2 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 4, North Carolina-Lee S. Overman and F. 1\I. Simmons. Impress us, we beseech Thee, with the vast responsibilities North Dalwta-Asle J. Gronna and Porter J. Mccumber. resting upon us as a· people, that we may prove ourselves Ohio-Theodore E. Burton and Atlee Pomerene. worthy of_the confidence reposed in us, and distinguish clearly Oklahoma-Thomas P. Gore and Robert L. Owen. between liberty and justice, freedom and license, purity and Oregon-Jonathan Bourne, jr., and George E. Chamberlain. impurity in the things which make for good citizenship, that Pennsylvania-George T. Oliver and Boies Penrose. we may work together with Thee toward the higher and better llhod-e Island-Henry F. Lippitt and George Peabody Wet- forms of life in the spirit of the world's great exemplar. more. Imbue the minds and hearts of these Thy servants, now South Carolina-Ellison D. Smith and Benjamin R. Tillman. convened in Congress, with the highest ideals, that they may· South Dal-votg,-Coe I. Crawford and Robert J. Gamble. wal~ worthy of the vocation whereunto they are called. Im­ Tennessee-Luke Lea and Robert L. Taylor. · part unto those who sit at the bar of justice clearness of Texas-Joseph W. Bailey and Charles A. Culberson. vision that they may judge wisely and impartially the intricate Utah-Reed Smoot and Georg-e Sutherland. problems which confront them. Vermont-William P. Dillingham and Carroll S. Page. Let Thy favor be upon our President and his advisers. Virginia-Thomas S. Martin and Claude A. Swanson. Quicken every noble impulse which makes for wise statesman­ Washington-Wesley L. Jones and Miles Poindexter. ship that he may safeguard all the interests of our people, West Virginia-William E. Chilton and Clarence W. Watson. that righteousness, _peace, and prosperity may reign through­ Wisconsin-Robert 1\1. La Follette and Isaac Stephenson. out our land and. in all the world. Wyoming-Clarence D. Clark and Francis E. Warren. And glory and honor and praise be '.rhine, the God of our NOTIFICATION TO THE HOUSE. salrntion, in Jesus Christ our Lord. A.men. Mr. CULLOM submitted the following resolution (.S. Res.150), CA.LL .OF THE ROLL. which was considered by unanµnous consent and agreed to : The SPEAKER. The Clerk will call the roll of Members, by Resolved, That the Secretary inform th~ House of Represe!J-tatives States, to ascertain the presence of a quorum. that a quorum of the Senate is assembled, and that the Senate IS ready The Clerk called the roll, when the following Members re­ to procsed to business. spondoo: NOTIFICATION TO THE "PRESIDENT. A.LABA.MA. 1\fr. GALLINGER submitted the following re olutfon ( S. Res. George W. Taylor. Richmond Pearson Hobson. S. H. Dent, jr. John L. Burnett. 151) , which was considered by unanimous consent and agreed to: Henry D. Clayton. William Richardson. Resolved. That a committee consisting of two Senators be appointed J. Thomas Heflin. ·oscar W. Underwood. to join such commi,_ttee as may be appointed by the House of Repre­ ARKANSAS. sentatives to wait u"Pon the President of the United States and inform Robert Bruce l\Iacon. H. ?JL Jacoway. him that a quorum of each House is assembled, and that Congress is William A. Oldfield. W. S. Goodwin. ready to receive any communication h~ may be pleased to make. John C. Floyd. The VICE PRESIDENT appointed as the committee Mr. CA.LIFORNIA. GALLINGER and Mr. MABTIN of Virginia. John E. Raker. James Carson Needham. William Kent. William D. Stephens. HOUR OF DAILY MEETING. Joseph R. Knowland. Sylvester C. Smith. Julius Kahn. Mr. LODGE. I offer the following resolution, for which I COLORADO. ask present consideration. Edward T. Tayl-0r (at large). John A. l\Iartin. The resolution ( S. Res. 152) was read, as follows : Atterson W. Rucker. Rcso.lved, That the hour of dai!Y meeting of #the Senate be 12 o'cloek CONNECTICUT. meridian until otherwise ordered. John Q. Tilson (at large). Ebenezer J. Hill. The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the DELAWARE. William H. Heald (at large). resolution. l\Ir. BAILEY. I move to -strike out "12 o'clock meridian" FLORIDA. Stephen M. Sparkman. Dannitte H. Mays. and to insert " 2 o'clock p. m." U'rank Clark. The amendment was agreed to. GEORGIA. The ;resolution as amended was agreed to. Dudley M. Hughes. Gordon Lee. William C. Adamson. Samuel J. Tribble. DESIGNATION OF PRESIDING OFFICER. William Schley Howard. Thomas W. Hardw1ck. Charles L. Bartlett. Mr. GALLINGER. Mr. President, owing to a death in the IDAHO. family of the Vice President it becomes necessary for the Senate Burton L. French. to select a Senator to pr"eside for several days. I therefore ILLIZ\OIS. ask unanimous consent that the senior Senator from Kansas Martin B. Madden. Jam es McKinney. [l\Ir. CuRTis] be designated to preside over the Senate until James R. MailR. George W. Pl"ince. James T. McDermott. Claude U. Stone. Tuesday the 12th instant. Adolph J. Saba th. John A. Sterling. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there objection to the request Edmund J. Stack. Joseph G. Cannon. of the Senator from New Hampshire? The Chair hears none, Frank Buchanan. William B. McKinley. Thomas Gallagher. Henry T. Rainey. and the order is entered. Lynden Evans.. James M. Graham. Mr. CULLOM. I move that the Senate adjourn. George Edmund Foss. William A. Rodenberg. The motion was agreed to, and (at 12 o'clock and 17 minutes Ira C. Copley. Martin D. Foster. Charles E. Fuller. H." Robert Fowler. p. m.) the Senate aruourned until to-morrow, Tuesday, Decem­ John C. McKenzie. Napoleon B. Thistlewood. ber 5, 1911, at 2 o'clock p. m. lNDIANA.. William A. Cullop. John A. M. Adair. Lincoln Dixon. Martin A. Morrison. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.: Ralph W. Moss. Edgar D. Crumpacker,. Finly H. Gray. Cyrus Cline. M:oNDAY, December 4, 1911. Charles A. Korbly. Henry A. Barnhart. IOWA. This being the day designated by the Constitution for the Charles A. Kennedy. Ilorace M. Towner. annual meeting of Congress, the .Members of the House of Rep­ I. S. Pepper. William R. Green. Jlfmes W. Good. Frank P. Woods. ,,. resentatives assembled in their Hall for tlie second session of N. E. Kendall. Elbert H. Hubbard. the Sixty-second Congress, and at 12 o'clock m. were called S. F. Prouty. to order by the Speaker. KANSAS. PRAYER. Daniel R. Anthony, jr. Rollin R. Rees. Philip P. Campbell. I. D. Young. Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., Chaplain of the House, offered Fred S. Jackson. Victor Murdock. the following prayer : KENTUCKY. Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place in all ~enerations. Ollie M.. James. Arthur B. Rouse Augustus 0. S~nley. James C. Cantrill " Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever Thou R. Y. Thomas, Jr. Harvey Helm. hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting Ben Johnson. John W. Langley. to everlasting, Thou art God, the same yesterday, to--da.y, and Swagar Sherley. Caleb Powers. forever," shaping, guiJing the destiny of men and of nations LOUISIANA.· from darkness to light, from sa,agery to civilization, from Albert Estopinal. Joseph E. Ransdell. H. Garland Dupre. Robert C. Wic~e. despotism to Jiberty, exemplified in the incomparable genius John T. WatkinS. and sacred institutions of our great and growing Republic. 1\IAINE. " Unto whomsoever much is given of him shall be much re­ Asher C. Hinds. Samuel W. Gould. quired." Daniel J. McGillicuddy. Frank E. Guernsey. 1911. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 3 MARYLAND. SOUTH c.mOLINA. James Ilarry Covington. Thomas Parran. George S. Legare. J. Edwin Ellerbe. Joshua F. C. 1'albott. David J. Lewis. James F. Byrnes. Asbury F. Lever. John Charles Linthicum. Joseph 'l'. Johnson. MASSACHUSETTS. SOUTH DAKOTA. George P. Lawrenl!e. Samuel W. McCall. Charles H. Burke (at large). Eben W. Martin (at large). Frederick H. Gillett. William F. Murray. John A. Thayer. James M. Curley. TENNESSEE. William H. Wilder. Andrew J. Peters. Sam R. Sells. Joseph W. Byrns. Augustus P. Gardner. John W. Weeks. Richard W. Austin. Lemuel P. Padgett. Ernest W. Roberts. Robert 0. Harris. John A. Moon. Thetus W. Sims. Cordell Hull. Finis J. Garrett. MICHIGA..~. William C. Houston. Frank E. Doremus. Samuel W. Smith. William W. Wedemeyer. Henry McMorran. TEX.AS. Edward L. Hamilton. Martin Dies. Robert L. Henry. Francis H. Dodds. James Young. Edwin F. Sweet. H. Olin You~g. Oscar Callaway. Choice B. Randell. John H. Stephens. MINNESOTA. Rufus Hardy. Jam es L. Slayden. Sydney Anderson. Andrew J. Volstead. George F. Burgess. John N. Garner. Frederick C. Stevens. Clarence B. Miller. Albert S. Burleson. William R. Smith. Frank M. Nye. Halvor Steenerson. Jack Beall. Charles A. Lindbergh. UT.AH~ MISSISSIPPI. Joseph Howell (at large). Ezekiel S. Candler, jr. B. P. HarriSon. Hubert D. Stephens. William A. Dickson. VERMONT. Benjamin G. Humphreys. James William Collier. David J. Foster. Frank Plumley. Thomas Upton Sisson. VIRGINIA. 111ISSOURI. El EJ. Holland. Carter Glass. Jam~s T. Lloyd. Champ Clark. John Lamb. James Hay. William W. Rucker. Richard Bartholdt. R. Turnbull. ~ Charles C. Carlin. Joshua W. Alexander. Theron EJ. Catlin. El W. Saunders. C. Bascom Slemp. Charles F. Booher. L. C. Dyer. William P. Borland. Walter L. Hensley. WASHINGTON. Clement Cabell Dickinson. Joseph J. Russell. William E. Humphrey. William La Follette. Courtney Walker Hamlin. James A. Daugherty. Stanton Warburton. Dorsey W. Shackleford. Thomas L. Rubey. WEST VIRGINIA. MONTAXA. John W. Davis. Adam B. Littlepage. Charles N. Pray (at large). William G. Brown. John M. Hamilton. NEBRASKA.. WISCONSIN. John A. Maguire. Charles H. Sloan. Arthur W. Kopp. James H. Davidson. C. O. Lobeck. George W. Norris. William J.