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1879. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 1113 The vote being announced, Mr. GARFillLD said: I raise the point that no quorum is pre8ent. IN SENATE. This question is too important to be decided by less than a quorum. SATURDAY, February 8, 1879. The.SPEAKER. No quorum bas voted. Prayer by the Cha~lain, Rev. BYRON SUNDERLAND, D. D. Mr. P .A.TTERSON, of Colorado. I move that the House now ad- The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. journ. • The question being taken, there were-ayes 54, noes 44. CREDENTIALS. Mr. McKENZIE. I call for the yeas and nays. Mr. GARL~D presented the credentials of JAMEs D. WA.LKER., Mr. STEPHENS, of Georgia. I hope the gentleman will withdraw chosen by the Legislature of Arkansas a Senator from that State for the demand for the yeas and nays. There is no quorum present, and the term beginning March 4, 1879 ; which were read. and ordered to we may as well adjourn. be filed. The yeas and nays were not ordered. EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS. So the motion to adjourn was agreed to; and accordingly (at nine The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a. message from the o'clock and forty minutes p. m.) tlie House adjourned. President of the United States, submitting a report of the commis sion appointed under the provisions of theaot approvedMay 3,1878, entitled ''An act autborizin~ the President of the Un,ited States to PETITIONS, ETd. make certain negotiations With the Ute Indians in the State of Col· The following petitions, &c., were presented at the Clerk's desk, orado ; which was ordered to lie on the table and be printed. under the rule, and referred as stated: He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary By Mr. BLAIR: The petition of Mrs. Whitney Breed, Mrs. Marion of War, transmitting a letter from the Commissary-General of Sub Hatch, and 65 other ladies, af Alstead, New Hampshire, for the enforce sistence, in relation to the reduction in salary and number of clerks ment ef the laws against polygamy-to the Cammittee on the Judi in his office; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations. ciary. He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secre By Mr. CIDTTENDEN: The petition of Henrietta Chase, for a pen tary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chlef of Engineers and a sion-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. report from Major C. B. Comstock, Corps of Engineers, on the cost ·By Mr. CRAPO: The petition of Jefferson Borden and others, of of different classes of work on lake surveys from June 30, 1871, to June Fall River, Massachusetts, for the establishment of a signal station 30, 1878, which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. on Block Island-to the Committee on Appropriations. He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secre Also, the petition of William Lewis and others, of New Bedford, tary of War, transmitting the petition of Assistant Sur~eon Henry Me Massachusetts, of similar import-to the same committee. Elderry, United States Army, setting forth the injust1oo that will be By Mr. DAVIS, of California: Memorial of the Chamber of Com done him if the proposed rearrangement of assistant surgeons goes merce of San Francisco,. California., favoring an appropriation for the into effect; which was referred to the Committee on Military .A1fairs. construction of a revenue-marine steamer for service in Alaskan He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secre waters, and for the adoption of some economical form of civil gov tary of War, transmitting a letter from Major-General Irvin McDow ernment in Alaska-to the Committee on Commerce. ell, commanding the military division of the Pacific, recommending an By Mr. ERRETT: The petition of manufacturers of Pittsburgh, appropriation of $23,000 to pay the city of San Francisco for improv Pennsylv-ania, that the duty on tin plate be fixed at two and one-half ing Bay street along the southern boundary of the military reservation cents per pound-to the Committee of Ways and Means. of Point San Jose, California; which was referred to the Committee By Mr. GARFIELD: The petition of 150 officers and members of on Appropriations. the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Andover, Ohio, for a He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secre commission of inquiry concerning the alcoholic liquor traffic-to the tary of War, transmitting a report of the Quartermaster-General of Committee on the Judiciary. the measures taken to secure from railroad companies through tickets Also, papers relating to the pension claim of Sarah M. Birdsall-to and through rates of transportation on requests issued by the Quar-. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. master's Department; which was referred to the Committee on Ap By Mr. GOODE: The petition of citizens of Williamsburgh, Vir propriations. ginia, far an appropriation to improve Archer's Hope River-to the . He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary Committee on Commerce. of War, transmitting a letter from the Adjutant-General of tb,e Army, By Mr. HAZELTON : The petition of Mrs. Sturgis and 38 others, asking for twenty-five additional clerks for his office; which was of Richland Centre, Wisconsin, for legislation to make effective the referred to the Committee on Appropriations. anti-polygamy law of 1862---to the Committee ou the Judiciary. SMITHSONIAN REPORT. Also, the petition of Mrs. E. C. Rockwell and 16 others, of Forest, Wisconsin, of similar import--to the same committee. The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication .Also, the petition of Mrs. S . .A.. Miner and 76 others, of Richland from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, transmitting his annual report of the operations, expenditures, and condition of that Centre, Wiscons~, of similar import-to the same committee. Also, the petition of Mrs. C. M. Henderson and 74 others, of Platte Institution for the year 1878; which was ordered to lie on the table. ville, Wisconsin, of similar import-to the same committee. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. By Mr. HOUSE: The petition of Appleton P. Clark and others, Mr. DAWES. I present the memorial of the Westfield Cigar Com for the extension of the Capitol grounds from First to Second streets pany, of Westfield, and several other citizens of that town, in the east and from B street north to B street south, in Washington, Dis State of Massachusetts, engaged in the manufacture of cigars, remon trict of Columbia-to the Committee on Public Buildings and strating against the passage of House bill No. 5430 and an amend Grounds. ment thereto pending in this body, providin~ for a coupon stamp By Mr. JONES, of Alabama: The petition of Olivia Godbold, that upon each and every cigar smoked by tke free citizens of these United her war claim be referred again to the southern claims commission States. I move its reference to the Cemmittee on Finance. w the Committee on War Claims. The motion was agreed to. By Mr. KIDDER: Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota Mr.CAMERON, of Pennsylvania, presented the memorial of W. E. Territory, f4)r the creation of a new land district and the location Boyer, and others, citizens of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, en therein of a land office in said Terriwry-to the Committee on Public gaged in the manufacture of cigars, remonstrating against the pas Lantis. sage of the bill (H. R. No. 5430) to secure more efficient collection of By Mr. LANDERS : The petition of Mrs. Charles Fuller and 110 the revenue on cigars; which was referred to the Committee ou. others, of Ellington, Connecticut, for legislation to make effective Finance. the anti-polygamy laws-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. SAUNDERS presented the petition of Susanna Bishop, Ma.rga. By Mr. LORING: The petition of Mrs. Julia R. Emery and 36 others, ret A. Clark, Caroline M. Closson, and 40 other ladies, of Nebraska, of Taunton, ~iassachusetts, of similar import-to the s.ame committee. praying for the passage of an act making effective the anti-polygamy Also, a paper relating to the petition of Reuben E. Fitts, for a pen law of 1862; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. sion-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. SARGENT presented the petition of Benjainin Flint and others, By Mr. RICE, of Ohio: The petition of Henry Barton, for a pen citizens of San Francisco, California, who suffered losses by the pay sion-to the same eommittee. ment of war premiums, praying for relief out of the fund RJ>propri By Mr. WAIT: The petition of Josie J. Clark and others, of Can ated for that purpose; which was referred to the Committee on the terbury, Conhecticut, for snob legislation as will make effective the Judici~. anti-polygamy law of 1862-to the Committee on the Judiciary. , Mr. CONKLING. I present a memorial, signed somewhat exten By Mr. WARD: The petition of women of Downingtown, Pennsyl sively by citizens of New York interested in the subject, remonstrat vania, of similar import-to the Committee on the Territories. ing against the proposed change of method in stamping cigars by Also, the petition of Kennett monthly meeting of Friends, of Ches attaching a so-called coupon stamp. I move its reference to the Com- ter County, Pennsylvania, for the passage of the Senate bill providing mittee on Finance. · for a. oommission of inquiry concerning the alcoholic liquor traffic The motion was agreed to. to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. FERRY presented the memorial of Kirby, Furlong & Co.