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Also, petition of A. A. Grant, of Bluefield~ W. Vn., protesting ; RoBERT· F. B:aoussARn was born- on the Marie Louise planta­ against the postal zone rate; to the Comm±ttee on Wa:rs: and :

Mr. CHAl\ffiERLAIN. Mr. President, my intimate acquaint­ It was in 1896 that the low level of prices was reached in the ance with the late Senator Bnm; ssARD began when I was elected United States. It was then that cotton sold for 6 cents a to the Senate-in 1909: I knew of him, however, through the fact pound; it was then that corn sold for 10 cents a bushel, and in of his copartnership with a ·very distinguished and very much­ some portions of the Western States it was burned instead of loved classmate of mine at Washington and Lee University. So, being consumed as food, it being so cheap that it was thought to without having known Senator BRoussARD intimately, I knew be more valuable for fuel than for food. It was then, Mr. from the reports that had cQme to me from his old friends and President, that the conditions grew which culminated in the associates that, like the people of Louisiana, those of us who great change in the Democratic Party. were to come into intimate contact and touch with him would l\fr. Cleveland had espoused the gold standard. There had love him. It .did not take long to get acquainted with him, I been produced such a profound change in the Democratic Party found, and almost intuitively one was tempted to speak of him that he, although the President of the United States, and made as he was lovingly spoken of amongst his friends in Louisiana, so by Democratic votes, would not support the candidate nomi­ as "Cousin .Bob," or simply as "Bob," because he at once re­ nated in Chicago and the principles announced in the platform moved the barrier that might ordinarily be raised between men of that party. It was through his influence that a new ticket who meet merely as strangers. was placed in the field, called the Palmer and Buckner-ticket. I served on a number of committees with him here in the That ticket gained very little support in the ·western States; it Senate, and, as has been so ably said by his distinguished gained some support in the Eastern States; but the man who colleague [1\Ir. RANSDELL], whatever duty he turned his atten­ made up his mind to vote in that campaign wanted his vote to tion to he gave it that zealous a·pplication and consideration count, and, consequently, he voted eith~r the Democratic or the which every intelligei1t legislator tries to give as the IL.'OSt im­ Republican ticket. . portant part of hi · lf'gislative duty. He attended committee ·Mr. Presi<.lent, there have been many theories as to what meetings promptly and gave to the work before the com~ittees, produced the upward tendency ir1 prices after that time, but no and particularly to th~t portion of the work that affected his one has ever answered the arguments for bimetalism. It is own State, the utmost zeal, application, and effort. the theory of many of us·that that upward tendency was caused He was a typical southern gentleman, Mr. President, and wore by the increased production of gold. l\Iy State, a silver­ his heart upon his sleeve. I do not know any one of my ac­ producing State, came to be a gold-producing State; a great quaintances who so represented as did Senator BRou.ssARD that quantity of gold was discovered in the Cripple Creek district, affable, courteous, chivalrous disposition which is so characteris­ and its product of $300,000,000 of that metal is one of the e'\"i­ tic of the old southern gentleman. dences of·the increased gold supply. 'Ve shall all miss him here, Mr. President, as I know that his Mr. President, it was at this time that Mr. BRoussABD en­ constituents and friends in Louisiana will miss him, and it will tered public life. He was thoroughly in sympathy with the be a long time before his place can be filled here, either as a Democratic Party and its principles enunciated in the platform faithful public servant or in the hearts of his colleagues. of 1896. I remember very well when he first cnme to the House of Representatives. He was a very young man, being only 33 1\ir. SHA.FROTH. 1\lr. President, before coming over tv the years of age. He was active, quick, and Yigilant, keen of mind, Senate Chamber this morning I picked up a Congressional Di­ and was considered one of the very young and promising Mem­ rectory of January, 1916. I looked over the list of Senators who bers of the House of Representatives. Of course, he was always had departed from this earth since thaJ time, and I found that loyal to ·the interests of his State. Whenever its interests de­ 15 Senators while serving in the Senate had died. While talk­ parted from that of the Nation's, he thought that he should ing with one of the Members of the Senate not long ago he told espouse the cause of his own State. He wanted to represent his me that in the eight years he had been here he had kept account people. of the Senators who had died in office and those who had died He lived in one of the richest portions of the United States. who had been Senators for a portion of the time during which I do not believe there are any lands in the world that are supe­ -he had served, and that there had departed from this life 53 of rior to the lands down on the Gulf coast, and it is no wonder tho e Senators who had served with him some portion of the that he felt in recent years that the great sugar interests of time in that period. ·so we may truly say that "While in life Louisiana would be benefited by a duty upon sugar. During we are in the midst of death." the last six years he devoted a great deal of time and attention • l\11·. President, I 'vas a Member of the House of Representa­ to preserving that which he thought was absolutely essential to tives when Mr. BRoussARD was first elected to that body. He the life and to the growth of the great industry in his State. was elected in the memorable campaign of 1896. That cam­ Mr. President, my acquaintance with 1\ir. BnoussARD ripenetl paign was, perhap.o;;, the most remarkable that ever took place into warm friendship as the 'years passed by. I served in the in the history of the United States. It was because of the House of Representatives with him for eight years, and when fact that there had been such differences of opinion concerning he came to the Senate I knew him intimately and well. He was economic questions that parties were almost wiped out of a man of the highest honor, one who could always be relied upon, existence. In some States the result was favorable to one without any suspicion of corruption or improper ·motive in the political party by enormous majorities, and in other States to vote that he cast. He has left a great name in the State of the . opposite political party. Louisiana where he was recognized as one of its great leaders. For instance, in my own State of Colorado, which had been The friends he made were legion. I feel that in his death the a Republican State up to that time, 85 per cent of the Re­ Senate has lost a '\'ery distinguished Senator, and the Members publicans of the State voted the Democratic ticket, giving Mr. of the Senate a very lovable companion. Brynn a majority of 134,000, while upon the other hand New Jersey, that had been a Democratic State for many years, as Mr. TOWNSEND. 1\fr. President, I deeply regret the neces­ was the case in some other States in other parts of the Re­ sity for this memorial occasion. It is always discomforting for public, returned to Congress a solid Republican delegation. me to contemplate death under any circumstances, and especially People had differed very materially upon the money question, that of a friend. It is a solemn mystery, and yet no more and tllere "·ere grounds for such differences of opinion. mysterious than is life. We are forced to speculate on those That was a campaign where all meetings were la-rgely at­ two phenomena, and out of the speculation are born ·theories of tended. There had been a depression in prices existing over the religion and hopes of immortality. We call life real; and when world for many years. It so happened that, according to we see it suddenly terminate, we wonder about the great change· stati tical t

well that death should bring a permanent sadness to the friends bending rod, the humming reel, the swirling waters, and the of the deceased, but it is of the highest importance that men leaping bass. and women should pause in the struggle of selfish, sensual life, He was a true sportsman, and I liked him well on that ac­ with all of its unrealities, to consider seriously the end of it all. count~ my taste for recreation and diversion running along in 'Ve know in our thoughtful, peaceful moments that the only that line. Personally he was a most charming man. I loved the things worth while in life here are the hopes that we are doing man. He inspired friendship in others, being himself a stanch something worth while in the world and the respect and friend­ friend. His friends to him were right always, loyal and true ship of om· colleagues. The former may always be shrouded in and no service he could render them was e"Ve.r difficult or irk: doubt, but we can feel and know the latter. How miserable we some. But no more will we feel the he:uty hand clasp, no more all would be if it were not for our real friends, and yet how often will we enjoy the genial smile of. Bon B.RoussARD. He is gone, do we sorely test them. and there was no more fitting end to a life, I think, than to that ROBERT-lovingly his friends called him "Bob "-BRouss..un of this man. ItO se sed in a marked degree the true qualities of friendship, I stood at his gra-ve side yonder in the Southland. I saw the :md I am thankful that he numbered me among his friends, as I people, the rich and the po?r, the proud and the humble,· the tlid him among mine. He was a Member of the House of Rep­ lowly and the great, from his town and from the State and all resentatives when I entered that body, and I soon thereafter be­ the countryside gathered there about his body in the open. I saw; ' came acquainted with him. He was a quiet, unobtrusive man, but them come to pay tribute to his memory for the last time, and I pos. essed of the genius of industry in behalf of his constituents, was glad to be there with them. It was an occasion of genuine and few Members accomplished more for his people. He knew grief and mournlng. The common people were his friends, and the needs of his district and State and never neglected them. they loved him. They so regarded and affectionately spoke or I knew little of his domestic relations, as social intercourse in him as " BoB " BRou.sSABD ; and there in the sunshine and amon;; om· public life is circumscribed by accidental circles of limited the flower-s, sunounded by a host of friends whom he served circumference. I knew nothing about his life pl.ior to my com­ loyally and well, he was laid to rest. ing to Congress and I have not taken the pains to look up his He lived his life not for himself alone, and at the balance biography. I simply knew him as the man in Congress, and must be set down as one who loved his fellow men. He loYed that knowledge warrants me in saying that he was above the his neighbor as himself. He was the friend of man. average of his colleagues in effective accomplishments. He believed, as did many of his Louisiana colleagues, that the " Died," ROBERT BROUSSARD, tariff was a local issue. He knew that a protective tariff was ' tft.~ ?o_~~lla~~e f~~~~e~e forget the past, necessary to the maintenance· of his State, aml he had the An echo and a. llght unto eternity. :om·age of his convictions. He was ne-ver a trimmer, but bold and outspoken in his advocacy of his convictions. He was Mr. POL'IT)EXTER. Mr. -President, it is a peculiarity of friendly always. His political word was as good as his bond. r~publican government that men are controlled by their aifec- i His State and the Congre s ha-ve lost in his death a most -valu­ tlons rather than by force. I have been very much interested able legislator. in noting, in the addresses to which we have just listened, the 'Ve can not um1erstanu the Providence which called him from repeated testimony of those most intimately acquainted with the , great usefulness in the midst of his first term in the Senate, bright and shining spirit who has passed from among us to that but we know that a good and wiSe legislator has gone out from quality of Senator BRouss..un which excited the affection of his­ among us. I sincerely regret his untimely death. as ocintes and of his people. It is not my purpose to undertake on this occasion to perform Mr. KIRBY. 1\Ir. President, I feel that I should Speak a few the duty, howe"Ver pleasant it would be, a duty which has already. words on this occasion in memory of RoBERT F. B~ouss.A:R.D, been so well performed in part by his eminent colleague who now, native son of Vmisiana, who is departed. He long and faith­ occupies the chair [Mr. RANSDELL in the chair], and no doubt fully represented in the council halls of the Nation that great will be performed more elaborately hereafter-to compile 01' to State. But I am not come to . talk of his achievements in expre s the story of hls achievements, to make a digest of the forum and in court that brought him, the leader and servant accomplishments which he was able to bestow upon the people f his people,. from his far-off home to the council halls of the whom he sen·ed as a public official; but rather it is by appearing ..:.. yation. I am no.t come to talk of his achievements while he here in person and saying a brief word as the expression in part stood in the Congress halls and represented his own people and of the sentiment which I feel as it were to lay upon the grave the people of these United States. That can better be done, of Sena.tor BROussARD, if I could have the sweet privilege of do­ and has been well done, by his colleague and by his successor. ing so, one of the beautifu). flowers wh,ich the speaker this morn­ I am not going to specify the different things of benefit that he ing said that he loved so well. It is not in what we say upon' was able to accomplish here. It is not fitting that I should do an occasion like this that we do honor to our friends, but it is o. It will suffice to say that he was a man of fine intellect, in what we feel. character, and ability, a man of fine and true conviction, innate It was my privilege and good fortune to have served in the conviction of right, a man who believed in his country. He House of Representati-ves with " BoB ,, B~oussABD, to have been loved his far-off home in the Southland. He loved the State of a member of active committees, in the Senate, of which he was a his birth. He lo-ved the Nation that he served so well. His member, to have known him to some extent in a personal and patriotism was as broad as the confines of the Nation and as social way, to ha-ve met his family. I have as one of my friends lofty as its greatest purposes) and he yearned for the realization a constituent in my home town who formerly came from Louisi­ of its highest ideals. Such was the man. He was an honor to ana and was an old and intimate friend of the late Senator his di.strict, to his home, to his State, and to his Nation-to the BRousSARD and who on many occasions has spoken to me in a old South and the new South and the great Nation. feeling way of the qualities of manhood and friendship of our But of that I shall not speak further. I met him first when deceased brother. 1 I came to the Senate, just when the war clouds were lowering Senator Bn.ousSARD's interests, although particularly exercised and had burst across the Old World and were threatening in the care of his own people, although his energies were con- ' this land of ours. I was attracted to him because of his charm­ centrated upon the service of his constituents of Louisiana and ing personality, and because we had some tasks and things in in the solution of the economic and the governmental problems common; and I shall talk chie:fiy of another side, the human that were peculiar to that State, were not circumscribed by the j side, of the ·character of this man. boundaries of Louisiana. There is a difference in public men in · He loved fair dealing, the open freedom, and the light He that respect. Some have but little interest or but little concern · ha.ted darkne s and sham and hypocrisy. He loved great for anything in the range of congressional activity that does not nature, her f01·ests and streams, her fields and flowers, the immediately and peculiarly concern their own State. Some are firmament that shows the handiwork of God. He loved the inclined to consider their duties and obligations as limited to finer things of life. He loved the beautiful and true, poetry securing and holding the approval of those to whose vote thei and music, and I believe he heard the music of the spheres, owe the position which they occupy. Senator B:noussARn took and certainly understood the song of the angels, " Peace on a broader view of his functions as a Senator of the United ea.rtb, good will to men." He loved the grand old masters. States, and while he reridered adequate and mm·e than adequate He loved the bards sublime. These finer things of life- appealed service to the people whom he specitJ:lly represented, yet also he to him and were enjoyed by him. He was also an ardent, a true served the Nation well. · sportsman, that believed in giving his quarry a fair and ·even I have been informed and instructed by my associations wiili chance. He loved to look upon the faces of kindred spirits in Senator B.RoussAB.D as to the great international interests and the campfire's glow, in the haunts of the denizens of the wild. possibilities of foTeign trade and commercial exchange-the His pulses thr~ed and his blood leaped at th"C sound of the relations which this Nation ought to occupy toward the Latin­ , chase and sight of the quarry, at the sight and feel of the American Republics, which m·e near neighbors of the State of

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Louisiana ; and I found that he was a man of vision and ot ful labors in the public service are much more capable than I or sense, who could appreciate the developments of the future speaking regarding his public services. It was after he came from which the country, and the State of Louisiana among into this body that there grew up between us a friendly intimacy the rest, would profit in due time if we availed ourselves or our which I prized, and which I know was agreeable to him,· that opportunities in that regard. I spoke of him a moment ago as I came to appreciate his uncommon ability, his high conception a bright and shining spirit. Those words came to my mind and of public duty, and his attachment to those he liked. I do not to my lips on the moment as expressing what perhaps was his know of any man whose friendship has been more pleasant and chief characteristic. He was a man who, immediately upon grateful, with whom association has given more satisfaction, and acquaintance with him, aroused the affections of those whose whose good · opinion I cherished more than that of Bon BRous­ own natures were so properly and normally adjusted as to re­ SARD. spond to cqntact with merit. I have a picture of him in my No man could be brought into association with him and ad­ mind, from a mere casual circumstance, with no particular mitted to his friendship without feeling as I did the privilege that' reason why it should remain there other than the force of the one had in this association. No one is grieved more sincerely man himself--of Senator BnoussARD delivering an address in than his colleagues in this body who knew him well, and the the House of Representatives. I do not even remember now better they knew him the more they .have been affected by his the subject of his address, but I remember the man. There was death. a deep and lasting impression left upon me by the conviction His continued illness brought every day from among his which I formed at the time of his character, of his courage, of colleagues. affectionate inquiries as to his condition, and uni­ his pertinacity, of his intellectual-brightness, of his deep in­ versal regret is the manifestation here of the high regard in terest, of his sound policy, of his sincerity. There are but few which he was held. men who have that indefinable capacity of so fastening them­ Other men have served longer in this body, other men have seh·es upon the memory of those with whom they come in had greater opportunities to distinguish themselves here in the contact. · country's service than he, but no one has deserYed and held a Senator BRoussARD had to a pronounced degree that quality. higher place in our affections and esteem. No one has more If I had never seen him again, if I had never renewed my ac­ fully lived up to the ethics which prevail here as to the rela­ quaintance with him under more intimate circumstances in the tions of Senators than our friend Senator BRoussABD, in whose work in the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, of honor we have come together to-day, and to perpetuate whose which he was a member, and which considered many important memory and high service these exercises are now held. questions to which he gave the benefit of his peculiar informa­ I shall not attempt to review his eminent public service or tion and deep interest, if I had never had the privilege of meet­ to relate the many interesting episodes of his career. It satis­ ing him in a social capacity or of serving with him as a col­ fies me to record here in few words the tribute of a friend who league in this Chamber, I yet would have remembered him, loved and mourns him. as tanding out distinctly among all the strange figures who appeared ii1 that numerous legislative assembly, by the one 1\Ir. GAY. Mr. President, ROBERT F. BROUSSARD was born on occasion of which I have spoken. his father's plantation, in the center of the section so beauti­ l\1r. President, I formed from these associations a sincere at­ fully described by Longfellow- taclunent for our late colleague. I believe that those who fully Beautiful is the land, with its prairies and forests of fruit trees; appreciate the nature, the true functions of public office in this Under the feet a garden of flowers, and the bluest of heavens couutry, understand that it is not its dignity that constitutes Bending above, and resting its dome on the walls of the forest. the worth of office, it is not the honor that comes from it, it is They who have dwelt there for generations have named it the certainly not in pecuniary rewards-because they are small, Eden of Louisiana. small in comparison with those in other countries of equal The people who inhabited this lovely section of Louisiana power and wealth-but the true worth of public office is in were the descendants of that hardy race who had carved homes the fact that the subject With which we deal is man himself; from the wilderness and rigors of climate on the shores of the that the material with which we work in our everyday task Gulf of St. Lawrence, and had by the fortunes of war been trans­ is our fellow man; that we have in our care and under the ferred without their consent to the British Government by the control and direction of the functions of this great office, for treaty of Utrecht. better or for worse, for good or for ill, the destinies of the They refused to take the oath of allegiance to the British human race. Crown, and retused to serve in the British armies against their - I have sometim-es wondered as to the exact significance of the beloved France. They were compelled to give up their homes, saying of the great Teacher of the Christian religion to the and thousands, after enduring untold hardships from disease poor fishermen at the Sea of Galilee, when he called them around and want, settled in a body in what was then French territory­ him from the sordidness of their occupation and said to them: Louisiana. "I will make you fishers of men." I have some .slight concep­ Their loyalty and affection for the customs,· traditions, antl tion of what it meant, and I have felt that if there is a true language of France have been the distinguishing characteristic worth in public office there is something of that nature in it · of these people for more than a hundred years. And yet to-day that there is at least an opportunity for a public man in a posi~ no community in this broad land is more distinctively American tion of power, under our Government, to use tliat power to be a in all that the word "American" stands for. .. "fisher of men," to save IIi-en from the evils which constantly Young BRousSARD was educated at Georgetown and Tulane pursue them, to protect them, to put them in such a way that Universities. they may guard themselves from that principle of destruction He beg_an the practice of law at New Iberia, La. which is constantly attacking the rival forces of virtue. He began his public career a few years later when the State Senator BRoussARD conceived, at least as demonstrated by was in the throes of the fiercest and bitterest contest ever lind his performance, that characteristic of the position which he before or since-the struggle to eliminate the Louisiana State filled. He was a fisher of men. He was bound to the men whom Lottery Co. and destroy that baneful influence on t11e moral and he served by the ties of his heartstrings. There was no demand political life.. of the State and Nation. which could be made upon bin:>· for service, even though it called This powerful corporation, with its immense wealth, was seek­ for the supreme sacrifice, that he was not ready to deliver. ' ing a renewal for 25 years of its exclusive State charter. Mr. President, I consider it a privilege and an honor on this Through its great wealth, gathered from every hamlet in the occasion to pay this brief tribute to his memory. Union, it had for years maintained a powerful lobby at the se~­ sions of the State Legislature, and exerted a controlling influ­ 1\Ir. SAULSBURY. 1\lr. President, the friendships between ence on legislation and on State and municipal elections, depend­ men-how they arise, how strong they become, their extent and ing on special privileges to protect monopoly at the expense ot lasting qualities-are in a measure hardly capable of analysis the people and retain its servile henchman in public places. and sometimes rest almost entirely in the particular personality The long career of this institution, reaping a rich money of the individuals. harvest from every nook and corner of the Union, its tempting I had not even the pleasure of a slight acquaintance with Sen­ bait to provide millions for public improvements, hospitals, and ator BRoussARD until he had spent many useful years of his education, had produced in the public mind a condition so aptly life in serving the people of his State and country. When I met described by the poet Pope : him first, as I believe all men were, I was attracted to him, Vice is a monster of so fdghtful mien, and as our acquaintance ripened into friendship I knew I was As to be hated needs but to be seen; honored by the regard of another man ·in public life who was Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, worth while. We first endure, then pity, then embrace. Those who knew him a longer'time and served with him before The battle was not a political or party contest. It was a fight failing health had come to indicate the termination of his use- for civic righteousness, or government by the people., freed from 2068 CONGRESSIO L RECORD-SE~ ATE. JANUARY 26, the demoralizino- influences which wreck-ed

nn institution, clothed with the sanction of taw, in its continm:!d 1 Tile McKinley bill provided n bounty for sugar production.· debauchery of the public service and its continued poisoning -of The sugar planters regarded the bill as hostile and dangerous the moral atmosphere by its insidious appeal to the gambling to sugar production, and the congressional delegation either instincts o common to man's nature. \oted a "'ainst the bill or abstained from Toting. Ro:BERT F. fuoussARD had no incenti\e to engage in this great On the Wilson bill, a Democr·atic measure, a majority of the contest but the call of duty to God and country. Louisiana delegation in the House voted against it. With clearness of Tision he saw the danger to the generations On the Dingley bill, a Republiean tariff measure, the delega­ to come in the menace to the moral, soeinl, and political welfare tion divided equalJy in House and Senate. of the pe-ople and the State. He felt that it was a fruitful source On the Payne bill, n Republica.n tariff bill, theTe was again an of po\erty, a seed bed of embezzlement, born of the frenzied equal division of the ~otes in the H-ouse and Senate n failed to bind him, although failure to obey in his own party and but once by a Republican. · the caucus mandate meant disloyalty to the party organization He enjoyed the unique di ·tinction of serving a full term in the and brouO'ht him in: dh•ect conflict with the leaders of the Demo­ Hou e after his ,election to the Senate. By the constitutional emtie Party in and out of Congress. With unflinching courage he -enactment of the State his election took place two years ].)rior to stoon whiclt lle lla.d earned a place by rea on of long his services in the Halls of Congress, elected him to the House service coupled with exceptional ability and expert knowledge after his election to the Senate. on tariffs. Thoroughly informed in the detail 'Of the mechanism of e\ery In a memorial address on the Ufe and character of Senator department of the Gon~rnment, the cause of every constituent, no S. D. ~fcEnery, on February 26, 1911, Senator BROussARD ex­ matter how slight, recei\ed his persi tent and indefatigable pressed his eonvictions on t:he duty of a RepresentatiYe of the service. No red-tape machinery could bar the way to a proper people in Congress, defining, a~cording to his conception, the adjustment. With infinite tact, unfailing patience, g-ood humor, duty to party and the broader duty to the people he rern·esented. and sound judgment he pursuem party asso~ that splendid, fertile section, the third congressi-onal district of ciates from all sections of the Union, as well as a constant con­ Louisiana. The "·elfare of its population was unquestionably tinuation of attacks by n portion of the press and political dependent upon its success and the price at which it was sold. leaders of his own State, failed to S}"VeTve him one jot or tittle An intelligent and en rgetic and industrious people had built up from these well-defined principles-princjples that lecl him to this great indush'Y in competition with tbe cheap labor and consider the interests of his constituents superior to the claims better climatic conditions of Cuba. It was the constant subject of party illld to vote for the pa~ramount interests of his people of national leg~ lation, probably J?Ore so than any other product at the peril of his own political decapitation. 1919. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SEN_._\._TE. 2069

After his remoTal from the Ways and 1\lelllls Committee of In the same primary there wa a strenuous campaign for the the House for refusal to permit a party caucus in Washington nomination for go-vernor. One of these el-oquent gentlemen ad­ to dictate his course and vote, he boldly commenced his can­ dres ed a large ::rrulience in south ·Louisiana. At the clo ·e he diclacy for the Senate, and faced the people on the platform from was warmly congratulate<.l .by one of his hearers, who had been the Arkansas Iine to the Gulf, giving a reason for the faith deeply ·impressed. ''Well. th~n, ." said the speaker, "I can count that was in him with such logic and sincerity that he was on your vote for governor?" < Oh, no, no, ·ir i me for 'Bon' BRous­ cho en over two able and di tingui bed men of State-wide repu­ SARD-' Couzin Bob.' " " But," said the candidate, " he is not tation, with great experience as campaigners. running for governor; he i running for the Senate and I am The primary election being ratified by the legislature in .l\Iay running for governor." "Well," was the reply, "me don't care for a term to begin two years later, he went before the peeple about that; you be for • Couzin Bob' and he 'p,..mt you governor." of his clistrict an-d was once more, although an elected Senator,· He held the llearts of his ..peeple with ·unbounded affection. cho en as the Representative of hi di.: trict, a distinction without Ills campaign centered around no issue saTe the personal sue­ a parallel. ces of Rom:nT F. Bnorss.um. · In a· distl'ict so rlistinctively For 25 years hewn· a member of the Democratic State cen­ Creole, material intere ·ts coulu never o~ereome· the spiritual and. tral committee of the State. He wa an uncomproml ·ing advo­ romantic friendships of the everyday mas es. cate of the nomination of 'Voodrow 'Vilson, and secured a por­ Tile relation bet\Yeen RoBERT F. BRous ARD and his constitu­ tion of the State vote in the convention for the illustrious man ents is, howeTer, best described by our illustrious Pre iictory or to stoop low for gain. The e splendid people, who retained on the shores of the Gulf As lawyer, ns district a.ttorney, Congressman. and Senator, "BoB" BnoussJ.RD made multitudes of friends. He was entitled to them. for and the banks of the beautiful rivers and bayous of south he was loyal and generous. Affection for him was widespread and. Loui ·iana the custom and language of their ancestor through deep both in Louisiana and at Washington, and extended to many of generations, are eli tinctively American. Th -·e people who, those with whom he contcnde

French, and we doubt if any Mirabeau or Vergniaud ever poured forth n more livid tlood of indignation and passion. the age of 12 or 14 years. Did tl1i. employment serve to dwarf · Yet the chief characteristic o:f this dead Senator was lo•ableness. his mentality or curb his ambition? A.. uredly not. He was sunny, even tempered, just, patient, kind, unselfish, and Is it difficult to employ our own imaginations and conjecture generous. · Peace to your ashes, BoB BnoussABD. " There has been frankincense his emotions as he stood at his loom with the shuttles flying and myrrh in thy life which wUI not be lost now that thou art ground backward and forward? As warp followed. warp and woof in tbat mortar, wherein God's will is the pestle, which men call succeeded woof, all in wondl·ous colorings ana. patterns, were eternity." there not times when his fancy was e\en more nimble than his :HE:MORllL ADDRESSES ON THE LATE SE~ATOB H"CGHES. fingers and its product more notable than the fabric which resulted from his handiwork? Ur. F'RELINGHUYSE..."N'. Mr. President, I offer the resolu· That aspiring spirit which finds tongues in tree , books in the tions 'Yhich I send to the desk. I ask that they may be read, running brooks, sermons in stones, and a lesson of some sort· in ·and I mo\e their adoption. every phase of human· endeavor, and in every object in life, The resolutions (S. Res. 423) were read, considered by unani· whether tangible or intangible, is the true student, and oppor· mous consent, and unanimously agreed to, as follows : tunities for achie\errl'ent which are presented to him are Resolvecl, '£hat the Senate expresses its profound sorrow 1n the death limitless. of Hon. WILJ,JA.lll HUGHI!IS, late a Senator from the State of New· Jersey. Such a stuuent.was WILLI.ilr HuGIIES, and he graduated \lith HesolL·ed, That as a mark of respect to the memory o:f the deceased the Senate, in pursuance of an order heretofore made, assembles to high honors from the unl\ersity of human experience. t>nable his as oclates to pay proper tribute to his high character and While still a mill hand he studied stenography and type­ distinguished public services. . writing, and, as he reached manhood, engaged in that avocation .. Resolced, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the House · of Representatiyes and transmit a copy thereof to the family of within \Vhose ranks to-day are found so many thousands o:f the tleceased. young Americans of both sexes. . ::'IIr. F'RELINGHUYSEN. 1\Ir. President, though my. el! Originally entering a commercial estal>li. hment h~ soon there­ young in member hip in this distinguished bedy ,and not inti· after fotmd employment in the law office of former Attorney mately .acquainted with its earlier history, I very much doubt General John W. Griggs. if the amazing necrological record of the past 22 months has 'Vhet11er lu.ck or fate influenced his final choice·of a profes· 'erer been duplicated. · · sion, it is impos. ible to say. That is a m11tter for the specula­ • 'ince l\larch 5, 1917, ten times the gaunt, unrelenting hand , tor and philos.oph.er to dwell upon. Certain it is his entrance .of death has thrust itself into this Chamber_and has stricken into that field cletermined him tQ engage in the study of law, and do''"n a Senator of the United States. Strong men, vigorous in due course of time, in 1900, he was atlmitted to the bar as 11;n . 'men, who have ne\er previously known. defeat,· have fallen vic· attorney, and became a counselor three years later. .tii:ns to· the ·unconquerable male\olence o:f that immtiable · an(l WILLIA.M Hl:GHES po . e . ed many of the qualifications which final foe. make for success in the Jegal profession. Jie was quick-witted, If there be those at horne, in the remote communities of our posse. sed natural foren:ic ability, and was po\\erful as n. pleader re. pective States, who fail to grasp the magnitude of the bur· befo1·e juries. . d in that district. When the polls were closed, That was the fundamental mainspring of his life, a genuine it was ascertained that the wide-awake, young Irish-American patriotism, founded upon an unadulterated Americanism and had carried the day, his majority being 3,800. · exhibiting no tinge or shadow of hyphenization. As his friend, Two years Ia ter he was defeated by a margin of only 510 Mr. Tnmnlty, had said of him! "His Americanism was ot the votes· at a time Roo...~vclt carried the district by 5,200. In 1906 purest kind." he was reelected, as he was in 1908 and again in 1910. l\!y association with WILLIAM HUGHES in this body was very It was during the close of his fourth term, in 1912, that GoY. brief. I entered thi Chamber March 5, 1917, and he passed out Wilson appointed him to a judgeship in Passaic County. of it a month later, never to return. He was nearing the twi­ Concerning the career of my former colleague while a Member light of his earthly career, and he knew it~ of the House I ball not speak In detail. There arc other Senfl­ The concluding stages of his life have been thus described by tors on this floor who were Members of that body with him. and one who knew him intimately : they may dwell upon that phase of his public service. _ He was a great soul. For years he had been suJTering [rom the malady whic-h finally ended ln his death. He knew for the past few years the It is~ fact, however, that he attained a degree of prominence nature ot the trouble which aftllcted blm, yet b1) never made outward in that botly, nnd long before his service there had terminated show of his great pain and agony. To his intimate friends, who learned .he was rerogni7.ed as an active force in the development of the to love him because of hfs big, genero-us, democratic nature, he was stln legi ·la th·e program. the cheerful, loyal, useful associate. His influence in the House chiefly grew out of the fact of his When I called upon him in the ho pital in this city that was extreme popularity among all classes, leade1·s and led, his the state uf mind in which I found him-cheerful, genial, opti­ amiability, good humor, and camaraderie being recognized by mistic. men of all parties. . The friendships there established by him Of course, he longed to get back into his seat that he might were maintained throughout the remainder of his life. piny his part in th-e great struggle for civillzation into which On January 26, 1913, the Iegislatm·e being then in session, his colmtry had been plunged. Thnt he was unable to perform he was chosen United States Senator for a full term of six years. the service which he desired to render in the great crisis which .At the preceding primary election, September 24, 1912, he had confronted the Nation naturally gave him deep concern· yet been the choice of his party, his election following, as stated, he complained not that de tiny had eliminated him as a factor in this being the final legislatiY"e choice of a Senator in my State the supreme conflict. prior to the adoption of the con titutional amendment regulating Finally came the end of all thin.gs mortal to WILLIAM HuGHES,. the choice by popular Yote. He took his seat in this body March at the capital of his and my State, January 30, 191B. His life 4, 1013. . had been a strenuou one, but the close of it was peaceful. Like Concerning the scope and churacter of his service here I wm a tired child, weary with the activities of the day, he closed his defer to other Senators who served ·with him and who arc more eyes and slept. The victor in many battles was vanquished at familiar with the subject than am L last by the invincible conqueror, Death. Yet the Nation at large knows that he speellily attained a Upon the occasion of hi ob equie , February 2 1918 the offi- position of influence in this body and became a member of va­ ciating clergyman said: ' ' rious important committees, being chnil·ma.n of-the Committee Fi:r. .t or all, friendliness. ~es; that was a eon.splcuous virtue of his. A gelllill and kindly personality, a glad readiness to serve anyone· a on Pensions at the time of his death. real spirit of approachablene , showing a true appreciation of kinshtp His strong personality soon Ilillllifested itself, and new friend­ with his brother man. ship were created, strong and abiding in character, as had been I am sure you will agree with me that he had a genius of friendship the case during his career in the other branch of Congress. Ilow well he.P.xercised that gift finds 'evi

sway oYer -our intellects we shall hn:ve before us the kindly the life and soul of every gathering of which they were. a part. smile, the · ympathetic ·peech, the generous act _of him who, Their companionship was welcomed antllaniletl by all who knew though now sleeping the last great sleep, yet still li\eth in our them. I know of no friendship or association more human in thoughts and in our emotions. all of its phases than that which existed between these three splendid gentlemen. But two of them have gone to their long ~lr. THO)L;\.S. :\lr. President, the tribute which the Senator home, and only one remain: . 1\lay he long live to mourn his from New Jersey [l\lr. FRELI"-'GHUYSE~] has just paid to his departed friends. · departed colleague is so complete, so comprehensi,e, and so I think, :Mr. President, that the death of Senator HuGHEs had beautiful that I ca_n only hope· to add a few words of appre- much to do with the early demise of his dear f1iend, Senator ciation. · James. Senator James was deeply concerned, very anxious The Senator from Kew Jer. ey has well said that the career of regarding the outcome of Senator Hc-GHEs's malady. He went ·senator H uG:m:s illustrates the pos ibllities available to a young to see him every day of his life, and one could tell what the · boy, whate>er his station in life, by the institution$ of this pro·gress of the disease "~as by watching the demeanor and con­ (:ountry. There is no place, howe>er exalted, to which he may -versation of Senator James. Finally Senator HuaHEs was re­ not · aspire, arid which he · may not reach by perse>erance, con­ moved from the city and was taken to Trenton, N. J., where, stnnt effort, and merit. I think, he passed the remainder of his life. During that time Shortly after Senator Broderick, of California, entereu this Senator James was in constant communication with him, fre­ Chamber he had occasion to refer to his own obscure origin quently visited him, and kept his associates and colleagues in­ and to describe in language which I can not hope to emulate the formed regarding Senator Ht:::-GHEs's condition. I saw Senator career which in America opens before every boy who desires to James shortly after Senator HuGHEs's funeral, which he at­ n >ail himself of his opportunities. He closed by pointing to the tended. He eemed to be heartbroken, de pondent, discouraged. painted symbols in the \aulted c iling of the Chamber and aid, IDs face llad that drawn and painful expre ion which indicated '' Senators, there you behold my father's handiwork." his own physical infirmity. It was not at all surprising that Senator HuGHEs began life amid t surroundings and apparent the one should have so soon followed the other. difficulties which would easily hm·e discouraged a less resolute :Mr. President, the genial companionship of a man like Sena­ nnd perse>ering nature, but he made it ·a point to do well '-vhat­ tor ·HuGHEs was a pleasure to his associate . He was always, en~ r he turned his hand to. He began life as a mill boy, and even when di turhed by some passing incident, open, generous, during his apprenticeship he learned not only the details of his and always lovable. He did his part in the work which was own particular field of employment, but he mastered ,those of committed to the consideration of the Congress while he was a every branch of the business. Member of it. He impressed himself upon every feature of our He was a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, and legislation. He told me shortly before he was stricken that he ns such took ~ Part in the framing of the so-called -Underwood­ had gi>en the better part of his life to the public service; and • immons tariff bill. He there displayed an extent of informa­ that it remained for him now to do something for his own family tion regarding the silk industry, which comprehended all of its and dependents ; that he would no longer aspire to a position vhases and details from the beginning of operation upon the raw in public life, but that at the end of his term he would resume material to the sale of the finished product. He did not stop the· practice of his profession. That, 1\Ir. Presiclent, is a re­ there, but was familiar as well with its domestic and interna­ minder that many a man gi-ves the best that is in him without tional markets, and with all of those details, knowledge of which reward or hope of reward in public seryice like his, and that is supposed to be in the. possession only of those who are in full as time passes he is compelled to realize that he bas been faith­ management of and who ha-ve devoted their li-v-es to the subject. ful to the public at the expense of tho e ·dependent upon him for Subsequently, when it became necessary to encourage the dye their existence. industry because of the difficulty of obtaining material in conse­ quence of the war, Congress enacted an additional measure for He died poor. His long service, from the commencement of the encouragement and development of that indusn·y. He had his public life to its close, covering a period of 12 or 15 years, Yirtual charge of the subject in the committee and again he if applied to the practice of his profession would huve made displayed a familiarity with and a knowledge of the subject to him a competence and left his family comfortable and in the which I think no other member of that great committee pos­ enjoyment of modest wealth. · The man, 1\lr. President, who . essed. The work was his. The bill as presented finally to the gives such an exhibition of service is indeed a patriot. consideration of the Senate was the offspring of his industry These are the claims of Senator HuGHES to the love and and of his genius more than that of any other member of the gratitude of his country. I am sure that they have giyen and committee. w111 continue to give them in full measure. I once expressed to him my surprise that be should have so completely comprehended and that he could so well remember :Mr. HOLLIS. 1\lr. President, the life history of the late Sen­ the technical details, as well as the general reach of the subject, ator HUGHES, of New Jersey, as detailed here so graphically by in view of his devotion to other fields' of effort, particularly in his former colleague [Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN], gives ample food for the practice of the law and in the service of his · country. He reflection to those who stUdy our American experiment in replied that he never turned his attention to anything without democracy. lt marks the r~se of a strong, active man, of un­ realizing the necessity of thoroughly familiarizing himself with usual intelligence and character, from humble beginnings to a it as far as possible. That was the more remarkable, because position of honor and influence among his fellows. during his membership in the Senat~ he did not to me seem to Careers of this sort are luckily not unusual in our American display any great qualities of application or industry, notwith­ Commonwealth. Out of the seething mass of our industrial standing his constant attendance upon the sessions of the Senate. life stalwart figures emerge here and there by no special rule If I were called upon to mention any other outstanding char­ of opportunity, inheritance, or geography, and force their way a cteristic of Senator HuGHEs I should say that he was o. man to universal recognition. It is one of the happy results of our of the highest moral courage ; a man of the strongest convic­ common-school system and our form of government. tions ; a man whose idea of duty was its rigid performance, The life of Senator HuGHEs is remarkable because he began regardless of consequences. ·shortly before he was elected to his life as a wage earner, gaining his living by manual labor the Senate a pension bill was considered by the other House in a factory and acquiring his education under most difficult which, if enacted, would add an annual burden of $50,000,000 and discouraging circumstances, and because he became the to the fixed expenditures of the Nation. He worked and voted Democratic representatiYe of a Republican State in the United against it ; he spoke in opposition to it. Every sort of induce­ States Senate. In these respects he began lower than most ment was brought to bear upon him to withdraw his opposition. successful men, and he achieved a position tl\,at few men in Finally the suggestion was made that if he voted against the any State succeed in reaching. measure it would mean his defeat for reelection. He replied But t-1 'C arresting fact about Senator HuGHEs is that he con­ that his seat was not worth $50,000,000 to the American people; tinued to be the same man, the same " BILLY HuGIIEs " through­ they could not afford to pay any such price to secure his re­ out his life. As a Representative in Congress be was as election: Needless to say, 1\lr. President, the people of his dis­ simple and direct; as a Senator he was as unassuming as when lrict admired his courage and gave expression of their approval he drew a pay envelope o~ Saturday night. by elevating him to the Senate of the United States. The temptation to assume impurtance, to "put on airs," is Senator HuGHES, Senator James, and Representative HEFLIN, usually irresistible to men who have risen f-:rom the ranks. of Alabama, were during the Senator's term a trio of insepar­ 'Vorkingmen tell me that the hardest master, the most intol· able friends. They were companions of the most genial char­ erant superintendent, is the man who has been himself a work· ~cter; all of them young, strong, hearty, vigorous, and each ingman. Economists say that the true conservative is not the apparently endowed with a long lease of life. They -were among man of inherited wealth, not the man of leisure, not the the youngest Members of the American Congress. They were student or the philosopher, but the man 'vho has risen to emi- 1919-, ~·~--- CONGRESSION ·\.L llECOllD-SE~.ATE. 2073

nence lmder the existing rules of life. What has been goou him than I feel or hold him in higher admiration, it ~ill be enough for him .is good enough for all others. recognized that they are better qualified to do justice' to this Not so with "BILLY HuGHEs." He began as a radical; lle peculiarly great American citizen than I am. It is for such continued in Congress as a radical; and he completed his career reason that I speak but briefly the intimate thoughts that come In the Senate as· a radical. He kept up his acquaintance with to my mind. hi.· early friends. He began as a man of the people and as a I believe I understand the life of "BILLY" H-cGHEs, and ret man of the people he died. . I ha\e found much difficulty in describing· that character e\en He was a particular friend of the private in our Army. We to myself. I can not compare him with some other sta~esmen. ol>tained from him glimpses of the hardships and of the treat­ He was himself. He· knew no forms. He followed no examples. ment of the pri\ate soldier at the hands of officers that we ob­ He had no heroes to worship. He made no effort, as far as I tnined nowhere else. It was Senator HUGHES who insisted know, to emulate any great character or any great statesman. ·upon and forced to successful adoption the statute which in-, He seemed to be moved by his own ideals, by his own impulses cren. ed the pay of the common soldier from $15 to $30 a month. with _regard to what was just and what was right and wrong, . He bad a faculty of stripping away the "\"eneer of society and and when moved by those impulses he was totally unco~cerned showing up a problem in all its stark nakedness in the blazing with regard to the effect that his action might ha\e upon his Jight of day. Time and again I ha'\"e seen him in the Senate personal welfare. • ettle a question with a short sentence or two by speaking the When I fir t met him I was charmed by l1is wit and by hi :-:imple, blunt truth, when all the rest of the Senate was circling humor and by his easy quotation of the mo t beautiful passages around the problem and mincing words. The colleague of Sena­ in poetry ; I was edified by his knowledge of history; and yet tor HuGHEs at the time of his death has referred to the last these things that then imp1·essecl me so deeply are but a few ot :o::peech Senator HliGHEs made. I am confident that e"\"ery speech the many charms of this versatile man. I looked on him tben as of . 'enator HliGHFs that can be found in the Co~GRESSIO~AL the humorist, as the wit, as the care-free, happy-go-l1,1cky man RE ORD will be disco\ered to bristle with these blunt, simple who lo"\"ed life, who loved happhiess, who loved and trusted his fnctJ which could not be ed interests of the country, I was impressed with their consciences. the idea that he was a cold, harsh, determined man of steel, au And Senator HliGHEs had an appreciation of the finer side of unbending man, a man who had no ner\es, n man who was simply life. He always opposed a tariff on sculptures, paintings, and a machine for the defense of principle. He showed no patience works of art generally. I remember hearing him one e already spoken and others often right. He was a valuable l\Iember of this body, and he who will speak who have knoJ\n Senator H1iGHES longer than was a valuable citizen of the country. He has cast credit not x·have known him; and while they feel no

. tn t : 110 crrll 1 llor.us], his life is a tribute to our form of g·oycrument. His It. ~ · home 1ife w a. · weet nnitetl such a rare com­ Give us tbe inielligencc, the courage, an.d grace to do the work bination of practical agn.city and idealism in the persons of so Thou ha t given UB to do, that we may pa>:" eren 1y on to the larger life in the realms beyond. 1 many grc.at men, from Thomas Jefferson, a.t the very b.ir.th of this ·Republic, to DnYid LlQyd George, at the I1e:Lm in England nt this Bless, we pray Thee, U1eir colle~rrucs, friends, and those who moment. This race b'll.it h posse sed, and it enabled him to n.re nearest and denre.. t to u, m in life ~ith tpe llc ~ sed hope under tand and cooperate with the high purpose of thn.t idenli t of the life eternal . nnd yet practical statesman, the former president of Prineeto~ We arc startled and our hearl. are bowed down hy th sudden i University, later governor of New J"ersey, Senator RucHE, 's and unexpected departure of another l\fembcr of this House. Stnte, and now Pr.esident of tbc United States. • mfort u.~, ''e b .. ch '£bee. and alL who knew him, in Thine I Hr. t met BTI.LY RL"OIIE when l1e first ran for Congress, o'vn way. ' J. .. ivPs of we-n l men n.ll remind ns haT"iD"' spok n in hi ' <1i "tri t in behalf of his candidacy nnd in We can mnlw our li\es sublime, tbe inter t of the Iloliticnl 11n.rt~v to which we both belonged. And. uepnrtiog. lea·..-c u hino us EY t' . two years artennu

Footprints that perhaps another, In 1892 he became a candidate for district attorney for his Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, juilic:ial district, and though he ,,-as bitterly fought by the pro­ Seeing, shall take heart again. lottery wing of the Democratic Party, which controlled the Let us, then, be up and doing, parochial organization, he still won out by a small majority, With a heart for any fate, being the only antilottery candidate to carry the district in this Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. election. With such consummate ability did he fill this office that he 'Tas subsequently reelected without opposition. Anti C\erlasting praise be Thine through Him who taught us In 1896 the Hon. Andrew Price, who had most· ably repre­ the way anti the h·uth and the life. Amen. · sented the third district in Congress for many years, withdrew THE J01.i1l~AL. from public life nnd declared tlmt he would not stand for re­ 1\Ir. MARTIN. 1\lr. .Speaker, I ask unanimous consent tllat election. tlle reatling of the Journal be dispensed with. The struggle that follo"·ed for the Democratic nomination, The SPEAKER pro tempore. If there be no objection, tlle though friendly, was both sharp and spectacular. . rentling of the Journal will be deferred until to-morrow. Judge .A. C. Allen, a well-kno,Yn and able jurist, of St. Mary There was no objection. Parish, contested for the nomination 'Yith. Senator. BRou ssARD, THE LATE SENATOR BROUSSARD. then tiistrict attorney. In .tho. e da3·s nominations were made by conventions, and iil the selection of delegates for the con\en­ Tlle SPEA.KER pro tempore~ The Clerk will rentl the special tion there was a .contest in e\ery parish in the district. ortier for to-day. When the convention as. embled at -Morgan City the result was The Clerk read ns follows: still in doubt. The instructed delegates were evenly- divided be­ On motion of :Ur. MARTIX, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That Hunday, January ·26, 1919, be set apart for addresses tween the two candidates,· and it remaineti for the parish of upon the life, character, and pubiic services of Hon. ROBERT F. BROUS­ Terrebonne, which, with 18 delegates, was entitleti to 9 votes, to SARD, late a Henatol' from the State of Louisiana. settle the issue. . :\Ir. ::\IARTI~. 1\lr. Speaker, I offer the following resolutiQn. Balloting was delayeti for many hours in the effort made by_ The SPEAKER lWO tempore. The gentleman from Louisiana both contending factions to capture the organization of the con­ offers a resolution, which the Clerk will report. vention, but this did not result in an atlvantagc to either can- · The Clerk read as follows : · didate. · · Hou e resolution G20. The roll call began in breathless ilence, witll all eyes cen­ Resolud, That the business of the ·House be .now suspended, that tered on the parish of Terrebonne, whose 18 uninstructed dele­ opportunity may be glvt>n for tributes to the memory of lion . .ROBERT gates were entitled . to one-half vote each. It was generallY. F. Bnor;ssAno, late a Senator of the United States from the State of Louisiana. · · known how all of these tielegates· woulti vote, with the exception Resol!;ed, That as a particular mark of respect to the memory of·the of one man, and upon his half \Ote <.lependeti the final outcome deceased, and in recognition of his distin~uished . public career, the of this most exciting contest. Honse, at the conclu. ion of the exercises or this day, shall stanu ad- journed. · · This man was John n. Grinage, who, when his name was Resolretl, ' That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the called, rose in his seat and said: " Gentlemen of the convention, Senate. Tennessee has her 'Bob Taylor:; ~ew Orleans has its 'Bob Resol-t;ea, That the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to the fainily of the decea ed. - Davy,' and I believe the third district should ha-ve its 'Bo:s The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the atioptio~ BROUSSARD.' I cast my vote for Bon BROUSSARD." of the resolution. . This brought this remarkable contest to a close, anti B~otJs· BARD's nomination was thereupon made· unanimous, and he be· The re~olution was agreed to. came the Democratic nominee from the third district. : Mr. MARTIN.- 1\lr. Speaker, I enjoyed the privilege of being But his troubles were not yet o\eL·. The sentiment .in the a c10 . ~e , intimate friend of the late Senator RoBERT F. BROUSSARD third district was strongly for protection, and the Republicans :i friendship that existed from the time that he first entered placed in nominati~m Judge Taylor Beattie, of Lafourche, a most public and political life. able and well-known jurist and state man, whose spl~ndid rec­ I met him first when as a recent graduate in law he followed ord as a Confederate soldier and as district judge made him a the leadersl1ip of the late Gov. F. T. Nicholls, and side by side most formidable opponent. . with our present Chief Justice E. D. White and ex-Senators Both candidates fa-vored protection and both were most forci­ 1\furphy J". Foster and Donelson Caffery he stumped. the State ble speakers, but Bnous.SARD had· the advantage over his oppo­ in the great antilottery campaign in a successful effort to rid nent in that· he svoke French as eloquently as he did English, the State of an institution that had for many years exerted a and in a district where French was the mother tongue of a large mo. t corrupting influence 1n State politics. majo,rity of the \Oters this atl\antage was used with ·most Senntor ROBERT F. BROUSSARD was born August 17, 1864, on telling effect. his father's plantation at Loreauville, near New Iberia, La. BROUSSARD's majority in this election was 2,833 votes, the A · a boy be attended the public and private schools of his smallest majority he e-ver recei\ed in his contests for Congress. home parish · until he attained the age of 15 years,· when he He seryed in the Fifty-fifth to the Sixty-third Congresses, cov­ entered Georgetown University., at Washington~ D. C., where he ering a period of 18 years, and so well and faithfully

While Senator B.nou SA.Im was elected to the Senate in 1!)12, l\Ii'. Speaker, I ha\e tlrus far spoken of the life and public yet u he wa. not to take his eat until March 4, 1915, it services of Senator Br.m:; .illD, but I can not clo e these remarks app n.rcd that lte would have to retire from public life for two without paying trllmtc to the per onal character of one wllo, years. for more tltan 20 :rear.;, wa my close -per onal friend. But hi friend · and constituent wo1.1ld not con ent to dis­ onstant association and contact with bim not only in pi'red pen. e with llis serTicc · and insisted upon hi retaining his seat admiration of his ability, bnt no man could be much thrown ill 'ongre rmtil he enter d ·upon his t l"'D of service in the with Bon llnou. .ABD without ·oon learning to love him. It wac; Senate. 'Thile he met witll some opposition, he was neYerthe- ne\er my T>riviletl'e t know a man with a more eYen temper 1 "' nominated by a large majority, and eleeted for his ninth aml ''ith more personal magnetism. There was a simplicitY. t rrn jn the lo-wer Hou ·e. where he erYed until he wns sworn in hi. manner that attracted eYeryone with whom he became in a .-· United tates Senator. acquainted, and to know him wa · io remain his frient.l and 'Ju:t tor Br.olJ IID's suec in Cong-1--c · wa · due to the fact admirer. tllnt lie n-as alway ngilant and zealously gua.rded the interests He had i.ew, if any, enemi-es. He loyed his fellow men. His of l1ls con ·titu£".nts. He seldom addr ed the House, but when heart bu blecl o r >Ylth kindne · and generosity. he diu be alway · commanded attention, as he spoke eloquently, In hi political career he had many sharp and bitter contests, forctuly, and to the point. He ,,~as a bold and aggressive de­ anu yet when the smoke of the battle had lifted it was ahvay bater and he ne•er he itated to as ert his views plainly :md found that Bon .BRou S.hlm had emerged from each struggle une(]nh·ocnlly, nor did he lle ·itate to fearlessly ch..'lllenge that stronger and more popular than when he entered it. "·hieh he did not approYe. lie was a man of intense convictions, and he had the cou-rage As th-e Representati\e of· the great ugar-producing district to express them, but he fought so fairly, so frankly, and so of the State of Loui ·ana, l1e made a close study of i:he sugar OI}enly that no one eY"en que tioned llis sincerity, and he came­ industry, ~pecially as to the necessity for its protection against out ot his politlenl contests with the admiration and respect ot foreign competition, and it was generally concedetl in botb those who had fou.ght him most bitterly. branches of Congres that he was an authority on any question He >rn from th~ people and h~ ·alway continued to l>e one of pertaining to sugar. them. He gave to his humblest CDnstitnents the . same consid­ That his intimate knowledge of this industry and· aggressive eration and attention that he gave the most powerful. He con· fight in its behalf when it was being a ailed by free-trade .advo­ sidered himself the servant of all the people, regardle of tlleii· .. cntes was an important factor in saving the sugar industry station or condition. in Louisiana from dentruction i · admitted by e-veryone famililll' The Broussard family is one of the largest in Sotlthwest With the facL Louisiana, and when Senator Bnou 'BARD was first elected to He -was e\erely criticized, both at home and at tlte Nation' Congre ~ hi · numerous kinsmen began to call him " Couzn.n Capital, when he accepted an appointment on the W.ays .and Bob," anti this name gradually grew in popular favor until he Means Committee at the hand of Mr. CANNON, who was then was called by tbls name from one end of the State to the other. · the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives. A Creole hjmself., " Oouzan Bob ., was the idol of the Creole But this appointment enabled him to render signal senlce to who C(}nstitute most of the population of the third Louisiana the sugar, rice, .andlmnber industries during the 'framing 'Of th~ di trict, and he was mo t deserving of this popularity, as he was Payne-Aldrich tariff bill under the administl'ation of Pre id-ent always accessrole and always faithful to tlle interests which theY. Taft, and that his actiOOl met with the approval of the maj(}Tity so repeatedly committed to his trust. of the people of Louf iann was shown by tile fact that he was Senator BRoussARD had no children, anil bis affections were .snbsequently elected to .the ·united States Senate, even thougb centered upon his wife, Miss Manette Applegate, and she it he was opposed by tw.o popular and strong contenders. was who through his months of illnes · and suffering was llis He concei•ed it to 'be bis duty to faWllully retl.cet the views constant companion and gave him the love, care. and attention of his constituents and to sustain the policies to '\\~hieh they tb.a.t not n1y prolonged his life bnt mane his last days cheerful stood committed. Ad\erse eriticism neTet' for one moonent and comfortab-le. swerved Jlim from this course, .and an app1.·eciative and admiring When deat11 was near at hand, Senator BnousSABD, notwith• constituency not only indorsed this policy but they tlid not ·rest standing the orders of his j)hysician, refused to ueny himself to sati fled until they had eleTated Wm to the highest o:ffiee witbin bis friends. So lon_g ns he was cons.ciou , he insisted that they, . tileir gift. be admitted to his rc:Jmmber, and .as lou~ n · he had the·stren<>'th Senator BRou ABn· activities in Oongres were not, how­ hi llancl was alwuys extended in cheerful d friendly greetin~ e-ver, confined to tariff is ues. He was most vigilant .and watch­ lli. 'Speak~ Senator Bnou sABn possessed mnny splendid and .fnl in behalf of the rivers and navigable waters of Louisiana. beautiful t.I:aits of dlaracter, but if I were asked to select the one ancl through his efforts many of our natural streams 'Were im­ which wa mo t to be admired 'I would unhe.·ita.tingly say his proved and made navigable, and the great Atehafalaya Hrrrbor deToti{)n and loyalty to his friends. at Morgan City was recognized by this Government as a worthy I can neTer forget that even when death was staring him in project, and financial aiel is now .annually extended in deepen­ the face he.mndc a special trip to Washington for no other pur­ ing and impra-vlng that hn.rbor. po e a\~ tha.t .of joining with his colleague from Louisiana in It was Senator BRouss.ARD who was .among t11e first to grasp the doing of a generous act which he felt would redound to IDY. the grea-t udvantages that would acerue to Lo-uisiana by the con­ inter t and advantage. struction of an interc{)astal canal from the Rio Grande to the His kindnes~ his n.chie.Tements-, and hi triumphs will always :Mississippi River. He made 1·epeated trips with the United a precious memory t.o those who loved him, and I count it as a States engineers over the proposed route of this eanal, -and so pri ele lieritag to haTe had tlle" prl\ilpge of enj(}ying his impressed them witb the great relief tha.t this would give in friendship. the way of transportation tha.t upon the recommendation of the engineers the project was .adopted, and this .canal, which 1\Ir. RODE.NBERG. 1\Ir. SpeaJrer, tile one dominant, outstnrul~ will do so much for tlle development of south Louisiana, is ing trait in the terling character of .R neTer deserted. a f.l:lcnd or abandoned a Rules. IU'incipl~. He knew naught of expediency nncl he did not care to 1V"hile Senator lliousSABD seJ:..-ed but two .and one-half years know. H w inca.pal)le of deception, and 11 tbe world recog­ in the upper House, yet in this time he established for hi.mself nized in him a bra\e and manly man who, in victory and in the same reputation for ability, effi.dency, rutd brilliancy wh¥'.11 defeat, stood "four squm·e to all the winds that blow.•• lle had established in the lowet· House. His duties in the It is now 20 year since 'I entered Congr , -and within a few Senate were both numerous u.nd exacting, but they were dis­ days after becoming a 1\lember of this body it was my good for­ charged with such fidelity, :and the results obtained were so tune to make the .acquaintance of -our departed friend. In­ satisfying to the people and great interests concerned, that it stindively 11ttracted by a personality that radiated lncerity \\as generally .conceded that had he lived he would have been an:d good feUowsllip, 1 soon formed an attachment for him tbnt returned to the Senate without opposition. rlpened into the warme ·t friendship of my entire congressional -

1919. CONGRESSIO:N.A.L RECORD--HOUSE. 2077 career: There is no man, living or dead, for wllom I entertained The glories of our birth and , t ate Are shadows, not substantial things. a more genuine affection that I uid for "Bon" BRovSSARn. To­ There is no armour against fate. day, as I recall that close intimacy of two full decades, unmarred Death lays his icy hand on kings. by a single unpleasant incident, I feel myself again under the ~cepter and crown must tumble down, .And in the earth be equal made spell of that genial, friendly smile. Again I feel the hearty, With the poor humble scythe and spade. sincere handclasp ; again I bear the pleasant, cheery words of greeting. :Methinks I see him now erect, courtly, .chivalrous, 1\Ir. BRoussARD had passed nearly half his life in the city of unaffected--one of God's noblemen. Washington. He was educated at Georgetown University, ov-er 1\lr. Speaker, it is not given to mortal man to comprehend the beyond Rock Creek, and in his college days looked daily across mystery of life and death. \Ve can not quite understand a dis­ from those commanding heights that overlook the Potomac to the pensation that removes from the activities of life one who was tall Dome of this great Capitol. How little could he foresee that he would spend more than 20 years beneath this Dome. Going in the \ery prime of vigorous manhood and at the very zenith of his intellectual powers, with years of splendid usefulness still home to Louisiana from Georgetown he studied law at Tulane. stretching out before him. With a faith that has its foundation University at New Orleans. Then practiced law at his home in in our belief in the immortality of the soul, we bow to the Divine New Iberia, and almost immediately was chosen prosecuting will and accept the decree. It is this sublime and sustaining attorney, which position he resigned to come to the House of faith, a faith that rises "triumphant o'er our fears," that dis­ Representatives. In this respect he followed the course that sipates the mists of doubt and gloom, and in this solemn hour so many other men have taken. A successful representative of unfolds to our enraptured gaze the glories of the eternal morn. the people in the courts of his home community often has many of the qualities that make him a successful Representative For him the mystery has been solved and the f-uture stands in this House. .Anc1 Mr. Bn.ouss.A.TID had these qualities. He_ revealed. "After life's fitful fever he sleeps well." loved to be among the folks about him. He could have said Knowing .Bon BRoussARD as I knew him, I know that death truthfully with Kipling- had no terrors for him. I . know that he approached the end For as they come ~nd as they go, calmly, unflinchingly, majestically. He lived and died-a gen­ Whatever their degree, tleman. Great in life, grand in death, now gloriops in memory ! The people, Lord, thy people For 18 years he occupied a seat in this Chamber, and for more A.re good enough for me. than two years he was a Member of the Senate of the United It was no pretense that made him the genial companion of States. During all of that time he served his constituency with all those about him. He understood them and so they _,Tere an intelligent zeal and fidelity equaled by few and surpassed drawn to him. ' by none. Broad in his sympa.thles, generous in his na:tuTe, un­ He had other qualities that made him distinguished as n failing in his good humor, " with malice toward none and legislator. Though a Democrat, he was great enough to put charity for all," .he was neTer known to tu1·n a deaf ear to the the welfare of his people above his party. All who were here cries of distres . Often have I seen him retrace hls steps to in the Sixty-third Congress will remember his gallant fight for dispense charity to some blind or crippled mendicant whom he the iQdustries of his State when the Underwood tariff bill was happened to pass on the street. He was never happier than under consideration. I will not stop to recall the details of when doing some kindly, gracious act. He loved his fellow man that contest; but .the stand made by 1\!r. BRouss.A.RD against deeply, sincerely, and that love ;found expression in the most party opposition displayed courage and patriotism of the highest thoughtful consideration for .all who came in contact with him. type. Fearless and independent, courteous and cultured, conscientious Though a fluent and convincing speaker, Mr. BRoussARD did and constructi,-e, eloquent and logical, BoB BRoussARD possessed not often take the .floor, and never unless he had something ::tll of the elements of the ideal legislator. It is no wonder that worth while to say. He did not expand tne RECORD much, but· he has left the impress ot his strong and virile personality upon every session he was with us in either end of the Capitol he the history of his day and generation, and in the memory of his expanded the list of. his fr.iends and admirers. He is with us many noble deeds, nobly done, he has reared for himself a monu­ no more, but he is the sort of man who makes us think more· ment that will endure so long as sentiment abides iJ?. the hearts. kindly of the world beyond the grave, because he is the sort .of men. of man whom we.want to meet again. When he was livin<>" on this earth and we were about to go to New Orleans, that lo~el~ 1\Ir. FORDNEY. 1\Ir. S11eaker, we have met to-day to say our southern metropolis was more desirable if we knew that BoB' last official word of appreciation of our friend Senator RoBERT F. BRoussARD would be there to welcome us. In the eternal sum­ Bnovss.A.:RD, who:m so many of us remember as a long-time 1\Iem­ mer of the celestial city, free from .care, eternity will surely be ber of the House. When the SiXty-fifth Congress assembled more worth while to those who can look forward to a \Yelcome more than one--third of the Senate roll was composed of former and a friendly smile from ROBERT F . BROUSSABD. Members of the House of Representatives. There w-ere JoHN H. BANKHEAD and OscAR W. U rnERwooD, of Alabama; MARcus A. Mr. SANDERS of Louisiana. 1\fr. Speaker, Bon Bnov s s.ARD SMITH, of Arizona; JosEPH T. RoBr;:q-soN, of Arkansas; JoHN F. and I were born and resided in adjoining counties. We knew· SHAFROTH, of Colorado; FlLo\.NK B. BR.Al\"l>EGEE, of Connecticut; each other practically all our lives. We both- entered politics TllOMAS ,V. H ATIDWICK, of Georgia; JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS, Of together in the memorable campaign of 1892, he being elected Illinois; J AMES E. W .ATSON, of Indiana; CHARLEs. CURTIS, of district attorney of his district and I being elected a member of Kansas; Ollie M. James, of Kentucky; JosEPH E. RANSDELL the Louisiana House of Representatives, both running and both and RoBERT F. BnoussARD, of Louisiana; JoHN WALTER SMITH, winning on the antilottery Dem-ocratic ticket. . of 1\Iaryland; HEr-.-nY CABoT LoDGE and JoHN W. WEEKs, of 1\Ias­ In the many campaigns that 1\fr. · BRouss.AJID had in the early sacllusetts; WILLIAM ALDEN SMITH and CHArJ.ES E. TowNSE?."'l>, days when he was first elected to Congress from the thiru dis­ of 1\.Iichigan; KNUTE NELSON,. of 1\>finnesota; JOHN SHARP WIL­ trict we always fought side by side. In after years our per­ LIA.:us, of 1\iissis ippi; William J. Stone, of Missouri; GILBERT M. sonal ambitions clashed and w~ fought each other just as HITCHCOCK and GEOTIGE W. NoRRIS, of Nebraska; FRANCIS G. frankly as we had previously fought together, but our personal NEWLA~-ns, of .r Tevada; Jacob H. Gallinger, of New Hampshire; relationship was nev-er interfered with by our political differ­ ,Wrr.Lu u HUGHEs, of New Jersey·; WILLllM M. CALDER, of New ences. Politically M:r. BROUSSARD and myself differed on many York; AsLE J. GRONNA, of North Dakota; KENNETH 1\fcKEr.r.AR, things and many occasions, but personally our relationship was of Tennessee; 1\foRn.rs SHEPP.AliD, of Texas; WILLIAM H. KINa, always that of friend one to the other. of Utah; CLAUDE A. SwANSON, of Virginia; WESLEY L. JONES ·I believe no man in Louisiana had more friends than Senator anc1 MILES POINDEX'fETI, of Washington; NATHAN GoFF and RoBERT F. B.noussAR.D. He served those friends according to his How.AJlD SUTHI!:RLAND, of "\Vest Virginia; and RoBERT l\1. L..!. lights and did that which he thought was right. His death has FoLLETTE, of \Visconsin. left many a sorrow and many a wound in Louisiana. He had a Of the long list of our former colleagues in the House Senators large circle of fiiends, a large circle of relatives, and a family all James of Kentucky, BRou ssARD of Louisiana, ·Stone of Missouri, proud of him and of whom he was proud. He is gone. Peace be · Newlanc1s of Nevada, Gallinger of New Hampshire, and Hughes unto him, and may comfort come to those who loved him. of New Jersey have passed away within two years, a remark­ able harvest of the reaper whose name is Death. Think of it! J.fr. RUCKER. Mr. Speaker, when I came to Washington as Of 37 ex-l\fembers of the House who were Members of the a Member of this House one of the first acquainta nces formed Senate in December, 1917, six have died, or one in every six, beyond my own delegation was with the distinguished gentle­ a mortality more than ten times greater than that of our troops man from Louisiana, RoBERT F. BRoussARD. Our acquaintance :in war! Their go"ing makes us exclaim, as Warren Hastings was casual and formed in the usual way that such acquaint­ exclaimed when he heard of the death of his opponent in a ances begin, but .as time passed ,and we -n·ere thrown more inti­ political campaign, "What shadows we.are, and what shadows mately together in the discharge of our respective official duties we pursue!" It makes us remember that- and had longer anti larger opportunities for association that CONQRESSION.A.L RECOR:P-HOUSE. JANUARY ~6,

acquaintance deYeloped into a friendship of the most ardent larity which must be accredited to the place in the niche of nature. I do not exaggerate when, speaking for myself, I con­ fame occupied by mourned BoB BRoussARD. fess that it became an affection. "Words can. never heal the wounds and cure the scars in­ I have been much gratified and pleased at the splendid trib-· flicted by the Grim Reaper. Those pains have to be borne by utes that have been paid to both the personal and official life s~nt and sinner alike. The laws of nature provide places for and character of my deceased friend. I indorse all that has been shadow and sunshine. Each is necessary to the enfoldment of so beautifully said. No man within my memory or acquaintance creation. In our humble capacity, in the feeble way tendered to with whom I have_ ever associated was broader in his concep­ mankind by speech and signs and tokens, we offer our most tion of the right or braver in his determination to do the right heartfelt sympathies and sincerest condolences to the grief­ than Bon BnoussARD. True, generous, and confiding, always and stricken widow and immediate relatives. tmcler all circumstances a gentleman of the most pronounced "An elaborate funeral program was insisted upon by the type. When the sad message was flashed to Washington an­ public and heartily responded to by the fraternal societies of nounCing the death of Senator BRoussARD my tears mingled which he was a long and valuable member. The Pythians. the with the tears of his loved ones. I realized that the Nation Elks, and the Masons spared no effort and labor to make the had lost one of its wisest and best legislators, the State of last tribute of respect one of the brightest pages and chapters Louisiana one of her loftiest, noblest, and truest citizens, the of his history. . His life-long and intimate friend, Mr. Louis wife a kind, affectionate, and loving husband, and I had lost A. W:alet, under the strong impulse of friendship and love de­ one of my dearest friends. livered a most eloquent funeral oration that is· very seldom 1\Ir. Speaker, I can not add to this splendid eulogy contained listened to and privileged to be heard. United States Senator in the New Iberia Enterprise of April 20, 1918, a paper ·published VARDAMAN, of Mississippi, one of his colleagues in the United in the city where Senator BRoussARD lived and died: States Senate, delivered, in one of the noblest and most inspir­ " Oun 1\IOST POPULAR STATESMAN LAID TO REST-THE PEOPLE'S FRIE~D ing efforts, a eulogy of which.any poet or painter of word pic­ .MOURNED BY THE WHOLE STATE. tures would be eminently proud. Many tears from men and " Last Tuesday New Iberia had a 'day of deep, intense mourn­ women in the audience were seen to furtively roll down the ing and sorrow connected with the interment of Iberia's most cheeks as a manifestation of that sacred thrill which love and distinguished son, United States Senator RoBERT F. BRoussARD, admiration generates. This completed the public ceremonies known in terms of universal lo-ve and admiration as '-Couzan and started the march of the funeral cortege to the Catholic Bob.' graveyard where his remains were temporarily laid at rest in "Kature seemed to have carved from the calendar the most the tomb of Mr. Felix Patout. beautiful day of the month and fused ·it with the very heart "In spite of the presence of the sepulcher and the lugubrious throbs of his numberless friends and devotees. The majestic atmosphere, a bright light, the sunshine of hope pierced the pall oak in front of the courthouse, under which he lay in state, of distress of his widow and relatives and friends when an­ with its graceful branches and protecting foliage, lent a somber­ other of his former colleagues in Congress, Hon RoDENBERG, of ness, a deep-felt so~emnity, mellowed in tone and tinged by the illinois, delivered the last and most touching panegyric human e-ver-eYasive, eluding sun's rays, to the close of his life and being ever listened to. With a sincerity and deep emotion career, a typical epic of completed work and silenced loyalty. engraved on every word spoken and sentence delivered his deep / "The mute evidence of tears and anguish, the unuttered sym­ emotion and overwhelming fraternalism overwhelmed all within pathy and worship of the moving mass of humanity attending the reach of his voice. Love, friendship, and charity, fraternity the obsequies, is the finest, most imperishable monument laid at and equality, were the reward which went down to the grave his bier. Friend and foe in handclasp felt the sting of the into eternity. Memory will forev~r treasure and refresh with silence of death. The yawning grave about to absorb his most the spirit of emulation ancl recognition· of the heart's value and precious mortal remains deepened the unfathomable mystery the soul's role in nature's days of busy life the crowded record which cancels brilliancy of mind, loyalty of heart, warmth of of the career of Bon BRoussARD. friendship, of lofty service of a staunch_and stern citizenship, " The munificence and luxuriance of the floral decorations exacted the inexorable tribute of reverence and homage. No were reminiscence of the extensive ramifications the effect of public man on the stage of Louisiana's political life has ever his public .life had upon the political and indm:trial develop­ dominated and controlled as completely as our departed friend ment of the State of Louisiana. Those were symbols of the Bob the friendship, the love of his fellow citizens. The per­ fruit of the tree of life, the utility of man's service, a health sonal magnetism will be the phenomena of the record of his and the proper investment of man's 'faculties. Each garland deeds. In all his varied and multitudinous activities-political, represented every drop of his life dedicated to the duties he social, and fraternal-the same element of humane feelings assumed and the work he accomplished.- Upon that altar of self­ characterized the results. He put man and life above the eco­ sacrifice and inspiring patriotism rests a finished temple erected nomic materialism which plays so large a part and is such a to his life and memory. prominent feature in our American life and consciousness. It "The pallbearers were his two brothers, Hon. Edwin S. Brous­ is tllis recognition of the successes and failures, the hardships sard, Albert Broussard; Richard P. Steckler-and Preston Guil­ and privations, the punishments and rewards of the common beau, brothers-in-law; a cousin, Silvio Broussard; and intimate man of the crowd, the struggling mass of darkness and adver­ friends, Dr. George J. Sabatier, William H. Price, and Van sity, the achievements and triumphs of those creators of wealth Beary. . and opportunities of the industrial realm of the State that wove "Among the distinguished senatorial committee here to attend the laurel wreaths, the crowns of service, placed upon his brow the o}Jsequies were Senators JAMES K. VARDAMAN, of Missis­ of useful, honorable career. sippi; THOMAS P. GoRE, of Oklahoma; HENRY L. MYERS, of Mon· " Leading the simple life, wanting no. extraordinary luxuries tana; WILLIAM H. THOMPSON, of Kansas; WILLIAM F. KIRBY, and improvised extravagances, he became an apostle of work of Arkansas ; JosEPH E. RANSDELL, of Louisiana ; and HowARD and industry without the poison of pride and the power of SUTHERLAND, of West Virginia. 1\Ir. F. J. Delahoussaye, a page glory. The best weapon and equipment in his battles and suc­ in the Senate, al3o accompanied the party to New Iberia. cesses were his spirit of natural humility and modesty. " The Representatives were WATKINS, DUPRE, LAzARO, AS WELL, "Be felt nature to be the best instructor, with no shams and WILSON, SANDERS, and MARTIN, of Louisiana, and RUCKER, of pretensions, with no false ideas or artificial attitudes. Under Missouri. Representatives EsTOPINAL, of Louisiana, and LANG­ stress, in storm and tempest, he followed the rigid rules of his LEY, of Kentucky, who were also named on the committee, were manhood and conseience. He believed thoroughly in the honesty unable to serve. The party was in charge of W. D. Meng, As­ and integrity of the silent, spiritual -voice in human nature. sistant Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, and included, besides He worshipped the truth and the limitation of man's ability and the legislative Members, George W. Bess, superintendent of the intellectual capacity. He hated shadows and gave considera­ United States Botanical Gardens and a close friend of the dead tion to substance. Illusions appeared as the germs of poison Senator. in his great sol~mn enterprises. His whole public career, his "Aside from the members of the two congressional committees, congressional history, his senatorial services reflect this per­ Gov. Pleasant, and others, among the prominent mourners were sonality. Everything credited to his victories during the pas­ Federal Judge George Whitfield Jack and John C. Pugh, of sions and prejudices of political campaigns, every trophy Shreveport; Judge Winston Overton, of Lake Charles; Senator brought back from any contest where right and loyalty were Bertrand Weil, of Alexandria; Senator A. 0. Boyer, of Avoy· being assailed and menaced, breathes in a large degree the elles; Col. W. l\'f. Price, of Thibodaux; J. Martin Hamley, of soul of his tmimpeachable, unspotted service. \Ve have many Lake Providence; Lieut. Gov. Fernand Mouton ; Secretary of Creole · and Acadians in the public life in the State of Louisiana, State Janies J. Bailey; State Auditor Paul Capdevielle; Fred but none, so far, has yet, in public estimation and dispassionate. J. Grace, registrar of the State land office ; Attorney General A. C. judgment and unbiased mind, reached the height of popu· Coco; W. B. Lee, of Shreveport; R. N. Sims, State bank ex- 1919. CONGRESSIONAL R.ECOR.D-HOUSE. '20l9 nminer ; Numa l\.Iontel, of Lafayette~ H. R. Speed, of ::\Ionroe; legi Iature, it being known at the time us high as $50,000 was John H. Overton, of A..ssmnptfon ;- Dudley L. Guilbeau, of Ope­ paid for the vote of a member of the house or a member of the lousas; Commissioner of Agriculture Wilson; and State' Treas­ senate. urer Henry Hunsiclwr~ Dm·ing the time of this corruption by this gambling institu­ "In the-New Orleans party were included State Food Adminis­ tion, RoBERT BRousSARD, a young man. a boy, surrounded by all tr·ator John l\1. Parker; Rene F. Clerc, president of the board of these influences, stood· up fot· the interests and rights of the trade; Richard 0. Otero; R. E. O'Rourke; James Thompson, people, the security and morality of the citizenship· of the State of 'l?he Item; ::\Iaj. A~. D. Stewart; and Senator G. J. Labarre. of Louisiana. As referred to by Gov. S.Al\-nERs, who has just " Hundreds of telegrams of condolence. poured in, among them preceded me, he and om· former go\ernor and United States ~me from President \Vilson, which was as follows : .Senator Foster, in the same section of the State as Mr. Bnaus­ · "' WAsHmGTO:.\', D~ C., April 16, 1918. SARD· lived, all worked' together against the lottery. At the time the question was finally put to the Legislature.of the State "' l\frs. R. F. Bnouss.ARD, New Iberia, La.: of Louisiana the lottery amendmenil only lacked one \Ote of " ' 1\Iay I not express my profound sympathy with rou in the having two~thirds, one senator having died. death of your husband. Mr. BnoussARD was- elected district attorney soon after be "' Woonnow WILsoN.' was inducted into the practice of law. His courage, his· skill, "The R. F. Brous ard .Iemorial ASsociation was organized his tact, were such as to enable him to win the confidence of the here. The leaders of the movement are the many friends of the people to the extent that when he became a candidate for Con­ late Senator, who were in attendm1ce at his funerul. The gress, seven years after he became district attorney, at the age association is headed by Col~ \Y. H. Price, of Lafourche, presi­ of 33 years, he was- elected to Congress. clent, and Henry B. Pruden, of Co\ington, secretary. Every 'Vit:h him the question of sugar was paramount, this indus­ bank in the State. is authorized to. recetve donations- and enter try of the· State being the living of his people, who were depend­ them to the account of the association. Further information ent on their success in producing and ma,rketing their sugar will be gi\en by Col. W. H. Price, of Thibodaux, or W. H. crop, which was the staple product in the southern part of Pruden, of Covington. The object of the R. F. Broussard Memo­ Louisiana. The very way that BoB' BnoussARD pronounced the rial Association is to raise funds to finance the erection of a word " sugar " was attractive~ From the time he entered Con­ suitable monument to th~ memory of Iberia?s beloved son. gress Tip' to tlie time of his death nothing was left undone that S~POR.TED WILSO~. could have been done by him to enable them to reap the: advan­ "Mr. BRocssABD was a loyal supporter of 'Voodrow Wilson for tages of the great agricultural interests in his district. the presidential nomination in 1912, and it was largely through There are manl" things which could be said of RoBERT BRous­ his influence that the \Ote of Louisiana at the Baltimore con­ sARD. Those of us who are here to-day who attended his vention in 1912 was split between Wilson and CLARK, and on de­ funeral know there- is no eulogy whtch could be passed in bono~ ci{}ing ballots swung to Wilson. of the memory of the man: which would more folly ingratiate him "Yr. BnoussARn enjoyed the distinction of being reelected to: into the 1{}\e, affection, and esteem of his people. We who were· the· House of Representath·es after- he was elected United States­ there on that occasion, who saw the remains under the shade­ Senator by the legislature. His term us Senator did D.Qt begin of the great oak trees, remembe1~ the vast concourse of people,. until l\larch 4, 1D15, ana in 1912 he was reelected to another too large to gatheiL in any assembly halL The subdued voices, two-year term in the House, serving in that body until he took the tearful eyes, and throbbing hearts expressed the confidence, his seat in the Senate." esteem, and respect that his people had for him. Mr. DUPRE took the chair as Speaker pro tempore. Mr. DICKINSON. 1\.Ir. Speaker, I regard it a special privi­ lege to be given an opportunity to-day to speak a few words Mr. ·wATKINS. JUr. Speaker, I served longer in the House in memory of Ro:BEB.T F. Bnouss.ABD, who servecr many years as of RepTesentatiYes with Senator B.n6USSllD than any· other­ a distinguished Representative in this great body, and who Member from our State now in the House-. He served in the afterwards represented with honor his great State in the House and the Senate together, in the various Congresses from Senate. the time he entered until the· time of his death, over 20· years. Shortly after coming to Congress I became acquainted with Gen. Myer also set'led for 20 years. I believe that Sam Robin­ . Senator BBoussABD, then a Memoer of the House, and that ac­ son serv-ed' 20 years. Senato.l" RANSDELL has ser\ed more· than quaintance. ripened into a. friendship deeply app'reciated by me. 20 years, including his service- in both Houses. Looking- back ..~t all times courteous and gentlemanly, he won the respect over the various acts which Senator Bnouss.A..RD performed_and and affection of all with whom he came in contact. He pos­ the various measures which he advocated, I can say there was sessed a most delightful and attractive personality, which no man who was ever more devoted to the interests of his con­ charmed those with whom be associated~ Knowing him as I stituents, or who was ever truer to his duty as a Representative, lea-rned ro know him, it was easily underst-ood why an apprecia­ OI' who ever more properly aroused the great respect, admira­ tive· constituency loved to honor him as a representati\e in tion, love, and esteem of his constituents than RoBERT F. Bnous­ ·public life. SARD. When I first knew him he appeared as a boy, soon after H~ had! in him all the elements that tended to make a success­ he bad come from the city of Washington, where he had at­ ful career and those who knew him well in his long and coura­ tended for three years Georgetown University. He was then in geous pu.blic service· to his State and Nation have paid eloquent the customhouse in the city of New Orleans, where he was act­ and desel'Ved tribute to his worth and: character. He had the­ ing as a Go,~ernment official. He held mo different positions courage· of' Iris eoavicti{)ns, and with marked ability did he sus­ there. The whole city of New Odeans was then boiling and tain himself' in the many contests that characterized his public seething and worked up to the highest pitch over the question life. whether the Louisiana State Lottery should be continued in He entered upon his official career early in life and for nearly power as one of the most grinding monopolies ever organized in a quarter of a centur~ he was in the limelight of public opinion~ any government, whether it should be allowed to continue as a He met with singular ability every test that determined his fit· corporation, as a business institution, or whether it should. be ·ness for the positions o:f trust that he filled with such distin­ destxoyed by the vote of the people. guished honor: At that time .the people of the city of New Orleans, and to a. He ended his long nnd briliant career in the ve1·y prime of his large· extent tluough the entire State of Louisiana, were so manhood. entwined and intermingled and influenced by the lottery and its :My relations to him were those of a personal friend. IDs ramifications were such that it reached nearly every household. courtesies and friendship were appreciated by me. The recol­ Servants in the homes would-pilfer for the purpose of contribut­ lection of his many virtues will be a sweet memory as long as I ing their means. to sustain this infamous, iniquitous, corrupt shall live~ gambling conce1·n. It had been instituted during the ReJ)ublican There was a charm about him that few men possessed, and r~gime, dul'ing the reconstruction period, in the State of Louisi,. it was a delight to be with him. I learned early to love him ana, and had so embedded itself in the public mind and in public and shall alwa~ be glad that I knew and had the friendship of institutions, and had ingratiated itself so in the minds of the ROBERT F. Bnouss~. peQple. that it was -almost impossible, even with the herculean. effort. made by the citizens of the State, to disorganize, disrupt, Mr. BUPR~. Mr. Speaker, RoBERT FoLI~Y BRoussARD was and finally o\erthrow it. in his ft:fty;.fourth year when. death claimed him. Almost hal;f I speak of this for the purpose of showing_the circUillStances of his entire life-practically all of his adult life--was spent surrounding the people, the enormous amount of money at tile ' iu the city of ·wrrshington, first as a student of Georgetown command of t11e lottery. It w·as openJy buying members of the Uni\ersity, then as a Member of this body for 18 yea~·s, and 2080 . CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. JANUARY 26,- finally as a Senator of the United States, which exalted office He is mourned to-day in Louisiana as few men have been he was filling at the time of his death. He had.accordingly come mourned. Expressing sincere sympathy to the bereaved family to be a familiar figure in the Nation's Capital, and counted and paying tribute to his memory in this hour of sorrow, I give among the official and resident and visiting population of the this my earnest expression of grief in the loss to our State and Di trict of Columbia a large number of warm personal friends. Nation of a serviceable citizen whose distinguished ability was News of his demise, therefore, was received here with the great­ known and recognized throughout the country. est regret and with manifestations of deepest sympathy. How wide ·pread was the grief in the State of Louisiana has already Mr. CLARK ot Florida. l\Ir. Speaker, when I came to the been empha ized. No one who witnessed it will soon forget the House as a new Member 14 years ago, one of the first Members immen e concourse from all · walks of life and from every por­ with whom I became closely associated "as our departed friend, tion of the State that gathered in his home city of New Iberia Bon BRousSARD, of J,ouisiana. Fo•: six years he anLl l sat side last April to pay him the final tribute of sorrow and respect. by side, just about where I now stand, when the deskS were in The scene at the tomb was memorable and formed a setting the House. I learned· to know him intimately and well. I worthy of the notable address by the talented and eloquent learned not- only to have an affection for him as a friend but a gentleman fromlllinoi. [l\Ir. RoDENBERG], who had been the dead very great admiration, which really ripened into love for the Senator's intimate friend for many years. man and his many sterling qualities. Bon RRoussAim could not l\Ir. BRoussaRD had a striking and outstanding personality. do a mean or small thing. He was generosity itself; he was Physically he was handsome of countenance, graceful and the very soul of honor; and he was one of the most human of easy of carriage, and strong of body. His naturally robust con­ men it has ever been my pleasure to know. ·when he cUed stitution had been developed by his love of out of doors, for he humanity lost a friend. All of us who knew him here felt was de\oted to life in the open. He loved nature and all growing that we had lost an able, faithful, conservative legislator; a things-trees and plants and flowers. One rarely saw him with­ loyal, pah·iotic public servant, and a staunch, unselfish, devoted . out a boutonniere in his lapel. He liked all animals, especially friend. horses and dogs, and reveled in the pastimes with which the l\1r. Speaker, it is seldom that we are privileged to meet n latter are associated. He was an ardent de\otee of the chase man in whom so many of the virtues are blended as there w·ere and a crack shot. He enjoyed racing-the "sport of h~ngs "­ in our late associate. As I say, I have been here some 14 years. \vas an excellent judge of horse flesh, and was himself a ·skilled 1\iany men with whom I have served in this great body have eque trian. crossed oYer the river and are resting under the shade of the l\lentally he was richly endowed. He had a quick and alert trees since I fit•st entered this Chamber as a Member. Many mind, and his powers of absorption and assimilation were par­ of them have gone out from among us and have solved the ticularly keen. Knowing but little of a subject, he could, after great mystery. Notwithstanding ";rhnt may be said about the hearing others explain it, grasp the salient· points and present House of Representatives, it is at l_ast the one great legislative the proposition as his \ery own. He had a ready and picturesque body on this earth, and the men who come here are uistinctly flow of language, a pleasing Yoice, and a graceful deli\ery, either representative of the best thut there is in the people who send in the forum or on the hustings. them. Bon llnovss.\nD 1·evresented to a remarkable degree the Socially he was charming. He was naturally compan,ionable. highly intelligeut, l)atriotic, lovable people of the State of He liked people and liked to mingle with them. One rarely saw Louisiana. He was in a large measure their idol, particularly him alone. He was an inimitable raconteur, and his fund of the people in his immediate vicinity, who had known him all of clever and "·itty stories was inexhaustible. He was most adapta­ his life. As has just been stated by one of his colleague , he ble, equally at home in the club, in the drawing room, or with never met with defeat in a political contest. Knowing him as I the mnn on the street. did, it would be impossible to conceive how such a man could be Such qualities combined in one man were naturally calculated defeated at the hands of his people. to draw his fellowmen to his support, and it is only truth to We shall no more be greeted in this historic Hall by his tell that his individual following was as large as, if not larger ever-present smile; no more shall we here receive his cordial than, any one public man that the State of Louisiana has known handclasp and look upon his face, which always beamed with in many a decade. Thousands followed his personal and political brothE>rly loYc for his fellows; but let us fervently llope that fortunes blindly and unquestioningly. There was in him some­ in the great be;rond whither \Ve are all traveling we may again thing that in other days the" 1\fill Boy of the Slashes" had, that meet and commune with our beloved comrade and friend who the" Plumed Knight of Maine" possessed, and that, in our own has only preceded us to thnt beautiful land where there is no time, no one would deny to the "Great Rough Rider," too early more of pain, of :mffering, of separation, and of death. May the

1mmberle friends' ana foes will illumine the valley of the dark taneou~. The chru·m and the virility of his personality r maine(l shadow..;. His career was meteoric. Some of his political t.mt­ with him to the end. He had the art, the Yer ·a.tility, the agility; tles had a. Napoleonic. swee.p. and nobility of mind that rendered hi~:t power· of mental pene­ "The truggle for the United States Senatorship against eJ.C tration an ever-in ·pil•ing feature of lli na.tm· . 'l!hi • factor trenched officialdom r~:flected a high order of political skill and rendered, from an ethnograpllical point of view. th invaluable strategy. A wizard on the stage of the State• public life, his service that made his coronation a · the true apo tle of Cr olism uncanny, mysterious power of hypnotism made him the patron inevitable. This ·octal achievement, after the ffectiY dis ·tpa­ saint of the largest individual following ever recorded. His tion of the lingering clouds of dish· s o:C a. simple, l>ut kind aml entrance into public. life, especially the fieginning of his congres- highly romantic people, still remembering the historical priva­ ional career, was dmmatic.in1 the extreme, if not highly spec· tions and hardshiP that featured the compulsory exodus of their tacular in . orne respects. Nominated by one-half vote majority forebears, will rank with, the best work of the great moral and nt l\lorgan City, he· at once became a fixed, 'honored institution in social lea-der of our national. history and desenre the recogni­ t.he State's political actirtties. He weathered all storms ancl tion of tlte highest authorities in sociology. Many a day wil\ turmoil with unflinching counrge and conquered opposition, some­ elapse before hi people can again tender their hand of frlendr time defamation and calumny, with. such lofty magnanimity . hip to an approximation of what be steadfastly stood and that left no scars, no stings. The charm of his manhood, the worked for. No public figure- in Louisiana to-day can slu:u:e the nobility of a kind, fraternal nature, the spirit of devotion to exaltation of character, the glorification of principle , the sane· friend and the recognition of the rights and privileges of tification of efforts which will mark the brightest, the most en­ political independence were assets no political expediency and com·aging page of a polltical history r~pl te with service and · nr·ce sity could ever threaten or destroy. stilTing with sacrifice." · · · "At Washington he prepared with dogged tenacity to render the yeoman service which po terity and the futu.r~e historian will Mr. 1\lARTIN. Mr. Speaker, several Members desired to 1·ecoguize as the masterpiece of his life's work. Stalwart in his address too House to-day upon· the life and chn.racter of Senator_ views on protection, no tariff bill during his term of office at the BRoussARD, but are unavoidably absent. I therefore ask unan~.,o Capital was ever formulated and submitted to Congress for rati­ mous consent that all Members be permitted to extend their fication but bore the imprint of his views and the wisdom of his remarks in the RECORD. studies and experience. Hating mastered, through close scrutiny The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, it will he so. nnd reseru.·ch, the intricate problems of the vexatious sugar ques­ ordered. tions, he berame encyclopedic on the subject and a tower of There was no objection·. strength during the precarious, menacing periods blows· and as­ saults were directed against the State's sugar industry. During THE LATE SENATOR JAMES H. Bll..WY. ' all these times of stress, uncertainty, and vicissitudes his cham­ 1\lr. lPRENCH a ·umed the chair as Speaker pro tempor . pionship of sugar protection assumed a fervor, a dedication of The SPEAKER pro tempore. The CJerl< will report the next service whfch culminated in his political canonization by the order of the day. demOCl·acy of the third district. Changes in Federal administra­ Tbe Clerk read a follow : tions, tampering with tariff bills, exploitations of the vagaries House re olulion 521. of comic economic principles, involving the annihilation. or On motion of Mr. SMITH of Idaho .. by unanimous cou ent, · paralizntion of·the sugar industry, never changed his stand, his Ordered, That Sunday• . January 26, 1919, be set apart for addresses upon the UJ'e, character, and public services or Hon. JAMES. II. BRADY, position. Even at the risk of political ostracism, party e:x:pul­ Late a Senator from the State of Idaho. slim, and sav.age criticism of a whole small world of bureau-. Mr. SMITH of Idaho. 1\Ir. _Speaker, I offer the following crats, he stood as the rock of ages, the invincible defender on the ramparts fighting libel, repelling · economic fetiches, and resolutions, which I send t{) the· de. k and ask to have read. The Clerk read as follows : anarchy~ In the United State Senate, as well as the House of Resolved, That the business of the ITo use be now suspend d, tba t Congre~ , be was recognized as a. fearless warrior for the rights, opportunity may be given for tributes to the memory of Hon. JAMES H. the ~ecurity, the protection of every sugar planter, of everr BRADY. late a Senator- of the United Statea from the State of Idaho. other industry of the State. He looked upon protection of Resolved, That as a pn.l'tlcular mark of respect to the memm·y of th deceased, and in recognition of his distinguished publlc ca.r r, th American labor and manufactm·es through the eyes of a sire, House, at tho conclusion of the exerci es ot this dny, shall stand ad- a prophet. He had. no hesitation in the <'lloice of economic journed. , policies. He stood unfette ~d, from party t:I:adition, upon the Reaolved, Tbat the Clerk communicate tbe c resolutions to the &mnte. Resohwd, That the Clerk S{'nd a copy of th ~ c resolutions to th famUy broad, comr>rehensive platform which. proclaimed the industrial ot the lleceased. independence, the self-sufficiency, the development of the Nation and its re onrces. He was no Yisionary and felt contempt and 1\Ir. SMITH of Idabo. Mr. Speaker, the uncertainty of th scorn for the impracticable panaceas projected on the political tenure of human life has been most vividly brought to our atten­ screen by some misguided, sometimes misled, overzealous leader tion ·by the numerous deaths in both branches of Congre s dm:· of the national Democratic organization. "The consistency of ing the last two years. Since the Sixty-fifth Congre s was con­ his immovable•stnnd dm·ing hi participation in· the construction vened in special sc sion on Apl'il 2, 1917, by proclamation of and quadrennial reYlslon of our tariff laws have earned the President 'Vilsou, 10 Senators and 13 Representative lulve permanent, deep love, sympathy, ana respect of those who looked been called over the Great Divide. In no previou Congre to him for a solution of that ever-present mena.ce. It has the with one exception, has there been snell a large mortality. elements of the fire of fanati<:i._m, the living zeal, the quivering The State that I have the honor in part to repre ent ·has lost fervor of the crusader. But it is as (' Couzan Bob " le roi des two Senator" by death during their term, Ron. 'Veldon B. Hey­ C11di n ," "king of the Cajri.n ," that fntw·o folklore will re­ burn, whose illustrious car er is still fre.'3h in the memory of the lnember him, that legend will w a-v:e the laurel crown of sanc­ people, and Hon. J llillS H. BUADY, who e splendid llie, higll tity. He has, with hi own heart, his own lifeblood, cr·eated character, and valued public service w have met h re to-day to an imperl hable shrine to which, for years to come, the stream commemorate. · of Cajan pilgrimage will be directed and the offer of reverence, It was my privilege to be intimately acquainted with Senator _the humble homage, tenderly deposited. BRADY and to enjoy his confidence for nearly a score of Y.eai.!S. • .... :ro man before him in Louisiana's public life had tile senti­ I was closely as ociated with- him in tho conduct ot fom· polit· mental control in as al> olute and astonishing a measur o-ver leal campaigns in om· State and frequently Yisited hlm in his the 'reole. He seemed to pos e the gift which could read, home. We shared each oilier ' joy. ancl successes, as well a~ analyze, and ab orb Ulel!· cars, doubts, hmullity; · With unerr­ our sorrows and disappointment , and I "peak from personal ing accuracy, ~e master touch of the prophet, he obtained the knowledge of his noble traits of chamcter, his high ideal·, an(l unnatural, the supernatm•al, a complete crystallization of the his mnny attractive pel'sonal qualities. Those who arc familiar sonow , the trials, tribulations, the hopes and ambition of: the with his r cord in the Senate are unanimous in their opinion A ntlinn. He appeared a the manifestation of their power, that no more patriotic, consclentiou.'3, or industrious man c>cr right, an

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·emigrated to the United States and married Hannah l\lcCor­ continent, visiting all the principal cities between St. Paul and IDick, and two of their sons distinguished themselves as soldiers. New· York. The organization was known as the "governors' Samuel Brady attained the rank of captain, and his name special," and the party was entertained by various cities along became a household word for bravery and resourcefulness il) the route and by the governors in the central and eastern States. -Indian warfare in western Pennsyl'mnia during the early years . Pre ident Taft- gave the party a state dinner at the White of the Nation. The other son, Hugh Brady, served as a colonel : House, and the various governors in the party were entertained in the War of 1812. by the re pective State delegations in Congress. Senator BRADY's gmndfather, ·James Young Brady, settled ·· In 1912 l\Ir. BRADY was elected president of the Trans:l\Ii'SSis­ on a farm in Indiana Counts, Pa., and served as a justice of sippi Commercial Congress, the duties of which position occupied the peace for 43 years. His son John engaged in farming and much of his time during that yea~:. stock raising in tl1e same county, and later in Marion County, The death of Senator Heyburn on October 17, 1912, created a Pa., and finally moved his family to Johnson County, Kans:~ vacancy in the Senate, to which Gov. Hawley appointed Hon. wl1ere he purchased a farm 'vithin 20 miles of Kansas City, K. I. Perky, to hold until the legislature should elect a successor. 1\fo. · Here he became active in politics and held several publi~ Mr. BRADY was a candidate before the legislature, which con­ . positions of honor and trust. He was often called upon to set­ vened the following January, and several other prominent Re­ tle disputes among the Kansas pioneers, and was commonly publicans also aspired to the position. After 35 ballots, Senator referred to by his neighbors as Judge Brady. BRADY received a majority on the 24th of January, 1913, and · The .late Senator attended the public schools of the · district was declared elected for the balance of the unexpired term ending nnd the Leavenworth Normal College. He taught school foi· March 4, 1915. He was a candidate to succeed himself and was three years after receiYing his diploma, fitting himself in th~ reelected by the people at the general election in November, meantime for the practice of law. After editing a semiweekly 1914, for a full six-year term. newspaper for two years, he embarked in the real estate busi:. On entering the Senate his success in business affairs and his · ness, with branch offices in St. Louis, 1\Io., Chicago, Dl., an4 long el..'-perience in handling large enterprises was recognized by Houston, Tex., in which he was very successful. While · thus the leaders in tlmt body giving him assignments to important engaged he became acquainted with -the wonderful irrigation committees. He was selected as chairman of the Committee on and power possibilities of the State of Idaho, and moved tllere National Banks and was given membership on Military Affairs, in 1895. He at once became identified w·ith the development of Agriculture and Forestry, ~linE' . and Mining, Public Buildings the Snake Ri\'"er Valley, and was the moving spirit in the con­ and Grounds, Conservation of National Re.sources, anu Expendi­ struction of the Idaho canal, the Marysville canal, and the Fort tures in the Department of Commerce. Hall Indian Reservation canal. He also became interested in He brought to -his committee work and to his duties on the the development- of water power in southeastern Itlaho, and floor of the Senate a wide and varied knowled~e of -the _legis­ organized the Idaho Consolidated Power Co., which developed lati'\"e needs of the counbT, which he had gained by his activity the water power at American Falls, from which light and heat in busine. s and politics and as chief executive of his State, were supplied to the surrounding communities. which, with his natural enthusiasm and self-confidence, made His activity and long experience in irrigation affairs brought a most favorable impression on his colleagues and enabled him him the position of vice president of the National Irrigation to accomplish a great deal toward securing their support for Congress, 1896-1898, and membership on its executive committee, the enactment of wise and beneficial legislation of a local and 1900-1904. He was an influential factor in this organization, national character. through whose instrumentality great impetus was given toward The advent of the country into the world war made necessary securing the enactment of the national reclamation law. from the day war was declared almost daily meetings of the Senator BR.ll>Y took an active interest in public affairs from great-Committee on Military Affairs and frequen"t meetings of the early manhood. The . arne energy and executive ability whicb: Committee on Agriculture to ·hear the officers of the Army l1e displayed in his business enterprises distinguished him as an discuss the country's need of men, munitions, and supplies. organizer and leader in the Republican Party, and his fore­ Senator BRADY, although then in ·failing health, regularly at­ sight, business intelligence, personal popularity, and . capacity tended these meetings, and although his friends and his physicians for work became a valuable asset to that party in Idaho ·soon warned him of the danger to his health by applying himself oo after he became identified with the State. He was selected as constantly to his duties, he could not be dissuaded, insisting a delegate to the Republican national conventions of 1900, that his responsibilities to his country demanded his whole time 1908, and 1916. He was chosen chairman of the Idaho dele­ and· thought as much as if he had been assigned to the camp gation to the convention of 1908, and a member of the delegation · or trench for the.performance of military duty. selected by the convention to notify former President William .. Senator BRADY earnestly supported legislation for the p,repara­ H. Taft of his nomination at his home in Cincinnati, Ohio. tion _and conduct of tlle war, and for making the most liberal . In 1904 he was selected as chairman of the Republican State provision for the equipment and comfort of the soldiers and the Central Committee of.Idaho and again selected in 1906 and led care of their families. his party to nctory in both campaigns. He was nominated iii Although a sh·lct party man, no thought of party advantage · convention by acclamation as the Republican candidate for gov­ infiuenced. him in the consideration of legislation pertaining to ~rnor in 1908 and was elected November 3 of that year by a mag­ the conduct of the war. The common interest of all the people nificent majority. impelled him to forget partisanship, and to keep in mind only As governor, Senator BRADY urged the passage of the.direct­ the one thought, to win the war at any cost. _ primary and local-option bills and was largely instrumental in , He was entl).usiastic in his support of the Government's plans their enactment into law. Among other legislation he advo~ to assume the large burden our Republic was to bear in the cated a~:d which was enacted during his administration as gov~ world conflict, and his dying regret was that he could not live ernor were an amendment of the law regulating the period of to do his part and rejoice in the victory which he felt confident ~mployment in unuerground mines, an employers' liability law, would crown the struggle o.f his country and her allies to an­ and a law prohibiting wholesale liquor dealers being interested nihilate militarism in Europe and bring a lasting peace to the in place uoing retail business. Provision was made for the care world. · . and protection of orphans and of the homeless, neglected, or Senator BnA.DY's wide knowledge of business and the agri­ abused children, and for the indeterminate sentence of persons cultural resources of the country made him a valued member convicted of felonies, except treason and murder in the first of the Agricultural Committee, which had in charge the legis­ cJegree. He advocated many other measures for the advance­ lation for the procurement and conservation of the food supply ment of the welfare of the people of the State and contributed of our allies. He argued successfully that production could 11ri'mtely both time and money to almost every movement which _be stimulated by a guaranteed market at a fair price, and that had for its purposes the upbuilding of the State and the develop­ when the farmers were appealed to on patriotic grounds they ment of its resources. would cheerfully respond by an increased production, and the After he r;etired as chief executive he immediately again. nonproducers from patriotic motiws would conserve food to turned his attention to the development of the agricultural re­ the limit in order that our soldiers and those of our allies might sources of the State, in which he had been so active before his have an abundance. election. ~e purchased a large irrigation project near Moun­ · The . Senator's fondness for companionship and his natural tain Home, and at great expense rehabjlitated the entire system, inclination to cooperate with his friends and neighbors in all which <;>therwise would practically have been a complete failure matters affecting the general welfare of the people are well and resulted in great 1o. s to the settlers. iUustrateti by his membership in various fraternal and semi­ . ""ith a view of attracting the attention of th~ eastern p_eople business organizations. He was a member of the Pocatello to the opportunities in various lines of endeavor in the West, Commercial Club, Boise Commercial Cll.tb, Salt Lake Gom­ 1\Ir. BRADY in 1911 arranged for a special train to carry the m·ercial Club,, Rocky ::.uonntain Club of ~ew York, president o:t governors of the northern and northwestern States across the the Western Development Association, president Idaho Children's CONGR.ESSION.AL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY :26,,

·Horue Finding and Aid.Society, honorary vice president Panama- · sistently striven to clo l1is whole duty to hi fellow man rnnd..Jlis Pacific Exposition, chairman ad~i OJ.'Y board National Council . God, and who had the sweet assurance that 'beyond 1this life ilv.omen V.oters, honorary :member .Grand .Army -of .the Republic, I he would enter into another sphet·e of u ·efulness · ~mel con­ department of [daho, and :honorary member Kan as Historical tentment. .Society. He was a 'Voodmun of the "Torld, an :Odd Fellow, a : Life! we·\"c been long together l\la ·on, an Elk, an J!lagle., and a member of the Congre_gntional Xhrough plea ant and through cloudy weather; 1 'Tis hard to part when friends arc dl'ar; OhUI'cJl. : Perhaps 'twill cost u sigh, a tear; · Senator .BRADY was .murr.iet.l to Mis · I1•ene M. ·:i\Ioore in June, : Then steal away, .give little warning, .1913, :w.ho ·m·Ti\es ·him. He is _also survived by two ·sons by :a ' f'.hoo e thine own time; Say not " Good night; ' but in ·omc brighter clime former marriage, who have inherited many of the fine -clraracter- 1 Bi1 me "·Good morning.'' .istics which distinguished their ·father. Until recently -the · eloer ·son, James Robb Brady, :was a _publi ·her of a new~]_)aper 1 l\Ir. HILLIARD. Mr. Speaker, it wa · not my pleasure· o moot at Caney, Kans., and the other son, Samuel Edward Brady, ·was .the 'late J'.~UIEs H . .BRADY until we .both -were 'in Congress, ~he in the jewelry busine s at El Reno, rOkla., but both lmvc moved , at the ·other end of the Crrpitol. :But long before _I came to to ·Pocatello since theil' father's death to be in closer touch ·With : .washington 1 knew of the distinguished man .in wJw e memory theil' :business interests. a session of the' House of Representative" i now proceeding. Mr. ·Speaker, of the many admirable chai·acieri tic· :PO se sed Idaho is one of Colorado's ·Close .nnd -splendia neigbbOl'S. 'bY the 'late ·Senator BRADY I believe ·ge.nero ity was the ·most either the ·ya tness of that Commonwealth' re ourc :nor conspicuou..:, and that commendable quality embraces practically the vhi:ues ·of ·her . ·ons arc unknown in Colorado. .And of :her all the :virtue . ~lost men ambitious for :POlitical, professional, ons not ·one was better or more fn. orably lleralded than 'he or business success frequently act .as if the path to fame anIrorul fate, _amounting to n.nn•·ly ··$100. The youn~ Ear.h new _pul atton .keeps the record clear. ~ ~ ...u..u:> •u =w- ~ Warm, golden letters all the tablets fill, man :gave ~'Plendld satisfaction .in 'hi new position and :in a ..few Nor lose thelr luster till the heart .stands still. months s nt for his wife, .and they again ·establishEXI a :home. The people not alone of Idaho .but of the -entire ''e t, 'Mr. It -ha · ·been my good fOt~tune to !lmow many men of 'high a ~peaker, mourn thi good man. His lendership meant o ·much well as of low e"'tate, but I can truthfully say that I have-never to them, bi corm~ 1 :was o comforting, and his -syrnpathies .so kno.-wn a man who -was so olicitons of the happiness and com- . embracing. ·Other men will follow him n earlier ones pre· fort -of others us • enutor .flll.IDY. Of .fine physique and genial ceded, but l1is place will neYer be fill d. m:mner, he was always the moving ·spirit in .every gathering; 'The dongre -· of the ·United :States, in the mid.·t of present courteous, gentle, and dignified, easily -winning the confidence . trials .unprecedented ancl mo ;t difficult, and facing conditions and .respect of all whom he met. tllat·ouly :the stonte t-heartecl and ultogether .faithful can view: Mr. Speaker, a ;wise and n eful legislator, a .generous and : wltll calmne s cof spirit, more and more will ·mis his "ri c .coun­ on ~ elfish friend, an ·eminent and J)n:triotic Citizen, ·has gone from sel, his perfe t poi e. . among us. The .J'leO,Ple of the State lle loved so well ,and serve1i The wife ·of his bosom and tile family of .hl hent'tll rtonc­ with mch faithful and laboriou ue otion ·will ;tr..easure ·his what of comfort, of joy, of sun ·rune le ilifficul1'y in 'the ·lines- Tile .kindly heart .of tile late Senator •is stilled, but ..he will , nreak, brcnlt, break, continue to l:ixe in the ·iwpiration which he ;gave to ..those with On thy cold gray -stones, 0 Sea ! :whom ;he came-in contact, and that generous, broad ·spirit of ·bis And I would that ·my tongue coulcl utt r The thoughts that ari e in me. -Fill grow and ·c-:xpund through the acti'rity of others inspired by . Jri.tll. . 0, well .for the fisherman's bo.y, .. ·xhat he shouts with hJs .sistcr at plu3·! Senator Bn:A.DY apPeared .unafraid· .to .receive the :fatal . mm­ ·O, well for the sailor lad,

And the stately ships go on the ·senate, also of the Members of this House who had the To their haven under the hill; But 0 for the touch of a vanlsh'd hand, good fortune to know him. _ And the sound of a voice that is still ! The life and career of Senator BRADY is full of hope, encour­ Break, break break, - agement, and inspiration to the American youth. He began his At the foot of thy crags, 0 Sea ! useful and successful career as a Kansas school-teacher. Then But the tender grace of a day that is dead journalism appealed to him, and from that fascinating occupa­ Will never come back to me. tion he entered the real estate business, and then came the lure But in more hopeful and comforting wor

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has been greater than that of Senator JAMEs H. BRADY, if he and he became interested in irrigation. In sllort, he became an feels that he should receive higher honors or greater distinctions authority upon that subject and demonstrated tlle feasibility of -than this man, whose name we honor .to-day, I should like to his theories by making a success of large irrigation projects in say to him, " Show me your hands, and let it be determined how that State. His people soon recognized his qualifications as a much you have worked for the welfa1·e of your fellow men." builder and constructionist and made him their _governor, and JAMES H. BRADY was a worker with his hands. Powerful of subsequently sent him to the United States Senate. He came to physique, blessed by nature with a perfect constitution, he was Washington particularly equipped ·to discuss and l~gislate upon one of those great-hearted, restless spirits who assisted to build subjects that particularly pertained to his State and to that sec­ _up an empire of States from that. desolated region which was tion of the country contiguous thereto. He had not long been a · ·once· rightly called the Great American Desert. Senator BRADY member of the United States Sei;J.ate until his colleagues began was born in the East-we men of the West are usually proud to recognize in him that sound business capacity which was so ~ of our eastern family trees-but his full measure of usefulness well known among his constituents and which had persuaded could not be realized until he had, with naked hands, grappled them to confer upon him the highest honors within their gift, the great problems of the sterile, barren western plains and made both in party and State coUQ.cil. Always a party man, lle was the desert to blossom as the rose. seldom or never a partisan. He was on all occasions able to Senator BRADY, besides being a man of powerful physique and place the welfare of his country above the welfare of his party. boundless energy, was also a man of unusual business sagacity Senator BRADY was a modest man. He was seldom heard on and sound judgment. He had faith in the W~st. The West is the :floor of the Senate, though when he did speak he was given strewn with the wreckage of men who could not quite conquer the undivided attention of his colleagues. Those who knew him our limitless expanse of sterile soil and sun-baked plain. The best and are probably best qualified to speak say that he was an . monotony of the solitudes frequently conquered and defeated untiring worker in committee, that no subject under discussion Wgh resolve. The limitless expanse of cold gray sage has at failed to receive his grave and serious attention, and that his times crept like a ghost into the sturdy hearts of men and caused talents were such that he was able to master the questions. them to despair of redeeming the desert. These things added He was looked upon as a solid, practical, substantial citizen together did not destroy tlie faith of l\1r: BRADY in the future of and legislator; industrious, vigilant, painstaking, and con­ the intermountain country. He was gifted with the genius of scientious: He loved his country and his State, appreciated the success. His vision always saw past the difficulties and barriers dignity of the duties of the· high positions to which his people of the desert and reached beyond into the glories of the promised had called him, and at all times reflected credit upon himself, land. the State he represented, and the Nation. It was this quality in his nature which enabled him, where I pay my tribute of respect to his memory. His State and others hud failed, to see the possibilities of harnessing the Nation could ill afford to lose him. His services to his country great Sna!e River .and converting its tumbling torrent into the will long be remembered and appreciat~d by a grateful people. ready servant Qf thousands of ho.mes. It enabled him to take hold of vast irtigation projects where others had failed, and Mr. FRENCH. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Wyoming divert life-giving water onto barren, thirsty soil, making other [Mr. MoNDELL] expressed to me his keen regret that be could thousands of happy homes. not be present with us to-day to participate in these memorial These entet·prises made him eventually a . powerful figure in services, and -he asked that he be given consent to extend his the business and finance of his State. Among the larger finan­ remarks in the RECORD, Also, I am in receipt of a telegram from cial circles of the w·est he was as well known probably in Salt Representative McARTHUR, of Oregon, advising me from New Lake City and in Utah as he was in Idaho. As governor of that York City that be has been detained and can not reach here in State, he becamt' a conspicuous figure wherever the interests of · time to participate in these service . He asks also that he be :the 'Vest were discussed, and his counsel was a potent influence permitted to extend his remarks in the RECORD. · in determining the polici· of our part of the country on great The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, it will be so national questions. ordered. It was the logical thing that he should have found himself. at There was no objection. last as the representative of his State in the Senate of the United States. He died at a time when hi~ influence and counsel could Mr. BENJAMIN L. FAIRCIDLD. l\lr. Speaker, the East be ill spared to the West and to the Nation, and when naturally unites with the West in paying tribute .to an illustrious son of ·we felt there ,.,·ere many years of useful, helpful service before · the West. The Empire State, whose shores are washed by the him. - boisterous waves of the Atlantic, joins with the State where I do not believe such a life can end with death. It can not be so. are heard the peaceful murmurs of the Pacific. Together we The memory of his sterling honesty,' his dauntless courage, his are here to offer a wreath to the memory of a son of Idaho, the genial disposition remains behind. These things will endure late Senator JAMES H. BRADY. A wreath; a thought Each petal after his body has returned to dust. ·The spirit is more endur­ of th~t memory's wreath is a thought for the sterling qualities ing than the memory of man, because it is immortal and merely of the man. goes out of this life to the accomplishment of a greater mission, Everyone who knew him tells of those qualities which not only which the inscrutable hand of God directs in "the undiscovered contributed to his individual success, but which he in turn con­ country from whose bourn no· traveler returns." tributed to the welfare of his State and of the Nation. Each petal a thought ! A successful career ; a robust character ; con­ There is no death! What seems so is transition ; This Hfe of mortal breath scientious attention to duties well performed; untiring indus­ Is but a suburb of the life elysian, try; generous both with his means and in his willingness to Whose portal we call Death. understand the viewpoint of others ; and always a thorough In that great cloister's stillness and seclusion, American, a splendid type of the man who, born in the East, By guardian angels led, Safe from tempation, safe from sin's pollution, was developed in the West, and who helped to develop the West. He lives whom we call dead. Oh, I have liked to travel in the West. Many has been the time when, leaving the Atlantic and traveling to the Pacific, I 1\Ir. SMITH of Idaho assumed the chair as Speaker pro tem­ have realized the buoyant feeling in the western atmosphere.­ pore. The soul seems to expand with a sense of freedom and with a ·better knowledge of the greatness of our Republic. And I say Mr. EVANS. Mr. Speaker, the Hon. JAMEs H. BRADY, :whose to myself, I am really in America. We thus come to know more untimely death we mourn to-day, was a product of that part of of our own country. I have had little sympathy with those of the country we call the great Northwest. Like most other men, my friends in New York who by choice have traveled easterly however, who have reached prominence in that great Northwest across the Atlantic b~fore journeying westerly to the Pacific. territory, he was born elsewhere and was an adopted citizen of And so I once sairl to ·my only son, whose life has been given the State of Idaho. Born, as I understand, in the State of Penn­ in this war, some day I would take him to Europe, but he would sylvania, he went as a child to the State of Kansas and there see his own country -first. The time came when we traveled in grew to manhood. In the year of 1895 he took up his residence Europe, but first we vlsit~d every State in this great Union. On in the State of Idaho. His talents as a business man and as a the top of Mount Shasta we once slept all night--or tried to leader in politics soon made themselves manifest, and he became sleep-and in the early morning from the top of that great a leader among his people. As a business man he was painstak­ sentinel we viewed the glories of the hills and plains to the ing, thorough, untiring, and, as a result, eminently successful. east, brilliantly lighted by the rising sun, even while it was still Up to the date of his entrance into the State of Idaho that State darkest night in the valleys toward the west. And for more had been lookerl upon largely as a mining Commonwealth. · He than a thousand miles in the high Sierras we traveled mule back believed that if \Yater could be put upon the parched soil of its over mountain trails: We visited the people in the cities and hills and valleys it could be made a great agricultural State; on the' ranches. Oh, '"~'e came to know this Republic of ours, 1919. 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this great United States of America, and we came to appre- corn crops were generally under mortgage, like most of the elate the heroic qualities of the people of the West, who were rest of us. They tell us that necessity is the mother of inven­ na·ving so much to do with a development which in time must tion, and in the early days necessity always camped on Jll! shape the destiny. of the Nation. \Ve learned to love the Ameri- BRADY's trail. As a real estate agent in a little village of 200 ~anlsm of the West. In the West we felt as if we had reached or·300 and then of perhaps 1,200, in which we both lived for manY. the very heart and soul of America, expansive in its energies, yea1·s, he was not at first peculiarly successful. His feet were keeping true faith to our ideals, boundless in the possibilities of on the ground, but his surroundings were rather diminutive the future. for a man of his breadth of character. Finally he made a leap Thus I came to envy the men of the West, a West which aided in the dark which astonished tbe community and marked the in developing the man and was aided by the man's development. genius of the man. No other man could have conceived, no Yes; I have envied. But also I have honored. And, therefore, other man have carried out, the projection. Unknown and I from the East am here to join with those who knew him best without means he went down to the headquarters of the Santa to honor the memory of a true and a splendid typical son of the Fe Railroad at Topeka and made a contract with the land de­ :west, a son of Idaho, a loyal citizen of the Republic. partment of that road by which they sold to him a very large tract of land. The Government had vested in the Santa Fe Mr. LITTLE. Mr. Speaker, the Hon. JaMES H. BRADY, for very extensive areas along its line for many, many miles from two terms a Senator from the State of Idaho, twice governor of Kansas City west. Much of it was still unsold. BRADY went that mountain Commonwealth, happens to have been my oldest down there ana with a ready tongue and an un.cshaken nerye friend and acquaintance in the Congress of the United States convinced them that he was the man who could handle some and in the city of 'Vashington. As I listened to the eulogies so ot that land, and they sold him, I think, 20,000 acres of rail· eloquently delivered and so justly deserved there came to my road land practically in one body. He made the first pay· mind the recollection of the day I first saw him, 39 years ago ment, very likely most of it on borrowed money, but in a few next June or July, at a teachers' institute at Abilene, Kans. weeks he disposed of that whole area to some company that he Of all the young people there assemble

' 2088 OONGRESSION AL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 26, of any vote would be upon any project before the Senate. With· might have lasted 20 ·years longer, my mind recurs to the days out question he was an industrious, hard-working, and useful of our youth, of our eager ambitions, of our early struggles side Senator of the Republic, well worthy to sit in the Chamber where by side on unconquered prairies. Senator Ja MES H. BRADY has once " ebster and Clay and Calhoun were great leaders. entered the great congress of all nations, clii)les, and peoples. He was not as eloquent a speaker as some, nor -as frequent As I stand here in the Hulls of the Congress of earth's mightiest a speaker, but his ideas were good, his industry was great. I Republic and pay this tribute to his memory- do not kno'v that I ever saw BRADY when he was as much in­ I feel like one terested in anything or as much elated by anything as he was Who treads alone Some banquet -hall

H. Bn.c\ny as a· man of vision it bullder whose work will go on That this view. of the qu·estion dominated the mind -of Senator anll on until countless thousands will be his beneficiaries. BnADY I have· no doubt, and I -have no doubt that the people of the State· of Idaho whom · he represented, even long before his a'llE P ODLIC MAN. death, had come to approve the very position that he took and Differing from most men who attain great success in busi­ gladly would have placed their stamp of affirmation · upon his ness, .JAMES H. BRADY took the citizen's proud part in public life. A Republican, a delegate time and again to State and course on this great subject if the question could hnve been national conventions, State chairman of his party, president of refeiTed to tliem again. Trans-Mississippi Congress, governor of Idaho, United States THE SUPREME SACRIFICE. Senator. From that summary may be gathered the abiding inter­ In meeting his task Senator BRADY knew that he was not a est in public affairs of our late colleague. And in each capacity well man, yet he was upon important committees. The most what Senator BRADY accomplished and what he stood for important, as I regard it, was the Committee on Military Affairs '\\·oulut the sentiment of the spectators who fill the court cha:rn­ American of the pioneer type. His Scotch-Irish ancestors were ber, or shall he bold to the evidence and follow his own con­ pioneers in the early period of the settlement of western Penn­ science? There is but one answer. He is trusted with a special sylvania and served with distinction in civil ancl military life responsibility and must meet it. The responsibility is his. in the early days of the Republic. Moving westward as the The same, in my judgment, is true of the man in public life. tide of immigration spread over the continent, the family finally True he must represent his people. He unconsciously draws in­ settled in Kansas, where the late Senator was born and where spiration from their thoughts and their judgments; he is modi­ he began his business career. The extension of enterpl!.ises fied by them just as a juror in his ideals of. right and wrong, of and undertakings in which he became interested brought to evidence, of credibility of witnesses; is unconsciously modified his attention the possibilities of the young State of Idaho, and by the ideals of .the community that is his home. . here, following the promptings of the pioneer spirit, he under­ Just such a question Senator BRADY was compelled to meet took and accomplished those enterprises of reclamation, settle· when the bill providing for the establishment of the selective­ ment, and development which occupied his time and attention draft system of raising an army, instead of the voltmteer sys­ up to and beyond the time of his entry into public life. tem, was before the Congress. His call to public life came as a result of his helpful and If I were to judge from the letters that I received fr•om the successful activities as a pioneer developer of resources, and people of Idaho during the time this measure was pending, I in the performance of public duties he diSplayed the same would be satisfied that the people, generally speaking, were in devotion and energy and the same constructiYe ability \Thich favor at the time of the volunteer system. I would suppose that bad made him useful and successful in his private under­ the correspondence of the people of the State with Senator BRA.DY takings. 'vould indicate the same. Yet Senator BRADY was compelled, As Senator BRADY's career was typical of the best American in obedience to his conscience, after he studied over the .prob­ traditions, his character was typical of the splendid type of lem of what would be l>est for our Nation, to support the policy manhood which those conditions develop :md exhibited the of raising an army by application of the selective-draft principle. sterling qualities which find their best development in the chal­ : A crisis was upon our world; om· country's future was in the lenge and incentive of a region of undeveloped resources. He balance; civilization was at stake, and who will say that it bad the richest of all inheritances, an honest, virile, intelligent was not the greatest patriotism, the -noblest service of every ancestry. Be grew up in the best possible environment, that person trusted ·with responsibility to help to shape our laws in of an American agricultural community, '"rith its free-school line with the dictates of conscience. system. He had open before him the most desirable of oppor­ If l>y following that course the Members of Congress were com­ tunities, that of winning a place and name for himself in the pelled to adopt the selective-draft system, well did they do tlwir development of a new and gtowing region and in the senice duty. 1\Iy own judgment is that within a year we had twice as of its energetic and progressive citizenship. large an Army as we would have had under the volunteer sys­ These are not the inheritances, the environment, and the op­ teru, unless the people had resorted to more coercive and severe portunities which necessarily lead to success, but they are those measures than were resorted to by the Government in the rais­ which make success not only possible but certain for thos.o ing of the Army. More than that, there is no doubt in my mind worthy of them, and JAMES H. BRA.DY was worthy. that the burden of respo:o,sibility has fallen more equitably upon In considering the career of strong and worthy men whom I our people than it could possibly have fallen under the volunteer have known I have generally found some characteristic of the system. man's life and career -that particularly challenged my atten- .~· -

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tion, and the characteristic of our departed friend, which, as later will be taken to Idaho for burial. Funeral services wlll be held at his residence probably on Wednesday. _ I saw and knew him, seemed among Ws many virtues and Senator BitA.DYJS fatal lllness was yery similar to a heart attack suf­ splendid qualities most conspicuous, was that of service. fered nearly t>vo years ago. Since that first illness be never fully In his early life he served to mold and develop the minds regained his strength and the exertion of his recent holiday trip to Poca­ tello caused his collapse on the train returning to Washington last and hearts of the youth of his locality as a teacher. In later Sunday. Not until Thursday did the doctors give up hope. Twice life he served in calling attention to the opportunities for se­ , since then he rallied and twice tt was thought he might get well. curing homes and farms. Still later he served in reclaiming Senator BRADY was conscious through most of his illness and Sunda:v frequently recognized and spoke with those at his bedside. Towo.r(l greater areas from the desert and making them fruitful and evening, however, he realized the end was approaching and said goodbye affording opportunities for homes upon them. He served in to hls wife, Representative S:~nTH, and others at his bedside. An hour calling attention to and utilizing the latent resources of power before he passed away he fell into a quiet slumber, from which he never a1VRkened. . in his adopted State and in harnessing it for the benefit of man· Neither of the Senator's sons, who had been telegraphed for, reached kind, and, finally, he passed from a career of service in private Washington before the Senator died. They are expected Monday. Mrs. capacity to a career of wider sel'V'ice as governor and as Sena­ Brady's mother is coming from Seattle, and her sister, Mrs. Jayne. tor. So from the beginning to the end of a busy and eventful wa~~~~rh~~~~d!lii announce Senator BnADY's death in the Senate life he se1·ved, and served faithfully and well. Monday, and adjournment will be taken immediately. Representatl;e The career of Senator BRADY is an illustration of the oppor­ SmTH wlll make a similar announcement in the Ilouse. tunities and possibilities of American life. 'Ve hear f1·om time Speaking of his late colleague Senator BonAR said : to time that these opportunities and possibilities are becoming llARD WORKING AND FM:THFUL. "Senator Btt.WY was a hard working and faithful Senator. No man less attractve and frequent and obtainable as time passes. No ever took his work more seriously or worked hardet• thau he to repre­ aoubt there were folks out there in Kansas when our late friend sent his people. I have no doubt that his remaining in Washington wns a boy who would have said that the opportunities for such through last summer's long wearing session is in large part respon lble for his death." . as he wel'e limited, just as people say at the present time. · Senator BRADY was 55 years of age last June. Be was born in Senator BRADY's career disproves such gloomy assertions, as Indiana county, Pa. in 1862, but spent his boyhood and his first years the caree1• of many a virile, forceful, ambitious man is dis­ as a young man 1n Kansas. Be was graduated from the Olathe proving them eYery day, and will dlspro'te them in the days (Kans.) High School and studied at the State Normal School at Lea;en· wort~ . to come. He then taught school in Kansas for three rears and spent two years So long as liberty prevails in the land, so long as our activi­ editing a small newspaper. Later he engageu in general business, and then removed to Idaho in 1894 and made his home at Pocatello. ties shall be based on individual initiative and effort, so long He became very succes ful In a business way, and invested largely . hall men of com·, ge and capacity and honesty of purpOse find in the development of irrigation l!chemes and later in water-power the opportunities of America boundless. To be most certainly l!ites, the largest of which was at American Falls. This was Rub e­ quently sold. At the time of his death he owned the Mountain Home successful amid these opportunities one must be endowed with project system, and had various real estate holdings in dllrerent parts the spirit of service, which was the most conspicuous charac­ of the State, principally around Pocatello. · teristic of our departed friend. We can truthfully pay to his Be first appeared prominently in the political life of the State when he became chiliman of the Republican State cE'ntral committee in 1904. memory the highest compliment that can be paid to a man, a position which he hcld until 1908. Be was elected governor of that in the fear of God he faithfully served his fellow men. Idaho on November 3, 1908, and served in that office in the yeau of 1909 and 1910. . On January 24, 1913, the State legislature elected lli. BRADY a 1\Ir. McARTHUR. Ur; Speaker, it was my good fortune to United States Senator to fill out the unexpired term of the late Senator meet Senator JAMES H. BRADY about the time he came into Weldon B. Heyburn. Judge K. I. Perky served by appointment as prominence in the political life of the State of Idaho. He was United States Senator between the time of Heyburn's death, in October. u big, broad-gauge westernei"-full of the spirit of development 1912, until the legislature met and elected BRADY in 1913. nnd progress that bas wrought such wonders in the West dul"ing TEDM EXPIDED IN 1921. the past quarter o:f a century. H~ had a constructive mind and On November 3, 1914, Mr. BRADY was reelected to the United States Senate for a term which expires March 3, 1921. Be is survived by had the requisite energy to put hls ideas into action. He be­ his widow. who was Miss Irene Moore, of Bois€', and by two sons, lieved in the 'Vest-in the development of her boundless re­ issue of a former marriage. Both the sons live in Kansas. som·ces. His energy and enthusiasm were tempered with sound Senator BRADY was a member of many 1mportant Senate committees. as follows-: business and financial judgment and the numerous ventures Military Aftairs. 1n which he engaged were uniformly successful. IDs business Mines and Mining. him Agriculture and Fore try. acumen brought a fortune which carried with it prosperity Conservation of Nationai Resources. to the community. Such men are empire builders. National Banks. same degree of success as ·were his business ,·entures. He held Expenditures in the Department of Commerce. numerous positions of 11ublic trust, including the two greatest Public Lands. bonors which a State can bestow upon a citizen-the governor­ Public Buildings and Grounds. ship and a senatorship. He discharged the duties of these im­ GOVERNOR ASKS THAT BODY BE SE. T HERE. portant public posts with energy, enthusiasm, and a patriotic When Gov. M. Alexa.nder learned of. the death of Senator JAMES H. devotion to the public welfare. He was a man of courage and BRADY he immediately sent a telegram to the Senator's widow at Wash­ never truckled to popular whims or passing fancies. He had a ington, D. C, saying : "The State of Idaho sends words of condolence in your berearcment clear conception of his public trust and followed it to the end. in the loss of your life partner. Idaho !eels the loss with you, in the He knew that truth, courage, and honesty are the things worth passing of the illustrious statesman, governor, Senator, and first citizen while in public life, and he never sacrificed these or compromised of Idaho. • . . " Idaho asks permission to take charge of his remalDs to brlDg him on a principle. The country needs more men of his stamp in back to the State he so loved and honored by his citizenship and public her public life. service, 'that he may lie in state at the capital at Boisei and that h1s' Legislative and departmental questions of mutual interest people may have the privilege of taking a last farewell ook upon the frequently brought me in touch with Senato1· BRADY, and I man who has done so much for Idaho." learned more and more to respect and honor him as a public THANK PEOPL!I OF lDAHQ-BRADY FAMILY EXPRESSES APPRECIATION FO& official and to esteem and regard him as a fellow man. He GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. occupied an important place in the State of Idaho and was Gov. Alexander Tuesday recel~ed from Congressman ADDISON T. called to the Senate of the United States during the most im­ SMITH a telegram in which he extended on behalf of Mrs. James H. Brady and the sons of the late Senator BRADY their appreciation of the portant era since the Oivil War. His services to both State and sympathy extended, through a mes~ge by the governor, by the people o! Nation were of the highest order and it is only fitting and proper Idaho for then bereavement. The CongresSlllan's message said : that we should pause for this brief hour to honor his memory. ." Mrs. Brady and the other members of the family of Senator BRADY wish me to express to you their appreciation of the sympathy extended His death at a comparatively early age was altogether untimely, to them by the citizens of Idaho, so feelingly indicated in your telegram• but be leaves behind him an honorable record in both public and nnd to say further that in accordance with tbe expressed wish of the private l~fe thnt will perpetuate his name. Senator hls remains will be cremated and his ashes interred in the State he loved so well and which had so highly honored him. When this is done his family will willingly cooperate in the furtherance of any 1\Ir. Sl\IITH of Idaho. Mr. Speaker, in pur· uance of the per­ plans his fellow citizens may wish adopted in their desire to honor his mi. sion heretofore granted me, I append at this point the memo­ memory. . " ADDISON T: SMITH.'~ l'ials and editorial comments heretofore referred to: [From the Idaho Daily Statesman, Jan. 14, 1l>l8.] [From the Idaho Daily Statesman Jan. 15, 1918.] WASHINGTON. FUNERAL OF LATE SENATOR TO BE HELD IN WASHINGTON; REMAI NS TO BE CREMATED--MRS. BRADY DEEMS IT IXADVISABI.E TO 1\IA.K.I!l TRIP TO St>nator JAMES B. BRADY of Idallo, died. of heart disease at his IDAHO OWING TO DEMORALIZED TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ; IS APPRECIA• ·washington residence at 6.36 o'clock Sunday evening. His death was TIVE-SENATE AND HOCSE PAY HONOR TO LATE MEMBER. not unexpected as he bar- been in a critical condition since Thursday morning, and two attending physicians had announced there was no WASHINGTO~. bope. · For the past two da}'S the Senator was kept alive by stimulants. Because of the disorganizecl conditions of railroacls and the uncer­ · In accordance with his wishes expressed Sunday when be realized the tainty of travel, the remains of the late Senator BnADY will not be end trus near, Senator BRADY's remains will be cremated and his ashes taken to Idaho. ~ 1919. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 2091 ..

· Funeral services for the late Senator BRADY, of Idaho, will be cOn· •'Ail Idaho will mourn the death or Senator BRADY. In him our ducted bere Wednesday afternoon by the Rev. Forrest J. Prettyman, State loses a builder, a man whose greatest ambition was to see Idaho's Chaplain of the ~enate. Arrangements were made Monday night after many resources, mines, timber, agriculture, and power developed for our the arrival of the Senator's two sons, who had been snowbound in the ra~ldly increasmg population. . · l\liddle West while trying to reach their father's bedside. 'As governor he always worked hard, endeavoring to serve the The hody will be erema ted and the ashes will be taken to Pocatello, people in a way that he thought was best. I knew Mr. BRADY well Idaho, SPnator BRADY's former home. and was associated with him in a business way when he was elected MrR. Brady Monday received a telegram from Gov. Alexander urging to the Senate: He wag a man of a great deal of force and energy, and that the remains be brought to Idaho immediately. While appreciat­ made a wonderful record of things accomplished in his first two years, ing the desire of the people to pay tribute to the late Senator, Mrs. as scores of homesteaders who bad their atrairs in Washington attended Brady deems it unwise to attempt to make the trip under prevailing to by hlm can testify. conditions. "The strong vote given him in 1914 when he was elected by a popular Senator BRADY's death was announeed in the Senate by Senator vote of the people was a strong J,Danifestation of appreciation. Since nonAH and in the House by Representative SMITH, and upon adoption that time his services have constantly grown in value to our State and of appropriate resolutions both Houses adjourned out of respect. Nation. Flags on the Capitol were at half-mast Monday, and will so remain "Since the war began the Senate Military Affairs Committee, of until after the funeral. Vice President MARSHALL named a commit­ which Senator BRADY was a member, has been in almost continuous tee, con ·lsting of Senators BORAH, Gallinger, SMOOT, HARDING; WARREN, session. His death at this time is largely due to the fact that he failed CTIU.IBEllLAIN, THOMAS, KING, FLETCHER, and BECKHAM, to attend the to heed the advice of his physician to take a six months' rest. When fnn<'ral. The Speaker named a committee of 15, including the two Idaho talking to me last fall I urged him to follow the physician's advice. He replied, 'Davis, I would rather die on duty than to leave my post Members. when my country is at war.' POCA1.'ELLO PAYS TRIB UTE TO REALLY TRUE FRIEND--PEOPLE OF ALL CLASSES "And he did." STUNNED BY LOSS OF MAN WHO HAS DOXE MUCH FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SECTION. IDAHO MEN PAY '.riUBUTE-JOSEPH PERRAULT AND WALTER HANSEN POCATELLO, IDAHO. SURl'lUSED AND GRIEVED AT DEATH. SPOKANE. The death of Senator BRADY falls like a pall over the business and social life of thts city. All flags are at half-mast and persons of, all News of the death of Senator JAMES H. BRADY in the National Capital parties pay spoken and silent tribute to a really true friend. Bankers, Sunday night was received with unconcealed sorrow by the north Idaho I"ailroa!l men, laborers, and even children lament the loss of JAMES H. men who were in Spokane. His work in connection with the develop· BRAnY. ment of the State and his eft'orts ·in behalf of the party were recalled When he left here two weeks ago he told associates that after the and commented on. It was the comment of all that he would be greatly present term h P. would come back and enjoy life with old cronies. He missed. Senator BRADY, while not so well known in Spokane as Senator alwa ys was a very busy man with canals, electric plants, banking, ranch­ BoRAH, had visited here a number of times, and numbered many Spokane ing, and building development, but he always had time for a cheery men among his friends, as well as a host of personal and political word and smile, and by such will friends remember him. friends in north Idaho. Hi~ deeds of charity were many and unheralded, and for years he PERRAULT'S TRIBUTE. -wa s president of the Children's Home Finding Society. . Joseph Perrault, of Boise, who arrived Sunday night, was surpris~d St'nator llRADY won considerable publicity for the State by organiz­ when told the news. ing the famous governors' special train, which toured the East in 1911. "Why, I thought be was going to pull through," Mr. Perrault sl\.\d; H e had been president of the Trans-Mississippi Commercial CongresS", "the reports the last few days were so favorable we were all hoping vice president of the National Irrigation Congress, and vice president of he would be spared to carry on the work he bas done for Idaho. Senator the Panama-Pacific Exposition. BRADY was a man of most kindly disposition, and this element was Memorial plans are under way to receive Senator BRADY's ashes, and what made him l>est liked by his friends. He was always trying to.do Pocatello will ask the State of Idaho to assist in doing honor to her something for hls State, and how well he succeeded is attested by the illustrious dead. great developments -which he wrought in the southern part of Idaho. The district around Mountain Home is a monument to his sagacity, his IIOMF. CITY MOURNING AT SENATOR'S DEATH. energy, and his foresight. There he took head of a defunct irrig.ation system and put it on its feet. He had large interests in the vicinity POCATELLO. of Pocatello, and bad caused wonderful development there. "Senator BRADY's death i3 a terrible loss to Pocatello, his home city," "Senator BRADY wore his honors in modest manner, and be grew and said J. H. Peter~>on, former attorney general of the State, Sunday broadened in a way that was most gratifying to his friends. The more evening. honors came to him the more kindly he was and the more he realized his "On every hand is evidence of the fact that Pocatello citizens realize responsibilities and tried to measure up to them." that Senator BRADY dld more for a.nd meant more to the city than any man who ever Jived here. His loss will be felt by the community for GREAT LOSS TO STATE. many years to come. . Walter Hansen, of Wallace, who was a warm friend of Senator BRADY, "Personally I have been intimately associated with Senator BRADY for the last 12 'lr 14 years, and our association has embraced business sa~~ ~enator BRADY was one of the best and most zealous Senators we a.1fairs and political activities. During those years of association I ever had in Idaho, and there is no question but his death is a distinct learned to know Mr. BRADY well and to estimate hini as one of Idaho's loss to the State. His efforts in behalf of development are widely really big men. I feel deeply the loss of a dear personal friend, and known in the south, but perhaps not so well known in this section. mourn his loss to the State, which by his death has lost one who was However, his work will stand as a monument to a long and well spent l'<'ally a great man." life. Idaho could ill aft'ord t.> lose him at. this time. His large means made it possible for hlm to do much which other Senators could not, and RETIRING CHAIRMAN IS GRIEVED AT BAD N1ilWS. he spent his money without restraint to accomplish those things which .. I feel that I have lest one of my best and truest personal friends," seemed to him for the etl'orts of the State." said Evan Evans, of Grangeville, retiring chairman of the Republican State central committee, Sunday night, when, just after reaching Boise, GENERAL REGRET AT WALLA.CJD. be was informed of Senator BnADY's death. _ WALLACE. " ly relations with Mr. BRADY were more in the nature of a personal General regret was manifested in Wallace Sunday night when news friendship of several years' standing than they were like a business reached here of Senator BRADY's death in Washington. All evening relationship. Nevertheless, I appreciate to the full his services to the there were telephone queries received at the office of the Press Times Nation and to Idaho. He was a man of the highest aspirations and was from persons who bad known the late Senator personally. intensely loyal to his country and to the welfare of his fellow men." Former Gov. F. R. Gooding, who was closely associated with the late LEWISTON GRIEVED AT NEWS. Senator BRADY, was on a train Sunday mght bound from Gooding to LEWISTON. Idaho Falls, and could not be reached. The many friends of Senator BRADY in Lewiston were grieved Sunday night at the news of hls death in Washington. Comments were heard LOSS IS IUUEPARABLE, SAYS Jt::DGE STAIS'DROD. on all sides on the loss the State has sustained by the death· of the POCATELLO, IDAHO. man who so well represented Idaho at the National Capital. The sadness of Pocatello, Senator BRADY's home, when news of his death was received was expressed by Judge D. W. Standrod, of this city OFFICIALS PAY BRADY TRIBUTE AT STATEHOUSE-GOVERNOR, SUPREMI!I in the followlr.g teiegram, which he dispatched to Congressman ADDISON COURT JUDGES, MEMBERS OF DEFI!lXSE COUNCIL, AND OTHERS UNITE I~ T. SMITH for transmission to Mrs. Brady: HONORING LATE SENATOR. •· While deeply grieved and so sensitive to my own great loss in Sen­ State officials, members of the State defense council, and State em­ ator BRADY's death, for he was my friend, I can hardly estimate what it ployees paid tribute Wednesday to the memory of the late Senator will mean to the; State, but I feel that just now it is irreparable. So JAM1ilS H. BRADY. Memorial services were held in tile house chamber of loyal was he to h)s country, and so Intensely sacred to him was any the old capitol. They commenced at 12 o'clock, corresponding with the interest of his State, that in this time his hand, which was never spared hour set for the funeral in Washington. when duty called, was of unusual strength. His activities in the perma­ The services lasted for an hour. Chief Justice Budge, of the State nent development of Idaho have left for him an abiding place among the supreme court, Ilreslded. people as a distinct benefactor." 'l'be statehouse remained closed from 12 o'clock until 3 and flags bung at half mast. "GREAT SERVICE" IS VERDICT OF HAWLEY. ARRANGED BY GOVERNOR. Ex-Go•. James H. IIawley said, upon hearing of the death of Senator Gov. Alexander arranged the services. He called the State officials BnADY : and tl;le employees at the capitol together and invited the m E:mbers of "The loss of Senator JAMES H. BRADY at this time is one that will . the defense council. to attend. be uPeply felt throughout the State. He has stood behind the admin­ The governor spoke briefly, when the services opened, before asking istration and the State throughout the trying times of the great world t.he chief justice to preside. war. ' Ilis bas been a great service." Chief J"ustice Budge spoke of Senator BRADY as be bad known him in private life. He termed the late . Senator the hardest worker in south­ SE.\".'.Ton I!H.\l>Y DIED ON DUTY-·D. W. DAVIS S.1YS DECEASED STATESMAN l'astern Idaho. RE FI:" SED TO FOLLOW ADYJCE OF HIS PHYSICIAN. Justice Morgan, Attorney General Walters. Jud17e James F. Ailshle, Ilou. D. W. Davis. of American Falls, who was for years closely · State Treasurer Eagleson, and Dr. Reynolds, of Meridian, were the other nssocia t l.' d with Sena tor DR ADY, was informed by telegraph Sunday :;peakers. · night oi' the ~· e n a tor's death. 1\Ir. Davis, who is at San Francisco has PRAISED BY JUDGE MORGAX. t l.' lt>gTaphell to the Statesman the following tribute to Senator BRloY'S Justice Morgan praised Senator BRADY for his patriotism, declaring life u ncl hi s life work: that " his actions of the last few mQnths had struck a responsive chord " SAN FraNcisco. tn every heart in Idaho...... ')6 2092 CONGRESS! ON AL _RECORD-HOUSE. JA... 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"When the country was threatened with war, Senator BRADY stood "With charaeter1stic indusb·y and unflagging zeal he made his busl­ bebine had to me was evidence that he bad the Christ spirit. Senator BnADY as a citizen. LOYAL TO PRINCIPLE, TELLS OF lliS CllARITIES. " ~e was consistent and loyal to principle. He was in the midst of State Treasurer Eagleson told of what Senator BRADY had done for the fight between the 'wets' and the •·drys' in thi State and allied charities during his life. "While goyernor he gave his entii·e salary himself with the 'drys' early in the conte t, before that side was >ery and more to charity." · popular. That he was consistent in this to the time of his death i9 Another incident of the late Senator's interest in charities was recited shown by a letter which he wrote to the Congregational Brotherhood in by the State treasurer when he told how he had wired and provided Boise last June : lights without cost to a Pocatello hospital. . , . " ' I thank you for your telegram with reference to the prohibition Dr. Reynolds, too, touched upon the human traits possessed by Sena­ provision of the food bill. I have supported every bone-dry prohibition tor BRADY, telling how he spent his time and money while in Washing­ amendment that has come before the Senate since I have been a :Mcmbex ton to help an Idaho boy far from home. of that body, and the day before receiving your telegram I had fought Judge Ailshie spoke of Senator BRADY as he had known him in pri­ in the Committee on Agriculture for six hours to retain the IIouse Tate and public Ufe for 20 years or more. amendment, and it so happened that my vote decided the question of re­ Justice 1\Iorgan, Judge Ailsbie, and Gov. Alexander were appointed taining the House provision in the Senate bill, after it had been elim­ members of a committee which will draft resolutions of respect to the inated by the subcommittee, and I am hopeful that we will be Emcee sful memory of Senator BRADY to-day. in our fight for prohibition on the floor of the Senate.'" 1\Ir. Freehafer mentioned Senator BRADY's work toward establishing [Copy of the resolution passed at the memorial services held for Senator a Congregational Church in the vicinity of his Wa hington mansion JAMES H. BRADY in Boise Jan. 16, 1918.] and spoke of such incidents as his care for a lonely boy who ha<.l been Whereas death has removed from th9 sphere of earthlv activity our sent to the Naval Academy at Annapolis. fellow citizen, Senator JA.-..IES H. BnADY, and from the ·state of ·raabo ENCOURAGED EVERY REFORM. a trusted sen·ant : Be it As governor, aid the ~peaker, Mr .. BRADY encourag d every reform. Resol1:ecl, That, recognizing his long, faithful, and patriotic service "There was no question of his loyalty to the Government in ihe war. in behalf of ·the public and his splendid endeavors and achievements in He was no coward, and he met his :Maker face to face at his post o! priY"ate Ufe, we, the State officers and citizens in memorial assembly duty." gathered, hereby express our sincere sympathy with the bereaved widow The Rev. J. E. Ingham, moderator of the Congregational conference and deep regret oYer the los· of a useful and pah·iotic citizen. of southern Idaho, read the Sclipture at the services, and there were M. ALEX.L"''DER. selections by the church quartet and a solo by Miss La !\Ioyne Mayfield. J. F. AILSHIE. Members of the National Council of Women Votem, of which Senator WM. M. MORGA~. BRADY was one of the sponsors, attended by special invitation. Atte ted by-:- ALFRED BenGE, Chairman. [From the Pocatello Tribune.] BRADY HONORED BY CIIGRCH~IE~-TRIBUTE PAID TO FIXE TRAITS I~ POLITICS. B'CSINESS, AND RELIGION-WAS A MA:N OF COtiRAGE-MEM­ TRIBUTE IS PA1D TO ME"l!ORY OF BRADY-::\IEMORI..U. ERVICES \\ERB BERS Oil' Co~GREGATIONAL BROTTIERHOOD PRAI.SE PERSOSAL A..'il> PUBLIC HELD YESTERDAY .AFTER.'OO~ AND OLD-TIME FRIE ... DS GAVE .LAST Fo.m TESTIMO:SIAL TO MAN WHOSE ACTIVITIES AXD EXTERPRISE LIFE. WimE ITEMS OF SUCH FORCE TO IDAHO AXD HIS HOl\IE CITY. Services of memorial for the late Senator JAMES H. BRADY were held in the First Congregational Church of Boise Sunday foreuoon, at which One of the most beautiful and most impressh·e memorial serv.ices ever Harry K. Fritchman told of Senator BRADY's infiuence in politics Frank held in the city was held yesterday afternoon nt the Princess theater G. Ensign of Senator BRADY's infl?ence in business, and A. L. Fr'eehafer in honor to the memory of the late United States Senator JAMES H. of his influen..::e in religion and philanthropy. BRADY. Throughout the afternoon personal friends of long standing Senator BRADY was a member of the Congregational Church in Poca­ listened to the. eloquent words of those who knew the , enator's many tello, attended the Boise Congregational church whiJe he was governor fine qualities and appreciated his constructive genius so well, anY'S defeat by James II. Hawley for governor, 1\lr. Fritch­ in reference to the famous " Governor's special " train severa·I years man said: " Gov. BRADY never showed to better advantage than be did ago and brought out the point that the Senator's indomitable will on the occasion of this defeat. He had never known defeat before It and' action always brought the best results to the people. In connec­ was a bitter defeat, but he was the best loser I ever knew. He ca.m'e up tion with that incident he told a railroad head, "You provide the train smUing, and as soon as the result of the election was known be con­ and I'll provide the governors." It meant a world of benent to the gratulated Mr. Hawley as the victor and from the bottom of his heart West. wi. hetl him well." The Senator's long activities in behalf of the State and his home city As Senator: "JAMES H. BJUDY was a big Senator. lle was always were given extended reference by Senator Davis, who emphasized the on duty and participated in all the big questions which came before the tenacity ~nd firm purpose with which Mr. BRADY always undertook a Senate for consideration . . As a department man Idaho never had his task by Citing the remark of a public official at Washington: "When equal. Quick to grasp a business situation, he could be trusted to look BRADY wants anything trom a department, the way to get rid of him nfter any matter of business in any of the departments at Washin .... ton is to give it to him." and no citizen was too bumble to enlist his services. . c ' "Just a year ago to-day," said Mr. Davis, "I heard his maiden 11 His loyalty to the State and Nation has never been questioned speech. The Senator was then in weakened condition, and he was While extremely partisan, he was first an American. The Senator had advised to take a rest, but he cited, 'I would rather Uie at my post of stood . quarely with the administration in all the war measures and not duty than to quit now,' and he persistently followed his desire to per­ a ingle incident can be pointed out in which he has refused to uphold form the fullest duty possible to the people at large. lle was a man the hands of the President." who knew no defeat, overcame all obstacles, and made his enterpri es successful; and his death may be attributed to the unfailing zeal that BRADY AS A BUSI~ESS l\IA ..'. actuated him under any and every occasion." ::ur. Ensi"n characterized Senator BRADY as "an empire builder." Senator Davis's address w~s a stirring and interesting tribute. " In considering the influence of JAMES H. BRADY in business " he sujd, 11 we most recognize his dynamic energy and tireless actlvity. AN ELOQUENT ADDRESS. i'an D,rke has said, 'Genius is energy quite as much as insight.' Dr. John Halliwell Dickinso~~ who has known tbe Senator but a short 11 "'li; a business man Senator BRADY was one of those rare men with a time and to admire him for T..De great undertakings he had jn minu ·dsion-a vision of the unlimited possibilities of this .wonderful Snake gave one of the most eloquent and eulogistic addresses ever beard in River Valley. Where others merely saw a desolate waste, his vision the city. The "Parson'R" splendid command of English and his power­ showed fields green with alfalfa and golden with waving g1·ain, with ful delivery held the audience spellbound, and he dwelt entirely with the herds of cattle and many homes of prosperous ranchers. constructive genius and splendid character of the Lllg citizen who had <" 1919. OON-GRESSION AL RECORD-HOUSE. 2093 gone. "This i not a time for mourn.ingarcl W. ll. Clean-, for 2u years a do ·e a ocia-te of 'enator BRADT, spoke !for the Henator that we can \mllcrsta-nd something of your lo ·s ana cuu feelingl.r .ana !;lncereJy of ·the .ns. ociation :he :had o Jon.g ·enjoyed. lie ympathizc genuinely with you. - dwelt at Jen..gth ·on the wonderful development •of irrigation, power, and Sorrowfully, ~·our , other [)'roje~ts of the whlespreatl rec.oguition of the resourc11.flllne R and (Signed) Tnos. n. :\L\nsiHLL. keen vision of the Senator, and the marlred a!Jillty he possess{'tl .far bringing the practical side out of ·his vision. "He did not travel in ·a [Telegram from the governor of Idaho.] beaten :Path," Faid Mr. Cleare. "but h~ 'lva a vislonlst, and be made d.t substantial. While he ·was accumu1a-ting .he was creating. Ills great BOISE, In.rno, January 1J_, 1918. comnwrcial enterpriseR .are monuments to his ·energy a:nll actiTJ:ty. .I-n Mr·s. J.iMES H. nr,,:\.DY. • thP tlenate the ~enator Tecently aid ·to we: 'I am ~orgetti:ng that_ I -am ' WasMnoto11, .D. C.: a R(tl)ublican or t!Jat the PreRidl:'nt is a Demoerat.' He was williDg to State of "Idaho ·sends words of contlolencc in your bereanmeut in the pledge all on the altar of -patriotism, and he was close~y ·associated wU.h loss of your life 1)artner. Idaho fl:'els with you in t.he pa sing of the the active men and wa · a .fine fnientl or 1a fair anan to -the other ~ide. :illustrious state.smrul, ~ov~or_, Senator, first citizen of Idaho. Idaho Not only was he n. patriot, but he lived fur ·beyond him. elf, and the loss rasks permission to take charge of his remrrins. Bring -them back :to :the ts g1·eat." 'State -he so lov.ed and honored by his citizeusllip and public service, that A :FORCEF'L'L SPRECJI. they may lay in state in the Capitol .at Boise and hls people have tho lion. J. 11. retrrson, former attorney general, ana a friend from IPrhilege of taking a last-farewell look upon the .man who ditl so much boyhood of 'the llate Hei1ator, -was the last speake1· of "the day, and his tor Idaho. address was teeming w.i.th Tare .epigr:uns a-nd gems ·of :pointed refevence, · M. ALEXANDER, Go vcnwr. and Mr. Petffi'son spo"kc ·in n ma-nner 1:hat ·demonstmtetl his utternnces were inspired by the deepe t feeling. ; LTelegram from State Defense Councfl.] He spoke .of the .great acllievements that .have ·been crowded into the , llOISE, IDAHO, January 13, J91S. 55 years uf the Senator'£ -life, of his llOWe£, irrigation, and .commercial I Mrs. JAMES IT. BRAD'Y, l:'llterprlses, his 1mb1ic undertakings and :public ·servJce, his noted ·politl­ 'JYasl!inoto11, caJ eareer, and the >ast ente1·pri.ses .he still had in mind. D. C..: " He was a recm:a !breaker :foL' n little 'over :Lu years,'' stated Mr. P.eiet"' · The Idaho :S:ta.te _Deferu~c -CotiDcil, .now in ses ion nt Boiie, by .unani­ son. • wa.s a-n indefatigable -:worlier. andl of unflliling ·good nature. He mous resolution express to you their sincere sympathy in this darlt ho:ur n-e:vei' squealPd when .he was ·bnrt, and no .obstacle -was unsurmountable of bereavem-ent in the loss of your husband, who has done so much for to him. "Fall" was not in ills ·lexicon. ·He always came .up smiling, , the development and uplift .of the great State of Idaho. May God com· and .be ·was what l 'like to l.'efer to as ty_pically .American. When •war . fort your heart. Full resolution of council follows by mail. came be forgot .his private atrairR and ~ave over his time to the ;public · JOSEPH HANSEN, and the cause, and insph:ed by t'lghteous 'Va.l01' of .patriotism :be .{lrove S.ecretat·y St-ate Defense Council. bis compla.ln.lng body through day after day of tremendous toil. He wao; signally a marty:r rto the cause of free gavernment. [Tel~grum fJ:om Council of Women '"oters.] ·" Pa-rado-l.:ical as it may seem. vihen ·blood_ is being ,poured out .in -BOISE, lDAnO, Janttary 11,, 1918. rivers on the odden soU of Europe, yet nevm· wns human .I.ife -of s.ucb ~Mrs. J ..ur.ES H. Bn.ADY. value. Never ·before bas man been so honored as to die in cCause so Washi-ngton, D.(].: certainly just, so am!Jlguous1y unselfish. One who lays .down .his Jife 1n such a ·cause shall take it •UP aga:i:n. T.hese arc the 1)11inc1p1es f.or The Boise chn_pt.er ot :the -Nal;ioual Council rof Women Voters de icc to which he gave his liff'. It is ifor us to :highly resolve that ·be shall express their .sy.mp.athy, ·dcplQl'ing the untimely death -of Senator BRADY, not .have clied in vain." · antl -at the ·same time:e:xp.l'esS their .rea:lization cflurt in his!Jlll.Ssing :women Other forcef.u1 ~re sions were brought out by Mr. Peterson: a.nd their cause have lost one ,of their ·best and most dependable le .of Idaho, and his in.tentlons town.rd ism ·of Senator 'BRADY, ·and his 'forceful, staunch, and unswerving Joyalty them and his desire to serve them ,:we.te so pure and "tJnselfisn as iWAS to any cllJlse he .e-spoused, .communal or otherwise, we realize with you Cresar'R will. He was a martyr to the ca"UBe .ol .free go:vernment Just a loss that is irreparable alike to 'Y'OUrself, the State and his home city, as much as 1s the .heroic soldier w.ho ·is ·ldlled going over t:he to,p." hls ~riends ·and companions, and lV.C convey to you -an exp.ressio:n .of grie! A 'DAY OF FRIE.n>-S. that 1 mutual. - Pocatello Commercial 'Club, by A. C. Hickley, presicleut.; Through .the e-xercises it .was .apparent tha:t :the .event ·:was mot fused city ·of Pocatello, !A • .B. :B-ean, .mayor ; ·w. H. Clea.re ; with other cause save to pay tribute to a ·DClla.rted and loved citizen, Chas. G. ,Snmner; D. 'W. :church; P. ·c. 0'11Ialley; -R. s. and :all _peo.ple participated. TsChudy; Theo. Turner; citlz~ns' committee; and the The musical end of the p1:ogram wa:s exceptiona.l.ly -enjoyable.. T-he community. • orche tral numhers wer·c given by Reed's orchestra and were exceedingly appropriate. The ·vocal solo by Mrs. H . .B. .Thoz:?f;~n ,was one .of ·the [Telegram.] most f:'lfective nnnibers ·ever given "in the city on · ar oa.casion. .She sang in beautiful voice, and 'fhe selection was admirably -Bulteffer was .an equally _pleasing .selection, The people •of Pocatello . .assembled .in memorial service, a ·ire i.o and his -tenor was decidellly effective in the choice of composition :be ' .express to yon their respect ·for _your honored companion -who has ·_do­ ~ave. He was accompanied by Miss Dorothy Hull. parted this llfe, to 'SI~:y to you in all sincerity how 'WC deplore his loss_, c 'T.he stage was attracliTely "flrranged ·in Americ.'l:D flags, .in 'the center how w~ appreciate his service to his State and country, and how we of which was the draped p.hoto of ·tne :J.ate Senator. The .fiecoratrons , bonor hls -memory for ,his good works and splendid patrioUsm. His were placed ·under the , :upervision of :George L. Tbom]lson, of the l'dncess . fell()w citizens desire .also to -con.v.ey to you their .heartfelt sympathy Theater staff, and &.e ·u ·e of the theater was patriotically donated tD and to a k God's bless.ing rrpon you. the cause by loiessrs. Archibald and Carrothers. A. C. HINCKLEY, Arrangements for the exercises were in charge of a commercial club Ollainnan of the Mectiii[J. committee composed of P. C. O'Malley, chairman, A. C. Hinckley, and Charles G. Stunner. [TclC'gram from the Cnngrcgatlonal Church.] RESOLUTlO.X OFFERED. POC'.'\TELT-0, IDAHO, JaflttOt'y 1~, 1!WJ. The event closed with the audience standing whlle the " Star-Spllngled Mrs. J. If. llR:.\DY, BanneJ:" was .played, -and pre·d~us to this time a J:esolution of con­ Woodley Road, Wasb-iugtonJ D. C.: dolence wa£ offered 'by Attorney ."J.esse R. S. _Budg-e and un:m.imou.sly The men.bcrs n.nd friend· of the FiL,st Congregational Chtuch ilei·e!Jy adopted, and 1s glven 'below: desire to ·express 'their sincere ympatby i.l! your bereanment. Mrs. .T A llE.S n. BRADY' .FmsT Coxcn.EGAXI.OX.U. Cnuncn. 7'hirty-fiftl£ and flVoodlvy I~uad, 'Washington, D. C.: {Telegram from BcncvolC'nt and Protective Order of Elks.] T.he -people of Pocatello. a:ssemb~c.d in :melll.O'ria1 scryiee, desire 'to express to -you then· respect for your honored companion, rwho :has ilc­ POC.\.TELLO, JD.I.ITO, January 16, :1.918. parted this Ute ; to MY to yon -in .all 'Sincerity bow 'lVe d plore nis .loss, Mr . J.\.MES II. BRADT, .how we Appreciate lris servi-ce to .his .!State and slre also to con~ey ·to you their llearttelt symp!ltby means rOf •expressi..Qg rto you tbei1· tenderi:'St sympRJtby in your hour ·of a.nd to ask -God's bles ·lng up-on ycm. deepest grief. We feel tthe uselessness of ·words to gild that .sor1:0w A. c . .HINCKLEY, upon .thE.' 'tenderest hl'.art. 'l'he deepest .shadows full .upon this !day. :Our C1Hlii-1'tnan of th.e _:Mee.ting. hearts blossom in gratitude ·ns we lodngly remember him upon ~bmm b:ro.w -death !has -plrrced ,the la1.1I'el :wreath uf fame. I:n yom- "loss lVe Among tlle mu.:ny rues age~ of condolence mceiv-ec1 :by .1\IrN. attach a tender .-significance lthat is onJy felt .and understood by ttboso Brady were tbe following: whose hearts ha_ve I.Jeen tou:c.hed by the my tic cord that binds -all Elks TIIlil WHITE HOUSE, in one .great bxGtherb.ooa. Washi11gton_, Jan;ua1'y 11,, f!J18. roC-\TELLO LODGE, No. G74, ll. P. 0. E. Mrs ..JA~IES U. Bn.&DY, Thi1"t1J-:-fifth and Woodley Roa(l, :Wa&l&ington, D.·'(J. [Telegram from county commissioners.] MY DEAn MRs. "BnADY : May I not express to you mv ·sincere sym­ MOUNTAIN liOME, ID.iKO, Jall1tai'IJ 1.~, 1918. pathy? Our hearts go out to you in your great loss, .ancl .i rbopc "that you 1\lr·. J..utES II. 'ERADY_, may ·have comfot·t ·from the only Sourc.e from which it can .come. Wa811'i-ngton, D. C.: - Cordially aml stnccrl'ly, yours, The people of Elmore County deeply ~ympathlzc with you in the loss (Signed) WOODROW WILS.ON. of your illustrio'llS husband. l'ic eamc to u · as a friend when we sorely 2094 · CONGRESSION.A_L RECORD-IIOUSE. J~~NUARY 261 needed a friend, and gave us freely of his great ability and of his means. [Resolutions of the City Council of Pocatello.] No section of Idaho fet-ls morP keenly or regret. more sincerely his lo ·. . Whereas the will of things eternal has ruled the dis:olution of a citi­ BOAUD OF COUXTY COMMISSIOXEllS, zen, friendi and colaborer, whose sterling effort not only was vital • ELMORE COUXTl", IDA.TIO. to every e ement of communal welfare, but whose association and GEo. A. BeTTER, Chainnm~. congenial being -gave the inspiration of glad.ness and optimism, and carried the gentle influence that the sweet son~ of existence breathed . [Telegmm from Pocatello Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles.] i_~rd those who voiced the effort and made the hving worth the while; POCATELLO, IDATIO, January 14, 1918. ~l'S. JAMES H. BRADY, Whereas the mystic power that sways the clestiny of time aud eternity Wasltington, D. C.: has closed the eyes and . quieted the soul, has stilled the voice anll There is great sorrow in the hearts of the officers and members of subdued the pulse of a loved companion, a loyal citizen, a patriotic Pocatello Aerie, No. 119, to-day. The .Allwise Father has seen fit ·to resident, United States Senator JAMES II. BRADY; and ·eparate us for the time being from our dearly beloved and highly Whereas, duly cognizant that Pocatello has been visited with a lo. s esteemed Senator and brother, JAMES H. BnADY. May God in His that the way of time would df'cree as irreparable, and appreciating infinite wisdom and mercy comfort you in this your hom· of greatest all that it bas meant to travel the same road1 to go hand in hand, grief. Every officer and ~1ember of Pocatello Aerie, No. 119, Fraternal in calm and storm, and to awaken to the realization that the chain Order of Eagles, is at your service. has been broken : He it therefore J. A. HOGGAX. Re~~olved, That all the flowers of gratitude accorded to one whose qualities have been for the upbuilding of his fellows are not the sole [Telegram from Idaho State Grange.] tribute we pay to the memory of him whose genius and worth have created for a greater cause that we might better appreciate those making RUPERT, IDAHO, Janttary 15, 1918. existence worth the effort, and bask in the effulgent rays of progress, non. WILLIAM E. BonAR, development, and advancement that have evolved from far-seeing pur­ WasMngton, D. 0.: poses, clear vision, and substantial foundation, and resultant from which The State Grange of Idaho in annual session desire that you e:orpress is great community e:ortension, civic pride, commercial growth, prosperity, to the family of the late Senator BRADY sincere appreciation of his firm · and the expansive idea for amplification of power; and further stand on the right side of every question wherem the betterment of · Resolved, The influence of om· beloved fellow citizen, within and the Americnn farmer was involve(}. Every Idaho home joins in sorrow without the State, was of that high type and character, of that force­ because of his demise and in prai e of his excellent work for his country fulness and utility that not only lived while be breathed but is en­ and State. shrined in the cosmic being of the community after the mantle of dark­ . w. w. DEAL, ness bas closed over its author, and that ·we are to recall that hls days Master Idaho State Graune. of adversity and his era of prosperity were fused to the common end . of betterment in the simple light of citizenship descning of emulation ; PROCLA.MATIO~ OF THE GOVERNOR OF IDAHO. and further . Whereas in the wisdom of Divine Providence, there has been taken . Resolved, In the absence of a loyal friend, an upright citizen, a factor from amongst the people of the State of Idaho the illustrious citizen. of worth, a stalwart servant of the people, a :fearless champion of former governor .and United .States Senator, Hon. JAMES H. BnADY, and right and justiN, a loyalist and a patriot in the llalls of Congre. s, in whose death 1 State has suffered an irreps.rable loss and the people that we can but attach to his ashes mute fealty and appreciation due we to worthy ideas well conceived and faithfully wrou.~ht, strong purpose are bowed in grief and submission to that decree from which there is no gently advanced and brought to the full temper of tried and trusted ~P~~te!~dau that is mortal of that man, JAMES II. BRADY, will be laid steel ; and further . at rest on Wednesday afternoon, January 16, 1918, at 3 o'clock, at the Reflolved, That this pledge of faith in his works be sent to his widow, city of Washington ; and in order that the people of the State of Idaho anti tba t a copy be placed upon the records of this body. may have the opportunity to pay tribute to the memory of the man who CITY OF PocATELLO, has so highly served the State : By A. B. Bru\N, Mayor. Now, therefore, I, l\Ioses Alexander, governor of the State of Idaho, [SE.\L. ] A. R. DAWSON, do hereby ask that all flags upon all buildings throughout the State be Oity Olerlc. floated at half mast and that the people gather in their places of worship to join with his famUy and the Nation to pay tribute to his memory [Resolutions of the Benevolent and Protectl\"e Order of Elks, Pocatello.] nnd by such other suitable tributes as are in keeping with the feelings of Whereas an inscrutable Providence has removed. !1·om the sphere of the ·citizenship of our State and the memory of the departed one who has done so much for Idaho and whom the people honored so highly NJ.rthly activities our distinguished brother and friend, JAMES Jf. our dear departed friend and citizen, non. JAMEs H. BRADY. ' BRADY; and .M. ALEXANDER, GO'!:eJ'llOt' of Whereas the life of our departed brother exemplified in a striking cle­ Idaho. ~ree those high principles of charity, justice, brotherly love, anll Attest: ndelity,· for which our order sta.nds; and W. T. DOUGHERTY, Secretary of State. Whereas by the adoption of these principles and virtues and by bis con tant desire and willingness to assist those in need or distre. :, [State of Idaho, State bo:ml of !and commissioners, office of the register, he gained great esteem in the hearts of his fellow men and high place · D01se, Idaho.] in the council of his State and Nation ; and Whereas the divine power which dominates and rules over the destinies Whereas our departed brother was thus tried and demon. trated to be, · of mankind bas s en fit to remove from the living the Hon. JAMES IT. above all else, a lover of his country ; and . BRADY United States Senator from the State of Idaho; and Whereas his inordinate devotion to the exacting unties of his h.lgh office Whereas' during bis lifetime be was governor of the State of Idaho and at the time of his country's great need hastened his departure from · president of this board of State land commissioners ; and us· and . . Wher.ea.s this board is deeply sensitive of 3;nd does greatly appreciate Whereas in his ueparture the State and ~atlon have lost a wise anu far­ · his llfe and example, his many acts of kindness, and the gt·eat con­ seeing statesman and a son whose heart beat ever loyal and tnw: cern which he exercised in the interest and the welfare of the State Now, therefore, be it of Idaho and of the United States of America during hls term as ResoZt:ed by the Bene1:olent aua Protectire Orde1· of E/1(8 of Pocatello, Senator : De it Iclaho, in lodge assenJbled, In order that the ·orrow we ft.>el at the lo. s · Resolved, That thls board extend its heartfelt sympathy to the be­ of our distinguished brother and the esteem in which we holcl him may reaved widow and members of his family, and express to them the ap­ be made' known to brothers who, in their turn, . hall come and take our preciation of his efforts and accomplishments while a member o! this places, and in order that the virtues of our brother may be permanently l>onrd ; and be it further engraved, so far as we may accomplish this, that a copy ot these re o­ • Resolt:et.L, That a copy of these resolutions be l'pread in full upon the lutions be spread upon the minutes of this order; be it further minutes of this board, a copy be delivered to the press, and a copy trans­ Re oll;ed, That a copy thet· of I.Je ·ommunicatcd to the family or mitted to the willow of the decca ed. deceased. ETHEL' E. REDFIELD, 01Wi't111atz, .T. IT. PETERSOX, '1'. A. WALTERS, l\1. ll'. CL1UDE, Committee. w~r. WALI,IX. Committee Appoiatea by El!altea Ruler. [lleport of committee of re ·olutions of State defense council upon the t]eath Of united • tates Senator JAMES IT. BRADY.) [Resoiutions in memory of United States Senator J .UIES II. RnAnY, BOISE, ID.\BO, January 1G, 1919. member of Portneuf Lodge, No. 18, A. F. & A. l\1., Pocatello, Idaho, We, your committee appointed to draw up re ofutions upon the death who was culled from labor at Washington, D. C., Jan. 13, 1918.] of Unite(} States Senator J AllES II. BRADY, beg leave respectfully to Whereas the Great Architect of the Univer e bas decreed to call from submit the following resolutions for your approval: his earthly labor and activity our fellow craftsman, United States Whereas the recent death of JAM.Es HENRY BnADY has deprived the State Senator fi·om Idaho, Brother JAMES H. BRADY ; and of Idaho of the counsels of a man who served wisely and well both Whereas in the untimely death of Brother J .BIES H. BRADY this order as its chief executi've and as its representative in the Nation's highest has sustained a loss of one of its most dlstingul.<~hed members, a mas­ legislative body: Be it ter builder, whose daily life, endeavor, and service exemplified in the Resolved, That the State uefense council e1.-pre ses its sense of the highest degree t he principles and teachings of our order ; nnd Joss of a clear-headed pioneer in the development of the State's re­ Whereas our city, State, and Nation has in the ueath of Brother JA::\rE::; sources, of ·a strong business man, of a wise statesman, and, above all, II. BRADY been deprived of. his wise counsel, .unselfish service, Uil, when the reciprocal lutions. communion meant so much to both, an1l that the Iotlge ha been honored J;{espectfully submitted. by having retained. the member ·hip or our illu ·trious departed brother F. R. GoODI ·c, Chairman, until the end of his day; J. F. AILS~IE, R esoz.t:ed, That we as a lodge, and every intlivi,lual nwmber thereof, R. 1\1. DA VIDSOX, fully appreciate tbe great work our I.Jrotlwr a ccomplished for the city K L. PARKER, and State which he helfed );0 mu<:h to cleYelop anll honor: that we feel G . .A. AXL!Xlll, a pride in the record o our chosen representatin~ in the Capital of the COJIImittee. Nation, biD pah·io~c devotion and suppol't or the l'r£'sideut, nnd of e\·ery 1919. CONGRESSIONAL RECOR-D-HOUSR 2095 measm·e for the l?rosecution of our- righteous war for libert}r, for the a To tlte. officers and members of Free Sih:cr Oamp, ·No. tG8 .. Wootfnien establishment of final and. permanent peace, freedom of conscience, ma­ of the Worfd: terially and. spiritnally, for the pnrJ'Iuit of happiness of all' people and "We, your committee, appointed to draft rc olntions of condolenc-e· nations,. for true- democracy of which our beloved ortler is the gt"eat · on the death. of our belo\"cd neighbor a.rut Senator, J.nms H. BRIDY, beg exponent and which enters so largely into its teachings and principles; to submit the following : Resolved, That we deeply and sincerely sympathize with Mrs. Brady th~ in ffis wisdom, and with the close of kin and kindred of our departed brother, that they «Whereas the Supreme Rufer of Univer e1 infinite. may be assured that we share with them the loss as keenly as though we has seen fit to call from our midst our be.10ved neighbor and £ena­ had suffered the loss of one of our own hou ehold; that we commend to tor, JA:.ms H. BnADY ~ Thc.retore be. it them the kind care, love, and· protection ot our members whithersoever "Rcsofved, That Free Sllve1· Camp, No. 168, Woodmen of the World disper ·ed, that we commend to. them the consoling thought and numoni­ extend to. the bereaved widow our d~epestJ sympathy and: profound COlll­ tum, "The will o! (1()d is accomplished. So mote. it be. Amen"; and dolenee,_trusting- that the Divine One. will cheer a:nd sn:>tain her in thi belt . her hour ot bereavement and sadn-es ;. :wd be it further Resol-L'edt_ By the adoption of these resolutions that a eo{)y be for­ "Resolved, That a. copy of these re ·olntions. be Rent to- the widow, warded to ru.rs. Bratly, a copy sprea!l upon our minntes as a permanent anll that tliey also be sprend upon the minutes of. the eamv.'• record, and that ou:t lodge- shall be draped in mourning in hQ-nor of th~ Wn. A. Mcll.AN, :memor~ of our distinguished departed brother. WM. A. Yo-mm. SJnrerely an-cl trat~rnaUy ~ubmitted. WM. WALBI.N, TH.OMA.S HALL, JAMES M. F .. Cr.»ADm~ ff. N{}RRIS, D. W. CHURCH, Co•m.mittee. • ComA91i-ttec. Re~peetful1y, your', FURE ~rL'\"Rn CAYP, N.o. 168,. WoommN Olo' '.!!HE WORLD. [Rerord of procceclings o.f Boise Lodge No. 11, Jmtse, Idaho, Jan, 22, By-W~U.ll A. YOUN~, (JI.erk .. 1918.. in the memory 'Jf Broth& J·..um~J H. BnADr, dee.ea~,J To BOISE LODGE 377, I. 0. 0. F~ [Capitol Re!Jeccu. Lodgfl, N"o. 47',. L (}. 0. F:,.. n.olse.J BlwrHERS : Ia approacliing the performance ot th.~ duty a.ssigned to; "'hereas death h:rs once more come into our ra.nh.-s and removetl in the us we are profound!}! impressed with the fact. that the· loss of our person of United States £enatol! J".A.MES H. BRADY one of the foremost brothl'r, JAMES H. BRADY, ts; not only. an. afiDctfon to our fraternity but citizens of the State- and Nation,. and ene.who during his residence .fn a distinct loss to this Nation. whe.re 1n its bighe£Jt councils- during th~ our midst was very mucli fnteres.t~dl in our activities: crisis through which the world is passing he has stood. as one- of the' .Resolved, 'fhnt we~ the members of Capitol Rebecc.cal Union No. 1258 of Carpenters of Pocatello It1aho pass reso­ WllCl' fi' ' on Ja.nu:u:y 13, 1!)18, death elaimed tile lif Of llon . .TA~f&S: fi. lutions of sympathy and apprcciati{)n. We much regret the 'toss of oue BRADY, United States Sena.tor from Idah-o · and late ~lee~a ed Senator, JAMES Ir. BRADY-ou.r friend, lda.bo.-s friend · WlHtreas in· the. parting from Fife of this di tlnguisbcd eitiic-t\_ th1} Na110ltl AmC!rlea s friend, and every laborer'a friend. H1s IUc was a life of. force has lost a pailrlotie servan-t and the Commonwealth of Idaho illld th and energy, building up a character tha:t has set in motl'on an :lh1luence West a loyal, abl~ friend· and for a higher and- bett<·r life that will never rest as now rests his owu Whereas through t1le death of Hon. J A:UE II. BRADY Lewi. ton !Uld stl·ong body. this immediate section keenly feels thi. loss, becam::e of his close asso~ L. F. HOLMES, ciatlon with tbe deceased, whose every P..ffort was at nll Urnes availabl~ P'AUL ._;ELF, to the people. fl! this community in tbeit• public work : Therefore be it A. W. l!'£1100 ·o-~, Resolved li1} fhe Lewisto?l Ootnme1·cial Cluv, 'l'hat this organization Comm.. ittee. joins with tlie people of the Stat~ in mourning the pa. ing of JAMES ll. BR.-.DY; and l>e. it fn.rther Woom.rnx OF T.EDJ Wonr.n, R'csolvecl 'l'h..~t ~ copy of this resolution be tr:1n cribed on the perma­ FRE.E SILVER CAMr, No,_ lG, , nent records of the Commercial Club and tl1a t the ortglnul uc sent t

'l'o MJ.·s. JAMES II. BRADY : The first officers elected were: President, Mrs. Emma Smith-De Voe,­ A solemn occasion remind. us that Idaho bas . uiierctl the loRs of her Tacoma; ;ice president at latge,- Mrs. Harriet G. R. Wright, Den-rer; foremost citizen and the Nation a· genuine statesman at a time when Colo. ;.. corresponding secretary, Mrs. Bertha Knatvold Kittil en, Tacoma; recormng secretary, Mrs. Leona Cartee, Boise, Iflaho; treasurer, Dr.­ dc¥:n~b~~1e~~:·t~n ftifhnY~i~~\:uie ji:ldlle:.H. BRADY has · been rl.'moved Cora Smith King, Seattle, Wash.; auditor, Mrs. C. II. McMahon, Salt from earth and its associations, but though he be dead, shall be not. Lake City, Dtah. live again? · · His voice has been stilled, his activities have ceased ; yet in every­ EDITORIAL COMMIIXTS. thing that means the upbuilding of the State he so much loved, in everythlng tlJat calls for unselfish, patriotic devotion to the principles of [From the Idaho Statesman, Boi c.] true Americanism, we may well imagine that he still lives ; that be When a summary is made of the career of JAMES H. BRADY, th~ still counsels us to forget -everything~ and to Uve only for the purpose United States Senator over whose death the people of Idaho mourn to­ of furthering the cause of a world-wiae humanity. day, those who knew him personally will be apt to gl;e precedence to' He died· at his post of duty amid conditions that try men's souls his personality, rather than to the record which be made as a blghl>' and tlJat put to the utmost test every fiber of our national life. successful busilless man or to the political 1·ecord which kept him prom1: Silent is our depaJ.'ted friend and brother now, but could his voice nently before the public. It will be the kindly, generous, and svmpa­ be heard again for each of us he would utter thls solemn exhortation: thetlc side of the man, whose charity was unstinted and who was " So live, that when thy summons comes to join always willing to help, whlcb wlll be emEhaslzed by his friends and That innumerable caravan that moves associates, and even by those who knew h m only slightly. To that mysterious realm, where each must take Many sections of southern Idaho nre to-day enjoying n prosperity His chamber in the silent halls of death, and a development which are directly attributable to Senator BRADY's '.rhou go, not like the quarry slave at ni.,.ht, business sagacity. His great successes in large ventures were mad9 Scourged to the dungeon; but sustained and soothed on projects whlch benefited the people of the State a. well as hims~>lf, Biy an unfaltering trust; approach the grave and any one of several of his projects would be monument enough f01: L ke one who wraps the drapery of his couch an ordinary man. About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams!' Whatever Senator BRADY put his hand to he directed with un earne t~ l\IOSCOW CHAMBER OF' COlUIImCI!l, ness and a continual pressure that brought results. This is as true ot lly W. F. MORG.!lUllDGE, hls political activities a.s It is of his personal business affair . While F. F. PARSO::SS, he was governor of Idaho he was a man who pushed things along-got .A, IT. 0\ERS:\IITH, things done, and when he was advanced to the larger sphere of u e­ Committee. fulness in Washington this same spirit was manifest. '£1lousantls of his constituents can testify to his earnest services in departmental [Resolution adopted by the joint conference of .Agricultural, Live Stock,' matters -at the National Capital. He accomplished things and was pre­ Irtigation, and Engineering Societies of Idaho, in con;entlon assem- eminently a builder, and always he had a sincere love for Idaho anti a bled at Idaho Falls, Jan. 14 to 19.] . , genuine concern for the welfare of the State. When the Nation became involved in the great war . enator BnAD'l Resolved, That in the pas ing of Senator RRADY the people of Idaho f.mmed1ately aligned himself as a whole-hearted , upporter of the ad­ have lost thfl aid and advice- of one of the pioneers of the irrigated sec­ mlnlsn·ation. Victory over Germany and the future safety of his tion of the State. We· take this occasion to express om· appreciation country-those were the things to which he gave unstintedly of time of bls ~·eat service to this ~tate in the de;elopmcnt and tlpbtiiltling and labor and thought. of the ::)nak? River Valley, No one knew better than Mr. BRADY himself the pl.'rsonnl danger to his health which his hard work on the Milltary Affairs Committee o.t [Resolutio~s Idaho Council of Women Voters.] the Senate entailed. His physicians warned him that overexertion "'berea all that was mortal of our :friend J ..un:s II. BRADY bas been would inevitably shorten his life, and many of his friends urged upon removed from our view, while the immortal part of him has been him the advisability of a moderate slowing dowu of his many activities. 1.'o these pleas Senator BRADY replied that his own life wa a matter of ~~~~~f¥f.!~e}gr; ~J>~~re of unrestricted acthity and enlarged useful- minor importance and that he must gi;e to hi country without stint the be. t work of which be was capable. Resoivccl ]>y the National Ootmcil of Women Vote1·s in Idalln ia 1'CU· 1tl01l' 1neeti11g assembled, That in the passinf over of JA:llES n: llnADY, former governor of Idaho and late Senator- rom Idaho to the Congress [From the Bois~ Evening Capital News.] of the tfnited States, Idaho has been deprived of the services of a useful, able, and energetic public servant and the counu·y of a devoted and PASSING OF SilXA.TOR BRADY. intensely loyal citizen. The National Council of Women Voters of Idaho A public official is soon forgotten by the public unless he l>e among the will e;er hold in grateful remembrance Senator BRADY's generous and few who has stood out with national distinctiveness. · liberal aid, whll~ governor o:f the State, to the national organization of A builder li;es in the public mind, for his monuments arc e;er in C"\'i- women votersf f!mce, as governor, he officially invited the governors of dence. • the s~age States to each send a ·representative woman to a meeting It was as a constructive genius in the field of industry that the late held at Tacoma on January 14, 1911, then and there to effect the United States Senator BRADY, of Idaho, will be the longest held in pul>lic national organization of ,.women voters. Gov. BRADY himself journeyed remembrance, not that he had not served to the fulle t capacity permit­ to Tacoma: and presided nt the various sessions, nnd by his presence ted by failing health nor that he had not succeeded i.n llerforming gen~ business advice, and financial assistance helped launch and speed on an nine service for ·bls State in the National Hall of legislation, but because even keel the national craft on Its initial voyage of helpfulne s to the of the visualization of his industrial activities. · cause of the equality of women before the law. Be it further .. Senator BRADY's constructive e1forts were not alwa.rs as successful as Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transcribed tlpon the he would have bad them nor as profitable to himself as the public minutes of the Boise Chapter, Council of ·women Voters, anu a copy assumed, but they all helped bulld up his State. They encouraged other thereof sent to 1\Irs. James II. Brady, topether with tbe assurance of investment and additional populatlo,n. . our profound sympathy in her bereavement and loss. The Senator was a tireless worker in private life and in pul>lic life until ill health forced him to slow down, but, e\"en though gripped by a. [From the Tacoma (Wash.) Tribune.] fatal malady, he went on in both capacities, and undoubtedly his end SEXATOR BRADY FRIEXD OF SCFFRAGEJ HERE--E:\!lU S:U:ITII-DD YOE RECALLS was hastened by continuation of his business activltle at a time wbcu EFFORTS OF IDAIIO STATB!S:U:A~. he should haTe been in practical retirement. In the tll'ath of Senator JAMES H. BRADY of Idaho, the National . I Council of Women Yoters loses the western statesman who was chiefly responsible for its formation and who was one of the staunchest friends [From the Pocatello Tribune.] of suffrage in the West. Mrs. Emma Smith-De Voe, of Tacoma, inti· It Is extremely dimcult for those who were so closely associated as mate friend of 8enator and 1\Irs. BRADY, Tu(.'J!day recalled some of the friends with the late Senator JAMES H. BRADY to reconcile themselves circumstances attending the stirring scenes when the State of Washing­ to the belief that he is dead, and the thought insists that he is simply ton adopted woman autfrage in 1910. Senator, then Gov. BRADY, of away on his duties and will return. But the calm consciousness dawns Idaho, has been her chief adviser during that memorable fight. that when he does return 1t will not be as the keen, active, optimistic After the Tictory Mrs. De Voe went to Boise, Idaho, for one more individual whose life and energies were so closely interwoven with the conference in the governor's mansion. There before the blazing logs affairs of the State, and more particularly those of his home town, in Ws wide fireplace they held council, When it was over Gov. BR.!DY Pocatello, where for yeara his name and operations stood constantly_ issued this call to the governors of the other four suJfrage States: · and firm for uplift and upbnilding. IDs keen perception, quick decision. "Whereas on November 8, 1910, the electors of the State of Washing­ and great energy are lost to the State, and as the days go along it is ton Toted a constitutional amendment giving the women of that State only too strongly realized that the loss is very great. the right of suffrage, making five States west of the Missouri RiTer that No public man in years bas dropped from the ranks of human ~~­ have placed thfs God-given right in their bands; deavor whose work and activity will be missed to so great a degree by " I, .TA:U:ES H. BRADY, governor of the State of Idaho and chairman the people of Idaho as that of Senator BRADY. His effort, friendship, of the advisory board ot Washington campaign committee of said State, and wealth bad an influence and firm hold on nearly every community helieve that the time has arrived when the enfranchised women of the In the State, and it was ever his ambition to advance the work of the '\Vest should extend a helping hand to their sisters in the eastern and people, to further the aspirations of a locality, and to follow out the other States in securing the ballot, and I hereby call a convention, to be theory of "making two blades of grass grow where but one grew held in the city of Tacoma, Wash., on January the 14th, 1911, for the before." purpose of organizing an association of national scope of the women His dynamic force was the constant admirntion of those who knew voters of America, n.nd I hereby appoint :Margaret S. Roberts, of Boise, him intimately. No way was too long or no night too dark to be ot Idaho, as £lelegate to said convention, with full power to act on all service to a worthy individual or a deserving project, and be possessed matters coming before the same, and I respectfully request the governors the wonderful vitality and decisive action to dispose of a monumental of all the States where women have the right or suJfrage to appoint bulk of affairs in remarkably short time. A study of his methods ot one delegate to said convention. with authority to organize a national many years readily inclines one to the belief that he could not have association." · been constituted otherwise and accomplish so many successes in 20 There was prompt concurrence by all the governors, each of whom years' time. He was never known to drift on any process, and was named and duly authorized a woman commissioner for this important quick to act either for or against. meeting. Gov. Brooks, of Wyoming, named Mrs. Zell Hart Deming, of It was his vast grasp of situations and affairs, the fine purpose of Cheyenne ; GoT. ~hafroth, of Colorado, named l\I1·s. Mary C. C. Brad­ associating with him the best elements of society at large, that at all ford, of Denver; Gov. Spry, of tah, named 1\Irs. Susa Young Gates of times commanded the greatest respect of hi opponents. .And aside ~alt Lake City; and Gov. Hay, of Washington, named 1\Irs. Virg{nia from the cause of party, it is recalled that one of the character! tics Wilson l\Iason, of Tacoma. most strongly appealing to his great circle of adherents was his stf'rn · These commissioners met on the morning of January 14, 1911, Gov. avoidance of radicalism on any subject. He gave and took with all his RRADX' himself calling them to order anu stating the ob)ect of the meet­ forces. His radical Republicanism, however. lett no doubt as to his jug. The scene was laid in the large colonial home of Mr. and Mrs. exact stancl with the party under any and all conditions, aud his firm· John Q. Mason, in '!'acoma, and there was organized the National Council ness and personal activity has on more than one occasion contributed of Women Voters. very vitally to snatching Tictory from the claws of apparent defeat. 1919. CONGRESSION _A_L RECORD-HOl~SE. 2097

As time d hearings in December, 1916. on was alive. lie had that master constructiye mind, anince war was declared, and, although in poor health, be 1·emained at desired numbers. bls post of duty and dleu literally fighting for civilization and democracy. "This seems to indica to to me," was bis conclusion, "that it is a The Signal bas not supported 8enator BRADY in all of his under­ very true statement that it is g-oing to ue impossible, under existing takings, but we b:n·e admired his forcefulness and staying qualities, and conditions, to secure the e ,-olunteers." sincerely join jn a tribute to his many gooll qualities and the service be Maj. Gen. Wood told the committee that "this country is in effect un­ has renucred tbe State. prepared," and adued: " We need, and need immediately, a system for the training of men, [From the Moscow Daily Star-~irror.] and we flhould push forward the manufacture of munitions and equip­ ment with all possible speed. The lessons of the present militia mob­ J.OYAL SF..!\ATOR I:UADY. ilization, ''"ith its incompleteness of equipment, Its shortages in all Iuaho llas one ~pecial reason for honoring the memory of JAMES H. directions, extending to the present moment in many things-in the mat­ BnADL All through the critical times leailing up to the declaration of ter of clothing, shortage of artillery, shortage in various directions-all war, ana more particularly after that de<'laratlon, Senator BRADY was indicate the need of a systematic and well-thought-out preparation, and right. All the ability be had, all the influence he commanded be that without delay." th1·ew whole-heartedly on the side of his country. The Government ilid Senator BRADY promr.tly •oiceu hi· approyal of that expert counsel. not moye ns rapidly as he thought it should have moved in preparations When another witness said that there were already a number of excel­ for war; the break with Germany did not come as soon as he thought it lent military training schools in the country, Senator BRADY remarkell: tiboulrt have come, but h_e did not for an instant permit this feeling to "The trouble with that is that it is simply in local places. It does interfere with his loyal support of llis country. Hts every act and every not apply generally to the people of the United States. Now, that would utterance was f?Overneu by the firm conviction that the Government­ be something like our baseball games and our football games, where the men in pos1tions of power and responsibility in the Nation-were­ 18 or 25 take their physical exercises and 25,000 or 30,000 sit i.n idle­ entitled to the earnest support of every citizen in the land. An intense ness and watch them perform. We want to find some method by which p:utL an, Senator RnADY was willing to lay his partisanship a ide for we can give a reasonable amount of physical training to all the youths the time in order that his country might present a solid front to the of the United States." common enemy. Out of harmony with some of the things the Govern­ It was unfortunate for the -atlon that Senntor BRADY's health broke ment was doing, be was wiliing to leave the correction of these minor under the severe strain of his conscientious labors. He tried to ineet 1 hin~s until after the main issue was decided-until the war was won all the exacting demands on his tim<> and thought from his borne con­ On tne alert :llways to make political capital out of the mistakes and stituency and at the same time master the great problems before the wealme . es of the oppo itlon, and always ready to advance the interests American people. With the possible exception of Senator CHAMBilRLAIX, of hi own party, Senator BnADY suppressed bls political desires in order of Oregon, it is doubted if any other Senator had a broader or more that the best interests of his Nation might go forward. Idaho will intC'lligent grasp of the military needs of the l\'ation. remember these things. Citizens of the State will place this record to ihe credit of the departed Senator, and they will honor his memory for the patriotic course he pursued in the supreme crisis of the Nation. [From tbe Salt Lalery turn of the road, anti be had an unfailing faith in the it diu not I s. en the profound and universal sorrow with which it' was future of his adopted State. He came to Idaho less than a quarter of a received. .Although Ion.,. prominent in the business and political affairs century ago, a stranger willing to do his part. of Idaho, it was not unru he entered the United States Senate that his It is a tine tribute to the western spirit, as well as to Senator BBAI>Y's highest and best qualities were recognized by the people of his State ability, to note the progress made by him in a comparatively short period Renator Bn.mY was first electro to sen-e the unexpired term of Senator of time. Rising from the ranks, he was elected governor of the State. Heyburn, who also died at his po t of duty in the National Capital, and Later be was appointed to fill the unexpired term of United States Sen­ was the last Senator closen by the State legislature. Upon the ex­ ator Heybm·n, deceased, and in 1914 he was reelected by popular yote. piration of his term, Senator Bn.ADY was elected for a full term of six The death of Senator BRADY brings about a rather important political years by popular· Yote and had three years to serve at the time of his situation. Gov. Alexander will appoint a Democrat to serYe until next llPath. Like his uistinguished predecessor, Senator BRADY was a native November, at which time Idaho will elect two Senators insteau of one. of Pennsylvania. IIe was educated in the public schools and in the But whoe\er is appointed and whatever may be the result of the Novem­ ::!tate Normal chool at Leavenworth, Kans. He taught school for ber election, Senator Bll4DY bas left a fine record of achievement that three years edited a newspaper for two years. lie came to Idaho in may well be emulated by his successor. 1895, locatfng in Pocatello, which bas since been his home. He was Only a few days ago the West suffered a similar loss in the death of chairman of the Republican State central committee during the cam­ ·Senator Newlands. of Nevada. He, too, was a man who held the inter­ paigns of 1904 and 1908. He was chairman of the Idaho delegation to ests of the West close to a warm heart, and his experience, together with the Republican national conventions in 1900 and 1908. He was elected his alloonment with the majority in Congress, made him an important gon~rnor of Idaho in 1908. On January 24, 1913, be was elected Sen­ factor iii legislation. The State of Utah will share to an extent the loss atot· by the legislature, and on November 3, 1914, he was reelected by sustained by the adjoining States of Idaho and Nevada. popular vote. In the Senate Senator BRADY at once earned recognition from his colleagues by his ready grasp of big questions, and while not an orator, [From the New York Eyening Sun.] he neycrthelcss had the faculty of expressing his views with vigorous THE LATE SEXATOR BRADY. clca rness, which never failed to impress his hearers. He was a tireless worker, and his unwillingness to abandon his work and take a needed The United States, and particularly the State of Idaho, suffered rest no doubt accounts for his untimely death. The most humble citizen a distinct loss in the death of Se.nator JAMES H. BRADY, who died in of Iuabo had a firm friend in Senator BRADY, and hundreds of pros­ Washington on Sunday. Like the late Senator Newlands, of Nevada, pectors, homesteaders, and others ln all parts of the State will attest who predeceased him a short time ago, Senator BRADY was a conspicu­ to his prompt and faithful attention to matters in which they were con­ ous figure on important committees although representing a more or less cerned in the various departments. With his service in the Senate be inconspicuous State. 11ad steadily grown in the esteem of the people of Idaho, who watched The Idaho statesman was an l?xamwe of what is best in American with satisfaction his expanding influence in that body. At the time of public life. Born in bumble circumstances, he rose by his own efrorts his death he was the ranking member of the Committee on Military to the governorship of the State of his adoption, and finally was elected Affairs and was one of the subcommittee which framed the law creating and reelected to the Senate of the United States to represen~ that State the great National Army we see to-day. Although not in accord with whose interests were alway;;; nearest his heart. the President on many questions pertaining to the attitude of this coun­ Particularly does the woman-suffrage movement lose a friend in Sena­ try toward the Eqropean war, be never faltered in giving the adminis­ tor BRADY, who as long ago as 1910 publicly advocated the enfranchise­ tration the most !byal support in declaring war and in all measures ment of women, and at the time of his death was chairman of the Na.· necessary to bring speedy victory to American arms. tional Council of Women Voters. In the death of Senator BRADY Idaho bas lost not only a faithful a.nd forceful representative in the Senate, but a citizen who bas contributed - [From the Sait Lake City News.] much toward shaping the political and industrial destiny of the State. WEST DOUBLY BEREA\ED. The West has suffered two severe losses· recently in the death of [From the Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman Review.] capable and favorite sons chosen to represent this section in the national SEi:\ATOR BR-\DY'S DEATH A NATIO:SAL LOSS. balls of legislation. In both instances Utah people have sensed an In the death of JAMES H. 13RADY Idaho has lost, as Senator BoRAH almost direct and personal bereavement, for in each case the Common­ Fay., "a har

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