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Congressional Reoord-Senate. .August 22 .-,. -, 7802 CONGRESSIONAL REOORD-SENATE. .AUGUST 22, .Mr. McMILLIN. I move. tha.t the House do now adjourn. - The PRESIDENT pro. tempure. The bill will be placed on the Cal· The question was taken; and there were-ayes 38, noes 16. endar, with the adverse report of the committee. _ The motion was agreed to; &nd the House accordingly, at 4 o'clock Mr. SPOONER, from the Committee on Claims, to whom was referred and 59 m,inutes p. m., adjourned. the bill (H. R. 2601) for the relief of the Baptist Female College, of Lexington, Mo., reported it without amendment, and submitted a l'e­ PRIVATE BILLS Th""TRODUCED .AND REFERRED. port thereon. Under the rule private bills of the following titles were introduced He also, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to and referred as indicated below: whom was referred the bill (S. 3431) for the erection of a public builU- J By Mr. CONGER: A bill (H. R. 11243) granting a pension to Mary ing at the city of Kalamazoo, Mich., reported it without amendment. E. McQueen:-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 1\'II. DAVIS. I amdirected by theCommitteeonPensions, to whom By Mr. FORD: A bill (H. R. 11244) for the relief of Charles W. was referred the bill (S. 3423) granting a pension to Irene Rucker Rose-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Sheridan, widowofGener:alP. H. Sheridan, toreportitwithanamend­ By Mr. LEE (by request): A bill (H. R. 11245) for the relief of Sal­ ment in the nature of a substitute. I desire to give notice that at au lie Hardmond-to the Committee on War Claims. early date I shall call the matter up for consideration. By Mr. MATf?ON: A bill (H. R. 11246) granting a pension to Eliza­ The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will be placed on the Cal­ beth Bennett-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. endar. Also, a bill (H. R.l1247) granting a pension to Philura Tappan-to Mr. WILSON, of Maryland, from the Committee on Claims, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. whom was referred the bill (S. 1278) for the relief of James A. Ter­ · By 1\Ir. STONE, of Kentucky: A bill (H. R. 11248) for the relief of rell, reported it with an amendment, and submitted a report thereon. E. B. Carter-to the Committee on War Claims. · Mr. STEWART, from the Committee on CJaims, to whom was re­ ferred the bill (S. 2441) to refund illegal internal-revenue tax collected of James R. Berry, as late auditor of the State of Arkansas, reported / PETI~ :ETC. it with an amendment, and submitted a report thereon. ..J / "The following petitions and papers were laid on the Clerk's d_esk, Mr. TURPIE, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was recom­ under the rule, and referred as follows: , mitted the bill (S. 3276) granting restoration of pension to Sarah A. By Mr. CRAIN: Petition of citizens of Galveston, Tex., praying Woodbridge, reported it without amendment, and submitted a report that the terms of the Federal courts at that place may not be abridged thereon. by act of Congress-to the Committee ori the Judiciary. RELATIONS WITH CAN ADA. By Mr. McCREARY: Papers in the case of Mrs. Martha A. Bibb, of Danville, Ky., for relief-to the Committee on War Claims. 11-lr. SHERMAN. I present a report from the Committee on For- By Mr. O'DONNELL: Joint resolution providing for the payment eign Relations, which I ask to have read. o the claim of John H. Hamlin-to the Committee on Military Affairs. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The report will be read. By Mr. J. J. O'~EILL: Memol'ial of the St. Louis Typographical The' Chief Clerk read as follows: Union No.8, in favor oft~e Chace international-copyright bill-to the Mr. SHERMAN, from the Corhmittee on Foreign Relations, submitted the fol­ lowing report, t-o accompany the resolution of the Senate of February 8,1888, Committee on Patents. , directing the committee to prepare certain information in regard to Canada: By Mr. RICHARDSON: Papers in the case of the Presbyterian '£he Committee on Foreign Relations, to which was referred the resolution of church of Murfreesborough, Tenn., for payment of war claim-fo the ~he Senate of. February 8,1~88, _begs leave torc;port that it has been proceeding m the executiOn of the duties unposed upon It and .has accumulated a consid­ "'Committee on· War Claims. erable mass of information, a large part of which was compiled by Henry V. Poor; that the Renate having since committed the same subject to a select com­ mittee, this committee asks that it may be discharged from the further execu­ tion of the aforesaid order of the Senate, and it returns with this report the docu- SENATE. ments and papers referred to. · WEDNESDAY, August 22, 1888. Mr. SHERMAN. I submit the motion stated in thereport, to refer the information I send to the desktotheselect committee of which the The Senate met at 11 o'clock a. m. Senator from :Massachusetts [Mr. HoAR] is chairman. Prayer by Rev. A. W. PITZER, D. D., of the city o'fWashington. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It will be so ordered if the1•e be no The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. objection. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. Mr. EDMUNDS. And the Committee on Foreign Relations will be li'II. DAVIS presented a petition of citizens of Ramsey County, Min­ discharged. nesota, praying for certain amendments to the interstate-commerce The PRESIDENT pm tempore. TheCommitteemiForeignRelations law; which was referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce. will be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. , He also presented a petition of citizens of Fergus Falls, Minn., pray­ GEORGE F. l:UDER. ing for the passage of House bill 9234, for the relief of William Gaffer Mr. FAULKNER, from the Committee on Claims, reported the fol­ and others; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands. lowing resolution; which was considerecl by unanimous consent, and Ur. CALL presented a petition..of citizens of Tampa and other places agreed to: in Hillsborough County, Florida, and a petition of the Tampa (Fla.) Resolved, That the bill (S. 4LO) entitled " A bill for the il'elief of Geor~ F. Board of Trade, praying for the passage of a bill appropriating $200,- Rider," now pending in the Senate, together with all of the accompanying pa- · 000 for the purpose of protecting the country against the spread of pers, be, a~d. the same is hereby, referred to the Court of Claims, in pursuance of the proVISwns of an act approved l\iarch 3, 1883, and an act entitled "An act yellow fever; which were ordered to lie on the table. toprovidetorthebringingofsuitsagainsttheGovernmentoftheUnitedStates," REPORTS OF CO:\Il\llTTEES. approved March 3, 1887, to find and report to the Senate the facts bearing upon the merits of the claim, including the loyalty of tbe clai ut and all other facts M:r. FAULKNER, from the Committee on Claims, to whom was re­ contemplated by the provisions of said act. ferred the bill (R. R. 2696) for the relief of John J. Crooke, reported it without amendment, .and submitted a report thereon. LA ABRA SILVER MINING COUP.ANY. Mr. SAWYER, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was re­ 1\IL 1\fORG.A.N, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported ferred the bill (S. 3448) granting a pension to Charles H. Green, sub­ the following resolutions; which were referred to the Committee to mitted an adverse report·thereon; which was agreed to, and the bill .Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate: wns postponed indefinitely. Resol1:ed, That the Committee on Foreign Relations h. velen.ve to require the , Mr. DOLPH. I am directecl by the Committee on Public Lands, to attendance of witnesses hefore said committee or a subcommittee thereof to give evidence under oath resoecting the claim of La Abrn. Silver 1\Iinin~ Com­ whom was referred the veto message of the President on the bill (S. pany agaiUEt the Government of Mexico; and said committee or subcommittee 1870) granting certain lands in Pierce County; Washington Territory, shall have power to administer oaths to such witnesses; :l.lld the expenses of their attendance and other necessary expenses in the execution of this order to the city of Tacoma, for the purposes of a public park, to report the shall be paid out of the funds appropriated for the contingent expenses of the message back with a recommendation that the bill be passed over the Senate, on certificates issued by the chairman of said committee or said sub­ President's veto. I desire to state that this report is the report of the committee. Resolred, 2. That counsel for or against said claimants shall be authorized to majority of the committee, and that the minority do not concur in the appear before said committee or subcommittee a:nd examine nud cross-examine report, but I understand do not propose to submit a formal minority any witnesses under the authority ofthisre olution. report. • The PRESIDENT pro .tempo1·e. Does the Senator from Oregon de­ DILLS I.NTRODuC:E.Q. sire to ha.\e the report now acted npon? 1!-fr. VEST introduced a bill (S. 3474) amendatory of an act "au­ Mr. EDMUNDS. It had better go on the Calendar. thorizing the construction of a bridge O\er the 1Ii:· i ippi Ri•er at St. The PRESID&~T pro tcmp orr. The bill with the message will be Louis, Mo.," approved February 3, JR87;-which was re.'ld twice~yits placed on the Calendar.
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