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                             Chapter CXLVI.

                              CEREMONIES.

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   1. Visit of House to Senate. Section 7045.
   2. Thanks to the Speaker. Sections 7046-7051.\1\
   3. Participation in celebrations, etc. Sections 7052-7064.
   4. Presentation of portraits of former Speakers. Sections 7065-
     7069.
   5. Observance of Washington's Birthday. Sections 7070-7075.
   6. Reception of eminent soldiers, statesmen, etc. Sections 
     7076-7088.
   7. Acceptance of statues for Statuary Hall. Sections 7089-7099.
   8. Acceptance of gifts. Sections 7100-7106.
   9. Observances at deaths of Members. Sections 7107-7138.
   10. Observances at deaths of former Speakers. Sections 7139-
     7141.
   11. Funerals of Members. Sections 7142-7155.
   12. Eulogies of deceased Speakers and Members. Sections 7156-
     7170.
   13. Deaths of officers of House. Sections 7171-7175.\2\
   14. Observances as to Presidents who have died in office. 
     Sections 7176-7180.
   15. Announcements of deaths of former Presidents. Sections 
     7181-7188.
   16. Decease of Vice-Presidents and other civil officers. 
     Sections 7189-7200.
   17. Decease of high officers of Army and Navy. Sections 7201-
     7212.
   18. Decease of eminent citizens of this and other countries. 
     Sections 7213-7223.
   19. Instances of adjournments in recognition of calamities. 
     Sections 7224-7226.

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  7045. Ceremonies attending a visit of the House to the Senate.
  When the House attends in the Senate, the Sergeant-at-Arms does not 
bear the mace.
  On April 23, 1898,\3\ the House, in accordance with an order adopted 
on the previous day, attended the Senate in a body. When the hour 
arrived, the Speaker \4\ announced:

  The hour having arrived, the House, in accordance with its order 
already made, will now in a body attend the funeral services of the 
late Senator Walthall.

  Thereupon the House, preceded by the Speaker and the Sergeant-at-
Arms, proceeded in a body to the Senate.
  At 12.15 the Members, headed by the Speaker and Sergeant-at-Arms, 
returned to the Hall, and the House was called to order by the Speaker.
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  \1\ Thanks to a Speaker who had resigned. (Sec. 231 of Vol. I.)
  \2\ See also section 266 of Volume I.
  \3\ Second session Fifty-fifth Congress, Record, p. 4212.
  \4\ Thomas B. Reed, of Maine, Speaker.
                                                            Sec. 7046
  The House in this case did not adjourn or take a recess, and the mace 
was not carried by the Sergeant-at-Arms, but was left standing in the 
place it usually occupies when the House is in session.
  7046. Form of resolution thanking the Speaker at the adjournment of a 
Congress.
  References to divisions on the resolution of thanks to the Speaker. 
(Footnote.)
  On March 3, 1897 \1\ (calendar day of March 4), after the committee 
appointed to wait on the President and inform him that Congress had 
completed its business had reported, the Speaker pro tempore called to 
the chair a member of the minority, Mr. Alexander M. Dockery, of 
Missouri.
  Thereupon Mr. Benton McMillin, of Tennessee, also a member of the 
minority, offered this resolution:

  Resolved, That the thanks of this House are presented to the Hon. 
Thomas B. Reed, Speaker of the House of Representatives, for the able, 
impartial, and dignified manner in which he has presided over its 
deliberations and performed the axduous and important duties of the 
Chair during the present term of Congress.\2\

  The resolution having been agreed to unanimously, the Speaker resumed 
the chair and, having addressed the House, declared it adjourned 
without day.
  7047. On the calendar day of March 4, 1901,\3\ but the legislative 
day of March 1, the Speaker \4\ called Mr. Charles F. Joy, of Missouri, 
to the chair, and presently Mr. Joy called Mr. Joseph W. Bailey, of 
Texas, a member of the minority.
  Thereupon Mr. James D. Richardson, of Tennessee, first of the 
minority members of the Ways and Means Committee, offered the following 
resolution:

  Resolved, That the thanks of this House are tendered to the Hon. 
David B. Henderson for the able, impartial, and dignified manner in 
which he has presided over its deliberations and performed the arduous 
and important duties of the Chair.

  After remarks by Mr. Richardson, the resolution was agreed to 
unanimously, by a rising vote.
  Thereupon the Speaker pro tempore appointed Mr. Richardson, Mr. 
Sereno E. Payne, of New York, and Mr. Joy a committee to wait on the 
Speaker and notify him of the action of the House.
  The Speaker appearing, escorted by the committee, the Speaker pro 
tempore informed him of the resolution agreed to by the House, the same 
being read by the Clerk, and presented to him the gavel.
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  \1\ Second session Fifty-fourth Congress, Record, pp. 2981, 2986.
  \2\ Such resolutions are usually presented and adopted at the close 
of a Speaker's term, the form in this case being about the same as the 
resolutions thanking Mr. Speaker Crisp in the two preceding Congresses. 
In many instances there have been divisions or calls of the yeas and 
nays, and sometimes party lines have been drawn. Thus, in votes of 
thanks there have been divisions, of greater or less extent, in the 
following Congresses: Fifth, Speaker Dayton; Sixth, Speaker Sedgwick; 
Tenth, Speaker Varnum; Thirteenth, Speaker Clay; Twentieth, Speaker 
Stevenson; Twenty-fifth, Speaker Polk; Twenty-seventh, Speaker White; 
Thirtieth, Speaker Winthrop; Thirty-second and Thirty-third, Speaker 
Boyd; Thirty-fourth, Speaker Banks; Thirty-fifth, Speaker Orr; Thirty-
sixth, Speaker Pennington; Forty-seventh, Speaker Keifer; Fifty-first, 
Speaker Reed.
  \3\ Second session Fifty-sixth Congress, Record, p. 3604.
  \4\ David B. Henderson, of Iowa, Speaker.
Sec. 7048
  The Speaker, taking the gavel and the chair, addressed the House, and 
then declared the House adjourned without day.
  7048. On April 28, 1904\1\ (the legislative day of April 26), at the 
close of the long session of the Congress, Mr. James D. Richardson, of 
Tennessee, a member of the minority party, was called to the chair by 
the Speaker.
  After a short time, Mr. John S. Williams, of Mississippi, proposed 
the following resolution:

  Resolved, That the House of Representatives return its thanks to its 
Speaker, the Hon. J. G. Cannon of Illinois, for the fair, impartial, 
and able manner in which he has presided over its deliberations, and 
for the sturdy common sense and genial good humor which have been 
displayed by him and which have induced the Members of the House itself 
at this session, in a degree almost unprecedented, in imitation of him, 
to display the same sterling American characteristics in their 
deliberations and mutual dealings.

  The vote was, by unanimous consent, taken by rising, and was 
unanimously agreed to.
  The Speaker pro tempore then, on motion of Mr. Williams, appointed 
Messrs. Williams, Sereno E. Payne, of New York, and James A. Hemenway, 
of Indiana, a committee to escort the Speaker to the chair.
  The Speaker having been escorted to the chair, and having been 
informed of the action of the House by Mr. Williams, addressed the 
House.
  And at the close of his remarks he declared the session adjourned 
without day.
  7049. A Speaker pro tempore is sometimes thanked for his services.--
On February 6, 1888,\2\ the House adopted a resolution thanking Hon. S. 
S. Cox, of New York, for acting as Speaker pro tempore during the 
temporary absence of the Speaker.
  7050. The resolution of thanks to the Speaker at the end of his term 
of service is presented as privileged.--On March 3, 1829,\3\ Mr. Samuel 
C. Allen, of Massachusetts, offered the following resolution:

  Resolved, That the thanks of this House be presented to the Hon. 
Andrew Stevenson, for the able, prompt, and dignified manner in which 
he has presided over its deliberations, and performed the important and 
arduous duties of the Chair.

  Mr. William L. Brent, of Louisiana, objected to the resolution as not 
in order under the rules.
  The Speaker pro tempore \4\ said that if the rules and orders were to 
be strictly enforced, the motion of the gentleman from Massachusetts 
would, of course, be out of order. But the universal practice of the 
House had decided that such a resolution might be received on the last 
day of the session, though not strictly in order, and therefore the 
resolution would be received.
  Mr. Brent having appealed, after debate the decision of the Chair was 
sustained, yeas 95, nays 41.
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  \1\ Second session Fifty-eighth Congress, Journal, pp. 717, 718; 
Record, pp. 5849, 5850.
  \2\ First session Fiftieth Congress, Journal, p. 684.
  \3\ Second session Twentieth Congress, Journal, p. 501; Debates, pp. 
388-390.
  \4\ Philip P. Barbour, of Virginia, Speaker pro tempore.
                                                            Sec. 7051
  7051. On June 28, 1834,\1\ Mr. Jesse Speight, of North Carolina, 
offered this resolution:

  Resolved, That the thanks of this House be presented to the Hon. 
Andrew Stevenson, late Speaker,\2\ for the firmness, dignity, skill, 
and impartiality with which he filled the office of Speaker during the 
present session.

  The resolution being read, an inquiry was made of the Chair whether 
it could be received and entertained at this state of the business of 
the day without a suspension of the rules prescribing the order of 
business.
  The Speaker \3\ decided that, in an analogous case which occurred on 
the 3d of March, 1829, the House had decided that a resolution of 
similar import did not come within the rules prescribing the order of 
business, and that, in accordance with the decision then made, the 
present resolution would be received and entertained.
  The yeas and nays being taken, the resolution was agreed to, yeas 97, 
nays 49.
  7052. The Speaker sometimes, by unanimous consent, lays before the 
House invitations to it to participate in public ceremonies.--On 
November 24, 1903,\4\ the Speaker,\5\ by unanimous consent, laid before 
the House an invitation from the governor of Louisiana requesting the 
honor of the honorable the Speaker and Members of the House of 
Representatives' presence at the celebration of the one hundredth 
anniversary of the transfer of Louisiana by France to the United 
States, to be held December 18, 19, and 20, 1903, New Orleans.
  Thereupon Mr. Adolph Meyer, of Louisiana, asked unanimous consent to 
offer the following resolution:

  Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the invitation extended to the Congress of the United States by 
the Louisiana Historical Society and by the governor of the State of 
Louisiana to attend the ceremonies in commemoration of the one 
hundredth anniversary of the transfer of the territory of Louisiana and 
all sovereignty over said territory by France to the United States, to 
be held at New Orleans, December 18, 19, and 26, 1903 be, and it is is 
hereby, accepted.
  That the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, authorized and 
directed to appoint a committee, consisting of three Senators and five 
Representatives, to attend the ceremonies and to represent the Congress 
of the United States on the occasion of the celebration of the 
centennial anniversary referred to.
  Resolved further, That the expenses of the members of the said joint 
committee of the Senate and House of Representatives authorized to 
attend and attending and representing the Congress of the United States 
at the city of New Orleans on the occasion named, not exceeding in the 
aggregate $2,500, to be paid as follows: One-half thereof out of the 
contingent fund of the House and one-half thereof out of the contingent 
fund of the Senate.

  This being objected to, it was referred.
  7053. The House and Senate being invited to attend the Jamestown 
Exposition, appointed a joint committee to attend at a date after the 
expiration of the term of the Congress.--On February 27, 1907,\6\ the 
Speaker laid before the House the following communication \7\ which was 
read:
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  \1\ First session Twenty-third Congress, Journal, pp. 879 880.
  \2\ Mr. Stevenson had resigned on June 2, 1834, after seven years of 
service in the chair.
  \3\ John Bell, of Tennessee, Speaker.
  \4\ First session Fifty-eighth Congress, Journal, p. 89; Record, p. 
469.
  \5\ Joseph G. Cannon, of Illinois, Speaker.
  \6\ Second session Fifty-ninth Congress, Record, p. 4133.
  \7\ Communications of this nature should regularly be referred under 
Rule XXIV (see sec. 3089 of Vol. IV of this work) without being laid 
before the House; and the Speaker presents them for reading only by 
unanimous consent.
Sec. 7054
                Jamestown Exposition Company (Incorporated),      
                                Norfolk, Va., February 25, 1907.  
To the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives, Washington:
  The honor of the presence of the Speaker and the House of 
Representatives of the United States is requested at the formal opening 
of the Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition at Norfolk, Va., on April 26, 
1907. The acceptance of this invitation and the attendance of the 
Speaker and the House of Representatives upon the ceremony of the 
formal opening will be most gratifying to the president and the 
directors of the exposition and to all through whose agency the 
tercentennial has been made worthy the cause it represents.
                                  H. St. Geo. Tucker, President.  

  Thereupon, by unanimous consent, Mr. Harry Maynard, of Virginia, 
offered this resolution, which was agreed to:

  Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the invitation extended to the Congress of the United States by 
the Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition to attend the opening ceremonies 
of said exposition, to be held April 26, 1907, is hereby accepted.
  That the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of 
the Senate be, and are hereby, authorized and directed to appoint a 
committee, to consist of ten Senators and fifteen Representatives of 
the Fifty-ninth Congress, to attend the formal opening of the 
ceremonies referred to and to represent the Congress of the United 
States on that occasion.

  Subsequently the Senate agreed to the resolution, and the joint 
committee was appointed.\1\
  7054. The House and Senate appointed a joint committee to attend the 
opening of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
  Instance wherein a joint committee was authorized and appointed to 
attend a ceremony occurring after the final adjournment of a Congress.
  On February 20, 1903,\2\ the Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid 
before the House the following communication:

    Universal Exposition Commemorating the
          Acquisition of the Louisiana Territory,
                         St. Louis, U. S. A., February 12, 1903.  
To the Congress of the United States.
  Sirs: The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission and the Louisiana 
Purchase Exposition Company hereby extend an invitation to the Congress 
of the United States to attend the dedicatory ceremonies of the 
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, to be held in St. Louis on April 30 and 
May 1 and 2, 1903.
  These ceremonies are provided for in the act of Congress approved 
March 3, 1901, and will be in keeping with the dignity of the occasion 
and commensurate with the importance of the event they are designed to 
commemorate.
  April 30, 1903, will be the one hundredth anniversary of the signing 
of the treaty by which the Louisiana territory was transferred from the 
jurisdiction of France to that of the American Republic.
        Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission,
        Thos. H. Carter.
        Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company,
        D. R. Francis.

  Thereupon Mr. James A. Tawney, of Minnesota, offered the following 
resolution, which was agreed to by the House:

  Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the invitation extended to the Congress of the United States by 
the National Commission of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
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  \1\ This committee, of course, had no powers after the adjournment of 
Congress.
  \2\ Second session Fifty-seventh Congress, Journal, p. 266; Record, 
p. 2412.
                                                            Sec. 7055
and by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company to attend the 
dedicatory ceremonies of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, to be held 
at St. Louis, Mo., April 30 and May 1 and 2, 1903, be, and is hereby, 
accepted.
  That the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, authorized and 
directed to appoint a committee to consist of seven Senators and eleven 
Representatives elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress, to attend the 
dedicatory ceremonies referred to, and to represent the Congress of the 
United States on the occasion of the celebration of the one hundredth 
anniversary of the purchase of the territory of Louisiana at St. Louis, 
Mo., April 30 and May I and 2, 1903.

  On February 24 \1\ this resolution was returned from the Senate with 
an amendment making the number of the committee ten Senators and 
fifteen Representatives.
  On February 25 \2\ the House concurred in the amendment.
  7055. The House sometimes appoints committees to represent it at 
public ceremonies.--On December 12, 1884,\3\ the House and Senate, by 
concurrent resolution, authorized a committee of thirteen Senators with 
the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House with a 
committee composed of a Representative or Delegate from each State or 
Territory, to attend at the Executive Mansion on December 16, when the 
President of the United States should by telegraph open the World's 
Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition at New Orleans.
  7056. On March 2, 1889,\4\ the House passed a resolution that the 
Speaker appoint a committee of one member-elect to the Fifty-first 
Congress from each State and Territory to attend the centennial of the 
inauguration of the first President, to be held in New York April 30, 
1889, after the expiration of the fiftieth and before the organization 
of the succeeding Congress.
  7057. The House, accompanied by its officers, attended the exercises 
in celebration of the founding of the Capitol.--On August 25, 1893,\5\ 
a joint committee was appointed on the part of the Senate and House in 
accordance with the joint resolution providing for the celebration of 
the centennial of the laying of the corner stone of the Capitol. This 
joint resolution provided for a joint committee of seven from each 
House to arrange for the ceremonies, and gave authority for the use of 
the Capitol grounds, under control of regulations to be prescribed by 
the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House.
  On September 12 the House, in response to an invitation, agreed to 
the following resolution:

  Resolved, That the House will attend the ceremonies of the one-
hundredth anniversary of the laying of the corner stone of the Capitol, 
September 18, 1893, at 2 o'clock p. m.
  That a recess be taken at 10 minutes before 2 o'clock of that day, 
and the House, accompanied by its officers, shall proceed to the place 
assigned, at the east front of the Capitol. That the Sergeant-at-Arms 
of the House is directed to make the necessary arrangements to carry 
out this order.

  On the day arranged, the House as a body attended, and having 
returned to the Hall, adjourned.
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  \1\ House Journal, p. 282.
  \2\ Journal, p. 284.
  \3\ Second session Forty-eighth Congress, Journal, p. 72; Record, p. 
204.
  \4\ Second session Fiftieth Congress, Journal, pp. 765, 766; Record, 
p. 2717.
  \5\ First session Fifty-third Congress, Record, pp. 244, 886, 1427, 
1567.
Sec. 7058
  7058. Ceremonies at a joint meeting of the two Houses in celebration 
of the centennial of the Capitol.--On December 12, 1900,\1\ the one-
hundredth anniversary of the establishment of the permanent seat of 
Government in the District of Columbia and of the first session of 
Congress held in the permanent Capitol was observed in accordance with 
the terms of a joint resolution, Which provided as follows:

  That the two Houses of Congress shall assemble in the Hall of the 
House of Representatives on the 12th day of December, 1900, at the hour 
of half past 3 o'clock p. m., and that addresses on subjects bearing on 
the celebration shall be made by Senators and Representatives to be 
chosen by the joint committee mentioned in the preamble; that the 
President and ex-Presidents of the United States, the heads of the 
several Executive Departments, the Justices of the Supreme Court, 
representatives of foreign governments accredited to this Government, 
the governors of the several States and Territories, the Commissioners 
of the District of Columbia, the Lieutenant-General of the Army and the 
Admiral of the Navy, officers of the Army and Navy who have received 
the thanks of Congress, and all persons who have the privilege of the 
floor either of the Senate or the House, be, and are hereby, invited to 
be present on the occasion, and that the members of the committee from 
the country at large, the members of the said citizens' committee, and 
the chairman and vice-chairman of the committees of the national 
capital centennial, are hereby granted the privilege of the floor of 
the House during the exercises; that the said citizens' committees 
shall issue cards of admission to such portions of the public galleries 
of the Hall of the House as may be set apart by the Doorkeeper of the 
House for that purpose. That the Speaker of the House shall call the 
assembly to order and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall act 
as presiding officer during the exercises.

  At 3.30 o'clock the following bodies appeared, and were announced, in 
the absence of the Doorkeeper by the Assistant Doorkeeper, in the 
following order and terms:

  The President pro tempore and the Senate of the United States.
  The Chief Justice and associate justices of the Supreme Court.
  The ambassadors and ministers to the United States.
  The governors of the several States and Territories.
  The President of the United States and the members of his Cabinet.

  Other invited guests entered unannounced.
  The President pro tempore of the Senate, when he entered with the 
Senate, was escorted by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House to a chair 
beside and at the right of the Speaker.
  The members of the Senate, diplomatic corps, governors, and the 
unannounced guests took seats in the body of the Hall to the right of 
the Speaker's desk, the Members of the House occupying the portion of 
the Hall to the left of the Speaker's desk.
  The President of the United States and his Cabinet occupied seats in 
the area before the Speaker's desk and on its left. The Supreme Court 
occupied chairs similarly placed on the other side of the area, to the 
right of the Speaker's desk.
  The exercises being concluded, the bodies were ushered from the Hall 
in an order the reverse of that in which they entered.
  7059. The completion of the Washington Monument was celebrated by 
exercises in the Hall of the House.--The completion of the Washington
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  \1\ Second session Fifty-sixth Congress, Journal, pp. 45, 46; Record, 
p. 255.
                                                            Sec. 7060
Monument was celebrated by ceremonies, of which a part was an address 
delivered in the Hall of the House of Representatives on February 22, 
1885,\1\ by Hon. Robert C. Winthrop. The exercises were arranged in 
terms of a joint resolution, which also provided for a commission, 
consisting of five Senators, eight Representatives (to be appointed 
respectively by the presiding officers of their respective Houses), 
three members of the monument society, and the engineer in charge of 
the work. This commission was to arrange for the ceremonies.
  7060. The centennial of the inauguration of George Washington was 
observed by exercises at a joint session of the two Houses.--On 
December 11, 1889,\2\ the joint committee of the two Houses, appointed 
in pursuance of the act of March 2, 1889, reported to the House the 
order of arrangements for the ceremony of that day in commemoration of 
the inauguration of George Washington, first President of the United 
States. This programme provided the usual regulations for the admission 
to the Capitol, the occupation of the floor and galleries of the Hall 
of the House, where the exercises were to take place, for the seating 
of the President and ex-Presidents, the Supreme Court, the Cabinet, the 
Senators, the General of the Army and Admiral of the Navy, etc.
  The Vice-President occupied the Speaker's chair and presided, the 
Speaker sitting at his left.
  At the appointed hour the Senate and other bodies and individuals 
arrived, a message having been sent by the House to the Senate that the 
House was ready to receive the Senate. The orator of the occasion, 
Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice, was escorted to the Clerk's desk by 
the chairman of the joint committee on the part of the House and 
Senate.
  The opening invocation was by the Chaplain of the Senate, and the 
benediction by the Chaplain of the House.
  At the close of the exercises the bodies and invited guests retired 
from the Hall in an order the inverse of that in which they entered.\3\
  7061. The House sometimes accepts invitations to attend public 
exercises, but does not go as an organized body.--On May 7, 1884,\4\ 
the House agreed to this resolution:

  Resolved, That the House of Representatives will, at 1 o'clock p. m. 
on Saturday, May 10, attend as a body the ceremonies of unveiling the 
statue of John Marshall, late Chief Justice of the United States.
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  \1\ First session Forty-eighth Congress, Record, p. 3977.
  \2\ First session Fifty-first Congress, Journal, p. 18; Record, p. 
146. The programme appears in full in the Record.
  \3\ On December 20, by concurrent resolution, the thanks of Congress 
were tendered to the orator for his oration. (Journal, p. 74.) By the 
act of March 2, 1889 (25 Stat. L., p. 980), a joint committee composed 
of five Senators and five Representatives, to be appointed by the 
presiding officers of their respective Houses, and to be Members of the 
Fifty-first Congress, was appointed to have charge of the centennial of 
the inauguration of the first President. This committee made a joint 
report (first session Fifty-first Congress, Record, pp. 146, 147) which 
prescribed the order of exercises. These exercises occurred in the Hall 
of the House, in the presence of the Senate, Supreme Court, diplomatic 
corps, President and Cabinet, and other invited guests.
  \4\ First session Forty-eighth Congress, Journal, p. 1200; Record, 
pp. 3949, 4056.
Sec. 7062
  The House, however, on the 9th adjourned to the 12th, so it did not 
attend as a House organized. The Senate did assemble, proceeded to the 
unveiling, and on its return adjourned.
  7062. On May 5, 1876,\1\ concurrent resolution was announced as 
agreed to whereby the two Houses accepted an invitation to attend the 
opening of the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia.
  7063. On June 28, 1850,\2\ Mr. Speaker Cobb, by unanimous consent, 
laid before the House an invitation to the House to participate in the 
celebration of the anniversary of National Independence. The invitation 
was accepted.
  7064. On July 23, 1856,\3\ the Speaker laid before the House an 
invitation from Cornelius Vanderbilt inviting the House to inspect his 
steamship. On the following day an order was adopted accepting the 
invitation, although it was urged in opposition that the House should 
take no action, and that such a matter ought not to appear in the 
Journal.
  7065. Ceremonies at the presentation of portraits of ex-Speakers.--On 
December 21, 1880,\4\ Mr. Joseph R. Hawley, of Connecticut, by 
unanimous consent, was recognized to present in behalf of the State of 
Connecticut a portrait of Mr. Speaker Trumbull. The House thereupon 
adopted the following resolution:

  Resolved, That the thanks of the House of Representatives be tendered 
to the general assembly of the State of Connecticut for the portrait of 
the distinguished statesman and citizen, Jonathan Trumbull, presented 
to the House today.

  7066. On February 26, 1881,\5\ Mr. Hiester Clymer, of Pennsylvania, 
presented to the House a portrait of Frederick A. Muhlenberg, first 
Speaker of the House. Mr. Clymer made the presentation in behalf of 
descendants of Mr. Muhlenberg, and the House adopted a resolution 
thanking them for the portrait.
  7067. On June 27, 1882,\6\ Mr. Leopold Morse, of Massachusetts, by 
unanimous consent, presented the letter of several Massachusetts 
gentlemen, presenting to the House a portrait of Mr. Speaker Winthrop. 
At the conclusion of remarks on the subject, Mr. J. Randolph Tucker, of 
Virginia, presented a resolution, directing the Speaker to inform the 
donors of the satisfaction with which the House had received the gift, 
and to assure them that it should be placed among the portraits of the 
other Speakers.
  7068. January 20, 1888,\7\ was by special order set apart for the 
presentation, on behalf of the State of Massachusetts, of portraits of 
ex-Speakers Sedgwick, Varnum, and Banks. The executive council of 
Massachusetts were, by permission of the House, given seats on the 
floor. Mr. John D. Long, of Massachusetts, a Member of the House, 
presented the portraits in behalf of the committee of the council. The 
House adopted a regolution accepting the portraits and declaring that 
they should be placed with the portraits of the other Speakers.
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  \1\ First session Forty-fourth Congress, Journal, p. 927.
  \2\ First session Thirty-first Congress, Journal, p. 1054; Globe, p. 
1303.
  \3\ First session Thirty-fourth Congress, Journal, pp. 1262, 1283; 
Globe, pp. 1728, 1764.
  \4\ Third session Forty-sixth Congress, Journal, pp. 109, 110; 
Record, p. 293.
  \5\ Third session Forty-sixth Congress, Record, p. 2192.
  \6\ First session Forty-seventh Congress, Journal, p. 1546; Record, 
p. 5399.
  \7\ First session Fiftieth Congress, Journal, pp. 320, 472.
                                                            Sec. 7069
  7069. January 21, 1892,\1\ was set apart by special resolution for 
the presentation to the House of the portraits of ex-Speakers Grow and 
Randall on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. After remarks 
the House adopted the usual resolution accepting the portraits.
  7070. Washington's farewell address was read at a joint session of 
the two Houses in 1862.--In 1862,\2\ a joint session of the two Houses 
was held in the Hall of the House of Representatives, and Washington's 
farewell address was read by the Secretary of the Senate. The joint 
meeting was provided for by concurrent resolution, and the heads of 
Departments, judges of the Supreme Court, representatives of foreign 
governments, and officers of the Army and Navy were present. The 
President of the United States was absent on account of the recent 
death of a son.
  7071. In early days the House did not allow special occasions, like 
holidays, to interfere with public business.--On February 22, 1796,\3\ 
the House declined to adjourn in order to pay their compliments to the 
President on his birthday, the argument having been made that it was 
the business of the Members first to do their duty, and then attend to 
the paying of compliments.
  7072. On February 21 and 22, 1826,\4\ the House, after debate, 
declined to adjourn on Washington's birthday.
  So, also, the House declined to adjourn February 22, 1906.\5\
  7073. On February 21, 1846,\6\ on motion of Mr. William L. Yancey, of 
Alabama, the rules were, by a vote of two-thirds, suspended, and the 
following resolution was offered and agreed to:

  Resolved, That when this House adjourns, it stand adjourned until 
Tuesday next, in honor of the memory, and in respect to the anniversary 
of the birthday, of George Washington, the Father of his Country.

  7074. On March 31, 1820,\7\ the House decided in the negative the 
motion made by Mr. John Randolph, of Virginia, that the House adjourn 
out of respect to Good Friday.
  7075. In honor of the centennial birthday of George Washington, the 
two Houses, by concurrent action, adjourned from February 21 to 23, 
1832.
  Form of report by a joint committee.
  Correspondence, carried on by the Speaker by direction of the House, 
was entered in the Journal as a matter of course.
  On February 3, 1832,\8\ the House agreed to this resolution:

  Resolved, That a joint committee of the two Houses be appointed for 
the purpose of making arrangements for the celebration of the 
centennial birthday of George Washington.
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  \1\ First session Fifty-second Congress, Journal, pp. 24,
  \2\ Second session Thirty-seventh Congress, Journal, pp. 310, 338-
340; Globe, pp. 835, 913.
  \3\ First session Fourth Congress, Annals, p. 355.
  \4\ First session Nineteenth Congress, Debates, pp. 1419, 1428.
  \5\ First session Fifty-ninth Congress.
  \6\ First session Twenty-ninth Congress, Journal, p. 445; Globe, p. 
413.
  \7\ First session Sixteenth Congress, Annals, p. 1701.
  \8\ First session Twenty-second Congress, Journal, p. 283; Debates, 
p. 1732.
Sec. 7076
  A committee of twenty-four, one from each State, were appointed on 
the part of the House, and the resolution was transmitted to the 
Senate.
  On February 7 \1\ a message from the Senate announced that they had 
concurred in the resolution and appointed a committee.
  On February 13 \2\ this joint committee made a report in writing, 
signed by ``H. Clay, Chairman of the Committee of the Senate,'' and 
``Philemon Thomas, Chairman of the Committee of the House of 
Representatives.'' This report begins as follows:

  The joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, 
appointed to make arrangements or the purpose of celebrating the 
centennial birthday of George Washington, have, according to order, had 
the subject under consideration, and now beg leave to report to the 
respective Houses.

  The report then goes on to say that the committee had decided to 
recommend an adjournment of the two Houses by joint resolution from the 
21st to the 23d of the present month; and, being unable to have an 
oration from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, had decided to 
request the Chaplains to perform divine service in the Capitol on the 
22d instant; and finally the committee recommended action to carry into 
effect the resolution of 1799 by the removal of the remains of George 
Washington and their interment in the city of Washington in the 
Capitol.
  The report having been read, joint resolutions were presented and 
agreed to, empowering the President of the Senate and Speaker of the 
House to make application to surviving relatives of George Washington, 
and Martha, his wife, for the removal of their bodies to the Capitol; 
also arranging for appropriate ceremonies. These resolutions were 
agreed to by the Senate.
  On February 16 \3\ the Speaker announced to the House that the Vice-
President and himself, in fulfillment of the joint resolutions of the 
two Houses, had sent joint letters to Messrs. John A. Washington and 
George Washington Parke Custis. These joint letters, signed by the 
Vice-President and Speaker, with the replies thereto, were laid before 
the House and entered in fall on the Journal. Their entry on the 
Journal being made a subject of inquiry, the Speaker \4\ said that they 
would be entered as a matter of course.
  On February 20 \5\ the two Houses agreed to the adjournment.\6\
  The exercises of February 22 were not a part of the proceedings and 
do not appear in the Journal.
  7076. Eminent American soldiers have been received informally by the 
House.--On February 11, 1865,\7\ the House took a recess in order that 
the Members might have an opportunity of paying their respects to 
Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and at the expiration of the recess, on 
motion of Mr. Robert C. Schenck,
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  \1\ Journal, p. 302.
  \2\ Journal, pp. 339, 340, 348; Debates, pp. 1782-1809, 1811.
  \3\ Journal, pp. 366-368; Debates, pp. 1818-1820.
  \4\ Andrew Stevenson, of Virginia, Speaker. Debates, p. 1820.
  \5\ Journal, p. 392.
  \6\ They did this by resolutions concurrent in form and the same in 
phraseology, but not identical. The House, having acted on its own, did 
not deem it necessary to act on the Senate's when that was received.
  \7\ Second session Thirty-eighth Congress, Journal, p. 242; Globe, p. 
756.
                                                            Sec. 7077
of Ohio, General Grant was escorted by the Speaker to the Speaker's 
chair, and formally introduced to the House of Representatives.
  7077. On December 16, 1880,\1\ the House took a recess to enable the 
Members to be presented to General Grant, who was present on the floor.
  7078. On January 29, 1886,\2\ the House took a recess to enable the 
Speaker to introduce to the House Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman. On February 
2 \3\ Gens. George G. Meade and George H. Thomas were introduced to the 
House.
  7079. On February 5, 1867 \4\ Gen. Philip H. Sheridan was introduced 
to the House by the Speaker.
  7080. A newly appointed Chief Justice of the United States Supreme 
Court was received informally by the House.--On February 20, 1874,\5\ 
the House took a recess of ten minutes to enable Members to be 
introduced to the newly appointed Chief Justice, Morrison R. Waite.
  7081. The House formally extended the privileges of the floor to the 
widow of President Madison.--On January 8, 1844,\6\ it was unanimously 
resolved that a committee be appointed on the part of this House to 
wait on Mrs. Madison and to assure her that whenever it shall be her 
pleasure to visit the House she be requested to take a seat within the 
Hall.
  The committee made a written report consisting principally of the 
letter of thanks from Mrs. Madison.\7\
  7082. Ceremonies at the reception of General Lafayette by the House, 
in the presence of the Senate.--On December 6, 1824,\8\ on motion of 
Mr. George E. Mitchell, of Maryland,

  Resolved, That a committee be appointed on the part of this House, to 
join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to 
consider and report what respectful mode it may be proper for Congress 
to adopt to receive General Lafayette and to testify the very high 
gratification which he has afforded to it by his present visit to the 
United States, made in pursuance of the invitation given to him by 
Congress \9\ during its last session.

  The Senate having concurred in this resolution, on December 8 Mr. 
Mitchell, chairman of the committee on the part of the House, made the 
following report:

  That the joint committee have agreed to recommend to their respective 
Houses that each House receive General Lafayette in such manner as it 
shall deem most suitable to the occasion; and recommend to the House 
the adoption of the following resolutions:

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  \1\ Third session Forty-sixth Congress, Journal, p. 84; Record, p. 
205.
  \2\ First session Thirty-ninth Congress, Journal, p. 199.
  \3\ Journal, p. 220.
  \4\ Second session Thirty-ninth Congress, Globe, p. 1013.
  \5\ First session Forty-third Congress, Journal, p. 484; Record, p. 
1688.
  \6\ First session Twenty-eighth Congress, Journal, p. 186; Globe, p. 
120.
  \7\ House Report No. 5, first session Twenty-eighth Congress.
  \8\ Second session Eighteenth Congress, Journal, p. 8.
  \9\ This invitation was in the form of a joint resolution, presented 
in the House January 12, 1824, and signed by the President February 4. 
(First session Eighteenth Congress, Journal, pp. 140, 208; Annals, p. 
1127.)
  \10\ Journal, p. 29.
Sec. 7083
  Resolved, That the congratulations of this House be publicly given to 
General Lafayette on his arrival in the United States in compliance 
with the wishes of Congress; and that he be assured of the gratitude 
and deep respect which the House entertains for his signal and 
illustrious services in the Revolution; and the pleasure it feels in 
being able to welcome him, after an absence of so many years, to the 
theater of his early labor and early renown.
  Resolved, That, for this purpose, General Lafayette be invited by a 
committee to attend the House on Friday next at 1 o'clock; that he be 
introduced by the committee and received by the Members, standing, 
uncovered, and addressed by the Speaker in behalf of the House in 
pursuance of the foregoing resolution.

  The resolutions were agreed to unanimously, and the committee were 
appointed, Mr. Mitchell being chairman, and the number being 24.
  On December 10 \1\ a message was sent to the Senate inviting that 
body to attend at 1 o'clock, which they did, being assigned, with their 
President, to seats prepared for them.
  General Lafayette was then conducted into the Hall by the committee 
appointed for that purpose, and, having arrived at the area in front of 
the Speaker's chair, was presented by Mr. Mitchell, of Maryland, the 
chairman of the committee, in the following words:

  Mr. Speaker: We have the honor to introduce to you General Lafayette.

  The Speaker rose and addressed him.
  To which General Lafayette replied, addressing--

  Mr. Speaker and gentlemen of the House of Representatives.

  At the conclusion of his address the House adjourned.
  On December 30,\2\ by joint action of House and Senate, a joint 
committee was appointed to announce to General Lafayette the passage of 
the act ``concerning'' him, which had just been approved, and to 
``express to him the respectful request and confidence of the two 
Houses of Congress that he will add his acceptance of the testimony of 
public gratitude extended to him by this act, to the many and signal 
proofs which he has afforded of his esteem for the United States.''
  On January 3 \3\ the committee reported to the House that they had 
performed the duty by addressing to General Lafayette a letter, of 
which they presented a copy, with General Lafayette's reply thereto.
  These, on motion of Mr. Lewis Condict, of New Jersey, were entered at 
large on the Journal.\4\
  7083. Ceremonies at the reception of Louis Kossuth by the House.--On 
December 15, 1851,\5\ the House, in concurrence with the Senate, passed 
the following:
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  \1\ Journal, pp. 33-35; Debates, p. 3.
  \2\ Journal, pp. 92, 93; Debates, p. 99.
  \3\ Journal, pp. 97, 98; Debates, p. 113.
  \4\ On October 14, 1881 (special session Senate, Forty-seventh 
Congress, Record, p. 523), the Senate received on its floor the 
representatives of the Government and people of France and the 
descendants of General Lafayette and Baron Steuben, invited as guests 
of the United States at the Yorktown centennial celebration. When they 
had been introduced on the floor the Senate took a recess to enable the 
Senators to greet them.
  \5\ First session Thirty-second Congress, Journal, pp. 89, 168, 173, 
184; Globe, pp. 96, 209, 225.
                                                            Sec. 7084

            A joint resolution of welcome to Louis Kossuth.
  Resolved, That Congress, in the name and behalf of the people of the 
United States, give to Louis Kossuth a cordial welcome to the capital 
and the country; and that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to 
him by the President of the United States.\1\

  On January 5, 1852, Mr. David K. Cartter, of Ohio, offered, and the 
House agreed to, the following resolution:

  Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by the Speaker to 
wait upon Louis Kossuth, and introduce him to the House of 
Representatives.

  Mr. Cartter was appointed chairman of the committee.
  On January 6 he presented a report recommending ceremonies on the 
occasion of the introduction similar to those observed in the Senate in 
introducing Kossuth.\2\
  On January 7, at 1 o'clock, the hour fixed for the ceremony, Mr. 
Louis Kossuth, escorted by the committee of reception, and followed by 
his suite, entered the Hall and advanced up the aisle in front of the 
Speaker--the Members of the House generally rising to receive him.
  Mr. Cartter, chairman of the committee of reception, then addressed 
the Speaker as follows:

  Mr. Speaker: We have the honor to present Governor Louis Kossuth to 
the House of Representatives.

  The Speaker said:

  As the organ of this body I have the honor to extend to Louis Kossuth 
a cordial welcome to the House of Representatives of the United States.

  Mr. Kossuth, having responded briefly, thanking the House for the 
reception, was conducted by the committee to a chair that had been 
prepared for him. The House then adjourned to give Members an 
opportunity of greeting him.
  The Journal has the following statement of the occurrence:

  The hour of 1 o'clock having arrived,
  Mr. Cartter, from the select committee appointed for that purpose, 
introduced Louis Kossuth to the House of Representatives.
  The Speaker having extended to him a cordial welcome, to which he 
briefly responded, he was conducted to a seat provided for him within 
the bar of the House.
  And then, on motion of Mr. Frederick P. Stanton, at 1 o'clock and 5 
minutes p. m., the House adjourned until Friday next at 12 m.

  7084. At a special session of the House Charles Stewart Parnell was 
introduced by the Speaker and addressed the House.--On January 19, 
1880,\3\ the Speaker laid before the House, by unanimous consent, a 
letter from a committee having in charge arrangements for the address 
of Charles Stewart Parnell, inviting the House to be present at the 
address.
  Thereupon Mr. Samuel S. Cox, of New York, submitted the following 
resolution:

  In response to the invitation just presented and accepted, requesting 
the House to agree to take part in the ceremonies to be observed in the 
reception of Mr. Charles Stewart Parnell, a representative
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  \1\ On December 18 the Committee on Enrolled Bills reported that the 
committee had presented the joint resolution to the President; but 
there is no record that he signed it. There is doubt about his 
signature being required.
  \2\ The Senate committee, composed of Messrs. James Shields, William 
H. Seward, and Lewis Cass, recommended the same proceedings as in case 
of General Lafayette. (Globe, p. 157.) The Senate adopted the report.
  \3\ Second session Forty-sixth Congress, Journal, pp. 261, 386; 
Record, pp. 393, 664.
Sec. 7085
of the Irish people, for the delivery of an address on Irish affairs, 
and because of the great interest which the people of the United States 
take in the condition of Ireland, with which this country is so closely 
allied by many historic and kindred ties: Therefore,
  Be it resolved, That the Hall of this House be granted for the above 
purposes on the 2d day of February next, and that the House meet on 
that day and time to take part in said ceremonies.

  The Speaker \1\ held that the resolution came within the terms of the 
rule, and it was agreed to by the House.
  On February 2 an evening session was held, and the Speaker introduced 
Mr. Parnell to the House and the latter delivered an address. This 
address appears in the Record as a portion of the proceedings of the 
House.
  7085. The embassies of China and Japan were received by the House.--
On March 1, 1872,\2\ the House, by resolution, requested the Speaker to 
extend to the Japanese embassy an invitation to visit the House of 
Representatives. The embassy having accepted the invitation, a 
committee of five Members of the House was appointed to arrange the 
reception.
  On March 5 the Doorkeeper announced the presence of the committee of 
the House with the members of the embassy. The Members of the House 
arose as the visitors entered and took their places in the area in 
front of the Speaker's desk. The chairman of the committee then 
presented them to the Speaker, who addressed them. To this address one 
of the embassy responded in his own tongue. A translation of the 
response was presented to the House by the chairman of the committee 
and ordered entered on the Journal.
  Members of the House generally were then presented to the embassy, 
after which they retired from the Hall.
  7086. On June 6, 1868,\3\ by unanimous consent, and on motion of Mr. 
Fernando Wood, of New York,

  Resolved, That the Speaker be requested to extend to the embassy now 
in this capital representing the Chinese Government a public reception 
in this Hall at such time as may be convenient to the embassy and the 
public business.

  A committee was appointed to receive the embassy, and on June 9 the 
presence of the said committee, with the embassy, was announced by the 
Doorkeeper. At this announcement the Members of the House rose, and the 
committee and the embassy advanced to the area in front of the 
Speaker's desk. Then Mr. Robert C. Schenck, of Ohio, chairman of the 
committee, presented the embassy to the Speaker.
  The Speaker \4\ addressed the embassy, after which Anson Burlingame 
responded for the embassy. Then the committee introduced Members of the 
House to the embassy, an informal recess being taken for the ceremony.
  7087. The House and Senate in joint session received the King of 
Hawaii.--On December 17, 1874,\5\ the joint committee of the two 
Houses, appointed in accordance with a concurrent resolution of the 
Senate, reported the following:

  The Senate and the House of Representatives will receive the King of 
the Hawaiian Islands in the Hall of the House to-morrow, at 15 minutes 
after 12 o'clock.
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  \1\ Samuel J. Randall, of Pennsylvania, Speaker.
  \2\ Second session Forty-second Congress, Journal, pp. 439, 452, 455; 
Globe, pp. 1445, 1446.
  \3\ Second session Fortieth Congress, Journal, pp. 806, 823; Globe, 
pp. 2906, 2970.
  \4\ Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana, Speaker.
  \5\ Second session Forty-third Congress, Journal, pp. 66, 81, 83; 
Record, pp. 67, 129, 144.
                                                            Sec. 7088
  The Vice-President and the Speaker of the House will preside.
  Senator Cameron, chairman of the joint committee, will present the 
King and the Speaker will welcome him.
  The southeastern gallery will be reserved for the families of the 
President, Vice-President, members of the Cabinet, Senators, and 
Members of the House.
  The diplomatic gallery will be reserved for members of the diplomatic 
corps exclusively.
  The other galleries, except the reporters' gallery, will be open to 
the public.

  The report was agreed to, and on the succeeding day the exercises 
took place in accordance with the arrangements.
  7088. The Speaker having been ordered by the House to communicate a 
resolution to the last surviving signer of the Declaration of 
Independence, laid before the House a copy of the letter, and it was 
entered in the Journal.--The Speaker having, on May 22, 1828,\1\ been 
ordered by the House to communicate to Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, 
Md., a joint resolution of the two Houses, granting the franking 
privilege to him as the last surviving signer of the Declaration of 
Independence, the Speaker on May 23 laid before the House a copy of the 
letter which he had addressed to Mr. Carroll, and it was entered in the 
Journal.
  7089. Ceremonies in accepting statues for Statuary Hall.--On January 
20, 1870,\2\ Mr. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, in presenting in the 
Senate the joint resolution for the acceptance of the statue of 
Nathanael Greene, said that he had followed the precedents, and 
especially that made by John Quincy Adams, on a similar occasion.
  The resolution, which was as follows, was agreed to:

  Resolved, That the thanks of this Congress be presented to the 
governor, and through him to the people of the State of Rhode Island 
and Providence Plantations, for the statue of Major-General Greene, 
whose name is so honorably identified with our Revolutionary history; 
that this work of art is accepted in the name of the nation and 
assigned a place in the old Hall of the House of Representatives, 
already set aside by act of Congress for the statues of eminent 
citizens; and that a copy of this resolution, signed by the President 
of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, be 
transmitted to the governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence 
Plantations.

  7090. On April 29, 1872,\3\ the House concurred in the following:

  Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That the thanks of Congress are presented to the governor, and through 
him to the people, of the State of Connecticut, for the statues of 
Jonathan Trumbull and Roger Sherman, whose names are so honorably 
identified with our Revolutionary history.
  Resolved, That these works of art are accepted in the name of the 
nation, and assigned a place in the old Hall of the House of 
Representatives, already set aside by act of Congress for statues of 
eminent citizens, and that a copy of this resolution, signed by the 
President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, be 
transmitted to the governor of Connecticut.

  7091. On December 19, 1876,\4\ the House agreed to the following 
concurrent resolution from the Senate:

  Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 1. 
That the statues of John Winthrop and Samuel Adams are accepted in the 
name of the United States, and that the thanks of Congress
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  \1\ First session Twentieth Congress, Journal, p. 830.
  \2\ Second session Forty-first Congress, Globe, p. 594.
  \3\ Second session Forty-second Congress, Journal, p. 774; Globe, p. 
2899.
  \4\ Second session Forty-fourth Congress, Journal, p. 113; Record, 
pp. 300-306.
Sec. 7092
are given to the State of Massachusetts for these memorials of two of 
her eminent citizens whose names are indissolubly associated with the 
foundation of the Republic.
  2. That a copy of these resolutions, engrossed upon parchment and 
duly authenticated, be transmitted to the governor of the State of 
Massachusetts.

  7092. On January 19, 1886,\1\ after addresses, the House agreed to 
the following:

  Resolved by the. Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That the thanks of Congress be presented to the governor, and through 
him to the people, of Ohio for the statue of James A. Garfield, whose 
name is so honorably identified with the history of that State and of 
the United States.
  Resolved, That this work of art is accepted in the name of the nation 
and assigned a place in the old Hall of the House of Representatives, 
already set aside by act of Congress for statues of eminent citizens, 
and that a copy of this resolution, signed by the President of the 
Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, be transmitted to 
the governor of the State of Ohio.

  7093. On December 6, 1893,\2\ the House agreed to the concurrent 
resolution accepting from the State of Missouri, for the Statuary Hall, 
the statue of Gen. James Shields.
  7094. On December 20, 1894,\3\ the House received from the State of 
New Hampshire the statues of Webster and Stark, and adopted the usual 
concurrent resolution thanking the State, accepting the statues, and 
providing that they should be placed in Statuary Hall.
  7095. On January 31, 1903,\4\ Mr. George A. Pearre, of Maryland, 
presented the following resolutions:

  Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the thanks of Congress be presented to the State of Maryland for 
providing the bronze statues of Charles Carroll of Carrollton and John 
Hanson, citizens of Maryland, illustrious for their historic renown and 
distinguished civic services.
  Resolved, That the statues be accepted and placed in the national 
Statuary Hall, in the Capitol, and that a copy of these resolutions, 
duly authenticated, be transmitted to the governor of the State of 
Maryland.

  After remarks these resolutions were agreed to by the House.
  At the same time similar resolutions were agreed to by the Senate.
  7096. On January 30, 1904,\5\ Mr. Theobold Otjen, of Wisconsin, 
offered the following resolutions, which were agreed to by the House:

  Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the thanks of Congress be given to the people of Wisconsin for the 
statue of James Marquette, the renowned missionary and explorer.
  Resolved, That the statue be accepted, to remain in the national 
Statuary Hall, in the Capitol of the nation, and that a copy of these 
resolutions, signed by the presiding officers of the House of 
Representatives and Senate, be forwarded to his excellency the governor 
of the State of Wisconsin.

  On February 1 \6\ the resolutions were agreed to by the Senate.
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  \1\ First session Forty-ninth Congress, Journal, p. 428; Record, p. 
762.
  \2\ Second session Fifty-third Congress, Record, p. 78.
  \3\ Third session Fifty-third Congress, Record, p. 516.
  \4\ Second session Fifty-seventh Congress, Record, p. 1541.
  \5\ Second session Fifty-eighth Congress, Journal, p. 224; Record, p. 
1421.
  \6\ Record, p. 1446.
                                                            Sec. 7097
  7097. On February 25, 1905,\1\ in accordance with the following 
order:\2\

  Resolved, That the exercises appropriate to the reception and 
acceptance from the State of Texas of the statutes of Sam Houston and 
Stephen F. Austin, erected in Statuary Hall, in the Capitol, be made 
the special order for Saturday, the 25th day of February, at 3 o'clock 
p. m.

In the House considered, and agreed to the following resolutions:

   Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the thanks of Congress be presented to the State of Texas for 
providing the statues of Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin, illustrious 
for their historic renown and distinguished in civic services.
  Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions, duly authenticated, be 
transmitted to the governor of the State of Texas.

  7098. On January 21, 1905,\2\ the following resolutions were agreed 
to by both Senate and House:

  Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That the statue of John J. Ingalls, presented by the State of Kansas to 
be placed in Statuary Hall, is accepted in the name of the United 
States, and that the thanks of Congress be tendered the State for the 
contribution of the statue of one of its most eminent citizens, 
illustrious for his distinguished civic services.
  Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions, suitably engrossed and 
duly authenticated, be transmitted to the governor of the State of 
Kansas.

  7099. On January 19, 1905,\3\ the Speaker laid before the House the 
following:

          State of Illinois, Executive Department,
                                  Springfield, January 10, 1905.  
  Dear Sir: Governor Deneen is in receipt of a letter from the chairman 
of the Illinois board of commissioners for the Frances E. Willard 
statue, informing him that the sculptor, Helen Farnsworth Mears, 
reports that the model will reach Washington, D.C., on February 11. The 
commissioners express the desire that Governor Deneen advise the Senate 
of the United States and House of Representatives of the completion of 
the statue in order that a date may be immediately fixed for its 
acceptance by Congress. I am directed by Governor Deneen to communicate 
this fact to you for your information and such action as Congress may 
see fit to take.
    Yours, truly,
                                        J. Whittaker, Secretary.  
  Hon. Jos. G. Cannon,
    Speaker Howe of Representatives, Washington, D. C.

  Thereupon Mr. George E. Foss, of Illinois, offered the following 
resolution, which was agreed to:

  Resolved, That the exercises appropriate to the reception and 
acceptance from the State of Illinois of the statue of Frances E. 
Willard, erected in Statuary Hall, in the Capitol, be made the special 
order for Friday, February 17, at 4 o'clock.

  On February 17 \5\ these resolutions were agreed to, after 
appropriate addresses:

  Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the statue of Frances E. Willard, presented by the State of 
Illinois, to be placed in Statuary Hall, be accepted by the United 
States, and that the thanks of Congress be tendered the State for the 
statue of one of the most eminent women of the United States.
  Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions, duly authenticated, be 
transmitted to the governor of the State of Illinois.
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  \1\ Third session Fifty-eighth Congress, Record, pp. 3429-3450.
  \2\ Agreed to on January 20. Record, p. 1156.
  \3\ Third session Fifty-eighth Congress, Record, pp. 1202-1214.
  \4\ Third session Fifty-eighth Congress, Record, p. 1078.
  \5\ Record, pp. 2801-2809.
Sec. 7100
  7100. The sword of Washington and staff of Franklin were presented to 
Congress with addresses by Members.--On February 7, 1843,\1\ Mr. George 
W. Summers, of Virginia, being recognized by the Speaker, addressed the 
House, presenting to Congress, and through Congress to the people, the 
service sword of George Washington, and a walking stick which Benjamin 
Franklin had bequeathed to George Washington. The presentation was made 
by Mr. Summers in behalf of his constituent, Samuel T. Washington.
  At the conclusion of Mr. Summers's remarks the Sergeant-at-Arms 
received into custody the relics.
  Mr. John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, was next recognized, and 
having addressed the House, presented the following resolution:

  Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of this 
Congress be presented to Samuel T. Washington, of Kanawha County, Va., 
for the present of the sword used by his illustrious relative, George 
Washington, in the military career of his early youth, in the Seven 
Years' war, and throughout the war of national independence, and of the 
staff bequeathed by the patriot, statesman, and sage, Benjamin 
Franklin, to the same leader of the armies of freedom in the 
Revolutionary war, George Washington; that these precious relics are 
hereby accepted in the name of the nation; that they be deposited for 
safe-keeping in the Department of State of the United States; and that 
a copy of this resolution, signed by the President of the Senate and 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, be transmitted to the said 
Samuel T. Washington.

  This resolution was presented and agreed to, and then the following 
order was presented and agreed to:

  Ordered, That the addresses of Mr. Summers and Mr. Adams be entered 
on the Journal; that the resolution be taken to the Senate by the 
Clerk, accompanied by the sword and staff, with the request that the 
Senate will concur in the said resolution.

  7101. Ceremonies at the presentation of various gifts to Congress.--
On April 18, 1844,\2\ Mr. John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, gave 
notice to the House that he had in his possession the camp chest of 
Gen. George Washington, which, by the last will and testament of the 
late William S. Winder, he had been requested to present to Congress, 
and he asked leave to present it to the House of Representatives at 3 
o'clock this day. Leave was granted by unanimous consent, and at that 
hour Mr. Adams proceeded to make the presentation, reading certain 
papers relating to the authenticity of the gift.
  Mr. Adams then offered two joint resolutions, one accepting the gift 
and ordering its deposit in the Department of State, and the other 
expressing to the Winder family the high sense of Congress of the value 
of the gift.
  It was then ordered that the resolutions, accompanied by the chest, 
be taken to the Senate by the Clerk, and that the letters and papers 
read by Mr. Adams be entered on the Journal.
  7102. On February 11, 1878,\3\ Mr. Samuel S. Cox, of New York, from 
the Committee on Library, submitted the following report:

  The Joint Committee on the Library, having been instructed by the 
joint resolution of Congress to make arrangements for the formal 
presentation of the painting tendered to Congress by Mrs. Elizabeth
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  \1\ Third session Twenty-seventh Congress, Journal, pp. 329-333; 
Globe, pp. 254, 255.
  \2\ First session Twenty-eighth Congress, Journal, pp. 812, 817, 819; 
Globe, pp. 559, 561.
  \3\ Second session Forty-fifth Congress, Journal pp. 412, 425; 
Record, pp. 938, 968.
                                                            Sec. 7103
Thompson, on Tuesday, the 12th of February, have, in pursuance of the 
said resolution, ordered the painting to be placed in an appropriate 
and conspicuous place in the Capitol, and provided for such 
presentation the following programme:
  The two Houses to meet in the Hall of the House at 2 o'clock p.m. on 
Tuesday, the 12th of February, when the ceremony shall take place. Hon. 
James A. Garfield, of Ohio, and Hon. A. H. Stephens, of Georgia, will 
make remarks appropriate to the occasion; the donor of the picture, 
Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, with her escort, and the artist, Mr. F. B. 
Carpenter, to be privileged the floor of the House during the ceremony.

  The House agreed to the report, and on February 12 the exercises took 
place as arranged.
  7103. On August 10, 1852,\1\ Mr. Joseph R. Chandler, of Pennsylvania, 
by unanimous consent, presented to the House a steel engraving of 
Washington, the gift of Mr. G. W. Childs, of Philadelphia.
  7104. On April 22, 1880,\2\ a message from the President announced 
that the heirs of the late Thomas Coolidge, jr., desired to present to 
the United States the desk on which the Declaration of Independence of 
the United States was written, and recommended that action be taken by 
Congress with reference to the gift.
  Accordingly the House passed a resolution (H. Res. No. 290) thanking 
the donors in the name of Congress, accepting the relic in the name of 
the nation, and directing that it be deposited in the Department of 
State.
  The resolution was passed by the Senate and signed by the President.
  7105. The House, by resolution, accepted the gift of a flag made of 
American silk.--On December 13, 1830,\3\ the Speaker laid before the 
House a letter from Peter S. Du Ponceau, of Philadelphia, presenting to 
the House a flag made entirely of American silk, woven in one piece 
12\1/2\ feet long by 6 feet wide.
  The communication being referred to the Committee on Agriculture, on 
December 21 that committee reported the following resolution, which was 
agreed to by the House:

  Resolved, That the flag bearing the colors of the United States, 
presented to this House by Peter S. Du Ponceau, of Philadelphia, made 
of American silk, prepared and woven by John D'Homergue, silk 
manufacturer, in the city of Philadelphia, be accepted by this House, 
and that it be displayed, under the direction of the Speaker, in some 
conspicuous part of the hall of sittings of this House.

  7106. A letter from a foreign artist, presenting to Congress a bust 
of Lafayette, was communicated to the House by message from the 
President, and with the message appears in the Journal.--On February 9, 
1829,\4\ the following was transmitted to the House by message from the 
Senate:

                                   Washington, January 29, 1829.  
To the President of the Senate of the United States:
  Sir: I transmit herewith a letter which I have received from Mr. 
David, member of the Institute of France, professor of the School of 
Painting at Paris, and member of the Legion of Honor, the artist who 
presents to Congress the bust of General Lafayette, which has been 
received with it. And I have to request the favor that, after it has 
been communicated to the Senate, it may be transmitted to the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives, for similar communication to that 
body.
                                              John Quincy Adams.  
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  \1\ First session Thirty-second Congress, Journal, p. 1016; Globe, p. 
2156.
  \2\ Second session Forty-sixth Congress, Journal pp. 1085, 1086; 
Record, pp. 2639, 2651.
  \3\ Second session Twenty-first Congress, Journal, pp. 50, 51, 84; 
Debates, pp. 355, 378.
  \4\ Second session Twentieth Congress, Journal, pp. 269, 270.
Sec. 7107
  Both this message and the accompanying letter of Mr. David appear in 
the Journal of the House.
  7107. Forms of resolutions offered at the death of a Member.--On 
March 7, 1900,\1\ Mr. Henry H. Bingham, of Pennsylvania, announced to 
the House the death of his colleague, Hon. Alfred C. Harmer, and 
offered these resolutions:

  Resolved, That the House has heard with deep regret and profound 
sorrow of the death of the Hon. Alfred C. Harmer, for twenty-seven 
years a Representative from the State of Pennsylvania, and the senior 
Member of this House in time of continuous service.\2\
  Resolved, That a committee of fifteen Members of the House, with such 
Members of the Senate as may be joined, be appointed to attend the 
funeral at Philadelphia, and that the necessary expenses attending the 
execution of this order be paid out of the contingent fund of the 
House.
  Resolved, That the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House be authorized and 
directed to take such steps as may be necessary for properly carrying 
out the pro-visions of this resolution.
  Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate 
and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased.

  The resolutions having been agreed to, the Speaker announced the 
committee.
  Then, as a further mark of respect, on motion of Mr. Bingham, the 
House adjourned.
  7108. Early observances of the House at the decease of Members.--On 
June 1, 1790,\3\ the House was informed that Theodorick Bland, one of 
the Members from the State of Virginia, died that morning. It was 
ordered that the Virginia Members be a committee to superintend the 
funeral, and that the House attend the same.
  On June 2 it was ordered that the Members of the House go into 
mourning for one month, by the usual method of wearing crape around the 
left arm.
  7109. On December 28, 1847,\4\ the House and Senate voted to 
accompany the remains of John Fairfield, late a Senator from Maine, 
from his house to the depot, where they were to be delivered to Mr. 
Franklin Clark, a Representative from Maine, to be conveyed to Maine. 
The Chaplain of the Senate was requested by the Senate to deliver the 
funeral sermon at the Capitol on the next Sunday.
  7110. In 1850,\5\ a committee of the Senate accompanied the remains 
of John C. Calhoun to South Carolina.
  7111. On August 9, 1852,\6\ the remains of Robert Rantoul, jr., were 
accompanied to Massachusetts by a committee of the House.
  7112. On January 10, 1854,\7\ the House authorized the Speaker to 
appoint a committee of four to attend the remains of Henry A. 
Muhlenberg, a Member of the House, to his late residence in 
Pennsylvania.
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  \1\ First session Fifty-sixth Congress, Record, p. 2636.
  \2\ The clause relating to years of service was added because Mr. 
Harmer was ``Father of the House.'' Usually the name is followed only 
by the words ``a Representative from the State of ----------.''
  \3\ First session First Congress, Journal, pp. 232, 233 (Gales & 
Seaton ed.).
  \4\ First session Thirtieth Congress, Journal, pp. 162, 163; Globe, 
p. 73.
  \5\ First session Thirty-first Congress, Globe, p. 670.
  \6\ First session Thirty-first Congress, Journal, p. 1015.
  \7\ First session Thirty-third Congress, Journal, p. 179; Globe, p. 
147.
                                                            Sec. 7113
  7113. It has for a long time been a custom to appoint a joint 
committee to attend the remains of a deceased Senator or Member to his 
home, as in the instance of Senator Daniel S. Norton, of Minnesota, on 
July 14, 1870.\1\
  7114. On December 5, 1827,\2\ this resolution was agreed to:

  Resolved, unanimously, That the Members, of this House will testify 
their respect for the memory of William S. Young, late a Member of 
Congress, and a Member-elect of this House from the State of Kentucky, 
by wearing crape on the left arm for one month.

  7115. In the resolutions adopted on the occasion of the death of 
Senator and ex-President Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, the House 
omitted to provide for wearing the symbol of mourning, crape on the 
left arm. The Senate resolutions provided for that for the Senators.\3\
  7116. On January 31, 1880,\4\ the House, on the occasion of the 
eulogies on the late Rush Clark, of Iowa, adopted a resolution 
providing for the wearing of the usual sign of mourning.
  7117. On February 28, 1881,\5\ the resolutions adopted on the 
occasion of the decease of Fernando Wood, of New York, omit the 
provision regulating the wearing of the usual sign of mourning. As this 
was within a few days of the end of the session the provision to wear 
the emblem thirty days would hardly have been operative.
  7118. On February 8, 1882,\6\ the House authorized the wearing of the 
badge of mourning for the death of Hon. Michael P. O'Connor, of South 
Carolina.
  7119. On February 17, 1883,\7\ the resolutions in memory of Mr. John 
W. Shackleford, of North Carolina, were adopted without the paragraph 
relating to wearing the usual badge of mourning.
  7120. On April 12, 1884,\8\ the House, on the occasion of the death 
of Hon. Thomas H. Herndon, of Alabama, ordered the wearing of the usual 
badge of mourning for thirty days.
  7121. The decease of a Member in the Hall of the House has been the 
occasion of immediate adjournment.--On February 12, 1834,\9\ during 
discussion as to the removal of the deposits from the Bank of the 
United States, Mr. Thomas T. Bouldin, of Virginia, having the floor, 
referred to a rebuke he had received during the discussion from his 
colleague, Mr. Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, for not announcing on the 
floor the death of his predecessor, Mr. John Randolph. The Journal has 
this entry of what then occurred:

  And whilst the Hon. Thomas T. Bouldin, of Virginia, was addressing 
the House on the subject, and within a few minutes after having 
commenced his address, he fell suddenly on the floor, and immediately 
expired. The House immediately, upon the fall of Mr. Bouldin, 
adjourned.
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  \1\ Second session Forty-first Congress, Journal, p. 1255.
  \2\ First session Twentieth Congress, Journal, p. 24; Debates, p. 
812.
  \3\ First session Forty-fourth Congress, Journal, p. 157; Record, p. 
3,52.
  \4\ Second session Forty-sixth Congress, Journal, p. 364; Record, p. 
637.
  \5\ Third session Forty-sixth Congress, Record, p. 2241.
  \6\ First session Forty-seventh Congress, Record, p. 529.
  \7\ Second session Forty-seventh Congress, Journal, p. 433.
  \8\ First session Forty-eighth Congress, Journal, pp. 1052, 1053.
  \9\ First session Twenty-third Congress, Journal, p. 320; Debates, p. 
2705.
Sec. 7122
  On February 12 the usual resolutions, to attend the funeral, wear the 
emblem of mourning, etc., were agreed to, and then the House adjourned.
  7122. The Journal of February 21, 1848,\1\ contains the following 
entry:

  Mr. John Quincy Adams, becoming suddenly very seriously ill in his 
seat in the House, on motion of Mr. Cocke, the House, at 20 minutes 
past 1 o'clock p.m., adjourned until tomorrow, at 12 o'clock m.

  And on February 22, the Journal is as follows:

  The Speaker \2\ I said it was deemed appropriate that he should state 
to the House from the Chair, that his venerable colleague, John Quincy 
Adams, was still lying in a state of unconsciousness, in the Speaker's 
room; and, in the opinion of his medical attendants, rapidly sinking 
under the stroke by which he was yesterday prostrated.
  Whereupon, Mr. Burt moved that the House do now adjourn.
  Mr. Giddings suggested that the Journal of yesterday should state the 
cause of the early adjournment of the House.
  The Speaker, with the general consent of the House, directed the 
entry to be made accordingly.
  And then the House, in pursuance of the motion of Mr. Burt, at 5 
minutes past 12 o'clock, adjourned.

  7123. The death of a Member who has died in recess of Congress is 
announced at the beginning of the next session.--On December 21, 
1826,\3\ the death of three Members, Messrs. Robert P. Henry and James 
Johnson, of Kentucky, and Henry Wilson, of Pennsylvania, all of whom 
had died during the recess, were announced, and in memory of each a 
resolution was presented and agreed to, providing that the Members 
should wear crape on the left arm for one mouth in memory of the 
deceased.
  In presenting the resolution for Mr. Henry, Mr. Thomas Metcalfe, of 
Kentucky, said that he should have acted in the matter earlier in the 
session, but he had been under the impression that it was not the 
custom of the House to adopt the testimonial to Members who had died 
during a recess. On inquiry, however, he had found that it had been 
done in some instances, and therefore he would present his resolution.
  7124. On January 20, 1826,\4\ the death of Mr. Patrick Farrelly, of 
Pennsylvania, was announced. He was an old Member of the House, but had 
not taken his seat at this session. Some question was suggested from 
the fact that he had not died at the seat of government, but the 
precedent in the case of Mr. Lowndes, of South Carolina, was cited, and 
the House voted the customary observance, the wearing of crape on the 
left arm for thirty days.
  7125. On December 3, 1832,\5\ at the beginning of the second session 
of the Congress, Mr. Charles F. Mercer, of Virginia, announced that Mr. 
Philip Doddridge, of Virginia, had died during the recess. The House 
voted the usual observance of respect, the wearing of crape on the left 
arm for one month.
  7126. On December 3, 1834,\6\ at the opening of the second session of 
the Twenty-third Congress, the deaths of two Members who had died 
during the late
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  \1\ First session Thirtieth Congress, Journal, p. 443; Globe, pp. 
381, 383.
  \2\ Robert C. Winthrop, of Massachusetts, Speaker.
  \3\ Second session Nineteenth Congress, Journal, p. 83; Debates, p. 
549.
  \4\ First session Nineteenth Congress, Debates, p. 1057; Journal, p. 
171. This resolution was offered at the close of the day's business.
  \5\ Second session Twenty-second Congress, Journal, p. 7; Debates, p. 
818.
  \5\ Second session Twenty-third Congress, Journal, p. 32; Debates, p. 
751.
                                                            Sec. 7127
recess were announced, and the customary resolutions were moved and 
agreed to for each.
  7127. On March 28, 1850,\1\ in the Senate, Mr. Henry Clay, of 
Kentucky, after some opposition, secured the adoption of a, resolution 
that funeral honors and ceremonies should be restricted to the deaths 
of Members of Congress during the session of Congress.
  7128. On December 3, 1900,\2\ when the House met in its second 
session, announcements were made of the deaths of two Representatives 
and two Senators who had died during the recess.
  Mr. Henry H. Bingham, of Pennsylvania, presented this resolution, 
which was agreed to:

  Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the death 
of Hon. John H. Hoffecker, a Member of this House from the State of 
Delaware.

  Mr. Allan L. McDermott, of New Jersey, presented a similar resolution 
for Hon. William D. Daly, deceased, which was agreed to.
  Mr. William P. Hepburn, of Iowa, presented the following, which was 
agreed to.

  Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the death 
of Hon. John Henry Gear, a Senator of the 'United States from the State 
of Iowa.

  A similar resolution in memory of Senator Cushman K. Davis, was 
presented by Mr. James A. Tawney, of Minnesota, and was agreed to, as 
were also the following:

  Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memories of the 
late Representatives Hoffecker and Daly and the late Senators Gear and 
Davis, this House do now adjourn.
  Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate 
and transmit a copy thereof to the families of the deceased Senators 
and Representatives herein named.

  7129. Forms of action on death of a Senator and Member-elect who had 
died in the recess before the assembling of Congress.--On December 4, 
1905,\3\ at the opening of the first session of the Congress, a message 
was received from the Senate:

  Resolved, That the Senate, with deep regret, has listened to the 
announcement of the death of the Hon. Orville Hitchcock Platt, for more 
than a quarter of a century a member of this body, a period marked by 
five consecutive elections, as a Senator from the State of Connecticut.
  Resolved, That the Secretary communicate a copy of these resolutions 
to the House of Representatives.
  Resolved, That, as a further mark of respect to the memory of the 
deceased, the Senate do now adjourn.

  Later, Mr. George L. Lilley, of Connecticut, offered the following, 
which was agreed to:

  Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the death 
of Hon. Orville Hitchcock Platt, a Senator of the United States of the 
State of Connecticut.
  Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate 
and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased Senator.
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  \1\ First session Thirty-first Congress, Globe, p. 616. This 
resolution was observed for some time by the Senate, but the old 
practice revived after a time.
  \2\ Second session Fifty-sixth Congress, Journal, p. 18; Record, pp. 
16, 17.
  \3\ First session Fifty-ninth Congress, Record, pp. 41, 45.
Sec. 7130
  Then Mr. James McKinney, of Illinois, offered the following, which 
was agreed to:

  Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the death 
of Hon. Benjamin F. Marsh, late a Representative from the State of 
Illinois.
  Resolved, That the Clerk of the House be directed to transmit this 
resolution to the Senate and a copy thereof to the family of the 
deceased.

  Then Mr. McKinney said:

  Mr. Speaker, as a further mark of the respect which we hold of the 
memory of the deceased Senator, Orville Hitchcock Platt, and the 
deceased Member, Benjamin F. Marsh, I move that the House do now 
adjourn.

  Thereupon the House adjourned.
  7130. Notice of the death of a Member is sometimes transmitted to the 
House by the executive of his State.--On January 12, 1901,\1\ the Chair 
presented to the House the following letter, with the announcement that 
it would be entered on the Journal:

    State of New Hampshire, Executive Department,
                                      Concord, January 10, 1901.  
  Sir: It is my painful duty to inform you of the death of the Hon. 
Frank G. Clarke, Representative from the Second district of New 
Hampshire in the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses of the United 
States, which occurred at his home in Peterboro on January 9.
  Congressman Clarke was held in high esteem by the people of his 
district and of the State. His public career as speaker of the New 
Hampshire house of representatives, member of the State senate, and 
Representative in Congress has been alike creditable to him and to our 
State, and his private life has been such as to win for him universal 
respect. His death is mourned by all classes of our citizens.
      Yours, very sincerely,      
                                    Chester B. Jordan, Governor.  
  Hon. David B. Henderson,
 Speaker of the House of Representatives,      
                            Washington, D. C.
  7131. Form of procedure when the Senate informs the House of the 
death of a Senator.--On June 4, 1906,\2\ a message from the Senate 
announced that the Senate had passed the following resolutions:

  Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow of the death 
of Hon. Arthur Pue Gorman, late a Senator from the State of Maryland.
  Resolved, That a committee of seventeen Senators be appointed by the 
Vice-President to take order for superintending the funeral of Mr. 
Gorman, which will take place at his late residence Thursday, June 7, 
at 11 o'clock, and that the Senate will attend the same.
  Resolved, That as a further mark of respect his remains be removed 
from his late home to the place of interment, in Oak Hill Cemetery, in 
charge of the Sergeant-at-Arms, attended by the committee, who shall 
have full power to carry these resolutions into effect; and that the 
necessary expenses in connection therewith be paid out of the 
contingent fund of the Senate.
  Resolved, That the Secretary communicate a copy of these resolutions 
to the House of Representatives.
  Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the 
deceased, the Senate do now adjourn.
  And that in compliance with the foregoing the Vice-President had 
appointed as said committee Mr. Rayner, Mr. Allison, Mr. Morgan, Mr. 
Hale, Mr. Aldrich, Mr. Teller, Mr. Gallinger, Mr. Elkins,
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  \1\ Second session Fifty-sixth Congress, Journal, p. 114; Record, p. 
952.
  \2\ First session Fifty-ninth Congress, Record, p. 7819.
                                                            Sec. 7132
Mr. Martin, Mr. Tillman, Mr. Clay, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Kean, Mr. Bailey, 
Mr. Blackburn, Mr. Clark, of Montana, and Mr. Overman.

  Thereupon Mr. J. Frederick C. Talbott, of Maryland, offered the 
following resolutions, which were agreed to:

  Resolved, That the House has beard with profound sorrow of the death 
of the Hon. Arthur Pue Gorman, a Senator of the United States from the 
State of Maryland.
  Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate 
and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased Senator.
  Resolved, That a committee of seventeen Members be appointed on the 
part of the House to join the committee appointed on the part of the 
Senate to attend the funeral.

  Then, the Speaker having appointed the committee, Mr. Talbott offered 
this resolution, which was agreed to:

  Resolved, That as a further mark of respect the House do now adjourn.

  7132. On March 17, 1900,\1\ Mr. E. J. Burkett, of Nebraska, offered 
the following resolutions:

  Resolved, That it is with profound sorrow and regret that the House 
has heard of the death of Hon. Monroe L. Hayward, late Senator-elect 
from the State of Nebraska.
  Resolved, That, as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, 
the business of the House be suspended to enable his friends to pay 
proper tribute of regard to his high character and distinguished worth.
  Resolved, That the House communicate these resolutions to the Senate 
and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased with the 
action of the House thereon.
  Resolved, That, as an additional mark of respect, the House, at the 
conclusion of these ceremonies, do adjourn.

  The resolution were agreed to.
  7133. On January 6, 1902,\2\ Mr. Henry C. Loudenslager, of New 
Jersey, announced the death of Hon. William J. Sewell, a Senator from 
New Jersey, and presented the following resolutions, which were agreed 
to:

  Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the death 
of Hon. William Joyce Sewell, a Senator of the United States from the 
State of New Jersey.
  Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the late 
Senator Sewell this House do now adjourn.
  Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate 
and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased Senator.

  7134. The House takes notice of the death of a Member-elect as if he 
had been duly qualified.--On December 10, 1833,\3\ Mr. Henry L. 
Pinckney, of South Carolina, announced to the House that Thomas D. 
Singleton, a Member-elect of this House from the State of South 
Carolina, died in Raleigh, N. C., while on his journey to Washington to 
take his seat as a Member.
  Mr. Pinckney said that while the deceased had not appeared and 
qualified (it appears that Mr. Singleton had not before been a Member 
of the House) it was fitting, and according to the usages of the House, 
to pay to him the usual observances of respect.
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  \1\ First session Fifty-sixth Congress, Record, p. 3011.
  \2\ First session Fifty-seventh Congress, Journal, p. 171; Record, p. 
455.
  \3\ First session Twenty-third Congress, Journal, p. 31; Debates, pp. 
2166, 2167.
Sec. 7135
  The usual resolutions were then moved and agreed to.
  Then Mr. Pinckney moved an adjournment of the House, saying that he 
believed such to be the custom in these cases.
  7135. On January 6, 1840,\1\ the House adopted the usual resolutions 
of respect and ordered mourning for the usual period for C. Alvord, a 
Member-elect from Massachusetts, who died before the meeting of the 
Congress, and consequently had never taken a seat in the House.
  7136. In a rare instance the House took action on the occasion of the 
decease of a former Member.--On March 3, 1883,\2\ the House adopted a 
resolution of sorrow at the death of Alexander H. Stephens, governor of 
Georgia, long a Member of the House.
  7137. April 9, 1858,\3\ after the adjournment of the House, Mr. 
George W. Jones, of Tennessee, read to the Members a note handed to him 
by Thomas H. Benton, asking that in the event of his death no mention 
should be made in either House of Congress. Mr. Benton referred to the 
remarks of Mr. Randolph on the death of Mr. David Walker as expressing 
his views on the subject.\4\ Mr. Benton was not at this time a Member 
of either House. On April 12 the Senate adjourned informally to enable 
individual Members to attend his funeral.
  7138. On March 10, 1846,\5\ the House laid on the table a resolution 
providing for adjournment at 3 o'clock to attend the funeral of Gen. 
John P. Van Ness, formerly a Member of the House, and since mayor of 
the city of Washington.
  7139. The House has adjourned in honor of an ex-Speaker, whose death 
occurred after he had ceased to be a Member.--On December 8, 1902,\6\ 
soon after the meeting of the House, Mr. James S. Sherman, of New York, 
announced the death of ex-Speaker Reed, and proposed the following, 
which was agreed to unanimously:

  Resolved, That the following minute be spread upon the record of the 
House of Representatives:
  Hon. Thomas Brackett Reed died in Washington, December 7, 1902. For 
twenty-two years he had been a Member of this House; for six years its 
Speaker. His service terminated with the Fifty-fifth Congress. Within 
this Chamber the scene of his life's great activities was laid. Here he 
rendered services to his country which placed him in the front rank of 
American statesmanship. Here he exhibited characteristics which 
compelled respect and won admiration. Forceful ability, intrinsic 
worth, strength of character brought him popular fame and Congressional 
leadership. In him depth and breadth of intellect, with a full and 
well-rounded development, had produced a giant who towered above his 
fellows and impressed them with his power and his wisdom. A 
distinguished statesman, a lofty patriot, a cultured scholar, an 
incisive writer, a unique orator, an unmatched debater, a master of 
logic, wit, satire, and most famous of the world's parliamentarians, 
the great and representative citizen of the American Republic has gone 
into history.
  Resolved, That in honor of the distinguished dead the House do now 
adjourn.
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  \1\ First session Twenty-sixth Congress, Globe, p. 103.
  \2\ Second session Forty-seventh Congress, Journal, p. 649; Record, 
p. 3773.
  \3\ First session Thirty-fifth Congress, Globe, p. 1551.
  \4\ See section 7142 of this chapter.
  \5\ First session Twenty-ninth Congress, Journal, pp. 503, 504; 
Globe, pp. 473, 478.
  \6\ Second session Fifty-seventh Congress, Journal, p. 29; Record, p. 
121.
                                                            Sec. 7140
  7140. On February 26, 1906,\1\ Mr. William P. Hepburn, of Iowa, being 
recognized, said:

  Mr. Speaker, I have been directed by my colleagues from the State of 
Iowa to announce the death of David B. Henderson, late a Member and 
late a Speaker of this House. He died yesterday at his residence in the 
city of Dubuque, and I offer the following resolutions:
  Resolved, That this House has learned with the deepest sorrow of the 
death of Hon. David B. Henderson, Speaker of the Fifty-sixth and Fifty-
seventh Congresses, and for twenty years a useful, faithful, and 
distinguished Member from Iowa; and that this House herewith expresses 
its appreciation of the services of the deceased as a partriot and 
statesman.
  Ordered, That this resolution be entered upon the Journal of the 
House and that a copy be transmitted to the relatives of the deceased.

  Then, as a further mark of respect, Mr. Hepburn moved that the House 
adjourn.
  This motion was agreed to, and at 4 o'clock and 18 minutes p. m. the 
House adjourned.
  7141. On January 27, 1893,\2\ Mr. Seth L. Milliken, of Maine, arose 
and announced the death of Hon. James G. Blaine, formerly Speaker of 
the House and more recently Secretary of State, but holding no official 
position at the time of his death.
  Mr. William S. Holman, of Indiana, followed Mr. Milliken in 
eulogizing briefly the deceased, and then proposed a motion that the 
House adjourn in memory of the deceased. This motion was agreed to. No 
formal resolution was offered.
  7142. Since the earliest days the expenses of the funerals of Members 
have been defrayed from the public funds.--On March 1, 1820,\3\ the 
death of Mr. David Walker, of Kentucky, was announced and resolutions 
differing from those usually adopted were agreed to. Mr. Walker having 
before his death communicated to the Speaker his wish to be buried 
without pomp or parade, the House authorized the usual committee to 
``take order for superintending the funeral,'' but resolved that the 
House would not conform to the practice of adjourning to attend the 
funeral and would also depart from the usage of wearing crape for one 
month.
  On this occasion Mr. John Randolph, of Virginia, recalled the 
Congressional funerals since the beginning of the House. At first the 
traveling allowance of the deceased was applied to the funeral 
expenses; but on the death of Delegate Hunter, of Mississippi 
Territory, at the beginning of Mr. Madison's Administration, the 
practice was first adopted of providing a funeral at public expense. 
The custom had since been observed and abused.
  7143. On February 8 and March 23, 1848,\4\ the subject of the payment 
of the funeral expenses of Members was discussed at some length. It 
appears from the discussion that up to that time it had not been usual 
to pay the funeral expenses of Members except when the funeral was held 
in Washington. In the latter case the House paid the expenses, 
amounting on an average to $1,500 in each case.
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  \1\ First session Fifty-ninth Congress, Record, p. 3028.
  \2\ Second session Fifty-second Congress, Record, p. 894; Journal, p. 
62.
  \3\ First session Sixteenth Congress, Annals, pp. 1568-1572.
  \4\ First session Thirtieth Congress, Journal, pp. 371, 599-602; 
Globe, pp. 311, 527-529.
Sec. 7144
  7144. Ceremonies at the funerals of Members in the Hall of the House 
in early days.--On February 27, 1838,\1\ the funeral services of 
Jonathan Cilley, of Maine, a Member of the House, occurred in the Hall 
of the House, both House and Senate having voted to attend. The Journal 
has simply this entry:

  The House met pursuant to adjournment; and, after attending the 
funeral ceremonies of Jonathan Cilley, deceased, and being returned 
into the Hall, adjourned at 20 minutes before 3 o'clock until to-
morrow, 12 o'clock meridian.

  The Globe states that the committee of arrangements, pallbearers, and 
mourners attended at the late residence of the deceased at 11 o'clock 
a. m., at which time the remains were removed, in charge of the 
committee of arrangements, attended by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the 
House, to the Hall, where the funeral services were performed by the 
Rev. Mr. Slicer and the discourse preached by the Rev. Mr. Reese. The 
funeral procession then moved from the Hall of the House of 
Representatives to the place of interment in the following order:

  The Chaplains of both Houses (Messrs. Slicer of the Senate and Reese 
of the House).
  The committee of arrangements (seven Members of the House, Mr. Evans, 
of Maine, chairman).
  The pallbearers (six Members of the House, Mr. Thomas, of Maryland, 
chairman).
  The family and friends of the deceased.
  The Members of the House of Representatives and Senators from Maine 
as mourners.
  The Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives.
  The House of Representatives, preceded by their Speaker and Clerk.
  The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate.
  The Senate of the United States, preceded by the Vice-President and 
their Secretary.
  The President of the United States.
  The heads of Departments
  Judges of the Supreme Court and its officers.
  Foreign ministers.
  Citizens and strangers.

  7145. On February 25, 1842,\2\ Mr. Lewis Williams, of North Carolina, 
who had been a Member of the House since 1814, and had long been the 
``Father of the House,'' was buried from the Hall of the House, being 
honored with the ceremonies of a state funeral.
  7146. On April 19, 1842,\3\ Joseph Lawrence, of Pennsylvania, a 
Member of the House, was buried from the House with the ceremonies of a 
state funeral.
  7147. On April 26, 1844,\4\ a state funeral of Hon. Peter E. Bossier, 
late Member from Louisiana, was held in the House, the funeral 
ceremonies being conducted according to the rites of the Roman Catholic 
Church, of which the deceased was a member. As in other state funerals, 
the House was technically in session during the ceremonies.
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  \1\ Second session Twenty-fifth Congress, Journal, p. 501; Globe, p. 
200.
  \2\ Second session Twenty-seventh Congress, Globe, p. 264.
  \3\ See Journal, second session Twenty-seventh Congress, p. 723.
  \3\ First session Twenty-eighth Congress, Journal, p. 852; Globe, p. 
586.
                                                            Sec. 7148
  7148. Later funeral ceremonies, including the elaborate observances 
at the burial of John Quincy Adams.--The Journal of February 26, 
1848,\1\ has this entry:

  The House met at 12 o'clock meridian, pursuant to adjournment.
  The funeral ceremonies of John Quincy Adams, a Representative from 
the State of Massachusetts, were performed; after which the corpse was 
conveyed to the Congressional burial ground in the following order of 
procession:
  Military companies.
  Band.
  The Chaplains of both Houses.
  Physicians who attended the deceased.
  Committee of arrangements. (Names given.)
  Pallbearers. (Names given.)
  The family and friends of the deceased.
  The Senators and Representatives from the State of Massachusetts as 
mourners.
  The Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives.
  The House of Representatives of the United States preceded by their 
Speaker and Clerk.
  The other officers of the House of Representatives.
  The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate.
  The Senate, preceded by their President and Secretary.
  The other officers of the Senate.
  The President of the United States and his private secretary.
  The heads of Departments.
  The judges of the Supreme Court of the United States and its 
officers.
  The judges of the circuit and district courts of the District of 
Columbia and their officers.
  The diplomatic corps.
  The Comptrollers, Auditors, and other heads of bureaus of the several 
Departments of the Government with their officers.
  Officers of the Army and Navy at the seat of Government.
  Members of State legislatures.
  The corporation of Washington.
  The Columbia Typographical Society.
  Officers and students of Georgetown College.
  Officers and students of Columbian College.
  Literary institutions.
  Fire companies of the District.
  Masonic institutions.
  Odd Fellows.
  Citizens and strangers.
  After depositing the corpse in the burial ground, the Speaker, 
Members, and officers returned into the Hall; and on motion of Mr. 
Nathan Evans, the House at 25 minutes before 4 o'clock, p. m. 
adjourned.

  The Record of Debates has the following description of the 
proceedings in the Hall:

  The Speaker having taken the chair, the Journal of Thursday was read. 
Soon after the Senate entered, preceded by their Presiding Officer. He 
took, his seat on the left of the Speaker. As the Senators passed up 
the center aisle and took, their seats the Speaker and the Members of 
the House rose, and continued standing until they had taken the seats 
assigned them. Soon after the President of the United States entered 
the Hall, and was received by all in like manner, while he took his 
seat on the right of the Speaker. The members of the Cabinet occupied 
seats in front of the Senators and opposite the foreign ministers. The 
judges of the Supreme Court, preceded by their officers, passed
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  \1\ First session Thirtieth Congress, Journal, pp. 446-448; Globe, p. 
389.
Sec. 7149
up to seats on the right of the Clerk's desk. The relatives of the 
deceased were next conducted to a position reserved for them on the 
extreme left. Next entered the members of the legislature of Maryland, 
preceded by the officers and chaplain of that body, the legislature, 
sitting at Annapolis, having passed resolutions to attend the funeral. 
Next entered the corporate authorities of Washington headed by their 
respective officers, who were conducted to places by the officers of 
the House. At length came the body, escorted by the committee of 
arrangements, and followed by the delegation of Massachusetts as 
mourners. The Speaker, the President of the Senate, the officers of 
both Houses, the members of the committee of arrangements, the 
pallbearers, and attendant physicians wore white scarfs. The whole 
assemblage being thus at length completed, the deep silence of 
expectation pervaded the Hall. Not a rude sound, and scarce a sound of 
any kind, was to be heard among the waiting thousands who crowded the 
galleries and lobbies in every spot where a human being could find room 
to stand.
  The Chaplain of the House, the Rev. Mr. Gurley, then arose and read 
an appropriate portion of Holy Writ, and addressed the throne of 
Heavenly Grace in a meek and devout prayer.
  He then read a hymn which had been selected for the occasion.
  An address and benediction followed, when the procession was formed 
to take the body to its temporary resting place preparatory to its 
removal to Massachusetts.
  On February 28 the committee to accompany the remains to 
Massachusetts was appointed, and the House adopted a resolution for 
printing in pamphlet form the addresses of the Speaker, Messrs. Hudson, 
Holmes, and Vinton, together with the addresses made in the Senate, and 
by the Chaplain at the funeral.\1\

  7149. Senator Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, was buried from the 
Senate Chamber on March 13, 1874.\2\ The House attended the funeral and 
appointed a committee to attend the body to the place of burial in 
Massachusetts. The House also voted that its officers and Members wear 
the usual badge of mourning. The eulogies occurred in House and Senate 
on April 27.
  7150. On February 16, 1875,\3\ the funeral services of Hon. Samuel 
Hooper, of Massachusetts, were held in the Hall of the House.
  7151. On January 30, 1884,\4\ the funeral of Hon. E. W. M. Mackey, 
Member from South Carolina, was held in the Hall of the House in the 
presence of the two Houses.\5\
  7152. Ceremonies at the funeral of William D. Kelley in 1890.--On 
January 11, 1890,\6\ the funeral of Hon. William D. Kelley, of 
Pennsylvania, occurred in the Hall of the House. The Senate attended in 
a body, the Vice-President occupying a chair on the right of the 
Speaker. After the Senate had entered and taken the seats assigned to 
them, the casket was brought into the Hall, preceded by the Sergeant-
at-Arms of the House, Rev. Doctor Cuthbert, of Washington, and Doctor 
Butler, Chaplain of the Senate, and the committee of arrangements, 
composed of Senators and Representatives. The family of the deceased 
took seats inside the area in front of the Speaker's chair.
  Rev. Doctor Butler read appropriate Scripture selections as the 
casket was borne to the Hall of the House.
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  \1\ The publication of these addresses is now a regular procedure.
  \2\ First session Forty-third Congress, Journal, pp. 598, 867; 
Record, pp. 2142, 2143, 3399, 3409.
  \3\ Second session Forty-third Congress, Journal, p. 479; Record, p. 
1322.
  \4\ First session Forty-eighth Congress, Journal, pp. 423, 424, 452; 
Record, p. 755.
  \5\ The House has rarely noticed the deaths of members of the 
families of Representatives; but on January 31, 1844, the House 
adjourned to enable the Members to attend the funeral of Mrs. Rebecca 
Russell Reding, wife of Mr. John R. Reding, a Member of the House from 
New Hampshire. (First session Twenty-eighth Congress, Journal, p. 324; 
Globe, p. 218.)
  \6\ First session Fifty-first Congress, Journal, pp. 107, 108; 
Record, p. 496.
                                                            Sec. 7153
  Rev. Doctor Cuthbert, acting as Chaplain of the House, read the 
Ninetieth Psalm, and then offered prayer.
  Doctor Butler, Chaplain of the Senate, then read selections of 
Scripture.
  After benediction by Doctor Cuthbert, the remains were borne from the 
Hall.
  Then the Senate retired, and the House resumed its session.
  On the preceding day, the House, upon the announcement of the death 
of Mr. Kelley, had adopted the following:

  Resolved, That the House has heard with deep regret and profound 
sorrow of the death of Hon. William D. Kelley, late a Representative 
from the State of Pennsylvania.
  Resolved (in recognition of the long and distinguished term of 
service rendered in this body by Mr. Kelley, a term the longest in its 
history, and which had made him for many years the ``Father of the 
House''), That appropriate services be held in the Hall of the House 
to-morrow, the 11th instant, at 12 o'clock m.
  Resolved, That a committee of nine Members of the House, with such 
Members of the Senate as may be joined, be appointed to attend the 
funeral at Philadelphia, Pa.
  Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate 
and transmit a copy of the same to the family of the deceased.
  Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the 
deceased the House do now adjourn.

  7153. The ceremonies at the state funeral of Nelson Dingley.--On 
January 14, 1899,\1\ immediately after the reading of the Journal, Mr. 
Charles A. Boutelle, of Maine, being recognized, announced the death of 
his colleague, Mr. Nelson Dingley, of Maine, and then offered the 
following resolutions:

  Resolved, That the House has heard with deep regret and profound 
sorrow of the death of Hon. Nelson Dingley, late a Representative from 
the State of Maine.
  Resolved, That in recognition of the long and distinguished services 
rendered in this body by Mr. Dingley, appropriate services be held in 
the Hall of the House of Representatives on Monday, January 16, 1899, 
at 12 o'clock m.
  Resolved, That a committee of eleven Members of the House, with such 
Members of the Senate as may be joined, be appointed to attend the 
funeral at Lewiston, Me., and that the necessary expenses attending the 
execution of this order be paid out of the contingent fund of the 
House.
  Resolved, That the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House be authorized and 
directed to take such steps as may be necessary for properly carrying 
out the provisions of this resolution.
  Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate, 
and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased.

  The resolutions were agreed to; and the Speaker appointed as the 
committee on the part of the House, Mr. Boutelle, of Maine; Mr. Payne, 
Mr. Dolliver, Mr. Tawney, Mr. Hilborn, Mr. Evans, Mr. Clarke, of New 
Hampshire; Mr. Bailey, Mr. Dockery, Mr. Bell, and Mr. McClellan.
  Mr. Boutelle then offered the following resolution, which was agreed 
to:

  Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the 
deceased the House do now adjourn.

  The committee issued invitations and established the following order 
of services:

  The House of Representatives will meet at 12 o'clock noon, January 
16, 1899.
  The body of the late Representative Dingley will be placed in the 
Hall of the House at 10 a. m., where it will lie in state.
  The President of the United States and his Cabinet, the Chief Justice 
and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, the Diplomatic Corps, the 
Major-General Commanding the Army, the senior Admiral of the Navy, and 
the Commissioners of the District of Columbia have been invited to 
attend the services.
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Sec. 7153
  The President and Cabinet will meet in the rooms of the House 
Committee on Naval Affairs.
  The Supreme Court will meet in the Supreme Court room.
  The Diplomatic Corps, the Major-General Commanding the Army, the 
senior Admiral of the Navy, and the Commissioners of the District of 
Columbia will meet in theWays and Means Committee room.
  The pallbearers \1\ and committee of arrangements will meet in the 
House lobby.
  The Speaker's room will be reserved for the members of the family and 
the officiating clergy.
  Seats will be reserved for those entitled to them upon the floor, to 
which they will be shown by the Doorkeeper.
  The Senate will enter the Chamber in a body preceded by their 
officers.
  The President, Cabinet, Supreme Court, General commanding the Army, 
senior Admiral of the Navy, Commissioners of the District of Columbia, 
and the family of the deceased will occupy seats on the floor of the 
House assigned them by the Doorkeeper.
  The Diplomatic Corps will occupy seats on the right of the Speaker of 
the House and in front of the Senate and back of the President and his 
Cabinet.
  The Senate will occupy seats on the right of the Speaker of the 
House, the House of Representatives on the left of the Speaker of the 
House.
  Upon the announcement by the Speaker of the House the clergy will 
conduct the funeral ceremonies, and upon their conclusion the body will 
remain in the Hall of the House until escorted to the station.

  On January 16,\2\ the House met at 12 m. After prayer by the Chaplain 
and the reading of the Journal, a message from the Senate, by Mr. 
Platt, one of its clerks, announced that the Senate had passed the 
following resolutions:

  Resolved, That the Senate has heard with deep sensibility the 
announcement of the death of Hon. Nelson Dingley, late a Representative 
from the State of Maine.
  Resolved, That a committee of nine Senators be appointed by the 
Presiding Officer to join the committee appointed on the part of the 
House of Representatives to take order for superintending the funeral 
of the deceased, and that the Senate will attend in the Hall of the 
House of Representatives on Monday, January 16, 1899, at 12 o'clock 
meridian.
  Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the 
House of Representatives.
  And that in compliance with the foregoing the Presiding Officer had 
appointed as said committee Mr. Frye, Mr. Aldrich, Aft. Burrows, Mr. 
Fairbanks, Mr. Pritchard, Mr. Berry, Mr. Faulkner, Mr. Rawlins, and Mr. 
McLaurin.

  This message having been received, the ceremonies proceeded in 
accordance with the following forms:

  Approach of the Senate: The Speaker taps with his gavel and the 
Members of the House rise to receive the Senate.\3\ The Doorkeeper, 
without addressing the Speaker, announces ``the Vice-President and the 
Senate of the United States.''
  The Doorkeeper next announces ``the Chief Justice and the Associate 
Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States,'' the House again 
rising at the tap of the Speaker's gavel, if it has not remained 
standing.
  In a similar manner ``the Ambassadors amd the members of the 
Diplomatic Corps to the United States'' are announced and received.
  Next ``the President and the members-of his Cabinet'' are announced 
and received.
  The General of the Amy, senior Admiral of the Navy, Commissioners of 
the District of Columbia, Canadian members of the Joint High 
Commission, committee of the Chamber of Commerce of New York; and the 
committee of the House and Senate and family and friends of the 
deceased, enter informally and unannounced.
  \1\ In this case there were no pallbearers.
  \2\ Third session Fifth-fifth Congress, Record, p. 681.
  \3\ It is the general custom ior the House to rise to receive 
visiting bodies. See Record, second session Forty-fourth Congress, page 
1503, for visit of Senate during proceedings over electoral count.
                                                            Sec. 7154
  All having assembled the Speaker indicates when the services are to 
proceed.
  After music by the choir, reading of Scripture and remarks by the 
officiating clergyman, Rev. Dr. S. M. Newman, of Washington, prayer by 
Rev. Mr. Couden, Chaplain of the House; choir; benediction by Doctor 
Newman; the family and friends are conducted from the Hall by the 
Doorkeeper, and following them the committee of the House and Senate.
  The President and Cabinet are next conducted forth, and after them 
the other official bodies in an order the reverse of that in which they 
entered.
  Then, as a further mark of respect, on motion of Mr. Charles A. 
Boutelle, of Maine, the House adjourned.

  7154. The House sometimes authorizes the funeral of a deceased Member 
in the Hall.--On May 3, 1902,\1\ Mr. Sereno E. Payne, of New York, 
having announced the death of Mr. Amos J. Cummings, of New York, 
offered the following resolutions:

  Resolved, That the House has heard with great and profound sorrow of 
the death of Hon. Amos J. Cummings, late a Representative from the 
State of New York.
  Resolved (in recognition of the long and distinguished term of 
service rendered in this body by Mr. Cummings), That appropriate 
services be held in the Hall of the House on Sunday, May 4, 1902, at 3 
o'clock p. m.
  Resolved, That a committee of fourteen Members of the House, with 
such Members of the Senate as may be joined, be appointed to take 
orders concerning the funeral.
  Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate 
and transmit a copy of the same to the family of the deceased.
  Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the 
deceased the House do now adjourn.

  The House did not meet on Sunday, so did not attend the services as 
an organized body.
  7155. Ceremonies at the state funeral of a deceased Senator.--On 
February 16, 1904,\2\ a message from the Senate announced that it had 
agreed to these resolutions:

  Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow of the death 
of the Hon. Marcus A. Hanna, late a Senator from the State of Ohio.
  Resolved, That a committee of twenty-five Senators, of whom the 
President pro tempore shall be one, be appointed by the presiding 
officer to take order for superintending the funeral of Mr. Hanna, 
which shall take place in the Senate Chamber at 12 o'clock m., on 
Wednesday, February 17, instant, and that the Senate will attend the 
same.
  Resolved, That as a further mark of respect his remains be removed 
from Washington to Cleveland, Ohio, for burial in charge of the 
Sergeant-at-Arms, attended by the committee, who shall have full power 
to carry these resolutions into effect; and that the necessary expenses 
in connection therewith be paid out of the contingent fund of the 
Senate.
  Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these proceedings to the 
House of Representatives and invite the House of Representatives to 
attend the funeral in the Senate Chamber, and to appoint a committee to 
act with the committee of the Senate.
  Resolved, That invitations be extended to the President of the United 
States and the members of his Cabinet, the Chief Justice and As'sociate 
Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, the diplomatic 
corps (through the Secretary of State), the Admiral of the Navy, and 
the Lieutenant-General of the Army to attend the funeral in the Senate 
Chamber.

  The message also informed the House of the names of the committee 
appointed.
  The message having been announced to the House, Mr. Charles H. 
Grosvenor, of Ohio, offered the following resolutions, which were 
agreed to:

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  \1\ First session Fifty-seventh Congress, Journal, p. 672; Record, p. 
5014.
  \2\ Second session Fifty-eighth Congress, Record, p. 1998.
Sec. 7156
  Resolved, That the House of Representatives has heard with profound 
sorrow of the death of the Hon. Marcus A. Hanna, a Senator of the 
United States from the State of Ohio.
  Resolved, That the House of Representatives accepts the invitation of 
the Senate to attend the funeral services of the late Hon. Marcus A. 
Hanna, to be held in the Senate Chamber to-morrow, at 12 o'clock noon, 
and that the Speaker of the House appoint a committee of thirty Members 
to act in conjunction with a committee of the Senate to make the 
necessary arrangements and accompany the remains to the place of 
burial.
  Resolved, That as a further mark of respect the House do now adjourn.

  The Speaker having announced the committee, the House adjourned.
  On February 17,\1\ after the approval of the Journal and the 
transaction of some business, in accordance with the invitation of the 
Senate and the order adopted by the House on February 16, the Members 
and officers of the House proceeded in a body to the Senate Chamber to 
attend the funeral services of the late Hon. Marcus A. Hanna.
  At the conclusion of the services the Members returned to the Hall of 
Representatives.
  Thereupon, as a further mark of respect to the deceased Senator, the 
House adjourned.
  The Record \2\ records the proceedings in the Senate:

  The casket containing the body of the dead Senator was brought into 
the Senate Chamber, accompanied by the committees of arrangements of 
the two Houses.
  The President pro tempore called the Senate to order at 12 o'clock.
  The Members of the House of Representatives, preceded by the 
Sergeant-at-Arms and the Clerk and by the Speaker, entered the Senate 
Chamber. The Speaker was escorted to a seat on the left of the 
President pro tempore, the Sergeant-at-Arms and Clerk were assigned to 
seats at the Secretary's desk, and the Members of the House were given 
the seats on the floor provided for them. They were soon followed by 
the ambassadors of and ministers from foreign countries, the Chief 
Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, and the Admiral of 
the Navy and the Lieutenant-General of the Army, who occupied the seats 
assigned them. The President of the United States and his Cabinet 
ministers and the iamily of the deceased Senator entered the Chamber 
and were shown to the seats reserved for them.
  Thereupon the Chaplain of the House was introduced to offer prayer; 
after which the Chaplain of the Senate delivered an address, read 
passages of Scripture, and offered prayer.
  The hymn ``Nearer, My God, to Thee'' was sung by the quartette of the 
Gridiron Club, composed of Mr. Herndon Morsell, Mr. J. Henry Kaiser, 
Mr. Alexander Mosher, and Mr. John H. Nolan.
  The President pro tempore said: ``We commit the body of our beloved 
Senator now to the two committees of the Houses of Congress and to the 
officers of the Senate, to be conveyed to his late home in Ohio and to 
his final resting place. May God sanctify his life and death to us, who 
loved him well.''
  The benediction was pronounced by the Chaplain of the Senate.
  The invited guests having retired from the Senate Chamber, the Senate 
adjourned.

  7156. Ceremonies in memory of a deceased Speaker.--On December 5, 
1876,\3\ on motion of Mr. Andrew H. Hamilton, of Indiana, the 
presentation of resolutions on the death of Hon. M. C. Kerr, Speaker of 
the House during the preceding session, was made a special order for 
December 16.
  On that date, after remarks on the life and public services of the 
deceased, the following resolutions were offered and agreed to:

  Resolved, That the sad announcement of the death of Michael C. Kerr, 
late Member from the State of Indiana, and Speaker of this House, is 
received by us in the deepest sorrow and profoundest regret,
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  \1\ Record, p. 2003.
  \2\ Record, pp. 2002, 2003.
  \3\ Second session Forty-fourth Congress, Journal, pp. 23, 92; 
Record, pp. 44, 245-257.
                                                            Sec. 7157
and that in his untimely decease the House of Representatives of the 
United States has lost an impartial, competent, and noble presiding 
officer, a faithful and patriotic Member.
  Resolved, That in testimony of our respect for the memory of the 
deceased Speaker, his chair be draped in mourning during the unfinished 
term of the Forty-fourth Congress, and as a further evidence of our 
continuing esteem for the dead the officers and Members of this House 
will wear the usual badge of mouming for the space of thirty days.
  Resolved, That the Senate be informed of the death of the late 
Speaker by forwarding to that body a copy of these resolutions, and 
that the Clerk transmit a copy of the same to the afflicted family of 
the illustrious dead.
  Resolved, That, as a further tribute of respect to the departed 
officer, the House do now adjourn.

  7157. Form of memorial resolutions for deceased Members.--On February 
11, 1899,\1\ on the day set apart by special order for exercises in 
memory of the late Nelson Dingley, of Maine, Mr. Charles A. Boutelle, 
of Maine, offered these resolutions, which were agreed to:

  Resolved, That the business of the House be now suspended that 
opportunity may be given for tributes to the memory of Hon. Nelson 
Dingley, late a Member of the House of Representatives from the State 
of Maine.
  Resolved, That as a particular mark of respect to the memory of the 
deceased, and in recognition of his eminent abilities as a 
distinguished public servant, the House, at the conclusion of these 
memorial proceedings, shall stand adjourned.
  Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate.
  Resolved, That the Clerk be instructed to send a copy of these 
resolutions to the family of the deceased.

  The eulogies having been pronounced, the Speaker declared the House 
adjourned in accordance with the terms of the resolutions.
  7158. The eulogies of a deceased Member formerly occurred at the time 
of the announcement of his death and the adjournment of respect.--On 
January 15, 1839,\2\ the death of Mr. T. L. Harris, of Illinois, was 
announced. At this time it had become the practice to announce the 
death of a Member and then and at the same time to have eulogies 
delivered by several Members, after which the resolutions of sym athy, 
providing for wearing crape on the arm and I P for adjournment were 
adopted.
  7159. On March 4, 1844,\3\ the House adjourned out of respect to the 
memory of a deceased Member, Mr. Henry C. Frick, of Penn ylvania, 
although the House had just reassembled after an adjournment taken on 
February 29 in respect of the memories of the Cabinet officers killed 
on the man of war Princeton. The adjournment for Mr. Frick was taken 
immediately before the transaction of business. The Member offering the 
resolution for adjournment and for the usual mark of respect, the 
wearing of crape, prefaced his action by a eulogy of the deceased. It 
was quite common for Members dying in Washington at that time to be 
buried in the city, and the Members of the House usually attended the 
funeral. Sometimes a state funeral was held in the House. But Mr. Frick 
was taken to Pennsylvania for burial, so the proceedings in his case 
were simply the adjournment and the wearing of crape.
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  \1\ Third session Fifty-fifth Congress, Record, p. 1760.
  \2\ Second session Thirty-fifth Congress, Globe, p. 408.
  \3\ First session Twenty-eighth Congress, Journal, p. 513; Globe, p. 
347.
Sec. 7160
  7160. On February 24, 1848,\1\ the Speaker \2\ announced to the House 
the death of his colleague, John Quincy Adams. The short address in 
which the Speaker made this announcement appears in full in the journal 
by order of the House. Eulogistic addresses were made by three Members 
on the floor--Messrs. Charles Hudson, of Massachusetts; Isaac E. 
Holmes, of South Carolina, and Samuel F. Vinton, of Ohio. No mention of 
their addresses is made in the journal.
  Mr. Hudson offered the following resolutions, which were agreed to:

  Resolved, That this House has heard, with the deepest sensibility, of 
the death in this Capitol of the death of John Quincy Adams, a Member 
of this House from the State of Massachusetts.
  Resolved, That as a testimony of respect for the memory of this 
distinguished statesman the officers and Members of the House will wear 
the usual badge of mourning and attend the funeral in this Hall on 
Saturday next at 12 o'clock.
  Resolved, That a committee of thirty be appointed to superintend the 
funeral solemnities.
  Resolved, That the proceedings of this House in relation to the death 
of John Quincy Adams be communicated to the family of the deceased by 
the Clerk.
  Resolved, That this House, as a further mark of respect for the 
memory of the deceased, do adjourn to Saturday next, the day appointed 
for the funeral.

  The committee was then appointed, Mr. Hudson being chairman.
  Mr. William A. Newall, of New Jersey, then offered this resolution, 
which was agreed to:

  Resolved, That the seat in this Hall just vacated by the death of the 
late John Quincy Adams be unoccupied for thirty days, and that it, 
together with the Hall, remain clothed with the symbol of mourning 
during that time.

  Mr. Frederick A. Tallmadge, of New York, offered the following 
additional resolution, which was also agreed to:

  Resolved, That the Speaker appoint one Member of this House from each 
State and Territory as a committee to escort the remains of our 
venerable friend, John Quincy Adams, to the place designated by his 
friends for his interment.

  On motion of Mr. Vinton,

  Ordered, That the remarks of the Speaker announcing officially the 
death of John Quincy Adams be entered upon the journal.

  7161. On March 28, 1864,\3\ Mr. Ellhu B. Washburne, of Illinois, rose 
and announced the death of Hon. Owen Lovejoy, a Member of this House 
from the State of Illinois. After remarks by Mr. Washburne and other 
Members on the life and public service of the deceased, Mr. Washburne 
submitted the following resolutions, which were agreed to:

  Resolved, That this House has heard with profound sorrow the 
announcement of the death of Hon. Owen Lovejoy, a Member of this House 
from the Fifth Congressional district of the State of Illinois.
  Resolved, That this House tenders to the widow and relatives of the 
deceased the expression of its deep sympathy in this afflicting 
bereavement.
  Resolved, That the Clerk of this House communicate to the widow of 
the deceased a copy of these resolutions.
  Resolved, That the Speaker appoint a committee of three to escort the 
remains of the deceased to the place desig