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sion to Russian Blair, Company B, Fifty-fourth Illinois Volun­ L. F. Frey, pastor, and Charles Schneider, W. Senne, and William teers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Wizner, trustees, representing 218 members, against any change By Mr. MORGAN (by request): A bill (H. R. 6971) for the in the preamble to the Constitution of the United States-to the relief o! William H. Ballard-to the Committee on Military Af­ Committee· on the Judiciary. fairs. By Mr. MEIKLEJOHN: Petition of E.H. Phelps and others, By Mr. NEILL (by request): A bill (H. R. 6972) for the relief against the income tax on incomes of loan and building associa· of Henry McGill, Monroe County, -Ark., to the Committee on tions-to the Committee on Ways and Means. War Claims. Also, petition of H. E. DOt·dendorf and others, against the in­ By Mr. PAYNTER: A bill (H. R. 6973) to place the name of come tax on incomes of loan and buildin~ associations-to the Angus V. Wilson on the muster roll of the Forty-fifth Regiment Committee on Ways and Means. Mounted Infantry Kentucky Volunteers-to the Committee on By Mr. MORSE: Resolution by the Legislature of Massachu­ Militarv Affairs. . setts, indorsing House bill 5294 to regulate the mode of removal By Mr. CURTIS of Kansas: A bill(H. R. 6974) to pension Mrs. of letter-carriers-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post- John H. Clark-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Roads. - By Mr. HEARD (by request}: A bill (H. R. 6975) for the relief By Mr. PICKLER: Petition of 121 citizens of Oldham, S. Dnk., o1 the heirs and creditors of Elizabeth Townsend-t.o the Com­ and vicinity, asking for the passage of a law for a postal tele­ mittee on the District of Columbia. graph and telephone by the Government-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. By Mr. RITCHIE: Resolution of Toledo (Ohio} Medical As­ PETITIONS, ETC. sociation, favoring House bill 5837-to the Committee on Mili­ tary Affairs. Under clause .1 of Rule XXII, the following petitions and pa­ Also, resolution of Toledo (Ohio) Produce Exchange, favoring pers were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: reciprocal trade-to the Committee on Wavs and Means. By Mr. BAKER of New Hampshire: f>etition of Charles F. Also, protest of Toledo (Ohio) Medical Association, ag·ainst ap­ Adams and 49 other citizens, W. P. Ba.con nnd 26 other citizens, propriation recommended for maintenance of library of Surgeon­ B. W. Lord and 7 other citizens, all of New Hampshire, for the General's Office-to the Committee on Military Affairs. establishment of a Government telegraph and telephone serv­ By Mr. RUSK: Memorial against the abolition of the custom­ ice-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. house at Annapolis, Md.-to the Committee on Expenditures in By Mr. BLAIR: Petition of Fred G. R. Gordon and 175 other the Treasury Department. citizens of Manchester, Potter Dyball and 100 citizens of East By Mr. SPERRY: Two netitions in favor of the regulation of Canterbury, Thomas Leavitt and 23 other citizens of Exeter, dairy products by State laws-to the Committee on Agriculture. and Nathan B. Whitten and 37 other citizens of Holderness, all By Mr. STEPHENSON: Petition of Frank E. Abbott and 68 in New Hampshire, for the establishment of a Government tel­ other citizens, C. S. Linkletter and 74 othe~ citiz~ns, Andrew egraph a.nd telephone service-to the Committee on the Post­ Henshaw and 88 other citizens, A. D. De Garma and 91 other citi­ Office and Post-Roads. zens, W. L. Ducey and 65 other citizens, S. A. Long and 68 other Also, petition of Annie M. Bliss· and 16 other citizens of Do­ citizens, aU of Michigan, praying for the establishment of a Gov­ ver, N.H., and Chicago, Ill., for the establishmentof a Govern­ ernment telegraph and telephone service-to the Committee on ment telegraph and telephone service-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Also, petition of H. J. Cartright and 50 others, J. N. Torrins Bv Mr. BRICKNER: Petition ·of Excelsior Marine Benevo­ and 14 others, William Constable and 44others,John McNitt and lent· Association, Milwaukee, Wis., signed by 23 citizens, peti­ 86 others, Albert Murray and 14 others, E. B. Bigelow and 25 tioning for the establishing of light-house for signals and light others, Gideon Noel and 22 others, William Gilbert and 94other~, - ships in the waters of Green Bay and Lake Michigan-to the W. H. Green and 18 others, Benjamin F.Pixley and 18 others, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. G. M. Finzel and 101 others, and C. W. Gibson and 12 others, all By Mr. BROSIUS: Petition of 40 citizens of Mount Joy, Lan­ citizens of Michigan, praying for the establishment of a Gov­ caster County, Pa., in favor of House bill5246against immigra­ ernment telegl'aph and telephone system-to the Committee on ... tion-to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. the Post-Office and Post-Roads. By Mr. CUMMINGS: Petition of the Journalistic Protective Also, petition of A. S. Patrige ·and 117 other citizens of Michi­ Association of New York Qity, praying for favorable action on gan, praying for the establishment of Governmenttelegraph the bill providing for Government ownership of telegraph_sys­ and telephone service-to the Committee on the Post-Office and tems-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Post-Roads. Also, petition of the New York Stereotypers' Union, No.1, of By Mr. UPDEGRAFF: Petition of Daniel Platt, of Cresco, New York City, praying for favorable action on the bill provid­ Iowa, and B. Amenderson, of Decorah, Iowa, against the income ing for Government ownership of telegraphs-to the Committee tax on national building and loan associations-to the Com­ on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. mittee on Ways and Means. Also, petition of the United States Cloak and Suit-Cutters of By Mr. WALKER: Petition of David Manning, and 560 citi­ New York City, favoring the bill providing for Government zens of Worcester, Mass., and vicinity, praying for the enact­ ownership of telegraph systems-to the Committee on the Post- ment of laws restricting immigration-to the Committee on Im­ Office and Post-Roads. · migration and Naturalization. By Mr. ENGLISH: Petition of citizens of Lake County, Cal., in support of the Manderson-Hainer bill-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. By Mr. GROUT: Petition of Asa H. Peppen, of Washington, SENATE. Vt., and 2.5 others, members of S. C. Smith Post, Grand Army of the Republic, in behalf of the early settlement of the claims FRIDAY, },fay 4, 1894. now pending in the Pel13ion Office-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. The Senate met at 11 o'clock a.m. Also, petition of S. B. White, and62 others; of Topsham, Vt., Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. W. H. MILBURN, D. D. in favor of the bill to regulate the traffic in oleomargarine-to The Journal of yesterday:s proceedings was read and approved •. the Committee on Agriculture. _ Also, petition of R. M. Pratt, of Putney, and others, for law ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED. regulating the sale of oleomargarine-to the Committee on A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. T. 0. Agriculture. TOWLES, its Chief Clerk, announced that the Speaker of the By Mr. HALL of Minnesota: Protests of the Evangelical House had signed the following enrolled bills and joint resolu­ Lutheran Churches of Bergen, Wellington, Young America, tions; and they were thereupon signed by the Vice-President: Goodhue, Arlington, Renville, Cedar Mills, Hay Creek, Water­ A bill (H. R. 6055) to authorize the construction of a bridge town, and Elysian, against proposed constitutional amendment­ over the Monongahela River in the city of Pittsburg; to the Committee on the Judiciarv. A bill (H.R:6073) to extend thelimitsof theportof New York; By Mr. KIEFER: Petition of~ citizens of Stillwater, Dora, A bill (H. R. 6442} to protect the birds and animals in Yellow­ Granite Falls, Albe1·t Lea! Austin, Benson, and other cities of stone National Park, and to punish crimes in said park, and for Minnesota, together with Charles Settgast, E. A. Malone, Nills other purposes; Sorenson, W. K. Mitche11, of St. Paul, and other places in the A jomt resolution (S. R. 74} for proper enrollment of Thomas State, favoring Government ownership of telegraph lines-to R.. Proctor in the Navy of the United States; and ihe Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. A joint resolution {H. Res. 168) instructing the Secretary of By Mr. McCLEAPY of Minnesota: Protest of St. Paul's Evan­ War to return to the State of Iowa the flag of Twenty-second gelical Lutheran Church, of Fairmont, Minn., signed by Rev. Regiment of Iowa Volunteer Infantry. I'

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PETITIONS AND MEMORTALS. Mr. HARRIS. If there be no debate I shall not object to the Mr. FAULKNER presented the petition of J. B. Drinkard and present consideration of the bill; but yielding to the Senator - 40 other citizens of Bluefield, W.Va., praying that building and from Virginia for that purpose, under the same circumstances­ loan associations, national and local, be exempted from the pro­ I shall feel bound to yield to every other Senator. However, I posed income-tax provision; which was ordered to lie on the do so. with notice that I reserve the right, if it leads to debate, table. ~obJect at a!ly stage of the proceedings, and I shall object if He also presented a petition of Pickens Council, No. 90, Junior 1t consumes tune. Order o1 United American Mechanics, of Pickens, W. Va.,pray­ The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Chair hears no objection. and - ing for the passage of House bill No. 5246, to restrict immigrar the bill is before the Senate as in Committee of the Whole·. tion; which wa-s referred to the Committee on Immigration. Mr. CHAND-R. Mr. President, I shall not delay action Mr. SHERMAN presented a petition of the Cincinnati (Ohio) upon ·the bill. I simply wish to say that I am opposed to its Chambar of Commerce and Merchants' Exchange, praying for P!lssage. I find that under ihe system which was adopted some the passage of the Torrey bankruptcy bill; which was referred e1ghtyearsagofor the construction of vesselsforthe Navv, under to the Committee on the Judiciary. which. premiums were to be paid when certain requisites'werese­ Mr. POWER presented the petition of J. Swan and 68 other cured m the construction of vessels and certain penalties imposed citizens of Helena, Mont., praying that fraternal society and for deficiencies of one sort and another in construction, the out­ college journals be admitted to the mails as second-class mat­ come practically has been that we pay all the premiums-­ ter; which was referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Mr. HARRIS. Mr. President, I object to 'the further consid· Post-Roads. eration of the bill. He also presented the petition of Charles Lane, chairman; Mr. CHANDLER. Will the Senator allow me a moment? Henry S. Davis, secretary, and C. W. Colman, representing a Mr. HARRIS. It must be a very short moment. mass meeting- of citizens of Butte, Mont., praying that all inter­ Mr. CHANDLER. It will be very short if the Senator will ference with the forward march of the Coxey industrial army restrain himself. be discontinued; which was referred to the Committee on Edu­ Mr. HARRIS. I withdraw the objection for the present. cation and Labor. . Mr. C~ANDLE:g. I wish when the Sens,tor says he will yield, Mr. LODGE presented a petition of the Legislature of the if there 1s to be no debate and interrupts me, he would kindly Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in general court assembled, w~t until I finnish my sentence. My sentences are usually very praying for the passage of House bill No. 5294, to regulate the short; they are not drawn out or protracted; and I should pre· mode of removal of letter-carriers; which was referred to the fer to have the Senator interrupt me when I reach-a period, be· Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. cause Senators will understand that it is difficult to resume the thought that you thought you had. [L:mghter.] REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. Mr. HARRIS. Me. President, I obiect to the further consid· Mr. PASCO, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom eration of the bill. • was referred the bill (S.l273) for the relief of Bernard J.D. Mr. CHANDLER. The Senatorinterruptsme a~ain,and-­ Irwin, submitted an adverse report thereon; which was agreed ~ The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Senator fromNewHampshire to, and the bill was postpaned indefinitely. is out of order. Theee is objection to the presentconsidei·ation Mr. McPHERSON, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, of the bill. The Calendar under Rule VIII is in order. reported an amendment intended to be proposed to the naval ap­ propriation bill; which was ordered to be printed, and, with the MESSAGE FROM THE HOIJSE. accompanying paper, referred to the Committee on Appropria­ A message from the House of Representatives, by M:r. 'I'. 0. tions. TOWLES, its Chief Clerk, announced that the House had dis­ BILLS INTRODUCED. agreed to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 3740) to amend an act entitled" An act regulating the sale of intoxi· Mr. DANIEL introduced a bill(S.l992) for the relief of Briscoe eating liquors in the District of Columbia," agreed to the con· B. Bouldin; which was rea.O twice by its'title, and, with the ac­ ference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two companying papers, referred to the Committee on Claims. Houses thereon, and had appointed Mr. COBB of Alab:1ma, Mr. Mr. LODGE introduced a joint resolution (S. R. 82) authoriz­ MEREDITH, and Mr. BABCOCK managers at the conference on ing all officers of the Medical Corps of the Army and Navy who the part of the House. may be members of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States to wear the badge of that association on ill occa­ THE REVENUE BILL. sions of ceremony; which was read twice by its title, and referred Mr. HARRIS. I move that the Senate proceed to the con­ to the Committee on Military Affairs. sideration of the bill (H. R. 4864.) to reduce taxation, to provide AMENDMENT TO SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL. revenue for the Government, and for other purposes. The motion was agreed to; and the Senate, as in Committee Mr. JONES of Arkansas submittedanamendmentintended to of the Whole, resumed the consideration of the bill, the pending be proposed by him to the sundry civil al)propriation bill; which question being on the amendment of the Committeeonl!,inance, was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to on page 1, line 6, after the word "countries," to insert "or be printed. withdrawn for consumption;" so as to read: AMENDMENTS TO REVENUE BILL. There shall be levied, collected, and paid upon all arLicles imported from Mr. VEST. I submit certain amendments to the tariff bill, foreign countries, or withdrawn for consumption, and mentioned in the schedules herein contained, the rates or duty which are, by the schedules which I move be prinj;ed and lie on the table. and paragraphs, respectively prescribed, etc. The motion was agreed to. Mr. QUAY resumed the floor in continuation of the speech DYNAMITE-GUN CRUISER VESUVIUS. begun by him on the 14th of April. After having spoken two Mr. HUNTON. •I ask permission to call up the bill (S. 826) to hours and a half, remit the penalties on the dynamite gun cruiser Vesuvius. Mr. SQUIRE said: Mr. President, I suggest that there is nota Mr. ALLISON. I think before that bill is considered we quorum present. ought to be certain of a quorum. There is no quorum present The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. BLANCHARD in the chair). at this moment. The suggestion having been m9.de that there is noquorumpres. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Secretary will call the roll. ent, the Secretary will call the roll. · The Secretary called the roll, and the following Senators an­ The Secretary called the roil, and the following SenatPennsylvania yield II there objection to its present consideration? · tome? 4398 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. MAY4,

Mr. QUAY. Certainly. Sta_tes A1·~y (now .colonel S_ixth Cavalry), for gallant service in [Mr. QUAY'S speech will be published entire after it s~all action agamst Indians at Mmers Delight, Wyo., May 4, 1870. ha-ve been concluded.] qapt. George M. Brayton, Eighth Infantry, brevet major, EXECUTIVE SESSION. Uruted States Army (now colonel retired), for gallant service in actions against Indians in Arizona, June 25, 1875, July 4, 1875, Mr. HARRIS. I move that the Senate proceed' to the consid­ Janu~ry 10, 1877, January 21, 1817, and January 30, 1877. eration of executive business. Capt. James S. Casey, Fifth Infantry, brevet major, United The motion was agreed to; and the Senate proceeded to the S~tes Army (now lieutenant-colonel First Infantry), for con­ consideration of executive business. After thieehoursandfifty­ Spicuous gallantry in leading his command in a successful charge five minutes spent in executive session the doors were reopened, against a superior number of Indians, strongly posted, at Wolf and (at 5o'clock and 50 minutes p.m.} the Senate adjourned un­ Mountain~ Montana, January 8, 1877. til to-morrow, Saturday, May 5, 1894, at 11 o'clock a.m. Capt. Richard Comba, Seventh Infantry, brevet major, United Sts.tes Army (now lieutenant-colonel Twelfth Infantry), for gal­ CONFffiMATIONS. lant service in actions against Indians at the Big Hole, Montana, August 9, 1877. Executi1:e nominations confirm.ed by th§ Senate May 4, 1894. Capt. John M. Bacon, Ninth Cavalry, brevet major, United INDIAN AGENT. States Army (now lieutenant-colonel First Cavalry), for gallant James McLaughlin, of Fort Totten, N.Dak., to be agent for ~ervice in the actions against Indians on the Rio Pecos, Texas the Indians of the Standing Rock Agency, in North Dakot3:. June 7, 1869, and near the headwaters of the Salt Fork of th~ Brazos River, Texas, October 28 and 29, 1869. PROMOTIONS IN THE ARMY. qa_pt. Curwen B. McLe!lan, Sixth Cavalry, brevet major To be brigadiet-gene·ral by b1'evet. Urn~ ~tate~ Army Jnow lie:-r~t-eolonel retired)l for gallant Maj. Edwin C. :Mason, Twenty-first Infantry, brevet eolone1, sernce m action aga1nst Ind1ans m the San Andreas Mountains United States Army (now colonel Third Infantry), for gallant Ne~ Mexico, April7, 1880, and in action against Indians nea~ and meritorious service in action against Indians in the Lg,va Rea River, Indian Territory, August_30, 1874. Beds, California, April17, 1873, and for gallantserviceinaction qapt. G~orge M. !Randall, Twenty-third Infantry, brevet against Indians at the Clearwater, Idaho, July 11 and 12, 1877. maJor, Urut~d E?tates. Army (!low ma~or Fourth Infantry), for Lieut. Col. William B. Royal, Third Cavalry, brevet colonei, gallant serv1ce m actions aO'amst Indians at Turret Mountain United States Army (now colonel retired), for gallant service in Arizona, March 27, 1873, anod at Diamond Butte, Arizona, Aprd action against Indians on Rosebud Creek, Montana, June 17 1876. 22, 1873. Or~ance Capt. Guy V. Henry, Third Cavalry~ brevet colonel, United qapt. John A. Kress, Department, brevet major, States Army (now lieutenant-colonel Seventh Cavalry), for gal­ Umted States Army (now major, Ordnance Department) for lant and meritorious service in action against Indians on Rose­ gallant service in action against Indians on the Columbia Rlver bud Creek, Montana, June 17; 1876, where he was severely Oregon, July 8, 1878. ' wounded. ..,... Ca,pt. Adna R. Chaffee, Sixth Cavalry, brevet major, United Maj. AndrewW. Evans;ThirdCavalry, bre-vet colonel, United Stat?s Army (now major, Ninth Cavalry), for gallant service in States Army fnow lieutenant-colonel retired), for gallant service leadmg a cavalry charge ove1· rough and precipitous bluffs held in action against Indians at Big Dry Wash, Arizona, July 17, by Indians, on the Red River, Texas, August 30 1874. and for 1882. gal!ant service in action against Indians at the Big D~y Wash, Maj. John Green, First Cavalry, brevet lieutenant-colonel, Ar1zona, July 17, 1882. United States Army (now lieutenant-colonel reiired), for gallant Capt. James Jackson, Flrst Cavalry, brevet major, United States Army (now major, Second Cavalry), for gallant and meri­ service in action against Indians in the Lava Beds, Californi~ January 18, 1873, and for conspicuous gallantry in the several torious service in action aQ"D,inst Indians durin()' the Modoc war actions during the Modoc war. especially in the action o'i! Lost River, Oregon, November 29' Maj. Lewis Merrill, Seventh Cavalry, brevet colonel, United 1872, and for gallant service in action against Indians at th~ States Army (now lieutenant-colonel retired), for gallant service Clearwater, Idaho, July 12~ 1817. in action against Indians at Canyon Creek, Monuna, September Capt. Wirt Davis, Fourth Cavalry, brevet major, United 13, 1877. Sta~s A1·~y (now.major, Fifth Cavalry), for gallant service in Capt. Frederick W. Benteen, Seventh Cavalry, brevet colonel, actiOn agamst Indians on the North Fork of Red ·River Texas United States Army (now major retired), for gallant seuice in September 29, 1872, and in action aO'ainst Indians in the Big action against Indians on the Little Big Horn, Montana, June Horn Mountains, Montana, Novem~r 2.5, 1876. 25 and 26,-1876, and in action against Indians at Canyon Creek, First Lieut. John B. Babcock, Fifth Cavalry, brevet ma~or United Sbtes 4rmr (n01! major a?dassis~antadjutant-gener'al ); Montana, September 13, 1877. for gallant serVIce rn actiOns aO'amst Indians at Tonto Creek To be colonel by b-revet. Arizona, June 16, 1873, and at"' Four Peaks, Arizona, Januar; Maj. Charles E. Compton, Sixth Cavalry, brevet lieutenant­ 16 1874. . colonel, United States Army (now colonel Four-th Cavalry), for Maj. Alfred E. Latimer, Fourth Cavalry (now major·retired) distinguished service in leading a cavalry battalion in a gallant for gallant service in action against Indians on the North Fork and successful charge in action against Indians on the Red River, of R.ed River, Texas, September 29, 1872. Texas, August 30, 1874. Capt. Tullius C. Tui?per, ~ixth Cavalry, brevet major, United Capt. Anson Mills, Third Cavalry, brevet lieutenant-colonel, States Ar~y (now maJor ret1red), for gallant service in suc~ess­ United States Army (now colonel Third Cavalrv), for gallant fully l~admg a cavalry charge against Indians in the action on service in action against Indians at Slim ButteS, Dakota, Sep- Red River, Texas, August 30, 1874, and for gallant service in tember 9, 1876. . action against Indians at the Las Animas Mountains New :Mex- Maj. John Green, First Cavalry, brevet lieutenant-colonel, ico, April 28, 1882. ' United States Army(now lieutenant-colonel retired), for gallant Capt. Wyllys Lyman, Fifth Infantry, brevet major United service in action against Indians at Mount Turnbull, Arizona, States Army (now major retired), for gallant service i~ the ac­ April 30, 1869. tions against Indians on the Upper Washita River, Texas, Sep­ Capt. Marcus P. Miller, Fourth Artillery, brevet lieutenant­ tember 9, 10, and 11, 1814. colonel, United States Army (now major Fifth Artillery), for Capt. James M. Bell, Seventh Cavalry, brevet major, United gallant anfirst lieutenant retired), for gallant against Indians in Arizona in 187 4. o and meritorious service in action against Indians at the Lava. Beds, California, April17, 1873, and for gallant service in action To be lieutenant-colonel by brevet. against Indians at Camas Meadows, Idaho, August 201 1877. Maj. George M. Sternberg, surg.eon. (now brigadier-general, To be rnajor by brevet. Surgeo!l-General), for gallant serVlce m the performance of his professwnal duty under fire, in action against Indians, at the Capt. Henry C. Hasbrouck, Fourth Artillery (now major, Clearwater, Idaho, July 12,1877. Fourth Artillery), for gallant service in action against Indians Capt. DavidS. Gordon, Second Cavalry, brevet major, United at Sorass Lake, California, May 10, 1873. • 1894. 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Capt. Simon Snyder, Fifth Infimtry (now colonel, Nineteenth Capt. Stephen P. Jocelyn, Twenty-first Infantry, for conspic­ Infantry), for gallant service in action agains~ Indians at Bear uous gallantry in action against Indians at the Clearwater, Idaho, Paw Mountain, Montana, September 30, 1877. July 11 and 12, 1877. , Capt. Evan Miles, Twenty-first Infantry (now lieutenant-col­ Capt. Henry"J. Nowlan, Seventh Cavalry, for gallant servica onel Twentieth Infantry), for gallant service in action against in a-ction against Indians at Canyon Creek, Montana, September Indians at the Clearwater;- Idaho, J~ly 11 and 12, 1877, and 13, 1877. against Indians at the Umatilla Agency, Oregon, July 13, 1878. Capt. EdwardS. Godfrey, Seventh Cavalry, for gallant serv­

Capt. Edmond Butler, Fifth Infantry (now lieutenant-colonel ice in action against Indians at Bear Paw Mountain, Montana1 retired), for conspicuous gallantry in leading his command in a September 30, 1877, where he was wounded. successful charge against a superior number of Inllians, strongly Capt. Charles A.. Coolidge, Seventh Infantry, for gallant serv­ posted, at Wolf Mountain, Montana,January 8,1877. ice in action against Indians at the Big Hole, Montana, August Capt. Henry McElderry, assistant surgeon (now major, sur­ 9, 1877, where he was three times wounded. geon}, for gallant service in action against Indians at the Lava First Lieut. Mason Carter, Fifth Infantry, brevet captain, Beds, California, January 17, 1873, and for meritorious services United States Army (now captain, Fifth Infantry), for gallant ' in action against Indians near the Double Mountain Fork of the service in a.ction against Indians at Bear Paw Mountain, Mon­ Brazos River, Texas, :May 7, 1869. tana, September 30, 1877. . · · · Capt. Thomas McGr~or, First Cavalry (now major, Second Capt. CharlesA.P. Hatfield, FourthCavalry, forgallantserv­ Cavalry), for gallant service in action against Indians at ~he ice in action against Indians in the athck on Geronimo's camp, Santa Maria Mountains, Arizona, May 6, 1873. in the Santa Cruz Mountains, in New Mexico, May 16, 1886. Capt. Henry Carroll, Ninth Cavalry (now major, First Cav­ First Lieut. Henry Romeyn, Fifth Infantry, brevet captain, alry), for gallant service in aApache, Arizona, Fifth Infantry), for gallant service in a.ctions ao-ainst Indians on September 1, 1881. the Salt Fork of the Red River, Texas, August 30, 1874, and on Capt. Charles Porter, Eighth Infantry, for gallant service in McLeUans Creek~ Texas, November 8, 1874. · actions against Indians in Arizona, August 15, 1876; October 4, First Lieut. Willtam Conway, Twenty-second Infantry (now 1876, and January 7, 1878, and in action against Indians in Ari­ captain, Twenty-second Infantry), for gallant service in action zona, April 3, 1878. against Indians at Spring Creek, Montana, October 15 and 16, Capt. Mott Hooton, Twenty-second Infantry, for gallant serv­ 1876. . ice in act.ion against Indians at Spring Creek, Montana, October Firat Lieut. William A. Thompson, Fourth Cavalry (now cap­ 15 and 16, 1876. tain, Fourth Cavalry), for gallant service in actions against In­ Capt. Constant Williams, Seventh Infantry, for gallant service dianB in the canyon near Red River, Texas, September 27 and 28, in action against Indians at the Big Hole, Montana, August 9, 1814, and at Las Ul.gunas Quatro, Texas, November 5, 1874. 1877, where he was twice wounded. Second Lieut. John G. Bourke, Third Cavalry (now captain 4400 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. MAY 4,

Third Cavalry), for gallant service in action against Indians at First Liout. Peter Leary, jr., Fourth Artillery (now captain, The Caves, Arizona, December 28, 18'12, and in the campaign Fourth Artillery), for gallant and meritorious s~1·vice in actions against Indians in Arizona, April, 1873. against Indians in the Ls.va Beds, California, April15 and 16, Firat Lieut. Hiram H. Ketchum, Twenty-second Infantry 1873. (now captain Twenty-second Infantry), for gallant service in First Lieut. Abiel L. Smith, Fourth Cavalry (now captain and action against Indians ne ~r the mouth of the Big Horn River, commissary of subsist:mce), for gallant service in the campaign Montana, August 11, 1873. against Geronimo'sbandof Indians in Sonora, Meldco,from July First Lieut. Ab1·am E. Wood, Fourth Calvary (since deceased), to September, 1886. . for gallant service in actions against Indians at Sand Creek, First Lieut. Sydney W. 'faylor, Fourth Artillery (now cap­ Kansas, September 21, 1878, and at Punished Women's Fork, tain, Fourth Artillery), for gallant and meritorious conduct in Kansas, September 27, 1878. actions against Indians during the Modoc war of 1873. - First Lieut. El.lgene D. Dimmick, Ninth Cavalry (now cap­ First Lieut. James W. Watson, Tenth CM•alry, for gallant tainNinth Caval~y),for gallantservicein action a~ainst Indians service in action against Apache Indians ne::tr Salt River, Ari­ in the Black Range Mount::l.ins, New Mexico, September 23,1879. zona,March 7, 1890. First Lieut. Earl D. 'l,homas,Fift.hCavalry (now captain Fifth First Lieut. Granville Lewis, Fifth Infantry (now first lieuten­ Cavalry), for gallant service .in action against Indians at The ant retired), for gallant service in action against Indians on the Caves, Arizona, December 28, 1872, and for distinguished serv­ Upper Washita River, Texas, Septembe,r 9, 1874, where he was ices in the C!l.mpaign against Indians in Arizona, April, 1874. severely wounded. . . First Lieut. Martin B. Hughes, Ninth Cavalry (now captain First Lieut. George E. Albee, Forty-first Infantry (now first Ninth Cavalry), for gallant service in actio!l a~ainst Indians in lieutenant retired), for gallant service in the actions against the San Andt·eas Mountains, New Mexico: April 7, 1880. · Indians on the Brazos River, Texas, September 16, 1869, and First Lieut. Henry W. Sprole, Eighth Cavalry (now captain October 28 and 29, 1869. Eighth.._Cavalry), for gallant service in the pur~uit of Indians on First Lieut. Robert H. Fletcher, Twenty-first Infantry (now the Washita River, Texas, October 14 and 15, 1874, and in the first lieutenant retired), for gallant service in actions aO'ainst aetion against Indians on Muster Creek, Texas, November 29, Indians at the Clearwater, Idaho, July 11 and 12, 1877, ~nd at 1874. Canyon Creek, Montana, Sentember 13, 1877. First Lieut. William C. Manning, Twenty-third Infantry (now Second Lieut. Hayden DeLany, Ninth Infantry, brevet first captain Twenty-third Infantry), for gallant service in action lieutenant, United States Arlll.¥ (since deceased), for gallant against Indians at Mazatzal Mountains, Arizona, December 13, service in action ag-ainst Indians in the Big Horn Mountains, 1872. Montana, November 25, 1876. First Lieut. John L. Bullis, Twenty-fourth Infantry (now cap­ First Lieut. John W. Wilkinson, Seventh Cavalry (since de­ tain Twenty-fourth Infantry), for gallant service in actions ceased), for gallant service in action against Indians at Canyon against Indians at Remolina, Mexico, May 18, 1873, and on the Creek, Montana, September 13, 1877. Pecos River, Texas, April26, 1875. Firat Lieut. WalterS. Schuyler, Fifth Cavalry (now captain 2b be first lieutenant by brevet. Fifth Cavalry), for gallantryin action againstlndiansin the Big Second Lieut. Charles Morton, Third Cavalry (now captain, :Horn Mountains, Montana, November 25, 1876. Third Cavalry), for gallant service in action against Indians in First Lieut. Benjamin C. Lockwood, Twenty-second Infantry the Tonto country, Arizona, June 5, 1871. (now c1ptain Twenty-second Infantry), for gallant service in ac­ Second Lieut. Earl D. Thomas, Fifth Cavalry (now captain, tion against Indians at Spring Ceeek, Montana, October 15 and Fifth Cavalry), for gallant service in action against Indians near 16, 1876. . Fort McPherson, Nebr., June 8, 1870. Firat Lieut. William F. Stewart, Fourth Artillery (now cap­ Second Lieut. Frazier A. Boutelle, First Cava1ry (now cap­ bin Fourth Artillery), for gallant service in action against In­ tain, First Cavalry), for gallantry in action against Indians at dians at the Clea1·water, Idaho, July 11 and 12, 1877. Lost River, Oregon, November 29, 1872, and for conspicuous First Lieut. Peter Boehm, Fourth Cavalry (now captain re­ gallantry and meritorious conduct during the whole Modoc war. tired), for gallant service in action against Indians on the Brazos Second Lieut. WalterS. Schuyler, Fifth Cavalry(nowcaptain, River, Texas, October 28 and 29, 1869; for special gallantry in Fifth Cavalry), for gallant service in actions against Indians, at a.ction on the same river, October 10, 1871, and for gallant con­ Muchos Canyons, Arizona, September 25, 1872; on Lost River, duct in action against Indians on the Red River, Texas, Sep­ Arizona, June 26, 1873; at Salt River, Arizona, April 28, 1874, tember 29, 1872. and in the Red Rock Country, Arizona, May 14,,1874. First Lieut. John Lafferty, Eighth Cavalry (now captain re­ Second Lieut. Frank West, Sixth Cavalry(now captain, Sixth tired), for gallant service in actions against Indians in the Black Cavalry), for gallant service in actions against Indians on the Slate Mountains, Nevada, February 15, 1867, and in the Chiri­ Washita River, Texas, September 9, 10, and 11, 1874. cahua Pass, Arizona, October 20, 1869, where he was severely Second Lieut. Peter S. Bomus, First Cavalry (now captain, wounded. Firat Cavalry), for gallant service in action against Indians at First Lieut. Robert McDonald, Fifth Infantry (now captain the Mazatzal Mountains, Arizona, December 13, 1872. retired), for conspicuous gallantry in leading his command in a Second Lieut. Francis Michler, Fifth Cavalry (now captain succe sful charge against Indians, strongly posted, at Wolf Fifth Cavalry), for gallant service in actions against Indians at Mountain, Montana, January 8, 1877. Muchos Canyons, Arizona, September 25, 1872, and at the head of First Lieut. James H. Spencer, Thirtieth Inlantry (now cap­ Tonto Creek, Arizona, January 22, 1873. tain retired), for gallant service in action against Indians ne:tr Second Lieut. John T. Van Orsdale, Seventh Infantry (now Fort Fred Steele, Wyo., March 22, 1869. captain Seventh Infantry), for gallant service in a-ction agains~ First Lieut. Byron Dawson, Ninth Cavalry (now captain re­ Indians at the Big Hole, Montana, August 9, 1877. tired), for gallant service in the actions against In~ians on the Second Lieut. Edward J. McClernand, Second Cavalry (now Rio Pecos, Texas, June 7, 1869, and on the Brazos R1ver, Texas, captain Second Cavalry), for gallantry in the pursuit of India.ns October 23 and 29, 1869. and in action against them in the Bear Paw Mountains, Montana, First Lieut. Charles King, Fifth Cavalry (now captain retired), September 30, 1877. for gallant and distinguished service in action against Indians Second Lieut. William H. Miller, First Cavalry (now captain near Diamond Butte, Arizona, May 21, 1874. and assistant quartermaster), for gallant service in action First Lieut. Max \Vesendorff, First Cavalry (now captain re­ against Indians at the Lava Beds, California, April 17, 1873, tired), for gallant service in action against Indians at Squaw and for gallant and meritorious conduct during the Modoc war. Peak, Arizona, September 30, 1872. Second Lieut. Charles A. Williams, Twenty-first Infantry First Lieut. Gilbert E."'verton, Sixth Cavalry (now captain (now captain Twenty-first Infantry ),-for gallant service in ac­ r'etired), for gallant service in leading a cavalry charge in the tion against Indians at the Clearwater, Idaho, July 11, 1877, action against Indians on McLellans Creek, Texas, November where he was severely wounded. 8, 1874. Second Lieut. Henry H. Wright, Ninth Cavalry (now captain First Lieut. Henry M. Benson, Seventh Infantry (now captain Ninth Cavalry), for gallant service in actions against Indians retired), for gallant service in action against Indians at Camas in Florida Mountains, New Mexico, January 24, 1877· in the Meadows, Idaho, August 20, 1877, where he was severely wounded. Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico, July 29, 1878, and in the First Lieut. John Coniine, Ninth Cavalry (now captain retired), Miembres Mountains, New Mexico, May 29: 1879. for gallant service in action against Indians in the San Andreas Second Lieut. John F. Guilfoyle, Ninth Cavalry (now captain Mountains, New Mexico, April 7, 1880. Ninth Cavalry), !or gallant service in actions against Indians at First Lieut.Oakaloosa M. Smith, Twenty-second Infantry(now White Sands, New Mexico, July 19, 1881; in the San Andreas captain and commissary of subsistence}, for gallant service in Mountains, New Mexico, July 25, 1881, and at Monica Springs, action against Indians at Spring Creek, Montana, October 15 and New Mexico, August 3, 1881. 16, 1876. Second Lieut. Thomas M. Woodruff, Fifth Infantry (now cap· 18!)4. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-. HOUSE. 4401. tain Filth Infantry), for gallant service in action against In· f deceased), for gallant service in action against Indians at the dians at Bear Paw Mountain, Montana, _September 30, 1877. Big Hole, Montana, August 9, 1877. Second Lieut. Charles H. Heyl, Twenty-tbird Infantry (now · Second Lieut. Edward S. Farrow, Twenty-first Infantry (now captain Twenty-third Infantry), for gallant service in action out of service), for gallant service in actions against Indians_at against Indians on the south side of the Verde River, Arizona, Big Creek, Idaho, August 19, 1879, ·and at Big Meadows, Idaho, May 24, 1874, and for gallantry in action against Indians near October 8, 1879. Grace Creek, Nebraska, April 28, 1876. Second Lieut. Powhatan H. Clarke, Tenth Cavalry (since de- Second Lieut. William H. Kell, Twenty-second Infantry (now cea-sed ), for gallant service in actions against Indians near Salt captain Twenty-second Infantry), for gallant service in action River, Arizona, March 7, 1890, and in the Penito Mountains, against Indians at Spring Creek, Montana, October 15 and 16, Mexico, May 3, 1886. • 1876. POSTMASTERS. Second Lieut. Ezra B. l!,uller, Seventh Cavalry (now captain All Seventh Cavalry), for gallant service in action against Indians en B. Brown, to be postmaster at Ipswich, in the county of Edmunds and State of South Dakota. at Canyon Creek, Montana, September 13, 1877. M · Second Lieut. HobartK. Bailey, Fifth Infantry (now captain auriCe J. Herlihy, to be postmaster at Wilton, in the county . . of Hillsboro and State of New Hampshire. Fifth Infantry), for gallant service ill action against Indmns on Eleazer C. Converse, to be postmaster at Newport, in the McLellan's Creek, Texas, November 8, 1874. county of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire. Second Lieut. Charles W. Taylor, Ninth Cavalry (now captain Gilman C. Shattuck, to be postmaster at Nashua, in the Ninth Cavalry), for gallant service in action against Indians in county of Hillsboro and State of New Hampshire. the San Andreas Mo untains, New Mexico, April 7, 1880. B Second Lieut. Francis E. Eltonhead, Twenty-first Infantry urdge H. Hurd, to be postmaster atParker, in the county of Turner and State of South Dakota. (now captain, Twenty-first Infantry), for distinguished service Albert R. Garretson, to be postmaster at Lead, in the county and collilpicuous gallantry in action against Indians at the of Lawrence and State of South Dakota. Clearwater, Idaho, July 11 and 12,1877. · r v c kl' Second Lieut. Alf1·ed C.Sharpe, .Twenty-second Infantry (now ' · · on rn, to be postmaster at Canton, in the county of Lincoln and State of South Dakota. captain, Twenty-second Infantry), for gallant service in action L · J ./B h a.Q'ainst Indians at So_ ring- Creek, Montana, October 15 and 16, OUlS • ac and~ to be postmaster at Bayfield, in the county 1S76. ~ of Bayfield and State of Wisconsin. - Second Lieut. .Frederick W. Sibley, Second Cavalry (now cap- Theodore D. Samuels, to be postmaster at Woonsocket, in the tain, Second Cavalry), for gallant service in action against In- county of Sanborn and State of South Dakota. dians on the Little Big Horn River, Montana, July 7, 1876. R. W. Harliman, to be postmaster at Webster, in the county Second Lieut. Alfred M. Fuller, Second Cavalry (now captain, of Day and State of South Dakota. Second Cavalry), for gallant service in action against Indians Anna Kingman, to be postmaster at Broadhead, in the county of Green and State of Wisconsin. on the Rosebud, Montana, May 7, 1877, where·he was wounded. H C H Second Lieut. Edw, ard E. Hardin, Seventh Infantry (now first enry · unt, to be postmaster at Reedsburg, in the county of Sauk and State of Wisconsin. lieutenant,Seventhinfantry),forgallantservice1inactionagainst Emmet Horan, to b3 postmaster at Eau Claire, in the county Indians at the Big Hole, Montana, August 9' 1877 · of E:tu Claire and State of Wisconsin. · Second Lieut. James D. Nickerson, Seventeenth Infantry now first lieutenant, Seventeenth Infantry), for gallant service Wil1 iam Tobin, to be postmaster at Madison, in the county of ( Lake and State of South Dakota. in action against. Indians at Spring Creek, Montana, October 15 · and 16, 1876. C. Plrny Ear1 e, to be postmaster at Goaverneur, in the county Second Lieut. Herbert J. Slocum, Seventh Cavalry (now first of St. Lawrence and State of New York. - lieutenant,SeventhCavalry),forgallantserviceinactionagainst M. W. Ryan, to be postmaster at Medford, in the county of Indians at Canyon Creek, Montana, September 13, 1877. Taylor and State of Wisconsin. Second Lieut. Augustus P. Blackson, Sixth Cavalry (now first lieutenant, i::lixth Cn.valry), for gallant service in action against Indians at Ash Creek, Arizona, May 7, 1880. . Second Lieut. George L. Converse, jr.! Third Cavalry (now HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES~ fi rst lieutenant, Third Cavalry), for gallant service in action against Indians at Big Dry Wash, Arizona, July 17, 1882, where FRIDAY,lJfay 4, 1894. he was severely wounded. The House met at 12 o'clock m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. Second Lieut. Stephen C. Mills, Twelfth Infantry (now first E.B.BAGBY. - lieutenant, Twelfth Infantry), for gallant service in actions TheJournalofyesterday's proceedings was read and approved. against Indians at San Andreas Mountains, New Mexico, April 7, 1880, and in the Las Animas Mountains, New Mexico, Aprii 28, NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 1882. The SPEAKER laid before the House a letter from the Act­ Second Lieut-. George H. Morgan, Third Cavalry (now first ing Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate oi de­ lieutenant, Third Cavalry), for gallant service in action against ficiencies in appropriation for contingent expenses for the Naval Indians at Big Dry Wash, Arizona, July 17, 1882, where he was Observatory for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, submitted severely wounded. by the Secre.tary of the Navy; which was referred to the Com­ Second Lieut. William C. Brown, First Cavalry (now first mittee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. lieutenant, First Cavalry), for gallant service in action againSt UNITED STATES COURTS. Indians at Big Creek, Idaho, August 19, 1879, and in the recon­ noissances of August 17 and September 25, 1879. 'rhe SPEAKER laid before the House a letter from the Act;.:. Second Lieut. Louis H. Orleman, Tenth Cavalry (now first ing Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of defi­ lieutenant retired), for gallant service in actions against In­ ciencies in appropriations for United States courts, submitted dians at Beaver Creek, Kansas, October 18, 1868, and at Wichita by the Attorney-General; which was referred to the CommitiP.e Agency, Indian Territory, August 22. 1874. on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Second Lieut. Robert G. Carter, Fourth Cavalry (now first lieutenant retired), for specially gallant tlonduct in action SALE OF LIQUORS IN THE DISTRIC'r OF COLUMBIA. against Indians on the Brazos River, Texas, October 10, 1871. The SPEAKER laid before the House the bill (H. R. 3740) to Second Lieut. Charles Braden, Seventh Cavalry (now first amend an act entitled "An act regulating the sale of intoxicat­ lieutenant retired), for gallant and meritorious services in ac­ ing liquors in the District of Columbia," with Senate amend­ tion against Indians on the Big Horn River, Montana, August ments. 11, 1873, where he was severely wounded. Mr. HEARD. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House noncon­ Second Lieut. Robert H. Young, Fourth Infantry (now first cur in the Senate amendment and agree to the conference asked. lieutenant retired), for gallant service inaction against Indians The SPEAKER. This is a House bill with a Senate amend­ near Fort Fred Steele, Wyoming, March 22, 1869. ment. The Senate asks a conference on the disagreeing votes · Second Lieut. Bainbridge Reynolds, Third Cavalry (now out of the two Houses, and the gentleman from Missouri moves to of service), for gallant service in action against Indians at the nonconcur in the Senate amendment and agree to the confer-. Rosebud, Montana, June 17, 1876. . nee. _ Second ~ieut. Edward W. Casey, Twenty-second Infantry · Mr. DINGLEY. Before that is done I would like to have the (since deceased), for gallant service in action against Indians on amendment of the Senate read. Muddy Creek, Montana, May 7, 1877. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the Senate amend­ Second Lieut. Francis Woodbridge, Seventh Infantry (since ment. XXVI-276 4402 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MAY 4,

The Clerk read as follows: of those gentleman who had been noted be called under the rule. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: At that time· they again had an opportunity to vote, and the "That section 16 of an act entitled 'An act regulating the sale of intoxi· gentleman from Iowa was then present. eating liquors in the District of Columbia,' approved the 3d day of March, Mr. HEPBURN. I could have voted at that time? I simply 1893 be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: •• SEc. 16. That; license for any of the purposes specified in any section of ask, so that I may understand the matter. said act shall not be granted to any person to conduct such busine.ss within Mr. LOUD. I think the gentleman .misunderstood the state­ 400 feet of a public schoolhouse, private school, or house of religions wor· ment. The gentleman was not in the Hall when his name was ship, measured between the nearest entrance to each by the shortest course of travel between such place of business and any schoolhouse, private called on either occasion. The RECORD does not show that his school, or house of religious worship, except that barroom licenses may be name was called again. granted to hotels existing March 3, 1893, having thirty {(nest chambers, and to hotels established thereafter4laving not less than fifty rooms for the ac· Mr. HEPBURN. It is necessary for a member to be in the commodation of guests; and wholesale liquor licenses maybe granted to the Hall when .his name is called. I' was not in it at either time, proprietors of stores established prior to said date, or to the erection or oc· and never voted. · cupatlon of such public or private school or place of religious worship: Provided, That the respective members of the excise board shall have power The SPEAKER. But a gentleman has an opporttmitytovote to administer oaths or a.tfirmations in any matter a'lrected by the operation when l:lis name is called as having been noted. of said act and this and the following amendments thereof, and any person, Mr. HEPBURN. I could- not have voted under the rules, as havina taken such oath or a.tfirmatton, who shall knowingly and corruptly I give fallie testimony before said board shall as to a. material fact be deemed understood, at the time when I entered the Hall or at ani other guilty or perjury, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more time after my name had been called. than 500, or by imprisonment at hard labor not more than two years, or The SPEAKER. Unless the gentleman was noted. both, in the discretion or the court." I That section 3 or said act be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding Mr. HEPBURN. simply wanted to know what the practice thereto the following: "And said board shall appoint an assistant clerk at of the House would be in a case of that kind. I came into the a salary not to exceed 1,200 per annum.'' Hall during the second roll call and after mv name had been That section 5 of said act be, and the same is herebyliamended by striking out the word •:twenty, 'in line 26, and inserting in eu thereof the word passed the second time, and, as I understand the rule~ I could "1ihirty." not then .have voted. If, at the conclusion of the roll call, I had That section 15 of said act be,_ and the s:f.me is hereby, :unended by strik· asked to have myname called that I might vote, the Chair would ing out, in lines 5 and 6, the wora.s "two reputable citizens," and inserting have asked me whether I had been present when my name was in lieu thereof the words " a credible resideut." called and had failed to hear it, and I could not have answered Mr. DINGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I notice that the bill which in the affirmative. went from the,... House provided simply that this should apply The SPEAKER. The gentleman could not have voted unless only to those hotels and lodging places that existed on March 3, he had been noted and reported by the tellers. In that case, 1891 or 1892. unde't' the rule, his n!lme would be called again. :Mr. HEARD. Eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Mr. KILGORE. Mr. Speaker, I think we had betterhavethe Mr. DINGLEY. And the Senate has amended it so that it regular order. may extend to hotels and lodging houses hereafter erected. I LEAVE OF ABSENCE. hope that the House shall have an opportunity to pa~s upon it before such an amendment is agreed to. Byunanimousconsent,leaveof absencewa grantedas follows: Mr. HEARD. Mr. Speaker, the Senate amendment utterly To Mr. MORSE, indefinitely, on account of illness. changes the House bill. Its friends would scarcely know it, so To Mr. HULL, indefinitely, on accountof sicknessinhis family. far as the objects to be effected by the present form of the bill To Mr. BAILEY, for one day, on aecountof important business. is concerned. I therefore ask tha.t the Senate amendment be ORDER OF BUSINESS. nonconcurred in, in order that the Committee on the District of Columbia may present to this House their views on the bill un­ Several members addressed the Chair. der such conditions that they may ba considered fully and prop· The SPEAKER. The demand for the regular order cuts off erly understood. the right of the Chair to recognize gentlemen toaskunanimous Mr. DINGLEY. I have no objection to the conference, pro· consent. The Clerk will eall the committees for reports. vided that the nonconcurrence is not merely formal, and that EXCHANGE OF LANDS WITH PEM...<\QUID L ND COMPANY. in this matter the conferees on the part of the House will not - surrender without at least consulting the House. Mr. BRICKNER. from the Committee on Interstate and Mr. HEARD. Mr. Speaker, I shall ask for the appointment Foreign Commerce,'reported back with a favorable recommen­ of such conferees from the committee as will stand by the action dation a bill (H. R. 6770) authorizing the Secretary of the Treas­ of the House. ury to exchange, in behalf of the United States,. deeds of land Mr. DINGLEY. All right, if that be the understanding. with the Pemaquid L 3,nd Company of Maine in settlement of a Mr. PICKLER. I understand, Mr. Speaker, that the claim disputed boundary of the Pemaquid Point{Maine)Light Station· was made in the discussion in the Senate that this bill was very which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on th~ much restrictive of the House bill, and that they had put a re­ state of the Union, and, with the accompanying report, ordered striction on the liquor traffic very much more restrictive than to be printed. the House. Whereas the House bill confined the operations of DONATION OF OLD GUN CARRIAGES. the act to saloons and hotels that had been ~ esta.blished before March 3, 1893, in regranting licenses, the Senate amendment Mr. BOWERS of California, from the Committee on Military now throws it wide open for all hotels that may be built in the Affairs, reported back with a favorable recommendation a bill - future and all liquor houses if they have fifty rooms. The kind {S. 1045) authorizing the Secretary of War to donate four obso­ of rooms is not described. Thus they can open this liquor traf­ lete gun carriages to the city of Marshalltown, Iowa; which was fic next door to a church and next to every schoolhouse in the referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of city. I trust that the conferees on the part of this House will the Union, and~ with the accompanying report, ordered to be insist on the provisions of the House bill. printed. Mr. HEARD. I ask for a vote. The Cierk resumed and completed_the call of committees for The question was taken; and the motion to nonconcur in the reports. Senate amendment was agreed to. ORDER OF BUSINESS. The SPEAKER. The Chair will appoint the following gen­ Mr. CATCHINGS. Mr. Speaker, is it in order now to move tlemen as conferees on the part of the House: Mr. COBB of Ala­ that the House resolve itself into Committee of the Whole on the bama, Mr. MEREDITH, and Mr. BABCOCK. state of the Union for further consideration of appropriation RECORD. bills? :Mr. HEPBURN. Mr. Speaker, I desire to correct what I be­ The SPEAKER.- If a motion is made to go into committee to lieve to be a mistake in the RECORD. On page 4393 I read: consider bills on the Private Calendar that will have priority, The SPEAKE B. The tellers note as present and not voting Mr. BOAT~"'ER, this being Friday; but if that motion is not made the Chair will Mr. HEPBURN, and Mr. WILLIAM A. STONE. recognize the gentleman from Mississippi. I was absent from the House, at the funeral of Mr. Hatton, and ~ir.CATCHINGS. Then, Mr. Speaker, Imovethatthe House upon my return the name of Mr. SCRANTONwas justcalled as I resolve itself into Committee of the Whole on the state of the entered the Hall on the second rollcall. I tis immaterial, except Union for the purpose of considering appropriation bills. that I would like to know at what period of the roll call it is 'rhe motion was agreed to. necessary for a member to be present. The HoUBe accordingly resolved itself into Committee of the The SPEAKER. The name of the gentleman from Iowa was Whole, Mr. HATCH in the chair. noted as being present, and the gentleman's name was after­ RIVER AND HARBOR APPROPRIATION BILL. wards called to give him an opportunity to vote when the gen­ tleman was present. ~.o\:fter the name of the gentleman from The CHAIRMAN. The House is in Committee of the Whole Iowa was noted, and after the call of the roll had been completed, for further consideration of appropriation bills. The Clerk will in accordance with the rule, the Chair direct-ed that the names report the title of the pending bill. 1894. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. " 4403

The Clerk read as follows: point consists entirely of dredging. It is work which will never A bill (IL R. 56iB) making appropriations for the construction. repair, and be of a permanent character; which will require constant atten­ preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and !or othe!' tion to maintain it. purposes. The commercial statistics at this place .are quite considerable, The Clerk, reading the bill by paragraphs, was proceeding to it is true. The total value of the commerce is $l,Oou,ooo, which read the paragraph in relation to the improvemen~of the harbor shows that there is now very considerable navigation there; in at Lynn. other words, the harbor is in such shape that it is now being Mr. EVERETT. Mr. Chairman, I ask that the paragraph navigated successfully; so that there is no reason why the ap- with reference to improving Lynn Harbor be passed over for the propriation should be maile excessive. ~ present. If that can be done I shall submit an amendment at a Mr. MALLORY. Mr. Chairman, if the gentleman will per­ later stage. mit me, I will read a few lines from what the Chief o1 Engineers Mr. CATCHINGS. I h8tve no objection, Mr. Chairman. says on this subject: By unanimous consent, Mr. EVERETT'S request was agreed to. Experience has shown that the bar at the mouth of the Apalachicola Mr. CATCffiNGS. I offer the amendment which I send to the River will require dredging at least once in two years unless the cut is made deeper and wider than has been hitherto possible with th~ funds a van­ desk. · able. The amendment was read, as follows: Amend by inserting between lines 7 and 8 {after the foregoing paragraph) The Chief of Engineers recommends for this year an appro­ the following: - priation of $50,000. The committ-ee has inserted in the bill onli "Salem Harbor. .Massachusetts: So much of the appropriation hE.reto.!ore $10,000. made as may be necessary shall be used in making a 8urvey of Salem ~arbor, with a view to widening the harbor channel to the mouth of South RlVer to Mr. CATCillNGS. Of course, Mr. Chairman, there has been the width of 500 feet, and giving a depth of at least lOfeetat mean low.water, in this case, as in others, a considerable reduction upon the esti­ and from the mouth of said river to Derby wharf, beginning at a Width of mates; An aggregate expenditure of $38,000,000 was recom­ 300!eetand gradually narrowing so that there shall bewithsaid wharf a width mended; and the committee has been obliged to reduce various of not less than 160 feet, and a depth from said mouth to said wharf of not less than 10 feet at mean low water, and with a view of dredging the items. It would, of course, be a very nice thing for this harbor Middle Ground, so called, between Haste Ledge and Aqua Vitre, so as to give to get $50,000; but there is no more reason \yhy the full amount a depth of 25 feet at mean low water." estimated should be appropriated in this case than in the case The amendment was agreed to. of other rivers and harbors. The Clerk read as follows: , We are trying to give the harbor of Apalachicola 8 feet of Entrance to Point Judith Pond, $2,500; which, together with the previous water, which is what the project calls for; llond we propose an unexpended appropriation, shall be used in improving former entrance to appropriation of $10,000-quite sufficient in view of the limita­ said pond. tions or the bill. Mr. CATCHINGS. I offer the amendment which I send to The question being taken on the amendment of Mr. MALLORY1 the desk. it was rejected. The amendment was read, as follows: The Clerk read as follows: Amend on page 4 by adding after line 25, tp.e ~ollowing: Harbor at Mobile, Ala.: The Secretary of War shall cause a survey to be Pawcatuck River: The Secretary of War LS directoo out of the appropria- made to ascertain the cost o! widening the channel of said harbor now in tion on hand to make a resurvey of said river. · course of improvement, to obtain a width of 100 feet at the bottom, with a The amendment was agreed to. proper slope therefor, and also a survey to ascertain the best point !or and the cost of a sutncient channel between Mobile Bay and the Mississippi The Clerk read as follows: Sound for the proper accommodation of commerce; and the expenses of said Improving harbor at Bridgeport, Conn.: Continuing improvement, $10,000; two surveys shall be paid out o.! any appropriation made for the improve- of which, in tlie discretion of the Secretary of War, so much as may be nec­ ment of the channel of Mobile Harbor. · essary may be used in deepening the channel at the outer bar. :Mr. CATCIDNGS. I offer the amendment which I send to Mr. CATCHINGS. I offer the amendment which I send to the desk. the desk. The amendment was read, as follows: The Clerk read as follows: After the word "harbor," in line 20, on page 10, insert the fol­ Amend on page 5 by adding after the word "bar," in line 4, the following: "And in making a new survey of the harbor." lowing: The Secretary of War is authorized at his discretion to use not exceeding The amendment was agreed to. $10,000ofthe amount appropriated for tho improvement of Mobile Harbor, The Clerk read as follows: in keeping the channel clear of timber, logs, aM:. other obstructions. Improving)la-t·bor at Oswego, N. Y.: Continuing improvement, $27,000. The amendment was agreed to. Mr. CATCHINGS. I offer the amendment which I send to Thr:~ Clerk read as follows: the desk. Improving harbor at Vicksburg, Miss., not including work at Delta Point, The Clerk read as follows: La.: Continuingimprovementuoderthedirectionof the Secreta.ryot War, On page 7, in line 4, strike out "'$27,000," and insert "$37,000, or which &il0,- $4.0,000. 000 shall be expended in repairing the breach recently mane in th~ break­ Mr. HEPBURN. Mr. Chairman, I move tu strike out the water." paragraph just read. One purpose among others in making this • The amendment was agreed to. motion is that I may get from the chairman of the committee an The Clerk read as follows: explanation as to the character of this improvement at the har­ Improvingh.a.rbo-r at Apa.lacll.icola Bay and River, Florida: Continuing bor of Vicksburg. My understanding j,s that it is simply an im­ improvement, $10,000. provement of the whari there, a character of improvement that Mr. MALLORY. I offer the amendment which I a.sk the other cities similarly situated on the banks of the Mississippi Cler!r to read. River above this point have made for themselves. This wharf, The Clerk read as follows: I understand, is controlled entirely by the city of Vicksburg, On page 9, in line 22, strike out "ten" and insert "fifteen," so as t-o make whlch charges wharfage fees for boats, etc., and thus derives a. the appropriation $15,000. revenue. I would like to hear from the chairman of the com­ Mr. MALLORY. I think, Mr. Chairman, the amount pro­ mittee whether my information on this subject is correct. posed in my amendment is very reasonable in view of the report Mr. CATCHINGS. The gentleman from Iowa is entirely of the Chief of Engineers on this subject. There are two bars mistaken. The appropriation is for the purpose of dredging out in Apalachicola Bay, one known as the Bulkhead, which, by the channel. It has no connection on the face of the earth with dredging, has been kept in tolerable condition; but on the bar the wharves at that place~ at the mouth of the river there are sometimes only 3 feet of My friend will perhaps remember that there was a cut-off water, and the Chief of Engineers recommends that it be dredged which occurred in the city of Vicksburg some years ago. The at lea&t once every two years unless the width of the channel be river at one time passed to the north of the city and then turned made greater than it is now. My amendment simply proposed south, making a peninsula in the front several miles long, the to appropriate enough to carry on the dredging on this particu­ same that Gen. Grant endeavored to cut through during the lar bar every two years. It increases the appropriation from siege of the city. He failed in that; but the river itself cut $10,000 to $15,000. rrhe Chief of Engineers recommends an appro­ through it afterward, and left the city some little distance from priation of $50,000. I think the improvement contemplated is of the main cllannel of the river. This appropriation is for the sufficient importance to justify the amendment. purpose of dredging out an a{}cumulation of deposits, so that Mr. CATCHINGS. Mr. Chairman, there is no reason why boats may approaQh the city. . the appropriation in this case should be increased. The esti­ Mr. HEPBURN. I think the explanation of the gentleman mate of the Engineer Department was $50,000. The committee fromMississippishowsconclusivelythatthisappropriati.onought has recommended an -appropriation of $10,000. There is nothing not to be in the bilL He. says the purpose is to dredge out the in the character of this particular work which entitles it to be river, making a channel by which boats may reach the wharves classed as an emergency. There was no reason known to the of the city. In that event it is work belonging to the Missis­ committee why this case should be made exceptional with refer­ sippi River Commission and does not apply here at all. ence to the amount of the appropriation. The work at this Mr. CATCHINGS. I will state to the gentleman that this 4404 OONGRESSIONAL · REOORD-HOUSE. MAY 4, .

work, by this bill, is transferred from the Mississippi River Com­ The Clerk read as follows: mission to the Secretary of War, because another project bas Improving inner harbor at Michigan City, Ind.: Continuing improvement, been entered into by the Government of which this is propet'ly $5.000. a part and it was believed that this work should be placed under Mr. CATCHINGS. Mr. Chairman, I offer the amendment the coatrol of the Secretary of War so that there could be some which I send to the Clerk's desk. kind of homogeneity in the operations. The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will report the amendment. Mr. HEPBURN. That explanation calls for another explana­ The Clerk read as follows: tion as to the power of the Mississippi River Commission to dis­ Amend on page 12 by striking out the word "five," in line 19, and insert- possess itself of control at will and impose the duties of theCom­ ing the word "ten," so as to read "ten thousand dollars." ' missiononsomebodyelse. ThelawprovidesthattheCommission The amendment was agreed to. shall perform certain work and he pos.3essed of certain jurisdic­ The Clerk read as follows: tion. It provides that it shall perform certain functions. Now, Improving harbor at Petoskey, Mich.: Ten thousand dollars, to be expended is it possible that these gentlemen may, at their own will, trans­ according to the larger of the two projects submitted in the report of fer the duties and impose the obligations resting upon them on ~~~~mber 21, 1889, and printed in the annual report for 1890, pages 2674 and somebody else? · Mr. CATCHINGS. I offer the amendment which I send to Mr. 'CATCHINGS. Of course not, and they are not trying to the Clerk's desk. do it. The amendment was read, as follows: Mr. HEPBURN. Then what does the gentleman mean by Amend on page 14, by inserting in line 21, between the word "expended,. saying tha.t by an arrangement with the Secretary of War it has and the word '' according,'' the following: become a part of his duty? "'l'ogether with the unexpended appropriation for this harbor." Mr. CATCHINGS. I made no such statement. I said it was The amendment was agreed to. deemed desirable that the jurisdiction of the Commission should The Clerk read as follows: be transferred to the Chief of Engineers, and this is sought to Improving Cheboygan Harbor, Michig{!on: The Secretary of War is hereby be done by act of Congress. - directed to expend the unexpended balan'tle on hand ion dredging. Mr. HEPBURN. Then I raise the point of order against the Mr. CATCHINGS. 1 offer the amendment which I send to provision. the Clerk's desk. Mr. CATCHINGS. What is the point of order? The Clerk read as follows: Mr. HEPBURN. That it is new legislation; that it changes . On page 15, at the end of line 10, amend by adding the following: existing-law. "He is also dh·ected to make an estimat-e of the amount required to deepen Mr. CATCHINGS. Oh, well; that point of 01der has no ap­ the present channel to a depth of 18 feet." plication here. This is not a general appropriation bill, and the The amendment was agreed to. point of order does not lie against it. The Clerk read as follows: Several MEMBERS. It is too late to make the point of order Improving harbor at Superior Bay and St. LoUis Bay, Wisconsin: Con­ tinuing improvement, $40,000, a portion of which may, in the discretion of the now. Secretary of War, be used in dredging in Superior Bay along the dock line Mr. HEPBURN. Well, I am making the point of order to between the Quebec channel and the main channel opposite the base of the Chair. _ Connors Point. The CHAIRMAN. The Chair will be compelled t<> overrule Mr. HAUGEN. · I offer the amendment which I send to the the point of order, on the ground that the paragraph has already Clerk's desk. been under discussion for nearly ten minutes. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. CATCHINGS. This is no general appropriation bill. It At the .end of line 12, page 16, add: . ''Provided, That so much of said sum as may be necessary may be used has been repeatedly held that it is not. for the purpose of making a survey of said harbor, with a view of deepening Mr. HEPBURN. But this paragraph has not yet been passed. it to 20 feet, and making estimates therefor." - Mr. CATCIDNGS. I do not insist on the point of order on Mr. CATCHINGS. I have no objection to that, Mr. Chair- t!lat ground. I am perfectly willing to waive it, and allow the man. Chair to rule on it on its merits as though the point of order The amendment was agreed to. bad been made in time. Because it has been repeatedly held The Clerk read as follows: that this is not a general appropriation bill. ln fact, the rules Improving harbor at Duluth, Minn., including repairs to the canal, piers, themselves show that it is not, and the point of order is not ad­ the channel on the north shore of St. Louis Bay and the St. Louis River, missible. We can put generallegislation on thisbillandchange ~50 , 000, of which a portion may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary or War, in the channel or St. Louis River above Grassy Point. The Secretary existing law without being subject to the point of order. It is of War is authorized to negotiate with the city of Duluth for the uncondi­ done in every bill. I make no point therefore that the gentle­ tional donation of the land needed for said canal, canal entrances and piers, man did not make his point of order in time, and am perfectly accompanied by vacation of the abutMng streets. In the event 1the city re­ tuses to make an unconditional donation, but accompanies the donation willing to have it considered on its merits. with the reservation of a right of way for a tunnel, the Secretal'y or War The CHAIRMAN. The Chair has already overruled the may accept such conditional donation or the land provided the said tun· . point of order, and it is not necessary to overrule it the second nel follows such lines and grades as he may approve. time. Mr. BALDWIN. I desire to offer an amendment. The question is on agreeing to the motion of the gentleman TheCHAIRMAN. ThegentlemanfromMinnesota[Mr. BALD· from Iowa to strike out the paragraph. WIN] offers an amendment, which the Clerk will read. The motion to strike out was rejected. The Clerk read as follows: The Clerk read as follows: A!ter the word "Point," in line 8, on page 17, add the following: 'Improving harbor at Sandusky, Ohio: Continuing improvement, $25,000, "Provided, That so much of said sum as may be necessary may be used a pru:t of which may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, in for the purpose of making a survey of said haroor, with a view of deepen· removing shoal at outer approach to harbor. ing it to 20 feet, and making estimates therefor." Mr. CATCHINGS. I offer the amendment I send to the desk. The amendment was agreed to. The Clerk read as follows: ' The Clerk read as follows: On page 12, at the end of line 6, add the following: Improving harbor at .Agate Bay, Minnesota: Continuing improvement, "And deepening inside dredged channels. And the Secretary of War is $25,000. authorized and directed, in his discretion, to cause a survey, if necessary, Mr. BOEN. I offer the amendment which I send to the for the purpose, and estimates to be made of the cost of further necessary 1m proving said harbor, including the channel over the said outer bar." Clerk's desk. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. GROSVENOR. I would like to ask the chairman of the Insert after line 21, page 17, the following amendment: committee if the amendment he offers has not been suggested at "That the sum of IUO,OOO, or so much thereof as is necessary, is 'hereby the wronJ! place; whether it ought not to be attached to the pro­ appropriated to be expended under dil'ection of the Secretary of War in making survey of the Red River of the North and its tributaries above Fer­ vision in the bill for Ashtabula Harbor? gus Falls and Crookston, and preparing plans, specifications, and calcula­ Mr. CATCHINGS. No, sil·; this is the correct place. tions of costs of excavations, dams, and locks nect>ssary to improve the nav­ Mr. GROSVENOR. Very well. igation on said streams and connect them with the Minnesota River through Lakes Traverse and Big Stone and to report t·hereon to the House ol The amendment was agreed to. Representatives." The Clerk read as follows: Mr. BOEN. Mr. Chairman, this amendment is offered in Improving outer harbor at Michigan City, Ind.: Contlnuingimprovement, fl6,000. compliance with instructions of the Legislature of the State of Mr. CATCHINGS. I offer the amendment which I send to Minnesota, which I desire to have read from the Clerk's desk, the Clerk's desk. The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will read. The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: To the Senate and Rouse of Representatives The Clerk read as follows: of the United states of .America in Congress assembLed: Amend on page 12, by striking out the word "sixteen "in line 17, and in­ Your memorialists, the Legislature of the State of Minnesota, would re. serting the :word "eleven," so that it will read "eleven thousand dollars." spectfully and urgently represent that - 1 The amendment was agreed to. Whereas Big Stone and Traverse Lakes and the Red River of the North .'

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are so situated in the great valley which extends from the northern boun­ The committee again divided; and tellers reported-ayes 35, dary of the State to the ioot of Big Stone Lake as to render their utiliza­ tion for a water way, at a comparatively small cost, both practicable and nays 149. feasible ; and So the amendment was rejected. Whereas preliminary surveys have shown the entire practicability of the The Clerk re::td as follows: project above foreshadowed, and its 1mmen~e ats respectfully urge upon their Senators and The Clerk read as follows: Representatives in Congress to use all their tnfluence to secure the appro­ Amend on page uf by striking out, in line 2, the following words: " width priation of a sufficient sum to substantially commence the work of con­ of 12 feet, and," so as to read, "to the depth of 8 feat," etc. struction, and to take such speedy and prompt action as will result in ac­ complishing the objects herein set forth. The amendment was agreed to. Approved AprilS, 1893. The Clerk read as follows: Improving Weymouth River, Mass:~.chusetts: Continuing improvement, The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment sub­ $.5,000. mitted by the gentlemanfrom Minnesota. Mr. O'NEIL of Massa.chusetts. Mr. Chairman, I offer an Mr. CATCHINGS. I want to be heard on that amendment. amendment in line 18. The CHAIRMAN. There was so much confusion that the The Clerk read as follows: Chair did not understand that the gentleman had any objection On page 19, after the end of line 18, add: "of which $2,500 shall be used in to the amendment. the improvement uf Weymouth Back River." Mr. CATCHINGS. I stated that I had objections to it. I ob­ Mr. CATCHINGS. I have no objection to that amendment. ject to it on several grounds, Mr. Chairman. I am advised by The amendment was agreed to. one of my colleagues on the River and Harbor Committee that Mr. BOUTELLE. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent this matter was very carefully considered by that committee to go back a line oc two. I was unable to find the place in the and rejected. I was not present myself at that meeting and can bill at the time, as the Clerk was reading the bill rapidly. not speak from personal knowledge; but I am told the Commit­ . The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Maine asks unani­ tee on Rivers and Harbors carefully considered this proposition mous consent to go back to a paragraph. and refused to recommend it. I think that would be a sufficient Mr. BOUTELLE. I ask permission to offer an amendment to reason why this committee should not on the spur of the mo­ line 4, of page 19. ment adopt it. The-CHAIRMAN. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The In the next place, Mr. Cha,irman, one of the rules under which Chair hears none. the committee has been operating for some years is that no sur­ The Clerk read as follows: vey is ordered except in support of a project that is actua1ly in Improving Narragaugus River, Maine: Continuing improvement, $5,000. process of completion, or except there has been a preliminary Mr. BOUTELLE. Mr. Chairman, I move to amend that para­ examination and survey recommended by the Engineer Depart­ graph by striking out" five,'' before the word " thou~and, ., and in­ ment. It is not in support of a project already in existence, nor serting "ten." I offer the amendment for this reason: These has there been a preliminary examination of this kind, or are­ small works involve the operation of the same machinery and port by the Engineer Department recommending that a survey plant that are required to carryon more extensive works, and it be made. is frequently impossible to get bids from contractors for small But there is still another point which would be absolutely works, as they are unwilling to transport their dredging ma­ fatal to this amendment. My friend from 'Minnesota will con­ chines a long distance to engage in operations where so small cede that this involves the construction of an extensive canal; amounts of money are involved. I have repeatedly received and the Committee on Rivers and Harbors has no jurisdiction communications from the engineer officers deprecating these over canals. The appropriation would go out on a point of order small appropriations, as necessarily involving the p -tyment of -- if we had reported it. There is every reason why it should not larger prices for the work, on account of the greater expense of be agreed to; and I hope the amendment will be voted down. getting the plant to the desired point as compared with the t'Jtal Mr. BOEN. Mr. Chairman, there was a preliminary exami­ amount of the contra.ct. nation made for the improvement mentioned in that amendment, This improvement is one that has been going on for a number and as found in House Executive Document N o.127. The Chief of of years. It is not an expensive improvement in the aggregate, Engineers, Gen. Casey, reports against the project in these and I think it would be"'Illore economical to provide for i ts com­ words: pletion at once. A different rule ought to be applied to these The amount of commerce on the Red River of the North does not justify minor items from the percentage rule that is applied to the undertaking a project of this magnitude, and in my opinion the river is not larger items in this bill; and in view of the fact that it would worthy of improvement to this extent by the General Government. cost :t large proportion of the $5,000 here proposed to be appro· Now, I contend, Mr. Chairman, that Gen. Casey is quite im­ priated to get the dredges and other machinery to the point perfectly informed as to the volume of traffic tributary to that where the work is to be done, and in view also of the fact that river. In the district I have the honor to represent we raise this appropriation of $5,000 is only a part of what is estima,ted over 20,000,000 bushels of wheat a year, all of which would seek for, and much less than is recommended, I move to amend the an outlet through that r~ver. In the district over the river, in paragraph so as to increase the amount to $10,000. I make that North Dakota, they raise over 25,000,000 bushels of wheat a motion as a matter of economy, and I hope the committee will year. In the other districts through which this stream runs we accept it. raise altogether over ~0.00 0 ,000 bushels of wheat, and in South MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. Dakota there is over 20,000,000 bushels of wheat a year that The committee informa.llyrose; and Mr. TRACEY having taken would seek ah outlet through the Red River of the North, the the chair as Speaker pro tempore, a message from the Senate, by Minnesota River, and the Mississippi to the Gulf. Mr. PLATT, one of its clerks, announced that the Senate had Now, the point of order does not lie against the amendment, passed bills of the following titles; in which the concurrence of as the gentleman believes, because he says there would be a the House was requested: - canal. There is a little point of about 4 miles between Lakes A bill (S. 829) granting an honorable discharge to Cyrus Payne; Big Stone and Traverse and about 8 miles of canal to be dug in A bill (S.1949) for the relief of James E. North; and diverting Otter Tail River into Lake Traverse. I have intro­ A bill (S.1963} for the relief of the sureties of Dennis Murphy. duced this amendment under instructione of the Legislature of Minnesota, and they are quite as able to judge what is proper RrvER AND HARBOR APPROPRIATION BILL. as this House. Therefore I hope that the. amendment will be The committee again resumed its session, Mr. HATCH in the· adopted . . chair. The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment eub­ Mr. CATCHINGS. Mt·. Chairman, I desire to say in respect mitted by the gentleman from Minnesota. to this paragraph that in the last Hver and harbor bill, which The question was taken, and the Chairman announced that was very much larger than that which the committee have pre­ the noes seemed to have it. · sented here, we gave this improvement $7,500. Now we pro­ Mr. BOEN. Division. pose to give $5,000, very nearly as much as we appropriated two The committee divided; and there were-ayes 39, no~s 112. years ago. The estimate for the whole work was $15,000, so that Mr. BOEN. No quorum. we really propose to appropriate here 33! per cen.t of the total The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Minnesota makes of the work, and I think that in view of the size of this · bill the point of no quorum. The Chair will appoint as tellers the there is no ground for complaint of the action of the committee. gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. BOEN] and the gentleman from Mr. BOUTELLE. Will the chairman of the committee per­ Mississippi [Mr. CATCHINGS]. mjt me to call his attention to the fact that the same rule can 4406 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE.. MAY 4,

not be equitably or iudicivusly applied to all the items of a bill Mr. TALBERT of South. Carolina. I offer the amendment of this character. which I send to the desk. Mr. CATCHINGS. I concede that. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. BOUTELLE. For instance, suppose there is an improve­ On page '!1, line 5.-- ment thatcosts.$500,000, a percentage of that amount will provide The CHAIRMAN. The Chair will state to the gentleman for all the expenditure required for beginning operations and from South Carolina that the paragraph to which this amend­ carrying them on to some extent; but if you have a work that ment refers has been read and passed. will cost only a thousand dollars in the aggregate, then an ap­ Mr. TALBERT of South,Carolina. I have included in my propriation of $500 will not even make a start. In years past I amendment several paragraphs-line 5, line 15, line 21-- have filed the protests of the engineer officers against piecemeal Mr. CA~CHINGS. That will not do, Mr. Chairman. appropriations for these small wol'ks. They object to them foe Mr. TALBERT of South Carolina. This amendment refers the reason I have stated, that you can not get contractors to to several rivers in South Carolina. take the risk and trouble of transporting their plant along the · Mr. CATCHINGS. Everything prior to theAltamaha River coast for long distances for the sake of work amounting to only has been passed. four or five thousand dollars. Mr. TALBERT of South Carolina. My idea was to include Mr. CATCHINGS. 1\1r. Chairman, I wish to call attention to in one amendment several rivers in South Carolina. the fact that in this partiGeorgia.: Continuing improvement, $8,000. in this piecemeal way. It would be economy to provide for the. 1rfr. RUSSELL of Georgia. I offer the amendment which I whole of the work and have it completed. ask the Cle1~k to read~ Mr. CATCHINGS. Of course there is a great deal of truth The Clerk read as foliows: in what the gentleman from Maine says. The principle he ad- vocates is one that we all recognize, and at times it has given Inline7, on page 29, strike out " $8,00!1 " a.nd insert "$15,000." us a great deal of uneasiness and inconvenien<;e, and as a. ruie Mr. RUSSELL of Georgia. Me. Chairman, the Flint River we have always dealtproportionallymorer-enerouslywithsmall in Georgia, for the improvement of which the committee pro: items than with large. ones. But whether it be for the reason poses to appropriate $~,000, is-77 miles long between Bainbridrre

suggested by ths gentleman from Maine Ol' not, aErto which I and Albany, and it runs through a country rich in aO'ricultur""al0 have no information, it is a fact that there now remains unex- resources and untitpped by a railroad. '£he improvement of pended for- wor""k on the Narragaugus River $6,500. Now, the this river, when once completerl, will be permanent. The esti­ whole amountestimatedforthecompletionoftheworkis$15,000, mates of the engineers contemplate obtainino- a channellOOfeet I ~ so that with this $5,000· the Chief of Engineers will have in his. in width, with a depth of 3 feet at low wate~·. The bottom of hands the larger- part of the sum that is neededJorthis improve- the river is flint rock. With a prop.er appropciation for this ment. Underthecircumstances, therefore, I thirtkwe have been river the system of river navigation will be extended from Co­ very generous ~ and I can not consent to the amendment. lumbus,. Ga., around through Florida and up to Albany, making ___ ..-- Mr. BOUTELLE. Mr. Chairman, I desire to state that the over 300 miles of river navigation in the State of Georgia in- engineer's report~ year recommends, as I understand,.an ap- eluding the Chattahoochee River-. ' propriation of $15t00(} where the committee recommend an ap- The $15)000 appropriated heretofore for this river was not suf­ propriation of $5,000. Now, this is. not a large matter. It is not ficien.tA It seems to me now that an appropriation ot $3 .000 to a matter of vital importance. It is a matter of business. This be expended upon this great water way is entirely balbw the improvement has been recommanded by the War Department, amount which should be given. For other rivers, of whicn I and is being carried on to improve a.ha.rborwhichJ.s-used by the have h~rd gentlemen speak on this floor-some of them mere steamers traversing thewater.s along the coas1l of ~aine,and we , m

Mr. REED. I desire to call the attentionol the Chair tQ the Mr. WHEELER oi Alabama. I o.ffer the amendment which 'fact that the reading is s·uch that it is impossif>Ie to know-what I send to the Clerk's desk. part of the bill is under consideration.. The reading of the bill The_Clerk rea.d as follows: ought not to be a race on the part of the Clerk to finish it; but Add attm- line 5, page 37, the following: a reading for the purpose of having the House understand what "Provided, That should the Secretary of War ascertain from the reports of omcer in charge of the im];lrovemenli ofthe Tennessee River below River­ ' is being done. I call attention. to the fact, and ask th.a.t the com­ ton, tha.t any portion or said $l00,000 can not be expended u];lOn the Tennes­ mittee be protected in that regard. see River below Riverton, during ~h e fiscal year ending June 30, 1 95 the The CHAIRM.AN. The Clerk will proceed with the read.ing Secretary of War may dh·ect that said surplus sum may be expended upon of the bill. the T~nnessee River between Chatta.uoo.;-a and Riyerton." The Clerk read as follows. 1frr WHEELER of Alabama. Mr. Chairman, I am as much Improving Tensas River and Bayou Macon, Lousiana and Arkansas: Con· interested as anyone in theimprovementof theTennessee River tinning improvement,. $5,000. below Riverton, and I should like tu see the whole $100,000 ex­ Mr. REED. Mr. Chairman, I repeat that this is not a proper pended there if possible. method of reading the bill, and I again call the attention of the Mr. GROSVENOR. I will suggest to my friend that there Chair to the fact. ought to be no objection. to it, for it will not chano-e the amount The CHAIRMAN. Some of the names in the bill are diffi­ of the appropriation a. particle. . "' cult of pronunciation. Mr. WHEELERof Alabama~ Itdoesnotch angeitaparticle~ Mr. REED. It is not a. question. of pronunciation., but a. q_ues-· Mr. GROSVENOR. And it does not change the designation tion of speed. The words-are so run together by the Clerk that of a dollar. it- is imlJossibia to understand. them.. The Clerk is perfectly ca:­ Mr:~ COX. Why, ye.st it will. pable of reading properly, and r ask that the Chair insist that Mr. yrHEELER of Alabama. No; anditwill be observed that it s~. , are approved and ali necessary preparations. completed far th'e­ Mr. ABBOTT. .Mr. Chairman, I o.:fie.r the amendment I send work the river will be up and they will not ba able to use. the to. the desk. entire $100,000 thi.s.year. The Clerk read as_ follows: But if it is possible to use it, this proviso does not prevent it.. On page 34, line 19, before the word .. five." insert the- following: It is simply· a safeguard; simply a p1·ov.iso that if the officel! in "And for making an actual survey of the river from the city-of Dallas to Gharga of th.a.t work finds it impm.sible to ·use the entire amount, the town of Liberty, twenty " then the surplus shall not. be lost, bu_t may be used for the part Mr~ ABBOTT. Mr. Chairman, L desire to state this. for the, of the river above Riverton, where tile Government is now build: benefit of the committee~ tha.t an association of gentlemen r-esid­ ing a lock at an. expense of over $.300,000, and doing other work in. the city of Dallas have gone to- the.. expense of purchasing a. upon. which the officer in charge could easily expend $2,000,000 snag. boat, and also a passenger boat, and have improved this this year. With that condition, with. w·ork surveyed and plans river for a distance of more than 30 mlles from Dallas. They approved and. th_e: plant ail in readiness to do the work, it is bad have also gone to the expense of building a. dam across the river policy to allow any portion of this monev to become so tied un that it can_not be used at all unless it is ~used below Riverton, to provide lo.cks-1 and they are desirous of continuing th.e work.. Alii ask is that. the United States. Governmen~ will permit. a.. and I insist that is not doing that river justice. surve of the river to be made, so that in future, i-4 after the MrL BOATNER. You.. do not want the money wasted? actuai survey t it should appear to' be necessary that" the river Mr. WHEELER of Alaba.ma. I do not want it wasted, and should be improved~ the work n:tay be. done. I hope my !dends will agree with me in this, and that they Mr.CATCHINGS. Mr. Speaker, I must obje.c.t to- thaamen.d- will agree that a. proviso- of this sort is. a good one. It does not ment, and hope. it will not be adopted. . add a dollar to the bill. It takes nothing from the portion oi The amendment was re-jected. the river for which it i& appropriated, nrovided it can be The Clerk. read aa f.ollow&: · used. It only provide.s. that in case it can. not be used at a. cer­ Improving Arkansas Ri:ver, Arkansas and Indian Territory: Continuing tain. pointt 1t may ba used for' the very important work which is im~o vement. $250,000, two-fifths of which. amount shall be expended from in progress right above it. thfrmouth.ot the river to Littia Rook, two-fi!ths from Little Rock to Fort Now, I do hope a reasonable proviso of this sort will not ba op­ Smith. and one-fifth above Fort Smith~ Pr01Jidtll, That, in. the diseretiorr of the Secretary of War, 10,000 of the amount hereby appro];J:ria.ted fD said posed by anyone. on the floor, a.nd especially b:v my friend from river may be used in. removing obstructio.lli>- and operating snag boat . rr:ennessee [Mr. Gox1 who is on his feet:_ I ~oUla n.otunderany M.r. McRAEJ Mr. Chairman, I offer· the amendment I sand to Cl.I'cumstances take one dolladrom workm which he is interested, and I will.saytahimnow, that.ifli.E}willagree to this amendment the desk. I will ask the committee in. the. next bill appropriate for all The Cle.rkre.ad as follows: to that can. be used below Rive:r:ton~ The amendment is n:o t to take Insert in line 4, pag& 35, arter the words " Littre Rock," the following: "And a portion of which may, inthe discretion of the Sec.retaryoL War, be- any money from the. worl4 but the purpose is to aid as far as pos­ used to prevent the. further caving of the bank. near Red Fork." sible in the improvement of the river from its mouth up to and. Mr. CATCHINGS. I have no objection to that amendment. including the point that my friend, the gentleman from Tennes­ The amendment was adopted. see [Mr. Cox], is as much_ interas~d in as I am myself. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. WILSON of Washington. Do I understand that the gen- Improving White River, Arkansas: Continuing improvement:, $9--:2,000, of tleman is trying to t3ke any money away from. Tennessee? which $2,000 ma.y, in the discretion. of the Secretary o! Wa;r, be expended in Mr. WHEELER of Alabama. No, sir. removing obstructions in each~ River. Mr COX. That is about. what he is trying to do. Mr. CATCHINGS. I offer the. amendment I send up. . Mr. WHEELER of. Alabama.. No, I am. trying to have. the The Clerk read as follows~ money expended. On paae 35, add after-the word "river," iii.line 18, the following: ~I.r. WILSON of Washington. The State of Tennessee gets "An.d$S,OOOin.therectificationor. the chann.elof the. White River at Bates­ $717,0CO by this bill, and so I hopa t-here will not be. a dollar ville~-· taken away from that State. The amendment was adopted. Mr~ WHEELER of Alabama. I desire to call attention to the The Clerk read as follows: fact that this proviso is not recommended by the Secretary of Improving Ouachita and Black Rivers, Ark.ainsas:md Louisiana.: Continu War or by anyone else connected with the Government. ing improvement, $50,000; and the Secretary of War is directed. to submit . So far from recommending its necessity, Capt. Biddle, who is with his next reyort-on this river plans and estimates for the im];lrovement ot said Ouachita River by locks and dams to give slackwater navigation as m charge of the Tennessee below Riverton, sa.ys, in his report tar above its mouth as in his judgm.entsuchimprovementispracticable, the page 2375: _ - '· cost otthe same to be paid out of this appro];Jtiation. Information pertaining to the sect ion of the river below Bee Tree Shoals., Mr. CATCHINGS. I offer another amendment at this point. Riverton, Ala., is very limited. The Clerk read as follows: · With. these facts I trust the proposed.. amendment will be Stxike out " this," in line 22, and insert "the Ouachita." adopted. _ The amendment was adopted. [Here the hammer fell.] The Clerk read. as follows: Mr. COX. Mr. Chairman, my friend .from Alabama [Mr. Improving Tffilllessee River below:,Chattanooga. Tenn.: Continuing im WHEELER] is in this condition: He has had very nearly $2,00D- provem.ent,

4408 CONGRESSIONAL ·RECORD-HOUSE. MAY 4, that so much of the $100,000 as may be necessary for the survey The Clerk read as follows: shall be used in making a survey of the river below the point Amend, on page 37, line 13, by striking out the words "the crossing of the named in the bill, called Riverton. When you pass Riverton, Louisville and Memphis," in line H, page 31, a.nd insert in lieu thereof the going up the river, you strike the State of Alabama. When you words, "the town or Obion, on the Newport News a.nd Mississippi Valley;" so as to read: "Improving the Obion River, Tennessee, from its mouth to pass Biverton, going down the river, you strike the State of the town ot Obion, on the Newport News and Mississippi Valley Railroad in 'rennessee. So my friend here is wanting all the appropriation Obion County: Continuing impro>ement, J7,500." applied to the State of Alabama. The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, this amendment will Mr. WHEELER of Alabama. Oh, no. be considered as agreed to. Mr. COX. Oh, sit own. [Laughter.] I know all about it. There was no objection, and it was so ordered. This 200 miles of river below there, reaching to its mouth at The Clerk read as follows: Paducah, will be left without any improvement whatever. Mr. WHEELER of Alab3,ma rose. Improving Kentucky River, Kentucky: Continuing improvement, $100,- Mr. COX. Now, hold on. Mr. Chairman, there has not 000. been a dollar appropriated for the lower part of the river for Mr. BERRY. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment. ten years. It is full of snags. There was a little improvement The Clerk read as follows: attempted in the river and the rocks were blown out in the Amend, on page 37, line 18, by striking out "one " and inserting "two," and channel. They have never been removed. Now, what the add at the end ot line 18: "Pt·ovided, That contracts ma.y be entered into by gentleman from Alabama wants to do is to transfer this money, the Secretary of War for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the project ot the improvement of said river to the three forks of if he can, up to the shoals in the State of Alabama: and leave said river a.t Beattyville, to be paid tor as appropriations may from time to the lower part of the river, in the State of Tennessee, unatten~ed time be made by llJ.W, not to exceed in the aggregate $1,500,000, not including to and no improvement made whatever. Now, I am very will­ the amount herein appropriated." · ing to concede to him a great deal; but his greediness has over­ Mr. BERRY. Mr. Speaker, for fifteon years after the close run his judo-ment. That is the trouble about it. [Laughter.] of the late unpleasantness, the Democracy of the Commonwealth Now all w; ask is this: that of the $100,000 a part of it be u~ed of Kentucky declined to accept the idea which the Republicans for the survey shall be applied to the examination of the river asserted upon this floor, that it was the duty of the General below Riverton to its mouth, and there is no trouble about Government to appropriate money for the improvement of any using the money. There is not a bit of trouble about that. stream having its mouth and its source in the s:1me State, and, Mr. WHEELER of Alabama. Then every dollar will be used a-cting on that idea, up to 1879 there was no application made that can be used. to the Congress of the United States for the improvement of any Mr. COX. Oh, General, sit still. [Laughter.] All he wants river wholly within the boundaries of Kentucky. to show here is that he is trying to take every dollar of this A few years after that time, however, while Mr. Willis, the money up to the State of Alabama and leave the State of Ten­ gentleman who now represents us in those much-talked about nessee unprovided for. No Secretary of War would undertake islands of the far Pacific that seem to be so pleasant a subject to use a dollar of the money for the Lower Tennessee if it was to my Republican friends, but of which I think they will get unnecessary; but the river is ft;ll of snags and c;>bstructio.ns . I tired after a while-while Mr. Willis was in charge of the have sat still and consented to Improvements berng made rn the river and harbor bill, some money was appropriated for the im~ State of Alabama without applying for a dollar of the money. provement of the Kentucky River. I think the bill is right. I yielded to the gentleman last year Mr. Chairman, when I look over these reports, asi havadone, that he mio-ht take it all. Now, .L do not think he ought to go and find that there has been more than $250,000,000 expended on so far as too obstruct the improvement of the river from River­ the public improvements of the United States within this period ton toitsmouth up to his shoals in the State of Alabama. [Cries and that my own State has received only a little over a million of "Vote!'] dollars of it,Ithinkitis about time that we had some recognition.• Mr. WHEELER of Alaba.ma. I ask to say one word. We feel very much as the boys did up in a school in the moun­ Mr. COX. The time has expired. You have used up all your tains of Kentucky. The superintendent called to examine the time. school, and the teacher being desirous of putting his best foot Mr. WHEELER of Alabama. I yielded it to you. forward cal~ed up four of his best boys to demonstrate their ca· Mr. COX. No, you did not. I spoke in my own time. pacity to use the English language, and for that purpose he as­ The CHAIRMAN. Debate is exhausted on this amendmen·t. signed .a special word to each, the words being" deaf," "dumb," Mr. ENLOE. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike out the last "lame," and" blind." The little boy that hs.d the word" lame" word. · came back in a few minutes with the sentence written upon his Mr. Chairman, I do not know that it is necessary to say any- slate. ''A lame m:1n can not walk. ' The boy with the word thing in addition to what my colleague has said about the de­ "deaf" came back with a sentence, "A deaf m:1n c:1n not hear." sire of the gentleman from Alabama to obtain for the upper The boy with the word" dumb" came b ::tck with the sentence, portion of the Tennessee River a part of the appropriation car­ "A dumb man can not speak." ried in the bill for that part of the river bslow Riverton. The The superintendent was very much pleased, but when the most important part of the commerc~ carrie~ on the Tennes~ee fourth boy, who had the word "blind" assigned to him, handed River is c::~.rried on that part of the river wh1ch we are .seekmg in his composition, it read, ''Put up your blind. It is my deal." . to have improved. - [Great laughter.] 1\fr. Chairman, when I see the vast amounts Mr COX. It is all carried on there. of money that have been expended for the improvement of the Mr: ENLOE. lt all necessarily passes ov-er that portion of navigation of the Great Lakes, the great harbors on the Atlantic the river except that which is purely local. This is the part of seaboard, the great harbors upon the Pacific seaboard, and the tbe river most important to improve. There have already been harbors on all the borders of the United States, and then look at several vessels and barges lost between Riverton, Ala., and Pa~ my own State, I think we have been very hardly treated. For ducah, Ky., on account or obstructions in the stream. If 'the instance, in the last river and harbor bill I find $23,000,000 and amendment of the gentleman from Alab:1ma ca.rries these ob­ $16,000,000 in sundry civil bill appropriated, of which the State struct{ons remain. If this appropriation is made as reported by of Kentucky got only $250,000. I find eight. or ten million dolls.rs the committee these obstructions will be removed and a survey dumped into the mouth of the Mississippi River. About eight made, so that in the future we may have all necessary improve~ millions a year paid to Louisiana, and for every acre of sugar menta properly made. · . that she cultivates she receives $40 per acre. And where does Mr. HAINER of Nebraska. Will the gentleman yield to me the money come from? Since the close of the war Kentucky for a question? has paid to this Government in the way of internal revenue Mr. ENLOE. Certainly. $34o;ooo,ooo. Mr. HAINER of Nebraska. What is the tonnage of the com­ Ls.st vear she paid $26,800,000 of internal revenue out of a merce of that river? total o($160,000,000. She paid this by way of internal-revenue Mr. ENLOE. I must state that I do not know. I have not taxation upon her tobacco and her whisky. She is the second investigated that. State of the Union in her contribution of internal revenue to The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the pro forma amend­ supply our... depleted Treasury, for the depletion of which the ment will be withdrawn.· The question is on the amendment Democratic party has very little reponsibility. submitted by the gentleman from Alabama. Mr. HERMANN. Let me suggest to the gentleman that if The question was taken, and the amendment was rejected. there have not been more liberal appropriations to the State of The Clerk read as follows: Kentucky in past times in river a.nd harbor bills it is owing to Improving Obion River. Tennessee, !rom its mouth to the crossing of the the position taken by the people of Kentucky themselves, and Louisville and Memphis Railroad, in Obion County: Continuing improve­ especially by the distinguished leaders of the political party ment, $1,500. dominant in that State. Their position from the earliest days Mr. CATCHINGS. Mr. Chairman, I offer the following amend­ until a very late period was that this Government had no con­ ment: stitutional power to make appropriations for local improvements 1894. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 4409 ~

on the inland waters, and, I repeat, it is to that position and to_ Mr. ALDERSON. I want to call the gentleman's attention to that alone ~hat Kentucky's lack of appropriations of this kind the fact that the little river of which he speaks, although it is · is to be attributed. , short, has four times the commerce of the Kentucky River. Mr. BERRY. I agree with the gentleman exactly, and I Mr. BERRY. For the simple rea.:;on that near the mouth of agree to the general principle that the appropriations of the the Kanawha River are located your coal fields, while upon the General Government ought to be confined to the seaboard and Kentucky River we must go 175 or 200 miles in order to reach to the greathighwaysof commerce, and not be squandered upon coal. every little stream and bush river that people have never heard Mr. ALDERSON. On the contrary, the coal fields are not of and th3t can not be found on the maps. But while it is true near the mouth of our river at all. - that for fifteen years we failed to accept a dollar of these appro- Mr. McCREARY of Kentucky. Mr. Chairman, I move to priations, C::Jngress was pouring out the public money upon the amend by striking out the last word. I am in favor of the amend­ streams of the North and the West, but that simply furnishes a ment proposed by my colleague from Kentucky [Mr. B ERRY], stronger reason why we should be liberally treated now. and I believe it will be economy to adopt that amendment. But Mr. HERMANN. You ought to have entered sooner. I desire to speak more especially on the appropriation in the Mr. BERRY. Yes· we ought to have entered sooner into bill for the Kentucky River, and I wish to urge the great im­ this system or plundering, for which the Republican system is portance·of improving that river as speedily as possible. . . responsible. · The Kentucky River is a tributary of the Ohio. It is the Mr. HERMANN. You seem all very anxious te get a share longest and most important river in Kentucky. It drains what of the plunder. we call the eastern coal fields of our State, comprising 10,000 Mr. BERRY. Yes; we want some of the plunder if there is square miles of coal. At the bead of the Kentucky River there to be plundering, especially as we furnish the plunder. 1 want are co_unties whose deposits of cannel coal and coaking co::tl and to say to the gentleman again that the State of Kentucky, out bituminous coal are richer than can be found in any other p:ut of a hundred and sixty and odd million dollars of internal reve- of this Union. There are magnificent fordsts in those counties nue collected la3t year, paid more than twenty-six millions, and which have hardly been touched by the woodman s ax. We that if you take out three States we pay more internal revenue have another coal field in Kentucky known as the western coal than all the other s·tates represented on this committee. field, comprising 3,000 square miles, and Kentucky has a greater Mr. HERMANN. It is the consumers of the United States coal area than any State in the Union. . that pay that tax. Mr. Chairman, by the improvement of the Kentucky R.iver an Mr. BERRY Well, il you choose to drink the whisky be- outlet will be furnished for these great stores of ca.nnel coal, cause it is a good article we are glad to have you do so and coking coa.l-, and bituminous coal, and iron ore, as well as the pay for it. [Laughter.] rich supply of timber of every description. Mr. HERMANN. It must be admitted that it is a good ar- Sir, as far back as 1843 the State of Kentucky, through her ticle. Legislature, provided for the improvement of the Ken·tucky Mr. HENDERSON of Illinois. Mr. Chairman, this is not the River. Five locks and dams were built at a cost of about$4,000!­ first time that I have heard an argument like this made before 000. In 1879, when the locks and dams were out of repair~ by an the Congress of the United States. I remember very well away act of the Legislature of our State, that entire improvement in back in the Forty-sixth Congress, when I had the honor to be the Kentucky River was ceded to the General Government with­ a member of the Committee on Commerce, a disting-uished gen- out the demand of a single dollar in return. I know of no such tleman from Kentuckv made a similar statement to that now generosity as that on the part of any State in this Union. Since made by my friend fro·m Newport, Ky. [Mr. BERRY]. The gen- that time the Congress of the United States has made appropria­ tleman, as I understood him. says that of all the money ex- tions from time to time to improve that river; and I am glad to pended out of the Treasury ofthe United States in the improve· say that we had the pleasure of conducting a majority Gf the ment of rivers and harbors, amounting to about $~00,000,000, members of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors up and down only about$l,OOO,OOOhasbeenexpendedintheState of Kentucky. the Kentucky River, so that they were enabled to study and Let me call his attention to the fact that since I have had the understand the great necessity for its improvement, and be con­ honor of being a member of this House $1,4!:)8,000 has been ap- vinced that the appropriations had been wisely made. propriated and expended in the improvement of the Kentucky For the last thirteen years, or since 1880, appropriations have River alone. been made by Congressfor the improvement of Kentucky River, Mr. BERRY. I take your own report here. but they amount in the aggregate .to only about a million and a Mr. HENDERSON of Illinois. l have the different appro- quarter of dollars, and to-day the amount fixed in this bill, a priations before me, and they show that $1,498,000 have been hundred thoussnd dollars, is less than it should be, and, in my expended on the Kentucky River alone. judgment, is inadequate. I want to remind my friend al3o that the Ohio River, one of It should be remembered that there are two internal-revenue the most important rivers perhaps in the United Shtes in re- districts which border on the Kentucky River. Last year there spect to the commerce that is carried upon it, and which needs was collected in the se~enth and eig-hth internal-revenue dis­ improvement as much as almostany other, borders on the State tricts, through which the Kentucky River flows~about$6,000,000, of Kentucky; and we have expended large sums·of money-not under the internal-revenue laws of the United States, and since so large as ought to have been expended-in the improvement the Kentucky River was ceded to the General Government of that river, in which Kentucky certainly has a very great in- there has been collected $4:6,000,000, which has gone into the terest. Treasury of the United States to help to pay the general ex- So, too, I might take the Mississippi River. Kentucky cer- penses of the Government. The Kentucky River has never re­ tainly has an interest in that; for I imagine that the Kentucky ceived, I repeat, but about $1,400,000 since it was ceded to the River would be almost worthless without the Mississippi River General Government, and in this bill we find only the small sum and without the Ohio River. of $100,000. Then, very considerable sums of moneyhaveJ:>eenexpended on The chief engineer, :Maj. Lockwood, has recommended that the Big Sandy, the Green, and Big Barren Rivers, and I do not $.500,000 be appropriated, and if the improvement is to be finished think Kentucky has been unfairly dealt with in the way of ap- in a re~ona.ble time the sum named in the bill is very unreason- propriations for rivers and harbors. able and inadequate. Mr. BERRY. The gentleman will allow me to call his atten- The completion of the improvements of the Kentucky River tion to the fact that the improvement of the Kentucky River will drain or help develop one-fourth of the State of Kentucky, was made largely through the influence of other States than and open to the markets of the world 10,000 square miles Kentucky, especially the State of Pennsylvania, with a view to of coal fiE~lds and iron ore and forests unequaled in any part of the transportation of coal; and weare now burning coal brought our country. from the State of Pennsylvania, 475 miles, and transported by the [Here the hammer fell.] Kentucky River, when we have within 100 miles qur own coal, Mr. REED. Mr. Chairman, since my friend from Kentucky.

which, if reasonable appropriations were made by these bills1 we [referring to Mr. BERRY], whono_!V honors this side of the House would be burning at half the cost. with his presence, has made some mention as to the constitu- Mr. HENDERSON of Illinois. But I understood the gentle- tional scruples that used to exist on this subject, I would. like to man to say that only a million dollars had been appropriated for ask him now if Kentucky has entirely gotten over her constitn- . the State of Kentucky-- tional obiections to such appropriations? Mr. BERRY. I said a little over a million dollars, $1,400,000. Mr. BERRY. Yes, sir; but she is still soundly Democratic. Will anyone say this is anything like our fair proportion? Mr. REED. That is to say, it can change its principles and Take the little State of West Virginia, with a river not half as still remain the same. fLaughter.J · long as the Kentucky River and no more valuable .to the com- Mt•. BERRY. Yes, sir· if the gentlema.n chooses to put ft. merce of the country than the Kentucky River, and for that that way. . State we have had $4,000,000 appropriated. · Mr. REE:Ji>. Now, will the gentleman liindly tell us how the .. 4410 OONGRESSIONAL REOORD-HOUSR M.A_y 4,.

constitutional question has been changed in the minds of the so- far as the: State was concerned, that the United States should people? care for and maintain_ the locks, dams, and other improvements Mr. BERRY. I do not know that it was- changed, but there which had been constructed should be cared for and maintained. has been a change in the minds of individuals. There is a Prio~ to that time that State had received no assistance what- different class of individuals sent here to represent the Stat-e. everlfor the oareand maintenance of any of her inland streams._ Mr. REED. So Kentucky has been converted? The lock in question at the' time of this transfer was then in Mr. BERRY. No; not exactly converted. fair condition, and by an expenditure of small sums remained so Mr. REED. What then? until 1891, when it was discovered. that it was being under- Mr. BERRY. It is understood that it has become the poliay mined and becoming dan.:,o-erous., this fact coming to the knowl- of the Government to appropriate money to rivers. and harbors. edge of the United State engineer, who, after making an ex­ Mr. REED. And so Kentucky proposes, notwithst!mdingthe amination, reported that such was its condition that he consid­

c.onstitutional objections1 to have her share of such appropria- ered it very necessary tha t a new lock be built in its place, and tions? estimated the cost at $170,000 and asked for an appropriation for Mr. CARUTH. In other words, iithera is any stealing going' tliat amount. on we want to have a hand in the pie. [Laughter}. The matter was taken under advisement by the River and Mr. REED. The gentlamanfromKentuckyspeaks of furnish- Harbor Committee of this House at its. session in the Fifty-see- ing the money. ond Congress, and for some reason the bili then presented cJ.r- :Mr. BERRY. Yes, sir; f spoke of that. ried no appropt·iation for the work1 but the needs were ~press- Mr._REED. Does the gentleman think Kentucky furnishes. ing and the demands so.great that an appropriation of $65 ,.000 allofthe money? was made in a general delicieney bill aiter\vards passvd in that Mr. BERRY. No, sir; but I said thatwefurnished$26,800,0001 Congress. ~ out of about $160,000,000 collected. With this amount1 work was commenced and the prelimina.rv Mr. REED. Do you pay all oi that money in Kentucky~ work doner and had the entire appropriat10n. been then mader Mr. BERRY. Why, we have to pay it before we a:.re per- thls lock woulli have been long since built and. much damage mitted even to take our goods to the ma:rket.. prevented to commeree, for in the condition in which the-lock Mr. REED. Do yoagetany of. it back again? has been for the past year all persons usin~ it. ass.ume 31 great Mr. BERRY. We do. risk, and commerce has been d.iyerted to. otner more expensive Mr. REED. Then will you not make a subtraetion.of what and inconvenient channels. This fact-for it is afact-becomea you do get back from what you pay, so that the argument will app:1rent as will be seen by an examination of the commerce. of have some basis of soundness? said rtver-, for as the. transportation became: mora dangerous it Mr. BERRY. Why, Mr. Chairman, th.e bill which is beforce greatly decreased. . this body; or the one at the other end of the Capitol-- In the fiscal year 1891,. when this lock was thought to be in Mr. REED. Which one? · good condition, the commerce amounted to 907,143 tons, and Mr: BERRY (continuing)~ Contains an addition of 20 cents a,, would have been in 1893 con.sidera..bls over·l,0001000 tons if the gallon on every gallon of whisky in Kentucky. Now,. jf you alarm.ing-c.ondition of the lock had not frightened shippers and allow us one-half of. that amount that you propose to put on our prevented them from. freely using this river. whisky we will improve the rivet"& ourselves and not ask the The CHAIRMAN. The. time of the gentleman from India.na Gove:rnmen t for ar dollar. [Mr. T .AYLORl has expired. Mr. REED. Will you agree to pay it yourselves? Mr. TAYLOR. I ask for further time. t shall nat occupy Mr. BERRY. We will, sir. any more of .the- time of the coiil_lllii;tee than-is possible to pra.p- M.r. CARUTH.. That would deprive the caunky ot a lot of erly present the facts. good liquor-. That will n.ot do. [Laug"hter.] I Mr. ELLISoiK.entu.cky. I ask that the gentleman's. time be Mr. McCREARY oi Kentucky. l withdraw the pro forma ex.tended.. amendment. · I The?e was n&objeation. , The CHAIRMAN Theproform.a amendment is withdrawn. MI."'. TA.YLORol Indiana. l\1r. Chairman the: condition. or Debate on the pending amendment is· exhausted.. The: question this lock is sue.h that the officials in. charge require that each is on the amendment submitted by the gentleman. from Ken- 1 -person uning- it shall sign an ag:ueement to r.elease the United tncky [Mr. BERRY}~ States from any liability in case of damage while passing through, Mr. CATCHINGS. I hope this amendment will ba voted and further stipulating that no person. will be permitted to· re- down. ' main on board a vessel during said times. The~efore it can be The- amendment was rejected.. re3flily sean why commerce in said river should have fallen. off,. The Clerk read as follows: as 1s shown by the report. Improving Green R1ver,Kentne:h-y: Farrebu:ildingLoekNo. 2.in accord- The $651000 appropriated by the Fifty-second Congress has anee with the existing plans~ $35,000. not aU been used for thEY reason tha.t were any considerable part Mr. ELLIS of Kentucky-.. I offer the following amendment. built and then remain in that condition any length of timaawait­ The Clerk re.ad as follows~ - ing another appropriation it will readily be seen that the prob­ Amena lines nand 12, by strilrlng out the words « thirty-five tfiaus:andl • abilities would be t~at structure.r.P!Lrtially done,. would,be aim­ dollars" andin:sertingtnlieuthereofthe.w011ds "one hundred and five thou- ply washed away o~ m such canditlon when work agam com­ sand doll.a.rs." menced as to require muah. if not all to be done over aO'ain, and M1!'. ELLIS of Ke-ntucky. Mr. Chairman, I said on yesterday for this reason; only such work as would not suffer from delay alii care t.o say with respect to that amendment.; but if I may has been permitted. ·' do so, I will yield to the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. TAYLOR] The old. lock lla.s. been getting worse and worse, untilrecently who is a member oi the Committee on Rivers and Harbors., and part oi it1 I am told has fallen into the river. At this session of who desires to address the committee upon this amendment. Congress th.e River and Harbor Committee were asked to ap- Mr. TAYLORo1 Indiana. Mr. Chairma.n2 I desire to address propria.te.thebalanceoi the es~$105fO OO ,necessary to com· myself briefly to the· amendment offered .by the gentleiii;Hin from piete, but owing to the great amount o1 work devolving upon the Kentucky [Mr. ELLIS]. I a.m. convinced that it is exceedingly committee its impo.rtanc.e was overlooked, and, in. fact, it was important that this committee should be fully advised of the only after the bill h11d gone to the printer that the condition of situation as regards the matter-under c.onsideration. I take. it the lock became su

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;River, near- Bowling Green, and also an appropriation fo.r im­ Mr. TAYLOR o~ Indiana¥ Oh,. no; not -at all. The-re was ~pt'oving Rough River, another tributary. How utterly use~ss scarcely any coal as-compared with the other freight, such as Fwill this expenditure of money be unless Rumsey's lock is built. limeBtone that you ha-ve in the city ofWashington in your build- l Mr. MERCER. Now, Mr. Chairman, rdesire to ask the gen- ings here. _ 1tleman from Indiana if this lock which he desires to rebuild Mr. CANNON of illinois. It runs through coal 1ields, does it. should be removed, would the water all flow out of Green River? not? Mr. TAYLOR of Indiana. No; but it would beconie too shal­ Mr. TAYLOR of Indiana. Yes, it runs through the fineBt low in places to be used for navigation. country that I ever looked upon. Mr. MERCER. I desire to ask the gentleman. if Green River M.r. CANNON of Illinois·. Its other freight, then, is minerai? has not been turned into a, canal rather than a river? Mr. TAYLOR of Indiana. I think the gentleman from Ohio Mr. TAYLOR of Indiana. No; at places itis averywideand [Mr. GROSVENOR] has passed over the river and he knows the deep river; in fact, broad enough at almost any place for the coun1!ry. _ steamers that ply upon its waters to turn conveniently. There Mr.CANNON of illinois. Alllwantto knowiswhetherthere are now twenty-seven steam vessels, as is shown by the engi­ is· a; good: deal of. c.aal and a good dea.Lof limeatona carried on. the neer's report, navigating its watet·s, and. very rarely is it froz:en, river? owing to the springs that abound in its bed. Mr. TAYLOR of Indiana. The caal has not been developed Mr. MERCER. I thought, if the- National Government was to any considerable extent. going into the construction of canals.l wanted one constructed Mr. CANNON of Illinois. But- you. have reached the lime­ in my State. stone and you get a market outside for itA As I understand it Mr. TAYLOR of Indiana. Let me assure the gentleman. that there has not been any great development- heretofore as com­ no place in his State, nor for that matter in any otheP' State, is pared with others in the mineral we<h of the country?

there a river of so great. importance, considering its size and Mr k ELLIS of Kentucky~ If the gentleman will allow me., I length. will state that this.civeu flows through m:y district, and I krrow Mr. MERCER. Is it in vour State? all about of what its commerce consists. Mr. TAYLOR of Indiana. No: sir; it is not,, but the people of Mr. CANNON ill lll-inois. I have-lmt a little time. the State I have the honor to in part represent here want jus­ Mr-. ELLIS of Kentucky. The gentleman can get another tice done to all States, and reaognize the necessity for speedy five minutes if he desires it. In addition to-coal there is iron and prompt action in this matter. and lumber~ A very large amount of the commerce. conducted Mr . TAYLOR of Indiana. And now, Mr. Chairman and gen­ on this river is in general commerce bought and sold, in farm­ tlemen, as a member of this House and as a memberoi the cam­ ing pr.oducts that are shipped on this river. This river-reaches mittee who reported, but did not assist in the formation of this: the in.ter~ of Kentueky 1 and merchandise is caiTied to the· bill, I ask that this amendment. be adopted. (Cries of "We will towns which are s.cattered all along up- and down. the river. vote with you! "Vote! u "Vote."] The merchants receive their freights and. m~rchandise of all The CHAIRMAN. The time oi the gentleman has expired. kinds by it. They ship their produc.ts over this river, so that The question is on the amendment. it is important in this respect. . Mr. CANNON .oi lllinoisL ~fr. Chairman, I want to oppose Mr. CATCHINGS. If my friend will permit me to say a few

this amendment~ at least far enough tu understand it. I believe words1 I think, per-haps., I can clear this matter up a little. the bill makes an appropria.tion of $125,000 Mr~ CANNON of illinois. I am v.ery glad. to hear from the M:r. CATCHINGS and others. No; $35,009-. gentleman, and then I may want a word or two. Mr . CANNON of lliinois. And it is p.roposed to increa.__c::e it Mr. CATCHINGS. Very well - up to what? Mr. Chairman, I move to strikeout the last word. This amend­ Several MEMBERS. To $100,000. _ ment has reference. to what is known as Lock Na. 2', on Green Mr. CANNON of Illinois. AndthegentlemanfromKentuc:ky, River, Kentu~.ky k By an amendmen.t ap-pended to a deficiency through who::e district I understand this river passes-- bill in the SBnate we appropriated in 187~$65,_000for the -purpose Mr. TAYLOR of Indiana. Indiana is my State. of regulating this lock. It is one of the old locks- formerly be­ Mr-. CANNON of illinois. And the gentleman. from Indiana, longing to the State of Kentucky, when this river was-under thrvugh whose district it does not :ron:--- lease, which lease. the Govern-ment bought out some years ago. Mr. TAYLOR of. Ii:uliana.. I live in:Iruliana., but Green River The lock was in a bad condition at that tim~ and has been get­ is' opposite my district. ting worse evrur since:.. We. proposed m this bill to add to the Mr. CANNON oi illinois. Yon know.-all about the rive1·? form~r appropriation $35,000, making $100,000 which would be Mr. TAYLOR of Indiana I know all a.boutit. practically on hand if this appropri-ation should be made. It MrL CANNON of illinois. I doubt whether the gentleman will require $10",000 more to complete the work~ has fully considered what this a.pprvpriation means. I have no Now, thiS Lock No. 2 may be said to be the key to navigation doubt that that is a magnificent river, bec3.use he: has- said so. an both Greena:ndBarren.Rivers. Itisthemostimportan.tlock A river of very considerable length and has coal 1ields a.l.ong it~ - and the lowest, and if it should fail down or become-- impassable Mr. TAYLOR of Indiana. The gentleman. evidently did not all navigation would be suspended on both rivers:, and th~amount understand me. I am sorry I did not mak.e myself understood. o! commerce upon these rivers is very considerable and valua­ Lock 2 has fallen down. ble. If the Committee on Rivers and Harbors had been fully Mr. CANNON of illinois. I understand that. apprised of the situation I have. n& doubt that they would h.av'e Mr. TAYLOR of Indiana.' Or-virtnallyfallend-own; and that recommended an appropriationof. $105,000, thea!I!.ountsuggest.ed is just 63 miles above its mouth. There are three. looks in Green in the amendment proposed by the- gentleman from Kentuclr.y. River and one in Ba.ITeDl River, which are dependent upon this After the reporting of this bill it came to my knowledge that lock. The Fifty-seco-nd Congress appropriated 65.000 to com- the works were about to be destroye~ and I went-and had a con­ mence to do th'e preliminary work~ . ference with Gen. Casey, the Chief of ::ffin.gineers~ and at my Tllis Coogress did not know the. dangerous co:ndition.o1 the suggestion he wrot~ to Maj. Lookwood, who has charga of the look at th.e time that the bill was sent to the printel"'1 and has work,_ to ascertain the exact condition of it1 and I ask the Clerk only approprm~d $35,000 to con.tinue the work, makin2: alto­ to read Maj. Lockwood's reply. gether $100,.000~ The estimate of the engineer is $.170,.000. It The Clerk read as follows: is only a question of this. Congress or the next Congress; that UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFE'Imr, is the only question so far as. the apprvprmtion is concerned. _ Cincinnati, Ohio, .ApriJ so, 1894. Besides thatr if the gentleman will permit me, one word fur­ GEmmAL: In reply to-your letter- of April25 (Engineer Department, File­ ther there. is an. indefinite appropriation which provides for the No. 732), with regard to Lock No.2, on Green River (Rumsey, Ky.), I have care and maintenance of this river. There will.be just as much the honor to stat-e that the lock is being operated-as usual,. a.nd.. that it is. my pre'3ent intention to keep the lock open until some new weakness ma..y de- expended if the lock had not fallen down, so that it could be re­ ve-lop to render its closure necessary. _ paired without extraordinary expense ou_t of the indafinite ap­ During the high water or the early spring several wash-out holes appeared propriation. as if this provision were not put in the bilL I will in. the embankment in the rear of t.he land wall,. indicating-that the ea.rth had been carried down through or under the land wall. Some time ago a. state that l also know of my own knowledge from having con­ raft entering the lock knocked out two stones in the uppe!! end of the- land versed with several members of the committee, that they would wan, just a.bove the gate recess-. This has not interfered at all with the sta­ have favored this appropriation because they did not knovv' that bility or the lock wall itself, but only indicates a general wea.lmess of the. ma­ 1 sonry. As the water approaches a pool stage, the str.a.in on the larulwau wfl1 t.he Iock was in such a dangerous condition. The oommittee. is necessarily increase, an.d it ha& been my intention when the river g-ets down not to blame for it. to-pool stage t.o reques1l that a. board. of engineers be appointed ta decide Mr. CANNON of Illinois. What is the principal freight to upon the question of the safety or the walls. be carried? Very respectfully, your obedient servant, - D. W. LOCKWOOD, Mr. TA.YLOR of Indiana;. The amount was abaut a million 1 Jlqft;r of EngineEr&-. tons last year. Brig. Gen. THOMA..S. In CAsEY, Mr. CANNON of illinois. Principally coal? Cfi:/Lfof ~en ,_ Unite!% States- .A:rmy, Waslting.tm" D. C. 4412 CONGRESSIONAL ·RECORD-HOUSE. MAY 4,

Mr. CATCHfNGS. Now, Mr. Chairman, the condition there commerce was coal; 465,000 tons was timber and logs; stone, 4,000 is so serious that the engineer sta.tes that as soon as the water tons. gets low enough it is his purpose to ask that a board be convened Mr. TAYLOR of Indiana. That coal went up the river in­ to examine into the question of the safety of the wall, he being­ stead of down. unwilling to take the responsibility personally, and I am told Mr. CANNON of Illinois. Now, I want to sav that at one that no sort of commerce is permitted to go through that lock station, in the county in which I have the honor uto live, there now except upon the express condition that the Government is more tonnage of coal alone, although we are off a river, than shall not be liable for any damage that may result. all the tonnage of that river. Mr. ELLIS of Kentucky. That is the.order that the local en­ Mr. TAYLOR of Indiana. ·I want the gentleman to under­ ginem;s have issued. stand tnat that coal went up the river, instead of down. Mr. CArrcHINGS. Gen. Casey thinks this work should be Mr. CANNON of Illinois. That is all right-whether it went completed in a single year, and I agree with him as to that. If up or down. the work were not in so bad a condition we could probably get Mr. COOPER of Indiana. I wish to make a parliamentary in­ along by adding the $35,000 recommended in this bill to the $65,- quiry. 000 carried in the appropriation bill of 1892; it being the purpose The CHAIRMAN. The Chair can not entertain a parliamen­ of the engineers, so far as they can do so, to let navigation con­ tary inquiry while the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. GANNON] is tinue while they are putting in the new work. on the tloor, unless he yields for that purpose. Mr. HEPBURN. Did I understand the gentleman correctly Mr. COOPER of Indiana. I want to understand the aitun.tion; when I understood him to say that there was a release of lia­ that is all. · bility taken from all parties using this lock? Mr. CANNON of IJlinois. I will explain the situation. Mr. CATCHINGS. That is my understanding! Mr. COOPER of Indiana.. Is it understood that the vote Mr. HEPBURN. Is it claimed that the Government of the which the Chair took and announced a few moments ago has United States would, ·in any event, be liable for any damage re­ b3en vacated? sulting there? The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Illin'ois [Mr. CAN­ Mr. CATCHINGS. I have expressed no opinion upon that NON] rose after the question ha.d been put, and stated that he subject. I made the statement only for the purpose of showing had been endeavoring to offer an amendment to the pending the serious condition of this lock. amendmenli. Therefore the Chair set aside the vote, and rec­ Mr. HEPBURN. But is it claimed that the Government in­ ognized the gentleman from Illinois to offer the amendment. curs any responsibility? Mr. COOPER of Indiana. That is all I wanted to learn. Mr. CATCHINGS. I do not know that any claim of the sort Mr. CANNON of Illinois. Mr. Chairman, I am not prepared has ever been made. I mentioned the fact merely for the pur­ to s::ty that this appropriation is not wise from one standpoint. pose of illustrating the serious condition of the lock and the ne­ True, it appears there is not much commerce on that river. cesaity for this appropriation. What the possibilities of the river improvement may be I can Mr. TAYLOR of Indiana. I agree with the gentleman from not tell, except just so far as appears from the engineer's report. Iowa, that probably there would not b3 any liabi11ty on the part Thechairmanof thecommitteeseemsto think that this is a wise of the Government in any case, but out of abundant caution this appropriation. However, I want to make one suggestion to gen­ rele:tse is required. There are seven passenger boats on the tlemen wborepresentKentuckyhere. The gentleman who spoke river, and the passengers are required to leave the boats while a few moments ago said Kentucky was reliably Democratic, bow­ they are passing through the lock. ever she might have changed her views about the Constitution. Mr. HEPBURN. But what about this release of liability on Well, I think that is so, unless you take EastEJrn Ken tnoky, over the part of the Government? there in the mountains, where there is a possibility of deveJop­ Mr. TAYLOR of Indiana. Boat owners :tre required to sign ing great mineral wealth. The mineral wealth is there. Its an agreement releasing the United States from any liability in bare presence, I think, has a tendency to overthrow the Demo­ caseof injuryto their propertyinpassingthrough, orin case the cratic party and build up the Republican party, that believes in lock should fall in, and, as I have said, passengers are required developing all the po sibilities of a country. . to get off tbe steamers. Now I want to say to these gentlemen from Kentucky, espe­ Mr. HEPBURN. Who imposes th~t condition? cially my honored friend, the chairman of the Committee on Mr. ELLIS of Kentucky. The local engineers. Foreign Affairs [Mr. McCREARY], who so eloquently advo~ted Mr. TAYLOR of Indiana. It is done. no doubt, out of abun­ liberal appropriations for the Kentucky River, have a care, be­ dant caution and for the purpo£e of letting people understand cause if you develop the navigation of that river and develop the the serious condition of the lock. resources of your State, and set multiplied thousands of men do­ Mr. CATCHINGS. It is only important as illustrating the ing something besides farming, as sure as the sun rises Dem() ' condition of the lock. cratic supremacy in your State is threatened as it is threatened Mr. HEPBURN. I think it is important as showing that, in in Arkansas and in Missouri. Have a care, my friends. [Ap ~ the minds of some persons at least, the Government has as­ plause on the Republican side.] · sumed responsibility. [Here the hammer fell.] ~ Mr. CATCHINGS. Oh, the Government has assumed no re­ Mr. CANNON of Illinois. It seems to me I had just com­ sponsibility there that it does not have everywhere else. menced upon this interesting theme. Mr. HEPBURN. I understand that it is the engineer in Mr. WALKER. Mr. Chairman, I move to amend the amend­ charge who requires these releases. ment by striking out the last two words. I hope the House will Mr. CATCHINGS. So I understand. not be prejudiced against this amendment, because every gen­ Mr. HEPBURN. Then, evidently some one must claim that tleman from Kentucky has done his utmost to break down the there would be liabilj.ty on the part of the Government or no industries of this country and to destroy its revenues. The de­ release would be required. velopment of this country will not stop because the Democratic Mr. CATCHINGS. All that I desire to add, Mr. Chairman, party has possession of this Government for a brief period; and is, that in my judgment this amendment ought to be agr~ed to. I think the House may sa.fely make this appropriation. The Mr. CANNON of Illinois. Mr. Chairman- gentlemen from that section of the country seem to .be of exactly The GHAIRMANput thequestion on the amendment, and de­ the same opinion on economic questions that they were in 1832 clared that it was agreed to. and in .1860. Their speeches to-day are of exactly the same tenor Mr. CANNON of Illinois. Mr. Chairman, I have been on my as the speech of Mr. McDuffie, of South Carolina, who waschair­ feet seeking recognition since before the Chair commenced to man of the Committee on Ways and Means of this House in 1832. put the question. I see the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. TUCKER] nodding his The CHAIRMAN. The Chair did not understand that the head in ass:mt to this statement. Although these gentlemen, gentleman was asking recognition again on the same amend­ like the Bourbons, have learned nothing new and forgotten noth­ ment. ing old, I still hope that this House will vote this appropriation, Mr. CANNON of Illinois. I desire to offer an amendment to because, as my friend from Illinois says, the State of Kentucky the amendment. • will surely step forward from the economic ideas of a civilization The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman will send up his amend­ of a hundred years ag-o and will in the ne :1r future become Re· ment. publican, if she will enter upon the development of her resources. Mr. CANNON of Illinois. I move to amend the amendment Mr. McCREARY of Kentucky. I move to amend by striking so-as to substitute one hundred thousand instead of one hundred out the last word. and five thousand. The CHAIRMAN. An amendment and an amendment to the My object in offering this amendment was to make a sugges­ amendment are pending. No further debate is in order unless tion. I hold in my hand the engineer's report. It seems that the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. WALKER] withdraw& last year the total commerce of this river was 614,000 tons. It the pro forma amendment. 1892 it was 462,000 tons. Seventy-thousand tons of last year's Mr. W ALK.EH. I withdraw it. I .

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Mr. McCREARY of Kentucky. I move to amend by striking bill increases prices shows he does not know what he is talking out· the last two words. The gentleman from Massachusetts about. If the gentleman from Kentucky can cite me a solitary [Mr. WALKER], who has just referred to Kentucky, does not 'article that the retail price to the people was increased upon show to-day that bland disposition that he' usually exhibits on under the McKinley bill I will be very much obliged to him. the floor of this House; neither is he able to state the facts as I Mr. McCREARY of Kentucky. I only desire to say to the think he ought to state them. If he will let his mind go back gentleman that his statements show he is ignorant on the tariff· to the time when the McKinley bill was passed, he will remem­ question or else he is making a statement which has no founda­ ber that at that time he and others on his side promised that as tion in fact. the result of the passage ·of that bill there should be prosperity _ Mr. TAYLOR of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, I rise to a perlia­ and happiness throughout the land; that the labormg people mentary question. Ought not gentlemen to address thelllEelves would rejoice and laugh with gladness and plenty. But, Mr. to the matter under consideration? The House is not now con­ Chairman, when the McKin~ey biJl with its burdens was put sidering a tariff bill. upon the people of Massachusetts and Kentucky and other parts · The CHAIRMAN. The Chair can only state that the gen­ of the United States, the promises were not fulfilled. tleman from Massachusetts and the gentleman from Kentucky Kentucky Democrats are to-day as true and steadfast to their being old members of the House know the rules, and the Chair principles as they have always been, and I say to the gentleman hopes they w111 observe them. This is a river and harbor bill, from Massachusetts that we intend to stand by our· colors and not a revenue bill. advocate a reduction of taxation to the lowest possible point. The question is on agreeing to the amendment just offered by The Democracy of Kentucky and the Democracy of the United the gentleman from Mississippi. States will rejoice before this Congress shall adjourn because The amendment was adopted. the promises made at Chicago have been complied with and the Mr. PAYNTER. I now offer the amendment I send to the burdens of taxation that the Republicans placed upon the peo­ desk. ple of this country have been light.ened or removed. The Clerk read as follows: [Here the hammer fell.] Strike out on page 38 all of the paragraph beginning with the word "Im­ proving," in line 13, down to and including the word" dollars," in the fif­ The CHAIRMAN. The question is on agreeing to the amend­ teenth line on said page, and insert in lieu thereof: "Improving Big Sandy ment to the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois. River near Louisa, Ky.; for continuing the work on the movable dam, 1n Mr. CANNON of Illinois. Mr. Chairman,l think I will with­ accordance with the existing plans, $-10,000." draw the amendment I have offered. Mr. PAYNTER. Mr. Chairman, the tariff question is a -very The CHAIRMAN. Then the question is on agreeing to the interesting one. I was glad to hear gentlemen discuss it, even amendment of the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. ELLIS]. in the consideration of this bill, but it occurs to me that I have The amendment was adopted. heard it discus3ed on this floor before now. The matter in The Clerk read as follows: which I am at present deeply interested, because it concerns my Improving Big Sandy Rtver, nea.r Louisa, Ky.: For completion of mova­ constituents, is the question of improving the navigation of the ble dam, in accordance with the extsting plans, $28,000. Big Sandy River. Mr. PAYNTER. Mr. Chairman, I desfro to offer an amend­ I have heard the distinguished gentleman, my colleague [Mr. ment to this paragraph. McCREARY of Kentucky], say that the ·state of Kentucky has Mr. CATCHINGS. Will the gentleman from Kentucky yield expended $4,000,000 on the Kentucky River. In addition to to me for a moment to allow me to submit an amendment simply that it is stated from official sources that the General Govern­ to correct the text of the bill? ment has expended over $1,400,000 upon that river. Mr. PAYNTER. Certainly. I am very much in favor of improving the rivers and har­ . Mr. CATCHINGS. I offer the amendment I send to the desk. bors of our country. I am in favor of improving the Kentucky The Clerk read as follows: River; but I am also very much in favor of improving a ri¥er Amend on page 38. line 14, by striking out the word "completion" and in­ that is more important, if you can judge from the commercial serting in lieu thereof the words " continuing construction;" so as to read: sbtistics, than the Kentucky River, and that is the Big Sandy "For continuing construction of movable dam," etc. River. The CHAIRMAN. Thequestionis on agreeing to the amend­ Commerce upon the Kentucky Hiver in 1890, as reported by the ment just read. engineers, was, in round numbers, 310,000 tons. In three years Mr. WALKER. Mr. Chairman} I would like to be heard on ithasincreased 20,000 tons. The tonnage oftheBigSandyRiver that amendment. in 1880, according to official sources, was 268,5t$2 tons. Last year The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Massachusetts. it was 466,728 tons. While the Kentucky River has increased Mr. WALKER. Mr. Chairman, I think this House ha.s not 20,000 tons, the Big Sandy River has increased 196,146 tons, or, had a clearer exhibition of the truth of what I have stated here­ in round numbers, 135,000 tons more than the Kentucky River. , tofore with reference to certain people keeping the same opinion Now, I do not want to be understood as saying anything against throughout sixty years without a change than that furnished in the improvement of the Kentucky River; but the State of Ken­ the last few moments by the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. tucky expended $!,000,000 upon that river, and the Federal Gov­ McCREARY], who has just taken his seat. The House has now ernment has expended in round numbers a million and a half of the declaration of that gentleman with reference to the tariff dollars. The State of Kentucky never expended a single cent question. I want to show where the gentleman is in error. upon the .Big Sandy River so far as I know, which is an inter­ When a man will get up here and say that a bill which re­ state river, and the Federal Governmenthasexpendedonly about duced the per capita tariff receipts from $3.63 a head to $2.66, as $300,000 .on it. Yet the commerce of that river, according to of­ shown by the report of the revenues received, was a bill to in­ ficial sources, which we find in the rep(}rt of the Chief of Engi­ crease taxation, why, all I can say about it is that it is simply in neers, is greater than i£ is upon the Kentucky River. the line of statements from Democrats and argument that we I can make comparisons with the Green and the Barren Rivers have certainly heard and seen in the past. It is in the same line also, and I will do that. According to Qfficial sources the com­ of the statements we have heard here day after day that the sta­ merce on the Green and Barren Rivers has diminished 300,000 tistics-the official statistics of the Government-dispute and .tons in the last three years, and on the Big Sandy River, as I; disprove in toto. And furthermore, the rate of taxation, as have stated, it has increased nearly 200,000tons in the same time. shown by the report before the House, only increases in the· Mc­ This has resulted from the fact that the Government has ex­ Kinley bill by two-fifths of 1 per cent on ~utiable goods, while pended twenty-five or thirty thousand dollars in improving thG the free goods that came in rose from 33 per cent under the old Tug and Louisa forks of the Big Sandy River. tariff to 55 per cent under the McKinley tariff; and,_yet gentle­ The Government has expended about $300,000 upon this im­ men have the hardihood to get up here and saythattheMcKin­ provement at Louisa. According to the report of the Chief of ley tariff increases the tax upo:1 the people, and will continue to Engineer3 it will take $70,000 to complete that work. Over say so on every stump in the country. $300,000 have been expended upon these improvements, and to Mr. McCREARY of Kentucky. Let me ask the gentleman a expend $70,000 now will complete- them. This lock and dam question. when constructed at the forks of the river will give slack water Mr. WALKER. Certainly. for 25 miles, about 12! miles up each prong of that river, and Mr. McCREARY. of Kentucky. Did not the people of this will cast a pool into rich coal fields; and I say to this committee country in the election immediately after the McKinley law to-day, if you will appropriate the money to complete the lock was passed say they agreed with me by turning your party out and dam, there will be more coal shipped from the Big Sandy of power? River than any river in the State of Kentucky. The whole Mr. WALKER. Well, what have they done in the recent amount ought to be given, because Maj. Lock·.vood, when he :r:ec­ election, if that is any argument? ommended $28,000, supposed th -tt $28,000 would complete the Im­ A MEMBER. What about Sorg? · provements; but they encountered coal, which made the excava­ :Mr. WALKER. The gentleman says the McKinley bill in­ tions that much-more expensive. Therefore it will take -$70,000 Qrea.ses prices. Any man who stands here and says that that to complete it. - 4414 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MAY4,

We ought to have the whole amount, but I have simply asked UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE, $12 000 more than the $28,000 appropriated in the bill. If the Oincima.ati, Oh.io, October 111, 18!13. 1 GENERAL: Under dateot March 1,1.893, I had the honor to submit a pa.rtia.l House should adopt the ordinary principles that govern men in report on the needle da.m. proposed tor the Big Sandy River, near Louisa, their daily business tralli!actions, and which principles-ought Ky., together with maps showing general features of the work. to apply in the expenditure of the public money, it would ap­ In tb.e 11 report of board of o.m.cers of the Corps of Engineers on dam 1n Big Sandy River, near Loulim, Ky.," dated November 10,1891, an estimate of the propriate the whole $70,000, even if it were necessary to borrow cost of the structure was given. This estimate was only approximate, as at the money, for the purpose of getting the benefit of the $300,000 tha-t date only the general features o1 the Jll"O:iecl. had been considered; no which have already been expended. Yet in view of these facts, detalls upon which a. careful estimate of cost could be based had been worked out, and the character of the river bott-om, beyond the ta.ct tha.t rock had all I ask now is an additional appropriation of $12,000. I am been found at certain depths, was unknown. reliably informed that the $28,000 proposed in the bill can not be Th.e masonry ot the pass is completed, and its costh.a.s materially excaeded successfully used, and I will explain why. the original estimate, owing to the tact that coal was found in the river bot­ [The time of Mr. PAYNTER having expired, by unanimous tom, neeessita.ting increased excavation for the foundation and additional masom'Y- It would hardly be sate to assume a di.trerent condition of aJ'fairs consent it was extended five minutes.] for the foundation o! the weir. It has also been demonstrated, by the re­ Mr. PAYNTER. I am informed from sources that can not be sults of the past season's work, that a considerable increase in the amount of dredging over that anticipated at the time the first estimate was made · mistaken that the- $28,000 which this bill carries for the im­ will be required. provement at Louisa can not be profitably expended unless there I have. therefore, the bono~ to submit herewith an estimate of cost o! com­ is an additional appropriation of $12,000. The reason is that the pleting the work, based upon the cost o! work already done and the most building of a cofferdam is required. The $28,000 will not com­ relin.ble data. available at this date. It must be borne in mind that in work of this character a. consider::~.ble plete the foundation-in the water, and therefore if the dam re­ allowance mustnece sarily be made for delay and damage by high water mains there during the next winter it may be carried out and as each time a coffered space is fi.ooded in the Big Sandy Ri-ver a large de~ interfere seriously with navigation, or if it stays there it may posit of sand is made. Besides, under th.e workings of the eight-hour sys- become ·filled up with sand. The consequence is it will entail tem, the eost of labo~ is incr.eased tnlJ.Y 20 per eent. ~ great expense upon this Government.; and in view of the fa-et Estimate for C()mpleting Needle D, 000. OJ reason to accept this amendment in relation to the Big Sandy. Excavation, lO,O.00 Of course, I am embarrassed in urging the adoption of the amend­ Cofferdam for well'. __ ------:_------____ ------______6, 500. oo Iron, movable parts, pa~s, 68,428 pounds, at 12 cents______, 211.35 ment, because of a lack of official information as to the necessity Iron, mo-vable parts, weu:, 44.611 pounds, at 12 cents ___ ---- ______5,353. 3::! of this additional $12,000. II the chairman would consent to the Iron, false trestles, 7,246 pounds, at 15 cents ______------__ 1, 086.90 immediate appropriation of the $70,000 necessary to complete 500 needles, 5" by 5" by 1.6', pa.ss, at $2.50 ____ ------__ ----- ______1, 250.00 500needles, 3!" by 5" by 10', weir, at~------~------1,0JO. 00 the work there, it would give op-portunity for the profitable use Boat ~or storing nee~es, etc------__ 1,-"000. OJ of the $300"000 that hav-e been heretoiore expended upon that Machmery for operatmg dam .. ______------______300.00 improvement and double tbe commerce of the river. Paving behind loek and abutm~n.L, 2,2110 square yards, at 1.5lL __ __ 3, 300. 00 Mr. ALDERSON. Will the gentleman .allow me to ask him Protection crib below abutment .. --~- ______------·-----___ 3, 000.00 a question? ~~ ~~~~e~~~~,lg:e1tiiii8~~=~===~~~==~~==~~~=-:~~===~ ::::=::-=::~=~==-= ~: ggg: gg Mr. PAYNTER. Certainly. Engineering, superintendence, tools, etc .. ____ .------____ . _ __.:.._____ 6, 1100. oo Mr. ALDERSON. When were these facts ascertained by the Tota.l ___ ------: ------.. ------______------· ______70, 151. 58 engineer department? Should the above amount be appropriated, the work can be completed 1n Mr. PAYNTER. The committee has reported an appropria­ one season, and a marked saving in the ultimate cost realized. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, tion oi $28.,000 to completethisimprovement. Itwas said by the D. W. LOCKWOOD, Chief of Engineers, in reply to a resolution calling .on the Sec­ .Major of Engineers. retary of War for information on the subject, in a letter which I Brig. Gen. TIIO:YAS L. CASEY, will p-rint in the RECORD with my remarks, that it would take O!l.ief of Engineers, United States .iJ.rmy. $70,158.58 to complete the Needle Dam on the Big Sandy River While this estimate is not furnished in the usual way, yet I

near Louisa. Now, I .simply ask for $121000 'in addition: to that think the Committee on Rivers and Harbors should have acted which has been recommended by the committee. The whole uponitasofficial information the sameasifithad beenpub1isbed amount should be appropriated; but I simply ask for $12,000, ip the report oi the Chief of Engineers. whli;h, with the $28,000 which this bill carries, may be made avail­ I earnestly ask that the amendment be adopted.- able and expended in such a way that it will not be lost to the Mr. CATCHINGS. Mr. Chairman, when the Committee on Government. Rivers and Harbors were framing their bill they considered this Mr. WILSON of Washington. Will the gentleman allow me matter with a good denl of cn.re. Substantially what has been to interrupt him? said by the gentleman from Kentucky was stated by him before l\1r. P AYNTEB. Certainly. the committee, and we came to the conclusion that it was suffi­ Mr. WILSON of Washington. A few moments ago, in this cient, considering the size of the bill, that it should carry$~ ,- disc11.5sion, the very able gentleman from Ken tuckyfMr. BERRY] 000 for this work. It will cost $70,1.58 to complete it. There said that they were not receiving anything in his State, but now was appropriated nearly 50 percentoftheamount. Now, unless I understand you to state they have received a large amaunt of it is the judgment of the committee that we should appropriate money. th-e whole sum at one time, the appropriation of $"28,000 recom­ .Mr~ PAYNTER. I did not understand himtosaythatwehad mended by us is as goo1 as it wauld be if we should add $1~,0 0 n.ot received anything in that Sbte, save abaut $2,000,000 in the as proposed by the amendment, and make it $!0,000. improvement of rivers, and only $1,500,000 of that amount Now, my friend has stated that $28,000 will not be sufficient to has been expended on the Kentucky River; but according to enable them to fix the cofferdam. Well, I have an itemized QOmmercial statistics the commerce of that river is not as great statement showing just what the workthere consists of, and look- as the commerce oi the ·Big Sandy. ing o-ver it I find-- _ _ Mr. W~SON of Washington. _The last river and harbor ap­ Mr. PAYNTER. You have recognized the fact that it is not propriation bill I understand carriec} $315,000, and this river and sufficient to complete it, and have offered an amendment so that harbor bill carries $355,000 for that State. it will not interfere with this appropriation hereafter. Mr. PAYNTER. I do not know what was carried by the bill Mr. CATCHINGS. I have just stated that it will take $70,000 last year. The Big Sandy recoives$50,000 for the improvement to complete it, hut I say that we have recommended nearly 5 at Louisa. per cent. I will state from the report of the Chief of Engineers The communication which I referred to is as follows: , that !1:'>8,000 will be sufficient to enable them to complete the cofferdam, which is the objection made by my friend from Ken- OFFICll OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, ~ UNITED STATES ARMY, tucky. - Was!Lington, D. 0., Januat"'J 18,· 1891. Now, there is considerable commerce on that ri·ver. It had Sm: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of resolution or January 17, last year 466,000 tons, and I have no doubt it was valuable, but 1891, requestingtheSecretaryofWar to furnish the Rouse of Representatives not so valuable as it is on other steams; for instance, it consists :a.t the earliest day possible information as to the amonntnecesscn-y to com­ plete the improve!Ilent on the Big Sandy River at Louisa, Ky., and in reply of hides, of lumber products, tan bark, timber1 railroad ties, to its reference to th.is omce for report, to submit the accompanying copy wheat, wo_ol~ and passengers. It is not freight of the most valu­ o f l'etter of October 13, 1893, from Maj. D. W. Lockwood, Corps ot Engineers character. I confess, much thought to containing an estimate amounting to $70,151.58 for completing the needle able after giving as this dam on the Big Sandy River near Louisa.. as I am capable of, I do not see that the amendment ought to be The resolution ot the House of Representatives is herewith returned. adopted adding $12,000 to the amount recommended by the bill, Very re~pectfully, your obedient servant, and making it $!0,000, unless we propose to complete the work THOS. LINCOLN CASEY, Brigadier-Genel'al, (Jhf..Bf of Enginurs. in one year. Hon. D. S. LAMONT, The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the adoption of the Secretar-y of War. amendment offered by the gentleman from Kentucky. 1894. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. . 4415

The question was taken, and the· Chairman announced that Mr. KIEFER. Mr. Chairman, ii it is in order I will state that the noes seemed to have it. the Committee on Railways and Canals have made a favorable Mr. PAYNTER. Division. report as to this appropriation. The amendment asks for but The committee divided; and there were-ayes 35., noes 76. $10,000 for the purpose of finding a feasible water way between So the amendment was rejected. the head of Lake Superior and the :Mississippi River to con­ The Clerk read as follows: struct a ship canal between these two great water ways. There Improving Ohio River, Ohio: COntinuing improvment, $2501000, of which are five different possible routes, and I may state that if a practica­ 112,000 shall be used in continuing the work at Shawneetown; $25,000, or so ble one is found and the canal is bull t there will be a saving on much thereof as may be necessary, in preventing th~ cut-off tbxeatened at freight in the one single item of coal alone to the people of Min­ the peninsula. near Evansville, In~.; $18,'To0, or- so muc~ thereof as !lla.Y be necessary, in constructing an additional ice pier at Middleport, Ohio1 pur· nesota, the Dakotas, Kansas, Nebraska, and a portion of Wis­ suant to the plans of the Chief or Engineers, and in enlarging and improv­ consin of over a million dollars a year. ing the ice pjer at Pomeroy. Ohio, and in constructing an ice pier at or near Think of it, on one item-coal used by rich and poor-over a Syracuse Ohio, upon the plans heretofore adopted for such piers in the Ohio River. The precise points for the construction of said pi~rs at said locali­ million dollars a year in freight alone. I will further state that ties shall be :fized by the ~cretary of War so as to best accommodate the millions of barrels of flour, millions of bushels of grain from the commerce of those sections of said river. great North west are annually finding t"\leir way Ea.st by the way Mr. GROSVENOR. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from West of the lakes. Certainly this is a proper time for tbis body to Virginia suggest.ed to me that he desired to offer an amend­ consider the propriety of beginning the construction of such ment, and I want him to have an opportunity to do so. highways. Again, men are running about the country seeking Mr. CATCHINGS. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment. for something to do; the construction of such a work would give The Clerk read as follows: labor to a good number of unemployed, and would benefit not On pa.e:e 39 line 23, after the word "Ohio, 11 insert "or at or near Hartford, merely one district or one State, but the whole country. My W.Va.;» so as to read: "In constructing an ice pier at or near Syracuse, time being limited, I ask the gentleman from Mississippi to Ohio, or at or near Hartford, W.Va." withdraw his point of order and let this amendment pass. I The amendment was agreed to. will again impress upon this House that the amount is a small The Clerk read as follows: one, and the carrying out of this work would be of vas benefit Improving Chippewa River,includingYellowBanksi, Wisconsin: Continu· not only to the people of my district and State, but to the peo­ 1n.g improvement, $10,000. ple of the States that I have mentioned and to the whole coun­ Mr. CATCHINGS. I offer the amendmen-t which I send to try. I desire furthet' to state that the Senate of the Fifty-second the desk. Congress added an amendment to the river and harbor bill, ap­ The amendment was read, as follows: propriating the sum of $10,000 for the purpose herein stated, Amend on pa.ge 41, by inserting in line 12, after the word "improvement" but-the amendment, by some misunderstanding in the House, the following: •· Including a survey of the river for 2 miles south of The failed to pass. Dalles Dam." The CHAIRMAN. The Chair would ask the gentlemanfrom 'The amendment was agreed to. Minnesota whether the Committee on Railways and Canals has The Clerk reaQ. as follows: not recently considered this matter and reported a bill upon this Improving Fox River, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement, ~7,500; of Which $2,500, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used for work subject to the House? 1n the harbor of Fond duLac, Wis., and approaches thereto; and $5,000, or Mr. KIEFER. Yes, sir. so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used in erecting, operating, The CHAIRMAN. The Chair sustains the point of order. and maintaining on the Menasha Dam slash boards to be so adjusted as to raise said dam 1 toot in height: Pr()'l)ided, however, That said dam shall not The Clerk read as follows: be raised if. in the judgment of the engineers or the Secretary of War, there At the harbor of Greenville, Miss.: Continuing improvement, $80,000. 1s any possibility of any damage whatsoever being inflicted upon any pri­ vate property by fiowage of water or otherwise. Mr. LOUD. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike out that p ra­ :Mr. CATCIDNGS. I offer the amendment which I send to graph. I make the motion more particularly for the purpose of the desk. gaining some information from the committee in reference to The amendment was read, as follows: the proposed improvements in these so-called harbors. While Amend by adding after "thereto" in line 17T page 41, the following: "Ol I can well understand the reasons for continuing the improve­ which said sum, $2,500, or so much thereof as shall be necessar,, shall be ment of the Mississippi River, the Ohio River, and the other used in the removal of the bar that exist.s at the intersection of the Fox great rivers of the country in the interest of navigation, I fail Rive-r with Big Lake Buttes des Morts. to see why any appropriation should be made for so-called '' har­ The amendment was agreed to. bors" upon these rivers. In my part of the country we have to The Clerk read as follows: improve our own river "harbors. ' The dredging and the levy­ Improving White Rlver, Indiana: Continuing improvement, 85,000. ing is properly a work that belongs to the municipa!P·y. Look­ Mr. CATCHINGS. I offer the amendment which I send to ing at the reports of the engineers I find that the last riYer and the desk. harbor bill carried for the improvement of the harbor at Mem­ The amendment was read, as follows: phis $25,000, for Vicksbueg $ ~o,ooo, for Greenville Harbor $100,- Amend page 42, line 13, by inserting after the word, "improvement," the 000, for Natchez and Vidalia 880,000. following: "including a resurvey of said ri-ver." Now, it does not appear to me that it is a legitimate function The amendment was agreed to. of the Government to improve these so-called river harbors. I The Clerk read as follows: am perfectly willing to vote for the legitimate improvement of For care and maintenance of reservoirs at the head waters of the Missis· river~ and highways of commerce in all sections of the country, sippi River, $16,000. The provisions of section 4 of an act entitled ''An but unless I can have some satisfactory explanation of what is act making appropriations for the construction, repair. a~d preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and ior other purposes," ap­ being donewith these appropriationsand some good reason why proved July 5, 1884, are hereby made applicable to said reservoi:rs so far as the public money should be expended in improving this or any concerns thei:r care, preservation, and maintenance. For dredging the of the so-called harbors on these rivers, a work which can be channel at Quincy Bay, at Quincy, Ill., the Secret&y of War is hereby au­ thorized to set apart, out of any appropriation.s heretofore made, or which nothing but an imp!'ovement of the city front, I feel bound to may be made, by this Congress for continuing the improvement of the Mis­ object. If the chairman of the committee can give some good sissippi River, from the mouth of the Missouri River to Minneapolis, the and sufhcient reason why the money of this Government should sum of $15,000, if, in his discretion, ~aid sum shall be necessary for that pur­ pose. And out or said appropriation he shall cause a survey to be made on be expended for the benefit of a mere munipipality, then I may the west side of the Mississippi River, commencing at the mouth of Flint support this amendment; otherwise I can not. Creek, in Des Moines County, State o1 Iowa, and running along the west bank Mr. CATCHINGS. This is but a continuation of a work of the river to the mouth of the Iowa River, and a.lon~ the east bank of the Mississippi River from the city of Warsaw to the city of Quincy, with a view which has been in progress for some years. I do not believe I to improving the navigation by preventing the water from overfiowing the could add anything to what I ha-ve repeatedly said on this floor natural and artificial banks along those p:l.l'tS or the ri-ver and deepening the in discussing this question. This is an existing project which channel. the Govt:lrnment has had in charge for some years. The appro­ Mr. KIEFER. Mr. Chairman, I offer the amendment which priation in the bill is simply for the purpose of continuing it. I send to the desk. · Unless some decided opposition should be developed to it, I shall ­ The amendment was read, as follows: not consume time in discussion. Page 43, after the word ''maintenance,''Une12,insert: "For making a sur­ The question being taken, the amendment of Mr. LOUD was vey to detet:mine the practicability and cost of constructing a canal to con­ , nect Lake Superior with the Mississippi River, $10,000. rejected. ' Mr. CATCHINGS. I make the point of order ·on that amend­ The Clerk read as follo.ws: ment that it relatGs to a canal, a matter which is not within the At the harbor of Greenville, M.iss.: Continuing improvement, $80,000. jurisdiction of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Mr. LOUD. I move to amend by striking out the paragraph Mr. REED. How about the Hennepin canal? Didn't we have just 1·ead. It may be sufficient, Mr. Chairman, for the chairman that on a river and harbor bill? of the committee tQ say to this House tha.t this item is in con­ The CHAIRMAN. The Chair will hear the gentleman from tinuation of appropriations heretofore made. That may possibly :Minnesota on the point of order. satisfy the intelligence of this House; but it seems to me that

. 4416 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MAY 4, · we may properly consider whether the making of an improve­ annually. This port, Mr. Chairman, is one of very great im­ ment of this kind is a legitimate function of the United States portance. Its commerce is extensive and increasing, and I de­ Government. I had expected more from the chairman of the Com­ sire to impress on the committee the fact that the engineers in mittee on Rivers and Harbors than we have heard from him on charge of the work have recommended the expenditure of this question. It seems to me there is due to this House some $100,000 in this improvement. I hope the amendment will be explanation of the manner in which this money is being ex­ adopted. . pended. We appropriate a large sum for the improvement of Mr. CATCHINGS. Mr. Ohairman, U my friend from Ten­ the Mississippi River. nessee had read the report of the engineers, I am quite sure he Now ,why should there be specific appropriations, embracing would not have offered the amendment wbich has just been sub­ a dozen items, for so-called harbors at little villages? If a town mitted. unfortunately has been located upon the Mississippi River at a Pending his remarks I asked him what the emergency was point where there is not sufficient depth of water to allow com­ for appropriating the amount of money suggested in the amend­ merce to land, is it the function of this Government that we ment. He stated that a large bar was being formed in front of should proceed to deepen the water there for the advantage of the harbor of Memphis, which it was important to remove. that town? Whv, sir, I really believe it would be cheaper tore­ Now, the locai engineers stated with regard to that: move the town to some place where there is sufficient water The nat'ural !orces at work are now tending to give a new shore line, prob­ than to continue appropriations here to the amount of sixty or ably somewhere in the vicinity of the present low-water line. The e forces eighty or one hundred thousand dollars a year-and no one can can be counteracted and their results be destroyed in two ways-either by extensive dredging annually repeated, or by works on tbe Hopefield side tell where they are to end. Iho:ee, ~r. Chairman, :weshallhe.ar which will force the tiver back to its former position along the upper part some more satisfactory explanatiOn m b3half of th1s approprls.­ of the Memphis front. Either or these methods will be very costly, espe­ tion than we did in behalf of the other. cially the latter, and its success is not certain. Mr. CATCHINGS. Mr. Chairman, I call for a vote. They report that the work is not worthy of being undertaken The question being taken, the amen_dment of Mr. LOUD was by the General Government. The Chief of Engineers, taking up rejected. this report of Capt. Roessler, says: The Clerk read as follows: Capt. Roessler submitted report of examinat ion under date of April 8, At the harbor or Memphis, Tenn.; Continuing improvement, $20,000. 1893. It is his opinion and that or the division engineer, conctU'red in by this office, that the removal or the bar opposite the upper part or the city is Mr. PATTERSON and Mr. STONE of Kentucky addressed the not worthy or being undertaken by the United States. Chair. Mr. STONE of Kentucky obtained the floor, and sent to the That is the work t.he gentleman from Tennessee wants the desk an amendment, which was read, as follows: money for. After line 15, on pao-e 44, insert the following: Mr. PATTERSON. Not at all. •·The Mlssi5sippi River Commission shall cause to be expended on the Mr. CATCHINGS. That is the only bar to be removed. harbor at Hickman, Ky., the unexpended balance of any appropriation Mr. PATTERSON. I am not insisting on the removal of the heretofore made tor improving the river at that point." bar. The CHAffiMAN. If the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. Mr. CATCHINGS. Verygood, then; take you ouany ground. PATTERSON] desires to offer an amendment to the text of the The engineers say that the work on this bar opposite the upper paragraph, he will be recognized, and the amendment of the part of the city is not worthy of being done by the General Gov­ gentleman from Kentucky rMr. STONE] will be reserved. ernment. Mr. PATTERSON. I offer the amendment which I send to Now, there is no urgency at all in the work, as is stated by the desk. the Chief Engineer, and if the amendment contemplates there­ The Clerk read as follows: moval of the bar it is absolutely reported against. If it is in­ Strike out the word "twenty " in the pending paragraph and insert tended simply for the improvement. of the harbor, which work " rorty," so as to make the amount of the appropriation $40,000. is being done now, the Chief of Engineers himself states that it Mr. PATTERSON. I trust I may have the attention of the is not urgent. Therefore we thought that the amount appro­ committee for a moment. The harbor at Memphis is threat­ priated was ample. The committee think they have given lib· ened with very serious disaster. Some five or six years ago erally i.n, that regard under the circumstances. there was deep water all along the river front at that point. Mr. WALKER. I would like to ask the gentleman why any Recently, by reason of the washing away of what is known as appropriations are made at all under the facts as presented by Hopefield Point across on the Arkansas side, there is a forma­ him? . tion in front of the city in the upper part of the harbor which Mr. CATCHINGS. Because it is work that ought to be done, seriously endangers the commerce of the city. There is no tell­ although it is not urgent. I may say the same of much of the ing what a season may bring forth. The engineers in charge work that we recommend appropriations for. It is suitable to have recommended an appropriation of$100,000for the improve­ be done, but not specially urgent. ment of that harbor; but the Committee on Rivers and Harbors Mr. WALKER. Is it not teue that U $20,000 is expended, has allowed onlv $20,000. An item of this bill which has just where $100,000 is recommended for the completion of the work, been passed contains an appropriation of $80,000 for the harbor that we lose 25 to 50 per cent in withdrawing from the work be· at Greenville, Miss., a hundred miles below Mempliis. fore its completion, and allowing it to decay instead of taking The engineers recommended an appropriation there of $200,- the whole up and completing it? 000· and the committee has seen fit to appropriate 40 per cent of Mr. CATCHINGS. With reference to much of the work that tha't amount; whereas for the harbor or -Memphis they propose is undoubtedly true. to appropriate, in the face of the recommendation of the engi­ Mr. WALKER. Is that not the fact in this case? neers, only 20 per cent of the amount recommended. I desire to Mr. CATCHINGS. I think not. have some uniformity about these matters; and I have moved Mr. PATTERSON. I move to strike out the last word. to increase the appropriation in this case from $20,000 to $40,000. Now, Mr. Chairman, I have not insisted that this $40,000 is in- There is no point along the Mississippi River-- tended to remove the bar in front of the city of Memphis, be­ Mr. CATCHINGS. While the gentleman is on the floor, cause it would be by no means sufficient for that purpose. will he be kind enoug-h to explain the urgency of this work at Neither do I insist that it is intended to improve the river at Memphis? Hopefield Bend, so as to cut away that bar. What I mean to Mr. PATTERSON. There is this urgency, the formation insist on is that this bar is now in a state of formation. It is ex­ there in front of the city is increasing, and in my opinion there tending down along the city front and is endangering the com­ is urgent necessity for looking after the condition of affairs in merce of the city-the very front where the necessity for work that harbor. I do not know that it will be necessary to expend exists, as pointed out by my friend from Mississippi. And I say at once the entire amount of money named in my amendment. the conditions in front of the city, at the lower end of the har­ But I say the condition of the harbor is such that this appropri­ bor, are such that this work should be done and done promptly. ation ought to be made. The CH-AIRMAN. The question is on the amendment of the Mr. VAN VOORHIS of New York. How can the work be gentleman from Tennessee. done? What do you propose to do? The question being taken on the amendment of M.r. PATTER• :Mr. PATTERSON. Just above the city there is a river known soN of Tennessee, it was rejected. as Wolf River, emptying into the Mississippi River, and this The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will now report the amendment money is used, at least in part, for the purpose of dredging the offered by the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. STONE]. channel across this bar which is extending down along the front The Clerk read as follows: of the city. This money can be used for .the purpose of prevent­ On page 44, after line 15, insert the following: ing the further extension of that bar. That istlie necessityfor "The Mississippi. River Commission shall cause to be expended on the ha.~ such an appropriation. bor at Hickman, Ky., the unexpended balance or any appropriation hereto. Memphis is the largest inland cotton market in the United fore made for improving the harbor at that point." . States. We control there from 500,000 to 700,000 bales of cotton The amendment was agreed to. -

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The Clerk read as follows: usually appropriated for this great public purpose ought not to At the head of the Atchafala.ya and the mouth or Red River, Louisiana., ignore these great highways of commerce that surround the for the rectification thereof: Continuing improvement, $70,000, of which State of Iowa. Therefore I join very heartilywithmycolleague $2,500 may be used in improving Bayou Des Glaises, in the parish of Avoy­ [Mr. HAGER] in asking that the expenditure proposed by his elles. amendment, which is evidently an economical expenditure, in­ 1\fr. BOATNER. I offer the amendment which I send to the tended to preserve and protect works already in progress on Clerk's desk. the Missouri River adjacent to Council Bluffs, be made. The Clerk read as follows: It is certainly in line with the purpose of the bill; and if our On page«, amend by striking out the words "the rectification thereof," in line 17, and" continuing improvement," in lines 17 and 18, and inserting in people are to be called upon to participate in bearing the expense lieu thereof ",improvement thereof, with a view to maintain navigation be­ of this system of :public improvements, I know of no reason tween the Atchafa.laya. and Red Rivers, and dredging Upper Old River," and for the discriminatwn which appears to have been made against after the word "Avoyelles," in line 20, add "and the Mississippi River Commission is directed to report to Congress of the advisability of erfecting the Missouri River, ignoring a work already in progress, whose a separation between the Mississippi and Red Rivers." preservation and protection it seems to me requires this appro­ Mr. CATCHINGS. I have no objection to that amendment, priation. Mr. Chairman. Mr. GEAR. Mr. Chairman, I trust that-the amendment wili The amendment was agreed to. be adopted, for the reasons stated bymycolleague[Mr. HAGER]. The Clerk read as follows: And in addition to that, I want to call the attention of the com­ Improving Missouri River between the foot-of the Great Falls or said river mittee to the fact that there are three great bridges between in Montana and the lower limits of Sioux City, Iowa: Fifty thousand dol­ Council Bluffs and Omaha, over which passes the enormous lars, to be expended in the rectification ol the river at Pierre and Fort transcontinental trade of this country. The safety of one of Pierre. these bridges is imperilled by the impinging of the water, which Mr. CATCHINGS. :Mr. Chairman, I offer the amendment has endangered the work already done to the extent of $124,000 which I send to the Clerk's desk. on the Iowa side of the J'i ver. Again, in consequence of the de· The Clerk read as follows: flection of the current, there is a large bar forming under the Amend on page 45, by striking out in line 2 the words "to be," a!ter the drawbridge of one of these bridges that will be a serious detri­ word "dollars," and inserting the following: •·or which$10,000 may be expended in the protection and completion of ment to navigation. t.he work at Sioux City, and !40,000 are to be." Now, a word in general in regard to these appropriations. I The amendment was agreed to. say that the members from Iowa have always voted and voted Mr. HAGER. I offer the amendment which I send to the cheerfully for the devW.opment of the river and harbor system Clerk's desk. · of this country. The sundry civil bill carried $800,000 for the Tho Clerk read as follows: Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio to Minneapolis. Aniend by mserting after the words "Fort Pierre," in line 3, page 45, the The s:tme bill carried $750,000 for the Missouri River from the fu~w~: _ mouth of the Missouri to its head waters, while the little State "For improving the Missouri River at or near Council Blutrs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebr., $50,000, which sum shall be expended in repair or improve­ of Tennessee gets $750,000. I do not begrudge the State of ments near said cities, and shall be expended under the direction of the Tennessee that $750,000. I am here voting for it. But I do de­ Secretary or War." mand in the name of Iowa, Nebraska, and those other States, Mr. HAGER. Mr. Chairman, I desire to say to the committee that this appropriation be made to protect improvements already that the I!ecessity for the appropriation at Council Bluffs, Iowa, begun by the General Government between these two great and Omaha, Nebr., was discussed before this committee at the cities, which contain nearly a quarter of million of population, time the sundry civil bill was before the committee, but the com­ and over w·hose bridges is carried the enormous transcontinental mittee was not convinced that it was necessary at that time. I commerce of the country-a commerce, Mr. Chairman, that is desire to say that since the formation of the Missouri River ten times as great as floats down any river in this country. Commission there has been expended at Council Bluffs by the Mr. CATCHINGS. Mr. Chairman, there is one reason, if not Government the sum of $110,000, and I think a little larger any others, which would make it improper that this amendment amount at Omaha, Nebr. should be agre.ed to. There is no recommendation for it by the During the session of the Iowa Legislature that has just ad­ Engineer Department. No estimate has been presented toCon­ journed, there was a joint resolution and memorial passed de­ geess as to what it would cost to do that work. It is a mere sug- -· manding of the members of Congress from the State of Iowa gestion that a gentleman has offered that we should appropriate­ that they should use all their power to get an appropriation to $50,000. I do not know whether it would cost$50 000 or $500,000. protect the improvements already made at Council Bluffs. There has been no request made for an appropriation;1 no esti-: The river has washed a very dangerous pocket in the revet­ mate has been submitted, and it can not be that this committee­ ment near Council Bluffs, and unless there is an appropria­ will take a leap into the dark about an important work of this made by this committee at this time, the entire amount that has sort. But behind all of ..that, Mr. Chairman, let me call atten­ been expended in the improvement at Omaha and at Council tion to the discussion which took place when we had the sundry Bluffs will be lost, and all of the improvement will be washed civil appropriation bill under consideration. - into the river. It is all in hazard at the present time. I say to There was a proposition made to divert to certain localities the committee that it is very essential that this appropriation certain appropriations, amounting to a million dollars, or $750,- be made to protect the $231,000 already expended. I most ear­ 000 for the Missouri River. This question was gone over and nestly hope that the committee will see proper to adopt this carefully acted upon by the House. There was no haste about it. amedment. 'fhere was a full and free discussion, and it was then submitted Mr. DOLLIVER and Mr. GEAR addressed the Chair. to the judgment of the House which deteonined that amend­ · The CHAIRMAN. Does any gentleman rise to oppose the ments of this sort should not be agreed to. This idea of divert­ amendment? ing a portion of these river and harbor appropriations to cer· Mr. CATCHINGS. I oppose the amendment, and will yield tain localities had gone on down to 1888, when the bill absolutely to the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. DOLLIVER]. &lotted every dollar appropriated for the Missouri River to Mr. DOLLIVER. I will ask the gentleman from Mississippi various localities on that river, leaving nothing for the river in what amount has been appropriated in the aggregate for the general. In 1892 we had before us all the gentlemen who were Upper Missouri R.iver in this bill? interested in the appropriations for the Missouri River, and we .Mr. CATCHINGS. Fifty thousand dollars. stated to them that the thing had gone on to such an extent Mr. DOLLIVER. All to be expended above Sioux City? that we either had to strike out all these items or strike out the Mr. GEAR.. There was somethingover$800,000appropriated a.ppropriation for the Missouri River. in the sundry civil bill for the Lower Missouri. Of course, it is a thing that grows. If one locality is provided Mr. DOLLIVER. The district which I have the honor to for, another seeks to obt.ain the same privilege; and in addition represent is not represented in the river and harbor bill, and to this, in considering the appropriation bill in 1888, we hades­ never was. I have not been disposed, either in the present Con­ timates before us for other localities which called for an ex­ gress or heretofore, to make unreasonable opposition to the pe~diture of $8,000,000 or $10,000,000for those different localities. river and harbor bill, believing that a wise expenditure of the So it was then agreed by all gentlemen who represented the public money in these directions makes for the general welfare. Missouri River in this House that we should shut down on it or But I desire to say especially to the chairman of the Committee strike it all out. We made an appropriation of a lump sum, _ on Rivers and Harbors that a careful examination of this bill leaving it to the discretion of the Missouri River Commission shows that the State of Iowa, which is surrounded on two sides as to on which part of the ·river the work should be done. by two of the great natural highways of commerce, seems to There was this proviso: have no consideration in this billt. except one clause abolishing ~..,rovided, That in the discretion of the said commission, a portion or such the Iowa River above Wapello. .1 have no special complaint to sum may be expended !or the protection of ha.rbors and localities on the make of that, if it is desirable to do so; but it seems to me at river within said limit. least that a fair and equitable administration of the pu_blic _fund The Missouri River Commission can do this now if it chooses. XXVI-277 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MAY4,

It has authority· to do it; blrt I say to my friend that he will see favor an amendment of this kind, especially when it a~ks for so that this is only beginning over again th.atwhichwas done pri01 small an appropriation. We are raising tbe appropriation in to 1888. this bill for Lock No~ 2., on the Green River, .from $~5,000 to Mr. PICKLER. The Missouri Rive'!" Commissiou can. expend $105,000, making a canal out of a small stream, and it seems to the money below Iowa. City, as- I underatand. me that we ought to be able to give some attention, some care, Mr. CATCHINGS. This is for the-lower·partof the river. to a great channel of commerce like the Missouri River, affect­ Mr. PICKLER. And has nothing to da above Siaux City? ing the safety of great commercial cities like Council Bluffs and Mr. CATCHINGS. Notlring whatever. Omaha. Another objection, Mr. Chairman, lif that this amendment The question was taken on the amendment, and the Chairman proposes that this money shall be- expended by the Secretary of declared that the ayes seemed to have it. War. Now,_ we have plooed the Lower· Missouri River under Mr. CA'rCHINGS. f ask fo-r a division.. the Missouri River Commission, and ii we are to maintain that The committee divided; and there-were ayes 47, noes 105. . ' commission at all as a matter of course this work should be Mr. HAGER. No quorum, Mr. Chairman. done bv them. . The CHAIRMAN. The point of no quorum being made, the Mr. GEARr I would su.ggest that an amendment be offered Chair will appoint to act as tellers the gentleman from Iowa, by my colleague so th~t it ca.n be conducted under the Missouri Mr. HAGER, and the gentleman from Mississippi, Mr. CATCH­ River Commission. INGS. Mr. CATCHINGS. Thatcan be changed, of course. Mr. HAGER(beiore the count by tellers began). Mr. Chair­ Mr. GEA& That can be changed by an amendment. man, I withdraw the ~oint of no quorum. Mr. CATCHINGS. But I do not believe, Mr. Chairman, that Mr. HAINER of Nebraska. I renew the point. we-ought to again begin a syst(JID. which was broken down, which The CHAffiMAN. The point of no quorum is withdrawn and Y/as fully ami fairly. tried, and which, with the consent of the the amendment is rejected. The gentleman from Kansas [Mr. gentlemen interested in that river had absolutely wrecked itself, BRODERICK] is recognized. eo that we had-to strike out· the Missouri entirely from the bill, Mr. HAINER of Nebraska. Mr. Chairnnm, I rene\ved the or we had to cease this manner of devoting specific allotments­ !JOint of no quorum as soon Mit was withdraw;n by the gentle­ of the appropriation to specific places along the river .. I do not man from Iowa, a.nd I insist upon it~ think the· amendment should be adopted. The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Nebras-ka says that Mr. GEAR. It is-true, Mr. Chairm-an, that therehasbeenno he renewed the point of no quorum aB soon as it was withdrawn. e'Stimate made for this purpose, but the »eason of that is very The Chair did not hear the gentlemn.n. The poirrtof no quorum plain. This bill ilf made- up from estimates which were made a being made, the Chair will appoint to act as tellers the gentle~ yea;r·a:go and over. Now, gentlemen who a;re familiar-with tlte man from Nebraska, Mr. HAINER, audthegentlemanfromGeor­ 1\fii:isourf Riv-er know that when it rise& it takes sudden deflec~ gi.a, Mr. LESTER. tiens:, so that a man may have a good farm on the· bank of that The committee again divided; and the tellers reported-ayes- rner·and in one: night 10, or 20r or 40 aci""es of it will disap]ma:r 51, noes 13~ sa the- amendment wns rejected. , by the encroachments of the stre:tm. Mr~ BRODERICK. M.r-. Chairman} I offer the amendment Mr:-. CATCHIN-GS. Does: not my friend know· that we have which I send to the desk. ne-ve!" made a-ppropriations for improvementsunlesswe·have had The amendment was: read, a:s follows: the recommendations- of the Chief. of Engine·ers:? Page 45; add: at the en.u of line 3', "$50,000 for the impr

The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will now read the amendment J said river the sen~ers being bl"'nght to Fort Pierre ,..,.c"'edr"net' $1;:;_ ",..0 be deducted from any moneva.ppropriated by.boat1 a.nd then transported t~therr destillation-the pa2sengers. by stage, n Ot e ....,. ": o v,uu , . . . .1- and freight by ox and mule trams. for the rmprovement of the MISsouri R1ver. I hope the amend- That in the year 1885 the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri RJ:verValleJ" • ment will be agreed to. Railroad entered th~ Black Hills country by way of Nebraska., a.n-d owing-to The question being taken the amendment of Mr GEAR was ~he high rate of freightage, made necessary by the freighting syst~m then . . '· . . • ill vogue (by ox and mule teams), traffic at this place was materially de- reJected, there bemg orr a dinswn-ayes 47, noes 114. creased. The country between here and the wes.t, for a distance ot nearly Mr. PICKLER. I offer the amendment which I send to the 200 ~es,. being Indian reservati.on, no indueement was held out for the deskh. 01 k d f 11 =~JJ~~~~o::::~F~~~~:~:~~~~J~~~~re:~~~~~ 'F e e1· rea as o ows: 500 mlles. Amend by striking out "forty" in the amandment o! the committee and That during the year 1891 a company was organized in the city or Rapid inserting "sixty.~' - City, S. Da.k., for the purpose. of constructing and operating a railroad rrom Fo1·t Pierre to the mineral regions or the Black Hills and the coal fields of Mr .. PICKLER. Mr. Chairman, I trust I may have the atten- Wyoming, and for the more direct connection of those places with the l\fis· tion of the- committee :for a few moments. This amendment souri.Rivera.ml ttS1>rtv.lleges. · t 1 f State It · d · d That said comp-any was dulychm-tered by the State of South. Dakota and concerns the cap1 a ? my · proVI es an mcrease ap· therlghtorw~granted tt byth~United StateS'Governm.~~nt oveT all public ;eropriation for the rmpr-o-vement of the hal'bor at Pierre and landslio the MtssourtRiver; tbm; the:>

We, the undersigned committee, appointed to compile a statement show­ river at this point does not interest Pierre and Fort Pierre alone, but a ing the amount of freight shipped to and from Fort Pierre, S.Dak., by boats large part of the State, especially the western half of the State. We earn from 1877 to the boating season ending 1891, report the following, which was estly urge that you do all in your power to secure the appropriaMon, and taken from memorandum ltept by Capt. James Doud and some of the old that it be expended in improvement as early as possible; for, as st&.ted, the freighters who delivered merchandise at various points in the Black Hills, material interests of Pierre and Fort Pierre are imperiled, and "<<.nY rise of also to Indi:m agencies and military posts: the river may do irreparable damage; already this spring at least 75 feet of the eastern bank of the river has been cut away. We have every reason to Ton­ believe that the cutting will continue at intervals until after the June rise Steamer. Ton­ Steamer. of 1894. nage. I nage. We have made a true, ca.lm stateJ,nent of the case, which anyone ac­ quainted with the situation will verify. ll any further facts are desired we Coulson Line: Powers Line: shall be prompt to answer any inquiries and to furnish any data that may Black Hills ---- __ .... __ ---· 500 Benton. ______600 throw light upon the situation, and believe that we are entitled to the privl­ BigHorn ______--- 500 F . Y. B3tchelor ------·· 500 lege of presenting facts to overcome any objections that might be raised by Rose Bud------500 Helena . . ______.. ·--·-·-· 500 parties who are ignorant of the situation. Josephine ______---- 400 Kountz Line: Yours, very truly, E. H. Duphee ______----- 800 Mollie Moore _____ ...... 1,200 PIERRE BOARD OF 'l'RA.DE, Key West .... ------·--- 600 Gen. Rucker ...... ---- 800 By CHAS. · H. BURKE, P resident. Dakota ...... 1,200 Gen. Tompkins ...... 500 Hon J. A. PICKLER. M. C., Wyoming ______1,200 Gen. Meade ______---- 500 Washington. IJ. C. Montana. ______1,200 KatyKountz ------· BOO CarroL. ____ ---- __ ------___ _ 400 Foutenell ...... _____ .. ___ _ 900 [Here the hammer fell.] Mr. CATCHINGS. Mr. Speaker, after saying that I hope Western------­ 700 EvansGen. Line: Terry ______FarW.est ------700 500 the amendment will not be agreed to, because I do not think it Northwestern Transporta- MilwaukeeBehan. ______·------_ 500 tion Company's Line: 400 should be, I will add that if we can finish this bill this after­ C. K. Peck ______------800 Niobrara .. ______------··- 300 noon I will move that we adjourn over until Monday. I am Nellie Peck----·--·------600 Tiger----·-··------·----- 200 satisfied that all of the members will be glad of a holiday, and Phenien ______700 Baker Line: Davidson Line: Red Cloud ...... ---- ...... 1, 000 therefore hope that we will be able to use . some expedition in Tidal Wave------800 Abner OnieL ____ ...... 400 proceeding with the bill. Minnie Herman ______. 400 The question being· taken on the amendment of Mr. PICKLER, it was rejected. The above-named boats delivered at this point 79,800,000 pounds of freight, Mr. PICKLER. Then, Mr. Chairman, I offer the further and the Jim Leighton ferryboat transferred from Pierre to this point 57,010,- amendment. 000 pounds. making a total of 136,810,000 pounds. Passengers, 13,000. During the year 1891 the Jim Leighton ferry delivered at the Fort Pierre landing The Clerk read as follows: 4,137 head of cattle, 500 head of horses, 1,900 head of sheep; total live stock, Amend the committee amendment by striking out " forty " and inserting 6 537. " fif ty. " Gener al merchandise 1'eceived. Mr. PICKLER. Mr. Chairman., I hope the committea wil Pounds. give this additional $10,000. This is the amount the Committee Fischer Brothers, general store------·-----.-----.... 353,000 w. H. Thayer, general store ... -----····------282,400 on Riversand Harbors originally reported, but owing to circum stance3 which I could not control, the chairman of the commit ii. ~. ~~:~;,~~~~~~!~~~~~:::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ~~g: ~ tee asking me if I would not consent to the diversion of $10,000 J. T. Van Meter, notions, books, etc .... ·------··------10,000 J. w. Dickey, drug company------15, 000 of the original appropriation, I was placed in such a condition w. M. Hayes, wholesale and retail liquors------27,000 that I could not refuse: I had nothing else to do than to consent. E. P.Roll, flour, feed, and coaL·--··----·------·------1, 200, 000 Rust, Owen Lumber Company, lumber and coaL______200,000 But I repeat what I said a few moments ago, that the engineer 1 recommended$150,000, and the River and Harbor Dommittee re­ ~- ii~~~~to~~ ~~~~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ~:: ported. $50,000 in the bill: or one-third of the amount estimated Indian agencies' supplies ______------·------347,000 for; and now I hope the chairman will allow, in all conscience A. D. Merriot & Co.,l.umber and coal------············· 185, obo Stanley County supplies ... ------·------.... -- .... ------198, O:JO and good faith, and the interest of the people, situated as they Fales &Car, blacksmiths and wagon-makers------···-····------10,000 are in that part of the country, this additional$10,000, and bring Ii!r.fc~~~:~~~~=~-::::·:.:::·.::::-_::::::::: :::·_::~: :::::::::::::::: 1 ~:: the appropriation up to the amount originally contained in the R. L. Degolier, hardware store .. ·--··-···----- ~ ------··-- 150,000 bill. Smith & Rose, hardware store········-········--········--- ~ ------·- 100,000 The question was taken; and on a division (demanded by Mr. T?·a nsjerredfrom Fort Pie1•re, 8. IJak., landing du1•ing the year 1891. PICKLER) there were-ayes 25, noes 96. Cattle._ ..... ------.... ------· .... -- .... ---- ...... ••.• -- ..... -----...... 13, 269 So the amendment was rejected. Horses .. ---- .. ---. ------········ .... -----·-·-···-----·--.... ---···.... 800 Mr. MEIKLEJOHN. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment Sheep .... ___ ------··------...... --·· .... ---- ...... ------.... ----.... 8, 000 to come in at this point. Total live stock ...... __ ...... ··-······· ...... ------.... 2'2, 069 The Clerk read as follows: Respectfully, Amend the paragraph as amended by adding the ronowlng; R. E. MURPHY, "And $10,000 t.o be expended in the revetment of the river on the Nebra. ka. JAMES DOUD, side opposite Sioux: City, Iowa." L. LAPLANT, Committee. Mr. MEIKLEJOHN. Mr. Chairman, the paragraph as amended provides for the expenditure of $40,000 at Pierre, S. [During the 1·eading of the foregoing the hammer fell.] Dak., and $10,000 for the protection and completion of the work The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from South at Sioux City. The improvement which has been made at Sioux Dakota has expired . . City, by an appropriation of $100,000, has changed the current Mr. PICKLER. I ask unanimous consent that I may be per­ of the Missouri River so that it is now encroaching upon the mitted to proceed for three minutes longer. Nebraska shore. There was no objection. The amendment which I offer is for an appropriation of $10,- Mr. PICKLER. Now, Mr. Chairman, I will incorporate in 000 for the revetment of the river on the Nebraska shore, oppo­ my remarks a communication from the Board of Trade of Pierre, site Sioux City. This appropriation is to be expended on the also calling attention to the importance of this provision which Missouri above the lower limits of Sioux City, and hence does I ask you to incorporate in the bill. I ask your attention par­ not come under the supervision of the Missouri River Commis­ ticull:l.rly to what they say: sion. I am of the opinion that no objection should be raised by PIERRE BOARD OF TRADE, the chairman of the committee, and hope the amendment will OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, Pierre, 8. IJak., AprillO, 1894. be adopted. , The amendment was rejected. DEAR Sm: We desire to call your attention briefly to the great necessity o! the appropriation for !50,000 provided for in the amendment which re­ The Clerk read as follows: c.ltes that the money is to be expended in the rectification of the river at J. Improving Upper Columbia lliver, including Snake River as far up as Pien·e a.nd Fort Plen-e. If perchance there should be any opposition to Asotm, Oregon and Washington: Continuing improvement, $5,000. such ·an appropriation we are satisfied that it would be made, if made at all, by parties who are not conversant with the facts. Mr. WILSON of Washington. I move to strike out the last For several years the Missouri River a.t this point has been cutting its word. I desire to ask the chairman of the committee if the banks badly and has made great inroads into Fort Pierre, causing a great deal of damage to that town. Now, on the Pierre side of the i'iYer the banks are phraseology of this paragraph is intended to convey the idea crumbling away, and thus endangering the business portion or the city. that Asotin is in Oregon? If that is the intention, I will state For example, the river bank has fallen away during the spring and June to the gentleman that it is not anywhere near Oregon, but is in rises of the river for two or three years so that the waterworks plant is greatly endangered. And in line with this cutting or the banks are the Washington. The words ought to be transposed: in order to large Hotel Locke and at least a dozen brick blocks, tha best buildings in correctly state the meaning. the city. Mr. CATCHINGS. There is a comma after the word Asotin, In view ot this, it seems to us that common humanity, as well as business interests, should lead Congress to make this appropriation. It is well and the two words Oregon and Washington, merely refer to the known to you that Pierre is the center for large cattlu interests, and that location of the Upper Columbia River. If the gentleman insists at least 35,000 head of cattle, ho1·ses and sheep annually cross at Pierre, upon it, the words Oregon and Washington may be transposed. mostly by boat. On account of the widening of the river, by reason of the cutting away of its banks, it is often diffi.cult for steamers to ply across the Mr. WILSON of Washington. Under the explanation of the 1tream wei~hted down with its load or live stock. The improvement of the gentleman I suppose it is hardly necessary 1894. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 4421 '

The Clerk read as follows: be the duty of every vessel towing a raft to give at least half tho channel way wherever the width of channel will permit to vessels passing in the Improving mouth ot Columbia. River, Oregon: Continuing improvement, same or an opposite direction, and each failure to thus give way when f,82,000. practicable shall constitute an olJense punishable as hereinaft-er provided Mr. WILSON of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I offer the for. It shall be the duty of every vessel having a raft in tow to avoid running over or against Government buoys, stakes. or other channel marks where· amendment which I send to the Clerk's desk. ever and whenever practicable; and the willful destruction or displacemen~ The Clerk read as follows: of any of said buoys, stakes, or other channel marks shall constitute an of· In line 21, page 46, after the word " Oregon," insert the words "and wash­ tense, punishable as hereinafter provided tor; and, furthermore, in case ot ington.'' ' the unavoidable destruction or displacement or any of said buoys, stakes, or other channel marks it shall be the duty of the master or other person in Mr. WILSON of Washington. ! _desire to say that heretofore charge of said towing vessel to report the tact to the light-house inspecto! the State of Washington has always been charged with a portion of the district by telegraph, it possible, and if not possible, then by mail or otherwise, at the earliest practicable moment. of the appropriation for the Columbia River. Inasmuch as it is In all channels and harbors marked by buoys, stakes, or other channel charged to the delegation from the State of Washington, and to marks, or where passage between piers or alongside of revetted banlrs 1s the State itself, I think at least it should be printed in the bill. necessary, rafts shall be so constructed that the boom logs surrou!iding the rafts shall overlap each other, outward and aft, fl'om front to rear, at lt~asb Mr. CATCHINGS. I have no objection to that. 3 teet, and be fastened together by chains, ropes, or other fastenings short; Mr. HERMANN. I apprehend that the commerce oi the river enough to prevent the laps straightening out, and failure to so construct will not be less by reason of the amendment, nor will the river each raft shall be an ofrense punishable as hereinafter provided for. In and through connecting and connected waters of the Great La.kes, such itself lose any of the magnitude which nature has given to it. as harbors and rivers with narrow entrances and channels, no ba.g rafts I would furthermore suggest that, so far as the works which are shall be permitted under penalty a.s hereinafter provided tor. now being appropriated for by the Government are concerned, When any vessel and its tow of logs in bag or sack rafts are obliged by stress of weather to take refuge between entrance piers, or in any narrow • they are all upon the Oregon side. The river itself, however, is channel of a river or harbor, the burden of proof as to the necessity of so within the States of Oregon and Washington, and if the river taking refuge being upon the towing vessel, the raft shall be a.t once recon· itself is referred to, then of course it should be placed properly structed so as to +eave at least halt the channel way clear, and the whoie raft shall be moved as soon as possible out or the way of passing vessels; and as nature has placed it, between the States of Oregon and Wash­ each and every period of twenty-tour hours after tha first twenty-four hours ton; but the actual work for which the appropriatioruJ are now that said raft shall be lett in shape to obstruct navigation shall ~onstitute a. being expended are not in Washington, but on the Oregon side. separate orrense, punishable as hereinafter provided for. For entering and navigating all harbors with narrow channels, all rivers Mr. WILSON of Washington. One word. There is no ques­ navigated by vessels other than ratting tugs, except in the rivers St. Mary, tion but what the river divides the States of Washington and St. Clair, and Detroit, said harbors or rivers being on or connecting with Oregon. There is no question also but that the zeal and ability, any or the Great Lakes, and tor entering or passing through the P ortage Lake Ship Canals across Keweenaw Point, Michigan, logs shall be made into industry, and energy of the gentleman from Oregon have placed crib rafts. with the logs essentially parallel to each other in the direction of all the improvements of the river upon the Oregon side. The raft length and be held together by frequent cross sticks, chains, or cables; people on our side object to that somewhat, but if we are to be and that rafts shall not be of greater dimensions either way than 50 feet wide by 600 teet long, and it longer than 300 teet, shall be handled by two tugs of charged with this appropriation whenever we come before the suftlcient power to properly control them. Each failure to comply with this Committee on Rivers and Harbors, I want the situation to be restriction shall constitute an ofrense punishable as hereinafter provided tor. properly described, so that we can divide in peace and harmony Raft-towing through either the Hay Lake Chsnnel or the Saint Clair Flats Canal shall be entirely prohibited, under penalty as hereinafter provided tor. between Oregon and Washington. I know where all the works On the St. Marys River between Sault Ste. Marie and the head of Mud are. They are all on the Oregon side. There is no question Lake, at a point 2 miles below the position of the Encampment Crib about that. We know that, alas, too well. Light, rafts shall not exceed 600 feet in length and 60 teet in width; they shall be securely fastened by cross ties, or otherwise, to preserve, as far as Mr. HERMANN. In response to that I will say the gentle­ possible, a uniform width; each raft shall be handled by not less than two man is somewhat mistaken in regard to the history of the public tugs of sumcient power to keep the raft under control and to move it to one improvements on this river if he makes the assertion that those side of the channel suftlciently to permit vessels t<> pass; and each failure to comply with this restriction shall constitute an offense punishable as improvements have beenpla~ed there because of the energy and hereinafter provided tor. perseverance of Representatives from the State of Oregon, or On the St. Clair and Detroit Rivers, rafts shall not exceed in length 1,200 from any other State. They were placed there because of the teet, nor in width 100 teet; they shall be securely cross-tied to preserve uni­ form width; and each failure to comply wlth this restriction shall consti­ necessity which required that they should be placed there, in tute an olJense punishable as hereinafter provided for. For .the willful vio­ order that the engineering projects might bs carried out ac­ lation or any of the foregoing restrictions the towing vessel shall be liable cording to the best methods. The locations were selected by to a fine of not less than ~100 and not more than !il,OOO; and the master or other person at the time in charge of the towing vessel shall be imprisoned the Engineer Department of the Government, and appropria­ tor not less than one month and not more than six months for each olJense, tions have been made by Congress in a~cordance with the rec­ at the discretion of the United States court having jurisdiction; and in ad­ ommendations made by the Engineer Department, and not be~ dition to the penalties thus imposed the towing vessel shall be liable at civil action tor damages occurring as a result of said willful violation of these cause the representatives of any particular State have recom­ regulations. mended that they be placed in one State or another. The amendment of Mr. WILSON of Washington was agreed to. Mr. BALDWIN. Mr. Chairman, I desire to offer an amend­ rrhe Clerk read as follows: ment. Improving Lower Willamette and Columbia Rivers, in front of and below The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will report the amendment of­ Portland, Oregon: Continuing improvement, $35,000: fered by the gentleman from Minnesota. Mr. CATCHINGS. Mr. Chairman, I move that the commit­ Mr. WILSON of Washi!igton. I offer another amendment, tee do now rise. similar in its character to the last. The motion was agreed to. The Clerk read as follows: The committee accordingly rose; and the Speaker having on page 46, line 24, amend by inserting after the word "Oregon " the words resumed the chair, ~r. HATCH, Chairman of the Committee of "and Washington." the Whole House on the state of the Union, reported that that The amendment was agreed to. committee had had under consideration the bill H. R. 6518, and The Clerk read as follows: had come to no resolution thereon. ImprovingWillapa River and harbor, Washington: For completion, $13,- 350. ORDER OF BUSINESS. Mr. WILSON of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I offer the Mr. CATCHINGS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent amendment which I send tv the Clerk's desk. that the House continue in session until 6 o~clock or so, and see The Clerk read as follows: if we can not finish this bill. If that can be done, it is my pur­ On page 48, after the word "dollars," in line 4, insert the following: "Pro pose to move that when the House adjourns to-day it be to meet vided, Thatln the discretion or the Secretary of War $2,500 of the amount on Monday next; so that by sitting probably for an hour or so hereby appropriated for said river and harbor may be used in removing ob­ structions in North River. :: we may get a holiday to-morrow. I hope there will be no objec- tion. · Mr. CATCHINGS. I have no objection to that amendment, Mr. MARTIN of Indiana . . I do not see that I can consent to Mr. Chairman. that. The amendment was agreed t.o. Mr. GROSVENOR. It will not interfere with the night ses­ The Clerk read as follows: sion. SEa. 2. That the towing of logs in what are known as " bag " or " sack" Mr. MARTIN of Indiana. But if you are going to sit here rafts on the open waters of the Great Lakes shall be permitted, but every vessel having a raft in tow shall carry between sundown and sunrise, in ad­ until6 or 7 o'clock nobody will come ba.ck to the night se.Psion. dition to the color9d signal lights prescribe

Mr. CATCHINGS. A reasonable time, so that we can finish come to the mills at Duluth and Superior p:1ss through the en­ the bill. trance of the harbor an entrance 250 feet in width and about 600 Mr. BOUTELLE. Mr. epeaker, the inquiry is suggested by feet in length. a number of members what would be the effect·of adjourning to­ I have n_ever known rafts to obstruct the nn:vigatfon in any way morrow, and how members would fill out the new style qf ·circu­ at that pomt. I have never heard of an acc1dent occurrinO' as lar for pay of members that has come up under this recent spasm the result of an obstruction byra.fts. Fr mmyown inform:tion of virtue. [Derisive cries on the Democratic side.] I am satisfied that the lumbering industry of Duluth and Su­ Mr. CATCHINGS. I hope there will be no objection to the perior would be on the decline from the moment of the enact­ request. mint of this law, and I sincerely hope that my amendment will The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request? be accepted. I would say further thg.t the regulation of the har­ Mr. BOUTELLE. I want to know how the pay of members is bors of Duluth and Superior is in charge of hll'bor masters who to be affected by that motion. have entire control of anything pertaining to them, and if rafts Mr. WELLS. You will have overtime to your credit. or anything else were to obstruct navigation the obstructions Mr. MARTIN of Indiana. 1'.1r. Speaker, I will ask the g-en­ would be regulated or removed by the harbor masters. tleman from Mississippi to make the time specific. Mr. CATCHINGS. Mr. Chiliman, I do not desire to indulge Mr. SAYERS. That might be impossible, there may be-some in any further discussion of this question. W-e entered into it trouble; but we will soon get through with the bill. quite fully yesterday, and I think the committee are sufficiently The SPEAKER. Is there objection to therequest? [After· a advised as to its merite and demerits. I only wi h to add that pause.] The Chair hears none. · the Chief of Engineers, in whose judgment I hP~ve unbounded Mr. CATCHINGS. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House re­ confidence,· for he is really one of the ablest and most sensible solve itself into Committee of the Whole House on the state of men I have eve-r known, is of the opinion that there should be. the Union for the further consideration o! general appropria- no amendment made to the provision as it is in the bill. He tion bills. • thinks it has been carefully p-repared by the Board of Engineet'S .E..l'ffiOLLED BILLS SIGNED. to whom the question was referred, that the legislation is wise, that it will be highly beneficial to commerce on the lakes, and Mr. PEARSON, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, re­ that it will not result in any material injury to those who are ported that they had examined and 'found truly enrolled bill and engaged in rafting. My confi.dencein his judgment is such that joint resolution of the following titles; when the Speaker signed I could not get my own consent to accept this amendment. I the same: hope therefore that the amendment will be rejected. Joint resolution (H. Res. 123) authorizing the wearing of the Mr. HAUGEN. M-r. Chairman, after we had our previous distinctive badge adopted by the Regular ArmyandNavyUnion discussion of this question the gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. upon all occasions of ceremony; and BALDWIN] and myself called on the Chief of Engineers, and he A bill (H. R. 4419) to authorize the Commissioner of the Gen­ disclaimed any opinion of his <>wn about this matter. He rests eral Land Office to issue a.patenttoMaceClement'ssurvey,num­ his judgment~ntirelyupon thereportof the Board of Engineers bered 386, in the Virginia military district o! Ohio. appointed to investigate the subject. Now, I agree with the PAY OF MEMBERS. chairman of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors as to the Mr. WILLIAM A. STONE. Mr. Speaker,I desi-re to present general provision in this bill in relation to towing, but this is the views of the minority on theJ"ud.ic.iary Committee on section not the amendment which was discussed here on yesterday. The 40 of the Revised Statutes. a.mendmen.t of the gen tlems.n from r..finnesota is a proposition to Mr. RAY. Mr. Speaker) I can not agree with the reasons of except the harbors Df Duluth and Superior from the operation the gentleman from Pennsylvania in this matter at all, and as I of this provision of the bill, and there are the be t of reasons do not agree with the majority, I also ask leave on Monday to why such an exception should be made. file my views. As long as the ra[ts ar~ in the open lake there is no difficulty, The SPEAKER. Without objection that leave will be grantad. there is plenty of room, vessels are not interfered with by them 'There was no objection. in any manner, but when they come to enter the harbors of Du­ Mr. WALKER. I ask thattheseviewsof the minority, b~ the luth and Superior they have to pass through one or the other of gentleman from Pennsylvania IMr~ WILLIAM A. STONEJ, be two narrow entranees-I forget their exact length1 but the en­ printed in the RECORD; so that we may have it in the morning. trances are quite sb.ort and there is no danger of any ves_el~ver Mr. McMILLIN. What is the gentleman's request? encountering a l:'aft there. There is plenty of room when they Mr. WALKER. To print the views of the gentlemanirom get inside, and it t:tkes a t-ow only·a very short time to pass Pennsylvania in the RECORD-that is, to print the views o! the through the narrow part oi the entrance. Now, to make this minority in the REcoRD. legislation apply to rafts passing through those short channels Mr. McMILLIN. Has the majority report been printed in would be to -compel the 1umbermen on that part of the lake to the RECORD? entirely rearrange and reconstruct their methods of rafting. Mr. WALKER. No. and there is no earthlinecessity for doing that, because, as I Mr~ McMILLIN. The views of the minority can be printed have said, the rafts will not obst-ruct vessels there. No vessel as a document, and I do not think they ought to be printed in would undertake to meet a raft that in short channel; in fact, the RECORD. it very seldom happens that one vessel meets another in that Mr. WALKER. I will ask that both the report of the majDr­ channel. · If the ch:mnel were of considerable length the case ity and views of the minority be printed in the RECORD. would be different, but it is verJI short, only a few rods ln length, .Mr. McMILLIN. I do not think it well, without some ex­ and there is no reason why we should compel all the lumbermen igency is on us, to encumber the RECORD with these reports~ to reconstruct their rafts merely to pass through it. It is im­ The SPEAKER. The views o1 the gentleman will be printed posing an expense upon the lumbermen of Duluth and Snperi.or as a document. that is entirely uncalled for, and I trust the amendment offered RIVER AND HARBOR BILL. by the gentleman from Minnesota will be adopted. Mr. HENDERSON .of Jllinoi.s. Mr. Chairman, it is true. as The motion of Mr. CATCHINGS was then agreed to; and the stated by the gentleman from Wisconsin, that this legislation House accordingly resolved itself into Committee of the Whole is not the result of the judgment of the Chief of Engineers ex­ Rouse on the shte of the Union, Mr. HATCH in the chair. cept in so far as he has examined the report of the commission is The CHAIRMAN. The House in Committee of the Whole appointed, not by the War Department, but under .an act of Con­ House on the state of the Union for the purpose of considering gress, for the purpose oi investigating this whole subject. The general appropriation bills, and the Clerk will report the amend­ Chief of Engineers has given careful attention to this subject, ment offered by the gentleman from Minnesota to the pending as he told me this morning, and he thinks this is just legisla­ bill. tion that ought to be adopted. There were two separate or dis­ Mr. BALDWIN. I offer the amendment which I send to the tinct hearings given, in which n.ot only all the interests en­ desk. gaged in rafting, but those engaged. in boating as well, were The amendment was read, as follows: given ample opportunity to be heard1 and after the fullest dis­ Amend on lllle 25, page {9, at the end or the line, by adding the follow­ to ing: cussion, as it reems me, this legislation has been p1·epared, "Provided, That this section shall not apply to the harbors of Duluth and and I do nat think there ought to be .any change made in it. Superior as to tho size and construction of rafts." The question being t!lken on the -amendment of Mr. BALD- Mr. BALDWIN. Mr. Chairman, I have proposed this amend­ WIN, the Chairman declared that the noes seemed to have it. ment because I am informed by the lumbermen oi Duluth and Mr~ HAUGEN~ I ask!or-a divisi-on. Superior that the lumber interests .of those harbors would be ~.he committee divided; and there were-ayes 39, noes 92. paralyzed if the provision in the bill were enacted into law, and So the amendment w.a.s rejected. the lumber indus~ry of those two cities is perhaps the greatest Mr. WEADOCK. Mr. Chairman, I offer the amendmen1 industry at the head of the lake. Nearly ail of the logs that whlcb. I send to the desk. 1894. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE~ 4423

The amendment was read, as follows~ son for the first time in agreatmany years, there will be plying Page 50, section 2. line 21, strtlce out "fifty" a.nd insert "one hundred;" upon the line of the lakes from the cities of Duluth and Buffalo n.nd 1n line 22, strike out "six hundred" and insert "one thousand." a line of passenger steamers running night and day and carry­ Mr. WEADOCK. Mr."Chairman, this matter wa-s brought to ing a large number of passengers; that these ste:.m1ers will be the attention of the committee on yesterday, and nothing is liable to obstruction and exposed to serious danger if tows of the sought to be done by this amendment except to permit the width length proposed be permitted, bec:mse such tows frequently be- of a raft to be increased from 50 t~ 100 feet, and the length from come unmanageable. _ 600 to 1,000 feet. The evidence taken before this commission and the letters About 1,000 feet is about the length of an ordinary steam submitted to them, on which they founded their report, show that barge and her tow of vessels. So that with this amendment in case of a storm it is impossible for two tugs to control a raft adopted the raft will not be any longer, and will be scarcely less even of the smaller dimensions hel'e contemplated. In the in­ manageable than the ordinary tow. terest of the protection of property and life, and with a view to So far as the other restrictions are concerned, restrictions as a proper return for the expenditures which the Government has to light, as to a peculiar whistle, and all the other regulations made in rendering these great water .ways navigable for these sought to be made by this amendment, we have no particular large vessels, the channels being in some places not more than objection; but what we seek to provide is that the business of 70, 150, or 20~ feet wide, I believe that these tows should not be rafting logs, which is quite as important, so far as it goes, as enlarged as proposed by the amendment. the business of vessels, should not be either totally destroyed or Mr. WEADOCK. Mr. Chairman,Imovetostrikeoutthelast made so expensive that it will not be practicable. word. In my section of the country we tried the business of bringing I would like ve1~y muc.h to have thegentlemanfrom New York logs from long distances by vessels especially constructed for tell us at what place this law is intended to operate where the the purpose; but the e ff ort was a failure, because it cost entirely channel is but 75 feet wide? too much money. _ Mr. ROCKWE~L. That is my information. Now, with all the references that have been made to dela.y and Mr. STEPHENSON. How wide is it through the Portage? damage resulting from this business of rafting, there has been Mr. WEADOCK. I am asking questions myself, not answer- practically no showing to that effect beyond occasional incon­ ing them. I asked-thegentlemanfor information, since he made venience; and if these rafts are narrowed from any size that they the st3Jtement. may be made now to a width not exceeding lOOfeet and a length Mr. STEPHENSON. The Portage is not that wide in some. not exceeding 1,000 feet, I have no apprehension that they will places. cause eithey del::zy or darn.a!;e to anyvessel, or that there will be Mr. WEADOCK. It is true the Portage is in some places less any interference with the business of rafting. than that. But this does not have any connection with it. In regard to this commission the gentleman from Illinois is Besides, Mr. Chairman, this is not the first time that passen­ mistaken in saying that they b.ad two hearings. They had only ger vessels ill\.ve navigated the Great Lakes, nor is it the first one, which I attended, and heard all the testimony. They met time that vessels have carried freight and passengers on the on another day; but no persons appeared at that time. In my lakes. During all of these years that this work has been in prog­ judgmentneither·the letter3 presented nor the testimony ts.ken· ress there has never been a protest before the House, any evi­ have justified the commission in proposing the restrictions which dence presented, except the merest guesswork~ to show that any are sought to be ad-opted in this bill. Capt. Kingman., one of such damaging effect has been had on the commerce oi the lakes the engineers, in a fetter which accompanies this report, speaks as has been suggested by the gentleman from New York. of rafting logs as a "nuisance.n Now, nothing can be a ;' nUI­ It must be remembered that these rafts are responsible in civil sance" which is a legal business_._ And I insist that this HOUEe damages for every hour of detention and every particle of dam­ should not upon an incomplete hearing before th-at Board of En­ age that they cause. If you have large vessels running from gineers take such action as woul

The Clerk read as follows: My object is merely to be fair and just, and not to punish a man Second, •ro go on board or any scow or towboat engaged in unlawful for a thing he is not guilty of. dumping of J?rohibited material, or in moving the same without a permit Mr. CATCHINGS. I will consent to the word "knowingly" as required m section 1 of this act, and to seize and hold said boats until tbey are discharged by action of the commissioner, judge, or court of the being inserted in line 19 between the word" shall, and the word United States be!ore whom the oltending persons are brought. "aid," if that is satisfactory. Mr. CATCHINGS. There is a verbal amendment I wish to Mr. MALLORY. Yes; that is ss.tisfactoJ•y. have inserted at this point. The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman modifies his amendment, The Clerk read as follows: and without objection the word ''knowingly" will be inserted­ at the place indicated. Amend line 17 by inserting between the words " in" and "section" the word "this" and strike out a.Iter the word " section," in the same line, the Th~ amendment was agreed to. word "one." The Clerk read as follows: The amendment was agreed to. ARKANSAS. The Clerk read as follows: Little River, from Fulton to White Clilts. SEC. G. That it shall not be lawful to place, discharge, or deposit, by any Bayou Mason above Floyd. process or in any manner, ballast, refuse, dirt, ashes, cinders, mud, sand, Mr. CATCHINGS. I offer tile amendment which I send to dredgings, sludge, acid, or any other matter of any kind other than that flowing from streets, sewers, and passing therefrom in a liquid state, in the Clerk's desk. the waters of any harbor of the United States, for the improvement of which The Clerk read as follows: money has bedn appropriated by Congress, elsewhere than within the limits In line 25, page 61, strike out the word ' ' Mason " and insert the word defined :md permitted by the Secretary of Wa.r; neither shall it be lawful " Macon." tor any person or persons to move, destroy, or injure in any manner what­ ever any sea. wall, bulkhead, jetty, dike, levee, wharf, pier, or other work The amendment was agreed to. built by the United States, in whole or in part, for the preservation and im· The Clerk read as follows: provement of any of its navigablewaters, or to prevent floods, or as bound­ ary marks, tide gauges, surveying stations, buoys, or other established CONNECTICUT. ma.rlrs; any and every such act is made a. misdemeanor, and every person Harbor or West Haven, and West River from the steam raltroad crossing engaged in or who shall aid, abet, authorize, or instigate a. violation of this to the ma.in channel of New Haven Harbor. section shall, upon conviction. be punishable by fine or imprisonment, or Black Rock Harbor. both, such fine to be not less that 1250 nor more than ,2,500, and the impris­ Greenwich Harbor. onment to be not less than thirty days nor more than one-year, either or Mr. CATCHINGS. Mr. Chairman, I offer the amendment both united, as the judge before whom conviction is obtained shall decide, one-halt of said fine to be paid to the person or persons giving information which I send to the Clerks desk. which shall lead. to conviction or this misdemeanor. . The Clerk read as follows: Amend on page 62 by inserting below the words "Greenwich Harb:>l' " in Mr. MALLORY. I offer an amendment to this section. line 13, the following: The Clerk read as follows: "Byron Harbor." On page 59, line 18, between the words "person" and "engaged," insert The amendment was agreed to. "willully., knowingly, or recklessly;" and in line 19, between the word "shall " and the word "aid," insert "wilfully, or knowingly. " The Clerk read as follows: Mr. MALLORY. Mr. Chairman, my object in offering that St. Luci.a Inlet. is this: as the bill now stands, an individual who has no inten­ Mr. CATCHINGS. I offer the following amendment. tion whatever of assisting or aiding in removing a buoy in the The Clerk read as follows: navigable waters of the United States may be prosecuted and Amend in line 3, page 64:, by adding after the word "inlet" the words '' and sent to the penitentiary. It seems to me that it is in keeping river," so that it will read "St. Lucia Inlet and River." · with the policy heretofore pursued by the legislation of this The amendment was agreed to. country to guard against such possibilities as that, by incorp

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The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman will stat.e the point of ize at least, a preliminary survey for this important work. There order. is only one argument of any value against this work, and that is Mr. CATCHINGS. It provides for a canal there, over which continental union with Canada. That is coming some time, but this committee has no jurisdiction. it is not near enough to justify us in having our lake commerce Mr. VAN VOORIDS of New York. Mr. Chairman, I ask exposed to destruction in case of war, and crippled, and limited unanimous consent to print in the RECORD a few remarks that 1 as it now is in time of peace. desire to submit on this question. [Mr. TRACEY addeessed the committee. See Appendix.] The CHAIRMAN. Does the gentleman desire to be heard on the point of order; if not, the Chair is constrained to sustain the Mr. CATCH£NGS. Mr. Chairman, I desire to offer an amend­ point of order. The gentleman from New York asks unanimous ment. consent to print some remarks on the 5ubject of his amendment The Clerk read as follows: in the RECORD. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The Chair On page 6i, line 2, before the words " Milton Point," inse1·t the words hears none. " Milton Harbor att ··so that the paragraph shall read, "Milton Harbor at Mr. VAN VOORHIS of New York. Mr. Chairman, this bill Milton Point." is conspicuous more for what is absent from it than for what is The amendment was agreed to. contained in it. It comes from the Committee on Rivers and Mr. CATCHINGS. I offer the following amendment: Harbors, a committee that has jurisdiction over all the com­ The Clerk read as follows: mercial water ways of the whole country. It provides an ap· On page 6i, line 3, insert the words: Gravesend Bay. propriaticn for all the old-chronic works on rivers and harbors · Dunkirk. and takes no note of the immense shipping of the Great Lakes. Cold Spring Harbor. There are on these lakes 3,761 vessels, of which 1, i31 are steam Hempstead. vessels, 1,205 sailing vessels, and 825 barges. The amendment was agreed to. The capacity of these vessels is 1,261,067 tons. The freights Mr. CATCHINGS. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent these vessels handle amount to many millions of tons. To ac­ to go back to line 16, page 66, to offer an amendment. commodate this vast traffic we have constructed the St. Marys There was no objection. Falls Canal. That was constructed under the auspices of the The Clerk read as follows: committee that prepared the river and harbor bills, and appro­ Amend on page 66, by inserting in line 16, the following: priations for it were made in those bills. So ~Teat is the com­ " The bar recently formed in Horn Island Pass." merce of Lake Superior alone that the numbet• of passages of The amendment was agreed to. vessels through this canal in 1862, was 12,580, nearly three times The Clerk read as follows: as manyaspassed through the Suez Canal during the same time, Elizabeth River: To report upon the desirability of placing locks in the and the amount of freight they carried was 11,214,333 tons. mouth of said river. A considerable portion of this freight was destined to ports on Mr. CATCHINGS. I offer an amendment, Mr. Chairman. or across the Atlantic Ocean. No one of these vessels or any The Clerk read as follows: - vessels from any of the lakes, can rea-ch tide water, except by Amend on page 68, by adding in line 5, after the word ''river," the follow- passing through foreign canals. ing: "and the cost of same." The Canadians are much more enterprising than we. They The amendment was agreed to. have built canals around Niagara Falls, and around the rapids The Clerk read as follows: of the St. Lawrence, so that vessels can pass from the Atlantic The Lumberton branch of the Rancocas River as far as Lumberton. Ocean, into the lakes and back again at pleasure. Canada is not Mr. CATCHINGS. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment. as rich as the United States, but sheis more progressive and en­ The Clerk read as follows: terprising in this regard, and her statesmen take a bt·oader and .After the word 11 Lumberton," in line 7, on page 68, add the followln~: more sagacious view than ours of the importance of the situa­ 11 Salem River, from the mouth of said river as far as Salem City." tion. In case of trouble between this country and Great Brit- The amendment was agreed to. _ain, we would be powerless, while the British could send a fleet Mr. CATCHINGS. Mr. Chairman, I offer another amend- of gunboats into the lakes, and capture our 3,761 vessels in a ment. . week, and have Buffalo, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Chicago, and The Clerk read as follows: every other port on the lakes, at their mercy. All this could Amend on page 63 by inserting between lines 7 a.nd 8 the follow in~: " Rah­ be done before we would be able to arm and equip a single gun­ way River: To report upon the desirability of placing locks in the mouth ol boat. said river and the cost of same." In the interest of the national defense, we ought to construct The amendment was agreed to. a water way of OUl' own between the Hudson River and Lake The Clerk read as follows: Erie. It would cost something, but we are able to do it. A OHIO. ship canal from Lake Erie to the Hudson, utilizing the Erie Sandusky Harbor, for an approach to the straight channel along the dock Canal so far as it is useful and available, of dimensions large front. - enough to admit of the passage of ocean vessels, is not only a Mr. CATCHINGS. I offer another amendment. public necessity, but is entirely feasible. It is only a problem The Clerk read as follows: of engineering, and we have the engineers who can solve the On page 63, strike out lines 9 and 10. problem. We must not be dependent on Canada, and we must The amendment was agreed to. not long remain her inferior in the matter of the commerce of The Clerk read as follows: the lakes. OREGON. It is a shame and disgra-ce to this country, with its great Yaquina Bay Bar, for in'creased depth. wealth, and its 65,000,000people, that a comparatively weak prov­ Tualiton River to Hillsboro, and to the head of navigation. ince like Canada, should outstrip us in the commerce of the Clatskanie River, from mouth to town of Clatskanie. Great Lakes, and is leading that commerce into her own terri­ Umpqua River, from Scottsburg to Elkton Rapids. tory,and through it into the Atlantic. Mr. CATCHL.~GS. I offer another amendment. Nothing but small statesmanship on our part has made us in­ The Clerk read as follows: ferior to Canada in this respect. We can never treat with Great On page 68, amend by inserting between lines 18 and 19 the following: Britain on a footing of equality, on any question of difference, PENNSYLVANIA. when she has such an advantage over us. While the present Clarion River. Tionesta River. condition of things exists, we must necessarily be at her-mercy. Susquehanna River, between Nanticoke and Pittston. What American is satisfied with the situation? Again, returning to the commercial consideration of the case, The amendment was agreed to. · the commerce of these lakes is 25 per cent greater than that of The Clerk read as follows: all the Atlantic ports, eight times as large as that of the Gulf RHODE ISLAND. Block Island Harbor, with a view to making a harbor ol refuge in Great ports, and more than three times as large as that of the Pacific Salt Pond. ports. Why not give it an outlet in a water way of our own? Connanicut Island, with a view of cuttin~ a <'hannel througn the same. It is true it would cost money. Perhaps it would cost fifty mil­ Seaconnet Point. · ligps or one hundred millions of dollars. The expenditure of Mr. CATCHINGS. I offer another amendment. that sum for such a work, would give employment to thousands The Clerk read as follows: of workingmen who are now entirely without work. Add on page 68, line 24, after the words ' Seaconnet Point" : "Stone River The Government should be liberal in making public improve­ over Seaconnet River, to a.scertain the cost of widening and deev.ening the ments in hard times, and not stingy or economical. It would passage at the draw of said bridge to the same extent as prescribed in the recent order ot the Secretary of War respecting the railroad bridge across thus alleviate the suffering of many unemployed men, and would said liver; a.nd the Secretary of War is directed to prepare and submit to accomplish the greatest public improvement this country or any Congress an estimate of the cost of such :work." othercountry,eversaw. I thinkweought bythif! bill to author- The amendment was agreed to. 4426 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MAY4,

The Clerk read as follows: In n.xordance with a. Senate resolution of March 2, 1807, the Secretary ot the Treasury submttted :1. report in some detail, dated April 4, 1808, on the Brazos River, trom the mouth to the city of Waco. general subject or the construction of roads and canals in the United States, Mr. CATCHINGS offered the following amendment, which including the cana.is along the Atlantic coa.sJ;. This report, with accompany· ing papers, was printed by order of the Senate. was adopted: · Information on the subject may also be found tn the various reports of the Amend on page 69 by striking ou~ in line 5 the words "the mouth to " and proper committees of Congress. adding after the word "Waco" the words "to the town of Richmond." By a.et of Congress of April 30, 1~. ID30,000 was approprla.ted for surveys Mr. CRAIN. Mr. Chairman, I wish toofferanamendmentto and preparation of plans for roads and canals of national importance; a further appropriation of $30,000 was made for these surveys by act. of May this part of the bill, but the amendment just adopted will ne­ 31, 1830. In pursuance of these laws surveys were made by the War Depart­ cessitate some change in the phraseology. I send the amend­ ment and report.s submitted to Congress. The report. or the Secretary o1 ment to the desk: War of December 3, 18~ (accompanying and printed with the President's mes age), describes the inauguration of operations under the act; and the The amendment was read, as follows: first detailed reports upon the surveys, covering various works and locali­ After the word "Richmond" in line 5, page 69, insert: "Bar and harbor at ties, were transmitted to Congress by the Prestdent February 14, 1825, and Braws SMltia.go; Colorado River, from the mouth to the city of Wharton; printed in Senate Document No.132a.ndHouse Document No. 83, Eighteenth Guadalupe River, from its mouth to the city of Cuero." Congress1 second session. Canals ~n Masaachusetts.-A commission, appointed under resolution of the The amendment was agreed to. Legislature of Massachusetts, pa.ssed February 25, 1825, investigated the The Clerk read as follows: subject of constructing a. ca.n.a.l from Boston Harbor to Connecticut River Deep Creek branch of Elizabeth River, with a view of obtain.ing a depth and thence to Hudsm:rRiver, and its report was transmitted to the Legis­ equal to that. of the Lake Drummond Canal, formerly the Dismal Swamp lature January 11, 1826, and printed. Canal. Three canal routes tn Southeastern Massachusetts have received consid­ eration; two across Cape Cod Peninsula, from Barnstable Harbor to Hyannis Mr. CATCHINGS. I offer the amendment wh_ich I send to Harbor and from Barnstable Bay to Buzzards Bay, and one from Weymouth the desk. to Taunton Rive:r:. The following reports on these routes have been made: By the Secretary of the Treasury, April4, 1808 (see above), on the three The amendment was read, M follows: routes. Page 69 line 9, after the word "canal" add the following words: "And By the Board of Internal Improvement, February 3, 1825, under act of the western branch of the said Elizabeth Riv-er." April30, 1824, on the three routes; printed in Senate Document No. 32 and Rouse Document No. 83, Eighteenth Congress, second session; extracts re­ The amendment was agreed to. printeQ. in Senate Miscellaneous Document No. 145, Forty-ftrst Congress, sec­ Mr. CATCHINGS offered the following amendments, yYhich ond session, and in Appendix V 3, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1870. were severally agreed to: By Maj. P. H. Perrault, Topographical En.!Pneers, February 13,1825. on the Barnstable-B nzzards Bay route; vrinted in House Document N o.174, Nine­ Page 69, add after line 10, "Lyons qreek." teenth Congress, first sesslon. Page 69, after line 19 add, "Hunting Creek, from its month to head of By the Board or Internal Improvement, November 13, 1829, on the Barn­ navigation." stable-Buzzards Bay route; printed in House Document No. 54, Twenty-first The Clerk read as follows: Congress, first session. By Lieut. Col. .J. G. Foster, Corps o! Engineers, May 10,1870, in pursuance Guyandotte River, with a view of improvement by locks and-dams. of a request from the Massachusetts Legislature, on the Barnstable-Buz­ Mr. CATCHINGS offered the following amendment: zards Bay route; printed in Senate Miseella.neolUI Document No. 145, Forty­ first Congress, second session, and in Appendix:V 3, Annual Report Chief or Page 7'0, after line 19, insert: "Big Coal River, Little :coa.1 River, Elk Engineers,l870. River, with a view of locking and damming same. By Lieut. Col. G. K. Warren, Corps of Engineers, February 3, 1882, under The amendment was agreed to. act of March 3, 1881, on works for the approaches to the proposed canal of the Cape Cod Canal Company between Barnstable and Buzzards Bays; The Clerk read as follows: prJu ted in Senate Executive Document No. 104, Forty-seventh Congress, first WoodsHoll. session, and in Appendix B 15, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1882. East River and Hell Gate, New Yor&-'l'his locality has been under improve­ Mr. CATCHINGS offered the following amendment, which ment by the United States since 1852, and nmnerous reports upon surveys was agreed to: and work done may be found 1n the Annual Reports of the Chief of Engi­ P aae 73 line 9, add "and Little Woods Roll Harbor," so tha.t the para­ neers. graph amended will read: ''Woods Roll and LittlBWoods HollHarbOl'..'' So'ldM.rn. eoa&t of Long Island.-The following reports or examinations re­ lating to the inland water.> in this section have been made: Mr. CATCHINGS offered the following, which was agreed to: By Lieut. Col. Walter McFarland, Corps of Engineers, December :ll, 1886, Amend on page 74 by ins~rt'ing after line 25, the following: u nder act of August 5, 1886, on channel between Jamaica Bay and Far Rock­ away Bay or inlet, to open passage between Gre::tt outh Bay and Jamaica ''TEXAS. Bay; printed in Appendix E 15, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1887. "Brazos River, from the town or Velaseo to the town of Riehmond." By Lieut. Col. G. L. Gillespie, Corps of Engineers, December 16, 1890, under Mr. REYBURN. Mr. Chairman, I offer the amendment act of September 19, 1890, on route from Jamaica Bay eastwardly to Long Beach Inlet; printed tn House Executive Document No. 2~. Fifty-second which I send to the desk. · Congress, first session, and in AppendiX E 13, Annna1Report Chief of Engi­ T.he amer.dment was. read, as follows: neers,1892. Amend by inserting on pa.go 75, between lines 1t and 12, the following: Eastern coast of New Jersey.-The following reports have been made: "The Secretary of War is hereby directed to have prepared and report to By Maj. C. W. Raymond, Corps of Engineers, October20, 1890, under act of the next session of the Fifty-third Congras a detailed estimate, ba.sed upon September 19,1890, on examination o! sonnd between Barnegat and Great surveys and reports now available in the omce of the Chief of Engineers, Egg Harbor Bays; printed in House Executive Document No. i2, Fifty-first United States Army, of the probable cost of an internal water way by ca­ Congress, second session, and in Appendix .G 14, Annual Report Ohler of nals and natural water courses. carrying not less than 18 feet of water, to Engineers 1891. extend from Ca.pe Cod. Bay, in the Sta.te of Massachusetts, to the Mississippi By Lieut. Col. Henry M. Robert, Corps of Engineers, December 24, 1886, River in the State of Louisiana; the route to pass through the landlocked and April25, 1888, under act or Aur-ust 5, 1885, on exa.mi.na.tion and survey or sounds and bays of the States of Massac.hnsetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, inside thoroughfare from Great Bay (north or Atlantic City) to Cape May; New York NewJersey,Pennsylvauia, Delaware, Maryland. Virginia.. North printed in House Executive Document No. 306, Fiftieth Cong.re , tirst ses­ Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida., Alabama., Mississippi., and Lou- sion, and in Appendix G 18, Annual Report. Chief or Engineers, 1883. 1sianPhiladelphia.. Is there objection to the request oi the gentleman from Penn­ A report upon a survey of the Raritan and Delaware Rivers with a view to sylvania? their improvement tn connection with the Delaware and Raritan Canal, ol'­ There was no objection. d.ered by House resolution of April 6, 1830, was made by Capt. Hartman Bache, topographical engineers, June 30, 1832. and printed in Bouse Docu­ The matter submitted by Mr. REYBURN is as follows: ment No. 306, Twenty-seeond Oangress, first session. In pursuance of this 0 FFIUE OF THE CHIEF OF E .NGINEERS, UNITED STA7ES ARMY, report, a.ppropria;t1ons for improving Raritan River were made by acts of Washin.gton, JJ. U., Marcll. U. 18M. July 4, 1836, and March 3, 1837; reports upon the work done under these ap­ Sm.: In a.cror.da.nce with your oral request of Februa.Ty 28 I have the propriations may be round in the annual reports of the Chief Engineer of llonor to tarnish the following i.n.formation and references to reports con­ that time. A report upon a survey of Raritan River, provided for by act of reeminginland waterways and ca.na.lsa.long the A.tlantte and Gulf coasta or .March 3, 1873, was made by Lieut. Col. Jolm Newt-on, Corps of Engtneers, the United States from Massach11Setts Bay to the Rio Gn.nde, atforded by February 21, 1874, and printed in House Execntive Document No. 174, Forty­ the records of this omce. t?J:rd Congress, first session, and ~ Appendix W 10, Annual Report Chief .

1894. ~ OONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 4427 at Engineers. 1874. Appropriations for Raritan River have been made from consisting of private canals in conjunction with natural water w~s. lnfor- · 1878 to date, and reports upon the improvement, statistics of commerce of ma.tion concerning this section ma.y be found m the report of the Secretary the canal and river, etc., may be found in the e.nnual reports of the Chief of of the Treasury or April!, 1808, in (manuscript) report o1 Maj. James Kear­ Engineers for these years. _ ney, Topographical Engineers, November 5, 1!:116, in thegeneralreportsabove The following repor ts upon the Delaware and Raritan Canal are known to referred to, and in the following: tbisomce: 1. By Elizabeth River, Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal. North Land.ing By the Secretary of the Treasury, April4, 1808 (see above). River, Currituck Sound, Coa.njok Bay, and North River. A report on survey By State commissioners (appointed by act oi February 13,1816, of the New of Norfolk Harbor and Elizabeth River, ordered by act or March 3, 1871, was Jersey Legislature), 1817; printed. made by Maj. William P. Craighill, Corps or Engineers, January 31. 1872, By the Board of Internal Improvement, February 3, 18.25, under act of and printed in Senate Executive Doclliilent No. 43, Forty-second Congress, April so. 18:!1; printed in Senate document~ and House:document 83, Eight­ second session, and in Appendix Q 20, Annual Report Chief of Engineers,187Z! een th Congress, second s~ssion. appropriations for improvement or these waters have since been made, and In the Journal of the Fra.nkli:n Institute of Pennsylvania for March, 189.2 information the1·eon ma.y be found in the annual reports of the Chief of En­ (volume 133, No. 3),page 17".2,ma.ybe found a paper by Prof. Lewis M.. Haupt, gineers. North Landing River , Currituck Sound, Coa.njok Bay, and North with map, r elating to a proposed ship canal ,connecting Raritan and Dela­ River have been under improvement and annually reported on by the Chle1 ware Rivers. of Engineers since 1878; the appr opriations in 1890 and 1892weremade under ])elaware .Ri!ler.-In!ormation concerning the impxovements and numer­ the title "inland wawr way from Norfolk Harbor to Albermarle Sound, ous surveys of this t·iver may be found in the annual reports of the Chief of through Currituck Sound." Engineers from 18i0 to date. 2. .By Elizabeth River, Dismal Swamp Canal, and Pasquota.nk River. .Atlantic coaBt of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.-Incompliance with act The following acts and joint resolutd.ons of Congress relate to the Dismal or August 2, 1882, a report upon the route connecting Indian River, Isle of Swamp canal: Subscriptions for stock, May 18,182U, and March 2, 1829; re­ Wight Bay, and Upper SynepuxentBay, was made by Capt. Thomas Turtle, lief of the company, February 26, 1845; sale of stock, July 25, 1866, and Jan­ Corps of Engineers, November 13, 1882; printed in Appendix 126, Annual uary 11, 1808. Reports have been made as follows concerning the canal: Report Chief of Engineers, 1884. • By Gen. Bernard, December 24, 1825, under House resolution of December Reports u pon examination and survey of the inland water waytrom Thill a.­ 23, 1825; printed in House Document No. 15, Nineteenth Congress, first ses­ ware Bay near Lewes to Chincoteague Bay, oroered by act of July 5, 188.(, sion. were made by Wm. F. Smith. United States agent, October 17, 1884, and Jan­ .By Lieut. Col. C. Gratiot, Corps of Engineers, August2, 1826,in pursuance uary 14 and A.pril6, 1885, print-ed inHouse ExecutiYe Document No, lfJ7, Forty­ of act of May 18,1826; printed (in Sena.to Document No.1, Ninet~enth Con­ eighth Congress, second session, and in Appendix H 22, Annual Report Chief gress, second session) with annual report of the Chief Engineer for 1825; of Engineers, 188S. This.route has been under improvement by tho United partially reprinted with the following: House Report N(\. 47, Twenty-eighth States since 1885, when the first appropriation Wa5 made. and repor ted on Congress, seeond session, by Committee on Clarms, January U, 184"5, with a.nnually by the Chief or Engineers. 'Further surveys and investigations which are printed several r eports of en~eer omcers. were made in 1891 and 1892, the results of which are printed in Appendices By Maj. William P. Craighlll, Corps of Engineers, April 30, 1872; printed H 8 and H 7, Annual Reports Chief of Engineers, 1891 and 189"2, respectively. in Appendix Q25, Annual Report Chie! of .Engineers, 1872. Bttween Dela ware and 0/wap~alu Baye.-The Chesapea-ke .,and Delaware By the Secretary ot the Treasury, January 15, lSi'S; printed in House Ex­ Canal, constructed by a corporate company, 1824-1829, connects Delaware ecutive Document No. 19, Forty-fifth Congress, second session. River at Delaware City with Back Creek, Elk River, and Chesapeake Bay. By the Secretary of the Treasury, February 21, 1889; printed in Senate The project is described in the report (see above) of the Secretary of the Miscellaneous Document No. ~9, Fiftieth Comcress, second session. Treasury, April 4, 1808. Subscriptions to the stock of the company were Acts o1 July 4, 1835, and July 7, 1838, appropriated $25,000 for improving the made by acts of Congress of Mareh S,1825,and March 2, 1829; and committee natural approaches at the north and south ends of the Dismal Swamp Canal. :md other Congression al reports may doubtless be found about that time Infonna.tion concerning the work may be found in the annual reports of the which will a.1ford information concerning the canal. A brief'history and engineer and topographical bureaus ot that time. de cription of the work are given on page 713of Appendix G23, and page 957 Thil following reports upon Pa.squotank River have been made: of Appendix G 30, Annual Reports Chief of Engineers, 1880and 1882,respect­ By Lieut. Andrew Talcott, Corps of Engineers, November 12, 18:!9, on sur­ ively. vey made under act of March 2, 1829; printed in House Document No.7, In accordance with House resolution of March 11, 1872. a report upon pro­ Twenty-nrst Congress, first session. po ed surveys, etc., for canals to connect Chesapeake and Delaware Bays By S. T. Abert, United States agent, December 14, 1815, on examination was made by Maj. William P. Craighill, Corps or Engineers, Ma.rch 25, 1872; ordared by act of March 3, 1875; printed in House Executive Document No. printed in House Executive Document No. 23i, Forty-second Congresa, Eec­ 94, Forty-fourth Congress, first session, and in Appendix G 12, Annual Re­ ond session, and in Anpendix Q 18, Annual Report Chie1 ot Engineers, 1872. port Chie1 of Engineers, 1876. Acts or Congress of June 18, l!!TS, March 3, 1881, and August 2, lt:i82, provided By Capt,. F. A.IDnm~n. Corps of Engineers, August 27, 1881, on examina­ for examinations and surveys fm· canals between Delaware and Chesapeake tion ordered by act of July 5, 1884; printed in House ExecntiYe Document Bays. $20,000 being approJ!riated for the purpose by the last two acts. Re­ No. 93, Forty-eighth Congress, second session, and in Appendix L 17, Annual pol·ts under these provisions of law were ma.de as follows: Report Chiet o1 Engineers. 1885. _ By Maj. W:llliam P. Craighill, Corpso1Eng1neers, Februa.ry7, 1879; printed By Capt. W. H. Bixby, Corps of Engineers, February 28, 1889, on examina­ in Honse Executive Document No. 91, Forty-fifth Congress. third session, tion ordered by act or August 11, 1888; printed in Appendix M 23, Annual Re­ and in Appendix F 17, Annual Report Chief or Engip..eers, 1879. port Chief of Engineers 1889. By Maj. WilliamP. Craighi:U. Corps of Engineers, November 18, 1879, and Annual Reports Chief or Engineers, 1891-1893, upon improvement of the January 8, 1880; printed in Senate Executive Document No. 39, Forty-sixth river. Congress, second session, and in Appendix G 23, Annual Report Chiet of En­ Cor6Sound.-The improvement of the passage from Pantlico Sound to gineers, 1880. &aufort Harbor was provided for by the ap:propriations o1 March 3, 1837, By L1.eut. Col. William P. OraighiU. Corps ot Engineers, February 3 and and July 7, 1838, and reported on in the Engmeer's annual reports at that July 6, 1882; printed in Senate Executive Document No. 99, Forty-seventh time. Congress. first. session, and in Appendix G 30, AnnuaJ Report Chiet or En­ Newb~T'M antl.Neus6 Rill~r to ~aufort HO/J'bor (via. Clubfoot, Harlowe, and gineers, 188!!. Newport Rivers a.nd a private cana.l).-This project is mentioned in there­ By Lieut. Col. William P. Oraighill and capt. Thomas Tnrtle, Corps of En port of the Secretary ot the Treasury oi April4,1808. Repor upon exami­ ginaers, March 1; 1883, and other papers; printed in Appendix H28, Annual nation and survey of this route oroered by act of August 2, 1882, were made Report Chief o! Engineers, 1883. by Capt. James Mercur, Corps of Engineers, January l?7 and October 18, 1883; In accordance with act o:f July 18, 1892, a report upon an examination tor printed in Senate Executive Document No. 63, Forty-eighth Congress, first conne<:ting Synepuxent Bay with Pocomoke River above Snow Hill (thus session, and in A:ppendlx L 35, Annual Report Chief of Elutineers, 1884. Ap­ opening n. communication from the waterway between Delaware and Chin­ propriations for Its improvement have been made from 1882 to date, and an­ coteague Bays to the Chesapeake) was made by William F. Smith, United nual reports thereon rendered by the Chief of Engineers. States agent, .August 16, 1892; printed in House Executive Document No.9!, Beaujort Harbor to New Rivw.-The following reports have been made Fifty-second Congress. second session, and in Appendix H 26, Annual Report upon ex:amlnations and surveys of the route by Bogue Sound from Beaufort Chief of Engineers, 1893. to New River: Bouth~aB t ern Vlrginia.-The following reports have been made concerning By Capt. Jame.s Mercur, Corps or Engineers, January 21, 1883, under act or routes from Lynnhaven Bay southward, with a. view to forming part of the August~ 1882; printed in Senate Executive Document No. 30, Forty-eighth inland route to Albemarle Sound or to provide a. passage to Norfolk shorter Congress, first session, and in Appendix L ~. Annual Report Chief of En· than that by Hampton Roads: gineers, 188!. By Capt. Charles B. Phillips, Corps of Engineers, February 21,1880, under By Capt. w. H. Bixby, Corps of Engineers, October 24, 1884, a.nd February a.et of March3. 1&79, upon examination or Lynnha.ven, Linkhorn, and Broad 2,1885, under act ol.July 5, 1884; printed in House Executive Document No. Bays; prtnt.ed in Senate Executive DocumentNo.1ot. Forty-sixth Congress, 258, Forty-eighth Congress, second session, and in Appendix M 15, Annual second session, and in Appendix I 19, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, Rel)ort Chief or Engineers, 1885. 1880; also reprinted with the followtng. This water way has been under im:proveme.nt. and annual reports thereon By Lieut. G. J. Fiebegel\ Corps of Engineers, November 24. 1890, under act rendered by the Chief of Engineers smce 1886.. of September 19, 1890, on examination to connect Lynnhaven Bay with East­ The western portion o! this route, between Swansboro and New River, ern Branch o! Elizabeth River; printed in House Executive Document No. was examined, in compliance with act of August 11, 1888, by Capt. W. H. 48, Fifty-first Congress, second session, and in Appendix K 12, Annual Re­ Bixbf, Corps o! Engineers, and his report of March 13, 1889, printed in Ap­ port Chief of Engineers, 1891. pendix M 19. AnnualReportChiet o! Eng1neers,1889. An appropriation was - General sun;eys from Norfollc Ha,.bor southward along Ci>ad of North Oaro­ made in 1890 for its improvement, and it has been reported on in the annual lina and South Oarolina.-The following general reports upon this stretch reports of the Chief of Engineers since that year. Papers relating to the ha. ve been made: work were printed in House Executive Document No. 28, Fifty·second Con­ By Robert Fulton, on steamboat navigation from the Chesapeake to St. gress, first session, and in.Appendix L 14, Annual Report Chief of Engineers. Mary's River; first edition, 1813; second edition. 1828 (copy in this oiD.ce). 1892. By Maj. James Kearney, Topographical Engineers, March 8, 1826, under Between Oape Fe~r ana Waccamaw Rivers.-A report upon an examination Houseresolution or January 24, 1826, on route from Norfolk to Little River; for water connection between these rivers. ordered by act or March 3. 1881. printed in House Document No. 125, Nineteenth Congres.s, first session. was made byCapt. James Mercur, Corps of Engineers, April H, 188Z; printed By Lieut. CoL James Kearney, Topographical Engineers, May 21, 1838, in Senate Executive Document No. 169, Forty-seventh Congress, first ses­ upon survey, provi.ded for by appropnation of March 3, 1837, from southern sion, and in Appendix I 25, Annual Report Chief o:f Engineers, 1882. debouchttor the Dismal Swamp Canal. through the sounds, etc., to Winyaw Ooast of South Oarolin.a.-The.following reports relate to the inland pa.s­ Bay; reprinted with the folloWing. sa.ges in this section: By S. '1'. Abert, United States agent, Feorua.ry21, 1876, on survey, provided Hy Ca.pt. Charles B. Phillips, Corps of Engineers, April 14, lSSO. under act for by act of March 3, 1875, o1 routes connecting Norfolk Harbor and Neuse of Ma.roh 3, 1879, on examination or Santee River, presenting a project for River with Cape Fear River; printed in Senate Executive Document No. 35, opening a canal via Mosquito Creek between Winyaw Bay ana Santee River; Forty-fourth Congress, first session, a.nd in Appendix G 17, Annual Report printed in Senate Executive Document No.151, Forty-sixth Congress, sec­ Chief of Engineers. 187(). · ond session, and in Appendix !25, Annual Report Cbie1 of Engineers, 1880. By Capt. C. B. Phillips, Corps o:f Engineers, January 15, 1880, on survey, Annual report of Capt. F. V. Abbot, Corps or En~ineers, for 1889 (Appendix: provided tor by appropriation of June 18, 187S, o! routes from Norfolk Har­ N10). presenting a project !or another canal from Estherville t-o Minim bortotheAtla.ntic. south o1 Cape Hatteras, and to Cape Fear River; printed Creek, connecting Winyaw Bay and Sant-ee River. tn Senate Executive Document No. 78, Forty-sixth Congress, second session, Annual reports of the Chief of Engineers since 1880 on the improvements and in AppencUx I 17, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1880. of Santee River as above. In addition to the above, further reports have been made concerning sec­ By the Secretary or the Treasury, April 4, 1808 (see above), relating t.o the tions of this line, as follows: Santee Gana.l (connecting Santee and Cooper Rivers). Norfolk Harbor to .A.lbt:marle Sotmd.-ThiB passage is effected by two routes, By Lieut. Col. Q. A. Gillmore, Corps of Engineers, January.26, 1881 uudel' 4428 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MAY4;

act of June 14, 1880, on reopening the Santee Canal; printed in Senate Ex· By Lieut. CoL Q. A. Gillmore, Corps of Engineers, December 3, 1881, under ecutive Document No. 60, Forty-sixth Congress, third session, and in Ap· act of March 3, 1881; printed in Senate Executive Document No. 33, Forty-seT· pendix J 17 Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1881. enth. Congress, first session, and in Appendix J 15, Annual Report Chief ot By Capt. W. H. Bixby, Corps of Engineers, February 4 and September 5, Engmeers, 1882. 1887, under act of August 5, 1886, on examination and survey of Alligator By Ca.pt. James C. Post and Col. Q. A. Glilmore, Corps of Engineers, Jan­ River and other waters connecting Santee River and Bulls Bay; printed in uary 10 and September 29, 1883, under actot August 2, 1882; printed in Senate Appendix M 25 (24), Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1887. Executive Document No. 65, Forty-eighth Congress, first session. and in Ap· By Capt. F. V. Abbot, Corps of Engineers, December 7, 1888, and December ·pendix M 19, Annual Report Chief of En~ineers, 1884. 20,1889, under act of August 11, 1888, on examination and survey of Owendaw From Saint Johns River, via 'l'ohopok~li)a Lake, to Clulrlott' Harbor or Peas~ and Wando Rivers and other waters connecting Bulls Bay and Charleston Creek.-A report on examination of this route, under actot June 14, 1880, was Harbor; printed in House Executive Document No. 82, Fi!ty-first Congress, made by Lieut. Col. Q. A. Gillmore, Corps of· Engineers, May 23,1882; printed first session, a.nd in Appendix N 17, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1890. in Senate Executive Document No. 189, Forty-seventh Congress, first session, By Lient. Col. Q. A. Gillmore, Corps of Engineers, November 22, 1880, under and in Appendix J 14, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1882. act of June 14, 1880, on examination of Wappoo Cut, connecting Ashley and Canals across Florida.-Surveys for canal routes across Florida. have been Stono Rivers; printed in House Executive Document No. 19, Forty·sixth provided for by Congress at various times, and reports submitted a.s fol· Congress, third session, and in Appendix J 4, Annual Report Chief of Engi­ lows: neers, 1881. By Senate Committee on Roads and Canals, January 19, 1826, Nineteenth Annual reports of the Chief of Engineers, 1881-1893, on improvement of Cong1·ess, first session. WappooCut. By Lieut. Col P. H. Perrault, Topographical Engineers, February 1, 1828 By Capt. F. V. Abbot, Corps of Engineers, December 13, 1888, under act of (manuscript). August 11, 1888, on examination for connecting North and South Edisto By the Board of Internal Improvement, February 19, 1829, on surveys made Rivers by St. Pierre River and South Creek, Edisto Island, printed in .Ap­ under act ot March 3, 1826; printed in Senate Document No. 102 and House pendix N 16, Annual Report Chief or Engineers, 1889. Document No. 147, T'ventieth Congress, second session; reprinted in House By Col. Q. A. Gillmore; Corps of Engineers, December 7, 1886, and Janu­ Document No. -185, Twenty-second Congress, first session, and extracts in ary 5, 1888, under act of August 5, 1886, on examination and survey for con· House Executive Document No. 157, Forty-fourth Congress, first session, necting South Edisto and Ashepoo Rivers by Mosquito Cr'eek, or below, and in Appendix I 8, Annual Report Chief o:t Engineers, 1876. across Fenwicks Island; printed inHouse Executive Document No. 117, Fir· Estimate of cost or completing surveys, January '1:1, 1830; printed in House tieth Congress, tlrst, session, and in Appendix M 8, Annual Report Chief of Document No. 41, Twenty-first Congress, 1first session ($10,400 appropriated Engineers, 1888. May 31, 1830). fFoast of Geo1•gia.-The following reports relating to this section have By Lieut. John Pickell, Fourth Artlllery, March 6, 1832; printed in House been made: Document No. 185, 'l'wenty·second Congress, first ses&ion. By Lieut. Col. Q. A. Glilmore, Corps of Engineers, November 15, 1880, By Lieut. M. L. Smith, Topographical Engineers, May 1, 1855, on surveys 'I under act ot June 14, 1880, on examination ot Romerly Marsh; printed in made under act of August 30, 1852; printed in Senate Executive Document House Executive Document No. 19, Forty-sixth Congress, third session, No.1, Thirty-fourth Congress, first session; repl1nted in House Executive and in Ap;Qendix J 19, Annual Report Chief ot Engineers, 1881. Document No. 157, Forty-fourth Congress, first session, and in Appendix Annual Reports Chief of Engineers, 1883-1890, on improvement of Rom­ I 8, Annual Report Chief ot Engineers, 1876. erlyMarsh. By Brig. Gen. A. A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers, April 3, 1876, under By Capt. o. M. Carter, Corps of Engineers, November 25. 1890, and October act ot March 3, 1875, regardmg inland route from the Mississippi to the At­ 5, 1891, under act of September 19, 1890, on examination and survey or inside lantic, including routes across Florida, with former reports; printed in route between Sapelo and Do boy Sounds; printed in House Executive Docu­ House Executive Document No. 157, Forty-fourth Congress, first session, · ment No. 62, Fifty·second Congress, first session, and in Appendix Nll, An· and in Appendix I 8, Annual Report Chief ot Engineers, 1876. nual Reuort Chief ot Engineers, 1892. Hy Lieut. Col. Q. A. Glilmore, Corps ot Engineers, December 30, 1876, on By Coi. Q. A. Gillmore, Corps of Engineers, November 3, 1884, and January route from St. Marys River via Okefenoke Swamp to the Gulf (Senate reso­ 30, 1885, under act of July 5, 1884, on examination and survey of Darien Har­ lution of January 9, 1877); printed in Senate Executive Document No. 22, bor; printed in House Executive Document No. 260, Forty-eighth Congress, Forty-fourth Congress, second session, and in Appendix H 6, Annual Report second session, and in Appendixes N 15 and 16, Annual Report Chief of En- Chief ot Engineers, 1877. gineers, 1885. · By Lieut. CoL Q. A. Glilmore, Corps of Engineers, April 6, 1880, on survey Annual Reports Chief of Engineers, 1878, 1879, and 1891-1893, on improvement made under act of June 18, 1878; printed in Senate Executive Document No. of Darien Harbor. 154, Forty-sixth Congress, second session, and in Appendix J 12, Annual Re­ By Loammi Baldwin, June 6, 1836, to the Brunswick Canal and Railroad port Chief of Engineers, 1880. Company, with other papers, on route tor canal from Alta.maha. River to Gulf coast, Florida to Louisiana.-The following reports relate to this Brunswick Harbor; printed copy in this omce. stretch: By Lieut. Col. Q.A.Glilmore, Corps ot Engineers, November20,1880, under By the Board of Internal Improvement, February 19, 1829, on routes across act ot June 14, 1880, on examination of Jekyl Creek; printed in House Execu­ Florida (see above); this report considers also the inland navigation from tive Document No. 19, Forty-sixth Congress, third session, and in Appendix Tampa Bay to the Mississippi River and in Southern Louisiana. J 20, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1881. By Lieut. W. G. Williams, Seventh Infantry, Octooer 14, 1833, on surveys By Col. Q. A. Gillmore, Corps of Engineers. December 4, 1880, and October made under act of July 4, 1832, of routes between St. Andrews Bay and Cha. t­ 13, 1887, under act of August 5, 1886, on examination and survey ot Jekyl tahoochee River and Bay and between Pensacola and Mobile Bays; printed, Creek; printed in House Executive Document No. 117, Fiftieth Congress, together with numerous other documents relating to the water ways in this first session, and in Appendix N 10, Annual Report Chief ot Engineers, 1&18. vicinity, in House Document No. 61, Twenty-third Congress, first session. Annual Reports of the Chief of Engineers, 188~1893, on improvement of By Bria. Gen. A. A. Humphreys, Ohiet of Engineers, April 3, 1876, under J ekyl Creek. a.ct of March 3, 1875, on routes from the Mississippi to the Atlantic (see By Capt. 0. M. Carter, Corps of Engineers, November 25, 1890, and Novem­ above), accompanying which are printed reports of Capt. A. N. Damrell, ber 25, 1891, under aGt ot September 19, 1890. on examination and survey of Corps ot Engineers, September 19, 1873, on route from Apalachicola River to the entire inside route from Savannah to Fernandina, including the vari­ Mississippi Sound, and of Capt. C. W. Howell. Corps of Engineers, Septem· ous localities; printed in House Executive Document No. 41, Fifty-second. ber, 1873, on route from Mississippi River to Mobile Bay. Congress, first session, and in Appendix N 12, Annual Report Chief of Engi­ By Maj. A. N. Damrell, Corps of Engineers, January 22, 1883, on examina­ neers, 1892. tion, under act or August 2, 1882. ot inside passage from.Cedar Keys to Clear­ Appendix N 12, Annual Report, Chief ot Engineers, 1893, on improve­ water Harbor and Tampa; printed in Appendix N 28, Annual Report Chief ment or the route from Savannah to Fernandina, under appropria.tion of of Engineers, 1884. July 13, 1892. By Spencer C. McCorkle, .April 21, 1891, on route from Suwanee River to Between Fernandina ana St. Johns .River.-Appropriations for improvement Mississippi River; printed in proceedings of Engineers' Club ot Philadel­ of this passage were ma.de 1828-1838 and 1874-1880, and reports thereon may phia, July, 1891 (volume 8, No.3), page 195. be found in the corresponding annual reports, down to 1887. The following Special reports on various routes in Louisiana, in addition to the above, reports on examinations and surveys have been made: are given below. By Lieut. Col. Q. A. Gillmore, Corps of Engineers, June 14, 1875, under act From M'tSsi8sippi Sound to Mississippi River and New Orleans.-The follow­ of June23, 1874; printed inAppendixU7, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, ing reports, etc., have been made: 1875. By the Secretary of the Treasury, April4, ·1808 (see above), on Carondelet By Capt. W1lliam T. Rossell, Corps of Engineers, November 3, 1884, under Canal. act of July 5, 1884, on Amelia River; printed in House Executive Document Act of Februa1·y 10, 1809, appropriated $25,000 for the Carondelet Canal, No. 71, Forty-eighth Congress, second session, and in Appendix 0 18, Annual Petition of Louisiana Legislature to Congress, December 16, 1824, tor cut­ ReportChier of Engineers,1885. ting a canal from Lake Pontchartrain to Mississippi River; printed in Docu· Eastern coast of Florida.-The following reports have been made upon the ment No. 57, Eighteenth Congress, second session. inland routes in Eastern Florida: By the Board of Internal Improvement, March 1, 1827, on canal from Lake By Lieut. J. E. Blake, Topographical Engineers, July 20, 1845 (manu­ Pontchartrain to Mississippi River; printed in House Document No. 133, Nine­ script), on the Haulover, and th~ route between St. Augustine and Key Bis­ teenth Congress, second session. cayne. By the House Committee on the Judiciary, Februaryll, 1828 (House Report By Capt. W111iam T. Rossell, Corps of Engineers, November 3, 1884, under No.138, Twentieth Congress, first session), on the Bayou St. John. act of July 5, 1884, on examination ot rout.e from St. Johns River . through By Capt. William H. Chase, Corps of Engineers, May 11, 1829, on survey ot Mosquito Lagoon, Indian River, etc., to Jupiter Inlet and Lake Worth; the waters between Mobile Bay and Lake Pontchartrain; printed in House printed in Appendix 0 21, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1885. Document No.7, Twety·first Congress, first session. By Lieut. w. M. Black, Corps ot Engineers, January 5, 1887, under act of By Capt. C. W. Howell, Corps o:t Engineers, February 9, 1871, under act of August 5,1886, on examination of Indian River, etc., from Haulover to Gil­ July.11 ,;1870, on proposed canal via Bayou St. John, Lake Pontchartrain, the berts Bar; printed in A 'Ppendix 0 17, Annual Report Chief of Engineers,1887. Rigolets, etc., to Ship Island; printed in Appendix N 3, Annual Report Chief By Capt. W. M. Black, Corps of Engineers, December 31 , 1800, under act ot of Engineers, 1871. , September 19, 1890, on examination of Indian River from Titusvllie to Ju­ By Maj. Amos Stickney, Corps of Engineers, June 13, 1882, under act of piter Inlet; printed in House Executive Document No. 168, Fifty-first Con­ March 3, 1879, on survey for breakwater in Lake Pontchartrain near outlet gress, second session, and in Appendix 016, Annual Report Chief of Engi­ ot New Canal, and relative to the canals from New Orleans to the lake; neers, 1891. printed in Senate Executive DocumentNo.185, Forty-seventh Congress, fu'st Appendix 0 6, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1893, on action underap· session, and in Appendix M 18, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1882. propriation of July 13, 1892. for improving Indian River. By Capt. W. L. Fisk, Corps of Engineers. November 22, 1888, under act o:t Haulover Canal, between Mosquito Lagoon and Indian River.-This is a link August 11,1888, on Bayou St.John and Carondelet Canal; printed in Appen­ in the above line and in addition to the above reports has received special dix T 13, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1889. consideration. Reference was made to it in act ot March 2, 1827. Acts of By Capt. W. L. Fisk, Corps of Engineers, November 25, 1890, under act of June 15, 1844, and August 30, 1852, made appropriations of $1,500 and $5,000 for September 19,1890, on shoals in Lake Pontchartrain, near the Rigolets: it; the annual reports of the Topographical Bureau tor 1845 and of the Chief printed in Rouse Executive Document No. 111, Fifty-first Congress, second Engineer from 1852, contain information relating to action under these ap­ session, and in Appendix S 15, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1891. propriations. The following reports have also been made: By Maj. James B. Quinn, Corps of Engineers, December 10, 18!12, under act By Brig. Gen. W. J. Worth, United States Army, November 10, 1843 (man­ of July 13, 1892. on examination :tor harbor of refuge in Lake Pontchartrain, uscript). near canal entrances; printed in House Executive Document No. 138, Fifty• By Lieut. J. E. Blake, Topographical Engineers, December 11, 1843, Brig. second Congress, second session, and in Appendix S 17, Annual Report Chief Gen. W. J. Worth, December 12, 1843, and the Quartermaster-General, Jan­ of Engineers, 1893. uary 16, 1844; printed 1n Senate Document No. 62, Twenty-eighth Congress, By Maj. M. D. McAlester, Corps of Engineers, December 30, 1867, under first session. Senate resolution of March 11, 1867, on route from Mississippi River to Lake , 1894. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE.

Pontchartrain via Bayou Manchac, Amite River, Lake Maurepas, etc., and Calcasieu and Sabine Lakes; printed in House Executive Document No.125, other routes; printed in Appendix I 3, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, Fifty-first Congress, second session, and in Appendix: S 21, Annual Report 1868. Chief or Engineers, 1891. By Capt. w. L. Fisk, Corps of En~ineers , December 24, 1888, under act of Coast of T·exa&.-The following reports have been made: A11gust 11, 1888, on route from Mississippi River to Mississippi Sound, via By Capt. C. W. Howell, Corps of Engineers, on survey ordered by act of Bayou Manchac, Amite River, Lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, etc.; June 10, 1872, for canal between Sabine Lake and Galveston Bay; printed printed in Appendix T 19, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1889. with his annual report for 1873 as Appendix Q 11, Annual Report, <..Jhief of From Mississippi . River along coast of Louisiana and Texas to the Rio Engineers, 1873; reprinted in Appendix: S 5, Annual Report Chief or Engi- Grande.-A report on a general survey of the entire route from Donaldson­ neers, 1875. . ville to the Rio Grande, ordered by act of March 3, 1873, was made by Capt. By Maj. Charles J. Allen, Corps of Engineers, December 12, 1890, and No· C. W. Howell, Corps of Engineers, and printed with his annual report for vember 27, 1891, under act of September 19, 1890, on West Glnveston Bay and 1875 as Appendix S 5, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1875. Other reports Oyster Bay; printed·in House Executive Document 22, Fifty-second Con­ on special portions of this route have also been made as below. gress, first session, and in Appendix U 8, Annual Repott Chief of Engi­ TVater ways in Lo t~isiana .-The nUlllerous water ways, natural and artificial neers, 1892. in Southern Louisiana afford extensive and intricate means of intercom~ Appendix U 3,Annual Report Chief or Engineers, 1893, on improvement o! munication. Many reports _upon their survey and improvement are printed West Galveston Bay under appropriation of July 13, 1892. in the annual reports of the Chief of Engineers. Attention is invitej to the By Maj. S. M. Mansfield, Corps of Engineers, August 24, 1880, under act of followin"' reports, etc.: March 3,1879, on canal between Galveston Bay and Brazos River; printed in By Maf. C. W. Howell, Corps of Engineers, February 27, 1880, on Louisiana Appendix: 0 12, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1881. waterways in general, printed in House Executive Document No. 54 By Lieut. George B. McClellan, Corps or Engineers, April 18, 1853, on in­ Forty-sixth Congress. second session, and in Appendix M 12, Annual Report land channel from Matagorda Bay to Aransas Bay (manuscript). Chief of Engineers, 1880. Copies of such of the publications above referred to as are available for Hy Maj. Amos Stickney, Corps of Engineers, January. 24, 1884-, on inland distribution from this office are sent you herewith. water routes from New Orleans to Berwicks Bay (A tchafalayaRiver); man­ Very respectfully, your obedient servant, uscript. THOS. LINCOLN CASEY, Act of June 15, 1878, grants a franchise to the Barataria Ship Canal Com­ Brigadier-General, Ckief of Engineers. pany to construct a canal from .Tew Orleans via Barataria Bay to the Gulf Hon. JoHN E. REYllUR~ , of Mexico. United States House of Representatives. By Maj. C. W. Howell, Corps of Engineers, under act or June 14, 1880, on route from New Orleans to Barataria Bay and the Gulf; printed with his HARBOR OF LYNN, MASS. annual report for 1881 as Appendix:M 18, Annual Report Chief of Engineers 1881. ' Mr. EVERETT. I desire to call up a paragraph which was By' Capt. C. W. Howell, Corps of Engineers, under act or March 3, 1873 on passed over by unanimous consent and to which I desh·e to offer survey of Bayou Lafourche; printed with his annual report for 1874 in Ap­ an amendment. On page 3, line 4, in the paragraph providing pendix: R 13, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1874. Annual Reports of the Chief of Engineers, 1878-1893, on improvement of for improving the harbor at Lynn, I move to strike out" five" Bayou Lafourche. • and insert '' eight," so as to make the provision read: '' Continu­ By Maj. C. W. Howell, Corps or Engineers, February ?:1 , 1880, under act of ing the improvement, $8,000." March 3, 1879, on examination of Bayou Terrebonne; printed in House Ex­ ecutive Document No. 54, Forty-sixth Congress, second session, and in Ap­ Mr. Chairman, I shall not detain the com mittee long to state pend.ix: M 12, Annual Report. Chief of Engineers, 1880. why I think this may fairly be made an exception to the rule By Maj. W. H. Heuer, Corps of Engineers, November 9, 1886, under act of by which the estimates of the Board of Engineers are cut down August 5, 1888, on examination of Bayou Terrebonne !rom Houma to Thibo­ deau; printed in Appendix: S 18, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1887. to about one quarter. The estimate of the Board of Engineers Annual Reports of the Chief of Engineers, 1880-1893, on improvement and for this work is $20,000. An appropriation of $10,000, or higher, other examinations of Bayou Terrebonne: has been given regularly for a series of years. This year it is By Capt. W. L. Fisk, Corps of Engineers, December 12, 1888, under act of August 11,1888, on connection between Bayous Terrebonne and Black, with a $5,000. . view to opening a shorter route from Mississippi River to Berwicks Bay; The reason why I think Lynn Harbor is entitled to special printed in Appendix: T 15, Annual Re{>ort Chief of Engineers, 1889. consideration is the fact of the extraordinary success of the im­ By Capt. W. L. Fisk, Corps of Engineers, November 5, 1890, under act of September 19, 1800, on connecting Bayous Terrebonne and Black; printed in provements that have been made. In the first place-and here House Executive DocumentNo.113, Fifty-firstCongt:ess, second session, and I challenge the attention of gentlemen who are interested in in Appendix: S 18, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1891. the question of dredging-this is the one harbor where dredg­ By Maj. James B. Quinn, Corps of Engineers, December 16, 1892, under act of July 13, 1892, on connecting Bayous Terrebonne and Black and opening a ing has been successful, where the silt has not come back, and shorter route from the Mississippi to Berwicks Bay; print-ed in House Ex­ where the improvement has been found good after two years. ecutive Document No. 158, Fifty-second Congress, second session, and in Ap­ In the second place, the tonnage of Lynn has risen from about pendix S 18, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1893. By Maj. C. W. Howell, Corps of Engineers, under act of June 14, 1880, on 100,000 tons in 1891 to 150,000 in 1892 and to 250,000 tons in 1893, examination of Bayou Black; printed with his annual report for 1881, asAp­ showing that these operations, which began only in the year pendix M 11, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1881. 1884, have absolutely created a useful harbor on the coast where Annual Reports of the Chief of Engineers, 1881-1888, on improvement of Bayou Black. . it had not been thought of before. By Capt. C. W. Howell, Corps or Engineers, under act or March 3, 1873, on I would say further that the population of Lynn has in- · · survey of Atchafalaya River; printed with his annual report !or 1874, as Ap­ creased from less than 40,000 in 1880, and 45,000 in 1885, to more pendix: R14, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1874. By Maj. Amos Stickney, Corps of Engineers, April 26, 1882, under act of than 55,000 in 1890, showing an increase of business and enter­ June 14, 1880, on survey of Atch.a.falaya River, printed in Senate Executive prise with which I think very few cities even in the great Document No. 172, Forty-seventh Congress, first session, and in Appendix a'nd progressive West can vie, and which speaks very well for M 19, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1i!82. By Maj. Amos Stickney, Corps of Engineers, August 30, 1882, under act of us in" the effete East." I may add th~t the prosperity of Lynn August 2, 1882, on examination of Atchatalaya River from Berwicks Bay to depends upon the shoe trade; and we snail go ahead as long as the GuU; printed in Appendix Q ~6, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1884. every little baby comes into the world with two bare feet. By.Capt. Thomas Turtle and MaJ. w. H. Heuer, Corps of Engineers, Novem­ ber 20, 1884 and March 18, 1585, under act of July 5, 1884, on examination and [Laughter and applause.] survey of ltchafalaya River; printed in Appendix: S 20, Annual Report Chief The CHAffiMAN. The question is on the amendment of the of Engineers,1885. gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. EVERETT]. By Capt. W. L. Fisk, Corps of Engineers, November 16, 1888, under act or August 11, 1888, on examination of Atchafalaya River from Berwicks Bay to Mr. CATCHINGS. I call for a vote. the GnU; printed in Appendix T 16, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1889. The question being taken on the. amendment of Mr. EVERETT, By Capt. W. L. Fisk, Corps of Engineers, January 16, 1891, under act of it was rejected. . September 19, 1890, on examination of Atchafalaya River from Berwicks Bay to the Gulf; printed in House Executive Document No. 198, Fifty-first Con­ Mr. GROSVENOR. I ask unanimous consent to append to gress, second session, and in Appendix S 19, Annual -Report Chief of Engi­ my remarks when published in the RECORD certain documents, neers, 1891. and to extend those remarks more especially with reference to By Maj. Amos Stickney, Corps of Engineers, under act or March 3, 1879 on survey of Bayou Plaquemine; printed with his annual report !or 1882 in Ap- two items of the bill-one the new project of improvement in pendix M 23, Annual Report Chief of Enjtineers, 1882. . the matter of ice harbors on the Western waters, and the other By Maj. Amos Stickney, Corps or Engineers, June 17, 1885, and A. 0. Wil­ the subject of bridges upon the Muskingum River. son, assistant engineer, February 20, 1885, on route via Bayou Plaquemine from Mississippi River to Atchafa.laya River;_printed with annual report or The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Ohio [Mr. GROSVE· Mississippi Rtver Commission 1n Appendix: WW, Annual Report Chief of NOR] asks unanimous consent to extend his remarks in the REC­ Engineers, 1885, pages 2973 and 2984. · ORD on the f!Ubjects he has indicated. Is there objection? By Maj. W. H. Heuer, Corps or Engineers, December 2, 1886, and February 11, 1887, under act of August 5, 1886, on examination and survey of Bayou • There being no objection, leave was granted. Plaquemine and other connecting streams to Grand Lak~; printed in Sen· Mr. CATCHINGS. I ask consent to return to page 66 of the ate Executive Document No. 121, Forty-ninth Congress, second session and bill, that I may offer an amendment. • in Appendix S21, Annual Report Chief of Engineers, 1887. ' .Annual Reports of the Chief of Engineers, 1889-1893, on improvement of There was no objection • Bayou Plaquemine. Mr. CATCHINGS. I offer the amendment which I send to By Maj. C. W. Howell. Corps or Engineers, February 27, 1880, under joint the desk. resolution of June 28, 1879, on examination for a canal to connect Grand Lake with Bayou Teche at Charenton; printed in HouseEx:ecntiveDocumentNo The Clerk read as follows: 54, Forty-sixth Congress, second session, and in Appendix M 12, Annual Re: After line 5, on page 66, add "and with a view of protecting the banks at port Chief of Engineers, 1880. and near the city or Mankato. Annual Reports of the Chief of Engineers, 1881-'87, on construction of canal from Grand Lake to Bayou Teche at Charenton. The amendment was agreed to. By Maj. Amos Stickney, Corps of Engineers, November 20, 1882, under act Mr. CATCHINGS. I ask consent also to return for a similar of Au~t 2, 1882, on ex:am~ation of water route to connect Calcasieu River purpose to page 67 of the bill. and Sa.bme Pass; printed m Appendix: Q 17, Annual Report Chief or Engi­ neers, 1884. There was no objection. By Capt. W. L. Fisk, Corps or Engineers, November 13,1890, under act. of Mr. CATCHINGS. I offer the amendment which I ask the September 19, 1890, on examination of Bayou Bl~k for connect-ion between Clerk to· read. 4430 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE.

The Clerk read as follows: Mr,. PICKLER. I think there ought to be notice of that on page 67, after line 3, insert "New York; PeekskilL II change· before pursuing it. If the rule is to be adopted, mem­ The amendment was agreed to. bers should know it in advance. Mr. CATCHINGS. I move that the committee rise and re­ Mr. TATE. They will know it by the next Friday meeting. port the bill as amended to the House with a favorable recom­ Mr. BRYAN. It is only fair to those of us who are here. mendation. Mr. PICKLER. It confuses the Calendar very materially. T.he motion was agreed t.o. Mr. BRYAN. It was done last year and no objection was made The-committee accordingly rose• and the Speaker ha-ving re­ to it. Of course this applies to the Delegates as well as the Rep· sulned the chair, Mr. HATCH reported that the Committee of resentatives, and it their names are not on the roll they are to be· the Whole on the state of the Union had had under considera. -put in their proper places. tfon the bill (H. R. 6518) making appropriations for the construc­ The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request? tion, repair, and preservation of certain public works on' rivers There was no objection. · and harbors, and for other purposes, and had directed him to The Cle.rk proceeded to ca.ll the roll of members. report the sa~e back with sundry amendments and with.. the. SARAH BECK. recommendation that the bill be p3.ssed as amended. Mr. BRYAN (when his narQ.e was called). Mr. Cha.frman, I Mr. CATCHINGS. I move the previous question on the call up for present consideration the hili (H. R. 4962) t<> restore amendments and on the bill to its third reading and passage. to the pension roll Sarah Beck, widow. The previous question was ordered. The CHAIRMAN. Has the gentleman a copy of the bill:> The SPEAKE& If no separate vote be demanded upon any Mr. BRYAN. I have sent for it. It will be here ina few mo­ of the amendments reported from the Committee of the Whole ments. the vote will be taken upon them in gros~ The question being taken, the amendments reported from the Mr. PICKLER. This illustrates the difficulty of this mode of proceeding. I give notice now that, though I did not object to­ Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union were agreed night, I will insist hereafter on the regular order. to. Tll:e bill as:c amended was ordered to be engrossed and 1•ead a The CHAIRMAN. While waiting to get the bill of the gen­ third time; and it was accordingly nead the third time; and tleman from Nebraska, the Clerk will continue the calling of the. J roll. passed .. The roll was called. When the name or Mr. CoNN wa-s On motion of Mr. CATCHINGS, at motion to recon ider the reached-- vote by which the bill was passed was laid on the table. Mr. CONN. I desire to call up Calenchr No 297. ADJOURN:M:E.~T TILL MONDAY. Mr. BRYAN. The· bill that I lu·we called up is now a.t han1l·, :Mlr. CATCHINGS. I move. that when the House adjourns Mr. Chairman. to-d&y, it adjaurn·to meet on Monday next. The CHAIRMAN. The. Clerk will report the bill. 'Ilhe-motion was agreed to. The Clerk read as follows. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary or the: Interior is hereby authorized and directed to restore to the. pen ion roll Sarafi Beck, rorinerly Sarah By unanimous consent, leave of absence was gran ted as follows: Kuteh, widow ot Allen J. Kutc.h., la.te or CompanY' D1 Twenty-ninth !ndiana. To Mr. CRAWFORD, for the session of thig: evening. Regiment, and pay to. her a pension a.t the. ra.ttt which she received pl;ior w To Mr. TALBOTT of Maryland, for the re.st of the day) on ac­ January 21, 1872. count of sickness in his family. Mr. JONES. Let us have the. report, Mr~ Chairman. rr-oMr. CLANCY,fortwo days~onaccountof illness in hiafumily. T.he. report (by Mr-. MEmLEJOHN}' was read, as follows: To Mr. RICHARDSON of Tennessee, for the rest of the day, on The: Committee on.. Invalid Pensions have considered the bill (H. R. 4962) account of sickness, granting a.. pension to Sarah Beck, and submit lihe following report: The recorda or the Pension Bureau show that A.ndrew Kutch ser-ved. in To· Mr. McLAURIN, indefinitely, on account of sickness in his Company D, '1'wenty-ninth Indiana.Jntan.tcy, from Septembe :2! 1862, 6 .rtme family·. 30, 1865. and died September 5..11885. His WidoW, Sarah was. allowed Denston To Mr. CooMBs, for the evening- session, on-aecount of ill from that date to January Zt, 1872, when she married JoJm A. Beck, The only minorchlld o!the soldier became 16-yeatsot a.ga December. 3,1871. T"he health. soldier's death was accepted by the Pension Bureau as a res.ult of his ser - To Mr. Cousrns, indefinitely, on account of sickness in his· ice. No pension has been paid on a.ccdunt or this soldiel'>'s service since Jan­ family. uary 21, 1812. WITHDRaWAL OF PAPERS. The petitioner alleges that her second husband, John Beck, died in.. Dav.ts County, Iowa, October 19, 1889; that. she owns a.n interest in <1~ acreg of land By unanimous consent, leave to withdraw papers from the in Davis County, Iowa, which brings her an incomaof$20 pe-r year, and that she has no other income or mea.n o! support. Tlle notary public, W. B . .files of the House was granted, as follows: Morr1son. certifies, from knowledge: of. several years, that he oolieves her To Mr. McALEER, papers in the case oi Mrs-. Mary Von Kus­ statement. as to her means or supporr.iS true. serow. R. V. Frank1in, of IDckma.n, Nebr., testifies· to the- same fa.ets as to her­ pro'(l6rty and income, and that she makes her home with her sister, Mrs.. S. To Mr. LOUDENSLAGER, papers in the ca..sa of Edmund John- J. Kuser. son. Dr. '1'. B. Jennings, ofDrakeville, loW~, testifieS-thaf>J. A. Book died Octo· ORDER OF BUSINESS. ber 19, 1889, and that he was. his. attending phystclan. lie-also corroborates hersta.temeut.as to property and income. The SPEAKER (at 6 o'clock and 10 minutes p. m. ). The gen­ Mose.s Minear, ofD.cakeville, Iowa., glves the same testim.on:ras to dea.t1l tleman from Indiana [Mr. BR.00KSHIRE] will perform the duties or Mr. Beck and as to the petitioner's property and income. In view or these facts your committee recommend that the bill do pa..ss of the Chair at the evening- session. And now, in accordance after being amended-as fDllows.: with the agreement heretofore made, the Chair declares· the Strike out the words "restot•e to the pension: roll," iti.line!, and insert 1'n House in recess until8 o'clock p. m., the evening session to be lieu theroorthe w-ords "place on the pension roll, subject to tlie 11mi ta.tions and prov.tsions of the pension laws, the name ot" devoted to business under the rule for Friday night sessions. Strike out a.ll of the bill after the word "regiment," in line 6. Also amend the title so a.s to read, "A bill granting a pension to Sarah Beck, formerly Sarah Kutch." . EVENING SESSION. 1 The CHAIRMAN. The question lifon the amendments. The·recess h.aving expired, the Rouse, at 8 0 clock p.m., was· Mr. JONES. Mr. Chairmrn, it seems to me that this bill called to order by Mr. BROOKSHIRE, as Speaker pro tempore. ought not to pass, a.nd, further, that no bill of this character The SPEAKER~ pro wmpore. The Honse fs now in session ought to pass. pursuant to-clause 3 of Rule XXVI. As I understand from the reading of the report, this is a case ORDER OF BUSINESS. where the widow of a soldier who had been receiving a pension Mr. MARTIN of Indiana. I move that the House resolve it­ has remarried and her second husband is also dead. Of course, self into Committee of the Whole for the purpose of considering when she remarried she lost the benefits of the pension she was bills under the special rule for this evening. drawing, but she preferred to enter the marriage relation to re~ The motion was agreed to. taining her pension. Now, the second hUEband being dead, she The House accordingly resolved itself into-Committee of the comes here and asks a special act of Congress to put her back Whole, Mr. DOCKERY in the chair. on the pension roll where she was before she married the second Mr. BRYAN. Mr. Chairman, before any bills are reported time. I understand this. to be the case now before usforconsid· to-night 1! want to ask unanimous consent of the committee that eration. we pursue the rule pursued during the last term of Congress; There are other bills on this Calendar of the same character, that is,. instead of taking the bills up in their order on the Cal· and there are probably hundreds and thousands of widows in the endar, that tlie roll be c1lled alphabetically, and as the name of United States who are precisely in the position of this woman .. a member who is present is reached he may be permitted to-call And it does seem to me that all cases of this character, if we up one.. bill. are going to enter upon this class-of legislati-on at all, should The· CH'~ffiMA~ Is there objection to the reques-t of the be made the subject o! a gener-al law. gentleman from Nebraska? If this woman iS entitled to be pufi back on the. pension roll, 1894. OONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 4431

- for that is in effect the object of the bill, then every other is no general law on the subject; a general law would make this woman that has remarried and lost herpensionon that account, bill unnecessary; but this Congress has time and again granted and has, as in this case, also lost her second husband, should be this kind of relief; and I know it has never granted relief in a treated in the same way. There should benoinvidious distinc­ case more meritorious than this. I wish to yield a few minutes tions. If this is a meritorious case I take it all the otherB ol to the gentlemanfrom Indiana lM:r. MARTIN], who is prepared like character are, and this is just such a. case as should be the with the precedents for this case. subject of general legislation if of any kind. For if one of these Mr. LIVINGSTON. Iobjectto his yielding the floor to others, persons is e-ntitled to consideration at the hands of Congress then Mr. Chairman. all are so entitled. I take it for granted that a woman who has The CHAIRMAN. But the gentleman has a right to yield. once drawn a pension would want to-continue to do so, and there­ Mr. TALBERT of South Carolina. Do I understand the gen· _ fore I can not see much difference between this case and the tleman to say there are a number of cases similar to this? thousands of similar cases. Mr. BRYAN. There are a number of such cases in which re­ I repeat, therefore, if the time of Congress iSi to be taken up lief has been granted. in the granting of special relief bills it will take perhaps, all the Mr. TALBERT of South Carolina. Is not this the first case evenings of the session that are devoted to pensions to consider of the kind that has come up? them. When the time comes for Congress to mlopt the policy . Mr. BRYAN. No, sir. The gentlemanfromlndiarracan cite of putting this class of people on the pension rolls, it ought to the precedents, of which there are a number. - be done by a general act, and not by making special exceptions Mr. LIVINGSTON. I shall object to parceling out the time. o:f this characte,r. Mr. TALBERT of South Carolina. Does not this case come Mr. BRYAN. Mr. Chairman, I would like to explain 11 the under the same head as those women who have been divorced committee the facts in this case; and while there may be a dif­ from their husbands?- ference of opinion as to what the law ought ta be in such C3cses, Mr. BRYAN. No. The gentleman from Indiana. [Mr. MAR­ or as to whether such relief ought to be granted., I hope gentle­ TIN] will cite the caseEt, so that the gentleman from South Car­ men who a>re opposed to this will not carry their op-position fur­ olina [Mr. TALBERT] may know what they are. ther than to express themselves by their votes and their speeches. Mr. !\:lOSES. The committee of which 1 am a. member re

The facts in this cn.~:;e sre these: This: woman: iS' 71 years of fused to pasa these bill.s1 as being contrary to good policy, for a;ge. Her husband was in the war for neal'lJthl'ee years--.,­ the rea.son that wa think if it ber..pmes commonly understood Mr. LIVINGSTON. Do you mean hei' first husband? throughout the country among second husbands that they can Mr. BRYAN. Her first husband. She married b.im befoll'e spend what they make without making pYovision for their wid­ the war, and he was in the war for more than two years. He ows when they die, and that tha Government will take their died within a fe.w months aHer the close of the war. He had no widows up and support them o.n account of the services ol their time, after th8' war was over, to 1a:1 up any competency for her. former husbands, that per-haps the second husband would al­ He had no time to employ himself in the ordinary work of life, waysleave them in tha.t condition, the husband himself spend.. in order that he might leave something to her and to his chil­ ing all he makes. dren. He was taken away within a few months after the close Mr. BRYAN. Well, if the gentleman will ask my opinion I of the war by disease contracted in the Army. will say that I do not think that reason would intluence many Some years after tliat she was placed upon the pension roll husbands- I do not think the Government will incur any dan get"' and drew a pension for a few yea.rs, until she rernal'l"ied in 187Z. in that way. Since that time she has drawn no pension. HersecondhusbThnd Mr. MOSES. There are a great many widows of this kind died in 1889, five years ago. If she had any property or any clamoring for pensions. means of support, 1 would not have presented this bill; bnt her Mr. BRYAN. I do not know how many there may be, but I only means of support is an interest in 40 acres of lliD.d, from do think this-is a meritorious-case, following' the precedents set which she receives $20 per year, or about 40 cents a week. in previous Congresses with respect to this character of cases. Mr. LIVINGSTON. May I ask the gentleman a question? I will yield to the gentleman from Indt:'Ula [Mr. MAR~]. Mr. BRYAN. Yes, sir. The CHAffiMAN. How much time? Mr. LIVINGSTON. I wish to ask the gentleman about. this 1ir. BRYAN. Whatever he needs to cite his precedents. statement in the report, that she is now living with her sister, Mr. MARTIN of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, I ha.rdly expected Mrs. S. J. Kuser. Is her sister a wealthy p!3rson? that the matter of precedents would be called for in cases like Mr. BRYAN. I think not. She lives in the country about this, because the practice has obtained ever since I have been a

20 miles south of mv city1 and I hav& never heard the name of member of Congre~ It was so in the Fifty-second Congress; that person among those. who have any considerable property. it was so in the Fiftieth Congres:;; it was so in the Fifty-first I could not speak definitely of the circumstances of her sister, Congressr and it is true in this Congress. Now, let me call at· but I do not think1 from what I know of the family r that any of tention to this fact. I had one of thEY clerks in my committee them have any great aiDount of meanS". This woman has1 as I room this evening late run over the ca~es hurriedly. I desire said, an income of only 40 cents a week. li she had remained to suggest tha.t a similar case was reported favorably restoring unmarried, she would have been drawing this pension for the a pension to Ellen S. Spring. You will find that in volume 21 last twenty-two year3. During those years she has not been a of the laws~ -first session of the Fifty-first Congress; also the charge upon the Government, and as I said, I would not ask it. case of Laura A. Yout·tea, in the same Congress; also the case now but tor the fact that this woman is really in destitute ciY­ of Julia E~ Phillips, in the same Congress. cumstances, so far as her own material wealth. is concerned, and Mr. BRYAN. May I ask if they were cases of divorce or of ig dependent for support upon her relatives.. ~~hl . I do not believe it is asking too much of this Congress to re­ Mr. MARTIN of Indiana. They were cases of remarriage store her to the pension roll for the few years which she has-yet to and death. live. And I want to impress this fact upon the committee, that Mr. BRYAN (to :Mr. TALBERT o.f South Carolina). That an- it is not a case where she married tlie soldier after the war was swers your question. . over, butitis acasewhereshe gave her husband tohiscountryand Mr. MART!N of Indiana. The case of 1faryLeFebrec, in the cared for his home during the war; and then, as I said, he died same Congress. soon after the war, without an opportunity to accumulate any­ Now, Mr. Chairman, there is no question at all about thefact thing to support her. I think the Government would not be that it has been the established precedent in Congress, at leas~ doing too much if it should, in all cases like this, restore to the during the last six years; I am sure during a great deal longer pension roll those who have been taken from it, and who have time. The Committee on Invali

rate of pension would have been the same, she has s:1ved to the to take the protection of a second husband instead of the pro­ Government of the United States $3,205. Now, Mr. Chairman, tection of the Government? that is one of the things that it is fair to look at. Mr. MARTIN of Indiana. Undoubtedly she did; but that pro· Another fact. I do not believe the Congress of the United taction has now been taken away from her. Is it not enouo-h for States, by its action in regard to these private bills, is likely to any member of this committee that this woman, by marrling a discourage a widow from remarriage; and, if yielding to an im­ second time, surrendered to the Government the pension which pulse, which is not only natural but right, a woman feels that she might have been drawing up to this time, amounting to be­ she can better her condition and make herself a home it is the tween two and three tnousand dollars, or, if the rate had been policy of the law to encourage· marriage, and to encourage the the same as it is now, to more than $3,000. Is not that enough? upbuilding of homes. Now, then, a great majority of the peo­ Mr. SWANSON. She gave her husband to the wa1· and got ple of this country are poor people; a great majority of the another one, did she not? widows of soldiers are poor people. A great majority of the · Mr. MARTIN of Indiana. Yes, sir; she did. Now, Mr. Chair­ old soldiers who served in the Army and laid down and died 01: rman, one word more. Woman in this world has not an equal were killed were poor people. · chance in the race of li.fe. I ask members of this committee ta A great majority of the widows who have been pensioned bear the fact in mind. Women are hampered by custom, by the since the war were the widows of poor men who took their lives occupations common to their sex, by that natural dependence in their hands either in the chance of battle or in the chance of planted in their hearts by God Almighty. They have not an equal disease in the camp or on the march, and who laid down their chance in the race of life, and we men, members of the United lives, and then the Government of the United States granted a States Congress, representatives of the constituencies that have small pension to the widows. Yielding to a natural impulse, sent us here, let us remember the fact that women have not an many of these widows, without dishonoring the memory of the equal chance with ourselves in the race of life, as this widow did soldier husband, have remarried; and it seems that this Congre;=;s not have and does not have to-day. A man may be a soldier, he, and the Government of the United States ought to encourage may be pensioned, he may marry, and there is nothing s1id the marriage relation, and encoUL·age the building up of homes, about taking away his pension. But it is on account of the real and not stand upon the mere cold-blooded calculation that this or supposed dependence of the wife upon the husband whose sup­ woman, obeying a rightful influence, obeying an impulse which port has been taken from her that, when she becomes a widow, is encourn.!!ed by law, hoping that she might better her condi­ we grant her a pension. Now, is there any crime in the fact tion, allowed herself to be sought by another husband in order that this woman remarried? Is there anything in this mar­ that she might have that which the heart of every good woman riage that the Congress of the United States should charge up turns to, a home., had lost all claim on the Government's con­ against her? And especially in view of the fact that this has sideration. been authorized by prec3dent for years and years in deserving If in the progress of events amongst people most of whom are cases, shall we now for the first time deny what has always been poor! most of whom always will be poor as a result of the laws granted in cases where the facts were similar to those presented • of nature, her second husband is called away from her, let any here? man tell me what good reason there is why the Congress of the Mr. LIVINGSTON. Mr. Chairman, I do not. expect to vote United States, recollecting her sacrifice when she gave up her against this pension. I think that some of us here from the husband, recollecting the fact, 1f you must take the matter of South occupy a peculiar position'; but I do want to say this: It money into calculation, by the second marriage this woman is about time that pensions of this kind should be stopped; that saved the Government money, why is it not right, when she measures of this sort should not be brought on this floor at all. comes to the Congress of the United States in a proper method, We all understand that when thegentlemanfrom Indiana stands that the Government shall recognize the sacrifice she has made up here and appeals for help for a woman, that appeal comes and S:ly to her in her old days and in her poverty, that the close to the heart of every man on this floor. But this woman widow of any man who laid down his life for the preservation of has not a particle of right under the law to a pension. She drew the Union shall not spend her declining years in the poor apension-- house? Mr. CABANISS. Will the gentleman allow me a question? Mr. TERRY. Will the gentleman yield. to me .:for a question? Mr. LIVINGSTON. Not now. Mr. MARTIN of Indiana. Yes, sir. ... Mr. CABANISS. I would like very much to ask the gentle- Mr. TERRY. Did not your committee some time ago agree man a question. upon a report adverse to a claim of this kind? Mr. LIVINGSTON. I have only three minutes. Mr. MARTIN of Indiana. Not that I am aware of. Mr. CABANISS. I will have your time extended. :Mr. BRYAN. Let me say that in this case the committee re­ Mr. LIVINGSTON. Very well; I will answer the question if quired me to get affidavits in regard to the woman's income, and I can. I could not obtain a favorable report until I had secured testi­ Mr. CABANISS. Yousayitistimethatpensions of this kind mony showing that she had an income of only $20 a year. should be stopped; and yet you say you are going to vote for this Mr. MOSES. I desire to ask the gentleman from Indiana if bill. Why not vote against the bill? he would have been willing to pension this woman previous to Mr. LIVINGSTON. I will t-ell you why in a moment. the death of the second husband if that husband were not able, Mr. Chairman, this woman drew a pension for seven years af­ physically 01.· financially, to support his wife? ter her first husband's death. She then of her own volition Mr. VAN VOORHIS of New York. That has nothing to do concluded that she could better her condition by taking herself with it. out from the pale of the charity of the Government and marry­ Mr. MARTIN of Indiana. I do not quite catch the drift of ing again. This second husband has died, and now she is poor. the gentleman's question. But there are hundreds and thousands-yes, hundreds of thou­ Mr. MOSES. Suppose she were not a'widow, suppose she had sands-of women all over this country in a similar necessitous a second husb:tnd living, but that he was dependent upon her, condition. I sympathize with them all. But if we are to pen­ being physically unable to work and having no property, would sion one woman of this kind, why not pension them all? And I you in that case pension this woman during the life of the sec­ recommend to the chairman of this Committee on Invalid Pen­ ond husband bec!luse she had formerly been the wife of a, sol­ sions that he bring in some general bill to include all cases of dier? this kind. .M..r. MARTIN of Indiana.. I think not. Now, I will tell you why I will not vote against this bill, be­ Mr. MOSES. She would be more entitled to a pension then cause I am fearful that, coming from the section that I come than she is now, because in that case she would have to support from, I am not competent to judge of the equities of this case. both herself and her husband. This woman may have some equities in her favor that I can not Mr. MARTIN ofindiana. Well, Mr. Chairman, I hardly think discover. If she has a single equity, God knows this House the question is a fair one. That is not this case. Here is the case ought to give her the benefit of it, and grant the pension. Let of an actual pension to the widow of a soldier who actually died as a her have it. result of his three years' service in the Union Army, his death True, she is out from under the law· she has no lawful claim, being followed by a second marriage and the existence of the and I say again it is bad policy to establish a precedent like this. second marriage relations for seventeen years; followed by the We did it in tl;le Fifty-second Congress. We did it from con­ second husbands death, and now twenty-two years and three siderations of svmpathy, notfrom justice. Pensions of this kind months after her pension ceased, without any question arising ought to be stopped, and I am in favor of stopping them by a. such as the gentleman suggests of the Government providing general law. If the Congress of _the United States will pass a not only for the widow but for the second husband, the question general law giving pensions to all women of this class, I am per­ really presented is, shall this widow of a Union soldier be al­ fectly willing it shall go on the statute book. lowed to drag out her old age in poverty and in want? [Here the hammer fell.J · . Mr. SWANSON. Do vou not think that when she married Mr. BRYAN. Inowyield tothegentlemanfromindiana [Mr. the second time she showed by that action that she saw proper JOHNSON]. 1894. CONGRESSIONAL REOORD-HOUSE. 4433

Mr. JONES. Mr. Chairman, I rise t.o a question of order. I I have introduced, and of the justice of which I have the most want to ask how the debate on this question is going to bear- profound conviction. ranged. The gentlemanfromNebraska [Mr. BRYANj is retain- [Here the hammer fell.) ing the floor and parceling out his time. I want to know how Mr. BRYAN. I yield five minutes to the gentleman from 1nuch time is going to be given to those who are opposed to this Florida [Mr. MALLORY 1. measure? Mr. MALLORY. Mr. Chairman, I differ entirely with the The CHAIRMAN. When the time of the gentleman from gentleman from Indiana who has just preceded me. Instead of Nebraska has expired, some member opposed to the bill can ob- being a meritorious case, I think this is one in which the House tain the floor and hold it for an hour, just as the gentleman from should take very careful consideration because it means the as­ Nebraska is now doing. To whom does the gentleman from Ne- t;tblishment of a dangerous precedent. braska [Mr. BRYAN] now yield? · God knows, Mr. Chairman, that I would be the last one in the Mr. BRYAN. I yield three minutes to the gentleman from world to say anything or do anything that would detract from Indiana [Mr. JOHNSON]. the interest of any unfortunate woman. Mr. JOHNSON of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, I differ with the But, sir, we are dealing here with a public matter; we are deal- gentleman from Georgia [Mr. LiviNGSTON] who has just ad- ing with a question in which the whole United States is con­ dressed the committee. I believe that this is a very meritorious cerned, a matter of public importance, and we should deal with bill, and I can hardly believe that this committee will refuse to it without any reference to our hearts or our sentiments. report it to the House with a favorable recommendation. There The facts of the case are simply these: Here is a lady who are cases of a certain class where the widow of a soldier married in 1865 was the wife of a man who had been a soldier in the him long after the close of the war, and objections have been Union Army. He died in 1872, and seven years thereafter she made in cerkttinquarters to granting pensions in cases like that. lived as a widow, drawing a pension from the Unit-ed States But this is not that kind of a case, and ought not to be confused Government. In that year she m:1rried again, and for seven­ with it. This woman was the wife of the soldier at the time he teen years she was living as the wife of another man, relinquish­ wentintothe Army. When he enlisted she bade him a sad good- ing her interest in her pension, thinking nothing whatever of by. While he was in the Army she experienced all the fears and it. After the expiration of that time the second husba.nd died, anxieties of a wife for his safety. While he was bearing arms and she now appears before Congress asking that the original she was dep1~ived of his society. And she lost this first husband pension granted as the wife of a deceased Union soldier ba re­ by reason, as I understand, of wounds which he received in the stored to her. I submit whether that, if done, would be the line of duty. She is now in her old age. She is helpless. She establishment of a precedent. is absolutely penniless. The principle involved in the matter of pensions is simply It has been the proud boast of this nation that not only the this: So far ~ these unfortunate widows are concerned, the disabled soldier but his helpless widow and orphans should re- 1 Government gives to them a compensatio~ for what they have ceive a just recompense at the hands of the Govet•nment. Many been deprived of by reason of the deaths of their husbands. gentlemen of the South-notably those who fought ag-ainst the This lady was the wife of a soldier in 1865, who died in 1872. Union soldiers-have bl3en just enough and generous enough to Mr. LUCAS. If the gentleman will allow me to interrupt recognize the claims of these orphans.. and widows upon the him, he is mistaken. He states that this solqier died in 1872. bounty of the great Government which they helped to preserve. The fact is, he died in 1865. The South to-day exults as much as the North in the fact that Mr. MALLORY. That is correct. She drew the pension the Union was preserved. The best and most advanced senti- until 1872. I do not wish to misstate the matter in any way. ment of that section thanks God to-day that the logic of seces- Now, if the policy of the Government is carried out in its sion did not prevail, since the logic of secession, established on proper method, that policy would be to pension every widow the line of the Ohio, would have divided either the North or the who, by reason of the loss of her husband, was unable to make South upon the line of the Mississippi River as well. Each sec· a support. This lady, however, in 1872 married again, and for tion of the Union has been the gainer by the success of the Fed- seventeen years she lived as a married woman without refer- era! Army. ence to any assistance from the United States Government. Now, it is true this woman married again; and ithasbeensug- Mr. JOHNSON of Indiana. Will the gentleman allow a sug- gested that if Congress should pass this special act for her re- gestion? lief, it would have a tendency to encourage the second husbands Mr. MALLORY. Certainly. of soldiers' widows in idleness, and prevent them from provid- Mr. BRYAN. I reserve the remainder of my time. inga competence for the support of theirfamiliesincase of their Mr. JOHNSON of Indiana. Is it not true that during that death. time the Government was relieved of the payment of any pen- Sir, I can scarcely believe that the accumulations of the mar- sion? And is it not, then,· to the interest of the Government to riage relation are induced or are founded upon any such con- encourag these remarriages rather than to discourage them? siderations as these. I think these things are matters of the Mr. MALLORY. I admit that; but she had a husband to take heart, as a rule, and not of cold calculation, and if we are dis- care of her, and the law contemplates that the husband is the posed to consider the marriage relation from the paltry stand- head of the family. point of dollars and cents! let me suggest to the gentleman that Mr. JOHNSON of Indiana. Unquestionably; but the husban it tends to discourag-e the relation if it be understood that a is dead now. soldier's widow, who is drawing a pension, shall not, if she mar- Mr. MALLORY. She knew when she mal'ried the second ries again, in the event of the death of her second husband, be time that she relinquished her pension when she did it. So I considered as entitled to receive the pension which she volun- say, setting aside all this question of heart, to which the gen· tarily relinquished by her second marriage. tleman has referred so feelingly, setting aside all this question It was said by one of the gentlemen, early in this debate to- of sentiment, why, let her abide by her decision. night, that he opposed the bill in its present form for the reason Mr. JOHNSON of Indiana. Does not the gentleman think tb.at he thought all of these cases ought to be pensioned under that is a very technical and narrow view to take of the obliga­ a general law. I approve of the sentiment. I think there tion of the country to the widows and orphans of its soldiers? should be a general law covering all such cases. Every soldier's Mr. MALLORY. No matter what I might do in my indi­ widow whose husband went into the Army when she was his vidual capacity, I say it is my duty in my representative capac­ wife, the husband subsequently dying, and after the lapse of the ity to see that no precedent of this kind shall be established. proper time she remarrying, and being again left a widow, poor, Mr. JOHNSON of Indiana. But the precedent has been as- dependent, and helpless, ought to be pensioned; and it is are- tablished. proach to men, North as well as South, that such a bill has not Mr. MALLORY. Then it is one of those customs that is mo1·e baen already passed by Congress. But it is no reason, Mr. honored in the breach than in the observance. Chairman, why we should hesitate in a special case of hardship Mr. JOHNSON of Indiana. That is a matter of opinion. like this to give relief that we believe such cases should be Mr. MALLORY. To say that a woman can marry a second reached by general legislation. Let us do justice in the indi- time, and live for seventeen years as the wife of a second bus­ vidual case now presented for our consideration. band, and at the expiration of that time come into this House Mr. JONES. I wish to ask the gentleman from Indiana a and ask that she be granted a pension, is, I say, a principle that question. we can not sustain. Mr. JOHNSON of Indiana. Certainly. I do not wish to be misunderstood. I am free to say I am per- Mr. JONES. I would like to ask whether the gentleman him- fect!y willing_ to pension every Union soldier, or the widow -of self has a bill of this character pending before Congress? every Union soldier who has suffered any disast-er or loss of Mr. JOHNSON of India~a. I will answer the gentleman power or ability by reason of his service in the Army. But I frankly. I have no such b1ll pending before Congress; but J think tbis is establishing a principle that is far in excess of any­ will say to him, in all candor, that there is now pending before thing that was ever dreamed o ~ before; and if it has been estab­ one of the committees of this House a bill of this character which lished or if there have been precedents which may be quoted, I -- 1 XXVI-278 4434 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MAY 4, · say it is time tor us to draw the line and say now that we shall two years. I &pllea.l to the gentleman from Nebraska. to know go no further. if a citizen in Nebraska has a. husband for twenty-two ye~rs it Mr. RAY. Will the gentleman allow me to ask him one ques- is not worth more than $3,000? That is only a little over $125 a. tion? · year. Would he now come up here and claim that this woman Mr. MALLORY. Certainly. has made a. bad bargain, that she has lost money, and is entitled Mr. RAY. I should like to ask the gentleman just this: to the $3,000? Which policy, in his judgment, is preferable, the one which A MEMBER. Oh, no. would permit a widow drawing a pension under the law to marry Mr. JOHNSON of Indiana. Will the gentleman allow me to during~- aQ'a.iu,0 thereby relieving the Gportunity, and thereby relieve the Government Now, 1-,fr. Chairman, I insist that I apply this rule to my own from the payment of that pension during her second marriage, people, and would to my own mother even, who to-day receives and then to draw her pension again in case the second husband a pension as the wife of one of the martyrs of Fort Delaware dies, oT the policy which will compel her to choose to remain prison; and if after my father died she had lived as the wife single if she would ever have a further pension? of another man for seventeen years and wanted to fall back on Mr-: MALLORY. I have no hesitation in saying what the the memory of my father I would have objected to .her getting policy of the Government should be, if the gentleman from Ne- a pension on that ground. Now, Mr. Chairman, this is the his­ bl"'aska will allow me to answer. tory of these cases. We can not talk about sympathy. I wish Mr. BRYAN. Yes; a very brief answer to a plain question. I could give every poor man 160 acres of land. Mr. MALLORY. So far as marrying again is concerned, we - Mr. TALBERT of South Caroiina. AnmNebraska Mr. VAN VOORHIS of New York. Mr. Chah•man, this is expires at ten minutes past 9. The gentleman from Virginia. undollbtedly a. meritorious case. This woman ought to have a makes the point that the gentleman from Nebraska had yielded pension. But it strikes me that the friends of rension bills the fl.oor and reserved his time. ought not to talk them to death here. [Laught-er. If the gen- Mr. BRYAN. I had yielded five minutes to the gentleman tleman from Nebraska had deliberatelygone to work to prevent from Georgia. any actio.a here this evening he could not have done it better Mr. JONES . .And you reserved the balanoo of your time. th:m by tn.king an hour in presenting one case. We have only Mr. BRYAN. I yielded to the gentleman five minutes, and about two hours for the whole evening session, and this case while he was speaking I said I reserved the balance of my time. will take more than one hour of the two. I think that one sta~­ I chanO'ed my mind before he got through; and now I yield ment of the facts of each case is enough, but this case has had a five mi~utes to the gentleman from Georgia. detailed statement of it made over and over again, both by gen- Mr. MOSES. Mr. Chairman: I believe this i-s-the fil'St pension tlemen who are in favor of it and by gentlemen who are against bill that I have opposed on the floor of this House; and I oppose it. I hope that when the next bill comes up its friends will this one. have the good sense to state the case once and then let us vote. Mr. MEREDITH. Will the gentlem.an from Georgia allow Mr. TALBERT of South Carolina. I rise to a parliamentary me to ask him a question? This is a proposition to pension the inquiry. I would like to know whether, under-the rule adopted widow of a soldier. Now, will the gentleman-- to-night o1 calling the roll, the gentleman who presents a bill Mr. MOSES. It is the widow of a civilian. has control of the time? Mr. MEREDITH . . Will the gentleman tell me whethet• she The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman under~ the rule who is reo- is the widow of the soldier or the widow of the last husband? ogni. zed is entitled to an hour I or general debate. Mr. MOSES. That is a question that will be answered in the Mr. BRYAN. Mr. Chairman, I believe I have fifteen minutes next world. [Great laughter and applause.] remaining. I have opposed such bills as this in my own committee, bills The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman has fifteen minutes. coming from my own district. I think it is the province of those Mr. BRYAN. I have yieldednearlyone-halfmytime to those committees to report to the House sach bills as have equities opposing this bill. I will now yield five minutes to the gentle­ under the general law, and such as are not covered by a OO.r, as man fom Virginia [Mr. JoNEs], if that will be enough for h1m. this case is, but on account of some technicality as to the proof Mr. JONES. The Chairman will recognize me in my own of marriage or other subsidiary questions on which they are Fi(,!ht. ruled out at the Pension Office. ~Mr. BRYAN. Then I reserve the ba.lance of my time. Now, here is a. iarge class; and in every pension law it is ex- Mr. JONES. Mr. Chairman, the chief objection that I have pressly stipulated. that such widows only as have not remarried to this bill, as I have already stated, is that it is establishing a can l'eceive a pension. It has been stated here time and again bad precedent. The gentleman from Nebraska yielded to the that this woman had saved the Government $3,000 in twenty- distinguished chah:man of the Committee on Invalid Pensions ._, -- 1~4 .. CONGRESBION.AL - REOOR~HOUSE.-

(Mr.. MARTIN of Indiana] in order that he- might to the again become hu.sbandless by reason_of death or divorce prese!lt the sa.me state substantial conditions. committee that there were precedents fGr the action wllich the If any widow so situated shouls death and memory:, which they have long since renounced by fifty precedents or probably a hundred. preference. Furthermore. it 15 not to be assumed that legislation of this character i Mr. JONES. However that may he, Mr. Chairman, I may be in the line of justice or of honor to the. soldiers the:mselves, or that it 1s nec­ permitted to refer to the fact that the gentleman has adduced essarily desired or favored by the soldier classes. A contribution from the. only two 01· three precedents for this kind of legislation. It is public Treasury to the support of the widow of the soldier, so long as she remains his widow, every soldier, perhaps, desires, and the common consent the object of the gentleman and those who beli~· ve with him to of the nation for thirty years has sanctioned this, but that each soldier looks establish more precedents by passing" this claim, because they fol'Wat

Mr. NEILL. I should like to accommodate my friend, but I caused the roll to be called; and ·herewith report the names of can not do it on this sort of a bill. the absentees. Mr. BRYAN. Let us make Otlll:' objections against men and The SPEAKER p1·o tempore. The gentleman from Missouri, not against women 71 years old, particularly in a meritorious Chairman of the Committee of the Whole, reports that, the com­ case like this. mittee, :finding itself without a quorum, he qaused the roll to be The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Arkansas fMr. cJlled, and he now reports the names of the absentees to the NEILL] makes the point of no quorum. The Chair will appoint House. The names of the absentees will be entered upon the as tellera the gentleman from .{\rkansas [Mr. NEILL] and the Journal. gentleman from Nebraska [Mr. BRYAN]. Mr. DOCKERY. Mr. Speaker,I ask that the gentleman from The committee again divided; and the tellers reported-ayes Tennessee, Mr. RICHARDSON, be excused this evening, on ac­ 22, noes 45. · count of sickness. ... Mr. BRYAN. I ask that the bill be laid aside without rec­ There was no objection, and it was so ordered. ommendation and without prejudice. Mr. MARTIN of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I desire to ask that Mr. MARTIN of Indiana. I object. the gentleman from Alabama, Mr. CoBB, be excused, on the The CHAIRMAN. Does the gentleman from Arkansas [Mr. ground of sickness. NEILL] insist on the point of no quorum? There was no objection, and it was so ordered. Mr. NEILL. Yes; I do. Mr. TALBERT of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I ask that The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will call the roll, for the pur­ my colleague, Mr. STRAIT, be excused, on account of sickness. pose of reporting the absentees to the House. There was no objection, and it was so ordered. The Clerk proceeded to call the roll, when the following mem­ Mr. CONN. Mr. Speaker, I ask that mycolleague, Mr. HOL­ bers failed to answer to their names: MAN, be excused, on account of sickness. There was no objection, and it was so ordered. Abbott, Cooper, Tex. Hines, Randall, Adams, Ky. Cooper, Wis. Hitt, Rayner, Mr. CLARK of Missouri. Mr. Chairman, I wish to have my Ada-ms, Pa.. Cornish. Holman, Reed, colleague, Mr. HEARD, excused, on account of sickness. Aitken, Cousins; Hooker, Miss. Reyburn, There was no objectlon, and it was so ordered. Alderson, Covert, Hopkins, Ill. Richards, Ohio Aldrich, Crawford, Hopkins. Pa. Richardson, Mich. Mr. WHEELER of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I ask that my Alexander, Culberson, Houk, Richardson, Tenn. colleague, Mr. TURPIN, be excu ~ed, on account of sicknesJ. Allen, Cummings, Hudson, Robbi~, There was no objection, and it was so ordet'ed. Apsley, Curtis, N.Y. Hulick, Robertson, La. Arnold, Dalzell, HuH, Robinson. Pa. Mr. STALLL.~GS. Mr. Speaker, I desire to ask that my col­ Babcock, Davey, Hutcheson, Rusk, league, Mr. BANKHEAD, be excused on account of 8icknesa. Bailey, Davis, lkirt, Schermerhorn, Therewas no objection, and it was so ordered. Baker, Kans. De Forest, lzlar, Scranton, Baker, N.H. Denson, Johnson, Ohio Settle, Mr. CAPEHART. Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleague, Mr. Baldwin, Dingley, Kilgore, Shaw, ALDERSON, be excused on account of sickness. . Bankhead, Dinsmore, Kribbs, Sheil, There was no objection, and it was so ordered. Darnes, Dolliver, Lacey, Sherman, Ba.rtholdt, Doolittle, Lane, Sibley, Mr. LESTER. Mr. Speaker, I ask that the gentleman from . Bartlett, Draper, Lapham, Sickles. Kentucky, Mr. CARTJ'l'H, be excused on account of sickness . Barwig, Dunn, Latimer, Simpson, There was no objection, and it was so ordered. Belden, Dunphy, Layton, Sipe, Bell, Colo. Durborow, Lefever, Smith, Mr. MEREDITH. Would it not be in order to ask what dis­ BeL., Tex. Ellis, Ky. Lisle. Snodgrass, ease had broken out, sir. [Laughter.] . Beltzhoover, English, Cal. Lockwood, Somers, Mr. HEPBURN. Mr. Speaker, I ask that all Democratic Berry, English, N.J. Loud, Sperry, Bingham, Enloe, Magner, Springer, members absent be excused on account of sickness. Black, Til. - Everett, Maguire, Stephenson, Mr. TALBERT of South Carolina. I move to amend that bv Blair, Fielder, Marvin, N.Y. Stevens, asking that all Republicans also be excused. · Bland, Fithian, McAleer, Stockdale, Boatner, Fletcher, McCall, Stone, C. W. Mr. MAHON. A parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker. Boen, Forman, McCreary, Ky. Stone, W. A. The SPEAKER p1·o te·mpore. The gentleman will state it. Boutelle, Funk, McDearmon, Stone, Ky. Mr. MAHON . . I have a notice on my desk which indicates Bower, N.C. Funston, McDowell, Storer, :Bowers, cal. Fyan, McGann, Strait, that this House does not have any control over the members, Branch, Gear-, McLaurin, Straus, whether absent from sickness or anything else. The Sergeant­ Bratta.n, Geary, McMillin, Sweet, at-Arms has taken that entirely in his charge, and at the end of Breckinridge, Ark. Geissenhainer, !fcNagny, Talbott, Md. Breckinridge, Ky. Gillet, N.Y. Mercer, Tarsney, the month we make our excuses to him. I ask, as a parliamen­ Brickner, Gillett, Mass. Meyer, Tawney, tary inquiry, whether it is necessary to have these excuses Brown, Goldzier, Milliken, Taylor, Tenn. made? [Cries of" Give it up!"] Bundy, Goodnight, Money, Thomas. Bunn, Grady, Montgomery, Tracey, The SPEAKER pro tempore. That is hardly a parliamentary Burnes, Graham, Moon, Tucker, inquiry. Burrows, Gresham, Morgan, Turner, Ga. Mr. MAHON. Gentlemen can be excused at the end of the Bynum, Griffin, Morse, Turpin, Cadmus, Grosvenor, Murray, Tyler, month by the Sergeant-at-Arms. Caldwell, Grout, Mutchler, Van Voorhis, Ohio Mr. MARTIN of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, it is perfectly ap­ .Ca.mJnetti, Grow, New lands, Wadsworth, parent that, it being within fifty minutes of the time of adjourn­ Campbell, Hager, Northway, Walker Cannon, Cal. Hall. Minn. Oates. Warner, ment, a call of the House would occupy most of that time, and Oannon, ill. Hall, Mo. O'Neill, Mo. Washington, leave no time in which to enforce the call of the House. There­ Caruth, Hare, Outnwaite, Wells, fore I move that the House do now adjourn. Catchings, Harmer, Page, Wever, Causey, Harris, Paschal, Wheeler, ill. Mr. MOSES. I wish the gentleman would withhold that mo­ Chickering, Harter, Patterson, White, tion for a moment. I desire to state that the gentleman from Childs, Hartman, Payne. Whiting, New York, Mr. CURTIS, told me that he was too unwell to come Clancy, Hatch, Paynter, Williams, Ill Clarke, Ala.. Haugen, Pence, Williams. Miss. to the House to-night. I therefore ask that he be excused on Cobb, Ala. Hayes, Pendlet::m, Tex. Wilson, Wash. account of sickness. Cobb, Mo. Heard, Pendleton, W. Va Wilson, w. Va.. Tl:tere was no objection, and it was so ordered. Cockran, Heiner, Perkins, Wise, Cockrell, Henderson, Iowa Phillips, Woodard, Mr. MEIKLEJOHN. Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleague, Compton, Henderson, N.C. Pigott, Woomer, Mr. MERCER, be excused on account of sickness. Coombs, Hendrix, Powers, Wright, Mass. There was no objection, and it was so ordered. Cooper, Fla. liermann, Price, Wright,Pa. Cooper, Ind. llicks, Quigg, 'rhe motion to adjourn was then agreed to; and accordingly (at 9 o'clock and 40 minutes p.m.) the House adjourned until Mr. CA.PEHART. Mr. Chairman, I ask that my colleague, Monday, May 7, at 12 o'clock m. Mr. ALDERSON, be excused, on account of sickness. The CHAIRMAN. That can not be done until we get into the House. REPORTS 0!!' COMYJ:ITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS. Mr. LESTER. I am requested to state that t.he gentleman Under claus~ 2ofRule XIII, pri vate bills and resolutiom were ' from Kentucky, Mr. CARUTH, is absent on account of sickness. severally reported from committees, delivered to the Clerk, and Mr. CLARK of Missouri. Mr. Chairman, I desire to have referred to the Committee of the Whole House, as follows: my colleague, Mr. HEARD, excused, on account of sickness. By Mr. COOPER of Wisconsin, from the Committee on the The CHAIRMAN. That can be done in the House. It is not District of Columbia: A bill (H. R 5457 ) for the relief of Em­ in the power of the committee to excuse a member. The com­ mart, Dunbar & Co. (R-eport No. 833.) mittee will now rise. _By Mr. FIELDEB., from ·the Committee OJ Invalid Pensions: The committee accordingly rose; and Mr. BROOKSHIRE re­ A bill (H. .R. 3334) for the relief of Mrs. Mary B. Hulings. sumed the chair as Speaker pro tempure. _(Report No. 834.) Mr. DOCKERY. :M.r'. Speaker, the Committee of the Whole . By Mr. MARTIN of Indiana, from the same committee: A bill on the Priva\e Calendar :finding itself without a quorum, I (H. R. 6213) to pension Harriet R. Tate. (Report No. 835.) 4438 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. MAY5 · ' By Mr. BOWERS of California, from the Committee on Mili­ Haverhill, Mass.> as to issue of gold bonds-to the Co.mmittee tary Affairs; A bill (H. R. 6405) to remove the charge of deser­ on Ways and Means. tion standing againstPatrick Kelleher,lateprivateCompanyC, By Mr. HARTMAN: Demand o1 Charles Lane anUnited States Navy, to accept a egraph and telephone system-to the Committee on the Post­ decoration from the King of Spain-to the Committee on For- Office and P~ t-Roads. eign Affairs. By Mr .. SIPE: Petition of ' residents of Allegheny County, By Mr. MEYER: Ajointresoluion (H. Res. 174) directing tho Pa., praymg for the passage of an act. by Congress to give gov­ Commissioner of InternaJ Revenue to reopen and reexamine ernt:J?.enta~ control of the te~graph h nes to be operated in con­ claim of D. R. Carroll and others-to the Committee on Ways and nect10n Wlth the postal serVlce-to the Committee on th& Post- Means. Office and Post-Roads. By Mr. DOCKERY: A 1·esolution requiring the Committee on 1 Also, petitio~ of citizens of Monongahela City; the Supreme Ways and Means to- report an amendment to the legi~ative ap- Lodge Sexen~Ial Lea~ue of" Philadelphia; the American Insti­ propriation bill repealing all laws- authorizing the payment of tute of Electrical Eng:me~rs, of New York; Waverly.Lodge, No. bounty on sugar-to the Committee on Rules. 57! of Monongahela C1ty (TI members), and the AmeriCan "Fed.er- ByMr.CRAIN: AresolutionrequestingtheSecretaryof State ation of La;bor, o~ New York, in favor of the passage of the:Man­ to furnish the House of Re-presentatives with copies of all corre- deraon-Hamer bill-to the Committee on the Post-Office and spondence between the United States and Mexico relating to the Post - Road~.. - establishment of reciprocal trade between the-tw~ntriesand . Also.pet1t10ns of the Call, of Philadelphia; o:f the Sun, o!Wil­ to the abolition of the Zona Libre-totheCommittee on Foreign hamsport; o.f the Star-Independent, of Harrisburg; of the New Affairs. Castle Courant· of the McKeesport Times, of McK.eesport· of th~ County Democrat, of West Chester, and the McKeesport Da1~y News., of .McKeesport all of the State of Pennsylvania., PRIVATE BILLSt ETC. agamst House bill No. 4732-tothe Committee-on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. · Unde:c clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills of the following titles were presented and referred as follows: · Also, petition of the Grand Council of PennsylvaniaandRoynJ Council, No. 388, of Uniontown, Pa., in favor of the Manderwn­ By Mr. CRAIN: A bill (H. R. 6980} granting a. pension to Pat­ Hainer bill-to the Committee on the Post..()ffice and Post­ rick Larkin-to the Committee on Pensions. Roads. By Mr. DURBOROW: A bill (H.R.6981) granting a pension to Edmund C. Bailey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. SPERRY: Petition of St. Matthews Evangelical Lu­ By Mr. H.A.RE: A bill (H. R. 6982) for the relief of Charles R. theran Church, Theo. Gross, pastor, Adolph Wyck and Henry Van. Houten.-to the Committee on Milita-ry Affairs.. Bodewaldt t::rr~es, protesting against the proposed amendment By Mr. LIVINGSTON; A bill (H. R. 6l)83ffor the relie:f of to the Constitut10n-to th& Committee on the Judiciary. Charles L. Bradwell-to the Committee o:n War Claims. By Mr. SPRINGER: Petition of the Evangelical Lutheran By Mr. PASCHAL: A bill (H. R. 6984) for the relief of the Church of P~iersburg~ Menard County, ill., protesting- a!?ain.st · any change m the preamble of the Constitution-to the~Com­ heirs of Henry Ruby-to the Committee on Claims, mittee on the Judiciary. By Mr. TERRY: A bill (H. ~· 6985) granting a pension to William Armstrong-to the Committee on PensioJJ.S. By Mr. WHITING: Petition of Fur.ni..ture Movers' Union Tr.unkmatrers~ Union, Barbers' Union, Retail Clerks' Union 1 and Ey Mr. WOLVERTON~ A bill (H~ R. 6986) to provide fortb,e the Bookbinders and Rulers' Union, all of Detroit, Mich .. in American registry of the steamer Margarita-to the Committee favor of. House bill 4478-to the Committee on the Post-Ofiiee on Merchant .M.a1•ine and Fisheries. and Post-Roads.

PETITIONS~ ETC. Under clause 1 o1 Rule XXII, the following petitions and papers SENATE. were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: By Mr. BAKER of New Hampshire: PetitionofL. H. Parker S.A..TURD.A.Y, May 5, 1894. and 17 oth~r citizens of Benton, N.H., praying an enactment to The Senate met at 11 o'clock a. m. enable the States to enforce State laws regulating the sale of Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. W. H. MILBURN, D. D. substitutes for dairy products-to the Committee on Agricul­ TheJournal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved~ ture.. By _Mr. BROOKSHIRE~ Petitions signed by Eugene Merrell PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. and J. T. Llewellyn, officers of the Populists' Club, and W. F. Tlie VICE-PRESIDENT p-resented a memorial oi Ciga1• Mak·

Galloway, Eugene :Mert·ell, officers of the Wabash Assembly of ers' Local Union, No. 13:3 1 of Richmond, Va.t and a memorial of Knights of Labor, and John Moony, president of Lodge No. Cigar Makers' Local Union., No. 45, o1 Springfield, Ohio, remon­ 130, Uni.ted Mine Workers of America, concerning certain mat­ strating against the ratification of the proposed Chinese treaty· ters affectin-g laboring people-to the Committee on Labor. which were ordered to lie on the table. By: Mr. BOUTELLE: Memorial of citizens- of Dover, Piscata­ Mr. PERKINS presented a memorial of the Council of Labor, quis County, Me., in favor of legislation against. imitations of of Los Angeles, Cal., remonstrating against. the ratificat-ion of dairy products-to the Committee on Agriculture. the proposed Chinese treaty· which was ordered to lie on the By Mr. COGSWELL: Resolution of Central Labor Union, of table.