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Also, petition of citizens of Olathe, Colo., against the seating of By Mr. SMALL: Petition of S. M. Beasley, of Carricut County, B. H. Roberts, of Utah-to the Special Committee on the B. H. J.B. Etheridge, and many citizens of North Carolina, relating to Roberts Case. surfmen of the United States life-saving station-to the Commit By Mr. BROSIUS: Resolutions of farmers' institutes of New tee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Holland, Quarryville, and Gap, Pa., and the Agricultural and Hor By Mr. SNODGRASS: Petition of Mary J. Maxey, widow of J. ticultural Society of Lancaster, Pa., urging legislation in aid of J.-Maxey, deceased, for reference of war claims to the Court of American merchant marine-to the Committee on the Merchant Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. Marine and Fisheries. By Mr. STEWART of Wisconsin: Resolutions of California By Mr. CATCHINGS: Petition of Antonia Q. Lovell and others, Citrus Growers' Tariff Committee, against the reduction of tariff for compensation for nseof their real estate occupied by the Army, rates on citrus fruits as proposed in pending reciprocity treaties and evidence-to the Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. COWHERD: Papers to accompany bill for the relief of By Mr. THROPP: Papers to accompany House bill relating to Decatur Hamlin-to the Committee on War Claims. the claim of the United Brethren Church of Christ, in Tyrone, By Mr. DALZELL: Papers to accompany Honse bill granting Pa.-to the Committee on War Claims. a pension to David S. Taylor-to the Committee on Invalid Pen By Mr. WRIGHT: Petitions of 12 railway postal clerks and 11 sions. citizens of the Fifteenth Congressional district of Pennsylvania, Also, papers to accompany House bill to increase the pension of to reclassify railway postal clerks and prescribe 'their salaries-to Mrs. Kate 0. Phillips-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. By Mr. FITZGERALD of Massachusetts: Resolution of the Cen Also, petition of post-office clerks at Towanda, Pa., in favor of tral Labor Union of Washington, D. C., in opposition to section 3 the passage of House bill No. 4351-to the Committee on the Post-· of House bill No. 5486-to the Committee on the Census. Office and Post-Roads. Also, resolution of the Springfield, Mass., Board of Trade, favor By Mr. YOUNG of Pennsylvania: Petition of druggists of the ing the passage of Honse bill No. 887, in the interest of manufac Thirty-seventh Ward, Philadelphia, Pa., relating to the stamp tax turing and commercial industries-to the Committee on Ways and on medicines, etc.-to the Committee on Ways and Means. Means. By Mr. GAMBLE: Petition of the employees of the Yankton, S. Dak., post-office, favoring the passage of House bill No. 4351- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Also, evidence to accompany House bill No. 1944, for the relief SATURDAY, January 20, 1900. of Eli C. Walton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. GRAHAM: Memorial of the New York Chamber of Com The Honse met at 12 o'clock m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. merce, in favor of the increase of coast artillery-to the Commit- HENRY N. COUDEN, D. D. tee on Military Affairs. . The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and Also, resolutions of the Philadelphia Board of Trade, favoring approved. the appointment of a commission to study and report upon the in M E~ 1.A GE FROM THE SENATE, dustrial and commercial conditions of China-t-0 the Committee A message from the Senate, by Mr. PLATT, one of its clerks, on Foreign Affairs. announced that the Senate had passed bills of the following titles; By Mr. GREEN of Pennsylvania: Petition of C. I. Miller and in which the concurrence of the House of Representatives was others, of Reading, Pa., against the seating of B. H. Roberts, of requested: Utah-to the Special Committee on the B. H. Roberts Case. S. 1933. An act to provide an American register for the steam By Mr. GRIFFITH: Papers and amendment relating to Honse whaler Bowhead; bill No. 6327, for the payment of certajn. claims of John Schierling, S. 255. An act to ratify an agreement with the Indians of the administrator of the estate of Gallus Kerchner, deceased-to the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, in Idaho, and making appropria Committee on Claims. tions to carry the same into effect; and By Mr. GROSVENOR: Petition of citizens of Meigs County, S. 1484. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to cbanga Ohio, in favor of rural free mail delivery-to the Committee on the material to be used in the construction of the dry docks ai the Post-Office and Post-Roads. the navy-yards at League Island, Pa., and Mare Island, Cal., from Also, papers in support of Honse bill for the relief of Eliza timber to concrete and stone. Power-to the Committee on Pensions. THE CASE OF BRIGHAM H. ROBERTS, REPRESENTATIVE FROM UTAH, Also, paper to accompany House bill for the relief of Rachel E. Edwards-to the Committee on Pensions. Mr. TAYLER of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I present the report of Also, papers to accomp~ny House bill for the relief of David L. the Special Committee on the Case of Brigham H. Roberts, together Rathbun-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. with a resolution pertaining thereto, and I give notice that I will Also, papers to accompany Honse bill for the relief of S. W. call it up on Tuesday next. Fountain-to the Committee on Claims. 'Ihe SPEAKER. The gentleman from Ohio 'presents a privi By Mr. HAUGEN: Protests of citizens of Locust, churches of leged report on the case of Brigham H. Roberts, and gives notice Volga City, and the faculty of Charles City College, all in the that he will call the same up for consideration on Tuesday next. State of Iowa, against the seating of B. H. Roberts, of Utah-to The Clerk will read the title of the report. the Special Committee on the B. H. Roberts Case. The Clerk read as follows: By Mr. HAWLEY: Petition of post-office clerks at Galveston, Mr. TAYLER of Ohio, from the Special Committee on the Case of Brigham Tex., favoring the passage of House bill No. 4351, for the reclassi H. Roberts, Representative-elect from the State of Utah, presents the follow fication of postal clerks-to the Committee on the Post-Office and ing report. Post-Roads. The SPEAKER. The report will be printed and placed upon By Mr. KNOX: Papers to accompany House bill No. 5385, re the House Calendar. ferring to the Court of Claims a certain claim for the use Of hook Mr. LITTLEFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I beg leave to submit the attachments for firearms-to the Committee on Claims. . views of the minority. By Mr. LOUDENSLAGER: Petitions of W. C. Cattell and Mr. TAYLER of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent others, of Wenonah, N. J., and James S. Fenton, of Pennsgrove, that 5,000 copies of the report, with the views of the minority, be N. J., favoring the establishment of postal savings banks-to the printed for the use of the Honse. Committee on Banking and Currency. · The SPEAKER. The views of the minority will be printed By Mr. NEVILLE: Paper to accompany House bill granting a with the report of the majority. The gentleman from Ohio asks pension to Mary L. Underhill-to t:tie Committee on Invalid Pen that 5,000 copies of the report of the majority and minority views sions. be printed for the use of the Honse. By Mr. RIDGELY: Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the Mr. LACEY. I suggest to the gentleman i.f it would not be mayor and councilmen of Baxter Springs, Kans.; Baxter Post, well to have the resolution and that of the minority, whatever it No. 123, Grand Army of the Republic, of Baxter Springs, andlet may be, printed in the RECORD? ter of Samuel H. Smith, for an appropriation for the improvement Mr. TAYLER of Ohio. I see no reason why that should not be of a public highway from River street, Baxter Springs, to the done. national cemetery, west of the city-to the Committee on Appro- Mr. RICHARDSON. I would suggest to the gentleman from ~~~ . Ohio and the House whether it would not be better to have the Also, petition of Thomas Caldwell, praying reference of his war copies of the views of the majority and the minority printed and claim to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. put in the folding room for distribution instead of the document By Mr. RIXEY: Papers to accompany Honse bill granting an room, so that they will be apportioned to members. increase of pension to Gustav Rienecker, of Alexandria, Va.-to The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Ohio asks unanimous the Committee on Invalid Pensions. consent that there be printed 5,000 copies of the report of the ma By Mr. SHERMAN: Papers to accompany bill granting a pen jority and the views of the minority, and that the copies shall be sion to Philip Schrier-to the Committee on Pensions. distributed to members through the folding room of the House. 1900. - ·CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 1013
Is there objection? [After a pause.) The Chair hears none, and of way 100 feet in width through said Fort Reno aJ?.d Fort Sill ;military re.ser it is so ordered. vations and a rie:ht to take and use a strip of land m each of said reservations 200 feet in width with a length of 3,000 feet, in addition to right of way, for The following is the resolution in the majority report: stations with th~ right to use such additional ground when cuts and fills may be necessary. for the construction and maintenance of the roadbed, not Resolved, That under the facts and circumstances of this case Brigham H. exceeding 100 feet in width on ea.ch side of said right of way, or as much Roberts Representative-elect from the State of Utah, ought not to have or thereof as may be included in said cut or fill: P1·ovided, That no part of the hold a s~t in the House of Representatives, and that the seat to which he was elected is hereby declared vacant. lands herein authorized to be taken shall be leased or sold by the company, and they shall not be used except in such manner. and for st;ch purp!>ses ~s ROBERT W. TAYLER. shall be necessary for the construction and convement operation of said rail CHARLES B. LANDIS. way, telegraph, and telephone lines; and when an.Y portion thereof sha:µ cease PAGE MORRIS. ROMEO H. FREER. to be used, such portion shall revert to the Umted States, from which the SMITH McPHERSON. same sha.U have been taken. SAMUEL W. T. LANHAM. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Iowa asks unanimous ROBERT W. MIERS. consent for the present consideration of the bill which has just The following is the resolution submitted in the views of the been read. Is there objection? . minority: Mr. PAYNE. Reserving all rights, Mr. Speaker, I want t_o ask Resolved, That Brigham H. Roberts, having been duly elec~d a Repr~nt the gentleman if the bill has been reported from any committee? a.tive in the Fifty-sixth Congress from the State of ptah,_ with the qualli!ca. Mr. HULL. It has been unanimously reported from the Com tions requisite for admission to the House ~s such, 15 entitled, as a ~onst1tu mittee on Military Affairs. The Secretary of War reported t_hat tional right to take the oath of officeprescr1bedformembers-elect,hisstatus as a polygami It may be well to say to the members of the House that in the Mr. RICHARDSON. If I understan.d the gentleman, this re.. consideration given by the committee to this matter in 1898 they port now made is concurred in by the minority members of the took extensive testimony and were unanimously of the opinion committee as well as the majority. that concrete and stone dry docks were the best that could be Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. That is correct, and it is concurred built, but for reasons of economy considered that the timber dry in by the Senate committee and unanimously passed by the Senate. docks were advisable. They were led to that conclusion from the Mr. DE VRIES. As I understand it, nothing has been expended facts submitted to them as to the relative cost of the two kinds of by way of construction on the wooden docks, and therefore this dry docks. They believed that a stone dry dock of the dimen change from wood to stone involves no loss in money whatsoever sions asked for would cost from a million and three-quarters to to the Government, because no damage has been done. It means to two millions and a quarter of dollars. However, the facts of simply an increase of expenditure to secure a better dock, without the case are that since then proposals have been asked for by the the loss of a cent to the Government. Secretary of the Navy, and the dry dock at Boston has been con Mr. RICHARDSON, It is to correct an error made, I suppose, tracted for at a cost of $1,013,000, and the one at Portsmouth, by the Department, in 1898, in recommending wooden docks in N. H., has been contracted for at a cost of $1,089,000. stead of stone docks. So far as I am concerned, Mr. Speaker, I Mr. RICHARDSON. Will the gentleman allow me to ask him have no objection to the consideration of the bill. I understand when these wooden dry docks were ordered? some gentlemen of the minority of the committee desire to give Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. In 1898. The cost of these two stone expression to their views when the measure is under considera- dry docks will be $2,102,000, or about the amount that was sup tion, but I imagine there will be no objection to considering it. posed by the committee at that time to be necessary for the con The SPEAKER. The Chair would like to know of the gentle struction of one dry dock. The Secretary of the Navy, being man from New Jersey if he desires the consideration of the Senate compelled to follow out the instructions of the act of 1898, has bill? submitted proposals and received bids for the construction of Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. I do. these two dry docks of timber, the one to be located at League The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration Island and the other at Mare Island, but there is a clause in each of the Senate bill? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none, and contract which specifies that these dry docks may be changed the question is on the third reading of the bill. from timber to concrete if the Secretary of the Navy be author Mr. WHEELER of Kentucky. A parliamentary inquiry. ized to do so, and that no damage shall occur to the Government The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it. by virtue of that change, and no increased cost, except such as Mr. WHEELER of Kentucky. Ought we not to vote to adopt may be determined by a board of naval officers, three of whom the amendment to the bill before we proceed further? There is shall be engineers. Now, these contracts having been entered an amendment to the bill. into, the Secretary of the Navy being anxious that the change Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. I would just rny for the benefit of shall be made, and the Naval Committee, who have given this the gentleman from Kentucky, who is my colleague on the com matter consideration, believing that it is for the best interests of mittee, that the Senate bill embodies the amendment made by the the Government and the most economical, have asked that this House committee. legislation be passed in order that the change may be made, so as Mr. WHEELER of Kentucky. The amendment agreed on in not to makeanyincreasedcostto the Government by virtue of the the committee? delay. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. It is exactly the same. It is in the If any other information is desired, I shall be glad to furnish it. Senate bill, and it disposes of the lecislation. I might add that, believing some of the members might feel that Mr. WHEELER of Kentucky. Th~ Clerk in reading the bill there might be some cause for damage or expense to the Govern read it as originally reported from the Senate, and then read it as ment by virtue of the contracts having been entered into, I have amended in the Senate? obtained and have in my possession a letter from the contractors, Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. He may have read the House bill as in answer to one that I sent to them, wherein they state that no amended in the committee. The Senate bill is the Honse bill as work has been performed and no materials furnished for these it was amended in the committee. I compared it, with my clerk. contracts save such work and materials a.s would be necessary to The bill was ordered to a third reading; and it was accordingly enter into the construction of the docks whether they be built of read the third time and passed. timber or of stone, and hence no damage can come to the Govern On motion of Mr. LOUDENSLAGER, a motion to reconsider ment, nor do they ask for any compensation by virtue of the the vote by which the bill was passed was laid on the table. change, except so much as will come by reason of the change in Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con the kind of m,aterial, from wood to concrete and stone. sent that the House bill on the same subject lie on the table. Mr. FOSS. I should like to ask the gentleman to state, for the There was no objection, and it was so ordered. benefit of the House, the time within which this change in the Mr. !,OUDENSLAGER. I ask unanimous consent that the re contracts must be made. That would show the urgency of this port from the House committee and a letter from the contractors legislation at this time. be printed with my i·emarks in the RECORD, so that the facts may Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. This change is desired to be made be fully known. before the 13th day of February next, and that is the necessity The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New Jersey asks unani for this legislation now. While some of the members thought it mous consent to supplement his remarks by the printing of the best to let it come in on the regular appropriation bill, I can say report and a certain letter. Is there objection? [After a pause.] that it will cost the Government no more, nor will the money be The Chair hears none. expended any sooner, by the passage of the resolution at this time. The report and letter referred to are as follows: The only object of this legislation is to enable the Secretary of DRY DOCKS AT LE.AGUE ISLAND, PA., A.ND ltA.BE ISLA.ND, CAL. the Navy to make the changes and modify the contract so as to Mr. LOUDENSLAGER, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the provide for building the dry docks of concrete and stone and to following report: make that change before any delay shall be occasioned which will The Committee on Naval Affairs to whom was referred the bill (H. R. i026) to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to change the material to be be a ground for expense or cost to the Government. used in the construction of the drf docks at the na.vy·ya.rds at League Island, Mr. RICHARDSON. I could not catch the gentleman's state Pa., and Mare Island, Cal., from timber to concrete a.nd stone, beg leave to ment as to the additional expense which is to be imposed on the submit the following report: The Secretary of the Navy, urging the speedy consideration and passage Government by reason of the change which the gentleman seeks. of this bill, submitted the following: Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Noadditionale~nse, except for the NAVY DEPARTMENT, difference in the material furnished. Washington, D. O., JanuaryB, 1900. Mr. RICHARDSON. How much is that? About how much is SIR: I have the honor to state that the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and the increase in this expense by reason of this error or mistake in Docks reports in relation to the proposed change of material to be used in the construction of the dry docks at the navy.yards at League Island, Pa., the Department, or in the legislation of 1898? How much addi and Mare Island, Cal., from timber to concrete and stone, that the condition tional expense is to be imposed on the Government by the change of the work under the contracts for these docks is such "that it would be practicable to make a. change in the construction without modifying the or modification now contemplated? work already done or involving any increase of cost because of the abandon Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. The limit of the increase of cost is ment of the work a.lready done. The change proposed jn the bill (H. R. 4026) $350,000. The original limit was $825,000. The present cost of should be ma.de because of the advantages to the Government of th.a con the two stone dry docks already contracted for at Boston and at struction contemplated. A dry dock constructed of stone and concrete is greatly superior to one of timber, because of its permanence." Portsmouth is $1,089,000 and $1,013,000, respectively. The dry Reporting further in the premises, the Chief of the Bureau referred to has docks at Portsmouth and Boston are of the same size and to be submitted the following, viz: constructed in the same manner, but the less cost of the dry dock "Dry docks built of timber are found by the Government's experience to be structures of a temporary character, requiring very extensive repairs at Portsmouth is due to the fact that it is located nearer the after the lapse of a few years, and frequently these repairs amount to a re quarries from which the stone is furnished; hence the cost of construction of the work, while dry docks of stone or concrete masonry are the delivery of the raw material is not so great. Now, these two permanent structures, requiring very slight repairs. The frequent repairs to timber dry docks a.re very di.Sa.dvantageous, because extensive repairs or contracts can not cost more than the limit fixed, and the increase renewals throw the dry dock out of use for long periods of time, which results in the limit is $350,000. The Department, however, believe that in very grea. t inconvenience to the naval service when, as at the present they can be built for $1,100,000 or less. time, the number of dry docks in the Navy is very small, and particularly 1900. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. - 1015 when the urgent need of their services, as in time of war, would render such Mr. LENTZ. I may want to object. I reserve the 1ight to ob unreliable dry docks intolerable. The experience of the Government has shown that while slight repairs to a timber dry dock can be made without ject until I hear an explanation from the gentleman from Iowa. serious interruption in their use, the extensive repairs which are inevitable Mr. HULL. Mr. Speaker, as I said before, this bill is supple after the lapse of comparatively few years take them out of service for mentary to legislation had by the House and by Congress grant docking vessels for long periods of time. The masonry dry docks, on the contrary, require very slight and infrequent repairsi and these do not take ing a right of way to the Rock Island Railroad through the Ter them out of service for docking ships. In only a sing e instance in the naval ritory of Oklahoma. The Congress of the United States believed service has a masonry dry dock been thrown out of service for any consider that they had given ample power to the road to construct this road able time on account of repairs. "Again, the peculiar and dangerous failures to which large and deep tim through the entire Territory; but on the line of road there are two ber dry docks such.as used in the Navy a.re liable involve great risk to very large military reservations, and the Secretary of War held that costly vessels, and, indeed, in some instances to the lives of those employed in Congress had not given in the general law the right of way through the docks. The timber becomes decayed, and the construction is such that those reservations, and that he could not give it except as author its hold upon the earth, which is never great, is liable to be much lessened from the removal or loosening of the soil due to leaka~e, and both conspire ized by the Congress of the United States. to render its resistance to the hydrostatic pressure, which is always present, The bill follows in its language substantially the same terms as precarious. When failure occurs it is liable to involve vital parts of the originally the bill passed by Congress. It grants 100 feet right of structure and to be extensive in its limits, and therein lies the great danger of extensive and costly injury to the dock and to what it may contain. Risks way; it grants 300 feet where the stations are located. I want to say of this kind are not inherent in masonry dry docks. to the House that the right of way and the stations must be ap "While the first cost of a timber dry dock is much less than that of on.a of proved by the Secretary of War before they can locate the stations masonry, the ultimate cost is greater. To keep a timber dry dock in good repair and safe condition requires large outlays after the lapse of a few or locate their right of way. The War Department has reserved years, and almost complete renewal takes place before many have elapsed. to itself the entire control of the road as it goes through these The timber dry docks belonging to the Navy, of which we now have six, the reservations, and the Secretary of War reported the bill back to oldest being only ten years of age, are proving to be very costly structures to maintain, far exceeding in this respect the masonry docks. In the pa.st us with the statement that there could be no objection to the ten years the Navy has spent upon the four of its timber dry docks in use passage of the bill. My idea is that it simply enables the people from four to ten years for current repairs to those portions distinctive of living on each side of these reservations to have a road built into timber dry docks eight times as much as has been spent similaTly upon its four masonry dry docks during the same period, and this comparison ex- their communities, and that Congress would gladly grant them . eludes the extraordinary repairs to timber dock No. 3 at the New York that power. I yield a minute to my friend from Oklahoma. Navy-Yard, which failed immediately after its acceptance, and those of large Mr. SNODGRASS. I would like to ask the gentleman a ques extent in progress upon timber dock No. 2 at New York and upon the timber dock at League Island, Pa. tion. "The stone and concrete docks can be built ·m a period of time little Mr. HULL. Will you wait a minute until the gentleman from greater than that consumed in constructing timber dry docks. Oklahoma makes a statement? And then, if necessary, I will yield "Altogether1 the superiority of masonry dry docks for the naval service for a question. over those of timber is so manifest in the matters of permanence, safety, cost, and readiness for service at all times, and so fully proven in its experi Mr. FLYNN. Mr. Speaker, it was always cnstomaryuntil last ence, that the Bureau strongly hopes that Congress will authorize the modi Congress, whenever a railroad desired to build through the Indian fication contemplated in this bill." The Department concurs fully in the foregoing, and accordingly commends or Oklahoma Territory, there being so much of Indian reserva the bill to the favorable consideration of the committee. In this connection tions and allotments, to come to Congress for the right of way. attention is invited to the views of the Department, as contained in my an These requests became so numerous-in fact, almost every morn nual report to the President for the fiscal year ending June- 30 last, page 38, ing unanimous consent was asked to pass some special right on this subject, and to the extended remarks of the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks thereon in his annual report to the Department for the of way bill-that Congress took up the subject and passed a same Qeriod, page 37 et seq. (marked copies herewith). general bill which gave the authority to grant this rignt to the Very respectfully, Interior Department, subject to such rules and regulations as JOHN D. LONG, Secretary. Hon. GEORGE EDMUND Foss, they might make. I was unaware until this bill was introduced Acting Chairman Committee on Naval Affairs, that the authority did not also include military reservations. House of Representatives. Now, the situation out there is this: Here is a railroad that has In view of the above facts, and the further fact that the contracts for the built in my Territory during the last year probably a hundred building of these two dry docks contain a clause which permits the Govern miles of road. They are up against a military reservation, which ment to change and modify the plans and specifications, as well as the con tract, so that said ·dry docks shall be constructed as concrete and stone dry they must traverse in order to reach the State of Texas. docks instead of as timber dry docks, without any loss or damage to the The War Department holds that the general a-ct-and I am con Government by reason of such change, and that such additional cost as may fident that it was an oversight on the part of Congress-failed to be allowed the contractor for the change of material used in such construc tion shall be determined by a board of officers, of whom a.t least three shall confer authority on the Department officers to approve a right of be civil engineers of the Navy, and approved by the Bureau of Yards and way across a military reservation, and consequently there has Dock. · of the reservation. They believed that they could build through Committee on Military Affairs, including every Democrat, and of the reservation under the general authority given them by Con every Republican on the committee. I did not intend to mislead gress, but they were stopped at the reservation by the War Depart the Speaker when I stated that. ment. The War Department recommends us to pass this bill and Mr. LENTZ. I know the gentleman did not intend to mislead give them the power to build through the reservation, after they anybody, and it is not a political question. have complied with the requirements of the Department by filing Mr. HULL. Not at all. the maps and after they have received the approval of the Depart Mr. LENTZ. But I want to know how many 3,000-foot strips ment. on the lines adopted. you can get under this bill? · Mr. SNODGRASS. Is any power reserved in the Department Mr. CURTIS. Under the general law they are limited to one to refuse to grant the privilege of building the road? station in 8 miles. The SPEAKER (rapping for order). There is so much confu Mr. SLAYDEN. Mr. Speaker, there is no doubt but what this sion on the floor that gentlemen can not be heard. Will gentle is merely for the purpose of enabling them to construct railway men please take their seats? · stations at such convenient points as is usual in the building of a Mr. SNODGRASS. I was asking the gentleman if there was railway. There is nothing unusual in this matter. any regulations adopted by the Department that secured any Mr. LENTZ. I want to see what that limitation is. [After ex- guaranty that they would build and occupy the privilege that amining the bill.] Mr. Speaker, I have no further objection. we are asked to grant. The SPEAKER. Is there objection? Mr. FLYNN. All I can say is this: The fact that they are up There was no objection. to the reservation and have made arrangements to build through The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and the adjacent district in Texas, the district of the gentleman who it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. stands before me rMr. STEPHENS], shows that a corporation like On motion of Mr. HULL, a motion to reconsider the last vote this would not as!t for a right of way unless they intended to was laid on the table. carry it out. Mr. HULL. They could not hold it nor transfer it. REGE...~T OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. Mr. SNODGRASS. Could they not hold it indefinitely? Mr. McCLEARY. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee Mr. CURTIS. No; there is a limit in the act. on the Library, I ask unanimous consent for the present conside'f Mr. STEPHENS of Texas. There is a limit in the general act? ation of Senate joint resolution No. 52, to fill a vacancy in the Mr. FLYNN. Yes. Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Mr. SHEPPARD. I object, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Minnesota asks unani Mr. STEPHENS of Texas. I hope the gentleman from Texas mous consent for the present consideration of a Senate joint reso will not object. This is a very important matter to my State. lution which the Clerk will report. Mr. SHEPPARD. Why do you want to give them a right of The joint resolution was read, as follows: way 300 feet wide? Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Mr. STEPHENS of Texas. Because it is necessary where they .America in Congress assembled, That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than members o:t Congress are to put in stations and switches. It only gives 150 feet on each caused by the death of William Preston Johnston, of Louisiana, shall be filled side of the center. by the appointment of Richard Olney, a resident of Massachusetts. Mr. BURKE of Texas. I want to ask the gentleman from Iowa The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera a question. How far does the right of way extend through the tion of the joint resolution? Government reservation? There was no objection. Mr. HULL. I can not answer that, but about 3 miles, I am in Mr. RICHARDSON. I want to ask the gentleman from Min formed. It is only through the military reservation. All else is nesota a question. I understand this is unanimously reported by already granted. the committee. Mr. BURKE of Texas. Does it protect the interests of the Mr. McCLEARY. Unanimously reported bytheLibraryCom GoYernment in this reservation of 300 feet? Suppose they should mittee. strike a coal mine or a mine of gilsonite. . Mr. HITT. And I will say to the gentleman that the Regents Mr. HULL. It does not give them 300 feet for a right of way, of the Smithsonian Institution, as far as I have been able to con but only 100 feet, with 300 feet at stations, and gives the Secretary sult them, are all desu·ous that this resolution pass immediately, of War absolute control over it and a veto of the whole thing. as the annual meeting is approaching. Mr. BURKE of Texas. It simply gives an easement over the The joint resolution was ordered to a third reading; and it was Government land? accordingly read the third time, and passed. Mr. HULL. That is all, and provides that it reverts to the On motion of Mr. McCLEARY, a motion to reconsider the last Government if it is not occupied. vote was laid on the table. Mr. LENTZ. I want to know something about the size of these two reservations. MICHIGAN-LAKE SUPERIOR POWER CANAL, Mr. HULL. I can not give it exactly. Mr. BURTON. Mr. Speaker, I desire to call up House resolu· Mr. FLYNN. One is 3 miles by 10, and the other I do not tion No. 101, reported by the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, know the size of. In all these Indian reservations they reserved and calling for information from the Secretary of War. an area anywhere from about 2 miles square to 5 miles square The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the resolution. for military posts when the Indians were bad down in that coun The resolution was read, as follows: try. The only ones left are this one at Fort Sill and this one at Fort Resolved, That the Secretary of War be requested, if not incompatible with Reno. They are about 3 to 5 miles square. the public interests, to furnish to the House of Representatives all corre Mr. LENTZ. I want to know a little more about this 300 feet spondence and reports now on file in the War Department pertaining to the proposed :{JOWer canal projected by the Michigan-Lake Superior Power Com wide right of way. It says not to exceed 3,000 feet in length. pany and mtended to be constructed in the State of Michigan, from Lake How many are there and why should they be- 300 feet wide; why Superior, above St. Marys Rapids, to a point below said rapids. not 200 feet wide, and why should not the language be "not to The resolution was agreed to. exceed 3,000 feet in length," and why should not that be deter mined by the Secretary of War? CERTAIN CLAIMANTS IN UNITED STATES COURTS. Mr. HULL. It is all determined by the Secretary of War. If Mr. RAY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent the gentleman will read lines 9 ~nd 10 of the bill, he will see that for the present consideration of the bill (H. R. 5493) for the relief it gives the Secretary of War absolute control of it. If you have of claimants having suits against the United States pending in the no station on the reservation, there will only be 100 feet right of circuit and district courts of the United States affected by the act way. Stations may be necessary for the Government, and they of June 27, 1898, amending the act of March 3, 1887. may require it. There will probably be but one station. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New York asks unani· Mr. LENTZ. I do not object to the. station, but I would like mous consent for the present consideration of the bill which will to know how many stations they are going to put there. be reported by the Clerk. Mr. HULL. There wiJI probably be but one. The bill wa-s read, as follows: Mr. LENTZ. I should like to see the language of this bill. We Be it enacted, etc., That no suit sha.ll a.bate or be affected by the act of June Z'l, 1898, entitled "An act to a.mend sections land 2 of the act of March 3, 1887," have no copies of it. which wa.s pending in a.ny circuit court of appeals, circuit or district court of Mr. FLYNN. All that I can say about this matter is from the United States at the time of the passsa.ge of said act; and all such suits past experience-- which have beeu dismissed by r eason of said act shall be restored to their Mr. LENTZ. Well, I shall object unless you show me the bill places in such courts and proceeded with as if the same had not been enacted. itself. ' With the following amendments recommended by the Commit Mr. HULL. This bill was con!?idered by the Committee on tee on the Judiciary: Military Affairs, of which the gentleman from Ohio is a member, In line 7, after the word "any," insert the words "circuit court of appeals." and the reason he does not understand anything about the bill is On page 2, in line l, after the word "enacted," inRert the words: "and -time within which a.n a.pyea.i or writ of error may be taken or prosecuted in any because he did not attend the meeting of the committee. I stated case affected by this a.ct is hereby extended six: months from the Ilassaga to the Speaker that it has the unanimous indorsement of the hereof." 1900. ·CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 1017 The SPEAKER. Is there objection tothepresentconsideration Now, we desire to invest the· inspectors with that power and of the bill? then to plmish the violators of that law, because, as the gentle· Mr. PAYNE. We should like to hear a statement about it. man from Tennessee will understand, the value of the services of :Mr. RICHARDSON. I should like to have an explanation from these applicants for licenses depends largely on the experience the chairman of the Judiciary Committee. · of the men applying for them. If a man has not had the experi Mr. RAY of New York. This bill is unanimously reported from ence that is set forth in his application, then he ought not to be the Committee on the Judiciary, and the necessity for the law is: licensed and can not be, under the law. In 1898 we passed a bill taking jmisdiotion from the circuit and Mr. WHEELER of Kentucky. Will the gentleman allow me district courtR of the United States of certain claims against the to ask him a question? Government made by officers of the Government, and relegating Mr. MINOR. Yes. all such claimants to the Court of Claims. In doing that we had Mr. WHEELER of Kentucky. This provision is applicable to no purpose to abate or discontinue pending suits where the claim the rivers of the United States as well as to other navigable ants had already gone into court, filed their bills, and commenced waters, is it not? their action, and in some cases had obtained judgment. In con Mr. MINOR. So far as pilots and engineers are licensed by the struing the law to which 1 have referred, the question was raised Federal Government. that the passage of the act relegating these claimants to the Court Mr. WHEELER of Kentucky. Now, does not the gentleman of Claims had the effect; to abate and throw out of court actions think the penalty prescribed for misstating the facts in regard to then pending. There has been a diversity of holdings in the United one's experience is somewhat severe? Permit me to call your at States courts on this question. In some places it is held that these tention to the fact that on some of the rivers of the United States actions were abated and could not be further prosecuted, while in it requires no very high degree of intelligence to act as pilot or other circuits or districts it has been held that such actions were engineer. On some of the rivers of the country men are accus not abated under this act and that they can be prosecuted. tomed to ply those rivers with limited experience as pilots and en So, in some localities the claimants have been getting their judg gineers in charge of very small craft; 'and to prescribe a maximum ments and in others they have been thrown out of court. This ·penalty of three years in prison and a maximum fine of $500 is a matter being brought to our attention and to the attention of the little severe. I happen to know something about that class of cit Attorney-General of the United States, he recommended this leg izens, living in a large river district, and I do not think that you islation, and ~l the members of the Judiciary Committee are ought to send a man to the penitentiary for a mere misstatement united in the opinion that it was not intended that the amendment of facts. It occurs to me that the penalty is too severe. referred to should have the effect to abate suits which had already Mr. MINOR. The penalty ought to be severe, But in reply to been commenced. The Attorney-General of the United States.says your question, I would say this, that in my judgment it is a grave that when he recommended the legislation he had no such purpose, offense for an applicant for this license, for the purpose of procur· and his letter is appended to the report of the committee, in which ing such a license, to go before the inspector of steamboats and he favors this legislation. The Democrats and Republicans on the make an affidavit to a complete falsehood, and then, securing the committ.ee are united as to the necessity,.propriety, and justice of license, and his employer having confidence in his ability, which this bill. confidence is based upon his statement of experience, puts in his Mr. RICHARDSON. Has the bill been regularly reported? charge hundreds of precious lives that go down on the rivers as Mr. RAY of New York. Oh, certainly, and the reporthasbeen well as on the lakes. printed and is now in the hands of the Clerk. Mr. WHEELER of Kentucky. Just a moment, if you please. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consid~ration Does not the gentleman understand that often small craft, tugs of the bill? and boats with a very small amount of steam pressure, do not re There was no objection. · quire men of much ability as pilots and engineers, who will not The amendments recommended by the committee were agreed to. be permitted to have a license if they carry passengers at all, and The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read a they may ply up one of these small rivers only 50 or 75 miles, and third time; and it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. have very few passengers? ' On motion of Mr. RAY of NewYork,amotion toreconsiderthe Mr. HULL. If he only plies a short distance, would he need a last vote was laid on the table. license at all? OFFICERS OF STEAM VESSELS. Mr. WHEELER of Kentucky. Every man has to have a license Mr. MINOR. Mr. Speaker, I am directed by the Committee on to carry passengers at all; and I will say to the gentleman, if Merchant Marine and Fisheries to ask unanimous consent for the he lives in a district where there are large rivers, he knows that present consideration·of the bill (H. R. 1040) to amend section 4445 there are hundreds of little craft plying short distances that do of Title XII of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating not carry more than 50 passengers in a year. to the licensing of officers of steam vessels. Mr. MINOR. I would say th9.t I have no doubt that the punish The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Wisconsin asks unani ment would be imposed in accordance with the gravity of the mous consent for the present consideration of a bill which the offense. Clerk will report. Mr. WHEELER of Kentucky. I have practiced too much be The bill was read, as follows: fore Federal courts not to know what granting such power means. Be it enacted, etc., Thatsection4445, of Title LII, of the Revised Statutes be, Mr. MINOR. It has come to the attention of the Inspect.gr and is hereby, a.mended by adding thereto the following paragraphs: General, whose letter I have, that there are many such cases, a1id "Every applicant for license as either master, mate, pilot, or engineer un he condemns them and recommends the passage of this bill. der the provisions of this title shall make and subscribe to an oath or affirma tion, before one of the inspectors referred to in this title, to the truth of all Mr. WHEELER of Kentucky. I believe in the merits of the the statements set forth in his application for such license. bill, but the penalty is too severe. _ "Any person who shall make or subscribe to any oath or affirmation au Mr. MINOR. The LawDepartmentof thisGovernmentrecom· thorized in this title and knowing the same to be false shall be deemed guilty of perjury. mends it. There is absolutely no opposition to this bill from one "Every licensed, master, mate, pilot, or engineer who shall change, by end of the United States to the other. In my judgment, it ought addition. interpolation. or era.sure of any kind, any certificate or license is to pass. . sued by any inspector or inspectors referred to in this title shall, for every such offense, upon conviction. be punished by a fine of not more than $500 The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera· and by imprisonment at hard labor for a term not exceeding three years." tion of the bill? SEO. 2. That this act shall take effect immediately. Mr. WHEELER of Kentucky. I object, unless the gentleman The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera will consent to an amendment reducing the penalty. . tion of the bill. . The SPEAKER. Objection is made. l\Ir. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, weshouldliketohavesome explanation of the necessity for taking this bill up out of order. LYNCHrnG AND MOB VIOLENCE, Why can not it wait its regular course? . ~ WHITE. Mr. Speaker, I hold in my hand a petition of Mr. MINOR. Mr. Speaker, this is unanimously reported from 2,413 names of citizens of the United States, asking for national the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. The object legislation against the crime of lynching and mob violence. I ask sought is to correct an evil and a defect ill; the law as applied to that the heading of the petition be read and that, accompanied by those officers who must obtain licenses, like captains, mates, and the bill I have drafted, it be referred to the Committee on the Ju engineers. The Treasury Department, under the provisions of diciary. I ask that the heading of the petition be read. ~xisting law, provide a blank for each applicant to fill out and The SPEAKER. The gentleman from North Carolina asks state therein his experience in his.own particular line of duty. It unanimous consent that the heading of a petition against lynching has been found that a great many applicants for licenses fill out be read. The Chair will say to the gentleman from North Caro· these blanks with false statements, claiming to have had a num lina that he has the right to introduce the bill. ber of years' experience, when the truth is that no such exoerience Mr. RICHARDSON. I thinkitoughttotaketheregularcourse has been had. We are unable at present to reach the offenders, of all other petitions and meniorials. for the reason that the inspectors of steamships have never been The SPEAKER. Objection is made by the gentleman from Ten vested with the power to administer that kind of an oath. nessee, 1018 OONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. J..A.NU.ARY 20, LE.A.VE OF ABSENCE. love with such maj.esty and power as did his simple story, for By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted to Mr. each could say: SPIGHT indefinitely, on account of important business. His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him, that Nature might stand np THE LATE HON. LORENZO DANFORD. And say to all the world, "This was a man!" The SPEAKER. The hour of 1 o'clockhasacrived, thetime set Born oii a farm in Washington Township, Belmont County, by the specfal order for memorial services on the death of the late Ohio, October 18, 1829, he was fortunate in living through the Mr. DANFORD, of Ohio. most magnificent period of opportunity which the history of this Mr. GILL. Mr. Speaker, I offer the resolutions which I send nation presents. Breathing the free air of country Ufe and intel· to the desk. lectually expanding under the educational influences of his teach· The clerk read as follows: ·era and the ready knowledge of his father, he was soon able to Resolved, That the business of the House be now suspended, that opportu comprehend the fateful trend of the political movements of the nity may be given for paying_tributes to the memory of Hon. LORENZO DAN times and to i.ptelligently play his part in the great drama of FORD, late a member of the House of Representatives from the State of Ohio. human affairs. Resolved. That, as a particular mark of respect to the memory of the de ceased and in reoognition of his eminent abilities as a distinguished public Beginning at the period of his majority, a time of great activ· servant, the House at the conclusion of these memorial proceedings shall ity had set in along all lines of progress, not only in the sphere of stand adjourned. politics, but also in the field of industrial advancement. Territo Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the family of rial acquisitions had extended the boundaries of our nation from the deceased. Ordered, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Sena.te. ocean to ocean; property qualifications had heen superseded by manhood suffrage; the isolated settler, in his humble cottage, was Mr. GILL. Mr. Speaker, it is in the presence of death and in now the peer of any in the land; canals had brought the West into the contemplation of his handiwork that the kinship of all hu closer connection with the East and opened the markets for the manity is most forcibly manifest to every thoughtful mind. Can surplus products of the farms; the Mexican war fired his youth· it be other than a useful and humanizing experience to all that ful blood with martial valor, while the great discussion over slav· live to thus receive a new and most emphatic impress of the great ery thrilled his soul with freedom's highest and noblest impulses. truth of the brotherhood of man? The divine laws of kindness He received a common·school education; attended college at and of charity can not be too often freshened up in our hearts, Waynesburg, Pa., for two years, studied law, and was admitted and their timely exercise toward the living, both as an oppor to the bar in 1854. The people of his native county early recog· tunity and as an obligation, should be earnestly resolved upon nized the cliaracteristics which later were to carry him to higher each time that we pay our loving and tearful tributes to the re positions· of a-0tivity and responsibility by choosing him succes vered but unresponsive dead. sively in 1857 and 1859 as prosecuting attorney; but erehis second At such times the thoughts of the exalted should tend toward term had expired, vehement discussion of the burning question of humility, and the lowly may lift his head to a higher level in the that hour had given way to a passionate appeal to the arbitrament absolute assurance of a universal ultimate equality. For though of force, and the booming cannon heralded the first act in history's the carvedmarbleand the laurel wreath may be placed, and justly, greatest tragedy. over one, and the modest slab and a solitary flower may be the only In that hour of his country's peril he did not hesitate to sacrifice mark that love can give to the resting place of another, yet be all upon its altar, and resigning his office, he enlisted for three neath the token of remembrance in either case the silent lips, the months as private in the Seventeenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. pulseless heart, and the rigid clay are in every essential identical. Upon the expiration of his service he returned home and assisted Both, as they lie there prostrate, have been stripped of every pos in raising a company of the Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, of session, whether material, intellectual, or spiritual, and to neither which he was chosen second lieutenant, and later was promoted is there anything left beyond the equal hope of a common resur- for bravery upon the field of battle to be first lieutenant and cap· . rection morning. Surely some such thought as this justifies the tain. He was one of the nation's heroes who sustained his conn· poet when he exclaims: try's honor upon the bloodv fields of Shiloh, Stones River, Chicka mauga, Resaca, Kenesaw Mount~in, and many othere. 0 fading honors of the dead I Owing to failing health he resigned his commission in 18e4 and O high ambitions, lowly laid! returned to his native county. The sterling qualities which had The full consciousness of this thought is borne in upon us in a so successfully carried him through his early career ·were mani· striking manner if we but pause an instant to consider the sad fest in the richer and more conspicuous triumphs of his later. ha.voe wrought by the fell destroyer during the past year in the years. Devoting himself assiduously to the practice of law, he ranks of those who have won fame in widely different walks of soon became the leading advocate of the eastern Ohio bar, and life. By so doing we can learn afresh the truth that the great step by step won the esteem and confidence not only of the peo Leveler grants no favors, but that high and low, rich and poor, ple but also of his professional brethren. He was eminently fit· youth and age, alike must obey the summons to that "unknown ted for forensic triumphs, and was in a most remarkable degree silent shore." Thus, even he who held the great offiee of Vice successful in obtaining favorable decisions in his jury cases. President of the United States was not exempt from the chilling Tall and graceful, with keen eye and massive head, a command· blast, and when the genial Hobart heard the summons, "Weary ing presence and a most musical voice, he was an orator who car· wanderer, come," he was, notwithstanding the showering tea.rs of ried conviction to the minds of his hearers, his clear logic and a nation bereaved, laid away in the bosom of our common mother burning eloquence often enabling him to sway his auditors at earth, with the throng of undistinguished dead, to sleep the same will. Nor was this power exerted in the court room alone, for he dreamless sleep. was one of the most forceful and pleasing speakers who ever This House can not escape the universal experience, and to-day graced the political forum of his native State, and even in this the work of legislation halts once again to permit the perform Hall he has won notable triumphs in the arena of debate, of which, ance of the sad duty of paying our tributes of honor and respect and of other det.a.ils of his work in Congress, his friends and asso to the memory of yet another of its members who has passed away ciates still serving here are in a position to speak more fully and in the last year. satisfactorily than I can. Were it not that LORENZO DANFORD was my immediate prede In 1864 he was a member of the electoral college of Ohio, and cessor as the Representative of my district on this floor, I would in 1892 he was a.gain a member and presidentof same. In 1872he prefer to sit silent and listen to others more able to speak in fit-· was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress from ting language of my dear and honored friend; but conscious as I the Sixteenth Ohio district, and his personal popularity was so am of the exalted place he held in the hearts of the people whom great that he was successful in his campaign over the intrepid and I have the honor to represent, I should, even in the absence of the eloquent John A. Bingham, who enjoyed a national reput.ation as custom of this House calling for my participation in the proceed a brilliant statesman and scholar. Although the task before him ings of this hour, feel that I had disregarded their wishes should was difficult, yet so well did he perform the arduous duties of his I permit this occasion to pass without attempting to give expres new trust that the people ratified the choice of that convention sion to their high appreciation of his character and their love for by reelecting htm to Congress in 1874 and again in 1876. his memory. Retiring from political life in 1879, he resumed the practice of Not in years has a sorrow so universal pervaded the homes of law. His reputation as a powerful advocate was so well estab the Sixteenth district of Ohio as that which followed the an lished that hardly a case of any importance was tried in his native nouncement on June 19, 1899, that LORENZO DANFORD was dead. county upon which he was not employed as attorney for one Everywhere throughout the distiict the news came as a stroke of side or the other. Although in many heated contests, he never personal sorrow to all, and on the streets, in the factories, on the took an unfair advantage of a witness or an opponent, for, although farms, and wherever men are wont to congregate were heard intellectually combative and persistent in opposition, he was al mingled expressions of keenest sorrow and regret. When I re ways generous to an adversary, and thE'I kindness of his disposi· call the faces of his friends shadowed o'er with thoughts of part tion was never more apparent than in the skill which he displayed ing and the eloquent tears that sprang unbidden to the eye, I am in elicitilig needed information. Always alert, active, and force reminded that no poor sentiment of mine can thrill the chords of ful in behalf of a client, his high sense of honor prevented him ' 1900,._.. OONGRESSIONAL REOORD-HOUSE. 1019 from falling into the txicks of a mere pettifogger, and he was was after all nothing so very exceptioI?.al; for where is the life that consequently respected and admired even by his bitterest oppo is ideal, or in which the stream of happiness or even of satisfac nent. Just and dignified in his demeanor, he was a man of warm tion flows smoothly without the murmering rapids or even the impulses, and his generous heart was large enough to carry within thundering cataract at some point? its sympathies all classes of men. To those who knew him well And here, not alone in contemplation of the facts in the life of he was unassuming and confiding, and he was at all times abso- Captain DANFORD, but referring to what I am sure is the too com lutely steadfast in his friendships. , mon experience of most mortals as to the painful contrast be Reentering politics in 1894, he became a candidate for Congress, tween the prospect and the retrospect of this life, I will venture and after a heated contest was nominated for that high position to recall a vivid word picture by an eloquent tongue, in which and elected by a large majoritv. Appointed by Speaker Reed there is very much of consolation to soften its somber shadows. chairman of the Immigration Committee, he displayed unusual He says: breadth and ability in the discussions arising out of the intricate The loves and friendships of individnals partaking of the frail character and difficult problems coming within the scope of the work of that of human life are brief and uncertain. The experit;inces of human life may be shortly summed up: A little loving and a goo EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. By Mr. CUMMINGS: A bill (H. R. 6966) to increase the effi Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV, the following executive commu ciency of the Navy by the purchase of submarine boats of the Hol nications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as land type for coast and harbor defense-to the Committee on Naval follows: Affairs. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement By Mr. McLAIN: A bill (H. R. 6967) making an appropriation of amounts due certain newspapers for publishing advertisements for dredging a channel from Ship Island Harbor to Gulfport, for recruits, fuel, horses, etc., for the Army-to the Committee Miss.-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. By Mr. BELLAMY: A bill (H. R. 6968) to provide for a clerk A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a re of the district and circuit courts of the United States held in Char port on the claim of the State of Nevada for moneys advanced in lotte, N. C.-to the Committee on the Judiciary. aid of the suppression of the rebellion in the civil war-to the By Mr. McLAIN: A bill (H. R. 6969) making an appropriation Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. for the purpose of dredging a channel from Ship Island Harbor to A letter from the Secretary of the Navy, recommending the Biloxi, Miss.-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. transfer of the appropriation for the improvement of Pearl Har By Mr. CUMMINGS: A joint resolution (H.J. Res. 130) to pro bor, Hawaii, to the jurisdiction of the Navy Department-to the vide for the purchase of the painting by J. Walker, representing Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. th~ capture of the City of Mexico, September 13, 1847-to the Com mittee on the Library. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED. Under clause 2 of Rule XIII, bills and resolutions of the follow ing titles were severally reported from committees, delivered to Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills and resolutions of the Clerk, and referred to the several Calendars therein named, the following titles were introduced and severally referred as as follows: follows: Mr. CUMMINGS, from the Committee on the Library, to By Mr. ATWATER: A bill (H. R. 6970) for the relief of C. H. which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 124) providing Dupree, son of John G. Dupree, deceased-to the Committee on for the erection of a monument at Put in Bay, Ohio, commemo- War Claims. rative of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry and those who partici- By Mr. BANKHEAD: A bill (H. R. 6971) to refer the claim pated in the naval battle of Lake Erie on the 10th day of September, against the United States of J.M. Huston to the Court of Cla.ims- 1813, reported the same without amendment, accompanied by a to the Committee on War Claims. report (No. 84); which said bill and report were referred to the By Mr. CORLISS: A bill (H. R. 6972) to increase the pension Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. of David J. Newman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Mr. NORTON of Ohio, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, I By Mr. CUSHMAN: A bill (H. R. 6973) for the relief of Leon-· to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 911) to amend ard W. Carpenter-to the Committee on Military Affairs. section 1176 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, reported By Mr. COCHRAN of Missouri: A bill (H. R. 6974) for the re- the same without amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 87); lief of Platte County, Mo.-to the Committee on War Claims. which said bill and report were referred to the Committee of the Also, a bill (H. R. 6975) for the relief of the Presbyterian Church Whole House on the state of the Union. and Masonic lodge of Platte City, Mo.-to the Committee on War Claims. CHANGE OF REFERENCE. By Mr. ELLIOTT: A bill (H. R. 6976) for the relief of I. W. Under clause 2 of Rule XXII, committees were discharged from Whiteley-to the Committee on Claims. the consideration of joint resolution and bill of the following By Mr. GRIFFITH: A bill (H. R. 6977) for the relief of David titles; which were thereupon referred as follows: Alexander-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Joint resolution (H. J. Res. 60) directing the presentation of a Also, a bill (H. R. 6978) granting a medal to Mortimer S. Long- first-class life-saving medal to Lieut. Fidelio S. Carter, United wood-to the Committee on Military Affairs. - States Navy-Committee on the Library discharged, and referred Also, a bill (H. R. 6979) granting a pension to Louisa White, of to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Greensburg, lnd.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. A bill (H. R. 4710) for the relief of Josephus Johnson-Commit Also, a bill (H. R. 6980) granting a pension to Emily J. Smith, tee on Invalid Pensions discharged, and referred to the Committee of Switzerland County, Ind.-to the Committee on Invalid Pen on Claims. sions. Also, a bill (H. R. 6981) removing the charge of desertion PUBLIC BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MEMORIALS against Daniel Lock, of Markland, Switzerland County, Ind. INTRODUCED. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Under clause 3 of Rule XXII, bills, resolutions, and memorials Also, a bill (H. R. 6982) granting a pension to John Clarkson of the following titles were introduced and severally referred as to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. follows: . By Mr. HAY: A bill (H. R. 6983) for the relief of George W. By Mr. LOUD: A bill (H. R. 6957) to revise and codify the Bromley, of Frederick County, Va.-to the Committee on War laws, both civil and criminal, relating to the Post-Office Depart Claims. ment and postal service, and to amend the same, and for other Also, a bill (H. R. 6984) for the relief of William Mason, of purposes-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Frederick County, Va.-to the.Committee on War Claims. - By Mr. RAY of New York: A bill (H. R. 6958) to amend sec Also, a bill (H. R. 6985) for the relief of John N. Bell, of Fred tions 5398, 53!J9, and 5406 of the Revised Statutes of the United erick County, Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. States-to the Committee on the Judiciary. . By Mr. HAMILTON: A bill (H. R. 6986) granting a pension By Mr. SNODGRASS: A bill (H. R. 6959) to amend an act ap to Perry Dunton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. proved January 5, 1893, entitled "An act granting increase of By Mr. HARMER: A bill (H. R. 6987) for the relief of John C. pension to soldiers of the Mexican war in certain cases," so as to Webb-to the Committee on Military Affairs. extend the provisions of said act to all Mexican soldiers pensiona By Mr. KLUTTZ (byrequest): A bill (H. R. 6988) for the relief ble under law-to the Committee on Pensions. of John F. Foard-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. SPERRY: A bill (H. R 6960) in relation to the service By Mr. KLEBERG: A bill (H. R. 6989) granting a pension to pension act-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Philip Barnhart-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. _ By Mr. ZENOR: A bill (H. R. 6961) for the establishment of a Also, a bill (H. R. 6990) granting a pension to Patrick O'Don military post at-the Falls of the Ohio-to the Committee on Mili nell-to the Committee on Pensions. \ tary Affairs. By Mr. KNOX: A bill (H. R. 6991) to remove the charge of de By Mr. WM. ALDEN SMITH: A bill (H. R. 6962) to establish sertion from the record of Lawrence Kennedy-to the Committee a steam fog-signal station at the entrance to Holland Harbor, on Naval Affairs. Michigan-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. LLOYD: A bill (H. R. 6992) to increase the pension of '-£ By Mr. WHITE: A bill (:B;. R. 6963) for the protection of all Edward W. Nortoni-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. L Citizens of the United States against mob violetice, and the penalty By Mr. LENTZ: A bill (H. R. 6993) to correct the military rec for breaking such laws-to the Committee on the Judiciary. ord of William Phillips-to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. ROBERTSON of Louisiana: A bill (H: R. 6964) to amend Also, a bill (H. R. 6994) to pension Mary A. Lawyer-to the "An act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and Committee on Invalid Pensions. preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and Also, a bill (H. R. 6995) to pension Catharine Harris-to the for other purposes," approved March 3, 1899-to the Committee on Committee on Invalid Pensions. Rivers and Harbors. Also, a bill (H. R. 6996) to correct the military record of Charles By Mr. LAMB: A bill (H. R. 6965) to prescribe the number of H. Jessup-to the Committee on Military Affairs. chaplains in the Regular and Volunteer Armies and fix their sal Also, a bill (H. R. 6997) to increase pension of Mrs. Josephine aries and allowances-to the Committee on Military Affairs. H. Whitehead-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 1022 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. - JANUARY 20, Also, a bill (H.R. 6998) to correct themilitaryrecordof Harvey Indiana Infantry, to accompany House bill asking that a medal Williams-to the Committee on Military Affairs. of honor be conferred upon Mortimer S. Longwood-to the Com By Mr. MIERS of Indiana: A bill (H. R. 6999) granting an in mittee on Military Affairs. crease of pension to Louisa Meloy-to the Committee on Invalid Also, petition of Louisa White, to accompany bill granting a Pensions. pension to her as dependent daughter of Giles E. White, late cap Also, a bill (H. R. 7000) granting an increase of pension to James tain Company A, Sixty-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteers-to A. J. Ball-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 7001) grantingapensiontoJohnH. Hayden By Mr. GROW (by request): Petition of the Woman's Suffrage to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.- Association of Pennsylvania, favoring a sixteenth amendment to Also, a bill (H. R. 7002) granting a pension to Mary G. Edmond the Constitution, granting suffrage to women, etc.-to the Com son-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. mittee on the Judiciary. Also, a bill (H. R. 7003) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. HAUGEN: Petitions of H. H. Beach, N. E. Thorn, W. M. Thomas A. Queen-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Lemen, W. E. Hoyt~ and others, and of the First Presbyterian By Mr. PUGH: A bill (Ii. R. 7004) restoring t;o the pension Church of Oelwein, Iowa, against the seating of B. H. Roberts, roll the name of Penelope Morton-to the Committee on Invalid of Utah-to the Special Committee on the B. H. Roberts Case. Pensions. l Also, resolutions of the First Regiment, Hancock Command, By Mr. PIERCE of Tennessee: A bill (H. R. 7005) for the relief Union Veterans' Union, Army of the Potomac, protesting against of Elam Cooper, of Lauderdale County, Tenn.-to the Committee the passage of House bill No. 3988-to the Committ-ee on Agri- on War Claims. culture. , By .Mr. RAY of New York: A bill (H. R. 7006) granting an in By Mr. LONG: Petition of George H. Thomas Regiment, No. 2, crease of pension to Isaac D. Wade-to the Committee on Invalid Union Veterans' Union, of Wichita, Kans., protesting against the Pensions. passage of House bill No. 3988-to the Committee on Agriculture. Also, a bill (H. R. 7007) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. McLAIN (by request): Petition of the Mississippi Wo Caroline M. Botts-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. man Suffrage Association, Mrs. Hala Hammond Butt, president, By Mr. RUSSELL: A bill (H. R. 7008) granting a pension to for a sixteenth amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting dis Louise Donath-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. franchisement on account of sex-to the Committee on the Judi By Mr. REEDER: A bill (H. R. 7009) for the relief of John M. ciary. Taylor-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. MIERS of Indiana: Paper in support of House bill for .By Mr. SAMUEL W. SMITH: A bill (H. R. 7010) to increase the relief of Thomas A. Queen-to the Committee on Invalid Pen· the pension of Elwin A. Scutt-to the Committee on Invalid Pen sions. sions. Also, paper to accompany House bill for the relief of Louisa. · By Mr. THOMAS of North Carolina: A bill (H. R. 7011) for the Meloy, widow of James A. Meloy, of Company A, Eighty-second relief of William Foy and Mrs. H. B. Lane, of North Carolina- Indiana Volunteers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, paper to accompany House bill for the relief of James A. J. By Mr. WEEKS: A bill (H. R. 7012) to increase the pension of Ball-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Emma C. Stevenson-t.o the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. PUGH: Papers to accompany Honse bill No. 6528, for Also, a bill (H. R. 7013) to remove the charge of desertion from the relief of W. H. Copley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the record of Michael J. Dowling, Company C, Fourth Ohio Cav Also, paper in support of House bill No. 6534, to correct the alry-to the Committee on Military Affairs. military record of James H. C. Mann-to the Committee on Mili Also, a bill (H. R. 7014) to remove the charge of desertion from tary Affairs. the record of Robert Pratt-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, papers in support of House bill No. 6533 to correct the Also, a bill (H. R. 7015) to remove the charge of desertion from military record of Gabriel R. Bartley-to the Committee on Mili· the record of Spencer D. Gleason-to the Committee on Military tary Affairs. Affairs. Also, evidence to accompany House bill No. 6532, for the relief of Thomas H. Stapleton-to the Committee on Military Affairs. PETITIONS, ETC. Also, papers to accompany House bill No. 6531, for the relief of Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, the following petitions and papers Robert Rosa-to the Committee on Military·Affairs. were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: Also, papers to accompany Honse bill No. 6529, for the relief of By the SPEAKER: Protest of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod James C. Brickley-to the Committee on Military Affairs. of Maryland, against the seating of B. H. Roberts, of Utah-to the Also, papers to accompany House bill No. 3868, for the relief of Special Committee on the B. H. Roberts Case. Martin Lunsford-to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. ATWATER: Papers relating lo' the claim of John G. By Mr. RAY of New York: Papers to accompany House bill to Dupree, of Wake County,N. C.-to the Committee on War Claims. increase the pension of Caroline M. Botts, widow of Capt. Ran Also, petition of C.H. Dupree, son of John G. Dupree, deceased, dolph Botts-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. for reference of war claims to the Court of Claims-to the Com- Also, petitions of citizens of Lincklaen Center, Sanford, and mittee on War Claims. · Groton, N. Y., for the passage of a bill relating to dairy food and By Mr. BINGHAM: Petition of the Philadelphia Maritime Ex products-to the Committee on Agriculture. change, favoring the passage of House bill No. 5067, concerning By Mr. RICHARDSON: Petition of James Skinner and others, the boarding of vessels-to the Committee on the Merchant Marine favoring the passage of a bill for the establishment of a national and Fisheries. _ militaryparkon the battlefield of Stone River, Rutherford County, Also, resolutions of the Philadelphia Board of Trade, favoring Tenn.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. the appointment of a commission to study and report upon the in By Mr. ROBINSON of Indiana: Petition of the Wayne Knit dustrial and commercial conditions of China-to the Committee ting Mills, of Fort Wayne, Ind., against the French reciprocity on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. treaty-to the Committee on Ways and Means. Also, memorial of the Philadelphia Board of Trade, requesting By Mr. SHOWALTER: Petition of druggists of Butler, Pa., the passage of the shipping bill-to the Committee on the Merchant relating to the stamp tax on medicines, etc.-to the Committee on Marine and Fisheries. Ways and Means. By Mr. BRENNER: Petition of post-office clerks at Dayton, By Mr. SPERRY: Petition of druggists of Waterbury, Conn., Ohio, favoring the passage of House bill No. 4351, for the reclas relating to the stamp tax on medicines, etc.-to the Committee on sification of postal clerks-to the Committee on the Post-Office Ways and Means. and Post-Roads. By Mr. STEWART of New York: Petition of manufacturers By Mr. BURLEIGH: Petitionofpost-officeclerksatWaterville, and citizens of Catskill, N. Y., in favor of an appropriation for Me., in favor of the passage of Honse bill No. 4351-to the Com dredging and removing obstructions in the navigable portion of mittee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. the Catskill Creek in New York-to the Committee on Rivers and By Mr. CAPRON: Petition of citizens of the Second Congres Harbors. sional district of Rhode Island, against the seating of B. H. Rob By Mr. VAN VOORHIS: Resolutions of the Citizens League of erts, of Utah-to the Special Committee on the B. H. Roberts Case. Zanesville, Ohio, for the construction of the Nicaragua Canal Also, petition of railway postal clerks of Rhode Island, favoring to the Committee on Interstate andForeign Commerce. a bill providing for the reclassification of the Railway Mail Serv Also, petition of 32 citizens of the Fifteenth Congressional dis ice-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. trict of Ohio, against the seating of B. H. Roberts, of Utah-to By Mr. DAVEY: Petitions of post-office clerks at New Orleans, the Special Committee on the B. H. Roberts Case. La.., in favor of the passage of House bill No. 4351-to the Com By Mr. WHITE: Petition of 2,413 citizens of Massachusetts, mittee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. urging legislation making lynching and mob violence a crime By Mr. ELLIOTT: Petition of J. Heyward Thayer and other against the United States, providing penalties therefor, and for employees of the Charleston, S. C., post-office, favoring the pas the creation of a central detective bureau at Washington, with sage of House bill No. 4351-to the Committee on the Post-Office branch offices in various sections of the country, to collect and and Post-Roads. transmit information of the movements of such lawless bodies By Mr. GRIFFITH: Petition of survivors of the Seventh to the Committee on the Judiciary.