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U. S. Senate Halts Business
10 lienor senator oim
mons' Birthday
Mr. Watson. Mr. President, bn the
3r1 Hav nf tfii mnnth the iiinior
Senator from North Carolina (Mr.
Overman) passed the seventy-sixth
milestone on the highway, of life.
This day, the 20th of January, 17 days
later, the senior Senator from North
Carolina (Mr. Simmons) reaches the
same age. X)ur history furnishes no
parallel, to the lives and careers of
these two Senators. They were born
on the same state, were brought up
. in the same state, North Carolina,
attended and were graduated from
the same college, and have been fast
personal and political friends through
out their entire lives, from boyhood
up to their present mature years.
The senior' senator from North Car
olina (Mr. Simmons) came to the
Senate in 1901 and is the oldest
senator in point of continuous service
' in this body. The junior senator from
North Carolina (Mr. Overman) was
body have caused me to realize that
no state is better or more ably rep
resented in the Senate than is North
Carolina.
I have at times differed from these
distinguished senators, as other sena
tors have, over legislative procedure
and party policy, but they have con
ceded to me, as I have conceded to
them, the right that every man ought
to possess of doing what his con
science dictated and what he thought
was for the best interest' of the
American people.
My distinguished friend the junior
senator from North Carolina (Mr.
Overman) is one of the sweetest
characters with whom any senator
ever came in contact; a man of ex
ceptional ability poise, personality,
and constancy ; one who has reflected
credit on his state and nation.
I have served on the finance, com
mittee almost since 1 entered the
senate, and during almost all of the
elected in 1903, and since that time j time have sat by the side of the dis
has rendere'd continuous and conspicu
.ous service in this body. :
)Vhat person, here or elsewhere,
who does not hope that the lives of
these two eminent senators may be
spared yet many years to continue to
render service in the Senate of the
United States, with distinction to
themselves, with credit to the great
commonwealth they represent, and
with honor to the people of the Unit
ed States? I think' a coincidence so
singular as this, so outstanding in the
history of the Senate, should be not
ed, and I feel quite sure that we are
all willing to take a few minutes in
the busy hurly-burly of bur senatorial
life to pay our tribute of respect to
these two eminent and patriotic Sena
tors,' public servants.
Mr. Harrison. Mr. President, it is
gracious, big, and fine of the dis
tinguished leader of the other side
of the ' aisle (Mr. Watson) on this
particular day '.to' stop the wheels of
tinguished senior senator from Uorth
Carolina (Mr. Simmons). I have been
amazed at his ready grasp of finan
cial questions and the ability that he
possesses to unravel the most intri
cate of them. His untiring energy,
his close application to service, his
fine ability are qualities that forced
him to the front in this body as a
leader.
So, Mr. President, as one whose
work has brought him very close to
both senators from North Carolina, I
am glad to add my felicitations on
this occasion.
Mr. Walsh of Massachusetts. Mr.
President, as a senator of another
section of the country than that of
the two senators from North Caro
lina and as a member, with the senior
senator from North Carolina (Mr.
Simmons), of the committee of fi
nance, during all the years of my
service ere, I want to join in felici-
the legislative machinery in order to tating both those southern . senators
pay a tribute to tne very aDie ana on th,s occasion.
distinguished, senators from .. North
Carolina. ' ;
. When first I became a member of
the House of Represenatives, and
throughout my . term there, I believe
that North Carolina had as able rep
resentation in that body as had any
other state of the Union, "and my
observation and experience in this
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The- junior senator from' North
Carolina (Mr. Overman) has always
seemed to me to typify more than
any other member of this body the
picture we are apt to have of the
old Roman toga-clad senator digni
fied, courtly, courteous. He also rep
resents by his very countenance and
annearance the best type of an Amer
ican senator of our own country and
aee. I have noticed that often visi
tors to the gallery have pointed him
out and referred to him as a mem
ber of this body of distinguished
bearing. And he has not only look
ed the part but has acted it. Every
member of this body loves and es
teems him as a friend ana as a
strong: fighter, too. How often we
have all been thrilled by his sudden
ly injecting himself into some debate
of importance here and by the vigor
and emphasis and determination with
which he pressed forward his view-
pom'.
I am glad, indeed, upon this oc
casion also to felicitate . the senior
senator from. North Carolina (Mr.
Simmons). With fhim I have been
most intimately associated as a mem
ber of the Finance committee, and in
that association have been greatly im
pressed by his wide and discriminat
ing grasp of fiscal questions. Both
his grasp and his memory of the
problems and evidence that have been
presented during all the years of his
service before the finance committee
have been truly remarkable. No sena
tor is better informed on fiscal ques
tions.' He is not only a most in
dustrious student but also one of most
meticulous accuracy in the statement
of facts. I wish to emphasize that
characteristic which has always im
pressed me very strongly, ' indeed.
What he wants to know is what are
the facts the truly representative
facts before he seeks to apply or to
prove a particular principle. Further
more, we who have been associated
with him during recent months have
beenparticularly impressed with the
spirit of sacrifice and physical cour
age of the man. There have been
days when his associates upon the
committee , have felt that his health
justified temporary absence from pub
lie duty.. But- though suffering at
times keenly, and unable to throw
himself with wonted vigor into his
work, he has come here again and
again, showing a spirit of devotion
and fidelity W public duty that has
been truly remarkable. The senior
senator from North Carolina has giv
en an example of indomitable cour
age, perseverance, and determination
by the manner in which he has con
ducted the debate upon the pending
tariff bill. He has been a source of
inspiration to all of us.
May both these noble and great
senators, patriotic men, men of vision,
men of ability, and men of honorable
service be spared many years of
peace, happiness, and the grateful
esteem of their fellow countrymen.
Mr. Smoot. Mr. President, the
junior senator i from North Carolina
(Mr.. Overman) entered this body on
the very day that I did. We were
then both in the very prime of life.
We took the oatji of office, which was
administered at the same time. I
have had the great pleasure, of serv
ing with him upon the appropriations
committee not only when my party
was in power in this body but when
the Democratic party was in power,
and 1 want toNestify to the fact thai
never has he supported an appropria
tion unless he felt in his soul that it
was for the best interests of our
country. He has been an assistant
when in the majority; he has been a
leader when the Democrats were in
power: and when that happened, I
want to say now that I was always
more than willing- to follow him in
his defense of or antagonism to ap
propriatiorv bills that came before this
body.
I have also served on the finance
committee with the senior senator
from North Carolina ever since 1909.
We have sat together. I know just
exactly how honorable he is in all of
his dealings. I know that whenever
a thing appealed to him as right and
just he never hesitated to support it.
Mr. President, I want to join with
those who have already spoken here
in paying tribute to these splendid
men.. I do it with all my heart,
without any reservation whatever. I
wish both of them unbounded success
and happiness ; and may God grant
that that may come to 'them as long
as they live. . I
Mr. Simmons. Mr. President and
fellow senators, I have been touched
to the very depths by, the gracious
words of commendation which have
been expressed for my colleague and
me. I have been even more deeply
stirred at the responses given by my
colleagues to these words of appro
bation. . ,
There has been a very remarkable
parallel in the lives, especially the
political lives, , of my colleague and
myself. We were both born in the
same month of the same year. When
we were in our teens we went to
the same college at the same time,
and both of us entered the profession
of the law. When we had grown to
manhood we both entered public lite
in our state. We came to the senate
only two years apart, my colleague
March 4, 1903, and I March 4, 1901.
Our' friendship iti college was warm
and intimate, and during the mort
than a quarter of a century that wt
have served here together our re
lations have always been marked by
feelings of -sympathetic and warm
friendship. There has never been a
clash between us. There have been
differences, of course, but only such
differences as must come to men of
independent thought and independent
action.
When I came into this chamber as
a senator representing my state, in
the second year of this century, I was
greeted by a distinguished array of
colleagues, most of whom have passed
away. I have been here nearly 30
years, in almost daily attendance up
on the sessions of the senate, and
now I alone remain of .all those who
composed the senate of 1901. It is a
source of great gratification to me to
be able truthfully to say that 'during
all the long years of my service
here, 1 have uniformly sustained
friendly relations with every mem
ber of this body. There have been
no personal differences between us;
there have been clashes; there have
been heated controversies in the de
bates between myself and some of
my colleagues on the other side of
the chamber and sometimes on this
side of the chamber but it was ever
a warfare of men who honestly dif
fered in opinions and in convictions.
No senator has eve impugned my
motives during that period, and I
have never impugned those of any
other senator. No one has dealt me
a blow below the belt, and I have
never dealt such a blow to any of
my colleagues.
One of the bright spots in my life
is the cordial and delightful personal
fellowship which has obtained all
these years between myself and my
colleagues on both sides of this cham
ber. Mr. President, I have often thought
that no greater blessing could be
vouchsafed to any man than that of
health and length of years. I have
enioved both. One of the chief
sources of happiness in this life is
having a fixed and laudable purpose
and working always toward its ac
complishment. In purposeful work
and service, man finds one of the
chief sources of happiness in this life.
That has been my ambition. I trust
that I (have never erved from it
and may never swer, from it in the
time that remains to me.
Mr. President, I am grateful for
the good health and the long years
that have been accorded me; grate
ful to my friends at home and here
and throughout the country; for their
support and encouragement in work
ing out my career whatever it has
been; but I want here in this pres
ence to make humble acknowledg
ment for the many blessings that I
have received in this life, to Him,
my mainstay and support in all the
struggles, trials, and tribulations that
have ' come to me throughout the
vicissitudes of my strenuous and
sometimes stcrr.y tttttr.
Mr. President, I ltd zr.z"i ade
quately to express ia ,lair7,:.c ciy
deep appreciation cf the gracious
things that have today been said with
respect to my colleague and myself.
Mr. Overman. Mr. President, on
this occasion such tributes, such love,
such sentiments, and such expressions
are so overwhelming to me that X
can not find language to tell my col
leagues of my love and my gratitude
for what they have said and what the
occasion means to me.
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