MINUTES OF THE SENATE DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE 1903±1964 MINUTES OF THE SENATE DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE Fifty-eighth Congress through Eighty-eighth Congress 1903±1964 Edited by Donald A. Ritchie U.S. Senate Historical Office Prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate U.S. Government Printing Office Washington 105th Congress S. Doc. 105±20 U.S. Government Printing Office Washington: 1998 Cover illustration: The Senate Caucus Room, where the Democratic Conference often met early in the twentieth century. Senate Historical Office. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Senate Democratic Conference (U.S.) Minutes of the Senate Democratic Conference : Fifty-eighth Congress through Eighty-eighth Congress, 1903±1964 / edited by Donald A. Ritchie ; prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. United States. Congress. SenateÐHistoryÐ20th centuryÐSources. 2. Democratic Party (U.S.)ÐHistoryÐ20th centuryÐSources. I. Ritchie, Donald A., 1945± . II. United States. Congress. Senate. Office of the Secretary. III. Title. JK1161.S445 1999 328.73'07657Ðdc21 98±42670 CIP iv CONTENTS Foreword ...................................................................................... xiii Preface .......................................................................................... xv Introduction ................................................................................. xvii 58th Congress (1903±1905) March 16, 1903 ..................................................................... 1 December 12, 1903 ............................................................... 2 December 14, 1903 ............................................................... 3 December 15, 1903 ............................................................... 3 December 16, 1903 ............................................................... 5 January 23, 1904 .................................................................. 6 59th Congress (1905±1907) December 8, 1905 ................................................................. 7 February 3, 1906 .................................................................. 8 June 9, 1906 .......................................................................... 9 June 21, 1906 ........................................................................ 10 60th Congress (1907±1909) December 3, 1907 ................................................................. 11 December 16, 1907 ............................................................... 12 January 25, 1908 .................................................................. 18 61st Congress (1909±1911) March 5, 1909 ....................................................................... 21 March 22, 1909 ..................................................................... 23 April 14, 1909 ....................................................................... 28 April 16, 1909 ....................................................................... 29 December 6, 1909 ................................................................. 30 December 9, 1909 ................................................................. 30 February 10, 1911 ................................................................ 36 62nd Congress (1911±1913) April 7, 1911 ......................................................................... 39 June 1, 1912 .......................................................................... 41 v 63rd Congress (1913±1915) March 5, 1913 ....................................................................... 43 March 6, 1913 ....................................................................... 45 March 7, 1913 ....................................................................... 48 March 8, 1913 ....................................................................... 50 March 15, 1913 ..................................................................... 51 March 17, 1913 ..................................................................... 72 April 8, 1913 ......................................................................... 74 May 5, 1913 ........................................................................... 76 May 6, 1913 ........................................................................... 76 May 19, 1913 ......................................................................... 77 May 28, 1913 ......................................................................... 78 June 20, 1913 ........................................................................ 79 June 21, 1913 ........................................................................ 80 June 23, 1913 ........................................................................ 80 June 24, 1913 ........................................................................ 82 June 25, 1913 ........................................................................ 83 June 26, 1913 ........................................................................ 88 June 27, 1913 ........................................................................ 88 June 28, 1913 ........................................................................ 92 June 30, 1913 ........................................................................ 96 July 1, 1913 ........................................................................... 103 July 2, 1913 ........................................................................... 111 July 3, 1913 ........................................................................... 115 July 5, 1913 ........................................................................... 120 July 7, 1913 ........................................................................... 122 August 14, 1913 .................................................................... 127 August 15, 1913 .................................................................... 129 September 2, 1913 ................................................................ 130 September 3, 1913 ................................................................ 132 September 5, 1913 ................................................................ 135 October 1, 1913 ..................................................................... 143 November 26, 1913 ............................................................... 147 November 27, 1913 ............................................................... 150 November 28, 1913 ............................................................... 153 November 29, 1913 ............................................................... 155 November 30, 1913 ............................................................... 156 December 17, 1913 ............................................................... 161 December 18, 1913 ............................................................... 164 July 1, 1914 ........................................................................... 167 July 22, 1914 ......................................................................... 169 October 6, 1914 ..................................................................... 172 October 7, 1914 ..................................................................... 174 December 12, 1914 ............................................................... 179 January 16, 1915 .................................................................. 181 January 18, 1915 .................................................................. 183 January 20, 1915 .................................................................. 185 January 21, 1915 .................................................................. 186 January 22, 1915 .................................................................. 188 vi January 23, 1915 .................................................................. 189 February 2, 1915 .................................................................. 194 February 13, 1915 ................................................................ 196 64th Congress (1915±1917) November 29, 1915 ............................................................... 201 December 1, 1915 ................................................................. 203 December 2, 1915 ................................................................. 205 December 3, 1915 ................................................................. 208 December 4, 1915 ................................................................. 212 March 16, 1916 ..................................................................... 214 April 19, 1916 ....................................................................... 215 July 5, 1916 ........................................................................... 217 July 7, 1916 ........................................................................... 219 July 8, 1916 ........................................................................... 219 July 15, 1916 ......................................................................... 222 July 25, 1916 ......................................................................... 224 July 31, 1916 ......................................................................... 228 August 10, 1916 .................................................................... 231 August 11, 1916 .................................................................... 232 August 12, 1916 .................................................................... 233 August 13, 1916 ...................................................................