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By Mr. GREENE of Massachusetts: Protest of the Boston ports of Dr. Samuel Holt Hodgson, of the Marine-Hospital Service, branch of the Atlantic Coast Marine Firemen's Union, against on the diseases of the tropical countries of America; which, on the McCall bill providing for ninety days' suspension of coastwise motion of Mr. MoRGAN, was, with the accompanying paper~, re navigation laws-to the Committee on Merchant Marine and ferred to the Committee on Interoceanic Canals, and ordered to Fisheries. be printed. Also, statement relative to the necessity of providing survey THOMAS HUNTINGTON. for widening channel of the harbor of New Bedford, :Mass., and The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a commu for greater depth of water therein-to the Committee on Rivers nication from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, trans and Harbors. mitting a certified copy of the findings of the court filed in the By Mr. HOWELL: Petition of C. A. Pettenger, of Englishtown, cause of Thomas Huntington v. The United States; which, with N.J., urging the reduction of the tax on alcohol-to the Com the accompanying paper, was referred to the Committee on mittee on Ways and Means. Claims, and ordered to be printed. By Mr. LAMB: Papers to accompany House bill granting a pension to William Spears, of Chesterfield County, Va.-to the NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIEXCES. Committee on Pensions. l\lr. WETMORE. I present the annual report of the National By Mr. L.ANIIAl\f: Petition ofT. J. White, of Wilcox, Tex., Academy of Sciences, which is provided for by statute. The for reduction of tax on distilled spirits-to the Committee on statute also provides for printing the annual reports. So it is Ways and Means. only necessary to present the report to the Presiding Officer. No By Mr. LITTLE: Petition of L.A. Greenlee, of Spiro. Ind. T.; action is necessary. L. H. Forbes, of Hackett; John Shoop and others, of Fort Smith, The PRESIDENT pro tempore. . It will be printed, the Chair and Noble & Bird, of Waldron, Ark., for reduction of tax on dis supposes, under the law. tilled spirits-to the Committee on Ways and Means. Mr. WETMORE. That is provided for by statute. By Mr. PADGETT: Papers to accompany bill8052, for a -pen The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under existing law it will be sion t.o Franklin M. Dooley, of Maury County, Tenn.-to the Com printed. mittee on Invalid Pensions. STATUES OF GEN. SAM HOUSTON A...llffi STEPHEN F. AUSTL.'f. Also, papers to accompany House bill 14485, relating to the claim of Nelson M. Buyers-to the Committee on War Claims. Mr. CULBERSON. Mr. President, I present a communication By Mr. SMITH of Illinois: Petitions of B. E. Webster: J. M. from the governor of Texas with reference to statues of Gen. Mason, and others, of Benton and Ewing, ill.; J. J. Bundy and Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin. At some future time other retail druggists, of Thompsonville, ill., urging the reduc proper Tesolutions will be offerea and their consideration asked tion of the tax on alcohol-to the .Committee on Ways and Means. by the Senate. The communication is not lengthy, and I ask that By Mr. SHEPPARD: Petition of J. W. Pate and others, of it be read. · ·Omaha, Cookville, and ]\fount Pleasant, Tex., in favor of House The communication was read, as follows: ExECUTIVE OFFICE, STATE OF TEXAS, bill 178, for reduction of tax on distilled spirits-to the Commit Austin, November 28, 1903. tee on Ways and Means. To the hono'rable Senate and House of Representatives of the By Mr. SPERRY: Resolutions of New Haven Lodge lfo. 21, Co'ngress of the United States: Order of B'rith Abraham, relative to immigration-to the Com Under a concurrent resolution of the legislature of the State of Texas, ap mittee on Immigration and Naturalization. proved AprilS, 1897, authority was given The Daughters of the Republic of Texas, a corporation composed of the female descendants of the first set By Mr .. STARK: Petition of Cummings & Mahannok and tlers in Texas, to have executed and placed, in behalf of the State, in' one of others, of Tobias, and Jacob E. Greber, of Jansen, Nebr., favor the allotted svaces a igned to the State of Texas in the Hall of Statuary, in ing House bill178-to the Committee on Ways and Means. the National Capitol at Washin~ton, a statue representing and in memory of one of the fathers of Texas, &ud statue, before being placed in said Hall By Mr. TIRRELL: Petitions of A. G. Durgin, D. C._O'Connor, of Statuary, to be approved by a commission consisting of the governor, comp F. B. Morse, A. S. Spofford, and others, urging the reduction of troller, and attorney-general. the tax on alcohol used in medicinal preparation-to the Commit In pursuance of the re olution, a contract has been made and entered into by The Daughters of the Republic of Texas, with the approval of the commis tee on Ways and Means. sion, for the execution of a statue of ~tephen F. Austin. Afterwards the By Mr. WANGER: Petition of the Woman's Christian Temper legislature of the State of Texas made an appmpriation for the execution of ance Union of New Hope, Pa., to prohibit liquor selling in Gov a statue of Gen. Sam Houston, also to be placed in t he other of the spaces allotted to Texas in said Hall. Both of these said sta,tues will be compl~ted ernment buildings, etc.:_to the Committee on Alcoholic Liquor and ready for presentation to Congress on December 1, 1903. Traffic. I have the honor, therefore1 as governor of the State of Texas, to pr~9nt to the Government of the Umted States, throu~h tl:e Congress, the sta.t11.es Also, petition of Edwin Lonsdale, Benjamin Dorrance, Robert of the distinguished statesmen named, and to ask that they may be assigned Craig, and other citizens of Montgomery, Luzerne, and Philadel spaces in the Hall dedicated to such uses at the CapitoL phia counties, Pa., for the early consideration of a bill to amend Very respectfully, the tariff law with respect to certain articles-to the Committee JOSEPH D. SAYERS, on Ways and Means. Govenw1· of the State of Texas. By Mr. WILCOX: Petition of 312-leprous citizens at Kalaupapa, The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Does the Senator from Texas Molokai, Territory of Hawaii, in support of House bill6561, to pro desire to have the communication referred? vide a reservation for leprous persons-to the Committee on the Mr. CULBERSON. I ask that no reference be made. Territories. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It requires none. By Mr. YOUNG: Petition of executive committee of the In Mr. CULB:E:RSON. As I statedamomentago,atapropertime terstate Commerce Law Convention, favoring the passage of on some future day-appropriate resolutions will be offered ::..nd bills to increase the jurisdiction and powers of the Interstate their considt:ration asked by the Senate. Commerce Commission-to the Committee on Interstate and For MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. eign Commerce. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. W. J. BROWNING, its Chief Clerk, announced that the House had passed SENATE. the following bills: A bill (S. 473) granting an increase of pension to Mabery H. :MoNDAY, January 12, 1903". Presley; Prayer by Rev. F. J. PRETTYMAN, of the city of Washington. A bill (S. 484) granting an increase of pension to Fletcher J. The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of the proceedings Walker; of Thursday last, when, on request of Mr. FAIRBANKS, and by A bill (S. 921) granting a pension to Joanna Rogers; unanimous consent, the further reading was dispensed with. A bill (S. 1299) granting an increase of pension to Ambrus U. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, the Jour Harrison: nal will stand approved. A bill (S. 1300) granting a pension to Judson N. Pollard; A bill (S. 1479) granting an increase. of pension to Thomas L. GOVERN~IE4 T PROPERTY AT PORT ROYAL~ S.C. Caughey; The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com A bill (S. 1739) granting an increase of pension to WilliamS. munication from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, pur Frost; suant to law, certain information relative to the state and condi A bill (S. 2353) granting an increase of pension to Almond tion of Government property at Port Royal, S. C., etc.; which, Partridge; with the accompanying paper, was referred to the Committee on A bill (S. 2545) granting a pension to William Johnston; ;Naval Affaii·s, and ordered to be printed. A bill (S. 2646) granting a pension to Justus L. Denton; DISEASES OF TROPICAL COUNTRIES. A bill (S. 3035) grantinganincreaseof pension to Elias Brewster; The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com A bill (S. 3365) granting an increase of pension to Eliza M. munication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a Miller; letter from the Surgeon-General of the United States ·Public A bill (S. 3397) granting an increase of pension to Eliza A. F.Balth and Marine-Hospital Service inclo ing copies of the re- Walker; 1903. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 657
A bill (S. 3508) granting an increase of pension to James M. A bill (H. R. 7680) granting an increase of pension to David C. Thomas; Yakey; A bill (S. 3661) granting an increase of pension to George W. A bill (H. R. 7832) granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth Edmonds; .· Lister; A bill (S. 4043) granting an increase of pension to Qatharine A. A bill (H. R. 8244) granting a pension to Bridget Logan; Carroll; A bill (H. R. 8699) granting an increase of pension to David M . A bill (S. 4075) granting a pension to Henry R. Gibbs; Kittle; A bill (S. 4093) granting an increase of pension to William .A bill (H. R. 8711) granting an increase of pension to William Barrett; C. Crawford; A bill (S. 4374) granting an increase of pension to Abraham A bill (H. R. 9107) granting a pension to Austin A. Vore; Shreeves; A bill (H. R. 9491) granting an increase of pension to John W. A bill (S. 4528) granting an increase of pension to Corydon Mil Brattain; lard; A bill (H. R. 9734) granting an increase of pension to John P. A bill (S. 4718) granting an increase of pension to Sarah A. P eterman; Whitcomb; A bill (H. R. 9912) granting an increase of pension to l\Iatilda A bill (S. 4809) granting an increase of pension to Henry J. Mc- Smith; Fadden; · . A bill (H. R. 10105) granting an increase of pension to Thomas A bill (S.4811) granting an increase of pension to John W. Dick; Fleming; A bill (S. 4866) granting an increase of pension to Sarah D. A bill (H. R. 10219) granting an increase of pension to J. Banks Bereman; . Hunter; · A bill (S. 4941) granting an increase of pension to William A bill (H. R. 10350) granting a pension to Rebecca Piper; Nichol: A bill (H. R. 10757) granting an increase of pension to Lewis A bill (S. 4943) granting an increase of pension to Abraham Fishbaugh; Park; A bill (H. R. 10826) granting an increase of pension to Josiah S. A bill (S. 5019) granting an increase of pension to Hannah E. Fay; , J ames; · A bill (H. R. 11020) granting an increase of pension to Oliver A bill (S. 5403) granting an increase of pension to Lyman Ho- P. Alsbach; • taling; A bill (H. R. 11189) granting an increase of pension to J ennie A bill (S. 5431) granting a pension to Daniel Dougherty; M. Gilbert; A bill (S. 5639) granting a pension to William H. Durham; A bill (H. R. 11199) granting a pension to Lewis Walton; A bill (S. 5660) granting an increase of pension to George W. A bill (H. R. 11596) granting an increase of pension to Inez L. Beriy; Clift; A bill (S. 5774) granting a pension to Asa E. Sampson; A bill (H. R. 11625) granting an increase of pension to Alexan A bill (S. 5812) granting an increase of pension to Wallace Fair- der H. Taylor. bank; · A bill (H. R. 12215) granting an increase of pension to Henry A bill (S. 5814) granting a pension to Preston W. Burford; M. Posey; A bill (S. 5816) granting a pension to Etta A. Whitehouse; A bill (H. R. 12382) granting an increase of pension to William A bill (S. 5944) granting an increase of pension to Frederick W. Sands; · Willey, alias William F. Willey; A bill (H. R. 12413) granting an increase of pension to William A bill (S. 6101) granting an increase of pension to Reuben An Zickerick: · drews; A bill (H. R. 12524) granting an increase of pension to Elvira A bill (S. 6123) granting an. increase of pension to Thomas,L. M. Cooper: Collins; A bill (H. R. 12812) granting an increase of pension to Otis T. A bill (S. 6151) granting an increase of pension to Henry E. Hooper; Burton; and A bill (H. R. 12963) granting a pension to Sarah E. Smith; A bill (S. 6330) granting an increase of pension to Allen M. A bill (H. R. 13127) granting a pension to Nancy Works: Ripley. A bill (H.· R. 13200) granting an increase of pension to Charles The message also announced that the House had passed with an B. Greely; amendment the· bill (S. 5118) granting an increase of pension to A bill (H. R. 13534) granting an increase of pension to James Adam Stuber; in which it requested the concurrence of the Senate. Evans: The message further announced that the House had passed the A bill (H. R. 13723) granting an increase of. pension to Oliver following bills; in which it request~d the concurrence of the C. Jackson; Senate: A bill (H. R. 13839) granting an increase of pension to John A bill (H. R. 1020) granting a pension to Mary E. Pennock; W. B. Huntsman; A bill (H. R.1829) granting an increase of pension to George . A bill (H. R. 14185) granting an increa£e of pension to Albert W. Brill; Blo9d; A bill (H. R. 1923) granting an increase of pension to Frederick A bill (H. R. 14195) granting an increase of pension to David W. Damon; T. Towles; A bill (H. R. 2675) granting an ine1·ease of pension to John M. A bill (H. R. 14256) granting an increase of pension to J esse R. Stanley; . Dewstoe; A bill (H. R. 3265) granting an increase of pension to Henry A bill (H. R. 14262) granting a pension to Harriet Robinson· Pensinger; A bill (H. R. 14302) granting an increase of pension to Samuei A bill (H. R. 3302) granting an increase of pension to Henry Burrell; G. Wheeler; , A bill (H. R. 14303) granting an increase of pension to Robert A bill (H. R. 3503) granting an increase of pension to Edward H. Maricle; H. Brady; · · A bill (H. R. 14361) granting an increase of pension to Joseph A bill (H. R. 3578) granting an increase of pension to Erastus E. M. Alexander; Edmunds; A bill (H. R. 14518) granting an increase of pension to James A bill (H. R. 4154) granting an increase of pension to Murray D. Kiper; · W. Woodward; A bill (H. R. 14605) granting an increase of pension to John T. A bill (H. R. 4266) granting an increase of pension to Henry Knoop; · · Ehmke; A bill (H. R. 14897) granting an increase of pension to Phillip A bill (H. R. 4501) granting a pension to Sarah D. Lightfoot; Mooney; . A bill (H. R. 5019) granting a pension to Alsey E. Potts; A bill (H. R. 14930) granting an increase of pension to William A bill (H. R. 5792) granting an increase of pension to Andrew H. Houseal; J. R eeves; A bill (H. R. 15013) granting an increase of pension to Charles · A bill (H. R. 6161) granting an increase of pension to Homer H. Barnes; Davis; A bill (H. R. 15063) granting an increase of pension to William A bill (H. R. 6719) granting an increase of pension to John H. R. Thompson; Hall; A bill (H. R. 15064) granting an increase of pension to Fred- A bill (H. R. 6889) granting an increase of pension to Michael erick Shovar; Rader; A bill (H. R. 15112) granting a pension to l\Iatilda A. Marshall· · A bill (H. R. 7012) granting an increase of pension to Abel A bill (H. R. 15211) granting a pension to Mary J. Slusser· ' Fleming; . . A bill (H. R. 15229) granting a pension to James T. Jackso'n; A bill (H. R. 7385) granting an increase of pension to John A bill (H. R. 15329) granting an increase of pension to Eliza- Kelley, second; beth Rosenbarger; XXXVI--:42 658 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. JANUARY 12,
A bill (H. R. 15385) granting an increase of pension to Alfred A bill (S. 1359) to increase pension for total deafness; J. Sellers; A bill (S. 6119) to authorize the P ensacola, Alabama and Ten A bill (H. R. 15386) granting a pension to Mary J. Cleaves; nessee Railway Company to erec.t, maintain, and operate a rail A bill (H. R. 15396) granting an increase of pension to George way bridge across the Alabama River in Wilcox County, in the H: Stone; State of Alabama; . A bill (H. R. 15398) granting an increase of pension to Andrew A bill (S. 6439) for the refund of certain tonnage taxes; W. Miller;. A bill (H. R. 179) to amend the internal-revenue laws; and A bill (H. R. 15406) granting an increase of pension to Jame~ A bill (H. R. 15480) granting an increase of pension to William P. Campbell; . S. Barker. A bill (H. R. 15409) granting an increase of pension to James PETITION"S AND MEMORIALS. Claybourn; . · A bill (H. R. 15416) granting an increase of pension to William Mr. PLATT of New York presented a petition of Flandran & Thompson; Co., of New York City, N.Y., praying for the establishment of A bill (H. R. 15431) granting an increase of pension .to Elias a bureau in the Department of Agriculture to be known as the Simpson; . . bureau of public roads; which was referred to the Committee on A bill (H. R. 15433) granting an increase of pension to William Agriculture and Forestry. H eywood; He also presented petitions of the Independent Kletzker Broth A bill (H. R. 15441) granting an increase of pension to Josiah erly Aid Association, of New York; of Parlor City Lodge, No. 2,0, Stackpole; Order of Brith Abraham, of Binghamton; of Elmira City Lodge, A bill (H. R.15466) granting an increase of pension'to John H. No. 272, Order of Brith Abraham, of Elmira; of Lodge No. 322, Rob on; Order of Brith Abraham, of New York; of Rochester City Lodge, A bill (H. R. 15510) to promote the efficiency of tb.e Philippine No. 78, Order of Brith Abraham, of Rochester; of the Odessa constabulary, to establish the rank and pay of its commanding Mutual Relief Association, of New York, and of Oneida County officers, and for other p1;111>oses; Lodge, No. 228, Order of Brith Abraham, of Utica, all in the State A bill (H. R. 15549) granting an increase of pension to John of New York, praying for the enactment of legislation to modify Wright; . . the methods and practice pursued by the immigration officers at A bill (H. R. 15550) grantingp, pension to Mary A. Hinkle; the port of New York; which were referred to the Committee on A bill (H. R. 15558) granting an increase of pension to David Immigration. A. Baldwin; He also presented petitions of E. Bailey & Sons, of Patchogue; A bill (H. R. 15571) granting an increase of pension to John of the Austin Engraving Company, of Albany; of the Jacob Dold Macfarlane; Packing Company, of Buffalo; of the Buffalo Oil, Paint, and A bill (H. R. 15648) granting an increase of pension to Lester Varnish Company, of Buffalo; of the Trevor Manufacturing Com H. Salsbury; pany, of Lockport; of the Roessler & Hasslacher Chemical Com A bill (H. R. 15661) granting an increase of pension to James M. pany, of New York; of the Firth Carpet Company, of Firthcliffe; Marshall; of the Kemp & Burpee Manufacturing Company, of Syracuse; of A bill (H. R. 15673) granting a pension to Annie E. Doss; the Eclipse Manufacturing Company, of Elmira; of VanZandt A bill (H. R. 15682) granting an increase of pension to Jared P. Jacobs & Co., of Troy; of the Joseph Schneible Company, of New Hubbard; York; of theW. T. Falconer Manufacturing Company, of James A bill (H. R. 15684) granting an increase of pension to Joseph town, and of the Standard Varnish Works, of New York, all in R. Prentice; the State of New York, praying for the establishment of a de A bill (H. R. 15729) granting an increase of pension to Abner partment of commerce; which were ordered to lie on the table. M. Judkins; He also presented a memorial of the American Society for the A bill (H. R. 15748) granting an increase of pension to William Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of New York City, N.Y. re Whitlock monstrating against the enactment of legislation 1·elative to' the A bill (H. R. 15771) granting an increase of pension to Adam interstate transportation of live stock; which was referred to the Kohlhauff. Committee on Interstate Commerce. A bill (H. R. 15789) granting an increase of pension to Benjamin He also presented petitions of Typographical Union No. 205, of Cooper; Jamestown; of the Journeymen Stone Cutters' Association of A bill (H. R. 15839) granting an increase of pension to Luther New York; of Cigar Makers' Local Union No. 9, of Troy; of L~cal Scott; Union No. 310, of Norwich; of Local Union No. 186, of Auburn· A bill (H. R. 15840) granting an increase of pension to Rudolph of the Wall Paper Color-Mixers' Union No.2, of New York; of B. W eyeneth; Local Union No. 238, of Jamestown; of Musicians' Protective A bill (H. R. 15852) granting- an increase of pension to Cyrus Local Union No. 108, of Dunkirk; of Local Union No. 30, of New G. Norton; · York· of Blacksmiths Helpers' Union No. 6931, of New York· of A bill (H. R. 15864) granting an increase of pension to Benjamin Local Union No. 9760, of Troy; of Cigar Makers' Local uy{ion Knestrict; No. 370, of Jamestown; of the Fiber Pressmen's Union, of Lock A bill (H. R.15870) granting an increase of pension to John Smith; port; of Bricklayers and Plasterers' Local Union No.10, of Troy A bill (H. R.15874) granting an increase of pension to Rebecca and of Carpenters and Joiners' Local Union No. 369, of North Tona: R. Greer; wanda, all of the American Federation of Labor, in the State of A bill (H. R. 15892) granting an increase of pension to Eli Titus; New York, praying for the passage of the so-called eight-hour A bill (H. R. 15906) granting an increase of pension to Joseph bill; which were ordered to lie on the table. Grennue; Mr. FAIRBANKS presented a memorial of Local Union No. A bill (H. R. 15999) granting an increase of pension to William 365, Carpenters and Joiners of Marion, Ind., remonstrating against F. Loomis; the passage of the so-called desert-land bill. and also against the A bill (H. R. 16011) granting an increase of pension to Morton adoption of the commutation clause of the homestead law; which A. Leach; was referred to the Committee on Public Lands. A. bill (H. R. 16032) granting an increase of pension to Henry He also presented a petition of the General Assembly of the Taylor; Presbyterian Church of Pittsburg, Pa., praying for the enact A bill (H. R. 16224) granting an increase of pension to William ment of legislation to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors in Montgome1·y; and soldiers' homes and immigrant stations: which was refeiTed to A bill (H. R. 16274) granting an increase of pension. to Sallie H. the Committee on Military Affairs. Kincaid. He· also presented petitions of H. M. Simpson & Sons, of Vin The foregoing House pension bills were subsequently read twice cennes~ of G. N. Moyer, of Laketon, and of Albertson and Hobbs by their titles, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. of Bridgeport, all in the State of Indiana, praying for the enac~ The message also announced that the Speaker of the House had ment of legislation providing for the inspection of nurseries for appointed Mr. DE AlmoND as one of the members on the part of injurious insects and for the regulation of interstate shipments of the House at the conference on the bill (S. 3653) "for the protec nm·sery products; which were referred to the Committee on Agri tion of the President of the United States, and for other pur culture and Forestry. poses," Mr. LANHAM having resigned from service as a member Mr. BLACKBURN presented petitions of sundry citizen.g of of the Committee on the Ju~ciary. Ceda.r Run, Cynthiana, and other cities in the State of Kentucky, E..~OLLED BILLS SIGNED. praymg for the enactment of legislation to amend the internal The message further announced that the Speaker of the Honse revenue laws so as to reduce the tax on distilled spirits; which had signed the following enrolled bills, and they were thereupon were ordered.to lie on the table. signed by the President pro tempore: Mr. KEAN presented a petition of Carpenters and Joiners' A bill (S. 1099) authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to retm-n Local Union No. 620, American Federation of Labor ofVhleland to Harvard University certain ~ilver cup and Nordenfelt gun; N. J., praying for the enactment of legislation to rep~al the desert 1903. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 659 land law, and also the commutation clause of the homestead act; Local Union No. 31, of San Francisco; of Local Union No. 316; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands. of San Jose; of the Federated Trades and Labor Council of San He also presented a petition of. the George Jonas Glass Com- Diego; of Local Union No. 9228, of Crockett; of Painters' Local pany, of Minotola, N.J., praying for the establishment of a de- Union No. 649, of Santa Cruz, and of Local Union No. 284, of partment of commerce; which was ordered to lie on the table. Oakland, all of the American Federation of Labor, in the State He also presented petitions of the Brotherly Benevolent Asso- of California, praying for the passage of the so-called eight-hour ciation, Order of Brith Abraham, of West Hoboken, of the Con- bill; which were ordered to lie on the table. gregation of Brith Abraham, of Bayonne, and of the Hebrew Sick Mr. BEVERIDGE presented a petition of the Laporte Fruit Benefit Association, Order of Brith Abraham, of Bayonne, all in Farm and Nursery of Laporte, Ind., praying for the enactment of the State of New Jersey, praying for the enactment of legislation legislation to provide uniform inspection for nursery stock; which to modify the methods and practice pursued by the immigration was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. officers at the port of New York, which were referred to the He also presented petitions of Rock City Local Union, No. 242, Committee on Immigration. of Wabash; ofAmalgamatedLocal Union,No.140,ofShelbyville; He also presented petitions of Carpenters and Joiners' Local of the Central Labor Union of Evansville; of the Paint Grinders' Union No. 620, of Vineland, of Local Union No. 26, of.Newark, Association of the United States, of Indiana; of Local Union No. of the International Association of Machinists' Local Union No. 46, of Evansville; of Typographical Union No. 332, of :Muncie; of 351 of Hoboken, of Carpenters and Joiners' Local Union No. 941, Local Union No. 215, of Logansport; of Local Union No. 431, of of East Orange, and of Bricklayers and Masons' Local Union No. Brazil; of Local Union No. 652, of Elwood; of Local Union No. 3, of Newark, all of the American Federation of Labor, in the 17, of Indianapolis; of Local Union No. 154, of Evansville, and of State of New Jersey, prayingforthepassage of the so-called eight- Local Union No. 171, of Indianapolis, all of the American Fader hour bill; which were ordered to lie on the table. ation of Labor, and of Lafayette Division, No. 302, Order of Rail- He also presented a petition· of the Provident Life and Trust way Conductors of America,. of Lafayette, all in the State of Company, of Philadelphia, Pa., and a petition of S. L. Allen & Indiana, praying for the passage of the so-called eight-hour bill; Co., of Philadelphia, Pa., praying for the adoption of an amend- which were ordered to lie on the table. ment to section 2 of the bill to promote the efficiency of the mill- He also presented a. petition of Albertson & Hobbs, of Bridge- tia; which were ordered to lie on the table. port, Ind., praying for the enactment of legislation to provide He also presented a petition of the American Society for the a uniform inspection of nursery stock; which was referred to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of New York, N.Y., and a peti- Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. tion of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to He also presented a petition of Local Union No. 365, United_ Animals, of Washington, D. C., praying for the enactment of leg- Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, of Marion, Ind., praying islation relative to the interstate transportation of live stock; which for the enactment of legislation to repeal the desert land law and were referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce. -the commutation clause of the homestead act; which was referred He also presented a petition of theNational Hay Asssociation, of to the Committee on Public Lands. Washington, D. C., and a petition of tneNationaJHay Association, He also presented a petition of Local Lodge No. 137, Order of of Baltimore, Md., praying for the adoption of an amendment to the Brith Abraham, of Indianapolis, Ind., praying for the- enactment interstate-commerce law relative to the rates on hay and straw; of legislation to modify the methods and practice pursued by im which were referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce. migration officers at the port of New York; which was referred I Mr. FOSTER of Washington presented petitions of the congre- to the Committee on Immigration. gation of the Baptist Church of Shelton; of the congregation of He also presented a petition of the Paint Grinders' Association the Christian Church of Seattle; of themembersof Thanksgiving of the United States, American Federation of Labor, of Chicago, Service, District No.3, of Shelton, and of the Woman's Board of ill., praying for the enactment of legislation to enlarge the pow Missions of West Washington, of Whatcom, all in the State of ers of the Interstate Comtnerce Commission; which wa-s referred Washington, praying for the enactment of legislation to prohibit to the Committee on Interstate Commerce. the sale of intoxicating liquors, opium, tobacco, and firearms to the He also presented a petition of the American Society for the "childraces"oftheearth;whichwereorderedtolieonthetable. prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of New York City, N.Y., Mr. McCUMBER presented the petition of Maynard Crane, of praying for the enactment of legislation relative to the interstate Cooperstown, N. Dak., praying that the duty be removed from transportation of live stock; which was referred to the Committee coal for one year, and that an investigation be made into the de- on Interstate Commerce. lay in the delivery of coal by the railroads atNewYorkand other Mr. SPOONER presented a petition of the Woman's Christian terminals; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. · · Temperance Union, of Racine, Wis., praying for the adoption of He also presented the petition of Charles A. Polloc~, of Fargo, an amendment to the Constitution to prohibit polygamy; which N.Dak., praying that an appropriation be made for the con- was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · struction of a turnpike from Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., to Cor- Mr. CLAYpresentedapetitionof the Board of Trade of Savan inth, Miss., to ~nabla people to get to the battlefield of Shiloh; nab, Ga., praying for the passage of the so-called pure-food bill; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. which was ordered to lie on the table. · He also presented the petition of J. K. Powers, of Springfield, He also presented a petition of the Board of Trade of Savannah, Mo., praying for the enactment of legislation to increase the Ga., praying for the est-ablishment of a Department of Commerce; pensions of soldiers who have lost a limb in the service; which which wa-s ordered to lie on the table. was referred to the Committee on Pensions. _ Mr. QUARLES presented the petition of George J. Kellogg & He also presented the memorial of John Canham and James Sons, of Janesville, Wis., praying for the enactment of legisla Canham, of Moscow, Idaho, remonstrating against the repeal of lation to provide for a uniform inspection of nursery stock; which the stone and timber law; which was referred to the Committee was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. on Public Lands. He also presented a memorial of the Wisconsin State Federation He also presented a memorial of the American Society for the of Labor, of Milwaukee, Wis., remonstrating against the adop Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and a memorial of the Ameri- tion of certain amendments to the so-called eight-hour bill; which can Humane Association, remonstrating against the enactment of was ordered to lie on the table. legislation relative to the interstate transportation of live stock; He also presented a petition of the Woman's Christian Temper which were referred to the Comniittee on Interstate Commerce. ance Union, of Racine, Wis., praying for the adoption of an amend- Mr. PE.RKINS presented petitions of theSanAntonio Fruit Ex- menttothe Constitution to prohibit polygamy; which was referred change, of Pomona; of the Charter Oak Citrus Association, of to the Committee on the Judiciary. Charter Oak, and of the Placentia Orange Growers' Association, of He also presented petitions of Iron Molders' Union No. 185, of Fullerton, all in the State of California, praying for the enact- Madison; the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of ment of legislation to protect the forest reserves of Southern Milwankee; of Plumbers' Local Union No. 167, of Madison; of California; which were referred to the Committee on Forest the Machinists' Local Union of Appleton; of the Bartenders' Reservations and the Protection of Game. League of La Crosse; of Carpenters and Joiners' Local Union No. He atso presented petitions of Local Union No. 10169, of Sacra- 836, of Janesville; of Electrical Workers' Local Union No. 187, mento; of Carpenters and Joiners' Local Union No. 332, of Los of Oshkosh; of Coopers' Local Union No. 46, of Superior, and of Angeles; of Hospital Employees' Local Union No. 492, of Stock- Plumbers and Gasfitters' Local Union No. 75, all of the Ameri ton; of Local Union No. 507, of San Jose; of Local Union No. 92, can Federation of Labor, in the State of Wisconsin, praying for of Pasadena; of Typographical Union No. 46, of Sacramento; of the passage of the so-called eight-hour bill; which were ordered Local Union No. 668, of Palo Alto; of the Federated Trades As- to lie on the table. sembly of Stockton; of Carpenters and Joiners' Local Union No. Mr. CULLOM presented a petition of the Board of Trade of 829, of Santa Cruz; of Local Union No. 810, of San Diego; of Chicago, ill., praying for the. 1·atification of thet·eciprocitytreaty Local Union No. 22, of San Francisco; of Local Union No. 896)., between the United States and Great Britain for the establish of Colusa; of Broom Makers' Local Union No. 53, of Los Angeles; ment of commercial relations with the colony of Newfoundland; of Carpenters and Joine1·s' Local Union No:751, of Santa Rosa; of which was refe:l:'red to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 660 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. JANUARY 12,
He also presented a petition of sundry citizens of the State of [Telegram.] illinois, praying for the enactment of legislation to amend the TUCUMCARI, N. J'lfEX., January 10, 1903. internal-revenue laws so as to reduce the tax on distilled spirits; M.S. QuAY, Senator, Washington, D. Q.: which was ordered to lie on the table. Decidedly single statehood is what every intelligent New Mexican wants. S. C. P ANDOLFS. He also presented petitions of Federal Labor Union No. 9428, [Telegram.] of Freeport; of the Journeymen Stone Cutters' Association of ALAMOGORDO, N.MEx., January 10,1903. Joliet; of Cigar :Makers' Local Union No. 47, of Quincy; of Local Hon. M.S. QUAY, Washington, D. 0.: Union No. 220, of Chicago; of Local UnionNo.1782,of Braidwood; We favor omnibus statehood bill without amendment, and consider Bever- of Local Union No. 644, of Pekin; of Carpenters and Joiners' Lo idge report as unfair and unjust. . H. J. ANDERSON, cal Union No. 16, of Springfield; of the Cigar Makers' Local Union Prellident First National Bank. of Canton; of Local Union No.154, of Kewanee; of Retail Clerks' [Telegram.] Local Union No. 45, of Streator; of Local Union No. 644, of Hills TUCUMCARI, N. MEX., Janttary 10, 1908. boro; of Local Union No. 1064, of Morris; of Federal Labor Union M.S. QUAY, United States Senator, Washington, D. 0.: No. 6925, of Kewanee, and of Local Union No. 410, of Danville, Population, education, wealth, entitled us to statehood single without all of the American Federation of Labor, in the State of lllinois, amendments. praying for the passage of the so-called eight-hour bill; which J. •D. BALE. were ordered to lie on the table. [Telegram.] Mr. FRYE presented a petition of Stove Mounters' Union No. TuCUMCARI, N. MEX., January 10, 1908. 50, of Bangor, Me., praying for the passage of the so-called eight Senator M.S. QUAY, Washington, D. 0.: Want statehood alone; BEVERIDGE an enemy of our people. hour bill; which was ordered to lie on the table'. HARRY R. NEAL. He also presented a petition of Pride of Maine Lodge, No. 202, of [Telegram.] Lewiston, Me., praying that the deportation of immigrants from ALAMOGORDO, N. :1\JEX., January 10,1908. the port of New York may be inquired into; which was referred Senator M.S. QuAY, Washington, D. 0.: to the Committee on Immigration. We are decidedly in favor of the omnibus statehood bill, without amend He also presented a petition of the Chamber of Commerce of ment, and do not think the Beveridge report truly states conditions existing Boston, Mass .. praying for the ratification of the Hay-Bond treaty; in this Territory. F. C. ROLLAND & CO. which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. [Telegram.] He also presented the petition of F. M. Gault and 34 other citi TUCUMCARI, N. MEX., Janua171 10, 1903. zens of Oklahoma, praying that the Indian Territory and Okla Senator M.S. QUAY, Washington, D. 0.: homa be admitted as one State into-the Union and that four Everybody here wants single statehood for New Mexico. States be created out of the present State of Texas; which was J. A. STREET. ordered to lie on the table. [Telegram..] PHOENIX, ARIZ., Janum-y 10, 1903. STATEHOOD BILL. Hon. M.S. QuAY, Mr. QUAY. Mr. President, I present a large number of tele United States Senate, Washington, D. 0.: grams bearing upon the statehood bill, which I ask may go into · People of Arizona are entitled to statehood and anxious for it without be· ing jomed to ally other Territory. Committee's report is grossly unjust to the RECORD without reading. our mterests. We urge you to continue fight for omnibus bill unamended. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to the re J.C.ADAMS, quest of the Senator from Pennsylvania? President Phoenix Boa1·d of Trade. There being no objection, the teleg1·ams were ordered to lie on [Telegram.] the table and to be printed in the RECORD, as follows: Tucu:MC.ART, N. MEX., January 10, 1903. MATTHEWS. QUAY, . • [Telegram.] United States Senator, Washington, D. 0.: TUCUMCARI, N. MEX., JanuartJ 11, 1903. We resent Beveridge report. New Mexico is entitled to single statehood Senator QuAY, Washingt [Telegram.] [Telegram]. SANTA ROSA, N.MEX., January 10,1903. YUMA, ARIZ., J anuary 10, 190:J. Hon. M. S. QUAY, Washington, D. C.: M.S. QUAY, Washington, D. C.: _ Senator BEVERIDGE'S report shows rankest prejudice and is untrue. Vote Our citizens unanimously urge passage omnibus statehood bill. for statehood. D. L. DEVANE, Probate Judge. J. S. THOMAS, Druggist. [Telegram]. [Telegram.] YUMA, ARiz., January 10, 1903. S~-nrA RosA, N.MEX., January 10,1903. M.S. QUAY, Washington, D. C.: Senator M.S. QUAY, Washington, D. C.: People of Yuma as a unit earnestly urge passage of omnibus statehood Vote for omnibus bill. Beveridge report is not true to facts. bill. . MOISE BROS., Merchants. YUMA TITLE ABSTRACT Co., [Telegram.] - By C. C. HAYWARD, Manager. SANTA RosA, N. MEX., JanuanJ 10, 1903. [Telegram]. Senator M.s. QUAY, Washington, D. a.: YUMA, ARIZ., JanuanJ 10, 1903. M.S. QUAY, Washington, D. C.: Statehood bill without amendment. BEVERIDGE'S report untrue. J. M. CASANS, Woolgrower. People of Yum!l. County, without regard to J.arty affiliation, unanimously [Telegram.] pray for the paSS&ge of omnibus state ood bi PETER T. ROBERTSON, SANTA ROSA, N.MEx., JanuanJ 10,1903. Secretary Yuma County Republican Central Committee. Senator M.S. QuAY, Washington, D. C.: [Telegram.] J:ustice can not suffer in pas...~ge of omnibus statehood measure without amendment. BEVERIDGE'S investigation superftcial. YUMA, ARIZ., January 10, 1903. C. H. STEARNS, Merchant. M.S. QUAY, Washington, D. C.: [Telegram.] People of Arizona practically unanimous for omnibus statehood bill, and S~TTA RosA, N. Mex., January 10, 1903. urge its passage. BANK OF YUMA. Senator M.S. QUAY, Washington, D . C.: [Telegram.] Omnibus bill without amendment. Beveridge report wholly unfair and YUMA, ARIZ., JantJ-ary 10, 1903. unjust. M.S. QUAY, Washington, D. C.: JACKSON GAILBRAITH CO. People of Yuma. una~ously urge passage omnib~ sta.teh_ood bill . . Our [Telegram.] every interest dema.nds1t. Reports from whole Terntorymdicate all mter SANTA ROSA, N. Mex., Januat-y10, 1903. ests urge its passage. M.s. QUAY, R.S.PATTERSON, Mayor. United States Senator, Washington, D. C.: [Telelgram.] Send you this day telegrams representing over $200,000 invested in this YUMA, ARIZ., JanuanJ 10,1903. county. All favor statehood. Hon. M. S. QUAY, Washington, D. C.: E. R. WRIGHT. Yuma County, Ariz., unanimous for statehood and the passage of the [Telegram.] omnibus bill without change. We urge and plead for the passage of the SANTA RosA, N. Mex., Janua1-y10, 1003. bill. JOHN C. DE WITT, Chairrnan, M. ~,Sfe~:States Senator, Washington, D. C.: WM. E. MARTIN, M ember, Statehood for New Mexico. BEVERIDGE'S report is wholly unjust and S. B. HINDS, lllenwe-1 ·, unfair. C. P. CRO~IN, Cle1·k, PlNTADO COPPER MINING Co., Board of Supe1'Visors, Yuma County, A1·iz. C. H. TAGGART, General Manager. [Telegram.] [Telegram.] YuMA, ARIZ., January 10, 1903. SANTA RosA, N. Mex., January 10, 1903. Senator QUAY, Washington, D. C.: M.s. QUAY, . Manx thanks for your noble fight for the omnibus statehood bill. Hope Uni ted States Senatm·, Washington, D. C.: you W1ll succeed in passing it. GUS. LIVINGSTON. Lifelong residence in New Mexico compels me to favor omnibus bill. BEV· ERIDGE'S report is wholly unfair and unJust. CELSO BACA, DENVER, COLO., January 8, 1903. Stock Owner and Woolg1·ower. Hon. M. S. QUAY, Washington, D. C.: [Telegram.] Pair me for statehood bill and against Oklahoma. and Indian Territory as S..L'ITA RosA, N. Mex., January 10, 1903. one State; against New Mexico and Arizona as one State. M. S.QUAY, H. M. TELLER. United States Senator, Washington, D. C.: - Over five years' residence compels me to urge omnibus bill and deny BEV ERIDGE'S report. SANTA FE, N. ME.x., January 1.. 1903. GEO. H. SMITH, JR., Senator M.S. QUAY, Washington, D. C.: Merchant and Woolgrower. As a former citizen of Pennsylvania and a Republican worker who has [Telegram.] been deprived of some of his most precious political rights simply because he crossed the imaginary line which divides New Mexico from the St::Ltes which SANTA RosA, N. MEX., January 10, 1903. am-round it and having a similar population, similar r esources, similar pros M.s. QUAY, pects, I urge you to do all in your power to have the Senate pass the omnibus United States Senator, Washington, D. C.: bill in its present form. N ew Mexico desires to assume the r esponsibilities Over thirty years in Territory compels me to favor the omnibus bill. BEV of statehood. It is able to do so. And how can any American citizens oppose l!;RIDGE'S report unfair and unjust in every res~t. these aspirations that are identical with the aspirations of the men who W. F. DESMARAIS, M.D. fought the British at Brandywine and Germantown and suffered a same [Telegram.] c.ause at Valley Forge? The gratitude of the people of New Mexico for your faith in them knows no bounds. SANTA RosA, N. MEX., Jant~ary 10, 1903. PA'{JL A. F. WALTER. M.s. QUAY, Washington, D. a.: [Telegram.] Vote for omnibus bill. BEVERIDGE'S report not according to condi- AzTEc, N. MEx., January 5, 1903. tions. R. B. ELLISON, Ranchman. Senator M.S. QUAY, Washington, D.C.: [Telegram.] · We sincerely thank you and all Senators favoring statehood. We de nounce the slanderous opposition of Senator BEVERIDGE. San Juan Cou.nty SAl\""TA RosA, N. MEX., JanuanJ 10, 1903. is unit for statehood. - M. Su,Sfe~~tates Senator, Washington, D. C.: JUDGE PENDLETON. A. R. SPRINGER. Vote for the omnibus bill. BEVERIDGE'S reportwhollyunfairand unjust. W. H. WILLIAMS. E. R. WRIGHT Lawyer. [Telegram.] [Telegram.] S~""TA RosA, N. MEX., January 10, 1903. ALAMOGORDO, N. MEX., January 10, 1903. Senator M.S. QUAY, Washington, D. C.: Senator MATTHEW QUAY, Washinqton, D. C.: Statehood bill without amendment if possible; records open for examina The AlamoGOrdo Lumber Company, employing 400 American citizens and tion to Senator BEVERIDGE. representing $1,000,000 capital, protest against the report of Senator BEVER IDGE as unfair and not in accordance with facts. We favor the omnibus bill JAMES A. N ABB, Justice of P'eace. without amendment. [Telegram.] S. S. HOPPER, General Man ager. Y~A, ARIZ., January 10, 1903. [Telegram.] Hon~ M.S. QUAY, TVashington,D. C.: The passa.~o of the o:dtnibus statehood bill is unanimously urged by the ALAMOGORDO, N.MEX., Janum-y10, 1903. educational1nterests of Arizona. Hon. M.S. QUAY, United States Senate, Washington, D. C.: B. F. McDONALD, The undersigned business men of AlamoGordo, N.Mex., favor the omni Superintendent of Yuma Schools. bus bill without amendment. We know the Beveridge r eport does not state [Telegram]. the true-condition of affairs, and that the committee failed to investigate the YUMA, ARiz., January 10, 1903. most prosperous parts of the Territory. M.S. QuAYJ 0. M. LEE & CO. R. B. ARMSTRONG. 1lnitea States Senate, Washington, D. C.: , H. G. CADDY. WM. H. SLAUGHTER. G. J_ WOLFINGER. L. E. GILLETT. Statehood would be a great moral boon to Arizona. Urge passage omni PEOPLES BROS. MILLER BROS. bus bill. GEO. RICHARDSON. W. E. WARREN & CO. J. A. CROUCH, G. C. SCIPIO. HODGE FURN. COMPANY. Pastor Methodist Church. R. H. PIERCE & CO. BARNES & WILLIAMS. 662 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. JANU~Y 12, [Telegram.] Mr. QUAY. I have already stated that I desire to have the ALAMOGORDO, N. MEX., January 10, 1903. testimony read; it does not matter whether they are affidavits or Ron. M. S. QuAY, United States Senate, Wa~hington, D. C.: depositions; and the Senate, I understand, has given consent. The memberS of the Alamo Club wish to be on record as unqualifiedly in Mr. BEVERIDGE. Of course, if the Senator desires to have favor of the omnibus statehood bill, and to say, further, that had the Senate committee visited our town they would have found a progressive, enlightened, them read, that can be done, but I submit it does make some dif. and representative American community. ference whether they are depositions or affidavits, because an affi E. M. CLARK, Sec1·etary. davit simply goes to the point in a few words, whereas a deposi· [Telegram.] tion is the examination of a witness in the form in which a witness ALAMOGORDO, N.MEx., January 10,1903. is always examined. Senator M. S. QUAY, Washington, D. C.: · I merely make the point. I have ·no objection to the Senator· Citizens here anxiously followmg_l)rogress of statehood bill. We favor omnibus bill without amendment. We consider that the report of Senator having the depositions read, but if this evidence is read it would BEVERIDGE is entirely unfair to the citizens of New Mexico and absolutely entitle the committee at any time, or any member of it, or any inconsistent with the facts. - member of the Senate, to have that testimony read from the desk 0. D. Warnock, chairman; J. C. Tncker; E. Prodo, county com· missioner; W. K. Stalup, probate clerk; J. N. Jackson, treas also. urer; J. E. Edington, superintendent schools; E. F. Fleming, Mr. QUAY. I have no objection. assessor; James Hunter, sheriff. The Secretary resumed the reading, as follows: Mr. QUAY. I present certain !esolntio~ of the Com~ercial Q. Mr. Romero, Mr. Newell states in answer to Senator PATTERSON that the Club of Albuquerque,N. Mex., whiCh I desrre to have read m con river goes dry at Albuquerque one year out of three and remains dry from sixty days to six months. What is your opinion of this statement? . nection with the accompanying papers, for the reason that they A. It lS absolutely false. traverse part of the testimony taken by the Committee on Terri Q. Is it not your experience that we have regular rainy seasons in New tories. Mexico during the months of July and August? A. I have oilly known a few years that we have missed it. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Pennsyl Q. Have yon been cultivating land inNew Mexico in the Rio Grande Valley? vania asks that the papers which he sends to the desk relating to A. I have been cultivating land ever since I was 10 years of age. the statehood bill may be read. Is there objection? Q. And have yon had any trouble for lack of water with the three years that you speak ofl' 1\Ir. QUAY. That is, the papers last presented. A. No, sir. The !>RESIDENT pro tempore. The papers last presented. JESUS ROMERO. The Chair hears none, and the Secretary will read as requested. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8th day of Janua~t-1003. The Secretary read as follows: LSEAL.j 0. N. MARRON, .LVotary Public. " Whereas in his testimony before the Senate Committee on Territories, in .. vestigating conditions in New MexicO, Mr.F. H. Newell, hydrographer of the Testinwny of Mr. Benjamin Johnson, taken before Mr. 0. N. Ma?Ton, a notary United States Geological Survey, stated that "the Rio Grande is dry for many public. • months, on an average of one year in three~ from White Rock Canyon south," Q. Mr. Johnson, how long have you lived in the Territory? and made many other statements of like cnaracterj and - A. Twenty-four years. "Whereas such statements are erroneous and IIUSleading, and when made Q. How much of that time have you lived in the Rio Grande Valley? by an officer of the United States, under oath, will be very injurious to the A. About seventeen years. interests of New Mexico, aside from the matter of statehood, if not publicly Q. What business have you been engaged in, Mr. Johnson? - corrected; and . A. I have been engaged m the hide and wool business and mining. "Whereas it is shown by the figures of Mr. Newell's own department in bjs Q. You are then somewhat familiar with conditions pertaining to the flow r eport of daily mea.surement, taken under his own supervi¢on, throng~ a. of tne Rio Grande River. series of five years, that the smallest volume of water flowmg past White A. Yes, sir. Rock Canyon m the Rio Grande during t~e sai(! period of five yea~ .was 262 Q. Have you had occasion to cross it many times during the summer cubic feet per second, o1· a hundred and siXty-mne and one-half million gal season? lons per day; and A. Yes, sir. "Whereas, by the sworn testimony of a large number of persons who have Q. At about what point? lived for many years in the valley of the Rio Grande, it appears that the river A. The Indian pueblo Cochiti, where the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe has never been known to be dry at White Rock Canyon, or for 50 miles be Railroad approaches the river. low that point, and but two or three times at Albuquerque: Therefore, be it Q. Have you ever known the river to be dry at that point? "Resolved, By the Commercial Club of Albuquerque, an organization com· A. No, sir. po ed of the business and professional men of this city and other sections Q. Was there always considerable flow of water at that time? of New Mexico that we do most earnestly protest agailli;t the dissemination A. There was always plenty of water, and some portions of the year had by the United States Government of false and damaging statements regard to cross in a ferry boat. ing the natural resources of- this Territory, whether made by officers of the Q. At the point where you crossed the Rio Grande Riverhowfarisitfrom Government or other persons; and the station at White Rock Canyon? t "Resolved, That such statements as that quoted above from the testimony A. About 26 miles. of Mr. Newell, if parmi tted to go uncm;rected, would serious!y retard the de M~c~e ~ou familiar with the grazing and agricultural- lands of New . velopment of ~ country ~y de~rrmg people from Qommg here for the purpose of making homes or mvesting capital; and A. I am more familiar with the grazing lands than the agricultural. •'Resolved, That we hereby respectfully reque tthe honors. ble Senate of the · BEN JOHNSON. United States to make thisprote t and the accompanying affidavits a part of the pnblic record, to be published as a correction of the erroneous and damag Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3d daY of January, 1900. ing statements above mentioned and as a matter of simple justice to the [SEAL.] 0. N. MARRON, Notary Public. Territory of New Mexico and to its people." I, the undersigned, secretary of the Co~ercial Clnl? of Albuquerque, do Testimony of Mr. S. CroZZott, taken before Mr. 0. N. Ma?Ton, a notary public. hereby certify that at a meetmg of the said Commercial Club, held at the Q. How old are yon? clubrooms in the city of Albuquerque on the 6th day of January, A. D. 1903, A. Forty-eight years of age. the above and foregomg resolutions were adopted, and I further certify that Q. How long have you lived in the Rio Grande valley? the above and foregoing is a true and con·ect copy of the said resolutions as A. Foi·ty-three years. appears from the records of the said Commercial Club now in my office. Q. What is your occupation at Albuquerque? In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the A. I am a carpente1· by trade, also farming, and am at present justice of said Commercial Club, this 8th day of January, A. D. 1903. the pea.ce for Albuq_uerque precinct. P. F. McCANNA, Secretary. Q. Have you read the-te timony given by Mr. Newell before the Senate Mr. QUAY. I desire also to have the accompanying affidavits committee on the new statehood bill, particularly at the bottom of page 180? A. !have. read. Q. What have yon to say to the statement that the Rio Grande is usually The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Thel'e being no ebjection, the dry, except during flood time, at White Rock Canyon? · affidavits will be read. A. It is not so. Q. How many times have yon seen the Rio Grande dry at Corrales, 10 The Secretary read as follows: miles abov;e Albuquerque? Testimony of Mr. Jesus M. Romero, taken before Mr. 0. N. Marron, fl. notary A. I have never known it to be dry at Corrales, 10 miles above Albuquer public. que, where I have lived for eighteen years. Q. How long have you lived in the Rio Grande Valley? SEFERINO CROLLOTT. A. I have lived here all my life. Subscribed and swoxn to before me this 8th da~ otJanuary, 1903. Q. How old are you? [SEAL.] 0. N. MARRON, Notary Public. A. I am 43 years o age. _ Q.. How many times hav you known the river to be dry at Albuquerque durmg your lifetime? Testimony of Mr. E. B. Stover, taken before Mr. 0. N. Ma?Ton, a notary public. A. Three times. Q. Mr. Stover, how long have you lived in the Territory of New Mexico? Q. For how long a period during each time has it remained dry? A. A little over twenty-six years. A. About a month each time. . Q. What places or public positions have you held since coming to the Ter· Q. In othar words, you have only known the river to be dry three times ritorJ1 in tbe forty-three years at Albuquerque? A. I have been a member of the legislative council-and president, although A. Yes, sir. not an instructor, of the University of New Mexico for about eight ;years, and am now a regent thereof. I was also president of the bureau of Immi· ' Mr. BEVERIDGE. Mr. President, this does not appear to be gration for about eight :;years. an affidavit. It appears to be a deposition. Q. You thenfeel qualified to answer some of the statements made by Mr. Mr. QUAY. It does not matter, 1\!r. President. Newell before the new statehood Senatorial committee? Mr. BEVERIDGE. Does the Senator desire that the deposi· A. I am. I have traveled over the most of New Mexico and am personally familiar with the conditions existing. tions shall be read, or would it be sufficient for the Senator to state Q. Did you read the testimony of Mr. Newell, recently taken beforo the the point to which the depositions go? I ee that they are volumi subcommittee Senate·on Territories, of which Mr. BEVERIDGE is chairman? A. Yes, sir; I did. nous. Otherwise, of course, in order that the Senate may under Q. Where have you resided since living in New Mexico? stand the whole controversy, all the testimony on the subject A. Twenty-two out of the twentv-six years I have resided in Old Albu· might equally be read from the desk. qnerque, and :r;qy place on the west is bounded by the Rio Grande River 1903. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE. 663 Then you are familiar witathe history of that river, for the past twenty The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to the re- six years? · A. Entirely so. quest of the Senator from Pennsylvania? · Q. Mr. Newell states that the normal condition of tha.triverisdry d'uring There being no-objection, the remaining papers were ordered most of the frriga.tion season, 50 miles above Albuquerque. Do you believe to be printed in. the RECORD, as follows: this to-be a. correct statement? • A. L know it to be absolutely false. Testimony of Mr. Linder Wats, taken before Mr. 0. N. Marron, ~notary public• . Q.. How many years have you known the river to be dry at Albuquerque? Q. How long have you lived in New Merico, Mv. Wats? A. Never to be ~ntirely dry; it has been partially dry for three years ad- A. About thirty years. join:ing my place in Old Albuquerque, but at. no timt> so· dry but what the Q. Ami h-ave you lived on the banks of the Rio Grande River? holes in the river bed were full of fish. A. I have lived here in Albuquerque fourteen years. Q. With the intense interest that yon have in the public a.ifairg of New Q. Are you familiar with the con.ditions of the Rio Grande? Mexico since residing here, do you think it possible that M-r. NewelT ill' his A. Yes, sir;. I have been gardening and fruit raising in this valley for four· official position could have made many visits to the Territorywithout yon:r teen years. knA~ieg~~ot think so. Q. H:we you.everooen troubled forlRck. of water during those fourteen 1:. years? Q. You.th erefore g_uestion the statement made by him· in a;nswer to tue A. For only a short period. . questions by-th.e chairman of the stateho~ committee... . Q Ab t h 1 · d ..... w ts'> .A. Unquestiona.bly I do. I personally know that many of them are m1s- · on ow ong a perw • .w.r. a · leadfng in the extreme and some absolutely false. And if necessa.ry I can A. About a month. · · pJ'odll.ce the sworn a.ffi.&vits of one thousand or more men. who have lived' in Q. Mr. Wats, have yonread the testimony of Mr. Newell before the Sen- New 1\Iexico for thirty years to substantiate my statement~ ate committeet · _Q. Ha.ve yorrinany way investigated or have you any knowledge of the ~~ ji~~·i!'wen therein states that the river is dry one yeal.' in three, and underffow of the Rio Grande. fr ixt da · ths Wha d A. When I first came to New Merico, twenth-six. yea-rs· avo, I was a om 8 Y ys to u; morr ' t 0 yon think of this statement~ q --" A. I think it is absolutely false. mem~ of the fu'lil of Stover & Co., general mere andise. We mtroduc...... Q . .In y~our· fourteen years of residence_at Albuquevque., 1\:tl.'. Wats, whlcli. the drive pump in New Mexico, and in tlie course of two, tliree or four th t ' years we put down in the Rio Grande valley and on its tributaries f'tiiiy one was e es year? thouss.nd of those drive pumps, a'lld in no instance in the Rio Grande valley A. This t -year, 1902· did we fail to secm·e water, and in most instances we could secure fllliberal Q. Abou.t how many acres have you cultivated? A. Eight and a halfacoos. and inexhau:stible supply by sinking our wells only 3 or 4 feet. A b· out1t Q. This being: the worst year yon. ha-ve haa:, would yott mind telling about miles from the ba.nlur of. tne Rio Grande· I established a fish pond sunk in what amount you derived from yoUI"'eight ~rod a half acres? the surface of the ground about 2l feet, and at no ti;ne during the twenty- A. I have derived 1,545.50. . three years that I bad tha~ fish pond- was there any m-fl.o~ ot w~ter except Q. Is it your opinion that more fund eould be brought under cuiti-rn.'Eion illl from the seepage from the nver. There was at no time an msu:ffic1entsupply , this section with modern ditch system? of water for my carp and bass. . . A. It can all be cu.ltiva.ted. - Q. Mr. Newell states subs~utia.lly, on page 175, that all of ,the agrmultura.l Q. Aboutwhat proportion of arable land is at present nnder cultiVation in lana where water ca.~ ~e readily brought., owned by the Uruted StatRS tha~ the valley from Albuquerque'%/ miles-north? a man could make a.livmg on, has been taken up or preempted. What do ~ A. AbOut one-fourth you trunk about tllatstatement, 1\fr. Stover? · ' LINDER WATS: A. I think his statement in regard to the land iEf as misleading as those . · . . · ~ relative to the water in the Rio Grande. I persona.lly know in both instances Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8th dalf~Vanua.ry, 1903. . I that the statement is incorrect. . [SEAL.] 0. N. EON, Notary Publw; Q. Mr: Newell stated thatitwashisimpression that onlyaboutone-fourthof 1 per cent of the area of the Territory is irrigated, and that that was practically Testimony of Mr. 0. E . Honsal!, taken before Mr-. 0. N. Marron, a notary all that could be irt•igated under tlie present conditions. IS it nota fil.ct that public. while you: were president of the bureau, of. immigration you collected statis tics that showed that the water then in s:ight--1894-would irrigate. 2;064,455 Q. Mr. Bonsall-1. how long have you lived on the Rio Grande, New l\IexicoY acre:-< and the agricultural and. possibly irrigable by storage, 28,225,267 acres, 1 A •. I have· live-a there since·1880. · and wat you also satisfied yourself that the creek and :river oottom lands o:f! Q. Has your business ))een sueh during that time that you were enabled to New Mexico afforded about 2,000,000 acres of easily irrigated land, of which observe the condition of the riverY · about 800,000 is actually under ditch? A. Yes, sir. A. It i~ and these were figures. which were ~venus by our agents which Q. Have yo.u.read:.the testimon~ of Mr: Newell before the Senate Commit we believed to be ,correct, and which I now believe to be correct. tee on Statehood, particularly on page 180? A. !have. Mr. BEVERIDGE. I rise merely to state, since that is being Q. Mr. Newell stated that the river iEf usually dry below the White Rock Canyon, or-where the Santa. Fe road approaches the river. What have you to read, that in form the questi.on and the answer are rather free state ini'egard to that statement? testimony. A. I have never known it to be dry but three times in the twenty"three Mr. HOAR. Mr. President, what is the order of business? I years of my residence at Albuquerque, and then it was only partially so~ and yet Albuquerque is 66 miles below the point where Mr. Newell•s·appointed ask for· information. officer took the measurements. · The PRESIDENT pro tempore~ · Petitions and memorials. The . Q. TJ?.en, Mr.B<>nsa:U.youmean to state thattherewas always some water Senater from Pennsylvania [Mr. QUAY] presented certain tele m tne·nver? A. Yes, sir; there was always water pools, where the small fish rema;ined grams, and asked that the telegrams might be printed without' alive. reading, which was not objected·to. He then asked thatthereso Q. Ha.ve you read the·statement of Mr. Newell, in answer to a question by lutions and the affi.davits which he sent to the desk touching the the chairman of the new Statehood Committee, on page 175; relating to the arid lands in New Mexico, in which he says there is probably no area in the statehood. bill might be read, and there being no objection that owners1rip·of the United States on which a man could make a liYing except was allowed, and the Secretary is now reading those affidavits. by cattle raising? Yon say you have read that? The Secreta.ry·resnmed the reading, as follows: A . !have. '. Q. Has your ousiness been such that:you have had opportunities to exam Q. Are you not also satisfied, Mr. Stover, that irrigated farms from 10 to 20 ine the arid land and agricultural lands of New 1\Ie:rico? acre are sufficient to give support to wfamily? A. Yes, it has. I have-been over a large portion of New Mexico. A. I have farmed in the State of Maine and in Kansas, and I desire· to state Q. What have yon to state-relative to the statement of Mr. Newell on the from. personal knowledge that 10 acres of ground in New Mexico under irri bottom of page 175? gation will raise more than you can on 1.00 acres-in theStateof Maine or New .A. r certa:i:illy think thltt Mr. Newell could not have made such a. statement Hampshire, where I am familiar with the conditions in those States. In ad from any persona]; observation, and that he had been greatly misinf-ormed dition, I would like to state as to Mr. Newell's statement that practically all upon the subje-ct. I personally know of thousands of acres, in the Territory of the lands in New Mexico belonging to the Government upon which a per of" New Mexico still remaining in the ownership of the United States Gov son could make a living, except oy stock raising, I persona.lly know that set ernment that is capable of sustaining life by agricultural means. tlers are coming in almost daily and taking up G.overmnentla.nds, upon which Q. Is it not a fact, Mr. Bonsall, that there. are a large number of settlers they believe they ca.n inake a good living by raising various crops, judging between the COchiti and the Nacimiento Range of mountains-raising yearly from wha~ old settlers in the vicinity have been doing for the past twenty or crops without irrigation? thirty years. A. Yes, sir:- There are a. large number of acres of the same kind of land Q. Are you familiar with the average yield per acre of such crops, wheat, with the same conditions between these same ranges. In this same vicinity~ oats, barley, or buckwhea.t inN ew Mexico, Kansas, or Coloradot by order of the court, I was appointed a commissioner to examine the lana A. Yes, I am.somewha.t tamiliar.1 grant containing aJ>proxima.tely 99.000 acres, and r with my associate com Q. What is the average _yield of wheat inNew Mexico? missioners made a report claiming that one-fourth of this area, or ~{XX) acres,. A. 16.8 in New Mexico; Kansas, 8.4 bushels; in Colorado, 13 bushels. was good agricultural land and could be cultivated without irrigation. Q . Oats? Q. Mr. Bonsall, what has been your business? A. New Mexico, 29.2; Kansas, 18.l,..andColora.do, 26.'T~ A. 1\Iining, prospecting, stock raising, merchandising, and hotel businel'js. Q. Barley? .A>.. New Mexico, 21.6; Kansas, S.I. tnr Mr. HOAR, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom RECORDS OF VIRGINIA COMPANY OF LONDON. was referred to bill (H. R. 12763) to provide additional punish Mr. PLATT of New York, from the Committee on Printing, to ment upon a second or other conviction under the laws against whom was referred the concurrent resolution submitted by Mr. counterfeiting, reported adversely thereon; and the bill was in- LODGE on the 5th inst¥-t, reported it without amendment, and definitely postponed. . was considered by unanimous consent and -agreed to, as follows: Mr. SCOTT, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concu1Ting)\ That was referred the bill (H. R. 11858) for the relief of William E. under the direction of the Librarian of Con~ress there be printed and oound in cloth 7,000 copies of the Records of the Vrrginia Company of London, now Anderson, report~d it without amendment, and submitted a re in the custody of the Library of Congress, 500 copies for the Senate 1,500 port thereon. copies for the House of Representatives, and 5,000 copies for use and futri- Mr. FORAKER, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to bution by tb_e Library of Congress. · whom was referred the bill (S. 4907) to correct the military-record REPORT ON GENERAL CONDITIONS IN HA.W AII. of Charles F. Deich, reported it with an amendment, and sub Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, I am instructed by the Com mitted a report thereon. mittee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico to submit to the Senate Mr. QUARLES, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to the report of the subcommittee of that committee on general con whom was referred the amendment submitted by Mr. CLAY on ditions in Hawaii and ask that the same be printed and recom the 5th instant, proposing to appropriate $25,000 to enable the Sec mitted to the full committee. retary of War, through the commissioners of the Chickamauga I beg to state in this connection that the report of the subcom and Chattanooga National Park, to improve the road from Craw mittee on all subjects except the labor question is unanimou~. fish Springs, Georgia, through the Widow Davis's Cross-Roads The subcommittee is divided in their recommendations in regard and Bailey's Cross-Roads, to Steven's Gap, intended to be proposed to the admission of Chinese field laborers into Hawaii. to the sundry civil appropriation bill, submitted a favorable re The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Oregon, port thereon, and moved that the amendment be referred to the from the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, in behalf Committee on Appropriations and printed; which was agreed to. of the subcommittee of that committee, makes a report which he Mr. WARREN, from the Committee on Agriculture and For asks may be printed and referred to the committee. estry, to whom was referred the bill (H. R.15922) making an ap Mr. MITCHELL. I ask that it may be 1·ecommitted to the full propriation for the suppression and to prevent the spread of con committee. tagions and infectious diseases of li'Ve stock, and for other pur The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? The Chair poses, reported it with amendments, and submitted a report :Pears none, and the order is made. thereon. Mr. MITCHELL. 1 desire to state that later on the testimony Mr. CULBERSON, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to and exhibits will be presented to be printed. whom was referred the bill (H. R. 15506) to amend section 14 of BILLS INTRODUCED. entitled "An act to divide the State of Texas into fom· districts," reported it without amendment. Mr. PETTUS introduced a bill (S. 6808) to extend the time granted to the Muscle Shoals Power Company by an a.ct approved JOHN A. MASON. March 3, 1899, within which to commence and co:rp.plete the work Mr. PLATT of New York. I am directed by the Committee on authorized in the said act to be done by said company, and for Finance, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 1733) for the re other purposes; which was read twice by its title, and referred to lief of John A. Mason, to report it favorably without amend the Committee on Commerce. ment. I should like to have the bill considered at this time. It Mr. DUBOIS introduced a bill (S. 6809) granting an increase will not take a minute. of pension to Andrew Jackson Power; which was read twice by The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from New York its title and referred to the Committee on Pensions. asks for the present consideration of the bill he has just·reported Mr. BLACKBURN introduced a bill (S. 6810) for the relief of from the Committee on Finance. It will be read to the Senate John Perry, administrator de bonis non of Mary Scott, deceased; for its information. which was read twice by its title, and, with the accompanying The Secretary read the bill, as follows: paper, referred to the Committee on Claims. 1\fr. MORGAN introduced a bill (S. 6811) authorizing William Be it enacted, etc., That the Secr etary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the accounts of John A. Mason. collector of Taylor, of Alabama, his associates and assigns, tousethesurplns internal revenue for the second collection district of New York, with the waters of Coosa River in Albama for the purpose of generating sum of 430,24.9.83! being the value of internal-revenue stamps destroyed by power and electricity; which was read twice by its title, and re fire at the office of said collector, No. 114 Nassau street, New York, N.Y., ferred to the Committee on Commerce. on i4e night of February 11,1898. He also introduced the following bills; which were severally 1'he PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres read twice by their titles, and referred to the Committee on ent consideration of the bill? Claims: Mr. COCKRELL. I do not object. I wish simply to call the A bill (S. 6812) for the relief of the estate of Mrs. Annie Dunn; attention of the Committee on Finance to the fact that this bill is A bill (S. 6813) for the relief of Hannah Reed; not in the form such bills heretofore have generally been written A bill (S. 6814) for the relief of the estate of David Moore, and reported. In these matters of crediting for stamps, etc., the deceased; rule has been to authorize the Secretary of the Trea.sury to in A bill (S. 6815) for the relief of the estate of James L. Romine, vestigate and, if satisfied, then to give the allowance. decea.sed; Mr. PLATT of New York. The Secretary of the Treasury has A bill (S. 6816) for the relief of David W. Hollis; investigated and reported on it. A bill (S. 6817) for the relief of James A . Allen; Mr. COCKRELL. And has recommended it? A bill (S. 6818) for the relief of George Reed; Mr. PLATT of New York. He has recommended it. A bill (S. 6819) for the relief of William 1\L Hilliard; There being no objection, the bill was conside.red as in Com A bill (S. 6820) for the relief of Amanda 1\I. Warren; and mittee of the Whole. A bill (S. 6821) for the relief of J. W. Johnson. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered Mr. DEBOE introduced a bill (S. 6822) for the erection of a to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. public building at Marion, Ky.; which was read twice by its title, and, with the accompanying paper, referred to the Com- MILITARY AND NAVAL RECORDS. mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds. . Mr. PLATT of New York. I am directed by the Committee on Mr. FAIRBANKS introduced the following bills; which were Printing to submit a report on the resolution offered by the Sen severally read twice by their titles, and referred to the Com ator from Massachusetts [Mr. HoAR] December 2, 1902, directing mittee on P ensions: the Committee on Printing to consider and report on the propriety A bill (S. 6823) granting a pension to Adaline Blowers (with of publishing the military an?- ~aval records of the war of 1812! of the accompanying papers) ; the Mexican War, and the military records of the several Indian A bill (S. 6824) granting a pension to Hiram C. Bridgewatei wars, in the same general style as that of the Rebellion Records. (with the accompanying paper); I ask that the report be printed for the use of the Senate, and all A bill (S. 6825) granting an increa.se of pension to Samuel the correspondence in relation to it I wish to have printed. Fraze; and The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The report and all the corre A bill (S. 6826) granting an increase of pension to Joseph Dnlien spondence relat~g po it will be P!inted for the usa. o~ the Senate, (with the accompanying paper). if there be no obJection. The Chair hears none, and 1t 1s so ordered. Mr. HANNA introduced the following bills; which were sever ::M:r. HOAR. I wish to inquire what was the action on the ally read twice by their titles, and referred to the Committee on resolution? 1\fili tary Affairs: The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It was simply an order to A bill (S. 6827) to correct the military record of Thomas Burk; print. It is simply a report without any accompanying bill in A bill (S. 6828) to correct the military record of Robinsov response to the resolution, and it was ordered to be printed. McLane; 1903. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE. 665 A bill (S. 6829) to correct the military 1·ecord of Thomas A bill (S. 6865) for the relief of the estate of Josiah P . Ashford, Hamontree; deceased; and A bill (S. 6830) to correct the military record of William A bill (S. 6866) for the relief of the estate of John W. Hester, Thomas (with the accompanying paper); and deceased. A bill (S. 6831) to correct the military record of the late Henry Mr. FOSTER of Washington introducep. a bill (S. 6867) to au· G. Thomas (with the accompanying papers). thot'ize the building of dams and other improvements in the Co. Mr. McENERY introduced the following bills; which were lumbia River in the State of Washington; which WG\S read twice severally read twice by their titles, and referred to the Commit by its title, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. tee on Claims: He also introduced a bill (S. 6868) granting a pension to Julia A bill (S. 6832) fo rthe relief of the estate of Duplessin Broussard; Bush; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Com 'A bill (S. 6833) for the relief of Paul Duhon; . mittee on Pensions. A bill (S. 6834) for the relief of Virginia Doyal Minor; . Mr. TURNER introduced a bill (S. 6869) granting an increase A bill (S. 6835) for the relief of Louis J. Arceneaux; of pension to Joseph Bone; which was read twice by its title, and A bill (S. 6836) for the relief of Orner Baudry; referred to the Committee on Pensions. A bill (S. 6837) for the relief of the estate of Francis M. Fisk, Mr. BURROWS introduced a bill (S. 6870) granting a pension deceased; to William Jenney; which was read twice by its title, and referred A bill (S. 6838) for the relief of the estate of James L. Pierce, to the Committee on Pensions. deceased: and Mr. NELSON introduced a bill (S. 6871) to grant to the State A bill (S. 6839) for the relief of the estate of M. L. Mayes, de of Minnesota certain vacant lands in said State for forestry pur ceased. poses; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Com Mr. BURNHAM introduced the following bills; which wet·e mittee on Public Lands. severally read twice by their titles, and referred to the Commit Mr. PERKINS introduced a bill (S. 6872) to establish on the tee on Pensions: coast of the State of California a station for the investigation of A bill (S. 6840) granting an increase of pension to John Roby; problems connected with the marine-fishery interests of ·that re A bill (S. 6841) granting an increase of pension to Charles S. gion; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Com Boyington; mittee on Fisheries. A bill (S. 6842) granting an increase of pension to Stephen R. , He also introduced a bill (S. 6873) to amend an act entitled Swett; and "An act making further provisions for a civil government for A bill (S. 6843) granting an increase of pension to A. Paul Alaska, and for other purposes;" which was read twice by its Horne (with the accompanying papers). title, and referred to the Committee on Territories. Mr. PLATT of New York introduced a bill (S. 8844) granting He also introduced a bill (S. 6874) to increase the limit of cost a pension tc;> Edward G. Catlin; which was read twice by its title, for the erection of a custom-house building at San Francisco, Cal. ; and, with the accompanying paper, referred :to the Committee on which was read twice by its title, and refetTed to the Committee Pensions. on Public Buildings and Grounds. Mr. McCUMBER introduced a bill (S. 6845) granting an in Mr. MARTIN introduced a bill (S. 6875) granting an increase crease of pension to Martin G. Cushing; which was read twice of pension toW. M . Tanner; which was read twice by its title, by its title, and, with the accompanying paper, referred to the and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Committee on Pensions. Mr. QUARLES introduced a bill (S. 6876) granting a pension Mr. CLARK of Wyoming introduced a bill (S. 6846) to appro to Lavina F. Pqiron; which was read twice by its title, and, with priate $150,000 for the promotion of salmon culture in Alaska; the accompanying paper, referred to the Committee on Pensions. which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee Mr. PLATT of Connecticut introduced a bill (S. 6877) granting on Fisheries. an increase of pension to Thomas Coughlin; which was read twice He also introduced a bill (S. 6847) to increase the number of by its title, and, with the accompanying paper, referred to the light-house dis"tricts; which was read twice by its title, and, with Committee on Pensions. the accompanying paper, referred to the Committee on Commerce. AMENDMENTS TO APPROPRIA.TION BILLS. He also introduced a bill (S. 6848) to establish a life-saving sta tion at Cape Nome, Alaska; which was read twice byits title, and Mr. ELKINS submitted an amendment proposing to increase referred to the Committee on Commerce. the amount to be appropriated for expenses of compiling, prepar Mr. ELKINS introduced a bill (S. 6849) for the relief of the ing, and indexing the Congressional Directory from $1,200 to estate of James G. Hurst, deceased; which was read twice by its $1,800, intended to be proposed by him to the legislative, execu... title, and referred to the Committee on Claims. tive, and judicial appropriation bill; which was referred to the 1Ie also introduced a bill (S. 6850) granting a pension to Susan Committee on Printing, and ordered·to be printed. O'Brian; which was read twice by its title,. and referred to the Mr. QUARLES submitted an amendment providing for the ap Committee on Pensions. pointment of surgeons and assistant surgeons for the Revenue He also introduced a bill (S. 6851) for the relief of Stephen A. Cutter Service, intended to be proposed by him to the legislative, West; which was read twice by its title, and, with the accom-pa executive, and judicial appropriation bill; which was referred to nying paper, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Mr. McCOMAS introduced a bill (S. 6852) granting an increase Mr. PERKINS submitted an amendment proposing to appro of pension to Morris B. Slawson; which was rea.d twice by its priate 100,000 for the investigation of mines and mining of the title, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. United States by the United States Geological Survey, intended He also introduced a bill (S. 6853) granting an increase of pen to be proposed by him to the sundry civil appropriation .bill; sion to Richard Jones; which was read twice by its title, and which was referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. ordered to be printed. Mr. CARMACK introduced the following bills; which were Mr. McCOMAS submitted an amendment proposing to appro severally read twice by their titles, and referred to the Com- priate $500 for tbe purpose of erecting tablets upon certain his mittee on Claims: • toric sites in the United StatesNavalAcademyat Annapolis, Md., A bill (S. 6854) for the relief of the estate of W. A. Rawlings; intended to be proposed by him to the naval appropriation bill; A bill (S. 6855) for the relief of the estate of Richard Cox, de which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and or ceased; dered to be printed. A bill (S. 6856) for the relief of the estate of Jesse Applewhite, Mr. FAIRBANKS submitted an amendment relating to the deceased; clerks of the United States courts of appeal, intended to be pro A bill (S. 6857) for the relief of the estate of James Jones, de posed by him to the legislative, executive, and judicial appro ceased; priation bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judi- A bill (S. 6858) for the relief of the estate of James Overton, ciary, and ordered to be printed. · deceased; PRICES OF COAL IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.. A bill (S. 6859) for the relief of the estate of David Hurst, de Mr. STEWART. I offer the resolution which I send to the ceased; desk, and I ask unanimous consent for its immediate considera A bill (S. 6860) for the relief of the estate of Elijah Williams, tion. deceased; will A bill (S. 6861) for the relief of the estate of Thomas Morton, The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The resolution be rEad. deceased; The Secretary read as follows: Resolved, That the Committee on the District of Columbia be,•and the A bill (S. 6862) for the relief of the estate of William Lenoir & same is hereby, authorized to employ a stenographer, from time to time as Bros.; may be necessary, to report such h earings as may be had on the in~tiga A bill (S. 6863) for the relief of William C. Tindell; tion into the priCe of coal in the Distr ict of Columbja and have the same printed for the use of the committee, and that such steno~rapher be p :~.id out A bill (8. 6864) for the relief of the heirs of Jesse Hollis, de of the contingent fund of the Senate. Said committee snail have power U:l ~sed; send for persons and papers,and to administer oa.'thE. 666 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD--SENATE. JANUARY 12, Mr. COCKRELL. I suggest an amendment by inserting the construct a combined railroad, wagon, and foot-passenger bridge words "and to compel the attendance of witnesses." across the Missouri River at or near the village of Oacoma, Ly 1\Ir. STEW.ART. I accept the amendment. man County, S. Dak.; The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Nevada .An act (S. 1634) to remove the charge of desertion against modifies his resolution by accepting the amendment suggested by Thomas Cordingly; and the Senator from Missouri [Mr. CooKRELL]. The resolution will An act (S. 6399) to amend an act entitled "An act to increase necessarily go to the Committee to Audit and Control the Con the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the tingent Expenses of the Senate. erection and completion of public buildings, and for other pur Mr. STEW.ART. That portion of the resolution in regard to poses," approved June 6, 190<>. the employment of a stenographer may be stricken out, so that it The me sage also announced that the President of the United will not be necessary for the resolution to be referred. It is im States had on the 9th instant approved and signed the follow-' portant to have the resolution passed at once. ing~m: 1 Mr. TILLMAN. Mr. President-->--- An act (S. 3083) providing for the adjudication of certain 1 The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair will feel obliged to claims by the Court of Claims; rule that the resolution must go to the Committee to Audit and .An act (S. 3371) removing the charge of desertion from the Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senat.e. The provision name of J~ob Bowman; I for the employment of a stenographer without any statement in An act (S. 257) to establish a light-house and fog-signal station at the resolution that he shall be paid from the contingent expenses Mukilteo Point, near the city of Everett, State of Wa-shington; 1 of the Senate would require a reference of the resolution. An act (S. 6138) to set apart certain lands in the State of South Mr. STEW.ART. Then I will leave out the clause providing Dakota as a public park, to be known as the Wind Cave National for the payment of a stenographer, so as to give the committee Park; 1 the power t o send for persons and papers, to administer oaths, and An act (S. 959) granting an increase of pension to William H. to compel the attendance of witnesses. We shall have another Green; resolution for the employment of a stenogi·apher. An act (S. 1193) granting an increase of pension to Jane 1\I. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. How does the Senator propose Meyer; that the payment of the expenses in connection with the summon An act (S. 1666) granting an increase of pension to Rufus V. ing of witnesses, etc., shall be defrayed? Lee· Mr. STEWART. I will inquire if there is any member of the ~act (S. 1743) granting an increase of pension to Cornelia F. Committee on Contingent Expenses present in the Chamber rep Whitney; resenting that committee, who can give assurance that the reso An act (S. 1801) granting an increase of pension to James K. lution will be considered to-day without delay? VanMatre; .. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from New Jersey An act (S. 1944) granting an increase of pension to Ann E. [Mr. KEAN] is a member of that committee. . Tillson· Mr. STEW.ART. Very well; let the resolution be referred to An a~t (S. 2056) granting an increase· of· pension to David J. the Committee on· Contingent Expenses. Newman; The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair will refer the reso An act (S. 2109) granting an increase of pension to Charles C. lution to the Committee to Audit and Control th~ Contingent Davis; Expenses of the Senate. An act (S. 2283) granting an increase of pension to William F. SALARIES OF GEORGIA POSTMASTERS, Angevine; Mr. CLAY. I submit a resolution which I send to the desk, An act (S. 2306) granting an increase of pension to William H. and I ask for its immediate consideration. Lessig; The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The resolution will be read. An act (S. 2409) granting an increase of pension to John A. The Secretary read as follows: Romn; . An ~t (S. 2638) granting an increase of pension to David 0. Resolved by the Senat~ That the Postmaster-General be, and hereby is, directed to report to the t~enate the amounts of salaries of all postmasters in Carpenter; the State of Georgia for the terms of service specified, whose na:mes and An act (S. 3315) granting an increase of pension to George W. tel'Illl of service appear on the schedule of such cases in said State hereto Bradshaw; attached, adjusted under the act of 1854, and the a:mount of the salary of each such postmaster adjusted and paid under the act of 1864, so that the An act (S. 3341) granting an increase of pension to Robert H. difference betw en the salary paid and the amount of sala17 ordered paid Busteed; by the act of 1&!3 shall appear m each case specified on the srod schedule. An act (S. 3423) granting an increase of pension to Maria V. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres Stadtmueller; ent consideration of the resolution? An act (S. 3493) granting an increase of pension to Charles W. Mr. COCKRELL. Let the resolution go to the Committee on Rose· Po t-Offices and Post-Roads. ~act (S. 3505) granting an increase of pension to Matthew B. Mr. CLAY. I think that there should be no trouble about the Noel; adoption of this resolution. It is simply asking for information. An act (S. 5882) granting an increase of pension to Merzellah I am sure that half a dozen similar resolutions have been adopted; Merrill; I think one during the present session. An act (S. 5893) granting an increase of pension to Willie The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair is inclined to think Thomas; that all similar resolutions have been referred to the Committee An act (S. 6008) granting an increase of pension to David on Post-Offices and ·Post-Roads. . Vicker ; Mr. COCKRELL. Every one, so far as I know. An ~t (S. 6045)· granting an increase ·of pension to Charles I Mr. CLAY. That is not my recollection. I will, however, sub Sprague; and mit to the recollection of the Chair, for the reason that the Chair An act (S. 6110) granting an increase of pension to Charles A. is so situated as to remember better than my myself. Let the Cooke. · resolution, with the accompanying petition, be referred to the Com- The message further announced that the President of the United mittee on Post-Offices and Pos~Roads. · States had, on the lOth instant, approved and signed the ~t (S. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The resolution, withthe accom 4617) to authorize a resurvey of certain lands in the State of panying petition, will be so referred. Wyoming, and for other purposes. The message also announced that the President of the United SALARIES OF OmO POSTMASTERS. States had, on this day, approved and signed the following ~ts: Mr. HANNA submitted the following resolution; which, with An act (S. 1833) providing for the transfer of census records the accompanying petition, was referred to the Committee on and volumes to the Census Office, and for other purpo es; Post-Offices and Post-Roads: An act (S. 4419) to incorporate the General Education Board; Resolved by the Senate, That the Postmaster-General be, and hereby is, An act (S. 3180) granting a pension to Emma L. Farrier- directed to report to the Senate the amounts of salades of all postmasters in the State Ohio for the ter:ms of service specified, whose names and ter:ms of An act (S. 3506) granting an increase· of pension to Stanley M. service appear on the schedule of such cases in said State hereto attached, Caspar; adjusted under the act of 1854, and the amount of the salary of each such An act (S .. 3668) granting a pension to Hulda Milligan; postmaster adjusted and paid under the act of 1864 so that the difference between the salary paid and the a:mount of salary ordered paid by the act of An act (S. 3715) granting an increase of pension to Henry 1883 shall appear in each case specified on the said schedule. Weaver; An act (S. 3781) granting an increase of pension to George A. PRESIDENTIAL APPROVALS. Mercer· A message from the President of the United States, by Mr. An ~t (S. 3819) grantinganincreaseof pension to William A. P. B. F. BARNE one of his secretaries, announced that the Presi Fellows; dent had on the 8th instant approved and signeq the following acts: An act (S. 4088) granting an increase of pension to Henry .An act (S. 911) authorizing the Federal Railroad Company to Jennings; · · 1903. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 667 An act (S. 4141)granting an increase of pension to John Cook; • COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE PENSION LA. WS. An act (S. 4211) granting an increase of pension to Asa Worden; Mr. SCOTT. I wish to give notice that on January 27, after An act (S. 4348) granting an. inc:r:ease of pension to James the conclusion of the routine morning business, I shall submit a Thompson; few remarks on the joint resolution (S. R. 133) creating a com An act (S. 4393) granting an increase of pension to William M. mission to investigate the present pension laws. Hodge; An act (S. 4494) granting an increase of pension to Oscar Van ANTHRACITE COAL. Th~ill; - The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair lays before the An act (S. 4623) granting an increase of pension to Lewis F. Senate a resolution coming over by unanimous consent from a Ross; previous day, which will be read. . An act (S. 4727) grantinganincreaseof pension to Isaac Rhodes; The Secretary read the resolution submitted by Mr. VEST on An act (S. 4957) granting an increase of pension to Stiles L. ·the 5th instant, as follows: Acee· Resolved, That the Committee on Finance be instructed to prepare and report a bill amending "An act to provide revenue for the Governm.ent and Ail act (S. 4982) granting an increase of pension to John Fler; to encourage the industries of the United States," approved July- 24., 1897, so An act (S. 5045) granting an increase of pension to ·Mary A. that the tariff duty shall be removed from anthracite coal and the same be Moore; plaCed on the free 1ist. . An act (S. 5052) granting an increase of pension to Gilbert Mr. ALDRICH. Mr. President, I have strong hope that action Barkalow; will be taken elsewhere which will obviate the necessity for the _An act (S. 5076) granting an increase of pension to Katharine passage of this resolution, and I ask that it may go over, to be W. Clarke; called up at either the suggestion of the Senator from Missomi An act (S. 5119) granting an increase of pension to Samuel S. [Mr. VEST] or myself at an early day. I will state that I have Walck; no desire to strangle the resolution. An act (S. 5133) granting an increase of pension to Angusta Mr. VEST. Mr. President, I shall certainly objMt to the sug Neville Leary; gestion or motion of the Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. AL An act (S. 5239) granting an increase ·of pension to Joseph A. DRICH]. I have no assurance that anything will be done in any Kerbey; · other place upon this subject. Circumstantial evidence is very An act (S. 5361) granting an increase of pension to Martha A. strongly against any such assumption. Johnston; The recommendation of the President of the United States that An act (S. 5491) granting an increase of pension to John R. the duty be removed from anthracite coal has been before Con Sandsbury; gress since the 2d day of December, and yet no action has been An act (S. 5500) granting an increase of pension to Angus taken by the dominant party, and n.o suspicion of any action has Cameron; been evident anywhere. Under eXisting circumstances, to now An act (S. 5534) granting an increase of pension to Abbie C. allow this question to go into the uncertain and nebulous future Bremner; , would be equivalent to its defeat. I would prefer not to have An act (S. 5648) granting an increase of pension to Frederick any such action taken. · Bulkley; Mr. President, I said in the commencement of this discussion, An act (S. 5659) granting an increase of pension to Melinda into which. I entered with great reluctance for many reasons, Heard; that there was nothing partisan or political in the resolution I An act (S. 5719) granting an increase of pension to Sidney N . had the honor to present. The only partisan feature that has Lund; appeared came from the chairman of the Committee on Finance,· An act (S. 5747) granting an increase of pension to James E. the Senator from Rhode island, who taunted this side of the Bader; Chamber with having had the opportunity to put bituminous coal An act (S . .5758) granting an increase of pension to David Ham; upon the free list in 1894~ and, stating that they then declined to and . do so, he boasted that the Republicans in the Senate at that An act (S. 5782) granting an increase of pension .to Lucy A. time, following the lead of Senator Hill -of New York, who was Turner. opposed to the Wilson bill and determined to defeat it by any HOUSE BILL ·REFERRED. means possible, voted solidly for free coal. The bill (H. R. 15510) to promote the efficiency of the Philippine Mr. ALDRICH. I beg the Senator's pardon. No Republican constabulary, to establish the rank and pay of its commanding voted for free coal. . officers, and for other purposes, was read twice by its title, and Mr. VEST. Ahl I understood the Senator had so stated. referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. AL.DRICH. No; I made no such statement, or any state.. ment analogous to it. COURTS IN MISSOURI. Mr. VEST. Well, Mr. President, I am glad to hear that dis The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the fol avowal, because I was under the impression that the Senator had lowing message from the President of the United States; which so stated. was read, and, with the accompanying bill, referred to the Com I reiterate my assertion that there is nothing political or parti mittee on the Judiciary: san in this resolution. I am here as a Democratic Senator defend To the Senate; ing the suggestion of a Republican President of the United States; In compliance wit h a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant (the House and in all my public experience I have never known of such of Representatives concurring}, !ret urn h erewith SenatabillNo. 3ll6. entitled unanimity of public sentiment throughout the whole Union, "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to create a new divi ion in the west ern judicial district of the State of Missouri,' approved January 24..190L" extending even throughout the South, where the weather does THEODORE ROOSEVELT. not make coal a necessary article, as exists everywhere in regard· WHITE Rous::m, Jarlluary J.B, 1903. to removing the duty on coal and sustaining the President. TRUSTS· AND CORPORATIONS. I have been informed since the adjournment of the Senate last Mr. HOAR. I ask unanimous consent that additional copies Thursday that the legislature of the State of the Senator from may be printed of the pamphlet which contains a lette1· of the Rhode I land; the chairman of the Finance Committee, rock Attorney-General on the subject of trusts, the speech of the At libbed and anchored on the protective policy and Republican in torney-General at Pittsburg, and the existing law on trusts, which all its departments, on- the 8th of January, when we were discuss was ordered to be printed. I ask that 2,000 additional co:eies of ing this question in the Senate, voted unanim-ously, without one the pamphlet be printed for the use of the Senate. It will not single dissenting vote, in favor of removing the duty upon anthra take $500. · cite coal. Mr. COCKRELL. And that it shall be sent to the Senate docu I do not know the political complexion of the newspapers from ment room for distribution? which the extracts I have here were taken, but I will ask the Mr. HOAR. Yes. Secretary to read them. I presume they come from Republican The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Massachu papers, for it is my impression that Democrats have been exceed ingly scarce in the State of Rhode Island, and if there is a new setts asks that 2,000 additional copies of the document to which supply on hand there I am very glad to hear it. . he refers may be printed. The Senator from Mi~uri suggests The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Secretary will read as that it be sent to the Senate document room for distribution. requested. Is there objection? The Chair hears no objection, and the order is made. The Secretary read from the News, of Providence, R.I., of January 8~ 1903, as follows: THE STATEHOOD BILL. FREE OOAL AGITATION. Mr. FORAKER. I desire to give notice that on Wednesday Senator ALDRICH, of Rhode Island, is placed in a most peculiar \)redica next, at the conclusion of the morning business, I shall, with the ment by the passage in the general assembly yesterday of a resolution pre indulgence of the Senate, make some remarks in support of the sented by Speaker Jackson, of this city. This resolution officially requests the members of Congress from this State to use their best efforts to secure statehood bill. the passage of such legislation as will place coal on the free list. 668 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. J.ANUARY ·12, This met with the approval ot all the members of both houses of the legis gentleman of the highest standing, about whose probity and ve lature, no voice being raised in objection, and it was given immediate con sideration by the upper and lower branches, being passed in less time than racity there can be no question, states the substance of a conver one would assume, and there was evidently but one opinion regarding coal sation he had with Mr. Dingley in regard to his bill. I ask that among the members of the legish'l.tive bodies of the State. these letters be read by the Secretary. The Secretary will please Senator ALDRICH is considered to be one of the highest authorities on the tariff in the United States. He bas been prominent in all tariff legislation in first read the letter to me from Mr. FLEMING, and then the origi the Senate and as a Republican leader has received great prominence by his nal of the letter addressed to him by Mr. King. guidance of the forces of that party in Congressional battles concerning pro The PRE.SIDENT pro tempore. The Secretary will read as tection of American industries. It was on the pendency of Senator VEST'S bill to remove the tariff on coal requested. that Senator ALDRICH gave notice in the Senate that he would to-day make The Secretary read as follows: reply to Senator VEST, and he based his reply on the objection of the owners of coal and oil fields in Wyoming and Texas to such removal. W A.SmNGTON, D. C., Januar-y 11, 1903. Senator ALDRICH no doubt has excellent motive for such defense of the Senator GEORGE G. VRST, Wa.shington, D. C. tariff on coal, and as a leader of the Republican party he may make such MY DEA.R SIR: I was an interested listener in the Senate on the 8th instant reply, but in the face of the action of the Rhode Island general assembly yes to the debate in which you engaged regardin~ the position of Ron. Nelson terday he can not rep:'esent the people of Rhode Island. As the representa Dingley on some of the high schedules of the Dmgley tariff bill. tive of the citizens ol. this State it would seem that he must join in the Perhaps I can give you some additional facts bearing on that interesting demand for the removal of the duty on coal, even though against his own subject. judgment and against his de ire, recause of the enactment of the formal During the Fifty-sixth Congress I was intimately associated with Hon. request by the sovereign power of the State. William King, themember of the House from Utah, a gentleman of unim In view of fuel conditions which have obtained in Rhode Island for the peachable integrity and thehighestsenseof honor. In discussing the~eneral past six months Senator ALDRICH can not consider he is representing his subject of the tariff he repeated to me a communication he had w1th Mr. own constituents in opposing the removal of the tariff to the extent of ad Dingley a short time before his death, which occurred January 13,1 99. mitting free from tax bituminous coal imported. While the duty may have I regarded the opinions expressed by Mr. Dingley as of so much impor benefited the producers of coal it is also a fact that the coal operators have tance that on my return home to Augusta, Ga., I wrote Mr. King andre benefited themselves and have made preparation to recoup all losses because quested him to give me in writin~ his recollection of what Mr. Dingley said, of the strike of the miners by the increase of the price of coal more than 11 in order that I might make no miStake should I ever have occasion to refer percent. to that subject. I now inclose you Mr. King's reply, and authorize you to use such portions Mr. VEST. Now, I ask that the other article may be read. of it as you think proper. No one acquainted with Mr. King will doubt the The Secretary read from the Journal, of Providence, R. I., of correctness of his statements. January 8, 1903, as follows: Very truly, yours, WM. H. FLEMING. MR. ALDRICH AND THE OO.A.L DUTY. KING, BURTON & KING, On Wednesday both branches of the general assembly of this State unani LAWYERS, ROOMS 62--65 COMMEROI.A.L BLOCK, mously passed resolutions asking Rhode Island Congressmen to do every Salt Lake City, Utah, June 1, 1901. thing m their power to secure the removal of the duty on anthracite coal. The Providence Board of Trade at a meeting on Tuesday unanimously passed Ron. . WILLI.A.M H. FLEMING, Augusta, Ga. a resolution requesting Senator ALDRICH to aid " by all possible means" in MY DEAR Mr. FLEMING: Yours of the 22d ultimo, asking me in regard to the passage of Mr. LoDGE'S measure repealing the duty on coal for ninety the conyersation which I had with the late Mr. Dingley concerning the tariff, days. On every hand in this State one hears protests against this duty, and is at hand. In reply will say that I do not remember exactly his words, but public sentiment seems to be unanimously on the side of the President, who, I think I can substantialty give you his statement. m his message, asked for its removal. We were walkiitg from the Ebbitt House corner up to the Hamilton, where Yet Mr. ALDRTOH, who rarely makes speeches, yesterday opposed the he was then stopping, and I was criticising the Dingley bill and especially its Vest resolution Perhaps he is right in decla-ringthatit wouldavai.lnothing; effects UJ?On manufacturing interests in the New England States. The dis perhaps he is ri~ht in saying that the measure infringes upon the constitu cussions m the House at that time were interestin~ from the fact that the tional prerogatives of the Honse: it was fair political tactics also to charge Democrats were calling attention to the strikes which were going on amon~t the Democrats with not removing the duty in 1894. But none of these argu: the New England operatives and to the fact that the cotton manufacturmg ments relieves the Republicans from the responsibility of putting on the industry was growing at a marvelous rate in the Southern St.'l.tes. Mr. present duty. Dingley and myself discussed this matter and the contention that was being Senator PERKINS, a Republican from California, has already explained made that there should be a constitutional amendment restricting the hours why he requested that the tax be levied, and Senator ALLISON, one of the of labor. I proceeded to argue that the tariff on raw materials wa~ injurious Republican leaders, has admitted that it was put there for just the same to the manufacturer and that the policy of the Republican party in the past, reason that other protective duties were levied. It is idle now to bicker as r espects the tariff, had built up the manufacturers until they had become over what the Democrats did not do in 1894 or what the Republicans did in so powerful as to completely dominate the Republican party and almost 1897. The country expects the Republicans, the majority party, to do some control the Republic. thin in 1903. [He (Mr. Dingley) stated that he would not be surprised if within a few 'What the people in this part of the country want is free coal, and they years there would be considerable change in the sentiment of the people in want it now. 'l'he unanimous votes of the general assembly and of the rAgard to the tariff question; that perhaps we had gone too far in our tariff boar1 of trade represent general feeling here, where the do-nothing theories schedules upon many articles; that ha would not be surprised to see a demand of the "stand-patters" are received with no patience or respect. Mr. AL for free raw material. (I am not sure whether he limited the words "free DRICH'S contention that the resolution of Mr. VEST was intended simply as a raw material" to coal, wool, and hides, or not. I know I had m entioned text for a political speech: may be true. But whatever the motives were those three articles in the conversation.) He also gave it as his opinion that which prompted its presentation, it provides for free coal, and that is what we would have to have foreign markets. I told him that that was good eve:r;rbody wants except those whose "pocket nerve" would be affected and Democratic doctrine and that we had been contending for years for a. policy the' stand-pat" element in Congress. that would give us the markets of the world.· Ho l:l.ughed and replied that whether it was Democratic doctrine or Republican doctrine it was good Mr. VEST. Mr. President, I have had these extracts read, not doctrine, and added that in order to secure and maintain the markets of the to embarrass the Senator from Rhode Island, who is perfectly com world we would probably have to make some changes in our tariff system.] I did not make any notes of this conversation, although I have referred to petent to manage all differences between himself and his con it a number of times. I would not, of course, under any circumstances, want stituency, but I desire to place the proof before the Senate that a to do Mr. Dingley or his memory an injustice; still, I think he has made unanimity of sentiment exists upon this question without regard similar statements to others. I have no objection to your using this if you to section and without regard to political opinions. se1 ~~~e~th great interest your interview from the Augusta Chronicle, A friend tells me since I spoke last to the Senate that at the last entitled "A reunited Democracy." It is needless for me to say that I was election in Rhode Island a Democrat was elected governor. To very much pleased with the same and concur in the views so clearly expressed by you. However, I am now out of politics and am not giying as much show how little attention I have paid recently to political affairs, attention to political questions as I have done in the past. Nevertheless, I I was actually not aware of that fact; and I am glad now to hear it. am interested in the welfare of the party and sincerely hope that the policy I wanted to lay before the Senate and the country the astonish will be pursued, which will give us victory in the future. But it looks to me now as though everything were going the Administration's way. It has ing public feeling on this subject that now exists in every section beaten us on the silver question and defeated us upon imperialism. The of the country. If there is this feeling now, what will it be in Democratic party will have to stand upon the time-honored pr!nciples of the the next two months of severe winror weather which we must ex- past. I do not see any show for it to be the affirmative party in the next campaign. It will be compelled to pull back instead of push forward. Its mission will be to defend the Constitution and try and preserve the Republic. pe~. President, there is one other question to which I desire to It is a high mission but not a_popular one in this commercial age. The West refer, and then I hope I shall have to say nothing more in this de is Republican. Colorado will be Republican sure the next Congressional election, unless something unforeseen occurs. The next Honse will show no bate. When I alluded, perhaps unfortunately, to a statement Democratic gains. However, it is not my purpose to talk politics. made by the late Nelson Dingley with regard to the high duties I would be very glad to see you and Mrs. Fleming and enjoy a social in the bill that bears his name, and which he said were made evening together. Present my compliments to her and accept my best wishes for your welfare. higher in order to form a margin or basis for subsequent negotia I remain, sincerely yours, WILLIAM H. KING. tions with foreign nations in the shape of reciprocal arrangements, the senior Senator from Maine [Mr. HALE] indignantly and Mr. VEST. Mr. President, I have had read in its entirety the fiercely, if that word is parliamentary, denounced the statement letter of Mr. King, because my instincts as a lawyer would pre as a falsehood and spoke of the author of it, an attache of a Re vent me from giving in evidence a mutilated document or one of publican paper in Philadelphia, the Bulletin, as an irresponsible which portions had been suppressed, although not pertinent to the newspaper correspondent, or words to that effect. matter at issue. Now, 1\fr. President since the adjournment of the Senate on I call attention to the fact that while in his conversation with Thursday a letter has been addressed to me by a member of the Mr. King, about which there can be no possible question, Mr. National House of Representatives, a gentleman in every seru;e Dingley did not use the words "reciprocity" or "reciprocal ar of the ~01·d, a man of the highest character, the Ron. Mr. rangements;" he stated clearly and emphatically that he appre FLEMING, of Georgia, and he sends me a letter addressed to him hended changes in the near f:uture as to the schedules in his bill, just after the passage of the Dingley bill, in which Mr. King, at and that these changes were necessary in order to obtain foreign that time a member of Congress from Utah, not now in office, a markets for American goods. Unquestionably the trend of Mr. 1903 .. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 669 Dingley's mind at that time was in the direction of reciprocal ar imagination or suspicion. It has been openly and publicly pro r angements, which have since been made. I have no more doubt claimed by very high Republican authority, and I beg leave now that the attache of the Philadelphia Bulletin honestly and truly to call the attention of the Senate to an extract from a speech r epresented what Mr. Dingley stated to him than that I now ad made by the Hon. John A. Kasson, who has figured so conspicu dress the Senate. What sort of motive could there have been in a ously, but to so little purpose, in this reciprocity business. In a Republican and high-tariff organ misrepresenting Mr. Dingley? speech made before the Illinois Manufacturers' Association on Mr. ALDRICH. Will the Senator from Missouri permit me? October 24, 1899- The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Does the Senator from Mis Mr. SPOONER. What does the Senator propose to read? souri yield to the Senator from Rhode Island? Mr. CARMACK. It is an extract from the speech of Mr. Mr. VEST. Certainly. Kasson, delivered before the Illinois Manufacturers·' Association. Mr. ALDRICH. The very extracts which the Senator had read He said: from the Secretary's desk show that the newspaper, while it may You all know that in obedience to thls instruction- have been a Republican newspaper, is opposed to the present Referring to the language of the Republican platform- policy of the Republican party so far as tariff duties are concerned You all know that in obedience to thiS instruction Congress passed the and is a strong advocate, with the Senator from Missouri, of what tariff act of 1897, known as the Dingley Act, which not only restored pro might be called tariff reform. tective duties, but increased them. It must be remembered, however, in respect to thls increase, that they at the same time provided for a reduction Mr. VEST. If that be so and if that ngnment is a good one, by international reciprocity. Congress evidently believed that adequate what is to be done with the Republicanism of the chairman of the protection would remain after the deductions, which the;y authorized by Congressional committee of the Republican party [Mr. BABCOCK], treaty. who a year ago declared that the tariff schedUles in the Dingley Now, Mr. President, it is plain that Mr. Kasson understood that bill were too high and must be changed? He declared emphatic the rates of duty in the Dingley bill were purposely made excess- . ally, and it was the truth, as I showed here in the discussion on ive and exorbitant everi from the standpoint of the most extreme the McKinley bill from export journals, that our manufacturers, protectionist with a view to their subsequent reduction by reci after supplying the home market, were selling their surplus procity. abroad at from 35 to 50 per cent less than they were charging But, Mr. President, what has become of reciprocity? What has their own countrymen, and yet they were demanding a protective become of the handmaid of protection? Where is this '' maiden tariff of from 40 to 60 per cent in order that they might compete all forlorn" who was to march down the aisles of Congress lean with the labor of.other nations-'' the pauper labor,'' as it is termed ing upon the stalwart arm of protection to the inspiring strains by the spellbindersof the Republican party. There arehundreds of a wedding march? Where is the reciprocity to which theRe of RepublicanB, as good as ever lived, who think those duties are publican party was pledged in its platform of 1896. too high. Reciprocity has been strangled by protection. It has been mur I protest now in the name of humanity against this" stand-pat" dered in cold blood by protection. The beneficiaries of the pro policy which disregards the suffering, the disease, and the deaths tective tariff, the protected manufacturers and the protect-ed trusts in this country in order to preserve the enormous duties, higher of the country, have appropriated to themselves every particle of than were ever imposed by any other civilized country in the the tariff duties provided in the Dingley tariff act; not only that world, and which can not be defended except.upon a single argu part which was put there for their special protection, but the mar ment, that the manufacturers of the United States are the favored gin which was put there as a basis for bargaining for reciprocity. class who are to have their interests advanced at the expense of They have taken every part of it and appropriated it to their own the interests of the remainder of the people. use and refuse to surrender any part of their spoil. Mr. CARMACK. Mr. President,·! wish to say a few words Mr. President, we have reciprocity treaties pending in the with respect to the statement made by the Senator from Missouri Senate. They have not been acted upon, and in my judgment (Mr. VEST], in which he q-qoted the late Mr. Dingley as having will not be acted upon. Yet the very last public utterance of said in effect that the rates in the Dingley tariff were purposely Mr. McKinley was an earnest and eloquent plea for broader and made higher than they would otherwise have been with a view to more liberal trade relations. He said that the day of exclusive their subsequent reauction by reciprocal trade arrangements with ness had passed. Yet-the spirit of protection as displayed in this other countries. The Senator from Maine [Mr. HALE] challenged Chamber and in this Congress is as rigid and as exclusive and as that statement, and seemed to construe it as involving a charge narrowly selfish as it ever was. It inculcates a spirit of blind of moral turpitude against Mr. Dingley as the author of the bill. and besotted and superstitious idolatry of the Dingley Act as I can not see, Mr. President, that there is anything wicked or something sacred and~hich must not be touched. That is clearly iniquitous in the action attributed to Mr. Dingley. On the con shown with respect to the duty on anthracite coal. trary, it seems to me that from his standpoint as a protectionist It has been said by a member of the President's Cabinet that it was a most natural and proper and necessary thing to do. Mr. this tariff was "sneaked" into the act. Mr. President, it was Dingley was a stanch protectionist. He believed that free trade put there. It was put there by the Republican party. But how or a low tariff meant ruin and destruction to American industries. ever it got there, it is there, and though the whole country is If, while preparing a tariff bill avowedly for protection, he shivering in the grasp of winter and millions of people are suffer anticipated subsequent reductionB by reciprocity arrangements, ing for lack of fuel, no effort is being made by the party respon it was his duty as a consistent protectionist to make the rates of sible for the legislation of this country to get rid of that tariff. duty so high in the first instance that they would remain amply I have heard it said-the objection has been urged in Repub protective after all the anticipated reductions had been made. If lican newspapers-that if we undertake to repeal this duty, it will he had made the rates of duty only sufficient in the first place for open up a discussion of the whole tariff question; and so the Re just purposes of protection, any subsequent reduction of those publican Secretary of the Treasury, to obviate that calamity, has rates, according to his view, would have resulted in ruinous com hit upon a method of his own to relieve the situation. It is the petition from abroad, and it certainly was no part of his programme simple expedient of suspending the duty, the simple expedient of to gain foreign markets by the sacrifice of a single American abolishing the law, an act, a statute, enacted by the Congress of industry. the United States. The statement has been made that the reciprocity provision was Mr. President, in a speech delivered by the junior Senator from not inserted in the bill until after it came to the Senate. But, as Massachusetts [Mr. LODGE] during the campaign at New Haven, the Senator from Missouri [Mr. VEsT] says, that has nothing in which he recited all the shining deeds of the Republican party, whatever to do with the case. It need not have been put in the he is quoted as having said: bill at all. The question is, Did Mr. Dingley and his a..ssociates, Who let coal come in without a rigid inspection of the amount of required when they framed that bill, have reciprocity in mind? Did they carbon? The Republican Secretary of the Treasury-Shaw. · anticipate future reductions of those duties by reciprocity? Upon In other words, who assumed the right to suspend an act of that question, Mr. President, there can be no room for doubt. Congress? Who assumed the right to abolish a statute of the Mr. Dingley knew that reciprocity was a part of-the programme United States? Who but a Secretary of the Treasury, a Repub- to which the Republican party was solemnly pledged. The Ding lican Secretary of the Treasury-Shaw. · ley bill was enacted in 1897. In 1896 the Republican party had Mr. President, if, before this incident had taken place, the linked reciprocity and protection together in the same clause of question had been asked in any schoolroom in the country, Who the Republican platform. It had declared that they must go was it that assumed the right to suspend a law of the land, every hand in hand-that reciprocity was the handmaid of protection. boy in that schoolroom would have answered that it was done by It is plain therefore that when Mr. Dingley drafted the bill the Stuart Kings of England. But the Senator from Massachu he anticipated extensive changes in the rates of duty, and I say setts has taught them a new answer. Hereafter it will not be as a consistent protectionist he intended that the rates of duty said that it was done by the J ameses or the Charleses of Great Brit should remain high enough for all purposes of protection after ain. It was a Republican Secretary of the Treasury-Shaw. all the reductions and concessions had been made. Who was the great nullifier? It was not John C. Calhoun. It Mr. President, this is not a new idea which has been suddenly was a Republican Secretary of the Treasury-Shaw. sprung upon the country. It is not the creature of Democratic Mr. President, if this Republican Secretary of the Treasury can 670 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. JANUARY 12, assume the power to suspend a single duty enacted by the Con- sible that Mr. Dingley could have ever made any such statement. gress of the United States. he may wipe the whole law off the He says it was made in the month of March, 1897, when the statute book; he may pra-ctically abolish every custom-house on tariff bill which bears Mr. Dingley's name was under considera our coast with as much indifference as the President of the United tion, and made at a hotel, not in the House, because the bill was States abolishes a Southern post-office in a Democratic commu- reported on the 15th of March. The Committee on Ways and nity. If this law is so wicked, if it is so iniquitous, if it is so Means of the House of Representatives commenced the consider oppressive in its effects as to justify this revolutionary proceed- ation of the tariff act of 1897 early in the fall or winter of 1896. ing, then this Congress ought to hasten to wipe that law off the They had proceeded so far with the preparation of that bill· fttat statute books, even though it involves the awful admission of on the 3d day of February, 1897, they sent the bill to the Public human imperfections in the inspired Dingley law. Printer to be printed, and it was printed substantially in the form Mr. ALDRICH. Mr. President, the nonpartisan purpose of the in which it was afterwards presented and reported from the Ways Senator from Missouri [Mr. VEST] in presenting this resolution and Means Committee. is being rapidly disclosed. The speech of the Senator from Mis- The bill then printed contained the reciprocity provisions as souri himself and the calm and dispassionate statement of the Sen- finally adopted by the House. and it was in almost every respect a.tor from Tennessee [Mr. CARMACK} who has just taken his seat, identically tne bill which passed the House of Representatives. furnish confirmation of the statement which I made to the Senate The committee were not in the month of March considering the other day that there was no purpose in the presentation of this any possible question of the rates with reference to reciprocity, resolution except to engage the Senate in a partisan discussion because the reciprocity provisions which were afterwards in over the tariff and to devise some means to prevent taking the serted in the House bill, and which came to the Senate, were in duty from coal. that bill more than a month before this conversation was alleged I said then that there is no man in this Chamber who does not to have taken place. know that there can be no practical result looking to the relief of .As the member of the Finance Committee who would probably the situation by the adoption of the resolution of the Senator from have this bill in charge in the Senate when it came here, Governor Mi souri. The Senator knows it as well as I do, and this discus- Dingley, I will say, was in frequent conference with me as to the sion is merely for the purpose of debating questions outside of the provisions of that bill. I was advised by him from time to time as coal situation. to the steps that were taken, as to the duties that were fixed, and The Senator from Missouri has caused to be read at the Secre- as to the progress which was made hi the consideration of the bill. tary's desk extracts from certain newspapers published in my I know as well as I know anything that if Governor Dingley State. I think the people of Rhode Island thoroughly understand had ever had any such idea or any such purpose, I should have my position upon the tariff question. There never has been, so known it. There is not a man within the hearing of my voice far as I know, any disguise in the past, and I am sure there will who does not know that Mr. Dingley was one of the most straight be no disguise in the future, as to that position. I shall continue forward men who ever lived. He was absolutely so in his pur to act, as I have heretofore, upon this, as upon all other ques- poses. tions, as my conscience and my judgment shall dictate. Mr. CARMACK. May I ask the Senator a question? I have seen the Senator from Missouri-and we have all hon- Mr. ALDRICH. Certainly. ored him for it-stand in his place in the Senate, in the face of in- Mr. CARMACK. I will ask the Senator if he does· not think structions of the legislature of his own State, and say "while I that Mr. Dingley in framing the bill anticipated that changes remain in this body I shall undertake, acting upon my own judg- would be made in those duties in the future by reciprocity ar- ment and my own conscience, to perform the duties which I have rangements? . sworn to perform, and I shall defend the Constitution of the Mr. ALDRICH. I know that he did not. United States as I understand it." I am a little surprised there- Mr. CARMACK. Did he not expect the Republican party to fore that my friend the Senator from Missouri should bring here carry out the pledge of its platform? · and have read the attacks of newspapers upon a Senator as a part Mr. ALDRICH. If the Senator will allow me-- of his argument upon what he says is a serious question. Mr. CARMACK. Certainly. I said to the Senator from Missouri this morning, in making Mr. ALDRICH. He did not, except to the limited extent pro- the suggestion I did-and I did not say it without knowledge- vided in the bill itself. The Committee on Ways and Means under that I had strong hopes that in the very near future action would took to define definitely and clearly the reciprocity provisions they be had elsewhere which would obviate the necessity for adopting believed should be inserted. The third section of the bill as it came or considering this resolution. I repeat it. -I believe that before here from the House exemplified the views of Mr. Dingley and the this resolution could possibly be adopted action will be t~en Committee on Ways and Means in that regard, and I intended very elsewhere which will preclude the necessity of any action on the soon, if the Senator had not interrupted me, to call the attention part of the Senate in this direction. of the Senate to those provisions. I wa-s about to say that it was .As I made the statement here with deliberation that the late impossible, physically as well as morally, that Mr. Dingley in the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House month of March ~ould have made anysuchstate;menttoanybody. had never at any time or under any circumstances made the I knew his views perfectly upon this question, and I feel ju..cmfied statement which was attributed to him by the Senator from Mis- in making the denial of any such feeling on his part as broad and souri, perhaps I should state the reasons which led me to make as emphatic as it is possible for the English language to make it. I that statement. The Senator, in justification of his charges, had say that it was physically impossible,because the bill was already in r ead at the Secretary's desk an extract from a newspaper, which print, had been prepared nearly a month before this conversation is as follows. This statement is in quotation marks and pur- is alleged to have taken place, and the provisions of the law as ports to state the views of the late Mr. Dingley with accuracy: finally adopted having reference to reciprocity treaties had never We a.re purposely- been heard from. Referring to duties- What. did Mr. Dingley and his committee and the House of making them too high, because we want them as a basis which will enable Representatives do in regard to reciprocity? They prepared a us to offer foreign countries material inducements to enter into reciprocity scheme of limited reciprocity. It provided that if arrangements treaties with us. reciprocally advantageous to us should be made with foreign Mr. CARMACK. From what is the Senator reading? countries producing certain articles., the duties upon these articles Mr. ALDRICH. I am reading from an article in the Philadel- might be fixed at rates below those imposed by the bill. Now, phia Bulletin which purports tQ be a statement made by a mem- what were those articles, and what was necessary to be done to ber of the staff of that paper of a private and confidential secure these reciprocal arrangements? Those articles were argols, conversation which he had with Mr. Dingley. chicle, champagne, brandies, wine, mineral waters, paintings and Mr. SPOONER. Alleged. statuary, and silk laces, the duties upon which were all revenue Mr. ALDRICH. Which he alleged that he had with Mr. duties. They did not protect in a single instance any industry in Dingley, in the month of March, 1897. the United States and were not intended to do so. Mr. Dingley Mr. CARMACK. Is it stated that it was a confidential con- . and his committee said to the other countries of the world, "If you versation? . make reciprocityarrangements"-nottreaties,mindyou, butreci- Mr. ,ALDRICH. The editor of the Bulletin in his letter of procityarrangements-"bywhichyouwilladmitintoyourvarious transmission to the Senator from Missouri makes this statement: countries articles produced in the United States under certain The conversation, you will bear in mind, was entirely o.f: a. private and conditions, we will authorize the President to announce that fact confidential character. by proclamation, and upon its announcement a lower rate of duty i Now, as stated by the Senator from Maine [Mr. HALE], four upon these various articles shall go into force here." years after Mr. Dingley's death, this anonymous writer pretends Mr. CARMACK. What American products were mentioned in to give accurately a conversation of a private and confidential that section 3? I ask for information. character, when there is no possible power of denial on the part l\1r. ALDRICH. Argols, I imagine, had been produced possi- of the alleged author. bly to a very slight extent in California. Chicle never had been I wish to say that it was not only physically but morally impos- produced here. ' . 1903. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE. 671 Mr. CARMACK. The Senator did not understand me. poned. A House bill in exactly the same wor~s has been passed. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Does the S~tnator fr<:>m Rhode The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, the bill Island yield to the Senator from Tennessee? · will be indefinitely postponed. Mr. ALDRICH. Certainly. . STATEHOOD BILL. Mr. CARMACK. What American product was provided for Mr. QUAY. Mr~ President, I ask for the regular order. to· secure better trade arrangements? · Mr. BEVERIDGE·. Mr. President-- Mr. ALDRICH. The general products.of the United States; The Senate, as in Committee of the Wholer resumed the con agricultural and manufacturing products. sideration of the bill (H .. R. 12543) to enable the people of Okla · Mr. CARMACK. General? homa Arizona, and New Mexico to form. constitutions and State Mr. ALDRICH. The general products. . governments and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing Now, Mr. Dingley and ~s asso~iates upon that comnn~ee had with the original States. in view a limited reciprocity, not m the way of commercial trea Mr. BEVERIDGE. Will the Senator from Minnesota [Mr. ties, because there was no provision for treaties in. the third sec NELSONl yield to me for a few moments? · tion. It simply said that whenever these countries shall make Mr. NELSON. I yield to the Senator from Indiana. such arrangement or such rednc~on of tl;eir dtrtie~ ?r give us other advantages which were eqmvalent. m the· o:pnnon of .the Mr. BEVERIDGE. Mr. President, the other day I had the President of the United States, these new rates should go mto honor to present to the Senate the resolutions which were adopted by the nonpartisan single statehood conventio~ hel.d at .Okla force. They did not affect anv American industry to any consid homa City. Okla., on Janua1-y 6. That convention, m pomt of erable extent or any of the protective dn.tie~ in the bill. numbers, was so remarkable, and the conclusions at which it ar Mr. BURTON. As I understood-it, they were not toaffect any rived and the reasons for them as presented in the resolutions products that we produced here in the United Statesr which I submitted and had read to the Senate were of such force Mr. ALDRICH. There was· one exception to that rnle, and that the weight and consequence of that convention and those only one which I will allude to later. resolutions were at once recognized by the Senator from Pennsyl ]n the list I have read eve~y Sena~or can see for himself th~t tJ:e vania [Mr. QuAY]. duties levied are not protective duties, but are revenue dl?-ties, m The Senator ·from Pennsylvania then questioned, perhaps not our general understanding of the word. So the reduction con directly, the representative character of that great body. The templated was simply a reduction from one rate to a~other upon other countries giving us an equivalent. The exception was the point was aiso made, perhaps only by query, but neverthele~s case of sugar. There was a provision ma-de fo:: the reduction on leaving the impression that there were no Indians represented m that convention1 and that the resolutions of the convention and sugar in this reciprocity-arrangement, that bemg the only other the committee's bill which those resolutions indorsed were per article except those that. I have mentioned that was covered by petrating a great wrong upon those original inhabitants of the this provision. Indian Tern:itory. in There is a wide difference of opini<>n this· Chamber, and al Since then I have procUlied copies of var~ous papers which, to ways has been, as to whether the duties on sugar are protective say the least, give an impartial account of that extraordinary duties or revenue duties. But however that may be. the duty gathering. Of course ~ am. not going. to trespass upon the pa upon sugar fixed in this section wa:s a definite- duty. There ~s tience of the Se~ate by reading or havmg read those newspaper no chance for expansion or reductiOn beyond the rates fixed m accounts; but I shall myself read briefly two or three very short the bill. . . . extracts from each one of them in order to show that the appre These provisions were the only possible proYISI?ns m regar:d to hensions of the Senator from Pennsylvania was unfounded, and reciprocitythatMr.Dingleycouldhavehadmhismmdatthattime. that this convention, whose remarkable nature attracted his at .MT. rrrLLMAN. Mr. President-- tention at once, justified all the statements which I made con- Tile PRESIDENT pro tempore. Doe the Senator from Rh-ode cermngn. . Island yield to the Senator from South Carolina? Mr President, I may state at first with reference to the ques Mr. ALDRICH. Certainly. tion as to whether Indians we1·e p1:esent at that convention that Mr TILLMAN. I wish the indulgence and courtesy of the the temporary chairm~ of the convention was J o~ F. Palmer, Sen:rlor from Rhode Island to the extent of agreeing to let the an Osage Indian by blood; that the permanent cha1rman of that resolution go over before it gets on the Calendar, because l want convention wafi A. Gideon Morgan, a Cherokee by blood, and to make some remarks on it to-morrow. that the temporary chairman was Henry Johnson, a Chickasaw Mr. ALDRICH. I suggested when I rose this morning to the Indian by blood. We thus see that amajority of the officers of Senator from Missouri, who e resolution this is, that the matter this convention were Indians, representing the very people in per should go over for another purpose. He rather indignantly re son whom the Senator from Pennsylvania in his solicitude thought jected my suggestion, seeming to think that I ~ust ~ve )lad some were being wronged by the convention and by the bill which the purpose which was not apparent to other people m havmg It go over. convention indorsed. The course suggested by the Senator from South Carolina is per More than that, a considerable number of Inilians, as I am fectly agreeable to me. It is very evident that I shall not be able credibly informed, were delegates in the convention itself. So between now and 2 o' clock to finish. · much, then, for the Indian element in this convention. Mr. TILLMAN. That is what !wanted the Senate to agree to, If these statements be true, it disposes at once, and in a most because while I shall talk on this resolution I shall not discuss the direct and convincing manner, of the charge that some wrong is tariff. being done here to a helpless people without their consent, for it 1v.Er. ALDRICH. I am very glad to have the assurance of the is those very people who are helping to ask for the perpetration Senator from South Carolina. Th Then it goes on to give an account of the convention, which I same census there are somewhere in the neighborhood of 88,000 have no doubt is substantially accurate, in which it describes the people in the Indian Territory who are members of the Five Na peculiar enthusiasm and earnestness of these men, all of whom, tions and belong to some few small Indian reservations which are it states, and as the other paper states, were representative in connected with it. character. · If you bear in mind that over half of those who are regarded So much for the statement of a paper which supports the con as members of the nation, enrolled and treated as such, are nearly tention of the Senator from Pennsylvania and opposes with white, many of them entirely white, who have simply become eainestness the substitute proposed by the committee. I hold in members of the nation by marriage and adoption, you will find my hand the Kansas City Journal, which is an impartial paper, that so far as the Indian and colored population is concerned giving an account of this convention, a very brief extract from there is not much difference between the two Territories. which I will read: When you leave that out of sight, if you come to the character Biggest ever held-Statehood convention atte:t:lded by 1,600 delegates-Om oftheresidueofthepopulation,thewhitepopulationofthetwoTer nibus bill not wanted-Convention declares no statehood better than that Admission of Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one State, as provided for ritories is pretty nearly equal. If anything, I think, from all I can in Nelson bill, demanded-Indians as presiding officers. learn to-day, the preponderance is in favor of the Indian Territory. OKLAHOMA. CITY, OKLA., January 6. The people of those two Territories are all of the same kind and I read a part of the special dispatch merely to give its tenor: quality. They are the best of our enterprising pioneers-thrifty,' industrious, intelligent-and the people of one Territory are as This has been the largest convention ever held in either Territor-y:. Every train into Oklahoma City to-day was crowded to ita capacity, and It is esti competent to become citizens of a State as are the people of the ma. ted 5,000 visitors were here from out of town. Several delegations brought other Territory, and it would be no injustice to Oklahoma, so far bands with thel?1t and the proceedings for the day opened with a parade of as the character and intelligence of the population is concerned, delegates and visitors. to be united with the people of the Indian Territory. The account of the Kansas City Journal corroborates and con Neither is there much difference in the character of the literacJ firms-! may say that it emphasizes-the at least impartial ac or illiteracy or the intelligence of the people of those two Terri count given by the Oklahoma State Capital. tories. According to the census the percentage of literacy-that Here is the account which appeared in the Dallas Morning News, is, of those who can read and write-in Oklahoma was 94.1 per from which I read very briefly. The accounts in all these papers cent, while in the Indian Territory it was 84.1 per cent. The are very long and exhaustive, because it was a matter of such average of the two combined was 89.1 per cent, or equal to the concern that the papers were willing to pay toll upon an exhaust average rate of literacy, intelligence, and education throughout ive account of this convention, although they were themselves the whole country. located hundreds of miles away and in a different portion of the It should be noted in this connection and taken into account country. This is from the Dallas (Texas) Morning-News. that the small discrepancy in the matter of literacy in Oklahoma FAVOR NELSON BILL-NONPARTISAN STATEHOOD CONVENTION AT OKLA. and in the Indian Ten-itory arises from the fact that a part of the HO:ll.A. CITY PASSES RESOLUTIONS-FIFTEEN HUNDRED DELEGATES PRE!Y people in Indian Territory are members of the Five Nations, and :&NT-STATEMENT THAT THE PEOPLE OF THE TWO TERRITORIES PREFER the further fact that in respect to the great body of the white NO STATEHOOD LEGISLATION RATHER THAN OMNIBUS BILL SHOULD PASS INCLUDED IN RESOLUTIONS. people of that Territory they have no system of public schools, as Then it states in large type before giving the proceedings the I shall show later on. The facilities for education which exist in nature of the meeting. Oklahoma and in the other organized Territories of the United OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA., January 6. States are unknown to the people of the Indian Territory except d d d 1 te · th t· · 1 tat h 00 d ti to a limited extent in a few of the incorporated towns. to-nightFifteen adopted hun re a seriese ega of resolutionss m e nonpar mcorporating J.SaD. smg ethose s e adopted conven at Clare- on If we look at the soil and the natural resources of the two Ter- more in Decemberhand going even further m asking for the passage of the ritories, that of itself furnishes an argument why they should be Nelson single state ood bill. 'ted · Stat Th il f Okl h T 't · 1 They accepted the alternative tendered by the advocates of the ~mnibus uni m one ' e. e so o a oma ern ory 1S near Y bill that they must accept that bill or nothing. The resolutions contain the all a prairie country, rolling, and in some places a broken prai statement that t~e p~ople of the two Territories :erefer.that there should ~e rie with very little timber and no minerals to speak of. There is no statehood legislatiOn r_atherthan that the om.mbus ~ill should pass. This a little bit of timber along some of the streams but practically statement was greeted With great applause. The sentunent of the conven- . . . . ' . . tion was unanimous in this respect. The only matter over which there was It IS pretty much all a praine country. The eastern part of It IS controversy was as to the propriety of the statement t~t nei.ther one has 1 a prairie country and well adapted to the raising of tobacco, enough area for a State.. The number of delegates opposmg this statement cotton wheat oats barley corn and other crops of that kind· was small. The convention was composed of a fine body of men. Both of . • ' ' . ' ' . . . . . ' the great political parties were represented, and there were Indians along- while the western portion of Oklahoma IS Within the semmnd belt side the _Palefaces. Indians took .a prominent part in the. organization of the and is largely fitted and adapted to stock raising. What Okla conventwn. It was the largest smgle statehood convention yet held. homa lacks in order to become industrially and productively a I hold in my hand a paper, a copy of which I see on the desk of perfect State is entirely made up and supplied by the Indian Terri the Senator from Alabama [Mr. MoRGAN], and which I suppose tory. In the matter of natural resources and in its soil and eli other Senators may have, because it was sent to me, and I pre- mate the Indian Territory is the exact complement of Oklahoma sume it was sent to other Senators-the Daily Oklahoman. That Territory. In the Indian Territory there are over 1,000,000 acres is the only paper from which I have read which favors the propo- of valuable timber land, consisting in large part of fine yellow sition of single statehood for Oklahoma and the Indian Territory. pine, besides considerable hickory, elm, maple, ash, walnut, hack The Dallas paper and the Kansas City Journal a1·e, I take it, en- berry, pecan, and other timber. tirely indifferent. They print this solely as a matter of news. There is also-and that is very important-a large amount of The Capital is for Oklahoma alone; the Daily Oklahoman is for coal, asphalt, and oil lands in the Indian Territory, and also a single statehood, composed of the two Territories. If it be true good supply of granite, limestone, a~d other building stone. The that other Senators have this paper, there is no necessity for read- coal and asphalt beds are quite extensive, especially the former. ing very much of it; but I call the attention of Senators, and par- Coal is mined on quite an extensive scale. I sliall show later ticularly of the Senator from Pennsylvania [Mr. QUAY], to the on that there is twice the quantity of coal mined in the Indian editorial descriptive of this convention, which will be found as Territory that there is in the Territory of New Mexico. the leading editorial upon the editorial page, and which I shall As to timber and coal I beg leave to quote from a book I have not take the time nor the patience of the Senate to read. here, prepared by one of the timber estimaters employed by the Mr. President, I have taken this much time only to call attention Government to examine and estimate the timber in that country, to the two points that were made by the Senator from Pennsyl- who has gone over it and examined it. Here is what he states: vania and the Senato1· from Tennessee concerning this convention, The ap-praisement of the timber lands ha.s just been completed, and while its personnel and the weiO'ht and consequence of its proceedings; no. valuation has been put upon them. as Y.et\ it i~ shown tha~ there are som~- . k t'h· 1 ~ to th . h · hi h thing over 1,000,00(} acres of commerCial timoer m the Territory, most of 1t and I thIn . lS a cone USIVe answer e appre ensiOns W c being in the mountain districts of the Choctaw Nation. This will be a source are held by either of those Senators. of great w~~th in t~e fu~re. . . . . Mr NELSON. It is fo1· the interest of the people of a State The vaneties of tunber m the Territory are pme, oa.k, J;ricko~! elm, maple1 ·t· · f th · t . t f th 1 f th hoi U · that a ash, walnut, hackberry, and pecan. The pecan trees Yield a U~.rge crop or and I IS or em er~s .o e pe_op eo e W e ?I0 ~ . nuts that are gathered annually. . State be of a good fa1r siZe; that It be commensurate m Size With There are no statistics as to the quaJltity of coal land, and no one knows ~s the fair average of the other States It is for the advantage of yet the extent of the coal. fields. I~ 1s known, however, that they underlie · S from 1,000 to 1500squa.re miles of terntory but no one knows how much more. the pe_ople of the. St~te the!llselves to have a good, large tate, They lie in the Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek ~ti?ns principally _and it covermg the entire mdustrial field necessary to the development will undoubtedly de~elop that large beds of ~oal eDSt m.the other nations. of their agricultural resources. Coa~ and asphalt m the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations are reserved to In the next place, there is not much difference in the make-up the tribes. etc. . . of the population of the two Terr.itories. As t? the amount of Then he goes on and sta~s as ~ oil and_ mmerals: . . opulation in each Territory there 1s not much difference. There ~t the future of. t~e Terntory w1ll develop 11?- the way_ of oil fields lS at P· · · b t AOO 000 d half thlS time a secret religiously kept from the public. The JUdgment of the IS probably to-day In each Terntory e ween '± , an a writer is that the oil belt of Texas extends entirely across the Territory and million people. According to the census of 1890 there were 30,700 will in time enrich this count1·y as it has already enriched Texas. Indians and colored people in Oklahoma. and according to the • • * • * • • 1903 .. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. . 673 Lead, iron, and zinc are known to exist in the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Co~missioner of Indian Affairs, where he speaks concerning the Creek nations, and some gold and silver has been found, but to what extent they do exist is an· unknown problem. timber and stone industry carried on there: In reference to the coal output and the coal industry of that TIMBER AND STONE . country, I beg leave to read from the last report of the Secretary Contracts for the removal of timber for the fiscal year have been made as follows: of the Interior. He says: With the Central Coal and Coke Company, for the purchase of 600,000 oak The output of coal for the year ended June 30, 190"2, was 2,741,797 tons, an railroad cross-ties ·and 2,WO oak railroad switch ties. Contract approved increase over that of the preceding year of 350,109 tons, the total estimated October 8, 1901. value of the coal so produced being $4,141,368~ . Vernon E. St.ee~.. forthepurchase of 200,000feetof oak timber, linear meas The output of coal in that Territory is more than twice that of ure, for piling; 2,UUJ,000 feet, board measure, oak timber for bridges. Con tract approved~ October 1, 1901. New Mexico for the same period. For New Mexico it was only Angus McLeod, for the purchase of not exceeding 10,000 feet of oak timber 1,086,546 tons. for piling and 600 oak switch ties. Contract approved October 23, 1901. The output of coke for the ~ame period was 49,279 tons being an increase A . McLeod & Co., for the purch ase of 500,0ll0 feet of oak and pine timber of 15 739 tons over the preceding year; the value of the coke production was for bridges; 4.0,000 feet. linear measure, of oak timber for piling, and 100.000 $203,5ro. No new coke ovens have been built during the current year. railroad cross-ties and 1,000 oak switch ties. Contract approved April 30,1902. The number of operators producing coal during the current year was 60, as Kenefick Construction Company, for the purchase of 475,000 oak railroad against 28 for the preceding year. The number of mine openings have in cross-ties; 2,760 oak railroad switch ties; 2,500,000 feet, board measure. of pine creased; 8 slopes have been abandoned; 4 new shafts have been sunk; 30 new bridge timber; 90,000 linear feet timber for piling. Contract approved March slopes and 3 new drifts, showing a net increase of 29 openings for the current ll, 1902. year over the preceding year. John Simpson, for the purchase of 2,500,000 feet, board measure, oak and A large number of str1p pits have been in operation, but owing to the con pine timber for bridges. Contracl approved July 11, 1902. stantly changing character of this work no estimate could be made. James Elliot, for the purchase of 100,000 railroad cross-ties; 4,900 railroad The output of coal for the current year has been very IJl.UCh cm·tailed, for switch ties; 50,000 linear feet of timber for piling. Contract approved July 23, two reasons: First, at the earlier period there was a shortage of orders, aris 1002. ing to some extent from the threatened introduction of Texas oil to supplant Contracts for the removal of stone have been made as follows: $he use of coal formerly supplied from mines in the Indian Territory; aud, St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company, for the purchase of 700,000 second, when it later became evident tliat the demand would be increased, cubic yards of stone. Contract approved August 7, 1902. the railroads were unable to furnish cars or move the traffic from the want Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad, for the purchase of lOO,O:x> cubic of engines, and many of the larger companies have been only able to run yards of stone for ballast. Contract approved September 21, 1902. about half time from the latter causes. The total number of men and boys employed in mines for the current year I call attention to these matters, Mr. President, to show the qual was 6,234-. For the preceding year 5,272 were employed, thus showing an in- ity of the timber. A large portion of that timber is oak, valuable crease of 962 m en and boys. · for railroad ties and for switch ties, and a large part of it is valu As contemplated by the agreement with the Choctaw and Chickasaw na tions, pl'actically all of the coal and asphalt mining operations, which have able and fit for bridge timber. Anyone who is at all conversant heretofore been carried on under national contracts, are now under formal with the matter knows that the very best timber is used in the leases entered into by the mining trustees and approved by the De:partment, construction of wooden railroad bridges. That indicates that the . with good and suffiCient bonds securing the performance of the stipulations supply of timber in that Territory is abundant and of a good of such leases, payment of royalties, etc. These leases have been made for a term of thirty years, with a royalty on coal of 8 cents per ton, mine run quality. and on asphalt 10 cents per ton on crude and 60 cents per ton for the refined Now, it is important to the people of Oklahoma, with this sup material. But few leases have been made during the year except such as were in the nature of renewals of old national contracts, the policy of the ply of coal and timber at their very doors, to have the Indian Ter Department being to discourage speculative applications. ritory annexed to them. If it becomes a part of one State, the po The coal industry of the Indian Territory has steadily advance~ and the litical authorities of that State, the executive and judi,cial authori output continues to increase, as noted from the following comparative state ties, will have something to say in the way of legislation and in ment: Tons. the way of administration governing the production and trans July 1, 1898, to June 30, 1899 ______------1,404,4.42 portation of coal. And that that is an important question, Mr. President, we know full well from the experience that this country has had in the recent big coal strike in P ennsylvania. It is im ~~~All t i~:this, ~ Mr. ~E: President, ~:i~t~:==~~~~==~~~~~:~:~~:===~~:==~== shows what an extensive======amount ~:i:m of portant to the people of Oklahoma that the coal fields and the coal exists in that Territory and to what a large extent the min- timber of the Indian Territory should be .under the same political ing industry is carried on there. ·. · jurisdiction, the same administrative jurisdiction, in order that I have called attention to this because of its importance in con theymayprotect themselves in the matter of monopolies in refer nection with the Territory of Oklahoma, which has neither coal ence to coal, asphalt, and lumber. If we look at the topography of the country, we find that from nor timber 1 and how important it is to have attached to it terri tory where there is such an abundance of coal as there is in the the eastern border of the Indian Territory that country gradually Indian Territory. ascends to the westward. Some of the eastern fart of the Terri In respect to the timber in the Choctaw Nation, I desire to read tory is good agricultural land. The balance o it is rolling and from the report of the Dawes Commission to the Five Civilized hilly. A good deal of it contains coal, asphalt, and oil, and a good deal of the land is covered with valuable timber. As you go up Tribes: . ward the land becomes drier and more rolling. The Indian Ter The timber belt of the Choctaw Nation is in a mountainous region in ~e southeast part. The Kiamitia Range crosses it from east to west. On either ritory is not only a great advantage to Oklahoma in the matter of side of the Kia.mitias are secondary ranges. With the single exception of its coal and timber, but it is also of great value to it in other re the Winding Stair Mountains,none of them have any well-defined trend. They are irregular upheavals covered with slide rock. The roads through spects. The western part of Oklahoma Territory, as I have stated, this region are few and hard to travel. The ~rincipal timber of the Choctaw is a grazing country. It oftentimes happens that they have ex Nation is yellow pine. It is very heayy, mill men placingits weight at 7 cessive droughts there. · Vegetation gets scarce. It dries up. pounds to the foot, board measure. This pine grows rapidly .. It is full of pitch and the sapwood is much thicker than that of the pine farther north. Water becomes scarce. Now, the stock raisers can drive their The growth of the pine is spotted, most of the land being barren of commer . cattle down into the Indian Territory, and there in the hills and cial timber. The groves usually cover from 10 to 15 acres. The size of the tne valleys of- that country, especially in the timber belt, they timber ranges from 8 inches to 16 inches, though 24 to 30 inch timber is found. A great deal of timber has been cut by mill D;len. . can find good grazing and·good water. · The principal hard wood of the Choctaw Nation is white oak,'which is · By combining the two yon get, as it were, in natural resources found sou11h of the Kiamitia Mountains, though not of such quality as to be of a perfect State-a part of it will be a grazing State, a part of it commercial value. Such cedar as grew here was cut years ago and presum ably sold and shipped out of the country. Gum spruce is found along nearly will be an agricultural State, a part of it will be a mining and all of the rivers, but its inaccessibility makes it for the most part of no com lumbering State; and the natural resources that the people need mercial value. There is very little walnut in the country. Cypress grows for their own development in the matter of agriculture, in the along tho rivers in the southern part of the timber belt. One giaDt cypress on Mountain Fork measured 4.0 feet around at the ground. The hickory, matter of grazing, in the matter of -fuel, in the matter of build basswood, sycamore, hackberry, and elm of the nation are of little value. ings, etc., they will have in their own midst. The land in the timber belt is for the most part unfit for cultivation. I know that in the great State of Minnesota it is our pride not There are occasional spots along the streams where the bottoms are above high-water mark, and these are quite productive. The ratio of available only that we are a great agricultural State, with immense fine land to that which is too rough or too rocky for cultivation is something like rolling prahies, the finest ag1icultural and farming lands in 1 to 100. The uplands and mountains afford some grazing for cattle and ex America, but, in addition, that we have a fine body of timber cellent mast for hogs. The small farmer in this region has range enough for all the stock he cares to raise. hard-wood timber and pine timber-and, besides that, we have The mineral r esources of the timber belt are are as yet undeveloped. some of the most extensive, largest, and greatest iron mines in South of the Kiamitia Mountains the formation is slate. all the United States. There is only one thing we lack. If we Ledges of "bull quartz" cross-cut the formation in many localities. Surface indications point to iron, lead, zinc, and coal in many places. had the coal which they have in the Indian Territory we would be There a1·e fables of old Spanish silver mines in nearly every community. as near a perfect State in natural resources as we possibly could Another popular story is about a place where the Indians formerly obtained be, and as Oklahoma and Indian Territory combined will be. lead for molding bullets. There are tales of gold in many place but up to date there has been no prospecting for that metal. Surface indications of Now, when you separate these two Territories, you isolate them; copper, manganese, and graphite are occasionally seen. The population of you make one distinct from the other, you separate their nat the timber belt is sparse, except around the railroad towns arid interior vil- ural resources and their indust1ies, and they become in a certain lages. · measure foreign to each other; and when you come to the matter To illustrate how, under the peculiar conditions in that coun of the transportation and the regulation of transportation and trv, even the timber industl·y, like the coal industry, is carried traffic between the two, you are immediately hampered by the o:ri under leases, I will read from the last annual report of the restrictions that govern interstate commerce. . .. XXXVI-43 674 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. J.ANUAR.Y 12, If these two Territories are one, the State as a whole will be en have it of such a character that the cost of its government will titled to regulate, by its legislature and through its laws, trans not be a serious load and burden upon the people. portation wholly within the Territory. It may regulate the trans Uniting these two Territories into one would be to put the new portation of coal from the coal fields of the Indian Territory into State, whatever you choose to call it, Oklahoma or Jefferson, in Oklahoma; the transportation of cattle and agricultural products -resources, in population, in intelligence, and in all that goes to from Oklahoma into the Indian Territory; the transportation of make up a great and prosperous State of the American Union on a lumber from the Indian Territory into Oklahoma, and of asphalt par with and on a political equality with its older sisters, and the and stone and all other minerals. But the moment vou separate equilibrium of the States wQuld be in no wise disturbed or marred. them, separate them irito two States, the control of eaa;h is limited, There is another reason why the Indian Territory should be at because under the Constitution each State can· regulate and con tached to Oklahoma. It is this: None of these Territories, neither trol only that railroad traffic and transportation which is entirely Oklahoma, New Mexico, nor Arizona, suffers for want of a gov local, within the State, beginning and ending there. So if you ernment~ They have well-organized governments in their midsts, undertake to make two States, you immediately make that traffic with executive departments, judicial departments, legislative de which naturally will occur between the two subject to the pro partments. They can legislate and do all things necessary for visions of the interstate-commerce law and to Federal control the good of the people-preserve law and order, protect the 1ights instead of local control. of the people, and establish within their own limits and carry on a We in the West who have ·had experience in the matter of con good system of public schools. . trolling and regulating railroads and checking their rapacity But how is it in the Indian Territory? In the Indian Territory know the great difference. I know in my own State, Minne there are to-day upwards of four hundred thousand white people, sota, we have regulated to a large extent traffic and railroad practically without any government. The only government all transportation in our own midst. Yet, in respect to our iron that mass of white people have is in the few local town sites which mines, the great iron companies which own the steamship lines have been permitted to be created and established in that coun. bill their iron ore from the interior to the lake ports, and when try, where they have organized local municipal governments. our board of railroad and warehouse commis ioners-attempted to But aside from that and aside from the Federal courts, they are regulate that traffic and reduce the rate to a reasonable figure utterly without any legal protection. They can establish no sys they were met with the contention and the claim that it was in· tem of public education and no system of schools, and their chil terstate traffic, and they claimed that the board of railroad and dren are to-day deprived of all the blessings of education which warehouse commissioners had nothing to do with it. enure to the children of other Territories. That is exactly what they can do if you have the two Ter Now, in the other Territories they can organize counties, can ritories separate. If a carload of coal were shipped into Okla- organize towns, establish cities, and do practically all that a State . homa from Indian Territory it wo"Wd come under the interst.ate can do, except to run into debt and vote bonds to aid corporate commerce law and it would come under-Federal control, and the enterprises. They can do practically all that is necessary for their State of Oklahoma, if it was admitted as a separate State, with industrial and commercial development that can be done in the the boundaries it has to-day, would have no power. But if States. On the other hand, in the Indian Tenitory we have you tie the two together, if you make them one whole, the new 400,000 white men of our own blood, industrious, prosperous, State of Oklahoma, or whatever you choose to call it, the new and as good as any in this couritry so far as I know, and those State containing the two Territories combined would have the men are utterly helpless. It will not do to call them trespass-- _ -power within itself to re-gulate that important traffic. And, Mr. ers. They have come there at the instance and with the per President, how important that traffic is, especially in respect to mission of the Indians, and at their request. They are there as coal, one of the necessaries of life, we have observed in the recent tenants by sufferance. They have leased a large quantity of land coal strike in Pennsylvania, of which we are feeling the effects of in that country and developed it and improved it, when the In at this very time, as the Senator from Missouri [Mr. VEST] has so dians, the members of the nation, would not themselves · do it. very ably depicted. They have built up the towns. They have built up the railroads. Mr. President, a people whose industrial and commercial life is They have created the great wealth that there is in the Tenitory so intertwined and so naturally assimilated as this is ought not to· to-day. The enterprise and the energy of the 400,000 white people be separated. The farmers and the stock raisers of Oklahoma who are now in the Territory have made the members of the Territory ought not to be severed and cut off by any arbitrary Five Nations amongst the wealthiest people per capita of any boundary line from the lumber and the coal and the asphaltum class of people in this country. and other minerals of the Indian Territory. All the resources of Now, is it just, is it fair, to leave this great mass of people in these two Territories combined ought to be utilized for one great that helpless condition and without any government at all? They State, for one people, for one of the great republics of the galaxy are here, Mr. President, and ask us and say: "Attach us to Okla of American States. homa Territory, which was originally a part of our country; attach We all know that that State is the most prosperous, grows the us to that country which, in natm·al resources, is the complement most rapidly, acquires the most wealth, its people the happiest, of our own country; make us a part of that, as we were in the·old which has the greatest abundance of natural resources in its own times, and let us go into the Union with Oklahoma as one State." midst-a State which in respect to raw material and natural re That is nearly the universal prayer of the people of Indian Ter sources is in a condition of independence. A State that is limited ritory. to only one class of products or to only a few is handicapped from Mr. President, shall we ignore that prayer? There is no ur the very start and handicapped all along as compared with a State gency in the case of these other Territories. They have, as I have which has all these various resources. said, well-ordered and well-established governments. They do There is another fact in this connection of which we should not suffer for lack of legislation. They do not suffer in the mat not lose sight. It is this: By the union of these two Terri ter of legal protection, but in the Indian Territory there are tories into one State you will relieve the people of great bur 400,000 of our own people utterly helpless, as helpless as blind dens of taxation. We all know from experience that it is pretty Samson when he was placed between the two pillars in the temple. much as expensive to run the legislature of a small State as . Mr. BEVERIDGE. Mr. President-- it is [that of a big State. There will be very little difference. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Does the Senator from Minne If you combine these two Territories into one State, under one sota yield to the Senator from Indiana? State government, you practically save half of the expense that Mr. NELSON. Certainly. would be involved in the establishment of them as separate. Mr. BEVERIDGE. I do not intend to interrupt the Senator at States. There will be one executive,one legislature, one judicial. great length, but the last sentence which the Senator uttered system. There will be a few more judges. But one executive reminds me of what I hold in my hand. There are here [exhibit department, one set of State officers, one legislature would serve ing] perhaps two or three hundred postal cards from school the entire country; and you could have one prison, one capital, chilllren of the Indian Territory, which, of course, I will not have and in fact the number of public buildings would be limited. read or ask to have read, but to which I merely call attention at So in the matter of expense, outside of the local expenses incident this moment, supporting precisely the last statement of the Sena to county and municipal governments which occur all over the tor from Minnesota, and begging that this Congress shall pass country whether the State be bi~ or little, you would save the what they denominate here as the Nelson bill in order that they people of such a State by combming the two Territories half and other school children of that Territory may have some of the the burden of taxation which would be entailed upon them if you facilities of civilized life. separate them into two States. Two States would practically I interrupted the Senator because this bundle of postal cards involve a doubling of the expense. · from school qhildren of the Indian Territory so particularly cor Now, it is for the interest of the taxpayers, for the interest of roborated the Senator's statement. Later on I shall further direct the great masses of the people not only to have a big State, not attention to...them. only to have a strong S~te, not only to have a State possessed of Mr. NELSON. Mr. President, as I said a moment· ago, these all the range of natural resources necessary to make a prosperous people are without the advantages of county, municipal, and State, but it is also in the interest of the people of the St.a.te to township government except in a few towns, and according to 1903. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 675 the L:t.st report of the Commissioner of Indi~n Affairs there are This is a subject which has been discussed in 'J>l'evions reports, and urgently demands consideration by Congress. As Superintendent Benedict says_: only 16 towns in which they haveasysteD?- of pu~lic schools. All "The Indian Territor{ has a greater population than any other Territory the rest, outside of the members of the F1ve Natwns, who aggre within the boundarieso · theUmted States-greater even thananyoneof the gate only 88.000, are without the advantages of a system of free eight siilll>llest States in the Union. Of the half million people now residing here at least four-fifths a.re whites. who have come from the various States schools. In ·a t otal population to-day of 400,000 white people in and have settled here with the intention of Illll>king this T erritory their fn that Territory, outside of the Five Nation~ only 8,257 pupils are tm·e home. They are found in every village and neighborhood, and are enrolled in the public schools. The followrng table from the last engaged in various kinds of business. They do not differ in any wise from the average citizen of the States. possessing the same love of home, family, and report of the superintendent of public education in that Territory country as the average American citizen. The wonderful growth of Illll>ny shows the condition of education in that Territory and the great of the towns is due to their enterprise, and the development of the thousands hardship under which the people labor: · of farms now being platted and allotted will depend in very large measure upon their labor." White children in Indian Te~-,·itO?~.-SuperiJ?.tend~nt Ben~dict in his a.~ual The conilition of the white public schools in the Territory is exhibited in report calls attention to the condition of white children m the Territory. the following table: Public schools, showing location, superintendent, when established, etc., in Indian Territory. When Teachers. Number Receipts. Town. Superintendent or p~cipal. estab-1------lofmonths l ------~------~------lished. Male. Female. school. Tuition. Taxation. · Total. Rush Springs ______------______------W. H. Savage __ ------1901 2 6 Marietta ____ ------______------____ ------1899 5 9 1, ~005.00 Ardmore ______------~1~H~~~~~~-======:::~::::::::::: 1899 19 7 170.00 Chickasha ______------_------Jonas Cook------_----- 1900 12 6 100.00 Marlow _------JamesJohn E. M. Koonce Osborn ______------_ 189\l 4 9 300.00 1898 4 7 007.4.0 ~=~h~e::::~=~=====~~=:::::::::::::: G. A. Witt------ 1998 2 . 7 400.00 Claremore ------E. L. E ley------1899 4 9 127.00 Nowata ------____ ------J. A. Burns______------1899 4 9 335.00 South McAlester_------Wm. Gay ------___ _ 1900 12 8 18.00 Eufaula __ ------____ ------___ _ J. B. Dorman ------ 1899 2 8 6.00 Muldrow------·------W.S. P S.. Morris Scott- ______------·-- _ 1898 2 7 60.00 W. S. Dugger______1899 2 9 000.00 W~ft=~~~~-== =~::: ::::::::::::::: =~ :::::: 1899 7 9 ------7o:(KY Howe __ ------W. B. Emery------1001 ------:i2- 3l Muskogee _____ ------·------W. E. Wilson_------___ : 1898 9 15.00 93 122t 3,308.4.0 · Expenditures. Enrollment. 'Value of buildings . Town. Whites. Indians. Negroes. Total. Teachers' Other ex- and salaries. penses. Total. grounds. Male. remale. Male. Female. Male. Female. Male. Female. Rush Springs ____ ------$660.00 $40.00 $700.00 $1,250.00 124 1.28 3 3 ------127 131 Marietta------___ _ 2,025.00 400.00 2,425.00 2,500.00 160 140 15 11 ------175 151 Ardmore ______~------7,205.67 2,200.00 9,465.67 8, Even those schools are not free public schools, because_from the politicians and aside from the political schemers, promoters, the statement it appears that they charge tuition. The receipts and the like of that, the great mass of the people of Oklahoma of the schools are put down at 3,308 from tuition fees. So it are in favor of united statehood. Theybelieve in having a great, seems they charge a tuition fee. Therefore they are not public growing, and prosperous State, and not having it cut up into schools in the full sense that public schools are with us. The little petty commonwealths. balance of the money is raised by local taxation. ... It is no injustice to the Indians. I shall discuss by and by the Now, Mr. President, is it fat.r, is it just, to ignore the claims of condition of affairs there in respect to the Indians. The Indians these people? Is it fair to leave them in that condition any longer? by implication and by their action have invited all these people And if it is not fair and not just, why should we notnowembrace to come into that Territory. They have come by the permission the opportunity to attach them to Oklahoma? Oh, but it is said, of the Indians, and they have built up the Territory and have " 1\fake Oklahoma now into a State and leave a provision that the made it a great and prosperous country. They have built up the Indian Territory may come in afterwards; it is not yet ripe." towns. They have built the railroads. They have developed the Mr. President, that is utterly unfair. There are as many intel mines and the forests and created the great wealth that there is ligent people in the Indian Territory as in Oklahoma, and I insist in that Territory to-day. Without their presence to-day the that the people of the Indian Tefiitory--the 400,000 people there members of the Five Nations would be comparatively poor in ought to have as much right to participate in a constitutional deed, but owing to the efforts of those white people they have convention and in forming and adopting the ·organic act of the become among the 1ichest people in all this country,' State as the people of Oklahoma. If you let them in afterwards So when you come to consider the claim of urgency for state if you let them come in afterwards as a matter of grace and favor, hood, I say in respect to these other Territories their is no intrinsic they will have to come in on just the terms and conditions that urgency. They are not swrering for want of a good government. · Oklahoma in her State constitution may provide. But if you let They are not in a legislative strait-jacket which hinders or re them come in at this time--if you let them come in on a footing tards their industrial development. Oklahoma bears witness to of equality, participating in the constitutional convention and in that fact. But the poor people of the Indian Territory, our own the make-up of the government, they will have an equal and fair kith and kin, are handicapped in every way. They are in a po voice in saying what that government shall be. litjcal strait-jacket, and if there is any class of our people enti I am happy to say in this connection, Mr. President, that all tled to immediate relief at this juncture it is the people of the the people, except perhaps a few Indiall!!, and not many of them, Indian Territory, and now is the accepted time and the opportu certainly all the white people in the Indian Territory, are in favor of nity by adopting the substitute bill. the substitute bill, the bill reported from the committee. They But we are told that it is too early to take any action; that the are in favor of uniting these two Territories into on~ State. Indian problem has not been settled; that we have no right to I am also glad to note the fact, and it is a fact, that aside from take any action here because it would violate and interfere with 676 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. J.ANU.ARY 12,.• Indian treaties and disturb the Indian conditions in that country. this treaty the boundaries, but not the quantity, of the land Mr. President, the quickest way to solve the Indian problem, the agreed to be given the Cherokees by article 2 of the former treaty quickest way to 1:>ring order out of chaos in that country ic:; to give is modified and changed, and in addition the Cherokees were them a State government. The other questions in connection guaranteed a perpetual outlet west (thi is the Cherokee Outlet with the allotment of land and all that will be easily solved, and west) and a free and unmolested use of all the countrylyingwest there will be no difficulty about them. There are no constitu of the western botmdary of their 7,000,000 acres as far W'est as tional inhibitions or restrictions against the establishment of a the sovereignty of the United States and their right of soil ex State government over the Indian Territory at this day, as I shall tended, which was only as far at that time as the western boun- · proceed to show later. dary of Oklahoma, barring the public lands acqull:ed by Texas. What is the status of the people in the Five Nations; what is Our possessions at that time only extended to the western boun their condition, and what restraints are there upon our power in dary of Oklahoma exclusive of the public lands. this matter? In order that we may understand this question, I By article 2 the Cherokee Nation relinquished to the United shall lapse a little bit into some ancient history and call the atten Stat€s all the lands ceded to them by the treaty of May 6, 1828, tion of the Senate to some of the older treaties with those Indians. not embraced in this treaty. By article 3 the sixth article of the A brief summary of the history of those·people and their relation former treaty was canceled and annulled. to the Government furnishes a key to the situation. The ances Treaty of December 29,1835 (7 Stat., p. 478): By article 2 of tors of those people originally had their homes at various places this treaty an additional 800,000 acres, described by metes and east of the Mississippi River, in North Carolina, in Tennessee, in bounds, was agreed to be conveyed to the Cherokees supplemental South Carolina, in Florida, in Alabama, in Georgia, and in Mis to the former grant and to make up a supposed deficiency in the sissippi. Beginning in 1830, and perhaps before that, down to 7,000,000 acres agreed to be given to them. 1856, they were, under various treaties and in various sections , By article 3 the United States agreed that the lands ceded by and in various numbers from time to time, moved from their the treaty of February 14, 1833, including the outlet, and those lands east of the Mississippi River, which they were induced to ceded by this treaty should all be included in one patent executed relinquic:;h to the Government, to the country west of the Missis to the Cherokee Nation of Indians by the President of the United sippi River. States, according to the provisions of the act of May 28, 1830, These Indians were originally composed of four tribes, the which I already quoted in the beginning of my remarks. Creeks, Cherokees Choctaws, and Chickasaws. Then there was By article 5 the United States covenanted and agreed that the another element. Some of these Creeks, at an early day, vaga land ceded-and I call attention to the favt that th,is included all bonds and the hard cases of the tribe, with some other isolated the northern part, a strip clear across the Indian Tetritory, clear tribes, escaped over the boundary across the border between our across the northern part of Oklahoma-by article 5 the United country and what at that time was Spanish territory, and went States covenanted and agreed that the land ceded should not at into the everglades of Florida, and there the united mass of these any future time, without their consent, be included within the Indians became known as the Seminoles, and they are another of territorial limits or .jurisdiction of any State or Territory, and these nations. So we have the Creeks, the Cherokees, the Choc that the Cherokees by their national council should have the taws, the Chickasaws, and the Seminoles as the Five Nations right to enact such laws as they might deem necessary for the that go to constitute the so-called Indian population of the Indian government and protection of the persons and property within Territory. their own country belonging to their people and such persons as Now, it is curious to note, and I ask the pardon of the Senate connected themselves with them. for calling attention to these older treaties, because I shall do so By article 7 it was stipulated that the Cherokees should be en for the purpose, Mr. President, of showing how continually, from titled to a Delegate in the House of Representatives whenever the time of the very act establishing Oklahoma Territery down Congress should make provision for the same. Congress has to the present day, the legislative department of the Government never made any p1·ovision. of the United States has violated those treaties. In fact, the very Treaty of July 19, 1866 (14 Stat., p. 799): Article 1 declares a establishment of Oklahoma Territory was a violation of these old treaty made with the Confederate States to be null and void. They Indian treaties, as I shall show. If we go back into the legislative made a treaty with the Confederate States during the civil war. I and treaty history of the matter; we will find that this removal may say in this connection that most of these nations prior to the of these Indians from the East and their colonization in the Indian war had slaves, who afterwards became free under the legislation Territory arose under the following legislation and Indian treaties. of Congress and were termed "freedmen," and were· given an The first act bearing upon this subject was the act of May 28, interest in the property and lands of the tribes and are really con 1830, 4 Statutes, 411. Under this act the President of the United sidered for most purposes, as in distributing the allotments, as States was authorized to negotiate with the Indians east of the members of the nation. Mississippi River and secure their cession of lands there in ex Article 2 grants amnesty for past acts. change for lands west of the Mississippi River, and by the act of Article 3 repeals the confiscation laws and declares all confisca July 14, 1832! he was authorized to appoint commissioners for the tions null and void. purpose of negotiating with the Indians to procure their removal Articles 4, 5, and 6 make provision for former slaves and free west of the Mississippi River, to secure an exchange of lands with negroes, etc. them west of the Mississippi River for lands east of the :Mississippi Article 7 makes provision for the establishment of a United River. States court in the Cherokee territory for certain cases. Now, I will give a brief summary of the older treaties that were Article 9 abolishes slavery and makes all freedmen members of made with these several nations. I do it for the purpose of show the Cherokee Nation. ing how, in many respects, we have long ago violated those treaties, Article 12 provides for a Cherokee legislative body with power and that we violated them in the establishment of Oklahoma to legislate upon matters pertaining to the intercourse of the In Territory. dian tribes, nations, and colonies of freedmen resident in said CHEROKEES: Territory; the arrest and extradition of criminals and offenders Treaty of :May 6, 1828 (7 Stat., p. 311): The preamble of this escaping from one tribe to another or into any community of treaty states, among other things, that it is the desire of the Gov freedmen; the administration of justice between the members of ernment to give the Cherokees a permanent home west of the different tribes of said Territory and persons other than Indians Mississippi River which shall never, in all future time, be embar and members of said tribe. rassed by .having extended around it the lines-I call attention to By article 13 the Cherokees agreed that a court or courts might that-or placed. over it the jurisdiction of a Territory or State, be established by the United States in said Territory, but retained nor be encroached upon by the extension in any way of any of the exclusive jurisdiction in the tribunals and courts of the nation in limits of any of the existing States or Territories. · all civil and criminal cases arising within their country in which Article 1 defines the western boundary of Arkansas, the same members of the nation shall be the only parties, etc. as now existing. Article 2 agrees to possess the Cherokees with By article 15 the United States was permitted to give civilized and guarantee to them forever 7,000,000 acres, described by metes Indians, friendly with the Cherokees, the unoccupied portions of and bounds, substantially the same as now occupied by them. In land east of the ninety-sixth degree in the Cherokee country. addition it guarantees them a permanent outlet to the west and By article 16 the United States was given the privilege of set the free use of the country lying west of the land agreed to be tling friendly Indians in any part of the Cherokee Nation west of given to them. By article 6 it was agreed, among other thi.J+gs the ninety-sixth degree of longitude. by the United States that, whenever the Cherokees might desire I now come to the Creeks. The first treaty material for this it, it would give them a set of plain laws suited to their condi case is t.hat of March 24, 1832 (7 Stat., p. 366). By this treaty tion, etc. the Creeks ceded to the United States all their lands east of the By article 7 the Cherokees gave up all their lands in Arkansas, Mississippi River. which had been given them by the treaty of January 8, 1817,and By article 14 the Creek country west of the Mississippi was sol the convention of February 27, 1819. . emnly guaranteed to them, and that no State or Territory should Treaty of February 14, 1833 (7 Stat., p. 414): By article 1 of have the right to pass laws for their government, but that they 1903. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 677 should be allowed to govern themselves, as far as was compatible territory in the Creek country was assigned to the Seminoles for with the general jurisdiction which Congress might be prepared their separate future residence forever. to exercise over them. The United States further agreed that as Treaty of August 7, 1856 (11 Stat., p. 699): This is a treaty be soon as the boundary of the Creek Nation west of the Mississippi tween the United States, the Creek and the Seminole nations. was ascertained it would cause a patent or grant to be executed By-article 1 the Creek Nation grants a certain portion of their to the Creeks, agreeable to the act of May 28, 1830. territory, by metes and bounds, to the Seminole Nation, more . Treaty of February 14, 1833 (7 Stat., p. 417). By article 2 of particularly referred to.•above, where this same treaty is referred this treaty, to which the Cherokees consented, the boundaries of to under the head of the Creek Nation, to which reference is the grant to the Creek Indians were defined, extending from the. made. southern portion of the Cherokee country, between the Arkansas Treaty of March 21, 1866 (14 Stat., p. 755): By article 2 of this and Canadian rivers westerly tq the boundary line of Mexico as treaty slavery is abolished and the freedmen are permitted to set it then existed. In other words, they got the whole country (and tle upon the lands and remain as a part of the nation with equal at that time what is now Texas was a part of Mexico) westward rights among the Seminoles. from the eastern boundary of Arkansas. They got a strip clear By article 3 the Seminoles ceded to the United States the tract westward as far as the boundary of Mexico at that time. of land ceded to them by the Creek Nation under the treaty of By article 3 the United States agreed to grant a pat-ent for the August 7, 1856, referred to above. By this article the United land described in article 2 in fee simple to the Creek Nation. · States granted a new reservation, by metes and bounds, to the By article 4 it was provided that the lands thus assigned and Seminoles, which is the reservation now held and occupied by agreed to be patented to the Creek Indians should be considered them, "the aggregate of the reservation thus granted to them being the property of the whole nation-those who were residing there estimated at 200,000 acres, and this reservation was constituted and those who were east of the Mississippi River-and that the the national domain of the Seminole Indians. Seminole Indians in Florida should have a permanent home in a By article 7 the same nation agrees to such legislation as Con part of the lands set apart for the Creek Nation, and the Seminoles gress and the President may deem necessary for the better admin were to be a constituent part of the Creek Nation, but were to istration of the rights of persons and property within the Indian be located by themselves. Territory, but such legislation shall not interfere with or annul Treaty of August 7, 1856 (11 Stat., p. 699). This was a treaty tribal organizations, rights, laws, privileges, or customs. Said between the United States, the Creeks, and the Seminoles. By article also provides for a legislative council with power to legis article 1 the Creek Nation ceded a given portion, by metes and late for said Seminole Indians and in respect to their intercourse bounds, to the Seminoles for their use, which constituted a strip with other Indians. The Seminoles also agree that courts may of land between the North Fork of the Canadian River and the be established by the United States. Canadian River from the Creek country westerly to the one By article 9 the United States reaffirms and reassumes all obli hundredth meridian of west longitude. gations of treaty stipulations entered into before the treaty of the Article 2 defines, by metes and bounds, the balance of the land Seminole Nation with the Confederate States. remaining with the Creeks. Article 11 annuls all prior treaties inconsistent with this treaty. By article 3 the United States guaranteed to the Seminoles the tract of country embraced in the first of the above articles, and CHOCTAWS. to the Creek Indians the land included in the boundaries con Treaty of September 27,1830 (7 Stat., p. 333): By article 2 of tained in the second of said articles, and that it should be held by this treaty the United States agrees to convey to the Choctaw the same tenure and title as was guaranteed to the Creek Nation Nation all that territory w~st of Arkansas between the Canadian by the fourteenth article of the treaty of March 24, 1832, cited River and the Red River to the then limits of Mexico on the west. above, and the third article of the treaty of February 14, 1833. The grant is to the nation in fee simple, and shall inure to them as By article 4 the United States solemnly agreed and bound itself long as_they exist as a nation. . that no State or Territory should ever pass laws for the govern-. By article 3 the Choctaws cede to the United States all the ment of the Creek or Seminole tribes, and that no portion of country owned by thelll east of the Mississippi River, and agree either of the tracts of country defined in the first and second to remove to the territory west of the Mississippi River. articles should ever be embraced or included in or annexed to By article 4 the United States agrees to secure to the Choctaw any State or Territory, nor should either or any part of either Nation jurisdiction and government over all persons and property ever be erected into a Territory without the full and free consent within the limits of the territory west of the Mississippi River to of the legislative authority of the tribe owning the same. be conveyed to them as aforesaid; and that no State or Territory It will be observed that this article was violated and broken shall ever have the right to pass laws for the government of the when Oklahoma Territory was established, because Oklahoma Choctaw Nation, and that no part of the land so granted shall be Territory covered a large part of the tracts described in articles embraced. in any Territory or State. And the Choctaws are to be 1 and 2 of this treaty. secure against all laws except such as may be enacted by their By article 15 the right of self-government, with full jurisdic own national council, etc. tion over persons and property, within their respective limits Treaty of June 22, 1855 (11 Stat., p. 611): This was a treaty be was given to the Creek and Seminole nations. tween the United States, the Choctaws and the Chickasaws. Article 26 provides that this treaty shall supersede and take · Article 1 defines and describes the boundaries of the Choctaw the place of all former treaties between the United States and and Chickasaw country, being all the territory between Arkansas the Creeks, and between the United States and the Seminoles, and on the east, the one hundredth meridian of longitude on the west, between the Seminoles and the Creeks inconsistent with this treaty. the Canadian River on the north, and the Red River on the south. Treaty of June 14, 1866 (14 Stat., p. 785): By article 2 slavery And the United States guaranteed the lands embraced in this was abolished and the freedmen were made members of and boundary to the members of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes, given an interest in the property of the nation. their heirs and successors, to be held in common, so that each By article 3 the Creeks ceded to the United States, to be sold member shall have an equal undivided interest in the whole, pro and used for homes for other civilized Indians, the west half of their vided that no part should ever be sold without the consent of entire domain, the eastern half being retained by them forever· as both tribes. a home, except what is assigned to the Seminole Nation. Article 2 segregates and sets apart a certain definite reserva By article 10 the Creeks agree to such legislation as Congress tion, therein described, for the Chickasaw Indians, and the re and the President may deem necessary for the better administra mainder of the tract embraced in article 1 not assigned to the tion of justice, etc., but said legislation should in no manner in Chickasaws by article 2 is, by article 3, to be held in common by terfere with or annul the tribal organization, rights >' laws, privi the Choctaws and Chickasaws and shall constitute the Choctaw leges, or customs·of the Creeks. Said article also provided for a district. legislative council among the Indians, giving it power to legislate By article 7 the Choctaws and Chickasaws are secured in the and enact laws for the Indians in said Territory. The Creeks also unrestricted right of self-government and full jurisdiction over agree that courts may be established in said Territory. persons and property within their respective limits, etc. Article 14 annuls all former treaties inconsistent with this treaty. By article 9 the Choctaw Indians relinquish all their right to any lands west of the one hundredth meridian of west longitude, SEMINOLES. and the Choctaws and Chickasaws lease to the United States all Treaty of May 9, 1832 (7 Stat., p. 368): By article 1 the Sem that portion of their own- territory west of the ninety-eighth de inoles relinquished all their lands in Florida and agreed to emi gree of west longitude for the permanent settlement of the grate to the country assigned to the Creeks west of the Mississippi Wichita and such other tribe of Indians as the Government may River. · desire to locate there, etc., but such leased tenitory is to remain By article 7 the Seminoles agreed to move to theh- home west open to settlement by the Choctaws and Chickasaws. of the Mississippi River within three years after the ratification Article 21 provides that this treaty shall supersede and take the of the treaty. place of all treaty stipulations between the United States and the Treaty of March 28, 1833 (7 Stat., p. 423): By this treaty certain Choctaws and Chickasaws inconsistent therewith. 678 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. JANUARY 12, Treaty of April 28, 1866 (14- Stat., p. 769) :· This is a treaty be Supreme Court, to which I shall call attention, which involved tween the United States and the Choctaws and Chickasaws. that question. By article 2 slavery is abolished. Mr. PLATT of Connecticut. I had the impression that we in By article 3 the Choctaws and Chickasaws cede to the United cluded only that portion which they had sold to us by a subsequent States all their territory west of the ninety-eighth degree of west treaty. longitude, and provision is made for the freedmen. Mr. NELSON. They had not sold it to 118 at that time; they Article 6 provides for right of way for railroads, etc. sold it tons subsequently. I shall call attention to that fact when By article 7 the Choctaws and Chickasaws agree to such legis speaking of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United lation as Congress and the President of the United States may States, where the court impliedly admits that we abrogated or deem necessary for the better administration of justice and for · violated that provision of the treaty, but that we had the full the protection of the rights of persons and property within the legal right and power to do so. Indian Territory, provided that such legislation shall not interfere Mr. PLATT of Connecticut. It is undoubtedly true that we with or annul the tribal organization, or their respective legisla had that power. tures or judiciaries, or the rights, privileges, or customs of the Mr. NELSON. I ask to have read the paper which I sent to Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, respectively. the Secretary's desk. Article 8 provides fo1· a legislative council with power to legis The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Secretary will read as late upon all subjects pertaining to the intercourse ~d relation 1·equested. of the Indians in the Indian Territory, etc. The Chickasaws agree The Secretary. reads as follows: that the United States may establish courts in the Territory, but the jurisdiction of such courts must not interfere with the local LEGISLATION RELATING TO OKLAHOMA. .AND INDIAN TERRITORY. By the act of May 22,1890 (26 Stat., p. 81), the Territory of Oklahoma was judiciary of either nation. established. • . By article 10 the United States reaffirms all obligations of Section 1 of this act defines the boundary of Oklahoma Territory, and pro former treaty stipulations with the Choctaws and Chickasaws vides that Congress mar at any time thereafter change the boundary of same or attach any portion of the same to any other State or Territory of made prior to the war of the rebellion. - the United States Wlthout the consent of the inhabitants of the Territory By article 21, sections 16 and 36 in every township are reserved of Oklahoma. The rights of the Indians in said Territory are reserved, and for school purposes. jurisdiction over them and their:pro~erty is retained in the United States. The act provides for the orga.mzation of the Territory and the division of Article 33 provides for the admission of certain Kansas Indians the same into counties; provides for a legislaturej for the right of suffrage; among the Choctaws and Chickasaws. defines the jurisdiction of the legislature; prov1des for courts, a supreme Article 45 declares that all rights, privileges, and immunities court, district court, probate courts, and justices of the peace; confers Ter ritorial and Federal jurisdiction upon the supreme and district courts; puts heretofore possessed by said nations, or the individuals thereof, are certain laws of the State of Nebraska in force and effect as local laws in the in full force. Territory; provides for the appointment of a United States attorney and marshal for the Territory; provides that a governor, secretary, chief justice, CHICKASA.WS. associate justice, attorney, and marshal shall be appointed by the President; gives the Territory a Delegate in Congress; grants sections 16 and 36 for Treaty of October 20, 1832 (7 Stat., p. 381): By article 1 the school purposes; J?l'Ovides for the disposal of the public lands under the home- Chickasaws cede all their lands east of the Mississippi River to 8 the United States, to be disposed of as the treaty provides. The steS~c~~~ ~'6Ft~ ~~ J.:~~s~~~=-%>~ ~:s?o~~~~l!h~a~dian Ter- ritory; limits the jurisdiction of United States courts established in Indian tJ.·eaty also contemplates their securing a new home west of the Terntory"'lnder the act of March 1, 1889 (25 Stat. p. 783), to the Indian Ter- Mississippi River. Their subsequent rights are fixed and covered ritory as defined in this act. . by the treaty of June 22, 1855 (11 Stat., p. 611), and the other By this last-mentioned act a United States court was established in Indian Territory as it existed before Oklahoma Ter1·it By the act of March 1,1895 (28 Stat. 693), Indian Territory was divided we were in no wise hampered or restrained by any treaty condi into three judicial districts, defined and described in the act, and provision was made for the appointm.e~t of 2 ad!ii_tional judges, making 3 J~dges in tions. But, as I have said, it is my understanding that at 4 all or 1 judae for each distr1ct. ProVlSlon was made for the appoilltm.ent o'clock pension bills are to be taken up, and therefore I yield. of an attorn~y and marshal in each of. said districts, as well 1!-S for clerks Of the courts. Each of the judges was g1ven the. power to apJ?QU?-t court com CONSIDERATION OF PENSION BU.LS. missioners within hls district. Certain portions of the criDl.lD.al laws and The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The hour of 4 o'clock having criminal procedure _of. Arkansas was extended to In~n :r'erritory. The United States comm1SS1oners w ere to have the power of Justices of the peace arrived, the Senate, under the order heretofore made, will pro in preliminnry criminal examinations. Appeals could be taken from the ceed to the consideration of unobjected private pension bills on commissioner s t o the United States courts. the Calendar. By section 9 the United States court in Ind~n T!3rri~ry wa~ given exqlu sive original jurisdiction of all offenses committed ill said Terntoryof which EMILY S. BARRETT. the United States court then had jurisdiction, and after the 1st of Septem The bill (H. R. 3672) granting a pension to Emily S. Barrett ber 1896 to have exclusive ori~nal jurisdiction of all offenses against the la. w~ of the United States committed in said Territory except such cases as the was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to United States court at Paris, Tex., Fort Smith, Ark., and Fort Scott, Ka~s:, place on the pension roll the name of Emily S. Barrett, dependent had acquired jurisdiction of before that time. And should also have origi mother of William H. Barrett, late of Company F, Sixteenth nal jurisdiction of civil cases in the United States court in Indian Territory and appellate jurisdiction of all cases tried before the commissioners. And Regiment Vermont Volunteer Infantry, and to pay her a pension alllawstheretofore conferring jurisdiction upon the United States courts held of 12 per month. in Arkansas, Kansas, and Texas, outside of the limits of Indian Territory as The bill was reported totheSenatewithoutamendment, ordered deilned by law as to offenses committed in said Indian Territory, a.s h!3r~in provided, are repealed~, to take eff~t on Sel>tember 1, ~896; and the JUrisdic to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. tion now conferi·ed by taw upon sa1d court IS hereby given on and after the JOHN ROBINSON. day aforesaid to the United States court in Indian Territory. That the several judges of the United St~tes court in India.~ T~rr:itory The bill (H. R. 8237) granting an increase of pension to John shall constitute a court of appeals to be preSided over by the seruor JUdge as Robinson was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro chlef justice. Said court was to have the like jurisdiction and power over inferior courts in Indian Territory as the supreme court of Arkansas has poses to place on the pension roll the name of John Robinson, late over the inferior courts in that State, with the same jurisdiction in respect of Company D, Seventeenth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer In to appeals and writs of elTor; and the laws of the State of Arkansas~ in respect to appea.ls and writs of error, are made applicable and extendea. to fantry, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of that and P-Ut in force in Inqian Ter:x:itory. Writs of error and ~pp~ls from said he is now receiving. appellate court in Indian Territory may be taken to the Circuit court of ap The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment; ordered peals for the eighth circui.t in. the same manner. and under the same condi to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. tions as appeals from the Circmt courts of the Uruted States. By the act of June 7 1897 (30 Stat. p. 83), it was provided: MARY A. NOYES. .. ·.rhat on and after January 1 1898, the United States courts in said Terri tory shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction and authority to try and The bill (S. 6329) granting an increase of pension to Mary A. determine all civil causes in law and equity thereafter. instituted and all Noyes was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes criminal causes for the punishment of any offense committed after January to place on the pension roll the name of Mary A. Noyes, widow of 1, 1898, by any person in said Te.rritory, and the Uni_teq S~t~ courts in said Territory shall have and exerCise the powers and JurlSdiction alreadli con Edward Noyes, late of Company C, Eleventh Regiment Maine ferred upon them by existing laws of the United States as respects a per Volunteer Infantry, and to pay her a pension of $12 per month in sons and property in said Territory: and the laws of the United States and lieu of that she is now receiving. the State of Arkansas in force in the Territory shall apply to all persons therein, irrespective of race, said courts exercising jurisdiction thereof as The bill was reported to the Senate without amenqment, ordered now conferred upon them in the trial of like causes; and any citizen of any to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. one of said tribes otherwise qualified who can speak and understand the English language IDI!-Y serve as a jur~-! in a~ of ~d co.tirts." . . CHARLES C. CHESLEY. This act also proVI and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Franklin Chase~ late of <;Jom The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an pa.ny E, First Regiment Massachuse.tts .Volunteer C~valry, ana .P!LY him a pension at the rate of $50 per month m lieu of that he lS now rece1vmg. amendment, in line 8, before the word "dollars," to stl'ike out The amendments were agreed to. - "thirty" and insert "twenty-four:" so as to make the bill read: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend authorized and directed to place on the pension roll;l...subject to the provisions ments were concurred in. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of 1..;narles W. Colby, late of The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read Company G, First Regunent New Hampshire Volunteer Cavalry, and pay the third time, and passed. him a pension at the rate of S24 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. The amendment was agreed to. D.AKIEL G. TOWLE. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend The bill (S. 4305) granting an increase of pension to Daniel G. ment was concurred in. Towle was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with the thj.rd time, and passed. amendments, in line6, before the word" Company," to strike out WILLIAM H. MAXWELL. " of:" in line 7, before the word " Regiment," to strike out "Sev enth" and insert "Fourth;" in line 8, before the word" dollars," The bill (S. 5244) granting an increase of pension to William to strike out" fifty" and insert "thirty;" so as to make the bill H. Maxwell was considered as in Committee of the Whole. read: The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, amendment~ in line 6, before the word '· Company,'' to strike out authorized and directed to place on the p ension roll, subject to the provisions "of;" so as to make the bill read: and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Daniel G. Towle, late captain Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, CompaLJ y E , Fourth Regiment Minne~tn.. Volunteer ln!antry, an4 J?ay him authorized and directed to place on the p ension roll, subject to the provisions a pension at the rate of $30 per month m lieu of that he lS now rece1V1ng. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William H. Maxwell, late captain Company D, Third Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, The amendments were agreed to. and P:l:Y him a pension at the rate of $00 per month in lieu of that he is now The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend rece1V1ng. - ments were concurred in. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend the third time, and passed. ment was concurred in. HATTIE CONNELL. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The bill (S. 6107) granting an increase of pension to Hattie Con the third time, and passed. nell was considered as in Committee of the Whole. CHARLES H. BARNES. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with The bill (S. 6050) granting an increase of pension to Charles H. amendments, in line 7, before the word " Company," to strike Barnes was considered as in Committee of the Whole. out "captain of," and insert "second lieutenant;" after the The bill was reported frqm the Committee on Pensions with an word" Company," to strike out "E" and insert" G;" and in amendment, in line 8, before the word" dollars," to strike out line 9, before the word" dollars, ' to strike out" twenty" and "fifty" and insert" thirty;" so as to make the bill read: insert" fifteen;" so as to make the bill read: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roJb subject to the provisions authorized 1.!-nd directed to p~ce on the pension rollt!_ubj.ect to the pr The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend an amendment, in line 8, before the word" dollars," to strike out ments were concurred in.· "twenty-four" and insert" twelve;" so as to make the bill read: The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of (he Interior ~e. and he is her~by, the third time, and passed. authorized and directed to place on the pensiOn r oll, sub_Jectto the provu:;10ns and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ca~arme A._Russep, Widow MARY E. RUSSELL. of Calvin S. Russell, late of Company C, Second Regrment W1sconsm Volun The bill (S. 6276) granting a pension to Mary E. Russell was . teer Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month in lien of that she is now receiving. . considered as in Committee of the Whole. The amendment was agreed to. · The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend amendment to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and di ment was concurred in. rected to place on the pension roll. subject to the provisions and limitations The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read of the pension laws, the name of Mary E. Russell, widow of Charles G. Rus the third time, and passed. sell, late first lieutenant Company D, Twelfth Regiment Massachusetts Vol~ unteer Infantry,and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month in lieu of WESLEY S. POTTER. . that she is now receiving. The bill (S. 1978) granting a pension to Wesley S. Potter_was The amendment was agreed to. considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with ment was concurred in. amendments, in line 6, before the word" Company," to strike The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, rea~ out " of " and insert " captain;" and in line 8, after the word the third time, and passed. "month," to insert "in lieu of that he is now receiving; " so as The title was amended so as to read: ''A bill granting an in to make the bill read: crease of pension to Mary E. Russell." Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions JOHN A. BARCUS. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Wesley S. Potter, late cap The bill (S. 5841) granting an inorease of pension to John A. tain Company :p, Thirty-sixth R(!!Qment Wisco~in.Volunteer Inf~ntry, and pay him a pens1on at the rate of $30 per month m lien of that he lS now re Barcus was considel'ed as in Committee of the Whole. ceiving. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an The amep.dments were agreed to. · amendment, in line 6, after the word "late," to strike out " pri The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend vate;" so as to make the bill read: · ments were COllCurred in. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John A. Barcus, late of Com the third time, and passed. pany A., One hundred and eighty-sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer The title was amended so as to read: "A bill granting an in Infantry, and pay him a pens1on at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that ·crease of pension to Wesley S. Potter." he is now rece1 ving. The amendment was agreed to. JO~ J. REES. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend The bill (S. 4412) granting an increase of pension to John J. ment was concurred in. Rees was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read to place on the pension roll the name of John J. Rees,late of Com the third time, and passed. · . pany F, Seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and to pay f him a pension of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. JOHN W. SLACK. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered The bill (S. 5733) granting an increase ~f pension to John W. to be engrossed for a thir~ reading, read the third time, and passed. Slack was considered as in Committee of the Whole. NELSON BROWN. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an amendment to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: The bill (H. R. 12039) granting an increase of pension toNelson That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is herebf, authorized and Brown was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the proVISions and limita poses to place on the pension roll the name of Nelson Brown, late tions of the pension laws, the name of John W. Slack, late of Company C, Brackett's Battalion Minnesota. Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at of CompanyG, One hundred and ninth RegimentNewYorkVol the rate of $'.24: per month in lieu of that·he is now receivmg. unteer Infantry~ and to pay him a pension of $12 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend to a third reading, read the thh·d time, and passed. ment was concurred in. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read EDWARD STRAUB. t~e third time, and pas~ed. . The bill (S. 6066) granting a pension to Edward Straub was JOHN LAUGHLIN. considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an The bill (H. R. 2223) granting an increase of pension to John amendment, in line 8, before the word "dollars," to strike out Laughlin was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro "fifty" and insert" twenty-four;'' so as to make the bill read: poses to place on the pension roll the name of John Laughlin, late Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, of Company G, Twenty-sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in lieu of and limitations of the p ension laws, the name of Edward Straub, late of Com that he is now receiving. pany E, Second Regiment Massach~et?> Volunteer qavalry, an~ :pay him a Tlie bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered pension at the rate qf $24 per month m lieu of that he IS now rece1vmg. to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend HENRY FORCHT. ment was concurred in. The bill (H. R. 7021) granting an increase of pension to Henry The bill was ordered to be engrossed· for a third reading, read Forcht was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro the third time, and passed. poses to place on the pension roll the name of Henry Forcht, late The title was amended so as to read: "A bill granting an in of Company H, Seventy-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer crease of pension to Edward Straub." Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $40 per month in lieu of MARY B. KELLER. that he is now receiving. ThE> bill (S ..6257) granting an increase of pension to MC\r.y B. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered Keller was considered as in Committee of the Whole. to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with ELIZA A. RICKARDS. amendments, in line 8, before the word "dollars," to strike-out The bill (H. R. 1530) granting an increase of pension to Eliza ''fifty" and insert "forty;" and in line 9, after the word "re- A. Rickards was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It ceiving," to insert "and $2 per month additional on account of proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Eliza A. the minor child of the said Charles Keller until he reaches the Rickards, widow of William Rickards, jr., late colonel Twenty age of 16 years;" so as to make the bill read: ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and to pay Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, her a pension of $30 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions · Th bill ted to th S te 'th t dm t d d and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary B. Keller, widow of e . was ~epor e ~na . WI ou amen en , or ere Charles Keller, late colonel Twenty-third Regiment United·States Infantry, to a thrrd readmg, read the third time, and passed. · and pay her a pension at the rate of $40 per month in lien of that she is now WILLIAM MARKLE receiving and $2 per month additional on account of the minor child of the I · said Charles Keller until he reaches the age of 16 years. The . bill (S. 6155) granting an increase of pension to William The amendments were agreed to. · · · Markle was considered as in Committee of the Whole. . . 682 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. JANUARY 12, The bill was reported n·om the Committee on Pensions with an Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a :pension at the rate of-- dollars per amendment, in line 8, before the wo1·d "dollars," to strike out month in lieu of that she lS now r eceiving. "thirty" and insert" twenty-four;" so as to make the bill read: The PRESIDENT pro tempore. What amount does the com Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereby, mittee propose to insert to fill the blank? authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Mr. McCUMBER. I ask that the amount stated in the report and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William Markle, late of be inserted in the blank. Company F, Twenty-ninth Re~iment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a. pension at the rate of $24, per month in lieu of that he is nowreceivmg. The PRESIDENT p1·o tempore. Twelve dollars. Mr. McCUMBER. I move that that amount be inserted. The amendment was agreed to. The amendments were agreed to. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend ment was concurred in. ments were concurred in. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, r~ad The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. the third time, and passed. ALBERT H: PHILLIPS. GEORGE A. KING. The bill (H. R. 14416) granting an increase of pension to Al The bill (S. 5355) granting an increase of pension to-George A. bert H. Phillips was considered as in Committee of the Whole. King was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with amendment, in line 8, before the word" dollars," to strike out amendments, ~ ll?e 6, before the word '' Batt~ry,'' to insert '' In "thirty-six" and insert "thirty;" so as to make the bill read: dependent ; " m line 7, before the word " Artillery " to insert Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, "Light," and in line 8, before the word "dollars:" to strike authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Albert H . Phillips, late of out ''thirty" and insert "twenty-four;" so as to make the bill Company A, Thirty-fourth Regiment lllinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay read: him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. Be i~ enacted, e_tc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he iY-ereby, The amendment was agreed to. auth~r~d 1.!-nd directed to place on the J>ension roll, subject to the provisions The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the B.J?.d limitations of the pension laws, the name of George A. King, late of E!ghteenth: Independent Battery, Ohio V~lUD:teer Light Artillery, and pay amendment was concurred in. hrm a pens1on at the rate of $24per month m lieu of that he is now receivmg. The amendment was ordered to be engrossed, and the bill to The amendments were agreed to. • · be read a third time. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend The bill was read the third time, and passed. ments were concurred in. ROBERT MILLER. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The bill (H. R. 699) granting an increase of pension to Robert the third time, and passed. Miller was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes JOHN T. DEWEES. to place on the pension roll the name of Robert Miller, late of The bill (S. 3912) granting an increase of pension to John T. Company B, First Regiment Maryland Volunteer Infantry, and Dewees was considered as in Committee of the Whole. to pay him a pension of 30 per month in lieu of that he is now The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an receiving. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered amendment to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limita.tions of the pension laws, the name of John T. Deweese, late lieutena.ntrcolonel NICHOLAS S.MITII. Fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the The bill (S. 5642) granting an increase of pension to Nicholas rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Smith was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amendments, in line 6, before the word" Company," to strike amendment was concurred in. . out "of; " in line 7, before the word "Volunteer," to insert The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading read "Wisconsin," and in line before the word" dollars," to strike the third time, and passed. ' out " fifty " and insert " thirty· " so as to make the bill read: 'fhe title was amended so as to read: ''A bill granting an in Be it enacted, etc., That the Secr etary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, crease of pension to John T. Dewees." authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pens1on laws, the nama of Nichola.s Smith, late captain JOHN P. POST. Company H, Thirty-third R!:R'Jment Wisconsin V9lunteer Infantry, and pay The bill (S. 3573) granting an increase of pension to John C. him a pension at the rate of ::;.:>V per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. Post was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The amendments were agreed to. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an The bill was reported to the Senate as amended·, and the amend amendment to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: ments were concurred in. . That the Sec1·eta.ry of the ;rnterior be\ and he is hez:epy, authorized and The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read directed to place on the pensiOn roll, subJect to the proVlSlons and limita.tions the third time, and passed. of the pens1on laws,_the name of John P. Post, late second lieutenant Com p~ny C, Fo~rth Re~e~t lllinois Volunteers, war with Mexico, and colonel THOMAS J. GEORGE. E1ghth Regrment lllinms Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a. pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. The bill (S. 1194) granting an increase of pension to Thomas The amendment was agreed to. J. George was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with ment was concurred in. an amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading read insert: the third time, and passed. ' . That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and di rected to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations The title was amended so as to read: "A bill granting an in of the pension laws the name of Thomas J. George, late of Company D, crease of pension to John P. Post." Fourth Regiment WlSConsin1 Volunteer Infantry, and major Third Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, war with Spain, and ~ay him a pension at the HENRY R. BENNETT. rate of $S()per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. The bill (S. 3574) granting an increase of pension to Henry R. The amendment was agreed to. Bennett was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend The bill was reported f1·om the Committee on Pensions with ment was concurred in. an amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read insert: the third time, and passed. . That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and GRACE E • .ASH. directed t-o _place on the pension roll. subject to the provisions and limitations of the peilSlon law~. the na~e of Hemoy R. Bennett, late of Company B, The bill (S. 5205) granting an increa-se of pension to Grace E. Twenty-second Reg1ment Ohio VolunteeJ.· Infantry, and pay him a pension a.t Ash was considered as in Committee of the Whole. the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. • The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with The amendment was agreed to. amendments, in line 7, before the word "Company," to strike The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend out "of" and insert "first lieutenant;" and in line 8, before the ment was concurred in. word" dollars," to strike out" twenty-five;" so as to make the The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading read bill read: the third time, and passed. ' Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, JOHN S. MILAM. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the _pension laws, the name of Grace E. Ash, widow of The bill (S. 4359) granting an increase of pension to JohnS. R euben A.sh, late first lieutenant Company E, Second Regiment Wisconsin Milam was considered as in Committee of the Whole. 1903. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with amendment, to strike out all after the enactingclause and insert: amendments, in line 7, before the word " Light," to insert "Vol That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and unteer; " in the same line, before the word " and," to strike out directed to placo on the pensionroll,_subjectto the provisions and limitations "Volunteers," and in lineS, before the word" dollars," to strike of the pension laws, the name of Jonn S. Milam, late of CSJ?tain Ford's de tAchment, Third Regiment United States Dragoons, war Wlth Mexico, and out "twenty-five" and insert "twenty-four;" so as to make the first lieutenant Company D, First Regiment Indiana Volunteer Heavy Ar bill read: tillery, and pay him a. p ension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, is now receiving. authorized and· directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The amendment was agreed to. and limitations of the pension laws.._the name of Oliver G. Wright, late of Fourteenth Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, ana pay him a pension The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. · ment was concurred in. The amendments were agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The bill was reported to the Senate aa amended, and the amend the third time, and passed. ments were concurred in. FRANK A. OLNEY. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The bill (S. 4806) granting an increase of pension to Frank A . the third time, and passed. Olney was considered as in Committee of the Whole. JOEL C. SHEPHERD, The bill was reported fmm the Committee on Pensions with an amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: The bill (S. 5835) granting an increase of pension to Joel C. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is herebyt authorized and Shepherd was considered as in Committee of the Whole. directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the prOVlSlOns and limita The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with t ions of the pension laws, the name of Frank A. Olney~ late of Company K, amendments, in line 7, before the word'' and,'' to insert ''war with Fortieth Regiment W isconsin Volunteer Infantry, ana Company A, Forty Mexico," and in line 8, before the word" dollars," to strike out ninth R~_giment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of~ per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ''twenty-four'' and insert '' twenty; '' so as to make the bill read: The amendment was agreed Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, to. · authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Joel C. Shepherd, late of ment was concurred in. Company D, Sixth Regiment United States Infantry, war with Mexico, and The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read payhimapensionattherateof$20perm.onthinlieuofthatheisnowreceiving. the third time, and passed. The amendments were agreed to. SAMUEL ASHMORE. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend The bill (H. R. 11748) granting an increase of pension to Samuel ments were concun-ed in. Ashmore was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read poses to place on the pension roll the name of Samuel Ashmore, the third time, and passed. late of Company F, Fifteenth Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cav LILA L, EGBERT. ~lry, and t~ p_ay him a pension of S30 ~er month inlieu of that he The bill (S. 6182) granting an increase of pension to Lila L. 1s now rece1vmg. Egbert was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered , The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. amendments, in line 6, after the word" of," to strike out" the LA. WSON WILLIAMS~ _ late Captain," and in line 8, before the word" and," to strike 011t The bill (H. R. 3755) granting an increase of pension to Law "United States Army" and insert" late captain, Second Regi son Williams was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It ment United States Infantry;" so as to make the bill read: proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Lawson Wil Be i~ enacted, e_tc., That the Secretary of tp.e Interior _be, and he is hereby, autho_r~ed ~nd directed to ~lace on the pens10n roll, s:ubJect to the provisions liams, late of Company B, Twenty-second Regiment Kentucky and limitations of the peDSlon laws, the name of Lila L . Egbert, widow of Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in Augustus R. Egbert, late captain, Second Regiment United States Infantry, lieu of that he is now receiving. ana pay her a pen$on at the rate of $3) per month in lieu of that she is now The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered receiving. to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The amendments were agreed to. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend ALLEN C. DAVIS. ments were concurred in. The bill (H. R. 12132) granting an increase of pension to Allen The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read C. Davis was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro the third time, and passed. . poses to place on the pension roll the name of Allen C. Davis, late of Company G, One hundred and thirteenth Regiment Illinois MARY ANN SEARS. Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $4:0 per month The bill (S. 6012) granting a pension to Hattie Blanche Sears in lien of that he is now receiving. was con idered as in Committee of the Whole. · The bill was reported to the Senate Without amendment, ordered The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. amendment, to strike out all after the ena-Cting clause and insert: HAMPTON B. FARMER. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations The bill (S. 5359) granting an increase of pension to Hampton of the pens1on laws the name of Mary Ann Sears, widow of Charles H. Sears, late of Company K, Eightv-first Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry B. Farmer was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It and pay her a pension at the rate of S20 per month in lieu of that she is no~ proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Hampton B. receiving: Provided, That in the event of the death of Hattie Blanche Sears Farmer, late of Company H, One hundred and fifteenth Regi helple and dependent child of said Charles H. Sears, the additional pensio~ ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $24: herein granted shall cease and determine. per month in lien of that he is now receiving. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. ment was concurred in. ELIZA GALLAGHER. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill (S. 4:123) granting a pension to Eliza. Gallaher was The title was amended so as to read: "A bill granting an in- considered as in Committee of the Whole. crease of pension to l\!ary Ann Sears.'' · The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: THOMAS G. FORRESTER. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and The bill (S. 5846) granting an increase of pension to Thomas G. directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Eliza Gallagher, widow of Dennis Gallagher Fon-ester was considered as in Committee of the Whole. late of Company B, Thirty-fifth· Regiment Indiana. Volunteer Infantry, ana1 The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an pay her a pension at the rate of $il per month. amendment, in line 8, before the word " dollars," to strike out The amendment was agreed to. "fifty" and insert" thirty;" so as to make the bill read: The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to _Place on the pension roll, subject to the provisionS ment was concurred in. and limitations of the pellSlon laws, the name of Thomas G. Forrester,late of The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a. third reading, read Company B, Fourt.h Regiment Iowa. Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen the third time, and passed. sion at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The title was amended so as to read: ''A bill granting a pension The amendment was agreed to. to Eliza Gallagher.'' The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, an ANN M. GREEN. adjutant, First Regiment Missouri State Militia Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of m per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. The bill (S. 5953) granting a pension to AnnM. Green wascon The amendment was agreed to. sidered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with .an mtnt was concuned in. amendment, in line 9. before the word" dollars," to strike out The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read "twelve" and insert "eight;" so as to make the bill read: the third time, and passed. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The ~tle w~s amended so as to read: "A bill granting an in and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ann M. Greent.-..widow of crease of pensiOn to Thomas Doyle." George H. Green, late of Company A, First Regiment Michigan volunteer E:1gineers and Mechanics, and pay her a pension at the rate of $8 per month. OLIVER P. HELTON. The amendment was agreed to. The bill (S. 3607) granting an increase of pension to Oliver P. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend Helton was considered as in Committee Qf the Whole. ment was concurred in. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read amendments, in line 7, after the word "Infantry," to strike out the third time, and passed. "Mexican war" and insert "war with Mexico;" and in line 8, before the word "dollars," to strike out "thirty" and insert GEORGE J. CHENEY. "twenty;" so as to make the bill read: The bill (S. 5508) granti.ng an increase of pension to George J. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Cheney was con idered as in Committee of the Whole. anthorized and directed to t>lace on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an and limitations of the l>ellSlons laws, the name of Oliver P. Helton,_Jate of Company~. First ~egrment Illinois Volunteer Inf!lnt~·y, war with mexico, amendment, in line 8, before the word" dollars," to strike out and PI1:Y him a. pellSlon at the rate of $20 per month m lieu of that he is now "thirty" and insert" twenty-four;" so as to make the bill read: rece1vmg. Be it enacted, etc., That tho Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll subject to the provisions The amendments were agreed to. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of George J. Cheney, late of The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend Company A, Twentieth Reg_iment Michi~an Volunteer Infantry, and pay ments were c Jncnrred in. him a pension at the rate of $24 per month m lieu of that he is now receivmg. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The amendment was agreed to. ~he third time, and passed. - The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend ment was concurred in. LEONARD A. NORTON. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The bill (S. 3081) granting an increase of pension to Leonard A. the third time, and passed. Norton was considered as in Committee of the Whole. .ALMAN J. HOUSTON. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with The bill (S. 4023) granting an increase of pension to Alman J. amendments, in line 7, before the word "Maryland," to insert Houston was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro "Regiment;" in the same line, before the word'' Volunteer," to poses to place on the pension roll the name of Alman J. Houston, strike out '' Veteran; '' and in line 8, before the word '' dollars,'' to late of Company D, Twenty-fourth Regiment Michigan Volunteer strike out.'' fifty'' and insert'' thirty;'' so as to make the bill read: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Infantry, and to pay him a pension of 30 per month in lieu of authorized and directed to l>lace on the pension roll, subject to the provisions that he is now receiving. and limitations of the :pens1on laws, the name of Leonard A. Norton, late of The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered Company L First Regunent Maryland Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. pellSlon at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The amendments were agreed to. LILLIE MAY FIFIELD. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend The bill (H. R. 5321) granting a pension to Lillie May Fifield ments were concurred in. was considered as iil Committee of the Whole. · It proposes to The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read place on the pension roll the name of Lillie May Fifield, helpless the third time, and passed. .and dependent daughter of Henry Fifield, late of Company D, First Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, and to pay her a TIMOTHY LOUGHLIN. pension of $12 per month. The bill (S. 4134) granting an increase of pension to Timothy The.bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered Laughlin was considered as in Committee of the Whole. to l:!> third reading, read the third time, and passed .. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an IDA M. KINNEY. ·amendment, in line 6, before the word "late," to strike out the name" Laughlin" and insert" Loughlin;" so as to make the bill The bill (H. R. 3269) granting a pension to Ida M. Kinney was read: considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes place to Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, on the pension roll the name of Ida M. Kinney, widow of Harvey authorized and directed to place on the pension roll. subject to the provisions L. Kinney, late of Company D, One hundred and tenth Regiment and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Timothy Loughlin late of Companies I and B, Ninety-ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infant'rv, and New York Volunteer Infantry, and to pay her a pension of $8 per pay him a pension at the rate of $00 per month in lieu of that he iS now month. receiving. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, o1·dered The amendment was agreed to. to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend MERRITT YOUNG. ment was concurred in. The bill (S. 532) granting an increase of pension to Merritt The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read Young was considered as in Committee of the Whole. the third time, and passed. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with The title was amended so as to read: "A bill granting an in amendments, in line 7, before the word "Cavalry" to insert crease of pension to Timothy Loughlin." "Volunteer;" and in the same line, before the word" and," to STEPHEN G. COLE. strike out" Volunteers;" so as to make the bill read: The bill (S. 5040) granting an increase of pension to Stephen G. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to ~lace on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Cole was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes and limitations of the pensiOn laws, the name of Merritt Young, late of Com to place on the pension roll the name of Stephen G. Cole, late of pany C, Thirteenth R~giment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, and J?ay him a Company A, Twenty-seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in lien of that he is The amendments were agreed to. now receiving. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or ments were concurred in. dered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read passed. the third time, and passed. JOHN J. CROSS. THOMAS DOYLE. The bill (H. R. 13324) granting a:rt;increase of pension to John The bill (S. 1738) granting a pension to Thomas Doyle was J. Cross was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro considered as in Committee of the Whole. poses to place on the perision roll the name of John J. Cross, late The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with of Company H, Eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, and a:Q amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now insert: · - receiving. Tbat the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and di rected to place on the pension· roll, subje-:t to the provisio:cs ::md limitations The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, or of the pension laws, the name of Thomas Doyle, late first li.eutenant and dered to a third reading, re~ ~l the third time, and passed. 1903. CONGRESSIONAL RECQRD-SENATE. 685 JAMES J. WILSON. the minor children of the f?aid David Hill until they reach the The bill (H. R.13815) granting an increase of pension to James age of·16 years;" so as to make the bill read: J. Wilson was considered as in Committee of the Whole·. It pro Be it ~nacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions poses to place on the pension roll the name of James J. Wilson, and limitations of the pension laws. the name of S. Josie Hill~ widow of David late of Company E, Eighty-seventh Regiment lllinois Volunteer Hill, late captain Company F One hundred and fifty-secona ~_giment New· Infantry, and to pay him a pension of 830 per month in lieu of York Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of s;ru per month and $2 per month additional on account of each of the minor children of that he is now receiving. the said David Hill until they reach the age of 16 years. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The amendments were agreed to. The bill was reported to the Senate as amen~ed, and the amend ANSON GREENMAN. ments were concurred in. The bill (H. R.13621) granting an increase of pension to Anson The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read Greenman was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro the third time, and passed. poses to place on the pension roll the name of Anson Greenman, ORLANDO S. OSBORN. late of Company B, Eighty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in lieu of The bill (S. 4656) granting an increase of pension to Orlando S. that he is now receiving. Osborn was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered The bill was reported from the Committ-ee on Pensions with an to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. amendment, in line 8, before the word " dollars," to strike out "fifty" and insert" twenty-four;" so as to ma~e the bill read: WILLIAM BURKE. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill (H. R. 3304) granting an increase of psnsion to Wil authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Orlando S. Osborn, late liam Burke was considered as in Cm;nmittee of the Whole. It of Company C, Sixteenth Regiment Vermont Volunteer Infantry, and pay proposes to p~ace on the pension roll the name of William Burke, him a pension at the rate of $24: per month in lieu of that p.e is now receivm~. late of Company K, One hundred and fifteenth Regiment Illinois The amendment was agreed to. Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of 20 per month The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend in lieu of that he is now receiving. . ment was concurred in. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. the third time, and passed. JOHN W. HUCKELBERRY. SYDDA B. ARNOLD. The bill (H. R. 14312) granting an increase of pension to John The bill (S. 1131) granting a pension to Lydda B. Arnold was W. Huckelberry was considered as in Committee of the Whole. considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of John W. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an Huckelberry, late of Company D, Fourth Regiment illinois Vol amendment to strike oup all after the enacting clause and insert: unteer Infantry, war with Mexico, and to pay him a pension of That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and $20 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving .. ·directed to place on the pension rolb subject to the provisions and limitations The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered of the pension laws, the name of t;ydda B. Arnold, widow of. Abraham K : Arnold, late brigadier-general, United States Volunteers, and :pay her a pen to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. sion at the rateof"$50per month in lieu of that she is now recmv.ing. ALONZO GILBERT. The amendment was agreed to. The bill (S. 6465) granting an increase of pension to Alonzo The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the am~nd- Gilbert was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro ment was concurred in. · . poses to place on the pension roll the name of .Alonzo Gilbert, The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read late of Company K, One hundred and tenth Regiment New York the third time, and passed. · Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $20 per month The title was ~mended so as to read: "A bill grantin$ an in in lieu of that he is now receiving. crease of pension to Sydda B. Arnold.'' The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered THOMAS KIRWAN. to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill (H. R. 1453) granting an increase of pension to Thomas WILLARD A. JACKSON. Kirwan was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro:. The bill (S. 6466) granting an increase of pension to Willard poses to pla-ce on the pension roll the name of Thomas Kirwan, A. Jackson was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It late of Company K, Seyenteenth Regiment Massachusetts Vol proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Willard A. unteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 a month in Jackson, late of Company A, Seventeenth Regiment New Hamp lieu of that he is now receiving. shire Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered month in lieu of that he is now receiving. to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered JONATHAN H. SLOCUM. to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill (H. R. 10494) granting an increase of pension to Jona S.A.RA.H E. ROPES. than H. Slocum was considered as in Committee of the Whole; The bill (S. 6467) granting an increase of pension to Sarah E. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Jonathan H. . Ropes was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes Slocum, late of Seventh Company, First Battalion, New York to place on the pension roll the name of Sarah· E. Ropes, widow Sharpshooters, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of James M. Ropes, late captain, Eighth Regiment United States of that he is now receiving. . Cavalry, and to pay her a pension of $30 per month in lieu of that The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered she is now receiving. · to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered IRA. P. SMITH. to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and pa-ssed. The bill (H. R. 13479) granting a pension to Ira P. Smith was CAROLINE W. BIXBY. considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to place The bill (S. 6500) granting an increase of pension to Caroline on the pension roll the name of Ira P. Smith, late acting assistant W. Bixby was· considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro surgeon, United States Army, and to pay him a pension of $12 poses to place on the pension roll the name of Caroline W. Bixby, per month. widow of Daniel P. Bixby, late of Company L, First Regiment The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered New Hampshire Volunteer Cavalry, and to pay her a pension of to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. $12 per month in lieu that she is now receiving. WILLIAM F. STANLEY. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered The bill (H. R. 13505) granting an increase of pension to Wil to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and pa-ssed. liam F. Stanley was considered as in Committee of the Whole. S. JOSIE HILL. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of William F. The bill (S. 6452) gTanting a pension to S. Josie Hill was con Stanley, late of Company G, Fortieth Regiment New York Vol sidered as in Committee of the Whole. unteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with lieu of that he is now receiving. amendments, in line 6, after the word" captain," to strike out The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment ordered "of; "in line 9, before the word" of," to strike out" thirty" and in to a third rea-ding, read the third time, and passed. sert "twenty;" in line 10, after the word "additional," to strike ELLEN F. POOK. out " for said soldier's minor children until said children shall . The bill (H. R. 11286) granting a pension to Ellen F. Pook was arrive at the age of 16 years," and insert'' on account of each of considered as in Committe_e of the Whole. It proposes to place 686 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE. JANUARY 12, on the pension roll the name of Ellen F. Pook, widow of Samuel vania Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $40 per H. Pook, late captain, United States Navy, and to pay her a pen month in lieu of that he is now receiving. sion of $30 per month. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered The bill was·reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to a third reading, read th~ third time, and passed. to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. ROBERT HA.RGREAVES . JOSEPH W. ROBERTSON. The bill (H. R.13594) granting an increase of-pension to Robert The bill (H. R.12155) granting an increase of pension to Joseph Hargreaves was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro W. Robertson was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It poses to place on the pension 1·oll the name of Robert Hargreaves, proposes to place on the pension. roll the name of Joseph W. Rob late principal musician First Eegiment Pennsylvania Volunteer ertson, late of Company K, First and Fourth Regiments, Massa Light Artillery, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in chusetts Volunteer Cavalry, and to pay .him a pension of $24 per lieu of that he is now receiving. month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The bill was reported to t1;l.e Senate without amendment, ordered The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to a thh·d reading, read the third time, and passed. to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. · FRANCIS C. BAKER. JOHN D. THOMPSON. The bill (H. R . 13529) granting an increase of pension to Fran The bill (H. R. 14136) granting an increase of pension to John cis C. Baker was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It D. Thompson was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Francis C. Baker, proposes to place on the pension roll the name of J o~ D. Thomp late of Company A, One hundred and forty-Beventh, and Com son, late of Company M, Fiftieth Regiment New York Volunteer pany.C, Ninety-first, Regiments New York Voluntee1· Infantry, Engineers, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in lieu of andtopayhim a pension of 24per month in lieu of that he is now that he is now receiving. . receiving. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. · WILLIAM A.. MILLER. MORRIS M. COMSTOCK. The bill (H. R. 5159) granting a pension to William A. Miller The bill (H. R. 5887) granting an increase of pension to Mor was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to ris M. Comstock was considered as in Committee of the Whole. place on the pension roll the name of William A. Miller, late of It propo es to place on the pension roll the name of Morris M . Co.mpany C, Third Regiment Ohio State Militia, and to pay him Comstock, late of Company L, First Regiment Michigan Volun a pension of $12 per month. teer Engineers and Mechanics, and to pay him a pension of $17 The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. JOHN W. BRUFF. The bill (H. R. 14477) granting a pension to John Brn:ff was LEVI H . PEDDYCOA.RD. considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill (S. 252) granting an increase of pension to Levi H . The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an Peddycord was considered as in Committee of the Whole. amendment, in line 6, before the name. " Bruff," to insert the The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with initial" W;" so as to make the bill read: amendments, in line 6, before the word.'' late," to strike out the name" Peddycord" and insert" Peddycoard," and in line 8, be Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be1 and he is hereby, authorized and directed to ~lace on the pension roll, subject; to the provisions fore the word "dollars," to strike out "thirty" and insert and limitations of the peil.Slon Jaws, the name of John W. Bruff, late unas "twenty;" so as to make the bill read: signed recruit, Fifteenth Regiment New York Volunteer Engineers, and pay Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, him a pension at the rate of 12 per month. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the J?rovi The atnendment was agreed to. sions and limitations of th~ pension laws, the name of Levi H. Peddycoard, late The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend of Company I, Thirtieth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and l>ay him ment_was concurred in. a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be The amendments were agreed to. read a third time. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend The bill was read the third time, and passed. ments were concurred in. The title was amended so as to read: "An act granting a pen The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read sion to John W. Bruff." the third time, and passed. The title was amended so as to read: "A bill granting an in- HENRY W, GASKILL. crease of pension to Levi H. Peddycoard." · The bill (H. R. 11180) granting an increase of pension to Henry W. Gaskill was considered as in Committee of the Whole . . It ~A.H A.. WOODWA.RD . proposes to place on the pension roll the name o~ Henry W. Gas The bill (S. 5734) granting an increase of pension to Elijah A. kill, late first lieutenant Company K, Twelfth Regiment New Woodward was considered as in Committee of the Whole. Jersey Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with month in lieu of that he is now receiving. amendments, in line 6, after the word" late;" to insert 'assist The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered ant;" in the same line, after the word" surgeon," to strike out to a third reading, rea:d the third time, and passed. "of the," and in line 8, before the word" dollars," to strike out "thirty" and insert" twenty-four;" so as to make the bill read: , JOHN GLENN. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby The bill (H: R. 4184) granting an increase of pension to John authorized and dire ted to place on th~ pension rolh,~bject to the provisionS Glenn was coi;tsidered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes and limitations of the pension laws, the name of l!J.lljah A. Woodward, late assistant surgeon, Thirty-sixth R~,pment Wisconsin Volnnteer Infantry, and to place on the pension roll the name of John Glenn, late of Com pay him a pension at the rate of ~ per month in lieu of that he is now re pany C, One hundredth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer In ceiving. fantry, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of that The amendments were agreed to. he is now receiving. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered ments were concurred in. to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill was ordered to be engrm;sed for a thh·d reading, read CHARLES D.A.LR.YMPLE. the third time, and passed. The bill (H. R. 1528) granting an increase of pension to Charles JOSEPH TWYCROSS. Dalrymple was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro The bill (S. 5610) granting an increase of pension to Joseph poses to place on the pension roll the name of Charles Dalrymple, Twycross was considered as in Committee of the Whole. late of Company G, One hundred and seventy-third Regiment Tbe bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per amendment, in line 8, before the word "dollars," to strike out month in lien of that he is now receiving. " forty " and insert " thirty; " so as to make the bill read: The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subjeet to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Joseph Twycross,late o! Com WILLIAM G. BUCHANAN. panyG, Second Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him. a pen The bill (H. R. 6897) granting an increase of pension to William sion at the rate of $00 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. G. Buchanan was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It The amendment was agreed to. . proposes to place on the pension roll the name of William G. The .bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend Buchanan, late of Company B, Twen~y-sixth Regiment Pennsyl- ment was concurred in. 1903. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 687 The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read The bill was rep<;>rted from the Committee on Pensions with an the third time, and passed. amendment, in line 8, before the word " dollars," to strike out GOTTH.A.RD KOERNER. .. thirty" and insert" seventeen;" so as to make the bill read: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretsry of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill (H. R. 1328) granting an increase of pension to Gott authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions hard Koerner was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It . and limitations of the pension laws. the name of Leroy Roberts, late of Com proposes to place on thB pension-roll the name of Gotthard Koer pany F, Thirty-seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and I?ay him ner, late of Company B, Sixteenth Regiment Wisconsin Volun a pension at the rate of $17 pe1.· month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. teer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu The amendment was agreed to. of that he is now receiving. _ The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend- The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered ment was concurred in. · to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. · JOHN R. CURRY. The bill (H. R. 14024) granting an increase of pension-to John SARAH B. BARGER. R. Curry was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro The bill (S. 2114) granting an increase of pension to Sarah B. poses to place on the pension roll the name of John R. Curry, Barger was considered as in Committee of the Whole. late of Company G, Thirtet=mth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infan The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensiol'lB with an try, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of that he amendment, to strike Qut all after the enacting clause and insert: is now receiving. * That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered that he is now receiving. to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. · The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered LUMAN FULLER. to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill (H. R. 14478) granting an increase of pension to Luman CLARENCE D. HESS. Fuller was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill (H. R. 13411) granting an increase of pension to Clar- The bill was reported f1·om the Committee on Pensions with an ence D. Hess was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It amendment, in line 8, before the word "dollars," to strike out proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Clarence D. "forty" and insert" thirty;" so as to make the bill read: Hess, late captain Company G, Thirteenth Regiment New York Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $20 per month authorized and directed to ;place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions in lieu of that he is now receiving. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Luman Fuller, late of Com- The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered ~~~Y~y. ~ ~~~gna~ftt~~~~-~~~h ~g~'it~t 0~~~0~ft~:t ~~fisn~~ to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. receiVIng. REMEMBRANCE J. WILLIAMS. The amendment was agreed to. The bill (H. R. 6727) granting an increase of pension to Re- The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend- membrance J. Williams was considered as in Committee of the ment was concurred in. Whole. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Re- The amendment was ordered to be engrossed, and the bill to be read a third time. ' membrance J. Williams, late of Company D~ Sixth Regiment In- The bill was read the third time, and passed. diana Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. P ARMENAS F. HARRIS. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered The bill (H. R. 8542) granting an increase of pension to Par to a thii·d reading, read the third time, and passed. · menas F. Harris was considered as in Committee of the Whole. WILLIAM H. H. BOUSLOUGH, It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Parmenas F. Harris, late of Company I, One hundredth Regiment Ohio Vol The bill (S. 3405) granting an increase ·of pension toW. H. H. unteer Infa-ntry, and to pay him a pension of $12 per month in Bouslough was considered as in Committee of the Whole. . lieu of that he is now receiving. The bill was reported from the Committee on P~nsions with The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered amendments, in line 6, after the word" of," where it occurs the to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. first time, to strike out ·the initial "W." and insert the name "William," and in line 9, before the word" dollars," to:strike out EDMOND LIKES. "thirty" and insert " twenty-four; " so as to make the bill read: The bill (H. R. 12745) granting an increase of pension to Ed Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, mond Likes was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It authorized and directed to J?laCe on the pension roll, subject to theprovisions proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Edmond Likes, and limitations of the vens10n laws, the name of William H. H. Bouslough, late of ComJJanv D, Thirty-eighth Regiment, and Company F, One hundred late of Company F, One hundred and eighteenth Regiment Illi and sixty-nmth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a nois Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of 24 per pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The amendments were agreed to. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. ments were concurred in. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read JOHN T. MULL. the third time, and passsed. The bill (H. R. 12968) granting an increase of pension to John The title was amended so as to read: "A bill granting an in T. Mull was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro crease of pension to William H. H. Bouslough." poses to place on the pension roll the name of John T. Mull, late of Company H, Fourteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, JOHN CANTY. and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of that he is The bill (H. R. 6006) granting an increase of pension to John now receiving. Canty was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to place on the pension roll the name of John Canty, late of Bat to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. tery M, Third Regiment United States A~illery, and to pay him ABNER H. LESTER. a pension of 17 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered The bill (H. R. 12430) granting a pension to Abner H. Lester to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Abner H. Lester, late of ORIN T. FALL. Company I, Thirty-ninth Re~ent Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, The bill (S. 6526) granting an increase of pension to Orin T. and to pay him a pension of $12 per month, the same to be paid to Fall was considered as in Committee of the Whole. him-under the rules of the Pension Bureau as to mode and times The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an of payment without any deduction or rebate on account of former amendment, in line 7, before the words " Heavy Artillery," to alleged overpayments or erroneous payments of pension. insert "Volunteer; " so as to make the bill read: The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered Be it en.acted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. authorized and directed to Jllace on the pension roll. subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Orin T. Fall, late of Com WALLACE K. M.A.Y. pany D, First.Regiment New Haiilpshire Volun~er .Heavy Artillery, and pay him a. pension at the rate of $'kl per month m lieu of that he 1S now The bill (H. R. 12424) granting an increase of pension to Wal receiving. lace K. May was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It The amendment was agreed to. proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Wallace K. May, The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend late of Company A, Twenty-fifth Regiment New York Volunteer ment was concurred in. Cavalry, and to pay him a pension of $30 permonth inlieuofthat The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read he is now receiving. the thu·d time, and passed. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. CHARLES S. ELY. The bill (H. R. 2849) granting an increase of pension to Charles WILLIAM G. CANTLEY. S. Ely was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes The bill (H. R. 13332) granting an increase of pension to William to place on the pension roll the name of Charles S. Ely, late of G. Cantley was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It Company B, Forty-third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and proposes to place on the pension roll the name of William G. to pay him a pension of $20 per month in lieu of that he is now Cantley, late orderly sergeant Captain James L. Brown's com receiving. pany, South Carolina Volunteers, Florida Indian war, and to pay The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered him a pension of $16 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered SYLVESTER HOLIDAY. to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill (H. R. 8309) granting an increase of pension to Syl . FREDERICK BENEFELDT. vester Holiday was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It . The bill (H. R. 12109) granting an increase of pension to Fred proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Sylvester Holi erick Benefeldt was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It day, late of Company E, Fifteenth Regiment United States Infan proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Frederick Ben try. war with Mexico, and to pay him a pension of $16 per month efeldt, late of Company C, Sixteenth Regiment illinois Volunteer in lieu of that he is now receiving. · . _ · . - Cavalry, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of that 1903. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 689 he is now receiving, the same tc be paid to his duly constituted on the pension roll the name of Dorcas McArdle, widow of Barney conservator. McArdle, ' late of Captain Mahone's company, First Regi!nent The bill was reported to the S ~mate without amendment, ordered Georgia Volunteers, war with Mexico, and to pay her a pa:1sion to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. of $8 per month. · The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, oruered JOHN BLACKLER. to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill (H. R. 11623) granting an increase of pensipn to John Blackler was considered as in Committee of the Whole. HIRA.M A.. SHELDON. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an The bill (H. R. 13891) granting a pension to Hiram A. Sheldon amendment, in line 8, before the word "dollars," to strike out was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to " forty " and insert " thirty," so as to make the bill read: pla-ce on the· pension roll the name of Hiram A. Sheldon late Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, captain Company C, First Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer In- authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions him~ and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John Blackler, late of Com fantry, and to pay pension of $17 per month. . pany G, Ninety-sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry and pay him a The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The amendment was agreed to. WILLIAM CHRISTIA..~. , The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend ment was concurred in. The bill (H. R. 7239) g1·anting an increase of pension to William · The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be Christian was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro read a third time. poses to place on the pension roll the name of William Christian, The bill was read a third time, and passed. late of Company K, Thirty-first R egiment Ohio Voluntear In fantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in lieu of that HIRAM S. LEFFINGWELL. he is now receiving. The bill (H. R. 5205) granting an increase of pension to Hiram The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered S. Leffingwell was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. proposes to place oil the pension roll the name of Hiram S. Lef HILA.S D. DA. VIS. fingwell, late surgeon Sixty-fifth Regiment, United States Col ored Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $30 per The bill (S. 1873) granting a pension to Hilas D. Davis was con month in lieu of that he is now receiving. sidered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an to a third read.i.:!Ig, read the third time, and passed. amendment, in line 8, before the word "dollars," to strike out "thirty" and insert" twenty-four;" so as to make the bill read: MINA. WEIRA.CCH. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill (H. R. 10010) granting a pension to Mina Weirauch authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Hilas D. Davis, late of Com •was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to pany·K, Fifth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a place on the pension roll the name of Mina Weirauch, widow of pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Heinrich Weirauch, late of CompanyL,FourthRegimentUnited The amendment was agreed to. States Cavalry, and to pay her a pension of $8 per month. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered ment was concurred in. to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read RANSFORD T. CHASE. ~he third time, and passed. . The bill (H. R. 13174) granting an increase of pension to Rans LUCY G. SMITH. ford T. Chase was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It The bill (H. R. 4983) granting an increase of pension to Lucy proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Ransford T. G. Smith was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro Chase, late of Company F, Ninth Regiment United States Vet poses to place on the pension roll the name of Lucy G. Smith, eran Volunteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of 24 per widow of George W. Smith, late of Company C, Eighth Regi month in lieu of that he is now receiving. ment Vermont Volunteer Infantry, and to pay her a pension of The bill was reported to the-Senate without amendment, ordered $12 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered STEPHEN J. HOU_STON. to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill (S. 6514) granting an increase of pension to Stephen J. JAMES O'NEIL. Houston was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill (S. 4140) granting an increase of pension to James The bill was reported fro.m the Committee on P ensions with an O'Neill was considered as in Committee of the Whole. amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and di rected to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations amendments. in line 6, after the name" James," to strikeout the of the pension laws, the name of Stephen J. Houston, late of Captain Holl name • O'Neill" and insert'' O'Neil," and in the same line, be man's company and Capt. Arthur Burney's company, Florida Volunteer::, fore the word'' Company,'' to strike out'' of'' and insert'' second Seminole Indian war, and pay him a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. lieutenant; " so as to make the bill read: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby The amendment was agreed to. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisionS The bill was reported. to the Senate as amended, and the amend and limitations of the pens1on laws~ the na,me of James O'Neil, late second li:mtenant Company E, Twenty-fiftn Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer In ment was concurred in. fanti'y, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read i3 now reeeiving. the third time, and passed. The amendments were agreed to. DICEY WOODALL. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend The bill (H. R: 622) granting a pension to Dicey Woodall was ments were concuned in. considered as in Committee of the Wnole. · The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a thjrd reading read The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an the third time, and passed. ' amendment, in line 4, after the word '' place,'' to strike out ''upon'' The title was amended so as to read: "A bill gi'anting an in and insert" on;" so as to make the bill read: crease of pension to James O'Neil." Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary.of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension r oll, subject to the provisions CASSIUS B. FISHER. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Dicey Woodall, widow of The bill (S. 4854) granting an increase of pension to Cassius' B. William W. Woodall1 late of Capt. John Padget's company of Florida Vol unteers, Florida Indian war, and pay her a pension at the rate of $8 per Fisher was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro month. poses to place on the pension roll the name of Cassius B. Fisher The amendment was agreed to. late of Company K, Third Regiment. Vermont Volunteer Infan~ The bill was rep01ted to the Senate as amended, and the amend try, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of that he ment was concuned in. is now receiving. The amendment was ordered to be engrossed, and the bill to be The bill was reported to the Senate witho-ut amendment, ordered read a third time. to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The bill was read the third time, and passed. N Al\"'NIE CUSHMAN. DORCAS M' ARDLE. The bill (S. 6219) granting an increase of pension to :Mrs. The bill (H. R. 624) granting a pension to Dorcas McArdle was Charles H. Cushman was considered as in Committee of the considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to place Whole. XXXVT--44 690 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. JANUARY 12, The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and CHARLES E. PEAKE. directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Nannie Cushman, widow of Charles H. Cush The bill (H. R. 14242) granting a pension to Charles E. Peake ma~;.late C(!mma~d~r, United Stat~s Navy, an_d pay her a pension at the rate was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to of w per month mlieu of that she·IS now recervmg. place on the pension roll the name of Charles E. Peake, late of The amendment was agreed to. Company C, Seventh Battalion District of Columbia Volunteer The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $12 per month. ment was concurred in. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. the third time, and passed. The title was amended so as to read: "A bill granting an in HARRY C. FAY. crease of pension to N annie Cushman." The bill (H. R.15399) granting an increase of pension to Harry C. Fay was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro LUTHER D. GODDARD. poses to place on the pension roll the name of Harry C. Fay, late The bill (S. 6326) granting an increase of pension to Luther D. captain Company H, Ninety-second Regiment New York Volun Goddard was considered as in Committee of the Whole. tee~· Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in lieu The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with of that he in now receiving. · amendments, in line 6, after the word ''late,'' to strike out '' ser The bill was reported tothe Senate without amendment, ordered geant," and in line 8, before the word "dollars," to insert to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. " twenty-four;" so as to make the bill read: NATHANIEL A. WINKS. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to :place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The bill (S. 5803.) granting an increase of pension to Nathaniel and limitations of the pensron laws, the name of Luther D. Goddard, late of A. Winks was conside1·ed as in Committee of the Whole. It pro Company D, Fifteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay poses to place on the pension roll the name of Nat~aniel A. Winks, him a pension at the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. late of Company F, Forty-eighth R egiment illinois Volunteer In The amendments were agreed to. fantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in lieu of that The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend he is now receiving. ments were concurred in. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. the third time, and passed. HENRY 0. M'CLURE. EliMA. DEAN POWELL. The bill (S. 5938) granting an increase of pension to Henry The bill (S. 6361) granting a pension to Emma Dean Powell was 0. McClure was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It considered as in Committee of the Whole. proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Henry 0. Mc The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with Clure, late of Company A, Thirty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer amendments, in line 7, after the word" major" to strike out" of Infantry, and to pay him a pension of 30 per month in lieu of the·'' in the same line, after the word '' Second,'' to insert '' Regi that he is now receiving. me~t" and in the same line, before the word" Light," to insert The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered "Vol~teer; " so as to make the bill read: to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of t.he Interior '!:>e, and he is he:~by, WILLIA..M: FLINN. authorized and directed to .Place on the pens10n roll, subJect to the pro~10ns and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Emma Dean Powell, Widow The bill (8. 5352) granting an increase of pension to William of John Wesley Powell, late major Second Re~ent lllinois Volunteer Light Flinn was considered as in Committee of the Whole. Artillery, and pay her a. pension a.t the rate or $50 a month. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with The amendments were agreed to. . amendments. in line 7, before the word " company," to strike out The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend the name "Dickenson's" and insert " Dickerson's;" in line 7, ments were concurred in. after the word" Volunteers," to ·insert" Cherokee." and in the The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read same line, after the word " Indian." to strike out "wars " and the third time, and passed. insert'' war;'' so as to make the bill read: FORDYCE M. KEITH. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be a.nd he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on t he pension roll, subject1 to the provisions The bill (S. 6607) granting an increase of pension to Fordyce and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William Flinn, late of Cap M. Keith was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro taiu Dickerson's company, North Carolina Volnnteers,_9herokoo Indian war, poses to place on the pension roll the name of Fordyce M. Keith, and P!l:Y him a pension a.t the rate of 12 per month in lieu of that he is now late major and lieutenant-colonel One hundred and seventeenth rece1V1ng. Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry (First Regiment Ohio Volun The amendments were agreed to. teer Heavy Artillery), and to pay him a pension of $50 per month The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend in lieu of that he is now recehing. ments were concurred in. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. the third time, and passed. ALPHONSO T. GOULD. ISADORA. F . MAXFIELD. The bill (S. 3608) granting an increase of pension to Alphonso The bill (H. R . 3868) granting an increaSe of pension to Isadora T. Gould was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro F. Maxfield was considered as in Committee of the Whol~. It poses to place on the pension roll the name of Alphonso T. Gould, proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Isador~ F. Max late of Company D, Forty-fifth R egiment illinois Volunteer In field wiJ.ow of We ley :rJ:ax.field. late of Company E, Nmth Reg fantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in lieu of that ime~t Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and to pay her a pension of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. he is now 1·eceiving. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment,ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. THOMAS L. SMITH. J...L'\E BROS~AN. The bill (S. 5215) granting an increase of pension to Thomas L. The bill (H. R. 9016) granting an increase of pension to Jane Smith was considered as in Committee of the Whole. Brosnan was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with poses to place on the pension roll the name-of Jane Brosnan, widow amendments, in line 8, before the word "dollars," to strike out of Timothy Brosnan, late of Company I, Thirty-seventh Regiment ' forty-five" and insert" thirty," and in the same line after the NewYorkVolunteer Infantry, and to pay herapensionof$12 per word ''month," to insert " in lieu of that he is now r eceiving;" month in lieu of that she i now receiving. so as to make the bill read: The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior ba, and he is hereby, to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Thomas L. Smith, late of ROBERT CLARK. 06mpany E, Tenth Reg!men. t Wisconsin Volnnteer Infantry and :pay him n The bill (H. R. 14831) granting an increase of pension to Robert pension at the rate of $00 per month in lieu of that he is now r eceivmg. Clark was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes The amendments were agreed to. to place on the pension roll the name of Robert Clark, late of The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend Company I, Eleventh Regime_nt New Hampshire yol~teer In ments were concurred m. fantJ.·y, and to pay him a penswn of $24 per month m lieu of that The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read he is now receiving. the third time, and passed. 1903. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 691 ALLEN B. EVANS. proposes to place on the pension roll the name of Lysander D. The bill (S. 5854) granting an increase of pension to .Allen B. Trent, late of Company I, Nineteenth Regiment Indiana Volun Evans was considered as in 'Committee of the Whole. teer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an of that he is now receiving. amendment, in line 8, before the word" dolla1·s," to strike out The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered "fifty" and insert ''thirty;" so as to make the bill read: to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, FLA.VIUS SH.A.NKS . authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Allen B. Evans, late of Com ·The bill (S. 1550) granting a pension to Flavius Shanks was pany D, Fifth Regiinent Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and :{lay him a pen considered as in Committee of the Whole. sion at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now rece1vmg. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an The amendment was ag1·eed to. amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and ment was concurred in. directed to place on the pension roll subJect to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Fw.vius1 Shanks, late of Company K, One The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read hundred and sixteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and Tenth the third time, and passed. Battery Indiana Volunteer Light .Artillery, and :pay him a pension at the i INEZ M'COLLUM. rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. 1 The bill (S. 6350) granting a pension to Inez McCnllom was The amendment was agreed to. . considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend _The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an ment was concurred in. amen9-ment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and the third time, and passed. directed to ylace on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations The title was amended so as to read: "A bill granting an in- of the peDBlon laws, the name of Inez McCollum, widow of Stephen A. Mc crease of pension to Flavius Shanks." · Collum'-rla~te first lieutenant and adjutant Sixty-fourth Regiment Ohio Vol unteer J.D.Iantry, and pay her a -pension at the rate of $8 per month, and $2 PHILIP CA.SLOW. per month additional on account of the minor child of sa1d Stephen .A. Mc Collum until she reaches the age of 16 years. The bill (S. 3803) granting an increase of pension to Philip Cas The amendment was agreed to. low was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend to place on the pension roll the name of Philip Caslow, late of ment was concurred in. Company G, One hundred and fortieth Regiment Indiana Volun The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read teer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in lieu the third time, and passed. of that he is now receiving. ·The title was amended so as toread: "A bill granting a pension The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to Inez McCollum.'' to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and JAMES H. W .A.TTS. passed. The bill (H. R. 4454) granting an increase of pension to James EMMA. D. GOSLIN. H. Watts was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro The bill (S. 5020) granting a pensi-on to Emma D. Goslin was poses to place on the pension roll the name of James H. Watts, considered as in Committee of the Whole. late of Company D, Fiftieth Regiment Indiana Volunteer In The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an fantry, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in lieu of that amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: he is now receiving. . That the Secretary of the_Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and d1rected to place on the pensiOn roll, subject to the provisions and limitations The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered of the pension laws, the name of Em..ma D. Goslin, widow of A!:!her Goslin to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. late surgeon, Forty-eighth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $8 p er month. DOLLIE COSEKS. The amentment was agreed to. The bill (S. 5280) granting a pension to Dollie Cosens was con The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend- sidered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to place on ment was concurred in. · the pension roll the name of Dollie Cosens, the helpless and de The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read pendent daughter of Henry Clay Cosens, late of Company C, the third time, and passed. Thirtieth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and to pay her a pension of $12 per month. MA.RY E. PHILLIPS. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered The bill (S. 5055) granting an increase of pension to Mary E. to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. Phillips was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with SARAH J.A.~"'E GIBSON OGDEN. amendments, in line 7, after the word "lieutenant," to strike out The bill (S. 5963) granting a pension to Sarah Jane Gibson Og "of;" and in line 9, before the word "dollars," to strike out den was considered as in Committee of the Whole. "twenty" and insert" seventeen;" so as to make the bill read: The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions w.ith an Be it enacted, etc., That. the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: auth The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with Hertzog, late of Company D, Fourteenth Regiment Pennsylvania amendments, in line 6, after the word "late," to strike out " a Volunteer. Cavalry, and to pay him a pension of $30 per month in private in' and insert" of;" in line 7, before the word "Ohio," lieu of that he is now receiving. to insert'' Regiment;" and in line 8, before the word" dollars," The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered 1 to strike out ' fifty" and insert" thirty;" so as to make the bill to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. read: FANNIE E. STROHAUER. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The bill (H. R. 13727) grr"'lting a pension to Fannie E. Strohauer and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Henry E. Sprin~, late of was conside;redas in Committee of the ~ole. It proposes to place Company K, Eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him A pen sion at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is-now receiving. on the pensiOn roll the name of Fannie E. Strohauer, widow of Henry Strohauer, late of Company F, Eighty-third Regiment The amendments were agreed to. Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and to pay her a pension of $8 The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend per month, such pension, however, to cease upon proof that the ments were concuiTed in. soldier is still living. · The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a thii·d reading, read The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered the third time, and passed. to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. WILLIAM J. CHITWOOD. SAMUEL S. SMITH. The bill (S. 6018) granting an increase of pension to William J. Chitwood was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It The bill (H. R . 1558 ) granting an increase of pension to Samuel proposes to place on the pension roll the name of William J. Chit S. Smith was considered as in Committee of the Whole. u·pro wood, late of Company A, Eighty-second Regiment Indiana Vol poses to place on the pension roll the name of SamuelS. Smith unteer Infantry, and to pay him a pension of $20 per month in late of Company D, First Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer In: lieu of that he is now receiving. fan try, war with Mexico, and to pay him a pension of $20 per The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered month in lieu of that he is now receiving. · to be engrossed for a third reading, read the thii·d time, and passed. The bill was reported to the Senate without d.mendment, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. JAMES R. AMBROSE. MARY MANES. The bill (H. R. 8707) granting an increase of pension to James The bill (S. 6071) granting an increase of pension to Mary R. Ambrose was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It Manes was considered as in Committee of the Whole. proposes to place on the pension roll the name of James R. Am The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with an brose, late of Company A, Second Regiment Ohio Volunteer In amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: fantry, and to pay him a pension of $24 per month in lieu of that That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby. authorized and he is now r.eceiving. . directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered of the pension laws, the name of Mary Manes, widow of Pleasant .R. Manes to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. late of Captain Elliott's company, Tennessee Molmted Infantry, Cherokee Indian disturbance, and pay her a pension at the rate of 12 per month in JULIA A. JORDAN. lieu of that she is now receiving. The bill (S. 5786) granting a pension to Julia A. Jordan was · The amendment was agreed to. considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend- The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with ment was concurred in. · amendments, in line 6, after the word "of," where it occurs the The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read second time, to strike out "Captain," and in line 7, after the word the third time, and passed. "late," to strike out" of" and insert'' captain;" so as to make .ALICE F . SMALLEY. the bill read: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill (S. 6370) granting a pension to Alice F. Smalley was authorized and directed to place on the pension roR, subject to the urovisions considered as in Committee of the Whole. . and limitations of the pensiOn laws, the name of Julia A. Jordan, dependent The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with mother of Frank.R. Jordan, late captain Compa.n¥ E, Ninety-first Regiment lllinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pens10n at the rate of $20 per amendments, in line 8, before the word " Cavalry," to insert month. · "State Militia Volunteer;" and in line 9, after the word" month1" The amendments were agreed to. to insert ' 1 and 2 per month additional on account of each of the The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend niinor children of said Amos P. Smalley until they reach the age ments were concurred in. of 16 years;" so as to make the bill read: The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authrior be, and he is hereby, authorized and THERESIA ZIEGENFUSS. directed to place on the pension r oll, ubject to the provisions and limitations 'll (H. R. 3514) grantin£! an incTease of pension to Theresia of the pension laws, the name of Marcia B. Ferguson, widow of Edward Fer The bl '"" guson,late second lieut nant Company C, First Reg-iment Wisconsin Volun- Ziegenfuss was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It pro- teer Infantry, and pay her a p ension at the rate of $15 per month. p~ses to place o;n the pens~ on roll the name of Theresia Ziegenfuss, The amendment was agreed to. w1d75. t).le name of Sarah E . Morrow, widow of Jam~ :Morrow, lat e or ompany B. Tw~lfth Regiment Ohio Volunteer HE...'mY SICKELS. Cavalry, and P!lY iter p ension at the r at a ~f. 1'7per month in lieu of that she is now r ceivmg-, nd >per ~~ nth additional on account of the minor The bill (S. 5662) granting an increase of pension to Henry child of said James Morrow nntil1t r()achestheage of 16 years. Sickles was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was reported from the Committee on Pensions with The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend amendments, in line 6, before the word" late," to strike out the ment was concurred in. name" Sickles" and insert'' Sickels;" and in line 8, before the 1903. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 695 word "dollars," to strike out" thirty" and insert" twenty-four;" HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. so as to make the bill read: J\fONDAY, January 12, 1903. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is herebv, auth9rized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The.House met at 12 o'clock m. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Henry Sickels, late of Com pan-y: B, Seventh Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a The Chaplain, Rev. HE..~RY N. CoUDEN, offered the following pens1on at the rate of$24 dollars per month inJieuofthatheisnowreceiving. prayer: The amendment was agreed to. Once more, Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, in the dis The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend- pensation of Thy providence, are we brought face to face with ments were concurred in. . that strange and mysterious thing we call death, by the sudden The bill was ordered to be engrossed "for a third reading, read and unexpected removal of an honored member of this honorable the third time, and passed. body. Quiet, yet always alert; patient, yet always active; un The title was amended so as to read: "A bill granting an in assuming, yet always efficient, he did hi.s whole duty, and we crease of pension to Henry Sickels.'' commend his spirit to Thy care and keeping, who doeth all things well. Comfort, we beseech Thee, his friends and col MARY V. SCRIVEN. leagues, the grief-stricken widow and children, with the blessed and reasonable hope that some time, some where, there will be a The bill (H. R. 13565) granting a pension ·to Mary V. Scriven reunion where friends and families shall dwell together in love was considered as in Committee of the Whole. It proposes to and unity forever. place on the pension roll the name of Mary V. Scriven, widow of Hear us and thus bless and comfort us all, in the name of Jesus Gardner R. Scriven, late acting suTgeon, United States Volun Christ our Lord. Amen. teers, and to pay her a pension of $12 per month. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered The Journal of theproceedings of Friday, January 9, was read to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. and approved. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. This completes the private THE LA:TE REPRESENTATIVE SALMON. pension bills on the Calendar. ' Mr. FLANAGAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimouS consent for the present consideration of the resolution which I send to the MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. Clerk's desk. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. W. J. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the resolution. BROWNING, its Chief Clerk, communicated to the Senate the in The Clerk read as follows: R~olved, Tha~ when the H~use meets ~n Sunday, i!he 8th day of rebruary, tellige?ce of the death of Ron. THOMAS H. ToNGUE, late a Repre 1903, 1tshall consider appropriate resolutions memonal of the public services sentative from the State of Oregon, and transmitted resolutions and life of Ron. JosHUA S. SALMON, late a Representative from the Fourth of the House thereon. Congressional district of New Jersey. The message also announced that the Speaker of the House had The SPEAKER. If there be no objection, the resolution will appointed Mr. MOODY, of Oregon; Mr. PAYNE, of New York be considered now. Mr. BURTON, of Ohio; Mr. BISHOP, of Michigan; Mr. DAVIDSON' There was no objection. of Wisconsin; Mr. McLACHLAN, of California; Mr. RANSDELL of The resolution was agreed to. Louisiana; Mr. BELLAMY, of North Carolina; Mr. NEEDHAM' of DIPLOMA'flC AND CONSULAR APPROPRIATION BILL. California; Mr. SUTHERLAND, of Utah; and Mr. BATRS, of Pe~ sylvania, members of the committee on the part of the House to Mr: HITT, from the Co~ttee on .F Mr. GROSVENOR. Mr. Speaker. if there is no disposition to suppressing· the bubonic plague in ·said Territory ill 1899 · a:~id ·1900, debate this resolution, I am ready to submit it to a vote now. and authorizing the Territory of Hawaii to issue bonds for the The question was taken, and the resolution was agreed to_. payment· of the remaining claims, reported the same without . LEAVE OF ABSENCE. amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 3098); which said bill and report were referred to the Committee of the Whole House By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted to Mr. on the state of the Union. MooDY of North Carolina for three days, on account of sickness. Mr. HITT, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to which · ENROLLED BJ;LL SIGNED. was TefeiTed the bill of the House (H. R. 16604) making appro Mr. WACHTER, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, re priations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal ported that they had examined and found truly enrolled bill of year endingJune 30, 1994,.reported the same without amendment, the following title; when the Speaker signed the same: accompanied by a report (No. ·3099) '; which said bill and report H. R. 179. An act to amend the internal-revenue laws. were refeiTed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. · DEATH OF HON. THOMAS H. TONGUE. Mr. GROSVENOR, from the Committee on Rules, to which · Mr. MOODY of Oregon. Mr. Speaker, it becomes my painful was refen-ed House joint resolution 247, reported in lieu thereof duty to announce to the House of Representatives the calamity House resolution 377, accompanied by a report (No. 3100); -which that has fallen upon our State by the sudden and untimely death said resolution and report were ordered to be printed. of my diStinguished colleague, Hon. THOMAS H. ToNGUE, who has for the past six years represented his State and district in this body with honor and distinction. At a suitable time I shall ask REPORTS OF COMMITTEES · ON . PRIVATE BILLS AND that a day be set apart for paying tribute to his character and RESOLUTIONS. distinguished public services.- I now ask for the immediate con- Under clause 2 of Rule XIII, private bills and resolutions of the sideration of the resolutions which I send to the desk. following titles were severally reported from committees, deliv- _ The Clerk read as follows: ' ered to the Clerk, and referred to the Committee of the Whole Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the sudden House, as follows: death in this city of Hon. THOMAs H. ToNGUE, a Representative in this House Mr. LOUDENSLAGER, from the Committee on Pensions, to from the First district of Oregon. R esolved. Thn.t the House do now adjourn, out of respect to the memory which was referred-the bill of the Senate (S. 1637) granting an of the deceased member. · increase of pension to Annie A. Neary, reported the same with lutf~~l~1h~t~~ Clerk of the House communicate a copy of these reso- out amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 3026); which said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. The SPEAKER. The qnestion'is on agreeing to the resolutions. He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the The resolutions were unanimously agreed to. bill of the Senate (S. 2806) granting an increase of pension to The SPEAKER. The Chair announces the followip.g com- Laura S. Picking, reported the same with _amendment, accom- mittee on the part of the House to take charge of the funeral panied by a report (No. 3027); which said bill and report were exercises: referred to the Private Calendar. The Clerk read as follows: He also, from the same committee, to which was refen-ed the Mr. MOODY of Oregon, Mr. BURTON, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. DAVID- bill of the Se t (S 649'>) t' . f . t soN, Mr. McLACHLAN, Mr. RANSDELL of Louisiana, Mr. BELLAMY, Mr. na e · "" gran mg an mcrease o pensiOn o NEEDHAY, Mr. SuTHERLAND, Mr. BATEs. Thomas Stan-at, reported the same without amendment, accom- The SPEAKER. In accordance with the action of the Honse panied by a report (No. 3028); which said bill and report were re- jnst taken, this body (at 12 o'clock and 13minutes p. ln.) stands ferred to the Private Calendar. - - - adjourned Wltil12 o'clock noon to-morrow. . He also, from the same committee~ to which was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 6132) granting an increase of pension to Fan- nie McHarg, reported the same with amendment, accompanied EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS. by a report (No. 3029); which said bill and report were referred Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV, the following executive commu to the Private Calendar. nications were taken from the Speaker's table and referr~d as fol- Mr. PATTERSON of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on lows: - · Pensions, to which was referred the bill of the Honse (H. R.15754) A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting papers and granting a pension to Frances Cowie, reported the same with recommendations in relation to the claim of Tremoya Hermanos- amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 3030); which said bill to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to' be printed. - _ and report were referred to the Private Calendar.- - A letter from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, tran,s :rtfr. SELBY, from the Committee on Pensions, to which was mitting a copy of the findings filed by the court in the case of refen-ed the bill of the House (H. R. 15812) granting a pension to George W. Hott, administrator of estate of John Nicewaner, Lucien B. Love, reported the same with amendments, accom against The United States-to the Committee on War Claims, and panied by a report (No. 3031); which said bill and report were ordered to be printed. referred to the Private Calendar. - -· A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury. transmitting a He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the copy of a communication fTom the Secretary of War submitting bill of the House (H. R. 16149) granting an increase of pension to an estimate of appropriation for equipment of officers' schools William Shup, reported the same with amendment, accompanied to the Committee on Military Affairs, arid ordered to be printed. by a report (No. 3032); which said bill and report were referred A letter from the Secretary of the Treasm-y, transmitting a to the Private Calendar. copv of a communication from the Commissioners of the District Mr. RICHARDSON of Alabama, from the Committee on Pen of Columbia submitting an estimate of approprjation for defi sions,'to which was referred the bill of the Honse (H. R. 15622) ciencies-to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be granting an increase of pension to Ben Cardwell, reported the p1inted. same·. with amendments, accompanied by a report (No. 3033); A letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, which said bill and report were refen-ed to the Private Calendar. transmitting a copy of a communication from the auditor, with Mr. LOUDENSLAGER, from the Committee on Pensions, to detailed report of the expenditures of the contingent fund-to the which was refmTed the bill of the House (H. R. 16148) g1·anting Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. an increase of pension to Harry F. Libby, reported the same without amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 3034); which said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND Mr. SELBY. from the Committee on Pensions, to whlCh was RESOLUTIONS. refen-ed the bill of the House (H. R. 15873) granting a pension to Under clause 2 of Rule XITI bills and resolutions of the follow- Minerva Murphy, reported the same with amendments, accom ing titles were severally reported from committees, delivered to panied by a report (No. 3035); which said bill and report were the Clerk, and referred to the seyeral Calendars therein named, referred to the Private Calendar. as follows: Mr. PATTERSON of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Mr. THOMAS of Iowa, from the Committee on the Judiciary, Pensions, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. to which was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 5316) providing 14235) granting an increase of pension to George White, reported for an additional circuit judge in. the eighth judicial circuit, re- the same with amendments. accompanied by a report (No. 3036); ported the same without amendment. accompanied by a report which said bill and report were referred-to the Private Calendar. (No. 3097); which said bill and report were referred to the Com- 1\fr. RICHARDSON of Alabama, from the Committee on Pen- mittee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. - sions, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 13711) Mr. ROBINSON of Indiana, from the Committee on the Teni- for the relief of Simon M. Yates, reported the same with amend tories. to -which was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 6216) to ments, accompanied by a report (No. 3$)37); which said bill and pay in part judgments Tendered under an act of the legislative report were referred to the Private Calendar. assembly of the Territory of Hawaii for property destroyed in Mr. BROMWELL, from the Committee on Pensions, to which 1903. CONGRESSIONAL. RECORD-HOUSE .. . 697 , was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 14407) granting a pen which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 16381) grantir.g sion to May Jennings Bunn, reported the same with amendments, a pension to Lymus Wallace, reported the same with amendments, accompanied by a report (No. 3033) ; which said bill and report accompanied by a report (No. 3055); which said bill and report · were referred to the Private Calendar. were referred to the Private Calendar. Mr. RICHARDSON of .Alabama, from the Committee on Pen Mr. HOLLIDAY, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, sions, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 14168) to which wa-s referred the bill of the House (H. R. 14398) grant granting a pension to J. B. Anderson, reported same with amend ing an increase of pension to David M. Shopstaugh, reported the ments, accompanied by a report.(No. 3039); which said bill and same with amendments, accompanied by a report (No. 3056); report were referred to the Private Calendar. which said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. Mr. BURGESS, from the Committee on Pensions, to 'which Mr. SULLOWAY, from the Committee on Invalid P.ensions, . was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 14604) granting an in to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 15206) grant crease of· pension to Asa ·C. Hill, reported the same without ing a pension to Mary P. Everton, reported the same with amend amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 3040); which said bill ment, accompanied by a report (No. 3057); which said bill and and report were referred to the Private Calendar. . report were referred to the Private Calendar. Mr. BROMWELL, from the Committee on·Pensions, to which Mr. APLIN, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 14217) granting a pen was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 15439) granting an in sion to George M. Smith, reportei the same with amendments, crease of pension to Jane P. Chester, reported the same· with accompanied by a report (No. 3041); which said bill and report amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 3058); which said bill were referred to the Private Calendar. and report were referred to the Private Calendar. Mr. PATTERSON of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Mr. SULLOWAY, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, Pensions, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R.14143) to which was referred the bill of the .House (H. R. 15528) grant granting an increase of pension to Augusta W. Seely, reported the ing an increase of pension to J. C. Williams, reported the same same with .amendments, accompanied by a report (No. 3042); with amendments, accompanied by a report (No. 3059); which which said bill and reportw~re referred to the Private Calendar. said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. Mr. BROMWELL, from the Committee on Pensions, to which Mr. MIERS of Indiana, from the Committee on Invalid Pen· was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 12971) granting a pen sions, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 15746) sion· to Thomas Martin, reported the same with amendment, ac granting an increase. of pension to Daniel R. Lucas, reported the companied by a report (No. 3043); which said bill and report were same with amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 3060); which referred to the Private Calendar. . . said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. Mr. RICHARDSON of Alabama, from the Committee on Pen He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the sions, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 1~611) bill of the House (H. R. 16073) granting an increase of pension to for the relief of Alexander J. Thompson, reported the same with John H. Smith, reported the same with amendment, accompanied amendments, accompanied by a report (No. 3044); .which said bill by a report (No. 3061); which said bill and report were referred and report were referred to the Private Calendar.. . to the Private Calendar. He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the Mr. GIBSON, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to bill of the House (H. R. 13826) granting an increase of pension which was referred the bill of the House· (H. R. 15964) granting to Francis N. Bonnean, reported the same with amendments, ac an increase of pension to Michael Murphy, reported the same companied by .a rep_ort .(No. 3045); which said bill and report with amendments, accompanied by· a report (No. 3062); which were referred to the Private Calendar. . . said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. Mr. BURGESS, from the Committee on Pensions, to which Mr. SULLOWAY, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 8035) granting a pen which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 16368) granting sion to David K. Wardwell, reported the -same with amendments, an increase of pei).sion to Eliza M. Hutchinson, reported the same accompanied by a report (No. 304Q); which said bill and report without amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 3063); which were referred to the Private Calendar. said bill and report were referred to the-Private Calendar. Mr. RICHARDSON of Alabama, from the Committee on Pen Mr. MIERS of Indiana, from the Committee on Invalid Pen sions, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 13793) sions, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 1{)533) granting an increase of pension to Solomon A. Alexander, reported granting an increase of pension to William H. France, reported the the same with amendment, accomp::mied by a report (No. 3047); same without amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 3064); which said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. which said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. Mr. PATTERSON of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Mr. SAMUEL ·w. SMITH, from the Committee on Invalid Pen Pensions, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R.10644) sions, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 16445) granting a pension to Michael J: Madden, reported the same with granting a pension to Luke Madden, reported the same with amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 3048); which said bill amendments, accompanied by a report (No. 3065); which said bill . and report were referred to the Private Calendar. and report wer:e referred to the Private Calendar. Mr. RICHARDSON of Alabama, from the Committee on Pen Mr. SULLOWA Y, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to sions, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 1027) for which was refeiTed the bill of the House (H. R. 13240) granting the relief of Livinia Cook, reported the same with amendment, an inprease of pension to Nimrod F. Clark, reported the same a-ccompanied by a report (No. 3049); which said bill and report with amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 3066); which said were referred to the Private Calendar. bill and report were referred to the Priv~te Calendar. Mr. BURGESS, from the Committee on Pensions, to which was Mr. SAMUEL W. SMITH, from the Committee on Invalid referred the bill of the House (H. R. 15572) granting a pension to Pensions, to which was referred , the bill of the House (H. R. Charles W. Bracken, reported the same with amendment, accom 16210) granting _an increase of pension to John C. Callahan, re panie$1 by a report (No. 3050); which said bill and report were ported the same with amendmenq:;, accompanied by a report (No. referred to the Private Calendar. 3067); which said bill and report were referred to the Private Mr. SELBY, from the Committee on Pensions, to which was Calendar. referred the bill of the House (H. R. 15400) granting an increase Mr. LINDSAY, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to of pension to Enos Turner, reported the same with amendments, w~ch was referred. the bill of the House (H. R. 16162) granting accompanied by a report (No. 3051); which said bill and report an mcrease of pension to George Brown, reported the same with were referred to the Private Calendar. amendments, accompanied by a report (No. 3068); which said bill Mr. MIERS of Indiana, from the Committee on Invalid Pen and report were referred to the Private Calendar. sions, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 15997) Mr. SAl\lUEL W. SMITH, froni. the Committee on Invalid granting an increase of pension to Christian J. Flanagan, re Pensions, to which was referred . the bill of the House (H. R. ported the same with amendments, accompanied by a report (No. 12602) granting an increase of pension to Amanda Burke, re 3052) ; which said bill and report were referred to the Private ported the same with amendments, accompanied by a report (No. Calendar. . 3069); which said bill and report were referred to the Private He also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to which was Calendar. referred the bill of the House (H. R. 16361) granting an increase He .also, from the same committee, to which was referred ths of pension to John W. Chancellor, report~d the same with amend bill of the House (H. R. 15674) g1·anting an increase of pension to ment, accompanied by a report (No. 3053); which said bill and John A. T. McPherson, reported the same with amendment, ac~m report were referred to the Private Calendar. . panied by a report (No. 3070); which said bill and report wer5 Mr. HOLLIDAY, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to referred to the Private Calendar. which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 15472) granting Mr. DEEMER, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to a -pension to William H. Chamberlin, reported the same with which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 15618) g:-a-ating amendments, accompanied by a report (No. 3054); which said bill an increase of Pension to William 0. Boughton, reported the same and report were referred to the Private Calendar. without amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 3071); which 1\{r. GIBSO~, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to~id bill and report were referred to the Private .Calendar. 698 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANU.ARY 12, Mr. LINDSAY, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to which was refen·ed the bill of the House (H. R. 1624) granting a which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 12214) granting pension to James Allen, reported the same with amendment, ac an increase of pension to Jane A. Tillinghast, reported the same companied bya report (No.3089); whichsaid bill and reportwere with amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 3072); which referred to the Private Calendar. · said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the Mr. SULLOWAY, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to bill of the House (H. R. 2679) for the relief of Nora Stokes, re which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 13239) granting ported the same with amendments, accompanied by a report (No. an increase of pension to Ervin Thompson, I'eported the same with 3090); which said bill and report were referred to the Private amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 3073); which said bill Calendar. and report were referred to the Private Calendar. Mr. DEEMER, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the which was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 3644) granting an bill of the House (H. R. 11417) granting an increase of pension to increase of pension to James Mealey, reported the same without Julia Anglada, reported the sam~ with amendment, accompanied amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 3091); which. said bill by a report (No. 3074); which said bill and report were referred and. report were referred to the Private Calendar. to the Private Calendar. He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 4296) granting a pension to Andrew Ady, bill of the House (H. R. 13689) granting a pension to William· W reported the same without amtmdment, accompanied by a report Painter, reported the &'tme with amendment, accompanied by a (No. 309.2); which said bill and report were referred to the Private report (No. 3075); which said bill and report were referred to the Calendar. Private Calendar. He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the Mr. SAMUEL W. SMITH, from theCommitteeonlnvalidPen bill of the Senate (S. 4827) granting an increase of pension to sions, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 12021) George W. Stott, reported the same without amendment, accom granting an increase of pension to Anson Lewis, reported the same panied by a report (No. 3093); which said bill and report were with amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 3076); which said referred to the Private Calendar. bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the Mr. SULLOWAY, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to bill of the Senate (S. 4121) granting a pension to Elizabeth Jacobs, which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 12508) granting reported the same without amendment, accompanied by a report an increase of pension to James Jones, reported the same with (No. 3094); which said bill and report were referred to the Pri amendments, accompanied by a report (No. 3077); which said bill vate Calendar. and report were referred to the Private Calendar. He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 2863) granting an increase of pension to bill of the House (H. R. 3460) for the relief of Jerry S. Fish, re Mary L. Purington, reported the same without amendment, ac ported the same with amendment, accompanied by a report (No. companied by a report (No. 3095); which said bill and report 3078); which said bill and report were referred to the Private were refen·ed to the Private Calendar. Calendar. He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the Mr. SAMUEL W. SMITH, from the Committee on Invalid bill of the Senate (S. 3238) granting a pension to Martha Eliza Pensions, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. beth Hench, reported the same without amendment, accompanied 9987) granting an increase of pension to Aaron Young, reported by a report (No. 3096); which said bill and report were referred the same with amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 3079); to the Private Calendar. which said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. Mr. GIBSON, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 11139) granting a pen CHANGE OF REFERENCE. sion to Carter B. Harrison, reported the same with amendment, Under clause 2 of Ru1e XXII, committees were discharged from accompanied by a report (No. 3080); which said bill and report the consideration of bills of the following titles; which were were referred to the Private Calendar. thereupon referred as follows: Mr. DEE:l\IER, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to A bill (H. R. 16309) granting a pension to Samuel H. Mon which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 8314) granting tayne-Committee on Invalid Pensions discharged, and referred an increase of pension to Joseph A. Kauffman, reported the to the Committee on Pensions. - same with amendment, accompanied by a 1·eport (No. 3081); A bill (H. R. 15968) granting an increase of pension to Isaac F. which said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. Clayton-Committee on Invalid Pensions discharged, and referred By Mr. SULLOWAY, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to the Committee on Pensions. to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 2531) increas A bill (H. R. 16593) granting a pension to Anna C. Murphy ing the pension of Byron Robinson, reported the same with amend Committee on Invalid Pensions discharged, and referred to the ments, accompanied by a report (No. 3082); which said bill and Committee on Pensions. report were referred to the Private Calendar. A bill (H. R. 16511) granting an increase of pension to J. J. Mr. LINDSAY, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to Hunter-Committee on Invalid Pensions discharged, and referred which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 6498) for the re to the Committee on Pensions. lief of John A. Whitman, a blind soldier, reported the same with amendments, accompanied by a report (No. 3083); which said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. PUBLIC BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MEMORIALS Mr. MIERS of Indiana, from the Committee on Invalid Pen INTRODUCED. sions, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 3026) Under clause 3 of Rule XXII, bills, resolutions, and memorials granting a pension to Martha J. Bishop, reported the same with of the following titles were introduced and severally referred as amendments, accompanied by a report (No. 3084); which said follows: bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. By Mr. JENKINS: A bill (H. R. 16599) amending chapter 591 He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the of the United States Statutes at Large, Fifty-sixth Congress, ap bill of the House (H. R. 942) to pension John R. Dougherty, re proved May 26, 1900, entitled "An act to provide for the holding ported the same with amendments, accompanied by a report (No. of a term of the circuit and district: courts of the United States at 30 5); which said bill and report were referred to the Private Superior, Wis."-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Calendar. By Mr. BROWNLOW: A bill (H. R.16600) to regulate there Mr. SULLOWAY, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to moval of causes from a State court to a United States court-to whioh was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 1013) granting a the Committee on the Judiciary. . pension to Josephine Hussey, reported the same with amendment, By Mr. GARDNER of Massachusetts: A bill (H. R. 16601) to accompanied by a report (No. 3086); which said bill and report provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public were referred to the Private Calendar. building thereon at Beverly, in the State of Massachusetts-to the Mr. DEEMER, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 11388) granting By Mr. RICHARDSON of Alabama: A bill (H. R. 16602) to a pension to William Vogan, reported the same with amendment, extend the time granted to the Muscle Shoals Power Company accompanied by a report (No. 3087); which said bill a.nd report by an act approved March 3, 1899, within which to commence and were referred to the Private Calendar. complete the work authorized in the said act to be done by said Mr. LINDSAY, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to company, and for other purposes-to theCommitteeoninterstate which was .referred the bill of the House (H. R. 3213) for the and Foreign Commerce, relief of Belle Spaulding, reported the same with amendments, ac By Mr. MONDELL: A bill (H. R. 16603) to authorize and reg companied by a report (No. 3088); which said bill and repm:t were ulate the sale and use of timber on the unappropriated and un referred to the Private Calendar. reserved public lands, and to prevent depredations thereon-to Mr. GIBSON, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to the Committee on the Public Lands. 1903. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-· HOUSE. 699 By Mr. BITT, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs: A bill · Also, a bill (H. R. 16636) g:anting an ~crease .of pension to (H. R. 16604) making appropriations for the diplomatic and con- John A. Gragg-to the. Comnnttee on Inva~d Pen~10ns. sular service for the fiscal year ending June 30 1904-to the Union By Mr. SNOOK: A bill (H. R. 16637) granting an mcrease of pen- Calendar. ' sion to Ethelbert Crouse-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. WARNER: A bill (H. R .' 16605) for. the erection c;>f a . Also, a bill. (H. R. 16638) granting a pension to Aaron Taylor- statue to the memory of ~1aj. Gen. Franz S1gel, at W ashmg- to the Comnnttee on Pe~10ns. . . ton D. C.-to the Committee on the LibTary. By Mr. STARK: A bill (H. R. 16639) grantmg an mcrease of By Mr. BOUTELL: A bill (H. R. 16606) to increase the limit pension to William E. Temple-to the Committee on Invalid Pen- of cost for the erection of the Government building at Chicago, sions. . . lll.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. By Mr. TOMPKINSofNewYork: Abill(H.R.16640)grantinga By Mr. MORRIS: A bill (H. R. 16607) to grant to the State of pension toJamesW. Davis:-tothe Committeeon.Invali~Pensions. Minnesota certain vacant lands in said State for forestry pur- By Mr. CANNON: A b1ll (H. R. 16641) grantmg an mcrease of poses-to the Committee on the Public Lands. . pension to Iddo S. Hayes-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. CUSHMAN: A resolution (H. Res. 375} relating to the House going into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to consider the bill (H. R: 6865) for the election of PETITIONS. ETC. a Delegate from the Territory of Alaska, and so forth-to the Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, the following petitions and papers Committee on Rules. were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: By Mr. ADAMSON: Resolutions of the agricultural depart ment of the State of Georgia, for the proper irrigation, drainage, PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED. and water supply of the State-to the Committee on Agriculture. Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills and resolutions of By Mr. ALEXANDER: Resolutions of the Engineers' SocietY. the following titles were introduced and severally referred, as of Western New York, in relation to the adoption of the metric follows: system-to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. By Mr. BURGESS (by request): A bill (H. R. 16608) for there By Mr. ALLEN of Kentucky: Petition of H. E. Wilkins and lief of the estate of J. H. Choice-to the Committee on War Claims. others, of Uniontown, Ky., urging the passage of House bill 178, By Mr. EMERSON: A bill (H. R. 16609) granting a pension to for the reduction of the tax on alcohol-to the Committee on James Monty-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Ways and Means. By Mr. EVANS: A bill (H. R. 16610) granting an increase of By Mr. BABCOCK: Petitions of retail druggists of New Lisbon, pension to Rudolph Ralle-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Living ton, Fennimore, and Prairie du Sac, Wis., for a reduction Also, a bill (H. R. 16611) granting an increase of pension to of the tax:·on alcohol to 70 cents per proof gallon-to the Com Leonard Boyer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. mittee on Ways and Means. Also, a bill (H. R.16612) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. BARTLETT: Resolutions of the Board of Trade of Jeremiah H. Thompson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Savannah, Ga.~ favoring the establishment of a department of Also, a bill (H. R. 16613) to correct the military record of John commerce and industries-to the Committee on Interstate and H. Williams-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Foreign Commerce . . Also, a bill (H. R. 16614) granting an increase of pension to Also, resolutions of the same, favoring the pa.ssage of pure-food Lieut. John Nelson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. bills-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. FOSTER of Vermont: A bill (H .. R. 16615) granting an Also, petition of M. H. Taylor, of Macon, Ga., asking for favor increase of pension to Henry G. Hammond-to the Committee on able action upon the bill reducing the tax on alcohol-to the Com Invalid Pensions. mittee on Ways and Means. By Mr. GRIFFITH: A bill (H. R. 16616) granting an increase By Mr. BOUTELL: Petition of the Searle & Hereth Company, of pension to Louis Spicer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. favoring the Lovering drawback customs bill-to the Committee Also, a bill (H. R. 16617) granting a pension to Elizabeth Clay on Ways and Means. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. BURKE of South Dakota: Petitions of druggists of Also, a bill (H. R. 16618) correcting the military record of Lesterville, Colton, Sioux Falls, and Mellette, S. Dak., urging the William Burke-to the Committee on Milit&·y Affairs. passage of House bill178, for the reduction of the tax on alcohol~ Also, a bill (H. R. 16619) granting a pension to Ella Cole-to to the Committee on Ways and Means. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, petition of C. H. French and other citizens of Huron, By Mr. HAY: A bill (H. R.16620) for the relief of Elizabeth W. S. Dak., favoring restriction of immigration by an illiteracy test Simmons-to the Committee on Pensions. to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. By Mr. ffiWIN: A bill (H. R. 16621) for the relief of Alex By Mr. CANNON: Papers to accompany Honse bill granting ander Hogeland-to the Committee on War Claims. an increase of pension to Iddo S. Hayes-to the Committee on By Mr. KEHOE: A bill (H. R. 16622) for the relief of Margaret Invalid Pensions. Morarity-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. COOPER of Texas: Petitions of R. A. Wilson, of Doug Also, a bill (H. R. 16623) for the relief of the estate of Ann S. lass, and Morrison & White, of Garrison, Tex., urging the pas Jackson-to the Committee on War Claims.- sage of House bill178, for the reduction of the tax on alcohol-to Also, a bill (H. R. 16624) granting a pension to Julia G. Mur the Committee on Ways and Means. phy, foster mother of Albert J. Murphy-to the Committee on In By Mr. COOPER of Wisconsin: Resolutions of the United valid Pensions. Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, of Janesville, Wis.. urg By Mr. LEVER: A bill (H. R. 16625) granting a pension to ing the passage of House bill3876, for an eight-hour law-to the Henry P1·oveaux:-to the Committee on Pensions. Committee on Labor. 1 By Mr. MERCER: A bill (H. R. 16626) granting an increase By Mr. DAYTON: Petition of William D. Currence, of Ran of pension to Solomon Knight-to the Committee on Invalid Pen dolph County, W.Va., for reference of war claim to the Court sions. of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. POWERS of Massachusetts: A bill (H. R. 16627) for the Also, petition of heir of William S. Griffin, deceased, late of relief of James W. Kenney-to the Committee on Claims. Berkeley County, W.Va., praying reference of war claim to the By Mr. SHAFROTH: A bill (H. R. 16628) granting a pension Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. to Mal'Y J. Lansing-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. DRAPER: Resolutions of the executive committee of Also, a bill (H. R. 16629) granting a pension to Catherine Eliza the Interstate Commerce Law Convention, favoring the passage beth Selby-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of the Elkins bill, to increase the jurisdiction and powers of the Also, a bill (H. · R. 16630) granting an increase of pension to Interstate Commerce Commission-to the Committee on Inter Martin L. Shull-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. state and Foreign Commerce. Also, a bill (H. R. 16631) granting an increase of pension to Also, petition of the Peoria R etail Grocers' Association, favor H enry T. Miller-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ing the passage of the pure-food bills-to the Committee on Inter Also, a bill (H. R. 16632) granting a pension to Anderson J. state and Foreign Commerce. Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, resolutions of the Manufacturers' Association of New By Mr. SHERMAN: A bill (H. R. 16633) to removethe charge York in favor of the adoption of the metric system-to the Com of desertion standing against the military record of Henry Cool mittee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, petition of the Merchants' Association of New York, fa By Mr. SIMS: A bill (H. R. 16634) for the relief of A. G. voring the passage of the Elkins bill, to increase the juri diction Hawkins, administrator of the estate of George H. Prince, de and powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission-to the ceased-to the Committee on War Claims. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. HENRY C. SMITH: A bill (H. R. 16635) granting an By Mr. ESCH: Petitionof druggistsofAlmaCenter, Wis., urg increase of pension to Orville W. Sage-to the Committe~ on In ing the passage of House bill178, for the reduction of the tax en valid Pensions. alcohol-to the Committee on Ways and Means. 700 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE. JANUARY 13, - -- . By Mr. EVANS: Petition of Central Woman's Christian Tem Mich., urging the passage of House bill178, for the reduction o.f perance Union, of Johnstown, Pa., for the passage of a bill to for the tax on alcohol-to the Committee on Ways and Means. . -' bid the sale of intoxicating liquors in all Government buildings By Mr. SNOOK: Paper to accompany House bill granting an to the Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. increase of pension to Ethelbert Crouse-to the Committee on · By Mr. FOSTER of Vermont: MemorialoftheReunionSociety Invalid Pensions. · of Vermont Officers, asking for action in recogi:rition of the serv Also, paper to accompany House· bill granting an increase of · ice of Gen. William F. Smith-to the Committee on Military Af pensi9n to Aaron Taylor-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. i fairs. Also, resolution of Buckeye Lodge, No. 35, Railroad Trainmen, By Mr. GARDNER: Papers to accompany House bill 9456, to in favor of Senate bill 3560, to promote the safety of employees · correct the naval record of Charles Amos-to the Committee on and travelers upon railroads-to the Committee on Interstate and Naval Affairs. Foreign Commerce. By Mr. GRAHAM: Resolutions of the Allegheny County Grand By Mr. STARK: Petition of M. E. Schultz and others, of Army Association, and of the National Fremont Association of Beatrice, Nebr., urging the reduction of the tax on alcohol-to · Pittsburg, Pa., favoring the- erection of a monument to the the Committee on Ways and Means. memory of Maj. Gen. John C. Fremont-to the Committee on the By Mr. THAYER: Resolutions of the Methodist Episcopal Lib1~ ary. Church, Woman's C11ristian Temperance Union, and other Also, resolution of the Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburg Pa., societies, ·of Millville, Mass., in favor of an amendment to the · indorsing the Appalachian Park bill-to the Committee on the Constitution defining legal marriage to be monogamic, etc.-to Public Lands. the Committee on the Judiciary. . Also, paper to accompany House bill granting an increase of Also, resolutions of· the Chamber of Commerce of Boston, pension to Alexander Caldwell-to the Committee on Invalid Mass., in favor of a tariff commission-to the Committee on Pensions. . Ways and Means. Also, petition of the Keystone Watch Case Company, of Philadel Also, resolutions of -Worcester Lodge, No. 212, 0. B. A., in· phia, Pa., urging the establishment of a department 6f commerce relation to immigration-to the Committee on Immigration and and industries-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com Naturalization. · merce. By Mr. TIRRELL: Resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce Also, paper of W. H. Smith. of San Francisco, suggesting an of Boston, Mass., in favor of a tariff commission-to the Com amendment to section 4921 _of the patent law-to the Committee mittee on Ways and Means. - on Patents. Also, petition of John Farrand two others, committee of West India trade. in relation to the treaty with Cuba-to the Commit- SENATE. tee on Foreign Affairs. _ By Mr. GRIFFITH: Papers to accompany House bill for in 'TUESDAY, January 13, 1903. crease of pension of Austin Kerrigan-to the Committee on In- Prayer by Rev. F. J. PRETTYMAN, of the city of Washington.· valid Pensions. - - · · - Mr. JoHN P. JONES, a Senator from the State of Nevada, ap By Mr. GROSVENOR: Petition of members of the Farmera' peared in his seat to-day. Institute. Meigs County, Ohio, in favor of a parcels-post system T~e Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of yesterday's pro; to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. ceedings, when, on request of Mr. CULBERSON, and by unanimous By Mr. HASKINS: Petition of the Woman's Christian Tem consent, the further reading was dispensed with. perance Union of Jamaica, Vt .. for the passage of a bill to forbid RAILROADS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. the sale of intoxicating liquors in all Government buildings-to the Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com· Also, petition of W. B. EastmanandotherdruggistsofSt. Johns munication from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response bury, Vt., urging the passage of House bill178, for the reduction to a resolution of the 5th instant, certain information as to the of the tax on alcohol-to the Committee on Ways and Means. effect a system of railroads in the Philippine Islands would have By Mr. HEDGE: Resolution of Typographical Union No. 75, on the cost of maintaining law and order and protecting life and Burlington, Iowa, for the repeal of the desert-land law-to the property in those islands, etc.; which was referred to the Com Committee on the Public Lands. mittee on the Philippines, and ordered to be printed. By Mr. KEHOE: Petition of sundry citizens of Kentucky for GEORGETOWN BARGE, DOCK, ELEVATOR AND RAILWAY 'CO:liPANY." reduction of tax on distilled spuits-to the Committee on Ways The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the an and Means. nual report of the Georgetown Barge, Dock, Elevator and Rail By Mr. KNAPP: Papers to accompany House bill12236, grant way Company for the year ended December 31, 1902; which was ing an increase of pension to Martin Petrie-to the Committee on referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered Invalid Pensions. to be printed. By Mr. LEVER: Petitions of druggists of St. Matthews and MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE, Columbia, S. C. , in favor of House bill178, for reduction of tax on distilled spirits-to the Committee on Ways and Means. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. W . J. By Mr. LIVINGSTON: Petition of heir of James Freeman BROWNING, its Chief Clerk. announced that the House had dis deceased, late of Fulton County, Ga., for reference of war claim agreed to the amendment of the Senate to the amendment of the to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. House to the bill (S. 2296) to amend an act approved March 2, By Mr. MOODY of Oregon: Petition of G. E. Williams and 1895, relating to public printing; asks a conference with the Sen Charles N. Clarke, Hood River, Oreg., for reduction of taxon dis ate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and had tilled sphits-to the ·committee on Ways and Means. appointed Mr. HEATWOLE, Mr. BOREING, and Mr. TATE managers By Mr. MORRIS: Remon trances of citizens of the State of at the conference on the part of the House. Minnesota, against the repeal of the stone, timber, desert land, and ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED, homestead commutation acts-to the Committee on the Public The message also announced that the Speaker of the House had Lands. signed the following enrolled bills; and they were thereupon By Mr. MOON: Petitions of retail druggists of Athens, Chat signed by the President pro tempore: tanooga, Pikeville,- St. Petersburg, and South Pittsburg, Tenn. , A bill (S. 2210) relating to Hawaiian silver coinage and silver m·ging the passage of House bill 178, for the reduction of the tax certificates; - on alcohol-to the Committee on Ways and Means. A bill (S. 4616) to grant title to the town of Juneau, Alaska of By Mr. PALMER: Resolution of Victoria Lodge, No. 293, 0 . land occupied for school pilrposes, and for other purposes; and B. A., of Hazleton, Pa., for a modification of the methods and A bill (H. R. 16066) to amend an act entitled "An act to pro practice pursued by the immigration officers at the port of New vide for use of timber and stone for domestic and industrial pur York-to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. poses in the ~dian Territory," approved June 6, 1900. By Mr. ROBERTS: Resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of Boston, Mass. , in favor of a tariff commission-to the Commit PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. tee on Ways and Means. Mr. HOAR presented a petition of sundry citizens of the By Mr. SHERMAN : Paper to accompany bill relating to the United States, praying for the enactment of legislation providing conection of the military record of Henry Cool-to the Commit for such collection of statistics of and relating to marriage and tee on Military Affairs. divorce as shall bring the report on this subject down to the latest By Mr. SIBLEY: R e olution of the Presbytery of Butler, Pa., pr~ct.icable date; which was referred to the Ccmmittee on Appro favoring the establishment of a laboratory for the study of the pnations. criminal, pauper, and defective cla ses-to the Committee on the He also presented a petition of the Young Men's Progressive Judiciary. Lodge, of Lawrence, Mass., praying for the enactment of legi lation By Mr. HENRY C. SMITH: Petition of R. B. Honey, Dexter, to modify the methods and practice pursued by the immigration