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SOUTH DAKOTA. death of Rear Admiral Evans, whose long, conspicuous, and Arthur E. Dann to be postmaster at Centerville, S. Dak., in faithful public service has endeared him to all. Comfort, we place of Arthur E. Dann. Incumbent's commission expires beseech Thee, the hearts of those nearest and dearest to him, January 22, 1912. and help us all to emulate his faithful service. l]'or Thine is Carrie M. Hackett to be postmaster at Parker, S. Dak., in the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.· A.men. place of John D. Cotton. Incumbent's commission expired May The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and 7, 1906. approved. Donald A. Sinclair to be postmaster at Winner, S. Dak. LEAVES OF .ABSENCE. Office became presidential October 1, 1911. By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted: SOUTH CAROLINA. To Mr. SHEPPARD, for 2 weeks, on account of important busi James E. Stuckey to be postmaster at Bishopville, S. C., in ness. place of James E. Stuckey. Incumbent's commission expires To Mr. l\IcMoBBAN, for 15 days, on accoUJlt of important January 27, 1912. business. TENNESSEE. To Mr. BELL of Georgia, for 4 days, on account of illne!:'s. To l\Ir. DUPRE, for 3 weeks, on account of important business. David W. Marks to be postmaster at Covington, Tenn., in To Mr. SLEMP, for 10 days, on.account of important business. place of James A. Holderman, removed. James H. Murphy to be postmaster at Mountain City, Tenn., OALL OF COMMITTEES. in place of William T. Smythe, resigned. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will call the committees. UTAH. The Clerk proceeded with the call of committees. Lars 0. Lawrence to be postmaster at Spa.Rish Fork, Utah, in . LAWS RELATING TO THE J"CDICIARY. place of Lars 0. Lawrence. Incumbent's commission expires Mr. CLAYTON (when the Committee on the Judiciary was January 22, 1912. called). Mr. Speaker, I call up the bill ( S. 2653) to amend nn .VERMONT. act entitled "An act to codify, revise, and amend the laws re lating to the judiciary," which I send to the desk and ask to Albert H. Cheney to be postmaster at Stowe, "Vt., in place of have read. - Albert H. Cheney. Incumbent's commission expired December The Clerk read as follows: 17, 1911. Be it enacted, etc., That section 118 of the act of March 3, 1911, W ASHINd°TON. ~nt~tl.ed ",~in act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the Howard M. Spalding to be postmaster at Goldendale, Wash., Judiciary, be amended so as to read as follows: '. 'SEC. 118.. There shall be in the second, seventh, and ei~hth · cir in place of Howard M. Spallling. Incumbent's commission ex cuits, respectively, four circuit judges; in the fourth circuit two circuit pired December 11, 1911. judg~s ; and in each <;>f the other circuits, three circuit judges, to be appomted by the President, by and with the advice and consent of tbe WEST VIRGINIA.. Senate. They shall be entitled to receive a salary at the rate of $7.000 R. G. Yoak to be postmaster at Gassaway, W. Va., in place of a year each, payable monthly. Each circuit judge shall reside within h.is c.ircuit. The circuit. judges in e.ach circuit shall be judges of the Charles W. Marpfe. Incumbent's commission expired December cu·cmt court of appeals m that circmt, and it shall be the duty of <'UCh 9, 1911. circuit judge in each circuit to sit as one of the judges of the circuit WISCO:;.'ii"SIN. court of appeals in that circuit from time to time according to law." Horace J. Blanchard to be postmaster at Colby, Wis., in place Mr. CLAYTON. l\Ir. Speaker, I desire to make a brief ex of Horace J. Blanchard. Incumbent's commission expires Janu planation of this bill. It proposes to amend section 11 of the ary 27, 1912. judicial code by specifically conferring upon the circuit judges harles D. Kennedy to be vostrnaster at l\Ionticello, Wis., in the power :rn.d imposing upon them the duty of holding the cir place of Albert E. Edwards. Incumbent's commission expired cuit court of appeals. Section 3 of the circuit court of appeals No,ember 17, 1907. act of 1 91 (1st supplement, 902), declared what judges should Fred G. l\Iclntyre to be postmaster at Eagle River, Wis., in be competent to sit in the circuit court of appeals. That sec place of Fred G. Mcintyre. Incmnbent's commission expired tion include·d the justices of the supreme court, the circuit December 11, 1911. judges, and the district judges. When these sections were re WYO~HNG. nsed for inclusion in the judiciary-code bill, of necessity there · Lizzie McDonald to be postmaster at Casper, Wyo., in place had to be some change made in the language used, and by some of .James McFadden, resigned. O\ersight the °"ord " circuit " before the word " judges" was 117. B. Frank Pine to be postmaster at Sunrise, Wyo., in place of left out of section Hence, it is necessary, or it is deemed James V. l\icClenathan, resigned. · by some to be necessary, to ha\e this amendment, which, in effect, reinserts that word in section 118. While the pro ·.-isions of sections 117, 118, 119, and 120 are in themselves prob CONFIRMATIONS. ably sufficient to confer the power and impose the duty, yet, Executive. nominations confirmell by the Senate January 4, 1912. since there is a difference of opinion in the matter, it has been thought best to amend section 118 as the bill provides. I"t will UNITED STATES MAR HAL. settle .any doubt which may exist in the minds of those who be Daniel F. Breitenstein to be marshal for the northern dish·ict lieve the amendment necessary. of New York. Now I yield to the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. MANN]. SUPERVISING INSPECTOR. STEAMBOAT- INSPECTION SERVICE. Mr. ~liNN. . l\Ir. Speaker, I am in accord with the purpose Nils Bernard Nelson to be supen·ising inspector, ninth district, to be accomplished by this bill. It is to make definite the fact Steamboat-Inspection Sen·ice. that the circuit judges are to sit as the judges in the circuit court of appeals. I have an amendment, which I would like to PROMOTION IN THE N'.A.IT. have agreed to, to make certain that the passage of this act will Passed Asst. Paymaster Alr'in Hovey-King to be a paymaster. not affect the rights of the circuit judges to sit in a district POSTMASTERS. court when assigned for that purpose. We have three circuits IDAHO. in which there are four circuit judges, and in addition to those circuit judges there are the circuit judges who nre a11pointed Albert Langdon, Juliaetta. on the bench of the Commerce Court. In the course of time John l\I. Repass, Rathdrum. those judges go off from the Commerce Court and will sit in Edward .Waring, Emm_ett. the circuits. In the seventh circuit, which embraces Illinois, I ndiana, nnd Wisconsin, there are now four circuit judges· and also a. circuit HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. judge on the Commerce Court. When the act amending the THURSDAY, January 4, 191 CS . judiciary title was before the House we inserted a provision to the effect that the circuit judges might be assigned to the The House met at 12 o'clock m. district court work, so that in those circuits where there were The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., offered the fol- four circuit judges, one of them might be put at work in the lowing prayer : · district court. 0 Lord God of Hosts, King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the One of the circuit judges in our district-the seYenth dis Father of all souls, whose life-giving currents thrill the hearts trict-has recently resigned. '.rhe proposition has been made <>f men and quicken their minds to great thoughts and noble to aboli h, l>y repeal of the law or change of law, the four cir deeds, inspire us as individuals and as a people with the cuit judges in that district and to provide nn additional circuit highest ideals that we may mo\e on to greater achievements. ju
6. The afternoon travel by school children occurs at a time when the endar No. 55, an act granting to· Phillips County, Ark., certain companies are hauling cars that are not taxed to anything like their full capal!ity, and the carrying of extra pupils at such a time would be lots in the city of Helena for a site for a county courthouse. a clear gain to the companies. Mr. MANN. Mr. Speaker, a parliam~ntary inquiry. Is this 7. The precedents for such reduction of fare are shown by the at bill called up on the call of committees? tached report covering conditions in many States and cities of the United States for the year ended July, 1911. The SPEAKER. It is. Mr. MANN. I shall have to make the point of order that it is [From the Washington Times, Tuesday, May 2, 1911.] not in order to can up that bill. This bill is on the Union Cal '.J.'he Times is able to present !he accompanying facts . concerning endar, n.nd it can not be called up on this call of committees. children's street-car rates in other cities because of the interest in this Mr. GRA.HA.M. Then, Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent subject of Allan Davis, the principal of the Business High School. Mr. that it be taken up in the House as in Committee of the Whole. Dav1s may be said to be the originator of the movement for half-fare tJckets, as he l{tunched a campaign for this reform in the Southeast 1\.fr. UAl~N. The gentleman will have first to get unanimous Citizeni>' Association more than a. year ago. From there be carried it to consent to consider the bill. After the call of committees is the Federation of Citizens' Associations, which appointed a committee concluded the gentleman can more to take it up. on the subject and made him chairman of it. The SPEAKER. When the call of committees is :finished the ~ill. DAVIS'S REPORT. gentleman from Illinois can mo-re to go into Committee of the · Mr. Davis has been working for months to collect the information Whole House on the state of the Union to consider the bill. which the Times is presenting to the Washington public to-day. He wrote to the superintendent ot schools of every ::5tate in the Union. ms The C1e1·k will proceed with the call. report, based upon bis replies. w:is completed yesterday. and will be submitted to the Federation of Citizens' Associations at its next meet DIVEBSION OF WATERS OF LAKE TAHOE. ing. So important is that report, and so significant ls it at this time, Mr. GRAHAM. Ur. Speaker, there are some other matters that the Times published it in full to-day. It is worthy the most careful consideration by all Washingtonians and by every Member of from the Committee on Public Lands which I think are in order. each House of Congress. The report follows : I call up House resolution 270, House Calendar 73. "'l'he problem of bringing the child to the fountain of public educa· The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: tion is in process of solving by different methods in different localities. In the Middle West, where population is sparse and railways few, the House resolution 270. State bas become a common carrier for educational purposes and actually brings pupils to and from the centralized county high schools Resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of by a public coach. Where, however, interurban lines have multiP)ied. Agriculture be, and they are hereby, directed to furnish the House of the community has shifted the duty of transporting pupils to the rail Representatives with copies of all correspondence and records on file in way and has frequently required the granting of special rates. This is their respective departments in reference to any action taken or con the case, for example, in northeastern Ohio. templated by either or both of said departments concerning the diverJ "The most suggestive precedents with respect to the relation of the sion, by tunnel or otherwise, of the waters of Lake Tahoe, which lake pupil to the railroad come from New England, where educational sys is situated pai·tly in California and partly in Nevada, and the con tems have been i.n existence for a relatively long period, and where templated use of the waters of Lake Tahoe by the Government, or by tendencies have had time to become practices. In Bridgeport the street any person, company, or corporation with the consent of the Govern railway corporation sells a 40-ride ticket to pupils for $1. This con ment, and the diversion of the waters of Lake Tahoe from the State of cession seems to have been made purely as a matter of business with California. out legislative compulsion. In Maine the Lewiston, Augusta & Water Tbe SPEAKER. The question is on the passage of the reso ville Street Railway sells a book of 100 tickets for $2.uO. In Bango1· the ba1f rate also prevails. lution. LAWS ON SUBJECT. The resolution was consideTed and agreed to. "The most important and significant condition is found in Yermont On motion of Mr. GRAHAM, a motion to reconsider the rnte and ~Iassachusetts, l>oth of which, by statute, provide that half fare whereby the resolution was agreed to was laid on the table. only shall be charged l>y street railway companies to children attending public schools. The Massachusetts statute, in fact. covers private DESERT-LAND ENTRIES, WELD AND LARIMER COUNTIES, COLO. school attendance also. Its exact provisions are as follows : l\Ir. GRAHAM. Mr. Speaker, I desire to call up the bill H. R. " ' The rates of fare charged by street or elevated railway companies for the transportation of pupils of the public day schools or public 14664, authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to grant fur evening schools or private schools between a given point, from or to ther extension of time within which to make proof on desert which it is necessary for them to ride in traveling to or from the land entries in the cotmties of Weld and Larimer, Colo. schoolhouses in which they attend school and their homes, whether such schoolhouses are located in the city or town in which the pupils .The Clerk read the bill, as follows: reside or in another city or town, shall not exceed one-half the regular Be it enacted, etc, That the Secretary of tho Interior may, in bis dis fare charged by such street or elevated railway company for the trans cretion, grant to any entryman under tbe desert-land laws in the portation of other passengers between said points, and tickets for the counties- of Weld and Larimer, in the State of. Colorado, a further ex transportation of pupils as aforesaid, good during the days or evenings tension of the time within which he is required to make final proof: on which said schools are in session, shall be sold by said companies in p,·ov-ided, That such entryman shall, by his corroborated affidavit filed lots of 10 each. A railway company which violates the provisions of in the land office of the district where such land is located, show to the this section shall forfeit $25 for each offense.' satisfaction of the Secretary that because of unavoidable delay in the "Some communities have been wise enough to secure half fare for construction of irrigation works intended to convey water to the land pupils by a p1'0vision in the franchise of the public carrier. This is embraced in his entry be is, without fault on his part, unable to make true in the case of the Carolina Power & Light Co., which operates in proof of the reclamation and cultivation of said lands as required by Raleigh, N. C. law within the time limited therefor; but such extension shall not be IN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. granted for a period of more than three years, and this act shall not affect contests initiated for a valid exi ting reason. "Among Mississippi Valley cities, Little Rock, Ark.; Lincoln, Nebr.; Omaha, Nebr. ; and Springfield, Ill., ha~ the half-fare plan in opera The following committee amendment was read: tion. The Omoha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Co. excepts students Page 1, line 4, insert after the word "entryman" the words "who of law, medical. or dental colleges, and grants the--half rate to children bas heretofore made entry." attending grade and high schools only. In Springfield the reduction was made by the officials of the company of their own accord, 'as a l\.fr. MANN rose. matter of sentiment,' as the railroad manager expre sed himself. "Even in the extreme West, where prices in general are high, a The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman frnm Illinois yield to fairly large number of cities have secured reduced rates, although two the gentleman from Illinois? tbirds fare instead of one-half fare prevails in some instances. l\Ir. GRAHAM. Yes. "The Helena (Mont.) Street Car Co. sells 10 tickets for 25 cents. . Salt Lake and Ogden, in Utah, have special student rates. Olympia, Salem, . Mr. l\IA.r~. I suggest to the gentleman that he make an and Tacoma represent the Pacific coast in. the effort to popularize explanation of the bill for the benefit of the House. education by cheapening transportation. Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from "The nearest and most significant example for Washington in the matter of street railway rates-is found in Richmond, Va.• where a half Colorado [l\Ir. TAYLOR], who introduced the bill, to make snch fare rate exists, the company selling books of 20 tickets for 50 cents, or explanation as he desires. a 40-ticket book for $1. Mr. TAYLOR of Colorado. l\Ir. Speaker, in answer to the - COl\IPA?'.'"IES LIBERALLY TREATED. question of the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. MANN], I will say " In the city of Washington the street railway companies have been that in northern Colorado there are a number of Yery large liberally treated as to charters and privileges. They are not harassed and expensi-re irrigation projects. Some of them are in course by special taxation, menaced by politicians who seek personal gain at their expense, or overburdened by legislative restrictions. Why should of construction The Greeley-Poudre irrigation district, the they not follow the example of Hartford and Springfield and voluntarily one to which this bill pertains more particularly, Jrn:;; already establish a school rate as a return to the public for benefits received? cost something over $2,000,000 and will probably c
The bill follows the wording o.f the act of February 28, 1911 (36 Stat., 9GO), which allowed a like extension to desert entrymen in Mr. l\IANN. This bill would not affect any old expired certaLr1 counties in the State of Washington, which was favorably entries. reported on by this department January 24, 1911. Mr. TAYLOR of Colorado. No. It can not revive any tha.t Weld and Larimer Counties are the seat of the Greeley-Poudre irriga tion district, which was formed in 1909 under the irrigation laws of are now lost. I introduced the bill to protect the existing legal Colorado, from a con11olidatlon of a number of smaller companies, the rights of the bona. fide desert-land entrymen in those two first of which was organized in 1902. The district covers 125,000 acres counties who can not possibly get water to comply with the of irrigable land and appears to be possessed of sufficient water rights to furnish water for the proper irrigation of these lands when the law as to the reclamation of their land and make final proof great engineering projects undertaken by the district and the companies within the time required by law. The bill merely provides: from which it was formed have been concluded. The ultimate cost of That the Secretary of the Interior may, in bis discretion, grant to the project will be in the neighborhood of $5,000,000, and a consider any entryman who has heretofore made entry under the desert-land able part of this sum has already been expended. laws in the counties of Weld and Larimer, in the State of Colorado, a In previous decisions on contests against desert-land entries, in further extension of the time within which he is required to make which the good faith of this 'Company has been considered, it has been final proof: Prov·ided, That such enh·yman shall, by his corroborated found that the work on this project bas been prosecuted with dili~erice, affidavit filed in the land office of the district where such land is and that i:o reason is known why water should not ultimate1y be located, show to the satisfaction of the Secretary that because of una placed over the land proposed to be irrigated thereby. ;oidable delay in the construction of irrigation works intended to con While unforeseen engineering difficulties have been met with which ;ey water to the land embraced in his entry he is, without fault on his have caused greatly increased cost of construction, which has in turn part, unable to make proof of the reclamation and cultivation of said necessitated additional delay from the difficulty of raising money to lands as required by la.w within the time limited therefor; but such finance such increased cost, it is not thought that any good reason extension shall not be granted for a period of more than tnree years, exi ts for canceling entries in which the entrymen have acted in entire and this act shall not affect contests initiated for a valid existing good faith, but have not been able, from the difficulties met with by reason. the irrigation company, on which they must depend for water, to irrigate the lands in their entries within the time required by law. The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the commit It ii; therefore recommended that the provisions of this bill be enacted tee amendment into law. The question was taken, and the amendment was agreed to. Very respectfully, CAn::m A. THOMPSON, Acting Becreta1·y. The SPEAKER. The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill as amended. In addition to the report of the Secretary of the Interior the The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, inYestigation of the committee showed that the Greeley-Poudre was read the third time, and passed. irrigation district is a very extensive and expensive, as well as On motion of l\fr. TAYLOR of Colorado, a motion to reconsider practical and important, project; that the irrigation works of the vote by which the bill was passed was laid on the table. the district tap the watersheds of the Cache La Poudre and 'l'he SPEAKER. The Clerk will proceed with the call of com- Larimer Ilivers in Colorado, and includes a number of large mittees. ' reservoirs as well as ditches and canals, some 200 miles in The Clerk proceeded with the call of committees. length; that the work has been diligently prosecuted ever since the summer of 1902. But notwithstanding there is a large force COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS. of men ·constantly at work at an outlay of from $40,000 to Mr. STEPHENS of Texas (when the Committee on Indian $1ti0,000 each month, and the company has at all times been Affairs was called). l\fr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent diligently pursuing the construction, nevertheless, owing to un that the Committee on Indian Affairs be passed at this time foreseen and unavoidable obstacles, the project can not possibly without prejudice. be fully completed before probably some time during the year The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Texas asks unanimous 1913; that the work is being pursued in a thorough and prac consent that the Committee on Indian .Affairs be passed with tical, businesslike way, and is destined to be one of the most out prejudice o:q this call. Is there objection? important irrigation projects in the State. l\Ir. l\IANN. Mr. Speaker, I do not think the gent1em:m A large number of the desert-land entrymen under this ought to make that request. I shall ha1e to object. We get project have heretofore made application to the Department of through a call of committees very rapidly. the Interior and have obtained an extension of the time within The SPEAKER. T·he gentleman from Illinois [l\fr. l\IA.NN] which the law allows them to apply water by means of this sys objects. tem to the irrigation of their lands. But that extension of time 1\fr. STEPHENS of Texas. Then, l\Ir. Speaker, I ask unani allowed will soon expire, and the department has no authority mous consent that it be made the order that the Committee to extend the time further, and the only way their rights can on Indian Affairs be the first committee called on the next be protected is by the enactment of a special statute for their call of committees. relief. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Texas asks unanimous Inasmuch as these entrymen ha·rn made their entries in entire consent that the Committee on Indian Affairs be the first com good faith, and have each expended from two to four thousand mittee called to-morrow after the reading of the Journal. Is dollars on their land!:! and the delay in the construction of the there objection 'l irrigation project is in no way attributable to them, and the l\Ir. CAl~NON. l\Ir. Speaker, what bills does the gentleman work is progressing as rapidly as could be expected, it is deemed desire to call up? that a measure of this kind for their relief is very meritorious l\lr. STEPHENS of Texas. One bill is to provide for the and that the time within which they may be allowed to make payment of Indian depredation claims on the citizenship ques final proof should be extended, as provided by this bill. tion only. It does not involve anything else. There is no ob Mr. .MANN. hlr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield for a jection from any source that I know of. question? l\Ir. CANNON. l\Ir. Speaker, I think that bill, if considered The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman from Colorado yield to at alJ, should be considered unde:i; the rules of the House. I the gentleman from Illinois? object. 1\Ir. TAYLOR of Colorado. Certainly. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Illinois [l\Ir. CANNON] Mr. M.Al\TN. The amendment proposed by the committee is objects. to make the bill read : The Clerk proceeded with and concluded the call of com Any enh·yman who bas her~tofore made entry, mittees. And so forth. COUBTHOUSE SITE, PHILLIPS COUNTY, ARK. Of course, I see the purpose of that-to confine it to men who Mr. GRAHAM. l\Ir. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent now ha-ve already made entries. to take up Senate bill 3436 and have it considered in the House hlr. TAYLOR of Colorado. Yes, sir. as in Committee of the Whole. Mr. MANN. There seems to be no limitation of time as to The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Illinois [Mr. GRAHAM] when entry was made. As a matter of fact, when were these asks unanimous consent to take up Senate bill 343G and con entries made-within the last few years, in the expectation of sider it in the House as in Committee of the Whole. Is there irrigation, or were some of them made 15 or 20 years ago? objection? [.After a pause.] The Chair hears none, and the 1\fr. TAYLOR of Colorado. They were all made since this Clerk will report the bill. irrigation project was started in 1902, and these entries were The Clerk read as follows: made in anticipation of its being completed within the five An act (S. 3436) granting to Phillips County, Ark., certain lots in the years' time allowed by law; but it has not been completed. city of Ilelena for a site fol' a county courthouse. The enterprise has been investigated officially by the Depart Be it enacted etc., That there is hereby granted to the county ot Phillips, in tbe State of Arkansas, lots Nos. 136 and 137 and the north ment of the Interior, and that department reports that it is a half of lot No. 138, in that part of the city of Helena known as " Old perfectly legitimate enterprise, and has all along been and is Helena," as a site upon which to erect a building to be used as a now being pursued in a diligent and businesslike manner, and county courthouse and for other similar public purposes. This .~rant is made on condition that the construction of uch building sh:.ul b~ that there appears to be no reason, in view of the good faith commenced within one year from the date of the passage of this act of these entrym.en, why their entries should be canceled or and be completed within two years thereafter and shall cost not less that they should be deprived of their property. than $75,000. 1912 .. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. 671
Mr. MANN. Ur. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? Mr. :MACON. I do. The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman from Illinois Illr. l\Ir. MANN. May I ask the gentleman what report was re.1.d ? GRAHAM] yield to his colleague from Illinois? .!\Ir . .MAOON. The Senate report on the bill. This. is a Mr. GRAHA.l\l. Certainly. Senate bill, and I had the Senate report read. Mr. MANN. I wanted the gentleman to make a statement on l\Ir. MANN. I noti-ce that report contains some information. the bill and to explain in hi statement whether this land that The House reports, two of them, one on the Sen-ate bill and is now to be donated to the city of Helena, Ark., "ITas purchased the other on tb:e House biTI, seemed neither one of them to . by the Government; and if so, how much the Gm·ernment paid -contain yery much information. for it, and how much we are thereby donating of p-roperty l\Ir. l\IACON. The Senate report does contain information, recently purcha~ecl by the Government to that city. Mr. Speaker, and that is why t had it read. The House report, l\Ir. GRAHAM. Ur. Speaker, I will yield to tlle gentlemnn I suppose, was drawn by the chairman of the Committee on from Arkansas [l\Ir. .M.AcoN] to :make the desired explanation. Public Lands, and he knowing that the Senate report gave Mr. MACON. Mr. Speaker, in response to the inquiry made the full partjculars, did not deem it necessary to set them by the gentleman from ffiinois, I can not do better by way of out in full in the House -report. The only added iniormntion giving him a specific answer than to have the Clerk read the given in the House report is to be found in the fact that if Senate report on the. bill this donation is made it will relieYe the Government of further The SPEAKER. Without objection, the Clerk will read. care and expense, sueh as constructing pa1ements around the The Clerk read as follows : property and keeping some one empolyed to care for the grounds. [Senate Report No. 1.44, Sixty-second Congress, second sessi-0.Jl.] When the plot of ground was originally purchased it was thought that the Government would erect its public building in GR.A.Yr OF CERTADl LOTS TO PH1LLIPS COUNTY, ARK. ·the center of the plot, but for some reason the Government saw Mr. SMOOT., from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the fit to erect it on the south end of the plot and left all the back following report, 'to accompany S. 3436. The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred S. 3436, beg or north part vacant. It is still T"acant, and it is upon that leave to report as f ollows : part of the groun-d that it is propased to erect a county court The purpose of this bill is to grant to the county of Phillips. in the house in keeping with the Federal public building, and the ap State of Arkansas, lots 136, 137, and the north half of 138, in that part of the city of Helena known as old Helena., for the pnrp.ose of erect pearance of the grounds will be greatly improved thereby. ing 1 hereon -a county comtbouse. The equity upon which the appli I do not feel that the Goternmen.t will be making any great catiOn for this grant is based is that in the year 1889 the citizens of Phillip. County caused the owners of the lots named, together with sacrifice by donating this part of the land to the county, be the otller half of 138 .and lots 139 and 140, constituting an entire block cause, as stated in the Senate report, the citizens contributed in the city of Helena, to offer the same to the Government as the site more toward the purchase of these lots than this part of the for n post-office building at a greatly reduced prlce_ That is to say, land was worth at the time it was purchased. the Go vernm~nt paid $3,750 and the citizens paid $2,500 of the PJlr cbasc price. Mr. MANN. If the gentleman will yield for a question, the In the estimated value of the several lots constituting the block the House report states that the entire piece was purchased by the amount paid by the Government ws.s no greater than the value of the Government at an expense of "$6,250. lots now reserved to her as th~ premises upon which the post-offi.ce buildir?.g has been erected. This will appear from the communications Mr. .MACON. Yes. of the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, which are made a part of Mr . .M.A..L'fN. Of which $2,500 was conb.'ibuted by the people this report. It further appears that in co.nsequence of threut-ened caving banks of the Mississippi River in front of the city of Helena of Arkansas. the county courthouse was placed some distance back from the river, .Mr. l\fACON. Yes. and nt a. point that has grown to be wholly inconvenient in view of the present development and growth of tha.t city. The post-offic-e l\Ir. MANN. I assume that one half of this land is worth buil
this House; but ..Members are not supposed to get the Senate Mr. MACON. I have stated to the gentleman that I do not reports on Senate bills, nor are they expected to be able to know, because of their inaccessibility. We know that they do gather the purport or a Senate report by hearing the Clerk not compare in value with the lots that the public building re:id it while the House is in disorder. It is customary for a is on. House committee, when they wish to make use of a Senate re- Mr. MILLER. Will the gentleman from Arkansas state port, to attach that and make it a part of the House report, so whether or not the present -ralue of the two and a half lots is that the .Members of the House may be informed of the merits in excess of the amount contributed by the people of that of a bill in the House and not be compelled to n·ot over to the county toward the purchase? Senate to find out about it. Mr. UACON. I think so. Mr. BUTLER. Does the gentleman propose to ask Congress l\fr. l\IILLER. Then, the gentleman is asking the Govern- to donate any more land in the State of Arkansas? ment to make a donation of some property value? 1\Ir. MACON. Not a bit, sir. . Mr. !llACON. Not when you consider the fact that the Gov- .Mr. BUTLER. I rim always satisfied with the gentleman's ernment property that it purchased at that time, that the peo commendable ideas upon economy. It surprises me a little bit ple of the county secured the purchase of for the ~vernment, that he should ask tlle Government to donate something belong- has greatly increased in Yalue, and the further fact tllat the ing to the Go\ernment, not exactly for private purposes, but Government will not have to maintain this plat of ground any for municipal purposes. As I understand the gentleman, the longer; that it will not have a single c~nt of expense for all people of this town once gave this land, or its value, to the Gov- time to come, whereas if these lots are left as they are they ernment. will be an expense in perpetuity to the Government. Mr. MACON. A part of it. .Mr. BUTLER. Can not the Government sell the lots? l\Ir. BUTLER. And therefore the Government, in making Mr. MACON. I do not know whether the GO'rernment could the donation, really loses nothing? sell them to an advantage or not. I am not looking after that Mr. MACON. It really loses nothing. end of the matter. · l\Ir. BUTLER. The gentleman is satisfied of that? l\Ir. AUSTIN. .Mr. Speaker, we all know that the statement l\Ir. MACON. I am pretty well satisfied of that. made by the gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. MILLER] is cor- Mr. BUTLER. But not entirely? rect, and we also know that the gentleman from Arkansas [Mr. Mr. MACON. I am pretty well satisfied. MACON1, whose district is affected by this legislation, has stood Ur. BUTLER. But not quite. here for years and has saved to the people of the United States Mr. MACON. Taking all in all, I am satisfied that the Gov- and the National Treasury millions of dollars, and I think we ernment will benefit by the transaction, by being excused from ought to do s01uething handsome. I regret that this property all future expense of maintaining this property. is not more valuable than it is. ~Ir. MILLER. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the gentle- -Mr. BUTLER. l\fr. Speaker, I am going to vote for the gen- man a question to clear this thing up. . tleman's measure, but I want to be satisfied, and if the gentle- Mr. MACON. I will yield to the gentleman. . man is satisfied I think we all ought to be. Let me ask one l\fr. MILLER. I understand from the gentleman from other question. Is the gentleman quite satisfied that in this Arkansas that the value of this part of the property was con- division the Go\ernment is fairly treated? tributed by the citizens of this county at the time the Govern- Mr. MACON. I am. · i:nent purchased the lot. Mr. AUSTIN. Mr. Speaker, in reply to the suggestion of the l\Ir. MACON. .Yes. gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. BUTLER], it is not a question Mr. MILLER. And by reconveying this to the county the of whether the Government has been fairly treated, but whether Government is not giving away anything for which it originally the gentleman from Arkansas and his district huve been fairly paid something. Reading from the House report, I find that treated. the cost of the ground was $6,250, that the amount contributed l\Ir. :MANN. Mr. Speaker, did I understand the gentleman .by the people of this county was $2,500. Now, the difficulty, from Tennessee [Mr. AUSTIN] to announce him elf in favor 'of in my mind, is how the gentleman works out his mathematics. giving away Government property or of taking anything out of l\Ir. l\IACON. I tried to explain to the gentleman from the Government Treasury? Illinois [l\fr. l\IANN] that the two lots and a half that the l\Ir. AUSTIN. Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to vote for any GoYernment co\ers with its building are next. to the business thing that the gentleman from Arkansas [Mr. .MACON] wants part of the town, and therefore very valuable. The two and a for his district. half lots that this bill proposes to convey to the county of Mr. MACON. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Ten- Phillips is back of that and next to the station house of the nessee most cordially. . city of Helena, where no residential or business houses will Mr. FITZGERALD. l\Ir. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? ever be erected, and therefore are of nominal value. l\lr. l\IACON. I yield to the gentleman from New· York. Mr. MILLER. How large a city is this? Mr. FITZGERALD. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman wants this Mr. MACON. The Jast census shows something over 8,000. property, as I understand it, only for the purpose of building Mr. MILLER. This was purchased in 1889, 22 years ago. a courthouse upon it? Has not the price of property and the value of real estate in- Mr. MACON. That is all, sir. creased in that length. of time? 1\Ir. FITZGERALD. Has the gentleman any objectiori to an Mr. MACON. I suppose it has, and in that connection I :will amendment which will provide that this property shall rHert say that I suppose that the two and a half lots that the Gov- to the United States when it ceases to be used for public pur ernment building is now on has outstripped the other in the poses? increase of rnlue to the extent of the value of this ground. Mr. MACON. None whatever, except that I would dislike to l\Ir. MILLER. The-value of the two and a half lots will have the bill amended now so as to necessitate its going to the be greatly in excess of $2,500? Senate. Mr. MACON. No; I do not think so, because of their inac- l\Ir. FITZGERALD. It would take only a moment. I would cessibility for general use. . sooner the bill passed correctly than to have an improper bill Mr. .AUSTIN. Let me ask the gentleman: Has not property pass. in Arkansas been going up ever since the gentleman has been Mr. MACON. I want to say to the gentleman that the county !n Congress? has already authorized the expenditure of $100,000 for a court- 1\Ir. l\IACON. Oh, yes. house, the construction to be begun upon the passage of this .Mr. MILLER. What is the present value of these two and a bill, and I am anxious now to 'have it go through without half lots? amendment so the President may sign it and I can wire th~ Mr. l\IACON. I can not say, on account of what I have county judge to that effect so he can let the contract foi· the stated. The station house is right across the street from these construction of the courthouse at once. That is the only objec lots. Nobody wants it for residential or business purposes. tion. It is in.tended that it shall be used for courthouse pur It is out of the general business or residential part of the city. poses for all time. Mr. MILLER. Do the people of that enterprising community Mr. FITZGERALD. But the biU does not o provide. l\Ir. intend to put a courthouse in somebody's back yard where Speaker, I am somewhat familiar with legislation of this kind. nobody can see it? A great many years ago the city of New York placerl at the Mr. MACON. Would it hurt a courthouse to be across the disposal of the Government-the reverse of this proposition-a street from a city prison or a city hall? The city prison is site on which there is a post office, nnd it followed at that t ime ·across the street from it as well as the city hall. what was the universal practice, viz., placed that Jund at the Mr. MILLER. The only point I care to inquire into is what disposal of the Government so long as it was used for a publh: is the present \alue of the two and a half lots. purpose. In an enterprising and progressive district like that ;1912. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. . 673
represented by the gentleman from Arkansas [Mr. MA.CON] in The Clerk read as follows : the course of a few years this community may grow to such an Amend page 2, at the end of line 2, by adding: "Pro-r:idcd, That upon extent that it will be necessary to have a new courthouse, and the discontinuance of the use of this property for public purposes it there is no reason why the community should be permitted to shall revert to the United States." speculate in Government property or land. I would like to offer l\fr.. MACON. l\Ir. Speaker, I have just stated the only reason such an amendment as I suggest. I haT"e or could have for opposing that amendment, and that The setting of a bad example makes this House run riot on is that it would pos3ibly delay the passage of this measure. other matters. I should like to provide that upon the discon But I have no desire in the world to convey this property to tinuance of the use of this property for public purposes it shall the county of Phillips in such a form that it could use it for revert to the United States. I have not known of any com speculative purposes. I know that no one interested in the mat munity, large or small, donating property to the United States ter has any such intention. The class of people whom I haYe in such a manner that it might be disposed of afterwards at a the honor to represent would under no circumstances come to profit for the Government, and I know of no reason why the Congress and ask for a donation of this property with a view GoYernment should become the "Great White Father" to the of speculating u:izon it. rest of the country and turn out not only its money but its This bill was mtroduced for the sole purpose of getting this property to either large and rich or smaller communities that ground for use as a courthouse, to be used foreYer and a day are not so prosperous. afterwards for a courthouse and for nothing else. But since Mr. FOSTER of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the gentleman from New York has seen fit to offer the amend the gentleman a question. Would it not be well to provide that ment and feels as he does about it: I will offer no objection to the property shall revert to the Government when it ceases to its adoption. be used for courthouse purposes? The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the amend Mr. FITZGERALD. I think not. ment offered by the gentleman from New York [:Mr. FITZ 1\Ir. FOSTER of Illinois. Suppose they should use it for GERALD]. a jail. The question was taken, and the amendment was agreed to. Mr. FITZGERALD. I think the building might be utilized The SPEAKER. The question now is on the third reading for some other public purpose than the purpose of a court of the Senate bill as amended. house; but the community should not be placed in a position The bill as amended was ordered to be read a third time, where it might hereafter be able to sell this property and obtain was read the third time, and passed. · a profit. I desire to offer that amendment, if I may ba·rn the On motion of l\fr. M:.A.coN, a. motion to reconsider the last opportunity to do so. vote was laid on the table. • l\lr. MACON. l\fr. Speaker, I move that House bill 15744, l\fr. MANN. The gentleman has the opportunity now. Ile Calendar No. 54, relating to the same subject as the Senate bill can offer it at any time. just passed, lie on the table. Mr. FERRIS. Will the gentleman yield to me for a question? The motion was agreed to. l\1r. FITZGERALD. Yes. l\fr. FERRIS. Does or does not the gentleman think that in LE.A.VE TO PRINT. the event his aJiiendment is put on the bill it might interfere l\fr. CALDER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ex with their ability to bond their county in order to build the tend my remarks in the RECORD, and to print as a part of the courthouse? I do not know whether or not they have to do same fill address by Rev. S. Parkes Cadman, of Brooklyn, on that, but in a great many localities they have had it to do. I the subject of arbitration. do not think the gentleman would want to inflict upon them any The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New York [Mr. difficulty of that kind. CALDER] asks unanimous consent to extend his remarks in the Mr. FITZGERALD. I do not think there is such an in RECORD and to print as a part thereof a certain speech on the tention. subject of arbitration. Is there objection? Mr. SHERLEY. Will the gentleman yield? There was no objection. The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman from New York yield to Mr. BUTLER. I should like to ask the gentleman on which the gentleman from Kentucky? side of the subject this address was made? Mr. FITZGERALD. Certainly. The SPEAKER. The permission to print is already granted. 1\Ir. SHERLEY. I did not hear the original discussion. ARBITRATION TREATIES. What was the reason assigned for giving the property in the .Mr. CALDER. Mr. Speaker, the arbitration treaties now first place, with or without conditions? pending in. the Senate have aroused unusual interest through Mr. FITZGERALD. The property is within the district of out the country, more especially in the city of New York. I the gentleman from .Arkansas [Mr. MACON], and the statement have read many addresses on the subject, but none has created is made that this property in the year 1889 cost the Go;·ern a more profound impression on me than the sermon by the ment $6,250, of which the people in the community contributed Rev. S. Parkes Cadman, D. D., pastor of the Central Congre $2,500. The Government has built a post office upon _one-half gational Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., delivered at that church on of the lot, ancl this meant part is between the post office and December 10, 1911. Many of those present declared Dr. Cad the city hall-- · rnan's sermon to be the most remarkable one in their recollec Mr. l\f.ACON. Yes; between the post office and the station tion. It rivaled the great utterances of Henry Ward Beecher house and the post-office building. in the sixties. Dr. Cadman said : l\fr. FITZGERALD. And in the opinion of the gentleman The Impossibility of permanently concealing anything is continually from Arkansas [l\lr. MAcoN) this property is unfit for any pur shown. Cabals may be sworn to secrecy, but the murder will out. pose except to conduct on it the judicial business of that county. Blue books and archives reveal the carefully guarded agreements of so called statesmen. Yet secrecy persists, especially in the making of He believes that the Government would be relie\ed thereby of treaties and alliances. And governments which have just reason to the onerous obligation that comes to all owners of property if dread public opinion are addicted to it. 'They love darkness rather than it could give it to somebody else instead of holding it. It is a light, because in some instances their deeds are evil. A carefully con jured n:ystery envelops the foreign offices of international diplomacy somewhat novel argument, I am free to confess. I offer, M:r. like a blanket of fog. The result is that issues which affect the life Speaker, this amendment so that, as it seems to me important, and death of thousands of the world's people can never be faced on when this county has finally ceased to have use of this prop their merits. Our hand is on our brother's throat at the bidding of a small group of diplomatists, and we do not know why until the con erty for public purposes it shall revert to the United States. It flict is over, the ruin complete, and the true history of the war pub is not too much to ask from the community, and it may be a lished. If this is doubted, I would have you read Sfr William Ilutler's deterrent to others who are inclined to attempt to obtain much Autobiography for a startling confirmation of it. There the plottings and intrigues which led to the Anglo-Boer War are in part revealed, more valuable tracts of land from the Government for nothing. and sober men can judge for themselves. In my experience I recall that the city of New York desired The first news we have of Italy in Africa comes from the daily press. to obtain a little strip of land near the lighthouse depot on Doubtless she got the consent of the other interested powers, but no one outside a baker's dozen of men can know that ns yet. So the Staten Island for the purpose of building a public road for the Austrian Government suddenly tore up the treaty of Berlin and occu benefit of the Government establishment, and it was permitted pied the Balkan Provinces. Russia had already torn up the treaty of Paris and placed her ironclads in the Black Sea. 'l'hese are ugly fea to do so upon the payment to the United States of $38,000. It tures in international intercourse which democracy may die for but seems to me that if we are to give land away we should at least certainly does not control. We are bound' hand and foot by obnoxious attempt to do something to protect the people of the United secret alliances. They lead men who love fair play and freedom into · States, e1en if it may be some inconvenience distasteful intimacies; a healthy publicity ls not allowed to play upon to those whom them in time to check their 1greed and cupidity. 'l'he conduct of affairs we particularly represent in the House. I ask that the Clerk vital to national honor is withdrawn from the oversight of a common report the nmendment. 0 co~~~1i~e .;~.y'l Jrfil~~lfi'fc~~~~;, !,~f~f:twould not be tolerated in er The SPE.urnn. The Clerk will report _the amendment of sonal and business relations. And of what benefit ls It that such dex fered by the gentleman from New York [Mr. l!.,ITZGERALD]. terity is accompanied by vague aspirations for a.. better feeling between XLVIII--43 674 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. , JANUARY 4, ' nntions? Such a feeling can not be bad by aspiration. It must follow ' Hague, the other two powers· will do so. Shall we- refuse? Nay, as a on a broadened, a liberalized, and &.n ope.a negotlat]on between such people we have already consented. q "' • nation . 'The hidden diplomacies whlch h.al'den · into all kinds of mlil * * * When John l:M.gbt attacked a. blood.-stained government, he tary compacts must cease. The peoples which supply the cost of arma was charged with loving every country save bis own. But he un ments and war will presently refuse to be used as pawns by political waveringly pressed forward to deliver an utterance, eve1·y word of pundlts who pkl.y a reactionary and worn-out game. Social recon hich is a.n abiding judgment on the futility and crimlnailty of the struction can not much longer be wrecked in the interests of thls school Crimean War. He said : of occult diplomacy. The plain man in Britain is horrified to know that last August the channel fleet was stripped for action and the tor " I am not nor do I ever pretend to be a statesman, and that char pedo nets were put out every night in ex;pectati-0n of a hostile Ge1·man acter is so tainted and so equivocal in our day tbat I am not sure that squadron. Be asks, For what reason was this ]mminency of conflict? a pure and honorable ambition would aspire to- it. I have not enjoyed and gets no sn tisfactory reply. Such procedure leaves a sense of griev for 20 years like these noble lords, the honors and emoluments of ance and exasperation behind it. The only way of escape is in a search office .. I hav~ _not set my sails to every passing breeze. I am a plain for a common ground of meeting and of mediation. and sunplc citizen, sent here by one of the foremost constituenci~ of th~ Empire, representing fe bly, perhaps, but honestly, I dare aver, the We heartily congratulate President Taft upon finding that ground oprnions of ve1·y many and the true interests of all those who 1J11ve and candidly avowing it. Whatever may be the fate of hls arbitration sent me here. Let it not be sui.d that I am alone in my condemnation proposals between ourselves and Great Britain and France, they forever of 1.his war, of this incapable and guilty administration. And even if dcpl'i ve a few military councilcrs and official. boai;ds of the unholy I were alone, if min€ were a solitary voice, raised amid the din of Ul'!DS power to plunge men into wal" for causes of which those- who fight are and the chorus of a venal press, I should have the consolation I bu ve ignorant. They stand to the credit of the Chlef Executive and bis to-night-and which, I trust, will be mine to the last moment of my advisers, and of the Hon. James Bryce and the French ambassador, existence-the pricele s consolation that no word of mine has tended because they exemplify in a high degree the new diplomacy; the to promote the squandering of my country's treaslll'e or the spilling of diplomacy whlch repudiate whi pering in a corner, which trusts the one single drop of my country's blood." people, which enlist the aid of an educational campaign for righteous Public opinion will respond to a Miltonic tone like that, and it is end . I am aware that the President has been criticized for his pro responding even without it. A John Blligbt would make it ns wise as longed abioence from Washington, but every moment of the absence was th.e people who groan, being burdened. For despite the anomaly of justified. in view of his exposition and defen e of the arbitration pro gigantic and fevered preparations for war, the flesh and blood tributes po als which have conferred historical distinction on his administra are beginning to rebel. If the chancelleries of Europe arc divol'ced tion. And had be concentrated his extensive itinerary upon them, its from human feeling, they can n-0t much longer make common cause benefits would hal"e been unquestionable. The general object of the against the people who now can merely suffer for their bel.ated errors trcatic. L to secure an h<>norable and lasting peace by constitutional and misdeeds. And if all the hopes of democracy are not at once method and in a. judicial way. LoYers of legality have little reason to to be realized, we, whose fathers fired the shot that echoed around the fear their ratification. Such modifications as are necessary can be world, can at least send out by our example tl~e suromons to c-e::ise iotrcduced without affecting the main intent of the instrument. Lovers firing. If the Christian church and all religious organizations have of t b h: fen ow men can rejoice in such wise and timely advances. one supreme, one absolute duty, it is this, to take off the bar:ks of tbe The several articles of these treaties have been drawn by some of people the load of military expenditure and out of the hearts of war~ the best legal mind. of two nations, and scrutinized by other mtnds riors the lust for battle. It is in many countries simply a system of equally alert and trained. Sir Edward Grey m~t them in a spirit of outdoor relief for aristocracies who e one calling is the profe sion of appreciation. Bx-Senator Edmunds; Chief Justice Knowlton, of hlas arms. It is in all countries a postponement of social restitution and sacb11sett ; Prof. John Bassett Moore, of Columbia UniveL·sity; and religious progress. Gov. Baldwin, of Connecticut. have strongly and lucidly supported Austro-lfungary, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Ilns them.• Admiral Mahan ays that the legal difficulties in the way of sia, Spain, 'l'urkey, and the United States spend annually 1,656:000,000 the Senate's approval can not be settled by clergymen; certainly not, in an international budget for armaments on land and ·ea. The full neither can they be settled by admirals, nor by ex-naval officers who expenditure of the world can not be less than 2,200,000,000. Are we cried " To arms ! " three years ago, because the Japanese were upon us, to be told that international diplomacy is helple s in presence of this or who predicted that a would catastrophe of war would come in 1896. cruel devastation of human energies and human hearts? Can SlfCh Tbe latest news is that the in<::orrigible peace lover, Mr. Taft, is _ar prodigio11s riot know no arrest save in the fearful and always 1m ranging a commercial treaty with our erstwhile deadly foe, Japan. I pe:r;.ding explosion of these eulmfouting forces? hav carefully read the articles of Senator Edmunds and his peers, and The foremost member of this Commonwealth of States answers the they make, as I view them, an unanswerable argument for the treaties queries. He has become the director of the destinies of bis country, and for their speedy enactment. Now, what do these treaties deter the presiding genius in the councils of racial brotherhood. He has mine, if they shall prevail? Certainly they do not ask for complete achieved a greater fame as peacemaker than the prosecution of any disarmament nor do they bind the nations aliected not to fight under ordinary war could bestow, in that he sh-0ws us how the sword may any circumstances. be kept in the scabbard till it rusts for lack of use. And it is possible Tlley provide tbat after the Executive has elected to propose arbi~ that at his word, if the Senrte makes it effectual, not only for our tration on any matter whatever, and after a joint high commission has selves, Gl'eat Britain, and li'rnnce, but a league of peace for the race determined by the Yote of all or all but one of its members that the will save it from the indescribable calamities of the Moloch of all ages. matter is susceptible of decision by the principles of law or equity, the I recognize the present incomplete state of international law and matter shall be referred to arbitration in accordance with the provisions organization. I know that some wars have, been unavoi
A bill (H. R. 13215) granting an increa.se of pension to Man By Mr. DYER: A bill (H. R. 16822) to amend the naturali "ille l\f. Palmer; Committee on Invalid Pensions discharged, zation laws by providing for the naturalization of aliens who and referred to the Committee on Pensions. have served in the War of the Rebellion, War with Spain, Phil A bill {H. R. 11057) granting an increase of pension to H. ippine insurrection, or one regular enlistment in the Army, Navy, Clay Smith; Committee on Invalid Pensions discharged, and or Marine Corps; to the Committee on Immigration and Natu referred to the Committee on Pensions. - ralization. By l\Ir. Kil\"1rA.ID of Nebraska: A bill (H. R. 16823) rela tive to residence requirements on a homestead; to the Commit PUBLIC BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MIDfORIALS. tee -0n the Public Lands. Under clause 3 of Rule XXII, bills, resolutions, and memo By .Ur. CAMPBELL: A bill {II. R. 16824) for the purchase rials were introduced and severally referred as follows: of a site and the erection thereon of a public building at Girard, By l\Ir. STEPHENS of Texas: A bill (Il. R. 16802) to enable Kans. ; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the ·provisions of By Mr. , OLDFIELD: A bill (H. R.16825) to exclude from the , article 6 of the treaty between the United States and the Ozark rational Forest all lands lying within the counties of Navajo Nation or Tribe of Indians proclaimed August 12, 1868, Cleburne and Stone and restore same to the public domain ; and for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. to the Committee on the Public Ln.nds. By Mr. MAGUIRE of Nebraska : A bill ( H. R. 16803) to By Mr. LOUD: A bill (H. R. 16826) to provide for the pur amend an act entitled "An act to require apparatus and oper chase of a. site and the construction of a Federal building at ators for radiocommunication on certain ocean steamers,'' ap Cheboygan, l\Iich. ; to the Committee on Public Buildings and proved June 24, 1910; to the Committee on the Merchant .Marine Grounds. . and Fisheries. By Mr. HAWLEY: A bill (H. R. 16827) providing for the · By A.Ir. LEVY: A bill (H. R 16804) to provide for and regu adjustment of the claims of the States and Territories to lands late the issue of circulating notes by banks and banking associa within national forests; to the Committee on the Public Lnnds. tions of deposit and discount organized and doing business un By l\Ir. CAMPBELL: A bill (H. R. 16828) suspending the der general incorporation acts of any State or Territory in the patent and copyright laws of the United States when a !)atent United States; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. or copyright or any article or product protected by patent or By l\Ir. RAKER: A bill (H. R. 16805) to provide for an en copyright is owned, used, or leas:ed by any trust or monopoly larged homestead; to the Committee on the Public Lands. in restraint of trade in violation of the act" of February 4, Also, a bill (H. R. 16806) to provide for the validating of 1887; to the Committee on Patents. certain homestead, timber and stone, and desert-land entries; to By l\fr. JOHNSON of Kentucky (by request of the Commis the Committee on the Public Lands. sioners of the District of Columbia) : A bill (H. R. 16829) to .. Also, a bill (H. R. 16807) to amend section 1, paragraph 2, of prohibit the use of the common drinking cup and I>revent the the act entitled "An act making appropriation for the service communicating of infections diseases in the District of Colum of the Post Office Depa11ment for the fiscal year ending June 30, bia; to the Committee on the District of Columbia. 1895," approved July 1&, 1894, relating to publications admitted Also (by request of the Commissioners of the District of to the second class of mail matter; to the Committee on the Columbia), a bill {H. R. 16830) to authoriEe the Commis Post Office and Post Roads. sioners of the District of Columbia to open, extend, and ·widen By l\Ir. LENROOT: A bill {H. R. 16808) to amend an act streets, avenues, and highways in the District of Columbia in entitled "An act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating accordance with the acts providing a permanent system of to the judiciary," approved 1\Iarch 3, 1911; to the Committee on highways in the District of Columbia, approved March 2, 1893, the Judiciary.. and June 28, 189S; to the Committee on the District of By Mr. MO}.TDELL: A bill (H. R. 16809) making an appro Columbia. priation for resurveys and retr:icements in Wyoming; to the Also {by request of the Commissioners of the District of Committee on Appropriations. Columbia), a bill (H. R. 16831) to provide for an investiga By l\fr. CA1.\IPBELL : A bill (H. rr. 16810) for the purchase tion of the generation ·of water power at Great Falls for the of a site and the erection thereon of a public building at purpose of supplying light and power for public uses in the herryvnle, Kans.; to the Committee on Public Buildings .and District of Columbia; to the Committee on the District of Grounds. • Columbia. By Mr. DYER: A bill (H. R. 16811) to require street-rai1way Also {by request of the Commissioners of the District of companies operating in or within the District of Columbia to Columbia), a bill (H. R. 16832) to terminate the lease of grant one-half-fare rates to public-school pupils; to the Com William W. Riley for wharf property owned by the "United mittee on the District of Columbia. States on the Potomac River, D. C.; to the Committee on the By Mr. LA. WREN CE: A. bill (H. it. 16812) for a survey of District of Columbia. · Boston Harbor, in the State of Massachusetts; to the Committee Also (by request of the Commissioners of the District of on Rivers and Harbors. Columbia), a bill (H. R. 16833) to provide for an inve tiga Also, a bill (H. R. 16813) for a survey of Boston Harbor, tio;n and report upon the collection and disposal of garbage Mass.; to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. and city waste a.nd to authorize plans for the construction of u By l\Ir. WILSON of Illinois: A bill (H. R. 16814) relating garbage-reduction plant; to the Committee on the District of to the limitation of the hoUl's of daily service of laborers and Columbia. · mechanics employed upon a public work of the United States Also (by request of the Commissioners of the District of , .nd of the District of Columbia, in constructing, maintaining, Columbia), a bill (H. R. 16834) to repeal the Yarious acts of or improving a river or harbor of the United States and of the Congress relating to the conveyance of the title of the United District of Oolumbia. States to square No. 1131 and certain other land to Sidney By 1\fr. GUDGER: A bill (H. R. 16815) to purchase a post Bieber, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Dis otfice site in Rutherfordton, N. C.; to the Committee on Public trict of Columbia. Buildings and Grounds. By Mr. OLDFIELD: A bill (H. R. 16835) to regulate public Also, a bill ( H. R. 16816) for the erection of a post-office utilities in the District of Columbia and to confer upon the building in Hendersonville, N. C. ; to the Committee on Public Commissioner~ of the District of Columbia the duties and Buildings and Grounds. powers of a public-utilities commission; to the Oom.mittee on the Also, a bill {H. R.16817) for the erection of post-office build District of Columbia. ing in Waynesville, N. C.; to the Committee on Public Build By Mr. CLARK of Florida~ A bill (H. R. 16836) to provide ings and Grounds. for the disbursement of pension money of inmates of the A.Jso, a bill {H. R. 16818) to purchase a post-office site in Government Hospital for the Insane; to the Committee on Franklin, N. 0. ; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Invalid Pensions. Grounds. By l\Ir. STEENERSON: A bill (H. R. 16837) authorizing By Mr. GRIEST: A bill (H. R. 16819) for the experimental the construction of a bridge across the l\lississippi River at establishment of a town mail-delivery system; to the Com Bemidji, Minn.; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign ruitte~ on the Post Office and Post Roads. Commerce. By Mr. BYRNES of South Carolina: A bill (H. R.-16820) to By Mr. NORRIS: A bill (H- R. 16838) placing certain posi revive the right -0f action under the captured and abandoned tions in the Post Office Department in .the competitive classified property acts, and for other purposes; to the Committee on service and changing the salary of postmasters at first and Wnr Claims. second class post offices ; to the Committee on Reform in the Ily Mr. WARBURTON: A bill (H. R. 16821) to provide a Civil Service. site and erect a public building at Hoquiam, Wash.; to the By Messrs. HAYES and KAHN-: A bill (H. R. 16839) mak Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. ing an appropriation to assist in stamping out the l\Iediter- 1912. 00.LTGRESSIONAL RECORD-. HOUSE. 677 , ra:nean fly in the Territory of Hawaii; to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 16857) to remove the charge of desertion Agriculture. from the military record: of Silas D. Kain; to the Committee on By Mr. LOUD: A bill (H. R. 1684-0) for the dredging of tlle Military Affail·s. harbor of Petoskey, Mich. ; to the Committee on Rivers. and By Mr. AYRES: A bill (H. R. 16858) granting ::m increase of Harbors. pension to W. H. Gilliland; to the Committee on Invalid Pen By Mr. RAKER: A bill (H. R. 16841) authorizing and direct sions. ing the Seeretrtry ef War to prepare comprehensive plans for By Mr. BARCHFELD: A bill (H. R. 16859) granting an in the development and permanent improvement of the Yosemite crease of pension to Jerome Smith; to the Committee on In~a National Park, the total expenditure not to exeeed $1a000,000. lid Pensions. and making an appropriation therefor, and for other- pnrposes; Also, a bill (H. R. 16860) granting an increase of pension to to the Colllillittee on Appropriations. _ John Gion; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Ur . .ANDERSON of Ohio.: A bill (H. R. 16842) to- co Also) a bill (II. R. 16861) granting an increase of pension to operate with the States in encouraging instruction in agricul James Large; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.. ture, the trades, and industries and home economies in second By Mr. BARTLETT: A bill (H. R. 16862) for the relief of ary schools, in maintaining instJmction in these vocational sub Sarah E. Rankin. sole heir at law and next of kin of Emily R jects in State normal schools, in maintainin~ extension depart Hathorn, deceased; to the Committee on War Claim . ments in State colleges of agriculture and mechanic art~ and Also, a bill' (H. R 16863) granting a pension to Clarence B. to appropriate money and regulate its expenditme ;_ to the Brown ; io the Committee on Pensions. Committee on Agriculture. By Mr. BATES~ A bill (H. R. 16864} granting an increase &f By Mr. DIFE...~ERFER: A bill (H. R. 1684tl) to COllSOlidate pension to Phillipine Stein ts; to the Committee on Inrnlid the Yeterinary service, United States· Army, antl to increase its Pensi(}nS. efficiency; to the Committee on l\lilitary Affairs. By Mr. BOOHER: A bill (H. R. 16865) granting an increase By Mr~ CAMPBELL~ A hill (H. R. 16844) prohibiting fraud of pension to Willetts Haas; to the Committee on Invalid Pen upon the- public by requiring manufacturers to place their- own sions. names upon manufactured articles; to the Committee on Inter By Mr. BURNETT: A bill ( H. R. 16866) grnnting a pension state and Foreign Commerce. to Henry C. Betz; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. JACKSON: Resolution (H. Res. 357} directing an in Also. a bill ( H. R. 16867) granting an increase of pension to vestigation by the SecTetary of Commerce and Labor of cor Uriah ·s. Allison; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. porations engaged in fire insurance, and of the cause of ab By l\fr. BYRNES of South Carolina: A bill (H. R. 16868) normal fire losses in the United States; to the Committee on granting a pension to Isham Goodwin; to the Committee Oil Interstate ~d Foreign Commerce. -Pensions. By Mr. MOORE of Pennsylvania: Joint resolution (H.J. Res. By l\Ir. CAMPBELJ;: A bill (R R. 16869) granting a pension 199) defining the military status of Herman Haupt, late a briga to C. W. Stanton; to the" Committee on Invalid Pensions. dier general of the United States. Army, and authorizing tbe Also, a bill ( H.. ·n. 168TG) g1-anting a pension to- Fred 1\1. placing at West Point of a tablet to his meniory; to the Com Miller~ to tbe Committee on Inralid' Pensions. - mittee on Military A.ftairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 16871) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. CLARK of Florida: Jo-int resolution (H. J. Res. 200) John A. Mason; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. for a survey to connect Indian River in the State of Florida at By Mr. CLARK oi Florida: A bill (H. R. 16872) for the re a point just south of the- twenty-third degree north latitude line lief of J. R. Sandlin; to the Co-mmittee on the Publi:e Lands. with the .A.lantic Ocean and construct a barbor of refuge and Also, a bill (H. R. 16873) for the relief of Thomas W. Moore; commerce; to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. to the Committee on l\!ilitary Affairs. By Mr, GARDNER of l\Iassachusetts; Concurrent resolution By Mr. CLAYTON: A bill (H. R. 16874) granting a pension to (H. Con. Res. 26) providing for a preliminary survey of the J\!argaret C. Prnett; to the Committee on Pensions. Merrimac River in Massachusetts from Newburyport to Lowell; By Mr. COOPER: A bill (K R. 16875) to correct the military to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. record of William. Kinney, alias William Smith; to the Com By b.IY. KAHN: Memorial from the Legislature of tile State mittee on Military Affairs. of California favoring a breakwater in .MQnterey Bay; to th~ By Mr. COX of Indiana: A bill (H. R. 16876) for the relief Cmnmittee on Rivers and Harbors. of the estate of Louise Muelchi; to the Committee on Claims. Also, memorial from the. Legislature- o.f California, favoring .Also, a bill (H. R. 16877) to correct the military record of an appropriation of $1,000,000 for Yosemite National Park; to Noah Rickard~ to the Committee on Military Affau·s~ the Committee on Appropriations. Also, a bill (H. R. 1687 ) to correct the military rec<>rd of By Mr. RAKER : Memorial from the Legislature &f Gali Henry D. Boone; to the Committee- on Military Affairs. fornia, urging support of the Sulloway pension bill ; to the Also, a bill (H. R. 16879) grunting a pension to Martha Fitz Committee on Invalid Pensions. pa trick; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16 80} grantmg a pension to Edwin C. PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. Bagshaw; to the Committee on Pensions. Under da.use 1 of Rule XXII,. private bills and resolutions Also, a bill (H. R. 16&Sl), granting a pension to Emisetta were introduced and severally re-ferred as follows ; DL~on; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By .Mr. AINEY: A bill (H. R. 16845) gi·anting an increase of Also, a bill (H. R. 16 2) granting a. pension to Martha J. pension to James P. Chaffee; to the Committee- on Imalid Gordon; to the Committee. on Invalid Pensions. Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16883) granting a pension to Mary S. By Mr. Al\IES: A bill (H. R. 1684.6) granting an increase of Meadors ; to the Committee on In\"alid Pensions. pension to John T. King·; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16884) granting a pension to Robert Also, a bill (H. R. 16847) granting an increase of pension to Owens; to the Committee on Pensions. George E. Butrick; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R.16885) granting a pension to Elijah Walls; By 1\fr. ANDERSON of Ohio: A bill (H. R. 16848) granting a to the Committee on Pensions. pension to Priscilla Carle; to the Oommittee on Invalid Pen Also~ a bill (Il. R. 16886) granting a pension to Henry H. sions. Wicks; to- the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16849) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 16887) granting a pension to Sherman Jae-Ob S. Shaull; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Key ; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1685-0) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 16888) granting a pension to Joseph H. John A. Couts; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Burg; to the C<>-mmittee on Pensions. Also, a IJ.ill (H. R. 16 51) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 16889) granting an increase of pension to Jesse S. Dicken; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Benjamin Collins; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16852} granting an increase- of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 16890) gmnting au increase of pension to ,Andrew M~Gregor; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions Daniel l\I. Hall ; to the Committee on Iu-mlid Pensions. Also, a l>ill (H. R. 16853} granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 16891) granting an increase of pension to Co.mad Shireman ; to the Committee- on Invalid Pensio.ns.. Charles Moore; to the. Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16854) granting an increase of pension to Also. a. bill (H. R. 16892) granting an increase of Pen.sio-u to Henry Light; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Lafayette Woods; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H.. R. 16855) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. CR.A. VENS: 4 bill (H. R.. 16893) granting a pension Samuel W. Moyer; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to Martella M. George; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. ASHBROOK: A bill (H. R. 16856) granting an in Also, a bill ( H. R. 16894) for the relief of the legal repre crease of pension to Sylvanus Mevey; to the Committee on In sentatives of the estate of Robert B. Pearce; to the Committee vali :I Pensions. on Claims. 678 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 4,
By Mr. DALZELL: A bill (H. R. 16895) for the relief of By :Mr. HAWLEY: A bill (H. R. 16032) granting an increase William H. Watt; to the Committee on Claims. of pension to William J. Fox; to tile Committee on Pensions. By Mr. DENT: A bill (H. R. 16896) for the relief of the Also, a bill (H. R. 16933) granting an increase of pension to estate of William Booth, deceased; to the Committee on War William Miller; to tile Committee on Pensions. Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 16934) granting an increase of nension to By l\Ir. DICKINSON: A bill (H. R. 16897) granting an in William F. Briggs; to the Committee on Pensions. crease of pension to James B. H. 1\IcDaniel; to the Committee Also, a bill ( H. R. 16935) granting an increase of pension to on Invalid Pensions. · John E. W. Cottingham; to the Committee on Pensions. By l\Ir. FERRIS: A bill (H. R. 16898) granting an increase Also, a bill ( H. R. 16936) granting an increase of pension to of pension to William H. Riner ; to the Committee on Inrnlid David Neely; to the Committee on Pensions. Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16037) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 16890) granting an increase of pension to John Steigert; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. l\fellissa L. Williams; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16938) grantin.g an increase of pension Also, a bill (H. R. 16000) granting an increase of pension to to George Gans; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Graham M. Meadville; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. HAYES: A bill (H. R. 16939) granting a pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 16001) granting an increase of pension to Anna McAnney; to the Committee on Pensions. Caroline M. Haing; to the Committee on Invalid.... Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16040) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. FOSTER of Illinois: A bill (H, R. 16902) granting a Lydia V. Patterson; to the Committee on Pensions. pension to E. B. McMillen; to the Committee on Inrnlid Pen By Mr. HENSLEY: A bill (H. R. 16941) for the relief of sions. Hiram Williams; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 16903) granting a pension to Emaranda Also, a bill ( H. Il:_. 16942) granting an increase of pension to Sommerville; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Willis Cole; to the Committee on In-valid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16904) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 16943 ) granting an increase of pension to Schuyler Carlton; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Wilson Thompson; to the Committee on Inrnlid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16905) granting an increase of pension w Also, a bill (H. R. 16044) granting an increase of pension to John T . .l\!cGaughey; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Thomas Dipper; to the Committee on Im:alid Pensions. Also, a bill ( H. -R. 16906) to remove the charge of desertion By Mr. HINDS: A bill (H. R. 16945) granting a pension to against August Padberg and to grant him an honorable dis Emile Ginther; to the Committee on Pensions. charge; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 16946) granting a pension to Charles .l\I. By l\fr. FOSTER of Vermont: A bill (II. R. 16907) granting Colby; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. a pension to James D. Haney; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16947) granting a pension to Edwin II. Also, a bill (H. R. 16908) granting a pension to Earl W. Hosmer; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Fitzhugh; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16948) granting a pension to William L. Also, a bill (H. R. 16909) granting an jncrease of pension to Ham; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Leonard K. l\fanley; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16949) granting a pension to William R. Also, a bill (H. R. 16910) granting an increase of pension to Chandler; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Joel H. Holton; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16950) granting an increase of pension to By l\fr. FOWLER: A bill (H. R. 16911) for the relief of Frank Cleaves; to the Committee on Pensions. F. R. Purcell ; to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. JACKSON: A bill (H. R. 16951) granting an increase Also, a bill (H. R. 16912) for the relief of James D. Bruce; of pension to Joel Bundy; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 16952) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 16913) granting a pension to Elizabeth Samuel K. Rudolph; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Phillips; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. KINKAID of Nebraska: A bill (H. Il. 16953) grant By Mr. FRANCIS: A bill (H. R. 16914) granting a pension ing an increase of pension to Ebenezer D. Harris; to the Com to Annis Lavera Hastings; to the Committee on Invalid Pen mittee on Invalid Pensions. sions. By Mr. LAFEAN: A bill (H. R. 16954) granting a pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 16915) granting an increase of pension to Lena Lehr; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Martin Overholt; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16955) granting an increase of pension to By l\lr. GOULD: A bill (H. R. 16916) granting a pension to John J. Eichelberger; to tile Committee on Invalid Pensions. Lloyd G. Palmer ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By .l\1r. LANGHAM: A bill (H. R. 16956) granting an in Also, a bill (H. R. 16917) granting a pension to Hollis M. crease of pension to James Salsgiver; to the Committee on In Payson; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. yalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16918) granting a pension to James F. Also, a bill (H. R. 16957) granting an increase of pension to McKeen ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Richard Lanning; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16919) granting a pension to Judith Ann Also, a bill (H. R. 16958) granting an increase of peus!on to Stevens; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Joseph R. Rouser; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16920) granting a pension to Sarah Jane Also, a bill ( H. Il. 16950) granting an increase of pension to Chase; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. George Emerick; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16921) granling a pension to Helen M. Also, a bill (H. R. 16960) granting an increase of pension to Joyce; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. James •.r. Alford; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a biil (H. R. 16922) granting a pension to Gustavus Also, a bill (H. R. 16961) granting a pension to Rebecca Cooley; to the Committe on Inrnlid Pensions. McKee; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16923) granting a pension to Nehemiah By .Mr. LAWRENCE: A bill (H. R. 16062) granting a pen Guptill; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. sion to Mary E. Smith Barkley; to the Committee on Inrnlid Also, a bill (H. R. 16924) granting a pension to Sumner P. Pensions. Boies; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16063) granting a pension to Emma Also, a bill ( H. R. 16925) granting an increase of pension to Jussaume; to the Committee on Pensions. Stephen R. Estes; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By .l\Ir. LENROOT: A bill (H. R. 16964) granting an in Also, a bill (H. R. 16026) granting an increase of pension to crease of pension to HarYey Law; to the Committee on Invalid Elisha S. Perkins; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Pensions. Also, a bill (H. n. 16927) granting an increase of pension to By M:r. LINDBERGH: A bill (H. R. 16965) for the relief of John J. Carter; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Clem Bellanger; to the Committee on Claims. · By Mr. GRIEST: A bill (H. R. 16928) granting an increase Also, a bill (H. R. 16966) granting an increase of pension to of pension to John Ill Tyler; _to the Committee on Invalid Pen Alpheus Allgner; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. sions. "Also, a bill (H. R. 16967) granting an increase of pension to By l\Ir. HAl\IILTON of Michigan: A bill (H. R. 16920) grant- Asa C. Ottarson; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ing an increase of pension to Aaron Woodruff; to the Commit Also, a bill ( H. R. 16D6S) granting an increase of pension to tee on Invalid Pensions. Jonathan Summers; to the Committee on Inrnlid Pensions. By Mr. HAl\Il\IOND: A bill (H. R. 16930) granting an in Also, a bill (H. R. 16960) granting an increase of pension to crease of pension to Franz H. Enders; to the Committee on In Axel E. Anderson; to the Committee on lnYalid Pensions. valid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 16970) to remo\e the charge of de ertion By l\Ir. HARRISON of Mississippi: A bill (H. R. 16931) from tile military record of John W. Wunderlich and gr:mt to granting a pension to Frederick Hess; to the Committee on In him an honorable discharge; to the Committee on l\1i1itary valid Pensions. Affairs.. 1912. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 679
By Mr. LOUD: A bill (H_- R. 16971) granting a pension to By Mr. WHITE: A bi11 (H. R. 17009) grantinb a pension to ;wrnard Emerson; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Wood C. Wilson; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By l\1r. McGILLIOUDDY: A bill (H. R. 16972) granting a By l\Ir. WITHERSPOON; A bill (H. R. 17010) to authorize pension to Cornelius Linnehan; to the Committee on Pensions. a patent to be issued to Margaret Padgett for certain ·public Also, a bill (H. R. 1697'3) granting an increase of pension to lands therein described; to the Committee on the Public Lands. Frederick Z. Eaton; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 17011) for the relief of H. W. Doss; to the AJso, a bill (H. R. 16974) granting an increa~e of pension to Committee on Claims. ' William L. Pratt; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .Al o, a bill (H. R. 16975) granting an increase of pension to PETITIONS, ETC. Rosa Prentiss; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. MADDEN: A bill (H. R. 16976) g!.'.8.Ilting an increase Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, petitions and papers were laid of pension to Frederick Poulsen; to the Committee on Invalid on the Clerk~s desk and referred as follows: Pensions. By the SPEAKER: Memorial of City Council of Boston, By Mr. MOOUE of Pennsylvania: A bill (H. R. 16977) au· Mass., in favor of the retention of the navy yard at Charles thorizing the payment of moneys due Herman Haupt, late a town; to the Committee on Na\al Affairs. brigadier general in the United States Army; to the Committee By Mr. AYRES : Memorial of Down-Town Taxpayers' Asso on Claims. ciation, of Brooklyn, N. Y., in opposition to removal of Brook By l\Ir. MOON of Tennessee: A bill (H. R. Hl978) for the lyn Navy Yard; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. relief of Thomas Smith; to the Committee on War Claims. Also, petition of citizens of New York, in favor of 01<1-age Also, a bill (H. R. 16979) for the relief of James Nipper; to pensions ; to the Committee on Pensions. the Committee on .Military Affairs. Also, memol'ial of Architectural League of New York City, Also, a bill (H. R. 16980) to correct the military record of relative to Lincoln Memorial; to the Committee on the Library. Samuel D. Houston; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, memorial of Engineers' Club of St Louis, Mo., regard By Mr. NORRIS: A bill (H. R. 16981) granting an increase ing remedial patent 1egislation; to the Committee on Patents. of pension to Orrin L. Dake; to the Committee on lnvaJid By Mr. BARCHFELD: Papers to accompany bills for the relief Pensions. of John Gion, James Large, and Jerome Smith; to the Com- By Mr. OLDFIELD: A bill (H. R. 16982) to correct the mittee on Im·alid Pensions. · military record of John R. Chapman; to the Committee on Also, petition of Iron City Lodge, No. 179, Brotherhood of Military .Affairs. Railroad Trainmen, of Pittsburgh, Pa.., for repeal of tax on By Mr. POWERS: A bill (H. R. 16983) granting a pension oleomargarine; to the Committee.on Agriculture. to Stephen House; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, petition of the St. George German Catholic Literary and Al o, a bill (H. R. 16984) granting an increase of pension to Dramatic As ociation., of Pitt burgh, Pa., favoring House bill Elizabeth Faris; to the Committee -0n Pensions. 2896, to provide a tax upon white-phosphorus matches; to the Also, a bill (H. R. 16985) granting an increase of pension to Committee on Ways nnd :Means. Starling Staufill; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Al~o, petition of Post No. 3, Grand Army of the Republic, Also, a bill (H. R. 16986) granting an increase of pension to of Pittsburgh, Pa., against Senate bill 1&. to incorporate the Benjamin F. Early; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Grand Army of the Republic ; to the Committee on the District .Also, a bill (H. R. 16987) to remove the charge of desertion of Columbia . from the military record of Henry Retherford; to tlle Com By Mr. BATES: Petitions of W. C. Warner, of Titusville. Pa.; mittee on Military Affairs. D. L. Macken, of Corry, Pa.; and Robert S. Hampton, of Titus AJ o, a bill (H. R. 16988) granting an increase of pension to ville, Pa.. in favor of Lincoln memorial highway from Wash Elizabeth T. Hays; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ·ington to Gettysburg; to the Committee on Apprupriations. By Mr. RAKER: A bill (H. R. 16989) to correct the military AJso, petitions of William Krebs, Howard ;J. Herrdrick, 0. H. recol'd of James Bowery; to the Oommittee on Military Wilhelm, and G. T. Porter, all of Erie, Pa., in favor of Federal Affairs. pay bill; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Al o, a bill (H. R. 16990) to correct the military record of By .Mr. BARTLETT; Petitions of numerous citizens of Geor Lorain .Alfred Rogers; to the Committee on 1\fil:itary Affairs. gia, protesting against the parcels post; to the -Committee on B:y .Mr. REILLY: A bill (H. R. 16991) granting a pension to the Post Office and Post Roads. Elizabeth L. Ames; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. BURKE of South Dakota : Petition of numerous manu· By Mr. REYBURN: A bill (H. R. 16992) granting an honor facturers of and dealers in ginger ale, soda waters, etc., of able discharge to Dennis O'Brien; to the Committee on Mili Pierre, S. Dak., asking for a total elimination of the tariff on tary Affairs. raw and refined sugars; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. RUSSELL: A bill (H. R. 16993) for the relief -0f .Also, memorial of Seventh-day Adventist Church of Gedde~. Mathew T. Fuller; to the Committee on :Military Affairs. S. Dak., opposing House bill 9433, for the observance of Sunday in Also, a bill (H. R. 16994) for the relief of George H. Smythe; post offices; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. to the Committee on 1\1ilitary .Affairs. Also, petition of Bristol Commercial Club, ·of Bristol, S Dnk., By l\Ir. Sil\IS: A bill (H. R. 16995) granting an increase of against legislation for the extension of the parcels-post service pension to Benton w. T. Derryberry; to the Committee on In beyond its present limitations; to the Committee on the Post valid Pensions. Office and Post Roads. By 1\Ir. SLOAN: A bill (H. R 16996) granting a pension to Also, petitions of numerous citizens of South Dakota: and Ten Andr~w S. Gardner; to the Committee on Pensions. nessee, favoring reduction in the duty on raw and refined Also, a bill (H. R. 16997) for the relief of William Bell; to sugars; to the Committee on Ways and l\f eans. the Committee on Military Affairs. / .Also, petition of C. E. Lennan, of l\Iinneapo1is, Minn., in favor Also, a bill (H. R. 16998) granting an increase of pension to of Lincoln memorial road from WaShington to Gettysburg; to William H. Crane; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Appropriations. Also, a bill (H. R. 16999) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. CLARK of Florida : Memorial of Seventh~day Ad Herman Emerson; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. vent:Lst Church of Jacksonville, Fla., protesting against the pas Also, a bill (H. R. 17000) granting an inci·ease of pension to sage of House bill 9433; to the Committee on the Post Office and James W. Barnes; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Post Roads. Also, a bill (H. R. 17001) granting a pensfon to Josephine Also, petition of Cigar Makers' Local Union No. 248, of Stewart; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Jacksonville. Fla., against the passage of Senate bill 2564; to Also, a bill (H. R. 17002) granting an increase of _pension to -the Committee on Printing. Alonzo Lewis ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. CRAVEJ."\TS: Petition of numerous citizens of Ar By Mr. SULLOWAY: A bill (H. Il. 17003) for the relief of kansas, in favor of old-age pensions; to the Committee on Daniel C. Pefil·son; to the Oommittee on War Claims. Pensions. By l\Ir. STEVENS of Minnesota: A bill (H. R. 17004) grant Also, papers to accompany bill for relief of legal representa ing a pension to Louis Rondeau; to the Committee on Pensions. tives of estate of Robert B. Pearce, late of Sevier County. Ark.; Also, a bill (H. R 17005) granting a pension to Marilla I"'ee to the Committee on Claims. Stone; to the Committee on ln>alid Pensions. Also, papers .to accompany a bill granting a pension to l\Irs. Also, a bill (H. R. 17006) granting a pension to Eleanor M. Martella M. George; to the Committee on Pensions. Chapron; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By l\Ir DALZELL: Papers to accompany a bill for the relief Also, a bill (H. R. 17007) granting a pension to Katharina of William H. Watt; to the Committee on Claims. Erickson; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, resolutions of Wilkinsburg (Pa.) Baptist Ch11rch, Wo Also, a bill (H. R. 17008) granting a pension to Caroline man's Christian Temperance Union, South Avenue Methodist Ivett; to the Committee on Pensions. Episcopal Church, First and Second Presbyterian Churches, and '680 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 4,
First United Presbyterian Church, of Wilkinsburg, J:>a.; First By Mr. FOSTER of Illinois: Petition of miners of New .l\1ethodist Episcopal Church, Free l\Iethodist _Church; Woman's Baden, Ill., favoring bill providing for old-age pensions; to the · Christian Temperance Union, and United Brethren Church, of Committee on Pensions. Braddock, Pa., favoi:,ing legislation to protect local prohibition Also, petition of St. George's Benevolent Society and St. laws; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Aloysius's Men's Society, of New Baden, Ill.; of St. Joseph's l\len's Also, petition of sundry citizens of McKeesport, Pa., for re Society, of Bartelso, Ill.; of St. Henry's Society, of German moval of duty on raw and refined sugars; to the Committee on town, Ill.; of St. Dom.inic's Branch, No. 44, of Breese, Ill.; and ;ways and Means. of St. Joseph's l\Ien's Society and St. Aloysius's l\Ien's Society, By 1\1r. DICKINSON: P~titions of citizens of Appleton City of Aviston, Ill., favoring a bill to provide a tax on white and Pleasant Hill, l\Io., against the passage of parcels-post leg.: phosphorus matches, and for other pm·poses (II. R. 2806) ; to islation; t9 the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. the Committee on Ways and Means. Also, petition of certain citizens of Clinton, Mo., against the By l\fr. FOSTER of Vermont: Petitions of W . . W. Naramore passage of House bill 9433; to the Committee on the Post Office and 23 others, of Bakersfield, Vt., asking for a reduction in the and Post Roads. . duties on raw and refined sugars; to the Committee on Ways AJsQ, petition of the Baptist Church of Harrisonville, :Mo., and Means. _ for the passage of an effective interstate liquor law; to the By l\Ir. FULLER: Papers to accompany bill (II. R. 2140) for Committee on the Judiciary. the relief of Peter E. Luttrell; to the Committee on Pensions. By Ur. DODDS : Petition of T. C. Houghtaling and 130 Also, petition of Union League Club of Chicago, Ill., favoring ethers of Blanchard, Mich., in favor of old-age pensions; to the site for proposed Lincoln memorial on banks of the Potomac at Committee on Pen ions. west end of the l\Iall, etc.; to the Committee on the Library. Also, memorial of Se-renth-day Adventist Church of Green Also, petition of ;Nathan Compton, of Rockford, Ill., in favor ville, Mich., protesting against the passage of House bill 9433; of the passage of the Rucker bill (H. R. 779) ; to the Committee to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. on Pensions. Also, petitions of citizens of Greenville, St. Louis, Stanton, Also, petition of M. L. Oberndorf & Co., of Chicago, Ill., in and Weidman, 1\Iich., protesting against the parcels post; to favor of the proposed reduction in first-class letter postage; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. the Committee on the Post Office and Post RcJads. By Mr. MICHAEL E. DRISCOLL: Petitions of T. H. By Mr. GRIEST: Petition of citizens of Lancaster County, Wheaton and others of Skaneateles, N. Y., urging reduction in Pa., favoring the construction of a national memorial highway duty on raw and refined sugars; to the Committee on Ways in honor of Abraham Lincoln; to the Committee on Appropria and Means. tions. By l\fr. DYER: Memorial of committee ·on retirement of Also, resolutions adopted by the General Welsh Post, No. 118, teachers of the board of education of the District of Columbia, Grand Army of the Republic, of Columbia, Pa., expressing dis relative to public-school teachers' retirement fund in. the Dis approval of the enactment of legislation as suggested in Senate trict of Columbia ; to the Committee on the District of Co bill 18, providing for the incorporation of the Grand Army of lumbia. the Republic; to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Also, petitions of More-Jones Brass & Metal Co. and Norvell By l\Ir. HAMILTON of l\Iichigan : Petition of citizens of Shapleigh Hardware Co., of St. Louis, l\Io., fav01lng 1-cent Colon, Mich., urging reduction in duty on raw and refined postage; to the Committee ·on the Post Office and Post Roads. sugars; to the Committee on Ways and l\Ieans. Also, memorial of Jasper County (Mo.) Branch of United Also, petition of citizens of Hastings, :Mich., against the en States Civil Service Retirement Association, relative to retire actment of parcels-post legislation; to the Committee on the ment of superannuated employees; to the Committee on Re Post Office and Post Roads. form in the Civil Service. Also, petition of citizens of Hastings and Sturgis, l\fich., pro Also, petitions of Boatmen's Bank, Majestic Manufacturing testing against the enactment of parcels-post legislation; to the Co., and Sherwin-Williams Co., of St. Louis, Mo., urging amend Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. ment to corporation-tax law; to the Committee on Way~ and Also, petition of members of Every Tuesday Club, of Decatur, l\Ie:.i ns. Mich., urging more drastic investigation of dairy products; to Also, petitions of Ely & WalKer Dry Goods Co. and the Brown the Committee on Agriculture. Shoe Co., of St. Louis, Mo., for appointment of impartial com - Also, memorial of Se1enth-day Adventist Church of Mendon, mittee to study the parcels post in Europe; to the Committee Mich., against the passage of House bill 9433, for the observ on the Post Office and Post Roads. ance of Sunday in post offices ; to the Committee on the Post Also, papers to accompany bill (H. R. 4822) for the relief of Office and Post Uoa.ds~ George Claxton; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, petition of Cigar ·Makers' and Carpenters and Joiners' Al o, papers to accompany House bill 8809; to the Committee Unions of Three Rivers, Mich., protesting against Senate bill on l\Iilitary Affairs. 2564; to the Committee on Printing. Also, petition of Leo Rassieur, of St. Louis, 1\fo., urging the By Mr. HAMi\f OND : Petition of Dr. Horace W. Soper and erection of a memorial amphitheater at Arlington Cemetery; 20 other physicians of St. Louis, 1\10., favoring the passage of to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. the Esch phosphorus bill; to tlle Committee on Ways and .Also, petition of G. A. Jordan, assistant health commissioner Mea~ . of city of St. Louis, l\Io., in favor of Esch phosphorus bill; to By Mr. HANNA: Petitions of .A. J. Koenig and H. H. Winkel, the Committee on Ways and ~Jeans. of Forbes, N. Dak. ; Peter Lind, of Glover, N. Dak. ; and C. E. Also, memorial of Engineers' Club of St. Louis, l\Io., concern Olson, against the extension of the parcels-post service beyond ing the necessity for remedial patent legislation; to the Com its present limitations; to the Committee on the Post Office and ·mittee on Patents. Post Roads. Also, petition of Paul C. Hunt, of Jefferson City, Mo., in op Also, memorial of the Jamestown (N. Dalr.) SeYenth-day Ad position to abolition of office of Chief of Coast Artillery and po ventist Church, opposing House bill 9433; to the Committee on sition of Chief of Division of Militia Affairs; to the Committee the Post Office and Post Roads. on Military Affairs. Also, resolutions of the Woman's Club of Bottineau, favoring Also, petition Qf Boot and Shoe Workers' Union, urging pas a thorough investigation of disease in dairy products, and that sage of House bill 5601; to the Committee on Interstate and a tax not exceeding 2 cents per pound be placed upon oleo Foreign Commerce. marga1ine, etc.; to the Committee on Agriculture. Also, memorial of St. Louis (l\Io.) Local, Switchmen's Union Also, petition of officers and enlisted men of the Organized of North America, urging repeal of tax on oleomargarine; to Militia of North Dakota, favoring House bill 8141; to the Com the Committee on Agriculture. ' mittee on l\Iili tary Affairs. Also, petition of J. Kennard & Sons Carpet Co., of St. Louis, By l\Ir. HARRISON of 1\Iississippi: Petitions of J. W. Beaty Mo., in favor of payment of claim of the heirs of Gen. John C. and others, of Dillow, 1\Iiss., urging a reduction in the duties on Sevier;- to the Committee on Claims. raw and refined sugars; to the Committee on Ways and .Means. Also, memorial of Boot and Shoe Workers' Union, protesting By Mr. HAWLEY : Petitions o{ numerous citizens of Oregon, against the passage of the Smoot printing bill; to the Commit urging a reduction in the duties on raw and refined sugars; to tee on Printing. the Committee on Ways and 1\Ieans. Also, papers to accompany House bill 15161; to the Commit Also, petitions of numerous citizens of Oregon, against the tee on Pensions. passage of House bill 9433; to the Committee on the Post Also, resolutions of :Millinery Jobbers' Association, against Office and Post Roads. parcels post; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post By Mr. HAYES: Memorial of California State Federation of Roads. Labor, protesting against the adoption of the proposed Taylor 1912. OONGRESSION AL RECORD-HOUSE. 681
system or any similar system in Government navy yards and By Mr. LANGHAM: Petitions of J. B. Torrance and others, arsenals; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. of Blairsville, Pa., urging a reduction in the duty on raw and Also, memorial of San Francisco (Cal.) Chamber of Com refined sugars; to the Committee on Ways and l\Ieans. merce, against suspension of coastwise navigation law; to the Also, petition of E. F. Black and others, of Knox, Pa., in Committee on Interstate and Ji~oreign Commerce. favor of parcels post; to the Committee on the Post Office and Also, memorials of Seventh-day Adventist Churches of Mor Post Roads. gan Hill and Santee, Cal., opposing the passage of House bill By Mr. LENROOT: Petition of citizens of Ladysmith, Wis. , 9433; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. protesting against the passage of House bill 9433 ; to the Com Also, memorial of Equal Rights Association of Kentucky, mittee on_the Post Office and Post Iloads. urging arqendment to Federal Constitution; to the Committee By Mr. LINDBERGH: Petition of numerous citizens of Minne on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives. sota, in favor of old-age pensions; to the Committee on Pensions. in Congress. By Mr. McGILLICUDDY: Petition of W. W. Perkins and Also, memorial of Encampment No. 162, Union Veteran Le others, of Maine, favoring reduction in .the duty on raw and gion, of San Jose, Cal.; in favor of House bill 1; to the Com refined sugars; to the Committee on Ways and 1\Ieans. mittee on Invalid Pensiens. By Mr. 1\IOON of Tennessee: Papers to accompany bill for Also, memorial of Encampment No. 162, Union Veteran Le the relief of Thomas Smith; to the Committee on War Claims. gion, of San Jose, Cal., in favor of House bill 9837; to the Also, papers to accompany a bill for the relief of James Committee on Military Affairs. Nipper; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, memorial of California State Federation of Labor, urg Also, papers to accompany a bill to correct the military ing the building of a battleship at the Mare Island Navy Yard record of Samuel D. Houston; to the Committee on l\Iilitary during the Panama Exposition; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Affairs. By 1\Ir. MOORE of Pennsylvania: Petition of J. H. Bryant, Also, memorial of California State Federation of Labor, urg. Cristobal, and William N. Pettys, Gorgona, Canal Zone, urging ing that the Chinese-exclusion act be enlarged and extended passage of House resolution 287; to the Committee on Inter- so as to exclude from the United States and its insular pos state and Foreign Commerce. • sessions all races native of Asia; to the Committee on Immi- Also, resolutions adopted by Fairmount Park Association, gration and Naturalization. - of Philadelphia, urging the selection of a site at thE! end of Also, memorial of San Francisco (Cal.) Chamber of Com the Mall, Washington, D. C., for the erection of a Lincoln merce, urging an appropriation for the control of floods in the memorial; to the Committee on the Library. river sysb~ms of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys; to By Mr. NORRIS: Petition of numerous citizens of Culbert the Committee on Appropriations. son, Nebr., against House bill 9433, for the observance of Sunday Also, memorial of California State Senate, relating to the in post offices; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Simmons national quarantine act; to the Committee on Inter Roads. state and Foreign Commerce. Also, memorial of Beaver City (Nebr.) Sev~nth-day .Adventist Also, memorial of California State Assembly, relative to im Church, protesting against House bill 9433, for observance of provement of Yosemite National Park; to the Committee on Sunday in post offices; to the Committee on the Post Offire and Appropriations. " Post Roads. Also, memorial of California State Assembly, in favor of By Mr. OLDFIELD: Papers to accompany bill for John R. Sulloway bill; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Chapman; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, petitions of E. E. Hough and others, of California, By Mr. RAINEY: Petition of Thomas Miller and other citi urging a reduction in the duties on raw and refined sugars; to zens of Franklin, Ill., .ta·rnring reduction of sugar tax; to the the Committee on Ways and Means. Committee on Ways and l\Ieans. · Also, memorial of San Jose (Cal.) Chamber of Commerce, Also, resolutions of Greene County Farmers' Institute, favor urging that no tolls be charged American ships through the ing a parcels post; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Panama Canal; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Roads. Commerce. By Mr. RAKER : Petitions of numerous citizens of Hum Also, memorial of l\lountain Viteo (Cal.) Seventh-day Ad boldt, Placer, Siskiyou, and 'l'ehama Counties, Cal., protesting ventist Church, in opposition to the passage of House bill 9433; against passage of parcels-post law; to the Committee on .the to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Post Office and Post Iloads. Also, memorial of the San Francisco (Cal.) Institute of Art, for Lincoln memorial as approved by the Fine Arts Council; to Also, memorials of chambers of commerce of -Oakland and the Committee on the Library. San Francisco, Cal., urging appropriation for control of floods in Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley systems; to the Commit- Also, memorial of Federated Trades Council of Santa Clara tee on Appropriations. • County, Cal, protesting against the passage of Senate bill 2564; to the Committee on Printing. Also, memorial of ,California State Homeopathic l\Iedicai Also, papers to accompany bill for the relief of Lydia V. Society, in favor of House bill 5599; to the Committee on In Patterson; to the Committee on Pensions. terstate and Foreign Commerce. Ily l\Ir. HENRY of Texas: Petitions of numerous citizens of Also, memorial of Engineers' Club of St. Louis, l\Io., urgincr Texas, urging a reduction in the duties on raw and refined remedial patent legislation; to the Committee on Patents. ~ sugars; to the Committee on Ways and Means. Also, memorial of Lewis E. Aubury, State mineralogist of . By Ur. HENSLEY : Petitions of numerous citizens of the California, relative to discriminations by the Supervising Archi . thirteenth congressional district of .Missouri, protesting against tect of the Treasury Department against the State of Califor the parcels post; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post nia; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Roads. Also, petition of Carl S. Wood, of San Francisco, Cul., in By l\Ir. HUGHES of New Jersey: Petition of sundry citizens favor of honest weights and measures law; to the Committee on of New Jersey, favoring the reduction in duty on raw and re Coinage, Weights, and Measures. fined sugars; to the Committee on Ways and Means. Also, memorial of Seventh-day Adventist Church of Zanes Also, resolutions of Woman's Christian Temperance Unions ville, Ohio, against Senate bill 237; to the Committee on the of Ridgefield Park, Allendale, Waldwick, and Dumont, N. J., District of Columbia. favoring legislation to protect local prohibition laws; to the ·~so, memoria! of California State Federation of Labor, op Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. posmg so-called raylor system; to the Committee on Labor. Also, resolution of St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Central Labor Union Also, petition of Golden State Canning Co., of Ontario Cal. in favor of the Esch bill; to the Committee on Ways and Means'. urging reduction in the duties on raw and refined sugars; 'to th~ Also, petitions of sundry citizens of Allendale and Dumont, Committee on Ways and Means. • N. J., favoring legislation to protect local prohibition laws· to Also, petitions of Fresno Packing Co., of Fresno; the .Ameri the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. ' can Olive Co., of Los Angeles; the Clarchen Packing Co. and By Mr. KENT: Petitions of certain citizens of California Hunt Bros. Co., of San Francisco; and Winters Dried Fruit reQuesting a reduction in the duty on raw and refined sugars: Co., of Winters, Cal., urging amendment to corporation-tax to the Committee on Ways and Means. ' law; to the Committee on Ways and 1\Ieans. Also, petitions of certain citizens of California, favoring the Also, petition of numerous citizens of California, indorsing the establishment of a national department of health; to the Com Berger old-age pension bill; to the Committee on Pensions. mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. · Also, papers to accompany bill (H. R. 2745) for the relief of Also, petitions of 588 merchants, residents of the second con William H. Thompson; to the Committee on I1n-alid P t>n ions. gressional district of California, against the parcels post· to Also, papers to accompany bill ( H. R. 2743) .for the rElief of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Iloads. ' William C. B. Gillian; to the Committee on 1\Iilitary Affairs. 682 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. J.A.NU A.RY 5,
By Mr. 'REILLY. Petition of the National Harbor of Refuge, on Interstate and Fol'eign Commerce~ It should have gone to of Point Judith, R. I., for the construction of a land1ng place the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. r now ask unanimous at said point; to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. consent that that clumge of reference be made. Also, petition of Beacon Valley Grange, No. 103, Patrons of The SPEAKER What is the purpose of the bill? Husbandry, of ITaugah1ck, Conn., in favor of reduction in the Mr. POWERS. It relates to the construction of Lock 20 on duties on raw and refined sugars~ to the Committee on Ways the Cmnberland Ri"ver: and Means. The PEAKER. The gentleman from Kentuch.7 asks unani Also, resolution adopted by tbe Savings Banks Association mous consent that the- reference of the bill be changed from the of Connecticut. urging legi lation to provide and insure a better Committee on In.terst te and Foreign Commerce to the Com public knowlerlge of the bu iness and financial transactions of mittee on Rivers and Harbors. If there be no objection, it will railway corporations; to the Committee on the Judiciary. be so ordered. By Mr. REYBURN: Petltio~ of Philomu ian Club, of Phila There was no objection. delphia, Pn., praying•for a repeal of the legislation upon oleo PRIVATE-BILL DAY. margarine other than the regulations of · the pure-food laws; to the Committee on Agiiculttu'e. The SPEAKER. The Ch.air win call fhe attention of the Ily Mr. SIMS : Papers to accompany bill granting an increase House to the fact that this i the first Friday in January and of pension to Benton W. T. Derryberry; to the Committee on is prirnte-bil]. day, if anyone wishes to avail himself of that Invalid Pension . fact. By Mr. SLAYDE:N: Petition of Retail :Merchants' Association Mr. SIJ\IS. .l\Ir. Speaker, I sho-uld like to know whether this of Texas,· praying for repeal of tax on oleomargarine; to the· is the Friday on which war claims have preference over other Committee on A.gricultUl'e. claims ~ Also, petition of citizens of fourteenth congressional dis The SPEAKER. We will start off that way and take war trict of Texa .. , praying for a reduction of the import duty on .claims to-day. raw and refined sugars; to the Committee on Ways and Means. Mr. SIUS.. l\Ir. Speaker, there is only one bill on t11e calen By Mr. SMITH of New York: Petition of John Richardson dar reported from that committee. That is reported by the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. MoiisE], a minority Member. Co., to remo\e the d'uty on china clay1 or kaolin~ to the Com mittee on Way .. and llleans. I do not see him present, and I would not like to take up the .Al o, petition of the National Harbor of Refuge,. of' Point bill in his absence. Judith, R. I., for the construction of a. landing place at said The SPEAKER. All right. The rule is that on every Fri point· to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. . day except the second and fourth Fridays the House shall give Also, resorations of the American National Live Stock Asso preference to the consideration of bins reported from the Com· ciation, demanding the retention of duties on lir-e stock and its mittee on Cl.aims and the Committee on Wa.r Claims, alternating products, etc. ; to the Committee on Ways and Means. between the two committees. By l\lr. SlfITlr o-f Texa : Petitions of numerous citizens ot Mr. SIMS. Therefore the Committee on War Claims will Big Springs and Loraine, Tex., urging a: reduction in the duty yield to the Committee on Claims if there are any bills on that on raw and refined sugars; to the Committee on Ways and. calendar-. , Means. The ~PEAKER. The Clerk will call the committees. By Mr. STEV'EFS of Minnesota · Petition Qf f:!itizens of Still The Clerk proceeded t0- call the committees. water, Minn., again t passage of House bill 9433; to the Com- Mr. RAKER (wlren the Committee on the Public Lands was mittee on the Post Office nnd Post Road . called). M'r. Speaker, there is a bill on the Private Caiendar, By Mr. SULZER: Memoriru of Arion l\faennerchor, of Chi H. R. 125721 reported by the Committee on the Public Lu.nds, cago, Ill., urging an inHstigatioill of the immigration office at and I am directed by the cbnirman to call up that bill at this Ellis Island; to the Committee on Immigratiou and l-a-turali- time. zation. . The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the bill AJso, petition of American Bottlers' Protective Association, The Clem read the bill, as follows: A bill (H. R. 12572) for the relief of the Hydro-Electric Co. of against the present duty. oii raw and refined sugars; to the California. Committee on Ways and Means. Whereas the Hydro-Electric Co., a corporation of California, has con AJ o, memorial of Medina (Cal.) Grang~ No. 5n0, Patrons- of structed and is. now operatin