William Gay Brown, Jr.

Excerpt from William Gay Brown, Jr.: Late a Representative From West Virginia; Memorial Addresses Delivered in the House of Representatives and the Senate of the United States, Sixty-Fourth Congress, Proceedings in the House, April 16, 1916; Proceedings in the Senate, February 25, 1917 Mr. Neely. Mr. Speaker, it is with a heavy heart that I announce to the House the death of our colleague and fellow worker, Hon. William G. Brown, Jr., of West Virginia. At a later date I shall ask the House to set aside a day to pay appropriate tribute to his life, character, and public services. I send to the Clerk's desk and ask for the immediate consideration of the following resolution. The Speaker. The Clerk will report the resolution. The Clerk read as follows: House resolution 162 Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the death of Hon. William G. Brown, Jr., a Representative from the State of West Virginia. Resolved, That a committee of the House, with such Members of the Senate as may be joined, be appointed to attend the funeral. Resolved, That the Sergeant at Arms of the House be authorized and directed to take such steps as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of these resolutions, and that the necessary expenses in connection therewith be paid out of the contingent fund of the House. Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.