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4990 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD..::._SENATK MAY ·21, • The SECRETARY~ In line 21, after the word "payable," it is SENATE. proposed to strike out 'quarterly nand insert "mDnthly. t The amendment was agreed to. - MONDAY_, May 21, 1894. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The amendments reported by the The Senate met at 10 o'clock a. m. committee will be stated. The bill was reported from the. Comm1 ttee on the J udicJ.al•y Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. W. H. MILBURN, D. D. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Iournal of Saturday's pro with amendments, in section 11, line 33, after the word~ ".al ceedings will be read by the Secretary. · lowance for "to strike out" clerical assistance and;" and m lme 35, after th~ words" sum of,' to strike out ''2,000" and insert Mr. MANDERSON. I suggest that less than one-fifth of the "500; ' so as read: Senate is present. The1Te is no quorum here. to The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Secretary will cali the roll. The.court shall regulate from time to time the fees to be charged by the said clerk, which shall be accounted for at least once in each quar~er, and The Secretary called the roll, and the following Senators an paid i.nto the Treasury of the- United States, and said clerk shall receive such swered to their names: allowance for necessary expenditures in the ~onduct of ~s offi.ee as the court Allen, Frye, Mitchell, Oregon Roach, m determine by special or general order m the premises, but not to ex Bate, Gallinger, Mitchell. Wls. Sherman, ce~ the sum of 1MOO in any one year, payable as aforesaid at the Treasury Berry, George, Murphy,. Vest, or the Unit~d States. Butler, Hale, Pasco, Voorheel:!, The amendments were agreed-to. Call, Harris, Pe.JJer, Walsh, Chand1er, Jones, Ark. Perkins, White. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the Cockrell, Kyle, Platt, amendments were concurred in. _ . Daniel, Manderson, Pugh, The amendments were ordered to be engrossed., and th~ bill to be read a third time. The VICE-PRESIDENT. Thn.·ty Senato_rs have answered to The bill was read the third time. their name~. There is not a quorum present. Mr. COCKRELL. Let the names of the absentees be called. Mr. HARRIS. Before the passage of the bill-for. I do :r:ot The VICE-PRESIDENT. The names of the absent Senators wish to interfere with other recognitions-I want to give notice will be called. that, so soon as two or three othe1· Sen!ltors who hav~ ft.lrea~y The Secretary called the names of the absent Senat'brs, and asked for reCOD"nition have been. recogruzed, I shall ObJect, thm Mr. PALMER and. Mr. TELLER answered to their names. as the Senate ~' to the further consideration of bills this even- Mr. BLACKBURN, Mr. LODGE,Mt·. ALLISON, Mr. POWER, and in'he VICE-PRESIDENT. The question is on the passage of Mr. DUBOIS entered the Chamber, and answered to their names. the bill. The VICE-PRESIDENT. Thirty-seven Senators have an The bill was passed. swered to their-names. There is no quorum present. Mr. HARRIS. There is but one thing to do, and that is to Mr. MITCHELL of Oregon. I move that .the Senate r~quest direct the Sergeant-at-Arms to request the attendance ot absent a conference with the House of Representat1ves on the 'J?lll and Senators. I move that he be so requested. amendments. The motion was agreed to. The motion was agreed to. ·. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Sergeant-at-Arms will execute By unanimous consent, the VIce-President was authorlZed to the order of the Senate. appoint the_conferees on the part of the Senate, and~~ M-rTCH J\fr. VILAS, Mr. MOLAURIN, Mr. HUNTON, _Mr. G'ORDON, Mr. ELLof Oregorr, Mr. CoKE, and Mr. VILAS were appomted. LINDSAY, Mr. DAVIS, and Mr. GRAY entered the Chamber, and HEIRS OF MRS. C0URTNEY ANN CLAIBORNE. answered to their names. .. Mr. BLANCHARD. I ask unanimous consent for the present The VICE-PRESIDENT (at 10 o'clock and 10 minutes a.m. ). consideration of the bill (H. R. 2857) to confirm to the heirs of Forty-four Senators have answered_to. their names. A q·uorum Mrs. Courtney Ann Claiborne the title to a certain tract of land ·is present. in the State of Louisiana. Mr. HARRIS. I move to dispense with further proceedings By unanimous consent, the Senate, as· in Committee of the under the call. Whole proceeded to consider the bill. The VICE-PRESIDENT. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or The Journal will be read. _ dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of the proceed The preamble was agreed to. ings of Saturday last, when, on motion of Mr. TELLER, and by unanimous consent, the further reading was dispensed with. COLLECTION DISTRICT OF HARTFORD, CONN. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. Mr. HAWLEY. I ask unanimousconsentfor the present con sideration of the bill (S.1835 J to amend an act approved Septem M.r. SHERMAN presented a petition of Queen City Lodge, ber 25, 1890, extending the- limits of the collection district of No.162, International Association of Machinists, of Cincinnati, Hartford, Conn. • Ohio, prayingr for the- governmental control of the telegraph By unanimous consent, the Senate, as m Committee of the service; which was referred to the Committee on Post-Offices Whole proceeded to consider the bill. and Post-Roads. Mr. HAWLEY. If there-is any expl.anati.on requi~ed, I will He also presented petition.s of 123 · hold~rs. o:f life insur!l'~ce say, as there is no written report acco:npanymg the bill, I hold policies, of Ross County; of 132 holders of hfe msurance pohe1es in my hand a letter fro~ the Secretary of the T~easur~ ap-prov of Summit County,andof 82 hQlders of life insurance policies, of ing its passage, which IS based upon the report OJ. Special Agent Belmont County, all in the State of Ohio, praying thf!,t mutual Cummings, of the Treasury Department. life insurance companies and associations be exempted from the Mr. HARRIS. Let it be printed in the RECORD. proposed income-tax provision of the pending tariff bill· which were ordered to Ue on the table. Mr. HAWLEY. I am not going to read the let~r. Th:e TreasuriDepartment recommend the passage of the bill, and It Mr. PASCO presented the petition of J. J. Finley and 43other will effect a saving of $2,500 annually. citizens of Florida, holders of life insurance policies, pra.ying The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or that in the passage of any law providing for the taxation of in dered to be engrossed for a third reading, re.ad the third time, comes, tQ.e funds of mutual life i?suranc~ companies and ass? and passed. ciations be exempted from taxa.tion; which was ordered to he MRS. LEVENIA D. ATHON. on the table. Mr. PLATT presented a petition of sundry citizens of Volun Mr. TURPIE. I ask unanimous consent to call up fOl' present town and Sterling, in the State oi Connecticut, praying for the consideration the bill (S. 1391) granting a pen~ion to Mrs. Le enactment of legislation to ena~le the Sta~es to enforce St~te venia D. Athon. laws regulating the sale of substitutes for dairy products; which By unanimous consent, -the Senate, as in Committee of the was referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce. Wh'ole, proceeded to consider the bil!. It proposes ~o place on Mr. JONES of Arkansas pre sen ted petitions of sundry citizens the pension roll the name of Levema D. Athon, w1dow of Dr. of Brinkley Wynne, and Forest City, all in the State of Arkansas, James S. Athon, deceased, of Indianapolis). Ind., late a volun praying th~t the Wilson tariff bill be. so amended as to exempt teer surgeon in the service of the United States during the war such building and loan associations as make loans exclusively in of 1861, and to pay her a pension at the ra~ of $12 per month. the State in which they were originally organized from paying The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, a tax on incomes and dividends; which were ordered to lie on ordet·ed to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third tj me, the table. and passed. Mr. BUTLER presented a petitio~ of_ the 01tycouncilof G~een Mr. HARRIS. I move that the· Senate adjourn. viller S.C., p1•aying that: an appropr1ation be made for.anatwnal The motion was agreed to· and (at 4 o'clock and 5 minutes p. exhibit at the Cotton. Smtes and International Exposition to be m.) the Senate adjourned until Monday, May 21, 18941 at 10 held at Atlanta, Ga., in the fall of 1895; which was referred to the· o'clock a. m. Committee on Appropriations. 1894. CONGRESSIONAL REOORD-SENATE. • 4991 Mr. VOORHEES presented additional papers to accompany Mr. PASCO. The bill has passed thErSenate in each Co.ngre3S the petition of Edward Lautenschlager, late private Company since I have been here, and it is now unanimously reported by H~ Seventh United States Infantry, praying to be compensated the Committee on Claims. Pearson C. Montgomery~ of Memphis, for imprisonment in the Kansas State penitentiary for a period Tenn., was the owner of this vessel~ the New National, men o! five days during the month of November, 1887; which were re tioned in the bill.