l912 . CONGRESSIONAL -RECORD- HOUSE. '8451 hi House bill 24023, relative to five-year tenure of office for Greailer New Y,ork, against passage of bills restricting immigra­ Go-v.ernment -employees; to the Committee on Appropda­ tion; to the :Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. · tions. Also, imemorial of United Garment Workers of America, favor­ By Mr. BARNHART: Memorial of St. Urban Society, No. , ing passage of the seamen's :om No. 22673, :celative to safety :fo--r 399, of Otis, Ind., against passage of bills restricting 'immigra­ crew m11d passengers on vessels ; to the Committee on the Mer­ tion; io the Committee on Immigration and Naturaliza­ chant l\larine and Fisheries. tion. By Mr. REILLY : Memorial of Trenton Chamber of Com­ By Mr. BROWN: Papers to accompany a bill for the relief merce, of Trenton, N. J., against passage of Senate bil1 5458. of the heirs of Bryson Hamilton; to the Committee on War relative to placing of bridge by Pennsylvania Railroad Co. 01er Claims. the Delaware lliver -near Trenton; to the Committee on Inter­ Also, papers to accompany bill for the relief of the heirs of state and 'Foreign Cammerce. Alexander Stolmaker; to the Committee on War Claims. Also, petition of citizens of Bridgeport, Conn., against passage By Mr. CANNON: Memorial of Polish-American citizens of of the Bmton-Littleto.ri bill relative to celebrating 100 years of Chicago, ID., and Polish National Alliance of the United Stutes peace with England; to the Committee on Industrial Arts and of America, against -pas"'age of bills restricting immigration; to Expositions. the Committee ·On Immigration and Naturalization. Also, petition of Wilson & West ·and 2 others, of Martinton; Also, petitions of Carl Brewer and 6 others, of Onarga; A. Arnold Harken ·Oo. and 5 others, of P eotone; George Camps and Sutton and 5 others, of St. Anne; W. Smitn & San and 10 6 others of Minooka; F . M. Wright Co .. and 8 others, of Man­ oth~s. of 'Milford ; Wilson & West and 2 others, of Martinton; teno ; Hennessy & Spies and 8 others, of Chebanse; M. R. Meents George Camps and 6 others, of Minooka; Arnold Harken Co. & Son and 10 others, of Clifton; L. W. Calkins and 9 others, and 5 others, of Peotone; F . M. Wright Co. and 8 others_, of e-f 1\Iomence; Trobaugh, Kraft & Wright and 1 other, of Gil­ ,Manteno ; Hennessy & Spies and 8 others, of Chebanse; M. R. man; Sterrenberg & Voigt and 2 others, of Crescent City; and Meents & Sons and 14 others, of Clifton; 0. L. Calkins and 9 Voiberding Shoe Oo. and 11 others, of Watseka, all in the State others, of Momence; Trobaugh, Kraft & Wright and 1 other, of IDinois, praying for tile enactment of legislation giving the of Gilman; Sterrenberg & Voigt and 2 others, of ·crescent City; ruter state Commerce Commission control over express rates and Volberding Shoe Co. and 11 others, of Watseka, all in and classifications.; to the .Committee on Interstate and Foreign 'the State of Illinois, protesting against the enactment of pro- Commerce. • - posed parcel-post legiSlation; to the Committee on the P.ost .Also, petition on behalf of 401,658 soldiers and sailors of the Office and _past Roads. - Spanish-American War, favoring passage of House bill 17470, By Mr. DRAPER: :Memorial of Pennsylvania Oivil Service for granting pensions to widows and orphans of same; to the Reform Association, against passage of section 5 of House bill Committee on Pensions. 24023, relative to five-year tenure .of office for Government em­ By 1\Ir. SABATH: 1\Iemorial of Polish Societies of Chicago, ployees; to the Committee on Appropriations. Ill., against passage of bills restricting immigration•; -to the Com­ By Mr. DANIEL A. DRISCOLL : Petition of United Spanish mittee on Immigration and Naturalization. War Vete1·ans of New York City, _favoring passage -of House By Mr. SAMUEL W. SMITH: Memorial of Jewish ·Commu­ bill 17470, providing pensions far widows and minor cbllfu·en nity of Detroit, Mich., against passage of the Dillingham bill, of Spanish War 'Veterans; to the Committee on Pensions. providing literacy test for immigrants; to the Committee on Also, memorial of Queen Hedwig -Society, No. 393, of Buffalo, Immigration and Natmalization. N. Y., against passage of bills restricting immigration; to the By l\Ir. SULZER : Petition of United Spanish Wa.r Veterans Committee on Immigration and Natmalization. of New Yo.rk ·City; favoring passage of House bill 17470, rela­ By Mr. FULLER : Petition of Ohamaer of Commerce of tive to pensions for widows and minor children of Spanish War Trenton, N. J., against passage of Senate bill 5458, relating to ~ete-rans; .to _the Committee on Pensions. building' bridge over the Delaware River near Trenton; to the Also, memorial of P.hiladelphia Chamber of Commerce, of Committee on Interstate and Fo.reign Commerce. Philadelphia, Pa., favoring the extension of the merit system Also, petition of Order of Railway Conductors of America, to the Cons-nla-r and Diplomatic Service; to the Committee on DiYision No. 175, of Memp1Iis, Tenn., against passage of the Foreign Affairs. proposed employers' liability and workmen's compensation act; By Mr. WEBB : Petition of Council No. 69, Jun.for -Order to the Committee on the Judiciary. United American Mechanic-a, of North Carolirut, and Daughters Also, petition of 0. A. Burrows, -of Lancaster, Pa., 'favoring of Liberty of -North Carolina, both fa vori.Bg passage of House . passage of House bill 13114, old-age -pension bill; to the Com­ bill 22527, for restriction of immigration; to the Committee on . mittee on Pensions. · Immigration and Naturalization. By Mr. -GOEKE: Petition of 35 textile woi:kers of Brunswick, By Mr. WILSON of New York : Petition of Order of Railway Me., favoring passage of the ·Goeke postal-express bill; to the Conductors of America, Division No. 175, of Memphis, Tenn., Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. against passage of employers' liability and workmen's compen­ By Mr. HAMILL: l\Iemorial of Trenton Chamber of Com­ sation act; to the Committee on the Judiciary~ merce, af Trenton, N. J ., against passage of Senate bill 5458, Also, memorial of Brooklyn Chapter of American Institute of relative to building a bridge across the Delaware River at Architects, againSt the repeal of the Tarnsey Act by the ·sundry Trenton~ to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com­ civil bill; to the Committee on Appropriations. merce. Also, petition of Daughters of Liberty of New York City, Also, memorial of the United Business Men's Association of favoring passage of bills restricting immigration; to the Com­ Philadelphia, Pa., favoring passage of House bill 9242, relative mittee on Immigi·ation and .Naturalization. to pensions for civil-senice employees; to the Committee on Reform in Civil Service. · By Mr. HARDWICK: Papers in -support of bill (H. R. 24940) granting an increase of pension to Mrs. 0. A. Stovall; io the H OUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Committee on Pensions. SATURDAY, June !82, 1912. By Mr. LAFFERTY : Memorial of Pendleton Commercial As­ The House met at 1"2 o'clock noon. sociation, of Pondletcm, Oreg., favo1'ing the opening of the Co­ The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D ., offered the fol­ lumbia and Snake Rivers to navigation and the utilization of lowing prayer : the machinery used in constructing the Pana.ma -Canal for the Our Father in hea1en, we thank Thee for that neyer-failing purpose; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. pro-vidence which has shaped and guided the destiny of Th;y By Mr. l\IAHER : Memorial of citizens of Danbury, Conn., children from savagery through barbarism to civilization; which and Bay Ridge, Br0oklyn, N. Y., again~t passage of .Senate bill in spite of the untoward circumstances of life, in spite of fue No. 5458, relative to celebrating 100 years of peace with Eng­ efforts of men, unwittingly it may haTe been, to turn back the land; to the Committee on Indush·ial Arts and Expositions. tide of civilization, it has steadily moved forward, and we most By Mr. MOORE of Pennsylmniu: Memorial of Philadelphia fervently pray that Thou wilt continue to protect, bless, and Board· of Tmue, favoring a ppointment of a commission for the guide us that Thy kingdom may come and Thy will be done in consideration of the questions involved in the further amend­ eartb as it is in heaven. In the s_pirit of the Master. Amen. ment of the patent law; to the Committee on Patents. The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and Also, memorial of Trenton Chamber of Commerce, of Trenton, appro1ed. N . J., against _passage of Senate bill No. 5458, relaUrn to lo-eat­ PENSIONS. ing bridge by Pennsyl.-ania Railroad Co. near Trenton; to the Mr. RUSSELL. Mr. Speaker, I .ask unanimous consent that Committee on Interstate and FOTeign Commerc-e. :ill private pension bins to be considered to-day on the cal­ By Mr. REDFIELD : .Memorial of Our La.!.'1-y of Azens-tocnova endar be considered in the _House as in the Committee of the Society, No. 259, of Brooklyn., N. X:., and Labor Council of Whole. _ "8452 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JUNE 22, I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-;-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ t'7 The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Missouri asks unani­ Mr. HOWARD. Mr. Speaker, at this particular time I would mous consent that all private pension bills that may be con­ like to ask the Chair if it would be in order for me to make sidere<:l to-day shall be considered in the House as in the Com­ a correction in the RECORD ? mittee of the Whole. Is there obj_ection? The SPEAKER. Yes. The Ohair will entertain the request.