3772 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. ~fAROH 24, ments to Sherman antitrust law-to the Committee on Inter­ By 1\Ir. TIDSTLEWOOD: Petition of citizens of Carbondale, state and Foreign Commerce. Ill., against a parcels-post la w~to the Committee on the Post­ By Mr. OVERSTREET: Petition of Meridian Life and Trust Office and Post-Roads. Company. of Indianapolis, in favor of a national memorial to Also, petition of Woman's Christian Temperance Union and Abraham Lincoln-to the Committee on Appropriations. Antisaloon League of Jackson County, Ill., for the Littlefield By Mr. PADGETT: Paper to accompany bill for relief of bill- o the Committee on the Judiciary. · George L. Cowan-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. WANGER: Petition of Keystone Grange, No. 2, of By Mr. PETERS: Petition of John Martin Club, of Roxbury, Montgomery County, Pa., for a national highway commission­ 1\Iass., against any treaty of arbitration with Great Britain­ to the Committee on Agriculture. to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Also, petition of George W. West Division, No. 468, Brother- By 1\Ir. PRATT: Paper to accompany bill for relief of David . hood of Locomotive Engineers, of Carbondale, Pa., for the C. Demarest-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. La Follette-Sterling employers' liability bill, Rodenberg anti­ By l\fr. RYAN: Petition of Hardwood Manufacturers' Associa­ injunction bill, and the Clapp free-pass amendment-to the tion of the United States, for amendment to interstate-commerce Committee on Interstate and lf'oreign Commerce. laws-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Also, petition of Chartiers Valley Division, No. 416, Inter­ Also, petition of 3,000 Poles near Buffalo, N. Y., against op­ national Brotherhood of LocomotiTe Engineers, of Ingram, Pa., pression of the Polish people by the Prussian Goverp.ment-to Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen of Hazleton, Pa., and Lumber the Committee on Foreign Affairs. City Lodge. No. 524, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, for Also, petition of Manufacturers' Club of Buffalo, N. Y.• for S. 4260-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com­ H. R. 13266, amending national bankruptcy act-to the Com­ merce. mittee on the Judiciary. By Mr. WEISSE: Petition of Central Labor Union in the Also, petition of Philadelphia Board of Trade, against H. R. District of Columbia, against prohibition law in the District of 17200, amending interstate-commerce law-to the Committee Columbia-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. WILEY: Paper to accompany bill for relief of Ben de Also, petition of Richard O'Brien, of Scranton, Pa., for the Lemos (previously referred to the Committee on Pensions)­ Lorimer bill (H. R. 175), amending pension laws so as to apply to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to members of the telegraph corps in the United States-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, petition of Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen of the SENATE. States of Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, and Texas, and Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, for the Clapp tree-pass TUESDAY, March ~4, 1908. amendment-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com­ Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. EowABD E. HALE. merce. The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and ap­ By Afr. SABATH : Petition of Trades League of Philadelphia, proved. for S. 25 and II. ll. 6169, efficiency of Life-Saving Service-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. Also, petition of National Association of Clothiers, for the A message from the House of Representatives, by 1\Ir. W. J. Fowler currency bill-to the Committee on Banking and Cur­ BRoWNING, its Chief Clerk, announced that the House had rency. passed the bill (S. 34.16) to amend an act entitled "An act au­ Also, petition of Association of American Directory Publish­ thorizing the extension of Meridian place NW.," approved Jan­ ers, for the Kittredge copyright bill-to the Committee on uary !), 1D07. Patents. The message also announced that the House had passed the bill ( S. 29) to provide for registration of aU cases of tuberculo­ .AJ o, petition of Williams Post, No. 25, Grand Army of the sis in the District of Columbia, for free examination of sputum Republic, of Watseka, Ill., for the Sherwood pension bill-to the in suspected cases, and for preventing the spread of tuberculosis Committee on Invalid Pensions. in said District, with amendments, in which it requested the con­ Also, petition of the Universalist Club, of Haverhill, Mass., currence of the Senate. for forest resenations in White l\fountains and Southern Appa­ The message further announced that the House had agreed to lachian Mountains-to the Committee on Agriculture. the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 16621) to ex­ By Mr. S~fiTH of California : Petition of citizens of Cali­ tend the time for the construction of a dam across Savannah fornia, in fa\or of Littlefield bill-to the Committee on the River at Cherokee Shoals. Judiciary. Tbe message also announced that the House had passed the By Mr. SPERRY: Petition of Authors' Club of Bridgeport, following bills, in which it requested the concurrence of the Conn., against the Crumpacker census bill-to the Committee on Senate: the Census. · H. R. 4063. An act for the widening of Benning road, and for Also, petition of Westfield Grange, of Middletown, Conn., for a other purposes ; . national highway commission-to the Committee on Agriculture. H. R. 12438. An act extending the time limit for the comple­ Also, petition of Robert Emmet Club, of Danbury, against tion of the lines of the East Washington Heights Traction Rail­ treaty of arbitration with Great Britain-to the Committee on road Company; Foreign Affairs. H. R. 15230. An act to amend an act approved February 28. By Mr. SPIGHT: Papers to accompany bills for relief of 1901, entitled "An act relating to the Metropolitan police of the estate of W. H. Cooper and estate of Ransom Vick-to the Com­ District of Columbia; " mittee on War Claims. H. R.1523L An act to amend the license law approved July Bv Mr. SULZER: Petition of International Reform Bureau, 1, 1902, with respect to licenses of drivers of passenger vehicles for ~the Sims antigambling bill-to the Committee on the Dis­ for hire; trict of Columbia. H. R. 16269. An act authorizing the extension of Ninth street A1 o, petition of Walter Woods, Franz Mueller, and Van Horn NW.; & Texter, for the Kittredge copyright bill-to the Committee on ll. R. 17297. An act authorizing the extension of New York Patent. avenue from its present terminus near Fourth street NE. to Al o, petition of tbe Universalist Club, of Haverhill, 1\Iass., the Bladensburg road; for forest reservations in White Mountains and Southern Ap­ H. R.17303. An act authorizing the extension of Girard street palachian Mountains-to the Committee on Agriculture. NW. from its western terminus to Fifteenth street :rw. · Al o, petition of American Musical Copyright League, for the H. R.17305. An act to regulate the establishment and main­ Smoot-Currier copyright bill-to the Committee on Patents. tenance of private hospitals and asylums in the Di trict of Al o, petition of Sailors' Union of the Pacific, against a bill to Columbia; and amend ection 4463 of tbe Revised Statutes of the United H. R.1D355. An act making appropriations for fortifications State -to the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fish­ and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, for the eric . procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and serlice, and for AI o, petition of Trades League of Pbiladelpha, for S. 25 and other purposes. H. R. <nGD (to proomte efficiency of the Life-Saving Serv­ The message also announced that the House insists upon its ice)-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. amendments to the bill (S. 1424) to increase the efficiency of By l\Ir. TALBOTT: Petition of Automobile Club of Maryland, the l\ledical Department of the United States Army, disag1·eed in favor of a volunteer motor corps in United States-to the to by the Senate; agrees to the conference asked for by the Committee on Military Affairs. Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and 1908. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3773 minal elevator interests which control the board of trade in the large had appointed Mr. YOUNG, Mr. CAPRON, and Mr. SLAYDEN, centers are the people who are at the bottom of the fight on Federal in­ managers at the conference on the part of the House. spection, as they desire the same old system, by which the grain from The message further transmitted to the Senate resolutions the producers may be inspected into their elevators a grade or t'l\o lower of the House on the death of Ron. WILLIAM JAMES BRYAN, late than it really is and inspected out a grade or two higher than it really is. a Senator from the State of Florida. The grain growers of Illinois respectfully request your support in behalf of the Federal inspection and grading of grain. Will you kindly ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED. let us hear from you? • The message also announced that the Speaker of the House Yours, truly, J. A. McCREERY. had signed the following enrolled bills and joint resolution, Resolved, That we favor the inauguration of a system of Federal p-ain inspection and grading of grain along the lines provided for and they were thereupon signed by the Vice-President: m the McCumber bill, and we call upon the Senators and Representa­ S. 4046. An act to authorize the cutting of timber, the manu­ tives from the State of Illinois to bend every effort toward secur­ facture and sale of lumber, and the preserration of the forests ing the enactment of such legislation by Congress at an early date.