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Resolved, That a committee of one member from each State represented in this House be appointed on the part of the House to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to consider and report by what token of respect and affection it may be proper for the Congress of the United States to express the deep sensibility of the nation to the tragic death of the late President, William McKinley, and that so much of the message of the President as relates to that deplora. ble event be referred to that committee.

The committee on the part of the House of Representatives com. prised the following named gentlemen:

Ohio, Charles H. Grosvenor; California, Julius Kahn; Connecticut, E. Steven, Henry; Delaware, L. Heister Ball; Illinois, Vespasian Warner; Indiana, James E. Watson; Iowa, Robert G. Cousins; Idaho, Thomas L. Glenn; Kansas, Justin D. Bowersock; Maine, Amos L. Allen; Maryland, George A. Pearre; Massachusetts, William C. Lovering; Michigan, William Alden Smith; Minnesota, Page Morris; Montana, Caldwell Edwards; Nebraska, Elmer J. Burkett; New Hampshire, Frank D. Currier; New Jersey, Richard Wayne Parker; New York, John H. Ketcham; North Dakota, Thomas F. Marshall; North Carolina, Spencer Blackburn; Oregon, Malcolm A. Moody; Pennsylvania, Marlin E. Olmsted; Rhode Island, Melville Bull; South Dakota, Eben W. Martin; Utah, George Sutherland; Vermont, Kittredge Haskins; Washington, Wesley L. Jones; West Virginia, Alston G. Dayton; Wisconsin, Herman B. Dahle; Wyoming, Frank W. Mondell; Alabama, Oscar W. Underwood; Arkansas, Hugh A. Dinsmore; Florida, Robert W. Davis; Georgia, William H. Fleming; Kentucky, James N. Kehoe; Louisiana, Adolph Meyer; Mississippi, Charles E. Hooker; Missouri, Champ Clark; South Carolina, W. Jasper Talbert; Tennessee, John A. Moon; Texas, John L. Sheppard; Virginia, James Hay; Colorado, John F. Shafroth; Nevada, Francis G. Newlands.

The following concurrent resolutions were adopted by both Houses of Congress on January 15th, 1902:

Whereas the melancholy event of the violent and tragic death of William McKinley, late President of the United States, having occurred during the recess of Con gress, and the two Houses sharing in the general grief and desiring to manifest their sensibility upon the occasion of the public bereavement: Therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the two Houses of Congress will assemble in the Hall of the House of Representatives on a day and hour fixed and announced by the joint committee, to wit, Thursday, February 27, 1902, and that, in the presence of the two Houses there assembled, an address on the life and character of William McKinley, late President of the United States, be pronounced by Hon. John Hay, and that the President of the Senate pro tempore and the Speaker of the House of Representatives be requested to invite the President and ex-President of the United States, ex-Vice-Presidents, the heads of the several Departments, the judges of the Supreme Court, the representatives of the foreign governments, the governors of the several States, the LieutenantGeneral of the Army and the Admiral of the Navy, and such officers of the Army and Navy as have received the thanks of Congress who may then be at the seat of Government to be present on the occasion, and such others as may be suggested by the executive committee.

And be it further resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to Mrs. Ida S. McKinley, and to assure her of the profound sympathy of the two Houses of Congress for her deep persona} affliction, and of their sincere condolence for the late national bereavement.

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QUESTIONS.

What notable public service was performed by the revenue cutter Bear in 1897-98? Page 6350.

When and why was the executive head of a European nation presented by the United States with the first coin minted of a new issue? Page 6428.

3. How many Admirals of the Navy have there been, and what was McKinley's recommendation as to the rank? See Index under "Admiral" and page 6345.

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How long did it take our fleet to demolish the Spanish squadron at Santiago? Page 6317.

5. On what date was Pekin, China, entered by our troops and the legations saved? Page 6422.

6. When were the Hawaiian Islands annexed to the United States? Pages 6399, 6453. (See also Hawaii, Encyclopedic Index.)

7. What part did America play in the Boxer Rebellion? Page 6417. (See also Boxers, Encyclopedic Index.)

8. When was Dewey appointed acting Rear-Admiral? Page 6568.

9. What was the date of Vice-President Hobart's death? Page 6356.

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When was the Pan-American Exposition held, and what tragic event took place there? Pages 6382, 6436, 6618. (See also Pan-American Exposition, Encyclopedic Index.)

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SUGGESTIONS.

The Spanish-American War occupied much of McKinley's attention. Read his policy. Pages 6280, 6295, 6297, 6298, 6302, 6305, 6307, 6428. (See also Cuba and citations, Encyclopedic Index, for causes leading to the war. See also Spanish-American War and citations, Encyclopedic Index.)

The tariff question was also important; McKinley himself being a tariff expert, and the author of the McKinley Bill, which had been superseded by the Wilson Bill during Cleveland's second administration. The Dingley Tariff Bill became a law in 1897. Pages 6238, 6246.

Read McKinley's Foreign Policy. Pages 6241, 6248, 6280, 6295, 6307.

NOTE.

For further suggestions on McKinley's administration see McKinley, William, Encyclopedic Index.

By reading the Foreign Policy of each President, and by scanning the messages as to the state of the nation, a thorough knowledge of the history of the United States will be acquired from the most authentic sources; because, as has been said, "Each President reviews the past, depicts the present and forecasts the future of the nation."

Theodore Roosevelt

September 14, 1901, to March 4, 1909

Messages, Proclamations, and Executive Orders.

to March 4, 1909.

SEE ENCYCLOPEDIC INDEX.

The Encyclopedic Index is not only an index to the other volumes, not only a key that unlocks the treasures of the entire publication, but it is in itself an alphabetically arranged brief history or story of the great controlling events constituting the History of the United States.

Under its proper alphabetical classification the story is told of every great subject referred to by any of the Presidents in their official Messages, and at the end of each story the official utterances of the Presidents themselves are cited upon the subject, so that you may readily turn to the page in the body of the work itself for this original information.

Next to the possession of knowledge is the ability to turn at will to where knowledge is to be found.

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