. 1913.. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 61 at hand at that time. I referred to what took place 1n the ness-which has come down to us multiplied a thousandfold in Senate in the Forty-third Congress December 18, 1873. An all that makes a nation great. Impress us, we beseech The.e, epitome of the proceeding is reported in Gilfry's Precedents at with the great responsibility it brings to us as individuals and page 364, and is as follows: as a people, that we may keep inviolate its sacred principles and ' The President pro temp.ore- laid be!ore the Senate the following- reso­ march on to greater attainments. Let Thy spirit brood over lution received this day from the House of Representatives: the deliberations of the Congress now convened; fire the "Resol,,;ed, That when the two Houses adjourn on Friday, the 19th instant, they shall stand adjourned until Monday, the 5th of January hearts of these Representatives with patriotic z:eal and fervor; next." strengthen the hands of the Speaker of this House, that he may Mr. Edmunds objected tb Us consideration this day, and made the guide through all the intricate problems which may arise to point of order that, being objected to under the twenty-sixth rule of the Senate, the resola:tio.n must lie over one day for conslderati-On. the highest and best results, that the frnits of its labors may be The President pro tempore {Matt H. Carpenter) overruled the P?int to the good of all classes and conditions of our people. • of order raised by Mr. Edlbunds, on the ground that the twenty-sixth Imbue our judiciary with wisdom, that their judgments may rule apJ?lied only to re oiutions of the Senate; but that in the present case, bemg a resolution of the Hou e of Representatives sent to-the Sena.te be true and righteous altogether. for its concurrence, and having been laid before the Senate by the Chau, Bless, guide, and protect the President of these United States Lt was for the Senate ta make of it what disposition it thought proper. and his advisors, that the interests of the Nation may be ad­ Mr. STONE. Which was the twenty-sixth rule? vanced at home and abroad; and thus may the coorElinate l\Ir. LODGE. The same rule. branches of our Republic work together in harmony with Thee, Mr. CLARKE of Arkansas. The same rule which the Senator that truth, justice, mercy, and righteousness may have their full from Missouri invoked, or at least to which he called attention. fruition in a land of peace and plenty under the spiritual lead­ I agreed most cordially with those who insisted that the re o­ ership of the Prince of Peace; and glory and honor and praise lution received from the House of Representatives, inviting the be Thine, 0 God our Father. Amen. Senate to join that body in joint convention on to-morrow for PROCLAMATION OF THE PRESIDENT. the purpose of hearing the President's message read by hrm­ self, should be passed at once. I did not quite understand, 1.'he CLERK. The President's proclamation conTeni.ng the extra however, why it should be deemed a privileged resolutfon, and session of Congress will now be read. without determining in my own mind whether it was or not I The Clerk read as follows: saw a perfectly plain and parliamentary way by whlch it could BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES-A ~ROCLAM.A'l'ION ~ be considered at this time. I wanted to set myseli straight, Whereas publie interests require that the Congress- of the and to say that if I was wrong about this I was misled by a United States should be convened in extra session at 12 o'clock , precedent made in the Senate and in which the Senate- at the noon on the 7th day of April, 1913, to receive such communica­ time acquiesced. tion as may be made by the· Executive : Mr. LODGE. llr. President, I asked the Sena.tor from il­ Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United kansas to produce a precedent and he has done so. The ruling States of America, do hereby proclaim and declare that an of l\Ir. Carpenter, who was a very able Senator and a very able extraordinary occasion requires the Congress af the United parliamentarian, is confined simply to the point that the rule States to convene in extra session at the Capito-I in the city of in question does not cover anything except Senate resolutions. Washington on the 7th day of April, 1913, at 12 o'clock noon, I am not prepared immediately to admit that that ruling is of which all persons who shall at that time be entitled to act n sound one. I think it is open to considerable question. But as Members thereof are hereby required to take notice. i do believe in the great principle here of stare decisis, so far Given under my hand and the seal of the United States of as we can follow it; and I am very glad that the Senator- from America the 17th day of Mal"Ch, in the year of om· Lord one Arkansas disclaimed the proposition that this was privileged, thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and of the independence because that, I think, would open the door to a great many very of the United States. the one hundred and thirty-seventh. dangerous precedents. Mr. STONE. Mr. President, I desire to say that when I (SEAL] WOODROW WILSON. raised the question I had no thought, and I think I said so at By the President: the time, of in any way objecting to the consideration of the WILLIAM JENNINGS BBYAN, resolution or to its adoption. I believed that this being a body Secretary of State. • go•erned by its own rules as to its procedure, it should adhere CALL OF THE ROLL BY STATES.. to them. I desired the resolution considered, and hence asked The CLERK. Tlie o:fficlar list of Members by States will be unanimous consent, thinking that that was the orderly and called, to ascertain if a quorum is present. proper way to proceed. The Clerk proceeded to call the roll of Members by States, My friend from AI·kansas presents a precedent which the and the following Members answered to their names:- Senator from Massachusetts says would seem to confirm the ALABilli. view of the Chair that it was in order to submit it,. notwith­ George W. Taylo~ Richmond Pearson Hobson. standing the rule of the Senate to which I called attention. I S. H. Dent. John L. Burnett acquiesced at the time. I did not appeal from the decision of Henry D. Clayton. William RiChardson. the Chair. I accepted F. L. Blackmon. Oscar W. Underwood. it. ;J. Thomas Heflin. John W. Abercrombie. All I desire to say is, that in what I said and did I had bnt ABIZONA. one object in view-that was that the rules of the Senate might Carl Hayden. be absolutely observed. I accept the ruling of the Chair and "ARKANSAS, support it, particularly in view of the authorities cited by the· T. H. Caraway. Henderson M. Jacoway. Chair itself and by the Senator from Arkansas, without having W1lliam A. Oldfield. Sam M. Taylor. • had opportunity to examine them. John C. Floyd. William S. Goodwin. Otis T. Wingo. .Mr. MARTINE of New Jersey. Mr. President, I move that CALIFORNIA. the Senate adjourn. William Kent. D. S. Church. The motion was agreed to; and (at 5 o'clock and 50 minutes John E. Raker. EveriS" A. Hayes-. p. m.) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, Tuesday, April 8, Charles F. Curry. C. W. Bell. Julius Kahn. William D. Stephens. 1913, at 12 o'clock meridian. J. I. Nolan. William Kettner. Joseph R. Knowland. COLORADO. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Georae J. Kindel. Edward T. Taylor. H. if. Seldomridge. Edward Keating. MONDAY, April 7, 1913. CONNECTICUT. 0 Augustine Lonergan. Jeremiah Donovan. This being the day fixed in the proclamation of_ the President B. F. Mahan. William Kenned~. for the assembling of the first session of the Sixty-third Con­ Thomas L. Reilly. gress, the Clerk of the Iast House, !\Ir. South Trimble, called DELAWARE. the House to order at 12 o'clock m. Franklin Brockson. The Chaplain of the House of Representatives of the Sixty­ FLORIDA. Stephen M. Sparkman. Emmett Wilson. second Congress, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., offered the fol­ Frank Clark. Claude L'Engle. lowing prayer : GEORGIA. 0 Thou, who art the, life and light of men, the inspiration o:f Charles G. Edwards. Gordon Lee. every generous impulse, high resolve, and noble endeavor, we S. A. Roddenbery. Samuel J. Tribble. thunk 'I.'hee for tJ1e sublime heights reached and kept by our Charles R. Crisp. Thomas M. Bell. William C. Adamson. Thomas W. Hardwick. fathers in a Government whose foundations were laid in the William Schley Howard. J. R. Walker. inherent rights of men-life, liberty, and the pursuit ot bappi- Charles L. Bartlett. Dudley M. Hughes. 62 .CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE .. APRIL" 71. IDAHO. ?.'EW J'!:BSEY. Burton L. French. Addison T. Smith. William J. Browning. R. G. Bl'emner. ILLINOIS. J. Thompson Baker. Eugene F . Kinkead. Thomas J . Scully. Walter I. McCoy. Martin B. Madden. Stephen A. Hoxworth. Allan B. Walsh. Edward W. Townsend. James R. Mann. Claudius U. Stone. William El. Tuttle, jr. J. J. Eagan.· George El. Gorman. Louis FitzHenry. L. J. Martin. James T. McDermott. Frank T. O'Hair.