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Congressional Record-Senate. January 5 400 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. JANUARY 5, SENATE. ~fr. VEST presented the petition ofL. L. UcCormick and oilier citi­ zens of Jasper County, Missouri, praying for such legislation as will TUESDAY, January 5, 1886. place the coinage of silver on an equality with the coinage of gold; Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. E. D. H UNTLEY, D. D. which was referred to the Committee on Finance. · The .Journal of the proceedings of Monday, December 21, 1885, was :Mr. DOLPH presented a memorial of the Legislative Assembly o! read and approved. Oregon, praying that an appropriation be made for agricUltural experi­ ments in connection with agricultural colleges; which was referred to EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS. the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication Mr. MILLER, of New York, presented a. petition of Olcott Post, No. from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with section 522, Grand Army of the R-epublic, Milford, N. Y., praying for the re­ 1136 of the Revised Statutes, plans and estimates for the erection of a peal of certain pension laws; which was referred to the Committee on building at Willets Point, New York, for the use ofthe engineer battalion; Pensions; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee 11ir. WILSON, of Iowa, presented the petition of J. H. Peterson and on Appropriations. 127 other citizens of Iowa; the petition of John Watts and 141 other He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary citizens of Iowa; and the petition of J. A. Smith and 171 other citizens of the Navy, trailsmitting, in response to a resolution of December 21, of Iowa, praying for the passage ·or an act of absolute forfeiture of the lsffi>, certain information regarding an inventory of stores at the navy­ unearned lands within the limits of the grant to the Sioux City and yards; which, with the :wcompauying papers, was, on motion of .Mr. S..1.int Paul Railroad Company; which were referred to the Committee HALE, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be on Public Lande;. printed. Mr. LOGAN presented a petition of ex-Union soldiers of Lanoke, CREDENTIALS. Ark., praying for the enactment of a law granting the amount of boun­ The PRESIDENT pro tempore presented the credentials of John-W. ties to commissioned officers which was refunded on account of receiv­ Daniel, chosen by the Legislature of Virginia a Senator from that State ing such commission; which was referred to the Committeeon :Military for the term beginning March 4, 1887; which were read and ordered Affairs. to be filed. He also presented a petition of ex-Union soldiers, praying for the re­ DEATH OF GENERAL M 1CLELLAN. peal of the limitation act regarding pensions; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. • The PRESIDENT pro tempore. · The Chair presents a communica­ He also presented the petition of citizens of Plattsburg, N. Y., tion from W. B. Franklin, president of the National Home for Disabled praying that a pension be granted Patrick A. Callanan;_late a private Volunteer Soldiers, Hartford, Conn., notifying the Senateofthe death in the First Regiment Massachusetts Heavy Artillery; which was re­ of General George B. McClellan, which event caused a vacancy in the ferred to the Committee on Pensions. board of managers of that institution. He also presented the petition of William B. Cloney,- late gunner's Mr. EDMUNDS. I move that the communication be referred to the mate in the United States Navy, praying to be allowed an increase of Committee on Mi1itary Affairs. pension; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. The motion was agreed to. He also presented a petition of citizens of Clark County, Illinois, FETITIONS AND MEXORI.A.LS. praying for the passage of a bill to pension all surviving prisoners of war of the late rebellion; which was referred to the Committee on The PRESIDENT pro tempore preSented the petition of Robert Noble, Pensions. late of Company A, Nineteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteers, pray­ Mr. COCKRELL. I present a brief prepared by an attorney in sup­ ing to be allowed a pension; which was referred to the Committ-ee on port of _the bill (S. 292) for the relief of the heirs of colored ·soldiers Pensions. · who served in the war of the rebellicm. I move that the brief be re­ He also presented the petition of Jeel M. Sngg, of Hobart, Logan ferred to the Committee on -Military Affairs for consideration in con­ County, Arkansas, praying for a modification of the laws relating to nection with the bill. military bounties; which was referred to the Committee on Military The motion was agreed to. Affairs. Mr. HOAR presented additional papers to accompany the petition of He also presented a petition of the :M:ahoning Valley (Ohio) Wool­ Elizabeth O'Calla-ghan, of Boston, :Mass., praying legislation in relation Growers' Association, praying for an increase of duty on wool; which to certain bOoks lost by her in the mails; which were referred to the was referred to the Committee on Finance. Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. He also presented the petition of Sarah A. Kelley, of Honesdale, He also presented the petition of Henry Mealsman, late private in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, widow of Horace Jackson Kelley, late Company I, Tenth Regiment United States Infantry, praying that his of Company E, One hundred and seventy-seventh Pennsylvania Regi­ pension be rated at $24 per month ·from November, 1880, to August 7, ment, praying to be allowed a pension; which was referred to the Com­ 1884; which was referred fu the Committee on Pensions. mittee on Pensions. Mr. CALL presented a petition of merchants of New York city, and WYOMING TERRITORIAL LEGISLATIVE ASSEl!BLY. a petition of cigar manufacturers of Tampa, Fla., praying that the town Mr. HARRISON. I am direeted by the Committee on Territories, of Tampa may ~e made a port of entry; which was referred to the Com­ to whom was referred the bill (S. 602) to legalize the election of the mittee on Commerce. Territorial Legislative Assembly of Wyoming, to report it favorably, Mr. McPHERSON.· I present a resolution adopted by the Burling­ without amendm~nt; ,and I ask for the present considerati~n of the ton County Board of Agriculture, of New Jersey, calling attention to bill, if the Senate will indulge me for a moment. the m~ge of the Pre.<iiiden t wherein he refers to the restrictions upon The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Th~ Senator from Indiana asks the the importation of our pork into France and other comitries, and favor­ unanimous consent of the Senate to proceed with the consideration of ing legislation by Congress in order to have such restrictions removed. the bill at this time. Is there objection to the present consideration of I move that the resolution be referred to the Committee on Agricult­ the bill? - ure and Forestry. Mr. EDMUNDS. I reserve the right to object if the bill takes much . The motion was agreed to. time, because I wish to get up the Utah bill. I have no objection to Mr. :McPHERSON presented a resolution adopted by the Burlington this bei.Iig considered if it takes no time. Conn ty Board of Agricnl ture, of New Jersey, favoring-such legislation Mr. COCKRELL. Let the bill be read for information. as will elevate the office of Commissioner of Agriculture to the dignity 'rhe PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will be read. of a Cabinet position; which was referred to the Committee on Agri­ . The Chief Clerk read the bill; and, by unanimous consent, the Senate, culture and Forestry. as in Committee of the Whole, proceeded to consider it. He also p res~nted a resolution adopted by the_ Burlington County Mr. HARRISON. I do not desire to detain the Senate. I shall Board of Agriculture, of New Jersey, favoring the ~actment of such briefly state the history of this matter. laws as will prevent the transmL~ion of such contagious diseases as. In 1880 Congress passed an act providing for an apportionment for pleuro-pneumonia among cattle, &c. ; which was referred to the Com­ legislative purposes in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming, the apportion­ mittee on Epidemic Diseases. ment to be made by the governor and some other of the Territorial M:r. INGALLS. I present a petition numerously signed by citizens officers designated. That apportionment was made in Wyoming, and of the city of Washington, praying for the passage of a bill extending the the Seventh Legislative Assembly met under that apportionment and route of the Capitol, North 0 Street and South Washington Railway passed an apportionment bill, which was _limited in its effects to the Company. The petition is accompanied with certain papers,-and I move Eighth Legislative Assembly, which succeeded. Now, the Ninth Legis­ that they, together with the petition, be referred to the Committee on lative Assembly has been elected upon that apporpon~ent without any the District of Columbia. contest or objection in the Territory and is about to assemble. The The motion was agreed to. question has been raised before the Auditor of the Treasury whether, Mr. IIALE presen,ted the memorial ofN. H. Powers, Ambrose White, in the absence of an apportionment act by the Legislative Assembly, · and others, citizens of Marne, remonstrating against any legislation. he can recognize and pay the expenses of the Legislative Assembly providing for the free admission of the products of British or Dominion which convenes in a few -days-I think on the 9th of this month. · tisheries; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.
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