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gra11t c.l to them and their children; to the Committee o_n In 1611. Also, petition of the American Legion, Department of dian Affair . Connecticut, protesting against any time limit for the filing of 1598. By Mr. ALDRICH: Petition of South Providence Lodge. mental claims arising from service to the United States in the No. 3~8, I. O. B. A., Providence, R. I., protesting against the World War; to the Committee on World War Veterans' Legis -passage of the Johnson immigration bill; to the Committee on lation. Immigration and Naturalization. 1618. By l\lr. PATTERSON: Memorial of Winfield Council, 1599. Also, petition of Rhode Island Lodge, No. 287, P. 0. W., No. 63, Sons and Daughters of Liberty, Jersey City, N. J., ProYidence, n. I., protesting against the passage of the Johnson favoring the immigration bill (H. R. 6540) ; to the Committee immigration bill; to the Committee on Immigration and Nat on Immigration and Naturalization. uralization. 1619. By Mr. STRONG of Pennsylvania: Petition of Council lGOO. By I\1r. CABLE: Petition of Allen Lodge, No. 145, In No. 149, Sons and Daughters of Liberty, Blairsville, Pa., in ternational As5ociation of Machinists, of Lima, Ohio, favoring favor of House bill 6540, to further restrict immigration; to the passage of the Brookhart-Hull bill (S. 742 and H. R. 2702); the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. to the Committee on Naval Affairs. 1620. By l\Ir. YOUNG: Petitions of C. W. Fine and 31 other 1601. Dy l\lr. OXNERY: Petition of Young Men's Hebrew citizens of Sheyenne, N. Dak.; Alfred Haldi and other citizens A.s ociation, Lynn, Mass., condemning the so-called Johnson of Glenburn, N. Dak. ; H. A. Podoll and other citizens of bill; to tlle Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. Jud, N. Dak. ; and E. W. Anderson ancl 69 ot!Jer citizens of 1G02. By Mr. COOK : Petition of executive committee of the Alexander, N. Dak., urging the passage of the Norris-Sinclair Marion Woman's Department Club, Marion, Ind., in support of bill; to the Committee on Agriculture. the prohibition act; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 1621. Also, petition of A. G. Sevareid and other citizens of 1603. Ry ::\Ir. CORNIXG: Petition of the Giueon Lodge No. Velrn, N. Dak., and 36 citizens of Tappen, N. Dak., urging an 140, I. O. B. B .. Albany, N. Y. in opposition to the restrictive increa~e in the duty on wheat from 30 to 60 cents per busllel, immigration bill introduced by Representative .ALBERT JoHN the repeal of the drawhack proYision and the milling-in-bond so:K; to the Committee 011 Immigration and Naturalization. privilege, also the pasRage of the \Vallace plan for the mar 1604. Ey I\Ir. EVA KS of Montana: Petition of Eric Peterson keting of wheat; to the Committee on Ways anu Means. and other citizen~ of Deer Lodge, l\font., urging the enactment into law of legi lation similar to or identical "ith the Brook hart-Hull bill (8. 742 anc1 H. R 2702) requiring that all trictly SENATE. militar~· supplie · be manufactured in the Go1ernment-owue Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the hls country pass through several crises. H e will live in history Uouse of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the family of as a n example of what America has done for the fr.ugal, in the deceased. dustrious, honest immigrant, who came to her shore seeking 'Mr. SHIPSTEAD. Mr. "President, in the death of Senator the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. KNUTE NELSON, America lost one of its strong, sturdy, self relying men. For more than fifty years he served in positions of l\Ir. L ODGE. l\Ir. 'President, my friendship with Senator honor and trust to which he had been elected by the American NELSON began many :rears ago. J: was elected to Congress in people. The last ·twenty-nine years of this service was spent as 1886 and took my seat in December, 1887. It was there that I met Senator .NELso_:r. He had already s.erved through two a member of this body . .A citizen, born on foreign soil, but whose life was spent in the service of his adopted country. His life's Congresses and had achieved an important position in the record is -enrolled on the pages of its history as a soldier, far House. He was then, as always, a man of marked qualities, mer, lawyer, statesman. full of courage and po sessecl of real strength, both morally and intellectually. I came to know him quite well and served with This plain rugged man, who arose from poverty to a position him in the House until his retirement in 1888. I did not see of honor Rnd trust leaves a lesson of inspiration for all the him a ,,.ain until he ea.m.e to the Sena ~e in 1895. I had come youth of America. KNU'l'E NELSON possessed the -essentials of into the Senate two years earlier, but from 1895 until his death a great man. He haterl sham and disliked ostentatious display. we were constantly associated. It was then that I came to His plain, straight forward manner of addre and actfon, his kno'". him very well. He was a man of great vigor, both simple life, his devotion to family and friends, and his loyalty pby ically and mentally. He was very independent in his to what he considered to be his country's welfare, stamped him opinions and perfectly fe· rless .in the assertion of his con as a man who always remajned true to his own ideals. victions. He wa a strong man in every way, a good lawyer, Ibsen says " To be true to his God, man must be true to him- an<.l a most excellent Senator, hard working, diligent, and elf." KNUTE NELSON was above all things true to himself. always master of any subject which h" took up and to which Therefore, the people of 1Dnnesota affectionately calleJ him he gave his attention. Ile was a man of intense patriotism who "Knute!' He came among them as a pioneer. He suffered hnd served through the Civil War as a private, rising, as he the trials and privations of the early pioneers. He lived the said, to the rank of corporal, a gallant soldler who had been simple, rugged life of the farmer. wounded and taken prisoner at Port Hudson. rNUTE NELSON was born in Voss, Norway, on the 2 11 day There neY-er was a more tho1·ough American than he, but he of February, 1843. His father died when he was three years had a very loyal natur...: and always retained his affection for old. In 1849, when sL""r years of age, he emigrated with his t be land of his birth. As the years went on, by· his force of mother, to America. They settled in Chicago, where the young character and his mental strengt h, he secured such a position lad sold papers in order that he might help his mother and pro in the Senate that Ile was always L.stened to with close atten vide for their ~upport. They moved to Dane County, Wisconsin, tion ancl all be said carried a great deal of weight. in the fall of 1850, where young Knute attended the common I baYe seen him more than once, by one of his vigorous school, sufferiug the difficulties and privations of the pioneer speeclles, change votes in the Senate in debate and carry :youth of ·that uay. He entered Albion Academy in 1858, other Senators with him by the mere force of his character here he attended three years. He did not finish his comse and good sense. Everyone recognized, whether they agreed at Albion on account of the outbreak of the war between the with him or not. the honesty of bis opinions and the strength St11 tes. He enlisted in the Union Army on July 2, 1861, at in argument with which he presented them. He filled a large Ro.cine, "Ti!·., and was mustered into the service on the same place in the Senate and commanded a respect which is only day as a private in Company B, Fourth Wi ·consin Volunteers. given to men who have ,proved· their qualities of sincerity anu Be was wounded and captured in action at Port HudJ on, La., conYiction. June 14, 1863; was held a a prisoner of war at Po.rt Hudson His death brought to me a sense of great personal loss. uutil July 9, 1863, when he returned to his company. He was There were many memorie which we had shared and I had appointed corporal and served with his company until July for him a very real aflection. I lmd known him so long nnd 11, 1864, when he was honorably mustered out of service by so well that I bad come very strongly to realize that, although reason of expiration of term of enlistment. At tbe close of the his manner was sometimes blunt :ind be was never at any w.ar he returned to Albion Academy, finished his course., and time a phrri' e maker, he meant an he said and that he had be rune a Jaw st udent at Madison jn the office of Hon. Wi lliam the implicity of truth and warm affections which ne1rei• F. Vilas, who was after ;vards Postmaster General in Pre:sident failed his f·ricnds. He hau reached a ripe age, strong ancl Cleveland's Cabinet and later United State enator from Wis Yigorous to the fast. To the Senate, to the country, and to ; consin. 1\1r. NELSON was admittecl to the bar in 1867. ancl hi State, his death was not only a severe loss but leaves be immediately commenced the practice of law. In the fall of hiu which connect a glorious past With the present are imndered. 0 The departed Senator in tribute. to whose memory this Cay The potentates on whom men gazE>, bas been set apart, by reason of his great strength lived ten When once their rule has reached its goal, years beyond the three score and ten years spoken of by tht> I Die into darkness with their days. psalmist as the allotted period for man's earthly e:xistenc '.). Aml But monarchs ot the mind ana soul, though in the natural course of human ev-ents it was appaTent With light unfailiqg and unspent, tllat his life of usefulness and honor must soon be rounded to Illumine fame's firmament. a peaceful close, yet his death came as a distinct shock to those who loved him well. It is given to few men to receive Mr. RANSDELL. Mr. President, I am glad to pay ti1bute to the measure of love and devotion accorded to him, not only the memory of Senator NELso::s-. It was not my pleasure: to by hJs own people, but by all who knew him. bec~.m~ ~losely acquainted witfi him when I entered the House 3860 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE. MARCH 9, of Represenetatives 25 years ago, and I did not know him well FEBRUARY 16, 1923. until I became a member of this body on March 4, 1913, but I Hon. BYRON R. NEWTON, was very early attracted to the Senator because of a wonderful Bayside, Long Islatid, N. Y. report on the floods of the Mississippi River presented by him DEAR FRIEND: I heartily thank you for your kind letter of the 14th. to Congress as chairman of a special committee appointed by Your letter put me in mind of old times, and of your kindness to me the Senate to study that subject. On the 15th of December, while you were Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. 1898, l\Ir. NELSON submitted this great report on the Mis The incident you refer to, in reference to Chief Justice White and sissippi River floods, wbicb I wish to commend to every stu myself, is in the main correct. We did not meet and become ac dent of that very important subject. It is embodied in. report quainted at that time. Ile was a junior officer in the Conferedate No. 1433, Fifty-fifth Congress, third session, entitled "Floods Army and had been sent in there with a message after the commence of the Mississippi River." The report itself is brief, but, if ment of the siege, and remained inside with the Confederates until there be a classic on that subject, it is this document prepared the place surrendered. I was only a private in a Wisconsin regi by Senator NELSON. The evidence taken by him .and his asso ment, and in the charge that our forces made upon the Confederate ciates comprises over 500 pages, and constitutes a voluminous breastworks on the 14th of June, 1863, I was wounded very near the and extremely able mass of testimony gathered by the com Confederate breastworks, whe11e I lay from somewhere about sunrise mittee all the way down the Mississip.pi from the city of in the morning until dusk at night, when the Confederates, who were St. Paul to the Gulf of Mexico. mounting a picket right on the outside of their breastworks, came and This report, I say,. first attracted me to Senator NELSON, and picked me up and took me in Ide. I remained in the Confederate in conver ation with him I learned that when a oldjer during hospital until the place surrendered on the 9th of July. the Civil War he had become familiar with the l\Ii sissippi The place surrendered becau e the news came that Vicksburg had River and with the awful problems of the people living along I been taken on the 4th, and because the Confederates were short of its banks, caused by the de·rnstating waters of the mighty provi ions and on the verge of starving. In the hospital I was treated stream, which carried each spring to the Gulf the accumulated as well as their own men. We were in n big tent, where there -roere rainfall of a considerable portion of 31 State· of our great about 14 of us who were wounded, two Union men (myself one of Union. thE>m), and the rest Confederates. Senator NELSON sened for a considerable period of the war The la t 10 days we had nothing much to eat, except a little corn in the State of J... ouisiana. I have often heard him talk about brea!l and mule meat. To this was added sassafras tea, made from places such as Donaldsonville, Plaquemine, Bayou Plaquemines, the l'Oots that were dug out of the ground in the ravine where the Bayou Tecbe, the Atchafalaya River and other places which hospital was located. are familiar to all Louisianians but Jrnown to Yery few in the It was only at Washington, at the time you refer to, that J ustice United States Senate. They seemed to him like the play spots White and I compared notes and found that we had both been on the of his young days; and I belie·rn, Mr. Pre ident anu Senators, inside at Port Ilud on at the ame time; that is, from the 14th of J une that in tho e young day he learned to love the J)eople of until the 9th of July. 1863. My wound was not very serious. I got Louisiana and of the Southland. If he ever had an unkind feel over it quite easily. About the time the place surrendered, I was walk ing in his heart toward the people of that ection I failed to ing around on crutches. find it out. On the other band, I a certained from much in Yours, very truly, tercourse with him that he was deeply intere ted in the people K ·uTE NELSON. and the problems of the lower l\lissis ippi. His home was in Mr. Michelet also gave me a brief memorandum about that the State of Minne ota whence that mighty . ·tream takes its ame episode, prepared by Senator NELSON, dated the 6th of rise, and he had tudied the problem of the ri'\er as few men September, 1919. It pre ents the incident in a little different ever had. war, and reads a follow : Senatqr NELSON had many experiences in the South which I was tnken pri onet· and ent to the hospital the day that Port made him feel kindly to the Southern peop~e. He was at the Hoel. on was to surrender. I wa in the ho pita! tent. The colot·ed battle of Port Hud on, wa seriou ly wounded there, and was men ai.'ound knew who the Northern people were, and knew who the a prisoner in Port Hud on from the 14th of June, 1 G3, until its Southern people -were. All those who were able when they knew surrender on. July 9, 1863. An interesting episode connected Port Hudson was to sunen1ler went up on a hill and witnessed it. with his stay there was that Etlward Douglass White, after I had a crutch and was unable to go. I finally beckoned to a ward United 8tates Senator from Louisiana. a member of the colored man and be .followed me out into the brush. I then asked Supreme ourt of the United State , antl its Chief Justice him if he could procure a horse for me. The next day he gave me a one of· the greatest men this Nation eYer produced-wa also knowing look, and I followed him around to a ravine and there, sure in Port Hudson as a Confederate olclier at the rnr:v time enough, he had a fine horse and a Mexican saddle for me. The horse Senator NELSON was there. It is true that they did no~ ascertain was a sort'el animal and a fine specimen. In the outhern Army they that fact until many years sub equently. had a different prnctice from what they had in the Northern Army. I have an interesting little Rtatement of the matter in the The officers ownE'd their own animals. The horse I got was the prop Senator's own words, kindly furnished to me by a gentleman erty of a chaplain. I never hated so much in my life to part with an who for many year · was bis secretary and confidential friend, animal as I did this one, for when the war was over I had no further l\Ir. Simon l\lichelet, who is now practicing la-· in this city. use fot• it. The episode is best told by reading first a brief Jetter of l\Ir. I de ire to read at thi point a letter receiYed by Mr. l\1ichelet Byron R. Newton, former .Assi tant Secretary of the Treasury from former Vice President Marshall: under l\ir. Wilson. It is dated February 12, 1923, from Bay side, Long Island, and addres ed to Senator NEJ,SON : SCOTTSDALE, .i.riz., November 12, 1923. Mr. SnION i\lrCHELET, MY DE.AR SEX.ATOR NELSO:\ : During my term of office as Assistant i1fJ 4-lbec Bttilding, W~hh1gton, D. O. l::)ecretary of the Treasury, I recall an interesting little incident that DEAR Sm : I do not know if I have that historic temperament occurred at the White House one evening, at a dinner party, when, as we were smoking before going in to the musical entet·tainment, you which enf.hles me to express a di passionate view of the late Senator KNUTE NEL ON, of Minnesota. and Chief Justice White became deeply engrossed in the discussion of I became acquainted with him very shortly after I became Vice some personal matter, and later President Wilson told some of us Pre ident of the United States. That acquaintance soon ripened that you and the Chief Justice had discovered that you had met on some battlefield during the Civil War, you as a Union and he as a into a personal friendship. He had in my opinion a character that was above reproach, an intellect that was keen and farseeing, but Confederate soldier, and that one of you had been wounded. The meeting that night in the White House, as I understood it, was the above all, he possesse I also wish to read the following letter :from our -former in 'Illinois, l:owa, :Missouri, 'Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, coUeague and friend, Senatar John Sharp Williams, ·of Mis l\fississippi, and Louisiana, never had a better friend than sissippi: KNUTE NELSON. CEDAR Gaov:m P LANTATION, We mourn him, and we honor his memory in the highest Star Route, Yazoo City, Mii.&s., Nowmber 2, 1!J2!J.• degree. Air. SIMON 1\IICHELET, 119 A.Lbee Buildi.11g, Washi1117ton, D. 0. Mr. J'O:NlilS of Washington. Mr. President, the poet says: UY DEAR MR. MrcHELXT: Yours reached me. I was much dis tressed when I heard of Senator KNUTl!I NELSON'S death. The salient Lives of great men all remind us charucteristiCS- of the man were unfaltering ~onrage -0f conviction, We can make our lives sublime, remarkable intellectual int-egrity, a t"ugged common sense, which And departing, leave behind us reached -right conclusions of opinion and conduct almost intuitively. Footprints on the sands of time. -To these he ailded imme:nse industry and amiability to "all men This is as true to-day as when it was written. Opportunities of good will." Much more might be said, ·but if you hav_e measured for heroic ·service and great advancement -are more numerous what amounts to real good in men, in too way that I measure it, t?-da~ than ever before. We live ·in a wonderful age; and we y.ou will agree that the mere mention ·of these traits of "The Old live m a wonderful land. It holds out to every boy tlle Viking," as I ealled him, .sound •his praise as fully as could "angels ltrightest hopes. More than anywhere else real genuine suc trumpet-tongued." eess ·may be attained by everyone. Whether a young man With cordial regards, now as ever, suceeeds or fails depends largely upon himself. 'Every boy Your friend, here can start in life with every asset really needed to attain JOHN SH.ARP WILLIA.MS. success. Neither riches nor influence are required. Industry, l\lr. President, I am bringing up these episodes about the war energy, determination, perseverance, frugality, economy, hon because ·they illustrate something that we ou~ht not to forget esty, sobriety, faithfulness, and a willingness to Clo whatever in this body. They show that Senator NELSON and the other comes ·to hand, knowing that all honest toil is ·honorable, will men who fought against eaeh other during that greatest war bring success. What boy can not have these assets if he in which this country was ever ~ngaged, and I hope the_greatest will, but no one can gh-e them to him. . Re must have and in which it ever will be engaged, certainly ithe most fratricidal, live these attributes, and be -can if he will. Doing so, success have for many years had the kindliest feelings toward -011e an is sure in every walk of life. This is shown almost uniformly other. It is nearly 60 years .since the Civil War ended, and in by the lives of men great in art, sdence, education, industry, om· body to-day there is only one survivor of it-the senior and politics. Senator from Wyoming [:Mr. W MmEN], who was a1s;o in the The life of ~nator KNUTE NELSON is a striking example of service of ihis country in that very section of the Unien. The this truth. He had neither wealth nor position nor in.fluence kl.st preceding member of this body who was a soldier in that to aid him, but, by his .own inherent worth, indomitable will, war, who has since been called to his last reward, was Sena ceaseless energy, unswerving honesty, and unfailing faithful tor Bankhead of Alabama. He and the la-te Senator NELSON n.ess to trust, he reached the highest position he could attain. were very intimate frfonds. No greater tribute can be paid t9 him than to tell of the trust Uany of you doubtless recall that wonderful parade in this the people had in him. He was born in Norway of humble citv in honor of the selective service men, when on the 4th of parentage, and came to this country at an early age. Before Sei)tember, 1917, the Mem,bers of Congress .marehed down he was 1twenty-one he answered the call of his adopt-ed country Pennsylvania Avenue in full stre:1gth, and :hundreds of thou and fought for its preservation. He was woundetl and macfo a sands of people thronged the sidewalks to witness the in prisoner in 1863. When the war was over he ·came home to tlo spiring spectacle. On that oecasion John .Bankhead and KNUTE his duty ..in peace a.she had done it in war. His neighbor-s had N~so:IC'l'-one the ex-Confederate, the .other the ex-Union already learned his worth, and they elected him to their legis soldier-marched side by side as intimate friends, though latiive assembly in 11868. Elrom that time ·until ·his death his farmer opponents in war. When, later, on March 1, 1920, field of usefulness grew larger and larger, and the people's Senator .Bankhead was called to his eternal reward, his old confidence in him. was never shaken. With all the changing colleague Senator NELSON, then in his 77th year, went all the tides and currents of political thought the people honored and way from here to Alabama to attend the funeral of his friend trusted him, and during almost r.ll the period of fifty-five years and associate of many years. It was a beautiful tribute for to the time of his death he was cl:osen to serve his people in NELSON to _p ay to &tnkhead, and I am .sure that if .Bankhead on~ position tifter -another of increasing power, honor, and re were here to-day his voice would tremble with emotion in sponsibility. speaking of his old friend NELso~. Thank God, all the w.ounds He was reelected to the general assembly in 1869. He was of that cruel struggle have vanished long, long ago! elected prosecuting attorney of his county in T872, 1873, and Mr. President, I do not know what .I can say in addition to 1874. He iwas elected 'to the State senate in 1875, 1876, 1877, the remarks of others to give my real estimate of the strong, and 1878. He was chosen a presidential elector in 1880 and sturdy, splendid character of KNUTE NELS0:8. Few men in the made a member of the boa1·a. of regents of the State univer history of this Republic have served their country so ma.ny sity in 188~. He was elected to Congress in 1882, 1884, and years. He was for four years a soldier in the Civil War, two 1886, and in 1.892 '\Til.S elected governor of the State of Minne years a member of the Wisconsin Legislature, four years a sota, and reelected in 1894. In 1895, he was elected to the member of the State Senate of l\linnesota, six years a Member United States Senate, aud reelected from time to time until ·his of the House of Representatives from that State, four years death. Governor of his State, and nearly 29 years a United States He was a staunch, uncompromising Republican, and it is a Sena tor from it. Almost fifty years of his life were spent in striking proof of the people's trust in him that in 1918, when the public service, and after every service it could be truth last elected to the Senate, he received over 70,000 majority, fully said of KNUTE NELSON: "Well done, good and faithful and in 1923 his successor ·was elected on the Farmer-Labor servant," for he performed his duty well in every -vosition ticket by nearly one hundred thousand plurality. assigned to him during a long life. KNUTE NELSON was of alien birth, but no ·tTuer American ·::\fr. President, I had the pleasure and the honor of serving ever trod our soil than he. Not only in war did he show bis for nearly eleven yeai:s with Senator NELS-ON on the Committee loyalty and deVQtion to his country, but ·in time of peace he on Commerce. I was early impressed with his truthfulness, was the same true, genuine, loyal American. He did not forget his sturdy common sense, his honesty in all matters, his strong his native land, but the interests and welfare of the United sense of justice, and the broadness of his vision. .It could be States were supreme with hiµi. No racial interest or influence said of Senator NELSON as of few men that he was a Senator thwarted his ju way upon a foreign question contrary to their wishes. They . I was much impressed with the positive character of the man. would look only to the welfare of the United States. If all His utterances were delivered with confidence and sureness. our alien-born citizens were like him, and imbued with the What he said was spoken in a manner to carry conviction and same patriotic impulses and desires that moved him, we would to be definitely understood. Since that first address I heard not be urged to vote against this or that legislation in order Senator NELSON speak on several occasions, and I had the to secure the votes of this or that class o( our citizens. This pleasme of meeting him and conversing with hi!ll a number of is one of the great sources of weakness in this Nation to-day. times. Once, as a member of a committee repre enting the Ob, for more of the pure, undiluted, intense Americanism of Northwest farmers, I met him here at Washington, and I was KNUTE NELSON. pleased with the friendly way in which he greeted us. Ile He was a strong, sturdy, modest, kindly man. He was scru was always glad to meet Minnesotans whether they were poU-ti pulously honest and wholly without fear. No task was too cal pals of his or members of the opposition camp. humble to command the best that was in him. His moral KNUTE NELSON was one of Minnesota's pioneers. When he courage was equal to his physical courage. He stood unfalter :first located at Alexandria,' Minn., that section of the State was ingly for what he believed to be right. When he did not agree little better than a wilderness. It was then, as now, an agri with his constituents, he boldly told them so and plainly cultural region, and the experiences of pioneer life were far pointed out wherein he thought them wrong. Here in the from pleasant. Mr. NELSON, then just admitted to the practice Senate no people had a more faithful, able, or sincere repre of law, shared these hardships with the farmer pioneers. He sentative than be. He was at his office early and late, and no became a sort of White Chief in a territory just recently aban committee meeting found him absent if it was possible for him doned by the Red Men. I remember well how, on one of my to attend. If be could not come, he usually sent word telling visits with him, he related at some length his early experiences why he could not be present. He was wise in council, able in in the practice of law in Minnesota. It made me realize how debate, and fearless in action. To the poor boy who hopes to well l\fr. NELSON understood the lot of the pioneer. attain honor his life should be an inspiration; to the alien That he held the confidence of his neighbors is evidenced by born who has secured American citizenship his example should the fact that he was chosen county attorney shortly after his bring' undivided loyalty to our country, and to those of us arrival in Douglas County, and was reelected to that office who have known him and worked with him his memory is a several times. Later, he was elected by the voters of Douglas precious heritage and benediction. and neighboring counties to represent them in the State senate. This confidence of the voters in the emigrant from Norway Mr. HARRIS. l\1r. President, as the son of a Confederate grew in extent until it included a majority of tl1e electors of soldier I deem it a privilege to pay my humble tribute to one of the entire State of Minnesota, and until Mr. NELSON had been the two Union veterans with whom I have had the honor to elevated to the most important offices in the State. serve in the Senate. In a social way, the late Senator was thoroughly democratic. The world is better because KNUTE NELSON lived. At the He never outgrew the plain, simple ways of living of his early age of 6 he came to the United States from his birthplace in life. No matter what a man's station in life, Senator NELSON Norway, and without influence and advantages of education greeted him warmly and without any feelin"' of condescension. made his own way into positions of honor, which he occupied I have often heard his political opponents say how well they with credit to himself and constructive service to his country. liked him personally, notwithstanding their disagreement with His life is an inspiration to every poor American boy. him on political matters. As chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate, on The Minnesota statesman was a conservative in politics. He which the great lawyers of this body served, Senator NELSON was a fi-rm believer in preserving the status quo of our institu was modest and unassuming. He held other positions of honor tions, and did not see the necessity for some of the reforms in the State of Minnesota and during his long membership in that some of his warm personal friends in Minnesota believed the Senate and House. necessary. He was as conservative in politics as he was demo Senator NELSON had every reason to be proud of his public cratic in social affairs. service, but nothing in his career reflected greater credit than Senator NELSON will never be forgotten. His friends will his splendid record as a soldier in the Federal army of the not forget him, because of his absolute fidelity to them. His sixties. Brave soldier that be was, he stopped :fighting when promises to friends were faithfully kept. His political ad the war was over, and he \.:as broad enough to realize that the versaries also had reason to admire him for his positive stand strength of this Nation lay in the unity of North and South. on questions that became issues between them. They knew He realized, as all of us should, that in the event of trouble just where he stood-a quality not always found in men en with a foreign country the sons of Confederate and Federal gaged in politics. soldiers would be the most earnest defenders of our flag. The late Senator possessed these qualities in an unusual It is my strong conviction that fewer sons of Confederate and Union soldiers were slackers in the World War than any degree: Comage to act in accordance with the conclu ions of his other group. They have no sympathy with any efforts to mind; fidelity to friends and to those who rendered him service; overthrow our form of government. and a definite position on issues regardle s of consequences. Senator N~soN, though not strong and well at the time, These qualities will make the name of KNUTE NELSON live made the long trip to Alabama in very severe weather :o at long in the hearts of bis countrymen. tend the funeral of Senator Bankhead, the last Confederate veteran serving in this body. He was anxious to do his part Mr. President, I ask for the adoption of the pending reso- in welding all sections of this country into one great nation. lutions. . While serving in the Senate during the World War and The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. IlARRELD in the chair). the bitter period following the armistice, Senator NELSON The question is on agreeing to the resolutions submitted by never once allowed any prejudice to influence his action, and the senior Senator from Minnesota [Mr. SHIPSTEAD]. was guided only by the desire to do what he thought was for The resolutions were unanimously agreed to. the best interest of our country. MEMORIAL ADDRESSES ON THE LATE SENATOR NICHOLSON. Senator NELSON believed in, .and in his daily life lived up to, the old time religion, which is so needed to-day. It is the Mr. PHIPPS. Mr. Pre ident, I submit the following reso ..i>nly thing that will solve many of the vital problems that lutions and ask for their adoption . confront this demoralized world. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Secretary will report The life of Senator NELSON is an example of the thought that the resolutions. obstacles found along ' life's pathway are to some stumbling The resolutions (S. Res. 188) were read and con idered, blocks; to others, stepping stones: It depends upon the trav as follows :· eler. Some stumble and fall over them ; others step upon R esolved, That the Senate has beard with profound sorrow of the them and rise. death. of Hon. SAMUEL D. N1cHor,so:N", late a Senator from the State of In going oYer my home State, I was often asked about dif Colorado. ferent members of this l>ody. It was my pleasur~ to tell Resolved, That as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased them that there was no better man nor more useful member the business of the Senate be now suspended to enable bis associates than Senator NELSON. to pay tribute to his high character and distinguished public services. Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the Mr. JOHNSON of :Minnesota. l\Ir. President, it is now just House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the family 30 years ago since I first heard Senator KNUTE NELSON de of the deceased. liver a speech. It was at a political meeting in 1\finneapolis, Minn., during the campaign, when l\Ir. NELSON was a candidate Mr. PHIPPS. Mr. President, it is my high privilege and for reelection as Governor of Minnesota. solemn duty to pay tribute to one of Colorado's most illustrious 1924. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SEN ATE. 3863 sons, a sturdy, stalwart pioneer of the West, the late Senator form of zinc carbonate which bad been named for him as it SAMUEL D. NICHOLSON. was discovered in a mine which was under his direct man- When I said good-bye to my colleague just before sailing for agement. · Panama on March 5 last year, there was no apparent reason Nor were Mr. NICHOLSON'S activities confined to the mining to believe that his illness would result fatally, but, on the other industry. He early displayed a broadminded ·public spirit hand, it was e:irpected that his strong physical constitution and a willingness to sacrifice personal gain and advantage would enable him to speedily throw off what then appeared to for the common good. He became mayor of Leadville in 1893, be an attack of the grippe. a year in which local conditions were precarious and the out The Senator had expected to make the Panama trip with our look was gloomy indeed. During his second term, the mayor's group of Congressmen and Senators to witness the naval review, stamina and strength of character were put to a most severe and it was a great disappointment to him to abandon his plans, test. This was in connection with the great strike of 1896, because as a member of the Committee on Naval Affairs he was when a lawless element, imported into the community for the deeply interested in everything relating to the Naval Estab purpose, sought to inflame the minds of the local miners to lishment. deeds of violence. With charity and firmness combined, bear We missed his genial companionship on the trip and were ing in mind that the strikers were · men with homes and ·deeply saddened by the unexpected news of his serious illness, families, the mayor weeded out the lawless element and let which reached us by wireless at Panama. Even then we could it be known that further disorders would not be tolerated. not realize that he was rapidly approaching the end, but hoped AB a result of this attitude order was quickly and perma for bis ultimate recovery. The message informing us of his nently restored. passing away affected every member of our little party with a J\Ir. NICHOLSON continued in politics, although he seldom feeling of sadness and profound regret, and it was indeed diffi sought position for himself and never had selfish gain or ad; cult for anyone to realize that the end had come. vantage in mind. During the Great War he was far past the Senator NICBOLSO.r was essentially a self-made man, of strong military age but was anxious to "do his bit." Ile served as character, and yet possessing that warm feeling of personal in- . State chairman of the Liberty and Victory Loan campaigns, terest in 9tbers which made friends for him everywhere. State chairman of the Roosevelt memorial campaign, and of Mr. President, special meed of honor should be paid to those the Salvation Army drive. He was also a member of the courageous souls who have braved the perils and hardships of Fuel Administration for Colorado. a new section, or who llave devoted their lives to the develop Shortly thereafter l\Ir. NICHOLSON won the Republican nomi ment of a new or little-known industry. Such men make his nation for United States Senator and was elected to that high tory. Such pioneers have made the entire West, in fact the office by a handsome majority. He not only received more entire country, what it is to-day. Their work spells progress. votes than the three other candidates combined, but also de They have reclaimed the desert; they have tilled the wastes; feated his nearest rival by over 40,000 plurality. they have harne ed the mighty waters to do their will; and Senator NICHOLSON succeeded the Hon. Charles S. Thomas, they have made the earth yield forth its treasure-all for the Democrat, and. in a short space of time endeared himself to development, enrichment, and prosperity of our beloved country. the hearts of his colleagues and other official associates in The finest type of western pioneer was displayed in the man Washington. His popularity was well deserved, for his char· whom we mourn to-day. Senator NICHOLSON'S life was one of acter was both strong and lovable. toil and effort, of meeting and overcoming obstacles, which There was never any question as to the Colorado Senator's led, after long years of hardship, to the personal and political purposes and aims. He was essentially a mining man and success he so richly deserved. announced from the start that his object was the rehabilitation Born February 22, 1859, on Prince Edward Island, Canada, of that important western industry. He also believed that the of Scotch parentage, SAMUEL D. NICHOLSON soon emigrated farmer and stock grower should receive recognition; and on to the United States, where he secured his grammer school that platform he stood throughout his brief career as a education at Bay City, Mich. One who knew him in later Senator of the United States. years would not surmise for a moment that this was the In dealing with problems of state, Senator NICHOLSON as only actual schooling he received, as his passion to observe and sumed the same attitude as he took when mayor of J;eadville learn continued throughout life, thus giving him a liberal many years before. He believed law and order must be maifi. education. · tained at all hazards; that the rights of property must he pre From Bay City, young NrnHor.soN traveled to Nebraska, served, but that men also have rights, and these are still more where he worked as a farm hand, and shortly afterwards, in sacred. Thus he strove to bring happiness and prosperity to February, 1881, he landed in the mining camp at Leadville, our individual citizens, while he also voted ·to properly en Colorado. Twenty-five cents was his only capital. Although courage our great industries, especially those of the State of it was mid-winter, be bad no overcoat; but pluck and en Colorado-metal mining, stock raising, and agricultural pur. durance overcame all obstacles. suits generally. Starting as a section hand and day laborer, Mr. NicHoLsoN's Senator NICHOLSON served on the following committees of advance was steady. He became a foreman in the Colonel the Senate: Mines and Mining, Naval Affairs, Manufactures Sellers mine at Leadville, and soon displayed unusual ability and Civil Service. The post on the Mines and Mining Com: to master the fundamentals of the business. Added responsibili mittee was the o~e he prized particularly, and shortly before his ties were placed upon his shoulders ; his fund of knowledge in death his crowning ambition was realized when he was named creased and soon he was engaged in independent operations. as chairman of the newly created Silver Commission. This After a while he was able to secure a lease on the Colonel commission, provided for by the so-called Nicholson resolution, Sellers mine, which, it was thought, had been practically worked was just preparing for an extensive investigation into tile in out, but he demonstrated that such was not the case. dustry and into the question of world stabilization of silver The capital secured as a result of this venture permitted prices when the Colorado Senator died. Mr. NICHOLSON to operate on a more extensive scale. With One of Mr. NICHOLSON'S first acts after becoming a Member rare judgment be selected and developed three other min of the Senate was to move to secure greater governmental ing properties, the Midas, the Mab, and finally those of the recognition for the mining industry. He introduced and advo Western Mining Company, which contained, in 1909, the largest cated a bill to create a Department of l\Iines, with a separate deposit of zinc carbonates found in the State of Colorado. member of the Cabinet at its head, and it was understood that But not for a moment did Mr. NICHOLSON allow himself to this plan was to receive consideration in connection with the fall into a business rut or relax the keenness of his observa proposed reorganization of the Government departments. tion. During all this time he studied diligently, eventually Mining organizations throughout the country voiced the~r ap· becoming an authority on the subject of concentration of proval of the measure. ores. The research of Senator NICHOLSON and others along this Had the Senator lived, ~notber honor would have been his, line proved the economic salvation of his home city, Leadville, for he was in direct line for the chairmanship of the Com· in 1908, when it appeared that mineral resources had be mittee on Mines, and would doubtless have been selected as come practically exhausted. The discovery of carbonate of its head at the convening of the Sixty-eighth Congress. zinc at that time greatly increased the production of paying With that singleness of purpose for which he was so well ore and meant much to that entire mining district for many known, Senator NICHOLSON devoted himself to those measures· years. This material had formerly been thrown on the dump which he believed would bring added prosperity to the West, as being altogether worthless. particularly the State of Colorado ; and it was therefore a During one of my visits to the Smithsonian Institute in great pleasure to serve as his colleague. Many such proposals .Washington, there was exhibited a sample of Nicholsonite, a might be cited, including the various fa.rm relief bills, the LXV-. 244 3864 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. MARCH 9, reestablishment of the War Finance Corporation, and the God's laboratory for the revelation of the best in man. He did ~ enactment of a tariff measure which gave proper protection, not hesitate to accept the occupations that called for thel for the first time, to the agricultural products and minerals sev_ere.st physical effort and endumnceA Whether it meant the I of the West. The Members of the Senate and the people of s:wmgmg of the Ileavy hammer against the spike that knit the I Colorado are fully aware and deeply appreciative of his well tie and rail, or the wielding of pick and shovel in the sunle s dirccted activities along these lines while in Washington. reaches o:f the mine, ~e ga~e ever~ ~nergy he pos cssed to the I Se,-eral facts concerning l\1r. NICHOLSON'S personal history task at hand. He muted WI.th a willingness to toil the practice 1 should be mentioned. In 1887, he married Miss Anna Neary, of preserving his earnings, of liv~g within hls means no matter I of Clifton Springs, N. Y. There were two children, Edward what th~ conseque-.uee to that false and devastating idol we und Ruth Helen, both of whom have lived in Denver for a term pride, and, above all, of looking forward and upward I n.umber of years. IDs daughter ls the wife of Max Melville, to wider fields of service. Den'\"er attorney. The Senator had four sisters, two of whom Then came the slow but certain fruitage of such a course. . are still living. There are five brothers, an of whom survive He became foreman and then manager of the mine. Later l him. They are Murdoch A., formerly mayor of Leadville; he ac9-uired m~ning properties of his own, applying In an Malcolm J., also of that city; John, a mining man in the State executi-ve capacrty the knowledge be had gained from personal I of Washington; A. F., an oil operator of Tulsa, Okla., and contact with all th~ i>roblems of mining. ffis activities I Daniel J., a sugar-refinery manager of Utah_ broa?ene~ until they included the manag~ment and control ! Mr. NICHOLSON" did not confine his business activities to min of' mmes m several States, as mrr as participation in farming I ing. Besides holding the presidency of the Western Mining and banking enterprises. His experience as a hand toile1' had Co., Leadville, he was a director of the American National given him an insight into the feeling and the thought of the ·Bank of that city; also of the Denver National Bank and the m~sses, a sympathy with their aspirations, that fitted him First National Bank of l\Ioute Vista. He was a life member particularly for public a-ction. The inhabitants of his bome 1 of the American Mining Congress and a member of the Ameri city, Leadville, were quick to recognize this fact and as a I can Institute of Mining and :Metallurgical Engineers, the Colo result bis first publie office was that of mayor of Leadville rado Historical Society, the Masonic Fraternity, ~ . nd the B. P. a . place he .fi:Ued with distinction and credit for two terms'. I 0. Elks. In religious faith he \"Vas a Presbyterian. His reputation fc>r soundness of charaeter, unflagging energy During January, 1923, Senator NlcHOLSON's health began to clearness of thought, devotion to duty and loyalty to con: 1 faH, although those who knew him could not believe that he viction soon became state-wide and brought him a respect and I was seriously ill, owing to the robustness of his constitution. popularity among the people regardless of cla s or party. 1 In fact, until late in February, he and I looked forward to the He was called to places of responsibility in his O'\Y"Il political j pl.ensure -0-f a journey together to the Canal Zone, in order to party, as well as in nonpartisan organizations. He was review the United State fleet. But, after a short stay at the chairman of the Roosevelt Memorial Campaign for Colorado. i naval ho pital in Wa hington, he was taken to the Mayo He took an active and :far-reaTheodore Roosevelt, was wont to speak. You will Congre s convened on March 4, 1921. He was of more than recall his words : ns:ual height and weight, with an appearance of robust health and exceptional physical strength, suggestive of massi eness • I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine and force in body and in mind. Little, therefor~ did those ' of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife ; to who saw him walk down the center aisle, aecompanie0 by preach the highest form ot success, which comes not to the man who Senator Phipps, ta receive the oath of offiee tfrink that he wa-s desires mere easy peace, but to the man who doe.a not shrink from fated to serve but f-0r the duration of that Congre , to be danger, from hard hip, or from bitter toll, and who out of these wiDs gathered to eternity shortly after that Congress should e"Xpire the splendid, ultimate triumph. an 1.a.rch 4, 1923. S-lMUEL D. _JHonsoN, miner, statesman, public benefactor, WhHe ltl-s senatorial service covered but one Congres · the h.a.s gone from us. But his strength of character, hi steadfast Sixty-seventh-it was marked by his characteristic quallties 1 ne of purpa.se, his sterling qualities, and his genial person of fidelity, ability, efficiency; all of the highest order. Early I ality will always live in the min-Os and hearts of tho e of us in the Sixty-seventh Congress be prepared and introduced a · who knew and loved him. He will not be forgotten. We shall bill creating a Department of A1ines to fJlil~tion under a Seere and the tary of l\..fining who was to be a member of the Cabinet. This cherish his memory sh-all almrys be better because of 1 our contact with him, who was indeed one of "nature's noble- eviden~ed the supreme interest of his life, and no one was more · men." The loss is not that of Coloraoo alone. The splendid, completely qualified to press such a measure than was Senator 1 forceful character of Seno..tor N.ICH<>LSn had *1- profound influ NICHOLSON. On October 20, 1921, he delivered an addre be- ' ence for good on State and Natioo.al affairs~ He ill always fore the eon-ven.tion of the American Mining Congress at Chi- 1 have a place crf hon.or in the hearts of his many frieruis, asso cago on the need of the mining industry for... Cabinet representa ciates,_ and fellow eitizens. tion. That occasion and that address made him a national ~ frguxe and ga-ve him a national infl:n~ce. The add.re s was .Mr. SHEPPARD. M:r. President, the life of SAMUEL D. published in the CoNGBESSIONAL REcoIID by unanimons order of NICHOLSON wa.s a. conspicuous example of the American appli the Senate. It is a landmark in the history of mining in thiS cation of the :principle of opportunity. Beginning as a man.ual country,. and I shall briefly review it. worker on the railroad and in the mine he rose to the highest He :referred at the outset to the course of the Govel'Illllent in positi<>Il3 in business and in government. His career is a assembling the essential resources of the Nation for the prosecu message of hope to the toilers in thoe hun::.ble t and the hardest tion of its part in the World War, numbe~ among these plac~:m illustration of that freedom an-d facility for de elep resources the products and by-products of the mining and agri ment which the American Republic must preserve for' its citi cultural industries. He pointed out the :fact that th Govern zenship if it shall continue to realize the pbili:>sophy of its ment was well equipped for the mobilizing of agriculture be origin. Perhaps the ideal qua[.ties of his existence found a cause a Department of Agriculture with a Seeretury at its bead special inspiration in the rp.agical environment of western who was a irember of the Cabinet had existed since 188f) and America. There the vast mountain systems that first marked ha.d only to expand its field force to acquire complete .touch the emerging outlines of a continent from the seas primordial with the situation. Rut no such condition, he added, prevailed have combined with plain, plateau, and p~ak and gorge to as to mining. He paid a high tribute to the work of the frame for man a hn.b.itation invoking his best and happiest at Ge-Ologieal Survey and the Bureau of Mines in connection with tributes. And nowhere in the enehanting west have these Iea- the> war emergenc-y, bat showed that the lack of an executive . tures formed a m'()l"e commanding and exalting theater for branell cc.u&omed to deal with mining as the Department of the achievements and the dream of humankind than is p ·e A~ulture had dealt with fanning found the country woefully sented by tile State of Colorado. unprepared as to the problems o1I mineral produetion in l oth At Leadville, in that State,, in 1881 S..u.CTJEL D. NICHOLSON war and peace. arrived at tbe age of 21 with. only a few pennies in his With these thoughts in nrind, he told the convention, he l'lad po ket, but with steel in his muscles, and the vision of a true introduced his bill to establish a Department of ) 'line with a Americanism in hi soul. He had been reared upon a farm- Secretary of Mining in the Cabinet. He analyzed the rapid 1924. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3865 growth of the mining industry, showing that its output had 1!1- I am opposed to any pollcy which will bar the homeseeker or the creased from a value of $551,000,000 in 1889 to $6,707,000,000 m miner from the public domain. 1920, multiplying itself twelve times in that short period. He Upon another occasion Senator NICHOLSON is quoted as say. showed that the mining industry supplied to the railroads of ing: the United Sates a freight traffic of 1,500,000,000 tons out of Ma.n must ever be kept above the dollar. their total freight traffic of 2,307,000,000 tons in 1918, or more than 65 per cent. He referred to the fact that the iron, coal, oil, On another oc commission. sence is the Nation's loss. We cherish his memory. His speeches were notable for lucidity of statement and vigor I know of no more fitting tribute than the message of fare of expression. He had a broad and practical grasp of the well written by his life-long friend and neighbor from his home economic basis of American history and development. He was town of Leadville, Colo.,• Mr. F. E. Vaughn, dated :March 24, rapidly becoming one of the most useful members of the Senate, 1923, which read one of the Nation's strongest pillars, when his sudden and IlON. S.AMt'EL D. NICHOLSON. untimely death deprived us of bis presence. He was tolerant, (A tribute and a farewell.) genial, and considerate. His manner bespoke a heart that felt, a brain that knew, the capabilities, the deficiencies, the virtues, Strong as an oak; a fight in either hand; the faults, and the misfortunes of humanity. He had known B()ld and all'bitious, with genius for command. life in all its phases-bad battled upward to success without A generous enemy and a loyal friend, ever giving a vicious blow or taking a mean advantage. When Quick to take umbrage and ready to defend the fateful summons came to him in the apparent flush of The things which he thought right, strength and health he was ready for an immediate accounting Ile lived hi life according to his light. with his God. What nobler end could be imagined? What Wealth he acquired by e~rgy and toil, better leave of earth could be desired? With talent which his origin did not dim ; A self-made man, a prouuct of the soil ; l\fr. BURSUl\1. l\fr. President, Honorable SAMUEL D. NICHOL-· This made him lrnman-rnade a man of him. SON, of the State of Colorado, a highly respected and honored 'Tis Colorado's loss, that afte years Member of the United States Senate, has joined the great silent Devoted to a . stutly of her needs, majority. Just as the edifice he builded rears, Senator NICHOLSON served throughout the 67th Congress with Its summit in the Senate--and his deed~, distinguished ability. His service typified a deep concern for Inspired by an energy that never tired, the Nation's welfare. He was intensely American. He was Promised fruition in o. brighter day essentially a man of the West, a man among men, a real man in For much the mining industry deserved-desired, every sense that the word implies, courageous, kind, humble, and He should be cut down and called away. sympathetic, ever ready to combat a wrong, always a willing He played his part, with hand and bead, champion of the rights of the oppressed. His standard in public Respected by the lowly and the great; service was the according of justice to all classes. With belief unshaken in the mighty pat·t A better appreciation may perhaps be had of the purposes and To greet the future of his favored State. ideals of Senator NICHOLSON by quoting some of his public And Leadville mourns a fomous favorite son, statements made during the campaign of 1920. · "ho from the ranks of " hard-rock " miners sprung: I wish the mark of Cain could be brandecl on the brow of every mun Who well deserved the laUt·els be had won ; who profiteers at the expense ·)t innocent and defenseless chilllren. Who "single-jacked" his way to topmost rung Of Fame's high ladder, and whose memory will Another public statement of Senator NICHOLSON'S: Live in the minds of those he met in life's rough jam, We are all dependent upon labo.r. When labor prospers, all classos And we who knew best and loved him best of citizens prosper. Can only bow in silent gl"ief and think, "Good-bye, SAM." His interest in the welfare of the defender of the country was l\lr. ADAl\fS. Mr. President, SAMUEL NICHOL ON, while ever in his mind. He said: not born in the United States, knew but one flag. His loyalty The protection and welfare of tho e who fought for us must be to our Nation w~s not diluted or limited by any attachment given first consideration. or affection for any foreign nation or people. · He never forgot the homeseeker. On this question Senator Like a great rugged peak in the mountain ranges of his home NICHOLSON said : State · he towered above the other peaks and spurs of tha 3~6u MARcR 10, range yet was-of the same·substance and nature:- life' was aware I . UN.rTEn STATES S-ENATE, of the qualities which he shared with his neighbors, but w~· ~srru:NT Pllo TEMPoRE, modestlyi unconscious ot his own. superiorities,. which all his Wash·mgton,.D. a., March 10, 19ti. neighbors freely acknowledged. T" th'e Senate: The life of SAJ.HIB'L D. NICHOLSON ls a source of inspiration j Being temporarily, absent from the Senate, I appoint Hon. GEORGE II. and encouragement to coming generations. . •I MOSES, a Senator- from , the State ot New• Hampshire, to perform the • The incomprehensible accomplishments of men ot. gemus, and duties. ot the Chair this· legislative day. brilliancy tend to discourage, while the life of one who has ALBERT B. CU:<.IMh s, attained great success by the wise and efficient use of talents President vro tempo.re. not beyond•the capacities of many other men brings hope. His courage, energy, and fine human qualltie.s carried him Mr. MOSES. thereupon· took tlie chair as Presiding Officer. forward from a miner with pick and sliovel to· mme own-er and· THE JOUBNAL. operator. The- readihg clerk: proceeded tcr read the J'ournal of y0 ter- The y<>ung workman in tlie mines ofColorado from:- his firs:t·day Iday's proceedings, when; on request of Mr. URTIS an The Chaplain, Rev. J. J. Muii; Il. D.1 offered. the. following Senate a report from the Attorney Gone.ral, made in respo11se prayer: to Senate Resolutions-145 and 167 (-submitted by Mr. LADD and Our Father., Thou art so gracious and merciful in Thy dealings Mr. NoRRis, respectiwely), relating to the pr.o ecution b. tha with Thy children that we come·this morning to thank-Thee for Department of Justice of the so-called packing ca es. The re the goodness that Thou. Hast shown unto us in1 the days of port will be printed as a Senate document and referred to the anxiety and of unrest! Grant to us that quietness and- assur Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. ance that in the midst of the turmoil of life w~ may find a ExPENDITURES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGIUCULTUBE. biding place in the time of stress and straiTu Be very gracious, we beseecl1 of 'lJhee. Answer the many prayers for our land The PRESIDING -OFFICER. The Chair also lays. before.. and for those in authority, and guide us with Thy wisdom. the Senate a report from the Secretary of Agriculture, with . Through Jesus Christ our· Lord. Amen. a letter of'transmittal, relating to expenditures by tl:1e Depart ment of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1923. The letter ot NAMING A. PRESIDING. OFFICER. transmittal will be· printed in• the RECORD, and the report will The Secretary (George A. Sanderson) read the following_ com be referred to the Committee on Appropriations. munication: '£he letter is as follows: