\ \ 2806 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE. JULY 28, \' -SENATE. A bill (S. 2837) granting a pension to Matilda Robertson (with accompanying paper); to the Committee on Pensions. MoNDAY, July ~8, 1913. By .Mr. McLEAN : Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. Forrest J. Prettyman, D. D. A bill (S. 2838) granting an increase of pension to Ruth El. The VICE PRESIDENT resumed the chair. Putnam (with accompanying paper) ; and The Journal of the proceedings of Saturday last was read and A bill ( S. 2 39) granting an increase of pension to Theodore C. approved. Bates (with accompanying paper); to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. PO~lERENE: SENATOR FROM GEORGI.A.. A bill ( S. 2840) for the relief of Edgar R. Kellogg; and The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a certificate A bill (S. 2841) for the relief of the estate of Francis El, from the governor of Georgia certifying the election of Hon. Lacey ; to the Committee on Claims. AUGUSTUS 0. BACON as a Senator from the State of Georgia, By Mr. SHIELDS: _ which was read and ordered to be filed, as follows: A bill ( S. 2842) to reimburse Jetta Lee, late postmaster STATE OF GEORGIA, at Newport, Tenn., for key funds stolen from post office (with EXECUTIVE DEPAJlTMENT, accompanying paper) ; to the Committee on Claims. Atlanta, July 25, 191S. To the President of the Senate of the UnUea States: THE .MODERN BY-PRODUOT COKE OVEN (S. DOC. NO. 145). This is to certify that at an election held pursuant to law in the l\I~·· BANKHEAD. I ask unanimous consent to have printed State of Georgia on the 15th day of July, 1913, by the electors in said State. having the qualifications requisite fo1· electorn of the most as a public document a pamphlet I hold in my hand, by C. A. numerous branch of the State legislature, AUGUSTUS OCTAVIUS BACON Meissner, chairD)an coke committee, United States Steel Corpo­ was by said electors duly chosen a Senator from said State in the ration. I will say by way of information to the Senate that it Senate of the Congress of the United States for and during the re­ mainder of the t erm of six years beginning on the 4th day of March, is a treatise by an eminent autllor on the conservation of th~ 1913, and ending on the 3d day of March, 1919, the returns from said mineral resources of the United States. I have examined it election having been canvassed by the general assembly of said State carefully, and I think it contains more valuable information and the r esult certified to this department on this date. In witness whereof bis excellency, the governor. and the great seal which will lead to greater economy in the production of coke; of the State of· Georgia hereto affixed at the capitol in Atlanta this the iron, and steel, if the suggestions are carried out, than any other1 25th day of July, in the year of our Lord 1913. document printed. The paper contains illustrations which I JOHN M. SLATON, Go'l:ernor. ask may be printed in connection therewith. By the Governor : PHILIP CooK, Secretary of State. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there objection? The Chair Mr. SMITH of Georgia. Mr. President, for over 20 years hears none, and the paper with illustrations will be printed as· a public document. past the advocates of popular government have been pressing t forward toward a change of our plan of electing United States THE TARIFF. I Senators. During theepresent year a sufficient number of States The VICE PRESIDENT. The morning business is closed. had ratified the right of the people to elect their Senators, and l\Ir. Sll\Il\IONS. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate the proclamation was issued announcing an amendment to the proceed to the consideration of House bill 3321, the unfiuishea Constitution to this· end. On July 15 the first election was held business. under the new amendment, and in the State of Georgia the There being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the people for the first time selected a United States Senator at Whole, resumed the consideration of the bill (H. R. 3321) to the ballot box. reduce tariff duties and to pro\ide revenue for the Go"\"ermnent, · It is with great pleasure that I bring to the attention of the and for other purposes. ' . ·· Senate the fact that, without opposition, the senior Senator l\1r. THORNTON. I desire to announce that at the close of the from Georgia received all the votes cast at this election, that routine business on next Thursday I shall expect to address the his credentials are here and have been read, and that he is Senate on the pending tariff bill with particular reference to the present. I ask that an opportunity ·be given that he may sugar schedule. qualify as elected. Mr. GilONNA. I wish to announce that at the conclusion of The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator elect will present him­ the remarks of the Senator from Louisiana [:Mr. THORN 'ro ] I - self at the Vice President's desk for that purpose. shall wish to make some observations on tlle tariff bill, and· Ur. BACON was escorted to the Vice President's desk by ~Ir. especially on the agricultural schedule. SMITH of Georgia; and the oath prescribed by law was ad­ .l\Ir. TOWNSEND. l\fr. President, before the pending tariff bill ministered to him. can be intelligently discussed it is necessary to tmderstand the CALLING OF THE ROLL. circumstances and conditions under which it was concei>ed and l\Ir. GALLINGER. I suggest the absence of a quorum. brought forth. It may not be without profit to review briefly The VICE PRESIDENT. The Secretary will call the roll. the events of the last four or five years, which have culminated The Secretary called the roll, and the following Senators in the legislation of this Congress. answered to their names : I shall not enter upon a detailed discussion of the bill A. burst Fall Martine, N. J. Smith, S. C. now before us, for all know how useless that would be, inas­ Bacon Fletcher Myers Smoot much as it is already clearly known that u. sufficient number of Bankhead Gallinger Nelson Sterling Democratic Senators are bonnd to vote for the administration's Borah Gronna Norris Stone Bradley Hollis O'Gorman Sut\ierland measure, either upon its first passage through the Senate or Rrady James Overman . Swanson after conference, as it will be after the final vote is had. Fur­ Brandegee Johnoon, Me. Page Thomas thermore, it is better for the country to have this question set­ Bl'istow Johnston, Ala. Perkins Thompson Bryan Jones Pittman Thornton tled without further delay. Already weary months haYe been Catron Kenyon Reed Tillman spent by the majority in shaping a . bil1, the fundamentals of Chamberlain Kern Robtnson Townsend which had been established by Executive order in advnnce, and Chilton La Follette Saulsbury Vardaman Japp Lane Sheppard Walsh I h·ust no one will unduly postpone the time when the now Clark, Wyo. ·Lea Sherman Warren inevitable fiscal policy, promulgated by men more foreign in larke, Ark. Lewis Shields Weeks their sympathies than .American, shal! begin its operation. I Crawford Lodge Simmons Williams Cummins McLean Smith, Ga. Works shall delay the vote but a short time. Dillingham Martin, Va. Smith, Mich. It is said that the Payne ta1iff bill caused the pending meas­ The VICE PRESIDENT. Seventy-one Senators have answered ure. To a certain extent that is true; but it was not because to the roll call. There is a quorum present. The presentation the Payne bill was intrinsically a bad bill that a political up­ of petitions and memorials is in order. heaval occurred, but rather it was partially because politicians PETITION. said it was a bad bill and a betrayal of Republican pledges. I am clear in my own mind, however, that the act of 190!) was l\Ir. TOWNSEND presented a petition of sundry citizens of the convenient means which accomplished Republican defeat Ingham County, Mich., praying for the adoption of an amend­ and gave the Democratic Party its opportunity. ment to the Constitution granting the right ·of suffrage to Industrial, moral, and intellectual progress was never so women, which was referred to tile Committee on Woman Suffrage. great as under the unhampered operation of the Payne tariff BILLS INTRODUCED. law. It closed no factory. It denied to none an opportunity to Bills were introdnced, read the first time, and, by unanimous work at the greatest wage ever paid in any land at uuy time. consent, the second time, and referred as follows : It filled our Treasury to overflowing and supplied the money By .Mr. SMOOT: for the most extensive internal improvements ever undertaken A )Jill ( S. 2. 3G) to provide a penalty for retention or misuse in our national life. Under it the iwcsperity of every produc­ o: confiuential records by former Government employees; to the ing and creating class of our ·citizens hns been increased. Committee ou the Judiciary. Under it our markets abroad ba ve been extended. Under it ;l I ( ( 1913. -- -. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SEN ATE·. 2807- f I I our production at home has multiplied. The impetus given to The Democratic Party was the beneficiary of this condition, manufacture drew labor from every quarter and the demand it having been furnished the ammunition with which to rout which high wages created for foodstuffs causecl these products its disorganized opponents. to increase in -value, and the Democratic campaign cry of 1896 From the insurgent effort has come great ~ood to the coun­ that prices were too low was changed, and in 1912 they were try, and, as usual in matters of reform, some harm has attached.