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E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 104 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 142 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1996 No. 58 Senate The Senate met at 9 a.m., and was bill following the disposition of the One reporter—Mary Dieter, who cov- called to order by the President pro Simpson amendment. It is the hope of ers Indiana politics for the Louisville tempore [Mr. THURMOND]. the majority leader to complete action Courier-Journal—added a twist to the on the immigration bill during today’s fourth-term jinx story. She noted that PRAYER session. even if I broke the jinx, I would not be- The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John I believe that Senator LUGAR is pre- come the longest serving Indiana Sen- Ogilvie, offered the following prayer: pared to proceed. I thank the Chair and ator upon being sworn in. That distinc- Gracious God, whose dwelling place I yield the floor, Mr. President. tion would still belong to Daniel Wol- is the heart that longs for Your pres- f sey Voorhees, who had served more ence and the mind that humbly seeks MORNING BUSINESS than a year of an unexpired term be- Your truth, we eagerly ask for Your fore winning three of his own. He guidance for the work of this day. We The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. served in this body from November 1877 confess anything that would hinder the KYL). There will now be a period for until March 1897. flow of Your spirit in and through us. morning business. In our personal lives, heal any broken Mr. LUGAR addressed the Chair. As a consequence of Voorhees’ long or strained relationships that would The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- tenure, not until today has this Sen- drain off creative energies. Lift our ator from Indiana, Senator LUGAR, is ator passed the previous record for burdens and resolve our worries. Then recognized. length of service by a Senator from In- give us a fresh experience of Your Mr. LUGAR. I thank the Chair. diana. This day marks my 7,059th in of- amazing grace that will set us free to fice, passing the 7,058-day record set by f live with freedom and joy. Voorhees. INDIANA SENATE HISTORY Now, Lord, we are ready to work with I am enormously grateful to the peo- great confidence fortified by the steady Mr. LUGAR. Mr. President, during ple of Indiana for granting me the op- supply of Your strength. Give us the my campaign for reelection in 1994, a portunity to serve them; to my family courage to do what we already know of number of Indiana papers published ar- Your will, so that we may know more for supporting my endeavors in public ticles describing the fourth-term jinx service; and to all my past and present of it for the specific challenges of this that had afflicted Indiana Senators and day. Our dominate desire is for Your colleagues in the Senate who have speculating whether I would be fortu- made my service here so rewarding and best in the contemporary unfolding of nate enough to overcome that jinx. Al- enjoyable. the American dream. Lead on, O King though five of my predecessors had Eternal, Sovereign of this land. Amen. each won three Senate elections, all of I would like to commemorate this oc- f them had been defeated in their fourth casion by paying homage to the impor- race. Some of the most prominent and tant record of Hoosier service to the RECOGNITION OF THE ACTING accomplished names in Indiana poli- U.S. Senate. I regret that legislative MAJORITY LEADER tics, including James Watson, Homer history is a topic that rarely receives The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Capehart, Vance Hartke, and Birch adequate attention, either in our able acting majority leader, Senator Bayh had fallen victim to the fourth- schools or during deliberations in this LOTT of Mississippi, is recognized. term jinx. body. So often our work in the Senate f The independent-minded voters of In- would improve with a greater under- diana have never been shy about ex- SCHEDULE standing of the history that lies behind pressing their dissatisfaction with an us and of our role as stewards of an in- Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, today incumbent. In fact, the average length stitution that will survive long after there will be a period for morning busi- of service among all Indiana Senators all of us are gone. ness. Senator LUGAR of Indiana has 45 is just a little more than 8 years. Five minutes under his control. Following Hoosier Senators held office less than a I have attempted in a small way to his remarks, the Senate will resume year. The shortest Senate service was resist the erosion of Hoosier Senate consideration of S. 1664, the immigra- that of Charles William Cathcart, who history by asking my summer interns tion bill. Senators can expect rollcall served less than 2 months of an unex- during the last few years to research votes on amendments throughout the pired term. Only 10 of the 43 Hoosier Indiana Senators. Invariably my in- day. A cloture vote is expected on the Senators served more than 2 terms. terns are surprised and bemused by the ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S4449 . VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:57 Jun 21, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA16\1996_F~1\S01MY6.REC S01MY6 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS S4450 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 1, 1996 parallels between our present legisla- who replaced Noble, was a general in name together to an infamy so profound, a tive labors and the actions of long for- the Indiana militia. damnation so deep, that the hand of res- urrection will never drag him forth.... gotten Senators. One wrote after re- JOHN TIPTON searching the life of the venerable Oli- James K. Polk has spoken words of falsehood But the Hoosier Senator who epito- with the tongue of a serpent. ver P. Morton: ‘‘One of the greatest mized the rugged life in a frontier POLITICAL TURBULENCE Hoosiers of all time has been forgotten. State was John Tipton, an unschooled In any event, Mr. President, Indi- Let us recall him and learn from his Tennessee native, who served in the ana’s position as a crossroads of the experiences.’’ Senate from 1832 to 1839. Tipton’s fa- Nation was not limited to commerce FRONTIER YEARS ther was killed by Indians when the and travel. Up to the present day it Mr. President, although few Hoosiers boy was just 7 years old. By the time also has been a crossroads for Amer- have had long Senate careers, many of he crossed the Ohio River into Indiana ican subcultures, economic forces, and my predecessors made indelible con- at the age of 21, Tipton was already the political ideas. In his 1981 bestseller tributions to the Nation. Curiously, breadwinner of his household. He set- ‘‘The Nine Nations of North America’’, only 16 of the 43 Indiana Senators—37 tled his mother and siblings in Har- Joel Garreau conceptually divided the percent—were born within the State: 10 rison County, where he earned a living North American Continent into nine were born in neighboring Ohio; 4 were as a gunsmith and farmhand. born in New York; 2 each were born in Tipton served under General Har- subregions according to their eco- Pennsylvania and Virginia; 2 were born rison during the Tippecanoe campaign, nomic, social, and cultural identity. It in foreign lands; and the remaining 8 rising to the rank of brigadier general. is not surprising that Garreau placed came from assorted Eastern States. After his military service, Tipton Indianapolis at the very intersection of No Indiana Senator has ever been would become a justice of the peace, three of these regions: the industrial born west of the Mississippi River. For sheriff of Harrison County, Indian Midwest centered on the Great Lakes, my Indiana Senate predecessors, the agent, and State legislator. He helped the broad grain growing region of the trek westward stopped at the Wabash select the site for a new State capital plains, and the South. River. In Indiana they found land that that would become Indianapolis. He As a result, through much of its his- brought abundance, the confluence of also did an official survey of the Indi- tory, the cauldron of Indiana politics great waterways, and a brand of fron- ana border with Illinois. Tipton strenu- has been characterized by its swirling tier politics that proved irresistible to ously but unsuccessfully maintained unpredictability. Viewed from a broad many young lawyers, farmers, and that a port on Lake Michigan called historical perspective, political parties businessmen seeking to make names Chicago rightfully belonged within In- in Indiana have never been able to for themselves. diana’s borders. dominate the landscape for long before JAMES NOBLE As Senator, Tipton continued to they were toppled by their rivals. For Ironically, one of Indiana’s original focus on frontier issues. He served on example, only one time since 1863 has Senators, James Noble, might have set the Military Affairs and Indian Affairs the seat that I hold been passed be- an insurmountable record of service Committees. Later in his term, he be- tween members of the same party. In had he not died at the young age of 45. came chairman of the Committee on the entire history of Indiana, the two Elected by the Indiana Legislature in Roads and Canals, taking over from fel- Hoosier Senate seats have never been 1816 as a Democratic-Republican, he low-Hoosier William Hendricks.