1906. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 5255 By Mr. HOUSTON : Paper to accompany bill for relief of By Mr. WACHTER : Paper to accompany bill for relief of S. 1\I. Gentry-to the Committee on War Claims. Mary A. Cook-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. KEIFER: Petition of A. E. Humphreys et al., favor­ By 1\fr. WEEMS : Petition of G. W. Wilkins, for an appro­ ing restriction of immigration-to the Committee on Immigra­ priation to repair the National Road-to the Committee on 1 tion and Naturaliz-ation. Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. LAMB: Petition of citizens of West Point, Va., for the Gardner bill favoring restriction of immigration-to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. SENATE. Also, petition of the executive committee of the Virginia His- S A z torical Society, for preservation of the frigate Oonstituti011r-to ATURDAY, pri 14, 1906. the Committee on Naval Affairs. The Senate met at 2 o'clock p.m. Also, petition of citizens of West Point, Va., for the Penrose The Chaplain, Rev. EDWARD E. HALE, offered the following bill (S. 4357)-to the Committee on Immigration and Naturali- prayer: zation. · On the first Easter Sunday, the san1-e day, at evening when -By Mr. LAWRENCE: Petition of the Nautilus, against the the doors tvere sht,t, 'Lvltere the disciples were assembled for tal·iff on linotype machines-to the Committee on Ways and tear ot the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst. "Peace Means. be unto you,," He said. "As the Father hath sent me, even so Also, petition of Cummington Grange, for repeal of revenue se-nd 1 you." ta..""r on denatnrized alcohol-to the Committee . on Ways and Let us pray. Father we do not forget, and we remembm· the Means. great injunction. He has sent us forth as His servants, as His Also, petition of \Vest Stockbridge and Alford Grange, for re- brethren, and Thy children in Thy name, Father, that we may peal of revenue tax on denaturized alcohol-to the Committee go forward and build up this world. on Ways and Means. Do not let us forget on these sacred days the lessons we have Also, petition of citizens of Williamsburg, Mass., against re- been taught and what the fathers have done for us, and how ligious legislation in the District of Columbia-to the Committee He lived for us, and died for us, the just for the unjust, that on the District of Columbia. we might be saved. By Mr. LLOYD: Petition of citizens of Missouri, against Father, we ask Thee to bless us in the so-lemnities of this union of third and fourth class mail-to the Committee on the day. Unless the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that Post-Office and Post-Roads. build it; unless we consecrate all that we do here, all that we By Mr. McKINLEY of Illinois : _Petition of C. P. Doyle et al., say, all that we think, we ask in vain and we labor in vain. for repeal of revenue tax on denaturized alcohol-to the Com- This new house we would consecrate to the service of God and mittee on Ways and Means. the love of man, that we also may build up what has fallen By Mr. !IIAHON: Petition of James A. Garfield Council, No. down, that we may open eyes that have been blind, that we 129, Daughters of Liberty, favoring restriction of immigration- may speak the gospel of God's righteousness-yes, to all sorts to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. and conditions of men-first of all. and best of all, that we may · By Mr. MOUSER: Petition of citizens of Ohio, for the Gard- be one. " Peace be unto you," He hath said to us. that this ner bill favoring restriction of immigration-to the Committee world may live at peace, brother with brother, state with state, on Immigration and Naturalization. nation with nation-yes, that the sword may indeed be beaten Also, petition of the Tiffin Wagon Company et al., for repeal into a plowshare and that men need study arms no more. of revenue tax on denaturized alcohol-to the Committee on Father, we ask it in His name. Amen. ,Ways and Means. Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy By Mr. REYNOLDS: Petition o-f the Nation-al Wholesale kingdom come, Tby will be done on earth as it is done in Lumber Dealers' Association for bill H. R. 5281 (pilotage)-to Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries. trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead Also, petition of Council No. 113, Daughters of Liberty, of us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For Thine is Altoona, Pa., favoring restriction of immigration-to the Com- the kingdom, Thine is the power, Thine is the glory. Forever, mittee on Immigration and Naturalization. · Amen. Also, paper to accompany bill for relief of Jordan King-to The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of yesterday's the Committee on Invalid Pensions. proceedings, whe~ on request of Mr. KEAN, and by unanimous Also, petition of citizens of Pennsylvania, for the Howell bill consent, the further reading was dispensed with. (H. R. 15442)-to the Committee on Immigration and Natu- The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Journal stands approved. The ralization. Senate will receive a message from the House of Representa· Also, paper to accompany bill for relief of Franklin Lear- tives. · to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. By Mr. RICHARDSON of Alabama: Paper to accompany bill for relief of the estate of Thomas Knight-to the Committee on A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. W. J. ,War Claims. BROWNING-, its Chief Clerk, announced that the House bad agreed Also, paper to accompany bill for relief of the estate of F. L. to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing Hammond-to the Committee on War Claims. v-otes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to By Mr. SCHNEEBELI: Petition of the Keystone Watch Com- the bill (H. R. 5976) to provide for the final disposition of the pany, of Philadelphia, Pa., for bill H. R. 14604, against importa- affairs of the Five Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory, tion and carriage of spuriously stamped articles of merchan- and for other purposes. dise-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. The message also announced that the House had passed a By :Mr. SAMUEL w. SMITH: Petitions of citizens of Flint, bill (H. R. 16953) making appropriations for the service of tlle Detroit, and Pontiac, Mich., against religious legislation in the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1907, pistrict of Columbia-to the Committee on the District of and for other purposes; in which it requested the concurrence Columbia. of the Senate. Also, petition of citizens of Michigan, for repeal of revenue The me sage further announced that the House· had agreed tax on denaturized alcohol-to the Committee on Ways and to the amendments of the Senate to the following bills: Means. · H. R. 9324. An act to authorize the Fayette Bridge Company Also, petition of citizens of Birmingham, Mich., for a law to construct a bridge over the Monongahela River, Pennsylvania,· granting pensions tp soldiers confined in Confederate prisons- from a point in the borough of Brownsville, Fayette County, to t() the Committee on Invalid Pensions. a point in the borough of West Brownsville, Washington By l\Ir. SPERRY: Petition of· citizens of New Haven, favor- County; and rng restriction of immigration-to the Committee on Immigra- H. R.16014. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to ere. tion and Naturalization. ate the southern division of the southern dis.trict of Iowa for By 1\Ir. SPIGHT: Paper to accompany bill -for relief of judicial purposes, and to fix the time and place for holding Durant Lane Tyer-to the Committee on war Claims. court therein," approved June 1, 1900, and all acts amendatory Also, paper to accompany bill for relief of Gideon El. Frank- thereof. · lin-to the Committee on War Claims. ENROLLED BILL SIGI\~. By Mr. SULLIVAN of Massachusetts: Petition of the New The message also announced that the Speaker of the House had England Shoe and Leather Association, approving General Order- signed the enr()lled bi_ll (H. R. 17359) making appropriations to No. 167 of the Secretary of War, relative to contracts for sup- · supply additional urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for plies-to the Committee on Military Affairs. the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906, and for prior years, and for -. r 5256 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. APl1IL 14, other purposes, and it was thereupon signed by the Vice-Presi­ H. R. 15622. An act granting an increase of pension to Argyle dent. Z. Buck; HOUSE BILL REFERRED. ~- R. 15401. An act granting an increase of pension to James H. R. 16!)53. An act making appropriations for the service of Buckley; the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, H. H.. 16510. An act granting an increase of pension to Erwin 1907, and for other purposes, was read twice by its title, and G. Dudley; referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. H. R. 11622. An act granting a pension to Martha A. Reming­ ton; LAYING OF COR_ ER STONE OF HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING. H. R. 14337. An act granting an increase of pension to Gabriel Mr.