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metals, and in taking that view of it, the Administration can be with the Senator from illinois [Mr. PALMER]. Otherwise I should charged with neither inbecility nor dishonesty. vote "nay." _ Mr. President, the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. HOAR] de­ Mr. PRITCHARD (when his name was ca-lled). I am paired plores the decadence of Southern honesty and Southern states­ with the Senator from Louisiana [Mr. BLANCHARD]. If he were manship and of sound views of Southern people upon finance. present, I should vote " nay." There perhaps is unfortunately a very wide departure between Mr. SHOUP (when his name was called). I am paired with the the statesmanship of this day of the Southern Senators and mem­ senior Senator from California [Mr. WHITE]. If he were present, bers of Congress and the statesmanship of Calhoun, and Clay, and I should vote "nay." Benton. There is likewise a very large margin, perhaps, between Mr. MITCHELL of Wisconsin (after having voted in the affirma­ the statesmanship of Massachusetts and the statesmanship which tive). I understood that the Senator from ldaho and myself had was ornamented and signalized by such great men as Webster. transferred our pairs. I voted with that understanding. But, sir, the Southern men do not add hypocrisy to their lack of Mr. SHOUP. Very well. I vote" nay." statesmanship, and while they are for the maintenance of what Mr. WILSON (when his name was called). I am paired with they call sound views on finance, they would not seelr to stab those the Senator from Florida rMr. PASco]. views by indirection for what I consider to be a puny party ad­ The roll call was concluaed. vantage. Mr. DUBOIS. I announce the pair of the senior Senator from What difference does it make in regard to the gold reserve New Jersey [Mr. SmTH] with the junior Senator from Nevada whether we have more in the Treasury in the way of paper than [Mr. STEW ART]. . the needs of the Government require? If bonds are sold and gold Mr. BRICE. I wish to state again that the general pair which obtained, and the gold drawn out again by greenbacks~ so that I have with the junior Senator from Colorado rMr. WOLCOTTl has there is an apparent overflowing of the Treasury and yet a deple­ been transferred by agreement to the junior 'Senator from Ken­ tion of the gold reserve, how are you to maintain the thousand tucky rMr. LINDSAY]. million dollars of paper, every dollar of which is bottomed upon Mr. GEAR. I am paired with the Senator from Georgia [Mr. the ability of the Government to redeem in gold? How would it GORDON]. If he were present, I should vote "yea." benefit the country to pile up taxation, not a dollar of whic"b. now Mr. BURROWS. I wish to announce that my colleague [Mr. is paid in gold, in order to get paper notes into'the Treasury which McMILLAN] is paired with the Senatorfi·omKentucky [Mr. BLACK­ you could not hold at a parity with gold? BURN]. I admired the frankness of the Senator from Texas [Mr. MILLs] Mr. GALLINGER (afterhavingvotedin thenegative). I have when he said, from the standpoint of the Administration, that it a general pair with the ~enator from Texas [Mr. MILLS]. He has wrus idle to talk about advertising bonds when the very people not voted, and I will therefore withdraw my vote. who would take the bonds with gold would get the gold by draw­ The result was announced-yeas 27, nays 26; as follows: ing it-out of the Treasury with greenbacks. YE.AS-27. Mr. ELKINS. I hope, after the full disc~ion which has taken place, that we may now get a vote on the motion to refer, and Aldrich., Chilton, Harris, Murphy, Allison, Cullom, ruwley, Roach, then reach a final vote on the resolution this evening. We have Bate, George, Vest been here long enough, it seems to me. Be!'ry, . Gibson, Hoar, Voorhees, Brrce, Gorman, Lodge, · Walthall, :Mr. HAWLEY. Mr. President, if we are going on I wish to Caffery, Gray, Martin, Wetmore. say just a word or two, if the Senator from West Virginia will Call, Hale, Mitchell, Wis. excuse me. I do not know whether I was misunderstood or not. NAYS-26. I do not wish to be understood as approving of the course of the Allen, Clark, McBride, Pugh, Treasury Department in making the various loans which have been Baker, Davis, Mantle, Shoup, so much discussed. Burrows, Dubois, Nelson, Squire, Butler, Elkins, Peffer, Teller, I did not believe that the Government had the right to borrow Cameron, Frye, Perkins, Warren. money under the law of 1875 and devote it, directly or indirectly, Carter, Jones, Nev. Pettigrew, to the current necessities of the Government. I can not under­ Chandler, Kyle, Proctor, stand the mathematics by which the Treasury satisfies itself that NOT VOTING--32. the successive loans in no way went to pay current expenses; But Bacon, Gordon, Morrill, Smith, I appreciate the necessity and the emergency, and if that method Blackburn, Hansbrough, Palmer, Stewart, of borrowing can be palliated at all it is only by reason of the Blanchard, Irby, Pasco, Thurston, Cockrell, Jones, Ark. Platt, Tillman, refusal of the last Congress to act upon this general subject of Daniel, McMillan, Pritchard, Turpie, finance. Faulkner, Mills, Quay, Vilas, Mr. ELKINS. Now let us have a vote. . Gallinger, Mitchell, Oreg. Sewell, 'Vhite, Mr. CALL. Mr. President, I wish to say a single word. !shall Gear, Morgan, Sherman, Wilson. vote for the resolution. I am opposed to the issuance of bonds of So the motion was agreed to; and (at 5 o'clock and 24 minutes any kind. I believe there are other means by which the wants of p.m.) the Senate adjourned until Tuesday, January 7, 1896, at 12 the Treasury may be supplied. All the arguments in opposition o'clock meridian. to the resolution are predicated upon the idea that there is no people of the United States, that a few men constitute the con­ trolling power in finance and control the revenues and the products HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. of the labor of this great people. Where are the gentlemen who subscribe for these bonds to get the gold? It is to come from the FRIDAY, January 3, 1896. people, the millions of toilers in the United States. There is no system of finance that is great enough to supplant the results of The House met at 12 o'clock m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. the la.bor of the millions of the American people. HENRY M. COUDEN. Sir, you have only to advertise, and the notes of this Govern­ The Journal of the proceedings of Tuesday was read and ap­ ment, redeemable at its option in gold or silver, and bearing 3 per proved. cent interest, will be taken up in gold, dollar for dollar, by the CUSTOMS DISTRICT, ALASKA. people of this country without delay. It seems to me that there The SPEAKER laid before the House a letter from the Secre­ is no kind of question in regard to the truth of that proposition. tary of the Treasury, transmitting draft of a bill for the reorgani­ The resources of this country are in the labor of its millions of zation of the customs district of Alaska; which was refen-ed to toilers and in the brains of the poor people of the country, and the Committee on Ways and Means, .and ordered to be printed. not in the great princes of finance and the men who have at­ REPORT OF BOARD OF ORDNANCE .AND FORTIFICATION. tained, even by laudable enterprise, the position of captains of in­ dustry. There is no danger of the credit of this Government The SPEAKER also laid before the House a letter fi·om thu Sec­ failing when it is intrusted to the people of the United States. retary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual report of the Board Mr. ALDRICH. Mr. President, in view of the importance of of <;:>rdnanceand Fortification for. the year ended October 31, 1895; this question, and the very grave questions raised by the Senator which was refen-ed to the Comnnttee on Appropria~ions. from North Carolina [Mr. BUTLER] and th'e Senator from West .ADJOURNMENT. Vi.Tginia [Mr. ELKINS], the certainty that other amendments will Mr. HENDERSON. Mr. Speaker, I move that when the House be offered to the pending resolution, and the equal certainty that adjourn to-day it adjourn to meet on Monday next. the matter can not be disposed of to-night, I move that the Senate The motion was agreed to. · adjourn. Mr. ELKINS. I hope not. I call for the yeas and nays on the ENROLLED BILL .SIG:NED. motion to adjourn. The joint resolution (S. 32) authorizing and directing accept­ The yeas and nays were ordered; and the Secretary proceeded ance of the ram Katahdin, thereby making said ram a part of the to call the roll. United States Navy,havingbeenfound truly enrolled, the Speaker Mr. HANSBROUGH (when his name was called). I am paired signed th-e same. 476 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. J.ANU.AliY 3,

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. By Mr. MAHON: A bill (H.R.3210) to provide for the adju­ A message from the Senate, by Mr. PLATT, one of its clerks, an­ dication and payment of damages sustained by citizens of· the nounced that the Senate had passed a bill (S. 895) granting a pen­ United States in the border counties of York, Adams, Cumber­ sion toNancy G. Aliabach; in which the concurrence of the House land, Franklin, Fulton, Bedford, Somerset, and Perry, in State of was requested. Pennsylvania, from Union and Confederate troops during the Also, that the Senate had passed a concurrent resolution provid­ late war of the rebellion-to the Committee on War Claims. ing for the printing of 5,000 copies of the paper entitled ''Geology By Mr. BAKER of New Hampshire: A bill (H. R. 3211) to retire and mining industries of the Cripple Creek district, Colorado." United States and Treasury notes, and for other purposes-to the The House then, on motion of Mr. HENDERSON (at 12 o'clock Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. and 5 minutes p.m.), adjourned until Monday, January 6. By Mr. KERR: A bill (H. R. 3212) to secure a better foreign market for grain and the products of grain and other agricultural products of the United States, and for other purposes-to the PUBLIC BILLS, MEMORIALS, AND RESOLUTIONS. Committee on Ways and Means. Under clause 3 of Rule XXII, bills, resolutions, and memorials By Mr. JOHNSON of California: A resolution that it is the of the following titles were introd'llced, and severally referred as sense of the House of Representatives that no more bonds be sold follows: at private sale or under private c0ntract-to the Committee on By Mr. SPERRY: A bill (H. R. 3190) to proyide for fortifica­ Ways and Means. tions and other seacoast defenses-to the Committee on Appro­ By Mr. CLARK of Iowa: A resolution directing the Commit­ priations. tee on Banking and G"urrency to report a bill to establish postal By Mr. CURTIS of New York: A bill (H. R. 3191) to provide savings banks-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post­ for fortifications and other seacoast defenses-to the Committee Roads. on Appropriations. By Mr. BARHAM: A resolution relating to clerks ·in post­ By Mr. ODELL: A bill (H. R. 3192) fixing the salary of the offices-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Ro·ads. ·clerk to the disbursing officer and quartermaster at the West By Mr. BOATNER: A resolution in regard to the refusal of Point Military Academy-to the Committee on Military Affairs. certa.in officials in the Treasury Department to carey into effect By Mr. CLARK of Iowa: A bill (H. R. 3193) relati1;1g to the certain laws enacted to pay certain bounties on sugar-to the payment of customs duties and to the finances-to the Committee Committee on the Judiciary. on Ways and Means. . . By Mr. LONG: A bill (H. R. 3194) in regard to that portion of the public domain situated in the State of Kansas known as PRIVATE BILLS, ETC. "sand hills/' and unappropriated public domain situated in said Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills of the following State composed of sand lands, and providing for the reclamation titles were presented and referred as follows: - and entry thereof-to the Committee on the Public Lands. By Mr. BAKER of New Hampshire: A bill (H. R. 3213) grant­ Also, a bill (H. R. 3195) to regulate the rates of pensions in cer­ ing a pension to John L. Britton-to the Committee on Invalid tain cases-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R~ 3196) granting pensions to the soldiers and By Mr. BARHAM: A bill (H. R. 3214) for the relief of Philip sailors of the United States in the war of the rebellion-to the Loney-to the Committee on lnvalid Pensions. Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 3215) to remove _the charge of desertion from By Iv!r. CURTIS of New York: A bill (H. R. 3197) for the erec­ the record of William A. Cole-to the Committee on Mi.litary tion of a reformatory and house of detention for women and girls Affairs. convicted of crimes and misdemeanors in the District of Colu,mbia, By Mr. BARRETT: A bill (H. R. 3216) granting an increase of and the safe-keeping, care, and protection of those awaiting trial, pension to James P. Hurley.....,..to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ and for other purposes-to the Committee on the District of sions. Columbia. ' By Mr. BLUE: A bill (H.R.3217) placingthename of John W. By Mr. HOWE: A bill (H. R. 3198) for the adjudication of pen­ Brooks, of Ellsworth, Kans., on the rolls of the Army and grant­ sion claims-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ing him an honorable discharge with pay and allowances-to the By Mr. GAMBLE: A bill (H. R. 3199) granting to the city of Committee on Military Affairs. Chamberlain, S.Dak., the 1ight to improve, beautify, lease, and By Mr. BRODERICK: A bill (H. R. 3218) for the relief of Wil­ use for sanitarium and public purposes American Island, hereto­ liam D. Matthews-to the Committee on War Claims. fore granted to said city as a public park-to the Committee on By Mr. BROMWELL (by request): A bill (H. R. 32.19) for the the Public Lands. relief of James Boland-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 3200) to establish a military post at or near By Mr. BURTON of Missomi: A bill (H. R. 3220) to pension the city of Pierre, Hughes County, in the.State of South Dakota­ E. S. Thompson, a soldier of the Mexican war-to the Committee to the Committee on Military Affairs. on Pensions. By Mr. JOHNSON of California: A bill (H. R. 3201) to provide Also, a bill (H. R. 3221) granting a pension to John Dalton-to for closing the artificial sloughs between Hills Ferry and Fire­ the Committee on Invalid Pensions. baugh, in the State of California, and appropriating money for Also, a bill (H. R. 3222) for the relief of J ames H. Wimpey, of that purpose-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. McDonald County, Mo., authorizing him or his legal representa­ Also, a bill (H. R. 3202) to pay for improving the streets in front tives to select 160 acres of unoccupied and unappropriated land . of the post-office site in the city of Sacramento, State of California­ of the United States (not mineral) and subject to homestead entry to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. and directing the issue of scrip therefor in legal subdivisions-to By Mr. BRODERICK: A bill (H. R. 3203) to amend an act en­ the Committee on Claims. titled "An act to punish as a felony the carnal and unlawful know­ Also, a bill (H. R. 3223) for th~ relief of Mrs. W. C. Lucas-to ing of any female under the age of 16 years," approved February the Committee on War Claims. 9, 1889 (Twenty-fifth Statutes, page 658, chapter 120)-to the Com­ By Mr. CATRON: A bill (H. R. 3224) fur the relief of act ual set­ mittee on the Judiciary. tlers on the Navajo Reservation addition-to the Committee on By Mr. CURTIS of Kansas: A bill (H. R. 3204) estopping the Indian Affairs. Secretary of the Interior and those under him from ~enying pen­ By Mr. CONNOLLY: A .bill (H.R. 3225) for the relief of John sion claims in certain cases, and for other purposes-to the Com­ F. Bretz, of Springfield, Ill.-to the Committee on Claims. mittee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. CURTIS of Kansas: A bill (H. R. 3226) granting a pen­ Also, a bill (H. R. 3205) to authorize and direct the Secretary of sion to George Wolf, of North Topeka, Kans.-to the Committee the Treasury to discontinue the office of collector of customs at on Invalid Pensions. certain ports, and for other purposes-to the Committee on Ex­ By Mr. CURTIS of New York: A bill (H. R. 3227) for the relief penditures in the Treasury Department. of Kate A. Hill-to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. DINGLEY: A bill (H. R. 3206) to amend an act entitled Also, a bill (H. R. 3228) to provide for the erection of a wall "An act to prevent the extermination of fur-bearing animals in around the jail of the District of Columbia-to the Committee on Alaska," and for other purposes-to the Committee on Ways and the District of Columbia. Means. By Mr. DRAPER: A bill (H. R. 3229) for the relief of Hannah By Mr. LOUD: A bill (H. R. 3207) to increase the pay of surf­ Newell Barrett-to the Committee on Pensions. men in the Life-Saving Service-to the Committee on Interstate By Mr. EVANS: A bill .(H. R. 3230) granting pension to Lena and Foreign Commerce. D. Smith, widow of Green Clay Smith, late colonel Fourth Ken­ By Mr. COOK of Wisconsin: A bill (H.R.3208) to amend sec­ tucky Cavahy and brigadier-general United States Volunteers-to tion 3738 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, 1878-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Labor. Also, a bill (H. R. 3231) granting a pension to John J. Benike, of By Mr. FLYNN: A bill (H. R. 3209) to enable the people of Louisville, Ky.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Oklahoma to fori:n a. constitution and State government, and to Also, a bill (H. R. 3232) for the relief of Anthony McAndrew, of be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original Louisville, Ky.-to the Committee on Claims. States-to the Committee on the Territories. By Mr. FENTON: A bill (H.R.3233) to authorize the Court of 1896. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 477

Claims to hear and determine the claim of the heirs of Dudley B. tist Society of Boston, Mass., favoring same legislation; also, reso­ Smith-to the Committee on War Claims. lution of John L. Clark and others, favoring same legislation-to ·By Mr. GRAFF: A bill (B.R.3234) granting a pension to Wil­ the Committee on Appropriations. liamson Durley-to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. HITT: Resolution unanimously adopted by the Board Also, a bill (H. R. 3235) to remoye the charge of desertion from of Trade of Kansas City, Mo., at a meeting held November 30, the military record of Charles R. Bortle-to the Committee on 1895, requesting Congress to grant belligerent rights to Cuba-to Military Affairs. the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 3236) granting a pension to Stephen J ack.son, By Mr. MEIKLEJOHN: Resolution of American Protective of Glassford, lll.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Association of Nebraska, praying that the Government recognize . By Mr. GillSON: A bill (H.R.3237) to increase the pension of the belligerent rights of the Cubans-to the Committee on Foreign John Houk-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 3238) to increase the pension of William P. Also, petition of Santee Sioux Indians praying for the passage of Cooper-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the bill (H. R. 280) to prohibit the sale of intoxicating drinks to In­ By Mr. HEINER of Pennsylvania: A bill (H. R. 3239) granting dians, and for other purposes-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. a pension to Annie E. Hetherington-to the Committee on Invalid By Mr. GAMBLE: Memorial from the city of Chamberlain, S. Pensions. Dak., relative to authorizing said city to use American Island for Also, a bill (H. R. 3240) granting a pension to Hannah Osborne­ certain purposes-to the Committee on the Public Lands. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. LONG: Petition of D. A. Banta and 25 others, citizens Also, a bill (H. R. 3241) granting a pension to Mary E. Boyar­ of Barton County, Kans., praying for the passage of the bill for to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the relief of Lena Moser-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 3242)restoring SarahJ. Thompson,lateSarah Also, petition of Anne Tracy, praying Congress to grant her a J. Wilson, to the pension roll-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. sions. Also,- petition of Elizabeth Neal, for the passage of House bill By Mr. HUFF: A bill (H. R. 3243) to correct the military record 1856, granting her a pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ of Samuel-Trout, and for other purposes-to the Committee on sions. Military Affaire. Also, petition of John F. Lewis, for the passage of House bill By Mr. JOHNSON of California: A bill (H. R. 3244) to remove 1852, for his relief-to the Committee on Military Affairs. the charge of desertion and grant an honorable discharge from Also, petition of C. P. Taylor Post, No. 387, D~partment of the United States Army to Franz S. Zoller-to the Committee Kansas, GrandArmy of the Republic, Conway Springs, Kans., for on Military Affairs. the enactment of a service pension law-to the Committee on In­ By Mr. KERR: A bill (H. R. 3245) granting a pension to Alfred valid Pensions. Vansickles-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. COOK of Wisconsin: Petition of Capt. William D. Also, a bill (H. R. 3246) granting a pension to Henry B. Magill- Richards and 45 others, owners or masters of vessels, asking that to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · the harbor at Manitowoc, Wis., may be improved-to the Com­ By Mr. LACEY: A bill (H. R. 3247) granting a pension to Charles mittee on Rivers and Harbors. Blitz-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. BROMWELL: Resolution of the Cincinnati Chamber By Mr. LONG: A bill (H. R. 3248) granting a pension to Lena of Commerce, concerning the Venezuelan dispute-to the Com­ Moser-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. mittee on Foreign .Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 3249) granting a pension to Anne Tra-cy-to By Mr. HEINER of Pennsylvania: Petition of members of the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Washington Camp, No. 436, Patriotic Order of Sons of America, Also, a bill (H. R. 3250) granting a pension to Levi R. Long-to of Pennsylvania, praying for the passage of the Stone immigra­ the Committee on Invalid Pensions. , tion bill-to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. Also, a bill (H. R. 3251) granting a pension to Walton Butler­ By Mr. WOOD: Petition of S. G.Richards,M.E. Hotchkiss, and to the Committee on Pensions. others, praying for an increase of the pension of Lemuel J. Essex­ Also, a bill ·(B. R. 3252) ~anting a pension to John N. Corgan­ to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invahd Pensions. By Mr. SPERRY: Paper from ex-Governor Bulkeley, of Con­ Also, a bill (H. R ..3253) granting a pension to Jane Dykes-to necticut, in reference to transfer of cases from State to Federal the Committee on Invalid Pensions. courts-to the Committee on the Judiciary. . By Mr. MEREDITH: A bill (H. R. 3254) for the relief of the By Mr. LACEY: Petition of Lucy A. Tontain, of Banning, Cal., vestry of the Episcopal Church of Remington, Fauquier County, asking for relief-to the Committee on the Public Lands. Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, petition of Charles Blitz, Company C, Sixty-seventh New Also, a bill (H. R. 3255) for the relief of James Y. Smith-to York Infantry, for a pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ the Committee on Claims. sions. By Mr. ODELL: A bill (H. R. 3256) for the relief of Alfred T. Also, petition of Mary Eliz. Craig, for pension, together with Morey-to the Committee on Pensions. affidavits-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . By Mr. STRONG: A bill (H. R. 3257) to pension Maria L. Hughes, as widow of Isaac M.liughes, late a private in Company H, Twenty-fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry-to the Committee on HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Invalid Pensions. By Mr. SULLOWA Y; A bill (H. R. 3258) to remove the charge MONDAY, January 61 1896. CJf desertion from themilitaryrecord of Daniel Straw, late private The House met at 12 o'clock m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. Company F, Twenty-fifth Massachusetts Volunteers-tothe Com­ H. M. COUDEN. mittee on Military Affairs. The Journal of the proceedings of Friday la-st was read and ap­ Also, a bill (H. R. 3259) to remove the charge of desertion from proved. the military record of Michael Monahan and grant him an honor­ able discharge-to the Committee on Military Affairs. EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. Also, a bill (H. R. 3260) to remove the charge of desertion from UnderRuleXXIV,clause 2, the following communications, etc., the military record of James M. Canney and grant him an hon­ were taken from the Speaker's table and referred by the Speaker orable discharge-to the Committee on Military Affairs. as follows: Also, a bill (H. R. 3261) correcting the muster of Second Lieut. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the E. D. Hadley-to the Committee on Military Affairs. report of the board of appraisers appointed to appraise the im­ By Mr. UPDEGRAFF: A bill (H. R. 3262) for the relief of provements of intruders in the Cherokee Nation, together with Frances A. Monholland-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. accompanying papers and letters upon the subject; which was By Mr. WRIGHT: A bill (H. R. 3263) to increase the pension of referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be Carlos Bombard, late of Company F, Fifth Regiment Vermont printed. Volunteers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. A letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting Also, a bill (H. R. 3264) to increase the pension of Mrs. Virginia a copy of a communication from the Secretary of State submitting E. Turtle, of the District of Columbia-to the Committee on Pen- an estimate of an appropriation to carry into effect the provisions sions. · of a convention for the exchange of public documents with cer­ tain foreign Governments; wh1ch was referred to the Committee PETITIONS, ETC. on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. A letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting Under clause 1 of Rule XXIT, the following petitions and papers a copy of a communication from the president of the National were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: Academy of Sciences, with papers and vouchers relating to ex­ By Mr. McCALL of Massachusetts: Resolution of North Avenue penditures made in accordance with the act of Congress approved Baptist Society of Cambridge, Mass., favoring the discontinuance July 12, 1894; which was referred to the Committee on Appro­ of Indian contract schools; also, resolution of the Twelfth Bap- priations, and ordered to be printed.