5920 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. NOVEMBER 14, By l\lr. PATTON of Pennsylvania: A bill (H. R. 9286) grant­ assessment work is done in• the wintertime with the use of ing an increase of pension to Abraham Egler; to the Committee sleds. Even if this relief measure passes, there is now no way on Invalid Pensions. of notifying these miners except by cablegram to • rome, Alaska. Also, a bill (H. R. 9287) granting an increase of pension to I desire to give notice that as soon as the bill reaches the Mary A. Andrews: to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Speaker's table I shall ask to have it taken up and considered By Mr. TAGGART: A bill (H. R. 9288) for the relief of and disposed of by unanimous consent. I desire to state fur­ Albert H. Campbell; to the Committee on Military Affairs. ther that a full statement is contained in the record of the Also, a bill (H. R. 9289) granting an increase of pension to Senate proceedings of yesterday, showing the neces ity of the George Stevens; to the Committee on Pensions. l assage of this bill and the need of unanimous action on the Also, a bill (H. R. 9290) to place the name of Capt. William part of the House. H. Ward on the unlimited retired list of the Regular Army of The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Washington [Mr. JOHN­ the United States, with rank and pay as a retired officer of SON] gives notice that when the bill comes from the Senate the regular establishment; to the Committee on l\lilitary Affairs. relating to the matter he refers to, he will ask unanimous con­ sent to can it up. The gentleman from Delaware [J\Ir. BRocK­ - PETITIONS, ETC. soN] is recognized for one hour. Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, petitions and papers were laid CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN THE ST.ATE OF DELAWARE. en the Clerk's desk and referred as follows : Mr. BROCKSON. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday last Ur. Ev.ANS, By the SPEAKER (by request) : Fetition of citizens of Lin­ of Montana, asked unanimous consent for the present considera­ coln and Montgomery Counties, Mo., asking for a pension for tion of a resolution which was sent to the Clerk's desk and read. Mrs. Kate L. Clare, widow of the late William D. Clare, an ex­ The resolution was as follows: soldier; to the Committee on Pensions. House resolution. Also (by request), petition of the Belknap Hardware & Manu­ Wh~reas. it appears from cispatches published in the public prints that facturing Co., of Louisville, Ky., favoring change in the parcel­ su: prisoners-two white men and four negroes--all convicted ot rob­ bery, were whipped on their bare backs, with a total ot !l5 lasbes, at post law relative to shipment of books; to the Committee on the the Newcastle County workhouse, in the State o! Delaware, on No­ Post Office and Post Roads. vember 8, rn13 ; and Also (by request), petition of the National Woman's Chris­ Whereas it further appears that two ot said prisoners, James Bayard tian Temperance Union, protesting against placing in the CoN­ !~S William Reason, negroes, each received 20 lashes for burglary; GRESSION A.L RECORD the funeral oration o>er the remains of the Whereas it further appears that on Saturday next, November 15, these two men will each receive a similar number of lashes on the bare late Adolphus Busch, a brewer of St. Louis, Mo. ; to the Com­ back, and in addition Bayard is sentenced to serve 14 years in prison mittee on Printing. and Reason 11 years ; and By Mr. GRAHAM of Pennsylvania: Petition of the Philadel­ Whereas it further appears that the court divided the administration of the lashes for fear the victims could not stand the peno.lty all at phia Produce Exchange, of Philadelphia, Pa., favoring legisla­ once; and tion by Congress for protection of the lower Mississippi River; Whereas the eighth amendment to tbe ('onstitutlon o! the United States to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. of America provides that "cruel and unusual punishments shall not be intlicted " ; and By Mr. LAFFERTY : Memorial of the Columbia & Snake Whereas 1t is manifest from the fact that the court dlTided the imposi­ River Waterways Association, favoring canalization of Colum­ tion ot the number of la6 hes for fear of causing the death or the vie· bia River; to the Committee on RiYers and Harbors. tlms that such punishment is cruel; and Whereas such mdhod of punishment is a relic or medieval barbarism Also. petition of the Pendleton Commercial Association, favor­ and is not generally practiced in civilized countries and is therefore ing legislation for flood protection of the lower Mississippi unusual : Therefore be 1t Riyer; to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. · Resolved; That the Prestdent ot the United States and the Attorney General or the United States are hereby authorized and dlrected to cause to be brought In the Federal courts an injunction proceeding against the State or Delaware, or the officials and employee of such HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. State who may be responsible for the condition or atralrs abov et 1'.ortb, or that the President and Attorney General take such other action FRIDAY, as in their jud~ment may be proper to enforce the provisions or the Fed­ November 14, 1919. eral ·constitution and prevent the infliction or this crael nnd unusual punishment upon these prisoners on Saturday next, November 15, and The Ilou e met at 12 o'clock noon. to prevent the practice of such cruelties hereafter in said State of Dela­ Tlie Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., offered the fol­ ware or elsewhere in the United States of America. t>w\ng prayer : The House adjourned without action on that resolution. The We would approach Thee, .Almighty God, our Heavenly resolution is so manifestly improper that ft is quite cettain the Father. in the spirit of the l\faster, that our spiritual vision House will not adopt it and will probably never conEiider it. may be enlarged, that our faith may grow stronger, that our If the United States courts had jurisdiction in the cnses hopes may burn brighter, that our thoughts and deeds may mentioned in the resolution and injunction proceeuings were spring from pure and holy motives, that the perfection of our needed. it would not be necessary for Congress to direct the character may more and more obtain until we all come unto President or the Attorney General to perform thei.r duties in the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. Amen. the matter. Nothing more than sending sufficient information The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read. to the Attorney General would be required. But the United Ur. MANN. Mr. Speaker, I thought that the Clerk read that States courts do not have jurisdiction in these case9' as I will "Mr. MANN presented a privile~ed report." show later. The SPEAKER. It should have been a resolution, and the I desire first to comment upon the statements made in the pre­ correction will be made. amble of this resolution. The Journal as corrected w ns approved. The statement in the first three claus s are partially correct. The SPEAKER. By a special order of the House made yes­ I deny all the other statements contained In the preamble. The terday the gentleman from Delaware [Mr. BROCKSON] has one statement thut "the court dinded the imposition of the num­ hour in which to address the _Hou e on the subject of cruel and ber of lashes for fear of causing the tle::i th of the victims" is unusual punishment in the State of Delaware. He is recog­ absolutely false, and has been made without facts to support nized for an hour. He does not seem to be here. the statement. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. No· man·s life is ever endangered by the infliction of cor­ A. message from the Senate, by Mr. Carr, one of its clerks, poral punishment in Delaware. In the cases of James Bayard announced that the Senate had passed bill of the following title, and William Reason the court divided the sentences as to the in which the concurrence of the House of Representatives was lashes to make tl punishment lighter because the defendants requested: are young. s. 33D7. An act to amend section 2324 of the Revised Statutes These two men were conyicted jointly for bre::i king and of the United States relating to mining claims. entering the dwelling house of l\fr. Reybold in the night­ time with the intent to commit a felony, and foi: breaking and liINING CLAIMS ON SEW ABD PENINSULA., ALA.SKA. edtering an~ther building, not a dwelling. during the snme Mr. JOHNSON of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I desire to night. Bayard was also convicted of committing an assault make this statement at this time: The Senate yesterday passed during the same night. the bill ( S. 3397) for the relief of miners in the Seward Penin­ While those two felons were in l\fr. Reybold's bouse that sula, in Alaska, and the bill will soon reach the Speaker's night Bayard went to the bed in which Mis fleybold wns asleep table. The emergency is urgent in the extreme. The bill and had his hand upon her stomach when she was awakened by provides for relieving the miners in that peninsula of their him. She ran from the room frightened almo t intQ hysteri~s asses ment work for this year.