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THE WEEKLY DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE, THURSDAY', MARC H 23, 1916.
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To the Four States
kunn. Texas:
On account of tin siz. of Texas
ami tho prolonged session «>f Con-
gress t' lion not been possible for inn
to visit every portion of tho stale
and render in person un accounting
of my stewardship to thr people, In
an t'lliiiNhur. therefore, t* acquaint
Ihi' people wlili what I ;• in doing .mil
attempting t" il<> i" tli.- I 'nil 'I Stat..--
Ken at i I am ins< rtlni; in your col-
uinns thi* follow ing letter i'ontnlnln^
a hiiin unify of my I'Pi'oril to tint**,
which I have pri pared at till1 reqlp —t
of olio of inv • onstltutents. Mr. M .1.
Slatterv, of Hrownsvllle, Texas.
Very truly.
Mi |{ I! IS SI I Kl'I'A RI .
My |)car -ir: You luive been si
kind as to i xpress a desire to have a
statement of in\ record in the Fnitcd
States Senate The interim' i vnl« ne-
ed l>v this ih sue is wry gratifying to
me and now I take pleasure in end-
ing you a". '"V first opportunity -m '
statement. It Is as follows:
I. suiniliiis Committees,
On entering tin- Senate 1 made it
my principal Him to secure member-
shlp on committees of practical val-
ue to Texas
a. I'oiumittcv on Agriculture.
Accordingly I sought tlrst of .ill a
plate on the Agricultural Committee
because Tc xas was mainly an agri-
cultural state, either leadlnir the
t"nlted States in this line, or soon to
do so. Tlf .n.nuul agricultural ap-
propriation h is referred to this
Committee on coming from t li
House and its members are therefore
in position to exercise a large influ-
ence on agricultural development To
give you an idea of the work of this
Committee let me say that some of
the subjects that regularly come be-
fore it are:
(a) Inspection and quarantine
work in relation to livestock and cer-
tain animal products, including era-
dication of scabies in sheep and cat-
tle, Inspection of southern cattle, su-
pervision of transportation of live-
stock both within this country and to
foreign countries, inspection of con-
tagious disea.se in farm animals, and
the tuberculin and rnallcin testing
thereof.
<h) Kradlcatton of southern rattle
tick, for which over $400,000 was ap-
propriated at the last session.
(cl Investigations and experiment."
in dairy industry and in animal
breeding and feeding.
(d) Investigation and eradication
of hog cholera and dourine. for
which $2 3 5,000 was appropriated at
the last session.
(el Meat Inspection.
(f) Seientlflo investigation of all
animal diseases.
(g) Investigation of fruits, fruit
trees. grain, cotton, tobacco, vegeta-
bles. granges, forage, drug, medicinal
and poisonous fibers, other plants and
plant industries, including plant dis-
ease. disease of orchard and other
fruits, of forests and ornamental
tr"C8 and shrubs, disease of cotton,
potatoes, truck crops, forage crops,
drug and related plants, soll-bac-
icrlology and plant-nutrition, im-
provement of cotton by culturaJ
methods, breeding and selection, the
handling, grading and transportation
of grain, propagation, testing and
distribution of seeds, investigation
and improvement of methods of crop
production under subhtimid, semiarld
and dry-land conditions, methods of
growing, harvesting, packing, storing,
handling and shipping fruits and ve-
getables.
(h) Handlinc, shippintr and pre-
serving poultry and eggs.
(I) Maintenance of the national
forests. Including investigation of
suitable trees for treeless regions. of
lumberlnc. of timber and timber
trees and of methods of preservative
treatment of timber.
(J) Investigation anil survey of
soils
(k) Investigation of Insects injuri-
ous and beneficial to agriculture
II) Kxtern: n ition of animal, in-
jurious to agricultlire.
(in) distribution of data and es-
timates relating to . rops.
In) Partners" co-operative demon-
stration work anil methods of resist-
ing cotton-boll weevils, for which
over a million dollars was appropri-
ated at the last session
fo) Investigations of road making,
road management, and materials and
experiments in construction and
maintenance of good roads.
(p) Farm Irrigation, farm drain-
age. construction of farm building'
and other rural engineering prob-
lems.
(q) Investigation of hrst. methods
of marketing and distributing farm
products, imbuin g investigation and
demonstration of standards for the
different grades, qualities and ion.II-
tions of cotton, and investigation of
ginning, grading, stapling. baling,
marketing, coinpr. v nr. and lie of
cotton.
If) In v. Mir,-.' n • f rural ere-
and other forms .,f iurnl • • opr ia-
tlon
1 «* " signed to i'n fifth place
on this <"oni i' 'ti,et <>f majority
membership of • N. xt to t>;.
committee (I If, II,, ril„|( thereon -t
one of th(- most potent inflneni .- in
determining a mi-rt ^' I I 1 it.itiilini' in
the natj. r I -lit. n,| )
1'llilHO' of t ;ct.i g the chalrin.in-hlp
lb) 1'iitiiittilli'e fin l nmnv'tii',
\. vt I ende vol. ,| i,, obtain a
place on the Committee on Com.
merce. the river- and harbor* miiii.
lll|M> e of Hen.'l'e, T- Vis hi
ing har.
.ml
hors c-ntiable of bring made amor
the be«t In thi World. the develn
ment of tl'es. and of
way* beinir e«-., ntlal to t
i-rowtIt ..f th< -tat., n.l •
severest handle,u.u I elng t
adequate waterway f.o 11 It la
assigned fo fifth plm .• on
nilttee out of a majority tr
of ten
i lit e.n irrigation, both surface and
underground, and that olle of these
actions was already connected with
a gnat government dam In New
Mexico. I wan given fifth place on
i lie. committee out of a majority
membership of eight. ,
(ill Committee on Military
Affairs.
I mail, all especial effort to sci 111"
all assignment to tin- Military Affairs
Coiiimilcc because several import-
ant army posts are located in Texas,
one III which Is I lie largest ill the na
lion. I diil not obtain this assign-
ment till late In the session and had
to In- contented with the lowest uiii-
i 111* i t > place.
(<•) Committee on Census, C«Mlsl
Defenses, Tl'llll-pol'tUlioil lloilles,
anil F.xiieiidlliires In l>c|iurtNM'iil
of Agriculture.
Without any request of my part I
wan appointed on the Census Com-
mittee, a committee of importance,
being given third place out of a ma-
jority membership of seven. I was
also given places on the Committee
on Coast I icfcnses and Transporta-
tion Routes to the Sell Hoard, and
was made Chairman of the ' onimit-
tee on Kxpendltuves in tho Depurt-
ment of Agriculture.
of course, you well understand the
importance of good committee as-
signments in tile Senate and House.
Tin Immense and growing tbid of
national legislation makes it impos-
sible to settle most questions on the
floor and they are to a very great ex-
tent deti rrnlncd primarily by com-
mittees.
2. Other CainniltHi*.
In addition to these standing com-
mittees I have served on Important
subcommittees and one special com-
mittee. 1 was placed at the head of
the subcommittee of the Commerce
Committee having charge of all leg-
islation relating to bridges over navi-
gable streams.
I was chairman of a special sub-
committee of tiie Commerce Commit-
tee to which was referred two bills
relating to employment and rellceils-
ing of officers on American merchant
ships.
I was a member of a special sub-
committee of the Committee on Agri-
culture which Investigated the re-
ce-nt outbreak of foot-and-mouth dis-
ease among livestock.
I was made chairman of a. special
Senate Committee which investigated
the* conduct of tile Kxcise Hoard of
the District of Columbia.
it. Cotton.
When the Kuropcan conflict sud-
denly broke out and cotton prices
went to pieces I did everything with-
in my power to obtain relief from
the government In an emergency so
calamitious. so clearly the result of
war conditions, so national in some
of its aspects. I urged relief meas-
ures bejore the Committee on Hank-
ing and Currency and on the floor of
the Senate. I voted for the govern-
ment purchase proposition and gave
my best efforts to the cotton grow-
ers' cause. Not only during that
crisis but throughout my service I
have devoted my best energies to
strengthening the status of cotton,
that mighty fiber which means more
to the earth than all its gold. T have
urged our government at every op-
portunity to take the most vigorous
methods possible to preserve for our
cotton and other exports the free-
dom of the seas. When Congress
closed the following bills which I
had introduced on the subject o( cot-
ton were pending:
(a) Hill to create cotton loan asso-
ciations.
(b) Hill providing for advance of
funds by the government on cotton.
(<■) Hill to enable postal savings
banks to lend money on cotton.
(d) Hill for the preservation of ex-
port trade In cotton.
(e) Hill to Increase and popularize
the use of cotton materials In the
Cniteii States.
wal or - '
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of our
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bcrnliip
(«*) ♦ onimltt.-e mi Irrigation.
Wxt I n*iM*<vtei| a place em the Ir-
rigation Committee r.alixinr that
large section* of Texw were deprnd-
i. More Fconomlcnl Methods of Col-
ton (.Inning.
The substance of my bill for an in-
stigation of a nioro economical pro-
c. is of cotton ginning was embodied
in tile general agricultural appro-
priation bill, as Weil as the substance
of my bill for a special study of dis-
ease among sheep and goats.
Wider 1 -4' of ( otfcnn Materials.
In order to help the' campaign for
a wider use of cotton materials In
tiie t 'nited States I addressed a let-
t. r to the President urging that he
direct the departments to order all
their supplies in cotton wrappings,
and to call for articles of cotton
wherever posdble. He replied that
he would ask that this be done and
that tli-- departments would comply
t< the greatest practicable extent.
I shall continue to give especial
ittentii.n as member of the \grl-
o'liral Cot ulttees to the --Hid) and
improvement of cotton.
n. cattle Tick.
I li.ivi also become especially ln-
• « i-.+.i. .1 m the movement of the ■ ra-
dp .it.i n "f tii. i attic tick. This pest
, . . , I' « to southern cattlemen
of t<< to i.ii millions of dollars a year
,ii.I i ' tie of i III- main obstacles pre-
venting H South from becoming
'.lie .if tiie great, st cattle countries
• n i-iirth I have watched this mat-
ter < losely when the Senate Commlt-
on \gricultnr'- was passing on
Ppropriai ion; for it, in l I shall con -
i" , to ili. i . rvthlng I can to see
•I 11 large illotnicntM as praitirn-
1,1. .r. I. a.l. f i t his iis< fid work I
in in favor of a more vigorous rain-
p.'go thfouriioiit the South against
7. Iturul credits.
i Iiiivi given perhaps more study
to the s'lbject of rural credits than
any o'lier "ingle question I intro-
dticed n resolution for the Investiga-
tion of rural credit bills at the last
session of ' "ongreim, and I am now
engaged in the preparation of a bill
of this kind I delivered an uddress
in August of this year on rural cre-
dits before tin Texas Farmer's Coti-
gi'eaH at College Station, un address
in which I tried to cover every Im-
portant phase of I In- question.
M. I.alstr.
I have voted for all the great re-
forms . mu ted In behalf of labor by
the recent 1 ieiiiocralii Congress, nol ■
aid) (I) the prohibition against In-
junctions iu labor disputes except
where an injunction would lie if no
labor question were Involved, (2)
the guaranty of trial by Jury in cases
of indirect contempt, and CI) the or-
diilnment that the labor of u human
being is not to lie regarded as ii
commodity or article of commerce
and therefore not to be subject to
I lie same rules as so much wood, or
Iron or oil, or stone.
II. \iiiemliiienls I o I legislation |>re.
tenting I.imitation of I .lability by
Common Carriers.
I secured the adoption of certain
amendments to the Cummins Mill
preventing Interstate railroads from
limiting liability for damii'Ve to goods
In transit. These amendments were
especially desired by lhe cattlemen
of Texas and the nation. In Hit ori-
ginal form the Cummins bill applied
only to shipments between states,
line of my amendments added terri-
tories and the District of Columbia
as well as shipments to foreign coun-
tries. The Cummins bill In Its origin-
al form provided that no contract,
receipt, rule or regulation should ex-
empt i he common carrier from lia-
billiy. Another of my amendments
added after the word, "regulation,"
the words, "or other limitations of
any character whatsoever," thereby
broadening this phase of (lie bill and
making it Impossible for Hie rail-
roads by any device to avoid full lia-
bility for damage to shipments. The
Cummins i>111 in its original form
provided that the carrier should be
liable to I he lawful hulUir of a re-
ceipt. or bill of lading for the goods
da.magcd. Another of my amend-
ments added after the words "bill of
lading." tiie words, "or to any parly
entitled to recover thereon, whether
such receipt or bill of lading has
been issued or not." Thus all loop
holes were closed along tills line and
the shipper is not obliged to depend
on the possession of any particular
instrument in order to save Ills
rights. The amendment I last secured
prohibited the carrier from requiring
a shorter notice of claim than CO
days, a shorter time for filing than
four months, a shorter tlmo for
bringing suits than two years, and
provided further that in case
the loss occurred while the
shipment was being loaded or un-
loaded. or through carelessness or
negligence while the shipment was In
trunsil then jio notice of claim or
tiling of claim could by required.
These amendments were unutiil-
mously adopted on my motion in the
Senate, anil are now a part of the
low of the land. You will observe that
while they were especially sought by
the cattlemen, they are of value to
all shippers.
10. Inquiry Regarding Vessels In
C<*l*twide Trade.
My resolution for an Inquiry by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
regarding the ownership, organisa-
tion. operation and rates of vessels
in the coastwlde trade was adopted.
II. Inquiry Regarding Purchase by
. lYincn of St. I/mls. lirownsvillc
& Mexican KailiiMMl.
My resolution calling on the In-
terstate Commerce Commission to In-
vestigate the purchase of the St. I/>u-
is, Hrownsvllle and Mexico Railroad
by Hie Frisco was passed and the re-
port showed the enormous profits
made by the syndicate which manag-
ed tho ileal, and all the essential
facts surrounding the transaction.
Id. Accident* anil lllscnse- |n Wage.
Filming (>ccu|MitIons.
My resolution calling on the Secre-
tin) of Labor to institute an investi-
gation to determine the mortality In
various wage-earning occupations
due to accident and disease was ad-
opted In modified form, but on ac-
count of insufficient funds this im-
portant matter will have lo be taken
up again at the coining session.
Hi. Itfffutnllons Regarding officers
on American Merchant Ships.
I reported from the Commerce
Committee and caused to be passed
by the Senate two House bills modi-
fying the rigid regulations relating to
the employment and relicenslng of
officers on American men liant ves-
sels and they are now laws.
I-I. Hridge Hills.
I reported from the Coin merce
Committee, anil secured passage
through Hie Senate of nearly all bills
relating to bridges over navigable
st re a ins.
t.Y Fourteenth International Con-
uress on Mcoludl-m.
My bill providing for the designa-
tion by the President of American
delegat. < to the Fourteenth Interna-
tional Congress on Alcoholism at
Mil n. Italy, in September. I!il3, was
enact I and the I'nited Statin wan
ii a orillegly represented at that Im-
portant world > ongress.
III. Mothers' liny.
1 had the honor of calling up in
the Senate, nnd securing passage
through that body of the House Ir.lnl
r« • olnllon designating th• second.
Sunday In May as Mothers' liny and
making It the duty i.f the President,
each \' ir to request Its observance
throughout the I'nited States.
IT Point of Hitler for Parcel l'«M.
I inad. a point of order in the
Senate again t all amendment to the
p. toftlci appropriation I.Ill seeking
to limit th" operation of l lie parcel
post, and after extensive debati the
point was sustained by a y.-u and nay
vote
I*. Ptirrnl Policy for Tela*.
In the fnll of I KM I requested tho
Htircati of Forestry to send an expert
to Texas for tha purpose of devlslnc
and reporting a suitable forest policy
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SKXATlllt MllltltIK SHKl'I'AIU>
for Texas. The request was grunted
ami Mr. J. S. Peters, of the forest
service, spent a month In Texas look
ing carefully into Its possibilities
from the standpoint of forestry. Ilo
made a comprehensive report outlln
Ing a definite forestry policy for the
state, and with that report as a basis
of action Mr. W. (loodrich .lones of
Temple and others secured from the
rcc.-nt Texas I .legislature a provision
for a State Forester and for the nu-
cleus of what I I nut may become an
effective agency for the replanting
and extension of Texas forests. This
Is on. of our most urgent material
m i ds. A Texas Forestry Association
lias been organized since the enact-
ment of the Texas law with Mr. W.
(b)O(lrli'li Jones as president.
III. Slicep and (ioats.
Realizing that the destruction of
prfdattmy animals was one of the
principal needs of the sheep and gout,
industry. I introduced an amendment
to the agricultural appropriation bill
carrying $(>0,000 for this purpose.
This amendment was agreed to, and
government experts have been In the
sheop and gout regions of Texus ever
since, engaged In llic extermination
of wolves nnd other noxious animals.
Prominent sheep and goat men have
advised me that the work is being at-
tended with gratifying results, I as-
certained that Texas was the only
state in the I'nion wholly quarantined
against by the federal government us
lo sheep and goats, on account of
certain diseases, and that the federal
government could not co-operate with
Texas in combating these diseases
and cleaning up the state because
there was no official slate quaran-
tine authority with Jurisdiction ovei
sheep anil goals. The Stale Livestock
Sanitary Hoard had quarantine jur-
isdiction over cuttle, but sheep and
goals had not been included within
Its powers. I called attention to tills
matter by letters to Individuals and
through the public press and the
slate authorities prepared to tako
proper action.
JO Survey of Oyster Itcd* and Itecfs
of Texas Coast.
My resolution for a survey of the
oyster beds, bars, bottoms and reefs
In waters along the coast of and with-
in the state of Texns became a Inw.
Inasmuch as these waters are within
tho State I placed in the Inw a provi-
sion that the survey should be made
on request of the Governor of Texus.
21. Surveys for F.iUurgtutciit of Har-
bors.
My amendments to tho lust rivers
and harbors bill for surveys of the
harbors ut Oulveaton, Texas City,
Port Bolivar, Port Arthur und Honii-
mont with a view to their enlarge-
ment. were all adopted. I added In
the Commerce Committee a number
of amendments to the rivers and har-
bors bill of 191-I and 191f> Increasing
allotments for several Texas projects
nnd starting certain new ones, but the
appropriation sections of both bills
were defeated by the flurton lilibus-
ter, and lump minis merely for main-
tenance of existing works substituted.
2'.'. Public Itiiildinus anil Sites.
My bill for public holdings at Hen-
ton. Honey flrovo und Orange were
embodied In the omnibus bill of
March 4, 1913, $7a,000 being author-
ized for Denton, $.10,000 for Honey
flrovo nnd $00,000 for Orange. My
bills for public buildings nt Sweet-
water and Memplila resulted In sites
being provided in the building act of
March -I. 191.1, $7,a00 being authoriz-
ed for that, purpose at each place.
While this buildings bill was before
the Senate 1 moved an amendment nt
the request of Senator Culberson,
who was unavoidably absent, adding
$r.,000 for a public building site at
Georgetown and the motion was
agreed to. I also helped to secure tho
necessary legislation for repairing
and rearranging the public buildings
at (ialveston, for the new appraisers'
stores at tliut place, and for an ad-
dition to the public building at fjong-
view. I believe that appropriations
for buildings and for livers and har-
bors should be voted only where they
meet actual and worthy needs and
that they should not lie apportioned
on a mere pork barrel basis.
'Jit. The Klo larnmle.
The substance of my bill alloling
$.*0,000 for an investigation of the
Ulo Grande river to determine the
best method of maintaining a. lived
boundary line and Impounding and
distributing the flood waters was em-
bodied In tU Hiplomatlc nnd Consu-
lar appropriation bill as prepared In
the House, but the sum made iivaila-
ble for I lie work was only $S,00n a
sum wholly Inadequate. With the help
of one or two other senators I had
tills amount raised to $2.1.000 In tho
Senate, I III t In conference the allot-
ment was finally llxcd at $14,BOO.
This was also Insufficient, but it re.
presented til'1 best thill could be done,
inasmuch as the center of the chan-
nel Is the International boundary line,
Inasmuch as this line, Ihe property of
the federal government, Is n menace
to the border territory on account of
It* disastrous oscillation* with every
flood, changing lorire areas from onn
country Into the other, nnd musing
endless dispute*, the settlement or at-
tempted settlement of which has al-
A New Remedy for Kidney, Bladder and All Uric ^
Acid Troubles. r
Hear (tenders:
I upptal to those of you who are
bothered with kidney and bludder
trouble, that you give up the use of
harsh salts or alcoholic medicines
and In their place take a short treat-
ment of "Anuric." I have taken many
of !>r. Pierce's medicines for tin past
twenty-live years with good results. 1
suffered with kidney trouble for
several years. I recently heard of
the newest discovery of |)r. Pierce,
namely, his "Anuric" Tablets. After,
using same I am completely cured of i
my kidney trouhlo. A doctor pro-'
nounced me a well preserved woman
for my age, all due, I believe, to Dr.
Pierce's medical aid.
MPS. M Fl.l N l>A Iv Ml 1.1.Fill.
NOTK:—Dr. Kberle and Dr.
Kratthwuitc as well as I >r. Simon-
all distinguished medical authorities
—agree that whatever may he the
disease, Hie urine seldom fails in
furnishing us with a. clue to tho prin-
ciples upon which it is to be treated,
and accurate knowledge concerning
the nature of disease can thus be Ob-
tained. If backache, scalding urine
or frequent urinution bother or dis-
tress you, or if uric add in the klood
has caused rheumatism, gout or
sciatica, or you suspect kidney or
bladder trouble just write Dr. Plerco
at his Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N.
Y.: si ml a sample of urino und de-
scribe symptoms. You will receive
free medical advice after Dr. Plorce's
chemists have examined the urino—
this will be carefully done without
charge, and you will be under no ob-
ligation Dr. Pierce during many
years of experimentation has discov-
ered a new remedy, "Anuric," which
Is found to be thirty-seven times more
powerful than llthla In removing urio
mid from the system. If you aro
suffering from backache or the pains
of rheumatism go to your best drug-
gist and ask for a SO-cent. box of
"Anuric" put up by Doctor Pierce
ready cost the nation about $K00,000,
It Is dear that the federal govern-
ment should take a substantial inter-
est in correcting such conditions. My
bill appropriating $.*.0,000 for the in-
vestigation was favorably reported by
the Senate Committee on Irrigation
and was on Ihe Senate calendar when
Congress adjourned. A committee of
representative citizens came from the
Lower Crandcto Washington and did
splendid work in hcliulf of ihls pro-
posit ion.
21. IM'-ccmlion or Flag, Fish Cultural
Station, Additional .Indue. I 'nt loll
Seed Meal und Cuke.
I introduced anil secured the pass-
age of the following bills through tho
Senate which did not pass the House,
but were pending there when Con-
gress adjourned:
(a) A bill to prevent the desecra-
tion of the American flag.
(h) Hill establishing additional llsh
cultural stations in Texas.
(e) 'Mill providing an additional
judge In the fifth circuit.
<d) Hill providing a wider domestic
market for cotton seed meal and
cake.
2.Y Military Highway on Klo tiramlc.
My bill for a survey of a military
highway along the |{io Grande from
Kl Paso to Hrownsvllle was favorably
reported by the Military Affairs Com-
mittee, but consideration was always
blocked by objection of Senator
Smoot of t'tuli and one or two other
Republicans. The War Department
took an adverse view of tho bill, but
It may assume a different attitude
during the next Congress In view of
recent developments along the bor-
der. The customs division of th(|
Treasury Department und tho Immi-
gration Hiireiiu of the Department, of
Dabo." favored the proposition, and it
was the position of the latter two au-
thorities as well as the urgent repre-
sentations of a committee from the
Rio Grande section that prompted
ihe Military Affairs Committee to re-
port favorably.
341, Prohibition.
I hove taken an active interest In
behalf of prohibition In the nation
and In the District of Columbia, In-
troducing the national prohibition
amendment to the federal constitu-
tion in the Senate and also a bill for
prohibition in the District of Colum-
bia. The nation wide amendment
reached a vote In the House on Dec-
ember 22, 1914, and the cause of na-
tional prohibition received enormous
Impetus from the fact that the ma-
jority of the American House of Re-
presentatives went on record In be-
half of the submission of the amend-
ment, although It failed to obtnin the
necessary two-thirils. More remarka-
ble and more significant still, eight of
the eleven southern states that seced-
ed from the I'nion supported the
amendment with a majority of their
representatives in the House. South
Carolina, the drst stnte to secede, Ar-
kansas and Tennessee voted unani-
mously for the amendment. Alabama
divided equally, while the only two
southern states of the old confedera-
cy to oppose the amendment with a
majority of their representatives In
the House were Texas and l.oulsiana.
knowledge:
t ribnlaties,
27. Woman Suffrage.
When the nullonul suffrage amend-
ment came before the Senate I voted
for Its submission to the states in or-
der that they might exercise their
fundamental right of deciding, under
the method prescribed hy the consti-
tution, whether th* amendment
should lie embodied In the constitu-
tion anil whether the subject was one
of national or local character. This
amendment provides that no citizen
shall be disfranchised on account of
sex. It applies to men as well as to
women, and to the federal govern-
ment as well as to the states,
SH. Trip* of Inspection,
Since my election to the Senate I
have visited the following points and
projects In order to be able to speak
of I hem in the S mile from personal
Intracoastal ("anal anil
Sabine.Xcches t 'anal.
Harbors at Orange. Port Arthur and
Heaumont, Port Arthur Ship Canal,
Galveston Harbor and Channel, Hous-
ton Harbor and Ship Channel, Port
llolivar Harbor and Channel, T xas
City Harbor nnd Channel, Port Ar-
kansas, Harbor and Channel, Roek-
port Harbor and Channel, Channel
from Port Arkansas to Corpus Christ!.
Rio llrande section tributary to Har-
bor of Hriizos Sail II go, Guadalupe
River at Victoria, Palaclos River,
N'avldail and !<uvAca Rivers. Ilraz.os
lllvor. Trinity River, Red River, Sa-
bine River, Taylor's Hayolt, Cypress
Hiivoii and Caddo Ijike, Flepliant
Hut I e Dam and irrigated section tri-
butary to Kl Paso, Pecos River and
part of Its Irrigated territory, a gen-
eral government Irrigation plan be.
Ing In Mew. Palo Hum Canyon,
where a national park and game pre-
serve are proposed, the following
cities for purpose of Inspecting fed-
eral building needs: Kl Pnso, Sweet-
water, Fort Worth. Dallas, Yonkum,
Galveston, Hrownsvllle anil the fol-
lowing military points to ascertain
their condition and wants: Fort Sam
Houston at San Antonio, Fort Bliss
at I'll Paso, Fort Hrown at ^trowns-
villi'. Fort Ringgold at Rio Grande
city. Forts Crockett and San Jacinto
at fialvcston, the field camps at. El
Paso and Texus City.
•Jtl. Speeches.
tin the floor of tho Senate I havo
spoken on various subjects as tha
new Democratic tariff law, special
tariff Items, the development of Wa-
terways. Ihe preservation of the par-
cel post. Wilson's Mcxicun policy, re-
lief of cotton growers, reduction of
mileage, agricultural appropriations,
prohibition in the notion and in tho
District of Columbia, etc.
ito. Measures pending.
Other bills of my authorship which
were pending when Congress closed
were as follows:
(a) Hill for topographical and hy-
drographical survey of Texas.
(b) I till for a soli survey of Texas.
(c) Kill requesting State Depart-
ment to negotiate with certain coun-
tries for removal of embtirgo on ex-
portation of mule angora goats.
(d) Dill to Investigate feasibility of
irrigation by reservoir system In Tex-,
as.
(f) Rill to reduce mileage from 20c
to fie per mile.
(g) Hill to prevent graft and cor-
ruption by prohibiting certain rela-
tions between officials nnd certuin in-
dividuals, firms, corporations, etc.
(h) Hill to make December 25 a
legal holiday for rural mail carriers.
(i) Hill temporarily to reduce fed-
eral salaries in view of war taxes and
war conditions.
(j) Resolutions for publication of
statistics on marriage anil dp oro.
(k) Rill requiring railroad com-
panies to equip passenger trains with
physician's emergency cusca.
(I) Rills for pubiic buildings at
Canadian. Rig Springs, Huntsville,
Hrownsvllle, and for remodeling tho
Old postofflee building at Austin.
31. Attendance.
During my service in the Senate-
there have been (117 roll calls for yea
and nay votes, and I huve voted on
tli7, taking nnd expressing by my
vote a position on every question.
During my service in the Senate there
have been 814 roll calls to determlno
the presence of a quorum, and t
have answered 807. A quorum call is
sometimes made in a very few min-
utes and n brief temporary absence
from the chamber may cause a Sen-
ator lo miss it. I have never been ab-
sent from an entire day's session and
the last Congress was the longest und
most exacting In American legislative
history.
Summarized, my attendance rt-cor«l
is as follows:
Yea and nay votes
Voted
Absent
Roll calls for quorums:
Number of calls
Answered
. Failed to answer
. ,«17
. H17
none
.814
807
!I2. Conclusion.
Such Is an outline of my service In
the Semite, a service of about two
and a half yours. I havo tried to
base it on the bromlest possible linos,
to make it comprehend the welfare
of the en I Ire state. I have attempted
to give undue prominence to no aln-
tflo Imhuo, but to accord proper atton-
tion and regard to nil menaurea af-
fect inn the prosperity and happiness
or the people thai have arisen for
consideration.
With every expression of regard. I
am.
Yours very sincerely,
MORRIS SHRPPARir
Mr M. ,1. Slattery, Editor Hrownsvlllo
Herald, Hrownsvllle, Toxa*.
GinkI For Colds.
Honey, line Tar and Glycerine arc
recognized cold remedies. In Dr.
1' 'I' « Pine.Tar-Honey these are com-
bined wiili other cough medicine In
a pleasant yrup. Dr. Hell's Pino.Tar-
llonev quick I.\ stops your cough,
cheeks your cold, soothes irritation
"I ihe throat. lOxcelleut for voting,
adult and lined. Its one of tile best
cough syrups made. Formula on
> \ ■ -ry bottle. You know Just what,
'■on nre taking and your doctor
knows its good for coughs and colds.
Insist on Dr. Hell's Plno-Tii.r-lIoney.
'ttily 2fic nt Druggists.
Mollne cotton ami corn planters for
sale by T J, Floyd of McKlnney.
Mr and Mrs. T M. Hoverlv and
son, Tom Jr . of Crowell, Texas, are
spending a few days In McKlnney vis-
It ing relatives and friends. Mrs. Jlev-
erl.v Is a sister lo Mrs. Waller llowell
and .Ichsc Atkinson of Ihln oltv. Mr.
Heveiiy win formerly sheriff of Collin
county.
Walking and riding cultivators for
sale by T. J. cio.vd. McKlnney, Texas.
I. I.. Malone of McKlnney, Route *,
Is a new reader of The Democrat -On-
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Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 23, 1916, newspaper, March 23, 1916; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292195/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.