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Charles B. Whitehead, to be postmaster at Bradford, McKean County, ORDER OF BUSIN1mS. Pennsylvania, vice W. F. De Gober, commission expired. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the unfinished business rom~ Eugene Blakemore, to bepostmasteratShelbyville, Bedford County, ing over from last Friday, being the bills on which the previous ques" Tennessee, vice Mary V. Wisener, dece.."\Sed. tion was ordered by the House on that day. Charles R. Chambers, to be postmaster at Luling, Caldwell County, Texas, vice Carnot Bellinger, resigned. EMILY LOUISA SPICER. Wiley V. Collins, to be postmaster at Gonzales, Gonzales County, The first business coming over from the 19th instant on which the Texas, whose commission expires March 29, 1886. previous question was ordered was the bill (H. R. 5506) granting a. pen· F. Y. Goldsborough, to be postmaster at Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, sion to Emily Louisa Spicer, the question being on the passage of the vice James L. Edwards, whose commission expires March 22, 1886. bill. H. A. McMeans, to be postmaster at San ?tiarcos, Hays County, Texas, The bill was passed. vice Albert Heaton, whose commission expires March 29, 1886. MARY E. FILLEBROWN. Sanford H. Potter, to be postmaster at White River Junction, Wind sor County, Vermont, vice Noah B. Safford, deceased. The next bill on the Calendar coming over as unfinished business John R. Patterson, to bepostmasteratPetersburg, Dinwiddie County, from last Friday's session was the bill (H. R. 1138) to increase the pension of Mary E. Fillebrown, on which the previous question was Virginia, vice Stith Rollings, whose commission expires March 31, 1886. ordered. Adam L. Nye, to be postmaster at Morgantown, Monongalia County, The bill was passed. West Virginia, vice F . .A.. Dering, to be removed. 1\IALITTY ROSE. The next business coming over from last Friday was the bill (H. R. 2585) for the relief of the estate of Malitty Rose, on which the previ ous question was ordered. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The bill was again read, as follows: MONDAY, Ma1·ch 22, 1886. Be it enacted, &c., That the United States pension agent at Knoxville, Tenn., be, and he hereby is, authorized to pay to the administrator of the estate of The House met at 12 o'clock m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. W. H: Malitty Rose, deceased, the sum of$1,556.68, out of any money he may have placed to his credit for the payment of pensions; the said sum being due on account Mll-BURN, D. D., as follows: of reissue certificate numbered 3259, issued to said Malitty Rose prior to her We beseech Thee, Almighty God, help the people of this country to death, as widow of Elias Rose, a. private in Captain McCoy's company, United learn that money gained otherwise than as Thou commandest-by the States infantry. swea.t of the face, as the fair and honest wage of honorable, manly Mr. MATSON. I think, Mr. Speaker, there is a motion pending to work of brain or hand-is gained by theft, no matter how we name the commit this bill to the Committee on Claims. If not, I desire to enter stealing; that money is never converted into wealth unless it ceases to that motion. be the pander of our lusts and lifts us above the level of the animal, The SPEAKER. The Chair is advised that the motion is not pend lifting us to the graces of life, elevating our hearts to manly aspira ing, so far as the Journal shows. tions, making us kindly with our kind, patient to God's laws, and rev- ?tf.r. MATSON. Then I move that t.he bill be committed to the Com- erent to ourselves. . mittee on Claims. Rid the land, we beseech Thee, of all gamesters, whether they gam Mr. RANDALL. Is the previous question prevailing on this bill? ble ~th dice or cards or chips, or with wheat or stocks or corn or cot The SPEAKER. It is; but the motion to commit is in order. ton. Deliver us from the influence and power of robbers who, enticing Mr. RANDALL. I understand that. their victims to boards of trade and stock exchanges and bucket-shops, Mr. MATSON. My motion is that it be committed to the Commit name their practices of plunder Hshearing the lambs." tee on Claims. Enlighten our intelligence with Thy truth; sweeten and deepen our -Mr. WHITE, of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I reported this bill humanitywith Thy love; quicken our piety with Thy spirit; and may from the Committee on Pensions according tO its instructions, and I Jesus Christ become more and more the master and ruler of our lives think it was properly committed in the first instance-- and characters and thoughts. We pray through His hallowed name. The SPEAKER. The motion to commit is not debatable, the pre Amen. vious question having been ordered on the passage of the bill; pending The Journal of the proceedings of Saturdaywas read and approved. which the motion is made to commit. Mr. BUTTERWORTH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that Mr. BRADY. Is not the question of reference under consideration? the prayer of the Chaplain this morning be printed in the RECORD. Mr. WHITE, of Pennsylvania. I desire to make a remark on the l!Ir. WEAVER, of Iowa. I most cordially unite in that request. question of order involved here. Or I will make a parliamentary in The SPEAKER. The Chair will direct the Official Reporter to in quiry. sert the prayer in the RECOBD. The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it. The prayer is printed above. Mr. WffiTE, of Pennsylvania. Is a motion of this kindin order, to ENlWLLED BllLS SIGNED. recommit this bill to another committee after it was reported by the Mr. NEECE, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that committee which had it in charge, the bill having been referred to that they had examined and found duly enrolled bills of the following titles; committee by the Speaker? The bill, as a matter of course, can be re when the Speaker signed the same, namely: ferred to any committee even if it did not properly come under the j u A bill (H. R. 4982) to enable the Public Printer to continue in effect risdiction of that committee. But this being clearly a pension matter, the provisions of the joint resolution: entitled "Joint resolution author the bill was certainly referred to the proper committee in the first in izing the Public Printer to remove certain material from the Govern sbmce and was properly reported by that committee back to the House. ment Printing Office," approved February 6, 1883; The SPEAKER. The Chair will state to the gentleman from Penn A bill (H. R. 4420) to authorize the publication of a new .edition of sylvania that the practice of the House bas been not to permit debate the Postal Laws and Regulations; on the motion to commit or recommit after the previous question has A bill (H. R. 1319) to increase the pension of Robert D. Fort; been ordered on the passage of the bill although the motion itself can A bill (H. R. 1008) for the relief of Victor Beauboucher; be entertained. A bill (H. R. 2021) granting a pension to Margaret A. Blake; and The question being taken on Mr. MATSON's motion to commit the A bill (H. R. 1625) for the relief of Frances NcNeal Potter. bill to the Committee on Claims, there were--ayes 53, noes 33. Mr. BEACH. I make the point that a quorum has not voted. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. Mr. BLAND. I do not think the House understands the question, By unanimous consent leave of absence was granted as follows: and I should like to have the bill reported again. To 1t1r. HouK, for five days, on account of important business. The SPEAKER. That can be done by unanimous consent. Is there To Mr. KING, for two days. objection to the request of the ge:ptleman from Missouri? The Chair To Mr. MonRILL, for twelve days. hears none. To Mr. SKINNER, until the 30th instant, on account of important The bill was 3.e,aain read. business. Mr. WHITE, of Pennsylvania.. I ask for the reading of the report. To Mr. ERMENTROUT, for ten days from March 19. The SPEAKER. That is in the nature of debate, but the report can To :r.:r.r. TucKER, for three days, on account of important business. be read by unanimous consent. To ?tir. ATKINSON, indefinitely, on account of sickness in his family. :Mr. WHITE, of Pennsylvania. I ask unanimous consen1 that the To Mr. GIBSON, of West Virginia, nntill\Ionday next. report be read. ENGROSSED COPY OF A SENATE lliJ~L. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the &entlemm The SPEAKER. If there be no objection the order which the Chair from Pennsy1 vania? will now direct the Clerk to read will be made. .Mr. OATES. I object. The Clerk read as follows: The SPEAKER. The question is on the motion of the gentleman Orde!·ed, That the Clerk be directed to request the Senate to furnish the House from Indiana [Mr. MATSON]. The point of no quorum having been with an engrossed copy of Senate bill No. 831, for the relief of George S. Storrs, made, the Chair appoints as tellers the gentleman from New York [Mr. of the State of Texas, the original having been mislaid in the House. • BEACH] and the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. MATSON]. There was no objection, and it was so ordered. The House again divided; and i:ihe tellers reported-ayes 64, noes 62. 1886. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 2627
Ur. BEACH. This is a very important matter, and we ought to The following members were announced as paired on all political ha•e a quOTum. questions until further notice: l\Ir. l\IA'l'SON. I call for the yeas and nays. 1\fr. SKINNER with Mr. MORRILL. The yeas and nays were ordered-41 members voting therefor. Mr. HALE with :Mr. WARNER, of Missouri. 1\Ir. BUCHANAN. Would it be in order to ask unanimous consent 1\fr. O'NEILL, of Missouri, with Mr. PLmrn. that either the introducer of the bill or the gentleman who reported it Mr. ST. MARTIN with Mr. HoUK. make a short statement to the House not exceeding five minutes? :M.r. IRION with Mr. ELY. :ti1r. MORRISON. I call for the regular order. Mr. ELLsBERRY with Mr. LYMAN. Mr. BUCHANAN. I desire to mn.ke·a parliamentary inquiry. Mr. SNYDER with Mr. DORSEY. The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it. M.r. SPRIGGS with Mr. MILLIKEN. M.r. BUCHANAN. My inquiry is whether it would be in order to Mr. MORGAN with Mr. HEPBURN. state that the business before the Committee on Claims is in such a Mr. BENNE'IT with Mr. McKENNA. shape that a vote to send it to that committee would kill the bill? Mr. LAFFOON with Mr. LOU'ITIT. The SPEAKER. That is debate. The Clerk will call the roll. l\!r. W .ADE with l\'Ir. DIBBLE.
The question was taken; and there were-yeas 1237 nays 78, not vot l\Ir. :BThrGHAM with Mr. WAKEFIELD. ing 122; as follows: Mt'. TUCKER was announced as paired with Mr. CASWELL until YEAs-123. March 25. Anderson, C. 1\I. Forney, Lawler, Sawyer, The following members were announced as paired for this day: Ballentine, Frederick, LeFevre, Sayers, Mr. MULLER with Mr. ROCKWELL. Barksdale Fuller, Long, Seney, Barry, ' Gay, Lovering, Singleton, Mr. ADAMS, of New York, with bfr. PAYSON. Blanchard, Geddes, 1\fartin, Spooner, Mr. CoLE with Mr. LIBBEY. Bland, Gibson, C. H. Matson, Spri.:tlger, Mr. ERl\IENTROUT with Mr. KELLEY. Blount, Gibson, Eustace Maybury, St~wart, Charles Boyle, Glass, McCreary, Stewart, J. W. Mr. TOWNSHEND with Mr. DAVENPORT. Bl'llen-g-1 • Glover, .1\Icl\!illin, Stone, E. F. Mr. D.A WSON with Mr. BoUTELLE . Breckmr1dge, C. R. Green, R. S. McRae, St-one, W. J.,l\[o. Mr. liA..MMOND with Mr. RY.A.N. Buck, Green, ,V. J. Miller, Storm, Cabell, Hall, Mill'!, Swope, Mr. FORAN with Mr. THOMPSON. Cnndler, Halsell, Mitchell, Taulbee, Mr. PIDCOCK with Mr. McCoMAS. Cannon, Harris, Morrison, . Taylor, E. B. :Mr. CAMPBELL, of Ohio, with 1\:Ir. BUTTERWORTH. Carleton, Hatch, Murphy, Taylor, J.l\I. Catchings, Heard, Norwood, Thomas, J. R. Mr. CALDWELL with Mr. CoOPER. Clardy, Hemphill, Oates, Throckmorton, l\Ir. CRAIN with 1\:Ir. ATKINSON. Conger, Henderson, J. S. O'Ferrall, Tillman, Cowles, He1:ley, Outhwaite, Trigg, Mr. BRO'Wl\"'E, of Indiana, with Mr. DOWDNEY. Crisp, Herbert, Parker, Turner, Mr. T.A.RSNRY with Ur. STEPHENSON. Croxton, Hewitt, Peel, VanEaton, :Mr. WA.DE. IdesiretosayiampairedwiththegentlemanfromSouth Culberson, Holman, Pindar, Viele, Carolina [Mr. DIBBLE], but not supposing this be political ques Dru·gan, Howard, Price, Warner,A.J. to a Davidson, A. C'. Hudd, Randall, Wellborn, tion, I have voted. Davidson, R. II.l\1. Johnston, J. T. Reagan, Wheeler, The SPEAKER. That is a matter which each gentleman must de Dockery, Johnston, T. D. Reese, Wilkins, Dunn, Jones,J.H. Richardson, Wilson, cide for himself. Eden, Jones, J. T. Riggs, Winans, The result of the vote was then announced as above stated. Everhart, King, Robertson, WISe, Fisher, Landes, Rogers, Worthington. RESOLUTIONS IN RELATION TO THE LATE REPR~""ENTATIVE RANKIN. Ford, Lanham, Sadler, l'rlr. BRAGG. Mr. Speaker, Iaskunanimousconsentthatatthe close NAYs-iS. of the session on Thursday afternoon of this week a recess be taken until Adams,G.E. Felton, Leblbach, Rice, half past 7 o'clock, at which time I will move the consideration of the .Allen, c. n. Findlay, Lindsley, Romeis, Anderson, J. A. Fleeger, Little, Rowell, resolutions relating to the death of my late colleague, Mr. RANKIN. Baker, Funston, McAdoo, Scmnton, The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman Bayne, Gallinger, McKinley, Smalls, from Wisconsin? Bea~h, Goff, Mlllard, Strait, Bingham, Grosvenor, .1\Iotrat, Struble, 1\Ir. BEACH. Mr. Speaker- :Bound, Guenther, Morrow, Tayl~rt 7Alch. The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman object? Brady, Hayden, Neal, Van I:;C1laick, Mr. BEACH. I desire to submit some remarks. Bro-wn, C. E. Henderson, D. B. Negley, Wade, Brown, W.W. Henderson, T.J. O'Donnell, Wadsworth, The SPEAKER. This is not debatable; it is a. request for unanimous Buchanan, Herman O'Neill, Cha.rles "Warner, William consent. Bunnell, Hiestand, Osborne, Wea.ver,A.J. Mr. BEACH. It is in the nature of a motion, is it. not? Burrows, Hitt Owen, Weaver,J.B. Campbell, J. M. Hol~es, Payne, Weber, The SPEAKER. It is not a. motion; it is a request for unanimous Caswell, Hopkins, Petexs, West, consent. Cutcbeon, .Jackson, Pettibone, Wbit.e,A.C• Mr. BEACH. I shall not object to it; but I should like the privi· Dunham, Johnson, F. A. Phelps, White, Milo. Eldredge, La Follette, Pidcock, lege of making a few remarks upon the motion. Farquhar, Laird, Pirce, The SPEAKER. There being no objection, the order is made as re NOT VOTING-122. quested by the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. BRAGG]. Adams, J.J. Curtin, Ketchrun, Scott, The gentleman from New York [MF. BEACH], as the Chair under Aiken, Daniel, Kleiner, Sessions, stands, asks unanimous consent to- Allen, J.l\L Davenport, Laffoon, Seymour, Mr. BEACH. To detain the House only three or four minutes in Arnot, Davis, Libbey, Shaw, Atkinson, Dawson, Lore, Skinner, connection with the motion which has just been agreed to. Barbour, Dibble, Louttit, Snyder, Several M:El\IBERS. Regular order. Barnes, Dingley, Lowry, Sowden, Belmont, Dorsey, Lyman, Spriggs, ORDER OE BUSINESS. Bennett, Dougherty, Mahoney, Stablnecker, Bliss, Dowdney, Markham, Steele, Jr:Ir. STONE, of Missouri. 1\Ir. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to Boutelle, Ellsberry, 1\IcComas, Stephenson, have the bill (H. R. 14.8), with a substitute, reported on the 24th of Breckinridge,'VI-CP.Ely, 1\lcKenna, St.!tiartin, February, recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands. Browne, T. 1\I. Ermentrout, :Merriman, Stone, W. J., Ky. Brumm, Evans, Milliken, Swinburne, The SPEAKER. The Chair will entertain the request after tke un Burleigh, Foran, Morgan, Symes, finished business is disposed of. Burnes, GilliHan, Morrill, Tarsney, Butterwodh, Grout, l\Iuller, Taylor,LH. 1\IA.RG.A.RET B. HARWOOD._ Bynum, Rule, Neece, Thomas, 0. B. Caldwell, Hammond, Nelson, Thompson, The next unfinished business-on the Calendar was the bill (H. R. 81) Campbell, Felix Hanback, O'Hara, Townshend, granting a pension to Margaret B. Harwood. Oampbell,J.E. Harmer, O'Neill,J.J. Tucker, The bill was read, as follows: Campbell,'£. J. Haynes, Payson, Wait., Clements, Hepburn, Perkins, Wakefield, Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, au Cobb, Hill, Perry, Ward,J.H. thorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and Cole, Hires, Plumb, Ward,T.B. limitations of the pension laws, the name of Marg'll.ret B. Harwood, widow of Collins, Hiscock, Pulitzer, Whiting, Rear-Admiral Andrew A. Harwood, late of the United States Kavy, and pay Compton, Houk, Ranney, Willis her a pension of $50 a month from and after the passage of this act. Comstock, Hutt-on, Reed, T. B. Wolfo~d, Coo-per, Irion, Reid, J. W. 'Voodburn. The SPEAKER. ,The question is, Shall this bill pass? Cox, James, Rockwell, Mr. REAGAN. H ow does this bill get before the House, Mr. Cra.l:n, Kelley, Ryan, Speaker? · So the motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Claims was The SPEAKER. The previousquestionwasordered nponit onFri agreed to. day 1ast, and it comes over, under the practice of the House, as un M"1·. EDEN. I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the names finished business. of members voting be dispensed with. :Mr. RE.A.GA.l'f. Is it debatable? There was no objection. The SPEAKER. The Chair is advised (not having been pre....~ 2628 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MARCH 22, when the bill was considered) that there was no debate upon it when :M.r. LONG. Then I understand the gentleman to say that if the the previous question was ordere
, 2630 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MAROH 22, --~·------.------1870 he was appointed judge-advocate of the Navy. In October, 1871, Dar~n, Johnson,F.A. O'Donnell, Taulbee 1 Davidson, A. C. Johnston, J. T. O'Ferrall, Taylor, J. M. he was detached and placed on waiting orders. Da.vidson,R.H.M. Johnston,T.D. Peel, Taylor, Za.ch. It appears from this record that- Dunham, Jones,J.H. Perkins, Thomas, J. R. In 1 64 Admiral Harwood was placed on the retired-list in accordance with Dunn, Jones, J. T. Peters, Tillman, law, but his services were so valuable that he was employed on various special Forney, Kleiner, Pindar, Trigg, duties tilll872, eight years after retirement, when the law putting all retired Fuller, Lanham, Price, Turner, officers off duty deprived the Department of his labors. It was during this lat Gay, Little, Reagan, Van Eaton, ter part of his service that he wrote the work on courts-martial, which is at Gla s, Lowry, Richardson, Wade, present theacceptedauthorityfollowed in all military trials in the Navy. Before Gt·een, W. J. 1\fa.rtin, Riggs, Warner,A.J. Harwood's work was published it was almost impossible in the time allowed Grosyenor, 1\fatson, Romeis, Weaver,A.J. for naval courts to properly inform themselves on points of law, precedent, and Guenther, McCreary, Rowell, Weaver,J.B. principle, and as a natural consequence much injustice resulted, sometimes in Halsell, McMillin, Sadler, Wellborn, the direction of too great severity, and again in treating breaches of discipline Harris, l\!cRae, Sayers, West, with too great leniency. Hatch, Miller, Singleton, ~~r, It is to Harwood chiefly that the Navy of to-day owes that state of affairs llemphill, Illills1 Springer, which makes marked injustice in military matters impossible, and gives every Henderson, J. S. l\Iornson, Stone, W. J., Mo. Wilson~' man, whatever his r ank, his legal rights,11.nd almost inevitably brings adequate Het·bert, Neal, Storm, Winans, punishment for military crime. Hill, Norwood, Swinburne, Worthington. Holman, Oates, Swope, I wanted to add that much to his record which I had not time to refer to when I occupied the floor before. NOT VOTING-132. Adams, J. J. Cutcheon, Laffoon, Plumb, Now, 1t1r. Speaker, if this pension is granted to Mrs. Harwood, as I Aiken, Daniel, Landes, Pulitzer, have said, she will probably not live more than. a few years. It is only Anderson, C.-M. Davenport, Lawler, Ranney, $600 a year which she will get under this bill. It is not the pension Arnot, Davis, Libbey, Reed,T.B. Atkinson, Dawson, Long, Reid,J.W. that was offered to Mrs. Thomas, and which I voted against. It was Barry, Dibble, Lore, Reese, not the character of pension offered to the granddaughter of Thomas Belmont, Dingley, Louttit-, Robertson, Jefferson, which I voted against. It is not the kind of pension which Bennett, Dorsey, Lovering, Rockwell, Blanchard, Dougherty, Lyman, Ryan, belongs to the class which gentlemen have been speaking of. But this Bliss, Dowdney, Mahoney, Scott, laoy belongs to a class of pensioners whom Congr~ has recognized uni Blount, Eden, Markham, Shaw, formly so far as my knowledge extends. It has constantly acted on the Boutelle, Ellsberry, McAdoo, Skinner, Boyle, Ely, 1\lcComas, Snyder, principle of granting this amount to the widows of those officers who Browne, T. M. Ermentrout, McKenna, Spriggs, had achieved that distinction in the service which Admiral Harwood Brumm, Evans, McKinley, Stahlnecker, achieved. I think I may say with perfect confiden.::e that no man of Buchanan, Farquhar, l\Ierriman, Stephenson, Burnca, Foran, Millard, Stewart, Charles these twenty-two in number whom I have mentioned achieved greater. Butterworth, Gibson, Eustnc.e :Milliken, St. Martin, distinction or served the country so long or preserved through so many Bynum, Gilfillan, Mitchell, Stone, E. F. years a record so stainless and pure. Caldwell, Hale, Moffat, Stone, W. J., Ky. Campbell, Felix Hall, Morgan, Symes, Now will Congress in the face of all these precedents, in the face of Campbell, J.M. Hammond, Morrill, Tarsney, these fhcts which themselves constitute a powerful argument, undert.'l.ke Campbell, J. E. Hanback, 1\Iorrow, Thompson, to draw the line on this woman at her age ? She was not married to Caswell, Harmer, 1\Iuller, Townshend, Catchings, Heard, Murphy, Tucker, Admiral Harwood in old age, but was the partner of his life from his Cobb, Hepburn, Neece, Wakefield, early manhood till his death. I l:.._>e the House will not undertake to Cole, Hires, O'Hara, Ward,J.H. draw the line on her. If it is to establish the precedent contended for, Collins, Hiscock, O'Neill, J. J. Warner, William Compton, Hook, Payson, Weber, let it be done on some less worthy person than this aged and worthy Comstock, Hutton, Perry, White, A. C. widow of this singularly distinguished and honorable officer who served Cooper, Irion, Pettibone, Wilkins, his country through the greater part of its existence. Cox:, J a.ckson, Pidcock, Willis, The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Arkansas asks unanimous con Curtin, Ketcham, Pirce, Woodburn, sent to lay aside the House bill and to consider the Senate bill in lieu So the bill was passed. of it. Is there objection? Mr. CRISP. Mr. Speaker, my colleague [Mr. HAl\IMOND] has re Mr. REAGAN. I feel constrained to object and to throw every ob- quested me to state that he is absent on account of sickness in his stacle in the way of passing this bilL .. · family. The SPEAKER. The question is, Shall the bill pass? lli. DOCKER,Y. Mr. Speaker I ask unanimous consent that the The question being taken, there were-ayes 62, noes 58. reading of the names of members voting be dispensed with. M:r. MATSON. I call for the yeas and nays. Objection was made. The yeas and nays were ordered--43 members voting therefor. After a portion of tb~ names had been read the objection was with- drawn, and the further reading was dispensed with. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. The following additional pairs were announced: A message from the Senate, by Mr. McCooK, its Secretary, informed Mr. Cox with Mr. WRITING, for this day. the House that the Senate further insisted upon its amendments num Mr. GIBSON, of West Virginia, with :Mr. MORROW, for the rest of the bered 2, 6, and 7 to the bill (H. R. 5893) to provide for certain of the day. most urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Gov 1.1r. ROBERTSON with Mr. WOODBURN, for this day. ernment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1886, and for other pur The result of the vote was then announced as above recorded. poses, disagreed to by the House of Representatives; agreed to the con ference asked on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and :MRS. LAURA HENTIG. that .Mr. ALLISON, Mr. HALE, and Mr. COCKRELL had been appointed The next unfinished business on the Calendar was the bill (H. R. 2464) the conferees on the part of the Senate. to increase the pension of Mrs. Laura Hentig. MARGARET D. HARWOOD. The bill was read, as follows: Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, au The question was taken; and there were--yeas 96, nays 95, not vot thorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Laura Hentig, ing 132; as follows: widow of Edmund C. HenUg, late a ca.ptnin in the Sixth Cavalry, United States YEAS-96. Army, and to pay her a pension at the rate of $30 per month, in lieu of that now Adams, G. E. Felton, Hopkins, Sawyer, allowed her. Allen, C. H. Findlay, Howard, Scranton, Anderson, J. A. Fisher, Hudd, Seney, Mr. MATSON. Mr. Speaker, I believe debate is in order on this Baker, Fleeger, James, Sessions, bill? Barbour, Ford, Kelley, SQymour, The SPEAKER. Tbe.Cbair is advised that there was debate upon Bayne, Frederick, King, Smalls, Bingham, Funston, La Follette, Sowden, the bill when it was last before the House. Bound, Gallinger, Laird, Spooner, Mr. UATSON. I desire to be beard in opposition to this bill, and Brady, Geddes, LeFevre, Steele, Bragg Gibson, C. H. Lehlbach, Stewart,J. W. my impression is that there was no debate. Breckinridge,1 C. R. Glover, Lindsley, Strait, The SPEAKER. The Chair may be mistaken. The official record Breckinridge,WCP.Goff, 1\Iaybw·y, Struble, contains the report upon the bill, and the Chair supposed that the'Te Brown, C. E . Green, R. S. Negley, Taylor, E. B. port had been read, but perhaps it was inserted without being read. Brown, \V. W. Grout, Nelson, '.ra.ylor, I. H. Buck, Hayden, O'Neill, Charles Thomas, 0. B. Mr. MATSON. I think it was inserted in accordance with anagree Bunnell, Haynes, Osborne, 'Throckmorton, meQt that all reports on bills considered should be printed in the REc- Burleigh, Henderson, D. B. Outhwaite, VanSchaick, Burrows. Henderson, T. J. Owen, Viele, ORD whether they were read or not. · Campbell, T. J. Henley, Parker 'Vadsworth, The SPEAKER. If that be the case the rule applies, and there are Carleton, Herman, Payne,' WRit, thirty minutes for debate; fifteen minutes in support of the bill and Conger, Hewi:tt, Phelps, "Vira.rd, '1'. B. Dockery, Hiestand, Randall, White, Milo :fifteen minutes in opposition. Eldredge, Hitt, Rice, Wise, Mr. .MATtiON. Mr. Speaker, the vote just taken shows that this Everhart, Holmes, Rogers, Wolford. Honse barely tolerates the practice that ha.s obtained in Congress for NAY8-95. many yrors of increasing the pensions of widows of general officers and Allen,:J.M. Beach, Cannon, Crain, of officers of corresponding rank in the Navy from $30 to $50 a month. Ballentine, Bland, Chudy, Crisp, Barksdale, Cabell, Clements, Croxton, That proposition has been sustained here by a bare ~ajority of 1 upon Barnes, Candler, Cowles, Culberson, a yea-and-nay vote. I regard that kind of legislation as the most vicious
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that could be enactedinrebtion to pensions. It began, as Ihavesaid, Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. Where widows of captains are receiv a good many years ago. ing $40 a month? It began with the proposition that the widows of general officers Mr. WOLFORD. Yes, sir; widows of captains. . killed in battle should have their pensions increased from $30 to $50 a Mr. MATSON. I yield the remainder of my time to the gentleman month; but it did not stop there. It went on until it grew into a well from Tennessee (1\fr. MCMILLIN]. founded custom of increasing the pensions of the widows of all general Mr. McJ\ULLIN. I do not wish to occupy any time upon this case. officer.s to $50 a month. Now, this bill proposes to increase the pension All I ask is that the yeas and nays be taken on the question of its pas of the widow of a captain-a very worthy man, no doub~ who was sage. killed in battle with the Indians within the last few years. If this The SPEAKER. If no further debate be desired the question is on bill passes the House will have gone even· outside of the line of prece the passage of the bill, on which the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. dents that bas been established here in relation to increasing the pen 1\fcl\Irr..LIN] asks the yeas and nays. sions of the widows of general officers. This bill clearly goes beyond Theyeasandnayswereordered; there being-ayes 34, noes 49; more that line, and certainly every one will agree that it is dangerous for this than one-fifth voting in the affirmative. House to go in this direction beyond the established precedents. I be Mr. THROCKMORTON. Before the vote is taken I wish to inquire lieve with the gentleman from Texas [:Mr. REAGAN] that upon the whether the proposition is to increase this pension from $20 to $30 only. yea-and-nay votejnst taken the House ought to have said that vicious The SPEAKER. The bill provides for a pension of $30 a month. legislation of this kind should stop, and that the widow of no officer l'ifr. 1\fcl\IILLIN. That is more than the general law provides by should have a larger pension than the existing law gives her. 50 per cent. Mr. McMILLIN. Congress will say so before long. The question was then taken; and it was decided in the negative :Mr. MATSON. I believe, Mr Speaker, that, as just suggested by yeas 68, nays 102, not voting 153; as ~ollows: t.he gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. McMILLIN], the time is near at YEAS-68. band when the people will have been heard from upon this qnestionof Allen, O.H. Grout, Nelson, Symes, increasing pensions and granting large special pensions. The practice Anderson, C.l\I•• Hayden, O' Neill, Charles Taylor, I. H. is growing more unpopular every day all over the country. The people Baker, Henderson, D. B. Owen, Taylor, Znch. Bingham, . Herman, Parker, Thomas, 0. B. see around them men and women who ought to have pensions but are Brown, C. E. Hiestand, Payne, Throckmorton, getting none, and for that reason it is unpopular all through the coun Brown,W.W. Hiscock, Pettibone, Van Scbaick, tryto grant large pensions to any one. Therefore I say this House ought Buchanan, Hitt Phelps, Viele, Burleigh, Ho~es, Rice, Wade, to put a stop to the practice, and ought to refuse to increase any of these Campbell, T. J. Howard, Rowell, 'Vadsworlh, pensions beyond the limit fixed by law. Carleton, Kelley, Scranton, Wait, Mr. McMILLIN. Will thegentlemanpermitmetoaskhim whether Conger, King, Seney, Ward,T.B. Eldredge, LeFevre, Sessions, Weber, the Committee on Invalid Pensions did or did not report against this Farquhar, Lehlba.ch, Seymour, West, bill? Fisher, Maybury, Smalls, Wbite,A.C. Mr. MATSON. This bill does not come from the Committee on In Fleeger, McKinley, Steele, White, Milo Funston, Mitchell, Stewart, J. W. Wilkins, valid Pensions, but from the Committee on Pensions. This.officerwas Gallinger, Negley, Strait, Wolford. no doubt very worthy, and I do not assail the committee at all. They doubtless believed that this lady was, as she is, the widow of a very N.A.YS-102. Allen, J. M. Frederick, McCreary, Sayers, gallant and meritorious officer; but the trouble is that there are too Ballentine, Fuller, Mcl\Iillin, Singleton, many cases just like hers, and the people are not disposed longer to Beach, Gay, McRae, Sowden, tolerate this practice of giving large pensions to a few favored persons Blount, Glass, 1\!iller, Spooner, Bound, Green, W. J. l\!ills, Springer, and very small ones to the remainder. I reserve the balance of my Bragg, Guenther, Morrison, Stone, W.J.,Ky. time. Breckinridge, C. R. Halsell, Neal, Stone, W. J., Mo. 1\fr. ZACH. TAYLOR. Mr. Speaker, I ask that the report of the Breckinridge,WCP.Hatch, Neece, Storm, Cabell, Heard, Norwood, Swope, Committee on Pensions of the Forty-eighth Congress, which fully states Campbell, J. M. Hemphill, Oates, Taulbee, the facts in this case, be read. Candler, Henderson,J.S. O'Donnell, Taylor, E. B. The Clerk read as follows: Cannon, Herbert, O'Ferrall, Taylor, J. M. Clements, Hewitt, Peel, Tbomas,J. R. The facts in this case are that Capt. Edmund C. Hentig was an officer of the Cowles, Hill, Perkins, Tillman, United States Army, on duty with his regiment, the Flixth Unit-ed States Cav Crain, Holman, Peters, "Trigg, alry, at Fort Apache, Arizona Territory. That on the 29th day of August, 1881, Croxton, Hudd, Pindar, Turner, he formed, with his company, a part of the command under Col. E. A. Carr, Culberson, Johnston,J.T. Price, Van Eaton, commanding Sixth Cavalry, United States Army, which marched to Cibicu Cutcheon, Johnston,T.D. Reagan, Warner, A. J. Creek, near the said Fort Apache, and on the 30th the command was surprised Dargan, Jones,J.H. Reed, T.B. Weaver,A.J. and attacked by hostile Apache Indians; who infiicted serious injury and loss Davidson, A. C. Kleiner, Reid, J. W. Weaver, J. B. of life upon said command; that at the beginning of the hostilities the said Davidson, R. H.l\!. Lanham, Reese, Wellborn, Captain Hentig was shot and instantly killed by said hostile Indians. Davis, . Lawler, Richardson, Wheeler, 1\Irs. Laura Hentig, the widow of the said Captain Hentig, has been an in Dockery, Lowry,; Riggs, Winans, valid for several years, and, from the effects of malaria and the shock of her Dunn, 1\!artin, Robertson, Wise. husband's sudden and cruel death, is suffering from complete nervous :prostra Everhart, l\!atson, Sadler, tion; and it is in proof, as the opinion of W. M.. Goodell, M.D., of the Untversit.y Forney, McAdoo. Sawyer, of Pennsylvania., that in all probability she will never be able to earn a livelihood for herself or invalid daughter. NOT VOTINC'.--153. l\1rs. Hentig is poor, and her present pension of $20 per month is scarcely suf Adams, G. E. Cox, Hires, Payson, ficient to pay for necessary medical attendance. . In view of all the surrounding Adams,J.J. Crisp, Hopkins, Perry, circumstances your committee regard this case as one involving unusual hard Aiken, Curtin, Houk, Pidcock, ships. They would, therefore, recommend the passage of the bill granting a Anderson, J. A. Daniel, Hutton, Pirce, pension to Mrs. Laura Hentig at the rate of $50 per month. Arnot, Davenport, Irion, Plumb, Atkinson, Dawson, Jackson, Pulitzer, Mr. ZACH. TAYLOR. Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Pensionsof Barbour, Dibble, James, Randall, Barksdale, Dingley, Johnson, F. A. Ranney, the present House has reported in favor of the passage of a bill similar Barnes, Dorsey, Jones,J.T. Rockwell, to the one presented in the last Congress, fixing the pension in this case Barry, Dougherty, Ketcham, Rogers, at 30 a month. The allegations of that report are sustained by numer Bayne, Dowdney, Laffoon, Romeis, Belmont, Dunham, La Follette, Ryan, ous afficlavits, which are on file-affidavits of the physicians and others, Bennett, Eden, Laird, Scott, whose credibility is certified to by the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Blanchard, Ellsberry, Landes, Shaw, THROCKMORTON], who is familiar with the case. If there ever was a Bland, Ely, Libbey, Skinner, Bliss, Ermeutrout, Lindsley, Snyder, case in which the liberality of the House ought to be exercised it is one Boutelle, Evans, Little, _ Spriggs, of this character. Boyle, Felton, Long, Sta.hlnecker, Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. Whatpensionisthisladynowdrawing? Brady, Findlay, Lore, St-ephenson, Browne, T.l\!. ' Foran, Louttit, Stewart, Charles .?!Ir. ZACH. TAYLOR. Twenty dollars a month. Brumm, Ford, Lov-ering, St. Martin, Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. And the proposition of this bill is to Buck, Geddes, Lyman, Stone, E. F. make the pension $50 a month? Bunnell, Gibson, C. H. l\Iahoney, Struble, Burnes, Gibson, Eustace Markham Swinburne, Mr. ZA.CH. TAYLOR. Thirty dollars. Burrows, GiUillan, 1\IcComas,' Tarsney, .?lir. HENDERSON, of Iowa. Are there any other widows of captains Butterworth, Glover, McKenna, Thompson, who receive this amount of pension? Bynum, Goff, Merriman Townshend, Caldwell, Green, R. S. Millard, ' Tucker, Mr. ZACH. TAYLOR. I do not know whether there are o.r not. I Campbell, Felix Grosvenor, Milliken, Wakefield, am not putting this bill on the ground of precedent, but upon the neces Campbell, J. E. Hale, Moffatt, Ward,J. EI. sity of this special case. Caswell, Hall, Morgan, Warner, Willirua Catchings, Hammond, Morrill, Whiting, Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. I want to know whether there are any Clardy, Hanback, Morrow, Willis, precedents for granting the widow of a captain pension at the rate of Cobb, Harmer, Muller, Wilson, $30 a month. Cole, Harris, Murphy, Woodburn, Collins, Haynes, O'Hara, Worthington. Mr. ZACH. TAYLOR. I am not advised on that point; I think, Compton, Henderson, T . .J. O'Neill, J • .J. however, there are. Comstock, Henley, Osborne, Mr. WOLFORD. I will say to the gentleman from Iowa that there Cooper. Hepburn, Outhwaite. are ten precedents where $40 a month has been granted. So the hill was rejected. 2632 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. MARcH 22,
The following additional pair was announced: During the roll-call the following additional pair was announced from l\Ir. GREEN, of New Jersey, with Mr. BRADY, on this vote. the Clerk's desk: . · Mr. WARNER, of Ohio, with Mr. !t'INDLAY, for the rest of the day. l'IIBS. E . A. BENIIAM. The vote was then announced as abo>e recorded. The next bill coming over from Friday last under the operation of the previous question was read, as follows: mA RUSSEL HANCOCK. A bill (S. 812) granting a pension to Mrs. E. A. Benham. The next business coming over was the bill (H. R. 5841) granting a Be it ena-eted , &e., 'That the Secreta ry of the Interior be, and he is hereby, au pension to Mrs. Almira Russel Hancock. thorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and The SPEAKER. The question is on the passage of the bill. limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mrs. E. A . Benham, wife of the .'.Mr. ZACH. TAYLOR demanded the yeas and nays. late General Henry Vv. Benham, at the rate of $50 per month. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore (l'IIr. WEAVER, of Iowa). This bill The question was taken; and it was decided in the affirmative-yeas comes before the House under the operation of the previous question; 158, nays 47, not voting 118; as follows: and there having been debate upon the bill, the question is now on its passage. _ YEAS--158. Adams, G. E. E\'ans, Ketcham, Scranton, Mr. REAGAN. I ask for the yeas and .nays. Allen, C. H. Everhart, King, Seney, The yeas and nays were ordered, there being-aye& 31, noes 43; more Anderson, C. M. Farquhar, Landes, Sessions, Anderson,J.A. Felton, Lawler, Seymour, than one-fifth voting in the affirmati>e. Arnot, Fisher, La Fevre, Sowden, The question was taken; and it was decided in the negative-yeas 92, Baker, Fleeger, Lehlbach, Spooner1 nays 100, not Yoting 131; as follows: Barnes, Ford, Lindsley, Springer, Bayne, Gallinger, Long, Steele, YEAS-92. Beach, Gay, Lovering, Stewart, J. W. Allen, c.n. Farquhar, Long, Steele, Bingham, Geddes, Lowry, Stone, E. F. Anderson,J.A. Felton, Lovering, Stewart, J. W. Blanchard, Gibson, C. H. 1\Iarkbam, Stone, W. J., 1\Io. Arnot, Fleeger, 1\Iarkhaw, Stobe,E.F. Bound, Glover, Martin, · Storm, Baker, Fun ton, Mayb ury, Strait, Boyle, Goff, Maybury, Strait Bayne, Gallinger, l\li tchell, Struble, Brady, Green, R. S. 1\IcKJnley, Struble, \V. Bingham, Gotf, Negley, Swinburne, Bragg1 Green, J. Merriman, Swinburne, Brady, G rosvenor, Nelson, Symes, Breckmridge, C. R. Grosvenor, 1\litchell, Swope, · Bragg, G rout, O'Neill, Charles Taylor, I. TI. Brown, C. E. Grout, Neal, Taylor, E. B. Brown, C. E. Harmer, Osborne, Taylor, Zach. Brown, W. W. Harmer, Negley, Taylor, I. H. Brown, ,V. W. !Iayden, Outhwaite, Thomas, 0. B. Buchanan, Harris, Nelson, Taylor, Zach. Buchanan, Henderson, D. B. Parker, . Tillman, Buck, Hayden, Norwood, Thomas, 0. B. Bunnell, Haynes Buck, Herman, Perkins, Viele, 1 O'Neill, Charles Throckmorton, Bunnell, Hiestand, Pettibone, 'Vadsworth, Burleigh, Hemphill, Osborne, Tlllman·, Burleigh, Hiscock, Phelps, Wait, Burnes, Henderson, D. B. Outhwaite, Van Scllaick, Burrows, Hitt, Randall, Ward,T.B. Burrows, Henderson, T. J. O.wen, Viele, Campbell, T. J. Holmes, Rice, Warner, William Butterworth, Henley, Parker, Wadsworth, Conger, Hutton, Sawyer, Weaver,A.J. Bynum, Herbert, Payne, W'ait, Curtin, James, Scranton, Weber, Campbell, T. J. Herman, Peel, Ward, T.B. Dargan, Ketcham, Sessions, West, Candler, Hewitt, Perkins, Warner, William Davis, Landes, Seymour, White, A. C. Cannon, Hiscock, Pettibone, 'Veaver,A.J. Dingley, Le Ferre, Smalls, White, Milo Carlton, Hitt, Phelps, 'Veber, Eldredge, J..ehlbach, Sowden, ':Vilkins, Catchings, Holman, Pindar, West, Evans, Lindsley, Spooner, Wolford. Collins, Holmes, Pirce, White, A. C. Curtin, Hopkins, Randall, NAYB-100. Dargan, Howard, Reed,T.B. ;~~Milo Allen,J.M. G~y, McCreary, Sadler, Davis, Hudd, Rice, Willis, ' Anderson, C. M. Geddes, Mcl\Iillin, Sayers, Dingley, Hutton, Riggs, Wilson, Ballentine, Glass, McRae, Singlet-on, Dockery, James, Rogers, Wise, Barnes, Glover, 1\Ierriman, Springer, Dunham, Johnson,F.A. Romeis, Wolford. Beach, Green, W. J. Miller, Stewart, Charles Dunn, Johnston, J. T. Rowell, Blount·, Guenther, Murphy, St-one, W. J., Ky. Eldredge, Joues,J. T. Sawyer, Bound, Halsell, Neal, Stone, ,V. J., Mo. Breckinridge, C. R. Harris, Neece, Storm, NAYS--47. Cabell, Hatch, Norwood, Swope, Allen, J.l\I. Halsell, Morrison, Stewar~ ~ Charles, Campbell,J.M. Heard, Oates, Taulbee, Barksdale, Hatch, Murphy, Stone, ''V. J., Ky. Candler, Henderson, J. S. O'Donnell, Taylor, E. B. Bland, Heard, Neece, Taulbee Cannon, Ilewitt, O'Ferrall, Taylor,J.l\1. Blount., Henderson, J. S. Oates, Taylor,J. M . Cowles, Hill, Peel, Thomas,J.R. Ca.belJ, Hill O' Ferrall, Trigg, Crain, Holman, Peters, Throckmorton, Cowles, Jo~st-on, T. D. Peters, Turner, Crisp, Hudd, Pindar, Trigg, Crisp, Jones,J.H. Price, Van Eaton, Croxton, Johnston, J. T. Plumb, Turner, Croxton, Lanham, Reagan, Wade, Culberson, Johnston, T. D. Price, Van Eaton, Davidson, A. C. McMillin, Richardson, Wheeler, Davidson,A.C. Jones,J.H. Reagan, Wade, Davidson, R. H. M. 1\lcRa~, Sadler, Winans, Davidson, R. H.l\1. Kleiner, Reid,J.W. Weaver,J.B. Forney, Miller; Sayers, Worthington. Dockery, La. Follette, Reese, Wellborn, Glass, Mills, Singleton, Dunn, Lanham, Richardson, Wheeler, Everhart, Lawler, Riggs, Wilson, NOT VOTING-118. Forney, Lowry, Rogers, Winans, Adams, J .. J. Daniel, Kleiner, Ranney Frederick, Martin, Rome is, Wise, Aiken, Davenport, Laffoon, Reid,J. \v. Fuller, l\Iutson, Rowell, 'Vorthington. Atkinson, Dawson, La Follette, R~ese, Ballentine, Dibble, Laird, Robertson, NOT VOTING-13L Barbour, Dorsey, Libbey, Rockwell, Adams, G. E. Cooper, Hires, Owen, Barry, Dougherty, Little, Ryan, Adams,J.J. Cox, Hopkins, Payne, Belmont, Dowdney, Lore, Scott, Aiken, Cutcheon, Houk, Payson, Bennett, Eden, Louttit, Shaw, Atkinson, Daniel, Howard, Perry, Bliss, Ellsberry, Lyman, Skinner, Barbou,r, Davenport, Irion, Pidcock, Boutelle, . Ely, Mahoney, Smalls, Barksdale, Dawson, Jackson, Pirce, Breck.inridge,WCP.Ermentrout, Matson, Snyder, Barry, Dibble, Johnson, F. A. Pulitzer, Browne, T. M. Findlay, - McAdoo, Spriggs, Belmont, Dorsey, Jones,J.T. Ranpey, Brumm, Foran, l\IcComas, Stahlnecker, Bennett, Dougherty, Kelley, Reed,T.B. Caldwell, Frederick, McCreary, Stephenson, Blanchard, Dowdney, King, Robertson, Campbell, Felix Fuller, :1\lcKenna, St. Martin, Bland, Dunham, Lall'oon, Rockwell, Campbell, J. E. Funston, Millard, Symes, Bliss, Eden, Laird, Ryan, Campbell, J . M. Gibson, l!:ust.ace Milliken, Tarsney, Boutelle, Ellsberry, Libbey, Scott, Caswell, Gilfillan, 1\Iotfatt, Thomas, J. R. Boyle, · Ely, Little, Seney, Clardy, Guenther, Morgan, Thompson, Breckinridge,WCP.Ermentrout, Lore, Shaw, Clements, Hale, Morrill, Townshend, Browne, T.l\1. Findlay, Louttlt, Skinner, Cobb, Hall, Morrow, Tucker, Brumm, Fisher, Lyman, Snyder, Cole, Hammond, Muller, 'Vakefielll, Burnes, · Foran, Mahoney, Spriggs, Compton, Hanback, O'Donnell, Ward,J.H. Butterworth, Ford, McAdoo, Stahlnecker, Comstock, Hepburn, O'Hara Warner, A. :I. Bynum, Gibson, C. H. 1\IcCoiiUIB, Stephenson, Conger, Hiestand, O'Nem;J.J. _ Weaver,J.B. Caldwell, Gibson, Eustaee McKenna, St. Martin, Cooper, Hires, Payson, Wellborn, Campbell, Felix Gilfillan, McKinley, Tarsney, Cox, Houk, Perry, Whiting, Campbell, J. E. Green, R. S. l\Iillard, Thompson, Crain, Irion, Pidcock, Woodburn. Carleton, Hale, Milliken, Townshend, Culberson, Jackson, Plumb, Caswell, Hall, Mills, Tucker, Cutcheon, Kelley, Pulitzer, Catchings, Hammond, 1\Iotfatt, Van Schnick, Clardy, Hanback, J'vlorgan, Wakefield, So the bill was passed. Morrill, Ward,:J. H . On motion of J\1r. McMILLIN, by unanimous consent the reading of &bb~nts, «:~npehili, 1\Iorrison, Warner,A.J. the names was dispensed with. Cole, Henderson, T. :1. Morrow, Collins, Henley, Muller, ~n~~g, Mr. W A.RNER, of Ohio. I voted "no," but being paired with the Compton, Hepburn, O'Hara., 'Voodburn. gentleman from Maryland [Mr. FINDLAY], who would have ·roted Comstock, Herbert, O'Neill,J.J. "ay," I shall withdraw my vote. & 1Jle bill was rejected. The result ofthe vote was then announced as n.bo\e recorded. 1886 . . CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-· HOUSE. 2633
NORTIIERN P .ACIFIC RAILROAD FORFEITURE. TAX ON TOBACCO AND FRUIT SPilliTS. 1\Ir. HENLEY, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported Mr. WHEEER also introduced a bill (H. R. 6987) to remove the tax back with favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 147) to declare for on tobacco, and on spirits made from fruits in certain cases; which feibl certain lands granted to aid in the construction of the Northern was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Ways Pacific Railroad, and for other purposes; which was referred to the and Means, and ordered to be printed. Honse Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be P UBLIC LANDS, .ARKANSAS, FOR SCIIOOL PURPOSES. printed. · Mr. McRAE introduced a bill (H. R. 6988) granting the thirty Mr. STRAIT. I would like to obtain unanimous consent to file a sixth section of lands to the State of Arkansas for free-school purposes; J.Dinority report hereafter to accompany that bill. which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on There was no objection, and leave-was accordingly granted to the mi the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. nority to file its views. HARRIET .A. WOMACK. 1\IESS.AGE FROM THE PRESIDENT. Mr. McRAE also introduced a bill (H. R. 6989) for the relief"of Harriet A message in writing from the President of the United States was A. Womack, administratrix; which was read a first and second time, communicated to the House by Mr. PRUDEN, one of his secretaries. referred to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. The message announced the approval of House bills of the following WILLIAM 1\IOSS. titles: An act (H. R. 5219) to provide for an American register for the steam Mr. 1\IcRAE also introduced a bill (H. R. 6990) for the relief of the ship Ozama, of New York city; estate of William Moss, deceased; which was read a first and second An act (H. R. 1635) for the relief of Sarah B. Jackson; and time, referred to the Committee en Claims, and ordered to be printed. An act H. R. 545) to increase the pensions of widows and dependent ELIJAH DRAKE, SR. relatives of deceased soldiers and sailors. Mr. PEEL introduced a bill (H. R. 6991) to pay Elijah Drake, sr., of Madison County, Arkansas, for propertytaken and appropriated to the ORDER OF BUSINESS. use oftheArmyofthe United States in the late war; which was read a The SPEAKER. This being Monday, the Chair will proceed to call first and second time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, and the States and Territories for the introduction and reference of bills and ordered to be printed. joint resolutions. Under this call resolutions and memorials of State JEAN PETIT. and Territorial Legislatures are in order; also resolutions of inquiry ad d.re...qged to heads of Departments. . Mr. BUCK (by request) introduce~ a bill (II. R. 6992) granting a pension to Jean Petit; which was read a first and second time, referred EDUCATION .A.L BILLS. to the Committee o~ Invalid Pe~ons, and ordered to be printed. Mr. WHEELER submitted the following resolution; which wa~read, SALARIES OF POSTMASTERS. and referred to t.he Committee on Ru1es: Mr. BLOUNT introduced a bill (H. R. 6993) amendatory of the act Resolution directing the Committee on Rules to report a. rule to the House by which by a. majority vote the House may instruct a. committee in charge of a. approved March 3, 1883, entitled ''An act authorizing and directing the bill to report it back to the House. Postmaster-General to readjust the_ salaries of certain postmasters in Wherea.s the Tenth Census of the United States shows that there are 6,239,958 accordance with the provisions of section 8 of the act of June 12, 1866, persons in the United States over the age of ten years who can not write, and and confirmatory of the action of the Post-Office Department;'' which 4,923,4.51 over ten years of age who can not read i and Wherea.s d!lring the first session of the Forty-e1ghth Congress a. bill passed the was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Senate, by a. vote of 33 to 11, to aid in the establishment a.nd temporary support Post-Office and Post-Roads, and ordered to l!e printed. of common schools; and Whereas said bill was never acted upon by the Honse of Representatives; and MARY .A.. WADE. Whereas during the present session of Congress, to wit, on the 5th da.y of March, 1886, the Senate passed another bill to aid in the establishment and tem Mr. NORWOOD introduced a bill (H. R. 6994) for the relief of Mary porary support of common schools by a vote of 36 to 11; and A. Wade, administratrix of the estate of Seaborn H. Wade, deceased; Whereas sa.id bill was engrossed and reported to the House of Representa which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on tives, and on the 9th day of March the Speaker la.id before the House the sa.id bill (namely, the bill S. 194) to aid in the establishment and temporary support War Claims, and ordered to be printed. of common schools, which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Education; and REPRESENTATIVES OF WILLI..A.M DUNCAN. 'Vhereas on the first day on which bills could be introduced in the present Ur. NORWOOD also introduced a bill (H. R. 6995) for the relief of Congress, namely, on the 21st day of December, 1885, bill H. R. 43, to a.id in the temporary support of common schools, was introduced, read twice, and referred the legal representatives of William Duncan, late of Savannah, Ga.; r to the Committee on Education and ordered to be printed; and which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Whereas said committee has failed to make any report upon said bill; and Claims, and ordered to be printed. Whereas bills H. R . 134, 14.2, 900, and 979, which had the same object, were also introduced and referred to the Committee on Education; and HEinS OF .JOSEPH V. CONNER.AT. Whereas none of said bills have been reported back to the Honse by said Com mittee on Education; and Mr. NORWOOD also introduced a bill (H. R. 6996) for the relief of Whereas the Legislatures of the States of Alabama., Arkansas, Georgia, Ken the heirs of .Toseph V. Connerat, of Savannah, Ga.; which was read a tucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina., Virginia., and . first and second time, referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered West Virgini~~o have passed resolutions requesting or directing their Sena.tors and Representatives to a.id in securing the passage of bills which seek to a.id in to be printed. the temporary support of common schools; a.nd . .JOHN HOULm.AN. Whereas Christian and educational a.ssociations throughout the United States have adopted resolutions urging that Congress enact a. law providing for the Mr. ROWELL introduced a bill (H. R. 6997) granting a pension to temporary support of common schools; and John Hou1ihan; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Whereas the superintendents of public instruction for the States of .Alabama, Committee o~ Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. .A.rkansa.s, Florida1 Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Mis souri, North Ca.rolma, South Ca.rolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. ,1\IICH.AEL DUGGAN. have memorialized Congress, setting forth the immediate and pressing educa. tional wants of the So~thern Sta~s of the Union and praying for speedy action Mr. ROWELL also introduced a bill (H. R. 6998) granting a pension in aid thereof; and to :Michael Duggan; which was read a first and second time, referred to Whereas the passage of this bill is absolutely essential to tbe welfare of the children of citizens who are compelled to labor for low wages in farming and the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. other occupations; and Wherea.s the non-action of the Committee on Education indicates thatthey will ASHER F. SOUTHWICK, not ma.ke a. report, as contemplated by the rules of the House, in time to secure Mr. ROWELL also introduced a bill (H. R. 6999) to increase the pen action by the House during the present session; and 'Vhereas it is the duty of a committee of this House to consider all bills re sion of Asher F. Southwick; which was read a first and second time, ferred to them and report them baM to the House with a. statement of their referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. character, accompa.nied by the recommendation that such as they approve shall be pa.ssed and such as they disapprove shall not be passed: Therefore, PHILIP T. BROAD. B e it resolve-d, That the Committee on Rules be instructed to report a rule to Mr. ROWELL also introduced a bill (H. R. 7000) for the relief of this House by which it may by a majority vote direct any of its committees to report back any bill referred to them for consideration. Philip T. Broad; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. WILLIS. If the gentleman from Alabama will withdraw his resolution for the present he will have an opportunity next Monday of ELIZABETH BARNES. getting action upon this question without reference to the Committee Mr. WORTHINGTON introduced a bill (H. R. 7001) granting a pen 00~~ • sion to Elizabeth Barnes; which was read a first and second time, re Mr. WHEELER. I prefer not to withdraw it. ferred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, an~ ordered to be printed. CHARLES Co:\ISTOCK. THE BOWMAN .ACT. 111r. WHEELER also introduced a bill (H. R. 6986) to amend an act 1\fr. HOPKINS introduced a bill (H. R. 7002) granting a pension to entitled "An act to afford assistance and relief to Congress and to the Charles Comstock; which was read a first and second time, referred to Executive Departments in the investigation of claims and demands the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. against the Government;" which was read a first and second time, re GOFF .A. HALL. ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. HOPKINS (by request) also introduced a bill (H. R. 7003) for 2634 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE.. MARCH 22, the relief of Goff A. Hall; which was read a first and second time, re- to Sarah Vail; which was read a first and second time, referred to the ferred to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed. WILLIAM ROARK. PUBLIC BUILDING, .JEFFERSONVILLE, IND. Mr. TOWNSHEND (by Mr. EDEN) introduced a bill (H. R. 7004) Mr. HOWARD also introduced a bill (H. R. 7014) authorizing and granting a pension to William Roark; which was read a first and second directing the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase certain real estate time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be lying immediately opposite the Jeffersonville depot of the United States printed. Quartel'master's Department, at J e:ffersonville, Ind., and to erect thereon JAMES P. CH.ASE. a building to be occupied by the military storekeeper on duty at said Mr. NEECE introduced a bill (H. R. 7005) for the relief of James P. depot, the cost of said grounds and building not to exceed 18,000; Chase; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Commit which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on tee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. · Public Buildings aud Grounds, and ordered to be printed. NAVIGATION OF CHICAGO RIVER. ISAAC H. WHEAT. Mr. LAWLER submitted the following resolution; which was read, 11fr. HOL:MAN introduced a bill (H. R. 7015) for the relief of Isaac and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary: H. Wheat; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com mittee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. R esolved, That the Judiciary Committee be instructed to inquire into andre port to this House what legislation by Congress, if any, is in their opinion neces WILLIAM HENRY WABD. sary to close any part of the Chicago River to navigation, either by making the bridges crossing said stream permanent so that vessels can not pass through, or :Mr. HOLMAN also introduced a bill (H. R. 7016) for the relief of filling up the same. William Henry Ward; which was read a :first and second time, referred YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. to the Committee on .Claims, and ordered to be printed. Mr. LAWLER also submitted the following resolution; which was GREENSBURG LiMESTONE COMPANY. read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands: Mr. HOLMAN also introduced a bill (H. R. 7017) for the relief of Resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior Department is requested to trans the Greensburg Limestone Company and others; which was read a first mit to this House copies of all papers, documents, contracts leases, and corre and second time, referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to spondence relative to the granting of leases of public lands; and of hotel and other privileges and franchises in the Yellowstone National Park that may now be be printed. in his Department, not heretofore transmitted to the Senate in full and embraced VETO OF DES MOINES RIVER LANDS BILL. in the report of the special agent of the Department, dated September 12, 1885, contained in Senate Executive Document No. 51, first session of the Forty-Din lh Mr. WEAVER, of Iowa, presented a resolution of the senate and the Congress, and also to communicate to this House whether any proposition for house of representatives of the State of Iowa, expressing disappoint· a lease or leases of any such privileges has been made to the Department by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company or any of its officers. · ment and regret on account of the veto by the President of the bill for the relief of the Des Moines River land settlers; which was referred to MEMORIAL OF KNIGHTS OF LABOR. the Committee on the Public Lands- 1\Ir. LAWLER. I desire also to present a memorial from the Knights Mr. WEAVER, of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I ask that that resolution be of Labor of Chicago, indorsing the plan for the construction of the Hen printed in the RECORD. nepin Canal by the General Government, and urging on the attention The SPEAKER. That request can not be entertained during this of Congress that and other like projects as questions of paramount im call, but may be later. portance. I would like the Clerk to read the memorial. Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa, presented concurrent resolutions of the The SPEAKER. Under this call the only memorials that are in or General Assembly of the State of Iowa, tendering a vote of thanks to der are such as are presented from the State and Territorial Legisla the Iowa delegation in Congress for their support of the bill granting tures. This is not in order under this call. relief to the settlers on the Des Moines River; also expressing regret at Mr. LAWLER. I have received 6tatements from these parties that the President's veto of said bill. they have sent several memorials to Congress addresse9. to the Senate Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I ask thatthose resolu and House of Representatives, and that none of them have been read. tions be read. I believe when respectfully addressed such memorials ought to be read. The resolutions were read, and referred to the Committee on the Pub The SPEAKER. None of them could have been read under the lic Lands. rules. The memorial will go into the petition-box and be referred in MANUFACTURE OF VINEGAR FROM GRAIN. the usual way. Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa, also presented a joint resolution of the TRUMAN CULVER. General Assembly of the State of Iowa, requesting the members of Con 1\Ir. HENDERSON, of lllinois (by Mr. CANNON), introduced a bill gress and instructing the Senators from Iowa to oppose the passage (H. R. 7006) granting an increase of pension to Trnman Culver; which of House bills 3291 and 3973, which seek to repeal the law authorizing was read, a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid the manufacture of vinegar from grain; which was referred to the Com- Pensions, and ordered to be printed. mittee on Ways and :Means. · :Mr. HENDERSON, of Illinois (by Mr. CANNON), introduced ~bill PENSIONS. (H. R. 7007) for the relief of Truman Culver; which was read a first Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa, also presented a memorial and joint and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and resolution of the General Assembly of Iowa, favoring the pensioning oi ordered to be printed. Union soldiers who were captured while in line of duty and were con THEODORE DIETZEn. fined in rebel prisons; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Mr. KLEINER introduced a bill (H. R. 7008) granting a pension to Pensions. Theodore Dietzer; which was read a first and second time, referred to DES ~IOINES RIVER LANDS BILL. the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Mr. FULLER presented a joint resolution of the Twenty-first General Assembly of Iowa, tendering thanks of the Legislature to the Iowa del MARION REEVES. egation in Congress for their efficient effprts in ob.taining the passage 1\Ir. KLEINER also introduced a bill (H. R. 7009) to grant a pension of the bill to secure to settlers on the Des Moines River lands the peace to Marion Reeves; which was read a first and second time, referred to ful possession and title to the homes they have created, and also ex the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. pressing the deepest regret that said measure has been vetoed by the •.JOSEPH CULBERTSON. President, thereby disappointing the just expectations of the people of Iowa; which was referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Mr. STEELE introduced a bill (H. R. 7.010) for the relief of Joseph Culbertson, late of Company A, Fifth Indiana Infantry; which was read MANUFACTURE OF VINEGAR FRmi GRAIN. a first and second time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, and lli. FULLER also presented a joint resolution and memorial oftlle ordered to be printed. General Assembly of Iowa, in reference to Honse bills 3291 and 3973, PENSIONS. and stating that their passage would work great hardship to consumers Mr. HOWARD introduced a bill (H. R. 7011) extending the provis and manufacturers of vinegar in the State.of Iowa, and destroy toa ion of the act of March 9, 1878, granting pensions to the soldiers and large extent the present home market for corn now furnished by the sailors of the war of 1812 and their widows, and to the soldiers of the numerous manufacturers of the vinegar in the State of Iowa; which Tippecanoe ca.mpaign of 1811, and to their widows; which was read a was referred.to the Committee on Ways and Means. first and second time, referred to the Committee on Pensions, and or PEXSIONS. dered to be printed. Mr. FULLER also presented a memorial and joint resolution of the SALER B. DECKER. joint Legislature of Iowa, asking for the passage of an act for the pen Mr. HOWARD also introduced a bill (H. R. 7012) granting a pen sioning of Union soldiers of the Army in the late war who were during sion to Saler B. Decker; which was read a first and second time, re that time, in the discharge of duty, captured and confined in confederate ferred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. prisons; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. SARAH VAIL. .ARETUS F. I~OOMIS. Mr. HOWARD also introduced a bill (H. R. 7013) granting a pension Mr. FREDERICK introduced a bill (H. R. 7018) granting n. pension 1886. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 2635
to Aretus F. Loomis; which was read a. first and second time, referred R. W. Herod; which was read a first and second time, referred to the to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and, with the a~mpanying re- Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. port, ordered to be printed. S. DINGEE & CO. AND OTHERS. DES MOINES RIVER LANDS BILL. Mr. PERKINS (by request) also introduced a bill (H. R. 7029) for Jlfr. FREDERICK also presented a joint resolution of the senate of the relief of S. Dingee & Co., their executors, heirs, or assigns; which the Twenty-first General Assembly of the State of Iowa, the bouse of was read a. first and second time, referred to the Committee on War representatives concurring, thanking the Senate and House of Repre- Claims, and ordered to be printed. sentatives of the United States for their action in the passage of the HAJ\""NAH WARD. bill to quiet thetitleofsettlerson the Des Moines Navigation and Rail- Mr. WOLFORD introduced a. bill (H. R. '7030) grantinga pension tO road lands, &c. i which was referred to the Committee on the Public Hannah Ward; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Lands. Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. TAXATION OF VL~EGAR MANUFACTURERS. SAMUEL R. GRUNDY. Mr. FREDERICK presented memorial and joint resolut~ons of the Legislature_ of the State of Iowa, opposing the passage of House bills Ur. ROBERTSON introduced a bill (H. R. 7031) for the relief of Sam 3291 and ·3973 as being detrimental to manufactures; which were re uel R. Grundy, of Washington County, Kentucky; which was read a ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. first and second time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, and or· dered to be printed. PENSIONS. L. HARNED. Mr. FRED~ICK also presenteda memorial and joint 1·esolution of Mr. LAFFOON introduced a bill (H. R. 7032) for the relief of L. Har the Legislature of the State of Iowa, asking the passage of an act pen ned; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on sioning the Union soldiers of the late war who were during that time, War Claims, and ordered to be printed. in the discharge of their duty, captured and confined in confederate prisons; which were referred to the Committ-ee on Invalid Pensions, SAMUEL DRABELLE. and ordered to be printed. Jlfr. LAFFOON also introduced a bill (H. R. 7033) for the relief of DRUSILLA H. SWANGER. Samuel Drabelle; which was read a first and second time, referred to Mr. HOLMES (byrequest) introduced a bill (H. R. 7019) for the relief the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. of Drusilla H. Swanger; which was read a first and second time, re- FRANCIS 1\I. NISBET. ferred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. Mr. LAFFOON also introduced a. bill (H. R. 7034) for the relief of DES MOINES RIVER LAND SETTLERS. Francis M. Nisbet; which was read a first and second time, referred to Mr. HOL?tiES also presented a concurrent resolution of the Legisla- the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. ture of the State of Iowa, returning thanks to the Iowa delegation in JAMES H. HUSK. Congress for their efforts in obtaining the passage of the bill for the re- MJ-. LAFFOON also introduced a bill (H. R. 7035) granting an in- lief of the Des Moines River land settlers; also expressing the regret and crease of pension to James H. Husk; which was read a. first and second disappointment of the Legislature of Iowa overthe veto of said bill by time, referred tothe Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be the President of the United States; which was referred to the Commit- printed. tee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. J. W. GIVENS • .l'IIr. HALL presented a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Mr. LAFFOON also introduced a bill (H. R. 7036) for the relief of Iowa, touching the veto by the President of the bill authorizing suits to J. W. Givens; which was read a first and second time, referred to the be brought to settle titles under the grant of lands for the improvement Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. of the Des Moines River, and for other purposes; which was referred to the Committ-ee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. SAMUEL A. B. WOODFORD. Mr. TAULBEEintroduced a bill (H. R. 7037) for. the reliefofSam COMMISSION OF ARBITRATION. uel A. B. Woodford, of Clark County, Kentucky; which was read a Mr. ANDERSON, of Kansas, introduced a. bill (H. R. 7020) to create first and second time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, and the United States commission ofarbitration; .which was read a first and ordered to be printed. second time, referred to the Committee on Labor, and ordered to be JOHN PUCKEIT. printed. Mr. Tj..ULBEE also introduced a bill (H. R. 703S) granting a -pen RAILROAD LAND GRANTS IN KANSAS. sion to John Puckett; which was read a first and second time, referred Mr. ANDERSON, of Kansas, also introduced a bill (H. R. 7021) to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. provide for the adjustment of land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads within the State of Kansas, and for the for WILLIAM J. GEE. feiture of unearned lands, and for other purposes; which was read a first Mr. HALSELLintroifuced a bill (H. R. 7039) for the benefitofWill and second time, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and iam J. Gee; which was read a :ftrst and second time, referred to the ordered to be printed. Committee on War Claims, and ol'dered to be printed. MARGARET BUTLER. V. F. ANDREWS. Mr. ANDERSON, of Kansas, also introduced a bill (H. R. 7022) Mr. HALSELL also introduced a bill (H. R. 7040) for the benefit of granting a pension to Margaret Butler; which was read a :first and sec V. F. Andrews; which was read a fust and second time, referred to the ond time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. to be printed. SAMUEL ANDERSON. MARY E. JORDAN. Mr. HALSELL alSo introduced a bill (H. R. 7041) granting a pension Mr. FUNSTON introduced a bill (H. R. 7023) to pension Mary E. to Samuel Anderson, late of Company E, Fifth Regiment Kentucky Cav Jordan; which was read a. first and second time, referred to the Com alry; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee mittee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. AUGUST FAUST. 1\I.A.LINDA HARDIN. Mr. FUNSTON also introduced a bill (H. R. 7024) to-pension August 1\fr. HALSELL also introduced a. bill (H. R. 7042) granting a pension Faust; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Commit to Malinda Hardin, dependent mother of Joseph S. Hardin, late of Com tee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. · pany K, Fifth Regiment Kentucky Cavalry; which was read a first and THOl\fA..S J. HUTCHINS. second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered :Mr. PETERS introduced a bill (H. R. 7025) granting a pension to to be printed. Thomas J. Hutchins; which was read a first and second time, referred FANNY E. SMITH. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Mr. HALSELL also introduced a bill (H. R. 7043) for the benefit of WILLIAM G. RAYMOND. Fanny E. Smith, late Covington, administratrix of the estate of B. H. Covington, deceased; which was read a first and second time, referred Mr. RYAN introduced a bill (H. R. 7026) for the relief of William to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. G. Ra)qllond; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. W. W. WEEDON, DE
STREET RAILWAYS, WASHINGTON, D. C. sion to Ellen M. Thiers; which was read a first and second time, re Mr. GAY introduced a bill {H. R. 7046) for securing more rapid tran ferred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. sit by existing street railroad lines within the boundary of the city of LOTTIE E. DILLEY. Washington, D. C.; which was read a first and second time, referred ~Ir. O'DONNELL also introduced a bill {H. R. 7061) granting a pen· to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. sion to Lottie E. Dilley; which was read a :first and second ~e, re THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. ferred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. ]{r. GAY {by request) also introduced a bill (H. R. 7047) for thecon EDWIN E. LEWIS. structing of levees and outlets of the Mississippi River, and for other Mr. O'DONNELL also introduced a bill (H. R. 7062) to coiTect the purposes; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Com muster of Second Lieut. Edwin E. Lewis, late of the Seventh Michigan mittee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River, and or Regiment Light Artillery; which was read a :first and second time, re dered to be printed. ferred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. TRUSTEES OF ISAAC R. TRIMBLE. PUBLIC BUILDING, WINO~A. Mr. FINDLAY introduced a bill (H. R. 7048) for the relief of the Mr. WHITE, of Minnesota, introduced a bill (H. R. 7063) limiting trustees of Isaac R. Trimble; which was read a :first and second time, the cost of the erection of a public building at Winona, in Minnesota; referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. which was read a first and second time, reterred to the Committee on APOTHECARIES, UNITED STATES NAVY. Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be printed. Mr. GIBSON, of Maryland, introduced a bill (H. R. 7049) to author ABBOTT B. J. BE.!.~T. ize the appointment of apothecaries in the United States Navy, after Mr. WHITE, of Minnesota, also introduced a bill (Ir.R. 7064) grant twenty years' service, as warrant officers; which was read a first and sec ing a pension to Abbott B. J. Bent; which was read a :first and second ond time, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. printed. WiLLIAM ll. ROWLEY & SONS. GEORGE W. WETHERELL. Mr. GIBSON, of Maryland, also introduced a bill {H. R. 7050) for Mr. NELSON introduced a bill (H. R. 7065) granting an increase of the relief of William H. Rowley & Sons; which was read a :first and pension to George W. Wetherell; which was read a :first and second second time, referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be time, referred to the Committee on In>alid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. printed. JOSEPH BRADSHAW. ANDREW G. IDLLBERG. Mr. GIBSON, of Maryland, also introduced a bill (H. R. 7051) for Mr. NELSON also introduced ·a bill (H. R. 7066) for the relief of the relief of Joseph Bradshaw; which was read a :first and second time, Andrew G. Hillberg; which was read a first and second time, referred referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. HENRY T. ONLEY. . MARY GRACE S:U:ITII. Mr. GIBSON, of Maryland, also introduced a bill (H. R. 7052) for .Mr. NELSON also introduced a bill (H. R. 7067) granting a pension the relief of Henry T. Onley; which was read a :first and second time, to Mary Gra~ Smith; which was read a first and second time, referred referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. WILLIAM W. QUINN. POLYGAl\IY. Mr. GIBSON, of Maryland, also introduced a bill (H. R. 7053) for Ur. VAN EATON introduced a joint resolution (H. Res. 143) propos the relief of William W. Quinn; which was read a :first and second ing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting time, referred to the Committee on WiJ>r Claims, and ordered to be polygamy; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Com printed~ 0 mittee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. EMILY J. PARSONS. REBECCA GADDY. Mr. GIBSON, of Maryland, also introduced a bill (H. R. 7054) grant Mr. BLAND introduced a bill (H. R. 7068) for the relief of Rebecca ing a pension to Emily J. Parsons; which was read a :first and second Gaddy; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Com time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be nfittee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. printed. WILLIAM E. THOMAS. DAVID MOULDER. Mr. DAVIS infjroduced a bill (H. R. 7055) granting a pension to Will- 1\~r. BLAND also introduced a bill (H. R. 7069) for the relief of David iam E. Thomas; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Moulder; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Com- Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. mittee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. ANNUAL REPORT, COMMISSIONER OF LABOR. WILLIAM CRUDGENTON. Mr. LOVERINGsnbmittedajointresolution (H. Res.141) providing Mr. HEARD (by Mr. BLAND) introduced a bill (H. R. 7070) for the for the printing of the :first annual report of the Commissioner of Labor; relief of William Crudgenton; which was read a first and second time, which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Printing, and ordered to be printed. WILLIAl\I F. COWDEN. EMPLOYMENT OF CONVICT LABOR. M:r. HEARD (by M:r. BLAND) also introduced a bill (H. R. 7071) for Mr. LOVERING also submitted ajoint resolution (H. Res.142) au the relief of William F. Cowden; which was read a first and second thorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to make an in time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be vestigation as to convict labor, and for other purposes; which was read printed. a :first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Labor. WILLIAl\I P. APPLEGATE. ARTHUR T. CURRIER. Mr. DOCKERY introduced a bill (H. R. 7072) granting a pension to William P. Applegate; which was read a first and second time, referred Mr. HAYDEN introduced a bill (H. R. 7056) to remove the charge to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. of desertion from the military record of Arthur T. Currier; which was read a first and second ti.ple, referred to the Committee on Military Af :MARYS. WOODSON. fairs, and ordered to be printed. M:r. HUTTON introduced a bill (H. R. 7073) granting a pe1~sion to MARIAH E. _A. B. NOWELL. MaryS. Woodson; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. · Mr. STONE, of Massachusetts, introduced a bill (I{. R. 7057) grant ing a pension to Mariah E. A. B. Nowell; which was read a :first and WILLIAM P. CARLETON. second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. and ordered Mr. HATCH introduced a bill (H. R. 7074) granting a pension to to be printed. William P. Carleton; which was read a :first and second time, referred EQUITABLE GAS 001\IP.A.NY, WASHINGTON, D. C. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Mr. MAYBURY (by request) introduced a bill (H. R. 7058) to in ORSON W. SEARS. corporate the Equi~ble Gas Company of Washington; which was read Mr. HATCH also introduced a bill (H. R. 7075) granting a pension a first and ~cond time, referred to the Committee on the District of to Orson W. Sears; which was read a first and second time, referred to C
to Matthias Harris; which was read a first and second time, referred to granted to William E. Brooke; which was read a first and second time, the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. referred to the Committee on Patents, and ordered to be printed: WILLIAM BABER. ANNIE LEONARD. Mr. WARNER, of Missouri, introduced a bill (H. R. 7078) granting Mr. PHELPS introduced a bill (H. R. 7093) granting a pension to a pension to William Baber; which was read a first and second time, Annie Leonard; which was read a :first and second time, referred tothe referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. WILLIAM WOLFE. BOUNDARY BETWEEN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY. Mr. WARNER, of .Missouri (by request), also introduced a bill (II. R. Mr. McADOO introduced a bill (H. R. 7094) to ratify and confirm an 7079) for the relief of William Wolfe, of Shelbina, Shelby County, Mis agreement made between the commissioners appointed on the part of the souri; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Commit State of New York and the commissioners appointed on the part of the tee on war Claims, and ordered to be printed. State of New Jersey respecting the location of the northern boundary llEIRS OF W. DE LESLY AND C. STEPHE.NS. line between the States of New York and New Jersey, and the replacing Mr. GLOVER (by Mr. BURNES) introduced (by request) a bill (H. and erecting of monuments thereon, bearing date June 7, A. D. 1883; R. 7080) for the relief of the legal representatives of William DeLesly which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on and Clempson Stephens; which was read a firSt and second time, re the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. ferred to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. PRIVILEGES IN YELLOWSTONE PARK. TRANSPORTATION DISPUTES. Mr. GREEN, of New Jersey, offered the following resolution; which Mr. GLOVER (by Mr. BURNES) also introduced a bill (H. R. 7081) to was referred to the Committee on the Public Lands: Resolved, That the Secretuy of the Interior is requested to transmit to this provide for the settlement by arbitration ·or disputes arising between per House copies of all papers, documents, contracts, leases, and correspondence rel sons engaged in the tninsportation of property or passengers by railroad ative to the granting of leases of public lands and of hotel and other privileges and the employes thereof; which was read a first and second time, re and franchises in the Yellowstone National Park that ID.ay now be in his De partment not heretofore transmitted to the Senate in full and embraced in the ferred to the Committee on Labor, and ordered to be printed. report of the special agent of the Department, dated September 12,1885, which is contained in Executive Document No. 51, first session of the Forty-ninth Con WILLIAM A. DAVIS. gress, and also to communicate to this House whether any propositions for a. Mr. BURNES introduced a bill {H. R. 7082) authorizing the Post lease or leases ot·any such privilege or franchises within said park have been made to the Department by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company or any of master-General to ascertain and report to Congress the amount due or the officers. owing to William A. Davis, hisheirsor legal representatives, for work, HENRY COOK. labor, or expenses in the construction of railway postal cars forthense Mr. LEHLBACH introduced a joint resolution (H. Res. 144) chang of the Post-Office Department; which was rea-d a first and second time, ing the name of Henry Cook to Henry P. Jones; which was read a first referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. and second time, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and YOUNG WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN HOME, DISTRICT OF COLU:!\!BIA. ordered to be printed. Mr. BURNES (by request) also introduced a bill (H. R. 7083) to in CATHARINE REILLEY. corporate the trustees of the Young Woman's Christian Home in Wash Mr. LEHLBACH also introduced a bill (H. R. 7095) granting a pen ington, D. C.; which wa.s read a first and second time, referred to the sion to Catharine Reilley, widow of Thomas Reilley; which was read a Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, SILAS H. PARKER. and ordered to be printed. 1\IARIA OTTO. Mr. WEAVER, of Nebraska, introduced a bill (H. R. 7084) for the relief of Silas H. Parker; which was read a first and second time, re Mr. LEHLBACH also introduced a bill (H. R. 7096) granting a pen ferred to the Committee on. War Claims, and ordered to be printed. sion to Maria Otto; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. ARCHIBALD MATTHEWS. ROSANNA TRELE.ASE. ?t!r. WEAVER, ofNebraska, alsointroduceda bill (H. R. 7085) grant Mr. LEHLBACH also introduced a bill (H. R. 7097) granting a pen ing a pension to Archibald Matthews; which was readafirstandsecond time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to sion to Rosanna Trelease; which was read a first and second time, re be print-ed. ferred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. G. R. TURNER. AUGUSTA BEYSE. Mr. WEA. VER, of Nebraska, also introduced a bill (H. R. 7086) Mr. LEHLBACH also introduced a bill (H. R. 7098) granting a pen granting a pension to G. R. Turner; which was rea-d a first and second sion to Augusta Beyse; which was read a first and second time, referred time, referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. printed. GEORGE M. WARD. OTOE AND IDSSOURIA INDIANS. Mr. HIRES introduced a bill (H. R. 7099) for the relief of George M. Mr. WEAVER, of Nebraska, also introduced a bill (H. R. 7087) au Ward; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Commit thorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to extend the time tee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. for the payment of the purchase-money on the sale of the reservation ESTHER P. HUTCHINSON. of the Otoe and Missouria tribes of Indians in the States of Nebraska and Kansas; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Mr. WEST introduced a bill (H. R. 7100) for the relief of Esther P. Committee on Indian Affairs; and ordered to be printed. Hutchinson; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed. JAMES ANDERSON. TOWER AND SHIELD SYSTEM. Mr. GALLINGER introduced a bill {H. R. 7088) granting a pension to James Anderson, late of Company B, Fourth New Hampsllire Vol Mr. BEACH introduced a bill (H. R. 7101) to provide for the erection of one of t-he Timby tower and shield system of coast defense in the unteers; which was read a first and second time, referred to th~ Com mittee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. harbor of New York; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. DANIEL B. NEWHALL. COMMEMORATION OF DECEASED MEl\IBERS. Mr. GALLINGER also introduced a bill (H. R. 7089) for the relief of Daniel B. Newhall; which was read a first and second time, referred. Mr. BEACH also presented the following resolution; which was re- to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. ferred to the Committee on Rules: Whereas it ba.s always been the custom of this House, when death removes INTERNAL-REVE.NUE TAXES. one of its members, to set aside a. day when the services and virtues of the de part-ed may be commemorated in a becoming ID.anner; Mr. BUCHANAN introduced a bill (H. R. 7090) correcting an error Whereas, however, there are certain features connected with these memorial in the act entitled "An act to reduce internal-revenue taxes, and for services which detract from their solemnity and tend to bring discredit upon other purposes," approved March 3, 1883; which was read a first and this House; and 1 Whereas during the present Congress, although the session has advanced but Recond time, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered a little over three months, there have already been eight occasions when death to be printed. has hushed the business of this House; and 1 Whereas in the Forty-seventh Congress there were ten occasions when this HEIRS OF GENERAL RICHARD L. BEATTY. House was adjourned upon the preliminary announcement of the death of mem Mr. BUCHANAN also introduced a bill (H. R. 7091) for the relief bers, and ten other occasions when tli'e public business gave way for eulogies on the dead, and similar announcements and similar eulogies to a. similar extent of the surviving heirs of General Richard L. Beatty; which was read a took place at the other end of the Capitol, so that we bad in that Congress alone first and second time, referred to the Committee on Pensions, and or forty days surrendered in whole or part to commemorate the lives of deceased dered to be printed. members; and I Whereas these numerous a was well-nigh deserted, a few only remaining, some to listen and others to fin ish read a first and second time, referred to the Committeb on Pensions, up the correspondence of the day at their desk; and Whereas the desertion of the House under the circumstances was not only an and ordered to be printed. act of irreverence to the dead, but an insult to the orators of the occasion, who ANDREW J. MORRISO~. had taken great pains in the preparation of their eulogies and were entitled to a respectful hearing from their colleagues on this fioor; and Ur. BURLEIGH introduced a bill (H. R. 7115) granting arrears of Whereas the Sabbath above all others is the day appropriate for such cere pension to Andrew J. Morrison; which was read a first and second time, monies, because UJ??n this day our hearts yield more readily to the softening in- referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be 11~c::'e~1t ?sl,c!if~~a ~~Wt~~c!~~!n~!~croul'1t:ei~:d~cted on a sun- printed. day (with the fioor thrown open to the general public after giving members a ANN E. DAY. reasonable time within which to claim their seats), not only the fioor but the galleries would be filled with an attentive and respectful assemblage: Now, M.r. MILLARD introduced a bill (H. R. 7116) granting a pension to therefore, Ann E. Day; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Be itresotved, That the Committee on Rules be directed to report an amend ment to the rules so as to require all eulogies hereafter to be delivered on a Sun Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. day, under the direction of the Speaker, and to be accompanied with brief relig MRS. ELLEN I. BROSSMAN. ious services by the Chaplain. Mr. VIELE introduced a bill (H. R. 7117) for the relief of Mrs. Ellen· HOURS OF LABOR IN EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS. I. Brossman; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Mr. T. J. CAMPBELL introduced a bill (H. R. 7102) prescribing Committee on War Claitns, and ornered to be printed. the hours oflaborin the several Executive Departments in the District BAILEY HASCALL. of Columbia and providing for closing the same at 12 o'clock meridian on Saturdays from May to October inclusive; which wasreadafirstand !Ir. JOHNSON, of New York, introduced a bill (H. R. 7118) for the second time, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, relief of Bailey Hascall, late acting assistant paymaster United States and ordered to be printed. Navy; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Commit tee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. JOHN H. GLEASON. JA~IES T. PURCELL. Mr. T. J. CAMPBELL also introduced a bill (H. R. 7103) to plaee John H. Gleason, late a lieutenant-colonel Sixty-third Regiment New Mr. REID, of North Carolina, introduced a bill (H. R. 7119) for the York Veteran Volunteers, Irish Brigade, on the pension-roll from 18th relief of James T. Purcell from payment of internal-revenue taxes; May, 1865; which was read a first and second time, referred to the which was read a first and second time, refened to the Committee on Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Claims, and ordered to be printed. SECTION 4251 REVISED STATUTES. BEACON LIGHT AT WRECK POINT, N.C. Mr. JA::M:.ES introduced a bill (H. R. 7104) to amend section 4251 of Ur. SKINNER introduced a bill (H. R. 7120) to establiB_h a beacon the Revised Statutes; which was read a first and second time, referred light at Wreck Point, N. C.; which was read a :first and second time, to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. CLARISSA BARKER. REMOVAL OF CHEROKEE INDIANS. Mr. LINDSLEY introduced a. bill (H. R. 7105) granting a pension to Mr. COWLES introduced a bill (H. R. 7121) granting a pension to Clarissa Barker; which was read a first and second time, referred to the the soldiers engaged in the removal of the Cherokee Indians; which was Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Pensions, THOMAS BROWN. and ordered to b~ printed. Mr. SWINBURNE introduced a bill (H. R. 7106) to increase the pen- CHARLES H. ~IILTIOURN. sion of Thomas Brown; which was read a :first and second time, referred Mr. SENEY introduced a bill (H. R. 7122) granting a pension to to tho Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Charles H. liilbourn; .which was read a first and second time, referred REDUCTION OF SALARIES. to the Committee on Inv::ilid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Mr. SWINBURNE also introduced a bill (H. R. 7107) to reduce the PATRICK J. SH.AW. income from salaries of all public officials whose salaries have been Mr. SENEY also introduced a bill (H. B. 7123) granting a pension increased by Congressional enactment since 1860; which was read a to Patrick J. Shaw; which was read a first and second time, referred first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and to the-Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. ordered to be printed. · CHARLES A. EASTMAN. ANDREW J. WILSON. Mr. SENEY also introduced a bill (H. R. 7124) granting a pension Mr. SAWYER introduced a bill (H. R. 7108) granting a pension to to Charles A. Eastman; which was read a first and second time, referred Andrew J. Wilson; which was read a first and second time, referred to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. STEPHEN P. COLLINS. JOSEPH TUTTLE. Mr. WARNER, of Ohio, introduced a bill (H. R. 7125) granting a Mr. SAWYER also introduced a bill (IL R. 7109) granting a pension pension to Stephen P. Collins; which was reau a first and second time, to Joseph Tuttle; which was read a first and second time, referred to referred totheCommitteeonlnvalidPensions, and ordered to be printed. the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. COINAGE. AMERICAN BANK-NOTE COMPANY. !tlr. WARNER, of Ohio, also introduced a bill (H. R. 7126) to de- !tlr. MERRIMAN introduced a bill (H. R. 7110) to authorize the fine the unit of value and to regulate the coina of the United States; Postmaster-General to allow to the American Bank-Note Company which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on credit for the cost of postage-stamps furnished to the Post-Office De- Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. partment; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Com- ELIZABETH HONKER. mittee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. Mr. LITTLE (by Mr. McKINLEY) introduced a bill (H. R. 7127) UNITED STATES COIN NOTES. granting a pension to Elizabeth Honker; which was read a first and sec- Mr. MERRIMAN also introduced a bill (H. R. 7111) to authorize the ond time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered issue of United States coin notes; which was read a first and second U? be printed. time, referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency, and ordered SARAH A. HARRISON. to be printed. Mr. LITTLE (byUr. McKINLEY) also introduced a bill (H. R. 7128) REBECCA A. CRAW. granting a pension to Sarah A. Harrison; wbich was read a first and Mr. PAYNE introduced a bill (H. R. 7112) granting a pension toRe second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered becca A. Craw, widow of the late Fayette Craw, late of One hundred to be printed. and elennth Regiment New York Volunteers; which was read a first ADDITIONAL LABORERS IN HOUSE FOLDING-ROOM. and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and Mr. IKE H. TAYLOR submitted the following resolution; which ordered to be printed. ' was referred to the Committee on Accounts: MARY G. CROCKER. Resolved, That the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives be, and is Ur. PAYNE also introduced a bill (H. R. 7113) granting a pension hereby, authorized to employ six additional laborers in the House folding-room to Mary G. Crocker, widow of George W. Crocker, late of Seventy-fifth for the purpose of folding speeches, to be paid out of the contingent fund of the House at the rate ot$720 per annum: Pro ~ided , That tbesaidsixaddit.ional em Regiment New York Volunteers; which was read a first and second ployes shall be dropped from the rolls of the Doorkeeper at aperiodofnotmore time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be than one month after the expiration of the present session. printed. STANTON THOMAS. MAY H. STACEY. !tfr. IKE H. TAYLOR also introduced a bill (H. R. 7129) granting !fr. PAYNE also introduced a bill (H.-R. 7114) granting a pension a pension to Stanton Thomas; which was read a first and second timet to May H. Stacey, widow of M. H. Stacey, brevet lieutenant-colonel referred . to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be and late captain Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry; which was printed. ' 1886. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 2639 WILLIAM 0. POTTS. BERNADINA WELL~iAN. Mr. IKE H. TAYLOR also introduced a bill (H. R. 7130) granting 1r!r. BROWN, of Ohio, also-introduced a bill (H. R. 7146) granting a a pension to William 0. Potts; which was read a first and second time, pension to Bernadina Wellman, widow of J. H. Wellman; which was read referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, printed. and ordered to be printed. GEORGE S. PARKS. BERRY DAY. Mr. IKE H. TAYLOR (by request) also introduced a bill (H. R. 7131) Mr. BROWN, of Ohio, also introduced a bill (H. R. 7147) granting a granting a pension to George S. Parks; whi~h was read a first and sec pension to Berry Day, of Cincinnati, Ohio; which was read •first and ond time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. to be printed. . JACOB T. JOHNSON. JOHU"'NA LOEWINGER. Mr. OUTHWAITE (by request) introduced a bill (H. R. 7132) grant Mr. BROWN, of Ohio, also introduced a bill (H. R. 7148) granting a ing an increase of pension to Jacob T. Johnson; which was read a :first pension to Johan:naLoewinger; which was read afirstandsecond time, and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. ordered to be printed. ADDITIONAL LAND DISTRICT, DAKOTA TERRITORY. T. A. GLENDE!HNG. Mr. ROMEIS (by request) introduced a bill (H. R. 7149) for the re Mr. HILL introduced a bill (H. R. 7133) to create an additional land lief of the legal representatives of T. A. Glendening; which wns read district in the Territory of Dakota; which was read a first and second a first and second time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, and time, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to ordered to be printed. be printed. ELIZABETH PETERSON. HENRIETTA WALDRON. ]',fr. HILL also introduced a bill (H. R. 7134) granting a pension to Mr. GEDDES introduced a bill (H. R. 7150) granting a pension to Elizabeth Peterson; which was read a first and second time, referred Henrietta. Waldron; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions; and ordered to be printed. JOHN F. HELBIG. MRS. MAGGIE DONOVAN. Mr. GEDDES also introduced a bill (H. R. 7151) granting a pension Mr. ANDERSON, of Ohio, introduced a bill (H. R. 7135) granting a to Mrs. Maggie Donovan; which was read a first and second time, re pension to John F. Helbig, lateofCompanyK, Fourth Ohio Infantry; ferred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. JOSEPH DANIELS. Mr. GEDDES also introduced a bill (H. R. 7152) granting a pension FREDERICK J. ZEHRING. to Joseph Daniels; which was read a :first and second time, referred to Mr. ANDERSON, of Ohio, also introduced a bill (H. R. 71.36) to grant the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. a pension to Frederick J. Zehring; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to-be PUBLIC BUILDING, ASHLAND, OHIO. printed. Mr. GEDDES also introduced a bill (H. R. 7153) for the erection of ERNEST CANZLER. a public building at Ashland, Ohio; which was read a first and second time, referred the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and Mr. ANDERSON, of Ohio, also introduced a bill (H. R. 7137) grant to ing a pension to Ernest Canzler; which was read a first and second time, ordered to be printed. referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. REFUND OF DUTIES ON STEEL RAILWAY BLOOMS. JAMES RAY. 11fr. BINGHAM introduced a bill (H. R. 7154) for the refnnd of duties exacted in error upon the importation of steel railway blooms; Mr. ANDERSON, of Ohio, also introduced a bill (H. R. 7138) to grant which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on a pension to James Ray; which was read a first and second time, re Ways and MeanS, and ordered ~ be printed. ferred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. THOMAS M 1B1UDE. JOHN FLAHERTY. Mr. BINGHAM also introduced a bill (H. R. 7155) for the relief of 11fr. ANDERSON, of Ohio (by request), also introduced a bill (H. R. Thomas McBride; which was read a first and second time, referred to 7139) for the removal of mark of desertion from John Flaherty; which the Committee on War Claims, and ordered be printed. was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Military to Affairs, and ordered to be printed. ANTIONETTE BffiNEY. ENTRY OF DISTILLED SPffiiTS. Mr. BINGHAM also introduced a bill (H. R. 7156) to increase the pension of Antionette Birney, widow of .M:aj. Gen. David B. Birney; ?!Ir. ANDERSON, of Ohio, also introduced a bill (H. R. 7140) to which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on amend the laws relating to entry of distilled spirita in distillery and Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. special bonded warehouses and the withdrawal of same therefrom, and for payment of tax thereon; which was read a first and second time, re DIPROVEMENT ALLEGHENY AND MONONGAHELA RIVERS. ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Mr. BINGHAM. At the request of my colleague from Pennsylva WEST POINT. nia [Mr. NEGLEY] I send a resolution to the d~k for reference. The resolution submitted by Mr. NEGLEY was read, and referred to Mr. LE FEVRE introduced a bill (H. R. 7141) for the better regu the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. lation of the appointmentB to West Point, and to bring that military It is as follows: school and the Army more in accord with a republiean form of govern Resolved, That the Secretary of War be requested to furnish to the House of ment; which was read a. first and second time, referred to the Com Representatives, for the use of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, copies of mittee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. the reports of W. E. ?t!errill,late lieutenant-colonel of engineers, and of his sub ordinates, in regard to the impTovement of the Allegheny and Monongahela NEAL POST, GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, SIDNEY, omo. . Rivers at and near Pittsburgh, Pa., together with the estimated cost of the int provements therein recommended. Mr. LE FEVRE also introduced a bill (H. R. 7142) granting a con demned cannon and carriage to Neal Post, No. 62, Grand A..rmy of the ALBERT K. SMITH. Republic, of Sidney, Ohio; which wa.s read a first and second time, Mr. FLEEGER introduced a bill (H. R. 7157) granting a pension to referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be Albert K. Smith; which was read a first and second time, referred to printed. the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. SAMUEL ENGLE. JOHN A. WAGNER. :Mr. LE FEVRE also introduced a bill (H. R. 7143) for the relief of Mr. O'NEILL, of Pennsylvania, introduced a bill (H. R. 7158) for Samuel Engle; which was read a first and second time, referred t.o the the relief of John A. Wagner; which was read a first and second time, Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed. 1\IARGARET M. DRISCOLL. J AlliES PEAK. Mr. BROWN, of Ohio, introduced a bill (H. R. 7144) granting a pen ltlr. O'NEILL, of Pennsylvania, also introduced a bill (H. R. 7159) sion to Margaret M. Driscoll; which was read a :first and second time, granting a pension to James Peak; which was read a first and second referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be SUSANNA WElL. printed. Mr. BROWN, of OhiQ, also introduced a bill (H. R. 7145) granting E. s. KELLY. a pension to Susanna Weil, of Cincinnati, Ohio; which was read a first Mr. BUNNELL introduced a bill (H. R. 7160) to pay the claim of and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and or- E. S. Kelly; which was read a first and second time, referred to the dered to be printed. ·- Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. 2640 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MARCH 22, JOHN HAWK. ALEXANDER W. IIARMOY. Mr. BOUND introduced a bill (H. R. 7161) to remove the charge of 11Ir. PETTIBONE also introduced a bill (H. R. 7177) for the relief desertion from the military record of John Hawk, late of Company H,· of Alexander W. Harmon, of Greene County, Tennessee; which was Sixteenth Pennsylvania CavaJry; which was read a first and second read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Military Af time, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be fairs, and ordered to be printed. printed. TRIAL OF INDIAN DErREDATION CLAIMS. MABTHA M'ILWAIN. Ur. THROCKMORTON introduced a. bill (H. R. 7178) toestablisha Mr. BOYLE introduced a bill (H. R. 7162) · granting a pension to court of commissioners to try and finally determine Indian depredation Martha Mcilwain; which was read a first and second time, referred to claims and other questions arising out of Indian treaties, and for other the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. purposes; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com PETER ADAMS. mittee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. SWOPE introduced a bill (H. R. 7163) granting a pension to BENJAMIN E. :!IIORRIS. Peter Adams; which was read a first and second time, referred to the 11Ir. THROCKMORTON also introduced a bill (H. R. 7179) granting Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered t<> be printed. a pension to Benjamin E. Morris; which was read a first and second. time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be WIDOW OF-THE LATE W. A. DUNCAN. printed. - Mr. SWOPE also introduced a bill (H. R. 7164) for the relief ofthe N. n. NORTON. widow ofthe late Hon. W. A. Duncan; which was read a first and sec ond time, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to Mr. THROCKMORTON also submitted a resolution requesting the be printed. Secretary of the Treasury to report to the House of Representatives MANHATTAN PICKET. claim 84106 of N. B. Norton for expenses incurred as United States marshal; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations. . Mr. BROWN, of Pennsylvania, introduced a bill (H. R. 7165) to increase the pension of 1tfanhattan Picket; which was read a first and CLAIMS OF POSDIASTERS. second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and or Mr. REAGAN introduced a bill {H. R. 7180) to amend the act of. dered to be printed. March 17, 1882, authorizing the Postmaster-General to adjust certain 1\IRS. CLOE MITCHELL. claims of postmasters for losses by burglary, :fire, or other unavoidable Mr. SMALLS introduced a bill (H. R. 7166} for the relief of Mrs. casualty; which was ·read a first and second time, referred to the Com Cloe Mitchell, widow of the late Flando Mitchell; which was read a mittee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads, and ordered to be printed. first and second time, referred to th.e Committee on Invalid Pensions, C. II. MORGAN. and ordered to be printed. Mr. REAGAN also introduced a bill (H. R. 7181) for the relief of C. MRS. l\IARIA HUNTER. H.Morgan; which was reada.fi.rstandsecond time, referred to the Com Mr. SMALLS also introduced a bill (H. R. 7167) for the relief of Mrs. mittee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. Maria Hunter, widow of David Hunter, late colonel Sixth Regiment W. B. MORROW. United States Cavalry, and major-general United States volunteers; Mr. REAGAN also introduCed a bill (H. R. 7182) for the relief of which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on W. B. Morrow; which was-read a. first and second time, referred to the Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. MRS. SALLm ANCRUM. .Al\IEN'D:llENT OF RULES. Mr. SMALLS also introduced a bill (H. R. 7168) for the relief of Mrs. Sallie Ancrum, widow of Aaron Ancrum; which was read a first and Mr. REAGAN also submitted the following resolution; which was second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered read, and referred to the Committee on Rules. .Re&olved, That the rules of the House be so amended as to require the objeG to be printed. tion of at least two members to prevent the action of the House on any matter JAMES ROBINSON. requiring unanimous consent. Mr. SMALLS also introduced a bill (H. R. 7169) granting a pension PURCHASE OF LAND NEAR SAN ANTO:YIO, TEX. to James Robinson; which was read a first and second time, referred Mr. SAYERS introduced a bill (H. R. 7183) to authorize the pur the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. to chase of a certain tract of land near San Antonio, Tex.; which w~ read WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM. a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Military Affaits, · Mr. RICHARDSON introduced a bill (H. R. 7170) for the relief of and ordered to be printed. · William Cunningham; which was read a first and second time, referred GEORGE W. SAMPSON AND BENJAMIN HENRICKS. to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. Mr. SAYERS also introduced a bill (H. R. 7184) for the relief of WILLIAM ALLEN. George W. Sampson and Benjamin Henricks, of Austin, Tex.; which Mr. NEAL introduced a bill (H. R. 7171) for the relief of William was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee ou Claims, Allen, of Meigs County, Tennessee; which was read a first and second and ordered to be printed. time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be MEDIATION BETWEEN FRANCE AND CHINA. printed. . Mr. STEWART, of Vermont, offered the following resolution; which C. P. WHITED. was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs: · Mr. NEAL. also introduced a bill (H. R. 7172) for the relief of C. P. Resolved, That the Secretary of State be insh-ncted to transmit, if not incom Whited, of Union County, Tennessee; which was read a first and sec patible with the public interests, to the House of Representatives copies of all ond time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be documents and correspondence between the State Department and the repre sentatives of the Chinese, French, and American Governments with the State printed. Department, and especially all dispatches, letters, or other communications pass ELIJAH W. PENICK. ing between the representatives of said Governments where the said corre spondence relates to the good offices exerted by the United States to bring ,Mr. JOHNM. TAYLOR introduced a bill (H. R. 7173) forthereliefof about an amicable a.rra.ngement of the questions lately in dispute between the Elijah W. Penick, of Carroll County, Tennessee; which was read a first Republic of France and the Empire of China; or relates to any other good offices nnd second time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered or things done under that section of the treaty of peace amity, and commerce between the United States of Am.erica and China, concluded June 18,1808, which to be printed. · provides that" they shall not insult or oppress each other for any trilling cause, so as to produce any estrangement between them; and if any other nation NATIONAL CEMETERY AT DOVER, TENN. should act unjustly or oppressively, the United States will exert their good offices on being informed of the case to bring about nn amicable arrangement of the Mr. CALDWELL (by Mr. JoHN M. TAYLOR) introduced a bill {H. question, thus showing their friendly feelings. R. 7174)Jo construct a road to the national cemetery at Dover, Tenn.; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on CHARLES L. LEWIS. .Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. GROUT introduced a bill (H. R. 7185) forth~ relief of Charles L . ll.OBEBT P. FAUBIAN. Lewis; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Commit tee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. , lir. PETTIBONE introduced a bill (H. R. 7175) for the relief of l1obert P. Faubian, late a private of Company K, Eigh~ Regiment Ten JOHN E. ROLLINS. nessee Infantry; which was read a first and second time, referred to Mr. GROUT also introduced a bill (H. R. 7186) granting a pension io the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. John E. Rollins; which was read a first and second time, referred to the \ ISAAC CRAWFORD. Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. _ BENNET FENTRESS. r 1\Ir. PETTIBONE also introduced a bill (H. R. 7176) for the relief ·t)f Isaac Crawford, late CompanyF, Third TennesseeMountedlnfantry; Mr. CROXTON introduced a bill (H. R. 7187) to restore to Bennet "hiob was read a. first and second time, referred to the Committee on Fentl.-ess, of Accomack County, V-irginia, $3,700 unlawfully collected Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. from him as a tax by officers of the Government of the United States; 1886. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 2641 which was read a. :first and second time, referred to the Committee on railroads and to secure to actual settlers the remaining portions of the publio domain shall during the present session be entitled to priority of consideration War Claims, and ordered to be printed. in the current business of the House and Committees of the Wbole, except as RAYMOND SOMERS .AND JOHN P. HURST. a.gainst revenue bills and general appropriation bills. Mr. CROXTON aJso introduced a bill (H. R. 7188) to pay Raymond LA...i.~D GRANT TO NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD. Somers and John P. Hurst the value of their vessel destroyed during Mr. HERMAN introduced a resolution instructing the Committee on the late war; which was read a. first and second time, referred to the the Public Lands to report House bill No. 4223 forfeiting the grant to the Committe on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. main line of the Northern Pacific Railroad between Wallula, in Wash ington Territory, and Portland, in the State of Oregon; which was re PROMOTIONS IN THE NAVY. ferred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Mr. GOFF introduced a bill (H. R. 7189) to regulate promotions~ the Navy, and for other purposes; which was read a first and second CLAIMANTS TO PUBLIC LANDS L~ OREGON. time, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be Mr. HERMAN also introduced a bill (H. R. 7202) for the relief of printecl. certain classes ofpeople, claimants of public lands in the State of Oregon under the donation act and acts amendatory thereto; which was read a CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES. first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, Mr. GOFF also introduced a bill (H. R. 7190) to authorize the re-ex and ordered to be printed. amination of certain claims against the United States; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, and INTERNAL-REVENUE TAXATIO:Y. ordered to be printed. 1\Ir. LIBBEY introduced a bill (H. R. 7203) to amend Schedule N of the aet of March 3, 1883, entitled "An act to reduce internal-reve GENERAL-SERVICE CLERKS .AND :MESSENGERS, UNITED STATES ARMY. nue taxation, and for other purposes;'' which was read a first and second Mr. BRAGG introduced a bill (H. R. 7191) to provide for the enli"'t time, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to ment and pay and to define the duties and liabilities of "genernl-sen· be printed. ice clerks and general-service messengers" in the Army; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Military ANN PECK. Affairs, and ordered to be printed. :Mr. LIBBEY also introduced a bill (H. R. 7204) granting arrears of pension to Ann Peck; which was read a :first and second time, referred SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION FOR CAVALRY. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Mr. BRAGG also introduced a bill (H. R. 7192) to provide a school of instruction for cavalry and light infantry, and for the construction ORDER OF BUSINESS. and cOmpletion of quarters, barracks, and stables at certain posts for The SPEAKER. If there are no further bills to be introduced the the use of the Army of the United States; which was read a first and Chair will proceed to call the standing and select committees for re second time, referred to the Committee on Milit:1ry Affairs, and ordered ports. to be printed. SIOUX RESERVATION IN DAKOTA. SARAH A. TUCKER. Mr. NELSON, by unanimous consent, reported back with amend Mr. PRICE introduced a. bill (H. R. 7193) granting a pension to ments from the Committee on Indian Affairs the bill (S. 52) to divide Sarah A. Tucker; which was read·a. first and second time, referred to a portion of the reservation of the Sioux Nation of Indians in Dakota the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. into separate reservations and to secure the relinquishment of the In dian title to the remainder; which was referred to the Committee of LAW IN RELATION TO DESERTION. the Whole House on the state of the Union, and the a-ccompanying re Mr. THOMAS, of}Visconsin, introduced a bill (H. R. 7194) to amend port ordered to be printed. section 2 of an act entitled ''An act to relieve certain soldiers from the ORDER OF BUSINESS. charge of desertion," approved July 5, 1884; which wasreadafirstand Mr. STORM. I move that the Honse do now a{}jonrn. second time, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered Mr. HATCH. I hope the gentleman will withdraw that motion so to be printed. that some committees which have not been called for three of four days FEES IN CERTAIN PATENT CASES. may present reports, which ought to be made, to be placed on the Cal Mr. THOMAS, of Wisconsin, also introduced a bill (H. R. 7195) to endar and printed. It lacks fifteen minutes of 5 o'clock, and even if authorize and direct the Commissioner of Patents to notify certain per we sit here till 6 o'clock the public business demands that this call sons that fees in certain cases are subject to their order; which was should be made. read a. first and second time, referred to the Committee on Patents, and The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman from Pennsylvania withdraw ordered to be printed. the motion to adjourn? MARYS. SLAUGHTER. Mr. STORM. No, sir. Mr. LA FOLLETTE introduced a bill--{H. R. 7196) granting a pen The question being taken on agreeing to the motion, there were- sion to MaryS. Slaughter; which was read a first and second.time, re ayes 60, noes 53. ferred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Mr. HATCH. I call for the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were not ordered, only 13 v Also, petition of Kansas City Clearing-House Association, to extend Also, petition for allowance of pension to Ralph Spencer, a soldier of the civil law over the Indian Territory-to the Committee on Terri two wars-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. tories. By 1\fr. GROUT: Proof in support of House bill6316, granting a pen Also, petition of Knights of Labor of Paxton, Pa., for the building of sion to Mary H. Sanborn-to the same committee. the Hennepin Canal-to the Committee on Railways and Canals. Also, petition of John E. Robbins and 40 qthers, in support of John By Mr. ·BRAGG: Memorial ofKnightBofLabor of Racine, Wis., for E. Robbins's claim for a pension-to the same committee. the Hennepin Canal and public improvementB-to the same commit By 1\fr. HALE: Petition of Knights of Labor of Trenton, Mo., ask tee. ing passage of House bill3183-to the Committee on the Public Lands. By 1\fr. BUCHANAN: Petition of Anna C. Fithian and others, de Also, petition ofPerseveranceAssemblyof Knights of Labor of HuntB scendentB of John Beatty, for a pension-to the Committee on Pensions. ville, Mo., asking repeal of the mechanics' lien law in the District of By Mr. BURLEIGH: Petition of Peter A. Allendorf, for relief-to Columbia--to the Committee on the District of Columbia. the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. HALSELL: Petition of William Watkins, for relief-to the By Mr. BUTTERWORTH: Petition of J. A. Fay & Co. and others, Committee on Claims. of Cincinnati, Ohio, praying for legislation to carry into effect the pro Also, resolution of the Kentucky Legislature, asking for an appropri visions of the Uexican treaty-to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. ation to improve the Licking, Green, and Trade Water Rivers, in Ken Also, petition of Lindsced Oil Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, relative tncl.""Y-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. to the tariff on poppy-seed oil-to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr.. HEARD: Papers in theclaimofJeremin.hF. Dorris, of Carroll Also, petition of W. R. Crawford & Co., relative to the shipping of Parish, Louisiana-to the Committee on War Claims. live stock-to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. D. B. HENDERSON: Resolution from the Knights of Labor By Mr. CALDWELL: Petition of citizens, for the building of a road of Dubuque, Iowa, demanding the restoration of wages to Government to Dover from the Federal cemetery, Tennessee-to the Committee on printers as provided for in the Foran bill-to the Committee on Labor. Military Affairs. By Mr. HILL: Petition ofElizabeth Peterson, for a widow's pension By Mr. J. J\.f. CAMPBELL: Petition of citizens of Clearville, Bed to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ford County, Pennsylvania, asking for a law embodying the recom"'Uen By Mr. HOLMAN: Petition of Thomas F. Shaw and 60 others, citi dations of the national committee of the Grand Army of the Republic zens ofl\Ioore's Hill, Ind., for the protection of women in the right of to the Committee on In valid Pensions. suffrage-to the Committee on the Judiciary. · By 1tfr. CASWELL: PetitionofKillghts ofLaborofRacine, Wis., in Also, letter from the Quaroormaster-General in regard to the claim favor of the Hennepin Canal-to the Committee on Rail ways and Canals. of Isaac H. Wheat-to the Committee on War Claims. By l\fr. CATCHINGS: Papersrelatingtotheclaimof William Owens, By Mr. JAMES: Petition of 33 business firms of Columbus, and 22 administrator of Sarah Harpis, of Warren County, Mississippi, and of business firms in Weimer, Tex., and of 40 firms doing business in Paris, Patrick Shehan, of Vicksburg, Miss. -to the Committee on War Claims. Tex., asking for the enactment of House bill1621, relieving commercial ByMr. COLLINS: PetitionofcitizensofNewYork, for the repealof travelers from State and local license taxes-to the Committee on Com the "Comstock law" so called-to the Committee on the Judiciary. merce. Also, memorial of Local Assembly No. 4228, Knights of Labor, Bos By Ur. KLEINER: Petition to accompany bill forthereliefofTheo. ton, Mass., in favor of an appropriation fortheconsti:uction of the Hen Deitzer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. nepin Canal-to the Gommittee on Railways and Canals. Also, paper to accompany bill for the relief of Marion Reeves-to By 1\fr. CROXTON: A bill to deepen the mouth of OnancockRiver, the same committee. Accomack County, Virginia, and making an appropriation for same By Mr. LAFFOON: Petition of Francis M. Nisbet, of Uadisonville, to the Cor.1mittee on Rivers and Harbors. Ky.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill authorizing a survey of Popotank Creek, Gloucester By Mr. LANHAM: Petition and papers for the relief of Benjamin County, Virginia,' and providing an appropriation-to the same com Martin-to the same committee. mittee. By 1tir. LAWLER: Memorial in· favor of the Hennepin Canal-to By Mr. CUTCHEON: Petition of Local Assembly, No. 4547, Knights the Committee on Railways and Canals. of Labor, of Hungerford, Mich., in favor of liberal appropriations for By Mr. LITTLE: Petition of Elizabeth Harker, of Springfield, Ohio, public works, especially the Hennepin Canal-to the Committee on for a widow's pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Railways and Canals. Also, petition of Sar!l.h A. Harrison, of New · Vienna, Ohio, for a By Mr. DAVIS: Petition of Robert P. Reynard and 20 others, cit widow's pension-to the same committee. izens of Fall River, Mass., and owners and masterS of sailing vessels, in By Mr. :MATSON: Petition of Isaac D. Ward, for relief-to the Com favor of the passage of a law to allow masters and mates of sailing ves mittee on Claims. sel to be licensed as pilots-to the Select Committee on American Ship By Mr. MILLARD: Statement in connection with petition of CoL building and Ship-owning Interests. James H. Blood, for a pension-to the Committee on Invn.lid Pensions. By Mr. ELDREDGE: Petition of B. W. Steere and others, in favor Also, resolution of the Chenango County Council of Patrons of Hus of a buren,u of pomology in the Department of Agriculture-to the bandry, for a tax on oleomargarine and all substitutes for butter, &c. Committee on Agriculture. to the Committee on Ways and Means. By:Mr. ERMENT.iOUT: Petition of Jamesl\Iitchell, ofAtlanta, Ga., Also, petition of Ann E. Day, for a mother's pension-to the Commit for aiel to public schools-to the Committee on Education. tee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. FLEEGER: Petition of Albert K. Smith for a pension-to By Mr. MURPHY: l\Iemorial and joint resolution of the Iowa Leg the Committee on Invalid Pensions. islature, for the protection of manufacturers of vinegars-to the Commit By :Mr. FORD: PetitionofLocalAssembly, No. 4688, Knights of La tee on Ways and Means. bor, of Elkhart, Ind., for appropriation of surplus revenue for the con Also, memorial and joint resolution of the same, concerning the pen struction of works of internal improvements and of national impor sioning of soldiers who were captured and confined in prison during tance, in order to give employment to unemployed workingmen-to the the late war-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Railways and Canals. Also, resolutions of the same, concerning the grant to the Des Moines By 1\fr. FREDERICK: Petition of citizens of Black Hawk: County, Nayjgn,tion and Railroad Company-to the Committee on the Public Iowa, for United States court at Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa-to Lands. the Committee on the Judiciary. By 1\fr. NEGLEY: Petition in favor of Senate bill1715 to regulate By Mr. GALLINGER: Papers relating to claim of Daniel B. New the transportation of live stock-to the Committee on Commerce. hall-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, petition praying for the construction of the Hennepin Canal by By :ur. GAY: A bill for connecting Bayou Teche with Grand Lake the United States Government-to the Committee on Railways and at Charenton, La.-to the Committee on Railways and Canals. Cana.Is. Also, papers in the claim of Nicholas Rue, of Pointe Coupee Parish; By Mr. NORWOOD: Petition of Rev. John Williams and others, of John B. and Robert H. Marsh, of New Iberia Parish; and of Mary and of A. V. Putnam and others, of Georgia, for national aid to educa E. Keen, of Baton Rouge, La.-to the Committee on War Claims. tion-to the Committee on Education. By Mr. GLASS: Memorial of citizens and the Cotton and Merchants' By Mr. CHARLES O'NEILL: Memorial of John A. Wagner, for re Exchanges of Memphis, Tenn., praying that additional appropriations lief-to the Committee on Pensions. be made to protect and improve the harbor of Memphis, Tenn., and for By Mr. PAYNE: Petition ofT. C. Taggart and others, for repeal of other purposes-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. arrears-of-limitation a.ct-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. GLOVER: 1\Iemorial in regard to the Hennepin Canal-to By l\Ir. PERKINS: Resolutions of Excelsior Assembly, Kriights of the Committee on Railways and Canals. Labor, of Abilene, Kans., for free coinage of silver-to the Committee By 1\fr. GROSVENOR: Petition of J. G. Fitch and 37 others; of A. on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. Woodyard and 22 others, for free coinage of silver-to the Committee on Also, petition of A. Mahone and 38 others, citizens of New Albany, Coinage, Weights, and Measures. Kans., asking for special legislation granting a pension to Nancy M. Also, petition of Knights of Labor Assembly No. 2026, of Buchtel, Sheppard, widow of Isaiah W. Sheppard-to the Committee on Invalid Ohio, for large appropriations for publlc improvements-to the Com Pensions. mittee on Railways and Canals. By :Mr. PETERS: Petition of Eldred Post, Grand Army of the Re- 1886. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE" 2643 public, Kansas, recommending the granting of a pension to Thomas J. favor of an appropriation for the construction of the Hennepin Canal- Hutchins-to the same committee. , to the same committee. By lt!r. PE'ITIBONE: Evidence to support bill for the relief of AI- By Mr. WORTHINGTON: Petition of Assembly No. 1640, Knights exander W. Harmon, of Greene County, Tennessee-to the Committee of Labor, of Peoria, ID., and of .Assembly No. 2719, of Galesburg, ill., on Military Affairs. for Hennepin Canal-to the same committee. Also, e-vidence to support bill for the relief of Robert P. Faubian, .Also, petition of Elizabeth Barnes, for relief-to the Committee on Company K, Eighth Tennessee Infantry-to the same committee. Invalid Pensions. By Mr. PHELPS: Petition and affidavifa to accompany bill grant- Thefollowingpetitions, prayingCongresstoplacsthecoinageofsilver ing a pension to Charles Fox-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. upon an equality with gold; that there be issued coin certificates of one, By Mr. PRICE: Resolutions of Winfield Scott Post, No. 104, Grand two, and five dollars, the same being made a legal tender; that one and Army of the Republic, in favor of granting a pension to Sarah A. two dollar legal-tender notes be issued, and that the public debt be paid Tucker-to the same committee. as rapidly aa possible by applying for this purpose the idle surplus now By Mr. REAGAN: Papem relating to the claim of William B. Mor- in the Treasury, were presentedandseverallyreferred totheCommittee row, late of Middleburg, Tenn.-to the Committee on War Claims. on Coinage, Weights, and Measures: By Mr. T. B. REED: Memorial of the Windham monthly meeting By Mr. J. A. ANDERSON: Of 154 citizens of Clay Centre, Kans. of Friends, in favor of Senate bill 355.-to the Committee on Foreign By Mr. J. B. WEAVER: Of William Elberthorpe and others, of Ama- A:ffa.il's. · dore, Mich. By Mr• .RICHARDSON: Petition of B. W. Blanton, administrator of The following petitions, praying Congress for the enactment of a. law Benjamin Blanton, deceased, of Tennessee, to have claim referred to requiring scientific temperance instruction in the public schools of the the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Clai.J:ns. District of Columbia, in the Territories, and in the Military and NavaJ. By Mr. ROMEI.S: Petition of Knights of Labor from Toledo, Ohio, , Academies, the Indian and rolored schools, supported wholly orin part asking for internal improvements-to the Committee on Railways and by money from the national Treasury, were presented and sevemlly Canals. referred to the Committee on Education: • By Mr. ROWELL: Petition for pension to John Houlihan-to the By Mr. MILLARD: Of citizens of Chenango and Madison Counties, Committee on Invalid Pensions. New York. .Also, papers fu accompany bill fo:r relief of Philip T. Broad-to the By Mr. NEECE: Of citizens of Mercer and Rock Island Counties, Committee on Naval.A.ffairs. Illinois. By Mr. RYAN: Petition ofExcelsiorAssemblyofKIDghfs of Labor, By Mr. SENEY: Of citizens ofWyandot County, Ohio. of Abilene, Kans., for free coinage of silver-to the Committee on Coin- By Mr. A. C. WHITE: Of citizens of An:nstrong and Jefferson Ooun~ age, Weights, and Measures. ties, Pennsylvania. By Mr. ,SENEY: Memorial of.John D. Philips and others, for Gov ernment aid to education-to the Committee on Education. By Mr. SPRINGER: Petition of Thayer & Kramer, of Springfield, ill., for the Arthur Kill bridge-to the Committee on Commerce. SENATE. Also, petition of D. Wilmot Scott, secretary American Association of TUESDAY, March 23, 1886. N urserym.en, Flo:rists, Seedsmen, :and Kindred Interests, against the in crease of postage on fourth-class matter-to the Committee on the Post Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. G. BUTLER, D. D. Office and Post-Roads. The JournaJ. of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. By Mr. STEELE: Petition of J. Q. Simons and others, of Howard County, Indiana, asking pensions for all soldiers-to the Committee on HDUSE BILLS REFERRED. Invalid Pensions. The following bills, received yesterday from the House of Represent atives, were severally read twice, and referred, as indicated below: Also, petition cf M. L . Engart and -60 otheL'S,