Clay Stone Briggs Memorial Services FRIDAY, April 27, 1934. The SPEAKER of the House of Representatives presided. The Chaplain, Dr. Montgomery: Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid, cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of Thy Holy Spirit that we may perfectly love Thee and worthily magnify Thy holy name. Amen. The Interstate Chorus sang "Break, Break, Break.” Rev. ZeBarney T. Phillips, D.D., Chaplain of the Senate, read the Scripture lesson of the service. The Chaplain, Dr. Montgomery: Eternal and ever-living God, our Father, we art met by common impulse to do honor to those servants of the public whose achievements have become a part of our Nation's history. We are grateful that their memory remains and that its influence becomes a benediction. We entreat Thee, our Father, to glorify this service by the presence of the Holy Spirit that we may be exalted, ennobled, and purified. We rejoice that we are born to a higher destiny and that there is a realm where the rainbow never fades. Strengthen us that we may cling to our faith; it will stand by us in the dying hour, in the flood, and in the dark of night. Grant, O Lord, as we look today into the future, may we have a heart for any fate that is unaffected by either laughter or tears. We pray Thee that we may pass from glory into glory until we are transformed into the complete image of the Divine. In this solemn moment we pause. Thou Savior of the world, we beseech Thee, give sweet rest to those who are in the shadows of grief and crown their souls with the simplicity of Thy truth and love. O walk with them and give them the answer to their longings until they kneel with their loved ones at the feet of God. Merciful Father, hold us all and help us to stand in the morning, in the noonday, in the evening shades until the end, and then let heaven's morning break. Savior Divine, we are pilgrims; be with us through the storm, through the sea, and through the waves until we reach that land that is unwet with the tears of human sorrow, where we shall not see through a glass darkly but face to face. In the name of our glorified Redeemer. Amen. ROLL OF DECEASED MEMBERS Mr. Patrick J. Haltigan, reading clerk of the House, read the following roll: THOMAS JAMES WALSH, SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF MONTANA School teacher; lawyer; delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920, and 1924; permanent chairman Democratic National Convention at New York City in 1924; elected a Member of the United States Senate in 1912; reelected in 1918; 1924, and again in 1930; selected by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to be Attorney General in his Cabinet; but 2 days before his term of office would have begun, death came. Died March 2, 1933. ROBERT BEECHER HOWELL, SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF NEBRASKA Naval officer; lawyer; engineer; State engineer of Nebraska, 1895-96; city engineer of Omaha, 1896-97; lieutenant, United States Navy, Spanish-American War; State senator, 1902, 1903, and 1904; elected to water board Metropolitan Utilities District, Omaha, 1904; reelected 1910, 1916, and 1920; chairman National Radio Service Commission, United States Post Office Department, 1921; elected to the United States Senate in 1922; reelected in 1928. Died March 11, 1933. PORTER HINMAN DALE, SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF VERMONT Soldier; business man; teacher; lawyer; chief deputy collector of customs at Island Pond from 1897-1910; chairman Republican State Convention in 1898 and 1919; judge Brighton municipal court in 1910; State senator, 1910-14; Member of the House of Representatives, Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, Sixtyseventh, and Sixty-eighth Congresses; elected to the United States Senate November 6, 1923, and reelected in 1926 and 1932. Died October 6, 1933. JOHN BENJAMIN KENDRICK, SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF WYOMING State senator, 1910-14; delegate to the Democratic National Convention, 1912 and 1916; Governor of Wyoming, 1915-17; elected to the United States Senate in 1916, and reelected in 1922 and 1928. Died November 3, 1933. CLAY STONE BRIGGS, SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS Lawyer; member of the State legislature; appointed judge of the district court of the tenth judicial district of Texas, and three times elected to such office; Member of the Sixty-sixth and each succeeding Congress. Died April 29, 1933. CHARLES HILLYER BRAND, EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF GEORGIA Lawyer; banker; elected to the State senate, of which he became president pro tempore; solicitor general of the western judicial circuit of Georgia, 1896–1906; judge of the superior courts of same circuit, 1906-17; Member of the Sixty-fifth and each succeeding Congress. Died May 17, 1933. BOLIVAR EDWARDS KEMP, SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA Lawyer; member of the board of supervisors of Louisiana State University; active in the development of agricultural and trucking industries; Member of the Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, Seventy-first, Seventy-second, and Seventy-third Congresses. Died June 19, 1933. EDWARD BERTON ALMON, EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF ALABAMA Lawyer; State senator, Presidential elector; judge of the circuit court of the eleventh judicial district of Alabama; member of the State house of representatives, 1910-15, and served as speaker of that body in 1911; Member of the Sixty-fourth and each succeeding Congress. Died June 22, 1933. HENRY WINFIELD WATSON, NINTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA Lawyer; member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the Historical Society of Bucks County; Member of the Sixtyfourth and each succeeding Congress. Died August 27, 1933. LYNN SEDWICK HORNOR, THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA Graduated from Clarksburg High School; engaged in natural-gas production; Member of the Seventy-second and Seventy-third Congresses. Died September 23, 1933. JOHN DAVENPORT CLARKE, THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Lawyer; assistant to the secretary of mines of the United States Steel Corporation from its formation to 1906; chairman Observance of National Forest Week in the State of New York; vice president of the New York Conservation Association; delegate to Republican National Convention, 1928 and 1932; Member of the Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eighth, Seventieth, Seventy-first, Seventy-second, and Seventy-third Congresses. Died November 5, 1933. JAMES SOUTHWORTH PARKER, TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Teacher; member of the State assembly, 1904, 1905, and 1908–12; engaged in agricultural pursuits since 1898; Member of the Sixtythird and each succeeding Congress. Died December 19, 1933. JOSEPH LAWRENCE HOOPER, THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN Lawyer; circuit court commissioner of Calhoun County, 1901-3; prosecuting attorney of Calhoun County, 1903-7; city attorney of Battle Creek, 1916-18; Member of the Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, Seventy-first, Seventy-second, and Seventy-third Congresses. Died February 22, 1934. EDWARD WILLIAM POU, FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA Lawyer; chairman Democratic executive committee of Johnston County in 1886; Presidential Elector 1888; solicitor, Fourth Judicial District of North Carolina, 1890-1901 delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1916; Member of the Fifty-seventh and each succeeding Congress; was dean of the House of Representatives at the time of his death on April 1, 1934. Mrs. NORTON, a Representative from the State of New Jersey, standing in front of the Speaker's rostrum, placed a memorial rose in a vase as the name of each deceased Member was read by the Clerk. Then followed 1 minute of devotional silence. Mrs. Esther Bibber sang "Great Peace Have They That Love Thy Law." Hon. JOHN YOUNG BROWN, a Representative from the State of Kentucky, delivered the following address: ADDRESS OF HON. JOHN YOUNG BROWN Mr. BROWN of Kentucky. We pause from our work today to pay tribute to the memory of our colleagues who in the past year laid aside the burdens of life. On the roll |