daniel C. Oliver, of New York. 4. Daniel J. Riordan, of New York. 5. W. B. Bankhead, of Alabama. 5. Walter L. Hensley, of Missouri. 6. C. H. Brand, of Georgia. 6. John R. Connelly, of Kansas. 7. Thomas L. Blanton, of Texas. 7. William B. Oliver, of Alabama. LABOR. 8. William W. Venable, of Mississippi. 1. James P. Maher (chairman), of New York. 9. Carl Vinson, of Georgia. 2. Walter A. Watson, of Virginia. 10. Adam B. Littlepage, of West Virglnia. 3. Edward Keating. of Colorado. 11. Ellsworth R. Bathrick, of Ohio. 4. Edward B. Almon, of Alabama. 12. James C 1'Pllson, of Texas. 5. Carl C. Van Dyke, of Minnesota. THE POST OlfFICE AND POST ROADS. 6. Meyer London, of New York. · 1. ·John A. Moon (chairman), of Tennessee. 7. Jeff: McLemore, of Texas. 2. Thomas M. Bell, of Georgia. 8. Guy E. Campbell, of Pennsylvania. 3. William E. Cox, of Indiana. 9. L. D. Robinson, of North Carolina. 1917.- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 115

PATl'nfTS. DIMIGRATION Als""D NATURALl!U.TI0~. - 1. Charles B. Smith (chairman),- of New Yotk~ 1. John L. Burnett (chairman), {)f .Alabama. 2. Robert eros er, of Ohio. 2. Adolph J. Sabath, of Illinois. 3. James V. McClintic,' of Oklahoma. 3. James L. Slayden, of Texas. 4. Henrv B. Steagall, of Alabama. 4. John El. Raker, of California. 5. Guy li:. Campbell, of Pennsylvania, 5. Riley J. Wilson, of Louisiana. 6. Milton ..AA Romjue, of issol.IrL 6. George El. Hood. of North Carolina.. 7. H. J. Drane, of Florida. 7. Charles B. Smith, of New York. 8. Benjamin F. Welty, of Ohio. INVALID PENSIONS. 9. Guy El. Campbell, of Pennsylvania. 1. Isaac R. Sherwood (chairman), of Ohio, EXPIJNDITURIJS IN THE STATE DlilPARTMilNT, 2. Joseph J. R-usselJ, of Mi ourL 1. Courtney W. Hamlin (chairman), of MissourL 3. Edward W. Saunders, of Virginia. 2. Clement Brumbaugh, of Ohio. 4. William A. Ashbrook, of Ohio. 3 . .Andrew R. Brodbeck, of Pennsylvania. 5. Jouett Shouse, of Kansas. 4. W. B. Bankhead, of Alabama. 6. Robert L. Doughton, of North Carolina. 7. William E. Cox, of Indiana. EXPENDITURES IN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT,. 8 . .Augustine Lonergan, of Connecticut. 1. Charles 0. Lobeck (chairman), of Nebraska. 9. Albert F. P{)lk, of Delaware. 2. Charles D. Carter, of Oklahoma. 3. Jesse D. Price, of Maryland. PENSIONS, 4. Fred H. Dominick, of South Carolina. 1. John .A. Key (chairman), of Ohio. EXPENDITURES IN THE WAR DEPARTMENT, 2. Edward Keating, of Colorado. 1. Peter J. Dooling (chairman), of New York. 3. J. Charl~s Linthicum, of Mat:yland. 2. Hannibal L. Godwin, of North Carolina. 4. John N. Tillman, of .Arka.n as. 3. Otis Wingo, of Arkansas. 5. George Huddleston, of .Alabama. 6. James V. McClinticJ of Oklahoma. EXPENDITURES IN THE 'AVY DlilPARTMENT, 7. J. W. Overstreet, or Georgia. 1. Rufus Hardy (chairman), o.f Texas. 8. Daniel C. Oliver, of New York. 2. Benjamin F. Welty, of Ohio. 3. H. J. Drane, of F}{)rida. CLAIMS. 4. Thomas D. Schall, of Minnesota. 1. Hubert D. Stephens (chairman), of Mississippi. EXI?El\""DITURES IN THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMZNT, 2. Jesse D. Price, of Maryland. _ l. Edward Keating {chairman), of Colorado. 3. William S. Goodwin, of .Arkansas. 2. George Huddleston. of .Alabama. 4. Henry B. Steagall, of Alabama. 3. Walter Kehoe, of Florida. 5. Horatio C. Claypool, of Ohio. EXPENDlTCRES IN THE INTER10R DEPARTMENT. 6. Daniel C. Oliver, of New York. 7. Milton .A. Romjue, of Missouri. .1. William W. Hastings (chairman), of Oklaho.ma. 8. M. H. Welling, of Utah. 2. M. H. Welling, of Utah. 9. Thomas L. Blanton, of Texas. 3. Zeb Weaver, of North Carolina. 4. W. F. tev~son, o.f South Caroiina. WAR CLAIMS. EXPENDITURES IN THE D-EPARTMENT OF J"USTICII. 1. Alexander W . . Gregg (chairm:m), of Texas. 1. John E. Raker (chairman)~ of California. 2. William C. Houston, of Tennessee. ~ Riley J. Wilson, of Louisiana. 3. Charles 0. Lobeck, of Nebraska. 8. W. B. Walton~, of Ne Mexico. 4. Frank Clark, of Florida. 4 . .1. J. Mansfielo, of Texas.. 5. John T. Wa:tkins, of Louisiana. EXPENDITURES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF' AG1UCUL'l'UlUI, 6. James P. Maher, of New York. 1. Robert L. Doughton (Chairman), of' North Carolina.. 7. l\1. Clyde Kelly, of Pennsylvania. 2... James B. .Aswell, o.f £ouisiana. 8. W. B. Walton, of New Mexico. 9. Walter Kehoe, of Florida. 3~ David H. Kincheloe, of Kentucky. EXPENDITURES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMIIRC.. THJl DIS'!n1CT OF COLUMBIA0 .1. Rooort Crosser (chairman), of Ohio. 1. Ben Johnson (chairman), of Kenluclcy. 2. J'ohn T. Watkins, of Louisiana. · 2. Robert Crosser, of Ohio. 3. Daniel C. Oliver. o! New York. 3. James A. Hamill, of New Jersey. EXPE "DITURES IN !rHE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. 4. J. Willard Ragsdale, of South Carolina, 1. Christopher D. Sullivan (chairman), of New York. 5. Benjamin C. Hi!liard, of Colorado. 2. Scott Ferris, of Oklahoma. 6 . .Andrew R. Brodbeck, of Pennsylvania. 3. Clarence F. Lea, of California. 7. Christopher D. Sulllv~~~ of New York. 8. Milton A. Romjue, of MlSsouri. 4. Tom Connally, of Tems. ·9 . .Albert F. Polk, of Delaware. EXPENDITUUJlS ON PUBLIC BUILD! TGS, 10. J. J. Mansfield, of Texas. 1. James V. McClintic (chairman), of Oklahoma. 2. Adolph .J. Sabath, of Illinois. REV~SION OF THE LAWS. 3. .Augustine Lonergan, of Connecticut. 1. John T. Watkins (chairman), of Louisiana. RULES. 2. Robert Crosser, of Ohio. · 1. Edward W~ Pou (chairDUlll), of North Carolina. 3. James H. Mays, of Utah. 2. Finis J. Garrett, of Tennessee. 4. Edward B. Almon, of Alabama. 3. Martin D. Foster, of Illinois. 5. Meyer London. of New York. 4. James C. Cantrill, of Kentucky. 6. C. H. Brand, of Texas. 5. Pat Harri on, of MississippL 7. T. D. McKeown, of Oklahoma. 6. Daniel 1. Riordan, of New York. REFORM IN TRJl CIVIL SEllYICE. 7. M. Clyde Kelly, of Pennsylvania. 8. Thomas D. Sf!hall, o! Minnesota. 1. Hannibal L. Godwin (chairman), of North Carolina. ACCOUNTS, 2. Charles D. Carter, of Oklahoma. 3. Denver S. Church, of Calitornia. 1. Frank Park (chairman), of Georgia, 4. James .A. Hamill, of New Jersey. 2. Ben Johnson of Kentucky. 5. Hubert D. Stephens, of Mississippi. 3. William W. Hastings, of Oklahoma. 6. J. W. Overstreet, of Georgia. 4. Jeff: McLemore, of Texas. 7. Marvin Jones, of Texas. 5 . ..Andrew R.. Brodbeck, of Pennsylvania, · 8. J. Y. Sanders, of Louisiana. 6. Christopher D. Sullivan, of New York. 7. Clarence F. Lea, of California. · ELECTIO:-< OF PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, AHD REPRESENTATIVES IN' MILEAGE. CONGRESS. 1. C. C. Dill, of Washington. 1. William W. Rncker (chairman), of Missouri, 2. James P. Maher, of New York. 2. Alexander W. Gregg, of Texas. '!£Hill CENSUS. , 3. David H. Kincheloe, of Kentucky. 1. Harvey Helm (chairman), of Kentucky. 4. Horatio C. Claypool, of Ohio. 2. William C. Houston, of Tennessee. 5. Clarence F. Lea, of California. 3. James B. Aswell, of Louisiana. 6. Fred H. Dominick, of South Carolina. 4. Joshua W. Alexander, of Mi-ssouri. 7. Albert F. Polk, of Delaware. 5. George E. Hood, of North Carolina. ALCOHOLIC LIQ"UO& TRAFFIC" 6. Carl C. Van Dyke, of Minnesota. 1. Adolph J. Saba.th {chairman), of Dlinols~ 7. Joe H. Eagle, of Texas. 2. John L. Burnett, of Alabama. 8. W. W. Larsen, of Georgia. 3. Frank Clark, of Florida. THEl LIBRARY, 4. Hannibal L. Godwin, of North Carolina 5. John A. Key, of Ohio. 1. James L. Slayden (chairman), of Texas. 6. Denver S. Church, {)f California. 2." Frank ·Clark, of Florida. 7. M. Clyde Kelly, of Pennsylvania. 3. Jouett Shouse, of Kansas. PlllNTING. IRRIGATION OF ARID LANDS, 1. Henry A. Barnhart (chairman), of India.ca. 1. Edward T. Taylor (chairman), of Colorado. 2. Harry L. Gandy, of South Dakota. 2 ..John El. Raker, of California. 3. Carl Hayden, of Arizona. Jil'NROLLED BILLS. 4. Harry L. Gandy. of South Dakota~ 1. Ladisla.s Lazaro (chairman), of Louisiana. 5. C. C. Dill~ of Washington. 2. Otis Wingo of Arkansas. 6. M. H. Welling, of Utah. 3. Benjamin C. Hilliard, of Colorado. 7. Thomas L. Blanton, of Texas. 4. Guy El. Campbell, of Pennsylvania. 116 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-·HoUSE!l

INDUSTRIAL ARTS AND EXPOSITIONS. NAYS-198. 1. James C. Can trill (.chairman), of Kentucky. Anderson French Lehlbach Rowe , 2. William A. Jones, of Virginia. .Austin Fuller, Ill. Lenroot Rowland 3. Courtney W. Hamlin, of· Missouri. Bacharach Fuller, Mass. Little Sanders, Ind. 4. Isaac R. Sherwood, of Ohio. Bland Gallivan Longworth Sanders, N.Y. 5. Edward T. Taylor of Colorado. Bowers· Garland Lundeen Sanford 6. J. Willard Rag dale, of' South Carolina. Britten Glllett McArthur Scott, Iowa 7. Marvin Jones, of Texas. Browning Glynn McCormick Scott, Mich. 8. J. Y. Sanders, of Louisiana. Butler Goodall McCul!och Scott, Pa. 9. W. W. Larsen, of Georgia. Campbell, Kans. Gould . - McFadden Sells Cannon Graham, Ill. McKenzie Siegel DISPOSITION OF USELESS EXECUTIVE PAPERS. Cary Graham,Pa. McKinley Sinnott 1. Joshua F. C. Talbott, of Maryland. Chandler, N.Y. Gray, N.J. McLaughlin, Mich.Slemp Chandler, Okla. Green, Iowa McLaughlin, Pa. Sloan ROADS. Clark, Pa. Greene, Mass. Madden Smith, Mich. 1. Dorsey W. Shackleford (chairman)·, of MissourL Classon Greene, Vt. Magee Snell 2. Edward W. Saunders, of Virginia. Comstock Griest · Mann Statrord 3. Henry A. Barnhart, of Indiana: Cooper, Ohio Hadley Mapes Steenerson 4. Hubert D. Stephens, of Mississippi. . · Cooper, W.Va. Hamilton, Mich. Mason Sterling, Ill. 5. Robert L. Doughton, of North Carolina. Cooper, Wis. Hamilton, N.Y. Miller, Minn. Stiness 6. Edward Keating, of Colorado. Copley Haskell Miller, Wash. Strong 7. James B. Aswell, of Louisiana. Costello Haugen :Mondell Sweet 8. Edward B. Almon, of ~abama. Crago Hawley Moore, Pa. Swift 9. Marvin Jones, of Texas. . Cramton Hayes Moores, Ind. Switzer 10. W. W. Larsen, of Georgia. Currie, Mich. Heaton Morgan Temple 11. J. Y. Sanders, of Louisiana. Curry, Cal. Heintz Morin Templeton 12. T. D. McKeown, of Oklahoma. Dale, Vt. Hicks Mott Tilson Dallinger Hill Mudd Timberlake FLOOD CONTROL. Darrow Holl1n gsworth Nelson •.rtnkham 1. Benjamin G. Humphreys (chairman), or Mississippi. Davidson Hull, Iowa Nichols, Mich. Towner 2. Finis J. Garrett, of Tennessee. Davis Husted Nolan Treadway 3. Iartin D. Foster, of Illinois. Dempsey Hutchinson Norton Yare 4. Joseph ·J. Rus ell, of Missouri. Denison Ireland Osborne · Ve tal' 5. Riley J : Wilson, of ·Louisiana. Dillon James Paige Voigt 6 .•J. J. Mansfield, of Texas. Dowell Johnson, S. Dak. Parker, N.J. Volstead - 7. Thomas D. Schall, of Minnesota. Drukker Johnson, Wash: Parker, N.Y. Waldow Dunn Juul Peters Walsh 1\fr. MAl'lN. 1\fr. Speaker, I demand the question of consid­ Dyer • Kahn Platt Wallon eration on the motion offered by the gentleman from North Edmonds Kearns Powers Watson, Pa. Ellsworth Kelley, Mich. Pratt Wheeler Carolina. Elston Kennedy, Iowa Purnell White, Me. The SPEAKER. What is the motion of the gentleman? Emerson Kennedy, R.I. Ramsey Williams Mr. MANN. I demand the question of consideration on the Esch Kiess, Pa. · Ramseyer Wilson, Ill. Fairchild, B. L. King Rankin WinRiow motion of the gentleman from North Carolina. Fairfield Kinkaid Reavis Wood, Ind. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Illinois demands con­ Fess Knutson Reed Woods, Iowa sideration. The question is whether the House at this time will Focht Kraus Robbins Woodyard Fordney Kreider Roberts Young, N.Dak. consider: this resolution. Foss La Follette Rodenberg Zihlman Mr. MANN. And on that I ask for the yeas and nays. Francis La Guardia "Rogers Tbe SPEAKER. The gentleman demands the. yeas and Frear Langley Rose nays. Evidently a sufficient number have arisen, and the Clerk ANSWERED " PRESENT "-2. will call the roll. . Farr Harrison, Miss. The question was taken; and tl1ere were--yeas 212, nays 198, NOT VOTING-20. answered "present" 2, not voting 20, as follows: . Anthony Carter, Mass.- Good Porter YEAS-212. Bacon Eagan . Helgesen Smith, Idaho Adamson Doolittle Kehoe Rubey Bleakley Fairchild, G. W. Hersey Snyder Alexander Doremus Kelly, Pa. Rucker Browne Freeman Lee, Ga. Talbott Almon Dough ton Kettner Russell Capstick Gardner Meeker Ward Ashbrook Drane Key, 0hio Sabath A swell .Dupre Kincheloe Sanders, La. So the House deciued to consider the· re olution. Ayres Eagle Kitchin Saunders, Va • . The Clerk announced the following additional pairs:· Bankhead Estopinal Larsen Schall On this vote : Barkley Evans Lazaro Scully Barnhart Ferris Lea, Cal. Sears Mr. LEE of Georgia (for) with Mr. MEEKER (against). Bathri<·k Fields Lesher Shackleford 1\fr. HARrusoN of-Mississippi (for) \vith Mr. Goon (against). Bell Fisher Lever Shallenberger Mr. TALBOTT (for) with Mr. FABR (against). Black Fitzgerald Linthicum Sherley Blackmon Flood Littlepage Sherwood Mr. EAGAN (for) with Mr. GEORGE W. F AlB CHILD ( again!';t.). Blanton Flynn Lobeck Shouse Mr. FARR. 1\fr. Speaker, did the gentleman from Mnrylnn

Towner Waldow White, Me. Woodyard Now, is the majority to be opposed by a solid minority in Treadway Walsh Williams Young, N. Dak. naming--~ Yare Ward Wilson, Til. Zihlman Mr. MANN. I deny that you are a majority until you settle Vestal Wason Winslow it by a roll call. Voigt Watson, Pa. Wood, Ind. l\1r. FITZGERALD. How many roll calls does it take to Volstead Wheeler Woods, Iowa determine that! ANSWERED " .PRESENT "-2. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will call the roll. Harrison, Miss. London The question was taken; and there were-yeas 211, nays 197, NOT VOTING-24. answering." present " 2, not voting 24, as follows : Anthony Davidson Gray, N.J. McLemore YEAS-211. . . Bacharach Dtukker Griffin Martin, La. Adamson Doolittle Kehoe Russell Bacon Fairchild, G. W. Hadley Meelter­ Alexander Doremus Kelly, Pa. Sa bath Bleakley Frear Helgesen Roberts Almon Dough ton Kettner Sanders, La. Capstick Fuller, Ill. Lee, Ga. Smith, Idaho Ashbrook Drane Key, Ohio Saunders, Va. Cooper, Wis. Good Longworth Snyder Aswell Dupre Kincheloe Schall So the resolution was agreed·· to. Ayres Eagan Kitchin Scully Bankhead Eagle Larsen Sears The Clerk announced the following additional pairs: Barkley Estopinal Lazaro Shacklefor(l , On- the vote : Barnhart Evans Lea, Cal. Shallenberger Bathrick Ferris Lesher Sherley Mr. HARBISON of Mississippi (for) with Mr. Goon (against). Bell Fields Lever Sherwood Mr. LEE of Georgia (for) with l\lr. MEEKER (against) . Black Fisher Linthicum Shouse Mr. GRIFFIN with 1\Ir. GEORGE W. FAIRCHILD. Blackmon Fitzgerald Littlepage Sims Blanton Flood Lobeck Sisson Mr. HARRISON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker. I desire to Booher Flynn Lonergan Slayden change my vote from "yea" to "present." Borland Fo ter Lunn Small The SPEAKER. The Clerk will call the gentleman's name. Brand Gallagher McAndrews Smith, N.Y. Brodbeck Gandy McClintic Snook The Clerk called the name of 1\Ir. HARRISON of Mississippi, Bru('kner Gard McKeown Steagall and be answered "Present." Brumbaugh Garner McLemore Stedman The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. Buchanan Garrett, Ten,n. Maher Steele Burnett Garrett, Tex. l\lansfield Stephens, Miss. On motion of 1\fi.'. KITCHIN, a motion to reconsider · the vote Byrnes, S. C. Glas Iartin, lll. Stephens, Nebr. whereby the resolution was agreed to was laid on the tnble. Byrns, Tenn. Godwin, N.C. Mays Sterling, Pa. Crull well Goo(lwin, Ark. Iontague Stevenson · NOTIFICATION TO THE PRESIDENT. Campbell, Pa. Gordon Moon Sullivan Candler, Miss. Gray, Ala. Neely Sumners Mr. FITZGERALD. Mr. ·speaker, I offer the following reso­ Can trill Gregg Nicholls, S. C. Tague lution. Caraway Hamill Oldfield - Talbott Carew Hamlin Oliver, Ala. Taylor, Ark. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the resolution. Carlin Hardy Oliver, N.Y. Taylor, Colo. The Clerk read as follows : Carter, Okla. Harrison, Va. Olney Thomas House resolution 16. Church Hastings O'Shaunessy Thompson Clark, Fla. Hayden Overmyer Tillman Resolved, That the Clerk be instructed to inform the Presi(lent of Claypool Hetlin Overstreet Van Dyke the United States that the House of Representatives has elected Coady Helm Padgett Venable CHAMP CLARK a Representative from the State of Missouri, as Collier Helvering Park Vinson Speaker, - and South Trimble, a citizen of the State of J{cnturky, as Connally, Tex. Hensley Phelan Walker Clerk of the House of Representatives of the Sixty-fifth Congres!'. Connelly, Kans. Hilliard Polk Walton The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the resolution. Cox Holland Pou Watkins Crisp Hood Price Watson, Va. The resolution was agreed to. Crosser Houston Quin Weaver MESSAGE FROM THE SEN!> n;. Dale, N.Y. Rowaru Ra~sdale Webb Decker Huddleston Ramey Welling A message from the Senate, by Mr. Waldorf, its enmllin!.! Dent Hulbert Raker · Welty clerk, announced that . the Senate had passed the following Denton Hull, Tenn. Randall Whaley Dewalt Humphreys Rayburn White, Ohio resolution: Dickinson Igoe Riordan Wilson, La. Resol1:ed, Teat a committee consisting of two Senators be appointed, Dies Jacoway Robinson Wilson, Tex. to join such committee as mav be appointed by the House of Repre­ Dill Johnson, Ky. Romjue Wingo sentatives, to wait upon the President of the United States and in­ Dixon Jones, Tex. Rouse Wise form him that a quorum of each House is assembled, and that Con­ Dominick Jones, Va. Rubey Young, Tex. gress is reatly to receive any communication he may be pleased to make. Dooling Keating Rucker And in compliance with the foregoing resolution the Vit'e NAY8-197. President had appointed Mr. MARTIN and Mr. GAI.LINGER the Anderson Focht Kennedy, Iowa Parker, N.Y. Austin Fordney Kennedy, R.I. Peters committee on the part of the Senate. Bland Foss Kiess, Pa. Platt The message also announced that the _Senate had passed the Bowers Francis King Porter Britten Freeman Kinkaid Powers following resolution; Browne French Knutson Pratt Resolved, That t!le Secretary inform the House of Representatives Browning Fuller Mass. Kraus Purnell that a quorilln of the Senate is assembled and that the Senate is ready. Butler Gallivan Kreider Ramsey . to proceed to business. Campbell, Kans. Gardner La Follette Ramseyer NOTIFICATION TO THE SENATE. Cannon Garland La Guardia Rankin Carter, Mass. Gillett Langley Reavis Mr. FLOOD. Mr. Speaker, I offer a resolution, which I send Cary Glynn Leblbach Reed Chandler, N.Y. Goodall Lenroot Robbins to the Clerk's desk and ask to have passed. Chan

The SPEAKER appointed 1\fr. KITCHIN, Mr. FITZGERALD, and On the third of February la t I officially laid before you the Mr. MANN ns the members of the committee on the part of the · extr~.ordinary announcement of the Impe1·lal German Govern­ House. ment that on and afi:er the first day of Februury it was its DAILY HOm OF MEETING. purpose to put aside all restraints of law or of humanity and l\Ir. GARRETT of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I offer the fol­ use its submarines to sink every vessel that ought to ap­ lowing resolution. proach either the _ports of Great Britain and lr land or the The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report it. western coasts of Europe or any of the 'POrts controlled by the The Clerk read as follows: enemies of Germany within the Mediterranean. That had House resolution 18. seemed to be the object of the German submarine warfare Resolv ed, That. until otherwise ordered, the daily hour of meeting ea1:lier in the war, but since April of last year the Imperial of the House of Representatives shall be 12 o'clock meridian. Government had somewhat restrained the commanders of its The SPE.A.)rER. The question is on agreeing to the resolution. undersea craft in conformity with its promi e then given to The resolution was agreed to. us that passenger boats should not be sunk and that due warn­ ing- would be given to all other vessels which its submarines RECESS. might seek to destroy, when no resistance was offered or es­ ?!fr. KITCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that cape attempted, and care taken that their crews were given tbe House tand in recess until 8.15 o'clock. at least a fair chance to sa.ve their lives in their open boats. Mr. 1\..1ANN. I suggest that the gentleman had better make The precautions taken were meagre and haphazard enough, as it 8.20 o'clock. We can not get back before that. was proved in ·distressing instance after instance in the prog­ Mr. KITCHIN. Well, say 8.20. ress of the cruel and unmanly business, b11t a certain de:,o-ree of The SPEAKER. The gentleman from North Carolina asks restraint was ·observed. The new policy has swept every re­ unanimous •consent that the House Btand in recess until 8.20 striction aside. Ves els of e-very kind, whatever their fi.ag, o'clock. Without objection, it is so ordered. their chara.cter, their cargo, their uestmation, their errand, There was no objection ; accordingly (at 7 o'clock and 47 have been ruthle sly sent to the bottom without warrung and minutes p. m.) the House stood in recess until 8 o'clock and 20 without thought of help Ol" mercy for those on board, the minutes p. m. vessels of friendly neutrals along with those of belligerents. The recess having expired, the House {at 8 o'clock and 20 Even hospital ships and ships carrying relief to the sorely be­ minutes p. m.) resumed its session. reaved and stricken people of Belgiure, though the · latter REPORT OF COMMITTEE TO NOTIFY THE PRESIDENT. were provided with safe conduct througll the pro cribeu areas Mr. KITCHIN, Mr. FITZGERALD, and 1\fr. JlvfANN, the committee by the German Government itself and :were distinguisheu by appointed to notify the President, appeared at the bar of the unmistakable marks of identiiy, have been sunk with the same House. reckless lack of compaJ;;;sion and of principle. l\1r. KITCHIN. Mr. Speaker, your committee appointed to I was fol" a little while unable to believe that such things wait upon the President and inform hlm that the House is or­ would in fact be done by any government that had Wtherto sub­ ganized and Teady to receive any .communication he may make, scribed to the humane practices of civilized nations. Interna­ have, in.company with a like committee on the part of the Sen­ tional law had its origin in the attempt to set up some law which ate, perfoo:ned that duty. The President wishes ·to inform the would be respected and obseiTed upon the seas, where no nation House that he will be pleased to deliver in person a message to had right of domfnion and where lay the free highways of the a joint session of the House and Senate at 8.30 this ~vening. world. By painful stage after stage has that law been built I send to the Clerk's desk the following resolution and move up, with meagre enough results, indeed, after all was accom­ its adoption. plished that could be accomplished, but always with a clear The SPEAKER. The Clerk will .report it. view, at least, of what the heart and conscience of mankind The Clerk read as follows: demanded. This minimum of right the German Government House concurrent resolution 2. has swept aside under the plea of xetaliation and neces­ Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concur-ring), sity and becau e it had no weapons which it could use at 'That the two Houses of Congress assemble in the Hall of the House of sea except these which it is impossible to employ as it is em­ Representatives on Monday, the 2d day of April, 1917, at -8.30 o'clock ploying them :without throwing to the :winds all scruples of post meridian, for the purpose of receiving such communications as tile President of the United ·states 'Shall be -pleased 'to make them. humanity or of respect fol" the understandings that were sup­ posed -to underlie the intercourse of the wo ·ld. I am not now The resolution was agreed to. thinking of the loss of prop.erty, immense and serious as that is, MESSAGE FRO"li THE SENATE. but only of the wanton ana wholesale destructiOn of the lives of A message from the Senate, by 1\Ir. Crockett, one of its clerks, non-combatants, men, women, and children, engaged in pursuits announced that the Senate had .agreed to House COJlCun·ent which have always, even in the darkest periods of modern his­ resolution 2. tory, been deemed innocent and legitimate. Property can be JOINT MEETING OF THE SENATE AND H01JSE. paid for ; th~ lives of peaceful and innocent people cannot be. At 8 o'clock and 30 minutes p. m. the Doorkeeper, J. J. Sin­ The present German submarin~ warfare against commerce is tt nott, announced the Vice President of the United States and the warfare against mankind. Members of the United -States Senate. It is a warfare against all nations. American ships have been The Members of the House rose. sunk, American lives taken, in ways which it has ~tirred 'US The Senate, preceded by the Vice ·President and b-y theil· "Sec­ very deeply to learn of, but the ships and people of other neutral and friendly nations have been sunk and overwhelmed in the retary and Sergeant at Arms, entered the Chamber. waters in the same way. 'There has been no di crimination. The Vice President took the chair at the right of the Speaker The challenge is to all mankind. Each .nation must decide foT and the Members of the Senate took the seats reserved for them. itself how it will meet it. The choice we make for ourselves The SPEAKER. On the part of the House the Chair ap­ must be made with a moderation of counsel and a temperateness points Me rs. KITcHIN, FITZGERALD, FI.oo:n, SHERLEY., MANN, of judgment befitting our

selfish ·aesfgns of a Governm'ent that did what it .pleased and civilization Itself seeming to ·be in the balance. '"But .the (J'.ight :told its people nothing: 'But ihey ha'9'e played 'their ~ part in is ·more p.r~cious than peace, and :we shall figllt ..for the things 'Serving to convince us at last that nutt Go:vernment ·ente.rtatns­ which .e llave .always carded nearest our llearts,-Ior democ· no ·real·frienles 'that ,ga e ller 'birth and democratic ,governments' of the ·world. · [.Applause.] 'We -a:r.e 'ha1Jpiness :and the -peace which She .has treasureat ·any time within 10 da;ys aftm- the adoption .or this ma:de as secure ·as the .faith 1md th~ 'freeoom df ·nation.-; .cn:n esolution it fihall be 'in order to move to suspend the rules .and pass ·the ·fullowing bills: make ·them. n. R. n, making .fiPproprlhttons ·to-r sundry cl'vll .expenses of the ·Just l>et:!:ause we ..fight mtheut llncour ·nnd -without selfish Government for the fiscal year ending June so, 1.9.18, and for othe-r ·object, 'Seeking nothing 'for ·ourselv:es 'but-what we s:hall wi'3h to -purposes<; shaTe 'With All 'free ""'eoples, we snan I feel confident, condtrct ·'H. ~R. 'l.2, making a:pprupriatio:ns to -supply c!eficiencles in approprla- h' ....., tlons •for :the ,fiscal __year en.ding .June 30, :1917, •and -prior years, arrd far ·our opel'atiassion rrnd ourselves .other purposes · E>bserve wifh proud pun-ctilio the :p.dnciples of right and of "fui:r 'H. 'R. 13, mak'i.ng appropriations for the support of the Army .for the la-v we "nrofess -to be 1i!!hfill!! :tor. fiscal -year cending June 80, 1018, ·and ·for other purposes·; and 'P ·.r ~ ~ ~ H. R. 14, mtildhg .appropriations .:tor the support .of the Military I have said nothing of the govemmen.ts allied with .the 1m- Academy-tor :the fiscal year ending June 3D. J.918, and tor other rpucposes. ·peri'al Government of Germrrny'because they lmve ·not=mnde -war, The SBEAKER. Is n ~secona ·.demanded? · upon us or challenged us to defend our right ana our :.bonour. Mr. 1\IA}I.'N. I demand a second. The .:A.-ustro-'Hungarian "Government has, indeed, 'avowed 'it'S un-· Mr. FJlr.ZGERALD. Mr. Speaker, [ ask unanimous ·consent ·qu.allfied ·endorsement and ~a:ccEWtance of the reckless and Jaw- tha:t .a second .may be ·considered •trs ordered. less ·submarine warfare allopted now ·without disg.u.ise b_y the The SPEAKER. The .gentleman from New York asks unani­ ImJ)erial ·German Government, and it has tb£refore not .heen mous eonsent that a second be oonsider:ed as ordered. J:s there pos ible -Ior this Government to re·ceive Count "Tarnowski, .the objection? A.mbassador recently accr~dited 'to this Government b,y .the There was no objection. Imperial and Royal Gov-ernment of Austria-Rn.ngary; but that The SPE.AKER. The- gentleman from New York [Mr. Frrz- Government lhas not actually engagea in warfare againgt :clti- .GEBAT.D] has ..20 minutes ,and the _gentleman from Illinois :[MJ:. zens of th'e Uniteu ·states .on ·the ·seas, nntl I ta1re Ute liberty, · ~NN] ,20 ..minu~s. for the pr.esent at l~ast, of ·postponing a discussion o'f our .rela- 1\fi•. FITZGERALD. .l\1r . .Speaker, .the ,purpose ·of this Tesol'u­ ·tions with 'the authorities at 'Vienn-a. We ente.r .this war .c.nJy tion is to enable the House within the next 10 da~s to pnss, ·where we are clearly foTeed into tt becn:use ihe'l'e ·are .no other under -suspension of the 1~ules, tbe .four apprtopriation bills men­ means ·of defending our tights. tioned-the smidry civil bill, the general ·deficiency bill, the It will be a1l 'the easier·far us to conduct ourselves as'belliger- .Military ·Academy bill, and the Army bill-which .passed the .ents in ·a .high spirit of ·right and fairness because we act with- House in the Jast session but failed 1:o become laws. out animus, not in enmity towards a people or with the desire ~ese bills have been .intro.duced in tbe :fol!lll in which the to bring any injury ·or disadvantage upon them, but only in last House passed them, anQ. the- purpose is to ask the Rouse armed appOSition to an irresponsible government w:hicll bas to puss ·them under suspension of the rules in the form in which thrown ·aside all c.onsiderations of .humanity and of -r'lght and is they passed that House. -running amuck. We are, l~t me say .again, the sincer~ friends Mr. .AUSTIN. May I ask the gentleman from New Yor~ a .of the Germnn _people, and .sha1l desire pothing so much as ·the question? early ·re-establishment of intimate 1.·e1ations of mutual aava:n- 1\ii:. FITZGERALD. I yield .to the gentleman from ·Tennessee. -tage between ns,-however hard it muy be 'for 1hem, for the Mr. .AUSTIN. Why does not the gentleman include the river time ·being, to believe that 'fhis 'is spoken from o.ur 'hearts. We .and harboT bill? have borne with their present government througb all. these .Mr. FITZGERALD. It is not ·a general supply bill. It is not bitter months because of that friendship,--e:x.ercising a ,patience a bill that is essentia). for the support of the Government. It and forbearance which would otherwise have been impossible. can be brought u) as a privileged bill and taken up and passed. We shall, happily, still have an opportunity to .provE ±hat friend- 'I·he puq>ose of including these four appropriation bills, however, ilhip in our daily attitude and actions towards the n:UTiions of is to enable the Bouse to pass them in the identical .form in men and women of German birth and native sympathy who live which they passed the last House. This follows the practice a~ongst us ·n.nil shm·e om· life, and we shall be proud to prove adopted four years ago, in the first session of the Sixty-thi:r.d it towards all who are in ·fact loyal o "their neigbbotirs and to Congress, when the .bills that failed at the end of the Sixty­ the GoYernment in the ·hour of test. [Applause.] They are, second Congress were passed under practically a similar resolu­ most M them, ·as true and loyal Americans us if they had never tion,' alt1wugh only a majority vote was required to pass them. known any other fealty or allegiance. They will be prompt to 1\lr. AUSTIN. The river and harb.or appropriations are a.hso­ stand with us in rebuking and restraining the few who may be luiel;Y needed .after the 1st of July.. of a ·different mind ·ana purpuse. If there should ·be disloyalty, :Mr. FITZGERALD. It may be that conditi.ons ;will be such it will be dealt with with a firm hand O"f stern repression lap- that some changes may be prop.osed. T.be House may wish to plause]; but, if it lifts its head at all, it will lift it only bere consider those changes. and there and "ivithout countenanc.e except frorp. a lawless and .Mr. MADDEN. Will the .gentleman yield for n question? -malignant ·few. Mr. .FITZGERALD. . I .yield to the gentleman .from .IlUnois. It is ·a distre sing ·and ·oppressive ·puty, Gentlemen of the !!r. J\:fADDEN. 'I wjsh to ask -the gentleman from Ne'Y Ydl'k Congress, whieh I 'ha"ve performed ln thus addressing you. whether. when t1iese' .bills. are passed under suspensign ~f the ·'There 'are, it inay be, ·many months o'f 'fiery trial and sacrifice rules and are sent to the Senate ,and a:re amended by. the Sen­ ahead of us. It is -a fearful i:hing 'to lend this great peaceful ate very materially, as I .presume they will be, it is .the iuten· people into war, in:O 1:he most ·terrible and disastrous of all wars, tion to consider the aaaitlons made by the Senate in the Com· 1917.- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 121

mitt-ee o{ IDe Whole Hou e on tile state of the Union, or whether Mr. B~"ETT. Does not the grntleman think; that the the right of consideration ef any eons1de:rable additions is to be puMJe-buildings bill hould be included? taken a way from the House and the udditi'OnS so made censid­ Mr. SMALL. Let that bill stand on tt.s own merits. ered only in eonferenee? Mr. BURNETT. It has more merit than' many ofhet·s. 1\fr. FITZGERALD. Mr. Speaker, so fa:r as the two bills Tbe SPEAKER. The que tion is on the motion. to suspend which were reported from the Committee on Appropriations ure the rules and pass the Tesoln.tion. conce:r ned, I wish to say to the gentleman that if the Senate The question was taken; and two-thirds having Yoted in fayor h-oulll amend them in any material respect I should expeet the thereof, the rules were uspended. and th-e resfrlution -was agreed House to have an opportunity to consider sucb amendments. to. · The gentleman is a ware that the bill can not go to conference DEATH OF THE LA.TE REERESENTATIVE CYRUS ADAMS SULLOWA.Y. without consideration in the Committee of the Whole except by unanimou. consent. Mr. WASON. 1\!r. Speaker, it becomes my distressing duty at Mr. MADDEN. I realize that; but I wish to inquire whether this time to announce to the H

other purposes," approved August 24, 1912, relating to publica­ Also, a bill (H. R. 33) f01~ the purpo e of expending the un­ tions admitted to tb.e second class of mail matter; to the Com­ expended balances and surplus postal revenues on r ural post mittee on the Post Office and Post R oads. roads ; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Also, a bill (H. R. 10) to provide Federal aid in caring for .Also, a bill (H. R. ·34) for the relief of the Kentucky drafted · indigent tuberculous persons, ami for other purposes; to the men; to the Committee on War Claims. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Also, a bill (H. R 35) to provide for the retirement of em­ By Mr. FITZGERALD: A bill (H. R. 11) making appropria­ ployees in the Postal Service, arid for other benefits and pur­ tions for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal poses in connection therewith ; to the Committee on the Post year ending June 30, 1918, and for other purposes ; to the Com- Office and Post Roads. mittee on Appropriations. · · By 1\Ir. CALDWELL: A bill (H. R. 36) providing for the Also, a bill (H. R. 12) making appropriations to supply de­ purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon ficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, at Jamaica, Long Island, N. Y. ; to the Committee on Public 1917, and prior fiscal years, and for other purposes ; to the Com- Buildings and Grounds. mittee on Appropriations. · .Also, a bill (H. R. 37 ) providing for the purcha e of a site By l\lr. DENT : A bill (H. n. 13) making appropriations for and the erection of a public building thereon at Far Rockaway, the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, Long Island, N. Y. ; to the Committee on Public Buildings and 1918, nnd for other purposes; to the Committee on Military Ground . Affairs. By 1\Ir. MONTAGUE: A bill (H. R. 38) to provide that the Also, a bill (H. R. 14) making appropriations for the support heads of the executive departments may occupy seats on the of the Military Academy for the fi cal year ending June 30, 1918, floor of the Senate and the House of Representatives; to the and for other purposes; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on the Judiciary. By l\Ir. RAKER : A bill (H. R. 15) authorizing and directing Also, a bill (H. R. 39) relating to the maintenance of action the Public Printer to provide a pulp and paper mill or mills for for death on the high seas and other navigable waters; to the the manufacture of print paper for the Government, and for Committee on the Judiciary. - other purpo es ; to the Committee on Printing. By 1\Ir. ·LOBECK: A bill (H. R. 40) for the reduction of the Also, a bill (H. R. 16) to-provide for the retirement of em­ rate of postage &argeable on first-class mail matter for local ployees in the classified civil service, and for other benefits and deliYery; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. purposes in connection therewith; to the Committee on Reform AI o, a bill (H. R. 41 ) to amend section 51, cl1ap~r 4, of in the Civil Service. Thirty- ixth Statutes at Large,. relating to venue in civil suits; Also, a. bill (H. R. 17) to include certain lands in the counties to the Committee on the Judiciary. of Modoc and Siskiyou, Cal., in the l\Iodoc National Forest, Cal., Also, a bill (H. R. 42) to increase the efficiency of the United and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Public Lands. States Military and the United States Naval Ac.ademie , and to Also, a bill (H. R. 18) to encourage the reclamation of cer­ increase the number of graduates therefrom by the immediate tain arid lands in the State of California, and for other pur­ establiJ hment of a one-year united service school near Fort poses ; to the Committee on the Public Lands. Crook or Bellevue, Nebr. ; to the Committee on Military Affairs. By 1\fr. CALDWELL: A bill (H. R. 19) to provide for the Also, a bill (H. R. 43) to provide for paving with a proper military and naval training and service of citizens of the United material the Fort Crook Military Boulevard from Fort Crook States; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Military Reser.vation to the south city .limits of Omahn, Nebr., By 1\Ir. DARROW : A bill (H. R. 20) to provide that commis-. so as to perfect a continuous paved highway from Fort Crook sioned chiefs of the now on the retired list Military . Reservation to Fort Omaha Military Reserya tion ; to who had creditable Civil War service shall, as an equitable the Committee on Military Affairs. reward for said service, receive rank and · pay of lieutenant By 1\Ir. KELLY of Pennsylvania: A bill (H. R. 44) to 11ro­ of the United States Navy, retireu; to the Committee on :Kaval tect the public against false pretenses in merchandi ina, under Affairs. trade-mark or special brand, of articles of standard quality; to Also, a bill (H. R.. 21) to increa e the pen ions of those who the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. have lost limbs or have been totally di abled in the same in the - By Mr. TOWNER : -A bill (H. R. 45) to provide for t he use military or naval seryice of the United States; to the Committee of public-school buildings in the District of .Columbia as com­ on Pensions. munity forums, and for other purposes; to the Committee on By Mr. 1\IONDELL: A bill (H. R. 22) to proYide for the the District of Columbia. reorganization of the General Land Office; to the Committee on By 1\Ir. SWI'rZER : A bill (H. R. 46) to provide an ex ·lusive the Public Lands. remedy and compensation for accidental injur:ies, resulting in Also, a bill (H. R. 23) to amend the regulations relative to disability or death, to employees of common carriers by rail­ safety appliances under the so-called seamen's act so as to road, and of expre s companies, engaged in interstate or foreign include life-preserver suits among the safety appliances pro­ commerce, or in the District of Columbia, and for other pur­ vided for; to the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fish­ poses; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By :Mr. 1\fONDELL : .A bill (H. R. 47) for beginning of con­ cries. struction of an irrigation system for the irrigation of the ceded Also, a bill (H. R. 24) for the inclusion of Certain lands in the and allotted Indian lands of the Shoshone or 'Vind River Ileser­ Wyoming National Forest, Wyo.; to the Committee on the vation, 'Yyo. ; to the Committee on Irrigo.Lon of Arid Lands. Public Lands. Also, a bill (H. R. 48) providing for State. seleGtions in lieu of Also, a bill (H. R. 25) for an eque~trinn statue of William certain lands granted for educational purposes; to the Com­ Frederick Cody, "Buffalo Bill"; to the Committee on the mittee on the Public Lands. Library. . Also, a bill (H. R. 49) providii:~g for an investigation of the Also, a bill (H. R. 2G) authorizing the Northern .Arapahoe power possibilities and opportunities for the manufacture of Tribe of Indians to submit claims to the· Court of Claims; to nitrogen products on the Shoshone River in the vicinity of the the Committee on Indian Affairs. · Shoshone Dam of the SJ10shone Reclamation Project and on the Also, a bill (H. n. 27) to provide for. tl1e erection of a public Platte River in the vi<;inity of the Pathfinder Dam of the North · building in the city of Wheatland, in the State of Wyoming· Platte Reclamation ... Project in the State of 'Vyoming; to the to the Con:imittee on Public Buildings and Grounds. ' Co.mmittee on Irrigation of Arid ~ands . .Also, a bill (H. R. 28) to provide for the erection of a public Also, a bill (H. R. 50) authorizing the State of Wyoming to building at Newcastle, in the State of Wyoming; to the Com­ select lands in lieu of lands heretofore selected by said State mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds. under various grants by the United States; to the Committee • AI o, a bill (H. R. 29) to provide for the erection of a public on the Public Lands. hnilding in the city of Green River, in the State of Wyoming · .Also, a bill (H. R. 51) prohibiting tp.e importation of foreign to the Committee on Public Builuings and Grounds. ' meats which have not been inspected. and passed in conformity Also, a bill (H. R. 30) for granting certain lands to Converse with the provisions of the meat-inspection acts; to the Com­ County, 'Vyo., for a public park; to the Committee on the Public mittee on Agriculture. Lands. · Also, a bill (H. R. 52) to establish a mining-experiment sta­ Also, a bill (H. R. 31) for the construction of a system of tion at Lander, in the State of Wyoming; to the Committee on t.mils nnd bridle paths in the Yellowstone National Park, ·wyo. ; Min.es and Mining. - . to the Committee on Appropriations. Also, a bill (H. R. 53) to provide for appeaJs from decisions By 1\lr. ROPSE: .A bill (H. R. 32) to provide for the erec­ of the Secretary of the Interior to the district courts of the tion of a puqlic building in the city of Falmouth, Ky.; ,to the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee 9n the Qommittee on Public Building and Grounds. Public Lands. 1917. CO :rGRESSIONAL -RECORD-HOUSE. 123

Also, a bill (H. R. 54) for the- restoration, under certain con­ .A.L5o-, a bill (H. R Sl) ·providing for a site and public building U.itions, of lan

Depru-tment of Lab.or a division to be known L woman's By Mr. HULBERT: A b±n (H. R. 93) to- extend the pneu.ma.tic Uivision; to the Commi:tt on Labo-:r. mail-tube servi-ee and impFove tfie eflicieney of the postal system By Mr. STEELE: A bill (H. R. 67) to amend ection 260 in Kew York City; to the- CbmmUtee on the Post Office and of an act entitled ""An act to codify, revise and amend the Post Roads. law relating to the judiciary," approved March 3, 1911; to the Also, a bill (H. R. 9-t) to redu~e tile unnecessary amount of Committee on the .Judiciary. . overtime required New York City; to the· Committee on the Post Office ing riots occurring in South Omaha, Nebr.., Feb1.11'ua.ry 21, 1909; an :r Post Roads. to the Committee on Foreign A.ff:airs. Also, a bill (H. R. 97')1 :fou tThe> ptu-ch-u.se of certain lands in the By Mr. l\IONDELL: A bill (H. R. 70) to provide for appeals District of Columbia for a public park; to the Committee on from decisi-ons of the Secretary of the Interior to the Court of Public BUildin2s and Ground . Appeals of the District of Columbia, ::md. :fOl" other purposes ; Also, a bill ,H. R. 98) foJt the- improvement of East Potomac to the Committee on the Public Lands. · Park a.s a pnblic L'ecreation ground ; to tile Committee on .Ap­ By Mr. KEATING: A biU (H. R. 71) to provWe for the erec­ propriations. tion of a public building at C.anon City, Colo~; to the C&mmittee Also, a bill (H. R. 99). to provide for the- constli:t-dion of· an on Public Buildings and Grounds. intracoastal watel!'way ; to. the Committee on Raflwavs and By !fi. HAYDEN: A bill (H. R. 72) providing for the pay­ Canals. ' ~ ' ment of pen ions monthly; to the Committee on Innllid Pen­ Also, a bill (H. R. 100) prohibiting construc.tio-n of bridges sions. and construction o_f ad{litionaJJ traeks- npon- existing bridges By Mr. GRIEST:- A bill (H. R. 73) authorizing the Secretary over any navigable stream in the ci'ty of New York unit.'S the of War to donate to the Grnn.fl Army po t of Columbia, Pa., elevation of said bridge at· mean higb water sba,ll be sufficient two bronze or brass cannon or fieldl piece ; to the Committee to pel"mit tile fl·ee movement e1 sueh vessels as ru-& orainru·ily on Military Affair • opel·ateitling an appropriation of $200,000 peth Creek, and Engiis.h Kills; to tile Committee on Rivers and for th intensive . tudy of infantile paraly ·is; to the COmmittee Harbors. on _<\.pp:ropriati.ont. AI o, a bill (H.. R. 102:) authorizing rn sur-Vey of Harlem River, Also, a bill (H. R. 76) to restrict the franking privilege; to . New York City; to the Committee ou Rivers a..nd Harbors. the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Also, a bill (H. R. 10.3). to appropriate: $25(},000 fo1· t11e AL-;o, a hill (H. R. 77) toe tabiD h an agriculttu-al experiment · :further impTa\ement of Harlem: Ri:vel", N. Y, with a view to station: iin Iu•mea ter Co-unty, Pa.; to the O>mmittee on Agri­ continuing improvement thel'eof; to the Committee on Rivers cultm·e. and Harbors . By Mr. STEEl\"'"ERSO~: A bill (H. R. 78) to niliu::tte cei~tain .Al o, a bill (H. R. 1~). for the improvement of the Harlem public-larul entries ; to the Committee on the Public Lands. River, N. Y., with a view of straightening the channel at the Also, a bill (H. R.. 79) for the a.le of isolated tracts of the curve near the Johnson· !run 'V01::ks: autho:rizedl by the river public domain in l\Iinnesota; to the Committee on the Public and harbor act o£ l}farch 3, 1909' ~ t;Q· the Cm:mnittee on Ri¥ers Lands~ anu Harbors·. By l\Ir~ GALLivA..~: A bill (H. R. 80-) to provide- for- the en­ Also, a bill (H. R. 105) to appropt'ia:teo $300,000 for the im­ largement,. exten ian,. and remodeling of the Feoe1·al b-uilding provement of New York Hal1.-..>r,. N. Y., with! a view to: se-curing at , :Mass.; to the Committee on Public Buildings and additional widfu in Ba.y Ridge aoo Red Hook Channels.; to- the Grounds. Committee on Rivers and Ha:rbo:rs;., .

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Also, a bill (H. R. 106) to appropriate $250,000 for the im­ Also, a bilb(H. R. 131) granting relief to persons who served provement of New York Harbor, New York Upper Bay, with a in the Military Telegraph Corps of the Army during the Civil view to improving channel opposite anchorage gro1mds; to the War; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee· on 'Rivers and Harbors. By Mr. DRUKKER: A bill (H. R. 132) to erect a post-office Al o, _a bill (H. R. 107) to appropriate $30,000 for the im­ building in the city of Passaic, N. J. ; to the Committee on provement of New York Harbor N. Y., with a view to the ·re­ Public Buildings and Grounds. _ moval of Craven Shoal; to the Committee on Rivers and By 1\fr. DYER: A bill (H. R. 133) to provide a commission Harbors. to determine and fix the valuation of property confiscated, de­ Also, a bill (H. R. 108) to appropriate $700,000 for the im­ stroyed, and made valueless by reason of prohibition and to provement of New York Harbor, N. Y., with a view to securing report the result to Congress ; to the Committee on Appro­ a suitable depth of channel to the navy yard; to the Committee priations. on RiYers ·an:d Harbors. By Mr. DALE of New York: A bill (H. R. 134) to provide Also, a bill (H. R. 109) to appropriate $600,000 for the im­ for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building pron>rnent of_the North or Hudson River, N. Y., with a view to thereon at the city of Brooklyn, in tb.e State of New York, near securing, an increase of depth to 40 feet and suitable width in the plaza at the east end of the Williamsburg Bridge; to the the North or Hudson River channel from deep water in the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Upper Bay as far north as Spuyten Duyvil; to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 135) to regulate the payment of salaries River and Ha-rbors. of clerks in the sea-post service; to the Committee on the Post Also, a bill (H. R. 110) for the improvement of the harbor Office and Post Roads. of New York; City; to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Also, a bill (H. R. 136) to pension widows and minor and By 1\Ir. EMERSON: A bill· (H. R. 111) to provide universal helpless children of officers and enlisted men who served during military training for students ; to the Committee on Military the War with Spain or the Philippine insurrection or in China Affairs. between April 21, 1898, and July 4, 1902; to the Committee on By Mr. HEATON: A bill (H. R. 112) for the remodeling of Pensions. the United States Federal building at Pottsville, Pa.; to the Also, a bill (H. R. 137) granting pensions to certain soldiers, Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. sailors, and officers who served in the Civil War and the war Also, a bill (H. R. 113) to amend the public-building act ap­ with Mexico; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. prove<}. March 4, 1913, authorizing the acquisition of a suitable Also, a bill (H. R. 138) to establish fish-hatching and fish­ site for a public building at Tamaqua, Pa.; to the Committee on cultural stations in the States of Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Public Buildings and Grounds.. · Florida, Indiana, illinois, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, By 1\Ir. NEELY: A bill (H. R. 114) for the purchase of a site Oregon, Oklahoma, Texas, South Carolina, Massachusetts, and for a public building at Che ter, Hancock County, W. Va.; to Washington; to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fish- the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. eries. _ Also, a bill (H. R. 115) granting pensions to certain enlisted ·By Mr. McCLINTIC: A bill (H. R. 139) granting to the State men, soldiers, and officers who served in the Civil War; to the of Oklahoma 210,000 acres of unappropriated nonmineral land Committee on Invalid Pensions. · for the benefit of its agricultural and mechanical colleges, ac· Also, a -bill (H. R. 116) granting pensions to Army teamsters cording to the provisions of the acts of July 2, 1862, and July of the Civil War; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 23, 1862, and authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury, upon AI o, a bill (H. R. 117). to extend aid to the several States _the Secretmy of the Interior certifying the number of acres in t11e building of public highways by authorizing the workipg available, and that there are not sufficient lands in the State of certain Federal convicts thereon or in the preparation of road of Oklahoma to comply with the provisions of this act, to pay materials; to the Committee on the Judiciary. ' to the State of Oklahoma 1n lieu thereof the sum of $1.25 per Also, a bill (H. R. 118) to provide for the erection of a acre for the number of acres due said State; to the Committee public building at Mannington, \V. Va.; to the Committee on on the Public Lands. Public Buildings and Grounds. By Mr. SCULLY: A bill (H. R. 140) appropr iating $10,000 to Also~ a bill (H. R. 119) to provide for the erection of a aid in the erection of a monument in memory of the late· Presi­ public building at New Martinsville, ,V. Va.; to the Committee dent James A. Garfield at Long Branch, N. J.; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. on the Library. Also, a bill (H. R. 120) giving the consent of the United Also, a bill (H. R. 141) making provision for the construc­ States for the bringing of certain suit in the Supreme Court of tion of a canal across the State of New Jersey to connect the the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Delaware River with New York Harbor; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Railways and Canals. · Also, a bill (H. R. 121) providing for the appointment and By l\Ir. McCLINTIC: A bill (H. R. 142) authorizing the Sec­ recommission as officers on the active list of the UBited States retary of "\Var to donate condemned cannon and ball ; to the Army persons who were in the Federal classified civil service; to the Committee Also, a bill (H. R. 148) to amend an act approved Febru.nry 4, on Ueform in the Civil Service. 1887, known as the interstate-commerce act; to the Committee Al o, a bill (H. R. 127) to establish a fish-cultural station on Interstate and Foreign· Commerce. near Rye, Colo. ; to the Committee on the Merchant Marine and By 1\Ir. · WASON: A bill (H. R. 149) to provide revenue for Fisheries. the Government by increasing the

; 1917. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-.HOUSE .. 125 ------.------· . Also, a bill (H. R. 153) to provide for the establishment of a Mexico, the various Indian wars, etc., and to grant u pension national employment bureau in the Department of Labor; to to certain widows of the deceased soldiers and sailors of the the Committee on Labor. late Civil War," approved September 8, 1916, and for other By :Mr. HOWARD: A bill (H. R. 154) to establish postal purposes; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. savings banks, to enable the Government to borrow money Also, a bill (H. R. 175) to amend an act entitled "An act directly from the people, and to market its bonds directly to the making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations people in small and varying denominations through the medium for the fiscal year 1915 and for prior years,. and for other of the post office,. and for other purposes; to the Committee on purposes;" to the Committee on the Public Lands. the Post Office and Post Roads. Also, a bill (H. R. 176) to provide for an authorization of By Mr. BLACKMON: A bill (H. R. 155) to establish a fish­ money to be used in the construction of a public building at cultural station in the State of Alabama; to the Committee on Sterling, Colo. ; to the Committee on Public Buildings and the :Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Grounds. By Mr. MILLER of Minnesota: A bill (H. R. 156) authorizing By Mr. BORLAND: A bill (H. R. 177) to authorize the ac­ the Secretary of ·war to grant leases or licenses for the use of quisition of a site and the erection of a Federal building thereon surplus water at the United States Government dams at Lake at Lees Summit·, Mo.; to the Committee on Public Buildings Winnibigoshish and at Lake Pokegama, in-the State of Minne­ and Grounds. · sota ; to the Committee on the Public Lands. Also, a bill (H. R. 178) to amend an act entitled "An act for . Also, a bill (H. R. 157) to regulate interstate and foreign making further and more effectual provision for the national commerce in cold-storage food products; to the Committee on defense, and for other purposes," approved June 3, 1916; to the Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Committee on. Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 158) providing for the payment of assess­ By Mr. SIEGEL: A bill (H. R. 179) making the 12th day of ments on Indian allotments benefited by the construction of October in each year a legal holiday ; to the Commi'ttee on the State rural highways in the State of Minnesota; to the Com­ Judiciary. mittee on Indian Affairs. By Mr. JOHNSON of Washington: A bill (H. R. 18L>) to Also, a bill (H. R. 159) to create a bureau for the deaf and discontinue the use of the Fahrenheit thermometer scale in dumb in the Department of Labor, and prescribing the duties Government publications; to the Committee on Coinage, thereof; to the Committee on Education. Weights, and Measures. Also, a bill (H. R. 160) providing for taxation of and fixing Also, a bill (H. R. 181) to establish a fish-cultural station in the rate of taxation on inheritances, devises, bequests, legacies, the State of Washington; to the Committee on the Merchant and gifts in the District of Columbia, and providing for the Marine and Fisheries. manner of payment as well as the manner of enforcing payment By Mr. WALSH: A bill (H. R. 182) to punish espionage; to thereof; to the Committee on the District of Columbia. the Committee on the Judiciary. · Also, a bill (H. R. 161) to provide for the purchase of a site By Mr. SIEGEL: A bHl (H. R. 183) for the establishment of and erection thereon of a public building at Two Harbors, ·Minll.; a probation system in the United States courts, except in the to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. District of Columbia; to the Committee on the JudiciarY. Also, a bill (H. R. 162) to amend paragraph A of section 4 Also, a bill (H. R. 184) making a ·crime the disclosure of of the act approved June 25, 1910; to the Committee on the grand jury proceedings by a grand jury; to the Committee on Judiciary. the Judiciary. Also, a bill (H. R. 163) to create a United States Naval Re­ Also, a bill (H. R. 185) making a crime the disclosure of the finding of an indictment previous to the accused person serve; to the Committee on Naval Afl'~irs. Also, a bill (H. R. 164) authorizing the selection, under cer­ being taken into custody; to the Committee on the Judiciary. tain circumstances, of commissioned officers of the Philippine Also, a bill (H. R. 186) to authorize the Secretary of the Scouts and the Philippine Constabulary to fill vacancies in the Treasury to audit and adjust certain claims of the city of New grade of second lieutenant in the United States Army ; to the York; to the Committee on Claims. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 187) making a crime the disclosure of Also, a bill (H. R. 165) for the relief of the Pillager Bands of grand-jury minutes by a stenographer or any other person· to Chippewa Indians of Minnesota, and for other purposes ; to the the Committee on the Judiciary. ~ · ' Committee on Indian Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 188) to amend an act to parole United . States prisoners, and for other purposes, approved .June 25 By Mr. TIMBERLAKE: A bill (H. R. 166) to limit the area 1910, as amended in section 1 by the act of Congress approved of land which may be acquired by any person under all the agri­ January 23, 1913; to the Committee on the Judiciary. cultural public-land laws; to the Committee on the Public Lands. By Mr. KIESS of Pennsylvania: A bill (H. R. 189) to en­ By Mr. GRIFFIN: A bill (H. R. 167) providing that all per­ large and extend the post-office building at Williamsport, Pa. · sons employed by the United States Government or by the Dis­ to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. ' trict of Columbia shall be citizens of the Unite

Also, a bill (H. R. 198) appropriatinu $39,770 fo1; the improve- Civil War, the War wi-th Mexico, the various Indian wars, etc., ment of Raccoon Ol'eek, N J .. ; to tlie Committee on. Rfvers and and to grant a pension to certain-widows oti:he deceased soldiers Harbors. . . and sailors-of the late Civil War,' approved! April19, 1908, and Also,. a bill ~E:'. R. 199) :r,u·o\iding for t11e improvement of the for other-- purposes;" approved September 8, 1916; to the Com­ Delaware River at Camden, N- J - i to the Committee on Rivers mittee-on Invalid Pensions. and Harbors. By Mr. BRITTEN: A bill (H. n.. 221) for the conservation By 1\fr. FIS:aER: .A: bill (.H. R. 200) to :regulate pL-omotions- of· alcohol in the m-anufacture of deaicoholized· fermented bever­ in tile Army of the United States; to the Committee on Military ages; to the Committee on Wa-ys and Means-. Affairs. By 1\Ir. BORLAND: A bill (H. R. 222) for the p11rchase of a AlSo, a bill (H. R. 201) authorizing the Secretary of War to site and· the erection thereon of a public building at Kansas deliver to the town of Bolivar, Tenn., two condemned· bronze. or j Clity, n'fo. ; to the Committee· on· Public Buildings and Ground . brass cannon or fieldpieces and suita}:}le outfit of cannon balls; Also, a bill (H. R. 223) to _provide for the construction of to the Committee on Military Affairs. sanitrrry dwellings for wage earners in the District of Col'tlm- By 1\Ir .. SULLIVAN: A bill (H. R". 202) making the 12tJi da'Y · I bia, and for' their rental' and sale, and for other purposes·; to of October in each year a legal holiday ; to the Committee on the the Com.mfttee on· the District of Columbia. · Judiciary. By M1.~. JOHNSON-of 'Vashington: A bill (H. R. 224) autho-r- By Mr. CURRY of California: A hill (H. R. 203) providing izing the Cowlitz Tribe of fndians residing in the State of for the construction and eq.uipment of. an. ammunition manu,- Washington to submit claims- to the Court of Claims; to the facturing plant at Benicia Arsenal, State of Ou1If0rni.a; to tb.e Committee on Indian Affairs. Committee on Appropriations. Also, a bill (H. R. 225) to provide for the revenue of the- Also, a bill (H. R. 204.) to vrovide for the fitting up of quar- Government and to protect and maintmn the cedar shingle in­ ters in the post-office building at the city of Sacramento,. Cal., , dustry of the United States; to the Committee on W-a-ys and for the ac.commodatien ot the district court of the northern. dis- ' Means. trict of California and its office:r;s, and making an appropria- · By ~k RAKER: A bill (H. R. 226) to restore to the public ti.on therefor ; to the Committee on FubiTc Buildings. and j domain certain lands heretofore reserved for a bird reserva­ Grounds. . . tion in Sish"i.you and :L\Iodoe· Counties, Oat, and' Klamath County, Also, a bill (H. R. 205) providing for the construction and 1 Oreg., and for other purposes ; to the Committee on the PuBlic equipment of a storehouse at Benicin. Arsenal, State of Call- Lands. fornia; to the Committee on Appropriations. Also, a bill (H. R. 227) to equip the United' States peniten- By ~1r. WIN-GO: A bill (H. R. 206) authorizing the Secre- · tiaries at Atlanta, Ga.; Leavenworth, Kans.; and at McNeil tary of War to donate to the city of Texarkana, Ark., two Island, Wash., fo1· the manufacture of supplies for the u e of cannon or fieldpiece ; to the Committee on Military Affairs. the Government, for the compensation of the prisoners fm• their Also, a bill (H. R. 207) for the reduction of the rate of labor, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judi- postage chargeable on first-class mail matter for local delivery ; cial'y. to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Also, a bill (H. R. 228) for the establishment ot a probation By M:r. ELSTON: A bill (H. R. 208) to provide Federal aid system in the United States courts except in the District of in caring for indigent tuberculous persons, and for other pur- Columbia; to the Committee on the Judiciary. poses; to the Committee on Inter tate and Foreign Cornmer!Ce. Also, a bill (H. R. 229) to amend an act entitled "An act to By 1\Ir. WINGO: A hill (H. R. 209) to provide for the erec- parole United States prisoners, and for other purposes," aP­ tion of a public building at Van Buren, Ark. i to the Committee 1 proved June 25, 1910, as amended by an act approved January on Public Buildings and Gi:ounds. 23: 19l3; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, a bill (H. R. 210) to fix OhTi tma:s Day a legal11oliday Al: o, ~ bill (H. R. 230) making an appropriati~n for the i?-- for rural letter carriers of the United States_; to the Committee ves~gatl.on of undergro.und currents U?d. arte mn wens, m on the Post Office and Post Roads. Califorrua; to the Committee on ApproprtatiOns. By Mr. CRAGO: A bill (H. R. 211) to improve and main- Also, a bill (H. ~ 231) to amen~ .section 260 of the Judicial tain certain public roads and parts thereof included within the Code; to the Oomnnttee on the Judiciary. limits of the National park at Gettysbm·g, as defined by the act Also, a bill (H. R. 232) authorizing the Secretary of the Inte­ of Congress entitled "An act to establish a national military rior to make final and detailed sm·vey of the lower Pit Ri\er park at Gettysburg, Pa.," appt•

-. 1917. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HO"OSE. 127

Also, a bill (H. R. 240) to establish a standard box for apples, served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United and for other purposes; to the Committee on Coinage, Weights; States in the Civil War, and for other purposes; to the Com­ and Measures. mittee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 241) to amend an act entitled "An act to Also, a bill (H. R. 260) to acquire, construct, and maintain establish postal-savings depositories for depositing savings at a military and national-defense highway an1 post road extend­ interest with security of the Government for the repayment ing from Los Angeles, Cal., through Mojave, Freeman, along thereof, and for other purposes," approved June 25, 1910; to the east base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, through Lone . the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Pine, Independence, Big Pine, 'Bishop, along the west side of Also, a bill (H. R. 242) to protect the rights of women citizens Lake Mono, through Bridgeport, Markleeville, Tallac, Tahoe, of the United States to register and vote for Senators of the Truckee, Downieville, Quincy, Susanville, and .Alturas; thence United States and for Members of the House of Representa­ along the east side of Goose Lake, past the- towns of Fairport tives; to the Committee on Election of President, Vice Presi­ and New Pine- Creek, all in California, to Lakeview, Oreg. ; dent, and Representatives in Congress. and from Alturas, CaL, down Pit River on water grades to Also, a bill (H. R. 243) to prohibit the coming of Asiatic connect with the California State Highway at Redding, Cal. ; laborers into the United States, and for other purposes; to the to the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. Also, a bill (H. R. 261) transferring the control and jurisilic­ Also, a bill (H. R. 244) to create a bureau for the deaf and tion of Alcatraz Island and buildings, machinery, and im­ dumb in the Department of Labor, and prescribing the duties provements thereon from the Department of War to the Depa:rt­ thereof; to the Committee on Education. ment of Labor; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Al o, a bill (H. R. 245) providing for the labeling, marking, By Ur. MARTIN of Louisiana: A bill (H. R. 262) to amend and tagging of all fabrics and leather goods hereinafter desig­ an act entitled "An act to reduce tariff duties and to provide nated and providing for the fumigation of the same; to the revenue for the Government, and for other purposes,'' approved Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. October 3, 1913; to the Committee on Ways and Means. Also, a bill (H. R. 246) making an appropriation to pm·chase Also, a bill (H. R. 263) to amend an act entitled "An act to Jand for homeless Indians in California, and for other purposes ; reduce tariff duties and to provide revenue for the Government, to the Committee on Indian Affairs. and for other purposes," approved October 3, 1913; to the Com­ Also, a bill (H. R. 247) to make April 13 of each and every mittee on ·ways and Means. year a public holiday in the District of Columbia, to be known as By 1\lr. GOODWIN of Arkansas : A bill (H. R. 264) restoring Jefferson Day ; to the Committee on the District of Columbia. the juri diction of the Court of Claims in certain claims in Also, a bill (H. R. 248) for improvement of Sacramento certain cases; to the Committee on War Claims. River between Chico Landing and Red Bluff, Cal.; to the Com­ Also, a bill (H. R. 265) to establish the National Chamber • mittee on Rivers and Harbors. of Agriculture for the purpose of promoting the equitable dis­ Also, a bill (H. R. 249) to authorize the Secretary having tribution of farm products; to the Committee on Agriculture. jurisdiction of the same to set aside certain public lands to be By Mr. MONDELL: A bill (H. R. 266) to create two addi· used as national sanitariums by fraternal or benevolent or­ tionnl associate justices of the Court of Appeals of the District ganizations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the of Columbia and two additional associate justices of the Su· Public Lands. preme Court of the District of Columbia; to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 250) to authorize entry of the public lands the District of Columbia. by school districts for schoolhouse site and ground; to the By l\lr. HAYDEN: A bill (H. R. 267) authorizing a report Committee on the Public Lands. upon tile feasibility of constructing the Colorado River Indian Also, a bill (H. R. 251) to provide for summer .residence irrigation project; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. homesteads, and for other purposes ; to the Committee on the Also, a bill (H. R. 268) to authorize mining for metalliferous Public Lands. minerals on Indian reservations; to the Committee on Inuian Also, a bill (H. R. 252) authorizing and directing the Secre­ Affairs. - · tary of the Interior to investigate and settle certain accounts Also, a bill (H. R. 269) to authorize the advancement of under the reclamation acts, and for other purposes ; to the funds to survey, construct, and maintain roads, trails, and Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands. bridges within Indian reservations; to the Committee on Indian Also, a bill. (H. R. 253) to authorize the construction of the Affairs. Southern Lassen Reservoir in Nevada and California for im­ Also, a bill (H. R. 270) to authorize a report upon the _neces­ pounding the waters of the Little Truckee River and Long sity for the construction of a bridge across the Salt Hiver on Valley Creek and their tributaries, and for other purposes; . to the Salt River Indian Reservation, Ariz.; to the Committee on the Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands. Indian Affairs. AI o, a bill H. R. 254) to provide for the inspection of any Also, a bill (H.· R. 271) to authorize a report upon the neces­ parcel sent by mail which contains fruit, plants, trees, shrubs, sity for the construction of a diversion dam with a bridge super· nur ery stock, grafts, scions, peach, plum, almond, or the pits structure across the Gila River on the Gila Bend Indian Res· of other fruits, cottonseed, or vegetables, at point of delivery ervatlon, Ariz. ; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. in any post office of the United States that requests such in­ AI o, a bill (H. R. 272) authorizing receipts from the ale of spection and where the requisite inspectors are provided by the surplus power to be applied to the payment of construction or States to perform such service; to the Committee on Agri­ operation and maintenance charges on reclamation projects; to culture. the Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands. Also, a bill (H. R. 255) to establish, equip, and maintain an Also, a bill (H. R. 273) to extend the time for cutting timber agricultural experiment station near the town of Dorris, Siski­ on the Coconino and Tusayan ~ational Fore ts, Ariz.; to the you County, Cal., and for other purposes; to the Committee on Committee on the Public Lands. Agriculture. Also, a bill (H. R. 274) to relieve the owners of mining A1 o, a _bill (H. R. 256) making an approflriation for the de­ claims who have been mu tered into the service of the United struction of animals affected with rabies or other animal dis­ States as officers or enlisted men of the Organized Militia or uses dangerous to the health of human beings ~s well as National Guard from performing a sessment work during the uomestic animals, and for other purposes ; to the Committee on term of such service; to the Committee on the Public Lands. \.griculture. Al so, a bill (H. R. 275) making an appropriation for the con­ AJ -·o, a bill (H. R. 257) making an appropriation for use in struction of roads within the Petrified Forest National Monu· destroying coyotes, squirrels, and other animals injurious to ment, Ariz. ; to the Committee on Appropriations. agriculture an

- - . Also, a bill · (H. R. '280) to provide for the erection of a ·public Duncan, Okla. ; to the _Committee on Public Buildings and building at Grand · Canyon, Ariz. ; ·to the Committee on Public Grounds. Buildings and Grounds. Also, a bill {H. R. 303) to provide for the purchase of a site !Also, a bill (H. R. '281) tto in·crease the cost of the public and the ·erection of a public building thereon at Waurika, Okla.; building at Globe, .A.riz.; to th-e Committee on ·Public 1Bml.dings to the' Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. .and Grounds. · By ·l\Ir. COOPER of Ohio: f... bill (H. R. 304) to amend an act .Also, a 'bill (H. R. 282) amending the public-building:::: ·aet_ap­ to incorporate the National McKinley Birthplace Memorial Asso­ proved March 4, 1913, providing for the purchase of .a site for a ciation, approved March 4, 1911 ;·to the Committee on the Judi­ public building at Nogales, .A.riz.; to the Committee on Public ciary. Buildings and Groq.nds. By 'l\Ir. FERRIS : .A. bill (H. R. '305) to provide for the pur­ Also. a bill (H. R. 283) to establi h a fish-hatching and fish­ chase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at cultural station in the -state of Arizona; to the Committee on Anadarko, State of Oklahoma ; to the Committee on Public the Merchant Marine and 'Fisheries. · Buildings and Grounds. Also, a bill (H. R. 284) to prohibit the issuance of licenses, By Mr. DILL: A bill (H. R. 306) authorizing second home­ permits, revenue stamps, or receipts for · special taxes authoriz­ stead entries in certain cases ; to the Committee on the ·Public ing. licensing, or permitting the sale of spirituous, vinous, -or Lands. malt liquors in certain eases; to the Committee on Ways and Also, a bill (H. n. 307) authorizing the Secretary of War to Means. grant to John D. Sherwood, of Spokane, Wa h., the right to Also, a bill (H. R. 285) to proTide Federal aid in caring for overfiow certain lands on the·Fort George ·wright .1\Iilitary Res­ indigent tuberculou •persons, and far other purposes; to the ervation, at Spokane, Wash., and to accept the conveyance to Committee on Inter tate an.d Foreign Commerce. the United States of other lands to be designated by the Secre­ Also, a bill (H. R. 286) p1·oviding for an additional judge for tary of War and suitable for a rifle range in exchange for the the district of Arizona; to the Committee on the Judiciary. land so overflowed ; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill {H. R. 287) to prohibit the shipment of intoxicating By Mr. McKEOWN: A bill (H. R. 308) providing for the liquors in interstate commerce; to the Committee on the Judi­ erection of a public building in the city of Sapulpa, Okla. ; to the ciary. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. By l\Ir. BUTLER: .A. bill (H. R. 288) making appropriation By 1\Ir. STEE TERSON : Resolution (H. Res. 2) to amend for e:\.-penses incuned under the trea.ty of Washington ; to the Rule X of the House of Representatives; to the Committee on Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rules. · ' By l\Ir. CROSSER : A bill - (H. R. 289) to pr

By :Mr. HULBERT: Joint resolution (H. J. Res. 6) author­ PETITIONS, ETC. lzjng the erection on public grounds in the city of 'Vashington, D. C., of a memorial to Jeanne D'Arc; to the Committee on Under clause 1. of Hole XXII, petitions and papers were laid the Library. on the Clerk's desk anu referred as follows: Also, joint resolution (H. J. Res. 7) proposing an. amendment By Mr. BRODBECK: Papers to accompany bill for relief to to section 7, Article I, of the Constitution of the United States, Joseph W. Severne; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. relative to the Executive veto of separate items in bills passed Also, papers to accompany bill for relief of Barbara Boyer t by Congress; to the Committee on the Judiciary. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · · By l\fr. KEATING: Joint resolution (H. J. Res. 8) authoriz.. By l\lr. BROWNING: Petition of 140 employees of the Key· ing the President to appoint a commission to inquire into the stone Co .. of Camden, N. J., favoring compulsory military train­ causes of child po1'€rty and suggest remedies therefor ; to the ing; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on Militacy Affairs. Also, memorial of Ladies' ~uxiliary of the German-American By 1\Ir. GARDNER: Joint resolution (H. J. Res. 9) declar­ Alliance of Camden, N. J., opposing declaration of war with ing war between the German Empire and the United States Germany until all efforts to avoid hostilities have been ex­ of America ; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. hausted; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. KEATING: Joint resolution (H. J. Res. 10) propos­ By Mr. COADY: Memorials of Independent Citizens' Union ing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States; of Maryland in favor of military training, and other pm·poses; to the Committee on the Judiciary. to the Committee on Uilitary Affairs. . Also, a joint resolution (H. J. Res. 11) extending the right of By Mr. CRAGO: Memorial of the Univer al Service Com­ suffrage to women; to the Committee on the Judiciary. mittee of Veteran National Guard and Naval :Militia of New By Mr. SCULLY: Joint resolution (H. J. Res. 12) authorizing York, favoring universal militru·y training and service under the pm·chase of .Slladow Lawn, with all its furnishings com­ Federal control; to the Committee on Military Affairs. plete, for the purpose of presenting the same to the United Also, memorial of National Guard Association of the United States Government; to the Committee on Public Buildings and States, favoring the organization of the National Guard as a Grounds. Federal force; to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. l\lcCLINTIC: Joint resolution (H. J. Res. 13) pro­ Also, memorial of the Southern Society of New York, favoring posing an amendment to the Constitution providing that the universal training and service; to the Committee on Military President and Vice President of the United States shall be Affairs. · nominated and elected by direct vote of the people of the By Mr. DALE of New York: Petition of sundry citizens several States; to the Committee on the Judiciary. against various bills embodying prohibition legislation; to the By Mr. BORLAND: Joint resolution (H. J. Res. 14) propos­ Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. · ing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States; to Also, memorial of Steinway School, of Long Island City, the Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and N. Y., favoring the migratory bird treaty act; to the Com· Representatives in Congress. mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. SIEGEIJ: Joint resolution (H. J. Res. 15) authorizing Also, memorial of National Labor Council, of Brooklyn, and the printing of 5,000 copies of the Flags of Maritime Nations; the Brotherhood of 1\Ietal Workers of New York, favoring a to the Committee on Printing. constitutional amendment to take away the veto power of the Also, a joint resolution (H. J. Res. 16) asking the President Supreme Court; to the Committee on the Judiciary. to designate June 14, 1917, being the one hundred and fortieth Also, memorial of Aurora Benevolent Society, of Brooklyn, anniversary of the birth of our flag, as a day for the holding of N. Y., in re high cost of living; to the Committee on Ways and patriotic meetings throughout the country; to the Committee on 1\leans. the Judiciary. Also, memorials of universal service committee of Veterans By Mr. RAKER: Joint resolution (H. J. Res. 17) proposing Hamilton Club, of ; the New Hampshire committee of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States; to the public safety; the Pennsylvania State College Association of Committee on the Judiciary. New York; the New York Southern Society; board of directors· Also, a joint resolution (H. J. Res. 18) proposing an amend­ of the American Institute of Mining Engineers; Tavern Club, ment to Article XI of the Constitution of the United States; to of Boston; the National Arts Club of New York in re foreign the Committee on the Judiciary. situation and state of preparedness; to the Committee on Mili­ By 1\fr. HAYDEl~ : Joint resolution (H. J. Res. 19) proposing tary Affairs. an amendment to the Constitution of the United States extend­ ing the right of suffrage to women; to the Committee on the Also, memorial of Board of Trade; Edwin P. Judiciary. · Gleasons Son, of New York; S. S. Blaad, of New York; the Also, a joint resolution (H. J. Res. 20) proposing an amend­ City Club, of New York City; the Union Club, of Boston; the ment to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting traffic Harvard Club, of Boston ; and the Robert Emmet Memorial in intoxicating liquors; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Committee, of Buffalo, N. Y., in re foreign situation and state Also, a joint resolution (H. J. Res. 21) directing the Secretary of preparedness; to the Committee on Military Affairs. of War to investigate the claims of American citizens for dam­ By Mr. FLYNN: Memorial of Tavern Club, of Boston, and ages suffered within Amel·ican territory and growing out of the American Institute o'f Mining Engineers in re foreign situation insurrection in Mexico ; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. and state of preparedness; to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. CARY: Joint resolution (H. J. Res. 22) authorizing Also, memorial of Ebenezer German Presbyterian Church, of the appointment of a committee to investigate the sh·eet railway Brooklyn, N. Y., in re foreign situation ; to the Committee on sh·ike in the District of Columbia; to the Committee on the Foreign Affairs. District of Columbia. By l\lr. CARY: Memorial of Hugh J. McGrath Camp No. 4, By Mr. FOSTER: Joint resolution (H. J. Res. 23) authorizing of l\lilwaukee, Wi .• pledging loyalty to the President; to tlle and directing the Secretary of the Interior to make an investi­ Committee on Foreign Affairs. gation and report upon the advisability of establishing and By Mr. GRIFFIN: Memorial of Yale Club of New York, maintaining Government fuel yard or yards in the District of pledging loyalty to the President in re foreign situation; to the Columbia; to the Committee on Mines and 1\Iining. Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. FLOOD: Joint resolution (H. J. Res. 24) declaring By 1\lr. GRIEST: Petition of citizens of Lancaster County, that a state of war exists between the Imperial German Govern­ Pa., ftWOiing a referendum on peace or war; to the Committee ment and the Government and the people of the United States, on Foreign Affairs. . :mel making provision to pro ecute the same; to the Commit­ Also, petition of citizen,<; of Lancaster, Pa., protesting against tee on Foreign Affairs. any action that inyolves the United States in war; to the Com­ By Mr. GOODWIN of Arkansas: Concurrent resolution (H. mittee- on Foreign Affairs. Con. Res. 1) congratulating the people of Russia on the estab­ AI o, memorial of Pennsylvania State College Association of lishment of a popular Government;· to the Committee on Foreign New York, advocating universal military training and service Affairs. and pledging support to the President in measures bearing upon By Mr. HAYDEN: Concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 3) the international situation ; to the Committee on Foreign authorizing the printing of 5,000 copies of Handbook of ..

Also. petition of bishops of Lancaster (Pa.) Mennonite Con­ SENATE. ferenc , protesting against compulsory military training or service; to the Committee on Military Affairs. TUESDAY, Ap1·il3, 1917. By l\lr. HILL (by r equest) : Petition of_ certain citizens of Rev. J. L. Kibler, of the city of Washington, offered the fol-· New Hayen, Conn., favoring universal military training; to the lowing prayer.: . . Committee on Military Affairs. 0 Thou God of all grace, we stretch forth our hands unto Bv Mr. KEATING: Petition of citizens of Florence, Colo., Thee. May our steps this day be ordered by the Lord. Grant, on Chamberlain bill; to the Committee on Military Affairs. O.Lord God, to lead us in a l1lain path this day. We have reached By 1\Ir. l\fcF AD DEN: Petition from residents of Carley Brook, the serious point in our international relations which we have Honesdale, Gird.land, Torrey, and Smith Hill; Pa., favoring an neither sought nor desired, but .which we have with amazing amendment to the Constitution of the United States as shall patience sought to avert. We put our trustin Thy mighty arm. suitably express our national ackaowledgment of Almighty God Our fathers trusted Thee and rejoiced in Thy abounding as the source of all authority in civil government; of the Lord mercies. Thou hast given us peace and freedom anti prosperity. Jesus Clwist as the Savior and Ruler of Nations, and of His Thou hast deliYered us from the perils of the past and pre­ revealed will as the suprE-me standard to decide moral issues served the unity of our great Republic. Thou hast been om in national life, and thus declare the Nation's allegiance to refuge and portion through all the years. Leave us not, neither · J esus Christ and reliance upon His grace, and thereby place forsake u , 0 Thou God of our salvation. May we continue to all the Christian laws, institutions, and usages ·of the Govern- realize the source whence cometh om· help, and Jest we forget ment on an undeniable legal basis in the fundamental law of may we now humble ourselves under Thy mighty haml, antl the .land; to the Committee on the Judiciary. may we find our exaltation in Thy power and grace. - 1\Iy l\Ir. MOTT: Memorial of Tavern Club, of Boston, l\Iass., Through the critical stages of this e printed. aml· 26 citizens of Goodrich, N. Dak., protesting against war DEA. TH OF L\D:UIRAL GEORGE DEWEY. with Gf'rmany; to the Committee on ]'oreign Affairs. • The VICE PRESIDE TT. The Chair lays before tbe Senate a . Also, petition of Gottlieb Bon.nult and 74 citizens of Lincoln communication, ~vllich will be read. . Valley, N. Dale, protesting against war; to the Committee .on The Secretary read the communication, ns follows: Foreign Affairs. 1601 K STREET. Hon. THO:IIAS RILEY MARSHALL, Vice ~resident, Also, petition of 24 citizens of Cooperstown,. N. Dak., urg~ng United States Senat:e, Washington, D. O. referendnm on que tion of war ; to the Comm1ttee on Fore1gn IY DEAR MR. VICE PRESIDEXT: Will you express to the enate my Affairs. pl'Ofound thanks for the honor they did the memory of my husband,