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servant to -higher service, he that had trained himself for such HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. . service here. And now we ask Thee in Thine own holy spirit to quicken our spirits that we may not be afraid of the end; THURSDAY, March 5, 1908. . that we may accept in Thine infinite providence what Thou The House met at 12 o'clock noon. hast prepared for us beyond this line of earthly life; that day The Chaplain, Rev. HENRY N. CouDEN, D. D., offered the fol­ by day and hour by hour we may come nearer to Thee ; and lowing prayer : that we may open our eyes to see that larger and better world, We thank Thee, our Father in heaven, for that deep and and that wider life for which Thou hast prepared us. abiding faith which Thou hast made an integral part of our Father, we thank Thee for the memories of such a life. We being and which under all the strange vicissitudes of life thank Thee for the service that he has rendered to this land. holds us close to Thee and which enables us with courage and And we ask Thee to go with us, to go with all these who hear fortitude to go forward to the daily tasks which come to us with sorrow of his death, as Thine own children. Amen. without fear, since Thou art infinite in wisdom, power, and Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy goodness. Thou hast laid a heavy hand upon us in the removal kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is done in of a public servant, whose strong mind and pure heart made hea-ven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our him conspicuous in the affairs of state and nation. His work trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead was of the highest order, his counsels wise and just; he will us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is live in the hearts of his countrymen for what he was and for the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. A!nen. what he did, and be an inspiration to those who shall come THE JOURNAL. after him. The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of yesterday's Comfort, we beseech Thee, the hearts of his colleagues and proceedings; when, on request of Mr. DILLINGHAM, and by friends and those to whom he was nearest and dearest' by the unanimous consent, the further reading was dispensed with. ties of kinship with the blessed hope of the iminortality of the The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Journal stands .approved. soul, and teach us all so to live that when our days are num­ bered we may pass serenely on to that larger life in Thee. . . DEATH OF SENATOR REDFIELD PROCTOR. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Mr. DILLINGIIAM. Mr. President, it is with profound sor­ The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and row that I announce to the Senate the death of Hon. REDFIELD approved. PROCTOR, late a Senator from Vermont, which occurred at his PRINTING AND BINDING FOR COMMITTEE ON LABOR. apartments in this city last evening shortly before 5 o'clock, Mr. GARDNER of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani­ after an illness of less than a week. While it was known that mous consent for the immediate consideration of the following the nature of his illness was serious, yet his condition was not resolution, which I send to the Clerk's desk. considered critical until Tuesday evening, and therefore the The Clerk read as follows : announcement comes with a shock as well as with a sense of grief to all his friends and associates. Resolution 283. Resolved, That the Committee on Labor be authorized to have At some future time, and on an occasion appointed for that printed and bound whatever papers and documents in connection with purpose, I hope to join with other friends of Senator PROCTOR subjects under consideration by the committee may be necessary to in this body in paying to his memory that tribute of affection, the transaction of its business. confidence, and esteem which I know is felt by all, and to The SPEAKER. Is there objection 7 [After a pause.] The speak fi>om a personal knowledge of what I conceive to be a Chair hears none. remarkable life, one marked by great accomplishments. The resolution was agreed to. Senator PROCTOR was a man of strong powers. He possessed WILLIAM POOR. keen judgment, an indomitable courage, and an energy that never lagged. His life was one of achievement along all the 1\Ir. SULLOWAY. 1\Ir. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to lines toward which his energies were directed, but however take from the Speaker's table the bill H. R. 598 and concur in great these achievements have been, they never narrowed his the Senate amendments. sympathies nor affected his friendships. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New Hampshire asks He loved his State. He loved her people. His State loved unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill him, trusted him, and honored him. To-day Vermont mourns with Senate ·amendments, which the Clerk will report. the loss of her distinguished son. The Clerk read as follows : In order that the Senate may give expression to the feeling A bill (H. R. 598) granting an increase of pension to William Poor. which I feel sure is entertained by all his associates, I ask for The Senate amendments were read. the immediate consideration and adoption of the following The SPEAKER. Is there objection! [After a pause.] The resolutions: · Chair hears none. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Senator from Vermont asks The amendments were agreed to. for the present consideration of resolutions which will be read CHANGE OF REFERENCE. by the Secretary. By unanimous consent the Committee on War Claims was The resolutions w.ere read and unanimously agreed to, as discharged from the further consideration of the bill ( S. 384 ) follows: for the relief of James A. Russell, and the same was referred R es olved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow of the to the Committee on Claims. death of the Hon. REDFIELD PRocTOR, late a Senator from the State of Vermont. PRINTING AND BINDING FOR COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURES IN THE Resolved, That a committee of seven Senators be appointed by the INTERIOR DEPART ME NT. Presiding Officer to take order for arranging the funeral of Mr. PROCTOR. 1\Ir. HAUGEN. 1\fr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for R esolved, That as a further mark of respect his remains be removed the immediate consideration of the following resolution. from Washington to Proctor, Vt., for burial in char~e. of the Sergeant­ at-Arms, attended by the committee, who shall have rru.l power to carry The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the same. these resolutions into effect. The Clerk read as follows: Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these proceedings to the Resolved, That the Committee on Elxpenditures in the Interior De­ House of Representatives and request the House to appoint · a com­ partment is hereby authorized to have such printing and binding done mittee to act with the committee of the Senate. as may be required in the transaction of its business during the Sixtieth Congress; also that the committee be authorized to sit during the ses­ The VICE-PRESIDENT appointed as members of the commit­ sions of the House. tee under the second resolution 1\fr. DILLINGHAM, Mr. D ANIEL, • The SPEAKER. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The Mr. GALLINGER, Mr. PERKINS, Mr. TALIAFERRO, Mr. OVERMAN, Chair hears none. and Mr. HEMENWAY. The resolution was agreed to. Mr. DILLINGHAM. Mr. President, I offer the following resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. PRINTING AND BINDING FOR COMMITTEE ON COINAGE, WEIGHTS, AND The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Senator from Vermont pro­ - MEASlTRES. - poses an additional resolution, which will be read. Mr. 1\IcKil\"DEY of Illinois. 1\Ir. Speaker, I ask unanimous The Secretary read the resolution, as follows: consent for the present consideration of the following resolu­ Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the tion, which I send to the Clerk's desk. deceased Senator the Senate do now adjourn. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the resolution. The resolution was Ull.:'lnimously agreed to, and (at 12 o'clock The Clerk read as follows: Resoh:ed, That the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures be and 8 minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, allowed to have such printing and binding done as is necessary 1n the ·Friday, March 6, 1908, at 12 o'clock meridian. transaction of its business during the Sixtieth Congress. •

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Th.e SPEAKER. Is ther~ objection? {After a pause.] The paid in prohibition States, then there would be no punish~ent for not paying the tax in prohibition territory, and the object that I believe Chair hears none. you have in view .would not be accompli-shed. Again, I do not believe The resolution was agreed to. • it would be constitutional to pass a bill tbat levied a tax on one por­ tion of the United States and did not make it uniform throughout the DRIDGE ACROSS COOSA RIVER, ALABAMA, country. Last winter a subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee of The SPEAKER. The Chair lays before the House the fol­ the House of Representatives, of which · I was a member, had before · lowing House bill with Senate amendments, which the Clerk it a number of bills on this question. Amongst them was a bill pre­ ' will~~ . · venting the issuance of S(lecial-tax stamps to retail and wholesale dealers in liquors in prohibition districts; also a bill by Mr. HUMPHREYS of Mis­ The Clerk read as follows : si sippi to amend the internal-revenue laws so as to provide for publicity A bill (H. R. 13102) to authorize the county of Elmore, Ala., to con­ of its records. We had hearings on these various bills, and among struct a bridge across the Coosa River, Alabama. those who appeared before our committee in reference to them was Rev. Edw. S. Dinwiddie, legislative superintendent of the Antisaloon The Senate amendments "ere read. League of America, whose post-office address is Washington, D. C. Mr. 1\Ir. HEFLIN. Mr. Speaker, I move to concur in the Senate Dinwiddie made the following statement: "A great many people have employed the word 'license ' to describe amendments. . the tax which the Federal Government requires from retail liquor deal­ The amendments were agreed to. ers. It is true that this language was used in the original act and 1\Ir. UNDERWOOD. 1\fr. Speaker, many of the States in the often in the debates when the law was passed, over forty years ago, and the word has sometimes been used even in the various Supreme Union have adopted laws prohibiting the sale of intoxicating Court decisions which have, at the same tiine, held that the license liquors, which is a proper subject of police regulation, and in confers no authority to sell intoxicating liquors. 'A license,' accord­ other States, under local option, many counties are dry. These ing to Bouvier's definition, in his law dictionary, 'is a grant by some competent authority to do an act which, without such authorization, laws are passed tmder the police powers of the Sta,tes, and would be 1llegal.' should be enforced when the sentiment of the people in these "As I understand it, the nited States Government neither author­ -states and communities has declared that it is in the interest of izes a man to sell liquor in any of the States, nor coqld it·do so by any specific enactment fur that purpose. The regulatwn of the liquor order and good morals that intoxicating liquors should not be traffic within the States has been universally held to be under the police sald. You can not have prohibition in any State or community pow~ r·s of the State, and, in addition to this constitutional fact, the when intoxicating liquors can be shipped from a wet State into act itself specifically says: 'The 1Jayment of any tax imposed by the internal-revenue laws for carrying on any trade or business shall not be a dry one; you merely substitute the jug trade for . the open held to exempt any person from any penalty or punishment provided by saloon, and though the jug trade may not be as injurious to the laws of any State for carrying on the same with,in such State, or good morals and good order as the uncontrolled sale of liquor, in any manner to authorize the commencement or continuanc~ of such trade or business contrary to the laws of such State or in places pro­ yet the temperance sentiment of these communities, as expressed hibited by municipal law; nor shall the payment of any such tax be by the people, is then overthrown and not enforced and many held to prohibit any State from placing a duty or tax on the same trade of the evils of intemperance still exist. or business, for State or other purposes.' "The following decision of the Treasury Department, recorded in The jug trade exists by reason of the commerce clause of the volume 2 of the Treasury Decisions, ·1899, .rJo: 21851, clearly indicates Constitution of the United States, which prevents the States the view of the Department, as well as the judgment" of the courts, that from interfering with interstate commerce. The Congress, and the payment of tbe United States special tax and the possession of the tax receipt for $~u does not confer any authority whatever upon the the Congres only, can remedy this evil. It has the power to pre­ possessor to sell liquor contrary to State law. This decision reads as vent the use of the mails for the purpose of advertising the sale follows : ' Persons who indulge in the sale of alcoholic liquors, even of intoxicating liquors in prohibition territory. I believe that though such l>usiness is a violation of the laws of their State, are, nevertheless, required to pay the special tax under the internal-revenue for the same reasons that Congre s prohibited the use of the laws of the United States. The stamp, however, issued to them is not mails to the lotteries of the country it should prohibit the nse a license, and does not protect them from prosecution, conviction, and sentence undet· the State law.' of the mails to advertise the sale of intoxicating liquors in dry " Fmther, this statement of the nonconferring of authority to sell States, and hope that such a law will be enacted at this liquor by the Pederal Government is print~d in red ink across the face ~gr~ . of this special $25 tax receipt. As I understand it, the position of the Fedeml .Government is simply that if a man sells liquor at retail any­ I have always favored the enactment of laws by Congress where throughout the United States he is required to pay '25 to the that will prevent the commerce clause of the Constitution being Federal Government as revenue. The Federal Government is not, and, used as a shield to allow the liquor interests in a wet State to of course, can not be, charged with the enforcement of State or local legislation. but when we consider the nature of our dual Government defeat the will of the people declared for temperance in a dry and tbe attitude of the States., particularly with reference thereto, it is State, and hope that the Republican party, in its conh·ol of the not askinJ too much, indeed, it is .only asking a fair and proper thing- legislation of this Congt'ess, will no longer block the way to the that the Federal Government should do nothing by legislation or regu­ lations of its Departments to embarrass and thwart the States in the passage of the bills intended to relieve this situation, but will exercise of their police powers, because of the acknowledged dcle~ated allow the same to be reported to the House, where we can have powers of Congress to raise revenue upon one hand and regulate mter- a fair vote on them. · statc commerce upon another. " It should be borne in mind that under the old Confederation the Some time ago I wrote a letter expressing my views on this tates bad absolutely ple:.1ary powe1·s over all these subjects. The in­ question, which I send to the desk and ask the Clerk to read. tention was not to nave the States or the citizens of the States J.>laced The Clerk read as follows : in a position wbex·e their reserved police powers would be senously HOUSE OF REPRESEXTA'£1VESJ crippled because of their dele~ation to Congress of certain other powers Washington} December 11J 1907. simply in order to secure umformity of operation in matters of purely national concern. What we contend for, and what is reasonable to Rev. J. M. MASO)!J expect between the Federal and State governntents in matters of this Secretary Alabama Oonfet·ence Met7wdist - kind, is what Mr. Justice Johnson in his concurring opinion in the Episcopal Ohttrch SouthJ EttfattlaJ Ala. Gibbons t'. Ogden case, referring to the difficulty in drawing the line l\IY DEAR SrR : Your favor, conveying the resolutions passed by the between the police powers of the State govemments and the commer­ conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, petitioning the cial powers of the Federal, called 'A frank and candid cooperation for Representatives in Congress from Alabama to enact such laws as may the general good.' . be necessary to prevent the introduction of intoxicating liquors into " In the next place, it seems that many of our friends who advocate prohibition States and to prevent the issuance of internal-revenue the passage of the law to actually f_orb1d the issuance of special-tax licenses in such States, is received. receipts in prohibition territory do so upon the supposition that if the I believe that the regulation or prohibition of the sale of liquor is parties then continue to sell intoxicating liquors without having paid a police power, and the control of it is vested in the State govern­ the tax, the Fedel'al Government will come m and assist the State in ments, and not in the National Government; but, on account of the exercising its police powers by proceeding against such parties for commerce clause in the Federal Constitution, unless the Federal Gov­ selling without paying this tax and possessing this ta.x receipt. In ernment aids the State government in enforcing its police regulations other words, by one law the United States Government is to forbid its in reference to the sale of liquor, the States can not prevent the in· officers to receive this special tax and issue its receipt therefor to ap­ troduction of liquor into prohibition tenitory. I am now and always plicants proposing to retail liquors in tetTitory in which ,the sale of have been in favor of enacting the necessary legislation in Congress intoxicating liquors is prohibited by State or municipal law, and by to enable the States to enforce their own laws. , another Federal law such an uppticant is to be prosecuted by the In the Fifty-seventh Congress, some six years ago, a bill was re­ United States Government for sellmg such liquor without having. paid ported to the House by my colleague from Alabama [Mr. CLAYTO)!), this special tax and possessing the receipt therefor. known as the "Hepburn-Dolliver bill," the effect of which was to prevent "I may be in en·or about this. but it does not appear to me that the tbe introduction of liquor from a wet State into a dx·y State. I voted Federal Government will place itself in an attitude of criminally pros­ for this bill along with my other colleagues from Alabama. The bill ecuting a man for failure to pay a tax and _possessing a receipt therefor passed the House and went to the Senate, where it died. In the next which the officers of the Government itself are forbidden, by another Congress a similar bill was again repol'ted by [Mr. CLAYTO~] from the Federal Statute, to receive and issue, re pectively. I have serious Judiciary' Committee of the House, but it was never reached on the Cal­ doubts as to whether it would be possible to convict a man under con­ endar. In the last Congress, the Fifty-ninth, a bill was reported in the ditions just named. second session, but was not ·acted upon by the House. I am in favor " I may be further in error, but I incline strongly to the belief that of a bill as above described, and should one come up for consideration by what is needed to remedy the admitted evils of the present situation the House I will vote for it and do wbat I can to aid in its passage. throughout our States in connection with the issuance of the special Referring to your second question, to wit, a bill to prevent the tax rPceipts is not Federal legislation to prohibit their issuance in issuance of revenue liquox· licenses in prohibition States, I think the prohihition territory so much as a Federal mandate to the proper in­ conference has mistaken the correct remedy in this matter. The United ternal-revenue officers to furnish a certified list of those paying the States Government does not license the right to sell 1iquor, and has special tax in certain districts as may be called for by proper State or not any power to license its sale. It merely taxes liquor when it is local officers. * * * · sold. Liquor is not sold in prohibition States by reason of a Federal " I may say, in conclusion, that I believe the vast majority of the license. The Federal Government merely punishes those who sell with­ church and moral forces which I have the honor to represent would out p.aying the tax. Should we repeal the law r equiring a tax to be prefer that the Federal Government received no revenue from the liquor XLII--185 •

294o CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MARCH 1);_ traffic, believing that it would expedite our contest against the liquor in the State of Pennsylvania by the Liberty Bridge Company," ap­ traffic; but until this is done we incline to believe that the certified list proved March 2, 1907, be, and is hereby, amended to read as follows: which I have mentioned will probably more fully answer the require­ " SEc. 2. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction ments of the States in their endeavor to enforce police regulations than of the bridge herein authorized be. not commenced within one year and any other method. They can ferret out violators of the law in this completed within three years from March 15, 1908." way through the records of the revenue department as they would not be able to do were a measure to pass aiming at the entire prohibition The SPElA.KER. Is there objection? - [After a pause.] The of the issuance of such tax receipts in prohibition territory." Chair hears none. · From these statements you will see that the representative of the American Antisaloon League did not favor a bill prohibiting the pay­ The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; ment of tax for the sale of liquor in prohibition territory, because he be­ and being engrossed, was read the third time and passed. lieved such a bill would prevent the United States Government from prose­ MANEUVERING GROUND. cuting those who sold liquor without paying the tax in that territory. On the other hand, the committee believed that the evil growing out Mr. MONDELL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that of the issuance of the Government tax was due to the fact that the rules the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union be of the Treasury Department prevented the collectors of internal rev­ enue from giving the names of those who paid the tax. Having this discharged from the further consideration of the bill S. 5155, in view, the committee recommended the passage of the following bill: and that it be considered at this time. "Public, No. 263. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Wyoming asks unani­ "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the mous consent that the Committee of the Whole Hou·se on the Uni t ed States of A.me1·ica in Cong1·ess assembled, That chapter 3 of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and hereby is, amended in state of the Union be discharged from the further consideration section 3240 so as to read : of the bill .S. 5155, and that the same be considered in the " SEC. 3240. Each collector of internal revenue shall, under regula­ House as in Committee of the Whole. The Clerk will report tions of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, place and keep con­ the bill. spicuously in his otfice for public inspection an alphabetical list of the names of all persons who shall have paid special taxes within his The Clerk read as follows: district and shall state thereon the time, place, and business for Be it enacted, etc., That whenever the Secretary of War shall deem which such special taxes shall be paid, and upon application of any the acquisition of lands in private ownership necessary for the enlarge­ prosecuting officer of any State, county, or municipality he shall fur­ ment of the military maneuvering grounds for the United States Army nish a certified copy thereof as of a public record, for which a fee of and National Guard within the reservation known as the Crow Creek $1 for each 100 words or fraction thereof in the copy or copies so National Forest, he may certify to the Secretary of the Interior the requested may be charged. description of such specific tract or tracts of land as he may deem nec­ "Approved, .June 21, 1906." essary for such purpose, and the Secretary of the Interior· may there­ I favored this bill, and it was passed: it became a law, and is now upon, with the approval of the President, exchange therefor an equal on the statute books. The report of the committee, in favoring the area of any of the unoccupied, nonmineral, untimbered public land sub­ passage of the bill, was as follows : ject to entry within the State of Wyoming. " The Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the following bills : H". R. 4533, by Mr. HUMPH.REYS ; H. R. 4452, by Mr. The SPEAKER. Is there objection? LITTLE ; H. R. 8104, by Mr. CLARK of Florida; H. R. 6014, by Mr. Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, BOWIE, and H. R. 8465, by Mr. BowiE, having had them under con-. sideration, beg leave to report a substitute. Section 3240 of the Re­ has this been to a committee of the House? vised Statutes reads as follows : Mr. ~101\TDELL. This bill was reported unanimously by the " ' SEC. 3240. Each collector of internal revenue shall, under regula­ Committee on 1\Iilitary Affairs. tions of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, keep and place con­ spicuously in his office an alphabetical list of the names of all persons Mr. WILLIAMS. Of the House? who shall have paid special taxes within his district, m1d shall state Mr. MO~"TIELL. Of the House. Last year a similar bill, in­ thereon the time, place, and business for which such special tax bas cluding a larger area, was reported from the Committee on the been paid.' "A regulation of the Treasury Department in language is as follows : Public Lands. I have also brought the bill to the attention of " ' Collectors are hereby prohibited from giving out any special tax the Committee on the Public Lands, as it involves the action of records or any copies thereof to private persons or to local officers or the military on one side and of the Department of the Interior to produce such records or copies thereof in a State court, whether in answer to subpcenas duces tecum or otherwise. Whenever such sub­ on the other, so that it has the approval of the two committees. pcenas shall have been served upon them, they will appear in court and Mr. 'VILLIAMS. It has been to the Committee on Military answer thereto and respectfully decline to produce the records called Affairs of this session? for, on the ground of being prohibited therefrom by the regulations of this Department.' , l\lr. MONDELL. And reported by them. "The law and Treasury regulations being as just recited, it is con­ 1\fr. WILLIAMS. Unanimously? tended that violators of the local law in prohibition districts are en­ Mr. .l.\101\TDELL. Unanimously, so far as I h.-now. abled to escape conviction and punishment because of the difficulty of procuring evidence against them, and that one of the difficulties in Mr. HULL of Iowa. I will say to the gentleman that last the way is the cited Treasury regulation. year a similar bill involving all reservations was reported from " Ther·e does not seem to yom· committee to be any goo1 and suffi­ the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and those of cient reason why collectors in revenue districts should not furnish certified copies of the lists on view in their office for such uses as they the Committee on Military .Affairs who at that time inspected may be· put to. They have therefore reported the accompanying bill the bill or investigated the subject were opposed to passing a in lieu of those recited at the beginning of this report.'' general law authorizing it anywhere. They believed if it was From the above statement you will see that my .position is now, and always has been, in favor of the Congress passing such laws as will proposed to do it in any particular place it ought to stand on its enable the State to enforce its laws in reference to the regulation of own merits. In this case the railroads have been granted each the liquor traffic. alternate section. They are now within a reservation of the Very truly, yours, 0. W. UNDERWOOD. United States. They are willing to exchange the sections that 1\Ir. Speaker, the )etter just read expresses my views on the have been given to them for others outside of the reservation, of subject. I will not now detain the House with an extended the same character of land, no better, no worse, as I understand debate. I merely wish to call attention to the crying need of it, and the Committee on Military Affairs believed it would be a legislation along these lines, that the will of the people in favor good thing to get the control of all the "land within the reserva­ of temperance in the several States may be fairly and hon­ tion that is now established by the Government. estly enforced, and the right of local self-government may be­ Mr. PAYNE. It is necessary for the enlargement of this­ come a fact and not be a me1·e figure of speech. Mr. HULL of Iowa. I do not understand it is absolutely nec­ POST-OFFICE APPROPRIA'l.'ION BILL. essary for that, but in firing artillery and all that the private 1\Ir. OVERSTREET. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent lands are discommoded. And it aids largely in caring for the that the time for general debate upon. the post-office appropria­ water supply for the Post D. A. Russell and for the city of tion bill heretofore agreed to for to-day may be given on Tues­ Cheyenne. day next in lieu of to-day, which would mean that the general Mr. MONDELL. I will say to the gentleman that it does not debat-e on Tuesday would continue at least two hours and thirty enlarge the exterior bounQ.aries of the reservation at all. It minutes or three hours, preceding 3 o'clock, and that at 3 sin1ply eliminates from the present boundary the private lands. o'clock on Tuesday the reading of the bill be begun. Mr. PAYNE. Of course the Government always gets the The SPEAKER. Is there objection? worst of it when it exchanges land. There was no objection. l\lr. MONDELL. These lands are partially timbered, and the BRIDGE ACROSS MONONGAHELA RIVER. lands that are to be taken are tintimbered. · Mr. DALZELL. l\fr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for The SPEAKER. Is there objection? the present consideration of the bill which I send to the Clerk's There was no objection. desk. · The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Pennsylvania asks third time, and passed. unanimous consent for the present consideration of the bill REPRINT OF BILLS. which the Clerk will report. Mr. SULZER. Mr. Speaker, I will ask unanimous consent The Clerk read as follows: for the reprint of the bill H. R. 17300, entitled "A bill to estab­ A bill (H. R. 16749) to amend an act entitled '"'An act to authorize the lish a Department of Labor," and the bill H. R. 40 , entitled "A construction of a bridge across the Monongahela River in the State bill to create a Department of Transportation." The supply of of Pennsylvania by the Liberty Bridge Company," approved March 2, 1907. these bills has become exhausted. Be it enacted, etc., That section 2 of an act entitled "An act to j The SPEAKER. Is there objection? authorize the construction of a bridge across the Monongahela River There was no objection. 190_8. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-· HOUSE~ 2947

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE, REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS AND A message from the Senate, by Mr. CRoCKETT, its reading clerk, RESOLUTIONS. announced that the Senate had passed· the following resolu­ Under clause 2 of Rule XIII, tions: Mr. WEISSE, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow of the which was referred the bill ot the House (H. R.18754) grant­ death of the Hon. REDFIELD PROCTOR, late a Se.nator from the State of Vermont. . . · ing pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and. Resolved, That a committee of seven Senators be appointed by the sailors of the civil war and certain widows and dependent Presiding Officer to take order for arranging the funeral of Mr. relatives of such soldiers and sailors, reported the same with­ PROC'l'OR. . Resolved, That as a further mark of respect his remains be removed out amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 1167), which from Washington to Procto,r, Vt., for burial in charge of the Sergeant­ said bill and report. were referred to the Private Calendar. at-Arms attended by the committee, who shall have full power to carry these resolutions into effect. R es olved, That the Secretary communicate these proceedings to the House of Representatives, a.nd request the House to appoint a com­ PUBLIC BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MEMORIALS. mittee to act with the committee of the Senate. R esolved That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the Under clause 3 of Rule XXII, bills, resolutions, and memo­ deceased Senator the Senate do now adjourn. rials of the following titles were introduced and severally re­ And that in compliance with the forego.ing the Vice-Preside~t ferred as follows : had appointed as said committee Mr. DILLINGHAM, Mr. DANIEL, By 1\Ir. COOPER of Texas: A bill (H. R. 18755) authorizing 1\fr. GALLINGER, 1\Ir, PERKINS, Mr. TALIAFERRO, 1\Ir. OVERMAN, and a light station at Sabine Pass, Texas-to the Committee on Mr. HEMENWAY. Interstate and Foreign Commerce. The message also announced that the Senate had agreed to By Mr. KINKAID: A bill (H. R. 18756) providing for the the amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill purchase of a site and erection of a public building in the city ( S. 3409) to extend the time of payments on certain home­ of Alliance, State of Nebraska-to the Committee on Public stead entries in Oklahoma. Buildings and Grounds. · DEATH OF HON. REDFIELD PROCTOR. By 1\Ir. A.l~DREWS: A bill (H. R. 18757) to authorize the Mr. HASKINS. Mr. Speaker, it becomes my painful duty to issue of bridge bonds by the county of Valencia, in the Terri­ announce to the House of Representatives the death of the tory of New .Mexico-to the Committee on the Territories. Ron. REDFIELD PROCTOR, senior Senator from the State of Ver­ By Mr. HARDWICK: Resolution (H. Res. 286) calling on mont, who passed from this life to the life eternal a few the President of the United States for certain information-to minutes before 5 o'clock last evening. In a short time I shall the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. ask this House to set apart a day to pay proper tribute to his life, his character, and his distinguished public services. I now send to the Clerk's desk resolutions which I ask to have read PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLU'riONS. and move their adoption. The Clerk read as follows: Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills and resolutions of R es olved, That the House of Representatives has heard with pro­ the following titles were introduced and severally referred as found sorrow of the death of Hon. REDFIELD PROCTOR, late a Senator follows: of the United States from the State of Vermont. By Mr. WEISSE, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions: Resolved, That a committee of six Members of the House of Repre­ sentatives, with such members of the Senate as may be joined, be A bill (H. R. 18754) granting pensions and increase of pensions appointed to attend the funeral. to certain soldiers and ·sailors of the civil war, and certain R es olved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors­ and h·ansmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to•the memory of the to the Private Calendar. late Hon. REDFIELD PROCTOR the House of Representatives do now By Mr. ANDREWS: A bill (H. R. 18758) for the relief of adjourn. Eduardo Martinez--to the Committee on Claims. · The SPEAKER. The question will be on agreeing to the · By .1\Ir. ASHBROOK: A bill (H. R. 18759) granting an in­ resolutions save the Jast. crease of pension to Garrett H. Fowler-to the Committee on The question was taken, and the resolutions were unani­ Invalid Pensions. mously agreed to. By 1\Ir. BOOHER: A bill (H. R. 18760) for the relief of The SPEAKER. The Chair announces the following com­ David Housel-to the Committee on Military Affairs. . mittee. By Mr. BOYD:· A bill (H. R. 18761) granting a pension to The Clerk read as follows : E. Perrine-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. HAsKINs, Mr. FosTER of Vermont, 1\Ir• PARKER of New Jersey, Also, a bill (H. R. 18762) granting an increase of pension to 1\Ir. LITTLEFIELD, Mr. L.AlllB, and Mr. SLAYDEN. Alpheus Wright-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the last By 1\Ir. FOCHT: A bill (H. R. 18763) granting an increase of resolution. pension to Samuel H. Hartman-to the Committee on Invalid The question was taken, and the resolution was unanimousJy Pensions. agreed to. By .l\Ir. FOSTER of Illinois: A bill (H. R. 18764) granting an Accordingly (at 12 o'clock and 32 minutes p. m.), the House increase of pension to M. M. Martin-to the Committee on In­ adj our·ned. • valid Pensions. By l\lr. HARRISON: A bill (H. R. 18765) granting an in­ EXECUTIVE CO~IMUNICATIONS, ETC. crease of pension to Joseph Lewis-to the Committee on Pen· Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV, the following executive com­ sions. munications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred By 1\Ir. HINSHAW: A bill (H. R. 18766) granting an in­ as follows: crease of pension to James C. McClay-to the Committee on A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting Invalid Pensions. a copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Interior submitting By Mr. LANGLEY: A bill (H. R. 18767) granting a pension an estimate of appropriation for education of natives of to George C. Middaugh-to the Committee on Pensions. Ala ·ka-to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be Also, a bill (H. R. 18768) for the relief of l\frs. Jolin Wesley printe!l. Leap-to the Committee on War Claims. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitth1g By Mr. LITTLEFIELD: A bill (H. R. 18769) granting an u copy of a letter from the Acting Secretary of War submitting increase of pension to Charles W. Sanborn-to the Committee an estimate of appropriation for relief of 1\Iaj. G. H. Bing­ on Invalid Pensions. ham-to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be By 1\Ir. SHEPPARD: A bill (H. R. 18770) for the relief of printed. WilliaiP H. Taylor-to the Committee on War Claims. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting Also, a bill (H. R. 18771) for the relief of the heirs of Jonas a COl)Y of a letter from the Acting Secretary of War submitting Sutton, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. an estimate of appropriation for relief of certain officers of By Mr. STEPHENS of Texas: A bill (H. R. 18772) granting the United States Army-to the Committee on Appropriation~ an honorable discharge to Joseph Levers-to the Committee and ordered to be printed. on Military Affairs. A. letter from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, trans­ By Mr. WOOD: A bill (H. R. 18773) granting an increase of mitting a copy o~ th·e findings filed by the court in the case of pension to George W. Pierce-to the Committee on Im alid George Leonard, administrator of estate of Cat~erine Morin, p~~OO& • against The United States-to the Committee on War Claims Also, a bill (H. R. 18774) granting an increase of pension to and ordered to be printed. Frank M. Gress-to the Committee on Pensions. 2948 . CONGRESSIONAL .RECORD- HOUSE. 1\f.ARCH 5,

PETITIONS, ETC. B! l\Ir. HOUSTON: Paper to acco.p1pany- bill for relief of Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, the followin·g petitions. and Dermda Crouse-to the Committee on War Claims. ., · papers were _laid on the Clerk's desk -and referred as follows : By .1\fr. HOWELL of Ne'Y Jersey : Petition of New. Jersey By the SPEAKER: Petition of R.obert D. Kinney, of Phila­ ~hapter, American Institute of Architects, for open competi­ delphia, Pa.., for inquiry and relief regarding course pursued tion for Jersey City public building-to the -Committee on by James B. Holland, United States judge, in the case of R. D. Public Buildings and Grounds. Kinney & Co. v. Burho1•n & Granger-to the Committee on the Also, paper to . accompany bill for relief of Elizabeth Diet­ Judiciary. erie-to the Committee on In\alid Pensions. By ~Ir. ASHBROOK: Petition of United Mine Workers of By l\Ir. KAL.A1-."'Al'fAOLE : Petitions of office~s of the Civic America, nineteenth annual convention, indorsing the McHenry Federation of Honolulu, members of the Ministerial Associa­ bill; al..,o resolutions on subject_ pf injunctions in labor dis­ tion, and other citizens of Hawaii, relative to revision of penal putes-to the Committee on Mines _and Mining. laws-to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. BOOHER: Paper to accompany bill for relief of . By l\Ir. LAFEA...~: Petition of Allied Agricultural Organiza­ David Honsel-to the Committee on Military Affairs. ti_ons of Pennsylvama, for H. R. 534 (agricultural studies in · By Mr. BRICK: Petition of A. E. Roundy and other citizens high schools)-to the Committee on Agriculture. of Indiana, against Penrose bill (S. 1518), giving Postmaster­ By Mr. LAW: Petition of International Stereotypers and General power to suppr.ess any publication he may see fit-to Electrotypers' Union No. 1, of New York, for removal of duty the Committee on the Post-Office 3nd Post-Roads. on white paper-to the Committee on Ways and .Means. By Mr. BURLEIGH: Petition of Woman's Christian Tern- · By l\Ir. LINDS.A.. Y: Petition of mass meeting of the Poles perance Union, of Bangor and Fairfield, Me., against use of h.eld iJ;t New York City January 23, again~t Polish expropria­ mails for liquor advertising-to the Committee on the Post­ tiOn btll of the Prusstan Diet-to the Committee oh Foreign Office and Post-Roads. Affairs. 'By Mr: COOPER of Pennsyh·ania: Petition of citizens of Also, petition of Washington Chapter American Institute of Pennsylvania, 4'or legislation granting further: protection to Architects, against change of site of Grant l\Iemorial-to the dairy interests-te the Committee on .Agriculture. Committee on the Library. · · By Mr. ELLIS of Oregon: Paper to accompany bill for relief Also, petition of Authors and Composers' Copyright League of Eliza J. Scott-to the Committee on lnYalid Pensions. of America, for legislation to protect musical ·composers-to By Mr. ESCH: Petition of . Cream City Division, No. 66, the Committee on Patents. · . Brotherhood of Locomoti'\"e Engineers; fatoring the Clapp free­ · Also, petition of nineteenth annual convention of United pass amendment (S. 4200)-to the Committee on Interstate and Mine w·orkers of America, favoring the :McHenry bill-to the Foreign Commerce. Committee on Mines and Mining. . Also, petiqon .of United 1\fjne Wo~· kers of United States, fayor­ A}so, peti_tion of United Mine Workers of America, protesting ing the McHem-y bill (for Bureau of l\Iines)-to the Commit- agamst action of Judge Dayton relatl>e to injunctions...1...to the tee on Mines and Mining. . , Committee on the Judiciary. Also, petition of Division No. 618, Brotherhood of Locomotive Also, petition of Massachusetts State Federation of Women's Engineers, of Portage, Wis., for the .Clapp free-pass amendment Clubs, for forest resenations in White Mountains and south­ (S. 42GO)-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com­ ern Appalachian Mountains-to the Committee on Agriculture. merce. Also, petition of Allied Board of Trades and Taxpayers' Asso­ Also, petition of Consumers' League, . of Wisconsin, for the ciation, for battle-ship constrnction in Brooklyn Navy-Yard-to BeYeridge-Parsons child-labor bill-to the Committee on Labor. the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. FITZGERALD: Petition of National Guard Associa­ By Ur. LITTLEFIELD: Petition of citize~s of 1\Iain.e, for a tion of New York, for amendment of militia law (s. 4316 and national' bJghway f.omrnission-to the Committee on Agriculture. H. R. 14783)-to the Committee on Militia. Also, petition of citizens of 1\orway, Me., for a v·olunteer Also, petition of 294 clergymen of New York City, against in­ officers' retired list-to the Committee on Military Affairs. crease of Nayy-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. . By Mr. l\IALBY: Petition of vario!JS citiz~s of Li bon, N. Y., Also, petition of Allied Boards of Trade and Taxpayers' As­ against sale. of intoxicants on all Goyernment property-to the sociation of Brooklyn, N. Y., for battle ship building in na\y­ Committee on the Judiciary. yards-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. OLCOT'.r: P etition of.International Stereotypers and By Mr. FOSTER of Illinois: Petition of J. W. Watts Post, Electrotypers' Union No. 1, of New York City, for removal of No. 281, Grand Army of the Republic, of Sumner, Ill., against duty on white paper, etc.-to the Committee on Ways and consolidation of pension agencies-to the Committee on Appro- Means. · priilioo& . ' Also, petition of Ed~ard Hourjga.n, for battle-shi.p building in By 1\lr. F ULLER: Petition of Biological Club of Northern navy-yards-to the· Committee on Naval Affairs. Illinois State Normal School, for forest resenation in White By Mr. PATTERSO~: Paper to accompany bill for relief of Mountains and southern Appalachian l\Iountains-to the Com­ Simon Drown-to the Committee on wa·r Claims. · mittee on Agriculture. By ~Ir. PRATT: Petition of citizens of East Orange, N. J., Also, petition of ;roseph Woodruff Post, No. 281, Grund Army for forest reservations in White Mountains and southern Appa­ of the .Republic, against consolidation of pension agencies-to ladllan Mountains-to the Committee on Agriculture. the Committee on Appropriations. By l\Ir. RIORDAN: Petition of United Mine Workers, against By l\Ir. IIAYES: Petition of American Association of Mas­ decision of Judge A. G. Dayton-to the Committee on the ters, l\lates, and Pilots, against Littlefield bill (H. R. 4771)-to Judiciary. the Committee on the Merchant Marine ancl Fisheries. Al so, petition of United Mine Workers of the United States . Also, petition of California Harbor, No. 15, for the Hayes bill, fa >oring the McHenry bill, providing a bureau of mines, etc._: making license compulsory for masters and mates of all sail to the Co mmittee on Mines and Mining. • . vessels of 300 gross t ons and over-to the Committee on the .Al..o o, petition of Washington Chapter of American Institute Merchant l\Iarine and Fisheries. of .drchitects, against change of site of the Grant Memorial in Also, petition of Local No. 394, International Typographical the Botanic . Garden-to the Committee on the Library. Union, for removal ?f duty on white paper-to the Committee By Mr. RY.Al'f: Petition of L. R. Skinner Lodge, No. 276, on Ways and Means. Brotherhood of LocomotiYe Firemen and Engineers, of Buffa lo Also, petition of Sacramento Federated Trades Council, for N. Y., for the Rodenberg anti-injunction bill-to the Committe~ battle-ship building in naYy-yards-to the Committee on NaYal on the Judiciary. Affairs. Also, petition of L. R. Skinner Lodge, No. 276, Brotherhood Also, petition of California State Federation of Labor, against of Locomoj:i>e Firemen and Engineer , of Buffalo, N. Y., for enlisted musicians competing with civilian musicians-to the the Clapp pass bill-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Committee on Labor. Commerce. Also, petition of California State Federation of Labor, for Also, petition of National Guard Association of New York legislation to protect employees of the United States injured in fpr ar>propriation for maneu1ers of State troo11s-to the Com: line of duty-to the Committee on Labor. mittee on Militm-y Affairs. · Also, petition of -California State Federation of Labor for Al so, petition of J"ational Guard Association of New York legislation excluding aU Asiatic laborers-to the Committ~ on for the Dick-Steenerson bills ( S. 4316; H . R. 14783) -to th~ Immigration and Naturalization. ·committee on Militia. · Also, petition of California State Federation of Labor, for Also, petition of L. R. Skinner Lodge, No. 27G, Brotherhood postal savings-bank law-to the Committee on the Post-Office of Locomoti\e .Firemen and Engineers, of Buffalo, N. Y. for and Post-Roads. employers' liability bill-to the Committee on the Judichn.Y. 1908. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. . 2949

:By 1\Ir. SHEPPARD : Petition of citizens · ot Texas, for res­ The message also announced that tile House had disagreed toration to the coins of the motto "In God we trust"-to the to_the amendments of the- Senate to the bill (IL R. 152l9) mak­ Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. ing appropriations for the current and contingent e:x:p€nses of By Mr. SIMS : Petition oi voter.s of Eighth Congressional the Indian Department, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with ·District of Tennessee, for a parcels-post law-to the Committee various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. ending J nne 30, 1909; asks a conference with the s~na te on Also, petition of' me1'chants of Atwood, Tenn., against a the- disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and had ap­ parcels-post law-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post­ pointed Mr. SHERMAN, :Mr. MARSHALL, and :Mr. STEPHENS. of Roads. Texas managers at the conference on the part of the House. By Mr. VREELAND: Petition of B. F. Greenman, against The- mesSage further tran mitted to the Senate resolutions amendment of section 3893. of Revised Statutes (S.' 1518, Pen­ of the House on the death of Hon. REDFIELD PROCTOR, late a rose bill)-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Senator from the State of Vermont. By Mr. WARD: Pape1· to accompany bill for r·elief of Frank The message also announced that the Speaker of the House 1\I. Gre s-to- the Committee on Invalid Pensions. had appointed Mr. HAsKINs, :Mr. FosTER of Vermont, 1\!r. Also, petitfon of Hightstown (N. J.) Grange, No. 96, Patrons PARKER of New Jersey, Mr. LlTTr.EF:IELD, Mr. LAMB, and l\fr. of Husbandry, for national highway commission-to the Com­ SLAYDEN members of the committee on the part of the House . mittee on Agriculture. to attend the funeral of the late Senator. A1 o, petition of W. R. Van Nartinck, for H. R. 11562, for ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED. repayment of collateral inheritance to Stevens Institute of Technology, of Hoboken, N. J.-to the Committee on Ways and The messa~ ruther announced that the Speaker of the House Means. had signed the following enrolled bills, and they were thereupon signed by the Vice-President: S. 4376. An act granting pensions and increase of pensions to SENATE. certain soldiers and sailors of the civil war and certain widows of such soldiers and sailors ; FRIDAY, March 6, 1908. S. 5ll0. An act granting pensions and increase-of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the civil war and certain widows Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. EDWARD E. HALE. and dependent children of such soldiers and sailors; The Jomnal of yesterday's proceedings was read and ap- S,, 5255. An act granting pensions and increase of pens-ion to proved. ce-rtain soldiers· and sailors of the Regular Army and Na'\"y, and DEATH OF THE KING AND THE CROWN PRINCE OF PORTUGAL. certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the ctvil war, and The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica- to widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers. and sailors; tion from the Secretary of State, transmitting a cop-y of a dis- H. R. 3923. An act to fix the limitation applicable in certain patch from the- American minister at Lisbon, stating that he had ca~~it. 6195. An act to authorize A. J. Smith and his associ­ been requested by the Portuguese minister of foreign affairs to · ates to erect a dam across the Choctawhatchee Rive1·, Dale convey to Congress sincere acknowledgments of the resolutions County, Ala.; and of condolence :passed by the United States Senate and.the House - H.lt.l5247. An act to authorize the Idaho and Northwestern of Representativ-es- in view of the assassination of the King and Railway Company to construct a bridge ac:ross the Spokane Crown Prince of Portugal, which, with the accompanying paper, River near the city of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. LANDS IN UONTA.NA AND IDAHO. The VICE-PRESIDENT presented a petition of the Illinois The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica- Coal Operators' Association, praying for the establishment of tion ·from the. ecretary of the Interior, transmitting, in re- a bureau of mining, which was referred to the Committee on spouse to a resolution: of the 28th ultimo, certain information Mines and Mining. relative- to the numb-er ot acres of land examined and classified He also presented resolutions ad(}pted by the· Washington in the State of Montana under and in conformity with the pro- Chapter~ American Institute of Architects, of Washington, D. C., vision of the act of Congress approved February 26, 1895, pro-- favoring the plans of the Park Commission in adhering to the Yiding for the examination and classification of certain mineral .original plan of L'Erifant as indorsed by Washington and land in the States of Montana and Idaho-, etc-., which was re- Jefferson and in extending its principles in their plans for the fened to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be Greater Washington, which were referred to the Committee on printed. the Distl'ict of Columbia. _ MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. He also presented a petition of the mayor and council of Brunswick,. Ga., p£aying that an annual appropriation be n1ade A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. W. J. for the improvement of the rivers and harbors of the country, BROWNING, its Chief Clerk,. announced that the House had which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. pa sed the following bills: .Mr. PLATT presented a petition of the Central Fro ration S. 4351. An act for the- relief of the Alaska Pacific Railway of Lab-or, of Albany, N. Y., praying for the. enactment of legis- and Terminan Company; and la.tion providing for the construction of the proposed Bew S. 5155. An act authorizing the exchange of lands for the en- battle ships at Government navy-yards, which was referred to largement of maneuvering grounds. the Committee on Naval Affairs. The me-s~age also announced that the House had agreed to He also presented -a petition of sundry citizens of "'Wolcott, the amendments of the Senate to the following bills: N. Y., praying tor the- ratification of international arbitration H. n.. 598. An act granting an increase of pension to William treaties, which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Re1a- Poor ; and tions. II. R..l3102. An act to authorize the county of Elmore, Ala., He also presented a petition of Local Union. No. 55, Inte·r&'t- to con truct a bridge across Coosa. River, Alab-ama. tiona! Typograp-hica1 Union, of Syracuse, N. Y., p-raying for the The message :further announced that the House had passed repeal of the duty on white paper, wood pulp, and the materials the- following bills and joint resolution, in which it requested used in the manufacture thereof. which was referred to the the concurrence of the Senate: Committee on Finance. H. R.15444. An act extending the time for the construction of :Mr. DICK. I present a petition from sundry telegraphers, the dam across Rainy River; citizens of Ohio, praying :for the enactment of legislation .plac- H. R. 15841. An act to amend section 4896 of the Revised ing the telegraph systems of the United States under the pro-- Statutes; • vision of certam bills which have been introduced in the Sen- H. n..16073. An act to authorize the town of Edgecomb, Lin- ate and House of Representatives. I ask that the petition ~ coin County, Me., to maintai.A a free bridge across tide waters; printed in the RECORD, omitting the names, and that it be re- H. R. 16740. An act to amend an act entitled ".An act to au- ferred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce. thorize the construction of a bridge across the Monongahela There being no objection, the petition wa referred to the River, in the State of Pennsylvania, by the Liberty Bridge Committee. on Interstate Commerce and ordered to be printed Company. approved March 2,- 1907; in the RECORD, omitting the names, as follows~ H. R. 16874. An act to amend section 13 of an act entitled To the Members of the Senate and H01t8e ot Representatives in (Jon- "An act to divide the State of Texas into four judici:fi dis- gress assembled: tricts," approved Mareh 11, 190-2; and We, the undersigned. respectfully petition Congress as follows: H. J. Res.l.01~ Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary ot 1. To- enact legislation placing the telegraph systems o! the l:Tnfted States under the provisions of an act whereby in any controversy War to secure a suitable design f or a s tatu e o f th e lat e Co mmo- threatening to interfere with or interrupt the telegraph service the dore John D. Sloat at Monterey, Cal. Federal Government shall cause an investigation to be made on request