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1923. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE.. 5
NOTIFICATION TO THE HOUSE. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. LODGE submitted the following resolution (S. Iles. 2), which was read, considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: MONDAY, December 3, 1923~ R csoli; ed, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled and that the Senate is ready This day, in compliance with the provisions o:f the Constitu to proceed to business. tion, the :Members elect of the House of Ile:pi:esentatives of the Sixty-eighth Congress met in their Hall, and at 12 o'clock.noon HOUR OF D-llLY MEETING. were called to order by William Tyler Page, the Clerk of the Mr. LODGE submitted the following resolution (S. Res. 3), last House. which was read, considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: The Chaplain of the last House, Rev. James Shera :Mont R esolved, That the hour oi daily meeting or the Senate be 12 o'clock gomery, D. D., offered the following prayer: merMinn until otherwise ordered. Almighty God and our heavenly Father, unto whom all DEATH OF THE L TE SE~A'l ' OR NICHOL ON. hearts are open and all desires are known. lighten our eyes :;.\Ir. rHIPPS. Mr. President, it is my sad duty to refer to the that we may be deeply sensible of Thy presence and conscious passing of my late colleague and friend, Sena.tor SAMUEL D. of our responsibilitie . The star in om· Nation~s firmament NICHOLSON, of Colorado. I send to the desk a resolution and that has so lately shone is dimmed, and 'vith abiding sorrow nsk for its immediate consideration. we accept tlrn rule of Thy sovereign will. The pa t is clo ed ~'he PRESIDENT pro tempore. 'l'be Senator from Colorado and the fruits of the years belong to our Republic by inherit offer a re olution, which will be read by the Secretary. ance. The door of the futm·e is now ajar. Ohr make us wi<:e The resolution (S. Res. 4) was read, considered by unani and strong as we move forward with the duties that await us. mous con~ent, and unanimously agreed to, as follows: Bless and guide 'Our Pre ic1ent in every way. We lift our eyes unto the hiJls from whence cometh our R c1:w l i; ed, Tbait the Senate has heard with deep reg1·et and profound strength ; our help cometh from the Lord; ab<>ve all and o-ver sorrow the announcement of the death of the IlGu. SAMUEL D. N:tCHOL all is Thy loving and wise providence. Hitherto Thou hast led BOl\, late a Senator from the State of Colorado. us and we thank T.hee. Thy hand has ::i;uid~d and shaped our R es olved, That the Secretary communicate these r esolutions to the Republic in the past. Continue to be the pilot in the lookout H ouse of Representatives and transmit a copy there&f to. the family of the ship of state, and direct every citizen in the land to- lay of the decea sed. hi best gifts upon the altar of his country. May the liberties, DE.\TH OF THE LA.TE SE~ATOR 1\"ELSON. opportunities, and the richest blessings of the people be safe guarded by the best and the wisest service. Scatter the fio\\ers l\Ir. SHIPSTEAD. Mr. President it becomes my sad duty to of peace and plenty upon all waste places and: make all homes a11nomwe to the Senate the death of the Hon. KNUTE NELSON, lat a Senator from tbe State of Minnesota. radiant with Christian gladnei;:s; and may the genius of free government continue to bless an our people. Tbrongh Jesus Senator NEL so~ died .April 28', 1923, ha-ving arriYed at the Christ, our Lord. Amen. ripe olcl age of 80 year ~ 45 of which hacl been spent in publi:c E:el'vice, the last 28 as a ~lember of this body. The CLERK. Repre entatives elect, this is the day fixed l:>y ~enator NELSON was a remarkable man, a strong, sturdy, the Constitution of the United States for the meeting of the i;elf-reliant figure. This, however, is not the time no.r the proper Sixty-eighth Congres of the United States of America. The occasion for extended remark . Upon some other occasion I Clerk of the House of Representatives of the Sixty-seventh shall ask the Senate to set aside a day upon which his colleagues Congress will read the names of those pre ·ent whose creden may pay tribute to his work and worth as a man and a legis tials show that they were regularly elected as Representative~ Ja tor. in accordance with the laws of their i·espective States or of I offer the resolution which I send to the de k and aRk unani the United States. .As the roll is called in the alphabetical mou consent for its immediate consideration. order of the States Representatives elect will answer to their '.l'he PRESIDENT pro tempore. 'l'he Senator from l\linne names to determine whether a quorum is present sot a ot:fers a resolution, which will be reacl. The roll was called showing the presence of' the following The resolution (S. Res. 5) was read, con ·idered by unani Members: mou.· con. ent, and unanimously agreed to, as follows: .ALAit!.lIA. R c1rn lt:crl, That the Senate has heard with deep regret and profound Lister Hill. :\Jiles C . ..lllgoo ILLINOIS. NEW JERSEY. l\Jartin B. Madden. Edward J. King. Francis F. Pattel' on, jr. George N. Seger. l\lorton D. Hull. William El. Hull. Isaac Bacharnch. Frank J. IcNulty. Elliott W. Sproul. Frank H. Funk. Elmer H. ~ran. Daniel F. :Minahan. Thomas A. Doyle. William P. Holaday. Charles llrownc. Frederick R. Lehlbach. Adolph J. "abath. Allen F. Moore. Erne t R. Ackerman. John J. E agnn. James R. Buckley. Henry T. Rainey. Randolph Perkin . Charles F. X. O'Brien. :i'II. Alfre1l l\lichaelS-On. J. Earl Major. ,_'tanley H. Kunz. Edward E. l\liller. NEW MEXICO. Fredq. Britten. William W. Arnol 'UTAH. vision of law, n.nd the prima facie title to seats in the House non B. Colton. Elmer 0. Leatherwood. of Ilepresentatlves of the persons named in his communications Vl!:RMONT. being evidenced by certificates in due form, their names were Ernest W. Gibson. enrolled as Representatives elect nnd will tl1erefore be callNl, VIBIJINIA. and the communications of said Henry Young will await such ~r.huyler 0 ts Bland. Tl1onu1!4 W. Ilarr1Ron. consideration as the House may desire to accord them when it ,Jo;;1•pl.l ~'. Deal. It. Walton Moore. _'\.mlrcw .r. !\lontague. (;eorge C. Peery. hnll hm·e or-gnnized. .T. l\[. Hooker. Ilenry St. George Tucker. The Clerk will present for information of the l\lemhers n. Clifton A. Woodrum. statement showing change that have occurred since the regulnr WASilINGTO~. election (If Representativl's for the Sixty-eighth Congress. It .Tohn F. ~Ulln. John W. Summers. there he no objection, the statement will be printed in tl!e Lin Congre:-:s the right to make its own rules, are such that Uiey Party in the g-rent 1\litlule "'est, from which I C'Ome, I place in gin•. lllany t:me:-:, a small miuority in this body the power nomination the name of 1'1.l.RTIN B. M.\Dm:. ', of 111 in iif:I. Rome to ('1111trol legislntiou nnll prevent bills from coming out of may say that I ntten Hooker Lozier Parks, Ark. Stengle Clark, Fla. Hammer McReynolds Saba th Howurd. Nebr. Lyon Peery Stevenson Cleary Harrison l\IcSwain :-;almon Hownrd, Okla. Mc Untie Pou Sullivan Collier Ilastings Mcsweeney Sanders, Tex. Huduleston Mc Keown Prall Sumners, Tex. Collins Hawes Major, Ill. ~andlin llull. Tc-nn. l\Ic 'ulty Quayle Swank Connally, Tex. Havden Major. 1\lo. S<'ars, Fla. Humphreys Mc Reynolds Quin Tague Cook Hill, Ala. Mansfield Shallenberger .Jacoh tein 1\lcSwain Ragon Taylor, Colo. Corning Hill, Wash. Martin ::;herwood .Jeffers Mc weeney Rainey Taylor, W. Va • Crisp Hooker Milligan Sites Johnson, Tex. Major, Ill. Raker Thomas, Okla. Croll Howard, Nebr. Minahan Smithwick John on, W. Va. 1\fajor. Mo. Rankin Thomas, Ky. Crosser Howard, Okla. Montague Steagall Jones :\Iansfield Rayburn Tillman Cullen Huddle ton )Jooney Stedman Jost :\lartin Reed. Ark. Tucker Cummings Hull, Tenn. l\Ioore, Ga. Stengle Kent :\Iillign.n Richards Tydings Davpy. Humphreys Moore, Va. Htevenson Kerr Minahan Rogers, N. H. Underwood Davis, Tenn. .Jacobstein Morehead Sullivan Kinehe1oe 1\Ion tague Romjue · Upshaw Deal Jeffers Morrow Sumners, Tex. Vmson, Ga. Dickinson, Mo. Johnson, W. Va. O'Connell, N; Y. Swank Kindred :\Iooney Rouse Tague Kunz )loore, Ga. Rubey Ward1 N. C. Dickstein Johnson, Tex. O'Connell, R. I. Watkms Dominick Jones O'Connor, La. Taylor, Colo. Lanham Moore, Va. Sabath Taylor, W. Va. Lankford ~forehead Salmon Weaver Doughton lost O'Connor, N. Y. Lar en, Ga. Morrow Sanders, Tex. Weller Doyle Kent O'Sullivan Thomas, K:r. Lazaro O'Connell, N. Y. Sandlin Wilson, La. Drane Kerr Oldfield 'l'homas, Okla. Lea, Calif. O'Co1mell, R. I. Sears, Fla. Wilson, Miss. Drlver Kincheloe Oliver, Ala. Tillman L<:'e, Ga. O'Connor, La. Rhallenberger Wil on, Ind. Dupre Kindred Oliver, N. Y. Tucker Lilly O'Connor, N. Y. Sherwood Wing-o Eagan Kunz Parks, Ark. Tydings Lintl.·ay O'l::lulllvan Sites Wolff' Evans, 1\lont. Lanham Peery Underwood Linthicum Oldfir ld Smithwick Woodrum Favrot Lankford Pou Upshaw Log-an Oltver, N. Y. SteaaaJl · Wright FielUs Larsen, Ga. Prall Vinson, Ga. Lowrey Oliver, Ala. Stedma"ll Fisher Lazaro Quayle Ward, N. C. Fulbright Lea, Calif. Quin Watkins FOR l\IR. HENRY ALLEN COOPER-17. Fulmer Lee, Ga. Ragon \Ylaver Berk Keller Nelson, Wis. Gardner, lnd. Lilly Rainey Weller Browne, Wis. Knutson Peavey Garner, Tex. Lindsay Raker \Vilson, La. Clague Kvale Schafer Garrett, Tex. Linthicum Rankin Wilson, MiRs, Davi, Minn. La Guardia Schneider Gasque Logan Rayburn Wilson, Ind. Frea1· Lampert Sinclair Geran Lowrey Reed, Ark. FOR l\IR. MARTIN B. MADDEN-5. Gilbert Lozier Hicharus ;~~*o Glatfelter Lyon Rogers, N. H. Woodrum James )Jicbaelson Reld, Ill. Woodruff Goldsborough McClintic Romjue Wright King Greenwood McKeown Rouse ANSWERED " PRESENT "--4. Griffin McNuHy Hubey Berger Cooper, Wis. Garrett, Tenn. GUlett FOR MR. HENRY ALLEN CPOPER-17. Tl1e CLERK. The tellers agree in their tally. The total num Beck Keller Nelson, Wis. Voi~t ber of votes cast is 414, of which Hon. FREDERICK H. GILLETT Browne, Wis. Knutson Peavey Werald FINIS GARRETT HENRY Clague Kvale Schafer has recefred 197, Hon. J. 195, Hon. Davis, Minn . LaGuardia Schneider .ALLEN" COOPER 17, and the Hon. MARTIN B. MADDE" 5. Four gen Frear Lampert Sinclair tlemen answered "Present." No gentleman having received n FOR MR. MARTIN B. MADDEN-6. majority of the total votes cast, there bas been no result, and James Michael on Woodruff Yates tlle. Clerk will therefore again call the roll. King Reid, Ilt Tl1e Clerk called the roll, and the result was as follows: ANSWERED " PRESENT "-3. FOR MR. FREDERICK H. GILLET'.r-194. Berger Cooper, Wis. Garrett, Tenn. Ackerman Ft·ee McLeod Simmons The CLERK. The tellers agree in their tally. The total Ald1ic'1 Freeman MacGregor Sinnott number of votes cast is 411, of which Hon. FREDERICK H. GIL AndPrson French MacLatierty Smith Andrew I•'rothingham Madden Snell u:TT has received 194, Hon. FINIS J. GARRETT 194, Hon. HEXRY Anthony Fuller Magee, N. Y. Snyder Ar.LEN CooPER 17, and Hon. :MARTIN B. M.illDEN 6. Three gen Eucharach Funk Magee, Pa. Speaks tlemen answered "Present." No gentleman having received a nae n Garber Manlove Sproul, Ill. I'aLbour Gihson Mapes Sproul, Kans. majority of the total votes cast, there is no result, and the Beedy Gifford Merritt Stalker Clerk will call the roll. Brers Graham, Til. Michener Stephens The Clerk called the roll, and the result was announced as Hegg Graham, Pa. Miller, Ill. Strong, Kans. l'ixler Green, Iowa Miller, Wash. Strong, Pa. follows: Boies G1 eene, :\!ass. Mills Summers, Wash. FOR MR. FREDERICK II. GILLETT-195. Griest Moore, Ill. Sweet Brand, Ohio Ackerman Fish Little Rogers, Mass. Britten Hadley Moore, Ohio l::lwing Fitzgerald Lon;.!worth Rosenbloom Hardy ~foores, Ind. Swoope Aldrich Brumm Anderson Foster Luce Sanders, N. Y. Bur«li k Fredericks McKenzie Sanders, Ind. Burtness }1~~1~~ Mg~f:n ~!~i~r, Tenn. Andrew Hershey Murphy Temple Anthony Free McLaughlin, Mich. chall Burton Bacharach Freeman McLaughlin, Nebr.Scott Butler Wfkl?f Nelson, Me. ~~~~~her Bacon French McLeod Sears, Nebr. Cable 1 Frothingham MacGregor Seger Campbell H~cb d, ~~:ig~; ~~~n. Timberlake Barbour Holaday Nolan '£1ncher Beedy Fuller MacLafferty Shreve Chitldblom Funk Madden Simmons ClarkP, N. Y. Hudson Paig-e Tinkham Beers Hull, Iowa Parker Treadway Begg Garber Magee, Pa. Sinnott ole, Iowa Bixler Gibson l\Iagee, N. Y. Smith Cole; Ohio Hull, Morton D. Patterson Underhili Hull, William E. Perkins Vaile Boie· Gifford Manlove Snell Colton Brand, Ohio Graham, Pa. Mapes Snyder Connolly Pa. Johnson, Wa h. Perlman Vare Kahn Phillips Vestal Britten Graham, Ill. :Merritt Spea ks Coop ·r, Ohio Brumm Green, Iowa }iichener Sproul, Ill. Cram ton Kearns Porter Vincent, Mich. Kelly Purnell Wainwright Burdick Greenf', i\Ias . Miller, Ill. :::lproul, Kans. Crowther Grie t Miller, Wa h. Stalker Curry Kendall Ramseyer Ward, N. Y. Burtne s Kl'lcham Ransley Wa ·on Burton Iladley l\1ills Stephens Dallingei• Ru tier IIardy Moore, Ill. • 'trong, Kan . Darrow Kie;,.s Rathbone Watre."! ::\Ioore, Ohio !<;trong, Pa. I>emp ey Kopp Reece Watson Cable Haug-en Kurrz Reed, N Y. Welsh Campbell Hawley :.\Ioores, Intl. ~ummer , Wash. Drni.on ~rorg::ut Sweet Dickinson, Iowa Langley Reed. W. Va. White, Kans. Chindblom Ilersey Larson, Minn. Hoath . White, Me. Clarke, N. Y. Hickey '.\Iorin 8wing Dowell Cole, Iowa Rill, Md. )Iurphy Taber F.rlmonds Leatherwood Hol>inson. Iowa Wil1iams, l\fich. Xelson, Me. Taylor, '.fenn. Elliott Leavitt Robsion, Ky. Williams, Ill. Cole, Ohio Hoch Evans, Iowa Lehlbach Rogers, l\Iass. Winslow Colton Holaday Newton, l\Io. Temple LiJ.:Pberger RosC'nbloom \Vinter Connolly, Pa. Hudson Xewton, ~Iinll. Thatcher Fairchild Cooper, Ohio Hull, Iowa Nolan 'l'ilson 1''airfield LHtle Handers, Ind. Wood Paige 'l'imberlake Faust Longworth ~'lnllers, '. Y. \Vurzbach Cram ton Hull, Morton D. Fenn Luee Schall Wyant Crowther Hull, William E. Parker Tincher Curry .Tohnson, Wash. Patterson 'l'iukham FLh :\lcFadden :::lcott Young Perkins 'l.'1·eadway Fitzgerald McKenzie Sears, Nebr. Zihlman Dallinger Kahn Foster i\1<: Laughlin, Mich.Seger Darrow Kearns Perlman Un1lerhill Fredericks McLaughlin, Nebr. Shreve Dempsey Kelly Phillips Vaile Denison Kendall Porter Vare FOR MR. FINIS J. GARRETT-194. Di(kinson, Iowa Ketcham Purnell \'es tu I Abernethy B<>ll Boylan Byrnes, S. C. Dowell Kless Ram ·eyer. Vincent, 1Iich. Allen Black, N. Y. Brand, Ga. Byrns, Tenn. Dyer Kopp Ranslcy Wainwright Allgood Black, Tex. Briggs Canfield Edmonds Kurtz Rathbone Ward, N. Y. Almon Bland Browne, N. J. Cannon Elliott Langley Reece · \Vason ArnoM Blanton Browning Ca·rew Evans, Iowa Lan;on, Minn. Reed, N. Y. \Vatres As well Bloom Buchanan Carter Fairchild Leatherwood Reed, W. Va. Watson Ayres Bowling Buckley Casey Fairfield Leavitt Roach Welsh Bankhead Box Bulwinkle Cell er Faust Lehil>ach Robinson, Io\va Wertz ... Barkley Boyce Busby Clancy Fenn Lineberger _Robsion, Ky. White, Kan!J. IO CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEl\iBER 3,, White, Me. Winslow 1'\'urzbach Young Rathbone Sinnott T emple Williams, :Mich. Winter Wyant Ziblman Reece Wel b Williams, Ill. Wood Yates Smith Thatcher Wertz Reed, N. Y. Snell Tilson W~ite, Kans. FOR MR. FINIS ~- GARRIOTT--196. ~~~~h W. Va. Snyder 'Timberlake White, Me. Speaks Tincher Williams, Ill. Ahernethy Davey Kerr Ra~on Robinson, Iowa Rproul, Ill. Tinkham WilJiams, Ulch. Allen Davis, Tenn. Kincheloe Ramey Robsion, Ky. l:!pronl, Kans. Treadway Winslow Allgood Deal Kindred Raker Rogers, Mass. Stalker 'Gnderhill Winter Almon Dickinson, Mo. Kunz Ra nkin Rosenbloom Stephen Vaile Woou Arnolcl Dickstein Lanham Rayborn Sanders, Ind. Strong, Kans. Vare Wurzbach A:,..wcll Dominick Lankford Reed, Ark. Sanders, N. Y. Rtrong, Pa. Ve tal W:raut Ayres Doughton Larsen, Ga. Richards Schall Summers, Wash. Wainwright Yates Bankhead Doyle Lazaro Rogers, N. H. ~Cott Sweet Vincent, Mich. Young J;arkley Drane Lea. Calif. Romjue Scars, Nebr. Rwing Ward, N. Y. ZihllTl!lD Bell Drewry Lee, Ga. ltonse ~·eger Swoope Wason Black, Tex. Dr i.-er J,illy Ru bey Sl1reve Taber Watres Dlack, N. Y. Dapre Lindsay Sa hath Simmons T aylor, Tenn. Watson RlanJ Eagan J. intbicum ~::ilmon Blanton Evans, Mont. Logan Sander'S, Tex. FOR MR. FINIS J". GARR.ETT-196. Bloom Favrot Lowrey Sandlin Abernethy Davey Kerr Ragon Bowling Fields Lozier ~ears, Fla. Allen Box Fisher Lyon Sballenb<>rger Davis, Tenn. Kincheloe Rainey Allgood Deal Kindred Raker Boyce ll'ulbrigbt McClintic l::lherwood Almon llorlan Fulmer ~CcKeown Sites Dickinson, :Mo. Kunz Rankin Brand, Ga. Gardner, Ind. l\1c:N'ulty Smithwick Arnolrl Dickstein Lanham Rayuum A!>~·ell Dominick Lankford Reed, Ark. Rri.e-gs Garner, Tex. McReynolds ~te::igall A'l"rt> · Rrowne, N. J. Garrett, 'l'ex. :M:cSwain •'ted man Doughton Larsen, Ga. Richarus Browning Gasque :\le. 'weeney f::teugle Bankhead Doyle · Lazaro Rogers. N. H. Barkll.'y Draue Lea, Calif. Romjue · ~ uchana n Ger an Major, l11. ~~ ~~~~n Ben Buckley Gilbert Major, Mo. 1 Drewry Lee, Ga. · Rouse Rulwil1kle Glatfelter :.llausfield Sumners, Tex. Black. N. Y. Dri>er Lilly Ru bey Black. Tex. Du pr~ Lindsay Saba th Busby Goldsborough Martin "wan.k .Bland Byrnes, S. C. Greenwood Milligan 'J ague Bagan Linthicum Salmon Blanton Evans, Mont. Loga.n Sanders, Tex. Byrns, Tenn. Oriffin :Minahan Taylor, Colo. Bloom <'anfield Hammc1· l\Ionta.irne Taylor, W. Va. Favrot Lowrey Sandlin Bowling 1'"'ield Lozier Sears, Fla. ('au non Harri::;on Mooney Thomas, Okla. Box Carew Hastings Fisher Lyon Shallenberger Moore, Ga. ~fil~;n' Ky. Bo~·c e Fulbright McClintic Sherwood Carter Hawes Borlan ('a. ey Hayden Tucker Folmer McKeown Sites ~~~~!~e~d· Brand, Ga. Gardner. Ind. :\fc1Tulty Smithwick ell er Hill, Ala. Morrow Tydings Brigg. Clancy Hill, Wash. O'Connell, N. Y. Cnrterwood Garner, Tex. ~le Reynolds Steagall Browne,.·. J. Ganett, Tex. McHwain Stedman ('lark. Fla. Hooker O'Connell, R. I. Up. h11w Browning Clenry Howard, Nebr. O'Connor, LH. Yinson, Ga. Gasque !Jc;"weeney Rtengle Radiaunn Geran )fa~or, Ill. Stevenson Collier lloward, Okla. O'Connor, N. Y. ·ward. ·. C. Bucklt•y Collins fluddle ton O'Rullfran Watkins Gllbel't Afa3or, Mo. Sullivan Bulwillklc Glatfelter Mansfield Sumners, Connally, Tex. Hull, Tenn. Ol