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Congressional Record-Senate. 711 I ll884. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 711 By Mr. HOUK: Papers r~latingto the claim of Henry B. Tyler-to PETITIONS .AND MEMORIALS. the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. HARRISON. I present a petition of the common council of By Mr. LAWRENCE: The petition o£ S. A. Peugh, for compensatinn the city of Lawrenceburg, Ind., praying Congress to appropriate $150,- as witness before an i.Icyestigating committee of the House of Repre­ 000 with a view of strengthening a levee for the defense of that city ·sentatives-to the Committee on Accounts. 3.oo-ainst floods in the Ohio and Miami Rivers, and also protecting the By Mr. MAYBURY: The petition of Samuel S. Harris and others, navigation of the Ohio River. I desire to say that this city, with a .asking for the compilation of the statistics and facts concerning divorces population of some 6,000, has very important manufacturing inter­ in the States and Territories of the Union-to the Committee on the ests and pays from its distilleries from a million and a half to two .J-udiciary. milllon dollars annually to the United States. If the policy which By Mr. MITCHELL: The petition of Theodore D. Woolsey and seems to have been adopted in our legislation of protecting cities, and others, for the collection of divorce statistics, with reference to the ex- and even farms, from overflow by levees on the Mississippi River is to traterritorial effect to be given to decrees of divorce. prevail there, I see no reason why it should not be extended to this • By Mr. NELSON: Papers relating to the Sisseton Indian reseTVa­ city, situated upon one of the tributaries of that river, which has suf­ tion-t<> the Committee on Indian Affairs. fered most disastrously in some recent floods by overflow. Also, the petition of John M. Martin and others, and Nels, Johnson, I move the reference of the petition to the Committee on Commerce. and others, for a mail-route in Minnesota-severally to the Committee The motion was agreed to. on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Mr. INGALLS. I present the petition of a number of citizens of the Also, the petition of James R. Walker, for an appropriation formed­ town of Fargo, in the Territory of Dakota, praying for certain amend­ ical services for Indians, &c.-to the Committee on Appropriations. ments to the laws upon the subject of pensions. I move that it iJe re- . Also, the petition of over 1,000 poop~ of Minnesota, relating to the ferred to the Committee on Pensions. protection of bona fide purchasers of public lands-to the Committee on The· motion was agreed to. )the Public Lands. Mr. INGALLS. I also present certain papers in the nature of evi­ By Mr. NICHOLLS: The petition of Mary C. Hamilton, for payment dooce in support of the claim of John F. Lewis, of Great Bend, Kans., of sutler's supplies furnished during the war-to the Committee on for whose relief a bill is pending before the Committee on Military Claims. Affairs. I move that the papers be referred to the Committee on Mili­ By Mr. POLAND: The petition of Franklin Fairbanks and others, tary Affairs. for the collection of statistics of the divorce laws of the several States­ The motion was agreed to. ·to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. CALL presented the petition ofT. S. Winn, G. T. Willis, John By Mr ROCKWELL: The petition of Downing, Sturtevant & Taylor M. Coleman, John King, Dr. W. A. Shands, J. W. Atkinson, Rev. J. :and others, and of West, Stone & Co. and others, of Springfield, .Mass., B. Harolson, and others, citizens of Hernando County, Florida, praying ,for tobacco-rebate approprin,tion-severally to the Committee on Appro­ for an appropriation for the improvement of Crystal River and its chan­ :priations. nels, in that State; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. J3y Mr. J. M. TAYLOR: Papers relating to the claim of Wm. R. Mr. BLAIR. I present resolutions of the New Hampshire State Collier-to the Committee on War Claims. Grange, composed of representative farmers of one hundred towns in By Mr. YAPLE: The petition of members of A. W. Ch~pman Post, that State, protesting against the reduction of the tariff upon wool by GrandArmyoftheRepublic, of Saint Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan, the recent act of Congress and against any proposed further reduction and members of Granger Post, Grand Army of the Republic, No. 142, of the same as injurious and ruinous to the agricultural interests, and of Bridgman, Mich., for increase of pension for deafness and loss of eye­ especially to the wool-growing interests of that State. I move that the ·sight. resolutions be referred to the Committee on Finance. Also, the petition of mem hers .of Edwin Col well Post, No. 23, Grand The motion was agreed to. Army of the Republic, Michigan, for the passage of an act giving to 1\Ir. CAMERON, of Wisconsin, presented a petition of the Monomi­ each honorably discharged soldier, who served sixty days during the re­ nee Mining Company and other owners of land within the limits of the ibellion, 160 acres of land-to the Committee on the Public Lands. Ontonagon and Brule River-Railroad Company land grant, praying that By Mr. WASHBURN: The petition of citizens of Minnesota, for an the titles of private o~ers within that grant be confirmed; which was .appropriation for an industrial training-school at Sitka, Alaska, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. for establishment of common schools at other points in Alaska by the Mr. MILLER, of Californi1., presented resolutions adopted by the •Commissioner of Education-to the Committee on Appropriations. trustees of the city of Sacramento, Cal., in regard to a proposed Indian Also, the petition of the Woman's Suffrage Association of Minnesota, policy; which were referred to the Committee on Indian .Affairs. 'for a constitutional amendment enfranchising women-to the Committee He also presented a memorial of citizens of the Pacific coast, remon­ ·on the Judiciary. strating against any reduction in the present tariff duties upon lumber; By Mr. G. D. WISE: Papers relating to the claim of P. L. Ward­ which was referred to the Committee on Finance. to the Committee on War Claims. FUNERAL OF REPRESENTATIVE 1\lA.CKEY. By Mr. YOUNG: Papers relating to the claim of Mary S. Hunt-to • lthe same committee. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. CLARK, its Clerk, announced that the House had passed a resolution that the fu­ neral ceremonies of the late EDIDJND W ..M. MACKEY, late a Represent­ ative in the House from the State of South Carolina, be held in the SENATE. Hall of the House on Wednesday, January 30, at 1 o'clock p.m., and directing the Clerk to communicate the resolution to the Seoote, and TUESDAY, January 29, 1884. inviting the Senate to attend the funeral ceremonies. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. ELIAS DE WITT HUNTLEY, D. D. REPORT OF COMMITTEES. The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. Mr. GARLAND, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was ENROLLED Bll..LS SIGNED. referred the bill (S. 60) to declare certain lands subject to taxation, re­ ported it with an amendment, and submitted a report thereon. The PRESIDENT pro tempore signed tlle following enrolled bill and Mr. JACKSON, from the Committee on Pensions, 1o whom werere­ joint resolutions; which boo heretofore been signed by the Speaker of ferred the following bills, submitted adverse reports thereon, which :the House of ReJ?resentatives : were agreed to; and the bills were postponed indefinitely: A bill (S. 713) to remove the political disabilities of Samuel H. A bill (S. 742) granting a pension to Nathan L . .Meands; Lockett, of Alabama; A joint resolution (H. Res. 113) authorizing the Secretary of War to A bill (S. 650) for the relief of Elizabeth Gordon; and A bill ( . 837) granting a pension to Mary Joyce. JI'eceive for instruction at tlie Military .Academy at West Point Antonio Mr. CAMDEN, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was re­ Barrios, of Guatemala, and Jose Victor Zavala, of Nicaragua; and ferred the bill (S. 189) granting a pension to Amos C. Weeden, sub­ A joint resolution (H. Res. 117) to correct an error in the enrollment <()f the act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropri­ mitted an adve~e report thereon, which was agreed to; and the bill ations for the fiscal year ending J nne 30, 1883, and for other years, ap­ was postponed indefinitely. 1\-Ir. VOORHEES, from t.he Committee on Finance, to whom was re­ ;proved l\1arch 3, 1883. ferred the bill (S. 528) for the relief of Silas Q. Home, surviving part­ EXECUTIVE COM~nnnC.ATION. ner of William T. Pate & Co., reported it without amendment, and The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communica­ submitted a report thereon. ·tion from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the :Mr. BAYARD, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was Commissioner of Internal Revenue, recommending an appropriation referred the bill (S. 590) amending clause 2 of section 2426 of theRe­ for the payment of persons who have been, or may be, employed in or vised Statutes of the United States in reference to persons in the naval .about the work of counting, canceling, and redeeming internal-revenue service of the United States entitled to bounty land-warrants, reported ehecks and proprietary stamps ; which, with the accompanying papers, it without amendment. was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be Mr.
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