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-1911. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 1797 SENATE. referred to the Committee on Industrial Expositions snd or- dered to be printed in the RECORD, as fo11ows: ~ THURSDAY, February 2, 1911. CAPITOL, SACRA~ENTO, CAL., January 81 (Februa1·v 1), 1911, Prayer by the ·chaplain, Rev. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, D. D. The Hon. J. S. SHERMAN, The VICE PRESIDEl""lfr resumed the chair. President of the Senate of the United States, The Secretary proceeded to read, the Journal of yesterday's Washington, D. 0. proceedings when, on request of Mr. GALLINGER, and by unani Srn: I have the honor to inform you that the following assembly joint resolution No. 9 was this day passed unanimously in both as mous consent, the further reading was, dispensed with, and the sembly and senate and ordered immediately transmitted through you to Journal was approved. the Senate of the United States : Whereas the House of Representatives, officially, has recognized SENA.TORS FROM NORTH DAKOTA. AND WEST VIRGINIA. San Francisco as the fitting place for the holding of an international exposition to commemorate· the opening of the Panama Canal in 1915; Mr. SCOTT presented the credentials of CLARENCE W .A.YLA.ND and W ..A.TSON, chosen by the Legislature of the State of West Vir Whereas this result has been effected in large measure by the patri ofaia to fill otic endeavors of many of the citizens of the State who have- un a Senator from that State the vacancy caused by selfishly devoted themselves to the task: Now therefore be 1t the death of Hon. Stephen Benton Elkins in the term ending Resolved by the senate and assembly jointly, That the thanks of the March 3, 1913, which were read and ordered to be filed. citizens of California., expressed by their representatives in the State l\Ir. l\IcCUMBER presented the credentials of ABLE J. GRONNA, legislature b!-!i and they are hereby, tendered to the Members of the Congress of we nited States, in both Houses, and to all who have so chosen by the Legislature of the State of North Dakota a Sena generously aided California in securing the official recognition for· the tor from that State for the term ending Marelt ::. 1015, being Panama-Pacific International Exposition; and be it further the unexpired term of Hon. M. N. Johnson, deceased, which were Resolv d. That this resolution be telegraphed to the Speaker of the !louse of Representatives and to the President of the Senate o! the read and ordered to be filed. Congress of the United States. Mr. l\IcCUl\IBER. Mr. GRONNA is present in the Chamber A. H. HEWITT, and ready to take the oath of office. Spealver of Assembly. L. B. lifALLOUY, l\Ir. SCOTT. Mr. WATSON is also present and ready to be Chief Clerk of Assembly. sworn. A. J. "ALLA.CE, The VICE PRESIDENT. Withmrt objection, the Senators President of Senate. elect will appear at the desk and take the oath of office. WALTER N. PARnlSH, Mr. GRONNA. and 1\Ir. W A.TSON were escorted to the Vice Presi Secretar11 of Senate. dent's desk by l\Ir. McCUMBER and Mr. ScoTT, respecth·ely, and The VICE P.RESIDENT presented a petition of sundry citi the oath prescribed by law having been :ldministered to them zens of r .. ong Island, N. Y., praying that an appropriation be they took their seats in the Senate. made for the survey of Port Pond Bay, in that State, which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. SENATOR FROM RHODE ISLA.ND. He also presented a memorial of the Committee on Peace of Mr. WETMORE presented the credentials of HENRY FREDER the Associated Society of Friends, of New York, remonstrating ICK LIPPITT, chosen by the Legislature of the Stute of Rhode -llgainst any appropriation being made for the forti.ficntio:n of Island a Senator from that State for the term beginning l\Iarch the Pnnamn Canal, which was referred to the Committee on 4, 1911, which were read and ordered to be filed. l\Iilitary Affairs. SURVEY OF WEYMOUTH FORE RIVER, MASS. He also presented a memorial of sundry officials of Gobierno, municipality of Iloilo, P. I., remonstI·ating against certain views The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communi expressed by Hon. D. C. Wo1-ce ter in a peech befoJ:e the cation from the Secretary of War~ transmitting, in response to Young Men's Christian Association in that island, which was a resolution of the 30th ultimo, information relative to the referred to the Committee on the Philippines. cost for the improvement of the Weymouth Fore River, Mass. l\fr. CULLOM presented a petition of the Chicago Associn (H. Doc. No. 1334), which, with the accompanying paper, was tion of Commerce of Illinois, praying for the creation of a referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be court of patent appeals, which was referred to the Committee printed. on the Judiciary. FORT BELKNAP INDIAN RESERV .A.TION. He also presented a petition of Washington Post, No. 573, The. VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communi Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Illinois, of Chi cation from the Secret.a.ry of the Interior, transmitting, in re cago, Ill., praying for the passage of the so-called old-age pen sponse to a resolution of June 23, 1910, a report relative to the sion bill, which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. terms and conditions under which the United States may ac Mr. PERKINS. I present joint re~olutions adopted by the quire and make available for settlement the northerly one Legislature of the State of Cnlifornia, which I ask may lie on fourth of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, etc. ( S. Doc. the table and be printed in the RECORD. No. 805), which, with the accompanying paper, was referred to There being no objection, the resolutions were ordered to lie the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. on the table and to be printed in the RECORD, as follows: WASHINGTON, SPA. SPRING & GRETTA. RAILROAD CO. SACRAMENTO, CAL., Februaf°'IJ 1-2, 1911. Hon. GEORGE C. PERKINS, The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the annual United States .Senate, Washington, D. 0. report' of th~ Washington, Spa Spring & Gretta Railroad Co. Srn: Under direction of the senate of the State of Californla, I run for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1910 (H. Doc. No. 1347), telegraphing the accompanyin"' senate joint resolutions adopted by the Legislature of the State of California, with the request that yon trans which was referred to the Committee on the District o:f Co mit a copy thereof to Senator FLINT. lumbia and ordered to be printed. Senate joint resolution 3.-Introduced by Senat or Holohan. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. Whereas the State of California, at the cost of $250,000, purchased A message from the House, by W. J. Browning, its Chief what is now known as the California Redwood Park, containing 3,800 acres of land in what is known as the Big Basin, situated in the Clerk, announced that the Honse had disagreed to the amend counties of Santa Cruz and San Mateo, State of California, upon which ments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 28632) making appropria are growing trees of a species known as Sequoia sempervirens, for tions for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain the purpose of preserving a body of such trees from destruction and perpetuating them m their primal state ; works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes, asks a Whereas the State of California has amply provided for the care and conference with the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two protection of such park and has placed the same under the control of Houses thereon, and had appointed Mr. ALEXANDER, l\fr. LAW the California Redwood Park Commission ; Whereas in the vicinity of such park and within the area known as RENCE, and Mr. SPARKMAN managers at the conference on the Big Basin there are public lands of the United States which, if annexed part of the House. thereto, would greatly add to the value of said park and enhance the benefits to a.cc.rue therefrom to the people and also materially decrea8e ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED. the danger from fire within the territory contained within ·the said Big Basin ; and The message also announced that the Speaker of the House Whereas said public lands have been withdrawn from entry and sale had signed the following enrolled bills, and they were there by the Department of the Interior, pending action by the State of Cali upon signed by the Vice President: fornia and the Congress of the United States: Therefore be it Resolved by the senate and assembly jointly, That the Legislature of S.10268. An act granting to the Ozark Power & Water Co. the State of Californla memorializes the Congress of the United States ·authority to construct a dam across White River, Mo.; and to cede such public lands so situated as aforesaid, in said Big Basin, to S.10304. An act to authorize the construction, maintenance, the State of California, for use as part of the existing California Red wood Park ; be it further and operation of a bridge across the Tombigbee River near Resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior be requested to continue Iron Wood Bluff, in Itawamba County, Miss. to withhold from public entry or sale such public lands until the con sideration by the Congress of the United States of this memorial ; be PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.