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Resoll:cd, That so much as relates to the care a.nd improvement of public the Portland {Oreg.) Board of Trade, against the free-ship bill-to the buildings and grounds, be referr~d to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. same committee. ' Resolved, That so much as relates to patents,~be referred to the Committee on .lly Mr. FARQUHAR: Petition and papers in the claim of R. . W. Patents. · Clark-to the Committee on War Claims. - URGE~T DEFICIENCY BILL. By Mr. GOFF: Petition of the West Virginia conference of the Meth­ The SPEAKER. The Chair will again lay before the House the odist Episcopal Church, relati>e to the treaty of 1880 between China Senate amendmentB to the bill (H. R. 10239) making an appropriation and the United States-to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. to supply a deficiency in an appropriation for public printing and bind­ By Mr. L.A. FOLLETTE: Petition of Francis Little and 39 others, ' ing for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887, and for other purposes. citizens of Iowa County, and of William Bottomly, James W: Tres­ The Clerk will report the amendments of the Senate. tmil, and 16 others, citizens of La Fayette County, Wisconsin, for the The amendments were read. passage of the bill (H. R. 2933) establishing agricultural experiment Mr. BURNES. Mr. Speaker, I desire to say that the three amend­ stations-to the Committee on Agriculture. ments adopted by the Senate are merely verbal and formal in their Also, petition of Amy C. Kellogg and others, officera of the Women's charn~ter, and need not be explained particularly to the House, as they Christian Temperance Union of Wisconsin, for the.passage of the Sen­ make no material change in the bill. In view of the fact that this is ate bill giving national aid to education-to the Committee on Educa­ an urgent deficiency, unless some gentleman desires to make some in­ tion. quiry, I will ask the previous question on the adoption of the amend­ Also, petition from Mrs. Juliette Main and 30 others, citizens of - ments. Verona and Oregon, Wis., relating to woman suffrage-to the Commit­ Mr. HOLMAN. I would like to ask the gentleman one question tee on the Judiciary. with reference to the amendment ch:mging, as I understand it, the By !Ir. :MAHONEY: Petition for theimprovementofGowanus Chan­ title of the captain of the watch. nel, New York-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Mr. BURNES. There is no change except in the mere title. We By Mr. MORGAN: Petition of John D. Baum, for 1·elief under the appropriated for fi.Ye watchmen, and in this bill we appropriated for act of March 3, 1883-to the Committee on War Cla-ims. one captain of the watch and four watchmen. The Senate simply By Mr. ROMEIS: Petition of Harry M .. Carley, for an original pen­ strike out the one captain and make it five watchmen. In other re- sion-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. • spects there is no change. · By Mr. STA.HLNECKER: Petition of the :Merchants' Exchange of The SPEAKER. Unles!) there be a separate vote demanded the Saint Louis, Mo., in favor of liberal appropriations for mail-facilities question will be on agreeingtpthe amendmen•'J of the Senate in gross. . between .the United Sta.tes and Central and South American StateS-to The amenfunents were agreed to. the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Mr. BURNES moved to reconsider the vote by which the amend­ By Mr. ZA.CH. TAYLOR: Petition of Charles F. Tising,. of Mem­ ments were agreed to; and also moved that the motion to reconsider phis, Tenn., for an invalid pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ . be laid on the table. sions. The latter motion was agreed to. By Mr. WADSWORTH: Memorial from the chambers of commerce and boards of trade of Saint Louis, Kansas City, l\Iinneapolis, Saint· ORDER OF BUSINESS. Paul, Memphis, New Orleans, Cincinnati, and Pitt'Sburgh, in favor of Mr. HOLU.A.N. I move that the House do now adjourn. mail service to South America-to the Committee on the Post-Office The question was taken; and on a division there were-aye3 97, and Post-Roads. noes 44. By Mr. WHEELER: Petition of Farmers' Central Club, of Madi3on Mr. HATCH demanded the yeas and nays. County, Alabama, urging the passage of the bill to establish experi­ The yeas and nays were not ordered. ment stations, &c.-to the Committee on Agriculture. . Mr. BURNES. I demand tellers on the yeas and nays; and pending Also, paper relating to the claim of Mrs. E. C. Swope-to the Com­ that I desire to make a parliamentary inquiry. If the House should mittee on War Claims. now adjourn, will it be possible for this deficiency bill to be enrolled, By Mr. WHITING: Petition of the Farmera' CJlub of Hoyalston, and signed by the Speaker, so as to be presented to the President to­ Mass., and of the Hillridge Agricultural Society of Cummington, Mass., night? praying fo:r the passage of the bill (H. R. 2933)-to the Committee on ~'he SPEAKER. It will not. Agriculture. Mr. RANDALL. It could not reach him anyhow to ~ night, becanse By Mr. WILLIS: Papers in .the care of C. T. Veuuigerholz-to the the Senate has already adjourned. Committee on Claims. Mr. HATCH. . But a good deal of other business can be atte~ded to. By Mr. WISE: Petition of citizens of Virginia in favor of the estab­ Mr. BUR~. I suggest that a recess be taken for half an hour, so lishment of a light-house at Newport News Poin~to the Committee as to give time for the enrollment of the bill. on Commerce. · The SPEAKER. But there is a motion pending to adjourn. Does the gentleman demand tellers on the yeas and nays? 111r. BURNES. I do. Tellers were ordered. SENATE. Mr. BURNES and Mr. RANDALL were appointed tellers. WEDNESDAY, Deccn~tber 22, 188G. The House again divided, but before the count was concluded 1\Ir. BURNES withdrew the demand. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. G. BUTLER, D. D. So, no further count being demanded, the motion was agreed to;' and The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. acc~rdingly (at 3 o'clock and 40 minutes p. m.) the House adjourned. l'ETITIOKS AND ME:\IORIALS. Mr. BECK. I present a petition of a number of citizens of Paducah, Ky., praying for a reduction of the special taxes and the repeal of the PETITIO:NS ETC. 1 prohibitory 1eatures of the oleomargarine act. I move the reference of The following petitions and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk, the petition to the Committee on Finance. under the rule, and referred as follows: The motion was agreed to. By Mr. J. M. ANDERSON: ..Petitionofthe Wome~'s Christian Tem­ Mr. HOAR presented the petition of Henry B. Jencks and other cit­ perance Union of Kansas, in favor of the Blair educational bill-to the izens of Hubbardston, 1\Iass., praying for the passage of the Hatch ex­ Committee on Education. periment-station bill; which was ordered to lie on the table. • By Mr. BUNNELL: Petition of Mercy Owens, wido.wof Jeptha W. Mr. WILSON, of Iowa, presented a petition of the executive commili­ Owens, late of Company C, One hundred and ninety-third. Regiment tee of the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars, New Ym·k Cavalry, to accompany the bill (H. R. 10343)-to the Com­ Sta.te of Iowa, praying for the passage of the bill (S. 1579) granting to mittee on Invalid Pensions. the people of the District of Columbia the right to determine by ballot By Mr. CONGER: Petition of the executive committee of the grand whether intoxicating liquors may hereafter be legally manufactured lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars of Iowa, on behalf and sold in the District of Columbia; which was referred to the Commit­ of a membership of 11,000, for the early consideration and passage of tee on the District of Columbfa. the bill (S. 1579) granting to the people of the District of Columbia the Mr. BLAIR presented a petition Gf the executiYe committee of the right to determine by ballot whether intoxicating liquors shall be sold Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars, State of New in said District-to the Select Committee on the Alcoholic Liquor Hampshire, on behalf of a membership offour thousand, praying for the Traffic. pasmge of the bill (S. 1579) granting to the people of the District of By Mr. DINGLEY: Memorial of Vessel-owners' and Captains' Na­ Columbia the right to determine by ballotwhetherintoxicating liquors tional Association, for the passage of the House bill to place coastwise may hereafter be legally manufactured and sold in the District of Co­ sailing vessels on the same basis as steam-vessels in respect to pilotage, lumbia; which was referred totheCommitt~eon theDistrictofColumbia. and to relieve them from the payment of compulsory fees to State pilots Mr. BLAIR. I alpo present a petition of the Women's Christian not used-to the Select Committee on American Ship-building and Temperance Union, for the protection of wo~en, setting out their de­ Ship-owning Interests. ' sire for the enactment of a sta.tute on that suoJect, signed by the pres­ Also, remonstrance of the Pensacola (Fla.) Board of Trade and of ident of the union and its officers. I move the reference of the peti-

.. 326 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. DECEJ\IBER 22, . tion to the Committee on the District of Columbia, which, I believe, has erection of a suitable memorial, to which ~ch State and Territo1·y shall con­ tribute, but to which the nation shall furnish the cap-stone and the crown. that subject under consideration. And your memorialists further petition that the President be authorized to The motion was agreed to. designate a competent commission, to be charged with the duty of collecting ]!!r. CONGER presented the petition of A. B. Franke and 17 other and publishing all documents, whether drawn from the public archives or from private sources, which relate to the history and formation of the Constitution, citizens of Bay City, Mich. 1 praying for a reduction of the special taxes including the debates in the Federal conventions and in the conventions of the on oleomargarine; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture several States which succe ively adopted and ratified the Con titutiou, so that and Forestry. a monument of historical literature may be built up, and a fund of information furnished for the instruction of the philosopher and the student when contem­ Mr. CULLOM. . I present petitions from importers of the cities of plating the political achievements of mank-ind. Philadelphia, Pa., Providence, R. I., and Buffalo, N.Y., praying for And your memorialists further petition that Congre.'is heartily co-operate in the passage of the bill introduced _by the Senator from Missouri [Mr. our work and insure the success of a. celebration, na.tional in its chru·actcr and CocKRELL] proposing to amend the immediate-transportation act. I world-wide in its significance. .AMOS R. LITTLE (Chairman), move the reference of the petitions to the Committee on Commerce. CLINTON P. PAINE (Vice-Chairman), The motion was agreed to. N. G. ORDWAY, Mr. DAWES presented a petition of the Agricultural Society of Essex C. J. HARRAH, HAMPTON L. C~ON (Secretary), _ County, Massachusetts, praying for the passage of the Hatch experi- · Executive ConmJ..ittee of the Subconstilutional Ce.ntennial Commission. ment-station bill; which was ordered to lie on the table. REPORTS OF Co::\DII'ITEES. 1t{r. CAMERON. I present the memorial of Amos R. LittJ.e, chair­ man, Clinton P. Paine, vice-chairman, and others, executive com­ Mr. ED~IDNDS. I am directed by the Committee on Foreign Re­ mittee of the constitutional centennial commission, in favor of the lations, to which was referred so much of the President's message as co-operation by the Government of the United States in a proper cele­ relates to the execution of the treaty with China on the subject of the bration of the centennial anniversary of the framing and promulga­ opium traffic, to report a bill to carryinto execution the second article tion of the Federal Constitution, at Philadelphia) in September, 18.87. of the treaty of 1881, which embraces that subject, and to submit with I move its reference to the Select Committee on the Centennial Cele­ the bill a written report. I ask that the bill may be read the first and bration, and as it is brief I ask that it be printed in the RECORD. second times and placed on the Calendar, and as early as possible on The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Pennsylvania the reassembling of the Senate I shall ask the Senate to consider it. asks the unanimous consent of the Senate to print this memorial in The bill (S. 3044) to provide for the execution of the provisions of the RECORD. Is there objection? article 2 of the treaty concluded between tl#e United States of America, Mr. ED1tiUNDS. What is it about? and the Emperor of China on the 17th day of November, 1880, and Mr. CAMERON. It relates to the proposed centennial celebration proclaimed by the President of the United States on the 5th day of Oc- of the framing and promulgation of the Constitution. tober, 1881, was read twice by its title. . Mr. EDMUNDS. We ought not to print anything of the kind in Mr. SHERMAN, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, asked to the RECORD, but I shall not object this time. be discharged from the further consideration of the letter of the Secre- - The PRESIDENT pro tempore. There being no objection, the me­ tary of State addressed to the chairman of the Committee on Foreign morial will be printed in the RECORD, and referred to the Select Com­ Relations, concerning the unsettled claim of Uessrs. Bishop & Co., mittee on the Centennial of the Constitution and the Discovery of bankers, of Honolulu, ag1;1>inst the Government of the Unite.d States for America. interest and charges upon money advanced to C. S. Mattoon, United States consul, for the relief of destitute American seamen, and that it The memorial is as follows : be referred to the Committee on Claims; which was agreed to. To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of .Arnerica: Mr. SAWYER, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, Your memorialists have the honor to represent the consti~utional centennial to whom were referred the following bills,.reported them severally with­ commission, which was organized at Philadelphia. on the 2d of December, out amendments and submitted reports thereon: 1886, by the commissioners appointed by the governors of the States and Terri­ A bill (H. R. 960) for the relief of J. R. McGoldrick; and tories, for the purpose of providing for the proper celebration by the nation of the centennial anniversary-of the framing and promulgation of the Federal A bill (H. R. 6046) for the relief of H . C. Wilkey. Constitution. INTERSTATE COMMERCE. No national memorial celebration can be of deeper significance than that which relates to the completion of the structlrre of our Government by its archi­ ]l,fr. MANDERSON. On behalf of the Committee on Printing I re­ tects and builders, and its solemn dedication to the service of the people and port back the resolution submitted by the Senator from illinois [Mr. mankind. That hour marked the most momentous epoch in our history. The labors of that day preserved for all time the precious fruits of freedom and self­ CuLLOl\I] to print 5, 000 extra copies of the conference report on the bill government. Unique in origin; without a. prototype in design· of enduring (S. 1532) being the interstate-commerce bill. strength, and of phenomenal succe83, in the history of political philosophy the There has been considerable delay in the action of the Committee on Const1tutiion stands alone. Tested by danger and adversity, as well as by peace and prosperity, endeared to us by tmdition and hallowed by experience, it has Printing, caused, however, by the difficulty in complying with a pro­ become the object of our reverential and affectionate regard. To it no Ameri­ vision in the sundry civil appropriation act passed at the last session of can mind can be too attentive, and no American heart too devoted, and it is Congress. The delay ha.s been caused by the difficulty experienced by believed that, the people will gather, as around a shrine, to commemorate by appropriate exercises the great work which was accomplished in Philadelphia the Public Printer in making a correct estimate of the printing ordered by the statesmen of the Revolution, and to return in a. devout and heartfelt by Congress during the present fiscal year. As this is the first report manner their thanks to Divine Providence for the blessings which they have made in compliance with that law, I ask that the report be read and enjoyed during a century of federal constitutional government. Animn.ted by these feelings, and conscious of the snblimemeaning of the ap­ that there may be immediate consideration of the resolution. proaching event, the commissioners have framed and outlined a programme The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Nebraska, from of exercises which in their judgement would be appropriate. They have pro­ the Committee on Printing, submits a report and asks that it be read. vided for the delivery of an oration 'and a poem in commemoration of the signing of the Constitution. They have determined that there shall be a mil­ It will be read. · tary display, in which the United States shall be invited to be represented by The Chief Clerk read the report, as follows: each branch of its military and naval service; that the several States and Ter­ ritories and the District of Columbia shall be invited to be represented by their The Committee on Printing, having had under consideration a resolution of militia and volunteer service; that the President of the United States be re­ the Senate for printing 5,000 additional copies of the report of the committee of quested to designate officers to. command the same; that there shall also be an conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on Senate bill 1532, to industrial processional display. That invitu.tions to participate in the celebra­ regulate commerce between the States, being Senate Miscellaneous Document tion shall be extended to the President of the United States and his Cabinet, to No. 12, have ascertained from the Public 'Printer that the estimated cost of said the Federal judiciary, to Congress and the representatives of all departments of printing will .be ${5.55, and that the cost of work previously ordered by Con­ the Federal Government, to the governor of ea.c.h State and Territory, to the gress within the fiscal year is $40,775.65. The committee reports favorably on tho judiciaries and legislatures of the same, and the representatives of the sever passage of the resolution, and submits as part of its report the corre pondenco departments thereof; to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and to with the Public Printer in the matter of estimates for the prin_ting of this report the various civic organizations and associations of the Union; and that the res­ and of compliance with the requirements of the act of August 4, 1886. ident representatives of the foreign governments having friendly relations with Papers accompanying the report of the Committee on Printing on printing 5,000 • the United States be invited to participate. The commission also resolved that additional copies of the report of the committee of conference on inter tat~ there should be created in the city of Philadelphia. a suitable memorial, com­ commerce. memorative of the signing and adoption of the Constitution and of the progress S,ENATE Col!I:UITI'EE ON PRTh'"TING, of the nation since that period. Washington, D. C., December 17, 1~. Thus the commissioners have endeavored to gather the peop_le together in­ Sm: I am directed by the chairman of the Senate Committee on Printing to the city of that augnstconvention which framed the Constitution; and have in­ request from you an estimate of the cost of printing 5,000 extra copies of there­ vited them to visit the hallowed ground of it-s birthplace, and by reviewing the port of the conference conunittee on Senate billl532, Senate Miscellaneous Doc­ scenes, recalling the deeds, and reviving the memories of the great statesmen ument No. 12. who framed it, to renew their vows of fealty to the Constitution, and knit in In making this request I would invite your attention to a clause in the act ap­ closer bonds of union the members of our great Republic. proved Augnst 4, 1886. (See ln.ws session 1, Forty-ninth Congress, page 255, top Your memorialists respectfully urge upon the n.ttention of your honorable of page.) bodies the fitness of your hearty co-operation. and ask you by timely and ap­ This (which did not emanate from the Committee on Printing) eems to rc· propriate action to authorize the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the quire an elaborate statement from you to accompany each estimate. It occurs Navy to arrange for the proper representation and participation by the military to me that it might be well to have blanks prepared, asking the estimate, with and nava). services of the United States ; to designate the troops and marines another for it and the information required, and I have thought it proper to and their officers which are to take a part, and to provide for the proper supplies bring the same to your attention. and encampment of the men. I would also repeat my verbal statement that the law requires the standard .And your memorialist-s further petition that Con2'1'CSS shall by appropriate of paper to be fixed early in the session, and that it has always been thought re olutions recognize the importance and the dignity of the coming celebration desirable that the standard should be fixed and the a.dverti..sement approved y and pledge their hearty co-operation ; that the nation shall be represented by the joint. committee and sent out before the holiday recess. competent commissione~ho shall be clothed with authority to unite with Very respectfully, BEN: PERLEY POORE, the commissioners of the different States and Territories in the prosecution of Clerk of Printing Records. the work of carrying out the details of the programme, and particularly in the Hon. THoMAS E. BENEDICT, Public Printer. 1886. OONGRESSIONAL REOORD- SENATE.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, ordered) could not be rendered without several weeks of continuous labor Washington, D. 0., December 18, 1886. directed to that end. Sm: The estimated cost of printing 5,000 ext~ copies of the report of the con­ In conc;lusion, I will state that I am ready with the form of advertisements and ference committee on the Senate interstate-commel'Ce bill, No.153"2, being Sen­ proposalS for the quantity of pa-per required for theeusuing year, together with ate Miscellaneous Documem No.l2, is $45.55. samples of the kinds required, and-will be ready to report to the committee at Very respectfully, its earliest convenience. G. H. BENEDICT, Ohi4 Clerk. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, · TH. E. BENEDICT, Pt~.blic Pl'inf.er. Zt!aj. BEN: PERLEY PooRE, BEN: PERLEY PooRE, Esq., Clerk of Printing Records, United States Senate. Clerk of Printing Records, United &ates Se11ate.

SENATE COIDIIITTEE ON PRINTING, GOVERI'o~T PRINTING OFFICE, Washington, D. C., December 18, 1886. Washington, D. 0., December 21,1886. Sm: I have received yoursofthis date, in answer to a request from the Senate SIR: In compliance wUh instructions of the Public Printer, I transJDit here­ Committee on Printing, for the estimated cost of printing 5,000 copies of the with for the Joint Collllllittee on Printing a statement of the amount of work report of the conference committee on the Senate bill1532. ~n my letter of the estimated for since the 1st day of July, 1886, as requested by said committee, 17th to the Public Printer, requesting this estimate, I invited his attention,to a showing date of estilllate, to whom sent, number of copies, title of work, and clause in the act approved August 4, 1886. the estimated cost thereof; in addition to which I submit the following as the I am directed by tbe chairman of the Senate Committee on Printing to return estimated cost for printing 5,000 additional copies of the report of the conference the estimate sent, and to request that it may be n.ccompanied "with a statement collllllittee on the Senate interstate-commerce bill No. 1532, being Senate Mis­ from the Public Printer of the amount ~nd cost of work previously ordered by cellaneous Document No. 12, $45.55. Congress within the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made." Very respectfully, G . H. llEl~EDICT, Ohief Olcrl;. I am further directed by the chairman of the Committee on Printing to re• quest that the estimate may be returned, ''together" with the statement re­ Maj. BEN: PERLE'Y·POORE, quired, at the earliest possible 111oment, as there is a. great demand on the part Olerk of Printing .Records, United Slates Se11ate. of Senators for the extra copies of the report. Very truly yours, BEN: PERLEY POORE, Clerk of Prinlin!J .Records. Estimates furnished sin~e the 1st day of July, 188G. G. H. BENEDICT, Chief Clerk, G01Jernment Pl'inting Office. Date. Furnished Number Title. I Estimated to the- of copies. cost. GOVERNMENT Pn.INTING OFFICE, Washington, D. 0., December 20,1886. 1886. Sm: Yours of December 17, inviting my attention to "a clause in the n.ct July 6 House ...... 5,000 :Menocal's Report on Inter­ 11'3,175 00 approved August 4, 1886," and a further communication of December 18, 1886; oceanic Canals. addressed to my chief clerk, stating that you have oeen "directed by the chair­ 10 Senate ...... 6,000 Digest of Opinions of Attorneys­ 2,361 50 man of the Senate Committee on Printing (C. F. l\1.) to return the estimate General of f.he United States sent, that it may be accompanied "with a statement from the P11blic Printer of from 1789 to 1881. the amount and cost of work previously ordered by Congress within the fiscal 17 Reuse ...... 26,000 Third Annual Report, United 1,440 00 year for which the appropriation is made," have been duly re~eived. Both States Civil Service Co=is­ communications have had my prompt and serious consideration, and a. reply to sion. the first communication had been drafted when the second was received. I 23 House ...... 45,000 Third Annual Report, Bureau 24,425 00 trust that it will suit the convenience of the collllllittee that I include my reply Animal Ind ustzy. to the first., and a statement of the reason for a failure to render an immediate 27 Senate.: ...... 1,000 Haskelll'tlulticharge Gun ...... 265 00 statement as requested in the second, in one communication. 27 Senate ...... 5,000 Navigation and Customs Col- 2,065 50 The question of the adoption of methods to meet the mandatory clause of pub­ lection Laws. lic resolution 117, approved August 4, 1886, has, I am informed, received the at­ 28 House ...... 2,500 Report of Electrical Conference. 585 00 tention of the experienced clerical force of this office at different Urnes since the House ...... 2,000 Digest of the Rules of the House. - 277500 passage of the resolution, and every effort to meet its requirements has been Dec. 8 House ...... 2.'),000 President's Annuall'tlessage ...... '550 85 given up as an absolute impossibility, and the law consid_ere? as ~mtirely inop­ 14 House ...... 1,000 Fishery Question (H. Ex. Doc. 88 75 erative. Under the methods of account and record keepmg In this office when No.19). I assumed its charge, and continued with slight changes to this date, such a.~ 14 House ...... 250 Digest oftheRules ofthe House 301 75 effort.would be necessarily a failure. As an illustration of this, on September 15 House ...... 1,000 President's 1\Iessage ...... 2390 13last not a. single item of the Congressional work for the fiscal year of 1885 had 15 House ...... 1,000 Report proper, Secretary Treas- 25 70 been charged up, the same being upward-of a year in arrears, and it was only ury. by insisting on much extra labor on the part of the clerical force that I have just 15 House ...... 1,000 Report proper, Secretary War ... 2600 succeeded in getting the accounts of the last fiscal year in shape for the annual 115 House ...... 1,000 Report proper, Secretary Navy.. 19 55 report to Congress. The Congressional work for the present fiscal year has not 15 House ...... 1,000 Report proper, Secretary Inte- 38 30 yet been touched, and it would take some weeks of steady labor to bring it up ' rior. to date. I beg t~ call your attention to thefac.t that I am notre ponsible in any 15 House ...... 1,000 Report proper, Attorney-Gen­ 16 65 way for this condition of the accounts of this office, and to the further fact that eral. I have made the most unremitting efforts to bring order out of confusion, and 15 House ...... 1,000 Report proper, Postmaster-Gen- 3025 have all my arrangements made, after months of labor, for beginning on Janu­ eral. ' ary 1 a complete system of book and account keeping in this office, which will 115 House ...... 1,000 Reportproper,Treasurer Unit-ed 28 05 remedy all apparent deficiencie$ in ~present system. States. I am as yet not fully prepared to agree with the experienced and competent 15 House ...... 1,000 Report proper, Comptroller of 36 70 heads of the printing and clerical departments of this office that the law in ques­ Currency. tion is inoperative. Yet I recognize clearly the almost insuperable diflicul ties in J.5 House ...... 1,000 Report proper, DirectM of the 3830 the wa of obeying it. The law seems to contemplate that the Public Printer, Mint. . wheneverhereceivesnoticefromthejointcommitteetofurnishanestimate,shall 115 House ...... 1,000 Report proper, Commissioner 23 90 accompany the same with a statement of the actual amount. a?d co.st of al! 'Y<;>rk Agriculture. previously ordered byCongressforthesamefiscalyear. Thistsanunpossibthty, 15 Senate ...... 3,000 Veto 1\Iessages ...... 1,135 00 for the simple reason that work "ordered by Congress" is frequently held for 16 House ...... 2,500 Report Health Officer of Dis­ 1,300 00 months in the hands of those preparing the copy, or is delayed by failure to trict of Columbia. return proofs, or is kept waiting to receive illustrations, or, by the difficult and extensive character of the printing, can not be completed within 111onths, and Total...... 40, 775 65 often years, after it is ordered. I believe it to be a. fact that work ordered by Congress upward of seven years ago is still lying uncompleted in this office for various reasons which it has not appeared to be in the power of the Public Printer to remedy. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The resolution reported from the It is proper to assume, however, that Congress has not required the Public Committee on Printing will be read. Printer to perform an impossibility, and that whl).tthe law contemplates is that The Chief Clerk read the resolution, as follows: he should furnish a reasonable estimate of the probable cost of work previously ordered by Oongress. Astatementoftheactual "amountandcost" ofthework P.esolved, That 5,000 extra copies of the conference report on Senate bill1532 ordered by Congress for the present year would not include over 15 per cent. of be printed. said work, for the reason that that amount is all that is fully completed and in a The resolution was considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to. condition to be charged up, and no record exists or can exist q_f the actual "amount and cost" of uncompleted work. BILLS INTRODUCED. It is a. difficult and embarrassing question to consider the question even of fur­ nishing an estimate of the amount and cost of work ordered by Congress with Mr. McMIL~AN (through Mr. CoxGER, in his ownnecoosaryabsence) each request for a new estimate, and it apparently could not be done without additional legislation. Only a portion of the work now ordered by Congress is introd,uced a bill (S. 3045) to authorize the construction and mainten­ estimated upon by the Public PriJlter (namely, that recollllllended by the Com­ ance of a bridge by the Duluth, Pierre and Black Hills Railroad Com­ mittee on Printing), while all :other work ordered is proceeded with • without pany, across the 1\fissouri River at Pierre, Dak.; which was read twice estimate. To render any system of estimates at all approximate it would seem to be necessary to amend the law to require the Public Printer to estimate on by its title, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. all the work ordered by Congress. Of course this would include the necessity 1\Ir. BLAIR. By request of the Union Veteran Army Association of Congress providing that the copy and illustrations of all work should be pre­ of the United States, I introduce a bill to amend certain sections of pared and submitted to the Public Printer previous to being ordered, and he should, as a business necessity, be given some time in order to make an approx­ the Revised Statutes of the United States and certain laws relating to imately correct estimate. The work would require a large special clerical force, pensions enacted since the revision of these statutes, and for other consiSting of experienced printers, and would necessarily add considerable to purpos~. · the expenses of this office. It is estima.t.d that the uncompleted work ordered by Congress now in this office would reach $.300,000; and it is all chargeable to This bill is quite voluminous. It embraces a great many features the appropriation for the year during which it is finished. of proposed amendment of pension laws, some of which have already I am ready t~ make any and every effort to carry out the law, provided I can been acted upon by the Senate, but I see no way to eliminate them master the difficulties which have puzzled the oldest and most experienced em­ ployes of this office in previous efforts t~ solve them. I can give no date for from the rest of the bill. I therefore introduce the bill as drawn, beginning to furnish the statements required by the collllllittee, and it is abso­ and ask that it be referred to the Committee on Pensions. lutely out of my power to respond to the request to furnish a statement in accordance with the law to accompany estimate rendered December 18, which The bil1 (S. 3046) to amend certain sections of the Revised Statutes is herewith returned. It is the opinion of the clerk in charge of Congressional of the United States relating to pensions and certain laws relating to work that even a. partial statement (including not over 25 to 30 per cent. of work pensions enacted since the revision of these statutes, and for othez

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purposes, was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on The Chief Clerk read the reso1 utions, as follows: Pensions; , Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be directed, when the rh·cr and :Mr. INGALLS introduced a bill (S. 3047) to increase the pension of harbor appropriation bill shall be reported, to report as to ea ch public work for which an appropriation is m a de in sa id bill, the facts which re r:.der such appro­ J. A. Underwood; which was read twice by its title, and referred to priation adyisable ' nd of national importance, and the condition of the work, the Committee on Pensions. . if begun. Mr. MITCHELL, of Oregon, introduced a bill (S. 3048) grnnting.an R esol 1Jed, That there be au a dditional clerk for the Comm ittee on Commerce increase of pension to Enoch G. Adams;· which was read twice by its for the remainder of the session. title, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Mr. HOAR. I ask that the resolutions be considered separately. Mr. DOLPH introduced a bill (S. 3049) to establish an assay office The PRESIDENT p1·o tempm·e. The question is on the adoption of at Portland, in the State of Oregon; which was read twice by its ti tie, the first resolution. and 1·eferred to the Committee on Finance. ' Mr. COCKRELL. I do not see any members of the Committee on Commerce here; but I should like to ask if that is not a labor which Al\IE~ill ::UE.NTS TO APPROPRIATION DILLS. could be performed by the regular clerk. M:r. WILLIAMS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed Mr. HOAR. It is agreeable to the committee to have H done, and by hinl to the sundry civil appropriation bill; which was referred to the work was performed last session. It is the same resolution which the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be was adopted last year for the con>enience of the Senat-e. printed. . The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Tl}e question is on the adoption 01 Mr. MITCHELL, of .Oregon, submitted an amendment intended to the first resolution. be proposed by him to. the sundry civil appropriation bill; which was The first resolution was agreed to. referred to the Committe~ on C-ommerce, and ordered to be printed. The PRESIDENT pro temp01·e. The question is now on the adop- MESSAGE FROM THE OUSE. tion of the second resolution. . A message from the Honse of Representatives, by Mr. CLARK, its Mr. EDMUNDS. The second resolution must be referred. Clerk, announced that the House had agreed to the amendments of 1\Ir. HOAR. I ask that the second resolution be :r-eferred to the - the Senate to the following bills: Committee on Contingent Ex{lenses. A bill (H. R. 9736} to grant the Maricopa and Phren-ix: Railway The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It will be referred to the Committee Company of Arizona the right of way through the Gila River Indian to Audit and Control the Uontingcnt Expenses of the Senate under the ru~ , reservation; and A bill (H. R.10239) making appropriations to supply a deficiency AnREAUS OF PENSIONS. in the appropriation for public printing and binding for the fiscal year The PRESIDENT pro tempore. If there be no further concurrent or ending June 30, 1887, and for other purposes. other resolutions, the Chair lays be~ore the Senate a resolution which comes over from yesterday under the mle; it will be read. ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED. The Chief Clerk read the 1·esolution submitted by Mr. INGALLS The message also announc d th~t the Speaker of the House had December 21, as follows: signed the following enrolled bills; and they were thereupon signed by .Resol1:ed, That the Committee on Pensions be discharged from the further the ·President pro tempore: consideration of Senate bill No.33, to remove the limitation in the payment of A bill (S. 263) providing for the erection of a public building at arrears of pensions. Springfield, Mass. ; The PRESIDENT pl'o tempo1·c. The question is on the adoption of A bill (H. R. 1659) tor the relief of the survivors of the exploring the resolution. steamer Jeannette and the widows and childrenofthose who perished Mr. PLATT. I do not think the Senator fr·om Kansas desires to in the retreat from the wreck of that vessel in the arctic seas; press that resolution this morning in the thin condition of the Senate. A bill (H. R. 9987) to authorize the construction of a bridge across Mr: INGALLS. I am very desirous of securing a Yote uppn the res­ the Saint Louis River at the most accessible point between the States olution at the earliest pra-cticable moment, but so many Senators have of Minnesota and Wisconsin; . and already departed in anticipation of the approaching adjournment for A bill (H. R. 10239) making appropriations to supply a deficiency in the holidays, and so many others are paired, that the resolution may · the appropriation for public printing and binding for the fiscal year go over and be placed on the Calendar of General Orders; and as soon ending June30, 1887, and for other purposes. as practicable after the reassembling of Congress I shall ask a vote The PRESIDENT Jko tempore. The Chair thinks it important to upon it. ' have certain enrol\ed bills sent to the President of the United States, The PRESIDENT pro temp01·e. The resolution will go over aud be and the members of the Committee on Enrolled Bills of the Senate are placed on the Calendar. not in the city. What action shall be taken? By the unanimous con­ iAMES w. SCHAUMBURG. sent of the Senate they may be sent without a formal examination by the committee. • Mr. MITCHELL, of Oregon. On the 12th of July last, by instruc­ :Mr. EDMUNDS. I move that the Chair have authority to appoint tion of the Committee on Clainls, I reported a bill (S. 2840) for the for the time being a temporary Committee on Enrolled Bills, consist­ relief of the legal representatives of James W. Schaumburg. ifhe bill ing of three persons. We oughp not to send a bill to the President is now on the Calendar, being Order of Business 1697. I am now in­ without its being examined. structed by the committee to ask the recommittal of the bill to the The PRESIDENT pro ternpo1·e. The bills have been examined by Committee on Claims, the object being to consider the propriety of mak­ the proper officers-the clerks. ing a slight change in the recommendation heretofore made. I move, Mr. EDMUNDS. They ought to go through the regular order, for therefore, that the bill be recommitted to the Committee on Claims. safety. The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDE.NT pro tempore. The Chair is advised that they were ORDER OF BUSINESS. examined by the committee yesterday. So the Chair is of opinion that The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Calendar is now in order. the appointment of the committee suggested is not necessary. Mr. EDMUNDS. There lacks about one of a quomm, I am afraid, Mr. EDMUNDS. Then I withdraw my motion, and simply suggest here now; but I will assume th~re is a quorum. However, there is not that the Chair send the bills. anything like a quorum of gentlemen who are unpaired, and if we come REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION. to any real business we shall fail at once. I therefore move that the Senate do now adjourn. Mr. BLAIR. I ask leave to submit a concurrent resolution calling Mr. DAWES. Will the Senator allow me to dispose of a resolution . for the printing of the usual number of the report of. the Commis­ which will take no tinle? · sioner of Education, and also, accompanying the resolution, a letter Mr. EDMUNDS. I withdraw the motion. from the Commissioner. I ask to have the resolution and accom­ The PREsiDENT pro tempo1·e. The motion is withdrawn. pa-nying paper referred to the Committee on Printing. The Chief Clerk read the concurrent resolution, as follows: REDUCTIO.N OF CUSTOMS DUTIES AND INTERNAL TAXES. R esolt:ed by the Senate (the Hou se of Representatives concur7'ing), That of the .Mr. DAWES. On the second day of the session, it will be recol­ report of the Commissioner of Education for 1885-'86 there be printed 6,000 copies lected, I introduced a resolution in reference to tariff reduction. The for the use of the Senate, 12,000 copies for the use of the House , and 25,000 copies for distribution by tl1'e Commissioner. debate which has sprung up has been on the resolution offered by the Senator from Vermont [Mr. MoRRILL]. There does not seem to be The PRESIDENT pro tem.•o:ore. The resolution will be referred to any objection to the passage of the resolution which I offered, and I the CoiD.I¥ittee on Printing under the rule, with the accompanying ask that it may be adopted now. It is only a resolution instructing communication. the Committee on Finance to inquire into tho mat ter. It leaves the RIVER AND HARBOR BILL. debate just where it was before. · 1- 1\fr. HOAR. I offer two resolutions. The first should be adopted, Mr. EDl\IDNDS. What is the point the Senator wishes to. accom­ and then the second should go under the rule to the Committee on Con­ plish? tingent Expenses. Mr. DAWES. I wish to have the resolution adopted so that it can The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The resolutions will be read for in­ go to the committee, who are considering the matter. If there is any . formation. debate on it·, of course I shall not press it at this time. -. 1886. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The SenatOr from Massachusetts ment-disagreed to by the Senate, ~d request for a committee of con- moves that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the resolution ference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses. , heretofore submitted by him. The resolution will be read. :M:r. FORNEY. I ask the House to agree to the conference asked The Chief Clerk read the resolution submitted by Mr. D.A WES De­ for by the Senate. cember 7, 1886, as follows: The SPEAKER. In reference to this bill, which has been amended Resolved, That the Committee on Finance be instructed to inquire and report by the House and the amendment disagreed to by the Senate, the Houses as soon a.s practicable what specific reduction can be made in customs du.ties have reached that stage of disagreement when a conference has been and internal taxes which will, in their judgment, reduce the receipts to the necessary and economical expenditures of the Government without impairing asked by the Senate; and the gentleman from Alabama mov~ to agree the prospe1·ity and development ofhome industries or the compen~;ation of home to the request of the Senate. labor. There was no objection. The motion was agreed to. The SPEAKER. The Chair will appoint the managers on the part The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the of the House some time during the day. resolution. REGENT OF THE Sl\IITJISONI.A.N INSTITUTION. The resolution was agreed to. 1tt:r. SINGLETON. l\Ir. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take REPORT OF VISITOllS TO WEST POINT. up for present consideration the joint resolution (S. R. 90) appointing I· Mr. MANDERSON. On behalf of the Senator from Louisian [Ur. James B. Apgell a member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian GmsoN] and myself, constituting the members of the Board of Visitors Institution, in the place of one of the regents deceased. The board to the West Point Military Academy, appointed hy the President pro meets in a few days and it is desirable that this appointment should be tempore of the Senate, I submit a report. made without delay to fill the vacancy. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The report will be printed andre- The joint resolution was read. . ferred to the Committee on Military Affairs. ' :Mr. l\IIhLS. Mr. Speaker, I desire to ask the gentleman from Mis­ Mr. EDMUNDS. Now, I renew the motion to adjourn. sissippi [Mr. SIKGLETON] why it is necessary to name the appointee , The motion was agreed to; and (at 12 o'clock and 35 minutes IJ· m.) in the joint resolution? the Senate adjourned, the adjournment under the concurrent resolution . Mr. SINGLETON. The appointment is made by Congress. I will of the two Houses being until Tuesday, January 4, 18B7, at 12 o'clock m. say to the gentleman, if be wishes the information, that this appoint­ ment is made in place of :t northern gentleman, deceased. Mr. BLOUNT. Can the gentleman from Mississippi bform us whether this is the usual way of filling these vacancies? HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. SINGLETON. It is, sir. Mr. MILLS. We have had considerable discussion here at different WEDNESJ?A.Y, .Dec·embe1· 22, 1886. times about this question of appointment, and it has been .contended The House met at 12 o'clock m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. W. that Congress bas no power to make appointments-- H. MILBURN, D. D. Mr. BRECKINRIDGE, of Arkansas. The gentleman will fincl that The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. this is the usual way of making these appointments. ' ORDER oF BUSINESS. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration of - this joint resolution? . The SPEAKER. If there be no objection, the Chair will submit at 1\Ir. MILLS. I object, 1\fr. Speake!'. this time a report from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, inasmuch as one of the bills, at least, hould reach the President without delay. J PUBLIC BUILDING, FORT SCOTT, K.ANS. There was no objection. The SPEAKER. Upon the bill (S. 1386) for the completion bf a ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED. public building at Fort Scott, Kans., the Senate disagrees to the amendments of the House, and asks for a committeeofconference. If Mr. NEECE, from the. Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that there be no objection the request will. be granted, and the Chair will they had examined and found duly enrolled bills of the following appoint the conferees at some time dming the day. • titles; when the Speaker signed the same, namely: - There was no objection. A bill (H. R. 1659) for the relief of the survivors of the exploring steamer Jeannette and the widows and children of those who perished SECTIO~ 1661 REVISED STATUTES. in the retreat from the wreck of that vessel in the arctic seas; The SPEAKER. Upon Senate bill (S. 222}.toamend section 1661 A bill (H. R. 9987) to authorize the construction of a bridge across of the Revised Statutes, the Chair appoints as managers of the confer­ ~he Saint Louis River at the most accessible point between the States ence on the part of the Home, the gentleman from Alabama, Mr. FoR­ of Minnesota and'Wisconsin; and NEY, the gentleman from New Jersey, Mr. :McADoo, and the gentle­ A bill (H. R.10239) making an appropriation to supply a deficiency man from Illinois, Mr. HOPKINS. in the appropriation for public printing and binding for the fisc..'ll year REPORT OF "VISITORS TO THE MILITARY ACADEMY. ending June 30, 1887, and for other purposes. The SPEAKER also laid before the House a report of the Visitors to SCII.EDULE OF CL.AI.MS ALLOWED. the l\lilitary Academy at West Point; which was referred to the Com- The SPEAKER laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of mittee on Military Affairs. the Treasury, transmitting schedules of claims allowed by accounting LEA YE OF .AB ENCE. officers under appropriations, balances of which have been exhausted By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted as follows: or carried to the surplus fund; which was referred to the Committee To Mr. O'DoNNEJ,L, for the day, on account of important business. on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. To M:r. SKINNER, for this day, on account of important business. BOARD OF ?ri.AN.AGERS, SOLDIERS' HO:U:E. To Mr. McRAE, until after tho holiday recess, on account of impor- The SPEAKER also laid before the House a letter from tlie Presi- taut business. dent of the Board of Managers of the National Homes for Disabled Vol- To Mr. AIKEN, indefinitely, on account of sickness. unteer Soldiers; transmitting the annual report of said board; which To 1\Ir. DIBBLE, for two days, en account of important business. was referred to the Committee on .Appropriations, and ordered to' be ·. To Mr. CoMSTOCK, for this day. r ,printed. SAINT P.AUL, 1\HNNE.A.POLIS AN"D 1\I..U.lTOB.A BAIL W .A Y CO :liPA!o.'Y . BEFEREKCE OF S E~ATE BILLS. Mr. TOOLE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Com- The SPEA~ER, .under the rule, laid before the House bills of the mittee of the Whole be discharged from the further consideration of Senate of the following titles; which were severally read a first and the bill (H. R. 10056) granting to the Saint Paul, Minneapolis and I second time, and referred as indicated, namely: - Manitoba Railway Company, the right of way through the Indian r - The bill (S. 2837) rell\.tive to the location of the town-site of Wal- reservations in Northern l\Iontana and Northwestern Dakot..'l.; and that lace, Kans.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. the bill be put upon its passage. The bill (S. 2761) to incorporate the Windsor Hotel Company of the The SPEAKER. The bill will be re~d, after which the Chair will District of Columbia-to the Commj.ttee on the District of Columbia. ask for objections. The bill (S. 3014) to fix the charge for passports at one dollar-to tho The bill was read, as follows: Committee on the Judiciary. Be it e11acted, &c., That the right of way is hereby gt·antcd, as hereinafter set The bill (S. 2408) for the relief of Charles A. Ruffee-to the Committee for· th, to the Saint Paul, nlinneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company, a cor- on Claims. , poration organized and existing under the laws of the State of 1\Iinnesotn., for Joint resolution (S. R. 90) appointing James B. Angell a member of the extension of its railroad through the lands in North western Dakota set apart for the use of the .Arickaree, Gros Ventre, and Mandan Indians by executive the Board of Regents, Smit.ltsonian Institution-to the Committee on the order dated July 13, 1880, commonly known as the Fort Berthold Indian reser­ ' Library. vation, and through the lands'in Northern Montana et apart for the use of the Gros Ventre, Piegan, Blood, Blackfeet, and other Indians, by act of Congress .ARMS .AND EQ.UIP.lLENTS FOR- THE 1\IILITI.A. approved Aprill5, 1874, aud commonly known us the lllackfcet Indian reser- The SPEAKER also laid before the Honse the bill (S. 222) to amend vation. section 1661 of the Revised Statutes, making an annual appropriation SEc. 2. That the lin of said railroad shall extend from l\Iinot, the present ter- minus of said Saint Paul, Minneapolis and :Manitoba Railway, acro.ss said Fort to proYide arms and equipments for the militia, with House amend- Bertholdreseryation,north of the township line between townships numbered