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1894. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 2829 SENATE. of December 21, 1893, a report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, containing copies of papers bearing upon the Sioux MONDAY, March 12, 1894. mixed-blood question; which, with the accompanying papers, was, on motion of Mr. KYLE, raferred to the Committee on In Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. W. H. MILBURN, D. D. dian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. The Journal of the proceedings of Friday last was read and ap proved. SENATOR FROM LOffiSIANA. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. Mr. CAFFERY presented the credentials of Newton C. Blanch· A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. T. 0. ard, appointed by the governor of Louisiana a Senator from that TOWLES, its Chief Clerk, announced that the House insisted State to fill, until the next meeting of the Legislature thereof, upon its amendment to the concurrent resolution of the Sen the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward D. White in ate to print 6,000 copies of all papers and messages sent to Con the term ending March 3, 1897. gress by the President since January 1, 1893, relating to Ha The credentials were read, as follows: waiian affairs; agreed to the conference asked for by the Senate UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, State of Louisiana. on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and had To Hon. ADLAI E. STEVENSON, appointed Mr. RICHARDSON of Tennessee, Mr. McKAIG, and President of the Senate of the Unitul States: Sm: This is to certify that on the 7th day of March, 18;!4, as governor of Mr. BRODERICK managers at the conference on the part of the this State, I appointed the Hon. Newton C. Blanchard Senator in the Con House. gress of the United States, to take etrect March 12, 1894, to fill the vacancy The messao-e also announced that the House had agreed tothe caused by the resignation of the Hon. Edward D. White, in the following words, to wit: · amendment ~f the Senate to the bill (H. R. 4571) to make service I, Murphy J. Foster. governor of the State of Louisiana., by virtue of the connections with water mains and sewera in the District of Co authority in me vested by law, and in behalf of the State of Louisiana, re lumbia, and for other purposes. posing confidence in the integrity and ability of the Hon. Newton C. Blanchard, do hereby appoint him representative in the Senate of the Con The message further announced that the House had passed gress or the United States, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of the following bill and joint resolution: · the Ron. Edward D. White, and do authorize and empower him to discharge A bill (S. 432) to provide an American register for the steamer · the duties thereof according to law. In witness whereof, I have hereunto af!lxed my signature and caused the El Callao; and seal of the State of Louisiana to be attached, at the city of Baton Rouge. this A joint resolution {S. R. 51} to provide for the printing of the 7th day of March, 189!, and o!the Independence of the United States the 117t.h. report of the joint committee of Congress and proceedings at the MURPHY J. FOSTER, Governor of Louisiana. centennial celebration of the laying of the corner stone of the By the governor: Capitol. [SEAL.) T. S. ADAM, Secretary of State. The messao-e also announced that the House had passed the following bWs; in which it requested the concurrence of the The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The credentials will ba placed Senate: on the files of the Senate. A bill {H. R. 684) for the relief of the heirs of the late" Mrs. Mr. CAFFERY. Mr. Blanbhard is present, and I ask that the Catherine P. Culver; oath be administered to him. A bill (H. R. 1133) to remove the charge of desertion st:tnding The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The appointee to-the Senate ao-ainst John W. Wacker; will please approach the Chair, in order to take the oath of o A bill (H. R. 3636}for the relief ofOliverP. Coshow and others; office. A bill (H. R. 5750) to improve the methods of accounting in Mr. Blanchard was escorted to the Vice-President's desk by the Treasury DepJ.rtment, and for other purposes; and Mr. CAFFERY, and the oath prescribed by law having been ad A bill (H. R. 5178) tosupply a deficiency in the grant of public ministered to him, he took his seat in the Senate. lands to the State of Mississippi for the use of the State Uni Mr. MANDERSON. The oath having been administered to versity. the Senator from Louisiana, I think it well to call the attention ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED. of the Senate to· the peculiar language of the credentials that have been filed. I submit to both Senators from Louisiana the The message further announced that the Speaker of the House propriety of supplementing the credentials by those that would had signed the following enrolled bills and joint resolution; and be in different and better form. The language is that Mr. they were thereupon signed by the President p1·o tempore: BLANCHARD is appointed a representative in the Senate of the A bill (S. 1217) to continue in force an act approved March 2, Unit-ed States-certainly a very novel departure from the usual 1885, and entitled "An act to protect the fish in the Pot-omac form, and I think a precedent that hardly ought to be permitted. River in the District of Columbia, a.nd to provide a spawning The office provided for by the Constitution of the United Sts.tes ground for shad and herring in the said Potomac River;" is Senator of the. United States, not a representative in the A bill (S.1460) to amend an act entitled "An act to estab Senate. lish the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion Mr. DOLPH. I observe in the credentials that, besides the of knowledge among men, being Title LXXIII of the Revised appointment, the governor authorizes the appointee to perform Statutes; certain duties. I suppose when the appointment is made that A bill (H. R. 9) to transfer the Morris Island life-saving station follows; that the law authorizes the performance of those duties. near Charlest-on, S.C., to Sullivans Island; A bill (H. R. 5258) granting a pension to Hannah Lyons; COMMITTEE SERVICE. A bill (H. R. 5485) to amend "An act authorizing the construc Mr. BERRY was, on his own motion, excused from fui·ther tion of a bridge across the East River between the city of New, service upon the Committee on Claims. York and Long Island," approved March 3, 1887; Mr. SMITH wa,s, on his own motion, excused from further A bill {H. R. 5646} making appropriations to supply further service upon the Committee on Indian Affairs. urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year end Mr. PASCO was, on his own motion, excused from further ing June 30, 1894: and for prior years, and for otl\er purposes; service upon the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. and Mr. FAULKNER. I was requested by my collea~rue [Mr. A joint resolution (S. R. 53) providing for the appointment of CAMDEN] to ask the Senate to relieve him from further service a commissioner to the Antwerp International Exposition. upon the Committee on Railroads. EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS. ThePRESIDENTprotempore. The junior Sena-tor from West Virginia, through his colleague, asks to be relieved from fur The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com ther service upon the Committee on Railroads. Is there objec munication from the SAcr-etary of the Treasury, transmitting, tion? The Chair hears none, and the junior Senator from West in response to a resolution of the 1st instant, a statement show Virginia is relieved from fu!·ther service on that commiteee. ing the amount of bounty on sugar paid during the fiscal years PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. 18~2, 1893, and during the current fisQal year to March 1, 1894, and the names of members of firms and corporations who have The PRESIDENT pro tempore presented petitions of Ten received bounty on cane, beet, and sorghum sugar; which, with nessee Council, No. 95, Royal Arcanum, of Memphis, Tenn.; of the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on sundry citizens of Memphis, Tenn.; of Johnson Lodge, No. 21, Finance, and ordered to be printed. Ancient Order of United Workmen, of Memphis, Tenn.; of A. He also laid before the Senate a communication f1·om the Sec F. Davis1 Past Grand Master of Tennessee, and Supreme Repre retary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to a resolu sentative of Supreme Lodge, on behalf of 350,000members of the tion of the 5th instant, a statement relative to the Chickasaw Ancient Order of United Workmen and over 500 members of trust funds; which, on .motion of Mr-. PLATT, was referred to that organization in the city of Memphis, Tenn., praying that the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. fraternal society and college journals be admitted to the mails He also laid before the Senate a communicatio)l from the Sec as second-class matter; which were referred to the Committee · l 'e t.ary of ~he Interior, transmitting: in response to a resolution on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. 2830 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. MARCH 12, Mr. BUTLER presented the petition of Alexander R. O'Don-1 the Constitution of the United States be so amended as to rec· nell, president of Charleston (S.C.) Branch, No~ 454, National ognize the Deity; which were referred to the Committee on tha Association of Letter Cat>riers .of th~ United States, praying for I Judiciary.