6044 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-ROUSE . . NOVEMBER 29,
Evan Stark Evans. . NORTH CAROLINA.. G ... orge Frank Holland. Ernest L. Auman, Ashboro. Howard Pendleton Kirtley. J :-> cob Carl Kr::ifft. SOUTH CAROLINA. Otis Burge s Nesbit. J. F. Rickenbaker, Lake City. Walter Scott Rountree. A. 0. Thompson, Conway. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS IN THE NA.VY. SOUTH DAKOTA. Commanoer Mark L. Bristol to be a captain. William }foore, Armour. Veut. Commander Roscoe C. Bulmer to be a commander. VIRGINIA. Lieut. Iloger Williams to be a lieutenant commander. Lillie L. Davis, National Soldiers Home. Lieut (Junior Grade) Guy ID. Baker to be a lieutenant. John S. Scott, Parksley. Tbe followjng-named citizens to be assistant surgeons in the WASHINGTON. Medicnl Ile;:erve Corps: Frank C. Willey, Shelton. Hubley R. Owen, and Foster H. Bowman. WISCONSIN. POSTMASTERS. Annie K. Blanclmrd, Blanchardville. ARKANSAS. Charles F. Dillett, Shawano. Irvin H. Ecker, Whitehall~ A. D. A~ee, Gui·don. Albert F. Fuchs, Loyal. J. E. Leeper, Dermott. Aloys Grimm, Cassvi11e. CALIFORXIA. David A. Holmes. MiJton. Alfred Belieu, Watts. Franz Markus, Medford. P. L. Byers, Huntington Park. John O'Neil, North Freedom. Anna l\fary Carson. Compton. Edward Porter, Cornell. 1\1. F. Cochrane. San Rafael. E. D. Singleton. Camp Douglas. E. J. Cnrne. Menlo Park. J. V. Swift, Benton. Wnlter J. De8mond. Long Bea.ch (late Longbeach). W. M. Ward, Soldiers Grove. George P. Dobyns, El Monte. Frnnk P. Firey, Pomona. Thomas F. Fogarty, Marysville. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Floyd Godfl'ey, San Dimas. Duncan A. Gray, 8oldiers Home. SATURDAY, November ~9, 1913. George Gribble, Scotia. The House met at 12 o'clock noon. Clnrk McLnin. Pusarlena. The Chaplain, Re\. Henry N. Couden, D. D., offered the fol Abraham Mooser, Oce;mpai·k. lowing prayer : Uilton 1\1. Pilkenton, Hermosa Beach. 0 Thou who art supremely wise and strong and good. our So11hie J. Rice. King City. heavenly Father, by the fnith which holfls our conr e to Thee, D. C. Saunders. Lompoc. by the hope that illumines the way, by the love thRt mnke us William J. Simms, Gardena. one with Thee and pours it elf out in self-sacrifice for the good Elizabeth l'il. Steel. Downey. of mankind, inspire us with high ideals. pure moth-es. ancl a Charles R. Thompson, Burbank. sincere desire to fu1fi11 our earthly de tiny and le:i•e behlnrl us FLORIDA. a record worthy of emulation. hearing with us into the !!re:i t Guy I. :Metcalf, West Palm Beach. beyond a character woven into the tissues of the soul after th similitude of the Master's. Amen. IOWA. The Journal of the proceedings of Wednesday, November 2G, William H. Fickel, Glenwood. was read and approved. Wilhelm Hes el~chwerdt. Kalona. Jasper W. Morris, Panora. SWEARING IN MEMBERS. M . D. Sullivan, Wilton Junction. l\lr. UNDERWOOD. l\fr. Speaker, I ask for the adoption of KENTUCKY. the resolution which I send to the Clerk's desk. [Applause.] l\lr. l\IANN'. :Mr. Spe;1ker. before that I desire to pre ent a W. :M. Black, i\Ionticello. newly elected l\Iember from l\Iassacbusetts to be sworn in. Fannie G. Taylor, CampbelJsville. The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman from Alabama withhold MARYLAND. his resolution? J. R. Duke. Leonardtown. l\Ir. UNDERWOOD. I withhold-the resolution. C. W. Jefferson. Feder::ilsburg. The SPEAKER. The gentlemnn from Mas achu etts [Mr. J. F . Peach. North East. PAIGE] and the gentleman from New York [l\fr. CANTOR], Con Mary W. '.rise, Hyattsville. gre8smnn elect from· the twentieth district of New York, will MASSACH"GSETTS. come forward and be sworn in. Accordingly l\lr. CALvrN D. PAIGE, Member elect third Ma ~n. Michael F. Cronin, Lawrence. chusetts district, and l\fr. JACOB A. CANTOR. l\lember elect twen James Nagle. Concord Junction. tieth New York district, presented themselves before the bar ot William F. Walsh, Hinsdale. the Hou e and took the oath of office. MICHIG.A....""i. The SPEAKER. Now Mr. LoFT, of the thirteenth New York Louis J. Braun, South Range. district will come forward. J. W. Ewing. Grand Ledge. l\Ir. GEORGE W. LOFT, Member elect thirteenth New York dis Thomas GiJligan. Hopkins. trist. presented himself before the bar of the Hou e. August C. Goehrend, Reed City. The SPEAKER. The Chair finds on examination tbnt tlle William W. Harper, Harrison. credentials of l\lr. LOFT are in proper form and has a protest Arthur Hillman, Akron. ngainst his being seated on a pm-ely legal question. The Chair William P. Hicks, Holly. will have the protest rend. Daniel A. Ilolland, Hancock. The Clerk read as follows: NonrnnEn 24, 1913. Herbert E. Iveson, Addi on. Hon. CHAMP CLA.RX. Jo eph Karl, St. Clair Heights. Bpealcer of the House of Representatives, Arthur A. Juttner, l\Ienominee. Oapitol, Washingto-n, D. 0. Thoma H. McGee. Farmington. DEAR Srn: On behalf of William J. Wilkins. a voter in tbe thirteenth congre sional district of the State of New York, and of other vote1·s In Robert Mooney, Ontonagon. that district, I respectfully protest again t the seating of GEORGE W. Eugene L. Rose, Petoskey. LoFT as a Member of tbe House of Representatives, based on bis alleged election at a general election held in the State of New York and in tbc NE\ ADA. city of New York as RepresPntative in Cong-ress to fill a vacancy in that Alton A. Carman, Pioche. office occasioned by the death of Hon. Timothy D. Sullivan, September 1, 1913, on the ground that tbe said alleged special election, held at the NEW YORK. date of satd general election, is null a.nd void, in that the executlve authority of the State of New York did not issue a writ of election as J. E. :Morgan Dodge, Lawrence. provided by Article I, sedion 2, subsection 4, of tbe Constitution of the q. H. }fills, Delevan. United States; and in that a proclamation purporting to conf?rm to 1913. OONGRESSION \_L RECORD-HOUSE. 6045 t~e said provision of Article I , section 2, subsection 4, of the Constitu- Ji~ not only the constitutional pro,-ision, !Jut it js the construc tion of the nited States, was issued and fi~ed on the .28th da~ of Octod- tion of the Con titution which this House h•1s made on more ber, 1913, one week before the date of the said specrnl election calle . • . ~ ' . . thereby, to be held on the date of the said general election, November 4, than one occasion. :Not only JS that the fact. but it will · be 1913, and that said proclamation so issued was in violation of the_pro- found on investigation although it does not settle the matter; visions of section 292 of the election law of the State of New York, th t bl" d t ' . b · " .· t cl • .· t d f thA which provided that In the event of the issuance of a proclamation by .a PU. lC acumen senow em~ pun e are Pil~ e us o ~ the governor of the State of ·ew York for a special election the date of Sixty-third Congress second !':ess10n, for presentation next week. such special election to be fixed thereby must be at a day not .less than l\lr. UNDERWOOD. .Mr. S11eaker, I remember this question ao nor more than 40 days from the date of the said proclamation. . . Th · th t h th . '!'hat it is undisputed that at the time that the purported nomination "as up some yeai ago. . e issue came up en as o ~ e er ot the said GEORGE w. LOFT to fill the said vacancy was !11ade by the an adjournment a few rnmutes before the regular se s10n was congressional committee of the Democratic Party for the thirteenth con- to begin constituted a new session. I recognize the fact that gre sional district on October 2, 1913, no writ of election bad thereto- th . di • t h th . · fore been issued by the governor of the· State of New York and no writ .ere was a sa~reement0 as o w e . er .1t was ~ new session issued, except as stated, on October 28, 1913. . OI not. At that time I oppo ed the grantmg of mileage for the On behalf of the protestants I desire the privilege of submittinl ~o new session, and took the position then that it was a continuous the prope1· committee of the H~)Use of Representatives precedents o t e session Of com·se that wa . only my position but the House House ot Representatives in similar circumstances. . . · . • . • • I submit that it ts a matter of grave concern that the provis1ons of itself at that time determmed by a vote of the House that the the Constitution with respect to elections to fill vacancies ~ the office 1\Iembers were not entitled to mileage· at least, they votecl of Representative in Congress be enforced, such provision bemg manda- d th mil , •t• ' f b · tory and not permissive, and that the precedents of t.h~ House of Re~re- own e ea,,,e0 pioposi Ion on ac~ou~t o t ~ new sess10i;i. sentatives be sustained, and to that end desire the pr1v1leg~ of appearmg The gentleman says that the Constitution provides, unless it before the prope1· committee of the House of Representatives when the is otherwise provided by law that there shall be a se sion on the credentials of the said GEORGE W. LOFT are received. ft. t M d · D b • ' h" h · . . t. b t ·t h b The question of the validity of the election is now before the courts rs on ay ill ecem er W ic 1s correc , u i as een of this State, and an application to restrain the secretary of state of determined by law otherwise, also. The law of the land, the the Stat~ of New York from filing bis certificate with the House of Rep- Constitution, authorizes the President to call an extra session resentatives certifying the dne election of the said GEORGE W. LOFT was f C • H h all th t. · f C . denied pro forma at a special term of the supreme court. Albany County, 0 on,,,ress0 . e as c ed at ex ra session o ·Ongress, and from that order an appeal has been taken. The learned justice at and we are legally in session, and will remain in session under special term stated that it was a matter of grave public importan~e and the law of the land until the two Houses of Congress, by a should be passed upon by the appellate courts as speedily as possible. joint vote of the two Houses of Congress determine to adJ"ourn Very respectfully, yours, . ' · GEORGE Eowrn JosEPH. Thei·e rnll be no re olution of adjournment of the two Houses The SPEAKER. 'rhe Chair has inve.stigated this preliminary of qongress, and therefore there will be no adjournment of this proceeding and, unless the House determines otherwise, on the sess10n of Congress, ancl .for. that reaso~ I believe unde! the certificate l\fr. LoFT ought to be sworn in and the papers in the law an~ under the Constitution the session of to:dar will be case referred to one of the Elections Committees. the sess10n of :i;ext 1\Ionday.. Of course, as to the prmtmg of the Accordingly, Mr. GEORGE w. LoFT, Member elect thirteenth docume~ts, ~-t is not mate~·rnl one way ~r anoc;:ther as. to how New York district took the oath of office. the~ are printed, whether as of the. first seusion or second The SPEAKER.' The Chair will refer the papers in the case sess10n. When the precedent occurred m one of the Congresses to Elections Committee No. 2. several years ago-I.have f?r~otten which one.it was, ~rn~ where Mr. RUSSELL. Mr. Speaker, inasmuch as that case has been there ~vas o~y an mte~·miss10n of a few mmutes-1t is true i·eferred to the committee of which I am a member, I wish to they did contmue to prmt ~he documents of t~at Congress as ask, in the absence of the chairman and the ranklng member- of the first a~d s~con.d scss10n, although, I believe! there was I am third on the committee-whether I shall endeavor to ob- less than a ~mutes cllfference between the two ~ess~ons. tain a meeting of the committee in the absence of those gentle- . I do not think th:it that can affect this resolut~on.rn. any way, men? e~en if ~he contention o~ the r ge~tleman. fro1? Illinois .1s corr~t, The SPEAKER. That is not a parliamentary inquiry. The with which I do not ag1ee. This Cong.r~ss 1s legal!Y m .session, Chair's own opinion is that the chairmanship temporarily of the and the .two Houses 0~ Congr~ss •. by Jo:nt reso1.ut~on either, at committee runs down through the membership seriatim, and one session ?r a.noth~r, can provide for the President co.millg if the other two members-there are two other Democrats on here and deh".'ermg his. annual address. In. other words, ~f we the committee-- · had passed this resolution last October and mtencled to adJoum Mr. MANN. The rules specially provide for that on the 1st clay of No-rember, I see ~o reason why the Congr~ss The SPEAKER. The Chair thinks that is true. · on the last of October, before an adJournment, could no~ pronde that when we met on Monday next there would be a JOlllt ses JOINT MEETING OF TllE TWO HOUSES-PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. sion of the two Houses of Congress to recei"rn a message from The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the resolution offe1:ed the President of the United States. by the gentleman from Alabama [1\Ir. UNDERWOOD]. Any resolution that is introduced in the Congress does not die The Clerk read as follows: with the session. It lasts as long as the Congress remains in House concurrent resolution 24. session; and any resolution passed by the concurrence of the Resolt:ed by the House of Representatives (the Senate conou,-rittg), two Houses that affects the meeting of the joint bodies would That the two Houses of Congress assemble in the Hall of the House of be just as effective if passed at an extra ses ion, to apply to a Representatives on •ruesday, the 2d day of December, 1913, at 1 o'clock regular session, as if you waited until a regular session came. in tbe afternoon, for the purpose of receiving such communications as So that I can not see, E:Yen if the gentleman's contention is cor the President of the United States shall be pleased to make them. rect, to the effect that next l\1onday begins a new session of The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the reso Congress, how it possibly affects this- resolution. . lution. .Mr. l\IANN. 1\lr. Speaker, I am inclined to think thnt the gen 1\lr. ~IA...."l\'N. 1\lr. Speaker, will the gentleman from Alabama tleman from Alabama [l\Ir. UNDERWOOD] will agree with me :.rie1<1 for a question? · about the power of tile two Houses to provide a joint meeting i\Ir. UNDERWOOD. I yield, Mr. Speaker. on Monday next, even if there be a new session. Of course, it l\Ir. MANN. Has the gentleman examined as to how far has been the custom and the practice for many years, required this session of Congress can provide for a joint meeting of the under the Constitution, for a call of the roll to be had by States two Houses of the next session before it is ascertained that a on the first day of a session. I take it that that will be done quorum in each Houst is present, as will be ascertained by the on Monday, notwithstanding the temporary opinion of my friend call of the roll on Monday? from Alabama that it is not requirea, and in addition a resolu l\Ir. , UNDERWOOD. .Mr. Speaker, my investigation of the tion will be passed on :Monday, I take it, notifying the Senate question leads me to believe that when we adjourn to-day we that the House has met, that a quorum has developed, and that adjourn to meet on Monday, not by virtue of the statute that the House is prepared to do business, and that a committee will calls the Congress together on the . first Monday in December, be appointed on the part of the House to join a similar commit but by reason of the fact that the House is in session, and that tee on the part of the Senate to notify the President that the it is a continuous session, and that there will be no other ses two Houses of Congress have met and have developed a quorum sion, but that next Monday will be a part of the session that in each, and are prepared to hear any communication from the began on the 7th day of last April. President.· The custom has been for the President to notify that l\Ir. MANN. Well, 1\Ir. Speaker, I think the gentleman from committee, which then notified the House, that the President Alabama says" from his investigation." I am quite sure, there was prepared to present a communication to the tw·o House". fore, that he has not given tha subject his usual car-eful study. . However, I have no objection whate•er to making provision The Constitution provides that there shall be a regular session in advance for that, although it looks a good deal Jike p}acing of Congress commencing on the first Monday of December of the cart before the horse. But the gentleman from AlalJarua, each year unless Congress has otherwise provided by law. having been very busily engaged otherwise recently, with the We have not otherwise provided by law, so that there will be sympathy of most of us, I think is in error as to what took place a regular session of Congress commencing on Monday. That befpre. 'Vhen the special session, to which the gentleman refers, ,.
6048 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE . . NOVEMBER. 29 ' SEAMEN'S BILL. OVERFLOWED LA.NDS IN IDAHO. l\Ir. HI1'"TIS. l\lr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to have Mr. SMITH of Idaho. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con~ ent a reprint of enate bill 136, the seamen's bill, so called. to extend my remarks in the RECORD on the subject of the over 'rhe SPEAKER. The gentleman from Maine asks unanimous flowed lands in Idaho by havillg printed a report of :Mr. C. G. consent for a reprjnt of the seamen's bill. Is there objection? Elliott, chief of the drainage investigations. There was no objection, and it was so ordered. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Idaho asks unanimous consent to extend his remarks in the RECORD in tile manner CONSERVATION. stated. Is there objection? l\Ir. WEAVER. .Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to There was no objection. extend my remarks in the RECORD for the purpose of printing a speech delivered at Tulsa, Okla., on October 29, 1913, by Hon. ADJOURNMENT. ScoTT FERRIS before the International Dry Farming Congress Mr. U:~'DERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I move that the Houve do. on the subject of conservation. now adjourn. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Oklahoma asks unani The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 12 o'clock and 55 mous consent to extend his remarks in the RECORD in the man minutes p. m.) the House adjourned. ner indicated. Is there objection? '£here was no objection. EXECUTIVE CO~IMUNICATIO~S. THE LIFE-SATING SERVICE. Under clause .2 of Rule XXIV, executive communications Mr. M.A.1'."'N. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ad were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: dress the House for firn minutes concerning the Life-Saving 1. A letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, as re Service. quired by section 397 of the statutes, a report of the public The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Illinois nsks nnalli property in the Post Office Department on Nov-ember 1, 1913 mous con ent to address the House for five minutes on the sub (H. Doc. No. 288); to the Committee on the Post Office and Po t ject of the Uife-Saving Service. Is there objection? Roads and ordered to be printed. There was no objection. 2. A letter from Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter Ur. MANN. Mr. Speaker, recently there appeared in news from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examinntion and surv-ey papers on several occa ions statements attributed to the captain of Greenwich Harbor, Conn. (H. Doc. No. 289) ; to the Com of a wrecked ve sel to the effect that certain of the life-saving mittee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed witll crews, or one of the crews, had purchased a shipwrecked vessel illustration. really at the expense of the owners. Believing that to be un 3. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a true. and that a gross mjustice was being done the Life-Saving letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination and Service, I made inquiry of the Treasury Department, and I ask survey of Sa.-ann::ih Harbor, Ga., with n -view to provid_ing an that the Clerk read in my time the following letter from the adequate turning ba in (H. Doc. No. 290) ; to the Committee Assistant Secretary of the Treasury: on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed with illus The SPEAKER. The Clerk will read the letter. tration. 'l'he Clerk read as follows: · TREASURY DEPARTM E~T, OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY, PUBLIC BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND ME~IORIALS. Washington, November 26, 1913. lion. JAME S R. 1\lA..'<~, Under clause 3 of Rule XXII, bills, resolutions, and memorials Hottse of Represcntati-ves, Washington, D. 0. were introduced and severally referred as follows: MY DEAR Co:- l 1913. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 6049 By Mr. Sll\IS: A bill (H. R. 9531) to regulate the issuance of By Mr. KINKAID of Nebraska: A bill (H. R. 9563) granting stocks and bonds by common carriers, and for other purposes; an increase of pension to Amos Aspey; to the Committee on to the Committee on In ~ erstate and Foreign Commerce. Invalid Pensions. By Mr. CARTER: A bill (H. R. 9532) to extend the time for Also, a bill ( H. R. 9564) granting an increase of pension to the apprai ement of the segregated mineral lands in Oklahoma; Melchor Steinman; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Indian Affairs. By Mr. RUSSELL: A bill (H. R. 9565) granting a pension to By Mr. GARNER (by request) : Resolution (H. Res. 319) au~ A. 1\1. Huckstep; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. thorizing the Postmaster of the House to appoint messengers Also, a bill (H. R. 9566) granting a pension to B. F. Poe; to and to provide salaries therefor; to the Committee on Accounts. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. / Also, a bill (H. R. 9567) granting a :pension to Nimrod P. PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. Ginger; to the Committee on. Invalid Pensions. Under clause 1 o:f Rule XXII. private bills and resolutions Also, a bill {H. R. 9568) granting a pension to Jesse A. were introduced and severally referred ns follows: Smith; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By l\lr. Al>."'DERSON: A bill (H. R. 9533) granting an increase Also, a bill (H. R. 9569) granting an increase of pension to of pension to Mary E. l\liller ~ to the Committee on Invalid John Dryman ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Pensions. .Also, a bill (H. R.. 9570) grnnting an increase of pension to By Mr. DYER: A bill (H. R. 9534) granting an increase of William C. Young; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. pension to Ellen Stark; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill ( H. n. 9571) granting an increase of pension to By 1\lr. FOWLER : A bill (H. Il. 9535) to appropriate $4,000 Ottillia H. Smith; to the Committee on Inrnlid Pensions. to. pay for a wharf boat belonging to Fannie Pemberton; to the Also, a bill (H. R. 9572) granting an in.crease of pension to Committee on Wa r Claims. Ira B. Timmons; to the C-0mmittee on Invalid Pensions. By l\'Ir. GARNER: A bill (H. R. 9-536) for the relief of Stephen l\forri H a rlo w~ to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. GOEKE: A. biH (II. R. 9537} granting an increase PETITIONS, ETC. of pension to Stephen W. Mauk; to the Committee on Invalid Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, petitions and papers were laitl Pensions. on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: Also, a bill (H. R. 9538) granting an iiicrense of pension to By the SPEAKER (by request): Memorial of the congrega Jacob Apgar; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. tion worshiping at the Christi:m Temple, favoring pa sage of By Mr. GRAHAM of Pennsylvania: A bill (H. R. 9539) resolution for the Government to suspend for one year all naYal granting a pension to Alice Terry; to the Committee on Invalid construction programs; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Pensions. .Also (by request), petition of George Edwin Joseph, New By lli. KENNEDY of Il.hode Island: A bill (H. R. 9540) York, N. Y., on behalf of William J. Wilkins and othei· voters granting an increase of pension to Sarah B. Whitaker; to the of the thirteenth congressional district of New York, protesting Committee on Invalid Pensions. against· the seating of GEORGE W. LOFT as a Member of the By Mr. LEVER: A bill (H. R. 9541) granting a pension to House of Representatives; to the Committee on Elections No. 2. William Preston Raines; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Al\TDERSON: ETI.dence in support of bill for the By Mr. l\IAGUIRE of Nebrnskn: A bill (H. R. 9542)' grant relief of Mary E. Miller; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ing an increase of pension to William W. Bowling; to the Com By Mr. ASHBROOK: Petition of· the Coshocton Grocery Co. Jti ttee on Pensions. and 12 others, of Coshocton. Ohio, favoring a change in the Also, a bilJ (H. R. 9543) gr!l.nting an inerease of pension to interstat~ommerce laws relative to mail-order houses; to the Oyrus W. Graff; to tbe Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Ways and Means. Also, a bill (H. R. 9544) gr:mting an incrense of pension to By .l\Ir. BARTHOLDT: Petition of the St. Louis Division, W. F. Thomp on; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. No. 2, of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, favoring passage Also, a bill (H. R 9545) grant ing an increase of pension to of House bill 1873, to make lawful certain agreements between John Schlecht: to the Committee on Invalid Pension" employers and laborers; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. 1\1.AHETI: A bil1 (H. R. 9546) granting an increase of By Mr. DALE : Memorial of the mass meeting of People's pension to Margaret McDermott; to the Committee on !nm.lid Institute,: favoring widening of the limits now imposed by the Pensions. parcel-post regulations; to the Committee on the Post Office and Also, a bill (H. R. !>547) grantin.,. an increase of pension to Post Roads. Emma Eshman; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, memorial of the Board of Trade of Tampa, Fla., favor By Mr. PAYNE: A bill (H. R. 9548) granting a pension to ing passage of a bill for drainage fund and the reclamation of Mary A. Missner; to the Committee on Invalid Pen ions. the overflowed swamp lands of the United States; to the Com By l\fr. RUBEY: A bill (H. R. 9549) granting an increase o.f mittee on Rivers and Harbors. pension to James 1\1. Osborn; to the Committee on Invalid Pen Also, petition of Thompson & Ballantine, p1·otesting against sions. passage of the seamen's bill in its present form; to the Commit Also, a bill (H_ R. 9550) granting nn incrense of pension to tee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Logan McDaniel; to the Committee on Inrnlid Pensions. Also, petition of the United Angler ' League, New York, favor Also, a bill (H. R. 9551) grr.nting an increase of pension to ing the passage of the- Brown bill for the esta.bli hment of a George W. Gullion; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Long Island hatchery; to the Committee on the Merchant 1\fa Also, a bill (H. R. 0552) granting an increase of pension to rine and Fisheries. Moses Knight; to the. Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. DYER: Petition of the Central Trades and Labor By Mr. S....'1ITH of Idaho : A bill ( H. R. 9553) granting a pen Union of St. Louis, l\Io., favoring passage of the Bartlett-Bacon sion to John B. Bishop; to the Committee ou Invalid Pensions. bills, H. R. 1873 and S. 927; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. S':\HTH of New York: A bill (H. R. !>a~) granting n By Mr. GARNER: Petition of citizens of Aransas Pass, Tex., pension to Clnrk E. ·semark; to the Committee on Pensions. urging that a channel be excavated ftom the harbor of Aransas By Ur. STONE: A bill (H. R. 9555) granting an increase Pass to the town of Aransas Pass; to the Committee on Rivers of pension to Michael Rafter; to the Committee on Invalid and Harbors. Pension& Also, petition of the Army field clerks of the State of Texas, Also, a bill (H. R 9556) granting an increase of pension to favoring passage o-f a bill for increased pay of the Army field .William W. Ong; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. clerks; to the Committee on Military Affairs. By ~fr. BOOHER: A. bill (H. R. 9557) granting a pension to Also, memorial of the l\1en's Forward Movement in Mission, Sarah H. Kraut; to the Committee on IIn-alid Pensions_. Tex., favor-ing passage of House bill 6060 and Senate bill 2453, Also, a bill (H. R. 9558) granting a pension to Almira Cant· relative to th.e restriction of immigration; to the Committee on ner; to the Committee on Inrnlid P ensions. Immigration and Naturalization. By Mr. FREAR: A bill (H. R. 95:59) grantin provements to the Frankford Arsenal; to the Committee on Mr. THOR~"'TON. I desire to announce that the junior Sena 2'1ilitnry Affairs. tor from Louisiana [l\Ir. RANSDELL] is absent on public business: · By Mr. KEA.TING: Petition of citizens of Pueblo, Colo., favor 1.'he VICE PRESIDENT. Fifty-eight Senators ham answered ing passage of pensiorr bills for rewards to the United States to the roll call. There is a quorum present. The presentation Military Telegraph Corps who rendered military service in the of petitions and memorials is in order. CiYil War, 1861-1 65; to the Committee on Military Affairs. SAN FRANCISCO WATER SUPPLY, By .i\lr. LAFFERTY : Petition of the Oregon Federation of Women's Club , Portland, Oreg., favoring the passage of legis fr. GA.LLIKGER. I present a letter from Benjamin L. Fair lation for the preservation of the Hetch Hetchy Valley and the child, of New York City, relative to the Retch Iletchy re errnir · Yo emite Park; to the Committee on the Public Lands. bill. The bill having been reported, I ask that the letter lie on the table. I also a,k that it be printed in the RECORD • .Also, petition of the.Portland (Oreg.) Women's Club, favor ing the passage of the La Follette bill for the protection of sea There being no objection, the letter was ordered to lie on the men; to the Committee on the l\fercbant Marine and Fisheries. table and to be printed in the RECORD, as follows: NEW Yo1m, November 29, 191J. AJso, petition of 39 citizens of Portland, Oreg., favoring the Hon ..I.Aeon H . GALLL"GER pas age of legislation to grant pensions to the members of the United States Senate,' Wasllington, D. 0. United States l\Iilitary Telegraph Corps of the Civil War; to the DEAR. Sm : P ermit me a word of protest against the lletch Rc1.chy Committee on Invalid Pensions. re ~e rvo1r bill. When this bill passed the IIouse of Representatives it seeme