1917-; - CONGRESS! ON AL· _R -ECOR . D~HOUSE~ 2933~ - the affairs of)ndians as. conducted by: sa~d . bm·eau, Us• brEIDches_ - ~r. RANSDELL. I yield. _ and agencies. Said committee is hereby authorized to · employ Mr. ~"'EWLANDS. Mr. President,. I wish _to make a state-· such clerical a~d _other assistance, includi!lg - ~tenograp}?.ers, ·.as ment regarding the railroad legislation. · There are three bills said committee may deem necessary in the. prop~~ prosecl_!tion to which the President has called special attention in a . mes­ of its work: Provided, That stenographers so. emQloye~ shall sage. __ One is the bill enlarging the Interstate Commerce Com­ not receiv_e for their services exceeding $1 pe~ printed page.". :~ missjon from seven to nine members, and providing that it shall And the Senate agree to the same. - _ b~ - ~ivided ·into thr~ divisions, each of which will ha\e juris­ The committee of conference have been · unable ·to - ag1~ee on d_ICtwn over the_subJects that now belong to the entire commis- the amendments of the Senate numbered 48, so,: 95, -arid.- 1ii. SIOn; HENRY F. AsHURST, . - Mr. OYERUAN. - 1\fr. President-- H. L. MYERS, ·: - ~ - The _PRESIDE~"'T pro ·tempore. Does the Senator from· ·MosEs E. CLAPP, Louisiana yield to the Senator from North Carolina? _ _ Managers on the pa~·t "of the Sf:m.ate. · ' Ml'. OVERMAN . I will state to the Senator if he yields to me JoHN H~·- STEPHENs, : I shaJI move to adjourn or to take a recess, because I know the C. D. CA:RTER, Senator can not get his bill up this afternoon. I PlOYe that we P. D. NORTON, take a recess untilll o~clock to-morrow. _ Ma·nage-rs on the ·part of the Hmtse. , l\lr. .RANSDELL . I hope the Senator will not insist on that motion. .We can get the bill up, and then I propose to ask that Mr. ASHURST. Mr. President, I wish to say that the con~· \t be_laid aside and. that the Senate proceed with the considera­ ferees have not agreed on all the- amendments. There are four tion of these emergency measures.- • amendments whicfi are still in dispute. Mr. OVERMAN. I know the Senator can not possibly get Mr. ·sMOOT. I desire to make a suggestion to the Senator the bill up this afternoon; . from Arizona. He does not intend, I presume, to ask that . Mr. VARDAMAN. Certainly we can not get it up · if the the conference report be printed as a · Senate document, but Senate wilLnot permit it to be taken up, but I do not think the that it be printed for the use of .the committee and · to be mere statement of the Senator from North Carolina settles the placed on the desks for the information of the Senate. question. _ l\fr. ASHURST. That is satisfactory. l\fr. OVERMAN. All right; I will withdraw the motion. The PltESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so · Mr. THOMAS. Will the Senator yield to me for a moment? ordered. Several Senators addressed the Chair. - HOUSE BILLS REFERRED. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Louisiana The following bills were severally· read twice by their titles yielded to the Senator from Nevada [:Mr. NEWLANDS], and he and referred to the Committee on Commerce : now has the floor. Does the Senator fi·om Nevada no'v yield to H. R.14074. An act gt.·anting -the consent of Congt.·ess to the some other Senator; and if so, to whom? . village'of Fox Lake, in the county of Lake, State of Illinois, to Mr. .NEWLANDS. I propose to continue the remarkS I was construct a bridge across both arms of the Fox River where it making. · connects Pistakee Lake and Nippersink Lake, at a point suitable 1\lr; THOMAS. :Mr. President, a parliamentary inquiry. to the interests of navigation, 1n the county of Lake, State of The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The' Senator from Colorado Illinois; \Vill state it. _. H. R. 17602. An act granting the con~Emt of Congt.·ess to the Mr; .THOMAS. My understanding is that the so-called water­ county commissioners of Polk County, Minn., and Grarid Forks power bill is the unfinished business. I have no desire ·to retain County, N. Dak., to construct a bridge across Red River of the that bill before the Senate, but I ain a member of the Committee .North on the boundary line between said States; on Public Lands, and the chairman of the committee is not here: H. R. 17710. An act authorizing the construction of a bridge In his behalf I make the inquiry. across the-Tallapoosa River, ·separating the counties of Mont­ Mr. OVERMAN. I move that the Senate do now adjourn. gomery and Elmore, in the State of Alabama, at a point some; Mr. RANSDELL. I hope the Senator will not make that where be-tween Judkin Ferry and Hughes Ferry; . motion. · H. R. 18529. An act granting the consent of Congt.·ess to the The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from North police jury of Rapides Parish; La., to construct a bridge across Carolina mo-ves that the Seriate adjourn. 1 Red River at or near Boyce, La.; · Mr. RANSDELL. I ask the Senator to withdraw the motion H. R. 18534. Ai:J. act to authorize the construction, mainte­ and mo.ve a recess. I will accept that. - nance, and operation of a bridge across the St. Francis River The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on the mo~ at or near Parkin, Ark. ; _ tion of the Senato1~ from' North Carolina that the Senate adjom·n. H. R. 18550. An act gt.·anting the consent of Congress to the The motion was agreed to; and (at 6 o'clock and 15 minute!') county of Montgomery, in the State of Tennessee, to construct p. m., Friday, February 9, 1917) the ·senate adjorirned until a bridge across the Cumberland River; to-riwrrow, Saturday, February 10, 1917, _at l1 o'clock a. m. H. R. 18551. An act. granting the consent of Congress to the county of Montgomery, in the State of Tennessee, to construct a bridge across the Cumberland River ; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. H. R.18720. A,n act permitting the building of a railroad bridge across the Mississippi River at Bemidji, in the State of FRIDAY, February 9,' 191'7. Minnesota.; _ H. R. 18725. An act granting the consent of Congt.·ess to Kratka The House met at 11 o'clock a. m. Township, Pennington County, Minn., to construct a bridge across - The Chaplain; Rev. Henry·N. Couden, D. D., offered the fol: Red Lake River; lowing prayer : H. R. 19239. An a_ct granting the consent of Congress to the 0 Thou, wlio art supremely wise, all-powerful, the essence county of J?earl River, Miss., and the fourth ward of the parish of whose being is love, quicken all that is purest, noblest, best in of Washtngton, La., to construct a bridge across Pearl River be­ us, and help us to eliminate the evil tendencies which lie in tween Pearl River County, Miss., and Washington Parish, La.; wait to destroy; that the trend of our life may be forward not H. R. 19298. An act autho}.·izing the Western New York & backward, upward not downward, heavenward not h~~llward; Pennsyl\ania Railway Co. to reconstruct, maintain, and operate that we may build for ourselves from within a character which a bridge across the Alleghe~y River, in the town of .Allegany, shall be an everlasting memorial to our Maker, through Him county of Cattaraugus, N. Y. ; and - who taught us the way and the truth and the life. Amen. H. R. 2057-:1. An n,ct granting the consent 9f · Co-piress to the · The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday. was read and ap­ county commissioners of Decatm· County, Ga., to -reconStruct a proved. bridge across the Flint River at Ba~nbridge, Ga: . ·· ORDER OF BUSINESS. ORDER OF BUSINESS. ·Mr. LANGLEY rose. Mr. RA.NSDELL. I move that the Senate -- proceed to· the The SPEAKER. For what purpose does the gentleman rise? consideration of the bill (H. R. 14777) to provide for the con· . Mr. LANGLEY. To ask unanimous consent to address ·the trol of the floods of the Mississippi River and of the Sacramento House for not exceeding five lninutes in order that I may explain River, Cal., and for other purposes. • and modify, a statement I made in debate yesterday. 1\Ir. NEW"LANDS. Mr.- ·President-- . The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Kentucky asks unani­ The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Does the Senator from mous consent to address the House for not ·exceeding fiye Louisiana yield to the Senator from Nevada'! minutes. LIV--186 . CONGRESS~ONAL RECORD-HOUSE, FEBRUARY 9, 1\lr. RUSSELL of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, will the gentle· · in which to think of something to say in that minute and a half. man withhold his request for a moment? [Laughter.] 1\.Ir. LANGLEY. Yes. It occurred to me that I could cite my experience as appoint· Mr. RUSSELL of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, this is pension ment clerk of the Census Office in helping to organize that office day, and I ask unanimous consent that two pension b~ on the Independent of the civil service as an illustration of how easily Private Calendar, one a Senate bill from the Committee en a high standard of efficiency can be obtained without competitive .Jnvalid Pensions and one a Hou e bill from the Committee on examination. The gentleman from Illinois [Mr. MANN] and the ,Pensions, be considered in order and taken up following the gentleman from 1\rassachusetts [Mr.