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SENATE. for the establishlnent of an experimental station for the manufacture of sugar; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and For ..:.YlONDAY, Febn~a.ry 13, 1888. estry. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. G. BUTLER, D. D. l\lr. PADDOCK presented a petition of prominent citizens of Lincoln, The Journal of the proceedings of Thursday last was read and ap Nebr., praying that the Government bear its share of the expense of proved. paving streets adjacent to the public buildings in that city; which was EXECUTIVE COMl\fUNIC.A.TIONS. referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. He also presented a petition of the governor and other citizens of The PRESIDENT JJro tempm·e laid before the Senate a communica Nebraska, praying that a pension be granted to Mrs. Nancy Pollock, tion from tlle Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to a resolu widow ofW. A. Pollock, of Nebraska; which was referred tothe Com tion of February 2, 1888, certain information as to the probable cost of mittee on Pensions. making a channel 20() feet wide through the two sand-bars near Little Mr. CHACE. I present the petition of E. A. Skillman (agent), of ~1angrove Point, Florida; which, with the accompanying papers, was Washington, D. C., praying for the passage of a law to cancel certain referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. lien certificates and relieve certain property of tha burden thereof. I He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary wish to say distinctly that I present this petition by request and have of \Var, transmitting, inrespCfilse to a resolution of February 2, 1888, no knowledge of its contents or its purport. I move the reference of certain information as to the amount of money that can be profitably the petition to the Committee on the District of Columbia. expended dming the next fiscal year in improving the northwest chun The motion was agreed to. nelnear Key West, Flu.; which, with the accompanying papers, was Mr. CHACE presented a petition of the Woman's Christian Tem refeiTed to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. perance Union, and other citizens, of Woodstown, N. J., praying for He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary the better legal protection of young girls in the District of Columbia; of the Interior, transmitting, in response to a resolution of J[1J1nary 25, which was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. 1888, certain information as to the extent of the present area and bound 11:1r. DAVIS presented a petition ofthe Woman's Christian Temper arie. of the Creur d'Alene Indian reservation in the Territory of Idaho; ance Union of Uinnesota, officially signed, praying for the submission which,' with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee to the States of a prohibitory amendment to the Const.itution; which on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. was referred to the Committt>-e on Education and Labor. ' UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. He also presented a petition of 115 citizens of Minnesota, praying for Th_e PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communica prohibition in the District of Columbia; which was referred to the Com tion from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, for the use of the mittee on the District of Columbia. Senate, the report of the board of Govemment directors of the Union He also presented a petition of Abercrombie Post, Grand Army of PacitkRailway Company madetotha.tDepartment, dated January21, the Republic, of Lisbon, Dak., praying for the passage of a bill repeal 1888; which was read. ing the limitation in the arrears-of-pension act; which was referred to Mr. BUTLER. Will that report be printed? the Committee on Pensions. ThePRESIDENTp1·o tempo1·c. It will be ordered to be printed; but l\lr. HARRIS. .I present the petition of John H. Edwards and other the Chair is not aware what disposition has been usually made of such citizens of Weakley County, Tennes ee, praying that compensation be reports, and it will lie on the table, subject to a motion to refer. paid John H. Edwards for services rendered as an officer of t.he Army .l\Ir. BUTLER. I move that the report be referred to the Select of the United States. I move its reference, with the accompanying Committee on the Pacific Railroads. letter, to the Committee on Military Affairs. The PRESIDENT pr·o tempore. The Senator from South Carolina 'rhe motion was agreed to. moves the reference of the communication of the Secretary of the In Mr. HARRIS. I bold in my hand a memorial sent me by tQ.e Wo terior, with the accompanying report, to the Select Committee on the man's Christian Temperance Union in this District, praying for the Pacific Ra.ilway Commission Report. If there be no objection, that passage of a bill prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and importation of order will be made. alcoholic beverages in the District of Columbin, purporting to be signed PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. by 209 citizens of the District of Columbia. I move the reference of The PRESIDENT pro tempore presented the petition of 0. P. Me_... the petition to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Mains, agent for settlers on the so-called Maxwell land grant, praying The motion was agreed to. for au investigation of alleged official corruption: and for certain relief; Mr. PASCO presented the petition of J. G. W. Kraker and 45 other which was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. citizens of Lanier, Fla.; the petition of W. II. Mabry and 20 ot.her He also presented the petition of John W. Buckpit, of Boston, Mass., citizens of Leesburgb, Fla., and the petition of N. L. Hopson and 20 praying for the appointment of a commis..'lion to investigate the charges other citizens of Lake County, Florida, praying for an appropriation alleged against the priesthood of the Roman Catholic Church because for the purpose of making a survey of the Ocklawaha River, in Florida; of the practice of amicular confession; which was referred to the Com which were referred to the Committee on Commerce. ' mittee on Education and Labor. He also presented the petition of Henry W. Long, of Marion County, He also presented resolutions adopted by the board of directors of Florida, praying legislation to change the basis for payment of fourth the Maritime Association of the port of New York, praying aiel from class postmasters and to regulate their salaries; which was refened to Congress in opening the Nicaragua route between the Atlantic and the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. Pacific Oceans; which was ordered to lie on the table. He also presented the petition of N. S. Dnnkler and 11 other clerks 111r. PLATT. I present the memorial of certain citizens of Vinita, in the Jacksonville, Fla., post-office, praying for an increase of the sal in the .Indian Territory, praying for the location of a United States aries of post-office clerks; which was referred to the Committee on Post court in the Indian Territory. I wish to say in reference to this peti Offices and Post-Roads. · tion that it is a printed petition which has been sent to me, and I do Mr. BATE presented a petition of members of the faculty of Van not know but that the same petition has already been submitted and derbilt University, at Nashville, Tenn., praying for the e~actment of referred. an international copyright law for the fuller security of literary prop Mr. VEST. The bill on the subject has been reported from the Com- erty; which was referred to the Committee on Patents. mittee on the Judiciary, and is now upon the Calendar. .Mr. TURPIE presented twopetit1onsof surviving soldiers and sailors l\Ir. PLATT. Then I ask to have the petition lie on the table. of the Union Army and Navy, of Indiana., praying for the pa~~a;.;e of The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It will be so ordered. tbe per diem rated service pension bill; which were referred to the Com Mr. PALMEl~ presented the petition of James B. Angell, president, mittee on Pensions. and 33 members of the faculty of the University of Michigan, praying He also presented a petition of the Woman's Christian Tempemnce that such books as are printed in modern languages oth~r than English Union of Indiana, officially signed, praying for the passage of an amend be placed on the free-list; which was referred to the Committee on Fi ment to the Constitution prohibiting the manufuctme, exportation; nance. intportation, and sale of ali alcoholic liquors; which was referred to He also presented the petition of J. B. Knapp and 46 other citizens of the Committee on-Education and Labor. Clinton County, Michigan, praying that the patent laws be so amended :Mr. BERRY. Ipres~ntapetitionofcitiiensofVinita:, in tbe Indi~ as to protect the innocent users of patented articles; which was referred Territory, similar to the one presented by the Senator from Connecti to the Committee on Patents. cut [Mr. PLATT], in favor of the establishment of a United States court 1\Ir. WILSO~, of Iowa, presented a petition of the surviving mem in the Indian Territory. I move that the petition lie on the t-able. bers of the Thirty-seventh Regiment Iowa Infantry, praying for tlle The motion was agreed to. passage of a bill granting them pensions; which was refened to the :Mr. BERRY. I present a petition of school officials and other citi Committee on Pensions. zens of Hot Springs, Ark., praying for the donation by Congress of un He also presented a petition of Buena Vista Grange, No. 544, Patrons sold lots located there belonging to the Government of the United of Husbandry, of Newton, Iowa, praying for the passage of a bill re States and situated in the original Hot Springs reservation, for school quiring all adulterated lard to be stamped as ''Jardine;" which was purposes. I move the reference of the petition to the Committee on referred to 'the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. · Public Lands. He also presented the petition of Daniel Hayes and others, members The motion was agreed to. of a committee of business men, citizens of Muscatine, Iowa, praying Mr. VEST presented a petition of the Woman's Christian Temper- 1132 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. FEBR1!ARY 13, ance Union of :Mh:souri, officially signed, praying for the submission to );ween the United States and Great Britain; which was referred to the the States of a prohibitory amendment to the Constitution; which was C.ommittee on Foreign Relations. referred to the Committee on Education and Labor. l\1r• .ALLISON presented resolutions adopted by the Iowa Short-Horn Mr. BUTLER presented the petition of John Rutledge, of Charles Breeders' .Association, of Iowa, praying that the so-called Miller-Carey ton, S. C., praying for the removal of his political disabilities; which bill as now changed and agreed upon by the Commissioner of Agricult was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. ure, etc., be enacted into a law, and praying that an appropriation be
He also presented a petition of citizens of Columbia, S. C. 1 praying made to aid in the suppression of pleuro-pneumonia; which were re- that an appropriation be made for the improvement of the Congaree ferred to the Committee on .Agriculture and Forestry. ' River; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. He also presented a petition of the Business Men's .Association of M.r. BUTLER. ] present a petition of citizens of Vinita, in the In Muscatine, Iowa, praying for the establishment of an experimental dian Territory, in regard to the establishment of a UJ;iited States court station for the manufacture of sugar in the State of Iowa; which was at that point, similar to those presented by the Senator from Connecticut referred to the Committee on .Appropriations. [Mr. PLATT] and the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. BERRY]. I move 1\I:r. PLATT. I have received the address of the constitutional con that the petition lie on the table. vention of Dakota to the Congress of the United States: asking for the The motion was agreed to. division of Dakota and the admisl:iion of. South Dakota as a State. It Mr. VOORHEES presented a petition of surviving soldiers and sail is short, and is perhaps entitled to a place in the RECORD. .As the ors of the Union .Army and Navy, praying for the· passage of the per matter has been reported to the Senate, I ask that the memorial be diem rated service pension bill; which was referred to the Committee printed in the RECORD, and also that it be printed in ~he usual docu on Pension&". ment form and lie on the table. He also presented a petition of the Medical Society of.Grant County, The PRESIDENT pro tempore. If there be no objection, the memo Indiana, praying that the import duties now paid be removed from all rial will be printed in the RECORD, and printed for the use of the Sen medicines, medical and surgical appliances, and everything used in the ate, and lie on the table. -treatment or diagnosis of disease; which was referred to the Committee Mr. BUTLER. Do I understand that the memorial is to be printed on Finance. in the RECORD? Mr. REAGAN presented the petition of W. M. Harrison and other The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Connecticut so citiZens of Fort Worth, Tex., praying that an appropriation be made asked. for a public building at that place; which was referred to the Commit Mr. BUTLER. I object to that. tee on Public Buildings and Grounds. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Shall the memorial be printed in the Mr. GIBSON. I present four memorials-from different parts of the RECORD? Southern States, remonstrating against the passage of Senate bill No. :Mr. VEST. What is the memorial? 650, proposing to tax and regulate or suppress lard made from cotton The PRESIDENT p1·o tempore, It will be stated. seed oil. I move that the memorials be referred to the Committee on The CHIEF CLERK. ".An address to the Congress of the United States .Agriculture and Forestry, and that·one of the memorials be printed, as by the constitutional convention of Dakota.'' they are similar, omitting the names. Mr. PLATT. I am not particular about the matter; I do not wish The motion was agreed to. to violate any rule of the Senate; but I supposed that this was a docu Mr. BLAIR presented the petition of James Stewart, Isabella D. ment of the character which, upon request, has always been printed in Ewing and 78 other citizens of Greenwich, N. J., praying for the pas the RECORD. Of course, Dakota is not a State, and Southern Dakota sage of a law for the better legal protection of young girls in the Dis is not a State. trict of Columbia; which was referred to the Committee on the District The facts are these: There was a c6nstitutional convention held in of Columbia. South Dakota in 1885 which adopted a constitution, and under which He also presented the petition of Joseph M. Hanson and other citi the Senate at its last session voted to a.dmit that portion of the 'I?erri zens of New Hampshire, praying for the enactment of a law providing tory of Dakota which was thus org:mized under that constitutional con for arbitration between nations; which was referred to the Committee vention. That convention did not adjomn sine die; it was last fall re on Foreign Relations. convened; and it has now addressed a memorial to the Congress of the He also presented a petition of the Woman's Christian Temperance United States; and it is that memorial which I present, and which I Union of East New Market, Dorchester County, Maryland, praying have usked mav be printed in the RECORD. for the passage of the educational bill; which was ordered to He on the 'l.'he memorials of Territorial Legislatures and State Legislatures are table. always printed in the RECORD npon request. That is in accordance Mr. D.A WES presented a petition of inhabitants of Lynn, Mass., with our rules; and other important memorials have been, as is within praying for a treaty of arbitration with Great Britain; which was re the knowledge of every Senator, upon request, printed in the RECORD. ferred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. This memorial is short, and will not much encumber the RECORD; and 1\Ir. PLU.MB. I present petitions of a large number of citizens of I thought under the circumstances it had such dignity and was of such Michigan, praying for the forfeiture of the lands granted to aid in the importance that I ought to ask for its printing in the RECORD. building of the Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon and Ontonagon :Mr. BUTLER. We have in the last two or three weeks had some and Brule River Railroads in the State of Michigan. I move the refer- extremely interesting lectures upon the subject of printing papers in ence of the petitions to the Committee on Public Lands. · the RECORD and encumbering the RECORD, which was intended, as I The motion was agreed to. have always understood, to be a record oftheproceedingsofthisbody. Mr. PLUMB presented a petition of 217 citizens of the Third and Certainly within the last ten days the Senator from Ohio [Mr. SHER Seventh Congressional districts of Kansas, praying for prohibition in MAN] and, if I mistake not, the Senator from Connecticut himself, ob the District of Columbia; which was referred to the Committee on the jected to the introduction and printing in the RECORD of some papers District of Columbia. thought to be important by those who presented them. He also presented a petition of the Woman'-s Christian Temperance If this memorial is to be printed in the RECORD, I shall ask, as a Union of Kansas, officially signed, praying for the submission to the matter of right to those who represent the other side of this question, Statesof a prohibitory amendment to the Constitution; which was re that their memorial shall also be printed in the RECORD. ferred to the Committee on Education and Labor. I understood in the remarks made by Senators on the other side and He also presented a petition of cattle breeders and owners, citizens of on this that the printing of such papers in the RECORD is a violation Kansas, praying for t,he passage of a bill providing for the extirpation of the rnle. It is a violation of the rule, I understand, for a Senator of pleuro-pneumonia and other cattle diseases; which was referred to the to read during the delivery of his remarks in ea,tenso a paper of that Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. · kind. He is required under the rule, as I have understood it, to state He also presented the petition of Samuel Wilcoxson and other citi the substance of a petition. Perhaps I am wrong about that; it may zens of the ~ixth Congressional district of Kansas, praying that Con be that a petition can be printed in the RECORD. The Chair nods gress take immediate steps to establish a system of telegraphy to be assent to that proposition. owned and controlled by the Government; which was referred to the I can see no good reason why this memorial should be printed in the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. RECORD when a great many others just as important have been excluded, He also presented a petition of the Board of Trade of the city of and I shall object to it (I do not know what that objection will amount .Atchison, Kans., praying that an appropriation be made to arrest the to) unless the other side of this question have the opportunity of erosion of the Missouri River at that point, whereby private property having their views printed in the RECORD also. is threatened; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Shall the memorial be printed in l\1r. FRYE presented a petition of F. L. Berry and other ex-Union the RECORD? soldiers and sailors of Maine, praying for the passage of a bill provid Mr. PI.:ATT. I do not wish to get in any wrangle over this matter. ing a pension of 1 cent for each day of service in the Army; which was On the other' side of the Chamber a somewhat vigorous demand was referred to the Committee on Pensions. made that the memorial of the constitutional convention of Utah should He also presented a petition of citizens of .Androscoggin and Cumber be printed in the RECORD, and the Senator from Florida [Mr. CALL], land Counties, Maine, praying for the conclusion of a treaty which shaH I think, read it, and therefore it went in the RECORD. If lam not mis provide for the settlement by arbitration of any differences arising be- taken, the Senator from South Carolina. at the time suggested to him 1888.. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 1133
that be could get it in the RECORD by reading it as part of his re- Mr. SAWYER presented a petition of members of the faculty of Law- -. marks. renee University, at Appleton, Wis., praying for the enactment of an Mr. BUTLER. I did; and that is what called forth the observa- international copyright law; which was referred to the Committee on tions, I think, from the Senator himself~ and I am certain from the Sen- Patents. · ator from Ohio, that.it was clearly out of order. I therefore thought .Mr. COKE presented a petition of 200 citizens of Fort Worth, Tex., that inasmuch as t.hat vigorous proteSt was made on the other side praying that an appropriation be made for theconS'truction of a public against the publication of that memorial in the RECORD, I would try building for a post-office and other Government purposes in that city; and see what would be the effect of a vigorous protest when a similar which was referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. paper of that kind came in. 1t1r. FARWELL presented resolutions adopted by the Pure Food Mr. PLATT. I do not propose to resort to any such method to ob- Convention held at Washington January 19 and 20, 1888, favorin.g the bin the printing of this memorial in the RECORD. I desire to conform passage of a bill to extirpate cattle diseases; which were referred to the to the rules of the Senate, and if this is not strictly within the rules of Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. the Senate and the practice of the Senate, I do not ask for the printing Mr. VANCE. I present a memorial adopted by a convention of of the memorial in the RECORD. farmers of Virginia and North Carolina, which met in the city of Dan- The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair will state that it is a ques- ville the 1st day of this month, favoring certain legislation, and as it tion of practice, not a question under the rules. represents a very large class of people and is br.ief and to the point, I Mr. PLA.TT. Do I understand the Chair to say that it is not admis- ask that it be read. sible under the rule? The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from North Carolina The PRESIDENT p1·o tempore. The question does not properly arise asks that the memorial be read. under the rule, the rules being silent on the subject as to what the Mr. PLATT. I object. RECORD shall contain. It is clearly in order for the Senator to move to The PRESIDENT pro tempo1·e. The Senator from Connecticut ob- print the memorial in the RECORD, if he desires. jects. Mr. VEST. I should like to make an inquiry, if the Senator will Mr. VANCE. I move that the memorial be referred to the Com- permit me. Was the memorial from the constitutional convention of mittee on Finance. the Territory of Utah admitted to the RECORD under the action of the The motion was agreed to. Senate? Mr. CA.LL. IpresentthepetitionofW. E. Rodenbaughandothercit- ,, The PRESIDENT pro tempo1·e. As the Chair now recalls that inci- izensofFlorida, prayingforl.heimprovementoftheOcklawahaRiver,in dent, it was read by the Senator from Florida from his place, objection the State of Florida. The petition seta forth that if a canal is ever cut having been made to its being printed in the RECORD when presented. across the peninsula of Florida this is the natural route. I move the Mr. VEST. My recollection is that when the Senator from Florida reference of the petition to the Committee on Commerce. a ked that the Utah memorial be printed in the RECORD, there was ob- The motion was agreed to. jection made on the other side of the Chamber, and that objection was Mr. MORGAN. By request of the American Shipping Industrial sustained. League, I present certain resolutions which they have adopted, em- M:r. BUTLER. Not sustained by the Chair? bodying a policy which they desire the Congress of the United States Mr. VEST. I do riot mean to say that the Chair sustained it, but the to adopt in respect to the tonnage of ships. I move the reference of result of the colloquy and of the debate was that the Senator from the resolutions to the Committee on Commerce. Florida. was forced to read it himself; and I say if that was done in that The motion was agreed to. case the same objection ought to be valid in this. Mr. DANIEL presented resolutions adopted by the General Assem- l\Ir. PLA.TT. I do not think that there is a pamllel between the two bly of Virginia, in favor of Senate bill No. 149, providing for the sup cases; I utterly dissent from connecting the two cases, but I desire to pression of contagions pleuro-pneumonia and other cattle diseases; conform to what bas been the unwritten rule and the practice of the which were referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senat-e. I therefore shall not insist upon thisaddress or memorial going He also presented the petition of George W. Palmer and other citi in the RECORD, but I want to give notice now that if I am in the Senate zeus of VirginiaJ praying for the passage of the Palmer bill, to provide there is an end to this matter of memorials and petitions of any kind for the extirpation of pleuro-pneumonia; which was referrecl to the whatever ~oing into the RECORD, if I can prevent it. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. .Mr. BUTLER. I can assure the Senator that I shall join him in that, He also presented the petition of Giles B. Jackson and other citizens and I only regret that he had not arrived at that conclusion and that I of Richmond, Va., praying relief for the depositors of the Freedman's had not arrived at it before the vast amount of what I call stuff has Savings and Trust Company; which was referred to the Committee on been printed in the RECORD in the discussion of whatis known as the Finance. Blair bill in the Senate. If t.hat rule is to be enforced, I hope that my Mr. DOLPH presented a petition of the common council of the town friend from Connecticut will join me in excluding such matter here- of Pendleton, Oregon, asking that certain lands within the Umatilla after in regard to that measure as well as others. Indian reservation be sold to said town for burial and cemetery pur- The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The motion to print is withdrawn. poses; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. PLATT. Not the motion to print. REPORTS OF COID.IITTEES. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The motion to print in the RECORD Mr. PLUMB, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was re- is withdrawn. The memorial will be printed in the usual fore and ferred the bill (H. R. 5723) to amend section 461 of the Revised Statutes,
laid on the table. regulating fees for exemplifications of land-patents, and for other pur- .I' Mr. BLODGETT presented a memorial of 73 railway conductors of poses, reported it without amendment. the §tate of New Jersey, remonstrating against the pa..c;sage of the bill Mr. VEST, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred to license railway conductors; which was referred to the Committee on the bill (S. 282) to amend section 3734 of the Revised Statutes, and Interstate Commerce.' to provide for the erection of public buildings by contract with the He also presented a petition of the Woman's Christian Temperance lowest bidders, reported it without amendment. Union of Orange, N. J., officially signed, praying for the passage of a Ur. TELLER, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was law for the better protection of young girls in the District of Columbia; referred the bill (S. 1102) to aid the State of Colorado to support a which was referred to the Committee ?n the District of Colum~i~. school of mines, reported it with an amendment. Mr. HARRIS. A month or two. smce I presented the petition of Mr. DOLPH from the Committee on Public Lands to whom was William B. Stoke~, askin~ to be relieved as surety uron an officiall)ond . recommitted th'e bill (S.15) providing in certain cases fo~ the forfeiture exe<:nted_some. th_uty y~~s ago. I now presem, ha~g th_Is moment of wagon-road grants in theStateof Oregon, reported adversely thereon, receive~ It, a simil~r petition from the same party, bei~g venfied by t~e and the bill was postponed indefinitely. , affidavit of the petltw~er. The o~her was not so venfied. I move Its He also, from the same committee, reported a bill (S. 1939) provid- reference ~ the Committee on Clarms. ing in certain cases for the forfeiture of wagon-road grants in the State The motiOn was agreed to. . . , . . · of Oregon; which was read twice by its title. Mr. PAYNE presented a petition of the Woman s Chnstian Temper- Ur. BERRY from the Committee on Public Lands to whom was ance Union of O.hi_o, officially signed, praying fo~ tb~ submi~sion to the referred the joi'nt resolution (S. R. 38) to enable the S~cretary of the States of a prohlbit~ry amendment.to the Constitution; which was re- Interior to utilize the hot water now running to waste on the perma ferred to the ComiDlttee on Educatwn and Labor. nent reser•ation at Hot Sprin!!S Ark. and for other purposes reported l\ir. TELLER presented a petition of the board of county commis- it with amendments. "" ' ' ' si~ne;s of Larimer County, Colorado, pra¥ing th.at .a suitable appro- He also, from the same committee, to whom was referred the bill (S. :pn.atw~ be made t? construct a sys~m of reservous m Colorado fo: the 17) for the relief of Thomas Guinean, reported it without amendment, 1rr1gatw~ of lands m that Sta.te; which was referred to the Committee and submitted a report thereon. on Public Lands. . 1\Ir.' FAULKNEH, from the Committee on the District of Columbia., Mr.. M1TC~LL presented resolutiOns of _the mayor an~ common to whom was referred the bill (S. 249) to prevent the sale of adulter co~cil of the city of Pe~dleton, Oregon, praym_g that t~at City be ~er- a ted food in the District of Columbia, reported it with an amendment. mit.ted to purchase certarn lands of the Umatil1a Indian reservation He also from the Committee on Pensions to whom was referred the f~r cemet~ry purposes; which were referred to the Committee on In· bill (S. 1B38) granting a pension to Willia~ Richardson, reported it d1an Affa1rs. without amendment, and submitted a report thereon. 1134 CONGRESSIONJ\_L RECORD-SENATE. FEBRUARY 13,
~Ir . HAMPTON, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom subtropical exposition at Jacksonville, Fla., with an ame-ndment in was referred the bill (S. 1558) for the relief of William G. Galloway, the nature of a substitute. I ask for its present consideration. reported it with an amendment, and submitted a report thereon. The PRESIDENT JJ1"0 temp01·e. If there be no objection, the joint ~ Mr. VANCE, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, to resolution will be regarded as before the Senate, as in Committee of the who~r was referred.the bill (S. 1519) to change the location of a cer Whole, and the amendment reported by the Committee on Appropri tain alley in the city of Washington, reported it without amendment, ations will be read. • and submitted a report thereon. . Mr. HARRIS. Let that go over and be printed. Mr. DAVIS, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Mr. CALL. The amendment has not been read yet. the bill (S. 1910) for the relief of James Gaster, asked to be discharged The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Does the Senator from Tennessee from its further consideration, and that it be referred to the Commit object to the reading of the proposed amendment? tee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads; which was agreed to. Mr. HARRIS. No; it may be read, as the joint resolution has been He also, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the read. Let the amendment be read, bnt I object to its consideration. bill (S. 1896) for the relief of Mrs. Eliza A. Cutler, asked to be dis The CHIEF CLERK. It is proposed to strike out all after the resolv charged from its further consideration, and that it be referred to the ing clause, and in lieu thereof to insert: Committee on Claims; which was agreed to. That the Secret.ary of the Interior shall send such exhibits from the National Mr. CHANDLER, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom Museum as shall be selected by him, and the Commissioner of Agriculture such exhibits of plants, shrubs, and flowers as shall be selected by him, to the sub was referred the bill (S. 1428) to authorize the appointment of a hydrog tropical exposition at Jacksonvflle, Fla., for the year 1888; and for the purpose rapher and assistant hydrographer of ilie Navy, reported it with an of paying the expenses of transporting such exhibits to and from said exposi amendment, and submitted a report thereon. tion, and of arranging and taking care of them while there, the sum of $10,000, or so much thereof as may be nece sary, is hereby appropriated, out of any Mr. WILSON, of Iowa, from the Committee on Education and Labor,, money iu the Treasury not otherwise o.ppropriated, to be expended under the to whom was referred the bill (S. 372) t-0 provide for a commission on dil·ection of tbe Commissioner of Agriculture, and to be immediately available. the subject of the alcoholic liquor traffic, reported it with an amend The PRESIDENT pro tetn]Jore. Objection being made to the present ment. consideration of the joint resolution, it lies over under the rule. Mr. DANIEL, from theCommitteeonPublicBuildingsand Grounds, to whom was referred the bill (S. 1294) for the erection of a public BILLS INTRODuCED. building in the city of Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, reported :Mr. CULLOU introduced a bill (S. 1940) to provide for the con it with amendments, and submitted a rep~ rt thereon. struction of a. public building at Sterling, Ill.; which was read twice :Mr. SAWYER, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, by its title, and referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 6439) authorizing the appo.int Grounds. ment of eleven division superintendents of railway mail service, re 1\Ir. VE.ST introduced a. bill (S. 1941) for the erection of a public ported it with amendments, and submitted a report the-reon. building at Helen~, Uont.; which was read twice by its title, and, with the accompanying paper, referred to the Committee on Public RELIEF OF THE DISTRICT POOR. Buildings and Gro.unds. l\Ir. PLUMB, from the Committee o;n Appropriations, reported a bill Mr. HOAH. introduced a bill (S. 1942) granting a pension to Mrs. (S. 1938) making an additional approprin.tion for the relief of the poor Ellen Courtney; which was read twice by its title, and, with the ac of the District of Columbia; which was reud the first time by its title. companying papers, referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. PLUMB. I ask that the bill be read at length. 1Ir. PAL.ME.R (by request) introduced a bill (S. 1943) for the better The bill was read the second time at length, as follows: protection of human liie on merchant steam-vessels of the United B e it enacted. etc. , That in addition to the snm of $15.000 appropriated by the States; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Commit act approved March 3, 1887. "making appropriations to provide for the expenses tee on Commerce. of t.he government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending" June :rifr. VOORHEES introduced a bill (S.1944) to increase the pensions 30, 18S8, and for other purposes," for the relief of the poor of said District, there is hereby appropriated the sum of $15,000 for that purpose, one-half thereof out of those who have lost a limb, two limbs, or both eyes, and for other of any money in the T1·easury not ot-herwise appropriated, and one-half thereof purposes; which was read twice.by its title, and, with the accompany out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, to be e xpended by the commis ing papers, referred to the Committee on Pensions. sioners of the District, and to be immediately available. He also introduced a bill (S. 1945) granting a pension to Mary For Mr. PLUMB. I ask the Senate to proceed to the consideration of sythe; which was read twice by its title, and, with the aceompanyingpa .the bill now. pers, referred to the Committee on Pensions. Mr. PLATT. Is it from the Committee on Appropriations? 1\fr. MITCHELL introduced a bill (S. 1946) authorizing a sale of a Mr. PLUMB. It is from the Committee on Appropriations. The portion of the Umatilla Indian reservation to the city of Pendleton, committee have had brought to their attention the fact that there is State of Oregon, for the purposes of a cemetery; which was read twice a very considerable amount of suffe1·ing at the present t¢le ln the city by its title, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. of Washington which it is beyond the power of the local authorities or He also introduced a bill (S. 1947) to provide for the construction of apparently of private charity to relieve. Yielding_to the solicitation a military telegraphic line alona the coast between Yaquina, on Ya which has been brought to bear on them, they venture to bring this bill quina Bay, and Marshfield, on Coos Bay, to connect with Alsea Bay, before the Senate, and I am instructed by the committee to ask that Siuslaw Bay, Gardner, on the Umpqua River, and Empire City, in the it be considered now. St..'lte of Oregon; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the By unanimous consent, the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, Committee on Military Affairs. proceeded to consider the bil . Mr. BERRY introduced a bill (S. 1948) to authorize the Fort Smith The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to and Choctaw Bridge Company to construct a bridge ac-ross the Poteau be engrossed for a. third reading, read the third time, and passed. River, on the lands of Mrs. M. A. Bower, in the Choctaw Nation, near Fort Smith, Ark.; which was read twice by its title, and referred to HALL OF RECORDS. the Committee on Commerce. Mr. VEST. I am directed by the Committee on- Public Buildings 1Ir. REAGAN (by request) introduced a bill (S. 1949) for the relief and Grounds to report back favorably, without amendment, the bill(S. of John D. Henderson's heirs; which was read twice by its title, and 279) making appropriation for the purchase of ground and the erec referred to the Committee on Claims. tion thereon, in the city of Washington, of a building to be nsed as a 1\Ir. DAWES introduced a bill (S. 1950) to ratify and confirm an hall of records. The Senate has passed this bill unanimously three agreement with the Indians of Fort Berthold agency, in Dakota; which times, I tlrink-twice I am certain-and sent it to the Hou..o:e of Renre~ was read twice by its title, and referred to ihe Committee on Indian sentatives, where it has ne1er been considered. I ask the Senate to Affairs. pass it again. l\Ir. PLATT introduced a bill (S. 1951) to prohibit members of Terri By nnanimons consent, the Senate, as in Committee of tb..e Whole, torial Legislatures holding office; which wn.s 1·ead twice by its title, and, proceeded to consider the bill. It propo es to appropriate $200,000 for with the accompanying papers, refened to the Committee on Territories. the purchase of a site near theWar Department and the erection thereon He also introduced a bill (S. 1952) for the relief of Sigmund Bauer; of a brick and metal fire-proof building, to be nsed for the safe-keeping which was read twice by its title, and, with the accompanying papers, of records of the executive, legisbtive, and judicial departments not referred to the Committee on Pensions. required in the present executive, legislative, or judicial offices for con He also introduced a bill (S. 1953) to provide for the payment of the stant reference; the building to be erected under the supervision and passage of General de Lafayet~e ancl family from France t-<>-the United direction Of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, on States, in 1824, as the "guest of the nation," etc.; which was read plans and specifications approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, the twice by itc:; title, and, with the accompanying papers, referred· to the Secretary of War, and the Secretary of State. Committee on Foreign Relations. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to Mr. ALLISON introduced a bill (S. 1954) for the relief of .Mrs. Cath be engrosse~ for a. third reading, read the third time, and pa-ssed. erine Holliday; which was read twice by its title, and, with the ac companying papers, referred to the Committee on Pensions. SUBTROPICAL EXPOSITIO:N AT JACKSONVILLE. He also introduced a bill (S. 1955) for the relief of :Mrs. Juliet E. Mr. CALL. The Committee on Appropriations instruct me tore Guild; which was read twice by its title, and, with the accompanying port back the joint resolution (S. R. 35) appropriating $20,000 for the papers, referred t--o the Committee on Military .Affairs. 1888. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 1135
Mr. DA. VIS introduced a bill (S. 1956) granting a pension to William the Postmaster-General to imprint the United States postage stamp on F. McMillan; which was read twice by its title, aml referred to the letter-sheets; which was rend twice by its title, and referred to the Com Committee on Pensions. mittee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. He also introduced a bill (8.1957) granting a pension to Virtue Smith; Mr. DOLPH introduced a bill (S. 1983) to pension Silas Beezley; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on which was 1·ead twice by its title, and referred to the COlllmittee on Pensions. . Pensions. He also introduced a bill (S. 1958) granting an increase of pension Mr. WILSON, of Iowa (by request), introduced a bill (S. 1984) to to Eleanm· B. Goodfellow; which was read twice by it.s title, and re incorporate the Hotel Republic Company of the District of Columbia; ferred to the Committee on Pensions. which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on lie also introduced a bill (S. 1959) for the relief of James H. Bacon; the District of Columbia. which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Mr. TELLER (by request) introduced a joint resolution (S. R. 51) :Military Affairs. declaring the waters of the Hndson River, for the purpose of the pro :blr. BLAIR introduced a bill (S. 1960) granting a pension to Willard tection of foreign and interstate commerce, from the sea as fa.r north- . Jackson; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Com waTdly as the tide ebbs and flows, to be in the exclusive jurisdiction mittee on Pensions. of the United States of America; which was read twice by its title and He also introduced a bill (S. 1961) granting a pension tO Catherine referred to the Committee on Commerce. Yate; which was re..'l:d twice by its title, apd referred to the Committee MESSAGE FRO:JI THE HOUSE. on Pensions. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. CLARK, its Mr. SAWYER introduced a bill (S. 1962) for the relief of WilUam Cle1·k, announced that the House had passed the following bill and Wall and his heirs ; which was read twice by its titl9,. and referred to joint resolution: the Committee on 11filitary Affairs. A bill (S. 1346) to authorize the Choctaw Coal and Ru.ilway Com M1·. HISCOCK introduced a bill (S. 1963) for the relief of the heirs pany to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory, of the late Solomon Spitzer; which was read twice by its title, andre and for other purposes; and . ferred to the Committee on Claims. A joint resolution (S. R. 50) appointing Andrew D. White a member Mr. TURPIE (by request) introduced a bill (S. 1964) to gmnt pen of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. sions for service in the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps of the United The message also announced that the Honse had passed the follow~g States; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Commit bills; in which it requested the concurrence of the Senate: tee on Pensions. A bill (H. R. 360) for the relief of Smith R. Mershon; .Mr. EUSTIS introduced a. bill (S. 1965) for the relief of A. Cusi A. bill (H. R. 369) granting a pension to Mrs. Esther B. Hayford; and mano & Co.; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the A bill (H. R. 4909) for the relief of the estate of C. M. Briggs, de- Committee on Finance. ceased. Mr. PLUMB introduced a bill (S. 1966) granting an increase of pen ENROLLED BILL SIGNED. sion to Conrad Schmidt; which was read twice by its title, and re . The message further announced that the Speaker of the House had ferred to the Committee on Pensions. signed the enrolled bill (H. R. 2578) to authorize the construction of a He also introduced a bill (S. 1967) granting n. pension to Sarah J. bridge over the 111issouri River at or near the city of Lexington, :Mo.; Thompkins; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the and it was thereupon -signed by the President pro tempore. Committee on Pensions. He also intl'Oduced a bill (S. 1968) gnmting a pension to Eliza. A. THE PUBLIC PRINTING. Talbott; which was read twice by its title, and refened to the Com Mr. VEST introduced a joint resolution (S. R. 52) to regulate the mittee on Pensions. printing of certain public documents; which was read the first time at He also introduced n. bill (S. 1969) granting right of way to the J unc length, as follows: tion City and Fort Riley Street Railway Company into and upon the ReJ>olt:ed, ek., Thut 'iOO copies of any document ordered by Congress shall b e printed, and that number shall be known as" the usu.a] number." No greater Fort Riley military reservation, in the State of Kansas, and for other number shaH be printed unless ordered by either the Senate or House of Rep purposes; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Com- resentntives· ru1d whenever a. specified number of copies shall be ordered of mittee on Military Affairs. ..L auy docum e~t the usual number of copies sho.ll not be printed or bound in ad dition to such specified number as now provided by law. He also introduced a bill (S. 1970) to authorize the Kan&tS Valley That of the following-named documents there shall be printed a'nd bound the Railroad Company to constrnct and operate a railway through the Fort following number of copies, namely: . . Riley military reservation, in Kansas, and for oth~r purposes; which First. Of the documents accompanymg the annual report-s of the Executive Departments, 500 copies for members of the Senate and 1,000 copies for members was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Military of the House. Affairs. Se<.-ond. Of the President's message, the annual reports of the Executive De He also introduced a bill (S. 1971) to re-examine the homestead claim partments, and the abridgment of accompanying documents, unless otherwise orde1·ed by either House, 1,000 copies for members of the Senate and 3,000 for of Ira Haworth; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the members of the House of Representati\"es. Committee on Public Lands. Thil·d. Of p apers relating toforeignaffairsf\Geompan yingthea~ual message He also introduced a bill (S. 1972) granting a pension to J. W. of the President,500 copies form~mbers of the Senate and 1,000 cop1es for mem bers of the House of Representatives. Meadows; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Com Fourth. Of the commercial relations annually prepared under the direction mittee on Pensions. of the State Department , 500 copies for members of the Senate and 2,000 copies He also introduced a bill (S. 1973) granting a pension to John Black; for members of the House of Representatives. Fifth. Of the annual report on the statistics of commerce and navigation, ex which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on ports and imports merchandise in transit, manufactures and registered and en Pensions. roBed vessels, pre'pared by the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, l,OO(J copies for Mr. COKE introduced a bill (S. 1974) for the erection of a public members of the Senate and 3,000 copies for members of the House of :Repre sentatives. building at Fort Worth, Tex.; which was read twice by its title, and Sixth. Of the public Journals of the Senate and of the House of Representa referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. tives, 1,500 copies. Mr. CHANDLER introduced a bill (S. 1975) to increase the pension l\fr. VEST. It is my purpose, Mr. President, to move the reference of the widow of the late Naval Constructor Edward Hartt; which was of the joint resolution to the Committee on Printing, but I hope the read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Naval .Affairs. Senate will indulge me in a very few observations with regard to the l\fr. DANillL introduced a bill (S. 1976) for the relief of the heirs of resolution before it is referred. I do not see any member of the Com Mark Davis, deceased; which was read twice by its title; and referred mittee on Printinoo of the Senate present, but they will of course see to the Committee on Claims. my remarks in th~ CoNGRESSIONAL RECORD, and I ask their attention He also introduced a bill (S. 1977) to restore to John W. Mears a fine to what I now state, whether it be worthy of their consideration or not. improperly imposed on him; which was read twice by its title, and, In participating in the unpremeditated debate which came up in the with the accompanying paperst referred to the Committee on Claims. Senate last Thursday on a report of the Committee on Printing, I took ~l r . .McPHERSON introduced a bill (S. 1978) for the erection of a occasion to notice what I consider a palpable and gross abuse of the puhlic building in Patei'SOn, N . .T.; which was read twice by its title, laws and practices obtaining now in regard to the printing of public antl referred 'to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. documents. - The Associated Press made such reports of my few discon ~I r. TELLER introduced a bill (8. 1979) granting a pens~on to Eliz nectecl remarks that the impression seems to have gone throughout the abeth Dolan; which was read twice by it~ title, and referred to the country on the part of those persons who do not take the trouble to read Committee on Pensions. the Cos GRESSIOX.AL RECORD, but only read the Associated Press dis :Ur. PALMER introduced a bill (S. 1980) to confirm certain lands to patches, that I was burdened with a very large number of valuable pub the village of Sault Ste. Marie; which was read twice by its title, and lic documents which I could not distribute and of which I wanted to get refe rred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. rid. The result is that my mail has been filled since that debate with J le also introduced a bill (S. 1981) to provide for the erection of a applications from all portions of the United States, asking for full copies pu ulic building for the use of the post-office and other Government of the census reports, of the geological surveys, of the Medical History offices at the city of :Muskegon, in the State of Michigan; which was of the War of the Rebellion, of statistical. atlases, of ethnological re read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Public Build ports, agricultural reports', Smithsonian reports-all except, as m7 ings and Grounds. friend from Indiana [Mr. VOORHEES] suggests, the debate on theBlall' Mr. PLATT (by request) introduced a bill (S. 1982) to authorize bill or documents appertaining thereto. [Laughter.] . ' 1136 -cONGRESSIONAL REOORD-SENATE. FEBRUARY 13,
Mr. President, I have endeavored in my feeble way to make it dis- to the number in each case stated, the usual number of copies, which tinctly -understood-and I hope the reporters for the Associated Press is 1,550. Now, mark you, this is not for printi.Dg, but for binding and .will take notice of what I say, because this has become a matter of distribution among those. entitled to receive the same, "and this shall personal interest--that the documents to which I referred were not such apply to all unexecuted ordel'S." Any public document which any as I have now enumerated; they were documents issued to me for my Senator here moves to have printed to the number of 500 or lOQ copies, personal use under the existing legislation of Congress, and they com when ordered, under this law the Public Printer prints 1,550 copies prise Journals of the House and Senate, bound copies of every resolu more and binds them. The usual_ number is 1,550. If no specific tion of inquiry adopted by either House of Congress, reports of bureaus, number is mentioned and there is simply an order to print, 1,550 copies with long arrays of statistical information, which, as I said then and are always printed. repeat now, no human being will ever read, unless it be some man But that is not all of it. There are not only printed of the public sentenced to death whose sentence has been commuted to solitary im Journals of the Senate and House of Represen ta tives 1, 550 copies; the prisonment for life. number provided by section 3792, which I have just rea-d, is 1,550 The clerk of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds told copies, and the number authorized by the paragraph which I have just me within the last .half hourthathesent to the basement of this Capitol read is 1,550, and 50 copies are ordered by section 3799 for the purpose last week twenty-five bags of these documents, having no room for them of exchang~ with foreign countries. So we print, instead of 1;550 and in the committee-room. The shelves and glass cases are now full. 50 added, making 1,600, 3,150 copies, by a mistake in the revision of the There are in the basement of this Capitol, as I have ascertained upon statutes, and that has been going on for years. One thousand copies inquiry, over two thousand bags of these documents to-day. There is are for w~at are called the reserved numbers; about 1,550 are sent to but one living man who knows exactly what they are, and if he should the document-room and distributed amongst members of Congress, die it would require a committeeofinquiry to ascertain their location. bound and distributed, with no law for it; but I ascertained from the There is not a committee-room in the Capitol that is not filled with Pnqlic Printer and froru. the superintendent of the document-room that them. If a Senator desires any of this information, if he wishes to it is a tradition or practice that bas grown up without any written law know what Congress has done or to know what has been reported from on the subject at all. Further the law provides: a bureau, all of us are well aware that our practice is not to go to these SEC. 3798.. Of'thedocuments named in this section there shall be printed and volumes, but to address a note to Ur. Amzi Smith, in the document bound, in addition to the usual number for Congress, the following numbers of copies, namely: r9om, who immediately sends us the volume, with the proper record. l<'irst. Of the documents accompanying the annual reports of the Executive I do not object to the publication bythis Government of valuable Departments, 1,000 copies for the use ofthe mem hers of the Senate and 2,000 copies information for the people. I object to the wasting of money by the for the use of the members of the House of Representatives. · hundreds of thousands of dollars upon this trash, this refuse matter, These are all the little minutire which accompany the reports of the this debris, which is never used by anybody after it has been published. different Secretaries-Treasury, Navy, War, Interior, etc. The report The Senator from Ohio [1\Ir. SHERMAN] a short time ago informed me of the Secretary of the Interior embraces fi. ve volumes, of the Secretary that when he entered public life be undertook to preserve the books of the Treasury six volumes, and we print of them 1, 000 copies for the that were issued for his personal use, and that he had kept six or seven use of the Senate and 2, 000 copies for the use of members of the House. thousand volumes, not one of which he had had occasion to refer to at Second. Of the President's message, the annual reports of the Executive all. Departments, and the abridgment of accompanying documents, unless other wise ordered by either House. 10,000 copies for the use of the members of the The Senatorfrom Nebraska [:M:r. MANDERSON] said to me the other Senate and 25,000 copies for the use of the members of the House of Represent day that the fact that! could not give away these public documents in atives, etc. [See section 75.] the State of :Missouri was an argnment for the Blair bill, and rather Thh·d. Of papers relatingto foreign affairs, accompanying the annual mes sage of the Pt·esident, 2,000 copies for the use of the members of the Senate intimated that the educational facilities of tbat people were a little and 4,000 copies for the use of the members of the House of Representatives. under par. Mr. President, I would not insult the most benighted Re Fourth. Of the commercial relations, annually prepared under the direc publican in Missouri by sending him one of these documents [laugh tion of the State Department, 2,000 copies for the use of the members of the Senate and 3,000 copies for the use of the members of the House of Represents.• ter], much less a Democrat. What must be the Senator's estimate of tives. [See section 208.] the intellectual capacity of one of his constituents when be sends him Fifth. Of the annual report on the statisti~ of commerce and navigation, ex a Journal of the Senate or the Honse of Representatives? A brother ports and imports, merchandise in transit, manufactures, and registered and enrolled vessels, prepared by the special commissioner of the revenue, 2,000 Senator told me the other day, after the debate, that he bad never copies for the use of the members of the Senate and 6,150 copies for the use of found but one use for them, and that was in the remote counties of his the members of the House of Representatives. [See sections 336, 340.] State to young lawyers just going into pradice who were unable to buy Sixth. Of the public J on.rnals of the Senate and of the House of Representa a very full library, and he disposed of a few of them for the purpose of tives, 1,550 copies. being arrayed on their shelves, because they are bound in law sheep or By a mistake in the Revised Statutes the distribution required of calf and make a show as if they were legal auth_o:rities. It is repre the Senate Journal is3,194, theHouseofRepresentatives3,128, but we sented that a certain man who acquired an immense fortune determined print 2,150 only. to buy a private library, but the instinct of economy came. in at that What has been the result of this nebulous and contradictory legisla time, so he simply bought the outside covering, without any contents, tion? To each member of the Senate and House of Representatives and arrayed them in his library, and they answered all his purposes there have been distributed, bound in calf or sheep, in the four Con-• and those of his family. [Laughter.] gresses, commencing with the Forty-sixth, 729 volumes. Of the Jour Mr. President, since that debate I have made some inquiries on this nals of the Senate and House and of bureau reports, which, I under subject, and I have been astonished at the condition of the laws in re,;, take to say, are as absolutely worthless as any trash that ever was gard to the public printing as they now stand. I spent days in the dumped out under the authority of a municipal corporation, 729 vol Printing Office and in the document-room of the Senate, and if the umes have been issued in these four Congresses to each member of the Senate will indulge ine for a few moments I will give the result of my Senate and House of Representatives and each Delegate from a Terri explorations. If there is any feature of the public service which needs tory. I find on inquiry at the Printing Office that not one of these a little attention on the part of Congress I think it is that in regard to volumes has cost less t·han $2, and some of them cost as high as $2.85 printing. and $3 apiece. There are 76 Senators and 334 Members and Delegates The present law on the subject of printing to which I ask the atten of the House, making 410 together in the two Houses. The number tion of my colleagues is as follows: of public documents sent to each in the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses is 729, making 300,348 vol SEc. 3i91. There shall be printed 750 copies of every bill or joint resolution or dered by either House of Congress, or required by any rule thereof to be printed, umes at $2 apiece, making $600,696, or $150,174 in each Congress, and unless a. different number shall be specifically ordered. this for the personal use of Senators, Members, and Delegates alone, for SEc. 3792. Fifteen hundred and fifty copies of any document ordered by Con personal reference alone. gress shall be printed, and that number shall be known as the usual number. No greater number shall be printed unless ordered by either House or as here Besides this there have been printed and bound of these documents, inafter provided. this same trash and rubbish, in these four Congresses, all documents Whenever any document shall be ordered printed by Congress the law accompanying the annual reports of the Executive Departments, 12,000; says- of the President's message and abridgment, 140,000; of papers relating to foreign affairs accompanying the President's message, 24,000; of Com There shall be printed, in addition to the number in each case stated, the "usual number" of copies for binding and distribution among those entitled to mercial Relations, 20,000; of Commerce and Navigation, 32,600; of receive them; and this shall apply to all unexecuted orders now in the office of Journals of the Senate and House, 12,600, making 241,200 of these vol the Public Printer. umes, which, at the lowest price, the minimum cost in the Printing In other words, when a Senator moves that 500 copies of a certain Office, $2, would amount to $482,400. Inotherwords, we havethrown - document be pTinted, under this law the Public Printer prints in addi away in these four Congresses alone $1,200,000 of the public money. tion to the 500 copies .1,550 copies more-2, 050 copies instead of 500 are Sir, I alluded a few minutes ago to the letters I bud received asking printed if a Senator simply mo\es that a document be printed; and that for the valuable publications from the Printing Offi ce, and I made has obtained in this country for years. that statement not only on account of the personal: inconvenience l\fr. C.A.LL. Is that authorized hy the section the ~enator has just to myself from :receiving these letters, but to emphasize the fact 'read? that there is a demand throughout the country for valuable publica Mr. VEST. Yes sir. It says that w believer any document or report tions, and that demand is not satisfied. Instead of this money being shall be ordered prin~ by Congress there shall be printed, in addition thrown away under the present system it should be applied to the pu~ 1888. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 1137 lication of works that .the people desire and that would
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ging out the bed of an old creek which ran through the site, and grad- So that there are no two horses. It_is only a one-horse chaise. ing in front of the grou?ds. . . Coupe and two h.orses, ~arness, robe, and "!Jlank~t~. The a:r;chite~~ considered I am willing for that Item to speak for Itself. I can add nothmg. it necessary to a proper dtScha.rge of the duties enJomed by his positiOn to make a. request of the commission for a. horse and coupe. It was utterly impraclica Mt. PLUMB. Will the Senator allow me to interrupt him there? ble for him to cover the
In regard to the list of persons designated in the "Blu~ Book" as employed Now, in :regard to another branCh of controversy relative to the ma in the constnwtion of the Congressional Library building, this list was made .under the provisions of the act of Congress of December 15, 1817, and is a list of terials to be used, I wish to say simply this: Unless material, both persons so employed or borne on the rolls on the 1st day of .July, 1887, both per~ stone and cement, responds to scientific tests it can not go in that build xnanently and temporarily employed. Since that tin;le nearly all the lal:)orers ing. If it did the men who allow such material to go there ought to and all the horses and carts and the wagons and teams have been discharged, so that at the present time there are but ten laborers, or persons design11.ted a.s be impeached and thrown from office. There are certain scientific IJUCb, employed. tests to which every atom that goes into the construction of that mag The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. CocKRELL in the chair). The nificent building can aud must be rigidly subjected, and its strength, Senator from Indiana will suspend. It is the duty of the Chair to lay its durability, ascertained beforehand. The marble or the granite can before the Senate the unfinished business, being the bill (S. 371) to aid and must and will be tested as to its power to resist fire, what weight in the establishment and temporary support of common schools. it will bear, what diseoloration may come, aud so with everything else, . Mr. VOORHEES. Let me have ten minutes. and if the architect of the Library is not competent' for such work M Mr. VEST. I hope'the Senator will be permitted to proceed. that he ought not to remain an hour. Mr. BLAIR. The Senator from Kansas [Mr. PLUJ)IB] is entitled to But who is Mr. Smithmeyer'? He is one of the oldest architect.<; of the f,oor on the unfinished business. the Amel'ican Association, and he is president of the Ar<:hitects' Asso· Mr. PLUMB. I will yield. ciation of this city. He is likewise president of the Civil Engineers' Mr. VOORHEES. I will not detain the Senate· long. A~ociation of this city, a man of the highest capacity and of unques Mr. BLAIR. Very well. tioned integrity. In this connection-for I do not wish to detain the The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there be no objection, the Senator Senate longer-I shall send to the desk and ask to have read an arti from Indiana will proceed. cle from a periodical entitled The American Architect and Building Mr. BLAIR. The time for taking ~he final vote on the educational News, published in Boston, and recognized as the foremost authority bill, by unanimous consent, was fixed for Wednesday, at 3 o'clock. This on architecture in the United States. delay was to a~commodate Senators wbo are opposed to the bill, and I The PRESIDING OFFICER. The paper will be read. do not feel that I am at liberty to assent to the use of the. time with The Chief Clerk read as follows: . out the consent of those who wish to speak against the bill. This, In obedience to an order passed by the United States Senate January 4, a however, is done with the consent of the Senator from Kansas. special report has been prepared upon the construction of the Oongressio.nal Mr. VOORHEES. I am verymuchobligedto theSenator fromNew Library building, which is now printed, and offers some interesting details in Hampshire and also to the Senator from Kansas. re~ard to this great public work. Although the report does not go out of its way to refer to pel'Sonal matters, it seems not unlikely that the occasion for its Referring to thi:> list- p1·cparation is to be sought in the outrageous attacks made in the newsp:~.pers the secretary of the commission continues- on the integrity of tile architect in regard to the tests which he applt.,
because the test is easier and cheaper, and not because the concret.e is expected ator has put on recorJ the opinion of the ·editor of the American Ar to be pulled, exposed to tensile strains." - Now, although this is unquestionably the case with concrete foundations in chitect, I think in justice to the contractor who e petition is now before soil of uniform resistance, it would not be so where the concrete lay upon a the committee, there should also be given to the Senate the letter of subsoil of unequal consistency. We once knew a cellar floor laid with concrete Mr. Howard Fleming in reference to this cement, which I will ask to under the direction of a clever architect, in a building the walls of which stood on piles driven through a soft made ground to a firm stratum. If the concrete have read. were !aiel on the made ground the settlement which was constantly going on in The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the reading of this would carry down the portions of the floor not attached to the walls, caus the letter? If not it will be read. ing cracks and inequalities of surface, and the architect, understanding this, solved the problem by making the concrete layer of sufficient thickness and of Mr. VOORHEES. Whose letter is it? materials st1·ong enongh to form a bridge over the whole space between the Mr. CHANDLER. It is from Mr. Howard Fleming. I have no de walls capable of carrying all the weight that would be likely to come upon it, sire to delay the Senate. If there is no objection it may l.le printed in without any help from the ground beneath. .As in a less degree a.- concrete layer on ground which is soft in places and the RECORD without reading. hm·d in others, may serve to relieve the soft spots by bridging on them, and Ur. VOORHEES. It may argue myself unknown to say that I do thus carrying off the strain to the harder places around them, it would certainly not know who Mr. Howard Fleming is. I should like to be adyised of appear that a considerable transverse strength was necessary in concrete under such conditions, which, as 1\Ir. Smithmeyer's report says, are those which una his relation to this subject. voidably exist under the Library building. .As the transverse strain on a mass Mr. CHANDLER. I think he has a knowledge of this cement, and imperfectly supported below, and subjected to a vertical load is composed of a I suppose quite as much knowledge as the editor of the Architect, whose compressive strain in the upper portions, and a tensile strain in the lower part, and is limited by the capacity of the material for bearing the kind of strain to opiuion bas been put in by the Senator from Indiana. which it yields most readily, it is of great importance in such cases that. concrete Mr. VOORHEES. I have no ohjection to having it read. which presents an almost unlimited resist ance to compression should have a Mr. CHANDLER. I do not desire to have it read if unanimous con· maximum tensile strength, as on this its power of sustaining a transverse strain entirely depends, and it seems to us that Mr. Smithmeyer was, U1erefore, per sent may be given for printing it without reading. fectly justitied in specifying a reasonable tensile strength for the cement to be The PRESIDING OFFICER. Ifthere be no objection the paper will used, and that he was bound to reject cement which would have gh·en him a be printed in the RECORD in connection with the Senaoor's remarks. concrete possessing only three-fourths of the strength which he belie\·ed neces sary for givint?: perfect security against the strains which he considered likely· The Chair hears no objection. to come upon it. The letter is as follows: :M:r. VOORHEES. Mr. President, that is all I desire to say or sub NEW YORK, February 4, 1888. mit at this time. To the EdUors of the .American .Architect: DEAR Sms: In your issue of this date you rema rk upon the report presented Mr. HARRIS. I ask the indulgence of the Senator from Kansas by Mr. J. L. Smithmeyer to the United States Senate o n January 4, which gives [Mr. PLIDIB] who is entitled to the floor, and the Senator from New his reasons for the rejection of the Portland cement for the concrete foundations Hampshire [Mr. BLAIR], in charge of the educational bill, for about of the Congressional Library building, and your editorial has the color of an in dorsement of this action. three minutes until I can ask the Senate to consider a little bill which There are two sides to everycontroversy,aud the contractor for the worl!: has bas passed the Senate four times, the last time being about ten days yet to be hem·d from. ago, but the House of Representatives about the same time passed this Knowing something of the statu qtw and assured that you net upon the prin ciple, l<'iat justitia ruat·crelum, I trust you will &"ive this communication equal bill :md sent it to us, and it is now reported back and is Order of Busi pnblicity t-o vindicate the reputation and integnty of those affected. ness 278, being the bill (H. R: 19) for the relief of H. B. Wilson, admin The first lot of cement purchased by the contractor Wl.j,'! Black Cross Portland, istrator of the estate of William Tinder, deceased. It wilJ. not take as it liad pro"\'"ed a safe cement for concrete and was indot· ed by eminent engi neers and contractors. The report made by the inexperienced person employed -t.b1·ee minutes. I ask the consent of the Senate to consider it at this by Mr. Smithmeyer to test cement being incorrect, it was not considered, and time. tests were made by Capt. T. ,V. Symons, United States Engineer Corps, and .A. G. 1\ir. CHANDLER. I ask the Senator to yield until the resolution !11cnocal, of the Washington navy-yard, which demonstrated that the cementex eeeded the architect's specifications, namely, to stand o. tensile strain of 300 offered by the Senator from Indiana [l\'fr. VOORHEES] is disposed of. It pounds on the square inch at age of seven days, and leave not more than lOper will take but a moment. cent. residuum on a sieve of2,500 meshes to the square inch. Qaptain Symons The PRESIDING OFFICER. The regular business was laid before reported that the cement set in five minutes, and therefore it should be con demned. the Senate at 2 o'clock. Unanimous consent will be required to fmther Mr. Menocal reported that the cement set in twenty-five minutes, and pas ed consider the resolution. no opinion. Investigation of the methods employed for testing the set of cement Mr. CHANDLER. The Senator from Indiana offered a resolution by Captain Symons proved that the gauger was not accustomed to test Port land, his time being more e3pecially devoted to testing the slow-setting natural and asked for its present consideration, and I think it had better be cements, of which large quantities are used in the District. After mixing up acted upon at this time, and I will myself take but a moment if 1he sufficient Black Cross to make a. bar briquette and pressing it into the mold, it Senate will indulge me. , was shaken out upon absorptive paper, the en tire operation cousu ming less than three minutes. The cement was then tapped with the finger,and when it failed The resolution calls for a report made on the 1st day of February by t-o take an impression it was considered set. On this method of testing for set :Mr. Smithmeyer to the Library Commission, and asks that it may be the ceme.at is condemned by Mr. Smithmeyer. transmitted to the Senate for the information of the Senate and of the An expert, or one familiar with cement·, recognizes thnt to shake cement out on absorptive material draws out the moisture quicker than is intended, and a commission, and it seems to me entirely proper and desirable that that scale will form sufficient to prevent an impression being made by the finger-tip. resolution should be adopted at this time. Further, the warmth of the finger will tend to dry out the cement at that poillt. The question as to the extravagance of the expenditures made by It was suggested that if the quick. setting of the cement was due to faulty manu facture the tensile strength at longe r date would give some indication of it, this commission was certainly raised by the Senator from Kansas [:Mr. and therefore further briquettes were made up at the same time and broken at PLUM13] on Thursday last, and has been very properly discussed by the seYen days and thirty-five days with the result of 356 pounds and 501 pounds, re Senator from Indiana [Mr. VOORHEES] to-day. The Senaoor from In spectively, on the square inch, conclusively proving that the set registered was incorrect and that the cemen~ was safe and sound. In the report submitted by diana, however, has also introduced a question of the cement to be the architect no mention is made of this fact, which is on record. The contract used for a foundation for the new Library building, and he discussed ors not being permitted to use Black Cross, and another cement that the archi that question the other day, and has discussed it again to-day. Tills tect ordered them to obtain being also condemned, it became necessary to pre sent the matter last November before the Library commis ion. The chairman, question was first raised by the report of the commission, which Secretary Lamar, decided that General I\!. C . .1\Ieigs should test and report on was presented to the Senate on the 9th of January and referred to the cement, for which his practical knowledge well fitted him. the Select Committee on Additional Accommodations for the Library On December 2 General Meigs reported in the following words: "Tlie Black cross cement has a tensile strength of 459 pounds to the square inch at age of Congress and ordered to be printed. On a subsequent day, on the of se>en days, much more than the specifications require. In regard to rate of 24th of January, the contractor, Elias E. Barnes, presented a petition, setting I find it as ·intimated on block 12, a qltick-setting cement, s~itfening- in which has been printed as Miscellaneous Document No. 40, which was twenty-five minutes after beginning to temper it with water. Thjs morning I tempered a batch of it, and after waiting some time took it downstair ~ to my referred to the same committee, in which he prays for an investigation office. After mixing it in the second story I forgot t-o look at it again till after of this question of cem.ent. There has been no meeting of the com a lapse of eighty-four minutes. It then took some pressure to make a distinct mittee, of which I have the honor to be a member, but this debate impression on it with a three-sixteenths inch brass wire, bu~ it was easily writ ten on with the point of a penknife. I am of the opinion that skillful workmen has been precipitated. As I h~ve said, the chairman of the committee will be able to make a strong concrete of Black Cross cement." has pretty distinctly expressed his opinion by designating this cement The cement, therefore, did not fall below the required tensile strength, as the as "rotten cement." I think, therefore, that under the circumstances types unfortunately state in your editorial, and when it can be written upon 1t is expedient that there be an investigation made by the committee, with the point of a knife eighty-four minut.es after mixing, it is not a. quick-set- ting and dangerous cement. . 1 the chairman of which is the Senator from Indiana. A request to permit the placing of some concrete made_with this cement ac Ur. VOORHEES. The Senator from New Hampshire will allow me cording t-o specifications in situ A.nd its action watched was refused by the archi tect, aUhough accompanied with the offer that if the concrete was condemned a moment. The Senator is aware of the reason why there has been it should be replaced with cement he selected. ..AB cold weather was approach some delay in calling the committee together. There was some irreg ing, when no work could be done, the concrete would have ::~evera.l months of ularity as to the number, and there was a hitch that caused delay which service t-rial, and the rejection of the offer was unreasonable. When this cement is being used by the contractors for the Croton aqueduct would have been corrected sooner but for the illness of the Speaker of (all of which is subjected to a rigid test by the engineers, as it is employed in the House of Representatives. There will be no further delay on that situa tions exacting more than is required in the Congressional Library founda subject, and we shall soon get together. · tions), and not a single complaint has been made of the 25,000 barrels already delivered, it is incredible thatrit is the worthless material the arabitect imputes J'vlr. CH.A..t.'I"DLER. I understand the reason given by the Senator, it to be, and there is foundation for the assertions which your article intimates an Mr. CHANDLER. Now I hope the resolution will be passed. Mr. PLUMB withholds his remarks for revision. [See Appendix.] The resolution was agreed to. - Mr. REAGAN. If no other Senator desires to oc~npy the floor on l\Ir. PLUMB. I wish to say in regard to the matt€r to which the the pending bill at this time, I ask that it be informally laid aside, so Senator from Indiana [Mr. VooRHEES] has just addressed himself, that that I may submit some remarks upon the subject of the resolution of I can not now respond to the careful statement he has presented, so as feren by the Senator from Kansas [Mr. PLD'MB]. to do justice to the subject. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Texas asks unan I understand him to maintain, as the argument of the commission, imous consent that. the unfinished business may be informally laid aside that there has been no extravagance, no unnecessary expenditure of to enable him to request the Senate to proceed to the consideration of public money in connection with the Library building up to this date. the resolution offered by the Senator from Kansas on a former day. Upon that point, without having the details at h:md, I take issue with Ur. BLAIR. If no one desires to speak against the bill, I have no him, and I think I shall be able to show to the Senate some time when objection; but if any one desires the floor to oppose the passage of the I shall have had a chance to examine his statement that he is mistaken, bill, I, of course, should object. and that not only has there been extravagance, but incompetence, and The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to the request that if we are desirous of having a Library building, as I know he made by the Senator from Texas? The Chair hears none. sincerely is, we shall have to make a clean out from beginning to end of P. B. SINNOTT. . the entire establishment now connected with that construction. That, at all events, is my belief, and I think the sooner it is done the better. Jlrfr. MITCHELL. The Senatorfrom Texas kindly yields to me that But I will not detain the Senate any further on this point now. It I may ask unanimous consent that the bill (S. 570) for the relief P. B. bas been arranged that I should say what I have to say about the pend Sinnott, late Indian agent at Grande Ronde agency, State of Oregon, be ing order, being the educational bill at this time. recommitted to the Committee on Claims, which meets to-morrow. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will be recommitted to the MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. Committee on Claims, if there Le no objection~ The C!iair lays before A message from theHouseofRepresentatives by Mr. CLARK, its Clerk, the Senate sundry bills from the House of Representatives for reference. announced that the House bad concurred in the amendment of the Sen HOUSE BILLS REFERRED. ate to the bill (H. R. 5514) to amend section 4883 o the Revised Stat The bill (H. n. 360) for the relief of Smith R. ·Mershon was read utes. twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Claims. ENROLLED BILLS SIG ~ED. The bill (H. R. 309) granting a pension to Mrs. Esther B. Hayford The message also announced that the Speaker of the House bad signed was read twice by its title, and referred t9 the Committee on Pensions. the following enrolled bills; and they were thereupon signed by the The bill (H. R. 4909) for the relief of the estate of C. N. Briggs, de President pro tempore: ceased, was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on A bill (H. R. 297 4) for the relief of John Snoddy; Claims. A bill (S. 1754) for the relief of Henry H. Marmaduke, of·Missouri; THE MAJL SERVICE. ancl The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution submitted by A bill (S. 1022) to relinquis~ the interest of the United Sta.tes in ~fr. PLUMB January 30, 1888; which was read, as follows: certain lands in Kansas. Whereas there have been for many months serious complaints as to the inef ficient character of the mail service, especially in the 'Vest and South, and the WILLB.M TINDER. same continue, indicating that the trouble is of a permanent character: Resolt:ed, That the Committee on Post-offices and Post-Roads be instructed to r. HARRIS. Now I renew myrequest that Order ofBusiness278 make thorough inquiry into the cause of such inefficient mail service, andre be considered. port to the Senate their conclusions thereon, with suggestion as to remedy. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Tennessee asks unani Mr. REAGAN. Ur. President, the serious arraignment which haS mous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Order of been made of the Post-Office Department, and of the management of Business 278, House bill19, the title of which will be stated. the postal service, by several Senators, in the course of the discussion The CHIEF CLERK. A bill (II. R. 19) for the relief of H. B. Wilson, of the resolution under consideration, offered by the Senator from Kan administrator of the estate of ~illiam Tinder, deceased. ass [Jiir. PLUMB], surprised me, as I bad not before heard of such com By unanimous consent, the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, pro plaints, and has caused me to look into the subject perhaps more closely ceeded to consider the bill. It provides for the payment to H. B. Wilson, than I otherwise should have done, in order that I migh_} ascertain administrator oftheestateofWilliam Tinder, deceased, of $5,000, in full whether these charges and complaints were justified by facts or not. satisfaction of the claims of the estate of Tinder for money paid by his And I feel that it is alike due to the late Postmaster-General and his estate upon a judgment of forfeiture upo~ a bond for the appearance subordinates and to the public that I should present to the Sena~e of one Evans, who was charged with crime by indictment :ln the cir some o( the facts which have come to my knowledge by these inquiries. cuit court of the United States for the district of West Tenne~ee, and From these it will doubtless appear either that Senators have been who was afterward captured by the administrator and returned to the misled by false clamor, or that, in consequence of the conspicuously custody of the court and convicted and punished for the crime with impro•ed service aud economies of that Department, which is so well which he was charged, C..'tlculated to reflect credit on and secure popular favor to the present The bill was reported to the Senate without amendme:pt, ordered to administration of the Government., it has been thought necessary, as a a third reading, read the third time, and passed. political move, to offset these beneficial effects by denouncing the man ADULTERATION OF FOOD. agement of the postal service as inefficient and unsatisfactory. Mr. MORGAN submitted the following resolution; which 'was or The number of these attacks and the factthattheyaresimultaneously dered to lie on the table and be printed: made in both branches of Congress, and by Republican newspapers in chorus in different parts of the country, indicate that it. is a partisan Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary are directed to inquire and re port- political move rather than an effort to secure better and cheaper service, 1. Whether Congress has power to enact laws to prohibit within the States the and an effort to break the force of the contrast between the manner in adulteration of food. which the service of that Department is now being conducted and the 2. Whether, if such power exists, it results from and is a part of the power of tax:atioc,or whether it results from and is confined to the power to regulate manner in which it has been conducted under preceding, Republican commerce between the States or with foreign countries, or whether it is a dis ad ministrations. tinctive power otherwise granted to Con.!rress in the Constitution. For a better understanding of the subject I will call attention to some POWERS OF PACIFIC RAILWAY COMMITTEE. of the charges which have been so made, premising that most of the Mr. FRYE submitte~ the following resolution; which wasreferred to charges have been made on the irresponsible and unverified statements the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the of newspapers, and -all these with one exception Republican papers, not Senate: supposed to be specially friendly to the present Administration. Resolved, That the select committee, to which was referred the message of the These charges are in effect that the service in the West and South President of the United States, transmitting the reports of the commissioners west, and especially in Kansas and Nebraska, was being conducted in appointed by the Presidt>nt to examine into the affairs of the Pacific railways, utter disregard of the rights of the people; that notwithstanding the appointed unde1· resolution of the Senate of January 25, 1888, in pursuing their investigation, shall have power to send for persons and papers, to administer great increase of population the stupid attempt on the part of the Ad the necessary oaths, to employ a stenographer and such clerical and other as ministrati6n to make a record for economy bas cut down the clerical sistance as it may deem necessary; and that said committee have aut.hority to force necessary to properly distribute the mails at laJ"ge' offices and in cause its proceedings and testimony taken to be printed from time to time, as it may see fit, exclusively for its use; and such expense as may result from said the mail trains; that appeals to the Department at Washington for ade investigation shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate, upon vouch quate help to take care of this important public service are unheeded; ers to be approv~d by the chairman of said committee and by the Committee to that the service was never so bad, nor so badly administere~ in the last Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate. eighteen years as at present; that the mail service of the country, and AID TO CQ:\!MON. SCHOOLS. especially of the West, is utterly demoralized; that a railway postal The Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, resumed the considera clerk bad refused to recei•e and carry a package of daily newspape~; tion of the bill (S. 371) to aid in the establishment and temporary sup that the new appointees are inexperienced and inefficient, etc., etc. port of common schools, the pending question being on the amendment I propose to inquire whether these charges are true or false. proposed by Mr. PLUMB. And first, I will take the case of the publishers of the Daily Gazette, ~. 1142 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. FEBRUARY 13, of "Kansas, whose. complaint, presented by the Senator from Kansas on the 24th, and completed on the 31st of that month, the day on which [Mr. P~UMB], is thata postal railway clerk refused toreceivepaell, superintendent, tent Republican route agents are making the mail service a. farce." Cleveland, Ohio. this paper is a good witness against the Department it ought to be con z. 1\Ioses, assistant superintendent, attached to the office of the Third Assist sidered equally trustworthy as against Republican office-holders. The ant Postmaster-General, Division of Registration. papers just read show that the complaint of that paper was the result Nebraska is in the sixth division and Kansas is in the seventh. of the failure of the publishers to pay the postage on their packages, Of the increase of7,213.38 miles of railway mail service during the and not because of any fault in the service. And to show the vigilance fiscal year ending June 30, 1887, 2,481.64 miles were in the division of the Department in correcting irregularities when complaints are made, which contains Nebraska, and 2,648 miles were in the division which I call attention to the fact that complaint in this case was made to the includes Kansas. Of the increase of 7,213.38· miles of railway mail Department on the 22d of January; that an investigation was ordered service for that year, the two divisions above named were allowed / 1888. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. -1143· 5,129.64 miles, ·while the other seven divisions were increased but I also present tables5 and 6. Table 5 shows the total length of mail 2,083. 74 miles, those two divisions getting more than five-sevenths of routes in the States of Kansas and Nebraska; the length of tlle star the whole increase. routes; the length of the railway routes; the number of miles traveled The increase of the miles of railway mail service during the seven on star routes; the number of miles traveled on milroad routes, and months which ended January 31, 1888, was 5,249.19 miles. Of this, the total of miles traveled in both methods in those two States during 2,059.72 miles were in the Nebraska division and 2,135.36 miles were the fiscal year which ended June 30, 1887. in the Kansas division, making 4,314.63 miles in these two divisions, Table 6 shows the amounts paid to railway postal clerks and mail while t.here was only an increase in this service of 934.56 miles in the messengers; the cost of transportation; the total cost of the service, and other seven divisions. excess of postal expenditures of all kinds over postal receipts of all It thus appears that the increase in the postal railway service in nine kinds, in thosetwoStates forthefiscalyearwhichendedJune30, 1887. teen months, ending January 31, 1888, was 12,462.57 miles, of which These two tables explain themselves. 9,824. 72 miles were in the two divisions which embrace Nebraska and Kansas, while there were but 2,637.85 miles of increase in the other 5. seven divisions. Mail transportation in Kansas and Nebraska, June 30, 1887. Now, for a better understanding of what these figures mean, it is proper to state that divisions 6 and 7 of the railway mail service em brace the following States, namely: Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Ne Number of miles traveled annually. braska, :Minnesota, upper peninsula of Michigan, Dakota, Wyoming, Rail States. Star. road. Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, and the In ll~~~~ofroutes. Star. dian Territory. These lie entirely in theWest, and show the very great Railroad. ~ Total. preponderance of increase of that class of service in the West over the other sections of the country. Kansas...... 5, 391. 63 9, 217.25 16,174.38 13,220,558.50 5, 882, 086. 75 ' 102, 645. 25 Nebra.ska ...... IO, 094.72 5, 841. 52 4, 253. 20 11, 6¥· 228. 27 3, 880, 530. 36 5, 524, 7'"0>8. 63 The percentage of increase of the railway mail service for the last 1 nineteen months is 10.07. 2. 6. Table showing tlte increase in tlte mileage of railway post-office service, by Cost of mail transportation in Kansas and Nebraska, June divisions, fron~ July 1, 1886, to Janua1-y 31, 1888. 30, 1887. Incr Increase in Excess of Total mile Total mile- d ineru:i' Total mile- seven Payment to postal ex Divisions. age June age June :l y~a:- age Janu- months of railway Cost of penditures 30,1886. 30, 1887. 1886-'B7. ary 31, 1888. current States. postalclerks transporta.- of all kinds year. and mail tion. Total. over postal messengers. receipts of all kinds. Firstdivision ...... , 7,168.58 7,184..24 15. 66 7,184. 24 1...... Second division...... 14,105.67 14,328. SO 223. 23 14, 401.72 72. 82 Thirddivision ...... 6, 560.56 6,827.58 267.02 6, 973. 22 145. 64 Kansas...... _...... $111,358.75 S777,315.67 $888,674.42 $269,189.77 Fourth division...... 11,595.51 12~076. 14 480.63 12,527. 36 451. 22 Nebraska...... Ill, 943.49 002,607.58 1, 014,551. tract with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad from the period ofits 7. establishment to the date of its last weighing was $257,048.93. In the benefits of the extraordinary mail facilities thus obtained by this large Table showi11g tlte gain in tlte number of railway postal clerks by di'l:isions expenditure for this fast mail Nebraska participates, and largely, although in fr01n July 1, 1886, w January 31, 1888-nineteen months. the above estimate of the cost of the service in that State on June 30 last, in the report of the .Auditor, no share of the cost of this extraordinary service is .§.o ~~ ·~~ ]~ .s~~ ~ ~ .n apportioned to that State. - i:~ _;xs ::: .;:;~ ~ ;:::~ ~·;::@ ~,....- :g,..._ :llt,> .... r--: Ulo~~ .... THE INCREASE OF POST.\L FACILITIES SECURED TO KANSAS AND NEBRASKA TIY Divisions. .s2iil ;:::g s::= :go~ d!~ho:~ ~1a THIS FAST MAIL. Ul~ al Permanent Proba- clerks. tioners. Total. Total number of examinations for month .... : ...... 316 102 418 Total number of cards handled ...... :...... 178,366 57,175 235,541 Total number of cards correct...... 167,496 48,618 216,ll4 Total number of cards not known ...... 1,182 3,978 5,160 9,688 4,579 14,267 ~~~:;:::~~~~:~~-~~~-~~-~~-~.~.i~~~~~.~~~~~:::::::::::·::.::::::·.::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.-:::::::::::::::::::::::: : ::::::::::::::::: 93.91 85.03 91. 7i ' 0 1888. CONGRESSIONAL REOORD-SENATE. 1145 Names of ten clerks mal.-ing best case examinat-wn during month. Date of ap Number of Percen ta.ge Name. Age. pointment. Railway post-office. Examined on- cards Remarks. handled. correct. S. T. Carroll ...... 33 May 4, I885 Denver and San Antonio ... Texas schedule...... 1,140 IOO Two hours twelve minutes. J.M.Sarver ...... 23 Apr. 24, 1886 K ansas City and Denver.... Kansas offices...... 1,741 99.71 Onehour. - J. C. Talliaferro ...... 20 Aug. 31,1886 Bolivar and N. 0. Spring...... Missouri schedule.. . 1,090 99.72 Forty-four minutes. C. B. Green ...... 42 l\Iay 22, 1882 Denver and Houston...... Texas schedule ...... I,l47 99.9I One hour twenty minutes. W. T. M. Ferguson ...... 24 ·July 16,1885 Denver and San Antonio ...... do...... 1,147 99.83 One hour four minutes. R. E. Lozier...... 32 June 9, 18&'> St. Louis and Atchison ...... Kansas offices ...... 987 99.80 Forty-six minutes. T.C.Baker ...... 27 Dec. 16,1885 Denver and San Antonio .... Texas schedule...... 1,I47 99.65 One hour thirty-four minutes F. Bernhard ...... 35 Mar. 16, 1882 Palestine and Laredo ...... do ...... I,I45 99.83 One hour fifty minutes. ·w. V. Kretsinger...... 27 July 26,1883 Denver and San Ant-onio ...... do ...... I,147 99.83 Two hours thirteen minutes. 0. L. Teachout...... 47 July 27,1881 Denver and Houston ...... do ...... 1,146 99.74 Two hours thirty minutes. ,. Number of years in sen·ice. I Total Total l ----~----~----~----~----~----~----~---.-----7----- Proba number number 10 or tioners. of clerks. of cards. over. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 3. 2. 1. ---+-----·------'------·1------11 -·-----'-- 100:97! Number of examinations...... I 1 3 1 6 1 3 6 4 26 Number of cards...... 181 183 546 182 1,125 137 1,505 1,144 689 ...... 5;692 Number of examinations...... 1 1 1 3 9 8 7 17 H 9 70 ...... Numbcrofcards ...... 647 18I 598 3,277 4.,642 4,435 1,513 11,941 5,578 4, 296 ...... 37,108 Number of examinations...... 4 2 6 3 4. I5 7 8 12 17 78 ...... 3,191 4.,559 6,915 6, 691 ...... 39, 315 ~~:~~ ~~~~!i~~ti~~~·:::::::.:·:::::::.:::::::::::::::::::::: 3, 7~ 91~ ...... ~·.~~.. 54~ 2,~ ':,~ 4 9 12 10 47 ...... Number of cards...... 896 1, 135 ...... 364 496 2. 047 1,839 3,303 6,252 5, 857j·· ...... 22, 189 5 Number of examinations...... I ...... 2 1 3 2 2 5 7 8 31 ...... 96 ) Number of cards...... 902 ...... 1. 747 182 2, 417 385 385 2,860 6,364 4,676 ...... 19, 918 7 9 4 25 ...... 4,964 6,202 2, 197 ...... 17,537 2 ~ 7 6 20 ...... :11 ::::T:: :::::::::: :::::t 498 320 5,638 4., 057 ...... 12, 457 ~~~m ~~~:~:~·::::::::·:::~:::H~:::·:·::·:::::~::: :~~:~: . :.·.~- :~~~: ::::~ : 4 4 8 2I ...... { Number of cards...... 598 ...... 24.8 1, 526 1,522 4,121 4, 590 ...... 12,605 92 5 Number of examinations...... 1 1 ...... 1 2 3 7 15 ...... } Number of cards ...... ~...... 100 210 ...... 908 1,241 1,995 3, 548 ...... ' ...... 8, 002 911Numberofexaminations ...... 1 ...... 1 ...... 1 ··········· ...... 5 2 10 ...... Number of cards...... ! 612,...... 1,147 ...... ! 140 ooooooooou (,011 480 ...... 6,390 . Number of examinations...... 1 1 2 2 5 11 ...... 90 Number of cards...... '1' ...... 137 140 ::::::::::: 1,329 2,212 3, 061 ...... 6, 779 1 I F. Sutmnary of case examinations in sixth dwision fm· mortth of December, 1887. Permanent Probn- clerks. tioners. Total. Total number of examinations for month ...... 60 95 155 Total number of cards handled ...... 91,776 103,699 195,4715 Total number of cards correct...... 84,594 78,853 163,447 - Total number of cards not known ...... 2,606 15,655 I8,261 4,576 9,191 13,767 ~~!~~~t':t~~~~:r~~.~~~-~i.~~~~~~~~-i~~~~~-~~~.:.·:::::::::::::::::::::::::: : :::::::·.·.::::::::·:.::::::·::.:::::::·.·.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1 92.17 76.04 83.61 Names of ten clerks making best case examination during month . Number of .A Date of ap Percentage Name. ge. Ipointment. Rail way post-office. Examined on- cards Remarks. handled. correct. ------l ----~------l·------(------· l ------l ------l ·------·-- Smith, H. 0 ...... 26 Julyi3, 1887 St·. Paul and Elroy ...... Wisconsin ...... 1,511 99 Time, I. 46. 1\lcKinley, ,V. C ...... 3~ 1\far., 1887 Danville and Cairo ...... Illinois ...... 2 256 99 Time, 4. 00. Veatch, C. A ...... 42 Feb. 1, 1872 Chicago and St. Louis...... l\Iissouri ...... 2:130 99 Time, 3. 50. Strain,P...... 25 May 16, 1885 Bloomington and R.ood House...... lllinois ...... 2 256 98 Timl.>, 3. 30. Stice, J. H ...... 44 Jn.n. 28, 1883 ...... do ...... do ...... 2',256 99 Time, 3. 00. Dunlap, George E ...... 24 Oct. 1, 1886 JI.Iarquetteand Davenport...... Iowa ...... 1,670 99 Time, 1. Q.'). Sullivan, T. J ...... 36 Aug.18, 1886 California and Davenport ...... do ...... 1,670 99 Time, 1. 10. Burgermeister, L ...... : ...... 21 Feb. 10, 1887 Chicago and Minneapolis ...... Minnesota ...... 1,177 99 Time, 0. 55. Gallup,N...... 38 April!, 1874 Chicago and Cedar :Rapids...... Iowa...... 1,670 99 Time, 2. 05. Wavruneck, J ...... (?} July 26, 1887 Ashland and Milwaukee ...... Wisconsin ...... 1,511 99 Time, 2.35. Number of years in service. Proba Total Total tioners. number number 10 or '). 8. 7. Q. 5. 4. .. of clerks. of cards. over. 3. 2. 1. ---1------1------1-----l------1------Number of examinations...... 2 2 ...... Number of cards...... 325 ...... 325 Number of examinations...... 2 ...... 1 •I 1 3 5 8 21 ...... Number of cards ...... 3,800 ...... , ...... 1,670 1,088 1,670 4,422 10,179 ...... 29,395 Number of examinations...... 1 ...... I 1 1 5 3 1 3 16 ...... ~~~~~ ~~ ~a~·i·~~·ii~ri·~::::: : ;:::::::::::::::::::.:·:::::::::::: 65i ::::::::::: ::::::::::: ::::::::::: 1, 67~ 1, 06~ 1, C55 7, ~ 3, 89f 2 2, ~ ...... 16 ...... ~~:~~-~ 3 02 ~~:~~ ~~ ~~!·i~~ti~~~:.::·:::::::::: : ::::::::::::: ::::::::::: : .~:~~-~.. :::::::::::::::::::::: ...... 1... ~:~~-- .~:~ .. ::::::::::: ' ~ .::.~~.. 2 •. ••.• ~... ~ ...... 4 ...... ~.~:.~ .. 1146 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. FEERUARY 13, The honorable Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. CH.AcE], my col Mr. REAGAN. I simply summarized the charges which the Senn.· league on the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, has told us tor made against the Department, and I am offering the evidence to that the complaints against the Post-Office Department are not con show that the probability was that there was no real ground for these fined to the Westortothe railroad transportation. And he adds "that charges. · it is a notorious fact that the mails are slower, that they are not so well Mr. CHACE. Now, I trust, and in fact I know, that the Senator handled, that they are not so well distributed as formerly.'' He as from Texas is so just that he will not make those statements in regard sumes that the greatest cause for this arises from the fact that the De to myself without giving me an opportunity to correct them right partment has attempted to change the clerical force too rapidly, and here. that samples of merchandise sent out reach their destination by express Mr. REAGAN. The Senator will have ample time when I am sooner than the invoices of them when sent by mail. No particular through. If then he finds that I have said anything I ought not to instances of this kind are stated so that investigation might follow, nor have said. he can correct me. are we informed that complaints of this kind have been maile to the On :March 4,1885, there were 2, 339 postmasters of the classes appointed Department, to ~nable it to correct any errors in this respect. by the President. Of these 5 were discontinued and 201 were rele :Mr. CHACE. Will the Senator from Texas allow me to interrupt gated to the fourth class, leaving 2,133 postmasters of this class. him? The following statement shows the comparativestatusofthe incum Mr. ~EAGAN. Certainly. bents of these offices at the end of the fiscal year 1887: ~Ir. CHACE. If the Department want to investigate it they can New appointments on expiration of commissions...... 876 come right to me. It has occurred in my own business this very fall. New appointments on voluntary resignations...... 475 Mr. REAGAN. I suggest to the Seaator from Rhode Island that he New appointments on deaths...... 65 go to the Department when he has just cause of complaint, and that New appointments on suspensions or removals...... 509 Reappointments on expirations of commissions...... 27 the Department should not come to him. Appointments to offices tecoming Presidential...... 170 Mr. CHACE. Allow me to suggest to the Senator from Texas that Reappointments to offices becoming Presidential...... 28 when this resolution was before the Senate gentlemen on his side pro posed to put the fault on the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. Total...... " ...... _ ...... 2,150 Mr. REAGAN. I did not know that. I do not know that the Com Offices unchanged since March 4, 1885...... •...... 313 mittee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads bas any reMassachusetts? In reference to the Senator's complaint that the Department had . Mr. REAGAN. Certainly. changed its clerical force too rapidly, and that postal facilities were less 1\Ir. HOAR. Does the Senator either claim or believe that that large reliable on account of the inexperience of new appointee I will read on this subject from pages 34 and 35 of the report of the service recommended in several particulars by the Postmaster-General Postmaster-General: in his annual report, attest the thoroughness of his understanding of the POST-OFFICE SUPPLIES. postai service and its needs, and justifY, I think, what I said in the The improved methods of business in the division of post-office supplies have outset as to his high merits as an officer, and reflect great credit on his ·been before brought to your attention, but deserve renewed mention from ob administration of that Department. Whatever complaints may have servance of their results upon the last year's transactions. In 1886 it was shown that with an actual increase in supplies provided and issued of some 18 or 19 been made against the service of the Department during tQ_e present per cent. there was a decrease of cost of nearly 19 per cent. from the preceding administration, the facts show that it has been faithfully, honestly, year. Equally satisfactory results have followed upon the work of the past economically, and efficiently conducted, with no ·charges of peculation, year in economy, and some further perfection of the business syst-em bas been secured. The increase in the quantity ofsupplie~ furnished has necessarily been embezzlement, star-route robberies, or fraud against it. It has been a great, in consequence of the enlarged bflsiness of the whole service and the clean, honest administration of that Department of which our people greater number of offices which have come to be furnished unde1· the legislation and country may well feel proud. . of recent years. Yet the entire cost of all supplies for the yeru:, in quantity fully 30 per cent. more than in 1885, has been more than $20,000 less, and the amount The PRESIDENT pro tempo-re. Ifthere be no objection, the resolution of the appropriation, which was reduced below that of 1885, that remains unex will be considered agreed to. pended is $65,859.23, besides a stock of goods on hand amounting at the close of Mr. PADDOCK. Did I understand t.hat the resolution to which the year to$35,120.05. The volume of business may be judged from some of the principal items of the Senator from Texas has been addressing his remarks was agreed to? issues: 60.486,900 blanks, 112,403 books, 193,091,700 facing-slips, 17,500 marking, The PRESIDENT pro tmnpm·e. If there be no objection. ' rating, and canceling stamps, 778,152 pounds of twine, 21,747 reams of wrapping Mr. PADDOCK. It had better lie over. paper, 13,575 pounds of canceling ink, 506,200 slide labels, and a long list of other articles, shown in the report of the First Assistant Postmaster-General. The The PR~SIDENT pro tempore. The resolution will resume its place number of requisitions supplied was 287,055 as against 162,640 in 1885. on the Calendar of resolutions at the request of the Senator from Ne Pages 30 to 33 of the Postmaster-General's report show that with braska. ·much enlargement of the free-deli very serviee there has been a decrease PUBLIC BUILDING AT NEWARK, N. J. of the rate of cost below the increased rate of service, though, especially Ur. McPHERSON. I desire to call up for consideration Order o.t;. since the 1st of July last, there has been a very large addition to the num Business 163, Senate bill 601. be1· of free-delivery offices, whereby ne..'trly twiee as many offices are now The PRESIDENT pro tempm·e. The Senator from New Jersey asks served in this manner as in 1885. This resulted from the law passed unanimous consent that the pending business may be still further laid last Congress extending free-delivery service to cities of smaller popu aside that the Senate may now consider the bill referred to by him. lation and revenues. There being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, In the matter of the appropriations from the' Treasury for the support proceeded to consider the bill lS. 601) for the extension and repair of of the Post-Office Department, as will appear from the tables on pages the public building at Newark, N.J. 81 and 82 of the Postmaster-General's report, it will be seen that :tor the The bill was reported by the Committee on Public Buildings and year 1885 the sum of the appropriations for items for the Department and Grounds with an amendment to strike out all after the enaeting clause for the salaries of the officers, clerks, etc,, was $824,399.15, and the sum of and insert: the expenditm·es for those purposes for that year was$808,648.87, leav That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pur ing a. balance unexpended of $15,750.28. The appropriations for the chase or acquire by condemnation sufficientadditionalland adjoining the United States custom-house and post-office building, and cause such changes and im same items of expense for the year which ended J nne 30, 1887, amounted provements to be made in the building thereon, and to erect such addition to $832,611, while the ~xpenditures for that year aggregated only thereto as, in his judgment, may be necessary to render the same suitable for $793,008.81, leaving a balance unexpended of $30,002.19; thus show thelrausaction of the public business; and for the purpose herein mentioned, the sum of $350,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be immediately ing that while the appropriations for 1887 were greater than for 1885, available, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the the expenditures were $15,640.06less. The real reduction, however, Treasury not otherwise appropriated. was much greater thau this, as shown on page 83 of the Postmaster General's report, because during the year 1887 the Department building The amendment was agreed to. had to be freshly painted, its gas-pipes and much of its plumbing re The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amendme~t ·- newed, and the requisite furniture supplied; and that year Marini's was concurred in. Han had to be rented at a cost of $6,000. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the In looking atthese comparisons we should bear in mind that the fiscal third time, and passed. year which ended June 30, 1885,_was the last year of Republican ad The title was amended so as to read: A bill to aut.borize the purchase of additional ground in Newark, N. J., ad ministration, and that the fiscal year which ended June 30, 1887, was joining the custom-house and post-office building, and for the improvement of the second yearofDemocraticadministration, and theforegoing figures the building thereon, nnd the erection of additions thereto. illustrate the economies of these respective adln.inistrations; and tbat nowithstanding the constant and rapid expansion and increase of the PUDLIC BUILDING AT PORTLAND, OREGON. service, while its efficiency was being increased, as I have shown in a l\:1r. DOLPH. I ask that Senate bill20, a public-building bill, which former part of my remarks, its cost to the people has been steadily re has passed the Senate twice, may be now considered. duced in almost or quite every department of the service. By unanimous consent, the Selia.te, as in Committee of the Whole, Besides increasing aud extending the railway mail service, the star proceeded to consider the bill (S. 20) to provide for the construction of route service, the steam-boat and the ocean service, eorresponding with a public building at Portland, Oregon. the growth and development of the country, the Postmaster-General The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment. has negotiated postal treaties with the Republic of Mexico and with 1\Ir. SAULSBURY. I should like to inquire of the Senator from the Dominion of Canada, by which mail matter may be transmitted Oregon what has become of the public building that was at Portland ? from either country to the othe.r on the payment of the postage of the There was a public building there that I understood cost about $600,000. country from which such matter is sent. This substantially extends I do not know that my information is correct. . our postal system so as to cover the continent of North America, and Mr. DOLPH. The entire building is required at present for the will be of great benefit and convenience to all the countries concerned. post-office and the courts. There is a large amount of rent being paid And inasmuch as packages of merchandise of 4 pounds. and 6 ounces for public offices there. This bill has been reported twice, and passed weight may be so sent without the delays and expense to which they the Senate in the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses. The cus have heretofore been liable at custom-houses, these treaties will be of tom-house itself must be taken out of the present building certainly great value to our merchants especially, as itsogreatlyfacilitatestrade within the next year. The United Statescollectorofinternal revenue in such mailable packages. :flas had to remove his office since tbe last report was made and the bill 1 h::tve before me a newspaper, the Two Republics, published in the passed the Senate before. We are paying something like $10,000 annual city of Mexico, in which appears the card of a purchasing agency, offer rent now, and it will increase. Besides, the present building is not in ing to purchase in either country for transmission to the olher. Agen a proper location for a custom-house. cies like this, supplied with catalogues, price-lists, and samples, are no Mr. SAULSBURY. I do not know anything about the nece..c;sities doubt destined to become important commercial agencies. of the city of Portland in reference to this matter. I merely knew that The Postmaster-General has also recently concluded postal treaties there was a public building there, a very considerable public building, with Jamaica, Barbadoes, and the Bahamas for the transmission by a few years ago, and it was used for a custom-house as well as for other mall to. and from the countries named of articles of merchandise, and public purposes. I believe we are going too far and spending too much all mall matter, except letters, post cards, and written matter, in money in erecting such extravagant buildings as are being put up amounts not exceeding 11 pounds in weight, the packages to be not throughout the country. There are a great many localities which need more than 2 feet long, and their greatest girth not to exceed 4 feet. public buildings; small towns of four and :five thousand inhabitants Letter mail, post cards, and written matter to continue to be exchanged that wonld be glad to have some of this money that we are putting as now, under the Universal Postal Union. These treaties will be of into such large buildings. I want public buildings; I think the peo great commercial value, and they will result in gi vin()' lar()'er employ ple ought to be accommodated; but I do not think that such heavy ment and compensation to the ships which carry our ~ails between the amounts should be expended in one or two localities and other places United States and those islands. deprived of public buildings. The making ofthese treaties attests the wisdom and ac~ive foresight As to the necessity for this building I am not informed, but as a of the Postmaster-General. general rule we are appropriating to· the la.rge cities too much money The facts which I have presented, together with the reforms of the and letting smaller places, where the people pay taxes (for all contribute, 1148 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENA~'E. FEBRU.A.ItY 13, though perhaps not to the same amount as in the larger cities), be de The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The amendments of the committee prived entirely of any alic Lands with We have never asked anything for the Washoe tribe of Indians at amendments; in line 6, after the word" previously," insert "and else all. I have been of the opinion, and have often stated here, that we where," and after the word "acres," in line 7, insert "within said had better let them take care of themselve:3. The Piute tribe have reservation;" so as to make the bill read: had but very little, though they are quite numerous-! think about twelve or fifteen thousand dollars a year. There are now over 1,500 Be it enacted, etc., That actual and bona fide settlers on lands subject to pre emption under existing laws witllin the late Uncompahgre and White River Indian children in and near Carson City that need education. They Ute Indian reservation, in Colorado, who have previously and elsewhere taken have grown up there; they are our neighbors. Much has been said land under the pre-emption laws, may take an additional160 acres, within said hy the Indian Department· to me, and I have been rather censured reservation, by paying therefor $1.25 per acre, at any time after a bona fide resi dence on said land of two years, and within thirty-three months after filing de for not desiring a large appropriation for the Indians in Nevada. Now, claratory statement therefor. Proof of actual residence and improvement of the they have the children there, and it has become a necessity that they land for not less than two years shall be made to the satisfaction of the register shall be educated. and the xeceiver, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. There are about 1,500 that could be educated at this school, and there is no school convenient for them. The amendments were agreed to. The chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs understands the The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amendments situation. This is to be an industrial school. The county in which were concurred in. I live has got the Legislature to authorize them to appropriate$10,000 The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third for the purpose. The citizen~ have already bonght some land, and the time, and passed. good people there are taking an interest in the education of these HARRIET H. ROBINSON. children. Mr. HOAR. I ask the Senate to lay aside the educational bill further I do not believe that lavish expenditures on grown-up Indians will to take up Order of Business 133, Senate bill No. 416. amOlmt to very much; but here we have children, 1,500 of them; and There being noobjection, the Senate, asin Committee of the Whole, there is no means of educating them, and the citizens have taken the proceeded to consider the bill (S. 416) for the relief of Mrs. Harriet H. subject in hand, and feel very much interested in it. The money will Robinson. It directs the Secretary of the Treasury to ascertain the certainly be of great use if we can get it for that purpose. nmonnt paid to the United States by WilliamS. Robinson, late of the :Mr. COCKRELL. How many Indians are there? city of Mealden, Mass., as an income tax upon his salary, and to repay Mr. STEWART. I do not know now many Indians, but Professor ihe amount so ascertained to Harriet H. Robinson, widow and executrix Young last year undertook ·to ascertain as near as he could how many of the last will of William H. Robinson. Indian children there were, and he came to the conclusion that in the Mr. HOAR. Malden is the name of the place. western part of the State there were about 1, 500 children; I do not know The PRESIDENT pro temp01·e. It stands in the bill "Mealden." how many Indians. There are three tribes of Indians, and they are Mr. HOAR. That can be corrected by unanimous consent. quite numerous. There are the Pintes, the Washoes, and the Sho~hones The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The "e" before "a" will be stricken in the State, besides some minor tribes. out if there be no objection. . . 1\Ir. DAWES. I have a letter here from the Department addressed The bill was reported to the Sen1te, ordered to be engrossed for a to myself upou this subject; also a letter from the Department ad third reading, read the third time, and passed. dressed to H. M. Yerington, Jewett W. Adams, and S. L. Lee, Indian school commission, Carson City, Nev., and a strong letter from the Com A. B. NORTON. missioner of Indian .A.:trairs to the Secretary of the Interior, all setting Mr. HARRIS. r move that the Senate proceed to the consideration out the n~dof this establishment. of executive business. · .Mr. COCKRELL. I should like to hear them. This looks like a. Mr, SPOONER. Mr. President-- . strange proceeding to give 200 acres of land, worth 10 cents an acre, ~Ir. HARRIS. I yield to the Senator from Wisconsin [Mr. SPOO~ER] and then appropriate$50,000 for a school. There are only two Indian if he desires. reservations in Nevada, according to the official map, one on the ex Mr. SPOONER. I ask unanimous consent to proceed to the consid treme western border of the State, and one, the Shoshone reservation, eration of Calendar Order 47. on the extreme northern border. There are plenty of other places The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Wisconsin moves where there are large bodies of Indians; and now to appropriate to proceed to the consideration of the bill (S. 1071) for the relief of A. B. $50,000 for this school seems strange. · Norton. Mr. STEWART. It looks to me exactly right, and it seems to me fr. COCKRELL. Let it be read for information. strange that gentlemen should talk about the small reservations. We The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will be read for information, have not allowed our State to be occupied by reservations and given subject to objection. up for that purpose. We have not been asking for large Indian appro · ..The bill was read, and the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, priations. I think my record on that question is pretty clear. I have proceeded to its consideration. It provides for the payment to A. B. been complained of in all the Departments because I would no.t pro Norton, late postmaster at Dallas, Tex., of $1,853, being the amount pose to give enough to the Indians; but the time has arrived when paid by him involuntarily, under protest and moral duress, to the in they have these children growing up there, and something must be done spectors of the Post-Office Department, in the year 1877, on account of with them. They are about the towns without being educated. A certain money-order remittances made by the postmasters at Cleburne measure like this has been recommended by the Commissioner of In and Granbury, Tex. dian .A.:trairs for several years, and our people have taken hold of it. The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to The s-enator talks about 200 acres being worth 10 cents an acre. The be engrossed for a. third reading, read the third time, and passed. land is quite valuable within about half ,a mile of Carson City. The people have taken bold of it in good earnest. Bec.: ,- 188'8. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 1149 Mr. COCKRELL. Then why demoralize them with this appropri and my opinion is fortified 'by the act.ion of the last State Legislature in session, when it appropriated $10,000 to be expended for that purpose. The Indiaus are ation? praying for such a school, where children can- be taught withm their reach. Mr. STEWART. I ask an appropriation for the children' now; I * * • There are enough Pah-Ute children of school a g e to fill a half dozen would not ask it for adult Indians while we can employ them; but I school-houses, provided there was some means devised for collecting them and compelling t heir attendance at school." ask 'it for these children, and I would not ask it unless it was neces There appears, therefore, to be no question of the need for increased school sary. facilities for the Indians on and near the reservations iq Nevada, and the con_. M.r. COCKRELL. I want to hear these statements read. di tion and necessities of these people are such as to warrant the belief that their .educational and industrial needs will require the fostering care of the Govern Mr. BERRY. I move that the Senate do now adjourn: ment for some time to come. Mr. COCKRELL. I should like to have those papers spread in the The estimated cost for esta blishing industrial tra ining schools for Indian edl1- RECORD, so that we shall have them before us to-morrow. cational purposes, erecting, furnishing, and eq uipp ing the necessary buildings, etc. (not including purchase of land), is found, from bids offered for and from The PRESIDENT pro tempore. That will be done, if there be no cost of work on those already established, to be from $200to ~'250perpupil. The objection. smaller the school the larger is the estimated cost per pupil. For $50,000 an in The papers are as follows: dustrial training school can probably b e established at or in the vicinity of Car DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, son City, Nev., that will accommodate 250 or more Indian pupils, unless cost of OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, material and labor is very much higher t here than in other localities. The cost Washi11gton , April 9, 1887. of maintaining such a school will not be less than $175per pupil per annum, the rate allowed for the schools at Chilocco, Ind. T., Sa lem, Oregon, LaWI·ence, GENTLEMEN : I am in receipt of your communicat.ion of the 31st of Jan uary Kans., and others (see 24 S tat., page 455). }:tt~~c~~~fis~!~~{ I!~el;d~~~c!cit~~t i~ t~!t~t:te~a Legislature providing The industrial tra ining school at Salem, Oregon, with capacity for 200 pupils, :f is the only one yet esta blish ed for the Indians on the P a cific coa-st. The Indians I am gratified to s ee that Nevada m a n ifests such an interest in the education of on that coast are m ainly self-supporting, and the annual expenditures made her Indians. The generous offerofafarmof160aC£es andof $10,000forbuilding for them are very small when compared with the large sums expended for purposes merits prompt accepta nce by the Government. But I regret to say many of the tribes and bands residing in the more easterly sections of the that the last session of Congress instead of increasing slightly reduced appro country. - priations fo1· Indian education, so that it will be with difficulty that school work As the successful cultivation of the soil in Nevada depends largely upon its now in progress can be properly continued during the coming fiscal year. proper irrigation, the India n children residing therein should be trained to Therefore I not would be justified in saying at this time that so soon as your farm-work in a school where tbe farming is done on irrigated land. buildings are completed the office will furnish and open an Indian school I therefore think that it is v ery desirable that such u. s.ehool shonld be estab therein. But I can say, and will do so, that if you desire to put up the building lished somewhere in the locality indicated in the bill under consideration. and to transfer the same, with the land, to the Indian Office, the office will ac The bill should, howe'\"er, in my opinion, be so amended as to leave it to cept it and will open a school therein for Indians of Nevada whenever a Gov the discretion of the Secr etary of the Inte rior whether any land or other dona ernment appropriation therefor shall have been obtained. tion made for the purpose of the school by the Sta te of Nevada, or otherwise, Meantime, if you desire it, the office will send a special agent to examine the sha.ll be accepted and used therefor; s that the suitability of location or pro location offered and to report upon its fitness for the purpose intended. Also posed advantages shall be within Departmental determination. the office can send yon copies of pla ns which have been adopted for its school Very respectfully, buildings, from which you will be able to gain an idea of the kind of buildings WM. needed, and what will be the capacity of a building which $10,000 will erect. F. VILAS, Secretary. I hope that it may be possible to secure from the next session of Congress an Th: CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAffiS, appropriation for the support of this proposed Nevada school, and if it is made United States &nate. "immediately available" it may be possible to start the school within the next fiscal year. The PRESIDENT pro t~mpore. Before submitting the motion of Yours, respectfully, the Senator from Arkansas, the Chair will lay before the Senate the un A. B. UPSHAW, Acting Commissione-r. finished business, being the bill (S. 371) to aid in the establishment and H. M. YERINGTON, JEWETT w. ADAMS, s. L. LEE, lndian School Commission, Carson City, Ne-v. temporary support of common schools. The Senator from Arkansas [Mr. BERRY] moves that the Senate adjourn. The motion was agreed to; and (at 5 o'clock and 2 minutes p. m.) DEPARTME~"T OF THE INTERIOR, the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, Tuesday, February 14, 1888, at OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, , , Washington, Jan.uary 'J:l, 1888. 12 O-'clock m. · SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the letter of Hon. H. L. DAWES,chairmanoftheSenateCoJlllllitteeonindianAffairs,transmittingacopy of "a bill (S. 1103) to provide for an Indian school at Carson City, Nev." refeiTed to this office for report, and in relation thereto I h~ve to respectfully advise yon that during the past year correspondence was had with several gentlemen on HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. the subject of establishing a school for the Indians of Nevada, and they were informed that it would be impossible for the Indian Office, with the appropria :MoNDAY, tion then available, to establish such a school. February 13, 1888. Inclosed herewith you will find copy of a letter on this subject, addressed to the school commissioners at Carson City, Nev., on April 9, 1887, which gives the The House met at 12 o'clock m. Prayer by Rev. Dr. B:&USH, presi views of this office on the subject at that time. dent of Dakota University. The establishment of. a large industri.al training school for the-Indians of Ne The Journal of Friday's proceedings was rea-d and approved. vada is greatly needed, as they are almost without school accommodations. There is only one reservation boarding school and one day school at present in SECTION 4883, REVISED STATUTES. operation. · The majority of the Indians in that State are not on any reservation, and are The SPEAKER laid before the House the bill (H. R. 5514) to amend homeless wanderers. If a good school were put in operation many of the young section4883oftheRevised Statutesofthe United States, returned from Indians could be induced to attend and receive a course of instruction which would tend to make them useful and self-supporting citizens of the State. the Senate with an amendment. I have examined the inclosed bill and heartily agree with the object of it. The SPEAKER. The Senate an;1endment to this bill is simply a The letter of Hon. H. L. DAWEB, with inclosure, is herewith returned. change in the title; and if there be no objection the amendment will Very respectfully, J . D. C. ATKINS, Commission~. be concurred in. The Hon. SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. There was no objection, and it was so ordered. REFERENCE OF SEN ATE BILLS. DEPARTliiENT OF THE INTERIOR, The SPEAKER laid before the House bills of the Senate; which were Washington, JanuaTY 30, 1888. severally read a first and second time, and referred as follows, namely: Sm: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt by this Department on Jan uary 23, 1888, of your letter of the same date, inclosing bill (S. 1103) to provide The bill (S. 1723) for the completion of the public building in the for an Indian school at Carson City, Nev., with the request that it be examined city of Pensacola, Fla., as originally designed-to the Committee on and reported back with my views and recommendations thereon. Public Buildings and Grounds. I n response thereto I transmit herewith a communication under date of the 27th instant, with its inclosures, from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to The bill (S. 832) to provide an additionalxq.ode of taking depositions whom the matter was referred for report, wherein he states that :Qe heartily of witnesses in causes pending in courts of the United States-to too agrees with the object of the bill for the reason that the establishment of a large Committee on the Judiciary. industrial training school for the Indians of Nevada is greatly needed, as they are almost without school accommodations. The bill (S. 140) for the erection of a bronze statue to Spencer F. I beg to add further, for the information of the committee, that the Indians for Baird, late Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution-to the Committee whose benefit the proposed school would be maintained, if established and on the Library. provided for, are those upon and in the vicinity of the reservation in Nevada under the jurisdiction of the Nevada and the Western Shoshone agencies, num The joint resolution (S. R. 4) providing for the distribution of un bering in all about 8,000 Indians, among whom there are probably 1,200 chil distributed copies of the Rebellion Record, and other public documents dren; of these, educational facilities are provided for only 180 pupils, 75 in a to the Committee on Printing. boarding school and 105 in day schools. In the last annual report from both of those agencies it is stated that the ex LEAVE OF ABSENCE. istingschools have been filled to their utmost capacity, and thatadditionalschool accommodations are required. From the Nevada agency eighteen of the more By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted as follows : advanced pupils were sent to the industrial school at Grand Junction, Colo., To Mr. CoNGER, inqe:finitely, on account of sickness in his family. which theagentreportshad ademoralizingeffectupontheirpa.rents, who mourn To Mr. OWEN, for two days, on account of important business. for them as lost, or as they would the dea.d;andalso upon the remaining pupils and upon their parents, who fear that their children will be sent a w ay when To Mr. NUTTING, for ten days, on account of important business. they arrive at the same proficiency. To Mr. OSBORNE, until Friday next, on account of business engage- P a rticularly pertinent to the proposition now under consideration are thefol ments. low in ~ rema rks of the agent of th~ Nevada agency, Nevada:: " r smcerely hope that success Will crown the efforts of those who are takino ENROLLED BILL SIGNED. an interest in h aving an appropriation made for the erection of a build ing and on the establishment of an industrial training school in Carson City, or somewhere Mr. FISHER, from the Committee Enrolled Bills, rep~n~ ted that within the borders of this State, as I firmly believe it would provetbevery best they had examined and found duly enrolled a bill of the following title; thing which could be done for the rising generation of aborigines of this State, when the Speaker signed the same, namely: • 1150 CONGRESSION~L RECORD-HOUSE. FEBRUARY 13, . \ The bill (H. R. 2578) to u.uthorize the co~struction of a bridge over J,ETTER-CARRIERS. the Missouri River at or near the city of Lexington, Mo. Mr. CHEADLE also introduced a bill (H. R. 7042) to create addi tional classes of letter-carriers and to fix the pay thereof; which was ORDER OF DUSINESS. 1 read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Post-Of· The SPEAKER. This being Monday, the first business in order is fica and Post-Ron . .· 1888. CONGRESSIONAL REOORD-· HOUSE. 1151! MESSENGER TO THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. COIDUSSIONS QF PUBLIC OFFICERS. Mr. HATCHalsosubmitted tbefollowingresolntion; which was read, Mr. HENDERSON, of North Carolina, also introduced a bill (H. R. and referred to the Committee on Accounts: 7059} regulating the mode of issuing the commissions of all judicial Resolved, That the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives be, and he officers, defining the crime of perjury, and providing that the fees and is hereby, authorized and directed to appoint a. messenger to the Oow.mittee on emoluments payable to certain officers shall be covered into the Treas~ Agriculture, to serve during the time the House is in session during this Con ury, and for other purposes; which was read a first and second time, gress, at a salary of Sl,OOO per annum, to be paid out of the contingent fund of the House. referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. :POSTAL CRIMES. INTERNAL REVENUE. :Mr. DOCKERY introduced a bill (H. R. 7052)relatingtopostal crimes Mr. UcCLA:MMY introduced o. bill (H. R. 7060) to amend an act and amendatory of the statutes therein mentioned; which was read a passed July 1, 1862, ''to provide internal revenue to support the Gov· first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and ernment and to pay interest on the public debt;'' which was read a first Post-Roads, and ordered to be printed. and second time, referred to the Committee ou Ways and Means, and CLASSIFICATION OF PdsTn!ASTEBS. ordered to be printed. Mr. DOCKERY also introduced a bill (H. R. 7053) relating to tl1e CAPTURED PROPERTY. classification and compensation of postmasters; which was read a first Mr. M:oCLAMM:Y also introduced a bill (H. R. 7061) to refund and and second time, referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post pay for captured property; which was read a first and second time, Roads, and 9roered to be printed. referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. SERVICE PENSIONS. THIRD-CLASS MAIL 1\IATTEB. Mr. GALLINGER (by request) introduced a bill (H. R. 7054) to Mr. NICHOLS introduced a bill (H. R. 7062) defining what shall grant pensions for services in the Army, Navy, and l'tfarine Corps of constitute tbird.class mail matter, and fixing the rates for the same; the United States; which was read a first and second time, referred to which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. the Post-Office and Post-Roads, and ordered to be printed. CALIFORNIA REDWOOD COl!PANY. PENSIONS. Mr. BUCHANAN submitted a resolution calling upon the Secretary Mr. "riCKHAJ\I introduced a bill (H. R. 7063) providing for pension, of the Interior for certain information in regard to the California Red to parents of two or more sons dying by reason of wounds or injuries wood Company; which was referred to the Committee on Public Build received or disease contracted in the military or naval service or Ua ings and Grounds. rine Corps of the United States; which wasreadafirst and second time, ADDITIONAL ELEVATORS IN THE CAPITOL. referred to the Cpm mi ttee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Mr. BLISS introduced a bill (H. R. 7055) to provide for the construc MINES ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS. tion of two elevators for the use of the public in the south wing of the Mr. HERUANN introduced a bill (H. R. 7064) authorizing the Sec Capitol; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com retary of the Interior to permit miners and-companies and corporations mittee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. organized for mining purposes to prospect, develop, lease, and own the PROPOSED .Al\IEND:UENT TO THE CONSTITUTION. mineral portion of any Indian reservation, upon such terms and con ditions as may be agreed upon by the Secretary of the Interior and the :Mr. JOHNSTON, of North Carolina, introduced a joint resolution Indians on any such reservation; which was read a fil'st and second (H. Res. 108) proposing an a.mendl;llent to the Constitution limiting the time, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be number of members of the House of Representatives; which was read printed. a first and second time, 1·eferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. .ASSAY OFFICE, PORTLAND, OREGON. The joint resolution was 1·ead, as follows: 1\Ir. HERUANN also introduced a bill (H. R, 7065) to establish an Jle.•olce - I / . 1152 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. FEBRUARY 13, DEPOSITORS OF FREEDl'tfAN'S SAVINGS AND TRUST COl\IPANY. and duties of the board of trustees of the Industrial Home School of Mr. HOPKINS, of Vh·ginia, intmduced a bill (H. R. 7070) to reim the District of Columbia in respect to infant wards and scholars, ·and' burse the depositors of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company for for other purposes; which was read a fhst and second time, 1·eferred to losses incurred by the failure of said company; which was read a first the Committee on the'bistrict of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. and second time, referred to the Committee on· Claims, and ordered to CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS BY CONTRACT. be printed. Mr. liilREWER also introduced a bill (H. R. 7084) providing for the POSTAL TELEGRAPHS, ETC. construction of public buildings by contract; which was read a first and. Mr. HOPKINS, _of Virginia (by request), also introduced a bill (H. second time, referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, R. 7071) to establish postal telegraphs, and for other purposes; whi.c1r and ordered to be printed. was read. a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on the · BUSINESS OF COIDIITTEE ON LABOR. Post-Office and Post-Roads, and ordered to be printed. Mr. O'NEILL, of Missouri, submitted the following resolution; which CLAIMS FOR l'tiAIL SERVICE IN SOUTHERN STATES. was referred to the Committee on Rules: Mr. GAINES introduced a bill (H. R. 7072) providing payment for R esolved, That Tuesday, the 13th, l'md Wednesday, the 14th day of March, mail service in the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Ken 1888, immediately after the hour for the conside ration of bills, be set apart for the consideration of bills and resolutions reported from the Committee on La tucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, bor, and that pending the consideration of said bills and resolutions all speeches Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia in the years 1859, 1860, be limited to fifteen minutes. and a part of 1861; which was read a first and second time, referred to LIGHT-HOUSES, LAKE SUPERIOR, ETC. the Committee on Claims, a~d ordered to be printed. Mr. CHIPMAN introduced a bill (H. R. 7085) providing for the erec REPEAL OF INTERN.A.L- REVENUE LAWS. tion of sundry light-houses and fog-signals in Lakes Superior, Huron, Mr. GAINES also introduced a bill (H. R. 7073) to repeal the in Erie, and Michigan, and range-lights in Lake St. Clair and Detroit ternal-revenue laws; which was read a first and second time, referred River; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Commit to the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. tee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. CQ)IMON SCHOOLS. PENSIONERS NEGLECTING THEIR FAMILIES. :Mr. GAINES also introduced a bill (H. R. 7074) to aid in the estab :M:r. McKINNEY introduced a bill (H. R. 7086) to prevent pension lishment and temporary support of common schools; which was read ers neglecting to support their families and squandering their pensions; 0. first and second time, referred to the Committee on Education, and which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on ordered to be printed. Invalid Penswns, and ordered to be printed. TELEGRAPH COl\IPANIES. LOUISIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 1\fr. GUENTHER intr~duced a bill (H. R. 7075) to' regulate tele Mr. NEWTON introduced a bill (H. R. 7087) for the continuation graph companies; which was read a first and second time, referred to of the geological survey in the State of Louisiana; which was read a the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads, and ordered to be :first and second time, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and printed. ordered to be printed/ · POSTAL TELEGRAPHIC SYSTEM. PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS COMMIITEE. Mr. SMITH, of Wisconsin, introduced a bill (H. R. 7076) to pro· Ur. McCREARY submitted the following resolution; which was re - vide for the establishment of a postal telegraphic system; which was ferred to the Committee on Rules: read a :first and second time, referred to the CO]D.IDittee on the Post Resolved, That the Committee on Printing have printed and bound such papers -Dffice and Post-Roads, and ordered to be printed. and documents, for the use of said committee, as i~ may find necessary, con nected with subjects considered by said committee during t.be present Congress: PUBLIC BUIT~DING AT EAU CLAIRE, WIS. Provided, The amount to be purchased by said committee shall not exceed the 1\Ir. HAUGEN introduced a bill (H. R. 7077) to provide for the erec sum of $100. tion of a public building at the city of Eau Claire, State of Wisconsin; AMENDMENT OF REVISED STATUTES. which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee ou M:r. BROWNE, of Indiana, introduced a bill (H. R. 7088) to amend Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be printed. paragraph 1 of Rection 4 21, chapter 2, of the Revised Statutes; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on Military EXPEJ.~SES OF INDIAN DEPARTMENT. Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 1\Ir. SMITH, of Arizona, introduced a bill (H. R. 7078) to amend sec N .A. VAL APPRENTICES. tion 9 of ''An act making appropriations for expenses of Indian Depart ment, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes Mr. McADOO introduced a bill (H. R. 7089) providing for annually for the year ending June 30, 1886, and for other purposes," approved commissioning as ensigns in the Navy a cert.: I ought to say that the Committee on Military Affairs reported back him that the War Department is a public office, and. the gentleman has the resolution, making certain unimportant changes in it, in which the same access to it as any-person in this country, and I have no doubt form it was unanimously adopted by the House. Now, sir, the ques be would have been politely and courteously treated if he had called tions which I propounded could not in the nature of things have taken there. at the hands of a fairly active.clerk, who bad any knowledge of the Mr. GROSVENOR. I have been always so treated in the office of subject-matter of the resolution, more than a very brief time to have the Secretary of War. But I did not deem it proper when the reso made a complete and perfect answer to the House. In the mean time, lution of this House had been addressed to the Seeretary of"War that by a debate in the Senate, we are informed that the honorable Secre I should make a personal application to him to know when he was tary of War ha.•;;refused to permit members of that body to have access going to proceed to answer it or why he delayed it. Now, on the state to the list of persons to whom the Rebellion Record is being sent under ment of the gentleman from. I1linoi..<~, I am entirely content to let this the law passed in the Forty-seventh Congress. It appears, however, by matter lie on the table for a while. But I think my friend from illi that discussion that there are a number of volumes of the Record com nois when he sees the answer will not complain of me that I did not plete, as it is (with the exception perhaps of the five earlier numbers), possess my soul in quite the degree of patience that he thinks I ought yet undisposed of; and there is pending before. the Committee on Mili to have done, for I think he will see that the answer to the resolution tary .Affairs of this House, I assume, a joint resolution looking to the ought to have been communicated within twenty-four hours aft-er it future distribution of the numbers of the Record already published, and was addressed to the Secretary. I therefore withdraw the resolution. also looking to the question of the republication of so many of the volumes as are out of print. And in this connection I may say that CAPITOL ELECTRIC LIGHTS. there comes to us a great demand for full sets of this public..1.tion. 1\Ir .. DIBBLE. I riseto make a privileged report. I am directed by Now, sir, I have no knowledge of the reasons why the honorable the Committee on Public Building~ and Ground:s to report back with a. Secretary of War bas disregarded the resolution of this House, and I favorable recommendation the resolution which I send to the desk. rise not to make any statement of fact or allegation as to the spirit The resolution which, on motion ofMr.BINGH.A.M, on January 16, was or· purpose of the Department in this, to my mind, unnec~ssary and referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, was read, unprecedented delay; but I rise to insist that this House of Representa as follows: tives shall defend its own honor and protect its own character, by de Resolved, That the Architect of the Capitol be, and is hereby, direct~d to re manding of the Secretary of War that be respond to that resolution, port to this body whether any electric lights or electric-light plants have been and that he shall not treat a resolution of this body or its action as a introduced or permitted to be introduced into the Capitol building since the last preceding session of Oongress; if so, by what authority and upon what terms meaningless thing-as something to be tl·eated with indifference-a and conditions. Also to submit for the consideration of Congress a. plan hav matter to be regarded as of no public consequence, but to be considered ing in view the complete lighting of the building by electric light, together by him, to be turned over and studied with all the possible reasons and with an approximate estimate of the cost of the same, and such other details effects of his response before he gives to the House the information necessary to a proper consideration of the subject. which the House demanded. I regard it as his duty to make prompt The resolution was agreed to. and full answers at once to all such resolutions of inquiry. Mr. DIBBLE moved to reconsider the vote by which the resolution It is a very simple matter, 1\1r. Speaker. Here is the House of Rep was adopted; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on resentatives, the representatives of the people themselves, making tllis the table. request; and I may be permitted to say tbatwhen tile honorable chair The latter motion was agreed to. man of the Committee on Military .Affairs, after having made certain ORDER OF BUSINESS. suggestions in regard to amendments, presented that resolution to the Honse, it was agreed to unanimously, there not being a voice in the The SPEAKER. Under the rule of the House, this day, immedi House opposed to its adoption. It went to the honorable Secretary of ately after the call of States and Territories, is set apart for the con War in that shape more than thirty days ago as a demand upon him sideration ofbusiness l'eported from the Committee on the District of from the popular branch of the Government, and there is no response. Columbia. Now, Mr. Speaker, without any feeling in the matter, without any .ADVERTISING OF LOTTERY TICKETS." innuendoes, without any attempt or purpose to .draw conclusions from Mr. HEMIDIILL. I call up the bill (H. R 5933) to punish the ad the action of the Secl'etary of War, I simply stand here to insist that vertising of lottery tickets in the District of Columbia, and for other it is due to this body, due to the respect we have for ourselves, that we purposes. will not.thus be trifled with, if we have been trifled with. There may The SPEAKER. The question is, Shall the bill pass? be reasons that I do not understand; there may be circumstances of .A 1\fEl\fBER. Let it be reported. which I have no knowledge; but from the best information I can get The_bill was read, as follow a: I do not believe there is any reason, based upon the necessities sur Be it enacted, etc., That it shall not be lawful within the Distl·ict of Colmnbia. rounding this question, for this delay. for any person to advertise or publish an advertisement of any lottery scheme, The SPEAKER. What motion does the gentleman make? or any other scheme or game of chance, or for the sale of any lottery ticket or tickets, "or any interest therein, or the sale of any ticket or tickets in any other Mr. GROSVENOR. I offer for adoption the resolution I send to the scheme or game of chance, or any interest therein, in any newspaper, circular, desk. · hand-bill, or poster, or in any other way. The Clerk read as follows: SEc. 2. That any person violating any provision of the foregoing section shall be prosecuted therefor in the police court ·or said District, and if found guilty Resolved, That the Secr.etary of War be requested to answer the questions con shall be fined in any sum not exceeding 5500, or be imprisoned in the jail of tained in House resolution No. 54 at as early a day as is consistent with the said District for a period not exceeding six months, or both so fined and inlpris condition of the business of his office. oned, in the discretion of the court. Mr. TOWNSHEND. Mr. Speaker M:r. ROGERS . . I wQuld like to ask who is in charge of this bill. :Mr. BLAND. Is that motion debatable? The SPEAKER. The gentleman from South Carolina [Mr. HEl\IP The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized. HILL], tbe"cbairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia. Ur. TOWNSHEND. If the gentleman from Ohio bad made an in 1\Ir. ROGERS. I would like to ask the gentleman from South Car quiry at the War Department be would have found that the remarks olina who is in charge of this bill what construction be places upon he bas made tbis morning, and the resolution be offers, are entirely un the first section of the bill; in other words, I would like to know necessary and unc..1.lled for. The Secretary of War has been preparing whether or not be construes the bill so as if a newspaper in the city of his answer to the inquiry with as much diligence as be was able to give Charleston, S. C., should adYertise a lottery scheme, and its publisher to it, and I am informed that the answer will come to his resolution in should then mail the same paper to the gentleman from South Caro a very short time. lina, he being a subscriber 1or the paper, whether the publisher would It is useless to adopt a resolution which is nothing more than the res be amenable to the penalties of this bill. olution already adopted, and I beg the gentleman from Ohio to retain Mr. HEMP.EULL. Who would be subject? his soul in patience for a short time, and I now assure bim that be will Mr. ROGERS. The publi~ber of the newspaper. receive full and explicit answers to those inquiries; and I can further Mr. HE IPHILL. I do not tllink so. say to him that I am warranted in saying to this House that the Secre Mr. ROGERS. That was not the object of the committee? tary bas no dispo ~ ition whatever either to delay au answer to those in Mr. HEUPfiiLL. So far as I know it was not. I am not prepared quiries or to conceal any fact pertaining to them, but intends to give · to say what was the object of the bill except so far as it is expressed full and explicit answers to all the inquiries made, and that that in in the bill itself. formation will probably be before the House within a day or two. I 1\Ir. IWGEHS. 'Mr. Speaker, I did not suppose when 1 read the move ro lay the resolution on the table. bill-- Mr. GROSVENOR. Before that motion is submitted-- Mr. HE riP HILL. I rise to a question of order. Who is entitled to Mr. TOWNSHEND. I withhold it for a moment, and yield to the the floor? gentleman from Ohio. Ur. ROGEHS. The gentleman from Arkansas. Mr. GROSVENOR. I have no private channel of information from The SPEAKER. The gentleman from South Carolina was entitled :,be Wnr Department, and it would have been highly improper and un to the floor, if he bad taken or claimed it, but be did not. The gen dignified in me to have called upon the honorable Secretary of 'Var to tleman from .Arkansas rose and addressed the gentleman from South know why be did not d~scbarge his duty. Carolina. The Chair will not take this out of the time of the gentle Mr. TOWNSHEND. If the gentleman will allow me, I will say to man from South Carolina. XIX--73 · 1154 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. FEBRUARY 13, }t:rr. HEMPHILL. I do not wish to cut off reasonable debate. I Mr. ROGERS. Let me take one gentleman at a time. ask the gentleman from .Arkansas how much time he desires. M:r. 1\ULLlKEN. Just a single question. ::Mr. ROGERS. M:r. Speaker, I was about to say that I did not sup 1\Ir. ROGERS. Very well. pose the gentleman from South Carolina would have his patience ex Mr. MILLIKEN. ·If the gentleman's amendment should prevail, hausted by any observa.tions that I e pect to make upon this bill. I would it not be an unjust discrimination against the newspapers pub- expect to be very brief in what I haYe to say; and I do not propose lished in Washington? · ' myself to offer any factious opposition to the passage of the bill. · Mr. ROGERS. I think so. Mr. Speaker, I agree with the gentle I simply desire at this time to emlJhasize my dissent as far as pos man from Indi..1.no. [Ur. BROWNE] in the construction which he places sible from any legislation of this character which involves the liberty of upon the bill. I agree that the provisions of the bill apply to every the press or the liberty of speech. I do not conceive that any gentle paper published in the United States with the same force and effect man can engage in a more importioW-t duty devolving upon him under that it applies to papers published in the District of Columbia, pro the Constitution and laws of the land than that of undertaking to pre vided circulation of the papers published eloewherd extends to the Dis serve not only the letter but the spirit of the Constitution. trict of Columbia. To that extent we agree, and I am supported by the · The question which I put to the gentleman from South Carolina [Mr. gentleman from Indiana in the view which I take of the provisions of HEMPHILL], whether or not under the provisions of the first section of this bill, as against the view taken by the chairman of the Committee· this bill a newspaper which had published in the city of Charleston, S. on the District of Columbia. At this stage of the discussion, before C., a lottery advertisement and had been mailed by the publisher t{) a going to the other point which I have in mind, I want to emphasize citizen of the District of Columbia would be subject to the pen..'llties of one thing. Ye:u by year from the foundation of the Government down this bill, was answered by him in the negative, and I have supposed, to the present holll', the public sentiment of all the States of the Ameri Mr. Speaker, that the Committee on the District of Columbia would can Union has set its face against lotteries. In thirty-five out of thirty , not undertake to pass legislation for the punishment of people li v eight States of~he Union these institutions, either by constitutional pro ing throughout the length and breadth of this country. And yet, sir, vision or by statutes passed in accordance with the constitutions of the I submit the question to the House whether or not the construction States, have been discountenanced and inhibited. Thus, that great placed upon this bill by the gentlema.n from South Carolina [Mr. conservative and moral power, infinitely stronger than statutory law, HEMPHILL], speaking for his committee as far as lie may speak in the has set its condemnation everywhere tluoughout this country, with way of construing a bill reported by it, is not an erroneous consti·uc the exception of three States, upon this bu iness, as it has upon very tion. Personally I have not a shadow of a doubt but that the construc many other customs and practices which obtained in the earlier history tion placed upon the bill by the gentleman from South Carolina [Mr. of the Republic. Instead, therefore, of this fact being an argument for HEMPHILL] is erroneous., Let us look at this bill briefly and analyt the passage of legislation of this description, it is an argument against ically. I will read the provision, so as to bring out more clearly the such legislation by Congress wherever and whenever it tends in its pur point I am undertaking to discuss. poses or effects to interfere with the liberty of the press or the liberty That it shall not be lawful within the District of Columbia. for any person to ofspeech. • advertise, or publish an advertisement, of any lottery scheme, or any other For one hundred years this republic has managed to move forward in scheme or. game of chance, or for the sale of any lottery ticket or ticket , or any interest therein, or the sale of any ticket or tickets in any other scheme or game strength and greatness, physical and moral, without any legislation at of chance, or any interest therein, in any newspaper, circular, hand-bill, or all involving a restriction upon this great power for the development poster, or in any other way. of the countTy and the afety of the liberties of the people, the press Let me be a little more analytical: of the country. But under the guidance of an influence that one can That it shall not be lawful within the District of Columbia for any person to scarcely locate, individuals who, having no sins of their own, are most advert ise any lottery scheme in any newspaper, circular, hand-bill, poster, or in any other way. deeply concerned about the sins of other people, are willing to override If, for instance, the Globe-Democrat, of St. Louis, or the Missouri the letter and spirit of the Constitution and to invade the liberty or Republican, or the New York Sun should advertise in its columns the speech and of the press, when the very thing which they ai:e seeking to existence of a lottery in Louisville,.or up in Delaware or Vermont, reach is being crushed to the earth by public sentiment throughout the where these things are allowable, if they are organized under the con whole land. I now turn to the point which I particularly wished to discuss in this stitutionandlawsofthoseStates, andshouldsend thenew~aperintothe District of Columbia, I should like to know whether the editor or pub connection. I submit that not only in the District of Columbia and lisher would not come directly within the provisions of the first sec- in the Territories but in the St..'ltes of t.his Union every power lodged tion of this bill? · iu the Federal Government by virtue of the Constitution must be ex I do not see how by any process of logic or reason any mn.n can con ercised so as in no way to interfere with, disturb, or overturn the strue the bill in any other way than that the newspaper publishers of other powers conferred by that instrument. the entire country would be liable to be indicted and punished under Judge Story-and certainly Democrats do not care to go any farther the provisions of this act if they published lottery advertisments in than this disciple of Alexander Hamilton has gone-Judge Story an their papera and then circulated those papers in the District of Co nounces this principle in section 1508 of the second volume of his Com lumbia. True, the gentleman from South Carolina [Mr. HEMPHILL] mentaries upon the Constitution. In discussing the treaty-!Daking states that that was not the purpose of the bill. If that is not the pur power the q nesLion arose whether it could override other provisions of the pose of the bill, it should be so changed as to read somewhat after this Constitution equally important and of equal validity. I will read that manner: that it shall not be lawful within the DistrictofColumbiafor section in order that gentlemen may consider whether, at this late day, any person to advertise or publish an advertisment of any lottery when the moral sentiment of the co_untry is gradually crushing out in scheme in any newspaper published in the District of Columbia. If every State of this Union these demoralizing and debauching practices, that change were made, then the power which the Committee on the they are willing to embark upon legislation which is to invade the lib District of Columbia proposes shall be exercised in regard to legisla erty of speech and liberty of the press. The power to make treaties is by the Constitution genera.l; and, of course, it tion within the District would be properly exercised; but when it is embraces all sorts of treaties-for peace or war, for commerce or territory, for extended beyond the District of Columbia, I maintain that it is im alliance or succor, for indemnity, for injuries or payment of debts,· for the rec properly exercised. ognition and enforcement of principles of public la.w, and for any other purpose which the policy or interest of the independent sovereigns may dictate in their But, .Mr. Speaker, there is another question involved and lying un intercourse with each other. derneath the question that I have been discussing. Mr. BROWNE, of Indiana. I wish the gentleman would indulge That is the view which Judge Story expresses in regard to the treaty me in a question before he leaves tha.t point. making power. He proceeds: Though the power is general and unre tricted, it is not to be so construed as Mr. ROGERS. I will. to de troy the fundamental laws of the t.'\te. A power given by the Constitu Mr. BROWNE, of Indiana. The object of the bill is evidently to pre tion can not be construed to authorize :1. destruction of other powers given in vent the publication of lottery advertisements in the Di~trict of Colum the same iustJ:ument. It must- be couslrued, therefore, in subordination to it, and cun uot supersede or interfere with any other of its fundamental powers. bia. I have always understood the lav~ to be that the publication is where the matter is made known. It does not depend simply upon We are here, then, acting under a provision of the Constitution which where a paper m::i.y be printed; the newspaper is published where it is gives us so>ereign power in our legislation over the District of Columbia; circulated. Now, if the offense is to be located simply in the territory and I concede that we may pass such police regulations for the govern within which the printing is done, does not the gentleman see that the ment of this District as the State Legislatures of this Union may law· law would be nugatory? fully pass for their respective commonwealths. But I hold that we, 1\Ir. ROGERS. I think so. in the exercise of our power here over the Di trict of Columbia, and the 1\lr. BROWNE, of Indiana. All a man would have to do would be Legislaturesof thesevcralState , in the exercise of such powers as are to cross the Potomac Ri>er and establish his newspaper in Virginia and reserved to them by this Constitution, areal ways bound by the principle fl.ood the District of Columbia with lottery advertisements. I wantto declared by Judge Story; in other words, any constitutional power must, say to the gentleman that I under tund this bill to prohibit the circu in its exercise, be construed insubordination to any other constitutional lation of lottery advertisements in the District of Columbia, even power which may exist, and can not supersede or interfere with any though the newspapers may be published in South Carolina. or in Ar otller fundamental provisions of the instrument. kansas, and I think it ought to. ·Touching legislation of this description there is a decision of the Su l!Ir. MILLIKEN. Will the gentleman from Arkansas permit me to preme Court of the United States which has been quoted as authority ask him a question? ' bybothsides. !maintain, Mr. Spea.ker, thatsofarasExparteJackson, / 1888. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD--HOUSE. 1155 96U. £ . .Reperts, touches this question~ itisindirectsupportofthepropo ·principle which tells us Congress shall make no law in respect to the sition I ha\e already.read from Judge Story; and to this decision of the establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or Supreme Court I for one moment invite the attention of the Honse. abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the peo It will be remembered that this decision does not necessarily cover the ple peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress precise point presented here, and so fur as it seems to bear upon it, the of grievances. · language of the court is in the nature of a dictum, being incidental Suppose the Congress of the United States, under the constitutional purely to the question which was presented to the court for decision. power to make laws for the District of Columbia,, should undertake to Nevertheless, I refer to this decision in order to show, so far as the opin pass a law providing that no newspaper shall be published in the Dis ion may do, what were the views of the Supreme Court 41. considering trict of Columbia which advocates the Presbyterian Church as the only this general question. The question presented was as to the power of true church, andhenceshonldbe theestablishedchurchofthe country. the Postmaster-General or his subordinates to seize in the mails, with I want to h.'"llow if a provision of that kind would not be in violation out writ or warrant, certain matter the mailing of which had been in- · of the first amendment of the Constitution, which prohibits Congress hibited by previous statute. from making any law respecting the .establishment of a religion. Mr. HERBERT. From what ease does the gentleman propose to So I maintain not only Judge Story in his Commentaries, but tbe read? Suprem-e Court of the United States, in so far as it has tom~hed this • Mr. ROGERS. Ex parte Jackson, 96 U.S. Reports. subject in the case of Ex parte Jackson, both support the position that I The difficulty attending the subject a-rises not from the want of power in Con have taken, that this bill is an infringement of the liberty of the press. gress to presct·ibe regulations as to what shall constitute mail matter, but from Now, Mr. Speaker, let no gentleman upon this floor flatter himself the necessity of enforcing them consistently with rights reserved to the peopt~ of far greater importance than the transportation of the mails. with the idea that he may dodge this provision of the Constitution; and I want to say here, and once for all, that every body may understand my Observe this remarkable language of the Supreme Court. What De vi-ews in regard to this subject, that I am willing to go just as far as any partment of this Government has duties rising in importance above man is willing to go, without violating the previsions of the Constitu the functions performed by the Post-Office Department? Yet we are tion, in the suppression of e\ery species of gambling known to the law. told by the Supreme Court tha.t there are other rights of far higher The State which I ha\re the honor in part to represent upon this floor importance than the transportation of the mails. has, by the seal of its constitution, condemned this business within the In their enforcement a distinction is made between different kinds of mail matter-between what is intended to.be kept free from inspection, such as let limits of that State; and the LegisL'lture of the Sta.te has follo~ed that ters and sealed packages subject to let.te1· postage, and what is open to inspeo provision up by suitable legislation adapted to it. •so that it will be tion, such as newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, and other printed matter, pur understood once for all that my stand here is in defense of that Con posely left; in condition to be examined. Letters and sealed packages of this kin\! in the mail are as fully guar-ded from examina-tion and inspection, except stitution which I have taken an oath not only to support but to de as to their outward form and weight, as if retained by the parties forwarding fend. We are not called upon simply by the terms of our oaths to up tb_em in their o'vn domiciles . hold the Constitution. We are required by the terms of that obligation .And why? Because, say the com-t-- , to defend the provisions Df th.e Constitution and to repel every assault The constitutional guaranty of the righ~ of the people to be secure in their which maybe made upon it from any source and moved bywhatsoe>er papers against unreasonable searches and seizures extends to their papers, thus closed against inspection, wherever they may be. spirit that may animate it. It is upon that provision that I stand. It is in conformity with the ob~011tions of that oath that I stand to-day, Thus the Supreme Court hold in i.his decision that t.be power which and shall ever stand whil.e I have the honor to represent a district of is to be exercised in that provision of the Constitution which confers this Government. on Congress the power to create post-offices and post-roads has to be ex But, Air. Speaker, I proceed now to the next step. I say, and I re ercised as subordinate to and in harmony with the great principle which peat. that gentlemen will not be able to dodge thi.s provision of the Con protects the mail matter of a citizen from unreasonable search and stitution. Why? Becaus~ the Supreme Court in this very same ell&\ seizure. Ex pm·te Jackson., in discussing the question in the elaborate manner in Whilst in the m<:~.il they can only be opened and examined under like war x-an t, issued upon similar oath or affirmation, particularly describing the thing which it is discussed, make use of this language: to be seized, as is required when papers are subjected toO search in one's own Nor can any regulations be enforced against the transportation of printed household. matter in the mails, whicll is open to examination, so as to interfere in any man- Air. BLOUNT. Tbe gentleman is reading from a decision in regard ner with the freedom of the press- to sealed instruments. Does he not regard that as obiter dictum as well I repeat- a."! anything in relation to newspapers with lottery advertisements in So as to interfere in any manner with the freedom of the press. them? I put the query now to any gentleman here if, in the exercise of that 1\Ir. ROGERS. If my friend from Georgia had paid attention to the power conferred by the Constitution for the estab-lishment of post-offi-ces remarks I ha-ve been making he would have learned two things: first, and post-roads, and upon which has been built up our wonderons and I utterly disclaimed that that question was now before the House here; magnificent postal system-if in the exercise of that power no leg isla and, second, I was not reading the opinion to establish any such fact, tion can take place that is to interfere with the freedom of the press, but I was reading the opinion to show that wherever you undertake to why will you go, under another provision of the Constitution, which exercise any power lodged in the Constitution, it must be exe1·cised in confers legislative power u.pon the District of Columbia, and in the ex conformity with and so as not to overturn or destroy any other power crcise of that power undertake to interfere with the liberty or the circu- . equally great and equally important and lodged in the same instrument. lation of the press? No legal argument made, or authority, can be of any service to any What power is found in that provision of the Constitution that gives gentleman who is not willing, or has not the time, or does not take us legislative authority over tb.e District of Columbia tha.t is more sov tbe trouble to listen to the .entire argument. ereign than the power which is con-veyed to the Government under the Mr. BLOUNT. I always· listen with pleasure to the remarks of the post-office and post-roads elause of the Constitution? Each ande\ery intelligent gentleman from Arkansas, as we always learn something provision is equally sovereign, and they must be exercised one so as from him. to be coruistent with the other; and when they are inconsistent you ]l)!r. ROGERS. I find no fault with the gentleman from Georgia, but may be sure that there is a clash of powers.under the Constitution be neither time nor physical strength will permit me to go back over the cause of an encroachment either under the one clause or the other. argument I have made in order to elucidate the point he now asks in- But the Supreme Court continue and say: formation upon. I acknowledge, of course, the graceful compliment Liberty of circulation is as essential to that freedom as liberty of publication. the gentleman pays me. . Indeed, without the circulation the publication would be of · :Ueval.ue. I proceed, and the House will bear in mind I am undertaking to Mr. Speaker, this question, like many others, bas been before Congress demonstrate,andonlytodemonstrate,thatwhateverpowerwema.yun- for some years. I k nowthat manygentlemen have made up their dertake to llxercise under the Constitution must be exercised in sub- minds as to how they will vote upon the question. I do not expect to ordination to, and not so as to overturn other provisions of the organic be able to overturn their views or alter their conclusions. If these .Jaw. The Supreme Court say: commentaries upon the Constitution and this decision of the Supreme No law of Congress can place in the hands of officials connected with the Court do not convince this House upon the question, tb.en Moses and the postal service any authority to invade the secrecy of letters and such sealed prophets would not succeed in eonvincin2: them. But I aek the Dem- packages in the mail; and all regulations adopted as to mail matter of this kind ~ must be in subordination to the great principle embodied in the fourth amend- ocratic side of this Chamber that they do not wipe out that middle aisle. ment of the Constitution. I ask them never to go beyond, in the comtruction of the Constitution, Let us see what that fourth amendment to the Constitution is. It is the limits fixed by the commentaries of that great disciple of .Alexander as follows: ' Hamilton, Judge SMry, as he lays i t down. I ask them not to go be- The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, and effects, yond the expression of opinion as set down in this decision of the Su- ngainst unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no war- C t f th U •t d St t t h' h I h ~ d · th rants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, a-nd preme our o e nl e a es o w lC ave re,erre m e case particularly describing the place to be searched., and the persons or things to be of Ex pa1"te Jackson. But if they are determined to do it, I ask them seized. . not to do it upon some question where no great principle is involved at And if this great power which is lodged in the Federal Constitution all commensurate with the remedy you seek to apply. of e tablishing post-offices and post-roads is to be exercised in subordi- - Wait until some great impending public calamity shall rise up and nation to the fourth amendment of the Constitution, pray tell me, if l demand the timbers of the Constitution to be strained to save the conn you can, why it is not to be exercised in subordination to this other j try .and its liberties; but do not in this faulty, useless, unnecessary way 1156 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. FEBRUARY 13, put upon the statute-books legislation violating its whole spirit, as con more than that of many other people; but my opinion is that it applies strued by the ablest commentators, and as I have shown by this decis to newspapers published in the District, and I do not think it applies ion ofthe highest court Of the !arid, but leave the subject to the relig to papers published outside of the District. ious and the moral teachings of the people for the accomplishment of I yield ten minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee [1\fr. GLASS]. the results wl1icb you seek, and without disturbing the landmarks be Mr. GLASS. I will leave the discussion of the constitutional ques yond which our ancestry thought it unwise to go.- tion involved in this bill to others, and address my remarks to a differ I reserve the residue of my time. ' ent phase of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempm·e. The gentleman has twenty minutes of Mr. Speaker, happily for our country, its manhood a.nd womanhood, hls time remaining. the vicious system of lotteries is rapidly passing away. The sentiment Mr. HEMPHILL. The object of the District Committee is to get by which such institutions were sustained in almost every State in the through as much legislation to-day as possible; therefore, while I have Union is broken down, and they only maintain a precarious existence listened with interest to the remarks of the gentleman f1·om Arkansas, at this time in two or three States. Many of the best people of the I regret that the time of the House bas been consumed in this discus land have, at times, justified or tolerated them on the plea of replen sion. ishing depleted treasuries of States; but they have more frequently According to the position taken by the gentleman from Arkansas, masqueraded as benevolent institutions, designed to dispense noble whenever the people of this country reach a certain point of morality charities to the deserving needy. And in the latter disguise they have and are going on to make themselves better, the best thing the law endeavored to maintain a decent show of respectability in the pres makers can do is not to embody their sentiment in law to be enforced ence of a Christian civilization, and yet are a blot upon our moral and against the bad people, but to leavepnblicsentiment to do the best it can. political sun. Their stronghold is on our South~rn border, beneath The gentleman says that because thirty-five States of the Union have sunny skies, similar to those under which it had its birth. These in passed laws prohibiting the sale and advertisement of lottery tickets, stitutions had their origin in Italy during the expiring days of the dark therefore the best thing to do for those who have charge of the District ages, a period fruitful in invention, discovery, and the dawn of letters; of Columbia is to let it take care of itself and go to the bad if it wants to, spreading thence across the continent and again to Great Britain, whence instead of embodying that sentiment in a law for the benefit of the Dis onr Anglo-Saxon ancestors handed them down to us. trict. In our early history many good men and wise statesmen advocated This is the first time, I suppose, that· it has ever been proclaimed the system; but State after State has legislated it out of existence, some upon the floor of this House that the best sentiment of the people of the putting an inhibition in the organic law, and others by legislative enact country is not to be put into a law for fear it may aid them in work ment. Extreme measures in some cases have been resorted to in order ing out what they are trying to accomplish. to entirely suppress it; and will Representatives on this floor be behind The next point the gentleman makes is that he fears this law will thoseofthe States in wiping out this dark spot upon the body politic? infringe on the constitutional rights in the newspapers of this country Exclusive jurisdiction over the subject-matter of this bill attaches to Con to publish these things. I do not think it is likely there will be agree gress; and as Congress can not invade the sovereignty of the few States ment among the lawyers of this House upon that point. We know the where these institutions still exist, ·it should at least exercise all of its legal profession largely predominates in this House; and the chances constitutional powers to exclude advertisements of their schemes from are that every lawyer has his own opinion about this as about all other the District of Columbia, and protect the people hereof from the vicious laws, and that he will not agree with anybody else as to its constru-c- and corrupting influences of the system. tion. . I know it will be in..qjsted that the provisions of the bill will be an But I will state that this bill has been thoroughly argued before the abridgment of the" freedom of the press;" but, Mr. Speaker, it will not District Committee-by two of the most eminent firms in this District; abridge any "freedom of the press" to do right or to publish whatever men whose legal talents give them a practice and a compensation which may promote the good of mankind. It is not designed to take away are not equaled by many of the profession in the United States. They any proper or legitimate right of the press, but only to 1·estrain and pro have acknow!edged before the committee that there is no constitutional hibit all license to perpetrate a wrong by enticing the..yonng and un question involved in the subject one way or the other. Both of the suspecting into habits that will lead them into ruin, as has heretofore lawyers representing those distinguished firms stated in the beginning been done in many instances. Some of the blackest deeds in the cata of their argument that there was no question about the power of Con logue of crimes have been committed under the plea of liberty. On gress to pass this law, and that is the argument which I give in answer the way to the guillotine Madame Roland, exclaimed, ~' 0, Liberty! to my friend from Arkansas. Liberty! what crimes are committed in thy name." There are several gentlemen who desire to be heard upon this ques The evils of lotteries fall heaviest upon the young-the laboring men tion, and I shall not myself occupy more of the time of the House at and women, and the departmental clerks of both sexes in this District. present. · The purchase of lottery tickets with many becomes a passion, as does Mr. BLAND. Will the gentleman frolll... South Carolina permit me other sp~cies of gambling, and destroys the love of habits of thrift and a question? industry. The hope of acquiring sudden fortune destroys the tastefo1· Mr. HEMPHILL. Certainly. regular occupation, and inevitable ruin, moral and financial, often Mr. BLAND. I see no provision here allowing appeal. · Is there overtakes sue~ individual. Many otherwise fa.ithful employes and any general statute covering that subject? This seems to be a new officials who have lost their places, and not infrequently their charac offense created by this act to be tried in the police court, and there is ter, have been able to trace the cause to the corrupting influence of no provision for an appeal to a higher court. lottery advertisements that had fal1en into their hands. These poi · Mr. HEUPHILL. There is a law alre.'ldy in the District allowing sonous missives spare no persons or places. They invade the workshop, appeals from the police court to the supreme court of the District of the house~old, the school-room, and even the temple of God, but their Columbia, sq_that a provision for an appeal in_this bill would be unnec baneful effects fall chiefly upon those who are compelled to struggle essa-ry. for a livelihood. · Mr. BLAND. You think that the general statute would cover that? I have been informed that many of the Government employes resid Mr. HEMPHILL. I think it would. ingin this city are frequent patrons of such wicked schemes and spend Mr. CRAIN. May I ask the gentleman from South Carolina a ques much of their salary in this way; hence this city js a favorite place for tion-? their advertisements. You can scarcely examine a daiJy in this city Mr. HEMPHILL. Yes, sir. but you will see them conspicuously displayed. If we can not destroy Mr. CRAIN. Is not the practical effect of this bill, if it becomes a the anaconda, let us at least exert our constitutional authority to pre law, to prevent the circulation in the District of Columbia of newspapers vent it twining its shiny coils around the people of this District. Then, published elsewhere that have lottery advertisements in them? by excluding such advertisements from the mails and refusing to pay 1\fr. HEMPHILL. The gentleman from Arkansas [Mr. ROGERS] postal-orders to persons or firms known to be engaged in this business, .takes that view. Other lawyers, with as much ability, have argued on their power for evil may be circumscribed within the States of their the other side and have claimed that the bill is a great injustice to the existence. Their power .for evil is very great; they retain numerone newspapers of the District of Columbia, because it will not apply to the and able counsel, and a generous patronage of the public press does not newspapers published outside of the District. fail to bring apologists, if not defenders. They have their henchmen 1\fr. CRAIN. I speak with reference to the provision of the bill: all over the land, who are ever ready to assail with criticism whoever 'l'hat it shall not be lawful within the District of Columbia for any person to on this floor may dare to essay the protection of the people from their ndvertise or publish an advertisement of any lottery scheme, or any other scheme insidious wiles and snares. or game of chance, or for the sale of any lottery ticket or tickets, or any interest therein, or the sale of any ticket or tickets in any other scheme or game of Let this bill pass and we shall have made a beginning by which chance, or any interest therein, in any newspaper, circular, hand-bill, or poster, this moral, political, and financial curse can ultimately be extirpated or in any other way. from the land. I say political, because it has become a potent politi That seems to apply whether the newspaper is published here in the calii:lCtOl· in at least one State, and aims a blow at whoever may attempt first instance or is printed elsewhere and sent here for sale. its overthrow. · Ur. HEMPHILL. I say that is a question about. which lawyers The evils of the lottery system had become so great in Great Britain differ. · in 1819 that the attention of Parliament was called to it, and in 1823 Mr. CRAIN. I want your opinion. Parliament entirely prohibited lotteries and made it illegal to sell the Mr. HEMPHILL. I do not know that my opinion is worth much tickets of any foreign projects of this character. "Between the years . 1888. CONGRESSIONAL -RECORD-HOUSE. , 1157 1816 and 1828 the French Government deri Yed from lotteries an annual Mr. COMPTON. Let us examine this question a little further. The income of 14,000,000 francs. A few years ago the government sup gentleman says be believes the power resides in Congress to prohibit pressed them, and in January of the next year 525,000 francs more were the advertisement in the District of Columbia of lottery schemes. I 1ound to be in the savings-banks of Paris alone than in the same month know that this nower is exercised in the several States; but let me ask of the preceding year'' -showing conclusively the good effects of their the gentleman aquestion pertinent to the matter we are now consid aholition on the poorer classes. ering. What is the IJouisiana lottery? It is an institution author The enlightened moral sentiment of the country demands the passage ized, organized, and created by the organic law of a sovereign State of of such a bill, and I hope it will pass. this Union. It is a legal institution in so far as the State of Louisiana Mr. HEMPHILL. I yield now to the gentleman from Maryland can make it so, as completely as any institution chartered by any State [Mr. COMPTON]. in this broad land. Now, my friend fwm lllinois knows that in so tar 1\Ir. COMPTON. 1tfr. Speaker, a few days ago, when I moved to posl as we can exercise this power in reference to the Louisiana lottery we pone the further consideration of this bill until to-day, I said distinctly can equally exercise it with reference to any banking institution char to my friend from Indiana [:Mr. BROWNE] and to the House that I did tered in the State of Louisiana or elsewhere. Now, I wish to ask my not propose to throw any obstacle in the way of its passage other than friend this question: If we can say to this lottery company, a char possibly to give briefly my views of the provisions of the bill and to tered institution, bearing the stamp and impress of the authority of a state the course which I intend to pursue with reference to it. I desire State law-nay, of the constitution of one of the States of this Union in the outset of my rema1·ks to say this: I am not here, sir, as the cham ,, Your advertisement shall not be published in any newspaper issued pion of lottery schemes or gambling in any form or shape. in the District of Columbia,'' why can we not say to some banking cor I do not profess to be very much better than a great many men with poration authorized in the State of Louisiana, or, if you choose, in the whom I associate. At the same time, Mr. Speaker, I claim for myself District of Columbia, "You shall not receive the moneys of this 1ot to be exempt absolutely from any affiliation or association with any lot tery company as deposits in your vaults?" tery or other gambling concern. But, while this is true, sir, I desire to Mr. CANNON. I believe that in the exercise of the police power say another thing, in order that my position may be clearly and dis Congress or the State Legislatures, in t.heir respective jurisdictions, can tinctly understood, not only by this House, but by those I represent upon unquestionably, in accordance with the judicial decisions, pass legisla this floor. I am one of those who do not believe that purity in man tion of this character. Such legislation has been passed by various kind, that morality in communities, can be enforced or that men's souls States, and bas been sustaineci, I believe, by the comts from every can be sent to heaven by compulsory legislation. While I recognize standpoint. The gentleman says, " If this can be done, where will you the fact and believe as religiously as any man on this :floor that all the draw the line?" moral agencies invoked to better the moral condition oCsociety in the .Mr. COMPTON. That is the ques~ion. · way of associations for the moral improvement of mankind are right 111r. CANNON. We cqn pass this legislation now; and when it is and, in so far as they go, good in their kind, I do not believe that the, necessary to "draw the line," I will then answer the gentleman's in men of this country will be regenerated by those influences alone. quiry. Legislation of this character is an unquestionable exercise of I believe, sir, that the best foundation, and the only one upon which the police power. society and good governme11t can safely rest, is a community whose_ :Mr. COMPTON. Where does the gentleman's own State draw the moral tone and moral impressions are received and formed by the fire line-against newspapers published outside? side from the lips of a Christian mother and by virtue of the example Mr. CANNON. ''Against papers published outside!" Why, it pro of an honest, honorable, conscientious father. I believe that the ele hibits the publication of any advertisement of any lottery under severe ments of Christian truth which are revealed through the religious chan penalties . nels by which they are conveyed to us are, after all, the true founda . Ur. COMPTON. Ry any Illinois paper? tion stones upon which alone society and good government can rest. Mr. CANNON. B.v any paper. Mr. FUNSTON. .._ Will the gentleman permit me to ask him a ques l\'fr. COMPTON. Does the legislation apply to papers published tion? outside of the State? l\{r. COMPTON. Yes, sir. Mr. CANNON. It does not make any difference where the paper is Mr. FUNSTON. What can a Christian mother or a Christian father printed; the law applies to the publication or circulation. do with her or his children iu respect to such matters so long as these Mr. HEMPHILL. I will now yield to the gentleman from Indiana R OGERS], in whichpedemonstrated tomymindquite conclnsivelythat The SPE AKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has ex neither Congress nor the States can by legislation trencliupon the con pired. stitutional liberty of the press. But are there no limits to the exer 1\Ir. CRAIN. I ask for five minutes more time. cise of that liberty? In the Constitution is enshrined the liberty of Mr. ITEMPIDLL. I would be gl:::.d t o yield to the gentleman, but speech, but does that protect every tongue in every conceivable utter I can not do so. ance? There is in the rnme provision of the Constitution an assertion 1\Ir. CRAIN. Then I will take the privilege of finishing my remarks of the liberty of petition. Does thn.t mean that the Congress of the in the RECORD. United States is bound to receive every petition of whatever character :Mr. HEMPIDLL. I now yield five minutes to the gentleman from which may be sent to this body? Suppose it is indecent in language; New York [Mr. CUMMINGs]. suppose it asks something that is obnoxious to the moral sense. Uay 1\:11·. CUM:l\IINGS. Mr. Speaker, I am no lawyer; but it seems to we not, without violating the Constitution, exclude such a petition me, aB a man who pretends to have a modicum of common sense, that from our petition-box and all reference to it from our Journals? Does there is too much law in this bill. In trying to correct an admitted the gentleman intend to say that because in general terms the Consti evil you are opening the doors to a greater evil. tution provides that the liberty of the press shall be preserved, there This bill appears to contain some of the ashes of the old alien and fore the press may publish whatever it pleases? Oh, I know gentle sedition laws. Those Jaws, sir, not only interfered with "the liberties men do not intend to be so understood. of the press, but they did, as this l.'l.w will probably do, interfere with 1\Ir. COMPTON. Allow me-- personal liberty. Nor is this the first time that the ashes of the alien M.r. BROWNE, of Indiana. One moment. I was listening anxiously ancl sedition laws have been sti:rred by Congress. They were stirred to hear the gentleman from Arkansas define to the lawyers and other under the administration of General Grant, when the United Sta,tes gentlemen of this body in what consists the liberty of the press. He Senate passed a bill to abridge the freedom of the press. Under the would perhaps have been required to have gone back through the pro"\isions of that bill the editor of the most obscure newspaper in tho years of the English-speaking race to find the ori~in of that iden. in most obscure corner of the most obscure State of the Union could have the Constitution of the United States-back to that day when kings been dragged to the District of Columbi:J. and subjected to fine and im assumed a censorship of the press and the right to determine in advance prisonment, or both, by its petty local tribunals. the manner in which the press should give utterance to public opinion There is the same seed, sir, in this bill. It not only tramples upon on somesnbjectconcerning the administration of the government. Did the freedom of the pre s and upon the freedom of the person, but it it e•er extend to advertisements, and was that the character of liter tr:1.mples upon t.he rights of the States. Under the Jaws of the State ature the liberty of the press was intended to protect? Will the gen of Louisiana lotteries are legal. The editor of a Louisiana newspaper tleman answer? I undert::~ke to say its purpose was to secure the fullest can lawfully print a lottery adverUsement the1·e, but his paper would liberty of the decent expression of opinion o~ any subject which might be tabooed in the District of Columbia under the provisions of this act. concern the public; and I would be as far from restraining that liberty If he afterwards appears in the District of Columbia his person can be of the press as either of the distinguished gentlemen who have spoken seized :mel he can be subjected to fine and imprisonment. There is no in advocacy of the freedom of the press to advertise lotteries.· question about it. The bill is clear and specific. It says: Let me answer the question at once. Gentlemen on the other side Or publ.Thhed. • conceue not only the policy, but the propriety, of prohibiting this gam Under law a newspaper is held to be published wherever it is circu bling in the District of Columbia. They say it is within the police lated. The paper published outside, but circulated in the District of powers of the District, and we have the right to do it; that it is the Columbia, is thus published here. dema.ud of the moral sentiment of the age; that we are only keeping Mr. BROWNE, of Indiana. Will the gentleman permit me to call abreast of the advancing civilization of the age when we put legisla attention to the law of his own State? He refers to Louisiaun,. I be tion of this character upon the statute-book. They concede we may lieve the gentleman is from New York. Now, if the gentleman will make lotteries unlawful and yet deny the right of Congress to prohibit examine the law of the Sta.te of New York he will find that a newspaper the publication of invitations to commit the crime. That, gentlemen published in another State is subject to the same conditions proposed pardon me, if I say it-seems to me a monstrous doctrine indeed. You here exactly. declare the business a crime, but do not concede the power of Congress Ur. CUMUINGS. If the States are able to correct an alleged evil, to declare it a crime. You go beyond that, and say it is proper. You what has the Federal Government got to do with it? should decl::l.re, at the same time, the newspapers have some kind of :Ur. BROWNE, of Indiana. I did not know thn,t the States could immunity by which they may invite every man, woman, and child in legislate for the District of Columbia. the District to commit it, and yon can not prohibit it unless, forsooth, .l\1r. CUMMINGS. I did not say that they diu, sir. To continue: you violate the freedom of a Washington newspaper. I have said all If you have a right to prescribe what shall be printed in the adver I want to S:lY on this subject. tising columns of a newspaper, you certainly have the right to exercise Mr. HEMPHILL. I now yield, for five minutes, to the gentleman censorship over its editorial and news columns. . from Texas [Mr. CRAIN]. Mr. LIND. Will the gentleman permit me t-o interrupt him for a 1\-!1·. CRAIN. Mr. Speaker, the gentlemen who have spoken in favor question? · of this bill assume, or take for granted, that every lottery is necessarily Ur. CUMMINGS. I have but five minutes; otherwise I should ba a crime. Yow, right there I take issue with them. I do not believe very glad to yield to the gentleman. · that a lottery which is authorized by the organic law of a State ofthis Congress is then, under this bilJ, to indirectly exercise editorbl su Union belongs to the category of crimes. I do not believe every scheme pervision over the entire press of the country. Who is to be the editor of chance or lottery which is indulged in at a bazaar given for the ben in-chief? Is it to be tho distinguished gentleman at the other end of efit of the Grand Army of the Republic, or at a fair which may be held the Avenue? Who is to be the city editor? Is it to be the Speaker of for the benefit of a cburch·orschool, is necessarily a crime, because, for the House of Representatives? ·who are to be the reporters? .AJe they sooth, moralists belonging to the school of morality of which the gen t o be the chairmen of committees? Where is your editorial supervision tleman from Indiana [Mr. BROWKE] is such a distinguished member so going to end? This bill opens the door fo r it. Where and when will it hold. be closed if once opened? A lottery, according to Webster, is a distribution of prizes by lot or Now, you mean well-you say you mean well- you say that you do by chn.nce. Therefore a simple publication by a newspaper of a tair not mean to interfere with the freedom of the press. Your object is for the benefit of the poor, OJ; for the benefit of the schools attached tt> different. The question is not what is your object, but what is to be a ch arch, or for any other purpose, would be punished under this bill in the effect of your efforts? When you play with the freedom of the the courts of the District. press you play with fire. Blow out this match and avoid a conflagra Independently of this proposition it seems from the discussion of this tion. [Applause.] question by the gentleman from Indiana, and the chairman of this com [Here the hammer fell.] mittee, that there is a difference of opinion in reference to the object Mr. HEMPHILL. By an understanding with my friend who con of thi~ bill. The gentleman from South Ca rolina [Mr. HE-niP HILL] in trols the time on the other side, he will now consume the remainder of sists this bill does not apply to newspapers which are printed elsewhere the time in opposition to the bill. and drcuJated in the District. The gentleman from Indiana [Mr. :Mr. ROGERS. I yield five minutes to the gentleman from Ala BROWNE], on the other hand, maintains, and I think rightly, that it bama [Mr. OATES] . not only applies to the papers published here, but to newspapers printed Mr. OATES. Mr. Speaker, the first question raised in opposition to elc;;ewhere and circulated here. If there be doubt on the proposition it this bill is founded upon the Constitution. rl'he clause of the Consti ought not to go upon the statute-book of this country. If Congress tution is perhaps familiar to you all: confesses through the committee, or from the lips of the gentleman from Congress shall make no law respecting an estnbllshment of religion, or pt·o Indiana, that its legal interpretation is inYolved in doubt, then i t ought hibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the not to be incorporated into the law of the land. Why frame a bill press, etc. which iB coruessedly, according to its advocates, liable to such different Tbe first inquiry in order to a proper understanding and application construction? If the gentleman from Sonlh Carolina iB correct, then of this proposed law, in my judgment is, what is the liberty of tbe the bill unjustly discriminates against the papers of this District. If press ? Is it the expression of tbe opinions of the editor, and stop the gentlem:m from Indiana be correct, then the bill interferes with there; or does it include the publication of advertisements a well.? the circulation of outside papers in the District. l\Iy opinion is that the liberty of the press extends only to t he ed1- 1888. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 1159 torial views of the paper, The advertisements in t he paper are no Congress of the United States, t he whole legislative department of the more the expressions of the editor than a hand-bill published by Government u nited with the executive, can not tamper. the advertiser and posted upon the corners of the streets. That is his Now, sir, if they will establish a system of censorship of the pr ess act- the act of the advertiser, the man who publishes his business. that would prevent a newspaper reporter from lying about individuals, The injurious effect ou the paper of this bill, should it become a law, whether they be public men or whether they be private individuals, if consists onJy in depriving it of a remunerative business. Hence, I do it were possible under the Constitution to enact such a law, I for one not believe that this bill is obnoxious to the objection that it is an in would cheerfully vote for it, beca.use I have never yet seen anything as vasion of the liberty of the press. offensive to the sense of public morality in any advertisement of any The bill, however, is a very harsh one. It seems to me that it is lottery or other scheme as I have seen in the expressed opinions of news wholly an unnecessary measure, and as it is drawn it will create a 'ery paper reporters published as facts. If this House could pass an act the unjust discrimination against the newspapers of this District. I have enforcement of which would compel the representatives of newspapers, n.o doubt, sir, that it applies alone to the newspaper~ published within both editors and reporters, to confine themselves to a statement of fact the District of Columbia. It reads: instead of publishing individual opinions of theirs as facts, I believe That it shall not be lawful within the District of Oolumbia. for any person to the enactment of such a law would redound tothe goodand the welfare advertise or publish an advertisement of any lottery scheme, or any other of all this people. scheme or game of chance, or for the sale of any lottery ticket or tickets, or any interest therein, or the sale of any ticket or tickets in any other scheme or But, sir, one grave fault of this bill is thn.t it proposes to discriminate game of ehance, or any interest therein, in any newspa.per, circular, hand-bill, against newspapers published in a certain and a very small portion of or poster, or in any other way. · the territory of the United States. I believe that any legislation that There are two things which this bill denounces. One thing is to ad discriminates against any class or any individual, unless it be careful in vertise or publish an advertisment of any lottery or game of chance its terms, may be hurtful not only to the individuals concerned in that in any newspaper or otherwise; and the other is the sale of any lottery particular legislation, but such precedents would be dangerous in refer ticket or ticket in a game of chance; and it applies only to the District ence to the legislation of the country. of Columbia. It can not be extended so as to apply to the doing of [Here the hammer felL] either of those things outside of the District. :M:r. ROGERS. I yield five minutes t<> the gentleman from North Mr. BROWNE, of Indiana. Will the gentleman allow me a ques- Carolina/ [l\Ir. LATH.A.l\1]. tion? - Mr. LATH.A.l\L I should not have a single word to say with regard Mr. OATES. Yes, sir. to the merits of this bill but for the reason that I am so unfortunate as 1\Ir. BROWNE, of Indiana. Will the gentleman, as a lawyer, inter to differ in opinion with the gentleman from South Carolina who _is pret the word " publish" as not applying to newspapers other than chairman of the District Committee. I differ with him both in his those in the District? ern -, truction of the meaning of the words of the bill and as to what Mr. OATES. Evidently the bill has in view the prohibition of pub the oommittee understood when they reported it here to the favorable lishing what is known as an advertisement in a newspaper, or issuing consideration of this. House. I certainly understood personally, and I any circular, hand-blll, or poster, within the District and not outsiue thdught the other members of the committee understood, that the of it. purview of this bill would not only reach t1e newspapers published Mr. BROWNE, of Indiana. If it is printed out of the District and in the District of Columbin., but would apply equally to every ·paper published here, is it not published in the District? published in the United States that was circulated within the limits of 1\Ir. OATES. The gentleman undertakes to give the word "pub this District. lish" its largest sense, which is never allowable in the construction of If the chairman of the oommittee, bowe,er, is correct in his views, it is a penal statute. apparent to the House that this bill has been favorably reported under Mr. BROWNE, of Indiana. I give it the legal sense, a.nd it has a misapprehension of the law, and ought to be recommitted to the com ' never been diffel'ent1y construed by any court. mittee for its further action. I say "a misapprehension of the law" Mr. OATES. The gentleman from Indiana will pe£mit me to &'ty because, with the exception of' the distinguished chairman of the com that he would not do himself any credit if he rose before any court and mittee, no gentleman upon this floor has taken the position that the bill asserted tbnt he could by a latitudinous construction of a penal statute does not apply generally to newspapers published throughout the Union. include anything not embraced in its letter. Now, sir, if it does so apply, it will have the same result that laws of [Here the hammer feU.] this character which ha>e been passed in the several States baYe ha.d . Mr. OATES. I should like a minute or two more. I do not ap There are laws in at least twenty of the States of this Union of an ex pro>e of the"Louisiana lottery, but it is a lawful State institution. actly similar character to th:is, denouncing as gTeat if not greater p<'Jl Newspapers from that State and elsewhere could, were this bill a law, alties for their infraction, yet I a~k any gentleman upon this floor be circulated ali libitum, within this District, and the courts would not, whether he has ever known of .a single prosecutiol:\ and conviction un could not punish the publishers. der those laws? And if the offenders were prosecuted, who would ha1e - Mr. ROGERS. I can not yield further, as I have promised the time to suffer? You might pick up here the editors of three or four papers at my dispo~aJ . published in the city of Washington and you might punish them, but Mr. OATES. I merely wanted to say in conclusion that I am opposed you could not punish a citizen of South Carolina or of any other Stnte tothepolicyofthisbill. Lotteries and gambling ought to beand:ue pro who violated yonr law, because he would not be here to be arrested hibited by law within this District. The laws already in..force are a and tJ.-jed. · sufficient protection. You can not legislate religion and morality into You might pick up the barefooted boy who runs through the snows the people. If all the churches were to expel all of their members w bo of winter to sell his newspapers and put him in prison for dissem:inat take chances in the Louisiana lottery I apprehend that they would lose -iJ:lg papers containing these ad>ertisemeuts, published in South Car a much larger percentage of valuable membeis tban they would will olina, in Kentucky, or in any other State, but the men who published ingly part with. I think that lottery should be abolished, but it is a. the papers would not be amena.ble to your laws. State institution ancl Congress has no power to do it. The State of :M:r. CRAIN. ·I wish to ask the gentleman a question. He is a mem Louisiana alone can do that. ber of the Committee on the District of Columbia. I will ask him t o 1\fr. ROGERS. I yield five minutes to the gentleman from Florida state what was the construction placed by the committee upon this [:Mr. DOUGHERTY]. bill. Mr. DOUGHERTY. I run obliged to the gentleman from Arkansas, 1\Ir. L.A.TH.A.M. I can state the construction which I placed upon but do not know that I will consume even the time he has allotted me. the bill, and which I understood tbe members sitting neu.r me to place Whenever the House of Representatives comes to adopt any measure upon it. I asked the question whether the bill would apply to all on any subject it seems to me that as their action has the force of la.w papers circulating in the District o.f Columbia, and I understood the they should be careful as to what constructi~n shall be put upon the opinion to be that it would so appJy. , language of their act. As I read this bill, sir, it seems to me likely to Now, Mr. Spe.'lker, I desire to say that I am opposed to lottel'ies. If fill the criminal courts ot this District with prosecutions from other by my voice and vote to-day I could stamp out of existence the Louisi States and other portions of the territory of the United States. ana lottery or any other lottery, legal or not legal, I would cheerfully Without coming down critically to find out what is the exacl mean cast my vote to do it. Bnt, sir, this is an entirely different question. ing of the word "publish,'.' i t seems to me that under the construe· This institution is established by the fundamental law of a sovereign tion of this ln.w if a lottery scheme be published in a newsp!rper o.f the State; it is as much a legal institution as theFirstNationalBank; we State of Louisiana, and if I, as an individuaJ, have iu view the object can not destroy it. Its malign influence extends all over this country, of getting those publications before the people of the District of Co and will continue to do so until its charter has expired by lapse of _ lumbia, all I ha>e to do is to buy a thousand of those newspapers, cir time. You can not by any instrumentality that human ingenuity can culate them through the mails, and spread them broadcast o>er the devise legislate morality int<> the human race. ' District of Columbia, and the intelligence desired to be c<>mmunicated J\Ir. CRAIN. Will the gentleman tell us why the Territories were is spread throughout the whole District. That is one of the operations not included in this bill? of this law in my judgment. It has been commonly said by gentle The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman from North men who are members of the Honse that th:is is a bill to establish a Carolina [Mr. LATHAM] has expired. The gentleman from Arkansas censorship of the press. I believe the liberty of the press as the lib [ML RoGERS] is entitled to the fl.om.: . .e rty of speech is guarded and guarantied by a law with which t he Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from I ndiana [Mr. I 1160 CONGRESSIONAL REOORD~HOUSE. FEBR.U.ARY 13, BROWNE J was anxious for roe to define to him the liberty of the press. Mr. GUENTHER. Ur. Speaker, I regret very much that it is, or It is very much easier to define what is not the liberty of the press than seems to be, the tendency of this Republic to adopt more and more the to define what is, but Judge Cooley in his work on Constitutional Lim m~t.hods of monarchical Europe. To one who, like myself, left his itations, after a long discussion of this subject, has undertaken to sum native land to find a home where he could breathe the air of liberty and it up, and I give my friend from Inii::ma the benefit of that distin not be hampered at every step by the paternal, maternal, and goody guished authority: t:toody care of the government, it is certainly a pain!ul reflection to :find The constitutional liberty of speech and of the press, as we understand it, im that we are rapidly approaching in this country the state of affairs from plies a right to freely utter and publish whatever the citizen may please, and to be protected against any responsibility for so doing, except so far as such which we :fled. publications, from their blasphemy, obscenity, or scandalous character may be I do not advocate lotteries; I am not an advocate of gambling in any a public offense, or us, by theit· falsehood or malic3, they may inju1·iously atfect form. I think I am as moral as any ofthe gentlemen who believe it the standing, reputation, or pecuniary interest of individuals. Or, to state the to same in somewhat different words, we understand liberty of speech and of the their special mission from Beaven be the legisL.'l.tive watch-dogs of press to imply not only libert.y to publish, but complete immunity from legal our public morals. Thjs would betheinitiative step of a censorship of cen ure for the publication, so long as it i.s not harmful in its character when lhe press. I am opposed to it because I believe it to be on-American, tested by such standards as the law affords. For those standards we must look to the common-law rules which were in force when the constit.utional guaran unrepublican, and in this case certainly uncalled for. ties were established and with reference to which they have been adopted. Mr. HEMPHILL. Mr. Speaker, this is a case, not at all uncom And in the case of Stone vs. Mississippi the supreme court of that mon, in which every roan who undertakes to oppose this bill thinks it State said: necessary to express his determination to fight all lottery schemes when They are not. in the legal acceptance of Ute term mala in se, but, as we have e\er he gets the chance. But hero is a case in which every man who just seen, may properly be made mala prohibita. is opposed to lotteries, opposed to gambling, opposed to inducing the ::)o that when the Constitution was adopted the1·e was no such thing people to violate the law, has an opportunity to put himself upon 1·ecord as the crime of dealing in lotteries of auy description, but, on the con in favor of a law looking to those ends. trary, the Father of our Country took .his part in lotteries in this Dis There are a good many gentlemen here ·who say that they will not trict. I will give the gentleman another thought in that connection, vote for this bill because it applies to papers outside of the District as which comes from a distinguished Frenchman who traveled in this well as in it. There are a good many other gentlemen here who say country many years ago. De Tocqueville said: they will not vote for it because it applies only to papers published in But in countries in which tho sovereignty of the people ostensibly prevails this District. The fact is there are some men entirely too hypercritical the censorship of the press is not only dangerous but absurd. * * * The about bills coming before this House. sovereignty of the people and the liberty of the press may therefore be looked upon as correlative institutions, just as the censorship of the press and universal The gentleman from Arkansas [ Ir. ROGERS] has read from the opin ouffrage are two things that are irreconcilably opposed, and which can not long ion of JudgeCooley, summing up what he considers to be a violation of be retained among the institutions of the same people. the liberty of the press; and he says it is no violation of the liberty of Mr. McADOO. I wish to a'>k the gentleman whether there are not the press to suppress the publication of those things which are harm laws similar to this in most of the States of the Union? ful in their character. Now, it is conceded by every man who has Mr. ROGERS. In thirty-five States there are laws in rel:.ttion to lot addressed the House on this suhject, by those who oppose this bill as teries, and also, I am told, in the District of Columbia,. well as those who favor it, that the lottery schemes of this country are Mr. McADOO. And is it not a fact that in nearly all the States harmful in their character. That they are so considered by the senti there are publications about lotteries? ment of the people at large is established by the fact that thirty-five 11Ir. ROGERS. Yes; but I have been miable toiind a single adju out of the thirty-eight States of this Union have passed laws upon this dication touching the constitutionality of these laws. subject. Mr. McADOO. And does not the Constitution of the United States Mr. ROGERS. I trust the gentleman will allow me a moment. I bear the same relation to the States that it bears to the District of Co know he does not wish to make any statement, either of law or fact, lumbia? which is not ab olutely correct. Therefore; I call his attention to the Mr. ROGERS. That is my understanding, of course. fact that Judge Cooley, in a sentence immediately following the sen Mr. BLOUNT. I would like to ask the gentleman from Arkansas a tence just referred to, states that the matter must be determined by question. He says that so far as he knows the question has never been reference to crimes which were recognized as such by law at the time _raised as to the constitutionality of lawsofthis description. Ifraised_ of the adoption of the Constitution. Now, will the gentleman tell us at all it would be raised by the lottery companies, would. it not? whether at that time it was any crime to run a lottery? l'lfr. ROGERS. Not necessarily. I should think not. I suppose it Mr. HEMPHILL. I was not in existence at that time, and am not would be raised by publishers of newspapers. acquajnted witll all the laws which were then in existence. But the Mr. BLOUNT. But it has neve:c been mised at all? fact that lotteries were indulged in by the Father o our Country and Mr. ROGERS. .l am not aware that there has been any adjudication other noted people of that day is not sufficient to sh0w that there were upon the constitutionality of prohibiting publications of this description not laws then upon the statute-book in opposition to lotteries. in the press. Mr. BLOUNT. There were not any railroads then, either. Mr. BLOUNT. Does the gentleman regard that fact as an acquies 1tfr. HEUPIIILL. No; there were no railroads, no telegraphs, and cence on the part of the newspapers aud the lottery companies in the very few newspapers; and to my mind it is ridiculous to say that crimes constitutionality of this character of legislation? which now shock the sentiment of the community and are corrupting Mr. ROGERS. No, sir; exactly the reverse, because I dare sa.ythere the morals of the people can not be dealt with because they were not is nbt a Ringle State of the Union in which the newspapers do not pub legislated against a hundred years ago. lish these things in some form or other. Now, Mr. Speaker! I see some gentlemen object to voting for this bill Now, Mr. Speaker, I promised to yield two minutes to the gentl~ because it applies only to newspapers published in iliis city. But they lDan from Wisconsin [Mr. GUENTHER]. As I do not see him in his must remember there is a sentiment in this country endeavoring to pnt seat, I yield to the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. HERBERT]. down the advertising of these lottery tickets in every State in this Mr. HERBERT. l\:Ir. Speaker, this bill, it seems to me, applies Union, and it would be unkind to the people of this country for us to only to papers published in the District cf Columbia. The language stand back in reference to this matter any: longer. is peculiar: It is important we should clisposeofthis measure ,and therefore I shall It shall not be lawful for any peTson to adYcrtise- demand the previous question on the passage of the bill. What does that mean? It applies to the person who causes an ad Mr. CRAIN. Why does not the bill include the Territories of the vertisement to be inserted- United States?· or publish an advertisement in any newspaper, circular, hand-bill, or poster. Mr. HEMPHILL. One reason is because the gentleman who intro· What does that mea.n? That applies to the person who prints and duced it drew the bill up in reference to the laws of the District of Co utters. If it were intended to apply to persons who may circulat-e lumbia. The other is because the committee having in charge this bill newspapers containing advertisements of this description, the word has nothing to do with the Territories of the United States. If my ''by" would have been used, instead of the word "in." The prohi friend from Texas will introduce a bill and refer it to the Committee on bition would have been against publishing an advertisement by any Territories I will help him to secure its passage. newspaper, circular, hand-bill, or poster. That language would cover Mr. BROWNE, of Indiana. There is such a bill pending before this: the circulation. But the words of tb.e bill mean simply that no pub Congress. · lication of the kind described can be made within the District of Co Mr. CRAIN. Why not incorporate its provisions in the pending l nmbia. The bill therefore makes a useless discrimination against news bill? papers published in the District, leaving full power to newspapers pub :Mr. HEMPHffiL. It will come in at the proper time. lished outside to be circulated here. · Such legislation can do no possible Ur. CRAIN. I move this bill be referred to the Committee on the good. Judiciary, as there seems to be a doubt about its intendment. Mr. ROGERS. As I before stated, I promised to yield two minutes Mr. HEMPHILL. I move to lay the motion to refer upon the table. to the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. GUENTHER], who was not then Mr. CRAIN. I demand the yeas and nays on my motion. in his seat. As he is now present, I ask that the House, by unanimous The previous question was ordered. con ent, allow him two minutes. Mr. ROGERS. Is not the vote on the passage of the bill? Mr. HEMPHILL. I will yield two minutes to the gentleman from The SPEAKER pro tempore. Yes; the bill has been ordered to be Wisconsin. engrossed and read a third time, and the qnestion now is on the roo- 1888. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. ' 1161 ... t10n of the gentleman from Texas to refer the bill to the Committee on close of the investigation by the Special Committee on Reading Rail the Judiciary. road. Mr. CRAIN. I demand the yeas and nays. The following were annotlllced as paired for this day: The House divided; and there were-ayes 21, noes 64. Mr. MCSHANE with Mr. SHERMAN. So the yeas and nays were ordered, one-fifth of those present voting Mr. MILLIKEN with Mr. DIBBLE. in the affirmative. Mr. WADE with Mr. MANSUR. The question was taken; and it was decided in the affirmative-yeas 1\Ir. TURNER, of Georgia, with .Mr. McKINLEY. 119, nays 113, not voting 91; as follows: Mr. BARNEs -with Mr. McCORMICK. YEAS-119. Mr. KILGORE with Mr. THOMAS II. B. BROWNE. Abbott, Collins, Hooke~;, O'Ferrall, Mr. STOCKDALE with Mr. THOUPSON, of Ohio. Anderson, A. R. Compton, Houk O'NeaH,J. H. Mr. McMILLIN with Mr. DoRSEY. Anderson, G. A. Cowles, Hovey, Outhwaite, :Ur. ScoTT with Mr. OSBORNE. Bacon, Crain, Howard1 Perry, Baker, C. S. Crouse, Hudd, Phelan, Mr. WILSON, of West Virginia, with Mr. HARMER. Baker, Jehu Culberson:, Hutton, Rice, Mr. MAHONEY with Mr. ARNOLD. Bankhead, Cummings, Jones, Richardson, Barry, Dargan, Laffoon, Rogers, Mr. GRANGER with :rti.r. BUTTERWORTH. Biggs, Davidson, A. C. La Follette, Rowland, Mr. HARE with 1\I.r. COOPER. Blanchard, Davidson, R.H.M. Laird, Sayers, Mr. MATSON with Mr. PUGSLEY. Bland, Dockery, Landes, Seney, Bliss, Dougherty, Lane, Shively, Mr. RussELL, of Massachusetts, with Mr. HOPKINS, of New York. Bowen, Donn, Lanham, Snyder, Mr. MORSE with Mr. HUNTER. Breckinridge, C.R. Enloe, Latham, Springer, Mr. RANDALL with Mr. JOHN R. BROWN. Breckinridge,WCP_Ermentrout, Lee, Stahlnecker, Bryce, Felton, Lynch, StewarL, Charles The result of the vote was then announced as above 1·ecorded. Buckalew, Ford, Macdonald, Stone of Ky. Mr. CRAIN moved to reconsider the vote by which the motion waa Burnett, Forney, Maish, Tillman, agreed to; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the Bynum, French, Marti.!}, Townshend, Campbell, J. E. Gaines, McClammy, Tracey, table. Candler, Gest, 1\fcCreary, Vance, The latter motion was agreed to. Carlton, Glover, J'IIcKinney, Walker, Caruth, Grimes, 1\IcRae, 'Vashington, VESSELS IN DISTRESS IN CANADIAN WATERS. Catchings, Guenther, 1\Ieniman, Wheeler, Mr. CHIPMAN. Ur. Speaker, I rise_to submit a privileged report. Cheadle, Hall, Mills, Whitthorne, Chipman, Hare, 1\loffitt, Wilkins, The SPEAKER pro te-1npore. The Clerk will read the report. Clardy, Hatch, Montgomery, Wilkinson, The Clerk read as follows: Cobb, Heard, Moore, Wise, The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred a resolution asking Cockran, Henderson, J. S. Norwood, Yost. information in regard to American wrecking vessels in Canadian waters, report Cogswell, Herbert, Oates, the samEl back with the recommendation that it be adopted. NAYB-113. · The resolution and papers referred to the committee are as follows : Adams, Finley, Lodge, Rockwell, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, UNITED STATES, Allen,E.P. Fuller, Long, Romeis, Washington, D. C., Feb1-uary 3,1888. Allen,J.M. Funston, Lyman, Rowell, Whereas it is alleged that the Canadian authorities for years have refm;edand Anderson, C. L. Gallinger, 1\Iason, Rossell, C. A. now refuse to allow American wrecking vessels and machinery to assist Ameri Bayne, Gear, McComas, Ryan, can vessels while in distress in Canadian canals and waters; and it is alleged Blount, Glass, McCormick, Scull, further that Canadian wrecking vessels aud machinery have been and now are Boothman, Grosvenor, McCullogh, Smith, allowed to come into American waters and assist any vessels there in distress Bound, Grout, 1\Iilliken, Sowden, some of the facts in regard to these allegations will appear by the attached let Brewer, Haugen, Morgan, Spooner, ters, which are made a part hereof: Brower, Hayden, Morrill, Steele, _. "OSWEGo, N.Y., Felwuary 1, 1888. Browne, T. M. Hemphill, 1\Iorrow, Stephenson, Brown, C. E. Henderson, D. B. Nelson, Stewart., J. W. "DEAR SIR: On or about the 30th day of September, 1881, I, being controlling Buchanan, Henderson, T. J. Newton, Struble, owner of steam-barge Thompson Kingsford, was notified that she was ashore Bunnell, Hermann, - Nichols, Taulbee, at Wellington, Ontario, and immediate assistance was needed. I informed our Burrows, Hiestand, O'Donnell, Taylor, J.D. wrecker, Mr. Allen, who expressed himself ready to start at once provided the Cannon, Hogg, O'Neill, Charles Thomas, G. M. Canadian authorities wonld give him permission to work in their wat-ers. I Caswell, Holman, Owen, Thomas, 0. B. therefore applied by wire to the minister of marine at Ottawa, and after a long Clark, Holmes, Payson, Vandever, delay was informed that the assistance needed could be procured at Kingston, Clements, Hopkins, A. J. Peel, Warner, and the application was denied. I thought the treatment was severe, especially Cothran, Hopkins, S. I. Penington, Weber, as my tugs were all ready to go. and we could have got the barge out of danger Cutcheon, Johnston, J. T. Perkins, West, in twenty-four hours. As it was, during the delay, or rather by the delay in Dalzell, Johnston, T. D. Peters, Whiting, William waiting for an answer, she was subjected to a severe gale, causing great dam Darlington, Kean, Phelps, Wickham, ag·e and eventually costing us about $1,200 more than it would if we could have Davenport, Kelley, Pidcock, Wilber, . done the work ourselves. Davis, Kerr, Plumb, Wilson, Thomas "Again, on or about the 19th day of August, 1882, the same barge was sunk in Dingley, Ketcham, Post, Yardley. the bay of Quinte by collision, and I again made application to go to her relief Dunham, Laidlaw, Rayner, with my own appliances, and was again refused. Elliott, Lehlbach, Reed, "To sum the matter up, the Canadian government have persistentlyrefmsed to Farquhar, Lind, Robertson, allow us to use our tugs or wrecking appliances in their waters under any and all circumstances. NOT VOTING-91. "JOHN K. POST. Allen, C. H. Dibble, Mahoney, Simmons, ''Ron. N. W. NUTriNG, · Anderson,J.A. Dorsey, :Mansur, Spinola, " Washington, D. Ct, House of Rep1·ese-n!atives." Arnold, l:<'isher, l\'Iatson, Stewart,J. D. Atkinson, Fitch, McAdoo, Stockdale, "OswEGo, N. Y., Feltruary 1, 1888. Barnes, Flood, McKenna, Stone or Mo. "DEAR Srn: At the suggestion of Mr. Allen, I make the following statement: Belden, Foran, McKinley, Symes, On or about the 3d day of November, 1882, the schooner Camanche, of which I Belmont, Gay, McMillan, Tarsney, was controlling owner, was sunk in the Welland Canal, near Port Colborne. Bingham, Gibson, McShane, Taylor, E. B. Although Bufl'alo was but 20 miles, and assistance could have been procured Boutelle, Goff, Morse, Thomas, J.R. in six hours, we were told that American assistance would not be permitted, Bowden, Granger, Ne.'ll, Thompson, A. C. although at that moment the steam-pumps we1·e loaded and ready to come. Browne,T.H.B. Greenman, Nutting, Thompson, T. L. The result was we had to wait for assistance from Amherstburg, nearly 300 miles Brown,J. R. Harmer, O'Neill,J. J. Turner, E. J. distant, and causing a delay of three days. Owing to the delay, the vessel's cargo Brumm, Hayes, Osborne, Turner, H. G. swelled and sprung her entire deck up, and almost ruined the vessel. Burnes, Hires, Parker, Wade, "The treatment by the Canadians in ibis case was very unfair, and not at all as Butler, Hitt, Patton, Weaver, we treat them. Butterwort-h, Hopkins, S. T. Pugsley, White,J. B. "ALBERT QUONCE. Campbell, Felix Hunter, Randall, White,S. V. "Ron. N. W. NUTTING, Washinnton, D. C." Campbell, T. J. Jackson, Russell, J. E. Whiting, J. R. Therefore, Conger, Kennedy, Rusk Williams, Resolved, '!'hat the Treasury Department of the United States is hereby re Cooper, Kilgore., Sawy~r, Wilson, W. L. quested, if not inconsistent with the public good, to transmit to this House with Cox, Lagan, Scott, Woodburn, all convenientspeed anyandall correspondence, orders, and information in its Crisp, - Lawler, Shaw, Yoder. custody in regard to the refusal of the Canadian authorities to allow American DeLano, Maffett, Sherman, wrecking vessels and machinery to assist American vessels while in distress in So the motion was agreed to. . Canadian waters, and as to whether Canadian wrecking vessels and machinery On motion of Mr. CRAIN, by unanimous consent, the reading of the have been and are permitted to operate in American waters. names was dispensed with. Mr. CHIPMAN. I ask the previous question upon the adoption of The following pairs were announced, until further notice, on all po- the resolution. litical questions: Mr. OATES. Is this resolution now before the House for considera- Mr. SIMMONS with :Mr. ATKINSON. tion? Mr. TARSNEY with M:r. PATTON. The SPEAKER pro t~mpore. It is a privileged resolution. Mr. FELIX CAl\IPBELL with Mr. JACKBON. Mr. OATES. From what committee? Mr. STEWART, of Georgia, with Mr. GOFF. The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is reported from the Committee on Mr. SPINOLA with Mr. THOl'IAS, of Illinois. Foreign Affairs. Mr. NEAL with Mr. KENNEDY. The previous question was ordered, under the operation of which the Mr. CUMMINGS with Mr. FITCH, until Wednesday, 15th. resolution was agreed to. Mr. STONE, of Missouri, with Mr. ANDERSON, of Kansas, until the Mr. CHIPMAN moved to reconsider the vote by which the resolu- 1162 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE, FEBRUARY 13, tion was adopted; and n.lso moved that the motion to reconsider be laid 1\Ir. CO:hfP':I;ON. I offer that amendment, and think it should be on the table. appended to the bill. TJ1e L.1>tter motion was agreed to. The amendment was agreed to. ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED. Mr. HEMPIDLL. I now demand the previous question upon the 1\Ir. FISHER, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that engrossment and third reading of the bill. • they had examined and found duly enrolled bills of the following titles; The previous question W:lS ordered, under the operation of which the bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading ; lllld when the Speaker signed the same: being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. A bill to authorize theconstructionofa bridge over the (H. R. 2578) 1\lr. HEMPHILL moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was l\1i ouri River at or near the city of Lexington, Mo.; passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the A bill (S. 1754) for the relief of Henry H. Marmaduke, of Missouri; table. and The latter 'motion was agreed to. A bill (S. 1022) to relinquish the interest of the United States in cer tain lands in Kansas. BRIDGE ACROS..') ROCK CREEK. Mr. HEMPHILL. I call up for consideration the bill (H. R 1184) SERVICE OF LEGAL PROCESS, DISTRICT OF COLID!BIA. to authorize the construction of a bridge across Rock Creek, at the 1\Ir. HEMPHILL. I now call up for consideration the bill (H. R. Woodley Lane road, in the District of Columbia. The bill makes an ap 3290) to amend section 685 of the Revised Statutes relating to the Dis propriation, but I ask unanimous consent th:tt it may be considered in trict of Columbia and put it upon_its passage. the House as in Committee of the Whole. · The bill is as follows: The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. RICHARDSON). The Chair is in Be it enacted, etc., That section numbered 685 of the Revised Statutes relating formed the bill is on the House Calendar. It will be considered in the to the District of Columbio. be, nnd the same is hereby, amended so a.s to reafl as follows: Honse unless the point is made. ';&--c. 685. The summons shall be served like other writs of summons at least Mr. HEMPHILL. Let the substitute be read. se\en days before the appearance of the party complained of; but in case such The following substitute, reported by the Committee on the District party has left the District of Columbia, or can not be found, said summons may be served by delivering a. written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, of Columbia, W:lS read: · copy thereof to the tenant, or leaving the same with some person above the Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert as follows: age of twelve years residing on or in possession of the premises; and in case That the commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are h e1·eby, no one is in actual possession ofsaidpremisesorresidingthereon, then by post authorized and directed to cause to be constructed across Rock Creek, on the ing n copy of said summons on the premises where it may be conveniently Woodley Lane road, in the District of Columbia~ a. substantial stone or iron read ." bridge with necessary approaches; and the sum of $35,000 is hereby appro priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, which The committee recommend the adoption of the following amend said sum shall be available immediately upon the pas_age of this act, for the· ments: construction of said bridge and approaches, and for such investigation and sur After the word" tenant," in the eleventh line, insert the words "or to the veys and such contingencies as the commissioners of the District of Coltm1bia a gent or atton1ey of the defendant, if he be known." shall deem necessary, the same to be maintained o.s a free bridge for tr vel. .Also in the twelfth line, aflel' the word "person," insert the words" of suit SEC. 2. That the sum which shall be expanded under the pl"Odsions of this able discretion." act shall be ti·eated and regarded as part of the g-eneral expenses of the D istrict of Columbia, and the United States shall be credited with the amount which it bir. HE IPHILL. I would like to say that this bill simply proposes may pay u nder this act upon the 50 per centum of th expenses of the Di lrict to provide the means for summoning defendants who have absented of Columbia, as provided in the act of June 11, 1876. entitled "An act providing a. permanent form of government for the District of Columbia." themselves from the District. It is a mere matter of conforming the SEC. 3. That the commissioners of the District of Columbia shall, as soon as law upon this subject to the general laws prevailing elsewhere. practicable, cause a survey of said creek to be made to d etermine the length, If there be no desire to debate the bill, I ask the previous question width, and height of said bridge and the approaches thereto, and shall cause plans and specifications to be prepared for such brid~e and uch approaches; and upon the amendments and the engrossment and third reading of the when the same are completed said board shall advertise for sealed proposals for bill. the construction of such bridge and such approache , which advertisement ball The pre"\tiQus question was ordered, under the operation of which the be inserted for at least one week in one or more daily pnpers in such cities ns the said board of commissioners shall desig11ate, and shall let such contract t'o the amendments were agreed to, the bill as amended was ordered to be en lowest responsible bidder, as provided by law : Provided, That the aggregate gr ed for a third reading; and being engrossed, it was accordingly cost for the construction of such bridge and the approaches thereto, including read the third time, and passed. ' the incideu tal expenses connected the1·ewith, shall not exceed the amount herein Mr. HEMPillLL moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill W:lS appropriated. p.'l.SSed ; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. Ur. HEMPHILL. If there is no information or explanation desired, The latter motion was agreed to. I will move the previous question. M:r. ADAMS. Let the report be read. POOLS ON RACES, ETC. The report (by 1\Ir. BREWER) was read, as follows: 1\Ir. HEMPHILL. I nmv call np the bill (H. R. 4964) to prevent The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the bill (H. any person or persons in the cities of Washington and Georgetown from R. ll84) to authorize the construction of a bridge aero s Rock Creek at the so called Woodley Lane road, in the District of Columbia., r spectfully r eport : making books and pools on the result of trotting or running ra-ces, or That they have had the same under consideration and hn.vc come to the con boat races. clusion that such bridge is necessary, ::md that the same should be con tructed. The bill is as follows: They therefore report said bill back to the House, with certain amendments in the nature of a. substitute, and recommend that the amendments l>e concurred Be it enacted, etc., That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, or asso in, and that the bill when so amended do pass. dation of persons, in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, in the District of Columbia., to bet, gamble, or make books and pools on the result of any 1\fr. TAULBEE. Is that the whole of the report? trotting race or running- rnce of horses, or boat race, or race of any kind, or on The SPEAKER pi·o tempore. The whole of the report has been read. any election or contest of any kind. SEc. 2. That any per on or persons, or association of persons, violating the 1!1r. TAULBEE. Then, will the gentleman in charge of ihe bill provisions of this net shall be fined not exceeding t500 nor less than $100, or be give the Honse some verbal explanation to show what is the nece ity imprisoned not more than ninety nor less thn.n thirty days, or both, at the dis why a bridge should be constructed at that point, and why it will be cretion of the court. more useful there than at other points? I would like also to hear some The committee recommend the adoption of the following amend thing about the probable increase of the value of property in that ments: neighborhood by reason of the construction of this bridge. In section 2, line 3, strike out the words "one hundred dollars" and insert Ur. HEMPHILL. I will answer the gentleman's questions. Does "twenty-five dollars," and in the fourth line strike out the words "nor less than thirty." he desire to submit any furtber question? Mr. TAULBEE. Not until those a.re answered. Mr. COMPTON. I wish to offer a further amendment to the bill. 1\fr. HErt1PIDLL. I will state that this bill was introduced Mr. HEMPIDLL. I ask the previous question upon the amend amongst the first of the bills which were presented for our consiuera. ments proposed by the committee, after which the gentleman may offer tion; that it went in its regular course 1.o the committee, and wns re his amendment. ported upon favorably by a subcommittee. Subsequently, after the Mr. BIGGS. I would like to have these amendments again read. I subcommittee had given such informaticm as was desired, further ac ask for information, as I am not satisfied with the bill altogether. tion by the committee was postponed until an examination of the prem The amendments were again reported. ises should satisfy individual members of the committee as to the pro The previous question was ordered, under the operation of which the priety of making this expenditure. amendments of the committee were agreed to. All the members of the committee except one went to this place and Mr. CO}IPTON. I desire to add an amendment at the end of the saw it for themselves. Every one of them that~ wit came bacl? sat first section in these words: isfied that this was a necessary and proper expenuitme of the public Or games of base ball. money. Another reason that satisfied them was that this is the only So as to prohibit pool-selling upon these games as well as upon the bridge from P street up. to a place c.1.lled IUingle's Ford, a distance other pointR co>ered by the bilL of 3 or 4 miles, and the committee thought it was the proper place to :M.r. BREWER. The section as it stands covers this question which have a suitable bridge for the people who wanted to go out of the city my friend from Maryland seeks to raise now. It uses the words: and those who wanted to come in. Those are some of the re:lSons Or conte<;;t of nny kind. which influenced the committee. Therefore the amendment is entirely useless. :Mr. TAULBEE. I am not well.acquainted with the geogmphy of , 1888. CONGRESSIONAL -RECORD- HOUSE. . that portion of the District, but I wish to inquire further whether this Mr. HEMPHILL. It is. proposed bridge is on the line of the proposed extension of Massn..chu Mr. WI LKINS. I understood the gentleman from South Carolina setts avenue. to say that it was the bridge for the extension of Massachusetts avenue. 111r. HEMPHILL. It is not. Mr. HEMPHILL. Oh, no. It is a different thing entirely. It bas 11Ir. TAULBEE. How far from it? nothing to do with the extension of Massachusetts avenue. Mr. HEMPHILL. I suppose about a mile. It is on an entirely Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. Are there any 1·emonsn:ances against different road which has nothing to do with Massachusetts avenue. the passage of this bill? l\1r. HENDERSON, of Iowa.. Does this bill appropriate money fbr Mr. HEI\fPHILL. Yes. There is a remonstrance in the way of a the construction of the bridge? resolution adopted by the citizens' committee. They passed a resolu Mr. HEMPHILL. It does. tion in which they said that this was a waste of public money, and one Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. How much? of the speakers upon that occasion said there was a "job" in it. The 1\Ir. HEMPHILL. Thirty-five thousand dollars. gentleman from Michigan [Mr. BREWER], the member of our commit 1\fr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. Has any ground been donated for it? tee who had reported the bill, immediately prepared a letter and.sent Mr. HEMPHILL. Yes, sir. The people out there who have prop- it to the chairman of the citizens' committee, saying in substance, " If erty have donated, according to the statement furnished by the city you gentlemen have any objection to mge t-o this bill, we ask you to department, grounds about the bridge and leading to it, valued at come before the committee and present it." They did notcomeatthe $1!:)9,000, for public streets. time they were invited; they said they were not ready yet. We post Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. Who are to be accommodated by this · poned the matter until this morning, when the gentleman who offered bridge? the resolution in the citizens' committee and two or three other gen , 1\Ir. HEMPIIILL. Of comse everybody who lives out on that side tlemen appeared and made objections to the bill. They objected to of the city will be accommodated by it, and the people who live on the such an expenditure of the public money. The gentleman w bo offered other side of the creek will be accommodated by it. the resolution lives on this side of the city and wants improvements Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa.. .Are not the speculators more likely to ·made here, and I asked him the question, "What is really the point in be accommodated by H than anybody else? this case? Is it not that the money is being spent in one portion of the Mr. HEMPIIILL. _I will answer the gentleman in this way, that city when you think it ought to be spent in another?" He replied, when the matter came up before the committee and we beard some re "That is it." It is a question as to where this money shall be spent. ports of that kind-that the speculators were to be benefited by it That is the sum and substance of the objections when they are boiled before the committee acted upon it we postponed, as I have said, its down. con!'ideration until the members could go to the spot and make a per Mr. TAULBEE. When I listened to the reading ofthis bill I sup sonal investigation; and those who went, and they were all the mem pose I must have been misled with reference to the locality of the pro bers of the committee except one, were satisfied that it was a proper posed bridge, as would be inferred from the question which I asked and necessary expenditure lor the public good. the gentleman in charge of the bill. From the reading I got the im Now, whether any speculators are going to make money out of it is pression that the bridge was proposed to be builtin that part of the Dis 2.matterwhich depends very much on the future. I suppose these gen trict of Columbia where it is notorious that almost the entire territory tlemen my friend from Iowa alludes to are the people who live along is in the hands of speculators, who are;attempting to increase the value the route and others interested in the improvements of that part of the of property there in order that they llh.,y·make their speculations suc city; and, as I have said, they give to the city for public streets and for cessful; but when it is announced by the gentleman from South Car improvements along the avenues and streets in that neighborhood prop olina [Mr. HEMPHILL] that the persons who live in the vicinity of this erty which is estimated to be worth $189,000. In addition to that proposed bridge and who own the property around there have maqe these same gentlemen, or some others, I do not myself personally know such generous and enormous contributions to the city of Washington who they are, ba•e spent there altogether $208,000 in grading streets and the District of Columbia, I feel half-way inclined to withdraw my which they haTe donat-ed to the public, and so fur as I am concerned, objection. I would, however, insist, as this is perhaps the most favor my judgment is that this is a proper expenditure; and if these gentle able opportunity I shall have, that the committee having these Dis men are willing to spend $400,000 towards the improvement of that trict matters in charge should take into consideration the necessities of portion of the city, I think the Government can afford to give them that portion of the city lying within the very shadow of this Capitol $35,000 for the construction of the bridge, even if other people are not Doubtless it is known to members of this House that within four or accommodated by it. five squares of the national Capitol itself the streets remain unpaved. Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. I desire to ask one other question. Railroad depots are found in the vicinity of this building, ancl if the Are there any petitions for the passage of tbis bill? expenditure of public money is to be made for the improvement of the Mr. HEMPHILL. Yes; there is a petition by everybody, I believe, city of Washington, I insist that, instead of making streets and build along the route who would be immediately interested in the matter of ing bridges 3 or 4 miles awa.y,from the Capitol, some attention ought to the streets in that part of the city. And in addition to that -there is a be paid to its immediate vicinity. petition signed by a large number of people who live out in the adjoin Mr. HEMPHILL. If the gentleman will permit me, I will state to ing territory included it.J. the District of Columbia, but not embraced him that the Committee on the District of Columbia does not lkwe con within the city limits, who would not be in any way affected or influ trol of the expenditure of money for the paving of streets, the laying ot enced by this except as a matter of convenience, a.s they would be af- sewers, or anything of that kind. That is controlled by the general • fecteQ.J>y any improvement which contributes to the general welfare. Committee on Appropriations; and while I concur in the view which Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. One question further. the gentleman expresses with respect to public improvements, I will 1t1r. HEMPHILL. I will answer any questions the gentleman may state to the gentleman that the Committee on the District of Colum ask. bia bas shown all proper attention to the needs of this eastern por Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa,. Ate those petitions signed by pMties tion of the city, which may have been somewhat neglected in the past. living in that vicinity-people who have homes there? Last year we made an appropriation of more than $100,000 to build Mr. HEMPHILL. Some of them are. These last that I have men a bridge across the Eastern Branch for the benefit of the people in this tioned live out in Montgomery County, Maryland. They are people portion of the city and ofthose who li>e on the other side oftberiver. who have a good deal of business with the city of Washington, who There is also pending a proposition to charter a railroad for the benefit have to visit the markets and other places in the city. Of course they of the people in that section. We ha.ve endeavored, as fur as possible, are interested in getting in an.d out easily, and there is no proper road to givethesepeople afuirshowingand to provide better means of travel for them to travel to and fro between their homes and .the city unless and traffic between the outlying country and the city. they go down to the P street bridge (which my friend will understand is Mr. TAULBEE. I understand, Mr. Speaker, tbattbeCommitteeon the bridge which the Metropolitan Railroad crosses on its way to George the District of Columbia does not have the appropriation of money 1or town), or go np to another place some 3 or 4 miles distant, where also the improvement of the streets; but, if I understand the rules of this there is a bridge. It is proper to state that there is an ordinary wooden House, I think that committee does have such charge and sncb authority bridge now at the place where it is proposed to build this, but I do not as would enable it to by proper restrictions upon the commissioners or think that any gentleman who examines it will say that it is a proper the District, who exercise the prerogative of distributing the money and structure for any civilized community where people have to pass to and desjgna,ting the streets that are to be improved. fr~ . Mr. HEMPHILL. No; the appropriation bill provides for tbatq Mr. HENDERSON, ofiowa. Is this bill recommended unanimously Mr. TAULBEE. If any man will examine the appropriation bill be by the committee? will find tha.t the commissioners have almost carte-blanche for the desig Mr. HEMPHILL. There is no minority report. My understand nation of the streets that arc to be improved. ing is that there is one member of the committee who did not assent Mr. HEUPHILL. Well, Ur. Speaker, the gentleman's view and to the recommendation. He reserved the right to dissent. mine are not so very divergent after all, and if he will introduce a Mr. BREWER. But that g~ntleman did not go out to make an ex- proper bill on this subject our committee will give it full and fair con amination of the locality? - sideration, and will be very glad to give him a. hearing. 1tfr. HEliPIDLL. No, he did not go. Mr. TAULBEE. I have not felt called upon to introduce bills on Mr. WILKINS. I wish to ask a question for information. Is this this subject, because my assignments on the committees of this House what is known as the Woodley Lane bridge? have directed my attention and labors in a different direction, and I 1164 -CONGRESSIONAL REOORD-HOUSE. FEBRUARY 13, would not assume to know so niuch about these District matters as I organized body of citizens has lmanimously opposed it at the present should hope to know if I were a member of the gentleman's committee. time, I have simply :risen to suggest to my friend from South Carolina I will vote with that committee. I have been with the gentleman all and to the gentlemen of his committee, in whose judgment I have great along; I have gone with him through Austerlitz to Waterloo, and I confidence, so that I would ordinarily follow them blindly, that this expect to be with him_to the end, but I want these ql;lestions answered, matter be allowed to go over until the next District of Columbia day, because I think they are pertinent. in order, first, that the citizens' committee of one hundred may have full And I want to say right here that I look with great suspicion upon opportunity to present before the Committee on the District of Col um a measure bearing the features that this bill bears, especially if this bia the grounds of their opposition to this measure, and in order also proposed improvement is located in that part of the District where that members like myself may have opportunity meanwhile to form there have been such strenuous efforts recently to ''boom" real estate. an independent judgment as to the necessity of the present construc- But with the statement made by the gentleman from South Carolina tion of this bridge. . · as to these enormous conb·ibutions, which, I dare say, are in money or Mr. TAULBEE. And at least find out where it is. real estate-- Mr. HE fPHILL. 1\Ir. Speaker, I think the committee bas given Mr. HEMPHILL. Both. these gentlemen who are opposed to this measure every opportunity to Mr. TAULBEE. For the improvement of that part of the city, I be heard which they can reasonably ask. But, of course, this com think we ought as members to do something in that direction. But mittee bas had other things to do besides listening to the people of the before coming to a fixed and definite conclusion on that matter, I would District of Columbia. Jt is one of the peen liarities of the people here, like to ask what part of these contributions bas been made in money ·and it may be they are not singular in this respect, and there are other and what part by the donation of streets along the line of which the people who lmve the same peculiarity, but there is not a proposition donors own real estate. which has been presented to us to expend money in any part of this Mr. HEMPHILL. I will state to the gentleman that the money District but others come to the committee and oppose it, and insist the amounted to $208,559.13. money should be spent, not where the committee propose, but in some :Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. That is what they spent on their prop other direction. I think that is the 1·esuU of the experience of mem erty. bers very generally who have served upon this Committee on the Dis Mr. HEMPHILL. No, it is what they spent upon the streets them- trict of Columbia. selves in preparing for this improvement. . I say, Mr. Speaker, that we gave this matter our personal examina Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. It is what was spent upon their prop- tion, and came to the conclusion it was a proper measure. The co'Jlmis erty on both sides of the proposed line. sioners of the District are of the same opinion. We have received pe Mr. HEMPHILL. Well, I do not know about tha.t. titions from persons who are interested and persons who are not inter l\ir. HENDERSON, of Iowa. I do. ested in the property of the District. So far as we have been able to Mr. TAULBEE·. i want to say thatifthe "contributions" referred discover, there is no objection stated to the proposition, except on the · to by the gentleman from South Carolina consist of improvements that part of people who live in other parts of the District and who think ·' have been going on upon the property of these "syndicates," grading the money should be spent in their· section. Perhaps that is natural, the streets and laying off their property in town lots; if that is what although it is necessarily selfish. the gentleman means by "contributions," it bears quite a different I wish now to yield some time to the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. complexion from what I had understood. I had supposed these con BREWER] who submitted this report from the Committee on the Dis tributions were expen •, .- 1888. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 1165 criticise the judgment as well as the work of th.e District Committee. taxation will be raised accordingly. I think, therefore, as a business Some of us know with what trial, with what labor, with what perse man, examining this question with that end in view, that by the con verance the honorable Speaker of this House labored four long weeks struction of this bridge the increased value of property on the other side to find amongst the members of this House of Representatives thirteen of Rock Creek, the enhanced value when we come to assess the property gentlemen to whom could be intrusted the affairs of this District; and for purposes of taxation, will be so great that it will more than pay the he succeeded in finding twelve. It was thought, at that time, the cost of the construction of the bridge inside of tbree years. great difficulty wast{) make up the Committee on Ways and Means, I ask consent to append to my remarks some letters bearing upon this but I think the House has generally come to the conclusion it requires subject. · no very able body of men to frame a tariff bill if they can do it in secret There was no objection. session. [Laughter.] Everybodyknewwho was to be at the head of The letters are as follows: the Committee on Appropriations, and so in due time the honorable Hot:SE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, D. 0., Fel»-uary 9, 1888. Speaker appointed those who were to constitute the Committee on the 1\IY DEAR Sm: I see by the morning papers of yesterday that at a. meeting of District of Columbia. the citizens' committ~e of which you were chairman, held on the evening pre vious, among other things discussed and considered was that of the proposed Now, Mr. Speaker, this bill was presented, I know not by "thorn, to bridge over Rock (;'reek, on the Woodley Lane road, so called, and that at such the Committee on the District of Columbia. It was referred to a sub meeting resolutipns were passed in opposition to the construction of such bridge. committee of which I was a member. We went and inspected the lo It was stated, according to the reported proceed.ings in the press, that there was a. "job of the first water" connected with such proposed bridge matter. The cation of this proposed bridge. We made our report to the committee. bill in question for such bridge having, under the direction of the Committee on The whole committee inspected the location of the bridge, and they the District of Columbia., been favorably reported to the House by myself, I came to the conclusion that it was right and proper to reeommend its should deem it a very great favor if you or your committee or any other-citizen in the District of Columbia would communicat~ to the chairman of said com construction. mittee or myself personally any information which you or they may possess The course of Rock Creek where this bridge is proposed to be con tending in any manner to show that there is a "job" of any kind connected stracted is at the bottom of a deep declivity. There are high banks on with the proposed construction of the bridge in question. Before said bill was reported to the House the location of the proposed brid~e was visited and care each side. There is a bridge there now, but it.is near the water, and fully inspected by nearly every member of the committee on District affairs, and those who travel that road are compelled to go up and down these high the construction of such bridge was deemed necessary and in the interest of the embankments. It is one of the leading roads through the northwestern public generally. There will be a meeting of the Committee on the District of Columbia. to-morrow, Friday, at 11 o'clock, and I will guaranty that any mem portion of the District leading into the State of M..-'1ryland. Every single ber of your committee shall be heard touching the matter in question, if the member of the committee who inspected the location came to the con ~>ame shall be desired. clusion, immediately almost after inspection, as a business matter, in I have the honor of remaining, very truly, yours, the interest of the, District, and in the interest of the public, it was M. S. BREWER, Member of District OommiUee. REGINALD FENDALL, Esq., . necessary that it should be constructed farther from the water so as to Chairman Oi.tizens' Oom1nittee, Washington, D. 0. do away with the steepness of the bauks of the creek and make the CITIZENS' REPRESENTATIVE CoMMITTEE OF ONE HUNDRED, travel over the bridge easier and more convenient. DISTRICT OF CoLUMBIA, Now it is doubtless true, sir, that there are men who own lands out - Wa,shington, D. a., February 10, 1888. beyond that creek which they have bought and bold with tb~ expecta .DEARSm: Your esteemed favor of yesterday, having reference to the proposed tion of improving in value, so that when they are divided into lots and construction of a new bridge over Rock Creek, on the Woodley Lane road, and put upon the markettheywillmakemoney by the improvement. That the action of the citizens' committee of one hundred, was received last night. In reply I have to state that I was called away from the meeting of the com may be aU very true; and doubtless these lands will be increased in mittee before the close of its session on Tuesday night, and the proceedings re value by this proposed bridge. ferred to by you took place in my absence. But, in coming to the conclusion the committee did, we regarded it as It is impossible to communicate with the citizens' committee in time to ar mnge for a hearing before your committee this morning. wholly unnecessary and irrelevant to consider what these men might The citizens' committee will hold its next meeting on Tuesday evening, the have done heretofore or what will be the results upon their property 14th instant, when I will present your communication. I a.m sure they will be in the future. We were concerned only with the question of what was pleased to accept your courteous invitation, and, if it is agreeable to your com mittee, make arrangements to appear before them on Friday, the 17th instant. the public interest. It is, as all admit, desirable for the public interest I will thank you to inform me if this suggestion meets with your approval. and convenience that this bridge shall be constructed, and that consid I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, eration was what influenced the committee. REGINALD FENDALL, Now let us see what will be the effect of its construction. .A.re we President Citizens' Representative Committee of Oae Hundred. Ron: l\IARK S. BREWER, to be prevented 1rom making improvements of a public character in Member of District O<»nmiUee, House of .Representatives. the District of Columbia because perchance it might enhance the value of some man's property who bought it for speculative purposes in tim~ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, UNITED STATES, Washing/on, D. 0., Februa?-y10,1888. gone by, and lose sight of the 1act that such needed improvement is MY DEAR Sm: Your letter of the above date is just received, and the same demanded by the public necessities? Our attention has been called has been considered by the whole committee. I am directed by the committee to the report or resolutions of the committee of citizens,· the committee to inform you that the subcommittee which has the subject-matter in charge 'Yill meet on Monday morning next, at half past 10 o'clock at the rooms of the of one hundred, as it is called, of this District. Committee on the District of Columbia, for the purpose of hearing any and all Ten years ago, when I was here in this House, we were asked to pass persons who may desire to be heard in opposition to the construction of the an appropriation bill for the purpose of constructing a public building proposed bridge over Rock Creek. We beg that you will notify Mr. Dodge and in the District of Columbia, and I apprehend that since that time dur such other persons as may feel an interest in the subject-matter. It is not con venient for the committee to postpone the consideration of the matter to alat~r ing every Congress the same question has been under consideration in day. · the House. Why has that bill not been passed? Everybody knows I am ve1·y truly yours, that it was necessary; but it was not passed for the simple reason that l\1. S. BREWER, of District am.,mittee. the citizens' committee of one hundred could not agree upon a site; the REGINALD FENDALL, Esq. District people themselves were divided on the question, and hence the CITIZENS' REPRESnNTATIVE ColiiMITrEE OF ONE HUNDRED, • appropriation was never made. Why? Because the moment you DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Washington, D. 0., February 11, 1888. talked of putting up this building every man wanted it next to his DEAR Sm: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of yesterday, in own door for the benefitofhisprivateproperty; and it is so in every im forming metbat your subcommittee will meet on Monday next at 10.30 o'clock, provement we attempt to appropriate money for at this time, and will and requesting me to notify Mr. Dodge and such others as may feel an interest in the pending bill for the construction of a bridge over Rock Creek on Wood- be so, I am satisfied gentlemen will find, during the remainder of this ley Lane rt>ad. . session of Congress. But, Mr. Speaker, the committee could not stop The citizens' representative committee of one hundred is composed of del to consider these things. Shall we say that we are not going to con egates chosen by local citizens' associations, which cover the entire District or Columbia.. It was intended (and is) to be thoroughly representative and impar- struct a. bridge or open a street because at the end of the street or on tial in its constitution. · the other side of the bridge somebody, a. syndicate, if you please, bas One of the rules of the committee forbids any of its officers or members to ap got hold of some of the land and is going to cut it up and sell it out in pear before any committee of Congress, except when specially authorized and directed to do so by order of the whole committee. I have therefore to regret town lots, and the public expenditure which Congress makes is going that I am unable to comply with your request to have the committee officially to enhance its value? If we adopt that rule we shall make no improTe represented before you on Monday next, as the committee of one hundred has ments this year or hereafter. given no such authority in this case, and it is impossible for our committee to hold a meeting before Tuesday evening next. I have had some experience in municipal affairs: I know that no I find from the record that the preamble and resolution having reference to an improvement ever was made in one direction that there were not ob appropriation for the construction of said bridge was offered by a delegate from jections in the other, .A.s a business enterprise, supposing that there the northwest section of the city, was quite fully debated, and then passed with out a. dissenting voice. be a syndicate holding lands on the other side of Rock Creek to-day, It must therefore stand as an expression of the deliberate judgment of the it is now taxed as country property, at a rate one-third or more less committee, unless reconsidered and modified by that body. than city property; but if this bridge is built the assessed value of the As this matter has attracted some public attention, I shall feel it to be my duty on Tuesday next to present your correspondence to the committee of one property beyond the creek will be enhanced, or rather the rate will be hundred, with the recommendation that they take steps to have a. report pre increased to such an extent that the city will derive more than double pared which shall fully set forth the reasons for their action in the premises. as much revenue from taxes as at present. Suppose there is such a tract I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, REGINALD FENDALL, of land there and it is cut up into lots and sold out and buildings are President Oitizens' Representative Committee of One Hund1·ed. constrncted upon these lots, the tax rule is then applied there that is Hon. 1V!ARK S. BREWER, applied here in the city, and, of course, the assessment and the rate of House of Rep1"esentativcs. 1166 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. FEBRUARY 13, Mr. HEl\lPHILL. I now yield five minutes to the gentleman from to give the citizens and to give this House an opportunity to thoroughly Dlinois [Mr. ROWELL]. investigate this question. MI·. ROWELL. This improvement, in the judgment of the members There are large trads of country outside of the boundary that need of the committee ·who examined it, is one which is imperatively de money-very much money. The District Commis ioners have come manded. This is one of the improvements recommended in 1886 and before us in this Congress asking for more money for improvements again recommended this year. than they have ever asked for before; improvements in rich, thickly It probably will benefit the section of country beyond where it is to populated parts of the city and District outside of the city. Before, be located. If it did not confer some benfit it is an improvement that then, reaching out towards this region which has been Illilrked, tracked ought not to be made. If you spend the public money where nobody and retracked by the keen eye of the speculator, I think this House will be benefited by the expenditure you spend thepublic money use should be in possession of full knowledge of the facts instead of voting lessly. through this bill at this time. _ Now, between the P street bridge and Klingle's Ford this is the only .Those of us who are not prepared to-day to vote for this measure be crossing of Rock Creek. It shortens the distance for people coming in cause we know something of these operations, only ask for time to give the from the Maryland side, that portion of the country adjacent to the question a fnll and fair investigation, and that the people shall be fully city, some 2 miles. If you give them a decent road and a decent cross and fairly heard. We ask that the consideration of the bill shall be ing, which is demanded by every consideration of economy, they gain deferredforonly a month, until another District day, when you will have this advantage. Itis also demanded by considerations of the improve a whole day to control it. Why should this bill be driven through now ment of public property; and I do not hesitate to declare that the con by whip and spur simply because a few interrogation points have arisen struction of this bridge will :tdd to the taxable value of property beyond in regard to it? The light can do no harm, if this be something that that. point sufficient to pay back into the Treasury the whole cost of it can stand the light. I hope it may be of that character. But until sat within a very few years. isfied it is so, I for one can not give approval to the bill. I have great It is simply a question of getting the grade of a road that people can feara in regard to its purposes, and I am absolutely clear that those travel over. $35,000 can be planted to better &.dvantage in other parts of the city .Another consideration is that the people beyond it themselves are and District than in putting a bridge across Rock Creek. That is all I now demanding it. It is said thatacitizens' committee resolvedafew desire to say at this time. nights ago against it. Now, it is true that the president of the meet Mr. HEMPHILL. I think it is unfair to the committee-- ing bad left, and in violation of the rules of the committee a motion 1\Ir. HENDERSON, of Iowa. Will the gentleman from South Car was made by a certain gentleman to oppose this bridge, and by another olina permit me jnstanother word? gentleman a single remark was made upon the subject in opposition to it. :Mr. HEMPHILL. Yes, sir. These two gentlemen were before the subcommittee to-day and bad lr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. I do not want the gentleman from ainp1e opportunity to explain what they meant. They simply meant South Carolina, or any member of this committee, to think I impugn that if we did not have money enough on hand to build school-houses their motives or reflect on them in any way. But, like the gentleman and improve the streets inside of the city, therefore we ought not to himself, a"!ld like his colleagues, I have been, without my own desire, spend money outside. . thrownintotheinvestigationoftheseDistrjctmatters;havebeenbrought Another member of the citizens' committee, an influential member, in contact with them; have been taken out in carriages to these vicin living in East Washington, cn.me before the subcommittee and denounced ities, and have seen that region of country; and it iB because of my the action of the citizens' committee as pulling back in the traces, as knowledge of it that I seek to throw this warning before the House in opposed to public improvements, and declared if that was to be the ac conjunction with the gentleman from West Virginia, who was chair tion of the citizens' committee he would wash his hands of it and with- man of the subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations in re draw. That is the situation. · gard to the District bill in the last Congress; and I do not want the [Here the hammer fell J gentleman now to think that I am casting any reflection on him. I Mr. HEMPHILL. Unless some further discussion is desired, I will simply make a request that seems to me a reasonable one, when I ask now call for the previous question. - him to let the bill stand over till next District day, when we will have Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. I should like to make a few observa had time to investigate it. tions. :Mr. HEl\IPHILL. The gentlellilln from Iowa [Mr. HENDERSON] Mr. WILSON, of West Virginia. I suggest to the gentleman-from said he did not know why this should be driven through under whip Iowa to take the floor in his own right. and spur. I would like to know who is try:\ng to drive it through Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. Am I entitled to take the floor in my under whip and spur? It was among the first of the bills introduced own right? · in the House, and gentlemen have had from the date of its introduc The SPEAKER pro te-mp01·e. The gentleman from South Carolina tion up to the 13th of February to examine and consider it. The b'll [Mr. HEMPHILL] is entitled to the remainder o£ his time. was reported by a subcommittee, and a week was allowed for the gen Mr. HEMPHILL. How much time have I remaining ? eral committee to examine the subject and the premises if they saw fit. I The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has twenty minutes of They made their investigatiDn and made their report, and then, after his time remaining. ' that, we gave the citizens' committee of one hundred a full hearing :Mr. HEMPHILL. How much time does the gentleman from Iowa this morning, and I assert here that the representative of that commit desire? tee, who made the principal speech, stated himself that the real ques Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. About eight or ten minutes. tion was whether the money should be spent in this portion of the city Mr. HEMPHILL. I yield the gentleman from Iowa eight minutes. or somewhere else. Mr. McADOO. Before the gentleman from Iowa proceeds I wish to Now, it is very unfair to our committee and to every man who de ask the gentleman from South Carolina a question. Is it proposed to sires to support this bill to say that we are attempting to put it through build a.railroad to this bridge? under whip and spur. So far as I am concerned the bill comes up in l\Ir. HE.MPHIL~. There is a railroad which will cross over the the regular way; it comes up after three or four other bills have been bridae on its return trip, if built. considered, when it might ha\e been brought up the first bill to-day Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. I do not rise to oppose the bill on its if we had seen fit. It is here like any other bill upon this Calendar, merits. Still I am not prepared to vote for it; and if driven to vote upon and the question is whether or no the House will stand by what their it now I will oppose its passage by any method that is legitimate. I committee have reported unanimously, except a reservation by one of think the request of the gentleman from West Virginia should be com the members of the right to object if he should see fit, and that mem plied with to giv-e us till next District day an opportunity to investi ber, by the way, is not present to-day. It is for the Honse to deter gate and look into this question. mine whether they will reject a measure which has been reported I know enough through my relations with the District by being a almost unanimously by the District Committee, which has received member of the subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations the recommendation of the District commissioners, and against which having charge of District appropriations-! know enough in that way no >alid objection has been urged. about real-estate jobs in that part of the city to make me feel no hesita As to the suggestion that this bridge will benefit somebody, that is tion in saying that I am full of the idea that there is a great deal more true. The Aqueduct bridge, for which we appropriated $125,000, will in this than has yet been developed. benefit somebody. • So will every other public improvement that is I agree with the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. ROWELL] that im made. The question here is simply whether the policy shall be ca.r provements should be made in the District of Columbia. There is ried out of providing some convenient means of communieatiou be needed to-day the expenditure of millions of dollars by way ofimprove tween the city and the surrounding country. So far as I am concerned ments, and I have not been backward, as a member of the .AJlpropria I have no hesitation in sayin~ that this is a proper and legitimate ex tionsCommittee, in giving the District needed money. But I have stood penditure of public money, and that is the sentiment of the co.mmit here on this floor demanding that the substantial interests now planted tee. It it; for the House to detennine whether they will authonze the in thls city and District shall first be considered before Congress be expenditure now or will postpone it until another time. So far as I comes the instrument of a real-estate ring. There may be no such ring am concerned they have it in their own hands. back of this movement. I make no charge of that kind now. But I Mr. :McADOO. .A few minntes ago I called the attention of th:e unite with my friend from West Virginia in asking for reasonable time gentleman from South Carolina [Ur. HEMPHILT.-] to the fact that 1t 188'8. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. _11 67 was contemplated to build a raihoad which would cross this proposed The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read a third bridge. time; and it was accordingly read the third time by its title. Mr. HEUPHILL. Yes, sir. Mr. HEUPHILL. I call for the previous question on the passage of Mr. McADOO. Will the gentleman kindly inform the House what the bill. _ arrangements will be made with the railroad company for the use of Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. I now make my motion to recommit. the bridge? Will they be required to pay for it, and under whose super The SPEAKER pro tempo1'e. The gentleman from South Caroli.na vision and control will they be allowed t{) use the bridge? demands the previous question on the passage of the bill, pending which Mr. HEMPHILL. Under the charter as proposed this railroad will the gentleman from Iowa moves to recommit the bill to the Commit be taxed 4 per cent. upon its gross earnings toward meeting its share of tee on the District of Columbia. the expenses of the District; and in addition to that there is a provis The question being taken on the motion to recommit, there were ion that under no circumstances shall their dividends e~eed 10 per ayes 19, noes 99. cent., and if they do, then the commissioners are to have the right to Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. No quorum. reduce the rate of fare. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The point being made that no quorum 1\fr. McADOO. Under what lawwill the road be authorized to cross has voted, the Chair will appoint as tellers the gentleman from South the bridge? Carolina [Mr. HEMPHILL] and the gentleman from Iowa [Mr. HEN Ur. HEUPJIILL. Under the charter. DERSON]. Mr. 1\Ic.ADOO. So you get the bridge before the railroad? . The House again divided, and the tellers reported-ayes 17, noes 148. Mr. HEMPHILL. Well, sir, it is not we that get it. We have So the motion to recommit wag not agreed to. nothing to do with it., and I think it is very unfair to insinuate that the The SPEAKER pro ternpm·e_ The question now recurs on the de committee has any interest in this matter. mand for the previous question upon the passage of the bill· l\Ir. McADOO. I do not for one moment make such an insinuation. Tbe previous question was ordered. • I have the highest respect for the committee and for its chairman. Mr. HENDERSON~ of Iowa. :Mr. Speaker, is it now in order to Mr. HEMPHILL. I have no interest in it whatever, and the House demand the teading of the engrossed bill? can kick out both the bridge and the railroad bills so far as I am per The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlemen from Iowa has the sonally concerned; but it is a very strange thing that people who live right to have the engrossed bill read, if he insists upon it. here can not ask to have a railroad built or a bridge constructed with 1\Ir. HENDERSON, of Iowa. I do. out some gentleman supposing that there is a "ring" or a "job n con Mr. HEMPHILL. I WISh to ask for information whether the pre nected with it. vious question has not been ordered on the passage of the bill? 1\Ir. HENDERSON, of Iowa. 'rhe gentleman knows that there is The SPEAKER pro tempore. It has been. some ground for those suspicions. Mr. l!IILLS. That will carry this bill over as unfinished business if Mr. HEMPHILL. So far as I know there ia not. the House should now adjourn. l'IIr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. Then you have not watched District The SPEAKER pro tempore. That carries the bill over as unfinished affaira very closely. business. :Mr. HE:t\.fPHILL. Yes, I have watched them with a good deal of Mr. HEMPHILL. Is it not too late to demand the reading of the care for two years past. I say, of course, that if this bridge is built engrossed bill? somebody will undoubtedly make some money out of it, and so if any Mr. HENDERSON, oflowa. Itistoolateforthegentlemantomake stone is laid apywhere somebody is quite certain to profit by it. that point. Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. I think there is no body of men any Mr. HEl\IPHILL. The engrossed bill has been read, I believe. where who are so much pressed and purSued under plausible pretexts Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. No, it has not. to get legislation in the interest of speculators as the members of this Mr. HEMPHILL. Then it was not read because the reading was House. Of course it is never urged on that plea. not demanded, and it is now too late to call for it, as the question is on Mr. HEMPHILL. There is no doubt that there are a good many the passage of the bill. people in this country who want to have the public money expended The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Iowa made the for their benefit, and, the' committee of one hundred being composed point, the Chair sustained it, and no exception was taken. In the of people of this District, it is fair to suppose that the members of that opinion of the Chair, the gentleman from South Carolina is now too committee are influenced by substantially the same motives that in late in raising the question. fluence the people who are outside of that body. They want money 1\Ir. HEUPHILL. The gentleman from Iowa was too late. , spent in the eastern portion of the city. They complain that in the The SPEAKERp1·o tempore. The gentleman from Iowa made his past they have not had a fair sha1·e of the public money that has been point in time. expended, and perhaps they have not; but that is no reason why a l!Ir. HEj\1PHILL. I slesire to inquire whether, if we now adjourn, measure of public necessity should be slighted or rejected. the bill will come up to-morrow or on the next District day? Mr. EZRA B T.A YLOR. .Admitting that this proposed bridge js a Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa.. Tha.t question had better be deter good thing and a public benefit, did the committee consider the question mined hereafter. whether the money is as much needed for that as it is for other pur ·Mr. O'NEILL, of Pennsylvania.. Mr. Speaker, presuming that this poses in other parts of .the city? Has that Comparative investigation bill will come up as unfinished business to-morrow, I merely desire to been made? suggest- 1\fr. HEMPHILL. Well, sir, we heard arguments by gentlemen Mr. HE mERSON, of Iowa. I move that the House adjourn. who represented the different conflicting views, and we came to the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Pennsy1 vania [l\Ir. conclusion that this was a proper thing to ask the House to do. .As O'NEILL] is occupying the :floor, as the Chair understands, upon a par- I believe the House is ready to vote, I call for the previous question. liamentary question. · 1\Ir. HENDERSON, of Iowa. Will the gentleman permit just one :Mr. O'NEILL, of Pennsylvania. Of course, I do not desire to ob question more? trude my opinion upon the Chair on a question of order, but I presume J!I.Ir. HEMPHILL. Certainly. this bill will come up to-morrow as unfinished business if ~e adjourn Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. Since the Commjttee on the District now. If the gentleman from Iowa chooses to insist upon an adjourn of Columbia has only been able to finish its investigations this morn ment when we are just about to pass a bill which he knows must inev ing, and the bill is sought to be passed to-day, can the gentleman blame itably pass, and which should pass in justice to the people living in members for desiring a little more time to look at it? that portion of the District to which it relates-- 1J~r . HEMPHILL. I do not want gentlemen to 'Q.llderstand that I :&Ir. HENDERSON, of Iowa. I rise to a point of order. The lecture blame them. I am simply here to put through the business of. the of the gentleman from Pennsylvania to me js not a parliamentary in· Hou::e. If members think they ought to have more time, of course quiry. I. move that the House do now adjourn. - they are entirely at liberty to vote that way. 1\Iy only concern is to The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question of order of the gentleman get through the public business. I call for the previoUB question. from South Carolina is pending. The gentlem..'tn from Pennsylvania The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question_ is on agreeing to the addressed the Chair, and the Chair desired to hear what the gentleman amendment proposed by the Committee on the District of Columbia. had to say on that point. Mr. HEMPHILL. Does the Chair understand that I asked the pre 1\fr. O'NEILL, of Pennsylvania. I do not wish to discuss the ques vious question on the bill and pending amendment? tion of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from South Carolina 1\Ir. HENDERSON, of Iowa. If the gentleman does not wish to calls for the previoUB question on agreeing to the amendment, and on discuss the question of order then he is out of order, and I move that ordering the bill to be engrossed and read a third time. the House do now adjourn. Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. I rise to a parliamentary inquiry. Is The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Iowa has not the a motion to recommit in order at this time? floor to make that motion. The SPEAKER pro tempore. .After the bill has been ordered to be en Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. , The gentleman from Pennsylvania grossed and read a third time the motion to recommit will be in order. says he does not wish to discuss the point of order. The previous question was ordered; and under the oneration thereof The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Pennsylvania will the amendment proposed by the Committee on the District of Colum proceed. bia was agreed to. lli. O'NEILL, of Pennsylvania. In reply to the gentleman from 1168 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. FEBRUARY 1_3, Iowa, I wish to say that by the vote already taken this Honse has ex Mr. HEMPHILL's motion was agreed to; and then (at 5 o'clock and pressed itself to be decidedly in favor of the passage of the pending bill. 5 minutes p. m.) the House adjourned. The bill is fairly before the House, and it has been fairly argued. Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. I rise to a point of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his point of PRIVATE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED AND RE order. FERRED. Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. The gentleman from Pennsylvania Under tho rule private bills and joint resolutions of the following rises to discuss the question of order, and instead of doing so proceeds titles were introduced and referred as indicated below: to give me a lecture, which, in my judgment, is not in order. [Laugh- By Mr. ADAMS: A bill (H. R. 7091) for the relief of minor heirs of ter.] - OrisonS. Baldwin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. O'NEILL, of Pennsylvania. Does not this bill come up as the Also, a bill (H. R. 7092) for the relief of Anna M. Arnold-to the unfinished business to-morrow? Committee on Invalid Pensions. The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the present occupant Also, a bill (H. R. 7093) granting an increase of pension to John A. of the chair, the previous question having been ordered, the bill does Rolf-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. come up as the unfinished business to-morrow morning, after the read By Mr. C. S. BAKER: A bill {H. R. 7094) granting a pension to ing of the Journal. At that time the Speaker of the House will occupy Nancy Van Dyne-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the chair, and can decide whether it comes up then in order or goes over By Mr. BAYNE: A bill {H. R. 7095) granting a pension to Miriam as the unfinished business of the next District day! V. Ashe-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. DINGLEY. As this is District day does not the unfinished busi Also, a bill (H. R. 7096) to remove the charge of desertion from the ness of to-day go over under th~ rule to the next District day? military record of William J. Blain-to the Committee on Military The SPEAKER pro tempm·e. The Chair is under the impression, as Affairs. the previous question has been ordered, the bill comes up to-morrow after By .Mr. BELDEN: A bill (H. R. 7097) granting a pension to Ed the :~;eading of the Journal. mund-Ryan-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. The Chair does not decide that ques By Mr. BLISS: A bill (H. R. 7098) for the relief of Herman Leib tion, but leaves it to the Speaker to decide.· mann-to the Committee on Claims. The SPEAKER p1·o tempore . .· It has been the practice of the House, as By Mr. BOOTHMAN: A bilf{H. R. 7099) to-increase the pension of gentlemen will remember, when the previous question has been ordered Joseph Claire-to the Committee on Pensions. on a bill on Friday, that bill would come up upon the Monday follow By Mr. C. E. BROWN: A bill {H. R. 7100) for the relief ofSophia G. ing or the next day, after the reading of the Journal. The Chair holds Mitchell and Eliza Jane Mahon-to the Committee on War Claims. this bill will come up to-morrow, and, as he has already stated, the Also, a bill (H. R. 7101) granting a _pension to John Senff-to the Speaker will occupy the chair in the morning and can decide the mat Committee on Invalid Pensions. ter for himself. Also, a bill (H. R. 7102) to correct the military record. of James D. Mr. CANNON. I do not understand the previous question has been Gallagher-to the Committee on Mill~ Affairs. ordered. By Mr. BRYCE: A bill (H. R. 7103) forthe relief of Rudolph Men Mr. HEMPHILL. Yes, it has. adier-t·:> the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. CANNON. On the final passage of the bill? By Mr. BUNNELL: A bill (H. R. 7104) for the relief of Mercy The SPEAKER pro tempm·e. The previous question has beer. ordered Owen, widow of Jeptba W. Owen-to the Committee on Invalid Pen . ·on the passage of the bill. sions. Ur. COMPTON. Do I understand the Chair has decided that the By Mr. BURNES: A bill (H. R. 7105) for the relief of John S. Lo gentleman bas the right to call for the r~ding of the engrossed bill? gan, assignee-to the Committee on Claims. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair has so decided. By Mr. BURNETT: A bill (H. R. 7106) granting a pension to Syl Mr. COMPTON. I appeal from the decision of the Chair. vander Jefferds-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. The SPEAKER pro tmnpore. It is too late. Also, a bill {H. R. 7107) granting a pension to Patrick Coyle-to the Mr. HEMPHILL. As to the point of order, the Chair ruled against Committee on Invalid Pensions. me before I bad an opportunity to be heard; but as it has been decided By Mr. JAMES E. CAMPBELL: A bill (H. R. 7108) fer the relief that this bill will come up as the first business after the reading of the of George W. Soller-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Jownal to-morrow, I think the proper thing now to do is for the House By Mr. CANDLER: A bill (H. R. 7109) for the relief of the executor to adjourn, and I therefore submit that motion. or administrator of the estate of Nehemiah Garrison, assignee ofUoses LEAYE OF ABSENCE. Perkins-to the Committee on Claims. :Mr. ANDERSON, of Kansas, was granted leave of absence -for to-day By Mr. CANNON: A bill (H. R. 7110) granting a pension to Eliza and until the return of the Special Committee on Labor Troubles in beth Volan-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Pennsylvania. · By Mr. CASWELL: A bill (H. R. 7111) granting a pension to Caro - LAURA L WALLEN. line Pautel-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. On motion of Mr. BLISS, by unanimous consent, leave was granted By Mr. CLARDY: A bill (H. R. 7112) for the reliefofMaryL. Rod for the withdrawal from the files of the Honse, without leaving copies, erick-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of the memorial of Laura L. Wallen. By Mr. CHEADLE: A bill (H. R. 7113) granting a pension to Maria Youngs-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. EMPLOYES AT PRESIDENTIAL POST-OFFICES. Also, a bill (H. R. 7114) granting a pension to Henrietta Petersdorf Mr. FUNSTON, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 721.3) to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to designate, classify, fix the salaries, and regulate the appointment Also, a bill (H. R. 7115) granting a pension to William Scott-to the and employment of officers, clerks, and employes at Presidential post Committee on Invalid Pensions. . offices; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com By M:r. CHIPMAN: A bill (H. R. 7116) for ·the relief of workmen mittee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads, and_ordered to be printed. employed in the construction of Poverty Island light-house, Lake :Mich THREE-DOLLAR GOLD PIECES. igan-to the Committee on Claims. · :Mr. BLAND, by unanimous consent, introduced a. bill (H. R. 7214) Also, a bill (H. R. 7117) forthereliefof DavidSample-tothe Com to prohibit coinage of three-dollar gold pieces; which was read a first mittee on Military Affairs. and second time, referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Also, a bill (H. R. 7118) for the relief of John Crosby-to the Com Measures, and ordered to be printed. mittee on Claims. By Mr. CULBERSON: A bill {H. R. 7119) for the relief John D. SAULT STE. MABIE VILLAGE. Henderson's heirs-to the Committee on War Claims. Mr. CUTCHEON, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. Also, a bill (H. R. 7120) for the relief of Levina Neeley-to the _ 7215) to confirm certain lands to the village of Sault Ste. Marie; which Committee on Invalid Pensions. was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Private By Mr. DAVIS: A bill (H. R. 7121) granting a pension to Florence Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Mabel Wils.on-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 1\.IESSAGE FROM THE ·sENATE. By Mr. DUNHAM: A bill (H. R. 7122) for the relief of Mrs. Will A message from the Senate, by Mr. McCooK, its Secretary, announced iam W. Sherman-to the Committee on War Claims. that the Senate had passed bills of the following titles, in which the Also, a bill (H. R. 7123) for the r~lief of Catharine Mutz-to the concurrence of the House was requested, namely: Committee on Invalid Pensions. A bill (S. 279) making appropriations for the purchase of ground By Mr. DUNN: A bill (H. R. 7124) for the relief of S. C. Stirling, and the erection thereon in the city of Washington of a building to be H. R. Stirling, J. Anna Stirling, executrix of W. R. Stirling, and the used as a hall of records; and legal representatives of Mary C. Stirling-to the Committee on War A bill (S. 1938) making an additional appropriation for the relief of Claims. the poor of the District of Columbia. By 111r. FINLEY: A bill (H. R. 7125) for the relief of Martha Spencer Also, that the Senate had passed without amendment the bill (H. to the Committee on 1t1ilitary Affairs. · R. 19) for the relief of H. B. Wilson, administrator of the estate of By Mr. GAINES: A bill (H. R. 7126) for the relief of the heirs of William Tinder, deceased. Mark Davis, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. 1888. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 1169 ·- By Mr. GLOVER: A bill (H. R. 7127) for the relief of Charles Mc- By 1\Ir. McSHANE: A bill {H. R. 7169) granting arrears of pension Laren-to the Committee on War Claims. • to Joseph R. Dodds-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .AJso, a bill (H. R. 7128) for the relief of Hiram K. Hazlett-to the Also; a bill (H. R. 7170) granting a pensio:r;l to James Ball-to the Committee on War Claims. Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 7129) for the relief of Bell R. Clements-to the By Mr. MORRILL: A bill (H. R. 7171) to restore to the pension-roll Committee on Pensions. - the name of L'laac Dilley-to the Committ~ on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 7130) for the relief of Philip Holdenried- to the By Mr. MORROW: A bill (H. R. 7172) Tor the. relief ot the estate of Committee on Pensions. E:- L. Brown-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 7131) for the relief of Catharine.J{ennedy-to the By Mr. NEWTON: A bill(H. R. 7173) for the relief ofthelegalrepre Committee on War Claims. senta ti ves of Benjamin P. Curry, deceased-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 7132) for the relief of John A. King-to the Com By Mr. OATES: A bill (H. R. 7174) for the relief of Mrs. L. E. Boat mittee on Pensions. wright-to the Committee on Wa1· Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 7133) for the relief of Dr. W. W. Mantlo-to the Also, _a bill (H. R. 7175) for the relief of Mrs. A. E. Hardin, of Ala Committee on War Claims. bamnr-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 7134) for the relief of Fidel Buechel-to the Com By Mr. J. J. O'NEfLL: A bill (H. R. 7176) for the relief of Jacob mittee on Pensions. Kern-to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. HATCH: A bill (H. R. 7135) to remove the charge of deser By Mr. PEEL: A bill (H. R. 7177) granting a pension to Tilman tion from Jacob L. Webb-to the Committee on Militar.v .Affairs. Thrasher-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 7136) granting a pension to Litha J. Shalley-to By Mr. PERKINS: A bill (H. R. 7178) for the relief of William A. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Uitchell of the charge of desertion-to the Committee on Military Af Also, a bill (H. R. 7137) granting a pension to Harrison Toops-to fairs. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 7179) granting a pension to William F. Jobes, of Also,. a bill {H. R. 7138) to remove the charge of desertion from John Neodesha, Kans.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Greeley-to the Committre on Milita,ry Affairs. By 1't1r. PETERS: A bill (H. R. 7180) granting a pension to John Also, a bill (H. R. 7139) for the relief of John M. Davis-to the Com Harlan-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. • mittee on Military Affairs. By Mr. PIDCOCK: A bill (H. R. 7181) granting a pension to Alletta. Also, a bill (H. R. 7140) for the relief of Robe1:t D. Gardner-to the V. Quick-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on War Claims. ~ By Mr. ROMEIS: A bi1l (H. R. 7182) granting a pension to Henry Also, a bill (H. R. 7141) for the relief of Joseph T. Scott-to the L. Baldwin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Naval Affairs. · By Mr. RUSK: A bill (H. R. 7183) granting a pension to Abraham Also, a bill {H. R. 7142) granting a pension to Andrew J. Finn&y- Seidenstricker-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ' · to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. • · By Mr. SCULL: A bill (H. R. 7184) granting a pension to Jacob Also, a bill {H. R. 7143) granting a pension to Frances D. Best, widow Fletcher-to t.he Committee on Invalid Pensions. of Lieut. Col. J. G. Best-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. SENEY: A bill (H. R. 71S5) granting a pension to Samuel Also, a bill (H. R. 7144) granting a pension to S. W. Doss-to the Neikirk-tothe Co~mittee on Invalid Pensions. ~ Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. M. A. SM~ITH: A bill (H. R. 7186) to authorize the Leaven Also, a bill (H. R. 7145) granting a pension to Joseph Williams-to worth and Rio Grande Railway Company to construct and operate a the Committee on Invalid Pensions. railway through the Indian Territory, and for .other purposes-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 7146) for the relief of Lewis W. Chase-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. STONE, of Kentucky: A bill (H. R. 7187) for the relief of Also, a bill (H. R. 7147) granting a pension to Israel D. Thomas-to Charles S. Hamlin-to the Committee on War Claims. the Committee on Invalid Pensionli. Also, a bill (H. R. 7188) for the r-elief of J. B. Groom-t.o the Com- Also, a bill (H. R. 7148) granting a pension to Emeline Howren mittee on War Claims. . to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. E. B. TAYLOR: A bill (H. R. 7189) for the ·relief of Na- By Mr. HEARD: A bill (H. R. 7149) to incorporate the Hotel Re thaniel Lang-to the Committee on Military Affairs. public Company of the District of Columbia-to the Committee on the By I.ir. G. M. THOMAS: A bill (H. R.. 7190) for the relief of Ben District of Columbia. • jamin F. Royse-to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. HERMANN: A bill (H. R. 7150) for increase of pension of By Mr. 0. B. TH0~1AS: A bill (H. R. 719'1) for the relief of Har Herman Baumhager-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. rison W. Moore-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. HOOKER: A bill (H. R. 7151) for the relief of A. N. Kim By 111r. VOORHEES: A bill (H. R. 7192) for tbe relief of General R. ball and sureties on his official bond as receiver of public moneys-to H. Milroy-to the Committee on Claims. the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. WARNER: A bill (H. R. 7193) to remove the charge of de By Mr. HOUK. A bill (H. R. 7152) for the relief of William Robin sertion from the record of Albert G. Stansberry-to the Committee on son-to the Committee on War Claims. Wli tary Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 7153) for the relief of Joseph Chittum-to the By Mr. WHEELER: A bill (H. R. 7194) to ref~r the c1aim against Committee on War Claims. . the United Sta.tes of .J. J. Akers, of Colbert County, Alabama, to the Also, a bill (H. R. 7154) for the relief -of Jerry Simerly-to the Com- Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. mittee on War Claims. . By Mr. WILKINSON: A bill (H. R . .7195) for the relief of Antonio Also, a bill (H. R. 7155) for the relief of Charlotte 1\Iarrow-to the ·Marquez-to the Committee on War Claims. Committee on Invalid Pensions. ' By Mr. McCREARY: A bill (H. R. 7196) granting a pension to -Also, a bill (H. R. 7156) granting& pension to William W. Kidwell Jesse Mahaffey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 7197) granting a pension toUrs. .Julia B. Russell, • Also, a bill (H. R. 7157) granting a pension to James J. Gibbs-to widow of David Russell-to the Committee on Invalid.Pensions. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 7198) granting a pension to 1\frs. Rosannah Hol Also, a bill (H. R. 7158) granting a pension to Amon Gross-to the landsworth-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 7199) to place the name of Jacob L. Tussey, of' Also, a,bill (H. R. 7159) granting a pension to William Stokes-to Jackson County, Kentucky, on the pension-roll-to the Committee on the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill.(H. R. 7160) granting an increase of pension to A. W. Also, a bill (H. R. 7200) for the relief of Mrs. Jane Harbison-to ihe Rose-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on War Claims. · Also, a bill (H. R. 7161) amending the military record of Alexander . By Mr. McMILLIN: A bill (H. R. 7201) granting a pension to C. C. Gossett-to the Committee on Military Affairs. White-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. HOVEY: A bill (H. R. 7162) for the relief of Mary Nevels By Mr. REED:_ A bill (H. R. 7202) granting a pension to William to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. C. Lord-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. JOSEPH: A bill (H. R. 7163) for the relief of E. B. Beer Also, a bill (H. R. 7203) to remove the charge of desertion in the case to the Sele~t Committee on Indian Depredation Claims. of John Graffam,jr.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. KERR: A bill (H. R. 7164) for the relief of the heirs of Sam By Mr. DELANO: A bill (H. R. 7204) granting an increase of pen uel Morrison-to the Committee on War Claims. sion to David P. Stewart-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. LODGE: A bill (H. R. 7165) granting a pension to Julia By Mr. NEAL: A hill (H. R. 7205) granting a pension to James Cassidy-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Nipper-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By llfr. MANSUR: A bill (H. R. 7166) to grant a pension to Simon By Mr. SYMES: A bill (H. R. 7206) for the relief of Theodore J. Greenabaum-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Shandal-to the Committee on Pensions. AlEo, a 'bill (H. R. 7167) for the relief of Andrew P . .Jenkins-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 7207) for the relief of .J obn Leonard-to the Com Committee on Military Affairs. mittee on Military Affairs. _ l~y Mr. McCORMICK: A bill (H. R. 7168) for the relief of William Also, a bill (H. R. 7208) for the relief of C. C. Davis-to. the Com Magee-to the C-ommittee on Invalid Pensions. mittee on Claims. ~IX--74 1170 CONGRESSIONAL REOORD-HOUSE. FEBRUARY 13, By Mr. BURNES: A bill (H. R. 7209) for the relief of Mrs. Isabella ·By Mr. BURNES: Petition of R. l'lf. Nash and other clerks in the l't!. Pank:ey-to the Committee on War Claims. post-office at St. Joseph, l'lio., in favor of bill fixing the salaries of clerks By Mr. YOST: A -bill (H. R. 7210) forthe reliefofthe heirs of Z. J. in•the post-offices of the United States-to the Committee on the Post-" White-to the Committee on War Claims. Office and Post-Roa-ds. . Also, a bill (H. R. 7211) for the relief of J. D. Youell-to the Com By Mr. T. J. CAMPBELL: Petition of the House of the Good mittee on War Claims. Shepherd of New York City, for relief-to the Committee on Appro- Also, a bill. (H. R. 7212) ,.or the relief of P. W. Wood-to the Com priations. - mittee on War Claims. By Mr. CANDLER: Petition of the Georgia Uarble Company, the American Marble Company, and citizens of Georgia, against the reduc Changes in the reference of bills improperly referred were made in tion on rough marble-to the Committee on Ways and Means. the following cases, namely: By Mr. CANNON: Petition of Rev. E. B. Randle and 200 others, of A bill (H. R. 2667) for the relief of Ida M. Howell-Committee on Paris, Ill., for prohibition of exporting intoxicants to Africa-to the Invalid Pensions discharged, and referred to the Committee on War . Committee on Foreign Affairs. Claims. By Mr. CARUTH: Petition in regard to the tax on wool, from Rich A bill (H. R. 6245) for the relief of William Burk-Committee on son & Co., Louisville, Ky.-to the Committee on Ways and Means. War Claims discharged, and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pen Also, Ohio River captains, mates, pilots, and engineers of ste.'lm-•es• sions. sels, in regard to the return of license fees-to the Committee on Claims. A bill (H. R. 5826) granting a pension to W. W. Bradley-from the Also, a paper in regard to the pension of Uaria Hulse; also, a paper Committee on Invalid Pensions to the Committee on l'liilitary Affairs. in regard to a pension for John Taaffe, and a paper in regard to a pen A bill (H. R. 3860) for the relief of Hyland C. Kirk and others, as sion for Mary Griffith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. signees of Addison C. Fletcher-from the Committee on Claims to the By Mr. CATCHINGS: Petition of heirs of Agnes Heard, of Warren Committee on Patents. County, Mississippi, for reference of his claim to the Court of Claims to the Committee on War Claims. Also, papers in the claim of John M. Powell, guardian, of Hinds PETITIONS, ETC. County, Mississippi-to the Committee on War Claims. The following petitions and papers weYe laid on the Clerk's desk, By Mr. CHIPMAN: Petition of Catherine Carroll, sister of William • under the rule, and referred as follows: Carroll, late of Company B, 'Twenty-fourth Regiment Michigan Vol By Mr. C. H." ALLEN: Petition of Daniel C. Maxfield and others, of unteers, for relief-to the Committee on "Invalid Pensions. Amesbury, Mass., in aid of a certain treaty of arbitration-to the Com Also, petition of Urs. Annie Norton, widow of John Norton, late -mittee on Foreign Affairs. Company D, Fifth Regiment Michigan Infantry, for a widow's pen By l\Ir. E. P. ALLEN: Petition of H. B: Daniels and 54 oth~rs, cit sion-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. izens of Litchfield, Hillsdale County, Michigan, for a Government tel Also, petition of David Sample, for. honorable discharge-to the Com egraph-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. mittee on Military Affairs. By Mr. A. R. ANDERSON: Petition of J. N. Harris and others, of Also, petition of G. R. Alvord Post, Grand Army of the Republic, Hamburgh, Iowa, for the establishment of a Government system of teleg for honorable discharge of David Sample-to the Committee on Invalid raphy-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Pensions. By Mr. J. A. ANDEHSON: Petition of certain citizens of Davis Also, petition of John Crosby, of Dearborn, Mich., for compensa County, Kansas, for a Sabbath law-to the Committee on the Post tion as custodian of Detroit arsenal-to the Committee on Claim . Office and Post-Roads. Also, a bill providing for the impro.vement of the channel from Also, protest of 300 citizens of Davis County, Kansas, against the Grosse Point to the Detroit River, Michigan-to the Committee on admission of Utah with polygamy-to the Committee on the Terri Ri•ers and Harbors. tories. By Mr. CLARK: Petition of A. W. Lincoln, Menasha, Wis., for re By Mr. BACON: Petition of Letisha Sparks, for relief-to the Com lief-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. mittee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. CLEMENTS: A bill to appropriate $97,000 to complete the Also, memorial of the Board of Trade of Newburgh, N.Y., for a improvement of the Coosa River, in Georgia and Alabama-to the Com post-office at that city-to the Committee on Public Buildings and mittee on Rivers and Harbors. Grounds. Al~o, a bill to appropriate $500,000 for the improvement of th~ Coosa Also, petition of citi~ns of Newburgh, N. Y., for a post-office at River, in Georgia and Alabama-to the Committee on Rivers and Har- Newburgh, N. Y.-tothe Committee on PublicBuildingsandGrounds. ~~ . By Mr. BAKER: Petition of Mrs. Nancy Van Dyne, mother oiJames Also, a bill to appropriate $20,000 to improve the Oostenaula and B. Van Dyne, late orderly sergeant Company I, First Veteran New Coosawattee Rivers, in Georgia-to the Committee on Rivers and Har York Cavalry, 4Jr relief-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. bors. Also, petition of Sidney B. Roby, the Union and Advertiser Company, By Mr. COBB: Petition of Thomas R. Knowles, of Chambers County, and 100 others, citizens of Rochester, N.Y., in favor of the proposed Alabama, for re-ference of his claim to the Court of Claims-to the reduction of letter postage-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Committee on War Claims. Post-Roads. - By Mr. COGSWELL: Petition of B. T. Huntington and others, for By l'lir. BAYNE: Paper relating to House bill No. 6673-tothe Com the reissue of fractional currency and the abolition of postal notes-to mittee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Banking and Currency. By l'llr. BIGGS: Petition of citizens of Uerced County, California, Also, petition of Batchelder & Co. and others, citizens of Danvers, for removal of the duty on lumber-to the Committee on Ways and Beverly, and Salem, Uass., for the survey and improvement of Crane, Means. Waters, and Porter Rivers-to the~mmittee on Ri·vers and Harbors. By Mr. BOOTHMAN: Petition of E. B. Payne and others, com By Mr. DARGAN: Papers in the claims of Herbert Smith, of J. H. mittee ofthe National Veteran Union Organization of soldiers of the O'Cain, executor of Mary O'Cain; of John C. Carthen, of John Slattery, • late war, for the passage of a service-pension law-to the Committee on of J. N. Townsend, ofl\Iary Welch, ofLeonidas Lowry, by his widow; Invalid Pensions. of John G. Grant, of Pleasant Baker, of Mary R. Lo:ldholt, of Eliza By111r. BOUND: Petiiion ofthe facultyofLebanon Valley College, beth Singleton, of Patrick Brady, of Daniel Goldfinch, of Patrick H. of Lebanon, Pa., for an international copyright law-to the Committee Flanigan, of Jacob A. Schwarze, son of Philip B. Schwarze; of M. W. on Patents. Venning, of R. S. Lipsay, of Ballard D. Dean, of Joel L. Easterling, of By Mr. BOWDEN: Petition of General S. C. Armstrong and other l\Iartin Caulfield,of John Baker, of Lucy Breeden; of R. P. Hamer and citizens, in regard to improving the harbor of Hampton, Va.-to the others, executors ofR. C. Hamer; ofT. P. Stubbs, ofRichard Jordan, Committee on Rivers and Harbors. of Susan Brigman, widow of Thomas Brigman and of Julia C. Watson, Also, petition of Jesse H. Peel and others, and resolutions of the all of South Carolina-to the Committee on War Claims. council of Hampton, Va., for the same purpose-to the Committee on I3y Mr. DAVENPORT: Petition of citizens of Ontario County, New Rivers and Harbors. York, for passage of service bill for soldiers-to the Committee on In By Mr. BOWEN: Two petitions of citizens of Wythe County, Vir valid Pensions. ginia, for a Government system of telegraphy-to the Committee on By Mr. DAVIS: Petition of W. G. Bunker and others, masters of the Post-Office and Post-Roads. vessels and coa tpilots, in favor oftheimprovementofVineyard Haven By ~1r. BROWER: Petition of the citizens of Madison, Rockingham Harbor-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. · County, North Carolina, asking for $20,000 to be appropriated for the .A.lso,petitionofWilliam W. Crapo and others, citizens of New Bed improvement of Dan River-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. ford, in favor of the passage of an act to increase anu regulate the sal By Mr. C. E. BROWN: Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce and aries of post-office clerks-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Merchants' Exchange of Cincinnati, Ohio, touching the improvement Post-Roads. · of the Kentucky River-to the Committee on Rivers and, Harbors. Also, memorial of William Thompson and others, of New Bedford., By Mr. T. M. BROWNE: Petition of the Board of Trade and 650 Mass., in favor of international arbitration-to the Committee on others, citizens of Richmond, Ind., for the erection of a public building Foreign Affairs. in that city-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. ::eyy Mr. DINGLEY: Petition of citizens for arbitration of any 1888. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 1171 differences that may arise., between the United States and Great Brit By Mr. HOVEY: Petition of Joseph D. McClure, for increase of pen ain-to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. sion-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. DOUGHERTY: Papers in the case of F. P. Ferriera, of John Also, petition of citizens of Warrick County, Indiana, for a pension A. Pellicer, of Francis Bobe, and of Andrew J. Pellicer, of Flori~a to Mary Nevels, a bl.inJi girl-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. HUDD: Memorial of Thomas E. Tomson, mayor, and the By Mr. DUBOIS: Petition of 100 citizens of Oneida County, Idaho, common council of Manitowoc, Wis., in relation to a general appropria ag~inst any division of said Territory-to the .Committee on the Terri tion for public buildings-to the Committee on Public Buildings and tories. Grounds. By Mr. DUNN: Papers in the claim of Henry T. Cate, of Horatio Also, petition of A. L. Gray, mayor, and common council, of Fort Woodward, of Charles W. Belknap, of Samuel J. Sutton, of Arrey Howard, Wis., for the same-to the Committee on Public Buildings Marrs, of Hugh Dobkins, of Lizzie E. Neely, Mary E. Neely, andEs and Grounds. ther A.. B. Neely, of Thomas B. Paine, of"'W. H. Gillam, son-in-law of By Mr. KEAN: Three petitions of residents of New Jersey, fisher Joseph Egner; of James Dougherty, of John Brewer, of Mary A.. Eng men_and others, for the protection of food-fishes along the New Jersey land, and of W. H. Engels, of the State of Arkansas-to the Commit coast-to the Committee on Merchant Ma1·ine and Fisheries. tee on War Claims. By Mr. KETCHAM: Petition of Seth Secor and 75 others, of Cold Also, petition of I. J. Morrison, heir-at-law of Mrs. A.. E. Morrison, Spring, N.Y., for the passage of the service-pension bill-to the Com of Phillips County, Arkansas, for reference of his claim to the Court mittee on Invalid Pensions. of Claims__:to the Committee on War Claims. , Also, petition of 13 citizens of A.nCI·am, N. Y., for the adoption of the By Mr. ELLIOTT: Petition of citizens of Columbia, and of J. L. wool-growers' schedule of duty-to the Committee on Ways and Means. Ferguson and others, of South Carolina, for the improvement of the By Mr. LANHAM: Petition of letter-carriers 't>f El Paso, Tex., for Congaree River-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. relief-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. By Mr. ERMENTROUT: Memorial of Boston Executive Business By Air. LATHAM: Petition of..citizens of North Carolina, in relation Association, for fast mails-to the Committee on the Post-Office and to Ocracoke Inlet, in said State-to the Committee on Rivers andHar Post-Roads. bora. Also, memorial of Samuel Wilson, for reduction of postage on seeds, By Mr. LODGE: Petition of William 0. Newall and others, citizens of plants, etc.-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Lynn, Mass., in favor of settling international disputes by arbitration- By Air. FINLEY: 'Petition of estate of E. B. Cram, of J. M. Bow to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. · man, of James E. Browning, of Joseph Browning, of Beverly D. Curd~ Also, petition to accompany bill granting a pension to Julia Cassidy of Jesse .A. Curd, of Tibitha Dickey, of Charles P. Edmunds, of A.sa to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Y. Ellis, of E. G. Evans, of Mary J. Everett, of W. B. Farris, of Nancy By 1\ir. LONG: Petition of .French & Ward and others, of Norfolk W. Ferris, of A.. J. D. Foster, of C. J. Hargrove, of Garland Ford, of County, Massachusetts, for classifying worsteds as woolens-to the Com J. C. Goff, of Josiah Hatcher, of estate of A. L. Hawkins, and of John mittee on Ways and Means. Bishop, of Barren County, Kentucky, asking that their claims be re By Mr. McCLA.MMY: A oill to improve the navigation of the Upper ferred to the Court of Claims for a :finding of facts-to the Committee Cape Fear River, in North Carolina-to the Committee on Rivers and on War Claims. Harbors. Also, petition of James Breeding, of W. F. Grady, and of Amanda Also, a bill to improve the navigation of the Black Ri-rer, in North H. Keener (formerly Da.honey), of Adair County, Kentucky, asking Carolina-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. that their claims be referred to the Court of Claims for a finding of facts A.lso, a bill to improve the navigation of the New River~ in ~orth to the Committee on War Claims. Caroljlla-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Also, petition of E. A. Edmunds, a citizen of Beaver County, Ken Also, a bill to survey Northeast River, in North Carolina-to the tucky, asking that his claim be referred to the Court of Claims for a Committee on Rivers and Harbors. finding of facts-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. McCOMAS: Petition of the Lol!lbard Street Yearly Meeting By :Mr. FORNEY: Petition of citizens of Blonnt County, Alabama, of Friends, for the better legal protection of young girls-to the Com for national aid to education, and favoring the Blair bill-tq the Com mittee on the Judiciary. mittee on Education. Also, petition of same, for a national prohibitory constitutional amend Also, petition of W. B. W. Lee, administrator of Mordecai Tipton, ment-to the Committee on the Judiciary. of Cherokee County, Alabama, for reference of his claim to the Court Also-; petition of same for national aid to common schools-to the ofCla,irns-to the Committee on War Claims. Committee on Education. Al o, petition of citizens of North Alabama, asking that the t:u on Also,petitionoftheMarylandStateTemperanceA.lliance,fornational fruit brandies be abolished-to the Committee on Ways and Means. aid to common schools-to the Committee on -Education. By Mr. FUNSTON: Petition of citizens of Wellsville, Kans., asking Also, petition of Samuel Ceas, of the District of Columbia, to Con that osage orange be added to the list of timbers required by the tim gress, to accompany bill-to the Committee on War Claims. ber-cultlll"e act-to the Committee on Agriculture. By Mr. McCORMICK: Protest of laborers, etc., of Arnot, Tioga By Mr. GIBSON: Papers in the case of Waterman Clift and Robert County; of 521 miners and laborers of Morrison Run, Tioga County; May, for relief-to the Committee on War Claims. of 234 miners and laborers, etc., of Antrim, Tioga County, and of 172 By Mr. GREENMAN: Petition of 56 citizens of Cambridge, N.Y., miners, laborers, etc., of Fall Brook, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, for the classification of worsted as woolen goods, and for a law fi.xing against the removal of the duty from coal imported into the United schedule of duties on wool and woolen goods as agreed upon by wool States-to the Committee on Mines and Mining. growers and wool-manufacturers' meeting, held in Washington, Jan- By Mr. McCRE.AaY: Petition of James T. Harris, a Mexican sol uary 14, 1888-to the Committee on Ways and Means. • dier, for amendment of the act of January 29, 1887-to the Committee By Mr. HAYES: Petition of Business Men's Association, of Musca on Pensions. tine, Iowa, for the establishment of an experimental station for the man By 1\ir. 1\fcMILLIN: Petition of Robert C. Whitehead, of Wilson ufacture of sugar in Iowa-to the Committee on Agriculture. County, Tennessee, for reference of his claim to the Court of Claims By Mr. J. S. HENDERSON: PetitionofJ. R. Blair, C. C. Wade, and to the Committee on War Claims. 120 others, citizens of Montgomery County, North Carolina, for an ap By Mr. McR.AE: A bill for the permanent improvement ofthe{)ua propriation to make the Pee Dee River navigable from the South Car chita River, in Arkansas and Louisiana-to the Committee on Rivers olina line to Gunsmith Shoals-to the Committee on Rivers and Har and Harbors. bors. Also, petition of the Arkansas Agricultural Association against the By ~fr. HERM..AJ.~: Petition of the Grange and Knights of Labor suppression of the use of cotton, oil in the manufacture of lard-to the A.ssemblies, of Irving, Lane County, Oregon, opposing new charters to Committee on .Agriculture. banks, favoring reissue of fractional currency, etc.-to the Committee Also, resolutions of the Board of Trade of Pine Bluff, Ark., against on Banking and Currency. the passage of Senate bill 650-to the Committee on Agriculture.. By Mr. HIRES: Resolutions of the Anglers' Association of Eastern By Mr. MAISH: Petition of William Lutz, of Company C, Eighty Pennsylvania, protesting against the menhaden fishermen-to the Com seventh Regiment Pennsylvania. Volunteers, for a special-act pension mittee on Merchant Mal'ine and Fisheries. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, petition of Woman~s Christian Temperance Union of Salem, N. Also, petition for increasing the pension of Mrs. Annie Gibson Yates, J., for the better legal protection of young girls in the District of Co widowofCapt. George W. Yates-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. lumbia-to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. MERRIMAN: Petitton of the Chamber of Commerce, and By Mr. HOOKER: Petition of G. R. X:emp, administrator of James petitions of citizens of Rochester, and of citizens of Oneida, N. Y., for F. Leonard, of Madison County, and of Aaron Langley, of Hinds County, the reduction of letter postage to 1 cent-to the Committee on the Post Mississippi, for reference of their claims to the Court of Claims-to the Office and Post-Roads. • Committee on War Claims. · _By Mr. MILLIKEN: Petition of William .McLaughlin and others, for By Mr. HOUK: Petition of E. A. Skillman, agent, of Washington, a pension for Amelia F. Robbins-to the Committee on Invalid Pen- D. C., praying for the passage of a law to cancel certain lien ce!'ti:fi. sions. • cates and relieve certain property in District from the burden thereof Also, petition of F. L. Berry and othera, for the passage of the per to the Committee on the District of Columbia. diem rates pension bill-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. • 1172 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSEo FEBRUARY 13, Also, memorial of J. R. Roberts and others and of A. B. Gifford nnd Also, memorial of H. 'It. Spooner and othets, of Seneca County, Ohio, others, for the settlement of disputes between Great Britain and the favoring House bill No. 1549-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. United Stat-es by arbitration-to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. STAHLNECKER: Petition of the Boston Executive Busi By Mr. ~ILLS: Petition of citizens of the Fifth district of Texas, ness Association, for an improved mail service between New York and asking for governmental telegraph-to Committee on the-Post-Office Boston-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. and Post-Roads. Also, resolutions of citizens of Peekskill, N.Y., urging an appropri By Mr. MORGAN: PetitionofMarthaA. Benton, ofMarshallCounty, ation for the improvement of their harbor on the Hudson River-to and of heirs of William Seallon, of Panola County, Mississippi, for ref the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. erence of their claims to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on By Mr. STOCKDALE: Remonstrance of Paris, Ladner and others, War Claims. of :biarion County, Mississippi, against the reduction of the tariff on By Mr. MORRILL: Memorial of the mayor and council of Atchison, wool-to the Committee on Ways and M:eans. Kans., asking for improvement of the Missouri River-to the Com Also, petition of Ivin M. Fortin berry, of Mississippi, for reference of mittee on Rivers and Harbors. his claim to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. By Ilir. :MORSE: Petition from 190 woolen and worsted mills of the By Mr. STONE, of Kentucky: PetitionofJamesArmstrong, ofWHl United States and 110 merchants of New York City, for the classifica iam S. Asher, of Dtewry Allen, of Jonas Barlow, of Isaac B. Conrad, tion of worsted as woolen cloth-to the Committee on Ways and of Stephen Deweese, of Jeremiah S. Dean, of John V. Dean, of L. S. Means. Gresham, of John Gwill, ofW. G. Gray, of William George, of John By Mr. NEAL: Petition of James Nipper for relief-to the Commlt Goldsberry, of Daniel K. Hon, of James W. Hutchison, of Howard T. tetl on Invalid Pensions. Jennings, of D. F. Kemp, of G. R. McDowell, ofW. H. Martin, of By Mr. NELSON:"Petition for the relief of settlers on the Mille Joseph Miller, of Sarah J. Myers, of James H. Meek, of William Lac reservation, Minnesota-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Nichols, of B. G. Pierce, of estate ofJohn T. Porter, of William Rucker, By Mr. O'DONNELL: Petition of 31 citizens of Delta, Eaton Coun of John G. Snow, administrator of R. Snow, of John D. Smith, of ty, Michigan, for reduction ofpostage onseeds, plants, and bulbs, there Edward Spencer, of John H. Swift, of James H. Sechrist, of Nelson issue of fractional currency, and for other purposes-to the Committee Wilson, and of Daniel Watson, of Kentucl'y, for reference of their ' on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. claims to Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. O'FERRALL: Papers in the claim of John E. Lewis, of By Mr. STRUBLE: Petition of certain citizens of Iowa, for a grant Frederick Count,y, Vir~inia-to the Committee on War Claims. to every soldier of the late war, or his legal representatives, of 160 By Mr. PHELAN: Petition of Jacob Glenn, of Shelby County, Ten acres of land-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. nessee, for payment of his war claims-to the Committee on War Claims. · By Mr. 'l'AULBEE: Proof in claim of J. M. Fidlen and Thomas 0. Also, petition of Mrs. Parnella B. Finney, of Memphis, Tenn., for Manor, of_Pikeville, Ky.-to the Committee on War Claims. payment of her war claim~to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. G. M. THOMAS: Petition of Allen W. Brewer, for a pen By Mr. RANDALL: Memorial of Cnlvin S. Crowell & Co., of Phila sion-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. delphia, Pa., against the .passage of bill prohibiting the use of seines By 1\Ir. TRACEY: Petition of business men of Albany, N.Y., for re and traps-to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. moval of the duty on mplate-totheCommitteeon Ways and Means. By lr. RAYNER: Petition ofW. P. Harvey & Co. and other bus By Mr. VANCE: Petition of E. S. Cleveland and others, of the iness firms of Baltimore, Md., for the repeal of the duty on sugar-to First district of Connecticut, for the classification of clerks in first-class the Committee on w ·ays and Means. post-offices, and for fixing the salaries of same-to the Committee on A_l,so, papers in the case of Abraham Brafman, for relie:f.-to the Com the Post-Office and Post-Roads. mittee on Claims. By Ur. VANDEVER: Petition of the Woman's Christian Temper Also, petition of members of the faculty of the-Johns Hopkins Uni ance Union of Southern California, for repeal of the internal-revenue versity of Ba-ltimore, for an international copyright law-to the Com tax on all a.Ifoholic liquors-to the Committee on Ways and :M:eans. mittee on Patents. By l\fr. VOORHEES: Petition of 1,575 citizens, and of 47 citizens, By Mr. REED: Petition of William C. Lord, for a pension-to the and of 223 citizens of North Idaho for the annexation of the counties of Committee on Invalid Pensions. Idaho, Nez Perc&>, Shoshone, and Kootenai, Idaho Territory, to "Wash· By ~rr. RICE:· Resolution of the Chamber of Commerce of St. Paul, ington Territory-to the Committee on the Territories. .Minn., in favor of the proposed constitutional centennial celebration in Also, petition of citizens of Washington Territory for an appropri J889, the world's exposition in 1892, and the permanen.t exhibition of ation of $20,000 for the improvement of the Nooksack River, in said the three Americas-to the Committee on Ways and Means. TmTitory-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Also, resolution of the same approving bill (H. R. 1847) to provide Also, petition of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of East for the enrollment of the naval militia and the organization of a naval Washington Territoxy, for a national commission ofinquiryconce1·ning reserve-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. the alcoholic liquor traffic-to the Select Committee on the Alcoholic By Mr. RICHARDSON: Petition of A. B. Bratton, of Franklin Qonnty, Liquor Traffic. Tennes:ee, for reference of his claim to t.he Court of Claims-to the By Mr. WASHINGTON: Petition of heirs-at-lnw of Mrs. M:. A. Stev Conunittee on War Claims. ens, deceased, late of Davidson County, Tennessee, for reference of their Also, petition of B. W. Blanton, administrator of Benjamin Blanton, case to the Court of Claims under provisions of the Bowman act-to the of Tenne~ee, for reference of his claim to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. Committee on \Yar Claims. Also, petition of faculty of Vanderbilt University, Nashville,Tenn., By .1\Ir. ROGERS: Memorial of the school board and city council of asking enactment of copyright Jaw-to the Committee on Patents. Hot Springs, Ark., asldng the Government to donate certain unsold By Mr. vV ARNER: Petition of cattle-dealers and owners, of Kansas lots to Hot Springs, Ark., in trust for the public schools of said city City, Mo., asking passage of H. R. 945-to the Committee on Agri to the Committee on the Public Lands. culture. Also, petition of JameR C. Lipscomb, of Sebastian County, Arkansas, By Mr.WEAVER: Petition of Davin Vail and about 150 others, and for reference of his claim to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on of William R. Wallace and about 75 others, citizens of the Sixth dis War Claims. trict of Iowa, for the establishment of a postal telegraph-to the Com By 1\'lr. ROMEIS: Memorial of the Bricklayers' Union of Toledo, mittee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Ohio, favoring the appointment of John T. Lynch for superintendent Also, petition of J. J. Dickson and48 others, citizens of DavisConnty, of mason-work on the Library building-to the Committee on the Li Iowa, for an amendment to the Constitution relative to the Executive brary. and other offices-to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. RUSK: Petition of Abraham Seidenstricker, late of Com By Mr. WEBER: Petition of D. H. Crosby, late postmaster at Wilson, pany H, Sixth Regiment Maryland VoJ..pnteers, for relief-to the Com N. Y., for relief-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. mittee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. WHEELER: Petition of Samuel C. McKay, administrator By. Mr. SAYERS: Petition of citizens of Fort Worth, Tex., for the of Johnson McKay, of Jackson County, Alabama, for reference of his erection of post-office building-to the Committee on Public Buildings claim to tbe Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. and Groundc:. Also, petition of J. W. Dearden !tnd 31 others, for national aid to By Mr. SCUI1L: Evidence in ca.se of Abraham Howard, for a pen education-to the Committee on Education. sion-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By :Mr. WHITTHORNE: Petition of Joseph C. Anthony,· of Giles By Mr. SENEY: Petition of Thomas Ryan and others, for an increase County, Tennessee, for reference of his claim to the Court of Claims in the compensation of bailiffs-to the "Committee on the Judiciary. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, joint resolutions of the General Assembly of Ohio, favoring the By Mr. W. L. WILSON: Papers in the claims of Philip Gordon; of Isaac passage of Senate bills No. 913 and No. 1206-to the Committee on In V. Burns; of l\Ioses Baylor; of John Cook; of .Jo eph L. Roberts; of valid Pensions. G. W. Bane; of George Shaw; of George W. Cockl"ell; of A. R.llrown, Also, joint resolution of Eame, favoring Senate bill providing for the son of Thomas Bro"·n, and of Seorge W. Spotts, of West Virginia-to eradication of pleuro-pneumonia among cattle-to the Committee on the Committee on War Claims. Agriculture. By Mr. WISE: Petition for an appropriation to reimburse the depos Also, memorial of Joseph Hunt and B. F. Fortner, for a court in In itors ot the .i''reedman's Savmgs and '.frust Company Bank-to the Com dian Territory-to the Committee on the Judiciary. mittee on Banking and Currency. • 1888. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 1173 The following petitions for an increase of compensation of fourth-class sold pursuant to the statute approved August 17, 1882, and the amount postmasters were severally referred to the Committee on the Post paid into the Treasury, etc.; w bicb, with the accompanying papers, was Office and Post-Roads: referred to the Committee on PuBlic Lands, and ordered to be printed. By 1\fr. BROWER: Of citizens of Meadows, Stokes County, North He also laid l.Jefore the Senate a communication from the Secretarv Carolina. of the Interior, transmitting, in response to a resolution of January 30, Also, of citizens of Slate, Stokes County, North Carolina. 18 8, a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, contain By Mr. J. E. CAMPBELL: Of citizens of Perins' Mills, Clermont ing certain information relative to the pnblic lauds in the State of Ne · County, Ohio. braska; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Com- By :Mr. CANDLER: Of E. C. Garrison, L. J. Raysdale, and others, mittee on Public Lands, and ordered to be p~nted. . of Banks County, Georgia. · He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary By Mr. COWLES: Of citizens of Lincoln County, and of Wilkes of the Interior, transmitting, in accordance with section 1844 of theRe ) County, North Carolina. vised Statutes of the United States, a copy of the acts passed by the Byl\fr. DUNN: OfcitizensofAlbertha, Randolph County, Arkansas. Legislati\c Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico at its twenty By Mr. FINLEY: Ofcitizens of Green County, Kentucky. se'l'enth session, 1886-'87; which, with the accompanying document, By M:r. FUNSTON: OfR. C. McDowell and othe:rS, of Kansas. was referred to the Committee on Territories. By Mr. HERMANN: Of citizens of Boyd and Wasco Counties, Oregon. DISTRICT SCIIOOLS. Also, of citizens of ifone, Monow County, Oregon;· of citizens of Wa- terloo, Linn County; of citizens of Syracuse, Polk County; of citizens The PRESIDENT p1·o tempore laid before the Senate a communica of Cleveland, Douglas County, and of citizens of Deadwood, Lane tion from the commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting, County, Oregon. in compliance with the requirements of a resolution of the Senate of By Mr. HOUK: Of citizens of Morris GapandofHuffstetler's Store, January 11, 1888, reports made to them by the superintendents of the Tenn. white and colored schools of the District; which was read. By l\Ir. LATHAM: Of citizens of Atlantic, Carteret County, North The PRESIDENT pro tempore. If there be no objection, the com Carolina. , munication will be referred to the Committee on Education and Labor By ..M .r. McCORMICK: Of32 citizensofCarpenter, LycomingCounty, and printed. Pennsy1 van ia. !~Ir. DAWES. I should think it bad better be referred to the Com By Mr. l\IcRAE: Of citizens of Longview, Ark. mittee on Appropriations. By Mr. E . B. TAYLOR: Of citizens of Rapids, Ohio. The PRESIDENT p1·o tempore. The resolution to which this is an By Mr. WHEELER!' Of James T. Masterson, J. E. Steenson, and J. answer was offered by the Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. BLAIR]. N. Jackson, of l\Iount Hope, Ala. l\fr. DAWES. I beg pardon j I thought it was in response t<> a reso By Mr. WHITTHORNE: Of B. F. King and others, of Williamson lution which I offered. County, Tennessee. . The PRESIDENT z;ro tempore. The resolution was offered by the By Mr. ~OST: Of citizens of Mill Gap, Highland County, Virginia. Senator from New Hampshire, and, if there be no objection, the com munication will be referred to the Committee on Education and Labor The following petitions, praying for the erwctment of a law provid and. printed. ing temporary aid for common schools, to be disbursed on the basis of PETITIONS .AND MEi\IORIAJ~S. · illiteracy, were severally referred to the Committee on Education: The PRESIDENT pro tempore presented a petition of merchants By Mr. GRANGER (by request): Of 170 citizens of Fairfield County, and manufacturers of Baltimore, 1\fd .• praying that Congress restrict Connecticut. immigration; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Rela- By Mr. GROUT: Of 372 citizens of Caledonia County, Vermont. hloo& · By Mr. LAIDLAW: Of 30lcitizensof Allegany County, New York. He also presented. a petition of citizens of Fort Worth: Tex., praying By Mr. McCORMICK: Of 202 citizens and of 279 citizens of Tioga that an appropriation of $200,000 be made for the erection of a public County, Pennsylvania. building at that place; which was referred to the Committee on Public By Mr. MILLIKEN: Of 201 citizens of Somerset County, Maine. Buildings and Grounds. By Mr. ROMEIS: Of 142 citizens of Ottawa County, Ohio. He also presented a petition of the Board of Trade of Kansas City, Kans . ~ praying for the erection of 3i post-office building at that place; The following petitions, asking for the passage of the bill prohibiting which was referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and the manufacture, sale, and importation of all alcoholic beverages in the 'Grounds. District of Columbia, were severally referred to the Select Committee He also presented a petition of the Woman's Christian Temperance on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic: Union of Kansas, officially signed, praying for legislation to -provide By Mr. G. A. ANDERSON (by request): Of 209 citizens of the for the adequate punishment of crimes against women and girls; District of Columbia. which was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. By Mr. BOOTH111AN: 0{ J. H. Brigham and 99 others, citizens of He also presE\nted a petition of the Woman's Christian Temperance the Sb:th district of Ohio. Union of Nebraska, praying for the abolition of the internal-revenue By Mr. BURROWS: Of 168 citizens of the Fourth district of t..u on. alcoholic liquors and tobacco; which was referred to the Com Michigan. mittee on Finance. By Mr. HIRES: Of 121 citizens of the First dist.rict of New Jersey. Mr. GEORGE presented a petition of 4 senators Pnd 5 representa By :Ur. S. T. HOPKINS: Of 108 citizens of the Seventeenth district ti-ves of the Mi~sissippi Legislature, and 122 private citizens of the of Colorado. First and Sixth Congressional districts of l\Iississippi, praying for pro By Mr. LAIDLAW {by request): Of 158 citizens, and of 132 citizens, hibition in the District of Columbia; which was Teferred to the Com of the Thirty-fourth district of New York. mittee on the District of Columbia. By Mr. McCOMAS: Of the Lombard Street Yearly Meeting of l\fr. ALLISON presented a joint resolution of the General Assembly Friends held in Ba.ltimore, Maryland. of Iowa; which was read., and referred to the Committee on the Judi By Mr. l\IcCORUICK: Of 116 citizens of the Sixteenth district of ciary, as follows: Pennsylvania. Joint resolution No.3. By l\Ir. l\IcCULLOGH: Of 106 citizens of the Twenty-first district Be it resol-ved by the Geneml Assembly of the State of Iowa, That our representa of Pennsylvania. tives in the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress be requested to use their efforts to secure the passage of a bill which shall require that before By Mr. MERRIMAN: Of110 citizens of Washington, D. C. judgments rendered in the Federal courts sitting in the State of Iowa shall bc'! By Mr. POST: Of 134 citizens of the Tenth district of Illinois. come liens upon real estate, transcripts thereof shall be filed with the clerk of By Mr. WEAVER: Of 100 citizens of the Sixth district of Iowa. the court in the county where the real estate is located, and be properly indexed • By l\fr. WICKHAM: Of 150 citizens, and of 43 citizens; of the Four .Approved February 9, 1888. · teenth district of Ohio. I hereby certify that the foregoing joint resolution passed the senate and the ~rf~~~f representatives of the Twenty-second .General .Assembly of the State [sEAL.) FRANK D . .JACKSON, SENATE. Secl'etary of State. Mr. ALLISON presented resolutions adopted by the Republican Club TUESDAY, Feb 'r~tary 14, 1888. . of the city of Creston, Union County, Iowa, in 1h.vor of the passage of Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J . G. BUTLER, D. D. a measure granting to each Union soldier and sailor who served either The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. in the war with :Mexico dr in the war of the rebellion a pension, upon the sole condition that the soldier or sailor was honorably discharged EXECUTIVE CO"!\IMUNIC.A.TIO 'S. from the service; which were referred to the Committee on Pensions. •. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communica Mr. V_