24 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-. SENATE . .Also, petition of business men of Washington County, N. Y., in the District of Columbia-to the Committee on the District against a parcels-post law-to the Committee on the Post-Office of Columbia. and Post-Roads. Also, papers to accompany bills for relief of Theo. H. By Mr. FITZGERALD: Petition of New York State Post­ Doescher, Robert Martin, Obadiah C. Smith, and John G. masters' Association for a readjustment of allowance for clerk Lillig-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. hire to third-class post-offices-to the Committee on the Post­ By Mr. !tilLLINGTON: Petitions of merchants of Barnville, Office and Post-Roads. Bridgewater, and Waterville, N. Y., against parcels-post law­ Also, petition of Manufacturers' Association of New York to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. City, favoring amendment of the tariff bill in so far as it pro­ Also, memorial of postmasters' convention for New York for vides for the ascertainment of the corporation tax-to the a readjustment of the scale of allowance for third-class post­ Committee on Ways and Means. masters-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. By M-r. FOCHT : Paper to accompany bills for relief of Pott Also, papers to accompany bills for relief of :Milo Loomis, Phillips (H. R. 3764), Henry H. Spigelmyer (H. R. 11170), George E. Olcott, and Henry J. Samson-to the Committee on William C. Hudson (H. R. 4948), and Riley R. Zerbe (H. R. Invalid Pension·s. 3778)-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. MOON of Tennessee: Paper to accompany bill for re­ By Mr. FOSS: Paper to accompany bills for relief of Henry lief of Seborn J. Mullins, previously referred to Committee on C. Green and Franklin C. Peters-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Pensions. Also, paper to accompany bill for relief of John W. Simp­ By Mr.· FULLER : Paper to accompany bills for relief of son-to the Committee on War Claims. George A. Robinson and John Bounds-to the Committee on Also, papers to accompany bills for l'elief of Moriah Gamble, Invalid Pensions. James •.r. Foster, William H. Bean, William A. Duckett, and By Mr. GOEBEL: Petition of Hecker Post, No. 638, Grand Albert W. Lauter-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Army of the Republic, against placing the statue of Robert E. By Mr. NYE: Petitions of citizens of St. Paul and Minne­ Lee in St.a.tuary Hall-to the Committee on the Library. apolis, both in the State of Minnesota, against Senate bill 404, Also, petition of Victory Council, No. 18, Junior Order Sabbath observance in District of Columbia-to the Committee United American Mechanics, favoring an Asiatic exclusion law, on the District of Columbia. excepting as regards merchants, students, and travelers-to By Mr. PRAY: Petition of 25 merchants of Bozeman, Mont., the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. against a parcels-post bill-to the Committee on the Post-Office By Mr. GRAHAM: Petition of Pittsburg Dry Goods Com­ and Post-Roads. pany, ~avoring law to legally define commercial samples as bag­ By Mr. REEDER: Petition of the American Electrochem­ gage-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. ical Society of New York, favoring legislation for the conserva­ .Also, petition of the Epping-Carpenter Company, of Pitts­ tion of the resources of industrial and commercial power in bmg, Pa., favoring subsidy for American merchant marine-to waterways of the country-to the Committee on Interstate and the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Foreign Commerce. By Mr. HAYES: Papers to accompany bills for relief of Her­ By Mr. THISTLEWOOD: Petition of citizens of the Twenty­ bert H. Skinner and Idelia Inman-to the Committee on Invalid fifth Congressional District of Illinois, against parcels-post Pensions. law-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Also, petition of soldiers of San Mateo County, Cal., for in­ By Mr. TIRRELL: Papers to accompany bills for relief ot crease of civil-war soldier.s' pensions, as per National Tribune Hiram H. Davis and Cassius A. Woodworth-to the Committee bill-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. on Invalid Pensions. Also, paper to accompany bill for relief of Henry Hotchkis- By Mr. WANGER: Petition of Mr. S. Wilfred Smith, of to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Buckmanville, and 83 other residents of Bucks County, Pa., for .Also, paper to accompany bill for relief of Everill J. Hills­ amendment of oleomargarine laws to make more effective the to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. penal provisions to prevent it being sold otherwise than for By Mr. HELM: Petition of business men of Nichola_sville, what it is-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com­ Lawrenceburg, Harrodsburg, Richmond, Lancaster, Stanford, merce. Shelbyville, and Danville, all in the State of Kentucky, against Also, petition of Jacob C. Beidler and 41 other residents of a parcels-post law-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Harleysville, Montgomery County, Pa., for amendment of oleo­ Post-Roads. margarine laws to make more effective the penal provisions to By Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH: Papers to accompany bills for prevent it being sold otherwise than for what it is-to the Com­ relief of W. Pitner, John D. Tidrick, John N. Hanna, Joshua .mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Dewees, Samuel Gooding, Francis W. Leeper, James Creighton, .Also, petition of Pineville Grange, No. 507, Patrons of Hus­ and John Seals, previously referred to Committee on Pensions, bandry, of Bucks County, Pa., for amendment of oleomargarine referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. laws to make more effective the penal provisions to prevent it By Mr. HOUSTON: Paper to accompany bill for relief of being sold otherwise than for what it is-to the Committee on William H. Colsher, previously referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Pensions-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. HUFF: Papers to accompany bills for relief of Susan Campbell, William H. Story, James A. Loar, and Silas M. Mc­ SEN.ATE. Clure-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. HUMPHREY of Washington: Petition of citizens of TuEsnAY, Decembe1' 'l, 1909. Creosote, Wash., against Senate bill 404, Sabbath observance act-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. MoRGAN G. BULKELEY, a Senator from the State of·Connecti­ By Mr. KAHN: Papers to accompany bills for relief of Lovell cut; JAMES P. CLARKE, a Senator from the State of Arkansas; Johnson, Margaret Robertson, and Henry Basewitz--to the Com­ JOHN W. DA.NIEL, a Senator from the State of Virginia; JAMES mittee on Invalid Pensions. B. FRAZIER, a Senator from the State of Tennessee; and GEORGE .Also, petition of Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles, Cal., PEABODY WETMORE, a Senator from the State of Rhode Island, favoring additional pay for railway mail clerks-to the Com­ appeared in their seats to-day. mittee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. IDysses G. B. Pierce, D. D. .Also, petition of governor and other citizens of California, The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and ap­ for an appropriation of $400,000 for benefit of rivers of the proved. State-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. SEN.A.TOR FROM NORTH DAKOTA.. Also, petition of Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, Mr. ·McCUMBEU. Mr. President, I present the credentials Cal., favoring bill to authorize purchase of lands and buildings of my colleague, Senator FOUNT.A.IN L. THOMPSON, and ask that for the consular buildings in China, Japan, and Korea-to the the same may be read. Committee on Foreign Affairs. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Secretary will read the cre- Also, petition of Puerta del Oro Chapter, Daughters of the dentials. · American Revolution, for con8truction of a military road from The credentials of FOUNTAIN L. THOMPSON. appointed by the Yorktown, Va., to Jamestown, Va.-to the Committee on ;inter­ governor of the State of North Dakota a Senator from that state and Foreign Commerce. State to fill, until the next meeting of the legislature thereof, .Also, paper to accompany a bill to amend an act entitled the vacancy caused by the death of Senator M. N. JOHNSON "An act to establish a Court of Claims "-to the Committee on in the term ending March 4, 1915, were read and ordered to be the Judiciary. filed: By Mr. MARTIN of South Dakota.: Petition of citizens of Mr. McCUMBER. Senator THOMPSON is present in the Sen- Viborg, S. Dak., against Senate bill 404, Sabbath observance ate Chamber and ready to take the oath of office. · 1909. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 25 The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Senator from North Dakota were duly presented within the prescribed period, but as the will escort his colleague to the desk. commissioners failed to agree within six months after the ex­ Mr. THOMPSON was escorted to the Vice-President's desk by change of the printed statements, as required by the treaty, it Mr. McCuMBER, and the oath prescribed by law having been ad­ has now become necessary to resort to the arbitration pro- ministered to him; he took his seat in the Senate. vided for in the article. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. The International Fisheries Commission appointed pursuant William J. Browning, Chief Clerk of the House of Representa­ to and under the authority of the Convention of April 11, 1908, tives, appeared and delivered the following message: between the United States and Great Britain, has completed a Mr. President, I am directed by the House of Representatives system of uniform and common international regulations for to inform the Senate that a quorum of the House of Representa­ the protection and preservation of the food fishes in interna­ tives has assembled, and that the House is ready to proceed to tional boundary waters of the United States and Canada.