SENATE. JANUARY 20, Late of Baldwin County, Georgia, Praying That Her War Claim Be Re SENATE
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824 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-· SENATE. JANUARY 20, late of Baldwin County, Georgia, praying that her war claim be re SENATE. · ferred to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. · By Mr. BRADY: Petition of General Daniel Ruggles, of Fredericks THURSDAY, January 20, 1887. burg, Va. ; asking for an appropriation of $100,000 to develop his sys Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. G. BUTLER, D. D. tem of producing rainfall and resisting cyclones and tornadoes-to The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. the Committee on Appropriations. By Mr. CLEMENTS: Petition and papers relating to the claim of WILLIAM DICKENS-VETO MESSAGE. James P. Johnston, of Cbattooga County, Georgia-to the Committee The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the following on War Claims. message from the President of the United States; which was read, or By Mr. CONGER: Petition of the Consolidated Cattle-Growers' As dered to be printed, and, with the accompanying paper, referred to the sociation of the Unilied States, praying for the early passage of the bill Committee on Pensions: for the extirpation of pleuro-pneumonia-to the Committee on Agri culture. To the Senate: I return without approval Senate bill2269, entitled "An a()t granting a pen- By Mr. DUNN: Petition of citizens of Greene County, Arkansas, in sion t{) William Dickens." • favor of the Hatch bill-to the same committee. The beneficiary named in this bill filed his application for pension in the Pen Also, petition of the Chamber of Commerce of Helena, Ark., for an sion Bureau in 1880, and in December, 1886, the same was granted, taking effect from the 15th day of October,l864. amendment of the oleomargarine law-to the same committee. If the bill herewith returned should become a law, it would permit the pay By Mr. GROUT: Petition ofM. C. Newton and 66 others, citizens ment of a. pension only from the date of its approval. Thus if it did not result of Lunenburg, Vt., praying for repeal of the act limiting arrears of in loss to the claimant by superseding the action of the Pension Bureau, it is plain that it would be a useless enactment. pensions-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. GROVER CLEVELAND. By Mr. HARttf.ER: Petition of Bullock & Crenshaw, of Philadel EXECUTIVE 1>IANS10Y, Janua!'11 19,1887. phia, Pa., in favor of a. reduction of internal taxes-to the Committee EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATION. on Ways and Means. By Mr. D. B. HENDERSON: Telegram from the Jobbers and Manu The PRESIDENT pto tempore laid before the Senate a communica facturers' Union of Dubuque, Iowa, in favor of the interstate-commerce tion from the Secretary of State relative to an application for the relief bill-to the Committee on Commerce. of the widow of Moses A. Hopkins, late United States minister to Li By Mr. LOVERING: Resolution of the Boston Merchants' Associa beria; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and or tion, favoring the passage of the bill known as the Hewitt administra dered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows: tive bill-to the Committee on Ways and Means. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, January 19, 1887. SIR: I have the honor to inform you that the Department has been credibly By Mr. LYMAN:· Resolution of the Consolidated Cattle-Growers' advised of the reduced financial condition of Mrs. Hopkins, widow of Moses A. Association of the United States, urging the passage of the pleuro-pneu Hopkins, lately minister resident and consul-general of the United States to Li monia hill-to the Committee on Agriculture. beria, and asked to take such action as may be consistent with former prece By .Mr. McCREARY: Papers relating to the case of W. H. Gill, of dents in such cases to relieve Mrs. Hopkins. There is no provision of law which enables thi.~ Department to relieve Mrs. Garrard County, Kentucky-to the Committee on War Claims. Hopkins in any amount except by the payment of that which she may legally By Mr. MARKHAM: Petition of citizens of Los Angeles, Cal., ask claim on account of salary due at the date of her husband's death upon filing ing that a pension be granted to Mrs. Elenor C. Ransom-to the Com the necessary papers of administration and her " widow's allowance " to ena ble her to return to her home. But, in view of the past action of Congres>~ in mittee on Invalid Pensions. giving the widows of diplomatic officers who die abroad in the service of the By :Ur. PERKINS: Affidavits and evidence in support of the claim Government, either a part or the whole of a year's salary, and, in consideration of wh.<tt I understand to be her present necessitous condition, I submit her case of Urs. Francis A. Russell for a pension-to the same committee. to Congress in order that the justice of such a. meas11re for the relief of Mrs. A.lso, affidavits and evidence in suppor~ of the war claim of Mrs. Hopkins may be considered. Elizabeth S. :Muon, of Coffeyville, Kans.-to the Committee on War Mr. Hopkins received a. recess commission, dated September 11, 1885, which was supplemented by one upon confirmation, dated January 13, 1886. He died Claims. · at Monrovia, August. 3, following. His salary was at the rate of $5,000 per an- By Mr. PETTIBONE: Petition of ~ossell Kite, for special-act pen num, and there is a balance due his estate of about $640. · sion-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. The widows of deceased diplomatic officers who have received compensation from Congress under circumstances identical with those of Mrs. Hopkins are By Mr. STAHLNECKER: Petition of the postmasters' legislative as follows: committee, for relief of third and fourth class postmasters-to the Com Mrs. Taylor, widow of Bayard Taylor, act approved March 3, 1879, $7,000; mittee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Mrs. Hurlbut, widow of General H11rlbut, joint resolution approved July 28, 1882, one year's salary· Also, petition of William Johnson Reid, relative to portraitofSamnel ~irs. Kilpatrick, widow of General Judson Kilpatrick, joint resolution ap Chester Reid-to the Committee on the Library. proved July 28, 1882, one year's salary ; Also, petition of the New Yorlc Board o rade and Transportation, Mrs. Garnet, widow of Rev. H. H. Garnet, tbe predecessor of Mr. Hopkins, joint resolution!approved July 28, 1882, one year's salary; in ta1or of the interstate-commerce bill-to the Committee on Com Mrs. Marsh, widow of George P. Marsh, ad approved March 3,1883, one year's merce. salary;· By Mr. STRUBLE: Petition of Thomas B. Wales and 7 others, prom Mrs. Venable, widow of William E. Venable, act approved December 23, 1884, $5,6.36.87, being balance of one year's salary; inent citizens of Iowa, asking for the passage of the bill known as the 1\:lrs. Wing, widow of E. Rumsey Wing, and 1\Irs. Hu,nt, widow of William Miller bill, for the extirpation of contagious diseas_es among cattle H. Hunt, act approved March 3, 1885, one-half year's salary each ; and to the Committee on Agriculture. Mrs. Phelps, widow of Seth Ledyard Phelps, ad approved Au~t 3, 1886, one year's salary. By Mr. TUCKER: Petition of citizens of Virginia, for the repeal of I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient sen·ant, the tax on tobacco, and for other purposes-to the Committee on Ways T. F. BAYARD. and Means. Hon. JoHN SHERMAN, By Mr. VOORHEES: Memorial of the Tacoma Chamber ofCommerce, President pro tempore of the Senate. praying for the favorable consideration of the bill (S. 2169) providing REPORT OF CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. for the payment of Indian depredations claims arising out of Indian The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair lays before the Senate a wars of 18.=>5 and 1856-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. report of the Civil Service Commission, made in reply to a resolutionof By l\1r. WHEELER: Petition of Lucy M. Hightower and James L. July 22, 1886, in regard to the civil service rules and regulations and Hightower, of Limestone County, and of Joseph B. Johnson, of New action thereunder. The communication, witb.tbeaccompanying report, Market, Madison County, Alabama, requesting that their claims be will be referred to the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment. reff>rred to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. The question of printing the document will be referred to the Commilr By Mr. WORTHINGTON: Petitionofmerchantsandmannfacturers tee on Printing, as it is very long. .of Peoria, ill., for reduction of internal-revenue tax-to the Commit tee on Ways and Means. PETITIONS .A.ND MEMORIALS. The PRESIDENT pro tempore presented a memorial of the Legisla The following petitions, praying for the enactment of a bill provid tive Assembly of Idaho Territory, remonstrating against adding any ing temporary aid for common schools, to be disbursed on the basis of portion of that Territory to a State or another Territory ; which was illiteracy, were severally referred to the Committee on Education: referred to the Committee on Territories. By Mr. DAVENPORT: Of 274 citizens of the twenty-ninth district . He also presented a petition of the Ohio State Grange, praying for of NewYork. the passage of the agricultural experiment-station bill, and also the By Mr. ELDREDGE: Of 281 citizens of the second district of 1\Iich interstate-commerce bill; which was ordered to lie on the table. igan. M:r. PLUMB. I have in my hand cert.ain petitions adopted by Grand By Mr.