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Congressional Record-Senate. 251 1895. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 251 Warren E. Watson, to be postmaster at Mancelona, in the county ment of appropriation and expenditures, was referred to the Com­ of Antrim and State of Michigan. mittee on Interstate Commerce, and ordered to be printed. _ Adolph F. Greenbaum, to be postmaster at Waverly, in the ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED. county of Pike and State of Ohio. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. W. J. Edgar L. Cory, to be postmaster at Degraff, in the county of BROWNING, its Chief Clerk, announced that the Speaker of the Logan and State of Ohio. House had signed the following em·olled bill and joint resolution; Charles Edgar Brown, to be postmaster at Cincinnati, in the and they were thereupon signed by the Vice-President: county of Hamilton and State of Ohio. A bill (H. R. 803) to amend section 2601 of the Revised Statutes D. Lane Conover, to be postmaster at Atlantic Highlands, in relative to ports of entry; and the county of Monmouth and State of New.Jers~y. A joint resolution (H. Res. 26) to paytheofficers and employees Patrick Burns, to be postmaster at Raritan, m the county of of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective sal­ Somerset and State of New Jersey. aries for the month of December, 1895, on the 20th day of said John C. Hutchins, to be postmaster at Cleveland, in the county month. of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. Joseph E. Haynes, to be postm.aster at Newark, in the county of Mr. PEFFER presented the petition of J. G. Wait and sundry Essex and State of New Jersey. other citizens of Sturgis, Mich., praying for the adoption of an J. Elwood Harvey, to be postmaster at Little Silver, in the amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey. that the election of President, Vice-President, Senators, and judges Milton Cowperthwaite, to be postmaster at Riverton, m the of the Supreme Court be made by a direct vote of the people; which county of Burlington and State of New Jersey. was referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. James R. Pitcher, to be postmaster at Short Hills, m the county Mr. QUAY presented a petition of the Manufacturers' Club of of Essex and State of New Jersey. Philadelphia, Pa., praying for th~ reenactment of Schedule K of Edward O'Farrell, to be postmaster at Bayonne, in the county the tariff act of 1890, relating to duties on wools and woolens; · of Hudson and State of New Jersey. which was refen·ed to the Committee on Finance. Alfred Jarvis, to be postmaster at Tenafly, in the county of Mr. MITCHELL of Wisconsin presented a petition of the pa-stor Bergen and State of New Jersey. and cong1·egation of the Emanuel Presbyterian Church of Mil­ Stephen Van Order, to be postmaster at Caldwell, in the county waukee, Wis., praying for prompt action by the Government of of Essex and State of New Jersey. the United States to prevent further outrages in Armenia; which Mary A. Van Cleve, to be postmaster at Irvington, in the county was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. of Essex and State of New Jersey. Mr. WARREN presented petitions of the Central Wyoming Benjamin F. Sweeten, to be postmaster at Glassboro, m the Wool Growers' Association; of the Manufacturers' Club of Phila­ county of Gloucester and State of New Jersey. delphia, Pa.,; of the wool merchants of Philadelphia, Pa., and of Frank Reed, to be postmaster at Bismarck, in the county of the Philadelphia (Pa.) Wool Merchants' Association, praying for Burleigh and State of North Dakota. the reenactment of that portion of the tariff law of 1890 known as William Ray, to be postmaster at Dicki..nson, m the county of Schedule K, relating to wools and woolens; which were referred Stark and State of North Dakota. to the Comnnttee on Finance. H enry Stowell, to be postmaster at Seneca Falls, in the county Mr. HAWLEY presented the petition of the regent and mem­ of Seneca. and State of New York. bers of the Roger Sherman Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, of New Milford, Conn.; the petition of the regent and members of the Elizabeth Clark Hull Chapter, Daughters of the SENATE. American Revolution, of Ansonia, Conn.; the petition of the regent FRIDAY, December 20, 1895. and members of Abigail Phelps Chapter, Daughters of the Ameri­ can Revolution, of Simsbury, Conn.; the petition of Miss Susan Rev. W. H. MILBURN, D. D., the Chaplain to the Senate, offered Billings Meech and 91 other citizens of Groton, Conn.; the petition the following prayer: of William Price and 102 other citizens of Connecticut; the peti­ 0, Thou who art the King of kings. and Lord of lords, as the tion of Addie Avery Thomas and 35 other citizens of Connecticut; time draws nigh the birth of Christ inaugurated by the angel song, the petition of Harriet E. Noyes and 12 other citizens of Stoning­ Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will to men, we ton, Conn.; the petition of Frank B. Carver and 119 other citizens pray that the spil·it.of the season may enter ii!-tO our hearts an_d of Connecticut, and the petition of the regent and members of the minds and keep us m the knowledge and love of God and of His Anna Warner Bailey Chapter, Daughters of the American .Revo­ Son Jesus Christ, our Saviour. lution, of Connecticut, praying that the United States purchase Forbid that the two foremost nations of the world which bear certain lots adjoining old Fort Griswold, in the town of Groton, the name of Christ, with one language, one faith, one baptism, one Conn.; which were referred to the Committee on Military Affairs . Lord, should be embroiled in war in all its horrors an~ barb~risms. Mr. MITCHELL of Oreaon presented the petition of J. G. & Grant, we beseech Thee, that we may be saved from rmbrumg our I. N. Day, of Washington, D. C., contractors for the construction hands in each other's blood. Endow our rulers, the rulers of both of the canal and locks at the Cascades of the Columbia River, nations, and the kindred people of the two lands, with such wis­ Oregon, praying that compensation be granted them by reason of dom and the spirit of justice and magnanimity that all differences expenses occasioned by the extraordinary high water of 1894 in and difficulties may be amicably and righteously settled, and that that river; which was referred to the Committee on Claims. God's name may be glorified in the establishment of concord, He also presented a petition of sundry citizens of Vancouver, amity brotherly kindness. So may this become an augu~ and Wash., praying that an increase of pension be granted James memo~able Christmas in the history of the English-speaking world McCormick, a resident of that vicinity; which was referred to the and of the whole earth; so let health, prosperity, brotherly kind­ Committee on Pensions. ness, and charity pervade all our land and our motherland, and Mr. COCKRELL presented a petition of the Merchants'~­ God be glorified, and the reign of Jesus Christ, our Saviour, estab­ change of St. Louis, Mo., and of the Board of Trade of Ardmore, lished. We humbly pray in His sacred name. Amen. Ind. T., praying for the enactment of a town-site law at the pres­ The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read. ent session of Congress in the interest of various towns in the In­ Mr. MITCHELL of Oregon. I askurianim.ons consent that the dian Territory; which was referred to the Committee on Indian invocation of our Chaplain this morning. may be spread at length Affairs. in the RECORD. CORTHELL'S LECTURE ON ISTHMIAN ROUTES. The VICE-PRESIDENT. Without objection, it is so ordered. Mr. COCKRELL. I have a copy of a lecture delivered by Mr. The Journal stands approved. Elmer L. Corthell, a distinguished and eminent civil engineer, THE BO.A.RD OF IRRIGATION. upon the Isthmian routes. It contains valuable data, statistical The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication and geographical. It is not very long, and I ask that it may be from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to a printed as a miscellaneous document. There are some plates that r esolution of the 17th instant, the report of the Board of Irriga­ will be furnished to the Public Printer, so that there will be no tion, relative to its organization, the existing legislation relative expense, except simply the typesetting of the lecture. t o irrigation, a list of official publications on irrigation, etc.; The VICE-PRESIDENT. Is there objection totherequestof the which, on motion of Mr. KYLE, was referred to the Committee on Senator from Missouri? The Chair hears none, and it is so ordered. liTigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands, and ordered to be . REPORTS OF A COMMITTEE. printed. Mr. HAWLEY, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was REPORT OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COM!IISSION. referred the bill (S. 345) granting a pension to Catherine R. Jar­ The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before theSenate acommunication dine, widow of Brig. Gen. Edward Jardine, reported it with an from the chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, trans­ amendment, and submitted a report thereon. mitting, in accorda.nce with the provisions of the act to regulate He also, from the same committee, to whom was referred the commerce, the ninth annual report of the Interstate Commerce bill (S.
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