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By Mr. HOUSTON : Paper to accompany bill for relief of By Mr. WACHTER : Paper to accompany bill for relief of S. 1\I. Gentry-to the Committee on War Claims. Mary A. Cook-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. KEIFER: Petition of A. E. Humphreys et al., favor­ By 1\fr. WEEMS : Petition of G. W. Wilkins, for an appro­ ing restriction of immigration-to the Committee on Immigra­ priation to repair the National Road-to the Committee on 1 tion and Naturaliz-ation. Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. LAMB: Petition of citizens of West Point, Va., for the Gardner bill favoring restriction of immigration-to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. SENATE. Also, petition of the executive committee of the Virginia His- S A z torical Society, for preservation of the frigate Oonstituti011r-to ATURDAY, pri 14, 1906. the Committee on Naval Affairs. The Senate met at 2 o'clock p.m. Also, petition of citizens of West Point, Va., for the Penrose The Chaplain, Rev. EDWARD E. HALE, offered the following bill (S. 4357)-to the Committee on Immigration and Naturali- prayer: zation. · On the first Easter Sunday, the san1-e day, at evening when -By Mr. LAWRENCE: Petition of the Nautilus, against the the doors tvere sht,t, 'Lvltere the disciples were assembled for tal·iff on linotype machines-to the Committee on Ways and tear ot the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst. "Peace Means. be unto you,," He said. "As the Father hath sent me, even so Also, petition of Cummington Grange, for repeal of revenue se-nd 1 you." ta..""r on denatnrized alcohol-to the Committee . on Ways and Let us pray. Father we do not forget, and we remembm· the Means. great injunction. He has sent us forth as His servants, as His Also, petition of \Vest Stockbridge and Alford Grange, for re- brethren, and Thy children in Thy name, Father, that we may peal of revenue tax on denaturized alcohol-to the Committee go forward and build up this world. on Ways and Means. Do not let us forget on these sacred days the lessons we have Also, petition of citizens of Williamsburg, Mass., against re- been taught and what the fathers have done for us, and how ligious legislation in the District of Columbia-to the Committee He lived for us, and died for us, the just for the unjust, that on the District of Columbia. we might be saved. By Mr. LLOYD: Petition of citizens of Missouri, against Father, we ask Thee to bless us in the so-lemnities of this union of third and fourth class mail-to the Committee on the day. Unless the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that Post-Office and Post-Roads. build it; unless we consecrate all that we do here, all that we By Mr. McKINLEY of Illinois : _Petition of C. P. Doyle et al., say, all that we think, we ask in vain and we labor in vain. for repeal of revenue tax on denaturized alcohol-to the Com- This new house we would consecrate to the service of God and mittee on Ways and Means. the love of man, that we also may build up what has fallen By Mr. !IIAHON: Petition of James A. Garfield Council, No. down, that we may open eyes that have been blind, that we 129, Daughters of Liberty, favoring restriction of immigration- may speak the gospel of God's righteousness-yes, to all sorts to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. and conditions of men-first of all. and best of all, that we may · By Mr. MOUSER: Petition of citizens of Ohio, for the Gard- be one. " Peace be unto you," He hath said to us. that this ner bill favoring restriction of immigration-to the Committee world may live at peace, brother with brother, state with state, on Immigration and Naturalization. nation with nation-yes, that the sword may indeed be beaten Also, petition of the Tiffin Wagon Company et al., for repeal into a plowshare and that men need study arms no more. of revenue tax on denaturized alcohol-to the Committee on Father, we ask it in His name. Amen. ,Ways and Means. Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy By Mr. REYNOLDS: Petition o-f the Nation-al Wholesale kingdom come, Tby will be done on earth as it is done in Lumber Dealers' Association for bill H. R. 5281 (pilotage)-to Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries. trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead Also, petition of Council No. 113, Daughters of Liberty, of us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For Thine is Altoona, Pa., favoring restriction of immigration-to the Com- the kingdom, Thine is the power, Thine is the glory. Forever, mittee on Immigration and Naturalization. · Amen. Also, paper to accompany bill for relief of Jordan King-to The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of yesterday's the Committee on Invalid Pensions. proceedings, whe~ on request of Mr. KEAN, and by unanimous Also, petition of citizens of Pennsylvania, for the Howell bill consent, the further reading was dispensed with. (H. R. 15442)-to the Committee on Immigration and Natu- The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Journal stands approved. The ralization. Senate will receive a message from the House of Representa· Also, paper to accompany bill for relief of Franklin Lear- tives. · to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. By Mr. RICHARDSON of Alabama: Paper to accompany bill for relief of the estate of Thomas Knight-to the Committee on A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. W. J. ,War Claims. BROWNING-, its Chief Clerk, announced that the House bad agreed Also, paper to accompany bill for relief of the estate of F. L. to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing Hammond-to the Committee on War Claims. v-otes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to By Mr. SCHNEEBELI: Petition of the Keystone Watch Com- the bill (H. R. 5976) to provide for the final disposition of the pany, of Philadelphia, Pa., for bill H. R. 14604, against importa- affairs of the Five Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory, tion and carriage of spuriously stamped articles of merchan- and for other purposes. dise-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. The message also announced that the House had passed a By :Mr. SAMUEL w. SMITH: Petitions of citizens of Flint, bill (H. R. 16953) making appropriations for the service of tlle Detroit, and Pontiac, Mich., against religious legislation in the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1907, pistrict of Columbia-to the Committee on the District of and for other purposes; in which it requested the concurrence Columbia. of the Senate. Also, petition of citizens of Michigan, for repeal of revenue The me sage further announced that the House· had agreed tax on denaturized alcohol-to the Committee on Ways and to the amendments of the Senate to the following bills: Means. · H. R. 9324. An act to authorize the Fayette Bridge Company Also, petition of citizens of Birmingham, Mich., for a law to construct a bridge over the Monongahela River, Pennsylvania,· granting pensions tp soldiers confined in Confederate prisons- from a point in the borough of Brownsville, Fayette County, to t() the Committee on Invalid Pensions. a point in the borough of West Brownsville, Washington By l\Ir. SPERRY: Petition of· citizens of New Haven, favor- County; and rng restriction of immigration-to the Committee on Immigra- H. R.16014. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to ere. tion and Naturalization. ate the southern division of the southern dis.trict of Iowa for By 1\Ir. SPIGHT: Paper to accompany bill -for relief of judicial purposes, and to fix the time and place for holding Durant Lane Tyer-to the Committee on war Claims. court therein," approved June 1, 1900, and all acts amendatory Also, paper to accompany bill for relief of Gideon El. Frank- thereof. · lin-to the Committee on War Claims. ENROLLED BILL SIGI\~. By Mr. SULLIVAN of Massachusetts: Petition of the New The message also announced that the Speaker of the House had England Shoe and Leather Association, approving General Order- signed the enr()lled bi_ll (H. R. 17359) making appropriations to No. 167 of the Secretary of War, relative to contracts for sup- · supply additional urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for plies-to the Committee on Military Affairs. the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906, and for prior years, and for -.

r 5256 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. APl1IL 14, other purposes, and it was thereupon signed by the Vice-Presi­ H. R. 15622. An act granting an increase of pension to Argyle dent. Z. Buck; HOUSE BILL REFERRED. ~- R. 15401. An act granting an increase of pension to James H. R. 16!)53. An act making appropriations for the service of Buckley; the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, H. H.. 16510. An act granting an increase of pension to Erwin 1907, and for other purposes, was read twice by its title, and G. Dudley; referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. H. R. 11622. An act granting a pension to Martha A. Reming­ ton; LAYING OF COR_ ER STONE OF HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING. H. R. 14337. An act granting an increase of pension to Gabriel Mr. ALLISON. 1\Ir. President, in view of the ceremonies at Y. Palmer; half past 2 which are to take place at the House side it will H. R. 14437. An act granting an increase of pension to Mar­ be necessary for Senators, in pursuance of the invitations of the quis 1\f. De Burger ; Commission, to leave the Chamber about ten minutes after H. R. 14909. An act granting an increase of pension to John 2 in order to proceed to the site of the new office building. W. Creager; .. Mr. LODGE. The Representatives will leave their Hall at a H. R. 14532. An act granting an inc.rease of pension to Au- quarter past 2. gustaN. Manson; · · Mr. ALLISON. They will leave at a quarter past 2. There­ H. R. 15940. An act granting an increase of pension to James fore I move that the Senate adjourn. M. Carley; - The motion was agreed to; and (at 2 o'clock and 6 minutes H. R. 15536. .An act granting an increase of pension to Henry p. m.) the Senate adjourned until Monday, April 16, 1906, at 12 H. Tillson; o'clock meridian. H. R. 13803. An act granting an increase of pension to Henry H. Forman; H. R. 13153. An act granting an increase of pension to George HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Budden; H. R. 12122. An act granting an increase of pension to Robert SATURDAY, April 14, 1906. G. Shuey; . The Honse met at 12 o'clock m. H. R. 11866. An act granting an increase of pension to David The following prayer was offered by the Chaplain, Rev. HENRY li. Allen; N. COUDEN, D. D. H. R. 11597. An _act granting an increase of pension to George We lift up our hearts in gratitude to Thee, 0 God, our l\1 . .Apgar; heavenly Father, for that innumerable host of pure, brave, H. R. 14454. An act granting an increase of pension to Wil- noble, high-minded men who, susceptible to the heavenly in­ Ham .A. Blossom ; . fiuences, have made themselves felt in the affairs of men to H. R. 3569. An act granting a pension to Ada N. Hubbard; the honor and glory of Thy holy name, and for that profound II. R. 14874. An act granting an increase of pension to Wil­ regard which obtains for those who have wrought well and left Ham C. Hearne ; behind them a character worthy of emulation. That this H. R. 14875. An act granting an increase of pension to Mary House will to-day memorialize such a man; one. who served .A.. Witt; hls State and nation with integrity and honor, and for a H. R 12241. An act granting an increase of pension to Eliza­ quarter of a century held a conspicuous place in the Senate of beth E. Barber ; the United States, a leader among leaders, faithful, honest, just, H. R. 12498. An act granting an increase of pension to Charles pure in thought and speech. May his memory be an inspiration F. Hunnels ; to those who survive him and a living example for the genera­ H. R. 10747. An act granting an increase of pension to Jona­ tions to come; and Thine be the praise, through Jesus Christ than Lengle; our Lord. Amen. II. R. 12992. An act granting an increase of pension to Henry MESS.A.GE FROM THE SENATE. G. Klink; H. R. 14131. An act granting an increase of pension to Francis · A message from the. Senate, by Mr. PARKINSON, its reading 1\f. Simpson : clerk, announced, that the Senate had.passed without amendment H . R. 9813. An act granting a pension to Harriet P. Sanders ; bills of the following titles : II. R. 155G3. An act granting ·an increase of pension to Susan H. R. 2034. An act granting a pension to Cora F. Mitchell; H. Isom; . H. R. 14855. An act granting an increase of pension to Henry H. R. G055. An act granting an increase of pension to Angeline Carr; Watson; ·. H. n. 15110. An act granting an increase of pension to John H. R. 14823. An act granting an increase of pension to Wil­ Green; liam Woods; H. R. 11702. An act granting an increase of pension to Lucy II. R. 14824. An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel A. Pender; P. Newman; H. R. 13866. An act granting an increase of pension to Isaac H. R. 15059. An act granting an increase of pension to Alfred Place; W, Morley; H. R. 15029. An act granting an increase of pension to Sabine H. R. 12532. An act granting an increase of pension to Zacha­ Vancuran; riah George ; H. R. 11076. A.ri act granting a pension to Marion W. Stark; H. R. 12533. An act granting an· increase of pension to Zadick H. R. 11856. An act granting an increase of pension to Luke Carter; McLoney; H. R. 14143. An act granting an increase of pension to Zacur H. R. 13573. An act granting an increase of pension to Francis P. Pott; M. Ballew; H. R. 13255. An act . granting an increase of pension to Wil­ H. R. 9765. An act granting an increase of pension to John liam J. Hays; C. Anderson ; H. R. 14375. An act granting an increase of pension to Ed­ H. R. 193!). An act granting an increase of pension to William mond R. Haywood; F. Limpus; H. R. 15192. An act granting an ic.crease of pension to John J. H. R. 12049. An act granting an increase of pension to Rol­ Merideth; land Havens ; H. R. 12192. An act granting an increase of pension to ·wil- H. R. 14559. An act granting an increase of pension to Henry liam Cummings ; · West; · · H. R. 13336. An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel II. R. 14560. An act granting an increase of pension to Eliza- Horn; beth Weston ; · H. R. 13723. . An act grantiD;g an increase of pension· to John H. R. 14951. An.act granting an increase of pension to James Underwood; Numan; · H. R. 15382. An_act granting an increase of pension to Mary H . R. 11484;· An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas C. Moore; H. Wilson; H. R. 14489. An act granting an increase of pension to Peter H. R. 11563. An act granting an increase of pension to John C. Kreiger ; · · · Henderson; H. R. 14547. An act granting ·an increase of pension to H. R. 11804. An act granting an increase of pension to Pat­ Thomas Chapman ; rick :McDermott ; H. R. 14718. An act granting an increase of pension to Jo~epb JJ. R. 12651. An act granting a pension to Louis Grossman; A. Jones; 1906. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-·HOU8E. 5257

H. R. 15198. An act granting an increase of pension to Eliza­ H. R. 6454. An act granting an increase of pension to Milo B. beth J. Martin; Morse; H. It. 11716. An act granting an increase of pension to Warren H. R. 7243. An act granting an increase of pension to Moses B. ',l'ompkins; B. Page; H. R. 11868. An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph H. R. 1793. An· act granting an increase of pension to Playford Dougal; Gregg; . II. n. 13079. An act granting an increase of pension to James H. R. 5555. An act granting an increase of pension to Andrew H. Griffin· P. Allen; H. R. 13526. An act granting an increase of pension to Levi N. H. R. 1218. --An act granting an increase of pension to Nathan Lun ford· Hinkle; · H. R. 1S537. An act granting an increase of pension to Eliza­ H. R. 8307. An act granting an increase of pension to William beth D. Busbee ; C. Estill; H. R. 15385. An act granting an increase of pension to Wil- H. R. 1357. An act granting an increase of pension to George liam Lucas ; . W. Burton; H. R. 15253. An act granting an increase of pension to Balos H. R.15306. An act granting an increase of pension to Asa C. Dewees; Wall; II. R. 15252. An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel H. R.14920. An act granting an increase of pension to Win­ Allbright; field S. Bruce ; H. R. 15251. An act granting an increase of pension to Alex- H. R. 10830. An act granting an increase of pension to Dudley ander M. Taylor; . Portwood; H. R. 5373. An act granting an increase of pension to John L. H. R. 10831. An act granting an increase of pension to Levi C. Smith; Bishop; H. R. 13822. An act granting an increase of pension to Au- H. R. 10864. An act granting an increase of pension to John gustus D. King; . P. Kleckner ; H. R. 11334. An act granting an increase of pension to John M. H. R. 1069. An act granting an increase of pension to Daniel Steel; Britton; H. R.15893. An act granting an increase of pension to Volney H. R. 2120. An act granting an increase of pension to Parmei· P. Ludlow; Stewart; H. R. 15200. An act granting an increase of pension to Charies H. R. 7935. An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel Klein i J. Stannah; H. R. 15028. An act granting an increase of pension to An­ H. R. 9832. An act granting an increase of pension to Alex­ thony Emes ; ander D. Polston; H. R. 11168. An act granting an increase of pension to Robert H. R. 5840. An act granting a pension to Catherine Spier; R. 1\fa thews ; H. R. 5850. An act granting an increase of pension to Lucas H. R. 11409. An act granting an increase of pension to Josiah Hagar; . H. Senbold; . H. R. 2491. An act granting an increase of pension to Edwin H. R. 12884. An act granting an increase of pension to Lu­ A. Botsford ; cinda Gain; H. R. 2468. An act granting an increase of pension to John H. R. 15552. An act granting an increase of pension to George Broad; W. Hayter; . H. R. 8953. An act granting an increase of pension to Lutellus H. R. 9661. An act granting a pension to Charles R. Hill ; Cook; H. R. 14472. An act granting a pension to Thomas Cheek; H. R. 10452. An act granting an increase of pension to Richard H. R. 11206. An act granting an increase of pension to John C. Daly; Wilhelm; H. R. 11331. An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas H. R. 12509. An act granting an increase of pension to Benja- Rowan; min Botner ; · H. R. 11332. An ,act granting an increase of pension to William H. R. 14235. An act granting an increase of pension to John F. Kenner; Williams; H. R. 6118. An act granting an increase of pension to Bridget H. R. 14241. An act granting an increase of pension to Lydia Reidy; M. Edwards; H. R. 6937. An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas H . R. 13110. An act granting an increase of pension to James Furey; 1\f. Moomaw ; H. R. 13170. An act granting an increase of pension to John H. R. 3423. An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas R. Mabee; Watt; H. An H. R. 11657. An act granting a pension to Madison M. Bur­ R. 3434. act granting an increase of pension to George nett; W. Darby; H. R. 15304. An act granting an increase of pension to Irwin H. R. 13019. .An act granting an increase of pension to George O'Bryan; Whitman; H. R. 15414. An act granting an increase of pension to John H. R. 9~51. An _act granting an increase of pension to Fred­ L. Blinn; erick M. Wood; H. R. 15392. An act granting an increase of pension to John H. R. 10148. An act granting an increase of pension to John W. Wise; Spahr; H. R. 15393. An act granting an increase of pension to Nancy H. R.10819. An act granting an increase of pension to John N. Allen; · _ Burns; H. R. 15347. An act granting an increase of pension to John H. R. 6384. An act granting an increase of pension to William 1\f. Love; McBeth; H. R. 9190. An act granting a pension to Ida Carty; H. R. 7483. An act granting ali increase of pension to Law­ H. R. 12187. An act granting an increase of pension to Mary rence V. Whitcraft; L. Davenport; H. R. 7760. An act granting an increase of pension to William H. R. 14918. An act granting an increase of pension to Frank­ .H. Brown; lin Simpson ; H. R. 7759. An act granting an increase of pension to John II. R. 4G33. An act granting an increase of pension to E'anuie Gemmill; E. Morrow; H. R. 5210. An act granting an increase of pen.sion to Eliza­ H. n. 11926. An act granting an increase of pension to John beth Moore; Hornbeak; H. R. 5511. An act granting an increase .of pension to Christo- H. R. 12205. An act granting an increase of pension to George pher Bohn; · Holden; H. R. ·5936. An act granting an increase of pension to Caro­ H. R. 12182. An act granting a pension to Sallie W. Mason; line Neilson; H. R. 1895. An act granting a pension to H. Mdward Goet7. ; H. R. 9033. An act granting an increase of pension to Bur­ H. R. 9888. An act granting a pension to Abigail Townsend ; goyne Knight; H. R. 523. An act granting an increase of pension to Franklin H. R. 9397. An act granting an increase of pension to Mary A. G. Hawkins; King; H. R.11256. An act granting an increase of pension to Wil­ H. R. 10523. An act granting an increase of pension t-o Eliza­ liam M. Ewing; beth Gorton; 5258 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. APRIL 1!,

H. R. 1969. An act granting an increase of pension to Chris­ H. R. 5639. An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas ti::m Peterson ; C. Craig; H. R. 3273. An act granting an increase of pension to Andrew H. H. 7718. An act granting an increase of pension to J!lcob J. L1wi; D. Peterson; and H. R. 5488. An act granting an increase of pension to Marga­ H. R. 7630. An act granting an increase of pension to Henry ret E. Foster ; W. Higley. H. R. 8137. An act granting an increase of pension to Marion '.rhe message also announced that the Senate bad passed with L. llolvenstat; amendments bills of the following titles; in which the concur­ H. R. 7807. An act granting an increa e of pension to John D. rence of the House of Representati¥es was requested: Atwaters ; H. R. 14591. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge H. R. 3223. An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas across the Cumberland River in or near the city of Clark ville, G. McLaughlin ; State of Tennessee ; H. R. 6488. An act granting an increase of pension to Frank H. R. 14592. An a-ct to authorize the construction of two Osterberg, alias William McKay; bridges across the Cumberland River at or near Na~hville, H. R. 7588. An act granting a pension to Thomas F. Dowling; Tenn.; II. R. 5403. An act granting an increase of pension to John II. R. 13572. An act granting an increase of pension to Satur­ Lines; nine Baca; II. R. 8869. An act granting an increase of pension to Nathan H. R. 10298. An act granting an increase of pension to Oliver Coward; C. Redic; · H. R. 10449. An act granting an increase of pension to George H. R. 8892. An act granting an increase of pension to Malek B. D. Alexander; A. Southworth ; H. R. 10451. An act granting an increase of pension to Robert H. R. 5931. An act granting an. increase of pension to Robert M. White; L. Narrow; H. R. 6461. An act granting an increase of pension to Daniel H. R. 15G91. An act granting an increase of pension to Jerry G. Sterling; W. Tallman; H . R. 7518. An act granting an increase of pension to George H. R. 11046. An act granting an increase of pension to Helen Richter; G. Heiner ; and H. R. 2263. An act granting an increase of pension to Edward H. R. 1160. An act granting an increase of pension to Eliza Keating; Swords. H. R. 2377. An act granting an increase of pension to John N. THE JOURNAL. Moore; The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read, corrected, H. R. 9039. An act granting an increase of pension to James and approved. R. Hales; Mr. MOON of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, a parliamentary in· H. R. 9294. An act granting an increase of pension to S. quiry. . Amanda Mansfield ; The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it. H: n. 9587. An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel Mr. MOON of Tennessee. With the Journal corrected, how S. Thompson ; does the ¥ote stand on the motion to recommit? · H. R. 9910. An act granting an increase of pension to John The SPEIA.KER. Ninety-six yeas and 97 nays. McCoy; · ORDER OF BUSINESS. H. R. 6563. An act granting an increase of pension to George The SPEAKER: The Chair would call the attention of Mem· Stewart; bers to the fact that at 1 o'clock under a pecial order to-day, H. R. 6576. An act granting an increase of pension to Napo­ memorial services in memory of the late Senator PLATT will be leon McDowell ; held in the House. Since the order was made it has been found H. R. 4671. An act granting an increase of pension to William out that the probabilities are the House may adjourn at about H. Brady; 2.15 o'clock to witness the laying of the corner stone in the office H. R. 15974. An act granting an increase of pension to Martin building. It has been suggested to me by some members of the C. King; Connecticut delegation that the memorial services be expedited H. R. 8319. An act granting an increase of pension to John by: fifteen minutes, and that they start at fifteen minutes to 1 Gardner; instead of at 1 o'clock to enable the finishing of tpe order by that H. R. 9270. An act granting an increase of pension to Wiley B. time. Is there object-Jon to that rearrangement? [After a Johnson; pause.] The Chair hears none, and it is so ordered. II. R. 9271. An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph Henry; FIVE CIVIT..IZED TRIBES. Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I call up the conference report H. R.10432. An act granting an increase of pension to John E. on the bill (H. R. 5976) "to provide for the final disposition of Oyler; the affairs of the Five Civilized Tribes of the Indian Territory, H. R. 5712. An act granting an increase of pension to Caroline and for other purposes,'' and I ask unanimous consent that the Dehlcndorf ; statement be read in lieu of the report. H. R. 6500. An act granting an increase of pension to Jesse The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the Bucey; gentleman from New York? [After a pause.] The Chair H. R. 603. An act granting an increase. of pension to Thomas hears none. Blyth; . H. R. 4364. An act granting an increase of pension to George CONFERENCE BEPORT• W. Neece; The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the H. R. 8191. An act granting_an increase of pension to John two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. Hobart; 5976) to provide for the final disposition of the a1rairs of the H. R. 9277. An act granting an increase of pension to Eliza­ Five Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory, and for other beth A. Butler ; purposes, having met, after full and free conference have agreed II. R. 10818. An act granting an increase of pension to George to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as W. Creasey; follows: H. R. 10884. An act granting an increase of pension to Lorenzo That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 3, 8, D. Libby; 14, 15, 16, 28, · 29, 44, and 59. H. R. 5806. An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel That the House recede from its disagreement to the amend­ J. Harding; ments of the Senate numbered 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 22, II. R. 6094. An act granting a pension to Julia G. Aldrich; 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 3G, 37, 39, 40, 42, 47, 49, 50, 51, H. R. 6773. An act granting an increase of pension to Weston 52, 53, and 57 ; and agree to the same. Ferris; Amendment numbered 2: That the House recede from its dis­ H. R. 6897. An act granting an increase of pension to Abbie B. agreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 2, and Gould; agree to the same with an amendment as follows: Strike out H. R. GDG9. An act granting a pension to Ellen C. Lewis; the word "ninety," in the first line on page 2, and insert in H. R. 1667. An act granting an increase of pension to Abram lieu thereof the word " sixty," strike out the word " ninety," H. Hicks; in the fow·th line of page 2, and insert in lieu thereof the H. R. 2757. An act granting an increase of pension to Jona- word " sixty ; " and the Senate agree to the same. than E. Floyd ; · Amendment nln:nbered 5: That the House recede from its dis­ H. R. 5638. An act granting an increase of pension to Alpheus . agreement to· the amendment of the Senate numbered 5, and Jones; agree to the same with an amendment as follows : Strike out 1906. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 5259

t he words " or freedmen," on line· 16 of page 2; and the Senate Amendment numbered 43: That the House recede from its agree to the same. disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 43, and Amendment numbered 18: That the House recede from its agree to the same with an amendment as follows : Sh·ike out disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 18, the words "one hundred and sixty," in line 3 on page 21, and and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: Insert insert in lieu thereof the following : "forty ; " and the Senate after the word " heirs," in line 24 on page 5, the following: agree to the same. "and in case any allottee shall die after restrictions have been Amendment numbered 45 : That the House recede from its removed, his property shall descend to his heirs ; " and the disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 45, and Senate agree to the same. agree to the same with an amendment as follows : Strike out Amendment numbered 19: That the House recede from its the words " and the same may be pleaded by such party de­ disagreement to the amendment of the Senate nwnbered 19, fendants as a counterclaim or set-off," in lines 6 and 7 on page and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: Insert 23; strike out-the word " amount," in line 7 on said page, and after the word "contests," in line ten of the sixth page, the fol­ insert in lieu thereof the word " balance; " insert f:!:fter the word lowing: "pending before the Commissioner to the Five Civilized "such," in line 9 on page 23, the words "tribe or;" and the Tribe;:; or the Department of the Interior ; " and the Senate Senate agree to the same. agree to the same. Amendment numbered 46: That the House recede from its Amendment numbered 20: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 46, and disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 20, agree to the same with an amendment as follows : Strike out and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: Strike all of section 19, commencing with line 11 on page 23, down to out all of section G, commencing with line 11 on page 6, down and including line 12 on page 25, and insert in lieu thereof the to and including line 2 on page 8, and insert in lieu thereof the following: following : "SEc. 19. That_no full-blood Indian of the Choctaw, Chicka­ "SEc. 6. That if the principal chief of the Choctaw, Cherokee, saw, Cherokee, Creek, or Seminole tribes shall have power to Creek, or Seminole tribe, or the governor of the Chickasaw alienate, sell, dispose of, or encumber in any manner any of the tribe, shall refuse or neglect to perform the duties devol·dng lands allotted to him for a period of twenty-five years from and upon llim, he may be removed from office by the President of after the passage and approval of this a ct, unless such restric­ the United States, or if any such executive become permanently tion shall, prior to the expiration of said period, be removed by disabled, the office may be declared vacant by the President act of Congress; and for all purposes the quantum of Indian of tlle United States, who may fill any vacancy arising from blood possessed by any member of said tribes shall be determined removal, disability, or death of the incumbent, by appointment by the rolls of citizens of said tribes approved by the Secretary ,of a citizen by blood of the tribe. of the Interior : Provided, hotceve1·, That such full-blood In­ "If any such executive shall fail, refuse, or neglect, for thirty dians of any of said tribes may lease any lands other than borne­ days after notice that any instrument is ready for his signa­ steads for more than one year under such rules and regulations ture, to appear at a place to be designated by the Secretary as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior; and in of the Interior and execute the same, such instrument may be case of the inability of any full-blood owner of a homestead, on upproYed by the Secretary of the Interior without such exe-­ account of infirmity or age, to work or farm his homestead, the cution, and when so approved and recorded shall convey legal Secretary of the Interior, upon proof of such inability, may title, and such approval shall be conclusive evidence that such authorize the leasing of such homestead under such rules and executiYe or chief refused or neglected after notice to execute regulations : Provided turthe1·, That conveyances heretofore such instrument. made by members of any of the Five Civilized Tribes su bse­ "P1"0vided, That the principal chief of the Seminole Nation quent to the selection of allotment and subsequent to removal of is hereby authorized to execute the deeds to allottees in the restriction, where patents thereafter issue, shall not be deemed Seminole Nation prior to the time when the Seminole govern­ or held invalid solely because said conveyances were made prior ment shall cease to exist." to issuance and recording or delivery of patent or deed; but And the Senate agree to the same. this shall not be held or construed as affecting the validity or Amendment numbered 21 : That the House recede from its dis· invalidity of any such conveyance, except as hereinabove pro­ agreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 21, and vided; and every deed executed before, or for the making of agree to the same with an amendment as follows: Insert after \V·hich a contract or ·agreement was entered into before the re­ the word " auction," in line 11 on page 9, the following: " or by moval of restrictions, be, and the same is hereby, declared void : sealed bids; " and the Senate agree to the same. Provided further, That all lands upon which restrictions are Amendment numbered 26 : That the House recede from its removed shall be subject to taxation, and the other lands shall disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 26, be exempt from taxation as long as the title remains in the and agree to the same with an amendment as follows : Insert original allottee; " and the Senate agree to the same. after the word "retaining," in line 9 on page 12, the following : Amendment numbered 48 : That the House recede from its " h·ibal educational officers, subject to dismissal by the Secretary disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 48, and of the Interior, and; " and the Senate agree to the same. ngree to the same with an amendment as follows : Insert, after Amendment numbered 27 (incorrectly printed 21) : That the the words " period of," on line· 23 of page 25, the words " more House recede from its disagreement to the amendment · of the than," and strike out the words " or more " where they occur in Senate numbered 27, and agree to the same with an amendment said line ; and the Senate agree to the same. as follows : Insert, after word "five," in line 14 on page 14, the Amendment numbered 54 : That the House recede from its following : " and all such taxes levied and collected after the disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 54, thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and five, shall be and agree to the same with an amendment as follows : Strike refunded;" insert, after the word" shall," in line_22 on page 14, out the word " shall," in line 23 on page 27, and insert in lieu the words : " willfully and fraudulently; " insert, after the word thereof the word " may ; " and the Senate agree to the same. "punishment," in the second line on page 15, the following : Amendment numbered 55 : That the House recede from its " by a fine of not exceeding five thousand dollars or by impris­ disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 55, and onment not exceeding five years, or by both such fine and im­ agree to the same with an amendment as follows : Strike out the prisonment ; " and the Senate agree to the same. words "electric railway," in line 4 on page 29; insert the word Amendment numbered 38: That the House recede from its "purchase" after the word "condemnation," in line 24 on page disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 38, and 29; insert after the word " act," in line 11 on page 30, the follow­ agree to the same with an amendment as follows : Sh·ike out ing : "Provided, That the purchase from and agreements with in­ the words " Secretary of the Interior is," in line 21 on page 17, dividual Indians, where the right of alienation bas not t hereto­ and insert in lieu thereof tbc following : " principal chief of the fore been granted by law, shall be subject to approval by the Choctaw Nation and the g" . .:! rnor of the Chickasaw Nation are, Secretary of the Interior; " strike out the words " electric rail­ with the approval of tbe Secretary of the Interior;" strike out way," in line 12, page 30; insert after the word "Tribes," in the words " his direction," in line 24 on page 17, and insert in line 9 on page 31, the following: "whenever any such dam or lieu thereof the following : " the . direction of the Secretary of dams, canals, reservoirs and auxiliary steam works, pole lines, the Interior; " and the Senate agree to the same. and conduits are to be constructed within the limits of any in­ Amendment numbered 41 : That the House recede from its corporated city or town in the Indian Territory, the municipal disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 41, and authorities of such city or town shall have the power to regu­ agree to the same with an amendment as follows: Strike out lat~ the manner of construction therein, and nothing herein from lines 19, 20, and 21 on. page 19, the words " upon the dis­ contained shall be so construed as to deny the right of municipal solution of the h·ibal goYernments of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, taxation in such cities and towns;" and the Senate agree to Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole h·ibes ; " and the Senate agree the same. to the same. Amendment numbered 56: That t he House recede from its 5260 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. APRIL 1+,

disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered ~6, and The statement was read, as follows ~ agree to the same with an amendment as follows: St~Ike out STATEMENT. lines 13 to 25, inclusive, on page 31, all of page 32, and lmes _1 to 5, inclusive, on page 33 and insert in lieu thereof the followmg: The managers on the part of House on the diE:agreein~ votes "SEc. 26. That in addition to the powers now conferred by between the Senate and House on Senate amendments to II. It. law all municipalities in the Indian Territory having a popula­ 5!>76, "A bill to provide for the final disposition of the affairs tior{ of over two thousand, to be determined by the last census, of the- Five Civilized Tribes in the I ndian Tetritory, and for taken under any provision of law or ordinance of the council of other purposes," after a full and free conference make the fol­ such municipality, are hereby authorized and empowered to lowing statement and recommend the adoption of the report order improvements of the streets or alleys or such parts thereof by the House: as may be included in an ordinance or order of the common The Hou e recedes from its di agreement to Senate amend­ council with the consent of a majority of the property owners ments 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25. 30, 31, 32, 33, whose 'property as herein provided is liable t? assessl?er~t 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40,42, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, and 57. . therefor for the proposed improvement; and srud connell 1s Amendment No. 1 strikes out the word " formal," and permits empowered and authorized to make assessments and levy taxes, the enrollment of per ons who file application prior to Decem­ with the consent of a majority of the property owners whose ber 1, 1!>05. . Amendment No. 4 requires the enrollment of children born up property is assessed, for the purpose of grading, paying, ~ac~d­ to March 4, 1906. · amizing, curbing, or guttering streets and alleys, or bm~dii?-g sidewalks upon and along any street, roadway, or alley Wit:Jlln Amendment Ko. 6 adds the word u or," and is made neces­ the limits of such municipality, and the cost of Hnch grading, ary by amendment No. 7, which strikes out the words " or Seminole." This tribe is eliminated from the provision of this paving, macadamizing, curbing, guttering, ~r side'Yalk ~on­ structed or other improvements under authonty of thts sectiOn, section on account of all its lands having been allotted. shall be' so as essed against the abutting property as to require Amendment No. 9 limits contest as to allotments to six months after the passage of this act. each parcel of land to bear the cost of. such grading, pavin~. macadamizing, curbing, guttering, or Sldewalk, as far as It Amendments Nos. 10 and 11 change the date from June, 1906, abuts thereon and in the case of streets or alleys to the center to 1\Iarch, 1907. thereof; and 'the cost of street intersections or crossings Amendment No. 12 makes section 7 of the bill more definite ~ay and certain. be borne by the city or apportioned to the quarter blocks abut~mg thereon upon the same basis. The special a sessments provided Amendment No. 13 declares the lands allotted to the freedmen for by this section and the amounts to be charged against each lot of the Choctaw and Chickasaw h·ibes to be "homesteads." or parcel of land shall be fixed by the city council or under its This was the intention of the original act. authority, and shall become a lien on such abutting property, Amendment No. 17 permits the use of any documentary evi­ which may be enforced as other taxes are enforced under the dence to show that application for enrollment had been made. laws in force in the Indian Territory. The total amount Amendment No. 22 provides for the placing of all records of charged against any tract or parcel of land shall not exceed any land office, if discontinued, in the office of the clerk of the twenty per centum of its assessed value, and there shall not be United States court in whose districts said records are now. required to be paid thereon exceeding one per centum per located. annum on the as e sed value, and interest at six per centum on Amendment No. 23 directs that the money expended under the deferred payments. . . section 8 shall be under the direction of the Secretary of "the " For the purpose of paying for such Improvements. the <:Ity Interior. Amendment No. 24 strikes out the House provision which council of such municipality is hereby authorized to Issue ~m­ authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to take posses ion of the provement scrip or certificates for the amount due f01: such Im­ tribal records, and which provided for the tran fer of all cases provements, said scrip or certificates to be payable m annu~l pending in any h·ibal court at the ~ssoluti on _of the ~ribal installments and to bear interest from date at the rate of SIX government to the United States court m the Indian Terntory, per centum per annum, but no improvement scrip. shall . b_e and inserted a clause confirming the disbursement of the money is ued or sold for less than its par value. All of srud murnci­ due the loyal Seminole Indians by James EJ. Jenkins, special palities are hereby authorized to pass all ordinances necessary agent appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, and by .A. J. to carry into effect the above provisions, and for the purpose Brown, as administrator de bonis non, under the act of Con­ of doing so may divide such municipality into improvement dis- gress of May 31, 1900, and provided that the confirmation should tricts." , not prevent any individual from brin~ng suit in his own ~ehalf Insert, after the word " taken," in line 18, on page 33, the against the administrator, who had given a bond for the fmtbful words " within sixty days." discharge of his duty. As the tribal relations and tribal goyern­ · Sh·ike out all of pages 34 and lines 1 and 2 of page 35. ment · as heretofore, have been continued by joint resolution, And the Senate agree to the same. your' managers thought that legislation. could be enacted ~t th_e . Amendment numbered 58: That the House recede from its next session of Congress, if necessary, m regard to the

Amendment No. 42 adds the words" not less," sons to require l'estrictions, when patents thereafter issue, shall not be held that the public buildings and grounds shall be sold at not less invalid solely because said conveyance was made prior to the than their appraised value. i8suance, recording, or delivery of the patent. It also provides Amendment No. 47 permits allottees to make rental contracts that any deed made before or for which the contract was for not exceeding one year for agricultural purposes for lands entered into before the removal of restrictions shall be void. other than their homesteads. 'J'he present law in regard to the alienation of lands by members Amendment No. 49 permits heirs of deceased Mississippi of the b·ibes is not changed. Choctaws to make final proof of removal and settlement. Amendment No. 48 requires all leases for more than one year Amendment No. 50 strike out the words" or minors." shall be recorded. Amendments 51, 52, and 53 make section 23 more definite and Amendment No. 54 provides that ·public roads may be estab­ certain. lished on all section lines in the Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Semi­ Amendment No. 57 declares that any lands which may remain nole nations. undisposed of upon the dis olution of said tribes shall not become Amendment No, 55 provides that any light or power com­ public lands, but shall be held in trust by the United States for pany doing business within the limits of the Indian Territory the use and benefit of the Indians, respectively, comprising each in compliance with the laws of the United States may locate, of the five tribes. construct, and operate canals and reservoirs and build dams The Senate recedes from its disagreement to amendments 3, 8, across nonnavigable streams, the property to be acquired by 14, 15, 16, 28, 29, 44, and 59. condemnation, purchase, or agreement, provided that purchases Amendment No. 3 restores the word "were." or agreements with individual Indians to whom the right of Amendment No. 8 restores the House provision prohibiting a alienation has not been given shall be subject to the approval contest as to allotments after the expiration of nine months of the Secretary of the Interior. All rights granted are sub­ from the date of the original selection. ject to the control of the future Indian Territory or State Amendment No. 14 restores the words" by blood." within which the Indian Territory may be situate. Amendments Nos. 15 and 16 restore the phraseology of the Amendment No. 56 is amended by striking out the Senate pro­ !House provisions. visions extending certain provisions of Wilson's Revisted Stat­ Amendments Nos. 28 and 29 restore the House provisions utes of Oklahoma over the Indian Territory, and provides that .which require the purchasers of town lots to pay the purchase municipalities in the Indian Territory having a population of price due at the date of the passage of this act within sixty days over 2,000 may provide for certain improvements of streets and and payments hereafter falling due within thirty days. alleys and to make assessments and leVY taxes for the purpose Amendment No. 44 restores the language used by the House, of grading and paving the same. ,which provides that the Secretary of the Interior may bring The Senate receded from its disagreement to the following suits for the tribes. amendments: Nos. 26, 27, and 41, with certain amendments: Am~ndment No. 59 authorized certain Cherokee allottees to Amendment No. 26, which strikes out section 10, is so changed sell a small tract of land to the Delaware band of Indians re­ as to restore said section as it passed the House, with an amend­ siding in the Cherokee Nation, to be used for tb.e holding of an­ ment continuing the present tribal educational officers in the nual religious festivals and camping purposes. While there was schools subject to dismissal by the Secretary of the Interior. no serious objection to this amendment, yet your managers Amendment No. 27 is agreed to, so as to restore the House thought it should be added to some other bill or provided for in provision with an amendment providing for the refunding of a separate measm·e. - tribal taxes levied and collected since December 31, 1905. The House receded from its disagreements to the following Amendment No. 41, as restored, provides for the Secretary amendments: Nos. 2, 5, 11, 18, 19, 20, 21, 38, 43, 45, 46, 48, 54, of the Interior taking possession of the Government buildings 55, 56, and 58, with certain amendments. of the Five Tribes and to sell thein at such time and under Amendment No. 2, as amended, requires motions to reopen or such rules and regulations as he may prescribe. reconsider any citizenship decision hereafter rendered to be J. S. SHERMAN, filed within sixty days after the date of the order or decision CHARLES CURTIS, complained of, and cases heretofore decided within sixty days J. H. STEPHENS, after the passage of this act. Managers on the part of the House. Amendment No. 5, as amended, strikes out the words " or freedmen." Mr. SHERMAN and Mr. HINSHAW rose. Amendment No. 18, as amended, provides that if an allottee The SPEAKER. · The Chair will recognize the gentleman from shall die after restrictions have been removed his property shall New York. descend to his heirs or lawful assigns. Mr. HINSHAW. Mr. Speaker, I desire to ask the gentleman a Amendment No. 19 excludes from the provisions of section 5, question. .which provides for the issuance Of deeds or patents, any rights The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman yield? involved in contests pending before the Commissioner to the Mr. SHERMAN. Yes. ·Five Civilized 'l'ribes or the Department of the Interiore Mr. HINSHAW. What disposition does this conference re­ Amendment No. 20 is redrawn so as to make section 6 con­ port make of the mineral lands of the Chickasaw and Choctaw form to the other parts of the bill, and with the joint resolution Indians? ' :which passed on the 3d day of March, ·1906, it also provides for Mr. SHERMAN. It holds such lands in reservation for the issuance of deeds by the principal chief of the Seminole future action o{ Congress. .tribe before the expiration of the tribal government of that tribe. Mr. HINSHAW. That is to say, they are left as they were. be­ Amendment No. 21, as amended, requires the sale of the segre­ fore the bill was passed? ·gated land, and the pine timber thereon, at public auction or by Mr. SHERMAN. No; before the bill was passed in the House sealed bids...... the Secretary had the right to sell and not to lease. Now the Amendment No. 38 authorizes the principal chief of the Choc­ right to sell is taken away except as to existing leases. No dis­ taw Nation and the governor of the Chickasaw Nation, with the position is made whatever of the mineral lands. ·approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to issue patents to Mr. Speaker, I now yield four minutes to the gentleman from certain lands to the Murrow Indian Orphan Home, this land Iowa [Mr. LACEY]. having been donated to said home by the tribes and various Mr. LACEY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to have more time members. than four minutes in which to discuss this matter. Amendment No. 43 authorizes each Choctaw and Chickasaw Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I can not yield any more time freedman to buy, when the unallotted lands of these tribes are than that, as we take up the special order at a quarter to 1. disposed of, enough land to equal, with that already allotted to Mr. LACEY. Mr. Speaker, it would be impossible in four him, 40 acres in area, said purchase to be at t he appraised value. minutes to have the H ouse understand the mistake made in this Amendment No. 45 authorizes the defen dant, in any suit portion of the conference report relating to the mineral lands in brought in behalf of either of the five tribes, to recover money the Chickasaw and Choctaw country. This conferen·ce report as ·claimed to be due from the said defendant, to set up any claim agreed upon leaves in the hands of the I ndians something over be may have against said tribe, and to have the same adjudi­ 300,000 acres of unleased coal land there. I think tllere are 111 :cated in such suit. leases of about 108,000 acres. Amendment No. 46: This amendment as agreed to in confer­ ·Mr. FINLEY. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield for a ence virtually restores the House provisions. It requires all oil, question? .gas, and other mineral leases and all agricultural leases for The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman yield? more than one year to be approved by the Secretary of the In­ Mr. LACEY. Yes. terio~. It provides that conveyances made by memoors subse­ Mr. FINLEY. Wh~1.t is the length of these leases ? _Quent to selection of allotment and subsequent to removal of Mr. LACEY. Some of them have about twenty-seven years 5262 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. .APRIL 1 t; yet to run. The remainder of the land is not all -coal land, lating to the alienation of Indian lands in the Indian Te.:ritory altl::ough classified as such. There are about 445,000 acres of which bas been stricken out. The policy of the Governmc::Jt for classified coal lands, of which something over 100,000 has been the last twenty years has been such as to build up in that coun­ leased. It has been leased, I think to a very great advantage, try a great system of tenantry. I am opposed to that sort of a at 8 cents a ton, which runs into a good many hundred dollars system-- an acre. That land was open to lease and sale, but about four 1\fr. LITTLEFIELD. The system of what? years ago, in the act of July 1, 1902 (32 Stat. L., p. 665, sec. 61), Mr. :McGUIRE. Tenantry. 'l'he best farmer, as a _rule, is we took away from the Secretary the power to lease this land. the farmer who owns his own land. The best farmer will own We now take away also the power to sell it. We have with­ his own land. If the full-blood Indian and the half-breed or drawn from the Secretary the power to sell or the power to mixed-blood Indians in that counh-y were permitted to sell their lease, and that being done, we give to the present lessees an land down to 40 acres or down to their homest~ad, there ab olute monopoly of all the coal land in that country until 'vould be a different story to tell as to the conditions in the In­ such time as Congress may be induced to break that monopoly. · dian Territory in the very near future. This is done under the claim that we ought not to lease the We speak of them as full-blood Indians. There are a few, not land for fear of creating a monopoly. Under this apprehension many. Tile Indian of that country if be had the opportunity, if of monopoly we, in fact, create one. The land is leased, some he bad by his side the kind of farmer you have in the States of it, for as long as twenty-seven years, and this provision now of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, or other States in the Union, where as agreed upon-and, I am glad to say, reluctantly by the House the farmer owns his own soil and cultivates his own farm, managers-puts. this land in the bands of the present lessees, there is no reason why the Indian should not be as far ad­ with no power to sell any more of it nor to lease any more of it. vanced in this enterprise as his white neighbor. He bas by his This, I think, is a great mistake. I think the House proposi­ side, however, the men who come there to lease, who remain in tion, which prevented the sale of the land for the reason that the that community for one year, perhaps not longer tilan one year. Indians were getting $250,000 a year or more out of the leases, He does not remain because conditions are unsettled and land was a wise one. The further proposition that the present can not be had. He does not build, beautify, and improve, be­ lessees might be prevented from having a monopoly of the sale cause it is the property of another. He may be the best citi­ of coal there by allowing other leases to be made------:-the other zen, but he can not reap the reward of his labors and he moves leases to run, according to the Hou~e amendments, not to ex­ on. I say, Mr. Speaker, if we should allow these people to dis~ ceed a longer term than the leases now in force-was a wise pose of everything but their homestead, the be t citizenship of one. It was just to the Indians. It gave them 8 cents a ton the country would go to the Indian Territory, and go to stay. for all the leases that would be made and opened up the balance In that way you could organize schools. As long as you prevent of the land, so that other coal companies could go in and operate the Indian from selling his land there is no way to organize in competition with the existing companies, and I think our con­ school districts for these people. There are large sections of ferees ought to have stood on that proposition. the country now in Oklahoma where we h~ve failed to remove Mr. STEPHENS of Texas rose. the restriction upon the Indians where there is not a single The SPEAKER. The time of the gentleman has expired. school district or any school organization, the ·reason being Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield time enough to the that there is no taxable property upon which to levy a tax suffi­ gentleman from Iowa to answer any question the gentleman cient to support a common school system. The same condition from Texas bas to ask. prevails throughout the Indian Territory except in the towns 1\Ir. STEP_HENS of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I desire to ask the and cities. There is little taxable real estate, vastly insuffi­ gentleman if be does not think taking the rest of the land upon cient from which to derive a sum that would be required to sup­ lease would have resulted in a few coal companies getting pos­ port a school system. Hence more than 100,000 school children session of all that land? in the Indian Territory, including whites and mixed bloods, are Mr. LACEY. Not at all. There are over 300,000 acres of the without school advantages. This condition would be remedied land that we have tied up absolutely so as to prevent competi­ and its difficulties obviated by the alienation of the land now be­ tion. longing to the Indian in excess of his homestead, and tilere Now, Mr. Speaker, it seems to me that this conference report comes no word- of objection from those peple. They nre all of should go over and come up on Monday. There is no reason one universal sentiment. The white man and the Indian from why it should be rushed through here in four minutes. that country alike agr·ee that from a moral, commercial, and These coal lands belong to the Indians, and under the regula­ educational point of view these restrictions should be remo1ed. tions of the Secretary of the Interior were being leased in In ·many respects the person of Indian blood is no different tracts of 960 acres each, at 8 cents a ton. Under these leases from the white man. The average citizen is not quick to take the Indians are receiving about ~250,000 a year. It is very on physical or mental burdens unless it becomes a necessity. desirable that the Indians should have the full advantage of The Indian can work and will work if he finds it necessary so these leases, and the bill as it passed the House kept the leases to do, and the most healthful, the best civilized, and tile most alive, the royalty going to the benefit of the Indians. progressive Indians of Oklahoma and Indian Territory at this The leases already made have been carefully guarded by tile time are those who have long since had taken from them by the Secretary of tile Interior, and any additional leases ought to be Government of the United States their support. Reasonable limited to the same period now covered by existing leases. and proper assistance should be extended. But it should stop It is unjust to the Indians to deny them the income which tilere. There is no Indian wilo will need immediate revenues the working of the additional mines would produce, and it is more than the aged Indian of that country of to-day. The younger greatly to the disadvantage of the people in that counh--y to limit men of those tribes have had the advantages of education. all coal working to the leases now in existence, thus giving a They are abundantly capable of coping with their white neigllbor monopoly to the present lessees. in any and every particular. But it is the Indian advanced in That is all the more objectionable if it is done under the as­ years who is without education and without means of support sumption that tile prevention of the leasing and mining of this who, if be had the proceeds of his land at this time, aside from coal is in the interest of the consumer of coal. The provisions Ilis homestead, would live in comparative ease and comfort of the House bill were just to the Indians, because the bill au­ during the balance of his days. thorized the use of the coal to the profit of the Indians. It was 1\ly attention has been called to the remarks and observations just to the people in that country because it would have in­ of a citizen of that country who bas bad every opportunity creased the competition in mining. to observe for a great number of years the condition of the The Department of the Interior in making leases provides Indians, the white man, and the people in general. I refer to against monopoly by limiting the area leased to any one min: Col. Clarence B. Douglas. Mr. Douglas is a distinguished citi­ ing company or association. These leases always provide for a zen of that Territory; editor of the Muskogee Phoenix, the lead­ minimum royalty, so that leases can not be used merely to tie ing paper of the Indian .Territory ; colonel of the Territorial up the land. • militia; president of the Inter-Territorial Editors' Organization, Certainly it is to be hoped that the "further action of Con­ and bas given much thought and study to conditions; and in a gress" contemplated in the amendment of the Senate may not recent communication to tile Commissioner of Indian Affairs, result in mere delay and postponement to the prejudice of the be says : Indians, of whom Congress is the guardian, or to long-continued The occasion of my visit here at this time is that provision formerly monopoly in the present lessees. in the Five Civilized Tribes bill removing the restrictions from the alienation of Indian allotted land, which last week was stricken from 1\Ir. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield three minutes to the the bill. gentleman from Oklahoma [1\Ir. :McGUIRE]. Since my arrival I have become convinced that in this bill the desired Mr. McGUIRE. Mr. Speaker, I do not want to be understood legislation so necessary to the development of Indian Territory can not _ be incorporated, and am therefore working along other lines. Dis­ as opposing the conference report upon this bill, but I desire to cussing wllat this would mean to tb.e three-quarters of a million people call the attention of the House to that portion of section 19 re- I desire to say : 1906. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 5263

The law-making departments at Washlngto~ seem t? have altoget~er they have had, but rather in spite of the obstacles which they t he wrong idea as to what is best for the Ind1an Ternto~·y, and per!:'!1st have had to encounter. Every possible burden has been laid in treatino- that country as though it was a blanket ~nd1an reservatiOn where all ""'business had to be carried on through an mterpreter. As a upon the business men, and every impediment has been thrown matter of fact, the members of the Five Ci_vilized Tribes are perhaps in the way of progress, all upon the theory that the Indian better educated in percentage than the white people of s.ome of the should be protected. The Indian has his protection when you States of the Union. It is also a matter of fact the Indians, except full bloods of the Five Civilized Tribes, are as competent to take care have given him his homestead. Allow him, if you please, to of themselves as the average American. alienate his surplus lands, give him the money with which to Unde 1· the existin o- h·eaties 20,000,000 acres of land has been all~tted improve that which he must retain, and you have not only in seve1·alty to !)0,000 Indians by blood, ~doption, and intermarnuge, less than 15 per cent of whom are Indians of full blood. To each of sufficiently protected the Indian, but you have given every in­ these Indians two patents have been issued, one _for a h?mestead. c~n­ dustry of that country an incentive which will grow and ex­ sisting of from 40 to 160 acres in the diJI~rent tribes,. which lU?d IS ill­ pand it, and it will only be a question of a few short years alienable for twenty-one years. The 1·emarnder of their ~espectlve allo~­ ments ranging from 120 acres to 400 or 500 acres, 1s termed t~eu· when the mistakes in the past government of the Indian Terri­ "sui"p'lns allotment," and under the provisions of the Five Civilized Tr1bes tory will be apparent to every white man and Indian alike. bill as originally drawn, as passed by the _Ho.use, and as passed by the The SPEAKER. The time of the gentleman has expired. Senate this could be alienated except as to mmors and except as t~ full JJloods.' lt~ or some reason not apparent this provision bas b~en sh"I.cken Mr. STEPHENS of Texas. I would like to have a few: from t lc. e bill, and the result has been a stampede for ~he entire busmess minutes. interests Indians and whites alike, of the entire Territory. An Indian can not and will not farm his entire allotment, and if he · Mr. SHERMAN. I yield to the gentleman from Texas two can't dispose of a portion of it he remains nonself-supporting, and minutes. though he may have in a landed estate an appa~ent asset of t~ousands Mr. STEPHENS of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I desire to state of dollars in practice he is a pauper, unable to xmprove even his home­ that I am in full accord with the gentleman from Oklahoma on stead and unable to farm any portion of his excess allotme~t. The result is and will continue to be, that the Indian is pauperized and the question of permitting the ·Indians to manage their own af­ that he does not realize on his allotment as he is entitled to. Under fairs, · and I state further that unless the restrictions be removed the present system only tenants can occupy the land. This means a shiftless, irresponsible population driving into the country from Texas from the lease and sale of Indian lands in the Indian Terri­ and Arkansas at the beginning of the crop season in a covered wagon tory that the country will be held back indefinitely; and the with a run-down mule and a sway-backed pony, and a verbal. contract policy pursued by the present Secretary of the Interior in with­ 1s made with the Indian to raise a crop on the shares. This tenant then goes to town, mortgages his crop in advance, figures how much he holding from sale and lease the Indian lands-from the Indians can get from the mercbant, scratches the soil a little during the summer, competent to manage their own affairs-has been the very worst burns up the rail fences, makes no permanent improvement!:! on the policy that could have been pursued during the years since place himself, and when the crop season is gone by is necessanly broke because he has raised nothing. He blows his horn for the hounds, the present Secretary has had this great power placed in his throws his few belongings into a covered wagon and moves to some hands by Congress. One object in this bill, Mr. Speaker, was other section of the country, and the Indian has received an~ther les­ to prevent the sale and disposal of the 445,000 acres of coal son in the duplicity of the white man. He goes to the corncnb. or the cotton gin to get his rent and he finds that the merchant has 1t plas­ lands in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations of Indian Terri­ tered with a mortgage exceeding in value everything raised ~n the place. tory. I regard the prevention of the sale and lease of the coal The land is poisoned by weeds and cockleburs, nobody IS benefited, deposits as one of the most important features of legislation and the country has one more year of depression. . With the removal of the restriction, as was contemplated by the before this present Congress; and for years I have been con­ House and Senate when they acted on the bill, all of these things would tending that the title to these coal lands should be preserved be changed. The white farmer would come into the country from in the United States Government and that the royalty arising Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska, and Ohio, and he would come not as a traveling tenant, but as a prospective purchaser, as a man desiring from the leasing of the coal mines should be permanently kept to be a landlord. The Indian would put his surplus land on the market­ for a school fund for the future State government. the best real-estate market the· world has ever known-and for it get Mr. Speaker, the provision in this bill relative to the coal probably more than its value. By the size of his 160 acres a good farmer would begin to carve him out a home. He would build a house, and asphalt lands, agreed upon by the CO!fiiDitlee, is as follows·: dig a well, plant a rosebush, nail a picket on the fence, and the Indian SEc. 13. That ali coal and asphalt lands, whether leased or unleased, by the example would learn to do the same thing. In the next few shall be reserved from sale under this act until the existing leases ·for years the Indian's remaining homestead would be more valuable to him coal and asphalt lands shall have expired or until such ·time as may in dollars and cents than his entire allotment is at this time. Not be otherwise provided by law. only would this be a benefit to the country, but it would teach the Indians a new lesson from the white man. It would give him a new This provision leaves this question open for future legisla­ idea of the white man; it would make him say to his boys and girls : tion by Congress. I desired legislation by this Congress on "This white man we can aft'ord to follow. This white man has not tried to do us out of something." The ultimate result would be the this subject and favored the following amendment to the sec­ amalgamation of the boys and girls, Indians and whites, of the respec­ tion 13, above quoted : tive neighborhoods, the amalgamation of the races, and the practical, Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he Is hereby, sensible, intelligent solution of the Indian question in the Indian Terri­ authorized to ascertain and report by the opening-of the next session tory. of Congress if he can secure an agreement with the Choctaw and My mission here at this time is to endeavor to impress these facts on Chickasaw Indian tribes to have said coal lands· set aside for school the minds of our national legislators. Their impulses, I believe, ai"e al­ purposes, or report a plan for the · sale and' disposition o! said lands. · together right. I know from twenty-two years association with the people of that country that their theories are altogether wrong. I Mr. Speaker, if this amendment had been adopted, ari agree­ know that no prosperity can come to any country relying on a tenant class of citizenship. I know the Indian will have little confidence in ment could have been made wi~h these Indians to transfer these the white race so long as present conditions continue. I know that if coal lands to the futm·e State . of Oklahoma for school pur­ in the Indian appropriation bill or some other pending legislation Con­ poses in consideration of tlie $5,000,000 appropriated. in th~ gress will remove the restrictions from the adopted citizen, the inter­ marriage citizens, the citizen of less than full blood, except as to home­ statehood bill as a school fund for Oklahoma. steads and except as to minors, that they can bring to that country the Mr. Speaker, I have introduced a resolution which should be­ greatest era of prosperity and the greatest possible .good to the greatest come a law, and these coal lands would by its enactment be number. I know if they fail to do this they will bring to our business life stagnation, bankruptcy, and the continuation of affairs that ought preserved for a permanent · school fund. The resolution is as never to have been permitted to exist in the heart of the American Re­ follows: · public. Resolved by the Senate and House of Represel~taUves of the U1~ited I do not know just how long I wm remain in Washington. I do not States of America in Oongress assembled, That the deposits of coal and know that I shall stay until every resource at my command has been ex­ asphalt in the segregated coal and asphalt lands heretofore set apart hausted, but I do know that no more important legislation, not even in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, Indian Territory, may be pur­ statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory, is pending at this time chased by the United States from the said Indian tribes at a sum not than that in which I am so intensely interested. to exceed $5,000,000, and when so purchased said deposits shall become It was a sacrifice for me to come to Washington, as it has been mqny a part of the permanent school fund o:f the State in which the land times before. The novelty of this city, beautiful as it is, has worn off containing said deposits may become a part. Said deposits of coal and years ago, but in a matter affecting the destinies of so many people I felt asphalt shall be leased on such royalty as the legislahlre of such State ns though I owed it to myself, and to the Indians no less than to the may from time to time designate and in quantities not to exceed 960 whites, to make this trip, and on this trip to make a last-ditch fight for acres to one person or corporation, and any leases of said deposits that which I consider to be so vitally necessary for their future prosperity. shall become void and of no effect whenever any lessees shall unlaw­ We are building a State down there. It will come into the Union on the fully combine among themselves or with any common carrier, either stroke of a clock. We want a good class of citizens there to begin directly or indirectly, to control the prfces of any coal or asphalt mined with, the honest sturdy ~ farmers, not the shiftless, irresponsible, chronic from said deposits of coal or asphalt; and no railroad company shall mover. This is more important to the Indian than to the white man, be permitted to lease or operate any mine on said segregated coal or and almost a million helpless people aTe looking to you for protection asphalt lands, or to deal in any way with the output of said mines, save in this matter. · as they may lawfully do as common carriers only. The foregoing, in my judgment, is a clear, concise, and accu­ The President of the · United States is hereby directed to negotiate an agreement with said Indian tribes providing for the transfer of said rate statement of the conditions in that country, and contains coal and asphalt deposits to the permanent school fund of the State suggestions which ought to be adopted and placed in this bill. that may be formed hereafter in said Indian Territory. Said coal and "A magnificent country, with unlimited natural resources, thrifty asphalt deposits shall be subject to be leased only by the legislature of such State, the proceeds arising therefrom to be used in said State as and energetic people, waiting for an opportunity which can only a common schoo fund only. The money arising from the sale o:f said be given them by this branch of the Government and which, if deposits of coal and asphalt shall be paid into the Treasury of the it should be given them, would result in a most remarkable United States and held for the use and benefit of said Indian tribes. The President of the United States shall, under such rules and. regula­ aevelopment That which the people of the Indian Territory tions as he may prescribe, sell, in lots not to exceed 160 acres to one have accomplished has not been because ~of assistance which purchaser, all of the surface land in said segregated coal and asphalt 5264 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- H.OUSE. APRIL 14, district, said sales to be made either at public auction or under sealed Mr. STEPHENS of Texas. I ask unanimous consent to ex­ bids as he may direct to the highest bidder therefor, and the proceeds arising from said sale shall be paid into the Treasury of the United tend my remarks in the RECORD. States and held for the use and benefit of said Indian tribes. There was no objection. · Mr. Speaker, if this resolution should become a law, the 1\fr. LACEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ex­ money derived from the leasing of these coal lands would fur­ tend my remarks in the RECORD. nish a permanent and large school fund for the future State of There was no objection. Oklahoma. I belieye that the surface of these coal lands should Mr. McGUIRE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ex­ be sold and the money paid to the Indians, and the coal and as­ tend my remarks in the RECORD. phalt deposits under these lands should never be sold, but al­ Tllere was no objection. ways leased, so that this, the greatest and best deposit of coal in SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF lOW A. ' the Southwest, would, if my res.olution should become a law, The SPEAKER laid before the House the bill (H. R. 16014) be left under the future control of the State of Oklahoma; and to amend an act entitled "An act to create the southern divi­ its legislature could declare any leases void if a trust to control sion of the southern district of Iowa for judicial purposes, and prices should be formed in that country. Such a trust is gow to fix the time and place for holding the co.urt therein, approyed operating there, because the existing leases, made by the Secre- June 1, 1900, and all acts amendatory thereof," with Senate 41-ry of the Interior, do not contain any clause that would pre­ amendments, which were read. vent the lessees from so combining as to control prices. Mr. HEPBURN. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House concur; Mr. Speaker, the State of Texas is tributary to this coal field, in the Senate amendments. and our people are vitally interested in preventing. these co8i Tile motion was agreed to. lands from passing into the hands of coal combines ; and I hope MEMORY OF .HON. ~RVILLE HITCHCOCK PLATT. that this or a future Congress may be induced to pass my bill Mr. SPERRY. Mr. Speaker, the hour having arrived for the or a similar one. exercises, I send to the Clerk's desk the following resolution. :Mr. Speaker, this bill is of great importance to the people of The Clerk read as follows : the Indian Territory. We have prevented the tribal govern­ Resolved, That, in pursuance of the special order heretofore adopted, ments from levying or collecting any taxes from the white citi­ the Honse proceed to pay tribute to the .memory of the Hon. OnvrLL.!il zens of that Territory. I have done all in my power to remove HITCHCOCK PLATT, late a S~nator from the State of Connecticut. restrictions from the sale or lease of Indian lands, and the Resolv ed, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the de­ ceased, and in recognition of his distinguished career and his gr·eat measure we haye reported does not meet my views; but it was service to his country as a United States Senato1·, the House, at the the best we could get at this time or in this bill. conclusion of the memorial proceedings of this day, shall stand ad­ journed. . 'l'he work of enrolling these Indians has been about com­ Resolved, That the Clerk of the House communicate these resolutions pleted under existing laws. I know that a great wrong bas to the Senate. been done hundreds of Indian families by this Government in Resolved, That the Clerk of the House be, and be is hereby, in­ structed to send a copy of these resolutions to the family of the refusing them enrollment. I have for years done everything deceased. ' in my power to enroll . every Indian entitled to enrollment. The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the resolu­ A total of 91,637 persons have been em·olled as citiz.ens of the tions. different nations composing the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians 'l'he question was taken; and the resolutions were ul!ani­ in the Indian Territory, according to the report of the Commis­ mously agreed to .. sioner of Indian Affairs at the close of the fiscal year of tlle Government. Mr. SPERRY. Mr. Speaker, death dealt very bar bly with This number includes only approved names that have been the State · of Connecticut during the year just passed. It re­ submitted to and pa sed upon by the Department of the Interior. moved from us two of our noblest and truest men when Senator The citizens are classified as follows: JOSEPH R. HAWLEY and Senator ORVILLE H. PLATT were called Choctaws by blood, 15,898; Choctaws by intermarriage, 1,467; to that land "whence no man returneth." The death of the Choctaw freedmen, 5,254; children born to Choctaw citizens brilliant soldier and statesman, General HAWLEY, was a hard since September 25, 1902, and prior to March 4, 1905, 1,2G2 ; blow, but not unexpected. We were prepared for that. But Mississippi CboctllWS, 1,235. Chickasaws by blood, 4,956; within a month of Senator HAWLEY's death our senior Senator Chickasaws by intermarriage, 598; Chickasaw freedmen, 4,095; . was suddenly stricken down at the height of his career and use­ children born to Chickasaw citizens since September 25, 1902, fulness to the State. The death of Senator PLATT, so unex­ and prior to March 4, 19.05, 518. . Creeks by blood, 10,010; Creek pected, so sudden, and following so closely the death of Senator freedmen, 5·,585 ; children born to Creek citizens since May 25, HAWLEY, cast · a gloom over the entire State, and they were 1901, and prior to Mar~h .4, 1905, 153. Cherokees by blood, mourned iri almost every home. 32,604; Cherok~e freedmen, 3,982; Cherokee Delawares (regi. ­ The ·life and political career of Hon. ORVILLE HITcHcocK tered Delawares), 196. Seminoles by blood, 1,899; Seminole PLATT demonstrates what persistency, common sense, and hon­ freedmen 857 ; cllildren born to be enrolled Seminole freedmen esty will accomplish. When Senator PLATT was first elected to prior to March 4, 1905, 93. Total, 91,637. the Senate in 1879, he was not a national figure. Indeed, llis Only 1,235 applicants for identification as Mississippi Choc­ fame had hardly spread outside of his own State. True, lle taws b:ive complied with the provi ions of law and been en­ bad been honored by his fellow-citizens with many offices. He rolled, but 2,274 ·applications bave been approved. The Dela­ was known and respected as an honest, hardworking man of wares born · since the register of 1867 was made have been en­ recognized ability, but only his most intimate friends dared to rolled on the' regular rolls of citizens of the Cherokee nation as predict that in time he would become one of the leaders of the Cllerokee citizens of Delaware blood. United States Senate and of the whole country. 1\lr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, just a word. There is urgent His growth in power and influence was not a sudden one. It necessity' for the immediate passage of this bill. It should was steady, slow, but sure. For twenty years of his Senatorial have been made a law long ago. The administrative work of life he was unconsciously preparing himself for the great the Department has been greatly delayed by the long consid­ responsibilities tllat awaited him as chairman of the Committee eration of the committee of conference and I do not want on Cuban Affai.rs. By attending faithfully to his duty, l>y never another single day to elapse without tbis bill being in the hands swerving one iota from the path he believed to be right, Senator of the President. We have considered it fully and it is a unani­ PLATT gained the confidence and esteem of llis colleagues in the mous report. It does not contain every single item desired-! Senate. More and more, with each passing year, his advice fiave never kno\\"D a bill to come in which did-but it is the was sought, until he was reckoned among the leaders in the best we, the House conferees, could procure. As far as the upper branch of Congress. · coal lands and mineral properties are concerned, nobody is Still for these ma.t:lY ye.ars the country at large knew but little injured, because everything is left in statu quo for the future of the senior Senator from Connecticut. His modesty and his action of Congress. A full removal of the restriction on aliena­ retiring disposition stood in his way. He cared nothing for the tion is not in the interest of the Indians at this time. I now transient fame that most men strive for. He sought and ob­ move the pi:evious question. tained the high regard of his own colleagues, the best judges The SPEAKER. Without objection, the previous question of his ability_ So when the serious problems growing out of will be considered as ordered. the Spanish ·war· confronted us, especially with regard to the There was no objection. future of Cuba, it was no surprise to those who llad watched The question was taken; and the conference report was Senator PLATT for twenty years to find that upon him devolved agreed to. the task of solving the complex question of our relations with On motion of Mr. SHERMAN, a motion to reconsider the vote the island of Cuba. As chairman of the Committee on Cuban by which the conference report was agreed to was laid on the Affairs Senator PLATT . made bJmself thoroughly familiar with table. the work in band, as he always did. The Platt amPndment, 1906. CONGRESSIONAL -RECORD- HOUSE. 5265

which practically insures. to Cuba a free-and ·stable government, tiful spring day, the last sad rites were performed. Here be stands to-day as a monument to his statesmanship !lnd his was laid to rest in the pretty little cemetery on the hill. It skill as a legislator. was an impressive ceremony in its simplicity. To tbe little The passage of that amendment made S~nator PLA'IT a famous country church his remains were borne upon the shoulders of his nian throughout the world. He bad _at last come into his own, neighbors-farmers-who bad known him all their live . Here and the country acknowledged him as one of its greatest men. there were no flowery funeral orations, no sllow,' simply the He seemed to grow from tb.at time on with rapid strides. Again devoted and silent tribute. of friends and neighbors. Distin­ the country heard of him as the presiding officer of the Swayne guisQ.e\1 . men from the United States Senate and House, higlJ impeachment trial last. session. With dignity, with fidelity, and State officials, and members of the legislature all bowed their with imp:J.rtiality he attended day after d&y to this arduous beads in heartfelt grief as the simple words of the Gospel duty, and the end of the long struggle found him worn-out, ill, lesson were read. but brave to the last. Even then no one suspected that be With bared. beads all followed in the procession to the ceme­ would be called so soon. · His devotion to duty, his avidity for tery. A few more words of prayer and all that was eartllly of work, finally got the better of him and laid him low at the ORVILLE H. PLATT was laid to rest. ve1-:y zenith of his career. _ May his memory ever remain fresh in our minds and in our · While for many years Senator PLA'IT worked faithfully as a. hearts ! l\Iay bis life teach to our young men a lesson of hon­ national legislator without securing the recognition due him esty, of integrity, of devotion to duty, and of -simplicity, for all from the nation ~t large, we of Connecticut knew and honored these made him a great and noble man! him. Indeed be sen-ed longer than any other Connecticut man Of him C.:'lll truthfully be said: "Well done, thou good and in the Senate. His first election, in 1879, was a long-drawn-out faitllful servant." struggle, but four times since then he was the unanimous choice of the Hepublicans in our legislature. It was indeed the great­ Mr. LILLEY of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, situated among est tribute the people of Connecticut could pay him. No matter the lower ranges of the beautiful Green Mountains, in one of who were elected to the legislature year after year, the voters the most charming spots of old New England, is the picturesque demanded the retention of Senator PLATT, and none dared, nay town of Washington, in the State of Connecticut, unsurpas:::;cd even wi bed, to oppose him. for its scenic beauty, inhabited by descendants of the Puritans. It was no wonder that "Senator PLATT was beloved and hon­ Here lies all that is earthly of our honored and belo\'ed state:=;­ ored by the State in which he lived practically all his life. He man, scholar, and patriot, ORVILLE llrTCHCOCK PLATT. w.as distinctly a son of Connecticut. Born in Washington, Wllen his great spirit took its flight, not only did every right­ among tlJE! beautiful bills of Litchfield County, July 19, 1827, be minded inllabitant of our proud Commonwealth feel that they spent his entire life in the State, with the exception of a few had suffered an irreparable loss, but the people of this great months in Pennsylvania. In 1851 Senator PLATI opened a law Republic, realizing that he belonged to them almost as much office in 1\feriden, and then began, by slow degress, his growth as to Connecticut, mourned with us. We rise above our sorrow and his political career, which finally culminated in the United with a quickening of mingled pride and pleasure to recall this States Senate. In 1853 be was elected judge of probate of true son of the Puritans as he labored in our midst, a man of . 1\Ieriden, the 'first political office he held. He was one of the the highest abilities, with a sterling, noble character. founders of tbe Republican party in Connecticut, in 1856, and in The high office to which our people, through their chosen 1857 was elected secretary of state. In 1861-62 be served in representatives, elevated him and which be bad filled with so the State senate. Two years later he was a member of the much grace and such marked ability, came to him unsought. lower bouse and chairman of the judiciary committee. FiYe At the expiration of his first and each succeeding term he was years· after that be was ·again a member of the bouse and the unanimous choice of his party, the value of his life's work chosen its speaker. When be retired from that office he was having been the more appreciated by his native State as the I{nown and respected throughout the State, and even then he years rolled by, the zenith of · his power ever rising without a was looked upon as the coming statesman of Connecticut. wane, until grim death halted the upward cour e. For some time, however, Senator PLATT retired from politics Senator PLATT was a statesman in all that word implies and to devote himself to his increasing law practice. It was not in its fullest sense, possessing that keen perspective faculty of until 1877 that be again held office. He was then appointed looking far into the future, foretelling with accuracy lhe result State attorney for New Haven County, which position be held of legislation. Always with the 'best interests of his beloved until elected to the Senate. Such, in brief, was tlle history State paramount, he never failed to accm·d due and careful of the political life of Senator PLATT. In all these various consideration to every issue of the Republic as a unit and to offices be di played the wonderful energy, common sense, and l.ler eyery citizen, believing in legislation resulting in the gre~lt­ capacity for work which finally brought him such renown and est good to the greatest numbers, and when be was called to bonor. Never a breath of scandal tainted his life. His hon­ that "land which is fairer than day" there was left a void in esty was never questioned. Wbat be belie\ed to be right he that great coordinate branch of this Government which will not did, and be never curried popular favor. Throughout his busy soon be filled. life be continued the even tenor of his way, looking always His faith in the people and in our form of government was straight ahead, ne\er caring one iota for public praise or cen­ remarkable and abiding, especially in the Senate, where he sure. He.knew· be always clid his duty as be saw it, and be felt had devoted nearly a generation so industriously, so assidu­ confident the people, who showered political honors upon him, ously, so unceasingly. He believed that the Senate as at pres­ would rightly estimate tlle spirit and value of his work. And ent constituted contained as able, forceful delmters, us powerful they did. orators, and men as fearless, as honest, and with as great ' To me personally Senator PLATT was particularly close. We intellectual minds as it ever contained since the foundation of were within nine days of the same age, and for fifty years we tlle Government. Calling upon him one evening during the last had been together in all the truggles of the Republican party Congress, as was my custom, for instruction and iuspirution, I in Connecticut. I was proud to call myself one of his intimate recall llis saying that he bad just listened to a speech by one friends, and to be on the· same side with him in our political of his colleagues which, in his opinion, was the equal, if not battles. I loved him, honored him, and esteemed him. His the superior, of any that had ever been uttered upon tile floor loss \vas to me a personal one, and he left a vacancy in my of that Chamber. heart that no. man can fill. His memory will ever remain very His farsighted statesmanship was neither a gift of nature dear to me, as it also will to all who knew him well. nor a lucky stroke of chance, but tlle logical outcome of a mind Tlle private life of Senator PLA.TT was clean, ·straightforward, such as was his, analytical and constructive, devoted to thor­ and honest. His habits were exemplary; yes, frugal. He was a ough investigation of facts and precedents. man who cared not for show. His tastes were simple, and he 'l'he very life of Senator PLATT all vies and blends with his loved God's nature. When rich in years and honors be still intellectual attainn1ents. His life was simplicity itself-kind, longed for the simple life of tlle little country town among tlle gentle, unassuming, thoughtful only of others, never of self ; hills where be was born, and to it be returned to live and to die. e\er doing good, loving his fellow-men, honoring God, and serv­ Here in the early spring be breathed llis last, almost on tlle ing his country with all his might, all his oul, all his stren~th. yery spot wllere be first saw the light of day. How fitting that Let us hope that this typical old New England type of man­ a man of his temperament should be born and die among the hood may ever stand preeminently before our young men of Con­ hills and ·scenes he lo\ed so well! necticut and of our wllole country as an ideal, attaining which To the people of his native town he was always a neigllbor, all the ,...-orld will say, "His life was a succe:>s." not · a distingui lled Senator, and be took an active interest in I can not refrain (if I may be pardoned for speaking of my­ their affairs,' small as they were, compared to the questions self) from expres iug my keen per~onal lo~s. our rel~tions being with which he was accustomed to deal. And llere, on a beau- of the most friendly character. Frequently I went to llim, as XL----330 5£66 CONGRESSIONAL RECO~D-HOUS~~ APRIL 14,

a child to his father, for advice and guidance, and though often­ ultimate fame. Triumphantly overcoming all obstacles, he ac· times impeding his constant labors be always welcomed me as quired a fundamental education equal to the exigencies and re· a father his son, and never did I leave without feeling benefited quirements of a long and distinguished career. Poor in pocket, and inspired with a clearer understanding. but rich in a determination to make his way in the world, be As we pay our last tribute to such a worthy life, there is sweet entered upon the practice of his ehosen profession, and almost solace in the thought that Connecticut lo-ves and honors him, and immediately secured favorable recognition lis a sound and able will ever cherish and revere his memory. lawyer. Soon called to political preferment, Senator PLATT's ability, tact, and honesty, in public as in private life, commanded 1\fr. HENRY of Connecticut Mr. Speaker, when the thirteen the confidence not only of his immediate constituents, but of the English colonies in North America confederated to resist the people of the entire State. His wisdom grew and kept pace oppressive laws and unjust taxation imposed by the mother with his experience, and ripened into statesmanship which year country, the colony of Connecticut sent Roger Sherman, Silas after year more and more gained him popular favor, increased Dean, and Eiipbalet Dyer as Representatives to the first Con­ his power for good, and won him national recognition until his tinental Congress. Subsequently the colony was represented by fame and reputation was even broader than our national bound­ Oliver Wolcott, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, and aries. Roger Sherman, signers of the Declaration of Independence. In re olutions adopted by the Connecticut general assembly, After the adoption of the Federal Constitution the State was immediately after Senator PLATT's decea e, it was accurately repre ented in the early Congresses by Oliver Ellsworth, Wil- stated: • liam Samuel Johnson, Roger Sherman, and Jonathan Trumbui1, " Connecticut people have with ever-increasing appreciation historic names which still have power to stir the hearts of all followed his course of steady and substantial growth and de­ pah·iotic sons of Connecticut. - • velopment to the commanding position of influence which he In later years Connecticut has been served in the Senate of exercised at the seat of government, and the feeling of our the United States by many brilliant and able men-Niles, Bald­ people toward ORVILLE H. PLATT, as in' his advancing years he win, Smith, Toucey, Gillett, Foster, Dixon, Ferry, Eaton, Haw­ still bore the heat and burden of the day in the discharge of his ley, PLATT, all notable and distinguished names in the story of responsible duties can not be measured by mere appreciation and American history. re pect, but was and is more akin to love, and the memory of his . The last of these, whose memory we commemorate and honor simple and winning personality, and his earnest devotion to the to-day, surpassed all his predecessors in length of service, and interests of the State and country will long linger in the memory was the peer of any upon that roll of illustrious statesmen, who of a grateful people. ." for more than a century have gracea the Senate and honored In this place and presence it is superfluous to refer to the well· · the State they represented. known fact that few men possessed greater influence"witb the ORVILLE HITCHCOCK PLATT was first elected to the United last and present national Adminish·ations than Senator PLATT. States Senate in 1879, and served continuously for twenty-six .Pre ident Roosevelt, alike with President McKinley, frequently years; four times reelected without opposition within his party, sought and followed the advice of Connecticut's senior Senator, be was easily the most popular statesman of his generation in at .all times finding in him a statesman of trained intellect, and the State he loved and served. Always frankly expressing his skilled experience, a co~sellor who e wisdom never failed. Jiiis views upon pending politi-cal issues and current events, he pre­ frank, decisive manner, clear-headed views, and comprehensive ferred to lead rather than follow public opinion; sometimes gra p of all public questions inspired conviction and fixed the critici ed by political opponents and less far- eeing men, he judgment of all who sought his confidence or came within the patiently awaited the vindication the future invariably brought .scope of his influence. Hi thorough comprehension of apparently difficult economic Upon occasion reticent with strangers, but affable and ap· · and political problems, his faculty for forecasting and initiat­ proachable, Senator PLATT was always genial to his friends;_ ing original definite policies (well illustrated by the amendment often optimistic, he rarely indulged in pes imi tic views, and bearing his name attached to legi lation defining our relations when other men of less firm faith in God's providence were .with Cuba) gave him high rank as a constructive statesman doubtful of the future, and inclined to de pair of the Republic, and inclined other men of inferior perceptive faculties to defer he, with hopeful trust in our country's destiny, remained safely to his judgment and accept his leadership~ anchored to his positive altruistic convictions. Perhaps no higher compliment can be paid to his superior Fortunately blessed wi.th a long and untrammeled mental inductive powers than to say that his leadership was never a development, he in the fullness of years, in complete posse ion di appointment; his friends, his constituents, his colleagues in of every intellectual power, with pristine vigor unimpaired, the Senate, as well as high officials of the nation, ever found passed to his reward. in him a wise and safe adviser. Senator PLATT was of the best Puritan lineage. His paternal J\.Ir. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, following a long-established ance tor, first settler Richard Platt, was, in 1638, one of the practice, it is eminently fitting that this House pause at times founders of New Haven colony, his name being upon. the first in its usual deliberations for reflection and pay just tribute and asses ment list of that colony. " Goodman " Platt, as he was offer eulogy to those whose lives in this forum have been spent styled in the quaint language of the period found in the colonial in eminent service to their country. . records, was in sympathy with the views of the Rev. John Dav­ So we this day set aside the usual duties that would occupy enport, of mo t pious memory, a Puritan of the strictest faith, us to honor the memory of ORVILLE HITcHcocK PLATT, for ,who, regarding the Massachusetts B'ay, Plymouth, and Con­ twenty-six. years an honored and distinguished Senator from necticut colonists as lax in civil and ecclesiastical methods, Connecticut A service for more than a quarter of a century led his followers to the founding of a new colony upon the in the highest legislative body in the world speaks for itself of shores of Long Island Sound, where be earnestly labored to loyalty to State and fidelity to trust. establish a purely religious commonwealth, governed in accord­ It was not my privilege to have known and associated with ance with scriptural teachings, an ideal theocratic republic Senator PLATT as a colleague, but as one in his own State, where church discipline and civil government should remain among his own people, by whom he was greatly loved and inseparable. trusted, The people of Connecticut were justly proud of him. It is doubtful if history can afford a higher hereditary title Senator PLATT possessed the virtues of integrity, indu try, of h·ue nobility than is presented by the descendants of these and a fine sense of justice. Loathing sham and without pre­ iron-willed, tout-hearted, freedom-loving, stalwart Christians tense, his abilities manifested themselves in a broad and earnest of three centuries ago, who planted the beginnings of empire patriotism and devotion to his country, his family, and his upon the inhospitable oil of New England. friends~ He was preeminent as a counsellor, and his judgment P o sibly influenced by inherited mental tendencies, yet such was often sought Because of his capacity to look into the Puritanism as Senator PLATT pos es ed was broadened and made future, his ability to initiate, and his clear analysis of what tolerant by his Christian charity and kindly regard for all of had eemed intricate problems,. the determination of great ques­ God's creatures ; be loved his fellow-men, and they repaid his tions often rested him. self-sacrificing devotion by unquestioning confidence and respect. The history of our country records evidences of his unstinted The on of a plain Connecticut farmer, of a cla s to be found labors and devotion to the highest and best interests of tho e in most New England towns, the best blood of the land, and more whom he had been cho en to serve. This House honors it elf than any other portion of our people, the founders and builders in the h·ibutes of love and respect we this day pay to the of the Republic, young ORVILLE H. PLATT encountered the diffi­ memory of Senator PLATT. A knowledge of his life's work of culties attendant upon his humble early environments, but with service should be an inspiration to all men. Well may his vir· ,virile energy, transmitted through a long line of sturdy an­ tues and undaunted courage cause us to strive for the highest cestors, the Yankee boy fought his way to manhood, success, and and best. 1906. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. 5267

Mr. HILL of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, others have already Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I first became acquainted with reviewed the details of the life and work of Senator 0. H. Senator ORVILLE H. PLAT'l' when 1 entered the House, in Decem~ PLATr. Let me refer to a bit of unwritten history with which ber, 1883. He bad then served fcc:r years in the Senate and be was connected and show the result of the influence which was highly respected by his colleagues. He had already taken he exerted. high rank as a lawyer and as a wise counselor. When the Republic of Hawaii was organized the first min­ I became more intimately acquainted witb him during tha ister to this country chanced to be a personal friend of mine. pas age of the l\lcKinley tariff bill in 1890. I found blm broad Soon after his arrival at Washington he asked me to procure and liberal minded, with a thorough acquaintance witb the con­ an interview for him with the senior Senator from Connecticut. dition of the industries of the country. I did not fail to con­ On Senator PLA.'l'T's sugge tion the interview was held in a sult him at that time upon many of the feature of the bill. clo ed carriage on that same e\ening, and, as the driver wan­ Associated as I was on the Committee on Ways and Means dered aimlessly for nearly three hours about the streets of with Mr. McKinley (afterwards President), with Mr. BUR­ ·washington, inside of that carriage questions were put and ROWS (now a Senator from Michigan), with Messrs. Dingley, answers given, policies discussed and conclusions reached, which Bayne, and Gear, all of wbom are now deceased, and witll Mr. ultimately brought Hawaii under the sovereignty of the United McKenna, now a justice of tbe Supreme Court, and l\lr. LA FoL­ States as an organized Territory. LETTE, of Wisconsin, ·now a Senator, I still found it very advan­ Lea\ing the minister at his home, I took the Senator to his tageous to confer frequently with Senator PLATT of Connecticut. hotel, and as be stepped from the carriage he said : " I guess During the preparation of the so-called "Dingley Act," in 1897, tbe time has come when we must think about entering upon I learned still more to rely upon tbe judgment and sound sense some form of a colonial system." From that day the one ab­ of Senator PLATI'. He was mo t intimately associated with the sorbing thougbt of his life was the relation which the United late Charles A. Russell, then a Itepresentatiye from the State States, the dominant power of the Western Hemisphere, should of Connecticut, and a distinguished member of the Committee bold to the "\Yeaker continental powers and the islands in the on Ways and Means. two oceans which wash our shores; and when a little later Senator PLATT was gentle in his manner, modest, and retiring, the war with Spain had thrown upon us the responsibility of a man never seeking opportunity to instruct or obtruding hiE~ Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines, and statesmen doubted advice, but who was much sought after by his colleagues on as to tlle right of n. repre entative republic to hold control and account of the soundness of his judgment. He was admitted sovereignty of unrepresented i)eoples, he demonstrated beyond to tlle bar when 22 years of age, and was indeed learned in the cavil or dispute, in a speech of wonderful simplicity but mar­ law. He was of the judicial temperament and not an aggressiYe velous strength, that the United States possessed inheritently, partisan, although ever true to his convictions. He was not an as well as under its Constitution, all of the rights and powers orator in the ordinary sense of the term, but be bad a way of pertaining to any absolutely independent sovereign nation. 'l'he stating his case clearly and of marshaling llis facts in logical Platt amendment to the Cuban constitution w::rs only a prac­ sequence so as to carry conviction to those who beard llim. He tical application of the principles enunciated In the earlier never made a show speech nor an advertised one. He spoke speech, and it is entirely safe to say that, as Abraham Lincoln only when he bad an object to be attained and seemed to shrink demonstrated to the world the right of the Republic to preserve from debate unless he felt it his duty to inform the Senate upon its own life against attacks from within, so it is due to OR­ pending matters with which be was familiar. Therefore llis VILLE H. PLA.TT, as much as to any other one man, that the speaking ever commanded the attention of the Senate. He was United States stands forth among the powers of the world to-day a persevering and laborious student and his mind was well the equal of any in every right, in every privilege, in every de­ stored with useful information and important facts. He went gree and kind of sovereignty, and lacking in no respect in any straight to tlle point. In the true sense of the word, on the basis prerogati"Ve enjoyed or claimed by any other. If he bad done that a successful speech is one that moves the minds of men ancl nothing else but this in his twenty-six years of service in the forces conviction, be was an orator of rare ability. He was Senate, he would have left his imprint on the history of his honest, not alone in the sense that no dishonest dollar ever time. polluted his hand-honesty o'f that character entitles a man to He entered the ~enate in 1879, an ordinary New England comparatively little credit, though the lack of it even in tllat country lawyer, but great enough to stick when flung up against sense is abhorrent' to all right-thinking men, and the accept:mce the chance of greater opportunities. For a quarter of a century of a bribe can not be too severely condemned as graft anv, as all must see who in the thick of things at the He lived in .;:be midst of industrial and commercial activity. nation's capital see at all, that the real welfare and enduring During all the years of his political life his State was like a prosperity of his own little State was inextricably bound up busy hive. He studied industrial questions with zeal anu and absolutely interwoYen with the larger national life. I do candor. The mutual and interdependent interests of capital not believe that it ever entered into the mind of ORVILLE H. and labor were a matter of daily observation. He brought to PLATT that his efficiency as a representative or his greatness tbe study of these questions that strong common sense which _ as a Senator would or could be measured by the number or size was the most striking characteristic of his mind. of the appropriations wllicb be might secure from the National He served on the most important committees in the Senate, Treasury for expenditure within the boundaries of his own being for some years prior to his death chairman of the Com­ State, for he looked upon the States as "members of one mittee on Relations with Cuba, a member of the Committee on body," whQse general welfare was his highest concern. Whether Finance, on Indian Affairs, on Judiciary, on Private Land as chairman of the Committee on Territories or Patents, creat­ Claims, on the FiYe Civilized Tribes of Indians, and on Patents. ing soYereign States in the then boundle s West, or securing for I am told that his committee work was the mo t important of the individual the reward of inyentive genius, he worked just all his services in the Senate. In the Senate or in the House as patiently and de\otedly in the one case as the other ; but the real work of the Legislature is done in committee. Here his thought, his counsel, and his vote were governed and con­ the great measures are generally most thoroughly considered; trolled by the way in which he believed the interests of the great questions are worked out to their last analysis, and on whole people were to be affected by his action. such matters the perfected bill in committee generally passes lie loved to stand upon the very hilltop of national affairs into law without much amendment. In the quiet of the com­ and sweep into one view the whole horizon, and then retiring mittee room his indefatigable labor, his unerring judgment, and into solitude and seclusion work out to a wise solution the his concise and direct speech, as well as his talent for con­ problems of our national life, over which other men with structive statesmanship, won for him the first rank. selfish thoughts and narrower vision oftentimes stumbled and The crowning work of his Senatorial career is undoubtedly fell. J what is known as the "Platt amendments," inh·oduced by him He entered the Senate in 1879 literally a State man, unknown in the Senate in 1901 as amendments to the military appropria­ to the country at large and probably unacquainted with anyone tion bill. These ·amendments were afterwards embodied in the there except possibly his own colleague from Connecticut. Cuban constitution and also in the permanent treaty with the Twenty-six years later he died in bis country's service a states­ Cuban Republic. At the time these amendments were intro­ man in the true meaning of that word, a leader among leaders, duced in the Senate there was much sentiment on the subject and during all that time no man can truthfully say but that be of our Cuban relations which had little foundation in reason. bore a character above reproach, serving with fidelity and zeal We undertook the war for Cuba, disclaiming and foreclosing in tis State, his country, and his God. 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It was a war for humanity, undertaken in the spirit of friend­ average service of her Senators would have been only six and ship for the relief of the suffering people at our very gates. The one-half years, which is astonishingly low when we remember story· of our philanthropy toward the Cuban adorns the bright­ that her conservatism is so pronounced that one of her popular est page in our history. When the war was concluded, in car­ sobriquets is" The Land of Steady Habits," and when we recall rying out our promi e as the guardian of the Cuban people, and the further fact that she has experienced few political revolu­ when we were about to give them a separate and independent tions. government, there was danger that our philanthropic feeling, The brevity of the average service of her Senators seems the our desire not only to merit the good opinion of the world, but more remarkable when it is remembered that it is in the East our fear of criticism in the slightest degree in the manner in in general and in New England in particular that length of .which we should carry out our intention, would lead us into service is held to be the proper reward of fitness and fidelity, the adoption of measures not only unwise on our part, but which though Missouri was the first State to send one man to the would prove disastrous to the Cuban Government and sow tlle United States Senate for thirty consecutive years. She remains seeds of its downfall. It was at this point that Senator PLAT'.r the only State to send two men to the United States Senate for came forward with his amendments. The propositions which be thirty consecutive years each-Col. Thomas Hart Benton and advanced were clearly in the interests of the Cuban people and Gen. Francis Marion Cockrell. of their infant Republic. They restricted the new Government Of course the longer Senators BuLKELEY and BRANDEGEE from entering into any entangling alliance with foreign powers serve the more the average of Connecticut Senatorial service which might impair or tend to impair their independence or to will be increased. · permit any foreign power from obtaining a lodgment within its It is apropos to state in passing that their immediate prede­ territory. They prevented them from entering into any public cessors, Messrs. PLATT and Hawley, ser1"'ed longer than any debt the payment of which should be beyond their means. This other Connecticut Senators, Senator PLATT'S service of more provision cut off the greatest menace to the stability of the than twenty-six years being greatest of all. Cuban Government. Of Connecticut's thirty-six Senators, six resigned: Oliver · The third amendment gave us the right to intervene for the Ellsworth, William S. Johnson, Jonathan Trumbull, James Hill· preservation of Cuban independence and in the defense of the house, Chauncey Goodrich, and Truman Smith. Cuban Government against internal as well as external foes. They all resigned in the earlier days of the· Republic, the 'l'he fourth amendment validated all acts of the United States last of them, Truman Smith, resigning in 1854. The resigna­ in Cuba and all lawful rights acquired thereunder. tion habit appears not to be growing in Connecticut. The fifth amendment exacted a solemn promise that Cuba As it is so unusual a thing for a Senator of the United States should execute and, when ne~ssary, extend our plans for sani­ to resign, I ha1"'e sought to discover the causes of their action, tation throughout the island. and here are the results of my investigations: The sixth amendment left open the vexed question of title to Ellsworth resigned in 1796 to accept the Chief Justiceship of the Isle of Pines, to be adjusted by future treaty. the Supreme Court of the United States, which office he resigned The seventh amendment provided for coal and naval stations in 1800 by reason of failing health. He was then appointed at certain points for the protection of Cuba and the defense of envoy extraordinary to France to negotiate a treaty. the United States against other nations. Johnson, a man of scholarly tastes, wearying of the burly­ These amendments were criticised somewhat at the time, and burly of politics, .resigned to become president of Columbia Col­ an endeavor was made to show that they would not be for the lege, New York. Very recently we have seen a . president of that benefit of Cuba, but for the aggrandizement of the United college, now a university, resign to become mayor of New York. States. .Although they have been but five years in operation, Trumbull resigned to become lieutenant-governor of Con­ the results have successfully vindicated the wisdom and pa­ necticut. He was subsequently elected governor eleven times. triotism of ORVILLE H. PLATT and furnishes an example of his The resignation of Trumbull to accept the humbler position of foresight and statesmanship. lieutenant-governor seems inexplicable till we refresh our memo­ He lived out almost four-score years, which "by reason of ries with the fact that in the beginning, before the Senate of the strength " is allotted to few, and could look back upon a suc­ United States had practically absorbed all the functions of cessful and well-spent life. He rests now from his labors on one government, membership in that body was not so much valued of the beautiful hills of his native State. For more than a or coveted as it is now. De Witt Clinton, one of New York's quarter of a cootury he had been a prominent figure in the greatest statesmen, resigned a United States Senatorship· to be­ otller branch of the National Congress. There he had served come mayor of New York City-that, too, at a time when every­ his constituents with faithful toil, with patient zeal, with intel­ body knew that he aspired to the Presidency. ligence, and patriotism. He had made their cares, their toils, Within the last half century several United States Senator· ~nd their burdens his own. He had rejoiced with them in their have resigned to accept Cabinet po itions and places on the victories. His memory is graven on their hearts, a living monu­ Supreme Bench of the United Staj;es; but, so far as my mem­ ment to the worth and true greatness of the man. [Applause.] ory now serves me, the only man in our day to willingly doff the toga of a Senator to accept an inferior position was that im­ .1\.Ir. CLARK of·Missouri. Mr. Speaker, up to the 4th of last mortal Texan-Judge John II. Reagan-who reigned from the 1\Iarch our Government bad existed one hundred and seventeen Senate to become head of the newly created Texas railroad com­ years under the Constitution. mission. Connecticut, being one of the thirteen original States, had to Stranger even than the case of Trumbull is that of James that date two hundred and thirty-four years of service in the Hillhouse, who resigned to become commissioner of the scl10ol Senate of the United States at her disposal. By election or fund, which position be held for many years. appointment she has sent thirty-six men to represent her in No reason is assigned in any book that I could find why Good­ the less numerous branch of the· Federal Congress, frequently ·ricb resigned. He was sub equently lieutenant-governor, but but improperly denominated "the upper House: " Oliver Ells­ not immediately. worth, William S. Johnson, Roger Sherman, Stephen Mix No reason is given in the books why Truman Smith gave up Mitchell, J ames Hillhouse, Jonathan Trumbull, Uriah Tracy, hi curule chair, but as he removed to New York City it may be Chauncey Goodrich, Samuel W. Dana, David Daggett, James fairly assumed that business matters furnish the clue to his Lanman, Elijah Boardman, Henry W. Edwards, Calvin Willey, action. Samuel A. Foote, Gideon Tomlinson, Nathan Smith, John M. Nine of Connecticut's Senators died while members of the Nile , Perry Smith, Thaddeus Betts, Jabez W. Huntington, House of the Conscript Fathers: Roger Sberman, Uriah Tracy, Roger S. Baldwin, Truman Smith, Isaac Toucey, Franci Gil­ Elijah Boardman, Nathan Smith, 'l'baddeus Betts, Jabez ·w. lette, Lafayette S. Fo ter, James Dixon, Orris S. Ferry, William Huntington, William A. Buckingham, Orris S. Ferry, and A. Buckingham, William W. Eaton, William H. Barnum, James ORVILLE HITCHCOCK PLATT. E. English, ORVILLE HITCHCOCK PLATT, Joseph R. Hawley, MOB· Three of her enators were Presidents pro tempore of the GA .,. G.A.RD~ER llULKELEY, and FRANK BOSWORTH BRANDEGEE. Senate : James Hillhouse, Uriah Tracy, and Lafayette S. Fo ter. Our well-beloved friend, the late Amos J. Cummings, was Strange to relate, two of them held that position in one Con­ wont to say that the average service of a Representative in gress-Uriah Tracy having been elected l\lay 14, 1800, and James Congre s is four -ears. As a matter of fact, it is about six, Hillhouse February 28, 1801. and it is increa ing steadily as constituencies fall . more and Besides Oliver Ellsworth, whose service as Chief Justice more into the excellent habit of retaining faithful and capable renders his place in our annals secure for all time, two others, Representatives. at least, of Connecticut's three dozen Senator's are great historic The average Senatorial service is no doubt longer than the personages-Roger Sherman and Jonathan Trumbull. average Representative service, but the foregoing figures as to Roger Sherman, in addition to holding a multitude of local Connecticut show that had the Senatorial service of Messrs. and State offices, served in the Continental Congre s, being one BULKELEY and BR.A.NDEGEE closed on the 4th of last March the of the committee of five appointed to draft the Declaration of 1906. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. 5269

Independence, the others being Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, long endure. In appearance he might be described as grizzled, Benjamin Franklin, and Robert R. Livingston. That great tall, angular, not quick of movement, nor overalert of thought, quintette appear together in the large painting, The Signing but honest and persistent of purpose, clear of discernment, ac­ of the Declaration; now hanging in the Rotunda of this Capitol. curate of judgment. His exterioF contradicted his interior. Sherman was also a member of that great convention which Not in look did he evidence the kindliness and consideration of framed our Constitution. his nature. His voice had less of the austere than his pres­ Having put his sign manual to the charter of our liberty, ence. He was firm in his own convictions, yet considerate of having aided in constructing the Constitution, he enjoyed the the opinions of others. Ruggedly honest, he accorded honesty good fortune, the thoroughly merited honor, of serving in both of thought and purpose to others. Idle prattle, passing rumor, Houses of Congress under that Constitution. moved him not. He was the progenitor of numerous distinguished soldiers, He was strong in his friendships, a good lover, not so good statesmen, and jurists. Two of his lineal descendants are a hater. His confidence shaken, was not easily regained, but Members of the present House-Ron. RocKWOOD HoAR, of he cherished not animosity. He never looked for trouble, yet Massachusetts, and Hon. HENRY SHERMAN BouTELL, of Illinois. be never sought evasion of his full share of responsibility. Representative BoUTELL has a son named Roger Sherman Bou­ His full, fair measure of the everyday work of public life he tell. If that young man isn't a patriot, there is nothing in did. He was not an orator, who stirred by eloquence of word name or blood. or beauty of phrase, yet he made exceeding clear his meaning, The name Jonathan Trumbull stands for two illustrious and by the sincerity of his bearing carried conviction to other men-father and son. The father is the "Brother Jonathan" minds. whom Washington loved and leaned upon and who e name The longevity of his service to his country was exceeded only stands for the personification of the typical American. The by its value. Almost a decade after passing the limit of man's son was the United States Senator from Connecticut and allotted time, he served on. I never saw evidence of his knowl­ Speaker of the House of Representatives. edge of the weight of years, though I have heard him express One other Connecticut Senator fixed for himself an enduring it. His erect form had not bent, his clear mind did not give place in the temple of fame by offering the famous " Foote reso­ evidence of his years. lution," which precipitated the Webster-Hayne debate, the most He had no failing period. Rugged and well he left us here, spectacular and momentous oratorical contest in the history of neither he nor his friends aware that the .mighty work he had the Senate. Nobody can understand our history without read­ done had lessened his vitality, so that he was an easy prey to ing that debate, and nobody can read it intelligently without malady. Full of years and of honors, having lightened many recurring to the Foote resolution, which renders Foote's reputa­ a burden, warmed many a heart, with the harness on he tion as lasting a Webster's or Hayne's. dropped. He left no half-performed task. His work was al­ All in all, it may be safely stated that from the beginning to ways current. In his death his country lost a competent and the present hour Connecticut's average of Senatorial ability has true patriot, his State an illustrious representative, his friends been as high as that of any of her sister States. a noble companion, mankind a fellow whose living made all l\Ien are prone to look back to a golden age and to locate all living more worth while. the great men in generations past. If a man's reputation sur­ As life's evening shadow becomes little by little more appar­ vives his own era at all, time becomes a great magnifier of him. ent, as one's thought in the gloaming of a Sunday are more The plain, unvarnished truth is that this is the world's period and more of the retrospect, as we feel the enthusiasm and the. of greatest development. In many respects this is the golden energy of life fessening, the more startling the fact that human age. The public men of to-day are, on the average, equal to life is exceeding brief. So brief, indeed, that the greatest their predecessors in intellectual equipment. Divers men who wonder of human existence is that any single individual may, are ranked as mere politicians now will be by the succeeding even within its lengthened span, accomplish enough to impress generations classed as statesmen. his personality on his living time, and leave an influence to act To be a Senator of the United States even for one moment is after his taking away. That accomplished, a life has been well a high honor-an honor which comes to few ; but to be elected spent. Life's duties are many, are varied, are weighty. To to the United States Senate for five full terms and to serve more meet them manfully, openly, without shrinking or evasion, to than a quarter of a century is an honor so rare that it has come discharge them faithfully, bravely, and well, means a discharge to less than a score of men in our entire p_istory. This unusual of the human duties divinity has placed upon man. -honor was freely and gladly bestowed upon Senator PLATT by Life's trials, too, are weighty. Endured with patience, borne the good people of Connecticut. · with fortitude, submitted to with resignation, they add much He was a leader among his fellows-one of the ruling elders to the lovable side of character, and make for an impress upon of the Senate. a community which is ever felt. Judged by the standard of things done rather than by the It is comforting and pleasant to look back upon the life of standard of things said, Senator PLATT may fairly be denom­ one of our dear, good friends who has been taken away, and inated a great Senator. He would have been a potent member mark how well he withstood life's buffets; how uncomplain­ of any Senate. He was neithe~· a voluminous nor an eloquent ingly he bore its burdens, how meekly he accepted its honors speaker. He was a strong and luminous speaker. He pos­ and delights. Now, we know the why of something, perhaps, se sed in an eminent degree the faculty of constructive states­ which he concealed or covered up during his sojourn with us, manshlp--which is the rarest sort. He was blessed with un­ and the solution of the problem adds to our admiration of his usual powers of generalization. By reason of this faculty and character and strengthens the lesson inculcated by his life. of these po-wers he fa tened his name to many important meas­ L.Applause.] ures. He tbus became a permanent historic figure. His mem­ ory will survive so long as men concern themselves with the Mr. GROSVENOR. Mr. Speaker, it is due to the memory of great measures considered in the stirring times in which he was so distinguished a citizen that he who attempts his eulogy hould on the public stage, for he placed his indelible mark upon most be better prepared for facts and details than I am at the present of the legislation of the last quarter of a century. moment. I became acquainted with Senator PLATT at the time of the [.l\Ir. DE ARMOND addressed the House. See Appendix.] assembling of the Forty-ninth Cong1·ess, but my relation to biro was not of that intimate chru·acter that brought me in close Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, so it is that a brave, noble, contact with him until several years after. He represented in unflinching man blazes. a way through life whic.h others may the Senate in part my native State, and I felt toward hi..w, as I follow, confident that the ending will be beside waters ·that do toward all the men of that State, a great deal of interest. are still and fields that are green, starred with daisies and He was a warm personal friend and counselor of the then tinted with forget-me-nots and immortelles, where a haven of Representative from the district in which I was born, the Ron. rest, not made with earthly hands, is waiting. Charles A. Russell, one of the many distinguished Representa­ Our friend has gone from among us, but the impress of his tives from Connecticut who have appeared upon this floor since character, his life, and his manly qualities abides with us. I came. He was brave, fearless-not the bravery which at times seems I was a Member of the House during the contest upon the to compel strong men to maintain a position once taken, to McKinley bill, but not so intimately acquainted with the affairs refuse to modify judgment, to alter proposed action, but that of that great measure as I was later, when the Dingley bill bravery which feared not to meet argument, to court investi­ became the controversy here. After the bill as passed in the gation, that welcomed additional light, and when convinced of House had gone to the Senate and been amended there very original error of judgment, or of action, to modify and change it. largely, it came to a committee of conference of which I ;vas a Senator PLATT was truly a great man-great in thought, great member, and of which the Senator from Connecticut was also in deed, great in mind. He left an impress here which will a member. And then I learned a great deal of the fine elements 5270 CONGRESSIONAL ·RECORD-HOUSE. APRIL 14;

of his character in the long-drawn-out consultations in the tion, the request of the gentleman from Connecticut will be Finance Committee room of the Senate over that measure. I granted. learned this of his character: That lle was a statesman who There was no objection. looked at the whole of the United States. He took in the in­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair is requested to an­ terests of the people of the whole counb-y, and while be care­ nounce that upon the adjournment of the House to-day the fully saw to it that no discrimination was made against the Members will form in a body in this Hall, march through the local interests of his own State, be ·would base scorned to have east door of the Capitol, and proceed to the place of the exer­ undertaken to do an injustice because it would put money into cises. tlle pockets of his people. He was a bigger man than that. He The hour of 2 o'clock and 15 minutes having arrived, the bad a better representath·e character. He covered more ground House, in pursuance of its previous order, stands adjourned than the State of Connecticut or any of the interests of New until to-morrow, at 12 o'clock noon. England. Upon the tariff question I considered him one of the best trained and best learned of the statesmen of his day. He did EXECUTIVE COl\IMUNICATIONS. not champion the measures that he favored in the form of the Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV, the following executive com­ advocate, but be looked at the question involved from.the stand­ munications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred point of the statesman. I observed his career at very near the by the Speaker as follows : close of his life, when he presided in the impeachment trial of A. letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a Judge Swayne in the Senate of the United States. It was a copy of a letter from the Secretary of War submitting an esti­ position of high honor to him. The requisites for the place mate of appropriation for relief of the Chesapeake Steamship were great legal learning and high qualities of judicial mind. Company-to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be There were, of course, very able men who appeared in the prose­ printed. cution-some of the -very ablest of the Representatives of this A. letter from the Attorney-General, transmitting a reply to House-and they were advocates in the true sense of the word. the inquiry of the House as to expenditures on account of the ·Various questions arose, some of considerable complication, and Spani!3h Treaty Claims Commission- to the Committee on the in no instance was the ruling of the Presiding Officer negatived Judiciary, and o~dered to be printed. by any considerable -vote of the membership of the Senate. A letter from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, trans~ And when the trial closed, as I was leaving the Senate after mitting a copy of tlle findings filed by the court in the case of the final vote bad been announced, I congratulated the Senator F rancis 1\I. Brabham against ~~be United States-to the Commit­ · upon tile success that be bad bad in presiding in a controversy tee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. of such a bitter character as that was. lie said-and I remem­ A. letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a ber his exact words-" Well, it is something to have the ap­ copy of a letter from the Secretary of War submitting an esti­ proval of both sides, and I seem to have secured that." He was a mate of appropriation for a road from the city of Leavenw-orth man with a judicial mind. He was a fine lawyer and an able one. to Fort Leavenworth-to the Committee on l\lilita1-y Affairs It is an eventful career that brings a man to a notable stand­ and ordered to be printed. ' ing and position in the Senate of the United States. Let car­ pers and critics say what they please, let men who live and REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND breathe and grow fat and disagreeable in the realm of libel and RESOLUTIONS. slander and personal detraction harp upon and criticise the Under clause 2 of Rule XIII, bills and re olutions of the fol­ Senate of the United State , it will always be recognized until a lowing titles were severally reported from committees, delivered migllty change takes place that the Senate of the United States to the Clerk, and referred to the several Calendars therei u is a great body of .great men. It sometimes moves slowly, named, as follows : and we sometimes feel irritated at its course in that bellalf, 1\Ir. CURTIS, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to which but at last when it makes a decision upon a great question of was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 15333) for the·division politics, a great industrial question, a great legal question, the of the lands of the Osage Indians in Oklahoma Territory, re­ opinion of the Senate of the United States in dignity and in ported the same with amendment, accompanied by a report moral effect upon the opinions of the world is second to no body (No. 3219) ; which said bill and report were referred to the of men in the world. Tllerefore, that Senator PLATT should have Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. achieved high rank in the Senate is evidence conclusive that be l\lr. LITTLEFIELD, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to was a man of superior ability and superior attainment. He which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 179-!8) resh·ict­ wa a gentleman who always appreciated the opinions of his ing in certain cases the right of appeal to tbe Supreme Court in opponents. I never lleard him complain of the men be differed habeas corpus proceedings, reported the same without amend­ witll. In the matters of legislation to which I have referred ment, accompanied by a report (No. 3220) ; which said bill and lle stood -with unyielding purpose in favor of certain local inter­ report were referred to the House Calendar. ests of his own State, but be fully appreciated that where the interests of his State collided with and ran against the interests of the great public the minor interests of the State must step REPORTS OF CO:\IMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS AND aside, and it will not be forgotten by some of us who were then RESOLUTIONS. acti'le in tile tariff matters bow gracefully and wisely be yielded Under clause 2 of Rule XIII, private bills and resolution of to the mass of opinion as against the private interests of some the following titles -were severally reported from committees, of his own con tituents. He was a broad-minded statesman, delivered to the Clerk, and referred to the Committee of the a man of unqualified integrity, a man of high attainment in the "Whole House, as follows: walk of life in which be served. Connecticut, a grand old Mr. YQUNG, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to State, historical all along the line of our history, bas bad no which was referred 'the bill of the House (H. R. 11153) to cor­ more fitting representative of her patriotism, her wisdom, her rect the military record of Robert B. Tubbs, reported the same statesmansllip than sbe had in the person of ORTILLE H. PLA~T. with amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 3218); which He carved his name modestly, but ineffaceably upon the records said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. of his country. His work was well done and it was finished. He might have been useful for many years, but be bad earned reward and bas entered into it.. Honor to his name. His PUBLIC BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND 1\IEMORIA.LS. example to the men who knew him and to tlle men who are to Under clause 3 of Rule XXII, bills, resolutions, and memorials come after him was valuable politically, legall_y, and patri­ of the following titles were introduced and severally referred, otically. as follows : · By l\Ir. PARKER: A bill (H. R. 18172) to provide for the 1\Ir. SPERRY. 1\ir. Speaker, the gentleman from Massachu­ purchase of a site and the erection of a public building at setts [ 1r. l\lcCALL] expected to be pre!3ent and address the Orange, N. J.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and House, but wa , unfortunately, called away. There are also Grounds. several other l\lembers who desired to speak on the character, By 1\Ir. STERLING: A bill (H. R. 18173) fixing the salaries life, and services of the late Senator PLATT, but wllo will not of rural carriers and granting an annual leave of absence-to have the opportunity on account of the hour fixed for adjourn­ the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. ment. I therefore ask unanimous consent that 1\Iembers who By Mr. STEVENS of Minnesota : A bill (H. R. 18174) to desire be permitted to print remarks relating to this subject for provide leave of absence for clerks and employees of post•offices the next tbirty days. of the first and second class-to the Committee on the Post­ The SPEAKER _pro tempore (1\ir. DENBY). Without objec- Office and Post-Roads. 1906 .. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-__ HOUSE. 5271

By Mr. LILLEY of Pennsylvania: A resolution (H. Res. 401) Committee on Invalid Pensions discharged, and referred to the directing the Clerk ·of the House to appoint an assistant to the Committee on Pensions. file clerk of the House of Representatives-to the Committee A bill (H. R. 17859) for the relief of the legal representatives on Accounts. of John Derr--Committee on Claims discharged, and referred to By l\fr. GROSVENOR: A memorial requesting an investiga­ the Committee on War Claims. tion of the official conduct of E. G. Rathbone--to the Committee on the Judiciary. PETITIONS, ETC. Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, the following petitions and PRIVATE BILLS Al\TD RESOLUTIONS. papers were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills and resolutions By the SPEAKER: Petition of the Grand Army of the Re- of the following titles were introduced and severally referred public, Headquarters Department of Minnesota, against any law as follows: now or hereafter inimical to the "old soldier" in matters of By Mr. ALEXANDER: A bill (H. R. 18175) granting an in- service under Government-to the Committee on the Judiciary. ~e a e of pension to Jeremiah Van Riper-to the Committee on Also, petition of the Petworth Citizens' Association, for local Invalid Pensions. self-government in the Dish·ict of Columbia-to the Committee By Mr. BENNETT of Kentucky: A bill (H. R. 18176) for on the Judiciary. the relief of C. W. Norris-to the Committee on Claims. Also, joint resolution of the legislature of Ohio, for investi- By l\Ir. BROWNLOW: A bill (H. R. 18177) granting a pen- gation of the official conduct of E. G. Rathbone--to the Com­ sion to Mary Hallenbeck-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. mittee on Insular Affairs. By 1\Ir. BUR'l'ON of Delaware: A bill (H. R. 18178) granting By Mr. ALEXANDER: Petition of Ralston P. Lyman, of a pension to Ida May, Annie P., and Theodore R. Small-to the Buffalo, N. Y., for preservation of Niagara Falls-to the Com- Committee on Invalid Pensions. mittee on Ways and Means. By Mr. CHAPMAN: A bill (H. R. 18179) granting an increase By 1\Ir. ALLEN of Maine: Petition of Amelia Wight Bangs of pension to William G. Baity-to the Committee on Invalid and 20 others, for preservation of Niagara Falls-to the Com- Pensions. mittee on River and Harbors. AI o, a bill (H. R. 18180) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. BENNETT of Kentucky: Paper to accompany bill for Martin Hart-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. relief of C. W. Norris-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 18181) gra.pting an increase of pension to Also, paper to accompany bill for relief of Charles w. Jacob Lloyd Curry-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Brocken-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 18182) granting an increase of pension to Also, paper to accompany bill for relief of 1\Iary 1\IcFarlane-- Denjamin F. Woodward-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 18183) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. BURLEIGH: Petition of the Norridgewock Gazette ,William A. Graves-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. against the tariff on linotype machines-to the Committee o~ By l\Ir. DALE: A bill (H. R. 18184) granting an increase of Ways and Means. pen ion to John J. Howells-to the Committee on Invalid Pen- By Mr. BURTON of Delaware: Petition of Sophie C. Hall sions. et al., for relief of the landless Indians of northern California- By ~~r. DICKSON of Illinois: A bill (H. R. 18185). granting to the Committee on Indian Affairs. an increase of pension to William H. Hyden-to the Committee Also, paper to accompany bill for relief of Wilti:lm B. Small- on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. AI o, a bill (H. R. 18186) granting an increase of pension to Also, petition of George A. Wilson et ai., for the Gardner bill Sarah H. Jones-t<;, the Committee on Pensions. favoring restriction of immigration-to the Committee on Im- By Mr. DOVENER: A bill (H. R. 18187) granting an increase migration and Naturalization. of pen ion to William E. Corm-veil-to the Committee on Invalid By Mr. COOPER of Pennsylvania: Petition of citizens of Pensions. Pennsylvania, for immediate consideration of the Gardner bill By l\fr. EDWARDS: A bill (H. R. 18188) granting an in- favoring restriction of immigration-to the Committee on Im-· rrea e of pension to David D. Guthrie--to the Committee on migration and Naturalization. Pensions. Also, petition of the Somerset Union, of Somerset, Pa., for a Al~o. a bill (H. R. 18189) for the relief of the heir-s of James constitutional amendment abolishing polygamy-to the Commit­ Brandenburgh, deceased, of Buck Creek, Owsley County, Ky.- tee on the Judiciary. to the ommittee on War Claims. Also, petition of Camp Hawkins, No. 1, and Camp Walter E. By Mr. FLACK: A bill (H. R. 18190) granting an increase of Brown, No. 4, Army of the Philippines, and the Veteran Asso­ p~n ion to Edward Baker-to the Committee on Invalid Pen- ciation of the Tenth Pennsylvania Infantry, for medals of honor 510n . for soldiers of the Philippine service--to the Committee on l\fili- By 1\Ir. HALE : A bill (H. R. 18191) granting an increase of tary Affairs. pen. ion to Benjamin St. Clair-to the Committee on Invalid Also, petition of the Union Farmers' Club, against free seeds- Pensions. to the Committee on Agriculture. By Mr. KENNEDY of Nebraska: A bill (H. R. 18192) grant- By Mr. DOVENER: Paper to accompany bill for relief of lng an increa1:1e of pension to l\Iary A. Peterson-to the Com- John E. Reese--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. mittee on Invalid Pensions. 1 By Mr. FLACK : Paper to accompany bill for relief of Edward By l\Ir. KLEPPER: A bill (H. R. 18193) granting an increase Baker-to the Committ~e. on Invalid Pensions. ..- of pen ion to Walden Kelly-to the Committee on Invalid Pen- By Mr. FLOYD: Petition of S. '\y. Peel, for services relative sions. to the Choctaw Nation of Indians-to the Committee on Indian By Mr. MANN: A bill (H. R. 18194) for the relief of Lena Affairs. R. McCauley-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. GIL~: Pe~ition of Society of Christian Endeavor of By l\Ir. STANLEY: A bill (H. R. 18105) granting a pension 1 Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, Baltimore, against liquor to Zachary Brooks-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. selling in S-oldiers' Homes, etc.-to the Committee on Alcoholic By l\lr. STERLING: A bill (H. R. 18196) granting an in- Liquor Traffic. crease of pension to John H. Watson-to the Committee on By Mr. G~LETT of Massachusetts: Petition of E. l\I. Lyman Invalid Pensions. & Son, of Sp:m~fiel~, !dass., against distribution of seeds by the By l\Ir. THOMAS of North Carolina: A bill (H. R. 18197) Government mdiscrumnately-to the Committee on Agriculture. for the relief of the Hood Swamp Baptist Church and the By l\Ir. HOWELL of New Jersey: Petition of the John E. Union Baptist Association-to the Committee on War Claims. Diament Company, for certain modifications of the pure-food bill-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. !JOWELL o_f Utah: Petition of L. Dahlquest, of Salt CHAN-GE OF REFERENCE; Lake, agamst the tariff on linotype machines-to the Commit­ Under clause 2 of Rule XXII, committees were discharged tee on Ways and l\Ieans. from the consideration of bills of the following titles; which , By l\Ir. JENKINS : Petition of citizens of Reeve, Wis. were thereupon referred as follows : against religious legislation in the District of Columbia-to th~ A bill (H. R. 15154) granting a pension to James Cannon­ Committee on the District of Columbia. Committee on Invalid Pensions discharged, and referred to the By l\fr. KENNEDY of Ohio : Petition of citizens of Ohio, for Committee on Pensions. the Gardner bill, favoring restriction of immigration-to the A bill (H. R. 15523) granting a pension to Jose :N. Tucero-­ Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. Committee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the Commit­ By Mr. LIJ\TDSAY: Petition of Michael Houlahan for :i tee on Invalid Pensions. statue to Commodore John Barry-to the Committee o~ Naval A bill (H. R. 17778) granting a pension to Louisa J. Arey_- Affairs. 5272 c-ONGRESSIONAL RECORD--:-1IOUSE. , .APRIL.15,

· ·Also, petition of .the American Reciprocal Tariff League, for Mr. McKINNEY. l\I.r. Speaker, I offer the following resolu­ an advi ory commission of economic experts to consider the tions and move their adoption : - tariff-to the Committee on Ways and Means. · . The Clerk read as follows : By lUr. LITTLEFIELD: Petition of Seaside Grange, No. 171, Resolved, That in pursuance of the special order heretofore adopted, of Bristol, Me.; Sweden Grange, No. 134; ·Clarence E. Jones, the Honse now pt·oceed · to pay tribute to the memory of Hon. BENJ A.­ MIN F. liL\.RsH, late a Member of this House ft•om the State of Illinois. and George A. Hm;ton, for repeal of revenue tax on denaturized Resolved, That as a special mark of respect to the memory of the alcohol-to the Committee on Ways and Means. deceased, and in recognition of his distinguish:ed public car·eer, the By 1\Ir. LONGWORTH: Petition- of 1\Irs. C. R. Stewart et al., House at the conclusion of the exercises to-day shall stand udjoul'Ded. for a law to keep liquor out of Indian Territory-to the Com­ se:::~.l ved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to ~he mittee on the Territories. Resolved, That the Clerk send a copy -of these resolutions to the By Mr. LOUDENSLAGER: Petition of citizens of Camden family of the deceased. County and Cape May County, N. J., for consideration of the The resolutions were considered, and unanimously agreed to. Gardner bill favoring restriction of immigration-to the Com­ Mr. McKINNEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that mittee on Immigration and Naturalization. leave be granted for Members to print remarks relating to By l\1r. MAHON: Petition of A. H. Horst et al., for considera­ these exercises for ten days. - tion of the Gardner bill favoring restriction of immigration­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the request to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. will be granted. By 1\Ir. MANN: Paper to accompany bill for relief of James There was nChicago, 1\fr. l\IcKINNEY. Mr. Speaker, it was my sad duty on the Ill., for a law favorable to improved orthoepy and orthog- first day of this session to give formal notice of the death of raphy-to the Committee on Education. j the late BENJAMIN F. MARSH, for many years a distinguished By l\lr. RYAN: Petition of Ralston P. Lyman et al., of Buf­ member of this House from Illinois, and to state that at another falo, for preservation of Niagara Falls-to the Committee on I time I would ask that a day be set apart for the proper consid­ Rivers and Harbors. ' eration of his life, character, and valuable public services. By Mr. SCOTT : . Petition of citizens of Kansas, against relig- On l\larch 7, by special order, this day was selected for these ious legislation in the District of Columbia-to the Committee memorial exercises, and we .have assembled this afternoon to on the District of Columbia. pay a last tribute of respect to one who bravely and honorably By Mr. STANLEY of Kentucky : Petition of citizens of Ken­ met his responsibilities and who left behind him the record of tucky, for repeal of the duty on wood _pulp-to the Committee a noble and patriotic life. ' on Ways and l\1eans. I shall not undertake, in tlle brief time I shall occupy, an By Mr. STEVENS of Minnesota: Petition of the Grand Army extended review of his career, and, indeed, that would seem un­ of the Republic, Headquarters D-8partment of Minnesota, against necessary, as in a larger measure than comes to most men the any age law, now or hereafter, inimical to soldiers' service in record of his deeds is written in the history of his country. Government office on account of age-to the Committee on the I shall, howeyer, refer to the more important events of his Judiciary. busy life, and to those circumstances which molded and directed Also, petition of the Grand Army of the Republic, Headqunr­ his course and finally fitted him for a rare and splendid citi­ ters Department of Minnesota, for a law to give every soldier's zenship. widow $12 per month-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. BENJAMIN FRA KLIN MARsH was born in Wythe Township, By Mr. THOl\IAS of North Carolina : Paper to accompany bill Hancock County, Ill., on November 19, 1835. His eru·ly years for relief of H ood Swamp Baptist Church, Wayne County, were passed upon a farm, where he acquired the rudiments of N. C.-to the Committee on War Claims. llis education in the local schools. During a simple, frugal · By 1\Ir. VAN WINKLE : Petition of citizens of the Ninth Con­ boyhood, amid wholesome surroundings, was laid the foundation gressional district of New Jersey, favoring restriction of immi­ of his strong and rugged character. In those formative years gration-to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. he acquired an interest in rural life and rural pursuits which By Mr. WEEMS : Paper to accompany bill for relief of An­ never ceased, but rather strengthened with increasing years. drew Crawl-to the Committee on Military Affairs. When the shadows bad begun . to lengthen, when burdens grew heavy and hard to bear, no days were so happy as those spent upon the farm where he was born; and the old home­ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. stead, so fruitful of cherished memories, remained his dearest possession until the final summons came.' . SuNDAY, April15, 1906. When 14 years of age his father sent him to Jubilee College, located near Peo\·ia, where for four years, under the wise di­ The House as called to order at 12 o'clock noon by the Clerk, rection of Bishop Chase, he diligently and faithfully pursued Hon. ALEXA_ DER McDowELL, who read the following communi­ his studies. He labored enrnestly to prepare himself for the cation from the Speaker: obligations and responsibiJ lties which even then he realized APRIL 15, 1906. · I hereby designate Hon. J. WARREN KEIFER to act as Speaker pro manhood would impose upon him. tempm·e for this day. His college course finished, he took up the study of law in .J. G. CANl•ION. the office of his brother, Judge J. W. l\Iarsh, at Warsaw, Thereupon l\fr. KEIFER took the chair as Speaker pro tempore. being admitted to the bar in 1860, and afterwards associated The Chaplain, Rev. HENBY N. CouDEN, D. D., offered the fol­ with his brother in active practice. lowing prayer: During the same year, in flattering recognition of his talent, Eternal God, our heavenly F ather, we thank Thee for all the he was nominated as Republican candidate for States attorney reyelations Thou hast made of Thyself which enable us to inter­ for the counties of Hancock and Adam , but the district being pret life, especially for that light which broke in splendor upon largely Democratic, he failed of election. the world nineteen hundred years ago in the resurrection· of And ·now while upon the very threshold of a cherished pro­ Thy Son, Jesus Christ, demonstrating the immortality of the fes ional career, with the future seemingly assured, and suc­ soul and the unbroken continuity of life. Help us, we' beseech cess almost within his grasp, there came to him that summons Thee, so to live that each day shall be a preparation for tbe which throughout his life proved irresistible and imperative­ next, so that when we are called to the higher life we shall be the call of duty. And when it came he did not deliberate, he prepared for whatever awaits us there. did not hesitate nor count tlle cost. Danger threatened his We realize the fitness of this service here to-day in memory country, brave men were needed, and personal interests were of one who sen-ed with distinction for many years upon the forgotten. At the first clash of arms he promptly tendered floor of this House A scholar, a statesman, a brave and gallant to the governor of Illinois a company of mounted men, but soldier, clear in his conceptions, pure in his motives, true to his · cavalry not being included in the first call for troops the offer convictions, he seHed his people, his .State, and nation with was declined. -honor and integrity, and leaves behind him a record worthy of Being eager to go to the front, on l\Iay 24, 18G1, he was mus­ emulation, and may the memory of his faithful service quicken tered into service as second lieutenant of Company D, Six­ us to nobler life and activity. In Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. teenth plinois Infantry, and the same day was made quarter­ The J ournal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and master of the regiment. approved. On July 4, 1861, while serving witll his regiment in lUi souri, The SPEA.KER pro tempore. Tllis day's proceedings have a telegram came from the governor stating his former tender been set aside especially for memorial addresses in honor of of mounted troops would n ow be acc~pted . He returned at the late BENJAMIN F.- 1\lABsH, a Representative in Congress once to Warsaw, recruited the company, and on _ ,1gust 12, and. a l\Iember-elect of the Fifty.-ninth Congress. 1861, again entered the service as captain of Company G, Sec-