.. 1912. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 5259 • bama, which was introduced this afternoon, while the follow­ ing resolution, which was introduced-- CONFIRMATIONS. Mr. JOHNSTON of Alabama. I will suggest to the Senator EJ:cecutive nomlinations oonfirmed by the Senate April 24, 1912. that there was a resolution adopted yesterday that required REGISTER OF THE LAND OFFICE. much more matter to be disclosed, and the communication possi­ Hal J. Cole to be register of the land office at Spokane, Wash. bly may ha>e been prepared in reference to that. POSTMASTERS. Mr. BRISTOW. A resolution was introduced on .April 22 by Mr. OVERMAN and agreed to by the Senate, which reads a'S ALASKA. follows·: Earle L. Hunter, Juneau. Resolved, That the Attorney General be, and he is hereby, instru.cted CALIFORNIA. to lay before the Senate all eorrespondence and informati-0n now in Edward M. Downer, Pinole. possession of the Department of Justice in relati-0n to the proposed settlement between the United States and the International Harvester COLO BADO. Co. by which the so-called Harvester Trust may be permitted to reor­ Walter I. Brush, Sterling. ganize and bring its organization and business within the provision of the Sherman antitrust law as <!Onstrued by the Supreme Court, to­ ILLINOIS. gether with any :rnd all correspondenee, information, and reports of the Bureau of Corporations relating thereto from January 1, 1904, to Dietrich H. Fleege, Lombard. the present time. Charles C. Hamilton, .Atwood. It can be readily seen that this communication is not in reply J obn F. Mains, Stronghurst. to the Olerman resolution. Now, I haYe been advised-at least KANSAS. I ha rn seen it so stated in the public press-that a suit which Fred Bartlett, Baxter Springs. was proposed to be brought against the Harvester Trust has Florence Lowe, Turon, been withheld upon the order of the President. MAINE. i\Ir. HEYBlJ"'"RN. What President? Frank H. Lane, Brooks. Mr. BRISTOW. The present President within the last few Arthur W. Richardson, Fort Fairfield. weeh"S. · Now, we have the spectacle of a resolution being pre­ Palmer A. Twamhley, Kennebunk Port. pared and introduced into the Senate this afternoon, and before MA.RYLAND. it has been printed and furnished to Senators it is answered William H. Medford, Cambridge. by the Attorney General, presumably because it is intended to refled upon a man who is a candidate for the Pre idency MASSACHUSETTS. against the present occupant of that office, while the -resolution Frank 0. Johnson, Montague. that was introduced on April 22 remains unanswered by the MINNESOTA. pre~ent Attorney General, because, presumably, it might reflect Lemuel S. Briggs, Princeton. upon him or his administration -0r the administration that is :MISSISSIPPI. now in charge of the Go-.;-ernment. rrhomas D. Hill, Blue Mountain. I simply wanted to call attention to the fact that the answer to the resolution introduced by the Senator from Alabama MISSOURL seems to haYe been prepared in adYance to await the oppor­ Henry J. Bernhard, Palmyra. tunity, while the resolution of the Senator from North Carolina Louis F. Blacketer, Braymer. [1\fr. OVERMAN] remains unanswered;- and it has not been long .August W. Enis, Clyde. since the Senate was advised that the public interest would not Henry Puls, Jackson. permit the .Attorney General to furnish it information it desired .James Tait, Polo. to have in regard to his relation with the International Har­ MONTAN.A. vester Co. Why is he so eager in his efforts to reflect on his Theophilus H. Symms, Broadview. predecessor while he conceals from us the facts as to his own OHIO. conduct? Charles H. Clark, Mount Sterling. The VICE PRESIDENT. The communication and accom­ William McC. Crozier, Cumberland. panying papers will be printed and referred to the Committee Pearl W. Hickman, Nelsonville. on the Jud~ciary. George H. Huston, Rogers. l\fr. CULLO~I. I move that the Senate adjourn. Robert H. Wiley, Flushing. The motion was agreed to; and (at 5 o'clock and 5 minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, Thursday, April OKLAHOMA. 25, 1912, at 2 o'clock p. m. Harry C. Clark, Mc.A.lester. John M. Lapham, Cement. John B. Wtlleford, Olustee. NOMINATIONS. PENNSYLVANIA. Executi-ve nominatio1is received by the Senate April 24, 1912. Herbert L. Bowen, Spartansburg. PROMOTIONS IN THE NAvY .• Sarah V. Patton, .Aliquippa. RHODE ISLAND. Lieut. (Junior Grade) Carroll S. Graves to be a lieutenant in the Navy from the 24th day of September, lSll, to fill a William F. Caswell, Jamestown. vacancy. SOUTH DAKOTA. Ensign Stephen. B. .McKinney to be a lieutenant (junior Frank Bowman, Eagle Butte. grade) in th~ Navy from the 12th day of February, 1912, .upon Robert E. Grimshaw, Deadwood. the completion of three yea.rs' service as an ensign. PosTJ.1ASTERS. INJUNCTION OF SECRECY REMOVED. The injunction of secrecy was remoYed from the ratification of KENTUCKY. the declaration of international naval conference, signed by the W. B. Buford to be postmaster at Nicholasville, Ky., in place delegates of the United States to the International Naval Con­ of William .M. Anderson. Incumbent's commission expired ference held at London, England, from December 4, 1908, to February 7, 1911. February 26, 1909. (Ex. A, 61st Cong., 1st sess.) Clarence Mathews to be postmaster at Maysville, Ky., in place of Clarence Mathews. Incombent's commission expired De­ cember 19, 1910. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Will P. Scott to be postmaster at Dawsonsprings, Ky., in place of Will P. Scott. Incumbent's commission expired March 31, WEDNESDAY, April 934, 1912. 1912. The House met at 12 o'clock noon. James W. Thomason to be postmaster .at Uni-Ontown, Ky., The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., offered the fol­ in place of James W. Thomason. Incumbent's eommission ex­ lowing prayer : pired March 31, 1912. Our Father in heaven, imbue us plenteously with that wisdom .l\1iles M. J. Williams to be postmaster at Eminence, Ky., in whicll is aoove the price of rubies, which enables us to distin­ place of Miles M. J. Williams. Incumbent's commission expired guish clearly the real values of life, lifts us abD>e the sordid, .April 9, 1912. puts a premium on high thinking and clean living, makes for OKLA.HOMA.. righteousness in the soul, and- leads heavenward. For Thine is Leonard 1\I. De Ford to be postmaster at Duncan, Okla., in the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Am~. place of Harry S. Bockes. · Incumbent's eommission expires The Journal (}f the proceedings of yesterday was read and .April 28, 1912. approved. r 5260 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. APRIL 24, CALENDAR WEDNESDAY. Mr. MANN. That is, to consider House bi11 38 iustead of the The SPEAKER. This is Calendar Wednesday. The call rests other bill. with the Committee on the Territories. The.unfinished business The SPEAKER To consider House bill 38 instead of House is House bill 13987, to create a legislature in the Territory of bill 13987. That eliminates the difficulty that the gentleman Alaska, to confer legislaU-rn power thereon, and for other pur­ from New York was talking about. poses. The House resolves itself automatically~- Mr. FITZGERALD. House bill 38 is reported to the House with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. I shall not LEGISLATUBE FOR ALASKA, object, Mr. Speaker. Mr. MANN. Pending that, Mr. Speaker, I suggest to the gen­ The SPEAKER Is there objection? tleman from Virginia [Mr. FLOOD] that I see he has reported There was no objection. House bill 38, a substitute bill on the same subject. I under­ Accordingly, under the rule, the House resol-red itself into the stood he desired to haye that bill considered instead of the bill Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for 13087, by unanimous consent. Of course that order would have the consideration of the bill (H. R. 38) to create a legislaU-rn to be made in the House instead of in C-0mmittee of the Whole. assembly in the Territory of Alaska, to confer legislatiye power Mr. FLOOD of Virginia. I did not catch what the gentleman thereon, and for other purposes, with Mr. CLINE in the chair. said. .!\Ir. FLOOD of Virginia. l\fr. Chairman, I yield one hour to · Mr. MANN. The gentleman reported yesterday House bill 38, the gentleman from Alaska [l\fr. WICKERSHAM]. with a substitute amendment, on the Territorial Legislature of Mr. WICKERSHAM. l\fr. Chairman, the bill now before the Alaska. House is a bill to create a Territorial legislature in the Terri- l\Ir. FLOOD of Virginia. Yes. tory of Alaska. · Mr. l\1.A.NN. I understood the gentleman desired to ask Alaska is one of the organized Territories of the United unanimous consent to cons1der House bill 38 instead· of the bill States in the same sense that Arizona and New Mexico were that we had under consideration last Wednesday. If that Territories before their admission into the Union as States. A is to be done, it would have to be done in the House. The Territorial form of government is that form of go\erument Committee of the Whole would not have the power to do that. which Congress establishes in a Territory. While seetiou 4 l\lr. FLOOD of Virginia. I am obliged to the gentleman from of Article IV of the Constitution provides that "The United Illiuois. States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a repub­ l\.Ir. Speaker, I ask ·unanimous consent that House bill 38, lican form of government," there is no such or any constitu­ with amendments, be substituted for House bill 13987, and I do tional guaranty that the• government created in a Territory it for this reason, l\fr.