3772 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. ~fAROH 24, ments to Sherman antitrust law-to the Committee on Inter By 1\Ir. TIDSTLEWOOD: Petition of citizens of Carbondale, state and Foreign Commerce. Ill., against a parcels-post la w~to the Committee on the Post By Mr. OVERSTREET: Petition of Meridian Life and Trust Office and Post-Roads. Company. of Indianapolis, in favor of a national memorial to Also, petition of Woman's Christian Temperance Union and Abraham Lincoln-to the Committee on Appropriations. Antisaloon League of Jackson County, Ill., for the Littlefield By Mr. PADGETT: Paper to accompany bill for relief of bill- o the Committee on the Judiciary. · George L. Cowan-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. WANGER: Petition of Keystone Grange, No. 2, of By Mr. PETERS: Petition of John Martin Club, of Roxbury, Montgomery County, Pa., for a national highway commission 1\Iass., against any treaty of arbitration with Great Britain to the Committee on Agriculture. to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Also, petition of George W. West Division, No. 468, Brother- By 1\Ir. PRATT: Paper to accompany bill for relief of David . hood of Locomotive Engineers, of Carbondale, Pa., for the C. Demarest-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. La Follette-Sterling employers' liability bill, Rodenberg anti By l\fr. RYAN: Petition of Hardwood Manufacturers' Associa injunction bill, and the Clapp free-pass amendment-to the tion of the United States, for amendment to interstate-commerce Committee on Interstate and lf'oreign Commerce. laws-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Also, petition of Chartiers Valley Division, No. 416, Inter Also, petition of 3,000 Poles near Buffalo, N. Y., against op national Brotherhood of LocomotiTe Engineers, of Ingram, Pa., pression of the Polish people by the Prussian Goverp.ment-to Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen of Hazleton, Pa., and Lumber the Committee on Foreign Affairs. City Lodge. No. 524, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, for Also, petition of Manufacturers' Club of Buffalo, N. Y.• for S. 4260-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com H. R. 13266, amending national bankruptcy act-to the Com merce. mittee on the Judiciary. By Mr. WEISSE: Petition of Central Labor Union in the Also, petition of Philadelphia Board of Trade, against H. R. District of Columbia, against prohibition law in the District of 17200, amending interstate-commerce law-to the Committee Columbia-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. WILEY: Paper to accompany bill for relief of Ben de Also, petition of Richard O'Brien, of Scranton, Pa., for the Lemos (previously referred to the Committee on Pensions) Lorimer bill (H. R. 175), amending pension laws so as to apply to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to members of the telegraph corps in the United States-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, petition of Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen of the SENATE. States of Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, and Texas, and Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, for the Clapp tree-pass TUESDAY, March ~4, 1908. amendment-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. EowABD E. HALE. merce. The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and ap By Afr. SABATH : Petition of Trades League of Philadelphia, proved. for S. 25 and II. ll. 6169, efficiency of Life-Saving Service-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. Also, petition of National Association of Clothiers, for the A message from the House of Representatives, by 1\Ir. W. J. Fowler currency bill-to the Committee on Banking and Cur BRoWNING, its Chief Clerk, announced that the House had rency. passed the bill (S. 34.16) to amend an act entitled "An act au Also, petition of Association of American Directory Publish thorizing the extension of Meridian place NW.," approved Jan ers, for the Kittredge copyright bill-to the Committee on uary !), 1D07. Patents. The message also announced that the House had passed the bill ( S. 29) to provide for registration of aU cases of tuberculo .AJ o, petition of Williams Post, No. 25, Grand Army of the sis in the District of Columbia, for free examination of sputum Republic, of Watseka, Ill., for the Sherwood pension bill-to the in suspected cases, and for preventing the spread of tuberculosis Committee on Invalid Pensions. in said District, with amendments, in which it requested the con Also, petition of the Universalist Club, of Haverhill, Mass., currence of the Senate. for forest resenations in White l\fountains and Southern Appa The message further announced that the House had agreed to lachian Mountains-to the Committee on Agriculture. the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 16621) to ex By Mr. S~fiTH of California : Petition of citizens of Cali tend the time for the construction of a dam across Savannah fornia, in fa\or of Littlefield bill-to the Committee on the River at Cherokee Shoals. Judiciary. Tbe message also announced that the House had passed the By Mr. SPERRY: Petition of Authors' Club of Bridgeport, following bills, in which it requested the concurrence of the Conn., against the Crumpacker census bill-to the Committee on Senate: the Census. · H. R. 4063. An act for the widening of Benning road, and for Also, petition of Westfield Grange, of Middletown, Conn., for a other purposes ; . national highway commission-to the Committee on Agriculture. H. R. 12438. An act extending the time limit for the comple Also, petition of Robert Emmet Club, of Danbury, against tion of the lines of the East Washington Heights Traction Rail treaty of arbitration with Great Britain-to the Committee on road Company; Foreign Affairs. H. R. 15230. An act to amend an act approved February 28. By Mr. SPIGHT: Papers to accompany bills for relief of 1901, entitled "An act relating to the Metropolitan police of the estate of W. H. Cooper and estate of Ransom Vick-to the Com District of Columbia; " mittee on War Claims. H. R.1523L An act to amend the license law approved July Bv Mr. SULZER: Petition of International Reform Bureau, 1, 1902, with respect to licenses of drivers of passenger vehicles for ~the Sims antigambling bill-to the Committee on the Dis for hire; trict of Columbia. H. R. 16269. An act authorizing the extension of Ninth street A1 o, petition of Walter Woods, Franz Mueller, and Van Horn NW.; & Texter, for the Kittredge copyright bill-to the Committee on ll. R. 17297. An act authorizing the extension of New York Patent. avenue from its present terminus near Fourth street NE. to Al o, petition of tbe Universalist Club, of Haverhill, 1\Iass., the Bladensburg road; for forest reservations in White Mountains and Southern Ap H. R.17303. An act authorizing the extension of Girard street palachian Mountains-to the Committee on Agriculture. NW. from its western terminus to Fifteenth street :rw. · Al o, petition of American Musical Copyright League, for the H. R.17305. An act to regulate the establishment and main Smoot-Currier copyright bill-to the Committee on Patents. tenance of private hospitals and asylums in the Di trict of Al o, petition of Sailors' Union of the Pacific, against a bill to Columbia; and amend ection 4463 of tbe Revised Statutes of the United H. R.1D355. An act making appropriations for fortifications State -to the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fish and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, for the eric . procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and serlice, and for AI o, petition of Trades League of Pbiladelpha, for S. 25 and other purposes. H. R. minal elevator interests which control the board of trade in the large had appointed Mr. YOUNG, Mr. CAPRON, and Mr. SLAYDEN, centers are the people who are at the bottom of the fight on Federal in managers at the conference on the part of the House. spection, as they desire the same old system, by which the grain from The message further transmitted to the Senate resolutions the producers may be inspected into their elevators a grade or t'l\o lower of the House on the death of Ron. WILLIAM JAMES BRYAN, late than it really is and inspected out a grade or two higher than it really is. a Senator from the State of Florida. The grain growers of Illinois respectfully request your support in behalf of the Federal inspection and grading of grain. Will you kindly ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED. let us hear from you? • The message also announced that the Speaker of the House Yours, truly, J. A. McCREERY. had signed the following enrolled bills and joint resolution, Resolved, That we favor the inauguration of a system of Federal p-ain inspection and grading of grain along the lines provided for and they were thereupon signed by the Vice-President: m the McCumber bill, and we call upon the Senators and Representa S. 4046. An act to authorize the cutting of timber, the manu tives from the State of Illinois to bend every effort toward secur facture and sale of lumber, and the preserration of the forests ing the enactment of such legislation by Congress at an early date. on certain lands reser-ved for Indian reservations in the State He also presented a petition of the Trades Assembly of of Wisconsin ; Belleville, Ill., praying for the enactment of legislation provid S. 4.922. An act providing for the platting and selling of the ing for the construction of at least ·one of the proposed new south half of section 30, township 2 north, range 11 west of the battle ships at one of the Government navy-yards, which was Indian .meridinn, in the State of Oklahoma, for town-site pur- referred to the Committee on Naval .Affairs. poses; - He also presented a petition of the National Guard Officers' S. 6135. An act providing for the disposal of the interest of Association of Peoria and Pekin, in the State of Illinois, pray Indian minors in real estate in Yakima Indian Reserration, ing for the enactment of legislation to promote the efficiency Wash.; of the militia, which was referred to the Committee on Military H. R.14434. .An act to validate certain entries of public lands Affairs. in the State of Colorado; Mr. FRYE presented a petition of Casco Grange, Patrons of H. R. 15660. An act to provide for the repayment of certain Husbandry, of Casco, Me., and a petition of Rowes Corner commissions, excess payments, and purchase moneys paid under Grange, No. 386, Patrons of Husbandry, of Auburn, Me., pray the public-land laws; ing for the passage of the so-called "rural parcels-post bill," H. R. 16078. An act providing for second desert-land entries; which were referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post H. R.16874. An act to amend section 13 of an act entitled Roads. "An act to divide the State of Texas into four judicial dis Mr. GALLINGER presented a petition of sundry citizens of tricts," approved March 11, 1902; Hampton Falls, Brentwood, North Hampton, and Seabrook, all H. R.17167. An act authorizing the Woodlawn Cemetery As in the State of New Hampshire, praying for the passage of the sociation, of St. Maries, Idaho, to purchase not to exceed 40 so-called "rural parcels-post bill," which was referred to the acres of land in the Creur d'Alene Indian Reservation in Idaho; Committeee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. H. R. 17710. An act to increase the efficiency of the personnel He also presented memorials of sundry citizens of the States of the Life-Saving Service of the United States; and of Tennessee, Ohio, Oklahoma, Michigan, California, Illinois, H. J. Res.101. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of Alabama, Utah, Indiana, and Wisconsin, remonstrating against 'Var to secure a suitable design for a statue of the late Com· the enactment of legislation to protect the first day of the week modore John D. Sloat at Monterey, CaL as a day of rest in the District of Columbia, which were re PETITIONS AND MEMORI.ALS. ferred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. The VICE-PRESIDENT presented the memorial of James He also presented a memorial of the Southern Intelligence H. S. Lowes, registrar of Indiana Commandery, Loyal Legion, Bureau, of New Orleans, La., remonstrating against the enact United States .Army, of Indianapolis, Ind., remonstrating ment of legislation to prohibit the manufacture and sale of against the enactment of legislation to create a volunteer re intoxicating liquors in the District of Columbia, which was re tired list in the War and Navy Departments for the surviving ferred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. officers of the civil war, which was referred to the Committee He also presented sundry petitions of citizens of Washington, on Military Affairs. D. C., praying for the enactment of legislation to prohibit the He also presented a petition of- the Jobbers and Manufac manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in the District of turers' Association, of St. Paul, Minn., and a petition of the city Columbia, which were referred to the Committee on the District council of Nauvoo, Ill., praying that an annual appropriation, of of Columbia. $2,000,000 be made for the improvement of the upper Mississippi He also presented sundry petitions of citizens of Washington, River, which were referred to the Committee on Commerce. D. C., praying for the enactment of legislation to prohibit He also presented a petition of the New York Board of Trade gambling and bookmaking in the District of Columbia, which and Transportation, praying that an appropriation be made to were referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. continue the investigation of the rivers and water resources of He also presented a petition of sundry citizens of New Lon the country, which was referred to the Committee on Com don, N. H., praying for the enactment of legislation to abolish merce. sla\ery in the Philippine Islands, which was referred to the He also presented a petition of the American .Association of Committee on the Philippines. Masters, Mates, and Pilots, of New York City, N. Y., praying He also presented the petition of J. W. Nigh, of Langdon, for the adoption of a certain amendment to House bill 225, D. C., praying for the enactment of legislation providing for placing a fine on the owner as well as the master of a yessel, the protection against fire in public school buildings in the Dis which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. trict of Columbia, which was referred to the Committee on the He also presented a memoral of the Central Labor Union District of Columbia. of Washington, D. C., remonstrating against the confirmation Mr. GALLINGER. I also present two telegrams, one from by the Senate of any person to the position of Public Printer the Manchester (N. H.) Ministers' .Association, which reads as who is not a practical printer and Yersed in the art of book follows: binding, whiCh was referred to the Committee on Printing. Seventeen ministers of Manchester Ministers' Association in confer ence assembled unanimously favor legislation to clear the District of He also presented a petition of sundry citizens of Brookline, Columbia of race-track gambling. 1\Iass., praying for the enactment of legislation canceling mile That is from Manchester, N. H. I also present a telegram limit and incorporating the ruling of the court of appeals in from the Woman's Interdenominational Union of the District gambling laws in the District of Columbia, to defend the capital of Columbia, making the same prayer. against invasion by discredited New York gamblers, which I move that the telegrams be referred to the Committee on was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. the District of Columbia . .Mr. CULLOM presented a petition of the Farmers and Grain The motion was agreed to. Dealers' Association of Illinois, which was referred ·to the Mr. PLATT presented petitions of Junius Grange, No. 34, Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be Patrons of Husbandry, of Junius; of Hermon Grange, No. 886, printed in the RECORD, as follows : Patrons of Husbandry, of Hermon; of Carlton Grange, No. THE FARMERS ill> GRAD< DEALERS' AsSOCIA..TIO~ OF ILLINOIS, 1057, Patrons of Husbandry, of Carlton; of Otsego County Po OFFICE OF THE SECBETARY, mona Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, of Schenevus, und of Mason City, Ilt., Marcl' 19, 1908. Clarksville Grange, No. 781, Patrons of Husbandry, of Voorhees-. lion. SHELBY M. CULLO:ll, Washington, D. a. ville, all in the State of New York, praying for the passage of DE.\R SIR: You will find attached hereto copy of a resolution unani mously adopted at the annual meeting of the Farmers and Grain the so-called "rural parcels-post bill," which were referred to Dealet·s' Association of Illinois, held in Bloomington February 26 and 27. the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. Ovet· l,GOO delegates were present, representing 170 farmer grain com He also presented a petition of Clarksville Grange, No. 781, paoies in Illinois, with a membership of over £5,000 grain growers. The men who grow the grain and the really independent dealer are most em Patrons of Husbandry, of Voorheesville, N. Y., and a petition phatically unanimous in demanding Federal inspection. The big ter- of Elmer Price and Byron S. Burdsall, of Olean, N. Y., praying 3774 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. MARcH 24, for the passage of the so-called "postal savings-bank bill," legislation to prohibit Sunday banking in post-offices in the which were referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post handling of money orders and registered letters, which were Roads. referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. He also pre ented a petition of the Board of Supervisors of He also presented a memorial of sundry citizens of College Cattaraugus County, N. Y., praying for the enactment of legis Place, Wash., and a memorial of sundry citizens of Walla lation providing for a complete survey of the soil of Cattarau Walla, Wash., remonstrating against the enactment of legisla gus County, in that State, which was referred to the Committee tion to protect the first day of'the week as a day of rest in the on Agriculture and Forestry. District of Columbia, which were referred to the Committee He also presented the memorial of Hamilton S. Gordon, of on the District of Columbia. New York City, N. Y., remonstrating against the adoption of Mr. BROWN presented a memorial of the Clearing House certain amendments to the present copyright law relating to Association of Omaha, Nebr., remonstrating against the enact musical compositions, which was referred to the Committee on ment of legislation to prevent national banks from accepting Patents. deposits from or making loans to any one dealing in futures, He also presented a petition of the Republican County Com which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. mittee of New York, praying for the enactment of legislation to He also presented petitions of the Woman's Club of Peru, of the provide for the reenlistment of certain men of the Twenty-fifth Women's Club of Decatur, of the Equal Suffrage Ciub of Roca, of United States Infantry, which was referred to the Committee the Political Equality Club of Humboldt, and of the Woman's on Military Affairs. Suffrage Association of Table Rock, all in the State of Nebraska, He also presented a memorial of the Grand Army of the Re praying for the adoption of an amendment to the Constitution public, Department of New York, of Rochester, N. Y., remon to prohibit the disfranchisement of citizens of the United States strating against the enactment of legislation to abolish certain on account of sex, which were referred to the Select Committee pension agencies throughout the country, which was referred to on Woman Suffrage. the Committee on Pensions. He also presented a petition of Pine Ridge Lodge, No. 17, He also presented a memorial of sundry citizens of New York, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen of Chad and a memorial of the Patrick Sarsfield Club, of Oswego, N.Y., ron, Nebr., praying for the passage of the so-called "La remonstrating against the ratification of the pending treaty of Follette-Sterling employers' liability bill," which was referred arbitration between the United States and Great Britain, which to the Committee on the Judiciary. · were referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. He al o presented a petition of the State Historical Society He also presented the petition of 1\frs. Mary Grinnell Mears, of Fort Kearney, Nebr., praying for the enactment of legislation first vice-president National Congress of Mothers, of Albany, to establish a national military reser>ation at that city, which N. Y., praying for the enactment of legislation to promote the was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. welfare of children as affects educational efficiency, which was He also presented a petition of Local Division, Union Vet referred to the Committee on Education and Labor. erans Union, of Omaha, Nebr., praying for the enactment of 1\lr. DILLINGHAM presented a petition of sundry citizens of legislation to create a volunteer retired list in the War and West ·woodstock, Vt., and a petition of sundry citizens of East Navy Departments for the surviving officers of the civil war, Hardwick Vt., praying for the passage of the so-called "parcels which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. post bill,"' which were referred to the Committee on Post-Offices 1\Ir. WETMORE presented a memorial of tlie Central Labor and Post-Roads. Union of Woonsocket, R. I., remonstrating against the enact Mr. GAMBLE presented a petition of sundry citizens of ment of legislation to prohibit the manufacture and sale of in Bowdle S. Dak., praying for the enactment of legislation to toxicating liquors in the District of Columbia, which was re provide' for the payment of the claims of the Roman Catholic ferred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Church in the Philippine Islands, which was ordered to lie on He also presented a memorial of the Irish-American Social the table. Club of Westerly, R. I., remonstrating against the ratification Mr. W .ARREN presented a memorial of the Merchants' Pro of the pending treaty of arbitration between the United States tective Association of Thermopolis, Wyo., remonstrating against and Great Britain, which was referred to the Committee on the passage of the so-called "parcels-post bill" and praying Foreign Relations. for the enactment of legislation to increase the limit of weight Ee also presented a petition of the Central Labor Union of on fourth-class mail matter, which was referred to the Com Woonsocket, R. I., praying for the enactment of legislation pro mittee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. viding for an investigation into the conditions of labor in mines, He also presented a memorial of the National Association of and also for the relief of the families of those killed in mine Clothiers of New York City, N. Y., remonstrating against the disasters, which was referred to the Committee on Mines and passage ~f the so-called "Aldrich currency bill " and praying Mining. for the passage of the so-called "Fowler currency bill," which Mr. BRANDEGEE presented a memorial of the Emmet Club was ordered to lie on the table. of Danbury, Conn., remonstrating against the ratification of Mr. DEPEW presented a petition of the board of supervisors the pending treaty of arbitration between the United States of Cattaraugus County, N.Y., praY,ing that the Bureau of Soils, and Great Britain, which was referred to the Committee on Department of Agriculture, be authorized to make a soil sur Foreign Relations. vey of that county as soon as practicable, which was referred He also presented a petition of sundry citizens of Haverhill, to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Mass., praying for the enactment of legislation to establish a He also presented petitions of sundry citizens of Syracuse, national forest reserve in the Southern Appalachian and White Cooperstown, and Washingtonville, all in the State of New Mountains, which was referred to the Committee on Forest York, praying for the passage of the so-called ':rural parcels Reservations and the Protection of Game. post bill," which were referred to the Committee on Post Mr. BURKE'l"'T presented a petition of Local Union No. 120, Offices and Post-Roads. International Brotherhood of Bookbinders, of Lincoln, Nebr., He also presented a petition o~ the New York Board of Trade praying for the repeal of the duty on white paper, wood pulp, and Transportation, praying for the enactment of legislation to and the materials used in the manufacture thereof, which was establish a national forest reserve in the Southern Appalachian referred to the Committee on Finance. and White Mountains, which was referred to the Committee He also presented a memorial of sundry citizens of Bridge on Forest Resenations and the Protection of Game. port, Nebr., remonstrating against the enactment of legislation 1\Ir. BURNHAM presented a petition of sundry citizens of to prohibit Sunday banking in post-offices in the handling of Portsmouth, N. H., praying for the enactment of legislation money orders and registered letters, which was referred to the providing for the construction of colliers, as recommended by Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. the Secretary of the Navy, and also that one be constructed at He also presented a petition of the State Historical Society the navy-yard of that city, which was referred to the Commit of Fort Kearney, Nebr., praying for the enactment of legisla tee on Naval Affairs. tion to establish a national military reservation at that city, He also presented petitions ·of sundry citizens of Deerfield, which was referred to the Committee on Military .Affairs. Peterboro, and Antrim, all in the State of New Hampshire; of Mr. KNOX presented petitions of S. R. Sleeper and sundry the Farmers' Institute, of Ottumwa, Iowa, and of F. H. In other citizens of Warren Center, C. Irwin and sundry other citi ghran of St. Albans, W. Va., praying for the passage of the zens of Barneston, K. Graham and sundry other citizens of so-calied "Burnham rural parcels-post bill," which were re Saegertown, G. R. Barnes and sundry other citizens of Gelatt, ferred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. J. E. Brownlee and sundry other citizens of Costello, C. E. 1\Ir. ANKENY presented a memorial of sundry citizens of Bittinger and sundry other citizens of Northumberland, M. C. Walla Walla, Wash., and a memorial of sundry citizens of Brint:llinger and sundry other citizens of Spring City, W. W. C.ollege Place, Wash., remonstrating against the enactment of Torrey and sundry other citizens of Millport, W. B. Cowan and 1908. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE: 3775 sundry other citizens of Brookville, G. E. Smith and sundry the nature of a substitute and submitted a report thereon, the other citizens of North East, W. E. Metzger and sundry other amended bill being a substitute for the following Honsfl bills citizens of Allenwood, C. G. Anderson and sundry other citizens heretofore referred to that committee: of Scandia, H. D. Wilson and sundry other citizens of Lacey H. R. 603. John A. l\1. La Pierre. ville, J. D. Durnall and sundry other citizens of Swarthmore, H. R.1034. James Carroll. L. 0. Andrews and sundry other citizens of Lawrenceville, 1\I. L. H. R. 1037. Edward A. Russell. Bolles and sundry other citizens of West Auburn, C. C. Ricker H. R.1055. Joel F. Overholser. and sundry other citizens of McElhattan, R. M. Tingley and H. R.1059. Hannegan C. Norvell. sundry other citizens of Gibson, H. J. Osborn and sundry other H. R. 1063. Nicholas S. Chrisman. citizens of Erie, W. hl. Johnson and sundry other citizens of H. R. 1215. Phebe A. Barteaux. "Vanderbilt, J. H. Carey and sundry other citizens of Clarks H. R.1496. Elbert 1\f. ·watts. Mills, H. A. Talcott and sundry other citizens of Shickshinney, H. R.1590. Nelson ·wolfiey. J. J. Morrison and sundry other citizens of '.ridioute, E. E. H. H.1673. George Athey. Ohubbish and sundry other citizens of Potterville, Amos Evans H. R. 2200. William H. H. Lang. and sundry other citizens of Cassville, D. G. 'Vilson and sundry H. R. 2204. Andrew Risser. other citizens of West Pike, A.. Wiggins and sundry other citi H. R. 2350. Richard P. McGrath. zens of Dixon, J. 1\J. Evans and sundry other citizens of Mor H. R. 2354. Amos Foust. risdale, D. W. Hartman and sundry other citizens of Richland H. R. 2355. Samuel Donaldson. Center, Daniel Waltz and sundry other citizens of Ramey, C. E. H. R. 2535. John B. Evans. Brewster and sundry other citizens of Mansfield, J. L. Hall and H. R. 2648. Ellison Gilbert. sundry other citizens of Corry, H. Buckley, jr., and sundry H. R. 2711. Simon Levi. other citizens of Townville, 1\I. w. Powell and sundry other H. R. 2724. John L. Oleary, alias John L. Clark. citizens of Hadley, M. IJ. Cook and sundry other citizens of Rut H. R. 2846. Linsay C. Jones. land, I. S. Moyer and sundry other citizens of Spring City, H. H. R. 2855. Samuel H. Hurst. D. Nelson and sundry other citizens of Cessna, C. J. Garrett H. R. 2863. John Findlay. and ·sundry other citizens of Westgro-re, G. L. Daily and sundry H. R. 2873. Frank Rushaloo. other citizens of Utica, M. A. Gay and sundry other citizens of H. R. 2955. James C. Booth. Media, L. Carpenter and sundry other citizens of Milan, J. B. H. R. 2961. Hazzard P. Gavitt. Merrick and sundry other citizens of West Bingham, L. L. H. R. 2999. George P. Mattison. Simmons and sundry other citizens of Genesee, S. W. Smith H. R. 3164. Osiah Attison. and sundry other citizens of Buckmanville, El. Gilfoy and sun H. R. 322D. William McCue. dry other citizens of Birchardville, W. A. Palmeter and sun H. R. 3232. John Foster. dry other citizens of Roulette, F. C. Bixby and sundry other H. R. 3243. Charles D. Copeland. citizens of Canton, E. hl. Griffis and sundry other citizens of H. R. 3244. Ebenezer L. Briggs. Susquehanna, S. A. Wright and sundry other citizens of For H. R. 3329. Theodore F. Kendall. est Lake, W. H. Swarts and sundry other citizens of Madison H. R. 3339. James M. Neal. ville, D. E. Windsor and sundry other citizens of Smethport, H. R. 3350. Edward 1\I. Lee. 0. W. Abbey and sundry other citizens of . Turtlepoint, W. H. H. R. 3491. William Hall. Van li'leet and sundry other citizens of Nicholson, F. B. Davis H. R. 3493. Levi Nicholson. and sundry other citizens of Randolph, W. N. Sterrett and sun H. R. 3611. Alexander Mc:Kabb. dry other citizens of Miffi.intown, J. C. Craig and sundry other H. R. 3614. Jacob B. Boyer. citizens of Cogan Station, R. Boyle and sundry other citizens H. R. 3635. Jesse T. Power. of Olanta, D. A. Coolidge and sundry other citizens of Watts H. R. 3641. John N. Dickerson. burg, C. E. Parke and sundry other citizens of Troy, G. A. Wood- H. R. 3802. Andreas Schmidt. ide and sundry other citizens of Sugargrove, A. J. Hay and H. R. 3845. Philip Ebright. sundry other citizens of Elk Lake, W. H. Pettit and sundry H. R. 4072. Henry B. Keffer. other citizE>...ns of Burgettstown, and F. I. Shultz and sundry H. R. 4094. John B. Southworth. other citizens of Benton, all in the State of Pennsylvania, pray H. R. 4102. William H. C. Davis: ing for the enactmE'..nt of legislation providing for additional H. R. 4103. David l\1. Myers. protection to the dairy interests of the country, which were re H. R. 4125. Judson P. Adams. ferred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. H. R. 4128. Isaac W. Corgill. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. H. R. 4149. John W. Armstrong. · Mr. OVERMAN, from the Committee on Claims, to whom was II. R. 4170. Bernhard Herber. referred the bill (S. 5268) for the relief of J. deL. Lafitte, re H. R. 4265. John W. Hudson. ported it without amendment and submitted a report thereon. H. R. 4290. Howard F. Hess. Mr. DILLINGHAM, from the Committee on the District of H. R. 4295. John Maguire. Columbia, to whom were referred the following bills, submitted H. R. 4351. Osborne Eddy. adverse reports thereon, which were agreed to, and the bills H. n.. 4355. John 1\I. Hoisington. were postponed indefinitely : H. R. 4387. Margret Orst. A bill ( S. 4790) to declare the 12th day of February, 1909, a H. R. 4416. John H. Wells. legal holiday in the District. of Columbia, and for other pur H. R. 4490. James H. Thompson. H. R. 4497. Alexander Depuy. poses; and A bill ( S. 1582) making the 12th day of October of each year H. R. 4522. William H. Hanson. a legal holiday in the District. of Columbia. H. R. 4538. Charles F. Read. Mr. BANKHEAD, from the Committee on Public Lands, to H. R. 4539. John W. Pressley. whom was referred the bill (S. 5620) to authorize the issuance H. R. 4651. Cornelia H. Keyes. of a patent to the assignee of Warner Bailey, for land located H. R. 4674. Henry R. Fancher. in Choctaw County, State of Alabama, reported it with an H. R. 4677. Sylvia 1\I. Anthony. amendment and submitted a report .thereon. H. R. 4678. David L. Arwine. Mr. PLATT, from the Committee on Nayal Affairs, to whom H. R. 4758. Edwin P. Gurney. were referred the :following bills, reported them each with an H. R. 4934. Andrew Hiram 'Voods. amendment and submitted reports thereon: H. R. 4962. Josephine hl. Pearsall. A. bill ( S. 5227) granting an honorable discharge to Seth H. R. 5347. William M. Stevenson. Wardell; and · H. R. 5382. John Bowen. A bill ( S. 4782) to remove the charge of desertion against H. R. 5422. William Dunlap. Thomas L. Rodgers. H. R. 5450. Calvin E. Breed. Mr. .ALDRICH, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was H. R. 5639. George S. Bennett. referred the bill ( S. u694) to pro\ide for the lading or unlad H. R. 5764. Mary O'Brien. ing of vessels at night, to facilitate the entry of vessels, and for H. R. 5803. Daniel Harter. other purposes, asked to be discharged from its further consid H. R. 5868. Jane Dorsey. eration and that it be referred to the Committee on Commerce, H. R. 5880. Addi C. Pindell. which was agreed to. H. R. 6035. Charles R. Fox. Mr. McCUMBER, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom H. R. 6038. Edwin May. was referred the bill (H. R. 603) granting an increase of pen H. R. 6057. Katharine Seiberlich. sion to John A.M. La Pierre, reported it with an amendment in H. R. 6064. Jeremiah Beck. '3776 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. l\iABcH 24, H. R. 6065. George M. Coykendall. H. R.10824. Caswell Lovitt. H. R. 6070. William F. Moyer. H. R. 10855. Frances A. Payne. H. R. 6487. Alexander W. Brownlie. H. R. 10869. William C. Tanner. H. R. 6492. Irvin Austin. H. R. 10949. Leonard C. Hill. H. R. 6505. John N. Kundert. H. R. 10954. Russell Arnold. H. R. 6641. James A. Cobb. H. R.11010. George W. Florye. H. R. 6647. Elizabeth J. McCoy. H. R. 11043. Elisha Cole. H. R. 6688. Isaac Steely. H. R.11055. Joseph Price. H. R. 6736. Rosenia Writer. H. R.11102. Charles Wells. H. R. 6819. Andrew Clark. H. R. 11114. Michael McManus. H. R. 6866. Ezra Prouty. H. R.11120. John T. Hogg, jr. H. R. 6875. James S. Walsh. • H. R. 11250. Louis P. Sothoron. IT. R. 6876. Carrie A. Chaplin. H. R.11282. John W. McCormick. H. R. 6900. Hiram Spear. H. R.11286. John H. Stephens. H. R. 6932. John 0. Warwick. H. R. 11288. Alfred Booze. H. R. 7012. Jacob B. Nelson. H. R.11413. Noah Jones. H. R. 7060. Simon White. H. R.11471. Frederick Spackman. H. R. 7223 . .Jeremiah Keefe. H. R.11522. John Sonia. H. R. 7288. John J. Banks. H. R. 11679. Celina C. Fleming. H. R. 7300. Magdalena Hansman.. H. R. 11868. Alexander Hyde. H. R. 7307. Benjamin L. Shepard. H. R.11891. Albert Munger. H. R. 7325. Joseph Chisam. H. R. 11911. Samuel Beckley• . H ..R. 7431. Florence K. Patterson. H. R. 11966. Sophia Winters. H. R. 7439. Joshua Gill. H. R. 12027. Daniel A. Stedman. H. R 7450. Eugene Lattin. H. R.12028. Patrick Dolan. ll. R. 7530. Charles Brown. H. R. 12034. Henry C. Crowell. H. R. 7781. Phineas P. Trowbridge. H. R. 12081. William H. H. Kellogg. H. R. 7790. Milo L. Pierce. H. R.12234. Martin V. Monroe. H. R. 7792. Susan A. Jackson. H. R.12252. William B. Swisher. H. R. 7815. William H. Patterson. H. R.12395. Andrew H. Clutter. ·H. n.. 7879. Hiram Still. H. R. 12534. Harvey Fowler. H. R. 7893. Sarah J. Toncray. H. R. 12616. Horace A. Rexford. H. R. 7946. William Brogan. H. R.12619. Hannah M. Crowley. H. R. 8053. Samuel Cozine. H. R. 12719. Henry H. Searl. H. R 8061. Archibald Huston. ' H. R. 12735. William H. Stump. H. H. 8094. Leander Wagers. ~ H. R. 12739. Lemuel L. Kelso. H. R. 8142. Wilson Graham. H. R.12766. Francis M. Woodruff. H. R. 8145. Edward E. Hackett. H. R. 12809. Carlton Cross. H. R. 8222. Robert Simpson. H. R. 12810. Michael H. Glass. H. R. 8332. George W. Uhles. H. R. 12811. John Riley. H. R. 8385. Jackson Weathers. H. R. 12849. Benjamin B. Hardman. H. R. 8427. John Gaffney. H. R. 12936. Cynthia A Benson. H. R. 489. Adlade Holland. H. R. 12-947. James H Pearce. H. R. 8548. Joseph T. Walker. H. R. 12950. Bylas S. Moore. H. R. 8610. John Shields. H. R.12970. James McConnaha. H. R. 8640. Barbara Haase. H. R. 12990. Jerome Long. H. R. 8644. Ida W. Maples. H. R. 12992. Thomas Coughlin. H. R. 8672. Isaiah Fowler.. H. R.13065. John E. Lapsley. H. R. 8695. William Thomas. H. R. 13137. Thomas J. Shoffner. H. R. 8745. Cornelius W. Smith. H. R. 13152. John Sain. H. R. 8747. Alfred Jervais. H. R.13190. John Loughmiller. H. R. 8773. Alfred Lindsay. H. R. 13220. Frank H. Wells. H. R. 8829. Milton Frame. H. R.13226. Charles S. Derland. H. R. 8970. Anthon W. Mortenson. H. R.13245. Martin V. B. Davis. H. R. 8978. Marquis D. Mason. H. R. 13336. Regina Albert. H. R. 8999. J ohu Hancock. H. R. 13355. Samuel A. Slemmons. H. R. 9311. George Harkless. H. R.1.3372. John H. Seagrist. H. R. 9331. Francis H. Britton. H. R. 13391. Stephen Lyons. H. R. 9390. Nancy Woodruff. H. R. 13683. Thomas W. Treadwell. H. R. 9560. John H. Keys. H. R. 13708. lWilliam Goulding. H. R. 9612. Emil Christian. H. R. 13713. Anton Geiser. H. n. 9647. William W. Mayne. H. R.13783. William H. Murray. H. n. 9695. Albert C. Lee. H. R.13889. Martha Foster. H. R. 9748. Herbert C. Mattoon. H. R.13916. Charles R. Bockins. H. R. 9768. Martha A. Atkinson. H. R.13920. Fernando D. Stone. H. R. 9789. Samuel P. Hallam. H. R. 13930. Caroline Morse. H. R. 9811. Daniel H. Sumner. H. R.13945. Abbie E. Barr. H. R. 9813. Henry L. Williams. H. R. 13951. William Herbert. H. n. 9824. William Hines. H. R.13962. John D. Wells. H. R. 9983. James Burke. H. R.14199. George Walton. / H. R. 10035. William L. Skinner. H. R.14226. George W. Child. H. R. 10040. Milton Williams. H. R.14232. Reuben R. Pitman. H. R.10041. Jenkin Evans. H. R.14310. Thomas Porter. H. R.10163. Myron A. Hawks. H. R.14314. Randolph Snell. H. R. 10267. Alice George. H. R.14316. Dewitt Eldrid. / H. R. 10307. Susie Harkey. H. R. 14363. Frank Schader. H. R. 10436. Henry Hill. H. R. 14427. Calvin :Morehead. H. R.10442. John Sullivan. H. R. 14474. Nancy J. Walker. H. R.10602. David H. House. H. R. 14477. Edward Carr. H. R.10698. Andrew J. Lyons. H. R.14532. Michael J. Hawley. H. R. 10716. August Gehb. H. ll.14584. Marcus T. Camp. H. R. 10723. William H. White. H. R.14606. Fran,cis L. Smith. H. R. 10753. Michael P. Donley. H. R. 14621. Thomas A. Sorrell, alias Thomas A. Martfn. H. R.10763. William C. Milliken. H. ll. 14632. Mary Ten Eyck. H. R.10800. Charles Gardner. H. R.14671. Benjamin Johnson. 1908. CONGRESS! ON AL RECORD-SENATE. 3777 H. R.14724. Rush Patterson. He also introduced a bill (S. 6292) granting an increase H. R. 14747. William B. Haines. of pension to Cynthia P. Lapham, which was read twice by its H~R. 14798. Peter C. Parker. title and referred to the Co~mittee on Pensions. H. R.14807. Cornelius D. McCombs. He also introduced a bill ( S. 6293) for the relief of Robert H. R. 14818. Roswell L Nason. Davis, which was read twice by its title and referred to the H. R.14829. Andrew J. Black. Committee on Claims. H. R.14844. John B. Wheeler. He also introduced a bill (S. 6294) authorizing the appoint H. R.148G9. Carlos L. Buzzell ment of Col. J. H. Gilman, United States Army, retired, .to H. R. 14916. James Tenbrook. the rank and grade of brigadier-general on the retired list of H. R.14958. John L. Bennett. the Army, which was· read twice by .its title and, with the H. R. 149G9. Abraham H. Tompkins. accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Military H. R. 14978. Josiah Dixon. Affairs. H. R. ·14982. Missouri L. Herron. Mr. GALLINGER introduced a bill (S. 6295) for the relief H. R.14988. Joseph Farley. of Robert Shakespeare, which was read twice by its title and H. R.14989. Jerome King. referred to the Committee on Claims. . H. H. 15037. Albert Falcon. . Mr. CULLOM introduced a bill (S. 6296) granting an increase H. R. 15063. Alexander .Mattison. of pension to Henry Clay Doyle, which was read twice by its H. R.15071. James M: Reed. title and referred to the Committee on Pensions. H. R. 15158. Francis S. Fletcher. Mr. FLINT introduced the following bills, which were sev H. R. 15167. Titus W. Allen. erally read twice by their titles and referred to the Committee H. R.15193. Milo Brewster. on Pensions : H. R.15280. Ezra Taylor. A bill ( S. 6297) granting an increase of pension to Calvin W. H. R. 15305. Edward B. Wright. Cooke; and H. R. 15356. Mary Herndon. A bill (S. 6298) granting an increase of pension to Franklin H. R. 153 0. Cleanthus Burnett. Presley. H. R.15429. William R. Moore. Mr. WETMORE introduced a bill (S. 6299) for the relief of H. R.15475. Fannie T. Shipley. E. W. and A. Cross, which was read twice by its title and, with H. R. 15538. -George W. Fairchild. the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Claims. H. R.15579. Alonzo C. Abbey. Mr. GUGGENHEIM inttoduced the following bills, which H. R. 15616. Hugh Irwin. were severally read twice by their titles and referred to the H. R. 15686. William H. Turner. Committee on Pensions: H. R. 15688. Martha A. Elliott. A bill (S. 6300) granting an increase of pension to James H. R.15722. John W. Betts. ,V. Nelson; H. R. 15821. Thomas Larkin. A bill (S. 6301) granting an increase of pension to James H. H. R.15927. William McGovern. L. Potter; and H. R. 16020. Moses T. Kelly. A bill ( S. 6302) granting an increase of pension to Ella L. H. R. 16194. William F. Paris. Deweese. H. R. 16237. Amanda Bonnell. Mr. GAMBLE introduced a bill (S. 6303) authorizing the al H. R. 16308. Daniel. C. Foster. lotment of lands to certain Sioux Indians of the Rosebud Res H. R.16335. Henry F. Tomlin. ervation, in the State of South Dakota, which was read twice H. R. 16349. Frank Upchurch. by its title and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. H. R. 16394. Isaac N. Forman Mr. SUTHERLAND introduced the ·following bills, which H. R. 16610. Michael Conniff. were severally read twice by their titles and referred to the 1\Ir. MARTIN, from the Collllllittee on Commerce, to whom Committee on Pensions: was referred the bill ( S. 6131) to authorize the construction A bill (S. 6304) granting an increase of pension to George A. of a bridge across the Rock River, State of Illinois, reported Hicks; it without amendment, and submitted a report thereon. A bill (S. 6305) granting an increase of pension to Mary lie also, from the same committee, to whom were referred Robertson ; and the following bills, reported them severally without amend A bill (S. 6306) granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth ment: McKell. . A bill (H. R. ·:t8616) to authorize the Cairo and Norfolk Rail road Company to construct a bridge across the Tennessee Mr. ANKENY introduced a bill ( S. 6307) granting an increase River; · of pension to James Wilson, which was read twice by its title A bill (H. R. 18615) to authorize the Cairo and Norfolk Rail and referred to the Committee ·on Pensions. road Company to construct bridges across the Cumberland Mr. SMITH introduced a bill (S. 6308) for the relief of River; and Clarence A. Rendt, which was read twice by its title and re A bill (H. R. 13448·) to authorize the counties of Allegheny ferred to the Committee on Claims. and Washington, in the State of Pennsylvania, to change the He also inh·oduced a bill ( S. 6309) to provide for the com site of the joint county bridge which now crosses the Mononga pletion of the park surrounding the filtration plant in the Dis hela River at Monongahela City, Pa., and to construct a new trict of Columbia, and for other purposes, which was read twice bridge across said river in the place of said present bridge by its title and referred to the Committee on Public Buildings upon a new site. and Grounds. · He also introduced a bill (S. 6310) granting a pension to BILLS INTRODUCED. Harry W. Bershon, which was read twice by its title and, with Mr. TELLER introduced a bill (S. 6287) allowing homestead the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Pen er on the Gunnison tunnel project to leave their claims until sions. water is ayailable, which was read twice by its title and re Mr. KNOX introduced the following bills, which were sev ferred to the Committee on Public Lands. erally read twice by their titles and referred to the Committee He also introduced a bill ( S. 6288) for the relief of Baer, on Claims: sr., & Co.'s successors and C. Ingenohl, which was read twice A bill (S. 6311) for the relief of the Freedom Oil Works by its title and, with the accompanying papers, referred to the Company, of Freedom, Pa.; and Committee on the Philippines. A bill (S. 6312) for the relief of the Philadelphia Company, - Mr. TAYLOR introduced a bill (S. 6289) to correct the lineal of Pittsburg, Pa. · and relatiYe rank of Granville Sevier, captain, Coast Artillery He also (by request) inh·oduced a bill (S. 6313) provid Corps, United States Army, which was read twice by its title ing for the retirement of petty officers and enlisted men of the and, with the accompanying paper, referred to the Committee United States Navy, which was read twice by its title and re on Military Affairs. ferred to the Committee on NaTal Affairs. Mr. FRYE introduced the following bills, which were sev 1\lr. McCREARY introduced a bill (S. 6314) for the relief erally read twice by their titles and referred to the Committee of the 1\fethodist Episcopal Church South, of Campbellsville, on Commerce : Ta-ylor County, Ky., which was read twice by its title and re A bill (S. 6200) ·to amend section 4414 of the Revised Stat ferred to the Committee on Claims. utes of the United States; and l\Ir. CLAY introduced a bill ( S. 6315) for the relief of Eliza A bill (S. 6291) to amend section 4438 of the Revised Stat beth A. C. Galloway, which was read twice by its title and re utes of the United States. ferred to the Committee on Claims. XLII--237 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-~ SENATE. ~fARCll 24, Mr. CURTIS introduced the following bills, which were REGISTRATION OF TUBERCULOSIS IN THE DISTRICT. seYernlly read twice by their titles and referred to the Com~ The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the amend mittee,on Pensions: ments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 20) to A bill (S. 6316) granting an increase of pension to Jacob provide for reO'istration of all cases of tuberculosis in the Dis F. Denneler; trict of Col has come to correct the glaring inequalities which exist In our tariff of the State of New Jersey, I sincerely trust that your colleagues laws, and that a capable fair-minded commission, such as is proposed will give you that support that your measure is entitled to, and at in Senator Beverid?e's bih, is the best practical method of accomplish the same time h~ed the request of the more than 200,000 members of ing tariff revision.' the grange represented at its recent annual session at Hat·tford, when We submit the above to you for what it may be worth, and we ear without a dissenting voice a resolution was adopted calling for such a ·nestly trust that your proposed bill will become a law. commission. Yours, truly Very truly, yours, G. w. F. GAUNT, THE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION OF YORK, PA., Master New Jersey State Gmnge. R. E. GEPHART, Secretary. VERMO!\T STATE GR.'.u.~GE, KANSAS STATE GRANGE, Brattleboro, Vt., March 17, 1908. Olathe, Kans., March 19, 1908. Hon. ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE, Hon. ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE, United States Senate, Washington, D. C. Utlited States Senator, Washington, D. C. MY DEAR Sm: I heartily commend the action you have taken in in· DEAR SIR: As the representative of the grange in Kansas I write troducing in the United States Senate a bill favoring the appointment you to express our approval of your bill to establish a tariff commis of a nonpartisan tariff commission. I certainly hope this measm·e will sion, and not only hope but will do what we can to make your effort become a law and that we shall be able to realize the same in the near successfuL future. The National Gr'ange placed themselves on record at Hartford, Conn., Again assuring you that I heartily indorse the measure, and that you last November in regard to this matter, and the Kansas State Grange can depend upon me to help you in any legitimate way in securing the at its session in Lawrence, Kans., last December expressed themselves passage of the same, I remain, strongly in favor of a revision of the tariff. Very truly, · G. w. PIERCE, We want to assure you that we heartily indorse your bill and ap Master of the Vermont State Gt·a·nge. preciate your effort. Mr. BEVERIDGE. Mr. President, when I had the honor of Yours, truly, GEO. BLACK. addressing the Senate upon the tariff-commission bill, which THE BOARD OF TRADE OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, N.J., I presented, I said at the beginning that I was not personally M arcl' 15, 1908. wedded to that bill or to any particular measure; that I was Ron. ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE, determined only upon the idea-the idea that seemed to me to United States Senate, Washington, D. C. DEAR SIR: I beg to call your attention to a resolution adopted at be so full of common sense-and so demanded by the exigencies a regular meeting of the board of directors of this body held on Feb of the present situation. ruary 4. 1908: Since that time two criticisms have been made, usually in "Resolved, That the board of directors of the Board of Trade of conversation, and only once publicly, of the idea' of having the city of Newark favor the enactment of Senate Bill No. 3163 in troduced by Mr. Beveridge, providing for the appointment of n tariff experts help Congress in finding out the facts and in making commission, as n measure which will tend to improve the industrial the classifications, and it is to reply to these two points that interests of the country; furthet·, that the Senators and Members of I have risen at this particular moment to address the Senate. Congress from New Jersey be respectfully requested to advocate and vote for its enactment.'' It is first said, Mr. President, that we ought not to have~ Respectfully yours, JAS. M. REILLY, Secretary. any measure, whether a tariff-commission bill or a joint reso lution, directing the designation of experts to do this detailed CONNECTICUT STATE Ga.A..·•.-aE, work for Congress, because Congress should part with none of North Woodstock, Con'T)., Mat·ch 20, 1908. its legislative power. I believe that is the objection most fre ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE, Esq. quently heard and in conversation most frequently discussed. My DEAR SIR AND SENATOR: We are heartily in favor of your reso lution appointing a commission on tariff revision. The criticism, Mr. President, shows that those who have Very respectfully, made it, making it sincerely I doubt not, have nevertheless L. H. HEALEY, not read the biU or examined a single argument advanced Master Conn. State Grange. in support of it. For the first thing to which attention was OHIO STATE GRANGE, called was that this bill carefully refrains from taking from Mantua, Ohio, March 20, 1908. SENATOR BEVERIDGE, Congress, either directly or indirectly, any of its legislative Washington, D. C. power. · DEAR SIR: I note the introduction of your bill for the creating of a It neither authorizes nor permits the commission or other I "non-partisan tariff commission.'' The national grange has given body of experts to make a recommendation c-oncerning a single their unqualified indorsement and I sincerely hope you can pass the measure. item of a single schedule. Respectfully, F. A. DERTHICK, Master 0. B. G. It confines the body of experts solely to the wo1·1c of inves.ti gating the facts and making the classifications. One of those, PENNSYLVANIA STATE GRANGE, as has been pointed out already, is purely investigating work Huntingdot~, Pa., Mm·ch 17, 1908. and the other is purely scientific clerical work. Neither one of Hon. A. J. BEVERIDO'E, U. B. Senate, Washington, D. C. them by any stretch of the imagination or any construction of DEAR SIR: I have noted your efforts to secure the appointment of a language can be considered legislative work. nonpartisan tariff commission with decided approval. I trust they Fixing the duties is legislative work, and fixing the duties by may be successful. The grange membership in Pennsylvania are in experts is not contemplated by those who not only here, but sympathy with this movement. Very truly, yours, W. F. HILL, much more throughout the whole country, are insisting upon Master State Grange. this modern, this common sense, and this scientific method of preparing for tariff revision. NORDYKE & MARMON COMPANY, So the answer to the first objection which has been made !11-dianapolis, Ind., March 16, 1908. is that it simply is not true. Neither is it in the bill which DEAR SIR: We have heretofore written to you expressing our in dorsement of the tariff-commission bill, and wish to reiterate all that I had the honor to present, so far as the bill is concerned, we hav.e heretofore said in favor of this bill. We have for years been nor is it in the language of anyone who has ad-vocated the in favor of legislation of this kind, and our present attitude is not idea. I have pretty thoroughly read the now voluminous prompted by any person or organization. We sincerely trust that you will be successful in securing the passage of the tariff-commission bill. literature that has grown up, issued by various producing Respectfully, bodies throughout the country, such as the National Manu NORDYKE & MARMON Co. facturers' Association, the National Stock Breeders' Associa Hon. ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE, Washington, D. C. tion, various associations of farmers, etc., and in none of this literature is it contemplated to depriye Congress of the minutest STATE GRANGE OF WISCO~SIN, and most infinitesimal fraction of its legislati-ve power. Medina, Wis., March 20, 1908. So anyone who takes a stand against this proposition upon Hon. ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE, that ground must depart to some other ground. United States Senate, Washington, D. C. Why anyone, .Mr. President, with any yiew of any tariff DEAR SIR: I understand that you have introduced into the United States Senate a very commendable measure, providing for the appoint theory should object to having experts do the clerical work of ment of a nonpartisan tariff commission. This is a step taken in Congress, merely because Congress has not time to do that the right course, and to place this important feature outside of par particular work, I have not been able to comprehend. Sm·ely tisan policies is certainly placing it where it must be to measure equality. no one objects to ha\ing facts found out; surely no one objects In behalf of the membership of the Wisconsin granges I wish to to a scientific classification. .A.nd Congress can not do this work. say you have our support. I had the honor to present to the Senate the exact facts, Very respectfully, H. M. CULBERTSON, Master Wisconsin State Grange. giving dates as to the time spent by the committees of the two Houses when they ha-ve heretofore framed a tariff bill; and I NEW JERSEY STATE GR.A.~GE, showed that the ...-ery limited time which they were compelled Mullica HW, N. J., March 21, 1908. to occupy proved that they could not do this vast and this de Hon. ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE, tailed work. United States Senate, Washington, D. C. I quoted an article from the former Senator from Missouri MY DF.AR Srn: It affords me pleasure to congratulate you on the stand you have taken with reference to a nonpartisan tariff com [Mr. Vest] giving the experience of the subcommittee which mission, and as a representative of nearly 20,000 patrons of husbandry had this work. in charge 'vhen the Wilson l>ill was being framed1 3780 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. J\LfficH 24~ Senator Vest testified that three Senators on the Finance Com The Senate has heard the first, which was that Congress mittee from sheer overwork and worry were stl'icken, and I should not part with any of its legislative power. I hay-e shown belieT"e that not one of them finally recovered, and each one of that that criticism could have been made only by persons who them owed his death to the hurried toil incident to the framing have not even read the bill; for, in my bill at least, I very of that bilL carefully guard against Congress parting with any of its legis But, Mr. Pre.Jdent, briefly as I intend to speak, I wish to lative power. I provide that the commission, or body of ex call the attention of the Senate to an ey-en more conclusive perts-it is immaterial what yon call it-is confined to ex piece of evidence than tJlis testimony of Senator Vest, and I clusive business of investigation and classification, which I hope that I shall have the attention of Senators while I read it, tried to show at a former time could not possibly be done, and becau e if they take a stand upon this measure they will want as I shall show in a moment never has been done by a com to bear this in mind. mittee of Congress, at least so far as classifications are con I bold in my hand the second volume of a work entitled " The cerned. Making of America," in which I find an article on u The Tariff Then I referred to the fact that it seemed incomprehensible and the Trusts," written by one of the ablest men of either to me that anyone who wanted the facts-whether a Senator, party in either House of Congress, a man who perhaps has, with a Representative, or a committee of Congress itself-should the exception of probably two men in the Senate, more familiar object to having experts help them with that work any more ity with tariff making than any man in either House. I refer to than a Senator or Representative should object to having a the non. SERENO E. PAYNE, and I wish to read a few extracts secretary help him with his work. · from this ru·ticle. He says : To reenforce the testimony that I have heretofore presented But let us first consider the history of trusts in the United States. as to the difficulties of the Ways and Means Committee of the Then I skip some details. Mr. PAYNE continues: House, or the Finance Committee of the Senate, in doing this Perhaps as good an example as we can find of the earlier form of a very work, I added to that testimony the statement of l\Ir. trust is in "The Sugar Refineries Company,' which was formed in 18$7. PAYNE, made in this article, in which he says it 1oas impossible The facts in respect to this company have been pretty thoroughly inves to get at the facts because the sugar experts would not give tigated in an action brought by The People of the State of New York against The North River Sugar Refining Company, which was one of the the facts to the Ways and Means Committee. Of course if a original parties t;o the deed of trust. This case is reported in full in body of experts is authorized by Congress to find out the 121 New Y01·k Reports, pa~e 5 2. There were seventeen sugar refining facts, with power to administer oaths, and if necessary to pro companies which entered mto this combination. Some of these com panies were copartnerships, others were incorporated. duce books and papers, that extreme difficulty so clearly pre Then follows a long and detailed account of the Sugar Trust, sented by l\Ir. PAYNE would disappear. and Mr. PAYNE goes on: Now, 1.\Ir. President, hurrying on, for I do not want to occupy Here, then. was a trust, pure and absolute, formed by these seventeen attention more than five minutes longer, to the second objection companies. Each put its property, and endeavored to place its fran which has been made, which is that we had a former com chise, under the control of a board which was to hold the property mission in 1882 and that its work was totally unavailing, all as joint tenants and as trustees, but had the power of absolute control of us have heard it said, until it has been accepted as more o.r It 1oas •a trust pure mttl• simple. • • • less true, that the work of this commission amounted to noth The board of trustees, formed as we have seen- ing; that Congress paid no attention to it. Indeed, it has often And now we come to the making of the tariff upon this been stated that the report of the commission of 1882 was so matter- long that nobody read it. forgot to carry out the original intention of the deed of trust. They I have the report of that commission before me. Here it did endeavor .. generally to promote the interests of the parties hereto ., is. It consists of 45 pages of carefully reasoned matter; and , with a vengeance, but they evidently did not keep the price of sugar as low as was consistent with reasonable pro.tit. Notwithstanding the it embraces in its recommendations, so far as the report itself is enormous watering of stock, divide-nds unheard of before were declared concerned, provision for a customs court, which has since been ana paid upon the certificates issued by this board of trustees. As adopted, proy-ision for the administratiy-e tariff laws of the the product of this combination was a necessary of life required by every class of people, the exce slve profits demanded soon called the Treasury Department, which has since been adopted, and it may attention of the people to the existence of this monopoly. Nobody be accurately said that eyery substantive recommendation of objected to refining sugar in this country. that commission has since been followed by Congress. Now, I come to the quotation from this article for which I But, l\lr. President, that was not all. Unlike the commission would be very much obliged to ha\e the particular attention which my bill contemplates, the commission of 1882, in addition of the Senators. This is Mr. PAYNE, who is testifying from his to its 45-page report, also reported a tariff bill. This tariff own experience : bilJ, which I have before me, does two things. First, it makes Indeed, there was every reason why this business .should be carried a cia sification of schedules, and, second, it fixes duties upon on exclusively in the United States in order to supply our markets. several thousand items under those schedules. The object in forming the sugar schedule of the tariff in 1890, and again in 1897, was to learn, as nearly as possible, the e:eact cost of First, then, as to the classifications. It is a fact of history to refining sugar, and then to adjust the tariff as to protect the labor which no one apparently has paid any attention-not I more than interests, and no more. INVE TIGA'l'ION ISTO THIS SUBJECT PROVED anyone else, because we have not studied it-that the first and VERY InKSOM.El ~"'D TROUBLESOME, IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET AT THE EXACT FACTS, AS THE EXPERTS WERE NO'.r INCLINED TO REVEAL THE only scientific classification of the tariff schedules ever made in SECRETS OF THEIR BUSINESS TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. America was made by the tariff commission of 1882, and that Different statements were made as to the cost of refining by tlifrerent classification adopted by Oongress remains 'with a few changes refineries, and then the best that could be done was a compromise rate for the differential duty between raw and refined sugar. to this day. The present classification is in substance the Mr. SUTHERL.Al\TD. l\fr. President-- classification made by the commission of 1882, with some de The VICE-PRESIDENT. Does the Senator from Indiana tailed additions and some detailed subtractions ; but the classi yield to the Senator from Utah? fication itself as a scheme of a tarifr is kept practically intact Mr. BEVERIDGE. Certainly. to this day. Mr. SUTHER:L.A.l\'D. The Senator from Indiana has quoted So we find that e-very substantive recommendation of that from something said by Mr. PAYNE. As the Senator from .Indi commission was the foundation of nearly all of our tariff laws ana, I think, very justly says, Mr. PAYNE may be regarded as since, such as the customs court, such as the administrative , one of the greatest tariff experts in the United States. laws of the tariff for the Treasury Department, and also that l\Ir. BEVERIDGE. I did not say u experts." I said he is its classification was the first scientific classification ever made one of the ablest men in either House of Congress in either in this country. party, and that he has had probably as much to do with the Now, is it true that Congress wai1ed aside this commission's framing of tariffs, and therefore I read this quotation from the recommendations in other respects? I have before me the bill article. which was the recommendation of the- commission of 1 2. l\Ir. SUTIIERLAND. I think Mr. PAYNE may be regarded Here it is on my desk. Here on this other desk is the law of as one of the greatest tariff experts in the United States. 1883. I have compared the bill recommended by tile com Mr. BEVERIDGE. Very well. mission and the bill passed by Congress. I find, first, that the l\Ir. SUTHERLAND. I wish to ask the Senator from classifications t·ecommended by the commission wac adopted Indiana 'vhether Mr. PAYNE has not quite recently declared as a schem.B pmctically intact, and I flnd, second, THAT CON very emphatically that he is opposed to any commission such GRESS EVEN ADOPTED THE ENORMOUS MAJORI'l'Y OF THE DUTIES as the Senator from Indiana has advocated. RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMISSION. Mr. BEVERIDGE. Yes, I think he did; and I am trying to This is no mere assertion. It is merely a condensation into very clearly and conclusively answer the only objections that one sentence of what any Senator will find by comparing the have ever been made, either in public or private, to this bill bill reported by the commission of 1882 and the bill adopted by by l\Ir. PAYNE or anybody else. Oongress in 1883. 1908. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3781 So it would not appear to be an entirely accurate statement provision of the bill should be modified. I will say to the that the work of the commission of 1882 had no effect upon Senator my purpose in putting that in, as well as my purpose· Congress, and was waived aside as being of no account; for in drafting the entire bill, was to provide what you might call Congress not only adopted the scheme of classification almost a permanent scientific commission; but my main purpose, as intact as recommended by the commission, but also actually explained in my first speech and as I repeat this morning, was adopted an enormous majority of the duties as recommended the idea of having facts and having classifications made by a by the commission. body of e:xpel'ts who could assist the committees of Congress The law of 1883 is, with some exceptions, that at a later in doing this necessary preparatory work _which Congress can time in this session I shall point out, .Practically the bill re not do. ported by the commission. So the statement that has hitherto The Senator will call to mind the first sentence of my re gone undisputed, until all of us had come to belie"'fe it, that the marks upon this bill, that I was not wedded to my own bill or work of the commission of 1882 was of no value and did not to any particular measure, but that I was very emphatic u·pon receive the attention of Congress, is refuted by the statute itself the idea itself. Perhaps the Senator's suggestion may be, for when laid along with the report of the commission itself. practical and inu;nediate purposes, very wise. I am not in I find, Mr. President, to be specific, that classification Sched sistent upon the period of seven years. The point about it is ule A, chemicals; Schedule B, woods, etc. ; Schedule F, tobacco; the idea, the very simple idea of having help for Congress in G, provisions; J, hemp, jute, flax; H, liquors; L, silk; M, finding facts and in doing its detailed work, and my purpose in books and papers; l\l, sundries, were adopted by the bill as addressing the Senate this morning was to answer the criti passed by Congress from the report of the commission, without cisms that have been made of the idea. many changes. I find that the changes made were in Schedule Mr. HEYBURN. Mr. President, I realize that, and it was C, metals ; E, sugar; L, cotton, and K, wool. only because it seemed convenient this morning to obtain light 'l'he changes that were made in these rates I shall not oc as to certain provisions in the bill that I took an opportunity to cupy the attention of the Senate this morning in explaining, make the inquiry. but I will refer to one or two as examples. It may be possible Mr. BEVERIDGE. I am always very glad to hear the that I shall have occasion hei·eafter to go O"'fer nearly all Senator. the changes in detail in the duties recommended by the com Mr. HEYBURN. There was another suggestion which oc mission and the duties as fixed by the law itself based upon curred to me upon the occasion when the Senator from Indiana it, nearly all of which I say are identical with the report of first presented this bill. and that was as to the language con the commission, but with some changes. tained on page 3, beginning in line 20, where it is provided But at the present moment I shall refer to but two examples. that- I find that wood pulp, dried and ready for paper making, was or by the direction of Congress by resolution, said commission shall sit placed by the commission of 1882 on the free list, and that with said above-named committees of the House and of Senate during the said sessions of said committees when said committee~ are drafting wood pulp, dried ready for paper making, was one of the recom or considering any bill affecting the customs tariff laws of the United mendations that was changed. It was put by the commission States. on the free list. The bill itself places upon this article 10 Now that is rather a mandatory provision, that they shall p-ar cent ad \alorem. And I have fmmd it in the wrong classifi sit with the standing committees of Congress. cation. Of course, I know that placing it in the wrong classifi Mr. BEVERIDGE. No, if the Senator will p:rrdon me a mo cation was not intentional-! do not even intimate that it was ment, I think he will, on rereading that, see that that was de but it is found under "Books and papers," instead of under the signed-and perhaps it is not necessary in the bill-only to put proper classification. this commission at the service of the appropriate committee of Now, Mr. President, that is one. I call attention to another. either House whenever they wanted it. That was all; that is to I find that iron ore was placed by the commission at 50 cents say, this body of experts, whatever you call them, commission a ton and was raised by Congress to 75 cents a ton. It is only or anything else which does this work, would help the commit these two items to which I wish to call attention this morn tee, so that they can be ready to go on without the stress and ing, but the thing to which I particularly wish to call attention difficulty which we haYe shown has heretofore existed; that is-and I repeat it for the third time-that not only is the these experts shall not only lay the report of their work before scheme of classification made by the commission the one which the two committees, but if the committees feel that they need was adopted by Congress in its entirety, but it has been pre their further help the experts shall sit with the committees. serYed to this day with additions from time to time; and, Perhaps it is surplusage, however. second, that Congress actually adopted the rates of duty on Mr. HEYBURN. I suppose that the intention of the Senator the enormous majority of all the items as recommended by the in drawing the bill was to place the service of the commission commission of 1882. at the disposal of the committees? Mr. President, this concludes about all that I have to say Mr. BEVERIDGE. Yes. absolutely. this morning, and I call this very brief attention to these two Mr. HEYBURN. Not at the pleasure of the commission, objections because they are the only two ones I have heard. but at the pleasure of the committees? ~Ir. HEYBURN. I wish to ask the Senator a question. Mr. BEVERIDGE. Absolutely. I will say to the Senator The VICE-PRESIDEl~T. Does the Senator from Indiana that he has the idea that is in my mind precisely. My idea, I yield to the Senator from Idaho? will say to the Senator from Idaho and to other Senators, is Mr. BEVERIDGE. Certainly. that these experts shall be a servant, a clerk, an aid to Con Mr. HEYBURN. 1\fr. President, I am not one of those within gress. That is all. The Senator has the precise idea; and the the class suggested by the Senator from Indiana who have not purpose, as I have explained that language, was that if the com read his bilL I have read it with a great deal of care. mittees want the commission to sit with them, they can ha\e it Mr. BEVERIDGE. I did not have any reference to the sit, and nothing is to be at the pleasure of the commission Senator, either. nothing. It is to be absolutely a servant of Congress, to do l\Ir. HEYBURN. And I ha"'fe listened to his remarks both on work which Congress finds, on account of the magnitude of its the former occasion and this morning. other labors, it can not do itself. I should like to inquire the purpose of appointing these com Mr. President, there is this one further thing to be said about missioners for a period of seven year~ as provided for in line the commission of 1882. Although I have shown that it made 12 on page 2. If the commission is to be of any assistance the first scientific classfication ever made in this country, which or use in tariff legislation in the near future it seems to me has been the foundation for every classification since then; that there is no occasion for appointing it for seven years. although I ha\e shown that this classification as a scheme was :\Jr. BEVERIDGE. That may be true. I will say to the adopted substantially intact by Congress in the law of 1883 ; Senator. although I haye shown that eyen the great majority of the Mr. HEYBURN. The only report pro\ided for in the bill is duties that the commission recommended on thousands of items contained in lines 16 and 17 on page 3, which says that they were adopted by Congress practically without change. shall do certain things and that they shall lay the result of I ha\e cited two changes that were made and the schedules their work before Congress at the earliest possible moment. in which large changes were made, and it may be necessary The appointment of a commission for seven years arbitrarily. at some time further on in the session to call attention to that when there is no provision for the office terminating in less at great length. But although Congress accepted all of this than se"'fen years, seems to me like looking a good ways into work of the commission of 1882 it must be said that that com the future in ascertaining facts to be used at a comparatively mission was not a fair sample of what a commission could do early day. if it had ample time. It must be remembered that that com Mr. BEVERIDGE. I think that the Senator's criticism is mission of 18S2.lrn.d only five months, and tl+at those five months. very intelligent, indeed, and it was not to any such criticism were chiefly in the heat of the summer. The report, which as that that I rose to speak this morning. It may be that that any Senator can read, is only 45 pages long. It is at the 3782 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. ~fAROH 24, head of this suggested bill, and it is signed by every member 1\Ir. SMOOT. Mr. President, on behalf of the Committee on of the commission, only one of whom, l\Ir. Robert Porter, an Pateuts, I offer the amendment which I send to the desk. able and accompli hed economist, is now living. It is a most The VICE-PRESIDENT. The amendment proposed by the comprehensive and moderate statement of their difficulties and Senator from Utah will be stated. of the work they had accomplished. The SECRETARY. It is propoEed to strike out all after the Of course, the ideal commission should ha\e at least one year, enacting clause and in lieu thereof to insert: and, preferably, a year and a half to do the work. A body of That section 2 of the act of February 20, 1905, and section 1 of the experts created now-and, I repeat, it is immaterial by what act of May 4, 1906, be, and the same are hereby, amended so that the sections shall, respectively, read as follows: name you call them-to do the work of preparing for tariff " SEc. 2. That the application prescribed in the foregoing section, in revision by the Congress which will be elected this fall, would order to create any right whatever in favor of the party filing it, must have practically an entire year; that is to say, they would have be accompanied by a written declaration verified by the applicant, or by a member of the firm or an officer of the corporation or association seven months more time than the former commission had. applying, to the effect that the applicant believes himself or the firm, Notwithstanding the limited time in which that commission was corporation, or association in whose behalf he makes the application compelled to do its work, its work was nevertheless, in spite of to be the owner of the trade-mark sought to be registered, and that no other person, firm, corporation, or association, to the best of the ap those obstacles, so excellent that Congress adopted it almost plicant's knowledge and belief, has the right to use such trade-mark in entirely, and the laws since added to our general tariff scheme, the United States, either in the identical form or in such near resem such as the customs court and the administrative laws, will be blance thereto as might be calculated to deceive; that such trade-mark is used in commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, found to be those suggested in the report of that commission, or with Indian tribes, and that the description and drawing presented which was their basis. truly represent the trade-mark sought to be registered. If the appli cant resides or is located in a foreign country, the statement required l\fr. President, I shall not detain the Senate any longer; but shall, in addition to the foregoing, set forth that the trade-mark has I rose at this time to occupy only these five or ten minutes to been registered by the applicant, or that an application for the regis say that the first criticism which has been made to the bill, tration thereof has been filed by him in the foreign country in which he resides or is located, and shall give the date of such registration, or namely, that Congress should not part with any of its legis the application therefor, as the case may be, except that in the applica lative power, does not apply to the idea now advanced, and, tion in such cases it shall not be necessary to state that the .mark bas secondly, that the work of the commission which existed in been used in commerce with the United States or among the States thereof. The verification required by this section may be made before 1 2, limited as it was as to time and great as were the diffi any person within the United States authorized by law to administer culties that surrounded it, nevertheless was not laid aside by oaths, or, when the applicant resides in a foreign country, before any Congress, but the great body of it, both as to classification and minister, charge d'affaires, consul, or commercial agent holding com mission under the Government of the United States, or before any even as to recommendation of duties, was adopted in both notary public, judge, or magistrate having an official seal and author branches and enacted into law. Why should anyone who has ized to administer oaths in the foreign country in which the applicant expert work to do and can not do it himself object to having may be whose authority shall be proved by a certificate of a diplomatic experts help,him? Why should he object to help, even if he had or consular officer of the United States." " SEC. 1. That the owner of a trade-mark used in commerce with time to do the work itself? What is the bottom reason for foreign nations, or among the several States, or with Indian tribes, pro resistance to finding out the facts? vided such owner shall be domiciled within the territory of the United States, or resides in or is located in any foreign country which, by SILETZ INDIAN RESERVATION. treaty, convention, or law, affords similar privileges to the citizens of the United States, may obtain registration for such trade-mark by com Mr. BROWN. I ask unanimous consent for the present con plying with the following requirements: First, by filing in the Patent sideration of the bill ( S. 4713) to authorize the sale of certain Office an application therefor, in writing, addressed to the Commis lands belonging to the Indians on the Siletz Indian Reserva sioner of Patents, signed by the applicant, specifying his name, domicile, location, and citizenship; the class of merchandise and the particular tion, in the State of Oregon. description of goods comprised in such class to which the trade-mark is There being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of appropriated; a statement of the mode in which the same is applied the Whole, proceeded to consider the bill. It authorizes the and affixed to goods, and the length of time during which the trade mark has been used; a description of the trade-mark itself shall be in Secretary of the Interior to dispose of the lands reserved under cluded, if desired by the applicant or required by the Commissioner, the provisions of ·article 4 of the agreement concluded with the provided such description is of a character to meet the approval of the Indians of the Siletz Reservation on October 31, 1892, and rati Commissioner. With this statement shall be filed a drawing of the trade-mark, signed by the applicant, or his attorney, and such number fied by the act of Congress approved August 15, 1894 (28 Stat. of specimens of the trade-mark as actually used as may be required by L., p. 325), at public auction or on sealed bids,. in such areas the Commissioner of Patents. Second, by paying into the Treasury of and on such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, etc. the United States the sum of $10, and otherwise complying with the requirements of this act and such regulations as may be prescribed by The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or the Commissioner of Patents." dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, The amendment was agreed to. · and passed. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the PARK IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. amendment was concurTed in. Mr. WETMORE. I ask unanimous consent for the present The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read consideration of the bill (S. 158) for the establishment of a park the third time, and passed. at the junction of Maryland avenue, Fifteenth street, and H PENSION~ AND INCREASE OF PENSIONS. street, NE., Washington, D. C. Mr. GALLINGER. 1\Ir. President, I ask for the regular There being no objecton, the Senate, as in Committee of the order. Whole, proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported The VICE-PRESIDENT. The regular order is demanded. from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds with an The Secretary will state the first bill on the Calendar. amendment to strike out all after the enacting clause and in Mr. McCUMBER. 1\Ir. President, I ask the Senator to yield sert: to me to ask for the consideration of a pension bill. That the Comllllssioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to purchase, should they deem it advisable, that part l\fr. GALLINGER. Very well; I will withdraw the demand of the tract of land formerly known as Graceland Cemetery, situated for the regular order and yield to the Senator from North at the intersection of Maryland Avenue, H street, and Fliteenth street Dakota. NE., consisting of all of parcel 151, sub 2, as recorded in the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia, and containing 25 acres, The VICE-PRESIDENT. The demand for the regular order more or less, at an exgense not exceeding $150,000; and for that pur is withdrawn. pose the sum of $150, 00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is Mr. McCUMBER. I ask unanimous consent for the present hereby appropriated, payable one-half out of the revenues of the Dis trict of Columbia and one-half out of any money in the Treasury not consideration of the bill ( S. 5938) granting pensions and in otherwise appropriated. crease of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the ci vii SEc. 2. That after the said land has been conveyed to the United war, and certain widows and helpless and dependent relatives States it shall be dedicated to the uses of a public park and be improved and cared for under the same regulations that govern the care and im of such soldiers and sailors. provement of other parks in the District of Columbia. There being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the The amendment was agreed to. Whole, proceeded to consider the bill. It proposes to place upon The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the the pension roll, at the rate per month therein specified, the amendment was concurred in. following-named persons : The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read Charles E. Dunn, late of Companies I and 1\f,. First Regiment the third time, and passed. Maine Volunteer Heavy Artillery, $30. Stephen L. Ethridge, late of Company E, Twenty-seventh REGISTRATION OF TRADE-MARKS. Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, $24. 1 Mr. SMOOT. I ask unanimous consent for the present con- Delia R. Seely, widow of Franklin A. Seely, late captain sideration of the bill (S. 3969) to amend the laws of the United and assistant quartermaster, United States Volunteers, $20. States relating to the registration of trade-marks. James Henry, late sergeant-major Fiftieth Regiment Illinois There being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the Volunteer Infantry and major One hundred and eleventh Regi- Whole. proceeded to consider the bill 1 ment United States Colored Volunteer Infantry, $30. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3783 James H. Hutchins, late of Company H, Third Regiment Wis Caleb Houdyshell, late of Company G, One hundred Bnd consin Volunteer Cavalry, $30. forty-second Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, $30. Henry S. White, late chaplain Fifth Regiment Rhode Island James W. De\elbiss, late of Company L, Second Regi1r.ent Volunteer Heavy Artillery, $30. Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry, $24. Nathaniel Walker, late of Company B, One hundred and Charles Kort, late of Company A, First Regiment Missnurt twenty-second Regiment Illinois Vohmteer Infantry, $30. Volunteer Light Artille!J(, $30. James Ferguson, late of Company D, Twelfth Regiment Penn William Elias, late of Company G, Twenty-fourth Regiment sylvania Volunteer Infantry, $24. Illinois Volunteer Infantry, $30. Almond J. Whaley, late of Company H, Ninth Regiment New John W. Taylor, late of Company K, Thirty-first Regiment York Volunteer Cavalry, $30. Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and Company C, One hundred and J. Woodruff Lewis, late captain Company K, One hundred thirty-fifth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, $36. and second Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, $30. John D. Dillingham, late of Company C, Forty-se\enth Regi John H. Shumway, late of Company F, Seventh Regiment ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, $24. Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, $24. William Dickerman, late of Company E, Ele\enth Regiment :Mary McCandless, widow of David McCandless, late of Com New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, $24. pany G, Ninth Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, and Eldred Huff, late captain Company A, Fourth Regiment Iowa unassigned Veteran Reserve Corps, $16. Volunteer Ca\alry, $30. Daniel McDonald, late of Company K, Thh·d Regiment New John 1\I. Taylor, late of Compn.ny F, Second Regiment Mis Jersey Volunteer Infantry, $24. souri Volunteer Cavalry, $24. Martha Doty, widow of Theodore M. Doty, late of U. S. S. John Hunter, late of Company F, Eleventh Regiment, and North Carolina and Santiago de Cuba, United States Navy, $16. Company K, Eighth Regiment, Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, $30. John C. Collins, late of Company K, Fifth Regiment Con James W. Lankford, late of Company A, Forty-ninth Regi necticut Volunteer Infantry, $24. ment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, $24. Henry T. Ayers, late of Company K, Seventeenth Regiment Annie T. Penrose, widow of James W. Penrose, late captain .Maine Volunteer Infantry, $24. Company F, Fifteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteer In Jennie E. Sawyer, widow of Frank C. Sawyer, late first-class fantry, and major Second Battalion New Jersey Veteran Volun- fireman, U. S. S. Ohio, Fort Donelson, and Princeton, United teer Infantry, $20. , States Navy, $12. Lewis F. Sycks, late of Company I, Ninth Regiment Minne Daniel R. Hanwell, late of Company K, Third Regiment sota Volunteer Infantry, $30. l\lasmchusetts Volunteer Cavalry, $30. Handy S. Day, late of Company C, Twelfth Regiment Ohb .Amanda A. Trueworthy, widow of Augustus J. Trueworthy, Volunteer Infantry, $30. lute of Company B, Sixth Regiment Maine Volunteer Infan James S. Henry, helpless and dependent child of Samuel B. try, $8. Henry, late of Company A, Thirty-fifth Regiment Missouri Michael Brannan, late of Company D, Tenth Regiment Kan Volunteer Infantry, $12. sas Volunteer Infantry, $30. Francis 1\I. Frazier, late of Company H, Fifty-ninth Regi Henry J. F. Wert, late of Company B, First Regiment Mis ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, $30. sissippi Marine Brigade Volunteer Cavalry, $30. Wiliam N. Berry, late captain Company L, Fifth Regiment Mary P. Bradley, widow of Amos R. Bradley, late of Com Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, $30. pany D, Fifth Regiment Missouri State Militia Cavalry, $12. Stephen 0. Bryant, late of Company C, Twentieth Regiment George Harwood, late of Company 0, First Regiment New Michigan Volunteer Infanb.'y, $30. Hampshire Volunteer Heavy Artillery, $24. Helen E. Fish, dependent and helpless child of Simeon G. Henry A. Redfield, late of Company G, Second Regiment Fish, late first lieutenant Company K, Twenty-sixth Regiment United States Volunteer Sharpshooters, $30. Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, $12 . .Andrew J. Boswell, late of Company F, Forty-fourth Regi Ira D. Marston, late of Company B, Forty-second Regiment ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, $24. Illinois Volunteer Infantry, $24. Or\ille E. Campbell, late of Company G, Seventeenth Regi James R. Potter, late of Company D, Sixteenth Regiment 1\Iis ment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, $24. souri Volunteer Cavalry, $24. Charles E. Mayhew, late of Company H, One hundred and John D. Harris, late of Company F, One hundred and fiftieth ninth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, $24. Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, $30. Martha E. Doebler, widow of Thomas S. Doebler, late first David Kohr, late of Company A, Eighty-seventh Regiment lieutenant, Fourteenth Regiment United States Infantry, $12. Pennsyl\ania. Volunteer Infantry, $24. Charles M. R. Atwell, late of Company B, Forty-first Regi George W. Thomas, late of Company I, Twenty-eighth Regi ment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, $30. ment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, $24:. William Foster, late of Company F, One hundred and fifteenth 1\filton S. Lytle, late of Company C, One hundred and twenty Regiment United States Colored Volunteer Infantry, $30. fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, $24. Eliza W. Garwood, widow of William L. Garwood, late first James Rugan, late of Company E, First Regiment 1\faine Vol lieutenant Company C, Ninety-third Regiment Illinois Volunteer unteer Cavalry, $30. InfantTy, $16. Samuel N. King, late captain Company 1\I, Fourth Regiment Jacob F. Greenman, late of Company F, Forty-second Regi Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, $24. ment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, $30. Martha E. Gabriel, widow of George F. Gabriel, late of Com Catherine Lyda and Samuel Lyda, helpless and dependent pany C, Twenty-first Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, children of Michael Lyda, late of Company D, Ninety-seventh $16. Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, $12 each. John L. Welch, late of Company E, Fourtli Regiment Ken \Villiam T. Trott, late of Company H, Thirty-first Regiment tucky "Volunteer Infantry, $24. Maine Volunteer Infantry, $30. George W. Belknap, late of Company F, Fifteenth Regiment, Ile.ary C. Hart, late of Company A, One hundred and seventy and Company H, Ninety-fifth Regiment, Dlinois Volunteer In sixth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, $30. fantry, $30. George Callender, late of Company I, Tenth Regiment Minne -William F. Fowler, late first lieutenant Company A, First sota Volunteer Infantry, $30. Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, $24. Ignatz Gresser, late of Company D, One hundred and twenty William l\l. Gentry, late of Company C, Second Regiment eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, $24. North Carolina Volunteer Mounted Infantry, $24. Albert Pohl, late of Companies F and D, Seventh Regiment Alice J. Hackney, widow of James F. Hackney, late of Com New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery, $24. pany D, Twenty-first Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, David L. Beard, alias Lewis Beard, late of Company F, Sec $16. ond Regiment Potomac Home Brigade Maryland Volunteer In Calvin T. Blessing, late of Company B, Thirteenth Regiment fan try, $24. West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, $30. John W. Vest, late of Company B, First Regiment Indiana Philester S. Elliott, late of Company G, Fifteenth Regiment Volunteer Heavy Artillery, $30. New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, $24. John McDonnell, late of Company B, First Regiment Minne William H. Elliott, late of Company F, Eleventh Regiment sota Volunteer Mounted Rangers, $24. Vermont Volunteer Infantry, $36. Wellington W. Whitney, late of Company C, Maine Coast J"ohn H. Steward, late of Company C, Twenty-fourth Rt:.-gi Guards Volunteer Infantry, $24. ment 1\faine Volunteer Infantry, $24. Benjamin F. Housley, late of Company M, First Regiment Joseph T. Hanna, late of Company G, Eleventh Regiment In Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, ~24. diana Volunteer Infantry, $30. . 3784 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE .. ~{ARCH 24, Celia A. Baldwin, widow of Aaron P. Baldwin, late captain John R. Boso, late of Company D, Seventeenth Regiment West Sixth Independent Battery Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, $20. Virginia Volunteer Infantry, $30. Rose 1\Iaxey, widow of John W. Maxey, late of Company A, John T. Ross, late of Company D, Second Regiment District One hundred and twenty-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteer of Columbia ~olunteer Infantry, $24. Infanh·y, $12. Nathaniel Davis, late of U. S. S. Galatea, Powhatan, and !no, Lewis E. Kauffer, late of Company E, Third Regiment Maine United States Navy, $24. Volunteer Infantry, and Company F, Twentieth Regiment Vet William Cody, late of Company G, Third Regiment North eran Resene Corps, $24. Carolina Volunteer Mounted Infantry, $24. Charlotte l\I. Peters, widow of William H. Peters, late of George Franklin, late of Company E, Second Regiment North Company E, Fifty-fourth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Carolina Volunteer Mounted Infantry, $30. Infantry, $16. Susan Coffee, widow of George Coffee, late of Company B, David K. Adkins, late of Company B, Seventh Regiment West Second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, $8. Virgin ia Volunteer Cavalry, $24. Martin co·vert, late of Company F, Seventy-fifth Regiment James .M. Swisher, late of Company G, Second Regiment Illi Ohio Volunteer Infanh'Y, $24. nois Volunteer Cavalry, $24. Dora A. Skinner, widow of Samuel W. Skinner, late surgeon Nathaniel T. Gourley, late of Company F, Eighth Regiment Fourth Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, $25. Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, $30. Charles Rote, late of Company G, One hundred and ninety Julia A. Derby, widow of William Derby, late of Company H, second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infanh·y, $24. Sixteenth Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and Com Daniel Cunningham, late of Company C, Seventh Regiment pany F, Third Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, $16. Pennsylvania ,Volunteer Cavalry, and Company D, .Seventeenth Lewis L. Bell, late of Company F, One hundred and tenth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, $30. Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, $24. Dallas Bumbaugh, late of Battery C, First Battalion August Ihringer, late of Company K, Twenty-ninth Regiment (Knap's) Pennsylvania Militia Light Artillery, $24. New York Volunteer Infantry, and Company I, Fifteenth Regi Robert B. Smith, late acting master's mate, Dnited States ment New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery, $30. Navy, $30. John w. Cheatham, late of Company B, First Regiment Ten Thomas H. Dunham, jr., late second lieutenant Company nessee Volunteer Light Artillery, $30. K, first lieutenant Company G, and lieutenant-colonel Eleventh .Ma rtin B. Bartholomew, late of Company A, Tenth Regiment Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, $30 . Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, $24. John Patrick, late of Company D, One hundred and forty Edward D. Barker, late of Company F, Second Regiment fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, $24. Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry, $24. Austin S. Bump, late captain Company A, Eighth Regiment Newbry Briggs, late of Second Battery Minnesota Volunteer Maine Volunteer Infantry, $24. Light Artillery, $30. John F. Blanchard, late of Company F, One hundred and Thomas Wallace, late of Company E, Twentieth Regiment ninety-ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, $36. New York State Militia (Eightieth New York Volunteer In Frederick Rice, late of Company A, Tenth Regiment New York fantry), $24. Volunteer Infantry, $24. Caroline P. Hill, widow of Sylvester L. Hill, late of Company Mollie Tarvin, widow of Alvin W. Tarvin, late first lieutenant A, Forty-seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, $20: and regimental quartermaster, Twenty-third Regiment Ken P·rovided, That in the event of the death of Lois Jane Hill, the tuck-y Volunteer Infantry, $17. helpless and dependent child of said Sylvester L. Hill, the addi Franklin Teets, late captain Company E, First Regiment Wis tional pension herein granted shall cease and determine: And consin Volunteer Infanh·y, $30. prov ided further, That in the event of the death of Caroline P. George P. V. Tritipoe, late of Company F, First Regiment Hill the name of Lois Jane Hill be placed on the pension roll Maryland Volunteer Cavalry, $30. at $12. Benjamin Woosley, late of Company G, Second Regiment Ten- Elijah H. Bartlett, late veterinary surgeon, First Regiment nessee Volunteer Infantry, $24. · Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, $30. Benjamin Hammons, late of Company B, Twenty-fourth Regi Charles Kane, late of U. S. S. N eretts, Oa,rnbridge, and St. ment M~ssou.ri Volunteer Infantry, $30. Louis, United States Navy, $30. Commodore P. Barker, late of Company G, Eighth Regiment James H. Wright, late hospital steward, United States Army, Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, $24. $24. John W. Fox, late of Company B, Seventh Regiment Mary John McCann, late of Company D, Sixty-third Regiment En land Volunteer Infantry, $24. Samuel Wilhelm, late of Company A, Eleventh Regiment rolled Missouri Militia, $12. Maryland Volunteer Infantry, $24. Emily C. Cummings, former widow of Benjamin G. Calef, Thomas Austin, late of Company G, First Regiment Ken late of Company H, Eighth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cav tucky Cavalry, $24. alry, $ . David E. Hurlburt, late captain Company K, Twenty-ninth James A. Miller, late of Company A, Twenty-first Regiment Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, $30. Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, $30. Spencer Rice, late of Company B, Second Regiment North John S. Bagley, formerly John S. Brown, late of Company C, Carolina Volunteer Mounted Infantry, $24. First Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer CaYalry, $30. · Thomas G. Pratt, late of Company B; Tenth Regiment Illinois William R. Drake, late of Company F, Fourth Regiment Volunteer Infantry, $30. Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery, $30. John B. Reed, late of Company G, Eighth Regiment, and Ann Eliza Hemenway, dependent mother of Haskell S. Hem Company 1\f, Sixteenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Cav enway, late of Company D, Tenth Regiment Massachusetts alry, $24. Volunteer Infanh'Y, $24. Frank J. C. Tyler, late of Company F, Thirteenth Regiment Rose Anna Griffiths, helpless and dependent daughter of Wil Vermont Volunteer Infrinh'Y, $24. liam Griffiths, late of Company D, One hundred and fifth Regi Archibald W. Collins, late of Company A, Sixteenth Regi ment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, $12. ment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, $24. Samuel E. Bernard, late of Company A, Sixteenth Regiment Lemon H. Wiley, late principal musician Seventy-seventh New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, $24. Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, $24. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or Jane Hunt, former widow of Chester P. Elliott, late of Com dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, pany K, Sixteenth Regiment Iowa Infantry, $8. and passed. Adaline J. Richardson, widow of James R. Richardson, late Mr. McCUMBER. Mr. President, with the consent of the of Company C, Sixth Regi1:1ent Iowa Volunteer Infantry, $16. Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. GALLINGER], I ask unani Stillman J. Perkins, late of Company A, Sixteenth Regiment mous consent also for the present consideration of the bill Vermont Volunteer Infantry, $30. (S. 6192) granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain Martin A. Butterfield, late of Company I, Eighty-third Regi soldiers and sailors of the civil war, and to certain widows and ment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and Company H, Six pelpless and dependent children of such soldiers and sailors. teenth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, $24. There being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the .Martin V. Strine, late of Company C, Forty-first Regiment Whole, proceeded to consider the bill. It proposes to place upon Ohio Volunteer Infantry, $24. the pension roll at the rate per month therein specified the Harriet S. Robins, widow of James P. Robins, late of Com following-named persons: pany C, Seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, $12. Thomas H .. Wilson, late of Company A, Ninth Regiment Ten Alexander C. Carman, Ia te of Company A, First Regiment nessee Volunteer Cavalry, $24. Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, $24. . 1908. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3785 Constantine P. Berry, late of Company G, Fourteenth Regi .. Wilton C. Hall, late a captain's clerk, U. S. S. Oircassian, ment, and Company L, Eighth Regiment Missouri State. Militia United States Navy, $12. Cavalry, $30. Imogen P. Stone, widow of Ebenezer W. Stone, late captain, Daniel Umstea d, late of Company K, Fifteenth Regiment ~'wenty-first Regiment United States Infantry, $30. Iowa Volunteer Infantry, $24. Elizabeth M. Rutherford, widow of George Rutherford, late Thomas F. Callan, alias Thomas Cowan, late of Company I, of Company F, Second Regiment Minnesota _Volunteer Infantry, Second Regiment United States Infantry, $30. $12. Julia C. Danels, widow of Joseph D. Danels, late lieutenant Peter A. Frey, late of Company I, Thirty-first Regiment New commander United States Navy, $40. Jersey Volunteer Infantry, $24. Norman Lebo, late of Company F, Ninety-fourth Regiment l\Iargaretha S. Schaffel, widow of Michael Schaffel, late first Illinois Volunteer Infantry, $30. lieutenant Company G, Twenty-first Regiment New Jersey Vol Samuel Dailey, late of Company G, Seventy-second Regiment unteer Infantry, and Seventh Independent Company, Veteran Ohio Volunteer Infantry, $24. Reserve Corps, $17. l\Ieuzo ·wixson, late of Company I, Thirty-third Regiment Amanda Ewing, widow of Isaac N. Ewing, late of Company New York Volunteer Infantry, $30. C, Seventy-ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, $20. William 1\1. Higby, late of Company C, Twentieth Regiment David Warner, late of Company F, Fifty-fifth Regiment Ohio Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavall·y, $24. Volunteer Infantry, $24. - IEaac N. Stotts, late of Company I, One hundred and ninety Philip Ward, late of Company H, Second Regiment Vermont fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, $24. Volunteer Infantry, $40. David L. Jones, late of Company B, Sixty-fifth Regiment Illi Minnie B. Jeffries, widow of Noah L. Jeffries, late captain nois Volunteer Infantry, $30. and assistant adjutant-general, United States Volunteers, $30. 1\Iathias Ault, late of Company B, One hundred and ninety- Alonzo D. Holcomb, late of Company G, Sixty-fourth Regi eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, $24. . ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, $30. Clara J. Swain, widow of Edgar D. Swain, late captain Com George Hazzard, late of Company C, Thirty-sixth Regiment pany I, and lieutenant-colonel Forty-second Regiment Illinois Indiana Volunteer Infantry, $50. . · . Volunteer Infantry, $30. William McCaw, late of Company L, First Regiment United John A. Houston, late of Company F, First Regiment Wiscon States Veteran Volunteer Engineers, $24. sin Yolunteer Infantry, $24. Lizzie Kapus, widow of William Kapus, late first lieutenant J osephus Allen, late of Company C, Brackett's battalion Company F, First Regiment Washington Territory Volunteer Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry, $30. Infantry, $17. John 1\Iedcalf, late of Company C, Ninth Regiment Tennessee Bridget Malloy, widow of James Malloy, late of Battery L, Volunteer Cavalry, $24. Fourth Regiment United States Artillery, $16. John '1'. Hadden, late of Company E, One hundred and fifty- Abbie W. Fessenden, widow of Rebert Fessenden, late first fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, $30. . lieutenant and adjutant Eleventh Regiment Rhode Isla~d Vol William M. Jnin, late of Company C, and first lieutenant unteer Infantry, $12. Company G, Forty-ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer In Darius A. Sweet, late of Company E, First Regiment Rhode fantry, $30. Island Volunteer Light Artillery, $24. Hannah E. Barber, widow of Henry H. Barber, late of Com Thomas J. Griffin, late hospital steward, Fourth Regiment pany A, Twenty-third Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infan Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, $24. try, $16. George C. Simmons, late of Company K, Thirty-fifth Regi Margaret Clark, widow of John R. Clark, late of Company A, ment Ma!3sachusetts Volunteer Infantry, $24. Twenty-second Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, $16. Martha 1\f. Allen, former widow of Doc B. Sherman, late of John Coats, late of Company D, Phelp's regiment _Missouri Battery 1\f, Fourth Regiment United States Artillery, $20. Volunteer Infantry, $24. Joseph R. Thomas, late of Company B, First Regiment Penn Milford W. Oxley, late of U. S. S. Franlclin, United States sylvania Reserve Volunteer Infantry, $24. Navy, $12. Emma S. Schletzbaum, helpless and dependent daughter of John 1\I. Harris, late of Company C and first lieutenant and Joseph Schletzbaum, late of Company B, Twelfth Regiment adjutant First Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, $30. Mis-souri Volunteer Infantry, $12. George H .. Paddock, late of Company D, First Regiment Eli Conn, late of Company H, One hundred and second Regi Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, $24. ment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, $30. Charles Henry Palmer, late of Company C, Twelfth Regiment George H. Smith, late of Company G, Sixteenth Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, $24. United States Infantry, and Company B, Ninth Regiment 1\Iary J. Collett, widow of Eustace Collett, late of Company A, Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, $24. Purnell Legion, Maryland Volunteer Cavalry, $20. Elizabeth R. Allen, widow of Corodon Allen, late surgeon Cha rles F. Still, late of Company F, One hundred and fifty Sixty-second Regiment United States Colored Volunteer Infan third Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, $24. try, $20. Shed.rach 1\f. Cordon, late of Company F, Sixty-fourth Regi John D. Lankton, late of Company I, Fourteenth Regiment ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, $24. Illinois Volunteer Infantry, $36. Bradford H. Hall, late of Company I, Second Regiment 1\finne Robert F. Appleby, late of Companies E and F, Fourth Regi sota Yolunteer Infantry, $30. ment Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia, $24. Joseph W. Pierson, late of Company A, Thirteenth Regiment Sarah B. Norris, widow of Delu Norris, late of Company E, New J ersey Volunteer Infantry, $30. Twenty-third Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, $12. Thomas W. D. Horton, late of Company D, First Regiment James A. Irvin, late of Company H, Twenty-fifth Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, and Company I, Tenth Regi Iowa Volunteer Infantry, $24. ment Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, $24. Charles W. McKay, late of Company C, One hundred and John G. Hibbs, late of Company D, Seventeenth Regiment fifty-fourth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, $30. Iowa Volunteer Infantry, $24. Laura H. Snider, widow of Joseph Snider, late colonel Sev Thurman H. Rodeheaver, late of Company-H, Sixth Regiment enth Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry· and Fourth West Virginia Volunteer Cavah·y, $24. Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, $40. H enry C. Ferguson, late of Company A, Fourth Regiment Patrick P. Toale, late _of Company G, Sixty-first Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, $30. New York Volunteer Infantry, $24. John Barr, late of Company D, Second Battalion, Fifteenth Hartford 1\I. Harding, late of Company D, Sixth Regiment Regiment United States Infantry, $24. Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, $24. Anna 0. D. Mickley, widow of Joseph P. Mickley, late chief Jacob Watson, late of Companies K and A, Third Regiment engineer, United States Navy, $40. West Virginia Volunteer Infantry (Sixth West Virginia Vol · Isadore L. W. Terry, widow of Adrian Terry, late lieutenant unteer Cavalry), $30. colonel and assistant adjutant-general, United States Volunteers, Andrew J. Moore, late of Company A, One hundred and sev $20. . enteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, $40. 1\Iory Mulliken, late of Company E, Eleventh Regiment Harry C. Gallaher, late of Company B, Forty-sixth Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, $24. The same to be paid him Illinois Volunteer Infantry, $24. without deduction or rebate on account of former alleged over Thomas J. Redman, late of Company B, Fifth Regiment Iowa payments or erroneous payments of pension. Volunteer Cavalry, $24. John Kugle, late of Battery B, Fifth Regiment United States Ida R. Foss, widow of William A. Foss, late of Sixth Battery, Artillery, $24. First Battalion Maine Volunteer Light Artillery, $8. Henry Beal, late of Company G, Second Regiment of the Dis Timothy J. Sheehan, late captain Company C, Fifth Regiment trict of Columbia Volunteer Infantry, $30. Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, $50. 3786 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SEN.ATE. ~f.ARCli 24, Nelson E. Nelson, late of Company A, First Regiment ~Ilnne the bill is taken up. He was in the Chamber just a few min sota Volunteer Infantry, $40. utes ago~ I ask that the bill be laid aside temporarily. I do Ira A.. Taylor, late of Company H, First Regiment New not want the bill to lose its place. Hampshire Volnnteer Heavy Artillery, 24. The VICE-PRESIDE...~T. The bill will be laid aside for a Abram: Bickford, late of Company I, First ~oiment New moment. · Hampshire Volunteer Cavalry, $24. Mr. TELLER. Mr. President, I am informed that the Sen Mr. McCUMBER. Mr. President, I offer the amendment ator from North Dakota would like to be present when that w hic.h I send to the desk. bill is considered, .as he has some amendment he desires to The ECRETARY. On page 18, line 11, before the word " dol offer to it. lars," it is proposed to strike out "twenty-four" and to insert Mr. KITTREDGE entered the Chamber. "thirty," so as to read: The VICE-PRESIDENT. The junior Senator from South The name of .Joseph R. Thomas. late of Company B, First Regiment Dakota is now present. The Secretary will again state the Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at title of the bill. the rate of $.3{) per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The SECRETARY. A bill (S. 4132) creating an additional land The amendment was agreed to. district in the State of South Dakota. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the Mr. KITTREDGE. I take it, Mr. President, that that bill is amendment was concurred in. not to be pressed this morning, in the light of negotiations which The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, are pending. read the third time, and passed. Mr. G.AJUBLE. Mr. President, as I have before stated, grro.t DEWITT EASTMAN. pressure has been. made for the passage and consideration of this bill. It affects a large number of people in the northwest Mr. BULKELEY. I ask unanimous consent for the present ern part of the State of South Dakota. They are far removed consideration of the bill (S. 4749) for the relief of Dewitt East from a land office, being 300 miles, practically, from the land man. office on th~ east and from 150 to 200 miles from the land office Ur. GALLINGER. Mr. President, I will not object to the on the south. Petitions have come to me, reports have been consideration of this bill, but when it has been considered I made, and arguments submitted strongly urging the passage shall insist upon the regular order. of this bill. I do not know whether there was any understand There being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the ing, but some suggestion was made by my colleague this morn Whole, proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported ing, and I spoke to the junior Senator from North Dakota [Mr. from the Committee on Military Affairs with an amendment, in 1\IcCm.rBER] regarding the matter and suggested to him that line 6, after the word "Artillery," to insert: "Provided, That no this bill be taken up and considered. pay, bounty, or other emoluments shall accrue by virtue of the I understand some amendments have been suggested by Rep passage of this act," so as to make the bill read: resentati\es in the House from North Dakota. I was in con Be it enacted, et-c., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge of desertion from the ference with the Commissioner of the General Land Office a name of Dewitt Eastman, late of Company n, Seeond Minnesota Vol day or two since in regard to the bill, which is strongly urged unteers, and of the Fourth United States Artillery: Provided~ 'l.'hat by the Department, and there has already been very great de no pay, bounty, or other emoluments shall accrue by virtue of the lay. It seems to me, with a unanimous report coming from the pas~age of this act. Committee on Public Lands, with the proposition sustained by The amendment was agreed to. the Department, and strongly insisted upon by the people in that The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the region, that some action should be taken on this bill. During amendment was concurred in. the last fiscal y~ 350,000 acres were filed upon in this par The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read ticular land district. In the county of Butte alone there are the third time, and passed. upward of 3,000,000 acres in this new land district. If it is JOHN M. MILLER. suggested that there should be an amendment to cover counties :Mr. BULKELEY. I also ask unanimous consent for the in the State of North Dak-ota, let that come from the Repre present consideration of the bill (S. 6006) to correct the mili- sentatives of that State. None of them have conferred with me tary record of John 1\f. Miller. . in regard to it. I strongly insist upon the consideration of the There being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the bill this morning. Whole, proceeded to consider the bill. It authorizes the Secre .1\Ir. KITTREDGE. Mr. President, I am not prepared to say tary of War to review the military record of John M. Miller, this morning that I shall oppose the pas age of the bill. The late of Battery K, Fifth United States Artillery, and to grant boundaries of this lap.d district are not satisfactory to all the to him an honorable discharge from the service as of date people who reside within its limits. There are also sugcrestions December 14, 1865; but no pay, bounty, or other emolument of amendm-ents to the bill bringing some parts of North Dakota shall accrue by virtue of the passage of this act. within the limits of this land district. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or The VICE-PRESIDENT. Is there objection to the pre ·ent dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, consideration <>f the bill? and passed. Mr. KITTREDGE. I do not want to put it in that way, Mr. President. I trust that my colleague will not, under the cir MINING TECHNOLOGY BRANCH IN THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. cumstances, insist upon its consideration. No later than 11 ~Ir. GALLINGER. Mr. President, I now insist upon the o'clock this morning-- regular order. Yr. GAMBLE. Ur. President-- The VICE-PRESIDENT. The regular order is demanded, The VICE-PRESIDENT. Does the junior Senator from which is the Calendar under Rule VIII. The Secretary will South Dakota yield to t!le senior Senator from South Dakota? state the first business on the Calendar. Mr. KITTREDGE. I have the floor, I think, in my own The SECRETARY. A joint resolution (S. R. 35) to provide for right. a mining technology branch in the Geological Survey. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Senator declines to yield. The VICE-PRESIDENT. Th~ senior Senator from Massa Mr. KITTREDGE. Not later than 11 o'clock this morning chusetts [Mr. LoDGE] has left a memorandum at the desk, to my colleague and I had a eonference concerning the bounclaries the effect that he wishes to be present when the joint resolu of this land district, and, as I understand, it was arranged that tion is considered. we should consult with the delegation from North Dakota con Mr. GALLINGER. Let the joint resolution go over, ~ cerning their wishes touching the incorporation of certain coun Mr. President. ties within the provisions of this new land district, if one is to The VICE-PRESIDENT. The joint resolution will go over be created. In the light of tho e circumstances, I am surprised without prejudice. that this bill should this morning be urged for passage. I do ADDITIONAL LAND DISTIUCT IN SOUTH DAKOTA. not like to be placed in the attitude of opposing the creation The bill (S. 4132) creating an additional land district in the of a land office in my own State. State of South Dakota was announeed as next in order. Mr. GAMBLE. 1\Ir. President, as I ha\e heretofore said, this The VICE-PRESIDENT. A memorandum h.as been 1eft at bill was introduced on the 20th of January last. The mo>ement the desk by the junior Senator from South Dakota [Mr. KIT for the creation of the land distriet was initiated prior to that TREDGE] to the effect that he desires to be present when this bill time by the Interior Department, and, after conference with the comes up. He is not now in the Chamber. Department, I subsequently introduced the bill. The lines of Mr. GAMBLE. l\fr. President, the bill has been pending on the land district are agreed to and recommended by the De the Calendar since the 5th of F.ebruary, when it was reported partment. It is true that there was an informal conference be from the Committee on Public Lands. I am very anxious that tween my colleague and myself this morning, and it was sug it should be disposed of. I understand a memorandum has gested that n eonferenee be had with the North Dakota dele been made by my colleague that he wants to be present when gation. In pursuance of that suggestion I spoke to the junior r 1908. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3787 Senator from North Dakota, and it was suggested that this bill Mr. GALLINGER. I did so for the reason that the Chair had better be pas~ed here,· and if there are to be modifications stated that a request had been filed by an absent Senator that or chnuges let them be made in the House of Representatives. he wished to be present when the bill was considered. I have No member of the North Dakota delegation has made applica no interest in the bill. tion to me regarding the matter, nor has any suggestion come The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Senator from Massachusetts to me from a single member of the North Dakota delegation. [Mr. LoDGE] filed such a notice. .As I said, this bill has been pending upon the Calendar for Mr. TELLER. There has grown up here a custom that a upward of six weeks. If they are interested in any modifica Senator may intervene, to which ·we must always submit, but I tion or change, it seems to me some suggestion should come deny the right of any Senator to lodge with the Chair an ob from them, and the only suggestion that I heard in connection jection to a bill to be considered. It never has been the rule and with it was the fact in my conference with the Commissioner it never ought to be the rule. Of course if the Senator from of the General Land Office that an inquiry had been made of New Hampshire objects, I can not inquire why he objects. him-and that is all-as to whether in the administration of 1\fr. GALLINGER. 1\fr. President, I do not object, and if the office lands in two States could be embraced in one land the Senator from Colorado wishes the bill now considered, district. I was informed by the Commissioner that such had I will withdraw my objection. I did it simply for the reason never been the case, but that at the same time he did not see that I understood the senior Senator from l\Iassachusets had any reason why it could not be properly administered. This made the request, and I knew that we had fallen into that habit. bill has lain here so long and has been so delayed that it seems I think myself it is not a very good habit. to me if there are any reasonable objections to its considera Mr. TELLER. I will not insist upon the consideration of tion they ought to have been made known prior to this time. the bill at this time, but I shall insist that that is an irregular If the North Dakota delegation-and I speak with the utmost method of attacking a bill, and I am not willing to consent to it consideration concerning them-were anxious for or had any in the future. interest in the modification of the lines of this land district, 1\fr. GALLINGER. I withdraw my request that the bill go they would have made it known before this time. In addition over. to that, I will make the suggestion that I conferred with the 1\fr. TELLER. If the Senator from Massachusetts had asked representative in the Senate, the junior Senator, and he sug me to withhold action on the bill until he could be present, I gested that the bill be passed, and that any modification could should certainly have done so. It is a bill touching matters be had in the House. in my own State, and nobody else has any interest in it, and Mr. KITTREDGE. Mr. President, with my understanding the Senator from .Massachusetts has not any knowledge of it. of the situation I do not think this bill ought to be pressed at the But I do not desire to have it taken up in his absence. present time. If my colleague insists upon my taking the posi The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Secretary will read the bill. tion, I must object to its consideration this morning. The Secretary read the bill. The VICE-PRESIDENT. Objection is made, and the bill Mr. TELLER. Under the circumstances, I will ask that the will lie over without prejudice. bill may keep its place on the Calendar. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The bill will be passed over, if FREEDMAN'S SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPANY. that is the desire of the Senator from Color·ado. The bill (S. 48) to reimburse depositors of the late Freed Mr. TELLER. Certainly. man's Savings and Trust Company was announced as the next The VICE-PRESIDENT. The bill will be passed over, at the business in order on the Calendar. request of the Senator from Colorado, retaining its place on Mr . .McLAURIN. Let the bill go over, retaining its place on the Calendar. the Calendar. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The bill will go over, retaining its CHILD LABOR IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. place on tb.e Calendar, at the request of the Senator from The bill (S. 4812) to regulate. the employment of child labor Mississippi. in the District of Columbia was announced as the next business in order on the Calendar. WILLIAM CRAMP & SONS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY. 1\Ir. GALLINGER. The senior Senator from Indiana [.Mr. The bill (S. 3126) to carry into effect the judgment of the BEVERIDGE] desires to be present when the bill is considered, Court of Claims in favor of the contractors for building the and I ask that it go over without prejudice. U. S. battle ship Indiana was considered as in Commit · The VICE-PRESIDENT. The bill will go over without preju tee of the Whole. It directs the Secretary of the Treasury dice, at the request of the Senator from New Hampshire. to pay to the William Cramp & Sons' Ship and Engine Building REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN [NSURANCE COMPANIES. Company $135,560, the amount found due 'the company by judg ment of the Court of Claims for the preservation, care, main The bill (S.1368) to reimburse certain fire insurance companies tenance, and insurance of the battle ship Indiana during the the amounts paid by them for property destroyed by fire in sup two years' delay in its construction caused by the failure of the pressing the bubonic plague in the Territory of Hawaii in the Navy Department to furnish the armor as it covenanted to do years 1899 and 1900 was considered as in Committee of the in the contract. Whole. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or Mr. CLAY. Is there a report· accompanying the bill? dered .to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, The VICE-PRESIDENT. There is a report. and passed. Mr. CLAY. I should be glad to have it read. The Secretary proceeded to read the report submitted by Mr. DEPUTY CLERK AT BIG STONE GAP, VA. CLAPP February 26, 1908, which is as follows: The bill (H. R. 14282) to authorize the appointment of a The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate bill 1368, deputy clerk at Big Stone Gap, Va., was announced as the next have examined the same and report it favorably with certain amend ments, and as amended recommend its passage. business in order on the Calendar. On p,age 1, line 3, strike out the word " seven " and insert the word The VICE-PRESIDENT. The junior Senator from Virginia "two,' and strike out the word "five" and insert the word "two." [Mr. MARTIN] asked to be present when the bill was considered. In line 4 strike out the word "eighty-five" and insert the word " twenty-five," and strike out the words " and thirty-eight cents." Mr. GALLINGER. Let the bill go over, Mr. President. In line 7 strike out the word "ten" and insert the word "nine," The VICE-PRESIDENT. It will be passed over without and strike out the word " one" and insert the word 'five," and strike prejudice. out the words "and ten dollars." · In line 10 strike out the words "four hundred and." WHITE RIVER UTES, ETC, In line 11 strike out the word " fifty " and the words " and fourteen The bill ( S. 5038) for the relief of the White River Utes, the cents." In line 12 strike out the words " nine hundred and sixty-six " and Southern Utes, the Uncompahgre Utes, the Tabeguache, .Muache, insert the words "four hundred and fifty." Capote, Weeminuche, Yampa, Grand River, and Unita bands of ce~~."page 2, line 1, strike out the words " dollars and eighty-six Ute Indians, known also as the Confederated Bands of Ute In In line 2 strike out the word "eight" and insert the word "five·" dians of Colorado was announced as the next business in order strike out the wprd " two " and insert the word " one," and strike o~t on the Calendar. the words "and seventy-two." The VICE-PRESIDENT. .A similar request was made by In line 5..t at the end of the line, strike out the word " six." In line o strike out the words " hundred and forty-five " and the the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. LoDGE] with respect to words "and fifty cents," and insert before the w01:d "dollars" the this bill. ·words " and twenty-five." Mr. GALLINGER. 1\Ir. President, let it go over. In support of the foregoing recommendation your committee be"' leave to submit the following: o Mr. TELLER subsequently said: What became of Order of In the years 1899 and 1900, in order to prevent the spread of the Business No. 294? bubonic plague in Honolulu, Hawaii, the American authorities at The VICE-PRESIDENT. The bill was passed over without Honolulu destroyed by fire a large portion of the infested district destroying many buildin.gs and other properties. The losses now prejudice, at the request of the Senator from New Hampshire sought to be paid for were within the district burned at that time. [Mr. GALLINGER]. Your committee refers to Senate report 1933, dated January 16, 1902, 3788 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. J\fARoH 24, Fifty-seventh Congress, first session. No appropriation has heretofore been made to cover the losses mentioned in the pending bill. The Amount property owners, whose property was destroyed, not knowing what paitl. ex action would be taken by the United States, instituted proceedings No. of Amount elusive . against the insurance companies, and compelled the insurance com policy. of policy. of inter~ panies to pay the fire losses. t and In the former consideration of this subject, no part of the claims costs. now pre ented were considered, nor was any appropriation made to ------·1------cover the same. 6. LiverpoohLondon and Globe Insurance Co___ 35!0997 $2,000 $2,000 The total amount provided for in this bill is $82,225, of which 3541033 2,000 2,000 $13,400 is for American companies, $13,800 for German companies 3541009 1,000 1,000 and $38,025 for English companies. ' 3541051 1,500 1,500 '£he English and German Governments have, through their respective 3Si1083 4.00 400 ambassadors, made !epresentations to ~his Gover~ment respecting the payment of the clauns of the comparues of the1r respective Govern Total (policies 5)------·-~------· ------6,900 ments, and the honorable Secretary of State having investigated the situation ha& recommended legislation to that end. (See letter at- 7. New Zealand Fire Iilsurance 00------2,1, 1,000 1,000 tached.) · 29 1,500 1,500 After the fire, which was ordered by the Government, the Conuress 30 1,000 210 of the United States promptly recognized the liability of the Go~ern 39 1,000 1,000 ment for all losses sustained by reason thereof, and, with the exception 66 500 500 of those paid by the insurance companies, paid the same. 74 015 015 When the insurance companies paid these losses.. the companies be 78 1,500 1,500 came subrogated .to all of the r_ights of the original property owners, and 80 300 300 as such, are entitled to be reunbursed for the amounts paid by them Your committee has had before it and has carefully examined all of Total (policies 8)------6,02;; the proofs and find that the amounts stated in the bill have been paid by the respective co~panles, exclusive of interest and costs of litigation 8. Fireman's Fund Insurance Co------62n7S 400 400 The present case presents this condition of affairs: · 627780 1,250 1,250 A plague existed-the authorities believed that it OU""ht to be 627807 500 50\> stamped out, and could only be done by the burning of the"" property. 6278!! 000 600 After the fire the companies mad.e the defense that as the Govern: 62'/852 2,000 2,000 ment had destroyed the property, the companies shoUld not be held to 627858 1,600 1,500 pay the losses. The courts held otherwise, and the companies were 627873 1,000 1,000 compelled to pay. They became subrogated to all of the rights of the 627925 2,000 2,000 property owners, and it is now plainly the duty of the United States to pay back to the companies the amounts so paid by them. Total (policies 8)------9,250 The following is a list of the companies, together with the number of such policies, the amounts thereof, and the amount paid on each 9. National Fire Insurance Co. of Hartfordj --- policy, exclusive of interests and costs : Conn------115345 2,000 2,000 115362 1, 500 1, 500 115367 350 35;) .Amount paid, ex No. of Amount elusive Total (policies 4)------(- 4,:: policy. of policy. of inter u:: ______:_ est and costs. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, ------1 ---~----- Washington, .April 4, 1906. 1. Transatlantic. Fire Insurance CO------1115 $2,000 SIR: It has been brought to the attention of the Department that in $2,000 1889 and 1900 the American authorities at Honolulu, in order to check 1158 5,000 5,000 the spread of the bubonic plague then epidemic in that city, destroyed 1007 1,500 1,500 many buildings in the infected district by fire; that a commission was 2001 1,000 1,000 appointed under an act of the legislature of Hawaii to hear and ad Total (policies judicate all claims for property destroyed by order of the authorities 4)------____ _ 9,500 in the suppression of the plague, which bas rendered judgments ag 2. Prussian National Fire Insurance Co ______gregating a little more than $1,500,000, and that by act of Congress 943 1,000 1,000 of .ranuary 26, 1903, an appropriation of $1,000,000 was made to pay 961 1,500 1,500 such judgments and an issue of bonds of Hawaii authorized to liquidate 969 250 350 the balance of the c1aims. 1\Iuch of the property so destroyed had been insured~,...but most of the Total (policies 3)------~----- 2,850 policies contained a protecting clause, known as the .New York stand 3. North German Fire Insurance Co ______757 1,000 1,000 ard form, exempting the insurers from liability for any loss for property 758 1,000 1,000 destroyed by the act of the civil authorities. In all of this class of 1016 1,500 1,500 cases the Department understands that awards were made by the com 1117 1,000 1,000 mission to cover such losses. 1228 1,000 1,000 It has been represent~ to the Department that in other cases, par 1786 1,000 1,000 ticularly in the case of some foreign insurance companies, there was 1826 no protecting clause in the J?Olicy, and in these cases the holders re 1,500 1,500 covered the face of their pollcy from the companies. It would appear that in some of these cases the beneficiaries executed "Articles of. Total (policies 7)------8,000 subrogation," assigning their claim to the extent of the face of the 4. Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insuranco 00------· policy to the insurers. In others the entire claim appears to have been 9187 1,000 1,000 so assigned. 9338 3,000 3,000 The fire-claims commission it is represented, has failed to make 9-ill. 2,000 2,000 awards to the companies on their subrogated rights, and a bill has been 9492 1,150 1,150 introduced in Congress (S. 3900) to reimburse these companies to the 9637 500 500 extent of their losses. The ambassadors of Great Britain and Ger 965"- 800 800 many have made representations to the Department on the subject and 9758 2,000 2,000 have informed it that they would gladly welcome the passage of the bill as an act of equity. Total (policies 7)------_------10,450 While the Department has not investigated the claims individually for the purpose of ascertaining the amounts of the losses suffered by 5. Royal Insnrance 00------4850947 900 900 the companies in question, it would be glad to indorse any le"'i lation 4881105 500 500 having for its obJect the reimbursement of these companies for the 4861203 1,000 1,000 actual losses which they sustained as an immediate consequence of the 5853336 500 500 fire. 5853337 750 750 5853366 1,000 1,000 I have the honor to be, slr, your obedient servant. ELIHU ROOT. 585346-i 1,000 1,000 Hon. JOSEPH B. FoRAKER, 5853473 700 700 Oha,innan Oornmittee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, 5853477 900 900 United States Senate. 5853569 500 500 5853578 500 500 During the reading of the report, 585358.5 1,000 1,000 58536 ''nine hundred and sixty-six dollars and eighty-six cents" and A LEGAL CORD OF WOOD IN THE DISTRICT, insert "four hundred and fifty dollars;" in line 5, after the The bill (H. R. 14772) prescribing what shall constitute a word " Company," to sh·ike out "twenty-eight thousan~ two legal cord of wood in the District of Columbia was considered hundred and er-enty-two dollars and twenty-one cents and as in Committee of the Whole. It provides that hereafter a insert " twenty-five thousand one hundred dollars; " and in line legal cord of wood in the District of Columbia shall consist of 10, after the word "thousand," to strike out "six hundred and and contain 128 cubic feet. forty-five dollars and fifty cents" and insert " and twenty-five Tbe bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, dollars," so as to make the bill read : ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. Be it enacted, etc., That the sum of $82,225 is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to I?aY PHILIPPI~E SHIPPING TRADE. to the Transatlantic Fire Insurance Company, 9,500.62; Pruss1an The bill (S. 5262) to repeal an act approved April 30, 1006, National Fire Insurance Company, $2,850; North German Fire In· surance Company, $8,000; Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance Company, entitled ",An act to regulate shipping in trade between ports $10,450 ; Royal Insurance Company, $25,100; Liverpool. and London of the United States and ports or places in the Philippine and Globe Insurance Company, $6,900 ; New Zealand Fire Insurance Archipelago, between ports or places in the Philippine Archi Company, $6,025; Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, $9,250; Na tional !1'lre Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn., 4,150; the afore pelago, and for other purposes," and for (\ther purposes, was said sums being the amounts paid by each of. the said companies on considered as in Committee of the Whole. account of insurance against fire on property in the T~rritory of The bill had been reported from the Committee on the Phil Hawaii, which property was destroyed by:::,the Government m the sup pression ol the bubonlc plague in said Territory in the years 1899 ippines with amendments. and 1900. The first amendment was, in section 1, line 5, after the word "Philippine," to strike out "Archipelago " and insert " Islands," The amendments were agreed to. so as to make the section read : The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the That until Congress shall have authorized the registry as vessels amendments were concurred in. of the United States of vessels owned in the Philippine Islands, the The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, government of the Philippine Islands is hereby authorized to ~opt, read tbe third time, and passed. from time to time, and enforce regulations governing the transporta tion of merchandise and passengers between ports or places in the CAPT. GEORGE VAN ORDEN. Philippine Archipelago. The bill (S. 568) for the relief of Capt. George Van Orden, The amendment was agreed to. United States 1\Iarine Corps, was considered as in Committee The next amendment was, on page 2, section 2, line 4. after of the Whole. It proposes to appropriate $291.37, to be placed the word " Philippine," to strike out "Archipelago " and insert to the credit of Capt. (formerly First Lieut.) George Van " Islands," so as to make the section read: Orden, United States Marine Corps, in the final settlement of SEC. 2. That on and after the passage of this act the same tonnage his accounts as acting commissary of subsistence, United States taxes shall be levied. collected, and paid upon all foreign vessels com in~ into the United States from the Philippine Islands which are re Army, island of Guam, by the Auditor for the War Department, qmred by law to be levied, collected, and pa1d upon vessels· coming into in lieu of Government funds to the same amount which were the United States from foreign cotintrles. stolen and embezzled by a clerk in the office of the commissary The amendment was agreed to. of subsistence. The next amendment was, in section 3, page 2, line 12, after The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or the word "Philippine " to strike out "Archipelago" and insert dered to be engro~sed for a third reading, read the third time, "Islands," so as to make the section read: and passed. SEc. 3. That the provisions of law restricting to vessels of the PORT ARTHUR, TEX. United States the transportation ol_passengers and merchandise directly or indirectly from one port of the United States to another port of the The bill (H. R. 9079) to extend to Port Arthur, in the State United States shall not be applicable to foreign vessels engaging in of Texas, the privileges of immediate transportation without trade betw~en the Philippine Islands and the United States. appraisement of dutiable merchandise was considered as in The amendment was agreed to. Committee of the Whole. The next amendment was, in section 5, line 22, after the word The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or~ " Philippine," to strike out the word "Archipelago" and insert dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. " Islands," so as to make the section read: SEc. 5. That such of the navigation laws of the United States as are SURVEY OF PIGEON RIVER, MICHIGAN. in force in the Philippine Islands in regard to vessels arriving in th~ Philippine Islands from the mainland territory and other insular pos Senate concurrent resolution 41, reported by Mr. SMITH sessions of the United States shall continue to be administered by the from the Committee on Commerce February 27, 1908, was con proper officials ot the government of the Philippine Islands. sidei·ed by unanimous consent and agreed to, as follows: The amendment was agreed to. Resoh;ed by the Senate (the House of Representati-r;es concun-ing), The next amendment was, in section 6, line 5, after the word That the Secretary of War be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed '"Philippine," to strike out the word "Archipelago" and insert to cause an examination and survey to be made of Pigeon River from its mouth, in the vicinity of Port Sheldon, Mich., for 4 miles, with a "Islands;" and in line 6, after the word "Philippine," to strike view to providing a lQ-foot channel and turning basin, and to submit out "Archipelago" and insert "Islands," so as to make the estimates for the same. section read : FISH-CULTURAL STATION IN RHODE ISLAND. SEc. 6. That the act entitled "An act to regulate shipping in trade between ports of the United States and ports or J?laces in the Philip pine Islands, between _ports or places in the PbilipQine Islands, and The bill (S. 5530) to establish a fish-hatching and fish-cul for othel' purposes," approved April 13, 1906, and all laws and parts ture station at Strawberry Island, Point Judith Pond, Rhode of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Island, was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The amendment was agreed to. The bill had been reported from the Committee on Fisheries The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the with an amendment, in line 5, after the words " of a," to sh·ike amendments were concurred in. out " fish-hatching and fish-culture" and insert " fish-cultural; " The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read and in line 7, after the word "at," to strike out "Sh·awberry the third time, and passed. Island, Point Judith Pond, Rhode Island," and insert " some suitable point in the State of Rhode Island to be selected by LEASING OF CERTAIN ALLOTTED INDIAN LANDS. the Secretary of Commerce and Labor," so as to make the bill The bill (S. 4703) to provide for the leasing of allotted Indian read: lands for mining purposes was announced as the next busi Be it enacted, etc., That the sum of $25,000, or so much thereof as ness in order OII the Calendar. may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the 1\Ir. OWEN. I ask that the bill go over. establishing of a fish-cultural station, including purchase of site, con struction of buildings and ponds, and equipment, at some suitable The VICE-PRESIDENT. The bill will be passed over with point in the State of Rhode Island to be selected by the Secretary of out prejudice, at the request of the Senator from Oklahoma. Commerce and Labor. CITIZENSHIP OF NAVAL DE.SERTF..RS. The amendments were agreed to. The bill (S. 5473) to authorize the Secretary of the Navy The bill was reported to the Senate as amended; and the in certain cases to mitigate or remit the loss of rights of citizen u.mendments were concurred in. . ship imposed by law upon deserters from the naval service was The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, considered as in Committee of the Whole. read the third time, and passed. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or The title wa amended so as to rend : "A bill to establish a dered to be engrossed for il third reading, read the third time, fish-cultural station in the State of Rhode Island." and passed. 3790· CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. J\lARcH 24, PUEBLO INDIAN LANDS IN NEW MEXICO. The bill had been reported from the Committee on Public The bill (S. 4545) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior Lands with an amendment, to strike out all after the enacting to accept conveyances to the United States of lands from the clause and insert : Pueblo Indians in New Mexico, and for other purposes was That the release executed unto the United States of America on Uarch 5, 1900, by William G. Gosslin and his wife, Marthena Gosslin, considered as in Committee of the Whole. It authorizes the under the provisions of an act of Congress of June 4, 1897, of the Secretary of the Interior to accept a conveyance to the United northwest quarter of section 21, township 2 north, range 4 west, San States of the lands belonging to any of the Pueblo Indians Bernard.ino base and meridian, situated in the county of San Ber nardino, State of California, containing 160 acres, which said release in New l\Iexico, to be held in trust for the Indians belonging was recorded March 12, 1900, in the office of the county recorder of thereon, and when any such pueblo has been so conveyed, the said county, in book No. 283 of deeds, page 2, and also recorded March lands shall be allotted to the members of the pueblo in severalty, 12, 1903, in book No. 332 of deeds, page 92, in the same records, be, and the same is hereby, declared nnll and void, and the cloud upon the in accordance with the provisions of the allotment acts. said title of the said Gosslin made by said release is extinguished and The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or nullified. dered to be engrossed for· a third reading, read the third time, '.rhe amendment was agreed to. and passed. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the COMPLEMENT OF CREWS OF VESSELS. amendment was concurred in. The bill (H. R. 225) to amend section 4463 of the Revised The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, Statutes, relating to the complement of crews of vessels, and for read the third time, and passed. the better protection of life, was announced as the next business The committee reported an amendment, to strike out the pre in order on the Calendar. amble, which was agreed to. Mr. GALLINGER. The Senator from Maine [Mr. FRYE] BRIDGE ACROSS BAYOU BARTHOLOMEW AT PARKDALE, ARK. desires the bill to go over without prejudice, as he has some The bill (H. R. 17511) to authorize the construction of a amendments to offer. bridge across Bayou Bartholomew at Parkdale, Ashley The VICE-PRESIDENT. Without objection, the bill will County, Ark., was considered as in Committee of the Whole. go over without prejudice, at the request of the Senator from The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, New ~ampshire. ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. IMPROVEMENT OF CERTAIN DELA WABE WATEBWAYS. LIGHT,ROUSE AND FOG SIGNAL ON LAKE SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN. Concurrent resolution 44, submitted by Mr. DU PONT on the The bill ( S. 5594) for the establishment of a light-house and 3d instant, was considered by unanimous consent and agreed to, fog signal at the easterly end of 1\fichigan Island, Apostle as follows: Group, westerly end of Lake Superior, Wisconsin, was consid Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurr-ing), ered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to appropriate That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and di rected to cause a survey to be made and to submit a plan and estimate $100,000, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of for dredging and otherwise improving the navigation of each of the Commerce and Labor, for the construction of a light-house and following-named waters: fog-signal station of the second order, together with a keeper's The upper waters of the Pokomoke River from the town. of Snow Hill, hld., up to or near"the town of Gumboro, Del. house and all necessary equipment, under plans prepared by the The Nanticoke River from the town of Seaford to the town of Mid· Light-House Board, to be located at or near the easterly end dleford, in Sussex County, Del. of l\lichigan Island, Apostle Group, westerly end of Lake Supe The Christiana River from the city of Wilmington to the town of Christiana, In Newcastle County, Del. rior, Wisconsin. Mr. SMITH. I should like to have the Secretary read a letter 0. MAURY & CO, from the president of the Lake Carrier's Association. I want it The bill (S. 2969) for the relief of 0. Maury & Co., of Bor to go into the RECORD. dealL~, France, was considered as in Committee of the Whole. Mr. GALLINGER. Let it go in without reading. The bill had been reported from the Committee on Claims Mr. SMITH. Very well, without reading. with amendments, in line 3, after the words "Secretary of," Mr. KEAN. Accompanied by the report. to strike out "Agriculture" and insert "the Treasury," and in There being no objection, the report submitted by Mr. SMITH, line 11, before the word " cents," to strike out the word "ten " from the Committee on Commerce, on the 9th instant, and the and insert " fifteen," so as to make the bill read : letter from the president of the Lake Carriers' Association were Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows: hereby, authorized and directed to pay to L. Renard, agent of 0. Maury The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (S. 5594) & Co., of Bordeaux, France, in full reimbursement of losses sus for the establishment of a. light-house and fog s ignal at the easterly tained by them by reason of the erroneous detention and subsequent end of Michigan Island, Apostle Group, westerly end of Lake Supe destruction by the Bureau of Chemistry of said Department of three rior, Wisconsin, having considered the sa.me, report it with an amend casks of wine imported into the United States by said firm, which pay ment to the title, and as amended recommend its passage. ment is recommended by said Department, the sum of $238.15, which The bill thus amended has the approval of the Department of Com amount is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not merce and Labor as will appear by the annexed letter, the amendment otherwise appropriated. referred to therem1 having been incorporated in the bill as reported. The amendments were agreed to. DEPARTME~T OF COllflliERCE AND LABOR, ·OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, l\lr. GALLINGER. It is manifest that the bill requires fur Washington, F ebruary 28, 1908. ther amendment. In line 8, I move to strike out the word DEAR SIR: Referring to the committee's letter dated February 26, 1908, " said " before " Department " and insert "the," and after the inclosing a copy of S. 5594, "For the establishment of a light-house and fog signal at the easterly end of :Michigan Island, Apostle Group, word " Department" to insert the words " of Agriculture." westerly end of Lake Superior, Wisconsin," and asking that the com The VICE-PRESIDENT. The amendment will be stated. mittee be furnished with such suggestions as may be deemed proper The SECRETARY. In line 8, it is proposed to strike out touching the merits of the bill and the propriety of its passage, this Department has the honor to state, at the instance of the Light-House " said " and insert " the " and after the word " Department " Board, to which the matter was referred, that the words " or n ear " to insert the words " of Agriculture," so as to read " the Depart should be inserted in the first line of the title of the bill to agree with ment of Agriculture." the tenth line of the body thereof, and with this amendment made recom- mends that the bill be passed. · The amendment was agreed to. Several vessels have gone a bore in this locality during storms in the The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the past three or four years, so that a light and fog-signal station here is amendments were concurred in. greatly desired by the maritime interests on the Lakes. Very truly, yours, The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read OSCAR S. STRAUS, the third time, and passed. Secn~ tat·y. The CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON COlllliiERCE, GIFTS TO NAVAL VESSELS. United States Senate. The bill ( . 5617) authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to LAKE CARRIERS' ASSOCIATIO~, accept and care for gifts presented to vessels of the Navy of Detroit, Mich., February 29, 1908. Hon. WM. ALDE~ SMITH, the United States was considered as in Committee of the United States Senate, lVashington, D. a. Whole. DEAR SE.SATOR: Relative to bill introduced by you in the Senate for The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or the building of a light-house on or near the easterly end of Michigan Island, I desire to call your attention to some of the reasons existing dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, why this light-house should be built. and passed. There is at present a light-bouse on the westerly end of Michigan WILLIAM G. GOSSLIN AND ASSIGNS. Isla.nd, but this has no value to boats naviga.tlng to Ashland on the course from Keweenaw Point, as the light ca.n not be seen until steam· The bill (S. 4687) to relieve William G. Gosslin and his as ers are abreast of it, and the Ashland traffic is the principal commerce signs of and from the effect of a release made by him . and his on that portion of the lake. Michigan Island light was originally established as an a.id to boats wife, Marthena Gosslin, of certain land in California was con navi~ating from Portage entry and Ontonagon through the isla.nds to sidered us in Committee of the Whole. Bayneld, whlch commerce has very largely decreased ; in fact is now 1908. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3791 only nominal, while a very large commerce to Ashland has come Into Bartholomew, Ashley County, .Ark., at Wilmot, was considered existence and is constantly increasing. The result is that a great neces ity exists fo1' a light and fog signal at this point, as it is on the as in Committee of the Whole. direct course for vessels from Keweenaw Point to Ashland. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendi!lent, A great many ships go light to Ashland for ore and also a great ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. many take cargoes of coal to Duluth and Superior and come from thm·e to Ashland to load ore, and this aid to navigation would be of the BRIDGE ACROSS BAYOU BARTHOLOMEW AT PORTLAND, ARK. greatest assistance to them as well as to ships coming up the lake direct to Ashland. The bill (H. R. 17510) to authorize the county of Ashley, in Of the many casualties which have occurred at that point, I desire to call your attention to two alone. In the heavy gale of November. the State of .Arkansas, to construct a bridge across Bayou 190::1, the steel steamer W. E. Corey stranded at this point, costing Bartholomew, Ashley County, Ark., at Portland, was consid about a quarter of a million dollars to release and repair her. In the ered as in the Committee of the Whole. fall of 1906 the steel steamer R. W. Ireland stranded in the same place, costing $200,000 to release and repair her. The damage to these The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, two boats alone was over $450,000. In addition to this there have ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. been quite a number of minor casualties. The Lake Superior commerce of the Great Lakes now comprises JOHN V. JOHNSON. about 80 per cent of the whole, and is constantly increasing, so that the importance and value of this light and fog signal is very great. The bill {H. R. 13875) for the relief of John V. Johnson was At a meeting of our masters held in Cleveland expressly for the pur considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to relieve pose of going over lights and aids needed for navigation they unani John V. Johnson (doing business under the name of the Brook mously agreed that a great necessity existed for this li~ht. A bill was introduced in the Senate last session by Senator Spooner lyn .Architectural Iron Works) from any penalty, forfeiture, for the building of this light-house. The bill passed in the Senate, but or claim for liquidated damages under his contract with the failed in the House. The building of this light-house is recommended by Maj. Charles United States of America, dated on or about the 22d day of Keller. light-house engineer of_this (the eleventh) district, and also ap December, 1906, to install a steel book stack gallery in the proved and recommended by the Light-house Board. record vault at the United States Immigration Station, Ellis I sin~rely trust that you will use your best efforts to have this bill passed. Island, New York Harbor. I am reasonably sure that Senator FnYE is somewhat familiar with The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or this bill, and should you want any furthet· information on the subject dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. I will be pleased to send it to you. Truly, yours, W. LIVINGSTOXE, Pt·esident. PUBLIC BUILDING AT MARYVILLE, MO. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, The bill ( S. 513) to provide for the purchase of a site and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, the erection of a public building thereon at Maryville, in the and passed. State of Missouri, was considered as in Committee of the The title was amended so as to read: "A bill for the estab Whole. lishment of a light-house and fog signal at or near the easterly The bill was reported from the Committee on Public Build end of Michigan Island, Apostle Group, westerly end of Lake ings and Grounds with an amendment, on page 2, line 15, after Superior, Wisconsin." the word " sites," to strike out the following: CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE IN ALASKA. If upon consideration of said report and accompanying papers, the The bill (S. 4748) to amend an act entitled "An act to define Secretary of the Treasury shall deem further investigation necessary, and punish crimes in the district of Alaska and to provide a he may appoint a commission of not more than three persons, one of whom shall be an officer of the Treasury Department, which com code of criminal procedure for said district," approved March 3, mission shall also examine the said proposed sites and such others as 1800, was next in order and was read. the Secretary of the Treasury shall designate and grant such hearings Mr. GALLINGER. The Senator from Minnesota [Mr. NEL in relation thereto as they shall deem ne~ssary; and said commis sion shall, within thirty days after such examination, ma.ke to the soN] not being present, as I wish to inquire of that Senator Secretary of the Treasury written report of their conclusion in the concerning one or two provisions in the bill, I ask that it may premises, accompanied by all statements, maps, plats, or documents go over without prejudice, it having been read. taken by or submitted to them, in like manner as hereinbefore pro vided in regard to the proceedings of said agent of the Treasury De The VICE-PRESIDENT. The bill will go over without partment ; and the 8ecretary of the Treasury shall thereupon deter prejudice, at the request of the Senator from New Hampshire. mine the 16Cation of the building to be erected. The C PROOF IN HOMESTEAD ENTRIES. Agnes Boon Otis, widow of Elmer Otis, late lieutenant-colonel The bill (S. 3722) to amend section 3 of the act entitled "An Seventh Regiment and colonel Eighth Regiment United States act proYiding for second and additional homestead entries, nnd Cavalry, $40. for other purpo es," approv-ed April 2 , 190-!, was considered as Elenor Sanborn, widow of Nathaniel Sanborn, late of Captain in Committee of the Whole. Holt's company, .Massachusetts Militia, war of 1812, $2-!. The bill was reported from the Committee on Public Lands Hutchinson Smith, late of Captain Hardee's company, First with an amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause Regiment Flori 3, after the word " thousand," to insert " five hundred; " in line The rna tter referred to is as follows : 6, after the word " than," to insert " approximately; " in line 12, Protest against .AZdrich bill to amend the national banking laws by tli. 1\Ir. LA FOLLETTE. I do. Of this the country banks were unable to withdraw more than Mr. GORE. I ask the Senator if thls bill might not hold out 5 per cent in their time of direst need. The payment of even n temptation or a reward or a vremium of $500,000,000 to those this meager 5 per cent was made possible, or morally forced, by who can control the securities, for with a panic they can get the deposit of Government money with the New York bank::::. the money and without .a panic they can not. While the official records are imperfect evidence of the growth :Mr. LA FOLLETTE. I will say to the Senator from Okla of financial and speculative banking in recent years, they do homa that I ha>e aimed to make it clear by my whole argu show its trend and extent. They show, as I have before said, ment that the great and immediate danger back of this bill is that the ratio of bank investment in stocks and bonds to in that 1t offers a premium to the Interests that can make profit dividual deposits increased from 8.9 per cent in 1 90 to 28.2 per out of a panic. It would furnish them, sir, it seems to me, cent in 1907 and that the aggregate of such investment is now with eyery incenti>e to promote the conditions which would more than $3,690,000,000. bring on panics, when you consider how wide their control is Yet this bill does not provide that sufficient reserves in lawful and how large a proportion of this so-called "emergency cur money-not watered stocks and bonds-shall be kept where they rency " they could command. 'l'hey could take out this circula will subserYe the interests of legitimate business and the de tion through their System-controlled banks in the various States, positors to whom they belong. There is no provision to prevent and once it is in their control it can be sent to Wall street, the money of the countr·11 being absorbed by the System and where panic money brings a hundred per cent on stock-market 1nanaged by the bank groups to ca'rry on great speculating and loans. p1·omotion schemes. PLAIN DUTY OF GOVERNMENT. NO PROVISIOXS TO RESTRICT FINANCIAL BAN KING. What is the duty of government in this legislation? The The official records of the Armstrong report and the Interstate Government control of banks invites confidence because it in Commerce Commission proved beyond all question that men at creases business. The fact that a bank is a national bank the great national-bank center and in control of banking and the carries with it the sanction of national protection. money system were engaged in operations in violation of their Betrayal of the public by a Government-controlled bank is ti·ust obligations and in contempt of public interest and statu the Government betraying its own. tory law. If the Government name is used in connection with a bank, I want to lay before the Senate a simple comparison between its control should be sufficient, at least, to provide for decently the manner in which bank funds and deposited money are in honest bank management. vested by one of the leading financial banks of New York and Mr. President, in the light of the panic, what legislation was by a large bank of London, England. demanded to meet the emergency? Legislation providing an Mr. E. Clarence Jones, a New York banker, who is opposed abundance of quick money on which to run other panics or to financial banking, before the joint committee on banks of legislation taking banks, over which the Government had super the New York legislature February 18, 1908, made this com vision, out of speculation; legislation which would contribute parati"re statement of the ratio of in>estment in stocks and to private interests or legislation which would contribute to bonds of the First National Bank of New York (December 3 public interests? 1907) and the London City and Midland Bank (Limited) (De To assume that nothing can be done, confesses a desire to do cember 31, 1907) : nothing. 1\Ir. President, I ha>e not at any time discussed this subject Inve tments in profe sing an expert knowledge of banking and currency, but Name of bank. Deposits. ~:~ t'bna~ b~~ Per cent "from the standpoint of experience in securing laws in the public ernment bonds. interest,· opposed by Special Interests. I do not know how many Senators, on looking over their First National Bank of New York.. __ $94,773~274.97 $55,221,761.77 58.26 papers a day or two ago, saw an interview with the Deputy London City and Midland Bank Comptroller of the Currency. It is an awful thing to put into (Limited)------266,410,306.00 17,293,593.00 6.49 the RECORD. Deputy Comptroller of the Currency Kane, in an inteniew in the Washington Post of March 21, says: Permit me to quote briefly fTom this banker's argument m While numerous have been the recommendations of the eleven Comp analysis of these figures : trollers who have presided over the affairs of the Currency Bureau since its establlshment, which, in the judgment of each, would have increased The importance of ·the above figures with reference to the First the security of the deposi'tors and creditors of the banks, practically National Bank of New York may be presented in another form. 'The none has been enacted into law or has received the serious consideration deposits in the First National B!mk on December 3, 1907, amounted 7 to 94,773,247.97. The reserve of 25 per cent required by the national of the legislative branch of the Government. o one has had better bank act was $23,693,318.74. Deducting this reserve of $23,603,31 .74 opportunities to observe fL·om an impartial and disinterested stand leaves a balance of deposits available for lending amounting to "71, point the practical operation of the bankino- laws and to note their 079,956.23. Of this amount 55,221,761.77 w as invested in stocks and weak featm·es in regard to the security of cL·editors than the respective bonds other than United States bonds. The result is that the Fir t Compt rollers of the Currency. Notwithstanding this indisputable fact National Bank on December 3, 1907, had only $15, 58,194.46 in addi and the many recommendations made by the several Comptrollers, there tion to its capital and surplus which it could possibly loan to its ens has been practically no amendment of the law since the passage of the tomers. If thi.s toere gen erally done, 'WOuld not banking become lm·gel.r original bank a ct of February 25, 1863, which can be said to have had speculation, w here the deposito1·s could not 'l.lrin and might lose r Doubt for its object the particular welfare of the depositor. less other institutions are conducted, perhaps not in the same propor Of the fifty-four acts amendatory of the original enactment which tions, but on the same lines. Banks and trust companies should not have been adopted since that date, practically all have been in the be allowed to invest in stocks and bonds, but should keep their money interest of greater latitude or pt·ivileges to the banks. for loans to their customers. • • • • • • • • • • A.ZZ loans to officers and directors should be p1·ohi bited. Tbe remedies suggested for the many unsatisfactory conditions for which the national banking Jaws are primarily responsible may be This comparison brings out in a most striking way the pro found in the recommendations made from time to time by the Comptrol p0rtions to which financial banking in this country has at lers of the Currency in the forty-five annual reports submitted to Con tained. Here we have the First National Bank of New York gress since the establishment of the Currency Bureau, and until sup plied by legislative enactment the r esponsibility should rest where it one of the great banks of the Morgan group, with nearly GO per properly belongs-upon the law and the lawmakers, and not upon cent of its depositors' money in>ested in stocks and bonds more administrative officials." or less speculative. Oh, what an arraignment! How much more of the bank's and depositors' money was tied IG~ORES NEED OF NEW RESERVE REQUIREME~TS. up in collateral loans on this same kind of security I do not know The details of legislation are always possible when the basic I can only draw certain inferences from the fact that when principle is once determined. If it is once settled that Govern I asked for this particular information as to this and a few ment-controlled banks are to be controlled in the public interest, other of the leading New York banks I was informed that the the details can then be wrought out. Comptroller's office felt bound to guard these facts in secrecy The Aldrich bill does not show any such intent. lest their publication "raise ha-.;-oc with the banks." Figures from the official record show how the massing and NEED OF PUBLICITY IGXORED. centralization of the money power, coupled with the operation of But this bill has no provision requiring publicity as to the the national banking law, has resulted in gathering into a few affairs of national banks; as to their loans and investments group banks in New York City practically all the surplus money that will safeguard in some measure the interest of stockhold of the entire country, for use there in promotion and stock ers and depositors; as to what banks are engaged in legitimate market manipulations. commercial banking and what banks are engaged in financial It clearly appears that these great group banks, as approved banking; as to what banks not themselves engaged in financial reserve agents for other national banks, gather the money re banking are forwarding the money of their depositors to other serves of the country in ever-increasing millions. The official banks which are engaged in financial banking, in stockjobbing fil!u.res of the Treasury Department show that the national and speculation. b:nks of New York City owed the banks of the rest of the There is nothing in this bill prohibiting bank officers and countiy durmg the panic a .net balance of more than $410,000 000. bank directors from engaging in underwriting and promotion 1908 .. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SEN ATE. 3799 syndicates; nothing to preT"ent their investing the funds of WHAT THE BTLL SIIOWS ON ITS FJ.CE. the banks which they manage and their deposits in the stocks 1\Ir. President,. in conclusion I would remind Senators that and bonds of other corporations which they are promoting, or when the bill first came here the character of securities, espe have promoted, or in which they are interested. cially railro-ad bonds, proposed as a basis for currency issue, .And yet, 1\Ir. President, one of the bank failures in this very was criticised. Their speculative and uncertain character was panic time cried to heaven for such legislation. Receivers found pointed out, and the absence of any safeguards in the bill as to millions of its deposits invested in worthless promotion ven the ascertainment of the value of the securities was called in tures in which the head and management of the bank was en question. gaged. One would have supposed, if this were real emergency It was with manifest reluctance that for the time being the legi lation, that it would have had something written in it pro r:aili·oad provision was abandoned. T"iding for emergencies of that character. Will not this surrender of the main pro-vision of the bill be There iB nothing in this bill prohibiting officers and directors looked upon as a confession that it was not defensible, and that of national banks from borrowing the funds of the institutions the bill as a whole was of the same character? which they control, the funds of their depositors, on securities It is still proposed to allow the issue of this emergency cur which would not be accepted by an independent bank in which rency on other securities which the chairman of the Finance they would not have like authority and influence as in their Committee a year ago arraigned in this Chamber as unstable own. and " widely fluctuating in value," and to create an inducement ·whether Senators agree with me or not, thnt the panic of for honest bankers to go into financial banking and inv-est in 1!>07 was deliberately planned for speculative, political, and these securities, in which the Senator then declared "no pru legislative reasons, candid men reviewing the situation must dent banker could afford to invest." conclude that unusual circumstances and strange conditions 1\Ir. President, this bill is of a piece with other legislation accompanied it. The country was materially prosperous. There enacted in recent years. It is not concerned with the interests were no commercial reasons for a panic. It was charged on of depositors-the public interest. It doe~ give added power and high authority that there were political reasons. There is privilege to the financial banks. It does reduce reserve require overwhelming proof of speculative reasons. ments for favored banks. It carries a provision for taxation of The situation at least calls for inquiry, for official investiga emergency currep.cy that puts a premium on fraud. It did pro tion, to obtain facts upon which to- prepare a measure commen vide for working the securities of overcapitalized railroads into surate with the evils shown to exist. the cunency system. It did propose to put a premium on rail I submit that at least one new here, might have expected that road-rate extortion. It did attempt to give the banks a free n committee charged with preparing legislation on the heels of hand for the contraction of the circulating medium. It sought such a panic as that, would have made an investigation before to place the Government in an attitude toward the watered reporting a bill. securities of railroads that would forestall railway valuation. No steps were taken for ~n investigation until a resolution THE RDAL ISSUE l'llESE~TED. was offered by the Senator fro-m So-uth Caro-lina [Mr. TILL 1\lr. President, I have talked in Tain if I have no-t made plain l.!AN], and that very recently. the thought that there is just one issue before the country to NEEDED l'EXAL AMEXD:llE~TS NOT l'ROVIDED. day. It is not currency. It is not tariff. It is not railroad reg ulation. These and other important questions are but phases The Aldrich bill does not provide the manifestly needed of one great conflict. amendments to the penal statutes for the punishment of wrong Let no man think he is not concerned ; that his State or his doing o! officers of national banks--punishment which, added constituency is not interested. There is no remote corner ot to the assurance of an occasional impartial investigation by a this country where the power of Special Interests is no-t en Federal grand jury of their conduct and management, will croaching on public rights. do much to keep men in important trust positions mindful of their obligations and the duties imposed by law. Let no man think this is a question of party politics. It Legislation, along these lines, Mt·. President, is the sort of strikes down to the very foundation of -our fr-ee institutions-. The System knows no party. It is supplanting government. ernergency legislation most urgently demanded to p·revent the 1\lr. President, I think I may say without risk of being mis recurrence of panics ot the kind that terrorized the CO'ltntry last October. · understood, at least by those of whom I speak, that I know something of the sentiment at the people of this country.. I undertake to say, that, except the Special Interests--with I have found no difference of opinion among them as ta whose predatory operatio-ns it might interfere-there would existing conditi~ns and the causes underlying it all. In Wis· be found in behalf of legislation such as I have suggested a consin, and from New York to the Pacific States, the people 1 " substantial consensus of opinion." have met hold one opinion, have one conviction. This much could be done at once. To work out a thorough They are deeply concerned. They understand. Men back going revision of our banking and currency laws will require of the System seem to know not what they do. preparation; I concede that. In their strife for more money, more power-more power. A CURRENCY COMMISSION DEMANDED. more money-there is no time for thought, for reflection. They It is quite generally admitted that our currency and banking look neither forward nor backward. Government, society, and laws need revision. In my reading I have found no authority the individual are swallowed up in the struggle for greater to the contrary. Throughout this debate there has run a note control. The plain man living the wholesome life of peace and of apology and excuse for this bill; that it is, granting all that contentment -has a better perspective, a saner judgment. He its author and friends claim for it, but an expedient for extreme has ideals and conscience and human emotion. Home, children, and perilous situations. It is admitted to be a makeshift. neighbors, friends, church, schools, country, constitute life. lie A review of the debates of recent years touching our banking knows very definitely the conditions, affecting the rights guaran Jaws shows that necessity for revision has long been recognized. teed him by the Constitution, but he longs for expression, he The subject has recurred from time to time whenever forced longs for -leadership. upon the attention of the Senate by some financial or commer This makes plain, sir, the powerful hold of President Roose cial disturbance, but not otherwise. Propositions are always velt and of Mr. Bryan upon the confidence and affection of the forthcoming, timed to fit some particular trouble, calling for American people. This makes plain why the President and some specific action, and usual1y resulting in benefit to the Mr. Bryan eacl.1 have, not the Republican party alone, not the Special Interests. It would appear that we might learn much Democratic party alone, but the whole people in sympathy with from European countries in regard to bank management and their purposes. currency legislation. Whate-ver the difference in party policy, whatever the differ For my own part, lUr. President, I believe this subject one of ence in personality, they are striving, each in his own way, fo-r supreme importance, requiring study and research, such as no certain fundamental truths that the American people demand committee of this body will bestow upon it. I do not believe shall be settled right, and shall be settled soon. that any other great nation in the world situated as we are Whatev-er mistakes 1\Ir. Bryan may have made in policies, would fail to create a suitable commissio!l for investigation and whatever mistakes the President may make in compromising report. Such a commission sho-uld be composed of men repre legislation, they are beloved o! the people because they are both senting not the banking interests of the country alone, repre fighting to preserve, for the people, the principle of goyernment, senting not the banking inter ~ts engaged in speculative bank by the people. ing at all, but representing commercial banking interests, repre Blind indeed is he who does not see what the time portends. senting transportation interests, representing producers and con He who would remain in public service must serve the public, sumers, to which should be added a Government expert who has not the System. He must serve his country, not Special Inter served in the office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and one ests. or more eminent economists who haTe made a special study of I believe this bill will strengthen the power that grows every .Government finance. day a greater menace to the industrial and commercial libertY. 3800 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. ~lARCH 24, of the .American people. I believe this bill will strengthen the of the principal Standard- Oil financial institutions; George J. Gould, the director of the National Bank of Commerce, the great Morgan insti very element that is undermining the commercial banking of tution; and James Stillman, the financier of the Standard Oil institu the country. tions, the president of the National City, and the director of the Bank of the Metropolis, Bowery Savings Bank, Columbia Bank, Farmers' I appeal to the progressive men in the Senate not to allow Loan and Trust Company, The Fidelity Bank, The Fifth Avenue Safe this measure to pass; not to be misled by any false concep Deposit Company, The Hanover National Bank, The Lincoln National tion of party obligation. The highest official obligation is to Bank, The National Butchers and Drovers' Bank, The New York Trust Company, The Riggs National Bank of Washington, the Second Na serve the public interest. tional Bank of New Yort and a member of the clearing-house com mittee of the New York dearing-House Association. These, with Mr. APPENDIX. Harriman, were members of a syndicate. The following is from the testimony: E:rtraots from pztblio 1·ecm·ds showi1~g the participation of bank ma.n " Mr. KELLOGG. In 1899 yo~ organized a syndicate to buy the Chicago agers and di1·ectors in promotions a1t,d stockjobbing operations, tcith and Alton stock, did you not? conunent and c:r:planation. "Mr. HARRIMAN. Let me see. Was I the one that did that? I think It is well known that there exists a community of interest between so ; I had a hand in it, anyway. the large :financial institutions of New York and the banking and other " Mr. KELLOGG. I think you did. That syndicate was composed of :financial institutions of other large cities of this country. As the yourself, Mr. Mortimer Schiff, George J. Gould, and James Stillman, was members of the directorates of the New York banks and the banks it not? them elves are engaged in speculative flotations, so also are the "Mr. HARRillAN. I am not sure about Mortimer Schiff. directorates of large financial institutions in other cities of the country "Mr. KELLOGG. Was it some representative of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.? engaged in like transactions and have been and are associated with the "Mr. HARRIMAN. Whatever was done was published at the time, and great manipulators of the stock market of New York. In this connec· I presume you have all those papers. There was no concealment of tion I desire to call attention to the testimony of Edward H. Harriman what was done. before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The testimony which I "Mr. KELLOGG. I understand that. I am only asking the gent'ral give is taken from the print published at the instance of the Union questions, Mr. Harriman. The statement shows that GP-orge J. Gould Pacific Railroad Company, which certainly is not a source unfriendly to acquired 54,534 shares of stock, E. H. Harriman 54,n35, Mortimer Mr. Harriman. It is taken from pa.,.es 23 and 24 of this report : Schiff 54,535, and James Stillman 54,535. That is substantially correct, " Mr. KELLOGG. Was there a circular sent out asking for a deposit of isitnot? stock of the Chicago and Northern Railroad Company for the purpose "Mr. IlARRIMAN. I think so. of sellino- it? "Mr. KELLOGG. There may have been a few shares in the names of " Mr. HARRIMAN. My recollection is that Kuhn, Loeb & Co. issued a directors. In other words, this syndicate acquired all but about $43G,OOO? circular asking for a deposit of Chicago and Alton preferred, to be left " Mr. HARRIMAN. About 97 per cent, if I recollect right. in their hands to be sold under the control-! believe it was under the "Mr. KELLOGG. About 97 per cent, that is right, of tbe capital stock control, or under conference with a committee. of the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company. That capital is about " Mr. KELLOGG. Who was the committee? $21,000,000, is it not, par value? "Mr. llARRDIAN. Myself-! beg pardon for putting myself fu·st-I " Mr. JIAr.RDIAN. I think it was $22,000,000. should have said Mr. Stuart (Stewart). "Mr. KELLOGG. Well, $22,000,00Q par value. You became president ''l\Ir. KELLOGG. We do it. of the company immediately thereaner,1 did you not, and were president "Mr. HARRIMA."<. And !iir·.-you have it there-! think it was Mr. for a short time-perhaps a year? Mitchell and myself-John A. Stuart (Stewart), John J. Mitchell, and "Mr. HARRI!IIL'". That I don't recollect-that I have ever been pi·esl· myself, was it not? " · - dent of the Chicago and Alton. John A. Stuart (Stewart) is a director of the Merchants' National ·• Mr. KELLOGG. The record shows you were president until Mr. Fel Bank and chairman of the board of trustees of the United States Trust ton became president. Company of New York. Edward H. Harriman-! will not mention his "Mr. HARRIMAN. 'That may have been. railroad connections, but I desire here to mention a few of his bank "Mr. KELLOGG. You were chairman of the board of directors or of ing connections-is a member of the board of directors of the National the executive committee, or both-both, I think-until October last, City Bank, the Night and Day Bank, and the International Banking were you not? Corporation, of New York. He is a trustee of the Equitable 'l'rust " Mr. HARRIMAN. That is SO. Company, and director of the Guaranty Trust Company.J. and director "Mr. KELLOGG. And during that time you had charge of the :financial of the Mercantile Trust Company. John J. Mitchell, of ~hicago, is the operations of the railroad company, d1d you? president of the Illinois Trust Savings Bank of Chicago. He is also "Mr. HARRI!I1AN. Through the executive committee and board, yes, director of the First National Bank of New York. Mr. Walsh is also or subject to their control. director of the New York Trust Company, of the Chicago and Alton, "Mr. KELLOGG. The property was bonded at that time-at the time the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, the Chicago, Rock Island and you bought it-for about eight and a half millions, was it not? Pacific, the Kansas City Southern, the Rock Island Company, and the " Mr. HARRIMA."<. Something like that-eight and a half or nine Pullman Company, so it can be seen how closely he is allied to Mr. millions. Harriman in other ways than merely an interest in the banking busi· "Mr. KELLOGG. Yes; somewhere about eight and a half or nine mil ness. lions. You immediately placed a mortgage of $40.000,000 upon the "Mr. KELLOGG. I offer in evidence an agreement dated December 23 property, did you not? 1903, for the deposit of Chicago and Alton stock. Under this agree~ " Mr. HARRIMAN. Yes ; and sold $32,000,000 out of it. ment the preferred stock owners of the Chicago and Alton Railway "Mr. KELLOGG. You sold those $32,000,000 of bonds to the stock Company, I believe, in a general way, are assumed to deposit their holders for $650 a bond, did you not, or 65 cents on the dollar 'l stock with the bankers, Kuhn, Loeb & Co., subject to sale? " Mr. HARRIMAN. That is right. "Mr. HARRIMAN. That is right. "Mr. KELLOGG. And this syndicate got substantially all of the bonds, "Mr. KELLOGG. The price to be fixed by John A. Stuart (Stewart), all but about $436,000? Edward H. Harriman, and John J. Mitchell? "Mr. HARRIMAN. Was it that syndicate? I think there was a sub "Mr. HARRIMA.'<. That is right sequent syndicate formed, composed of 100 different individuals. "Mr. KELLOGG. Did you fix the price at which that stock was sold " Mr. KELLOGG. No ; I think tlie bonds were divided among that syn to the Union Pacific Company? dicate. "Mr. IIAJUUMAN. I joined in it. " Mr. HARRIMAN. That is, it was divided with the stockholders, who "Mr. KELLOGG. You joined in it? ever they were. "Mr. HARRIMAN. Yes, sir. " Mr. KEI.LOGG. Yes; but the syndicate--- "Mr. KELLOGG. What was the price :fixed. Eighty-six and one-half, " Mr. HARRIMAN. Yes ; I know, but that does not bear on this ques was it? tion. It is a question whether they did not represent a large number of "Mr. HAimHfAN. That is right. subscribers to a syndicate· other than themselves. "Mr. KELLOGG. Two and one-half per cent commission? " Mr. KELLOGG. I do not know anything about that. " Mr. HARRIUAN. Well, we didn't pay 2~ per cent commission. "Mr. HARRIMAN. I think the records show that. "Mr. KELLOGG. Well, taken out of that. Eighty-six and one-half "Mr. KELLOGG. The record shows that the bonds were sold- was the gross sum paid? " Mr. HARRBUN. To the stockholders. "Mr. HARRIMAN. Net price to the Union Pacific? " Mr. KELLOGG. To the stockholders, of which these four men whom " Mr. KELLOGG. Net price to the Union Pacific; yes, sir. How much mentioned got substantially all? did the owners of the stock get? " Mr. HARRIMAN. They were the largest holders; yes. "Mr. HARRIMAN. Eighty-four. "Mr. KELLOGG. Eight millions of those bonds have not been cold, "Mr. KELLOGG. Have you the list of stockholders who deposited their have they? stock with Kuhn, Loeb & Co.? . " ~fr. HARRBIA..'<. I think they have been pledged. "M:·· HARRH~AN. I hav.e not." ; . "Mr. KELLOGG. They have been pledged as collateral security to a $5;QOO,OOO note of the railway company? " Mr. KELLOGG. Wbo has the list? "Mr. HARRIMAN. 'l'hat is so. "Mr. IlARRIMAN. That I don't know; that I had nothing to do with. " Mr. KELLOGG. Then $32,000,000 of those bonds were sold and sub- " ~Ir. KELLOGG. You fixed the price?" stantially all of them went to these four gentlemen? • • • • • • • " Mr. HA.RRIMAN. Went to the stockholders. " Mr. llARRIMAN. The committee :fixed the price. "Mr. KELLOGG. They were the stockholders, were they? " Mr. KELLOGG. Did you own any that was so deposited?" "Mr. HARRIMAN. Went to the stockholders. Mr. IIarriman did not answer this ques~ion. Mr. 1\I~lburn, his "Mr. KELLOGG. ·wen, these men were the stockholders, principally, attorney entered an objection. 'l'he question mvolved the nght of the were they not? There were no other stocl\holders except of em all executive officers of railroad companies to purchase stock of another amounts? ran1·oad company as individuals and to sell that stock as individuals " Mr. liARRil\IA..~. You have shown that. They had 97 per cent. to themselves as executive officers of the railroad and -the right of They were the stockholders. the Interstate Commerce Commission to inquire into Each a transac " Mr. KELLOGG. You sold some of those bonds immediately thereafter, tion. Mr. IIarriman did not answer, and only a few days ago, upon did you not? appeal Judge Hough decided that he must answer this and other " Mr. HARRIML'<. I think not." uestions which will throw light upon the methods of these high finan ~iers, of these trusted agents who have control of the banking machinery • • • • • • in this country. " Mr. KELLOGG. Did you sell your bonds? I desire to offer some testimony given on pages 42 and 4l!. of the "Mr. HARRIMAN. Some of them. bearings of the Interstate Commerc~ Commission, ~ebruary 2~. to 28, " Mr. KELLOGG. Did you sell all of them? 1B07. I d_ esire again to call atte!JtiOn to the bankmg connections of "Mr. HARRIMAN. I think I did. Mr. Harriman. Mr. Mortimer Schiff, of the firm of Kuhn, Loeb &. Co., "Mr. KELLOGG. And $10,000,000 of them went to the New York Life. was a director of the Mercantile Tt·ust Company, of the Provident Loan 3ociety, and tl:.e United States Loan and Trust Company-one diq, ~;~JfiiJnraN. I don't know whether they did or not! 1908. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3801 " Mr. KELLOGG. Ten million dollars of them were sold for 96, were hibit which was submitted in the Harriman investigation and which they not? will be found on page 134 of the printed testimony, and is as follows : "M.r. HARRIMAN. I think they were. I don't know whether they were my bonds or not. No. 65. Special common-stock dividend. "Mr. KELLOGG. And thereby the stockholders, you gentlemen, reaped 'l'RE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK, a protit of over $300 a bond? Is that correct?" Neto York, N. 1"., May 7, 1900 Will pay to the order of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., syndicate manag('I'!I, * * • ~ * • • $5,562,900 (five million five hundred and sixty-two thousand nLDo "Mr. HARRIMAN. I have not seen the list, Mr. Kellogg. hundred dollars). " Mr. KELLOGG. Very well. It purports to give the total number of shares of the Chicago and Alton Railroad as 222,102, and as owned by CHICAGO AND ALTON RAILROAD COMPA~Y1 George J. Gould, 54,534, and the same amount by each one of the other By FRED V. S. BROSBY, .As ..~istant Treasm·er. three gentlemen, yourself, Mr. Schiff, and Mr. Stillman, and the amount H. S. BRADT, of the $49,000,000 subscribed by each, amounting ~o $39,978,~60 al together, and yon gentlemen subscribed for substantially all of 1t. For the Secretat·y. "Mr. HARRIMAN. Thirty-nine million dollars? (Indorsed) : Pay to the order of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. Kuhn, Loeb " Mr. KELLOGG. Yes ; originally subscribed for. & Co. Pay to the order of the National City Bank. Kuhn, Loeb & Co. "Mr. HARRIMAN. Oh, yes. "The other check, Exhibit 10, for the preferred-stock dividend is in " 1\Ir. KELLOGG. And you four gentlemen owned substant.ially all the the same words and form and is for $1,041,660. lloth of them have stock? like indorsements." "Mr. HARRIMAN. We were the Chicago and Alton Railroad, prac These indorsements are made to the order of the National City tically. Bank-that is, these checks were made payable to that institution. " 1\Ir. KELLOGG. That is it; and you sold those bonds to yourselves James Stillman, a member of this syndic.ate, is the president of that for 65 cents on the dollar? · bank, and if these checks and these exhibits show anything, they show "Mr. HARRIMAN. We sold them to the stockholders, whoev.er t~ey that this national bank is engaged in this business for itself. may be. I don't know whether other people were interested m rome I have demonstrated that these men-such men as Harriman, Still or not." man, Schiff, Baker, and all of this crowd of high financiers that con * • • • • • • trol the large banking houses in New York-control the natio!lal " Mr. KELLOGG. As a matter of fact, the Chicago and Alton R3;ilroad banks, that is, the large national banks of the system. '.rhey also Company had paid its accumulated profits from year to year m the control the principal railroads of the counti·y. They should be con form of dividends at 8 per cent and over, bad it not? cerned in conserving the property interests of the railroads for the " Mr. HARRUiAN. It bad paid some of them. benefit of the stockholders of these companies. That they have a " Mr. KELLOGG. The books of the Chicago and Alton Railroad Com greater concern in manipulating the stocks and securities of the com pany showed no surplus of any considerable amount at the time you panies that they may reap personal profits for themselves and their as- · bought the property, did they? sociates in the banking, trust, and security companies of which they "Mr HARRIMAN. That I don't remember. are members, is evident from the manner in which the bull market " Mr: KELLOGG. A.s a matter of fact, they showed less than $200,000, was manipulated during 1904, 1905, and 1906. I wish to direct your did thu not? attention to such testimony as is obtainable and which tends to show "Mr HARRIMAN. The books may have-- bow this bull market was manipulated. " 1\Ir: KELLOGG. They did not show any $6,000,000 surplus, did it? It is unfortunate that there was not conducted a general investiga "Mr. HARRIMA.!."'<. 1\Ir. Kellogg, as I remember it, there was a recast- tion and the testimony secured in regard to all of the railroad stocks Ing of the statements of the Chicago and Alton, and it was shown that which were dealt in and which were a part in this bull movement. But there had been appropriated out of income to the Chicago and Alton, there is the testimony secured by the Interstate Commerce Commission and expended on the road, more than $12,000,000. in its investigation of the deals by E. H. Harriman and associates " Mr. KELLOGG. Yes, sir. during this period. The evidence which I have quoted from the Arm " l\Ir. HABRIMAN. And this syndicate, or this body of ~to<;kholders, strong report has relation largely to transactions of the old "blind readjusted the finances of the Chicago and Alton and dtstrtbuted to pool" and to other transactions previous to the bull movement ·which the stockholders about half that amount which had gone into the started in 1904. The testimony which I now desire to quote shows that these men continued their operations up to and including 1006. proper:y from p;·ofits." * * * • '.rhe following is quoted from page 179 of the testimony taken before "Mr. KELLOGG. Is it not a fact that from year to year, during the the Interstate Commerce Commission and shows how Harriman, Roger!?, management of the prio1' Chicago and Alton, whatever had been charged and Stillman and others began collecting in 1904 the stock. of t_he I~ll against its income and spent upon the road had been closed each year nois Central, purchasing it in the market and concentratmg 1t w1th by the board of directors? the firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. : " Mr. HARRIMAN. I presume so, but under the former management " Mr. KELLOGG. Mr. Harriman, the company bought 281,231 sh:tres the Chicago and Alton was drying up very fast, and so was the rail- of Illinois Central· stock at that time, did it not? " .M:r. H.ARRIMAX. It that is the amount. I suppose that is the ro~,drJ.;~e.JfELLOGG. It certainly has not dried up since. "Mr. HARRIMAN. No, sir; it has not. a~p~~- KELLOGG. Thirty thousand shares of stock from each of you, l!r. " Mr. KELLOGG. There was water enough to satisfy anybody. Ro,7ers and Mr. Stillman?. Mr. HARRIMAN. Yes, 811". "Mr. HARRIMAN. Yes; and business enough to satisfy. " Mr. KELLOGG. For 175? "Mr. KELLOGG. Would you think distributing $6,669,000 as a 30 per "Mr. HARRIMAN. That is right. «!ent dividend to the stockholders who had already had 8 per cent . " 1\Ir. KELLOGG. Ex dividend? would prevent if from drying up? "Mr. HARRIMAN. That is right. "Mr. HARRIMAN. Combined with the other methods of financing "Mr. KELLOGG. That sale was made on July 19, 1906, or about that which were adopted by the Chicago and Alton; yes. time, was it not? That stock is now worth less than 160, is it not? • * * * • • "Mr. HARRIMAN. The market value is apparently less than 160. "Commissioner CLEMENTS. Mr. Kellogg, what is the date of that 30 "Mr. KELLOGG. Was that a pool of stock, 30,000 each from you per cent dividend in that case? " Mr. KELLOGG. 'l'he 30 per cent dividend was paid on May 7, 1900, ge?.ti~~e~l.xRB!AN. I don't remember that. shortly after the acquisition of the property by Mr. Harriman and " Mr. KELLOGG. How did you happen to own 30,000 shares each? his syndicate, $6,669,180. It may have been declaJ;ed before. I think "Mr HARRIMAN. Well, we had, bought it d,ut·ing a long time. We It was." had acquired a certain amount of Illinois Central, bought it in the * • • • • • op~pM~.a~;iLoGG. How long before that had you bought that? "Mr. KELLOGG. You understood, didn't you, that this $12,000,000 had "Mr. MILBURN. That comes, I think, within the objection. already been charged against operating expenses? " Mr. KELLOGG. He volunteered the information that he sold this "Mr. HARRIMAN. I did not understand it at all. All I know was stock to the Union Pacific. I did not ask him. we went into the affairs of the Chicago and Alton and found that "Mr. MILBURN. I do not think he volunteered lt. $12 000,000 -of the P.rofits of the company had been expended for im "Mr. LovETT. The record shows you asked him the question. provements and addttions to the Chic.ago and Alton Railroad. "The CHAIRMAN. He has stated, in giving his account of the trans " Mr. KELLOGG. And that $12,000,000 had been paid out of the earn action that part of the stock of the Illinois Central that the Union ings of the company, hadn't it? Pacific acquired was his stock. "Mr. HARRIMAN. Of course it had. "Mr. MILBURN There is no doubt about that; but that is in the " Mr. KELLOGG. And while the company had paid 8 per cent divi record, and is fully stated, and there is no dispute about it. When we dends. That is true, isn't it? acquired it is another question. That, I think, is within the range of "Mr. HARRIMAN. Yes. Eight and 7, I think. the objection I have made. " Mr. KELLOGG. And was capitalized for $38,000,000 and carried its " 1\Ir. KELLOGG. Let me ask a few questions in advance of that. property on its books at $39,000,000? That is correct. I am speak Was that a pool? in round numbers." "Mr. MILBURN. I think that is a purely private arrangement. Here Now, what this testimony discloses is this: That a syndicate was are these gentlemen who own these shares in this corporation. The formed, composed of these four men. These four men are bank di corporation takes the matter up. The ownership is disclosed. The rectors, are the directing geniuses of some of the largest financial in corporation decides to buy. A committee is appolnted to fix the price, stitutions of this country, institutions which in Wall street are rated and the price is fixed. Now, I think it is an entirely irrelev::mt and high, institutions which have unlimited credit, which are supposed to immaterial matter, enth·ely in the domain of private business, as to be models of business honesty and integrity. These four men entered when they acquired that stock or for what they acquired it, or whether into a syndicate to acquire control of the Chicago and Alton road. they acquired it separately or cooperating together. They agreed to have the stock deposited with Kuhn, Loeb & Co. They " Commissioner HARLAN. Mr. Milburn, the record shows, as I under secured 97 per cent of the stock, the absolute control of the road; they stand it, that the motion to acquire this stock was made by Mr. issued the bonds of the road and sold them to themselves at 65. They Harriman. manipulated the stock and the officers of t"Ge company so that they ":Mr. MILBURN. It shows that there was a report made on this mat resold these bonds at from 83~ to 96. They sold the bonds to insur ter, not a motion. ance companies. "Commissioner HARLAN. Very well; a report by Mr. Harriman. Edward Harriman was a director of the Equitable Life Insurance " 1r. MILBUR -. '!'hey did not vote on it, and a committee was ap Company, one of the purchasers of these bonds. Mortimer Schiff, pointed to fix the price or the stock. member of the firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., which firm was the .finan "Commissioner HAnLAN. I understand all that; but the report was cial agent that sold the bonds to the ;Equitable Life _Insural?-ce Com made by Mr. Harriman. He was then an officer of the company, and pany. Mr. Stillman was a representative of the National C1ty Bank and its allied financial institutions. ~?st ~~~~:lf J~~hdoP~~~i~~Y0 ~{:tc0i'r~se~ddfgPl~hpeercr~r~~~ ~o~~~~~r~: After accumulating this stock, and becoming, as Mr. Harriman very to know all the details or that transaction? That is, that he can act aptly phrases it, " the Chicago and Alton Railroad," these men took ln one moment as an officer or the company and in another moment the money which they paid to the Chicago and Alton Railroad-that claim protection against full information as a private citizen? ls, to themselves-for these bonds and declared to themselves a 30 per "Mr. MILBURN. I do not think, if the Commissioner will excuse cent dividend upon their stock. I desire to call attention to an ex- me, tbat that question is raised here. Here is an officer of a corpora- 3802 CONGRESS! ON AL RECORD-SENATE. J\fAROH 24; tlon, a director. lie is ahlo an individual. Now, there ls no conceal acquiring the stock of the Southern Pacific, for the responsibility involv ment; tbe matter comes before the board of directors with respect to ing that, and for ourselves as fiscal agents. The other one we got for a purchase of Illinois Central stock. Here ls a director who says, 'I guaranteeing and insuring the success of an issue of $40,000,000 of 4 own these shares of stock ;' and the company decides it is a good thing per cent convertible bonds at par, which was an untried is!me and a to buy them. Be says: 'Because I own them,- I can not act on this new departure in finance. It was very questionable, indeed, whether 4 proposition.'" . . per cent convertible bonds on a road that had just emerg-ed from bank Now, then, l wish to direct attention to another disclosure which ruptcy would be salable at par or anywhere near it if it had not been ls mndc by tbis evidence and which it all seems to me has bearing- upon for our active efforts and the syndicate's active efforts. I think I may this bull movement-that is, to th e increase in freight rates on the also say if it had not been for the moral 1·esponsibility which we line over which Mr. Harriman and his associates have control : incurred in coming before the public and practically guaranteeing the " Mr·. KELLOGG. Now, is it not a fact that within the last ten years goodness and soundness of tbe security. and that we received an addi nearly all products from the Atlantic seaboard to California have been tional commission. '!'be two transactions are entirely separate, and increased 10 cents a hundred? the risk and responsibility involved are distinctly separate. "1\Ir. HAliRBIAN. That may be. I had nothing to do with that "Mr. SEVERANCE. And you got that commission of 2~ per cent, as I "Mr. KELLOGG. Then the rates have not been reduced much, have understand, for this moral responsibility, and the syndicate got 2~ per they ? cent, practically a discount, of course, on the bonds :for underwriting? "11Ir. IlARRIMAN. In what time is that? " Mr. KAHN. Yes. - "Mr. KELLOGG. About 1004, just previous thereto. Do you know " Mr. SEVEn.A.NCE-. And $25,000,000 of the $40,000,000 were not taken that from nearly all eastern points to all California points the rates on by the syndicate at all or by you, but by the stocl{holders of the Union all classes of products, commodity rates, and other rates were increased Pacific. That is in substance the transaction, is it not? substnntially 10 cents a hundred?. "Mr. KAHN. That is in substance the transaction; yes. "Mr. BAliRIMAN. You will have to go to the traffic men for that.. " 1\Ir. SEVERANCE. So that the Union Pacific paid to you, with the What were they in 1904 as compared with 1902 and 1901? exception of such amount as might have gone to the other members "1\Ir. KELLOGG. They were higher in 1904 than in 1902 and 1901. of your syndicate, these bonds and about 10 per cent commission, and "Mr. HARRIMAN. They were, eh? the stockholders took about $25,000,000 of the bonds. "Mr. KELLOGG. Yes, sir. They were increased just prior to 1994. " Mr. KAHN. No ; the Union Pacific paid us 2~ per cent commission Now, here is the tarur with the increases. Do you wish to look at 1t'l u8on the entire $40,000,000, and we ran the risk on the entire $40,000,- "Mr. HARRIMAN. I really don't know the reasons, but I presume that 0 0 that we undertook to underwrite at par. the prices of these very thmgs that you spoke about have increased ma- " Mr. SEVERANCE. Yes; I understand the transaction. I was just get· terially during that time. • ting at it. " Mr. KELLOGG. The tariff I refer to ls the westbound transconti- " Mr. KAHN. I thfnk ft ls a most unfair way of putting it. nental freight bm·eau taritf. " M1·. SEYERANCE. I do not mean to be unfair, Mr. Kahn. "Mr. HARRIM-AN. I bad nothing to do with that. " Mr. KAHN. I think you distinctly are, if you state we made 10 peR ":Mr. KELLOGG. Of January 18, 1904. cent. "Mr. HARRIMAN. The tariff on all railroads on all commodities was "Mr. SEVERANCE. I do not mean to be unfair; I simply want to get alike. in a nutshell the net figures, without reference to the explanation of "Mr. KELLOGG. On all Pacific railroads; certainly. why it is done. "1\lr. I!ABRIMA~. I mean on all railroads from the Atlantic coast "Mr. KAHN. That is unfairness. You can not get the net figures line to the Pacific ; it don't make any difference which way they went. without the explanation of how it is done and why it is done. "Mr. KELLOGG. Oh, certainly not; that is all right " Mr. SlilVERL"iCE. I think we agree on the figures, and your explana "Mr. HARRIMAN. Did it make any dilference whether they went to tion will go with it That ls all right, Mr. Kahn. We will not have Union Pacific or Southern Pacific or Great Northern? any trouble about that Now, that money was paid over and the stock "Mr. KELLOGG. They were increased on all of them. was acquired by the Union Pacific. A little later on, as I understand "Mr. liARRIMAN. That does not bear on this question. it, tbe Union Pacific bought some more of this stock. That was the "Mr. KELLOGG. It bears on the reasonableness of your rates, and it next year, was it not?" bears ·upon the question of whether the rates have been decreased on Now, this means that while Mr. Kahn said they got 2~ for one trans the Pacific roads, as you say. action and 2~ per cent for another transaction, it really means that "Mr. ILill.niMAN. There may have been reasons why they should have Mr. Kahn•s firm got 5 per cent on the sale price of the stock and that tbe been increased. ls there any law against our increasing rates 'l" syndicate comp:>sed of Mr. Harriman and his associates got 5 per cent on The increased earnin~ which would come in a great measure from the sale price as a discount. That is, Mt·. Harriman and associates increased 1·ates, the addition of 10 cents a hundred on all commodities were the Union Paciftc Railroad, and they sold these securities to Mr. between the Pacific and Atlantic would .certainly increase the earning Harriman and associates, the syndicate, and they took 5 per cent of power of tbese roads. the sale price out of the treasury of the Union Pacific Railroad and Now, then, I wish to present the following evidence of another deal paid it to themselves as the syndicate. of Mr. Harriman and associates. On page 277 of the testimony will be In the Harriman investia-ation it was also brought out that Kuhn, fo"und the following : Loeb & Co. acted for the Union Pacific in the sale of large amounts of "1\lr. KELLOGG. Of whom were the New York Central stocks pur- the securities of the Northe?n Pacific and Great Northern roads, and Mr. Kuhn, in his testimony on page 331, describing this transaction ch~s-re.~ )Lumn.tAN. They were purchased in the market through brokers says: " We acted simply as the agents of the company in etrecting the and bankers. sales to the best of our ability, and I think I may say that we did " Mt·. KELLOGG. Were any of the directors of the Union Pacific- inter pretty well and that ue teot·kea off a huge amotmt of stock, particu ested directly or indirectly in the New York Central stocks at the time larly without depressing the market, just as I may say we did pretty well in buying the Northern Pacific stock, because we paid about th~t ~~:r-:II~~e~N. That is the same line. seventy millions-of it before anybody had any idea we were doing it." "Ur. KELLOGG. I mean these particular New York Central stocks? Now, what does this mean? It ls direct evidence, as direct a"S " 1\Ir 1\lrLBUIL"i. Same objection. exists, that these men, Kuhn, Loeb & Co., the fiscal agents for the "The CHAIJ.UIAN. The same objections are made and they are over- Union Pacific, the company that the Standard Oil-Harriman alliance ruled, and the witness declines to answer. deals with largely in the stock market, were engaged in the business of " 1\lr. KELLOGG. You decline to answer for the same reasons? washing stocks. In other words, they were working the. market. They "Mr. BarunMAN. Yes. were maintaining the prices by their washed transactions. " l\1r. KELLOGG. I mean at the time the Union Pa!!ific bought these · An additional proof of the manipulating methods used by these con shares of New York Central stock, were any of the directors interested cerns I desire to quote from pages 232, 233, and 234 ot the testimony : in the sale of those particular shares? "l\Ir. SEVERANCE. Later on, I see by this report, that a large amount " •.rhe CHAIRMAN. It will be understood that the question relates to ~e~e& Gd~~?t Nor-thern and Northern Pacific was sold through Kuhn, that time. "Mr. KELLOGG. And the same position is taken? "Mr. KAHN. Yes. n Mr. M1LBURN. Yes; and the same an~;wer.'' "~fr. SEVERANCE. Was that sold under a contract? Mr. Harriman declined to answer. It is cle.arly evident that Mr. "Ur. KAHN. May I ask under what date? Harriman and his associates, or at least that some of the Union Pacific "Mr. SEVERANCE. It begins on the 17th day of last July and runs directors were interested in the sale of stoek of the New York Central down to the 1st ot February, 1907-the 17th of last July. I mean to the UDlon Pacific. Justice Hough has ordered that he should make 1906. answer to these questions. "1\Ir. KAHN. There were direct purchases made from the company Now a s illustrative of the speculative propensities of these men who by us. are intrusted with the admirustration of the great properties of the u Mr. SEVERANCE. What I wanted to- get at, Were these made pur railroad compani e ~ and wi~ the handli~~- of the great fUJ?-ds of the suant to a single contract, or were they various blocks sold !:rom time insurnnce comphJll es, an~ w1th the hanaung_ of the deposits of tfle to time? people through theil' national and other banking connections, I desue to call attention to the testimony on pages 294 and 295: "Mr. KAHN. They were in various blocks. "Mr. SEVERANCE. Now, from the time of the reERA..'\'CE. And still is? "Mr. KAHN. What. a block of how much? :: ~{~: ~;~A~~-l ,~sbat is, when they wanted to sell securities they "?.lr. SEVER.A..l....,CE. That is what made me think that it must have been sell them through you, and when they want to buy securities they buy under some contract That is a pretty high market price for Northern them through you, as a rule? Pacific. · "Mr. KAH:!f. Provided that we offer as good or better terms than u Mr. KAH...... -. A block of how much? Two million eig-ht hundred anybody else. thousand dollars sold for $5,954,000? That is correct. We sold that .. ~Ir. SEVERANCE. Well, we will come to that a little later. But, as at about 250. That would work out about right. a mat ter of fact, whatever may have been the inducements to do it, "Mr. SEVERA." "Mr. KAHN. No-yes; that L gested itself to eyerybody, and that is the possibility that this that fact, I now suggest to the Senator from Wisconsin [Mr. bill might in some way delay the beginning of a thorough LA. FoLLETTE], whether it is not the more practical thing to do, going and scientific currency reform, which all men of all as well as the thing which would perhaps be most acceptable parties conceiYe is necessary. to all Senators on the floor, to fix the date for a vote by umin I ha>e thought of asking the distinguished Senator from imous consent-if Thursday is not satisfactory, then perhaps Rhode Island, who is the chairman of the Committee on Fi Friday. nance, what he thinks of the wisdom and expediency, in order I think that all will agree that the Senator from Rhode that it may not be delayed, of a commission to investigate and Island, no matter how much we may all have disagreed with to inquire into and giye Congress the benefit of its deliberations him on this bill-and I have been one of those who have very upon this very grave subject. earnestly disagreed on one feature of the bill, which has now Mr. ALDRICH. Mr. President, the bill before the Senate is gone out-must concede that he has not pressed the bill unduly, a bill to provide an emergency currency for use whenever emer but has been very patient, indeed., in waiting until this time gencies arise. It does not undertake to treat the general ques to ask for a unanimous-consent agreement. tion of currency or of banking reform. I realize, and I have The bill has been before the Senate-it is now practically the so stated to the Senate, the necessity of the immediate consid 1st of April-since the holiday recess, which is quite a long eration and treatment of that subject, and I hope that before time. I should not interpose this suggestion, which is made, the present Congress adjourns legislation will be enacted which as I think the Senator from Wisconsin will perceive, with the will provide for a commission, either a commission of 1\fem utmost desire to produce some practical result, if there had bers of the House and Senate or a mixed commission, to con been a dispositon to press things here. r· think, further, that sider this question, with a view of reporting at an early day in everybody will concede that one of the objections which has the future. It was not possible to do this at the present ses been in the minds, not only of Senators, but of the country, sion. I think every Senator who listens to me realizes that that this legislation might put off a thorough-going reform of fact. this whole great subject has been very largely obviated by the Mr. President, it was my purpose to ask the Senate to take statement of the Senator from Rhbde Island in favor of a up the pending bill to-morrow and proceed with its considera commission to investigate and report upon this subject. tion and reach a final vote some time during the day; but But the object in my rising at this juncture is to suggest after a conference with Senators upon both sides of the Cham-. whether it is not more expedient, instead of meeting to-morrow ber, I will make the request now that the bill shall be taken and going right on and voting upon this bill only when no Sen up on Wednesday after the morning business and be considered a tor has anything further to say, to fix, as is the custom of the on Wednesday and Thursday, and that a final vote shall be Senate, a day-no matter how far distant, and if Thursday is taken upon the bill and amendments before the adjournment on not agreeable, then Friday or Saturday-to vote upon it. Thursday. I offer the suggestion for what it may be worth. I do not The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Senator from Rhode Island know whether it is acceptable to the Senator from Rhode Is asks unanimous conse-nt that the pending bill be taken up for land or to the other side. consideration at the close of the routine morning business .to Mr. CULBERSON. Mr. President, so far as the suggestion morrow; that the consideration of the bill be proceeded with which the Senator from Indiana [Mr. BEVERIDGE] makes about the residue o'f to-morrow's session and on Thursday following the commission, that can take care of itself, but I remind the and that a vote be taken upon the bill, amendments pending Senator from Rhode Island [1\fr. ALDRICH] of the fact that and to be offered, before adjournment on that day. Is there before Christmas a resolution was introduced and referred to objection to the request? his committee-the Committee on Finance-to make an inquiry Mr. LA FOLLETTE. Mr. President, I am consh·ained to in into the causes of the panic and to report such legislation as, terpose an objection to that request. I believe this to be a in the judgment of the committee, might prevent a recurrence measure of Buch importance that it should be debated out fully. of such conditions. That resolution is still in that committee. It may be that Thursday or Friday or Wednesday will see the With reference to the suggestion about a vote, it appears to termination of that debate, but I have witnessed in my limited me, on inquiry on this side of the Chamber, that no other Sen time in the Senate the dispo&'l.l of important legislative measures ator on this side desires to address the Senate at any con where debate was cut off by unanimous-consent agreements siderable length. I was therefore of the opinion that taking and where Senators were denied the opportunity to reply to to-morrow and the next day for the consideration of amend arguments made and to which r:eply was, as it seemed to me, ments and the bill itself, it would probably afford all the ..--uf \"i.tal importance. necessary time for the submission of remarks by Senators who I remember when the rate bill was pending in the Senate desire to speak either on amendments or on the general bilL the debate was curtailed by a unanimous-con ent agreement It ought to be recalled that in the proposal of the Senator and that with respect to certain propositions which I desired from Rhode Island the debate is not limited, as is often the to present and argue out to the Senate I was foreclosed. I case, to the five-minute rule, the ten-minute rule, or the fifteen then said that no unanimous-consent agreement of like character minute rule. Debate is to be general and unlimited on the would be made in my presence in this body while I remained amendments and on the bill; nor is an hour on Thursday pro here upon any important piece of legislation. _ posed to be fixed for the final vote; in other words, so long as Now, let me say that it is not my purpose to prolong the any Senator on Thursday desires to be heard upon this bill, he discussion upon this measure at all. But I do want that lati can be heard under the proposed unanimous-consent agreement, tude which shall yield to me, representing in part one State and must be heard, notwithstanding the length of the session on in this Union, the right to be heard here on any proposition and that day. on any phase of this legislation whenever any argument may be I suggest to the Senator from Wisconsin [Mr. LA FoLLETTE] made with re pect to it, or the right to advance at any time that, under all the circumstances, the proposal made for the when the bill is stili- pending before the Senate any further final vote on Thursday, not at any particular hour, but before argument which it may occur to rna as important to present. adjournment on that day-<>f course we can hold the session The VICE-PRESIDENT. Objection is made. until midnight or even longer if any Senator desires to be 1\Ir. ALDRICH. Mr. President, it is not my purpose, of heard-would i.n. all likelihood meet any emergency that might course, to cut off any debate on amendments. I do not know probably arise. of any Senator who de ires to be heard upon this measure at 1\Ir. ALDRICH. 1\lr. President, I do not know of any Senator length. I now give notice that to-morrow, after the routine on this side of the Chamber who desires to take any part in morning business, I shall ask the Senate to proceed to the con this discussion at any length, and I thought the proposition sideration of this bill, and I shall ask that they proceed to which I made was exceedingly liberal. There is no disposition the con ideration of it to the exclusion of all other business to cut off debate or to cut off amendments in any form. There until it is disposed of. fore I hope that the Senator from Wisconsin will, upon con 1\.Ir. LA FOLLETTE. l\fr. President, let me inquire of the sideration, withdraw his objection, as there is certainly no in Senator from Rhode Island whether that notice contemplates· tention to cut that Senator or any other Senator off from any the limitation of debate? course of proceeding which he may see fit to adopt. Mr. ALDRICH. Not at all. l\lr. LA FOLLETTE. Mr. President, it seems to me that Mr. BEvkRIDGE. Mr. President, I think the predicament with the chairman of the Finance Committee in control of the which we are in is very clear to all of us. Notice now served time when the Senate shall be required to consider this legis by the Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. ALDRICH] merely means lation he can hasten it to a conclusion, sitting at such hours that to-morrow and from that time on this bill must be con as in his wisdom the Senate ought to be required to devote to sidered to the exclusion of everything else so long as anybody it. I can see no reason why this legislation should not be con bas anytl;ling to say regarding it, and when nobody has any sidered by the Senate, amendments offered and debated as their thing to say, a vote must be taken upon the bill. In view of importance may require, and voted up or voted down without CONGRESSIONAL R. ECORD-SEl~ATE. 3805. having the stake set at same fixed time when there shall be b..'lnking system tbat shall depart from the present system if no further· discussion. Supposing it shall occur to someone to the Go\ernment is going to guarantee the paper so put out, and offer an amendment of vital importance at the last moment, asset currency goes upon the theory that when a bank has exer debate ~~ing cut off on it by the limitation fixed by the unani cised its judgment and issued all the paper it thinks it can mous-consent agreement, which can not be revoked. issue the Government is to stand back of it. This is very important legislation. I know of no reason why 1\Ir. President, I am quite content with this matter us it is. it should not run its course. As I have said to the Senator I belie\e we can get through a.nd have a fair discussion, an~ from Rhode Island, I have no disposition to prolong the con if we do not. we can extend it into Friday or even Saturday, I sideration of this bill beyond giving it careful, full, and com suppose. plete consideration. 1\Ir. ALDRICH obtained the floor. Mr. HOPKINS. 1\!r. President, I see no trouble with the sug 1\fr. LA FOLLETTE. Mr. President-- gestion made by the Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. ALDRICH], The VICE-PRESIDENT. Does the Senator from Rhode that we meet to-morrow to consider amendments, and when Island yield to the Senator from Wisconsin? amendments are disposed of to take a. vote on the merits of the Mr. LA FOLLETTE. I prefer to wait, Mr. President. bill. ~Ir. ALDRICH. 1\fr. President, it has been the habit of the As has been stated by the Senator from Texas [1\Ir. C'{;L Senate for v-ery many years, after discussion upon a measure BERSO~] and by the Senator from Rhode Island, no Senator on was practically exhausted, to fix a time for taking a yote. This either side of the Cbamber desires to speak at length upon the custom has grown out of a universal necessity, due to the pres bill. Kow, unless it is developed, on a Consideration of these sure of public business in this body and the absence of a rule amendments, that some Senator wants to talk against time, I for the previous question. In making the suggestion which I for one see no reason why we can not dispose of all the a'mend did, I have followed the usual custom in such cases. I think no ments to this bill to-morrow. Senator can complain that the~·e has been any attempt, on my 1\!r. TELLER. Mr. President, there has grown up in this part, to press this measure unduly. I shall, as I said before, Senate quite a custom o.f fixing a time for a vote on pending ask the Senate to proceed to consideration of the bill, and I legislation. I have never felt ve1-y much in sympathy with that shall feel constrained to object to the consideration of any c.ustom, and I am rather glad to have the discussion on the other business until this measure is disposed of. pending bill go along in its regular way. I am confident we 1\Ir. CULBERSON. Mr. P1·esident, I understand the Senator shall be able to vote on the bill as early as suggested by the from Rhode Island simply giyes notice that at 2 dclock to chairman of the Committee on Finance [1\lr. ALDRICH]. If he morrow-- will keep the bill to the front2 and it be understood that he l\1r. ALDRICH. No; immediately after the morning busi· will object to the intervention of any other legislation-which ness. I want to say now I am going to do, no matter how important Mr. CULBERSON. This bill is the unfinished business. it may be-if he will keep this bill before the Senate, I think 1\Ir. ALDRICH. 1\Iy notice was that immediately after the we can finish it before adjournment on Friday night. routine morning business I should ask the Senate to consider Mr. Pr~siden4 I expect there will be a great many amend this measure and proceed with the consideration of it lmtil . it ments offered to the bill. Certainly, after listening to the Sen is disposed of. ator from Wisconsin, who has portrayed in vivi\1 colors the 1\Ir. L.A. FOLLETTE obtained the floor. enormities of this bill and described what it lacks~ and who Mr~ HEYBURi~. 1\fr. President-- seems to think we ought to take up the entire financial system, The VICE-PRESIDENT. Does the Senator from Wisconsin although he has ignored the fact that some of the things of which yield to the Senator from Idaho? he has complained are already provided in the statutes; such as 1\lr. LA FOLLETTE. I shall occupy the floor only a moments penal sentences for certain banking derelictions, I shall expect an The VICE-PRESIDENT. Does the Senator from Rhode NOMINATIONS. Island yield to the Senator from Idaho? 1\lr. ALDRICH. I withhold the motion for a moment. Executive nominations received by the Senate, Ma·rch 24, 1908. 1\lr. HEYBURN. 1\Ir. President, I think, in the interest of ASSISTANT SURGEONS MARINE-HOSPITAL SERVICE. good government and wise legislation, that when a question has Charles 1\1. Fauntleroy, of Virginia, to be assistant surgeon in been thoroughly discussed in this body, or any other legislati-ve the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service of the United body, it should come to a vote, and I am not at all inclined to do States. anything that would postpone that vote after a bill has been •Lasher Hart, of New York, to be assistant surgeon in the thoroughly considered. I think, however, if the request of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service of the United Senator from Rhode Island is to be considered at this time, that States. it ought to specify in some detail the time to be devoted to the George H. 1\fcConnon, of Pennsylvania, to be assistant sur consideration of amendments and the time that might be occu geon in the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service of the pied by any Senator in discussing an amendment or in discuss United States. ing the bill; I shall offer no objection to the fixing of a time for Robert Olesen, of Minnesota, to be assistant surgeon in the the final \ote upon the amendments or upon the bill as amended. Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service of the United States. I believe that when the time comes the Senate should speak its Harry J. Warner, of Illinois, to be assistant surgeon in the sentiments and that there should be such a consent given as Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service of the United States. would enable this to be done. Charles E. Wood, of New York, to be assistant surgeon in the I was rather startled at the suggestion of the Senator from Public Health !tnd Marine-Hospital Service of the United StateR. Rhode Island in regard to the appointment of a commission. Under no circumstances and at no time am I in favor of dele PROMOTIONS IN THE A.RJ.IY. gating to any outside body of men or any man the duty of ad Qttartet·master's Department. vising us as to legislation. The Committee on Finance of this 1\Iaj. IEaac W. Littell, quartermaster, to be deputy quarterw body is quite capable of determining and presenting to the Sen master-general, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, from Marc• ate whatever is important to be considered in this body for the 19, 1908, vice French, retired from active service. · country, and I should certainly not favor at any time the ap Capt. B. Frank Cheatham, quartermaster, to be quartermas pointment of any commission to advise us. We have a most ter, with the rank of major, from March 17, 1908, vice Swobe, competent commission in the Finance Committee of this body retired from active service. and the appropriate committee of the other body of Congress. Capt. George G. Bailey, quartermaster, to be quartermaster, Mr. President, I think that the request of the Senator from with the rank of major, from March 19, 1!>08, vice Littell, pro Rhode Island ought to divide the time for the consideration of moted. this question and that an hour should be fixed. Otherwise, as Ordnance Depat·tment. has been suggested, at the last hour some motion or suggestion might be made that we would all deem it important to consider. Lieut. Col. Frank Baker, Ordnance Department, to be colonel I suggest that the request should be to fix an hour at which the from March 17, 1908, vice MacNutt, retired from active service. vote should be taken upon amendments, the time that should be Maj. Beverly W. Dunn, Ordnance Department, to be lieuten consumed in the debate, and the time when a vote should be ant-colonel from March 17, 1908, vice Baker, promoted. taken upon the bill. Capt. Thales L. Ames, Ordnance Department, to be major Mr. HOPKINS. Mr. President, will the Senator from Idaho from March 17, 1908, vice Dunn, promoted. allow me? Field A:rtillery. The VICE-PRESIDENT. Does the Senator from Idaho yield First Lieut. Clarence N. Jones, Third Field Artme·ry, to be to the Senator from Illinois? captain from February 25, 1908, vice Lassiter, Sixth Field 1\lr. HEYBURN. Certainly. Artillery, promoted. Mr. HOPKINS. Under the notice that has been given, the Second Lieut. Henry L. Harris, jr., Sixth Field Artillery, bill is to be taken up, as I understand, and the amendments to be first lieutenant from February 25, 1908, vice Jones, Third to be considered, and there is no limitation, either in the con Field Artillery, promoted. sideration of the bill or in the consideration of the amend Second Lieut. Edwin E. Pritchett, First Field Artillery, to be ments, but every Senator will have as much time as he desires first lieutenant from March 5, 1908, vice 1\Iillar, Fourth Field to speak upon the merits of the bill or any one of the amend Artillery, dismissed. ments that is proposed. If, after everybody supposes that we Second Lieut. Roy B. Staver, Fifth Field Artillery, to be are through with the consideration of the bill, another amend first lieutenant from 1\Iarch 17, 1908, vice Arnold, First Field ment is offered, that can be debated and voted on also. Artillery, honorably discharged. Mr. HEYBURN. But, Mr. President, unfortunately a legis lative day has a legal termination, and that hour upon which a Coast Artillery Corps. legislative day expires is one that we can nqt very well change, First Lieut. Theodore H. Koch, Coast Artillery Corps, to be and it is so con\enient to fix an hour that it seems to me it captain from March 11, 1908, vice Clark, detailed as quarter would obviate that question. We might be called upon to sit master. here until12 o'clock on Friday-that is, sit all night Thursday Second Lieut. Clarence E. Seybt, Coast Artillery Corps, to be for the purpose of carrying into effect the agreement suggested_ first lieutenant from January 1, 1908, vice Wieczorek, detailed by the Senator from Rhode Island. . in the Signal Corps. Mr. ALDRICH. Personally I should have preferred very Second Lieut. Thomas F. McNeill, Coast Artillery Corps, to be much to have a limit put upon the debate and upon amend first lieutenant from January 1, 1908, vee Beckham, promoted. ments and to ha\e had a time fixed for the final vote, but, Second Lieut. George l\I. Peek, Coast Artillery Corps, to be knowing that that certainly would be objected to, I made the first lieutenant from January 3, 1908, vice Lipop, resirned. proposition which I did in the most liberal way in which it w~s Second Lieut. Perry l\I. Gallup, Coast Artillery Corps, to be possible to make it. first lieutenant from January 20, 1908, vice 1\Iarshall, promoted. - Mr. HEYBURN. 1\fr. President, I would suggest to the Sen Second Lieut. William P. Wilson, Coast Artillery Corps, to be ator from Rhode Island that he probably will meet with no first lieutenant from January 21, 1908, vice Steger, promoted. more .opposition to a resolution or motion carrying the details Second Lieut. Charles L. Williams, Coast Artillery Corps, to than he would meet to a general resolution or motion, and it be first lieutenant from January 23, 1908, vice Lefort, dismissed. certainly would work out better in the end. · Second Lieut. Alexander J. Stuart, Coast Artillery Corps, to Mr. ALDRICH. I will try at some future time to carry out be first lieutenant from March 11, 1908, vice Koch, promoted. the suggestion of the Senator from Idaho. Intant1·y. Mr. HEYBURN. I hope so. Maj. Colville P. Terrett, Eighth Infantry, to be lieutenant colonel from March 14, 1908, vice Byrne, Seventeenth Infantry, EXECUTIVE SESSION. retired from active service. . Mr. ALDRICH. I understand that there is a desire for an Capt. William M. Wright, Second Infantry, to be major from executive session, and r therefore move that the Senate proceed March 14, 190 , vice Terrett, Eighth Infantry, promoted. to the consideration of executive business. Capt. Andre W. Brewster, Twenty-fifth Infantry, to be major The motion was agreed to, and the Senate proceeded to the from March 15, 1908, vice Goe, Nineteenth Infantry, retired consideration of executive business. After five minutes spent from active service. in executive session the doors were reopened, and (at 4 o'clock First Lieut. Howard C. Price, Fifth Infantry, to be captain and 10 minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, from March 14, 1908, vice Stevens, Twenty-third Infantry, re Wednesday, 1\farch 25, 1908, at 12 o'clock meridian. tired from active service. 1908. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3807 First Lieut. Eldred D. Warfield, Thirtieth Infantry, to be MASSACHUSETTS. captain from l\Iru·ch 14, 1908, vi-ce Krtig, Twentieth Infantry, Orick H. Kelley to be postmaster at North Plymouth, Ply retired from active service. mouth County, Mass., in place of Orick H. Kelley. Incumbent's First Lieut. Walter B. :McCaskey, Twenty-first Infantry, to commission expires April 27, 1908. be captain from 1\.Inrch 14, 1908, vi-ce Pardee, Twelfth Infantry, Oliver P. Kendrick to be postmaster .at West Brookfield, Wor retired from actiT"e service. cester County, MaSB.1 in place of Oliver P. Kendrick. Incum Fir t Lieut. ·Frank. R. Lang, Fifteenth Infantry, to be cap bent's commission expires April 5, 1908. tain fTom MaTch 14, 1908, vice Wright, Second Infantry, pro Frank ID. Nichols to be postmaster at Warren, Worcester moted. County, 1\fass., in place of Frank E. Nichols. Incumbent's First Lieut. Oliver H. Dockery, jr., Third Infantry, to lie commission expires April 27, 1908. captain from March 15, 1908, vice Brewster, Twenty-fifth In Edwin Smith to be postmaster at lllittineague, Hampden funtry, promoted. County, Mass., in place of Edwin Smith. Incumbent's com First Lieut. John R. Thomas, jr., Seventeenth Infantry, to be mission expires April 27, 1908. captain from March 16, 1908, vice Whitworth, First Infantry, Willis A. Taft to be postmaster at Oxford, Worcester County, detailed as quartermaster. Mass., in place ()f Willis A.. Taft. Incumbent's eommission ex First Lieut. Milton A. Elliott, jr., Thirteenth Infantry, to be pires April 19, 1.908. captain from March 18, 1908, vice Hutton, Twenty-seyenth In 1\fiCHIG.A.N. fantry. retired from actiT"e service. Charles A. Kline to be postmaster at West Branch, Ogemaw PROMOTIO~S IN THE NAVY. County, Mich., in place of Charles A. Kline. Incumbent's com mission expired December 17, 1907. Asst. Surg. Robert E. Stoops to be a passed assistant surgeon in the Navy from the 26th day of December, 1906, upon the com William N. Lister to be postmaster at Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, l\Iich, in place of William A. Lister. Incumbent's com pletion of three years' service in present grade. mission expired March 23, 1908. As t. Surg. George L. Wickes to be a passed assistant surgeon in the Navy from the 12th day of April, 1907, upon the comple MINl-o""ESOTA. tion of three years' service in present grade. William ID. Easton to be postmaster at Stillwater, Washing Charles F. Sterne, a citizen of the District of Columbia, and ton County, Minn., in.place of William E. Easton. Incumbent's William Chambers, a citizen of Pennsylvania, to be assistant commission expired January 23, 1907. surgeons in the Navy from the 19th day of :March, 1908, to fill Mons Hauge to be postmaster at Benson, Swift County, 1\Ilnn., yacancies existing in that grade on that date. in place of Mons Hauge. Incumbent's commission expired ProfessoT of Mathematics Omenzo G. Dodge to be a professor December 14, 1907. of mathematic~ in the Navy, with the rank of captain, from Paul H. Tvedt to be postmaster at Nashwauk, Itasca County, the 21st day of February, 1908. Minn: Office became Presidential January 1, 1908. Professor of Mathematics 'Villiam S. Eichelberger to be a 1\IO!IT.A.J.~A.. professor of mathematics in the-Navy, with the t·ank of com Lawrence Hau-ck to be postmaster at Philipsburg, Granite mander, from the 21st day of February, 1908. County, Mont., in place of Lawrence Hauck. Incumbent's com Carpenter John A. Lord to be a chief caTpenter in the Navy mission expired March 8, 1908. from the 5th day of February, 1908, upon the completion of six NEBRASKA. years' service in present grade. 1\felancthon Scott to be postmaster at South .Auburn, Nemaha POSTMASTERS. County, Nebr., in place of 1\Ielancthon Scott. Incumbent's com CALIFORNIA. mission expired December 1, 1907. EdwaTd T. Ketcham to be postmaster at Santa Maria, Santa John A. Wood to be postmaster at Ewing, Holt County, Nebr. Barbara County, Cal., in place of Edward T. Ketcham. Incum Office became Presidential January 1, 1008. bent's commission expired January 29, 1908. NEW MEXICO. Charles E. Tucker to be postmaster at Fortuna., Hu.m.b.oldt G. L. Bradford to be postmaster at Dawson, Colfax County, County, Cal., in place of Charles E. Tucker. Incumbent's com N. Mex., in place of Tennessee 0. Hill, resigned. mission expires April 27, 1908. l'fEW YORK. Calla J. ·westfall to be postmaster at V.enice, Los Angeles Charles Voss to be postmaster at Tannersville, Greene County, County, Cal. Office became Presidential October 1, 1906. N. Y. Office became Presidential July 1, 1907. CO~:YECTICUT. PENNSYLVA~""IA. George P. Edwards to be postmaster at Collinsville, Hartford David Farrell to be postmaster at West Middlesex, Mercer County, Oonn., in place of George P. Edwards. Incumbent's County, Pa. Office became Presidential January 1, 1908. commission expires April 19, 1908. WEST VIRGINIA.. George W. llandall to be postmaster at Rockville, Tolland James Faulkner to be postmaster .at Macdonald, Fayette County, Conn., in place of George W. Randa.ll. Incumbent's County, W. Va. Office became Presidential January 1, 1907. commission expires April 5, 1908. (Postmaster removed.} Chru.·les T. Welch to be postmaster at Windsor, Hartford County, Conn., in place of Charles T. Welch. I.ncumbent's com mission expires .April 5, 1908. CONFIRl\IATIONS. ILLINOIS. Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate March :24, 1908. Elmer E. Smith to be postmaster at Clayton, Adams County, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY. Ill., in place of Elmer E. Smith. Incumbent's commission ex George B. Grigsby, of Alaska, to be United States attorney pires April 21, 1908. for the district of Ala..ska., and assign him to division No. 2. Paul Spitzer to be postmaster at Techny, Cook County, 111. POSTMASTERS. Office became Presidential October 1, 1907. ILLI~OIS. IOWA. Harry K. Alexander to be postmaster nt Palestine, Crawford William ·a. Ross to be postmaster at Fairfield, Jefferson County, Ill. CoUJ;lty, Iowa, in place of William G. Ross. Incumbent's com KENTUCKY. mission expires .April 27, 1908. John E. Butler to be postmaster at Stearns, Whitley County, KA.!'ISAS. Ky. Henry C. Abbott to be postmaster at Le Roy, Coffey County, James N. Coffey to be postmaster at Columbia., in the ~ounty Kans., in place of Henry o. Abbott. Incumbent's commission of Adair and State of Kentucky. expires April 8, 1908. Musker L. Heavrin to be postmaster at Hartford, in the county Charles T. Dallam to be postmaster at Hoxie, Sheridan · of Ohio and State of Kentucky. County, Kans.1 in place of Charles T. Dallam~ Incumbent's Everett P. Taylor to be postmaster at Beaver Dam, Ohio commission expires .April 9, 1908. County, Ky. l\filo l\L Lee to be postmaster at St. Marys, Pottawatomie William H. 'rmner to be postmaster at lliddlesboro, in the County, Kans., in place of Milo l\1. Lee. Incumbent's commis county of Bell and State of Kentucky. sion expired February 23, 1908. l'I"TEW YO..R.K. MA.ISE. Joseph J. Keenan to be postmaster at Potsdam, St. Law Grorge A. Herrick to be postmaster at Madison, Somerset renee County, N. Y. County, rue., in place of George A. Herrick.· Incumbent's com Ohal'les H. Whitson to be postmaster at Briarcliff Manor. mission expires April 27, 1908. Westchester County, N.Y. 05, Mr. Pratt cited Mr. John Moody as to the magni mileage of the country, and nine billion of the thirteen billion tude of this power. John Moody is the author of publications of railroad capitalization as it then stood. The men named as which are consulted e>ery hour of the day in Wall street as a masters of transportation were: J. Pierpont Morgan, A. J. guide to in>estors in railroad, industrial, and other securities Cassatt, James J. Hill, E. H. Harriman, George J. Gould, W. K. I doubt, 1\Ir. President, if there can be found in the United Vanderbilt, W. H. Moore, and William Rockefeller. Of these States a man equally well informed upon the subjects concern eight men he says further: ing which he writes. Mr. Moody's work, from which Mr. Pratt They control the coal trade also, and their influence extends over quoted, ga>e the statistics as of January 1, 1004. Since that the express companies and through many industrial corpomtions. As time an enormous increase in trust consolidation has taken masters of the railroads they have a taxing power-if prices chat·ged for transportation can be so termed-equal to the taxing power of Con place. gress, and the gross income of the railroads is nearly two thousand TRUST GROWTH, 1!>04 TO 1908. million a year, as compared with the Federal Government revenue of about seven hundred million. 1\Ir. President, Mr. Pratt thought he saw symptoms or" signs,' as he expressed it, of possible division among these great or The author discusses further the control of banking, insur ganized groups that were in control. All signs fail, 1\Ir. Presi ance, and industrial organizations of the country, by various dent. Statistics p1·ove that central-ization has never 11UL-de small groups within the list.. Running through these groups, gt·eater progress in the histo1·y of this country than it has made however, is seen the "tie that binds," through individual own since the article was printed by Mr. Pmtt. ership, and through those who serve as agents or attorneys 1\fr. Moody has just preparedt a revision of these statistics. for others, representing allied icterests. bringing the figures down to January 1, lnO . I have been for While the editor of the Wall Street Journal expressed the be tuna te in obtaining the proof sheets of this revision, and pre lief that there were " signs" of revolt, division, and declining power in this oligarchy, yet events which have since transpired, sent in the following table the figures for 1004 and 1908, in such, for instance, as Harriman's still further combining great parallel columns: railroad systems and the United States Steel absorbing Tennes Table shotoing growth of trusts, J.EOJ,-1908. see Coal and Iron, indicate the ruling tendency for still greater [Statistics by John Moody.] centralization and control in the hands of a yet more limited January 1, 1904. number of men. January 1, 1908. That such consolidation has gone forward more rapidly since Number . Number . of plants ~ot.al capital- of plants Total capital- the publication of 1\fr. Pratt's article is abundantly proven, as I Olassification of trusts. acquired IZation, stocks acquired ization, stocks shall presently show. or con- and bon<;ts out· or con- and bonds out- In the list which I have prepared, and shall incorporate in trolled. standing· trolled. standing· the printed record of my remarks, there will be found practi cally all of the names selected by Mr. Pratt, with additions Seventrusts ______greater industrial thereto, resulting from such investigation as I ha>e been able to 1,528 $2,652,752,100 1,638 $2,708,438,754 prosecute. It was my purpose to err upon the side of making Lesser industrial trusts_____ 3,426 4,055,039,433 5,if.:S8 8,2;13,175, 000 Important industrial trusts the list too large, rather than too small, as representing the con in reorganization______282 528' 551,000 trol of the business interests of the country. I did this well un ------·------derstanding that critics would point out the names of those Total important in- dustrial trusts ______5,283 7,246,342,533 6,676 10,9o,,613, 75 4 having the least power and influence as typical of the entire list. Franchise trusts______1,336 3,735,456,0-71 2,599 7,789,393, 000 But any fair presentation of the subject requires that there _Great railroad groups______1,040 9,397 ,363, 907 745 12,931,154, 000 should be embraced within such list not only the men powerful through individual ownership, but those who serve as agents All trusts------· 8,661 20,3i0,162,511 10,020 31,672,160,754 or attorneys for others representing allied interests. Some of the men whose names appear on this list seem sensi This table shows an increase in trust con olidation and capi tive about it, as though they were personally assailed. Some talization almost beyond human comprehension. It shows that of them have even grown violent in denunciation and denial. in these four years the trust capitalization was increased by It was no surprise that Mr. Forgan, of the First National these few men in control of the big business of the country, Bank of Chicago, and Mr. Dawes, of the Central Trust Com more than $11,000,000,000, or more than 55 per cent. This pany of Chicago, should both protest and deny. They declare $31,000,000,000 of industrial, franchise, and transportation that they do not share in any such control of the business of the trust capitalization in 1908 does not represent all the corporate country. In a way they state the fact. They do not control, in power in the hands of the Standard Oil-Morgan combination the sense that they are even an infinitesimal part of the real. It does not include their financial consolidations-their banks dominant power. They are at the head of two System institu trust companies, and insurance companies. tions. They are " mere bank presidents," as they would be Mark you, sir, four years ago the consolidation of indushial designated by the head of the System Their position is well franchise and steain railroad corporations aggregated in rounci 1908. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3795 numbers, $20,000,000,000. To-day, in four short years, just John J. Waterbury. Thomas Dolan. those three lines of consolidation aggregate over $31,000,000,000. J. J. Mitchell. P. A. B. Widener. 1.\Ien may treat with indifference this te:p.dency. To m·e, sir, Norman B. Ream. E. H. Gary. and I believe to the awakened interest of the great American OliYer Ames. Samuel Rea. public, it is becoming the one question, the one issue. System T. Jefferson Coolidge. ,V. A. Clark. ownership and control of business is of course approved by H. L. Higginson. Dumont Clarke. all who profit by it directly or indirectly, but to the independ Nathania! Thayer. E. B. Morris. ent American citizen who is thinking of the welfare of his The balance of the list, embracing thirty-five names, are the country it assumes a grave and portentous aspect. handy men of the System. They have little or no power except CLASSIFICATION OF THOSE IN CONTROL. that which Js delegated. In so far as they have any power at Along with this enormous increase in trust power has gone all they exercise it in a representative capacity. This group a steady process of centralization in the control of that power, contains the attorneys, the bank presidents of lesser order, the until now the entire situation is dominated by the Standard dummy directors, the fillers-in, the figureheads. These men Oil-1\forgan combination. Mr. Pratt named seventy-six men. are: I named nearly one hundred, because I wished to include in Edwin S. Marston. Levi P. Morton. my list enough men to show the method and connections of the Moses Taylor. J. H. Parker. System. When you begin the process of elimination to reach Henry A. C. Taylor. H. C. Demming. the real source, the true fountain head of control over the busi G. W. Perkins. H. H. Vreeland. ness life of the people of this country, you .....come down, sir, to Francis l\1. Bacon. Frederick Sturgis. two names: C. S. Fairchild. Charles H. Russell. STANDARD OIL AND MORGAN. John W. Sterling. Woodbury Langdon. All feuds between these two great powers have been put aside. Samuel Sloan. Chauncey M. Depew. 1\Ir. Morgan's picture hangs on the wall of the inner room of the Otto H. Kahn. A. E. Orr. Rockefellers, at 26 Broadway. This union was inevitable unless Luther Kountze. Oliver H. Payne. stayed by the strong arm of Government. In combination to A. D. Juilliard. Charles 1\f. Schwab. day they are steadily absorbing the smaller powers. Some gen James N. Jarvie. II.l\fcK.Twornbly. tlemen in this country may feel content with the present situa H. P. Whitney. W. S. Webb. tion. Wait a little, Mr. President, the hour will strike for them. C. H. Allen. James H. Parker. Mr. Hill has been taught that he must not oppose the big ones. A. W. Kretch. E. F. C. Young. The Gould interests are being swallowed up by the combine. P. D. Cravath. Charles Dawes. 1\Iorse and Heinze were neatly IJOcketed during the recent panic. V. Morawetz. James B. Forgan. The smelter trust was given a drubbing and started in the Paul Morton. same direction. The Vanderbilts can not long retain their im Mr. President, any man with ordinary intelligence, who portant control, and themselves see the handwriting on the wall. sees the same names repeated over and over again on the va.ri In the list of men who may still -be said to be in control of ous directorates which, in a national sense, dominate the great the country's business, there are only fourteen who can treat industries of this country, will understand how the important with the Standard Oil-1\forgan combine on anything, even re business interests are in fact welded and fused together into motely approaching a footing. These men may be roughly class one mass under one control. ified and described in groups. We have the men of large means Sir, I have named certain individuals from time to time and considerable independent control who, a few years ago, in the course of my argument upon the pending bilL If I might have been, in combination, a potential menace to either am understood as making war upon these men, I disavow it here Standard Oil or Morgan, but to-day they find their only suc and now, I do not direct my attack against a Ro~kefeller, a cess lies in maintaining harmony with the big ones. These men Morgan, a Harriman. They are but types. They but embody an are: evil. Back of these men is the THING which we must desh·oy W. K. Vanderbilt. E. H. Harriman. if we would preserve our free institutions. Men are as noth George J. Gould. James J. Hill. ing; the System which we have built up by privileges, which John Jacob Astor. Henry C. Frick. we have allowed to take possession of Government and con August Belmont. Thomas F. Ryan. trol legislation, is the real object of my unceasing warfare. Jacob Schiff. W. H. Moore. Mr. President, the statement that the business of the coun James Speyer. J. Ogden Armour. try in a national sense is controlled by less than 100 men-by Frederick Weyerhauser. Louis F. Swift. less than 50 men-aye, by a mere handful of men, requires the citation of no authority further than the list of directors of In the foregoing group are found big operators and men of transportation, industrial, and financial trusts, combinations, large power and interest in their own right. Here are also and corporations of the country. The official records of those founu the big independent bankers, Jacob Schiff, James Speyer, institutions are in themselves the proof. and August Belmont. The two latter have a special element of The business of the country is transacted by corporations strength in the support of foreign money. They all find that and combinations of corporations. The control of corporations exi tence depends upon maintaining the most cordial relations rests of necessity with a board of directors, the executive com with the Standard Oil-1\forgan combine. These fourteen men mittee, and the officers of the organization. It is therefore only are, next to Standard Oil and l\Iorgan, the great powers in the necessary to take the great controlling h·ansportation and busi control of our industrial and commercial life. ness organizations of the country, analyze the directorates, and Tile balance of the list may be divided roughly into two the truth is ascertained. When the most significant names in clas ~e s. The first class comprises men of large wealth and the Standard Oil-1\forgan groups are distributed with their all real power, nearly every one of whom would fit into the group powerful influence on the boards of directors controlling in a I h:ne just giYen, except that they are stars of lesser magni broad way transportation, industrial institutions, mining, iron tude. Some are "mere bank presidents" who, for the most and steel, coal, gas, electric light, shipping, copper, and other part, take orders; others are attorneys and representatives of natural products and the industrial life resting upon them, to the combine of the same rank. These men are : gether with the great insurance companies, and an overbalanc C. H. Dodge. C. Ledyard Blair. ing control of the banking institutions of the country, no amount J. H. Post. J. F. Dryden. of denunciation and personal abuse, from whatever source it P. A. Valentine. J. B. Duke. may come, can by any possibility obscure the facts. So long as Cyrus H. McCormick. D. Guggenheim. the official records of these controlling bodies stand as pub M. Taylor Pyne. V. P. Snyder. lished to-day, the proof stands, and the case is made. William D. Sloan. John Clafij.n. I apprehend, Mr. President, that in the near future in the Stephen S. Palmer. Charles Lanier. various volumes entitled "The Directory of Directors" for T. H. Hubbard. A. N. Brady. the great industrial and commercial centers of the counh·y, Adrian Iselin, jr. James C. Fargo. after the publicity which these names and their manifest con Brayton Ives. Edwin Hawley. nection and control have evoked, more "dummies" will be G. G. Haven. John R. Hegeman. found [laughter], and that it will be a work requiring more Frederick Cromwell. D. 0. Mills. industry and research to root out the control of the men whose C. A. Peabody. C. H. Mackay. names appear and what they represent. But it can be done. W. J. Oakman. Daniel G. Reid. It will be done. G. W. Young. Charles Steele. Mr. President, in the course of my ·discussion of this mo G. F. Baker. F. ·w. Vanderbilt. mentous question I have produced official records to prove that E. J. Berwind. Henry Walters. the massing and centralization of this great money power in 3796 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE.. lf.AROH 24, the hands of these few men, coupled with the operation of the required to keep the money they send to New York, it would national banking laws, has resulted in gathering into a few moTe the crops without taking anything from the amotmt of great group banks in New York City practically all the sur money which they ~e now required by the reserve system to plus money of the entire country. I have produced record evi keep on hand. dence to prove that commercial banking is being swallowed BILL DOES NOT MEET CONDITIO:NS. up in financial and speculative banking. I tried to suggest All that can be m·ged for the relief that might be expected something of the enormous danger threatening our business in from this legislation must be predicated upon the claim that it tegrity resulting from this change. I traced briefly the story will impart elasticity to our currency system. This it is argued of the recent panic; showed that legitimate industry was pros will be secured by taxing the circulation. But, Mr. President, perous; that commercial reasons f~r a panic were wanting; but will there· be any tax under this bill? That depends upon that there were other reasons sufficient for its promoters the machinery provided for its enforcement. The bill pro speculative, political, and legislative reasons. To accomplish vides that the banks shall make monthly return of the amount these se1eral purposes the panic was carefully planned and of their notes in circulation, and the tax is to be determined skillfully staged. It was eminently successful. It removed ob accordingly. No penalty is provided for failure to report stacles in the highways of finance, settled old scores, made correctly. This opens the way to e-vade the tax on thi cir money for its managers, rebuked the" square-deal,, Administra culation and leaves these bankers free to inflate and contract tion, disposed of the "third-term " menace, weakened support the currency at will. for political policies inimical to fictitous capitalization, and Mr. President, this is precisely the manner in which we as prepared the way for emergency currency legislation. Ac sessed railroads in Wisconsin. The officers of the roads were cordingly, we have this bill before the Senate. required to report under oath their gross earnings in the State WOULD STRENGTHEN WALL STREET POWER. each year. When we examined their books we discovered that l\Ir. President, will not this bill invest the few masters of Wall for years they had systematically falsified their sworn reports, street finance with still greater power? Will it not give them and defrauded the State out of millions of dollars. When the five hundred million more dollars of emergency money with State brought suit to recover these taxes, the roads went into which to play their Wall street game? · the circuit court and stipulated that they had so falsified their With the vast capital at their command they can still further reports and went to the supreme court on the legal que tion extend their centralized banking power already established in whether the acceptance of the reports by the State officials did the chief business centers of the country. not bind the State and bar the reco1ery. No one in the debate has undertaken to demonstrate that l\Ir. President, I believe the evidence I have quoted in this there is well-grounded business ;need for a $500,000,000 emer discussion from the Armstrong committee and other sources will gency currency. It has been assumed that the need of money to show that the men in charge of the great financial banks are move the crops is the high function of this $500,000,000. It is of no higher moral character and of no higher business ideals convenient to seize upon some subject of human interest to pro than the railroad managers who falsified their reports of gross mote or to defeat legislation that can not stand by itself. earnings to escape taxation in Wisconsin. Speak of railroad-rate legislation, and the railroads at once But, sir, why did ·not the Committee on Finance in reporting threaten a reduction in wages to elicit sympathy for the em out a measure take up this question of the reserves, around ployees, whose wages, it is claimed, "must be reduced "-who which so much of this debate has centered, in which, accord may, indeed, "be thrown entirely out of employment." Nothing ing to all the judgment and opinion of the leading financial is said of reducing dividends on watered stock. writers of this counh·y, lies so much of the weakness of om· So the panic, originating primarily in reckless promotion and present system, and deal with that as one of the leading fea speculation, is attributed to lack of money to transport wheat tures of the bill? and corn and cotton. It had a little place in the bill originally; it was stricken out; There was a time when the West looked to the East for and we are told that some time, somewhere, later on, we may money to move the crops. get something on this subject of reser-ves. ,We are about to · But the West was not begging to borrow Eastern money last vote upon this bill. We should know what its provisions are. October. It was asking for its own money. It was praying to I say, sir, the matter of reserves, together with some other get back the savings of Western farmers, the product of Western subjects to which I shall call attention, should have had early industry, which, under the reserve system, had been drawn and thorough consideration in any bill framec.l in the public into New York and tied up in Wall street. interest pretending to avert the recurrence of conditions that · Not more than $200,000,000 is needed to move the crop. gave rise to the panic of 1807. When some basis is required upon which to predicate any le As first proposed the bill contained no provisions which pre gitimate need for this elastic addition to the currency, we are tended to secure a distribution of the proposed currency issue always referred to the moving of the crops. Why, sir, it lies equitably throughout the cotmtry. in the mouth of no man of fair intelligence here ·or elsewhere in The criticism of that defect of the measure compelled an this country to contend for a larger per capita circulation than amendment which on its face might seem to insure an equitable we have already for ordinary business transactions. But there distribution of the increased circulation which the bill con comes a time each year, a brief period, when a temporary de templates. I say that on its face this bill looks as if it might mand is created for additional money for the moving of the provide an equitable distribution of the $500,000,000, but every crops. But thls demand does not exceed in amount $200,000,000. piece of legislation must be considered in contemplation of No authority of standing has made a higher estimate. existing conditions. What are the existing conditions? What The country banks of the Southern, Western, and Middle is the power of a limited number of men to-day with re pect States-the principal crop-producing States-demanding such to such additional currency as this bill provides for? The money, at or about the same time had on deposit elsewhere with Standard Oil group and the Morgan group have their connec reserve agents August 22, 1007, $124,630,240. The reserve cities tions through their investments in banks wherever it enes in these same States bad on deposit elsewhere in cenh·al reser1e their interests throughout the Union. You need but take the cities $150,607,745. Allowing for duplication, and allowing that bankers' directory of the country and study it to be conyinced some of this amount was on deposit in central reserve banks of of this. You will be able to spot banks all over the country Chicago and St. Louis, I believe these figures will warrant the as into which the control of those two groups extends. The Higgs sumption that fully half of the $410,000,000 which New York Bank here in this city is one of them. I have called attention national banks owed the country last fall belonged to the crop to two Chicago institutions. You can follow it over the country producing States of the South and West. If this money had and trace it to a certainty, with sufficient investigation. been retained in the Western and Southern banks and not for Morgan and Standard Oil ha-re the financial power to extend warded to Wall street, it would have moved the crops. This that connection practically without limit. They have their own fallacious excuse would not now be offered for a $500,000,000 trust companies associated with their banks wherever located. "emergency currency." They already hold the very securities for which this bill pro Let it not be said, sir, that this money that the country vides. They ha-re the ability to acquire a practical monopoly banks had on deposit in New York was lawful reserve money of such securities. Their resources and profits from the con and that it could not have been used to move the crops had h·ol of all the great banking, h·ansportation, and industrial the banks in the crop-producing States retained it in their own institutions of the country not only put it within their power -vaults. I contend, sir, that the discretion of the Secretary of but make it worth their while to invest in such securities, where the Treasury could be exercised to allow these banks to im banks of small capital can under no circumstances afford to pair tlleir reserres in time of need, if they had been retained carry them. The conb.·ol over the emergency currency that the at home, with as high justification as he could permit New possession of the specified securities, especially in time of York banks to allow their resenes to fall below the statutory panic, when call-money rates in Wall street run to 100 per limitation. If the banks of the crop-producing States were cent, would make it well worth while for the big banks to ac... 1908. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3797 quire directly and indirectly a substantial monopoly of these l\Ir. Sl\IITH. I have been under the impression that the securities. The smaller banks engaged only in commercial placing of this class of securities in an emergency measure banking could under no circumstances compete with them or might tend to localize their purchase. If the securities now afford to acquire them. enumerated in the bill are issued by municipalities, it has Need I remind the Senate of the statements of former Secre seemed to me that the local banks and local investors would tary Gage, of former Secretary Shaw, of the many Western purchase them because of their added value and con>ertibility, and 1\fiddle ·western and Southern bankers who have sent their and that the tendency of this legislation now would be to protests here that such banks do not hold and can not acquire reduce the rate of interest that the municipalities now pay, these securities? Need I remind the Senate again that the because of the additional value given to their securities for chairman of the Finance Committee only one short year ago this purpose, and that it would operate to decentralize rather declared that municipal bonds, the very securities designated than to centralize their market. in ~his bill as a basis for this emergency currency, were so I should like very much to hear the Senator from Wisconsin widely fluctuating that no prudent banker could afford to in upon that phase of this question, because it goes diJ:ectly to the vest in them? Be stated particularly that small banks could merits of the question itself. not afford to make such investments. Be argued that such Mr. LA FOLLETTE. Let me suggest to the Senator from securities were held only by the big banks of New York and Michigan that it does not lie with a little bank in Allegan, of other principal money centers. 1\Iich., or anywhere else, to enter into competition with this IS A.N AID TO FURTHEn CENTRA.Ll~TION. System in bidding for municipal bonds, local or otherwise. Kow, going a step further, sir, to see the effect, I do not say What power, compared with the power of these' group organiza the purpose of this legislation, but the effect of it, you have these tions, have the independent banks to gather in by purchase or two groups. You can not brush aside the overwhelming testi otherwise the control of these securities? mony of their existence. The slightest investigation on the part Just look, l\Ir. President! On the 14th day of February, of Senators will convince them, will o>ercome all doubt. This 1908, the report of the condition of the National City Bank of centralization has gone on and on. I cited the warnings of some New York showed among its liabilities fourteen millions of of the leading economists of the country five years ago of the borrowed bonds. It lies in the power of those great institu dangers of it. Now you have it. Its ramifications extend into tions, with their connections, to control the placing of these every State in this Union. At a given word their banks, acting bonds. It seems to me that is too patent for argument. together for any section or for the entire country, can be first Mr. SMITH. On that particular point, if the Senator will in line, offering their securities for this so-called emergency cir indulge me, I have had the impression and have given it some culation, and through the power of their nation-wide organiza thought and study, that latterly Western banks and Western tion they can impress upon the Secretary-any Secretary of the communities are investing in their own bonds; that it bas be Treasury, whate>er his politics may be--the necessity for such come the custom of cities of the size of the one in which I an issue. It is an awful situation in which to place a Secretary live and of other cities in the West to buy their own securities of the Treasury. They can pour their telegrams upon him. at home. I think the same custom prevails in many Western They can send upon every train men of ability and influence, an States, and that the Eastern market is not left alone to bid, army of them, to plead with the Treasury that the hour has without opposition or competition, for these securities. A very come, that a panic threatens, that an issue of emergency cur recent issue of securities in my own home city illustrates that rency is needed to ward off disaster. If need be, they can point. Our citizens and bankers bought them at wlk'lt seemed create, whene>er it suits their interests, the very conditions to be the most favorable rate for that investment. which, upon the theory of this bill, would call for an issue of If I am wrong in that, if this bill will not tend to decentral emergency cm:rency. ize rather than to cenh·alize these securities and their market, it Nay, more than that, so >ast are their resources, so com puts an entirely different phase upon the situation than has plete their domination of the markets whene>er trouble comes, heretofore been my view. that the assurance which this bill gi>es of panic money issued Mr. LA FOLLETTE. I am >ery glad to have the Senator to order will ser>e to make the ordinary commercial business say so, for he must surely see that this bill, if passed, will of the country more completely the prey of this lnighty power. place a prelnium on these securities, that it will give them an Talk about the equitable distribution which this bill provides added value when it invests them with the control of a cur for-- rency issue. Be must also see that this added value will be 1\Ir. S~HTH. Mr. President-- realized only by banks which can witli profit use the securities The VICE-PRESIDENT. Does the Senator from Wisconsin to take out this emergency currency. This value will be far yield to the Senator from Michigan? greater to those interests which can use this currency to make Mr. LA FOLLETTE. I do for a brief question. I am anxious the enormous profits only known to Wall sh·eet in times of to conclude my remarks to-day, if possible. tight money. Legitimate commercial banking c6uld earn no 1\Ir. SMITH. I should like to ask the Senator whether in such profits. Does the Senator suppose that the little banks of his suggestion that the banks of the country could not get Wisconsin or of Michigan or any other State can ever com these municipal and State securities as the basis of circula pete for the control of these securities with this mighty cen tion be has considered the fact that already, under laws that tralized money power? No; not for a moment, and I am sme ha>e been in force for many years, the savings banks of New the Senator must see that. England have purchased these securities in large quantities and WILL PROMOTE MORE P.A.XICS, hold them as legal investments? 1\Ir. President, whatever the purposes of this bill, is it not Mr. LA FOLLETTE. I think I have considered that, 1\Ir. manifest that it must inevitably aggravate the very conditions President; and let me say to my friend the Senator from that now afilict commercial banking, whose office it is to pro Michigan that a thorough study of this subject will convince mote all of the business transactions in this vast country be him that these great interests are not limited in their organiza tween the producer and the consumer? tion to national banks. They take in by purchase of stock or Sir, I would wrong no man. I would not unjustly decry Wall exchange of securities banks of whatever kind and trust com· street or ignore the necessity of a great central market to pro panies wherever located. vide capital for the large business undertakings of this country. The holdings of these securities by the State, private, and I recognize the rights of capital and the service which capital savings banks and trust companies under their control would can render to a great producing nation such as ours. nut this be at the command of their national banks for securing circula Go>ernment guarantees equality of opportunity for all men, tion. Only national banks could take out circulation. Independ and it likewise guarantees equality of opportunity for all capi ent national banks engaged in commercial banking could not com tal. Corporations and combinations of corporations, with their pete with the System banks over the country for control of these centralized banking and extending branch connections from State securities, even those held by other independent concerns. to State, are not entitled to special favors in legislation. This The thought which I wish every Senator to keep in mind is not a bill for country banks, under which they can have equal throughout the consideration of this question is that there is a ity of opportunity with city banks. It is the universal testi mighty power to be dealt with here which will be the special mony, without, so far as my observation and correspondence bene5ciary of this legislation, and that is a standing menace to extend, one dissenting voice from country bankers, that this bill the business of this country, a menace to legislation everywhere, is not for country bankers. It is not a bill e>en for the city and to the industrial and commercial independence of the banks engaged in commercial banking. It is a bill distinctivP.ly people. and specially for financial banks and h·ust companies E!pecu Mr. SMITH. Mr. President-- lating in securities. The VICE-PRESIDENT. Does the Senator from Wisconsin Mr. GORE. Mr. President-- . yield further to the Senator from Michigan? The VIOE-PRESIDEN"T. Does the Senator from Wisconsin l\Ir. LA FOLLETTE. I do. yi~ld to the Senator from Oklahoma? 3798 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE: ~fARCH 24,
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