Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-18
House Agrees to the Conference Re
. port.
SUPPLIES MUST; Be PURCHASED
EuIogies on theiLate Representa-
tive Cooke.
AN EXECUTIVE SESSION

This being the last day of the session
before the holidays, the chaplain of the
House Of Representatives took occasion, in
MS opening prayer today, to refer 10 the
approaching season Of peace and good
VIII, and to pay a tribute to the late Rep
Tesentative Cooke of Illinois, whose eu1oges
we're set for today.
The conference report on the emergency
relief measure for the Klondike country
was presented and agreed to. 1t compro-
misses the amount of relief at s3o0a0o. pro-
vIdes for securing the. consent Of Canada
to extending the relief to the Canadian
side, and authorizes the use of the army to
carry out the relief measures. It also pro-
v:des that the supplies must be purchased
instead of being donated.
House bill was passed confirming certain
cash entries of public lands.
Inc Speaker announced several commit
tee changes. including Royce Qnd.). to sue
coed johnson Qnd.. resigned as chairman
OF elections committee No. 2; Codding
da.), to succeed Kirkpatrick N9a.) on Pa
At 1870 pm. Mr.. Boutelle Qll) offered
resolutions of profound regret on the death
OF MI. Cooke Qll), and eulogies were be-
gun.
1t was the first time Mr. BoutelIe, whe
succeeds Mr.. Cooke, had spoken in the
House. He paid high tribute to the de-
ceased, and referred to President McKin-
ley's recent bereavement in the loss of his
mother
Mr.. Boutelle said in the course of his re-
marks:
My acquaintance with Mr.. Cooke, which
afterward ripened into friendship and es-
TEEN, began when he was about to enter
pubic life, and since then there has been a
singular sequence in the events of our
lives. Fifteen years ago he was elected a
member of the general assembly Of the
state OF Illinois from what was then the
cfv \, :o1 Iii
was almost identical with the present sixth
congressional district. When his term in
the state legislature expired thirteen years
ago he declined to be q candidate for re-
election, and largely through the influence
of Mr.. Cooke and his friends l was NOM
mated and elected as his successor. In 1894
and again in 1895 he was elected member
of this House. and when, a few months
ago. he was called to a higher assembly.
and IT become necessary to elect his sue
cessor, the choice again fell upon me.
And so It has come to pass, as part of
this strange series of condolences, that the
first words that l should be called upon to
utter in this chamber should be tribute Of
sffectionate regard to him who was doubly
my friend and predecessor. But what place
could be more fitting in which to pay such
a tribute than this hall-the scene of his
best labors. where his genial presence was
SO familiar and where we would all rejoice
to see him again today. To me the cloud
that overshadowed the contest for the
choice Of his successor was the thought
that 1t was to fill the place of one whose
life has been SO full of useful labors for
the people. SO rich, in promise of a still
more useful future
Those who paid tribute to the deceased
member were Messrs Bouteile, Foss. Hem
derson, Belknap. Royce, Mann. Brosius.
Hopkins. Dinsmore, Graf. Moody Prince
and Peters. 'H -..'it"
At 2:10 the eulogies being concluded the
House adjourned to January s.