Congressional Record-House. February 25
4586 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. FEBRUARY 25,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Soon after entering the practice of bis chosen profession he became a member of a successful law firm of that city, and was SuNDAY, Feb1"Ua.ry 25, 19<23. one of its active members in the preparation, trial, and man agement of their cases. Mr. BURROUGHS was regarded as one The House met at 12 o'clock noon, and was called to order of our able lawyers and jurists and enjoyed the confidence and by the Speaker pro tempore, Mr. WASON. re pect of all persons who knew him. He was also regarded as Rev. William D. Waller, of Washington, D. C., offered the one of the substantial and influentfal citizens of his native State. following prayer : Outside of his profession he was acth-e in civic and political With reyerence ·we draw nigh to Thee, 0 God, to Thee in organi~ations. He served as a member of t.be House of Repre whom we live and moYe and haYe our being. sentati Yes of New Hampshire for the session of 1901-2; Bless us in our serYice this morning. :May we gat her in serYed as a member of the State board of charities and correc spiration from the liYes of those whom we remember to-day. tions from 1901to1917, inclusive; he served as a member of the We beseech Thee to sustain and bless their families and dear State board of equalization in 1910; and in every one of those ones. And as our friends go out into the unseen world, so positions he measured up to the requirements thereof and dis teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts clrnrged the duties with ability and distinction. unto wisdom. - For 20 years he was actirn as a jurist in the practice of his Make us all thy willing and faithful servants, that when we profession, and during that same period of time in bis activities are summoned to giYe account of the deeds done in the body in legislation and in civic afi'airs of the State he became well Thou mayst say to each: ·well done, good and faithful servant, acquainted with the needs and problem of all cla ses of our enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. citizenship and won their confidence and esteem. Bless our President and Congress, and all in authority in our He was known as an earnest, modest, upright, honest, and own land and in all lands, that Christ's kingdom of righteous capable man who enjoyed good fellowship, and good fellowship ness and justice, of good will and brotherly kindness, may speed enjoyed him. ily cover all the earth, and all the kingdoms of this world become When a vacancy occurred in the· Sixty-fifth ongress by the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and to His name death, it was natural and logical that the people of the first shall be the glory fore...-er. Amen. congressional district turned toward him and honored him by The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the reading an election to fill the vacancy. of the Journal \\ill be t.leferrecl. During his first term-in the Sixty--fifth Congress-be was There was no objection. assigned to membership of the Committee on the Merchant Ma rine and Fisheries; in the Sixty-sixth Congre. s be was assigned THE LATE BEPRESEN'IATITE Bv"BROUGHS. to membership on three additional committees-Education The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the Revision of the Laws, and Woman Suffrage ; in the Sixty: ~pecial order. eYenth Congre s he was assigned to membership on the im The Clerk read as follows: portant Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, re On motion of 1\Ir. WASO:", by unanimous con. ent- leasing his positions on all his former committees. He refused Ordered, That Sunday, February 25, 1923, at 12 o'clock noon, be set apa1·t for a In his death, or transfer to- tbe other- life, which never ends, in the Farewell Address- of tile Father of brs· Country, which hi devoted wife and four. sons-, his aged fathe~ brothers~ and was read to us here a few days ago-that merality. is the real s-i ters, his neighbors-, his business associates-, the people of his foundatl'on stone of a nation, and that morality can not penna congressional district and his native State, mourn l:lis sudden de nently exist without organized religion. Out friend and rol parture, and as tlie days pass wiTI miss his counseforship and league was deeply religious, and throughout his life he was a bis influence for right. His sine-ere- and cheerful greetings to faithful and devoted member of one of the great historic. hi colleagues will never be extended to those of us•who remain branches of the Christian Church. Best of all, however, what he ' on earth. We" shall miss Itls statesmanship, his patriotism, professed with his lips fie· practiced in his life and in his. deaI 1 hi loyal and sincere love fot· country: and her tradUions. Our ings with his feUow men. ' sorrow and afiilction, aroused by his sudden demise is tempered Like those early founders of New England, he brought <>ver I and softened by the consciousness: that he. has . entel'ed that from his religion three great ideas which be applied to everyday lUfe that ne-v-er ends; where sorrow is' unknown, and his legacy: life. The first of these was the priceless value of the individual 'to us to remember him by i-s w model life, which._was symbollc soul, and because of that idea he was a beilever in and a de ,, of. a true ()hristian man:. fender of the constitution of his State and of the Constitution of .And when the twilight hour drew near, the United States, both of which guarantee to every citizen~ no He stood beside the silent sea: ; matter how· humble, protection to his life, bis liberty, and his .And in his heart there was no- tear at all its dread immensity. property, not only against the wrongful acts of other citizens but even against the· abu e of power by the Government itself. He waited there in perfect faith, And while the fading day grew dim In the second place, he brought over from his religion and The boatman's- hair, the voyage of d~th, lived in his life the great ideal of real democracy. With him Meant only going h His attitude on the bonus measure, his firm stand for a Mr. BURROUGHs's selection as a member of the New Hampshire strong and adequate Navy, are illustrative of this trait in his Legislature and various local and State bodies de'\"oted to the character. A New Hampshire newspaper, in discussing this public service, his election and reelections to the House of pha e of h!s character in an editorial recently, said: Representatives of the United States Congress, and the many This is not to suggest even remotely the idea of infallibil1ty of judg other honors paid him by bis fellow citizens, indicate more ment. It is simply to point out that when confronted with the neces forcibly· than I can by mere words his real accomplishments. sity for decision he approached his goal not over the route of expe diency but onr that of oughtness. And once what seemed to him to It is perhaps, after all, most fitting that, in the brief time be the right course of action had been decided upon, he set his face allowed to me in these exercises, I make me_ntion of Mr. • like a flint and put himself into the doing of the right, with a vigor, BURROUGHS as a Member of the United States Congress, as in a combativene ~s. and a tenacity which only action could bring out from under the urbane exterior of the man. such capacity I came to know him and so established an ac The outstanding case in point was bis decision to remain in the con quaintance which ·1ater developed into a warm, personal, and t est for the congressional nomination on bis prohlbition platform. The 1 intimate friendship. Beyond this, it has been my pleasme dur present writer stood near him when group after group of professional and :;imatem· politicians In his own party approached him at his head ing the past two years to be very clo ely associated with him quarters on the night before the convention with pleas that he with in the work of the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Commit draw in order to aT"ert just what, as a matter of fact, afterwards oc tee. curred within the Republican Party here in Manchester. A decision to seek the nomination on the following day as a prohibition candidate No member of the committee was more dependable in the meant that in 10 minutes his headquarters would be deserted. Yet be execution of his duties or more keenly interested in the work hesitated not a second. The situation offered no problem for him what ever. .As be saw it, there was one right thing to do; and heredity, of the committee than was l\1r. B'CRROUGHS. He was prompt in habit, and character drove him straight to his mark without the least his attendance at our meetings, always interested in the subject evidence of effort. We think this was characteristic. matters and questions before- us during sessions, and studious SHERMAN E. B"c.:RROUGHS had a keen intellect. After obtain in respect of these matters outside of the committee room. ing the education offered by the common schools of Dunbarton l\1r. BURROUGHS was not of the demonstratiYe type. He was, and Bow be took the high-school course at Concord, graduating howeYer, thoughtful, frank, and judicial. He was a man of with the closs of 1890. In 1888 in competiUve examination for an inquiring mind, and he went to the bottom of things and a West Point cadetship he won highest rank and was ap followed every discussion through with a Yiew to determining pointed by Congressman J. H. Gallinger. Owing to the wishes of what the results would probably be in the event of the passage bis parents he declined this appointment, and in the autumn of legislation which may have been under conside1·ation. He of 1890 entered Dartmouth College, graduating in 1894 with the was highly conscientious and had real convictions and always degree of bachelor of arts. In his sophomore year he took the courage of such . . These several characteristics and qualifi ·what is known as the second "Thayer prize" for proficiency cations contributed to make him a strong and helpful associ in mathematics, and in his senior year the " Rollins and Net ate and a loyal coworker and supporter. At no time was Mr. tleton prize" in oratory. He also took hono1·s at the end of the BURROUGHS a mere opportunist. He was ever courageous sophomore year for high standing in the prescribed Greek enough to risk, maybe, a temporary disapproval of others if, course, and in his enior year for standing in philosophy. in the expression of bis point of 'iew or by his action as a After graduation he was offered the position of instructor in legislator, it became necessary for him to proceed along lines Ms alma mater. not for the moment popular. Declining this offer he became private secretary to Congress All summed up, I gladly declare that SHERMAN EVERETT man H. M. Baker, of the second New Hampshire district, and BURROUGHS was a man in the best sense. He was a man by spent the three years next following in Washington, D. 0., virtue of bis courage and fine qimlities, marked peculiarly by where he attended the law school of the Columbian Unh·ersity moderation, chal'ity, and belief in bis fellow man. It must be (now George Washington University). Here he i;eceh·ed the that the hereafte1· .will furnish for him a proper reward. To degree of bachelor of laws in 1896 and the degree of master of bis friends he has left a beautiful memory; to his loving and la"·s in 1897. He was admitted to the bar of the District of devoted wife, a recollection of a happy and devoted associa Columbia in July, 1896, and to the New Hampshire bar in tion ; and to his fine boys, a record of real accomplishments July, 18~7,' and in August of that year opened ·an office in Man and a well-established, enviable family name, which be, in his chester, N. H., and began the practice of his profession. all .too short lifet maintained and to which he contributed _addi \ l\lr. BURROl7GH came to the Congress with experience as a tional luster ana strength. legislator, since he bad been a member of the State Legislature of New Hampshire. Although not an offensive partisan, he was Mr. GREENE of Vermont. Mr. Speaker, those who knew, an ardent Republican. He was actirn in both State and Na SHERMAN E. BURROUGHS in the intimacy of family and social tional political campaigns from 1896 to the time of his death. life will retain a picture of him and bis many excellencies that His service in Congress was during the most trying times in the for natural reasons is denied to most of us associated with him last half century. Coming in just after the declaration of war in the work of the Government. Whosoever is thus privileged he bad to decide upon all the questions of gr~at import which to have memories of the unofficial man will cherish them all confronted the Congress during the prosecution of the war, and the more warmly because of the man he was. the questions of even greater import which confronted the Con However, to those of us who saw him day by day in his un gress in the aftermath of that great world tragedy. He had remitting labors on the hill there remains a remembrance not earned his re. t. Though our hearts are sorrowful, we shall not the less pleasant or inspiring. It is that of a sturdy, wholesome continue to mourn, but shall rather be happy to know that character of old-fashioned stability and dependability, firm and Divine Providence gave to America the services of this great unyielding in matters of conscience and principle, but none the and good man. less gracious and tolerant and altogether kindly in such a reso lute attitude. It is that of one who goes about the every-day Mr. WINSLOW. l\lr. Speaker, this occasion affords a fitting duties of his position with a modest~ unassertive manner that opportunity for some of the frienus and colleagues of the late is none the less firm and determined than it is modest and un the Hon. SHERMAN EVERETT BURROUGHS to indicate, in a brief assertive, meeting with tact and smiling good will opposition way, the esteem antl love in which they held him. Be~ore here and there maybe, and sometimes battling rather strenu his illness had become known to his associates, death came to ously ,for the prevalence of ideas. But always maintaining a him and with it <'ame grief and mourning to all who knew serenity and broad-minded tolerance that were conspicuous in him. an atmosphere so full of eternal controversy. Mr. BURBovoas was a native and typical product of the New England country where he had always lived, and he inherited SHERI.UN E. BURROUGHS all unconsciously set for his col and developed with great pride the tl'aditions of his ancestry leagues an example of quiet, conscientious devotion to dutY.. that made their labors with him all the more comfortable and and surroundings. In the institutions of his neighborhood he quickened and that now make their memories of him all the received his common school and collegiate education and prac more sweet and inspiring. ticed his profession of law. He was ~ worthy, beloved, and competent representative of the New England standard and ideals. Due to his inheritance and environment, he respected Mr. LEA of California. l\Ir. Speaker, I became acquainted the virtues and substantial qualities of others, and by his own with l\Ir. BlJRnouoHs shortly after his coming to Congress six exemplification of such he was entitled to and received the full years ago. However, it was only after I became a member of respect of all those whose good fortune it was to know him or the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, of which: Mr. BURROUGHS was a member, that I learned to know him and to know of him. 1 The worth of an inuividual is probably best attested by the gain a knowledge of his life. The more intimate opportunity I e-;·iclence of value set upon him by his neighbors, who always had of learning of his qualities during the last two years' have the best opportunity to measure his qualifications as con prompts me to desire to express my friendship for him and an ti·asted with those of otbe1·s in the same community. appreciation of his character and worth. • 1923. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 4589 In discussing 1\Ir. BURRO-V-GHS with a colleague some time I went with him to New Hampshire in the political cam before his death I made the remark that be could justly be paigns of 1918 and 1920. I rode with him many days and nights classified as belonging to the highest type of men In Congress. over the beautiful highways and across the sublime mountains I belie>e that all familiar with his character and qualities as a of that wonderful New England State. I met with him the man and as a legislator will concede that our public life has people who sent him to Washington and whom he so faithfully been enriched by the participation of Mr. BURROUGHS. served. They loved and trusted him. They welcomed him to Afte1· ha-ving concluded to pay this tribute to his memory and their homes and listened with rapt attention to his plain and meditating upon his qualities I reviewed some of the speeches honest words, words that awakened anew in their souls greater of 1\Ir. BlJJIBOUGHS in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD to see -if they patriotism and . finer resolves to perform theil' whole duty as corroborated my judgment as to the high qualities I have attrib citizens of this Republic. uted to llim. A review of these speeches fully confirmed the I went with him again to New Hampshire only a few days opinion that I entertained with less scrutiny of his congres ago-I as a member of the congressional funeral delegation, be sional career. on the same ti·ain covered with flowers. I was with him on the The man who spends a few years in Congress and to a rea arrival of that train in the old home church in his native city, sonable degree participates in its debates leaves an unfailing there where his neighbors and friends, an almost endless pro index to his character, ability, sincerity, and usefulness as a cession, crowded each other to gaze with sorrow upon his still, legislator. Mr. Bl:'RROUGHS has left a record that speaks for dead face. We tremble by the harmless bed him after he is gone, and speaks in terms that are entirely cred Of one loved and departed. itable to bis memory. His record is free of demagoguery and Our tears droP. on the lids that said insincerity that too frequently characterizes our public men. · Last night, 'Be stronger hearted." 0 God, to clasp those fingers close, The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD fumishes imperishable evidence of And yet to feel so lonely ; the logical, candid, considerate mind of Mr. BURRO"CGHs, as well To see a light upon such brows, as his moral qualities, innately just, courageous, and, if need Which is the daylight only ; be, self-sacrificing. He brought to the public service a sincere, Be pitiful, 0 God I searching, and judicial mind. He brought to the public serYice What a mystery is life. We can not understand it. A little a conscientious sense of duty and responsibilit~-. Though what child falling asleep in death among his toys ls the occasion of may be called a party man, he can never be charged as belong sorrow. The aged reaper found dead among his gathered ing to that class of public senants who look upon public ques sheaves fills many -lives with sadness; but the strong man, in tions as only party questions and see in them only an oppor the noontime of life, with a brilliant futm·e before him, life's tunity to serve party advantage or embarrass an opposing party. great tasks and plans all uncompleted-for him to fall, this is By instinct, training, and disposition the questions of Govern the greatest mystery and tragedy of life. ment were primarily problems to him to which he devoted his 0 too swift runner, Death, service for solution, seeking primarily the public good. Coul Sulloway. I had filed on a vacant room in the House Office mean that he was kind and considerate and generous and Iluilding. He being my junior was afterwards, by error of the clothed withal in that courtliness of bearing which lent pecu custodian, alloted the room. He discovered the error in some liar charm to his personality. way and came at once to me, insisting that I take the room, and We live and die in a woTld that we do not understand. The expressing the greatest regret. I was deeply impre sed by his wisdom of man has made its conquests, b.ut wherever we look apparent sincerity and, above all, by his gentility and courtesy. upon the changing panorama of the world we behold ~ mys The impression I formed then was never dissipated by any sub tery. In earth and sky and sea, in every dawn and every se-quent conduct of his. I never knew a man who had more of nightfall, in the prophecy of every springtime and the fruition the instincts of a true gentleman than did SHERMAN E. BUR of every harvest, in leaf and flower and c1·ystal-always and ROUGHS. I know that the opinion I had of him was also shared everywheTe the note and the breath of mystery. And greater by all who knew him in the Honse. Whatever criticisms may than this . mystery of the world around us is the mystery of be .willfully made of the House of Representatives of the United the world within us. More compelling than the mystery of States, one thing can be said, that there is no place in our what we see is the mystery of what we are. The mystery of great American Republic where true ability and worth is more thought, the mystery of love, the ever-surging mystery of life, highly regarded or where work and diligence bring greater recog and the ever-saddening mystery of death. nition. 'l'be general esteem of the membership of the House At the meridian of his powers our colleague :rnd friend took is only obtained by virtue of superior attainments or person his departure from fil'eside and forum. Why a thing like this ality. That l\Ir. BURROUGHS had such qualities is best evidenced should be we do not know-it belongs to the endless mysteries by the fact that everyone here wh1> knew him had the same of life. But somehow we know that in the economy of the . high appreciation of him and was glad to call him a friend. universe and the endless yea-rs it must b~ well. The voice of And I .am sure these same quiet, courteous, high-minded, gen Christian faitl1 must speak and give meaning to these tleetlng tlemanly qualities of his were qualities with which his people da-ys of life and take from death its blighting tmgedy. Some were well acquainted. I could not help thinking of this as, in where there must be kingdom where life~s deeper meanings the church at :Manchester, I stood near his coffin and watched are revealed, life's injustice corrected, life's inequalities lev the silent procession of· his friends and neighbors who had eled, life's incompleteness made whole. gathered to pay their last respects to their Representative vrho It must be so in a land of far horizons and cloudless skies. had come borne to lay bis body with those of his forbears, in Now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face. the shadow of the granite hills of his own New Hampshire-. These quiet, sane, ordinarily undemonstrative people ga:-re clear Mr. SMITH of Idaho. l\.Jr. Speaker, there are few as~ocia and unmistakabl.e evidence that they knew they had lost a worthy tie>ns in life that bind us closer in the bonds of friendship than Representative in the councils of the Nation, a. deeent and up those formed during our earlier years, and on the opening of right citizen, and aye, more than that, a good and steadfast the Sixty-fifth Congress I was greatly pleased to meet as a friend. new Member my old college friend, Hon. SHERMAN E. Btm For two years I haYe served with him on the Committee on nouGHs, of New Hampshire, to honor whose memory we are Interstate and Foreign Commerce in the House. The jurisdic assembled this Sabbath day. I soon discovered that the no tion of t.hat committee is very broad and it has many compli bility of his soul and the excellence of his character which cated legal questions to deal with. Mr. BuRROuaas was not one had won the admiration and love of his college associates were of those who frequently took the time of the committee in its still bis strongest characteristics. After our graduation he re many discussions. Bnt one thing we, his colleagues, soon turned to his home State and I cast my fortune with the then learned, and that was that when he offered any suggestion it new State of Idaho, and it was indeed most delightful to meet had merit and substance iB it. His arguments were terse and him here and to talk over with him the associations and inci clear. his kn<>\vledge of the principles of lnw great, and his dents which we had enjoyed together during the years we were judgment conservatlve.. sane, and sound. Such a man, so en in college, and to relate some of our experiences which had oc dowed by the Creator with a pleasing personality and posses ing curred since we separated 20 years ago. It was a great dis knowledge and understanding of a high character, could not fail appointment to me to learn from his own lips during the last to be n valued member of society. session that he would not be a candidate for reelection. I little There is not a great deal one can say on such an occasion as thought then that he would not live to finish his term in the this. About all we can do is to briefty express our regard for Sixty-seventh Congress. the departed and bid him farewell But I can not let this Congres man BuRROUGHS was a man who knew how to love occasion pass without expressing my regret at his passing. and appreciate his friends. He was one who dared to main He had years of usefnl effort ahead of him w.hen the grim tain the right and condemn the wrong. He was a ripe scholar reaper came. But, brief thouah it was, his life was a success, and a profound thinker, and his heart was as great ns his measured by every rule. It was full of effort and accom mind. His geniality and sociability made him friends every plishment, and was helpful to humanity. And when our hour where, and he was always ready to manifest his friendship and comes, my friends, what better thing can be said of us than sympathy for the people, regardless of their station in life. this. We have given our late colleague back to the soil that The leaders in Congress very soon discovered that Mr. Bun bo1·e him, but it is my sincere hope that the years to come may BOUOHs's splendid scholastic attainments, his legal learning, hring from the bills and valleys of old New England into the his broad, comprehensive knowledge of men and affairs, to councils of the Nntion many another man like SHERMAN E. gether with his industry and determination to study the im BURROUGHS. portant legislative problems which come up so rapidly and so continuously, qualified him for membership on the most desir Mr. HOCH. Mr. Speaker, the death of SHERMAN B~ able committees ; and, while under the rule Of seniority he had no-coHs brought to everyone who knew him well a sense of to await his turn, he finally attained his ambition by bei:ng ap deep perS-Onal los . Some of his colleagues here who to-day pointed to membership on what is considered by many the most pay tribute to his memory knew him much longer than I had important and influential committee in the House-Interstate the pdvilege of knowing him, but when the word came that and Foreign Commerce. be had gone I fett that I had lost a friend. For nch a loss His reports from the committees on which he served show we are never prepared. For among the gracious gifts of most careful study and a wide knowledge of the subject, and Providence what richer gift is there than the gift of friend~ his speeches and debates demonstrated his ripe legal learn ships. ing and the unusual ability of being able to attract and re For nearly fom· years I bave known SHERMAN BURROUGHS, tain the attention of the House membership. and day after day during the past two years I have sat by his It is impossible for us to understand why such a man should side on the committee of which we were members. Day by be called .in the- prime of life, but we bow in humility to the day that association ripened nn acquaintance into friendship. plans of an all-wise Creator, knowing that the time of our To have known him is a privilege which I shall ever remem.. going across the Great Divide is not of so much importance ber in gratitude, and the memory of him will abide with me as how we have lived during the -span- of life allotted to us. through the years. Truly our late colleague has wrought well and his service to He wa.s clear in his thinking, high in his purposes, fair in his State and the country will be held in grnteful remembrance his contentions, careful and sound in his judgments, scholarly by the people of the great Commonwealth he so ably repre and chaste in his utterances. And then I can not think of him sented in the various positions which he filled with sneh fidelity without having leap at once to my thought the word " gentle and distinction. man." SHERMAN BURROUGHS was a gentleman. And by that Our late colleague was a devoted husband and was always term I do not have in mind the mere trappings of conventional ready to make. any sacrifice for the comfort and pleasure of manner, but I ha•e in mind those deeper, finer qualitieer of his life companion. To his children he was not only n kind mind and heart which give pervading dignity to manhood. I and indulgent father but a companion to whom they could go 1923. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 4591 for counsel and in whom they could confide with an assurance The death of Mr. BURROUGHS in the prime of mature man of sympathy in all their trials and difficulties. hood and at the height of his powers for usefulness was a great I can not say, I will not say, shock to all of us. It most forcibly reminds us, and we need That he ls dead. He ls only away. be often so reminded, of the solemn fact that we are mortal, With a cherry smile and a wave of the hancl, that life is fleeting, and that at best the days in which we may He has wandered into an unknown. land And left us dreaming. How very fair serve our country and our fellows are few. As we recall the It needs must be, since he lingers there. strong and manly life of our departed friend, filled with deeds of usefulness, it should be an inspiration helping us to seize the Ur. WASON resumed the chair as Speaker pro tempore. passing hours and make them count for the things worth while. :Mr. TILSON. :\Ir. Speaker, one of the important compensa l\Ir. FESS. l\lr. Speaker, after llstening to the many utter tions of service in this House is that it brings :Members into ances in respect to our than it was my privilege to have .known him. However, I bis conclusions were dependable. .He was the soul of honor. want to say just a word of personal appreciation of his friend His heart and his mind worked together in a C(}mmon impulse ship du.ring the time that I have served in the Honse of 'Rep for the right. Many men have altogether honorable intentions, re entatives. I iirst became .acquainted with SHERMAN E. but lack the intellectual force to withstand temptation and BURROUGHS in the year 1919. I had been .asked to serve upon blandishment.. Not so with our late colleague from New Hamp the Committee .on Naval Expenditures. We were conducting shire. He had moral courage and mental stamina. He not hearings. Mr. BURROUGHS appeared before our committee. only saw the right, he did it. He not only felt the right, he Something had been done to a young man in ·his district which lived it. With all of his colleagues I mourn his passing and did not appear right to him and which upon the face appeared revei:e his memory. A life such as his is an inspiration to his to be very unjust. He felt called upon to present the matter family, his friends, and to the Nation. to the committee. While kn-owing him before, this was my fir t real acquaintance with him. THE LA.TE HON. NESTOR MONTOYA.. I was impressed .at the time not only with his -engaging J)er sonality, tact, courtesy, and Knowledge of the law but his very l\Ir. THOMPSON took .the chair. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the keen sense of justice. This was accompanied by the wllling special order. ness to put forth all his powers against an injustice. He there The Clerk read as follows: plead that justice be done this young man. This was my first acquaintance with him. Then the Sixty--sirth Congress c.ame On motion of Mr. THOMPso::;r, by unanimous consent- Ordered, That Sunday, February 25 1923, be set apart for ad to a clo e and it was my privilege to be appointed to serve on dresses on the life, character, and public services of Hon. NESTOR the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. As we Mo_ TOYA, late a Representative from the State of New Mexico. know, this committee is practically in session .almost every Mr. COBTON. Mr. Speaker, I offer the following re olution. morning while Congress is in session. Mr. BURROUGHS was -one The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the of those who were practically .always there, unless there was resolution. something most important to carry him away. His services The Clerk read as follows: in the committee exhibited a trait which we all would do House ..Resolution 560. well to emulate. He Uk-ed to work, to serve for the pleasure Resolved, That the business of the House be now suspended that of service. Committee work is not spectacular. The ·public opP-Ortunity may be given for tributes to the memory of Hon. NESTOR knows little about it. .But we all know lt Js the work that MONTOYA, late a Member of this House from the State of New Mexico. counts. Invariably we benefited in listening to his wise coun Resolved, That as a particular mark of respect to tbe memory of the deceased, and in recognition of his distinguished public career. sel. He talked when there was -occasion for it .and all listened. the House, at the conclusion of tb.e exercises of the day, shn.11 stand He himself was the -best of .listeners. When he announced his adjourned. it. Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these re olutlons to the retirement from Congress every one of us deeply regretted Sen.ate. He talked to me about it upon a number of oceasions, .giving Resolve 1923. CONGRESSIONAL R.ECORD-HOUSE. a593 seems to be calling, even waiting at the door. It is the only Th~ State legislature was m session at -ancient Santa Fe. thing of which we are absolutely sure. The high, the low, the From there came a large delegation of 'lawmakers. The man rich, the poor, must go the way of all tbe earth. It ls great to who bears the distinction of having been the first governor ot so live that it can be truthfully said of one that the world ls the State of New Mexico delivered in Spanish a beautiful ad better for one having lived in it. Surely this may be said ot dress expressive of the sorrow and admiration of hls people. A our comrade in whose memory we now meet. distinguished lawyer ruf'd public official represented both the bar We took him back to the land of sunshine, of clear skjes, and and the public. And the learned and pious priest gave a fervent laid hlm down for bis last sleep near the Rio Grande, the riv el' funeral address, following the mass in the old church built mor~ ! he loved so well Amid scenes of beauty and serenity and than two centuries ago. I among the people wbom be loved so well his funeral was con- But no less conspicuous than the honor paid by these proml· ducted. The mighty throng that attended was the greatest evi nent men was the unfeigned grief of the " blanket " Indian, tbtl dence of the esteem and affection ln whicb be was held that Mexican 'laborer, and the poorest people generally, who followed could possibly have been given. It was said that the fanera.l the procession. In fact, Jew and gentile, Catholic and Protes 1 was the larg~st ever held in N~w Mexico. tant, native and foreigner, seemed alike to feel the common loss I While he was greatly honored and respected by his fiiends, and to realize that e. great citizen and publlce servant and a of couTse he was loved most and will be m1ssed most by hls friend t-0 all had gone to his reward. own family. I noticed espeelally ~he evidence of deep devo We all love the man who loves and heJps his brother. What· tion on the part of his wife and five children. Nothing can -ever we may th ink of the theology we subscribe to the sentl· take away entirely the sorrow tbey bear, but the consolation ment of Leigh Hunt's classic poem, which within itself forms a of a life well spent is in a large measure a balm for a broken fitting and convincing tribute t-0 men who live as did NEsTo:a heart. The day we laid him to rest the wife and her children MONTOYA: gave all that was mortal of their husband and father, but they Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase) t will retain forever tbe real essence of his being, that which Awoke gne night from a deep dream of peac.e, .And.saw within the moonlight of his room, I ts immortal. Makmg it rich and like a lily in bloom, God bless tbe memory of this good man; this modest, dlgnified An angel writing in a book of golcl. citizen; capable, patriotic, conscientious public official. Exceeding peace had made Ben .Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, " What wrltest th-0u? " The vision raised its head l\1r. LOWREY. l\Ir. Speaker, from my acquaintance with And, with a look made of all sweet accord, NESTOR MONTOYA here in Washington and from tbe' information 4nswered, "The names -0f those r.ho love the Lord." and observation gotten while attending his funeral and mixing •And ls mine one?" said .Abou. •Nay, n()t so," Replied the an~el. Ahou spoli;e more low, with the people of his city and State, I am definitely impressed Bu~ cheerily still, and said, " 1 pray thee, then, with two things in his life and character. Write me a.s one that loves his fellow men." The angel wrote and vanjshed. The next night First, be was a man who went quietly forward and met his It came again, with a great awakening light, responsibilities and his work honestly, without pretense of .And showed the names whom love of God bad blessed affectation. There was nothing theatrical or self-conscious iAnd lo I Ben Ad hem's name led all the rest I about him. I think it well worth while to can attention to this admirable trait. Too often we think of the average politician Mr. SMITH of Idaho. Mr. Speaker, the suddenness of th(! as a man who likes to bask in publicity and strut before admir call of the Angel of Death upon our lamented colleague, Hon. ing throngs. I think I may venture to mention this, Mr. NESTOR MoNTOY ~ certainly should impress us with the uncer Speaker, because I myself did not become a " politician " until tainty of life. He entered this Congress strong and vigorous I was pretty well beyond the meridian of life. Since coming and with prospects of many years of further usefulness to his to Washington I have been impressed that the average Mem State and country ; .and none of us supposed that we would so ber of this House is not a vain seeker after the baubles of soon .be called upon to mourn his death, which came unex popularity. He is an honest, hard-working Rep1·esentative of peetedly. Without a note of warning be was stricken down, his his people, seeking wbat he believes to be best for them and large, generous heart ceased to beat, ·and his spirit was ush r' their country, much more courageous than we occasionally ered into the presence of that almighty anrl all~wise Being who believe, even in the face of the well-nigh irresistible inertia -0f hath the issues of life and death in his own hands. Almost public affairs which makes a treadmill of his life. in the twinkling of an eye the strong man was brought low. And yet when we look back on the :finished life of a man like Truly, "In the midst of life we are in death." - pur late colleague we realize that it is not purely a treadmill. While I bad never met Mr. MONTOYA until the assembling of Why, all men strive, and who succeeds? this Congl'ess, I was at once attracted fo him by his genial and All labor, yet no less frlendly personality, and I was glad when we were assigned Bear uf beneath their urumccess. to the -same committee, dm·ing the sessions of which we were Look a the end of work, contrast The petty done, the undone vast. more closely associated. 01u acquaintance rapidly grew into a firm and cordial friendship, which I greatly prized. I was And yet- soon impressed by his industry, his devotion to his constitu Our tlmes are 1n His hand ency, and bis intense loyalty to his pal'ty and his .country. Ha Who saith~ "A whole I planned Youth shows but half; trust God; see all, was always regular in his attendance upon committee meetings Nor be afraid." and the sessions Of the House, and ambitious to do his full It is in a life such as NESTOR MoNTOYA's that we begin to share of work. He took n deep interest in the commercial of th~ s~e the whole and begin to realize that the real effective things growth the country and their remarks be permitted to do so. We laid him away on a hillside sloping up to the mesa, I The SPEAKER pro tempore. Ls there objection to the re which extended to the not far distant snow-capped mountains \ t}Uest of the gentleman from Ohio? [After a pause.] The and the cemetery was called "Little Santa Barbara." Follow Chair hears none. ing the beautiful Spanish custom, funeral orations were de Mr. THOMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I also ask permission to livered at the open grave. l\lultitudes filled the cemetery haYe incorporated in this day's proceedings an address written and silently listened, and by their presence paid their loving by Hon. B. C. Hernandez, a former colleague and a Member of tribute. the Sixty-sixth Congress. The next day the Albuquerque (N. Mex.} Morning Journal The 'SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the re said: que t of the gentleman from Ohio? [After a pause.] The The funeral of the late Congres ·man NESTOR MONTOYA was probably Chair hears none. the most impressive ever held in Albuquerque-perhaps the most im· Mr. THOMPSON. Mr. Speaker, much mention has been pressive ever held in the State of New Mexico. made here to-day of the great funeral held in the city of Albu He was held in high esteem by his colleagues in the Con querque. I was one of the Members appointed by the Speaker gre ·s as well as by the people of New Mexico. He died at of the House to attend that funeral, and I also delivered an the height of his fame. He is to be envied in that he did not oration at the grave, complying with the Spanish custom of the live too long, for- Southwest, and in order to preserve in the RECORD a history When 'tis given us to choose the time, of that great funeral, I desire to be permitted to incorporate in If we choose aright, the RECORD the local press accounts of the papers of Albu 'Tis best to die our honor at its height. querque and also ask permission that my own oration at the He is gone from us-gone before us. Strength and beauty, grave be printed in the RECORD, in 8-point type. kindness and wrath, wisdom and folly, laughter and frown The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection the request all the elements of life and his living of it have ceased theil· of the gentleman will be granted. visible play and action. There was no objection. Wbere- Said despairing Villon- Mr. THOMPSON. Mr. Speaker, the 13th of January, 1923, at the Nation's Capital, while apparently in the fullness of llealth, Where are the snows of yesteryear? Hon. NESTOR MONTOYA, New Mexico's Representative in the Vanished, he would have us believe. Yes; but vanished Sixty-seventh Congress, was stricken from tbe roll of the living. only in form. "The snows of yesteryear" are in tlle stream, God's finger touched him, and he slept. in cloud and rain, in sap of tree. and bloom of flower, in heart Born April 4, 1853, he was the descendant of a long line of and brain of talent and of beauty. Nothing is lost even here pure Spanish ancestry, tracing beyond the days of the con on our ancient kindly earth. So the energies of our friend, qui tadores, whose descendants prior to 1846 ruled New Mexico and those of all men, have touched into activity forces that, and adjacent territory under the flag of Spain. He was the influencing still others, will move on forever. sole Member in the House of Representatives from the forty The address of Mr. Hernandez and the clippings are as seventh State of the Union, whose capital city was important follows: more than three centuries ago, before New York, Philadelphia, ADDRESS OF HON. B. C. HERNANDEZ, FORMER HEJ.IBBR OF CONGRESS FROA! or Washington were thought of and before the Pilgrims landed ~EW MEXICO. at Plymouth Rock. The Spanish were brave men then, and are "When divine Providence removed from this world the Hon. loyal and patriotic Americans now. Don NESTOR l\loNTOYA. rang NESTOR l\foNTOYA He took a good, kindly, and lovable man, true to that brilliant, adventurous, romantic, yet sturdy, stock a type of man who had the faculty of making friend'i wherever fl'Om which he sprang and which pi9,neer~d that part _of America he went~ a type of man that in life's rough pathway always 1923. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 4597 fiml;:; time to sow a flower here an-d there in order to make [From the Albuquerque ( N. Me x:. ) Morning Journal, lssne of J anua ry 21, tlle journey more agreeable and pleasant. l\Ioreover, when so 1923, and the Albuquerque Hera ld, ame dat .] TIIJlONOS ATTEND THE F'US ERAL OF NESTOR MONTOYA-SERVICES JlmLD remoYed from among us, this splendid public servant, one of A'£ SAN FELIPE DE NERl C HURCH-'l'ROMPSO N, LAl!t.RAZOLO, ANO 0RTCZ New )lexico's gifted sons was taken from our midst, we SPEAK AT CE.UETJllRY. OUL':'lelves find that an uncommon man has been suddenly sum ~·'NESTOR MONTOYA was loved and respected by his colleagues. moned before his Creator by that grim reaper, death. in Congress. He was true to his party and loyal to his Gove:rn· "NESTOR l\loNTOYA's personal history is naturally inte1·woven ment. He kept the faith. He vrns neither trimmer nor fawner, with New Mexico's history for the last 45 years. We find him but frowned upon everything he deemed unwise or against the in t he early eighties, as soon as he had graduated from St. best interests of the public. He was an honest man.' Michael's College, taking his place among the public men of " Speaking as representative of the congres.siopal body, C n hi · time· first as translator and interpreter in the district gressrnan C. J. THOMPSON, of Ohio, rendered a glowing funer l courts. He developed the qualifications of interpreter until oration at the graYe of NESTOR MONTOYA as the former Con he was considered one of the most efficient of his day. gressman was lowered to his final rest, just after noon yester " In the early nineties we find him at the head of a Spanish day, in the little Santa Barbara Cemetery. puhlication in San :Miguel County, with headquarters in the "The funeral of the late Congressman was probably the most city of Las Vegas. About that same time bis public career impressive ever held in Albuquerque, perhaps the most impres really commenced by being elected from that county to the sive ever held in the State of New Mexico. Starting nt 8 o·clock legi-·lature during Territorial regime. Four or fi':e years later yesterday morning from the MONTOYA home, the services lasted we find him engaged in what he had chosen as his profe slon, four and a half hours. new paper man and interpreter, in Bernalillo County, where " From the famHy home the cortege proceeded to the little he had e~tablished the paper that was part of his life for Catholic church in Old Albuquerque, the San Felipe de Nerl the last 20 years La Bandera Americana, which he edited and Church, where NESTOR l\loNTOYA worshiped for many year·. managed succes;fully. He was chosen president. of th~ New The little church was crowded with friends of the late Con r.rexico Press Association, where he served up until tbe time of gressman, while hundreds stood outside unable to gain entrance his death with efficiency and distinction, always alert, ener to the church, but paying homage as best they could to t he getic, and a clean-cut gentleman. esteemed dead. " Later on we find him in the Territorial council of the legis FLAGS AT HAL1l'-M-iST- lative asseml>ly, a position equivalent to that of St~te senator " Following the services the cortege proceeded through the in these days, wherein by his experience as a legislator and streets of Old and New Albuquerque and on to the little ceme p.e\vspaper man lie had become a very useful public servant. tery on the hillside of Martineztown. There was a host of When New ::\Iexico was admitted a State in 1910 and a con notables in the procession ; along the route of the funeral thou stitutional convention had to be chosen he was elected a one sands stood with barred he.ads as the proce sion passed, while of the delegabes from Bernalillo County, and in that important every flag on every building in the city was at half-mast. All body he played a very useful part, always alert for the rights traffic across Central Avenue was halted during the passage f of the Spanish-American people, because he realized that they the procession. needed Ws defense and his services, and that fundamental law "The funeral procession covered more than six city blocks. of New Mexico bears the imprint of his intense patriotism and In front 75 members of the S. N. M. A. M. P. marched in double ·love for his fellow man in many of its provisos. column. Then came the old-town society, Alianza Society. The "Late1· on we find him during the World War with all the car with the priests otl:lciating and the altar boys, the congres intensity of his soul defending the rights of his country; going sional car, committee from the New Mexico Senate, committee among the people and with his wonderful oratorical powers from the New l\Iexico House of Representative , honorary pall persuading them to buy bonds and to place themselves at the bearers, active pallbearers. hearse. family cars, and friend::i. disposition of their Government. His three sons, following the There were 57 automobiles behind the family cars. ad>ice of their good father, served honorably in the World War. " In addition to the oration rendered by Congressman THOMP " MONTOYA was a patriot first; an efficient and faithful SON orations were offered by former Governor Larrazolo and. public servant always. During his career, like a good many M. Ortiz. The latter, a lifelong friend of NESTOR MONTOYA., pien who take part in the public affairs of the State, he had c. delivered an oration in both Spanish and ~ngllsh . Former his ups and downs; but to his credit be it said that wheneV"er Governor Larrazolo, a magnificent orator, delivered one of the he was defeated, or his f.rlends thought that be ought to take most powerful addresses of hJs career. He pursued the theme a back seat, he accepted their verdict with the grace of a that NESTOR l\loNTOYA has merely mov-ed on to greater glory in natural-born diplomat. another world, there to await the arrival of hls frienda. H is "He had his ditl:lculties in life's rough pathway, but his do address wa delivered in Spanish." m~stic life was a complete success, always kind and considerate to llis family. He lived a happy life in his home, and to-day his LAST TRIBUTE TO MONTOYA IS hf PCESSIVE E Vl!lNT-HUNO.REOS TA.KJiJ wife and family mourn the death of a kind and considerate PART-FIRST TIME IN STATE'S HISTORY THAI' New MEx:lCO R~PRE husuand and a good father. Neighbors mi s the advice of a SENTATIVE l!AS DIED WHILf!l I~ A CTlVEl S&RVCCE--C ONGRE SSMAN wise and kindly counselor; his friends a faithful and loyal THO IPSON PAYS ELOQUENT TRIBUTE TO COLLEAGUE. friend. "The last respects paid to NESTOR ~ONTOYA, New Mexico's " New Mexico has lost one of its gifted sons. His death, deceased Congressman, which began with funeral ervices ~arly like his life, was impressive, and around his bier the people Saturday morning and were· not completed until 1 o'clock Satur gathered and, with ·1ncere grief ~n their hearts and tears in day afternoon marked an unusual event in New Mexico history. thei c· eyes, accompanied by the distinguished company appointed " It is the first time in its history that New Mexico has lo t by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Presi a Congres man by death when he was actually serving in the dent of the Senate, a delegation of his former colleagues, laid Nation's governing body. It is the first time in t he State's hlm at rest beside his beloved mother, who had preceded him history that Members of Congress have tt·aveled so many miles to the grave a few years before, and paid their last impressive to join hands w\th Albuquerque and State legislative commit tribute to thi · good man. tees to pay a final tribute to one in the fil'st rank of citizensbip " For the first time in the history of tlle Territory and State a New Mexico statesman. of New Mexico one of our Congressman has died while in office " Persons in all walks of life stood with uncovered heads be and buried with all the honors worthy of a great and useful sides the Nation's Representatives as early as 8.30 o'clock Sat public servant. Although we have been part of this United urday morning at the Montoya home. As was told in Saturday States for the past 75 years, and not less than perhaps 40 of night's Albuquerque Herald 2,000 attended the service at the New Mexico's distinguished citizens have served as legislators San Felipe de Neri Ohurch after the procession had gone from and Senators and Congressmen, for the first time the Cong1·ess the home. Hundreds, in one of the longest funeral processions of the United States through its delegation has been called on record here, went to Santa Ba1·bara Cemetery, where ora upon to pay the last tribute of love to one of our Representatives tions were gi>en by former Gov. 0. A. Larrazolo, Modesto C. in the Congress of the United States. Ortiz, and Congressman C. J. THOMPSON of Ohio. "The family of the deceased as well as the people of New DETAILS OF IMP!UlSSIVE FUNERAL, l\lexico wish to express their appreciation for the honor thus "A few minutes after 9 o'clock Saturday morning the proces paid to our distlnguished son, and from the bottom of their sion left the Montoya home for the old Albuquerque Ohurch, hea1·ts wish to thank the honorable Senate of the United where requiem high mass was· said by Father Peter J. Weeks, States and the House of Representatives for the kindly, al- s. J. . though sad, tribute paid to this distinguished son of New "This procession was led by members of the old Albuquer Mexico." Que societies of which the Congressman was a member. \l'he LXIV--291 4598 OONGRESSION AL RECORD-HOUSE. FEBRUARY 25, Washington delegation on foot, eommittee" from the house and ruittees he attracted the favorable attention of his colleagues. senate at Santa Fe followed in line. Then came Father Weeks He became respected fur his aecurate information, sound judg and the altar boys, the auto overloaded with floral tributes, ment, and the wisdom that he brought forth in counsel. thence the honorary pallbearers and the cortege and active pall ~· NESTO.R MONTOYA was loved and respected by his colleairaes bearers. The service at the chuch lasted more than an hour. tn Congress. He was true to his J)arty and loyal to his Gov It was filled to capacity, some not trying to gain an entrance. errunent. He kept the faith. He was neither trimmer nor " It was later fn the morning that the procession, nearly a fawner, but frowned upon ·everything he deemed unwise or mile in length-one of the longest on record-left the church for ill advised or against the best inte1·est of the public. He was Santa Barbara Oemetery. an honest man. " The procession from the church was headed by the S. N. M. "A little more than a. week ago he was in the fullness of D. M. P., No. 1 Chapter, of Old Xown, and members of the health, looking forward longingly to the 4th of l\Iarch, when ,Alianza Hispana-Amel"icana. Thence came th~ car of the he might return to dear old Albuquerque to enjoy life with funeral directors, Father Weeks, the :flower car, autos contain his family, children, and grandcilildren, not realizing that the ing the Washington delegation, the senate eommitree from angel of death was hovering near. On the morning of the 13th Santa Fe, the house committee, the .honorary pallbearers, in the of Janum·y, without a moment's warning, the brittle thread 01·der named. of life was broken and his noble soul was ushered into the " They were followed by the cortege and active pallbearers great unknown. Destiny ordained that from the Nation's and mourners and immediate friends. Innumerable cars and Oapital, from the midst of his colleagues who loved him well, carriages of friends completed the proces !on. At the grave, he "Should cease his labors and start on the iong, long trail. ' where the body ·of the Congressman was laid to rest beside the The ineffable -Spirit of Wisdom and "Love decreed it. He lived deceased's mother, Mrs. Encarnacio Montoya, impressive serv a useful and honorable life, and therefore a successful life, ices were again heard. and had attained high honor of -state reached by comparatively " The active pallbearers were Jesus Romero, 1\1. 0. Ortiz, few men. Aleandro Cervantes, Ignacio Cervantes, Carlos Cervantes, and " We, his colleagues, In the busy days and closing hours of Salvador Cervantes. Th€ honorary pallbearers were Robert the Sixty-seventh Congress, left our work, traveled westward Purney, B. C. Hernandez, B. Ruppe, Elfego Baca, 0. A. Lar- over thousands of miles of plains .and mountains to exemplify 1 rozolo, and Charles Chadwick. the love and esteem in which NESTOR "MONTOYA was held at· " Besides the two committees of State senators and State rep Washington, and to aid you, his family, neighbors, and friends resentatives, there were oth€r repre entattves from Santa Fe in the last sad rites due the distinguished dead. aJso, among them being State Land Oommissioner Baca. "Not crowns of gold nor diamonded gifts, nor song, nor L!i:OJ SLA!l"IVB RltPRIJ'SENTATlVES. speech, nor loud acclaim can fittingly express Urn honor that " The committee of State ~at()rs at the flmeral were Col. is his due. All that strong arms and beautiful hands can do D. K. B. Sellers, chairman; Manuel °MaTtinez, Raefel Garcia, is to aid 1n the silent ministries of tbe hour. Under the laurels Demetrio Quintana, and T. E. Mitchell. and the lilies, under the roses and green boughs and fragrant " The house committee consisted of Manuel Martinez, Eduardo blossoms we leave the mortal parts of him whose immortal Salazar, Oliver 1\1. Lee, Donovan M. Richardson, Juan D. Casa spirit has passed on to the reward which a waits him. dos, Stanley M. Foutz, :Jose J-0rdi, and Dennis Chavez. " Friend, comrade, colleague. good-bye ! " THll WASHINUTON DELEGATION. "The delegation from Washington, as formerly -announced, THE LATE HON. JOHN L NOLAN. consisted of United States Senator H. L. 1iIYERs, of ·Montana; Mr. CURRY took the chair as Spealrer pro tempore. Congressman 0. D. 0A:RTER, of Oklahoma ; Congre sman D. 'B. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the IYe- COLTON, of Utah; Congressman c. J. THOMPSON, of Ohio; and cial order ot the day. Congres man B. G. LOWREY of Missi ippi; John Andrews, of The Clerk read as foUows : · the disbursing office at Washington ; H. A. Hustid, an official On motion of Mr. C'URRY, by unanimous eorrsent- of the Penn ylvania Railroad, and Miss Mary E. Laughlin, of If we were to symbollze the Ufe and career of tlie man in to whom we may pay the tributes we pay to-da~ · to our hon w}!ose memory we have gathered to-day, we should have to ored friend will the d<;>wnfall of America be assured. 'strike anothe1" word ft"om that old Spanish motto and make it JOHN NOLAN was a believer in democracy, in rule by all the 11 u Beybnd. _ . people. That was ttie guiding star in his political career, and All hts life this sop. of the Golden West kept p_is e~el? fi~ed lie followed it in triumph and defeat. He was a follower of upon the sunrise and planned for the future. Ills spirit was Theodore Roosevelt, the greatest American of our times, and hi tune wlth the urge eternal for brotherhood. anct social justice. he was a progressive in all the word implies. , He lQ.Oked beyond the rugged rocks and s_tinging briers in the Mr. Speaker, the influence and inspiration of the life of JOHN pathway of to-day to the solid roadway built by cooperation for NoLAN are not dead because his mortal remains have been laid the bannered march of crowned humanity to-morrow. to rest in mother earth. They will live on, duplicating and AU men are engageq in the quest for happiness, and, alas, reduplicating themselves in the Jives ·of others, who, like him there are many who find it not. JoHN NoLA.N was engaged in the will catch the glory of the ideal of justice between man and quest of justice for humankind, and in that search he found man and wlll follow the gleam. Other toilers and thinkers and li.appiness. statesmen and seers will strive for the same goal, and they will There can be no holier grall than the justice which comes flnd the path smoother and easier because of his unyielding from the practice of the Golden Rule and the rendering to courage and undaunted faith. every man his due. In illi;iminated letters around the great I knew JOHN NOLAN intimately for 10 years and valued his capitol at Harrisburg may be read it.s meaning as defined bY friendship most highly. Witnessing his consistent efforts for James Madison. human betterment through those years, ·1 have felt many time~ Justice is the end or government. It ls the aim of civil that in his life and career he was the very embodiment of society. Kipling's idea of what a man should be. You remember that It always has een pursued and always wlll be pursued, great poem descriptive of real manhood- until it be attained or untll liberty be lost in the pursuit. That priceless boon will be attained and liberty will not be It you can keep your h~ad when all about you .Are losing theirs and blli.ming it on you ; lost in the pursuit because of choice spirits and loyal hearts If you can trust yourself when an men doubt you, like Jorrn NoLAN who are willing to do and dare and die for But make allowanc~ for their doubting, too ; justice. If you can wait and not lfrow tired of waiting, Or, lied about, don't deal m lies, J RN NOLAN held no diploma from university or college but Or, being hated, don't give way to hating, he was educated in the highest sense. For what is educatio~ And yet don't look too good nor talk too wise. save training to think clearly and act wisely? It is not a · If you can dream and not make dreams your master, collection of shreds and patches f useless arts, but the wisdom If you can think and not make thoughts your alm. of the heart which is better than the merchandise of silver It you ean meet both triumph and disaster, aml the gain thereof than fine gold. Education is found in And treat those two imposters just the same. If you can bear to see the truth you've spoken, love for truth and the ability to see and appreciate the beau Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, IJ tiful and the true ln humblest mankind. It is an enthusiasm Or see the work you gave your life to broken for liberty and a splrit of sympathy for the unfortunate and .And stoop and bulld it up again with worn-out tool3. oppressed. It is the cultivation of the mind through friendship If ycu can talk with crowds, but keep your virtue. tvith noble purposes and fellowship with noble ideals. It is Or walk with kings nor lose the common touch. If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you. love for labor and desire for knowledge. If a man have not If all men count with you, but none too much. these he is no~ educated, though he number his degrees by th struggle for existence. And that fact became known. to his col Jllght arms and armors, too, that man, leagues· in the House-that he was_ usually found on the right Wli know him1well almost from the first week I entered Congress;. been a little gap in:· th:e eircuniferern:m ; the great circle would 1 and as the years. have passed I got t.o know him better. With h:ii-ve been notched and marred. all his friends and With his family. I am saudened almosfl be · "Exaltavit humiles ! " He· has exalted the humble I These· )yond" expression when I realize we shalL no more look upon are· the profoundest word.9 ever spoken~ the seal and motto his honest face. of eternal progress. They ex'press the deepest lesson which JOHN NOLAN was not born with; a silvet.t spoon 1n his- mouth. we may; learn from our colleagues who are here no more. From· early in life fie had to make his own way in the world,. And to those Members . of Congi~ess- who knew and loved and he became a genuine horny-handed son of t-0il. He wa& JoHN Nor.AN mny I hlimbly- say that some day, and not so far an iron molder by trade and he boasted of it. ms fellow a way, each and every one· of us will be recalled only as a workmen saw in him qualities of leadership which made- them memory·; for we know that " every life, no matter if its every love- him, and it was at their unceasing requests· that he en hour is. rtch with love and eve1•y moment jeweled with a joy, tered public service, first as a member of the board of super will at its close become- a· tra-gedy as sad and deep and dark visors of the city a'Ild· county of San Francisco,, and then· he as can be- woven of the watp and woof of mystery and death." 'came to Congress in 1913. He served his fellow citizens of Again I summon to my aid the immortal words of Senator I San Francisco in these legislative· halls for 10 yearSJ with devo-- Ingalls, when he said: 1tion integrity, ability, and loy.alty rarely surpassed. My only; hope is that wh~n · the last survivor: ot us all reell.lls fhe K~en and vigorous always in the pursuit of his legislative vivid memories· of those wh<> l1ave gone before, no· grief may dim his vision, save that which separation always brings, and that he may calling he was never' so engrossed- tn the thoughts of his confidently and gratefully anticipate the hour which shall summcm work that he would not halt to speak the cheering. word, and, h.im to a brighter world than· this· ; a world which shall seem as the if occasion recommended, to do an act of helpfulness t.o his glorious w.akeninzr from a· fevered dream, where wrrow has no domin ton, where distance can not separate; where time can not chill, and the fellow legislator. tragic limitations of earthly being are forever unknown. He was. called a " labor Representative," and he was truly the friend of fubar. Yet, men of atrairS. and business knew Mr. LONDON. :Mr. Spealter, the true man can afford to· defy 1 the· richness of his gentle, manly soul and they respected, ad- death. Both the brain and the heart repmllate the suggestion m:IT.ed, and esteemed! him; that man is a perishirble· commodity. The !)rain refuses to adJ His gospel always was that of good fellowship, with none mit that tllat whfch eXists can cease to be, and the l:rna:rt in its of its detractions. J'oHN NoLAN, without much booki .eduea- lo-ve refuses to concede tlrat those we cherish will disappear tion ·, was a man of intellect, and he was always · high-toned in fore-'Vet; character. Generous, kindly natured,. he was always a de- J.q'oLAN represerrte·rr an epoch in- the life of the United States, voted friend a' gaUa:n..t gentleman. His friends in the· city. the great Republic, the wonder of nati-0ns. He began his of his birth' weTe legion,· and it may be truly said of him career when the· prejudice against labor organizatfons was in that "non,e knew him but to: love him, nor named him but to tense, when unrestrained individualism, taking full advantage praise." of the ine::thau:stibie resources of the land, flaunted· every idea When I stop to think of the ceremonies· her;e conducted in this of coo_i>erati'OI1 arnong men; and while dolln.r and dollar we1·e Sabbath' da.y in- memory of JoHN NOLAN, and our other col- free to· urute into corporations~ it was deemed wrong for men leagues who ha-ve passed to the great beyondJ, I am. reminded and men to· unite tbeir hearts- and sou'ls in a: common endeavor" of the words of the eloquent Ingalls, long a. Senator- :from the · to improve the lot of the worke1·. The laoor leader was treated State of Kansasi who said on an· occasion similair to- this, "If with contempt. "The labor delegate·" was a term of reproach. the lives 01i these meill we- mourn t 1'that' streteh, we know not how, over space· and time to. the to have uttered during the lifetfme--during the period of my invisible wodd, and we know that the. granite of the hills shall association with J"oHN I. NoLAN. I would not paint the life ·pass away sooner than the· tenants of that realm. and career of our friend as, that of a superman. Rather, it is Let us then here and now publicly commune with those im- better to note his intense human nature, his devotion to home, mortals and acknowledge it our noblest prLvilege to do- so. Let friends, and duty. It is better that we recall here the JoHN .eacli of us here summon ~i'ltldl:y the image: of these dearest to- NoLAN who worked along intenseiy practical lines, ever holding ~ hlm. They differed while on earth·; perhaps one was- greater,. in view the betterment of humankind. one was less·; but the least 0-ii them now h0lds the ~ key o~ a I met JoHN I. NOLAN in 1913, when we came to tne first ses- lwisdom which was denied to• Solomon and Socrates. So, sion of the Sixty-third Congr·ess. We were members of a group !doubtless, while among.' us he· filled his ~lace and was,, if we which constituted a thirdo party in this House. Those of us 1 but knew it, indispensable. Without him there would, have .who hailed from the· East were attracted to the earnest, elo- 4602.- CONGRESSIONAL . RECORD-HOUSE·. FEBRUARY 25,· quent, and always practical Member from San Francisco. ber of that great mass of the common people who are the back Known to be a prominent figure in the labor-union movement, J>one of the Republic and who furnish the bone and sinew of we expected to be associated with a radlcal exponent of. the its throbbing industrial life, he was one of them and knew as principles of that movement. Instead we found a level-headed, :few men did their aims, hopes, and aspirations. These plain sane, practical man, firmly devoted to the interests of labor, people, who, when he became a candidate for Congress in the contesting boldly and efficiently for those things demanded as first instance, backed him almost to a man, never had cause to a right by labor, yet always considerate, always regardful of regret their choice, and with each succeeding year gained in the interests, rights, and privileges of all the people. their enthusiasm for the loyalty, great ability, and high purpose .An intimate association with JOHN I. NOLAN, official and of a member of their own ranks who had risen to high place personal, ga\e me a very high regard for his character and in the councils of the Nation. career. Making his way from the :floor of the foundry to a high Not only did he maintain and increase the unfaltering devo place in the union of his craft, overcoming difficulties and ob tion of labor and those who leaned toward it in their sympa stacles due to his lack of opportunity, he achieved leadership in thies but he recruited to the cause many new adherents, and his trade. He became an executive of one of the leading trade won the friendship and respect tluough the charm of his per unions of our country. In this high place his administration sonallty of all who came .in contact with him.- His position in of the duties devolving upon him brought not only the confl this House at the time of his death, when he was not only the den.ce and trust of his fellow craftsmen, but the respect of chairman of the great Committee on Labor but also a member employers. Firm in his relations with both workers and em of the powerful steering committee, is a mute tribute to the ployers, always having in mind the welfare of the men in the recognition which he received at the hands of his colleagues foundries, he was regarded by employers as most just, as a here. safe counselor, and always a strict interpreter of agFeements, He was an indefatigable worker, and with the dynamic en demanding from those whom he represented the same scrupu ergy and force which he threw into his work here he shattered lous regard for a contract he expected from the employers. his health and brougnt about his untimely end. He was truly a Rightfully regarded as an able repre5entative of labor, JOHN martyr to the cause of unselfish dHotion to his fellows. His I. NOLAN did not assume that a great constituency expected most precious possession-his life-he offered up on the altar him to devote all of bis time and talents to the protection of of public service. the workers or the solving of industrial problems. He took ·It is well known by those who knew him best that he was the care to be informed on all the leading questions of his day. very soul of modesty and was devoid of all pretense and osten As :;t. legislator be ranked as one of the best informed men in tation. No boastful words ever passed his lips; no vindictive the House. His connection with the organized-labor movement ness or bitterness ever contaminated his heart or mind. Force did not serve to dwarf his interest in all the problems which ful in expression, consistent in his views, he fought all his bat our Government was called upon to deal with. And, perhaps, tles and met life's problems straight from the shoulder on the no other tribute to his memory is more suggestive than that "live and let live" basis. Informed as few men were on the the people of the fifth California district voted him as their intricate problems affecting labor and industry in the compli Representative in six Congresses practically without opposition. cated industrial age in which he lh·ed, when he took the floor No finer . tribute can come to a citizen than this exhibition of of the House to discuss this or any other kindred matter his profound trust by a great body of his fellow Americans. colleagues knew that he knew what he was talking about and One's observation of home life, of the family i·elations and listened with close attention and in large measure followed his everyday work of a friend are not, as a rule, to be dwelt upon. advice. His master mind, tempered by legislative experience I shall only remark that our friend NOLAN fulfilled his obliga and fortified by the logic of facts which he had at his finger tions in these respects with a devotion of rare quality. We do tips, seemed to endow him with the magic ability to rally sup· not attempt to pose JOHN I. NoLA.N as the superman. We wish port to the cause which he sponsored as few men could; and to preserve his memory as a type of the American who rises I doubt if there has ever been a Member of this House who, superior to obstacles, who holds strong opinions without preju single handed, wielded an illfluence to a cause to which he was dices, who labors with intelligent zeal for the things he believes devoted in such a degree as did JoHN I. Nor..AN. best for those with whom he is associated, yet e\er has in His loss not only to labor but to the Republican Party, ot mind duty and responsibility to all the people. So far as I which he was a member, and to the Republic, of which he was am concerned, I .hold JOHN NOLAN as a sincere and faithful a distinguished citizen, is almost irreparable. I prophesy lt friend. In the estimation of the world he must be held as, first, will be many years before his equal in knowledge and expe an American, sound to the core; and second, a considerate rience shall sit in his place here, and the voice that is stilled champion of labor, a skilled and impartial legislator, a man will long be felt in these balls in the influence which he left to without guile, fearless and fair. this body as a heritage of his membership. We are glad, indeed, that his wife has been selected to take. ~lr. LINEBERGER. Mr. Speaker and ladles and gentlemen his place and carry on the work which he left unfinished. She of the House, the great State of California since it became a who was bis helpmate and knew and sympathized with his member of the galaxy of Commonwealths which go to form the point of view as no one else could can perhaps do more to per American Union has produced many men of ability and dis petuate his memory and achievements in the years to come tinction who have graced the Congress of the United States with than anyone else, and I feel that it is the unanimous opinion membership therein, but among these not one has occupied a of this body that his constituency honored itself when it hon more unique position than that of our distinguished and beloved, ored her in electing her as his worthy successor. departed colleague and friend, the late Hon. JOHN I. NOLAN, It was my delight and pleasure to have known Mr. NOLAN whose death we mourn and in whose memory these services are in perhaps as intimate a way as it is possible for a new Member being held to-day. to know an older colleague. His helpful advice and counsel His life was one of achievement and high purpose, not only to me as one coming for the first time to take his place as an because of the great zeal with which he served his State and humble Member of the greatest parlimentary body in the Nation in his capacity here but for his unstinting devotion to world will long be remembered and always appreciated. the cause of the common people of which he and most of us in .A..s a fellow Californian I had long known of his outstanding . this body are a part. achievements here and of the high esteem in which he was He believed literally that this Republic of ours, founded upon held by the citizens of our State. Having been among those the principle that the people of the United States who had :first whose convictions and concepts of government had led to the proclaimed the Republic and then ordained and established it political shrine of ideal& sponsored by that great American, under the Constitution, were those in whose interest the Gov Theodore Roosevelt, where Mr. NOLAN also had taken his in ernment should be conducted, and that the preservation and spiration I found that we had been friends in purpose an.d perpetuity of our institutions depended upon the interpretation comrade~hip long before we had become personally acquainted. in thought and act which we, as represent&tives of the people We understood each other and spoke the same language. in Congress, give to this theory. The outstanding feature of Mr. NoLAN's life was that In his Possessed of high ideals and patriotic enthusiasm for the private as well as his public life he placed human rights above . cause of these plain, average citizens, not only of his district property rights, and no measure which could not qualify under : but of the Nation, his efforts were translated into practical this and pass the acid test of his searclling brain could obtain achievements and were not merely confined to the sphere of his support or approval. He dealt in fundamentals and be academic contemplation. Ueved that only when the welfare, life, prosperity, and hap His colleagues soon recognized his ability, grasped his pure piness of the average citizen of the Republic was secure could ! purpose, and came to know that the man who possessed .these the Republic endure and prosper and truly reflect the purposes I :fine qualities had a heart of pure gold. Having begun life at for which it was ordained and established in the preamble of the bottom of the ladder, having toiled and labored as a ruem- our Constitution. i ( 1923._ CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-ROUSE. 46{)3r I .I ) Had he lived undoubtedly, in the course of time, he would unbeliever with a sign (}f the cross and in the solemn grandeur 'have arrived at still higher pinnacles. of achiev_ement-t~e ·of· Him who died on Calvary. Hill. United States Senate,_ or membership in the Cabmet. ~t is I am the resurrectlen and' the life. well known that he was very favorably considered by Pres1d~nt He that beUevetb in Me, though he be dead, yet shall he- live. Harding for the position of Secretary of Labor und.er the pres- If an all wise Father deigns to touch with· divine power the. ... , ent administration, but this only aroused ~ passive interest cold and pulseless heart of the buried acorn and make it burst· on the part of Mr. NOLAN. He felt he had his work to accom- from its prison walls will He neglect the soul of man, who is 1 plish here in the House and would- not pe1'Illit his friends to made in the image of his Creator? If He. stoop to give the last I press his nomination- rose of summer, whose withered petals float upon the autumn's 1\lr Speaker the 18th day of November, 1922, when our col wind, the sweet assurance of another spr~otime, will He wi~h- · leagu0e departed this life to take up his abode et_erna~ in 1:!1e hold the words of hope from the sons. of men when the frost of" mansions of rest, was one upon which the Repu~hc los~ a ~s- winter eomes? If" matter,, mute and inanimate, though it may tinguished citizen whose life, character, and public er-vice ~111 be changed by the forces of nature into a multitude of forms, stand out in bold relief in. the years. to come as a beaco~ li;ght can never die, will the imperial spirit of man suffer annihilation 1and as an example to the yo.uth and. citizens of ~e ~ati?n. after the tenement of clay has been resolved into earth again? I He wrote his name high on the scroll of fame and 1t will live Rather let us believe that the Creator, who in his apparent , long in the annals of the Republlc. prodigality wastes not the raindrO!!S, the blade of grass, or the.. Farewell, friend; sacred be- thy memocy and peace eternal evening breeze but makes them all carry out His great eternal· to thy soul plan, will dlre'ct, transport us to the land that is fairer than this, and which by faith we can see from afar, and vision l\Ir. O'CONNOR. Mr. Speaker~ we hav~ assembled here to- through the whispe1·ings and intimations of immortality. No; day in accordance with a resolu;tion adopted by the. House of death does not bring annihilation. Representath·es, and in pu.rsuanc. e of a custom of parliament~ry 'l'he terrible worldiness or the Persian poet, to take the. cash assemblies and legislative bodies-, to commemorate the life, and let the credit go, nor heed the rumble of a distant drum .. ~ character and services of JoHN NoLA.N, once Memb.er of Con- receives an answer in his own immortal lines.: Igress fro:U the State of· California-. . · I sometimes think that, never, blew so. red the rose, This custom 1& derived from the past, and its origin is lost in As where some buried Ca.esar bled, -1'~ th t ilight of history .And every hyacinth the garden bears the remoteness of time. f or eYet1 .u,Om e w . DPopJ;>ed in her lai> from some onee lovely head. ~ there come stories and b;aditions of great ce:remoJnes and fun- eral rites suggesting the customs which we observe a&. a mode Volney, Voltaire, Paine, and Ingersoll are confused and con· 1of expressing crur grief and woe for the loss of those: who at founded by the.. meditations of Cato contemplating death: one time walked amidst us in glory. The stars may fa.de away., From the antiquit:YI of the ceremonies which are observed Tbe sun h.imsett grow dim with age. among all -r.u>on.les it .w-0.uld appear that there has always ex- And nature sink i'n tireless years, l ' listed a tendency.t'~ v-< to reverence the m>ble dead w h ose ea:r thlY ex- Bl:ltShall thou. live 0on Immortality,forever istence became an inspiration to those whQi followed tl?-em and Unhurt amid the wreck of mattel.' to give that tendency an outward fo..rm: and expresS10n. In And the crash of" worlds. Egypt's celebrated' Book of' the Dead,. written more than 2,000 Anet it must be so,_else what a mournful picture is Pl."esented years before Joseph was sold into captivicy and long before to the human mind by the purposeless existence of the innumer the dawn of Judaism ad begun, there appeared these subllme able caravans that have come and gone since paradise. and words, taken from an inscription or epitaph on a mon_ument will come and go-- erected to commemorate the vii:tue of some n-0ble soul : Until the sun grows cold, " He hath given bread t<> the hungry ; clothes to the naked ; And the stars ue old, he hath given a boat to the sbipwreek; he hath burled the dea.d And the leave of the judgment boot unfold. and made- due- offerings to- tbe gods." Even to the most stoical or philosophical when there ls no l\Iemorial services certainly have no.w and will always in all hope of another life the picture is infinitely pathetic and p:ro.babllit;y have. a po.werfnl appeal to the imaginaUons of th0S0· picturesque. Life, ls a little plot of light~ We. enter, clasp a who are left behind: and who l<>Ye. to dweU upon the memori~ · ha.nd or two, smile, drop a tear,, sing a song, send for.th a sigh, that come back Uke burniag stars to dissipate the- gloom o:f' the- and then go out into the everlasting darkness again The great 1 daY' when.. the- lamented one departed for the unknown· coimtrY' consolation,, however, is that we do know with our· declining j :fro.m whence no traveler eve returns. On such occasions in is yeara that our shadows reach the stars. 1 impossible t0; repress our tears. Choking with heart sobs. we God moves in mysterious ways Hi& wonders to perform. endeavor to recall the touch of a vanished hand and- th~ sound· He did no.t send out the great benevolent soul of Jo.a:N N-OLAN· of a voice that is still. We grieve. we mourn fo.r him who...has. on its. wonderful n;Ussion until He saw fit in His inscrutable bade the earth good-by fol!ever. But we kn.ow that he- is on· wisdom and have His servant do the noble things which he another shore doing an even gre_ate.r service than he performed l\Iy friend, for he was my friend, immediately said to me : Turns with his share and treads upon. The oak I Shall send his roots abroad and pierce thy mold. "Jim 1 that is a beautiful story and wish when you find the "tet not to thine eternal resting place book in which it is that you will give me its title." I know Shalt ti.Jou retire alone nor c-0uldst thon wish you will believe me when I tell you that that refrain, though Couch more magnificent.1 Thou shalt Ile down With Qatriarchs ot the infant world, with kings, perhaps not those words, has been ringing in my ears from Th!" powerful of the earth-the wise, the good, my earliest days. Yes, lie Uved to bless mankind, to make the Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, world a little better and brighter for bis presence; he struggled, All in one mighty sepulcher. The h111s, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the slin-the vales worked, and toiled to let in the light where darkness had been, Stretching in pensive quietness between; to bring hope where sorrow frowned and dwelled, to dry the Th·e venerable woods-rivers that move eye of the orphan, to subdue discord, to still the heartaches of In majesty, and the <:omplaining brooks That make- the meadows green; and, poured round au. myriads, to alleviate tbe anguish that tortured the soul of Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, millions. That was the great soul-inspiring task that appealed Are but the solemn decorations all to his imaginative and benevolent nature. Oh, it was great Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, and there is no other greatness. Such a life so spent and in The planets, all the Infinite host ot heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes ot death, such a work lifts one nearer, nearer to the great white throne Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread of God. The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom. Take the wings Aye, death does not mean annihilation. Buddhism, with its Of morning, pierce the Barcan wilderness, Nirvana, which seeks through the door of life death and ex Or lo:;,e thyself in the continuous woods tinction, is a creed to us repellant. What a conti·ast there is Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings-yet the dead are 'there: between it and the Christian faith which teaches that through And millions in those solitudes, since first the shadow of the grave there comes life-everlasting, eternal The filght ot years began, have laid them down life! In their last sleep-the dead reign there alone. So shalt thou rest, and what if thou withdraw Our friend is not dead; he lives and in a wider sphere seeks In silence trom the living, and no friend growth and development and service and achievement. His life Take note of thy departure? All that breathe was rich in service and his labors enriched his State and the Will share thy destiny. The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Nation and added to the great reservoir of humanity's achieve Plod on, and each one as before will chase ment. A strong, brave, chivalrous man has gone from our His favorite phantom; yet all these shall leave midst. His memory we will cherish in our hearts ; his labors 'l'heir mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee. As the long train will live after him. He has gone to join those illustrious spirits Of ages glides away, the sons of men, who in the night of despotism foresaw the glories of the coming The youth in life's fresh spring, and he who goes day. We miss the friend we loved, whose memory we rev- In the full strength of years, matron and maid, The speechless babe, and the gray-headed man . erence. Our hearts are sore and heavy and there is no adequate Shall one by one be gathered to thy side, speech for the deep emotions of the soul. The staff has been By those who in their tum shall follow them. taken from a strong right hand and the left is cold and smitten. So live, that when thy summons comes to join \ Next to his fireside the world had his loving regard and solici The innumerable caravan, which moves I tude. To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls ot death, In this historic Hall the association of years cluster, and here Thou go not, li~e the quarry-slave ~t night, he consecrated his powe1· with the sacrament of unstinted toil Scourged t-0 his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed in the interest aml for the advancement of the wage-earning Bly an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, L ke one who wraps the drapery of b,ls couch hosts of his country. .A. tower of strength has left us, but he About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. still speaks to us from the tomb. His whisper is again in our ears: Mr. MOORES of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, when death has Let all the ends thou aim'st at be Thy country's, thy Qod's, and truth's. taken from us a friend whom we esteem and love, there re Be noble and the nobleness that mains only for us the sad but sweet privilege of laying :flowers Lies in other men, sleeping, but upon the grave of the dead. In that sense I want to pay a Never dead. will rise in majesty To meet thine own. tribute to the memory of a trusted friend. JOHN NOLAN, as has been said again and again to-day, was an iron molder. l\Iy dirge hath ceased, my eyes are dim, my voice will soon He was, however, an educated man; not educated in the be with the echoes. Let me close with a recitation of the im schools, but educated like Washington, like that Connecticut mortal Thanatopsis, lines that will never die, a sermon in death shoemaker, Roger Sherman, who helped draft the Declaration less verse that will sustain men and women in all the centuries of Independence and to frame our Constitution; like Andrew to come with an unfaltering hope that they will meet their Jackson, the great soldier; and like Abraham Lincoln, taught pilot face to face when they have crossed the bar. Wonder in the hard school of experience, and self-taught. But be was fully philosophical, they inspire one to dream and to think not for all that an educated and cultivated man, with a broad only of the manly part we should play upon this earth, which knowledge of books and of men and of the world. JoHN NoLAN played out in the grand drama of life, but they He came to Congress from a district which appreciated him. inspire us to look beyond and to contemplate our journey into He came six times by a practically unanimous vote of his con that new land of adventu1·e, into that higher sphere of action, stituents. His district knew him and it trusted him. He bra-rnly and embark as the gallant souls of the world would represented not only the wage earners but every man in his have us go. That vision of death would have immortalized great district, and he represented e·rnry citizen of his great William Cullen Bryant and added to the literature of the Eng State. He was broad enough and great enough and true lish-speaking people if he had never written anything else, enough to represent the whole country. We know it; and we though his other poems place his name high among the choice who knew him loved him because he did it. He was wise; be spirits of America: was tactical; he was brave; he was truthful; he was loyal; To him who in the love ot Nature holds and he knew men: He had the art of persuasion ; he under Communion with her visible forms, she speak.s stood how to get results in this great body, where it is harde\' A various language; for his gayE!r hours She bas a voice of gladness, and she glides to get results for the individual than from anything on earth, Into bis darker musings with a mild but he got them. And healing sympathy that steals away He was in the Sixty-fifth Congress chairman of the Commit Their sharpness ere he is aware. When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a blight tee on Patents, a committee which ·requires technical knowledge O'er thy spirit, and sad images and knowledge of mechanics, a knowledge of the Jaw, a knowl Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, edge of invention, a knowledge of a great many things which And breathless darkne s, and tbe narrow house, Make thee to shudder and grow sick at heart, are not common knowledge, and all of these JOHN NOLAN had Go forth under the open sky and list and had taught himself. He was a great chairman of that com To Nature's teachings, while from all around mittee. He left it to become chairman of tbe Committee on Earth and her waters and the depths of alr Labor, and he made a great chairman of the Committee on Comea a still voice : Yet a few days, and thee The all-beholding sun shall see no more Labor. In all bis course, nor yet in the cold ground W~n he was the ranking member of the Committee on Labor Where thy pale form was Jaid with many tears, in the Sixty-sixth Congress he got through his minimum wage Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist Thy image. Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim act, he got through many other bills in the interest of wage Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again, earners, which occupied much of his time and much of his And, lost each human trace, surrendering up effort, and yet, as chairman of the Committee on Patents, it Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mlx forever with the elements, was my privilege to go to him for the American Bar Associa To be a brother to the insensible rock tion (be mg a member of one of its committees} to discuss And to the sluggish clod which the rude swain with him certain laws which be him. elf drafted, which he biru- 1923. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. / 4605 / self introduced, and which he himself succeeded in persuading Mr. FREE. 1\Ir. Speaker, for the fourth time since the elec the House and the other body to enact into law that which tions of 1920 the Angel of Death has appeared at the uoor of the lawyer chairmen who had preceded him as chairmen of the California delegation, and to-day we are here to honor the that comruittee bad for 20 years failed in passing. Two or memory of one of those who has been taken. In a service of three laws passed in the Sixty-sixth Congress through the this kind we are face to face with death. Death is always ac wi dom, knowledge of mankind and knowledge of mechanics companied with broken hearts and tears. It is always an occa and knowledge of human nature, tact, and diplomacy of JoHN sion of sadness. Death, this thing that is universal, the thing NOLAN became laws and are the laws to-day, for which he is that is just as certain to come to us as the fact that we are entitled to the credit, and which are a benefit to every citizen born; death that has taken countless millions who ha-fe gone in America. He has done much for labor, he has done much for before, stands to us an unsolved problem, and although orators the whole country, and we honor him and love him for what he have declaimed and preachers ham explained, somehow out of did. There is left to his widow, who sits with us to-day as his the distance we get but the echo that some day we will under successor, and to his daughter the assurance that a Christian stand. It is always hard for those who are left; it is hard to gentleman awaits them beyond the Great Divide. There is understand why it was their loved one who was taken, as in left to e"veryone of us the knowledge that you and I take the case of JOHN I. NoLA.N, a man in the most vigorous man pride in the fact that we knew and loved a brave, great, and hood, mentally and physically, serving a human purpose, doing good man. a good to this world, fond of bis family, devoted husband and father. Yet the band of death has fallen upon him. We might Mr. BARBOUR. ~Ir. Speaker, the career of Congressman question whether it is right, whether it ls just, why it is so? JOHN I. NOLAN might serve as an inspiration to any young We might ha\e our doubts about the fairness of the make-up American. His was a typically American career. J oHN I. of life, but if we turn for a moment in this winter season, when NOLAN at his birth was not endowed with the proverbial silver all is bleak and dark, do we throw away hope? Do we abandon spoon. He first saw the light of day under circumstances simi ourselves to the thought that never again will the flowers lar to those of many of bis countrymen. He was not born and did bloom? We are just as certain that after this cold, bleak, and not grow to manhood amidst luxurious surroundings. The at barren winter has gone there will come awakening spring,· and mosphere of his birth anu of his youth was such as to impress then will follow summer with its flowers, which in turn will upon him the necessity of hard work in any undertaking and wither in the fall, and again will winter come. Do we ever in the accomplishment of any worth-while end. JOHN NoLAN look upon the setting sun in the west and doubt that again on worked hard during his lifetime and won for himself honor the morrow it will rise in the east? Dci we e\er look into the and succe . '.rhe opportunities that were his are the oppo1· great .firmament of heaven and see the myriads of stars and iunities of every young American. What he accomplished not wonder at the amazing regularity of it all? If we would others can accomplish by emulating his honesty, courage, and but think of these things we must realize that aboYe and be industry. · yond our own minds and fancies there is a great and control I JoHN I. NOLAN loved his country and llis fellow man. I once ling power that directs our activities, as it directs all the affairs / heard him say on the floor of this House that in no other of life. counh·y was the opportunity afforded for a man to rise as he I feel that in some way the eyes that have been washed with had risen and to reach a position of trust and influence such as tears will come to haYe a clearer vision of the beauty of holi he had attained. In making that statement JoHN NoLA.N was ness and of service and of God. I saw in the gallery to-day a not glorifying himself. He was attesting bis love and admira loyal Californian, Doctor Wilbur, president of the great Leland tion for his country and the opportunities ·that it affords. Stanford Junior University, and as I saw him here it brought to I had learned to admire JoHN NOLAN before I knew him. my mind one of the great things that came out of grief and When he was first elected to Congress I was impressed by his suffering. Senator and Mrs. Stanford were perhaps in their attitude toward legislation. As his career continued I was eal'ly life in a way a bit self-satisfied. They bad all of the even more favorably impressed by his activities and the things world's goods that they wanted. God gave to them a son. In for which he stood. When later I joined him as a member of educating that son they took him to Europe that he might ha•e the Oalifornia delegation in Congress I was glad to know per every advantage of trarnl. While there the lad was stricken sonally the man whom I had already come to admire, and I with fever and theh' boy was taken away from them. Then soon counted llim as one of my best friends in this House. He it was and over bis bier that they declared they would give to was ever graciously helpful, and his ideas and opinions were the children of California an opportunity to make something of always enlightening. themselves in life, and they gave up their fortunes to that end. JOHN I. NoLAN was one to whom the human element in legis I well remember the time when on account of a legal situatio.n lation and governmept always appealed. He was the earnest that had arisen l\Irs. Stanford took the very jewels from her advocate of laws which would better the conditions under breast and pawned them in order that the university might be wWch men and women labor and live. His heart was always kept open. I remember when she dismissed her help in order with those who toil and bear the burdens of civilization. He that she might devote the funds she had to that great institution. sought to bring greater comfort and happiness into the li"res of So I say, my friends, that out of this thing called death, this the people who labor. They llave lost a real friend. thing we can not understand, and out of aching hearts, come He was known as a spokesman of labor on this floor, and as some of the greatest things and the greatest treasures and the such bis record was one of accomplishment. His honesty and greatest thoughts of Jife. courage and withal his absolute fairness won for him the re So, JOHN I. NouN is go1.1.e. He was born in the city of San spect and admiration of every Member of this House. He was Francisco, overlooking San Francisco Bay, out upon the great always broad-minded and generous, and his views were accepted, Paci.fie, born there in a laud that he aways loved, born, as bas and he succeeded where a less tolerant advocate would have been said to-day, with no great adYantage for a youth. failed. He occupied a position of strength and honor in the At the age of 9 he could ha>e been seen as a cash boy in a Congress of the United States. San Francisco department store. At the age of 20 he was an JOHN NOLA.N's home life was in every way worthy of admira iron molder, standing well in his trade. At that time he had tion. His love for and devotion to his wife and child and his seen the human side of life and had determined that through consideration for their happiness and comfort evidenced bis true organization his coworkers might succeed, and this boy of 20 character. He was a lover of athletic sports, and I recall with was making his way to recognition in the union to which he pleasure the occasions upon which I attended such events with belonged. What might have been considered his goal was him. reached in 1912, when he was elected secretary of the San The esteem in which he was held by bis constituents and the Francisco Labor Councll. Another goal was attained when in people of his State is made manifest by the positions of honor 1911 he was appointed to the board of supenisors of the city and trust that were conferred upon him. His elections to Con and county of San Francisco, but no-his goal had not been gress, practically without opposition, attest the high regard 1n reached, and in 1913 be was elected a :Member of Congre ~ s. A.s which he was held by his people and their confidence in him. has been said here to-day he was reelected to the Sixty-fourth, By his death the people of his district and the State of Cali the Sixty-fifth, the Sixty-sixth, the Sixty-seventh, and to the fornia have lost a worthy and capable Representative. Labor Congress that has not yet come into existence. When he came has lost an effective and honored advocate; the men and women here he did not abandon the thoughts of his younger life, but who toil, a true and ardent friend. In the passing of JOHN I. he sought a place upon the Committee on Labor, where he NOLAN the Congress of the United States has lost a Member thought he might do good for those with whom he had laboreu whose place will be difficult to fill. His work here will live and whose problems be understood, and it was the crowning long and men and women vi1ill be benefited because he lived and ambition of his life when he ultimately became chairnrnn of serYed in this House. that committee. 4606 CONGR!ESSIOfJA:t RECORD-HOUS-E . . FEBRUARY 25, ~.. l He has always- remained a member of the board of the Inter l\fr. NoLAN espoused labors cause not because it furnished an national Molders• Union; never did he turn away from the easy opportunity of self-promotion but because of his deep ·, occupation of his early youth. He wa~ always proud 01'. the conviction of its merits- In his devotion to the cause of labor, fact that he had come up by effort. It is difficult to describe to any cause, and to his friends, his effort was ever character-. · a man of the type of JOHN NoLAN. He was fearless, h~ was ize(j by the sincerity and positive loyalty of' an upstanding man . . neYer afraid to say what he thought, he was forceful, he was 'l'he conflict of labor into which :Mr. NOLAN entered, as I have · gracious, he was well informed and observing. He was one indicated, is not. a new one. It is not one that is soon going to . of the hardest fightei-s I have ever known, and yet he was be ended. To a considerable degree what labor secures in the . one of the kindest and one of the most humane men it has way of more favorable conditions and better wage is gained at · e-ver been my privilege to meet. He always espoused the cause the expense ot the employer. The advancement of labor means . of the distressed and those who needed help. He was always. a different division of the products of labor, the employer taking. 1 helping those who were not as fortunate as he had been. less- and the employee taking more. There is a conflict of in His home life was ideal. No hours of his life were so happy terest that is inherent and that can not be eliminated by any as when he· was in that home. It was in. this very Hall, when legislation or ~dmi[listrative provisions. Organized society may the Queen of Belgium sat in the gallery and called for his little justly restrain each and protect innocent, nonparticipating third daughter to come to her-, that he had one of' the happiest mo parties affected by resulting controversies. Manifestly eacll ments of hL~ life. He was loyal to the State in which he was side should be justly restrained. Employment can not continue bom ; he loved it. He advanced.' its interests. May I conclude without appropri_ate return, and labor, too, is entitled to a fair with just these few words and in them epitomize the life work proportion of that return ; but that is beside the question of ofl JOHN I. NOLAN: this hour. Sufficient- to say that lapor has had a real cause and When your life of toll is over, rights to be advocated and defended. Of those Mr. NOLAN And you've done all you can do, made himself a champion. . Did you treat the other- fellow If ~e judge organized: labor onl by its mistakes. it would. be As· ypu wonld1 have•hlm treat you? utterly; condemned; but, like alt other movements,.that organiz.a If' you dld, your life's a blessing, tion must be judged as· we judge an individual. man. The For how. often we- forget To meet the other fellow, average man does good; he inflicts wrong~; he makes mistakes ; AH we wish to be met. he is sometimes ungrateful; he neglects opnortunities; some times he is cruel in his judgment of others; sometimes he lacks Mr. LEA of California. Mr. Speaker, Mr. NOLAN took an courage to do his duty; selfishness may sometimes dominate his active inteTest in all legislation coming before Congress during motives. These faults are all chargeable to the average man. his membership here. Naturally alert and. interested in public but on the whole he- has been a. good husband and father, a atrairs- generally: he took his part with other Members in all useful man and a good citizen. We grant him two sides of the matters of genei·al interest. However, the outstanding feature ledger; we subtract his deficiencies and judge him . by his ag in the cong1-essional career of l\.Ir~ NoLAN was his devotion to gregate worth. l\1r. NOLAN sought to be the advocate of the the cause of the man who toils. Mr. NOLAN himself reached' just causes of labor. He sought to avoid and minimize its mature manhood in the ranks o:r labor. He understood the mistakes and contribute to its just success. He, too, like all human, practical; and life problems•of the men who toit The men, might err in his judgment ; but he well earned the tribute cause of labor, the ideals for which the· laboring men· may due those who have the fidelltY, and the courage to perform their legitimately aspire: found sympathetic, zealous support in the duty as it was given to them to see it. Those who knew him heart and mind1 of Mr. NOLAN. His aggressive- espousal stood up for th~ things he believed to be right, unmoved by the The martyr at the stake hath prayed for thee, fact that the crowd thought otherwise, and having once chosen And happy in his torture, raised his song his ground, he stood there, undismayed, even though alone, Because of thine approach. buttressed about by the consciousness that he was doing the So, Angel Death, right as God ga-ve him the light to see it. Would that there Though life is sweet, and while I seek thee not, were more men to serve their country like JOHN NOLAN did I I pray that I may yet abide thy call In his untimely cleath the State of California has lost an In perfect peace; in calm tranquillity honored Representative, labor a champion, and the Nation a Of soul ; while not rejoicing, yet as bold statesman. It was a just and fitting tribute to his memory To go as to remain. .As glad to solve and a proper token of the love and esteem in which he was held The riddle as to blindly thread its maze; by the people who knew him best that on his death his con And with abiding faith that I may trust, stituency should ham promptly and by a large majority chosen As now, so then, the One whose messenger his wiclow, whom we all know and respect, to fill his place Thou art, to lead me through the open gates and to carry on the work to which his life had been dedi Of immortality. cated. Mr. BARBOUR. Mr. Speak r, the gentleman from Penn l\lr. l\lAcL ...U FERTY. l\Ir. Speaker, it would seem that fur sylvania [Mr. RtJRKE] had hoped to be present to-day and paY. ther words on the subject of our friend and colleague would be a tribute to the memory of Congressman NOLAN. He has, simple Yerbiage. but I do want to express one thought here that howe"Ver, been detained to-day by illness, and I ask unanimous will apply in the case of all of our colleagues, and I wish, it consent that he be allowed t.o extend his remarks, if that re possible, that my remarks be made particulal'ly to apply in the quest is necessary. ceremonies for .JoHN I. NOLAN and Mr. OSBORNE. You know, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, it is so Mr. Speaker auc1 gentlemen, I believe that those men are just ordered. 3s busy now as when they were here. To me anything else ·would seem to be but a ghastly joke, and I refuse to think that Mr. BURKE. l\lr. Speaker, we ha"\°e assembled here to-day a man who has come up from boyhood through hardships, a to pay tribute to the memory of .one of .California's noblest man who has been taught by adversity, by hard knocks, and sons and one of America's great statesmen, JOHN I. NOLAN. reaches his maturity and is called on-I refuse to belieYe that Summoned to his eternal home in the very prime of life, he has entered iuto the mansions of rest, or that he has gone to JOHN NOLAN went to his :Maker with a record of untold good oblivion. But I belieYe he is but carrying on the work for and of duty well and faithfully performed. which he was fitting himself. I can not believe anything else. .A Dlan of ability; a man of integrity, he commanded the And I tllink I know enough about JoHN I. NOLAN and I think respect and admiration of e,·eryone with \vhom be came in I know enough about HENRY Z. OSBORNE to know that some contact. Emanating from the great throbbing masses of hu where they are busy doing the work that they prepared tbem manity, be still in high life i·emained pa1·t of the masses, and ( sel"ves for when among us. That has been a belief of mine for was true to the cause of the masses. Actuated by high ideals, a long time, and I am going to repeat just a few lines-I am animated by lofty purposes, JOHN NOLAN stood out a command· going to offer them-as a tribute to these two men, and as a ing figure in the work of the Nation. On the :floor of this thought which I hope will be a consoling one to those who House he was e"\er found fighting for the cause of justice mourn, because most of our mourning is selfish; we mourn and righteo1.1sness. \\here principle was Involved, where jus most for ourselves. Who of us would, if be bad the power tice to the common people was concerned, there was no com-· allo"°ed him, call back one who has gone on? promise with NOLAN, and those of us who served with him here and heard his voice knew when he spoke he advocated It is not fitting I should seek thee, Death; the cause of justice. And yet 'tis seemly I should welcome thee When thou shalt call, and greet thee as a friend. ~Ir. BARBOUR assumed the chair as Speaker pro tempore. And kindlier is my thought of thee, because For years I feared, misjudged, misunderstood :Mr. CURRY. 1\!r. Speake1-, there are times when words fail Thy meaning, nor did comprehend the boon to express the feelings of the heart and the sentiments of the So oft conferred by thee. mind. This is one of those occasions for me. I knew JOHN I. Thus being held NoL.:L.-V intimately and well from bis boyhood to the time of aefore my sight a terror, sund'ring wide, bis death. We were friends, companions, and associates during Dlssoh·ipg tend're t ties, I heard thee called all those years, and I never knew a better, a truer, a more "Grim Reaper," a "Destroying Angel "; so, conscientious, or a more loyal man in private or in public life. I feared to look upon the face of one It bas been said that Republics are ungrateful. JOHN I. On whom thy hand was laid. I shunned to walk NOLAN'S career refutes that statement and proves that the E'en near the brink. to dart a furtive glance people are delighted to honor with their ti·ust r.nd preferment Into the self-created gloom we call trustworthy and dependable men, such as he. His constitu The Valley of thy Shadow. ents, his State, his country, and humanity suffered a personal !\'ow I know loss in what seems to us his untimely death. Thee as thou truly art. :!\fethinks I see JOHN I. NOLAN was born in San Francisco, Calif., January 14, Thee through the eyes of those who long have prayetl 1874, being the son of James and Sarah Nolan. His parents That thou wouldst come to end a hopeless day were honest, sober, industrious, God-fearing people. His father Of pain, unending till relieYed by thee. was unexcelled in his line of work. He was a good provider. And I haYe watched beside the bed of one His family was loving and harmonious. James and Sarah Whose years were many, and whose light had burned Nolan were consistent members of the Catholic Church and So deep within its socket that the flame by example and precept they raised their children as good Itself appeared the shad.ow of a flame. Christians. The faith of his fathers JOHN I. NOLAN carried Each new-born day I saw him grieve because with him through life with an unquestioning belief. He lived Thy wings had not been folded o'er his conch and died a good Christian, devoting Ws extraordinary talents For one sweet moment, then thy flight reneweu, to bettering the mental, moral, and material conditions of the His weary spirit borne by thee afar wage earner and in advocating and initiating humanitarian To other worlds, and hope for better things. legislation. And I have seen thee fold in thy embrace He received a common-school education in the public schools .A form so fair my words could ill describe of San Francisco. .At the age of 9 he was for a time employed Her beauty; ret where dwe1t a soul who longed as a cash boy; at 14 he entered the molding trade as an ap To be away with thee; who saw the sea prentice and became so expert 'that he had no superior at his Of years ahead, then saw the dream of life trade. .As soon as he was eligible be became a member of A shattered wreck along its breaking shore, the l\Iolders' Union. His extraordinary talents as an organ And shrank to breast the storm. izer and harmonizer, his ability in debate, bis logical mind And when thou cam'st and his fund of accurate information on industrial conditions To her I saw the answering smile o'ersprea Congressman X OLAN was widely known as the spokesman for ·submerged Go"Vernment work~rs. Congressman NOLAN suc organized labor in the House. He endeared himself particu ceeded in his objectiye-he directed public attention sharply larly to Government employees by his fearless exposure of de to a condition that needed remedying. ficiencies in Government wage standards and his fight for the The printed hearings on the Nolan minimum wage bill ham needed remedy, an adequate minimum wage. been called "The Book of Heart Throbs." Quite appropriately The life history of JOH N NoLA.N reads like an Horatio Alger it has be.en said: .!¥.r story. At the age of 9 he was a cash boy in a San Francisco de We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; partment store. At 20 he was an iron molder and already show In feelings, not in figure's on a dial. ing his mettle in the affairs of his local and internatfonal uriion. We should count ti/lle by heart throbs. He most lives It was in the labor movement that JOHN NOLAN developed his Who thinks most, feels the nolllest, acts the best. great talents. His ability was recognized first by his immediate Congressman NOLA.I..~ was largely instrumental in the forma associates, who chose him as their business agent. This work tion of the organization of Go1emment employees that ha brought him in contact with other unionists and he was later evolved into the. National Federation of Federal Employee~. elected secretary of the San Francisco Labor Council His first In his di trict in San Francisco the fir"'t unit of the organiza political position came to him as an appointment from Mayor tion was formed. Repeatedly I have heard him tell audience. McCarthy, another laborite, to membership on the board of of Govet·nment employees, "You can help yourselves through supervisors in San Francisco. intelligent organized effort more than I or any other )lember With a background of years of activity in labor and munici of Congress can help you. You must collectively advertise the pal atl'airs in his home city JoH~ NOLAN came into national existence of a human element in the Government service. Only political life in March, 1913, as a Member of the Sixty-third in this way can you arouse and keep informed a sympathetic Congress, elected as a Progressive. . He was reelected to each public opinion, which is your safeguard against oppression or succeeding Congress since then. The universally high esteem worse-ind us trial oblivion." in which he was held by his constituency is evidenced by his The Nolan $3 minimum wage bill passed the Hou ·e three unanimous reelection as the nominee of both political parties in times only to be defeated in the Senate by a small group of the recent election. reactionaries. But its underlying principle--the fixing of The same high purpose and unimpeachable character-a $1,080 as a minimum wage for Government employees-has been cllaracter resting upon a foundation laid deep in human love- accepted and is embodied in the pending reclassification blll, which carried JOHN NOLAN upward in the labor movement which appears assured of early passage by the present Congres.. brought him still wider recognition iil the larger forum of the As pokesman for the labor group in the House Congre sman National Congress. With the passing of the Progressive Party NOLAN'S influence was a great force in shaping remedial legis as a political unit Congressman NoLA:K aligned himself with the lation. Dozens of his fellow legislators, regardless of party Republicans. But he was ne\er a narrow political partisan; affiliation, followed his lead without question. His steadine s, he was partisan only to principles. his integrity, and his wide knowledge of industrial subjects In the House he sought and secm·ed membership on the Labor brought him into a sort of unofficial leadership of the p1·ogre - Committee, knowing that it oft'ered him the best opportunity to sive forces in Congress. One Congressman, a Democrat from carry out his purpose to advocate legislation bettering the work the South, recently said to me, "My name Is after JOHN ing conditions of the wage earners. In the Sixty-se\enth Con NOL.\.N's on the House roll call. I alway vote as he does ou gress he reached his goal, the chalrmanshlp of the Labor Com labor mea ures, knowing I can not go wrong in following hi. mittee. There· also came to him the honor of a place on the judgment." select steering committee of the House, the committee that maps Occupying a conspicuous place on the wall in his office in th out the legislative program of the party in power. House Office Building is a framed envelope bearing the address. But no political honors, no matter how high they might be, •·Hon. JoH::\ I. NOLAN, somewhere in the good old U. S. A.'' could induce him to sev~r his direct contact with the labor Congres ·man NOLAN was in Arizona when the letter was de mo•ement. He retained until his death hi memberbip on the livered directly to him. It was sent by the late Daniel C. executive board of the International l\:loldees' Union and at Slattery, a member of Local Xo. 2, N. F . P. 0. C. The Congress tendeu regularly its meetings. man always pointed to it as evidence of the efficiency of a postal The foregoing outllne of this remarkable man's life Mstory system that could deliver a letter so indefinitely addres ·ed. tells inadequately the real story. How cold are words. I He did not realize that his name was nationally known becaus would like to speak of JoHN NOLAN as my friend. The past of his sturdy insistence that the rights of the humble and lowly nine years I have known him intimately. I have watched be recognized. He was not conscious that his faithful service closely this big and brave and generous and wholesome man as and inspiring deeds were exerting a good influence throughout he met the storms of life. He nev-er flinched from any task. the land. His intimates loved him for his humanness. It is hard to write of JoH~ NoLAN's life. Theee is so much His first reaction to the manner in which the Government to tell, and yet in the telling so much is lost. He was a delight· transacted its routine business was typical of JoHN Nor.A...~ and ful companion. How he hated hypocrisy. As an antidote to the shows his outstanding attribute--a passion for justice and fair boasting of a social climber or a descendant of a " firt family," play. While other new Members of the Sixty-third Congress he loved to tell in company of his experiences as a young molder. marveled at the beauty and size of the magnificent public build out of employment and riding the " rods " or foraging for food. ings, all evidencing the Nation's wealth and security and great In his family circle he was ideally happy. A loving wife antJ ness. the California laborite began studying the working con idolized young daughter were always his fir t concern. One ditions surrounding the humble toilers who were retained to of the proudest moments of his life was the occasion when the care for the buildings and to work in them at the multiferous Queen of Belgium, from her place in the House gallery, ·aw tasks incidental to the conduct of governmental affairs. From little :Miss Nolan seated with her father and requested that th~ the facts developed by this investigation came his intense inter child be brought to her. The queen complimented l\Iiss Nolan, est in the question of Government pay standards. a beautiful golden-haired child with much of her daddy's win In the eyes of many these inconspicuous Government workers ning personality, for having "brought the sunshine from Cali were as inanimate and as impersonal as tbe furniture or equip fornia." ment. To JoHN NOLAN they were human beings, with the same JoHN Nor.AN has gone to a rich reward. He acted well his ideals and aspirations as other normal humans. "Not in its part in this life. T·he world is better for his exnmple. IIis park. or buildings or statues will our Nation find greatness, but high character and great record of deeds well done have assureu in it men and women," was his retort to the banter of asso him an enduring place in the memory of men and eternal hap ciates who, lacking his vision and s:rmpathy, could see no neces piness in the beyond. Whatever a supreme being holds for sity for concern at the old practice of governmental exploita the good he is now enjoying. tion of helple workers. Thou sleepe t not, for uow thy love bat h wJngs While many of his associates in Congress would frequently To soar where hence thy hope could hardly fiY. And often, from that other world, on this wax eloquent in their support of measures for the relief of Some gleams from great souls gone before may ·hine, peoples in remote corners of the world, Congressman NOLA.N's To shed on struggling hearts a clearer bliss. pointed suggestion that the United States first assume a more And clothe the right with luster more divine. sympathetic mandate over it own employees met with no wild acclaim. There was no romance or glamour in the job of fixing Mr. CURRY. Also, our colleague from California [Mr. adequate wage standards for charwomen or elevator operators. KAH~]. who has been ill but \Vho is getting better, as the mem But .JoHN Nor.AN was not disturbed by the fact that he had to bership of the House will be glad to hear, has prepared an start single handed the fight for higher Government pay stand address, and I ask that his tribute be inserted in the RECORD. ards. He introduced his bill; he conducted hearings. For the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, that will be fir t time in the history of our :Nation a committee of Congress done. listened sympathetically to the sordid details of the lives of the T~e:._e was no objection. ( / 1923. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. Mlll / Mr. KAHN. Mr. Speaker, never could the encomium "Well their affections could he ba-ve desired. They knew that, having done, good and faithful servant,'' be .more fittingly applied to been true to himself, he " could not then be false to any man.'• the life work of any man than to our friend and colleague, He had -passed through the acid test of daily intercourse 1n JoHN I. NoLAN, to whose memory we pay our tribute to-day. In the same 1ield of labor under like conditions for all; not only his death the people of the fifth congressional district of the figuratively bnt actually, physically, be and they together had State of ·California have lost an industrious, faithful, able passed through fiery furnaces. In those ·furnaces JOHN NoLAN Representative, and the country a man who gave freely of the molded the metal of his character and cast it into form. Need be t in him to whatever furthered the interests and welfare of we wonder that men who stood side by side with him and -saw he Nation. this form expand under the hammer blows of life's turmoil felt For more than a decade, which embraced one of the most secure .in selecting and electing him to represent them in the important epochs in our history, he held his place in this Congress of the -Nation? Hoose. Almost fostinctively he disc~rned the right or the From the very moment of his entering upon bis activities in wrong of any question, rarely h1s judgment at fault, and -0n this House to the last day JoHN NOLA.N ran true to form. It bis path ns legislator ever sho~e the guiding star of rectitude. was a foregone conclusion that he would be assigned to the Our friend had barely passed the meridian of life when the Committee on Labor, and there be did splendid, effective work. angel beckoned. At the very pinnacle ·of an -abundant manhood Of this some .of his colleagues on that committee will speak more be was stricken down. Yet des th •did not come to him until in detail. I will content myself with a general review of his after a life Teplete with achievement. efficient labors. From childhood, through all the years ot adolescence and From the very first he evinced .great interest in the men and man's full estate, he faced the stern demandS of "toiling for his women of th-e low.er grades o.f Government service. rt is re daily bread. When but 9 years of age he found employinent as lated that his attention and sympathy were first dicected to the a cash boy in a San Franct~co department store. By the time cleaners in the corridors of the House Office Building. This be reached 20 ·he was an il'on molder and active in the aifaits may or may not be true, -but it would be so characteristic of of local and 1nternational unions. He became not 1only an J.oHN I. NoLAN that I am more than ready to believe it. At any apostle but a protagonist .of labor. rate he bent his efforts to-ward an increase in the pay .of these Men soon recognized hi-s preeminent 'ability, his ·strength ot most poorly paid of Unc;le Sam's arm_y of workers. It was but pm·pose, bis 'Stern fhonesty of intention and action, his undeviat natural that his experience in the labor unions should lead him ing •efforts tto attain the 'end ·he aimed at Where he 1ed ·they to favor similar organizations .among Government employees. were eager to follow. Withal be not only commandea respect, His desire to better their economic condition first found an but won tbe · alrecti~m of all who 'Were brought .into close contact outlet in his "congressional district. There lle advised the for with him. In 1.912 'he was chosen ·secretary of the San F.ra.n mation of -associations of Go\ernment employees and there the cl. co Labor Council. For 1.4 years he was an officer of "the movement was initiated w'hich has resulted in the organization International Molders' Union of North America. The only of the National ·Federation of Federal Employees. Throughout pdlitical ·office he beld 1n1or to 'his ad\'Yent here was as a member the length of his service 1n Congress lle never failed to aid in of the board of supervi ors in 'San 'Franctsco. every possible way. Several times he framed and introduced l\lr. Speaker, the ·election 1ot 'l\lr. NOLAN to the Congtess of the minimum-wage bills. Three times such a bill passed the House United States was the logical outgrowth of his association with of Representatives, o.aly to be defeated in the Senate. The and 1-eadershtp among tbe sttrr"dy ·workers who sur1·ounded 'him basic principle of ·these 'bills, "however, the :ftxing of '$1,080 as R day after day. Tlley had learned 'to a-ppreciate the clear t'liink minimum wage for Government employees has found a -footing ing that showed in his ·daily conversation. They recognized the in the reclassification bill now pending and successful action on S(Taightforwardness of nis course in all the -relations of Ufe. It whicn is no longer in doubt. needed no •effort on his part to inspire them with confidence in When ·this measure shall have been placed on the statute him. That ·grew spontaneo.nsly. They trusted 'him. They felt books "the 11ame of JoHN l. NOLAN 'Will be imperishab1y asso / that their interest33 ccmlcl not be confilled to safer hands than ciated 'With it, for he may be said to have been its ;progenitor. his. :And ottt of this trust grew love and devotion. Bow tuity Certainly he gave the 'first impulse to tbe movement of which JoHN I. NOLAN ·aeservea this trust and affection his whole the law will 'be the culmination. career in 'this 'body bea-:rs Witness. In many other directions did he ·show his sollcitude for the The first mandate as a Representati'v-e in Congress came to welfare of those -who labor with their httnds. He proposed an him from the P11ogre ive ·Republican constituency of his dis amendment 'to the Constitution relati-ve to the emPioymeut ot trict. For his second 'term he carried the standards of the children under 18 years of age. He introduced bills 'to restrict Progressive Republican a:nd Democratic parties. From bis third convict labor in competition ·with free labor in interstate com term an to the end be 1s ranged with the Republican Party, but merce; to prepare systems of public works for future cyclical the Temarkable fact is to be noted that in several df the suc periods of ·depression and unemployment; to encourage owner re. ·sive elections he was the nominee of the Democra'ts as wen ship and to stimulate the buying and bUilding of homes, and as the Reptiblica:ns of his district. In this we may again dis other measures of 1ike far-reaching social nnd economic import cern the most convincing proof . of the confidence with which ance, enactment of which into law will come as surely a-s men's men regarded him irrespective of political a'ffi.liations. They minds come to realize that the principles underlying these must 'have felt that no matter how intricate the problems might propositions are "the very foundation stones of social order ·and be that ould present themselves to JoHN NOLAN, his native prosperity. good sense would disco-ver the truth and bi:s honesty would not His -speeches on these and related subjects were frequent and J)ermit him to take any 1>ut file straight path. always commanded attention, for all that knew him knew also A brief diversion into the realm of moral and political -specu that his utterances were not the mo11things of a demagogue lation, 1\Ir. Speaker, springs from the recital of the facts just cnrrying class favor or votes but the outpourings of a spirit narrated. Ours is a government by parties ; and under di-vine striving for betterment. His pleas were for the workers on dispensation the Nation has grown and :prospered, no matter farms and in forests and fields, for the workers in 'factories what party was at the helm for the time being. The old ship and shops and stores, for the toilers of the sea, and for those of state nas weatbered many a severe storm while at the helm who in Government offices delved in scientific investigations stood Federalist or Whig, Democrat or Republican. In our for inadequate pay. He was an earnest speaker, and his argu cities, in our States, in congressional as wen as in national elec ments were driven home by logical deductions from 1ncontro tions, we have seen at various times the wiping out of party lines ve1·tible facts. and the amalgamation of political bodies of opposing tendencies. When we turn to bis personality we behold one whom to· In these occasional upbeavals, M:r. Speaker, may we not dis know was to esteem and to love. Firm in his convictions, he CO\"er the fundamerrtal .good sense of the American. electorate, was ever gentle in his intercourse with his colleagues. Po the discernment which enables it to cast asHle a man for a prin litical differences did not lessen personal affection. I doubt ciple? Is it not a -sign of sound political morality that, as in if there -was anyone on either side of this Bouse but had a JoHN NOLAN'S ca e, Democrats placed in nomination a Repub kindly feeling for JoHN 'I. NOLAN. He was the best of good lican wbom th~y knew they could trust rather than one of their fellows; always compassionate, kind-hearted, open-banded, gen O'\\"Il "Party of whom they could not be snre? To my thinking, erous, and considerate 1n thought and speech-loving and Mr. Speaker, this is a shining illustratio11 of the native honesty beloved. o'f the American citizen a'.Dd of bis shrewdness in deciding when Think not the good, it is "bettel.· be ~ID' t'.ban be so1~cy." The gentle deeds or mercy thou hast done, No more splendid tribute could bave been paid to J01tN I. Shall -die forgotten all. The poor, the pris'ner, The tfatherless, tbe friendless, and the widow, 1• _ NOL!i\.N than these 1•epeatea expressions of the ·confiaence ana Who daily own the bounty of the hand, trust reposed in him by his fellows; no greater testimonial of Shall cry to heaven and bring a blessing on thee. 4612 CO~GRESSION AL RECORD-ROUSE. FEBRUARY 25 Mr. FREAR. Mr. Speaker, our fellow men judge us by other career puts that question to his own soul. It is a pathetic atan ) 1923. I CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 4615 life's activities, may read and ponder, and in so doing be in tion in 1888; president of the Southern California Editorial spired to emulate his example. Association in 1889; was senior vice commander in chief of The sketch to which I refer is from the original dictation of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1912 and 1913; member of Mr. OsBOR E with one or two very slight additions of fact in California Society, Sons of the Revolution ; served six years as serted to bring his congressional career down to date. The captain in the National Guard of California, retired in 1807 ; sketch with the accompanying explanatory memorandum from was worshipful master of Southern California Lo<1ge 278, F. & his secretary, Mr. Nelms, is as follows: A. 1\1., in 1888, and eminent commander of Los Angeles Com [Memorandum !or Mr. LINEBER0111n.] mandery No. 9, Knights Templar, in 1891; was a charter mem ber of Al l\Ialaikah Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and FEBRUARY 15, 1923. one of the committee who selected its name; held many posi This little sketch was dictated to me by 1\Ir. OSBORNE in tions of trust and confidence as executor of est.ates, etc.; -was November, 1921, shortly before he departed for California when United States receiver of public moneys _of Bodie, Calif., third Mr. Elston's body was sent back there for burial. The copies district, six years-1878 to 1884-United States collector of made at that time were exhausted in supplying the various customs for the Los Angeles district four years-1891 to 1894- newspapers, and this has been reproduced from my shorthand United States marshal, district of Southern California, embrac notes. The only change made was where I mentioned the fact ing the southern half of the State eight years-1898 to 1906- that Mr. OsBoR::m was appointed a member of the Committee was commissioner of the board of public works of Los Angele , on Appropriations last spring, whereas at the time the sketch 1914 and 1915; took an active interest in politics and was a was dictated he was still on the Rivers and Harbors. delegate to the Republican State conventions about 20 years, , . Although Mr. OSBORNE was opposed in the primary last commencing with the convention of 1882, when Hon. Morris 11. August by another Republican candidate, he was nominated Estee was nominated for governor the first time ; served 10 without opposition by the Democrats, and was written in by years as member of the executive committee Republican State the Prohibitionists to the extent to nominate him and tied the central committee of California, five terms of two years each, Socialist candidate. He had no opposition whatever in the from 1890 to 1900, in 1896 presiding over combined committees election. Mr. OsBORNE, as you know, left here in September of southern California in the successful campaign for the elec last and never returned. tion of President :McKinley; was a delegate to the Republican If there is any other information I can give you, I'll be only national convention of 1888 which nominated Gen. Benjamin too glad to furnish it if you will only suggest. Harrison for President. CHLIDE NELMS. "At the age of 24, in 1872, he was married to l\Iiss Helen "HENRY Z. OSBORNE, printer, editor, gold miner, and Con Annas at Cazenovia, N. Y., and has four sons and one daughter. gressman, born at New Lebanon, Columbia County, N. Y., The sons of Sherrill B. Osborne, attorney ; Henry Z. Osborne, October 4, 1848, eldest son of Rev. Zenas Ward Osborne and jr., a civil engineer, and connected many years with the engi Juliette (Bristol) Osborne. At 13 years of age he was ap neering department of the city of Los Angeles and later as chief prenticed to learn the printers' trade in the office of the engineer of the board of public utilities; Clarence B. Osbome, Buffalo Christian Advocate. This was during the period of geologist and mining engineer, located at Denver, Colo.; and the Civil War, at the beginning of which he was but 12 years Raymond G. Osbome, testing engineer, with chemical and phys of age. He desired to volunteer into the military service as a ical laboratories in the Marsh-Strong Building, Los Angeles. drummer boy, but his parents would not permit him to do so. The only daughter, Edith Helen Osborne, mariied Samuel S. ·Late in 1864 hls mother passed on, and in February, 1865, he Stahl, highway engineer. All were attendants and graduates enlisted as a private in Company E, One hundred and ninety of Stanford University. second New York Volunteer Infantry, responding to the last "He was first elected to the Sixty-fifth Congress in 1916 as call for troops of President Lincoln. At that time it was pre a Republican by 63,913 \Otes, a majority of 30,688 O\er his sumed that the war might last a year or two longer. His opponent. He entered Congress immediately before the com 1/ regiment was dispatched to the Shenandoah Valley and became mencement of the World 'Var, and his first vote was cast for a part of the Third Provisional Division of Hancock's Veteran the declaration of the state of war, as advocated by President Corps, under the general command of Lieut. Gen. Phil Sheri Wilson on the first day of the session of that Congress. His dan. Throughout his military. service he was on duty at all votes throughout the war were without exception in fHor of times, excepting three weeks, whlch he spent in a field hospital its prosecution and in support of the administration which has at Summit Point, Va. He was mustered out of the military been charged with responsibility, and without reference to service at Cumberland, Md., August 28, 1865, but was held in partisan considerations. He voted for the selective draft bill, service until October 2, 1865, when he was given his final dis the various supply bills, including all the Liberty loan act , for charge at the Troy Road Barracks, near Albany, N. Y., two giving the Government all the power that it asked of Congress days before his seventeenth birthday. 1n order to successfully conduct the war. Near the end of his " Immediately thereafter he obtained employment as a first term in Congress he received a letter from about a dozen printer in the office of the Utica (N. Y.) Herald. In the fol or 15 of the leading Democrats of Los Angeles, stating that they lowing summer be worked in the office of the Titusville (Pa.) had noted with satisfaction his speeches and votes in farnr of Herald, the Cincinnati Gazette, the Memphis Avalanche and standing by the administration in the prosecution of the \Yar, Appeal, the Jackson (Miss.) Clarion, and the New Orleans and that they desired to attest their appreciation in some sub Daily Crescent, where he lived for more than 10 years. At 24 stantial way. He was asked that in the event that he should years of age he was president of the New Orleans Typographi .be made the regular candidate of the Democratic Party, Tiith cal Union-in the year 1873-and three years later at 27 he out effort on his part and without obligntion either political was :first vice president of the International Typographical or otherwise, would he decline such nom:nation. He replied Union. In the meantime he was New Orleans correspondent that if there was a substantial feeling of that kind among the _of the. Chicago Tribune, from 1873 to 1878, and was a legisla Democrats of h!s district he would not only not decline such a tive reporter in New Orleans and for a time reporter of the nomination but would regard it as a great honor. Associated Press. "A.ccordingly the leading Democ1·ats of the district circulated " In 1877 he had a severe attack of pneumonia at New petitions required by law and he was without opposition made Orleans and moved, in 1878, to California, where he became the candidate of the Democratic Party as well as of the Republi edit~r and publisher of the Bodie Daily Free Press, which he can Party, His name was also written in on Prohibition hallots published for six years. In 1884 he published the Los Angeles in such numbers that be became also the candidate of the Pro Evening Express, and removed to that city of which he has hibition Party. This resulted in his receiving a vote in tl1e been a citizen ever since; At that time there were about 15 000 election of 1918 of 72,773 to 9,725 for the Socialist nominee, a people in Los Angeles. He edited and published the Eve~ing majority of 63,048, for the Sixty-sixth Congress. Express until the year 1897. His life has been intimately con "In 1920 he was again renominated by Republicans, Demo nected with the growth of the city of Los Angeles. He par crats, and Prohibitionists, and received 97,469 to 20,439, a ticipated in the organization of many of the civic, social, and majority of 77,030." commercial organizations of the city, was a charter member of In this connection I wish to insert that again last year he the Chamber of Commerce in 1888, a member of the board of was renominated by the Republicans and indorsed by Demo direc~ors for several years, vice president in 1911, and presi crats and Prohibitionists for the Sixty-eighth Congress and dent m 1912, was a charte1· member of the Chamber of Mines was elected almost unanimously, having received 98,739 votes. and Oil in 1907, charter member of the California Club, Union "During the World War Congressman OSBORNE was very League Club, and Sunset Club, president of the latter club in active in Congress in participating in the Jegislation for the car 1905. He was vice president of the· California Press A~ocia- rying on of the war. In the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Con- 4616 CO ... JGRESSION AL RECORD-HOUSE~ FEBRUARY 25, gresses he was also prominently connected with the legislation Jl'ARll:.Wl!JLL. to restore the country to a condition of peace by the reduction Farewell colleague, comrade, brother, friend, When the Great Architect or the unlver e, of taxes and the bringing down of the expenses of the Govern In conformity with life's eternal plan, rnen t to peace conditions. He was a member of one of the Shall have raised us to a higher and sublimer s:pltere rnajot· Rivers To complete the work begun but left unfinished her , committees of the Hou e, that on and Hru:bors, In that tar-distant land to wblch you have traveled, and was rankin° member of that committee when he resigned When we, too, have passed from labor to refre ·hment plane, t() accer>t appo~tment on the Committee on ~ppTopri::i-ti~ns in We feel, we know, that we shall meet again. the pring of. 1922. His work has been potential in .brm~~~ to Angeles and southern California many public ntihties. Mr. DUPR~. Mr. Speaker, when HENRY ZENA S OSBORNE Dnring the war he a isted in the lo.cation of Camp Kearny, died at his home in Los Angeles, Calif., on February 8, 1923, 1\Inrch Field, and the balloon school at Arcadia, known as Ross the House of Representatives for the first time in possibly Fi ld. He secured the final appropriations for constructing more than 50 years found that its roster of member hip did the silt-di•ersion plan of discharging the Los Angeles and San not include the name of a single man who had served in the Gabriel River into the ocean in such a way as to prevent the Union Army during the Civil War. Captain OSBORNE was the· d posits of silt in Long Beach and Los Angeles Harbors. He last, as he was one of the most gallant, of that long list of secured an appropriation to connect Long Beach Harbor with Federal soldiers who were Members of this Honse, an looked over the old city, how much he found uncliange·d, and me the honor to become my wife." There his voice broke and' a how much he found modern and up to date. He whispered to lengthy pause ensued. Then, dictating the two final sentences, me once that during one of these "stop-overs" be had gone to he hastened to the train for California, on which, within 48 'call on the daughter of a young lady of the sixties, with whom hours, he was in the grip of the malady that finally ended his be was then boyishly in love. How good a man he was to re earthly career. member the fteeting a:trection of early youth, after a lapse of The vivid bond or love that Mr. OSBORNE had for his wife half a century. he also shared with every member of his family. Interest and . I think ohe of the most characteristic and beautiful things pride in ~s children and grandchildren was a buoyant force ot he did was when, learning in some way or other that my pres µls life. P.ractieally every week of his sojourn at Washington · ~nt secretary, William B. Fulham, of 'New Orleans, was a he prepar~d a letter to be distributed to each member Of bis 'E' andson of his old newspaper friend of the ~eventies, {['homas bµnily, These letters constitute an interesting review of his . McGovern, for 50 years connected with the newspapers of observations of public life at Washington and give an unfailing ' ew Orleans, and, at the time of his death. dean of the news index to his attitude in a wide field of personal activities and paper men on the old Times-be111ocrat, be called at my ofilce relations. All bear a marked portrayal of his appreciative } 'lo make tbe acquaintance and to shake the hand of his old com character, his devotion and loyalty to bis loved ones and his 'rade's g1·andson. friends, of the wholesome things that brought happiness and ) Mr. Speaker, I limit these remarks fn memory of Capt. lIEN'RY concern to him, of his human sympathy and desire to contribute 1Z. OSBORNE to the time that he fought lp. the war between the to the bappiness of others and serve public welfare. 1States, to his pleasant recollections of the years that he spent Mr. OSBORNE appreciated and loved nature. The clear sky, 1n New Orleans, as printer, reporter, and )ov.rnallst, and to the 1 the flying clouds, the smooth, reflecting lake and the roaring, great service he rendered to Louisiana and New Orleans when tumbling ocean, the green sward, the great stretches of the · ~any years after in Washington be showed that he was loyal desert, the flower-strewn fields, and the rugged mountains alike 'to the place h~ had once called home. I would add only this i brought joyous responses from his soul lle was a good man and a true one, and I sorrow that he is What is the compensation of a life? Not the extent and ~ead. quality of rewards conferred, but rather the faculty and disposl tlon to utilize and enjoy one's opportunities. In his disposition LEA th~ I Mr. of California. Mr. Speaker, otP.ers will speak of to observe, appreciate, love, and find happiness in nature, public life · and service of Mr. OSBORNE. I shall speak more of friends, every virtue, every noble qaallty, IIENRY Z. OSBORNE / 1hls personal life and qualities. It is a privilege and honor to had a fullness of life's rewards far beyond the average man. bold high public position and perform its duties with credit The quality of appreciation was perhaps the key to the real and distinction. However, I am sure that the greatest rewards life of Mr. OSBORNE. Those without intimate contact with him of life are found in lts homely relationships. The human mind recognized his pleasing personality, his sincerity, his rectitude, ls so constituted that It highly prizes the unusual thing or the and his usefulness, but only those in intimate contact with him one difficult of attainment, and falls to fully appreciate the or- will fully appreciate or understand Mr. OSBORNE, the man. , dinary blessings of life because they are common. In my That same quality of appreciation was applied to his human mind I picture an ordinary American home, blessed with health associations. As he was made glad by the beauty of fiower.s and reasonable comforts. trhe father ls at work earning the and fields and birds, so, too, in a greater degree did he find family living and preparing for its future; playing in the yard pleasure and happiness in the beauty of human conduct and are bright-eyed, happy children bearing on their faces the character. If his friend showed courage, he applauded ; if wis tmages of mother and father; the mother goes cheerfully about dom, he praised; if kindness, he responded; if sympathy, he her homely duties, with now and then snatches of old songs concurred ; if well-doing, he cooperated. In the recognition of upon her lips. Surrounded by friends and blessed by well every human virtue, in beauty of character, lie found delight. earned good names, who can tell me what this world has to But I would not conclude without referring to the public give that is a greater reward? In a man's friends, in his home, service of Mr. OSBORNE. He had long been schooled by interest 'in his brother, sister, father and mother, child and grandchlld, and participation in public affairs. He was free from petty and in his good name he has the greatest reward of life. prejudice and localized selfishness. His mental qualities were I never knew Mr. OSBORNE until I met him in Congress six not hedged about. He had a vision that lifted him above those years ago. When the l>artlng time came I respected, admired, handicaps that detract from the usefulness of many men. He and appreciated him to that degree of attachment we call had that breadth of view, catholicity of thought, and innate affection. sense of justice that made his mind an open forum for every When I first knew Mr. OSBORNE he and his wife were living problem of his country. The determination he i·eached was Sn the same hotel as I. The first thing that drew me to him never· the assertion of a prejudice, but the product of his heart beyond an ordinary friendship· was the constant, kindly, atten and his brain. tive solicitude for his invalid wife. I then had the opportunity These qualities enabled him to give an attentive ear and a of close association with them for many months. I learned of considerate courageous judgment to every matter tltat came a relationship that was 1inely admirable to an unusual degree. before him in committee or in this House. They made him a I looked upon Mr. OSBORNE and his good wife and saw the servant and representative of a Nation. He conceived this as ripened fruit of an ideal love-old age beautiful. a great Republic, wlth many and varied conditions and prob Shortly before the failing health that finally led to his pass lems, to all of which he devoted the best qualities of his mind ing, Mr. OSBORNE wrote a little Ohristmas story that gives an and heart. insight into the character of his family life. This is what be wrote: ~Ir. SWING. Mr. Speaker, on such occasions as this we a.re .As 1 look back the Christmas that is most distinct in my memory reminded that there is an omnipotence that presides over the was not connected with the Civll War, but it immediately followed destinies of man and nature and that all must bow to Hi su the close of the Civil War-Christmas, 1861i. I left the little seminary town of Cazenovia, N. Y., to do my soldier preme law. He has ordained rules that we can not transcend. ing but went to work on the Utica Herald on my return. I was then He has established boundaries that we can not pass. Every 17 'year old. I concluded to spend my holidays at Cazenovia, and I thing on this earth must take its allotted course. The seasons }Vent to the home of dear old Mrs. Ives, with whom I used to board. lt was evening, and I knocked at the door. I was surprised and de have their allotted time, and we know that the warmth, the lighted to have It opened by a young lady whom I thought the most verdure, and the promise of spring must in due course be fol beautiful I had ever seen. In those days there was neither gas nor lowed by the bleak and cold of winter. We recognize that the electricity, and she had a kerosene lamp in her hand. I had never t;een her before, and I commenced to explain who I was. I was very rising sun of every day, no matter what the splendor of its nervous and she most have been nervous, too, as between us we man dawning, only foretells the coming of another night. The aged to shake off the chimney from the lamp and break it on the floor. waters that babble so merrily in the brook to-day must to i made a resolution that I would marry this beautiful girl, but tha.t I must make $10,000 before I could think of starting Il!e. As Jacob morrow run on down and finally be consumed in the all-embrac served seven years for Rachel, so I worked seven years to get my ing sea. So with man. We, too, must boW to the same inevi Sl0,000 together, without r ult& I gave up the finan,cial limit that I table law, and after we have run our alloted course, the body , bad placed upon my hopes, and this lady dld me the honor to become must be returned to the earth from whence it came and the my wife. We now have, grown up and heads of families themselves, four sons spirit to God wbo gave it. Yet knowing all this, we find our and one daughter and 10 grandchildren. selves ill prepared on occasions like this to meet the shock • I think that was one of the most important events in my life, the when the Grim Reaper has called a friend and companion from Christmas when the lamp chimney broke. our midst, as he did wben he beckoned our oolleague to the The secretary of Mr. OSBORNE told me of the circumstances great beyond. nnder which this story was written, shortly before Ohristmas, HENRY ZENAS OSBORNE lived a life of wonderful activity, lich 1921. M1·. 0SB01l!.VE proceeded with his nsual calmness and in varied experiences. He exceeded the span of threescore self-possession until he spoke the words: "And this lady ilid years and ten, and still we were -very reluctant to see him go. 4618 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. W ueed his kiudl.r fri nd8hip, his genial comrad~ship, and his · Mr. FREE. Mr. Speaket·, we are llere to-(lay to honor the mature and helpful judgment and advice. And if our kindly memory of our deceased colleague. HENRY ~. OSBORNE, of Cali thoughts and O'ood wi hes could have stayed the hand of fate, fornia. he would have been spared to us for many years to come. He It was bis privileg·e to live beyond the span of years usually p s. d away after a lifetime of honored service to his commu allotted to mortal man, and during all of that long period of nity, to his State, and to his Nation. It was fitting that his time by his pleasant ways, gracious manner, and thoughtful I st d ys hould have been passed in the bosom of his family, disposition he scattered along the pathway of life love nnd ten amid the flowers and sunshine of southern California, which derness and has left behind him memories of a life well spent. he loved so well, surrounded by a constituency which he had He was born in New Lebanon, Columbia County, N. Y., on served with distinction and which had learned to love and i·e October 4, 1848. At the age of 13 he was apprenticed to learn spect him, a shown by the fact that they returned him to Oon the printer's trade. At the age of 16, imbued with the neces gres · time after time with ever-increasing majority, until at sity of preserving the Union indivisible, he enlisted as a l st the good people of his district made it unanimous with private in Company E of the One hundred and ninety-second a vote nearly 100,000 strong. Such a triumph would seem the New York Vohmteers and joined the Army of his country to crovming climax to the life work of any man, leaving little fight during the Civil War. more for which to aspire in this world. And it was then that After the war was over he followed his tra The life, achievements, .and publle services of our friend and better record for bard, intelli.gent, constructive work. He has late colleague have been fully dwelt upon by others, and I left to-his family the record of a well-spent life. . shall try as far as possible to avoid repetition of their remarks. When the end approached, Oaptain OSBORNE realized death HENRY ZENOS OSBORNE lived a long, honorable, upright, and was near, so he wrote a letter of farewell to his friends, asking useful life. He was born the son of a eountry mlnlster in New his son, Sherrill B. Osborne, to see its contents was passed on Lebanon, N. Y., October 4, 1848. In that Christian home .he to them to show his appreciation of ·their " staunch friend was raised " in the fear and admonition of the Lord " and was ship.,. The letter read in pa.rt :as follows : taught a patriotic love of country and zeal for human liberty Life Is made happy only by friendship. My own life bas been ~ that he carried with him through life; an 4620 co TGR.E. ·s10N AL RECORD- E TE. FEBRTIARY 26, j sttug~le be.tween tile Northern and Southern · states~ and how far, SENATE. w of the South were justified in the courB. pursued by us in tlmt unllappy strife, he cheerfully left to the judgment -0f future