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SENATE. SENATORS PRESENT. The following Senators were present: MONDAY, December 5, 1892. From the State of- The first Monday of D-.,cember being the day prescribed by the Alabama-John T. Morgan and James L. Pugh. Constitution of the United Stakls for the annual m€\eting of Con­ Arkansas-James H. Berrv and James K. Jones. gress, the second session of the Fifty-second Congress commenced California-Charles N. Feiton. this day. Colorado-Henry M. Teller and Edward 0. Wolcott. The Senate assembled in its Chamber at the Capitol. Connecticut-Orville H. Platt. . The Vice-President of the (Mr. LEVI P. MoR­ Delaware-Anthony Higgins. TON, of the State of New York) took the chair and called the Florida- and Samuel Pasco. Senate to order at 12 o'clock noon. Georgia-John B. Gordon. Idaho-Fred. T. Dubois and George L. Shoup. PRAYER. -Shelby M. Cullom and John M. Palmer. Rev. J. G. BUTLER, D. D., Chaplain to the Senate, offered the -Daniel W. Voorhees. following prayer: Iowa-James F. Wilson. 0 God,-we gather devoutly at Thy feet amid unnumbered -William A. Peffer. mercies to us as individuals in our families and upon our land. Kentucky-Joseph C. S. Blackburn and John G. Carlisle. Thy kind hand has led us during these months of separation. Louisiana-Edward D. White. We thank Thee that we live. Remember very tenderly those Maine-William P. Frye and Eugene Hale. who are sick. Grant them healingl if it please Thee, and pre­ -Arthur P. Gorman. pare the dying for death. J..fassachusett.s-Henry L. Dawes and George F. Hoar. We look to Thee as we come to these responsibilities, asking lrfichigan-James McMillan and Francis B. Stockbridge. Thy guidance and Thy rich blessing-. 0 God, the God of our Minnesota-Cushman K. Davis and William D. Washburn. fathers, in whom we have ever trusted, may we ever rely upon Mississippi-James Z. George and Edward C. Walthall. the Word of Thy promise and the abiding presence of Thy Spirit. .Missouri-Francis M. Cockrell and George G. Vest. Bless our Government in all its departments, legislative, judi­ Montana-Thomas C. Power. cial, and executive. Remember very tenderly Thy servant, the Nebraska-Charles F. Manderson and Algernon S. Paddock. President of the United States. We thank Thee for his faith Nevada-William M. Stewart. and fortitude. We pray Thee sanctify to him and to his house­ ]{ew Hampshire-William E. Chandler and Jacob H. Gallinger. hold Thy sore chastening. Touch our hearts in sympathy with l{ew Jersey-Rufus Blodgett and John R. McPhersvn. suffering, and help us day by day to walk as the children of God North Oa1·olina-Zebulon B. Vance. ought to walk, conscious of our own mortality, with our faces JYO?·th Dakota-Lyman R. Casey and Henry C. Hansbrough. ever set toward the heavenly city. Ohio-Calvin S. Brice and John Sherman. Bless abundantly, we pray Thee, these Thy servants, dwelling -Joseph N. Dolph and John H. Mitchell. in each heart by_Thy Spirit. Upon the other House of Congress Pennsylvania-James Donald Cameron and MatthewS. Quay. pour very richly of heaven's benediction. Bless all the people Rhode Island-Nelson W. Aldrich and Nathan F. Dixon. of this land, 0 L01·d, whose industries Thou hast so richly re­ South Oa1·olina-M. C. Butler. warded. Exalt us more and more in righteousness among the South Dakota-James H. Kyle and R. F. Pettigrew nations. Preserve to us our Sabbath and our sanctuaries. Con­ ~Tennessee-William B. Bate and Isham G. Harris. tinue to bless all the agencies employed to enlighten and educate Texas-Richard Coke and Roger Q. Mills. and elevate this great nation, hastening the time when the reign Vermont-Jus tin S. Morrill. of the Prince of Peace shall come and men shall learn war no Virginia-John W. Daniel and Eppa Hutton. more. Washington-John B. Allen. Guide us by Thy divine counsel. Have us in Thy holy keep­ West Virginia-Charles J. Faulkner. ing. Give unto us richly of Thy peace. A Father's benediction -Philetus Sawyer and William F. Vilas. we crave from day to day, and we aslf all in the name of Christ, Wyorning-Joseph M. Carey. who hath taught us when we pray to say: ''Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will SENATOR FROM: VERMONT. be done upon earth as it is in heaven. Give us tl;lisdayour daily Mr. MORRILL presented the credentials of REDFIELDPROo­ bread. Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who tres­ TOR, chosen by the Legislature of the State of Vermont a Sena­ I • pass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us tor from that State to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, of George F. Edmunds in the term ending March 3, 1893. forever. Amen." The credentials were read. 1 \ ~ ...... _ ' .....

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The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Senator-elect will please come l!OUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. forward and take the oath of office. Mr. PROCTOR was escorted to the Vice-President's desk by 1\foNDAY, Decem,ber 5, 1892. ·Mr. MORRILL, and the oath-prescribed by law having been ad­ This being the day desilmated by the Constitution for the an­ ministered to him he took his seat in the Senate. nual meeting of Congress,-the members of the House of Repre­ Mr. MORRILL presented the credentials of REDFIELD PROC­ sentatives assembled in their Hall for the second session of the TOR, elected by: the Legislature of the State of Vermont a Sena­ Fifty-second Congress. tor from that State for the term beginning March4, 1893; which At 12 o'clock noon, the Speaker, Hon. CHARLES F. CRISP, a were read and ordered to be filed. Representative from the State of Georgia, called the House to NOTIFICATION TO THE HOUSE. order. Mr. SHERMAN submitted the following resolution; which PRAYER. was considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: The Chaplain, Rev. W. H. MILBURN, D. D., offered the fol­ Resolved, That the Secretary inforn). the House o:f Representatives that a lowing prayer: quorum o! the Senate is assembled, and that the Senate is ready to proceed to business. Almighty God, we devoutly bless Thee that through Thy good NOTIFICATION TO THE PRESIDENT. providence so many of the members of this .House are brought Mr. HALE submitted the following resolution; which was con­ back to their places in safety and in health. Let Thy peace be sidered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: theirs, the peace of God which passeth understanding, control­ Resolved, That a committee consisting of two members be appointed, to ling their tempers and their tongues, keeping their minds and join such committee as may be appointed by the Hotise o:f Representatives, hearts in Thy knowledge and Thy love. Lift their thoughts to wait upon the President o:f the United States and inform him that a and wills to a level with the high dignity of the position to which quorum of each House is assembled, and that Congress is ready to receive they have been called, and grant that they may be enabled to any communication he may be pleased to make. act wisely as they are summoned to enact laws and to adopt By unanimous consent, the Vic.e-President was authorized to measures for the safety, honor, and welfare of this great nation. appoint the committee on the part of the Senate; and Mr. HALE Protect them and their families from all perils to person, prop­ and Mr. GORMAN were appointed. erty, and reputation, and prosper them in all their ways: We HOUR OF MEETING. humbly beg. through Jesus Christ, our Saviour. Amen. Mr. MORRILL submitted the following resolution; which was CALL OF THE ROLL. considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: Resolved, That the hour of the daily meeting of the Senate be 12 o'clock The SPEAKER directed that the roll be called, when thefol­ meridian until otherwise ordered. lowing-named Members and Delegates responded: RECESS. ALABAMA. The VICE-PRESIDENT. . Wbatisthepleasureof theSenate? Hilary A. Herbert. William H. Forney. Mr. SHERMAN. I think, under the circumstances, in view William 0. Oates. Joseph Wheeler. of the probability that the President's message will not come in John H. Bankhead. J. E. Cobb. to-day, that the Senate had better adjourn until to-morrow. I ARKANSAS.· make that motion. William H. Cate. William L. Terry. Clifton R. Breckinridge. Samuel W. Peel. Mr. HARRIS. Does the SenatorfromOhiothink it i.s proper Thomas C. M:eRae. to adjourn until the committee has waited upon the Pt'esident and we have received his answer? CALIFORNIA. Mr. SHERMAN. As we are practically assured, by informa­ Eugene F. Loud. William W. Bowers. tion in the public prints, that no message will come in to-day, I CONNECTICUT. thought it hardly worth while to go through the form of re­ Lewis Sperry. Robert E. De Forest. maining in session . Charles A. Russell. . Mr. HARRIS. I do not know that we can rely upon the in­ FLORIDA.. formation derived from the public prints. I suggest that we Stephen R. Mallory. Robert Bullock. take a recess and allow the committee to wait upon the Presi­ GEORGIA. dent and make its report. Rufus E. Lester. R. William Everett. Henry G. Turner. Thomas G. Lawson. Mr. SHERMAN. Very well; I will substitute that motion for Charles F. Crisp. Thomas E. Winn. the other. I move that the Senate take a recess until1 o'clock. Leonidas F. Livingston. Thomas E. Watson. The VICE-PRESIDENT (at 12 o'clock and 10 minutes p. James H. mount. m. ). · The Senator from Ohio moves that the Senate take a recess IDAHO. untill o'clock. Willis Sweet. The motion was agreed to; and at the expiration of the recess ILLINOIS. (at 1 o'clock-p.m.) the Senate resumed its session. Abner Taylor. Scott Wike. _ MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. Lawrence E. McGann. William M. Springer. Allan C. Durborow, jr. OWen Scott. At 1 o'clock and 2 minutes p. m., Mr. JAMES KERR, the Clerk A. J. Hopkins. · Samuel T. Busey. of the House of Representatives, appeared below the bar of the Robert R. Hitt. George W. Fithian. .- Thom::~.s J. Henderson. Edward Lane. Senate and delivered the following message: Lewis Steward. William S. Forman. Mr. President, I am directed by the Rouse of Representatives Herman W . Snow. James R. Williams. to inform the Senate that a quorum of the House of Representa­ Philip S. Post. George W- Smith. tives has appeared and that the House is ready to proceed to INDIANA. business. JohnL. Bretz. Elija.h V. Brookshire. I am further directed to inform the Senate that the House has Jason B. Brown. David IL Pat\on. William S. Holman. Augustus N. Martin. passed the following resolution: George W. Cooper. c-narles A. 0. McClellan. Resolved, That a committee of three members be appointed on the part of Henry U . .Johnson. Benjamin F. Shively. the House, to join the committee appointed by the Senate, to wait on the William D. Bynum. President and inform him that a. quorum of the two Houses has assembled, and that Congress is ready to receive any communication he may have to IOWA. make. John .J. Seerley. Frederick E. White. Orde1•ed, That Mr. SPRINGER, Mr. FORNEY, and 1\!r. O'NEILL of Pennsylva­ Walter I. E;ayes. Thomas Bowman. nia be appointed such committee on the part Qf the House. David B. Henderson. .Jonathan P. Dolliver. Walt H. Butler. George D. Perkins. NOTIFICATION TO THE PRESIDENT. KANSAS. At 1 o'clock and 30 minutes p. m., Mr. HALE and Mr. GoR­ . John Davis. MAN, the committee appointed in conjunction with a similar Benjamin H. Clover. William Baker. committee of the House of Representatives to wait upon the .John G. Otis. Jerry Simpson. President of the United States, appeared below the bar, and KENTUCKY. Mr. HALE said: Mr. President, the committee appointed by William J. Ston.e~ Worth W. Dickerson. the Senate, in company with a similar committee of the House of William T. Ellis. William C. P. Breckinridge. Representatives, to wait upon the President of the United States Asher G. Caruth. Joseph M. Kendall. and inform him that a quorum of the two Houses of Congress has LOUISIANA. assembled, have attended to that duty, and the President was Matthew D. Lagan. Newton C. Blanchard. pleased to say that he would communicate to the two Houses by l\1AINE. a message in writing at the opening of to-morrow's seS:Sion. Thomas B. Reed. Charles A. Boutelle. Nelson Dingley, jr. Mr. SHERMP....N. I move that the Senate adjourn. MARYLAND. 31 The motion was agreed to; and (at 1 o'clock and minutesp. Herman Stump. Barnes Compton. m.) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, Tuesday, December Harry Welles Rusk. 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MASSACHUSETTS. WASHINGTON. Charles S. Randall. Moses T. Stevens. John L. Wilson. John F. Andrew. George Fred. Williams. Joseph H. O'Neil. Joseph H. Walker. WEST VIRGINIA. Henry Ca. bot Lodge. Frederick S. Coolidge. John 0. Pendleton. John D. Alderson. William Cogswell. William L. Wilson. James Capehart. MICffiGAN. WISCONSIN. J. LoganChipman. Justin R. Whiting. Clinton Babbitt. Lucas M. Miller. James O'DonnelL Henry M. Youmans. Charles Earwig. Frank P. Coburn. Julius C. Burrows. Harrison H. Wheeler. JohnL. Mitc)lell Nils P.Haugen. Byron G. Stout. George H. Brickner. Thomas Lynch. MINNESOTA. William H. Harries. James N. Castle. WYOMING. John Lind. Kittel Halvorson. Clarence D. Clark. Osee 1\1. Hall. DELEGATES FROM TERRITORIES. MISSISSIPPI. John M.. Allen. Clarke Lewis. ARIZONA. John C. Kyle. Charles E. Hooker. Marcus A. Smith. Thomas-C. Catchings. 1fiSSOURL NEW MEXIC!:>. Charles H. Mansur. John J. O'Neill. Antonio Joseph. Alexander M. Dockery. Seth W. Cobb. UTAH. Robert P. C. Wilson. Richard P. Bland. John C. Tarsney. Robert W. Fyan. John T. Caine. John T. Heard. Marshall Arnold. The SPEAKER. Two hundred and forty-one members have MONTANA., answered to their names. A quorum is present. William W. Dixon. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. NEBRASKA. A message from the Senate, by Mr. McCooK, its Secretary, OmerM.. Kem. announced that a quorum of the Senate was assembled. and that NEVADA. the Senate was ready to proceed to business. · Horace F. Bartine. The message also communicated the following resolution of NEW HAMPSHIRE. the Senate, with the information that the Vice-President had Luther F. McKinney. Warren F. DanielL appointed as the committee thereunder on the part of the Sen­ ate, Mr. HALE and Mr. GORMAN: NEW JERSEY. Resolued, That a committee consisting of two members be appointed, to Cornelius A. Cadmus. join such committ.ee as may be appointed by the House of Representatives. Thomas Dunn English. to wait upon the President of the United States and inform him that a quorum of each House is assembled and that Congress is ready to receive NEW YORK. any communication he may be pleased to make. James w. Covert. Charles Tracey. William J. Coombs. N. Martin Curtis. NCY.r!FICATION TO THE SENATE. John M. Clancy. Henry W. Bentley. Thomas F. Magner. George Van Horn. Mr. HOLMAN submitted the following resolution; which was Edward J. Dunphy. George W. Ray. Timothy J. Campbell. Sereno E. Payne. read, considered, and adopted: Amos J. CUIIllll.ings. Hosea H. Rockwell. R88olvea, That the Clerk of the House inform the Senate that a quorum or John DeWitt Warner. John Raines. the House of Representatives has appeared, and that the House is ready to Joseph J. Little. · Halbert S. Greenleaf. proceed to business. Ashbel P. Fitch. James W. Wadsworth. Henry Ba.con. Warren B. Hooker. NOTIFICATION TO THE PRESIDENT. John H. Ketcham. Mr. SPRINGER submitted the following resolution; which was NORTH CAROLINA. read, considered, and adopted: Henry P. Cheatham. William T. Crawford. JohnS. Henderson. Resol11ed, That a committee of three members be appointed on the part of OHIO. the House, to join the committee appointed by the Senate, to wait upon the Bellamy Storer. John M.. Pattison. President and inform him that a quorum of the two H<•uses is assembled, -· John A. Caldwell. William H. EnochS. and that Congress is ready to re~;eive any communication he may have to George W. Houk. James w. Owens. . make. Martin K. Gantz. Michael D. Harter. Fernando C. Layton. Joseph D. Taylor. The SPEAKER announced the appointmentofMr. SPRINGER, Darius D. Hare. Ezra B. Taylor. Mr. FORNEY, and Mr. O 'NEILL of Pennsylvania as the committee Joseph H. Outhwaite. Tom L. Johnson. on the part of the House under the resolu.tion just adopted. OREGON. SWEARING IN OF NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS. Binger Hermann. PENNSYLVANIA. Mr. BRAWLEY. Mr. Speaker, Ron. John L. McLaurin, Henry H. Bingham. John W. Rife. member-elect from the Sixth Congressional district of the State Charles O'Neill. Myron B. Wright. of South Carolina, is now present. I ask that the oath of office William McAleer. Albert C. Hopkins. be administered to him. Allred C. Harmer. Simon P. Wolverton. John B. Robinson. Louis E. Atkinson. The SPEAKER. The credentials of the member-elect from Edwin Hallowell. Frank E. Beltzhoovel'. South Carolina will be read. William Mutchler. Edward Scull. The Clerk read as follows: David B. Brunner. George F. Hu1I. Marriott Brosius. John Dalzell. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA-BY THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE, Lemuel Amerman. William A. Stone. To tlte honorable tlte House of Representatives of the George W. Shonk. Charles W. Ston~. James B. Reilly. George F. Kribbs. United States of .America in the Fifty-second Congress: Whereas, in pursuance of the constitution and laws of the State or South RHODE ISLAND. Carolina and the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, an Oscar Lapham. Charles H. Page. election was duly holdanon the8thdayo!November, in the year of our Lord 1892, in the said State of South Carolina, in the Sixth Congressional district SOUTH CAROLINA. thereof, for Representative of the said State of South Carolina, from the said William H. Brawley. William Elliott. Sixth Congressional district thereof, in the House of Representatives of the George D. Tillman. United States of America. in the Fifty-second Congress, to fill the unexpired SOUTH DAKOTA. term of E. T. Stackhouse; and Whereas, upon the examination of the returns of the said election, and John A. Pickler. J ohn L, Jolley. by the determination and declaration of the board of State canvassers TENNESSEE. of the said State, filed and of record in my ofllce, it appears that John L. McLaurin was duly elected at the said election, by the highest number or Henry C. Snodgrass. Nicholas N. Cox. votes, Representat.ive or the State of South Carolina from the said Sixth Benton Mcl\lillin. Josiah Patterson. Congressional district thereof in the House of Representatives in the United James D. Richardson. States of America in the Fifty-second Congress: TEXAS. Now, therefore, I, the secretary or state of the said State of South Caro­ John B. Long, Littleton W. Moore. lina, by virtue of the power in me vested by the acts of the General Assem­ C. BucW. Kilgore. E. L. Antony. bly of the said State in such case made and provided, do hereby certify that ~~s!~~ott: Bailey. Joseph D. Sayers. the said John L. McLaurin, at the election aforesaid, was duly elected Rep­ Samuel w. T. Lanham. resentative of the State of South Carolina from the Sixth Congressional William H. Crain. district thereof in the House of Representatives of the United States of ._ VERMONT. America. in the Fifty-second Congress. H. Henry Powers. Given under my hand and the great seal of the State or South Carolina., in Columbia; this 17th day of November, in the year of our Lord 1892, and in VIRGINIA. the one hundred and seventeenth year of the Independence of the Unite

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The SPEAKER. The cradentials of such other members-elect ward and were duly qualified by taking the oath prescribed by as may be pre£ent will be read, after which the oath of office will law. be administered to all of them. DAILY HOUR OF MEETING. Mr. LOUD. Mr. Speaker, Hon. S. G. Hilborn, member-elect from the Third Congressibnal district of the State of California, Mr. McMILLIN submitted the following resolution; which is now present, and I ask that he b3 sworn in. was read, considered, and agreed to: . Resolved, That until otherwise ordered the daily hour of meeting of the The credentials of Mr. Hilborn were read, as follows: House be 12 o'clock m. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Executive Department. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. To all to whom these presentSishall come, greetin~: I, H. H. Markham, governor of tho State of California, do hereby certify, By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted as follows: pursuant to the laws of the United States and the State of Californin., that a To Mr. ALEXANDER, indefinitely, on account of sickness in general election was duly held in accordance with law in the State of Cali­ his family. fornia on Tuesday, the 8th day or November, A. D. IBre, for Representatives to the Congress of the United States, and that the secretary of state of the To Mr. PAYNTER, indefinitely, on account of sickness. State of California has compn.red and estimated the votes given for such To Mr. MoRSE, for two weeks, on account of sicknes'5. Representatives to Congress at said general election and has duly l'ertitied To Mr. ELLIS, until the 24th instant, on account of important to me that S. G. Hilborn has received the highest number of votes for Rep­ resentative to the Congress of the United States for the Third Congressional business. • district of the StatE:> of California for the unexpired term; and that said S. To Mr. CAMINETTI, indefinitely, on account of sick:-1ess in his G. Hilborn has been duly elected as a Representative to the Congress of the family. United States for the said Third Congressional district of the State of Cali­ fornia for said unexpired term. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRE­ In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal SENTATIVES. of state to be affixed at Sacramento, this 26th day of November, A. D. 1892. [SEAL.) H. H. MARKHAM, Governor. The SPEAKER laid before the House a letter from the Clerk Attest. 'E. G. WAITE, See1·etary of State. of the House of Representatives, submitting a detailed report, showing the names of the employes of the House, the disburse­ Mr. OUTHWAITE. Mr. Speaker, the member-elect from ments made by him from the 8th day of December, 1891, to June, the Sixteenth Congressional district of the State of Ohio, Ron. 1892, the amounts drawn from the Treasury, balances on hand, Lewis P. OhUger, is present; and I ask that the oath of office be expenditures for stationery, etc.; which was referred to the administered to him. Committee on Accounts, and ordered to be printed. Tha credentials of Mr. Obliger were read, as follows: PROPERTY IN HANDS OF THE CLERK. IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF OHIO. William McKinley, jr., governor of said State, to all to whom these pres­ The SPEAKER also laid before the House a communication ents shall come, greeting: from the Clerk of the House, transmitting an inventory of the Know ye, that whereas at a general election held in pursuance or law on prop ~rty of the United States in his possession on the 1st day the 8th day of November, A. D. 1892, in the Sixteenth Congressional district of said State of Ohio, under apportionment of March 11,1890, for the election of December, 1892; which was referred to the Committee on of a Representative for said district in the Fifty-second Congress of the Accounts, and ordered to be printed. United Stat-es for the unexvired part of the term of John G. Warwick, de­ ceased Lewis P. Obliger was duly elected Representative in Congress, as ANNUAL REPORT OF UTAH COMMISSION. aforesaid, as appears from tbe official returns of said election, duly made and canvassed as the law provides, and now on fl.le in the office of the sec­ The SPEAKER also laid before the House a communication retary of starte of Ohio . from the Utah Commissioners, transmitting their annual report .. Now therefore I, William McKinley, jr., governor of said State, dp hereby certify that said Lewis P. Obliger was duly elected Representative in Con­ to Congress; which was referred to the Committee on the Ter­ gress, as aforesaid, for the unexpired part of the term of two years com­ ritories. mencing on the 4th day of March, A. D. 1891. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused EXPENDITURES OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITU'riON. the great seal of the State of Ohio to be affixed, at Columbus, on the 30th The SPEAKER also laid before the House a letter from the day of November, in the year of our Lord 1892, and in the one hundred and seventeenth year of the Independence of the United States of America. secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, transmitting a detailed [SEAL.] WM. McKINLEY, JR. statement of expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, By the governor. 1892; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations. C. L. POORMAN, Secretary of state. REPORT OF ROARD OF MANAGERS OF SOLDIERS' HOME. Mr. STUMP. I present the credentials of Hon. John B. The SPEAKER also laid before the House the report of the Brown. member-elect from the First Congressional district of Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Maryland, and ask that he be sworn in. Soldiers for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892; which was ra- The credentials of Mr. Brown were read, as follows: ferred to the Committee on Military Affairs. · THE STATE OF MARYLAND, Executive Department. Mr. OUTHWAITE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous coasant I, Frank Brown, governor of Mary;and, do hereby certify that it appears to offer at this time a resolution concerning the report which from the offtcial returns, now on file m this department, of an election held has just been handed down. in t~is State on Tuesday, the 8th day of November, instant, for a Represent­ ative from the First Congressional district of M:a.rylapd, in the Fitty·second The SPEAKER. The resolution will be read subject to ob­ ' Congress of the United States, for the unexpired term of Hon. Henry Page, jection. resigned, that Hon. John B. Brown was duly and regul!!-rly elected, in ac­ The Clerk read as follows: cordance with the laws of this State, as the Representative from the First Congressional district of Maryland in the Fifty-second Congress of the Resolved, That there be printed of the report of the Board of Manar;ers of United States for the unexpired term of Hon. Henry Page, resigned. the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the year ending Jun« Given under my hand and the great seal of Maryland. 30, 1892, as follows: 500 copies of the full report of the Board., 500 copies or tao Done at the city of Annapolis on the 21st day of November, in the year of report proper; 500 copies of the report of the inspec tor o:t National and State our Lord 1892, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred homes, and 150 copies of the record of members. and s:wenteen th. Mr. OUTHWAITE. I will state, Mr. Speaker, that this pro­ (SEAL.) FRANK BROWN. By the governor. vides for the same number that was printed by authority of this E. W. LE COMPTE, Congress at its last Eession after the subject had been carefully Secretary of State. considered and reported ~ upon by the Committee on Printing to Mr. MUTCHLER. Mr. Speaker, at the recent election Hon. the House. This proposes to print exactly the same number W. A. Sipe was duly chosen in the Twenty-fourth district of then provided for. Pennsylvania to fill, for the unexpired term, the va.cancy cre­ The reason for asking immediate action is in order that the ated bv the death of Hon. Alexander K. Craig. The credentials of Managers may have the report, which has been prepared for Mr. Sipe have not yet been forwarded to the Clerk, but I believe some time, for use and distribution. It does not involve an ex­ there is no doubt about his election, and I therefore ask unani­ pense beyond the sum provided heretofore for this purpo 'C. mous consent tbat he be permitted to take the oath of office and 1\fr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, I ask that the r esolution enter upon his duties. be again reported. I was unable to hear the reading of it. Mr. DALZELL. Mr. Speaker, having some knowledge in re­ The resolution was again read. gard to the election in the district referred to, I wish to say that Mr. RICHARDSON. The difficulty, I will suggest to my there is no doubt of the election of the gentleman who my col­ friend from Ohio, is that this is only a House resolution. Under league asks may be sworn in, and I hope there will be no objec­ the rules and the law, if the printing of a document involves an tion. expense exceeding $500, it requires the concurrent a

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Mr. RICHARDSON. Doesthegentlemanknowthatitdid not reau of Pensions to the War Department-to the 'Committee on exceed $500? the Revision of the Laws. Mr. OUTHWAITE. My recollection is that the report of the By Mr. ANDREW: A bill (H. R. 9736)tomakeworks of art free Committee on Printing shows that it did not exceed even $300. of duty-to the Committee on Ways and Means. I may be in error in that regard, but that is my recollection. By Mr. DURBOROW: A joint resolution (H. Res. 163) to Mr. RICHARDSON. I shall not object, but I think the gen­ provide for opening the World's Columbian Exposition on Sun­ tleman would probably save time by amending the resolution, day-to the Select Committee on the Columbian Exposition. if it requires concurrent action. By Mr.RICHARDSON: A concurrent resolution to print4,000 Mr. OUTHWAITE. I do not think that will be required. copies of the ninth annual report of the Civil Service Commis­ The SPEAKER. Is,there objection to the present considera­ sion-to the Committee on Printing. tion of the resolution? By Mr. DOCKERY: A resolution requiring the Committee on ..- TherP being no objection, the resolution was agreed to. Appropriations to investigate and report to the House the actual condition of the Treasury-to the Committee on Rules. ORDER OF BUSINESS. Also, a resolution creating a commission to investigate the de­ Mr. McMILLIN. I move that the House take a recess for partmental service-to the Committee on Rules. thirty minutes, to await the report of the committee appoin~ed By Mr. OUTHWAITE: A resolution for the appointment of to wait upon the President. an assistant clerk-to the Committee on Accounts. The motion was agreed to. Accordingly (at 1~ o'clock and 45 minutesp. m.) the House took a recess untill o'clock and 15 minutes p. m. PRIVATE BILLS, ETC. The recess having expired, the House was called to order by _ Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills of the following the Speaker. titles were presented and referred as indicated below: The members of the committee appointed to wait upon the By Mr. COGSWELL: A bill (H.R. 9737) granting an increase President having appeared at the bar of the Honse- of pension to Mary A. L. Eastman-to the Committee on Invalid Mr. SPRINGER said: Pensions. Mr. Speaker, the committee appointed on the part of the House Also, a bill (H. R. 9738) gr·anting a pension to Hannah Flan­ of Representatives to cooperate with the committee on the part ders-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of the Senate, to wait upon the President and inform him that Also, a bill (H. R. 9739 ) granting a pension to Sally G. Alley­ the two Houses had organized and .were ready to receive any to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. communication that he desired to make, have performed.... that Also, a bill (H. R. 9740) to remove the charge of desertion from duty, and beg leave to report that the President informs the com­ the record of William H. Austin-to the Committee on Military mittee that he will communicate with the two Houses to-morrow Affairs. on their reassembling at 12 o'clock. By Mr. H:i:NDERSON of Iowa: A bill (H. R. 9741) to increase DEATH OF HON. EDWARD F. M'DONALD. the pension of Capt. E. R. Chase from $20 to $72 a month-to Mr. ENGLISH. Mr. Speaker, I rise to perform the painful the Committee on Invalid Pensions. duty of announcing the death of the Ron. Edward F. McDonald, By Mr. KEM (by request): A bill (H. R. 9742) for the relief lately a Representative in this House from the State of New of John Palmier, Pine Ridge, Shannon County, S. Dak.-to the Jersey. Committee on Indian Affairs. I shall not at the present time say anything concerning the Also (by request), a bill (H. R. 9743) for the relief of George H. me>-lts of the dead, but at an earlydate I shall ask this House to Jewett, Arlington, Washington County, N ebr .-to the Committee fix a day on which his friends may express in proper terms their on Appropriations. sense of his merit and their grief at his loss. By Mr. PATTISON of Ohio: A bill (H. R. 9744-) to remove the I offer the resolution which I send to· the Clerk's desk, for charge of desertion against Restine Tumbleson-to the Commit­ which I ask immediate consideration. tee on Mill tary Affairs. The Clerk read as follows: Also, a bill {H. R. 9745) to remo-ve the charge of desertion R esolved, That this House has heard with deep sorrow of the death of the against Arthur B. Spader-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Hon. Edward F. McDonald, late a Representative from the State of New By Mr. CHARLES W. STONE: A bill (H. R. 9746) to author­ Jersey. · ize the paym-ent to Rear-Admiral John H. Russell of the highest .Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing resolution J:>e transmitted to the family o! the dead member. pay of his grade-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. .Resolved, That as a further mark of respect for the memory of the dead By Mr. SPRINGER: A bill (H. R. 9747) for the relief of Au­ this House do now adjourn. gustus G. Kellogg-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. The resolutions were agreed to. By Mr. TRACEY: A bill (H. R. 9748).granting a pension to Accordingly (at 1 o'clock and 37 minutes p.m.) the House ad­ Patience H. Turnbull-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. journed until to-morrow at 12 o'clock noon. PETITIONS, ETC. Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, thefollowingpetitionsand papers BILLS, MEMORIALS, AND RESOLUTIONS. were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: Under clause3of Rule XXII, bills of the following titles were By Mr. BELTZHOOVER: Petition of the members of the med­ introduced, severally read ·twice, and referred as follows: ical profession of York County, Pa., asking Congress for an ap­ By Mr. WHEELER of Alabama: A bill (H. R. 9728) to make propriation to assist in defraying the expenses of the Pan-Amer­ it unlawful for an officer of the Federal Government to interfere ican Medical Congress to be held in Washington, D. C., September with the elections in States and repealing all laws which authorize 5, 6, 7, and 8,1893-to the Committee on Appropriations. officers of the United States Government to interfflre with elec­ Also, a statement to accompany the bill for the relief of W. B. tions in States-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Horner-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. CUMMINGS: A bill (H. R. 9729) to provide commu­ Also, petition of Frederick Bentry,:of York, Pa., for a pen­ nication from light-ships and outlying light-houses to the shore­ sion-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. BERGEN: Petition of the Camden County Medical By Mr. RICHARDSON: A bill (H. R. 97:30) to amend the char­ Society, for appropriation for the Medical Congress-to the Com­ ter of the Brightwood Railway Company of the District of Co­ mittee on Appropriations. lumbia.-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. By Mr. BINGHAM: P etition of the bishops of the African By Mr. HOOKER of Mississippi: A bill (H. R. 9731) to change Methodist Episcopal Church and of the African Methodist Epis­ the time for meeting of the Congress of the United States to the copal Zion Church, representing four million colored people of the first Monday after the 4th day of March in each and every year­ United States, that the moral, intellectual, and industrial prog­ to the Committee on the Judiciary. ress and development of the colored p3ople during the first quar­ By Mr. OATES: A bill {H. R. 9732) to repeal the laws of the ter century of their freedom should. b3 made to form a part of United States providing for supervisors and deputy marshals at the Government's exhibit at the Worl d's Columbian Exposition­ elections-to the Committee on the Judiciary. to the Select Committee on the Columbian Exposition. By Mr. COMPTON: A bill (H. R. 9733) to incorporate the By Mr. CASTLE: Petition against closing the Columbian Ex­ Ea1't End Electric Railway Company of the District of Colum­ position on Sunday-to the Select Committee on the Columbian bia-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Exposition. By Mr. AMERMAN: A bill (H. R. 9734) to authorize the By Mr. CHIPMAN: Tw·o petitions, one of Parker, Davis & Co. issue and sale of United States bonds to be known as the United and others and the other of F. H. Frazer and others, for applica­ States Treasury deficiency bonds-to the Committee on Ways tion of the metric system heretofore adopted by Congress to the and Means. transactions in all custom-houses-to the Committee on Coinage, By Mr. MUTCHLER: A .bill (H. R. 9735) to transfer the Bu- Weights, and Measures. • _., ·-

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By Mr. DALZELL: Petition of F. B. Corey, of Pittsburg, Pa., PRESIDENT'S .ANNUAL MESSAGE. for repeal of the law increasing the President's salary from $25,- At 12 o'clock and 7 minutes p.m., Mr. 0. L. PRUDEN, one of 000 to $50,000 per annum and for legislation reducing official the secretaries of the President of the United States, appeared salaries generally-to the Committee on the Judiciary. below the bar, and said: By Mr. ENGLISH: Petition of a number of citizens of New­ Mr. President, I am directed by the President of the United ark, N.J., asking for the .appropriation of $43,983 to assist in de­ States to deliver to the Senate a message in writing. frayino- the expenses oi the Pan-American Medical Congress of The message was received from the secretary, and handed to the Unlted States-to the Committee on the District-of Columbia. the Vice-President. By Mr. GANTZ: Petition of the Young People's Society oi The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Chair lays before the Senate Christian Endeavor of Eaton, Ohio, against opening the World's the annual message of the President of the United States, which Fair on Sunday-to the Select Committee on the Columbian Ex­ the Secretary will read. position. The Secretary of the Senate (:Mr. ANSON G. McCooK) read the By Mr. HENDERSON of Iowa: Petition of Hyde Clark Post, message, as follows: Grand Army of the Republic, of Dubuque, Iowa, and others, ask­ ing increase of pension for total disability to E. R. Chase-to To the Senate and HoUSe of Representatives: the Committee on Invalid Pensions. In submitting my·annual mt:}ssage to Congress! I have great By Mr. HERMANN: Resolutions of Portland (Oregon) Feder­ satisfaction in being able to say that the general conditions af­ ated Trade Assembly, for a committee of investigation as to fecting the commercial and industrial interests of the United troubles in Cceur d'Alene troubles-to the Committee ou Labor. States are in the highest degree favorable. A comparison of By Mr. HOOKER of New York: Petition of the Ellington the existing conditions with those of the most favored period in Political Equality Club, asking that a bill be passed enabling the history of the country will, I believe, show that so high a women citizens of the United States to vote for members of the degree of prosperity and so general a diffusion of the comforts House of Representatives-to the Select Committee on Election of life were never before enjoyed by our people. of President and Vice-President and Representatives in Con­ The total wealthof thecountryin 1860was$16,159,616,068. In gress. 1890 it amounted to $62,610,000,000, an increase of 287 per cent. By Mr. McRAE: Petition of SearbornJ. Gearin, with evidence The total mileage of railways in the United Stutes in 1860 was concerning his alleged desertion, and asking for relief-to the 30,626; in 1890 it was 167,741, an increase of 44:8 per cent; and it Committee on Military Affairs~ is estimated that there will be about 4,000 miles of track added By Mr. MARTIN: Papers to accompany House bill granting by the close of the year 1892. an increase of pension to Mary A. L. Eastman-to the Commit­ The official returns of the Eleventh Census and those of the tee on Invalid Pensions. Tenth Census for seventy-five leading cities furnish the basis for By Mr. RUSSELL: Petition of citizens of Norwich, Conn., in the following comparisons: favor of the exclusive use of the metric system of weights and In 1880thecapitalinvestedinmanufacturingwas$1,232,83.9,670. measures in the customs service of the United States-to the In 1890 the capital invested in manufacturing was $2,900,735,884. Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. In 1880 the number of employes was 1,301,388. Bv Mr. STEVENS: PetitionofNancyE. Hardy, for relief-to In 1890 the number of employes was 2,251,134. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. In 1880 the wages earned were $501,965,778. By Mr. WILLIA..\1 A. STONE: Petition of R. E, Simpson and In 1890 the wages earned were $1,221,170,454. others, of Pennsylvania, for the passage of House bill 9350, to In 1880 the value of the product was $2,711,579,899. promote the safety of railroad employes-to the Committee on In 1890 the value of the product was $.1,860,286,837. Interstate and ForeignCommerce. I am informed by the Superintendent of the Census that the By Mr. STORER: Memorial of John Arther Lynch, relative omission of certain industries in 18 0, which were included in to certain portraits of Louis XVI, King of France, and of his 1890, accounts in part for the remarkable increase thus shown. q~een, Marie Antoinette, procured at the solicitation of the Con­ But, after making full allowance for d.ifierencas of method and tinental Congress-to the Committee on the Library. deducting the returns for all industries not included in the cen­ Also, petition of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian sus of 18!:SO,-there remain in the reports from these seventy-five Church of the United States, for a sixteenth amendment to the cities an, increase in the capital employed of $1,522,745,004; in Constitution-to the Committee on the Judiciary. the value of the product of $2,024,236,166; in wages earned of By Mr. TAYLOR of illinois: Two petitions, one of W. B. Lewis $677,943,929, and in the number of wage-earners employed of and others, of Chicago, lll., and the other of John A. Grantham, 856,029. The wage earnings not only show an increased aggre­ of the same place, against imposing conditions either as to keep­ gate, but an increase per capita from $386 in 1880 to $547 in 1890, ing open or closing on Sundays the World's Columbian Exposi­ or 41.71 per cent. tion to be held in 1893-to the Select Committee on the Colum- The new industrfal plants established since October 6, 1890, bian Exposition. . and up to October 22, 1892, as partially reported in the American Also, petition of R. E. Barrett and others, of the same place Economist, number 345, and the extension of existing plants, 108; and for the same purpose-to the Select Committee on the Co­ the new capital invested amounts to $40,449,050, and the number lumbian Exposition. of additional employes to 37,285. By Mr. VINCENT A. TAYLOR: Two petitions of citizens of The Textile World for July, 1892, states that during the first Ohio, one of Rev. B. F. Fritz and 90 citizens of Greenwich, and six months of the present calendar year 135 new factories were the other of 285 citizens of Richfield, against the repeal of legis­ built, of which 40 are cotton mills, 48 knitting mills, 26 woolen lation closing the World's Fair on Sunday-to the Select Com- mills, 15 silk mills, 4 plush mills, and 2 linen mills. Of the 40 : mittee on the Columbian Exposition. cotton mills 21 have been built in the Southern States. Mr. A. By Mr. TOWNSEND: Protest of the Seventh-Day Adventist B. Shepperson of the New York Cotton Exchange, estimates the Church of Del Norte, Colo., against closing the World's Fair on number of working spindles in·the United States on September Sunday, or in any way committing the Government to religious 1, 1892, at 15,200,000, an increase of 660,000 over the year 1891. legislation-to the Select Committee on the Columbian Exposi­ The consumption of cotton by American mills in 1891 was 2,396,- tion. 000 bales, and in 1892 2,584,000 bales, a.n increase of 188,000 By Mr. TRACEY: Petition and evidence for a special act in bales. From the year 1869 to 1892, inclusive, there has been favor of Patience H. Turnbull, widow of Charles Turnbull, of an increase in the consumption of cotton in Europe of 92 per Companv M, Seventh Regiment NewYorkHeavy ArtilleryVol­ cent, while during the same period the increased consumption unteers_:_to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. in the United States has been about 150 per cent. The report of Ira Ayer, special agent of the Treasury Depart;. ment, shows that at the date of September 30, 1892, there were 32 companies manufacturing tin and terne plate in the United SENATE. States and 14 companies building new works for such manufac­ TUESDAY_, Decernber 6, 1892. ture. The estimated investment in buildings and plants at the close of the fiscal year, June 30, 1893, if existing conditions were Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. G. BUTLER, D. D. to be continued, was $5,000,000, and the estimated rate of pro­ GEORGE GRAY, a Senator from the State of Delaware, JOSEPH duction 200,000,000 pounds per annum. The actual production R. IIAWLEY, a Senator from the State of Connecticut, DAVID B. for the quarter ending September30, 1892, was 10,952,725 pounds. HILL, a Senator from the State of New York, BISHOP W. PER­ The report of Labor Commissioner Peek, of New York, shows KINS, a Senator from the State of Kansas, MATT W. RANSOM, that during the year 1891, in about 6,000 manufacturing estab­ a Senator from the State of North Carolina, and WILBUR F. lishments in that State embraced within the special inquiry SANDERS, a Senator from the State ,of Montana, appeared in their made by him, and representing 67 different industries, there seats to-day. was a net increase over the year 1890 of $31,315,130.68 in the The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved . value of the product, and of $6,377,925.09 in the amount of wages

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