CONGRESSIO-NAL RECORD.

PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS.

F 'IRST SESSION.

SEN.ATE. with somber drapery except Thou do restrain. Bid him, oh bid him for a time, withdraw his withering gaze from our chief citizens, that MONDAY, December 7, 1885. they may recover strength before they go hence to be no more. Onr petition is before the God of Nations. Answer it, we pray Thee, The first Monday of December being the day prescribed by the Con­ according to Thy riches in glory, by Christ Jesus, our Redeemer. Amen. stitution of the United States for the annual meeting of Congress, the first session of the Forty-ninth Congress commenced this day. ELECTION OF PRESIDENT PRO TEl\lPORE. The Senators assembled in the Senate Chamber in the Capitol at The SECRETARY (ANsoN G. McCooK). The Senate will please be Washington city. in order. PRAYER. Mr. EDMUNDS. Mr. Secretary, I offer the resolution which I send Rev. E. D. HUNTLEY, D. D., Chaplain to the Senate, offered the fol­ to the desk. lowing prayer : The SECRETARY. The Senator from Ve:rmont offers a resolution, Let us pray. Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, it behooveth which will be read. those who would have audience with Thee to come into Thy presence The Chief Clerk (CHARLES W. JoHNSON read the resolution, as with reverence and godly fear. So would we come this morning. follows: It is remembered by Thy servants here convened that they represent Ruolved, That JoHN SHERMAN, a. Senator from. the Slia.te of Ohio, be, and he the interests of a Christian people; and it is fitting that before engaging hereby is, chosen President pro tem.po1-e of the Senate. · in the legislative business of the hourweshould make glad recognition Mr. VOORHEES. Mr. Secretary, I am requested and instructed by of the high claims of Him with whom we have to do. my associates on this side of the Chamber to move to strike out "JoHN In Thy hands are ·the issues of national as of individual life, and it SHERMAN, a Senator from the State of Ohio, " and insert "IsHAM G. is because of Thy favor tlul.t we have been spared and are yet numbered HARRIS, a Senator from the State of Tennessee,'' in the resolution just among the nations of the earth. Thou hast given us peace at home and offered. made usatpeacewith all tbeworld. Thonhastprotected us from "the The SECRETARY. The question will be first upon the amendment pestilence that walketh in darkness, and the destruction that wasteth offered by the Senator from Indiana [Mr. VOORHEES] to the resol.ution at noonday.'' Thou hast maintained the high court of this nation in its ofthe Senator from Vermont [Mr. EDMUNDs]. judicial and its numerical integrity. For these and all Thy providen­ Mr. VOORHEES. On which I ask for the yeas and nays. tial preservations be pleased, 0 God, this morning to accept our thanks. The yeas and nays were ordered. Especially grateful are we for that kind providence that hath pre­ Mr. EDMUNDS. Let the amendment be read. served the life and health of our Chief Executive. Be pleased to con­ The SECRETARY. The amendment will be read. tinue Thy defenses round about him. May he be shielded from all The CHIEF CLERK. It is proposed tostrikeoutofthe resolution the danger; may he be proof against all evil influences; and may be be words 11 JOHN SHERMAN, a Senator from the State of Ohio,'' and insert spared to administer the will of the people in the fear of God. in lieu thereof the words "IsHAM G. HARRIS, a Senator from the State It is ofTbymercytbat so goodly a number of these Senators are per­ of Tennessee.'' mitted to occupy their places here this morning and address themselves The Secretary proceeded to call the roll. to the high work for which they have been set apart. Be with them Mr. BECK (when his name was called). I am paired on this ques­ as by Thy grace they engage again in the exacting duties of a legislative tion with the Senator from Maine [Mr. HALE], who is detained from session. the Chamber by sickness. I should vote "yea" if be were present. We. grieve that since we last assembled in this room death has been Mr. CiliDEN (when his name was called). I am paired with the so specially busy in the ranks of men and has recruited his grim armies Senator from Colorado [Mr. BOWEN]. If he were present, I should from among the very chiefest of our people. He has knocked at the vote "yea." House of Representatives, and in recognition of his unwelcome visit the Mr. CULLOM. The Senator will allow me to state that in view of flags upon the Capitol have fluttered downward, signaling the earth to the fact that the Senator from Florida [Mr. JONES] is not present, I open and receive the nation's dead. Once and again bas he demanded have taken the liberty of transferring the pair of the Senator from the unconditional surrender of those who had led our armies and who West Virginia [Mr. CAMDEN] to the Senator from Florida, so that the had ridden in safety through the wild sto:rm of many a battle. Bnt his Senator from West Virginia is at liberty to vote if he chooses. summons was not to pass unheeded, and our heroic chieftains, laden Mr. CAMDEN. Very well; I vote ''yea," then. with death's icy chains, are at last also numbered among his captives. Mr. HARRIS (when his name was called). I agreed to pair with the He has crowded his way into this Chamber, and at his stem behest Senaterfrom California [Mr. MILLER], who is detained at home by sick­ the chief seat in the higher legislative body of the Republic has been ness. The Senator from South Carolina [Mr. HAl\lPTON] is also absent declared vacant, and its occupant has been transported to "that undis­ just now. I transfer the pair and withhold my vote. covered country from whose bourne no traveler returns." Encurtained Mr. CULLOM (when the name of Mr. JoNES, of Nevada, was called). -by the shadows of this recent sad bereavement~ enable us rightly to The Senator from Nevada [Mr. JONES] is paired with his colleague estimate the character and religiously to emulate the many virtues of [Mr. FAIR], both of whom are absent. the distinguished dead. The roll-call was concluded. 0 God, death is Thy servant, yet while we pray he is pressing his Mr. CALL. I desire to announce that my colleague [Mr. JoNES, of relentless way toward other of these seats, which must alBo soon be hung Florida] is absent from the city, detained by-illness. · 104 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. DECE~IBER 7'

The result :was announced-yeas 29, nays 34; as follows: Mississippi-James Z. Georgeand E. C. Walthall. Missou1-i-Francis M. Cockrell and George G. Vest. YEA.s-29. Nebraska-charles F. Manderson and Charles H. VanWyck. Berry, Colquitt, Kenna, Vance, Ne:tO Hampsld1·e-Henry W. Blair and Austin F. Pike. Blackburn, Eustis, McPherson, Vest, Brown, George, Maxey, Voorhees, Ne:tOJersey-John R. McPherson and Willi.'tm J. Sewell. Butler, Gibson, 1\Iorgan, Walthall, New York-William M. Evartsand Warner Miller. Call, Gorman, P ayne, WilsonofMd. Camden, Gray, Pugh, North Carolina-Matt W. Ransom and Zebulon B. Vance. Cockrell, Jackson, Ransom, Ohio-Henry B. Payne and John Sherman. Coke, Jones of .Arkansas, Saulsbury, Oregon-Joseph N. Dolph. NA.YS-34. Pennsylvania-James Donald Cameron and John I. Mitchell. W. Aldrich and Jonathan Chace. Aldrich, Evarts, Miller of N. Y., Sawyer, • Rhode Island-Nelson Allison, Frye, Mitchell, Sewell, South Carolina-M. C. Butler and Wade Hampton. Cameron, Harrison, Morrill, Spooner, Tennessee-Isham G. Harris and Howell E. Jackson. Chace, Hawley, Palmer, Stanford, Texas-Richard Coke and Sam. Bell Maxey. Conger, Hoar, Pike, Teller, Cullom, Ingalls, Platt, VanWyck, Vermont-George F. Edmunds and Justin S. Morrill. Dawes, l\lci\Iillan, Plumb, "Wilson of Iowa. Vi·rginia-William Mahone and Harrison H. Riddleberger. Dolph, ?.!ahone, Riddle berger, Edmunds, 1\Ianderson, West Virginia-Johnson N. Camden and John E. Kenna. Sabin, Wisconsin-Philetus Sawyer and .John C. Spooner. A.BSENT-10. Beck, Hale, Jones of Florida, Sherman.· HOUR OF :llEETING. Bowen, Hampton, Jones of Nevada, Mr. INGALLS submitted the following resolution; which was con­ Fair, Harris, Miller of Cal., sidered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: So the amendment was rejected. Resol·ved, That the hour of the daily meeting of the Senate be 12 o'clock m·l Mr. VOORHEES. That vote exhausts my call for the yeas and until otherwise ordered. nays, and, of course, I do not renew it on the adoption of the main NOTIFICATIO:N TO THE HOUSE. resolution. 1\fr. ALLISON submitted the following resolution; which was con­ The SECRETARY. The question recurs on the main resolution of­ sidered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: fered by the Senator from Vermont [Mr. EDMPNDS]. Resolved, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives that the The resolution was agreed to. Senate has chosen Hon. JoHN SHERMAN, a Senator from the State of Ohio, Presi­ The SECRETARY. The Secretary requests the Senator from Vermont dent of the Senate p1·o tempore, theofficeofVice-Presidenthaving become vacant by the death of the late Thomas A.. Hendricks. [Mr. EmiUNDS] and the Senator from Indiana [Mr. VooRHEES] toes­ cort the President pro tanpore to the chair. Mr. ALLISON submitted the following resolution; which was con­ Mr. SHERMAN was escorted from his seat by Mr. EDMUNDS and Mr. sidered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: VooRHEES, and, the oath prescribed by law having been administered Resolved, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives that a quo­ rum of the Senate is assembled, and that t.he Senate is Teady to proceed to busi· to him by Ur. EmrUNDs, he took the chair as President pro te?npore of ness. the Senate and said: NOTIFICATION TO THE PRESIDENT. Senators, I return you my grateful thanks for the high honor you h:we ~fr. INGALLS submitted the following resolution; which was con­ conferred upon me. sidered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: In common with all the people of the United States I share in pro­ Resolved, That the Secretary inform the President of the United States that the found sorrow for the death of the Vice-President, specially designated Senate has chosen Hon. JOHN SHERMAN, a Senator from the State of Ohio, Pres· by the Constitution to act as President of the Senate. It is an impress­ ident of the Senate pro tempore, the office ofVice-Presidenthaving become vacant ive lesson of the uncertain tenure by which we all hold office and life. by the dellth of the late Thomas A. Hendricks. The contingency has happened which compels you now at the begin­ Mr. EDl\IUNDS submitted the following resolution; which was con­ ning of the session to choose a President pro tempore. sidered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: In assuming this position without special aptitude or experience as Resolved, That a committee consisting of two members be appointed, to join a presiding officer, I feel that for a time at least I shall have often to such committee as may be appointed by the Honse of Representatives, to wait upon the President of the United States and inform him that a quorum of each appeal to the habitual courtesy and forbearance of Senators. Fortu­ Honse is assembled a.nd that Congress is ready to receive any communication nately the rules of the Senate are simple and clear. My aim will be to that he may be pleased to make. secure the ready and kindly obedience and enforcement of them, so that By unanimous consent, the President pro tempore was authorized to in an orderly way the sense of the majority may be ascertained and the appoint the committee on the part of the Senate; and Messrs. EDMUNDS rights of the minority may be protected. and H.A.BRIS were appointed. I can only say, Senators, that while I hold this position I will en­ REPORT OF THE CO:MPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY. deavor to the ntmostofmyabilityto be just and impartial and I invoke from each of you assistance and forbearance. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a letter of the Comptroller of the Currency communicating the twenty-third annual CREDENTIALS. report of that office in compliance with section 333 of the Revised Stat­ Jtfr. CULLOM presented the credentials of JoHN A. LOGAN, chosen utes of the United St.ates. by the Legislature of Illinois a Senator from that State for the term The letter was read. beginning March 4, 1885; which were read. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair will submit t~ the Senate Mr. PIKE presented the credentials of HENRY W. BLAIR, chosen by the question whether this communication shall be printed, or referred the Legislature of New Hampshire a Senator from that State for the to the Committee on Printing. If no motion to refer be suggested, the term beginning March 4, 1885; which were read. · Chair will put the question on printing the communication. Mr. BLAIR and Mr. LOGAN advanced to the Vice-President's desk, Mr. PLUMB. That which has been read is only a brief memoran­ escorted respectively by Mr. PIKE and Mr. CuLLOM, and the oath pre­ dum, as it were, and it seems to me hardly worth while to print it. scribed by law having been administered to them, they took their seats The report itself is printed with the public documents of the United in the Senate. States in a form with which we are all familiar. I think it might as SEN A. TORS PRESENT. well go to the proper committee without printing. The following Senators were present: From the State of­ The PRESIDENT pro tempore. If there be no objection, the com­ .Alabama-John T. Morgan and James L. Pugh. munication will lie on the table wit~out any order for printing. . .Arkansas-James H. Berry and James K. Jones. RECESS . Califomia-Leland Stanford. Mr. EDMUNDS. To await the action of the Honse of Representa­ Oolomdo-Henry M . Teller. tives in completing its organization, I move that the Senateta,ke a recess Connecticut-Joseph R. Hawley n.nd Orville H. Platt. for one-half of one hour. Delaware-George Gray and Eli Saulsbury. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Vermont moves Florida-Wilkinson Call. that the Senate now take a recess for one-half hour. Georgia-Joseph E. Brown and Alfred H. Colquitt. The motion was agreed to; and the Senate (at 12 o'clock and 30 min· .nz.inois-8helby M. Cullom and John A. Logan. utes p. m.) took a recess until! o'clock, when the President pro tempore Indiana-Benjamin Harrison and Daniel W. Voorhees. resumed the chair. Iowa-William B. .Allison and James F. Wilson. llr. EDMUNDS. 1\Ir. President, from information I have, I think Kansas-John J. Ingalls and Preston B. Plumb. there will be no occasion for the sitting of the Senate for say twenty Kentucky-James B. Beck and Joseph C. S. Blackburn. minutes mme, and I move a further recess of twenty minutes. Louisiana-James B. Eustis and Randall L. Gibson. Mr. COCKRELL and others. Let it be half an hour. Maine-William P. Frye. Mr. EDl\IUNDS. Well, make it thirty minutes. Maryland-Arthur P. Gorman and Ephraim K. Wilson. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Vermont moves Massachusetts-Henry L. Dawes and George F. Hoar. that the Senate take a further recess until half past 1 o'clock. Michigan-Omar D. Conger and Thomas W. Palmer. The motion was agreed to; and at the expiration of the recess (at 1 .Minnesota-Samuel J. R. McMillanand Dwight M. Sabin. o'clock and 30 minutes p. m.) the Senate reassembled . 1885. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 105

Mr. EDMUNDS (at 1 o'clock and 40 minutes p. m. ). I am advised GEORGIA. that it will be about an hour yet before we can receive a communica­ Thomas M. Norwood. James H. Blount. Henry G. Turner. Judson C. Clements. tion from the House of Representa.tives. I therefore move that a fur­ Charles F. Crisp. Seaborn Reese. ther recess of one hour be taken. Henry R. Harris. Allen D. Candler. The motion was agreed to; and (at 1 o'clock and 40 minutes p.m.) N. J. Hammond. George T. Barnes. the Senate took a recess, and at the expiration of the recess (at 2 o'clock ILLINOIS. and 40 minutes p. m.) the President pro tempore resumed the chair. Ransom W. Dunham. William H. ~eece. Frank Lawler. .Tames M. Riggs. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. James H. Ward. George E. Adams. fo~~:~:rii~~~~[· Mr. CLARK, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, appeared be­ A. J. Hopkins. Joseph G. Cannon. low the bar of the Senate and delivered the following message: Robert R. Hitt. Silas Z. Landes. Thomas J. Henderson, John R. Eden. Mr. President, I am directed by the House of Representatives to in­ Ralph Pluinb. "William R. Morrison. form the Senate that there is a quorum of the House of Representatives Lewis E. Payson. Richard W. Townshend. present, and that JoHN G. CABLISLE, a Representative from the State Nicholas E. W011hington. John R. Thomas. of Kentucky, has been elected Speaker, and John B. Clark, jr., of the INDIANA. State of Missouri, has been chosen Clerk; and that the House of Rep­ John J. Kleiner. James T. Johnston. resentatives is now ready to proceed to business. Thomas R. Cobb. Thomas B. Ward. Jonas G. Howard. William D. Owen. It has also resolved that a committee of three be appointed on the part William S. Holman. George W. Steele. of the House, to join the committee appointed on the part of the Senate, Cow·tland C. Matson. ~obertLowry. to wait on the President of the United States and inform him that a Thomas M. Browne. George Ford. William D. Bynum. quorum of the two Houses has assembled and that Congress is ready IOWA . to receive any communication that he may be pleased to make, and B. J. Hall. Edwin H. Conger. that Mr. BLOUNT, 1\Ir. RANDALL, and Mr. REED have been appointed J. H. Murphy. William P. Hepburn. members ofthat committee on the part of the Honse. David B. Henderson. Joseph Lyman. William E. Fuller. Adoniram J. Holmes. DEATH OF VICE-PRESIDENT HENDRICKS. Ben. T. Frederick. IsaacS. Struble. J. B. Weav er. 1\Ir. VOORHEES. Mr. President, in the discharge of the saddest KANSAS. duty of my public life I beg leave to offer resolutions which I send to E. N. Morrill. John .A . .Anderson. E . H. Funston. Lewis Hanback. the Chair. Bishop W. Perkins. Samuel R . Peters. The PRESIDENT pro tEmpore. The resolutions will be read. Thomas Ryan. The Chief Clerk read as follows: KENTUCKY. William J. Stone. William 0. P. Breckinridge. Resolved, That the Senate bas received with p;ofound sorrow the intelligence Polk Laffoon. James B. McCreary. of the death of Thomas A. Hendricks, late Vice-President of the United States, John E. Halsell. · W.H. Wadsworth. and for a ·number of years a distinguished member of this body. Thomas A. Robertson. W. P. Taulbee. Resolved, That the business of the Senate be suspended in order that the emi­ .AlbertS. Willis. Frank L. Wolford. nent public services and the private virtues of the deceased may be appropriately John G. Carlisle. commemorated. LOUISIANA. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate be directed to communicate these Louis St. Martin. Newton C. Blanchard. resolutions to the House of Representatives. Michael Hahn. J. Floyd King. Mr. VOORHEES. I ask that the resolutions lie on the table sub­ Edward J. Gay. Alfred B . Irion. ject to be called up at a future day, of which the Senate will have due MAINE. and timely notice. Thomas B. Reed. Seth L. Milliken. Mr. HARRISON. Mr. President, out of respect to the memory of Nelson Dingley, jr. Charles .A. Boutelle. the late Vice-President I move that the Senate do now adjourn. MARYLAND. The PRESIDENT pro t&mpore. The resolutions will lie on the table. John V. L. Findlay. The question is on the motion of the Senator from Indiana [Mr. H.AR­ Barnes Compton. :RISON] that the Senate do now adjourn. Louis E. McComas. The motion was agreed to; and (at 2 o'clock and 42 minutes p.m.) MASSACHUSETTS. Robert T . Davis. Eben F. Stone. the Senate adjourned. John D. Long. Charles H . .Allen. Ambrose A. Ranney. · Frederick D. Ely. Patrick A. Collins. William W. Rice. Edward D. Hayden. William Whiting. Henry B. Lovering. Francis W. Rockwell. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. :MICHIGAN. MONDAY, William C. Maybury. Ezra 0. Carleton. December 7, 1885. Nathaniel B. Eldredge. '.rimothy E. Tarsney. James O'Donnell. Byron M. Outcheon. This day, in compliance with the prescription of the Constitution, Julius 0. Burrows. Spencer 0. Fisher. the members-elect of the Hou8e of Representatives of the Forty-ninth Charles 0. Comstock. Seth C. Moffatt. Congress assembled in their Hall, and at 12 o'clock m. were called t{) Edwin B. Winans. order by Mr. John B. Clark, Clerk of the last House. · MINNESOTA. Milo White. John B. Gilll.llan. The CLERK. Gentlemen, the hour having arrived for the meeting J. B. Wakefield. Knute Nelson. 4>f the Forty-ninth Congress of the United States, the Clerk of the H. B. Strait. Forty-eighth Congress will proceed, as required by law, to call the roll MISSISSIPPI. of Representatives-elect who have complied with the law in furnishing John M. Allen. 0. R. Singleton. J. B. Morgan. H. S. Van Eaton. proper certificates of election. - T. 0. Catchings. E. Barksdale. The roll was called, showing the presence of the following Members F. G. Barry. and Delegates : MISSOURI. .ALABAMA. William H . Hatch. John J. 0 'Neil1. James T. Jones. Thomas W. Sadler. John B. Hale. John M . Glover. Hilary A. Herbert. John M. Martin. Alexander M. Dockery. Martin L. Clardy. William C. Oates. William H. Forney. James N. Burnes. Richard P. Bland. Alexander C. Davidson. Joseph Wheeler. William Warner. William J. Stone. John T. Heard. William H. Wade. ARKANSAS. John E. Hutton. William Dawson. Poindexter Dunn. John H. Rogers. t NEBRASKA. C. R. Breckinridge. Samuel W. Peel. Thomas C. McRae. Archibald J. Weaver. George W . E. Dorsey. James Laird. CALIFORNIA.. NEVADA. Barclay Henley. W. W. Morrow. William Woodburn. J.A.Louttit. Charles N. Felton. Joseph McKenna. H. H. Markham. NEW HAMPSHIRE. COLORADO. Martin A. Haynes. Jacob H. Gallinger. George G. Symes. NEW JERSEY. CO~CTICUT. George Hires. William W. Phelps. John R. Buck. John T. Wait. James Buchanan. Herman Lehlbach. Charles L. Mitchell. Edward W. Seymour. Robert S. Green. William McAdoo. James N . Pidcock. DELAWARE. NEW YORK. Charles B. Lore. Perry Belmont. Archibald M. Bliss. Felix Campbell. John J. Adams. FLORID.A. Darwin R. James. Timothy J. Ca mpbell, Robert H. M . Davidson. Cha rles Dougherty. Peter P. Mahoney. Joseph Pulitzer.