i624 OONGRESSION AL RECORD-SENATE ... JANUARY 30, The fact that the opportunity of displaying his remarkable S. 10099. An act granting pensions and increase of pensions ability in this body was denied him was a distinct disappoint­ to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain ment to his numerous friends and admirers in Louisiana. widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors. For many years .l\Ir. GILMORE practiced law in the city of The message also announced that the House had disagreed to N'e~ o~·Jeans, commencing in 1880, shortly after his graduation the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 28406) making from Tulane; first with his father, himself a distinguished appropriations for the current :ind contingent expenses of the lawyer, after whose death he practiced his profession for a Bureau of Indian Affairs for fulfilling treaty stipulations with while alone. Subsequently, however, he again entered into ·rnrious Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal partnership with different lawyers of eminence, members of year ending June 30, 1912, asked a conference with the Senate the New Orleans bar. on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and bad · It was in 1888 that Congressman GILMORE occupied his first appointed Mr. BuRKE of South Dakota, Mr. CA:UPBELL, and Mr. public position, the Hon. Carleton Hunt, then city attorney of STEPHENS of Texas managers at the conference on the part New Orleans, appointing him as his assistant. With that of the House. peculiar talent which he always displayed, his earnestness, his The message further announced that the House had passed studiousness his assiduous application to his duties in his chosen the following bills, in which it requested the concurrence of the profession, the late Representative soon became noted for his Senate: thorough knowledge of municipal law. In 1896 he himself was H. R. 31124. An act granting pensions and increase of pen­ elected city attorney, and reelected in 1900, 1904, and 1908; sions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and cer­ and it was only on March 15, 1909, that he severed his connec­ tain widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and tion with the city attorneyship, having resigned to succeed the sailors· late lamented Congressman Robert C. Davey, both for the un­ H. R: 32078. An act granting pensions and increase of pen­ expired term and the full term. In neither elections, either at sions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and cer­ the primary for his party's nomination or the election proper, tain widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and did Mr. GILMORE meet with any oppositfon. Such was the sailors ; and · regard in which he was held by the people of the second con­ H. R. 32128. An act granting pensions and increas~ of pen­ gressional district of Louisiana. sions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Prior to his election as city attorney Mr. GILMORE was very Navy, and certain soldiers and sailors of wars other than the widely known in Louisiana. In 1892 he was elected one of the Civil War, and to widows and dependent relatives of such presidential electors; in 1908 he was a delegate to the Denver soldiers and sailors. convention, and as such seconded the nomination of William J. The message also transmitted to the Senate resolutions of Bryan as the Democratic nominee for the Presidency. the House commemorative of the life and public services of No one could present a case more strongly, more effectively, Hon. SAMUELL. GILMORE, late a Representative from the State and more thoroughly than could l\fr. GILMORE. In his case he of Louisiana. overlooked no point of law, and he never harassed any court PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. before which he appeared by a repetition of his arguments. He The VICE PRESIDENT presented a joint memorial of the was a Shakespearean scholar, and at one time had prepared Legislature of the State of Montana, which was referred to the for the stage. Mr. GILMORE'S studies in that direction, his Committee on Industrial Expositions and ordered to be printed suavity of manner, his :fluency of language, his purity of dic­ in the RECORD, as follows : tion, and his uniform courtesy to his opponents, supplemented Senate joint memorial 5. by a thorough knowledge of the law and the facts of his case, To the honorable Senate and House of Representati1:es in the Congress always made him an interesting debater and a dangerous ad- of the United States assembled: versary. · Whereas it is proposed upon the completion of the Panama Canal Apart from the distinctive loss suffered by Louisiana. in his to hold in some city of the United States an exposition ; a~d Whereas certain cities of the United States are endeavormg to have untimely demise, it wUl forever remain a matter of deep regret the Congress of the United States designate such city as the place for to his admirers, among whom I .class myself, that an opportu­ holding of the Pana.ma International Exposition; and nity was not afforded him to display his remarkable talents on Whereas the city of San Francisco is a candidate for the honor of having said exposition located in that city: Now, therefore, be it this floor. Resolved (the house concurr·ing), We, the Twelfth Legislative Assem· .ADJOURNMENT. bly of the State of Montana, do hereby petition the Congress of the United States for the passage of necessary legislation to, at as early a. Then, in accordance with the resolutions heretofore adopted date as practicable, designate the city of San Francisco, State of Call· (at 2 o'clock and 1 minute p. m.), the House adjourned until fornia, as the place for holding the Panama International Exposition; Monday, January 30, 1911, at 12 o'clock m. fu~~ . Resoked, That a copy of this memonal be forwarded by the ~ec­ retary of state of the State of Montana to the Senate of the mted States. and that a copy of this memorial be forwarded by the secretary of state of the State of Montana to the House of Representatives of SENATE. the United States ; and be it further Resolved, That a copy hereof be transmitted by the secretary ot MoNDAY, January 30, 1911. state of the State of Montana to the Sen~tors and Representatives in Congress of the State of Montana, with the request that they use every Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, D. D. effort within their power to bring about a speedy action for the ac­ The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of the pro­ complishment of the ends and purposes herein indicated. W. R. ALLEN, President of the Senate. ce0dings of Friday last when, on request of Mr. BROWN, and W. W. McDOWE.LL, Spealcer of the House. by unanjmous consent, the further reading was dispensed with, Approved January ·21, 1911. and the Journal was approved. EDWIN L. NORRIS, Governor. Filed January 21, 1911. CREDENTIALS. A. N. YODER, Secreta.ry of State. Mr. BROWN presented the credentials of GILBEBT l\I. HrTCH­ cocK, chosen by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska a UNITED STATES OF AMERICA., State of Montana, ss: I, A. N. Yoder, secretary of state of the State of Montan11;, do hereby Senator from that State for the term beginning March 4, 1911, certify that the above is a true and correct copy of senate Joint memo­ which were read and ordered to be filed. rial No 5 relative to the Panama International Exposition, enacted by l\Ir. BULKELEY presented the credentials of GEORGE P. the Twelfth Legislative Assembly of the State of Montana and approved by Edwin L. Norris, governor of said State, on the 21st day of Janu­ l\IcLEA.N, chosen by the Legislature of the State of Connecti­ ary, A. D. 1911. cut a Senator from that State for the term beginning March 4, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the 1911, which were read and ordered to be filed. great seal of said State. Done at the city of Helena, the capital of said State, this the 21st Mr. STEPHENSON presented the credentials of ROBERT day of January, A. D. 1911. MARION LA FOLLETTE, chosen by the Legislature of the State [SEAL.] A. N. YODER, Secretary of State. of Wisconsin a Senator from that State for the term begin­ ning March 4, 1911, which were read and ordered to be filed. The VICE PRESIDENT presented a joint memorial of the Legislature of the State of Idaho, which was referred ·to the MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed in the A message from the House of Representatives, by w. J. RECORD, as follows : Browning, its Chief Clerk, announced that the House had passed Senaw joint memorial 2. the following bills : Your mernorialist, the Legislature of the State of Idaho, respectfully s. 10053. An act to extend the time within which the Balti- represents that- Whereas large areas of sections 16 and ·3s in every township granted more & Washington Transit Co. of Maryland shall be required to the State of Idaho by the act of Congress of July 3, 1890, have been to put in operation its railway in the District of Columbia, embl'aced within forest reservations, and it is necessary for the State under the provisions of an act of Congress appro>ed June 8, to have the right to make indemnity selections and ha>e them excluded from the national forests : Therefore be it · 1896, as amended by an act of Congress approved May 29, 1908; Resolvea, That Congress be petitioned to enact an act providing for and ' the adjustment of the claims of the States and Territories to.