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Also, a bill (H. R. 2540) for the relief of William R. Beckham, Also, petition for a pension for John A. Hipkins-to the Com· of Lauderdale County, Ala.-to the Committee on War Claims. mittee on Pensions. _ . Also, a bill (H. R. 2541) for the relief of Thomas Brown-to the By Mr. TOWNE: Petition of F. W. Johnson, John Ojanpera, · Committee on War Claims. August Flood, and 365 others, of Wright County, Minn., praying ' Also, a bill (H. R. 2542) for the relief of Giles W. Bass-to the that Congress take no action to restore the greenbacks, and against Committee on War Claims. any legislation giving banks greater privileges than they now en Also, a bill (H. R. 2543) for the relief of Susan K. Bennett (for joy, and for the coinage of silver bullion now in the Treasury merly Phipps), of Madison County, Ala.-to the Committee on to the Committee on Banking and Currency. Claims. . By Mr. THOMAS: Petition of James J. McDonald tothe House ·Also, a bill (H. R. 2544) for the relief of William Baugh, of of Representatives of the United States, praying that he be ad Lauderdale County, Ala.-to the Committee on War Claims. mitted as a contestant for the seat now held byW. A. JONES, First Also, a bill (H. R. 2545) for the relief of John R. Caldwell, of ilistrict of Virginia-to the Committee on Elections. Jackson County, Ala.-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. WATSON of Indiana: Resolution adopted by ~uffalo Also, a bill (H. R. 2546) for the relief of the La Grange College, Tribe, No. 109, Improved Order of Red Men, indorsing the Presi of Colbert County, Ala.-to the Committee on War Claims. dent's message on the Venezuelan matter-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 2547) for the relief of John C. Carpenter, of Foreign Affairs. Madison County, Ala.-to the Committee·on War Claims. By Mr. WHEELER: Petition of C. McDoJ!ald, executor, of Also, a bill (H. R. 2548) for the relief of Walter 0. Carpenter, Madison County, State of Alabama, praying that the Committee of Madison County, Ala.-to the Committee on War Claims. on War Claims refer his claim, together with all papers and proofs Also, a bill (H. R. 2549) for the relief of the estate of Marins B. relating thereto which were submitted to the Southern Claims Cawthon, deceased, late of Madison County, Ala.-to the Com Commission, to the Court of Claims under act of March 3, 1883~ mittee on War Claims. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2550) for the relief of William A. Watkins, of St. Florian, Ala.-to the Committee on War Claims.
PETITIONS, ETC. SENATE. Under clause 1 of Ru1e XXII, the following petitions and papers SATURDAY, .December 21, 1895. were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. W. H. MILBURN, D. D. By Mr. ADAMS: Resolutions of the Manufacturers' Club of Phil The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. adelphia relating to the tariff-:-tothe Committee on Manufactures. By Mr. CROWTHER: Petition of citizens of Missouri, praying CONGRATULATION OF BRAZILIAN SENATE. for an honorable discharge for William Miers, late private, Com The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the following pany F, Ninth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry-to the Committee communication from the Secretary of State; which was read, re on Military Affairs. ferred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be Also, petition of Patrick Rainey, late of Company K, Fifty printed: second Ohio Volunteer Infantry-to the Committee on Military DEPARTMENT 01!' STATE, Washington, December 21, 1895. Affairs. Srn: The Brazilian minister at this capital, acting under instructions of By Mr. DINSMORE: Petition to remove the charge of desertion his Government, informs me that on yesterday both houses of Congress of the United States of Brazil passed unanimously a motion of congratulation against Greer Smith-to the Committee on Military Affairs. on the subject of the message of President Cleveland of the 17th instant, and Also, petition to remove the charge of desertion against John D. that the Federal Senate of Brazil asks that its motion be transmitted through Culp-to the Committee on Military Affairs. the usual diplomatic channel to the Senate of the United States of America. ·By 1\Ir. DOOLITTLE: Resolution of Board of Trade of Whit I have, therefore, to ask that the motion of the Federal Senate of Brazil, which is in the terms following: "The Federal Senate of the United States com, State of Washington, relative to cultivation of flax fiber in of Brazil sends its greeting to the Senate of the United States of America certain counties in said State-to the Committee on Agriculture. upon the worthy message of President Cleveland, who so strenuously guards ByMr.HENDERSON: ResolutionsbytheCommanderyofiowa, the dignity, the sovereignty, and the freedom of the American nations," be laid before the Senate. Military Order of the Loyal Legion, favoring the establishment of Very respectfully, RICHARD OLNEY. a national military park at Vicksburg, Miss.-to the Committee Bon. ADLAI E. STEVENSON, on Military Affairs. Vice-President of the United States, United States Senate. By Mr. HICKS: Petition of H. L. Africa, James Pritchard, Erne REPORT OF THE COLUMBIA RAILWAY COMPANY. D. Mock, A. C. Reefsnyder,E. E. Kendig, J. L. Barchus, Alex. N. Hast, and 950 other citizens of Blair, Cambria, Bedford, and Som The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication erset counties, of the State of Pennsylvania, praying for the enact from the Secretary of the Interior; transmitting the report of the mentofalaw (the WilliamA. Stone billoftheFifty-thirdCongress) Columbia Railway Company of Washington, D. C., for the fiscal restricting foreign immigration-to the Committee on Immigra year ended June 28, 1895, together with an abstract of receipts tion and Naturalization. and disbursem12nts of the corporation from its organization, Sep Also, petition of Alma Lodge, No. 523, I. 0. 0. F., of Johnstown, tember 1, 1871, to March 1, 1895; which, with the accompanying Pa., praying for passage of House bill granting relief to Odd Fel report, was referred to theoCommittee on the District of Columbia, lows' Hall Association of New Orleans, La.-to the Committee on and ordered to be printed. Military Affairs. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. By :.1\fr. KIEFER: Resolution passed by the Chamber of Com The VICE-PRESIDENT presented a petition, in the form of . merce of St. Paul, Minn., requesting Congress to grant the people resolutions adopted at the fifteenth annual convention of the of Cuba belligerent rights-to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. American Federation of Labor, praying for a speedy recognition By Mr. LACEY: Petition of Marcus D. Box, of Davis County, as belligerents of the Cuban patriots in their struggle for freedom; Iowa, for increase of pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pen which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. sions. Mr. LODGE presented the petition of Benjamin J. Ben·y, presi By Mr. MAGUIRE: Petition and affidavit of Edmund P. Tier dent of the Massachusetts Ship Canal Company, praying that ney, in support of his application for a pension by special act of reasonable aid be afforded oy the Government in the construction Congress-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions-. of a ship canal from Massachusetts Bay to Nantucket Sound, By Mr. PUGH: Petition of sundry citizens of the town of Russell, across Cape Cod, at Bass River, Massachusetts; which was re- Greenup County, Ky., for relief concerning an alleged interfer ferred to the Committee on Commerce. · ence with the channel of the Ohio River by furnaces on the Ohio He also presented a memorial of 374legal voters and citizens of shore, near said point-to the Committee on Rivers. and Harbors. Lancaster County, S.C., remonstrating against the abridgment By Mr. REYBURN: Petition asking for an act to reclassify the of the rights of citizenship in the State of South Carolina; which railway mail clerks-to the Committee on the Post-Office and was referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. Post-Roads. Mr. PASCO presented a petition of the Board of Trade of Eufaula, By Mr. RUSSELL of Connecticut: Petition of Connecticut gen Ala., and a petition of the Board of Trade of Apalachicola, Fla., eral assembly for investigation of the case of Dorence Atwater praying that an appropriation of $300,000 be made for improving to the Committee on Military Affairs. and deepening the harbor of Apalachicola, Fla.; which were re- By Mr. SMITH of Illinois: Petition to reclassify and prescribe ferred to the Committee on Commerce. · salaries of railway postal clerks-to the Committee on the Post- Mr. TELLER presented a petition of citizens of Pueblo, Colo., Office and Post-Roads. • praying for the ~eedy recognition as belligerents of the Cuban By Mr. SPERRY: Petition of citizens of New Haven, Conn., patriots in their struggle for freedom; which was referred to the asking Congress to ta-ke such action as shall result in the speedy Committee on Foreign Relations. recognition as belligerents of the Cuban patriots in their strug · Mr. COCKRELL._ I present a communication from the secre gle for freedom-to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. tary of the board of directors of the Merchants' Exchange of St. 1895. 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Louis, Mo., stating that at a meeting of the Merchants' Exchange, Mr. CULLOM introduced a bill (S. 1146) granting an increase held on the 17th instant, it was declared to be the sentiment of the of pension to William Emerson; which was read twice by its title, members thatCongress should grant belligerent rights to the peo and, with the accompanying paper, referred to the Committee on ple of Cuba now struggling for their independence. I move that Pensions. the -petition be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Mr. PROCTOR introduced a bill (S.1147) for the establishment The motion was agreed to. of a bureau of animal industry for the inspection of meat products and live stock, suppression and extirpation of contagious and in PROF. S. H. WOODBRIDGE, fectious diseases among cattle and live stock, to regulate the trans Mr. BLACKBURN. I am directed by the Committee on Rules portation of cattle and live stock, and prevent the exportation or to report a resolution, and I ask for its immediate consideration. importation of diseased cattle, live stock, or other animals, and The resolution was read, as follows: for other purposes; which was read twice by its title, and referred Whereas on March 2, 1895, it was resolved by the Senate "that the Com- to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. mittee on Rules be directed toreportatthenextsessionof Congress whether M HALE · t d d b"ll (S 1148) tin · to anyimprovementcanbemadeintheventilationoftheSenateChamber;"and r. In ro uce a 1 • gran g a pensiOn Whereas in carrying out the provisions of said resolution the said commit- Celestbia A. Whitney; which was read twice by its title, and, with tee caused to be employed Prof. S. H. Woodbridge, of the Boston Institute of the accompanying paper, referred to the Committee on Pensions. T echnology, to make a thorough investigation of the Senate win"" of the Cap- H 1 · t d d b"ll (S 1149) ting ape I. to S hi itol and rep01-t to them a plan for the improvement of the ventilation of the e a so m ro uce a I · gran · ns on op a · Senate Chamber; and J. Chilcott; which was read twice by its title, and, with the accom- Whereas the said Woodbridlfe has ma-de said inY'estigation and report to panying paper, referred to the Committee on Pensions. thJ1eBf/~~~i~~~~~h:~~~~~~~~~~~:·senate be, and he hereby is, author- He also introduced a bill (S.1150) granting a pension to Lucinda ized and directed to pay said s. H. woodbridge, out of the miscellaneous items S. Twombly; which was read twice by its title, and referred to of the contingent fund of the Senate, the sum of $1,022.27, bein~ for the expenses the Committee on Pensions. incurred by the said Woodbridge in making saidinvestigat10n and preparing Mr. McMILLAN introduced a bill (S.1151) providing for the said report thereon, and for his services; said payment to be made upon construction and equipment of a steam revenue cutter for service voucher to be approved by the Committee on Rules and the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate. on the Great Lakes; which \vas read twice by its title, and referred The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Chair suggests to the Senator to the Committee on Commerce. from Kentucky that the resolution must, under the rule, go to the Mr. MITCHELL of Oregon introduced a bill (S.1152) for the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the relief of Henry H. Wheeler, of Crook County, Oreg.; which was Senate. . read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Indian Mr. BLACKBURN. I beg to call the attention of the Chair to Depredations. the fact that the resolution provides expressly that the payment He also introduced a bill (S.1153) for the development and shall be made upon voucher to be approved by both the Commit- encouragement of silk, flax, and ramie culture, and their prepara tee on Rules and the Committee on Contingent Expenses, so that tion and manufacture in the United States under the·supervision the resolution, if agreed to by the Senate, will not take effect until of the Secretary of Agriculture; which was read twice by its title, h h h d f b th th c "tte Rul d and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. it has gone t 1n·oug t e an s 0 0 e omml eon es an He also introduced a bill (S. 1154) for the relief of the sufferers the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses. The VICE-PRESIDENT. Is there objection to the request of by the caiJture and destruction of the Hawaiian whaling vessel the Senator from Kentucky for the present consideration of the Harvest; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the resolution? Committee on Foreign Relations. · "d d b · t d Mr. CHANDLER introduced a bill (S. 1155) for the relief of The reso1 ution was consi ere Y una.mmous consen ' an Lieut. Jerome E . .Morse, of the United States Navy; which was agreed to. read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Naval PUBLICATION OF , THE MESSAGES OF THE PRESIDENTS. Affairs. Mr. GORMAN. I am directed by the Committee on Printing, He also introduced a bill (S. 1156) for the relief of Charles Gal- to whom was referred the concurrent resolution authorizing the lagher, and to refer his claims to the Court of Claims; which was Public Printer to employ clerical aid in copying the messages of read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Claims. the Presidents of the United States from the Journals of the Sen- He also introduced a bill (S. 1157) granting a pension to Maria ate, etc., for the printing thereof, to report it with an amendment; L. Carbee; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the and I ask for its present consideration. · Committee on Pensions. The Senate; by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the 1\Ir. FAULKNER introduced a bill (S. 1158) to authorize the concurrent resolution. Secretary of War to cause to be investigated and to provide for The amendment of the Committee on Printing was, in line 8, the payment of all claims for the use and occupation of church, after the word" therefor," to insert" not to exceed $600;" so as to college, and school buildings for Government purposes by the make the concurrent resolution read: United States military authorities, and the value of any such Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representativett concurring), That the building destroyed during such occupation by the United States, Public Printer be, and is hereby, authorized to employ such clerical aid as he and all claims for repairs to any such buildings and the furniture may find necessary in the copymg, under the direction of the Joint Commit - of same rendered necessary by such occupation by the United tee on Plfuting, of the messages of the Presidents of the United States from States Army·, which was read twice.by its title, and referred to the Journals of the Senate and House and the Executive Journals for the printin~ thereof, and that the expense therefor, not to exceed $600, be paid the Committee on Claims. out of tneappropriation for public printing and binding. .Mr. HALE introduced a joint resolution (S. R. 32) authorizing The amendment was agreed to. and directing the acceptance of_the ram Katahdin, thereby mak- The concurrent resolution as amended was agreed to. ing said.ram a part of the United States Navy; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. BILLS INTRODUCED. SEACOAST DEFENSES. Mr. GORMAN introduced a; bill (S. 1140) to permit the Home Telephone Company of Washington, D. C., to install, maintain, Mr. SQUIRE. 'In the early part of the session I introduced a and operate a telephone and telegraph plant and exchange in the bill (S. 334) to provide for fortifications and other seacoast de District of Columbia; which was read twice by its title, and fenses, and made a brief explanation of it at the time. Since that referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. bill was introduced there have been some . changes in the condi He also introduced a bill (S. 1141) for the relief of Catherine tion of affairs and in the public mind, and I wish to int'J.·oduce Burns, of Annapolis, Md.; which was read twice by its title, and to-day another bill, or rather the same bill with an emergency referred to the Committee on Claims. clause included, not changing any of the language of the original Mr. CARTER introduced a bill (S. 1142) for the relief of James bill as it was drafted except to put in at the end of the first sec C. McCartney, of Gardiner, Mont.; which was read twice by its tion the words "the whole or any part of this appropriation to be title, and referred to the Committee on Territories. immediately available if so ordered by the President," and in the Mr. PETTIGREW introduced a bill (S.1143) to provide for the second section, after the words " as follows," to insert the words location and purchase of public lands for reservoir sites, and grant "unless otherwise ordered by the President." This bill ought to ing right of way for water ditches and irrigating canals over be considered in the Committee on Coast Defenses at an early public lands ·in the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona and date, and I hope that our friends on the other side will consent to the States of Montana, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyo the prompt organization of that committee. I conceive that the ming, Utah, and Colorado; which was read twice by its title, and condition of public affairs is such that extraordinary powers referred to the Committee on Public Lands. should be vested in the President to provide for public defense in Mr. TURPIE introduced a bill (S. 1144) granting a pension to case of emergency. If the emergency does not occur, then we Miss Virginia Howland; which was read twice by its title, and, shall simply pursue the work deliberately, as provided for in the with the accompanying paper, referred to the Committee on Pen bill. I am advised that we are all ready with our plans for de sions. fense and all that is needed is moneytopressforward withenergy. He also introduced a bill (S.1145) granting a pension to Mrs. This bill is not the result of any sudden out burst of patriotic feel Emma L. Kimble; which was read twice by its title, and, with the ing. It is a well-matm·ed measure, proceeding upon systematic accompanying paper, referred to the Committee on Pensions. lines to carry out a great public purpose. 278 OONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. DECEMBER 21,
The bill (S. 1159) to provide for fortifications and other seacoast The VICE-PRESIDENT. The resolution will go over under defenses was read the first time by its title. the rule. Mr. SQUIRE. I ask that the bill be read at the desk as now .Mr. COCKRELL subsequently s'aid: I should like to inquire introduced. It will take but a few moments. what became of the resolution of my colleague? The bill was read the second time at length, and referred to the Mr. :MITCHELL of Oregon. It went ove1· under objection. Committee on Coast Defenses, as follows: Mr. COCKRELL. Was it objected to? Be it enacted, etc., That for the purpose of providin,. the fortifications and Mr. PLATT. I objected to it. other defenses recommended by the board appointed \Jy the President under Mr. COCKRELL. I am very much astonished that such a the :provisions of an act of Congress entitled ''An act making provisions for . fortifications and other works of defense and for the armament thereof for the plain proposition as that was objected to. fiscal year ending June 30 1886, and for other purposes," approved March3, PA.YliENT OF COIN OBLIGATIONS. 1885, for the ports named 1m the report of the said board as the Rorts at which forti.fications are most urgently needed, namely, New York, San Francisco, Mr. BUTLER. I offer the resolution which I send to the desk, and ask for its immediate consideration. Boston, the lake ports, Hampton Roads, New0rleans,Philadelpni:::1 Washing ton, Ba.ttimore; Portland, Me.; Rhode Island ports in N arraganse~ Bay Key The resolution was read, as follows: West; Charleston, S. C.;Mobile,NewLondon, Savannah, Galveston; Portland, Oreg.; Pensacola, .Fla..; Wilmington, N. C.; San Diego, Cal.; Portsmouth, N.H.; Whereas it was the purpose of Congress to keep gold and silver coin at a defenses of Cumberland Sound at Fort Clinch, defenses of ports of the parity by investing the Secreta.r1 of the Treas. m·y w1th the discretion of pay Kennebec River at Fort Popham; New Bedford, Mass.; defenses of ports on mg the coin obligations of the Government as they mature in either metal: thePenobscotRiver, l\1aine; at Fort Knox and New Haven, Conn.,andfurther Therefore, for the defense of Puget Sound, and of such other ports as in the judgment Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed when liqui· of the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War may require permanent dating either the interest or principal of the Government's coin obligation3 works of fortification, there be, and is hereby, appropriated, out of any mon to make such payment in gold coin whenever the market value of 25.8 grains eys in the Treasury not otherwise appropria.ted;the sum of $87,000,000, the of standard gold is less than the m:u-ket value of 412t grains of standard silver, whole or any part of the appropriation to be immediately available if so or and to continue to pay in such gold coin until the market value of 25.8 grains dered by the President. of standard gold shall be equal to the market value of 4J.2t ~rains of standard SEC. 2. That said a.ppro:rriation shall be available only as follows unless silver, but when the market value of 25.8 grains of stana.ard gold shall be otherwise ordered by the President: For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, greater than the market value of AA grains of pure silver he shall pay said $1,500,000; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, $5 500,000; and for each fiscal coin obligations as they mature in silver coin, and continue to :J?8.Y the same year thereafter for the period of ten years, $8,000,(XXJ; all of said appropria in silver coin until the market value of 4l2t grains of standard Silver shall be tion to be available until expended. equal to the market value of 25.8 grains o.f standard gold. SEc.3. That said sum shall be expended nnderthedirectionofthe Secretary The VICE-PRESIDENT. Is thereobjection to the presentcon~ of War and under existing laws for the purpose of providing fortifications and other defenses for the -ports aforesaid and the armament thereof and the sideration of the re.soluti.on? purchase of sites for the sa1d fortifications, substantially in accordance with · Mr. PLATT. That is too important a resolution to be con- the recommendations of said board with such modifications as are made in sidered immediately upon its introduction. . the more extended study of the individual projects, as approved from time to time by the Secretary of War, until Congress shall otherwise provide, and The VICE-PRESIDENT. Is there objection to its considera shall be apportioned among the said -ports in accordance with the consolidated tion? estimate of the cost of said defenses m so far as may be most economical and Mr. PLATT. There is. expedient; and the work shall be, as near as may be, commenced at the same The VICE-PRESIDENT. The.reisobjection,and the resolution time at each of the said ports, and shall proceed as rapidly as said annual ap propriations will admit of, excepting at the lake ports, where fortifications will go over under the r~le. shall not be begun until in the jud~ent of the President work there shall be CORPORATE INFLUENCE IN POLITICAL AFFA.ffiS. necessary and expedient: ProlJidea, That should any material change in the total estimates for the defenses herein provided for be made necessary, a full Mr. CALL. If the order of morning business is concluded, I and complete statement of such changes and the reasons therefor shall be move that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the resolu laid before Congress for its action: Provided ju1·ther, That no part of the tion which I offered relating to the appointment of a select com money herein appropriated applicable for the defensive works at a_port shall be expended for fortifications at that port until the Secretary of War shall mittee, and which is now upon the Calendar. have caused the survey necessary to select a proper site to be made and a de MT. FAULKNER. I was requested by the Senator from New tailed project to be prepared for that port, not to exceed in cost the sum ap Jersey [Mr. SEWELL] to state that he is necessarily absent from portioned to that port included in the total amount herein appropriated for said fortifications and shall have approved the same. the Senate to-day, and if the Senator from Florida should desire SEc. 4. The proportion of the above sums to be expended in each year by to call up this resolution to request him to postpone it until his the Chief of Engineers of the Army on fortifications and procurement of sites return, which will be on Monday. therefor, who is charged by law with the performance of these duties, and the proportion to be expended by the Chief of Ordnance of the Army on the Mr. CALL. I desire to have the resolution taken up. I see no armame11t of the fortifications, who is charged by law with the performance reason why it should be delayed on account of the absence of the of this duty shall be determined by the Secretary of War at the beginning Senator from New Jersey, whose views are welllmown upon the of each fiscal year, and said snmssball be expended in strict conformity with subject. He is opposed to the resolution, and has already sub existing laws and regulations, mitted his observations to the Senate. I should like to have a. VICE-CO~SULS AT ERZERUM AND HARPOOT. vote upon my motion. Mr. LODGE submitted the following resolution; which was Mr. HALE. I wish to state for the information of the Senate considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: that the Senator from New Jersey [Mr. SEWELL1, before leaving Resolved, That the President be requested, if not incompatible with the yesteTday, told me that he had been called away by a ma'tter that public interests, to inform the Senate whether the exeqnaturs of the Ameri can vice-consuls duly appointed to the consulates of Erzerum and Harpoot . was imperative, and he hoped this resolution, in which he takes a have been withheld or refused by the Turkish Government, while exequaturs great interest and which he opposes, would not be called up dur were granted to the consuls of other nations at ~he sa.me points. ing his absence. Under the circumstances, if the Senator from COAST-DEFENSE ESTIMATES. Florida will not on that suggestion defer his motion, 1 hope the Mr. PROCTOR. I submit a resolution and ask for its present Senate will vote it down. conside1·a.tion. Mr. MITCHELL of Oregon. I desire to inquire whether the The resolution was read, as follows: motion by which the resolution was committed to the Committee on Privileg-es and Elections has been reconsidered? Resolved, That the Secretary of War be directed to inform the Senate what amount of money can be advantageously used for the purpose of coast de The VICE-PRESIDENT. That is the pending question, the fense prior to July 1, 1897, and what portion pf said amount should be made Chair is advised. . available during the present fiscal year; also an estimate of what portion of Mr. FAULKNER. I will state to the Senator from Oregon that the amount would be required for sites for fortifications, and how much for engineering, and how much for ordnance work, and whether the requisite when the matter went to the Calendar the pending question was number of heavy guns can be supplied from the Government shops, and if upon my motion to refer the Tesolution and all the amendments not, whether the deficiency can be manufactured by private plants in this to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. country. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The question is on agreeing to the The VICE-PRESIDENT. Is there objection to the present con motion of the Senator from Florida to proceed to the consideration sideration of the resolution? of the resolution indicated by him. Mr. GORMAN. Let the resolution go over. Mr. CALL. On that I ask for the yeas and nays. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The resolution will go over ·under Mr. SHERMAN. I expect, as a matter of course, to vote for the the rule. resolution of the Senator from Florida. wh.en we take it up at an COINAGE OF SILVER ·BULLION. opportune time, but in the face of the declaration of a Senator 1\Ir. VEST. I submit a resolution and ask for its immediate who is absent and feels an interest in the question, I do not think coiLSideration. it is right for the Senator from Florida to press it. I hope, there The resolution was read, as follows: fore, he will let it go over until the Senator from New Jersey Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed, in pur returns. suance of t he existing law vesting in him full power so to do, to coin as rap Mr. CALL. I will withdraw the motion, in view of the objec idly as possible the silver bullion in the Treasury purchased under the act of July 14,1890, into standard dollars, and with such dollars to redeem, cancel, tion made by Senators. and.retire the Treasury notes of the United Stat-es of July li, 1 00, issued in The VICE-PRESIDENT. ·The motion of the Senator from the purchase of such bullion, and also to redeem the United States notes Florida is withdrawn, - commonly called "greenbacks" in standard silver dollars as well as in gold, usL-.g whichever may be most abundant or convenient. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. The VICE-PRESIDENT. Is there objection to the present A message n·om the House of Representatives, by Mr. W. J. consideration of the resolution? BROWNING, its Chief Clerk, announced that the House had passed Mr. PLATT. Let it go over. a bill (H. R. 2264) fixh..'g the times for holding the circuit and dis- 1895. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 279
tric h courts of the northern district of Iowa and of the southern arrested illegally, and by some authority not disclosed was immured in the Old Capitol Prison, and could not learn the cause and could not ~~t the chat·ges, district of Iowa; in which it requested the concurrence of the and was held there in close confinement for two mouths, in may and June, Senate. 1863, in hot weather, in a small back room with a southern exposure, with The message also announced that the House had agreed to the guards stationed at the premises with orders to shoot prisoners appearing at the windows, one of whom was shot. He was called in to see the prisoners concurrent resolution of the Senate providing for the printing of with a surgeon to counsel the sick and go out to the cemetery to bury the 6,000 extra copies of the annual report of the Board of Visitors to dead as chaplain. Under the strain and anxiety to get at the bottom of the the United States Military Academy at West Point for the year persecution., and prison fare, his system gave way and he becam.e emaciated and demented. and not until General 1\.fartindale, whom he had assisted at 1895. the battle of Hanover'-Va., and Judge A. D. Olin.. and Ron. WilliamS. Hol ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED. man, of Indhma, who aemanded his release from the prison, which the WaT The message further announced that the Speaker of the House Department granted and sent him to his home, which action he under-stood was based from evidence of the k eeper o.f the prison, thouah his own recol had signed the following enrolled bill and joint resolution; and lection of it is faint, and he did not recognize his own family, and could not they were thereupon signed by the Vice-President: walk for weeks. A bill (H. R. 2173) making an appropriation for the expenses of General Martindale visited his cell and saw for himself and acted. He bas not been a well man since, and bas not been able to do stated ministerial or a commission to investigate and report on the true divisional line pastoral work regularly, nor to resume editorial duties, which he did up to between the Republic of Venezuela and British Guiana; and the breaking out of the war, owning and editing the New York (city) Bap A joint resolution (S. R. 13) granting the State of Pennsylvania tist Watchman. He is now unable to peTform labor of any kind, and is m very needy ci1•cumstances. permission to use the United States court-house at Scranton, Pa., He has suffered repeated attacks during these years, which would be and at Williamsport, Pa. brought on by overexertion of body or the brain, and has fallen insensible, CONGRESSIONAL FUNERALS. and scarcely now recovered from one of those attacks, his life being at times despaired of on :account of nervous prostration and partial paralySlS. There The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Calendar under Rule VIII is in were two acts of Congress in his behalf, both relating to regulating the time order. The first bill on the Calendar will be stated. when his service expired. Your committee o.lso submit copies of the action of the Thirty-eighth ·Con The SECRETARY. A bill (S. "236) to provide for proper disposi gress, by certain joint resolutions to be found on page 589 of United States tion of the remains of deceased membe1·s of the Senate and House Statutes at Large, volume 15, of the first session Thirty-eighth Congress, of Representatives who die at the capital during the sessions of entitled Joint resolutions Nos.« and 52: "No. 44. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Congress. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Paymaster-General Mr. FAULKNER. I ask the Chair whether that bill is not the of the United States be authorized and directed to adjust and pay to w_ B. unfinished business and if it does not come up regularly at 2 Matchett the amotmt due him as chaplain of the Tenth Regiment of New York Volunteers from the time up to which he was last paid to the time o'clock? said regiment was mustered out of service. The VICE-PRESIDENT. It is also the first business on the "Approved June 20, 1864. Calendar of General Orders. " No. 52. Be it 1·esolved by the Senate and House of Rep,.esentatives, etc., That Mr. FAULKNER. As the unfinished business it is to come up the above-entitled joint resolution shall be construed to adjust and direct the Paymaster-General of the United States to adjust the account of W. B. at a particular hour; and under the rules it can not properly, after Matchett, chaplain of the Tenth Regiment of New York Volunteers, and pay having been fixed as the unfinished business, be taken up now. him the amount of the pay and allowances of a chaplain for and during the ()therwise it would certainly take Senators by surprise. It can period that said regiment was in the service of the United States and up to the time the same was mustered out of .service, deducting the amount here not be laid before the Senate at this time under a proper construc tofore paid him as such chaplain. tion of the rule. "Approved June 28, 186!." Mr. MITCHELL -of Oregon. It is the unfinished business? Your committee having examined carefully all the evidence referred to herein in connection with this case, and which seems to fully justify the basis Mr. FAULKNER. It is the unfinished business. of this report, which :papers are also submitted herewith, recommend the Mr. MITCHELL of Oregon. Then it does not come up until 2 passage of the bill with an amendment, as follows: - o'clock. Strike out the word" twenty," in lin.e 7, and insert in lieu thereof the ward Mr. FAULKNER. It ought not to be taken up until the hour '' fifteen. '' when the unfinished business is properly in order. We again recommend the passage of the bill. .1\fr. PEFFER. I think the Senator from West Virginia is right. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The next bill on the Calendar will be Mr. COCKRELL. I should like to ask the Senator from Kan called. sas if the rate specified in this bill is the usual rate allowed to WILLIAM B. MATCHETT. chaplains? The bill (S. 480) granting a pension to William B. Matchett Mr. PEFFER. So I understand, in such cases. was announced as next in order on the Calendar, and the Senate, The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read :as in Committee of the Whole, proceeded to its-consideration. It the third time, and passed. . proposes to place on the pension roll the name of William B. P.A.1.'11IENT OF PENSION MONEY. Matchett, chaplain of the Tenth Regiment of ~ew York Volun The bill (S.242) to require payment of pension money to wives teers, at the rate of $20 per month. in cases where male pensioners desert or abandon their families, Mr. COCKRELL. Let the report in that case be read. or are habitual drunkards, or for any reason fail and neglect to The VICE-PRESIDENT. The report wHl be read.. support their families, was considered as in Committee of the The Secretary read the report submitted by Mr. PEFFER De Whole. It proposes tbatinallcaseswheremale pensioners desert -cember 10,1895, as follows: or abandon their families, or where they are addicted to habitual The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (S. 480) granting a pension to William B. Matchett, have had the same under consideration, drunkenness, or where, for any reason or cause, they do not use and beg leave to report as follows: their pension money for the support of their families and do not This case was examined by your committee during the last session of Con support them., and when they have no other sufficient means of gress and its -passage recommended. The bill passed the Senate, but was not reached in the House of Representatives. support, the Commissioner of Pensions, on such facts being made We adopt our former report, which is as follows: to appear by competent testimony a.nd on application of the wife [Senate Report No. 907, Fifty-third Congress, third session.] of any such pensioner, shall pay the money due him from time ·to The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (S.'2696) grant time to his wife so long as such conditions <>f failure or neglect ing a pension to William B. Matchett, have examined the same, and report: to support continue. . The petitioner says in his petition that he was enrolled as chaplain of the Mr. HAWLEY. I ask the Senator from Kansas whether this Tenth Regiment New York Volunteers (McChesney's Zouaves) in April, 1861, a.fter having helped to raise the regiment, and his commission was dated lay is one of the bills fav-orably reported by the Committee on Pen 15 1861. 'fhat after a time spent at Sandy_Hook, New York Harbor, he went sions in the last Cong1·ess? w1th1 the regiment to Fortress Monroe, Va., and encamped at Hampton on Mr. PEFFER. It is; I will say to the Senator "it was favorably the "Roads" for a few months, and was then ordered to the Fortress, which the regiment garrisoned about eleven months. There being no chaplain at reported. the post, the petitioner occupied the pulpit of the church where the general Mr. HAWLEY. The committee had agree<\_ to rereport imme command attended, first under Gen. B. F. Butler and Colonel Dinnck (of diately such bills as the Senate passed at the last session, and this the Regula--r Army), then General Wool, and subsequently under General Mansfield, all now deceased, That while at Camp Hamilton the command was passed at the last session. visited by terrific rain and wind storms from Hamuton Roads, so that the Mr. PEFFER. The bill passed the Senate at the last session. tents were carried away in the night, thecam:pflooded with water,and the ex Mr. PLATT. I understand thatthereare amendments proposed posure brought on malarial fever from which he did not r~over for several months. The petitioner had a fall, which pL.•teed him in the fort hospital, to this bill according to the report of the committee. under Surgeon·General Cuyle, for several weeks. · Mr. COCKRELL. The report refers to the bill of the last ses After partial recovery he was called to New Y.m·k to bury Lieutenant-Col sion. onel Elder, and the funeral occuning in the most inclement weather, he was • continually wet to the sl.."in, being on horseback. 'rhat with the exposure Mr. PLATT. But this bill which is reported by the committee consequent he was a~ain attacked with malarial fever, followed by chronic needs the amendments which are suggested in the report. diarrhea, and from mjuries sustained during the seven days' fight before Mr. COCKRELL. This bill, as I understand, is a bill amended Richmond and the -scant supply of food. He was then t..'l.ken to G.eneral Mc in accordance with the report made at the last session. Clellan's headquarters and attended by Surgeon McClelland for several weeks, in June and Jnly,1862, and by the hespital reports it is clearly shown Mr. PEFFER. .And passed the Senate :intheformitis nowpre was treated for chronic diarrhea at Trinity General Hospital, at Washington, sented. The House of Representatives did not reach it. D. iJ., under charge and care of J. W. Hatch, M. D. Mr. PLATT~ Perhaps so) but I find on December 10-I may be Before his entire recovery from this, in April, 1863, and while still suffering from weakness incident to several previous attacks, and while in Washing entirely mistaken about this, but I want to beclear-thatthe Sen ten attending to business in connection with the I'egiment, the petitioner was ator from Kansas [Mr. PEFFER] reported without amendm-ent 280 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SE~NATE; DECEl\ffiER 21 '.
Senate bill242. I find also in the Senate report of last session a the ·difference of exchange between gold-standard countries and letter from Mr. Locbren, the Commissioner of Pensions-- silver-standard-countries has upon the agricultural and manufa~ :M:r. COCKRELL. Referring to Senate bi111175. turing industries of the United States, etc.; :Mr. PLATT. One moment. Allow me to state, and then the A resolution submitted by Mr. CALL, December 17, 1895, pro Senator will understand. viding for the investjgation of organized efforts of corporations to The very first suggestion made by the Senate report of last year control the election of members of Congress: and is that in lines 5 and 6 the words "or where, for any reason or A bill (S. 238) to prohibit officers of the Government from re cause, such pensioners" be stricken out, and the word "and" fusing to pay moneys appropriated by act of Congress. inserted. Those very words which it was proposed should be MARY A. HALL. stricken out are in this bill. The next recommendation of the report was, in line 11, after the word, "pensioner" to insert "she The bill (S. 344) granting a pension to Mary A. Hall; was con being a woman of good character." Those words are not inserted sidered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to place on the in this bill. The changes proposed by the report of last year have pension roll the name of Mary A. Hall, widow of Charles J. Hall; not been made. If Senators will examine the bill they will see I late of Company A, Seventh Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers, am correct about it. and to allow her a pension of $12 per month. Mr. PEFFER. In order that we may understand this fully I The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered suggest that the bill be passed over temporarily without losing to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. its place. CATHERINE R. JARDINE. Mr. SHERMAN. If the Senator will allow me, I wish to pro The bill (S. 345) granting a pension to Catherine R. Jardine; test against a provision which would place all the soldiers of the widow of Brig. Gen. Edward Jardine, was considered as in Com Union Army now receiving pensions under the care or surveil mittee of the Whole. lance of anybody. Pensioners may sometimes have unfortunate Mr. COCKRELL. Was there not an amendment reported to domestic relations; they may sometimes drink too much; but we that bill? do not put men under subjection or surveillance because they The VICE-PRESIDENT. There was an amendment reported drink too much or because they disagree with their wives. This by the Committee on Pensions, which will be stated. · would subject every pensioner on the pension rolls to .that kind of The amendment of the Committee on Pensions was, in line 7, surveillance by a civil officer which would be exceedingly offen after the words '' rate of," to strike out '' one hundred " and in.sert sive. · Therefore I shall oppose the bill whenever it comes up. "fifty;" so as to make the bill read: · Mr. PEFFER. Let it be temporarily passed over. Be it enacted, etc. , That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The VICE-PRESIDENT. The bill will be passed over without aut horized and directed to place on the p ension roll the name of Cath erine R. losing its place on the Calendar. J ardine). widow of Edward Jardine, late brigadier-gen eral of the Army of the United .:!tates, and pay her at the rate of $50 a month. AL~NIE M. GREENE. The bill (S.142) granting a pension to Annie M. Greene was Mr. HAWLEY. I w.as very sorry to have such an amendment considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to place made to a bill to pension the widow of General Jardine by the Com on the pension roll the name of Annie M. Greene, dependent and mittee on Pensions at the last session. I preferred to have it stay invalid daughter of Jeremiah Greene, late a private in Company at $100 a month, but it was put down to $50 because that was sup A, First Regiment New Hampshire Artillery Volunteers, at $12 posed to be the most we could get from the then existing House per month. of Representatives. We think we might get a little more from The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered the present House. to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The history of this case is extraordinary, and I shall not under take to give it here. It is all shown in the report upon the biU. JAMES H. OSGOOD. General Jardine was one of the officers who jumped in in an emer The bill (S. 138) granting an increase of pension to James H. gency to the help of the United States troops against that fearful Osgood was considered as in Committee of the Whole~ It pro mob at the time of the draft riots in New York City in 1863. In poses to place on the pension roll the name of James H. Osgood, the course of his very brilliant and daring behavior on that occa late a seaman on the U.S. S. Circassian, and pay him a pension sion he was wounded by a slug made from a piece of gas pipe, fired of $50 per month, in lieu of that he is now receiving. from a musket, the charge going through his knee and thigh. The The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered good woman referred to here was his tender nurse for many years, to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. · and it is a wonder that her prolonged and faithful ministrations JULIA A. ffiLL. did not kill her also. General Jardine was kept in an office in the The bill (S. 141) grantmg a pension to Julia A. Hill was consid New York custom-house, I am proud to say, though he was not ered as iii Committee of the Whole. It proposes to place on the able to do a full day's work always, and sometimes had to lie abed pension roll the name of Julia A. Hill, widow of Charles W. Hill, for a whole week in agony. .I want his widow to have $100 a month, late colonel of the One hundred and twenty-eighth Regiment Ohio and as the bill stands at $50 I move to strike out " fifty" and put Infantry Volunteers. in ''one hundred," as we originally intended. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered Mr. COCKRELL. Let me make a suggestion to the Senator. to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. I think the members of the Committee on Pensions will a.gree with :Mr. STEWART. Is the message of the President of the United me that nearly every widow of a brigadier-general bas been pen States which was received last evening still on the table? sioned at $50 a month, and if the pension in this case is raised to The VICE-PRESIDENT. It is on the table. No disposition $100 a month it will mean that they must all be raised. I think has been made of it. it had better stand at the amount which has been agreed upon as Mr. STEWART. Is it in order to make comments upon it at the amount that will be given the widows of brigadier-generals. this time? · It is very hard, it is very difficult and ungrateful to make discrim !VIr. HAWLEY. I wish to appeal to the Senator from Nevada. inations and distinctions, and give one widow $100 a month and We have come so near to doing some real good here this morning another $50 a month. I know of two or three cases from .Mis that I wish he would wait for :fifteenortwentyminutes. The two souri where I shall have to insist, if this increase is made, that the last pension bills on the Calendar I am especially interested in. · same increase shall be made, and they are cases where $100 was Mr. STEWART. I will yield for the consideration of pension the amount originally proposed by the Committee on Pensions. bills, and then I shall take the floor. If I am not mistaken, the rule of the Committee on Pensions has been for years past to allow only $50.a month. SAMUEL 'GOLDWATER. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The question is on the amendment Tr.3 bill (S. 40~ granting a pension to Samuel Goldwater was reported by the Committee on Pensions. considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to place on Mr. HAWLEY. What is the amendmlmt reported by the com the pension roll, at $15 per month, the name of Samuel Goldwater, mittee? late of Company A, First Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, The VICE-PRESIDENT. To strikeout" $100"andinsert " $50." National Guard. Mr. HAWLEY. I thought that change had been made. There The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered fore I moved to make it "$100." I have no objection to an in to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. crease to $100 in any case that approaches this in merit, any case RESOLUTIONS AND BILL PASSED OVER. of such extraordinary injuries and such prolongation of agony Mr. HAWLEY. I suggest thatthe next three items of business from the middle of the war until a year or so ago. If any other on the Calendar be passed over without prejudice to their position, widow of a brigadier-general or a colonel-- as they will inevitably involve debate. - Mr.COCKRELL. This is not to pay General Jardine for the The VICE-PRESIDENT. Without objection, it will be so or physical sufferings that he endured. dered. Mr. HAWLEY. I know that. The resolutions and bill referred to are as follows: Mr. COCKRELL. But it is to pay the widow of a brigadier A resolution submitted by Mr. STEWART, ·December 12, 1895, general. That i<> all there is about it. that the Committee on Finance be directed to inquire what effect :M:r. HAWLEY. It is to pay the widow of Ed. Jardine $100 a 1895. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 281
month; I do not care what his rank was for this purpose, but he money of one•nation is not money in another. The recognized was a · brigadier. - I oppose my own committee's amendment, but money of the world is a myth! Our duty is to pay our obligations am 'villing to take $50 a month if we can not get $100. according to contract. Our highest duty is to pay our obligatio~s The VICE-PRESIDENT. The question is on the amendment in the recognized money of the law and t-he contract. But the reported by the Committee on Pensions. suggestion that we now destroy green ba-cks and issue gold bonds The amendment was agreed to. comes too late. It is obsolete. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend If the President means what he says in his patriotic message to ment was concurred in. Congress, he means that if the demands of the United States are The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read resisted specie payment will be suspended and that the United the third time, and passed. States will exercise its inherent constit11tional right and power to • ENFORCEMENT OF THE MONROE DOCTRINE. clothe any material that may be necessary with the monopoly of Mr. CULLOM. On the 3d day of December I introduced a paying debts and taxes, and with that kind of money to defy the joint resolution (S. R.12) to enforce the Monroe doctrine, and I at world. It should be remembered that no great war has ever been that time asked that it be laid upon the table to enable the Sena- fought with gold; that gold is a coward. The suggestion, while these difficulties are pending, that we will rely on England to bor • tor from New Yor~ [Mr. HILL] to make rema~ks upon it, as he indicated his intention to do. I believe he is now determined not row her gold in order to ·vindicate the Monroe doctrine is absurd. to speak upon the joint resolution, and even if •he wished to do so It can not be done. We need go no fmther back than modern the subject has passed out of the Senate for the time being. I history to show that our national existence and our national safety therefore move that the joint resolution be referred to the Com depend upon the power to create money and not to borrow it. mittee on Foreign Relations. What would have become of Great Britain in the time of the The motion was agreed to. Napoleonic wars if she had not exercised the power to make the Bank of England notes legal tender for twenty-two years and sus EXECUTIVE SESSION. pended specie payment, during which time she prospered more Mr. MILLS. I move that the Senate proceed to the considera than in any other period in her history? What would have become tion of executive business. of us in the Revolution if we had relied on borrowing money of The motion was agreed to; and the Senate proceeded to the con England or anybody else; if we had talked about the world·s sideration of executive business. After twenty minutes spent in money? What would have happened to us in the war of the sec exet.:utive session the doors were reopened. tions if we could not have issued the greenback? It is true that COURTS IN lOW A. . the greenback was dishonored by us in part, because it was not Mr. ALLISON. I ask the unanimous consent of the Senate receivable for all debts, for all Government dues. But in case that the bill from the other House relating to Iowa courts may be England will not comply with our demand, the United States has laid before the Senate at this time. no resource to defend itself except by the exercise of the sovereign The bill (H. R. 2264) fixing the times for holding the circuit power to issue money and to clothe it with the functions of paying court and district courts of the northern district of Iowa and of debts and taxes. the southern district of Iowa was read twice by its title. The experiment has been tried too frequently to doubt its effi Mr. ALLISON. This is a bill which relates wholly to fixing cacy. There never was a time from 1803 to 1861 when there was the dates for holding the several courts in Iowa. I called the not paper out, either of the Government or United States bank attention of the chairman of the Judiciary Committee to its pro notes, which was received for all Government dues, and in no visions, and for reasons which he stated to me it is not practica instance was that paper below par. Greenbacks did not go below ble to have a meeting of the committee within the n ext few days, par until they were crippled and degraded by refusing to receive and yet it is important that this bill shall pass before the 1st of them for Government dues. We have an example now. The January. Therefore I ask unanimous consent that it may be now best money we have in ciJ.·culation is the silver certificate, redeem considered. able in silver dollars, and the silver in a silver dollar is worth There being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the only 50 cents. Nobody asks the redemption of these certificates. Whole, proceeded to consider the bill. They have the function of paying debts and taxes, and therefore The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered they are good money, the best money. If the President attempts to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. to resist English aggressions with English money he will fail. It Mr. GEAR. I introduced yesterday a similar bill, identical in is our duty to stand by the President, to uphold his hands, and ·its terms with the bill which has just been passed. I suggest that point him to the American people for assistance. He should with the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from its considera draw his attention from the other side of the Atlantic. tion. We knew very well that if the United States attempted to assert The VICE-PRESIDENT. Without objection, the committee her rights as against England, British financiers would make finan- - will be discharged from the consideration of Senate billlllO, and cial war. We expected it; it has come. The President should it will be postponed indefinitely. not yield to it. We must hold up his hands in this emergency and get him to understand that there is power enough in 70,000,000 THE FINANCIAL CONDITION. people and resources enough in this country to cope with all the Mr. STEWART. Mr. President, yesterday the President's pa world, and that we have also the power, which has been frequently triotic course was commended and indorsed not only by the two exercised and should always be exercised in great emergencies, to House3 of Congress, but by the American people. The loyal peo create money good at home. There is nothing necessary in the ple of the United States were resolved and are resolved to stand. way of materials of war that can not be created here and paid for by the President in his patriotic vindication of the Monroe doc with American money. If that be not so, weare already whipped; trine, in which is involved the safety of the Republic. but it is so. I tell you that the American people are behind the I regret, and I suppose all patriotic citizens must regret, that _President in his patri.otic declaration that America will no longer the President, immediately after that grand indorsement, placed submit to insult or aggression from any foreign power, particularly himself on a lower level. Why this was done is not explained by Great Britain. He has the American people behind him. Why words in the message which he sent to Congress, but it is coinci should, he fear a bomb
raids on the Treasury. We owe no gold obligation. Every obli NOMINATIONS. gation of this Government is payable in silver, except the gold Exec.utive nominations received by the Senate December 21, 1895. cm:tificates, and there is enough gold in the Treasury to meet them. There need be no apprehension. POSTMASTERS. I hope the President does not distrust himself and fear that he John Knewitz,to bepostmasteratWilliamsBridge,in the county will plunge the country into greater distress by reason of the action of Westchester and State of New York, in the place of Elizabeth .of the money powers.. It is true that they have praised him be Heilman, resigned. cause he was their friend, but they have deserted him now because Lizzie C. Yates, to be postmaster at Warrenton, in the county he has become the friend of the American people. He must have ; of Fauquier and State of Virginia, in the place of Henry C. Yates known that if he chose to be the friend of the AmeTican people and deceased. - ' to declare in favor of defending American rights, those men were Edward E. Miles, to be postmaster at Onancock, in the county the enemies of this country and would make war upon us. Let of Accomac and State of Virginia, the appointment of a postmas .them go on with their financial war. We can meet it now better ter for the said office having, by law, become vested in the Presi than at any other time. We .have a just cause and a brave declara- ' dent on and after October 1, 1895. tion by the President. I am glad that Congress is not going to Peter F. Clark, to be postmaster at Aberdeen, in the county o:f adjourn and that it will stay here to sustain the President in his Chehalis and State of Washington, in the place of Amos F. Stevens . Venezuelan message;and tell him that he need not fear. The wh~se commission expired October 1, 1894. ' Amerkan people are behind him; Congress is behind him, and let ~ilbert S. Meem~ to be. postma:ster at Seattle, in the county o:f theWall 'street speculatorsand gold gamblers do their worst. They King and State of Washmgton, m the place of Griffith Davies will do it anyhow. Let them know that the Government of the whose commission expil'ed February 14, 1895. ' United States is in favoT of the people of the United States and is John Richardson, to be postmaster at Hoquiam, in the county not for the gold gamblers of Europe. When that declaration is of Chehalis and State of Washington, in the place of Jay D. Dean, made the President will be out of danger. He is now out of dan removed. ger of flattery from the crowned heads of Europe, which has been Willis M. Dent, to be postmaster at Montgomery, in the county his besetting danger ever since he ha-s been President. Since he of Fayette and St3:teof WestV~rginia, the appointment of a post isoutof dangerof flattery, let us put him out of danger of thr_eats. ma-ster for the said office haVIng, by law, become vested in the They can not hurt him as long as he sta-nds and acts for the Ameri President on and after October 1, 1895. ,can people as he did in his bold declaration of principles which Jame.s H. Edwards, to be p~s~~te! at Weston, in the county was discussed yesterday. of Lewis and State of West Vrrgmia, m the place of Granville M. The President knew when he made his bold assertion in favor Chidester, resigned. of the rights of the American people against British aggressions Ll~yd Reed, to be postmaster at Clarksburg, in the county of that he was burning every bridge between him and the money Harrison .and State of West Virginia, in the place of Lee H. pow-ers-that loya-lty to 70,000,000 people would be regarded as Vance, resigned. treason in Wall and Lombard streets. He could not if he would Griffith B. Thomas, to be postmaster at Point Pleasant in the .desert the peopl-e and join the bondholders, money -changers, and county-of Mason and State of West Virginia, in the place of Frank ;gold gamblers of New York and London. Such a desertion would D. Hoy, resigned. expose him to the scorn and indignation of an outraged people. Mi~hael J. McNamara, to be.post~aster-at Cudahy,in the county Hereaft-er, whatever may .occur, the space between him and the of Milwaukee and ,Stat~ of WIS~onsirr, the appointment of a post enemies of the Republic is illumined by the calcium light of his master for the said office haVIng, by law, become vested in the patriotic message, and any attempt on his part to retreat or desert President on and aft.er October 1,1895. will be seen by all. It can not be concealed. He can not hereafter 9harles Reed, to be post:r;naste:r: at. Menasha, in the county o:f cooperate with gold gamblers without having it known of all men, Wmnehago and State of WISc-Onsm, m the place of Cm·tis Reed and nobody believes that the President is bold enough, if such was deceased. ' hls purpose (which God forbid), to desert the American people in Marvin L. Bishop, to be postmaster at Casper, in the county -of this -crisis and take refuge in Rothschild's army of avarice. .Natrona ~d State of :Wyoming, the appointment of a postmaster M1·. DUBOIS. Mr. President, I 1·egret very mu.ch that the for the said office havmg, by law, become vested in the President President has seen fit to send his last financial message to Con on and after July 1, 1895. gress at this time. H--e must know, as the country -does, that Congress is not going to retire the greenbacks, nor are they going CONFIRMATIONS. to give him authority to issue gold bonds. Executive nominations conji:rmed by the Senate Decernber 21, 1895. I see in the New York Sun of this morning the statement of ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY. ex-Governor Flower, in which he sa-ys: · . John L: Peak, _of Missomi., t<;> be envoy extraordinary and min Congress will, in my opinion, pass a resolution in accordance with President Cle:vek.nd 's request, -and, if necessary, give him authorit-y to issue $500,000,000 ISter plem-potentiary of the Umted States to Switzedand. in short-time bonds. APPOINTMENTS IN THE ARMY. President Cleveland must know, and Congress .certainly does, _ To be assistant surgeons, with the 1·ank of first lieutenant: that no such authoTity will be given him, and at this crisis all that Thomas Jellis KiTkpatrick, jr., of Pennsylvania. the President accomplishes is suddenly to pre.cipitate upon the John Hamilton Stone, of the District of Columbia. countr-y .a tariff discussion. If anything at all is accomplished by Irving Wallace Rand, of New Hampshire. CongTess it will be a revision bf the tariff on Republican lines, and P-Owell Conrad Fauntleroy, of Virginia. this the President will veto. Nobody that I know of wants to James Sprigg Wilson, of Maryland. issue bonds. Nobody to speak-Of wishes to retire the greenbacks, , To be chaplain of the Ninth Regiment of Cavalry. :and it seems to me that it is extremely unfortunate that the Presi The Rev. Georg-e W. Prioleau, of Ohio1 dent has precipitated this discussion at the present time. He . might have put it off, or he should have recommended something PROMOTIONS IN THE ARMY. that there was some hope of passing. · llfedical Dep(J,rtment. The Senate, if they are allowed to vote on it, will pass as soon Capt. Harry Otis P erley, assistant s1ugeon, to be surgeon. as they ,can get to it on the next legislative day the resolution submitted this morning by the Senatm· from Missouri [Mr. VEsTl, Corps of Enginee1·s. declaring that -Outstanding paper obligations shall be paid in sil First Lieut. David Du Bose Gaillard, to be captain. ver as the law direct-s. The counh·y might just as well unde1·stand Second Lieut . Spencer Cosby, to be first lieutenant. that. W .e understand it here. Yet the supporters of the Presi Second Lieut. John Stephen Sewell, to be first lieutenant. dent in this Chamber will probably not let us vote on that propo- · General office1·s. 'Sition. They surely will not until after considerable debate and Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt, to be major--g-eneral. the consumption of much time. It is utterly, absolutely impossi . Col. Zenas _Randall Bliss, Twenty-fourth Infantry, to be briga,.. ble to legislate financially in accordance with the recommenda dier-general. tions of the President, because the Congress is not in favor of it, Quartermaster's Department. .and no one knows it better than the President. The sooner the To be assistant quartermasters, with rank of captain: _people clearly and distinctly understand it the better, it seems to First Lieut. John Theodore French, jr., Fourth Artillery. me, it will be for the c.ountry. . First Lieut. James Buchanan Aleshire, First CavaJry. AD.JOURNl\IENT TO TUESDAY. First Lieut. Isa-ac William Littell, Tenth Infantry. l\lr. FAULKNER. I move that when the Senate adjourn to~day . First Lieut. Gonzalez Sidney Bingham, Ninth Cavalry. it be to meet on Tuesday next. 'The motion was agreed to. Pay Department. Mr. GORMAN. I move that the Senate adjourn. Col. Thaddeus HaTlan Stanton, assistant paymaster-general, to -The motion was agreed to; and (at 1 o'clock and 48 minutes be paymaster-general. p. m.) the Senate adjourned until Tuesday, December 24, 1895, at C01--ps of Enginee1·s. 12 o ~clo.ck m.. - Col. William Price Craighill, to be Chief of .Engineers. 1895. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 283
Ordnance Depm-tmt7nt. Second Lieut. Alexander Lucien Dade, Tenth Cavalry, to be Second Lieut. Charles Clark Jameson, Fifteenth Infantry, to be first lieutenant. first lieutenant. Second Lieut. John Sheridan Winn, Second Cavalry, to be first lieutenant. Judge--Advocate-General's Departnwnt. Second Lieut. Solomon Pervis Vestal, Fifth Cavalry, to be first Lieut. Col. Thomas Francis Barr, deputy judge-advocate-gen- lieutenant. eral, to be assistant judge-advocate-general. . Second Lieut. Charles Aloysius Hedekin, Third Cavalry, to be Maj. George Breckenridge Davis, judge?advocate, to be deputy first lieutenant . judge_-advocate-general. Second Lieut . Francis John Koester, Tenth Cavalry, to be first Quartermaster's Department. lieutenant. Second Lieut. John Daniel Leinbach Hartman, First Cavalry, to Lieut. Col. George Henry Weeks, deputy quartermaster-gen be first lieutenant. eral, to ba assistant quartermaster-general. POSTM.A.STERS. Maj. Gilbert Cole Smith, quartermaster, to be deputy quarter- Perce C. Montgomery, to be postmaster at Portersville, in ~iJ.e master-general. . county of Tulare and State of California. Capt. John Lincoln Clem, assistant quartermaster, to be quar Joseph Marks, to be postmaster at Oroville, in the county of termaster. Butte and State of California. - Subsistence Depm·tment. Mathew J. Byrnes, to be postmaster at Visalia, in the county of Maj. Samuel Tobey Cushing, commissary of subsistence, to be Tulare and State of California. assistant commissary-general of subsistence. Frank M. Adams, to be postmaster at Forney, in the county of Capt. Wells Willard, commissary of subsistence, to be commis Kaufman and State of Texas. sary of subsistence. Webster Wotkyns, to be postmaster at Pasadena, in the county Capt. Henry Granville Sharpe, commissary of subsistence, to be of Los Angeles and State of California. commissary of subsistence. WilliamS. Staley, to be postmaster at Selma, in the county of Fresno and State of California. Medical Department. Willie M. Compton, to be postmaster at Meridian, in the county Lieut. Col. Dallas Bache, deputy surgeon-general, to be assist of Bosque and State of Texas. · ant surgeon-general. Abner L. Board, to be postmaster at Seymour, in the county of Maj. David Lowe Huntington, surgeon, to be deputy surgeon Baylor and State of Texas. general. Oscar D. Baker, to be postmaster at Uvalde, in the county of Maj. William Elkanah Waters, surgeon, to be deputy surgeon Uvalde and State of Texas. general. Samuel A. Hill, jr., to be postmaster at Bellville, in the county of Maj. Justus Morris Brown, surgeon, to be deputy surgeon-gen- Austin and State of Texas. eral. . Joseph E. Green, to be postmaster at Giddings, in the county of Capt. William Cummings Shannon, assistant surgeon, to be sur- Lee and State of Texas. geon. Goldesbery C. Green, to be postmaster at Mineral Wells, in the Capt. Louis William Crampton, assistant surgeon, to be surgeon. county of Palo Pinto and State of Texas. Capt. Louis Stanislaus Tesson~ assistant surgeon, to be surgeon. Thomas M. Matthews, to be postmaster at Athens, in the county Capt. Edwin Fisher Gardner, assistant surgeon, to be surgeon. of Henderson and State of Texas. Capt. William Henry Corbusier, assistant surgeon, to be sm·- Edmund R. Manning, to be postmaster at Albany, in the county geon. of Sha-ckelford and State of Texas. Capt. Daniel Mitchell Appel, assistant surgeon, to be surgeon. Clarence W. McNeil, to l;>e postmaster at Laredo, in the county Pay Department. of Webb and State of Texas. Ezra M. Tate, to be postmaster at Sulphur Springs, in the county Lieut. Col. George Evan Glenn, deputy paymaster-general, to of Hopkins and State of Texas. be assistant paymast.er-general. Edward E. Solomon, to be postmaster at Baird, in the county of Maj. Asa Bacon Carey, paymaster, to be deputy paymaster Callahan and State of Texas. general. Oscar Y. Rathbun, to be postmaster at Whitewright, in the Oorps of Engineers. county of Grayson and State of Texas. Lieut. Col. John Moulder Wilson, to be colonel. Charles W. Willis, to be postmaster at BigSpring,in the county Lieut. Col. John Whitney Barlow, to be colonel. of Howa1·d and State of Texas. Lieut. Col. Peter Conover Hains, to be colonel. William G. Williams, to be postmaster at Waxaha-chie, in the Lieut. Col. George Lewis Gillespie, to be colonel. county of Ellis and State of Texas. · Lieut. Col. Charles Russell Suter, to be colonel. Sallie West, to be postmaster at Hillsboro, in the county of Hill Maj. Oswald Herbert Ernst, to be lieutenant-colonel. and State of Texas. Maj. David Porter Heap, to be lieutenant-colonel. Joshua Downing, to be postmaster at Brookings, in the county Maj. William Ludlow, to be lieutenant-colonel. of Brookings and State of South Dakota. Maj. William Albert Jones, to be lieutenant-colonel. Augustus Huntemer, to be postmaster at Dell Rapids, in the Maj. Andrew Neaf Damrell, to be lieutenant-coloneL county of Minnehaha and State of South Dakota. Capt. Richard Leveridge Hoxie, to be major. Mahlon Purdin, to be postmaster at Medford, in the county of Capt. William Louis Marshall, to be major. Jackson and State of Oregon. Capt. Joseph Henry Willard, to be major. Capt. William Herbert Bixby, to be major. Capt. Eric Ber~land, to be major. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. First Lieut. William Campbell Langfitt, to be captain. FiTst Lieut. Henry Ely Waterman, to be captain. SATURDAY, JJecember 21, 1895. Fu·st Lieut. James Clark Sanford, to be captain. The House met at 12 o'clock m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. First Lieut. Hiram Martin Chittenden, to be captain. HENRY M. COUDEN. First Lieut. Cassius Eric Gillette, to be captain. The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and ap- Second Lieut. William Wright Harts, to be first lieutenant. proved. · Second Lieut. Robert McGregor, to be first lieutenant. EXECUTIVE COMMUNIO.A.TION. Second Lieut. Edgar Jadwin, to be first lieutenant. Under Rule XXIV, clause 2, the following executive communi Second Lieut. Charles Keller, to be first lieutenant. cation was taken from the Speaker's table and referred by the Second Lieut. Herbert Deakyne, to be first lieutenant. Speaker, as follows: Second Lieut. Charles Summers Bromwell, to be first lieutenant. A letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting Cavalry a1'11t. a copy of the report of the Columbia Railway Company of Maj. Samuel Marmaduke Whitside, Seventh Cavalry, to be Washington, D. C., for the fiscal year ended February 28, 1895, lieutenant-colonel. together with an abstract of the company's receipts and disburse Capt. Henry James Nowlan, Seventh Cavalry, to be major. ments from September 1, 1871, to March 1, 1895; which was re First Lieut. Cmtis Bushrod Hoppin, regimental quartermaster, ferred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Second Cavalry, to be captain. , MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT. First Lieut. Loyd Stone McCormick, Seventh Cavalry,· to be A message in writing from the President of the United States captain. was communicated to the House of Representatives, by Mr. PRU First Lieut. Henry Lewis Ripley, regimental quartermaster, DEN, one of his secretaries, who also informed the Honse of Rep Third Cavalry, to be captain. resentatives that the P.residenthadapproved and signed joint reso F1rst Lieut. Jacob Garretson Galbraith, First Cavalry, to be lutions of the following titles: captain. Joint resolution (H. Res. 7) providing for the printing of the 284 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER- 21,
MonthlySummaryStatementofimportsandExportsoftheBureau Committee on Military Affairs.-Messrs. Hull, Curtis of New of Statistics, Treasury Department. York, Marsh, Woomer, Griffin, Southwick, Parker, Bishop, Fen On December 20, 1895: ton, Tracy, Tarsney, Tyler, McClellan, Washington, Lockhart, and A joint resolution (H. Res. 26) to pay the officers and employees of Catron. the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries Committee on Naval Affairs.-Messrs. Boutelle, Robinson of for the month of December, 1895, on the 20th day of said month. Pennsylvania, Hulick, Hilborn, Bull, Hanly, Wilson of New York, MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. Foss, Dayton, Cummings, Meyer, Money, Hall, Tate, and Hart. Cornmittee on the Post-O.tfWe and Post-Roads.-Messrs. Loud, A message from the Senate, by Mr. PLATT, one of its clerks, an Smith of lllinois, Gardner, Linton, Sperry, Settle, Huff, Lorimer, nounced that the Senate had passed without amendment the bill Bromwell, Miller of Kansas, Mahany, Kyle, Swanson, Crain, Og (H. R. 2173) making an appropriation for the expenses of a com den, Pendleton, Hall, and Murphy of Arizona. mission to investigate and report on the true divisional line be Committee on the Public Lands.-Messrs. Lacey, Stephenson, tween the Republic of Venezuela and British Guiana. Meiklejohn, Bowers, Ellis, Barney, Curtis of Kansas, Wilson of The message also announced that the Senate had passed the fol Idaho, Kulp, Shafroth, McRae, Latimer, DoWning, Underwood, lowing resolution; in which the concurrence of the House of Rep Jones, and Flynn. · resentatives was requested: Committee on Indian Affairs.-Messrs. Sherman, Curtis of Kan · Resolved, etc., That 6,000 extra copies of Senate Document No. 226, first ses sion Fiftieth Congress, relative to the Venezuelan boundary, be printed in sas, Wilson of Ohio, Meikfejohn, Gamble, Doolittle, Fischer, Eddy, paper covers, of which number 2,000 copies shall be for the use of the Senate Stewart of Wisconsin, White, Hyde, Watson of Indiana, Allen, · and !,000 copies for the use oJ; the House of Representatives. Maddox, Pendleton, Little, Owens, and Flynn. The message also am;1.0unced that the Senate had passed with an Committee on the Territories.-Messrs. Scranton, Perkins, Le amendment the concurrent resolution providing for the holiday fever, Avery, Harris, Hadley, Knox, Taft, Low, Harrison, Turner recess; in which the concurrence of the House was requested. of Virginia, Owens, Cooper of Texas, Catron, and Murphy of Ari zona. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. Committee on Railways and Oanals.-Messrs. Chickering, Cook The SPEAKER laid before the House the message of the Presi of Wisconsin, Leisenring, Warner, Foote, Lacey, McEwan, Calder dent; which was read, and referred to the Committee on Ways and head, McLaurin, Lockhart, McGann, McKenney, and Otey. Means. Committee on Manufactures.-Messrs. Apsley, Coffin, Halter [For text of message see Senate proceedings of December 20.] man, Faris, Crump, Stewart of Wisconsin, Kulp, Beach, Sorg, COMMITTEE ON W A. YS A.ND MEANS. Meyer, and McKenney. The SPEAKER. The Chair appoints the following Committee Committee on Mines and Mining.-Messrs. Aitken, Cousins, on Ways and Means: Hartman, Leisenring, Mandell, Crump, Graff, Eddy, Hardy, Tate, Committee on Ways and Means.-Messrs. Dingley, Payne, Dal Cockrell, Neill, Kendall, and Cannon of Utah. -~ zell, Hopkins, Grosvenor, Russell of Connecticut, Dolliver, Steele, Committee on Public Buildings and G-rounds.-Messrs. Milli Johnson of North Dakota, Evans, Tawney, Crisp, McMillin, Turner ken, Morse, Mercer, Hicks, Hilborn, Kiefer, Gillet of New York, of Georgia, Tarsney~ Wheeler, and McLaurin. White, Hyde, Henry of Indiana, Bankhead, Abbott, Skinner, Sparkman, and Little. APPOINTMENT OF HOUSE COMMITTEES. Committee on the .Pacific Railroads.-Messrs. Powers, Hepburn, The SPEAKER. The Chair also announces the appointment Wright, Watson of Ohio, Black of New York, Arnold of Penn of the following committees, which the Clerk will read: sylvania, Johnson of California, Hubbard, Faris, Boatner, Kyle, Committee on Elections No.1.-Messrs. Daniels, Royse, Cooke of Bell of Texas, Harrison, Patterson, and Sulzer. illinois, Leonard, Moody, Linney, Dinsmore, Bartlett of Georgia, Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi and Turner of Virginia. River.-Messrs. Ray,- Adams, -Arnold of Rhode Island, Cooper of Committee on Elections No. 2.-Messrs. Johnson of Indiana, Wisconsin, Milnes, Clark of Missouri, Curtis of Iowa, Hunter, Strode of Nebraska, Prince, Tayler, Miller of West Virginia, Royse, Allen, McDeumon, Woodard, and Otey. Long, Harrison, Maguire, and Kyle. Committee on Education.-Messrs. Grow, McCall of Massachu Committee on Elections No. 3.-Messrs. McCall of Massachu setts, Clark of Iowa, McCormick, Henry of Indiana, Barrett, Pugh, setts, Thomas, Jenkins, Walker of Virginia, Overstreet, Codding, De Armond, Bell of Texas, Ogden, Elliott of South Carolina, Law Bell of Texas, De Armond, and Jones. son, and Shuford. Committee on App1·opriations.-Messrs. Cannon of lllinois, Committee on Labor.-Messrs. Phillips, Walker of Massachu Bingham, Grout, Northway, William A. Stone, Arnold of Rhode setts, Apsley, Gardner, McCleary of Minnesota, Lorimer, Low, Island, Hainer of Nebra-ska, Blue, Pitney, Hemenway, McCall of Sorg, McGann, Erdman, Talbert, and Strowd of North Carolina. Tennessee, Sayers, Dockery, Livingston, Robertson of Louisiana, Committee on the Militia.-Messrs. Marsh, Broderick, Burton Layton, and Bartlett of New York. of Missouri, Spalding, Fenton, Woodman, Miller of West Vir Committee on the Judiciary.-Messrs. Henderson, Ray, Brod ginia, Parker, Bartlett of New York, Elliott of South Carolina, erick, Updegraff, Gillett of Massachusetts, Strong, Baker of New Tyler, Shaw, and Yoakum. Hampshire, Connolly, Burton of Missouri, Brown, Lewis, Culber Committee on Patents.-Messrs. Draper, Hicks, Sauerhering, son, Boatner, Washington, Bailey, Terry, and De Armond. Fairchild, Treloar, Sulloway, Cooke of lllinois, Kerr, Tra<:ewell, Committee on Banking and Currency.-Messrs. Walker of Mas Hutcheson; Strait, Robbins, and Walsh. sachusetts, Brosius, Johnson of Indiana, Van Voorhis, McCleary Committee on Invalid Pensions.-Messrs. Pic"~ler, Thomas, of Minnesota, Fowler, Lefever, Spalding, Calderhead, Hill, Cooke Wood, Sulloway, Poole, Kirkpatrick, Ken·, Anderson, Andrews, of lllinois, Cox, Cobb of Missouri, Cobb of Alabama, Black of Crowther, Erdman, Layton, McClellan, Miles, and Baker of Kan Georgia, N ewlands, and Cowen. sas. Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures.-Messrs. Charles Committee on Pensions.-¥essrs. Loudenslager, Coffin, Colson, W. Stone, Hartman, Hunter, Loudenslager, Brewster, Hadley, Halterman, Howe; Mozly, Strode of Nebraska, Hardy, Moses, McClure, Southard, Fairchild, Allen, Bankhead, McRae, Spark Stallings, Baker of Kansas, Black of Georgia, and Elliott of mw, Spencer, Clarke of Alabama, and Cannon of Utah. South Carolina. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.-Messrs. Hep Committee on Claims.-Messrs. Brumm, Heiner of. Pennsyl burn, Fletcher, Sherman, Wanger, Doolittle, Settle, Aldrich, Joy, vania, De· Witt, Hanly, Graff, Snover, Watson of Indiana, Noonan, Corliss, Bennett, Stewart of New Jersey, Price, Patter Minor of Wisconsin, Colson, Cox, Russell of Georgia, Hutche son, Bartlett of New York, Rusk, and Ellett of Virginia. son, Woodard, Downing, and Denny. Committee on Rivers and Harbors.-Messrs. Hooker, Hermann, Committee on War Claims.-Messrs. Mahon, Avery, Wilson of Stephenson, Reyburn, Cooper of Wisconsin, Burton of Ohio, Bar Ohio, Hatch, Gibson, Otjen, Hurley, Pugh, Fitzgerald, Cooper of rett, Reeves, Towne, Dovener, Clark of Missouri, Walker of Vir Texas, Neill, Buck, and Lester. ginia, Catchings, Lester, Clarke of Alabama, McCulloch, and Berry. Committee on Private Land Claims.-Messrs. Smith of Illinois, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.-Messrs. Payne, Andrews, Barth9ldt, Bishop, Black of New York, Cook of Wis Perkins, Hopkins, Strong, Griswold, McCormick, Simpkins, Minor consin, Hill, Howell, Hager, Jones, McCulloch, Miles, and Owens, of Wisconsin, Berry, Robbins, Cooper of Florida, Fitzgerald, and Committee on the District of Columbia.-Messrs. Babcock, Har Crowley. mer, Curtis of Iowa, Hulick, Shannon, Ruling, Odell, Milnes, Committee on Agriculture.-Messrs. Wadsworth, Stahle, War- Wellington, Richardson, Rusk, Cobb of Alabama, Meredith, Ab . ner, Willis, Henry of Connecticut, Sauerhering, Leighty, Baker bott, and Cobb of Missouri. of Maryland, Wilber, Murphy of lllinois, Snover, Moses, Kern, Committee on the Revision of the Laws.-Messrs. Bowers, Huff, Williams, Clardy, Stokes, Turner of Virginia, Shuford, and Can Gibson, Harris, Dayton, Southwick, McEwan, Otjen, Linney, Mad non of Utah. dox, ·Bailey, Kendall, and Denny. Committee on Foreign Affairs.-Messrs. Hitt, Draper, Adams, Committee on Reform in the Civil Se-rvice.-Messrs. Brosius, Quigg, Cousins, Taft, Smith of Michigan, Heatwole, Pearson, Mc Sherman, Gillett of Massachusett.s, Van Voorhis, Tawney, Pear Creary of Kentucky, Price, Tucker, Dinsmore, Money, and New son, Pitney, McLachlan, Meredith, Miner of New York, Dockery, lands. Lockhart, and Crowley. 1895. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 285
Committee on Election of President and Vice-President and Rep LEAVE TO SIT DURING HOUSE SESSION. resentatives in Congress.-Messrs. Curtis of New York, Baker Mr. DINGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask also for the present con of New Hampshire, Atwood, Arnold of Pennsylvania. Beach, sideration of the resolution which I send to the desk. Raney, McLachlan, Corliss, Tucker, Crain, Lawson, Stallings, The resolution was read, as follows: and Howard. Resolved, That the Committee on Ways and Means be authorized to sit Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic.-Messrs. Morse, Daniels, during the session of the House. Hainer of Nebraska, Kiefer, Burrell, Willis, Livingston, Cooper The resolution was adopted. of Texas, Woodard, and Spencer. On motion of Mr. DINGLEY, a motion to reconsider the vote Committee on Irrigation o_f Arid Lands.-Messrs. Hermann, by which the resolution was adopted was laid on the table. Barham, Wilson of Idaho, Shafroth, Mondell, Gamble, Hyde, Hutcheson, Washington, Bartlett of Georgia, and Bell of Colorado. HOLIDAY RECESS. Committee on Immig'ration and Naturalization.-Messrs. Bar Mr. DINGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I desire to call up the resolution tholdt, Danford, Acheson, Tracewell, Howell, Barney, Mahany, providing for adjournment over the holidays, in order to move its Cowen, Wilson of South Carolina, Hendrick, and Buck. reference to the Committee on Ways and Means. Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics.-Messrs. Linton, The SPEAKER. The Chair lays before the House a communi Heiner of Pennsylvania, Atwood, Prince, Skinner, Strait, and cation from the Senate, which the Clerk will read. Yoakum. The Clerk read as follows: Committee on Expenditures in the State Depa·rtment.-Messrs. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That when the two Houses adjourn on Friday, the 20th day of December, they stand ad Quigg, Bitt, Smith of Michigan, Pearson, Lester, Miner of New journed untill2 o'clock meridian on Friday, January 3, 1896. York, and Jones. Resolved, That the foregoing concurrent resolution of the House of Rep Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Del!artment. resentatives be passed with the following amendments: Line 4. strike out "Friday, the 20th," and insert "Saturday, the 21st." Messrs. Grosvenor, Wadsworth, William A. Stone, Miller of Kan- Lines 7 and 8, strike out "Friday, January 3" and insert" Monday, J anu- sas, Stokes, Terry, and Wheeler. . ary6." · Committee on Expenditures m the War Department.-Messrs. Mr. DINGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House concur Grout, Raney, Russell of Connecticut, Loud, Cockrell, Cooper of rent resolution, with the Senate amendments, be referred to the · Florida, and Dinsmore. Committee on Ways and Means. Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department.-Messrs. The motion was agreed to. Thomas, Stewart of New Jersey, Stahle, Southard, Turner of Vir ginia, Hendrick, and Wilson of South Carolina. SWEARING IN OF. MEMBERS. Committee on Expenditures in the Post-Office Department. Mr. BANKHEAD. Mr. Speaker, my colleague! Mr. Clarke, is Messl·s. Bingham, Griffin, Graff, Sperry, Ogden, Howard, and present and desires to be sworn in. The gentleman from Texas, Robertson of Louisiana. Mr. Hutcheson, is also present and desires to take the oath. Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Depa1·tment.-Messrs. Mr. Clarke and Mr. Hutcheson accordingly appeared at the bar Curtis of Kansas, Poole, Noonan, Mozly, Sulzer, Williams, and of the Honse, and the oath of office was administered by the Harrison. Speaker. Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice. ADJOURNMENT. Messrs. Ellis, Moody, Joy, Fischer, Turner of Georgia, Catchings, Mr. DINGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now andKem. adjourn. Committee on ExpenditU?·es in the Depa1'tment of Agriculture. The SPEAKER. Pending that motion the Chair desires to sub Messrs. Gillet of. N ew York~ Foss, Fletcher, Evans, Hall, McDear mit certain requests of members. mon, and Strait. By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted as follows: Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings.-Messrs. Set To Mr. B~OWN, until December 28, on account of important tle, Updegraff, Leighty, Knox, Underwood, Talbert, and Sayers. business. Committee on Rules.-The Speaker, Messrs. Henderson, Dalzell, To Mr. McCALL of Tennessee, on account of important business. Crisp, and McMillin. To Mr. LITTLE, until after the holidays, on account of important JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES. business. To Mr. BuRRELL, for ten days, on account of important business. Committee on the Library.-Messrs. Harmer, Quigg, and Cum- To Mr. KULP, for this day, on account of important business. To Mr. WELLINGTON, for two days, on account of a death in his m~~mittee on Printing.-Messrs. Perkins, Chickering, and Rich family. ardson. To Mr. LEISENRING, for the holidays, on account of important Committee on Enrolled Bills.-Messrs. Hager, Clark of Iowa, business. Acheson, Crowther, Russell of Georgia, Latimer, and Clardy. To Mr. COBB of Missouri, for the holidays, on account of im PRINTING FOR COMMITTEE ON AP-PROPRIATIONS. portant business. Mr. CANNON of illinois. Mr. Speaker, I ask for the present To Mr. HATCH (on motion of Mr. STEELE), indefinitely, on ac consideration of the resolution which I send to the desk. count of sickness in his family. The resolution was read, as follows: ENROLLED BILL AND JOINT RESOLUTION SIGNED. Resolved, That the Committee on Appropriations be authorized to have printed and bound all documents for the use of said committee that it may The joint resolution (S. R. 13) granting the State of Pennsylva deem necessary in connection with subjects in relation to appropriations be nia permission to use the United States court-houses at Scranton, ing considered, or to be considered, by the Said committee during the Fifty fourth Congress. Pa., and at Williamsport, Pa., having been found truly enrolled, The resolution was adopted. was signed by the Speaker. On motion of Mr. CANNON of lllinois, a motion to reconsider A bill (H. R. 2173)making an appropriation for the expenses of the vote by which the resolution was adopted was laid on the a commission to investigate and report on the true divisional line table. between the Republic of Venezuela and British Guiana, having LEAVE TO SIT DURING SESSION OF THE HOUSE. been found truly enrolled, was also signed by the Speaker. The motion of Mr. DINGLEYwas then agreed to; and the House Mr. CANNON of illinois. Mr. Speaker, I also ask present con accordingly (at 12 o'clock and 53 minutes) adjourned until Mon sideration for the resolution which I send to the desk. day next. The resolution was read, as follows: Resolved, That the Committee on Appropriations, or such of the subcom PUBLIC BILLS, MEMORIALS, AND RESOLUTIONS. mittees as they m ay designate, shall have leave to sit during the sessions of the House during the Fifty-fourth Congress. Under clause 3 of Rule XXIT, bills, resolutions, and memorials The resolution was adopted. of the following titles were introduced and severally referred a8 On motion of Mr. CANNON of illinois, a motion to reconsider follows: the vote by which the resolution was adopted was laid on the By Mr.. CURTIS of Iowa: A bill (H. R. 2551) to provide revenua table. for the Government, and for other purposes-to the Committee on PRINTING FOR THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. Ways and Means. By Mr. McCALL of Massa.chusetts: A bill (H. R. 2552) to con Mr. DINGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask for the present considera solidate mail matter of the third and fourth classes-to the Com tion of the resolution which I send to the desk. mittee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. The resolution was read, as follows: By Mr. BARRETT: A bill (H. R. 2553) to increase the pension Resolved, That the Committee on Ways and Means be authorized to have printed and bound such paper s and documents, for the use of said commit of those who receive $72 per month under act of Congress of tee, as it may deem necessary in connection with subjects considered or to June 16, 1880-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. be £onsidered by said co=ittee during the Fifty-fourth Congress. By Mr. MONDELL: A bill (H. R. 2554) providing for the man The resolution was adopted. ner of making application for patent on mineral placer lands On motion of Mr. DINGLEY, a motion to reconsider the·vote where same are located upon surveyed lands of the United States by which the resolution was adopted was laid on the table. to the Committee on Mines and Mining. 286 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 21,
Also, a bill (H. R. 2555) providing for proofs of the discovery of tilda Flanigan, late widow of Moses Waters, deceased-to the mineral on placer mining claims-to the Committee on Mines and Committee on Military Affairs. Mining. By Mr. BARRETT: A bill (H. R. 2578) to refer the claim of the Also, a bill (H. R. 2556) to amend the fourth section of the act owners of the brig Tally-Ho to the Court of Claims-to the Com entitled "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses mittee on Claims. of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895," By Mr. BAKER of New Hampshire: A bill (H. R. 2579) for the approved August 18, 1894-to the Committee on Irrigation of Arid relief of Isaac W. Busey-to the Committee on Claims. Lands. By Mr. BROWN: A bill (H. R. 2580) for the relief of the estate By Mr. COOPER of Florida: A bill (H. R. 2557) to provide for of John Deady, d'eceased, late of Hamilton County, Tenn.-to the settlement of titles and disposition of public lands in the Arre Committee on War Claims. dondo grant in Columbia County, Fla.-to the Committee on the Also, a bill (H. R. 2581) forthereliefof 0. H.P. Wayne, of Ham· Public Lands. ilton County, Tenn.-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. RUSSELL of Connecticut: A bill (H. R. 2558) making Also, a bill (H. R. 2582) for the relief of Martin Van Buren Mc app.,ropriation for a statue of the late Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick, Reynolds, of Warren Qounty, Tenn.-to the Committee on Mili in the city of Washington, D. C.-to the CommitteeontheLibrary. tary Affairs. By Mr. COLSON: A bill (H. R. 2559) for the relief of the Ken Also, a bill (H. R. 2583) for the relief of Matilda Witt, of Mon tucky State Militia and ProVIsional Kentucky Militia-to the Com roe County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Pensions. mittee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2584) for the relief of the estate of Josiah By Mr. MURPHY of Arizona: A bill (H. R. 2560) to amend an J. Bryan, deceased, late of Hamilton County, Tenn,-to the Com act entitled "An act to establish circuit courts of appeals, and to mittee on War Claims. define and regulate in certain cases the jurisdiction of the courts Also, a bill (H. R. 2585) for the relief of Joseph Ruohs, of Ham of the United States, and for other purposes," approved March 3, ilton County, Tenn.-to the Committee on War Claims. 1891-to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. COLSON: A bill (H. R. 2586) for the relief of Mrs. Mar By Mr. CATRON: A bill (H. R. 2561) to establish a court of tha Noe, nee Blanton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. appeals for the Territories of Arizona, New Mexico, and Okla Also, a bill (H. R. 2587) for the relief of :Mrs. Edward Luster, homa-to the Committee on the Judiciary. of Cumberland City, Clinton County, Ky.-t{) the Committee on By l\h·. BREWSTER: A bill (H. R. 2562) fixing the rates of Invalid Pensions. . duty on importations of vegetable ivory buttons-to the Com Also, a bill (H. R. 2588) for the relief of William Hobbs-to the mittee on Ways and Means. · Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. CUMMINGS: A bill (H.R.2563) to provide for the Also, a bill (H. R. 2589) for the relief of L. D. Hutchison-to the enrollment and organization of naval reserve forces-to the Com- Committee on Claims. mittee on Naval Affairs. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2590) for the relief of Mrs. Mary C. Stokes, of By Mr. MADDOX: A bill (H. R. 2564) to amend the judiciary Edmonton,MetcalfeCounty,Ky.-totheCommitteonWarClaims. act of August 13, 1888-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, a bill (H.R.2591) for the relief of Mrs. Parmelia Smyth, By Mr. SOUTHWICK: A bill (H.R.2565) to amend an act of Casey County, Ky.-to the Committee on War Claims. entitled "An act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Also, a bill (H. R. 2592) fo1· the relief of Mrs. Fannie R. Pierce, Government, and for other purposes "-to the Committee on of Cane Valley, Adair County, Ky.-to the Committee on War Ways and Means. Claims. By Mr. CATRON: A bill (H. R. 2566) to approve an act of the Also, a bill (H. R. 2593) for the relief of W. B. Estes, of Rock legislative assembly of the Territory of New Mexico entitled "An holds, Whitley County, Ky.-totheCommittee on Military Affairs. act to create a county court "-to the Committee on the Ten-itories. By Mr. CODDING: A bill (H. R. 2594) to remove the charge of By Mr. CURTIS of Kansas: A bill (H. R. 2567) to enter on the desertion against David G. Lamb-to the Committee on Military pension roll all officers, noncommissioned officers, soldiers, sailors, Affairs. and marines awarded medals of honor for gallant and distin By Mr. CURTIS of New York: A bill (H. R. 2595) granting a. guished service under the act of Congress approved March 3, pension to Mary H. Woodward, widow of Commander Edwin T. 1863-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Woodward, late of the United States Navy, retired-to the Com By Mr. COLSON: A bill (H. R. 2568) authorizing the construc mittee on Invalid Pensions. tion of a road from the Mills Springs National Cemetery, in Pulaski By Mr. CURTIS of Kansas: A bill (H. R. 2596) for the relief of County, Ky., to the town of Somerset, in said county-to the JohnS. Friend, of Eldorado, State of Kansas-to the Committee Committee on Military Affairs. on Indian Affairs. By Mr. McEWAN: A bill (H. R. 2569) to provide for the erec Also, a bill (H. R. 2597) for the relief of the heirs of the late J. tion of a public building at Jersey City, N. J.-to the Committee R. Wasson-to the Committee on War Claims. on Public Buildings and Grounds. Also, a bill (H. R. 2598) granting a pension to Ayers Cochran, By Mr. BROSIUS: A bill (H. R. 2570) to increase the circulation of Lebo, Kans.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of national banks-to the Committee on Banking and Cun·ency. Also, a bill (H. R. 2599) for the relief of Mrs. John D. Gibson By Mr. HADLEY: A bill (H. R. 2571) to prevent the carrying -to the Committee on War Claims. of obscene literatm·e and articles designed for indecent and im Also, a bill (H. R. 2600) to define the status and for the relief of moral use from one State or Territory into another State or Ter the heirs or legal representatives of certain recruits for the Four ritory-to the Committee on the Judiciary. teenth Kansas Cavalry Volunteers who were killed at Lawrence, By Mr. BAKER of New Hampshire: A bill (H.R.2572) to limit Kans., August 21, 1863, by guerrillas-to the Committee on Mili the redemption of United States notes, and for other pm-poses-to tary Affairs. the Committee on Banking and Currency. • Also, a bill (H. R. 2601) for the relief of D. E. Kelsey-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2573) to .empower the Interstate Commerce Committee on War Claims. Commission to control sleeping cars, and for other purposes-to By Mr. ELLIOTT of South Carolina: A bill (H. R. 2602) for the the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. relief of Solomon Hyams-to the Committee on Pensions. Also,· a bill (H. R. 2574) to provide for the payment of certain By Mr. GIBSON: A bill (H. R. 2603) for the relief of William duties in gold, and for other purposes-to the Committee on Ways Stephenson Smith-to the Committee on Military Affairs. and Means. By Mr. GRAFF: A bill (H. R. 2604) to increase the pension of By Mr. CODDING: Joint resolution (H. Res. 48) authorizing Caroline A. Hough, widow of Brig. Gen. JohnHough-to the Com the Secretary of War to deliver condemned cannon to Watkins mittee on Invalid Pensions. Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Towanda, Pa.-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2605) granting pension to Henry V. Andrews, Committee on Military Affairs. of Fulton County, lll., a survivor of the Black Hawk war-to the By Mr. SPERRY: Joint resolution (H. Res. 49) concerning Committee on Pensions. completion of breakwater and dredging of the Housatonic River By Mr. HARMER: A bill (H. R. 2606) for the relief of Capt. in Connecticut-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Martin Hammer-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. HALL: Joint resolution (H. Res. 50) proposing an By Mr. HULL: A bill (H. R. 2607) to pay to-- Blue for amendment to the Constitution-to the Committee on the grain and stock taken from him by United States troops in July, Judiciary. 1864-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. KENDALL: A bill (H. R. 2608) for the relief of James 0. Bryant, of Johnson County, Ky.-to the Committee on Invalid PRIVATE BILLS, ETC. Pensions. Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills of the following Also, a bill (H. R. 2609) removing charge of desertion from John titles were presented and referred a.s follows: Ward-to the Committee on ~filiy Affairs. By Mr. BARHAM: A bill (H. R. 2575) for the relief of Chester Also, a bill (H. R. 2610) for the relief of A. H. Sympson-to the B. Sweet, of California-to the Committee on Claims. Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2576) for the relief of A. Berding or A. Berd Also, a bill (H. R. 2611) to place on the pension roll the name ing & Co., of California--to the Committee on Claims. of Mrs. S. A. Farley, of Newcombe,Ky.-to the Committee on By Mr. BLUE: A bill (H. R. 2577) for the relief of Mary Ma- Invalid Pensions.
, 1895. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 287
. Also, a bill (H. R. 2612) for the relief o~ B. L. ~avis, of Johnson To 1\Ir. SHUFORD, for ten days, on account of sickness in his County, Ky.~to the Committee on Invalid Pens10ns. . family. . . · Also, a bill (H. R. 2613) removing the charge ~f desertw~ ~om To Mr. CuLP, until after the holidays, on account of 1mportant the record of John T. Faulkner-to the Comnnttee on Military business. . To Mr. W .ASHINGTON, for two days, on account of unportant Affairs. . to ff t th By Mr. MAGUIRE: A bill (H. R. 2614) to carry rn e ec . e busine~. . findings of the Court o£ Cla:ims in the c~.ses of ~dward N. Fish To Mr. SORG, for ten days~ on account of importa:nt bus1D:ess .. and others for supplies fnrmshed the Indian serviCe-to the Com- . To Mr. DocKERY, indefimtely, on acconnt of sickness rn hiS mittee on Claims. . . family. By Mr. :MEIKLEJOHN: A bill (H.R.2615) to place ~illiam DUTIES ON WOOL, COTTON, ETC. T. Dodge on the 1·etired list of the Army-to the Comnnttee on Mr. DANFORD. Mr. Speaker, I desire to introduce a bil~ ~ :Military Affairs. . . levy and collect duties on wool,. hair, sheep, and cotton. ~~IS By 1\Ir. MONDELL: A bill (H. R. 2616) for the relief of Co~nelia substantially the bill of the National Wool Gr_owers' Assoc1atwn. De Peyster Black, widow of liem·y M. Blac~, late colone~ m the I ask that the bill be referred to the Committee on Ways and United States Army, deceased-to the Committee on Invalid Pen- Means. · sions. ti ·. t The title of the bill was read. By Mr. PRINCE: A bill (H. R. 2617) gran ng a penswn o The SPEAKER. This bill will be referred to the Committee Nicholas H. Adams-to the Committee on Pensions. . on Ways and Means; but the Chair understands that under the By Mr. WILLIAM A. STONE: A bill (H. R. 2618) ~anting rules of the House these bills should ordinarily be handed to the honorable discharge to Andrew V. Sende-:-to the Comm1ttee on Speaker's clerk. Military Affairs. The bill (H. R. 2623) was read twice, referred to the Committee By Mr. SOUTHARD: A bill (H. R. 261~) to correct the reco!d on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. of muster and discharge of Francis A. Kitchen-to the Commit tee on Military Affairs. BUSINESS OF C01liMITTEE ON ELECTIONS. By Mr. TAYLER: A bill (H. R. 2620) to place th.e name of La~ Mr. DANIELS. I have a resolution which I desire to offer. retta S. Prince on the pension roll-to the Committee on Invalid The Clerk read as follows: Pensions. . J w b t Resolved, That each Committee on.Electionsshall b~autborized to appo~t Also, a bill (H. R. 2621) toincreaseth!3pens10nof a:ne e ~ er, a clerk; also, that each of said committees be autbpnzed and allowed .to s1t widow of Joel Webster-to the Comm1ttee on Invalid Penswns. during the sessions of the House; also, that the chau"'D.en of such comDllttees By Mr. BLACK of New York: A bill(~. R. 2622) to~ncreas~ the shall have power to divide the contested-election contests as nearly as may pension of William Shelley-to the Committee oninvalidPens10ns. be between the several committees. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration PETITIONS, ETC. of this resolution? · Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, the following petitions and papers Mr. CRISP. There is no objection to its consideration, but I wtre laid on the Clerk~ s desk and referred as follows: should like to ask the gentleman from New York a question. By :Mr. BARRETT: Petit~on. of the M~sachusetts Ship Canal Does he not think that in the distribution of cases among these Company, asking an appropnation for a ship c.a~al from ~assachu several committees some of the minority members ought to be setts Bay to Nantucket Sound-to the Comnnttee on Rivers and consulted. The ordinary method has been, there having been Harbors. · only one committee! for the Speaker to refer thes~