1919. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SEN... ~TE. 2063 Also, petition of A. A. Grant, of Bluefield~ W. Vn., protesting ; RoBERT· F. B:aoussARn was born- on the Marie Louise planta­ against the postal zone rate; to the Comm±ttee on Wa:rs: and : <ion near New Ib-eria, Ln.., August 17, 186"4, and spent his boyhood' Means. 1 in the cypress: swamps and on the broad prairies that abound in! Also, petition of BUBiness Men's Association of Fairmont, j. that seetion. T.lie e.ountry was a \erita-N-e paradise of game and' ,V. Va., opposing any Federal luxm.~y tax based on retail ~re fiSh, a.mfyou:ngBR.oussklln was very fond ofhunting a:n<l fishing. price; to the Committee on "\Vays and· :Means. ' His farbea:rs· were: among the French colonists of Acadia who By 1\lr. POLK: Petition of Farmers' Ins.titute of Frankford', l were expelled. from their Crrnadian homes by the harsh decTee· DeL, favoring league of nations; to- the Committee- on Foneign l of th~ British ministry following the peace of Utrecht in !713-,. Affairs. and their tragic- fate- Ilas been immortalized by Longfellow in By Mr. SNYDER: Petition of 1·esidents of the thir:ty:-th.ird · Evangeline, wherein he tellB how a part of these dispersed people, New York district, favoring the repeal of the p-ostal zane. law;· . after many wanderings: and sufferings,. found a new home in to the Committee on Ways ami Means. southwest Lon.isfana. Here they p1·eser-ved intact for many gen- Also, petition of members of the- Fortnightly Club, of Re.mse~ erations· their French langu-age, traditions, and customs, and it N. Y., fa'"""oring- abolishment of the so-call:ed z.one system for i was in tlihr atmosphere that RoBERT F. BRouss.A..IID was reared. ceFtain classes of mail m-atter; to the Committee on. ·ways. andl t French was the universal tongue, and he- grew to early maturity, Means. : without having learned to speak any other language. By 1\Ir. STEE:lffiRSO~: Petition of Cammercial Club of Red He attended the· public and private scllools of his State, but Lake Falls, .Minn., prote. ting against the continued control and his father cherishing the hope that his son would adopt the medi­ operation of the railroads of the United States by the Govern.. cal p1·of"ession for a career sent him to Ge-orgetown University, in ment; to the Commlttee on Interstate and Foreign Comm-erce. the Nation's Capital, where he spent three years. Here a new. Also, petition of J. S. Ulland, Fergus Falls, l\Iinn.r urging world opened to him. He· was· a good student· and rapidly· ac­ favorable action on proYision fol" increase of pay- of burenu quired mastery of Englisfi and a sound educational foundation. veterinarians, Department of Agriculture; to the Committee IDs youthful imagination was fired by the stirring events that on Agricultur~. were transpiring at that tilli-e, and he deteTmined, against strong Also, petition of Charles R. Wright, Fergu& Falls, l\Iinn., rc- paternal opposition, to make-law his profession and a public life lating to the proviillng of farms for returning soldiers; to the his career. Committee on 1\Iilitary Affairs. · His first public office after his retm-::n home was that of in- Also, petition of J. A. Lindenberg, secretary of Minnesota spe-eto.r of customs for the: po1·t of New Orleans, from whicn Retail Clothiers' Associatiorr, Hutchinson, Minn., protesting position he was: promoted to assistant weighei'r an<1 subsequently; against so-called luxury tax on clothing business; to the Com- : t(} expert statistician. He found time while attending to. his mittee on Ways and ~leans. · duties for the Government to enter the College of Law of Also, petition of M. I. Da"Venport, inspector in charge, Fergus Tulane University, in New Orleans, from which he graduated in Falls, l\linn., urging increase in salaries of bureau Yeterinarians. : 1889. He then removed! to his. boyhood home at New Iberia of the Department of .Agriculture; to the Committee. on Agri- ' where he formed a law partnershl}J with Judge T. Don Foster.'· culture. · · brothel'" of United States Senator l\lurp:Qy J. Foster, under th~ Also, petition of 1\linnesota Shorthorn Breeders' Association, . name of Foster & Broussard,. a firm whieh continued for nearlY; University Farm, St. Paul', l\linn., m·ging increase in salaries of· · two deca-des, and was one of the strongest in southern. Louisiana. veterinarians of tlle Btu-eau of Animal Industry of tlle Dep:art- Ha-d RoBERT BROUSSARD preferred :r professional to a political ment of Agricultm·e·; to the Committee on Agriculture. career, high honors, in. that field. and l:arge emoluments undoubt· Also, petition of N. F. Field, Fergus Falls, l\linn., favoring in- , edly would lmve been his. reward. crease of pay for bureau Yeterinarians ; to tlle Committee on 1\lr. ~oussARD always took an active interest in. public affairs Agriculture. and sought to serve his fellow man. He was a natural politi- By l\lr. TILSON: Petition of Carl P. Rollins and other citi- cian, and his talents as a political organizer and adv1ser were zens of New Haven, Conn., asking for repeal of the postal-zone in constant demand by his party. He served for 25 years as a - rate bill affecting second-class matter; to the Committee on member of. the Democratic. State central committee. Ways and l\leans. When the antilottery question became acute in Louis:iana in By l\lr. v ARE: Petition of the Yumntoya Co., of Philadelphia, 1800, and the. Democratic Party divi-ded into distinct wings on. Pa., protesting against the proposed llll'""UI'Y tax on haberdasll&ry; the issue, RoBERT Hn.ous-.s-ARn took his first independent stand to the Committee on Ways and Means. against the. State organization. He c:uea:ted for himself a State- Also, petition of North Pennsylvania Council, No. 255, Junior wide reputation as a campaigner o:nd stump speaker. The Order United American l\lechanics,. urging passage of House young- attoTney from New Iberia, hitherto. unknown beyond the bill 13195 ; to the Committee o:n the Judicial'Y· bm·ders-of his mstrict,_ emerged from the Untiiottery contest one Also, petition of 1\Iedical Council of Philadelphia, Pa., protest- of the most persuasive orators and astnte political leaders in ing against the continuance of the zone system of postage for the. State. The logical result of this· fight was· his nomination periodicals; to the Committee on Ways and l\Ienns. and election. by the antilottery wing- to the: position of district attorney for the nineteenth. judicial district of the State- in the campaign of 1892". His record. i:n offi-ce, his. undoubted strengt~ and a two-term tradition united in 1894 to obtain for him a SENATE. unanimous, reelection.. su~DAY, January B6, 1919. Two years later- he entered the race for Congress in the old third distri~t. He bad a strong opponent, who had the support (Legislatir:c aay of Monday, January 120, 1919.) o.f the State organization,. but B"RO"USSARD· received the nomina- The Senate met at 11 o'clock a. m., on the expiration of the tion. He entered upon his duties in the Ho-UBe of Representa- recess. tives in the Fifty-fifth Congress March 4, 1897, and sen-eel in that body for 18 years, being. reelected to eight successive MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 0~ THE LATE SE~ATOR BROUSSARD~ Congresses without opposition, except to the Sixty-second, which 1\lr. GAY. 1\lr. Pre ident, I offer the follo"ing resolutio-ns, came after his: election to the- Senate. This demonstrates his­ .which I ask the Secretary to read, and I move their adoption.. lyemarkable personal popularity, and' is a record of which the The PRESIDENT pro tempore~ The Secretary will rea.d ilie fewest Members of Congress can llonst. resolutions. 'Vhen the young Acadian entered Congress- conditions in his The resolutions (S. Res. 422) were read, considered by unani­ district were such as· to demand hi'S very best study and atten­ mous consent, and unanimously agreed to, as follo"s: tion. While the good' men in Louisiana had divided on the lot­ aligned ban­ Resolved, That the Senate expresses its profound sor-row in. the dea,lli tery issue and themselves under the respective of Hon. ROBERT F. BROUSSARD,. late a Senator from the State of Loui­ ners of Foster. and McEnery.- another· struggle had been going siana. on in Washington which involved: tb.e very economie existen~e Resolved, That as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased of. the district~ the Senate, in pursuance of an order heretofore made, assembles to the people of third congressional The cultiva- enable his associates to pay proper tribute to his high character and . tion of sngar cane, whfch since the early thirties of' the last cen· "uistinguished public service. tury had been. the pr.irrcipal vocation of these people, was agaili R esolved, That the Secretary commn:nkate these resolutions to the from a House of Representatives, and transmit: a eopy tb-ereo:t to the family of suffering fierce storm growing out of tariff revision. the deceased. The l\fcKinley tariff bill, enacted Se-ptembeT, 1890, had so far departed from American practice as to. place sugar on the free Mr. RANSDELL. Mr. President, we are: assembled to-day to I, list and' give: a bounty ot 2 cents· a: pound to the American· 1 pay respect to the.