SPEAKER BUSKIRK
Mr. COFFROTH. I wish to say to the House that I am compelled to go home today, and I take it for granted that the House will give me leave of absence (''Consent," "consent"). I have a resolution to offer. I have thought it proper, and it is perhaps but just, that the resolution which I propose to submit, should come from the minority, and I propose to introduce it now, not as a mere matter of form, but because I think it is due under all the circumstances. I offer the following resolution:
Mr. GORDON. I object to the reading.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The resolution will be read for information. And the Clerk read as follows:
Resolved, That the warmest thanks and most kindly wishes of this House are hereby presented to the honorable George A. Buskirk, for the able, faithful, and impartial manner in which he has discharged his duties as Speaker.
The resolution was entertained and adopted by unanimous consent.
