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1899. - CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 2171 Vt., for the protection of State anti-cigarette laws-to the Com- By request of the charge d'affaires of France, the-attendance of the mem- •tte I t t d F · C bers of the Senate is respectfully invited. 1 m1 e on nters a e an oreign ommerce. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, · By Mr. HENDERSON: Papers of Albert D. Shaw, of Water- JOHN HAY. town, N. Y.; Theo. F. Reed, New York member of the executive Hon. GARRET A. HOBART, committee National CounciJ, Grand Army of the Republic; Maj. Vice-President of the United States, United States Senate. Thomas Bell, P. F. Lenihan, and Lewis D. Resseguire, all of Mr. CULLOM. Mr. President, I move that the invitation be ,,. Brooklyn, N. Y., asking for the passage of Senate bill No. 3256, accepted. for the appointment of Union soldiers to official positions-to the Mr. HOAR. I understand that the invitation is not addressed Committee on Rules. to the Senate as a body, but it is addressed to the members of the By Mr. JOHNSON of North Dakota: Petition of the·Presbyte- Senate as individuals. It-seemsthatitdoesnotrequireanyaction rian Church of Cavalier, N. Dak., to prohibit the interstate trans- by the Senate. mission of pictures or descriptions of prize fights-to the Com- Mr. CULLOM. It s~emed to me that some action was neces- mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. sary. If such is not the case, I withdraw the motion. By Mr. LACEY: Resolutions of the Commercial Exchange of READING OF WASHINGTON'S FA.REWELL ADDRESS. Des Moines, Iowa, in favor of the speedy construction of the Port The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Chair lays before the Senate the Arthur Canal-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. following order. By Mr. MERCER: Petition of citizens of Pawnee County, The Secretary read as follows: Nebr., in favor of the passage of the Ellis bill-to the Committee Dece be M H A ub "tted th f . t· · h. h 20 1 1898 11 1 on Alcoholic Liquor Tra~?· was con~de~ed by u"na~ou~ c~:senir.1and agr~e3 t~~mg -reso u ion; w ic By Mr. POWERS: Petitions of fourth-class postmasters of La- Re:wtved, That on Wedne~day, February 2"2, 1899, immediately after the moille and Franklin counties, Vt., for the passage of House bills! readmgof the Journal, Washmgton'sFarewellAddress bereadtothe Senate nd 4931-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post- by Mr. WoLC::oTT, a Senat?r f:om t~e State of Colorado, and that thereafter Nos· 4930 a the Senate will proceed with its busmess. Roads. I The VICE-PRESIDENT. - Senators, in pursuance of the reso- ~Y _ Mr. SHERMAN· Papers to accompany House ~ill for. the I lution which the Senate has heretofore passed, I have the honor to · relief of ~u fus Thompson-t? the <? 0?1mi~~eonl_nv~~id Penswns. introduce Senator WOLCOTT of Colorado, who will read to the By Mi. S~EW 4RT of. Wisconsin ..Petition of citizen~ of the Senate the Farewell Address of President Washington. State of W1sconsm, agamst the seatt?g of Repres.entative-elect Mr. WOLCOTT, at the Vice-President's desk, read the address B. H. Roberts, of U tah-to the Committee on Elections No. 1. as follows· ' By ..Mr. VINCENT: Petitions of fourth-class postmasters of Clay · . and Riley counties, Kans., asking fur the passage of House bills To the people of the United States: Nos. 4930 and 4931, increasing the compensation of fourth-class FRIENDS AND FELLOW-CITIZENS: The period for a new election postmasters-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. of a citizen to administer the Executive Government of the By Mr. WARD: Petition of the Woman's Christian Temper- United States being not far distant, and the time actually alTived a.nee Union of Sing Sing, N. Y., for the passage of the Hepburn when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person bill prohibiting the transmission by mail or interstate commerce who is to be clothed with that important trust. it appears to me of pictures and descriptions of prize fights-to the Committee on proper, especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression Interstate and Foreign Commerce. of the public voice, that I should now apprise you of the resolu- Also, petition of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of tion I have formed to decline being considered among the number Sing Sing, N. Y., in favoi· of the Ellis bill, and for the maintenance of those out of whom a choice is to be made. of prohibition in Alaska, the Indian Territory, and new dependen- I beg you at the same time to do me the justice to be assured cies-to the Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. that this resolution has not been taken without a strict regard to By Mr. YOUNG: Resolutions of the Presbytery of Philadelphia, all the considerations appertaining to the relation which binds a Pa., against the seating of Brigham H. Roberts as a Representa- dutiful citizen to his country; and thatin withdrawingthetender tive from Utah-to the Committee on Elections No. 1. of service, which silence in my situation might imply, I am influ- Also, resolution of the First Baptist Church of Manayunk, Phil- enced by no diminution of zeal for your future interest, no defi adelphia, Pa., against the reopening of the sectarian-school qnes- ciency of grateful respect for your past kindness, but am supported tion,andfavoringtheadvancementofedncationamongthe Indians I by a full conviction that the step is compatible with both. on the basis of the American common-school system-to the Com- The acceptance of and continuance hitherto in the office to mittee on Indian Affairs. which your suffrages have twice called me have been a uniform sacrifice of inclination to the opinion of duty and to a deference for what appeared to be your desire. I constantly hoped that it SENATE. would have been much earlier in my power, consistently with WEDNESDAY, Febroory 22, 1899. motives which I was not at liberty to disregard, to return to that re- tirement from which I had been reluctantly drawn. The strength The Chaplain, Rev. W. H. MILBURN, D. D., offered the follow- of my inclination to do this previous to the last election had even ing prayer: led to the preparation of an address to declare it to you; but ma- 0 Thou, who art the Ruler of heaven and earth, we praise ture reflection on the then perplexed and critical posture of our Thee that we belong to a race which through a thousand years affairs with foreign nations and the unanimous advice of persons has enriched the world with blood and bram and conscience in entitled to my confidence impelled me to abandon the idea. I re· the persons of eminent men, whom Thon hast sent to teach us the joice that the state of your.concerns, external as well as internal, high and great lessons which conserve our well-being-Alfred, no longer renders the pursuit of inclination incompatible with the Wycliffe, Uromwel!, Chatham, and our own, most illustrious of sentiment of duty or propriety, and am persuaded. whatever par them all, Washington, whom we call the Father of the Country. tiality may be retained for my services, that in the present cir And now, as the Conscript Fathers of the nation gat her to sit at cnmstances of our country yon will not disapprove my determi- his feet and to listen to his words of wholesome instruction and I n ation to retire. - counsel, grant that these may be written upon the tablets of our The impressions with which I first undertook the arduous trust memories and upon the memory of the nation. were explained on the proper occasion. In the discharge of this Nor would we forget that as we come here to-day it is to pay trust I will only say that I have, with good intentions, contributed the last tribute of our respect , admiration, and love to the mem- toward the organization and administration of the Government ory of the late patriarch of the Senate, whose gravity, wisdom, the best exertions of which a very fallible judgment was capable. gentleness, and kindliness were a lesson to all who came in con- Not unconscious in the outset of the inferiority of my qnalifica tact with him. Grave his name in indelible characters upon the tions, experience in my own eyes, perhaps still more in the eyes of tablets of the Senate, and grant to his son and to all connected others, has strengthened the motives to diffidence of myself; and with ~im by ties of blood the consolation which alone comes from I every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and the faith of om· Lord and Saviour. We humbly ask in His divine more that the shade of retirement is as necessary t o me as it will be name, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. welcome. Satisfied that if any circumstances have given peculiar The Secretary proceeded to r ead the Journal of yesterday's pro- value to my services they were temporary, I have the consolation ceedings, when, on motion of Mr. GALLINGER, and by unanimous to believe that, while choice and prudence invite me to quit the consent , the further reading was dispensed with. political scene, patriotism does not forbid it. RELIGIOUS SERVICE IN MEMORY OF PRESIDENT FAURE. In looking forward to the moment which is intended to termi- .