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Also. petition.s of George Gild, of St. Benedict; H. S. Cooney, Also (by request), petition of the Pennsylvania Federation of Cresson; and L<;>uis Baumgardner, of Scalp Level, all in the of Liquor Dealers. against tax on beer and liqnQr; to the Com State of Pennsylvania, protesting against war tax on automo- mittee on Ways and Means. biles; to the CommitTee on Ways and 1\Ieuns. · Also (by request), petition of the Pennsylvania State Asso By 1\Ir. BRUCKNER: Petitionl:l of the J. G." Hupfel Brewing ciation of Letter Carriers, favoring the McGillicuddy bill, rela~ Co. and the Da rid Steveson Bag Co., of New York, protesting tive to eom11ensation for ietter carriers when sick: to the Com· against tax on beer; to the Committee on w·ays and Means. mHtce on the Post Office and Post Roads. · Also, petition of G. Robitzek & Bro., S. IIuppels Sons, and · Also (by request). petition of sundry citizens and corpora C. Rieger & Son, all of New York City, against increase of tions of Pitt"bnrgh, Pa., again t section 3 of House bill 18891; 25 cents in beer tax; to the Committee on Ways and 1\Ieans. to the Committee on Ways and Means. By l\ir. CARR: Petitions of Charles Ratner, of Latrobe: J. W. Also (by request), petition of tbe Detroit Insulated Wire Co:~ Rummel, of Hollspopple; John Fogle, of Garrett; R. G. Smith, of protesting against war tax on automobiles; to tb~ Committee on Ligonier; James J. Friedline, of Bakersville, ull in the Stu~e Ways and :Means. of Pennsy!Yania, protesting against proposed tax per horse By 1\lr. RAINEY: Petitions of the Christian Endeavor of power on automobiles; to the Committee on Ways and 1\Ieans. Beardstown. Ill., and the Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church, By 1\Ir. DANFORTH:· Petitions of 115 citizens of Wyoming of Jacksonville, Ill., favoring national prohibition; to the Com County, N. Y., favoring national prohibition; to the Committee mittee on Rules. on Rules. Also, petition of T"arious business men of \\hite Hall, Ill., By 1\Ir. EAGAN: Petition of W. L. Rosenkrans a~d S. F. favoring passage of House bill 5308, relati\e to taxing mail Lapiana, of Hoboken, N. J., against tax on proprietary medi order houses; to the Committee on Ways and l\1•~ans. cines; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. SLOAN: Petition of 700 citizens of Crete, Nebr., favor Also, petition of the Eagle 'Brewing Co., of Newarl~, N. J., ing national prohibition; to the Committee on Rules. and the Hudson County (N. J.) Consumers' Brewmg Co., By 1\fr. SMITH of Idaho: Memorial of the Burke (Idaho) against increase tn tax on beer to 75 cents a bar~el; to the Miners' U1:Uon, favoring the passage of the Kern-Foster safety Committee on Ways and Means. appliance bill; to the Committee on Mines and ~fining. By 1\Ir. GRIFFIN: Petition of Tllomas J. O'Connell, of New By 1\Ir. YOUNG of North Dakota: Petitions of \arious retail York, relative to yaseline in revenue bill; to the Committee on druggi~ts of Fargo, N. Dak.. protesting ngniust tax on pro· Wavs and 1\Ieans. prietary medicines; to the Committee on Ways and Means. B~y 1\Ir. HAYES: Petition of the Evangelical Lutheran Sun Also, petitions of various druggists of North Dakota, protest· day School of San Jose, Cal., favoring censorship o! motion ing against war-revenue drug-tax bill; to the Committee on pictures; to tbe Committee on Education. . Ways and Means. Also. petitions of sundry citizens of the State of California, Also, petition of the Rolla and New Rockford (N. Dak.) favoring House bil1 5139, relative to retirement of Government Woman's Christian Temperance Unions protesting against reve clerks; to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service. nue by taxing alcoholic liquors; to the Committee on Ways Also, petition of the San Mateo (Cal.) Typographical Union, and Means. favoring amendment to House bill 15902, relative to Gove_rnment Also, petition· of E. H. Mattingly, of Jamestown, N. Dak., pro· printing; to the Committee on Printing. testing against war tax on fire-insurance policies; to the Com Also, petition of sundry voters of Santa Barbara, Cal., favor mittee on Ways and Means. ing amendment to a bill to revise, etc., the laws relating to th~ Also, petition of the Lahr-~_fotor Sales Co., of Bismarck, N. public printing (H. R. 15905); to the Committee on Printing. Dak., and the North Dakota Automobile Dealers' Association, By Mr. JOHNSON of Washington: Memorial of the Baptist of Fargo, N. Dak., protesting against tax on automobiles; to the Young People's Union o~ the Bapti~t Church of Brush Plains, Committee on Ways and Mearis. Wash., favoring national prohibition; to the Committee on Rules. · By Mr. LEVY: Petitions of Josepll Odermeyer and _ oth~rs, ot SENATE. New York, protesting against increase in tax on beer; to the Committee on Ways and :Means. 'VEDNESDAY, October tJ1, 1914. Also, petition of George W. Lane & Co., of New York, favor- ing a tax on tea; to the Committee on Ways and 1\Ieans. The Chaplain, Rev. Forrest J. Prettyman, D. D., offered the Also, petition of Joseph W. Stevens, mayor of the city ·of following prayer: Albany, N. Y., relative to Government armor-plate plant at Almighty God, as we lift our hearts to Thee we remember that BreHker Island·; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Thou art the holy one of Israel; that Thou art the God and Grounds. the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and the God of our fathers. Also. pPtition of the Federal Milling Co., of Lockport, N. Y., Thy name bas been held with re,·erence by those who laid the favoring the passage of the Moss grain bill (H. R. 17329) ; to foundations of this great Government. · Thy name has been the Committee on .Agriculture. ·- beard in all the councils of our State. We praise Thee for the By Mr. LOBECK: Petition of the-Gabel, Johnson ·& Ha.rwood protection Thou hast given to us, for rftising up men into places Brokerage Co. and the Reliable Credit Co., both of Omaha, of leadership and power, and for the spirit that has· animated Nebr., protesting against prohibiting ·sale of return em·elopes all the deliberations of Thy people. We 11ray that Thou wilb by the Government; to the Committee on the Post Office and guide us on, making us more and more an instrument in Thy Post Roads. · hauds for the establishment of Thy great kingdom in the earth. By 1\Ir. MAGUIRE 6f Nebraska: Petitions of various _ bu~iness For Christ's sake. Amen. men of the first congressional district of Nebraska, favoring passage of House bill 5308, relatiT"e to taxing mail-order houses; AMERICAN VESSELS AND WATCH OFFICERS. to the Committee ·on Ways and Mea·ns.· · · The PRESIDENT pro tempore. · The Chair lays before the Sen. By 1\Ir. MORIN (by request) : Petition of the William Wrig ate a communication from the Secretary of Commerce, transmit. ley, Jr., Co:, of Chicago, Ill., protesting against tax on chewing ting, in response to a resolution of the 16th instant, a list of ves els gum; to the Committee on Ways and Means. · · admitted to American registry under the act of August 18, 1914, Also (by request), petition of the Chamber of Comm~rce of with a statement of gross tonnage, when and -where built. name Pittsburgh, Pa., favoring passage ot House bill 4899, relative of American owner, and former nationality, and so forth. The to standard barrel for fruit; to the Committee on Interstate communication and accompanying statement will lie on the and Foreign Commerce. table and be printed in the RECORD. Also (by request), petition of the Pittsburgh Water Heater The communication is as follows: Co., protesting against House bill 17363, relating to use of the DEPARTME~T OF COMMERCE, mails for securing insurance on persons, etc.; to the Committee OFFICE OF TilE SECRETARY, on the Post Office and Post Roads. 1Vas11ington, October fO, 1911,. Also (by request), petitions of the Hostett~r Co. and the The SECRE'.rACY OF THE SENATE, Western Pennsylvania Retail Druggists' Association, of Pitts Washington, D. 0. SIR : The department received on the 17th instant the following burgh. and the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association, of resolution of the Senate of the United States: Philadelphia, Pa., protesting against war tax on drugs; to the IN 'l'HE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, Committee on Wnys and 1\feans. OctoberS (calendar day October 16),1914. Also (by request), petition of sundry citizens and corpora Rf'solved, That the Secretary of Commerce be requested to furnish tions of Pittsburgh, Pa., against proposed change in law as to to tbe Senate, If not incompatible wltb the public interests, the follow ing information: printing of envelopes with return. address stamped thereon· First. Bow many Americans were shown by reports from the various to the Committee_on the Post Office and Post Roads.. ' customs districts to be available for watch officers, including masters,
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mates, and engineers. when the order suspending the requirements of the a statement of gross tonnaA"e. when and where bnllt, name of American navigation laws relating tht>reto for a pe1·iod of seven years· was issued. owner, and fol'mer nationaJlty. Second. A list of the vessels admitted to American registry under the The number of vessels of the United States on June 80, 1914, was emergency act, with a statement as to where and when built, by whom 26,943, of 7,928,688 gross tons. owned, what fiag heretofore flying, and the number of American vessels As soon as practicable the information wUl be forwarded to the and watch office.rs employed. Senate to cover the first inquiry and so much of the 8econd inquiry as Attest: relates to the number of watch officers employed on American vessels. JAMES M. BAKER, Secretary, Respectfully, Partially complying with this request. I inclose a list of the vessels E. F. S\VEET, admitted to American registry undm: the act of August 18, 1914, with Acti;tg Secretary.
Fort:"ign-built vessels adn?.itted to American registry tmdet· the act of Aug. 18,. 1.91~.
Rig. Name of vessel. Gross When Where Nameolow.nar. Formnr tons. built. built. nationality.
Steamship••.. Oceana...... -... -.... . 7, 796 1891 Dumbarton, Scotland...... Morse Dry Dock & Repair Co ...... - ...... British. Do ...... Moldegaard ...... 2,852 1906 Bergen1 Norway...... _...... Ocean Freight Line One.)...... _.•. ~ - ____ •... _•...... Do. Dark ...... 1,531 1892 Sunderland, England ...... Windrnsh Shipping Co. (Ltd.) ...... Do. Steamship.•.. ~~~~::::::::::::::::::: 5,017 1911 Belfast, Ireland. __ ...... _.----..... _._ Tivives Steamship Corporation. .•· ... _... _...... Do. Do ...... Trinidadian. ___ ...... _.... . 2,450 1892 Do. fehooner. __ .. Rose\\'ay ...... 291 1907 ~cl.~~:; ~~~iia: :::::::::::::: x:e:~stfpf~~:::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::: Do. Steamship .•.. Santa Rosalia ...... 5,409 1911 Port Glasgow, Scotland ..... r ...... United States Steel Products Co ...... Do. Do ...... Kentra.... _...... __ ... .. 4.682 1906 . . .. . do .. __ .... __. ___ ...... -~. ___ ...... do .. _...... ·-· ...... Do. Do ...... Bantu ...... -· .. . 4,188 1901 Do. Do ...... Crofton Hall ..•...•...•.•.•. 5,773 1913 Do. Bark ...... Ann.ieM. Reid ...... 2, lti5 1892 r~~ii~St~~~~~:-: ~:: :::::: :i~~~ ~~;~~:~:::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Do. Steamship .•.. Ean Francisco....•.. _... _.•. 5,102 1914 Londonuerry, Ireland. ...- ...... United States Steel Products Co...... Do. Do ...... Buena Ventura ...... 4,881 1913 Do. Do ...... Charlton Hall ...... 4.749 1907 Do. Do ...... Crast.er Hall...... 4,319 1909 -~~~~~~~~~~~~::::::::::::::: :::::i~::::~:::::::::::::::::~:::::::~:::::::::::::::: Do. Do ...... Bowick HaiL ...... 4,922 1910 ..... do ...... - ...... " ...... do ...... Do. Do ...... Zacapa...... 5,012 1909 Belfast, Ireland._·------·-·--·----·- Zaca.pa Steamship Corporation ...... _.. , ...... Do. Do ...... 4,937 • 1908 Do. Do ...... ~~~f~.:: ::::::::::::::::::: 5,017 1911 Do. Do ...... Brabant..... ----_ ....•• _•.• _ 2,773 1S90 :~~~~fl~~~~~fi~~: :~i~~i::::::: ::: ~~?!:15~~ ~~~?~~;·:::: ::::::::::::: =~ =~:: Belgian.. Do ...... Foxton Halll ...... 4,246 19()-2 Sunderland, England ...... _.... United States Steel Products Co ...... _.. __ ..... __ _ . British. Do ...... Limon ...... 3,297 1904 Belfast, Ireland .• _...... • _...... Limon Steamship Corporation .•. _...... Do. Do ...... Panuco ...... 2,556 1888 Walker-on-1'yne, England ...... Freeport & Tsmpir:o. Fu.el Oil Transportation Cor· Do. poration. Do ...... Pinar del Rio ...... 2,504 J895 South Shields, England •...••••••••... American & CubanS. S. Line (Inc.),.·-··--····-······ Do. Schooner .• _.. C. W. Mills ...... 371 190-l Granville, Nova Scotia ...... John Geof'?:e Murphy...... Do. Steamship .•.. Sminame ...... 3,274 1908 Amsterdam, Holland...... Suriname Steamship Corporation...... Do. Do ...•... Brindilla...... _..... __ ...... 4,170 1894 Bredow, Germany ...... -; Standard Oil Co____ ...... German. Do ...... Turrialba ...... 4,952 1909 Belfast, Ireland. __ ... _..... __ ._ ..... __ 1'urrialba. Steamship Corporation.. __ . __ .• _...... _... _. British. Do ...... 5,011 1909 .•••. do.-~.·------··------·--- .... Metapan Steamship Corporation ...... Do. Do ...... ~:::~:::::::::::::::::::: 4,943 1908 .... do ...... _...... Heredia Steamship C-orporation ...... Do. Do ...... Esparta ...... _...... 3,297 1904 ___ •• do .•• _...... Esparta SteamRhip Corporation._ •• _._ ...... Do. Ship ...... A von ...... _••.. __ ..... __ •.. 1,573 1884 Olas~QWl Scotland .• ·---·--··----·--·· Avon Shipping Co. (Inc.) ..•.... ··----···· .•...•.•.... Do. Steamship•. _. A bangarez ... _...... 4, 9.54 1909 Belfast, ueland ...... Aban~arez Steamship Corporation...... Do. Barkentine ... Everett G. Griggs ...... 2,577 1883 _____ do •. ____ ...... Sterlin~ Ship Co ...... -- ...... Do. Steamship... . Coppename ...... __ .. . . 3,191 1908 ..•.. do •. ················-·----····--·· Coppename Steamship Corporation...... Do. Bark ...... Snowdon.·...... 1,111 1877 Port Glasgow. Scotland ...... Snowdon Shipping Co. (Inc..) ...... Do. Sniv ...... Hilston ...... 2,087 1885 Greenoe k, Scotland .. _...... • .. . Jamf's J. Feore ...... _...... Do. Steamship ... . Platuria ... _...... 3,445 1892 Low Walker-on-Tyne, E~land ...... Standard Oil Co •••• ·-----···-·····--··--···-······--· Germany. Do ...... C. 4-· C!lnfield:...... 6,ll50 1913 Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. _...... Petroleum Transport Co ...... British. Do ...... PansffilDa ...... _.. _. 4, 937 1908 Belfast, Ireland._···---··...... Parismina Steamship Corporation. __ ••.. -~ ..•••. ·-··- Do. Do ...... Almirante .. _...... 5,010 1909 ••••. do ....•... _.. __ ..• __ ..•.••• _...... Almirante Steamship Corporation •....• _.. _~ ...... Do. Do ...... Atenas ...... 4,961 1909 ..... do ...... ----...... ------... Atenas Steamship Corporation ..... __ ...... _...... _ Do. Do ...... San Jose ...... 3,296 1904 ..... do ...... San Jose Steamship Corporation ...... Do. Do ...... Motano ...•.....•••.•....•.• 2, 730 1890 Low Walker-on-Tyn~ En~land...... Standard 0 il Co ...... _...... _...... _.. _.. _.. . German. Do ...... Caloria ...... 4,095 1906 Newcastle-on-Tyne, .~Sn~land .•• _. __ ...... do ...... _...... Do. Schooner ...•. Louise M. Richard __ .... _.. . 441 1906 Port Greville, Nova Scotia ...... Ernest I:L Richard ...... _...... British. Steamship ..•. Marowijne ...... 3,191 1908 Belfast, Ireland ...... _.... _...... Marowijns Steamship Corporation ...... _...... Do. Do ...... Saramacca ...... 3,284 1908 Amsterdam, Holland •••...... ___ ...• Saramacca Steamship Corporation •...•••.•..•.•...... Do. Do ...... Norman Bridge ...... 4,288 1913 Newcastle-on-Tyne, England... . • . . . . Petroleum Transport Co ••.••.•••.••••• ___ •• _•• _••.••• Do. Do ...... Santa Marta ...... 5,01J 1909 Belfast, ireland...... _...... _.... Santa Marta Steamship Corporation ...... __ ...... Do. Do ...... Carrillo ...... 5,012 Do. Do ...... Pastores ...... 7, 781 ~~g :::::~~:::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ~~~~~~s~:~~YPCCo~~!i?~u::::: ::::::::::::::::: Do. Do ...... Ca.lam.ares ...... _.. _.. 7, 782 Do. Do ...... Tenadores ...... _.. 7, 782 l~g :::~:~~:::~::::~::::::::::::::::::::::: ~~~: ~~;~~~ ~~~~i~~·:::::::::::::::::::: Do. Brynhilda .. __ ...... 1,502 1885 Gl:ls~ow, Scotland ...... _...... Brynhilda Sbrppm~ Co. (Inc.) __ ...... Do. sru%<>:: ::::: Pass of Balmaba ...... 1,571 1888 ..... do ...... Pas.s or B~lm~ha Shi~pin~ Co. (Inc.) ...... Do. Do ...... Rhine ...... _...... 1,6JO 1886 Gr~noc~, Scotland ...... Rhine ~b1~pm~ Co: (Inc.)~ .. ·.------...... - ...... Do. Steamship•.•. Orleanian ...... •• __ .... . 2,293 1880 WbrteWillhkScotland .••• _...... Orleamau teamship Cocp:>ration. ·-···· ··---·. ····~·. Do. Glenlui ...... 1,934 Bel~hn. Bar~;.i:::::: France Marie ...... 1,!!9t lgg~ ii::rrr,~an~~l~~-~: :::::::::::::::::: . ~~~d~~ ~:::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: D.:>. Steamship.••• Wico _. _.•• _.. _.... __ ...... 2, 748 1888 Low Walker-on-Tyue, England ...... Stand.3rd Oil Co ••• __ ...... ··--··-...... Germ !ln. Do ...... Dochm ...... 4,301) 1906 Newcastle, En;land ..•.. _.. . • ...... Barber & Co ...... British. Do ...... Llama ...... 3,189 1890 Newcastle-on-Tyne, En~land .•••_____ Stan:iard Oil Co .. ·-·····--····-~----·--·--··--··--··· G TIDllU. Do ...... Edwlird L. Doheny_ ...... 6,170 191J Walker-on-Tyue., En~laud ...... Petroleum Transp:>rt Co ...... B ritish. Do ...... Sacramento ...... 5,692 1900 Newcastle, En~land...... Northern & S:>uthern Steamship Co ...... Garm::m. Tuxpam ...... 86J Bel~i.::.n. Bar~;_;:::::: Panuco ...... 64.6 .. ~~- .. ~~~ ~~~~~~· .. ~:~~: :::::::::::::: .:.~d~~ ~~:::: =~: ~=:: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Do. Steamship.... Herbert G. Wylie ...... 11,292 1912 Newcastle, En~land ...... _...... Petroleum Transport Co ...... British. Barkentine .•. Skoda ...... 744 1893 Ki~sport, Nova Scotia... ·-.• _... _.. _.. Charles S. Bodden ...... -... -.. .. Do. l3nrk •••. ·-·-- Pil~rim .. ~ ...... 1.629 189:~ Port Glasgow, Scotland ...... _ . P!lzyim Sh.ipJ?in1 ~o. (l.no.)~------·----· Do. Ship ...... Timandra .• _...... _.... . 1,579 1SR5 ....do ...... Tlm::tn:ir'a. Shtppm, Co. (ln-.) ...... Do. Steamship •••• Santa Clara ...... 2,534 1896 South Shields~ ~land •.. _... _•.•. _.. Am'lri~n & Cuban Steamship Lin'l (Inc.)-- ••••.•.••• Do. Do ...... Javary ...... 1,249 1907 Birkenhead, ~ngtand ___ ...... L. C. Gillespl;) & S:nn .. --~ ...... ------.. . Do. Do ...... Charles E. Harwood ...• ~- 3,178 1913 Walker-on-Tyne.J England ...... Petroleum Transp::>rt Ca ...... _ .•.•••••••.•...•.• D;,. Burk ...... Anna Maria D'Abundo .•... 954 1901 Castellammare, italy._ ...... -.. -.... -...... ---- Do. Steamship•• _. Greenbrier_ ...... _.. _...... 3,332 1893 West Hartlepool, England...... _. !Greenbrier St;o.,3lllShlp Corporation...... ---.-.-· .•. -. Do.
1 Burned at Watling Island, Bahamas, Sept. 23, 1914. : Schooner rigged. Total to date, Oct. 19, 1914, 76 vessels, 271,526 gross tons.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. The message also announced that the House agrees to the re port of the committee of conference on the disagreeing \Otes A message from the House of Representatives, by J. C. South, of the two Houses -on the amendments of the Senate to the bill .its Chief Clerk., announced that the House disagrees to the (H. R. 1055) for the .relief of T. S. Williams. a.mendmen ts of the Sen:.1 te to the bill (H. R. 18891) to increase The mess.'lge further announced that the Hous.e agrees to the the internal revenue, and for other purposes. agrees to the con report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes ference asked for by the Senate on the disag1·eeing votes of the of the two :louses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill -two Houses thereon, and had nppointed .Mr. UNornwoon, !\Ir. (H. R. 4405) for the Telief of Ft"euerick J. Ernst. KITcum. and l\lr. PAYNE managers at the conferenee on the The 1;11essage also announced th.a.t the House disngrees to the pa rt of the House. amendment of the SG:Iate on the bill (H. R. 10168) for the r lief 1914. CONGRESS! ON AL RECORD-SENATE. · 16843 of Leon Greenbaum. asks a conference with the Senate on tne of funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $l,Ofi5, as compensation to her for the 1oss · of her husband, .To'lD Simpson disagreeing Yotes of the two Houses thereon, and had appointed Howard Howard, who, on the lOth day of February, 1913, while In Mr. Pou, Mr. DIEs, and Mr. MoTT managers at the conference the discharge of his official duties as a mounted inspector of the United on the part of the House. States customs service in Presidio County, Tex., was assassinated by The message further announced that the House had passed Mexican bandits. the fo1Iowing joint resolutions, in which it requested the con The bill was reported to the Senate with-out amendment, currence of the Senate : ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. H. J. Res. 331. Joint resolution relating to the awards and payments thereon in what are commonly known as the Plaza BILLS INTRODUCED. cases; and Bills were inh·oduced, read the first time, and. by unanimous H. J. Res. 375. Joint resolution c·orrecting an error in H. R: consent, the second time, and referred as follows: 15692, approved July 21, 1914 (Private, No. 95). By Mr. WARR~: . ENROLLED Bq.LS AND JOINT RESOLUTION SIGNED. A bill (S. 6669) granting an inci.·ease of pension to Annie E. Yelton (with accompanying papers); to the Committ~e on Pen- The message also announced that the Speaker of the House bad signed the following enrolled biBs and joint resolution,· ~~& . and they were thereupon signed by the President pro tempore: 1\Ir. JOXES. I desire to stnte that I introduced a bill on yes H. R. 1055. An act for the relief of T. S. Williams; ter:day, being the bill S. 6660, but a very important item was omitted. I reintroduce the bill to-day in its perfected form H. R. 4405. An act for the relief of Fredei~ick J. Ernst; and S. J. Res. 188. Joint re. olution ced!ng to the State of Cnli- and ask that it be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. fornia teruporHry jurisdiction over certain lands in the Presidio The biB { S. 6671) confirming patents heretofore issued to of San Francisco Rnd Fort Ma-son (Cal.) Military Reservations. certain Indians in the State of Washington was read twic~ by .its title and referrej to the Committee on Indian Affairs. THE COTTON SITUATION IN THE SOUTH. By 1\Ir. SHEPPARD (by request): The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair -lays before the A· biB ( S. 6670) enabling postal savings banks to lend mone-y Senate a telegram addressed to him, which will be read. on cotton. Tile Secretary read as follows: The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will be referred to PINE BLUFF, AnK., October 20; 1914. the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, unless the Sena Ho:n. JAMEs P. CLARKE, tor from Texas prefers another ref~rence. United States Senate, Washington, D. 0.: Mr. SHEPPARD. I had indicat~d that the bill should go to I beg to suggest that a reduction of the cotton trouble may be found 1n the prompt and vigorous use of the taxin~ power of the Federal Gi>v the Committee on Banking and Currency. · ernment. The key to the sHuation is a reliable assurance ofh say, half The PRESIDENT pro tempore. That will be the reference, a crop next year. The Census Bureau should be able to furnls lnfmwa tlon upon which to reckon a distributed crop of, say, 7.000.000 bales. unless there is objection. The Chair hears none. A tax of one-tenth cent a pound on cotton to that extent should p-ay Mr. SHEPPARD. I wish to state that I introduce the bill the cost of administration and a tax of 10 cents a pound on all cotton at the r~quest of Mr. Charles B. 1\letcalf, of San Antonio, Tex., produced in excess of the amount allotted for production by each unit of pe1·son or stock so employed, with suitable punishment for attempts one of the prominent farmers of that section. at evasio~. should p1·event much, if any, greater amount of cotton being 1\Ir. LEA of Tennessee. I introduce a joint resolution, which raised. J.Undly submit this suggestion to some of the friends of this I ask mny lie on the table. movement. C. R. BRECKENRIDGE. ·The jojnt resolution {S. J. Res. 199) to create a cotton com mission. and for other· purposes, was rea-d twice by its title. ' PETI'hONS. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Unless there is objection. the Mr. SHEPPARD presented petitions of sundry citiZens of joint resolution will take the course indicated by the Senator Dallas, Tex., and of the Chesapeake Conference of Seventh-day from Tennessee. Adventists. of Baltimore, 1\ld.~ praying for national prohibition~ which were referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. THE TELEPOST: Mr. Nl:l;LSOX presented a petition of sundry citizens of Ash Mr. LEA of Tennessee submitted the following resolution ( S. ley, Minn., praying for national prohibition, which was referred Res. 479), which was rend and referred to the Committee to to the Committee on the Judiciary. Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate: CLAIM OF NORWAY. Resolved That the sum of $LOOO, or so much thereof at may be nPcPssary, be. and the SRm~ is hereby. appropriatPd from the contin
Statement shotcltl!J geographic di~tribution o.f fut~ds expended by the Department of A grictt.lture (1tWi1t!J~ tlle fiscal 11car 19~. ' '
West l"orth South Atlantic New England Central divi division (ex division: Middle Atlantic East North sion: Minne- cepting Wash East South Cen- West South Maine, New division: Central divi sota, Iowa., ington, D. C.): tral divi ion: Central divi nureau, division, or office. Hampshire. New York, sion: Ohio, Missouri, Delaware, Ma Kentucky, sion: Arkansas", Vermont, Indiana, Illi ryland, Vir Tennessee, Louisiana, New Jersey, nois, Michigan, North Dakota, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania. South Dakota, ginia, North Alabama, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Wisconsin. Carolina, South Mississippi. Texas. Connecticut. Nebraska, Carolina, Geor Kansas. gia, Florida..
Office of the Secretary...... • ...... • . . . • ...... S6,150. 00 11,500. 00 ...... S20, 000. oo Weather Bureau...... t63, 485.99 141,230.80 231,558.04 5153,545.01 1172,424.46 · · isi; 1i6jo· 106,829.08 Bureau of Animal Industry...... 222,191.65 60J, 429.73 1,079,405. 87 1,158, 279.42 388,898.33 175,9 6.37 348,994.28 Bureau of Plant Industry...... 82, 137.92 122, 024.24 166, 486.62 255,084.57 364, n7. 63 · 163, 934.58 306, 406. 63 ·Bureau of Chemistry...... 36,450.00 175, 452.00 81,008.00 60,356.00 55,288.00 24,198.00 23,906.00 Bureau of Soils...... 453.30 11,764.32 16,002. 31 24, 105.90 42,297.01 16, 4aO. 21 32,408. ro B-ureau of Entomology...... 279, 9.'>3. 70 24,157.75 20,171.41 14,084.00 43,407.13 24,700.00 35,471.50 Bureau of Biological Survey...... 421.37 2, 873.60 2, 793. 69 11,842.19 6, 874.51 3, 864. 76 1, 961. 48 Bureau of Statistics...... 6, 655.57 4, 687.69 9, 690. 41 17,925.39 15,701.85 10,979.89 13,615.75 Office of Experiment Stations...... 180,000. 00 92,892.79 151,396.90 219,255. 07 263,792.29 138,019. 60 132,058.55 OfficeofPublicRoads...... 9,008.10 2,282.49 7,667.16 21,357.19 79,747.52 35,814. 18 12,478.29 Insecticide and Fungi ride Board...... 498. 00 3, 316. 63 2, 090.75 892. 78 13, 115. 83 639. 15 771. 48 Federal HorticultQ.ral Board...... 2, 785. 46 2, 222. 06 830.39 1, 685.70 1, 348. 44 629.33 556. 24 Office or Markets ...... · 1, 651. 82 1, 529. 45 1, 352.23 I, 116. 41 2, 708. 64 778. 67 2, 020. 40 l------l------l------l·------l------l------l------Total, exclusive of Forest Service ..•.•..•..••.... 885,692.88 1, 194,013.60 1, 771,953.78 . 1, 939,529. 63 1, 450,381. 69 677,691.04 1, ro7, 477.71 Forest Service ...... •...... 34,613.00 8, 770,00 151, 045. 00 152, 509. 00 72,733.00 12,382.00 84,089.00 Weeks law ...... 588,050.93 208,289;52 36,275.44 ...... Tot.al,inclusive of Forest Service and Weeks law.. 1,508,356. 81 1, 202,783. 60 1, 922,998.78 2, 092, 038. 63 1, 731, 404. 21 726,348.48 1, 121,566.71
Southern States: Vir ginia, West Virginia~ Mountain-divi- Marylana, sion: Montana., Pacific divi- Territories and Kentucky, Idaho, Wyo- w insular posses- Tot.al (except- Total (includ Tennessee, ming, Colorado, sion: asbing- sions: Alaska, ing Washing- W asbington, Bureau, division, or office. D.C. ing Wac;bing North Carolina, raw Mexico, t~~u?or:-li~~· Hawaii, Porto ton, D. C.). ton, D. C.). South Carolina, Arizona, Utah, Rico, Guam. Georgi~,. Ala Nevada. bama, Missis sippi, Florida, Louisiana, Ar kansas 0 kla homa, Texas.
Office of the Secretary...... 127, 650. 00 t656, 104.00 $683, 754. 00 ...... WeatherBureau ...... •...... : ...... $100,371.72 $131,061.41 $9,735.10- 1,191,957.91 324,116.21 1, 516,074. 12 l361,329.84 Bureau of Animal Industry...... 333,589.39 197,743. 94 • . . . • • . • . • . • . . . . 4, 508,518. 98 537,418.35 5, 045,937. 33 907,693.45 Bureau of Plant Industry...... 170,907.34 156,359.61 .• . . • ...... 1, 788,119.19 949,875.81 2, 737,995.00 834,818.89 Bureau of Chemistry...... 23, 790. 00 64,952.00 9, 600.00 555,000. 00 440,000.00 995,000.00 91,105.00 Bureau of Soils...... 11,0 4. 70 18,597.84 7,401.09 180,544.71 147,151.29 327,696.00 90,698.20 Bureau of Entomolo~?y...... 78,09 . 64 56,573. 74 . • . • • • . . • ...... 516,617. 87 128,214.00 704,831.87 114,717.12 BureauofBioloyicalSurvey...... 39,895.21 23,139.99 .....•...•...... 93,666.80 69,009. 71 162,676.51 12,636.68 Division of Publications ...... •.•.•...•...... · ...... · ...... ·. · ...... 182,341.43 182,341.43 ...... Division of Accounts...... 8, 000. 00 4, 000.00 . . . . • . • . • . . . • . . . 12,000. 00 90,645.26 102,645.26 BureauofStatistics ...... ~ ...... 14,820.99 6,813.63 .•.•...... •... 100,891.17 136,221.82 237,112.99 ...... '39; 7i5." 49 Library ...... ································································ 43,149.48 43,149.48 ...... Office of Experiment Stations...... 39 , 945. 45 112,903. 23 105,000. 00 1, 704,263. 88 169,163.17 1, 873, 427.05 51XJ,22.'i.84 Office of Public Roadc; ...... :...... 16,962.09 18,092. 17 . ... • ...... 203,409.19 120,872.92 324,282.11 127,485.85 Insecticide and 'FUD?:icide Board...... • .. . • .. • ...... 200. 15 318. 62 . . • • . . • ...... 21,843. 44 63,263.71 85,107.15 12, 17.5. 73 Federal Horticultural Board...... 1,047.23 2,585. 74 .•••...• ... . •.•. 13,690.59 19,815.64 33,506.23 2,523.01 Office of Markets...... 1, 978.12 215.00 . . • . . . • ...... • . 13,350.74 34,209.74 47,560.48 5,262.90 Totalt exclusive or Forest Service-...... 1, 109,691.03 793,356.92 131,736.19 10,991,524.47 4, 111,572.54 15, 11XJ,097. 01 3, 103,389.00 ForestSernce ...... 3,046,572.00 1,709,880.00 4, 95.00 5,321,488. 00 443,715.00 5,765,203.00 169,204.00 weeks law...... 832,615.89 . . • • • ...... 832,615.89 244,564.96 l------l------l·------l------l------l------l------Total, inclusive or Forest Service and Weeks law. 4, 156,263. 03 2, 503,236.92 180,631.19 17,145,628.36 4,555,287.54, 21,700,915.90 3, 517, 157. 00
Statement showing geographic distribution of f unds proposed to be e.xpended by the Department of .A.g1·iculture during the ftscaZ y ea.r 1915.
West North South Atlantic New England Central divi· division (ex- division: East North . u• cepting Wash- F.ast South Cen- West South Maine, New Middle Atlantic Central di>i Slon: nunne- IDj!:t~n. D. C.): tral division: Central divi- Hampshire, division: sion: Ohio, Bureau, division, or office. New York, so~~~~· Delaware,. Kentucky, sion: A. r~a.nsas, Vermont, New .TP.rsey, Indiana, Illi- North Dakota Maryland, VIr· Tennessee, J.omsuma, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania. nois, Michigan, South Dakota' ginia. North Alabama, Oklahoma, Rhode Jsland, Wisconsin. Mississippi. Texas. Connecticut. Nehr~ka., ~'![~lJ:a. ~~~ Kan..c:as. gia, Florida.
Office of the Secretary ..•..•.. : ...... $20, 000. ()() Weather Bureau...... $65,810.00 148,440.00. !256,690.00 177,350.00 .. .. siss; sso: oo · ·· · · ·iRa; 75o: oo · ·.... si22;680: oo Bureau of Animal Industry ...... ,...... 237,191.65 643,429.73 1, 2G6, 3~. 60 1, 345, 207. 15 459, 731. 23 244, 811. 46 392,800. 97 Bureau of Plant Industry ...... : ...... 138,763.82 177,496.25 234,816.94 331,824.26 589,801.60 259,367. 73 419,922.39 Bureau ofChemistry...... 40,!)20.00 197,860.00 91, 75.00 68,951.00 62, 140. 00 27' 145. 00 27' 096. 00 Bureau of Soils ...... •. ·...... 453. 30 11, 764.32 16,002. 31 24, 105.9(l 42, 297. 01 16, 430. 21 32,408. ro Bureau of Fntomology...... 315,781.00 23 , 7, 5.00 22,900.00 18,500.00 70,462.00 32,700. ()() 5,1,530. 00 Bureau of Biological Survey...... 3, 700. 00 6, 000.00 • 10,800. 00 39,GOO. 00 16, 300.00 7, 800.00 21,100.00 BureauofStatistics ...... ~ ...... 6,31 . 00 6,003.00 17,772.00 24,456.00 21.368. ()() 12,852. 00 15, 114. 00 Office of F}o.f)eriment Stations...... · 240,500.00 .123,500.00 201,500.00 289,500.00 345,000. 00 174,000. 00 186,000. 00 Office of Public Roads...... 80,000.00 15,000.00 137,000.00 4 ,500.00 174, 139. 55 104,493. 93 90, 125. 00 Insecticide and Fungicide·Board...... 674. 93 1,9 9.54 1,879. 2 1,19 . 71 15, 131. 20 rJ6. 22 004. 81 Federal Horticultural Board...... 56,000.00 3, 000.00 1,000.00 2,000.00 I , 500.00 750.00 750.00 Office of Markets...... 4, 300.00 3, 600.00 3, 100. 00 4, 300.00 6, 500. 00 2, 900. 00 3, 800. 00 To'tal, exclusive of Forest Service ... ·...... 1, 190.412.70 I 1, 361,927. 84 2, 2G1, G69. 67 2,395, 493.02 1, 963.220.59 967. 66.55 1, 364, 23l.lll 92,213. ()() 1 '511. 00 85,278.00 ~::~~ ~:~~------~::::::::::: : : :::::::::::::::::::::::: . 1~:~:~ - ~ -- ---~~ ~~~:~ ...... ~~~:~:~ ... ·--~~~:~.~:~ . 2.504,426.00 979,G70.00 ...... Total,inclusive of Forest Service and Weeks law . . _ 1,426,243. 70 I 1,369, 714.84 2,420,678.67 2,551,281. 02 4,.559, 859. 59 1,966,053. 55 ~. 449, 5q9. a> 1'914. .·· eONGRESSION A1 RECORD..:..:SEN .A:TE. 16845
Statement llhou;ing geograph!-o -di8tt"ibuti_o.u .of .f.unils proposed to be e11:pended by the· Depadn1ent o! :Agri<"Ulture during the fiscal year 1915-Co.ntd.
Southern States: Vir ginia, West Virginial Mountain divi- Mary lana, sion: Montana, .Pacific divi Territories ana· Kentucky, J~aho, Wyo- s1on· Washing- insular posses- Total (exoopt WaShington, Total (includ Tennessee, Bureau,·dfvision, or office. sions: Alaska~ ing Washlng- D.-C. ing W ashlng North Carolina, ~; ~~~~o, to.ri, :O~eg_on, Ha.wai~ · Porto b:>n,.D. C.). ton, D. 0.). South C'arolina, Arizona U tab Cali!orma. ~ico, uuam. Georoia Ala Nevada. ' · ham: Missis sippi, Florida, Louisiana, A.r kansa.-;1.. Okla- · homa, Texas.·
Oftire ol tt- e Recretary .... _ ... ~ .... : . ...•...... : . ..•...... •...... : .....•...... -·.. 20,000. 00 $649,889. 00 ,4169, 889.00 Weather Bureau...... ~118,:g60. 00 $160,610. 00 ... 8, 740.00 1, 301,880. 00 365,890.00 1,667, 270.00 ...... 365; 280:00 Bureau of Animal lnd us try...... • ...... 383, 5R9. 39 222, 743. 94 ••• - · ..•• --..... 5, 195, 839. 12 574,000.00 5, 769, ~9. 12 1, Oil, 978. 45 'Bureau of Plant Industry...... 226,424.39 226,528. 8I .•• .. . ..•...... 2, 604,946. 19 1, 011,098. ill 3, 61fl, 045. 00 1, 267. 639. 75 Bureau of C'bemistry...... 27,000. 00 73,_994. 00 IO, 600.00 627, sn 00 450, .000. 00 I, 077,581.00 102,5119. 00 Bureau ofSoils...... 11,084. 70 18,597.84 7,401.09 180,544.TI 147,151.29 327,696.00 90,698.20 Bureau of Entomology...... 83,449.00 74.,009. 00 •••••••••.••••.. 693,116.00 136,304.00 829,420.00 23I,920.00 Bureau of Biologic-al Survey...... 105;900.00 '33,400.00 ··-····--······ 244,600.00 92,090.00 336,690.00 45,200.00 . Di•ision of Aeeounts ...... ·-·------····· ..•...... •••...... ····-··--········ 46,320.00 46,320.00 Dhision of Publications .....•...... - --· .. --..•...... -...... -... -.. 189,500. 00 189,500.00 Bureau of Statistics ...... •. _.. "20, 67_o. DO 10,832.00 . • • • • • • • • . . • • • • . I35, 445.00 I40, 135-00 .275, 5:80. 00 ·······49;ooo:oo Library ...... -········· ··· __ ...... $45,300.00 $45,300.00 Offire of Experiment Stations...... $394,000. 00 $144., 000. 00 $120,000: 00 2,.2I8, 000. 00 I92, 780.00 2, 4l0, /80. 00 .- ... i663; ooo: 00 Offiee of Public Roads ...... · ...... • I4, 000. 00- 18, 186. 96 • • • • • • . • • • • • • • . . 681, 445. 44 124,-560: 00 806,005.44 306,958.48 ln!'ertirideand Fungicide Board...... 27I.25 431.81 ...•..•••...•••. 23,34.$1.29 71,651.71 -95,000.00 1.7, 972.IG Fe-deral Bortieultural Board...... 1,500.00 3,500.00 .•••••••••...... 70,000.00 _25, 000.00 95,000.00 3,000. 00 Ofuc,eofMarkets ...... •••...•...•. 8,300.00 2,400.00 500.00 34,700.00 205,300.00 240,000.00 8,100.00 Total, exclusive o• Forest Service.. ·-· ...... -·.. I, 390,148.73 989,234.36 I47, 241.09 14,031,445.75 4, 466, 469. 81 18, 497.915. 56 4, 223, 316. 04 Forest Eervice... .. ••...... 3, 149,727.00 1,712,295.00 49,377.·00 5, 477,075.00 465,108.00 5, 942, 183. 00 225,678.00 Weeks law ...... ···-····-······ 3, 672, 843. 00 3, 672, 843. 00 3, 484, 102. 00 Total, _inciusive.~!.Forest . Service and Weeks law. 4, 539,875.73 2, 701, ."29. 36 I96, 618. 09 23, 18I, 363. 75 4, 931,577. 8I 28, 112, 94I . .'16 7' 933, 096. 04
SUrtiMARY.
1914 (excepting 1915 (excepting :!914 (including 1915 (including Forest Service Forest Service Forest Service, E orest Service Division. and '\'eeks and Weeks and \\"eeks and\1\eeks law). law). law). law).
1885,692.88 $1, 190, 412. 70 Sl' 508, 356. 81 Sl, 426, 243. 70 ~1~d~1~~~:.:ic-.~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1, 194, 013. 60 I,361, 927.84 I, 202, 783. 60 1,369, 714.8! E.ast :Korth Central ...... •...... •- ...... I, 771, 953. 78 2, 261,61\9. 67 I, 922,998. 78 2, 420,67 . 67 est :Korth Central •.•• : ...... 1, P39, 529. 63 2,395, 493.02 2, 092. 038. ~ ,2,551, 281.02 f:loutb A tlantie (excepting Washington, D. C.) ...... 1,450,31!1. 69 l, 963,220.59 I, 731, 404. 21 4.,559,859. 59 :tast ,_outb Central...... •...... : .. 677,691.04 967,866. 55 726,348.48 l , 966, 053. 55 ., est ~outh Central...... -...... •...... ~--················· .... . 1,007,477. 71 1,364, 231. 20 1, 121,566.71 1,449,509. 20 Mountain...... •.. ---·· .....•.. -· ·- ~ . I, 109, 691. 03 -1, 390, 148. 73 4, 156, 263. 03 . 4,639, 875.73 l'acific ...... ··········-·········· ...... 793,356.92 • 989,234.35 2,503,23;).92 2, 701,529. 33 ierritoriaJ and insular pcssessions...... •. ··- · ...... •...... -·--· .•.•..•..•...... 131,736.19 147,241.09 180,631.19 196,618. 0) IO, 991,524. 47 14,031, 44fi. 75 17,145, li28.36 23, 18I, 3fl1. 75 ~as~~~~~ en~~~~~-~-~~~~~~~-~---~:~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 4,111,572.54 4,466, 469.81 4,555,287. 54 4, 931,577.81
'Total (including Washington, D. C.). .•••...... ••...... ••••.••..•. -~ •..••...... ••... --.•..•.. :....:~. '15, 103,097. 01 18, 497,915.fi6 "21, 700,915. 90 -· 28,112,941.56
f:lo.uthern States •. . : .•...... •...... -~-.: .••.••...... •...... •..••..•.•...... -~ 3, 103, 389. 00 4, 223, 316. 04 3,517, 157.90 7, 933,096.04
SUGAB·BEET SEED. as to tnduce capital to embark in an P.nterprise in the face of the existing Law providing for free sugar in ~9I6. 1\lr. SUITH of :Michigan. Mr. President. tbe condition in I visited four of the five large beet-seed producers in Germany. Two which the domestic sugar industry is at the present time ·is of the five are located nt?ar Magdebm:g, ·two near Quedlinburg, and one at Nordbausen. Two of them make a.n ·exclusive business of •·alsing beightened somewhat by the difficulty which our beet-sU.ga:r pro beet seed, the beets being rotated with other crops. Two of these ducers find in obtaining the seed of the su~ar beet. 'I ha >e a conct?rns al:o:o have extcui>ive · Pstates in lltu-"ia, where they raise beet very interesting dissertation upon that subjeet and would like seed. thoug-h they do not ship any of the Russian seed to America. ERch of these concerns tills in Germany from 8.000 .to 15.000 acres of to have it Teud for the information of the Senate. It is not land, which land Is 'Valued a.t from SiOO to $u00 per acre. All four -very long. of the coael:!r'l.s visitt?d maintain scientific laboratol'ies for testing beets The PRESIDENT P'l'O tempore. 'The Sena-tor from 1\Iicbigan and bet?t set?d. They also ba ve ·exten;,ive dr:vlng plants for drying seed, presents a commuilicntion which he asks may be read at the many thrashing machines, and very lar~e warehouses. · Some Idea of the care taken in selection A>! the original motb~r beets desk. Is there obj~tion? The Chair bears none. can be .~rathere
years to produce commerchil seed acc<_?rdinJ1 to the scientific plans fol- lowed ill the orocluction of such seed in Germany. - · ~r. ~HOMA~. ·· The re olution just read was prompted by 1You will readily see that if there had been no scientific test of these .this article, which appeared in the .New York World of Octo- beets and a visual examination bad been solely depended upon to select ber 13: ! _ the mother beets. there would have been 500,000 · mother beets out of the original 1,440.000 rather than 87-5. I fear that in the attempt now RAW SUGAr. BEDiG STORED FOU. EXPECTED WAR RISE-DESTRUCT.JO~ OF being made to raise seed in the United States those who are engaged EUROPE'S BEET C::ROP WILL FORCE BUYI~G OF AMERICAX CA~E PRODUCT. in the business are depending solely upon visual eXamination of the NEW YORK, October 12, 1911,. beets to select the mother beftS from which the seed is to be produced Immense quantities of raw sugar are being held in stora"'e in New thus gettin!{ seed in two years instead 'of eight years. · York and Philadelphia, it is learned, in expectation-that Gre"'at Britain 'ThP. sciPntific plan outlin<'d above is the one followed by all of the ano li'rance will be strong competitors for the Cuban suo-ar cane the leading beet-~eed concerns in Germany. and it is hecau~e of .this plan latter pat't of this year, and that the pt·ice of raw will go to such a they have been able to increase the sugar content and purity of beets figure that the refined product in January and Febt·ua1·y may go to 15 in a very marked degree during the last 50 years. I might say that cents a pound. · these leading German firms engaged in the production of beet seed have A sugar broker said : been in the bu iness all the way from 60 years to 125 years. and the " There is_ a shortage of at least 7,000,000 tons of beet sugar due to present condition of perfection is the result of scientific labor. of several the destructiOn or the Europea,n beet crop, and the countries that here genet·ations of careful. painstaking endeavor. · tofore have obtained their sugar from this source must becOme .bidders Trusting that the above will !dve you some idea of the way In which for the cane product which has in the pa-st· been · purchased only-by beet seed is raised in Europe and why it is not possible to engage in refiners of the United States. - this business at the present time in the United States, I am, Yours, res!)ectfully, · " T_here is a comparatively large ·sup_ply of raw in the bands ~f Amencan refiners now, and demand P.~s s_unk to normal after the firet F. R. HATllAWAY, Secretary. scare due to the war, and there bas been slight reces ion of pi·iCes Mr. ·w A.LSH. Mr. President, the letter just read refers to Last week raw was quoted at $5.02 pet· 100, ·and refined at $6.40 to $6.50. .How long these figures. will.l>e maintained 110 one can say. The efforts and experiments now being conducted in one of the price wil1 depend entirely upon the deman(J .of Europe." Western States, looking to the production of sugai·-beet seed. I Records of the Bush Termi.nal Co. show that in August, 1913, there ani very happy to state that those effort , now in prop·ess in the were 8?.000 packages of Philippine and Hawaiian sugar received at their Piers. In August of this year there were 566 000 packages nearly State of Montana. are being rewarded in a most encouraging all of it from Hawaii and the Philippines. ' ' · way. The prospects .are that in the \ery near future we shall be reli.eved from the absolute dependence undt!r which we now Mr. President,. it app~ar~ that, _QWin _g to climatic condition , rest to Germany for our sugar-beet seed. the normal supply of sugar this. year in Cuba will show a I I might say in this connection, too, because some reference decrease of 500,000 tons or thereabouts, as ·compared . with the has been made to the character of the experiments that are now output last year. The dispatches _ ha~e also informed u. that being conducted in this country, that those being prosecuted in within the last fortnight the dealers in · Great Britain have my State are under the direction of Prof. Mendelson, perhaps secured 900,000 tons 9f sugar from Java and other tropical as eminent a scientist as · ther~ is ·connected with the production sections outside of Cuba. · of beet sugar in any ·country.· He is himself a product of one The shortage consequ~nt upon -the. w:u~ is. going to be endr of the German universities, and studied the business :n all its mous. ~reat Britain has exerted herself \ery effectively and phases in that country. He makes frequent visits to Germany, summarily to prevent an extraordinary rise in the price of thi ·visits the beet-suga-r fields in that country and in neighbo-ring necessity of life, an~ _ as a re ult the normal price of sugar to countries, and is thoroughly informed about all the discoveries the consumer of Great Britain ·is· -comparatively very little in relation to the propagation of sugar-beet seed. . more than it was before these conditions arose. Now, if it be I am very happy to say that the results of the present year trne, as intimated in the article--:-and I do not know wheth~r _are of a most gratifying character and warrant the very highest it be true or not-that the great concerns engaged in the re hopes for the future. · -- - · fining of ~ar aJ.'e storing large quantities of _raw sugar ·u Mr. THOMAS. Mr: Pn.sident, I merely wish to state in con order ~o corner . tpe market and increase the price of thi nection with the \ery interesting and instructhe letter which prime ~ecessity of life to 15 cents· o--r to ·10. cents, ·or even to · bas just been read that as early as 1002 in my State I called cents a pound, the consequent tax upon the consumer of the attention to the fact that the weak spot in the beet-sugar indu:::r country will_ be som~tping enormous, when we consider that try of the United States consisted 'in its absolute dependence the a\erage consumption of_sugar is over 80 pounds per capita. upon a foreign country for its seed. I also pointed out the con- . in consequence of which a rise of a cent a pound means 80 cen·t. · sequences to that industry in the event its supply of beet seed annually to e\ery: man, woman, and child in the United State . should be cut off either through a trade war, through a pro _The enormous and overwhelming p-rofits thnt will ensue if tbi hibitory export duty, or through a general European conflict, situatio~ is permitted to go on, all of which come out of the whkb unfortunately is now upon us. pockets of the consumer _of the cQuntry, who happen in this ' The letter states, and without any doubt correctly, that the. case to bl) all the people in the country, should be investigated scientific and successful propagation of beet seed requires a and; if possible, ·stopped. · .As a consequence I introduced the considerable number of years. That process, however. should resolution requesting the Secretary of Commerce to inquire have been begun long ago. If more attention had been given into and report to the Senate whether the statements which to the propagation of beet seed and less to the manufacture of appeared in the public press were well founded. fictitious capitalization and the earning of dividends upon it, Mr. SMITH of Michigan. l\Ir. President, will the Senator the industry would not now be threatened with so serious an from Colorado favorably consider an amendment to his re olu injury as it is threatened for the next year unless its SJlpply of tion asking the Secretary of Commerce to investigate the beet seed can be obtained from Germany as usual. effect of the reduction of the tariff on sugar with reference 'to the volume of its domestic production? [: HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION REFERRED. Mr. THOMAS. · Oh, no; Mr. President, I do not thiuk that H. J. Res. 375. Joint resolution correcting an error in House that is germane to this resolution of mine at all. Resides, it bill 15692, appro\ed July 21, 1914 {PriYate, No. 95), was read would needlessly prolong the investigation; and this corn-er twice by its title and refered to the Committee on Pensions. might perfect itself before any report could be n1ade. Tbe ·effed of the reduction of the duties upon stwar hao;; been very STORAGE OF RAW SUGAR. favorable to the consumer. It is the one thina- in which the 'l~he PRESIDE~T pro tempore. The Chair lays before the price of a necessity of life was reduced, and of which I am glad Senate a resolution coming over from a former day, which will the consumer got the benefit. be read. Mr. SMITH of Michigan. l\Ir. President I nm quite sincere The Secretary read the resolution (S. Res. 472) submitted in my suggestion, because the facts are accumulating very rap by Mr. THOMAS October 8 (calendar day, October 13), 1914, as idly that the hostile legislation against our dome ·tic sugar pro follows: duction has resulted in a very sharp curtailmei;tt of the domes Whe~eas it i~ announced that jmmense quantitif's of raw sugar are tic product. I have been told of a number of instances where bemg held m storag-e in New York and Philadelphia in the e:I:pecta tion that Great Britain and France will be strong competitors for factories have been closed in anticipation of the removnl of the Cuban sugar in the near future, and that the price of raw su.,.ar duty on imported sugar under the recent tariff law. However, will reach such a figure that the refined product in Januat·y and I am very glad that the Senatoi· from Colorado has called February may go to 15 cents a pound, which is the equivalent of a attention to the power of the refiners to fix the price of sugar. con~umption tax of 10 cents a pouncl upon a necessity of life aggre gatmg more than 500,000,000 per annum ; an 1914. .CON.GR:h~ION AL RECORD.:.:..:...SEN ATE. 16847 " bear " the price ·and to depri•e· the refining company of· its ·tJons were capitalized in· some instances for twice as much, and monopoly in the American market is a- sufficient testimonial to .!U .others for more thaJ?. twice as. much, as the capital-actually the w~dom of the Government's policy in maintaining protec- mvested, and the manufactured shares commanded large sums ·tion upon that article of necessary use. in the market because of the enormous profits which this pro I think it was· Mr. Wilson, the author of the Wilson tariff tected industry . was able to obtain from the people. In my law and a former •ery prominent Democratic Member of Con State not only was the turiff given by the Payne-Aldrich law gress from West Virginia, who stated many times while he was added to the cost of production, but, in addition thereto, the .in the. HouEe of Representatives and at the head of the Commit f1·eight charge from the .Missouri River to Colorado, the latter tee on Ways and 1\Ieans that there was no product of our soil tariff still being in active existence, and no man to-day can buy ·touched by American geri.ius or labor that had a better right a hundred pounds of sugar at the factory . door of any sugar to the protection of this Government against fore~gn competition factory in the State of Colorado as cheaply as he can get the . than· our doniestic sugar industry. Although Prof. Wilson was same sugar at the Missouri River, plus the freight upon it froin ·somewhat of a free trader, as his n11mesake, the present Presi the Missomi Rh·er to the city of Dem·er and other common dent of the United States, seems to have been, yet he did make points. that admis ion at the time he presented the Wilson bill to the Mr. President, it may be that great losses have come to the House of Representatives, a measure which had the cordial holders of stock in sugar companies in recent years, but it is .support of the p1·esent Secretary of State; indeed, the present not true that those who invested their capital in the erection of Secretary of State was one of the men who carried Prof. Wilson these .concerns have lost any money, except possibly in occa .out of·· the House of Representatives upon his shoulder, as a sional and isolated instances, for the amount of profit which testimonial of the high regard in which he was held by his these companies have made has much more than reimbursed the colleagues w·ho belieYed as he did regarding the principle of gentlemen engaged in this very lucrative and necessary pur ·tariff reform. suit for the amount of money originally invested; and, Ur. So, 1\!r. President, I am very glad to see my honored friend President, upon the assumption that an extraordinary profit of from Colorado, in whose State the .domestic sugar industry has 3 cents per pound will be realized from the crop of 1914-: thriYed, and in whose State it gi•es very good evidence of soon which I think is within bounds-the amount of unexpected ·languishing, as it does in the State which I have the honor in profit which these gentlemen will reap will be about two-thirds pnrt to represent, move in this matter. o~ the amount of actual capital invested in the business. The stocks of our domestic sugar industry in :Michigan fell I merely wish to add before taking my seat that Mr. Henry T. from the time this assault was made upon it in the Underwood Oxnard, one. of the pioneers in this business, in a circular Simmons bill from par to less than $18 a share; the whole signed by h~mself and his partners, the Cuttings of New Yorl~. away back m 189D declared that with beet sugar at 3 cents a industry has been discouraged and demoralized; and if-we were pound a good profit could be made, and with sugar at 4 cents as dependent now upon the foreign supply of· sugar as we are a pound an enoi·mous profit could be made by mills engaged in dependent upon the supply of the seed from which the. sugar extracting an I refining it. He went further and stated.. .that, b~et is grown, we would, indeed, be in a most pitiable condition, even if sugar were placed upon a free-trade basis beincr an and the price of our sugar would soar to ·umits not yet stated agricultural product, we could compete as well with Ger~any by my honorable friend from Colorado and not yet r.ealized by in its production and manufacture as we could in any other the people of the United States. · · ·· · agricultural product. Hence I do not think these gentlemen I regard the assault made upon the domestic sugar industry have suffered much nor that they will suffer much in carrying of our country by- the recent tariff law as a wicked and unjus on their legitimate business as heretofore. tifiable attack upon legitimate industry, which, if carried to its In my State the producer of' the beet was compelled last ultimate conclusion, will oblige us to depend upon a foreign J anuary to accept 50 cents per ton less for his beets thRn ·supply for this great article of necessity. the contract price of the preceding :rear, the argument being ~lr. 'President, I am not going to oppose the inquiry proposed that the Underwood bill threatened the companies wiD a com by my frie!ld the Senator from Colorado, but I am not willing plete loss of profit, and as a . consequence the grower of the to let the occasion pass without some observations which tend beets should bear a part of the burden. . More recently, through to show, at least to my own mind, that there are other causes the demands of our State Democratic platform, the old scale than wat• for the arbitrary desire of the refining company to has been restored, but justice requires that these gentlemen l'!Jise its (>rice unnecessarily high· at the present time, and those divide this extraordinary profit with the men who grow· beets. causes are directly attributable to the recent tariff legislation. I have nothing· further to say upon the subject at present The fact is that this industry is being ruthlessly exposed to but I bore the resolution will be agreed to. ' foreign competition. This Congress did not have the courage The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on agreeincr to destroy this industry at one blow, but they arranged to cut to the resolution. co off one of its arms the first year, one of its legs the next and The resolution was agreed to. cut its heart out in 1916 as soon as the next presidential' elec The prea_mble was agreed to. t:jo~ is out of the way. . . }\ow, Mr. President, I protest against this assault 'upon one PA,Y OF DENTAL SURGEONS . of America's most promising and one of its most successful The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair lays before the industries. Tn numerous States sugar factories haYe risen Senate a resolution coming over from a former day. upon the enterprise and the genius of men whose solE~ desire '£he Secretary read the resolution (S. Res~ 475) submitted was to di•ersify American production and to produce on our by l\fr. TowNSEND on October 8 (calendar day, October 16), own soil a necessary article of consumption useful to our ·people, 1914, as follows: and it would have grown and developed until we could have Resol-r;ed, That the Comptroller of the Treasury be requested to construe the following statutes, to wit: Thirty-seventh Statute, pa"'e produced all the sugar we consume in America, retaining this 344; Thirty-Reventb Statute, page 003; and .Thirty-fifth Statute page >ast expenditure in our own circulating medium, had that in 66: \lith reference to the pay and the authorized manner of makin<>' dustry recei>ed the care, attention, and solicitude from the the appointments in the case of each of the several classes <>f officers American Congress which its merits demanded, while the duty · who may base claims for pay from Government funds on the said collected through our customhouses would have relie>ed the statutes. . Treasury of much of the strain it is now undergoing. . · Mr. THORNTON. It seems to me it would be the proper :Mr. TH0)1AS. l\fr. President, I am not going to enter into course to refer that resolution to the Committee on Naval Af an extended discussion this morning upon the effect of the fairs. recent tariff law upon beet sugar. Neither shall I 'denv that l\lr. S:.U:ITH of Michigan. Is the Senator >eri desirous for some factories. ostensibly erected for the purpose of refining that to be done? If we are to have action at all, we must have beet sugar, have closed since that law was enacted. I do not it to-day. know what the conditions are with refer:ence to these closures Mr. THORNTON. I think the resolution ought to go to the in other States so intimately as I do those in my own, but the committee. . factories which are closed in Colorado were, for the most part The PRERIDENT pro tempore. Does the Senator· make a factories which were built by the trust in certain places wher~ motion to that effect? they were not actually needed in order to prevent others from Mr. THORNTON. I do. building them and comln.g into competition, while one or two The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Louisiana were realJy sugnr speculations pure and simple. moves that the resolution be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. It will be so referred. Neither, l\1r. Presjd.ent, ~hall I deny .the fact that the market value of the hares in all the sugar companies has sensibly DENTAL SURGEONS IN THE NAVY. depreciated, not in value, -but in price. . As a matter of fact The PRESIDE~T pro tempore. The Chair lays before the we all know-it is official knowledge now-that these institu: Senate a resolution coming over from a predous day. ti6848 00 :rGRESSIONAL ·. RECORD-·· ·sENATE.' The Sectel:acy read the resolution (S. Res. 476) illtrodueed ·by The -Secr~ta.ry read the joint 'resOlution; and' tliere being 'no Mr. ToWNSEND October 8 {calendar day, Octob~r · 16), T914, :as objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, proceeded follows.: to Its consideration. · Resolved, That tbe Secretary of the Navy be requested to supply tbe The joint resolution was reported to the Senate without amend Senate with the following information: ment, ordered 'to a. third reading, read the third time, and 1. As to -th-e number, pay, .and date of his appoJntments of nenta.l surgeons who wet·e authorized . by the act of August 22, 1912, to be passed. appointed to the grade uf "acting dental surgeon " for "temporary '!'HE CALENDAR• .service" and "ho e appointment .. shall have no fol'ce or ~!feet ex-cept for the time tbe temporluy appointee is in active service." . . Tbe PRESIDE~"'T pro tempore. '.:'he calendar under Rule 2. As to the numbet·, pay, and date of his appointm!!nts of ·dental VIII is in order. snrgeons who were autherized by the act of August 22. ·1912, to be Mr. KERN. Mr. President. I am requested by the conferees appointed to the gratle of ... acting 11ssistant dental surgeon ... -and who are serving -a probational period with a view to their permanent ap- who have in ch:1rge the wnr-tax bill to ask, at the proper time, _pointment. . for a t·ecess until 8 o'clock this evening, in order that the con 3. As to the number and date of appointment of dental surgeon.s ference report may be considered at an evening se sion. . I simply whose nominations hnve been Rubmitted to the Senate under the provi sion of the act of Ma·rcb 4, 1913, whlch provides that "no d-ental sur desire to give notice. that I shall make thc~t motion. I under geon shall render service other than tempot·ary service until his ap stand that it is the desire of Senators to proceed with the pointment shall have been ·confirmed by the Senate"; also the cumber calendar under Rule VIII, but with ·the understanding and of dental sur.geons, 1f any, wbo have been ordeTed to render service since March 4, 1913, without tlteir appointments having been. conJirmed agreement that nothing but unobjected bills nre to be' co:1sidered. 8 1\fr. S)JITH of Michig:m. Unobjected bills. by /h1s i~a:~e number and date of orders -of members of the Dental Mr. OVERMAN. Let us have that understanding, '"1r unani Rese1·ve Corps who are now on active dn!J under thut clause 'Of the · net of Marcl1 4, 1913. which provides tbat ' so many of .t Mr. W. RllEN. There en been -quite seTious objection· by Bowman· and tbe ·Tucker -Acts. :-~nd under the provisions of sec Senators who are not in the Chamber nt the present time, and .tion No. 151 of the act approved March 3, 1911, commonly known who desire to discuss the joint resolution. I therefore ask as the Judicial Code, was announced as next in order. that it may go over. . . The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Let that bill go over. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The joint resolution will be The joint resolution (S. J. Res. 120) creating a joint com passed over. mittee of Congress. and authorizing raid committee to acquire, The bill (S. 2425) to authorize the Roanoke River Develop by purchase or condemnation, the property known as Monticello, n:ent Co. to construct and mainta:n a dam across the Roanoke and embracing the former borne of Thomas Jefferson and the River in Mecklenburg County, in the State of Virginia, ap family graveyard in which his remains were interred. with such prox·mately 20 miles below the town of Clarksville, in said lands and grounds appurtenant thereto as the committee shall State, was announced as next in order. find neces ary in order to carry out the various public objects Mr. KER~~. Let that go over. and purposes in said resolution set forth, all of said property The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will be passed over. being located in Alb~marle County, Va., was announced as next The bill ( S. 3791) to provide for a permanent exhibit of the in order. · resources of the States of the Union in or near Washington, Mr. WARREN. Let that go over. D. C., was announced as next in order. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The joint resolution will be Mr. ·o"vERMAN. Let that go over. passed over. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will be pas ed over. The bill ( S. 3545) to provide for the highway-improvement The joint resolution (S. J. Res. 10) proposing an amend- work by the United States Department of Agriculture in coop ment to the Constitution of the United States, fixing the time eration with the highway departments of the several States was for the convening of Congress and commencement of the terms announced as next in order. of the President, Vice President. Senators, and Representatives, Mr. WARREN. Let that go over. was announced as next in order. • The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will go over. Mr. W.ARREN. Let that O.o over. The joint resolution (S. J. Res. 93) authorizing and directing 'The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The resolution will be the Department of Labor to make an inquiry into the cost of passed over. living in the District of Columbia and to report thereon to Con The reso~ution (S. Res. 254) to create a special committee of g'ress as early as practicable was announced as next in order. five Sen~'l.tcrs to a sist the Interstate Commerce Commission in Mr. WARREN. Let that go over. investigating certain facts regHrding the methods and practices The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The joint resolution will go of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, and for other purposes, over. was announced as next in order. The bill (S. 4601) to authorize the Director of the Census to Mr. OVERMAN nnd ~.1r. WARREN. Let that go over. enumerate the population of the city of Tulsa, State of Okla The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The resolution will be homa, was nnnounced as next in order. passed over. 1\lr. WARREX Let that go over. The bill (S. 392) to create in the War Department and Navy The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It will go over. Department, respectively, a roll designated as "the Civil War The Senate concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 21) authoriz volunteer officers' retired list," to authorize placing thereon with ing the printing of additional copies of Senate Document No. retired pay certain surviving officers who served in the Army, 147 (57th Cong., 2d. sess.), "Bills and Debates in Congress on Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States in the Civil War, Trusts," was announced as next in order. and for other purposes, was announced as next in order. Mr. OVERMAN. Let that go over. Mr. BRYAN. Let that go over. The PRESIDEXT pro tempore. The resolution will go over. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will go over. Senate resolution ( S. Res. 305) to print a pamphlet entitled The bill ( S. 121) to provide that petty officers, noncommis "The power of the Federal judiciary to declare legislation in sioned officers, and enlisted men of the United States Navy and valid which confiicts with the Federal Constitution," by David Marine Corps on the retired list who had creditable Civil War K. Watson, as a Senate document, was announced as next in service shall receive the rank or ruting and the pay of the next order. higher enlisted grade was announced as next in order. l\Ir. OVERMA.t'i. Let that go over. Mr. OVERMAN. Let that go over. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It will go over. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill wilJ be passed over. The bill (H. R. 6827) to amend an act entitled "An act to ILLITERACY AMONG J_EWISH IMMIGRANTS ( S. DOC. NO. 611). change the name of the Public Health and Mnrine-Hospital Senate resolution 322, reported by Mr. CHILTON from the Service to the Public Health Service, to increase the pay of offi Committee on Printing, March 28, 1914, was considered and cers of said service. and for other purposes," approved August agreed to as follows : 14, 1912, wns announced as next in order. Resolved, That an article presented in the Senate by the Senator from New York [Mr. O'GORliAN] March 24, 1914 entitled "Illiteracy Among Mr. WARREN. Let that go over. Jewish Immigrants and its Causes," be prmted1 as a public document. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will be passed over. The bill (S. 4161) to prohibit the importation and entry of BILLS, ETC., PASSED OVER. goods, wares, and merchandise made in whole or in part by The bill (S. 4843) to amend section 4 of the act entitled "An com·ict. pauper, or detained labor, or made in whole or in part act to provide for a permanent Census Office," approved March from materials which have been made in whole or in part or in 6, 1902, was announced as next in order. any manner manipulated by convict or prison labor, was an- Mr. KERN. Let the bill go. over. nounced as next in order. · Mr. NELSON. I ask that it may go over. Mr. OVERMAN. Let that go over. The PRESIDE~T pro tempore. The bill will go over. The PRESIDENr.r pro tempore. The bill will be passed over. .Senate resolution (S. Res. 320) to print an address by Lewis The bill ( S. 531) to set apart certain lands in the Stn te of Jerome Johnson before the First National Conference on Popu Oregon as a public park, to be known as the Saddle Mountain lar Government upon "The preferential ballot as a possible National Pnrk, wns announced as next ·in order. substitute for the direct primary" was announced as next in Mr. OVERMAN. The Senator from Oregon is not here. I order. ask thnt that bill go over. Mr. OVERliA.N. Let that go o"er. The PRESIDEXT pro tempore. The bill will be passed over. The PRESIDE~T pro tempore. The bill will go over. The bill ( S. 4405) to provide for and encourage the prospect The joint resolution (S. J. Res. 130) proposing an amend.:. ing, mining, and treatment of radium-bearing ores in lands be ment to the Constitution of the United States was announced longing to the United States, for the purpose of securing an ade as next in order. • quate supply of radium for Government and other hospitals in Mr. OVERMAN. Let that go over. the United States, and for other purposes, was announced as The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The resolution will go over. next in order. The bill (S. 5340) to amend;revise, and codify the laws relat- l\Ir. W .ARREX Let that go over, Mr. President. ing to the public printing and binding and the distribution of The PRESIDE)..TT pro tempore. The bill will be passed over. Government publications was announced as next in order. The }Jill ( S. 60GO) to regulate the immigration of aliens to Mr. ~LETCHER. That is a very important bill. It is a and the residence of aliens in the United States was announced bill which will probably save from $600.000 to $800.000 a year as next in order. when passed, but it will take some time to consider it. We The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Let that bill. go over. have not time to take it up now. The biB (H. R. 8846) making :-~ppropriations for payment of The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Florida certain claims in accordance with findings of the Court of asks that the bill may go oyer. Claims, reported under the provisions Qf the acts approved Mr. FLETCHER. I do not ask that it.go o\Cr. I am willing March~. 1883, ~nd _March 3, 1887, and co_mmonly ·known as the to take it up. '16850 CONGRESS! ON AL RECORD-SEN ATE. OCTOBER 21, The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Let the Chair inquire of the Chief Justice Walter Clark, of tbe North Carolina Supreme Court, at Cooper Union, New York City, Januat·y 27, 1914, be printed as a Senate Senator from Florida whether sJbstantia11y this same bill is document. not now being consillered in the House of Representatives? BILLS, ETC., PAS SED OVER. 1\fr. FLETCHER. There is a similar bill .pending there, but it will take some time to consider it. The bill (S. 1887) to annul the proclamation creating the Mr. WARREN. I think the Senator knows that some of his Chugach National Forest and to restore certain lands to the eolleagues on the CommHtee on Printing would wish to be public domain was announced as next in order. here when the bill is considered. Mr. WARREX Let that go over. Mr. FLETCHER. Perhaps that is true. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will go over. Mr. W ARRE~. It is an important bill, and I think it should The bill (S. 1269) for the adjudication and determination of .be laid ov-er for the present. the claims arising under joint resolution of July 14, 1870, au The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will go over. thorizing the Postmaster General to continue in use in the Postal Service Marcus P. Norton's combined postmarking and ABRAM H. JOHNSON. stamp-canceling hand stamp patent:s or otherwise was an The bill (S. 1991) correcting the military recorn of Abram nolmced as next in order. H. Johnson was considered as in Committee of the Whole. 1\Ir. OVERMAN. Let thflt go oy-er. The bill had been reported from the Committee on Military The PRESIDE~"'T pro tempore. The bill will go over. .Affairs with nn amendment to strike out all after t:..te enacting Senate resolution (S. Res. 367) for the printing of certain· clause and insert: documents relating to claims against the GoY"ernment of Colom That in the administration of any laws conferring ri~bts privileges, biu as a Senate document was announced as next in order. 11nd benefits upon honorably dff;charged soldiers Ahram H. .Johnson, who was a corporal of Company K, Third RPglment Micbig•lil yoluntePr Mr. WARREN. Let that go over. Cavalry. shall herPaftPr be held and conslderPd to have be..-a discharged The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection being made, the honorably from the military service of the Uniterl tatps n'> a member resolution will go o•er of said company and reaiment March 18, 1864: Provided, That no pay, bounty, or other emoluments shall bec'>me due or payable by virtue of The bill (H. R. 13044) to pension widows and mlnor and the passage of this act. helpless children of officers and enlisted men who served during The amendment was agreed to. - the War with Spain or the Philippine insurrection or in China The bill was reported to the Senate as amended and the between April 21, 1898, and July 4, 1902, was announced as next amendment wns concurred in. in order. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, Mr. BRYAN. Let that go over. read the third time, ·and passed. 'l'he PRESIDENT rro tempore. The bill will go over. The title was amended so as to read: "A bill f\)r the relief The bill (H. R. 14330) to prohibit the importation and entry -of Abram H. Johnson." of goods. wares. and merchandise made in whole or in part by conY"ict, pauper, or deta.i.ned labor, or made in whole or in BILLS AND .JOINT RESOLUTION PASSED OVER part from materials which have been made in whole or in The bill (S. 1988) to remove the charge of desertion from the part or in any manner manipulated by convict or prison labor milita.~;y record of John H. Armstrong was announced as next was announPed as next in order. in order. Mr. OVERl\IAN. Let that go over. Mr. CULBERSON. Let the bill go over, Mr. President. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will go over. The PRESIDE~T pro tempore. The bill will go over. The bill (S. 4180) to validate title to certain town sites in the The bill ( S. 3804) for the relief of Templin Morris Potts, State of Montana wns announced as next in order. captain on the retired list of the United States NaYy. was an l\lr. WARREN. Let that go over. nounced as next in order. The PRESIDEi'I"T pro tempore. The bill will go over. 1\Ir. OVERUA~. Let the biTI _go over. Senate resolution (S. Res. 376) requesting the President to The PRESIDEJ\TT pro tempore. It will go over. open diplomatic negotiations for the settlement of the P~mama The joint resolution (S. J. Res. 128) proposing an amend Canal tolls questions by international arbitration was an ment to the Constitution of the United States was announced nounced as next in order. as next in order. :Mr. OVERMAN. Let that go over. Mr. OVEIDIAN. Let the joint resolution go over. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The resolution will go over. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It will go over. The bill (S. 5210) to correct the military record of Nelson T. The bill ( S. "717) to correct the military record c.f Thomas Saunders was announced as next in order. Sm:ut. . Mr. BRYAN. Let that go over. Mr. BRYAN. There does not appear to be any report ac The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will go over. companying this bill. Therefore, I ask that it may go ~\er. Senate resolution 393. to print the pamphlet entitled "Doni The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair is adVised that phan's Expedition," containing an account of the conquest of there is a r port accompnnying the bill New Mexico. with illustrations, was announced as next in order. Mr. OVER:\IAN. Let it go over. Mr. OVERMAN. Let that go over. . The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to the The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The resolution will go ovP.r. present consideration of the biB? The joint resolution (S. J. Res. 117) to determine the rights 1\Ir. BRYAN. I see there is a report, but it does not state of the State of Colorado and of its citizens in the beneficial :my of the fncts. uses of waters of the Rio Grande and its tributaries within The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will go over. the boundaries of Colorado was announced as next in order. DONA'hON OF CONDElfNED CANNON. 1\fr. THO~IAS. I do not feel authorized to take up the joint The bill (S. 5495) authorizing the Secretflry of War to make resolution in the absence of the jun]or Senator from Texas [~fr. certnin donntions of condemned cannon and cannor. balls was SHEPPARD]. I ask that it may go over. considered as in Committee of ~e Whole. . The PRESIDEl\TT pro tempore. The joint resolution will go The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The amendmects of the over. Committee on Military Affairs have been heretofore agreed to. The bill (H. R. 4541) to consolidate the >eterinary ervice, The bi 11 was reported to the Senate as amended. and the United States Army, and to increase its efficiency was announced amendments were concurred in. as next in order. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The 'Qill will go over. the third time, and passed. 1\fr. KERN. That is a very meritorious bill, and in support of it-- TREATISE ON ECONOMIC VALUE OF MAN. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection is made. The Senate resolution ( S. Res. 351) to print the manuscript en Senator from Arkansas objects. titled ..A treati~ on the economic value of maa." by Dr. l\fr. KERN. I hope the Senator from Arkansas will with Chauncey Rea Burr, of Portland, Me., as a Senate document draw his objection. :was announced fiS next in order. The PRESIDEXT pro tempore. It will take orne time to con 1\Ir. OVERl\IA.l'l. Let thnt go over. sider the bilL The objection disposes of it for the present, The PRESIDE...'l\,[T pro tempore. The resolution will go over. however. Al)t}RESS ON GOVERNMENT BY JUDGES (8. DOC. NO. 610). The bill (S. 4282) to establi h in the W ar De11artment and in Senate resolution ( S. Res. 357) to print the address of Chief the Na•y Department, respectively, a roll designated as •• The Justice Walter Clark, of the North Carolina Supreme Court, Army and Na \'y mednl of honor honor roll," and for other pur upon "Government by judges,'' as a Senate document was con po es was announced a s ne..""\:t in order. sidered and agreed to as follows: 1\Ir. WEST. Let that go over. Resolt:ed That the manuscript submitted by Mr. OVERUAN .on 1\larch 1\fr. CULBERSON. Let the bill go oyer. 25, 1914, entitled " Government py judges," an address delivered by The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It will go over~ 1914. 'Senate resolution .203, to amend "Rule XXV of the standing Mr. ROOT. i will ·not object to tbe ,Sena-tor from Virginia rules of the Senate, was announced as next in -order. proceeding. Mr. W ARllEN. Let that go over. Mr. SWAl~SON. 1 wish to say tothe'S.enatar from New York The PRESIDE:N•r pro tempore. The resalution will ·go over. that the committee reporting on this subject were better ac CHARI ""'!S A. COULSON. quainted with the facts than is the Senator from New York, if the 'facts as "Stated by bim are the full limit of his acquaintance The .bill (H. R.. 13G9S) to correct the military record of with the matter. Ohacles . A~ Coulson was announced as next in order. Mr. ROOT. No; I 'know many ather :facts that I lha.ve not Mr. {)VEitt\L<\.N. Let that go over. yet stated. Mr. . KERN. The Senator from Missouri [Mr. SToNE], who is ·on the ·conference committee, has .requested -me to urge ·Sena "Mr. SWANSON. ·congress =authorized, as the Senator salii, tors to lJermit this hill to ,pass. the construction of these buildings, and 1t .made an appropria Mr. OVERl\lAN. 1 will withdr.aw the objection. I did .not tion for plans lintiting tbe appropriation to the ,preparation of know anything about it. _plans by ~ Government. I hope ·the Senator will listen. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will be xead. l.lr. .:ROOT. 1 am Jistening wifh .great care. The bill was ·considered ,as in Committee ·of the Whole and Mr. SWANSOX For the preparation of the plans Congress wn s read, as follows~ provided so much money to be paid Ior the plans when submitted B e it enacted, etc., That in the administration ,of any taws ·conferring for approval. The plans were submitted, they were approvea, any rights, privileges, or benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers and the architect llas been paid wnat .he was entitled to Charles A. Coulson shall be held and considered to have been mustered receive for 'his plans. as .n 1lrtva:te jn Company II. 'Twenty-first rRegiment JUissouti ·volunteer (Infantry. on tcbruar_y 2-8, 18{)2, .and .to have been h{)noTabl'y discharged Now, when ,the time came, the arChitect deSiFea to nave a .from the millt:u·y service of the Unitea States as a mE-mber of said contract l>y wmch .he shonla b.e .paid the nsua.l 'fee ·for ·con company and rego-i:ment on t he 1st day of ·october, 1862: Providell, struction in addition to -his plans. .That hn.s never been au That other than .nbove set forth no bnck prry, bounty., "Pension, nr ·.other emolument shall accrue prior to or ·bY reason oi t he .passage of his .act. thorized. It was not held by the department in its aavertising Amenil the title so as to read: "An act for the relief of Chacles A. or implied that ·the a-:rcl:iliect who would prepare ·the plans which Coulson." would be accepted ;would. nave the ..right of construction with the ''l'he bi11 wns Teported to the Senate without amendment, or fees iuvo1ved .in it. Th.t·department never had any authority to dered to a thlrd reading, read the third time, and passed. make a contract to pay the archl1ect'.s ·fees of ·5 :Per .cent .:for The title was amended so as ·-to Tead: "A bill for the -relief construction. of Oharles .A. Coulson." If I recollect right, the architect has already been :paid DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BUILDING. $40,000. He and those who are -couperating with him have for The 'bill ( S. 605V) to ;pro-vide for the erection, furnishing, years ,prevented any bill 'fro.m passing for the construction af .a and equipping of a building in the city of Washingtol\, :0. C., building 'for the Department of Justice here unless the bill ::for the [)(U)artrnent of ,Justice ·was announced as next in ·order. would compel the Government to employ him ~s the .n.rchitect .Mr. KERN. Let the bill go over. .and pay hi.m the usual fee for construction. Mr. ROOT. Let me ask if I am correct in understanding tbat The department nas insisted. and the Commjttee on ;public the bill is substantially the same as House bill 13&70, which Buildings .and Grotnds have i:..sisted, that the -entire contract passed the House? made with this architect hns been comptied with. The eontraet Mr. SWANSON. I do not think the bill has passed the was entered into and .all the money that .be is entitled to onder House. A similar biTI was intt'oduced tn the House and the that contract for the .adoption and acceptance of his plan will be Senate-the bfll prepared by 'tlle ·department. paid. He .is entitled to that; bnt there .is nothing lin the law or Mr. CUOOT. 1 'Wi!i!h to say abaut this ~ bill that it appears to the authorization ·requiring rthe.m ·to employ him to construct ·the me to have been based upon insufficient .information ;about the building. There rrrlght, and possibly will be, some .:lllodificatio.ns facts. in the plan. All I hn;ve to ·say is that if the Senator wishes to l:n 1910 Congress authorized the obtaining of designs ana es take the responsibility of saying that this greai: needed .rmprove timates lor tbe construction of a buTiding for the DepnrtmPnt ment -shall not be rmade rrnless ·the Government will make a of State, one for the Department of Justice. antl one for the contract it is t111cler no obligation to make and has not agreed Department of Commerce and Labor. upon the land .which we to -make. ;to amy him tbe 1'ee for supervising this •work, which lwd alreHdy 'IJUl'ctlased 'between Fourteenth and Fifteenth can_possibly be done .by the ·Supervising Architect's •office, thus Streets and Pennsylvania A-venue and the l\fall. Those designs sa vmg that money ·to the Government, the responsibility is with were to be approved by a board consisting of the President. the the Senator and not with .me. Secretary of the Treasury, .and the heads of the respective ex There is nothing in this bill that will prohibit the •Govern .ecutive aepartments. ·Under that stntute an open public com ment from employing this a-rchitect if ·his pl:ms are finally ·car petition was held, to which the architects of 'the United States vied out and if it desires to employ an architect to supervise ·were invited. Great :numbers of them crrme in and submitted the wo:rlr. There is nothing here that would exclude the em plans and designs, and those designs were passed npon by the ployment of that architect. The Government bas ·not -violated board created by 'the &atute in regard to ·the Depa-rtment o'f any cantrrrct with him. ,If the Senator will read all the docu J'nstice Building, tbe President, the Secretary of 'the Treasury, ments I put in .here about a month .ago, the correspondence, and the Attorney General. One of ·the plans was selected ana the advertisement for bids. the law, ana the letter from the the contract to be the architect for the building was awarded ·department explaining this matte~ :he will cleru·ly see that these to the maker of the successful design. Since that time that suc are the facts. cessful competito-r has been .going on ·perfecting and -working This bill was .prepared by the ·department and introduced out the plans under ·his contract with the Government. cotemporaneous1y in the House and the 'Senate as the ,plan This ·bill authorizes 'the breaking of that contract with tbe the department wishes .to .follow in connection with the erection Government and the 'ignoring of the Tights of the successful of the building lox the D-epartment of Justice. competitor. It is a breach of faith by the Government of the 1\fr. 'THOMAS. .I sllould like to inquire the name of fhe United States, which was _pledged to ihe competitors in that architect. open public competition. The bill ought not to pass if we have Mr. SWANSON. I forget the name. J have not rthe papers any regard ·for the good fa:ith of o-ur Government. It provides .here. ·that the same commission, except that the ·incumbents of the Mr. KERN. I rise to a point of order, .Mr. Presjdent. offices ba>Te changed, shall have ":power and authority to obtain, The PRESIDEXT pro tempore. The Senator from Indiana: through competition. under such conditions as the co-mmission rises to a point of order. may prescribe, or from an architect specially selected by said fl!r. KERN. I objected to the consideration of the bill, and commission," designs and plans for the building 'for the De I do not nr.tlerstand how the discnssion is proceeding. partment of Justice. and to go on and put up the building, 'illle P..RESIDEXT pxo tempore. 'l"he Chair did not near the shoving -aside and ignoring the conh·act already ·made and the Senator from Indiana object, ;J>ut he understood that the action of the Government of t.be United States under the au Senator from New York intend.OO to object. Objection is made thority .of Congress selecting the design and constituting .the and the 'bill goes over. successful competitor the architect. I think it must be that the committee was not familiar with IB.II.LB, .ETC., -p.ASSED OVER. these faCtS WhP.D it reported the biD favorab1y. The joint .resolution '(S. J. Res. 98) authoiiz1ng a survey ..and Mr. SWANSON. I should like- examination of the Rio Grande 'boriler Cif 'the United :State·s to The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Cba'ir wm state to the determine .the advisability of constructing a 'highway either Senator from New York .that in accordance with the -order under along the entire 'border or certain .seCtions thereOf was an,.. which we ru·e .now proceeding ..a single objection sends the bill : nounced as ne~t in order.. over\ · Mr. WARREN. 'Let that go llVe1\ 16852 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. OCTOBER 2l, The PRESIDEXT pro tempore. The joint resolution will be The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will be passed o-rer• passed over on the objection of the Senator from Wyoming. on the request of the Senator from Wyoming. 'l'he bill (H. R. 962) · for the relief of William H. Shannon The bill (H. R. 12919) to amend an act entitled "An. act to was announced ns next in order. provide for an enlarged homestead " was announced as next in · Mr. OVER:\IAN. Let that go over. order. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bEl will be passed over. Mr. OVERMAN. Let that go oyer. The bill ( S. 6120) for the allowance of certain claims reported The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will be passed over. by the Court of Claims was announced as next in order. The bill (S. 647) to amend an act entitled "An act for the Mr. BRYAN. Mr. President, I reported the bill, which is now suney and allotment of lands now embraced within the limits reached on the calendar. It is quite a long bill, and I will not of the Flathead Indian ReserYation, in the State of Montana, ask that it be taken up at this time. and the sale and disposal of all surplus lands after allotment.•• The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Does the Senator object to approved April 23. 1904 (33 Stat. L., 302), as amended by the its present consideration? act of March 3, 1909 (35 Stat. L., 796), was announced as next Mr. BRYAN. I do not like to be put in the attitude of ob in order. jecting to a bill which I reported. I merely r.1ake the stnte Mr. PAGE. Let that go o•er. ment that it is a bill of many pages, and that it would consume The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection being made to tlle . considerable time. present consideration of the bill, it will be pnssed o>er. Mr. WEST. I ask that the blll go over. l\Ir. WALSH. I trust that no objection will be made to that The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Georgia measure. objects, and the bill will be passed over. Mr. PAGE. I will say that when the junior Senator from The bill (S. 1267) to transfer Capt. Armistead Rust from the Oregon [l\fr. LA~"E] went away he came to me and asked thnt, retired to the active list of the United States Navy was an in the e>ent that bill should come up, I should request for him nounced as next in order. that it go over; and I told him. that I would do so. I under· Mr. THORXTON. I ask that that bill go over. stand he is opposed to the bill and wishes to be here when it is The PRESIDE~T pro tempore. The bill will be passed over. considered. The bill ( S. 1151) to remedy in the line of the Army the in- The PRESID&~T pro tempore. Objection is made, and the equalities in rank due to the past system of regimental promo bill goes over. tion was announced as next in order. 1\lr. MYERS. I simply want to say in that connection that Mr. W .ARREX I ask that that bill go over. the Senntor from Oregon [l\Ir. LANE] was in the committee The PRESIDE:XT pro tempore. The bill will be passed over. when this bill was reported, and it is my recollection that he The bill ( S. 1985) to remove the charge of desertion from the Yoted for the report and thnt the report was unanimous. Of military record of Capt. Daniel H. Powers was announced as course, howeYer, on the request of the Senator from Vermont next in order. the bill will go over. Mr. OVERMAN. Let that bill go ever. The PRESIDENT· pro tempore. The bill being objected to, it The PRESIDEXT pro tempore. The bill will be passed o-ver. will go over. The bill ( S. 4492) to authorize James F. Barbour and his suc- l\fr. PAGE. I will say that the Senator from Oregon made tho cessors in title to permanently maintain and use siding from request of me on the day before yesterday. the tracks of the Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Rail road in the city of Washington was announced as next in order. R. G. ARRINGTON. 1\Ir. THO:.\'IAS. I ask that that bill go over. . The bill · (H. n. 11840) for the relief of R. G. Arrington was The PRESIDENT pro tempore. . The bill will be passed over. considered as in Committee of tho Whole. It directs the Secre The bill (H. R. 16586) to amend section 20 of an act to tary of the Interior to cancel the abandoned homestend entry regulate commerce, to preYent overissues of securities by car of John P. Adams fer the southeast quarter of section 2. town riers, and for other purposes. was announced as ne:xt in order. ship 5 south, range 11 west, Indian meridian, Oklahoma, Guthrie • Mr. OVERMAN. Let that bill go over. land serial, and within a period of 90 days from and after the The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will be passed over passage of this act to sell the same to R. G. Arrington, the at the request of the Senator from North Carolina. present occupant of the land, for the original purchase price of The bill (H. R. 10735) to create a bureau of labor safety :i.n $981.6i. and issue a pntent to him therefor. the Department of Labor was announced as next in order. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, Mr. OVERMAN. I ask that that bill go over. ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and pas ed. Mr. KERN. Mr. President, I inquire who objected to the consideration of that bill? HOMESTEA.D PATENTS TO DESERTED WIVES. l\Ir. OVERMAN. I will say to the Senator that I object to The bill (H. R. 16296) to provide for issuing of patents for its consirleration at this time. public lands claimed under the - homestead laws by deserted The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection being made, the wiYes was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro bill goes over. · >ides that in any case in which persons have regularly initiated The bill (H. R. 12909) to correct the military record of James claims to public lands as settlers thereon under the provisions ,W. McGreevey was announced as ne:xt in order. of the homestead laws and the wife of such homestead settler l\Ir. OVERMAN. Let that bill go over. · or entryman, while residing upon the homestead claim and prior The PRESIDE~'T pro tempore. The bill will be passed over. to submission of final proof of residence, cultivation, and im provement as prescribed by law, has been abandoned and de ESTATE OF JOHN STEWART. serted by her husband for a period of more than one year. tho The bill (S. 1373) for the relief of the estate of John Stewart, deserted wife shall, upon e tablishing the fact of such abandou dece:t sed, was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It ment or desertion to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the proposes to pay to William L. Browning, administrator of the Interior. be entitled to submit proof upon such claim and obtain estate of John Stewart. deceased, late ciYil engineer. for e:xtra patent therefor in her name in the form. manner. and subject compensation for services rendered by him to the Government to the conditions prescribed in section 2201 of the Re-rised Stat in connection with the Potomac Flats case, $2,000. utes of the United States and acts ·supplemental thereto an ... ' 1914. CONGll.ESSIONAL RECORD~SENATE. 16853 to- find the amendment, and I ask, therefore, that the bill be The bin was reported t'O'- the Senate as amend-ed, and the temporarily passed over. amendment was. concurred in. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. On the request of the Sena The bHl was. ordered' to be· engrossed for· a· third reading, tor from Montana the bill will be temporarily passed o-ver. read the thirEt ti:rll.e,.. and; passed. The bill (H. R. 11246)- for the restoration of annuities to the FREDERICK J'. BmKETT. Medawnkanton and Wahpakoota (Santee) Sioux. Indians d:e The bill ( S. 6011) to reinstate Frederick J. Birkett as third elared forfeited by too act Februa.L'y Hh 18u3, was. aBJlDWl.Ced ot lieutenant in tbe United' States Re,en.u.e-Cutter Servi~e was as next in order. considered as in Committee of the Whor.e. The bill had been Mr. PAGE. I ask that that bill be passed over. reported from the- Committee on Commerce, with an amend The PRESIDEXT pro tempore. The bill will be. pru:;sed over. ment, in 11n.~ 8', af.ter the. word "thirteen.'" to insert: R. The bill ~H. 7205) to correct the military record Qf. H. S-. Pro1:ided, That thl.s appoi.Jltment shall not be made until the said Hathaway was announced as next in o1·der. Bu·Irett shall have passed a satisfactory physical exa.mination befol':'e .l\Ir. OVERl\JAN. Let that bill go over. a board of surgeons of the United States- Public_ Health Set:vi~e . The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will be passed over. So as to make· the- bill rend: EBIK J. AANRUD. Be it en-acted~ etc., Tbat the> Secretary of the Treasury be. nnd he is hereby, authorized and directed to ap[?oint as a third lieutenant in the The biD (H. R. 4318) to authorize the Secretary of the In United States Re-v£nue-Cutter Sel'vice- Frederick .L Birkett, formerly terior to cuuse patent to issue to Erik J. Aanrudl upon his thh1d lieutenant in the- Un;ited. States R.~venue-Cutter Service, and who voluntarily resignea from such servic~ on October 8. f913: Providerll h'Omestead entry for- the southeast quarter of the no-rth~ast Tb1lt thl:s appointment shalr not be made un-til the' said Birkett shall quarteT of section 15', township 159 n-orth,. range 73 west. in have passed a satistaetory physical' examination beto.re a. boud of sur• the Devils Lake land district, North D.a.kota. waS: consi TRANSPpRTATION OF GASOLINE ON VESSELS. tlons of the Boa.rd of Supervising Inspectors: Pr01:icled, howev er, That any officer holding a llceuse and who is engagC'd in a service which The bill (H. R. 14377) to amend section 4472 of the Revised necessitates his continuous absence frum the United States may make Statutes, transportation of gasoline by passenger vessels, was application in writin~ - for · 1·enewal and tt·ansmit the same to the board of local inspectors with his certificate of_cltizenship. if naturnlized, and considered as in Committee of the Whole. H proposes to amend a statement of the applicai!t VN'ified before a consul or other officer section 4472 of the Revised Statutes by adding thereto the fol of the United State!'! authorized to administer an oath. s ettin~ forth the reasons for not appeat·ing ln person; and upon receiving the same lowing provision : the board of local inspectors that originally issu ed such license shall Pmvided, h0tce1:er, That nothing in the foregoing or following Rec renew the same and shall notify the applicant of such renewal : Pro tions of this act shall prohibit the transpot·tation and use by vessels vided turthet·, That no license as m'l.ster. mate. or pilot of any cJas~ carrying passengers or freight for hire of g.asoline or an_v of the prod of vessel shali be renewed w1tbout furnishing a satisfactory ce1·tificatc ucts of petroleum· for the operation of engmes to supply an aux1llary of examination as to color bllndnel':s. And in all cases where the issue lighting and wireless system independent of the vessel's main power is the suspension or revocation of snch · licenses, wbetbet· before tho plant : Prov ided further, That tbe transportation or use of such gaso local boat·ds of i nl': pectors · (of steam vessels). as provided for in sec· line or any of the products of petroleum shall be under such regula tion 4450 of the Revised Statutes, or before the supervising inspector! tions as shall b(' prescribed by the board of supervising inspectors, with as provided for in section 4452 of th(' R('vlsed Statutes. the accusea the approval of the Secretary of Commerce. · shall be allowed to appear by counsel and to testify in his own b~ half. No master, mate. pilot. or. ('ngineer of st<>nm ves<:els licensed The bill was repor.ted to the Senate without amendment, or under title 52 of the Revised Statutes, pages 43!'19 to 4500, shall be dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. liable to draft in time of war. exc('pt for the performance of dutie!'l such as required by his license ; and whlle perfot•m!ng · such duties in RURAL CREDITS IN IRELAND (S. DOO. NO. G07). the service of the Pnit('d States every such master. mate. pilot. or en The resolution ( S. Res. 451) reported by 1\Ir. FLETCHER from gineer· shall be entitled to the bi ~? hest rate of wages oaid in the mer· chant marine of the United States for similar services; and if kill('d the Committee on Printing September 5, 1914, was considered or wounded while performing SU<'h duties under the United States. thev by unanimous consent and agreed to, as follows: or their heirs or their legal representatives shall lJe entitled to all the R esolved, That the manuscript entitled " Rural Credits in Ireland," prh'ilPp.-es ac<'orded to soldiers and sailors serving in the Army or by Hon. Wesley Frost, United States consul at Queenstown, be printed Navy under the pension laws of the United States. as a Senate document. The bil1 was reported to the Senate without amendment, MARKET FOR COTTONSEED MEAL AND CAKE. ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. · · The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 33) submitted by Mr. ST. FRANCIS RIVER BRIDGE, ARKANSAS. SHEPPARD on August 2.15 (calendar day, August 29), 1914. was The bill (H. R. 17825) to authorize the construction, mainte considered bv unanimous consent and agreed to, as follows: nance, and operation of a bridge across the St. Francis River, ,Whereas about 500,000 tons of cottonseed meal and cake have heretofore at or near St. Francis, Ark., was considered as in Committee been annually export('d from the United States; and · Whereas by reason of wat• conditions this surplus is without a market of the Whole. abroad, the surplus eQualing about one-third of the to~aJ output; aJ?-d The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment. Whcn•as the dumping of this surplus on existing domestic markets. will depress the price of this arti<'le both as to raw matet·ial and fimshed ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. product to such an extent as to cause disastrous losses to farmers KINDER & NICOL. producing the raw material : Therefore be it R. 8562) & Resolt,ed by the Senate (the House of Representatives C01tcttrring), The bill (H. for the relief of Kinder ~icol was That the Secretat·y of Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce are considered as in Committee of the Whole. It nutborizes :md hereby authorized and requested Immediately to investigate the possi directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to Walter Kinder bility of wider domestic markets for these products, especially in the northwest, northern. and northeast S('Ctlons of the United States, and and Peter Nicol, trading as Kinder & Nicol, of San Diego, Stnte to repot·t to Congr·ess at the earliest practicable date a plan for ac of California, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise quainting these sections with the value and availability of these prod appropriated,. the sum of $22, the same being the value of skiff ucts as a feed for dom('stic animals, and for the marketing in these sections of the surplus of these products heretofore exported. and pair of oars borrowed by Immigrant Inspectors G. T. Jones and Dan S. Kuykendall from said Kinder & Nic'ol for use of . DR. L. W. CULBREATH. the United States GQyernment and destroyed while in the pos The bill (H. R. 10763) for the relief of Dr. L. W. Culbreath session of the said immigrant inspector&. was announced as next in order. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or· · 1\fr. OVERl\1AN. Let that bill go over. dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. 1\fr. LEA of Tennessee. I hope the Senator from North Caro lina will withdraw his objection to the consideration of that bill. DRENZY A. JONES AND JOHN G. HOPPER. Mr. OVERMAN. Mr. President, I will say that I did not The bill (H. R. 2703) for "the relief of Drenzy A. Jones aud understand the bill. and I withdraw my objection to it. John G. Hopper, joint contractors, for suneyjng Yosemite · The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from North Park boundary, was announced as next in order. Carolina withdraws his objection. Mr. WALSH. Let that bill go over. There being no objection, the bill was considered as in Com The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection being made, the mittee of the Whole. It proposes to pay to Dr. L. W. Culbreath bill will be passed over. $1,000, as reward for his services in capturing one Frank Hart, BATTLE FIELDS IN STATE OF TENNESSEE. alias W. B. Conrad. who robbed a mail car on train No. 104, Tlle bill ( S. 6384) to authorize the acceptance of certain Illinois Central Railroad, at Memphis. Tenn., June 21, 191L lands by the United States for a military park rese1·v:ttion, and The bill wns reported to the Senate without amendment, for other purposes, was considered as in Committee of the ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. Whole. JOINT RESOLUTION PASSED OVER. The Secretary read the bill, as follows: The joint resolution (S. J. Res. 180) to determine the rights Be it e-nacted, etc. That the Secretar7 of War be, and be hereby is. au thorized and directed to accept deeds o gift o1· conveyance from tbe State of the State of Nebraska and its citizens to the beneficial use of Tennessee, or an.v county or counties thereof. or any citizen. pet·son. or of waters stored in the North Platte River by the Pathfinder association, of lands in Davidson County, Rutherford County. and Wil Dam was announced as next in order. liamson County, State of Tennessee, embracing the battle tit>lds. or any Mr. WARREN. Let that go over. part or parts thereof, where were fought the battles o( Nashville, Stones River, Murfreesboro, and Franklin, tn the State oJf Tennessee, The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The joint resolution will be during the Civil War; also the "Hermitage," the home of -\.ndrew .Tack pas ed over. son, in Davidson County, State of Tennessee, which may be donated by de('dS of gift or conveyance to the United Stat('S of America for the PISTAKEE LAKE AND NIPPERSINK LAKE BRIDGE. purpose of establishing national military parks thereon; ~~id lands to be forever dedicated for the purposes of national military parks ot• The bill (H. R. 17267) to authorize Frank H. Gardiner to reservations. and to be developed and maintained as sltcb n:r the Unlt<> d construct a bridge across the waters of Pistakee Lake and States of America; and no charge or fee is to he made to or asked from Nippersink Lake at or near their point of intersection was con the public for admission to the grounds of said parks or rt•,;ervations. SEC. 2. That the United States of America, upon the rompl('tion of sidered as in Committee of the Whole. th(' transfer of title to the lands so donat('d and dedicated fot· national The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, military park pm·poses, shall establish and maintain poqt roads con ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. necting said battle fi('lds, and connecting each of said battiP. tlelds with the national cemeteries in Davidson County, Rutherford l 'ount:y, and LICENSES OF OFFICERS OF VESSELS. Willia mson County, State or Tennessee, and with the " []ermitage," the home of President Andrew Jackson, in Davidson County, State of Tlle bill (H. R. 16346) to amend section 4131 of the Revised Tennessee. Statutes of the United· States of America as amended by the act SEc. 3. That the national military parks to be established by the of Congress approved 1\lay 28, 1896, relating to the renewal of provisions of this act shall be under the control of the ~('cretary of War. licenses, was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro SEC. 4. Tbat the post roads to be established by the provisions ot poses to amend section 2 of section 4131 of the Revised Statutes this act shall he under tbe control of the Postmaster Gen('ral. of the United Stfl tes as amended by the act of Congress ap SF.c. 5. That the Secretary of· War is directed to take :-;tPps to have the ·State of Tennessee cede jurisdiction over said lands to the United pro>ed 1\Iay 28, 18!>6, relating to the renewal of licenses, so as States of America. to read .as follows: . _ The bill was reported to the Senate .. without amendment, or SEC. 2. That aU licenses issued to such omcers shall be for a term of five years: but the holder of a license may have the same renewed dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, for another five years ln the manner prescribed in the rules .an.d regull.· and passed. 1914. .CONGRESSION1\.L RECORD-SEN lTE. 16855 . TEN EYCK · DE WITT VEEDER. . • . The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or Tile bill (S. 3000) for the r~lief of Ten Eyc_k De Witt Veeder, -~ered to a third reading, read the third time, and pn.ssecl. commodore on the retired list of the United States Navy, was LLOYD C. STARK. · announced-as next in order. · . The bill (S. 6497) for the relief of Lloyd C. Stark was cou Mr: THORNTON. Let that bill go over. sidered as in Committee of the Whole. It authorizes the Presi The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will be passed over. dent, by and ·with the advice and consent of the Senate, to ap a . c. ·aonoE:s, :8:. A. PowELL, JorrN sMrTrr, A.Nn JosEPH RIDLEY. point Lloyd C. Stark to the active list of the United Stntes The bill (H. R .. 888) for the relief of H. C. Hodges, H. A. Navy, to take rank with and next after Charles Lewis Best. Powell; John Smith, and Joseph Ridley was consi~t- red as in lieutenant (junior grade) : Provided, That the said Lloyd C. Co mini ttee of the Whole. Stark shall establish to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or Navy, by the usual examination prescribed by law for the grade dered to a third reading, read t:J?.e third. time, and passed. of lieutenant (junior grade) in the United States Navy, his physical, mental, moral, and professional fitness to perform the JOH.N HENRY GffiBONS. duties of said grade: Provided further, That the said Lloyd C. The bill ( S. G072) for the relief of John Henry Gibbons, -cap Stark shall be carried as an additional number in the -grade to tain on the retired list of the United States Navy, was an which he may be appointed under this act or to which he may nounced as next in order. hereafter be promoted: Provided furiher, That the said Lloyd MJ:. THOR~TON (and other Senators). Let that bill go over. C. Stark shall not by the passage of this act be entitled to back The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will be passed over. pay of any kind. FRANK KINSEY HILL. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or The bill { S. 6138) for the relief of Frank Kinsey Hill, cap dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, tain on the retired list of the United States Navy, was consid and passed. ered as in Committee of the Whole. It authorizes the President BILLS PAS SED OVER. to appoint Frank Kinsey Hill, now a captain on the retired list The bill { S. 6484) to provide for the nonmineral entry of of the United States Navy, to the active list of captains of the lands withdrawn, classified, or reported as containing coal. United States Navy, to take rank next after Capt. Clarence phosphate, nitrate, potash, oil, gas, or asphaltic minerals in Stewart Williams, United States Navy: Provided, That the said Alaska was announced as next in order. Frank Kinsey Hill shall be carried as additional to the number 1\Jr. WHITE~ Mr. President, at the request of the Senator in the grrade to which . he may be appointed under this act and from Colorndo, I ask that this bill may go over. · , as additional to any grade to which he may at any time here Mr. MYERS. l\lay I ask if it is· the junior Senator from after be promoted. Colorado [Mr. SHAFROTH] to .whom the Senator from Alabama The bill was reported b the Senate without amendment. or refers? dered to be engrossed for a third reading, r~d the third time, 1\.Ir. WHITE. Yes. and passed. Mr. l\lYEllS. Of course; if the Senator insists I shall ha.ve EDWARD B. KELLEY, to submit, bnt I will say that the passage of this bill is very The bill (H. R. 6939) to· reimburse Edward B. Kelley for earnestly desired by the Interior Department and very strongly moneys expended while superintendent of the Rosebud Inuian urged by it. Agency in South Dakota was considerec as in Committee of the Mr. WHITE. I will state that the Senator from Colorado Whole. has many objections concerning the bill. The bill had been reported from the Committee on Indian The PRESIDEN.r pro tempore. Objection being made, the Affairs with an amendment, on page 1, line 4, after the words bill will be passed over. "sum of," to strike out "$1,381.20" and insert "$1,558.20," so The bill (H. R. 9270) for the relief of John M. Grn.y wns as to mnke the bill rend: announced as next in order. Be i t enacted, etc., That there is hereby appropriated, out of any Mr. THOMAS. I ask that that bill go over. moneys in tbe Tl'easuL·y not otherwise appropriated, the sum of The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will be passed over. $1,558.20, to reimburse Edwa1·d B. K l:'lley, fo1·merly superintendent of the Rosebud Indian Agency in South Dakota, fo1· moneys expended for FRANK KINSEY HILL. costs and expenses in a suit b1·ought against him by one H. A. Bloom, involving the property of an Indian, a member of the Pine Ridge Sioux Mr. .THORNTON. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the Tribe, and for t he payment of a jud ~m e nt entrred against him in said vote by which the Senate passed Senate bill 6138, for the relief suit: P r ovided, 'fhat before any part of the amount herein appropri of Frank Kinsey Hill, captain on the retired list of the United ated is paid to the said Edwa1·d B. Kelley there shall be. Sled a duly attested certificate of t be clerk of the court in which the judgment w_as States Navy. . entt> red, showing tha t said judgment bas been fully paid and satisfied: The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Louisiana And provided t u rthe1·, That the said Edward B. Kelley shall file a re moves that the Senate reconsider the vote by which Senate bill ceipt In full of all claims or demands against the United States or any Indian by reason of the moneys expended in connection with the suit 6138 was passed. herein referred to. Mr. ·THORNTON. I will state the reason for the motion. The amendment was agreed to. There are several retired officers who are in exactly the same The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the situation. We have refused to pass any of the others, and amendment was concurred in this was done without the notice of a single member of the The amendment was ordered to be engrossed, an1 the bill to Naval Affairs Committee. I had never heard of that bill. It be read a third time. neYer came before me. For that reason it is not fair that this The bill was read the third time and passed. officer should receive the benefit of the bill without the other officers having an opportunity to have their cases also con REGISTERS AND RECEIVERS IN KANSAS. sidered The bill {S. 6392) for the rel ief of registers and receivers of 1\Ir. POMERENE obtained the floor. United States land offices in the State of Kansas was announced 1\Ir. S~HTH of Michigan. 1\lr. President-- as next in order. .l\1r. P0)1ERENE. I yield to the Senator from Michigan. 1\lr. THOMPSON. Mr. President, I am interested in the pas· 1\Ir. S)IITH of Michigan. .Mr. President, I think this is an sage of this bill, but probably more time would be required for act of justice to Capt. Hm, and while I am as deeply interested its consideration thnn the Senate would care to give to it at in the bill regarding the restoration to active sen·ice of Capt. this time. I am willing, therefore-, that it shall go over. Gibbons as I could possibly be in any matter of a personal I am also interested in the next bill, and I trust no objetcion nature-he is my boyhood friend, and has not a single black :Will be mode to its consideration at this time. mark Bgainst him from the time he entered the Naval Academy The PH.ESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator! from Kansas until he returned on the dreadnought Utah to New York objects, and the bill will be passed over. Harbor after the Vera ·cruz assignment-! had very much PATRICK M'GEE, ALIAS PATRICK GALLAGHER. hoped that the Senator from Louisiana had consented to allow TJle bill (H. R. 5474) foi· the relief of Patrick l\fcGee, alias the case of Capt. Hill to pass. I certainly should make no Patrick Gallagher, was considered as in Committee of the point on it. I think the retirement of Capt. Hill and Capt. Gib Whole. It provides that in the administration of the pension bons reflects no credit upon this Government, and weakens the laws Patrick McGee. alias Patrick Gallagher, who served as a Navy. I do not wish to embarrass the Senator from Louisiana private in Company H, Tenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infan in any way. try, under the· name of Patrick Gallagher, shall hereafter be Mr. THORNTO~. It is not possible for the Senator from held and considered to have been honorably discharged frOU\. 1.\o~ichigan to embarrass the Senator from Louisiana by anything the mi1itary service of the United States as a member of said in connection with this case. company and regiment: Provided, That no back pay, bounty, Mr. S~IITH of .Michigan. I can at least embarrass him to pension, or allowance shall be allowed by reason of this act. the extent of not permitting this bill to be reconsidered, if that _T_,I-1062___.. . (16856 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. OCTOBER '2.1 '~ is any embarrassm€ntL The case can not be reconsidered unless respect, I make the poirrt of order that t)y tmanimous consent the Senate so votes. the Senate proceeded to call the calendar on unobjected bills; Mr. WARREN. Mr. President, if the case of Capt. HilJ is that ther(! 3.l'e only six o.r eight bills left on the cal~dar; and on all fours with that of Capt. Gibbons, I certainly hope the that we must finish them before a motion to reconsider some bill may remain as it is, as passed; and I hope that at some thing that has been don'e can be taken up and disposed pf. other time we will do likewise with the bill for the relief of The PRE ..~!IDENT pro tempore. The \Jhair agrees with the Capt. Gibbons. Senator from Montana this far: The Chair made an error in .Mr. SWANSON. Mr. President, I think there is a misunder submitting the question at the pre ent time. He should have standing in the Senate in connection with these officers selected nske many of the cotton cases that have been before us for so many CONGR~S~ OF WORLD'S PURITY FEDERATION. years? The joint resolution (H. J. Res. 271) authorizing the Presi Mr. BRYAN. No, Mr. President; this case is not similar in dent to nppoint delegates to attend the Ninth International any respect to those other cases. -The claim was sought to be Congress of the World's Purity Federation, to be held in the enfoi.·ced by the agent-- city of San Francisco, State of California, July 18 to 24. 1915, Mr. WARREN. I ha>e no objection, upon the assurance the was considere Mr. OVEIH\!AN. I objected to that bill. I have no ?bjec?-01~ '\Vb('reas fOO govenLOI"s of .a majority -or the cotton growing States of t-o its consider.ation now. the Union are unavoidably absent and we have no authority to bind them or their .States in uny manner: Theref.ore be lt ltlr. THORNTON. I .am gQ law, the pre'\"iously well- ettled rule that such prohibitive legislation is and 22 minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, clearly constitutional. The Federal imposition of a prohibitive tax on all cotton of the 1915 Thursday, October 22, 1914, at 12 o'cl<>pendence, bt'slde..q minimizing or extirpating boll WE.>evil and other pests that can only reproduce themselves annually Frederick L. Siddons, of the District of Columbia, to be as tht·ough cotton plants. Even legal reduction by a prohibitive tax on sociate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, all cotton gt·owu, if over a fixed percentage of all cultivated lands be devoted to cotton, would do much toward relieving the prPsent dis vice Daniel Thew Wright, resigned. tressed situation. In the South all concede the advantage and prac AUDITOR FOR PORTO RICO. tical necessity of reducing cotton cultivation 5{) per cent or more, but some insist that this reduction should be voluntary. If so' left, the Jesse W. Bonner, of Tennessee, to be auditor for Porto Rico, value of the present crop would be destroyed and the southern farmPrs to take effect December 13, 1914. Nominuted in accordance with bP disabled, moEt of tht'm, from paying their present obligations in full and of fa1·ming at all next year, except in a feeble--way, bPcause the the provisions of the act of Congress approYed April 12. 1900, world would not belleve in the reduction until after next year's plant entitled ''An act temporarily to provide revenues and a civil ing season. If such rPductlon be enforced by law, the only means of government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes." (Reap. obtaining uniform concened action, the situation would be at once clat•ified and all woul-d know what to do and what to expect. ImmPdl pointment) ste arran~ements would be made in the South, on large scale, for plant ing and harvesting grain and for providing foodstuffs for themselves and for others. - CONFIR~IATIONS. During the Civil War. In December, 1863, when moral suasion bad Ea:ec·utive nominations confirmed by the Senate Qctober 21, 1914. fai!Pd to have the desired efft'ct, when the oPed was, as now, for sudden change of a~ri·icultural activity from cotton to foodstuffs, that result CoMMISSIONER oF IM.MIGBATION. .was not wholly left to individuals, but was forced by a practically pro hlllitive tax impo!'led in Mississippi and in most, if not all, of the other John P. 1\Iayo to be commissioner of immigration at the port cotton States. That occurred in the boar of strong views of personal of New Orleans, La. and property rights, bnt was made to meet, as Is the proposed legal re / duction or elimination of cotton, war emerg-encit's. ExAAITNEB OF DRUGS, MEDICINES, AND CHEMICALS. The objpction, coming chiefly from cities, that such legislation is paternalistic and invadPs personal and property ril!hts. overlooks the . Marshall l\1. Bradburn to be special examiner of drugs, medi tact that all laws abridge liberty, in the interest of individual and pub cines, and chemicals in customs collection district No. 20. lic welfare, with a view of making it easier to takP right roads and harder to go otherwise, and that the trend of population is toward PROMOTIONS IN THE ARMY. large cities, -where exists the greatest limitation on personal and prop CORPS OF ENGINEERS. erty rights. While the cotton States, through the exercise of their pollee powpr, First Lieut. Glen E. Edgerton to be captain. could eliminate or rPdnce cotton production. hut fpw of the legislaturf'S Second Lieut Leo. .J. Dillow to be first lieutenant / / are In SPsRion, and uniformity and concert of action Is difficult to obtain. Without State or J<'ederaJ relief the 1914 crop will not bring to its COAST ABTILLERY CORPS. producers half the outlay it entailed, and will leave them so crippled that very little cotton or other crops will be produced in 1915. If f:ucb First Lieut. .Jacob A. Mnck to be captain. calamity confront~ the North or W(>st, quick congn•s. ional action would Second Lieut. John "P. McCaskey, jr., to be first lieutenant. follow, snch as came to the dairymen. Relief should not be withheld Second Lieut. Edward S. Harrison to be first lieutenant. nor denied because the direct injury and loss falls alone on the South, evt'n though some of our statesmen now, as in the paRt, entertain strong PROMOTIONS IN THE NAVY. views on the right and power of Governments to aid Individuals. All departments of govc>rnment. Fedt'ral. State. and municipall arP but Lieut Commander Jonas H. Holden to be a commander. agencies chosen by the people to legally direct affairs for the benefit of Lieut. Levin J. Wallace to be a lieutenant commander. the people. Parti!'lan and sectional alignments should sink from view Passed Asst. Surg. Wesley H. Rennie to be a surgeon. tn face of such disaster as now thrPatens the cotton-growing South, and he.lpful legislntion along constitutional and economic lines should be The following-named ensigns to be lieutenants (junior grade) : qnlckly enacted, thus providing not a mere sectional but a national Max. B. De Mott, benefaction. Chauncey A. Lucas, JENNIE L. MAGINN. Frank SlingJuff, jr., and Mr. SHIVELY. From the Committee on Pensions, to which Edward C. Raguet. was referred the joint resolution (H. J. Res. 375) correcting Meclical Inspector Manley F. Gates to be a medical director. an error in House bill 15692, approved .July 21, 1914 (Private, Lieut. CoL Eli K. Cole to be a colonel in the Marine Corps. No. 95), I report it bRck favorably without amendment and ask PoSTMASTERS. for its present considerntion. There being no objection. the Senate. as in Committee of the FLORIDA. Whole, proceeded to consider the joint resolution, which was B. S. Hancock, Pensacola. read, as follows: GEORGIA.. Whereas by an error occurring in the bill report~d by the House Com Dollie Allen, Ellaville. mittee on Invalid Pensions upon H. R. 16692. approved July 21, Benjamin R. Leggett. Broxton. 1914 (Private, No. 95), the name of one Loughlin F. Maginn. late .James C. Newsom, ·washington. of Company H, Sixteenth Regiment Nt'w York Volunteer Infflntry, was changed to read Lougblier F. M.aginn, of said regiment: There .John Quinn West, Thomson. fore be it IDAHO. Resol1ied, etc., That the paragraph in an act entitled "An act grant P. H. Blake, Orofino. ing pensions and Increase of pensions to cPrtain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War, and certain widows and dependent children of soldiers LOUISIANA. and sailors of said war," approved July 21, 1914 (Private, No. 95, H. C. Richardson, Franklinton. Sixty-third Congress), granting an Increase of pension to one Jennie L. l\1aginn be corrected and amended so as to read as follows: NORTH CAROLINA. "Tbe name of .Jennie L. Ma~lnn, widow of Loughlin F. Maginn, late of Company R, Sixteenth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry. and .Junius Bridger, Windsor. · pay her a pension of $20 per month in lieu of that sbe is now t·ecelvtng." Thomas C. Frisbee,' Hot Springs.. The joint resolution was reported to the Senate without 1\!illard F. Hales, Wendell. am~ndment, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and C. L. Linville, Kernersville. passed. OHIO. The preamble was agreed to. Michael M. Mowls, Waynesburg. LEON GREENBAUM. OKLAHOMA. The PRESIDE~"T pro tempore laid before the Senate the John M. Jones, Hennessey. action of the House of llepresenbttives disagreeing to the SOUTH CAROLINA. amendment of, the Semtte to the bill (H. R. 10168) for the relief .James A. Parler, Elloree. of Leon Greenbaum. and requesting a conference with the Sen TEXAS. ate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon. Hattie M. Culpepper, Palmer. _ 1\lr. BRYAN. I move that the Senate recede from its amend Alex Dienst, Temple. ment. .James C. Gose, Krum. The motion was agreed to. R. E. Rankin, Abilene. EXECUTIVE SESSION. R. A. St. John, Cisco. Mr. KERN. I mo\e thnt the Senate proceed to the con&id VIRGINIA. eration of executive business. Boyd Boggess, Richlands. The motion wns agreed to, and the Senate proceeded to the Charles C. King, Pearisburg. consideration of executh·e business. After 15 minutes spent in WISCONSIN. executive session the doorli were reopened. and {at 2 o'clock Dorothea Devlin, LoyiU.