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gress to adopt measures to prevent the spread of pleura-pneumonia and allowances, &c.; which was ordered to lie on tle table, to be referred otht-r infectious diseases of cattle-to the Committee on Agri(1ulture. to the Committee on Military Affairs when appointed. By Mr. BELMO~T: The petitionofthe New York Chamber ofCom Mr. GARLAND. Yesterday the Senator from Ohio [l\1r. SHERlUAN] mert.e, and by the presidents and secretaries of the following associa presented a petition of J. W. Niles, a cHizen of Arkansas, in which, tions: New York Produce Exchange, Maritime Association of Port of according to the statement made by the Senator, ''he complains that New York, New York Board of Trade and Transportation, New York by an unlawful combination he and hi associates have been prevented Cotton Exchange, New York Mining Stock and Petroleum Exchange, from exercising their rights under the land laws to make a pre-emption Sailors' Snug Harbor, New York and New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots, of land." That petition was ordered to be referred to the Committee American Sen,men s Friends' Society, and others, praying for the estab on Public Lands when appointed. My attention was withdrnwn at the lishment of a permanent marine hospital at the port of New York time from the business of the Senate, and I failed to notice the presen. io the Committee on Appropriations. tation of the petition when it was presented by the Senator from Ohio. By Mr. W. R. COX: The petition of Sophia. B. Duffy, for relief-to Some three or four weeks since Mr. Niles called upon me in reference the Committee on War Claims. to the grounds of his complaint, which, I see, were SQ.bstantially stated By Mr. DEUSTER: The petition of John W. Carr, of Milwaukee, by the Senator froJ1?. Ohio in presenting the petition. I had never heard Wi ., for a pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. before of the complaints that were mad~ by 1\Ir. Niles, and I took it By Mr. MURRAY: The petition of John Davis, of James McMullin, upon myself to address letters to the two courts, the national court o0f lrlrs. Christiana Eldermeier, and of John Schmidt, for a. pension and the State court, of which he complajned. I have received informa severally to the same committee. tion direct from those courts, from the judge and the district attorney .Al.3o, the petition of John Doenhardt, for correction ofhis Army rec of one and from the judge of the other, but I have not had the pleasure oOrd-to the Committee on Military Affairs. · of seeing Mr. Niles since to lay them before him and to make known By Mr. PARKER: The petition of Charles F. Allen and others, citi to him their responses. Inasmuch as the petition has been filed here, zens of Saint Lawrence County, New York, for the passage of a law im of which I make no complaint ·at aJl, I ask that the responses from J?O ing a tax on incom~-to the Committee on Ways and l\1e..'IDS. those two courts be filed also and referred to the Committee on Public By Mr. J.l\f. TAYLOR: The petition of C. A. Ashby, ofTennessee, for Lands when appointed. I present the responses of the two courts of .compensation for property taken during the late war-to the Commit which complaint is made, with certified copies of transcripts, &c., from tee on War Claims. the records of those courts and other documents, which will be inter By Mr. TUCKER: The petition of citizens of Virginia, praying for esting and instructive to the committee. J>assage of bill granting peuo;ions to soldiers of the Mexican war-to the The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Arkansas asks · .Committee on Invalid Pe:1sions. leave to submit, to be referred in connection with the petition presented Also, the petition of Geo:-ge W. Hardwicke, for an appropriation of yesterday by the Senator from Ohio, certain papers, that they may be :$795.12 for compensation for p;-...blishing military orders in the Lynch referred with the petition to the Committee on Public Lands. burg Republican, a newspaper pablished at Lynchburg, Va.-to the Mr. SHERl\1AN. Therequestofthe Senatorfrom Arkansasisave.ry .COmmittee on Claims. proper one. As a matter of course the whole subject ought to be ex amined. I desire to say that I presented the petition at the request of a citizen of the Unit-ed States who claimed that officers of the United States had violated his rights as a citizen. I therefore deemed it proper SENATE. to have the matter examined into. I have no objection at all to hav ing any paper presented that will throw light on the subject. . THURSDAY, IJecembet# 6, 1883. l\1r. GARLAND. I make no complaint whatever of the Senator presenting the petition. I should have presented it myself for Mr. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. J. BULLnCK, D. D. Niles if he had asked me. . I have never declined to do that for any The Journal of yesterday's proceedings W!lS read and approved. person. At the same time, as the complaint goes forward, I simply ask that these two responses, which substantially deny the charge that ADJOURNMENT TO MONDAY. he bas made, and in which they have answered him, may go with it. On motjon of Mr. ALLISON, it was The PRESIDENT pro tempore. If there be no objection the papers Ordered, That when the Senate adjourn t
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The order will be made, subject to On motion of Mr. GROOME, it was the rules of the Senate, if there be no objection. Ordered, That the papers in the case of Margaret Cassidy be referred from the Mr. MORGAN asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to files of the Senate to the Committee on Patents when appointed, there being no adverse report. introduce a bill (S. 453) tor the relief of Coronna, Taussig & Co. and Ordered, That the papers in the case of Alfred G. Hatfield be referred from others; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, the files of the Senate to the Committee on Claims when appointed, there being to be reteiTed to the Committee on Claims when appointed. no ad \·erse report. Ordered, That the p!tpers in the case of Frank Della Terre and Susan F. Della He also asked and, by unanimous consent, obt: ined leaYe to intro Terre. be referred frum the files of the Senate to the Committee on t;lailll8 when duce a bill (S. 454) to explain m:td carry into effect sections 2498 and appoii1ted, there being no adverse report. 2499 of the Revised Statutes, and to provide for executing in their true Ordered, That the papers in the case of Mrs. S. A. Wright and l\lrs. 0. Fahne stock be referred from the files of the Senate to the Committee on Patents when intent and purpose the commercial treaties between the United States appointed, there being no adverse report. and other governments; which was read twice by its title, and ordered to lie on the table, to be referred to the Committee on Foreign l'telutions TRANSFER OF A LAND GRANT. when appointed. Mr. HILL. I offer the following resolution, and ask for its imme Mr. .BUTLER asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to diate consideration: introduce a joint 1·esolution (S. R. 17) proposing an amendment to the Resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior be directed to furnish to the Senate Constitution of the United States; which was read twice by its title, copies of all papers now on file in the Interior Department relating to the tran& fer of the land grant of the New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad and ordered to lie on the table, to be referred to the Comrr,'ttee on the Company to the New Orleans Pacific Railway Company. Judiciary when appointed. Mr. LAPHAM asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to 1\Ir. INGALLS. Let that lie on the table and be printed. introduceajointresolution (S. R.18)proposing an amendment to Article The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The present consideration of the I, section 7, clause 2, of the Constitution of the United States, in rela resolution is objected to, and it will go over under the rules. It will tion to the veto power; which was read twice by its title, and ordered be printed, if iliere be no objection. to lie on the tn.ble, to be re1erred to the Committee on the Judiciary SIOUX INDIAN RESERVATION. when appointed. , Mr. DA. WES submitted the following resolution; which was con He also asked and, by unanimous consent, obtainedleavetoiutroduce sidered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: a joint resolution. (S. R. 19) proposing an amendment to the Constitu Resolved, That the &cretary of the Interior be directed to communicat-e to the tion of the United States; which was read twice by its title, and ordered Senate copies of any and all ag1·eements made with the Sioux Nation of Indians, to lie on the table, to be refeiTed to the Select Committee on Woman and with any tribe or band oftheru, for the cession of any portion of their ex isting reservation to the United S!ates, together with all ignatures now altl\t'hed Suffrage when appointed. to the said agret>ments; and to inform the Senate whether any trtbe or band of He also asked and, by unanimous consent., obtained leaYe to intro such Sioux Nation bas declined to enter into such agreements; and to furnish duce a joint resolution (S. R. 20) referring the claim of Clinton G. Col copies of any correspondence between the Department and any officinlorotber . individuals concerning any su<·h agreemeuts. or the ratification thereof by In- gate to the Court of Claims; which was read twice by its title, and or dians; and to communicate to lhe Senate what bas been done by the Depart dered to lie on the table, to be referred to the Committee on Claims ment in carrying out the provisions of t·ha,Pter 143 of the statutes of the second when appointed. session of the last Congress in reference thereto. llr. PLUMB asked and, by unanimous coDRent, obtained leave to in CATTLE SHIP.lllENTS TO CUBA. troduce a joint resolution (S. R. 21) for the relief of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad Company; which was read twice by its Mr. CALL submitted the following resolution; which was ordered to be printed, and refeiTed to the C'.ommittee on f'oreign Relations when title, and ordered to lie on the table, to be referred to the Committee appointed: on Railroads when appointed. Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to demand of Mr. MORGAN asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to the Government of Spain the payment to citizens of tl1e United States of the introduce a joint 1·esolution (S. R. 22) proposing an amendment to the money paid by them tmder demand of the Spanish authorities for the shipment Constitution in relation to appropriations; which was read twice by its of cattle from the United States to Cuba. title, and ordered to lie on the table, to be referred to the Committee on ADJOURNMENT. the Judiciary 'vhen appointed. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. If there be no further concurrent or PAPERS WITHDRAWN AND REFERRED. other resolutions the morning hour will be considered as having termi On motion of Mr. COKE, it was nated. The Chair awaits the further pleasure of the Senate, there being Ordered, That the petition and accompanying papers in the case of :Marcus no calendar and no special or general orders. Radich be withdrawn from the files of the Senate and referred to the Committee Mr. GARLAND. If no Senator has any business to bring before the on Claims when appointed. Senate, I move that the Senate do now adjourn. On motion of ?,fr. MITCHELL, it was The motion was agreed to; and (at 12 o'clock and 55 minutes p.m.) Ordered, That the petition' aud papers in relation to the claim of :Matilda Wat the Senate adjourned. mough be withd:'awn from the files of the Senate and referred to the Commit tee on Pensions when appointed. OnmotionofMr. JACKSON, itwas Ordered, That. the papers in the case of Thomas B. Stratton, assignee of W. B. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Waldron, be taken from the files of lhe Senat-e and referred to the Committee on Claims when appointed. THURSDAY, December 6, 1883. On motion of ~Ir. :Mc~HLLAN, it was The House met at 12 o'clock m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev Ordered, That the papers rP.lating to the pension claim of Laura. C. P. Haskins JOHN f::!. LINDSAY, D. D. be taken from the files of the Senate and referred to the Committee on Pensions when appeinted. The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. On motion of Mr. JONAS, it was ADDITIONAL MEMBER SWORN IN. Ordered, That the papers in the claim of the Citizens' Bank of Louisiana be" 1\-Ir. McCom, of Iowa., appeared and took the oath of office pre taken from the files of the Senate and referred to the Committee on Claims, scribed by section 1756 of the Revised Statutes. subject to the rules of the Senate. Ordered, That the papers in the claim of the heirs of 1\Iaurice Grivot be taken ORDER OF BUSINESS. from the files of the Senate and referred to the Committee on Claims, subject to Mr. HOLMAN. I move that the House do now adjourn. the rules of the Senate. Ordered, That the papers in the case of Martin Kenofsky be taken from the The SPEAKER. Pending the motion of the gentleman from Indi files of the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign R-elations, subject ana that the House do now adjourn, the Chair desires by consent tA to the rules of the s~nate. submit certain executive communications. Ordered, That the petition and papers in relat.ion to the claim of John F. Krantz, of the State of Louisiana, be taken from the files of the Senate and re There was no objection. ferred to the Committee on Claims, subject to the rules of the Senate. .ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ATrORNEY-GENERAL. Orclt?Ted, That the pebtion and papers in the cl:lim of L. Madison Day be taken from the files of the Senat-e and referred to the Committee on Claims, subject to The SPEAKER laid before the House a letter from the Attorney the rules of the Senate. General, transmitting his annual report ior the ~ear 1883; which was Ordered, That the petition and papers in the claim of Joseph R. Shannon be taken from the files of the Senate and referred to the Com mit tee on Claims, sub laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. ject to the. rnles oft be Senate. REPORT ON THE FINANCES FOR 1883. Ordered, That the petition and papers in relation to the claim of the State Na tional Bank of New Orleans be taken from the files of the &>nate and referred to The SPEAKER also laid before the House the annun.l report of the thE\ Committee on Claims, subject to the rules of the Senate. Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year 1883; On motion of Mr. FAIR, it was which was laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Ordered, That the papers in the caseof John Leathers be referred from the files TERRACE AND APPROACHES TO THE CAPITOL. of the Senate to the Committee on Clnims when appoint-ed, there being no ad verse report. The SPEAKER also laid before the House n.letter from the Secre On motion of Mr. MILLER, of California, it was tary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates for the proposed terrace and approaches to the UnitedStates Capitol, Washington, D. C.; which Ordered, That the papers in the ca..c;e of Edward Byrne be withdrawn from the files of lhe Senate and referred t.o the Committee on Military Affairs when ap was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be JlOinted, there being no adverse report. printed. !883. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 49
AMENDED ESTil\I.ATES FOR FOREIGN INTERCOURSE. ber, 1882; which was ordered to lie on the table, and be printed, to be The SPEAKER also laid before the Hq,use a letter from the Secretary referred to th~ Committee on PrivilegeS and Elections when appointed. o0f the Treasury, transmitting a communication from, the Secretary of The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair lays before the Senate a "State of the 1st instant relating to certain changes desired in the esti communication from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting, mates of his Department, relating to foreign intercourse; which was re in accordance with law, copies of his accounts forthe fiscal year ending ferred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. June 30, 1883. The letter will be printed. The accounts are very LEAVE OF ABSENCE. nluminous, and such aecounts the Chair thinks for many years past have not been printed, at first at least, by order of the Senate. The By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted as follows: Chair thinks they have been referred hitherto to the Committee on To Mr. DAVIS, of 1\fissouri, for three weeks. Printing; and if there be no objection the letter and the accounts will To Mr. GIBSON, for one week from Monday next. be referred to the committee with a view to consider whether the ac To Mr. WooD, for one week. counts shall be printed. ORDER OF BUSINESS. COMMITTEES aF THE SENATE. The motion of Mr. HoLMAN was then agreed to; and· accordingly Mr. SHERMAN. I ask unanimous consent of the Senate to offer a {at 12 o'clock and 10 minutes p. m.) the House adjourned. resolution affecting the organization of the body which I suppose to be privileged. · I ask the consent of the Senate to submit the resolution PETITIONS, ETC. at this moment. The following 'petitions and papers ~ere laiQ. on the Clerk's desk, The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Ohio presents a ~Un<\er the rule, and referred as follows: privileged resolution, which will be read. Bj Mr. DIBRELL: The petition of J. A. Henry and of Mrs. J. P. The resolutions were read, as follows: Williams, for relief-severally to the Committee on Claims. Resolved, That the Senate now proceed to the appointment of t.be standing By Mr. HERBERT: The petition of William H. Beck, for relief and other comnrittees of the Senate for the present session. to the same committee. Resolved, That so much ofthe forty-sixth rule of the Senate ns requires the ap pointment of the standing and other committees of the Senate to be made by By :Mr. LIBBEY: The petition of Mrs. Margaret T. Higgins, of the ballot be suspended. . Norfolk County Ferry, and of Mary Parker, for relief-severally to the •Committee on War Claims. The' PRESIDENT pro ·tmnpore. Is there objection to the present Also, the petition of William H. C. Ellis, for relief-to the Committee consideration of the first resolution? The Chair hears none. Is there .()n Claims. objection to the suspension of the standing rule regarding a ballot for Also, the petition of Mrs. Elizabeth Baker, widow of Capt. Francis committees embraced in the second resolution?· The Chair hears none. · · H. Baker,•late of United States Na,vy, for an increase of pension-to the The question is on agreeing to the resolutions. ·Committee on Invalid Pensions. The resolutions were agreed to. Also, the petition of Benjamin T. Loyall, for relief-to the Commit ?t~r. SHERMAN. I,.-uove that the committees of the body be Con tee on Naval Affairs. stituted as stated in the paper I send to the Chair. By Mr. McCOMAS: Paper relating to the claim of Joseph H._Mad The PRESIDENT pro tmnp()re. The Senator from Ohio moves that ·dox-to the Committee on War Claims. the standing committees of the body be constituted according to the By Mr. PIERCE: The petition of J. C. & J. H. Atkins, adminis list now to be read by the Secreta1·y. The Secretary will read the list. trators of the estate of N. G. Atkins; of Isaac W. Coppedge; of Stephen The Acting Secretary read as follows: .s. Hale; of William P. Posey, and of Elizabeth Seward, ibr relief--sev Resolved, That the following be the standing committees of the Senate ·erally to the same committee. during the present session: On Privileges and Elections-Messrs. Hoar (chairman), Cameron of Wisconsin By Mr. RICHARD WARNER: The petition of D. M. Coldwell and Sherman, Frye, Lapham, Saulsbury, Vance, Pugh, and Jonas. · ' .of William J. Thompson, for relief-severally to the same committee. On Foreis?n .Relations-Messrs. Miller of Californil\ (chairman), Sherman, Lap By Mr. YOUNG~ The petition ofRichardL. Andrews, administrator of ham, Edmunds, Wilson, Morgan, Pendleton, Vance, and Brown. On.Jilinan.ce-1\Iessrs. Morrill (chairman), Sherman, Jones of Nevada, .Allison, ·the estateofM. H. Battle; of John Bateman; ofWilliamE. Barnett; of Aldrich, Miller of New York, Bayard, Voorhees, Beck, McPherson and Harris. ·Charles C. Burke, administrator ofthe estateofElizabethBurke; of Clara On Appropriations-1\Iessrs. Allison ( c~irman), Logan, Dawes, Plumb, Hale, E. Bryan; of Augustus F. Bonner,administratorofAnnaM. Cogswell; of Beck, Ransom, Cockrell, and Call. 9n Commerce-Messrs. 1\Icl\Hllan (chairman), Jones of Nevada, Conger, Frye, Washington G. Campbell; of Robert H. Clure; of Amelia B. Caldwell; l\Illler of New York, Ransom, Coke, Farley, and Vest. ..administratrix of Mrs. Martha C. Cole; of Malon Courts, administrator On .3Ianufaclures-Messrs. Riddleberger (chairman), Sabin, Dolph, Williams, -of Jane M. Courts, deceased; of Fendall Carpenter; of ·wiley T. Car and Colqmtt. On Agriculture-Messrs. Miller of New York (chairman), Blair Plumb., Van ;gill, executor of estateofWileyCargill, deceased; of Sanders R. Carney, Wyck, George, Williams, and Fair. ' .ofFendall Carpenter; of Hugh Davis; ofM. L. M. Edenton; ofW. W. On .Military Affairs-Messrs. Logan {chairman), Cameron of Pennsylvania, R. Elliott; of John A. Farley; of Meshack Franklin; of M. A. Gober; Harr1son, Sewell, Hawley, Cockrell, 1\Iaxey, Hampton, and Camden. :administrator of of Joseph T. Abei'DJ),tby, deceased; of John OnNavaLAffairs-Messrs.OameronofPennsyiYania{chairman),Anthony.Hale estate 0. Mahone, l\Iill_e~ of California, :McPherson, J?nes of Florida, Farley, and Butler: •Graves; of Elizabeth Griggs, executrix of H. C. Griggs, deceased; of On the Judt.etaM.t-Messrs. Edmunds (chairman), Logan, Ingalls, Mcl\Iillan, Robert C. Hardwicke; of Delos A. Harrell; of David H. Hildebrand; Hoar, Garland, Bayard, Lamar, and Pugh. On Post-D_.tfices and Post-Roads-Messrs. Hill {chairman), Sawyer, ~fahone, -of Fannie T. Hunt; of Mrs. Lucie A. Jameson; of James H. Johnson; Palmer, Wilson, Maxey, Saulsbury, Groome, and Ja-ckson. -of Henry T. Jones, administrator of estate of J. C. Anderson, deceased; On Public La11ds-Messrs. Plumb (chairman), Hill, Blair, ·van Wyck, Dolph, ..of Harriet Jones, administratrix of John L. Jones; of William R. Kear Walker, Morgan, Slater, and Gibson. On Priva.fe Land Claims-Messrs. Bayard (chairman), Jonas, Colquitt, Ed ney; of Ezekiel T. Keel; of Eli_;ah Kennon; of Abner W. Lanier; of munds, and Manderson. A~ner D. Lewis; .of Mary E. McKinney; of JohnH McClellan; of the On Indian ..4ffai·rs-l\Iessrs. Dawes (chairman), Ingglls, Harrison, Cameron ·City of Memphis, Tenn.; of John H ..Mitchell; of Thomas E. Moore; of1V\sconsin, Bowen, Coke, Walker, Slater, and Gorman. On Pensions-Messrs, Mitchell (chairman), Blair, Van Wyck, Cullom Sabin .of George W. Morris; of John Morrison; ofThomas G. Neal; 9f John Slate1, Jackson, Camden, and Colquitt. ' ' B. Reed; of Mrs. J.D. Scott; of Josiah Q. Shaw; of Henry E. Sills; of Un Revolutionary Claims-Messrs. Jones of Florida (chairman) Garland Mrs. Lucy J. Stockley; of John T. Stratton, Edgar McDavitt, and Williams, Anthony, and Mcl\Iillan. ' ' On Claims-Messrs. Cameron of Wisconsin (chairman), Hoar Pike Dolph -Samuel H. Dunscomb; of Mrs. Elizabeth Toof and R. H. Wood, exe !\!anderson, Jackson, George, Gibson, and Kenna. ' ' ' cutol'S of the estate of J. H. Bills, deceased, for relief-severally to the On the District of Columbia-Messrs. Ingalls (chairman), Aldrich :rtiddleberger ·Committee on War Claims. Pike, Palmer, Harris, Vance, Gorman, and Brown. ' ' On Patents--1\fessrs. Platt (chairman), Hoar, Mitchell, Lapham, Coke, Call, a11dOamden. • On Terri.fories-1\Iessrs. Harrison (chairman), Platt, Conger Manderson But- ler, Garland, and Vest. ' ' SENATE. 01~ Railroads-Messrs Sawyer (chairman), Hawley, Sewell, Sabin Riddleber- ber, Cullom, Lamar, Williams, Jonas, Brown, and Kenna. ' 1r10NDAY, December 10, 1883. On Mines and Mining-Messrs. Wilson (chairman), Bpwen, Van Wyck, Jones ofXevada, Hampton, Fair, and Camden. .• Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. J. BULWCK, D. D. On th~ Revision of the Laws of the United States-1\lessrs. Conger (chairman), Platt, The Journal of the proceedings of Thursday last was read and ap Hale, Pendleton, and Kenna. On EdttC 'I I