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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESr tor, AuGusTus OCTAvrus BAtoN died on "the 14tli of Febt;tiary 191~, rip~ in years and full of honors. I had known him per~ sonall~ SI~ce my. early boy~ood and intimately for 35 years. Be· SuNDAY, Feb~·uary ~1, 1915. fore his buth h1s fat~er died, and while yet in infancy, before ~e. _was a year _old, h1s mother passed to the g1;eat beyond to The House met at 12 o'clock noon, and was called to order by JOlD the husband and father. He was reared by his grand­ Mr. BARTLETT as Speaker pro tempore. · mother. At an early age he entered ilie Uiliversity of Georgitt" The. Chap~a~n, Rev. Henry N. Conden, D. D., offered the fol- from which he graduated with the degree of bachelor of arts' lowing prayer : · and soon ti?-ereafter he received the degree of bachelor of laws~ , Lo-r£!, Thot6 hast be~n out· d;welling place in all generations. For many years he was a trustee· of the University of Georgia 'B efore the nwuntai ns w ere brought forth, or ever Thou hadst and was such at the time of his death. There were conferred formed the earth and the wot·ld, even, [1·on'll everlasting to ever­ upon him by that university the degrees of bachelor of arts lasting, Tho'lt a1·t God. bach;lor ?f ~aws, master .of _ arts~ arid doctor of 'laws. Shortly we ai·e come ·to pay· a tribute of respect to two chosen serv­ after begmmng the practice of law he answereu to the call to ants of the people a~d to record their life, character, and public arms made upon her sons by the Southern Coilfederacy. He services, tJlat they may live in history as an inspiration and as served in the Army of Virginia for tWo years and was after­ an example to coining generations. The one passed on while wards transferred to Georgia· and assigned to general staff dnty. serving as _a Member of this House, the other while a Senator Soon after the clo~e of the ~ar he commenced the practice of of the United States. 'l'o have been thus chosen as Members of law at Macon, Ga., where he resided until his death. As a thi~ great legislatiYe body is in itself a mark of distinction, in­ lawyer he was stu4ious; he mastered all subjects with consum ~ dicatiYe o~ !fiental strength, moral courage, and worthy endeavor. !Date skill, and presented them to· court and jury with conviiY.!· Tb.ey have finished the work Thou gavest them to do and have mg argument and logic. pas~ed on to a service for which the experiences of this life During the years following the Civil War, known as the re­ have fitted them. We mourn thefi.· going, but look forward with construction period in Georgia, he gave his great powers to the :faith, hope love to the touch of their hand, the cheer of their task of rehabilitating the State and restorinl:' its goyernment voice and kindly smile. Be this our solace arid the comfort of to its. own people. In reco-gnition 'of his publi~ services he was those who knew and loved therri be_st in the .home, in society elected _a mel]lber of the Georgia House of Representati-ves from where their genial prese~ce will be missed. May we be pre­ the co~qr of Bibb ~~ 1870, and. was succes ively reelected to par~d, when the summons comes, to pass with unperturbed that positiOn for a period of 12 years. For ·eight years he was spirit into that realm where love reigns supreme; and we will speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives and in that praise and magnify Thy holy name forever, through Him who office he evinced his wonderful familiarity with parliamentary taught us life and the immortality_of the soul. Amen. law. He presided with great fairness and dignity, and was THE JOURNAL. eYe_rY,Where recognized as one of the most skillful parliamen­ Mr. ADAMSON. 1\fr. Speaker; I ask unanimous consent that tarians that had ever presided over the Legislature of the State the reading and approval of the Journal be deferred until to- of Georgia. In eyery campaign, both local and national, 1\fr. morrow. BAcoN was an earnest champion ·of the cause of the Demo­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Georgia crati.c Party, ~o ~hich he al_ways belonged. He ·was ready at asks unanimous consent that the reading of the Journal be all times to aid h1s party, and he rendered most effective serY­ postponed until to-morrow. Is there objection? ice in its behalf. The Democratic national committee always There was no objection. a :aile~ .it.self o_f his sernces in the· presidential campaigns, and LEAVE TO PRINT. his abtlitles were exerted in behalf of his party's candidates and in advocacy of its principles in many States. In 1894' he Mr. ADAMSON. Mr. Speaker, I ask . unanimous consent was elected to the United States Senate from the State of that all who speak in eulogy to-day have permission to revise Georgia.· ·while it is true that he was elected to this office by · and extend their remarks, and that general leave to print be the legislature of his State, yet' foi· ·the first time in the history extended to all Members. of the State there had been held a primary in· order that the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Georgia voters Jl?ight ·give .expression to their choice for United States asks unanimous consent that those who speak to-day may have SenatOJ.-', and when the legislature met the people had already permission to extend _their remarks, and that leave be granted declared by their Yotes that he was their choice for that high to those who are not present and who desire to incorporate office. He entered the Senate in 1895, at the same time that I remarks in the RECORD to do so. Is there objection? became a Member of the House of Representatives. In 1900 There was no objection. ~906, .and again i!-11912 the Dem?crats of the State of Georgia: ORDER 9F THE DAY. m pnmary elections, selected him as United States Senator. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will read the order In 1912, after the amendment providing for the election of of the dar. . . United States Senators by the people was. adopted, he was The Clerk read as follows : elected Senator by the people of the State, after ha,ing been On motion of Mr. BARTLETT, by unanimous consent, Ordered That nominated in the primary, being the first United States Senatot~ Sunday, February 21, 1915, be set apart for services upon the life elected by the people under the seventeenth amendment to the character, and public services of Hon. AUGUSTUS 0. BACON late a Senator from the State of Georgia. _ ' . Constitution. From the day of his entrance into the Senate he On motion of Mr. PETERS, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That Sun­ beca~e a commanding figure in that body and immediately at­ day, February 21, 1915, be set apart for services upon the life char­ tracted the attention of the Senate and of the country. He soon acter. and public services of Ron. FonREST GooDWIN, late a 'Repri: _.entative from the State of Maine. · demonstrated that he was fully equipped in every way to meet promptly in debate every question that arose. During his term THE LATE SENATOR BACON. of service many of the most important questions which haYe Mr. PARK took the chair as Speaker pro tempore. engaged the attention _of the Senate were considered. He par­ Mr. BARTLETT. Mr. Speaker, I offer· the following reso- ti~ipated in all the great debates that occurred there, oftentimes lution. contending with the most distinguished Member of that body The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Georgin and in no debate in which he engaged did he ever fail to demon~ offers a resolution which the Clerk will report. strate his ability to sustain and uphold the dignity and honor The Clerk read as follows: of his high office. House resolution 7 40. Intimately familiar with the Listory of our Republic and . Resolued, That as a mark of respect to the memory of the Ron. thoroughly grounded and learned in the fundamental principles Aua us~·u s 0. BACON, late a Senator from the State of Georgia the busi­ ness of t_he House. be now suspended, to enable his associates to pay of our Government as contained in the charter of our liberties proper tnbute to his high character and distinguished public services. the Coustitution, he was ever its earnest defender and n~ Resol ve(l, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the effort to infringe it, impair it, or destroy it was e~er made ~aj~~~~~,0 ~he House at the conclusion of the exercises of this day stand that did _not meet witll prompt resistance from him. He Resolved, That the Clerk of the House communicate these resolutions believed in the traditions of our people and in the tradition of to t he Sen a tc. · • R _eJJ o h;e£l, 'l'bat the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to the our Government, and at all times he stood firmly by them. family of the deceased. · Punctual in his attendance on the sessions of the Senate and The resolution was agreed to. as ·iduous in the performance of his duties, his great mentality was impressed upon .nearly all the deliberation of that great ~lr. BARTLETT. Mr. Speaker, born on the 20th of October, body during the period of his service. Never did he permit his 1839, after having sened his nati1e State as soldier, as legisla­ pri1ate business or personal fortunes to lure him from his t.or, as speaker of the house of representatives as trustee of du.ty as . Sena~or. Although opposed 1igorously in the last the State Uni1ersity, and for 19 years as a United States Sena- prrmary m wh1ch he was a candidate, he still remained at his 1915. CONGRESSIONAL. - RECORD--HOUSE.- 4245 post while the Senate was in session, and the people, recog­ By direction ~f the governor of Georgia the body of Senator nizing his ability and faithfulness, gave him a large majority BACON lay in state in the capitol at Atlanta. It was borne from and ~ vote of confidence. It may be truthfully said that the funeral train through a vast concourse of people gathered during the 19 years of his s_ervice he was never absent from from all parts of the State to the rotunda of the capitol, where the Senate on account of private or personal business, and the body lay, and was viewed by thousands. And then we car­ frequently he attended the sessions of the Senate and dis­ ried him to his home at Macon. All business there was sus­ charged his duties there when his physical condition was such pended, and the people stood with uncovered heads around the that he should not have done so. bier of the man who had served them so faithfully and so long Senator BACON was a believer in and defender of the rights and whom they loved so well. His body was then carried to its of the States, and on many occasions when they were sought last resting place in Rose Hill Cemetery, to repose until the to be invaded by the enactment of laws which undertook to resurrection morn, when all shall app.ear before the great white confer unwarranted powers upon the Federal Government throne to be adjudged for the deeds done in the flesh. he delivered speeches of protest which will live as master­ In Senator BACON's death a· truly great man has been tak~n pieces of logic, of learning, and of eloquence. No stronger or away from us. Georgia has sent many of her distinguished sons more forceful speech was ever made in the Senate on that to the Senate-Berrien, Toombs, Hill, Colquitt, Gordon, and subject than the one which he delivered on the amendment that others-and while some of them may have been more eloquent was offered to the proposed seventeenth amendment to the and possessed in greater degree with the power to sway as­ Constitution, providing for the election of United States Sen­ semblages of men, none excelled Senator BACON in clearness of ators by the people, in which he met and answered the argu­ thought or reasoning power, nor was there auyone amonu that ments of the distinguished Senator from New York [Mr. RooT], bright galaxy of names who was more truly devoted to th~ best and the debate on that amendment will go down in history as interests of the State of Georgia. His memory will be cherished one of the great debate..; in the Senate of the United States. along with that of the other great men who have represented ' Believing that this Government should not hold or own Georgia in the United States Senate as one entitled to receive colonies, when the treaty involving the status and future of the plaudits of the people and the encomium, "Well done, thou the Philippines was up for consideration he not only voted good and faithful servant." against its confirmation, but introduced a resolution declaring He loved his State as his fireside and his Nation as his home. it to be the purpose of the United States not to permanently Nationally broadminded, he accorded to the General Government retain the islands, but to give to the people of those islands all the rights that were granted tc it by the Constitution, but independence and self-government. His speech upon this sub­ at the same time he jealously protected the independent sov­ ject was listened to with profound interest in the Senate, and ereignty of each State. He was proud of th·~ position of the attracted the attention of the people of the United States and United States among the nations of the earth, yet he was so of many countries abroad. The debate on this subject between jealous of her integrity that in dealing with other nations he Senator BACON and Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin, has justly insisted that full justice should be meted out to them so as to been characterized as one of the great debates of the Senate, enjoy their- full faith and confidence. His was a patriotism and as recalling the days of Webster, Calhoun, and Clay. that did not defend aggression and conquest, but his great pow­ In the Sixty-second Congress, although the Republicans had a ers were at all times exercised ·in the promotion of national majority of the Senate, they were not able to agree upon a security and peace. President pro tempore, and it became necessary for them to enter into an arrangement with the Democrats by which a Sena­ .Mr. ADAMSON. Mr. Speaker, among the first really great tor on the Democratic side should be selected as President pro men I ever knew was Senator BACON. A generation my senior, tempore and also a Senator on the Republican side to serve as he had become celebrated as a Georgia legislator and had issued President pro tempore. On that occasion the Democrats unani­ a Jaw book-an analysis of the first 40 volumes of Georgia Re­ mously selected Senator BAcoN as their representative for this ports-which was highly prized by the bar and remains to this important position in the Senate. Called upon to preside over day the best law book of the kind I ever saw. that most exalted and distinguished Senate in the world, Sena­ He was a great lawyer, a great parliamentarian, and eminent tor BACON presided with the ease, grace, dignity, and fairness as a public-spirited, generous citizen. He was an astonishing for which he was noted; and when a great impeachment trial compendium of universal information. He was at all times was conducted before the Senate to try a judge who had been ready to discuss, and discuss accurately and minutely, any sub­ impeached· by the House he was unanimously selected to pre­ je~t which any person be might meet was able to discuss at all. side. Nothing demonstrated so clearly as this action the con­ He was distinguished ror his dignity and urbanity. It was said fidence and esteem in which he was held by the Members of the of the old Roman statesmen that even in the throes and madness Senate. of discord and faction they never lost their dignity nor forgot ·when the Democrats elected the President and secured a ma­ their respect for law and decorum. Senator BACON would have jority of the Senate, Senator BACON was placed at the head of the been among Roman statesmen as eminent as he was among Committee on Foreign Relations, having served upon that com· American statesmen. He was punctilious in all his association mittee for years. It was during his service as chairman of that and contact with his fellow men, extremely considerate of others committee that the troubles in Mexico became acute, and there in all things, and a miracle of perpetual industry. is no question but that the President of the United States ad­ When he was transferred from his Georgia work to the wider ·vised with him daily and relied upon his sound judgment, his field of operations as a United States Senator he was as ad­ prudence, and his wide knowledge of international affairs in mirably equipped as any statesman ever called to the position aiding him to maintain proper peaceful relations with the Mexi­ from any State, and well did he maintain himself and illustrate can Government during that critical period. I have no doubt the honor and greatness of the State of Georgia and her people. The whole country suffered an irreparable loss when Senator that the President of the United States now feels keenly the loss BACON died. Of course his friends, his family, and his beloved of his counsel and advice. State of Georgia more deeply feel the immediate loss. A life­ His death was not only a surprise to us who were associated long friend and associate of Senator BACON, Ron. Joha T. with him here, but it was a profound shock to the people of the Boifeuillet, of Macon, Ga., for many years his private secretary, State of Georgia. They sincerely mourned his death, and when better acquainted with him perhaps than any other man who his-body was borne through the confines of the State to its last resting place at his home, Macon, Ga., at every station through ever associated with him, has prepared a beautiful tribute, true which the funeral train passed numbers of people gathered and, and just, to the life, character, and public services of Senator with bowed heads and sorrowing hearts, paid their respect and BAcoN, which I shall appropriate here as a part of my remarks. homage to him dead whom they had loved so well in life. They more nearly do Senator BACON justice than I am able to do. He died at his post of duty, and I have no doubt if he could TRIBUTE Oii' HON. JOIL~ T. BOIFEUILLET, have chosen the hour and manner of his death this great man who had devoted his life to the public service of his people In him was- A combination and a form indeed, would have chosen to die as he did-at his post at the front Where every god did seem to set his seal, with armor bright and untarnished, hale and vigo~·ous, although To give the world assurance of a man. full of honors and years. I know he would have preferred to The melancholy tidings of the death of Senator AuousTus 0. face the dread summons with harness on rather than to have lain prone and broken by wasting disease. And I truly believe BACON, on February 14, 1914, in the city of Washington, plunged that all of us who are engaged in the discharge of public duty the people of his native State of Georgia into mourning and were heard with sadness throughout this entire country and jn would prefer to meet the grim destroyer at our post. many distant lands. The Senate was _in. session at the hour or And could we choose the time, and choose aright, his den1ise, and the announcement of the unexpected and dis~ 'Tis best to die, our honor at the height, When we have done our ancestor no shame, tressing event carried grief to the heart of every Senator. A But served our friends, and well secured our fame. deep and solemn stillness instantly pervaded the Chamber, for 4246 CONGRESSIONkL REOOR))--HOUS]J: FEBRUARY 21;

nll realized tbat one of the pillars of the Senate had fallen. · The saying of the ·Greeks can· be appropriately applied to The Senate immediately adjourned for the day, sorrowfully and Senator ·BACON: ' tearfully. . What Themistoc1es was to . the rest ot the Athenians in acute fore~ DeSiring to pay to his memory that love, honor, and respect so sight, wisdom, and vigor, Aristides was to every statesman in Greece· m incomparable purity and integrity of public life, and no one has dared eminently due, and which the Senators felt and entertnined in to dispute his well-won title of The Just. . such profound degree, his lifeless form a few days later was borne into the Senate Chamber, so long cherished and beloved Immediately upon Senator BAcoN's entrance into the Senate by him, and, in the imposing presence of the Vice Pre ident, the he took rank with the leaders by reason of his fine ability, his members of the Cabinet, the Speaker of the House, Senators · tact as a parliamentarian, his knowledge of legislative proce­ and Representatives, the Chief Justice· and Associate Justices dure, and his familiarity with public affairs. His ripe experience <>f the Supreme Court, diplomats, and other public functionaries, and mature judgment, his legal learning and forensic talents; and the galleries crowded to their utmost capacity with sorrow­ his dignified bearing and courtly manners, gave him instant ing friends, impressive religious ceremonies were held. The prestige. He grew steadily into a national figure, and was a body, escorted by a delegation from the Senate and House, was commanding influence in the senatorial conte ts of his time. carried to Georgia for interment in 1\Iacon, the Senator's home He was capable of filling the highest position under the Gov­ city, and when Atlanta, the capital of tbe State, was reached it ernment. In him were embodied all the elements of a tates­ was met at the depot by a vast concourse of citizens and the man and a patriot. The love of country was in his heart. His military, headed by the governor and all tbe statehouse officers, career was eminent. members of the various courts, and Confederate veterans. Senator BACON planted himself firmly upon the Constitution Fifty thousand mouTning people lined the streets along which of his country. To him it was " a pillar of cloud by day and a the great funeral procession passed from the depot to the capi­ pillar of fire by night." He was its sleepless guard and valiant tol, where the remains laid in state for several hours and were defender. He believed that the spirit of the Constitution would -viewed by more than 10,000 persons. No greater demonstration live as long as our civilization blessed us with· a full apprecia­ of love was ever paid to any other Georgian, living or dead. tion of the benefits of government and tlre joys of liberty. Upon the arrival of the body at Macon there was another He regarded the honor, the rights, and the dignity of the great outpouring of the people in honor of the memory of the Senate as high and sacred trusts. distinguished dead. The remains were placed in the city hall, No man has been truer, or firmer, or bolder in espou ing and all during the night that they rested there a steady stream Democratic principles, upholding State's rights, advocating of grief-stricken friends flowed past the bier. On the day of the white supremacy, and resisting any usurpation of power. lie burial there was a remarkable display of deepest feeling. The met with manly firmness every responsibility imposed upon him. mournful cadence of the people's sorrow was heard throughout Senator BACON had bravely battled as a Confederate soldier, the borders of the State. The overshadowing gloom bespoke and was ever the able, active, and earnest champion of the their woe. South, her institutions, and her people; yet, as a Senator of the Under the blue skies and fleecy clouds of his beloved South­ United States, he appreciated and realized that to him, in pat~ land. he l}.es in his final earthiy rest in beautiful Rose Hill Cem­ had been confided the honor, safety, and peace of the entire etery, where the rustling murmurings of the foliage speak in country, and that be was intrusted with large powers in the answering language to the changeful melodies of the near-by exercise of which happine s or misel'y, prosperity or adversity river, and where bloom the forget-me-nots of affectionate re­ would result to the Nation. It was his aspiration that this membrance and the immortelles of lasting regret. There the Republic might be fore-ver ble ... sed with wise, humane, and benefi· early swallow warbles his prean to the ·morning · air, and the cent go-vernment. He was ever ready to say " peace, be still " night bird's evening carol blends with the purling of the star-lit to the angry . elements of discord and the stormy waters of sh·eams. sectional dissensions. His patriotic lo\e and solicitude reached to the utmost cir·cle of the land. He could say with Prince The night dew that falls, though in silence it weeps, Edward, :when contemplating the long War of the Roses and Shall bdghten with verdn!'e the grave where he sleeps; And the tear that we shed, tbou"'h in secret it rolls, the cheering prospects of its termi~ation: · Shall long keep his memory green in our .sonls. Free from the passionate animosities of either factlon-Yorkist and La:ncastrian-whether victor from the fietd of Towton or St. Albans, My relations with him have been one of the joys of the heart are but Englishmen to me, to whom I can accord justice to all who to me, and the remembrance of them will linger like the fra­ serve, pardon to all who oppose. • . . grance of roses that are faded and gone. - In the early morning Senator BACON " knew enou(7h of the world to know that there hour, when the orb of day is bursting away from the blue hills was nothing in it better than the faithful service {)f the heart." -and the birds are singing in the meadows, his face will be be­ He walked in the paths o·f honor. He was the unsullied gen• fore me. In the rich ray of noonday splendor, when the sun is glowing in the zenith of his power, his face will be before me. tleman. He measured up to the h·ue test of fidelity which is 1 constancy in the hour of peril, devotion in the season of afllic· At sun et, when the ' golden gates of the resplendent west" ti.on. In integrity of character, in capacity and learning, in eem hanging in a sea of glory, his face will be before me. At patriotism, and as one tried and proven in the public service, twilight, when the crimson sky has faded and heaven's light is he stands forth an example for the emulation of youth. By erene above, his face will be before me. In the mysterious his labors education was advanced, industry promoted, re­ ilence of midnight, " when the streams are glowing in the sources developed, society protected, t.lle personal and material light of the many stars," his image will come floating upon the interests of the citizen guarded, and civil and religious liberty beam that lingers around my pillow. preserved. He has left a rich legacy to his family and friends­ Senator Ba.coN impressed himself forcibly upon the minds and the legacy of an honorable and useful life. hearts of his fellow countrymen, not only on account of his great Senator BACON took the oath of office as a Senator on March nbllity and lofty patriotism, but because they had absolute faith 4, 1895. Df this class there now remain in the Senate only two in the integrity of his motives and in the rectitude of his pur­ of his Democratic colleagues, the senior Senator from South poses. They had ;perfect confidence in the sincerity of his ac­ Carolina, Mr. TILLMAN, and the senior Senator from Virginia, tions, and placed the fullest trust in his unfaltering devotion Mr. MABTIN, and on the Republican side there are only the to the highest ideals of his office. He abhorred byP<>crisy and senior Senator frmn Wyoming, Mr. WABREN., and the senior deceit Envy had no place in his heart. He was incapable of Senator from Minnesota. Mr. NELSON. the insidious wiles of the crafty politician. He never attempted _"'ever in the history of the Senate has there been a Senator . to employ the arts of the self-seeking d.emagogue. He was more punctual in liis attendance upon its sessions. The remark­ always guided by a high sense

In 1912, when Senator BAcoN was a candidate for renomi­ of_the ·question of treaties, and of international Jaw generally, nation in the primary and had active opposition, he jeopardized and in addition had traveled extenslvely abroad, studying the his interests by refusing to absent himself a moment from the conditions and customs of the people and their forms of _gov­ Senate to go to Georgia to participate in the campaign. He ernment, all of which were of great assistance and material was tmwilling to neglect the public interests by abandoning value to him in the discharge of his onerous duties as chairman. his place here to advance his political welfare. He said that His wise counsel and sound judgment, his clear perceptions and his duty and obligations required his presence in Washington, farsighted -vision, his high sense of right and justice, and his and he would leave his candidacy in the hands and care of his broad American patriotism made hUn eminently strong, influ­ con tituents. He declared that at last his struggles must be in ential, and useful in this responsible position. His delibera­ the confidence of the people, and that confidence largely rested tions were deep and conscientious, and his attitude was that upon the opinions and judgment of men as to how efficiently of a man with a wide and .true human interest. The committee he had performed his work, and whether he had been faithful has never had a chairman ·better fitted than Senator BAcoN was· and true to his trust. That he had the confidence and love, for the exalted trust, one more eminent in all those qualities nec­ the praise and gratitude of his people, that they realized in essary to the discharge of the high functions of the office. That_ fullest measure the great value and influence of his _able and he was regarded. as just and fair in his consideration of Pan patriotic services, that they recognized the honor and dignity American affairs is shown by the following resolution of sym­ which always characterized his personal and official- life, and pathy which was adopted on his death by the assembly of the that they appreciated the distinction and eminence achieved by Department of Santander, Colombia: him was atte ted by the fact that he was overwhelmingly Interpreting the patriotic sentiments of the worthy people whom it renominated, and in 1913 was unanimously reelected by popular represents, and considering the expression of its sympathy and appreci­ ation as an act of jrn,tice to those who have labored, or labor, for the \ote. supreme rights Qf the country and humanity, it deeply regrets the S·enator BACON had the distinction of being the first Senator death of Senator BACON, who placed his highest abilities at the serv-. ices of Colombia and the weak nations, battling for her in the Con­ elected from the State of Georgia to the third consecutive term gress of his counh·y, in connection with the events that took place in and the only Senator e-rer elected for four terms. He possessed Panama. the further distinction of having been the first Senator elected President Wilson and Secretary of State Bryan continually in the United States under the amendment to the Federal Con­ sought his counsel and advice. For weeks at a time during the stitution providing for the election of United States Senators by seYere stress of"the Mexican trouble and while the arbitration · direct vote of the people. treaties were pending Senator BACON was in almost daily con­ He was elected President pro tempore of the Senate in the ference either at the White House or at the Department of State. Sixty-second Congress, serving a part of the years 1912 and Referring to a certain important diplomatic matter the Presi· 1913, and performed the duties of the office ably, impartially, dent said in a note wtitten to the Senator shortly before his last expeditiously, and with dignity and courtesy. He was justly illness: recognized as one of the ablest parliamentarians and most ac­ I have already told you how I appreciate your etl'orts to sow the complished presiding officers ever in either branch of Congress. right impressions and expectation!', but I want to tell you again bow Before entering the Senate he had served eight years as speaker much I value yo~Ir cooperation. of the House of Representatives of Georgia. No other Georgian In a still later note, with reference to a communication Sena­ was ~ver speaker for so long a time. Until Senator BAcoN tor BACON had written to Secretary Bryan concerning a critical tecame President pro tempore of the Senate it had been. 100 foreign question, the President wrote: years since a Georgia. Senator ·had held that office. The last I am sincerely obliged to you. It has helped to clear my thinking. Georgian prior to him was the great William H. Crawford, who Not \ery long before the Senator's death he received a Yery was President pro tempore during the Twelfth Congress, which cordial n·ote from the President, relating to a very serious sub­ com·ened on November 4, 1811, and adjourned on March 3, 1813. ject, in which he said: In October, 1912, when Vice President Sherman, who was Presi­ The way in which you have handled the mattet· makes me warm dent of the Senate, died, Senator BACON was President pro tem­ around the heart. I certainly feel deeply grateful for the support you pore, and to him fell making the arrangements for the Senate's are giying me. You have my sincere appreciation. participation in the funeral ceremonies. On the second Wednes­ Senator BACON · was a self-immolated martyr to his official day in February, 1913, when, according to law, the members of duty. During the last week that he was at the Capitof in the the Senate and House assembled together ·in the House to open discharge of his labors an insidious fe-ver had seized upon him and count the electoral votes for President and Vice President and he should have been at home in his bed, particularly as the of the United States, Senator BAcoN, as President pro tempore, earth was covered with a heavy mantle of snow, sleet was fall­ presided over the joint session and officially proclaimed the ing, and all weather conditions were :\'ery bad. But so anxious result and declared Woodrow Wilson and THOMAS R. MARSHALL was he to have certain important treaty matters reported out of duly elected. . the committee to the Sennte that he held three meetings of the A distinct compliment was paid him when he was chosen by Committee on Foreign Relations on three separate days that the Senate to preside over the Archbald court of impeachment, week, and the desired action in regard to the treaties was taken, especially so in view of the fact that the defendant was of a :md the report was made by ~Pnato1· RACON to the Senate. different political faith from Senator BACON and th9 Senator a The third and last meeting was held on Friday. On lea-ring his member of the minority party in the Senate at the time. The o~ce that afternoon, at the rlose of the Senate's session, Sen­ ability, fairness. ease, and dignity with which he presided pro­ ator BACON remarked that his fever was quite high and he ap­ voked universal encomiums. All of his rulings in this trial prehended he would be unable to be at the Capitol the following were sustained, though the hearing lasted for several weeks and day. He never returned, sa-re when his lifeless body was borne there were 11 able and earnest lawyers in the case. into the Senate Chamber about two weeks later for the funeral Senator BACON was a member of a number of committees obsequies. which are powerful factors in determining much important leg­ Senator BACON was qualified for the prompt and intelligent i Iation.· His fa-rorites were the Committees on the Judiciary, consideration of every goYernmental question which was pre­ Foreign Relations, and Rules. He was a member of the Judi­ sented for his action. He was possessed of a learning which cinry Committee for 17 years, of the Foreign Relations Commit­ richly entitled him to the credit of a scholar. He was well tee for 15 years, and of the Rules CQmmittee for 13 years. He grounded in the fundamental principles upon which rest the had been the ranking Democratic Member on each of these com­ laws which he was called upon to affect by legislation. He mittees for many years, while the Republicans were in the was \ersed in the whole science of political economy. He was majority in the SE·nate; and upon the Democratic reorganiza­ perfectly familiar with the history of his own land, and in this tion of the Senate in March, 1013, he could ha.ve had, not only way had that knowledge requisite for a proper understanding because of his preeminent qualifications but, according to prece­ and appreciation of the institutions and laws of his country. dent, practice, and the rule of seniority. the chairmanship of Consequently, he took active part in the discussions of every either of these committees he preferred. R_e was peculiarly well great subject that came before the Senate during his remarka­ fitted to be at the head of the Judiciary Committee, as he was ble career of 19 years. There is scarcely a number of the a sound constitutional lawyer, with broad and varied experi­ CONGRESSIONAL RECORD in that time that does not contain the ence at the practice. Likewise he was thoroughly equipped to evidences of his work. . . be the leader of the Rules Committee, because of his perfect His speeches covered a wide range of topics. They embraced familiarity with Senate procellure and complete knowledge of every momentous subject affecting the growth, de-velopment, and. parliamentary law. He selected ·the chairmanship of the great, prosperity of the whole .country and contributing to the pence, important, and influential Committee on Foreign Relations, for contentment, and. happiness of all the people . . While he was which he was splendidly qualified. Always conspicuous in the forceful, logical, illuminating, and informing at all times, Senate, he was particularly prominent in matters appertaining "~hether discussing the tariff, currency, railroad rates, ,and pos­ to foreign relations. Senator BACON had made a special study tal affairs, or debating the rights of the Senate, election of Sel\a- ~ .4248 CONGRESSION \._L R.EOOR.D-HOUSE. FEBRUARY 2f,

tors by popular vote, agriculture, commerce, and education, he the forest, he towered among his fefro'ws, unshakingly facing was never more potent, earnest, lucid, and interesting than the storm of debate, unswayed by the winds of passion, and when arguing constitutional questions and matters of interna­ calmly surveying the scene when the rushing turbulence of the tional law and foreign relations. His speeches on these three hour had subsided. .As he faced an opponent in discussion he last-named subjects showed the acute mind and the far-seeing bore the unclouded brow and noble mien of the highest type of eye, and not only made their impress upon the Senate and statesman. His imposing presence carried with it the innate -throughout this country, but attracted marked attention across dignity of command which "girded him as with a sword of the seas. power." His inherent courtesy and courtliness won cheerful One of his memorable speeches was delivered on a resolution homage. introduced by him "declaring the purpose of the United States Senator BAcoN loved truth-that es ence of the highest man­ not permanently to retain the Philippine Islands, but to give hood, that indestructible power whose victories are "hymned by the people thereof their liberty." This effort was an oration harps which are strung to the glories of the skies" and like which recalled "the first race of .American statesmen., This God Hi~self, l~ves on and on, "the same yesterday, to-day, and Nation and foreign lands became deeply engrossed in the dis­ forever.' Durmg the many years I was associated with Senator cussion which the proposition provoked. .Amid intense interest BACON I never heard him prevaricate nor equivocate in the slight· the vote was taken on the resolution, and it resulted in a tie. est degree to any person, and at no time did he ever temporize The Vice President cast his vote in opposition, and the resolu­ with or deceive or mislead anyone who sought his personal aid tion was lost. or official as istance. He was not of those that "keep the One of the fir t intellects in this Republic to-day is former word of promise to our ear, and break it to our hope." He Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin. He has achieved eminence at was a striking model of candor and frankness. Truth and the bar, and won di tinction in the public service. When in sincerity ran like silver currents through his nature. the Senate he was a man of mark and power. He and Senator Senator BAcoN believed in the existence of a Supreme Ruler, BACON often met in intellectual contest in that great field of who sits upon a throne past which the waYes of ages have oratorical triumphs. · Referring to a debate which occurred be­ rolled, to whom all nature bows, who made all worlds and tween them in February, 1906, the Hartford (Conn.) Courant controls the destiny of all created things. He believed that man made the following complimentary and interesting editorial was born for a higher purpose than that of earth and at the comment: close of his mortal life was not to sink into everlasting darkness Take down an old volume of the Con~ressional G1obe and read on~ and nothingness,- but would live again in the unclouded bright­ of the debates on foreign affairs in whtch Lewis Cass and John M. ness of the celestial regions beyond the stars. That such was Clayton were pitted against each other-for instance, the debate his belief, and that he placed a tender reliance on the mercies (famous in its time) on the merits of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. Then take Monday's Co~GRESSIO!"AL RECORD and rend the report therein of of the .Almighty, is shown by these opening and impressive the debate between Mr. BACON, of Georgia, and Mr. Spooner.J. of Wis­ wordf! in his last will and testament, written with his own hand consin, on the constitutional powers of the President and o:senate in something more than a year before he died : treaty making. It would be scant praise to say that the Bacon-spooner debate is the more readable o! the two. For intellectual vigor, grip of I commit my soul to God 1 1n the humble hope that 1n spite of my the matter in hand, compactness and lucidity in statement, brisk ronny weaknesses, iplperfections, faults, and misdeeds, I shall be re­ a lertness in the give and take of dialectic fence, and last, but not least, united in a happy immortality with my kindred and friends and par­ good English the Bacon-Spooner debate is the abler of the two. Daniel ticularly with the members of my immediate family. to whose bappi· Webster would have listened to every word of it attentively, with keen ness and welfare my life bas been gladly and unsparingly devoted~ interest and pleasure ; Calhoun and Clay also. May we not fondly hope that he has already had a joyous In speaking, Senator BACON seldom left the lines of logical meeting in the realms of the blessed with those loved beings argument and philosophical reasoning, but at times he would who preceded him to the voiceless land, and that his dear ones employ pathos, love, and beauty as messengers to men's hearts. now on earth, · when they have cro. sed over the river, shall There was in his nature a touch of the tenderest sentiment. dwell with him eternally on the shining and peaceful shore. I In closing his remarks in the Senate on the resolution to estab­ fervently pray that when the final summons comes that takes us lish a '"Mothers' Day,'' and to observe it by wearing a white from these earthly scenes we shall be reunited with him in that .flower, he sald: wondrous sphere where chant the white-winged angels of glory, Mr. President, unfortunately for me, a white rose will not bring and there " bask forever in the sunshine of the love of God." back to me the memory of my mother~. ...for I have no memory of her. I was not a year old when she died. tlut I would wear it, Mr. Presi­ With us his name shall live dentt not because of danger that I would forget I owe to her my life Through long succeeding years, but oecause I would be glad of the opportunity to manifest the fact1 Embalmed with. all our hearts can give, that although I do not remember ever to have seen her, I have always Our praises and our tears. loved her memory. It may be pathetically remarked in this connection that Mr. PARKER of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, no one ever really Senator BACON's father died several months before the Senator knew .Senator BACON without becoming his friend. There was a was born. simplicity about his character that was winning. Of all the The Senate is an unsurpassed field for the display of genuine statesmen I have ever known, he ·tried most to live the simple talent Here Senator BAcoN's genius was in its first action. life, without ostentation, without show, and yet his presence was He had an "iron memory," and such were the resources of his desired wherever it could be obtained. He was so kind and so mind and so abounding was the wealth of his information that loyal, he was so devoted to what he thought were the duties of he delivered his great speeches without the use of manu­ his high office ; he had such a strong feeling of the independence script. During the long period I was connected with him I of Congress and of the duty of every Member to do as he thought never knew him to prepare in writing any of his notable right, to vote as he thought right, and to maintain the rights of efforts. The only pages which he had were "the leaves which Congress against all attack or invasion. he tore out from the vast volume of his mind." Nature had I remember well when it was proposed that a commission smoothed a chnnnel for his thoughts, and his ideas easily should he appointed, two by the President, two from the Senate, .flowed in clear streams. He delivered exhaustive arguments and·two from the House, that in conference and on the flaor in on the tariff and finance, spoke elaborately on profound mat­ the Senate he· absolutely insisted that the report of that com­ ters of law, and discussed momentous affairs of state without mission should be made to Congress and not to the President; a moment's preparation, speaking entirely impromptu, on the and agreement was impos ible until I finally suggested, and he impulse of the instant. Yet his presentation of the subject adopted the suggestion, that as a part of the members had been was like a brilliant panorama-everything had been made clear appointed by the Pre ident, the commissiou should report to and visible to the sight and understanding. Congress through the President. I gtve this only as an example He delivered more than 50 able and strong extemporaneous of his earnestness in what he thought was necessary. addresses, which, if they had been made by many other men, He was a great constitutional lawyer. He loved the Consti­ would have been "set speeches," prepared after great effort tution as it came to us from our forefathers. He loved it with and long time, reduced to writing, and spoken from manu­ all his heart and soul, and was ready to fight for it in the Sen­ script. ate at all times, as well as for the rights of the States under The march of his mind through his subject \\ _s dauntless the Constitution. and resistless-the triumphal progress of King Thought. But I have got away from what I meant to say. I meant to When he arose to speak Senators gave instant and close speak more of the man, of the warmth of his affection for those attention and visitors in the galleries manifested the keenest whom he loved, of the warmth of the affection which he in­ interest. Everyone had a listening ear. spired in those who h."Ilew him, and of his absolute freedom from Senator BACON always took position immediately at his desk any of those personal ambitions or personal rancors which while speaking. Neither his own zeal nor the excitement of _would at all impair the value of such a friendship. Not only others caused him to move away from this accustomed place. in the warmth but in the absolute loyalty of his affection for , He stood a Saul among Titans. Like some gigantic oak in . his friends he was almost unique. He was greatly beloved, and 1915 .. C-ONGRESSIONAL RECORD-- HOUSE. 4249. his death was felt as a loss, not only by men of all vames, but Mr. BACON was true to the best traditions of the Democ~atic by a wide circle of friends throughout the whole Umted States. Party. He frowned upon the acquisition of colonial possessi?ns, of territory lying outside of and beyond the borders of the Umted Mr. LEE ·of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, in the death of Senator States. He was a "strict constructionist" in the best sense BAooN the people of the whole country, no less than. the people of those words as applied to an interpretation of the letter and of Georgia, suffered an immeasurable loss. He was m the flll?-­ spirit of the Constitution. During his service in the Sen~te he est sense of the word a Senator of the United States. ~~s participated in two great tariff debates-those on the Dingley mental vision reached to the farthes~ horizon of the Rermbllc s bill in 1900 and again on the Payne-Aldrich bill nine years needs and powers. He was as jealous of his country's honor and later. His thorough understanding of economic principles and greatness as ·of the honor and greatness _of the State :who~e his keen analysis of the details of the various schedules were commission he held. He was as passionately. devoted m J;Us a new revelation of the powers of his intellect even to those service to both as so knightly a champion of right a~d j~stice who thought they had gauged his mental gifts to the fullest ex­ and purest love of country could be. To us of Georgia his un­ tent. His speeches are among the most notable contributions timely death came with a shock of a personal grief, for we bad to the history of those enactments. seen him rise step by step to the high pinnacle of renown on rt would -carry me too far afield, Mr. Speaker, if I were to which 'he stood when death called him. And so, when be ~as attempt to recount in an their bearings and aspects the many laid to rest amid the whispering trees of Macon's beautiful achievements of this distinguished Georgian. My feeble tribute "garden of peace," all the people of his beloved State breathed to his memory embraces the broad sweep of his whole public benedictions on his grave. life. In that he has erected his own enduring monument, for Mr. BAcoN hardly knew parental love. · His father died be­ no history of the Senate of the United States for the two dec­ ades of his activity there can be written which will not assign fore be was born, and his mother when he was but a ye~r old. He was reared by his grandmother, and under her gmdance one of the most conspicuous pages to his work. :Mr. BACON was thought by many to be austere and unso­ he passed the earliest years of his life. ~ter pas~~g th!ough the public schools of his county he entered the Umvers1ty of ciable. This was a false estimate of his nature. It is true that Georgia when but 16 years of age. By that institution several while he was at an times courteous to those who approached academic degrees were conferred upon him-the last one that of him, there were comparatively few prhileged to penetrate to doctor of laws, bestowed upon him in 1909. For many years the sanctuary of his inner self. To these few, however, he dis­ and up to the time of his death he was a trustee of the uni­ closed the full charm of as gentle· a heart as ever beat in a verroty. In less than a year after his graduation he entered man's breast, and upon them he lavished in unstinted measure the treasures of his well-stored mind. Himself chastened by the Confederate Army, and at the close of the war was ml!stered great sorrow, his sympathy went out to others tried in the fiery out with the rank of captain. Immediately he resumed his legal furnace. Where gentle solace could give comfort he bestowed studies, and entered upon -the practice of the law in .Macon. it freely, nor did the needy mrer appeal to him in vain. No His natural talents and eminent attainments rapidly secured Senator was ever held in greater respect by all his colleagues; for him a high rank in the profes~on and also dre~ ~he atten­ none more affectionately regarded by those who came into tion of his neighbors to his fitness m the ~rena of politi.cs. Thus closer contact with him. · it came that for 14 years he serred m the Georgia House When AUGusTus BAOON answered the final roll call he had of Representatives, and for 10 years of that period presided as pas ed the scriptural age of three score and ten years. The speaker o\er the deliberations ef that body. In 1894 he was grim reaper had no terrors for him. He had led a noble, pure, elected a Senator of the United States. His service in that and upright life. body extended over 19 years. He died after the first year ~f his fourth term for which latter he was chosen by the unam­ 1\fr• .MANN. .Mr. Speaker, it is in no sense a lack of aJ}precia­ mous vote of the people of Georgia at the first election held tion of the abilities and services of those who have succeeded· under the mandate of the seventeenth .amendment to the Con- Senator BACON to say that at this critical situation in the stitution. . world's history' we would very much appreciate now if we had In the Senate he soon took rank with the ablest of his col­ his services and his wise counsel. When be passed away he leagues. At the time of his death he was chairman of the was chairman of the great Committee on Foreign Relations Committee on Foreign Relations, and, besides, a member of the of the Senate, and I do not doubt that both the President and· Committees on Judiciary, Rules, Railroads, Priv.a.te Land the Senators and this House and all the country would be glad Claims, and Expenditures in the Post Office D~partme~. 9n all if they could enjoy his ~dvice and his ·counsel as Senator and of these he distinguished himself by unflaggmg application _to as chairman of that committee which has more to do with our the work in hand and his great -acumen. in determining the foreign relations than any other committee of Congress. real merits in each particular case. It was, howevet; as mem­ Senator BACON was a Senator who believed in orderly pro­ ber and chairman of the Committee on Foreign Re~ations that cedure. He was well versed in parliamentary law and procedure he found his most congenial work, because from his youth he and believed it were wiser to follow the orderly procedure of had been a close student of history and the lessons it teaches. legislative bodies, and he always insisted that that should be His judgment was rarely at fault, and was highly esteemed by done. his associates. However I knew Senator BACON better, I think, because I · Just as he was exemplary in his committee service, so he was served with him on the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian In­ in his attendance and work in the Senate Chamber. He gave to stitution for a number of years. The Chief Justice of the all questions the closest attention and scrutiny. The pages of United States, the Vice President of the United States, were the CoNGRESSIONAL RECORD bear evidence of his fidelity to the members of that body. There was Senator Cullom, Senator best interests of the Republic. No debate on an important sub­ LoDGE, and Senator BACON, members from the Senate. There ject occurred but he had a part in it. Mr. B~ooN ~as not .an was Mr. How AHD of Georgia, from the House, Mr. Dalzell from ornate speaker. He did not seek to dazzle his audience mth the House, and myself, upon the board, besides a number of dis­ great flights of ·oratory or entertain them by relation of anec­ tinguished citizens who had been elected by Congress as regents. dotes and witty sayings. His speeches are marked more by And among these men, most of them of strong force and profound reasoning and lucidity of deduction than by brilliancy great prominence, the advice and counsel of Senator BAcoN of form. His mental resources were apparently inexhaustible. was always sought, and his advice was usually followed. We He was never at a loss for illustration or precedent. In every became rather strong friends on that board. Senator BAcoN debate in which he engaged he had his facts marshaled in or­ when you reached him had a most genial heart and manner. I derly array; nor was the continuity of. his a~gument ever ~­ remember that only a few days before he died, I think possibly turbed by the most ingenious or seductive artifices of opposmg almost the last time when he attended the Senate, we met out speakers. here on the plaza, I coming one way and he going to the Senate Mr. BAcoN's mental integrity showed brightly in everything the other way. It always has touched me rather deeply that he said as it did in every act of his life. He could no more at that time he was expressing a desire to do something for lend voice or vote to anything to which he could not give whole­ me personally, which he did do. It is n?t _necessary now to hearted support than he could have done an outright unjust say what it was, but when I bear.d of his tlln.ess, a~d, then, act. IDs action had to square in every instance with bis truest shortly after of his death, immediately followmg this occur­ convictions. With these he could not palter. If ever I knew rence where' he had gone out of his way considerably to do a man who lived up to the noble counsel given by Polonius to me a' personal favor, it touched me more deeply than almost his son- To thine own self be true, any other occasion of my recent life. _ And it must follow, as the night the day, Georgia has been very eminent in the history of our country. Thou canst not then be false to any man- Georgia has reason to be proud and grateful that she had an That man was AUGUSTUS BACON. opportunity and took the occasion to send to the Senate of the •.

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United. Stntes a man lik--e Senator BAcoN, who exercised such His face was ever turned toward· the rising:rather than ioward a strong influence in the right direction upon the history and the setting sun; he was all the South expected him to be in progress of our country. breadth of character and vision; he was more generous and charitable than the North could realize; he was a man who Mr. FERRIS of Oklahoma. · When Senator AUGUSTUS 0. refused to be narrowed by hardships, but preferred to believe BACON was overtaken by the Grim Reaper he had reached his that he was the greatest who bore the greatest burdens, and seventy-fifth year. Each day of this more than the average Senator BACON never shirked or failed to bear his part. He tenure of life had been active; each day he had stood out among was a true friend of the South not alone in empty protestations his fellow men as a sturdy oak in the primeval forest. Death of affection but in real service actually rendered. He, by his always comes too soon, but when we recount the activities, the sturdy character, untiting energy, and well-poised disposition, sterling qualities of this most remarkable man it intensifies a was able to beget respect and affection for the South when its truth that is axiomatic. load was almost heavier than it could bear. No detail of Gov­ . Being myself a .Member of the lower branch of the Congress ernment business was too small to have his patriotic and dit,-n.i­ and not being a usual frequenter of the Senate, I can not even fied attention. While it is true he paused and gave heed to form yet as I enter the door of -yonder Chamber but look about me in and asked and sought and accomplished the correct way still bewilderment and think "Where is S.enator BAcoN?" My sec­ it was not at the expense of substance; neither did he' ever ond thought reminds me that he is called home to his reward, allow it to supercede or override principle. It was merely a that he has crossed the river to rest under the shade of yonder trait ~n the life of Senator BACON which begot for him poise, tree, and then, even though I be a resident of a State far re­ good Judgment, sound sense, and enabled him to be well and moved from Georgia, even though a Member of another branch forcibly referred to as the safest counselor in all that great of the Congress, and even though a member much his junior body. - in years, each time I pause and think of-the loss sustained. · Senator BAcoN's long and faithful service on the Committee It was my pleasure to meet Senator BACON when I first came on Foreign Relations and his promotion to the chairmanship of to Congress upon the admission of our new State into the that greatest of great committees has left its lasting imprint Union, and while I look back at that time and observe my in­ upon the Congress of the United States, and has made us all experience, inefficiency, I can not but recall the tenderness, realize how closely he was related to the very pulsations of sincerity, and patience always accorded me by this most re­ the heart of the Nation and ftmctions with which that great markable man. It almost seemed to me that my cares became committee had to deal. It is the committee that plays an his cares; it almost seemed to me that my shortcomings impor~nt part in guiding us and keeping us in peace with all vanished and passed away and he supplanted in their stead the world; it is the committee which to-day plays its full part . hope of accomplishment and success in the end. Later, the in permitting us to be a peaceful, law-abiding, ambitious, pro­ distinguished Speaker of the American House of Representa­ gressive Republic without entanglements, embroilments, or em­ tives-Speaker CHAMP CLABK-upon our coming into power barrassing conditions. What Senator, what Congressman, at the House end of the Capitol in 1910, honored me by appoint­ would not be proud to look forward to the time when he could ing me a member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian occupy this dignified and delicate role? Institution. For ·almost four years it was my pleasure to sit Georgia bas in the past and will in the future send many as a member of the Board of ·Regents from the House with able and gifted sons to the Congress of the United States, but Senator BAcoN as a member of that body from the Senate of when · did she heretofore and when will she again send us an­ the United States. other Senator BACON? No finer type of a true southern gentle­ During the last three years of his life Senator BACON was a man with dignity and poise will soon appear upon the battle member of the executive committee of the Board of Regents, and field of American politics. · No Senator from the North or the played an important and forceful part in directing the destiny of South wilJ soon attend this body and lend more consecrated the great Institution. This service on that board enabled me to service to his own constituency or the Republic itself than did know intimately the real worth of Senator BACON. This inti­ the late lamented Senator BAcoN. The dread reaper has mate acquaintance enables me to speak more feelingly upon this called him, as it will call us all, but it generously spared him occasion than I otherwise could. This coming in close contact long enough to permit him to leave in the sands of time foot­ with Senator BACON enables me to understand why he is recog­ prints that will not soon be effaced or erased. I repeat, he was nized everywhere as a valiant, brilliant, courageous soldier, left with. us long enough to leave a lasting imprint of his work a brilliant and successful lawyer, a statesman in all the term and his greatness upon the Congress indelibly inscribed upon implies, and yea, even more than this, he was a man. This the hearts of his colleagues, the citizens of Georgia, and the gifted and brilliant son of Georgia will be missed in the Sen­ Republic. ate of the United States perhaps longer than any Senator As we recount the accomplishments of his busy life during who has departed that body in the last generation. Senator the three-quarters of a century, and as we observe him stand­ BACON's-death was a nistinct loss to Georgia, the Congress, and ing for justice and the right to the very end, can anyone in the Nation. thoughtfulness truly say that all is ended with the grave, and The Congress of the United States did what they had seldom can anyone bring logic to bear that will teach us there is no done before-accorded Senator BACON a congressional funeral future? No; I can not believe it; I do not believe it. To so held in the Senate Chamber in the Capitol of the United States. believe belies our reason, our observation, and our every thought I was appointed as a member of the funeral committee which of serious things. journeyed to Georgia and paid our last sad respect to t~s most Senator BAcoN was a soldier; he was a statesman; he was distinguished Senator. I shall always remember that day. a man. The legacy he left behind him was not a local one to Georgia, with her warm-hearted people, did not bow their heads the few, but a common legacy to all. It will endure long after singly but collectively in tender re\erence and respect to his our poor word~;~ .spoken of his memory here to-day are distin­ memory. All day the body of this giant oak lay in state at the tegratecl fr.om the pages upon which tb,ey are written. Georgia capitol in Atlanta, and there in that beautiful southern city was every head bared in grief and affection for Senator Mr. EDW.A..RDS. :Mr. Speaker, much has been said of the BACON. late Senator A. 0. BAcoN's long and di. tinguished services Even a more touching scene was presented when the funeral to his State and country. I feel that I can add but little, if train reached his home city of 1\lacon. There, from the hum­ anything, to this sad and impressive service, yet my affection blest to the greatest, all in accord, bowed their heads in tender for him and my admiration for his ability and character prompt reverence to the life of a public man who had honored the name me to say a few words. of Georgia, had honored the name of l\Iacon. Senator BACON was one of Georgia's greatest sons and one :Macon is a city with broad streets beautifully arranged. It of the ablest men who e-ver occupied. a seat in the United States fairly se~med to me it was the only place that the dignified Senate. Almost from the time he first entered the Senate in Senator could pos ibly have lived. 1895, to the time of his death he was regarded and generally While it is true Senator BACON was a soldier and a south­ recognized as one of the to,Yering intellects of that great body erner in all the term implies, still he was of remarkably broad of distinguished men. vision aqd free from the narrowness that might have been ex­ Senator BAcoN was born October 20, 1830, in Bryan County, pected from one who had suffered the hardships of strife during Ga. He attended school in Liberty and Troup Counties, the earlier and impressionable years when the Civil War oc­ Ga., where much of his boyhood was spent. From his in­ cu.rred. Though the war and the results dealt havoc, destitu­ fancy he was an orphan. He made his own way in the world tion, and hard hip upon the South, Senator BACON was remark­ and won the high honors that carne to him by his own efforts ably free from bitterness and partisanship that emaciates and and upon his own -merits. eafeebles any cause, any Senator, any Congres man, or any citi-, In his early manhood he recognized the nece sity of n col­ zen. Senator BACON did not live in the past but iu the future~ lege education, so he attended the State University of Georgia, 1915. CONGRESSIONAii l{ECORD-·. HOUSE. 4251

from which he graduated with honorS" ·in 185!}·.. He.. graduated • Mr: HUGHES of Georgia.· . Mr. . Speakerp the people of .this from the law department of this same institution in 1860. He Union know the distinguished! record of Senator BACON_, for he entered the Confederate Army at the beginning_of the War be­ was a national figure. He was a statesman of. rare ability,, tween the States and served during the campaign of 1861-62 endowed with a brilliant intellect, educated, cultured, and as adjutant ot the Ninth Geor.gia Regiment iiL the Army· of trained in parliamentary usages, admirably equipped to stand Torthern Virginia and was subsequently commissioned captain sponsor for a great people. He stood second to no one in the · in the provisional army of the Confederacy and assigned to gen­ Senate of the United States. In his death Georgia lost one eral st::ff duty. At the Close of that unfortunate war he r~ of her noblest . and most gifted sons, the Nation a legislator · umed the study of law and began practice in 1866 in Macon, Ga. whose scrupufous honesty and unusual ability inspired an In war and i:n peace, he was ever at the service of his State. international confidmce and respect. . He was repeatedly chosen a delegate to the State Democratic But it is not of his illustrious achievements that-I wish to conventions. He was a strong Democrat, and believed in and speak to-day, for his colleagues in the Senate and those. who a_dvocated the principles of Jeffersonian Democracy of the purest have preceded me here to~day have paid eloquent tribute to his strain. There is nothing in his long public career to the honorable service. It is as a friend that I wish to offer my contrary. humble tribute of love and .respect, for great as the loss I feel The people of his county, who had an opportunity to know Georgia and the Nation have sustained in his death, it is him best, bad every confidence in him. They elected him to the chiefly as a departed friend that I mourn him. Georgia House of Representatives, where he served with In those dark and terrible days of reconstruction, when every marked ability from 1871 to 1886. In the Georgia Bouse his light of hope was dimmed, and the whole Southland was worth was recognized and he was made speaker pro tempore shrouded i:n sorrow and despair, I first saw Mr. BACON, a young two terms and served as speaker for eight years. His record man of commanding figure, faultlessly attired, with a long, in the Georgia Legislature, like his record in the United States wavy, silken beard~ He had come to the county seat of my ·Senate, was one of distinct service to. the: public. He was a native county, Twiggs, then a part of his congressional dis­ slave to duty and never let anything interfere with the per­ trict, in company with many of the State's most beloved sons, formance of his public duties. He was a conspicuous figure to address the people of the county on the issues of the day. for years in public affairs and in politics in Georgia before It was one of the first political meetings after the close of the· his election to the United States Senate. He was several times great war between the States. Fresh from the conflict, where a candidate for governor of his State, and in 1883 in the--Demo­ his lot had been cast with the losing side, he had come that cratic convention he missed the noUiination for governor by day to inspire hope in a struggle that seemed hopeless, pointing only one vote. T~e Democratic no!Il.iLation in Georgia for­ the way in the new era that was upon u~. In the great many years back meant the election of the nomineey which I assemblage he faced on that occasion were men who a few am happy to add is still the case in that good old democratic short.. years before had left their large landed estates where Commonwealth. they enjoyed every comfort, with a retinue of servants at The ambition of his life was to be a United States Senator. their bidding, for the fields of battle, and had returned but His ambition was first to be governor of Georgia· and then ye.sterday to find their homes in ashes, their fields in idle waste, represent his State in the United States Senate. In 1894 he and a revolutionized economic system. It was a mighty task was elected to the United States Senate and took his seat in young BACON faced that day,.and masterly did he meet it. He that great body on March 4, 1895. .He was reelected in 1900. was eq11al to the emergmcy. Unknown save as a gallant young With a firm grip he merited and held the esteem and con­ soldier, his words were so logical and his prophecies so con~ fidence of his fellow citizens, and in 1907 he was again elected. vincing that his powerful oratory laid hold on his hearers :md ,As a still further evidence of their continued and unbroken they found hope in the dark and impenetrable future. His confidence in Georgia's greatest son of that time, his fellow speech was an inspiration to the young men and a comfort and Georgians not long before his death again elected him. By consolation to those of declining years and lost fortunes, on general State primary in 1913 he was nominated for election that eventful day iiL Georgia's history. Speaking with some of to the term expirinu 1\iarch 3, 1919·. HiS' last election was thEr the leaders of that epochal period, young BAcoN· won th-e con"' first to elect a United States Senator by a direct vote of the fidence and respect of those who heard him. Everyone present people. His service was a continuous and unbrokeiL one in the was impressed with the careful preparation and thorough United States Senate from March 4, 1895, to the time of his knowledge which marked his speech. His words that day death on February 14, 1914 It was a long, able, patriotic, and were prophetic, and he lived to see Georgia rise again to wealth useful service. He had great power and influence in the and power and greatness in this indissoluble Union of States. Senate, of which body he was for a while President pro When I was presented to him by my father I felt that I had tempore. met. a man rat)le1· unbending, who stood upon a plane difficult Senator BACON was a great lawyer. He was a hru:d worker. to approach, :tmt in that meeting was the oeginning Qf an ac .. He was a recognized authority upon parliamentary procedure quaintance· which soon ripened into a close personal friendship and upon constitutional questions. He had long been a stu­ that was intensified by each passing year and continued through­ dent and a defender of the Constitution. He was also recog­ out his life. nized as an authority on questions of foreign affairs and His general bearing at a casual meeting was aristocratic and foreign relations. aloof, but when you knew him well you found him genial, ~en. The funeral ceremonie , held in the ChamLer of the Senate, erous, and lovable, a man with the noblest impulses and with a attended by the greatest men of this country and by repre enta­ heart as warm and true as ever beat within the breast of man. tives of many foreign countries, evidenced the· esteem in which He knew neither guile nor deceit. He was a ·courageous and he was held at the National Capital, where he had labored so· honest man. long, so faithfully, and so well. His death was a great los to I never knew a man with a finer sense of honor in his busine s. his relatives and friends and to his State and country. affairs tht!n characterized S~nator BACON. He judged men by Hi succes e , by hi own efforts, should be an inspiration to their conduct in small transactions in which restej big prin­ every American boy~ It shows what can be accomplished by ciples. It was the intent that he weighed, and he always re­ one who prepares for life and then keeps his life free from sented injustice in trivial matters, for he conRidered them J. S blemi ·h. indexes to the human character. Incidents of this kind caused Senator BACON was a true southern gentleman-courteous .J:ltm to be misunderstood and criticized. but if you knew the kindly, brave, the very soul of honor. He hated hypocrisy: man you knew him to be just and broadminded. I feel that I He loved frankness, candor, and sincerity. should speak here of an incident with which I am personally . The words spoken here to-day are not flattery. They are familiar to show the real nobility of the man. merited by a long and honorable record which is without stain. A friend of his, who was one of the Oliginal projectors of a For weeks he had not been well, and his work here was carried new railroad, employed him to defend the charter rights of the on in the face of difficulties which would have discouraged a railway company, and upon the decision in the case depended les courageous man. But he did not flinch, and he never the success or failure of an important enterpris ~ in Georgia's inflicted his troubles upon his friends. development. He was pai

that distinguished Member of the United States Senate who · The dweller of the infant world saw that all the world was )las been translated to the realms of eternal bUss. . his foe; earth, air, and water swarmed with his enemies; the One of the most thrilling events of human life comes when forces of nature, the elements, the beasts of the field, all com-. the great spoiler, like a gigantic bird of prey, swoops down and bined to accomplish his destruction. He saw his wife, his fixes his talons into the side of a man and tears his child Children, and hl.s tribal brothers lay disease stricken and die or bis life companion away. When a man looks into the pale in his presence, while he was helpless to comfort or relieve. dead face of the wife of his bosom he feels that his very life No downy couch or smoothed pillow gave comfort to his pain­ ls invaded. .As truly as this is applicable to a man, so truly is racked body. No surgeon's skill repaired the manglings of the it applicable to the Empire State· of the South. For the pale battle or the chase, and no sedative remedies tempered his messenger that never tires and never pities; the messenger death pangs. that called Sappho from her odes and Letitia Landon away The life of the dweller of the infant world was one long :from her sorrow; the messenger that called Byron to where contest with nature's unchained and untamed forces. "For him he could sleep, and piloted Poe to the " misty dim regions of death rode on every passing breeze and lurked in every flower."· Weir," did on the 14th day of February, 1914, knock upon the He saw that "As for man his days are as grass, as a flower o~ door and . reach upon the inexorable roll call the name of the field, so he fl.ourisheth, and the wind passeth over it, and, AUGUSTUS OCTAVIUS BACON, and guide him into that radiant 1t is gone, and the place thereof shall- know it no more." hereafter, of which hope is the creator and faith the de­ Could this be all of life? · His primitive nature hungered for fender. A soul which needed no cleansing to fit it for the something more and abhorred the idea that death was annihi­ companionship of the just. lation. It is true, Mr. Speaker, that many great and distinguished So ancient man, as he lay on his bed of boughs in the gnarled Members of the United States Senate have " passed over the branches of some giant oak or sat at the entrance of his cavern river" and gone to that great beyond, but I measure my words home, occupied himself wit~ serious and solemn thoughts of the when I say that among that great number there have been few, future and witnessed the phenomena of the natural universe. yea, very few, who gave more complete and unfa~tering ~evo­ He saw the sun rise and scatter the mists of the morning and tion to his State and the Nation he loved than d1d that Illus­ drive across the celestial dome to go down a ball of fire in a trious lawmaker. lake of burnished gold, and in the silent vigils of the night he When the news was flashed over the wires announcing the saw the myriads of twinkling-eyed children of the sun and the death of Senator BACON, the people of a great and prosperous queenly moon in their march athwart the firmament, and all State mourned; imperial Georgia wept, for a true son had these infinite ends of heaven be peopled with the creatures o:t passed to the b~yond. his fancy and filled all things and all space, even to the very His learning as a lawyer, his success at the bar of his native frontiers of his imagination, with an all-wise and a powerful State, his ability, skill, and force as a debater in the Senate, God. his unusual talent, tact, and genius as a parliamentarian, his He saw the seasons succeed themselves and the harvest suc­ unsullied honor, his innate dignity and courtesy, his high regard ceed the seedtime. • He saw approaching winter lay icy fingers for the proprieties, traditions, tights, and prerogatives of t1!e on all the beauties of field and forest and all nature struggling Senate, his unwavering loyalty to the South and her people, his in the pangs of death until winter sepulchred her in a crown unfaltering advocacy of State rights, and his American patriot­ of snow and all the world was dead. But again he saw the ism are well known to the people of the United States. smiling beams of a vernal sun conjure· a new and glorious life Mr. Speaker, he entered the Senate on March 4, 1895, and into old earth, and where one flower bowed its head to winter's served 19 years. AtJhe time of his death he had not served one blast a multitude of bright-eyed beauties lifted their heads to. year of his fourth term. The Senate was in session at the kiss the coming beams, and hopeful, happy man read the glo­ very hour of his demise, and instantly adjourned out of respect rious promise of a resurrection and of life immortal. and in deep sorrow. Imposing funeral services were held in Mr. Speaker, we are but those of whom others shall say; the Senate Chamber, and the body was then taken back to to-morrow, " They are the dead." From the beginning of time, Georgia to be interred beneath the old red hills, among a people through all the ages, every man has propounded to his inner­ he loved and who loved him. most soul this question, " If a man die, shall he live again?" During a service of 19 years Senator BACON was never absent How simple is the mystery! a day from the sesSion on account of pleasure or his personal He can not die who truly lives, affairs. Possibly no other Senator has been able to claim such For virtue has immortal breath ; n record for punctuality. He was the first Senatoc ever elected 'Tis but the sowing of the grain Which blossoms into life again from Georgia for the third consecutive term, and was the only And finds perfectness in its death. one elected from the State for four terms. He was the fir.st in 11' the seed be perfect, the harvest Is sure ; Senator elected the United States by the popular vote of the If the fountain be sweet, the waters are pure; people under the recently adopted amendment to the Federal If the present is right, the answer is plain ; Constitution. If a man dieth, he liveth again. In the Sixty-second Congress he was elected President pro tempore of the Senate. and served parts of the years 1912 and THE LATE REPRESENTATIVE FORREST GOODWIN. 1913. On account of his impartiality and great learning as a Mr. PETERS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that lawyer he was chosen to preside over the Archbald Court of Im­ those who speak on the life, character, and public services of peachment. The Senate was Republican, the defendant was a the late Mr. GooDWIN be permitted to revise and extend their Republican, yet so great was the confidence of his colleagues, remarks in the RECORD, and that the same privilege be granted regardless of party lines, as to his ability, his upri~htness, and to all Members. . . his fairness he was selected to preside, and every 1 uling of his The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. BARTLETT). Is there ob· was sustained, notwithstanding the trial lasted for many weeks. jection? When the Republican Party went out of power in the Senate There was no objection. on March 3, 1913, Senator BACON became chairman of the Com­ Mr. PETERS. Mr. Speaker, I offer the following resolution, mittee on Foreign Relations. He had for years during the which I send to the desk. Re-publican administration b·een the ranking Democratic mem­ The Clerk read as follows : ber of Foreign Relations, Judiciary, and Rules Committees. House Resolution 741. When the Democrats came into control, he could have had the Resolved, That the business of the House be now suspended in order chairmanship of either of these committees he desired. He that opportunity may be given for tributes to the memory of Hon. selected Foreign Relations, for which he was admirably equipped. FORREST GooowrN, late a Member of this House from the State of He was a member of the Judiciar~ Committee 17 years, Foreign Maine. Relations 15 years, Rules Committee 13 years. Resolved, That as a particular mark of respect to the memory of th~ deceased and in recognition of his distinguished public career the House He discussed with remarkable ability every question of im­ at the conclusion of these exercises stand adjourned. portance that came before the Senate during his 19 years of Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate. service and illumined every subject he debated. Resolve tl, That the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to the widow The debate in 1906 between Senator BACON and Senator of the deceased. Spooner, on the merits of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, for . The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to intellectual· vigor, grasp of the subject, compactness and the resolution. lucidity in statement, ranks as one of the greatest debates ever The resolution was agreed to. deli\ered in the Senate. Mr. Spenker. all nature speaks the voice of dissolution; the Mr. PETERS. Mr. Speaker, when a man heavy with years, highway of history and life is strewn with the wreck which having liYed a long and complete life, is called to his reward it Time, the great despoiler, has made. is an occasion of solemnity-because death is always solemn- •

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but not"necessar11"y of sorrow aM regret. When a ·man· full of · vous1y. He was used to winning verdicts. He throve on sue­ strength and- po er of u efulness, at the zenith of his capacity, cessful and spectacular accompli hment. 'rhe inevitable defeats equipped with a varied and weB-digested experience, of ~-atured before a. jury that a lawyer suffer who has a corporation for a judgment, forceful, sane, eloquent, high minded, able, and am- client depres ed him. He was unu ed to the postponement o:.t l'>itious, i& suddenly removed' from ills sphere or earthly activity snccess. his friends and associates are shocked and gl:'ieved and: organ- The political activities of Mr. GooDWIN extended intel'mit ized society is hurt. tently over his whole career. He was elected from Skowhegan When FoRREST GooD-WIN died, shortly after he had taken his s representative in the legislature as early as 1 88, when 2(1 seat in this Congress, a wave of son·ow swept over his State-. . yea1s old, having previously served on the local school board. He was indeed a favorite son. His future was perhapS- the· He was appointed postmaster of Skowhegan in 1892. He at­ brightest of that of any matured man in Maine. He had com- ·tended as a delegate the Republican national convention at pletely equipped himself for, and had a right to expect a long, , Cincinnati for the purpose of supporting the nomination of his honorable, and brilliant career in Congress. He had obtained old patron, Thomas B. Reed, for the Presidency. He was elected an education through his own efforts. Gl'uduating with honor to the State senate in 1fJ02 and again in 1904, in the lattel~ se • from Colby in 1887, after preliminary schooling in the high school sion being chosen president of the senate after a close conte t. of his native town of Skowhegan and m Bloomfield Academy, he He was chairman of the Republican State convention at Port­ entered upon the study of the law, pursuing his studies first in the land in 1908. In 1910 the third district of Maine elected a office of Walton & Walton, of Skowhegan, and later in the Boston Democrat to Congr~-the first time sinMaine Senate. · In order to do his memory full-handed justice we must delve Mr. GooDWIN had a characteristic,. possessed by an great men, into his life of usefulness in his own State. ' of assimilating information and using experiences. Past ques­ He was but little more than 50 years old at the time of his tion all the experiences in the life of a. man are useful to him, death. Death always comes too soon, but the sicl\Je seemed but strong, alert mindS' make better use of them than others. more keen in this instance than in others, for it cut down, so Whether at early schools, in the classroom at college, on the to speak; the life of one· who bad gradually but steadily grown ba eball field, at the law sc.fiool, by the Speaker's side in Wash­ and progressed from a beardless boy on a farm to a strong, ington, or through early bard knocks in the practice of the law, virile, able Congre sman of the United .States. Congre man l\1r. GoODWIN was continually laying up stores of h"'lowledge and GooDWIN was an able lawyer; a brave, true, patriotic citizen. fitting himself, consciously or otherwise, fol" a commanding po­ He had served with distinction in both branches of the Maine sition in life's battle. Legislature and arose in his second term to tbe presidency of He early acquired the habit of success. My acquaintance the State senate. He began in the lower branch of the Maine with him began in college days, and he was- even then a domi­ Legislature at the early age of 26. He stood high in the councils nating figure, much respected and admired by his mates, and by of his party in Maine; he was prominent in political and lodge the students of other institutions, taking honors that came mod­ work. estly and not pu1Ie11 up by achievement On graduation it H~ was unusually popular among all classes of people who was as natural that he should be class orator as that Holman knew him. He came from a sturdy stock of people; he was Day, of the same class, should be class poet. The impetus of a sturdy, well-loved, well-poised citizen of New England. 'To ea1:ly success never left him. those of his acquaintance in Maine and here in Congress no After two years' service in Washington with Speaker Reed doubt will ever arise in the minds of any of us that could he Mr. GooDWIN returned to his native town and engaged in the have been spared but for a few years longer to have served his activ-e practice of the law. The lawyers of Maine are not district in Congress that greater honors would have awaited specialists. They have to take such business as comes, and the him. successful country lawyer has the opportunity of developing I repeat, my acquaintance with him was brief and not overly along a diversity of lines. The right type of country lawyer is intimate, but no thoughtful man could come in close contact an important and valuable factor in the community, a power for with Congressman GooDWIN without having it impressed upon good. Mr. GooDWIN achieved the best kind of success, in that his mind that he was an honest, courageous, able, industrious profession. His business grew steadily and his fame in a few man. It was my sad duty to journey from Washington with years extended throughout the State. the ·congressional funeral committee and aid in paying our re­ By reason of his natural aggressiveness, brilliance, and repu­ spects in the last sud rites of Congres m!l.ll GooDWIN at his home tation for obtaining results before a jury he naturally became town in Skowhegan, Me. The thing that impressed me most a plaintiff's lawyer and tried many personal injury and damage during my visit to his home was the complete and unfaltering suits, in one noted case, that of Tilson against the Maine Cen­ devotion, respect, and affection of all men, women, and children tral Railroad Co., obtaining a verdict of $25,000, quite unprece­ of all political faiths, of all churches, creeds, and a yocations for dented in l\faine. Probably as a result of that case he was in­ him. vited to become permanent counsel for the railroad company at His private character was clean, pure, and abo'\"e reproach; a substantial salary. He hesitated somewhat, but finally ac­ his public service was beyond ca nl or abuse. His devotion to cepted the invHation, and for five years previous to his final duty was such that he was impregnable to partisan slander and entry into politic in 1912 he was actively engaged i~ defending villification. He was a good father; a good husband; a lovable, suits again t the railroad. It was characteristic of the man warm-hearted, courageous, patriotic citizen. In him the third that this change of work fretted him and wore upon him ner- congressional district of .1\faine sufferml a distinct loss; in him 1915. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 4257) the entiTe State suffered a loss; in him ·the Nation suffered a Within A -.few days the news came over the wire that he .had - loss, for it is eonceded everywhere that no nation .is greater been stricken at his home in Maine by a fatal disease. It than its greatest men. 'Seemed almost incredible to me, but nevertheless it was true. It is true his career in Congress has ended; it is true he did The people of the entire State of Maine were shocked, and in not live his three score years and ten; it is true that death over- his death Maine lllet with a great loss. took .him while he was marching forward ·in the .zenith. of .his · FoRBEsT GooDWIN, as a lawyer and public speaker, was known power rather than receding from it. His face was still turned throughout the State. As a lawyer he won .early recognition eastward and not westward. But, after .all, he has left behind and went rapidly to the head of the Maine bar. His pra:c­ him the legacy of a good name, ~ spotless character, and an h.on- . tice was a general one and extended into every county in the orable career without one single page turned down. .State. As a convincing advocate before a jury he had few It is eminently proper that the Congress of the United States equals; as an orator he stood in the very first rank. In his pause from its busy labors and pay tribute to .such a man. home town .he seemed to enjoy the friendshi.P and confidence o£ everyone. Mr. GUERNSEY. l!Ir. Speaker, I come here to-day to pay o. The record of the life work of this distinguished son of Maine few words of respect to the memory of a personal friend -and will be rememoered as long as the history of the State is ·colleague in this House, the late Hon. FoRREST GooDWIN, whose . preserved. death on the 28th day of May, 1913, was untimely and almost tragic. He had barely occupied his seat in the National Oon~ Mr. STEVENS of Minnesota. Ml·. Speaker, it is always a' gre s 30 days when he was called from this life. melancholy duty to. pay a last tribute to one of our associates FonREST GooDWIN was a pramlnent citizen of :Maine, lawye~ upon this floor who has departed this life. It is especially sad, and legislator. He rose to high position among his fellow citi- when our friend seemed to be at the commencem~nt of a dis­ zens from bumble circumstances through his own industry and tinguished career in national affairs, had won the respect_ force of character. He was a man of fine qualities, self-reliant, esteem, and support of a steadfast. constituency, and possessed purposeful, far-sighted, and energetic. Had he lived he un- tl}.e .confidence and affection of a host of devoted friends. I .doubtedly would have taken a high place in the councils of the know of no man with a short service here who more truly or Nation. It is sad to consider that he was cut off in the p1·ime justly seemed to have gained these attributes than FoRREsT of life, while still a comparatively young man, but he had GooDWIN, to whose memory the House of Representatives to­ lived long enough to prove his quality as a man, and within day measures its sincere respect. the period accomplished many times that which the average . It was my privllege to know him slightly while we were man can .hope to accomplish in a life of full length. students, 30 years ago, at neighbo1·ing colleges in .Maine, and Early in life, with untiring energy and industry, he laid the , at that time all who knew him appreciated the rare qualities foundation of his future career of usefulness by educating him- of good fellowship, of adaptability and capability, which easily, self. It is related that after graduating from the high school made him a leader among his fellows wherever his lot was cast. of his native town of Skowhegan, Me., he immediately set to He developed broadly by a varied and possibly at tiJ:lles arduous work to secure funds to enable him to go through college, and experience through an active and successful civic, professional, with less than $20 as capital bought out the ice business of Jllld public

upon the future, the Dread Archer ped the winged arrow tha~ late ancl lamented fellow 1\lember, Ron. FoRREST GooDWIN. touched him, and he departed. Mr. GooDWIN, like many of the greate t characters in our his- That life is long which answers life's great end. • tory, was born on a farm near Skowhegan, Me., in 1 G2. He NoL' love thy life nor bate, but what thou livest, achieved in life a career worthy the emulation of us all. He Live well; whether long or short permit to Heaven. was a student at the Bloomfield Academy, and graduated from As a member of the funeral party to his nati-re town, the the Skowhegan High School in 1881. He entered Colby College place of his last.residence, I was greatly impres:;;ed with tlie in 1883 and graduated in 1887 with the distinction of being ·sincere grief and sympathy of the entire community. They the orator of his class. Thus, l\Ir. Speaker, early in· life he were proud of him-of his accomplishments and possibilities manifested those rare qualities and characteristics of mind for future usefulness and fame. They seemed to ha-re been and heart which in later years brought him high honors and glad to have been helpful to him as the various occasions had made him a distinguished figure in his State. arisen. But deeper than that, their sorrows became personal He chose law as his profession. By the aid of early traininoo as they reviewed his happy, active, and useful life among in a law office he succeeded in completing in one year a three them, as they recalled his kindly greetings and the close ties of years' course at the Boston University. Law School. He was 1ntimacy and affection, springing from nearly a half a century admitted to the bar. He soon attained popularity as a lawyer. of his loyal, lovable daily intercourse. He was e pecially successful as an advocate, and by reason of his unusual ability, strict integrity, sincerity, and honesty of Where hand Grasps band, eye lights eye in good fL·iendship, purpose he acquired an extensive and lucr;:ttive practice. And great hearts expand · Because of his fidelity to duty and his high moral character, And grow one in the sense of this world's life. Mr. GooDWIN was honored in life by being cho en to fill many We left him in this last re ting place, a beautiful hill on the responsible public offices. He was one of the youngest men that banks of his beloved Kennebec, with the birds, the trees, and was ever elected to the Maine Legislature, being only 26 the flowers, overlooking the homes of his family and the friends years of age when he took his seat in that body. He had the he loved so well, amid the scenes of his youthful development honor to serve as parliamentary clerk in the House .of Repre­ ·and of the struggles and triumphs of his maturity. Well may sentati"res during the Fifty-first Congress, when the Ron. it be said of him: Thomas B. Reed was Speaker. In 1902 he was reelected to the State senate, and was chosen president of that body. In He never failed to march breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break; 1912 he was elected to the present Congress. His service in Never thought though right were worsted, this House was brief, but he made a most fa\orable impres­ Wrong would triumph ; sion upon those with whom he came in contact, and gave Held, we fall to rise, are beaten to fight harder, Sleep to wake. promise of a most successful and honorable career in tile Congress of the United States. l\lr. CRISP. 1\!r. Speaker, once again this legislative hall is l\fr. GooDWIN took an acti"re interest in political affairs of turned into one of mourning. We have met to-day to pay our his State and of the Nation. Among the important political last tribute of ·love and respect to our deceased colleague, the conventions in which he participated was the Republican na­ Ron. FoRREST GooDWIN, late a Representative from the third tional convention at St. Louis, in which con-rention he sup­ congressional district of Maine, who departed this life on May ported Ron. Thomas B. Reed for the Presidency. 28, 1913, in Portland, Me. Mr. GooDWIN was born in Skowhegan, Mr. GooDWIN .not only showed a keen interest in political on June 14, 1862, and was in the vigor and prime of his in­ affairs, but he also took an acti-re interest in the social life of tellectual usefulness when called to answer the final summons. his community. He was a member of several benevolent organi­ Mr. GooDWIN held many places of honor and trust, and he zations and ser-red three years as a member of the Skowhegan measured up to the full" expectation of his friends in each or school board. them. I shall leave to tllose who knew him more intimately And so, 1\fr. Speaker, his life was devoted to the service of his than I the pleasant task of delineating in detail the various community, his State, his country, and his fellow men. And no steps by which he rose to places of power and responsibility greater work can a man perform than to render honest, faithfult and grew in the love and admiration of his fellow citizens who conscientious, unselfish sen·ice to others, for 20 centuries ago always delighted to honor him. . the lowly Galilean said : l\fr. Speaker, Mr. GooDWIN at one time served as parliamen~ And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant. tarian of the House of Representatives, having been appointed I wus a member of the committee of this House that attended by Speaker Thomas B. Reed. When the Sixty-third Congress the funeral services of our departed friend. I witnessed the convened, three of its l\fembers had at previous times served hundreds of friends and neighbors who gathered at the family in this body as clerk at the Speaker's table, viz, Messrs. GooD­ residence and with them followed his remains to the cemetery. WIN, HINDS, and myself. This naturally drew us together, and In e1ery possible way his fellow townsmen indicated the high it was om· pleasure to meet and discuss our experiences in esteem in which he was held and manifested their great regrett filling this trying and exacting position. A few days before l\Ir. their deep grief, and their profound sorrow at his untimely GooDWIN was stricken with his fatal malady, I had the pleas­ death. I was deeply impressed with the thought that it could ure of lunching with him and Mr. HINDS, and I shall ever re­ be justly said of him: Those who knew him best loved him mo t. call with pleasure our meeting. Mr. GooDWIN was full of Ilope, Mr. Speaker, truly death is the great tragedy of life. ambition, and had an earnest desire to be of service to his conn­ Thou know'st 'tis common ; all that lives must die, try and his people, and had Providence spared him, with his Passing through nature to eternity. intellectual force, great industry, and noble impulses, he would have been a power for good, and would have easily taken rank But, sir, the life of our departed friend and colleague reminds jn the history of his country with any of the able statesmen us that the journey of life, with all its brevity, uncertainty, dis­ that the great State of Maine had contributed to the Nation. appointments, sorrows, and tears, still affords an opportunity l\Ir. Speaker, it was my sad privilege to attend the funeral of for the performance of deeds and the rendition of service, tile our deceased friend, which took place in the beautiful little city influence of which will endure indefinitely in the hearts of of Skowhegan, Me. A. great concourse of people attended that others. sad event, and his house was a veritable flower garden, which 1\lr. HINDS. 1\Ir. Speaker, in paying this simple tribute to showed the love and affection his neighbors and fellow citizens FoRBEST GooDWIN I can not dwell upon his achievements as a felt for their distinguished dead. Member of this House, for he died while his career here was We all mourn tile loss of a true, strong, bra-re man, and such still before him. His friends and supporters in the third con­ a character was FoRREST GooDWIN. His life should be an in­ gressional district of Maine believed that as a Member of thi spiration to his fellow citizens, for the elements of nature were body he would become both u eful and eminent. Those of u Eo well blended in him that all the world that knew him was who knew him feel that the service he was capable of renderinO' prompt to say "This was a man.'' So, in reverent submission, would bring him honor and prominence in his own State a we bow to the will of our Heavenly Father, 'Vho doeth all things well as the Nation. well, and say, "Peace to his ashe .'' · Having expressed thus briefly, but sincerely, my appreciation 0! Why should the spirit of mortal be proud, of the promise for the future which hi ability and faithfu1nes Like the swift fleeting meteor, the fast·tlying cloud A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, ' justified his friends in forecasting for him, I wish to speak of Man pas eth from earth to his rest in his grave. FoRREST GooDWIN as a friend and companion of my early man­ hood, for we were born in nejghboring towns in the Kennebec 1\lr. _1\IORG.A...."N" of OkJ.alloma. 1\lr. Speaker, this hour has Valley, attended the arne college, and for a time our dutie been set apnrt as a time to pay tribute to the memory of our brought us together in the senice of this Ho~1se. 1915. . . CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-.ROUSE. 4259

Twenty-five years ago the Young Men's Republican Club of both Gov. Robie and 1 ·tried to influence Mr. GoODWIN to -vote Portland, :Me., entertained as their guests William McKinley for the proposition. But even at the beginning of his political and Thomas B. Reed. As the distinguished visitors were taking career he ha.d mastered the fundamental duties of a representa­ their leave Mr. Reed turned to Mr. McKinley and said in a ban­ tive in a republic and, resisting the claims of age and experi• tering way, "Governor, you do not know what it means to ence as well as youthful friendship, he voted as the good sense break through life in the town where you were born." He and the best interests of Skowhegan demanded-against the meant that any man who must win his way among the people measure. who knew intimately the conditions of his youth, and possibly Mr. GoonwrN studied law for a time with Samuel J. Walton, the mistakes of early manhood, earns his success. Like Mr. a leader of the Somerset County bar, whose sturdy common Reed, Mr. GooDWIN " broke into life" in the town where he was sense carried him through a long career at the bar and the poli­ born June 14, 1862. His parents were not among either the tics of his State, and still serves him in a green old age. After prominent or wealthy citizens of Skowhegan. They had, how­ a year's further study Mr. GooDWIN graduated from the law ever, a high sense of. honor and integrity. As a sergeant of the school of Boston University in the class of 1890, and soon after First Maine Cavalry the elder Mr. Goodwin performed his duty we were again associated, as we each held clerksbips in this. faithfully and was considered a most reliable man by the officers House. under whom be served. Being a man of modest means, he In 1890, Maine was represented in Washington by a distill-. could not materially assist his son when his ambition led him to guished group of men. James G. Blaine, who, since the retire­ desire a college education, so the lad began to consider for him­ ment of Hannibal Hamlin, stood at the bead of the old Maine ~elf ways and means for accomplishing his desire. An oppor­ Republican dynasty, was Secretary of State. Senator Eugene tunity presented itself to buy out a local ice dealer; and, Hale and Senator William P. Frye were conspicuously able mem­ believing that he could make a success of the business, young bers of the Senate. Both Hale and Frye shared Mr. Blaine's GooDWIN asked his father to furnish the capital for his venture. interest in watching the career of Mr. Reed. Indeed, public But the man who could face danger in the perfor.IDllnce of his opinion credited 1\Ir. Blaine with having either written or in­ dutY as a soldier . could not face the possibility of failure in spired a much-discussed article in the North American Renew; business and of finding himself in debt, which to his keen sense signed X. M. C., commenting unfavorably upon the famous of integrity meant disgrace. But FoRREST, even against the quorum I'Uling of Speaker Reed. advice of his father, borrowed the money from a neighbor, Although there was no open break in the relations between bought out the business, and conducted it with such success Mr. Blaine and Mr. Reed, yet ~1r. Reed .felt that if he wished that he closed it out with enough in the, bank to pay the expenses to enter the broader field of Maine politics it would be wise for of a college course. , , him to form connections with young men of promise in the Mr. GooDwiN entered Colby College in the class of '87. I was central part of the State. Hon. Amos L. Allen, then secretary to just leaving college when he came in, but I followed his care~r the Speaker and later a Member Of this House, advised that the as pitcher of a suecessful ball team through the four years' position of parliamentarian, then vacant, be given to such a course and rejoiced in his prestige as a baseball hero. In those young man, and asked me if I could suggest anyone. I was at youthful days this seemed a great a'chievement, but as I look that time the Speaker's clerk, practically an assistant to the. back over those years I realize that he stood among the first Secretary. I would have liked the position myself, but thinking four in his class in scholarship and was the class orator. His that a knowledge of the law was desirable and realizing Mr. love of fun, however, pre~ented him from gaining the ·admira­ Allen's good sense in selecting some one from th~ central part oi tion of the faculty to the degree which his literary and scholas­ the State, I did not consider myself a eandidate. I sugge&ted, tic attainments entitled him. Colby bad in those days, as now, however, that Mr. GooDWIN be considered, with the result that a high ideal of the bebR vi or of a serious student. Boardman, the place was offered him and he assumed its duties in FebruarYj the missionary to the Karens, and Lovejoy, the martyred abo­ of 1890. lishionist, were honored sons of the college. Even when I was 1\fr. Reed was then 51 ·years old, in the prime of life, and at the in college, Benjamin F. Butler, of the class of 1838, was not ac­ height of his powers. He was a dominating figure in a Congress corded full honor as an alumnus. His natural inclination to where sectional and party animosity embittered debate to a antagonize all constituted authority with which he came in con-· degree not experienced in any succeeding Congress. The demand tact . was shown even at that early period of his career. He of the Republican Party that the suppression of (he colored vote accounts for the estrangement between himself and the faculty in the South must cease aroused the southern men to an oppo­ in his autobiography, w4ere he relates that he had a bitter sition which recalled the stormy period immediately following religious controversy with the pastor of the college church-no the Civil War. The growing industrial spirit of the North de.; less a person than Rev. S. F. Smith, author of America-and manded the enactment of R tariff bill favorable to their interests, intimates that he had rather the best of the argument. and the bill reported by the Republicans gave rise to a long and There high ideals, however impossible of attainment they acrimonious debate with the Members who favored free trade or might have seemed to the 'youth at the time, had, nevertheless, a low tariff. a great influence in forming character, as many of Colby's sons There were notable men on both sides of the House. From the will testify. Colby was then a small college and had not time the· Republican Party came into power Maine had main-1 adopted to any extent the lecture system in vogue in large col­ tained a delegation of strong men in Congress. Hannibal Ham~ leges. Recitations to the professor were made daily, and the lin, William Pitt Fessenden, and James G. Blaine had served interchange of ideas between teacher and pupil at such close eith~r in the Senate or in the House. In the Fifty-first Coli., range could not fail to bring out the best in the student. Two gress the members of the delegation were Thomas B. Reed; members of the faculty of our day are still living. Prof. Julian Speaker, Nelson Dingley, jr., Charles A. Boutelle, and Seth U. D. Taylor was then, as he still is, at the head of the Latin Milliken. All had been Members of the House for at least sUi department. yeRrs, and, with the exception of Mr. Reed, who resigned after A student recently said of him, "When you make a recita­ 22 years of service, they remained in Congress as long as theY. tion to Dr. Taylor, you realize what an infinite thing perfection lived. Maine was not the only State represented in this Con­ is." Such thoroughness and attention to duty as be demanded gress by able men. Georgia had in her delegation such men as in his classwork furnished a standard for good work anywhere Charles F. Crisp and Henry G. Turner; Texas had an able in any field of effort. Dr. Albion W. Small, now the distin­ body of men, among them Roger Q. Mills, DaYid B. Culberson, guished head of the sociological department of Chicago Uni­ Joseph D. Sayers, and Samuel Lanham. In the Missouri deleJ versity, came to Colby fresh from the German universities and gation was Alexander M:. Dockery, a prominent member of the brought to his classes an ent~usiasm to which they heartily re­ present administration. Ex-Speaker Randall, of Pennsylvania, sponded. Moreorer, though he scandalized the faculty, he de­ was still a Member of the House although in failing health lighted the boys by attending the matched games of the base­ and serving his last term. In the Alabama delegation was ball team of which Mr. GooDWIN was the star. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, of the Confederate Army and later a After graduating from Colby Mr. GooDWIN was ·elected as hero of the Spanish War. William McKinley led the Ohio dele­ representative to the State legislature by his fellow townsmen. gation, of which Gen. Charles H. Gro·svenor and THEODORE E. I was then rewrting the proceedings of the legislature for the BURTON were prominent Republican Members. James S. Sher­ Portland Press. The members of the bouse were seated at desks man and Sereno E. Payne, of New York, were among the like those in the old country schoQls in Maine. Mi·. GooDWIN younger Members of the House. Nathaniel P. Banks, who first shared a front seat with one of the oldest public men in the served in the Thirty-ninth CongreSs, in the stormy period be­ State, ex-Gov. Frederick Robie, who represented Gorham, a fore the war, was again representing a Massachusetts district. town near Portland. When it was proposed to remove the He seldom spoke on the floor. I remember only one such occa­ cnpital of the State from Augusta to Portland, on the ground sion, when he arose to eulogize a friend and companion in the that Portland was the best place in Maine for the capital city, stirring events of the past-Gen. Fremont. HENRY CABOT !1260 CONGRESSIONAL -RECORD-. SENATE. FEBRUARY 22, tu>naE was an actin~· Member· of the delegation . . Other con- · SENATE. spicbous Republicans were David B. Henderson, of Iowa, Joseph G. Cannon, or illinois, and John Dalzell, of Pennsylvania. ~iONDAY, february f2f2, 1915. "The debates of the Fifty-first Congress reflect~d a transition (Legislative da-y of J!'1:i~ay, Febr-uary 19, 1915.) period in the thought of the Nation. Memories and traditions of the Civil War ·dominated public sentiment. The animosity · The Senate reassembled at 11 o'clock a. m., on the expiration aroused, especially by the consideration of the so-called force of the recess. · bill, sometimes affected e,-en the social life of Washington . Mr. SMOOT. l\Ir. President, I suggest the absence of a .Gen. Wheeler, of Alabama, and Gen. Grosvenor, of Ohio, did quorum. not hesitate to fighf the war over again in acrimonious debate · The VICE PRESIDENT. · The Secretary will call the roll. on the floor. Happily, the Spanish War furnished an oppor­ The Secretary called the roll, and the following Senators an­ tunity for both these elements to unite in a common service to swered to their names : :the country and put" an end to such references to sectional dif­ Ashurst Hardwick 11Iartine N. J. Sherman ferences in debate in the House of Representatives. Bankhead Hughes Newlanus1 Shively Brady James Oliver Simmons The Hall of the House during this Congress was a wonderful Brandegee Jones Overman Smoot school for a · you"ng ·man. The spectacle of strong men striving Bryan Kenyon Owen Sterling together in the performance of difficult tasks, while not calcu­ Burleigh Kern Page Stone . Burton La Follette Penrose Swanson lated to ·teach 'good manners perhaps, gave · an unparalleled Chamberlain Lane Pe'rkins Thomas opportunity' for the study of human motives ·and the elements Colt Lea, Tenn. Pittman Thomp on which make for sti·ength of character. Mr. GooDWIN made ex­ Fall Lodge Pomerene Tillman Fletcher McCumber Root . Warl'en cellent use of this opportunity. · He mastered the duties of his Gallinger McLean Saulsbury White position, showing in·the discharge of them an aptitude and tact Gronna Martin, Va. Sheppard Works :which was a distinguishing trait of his character. Mr. CHAMBERLAIN. I was requested to announce that the On March 4, 1891, the Fifty-first Congress ceased to eXist, junior Senator from Mississippi [Mr. V.ARDAMAN] has been de­ and Mr. Reed was no longer Speaker Of the House. Mr. Goon­ tained from the Senate on official business. WIN returned to Skowhegan and took up the practice of law. Mr. MARTINE of New Jersey. I wish to announce the ab­ In 1892 he was appointed by President Harrison postmaster of Skowhegan. In 1902 he was elected to the Maine Senate, and sence of the Senator from Louisiana [Mr. THORNTON], owing to was made president of that body, a position equal to that of illness. lieutenant governor in other States. He was also a delegate to Mr. S~IOOT. I wish to state that my colleague [Mr. SUTIIER· LAND] is detained from the Senate by illness. the St. Louis convention, where he was an ardent ·supporter The VICE PRESIDENT. Fifty-two Senators ha-re answered Jind trusted friend· of Thomas B. Reed. Aside from these politi­ cal duties and a general interest in the welfare of his town, he to the roll call. There is a quorum present. The Senate will devoted himself to his law business. receive a message from the House of Representatives. Of Mr. GooDWIN's professional _career at the bar, others will MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. speak more at length. It is enough to say that he was a law­ A message from the House of Representatives, by J. C. South, yer of gr'eat ability ·and resourcefulness and among the most its Chief Clerk, announced that the House had passed the fol­ prominent in the ·state. lowing bills, in which it requested the concurrence of the Iri 1912 his election to Congress brought us together again as Senate: Representatives of neighboring districts of our native State, H. R. 21201. An act making appropriations for the Diplomatic and during his brief stay here we renewed the association of and Consular Service for · the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916; earlier years. He had definitely severed his connection with the and · -law and it was ~s purpose to devote to his duties· the great H. R. 21328. An act making appropriations for the support of ability and experience gained from his years of legal training. the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916, ,Who can doubt that his service would have brought large re­ and for other purposes. sults and reflected honor both upon himself and those who The message also transmitted to the Senate resolutions of th~ sent him here? Yet although- House on the life rind public services of lion. Augustus 0. The fame is quenched that I forsaw, Bacon, late a Senator from the State of Georgia. The head hath missed an earthly wreath, The message further transmitted to the Senate resolutions of the House on the life and public ·services of Hon. Forrest Why should a limit be set for service when there are­ Goodwin, late a Representati-re from the State of l\Iaine. So many worlds, so much to do, So little done, such things to be, ENROLLED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION SIGNED. How know I what had need of thee, For thou wert strong as thou wert true. The message also announced that the Speaker of the House had signed the following enrolled bills and joint re olution, 0 hollow wraith of dying fame, . Fade wholly, while the soul exults, and they were thereupon signed by the Vice President: And self infolds the large results S. 2335. An act· to provide for the register and enrollment of Of force, that would have forged a name. ,-essels built in foreign countries when such vesseJs ha...-e been . Mr. GoonwrN had many friends throughout his whole life, wrecked on the coasts of the United States or her possessions and they were inconsolable when he could no longer be their or adjacent waters and sal-red by American citizens and . re­ leader and friend. The editor of . the Independent-Reporter of paired in American shipyards ; Skowhegan, Mr. Roland T. Patten, expresses his feelings as H. R.17122. An act for the relief of John Burrows; follows: H. R.17907. An act granting the consent of Congre s to the Interstate Bridge & Terminal Co., of Muscatine, Iowa, to build The humble and exalted answer to the same call. We, human atoms that remain, presume to dignify, by a somewhat deeper rever­ a bridge across the l\Iississippi River; ence, one departure more than another. He whose hand has grasped H. R.17765. An act to regulate details of majors in the Ord­ the scroll of fame drops it, all but empty at the last of those things nance Department; which satisfy a life's ambition, and we note with something more than casual glance 'tis not the callous palm of. humble tasks finally H. R.17982. An act to make Nyando, N. Y., a port through unbending frorn ::tn implement of toil. which merchandise may be imported for h'ansportation with- That we should thus observe and thus distinguish between our out appraisement; . brothers at their dissolution is wisdom's part. By this much we place '>urselvcs abo_ve other orders of creation, which note not, when a mem­ H. R.18172. An act to increase the limit of cost of the United ber falls, whether it be of noble or unpretentious mien. By this longer States post-office building at Seymour, Ind.; and pause, this reverence more profound, this deeper sigh, we create a H. J. Res. 391. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of rize toward which men all their lives will strive, and in so striv­ Eng are more like to live worthily and usefully. Commerce to postpone the sale of fur-seal skins now in the .. · A life so strived in and so lived is closed and to it we give this possession of the Government until such time as in his discretion final guerdon of reverence and respect. This we may do eagerl[, un­ he may deem such sale advisable. hesitatingly, as we shall ourselves be gone before another o like mold shall come among the scenes now occupied by us to claim this WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS. justice at the hands of men. The VICE PRESIDENT. Senators, this is more than a red­ ADJOURNMENT. letter day in the calendar of the Republic. It is a sacred date Then, in accordance with the resolution and the order here­ in the calendar of constitutional liberty. It does not lessen tofore adopted, at 2 o'clock and 27 minutes p. m., the House the honor and esteem in which public men should be held to­ adjourned until to-morrow, l\Ionday, February 22, 1915, at day if the people of the Republic turn backward to the begin­ 11 o'clock a. m. nings of our institutions to sbow their lo-re and veneration and