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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. .

PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.

THIRD SESSION.

SENATE. , New Hampshire-William E. Chandler and Jacob H. Gallinger. New Jersey-John R. McPherson and James Smith, jr. MONDAY, December 3, 1894. New York-Edward Murphy, jr. The first Monday of December being .the day prescribed by the No1'ih Carolina-Thomas J. Jarvis and Matt W. Ransom. Constitution of the United States for the annual meeting of Con­ North Dakota-Henry C. Hansbrough and William N;, Roach. faess, the third session of the Fifty-third Congress commenced this Ohio-Calvin S. Brice and John Sherman. Oregon-Joseph N. Dolph and John H. Mitchell. ,. atbe Senate assembled in its Chamber at the Capitol. Pennsylvania-James Donald Cameron and MatthewS. Quay. The VICE-PRESIDENT of the United States (Hon. AD4-1 E.' Rlwde Island-Nelson W. Aldrich. STEVENSON, of the State of Illinois), called the Senate to order at South Dakota-James H. Kyle and R. F. Pettigrew. 12 o'clock meridian. Tennessee-William B. Bate and Isham G. Harris. Texas-Richard Coke and Roger Q. Mills. PRAYER. / Rev. W. H. MILBURN, D. D., Chaplain to the Senate, offered the Vermont-Justin S. Morrill and Redfield Proctor. following prayer: . Vi1·ginia-Johrl. W. Daniel and Eppa Hunton. Almighty and most merciful Father, we render Thee humble Wasllington-Watson C. Squire. and hearty thanks that throv.gh the Tecess the angel of death has West Virginia-Johnson N. Camden and Charles J. Faulkner. touched no man connected with this body, and that the homes of Wisconsin-John L. Mitchell and William F. Vilas. all have been safe from his presence. Grant them still Thy heav­ The VICE-PRESIDENT: Seventy Senators have answered to enly benediction, guidance, guardianship, and defense. Prosper their names. ,A quorum is present. . them in all their labors, giving them health, strength, and energy. NOTIFICATION TO THE HOUSE. Especially we commend to Thy heavenly goodness Thine hon­ Mr. RANSOM submitted the following resolution; which was ored servant the Vice-President and the members of his family. considered by. .unanimous consent, and agreed to: 1viost heartily we bless Thee that his home has been saved; and we Resolved, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives that a pray that his beloved daughter may speedily be restored to health quorum of the Senate is assembled, and that the Senate is ready to proceed and soundness, and that the family may be complete and shel­ Wbusiness. tered beneath Thy wing. NOTIFICATION TO THE PRESIDENT. Give to all the homes of this broad land the sense of Thy de­ Mr. HARRIS submitted the following resolution; which was fense and protection. Visit us with prosperity; grant us peace considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: and plenty and the sense that the God of our fathers is still the Resolved, That a committee consisting of two Senators be appointed, to join refugeandthestronghold oftheirsons. We humblypray, through such committee as may be appointed by the House of Representatives, to Jesus Christ, our Saviour. wait upon the President of the United States and inform him. that a quorum of each House is assembled, and that Congress is ready. to receive any com­ SENATORS PRESENT. munication he may be pleased to make. Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. President, I ask for a call of the Senate. By unanimous consent, the Vice-President was authorized to The VICE-PRESIDENT. The secretary will call the roll. appoint the committee on the part of the Senate, and Mr. HARRIS The Secretary called the roll; and the following Senators were and Mr. MANDERSON were appointed. present: HOUR OF MEETING. From the State of- . Alabama-John T. Morgan and James L. Pugh. On motion of Mr. CQOKRELL, it was A1·kansas-James H. Berry and James K. Jones. Ordered, That the hour of the daily meeting of the Senate be 12 o'clock California-George C. Perkins. meridian until otherwise ordered. Colorado-Henry M. Teller and Edward 0. Wolcott. RECESS. Connecticut-Joseph R. Hawley and Orville ,H. Platt. Mr. COCKRELL (at 12 o'clock and 14 minutes p.m.). I move Delaware-George Gray and Anthony Higgins . . that the Senate take a recess until half after 12 o'clock. Florida-Wilkinson Call and Samuel Pasco. The motion was agreed to; and at the expiration of the recess Georgia-John B. Gordon. (at 12 o'clock and 30 minutes p.m.) the Senate reassembled. Idaho-Fred T. Dubois and George L. Shoup. Illinois-Shelby M. Cullom and John M. Palmer. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. Indiana-David Turpie and Daniel W. Voorhees. At 12 o'clock and 34 minutes p.m. Mr. JAMEs KERR, the Clerk Iowa-William B. Allison. of the House of Representatives, appeared below the bar of the Kansas-William A. Peffer. Senate and delivered the following message: Louisiana-Newton C. Blanchard and Donelson Caffery. Mr. Presiden~, I am directed by the House of Representatives Maine-William P. Fry and Eugene Hale. to inform the Senate that a quornm of the House of Representa­ Maryland-Charles H. Gibson and Arthur P. G-orman. tives has appeared, and that the- House is ready to proceed to busi- Massachusetts-George F. Hoar and Henry Cabot Lodge. ness. · Michigan-James McMillan. I am further directed to inform the Senate that the House has Mississippi-James Z. George and Anselm J. McLaurin. passed the following resolution: Missouri-Francis M. Cockrell and George G. Vest. Resolved, That a committee of three members be appointed on the part of Montana-Thomas C. Power. the House, to join such committee a.s may be appointed by the Senate, to wait upon the President of the United States and inform hun that a quorum of Nebraska-William V. Allen and Charles F. Manderson. the two Houses has assembled, and that Congress is ready to receive any com· Nevada-William M. Stewart. munication he may· have to make. 1 2 CONGRESSIONAL RECOR.D-SENATE. DECEMBER 3, '

I am also directed to inform the Sen~te that the Speaker has intention to terminate such arrangement on the 1st day of Jan­ appointed 111r. WILSO~ of West Virginia, Mr. HoLMAN, and Mr. uary, 1895, in the exercise of the right reserved in the agreement REED as the committee on the part of the House. between the two countries. I invite attention to the correspond- .ence between the Secretary of State and the Brazilian minister RECES~, .on this subject. l\fr. GORMAN (at 12 o'clock and 36 minutes p.m.). I move The commission organized under the convention which we had that the Senate take a receSj until half past 1 o'clock. entered into with Chile for the settlement of the outstanding The motion was agreed to; .and at the expiration of the recess claims of each Government against the other adjourned at the (at 1 o'clock and 30 minutes p. m.) the Senate reassembled. end of the period stipulated for its continuance, leaving undeter­ NOTIFICATION TO THE PRESIDENT. mined a number of .American cases which had been duly presented. These clarms are not barred, and negotiations are in progress tor Mr. !IA.RRIS and Mr. MANDERSON, the committee appointed in their submission to a new tribunal. - conjunction with a similar c?mmittee of the ;House of Representa­ Ob the 17th of March last a new treaty with China in further tives to wait upon the President of the Umted States, appeared regulation of emigration was signed · at Washington, and on below the bar, and . August 13 it received the sanction of the Senate. Ratification on Mr. HARRIS said: Mr. President, the committee appointed to the part of China and formal exchange are awaited to give effect wait upon the President of the United States and inform him that to this mutually beneficial convention. a quorum of .the two Houses .has. assembled and that Congress is A gratifying recognition of the uniform impartiality of this ready to receive any commumcation b,e may be pleased to mak~, country toward all foreign states was manifested by the coinci­ have performed that duty, and have-been requested by the PreSl­ dent request of the Chinese and Japanese Governments that the dent to say that he will immediately communicate to each House agents of the United States should, within proper limits, afford pro­ a message in writing. tection to the subjects of the other during the suspension of diplo­ PRESIDENT'S .ANNUAL MESSAGE. matic relations due to a state of war. This delicate office was ac­ At 1 o'clock and 32- minutes p. m. :Mr. 0. L. PRUDEN, one of cepted, and a.misapprehension which gave lise to the belief that the secretaries of the President of the United States, appeared in affording t~s kindly unofficial protection our agents would ex­ below the bar, and said: ercise the same authority which the withdrawn agents of the bel­ Mr. President, I am direqted by the President of the United ligerents had exercised was promptly corrected. .Although the States to deliver to the Senate a message in writing. war between China and Japan endangers no policy of the United The message was received from the secretary a:p.d handed to States, it deserves our greatest consideration, by reason of its dis­ the Vice-President. turbance of our growing commercial interests in the two coun­ The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Chair lays before the Senate the tries and the increased dangers which may result to our citizens message of the President of the United States, which the Secretary domiciled or sojourning in the interior of China. will read. Acting under a stipulation in our treaty with Korea (the first The Secretary (Mr. WILLIA.!I R. Cox) read the message, as concluded with a weahern power), I felt constrained at tbe.beg:m­ ning of the controversy to tender our good offices to induce an follows: amicable arrangement of the initial difficulty growing out of the To the Congress of the United States: Japanese demands for administrative reforms in Korea, but the The assemblage within the nation's legislative halls of those unhappy precipitation of actual hostilities defeated this kindly charged with the duty of making laws for the benefit of a gener­ purpose. · - ous and free people impressively suggests the exacting obligation Deploring the destructive war between the two most powerful and inexorable responsibility involved in their task. At the thresh­ of the eastern nations and anxious that our commercial interests old of such labor now to be undertaken by the Congress of the in those countries may be preserved and that the safety of our cit­ United States and in the discharge of an executive duty enjoined izens there shall not be jeopardized, I would not hesitate to heed by the Constitution I subiJ?-i~ this comm~cation, c~:mtaining a any intimation that our friendly aid.for the honorable termination brief statement of the condition of our national affarrs, and rec­ of hostilities would bE) areeptable to both belligerents. ommending such legislation as seems to me necessary and expe­ A convention llas 'Qeen finally concluded for the settlement by dient. arbitration of the prolonged dispute with Ecuador growing out of The history of our recent dealings with other nations, and our the proceedings against Emilio Santos, a naturalized citizen of the peaceful relations with them at this time, additionally demonstrate United States. the advantage of consistently adhering to a firm but just foreign Our relations with the Republic of France continue to be such polic¥, free from envious or ambitious national sche~es and char- as should exist between nations so long bound together by friendly actenzed by entire honesty and sincerity. ' sympathy and similarity in their form of government. During the past year, pursuant to a law of Congress, commis­ The recent cruel assassination of the President of this sister sioners were appointed to the Antwerp Industrial Exposition. Republic called forth such universal expressions of sorrow and Though the participation of .American exhibitors fell far short of condolence from our people and Government as to leave no doubt completely illustrating our national ingenuity and industrial of the depth and sincerity of our attachment. The resolutions achievements, yet it was quite creditable, in view or the brief time passed by the Senate and House of Representatives on the occasion allowed for preparation. have been communicated to the widow of President Carnot. I have endeavored to impress upon the Belgian Government the Acting upon the reported discovery of Texas fever in car~oes of needlessness and positive harmfulness of its restrictions upon the .American cattle~ the German prohibition against importations of importation of certain of our food products, and have strongly live stock and fresh meats from this country has been revived. It urged that the rigid supervision and inspection under our laws is hoped that Germany will soon become convinced that the inhibi­ are amply sufficient to prevent the exportation from this country tion is as needless as it is harmful to mutual interests. of diseased cattle and unwholesome meat. The German Government has protested against that provision The termination of the civil war in Brazil has been followed by of the customs tariff act which imposes a discriminating duty of the general prevalence of peace and order. .It appearing at an one-tenth of 1 cent a pound on sugars coming· from countries pay­ early stage of the insurrection that its course would call for un­ ing an export bounty thereon, claiming that the exaction of such usual watchfulness on the part of this Government, our naval a duty is in contravention of articles 5 and 9 of the treaty of 1828 force in the harbor of Rio de Janeiro was strengthened. This with Prussia. precaution, I am satisfied, tended to restrict t~ issue to a simple In the interests of the commerce of both countries, and to avoid trial of strength between the Brazilian Government and the in­ even the accusation of treaty violation, I recommend the repeal of surgents and to avert complications which at times seemed im­ so much of th~ statute as-imposes that duty, and I invite atten­ minent. Our firm attitude of neutrality was maintained to the tion to the accompanying report of the Secretary of State contain­ end. The insurgents received no encouragement of eventUal ing a discussion of the questions raised by the German protests. asylum from our commanders, and such opposition as they en­ Early in the present year an agreement was reached with Great countered was for the protection of our commerce and was clearly Britain concerning instructions to be given to the naval command­ justified by public law. ers of the two Governments in Bering Sea aRd the contiguous A serious tension of relations lu}.ving arisen at the close of the North Pacific Ocean, for their guidance in the execution of the war between Brazil and Portugal by reason of the escape of the award of the Paris Tribunal of Arbitration and the enforcement insurgent Admiral da Gam.a and his followers, the friendly offices of thE\ regulations therein prescribed for the protection of seal of our representatives to those countries were exerted for the pro­ life in the waters mentioned. An understanding has also been tection of the subjects of either within the territory of the other. reached for the payment by the United States of $425,000, in full Although the Government of Brazil was duly notified that the satisfaction of all claims which may be made by Great Britain for commercial arrangement existing between the United States and damages growing out of the controversy as to fur seals in Bering - that country based on the third section of the tariff act of 1890 Sea, or the seizure of British vessels engaged in taking seal in was abrogated on August 28, 1894, by the taking effect of the tariff those waters. The award and findings of the Paris Tribunal to a law now in force, that Government subsequently notified us of its great extent determined the facts and principles upon which these ·' • \ '

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claims should be adjusted, and they have oeen subjected by both gave place to the existing localgovernmimt established and upheld Governments to a thorough examination upon the principles as by Nicaragua. . well as the facts which they involve. I am convinced that a set­ Although the alien interests arrayed againstNicaragua in these tlement upon the terms mentioned would be an equitable and ad­ transactions have been largely American, and the commerce of vantageous one, and I recommend that provision be made for the that region fo1· some time has been and still is chiefly controlled prompt payment of the statea sum. • by our citizens, we can not for that reason challenge the rightful Thus far only France and Portugal have signified their willing­ sovereignty of Nicaragua over this important part of her domain. ness to adhere to the regulations established under the award of For some months one, and during part of 'the time two, of om· the Paris Tribunal of Arbitration. · naval ships have been sta:t:i,oned at Bl~eflelds for the protection of Preliminary surveys of the Alaskan boundary and a preparatory all legitimate interests of our citizens. In September last the Gov­ examination of the question of protection of food-fish in the con­ ernment at Managua expelled from its territory twelve or more for­ tiguous waters of the United States and the Dominion10f Canada eigners, including two Americans, for alleged participation in the are in progress. seditious or revolutionary movements against the Republic at The boundary of British Guiana still remains in dispute between Bluefields already mentioned; but through the earnest remon­ Great Britain and V eneznela. Believing that its early settlement, strance of this Government the two 4,.mericans have been per­ on some just basis alike honorable to both parties, is in the line of mitted to return to the peaceful management of their business. our established policy to remove from .this hemisphere all causes Our naval commanders at the scene of these disturbances, bytheir of difference with powers beyond the sea, I shall renew the efforts constant exhibition of firmness and good judgment, contributed heretofore made to bring about a restoration of diplomatic relar­ largely to the prevention of more serious conseque~ces and to. the tions between the disputants and to induce a reference to arbitra­ restoration of quiet and order. Iregretthat in thetrridst of these tion, a resort which Great Britain so conspicuously favors in prin­ occurrences there happened a most grave and irritating failure of ciple and respects in practice and which is earnestly sought by Nicaraguan justice. An American citizen named Wilson, resid­ her weaker adversary. ing at Rama1 in the Mosquito territory, was murdered by one Since com\n.unicating the voluminous correspondence in regard · Argiiello, the acting governor of the town. After some delay the to Hawaii and the action taken by the Senate and House of Repre­ murderer-was arrested, but so insecurely confined or guarded that sentatives on certain questions submitted to the judgment he escaped, and, notwithstanding our repeated demands, it is and wider discretion of Congress, the organization of a govern­ claimed that his recap"j;ure has been impossible by reason of his ment in place of the provisional arrangement which followed the flight beyond Nicaraguan jurisdiction. deposition of the Queen has been announced with evidence of its The Nicara.:pguan authorities haVing· giwn notice of fo:Iieittire - .. effective operation. The recognition usual in such cases has been of their concession to the canal company on grounds purelytech­ accorded the new Government. nical and not embraced in the contract have receded from that Under our present treaties of extradition with Italy miscarriages position. of justice have occm-red owing to the refusal of that Government Peru, I regret to say, shows symptoms of domestic disturbance, to surrender its own subjects. Thus far our efforts to negotiate due probably to the slowness of her recuperation from the dis­ an amended convention obviating this difficulty have been un- tresses of the war of 1881. Weakened in resources, her difficul­ I availing. ' ties in fa-cing international obligati.ons invite our kindly sympa­ Apart from the war in which the island empire is engaged Japan thy and justify our forbearance in pressing long-pending claims. · attracts increasing attention in this country by her evident desire I have felt constrained to testify this.sympathy in connection with to cultivate more liberal intercourse with us and to seek our certain demands nrgently preferred by other powers. kindly aid in furtherance of her laudable desire for complete The recent death of the Czar of Russia called forth appropriate autonomy in her domestic affairs and full equality in the family expressions of sorrow and sympathy on the part of our Government of nations. The Japanese Empire of to-day is no longer the Japan with his bereaved family and the Russian people. As a furth~r ~ of the past, and our relations with this progressive nation should demonstration of respect and friendship our minister at St, Peters­ not be less broad and liberal than those with other powers. burg was directed to represent onr Government at the fune1·al Good will, fostered by many interests in common, has marked our ceremonies. relations with our nearest southern neighbor. Peace being restored The sealing interests of Russia in Bering Sea are second only along her northern frontier, Mexico has asked the punishment of to our own. A modus vivendi has therefore been concluded with the late disturbers of .her tranquillity. There ought to be a new. the Imperial Government restrictive of poaching on the Russian treaty of commerce and navigation with that country to take the rookeries and of sealing in waters which were not comprehended place of the one which terminated thirteen years ago. The friend­ in the protected area defined in the Paris award. liness of the intercourse between the two countries is attested by Occasion has been found to urge upon the Russian Government \he fact that during this long period the commerce of each has equality of t1·eatment for our greatlife-insurance companies whose steadily increased under the rule of mutual consideration, being operations..have been extended throughout Europe. Admitting, neither stimulated by conventional arrangements nor retarded by as we do, foreign corporations to transact business in the United jealous rivalries or selfish distrust. States, we naturally expect no less tolerance for our own in the An indemnity tendered by 1\!e:rico, as a gracious act, for the ·ample fields of competition abroad. murder in 1887 of Leon Baldwin, an American citizen, by a band But few cases of interference with naturalized citizens return­ of marauders in Durango, has been accepted and is being paid in ing to Russia have been reported during the current year. One installments. Krzeminski was arrested last summer in a Polish province on a Tlw problem of the storage and use of the waters oj the Rio reported charge of unpermitted renunciation of Russian allegiance, Grande for irrigation should be solved by appropriate concurrent but it transpired that the proceedings originated in alleged mal­ action of the two interested countries. Rising in the Colorado feasance committed by Krzeminski while an ini:perial official a heights, the stream flows intermittently, yielding little water number of years ago. Efforts for his release, which promised during the dry months to the irrigating channels already con­ to be successful, were in progress when his death was reported. structed along its course. This scarcity is often severely felt in • The Government of Salvadqr having been overthrown by an the regions where the river forms a common boundary. More­ abrupt populal< outbreak, certain of its military and civil officers, over the frequent changes in its course through level sands orten while hotly pursued by infuriated illsurgents, sought refuge on raise embarrassing questions of territorial jurisdiction. board the UnitedStates war ship Be:nnington, then lying in a Prominent among the questions of the year was the Bluefields Salvadorean port. Although the practice of asylum lS not fa­ - incident, in what is known as the Mosquito Indian Strip, border­ vored by this Government, yet in view of the imminent peril ing on the Atlantic Ocean and within the jurisdiction of Nicaragua. which threatened the fugitives, and solely from considerations of By the treaty of 1860 between Great Britain and Nicaragua the humanity, they were afforded shelter by our naval commander, former Government expressly recognized the sovereignty of the and when afterwards demanded under our treaty of extradition latter over the Strip, and a limited form of self-governmtmt was with Salvador for trial on charges of murder, arson, and robbe;ry, guaranteed to the Mosquito Indians, to be exercised according to I directed that such of t4em as had not voluntarily left. the ship their customs, for themselves and other dwellers within its limits. be conveyed to one of our nearest. ports, where a hearing could The so-called native government, which grew to be largely made be had before a judicial officer in compliance with the terms of up of aliens, for many years disputed the sovereignty of Nicaragua the treaty. On their arrival at San Francisco such a proceeding over the Strip and claimed the right to maintain therein a practi­ was promptly instituted before the United States district judge, cally independent muni,cipal government. Early in the past year who held that the acts constituting the alleged offenses were politi­ e1rorts of Nicarauga to maintain sovereignty over the Mosquito ter­ cal, and discharged all the accused except one Cienfuegos, who ritory led to serious disturbances, culminating in the suppression was held for an attempt to murder. Thereupon I was constrained of the native government and the attempted substitution of an to direct his release for the reason that an attempt to murder was impracticable composite administration, in which Nicaragua and not one of the crimes charged against him and upon. which his alien residents were to participate. Failure was followed by an surrender to the Salvadorean authorities had been demanded. insurrection which for a ~e subverted Nicaraguan rule, expel­ Unreasonable and unjust fines imposed by Spain on the vessels ling her officers and restoring the old organization. This,. in turn, and commerce of the United States haye demanded from time to 4 • CONGRESSIONAL RECORJ;)-SENATE. DECEMBER 3,

time during the last twenty years earnest remonstrance on the part_ son given by firing on Atua was not sufficiently£harp and incisive of our Government. In the immediate past exorbitant penalties to leave a lasting impression on the forgetful Samoan tempera­ have been imposed upon our vessels and goods by customs authori­ ment. In fact, conditions are existing which show that peace will ties of Cuba and Porto Rico for clerical errors of the most trivial not last and is not seriously intended. Malietoa, the King, and character in tlie manifests or bills of lading. In some cases fines his chiefs are convinced that the departure of the war ships will amounting to thousands of dollars have been levied upon cargoes be a signal for a renewal of war. The circumstance that the rep­ or the carrying vessels when the goods in question were entitled resentatives of the 'villages of all the districts which were oppO'sed to free entry. Fines have been exacted even when the error had to the Government have ah·eady withdrawn to Atua to hold meet­ been detected and the Spanish authorities notified before the arrival ings, and that both Atua. and Aana have forbidden inhabitants of of the goods in port. , those districts which fought on the side of the Government to re­ This conduct is in strange contrast with the considerate and lib­ turn to their villages and have already partly burned down the .eral treatment extended to Spanish vessels and cargoes in our ports latter, in8,449.70. The balance of the income for "3i convention has been concluded with Venezuela for the aroi­ the year, amounting to $93,815,517.97, was derived from the sales tration of a long-disputed claim growing out of the seizure of cer­ of lands and other sources. tain vessels, the property of citizens of the United States. The value of our total dutiable imports amounted to $275,199,086, Although signed, the treaty of extradition with Venezuela is not being $146,657,625 less than during the preceding year, and the yet in force, owing to the insistence of that Government that importations fTee of duty amounted to $379,795,536, being $64,748,- when surrendered its citizens shall in no case be liable to capital 675less than during the preceding year. The receipts from cus­ punishment. · toms were $73,536,486.11less, and from intenral revenue $13,836,- The rules for the prevention of collisions at sea which were 539.97less than in 1893. framed by the maritime conference held in this city in 1889 hav­ The total tax collected from distilled spirits was $85,259.250.25; ing been concurrently incorporated in the statutes of the United on manufactured tobacco, $28,617,898.62; and on fermented liquors, States and Great Britain have been announced to take effect March $31,414,788.04. • 1,1895, andinvitatjons have been extended to all maritime nations Our exports of merchandise, domestic and foreign, amounteg to adhere to them. Favorable responses have thus far been re­ during the year to $892,140,572, being an increase over the prece to pieces if the war purchased fTom the time that law took effect until the repeal of its ships were withdrawn. In reporting to his Government on the purchasing clause, on the date last mentioned, was 168,674,682.53 unsatiSfactory situation since the suppression of the late revolt by fine ounces, which·cost $155,931,002.25. the average price per fine foreign armed forces the German consul at Apia stated: ounce being $0J)244. '~That peace will be lasting is hardly to be presumed. The les- The total amount of standard silver dollars coined at the mints 1894. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE.

of the United States since the passage of the act of February 28, filled out in the event of war, which is peculiarly adapted to our 1878, is $4-.21,776,408, of which $378,166,793 were coined under the strength and requirements; and the fact that every other nation, . provisions of that act, $38,531,148 under the provisions of the act with a single exception, has adopted this formation to meet the of July 14, 1890, and $5,078,472_under the act providing for the conditions of modern warfare 'Should alone secure for the recom- coinage of trade-dollar b.:uJlion. mendation an.early consideration. ~ The total coinage of all metals at our mints during the last fis­ It is hardly necessary to recall the fact that, in obedience to the cal year consisted of 63,485,220 pieces, valued at $106,216.730.06, of commands ot the Constitution and the laws and for the purpose which there were $99,474,912.50 in gold coined, $758 in standard of protecting the property of the United States, aiding the process· silver dollars, $6,024,140.30 in subsidiary silver coin, and$716,919.26 of Federal courts, and removing lawless obstructions to the per­ in minor coin. formance by the Government of its legitimate functions, it became During t1w calendar year 1893 the production of precious metals necessary in various localities during the year to employ a consid­ in the United Stateswasestimatedat1,739,323fineouncesof gold, erable portion of the regular troops. ·The duty was discharged of the commercial and coinage value of $35,955,000, and 60,000,000 promptly, courageously, and with marked diScretion by the officers fine ounces of silver, of the bullion or market value of $46,800,- and men, and the most gratifying proof was thus afforded that 000 and of the coinage va.Iue of $"77 ,576,000. It is estimated that the Army deserves that complete confidence in its efficiency and on the 1st day of July, 1894, the stock of metallic money in the discipline which the country has at all times manifested. United States, consisting of coin and bullion, amounted to $1,251,- The year has been free from disturbances by Indians; and the 640,958, of which $627,923,201 was gold and$624,347,757 was silver. chances of further depredations on their part are constantly be­ · Fifty national banks were organized during the year ending coming more remote and improbable. October 31, 1894, with a capital of $5,285,000, and 79, with a cap­ The total expenditures of the War Department for the year ended ital of $10,475,000, went into volunta.ry liquidation. Twenty-one June 30, 1894, amounted to 856,039,009.34. Of this sum $2,000,-· banks, with a capital of $2,770,000, were placed in the hands of 614.99 was for salaries and contingent expenses, $23,665,156.16 for ' - receivers. The total number of national banks in existence on the the support of the milita~y establishment, $5,001,682.23 for miscel­ 31st day of October last was 3,756, being 40 less than on the 31st laneous objects, and $25,371,555.96 for public works. This latter day of October, 1893. The capital stock paid in was $672,671,365, sum includes $19,494,037.49 for river and harbor improvements, being $9,678,491less than at the same time in the previous year, and $3,947,863.56 for fortifications and other works of defense. and-the surplus fund and undivided profits, less expenses and taxes The appropriations for the current year aggregate $52,429,112.'Z8, paid, amounted to $334,121,082.10, which was $16,089,780 less than and..the estimates submitted by the SecretaTy of War for the next on October 31, 1893. The circulation was decreased $1,741,563. fiscal year call for appropriations amounting to $52,318,629.55. The obligations of the banks to each other were increased $117,- The skill and industry of our ordnance officers and inventors 268,334, and the individual deposits were $277,294,489less than at have, it is believed, overcome the mechanicalebstacles which have the corresponding date in the previous year. Loans and discounts heretofore delayed the armament of our coasts, and this great were $161,206,923 mo1·e than at the same time the previous year, national -q.ndertaking upon which we have entered may now pro­ and checks and other cash items were $90,349,963 more. The total ceed a-s rapidly as Congress shall detei'ID.ine. With a supply of resources of the banks at the date mentioned amolmted to 83,473,- finished guns of large caliber already on hand, to which additionS 922,055, a-s against $3,109,563,284.36 in 1893. should now rapidly follow, the wisdom of providing carriages and From the report of the Secretary of War it appears that the emplacements for their mount can not be too strongly urged. strength of the Army on September30, 1894, was2,135 officers and The total em·ollment of the militia of the St\veral States is 117,533 25,765 enlisted men. Although this is apparenUy a very slight de­ officers and enlisted men, an increase Qf 5,343 over the number crease compared with the previous year, the actual effective force reported at the close of the previous year. The reports of militia has been increased to the equivalent of nearly two regiments inspections by r-egular army officers show a marked increase in through the reorganization of the system of recruiting, and the interest and efficiency among the State organizations, and "I consequent release to regimental duty of the large force of men strongly recommend a continuance of the policy of affording every hitherto serving at the recruiting depots. The abolition of these practical encouragement possible to this important auxiliary of depots, it is predicted, will furthermore effect an annual reduc­ our milita1·y establishment. tion approximating $250,000 in the direct expenditures, besides The ~ondition of the Apache Indians, held as prisoners by the ' promoting generally the health, morale, and discipV.Ue of the Government for eight years at a cost half a million dollars, has troops. been changed during the year from captivity to one which gives The execution of the policy of concentrating the Al·my at im­ them an opportunity to demonstrate their capacity for self-support portant centers of population and transportation, foreshadowed and at least partial civilization. Legislation enacted at the late in the last annual report of the Secreta1·y, has resulted in the session of Congress gave the Wa1· Department authority to trans­ abandonment of fifteen of the smaller posts, which was effected fer the survivors, numbering 346, from Mount Vernon Barracks, under a. plan which assembles organizations of the same regiments in Alabama, to any suitable reservation .•The Department selected hitherto widely separa~d. This renders our small forces more as their future home the military lands near Fort Sill, Inaian readily effective for any service which they may be called upon to Territory, where, under military surveillance, the former pris­ perform, increases the extent of the territory under protection oners have been established in agriculture under conditions favor­ without diminishing the security heretofore afforded to any local­ able to their advancement. ity, improves the discipline, training, and esprit de corps of the In recognition of the long and distingq,ished military services Al'llly, besides considerably decreasing the cost of its mainte­ and faithful discharge of delicate and responsible civil duties by nance. Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield, now the General Commanding the Though the forces of the Department of the East have been" Army, it is suggested to Congress that the temporary revival of somewhat increased, more than three-fourths of the Army is still the grade of lieutenant-general in his behalf would be a just and stationed west of the Mississippi. This carefully matured policy, gracious act and would permit his retirement, now nea1· at hand, which secures the best and greatest service in the interests of the with rank befitting his merits. general welfare from the small force comprising our re'gular Army, The report of the Attorney-General notes the gratifying prog­ should not be thoughtlessly embarrassed by the creation of new ress made by the Supreme Court in overcoming the arrears of its and unnecessa.ry posts through acts of Congress to gratify the b~iness and in reaching a condition in which it will be able to a.mbitions or interests of localities. dispose 'of cases as they arise without any unreasonable delay. While the maximum legal strength of the Army is 25,000 men, This result is of course very largely due to the successful work­ the effective strength, through various causes, is but little over ing of the plan inaugurating circuit courts of appeals. In respect 20,000 men. The purpose of Congress does not, therefore, seem to to these tribunals, the suggestion is made in ql],al·ters entitled to be fully attained by the existing condition. While no consider­ the hignest consideration that an additional circuit judge for each able increase in the Army is, in my judgment, demanded by re­ circuit would greatly strengthen these courts and the confidence re­ cent events, the policy of seacoast fortification, in the prosecution posed in their adjudications, and that sucn an· addition would not of which we have been steadily engaged for some years, has so far create a greater fore~ of judges than the increasing business of such developed as to suggest that the effective strength of the Army be courts requires. I commend the suggestion t<> the careful con­ now made at least equal to the legal strength. Measures taken sideration of the Congress. Other important topics are adverted by the Department during the year, as indicated, have already to in the repor£, accompanied by recommendations, many of which considerably augmented the effective force, and the See1·etary of have been treated at large in previous messages, and at this time, War presents a plan, which I recommend to the consideration of therefore, need only to be named. I refer to the abolition of the Congress, to attain the desired end. Economies effected in the fee system as a measm·e of compensation to Federal officers; the Department in other lines of its work will offset to a great extent enlargement of the powers of United States commissioners, at the expenditure involved in the proposition submitted. Among least in the Territories, the allowance of writs of en·or in CI'imi­ other things, this contemplates theadoptionof the three-battalion nal ca-ses on behalf of the United States, and the establishment of formation.of regiments, which forseveralyearshas been indorsed degrees in the crime of murder. A topic dealt with by the Attor­ by the Secretaries of War and the generals commanding the Army. ne~-General of much importance is the condition of the adminis­ Compact in itself, it provides a skeleton organization, ready to ~ tradon of justice in the India.n Territory. The permanent solu- 6 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. DECEMBER 3,

tion of what is called the Indian problem is probably not to be pound, while the publishers of standara works are required to pay expected at once, but meanwhile such ameliorations of present eight times that amount in sending their publications. Another conditions as the existing syste:rg. will admit of ought not to be abuse consists in the free carriage through th~ mails of hundreds neglected. I am satisfied there should be a Federal court estah- of tons of s~d and grain uselessly distl·ibuted through the Depart­ lished for the Territory with sufficient judges and that tbjs court ment of Agriculture. The Postmaster-General predicts that if should sit within the Territory, and have the same jurisdiction as the law be so amended as to eradicate these abuses not only will to Territorial affairs as is now vested in the Federal courts sit- the Post-Office Department show no deficiency, but he believes ting in Arkansas and Texas. that in the near future all legitimate newspapers and periodical Another subject of pressing moment referred to by the Attor- magazines might be properly transmitted through the mails to ney-General is the reorganization of the Union Pacific Railway their subscribers free of cost. I invite your prompt consideration Company on a basis equitable as re&ards all private interests and of this subject, and fully indorse the views of the Postmaster- as favorable to the Government as existing conditions will per- General. · mit. The operation of a railroad by a court through a receiver The total number of post-offices in the United States on the 30th is an anomalous state of things, which should be terminated, on day ot June, 1894, was 69,805; an increase of 1,403 over the pre­ all grounds, public and private, at the eaJ;liest possible moment. ceding year. Of these, 3,428 were Presidential; an increase in that Besides, .not to enact the needed enabling legislation at the pres- class of 68 over the preceding year. ent session postpones the whole matter until the assembling of a Six hundred and ten cities and towns are proviaed with free de­ new Congress, and inevitably increases all the complications of livery. Ninety-three other cities and towns entitled to this service the situation, and could not but be regarded as a signal failure to under the law have not been accorded it on account of insufficient solve a problem which has practically been before the present Con- funds. The expense of free delivery for the current fiscal year will gress ever since its organization. · be more than $12,300,000, and under existing legislation this item Eight years ago, in my annual message, I urged upon the Con- of expenditure is subject to constant increase. The estimated cost gress as strongly as I could the location and construction of two of rural free delivery generally is so very large that it ought not prisons for the confinement of United States prisoners. A simi- to be considered in the present condition of affairs. lar recommendation has been made from time to time since, and During the year 830 additional domestic money-order offices were a few years ago a law was passed providing for the selection of established. The total number of these offices at the close of the sites for three such iru;titutions. No appropriation has however year was 19,264. There were 14,304,041 money orders issued during been made to carry the act into effect, and the old and discredit- the year, being an increase over the preceding year of 994,306. The able condition still exists. value of these orders amounted to $138,793,579.49, an increase' of It is not my purpose at this time to repeat the considerations $11,217,145.84. There were also issued during the year postal notes which make an impregnable case in favor of the ownership and amotmting to $12,649,004.55. management by the Government of the penal institutions in which During the year 218 internatiOnal money-order offices were Federal prisoners are confined. I simply desire t0 again urge for- added to those already established, making a total of 2,625 such mer recommendations on the subject, and to particularly call the offices in operation June 30, 1894. The number of international attention of the Congress tothatpartofthereportoftheSecretary money orders issued durin~ the year was 917,823, a decrease in of Warin which hestatesthatthemilitaryprisonat Fort Leaven- number of 138,176; and therr value was $13,792,455.31, a decrease ' worth, Kans., can be turned over to theGovernmentasaprisonfor in amount of $2,549,382:55. The nun;tber of orders paid was361,­ Federal convicts wit?tout the least difficulty and with 1m a.ctual 180, an increase over the preceding year of 60,263, and th•ir value saving of money from every point of view. was $6,568,493.78: an increase of $1,285,118.08. Pending a more complete reform. I hope that by the adoption of From the foregoing statements it appears that the total issue of the suggestion of the Secretary of War this easy step may be taken money orders and postal notes for the year amounted to $165,235,- in the direction of the proper care of its convicts by the Govern- 129.35. , ment of the UIJ,ited States. The number of letters and packages mailed during the year for The report of the Postmaster-General presents a comprehensive special delivery was 3,436,970. The special-delivery stamps used statement of the operations of the Post-Office Department for the upon these letters and pa-ckages amounted to $343,697. The mea­ last fiscal year. . _ sengers' fees paid for their delivery amounted to $261,209.70, leaving The receipts of the Department during the year amounted to a balance in favor of the Government of $82,487.30 . .... $75,080,479.04 and the expenditures to $84.,324,414.15. The report shows most gratifying results in the way of econo- The transactions of the postal service indicate with barometric mies worked out without affecting the efficiency of the postal serv­ certaintythe:fluctnationsinthebusinessofthecountry. Inasmuch, . ice. These consist in the abrogation of steamship-subsidy con­ therefore, as business complications continued to exist throughout tracts, reletting of mail-transportation contracts, and in the cost the last year to a.n unforeseen extent, it is not surprising that the and amount of supplies used in the service, amounting in all to deficiency of revenue to "i:neet the expenditures of the Post-Office $16,619,047.42. Department, which was estimated in advance at about eight mil- This report also contains a valuable contribution to the history lion dollars, should be exceeded by nearly one and aquartermillion of the Universal Postal Union, an arrangement which amounts dollars. The ascertained revenues of the last year, which were the practically to the establishment of one postal system for the entire basis of circulation forthecnrrentyear, being lessthanestimated, civilized world. Special attention is directed to this subject at the deficiency for the ourrentyearwill be correspondingly greater, this time, in view of the fact that the next congress Qf the Union though the Postmaster-General states that the latest indications will meet in Washington in 1897; and it is hoped that timely a-c­ are so fa-vorable that he confi.Q.entlypredicts an increase of at least 1- tion will be taken in the direction of perfecting preparations for 8 per cent in the revenues of the current year over those of the last that event. year...... The Postmaster-General renews the suggestion made in a pre- The expenditures increase steadily and necessarily with the vious report that the Department organization be increased to the growth and needs of the country, so that the deficiency is greater extent of creating a direct district supervision of all postal affairs, or less in any year, depending upon the volume of receipts. and in this suggestion I fully concur. The Postmaster-General states that this deficiency is nnneces- There are now connected with the Post-Office establishment 32,- saryandmightbeobviatedatonceifthelawregulatingratesupon 661 employees who are in the classified service. This includes mail matter of the second class was modified. The rate received many who have been classified upon the suggestion of the Post­ for the transmission of this second-class matter is 1 cent per pound, master-General. He states that another year's experience at the while the cost of such transmission to the Governrri.ent is eight head of the Department serves only to strengthen the conviction times that amount. In the general terms of the law this rate cov- as to the excellent working of the civil-service law in this branch ers newspapers and periodicals. The extensions of the meaning of of the public service. these terms from time to time have admitted to the privileges in- Attention is called to the report of the Secretary of the Navy, tended for legitimate newspapers and periodicals a surprising ran~e which shows very gratifying progress in the construction of ships of publications and created abuses the cost of which amounts m for our new Navy. All the vessels now building, including the •. the aggregate to the total deficiency of the Post-Office Dep'artment. three torpedo boats authorized at the last session of Congress and Pretended newspapers are started by business hon&es for the mere excepting the first-class battle ship Iowa, will probably be com­ purpose of ~vertising goods, complying with the law in form pleted during the coming fiscal year. only, and discontinuing the publications as soon as the period of The estimates for the increase of the Navy for the year ending advertising is over. "Sample copies" of pretended newspapers June 30, 1896, are large, but they include practically the entire are issued in great numbers for a like purpose only. The result is sum necessary to complete and equip all the new ships not now a great loss of revenue to the Government, besides ita humiliating in commission, so that, unless new ships are authorized, the ap­ nse as an agency to aid in carrying out the scheme of a business propriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June house to advertise its goods by means t>f a trick upqn both its ri-val 30, 1897, should fall below the estimates for the coming year by at houses and the regular and legitimate newspapers. Paper-cov- least $12,000,000. · ered literature, consisting mainly of trashy novels to the extent The Secretary presents with muc}l earnestness a plea for the of many thousands o( tons, is sent through the mails at 1 cent per authorization of three additional battle ships and ten or twalv~ 1894. · CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATEo

.torpedo boats.. While the unarmored vessels heretofore author­ It is hoped, that if this system continues to be strictly adhered iz~d, including those no-w...nearing completion, will constitute a to there will soon b~ as a natural consequence s uch an equaliza­ fleet which it is believed is sufficient for ordinary cruising pur­ tion of party benefits as will remove, all temptation to relax or poses in ·time of peace, we ha.ve now completed and in process of abandon it. .constructi0n but four first-class battle ships and but few torpedo "'rhe report of the Secretary of the Interior exhibits the situation boats. If we are to have a navy for warlike operations, offensive of the numerous and interesting branches of the public service .and defensive, we certainly ought to increase both the number of . connected with his Depa!-"t1nent. I commend•this report and the battle ships and torpedo boats. valuable recommendations of the Sec.retary to the careful atten­ The manufacture· of armor. requires expensive plant and the tion of the Congress. aggregation of many skilled workmen. All the armor necessary The public land-disposed of during the year amounted to 10,406,- to complete the vessels now building will be delivered before the 100.77 acres, including 28,876.05 of Indian lands. 1st of June next. If no new cont1.-acts are given out, contractors It is estimated that the public domain still remaining amounts must disband their .workmen and their plants must lie idle. Bat: to a little more than 600,000,000 acres, excluding, however, about tle ships authorized a.t this time would not be well under way un­ 360,000,000 acres in Alaska as well as military reservations and tillate in the coming fiscal year, a,nd at least three years and a railroad and other selections of lands yet unadjudicated. half from the-date of the contract would be required for their com­ The total cash receipts from sale of lands amounted to $2,674,- pletion. The Secretary states that not more than 15 per cent of 285.79, including $91,981.03 received from Indian lands. -the cost of such ships need be included in the appropriations for Thirty-five thousand patents were issued for agricultural lands, the coming year. and tlprty-one hundred patents were issued to Indians on allot­ I recommend that provision be made for the construction of ad­ ments Qf their holdings in severalty, the land so allotted being ditional battle ships and torpedo boa~ inalienable by the Indian allottees for a period of twenty-five The Secretaa'y recommends the manufacture not only of a re­ years after patent. :serve supp~y of ordnance and ordnance material for ships of the There were certified and patented on account of railroad and • Navy, but :al-so a supply for the auxiliary fleet. Guns and their wagon-road grants during the year 865,556.45 acres of land, and ·appurtenances should be provided and kept on hand far both these at the close of the year 29,000,000 acres were embraced in the lists purposes. We have not to-day a single gun that could be put of selections made by railroad and wagon-road companies and 'llp.On the ships Paris or New York of thelnternationalNavigation awaited settlement. Company or any other shi_p of our reserve Navy. The selections of swamp lands and that taken as indemnity there­ The manufacture of guns at the Washington Navy-Yard is pro­ for since the passage of the act providing for the same in 1849 £eeding sa-tisfactorily, and none of our new ships will be required amount to nearly or quite 80,500,000 acres, of which 58,000,000 to wait for their guns or ordnance equipment. have been patented to States. About 138,000 acres were patented An important order has been issued by the Secretary of the during the last year. Nearly 820,000 acres of school and education Na-vy coordinating the duties of the several bureaus concerned in grants were approved during the year, and at its close 1,250,363.81 the construction of ships. This order, it is believed, will secure acres remained unadjn.syed. to a. greater extent than ha-s heretofore been possible the harmo­ It appears thl1t the appropriation for the current year on acco.unt mous action of these several bureaus, and make the attainment of special service for the protection of the public lands and the

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and decide these disputes should be invested with authority to account of the war of the rebellion, and of these 46~,344 are on the comnel witnesses to attend and testify before them. rolls under the authority of the act of June 27, 1890, sometimes Though the condition of the Indians shows a steady a.nd healthy called the dependent-pension law. progress their situation is not satisfactory at all points. Som~of The total amount expended for p-ensions during the year was 'them to whom allotments of land have been made are found to be $139,804,461.05, leaving an unexpended balance from the sum ap­ unable or disinclined to follow agricultural pursuits or to other­ propriated of $25,205,712.65. wise beneficially m:1nage their land. This is especially true of the The sum necessary to meet pension expenditures for the year ·Cheyennes and _Arapa.hoes,. who, as it appears by reports of their ending June 30, 1896, is estimated at 3140,000,000 .• agent, have in mn.ny instances never been located upon their allot­ The Commissioner of Pensions is of the opinion that the year m ent s a.nd in some cases do not eyen know where their allotments 1895, being the thirtieth after the close of the war of the rebellion, are. Their condition has deteriorated. They a.re not self-sup­ must, according to all sensible human calculation, see the highest porting, and they live in camps and spend their time in idleness. limit of the pension roll, and that after that year it must begin to I haye always believed that allot-ments of reservation lands to decline. Indians in severalty should be made sparingly, or at least slowly, The claims pending in the Bureau have de01·eased more than and with the utmost caution. In these days, when white agri­ 90,000 durin~ the year. A large proportion of the new claims culturists and stock raisers of experience and intelligence find filed are for mcrease of pension by those now on the rolls. their lot a hard one, we ought not to expect Indians, unless far The number of certificates issued was 80,213. advanced in civilization and habits of industry, to support them­ The names dropped from the rolls for all causes during the year sci' res on the small tracts of land usually allotted to them. numbered 37,951. If the self-supporting scheme by allotment fails, the wretched Among our pensioners are 9 widows and 3 daughters of soldiers pauperism of the allottees which results is worse than their origi­ of the Revolution and 45 survivors of the war of 1812. - nal condition of regulated dependence. It is evident that the evil The ba1·efaced and extensive pension frauds exposed under the consequences of ill-advised allotment are intensified in cases where direction of the courageous and generous veteran soldier now at the false step can not be retraced on account of the purchase by the head of the Bureau leave no room for the claim that no pur­ the Government of reserYation lands remaining after allotments gation of our pension rolls was needed, or that continued vigilance are made and the disposition of such remaining lands to settlers and prompt" action &re not necessary to the same end. or purchasers from tho Goyernment. The accusation that an effort to detect pension frauds is evidence I am convinced that the proper solution of the Indian problem of unfriendliness toward our worthy veterans and a denial of their -and the success of every step taken in that direction depend to a claims to the generosity of the Government suggests an unfortu­ very large extent upon the intelligence and honesty of the reser­ nate indifference to the commission of any offense which has fO!' YP.tion agents Hnd the interest they have in their work. An agent its motive the securing of a pension, and indicates a willingness fitte

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two new and important Jines of research. The first remtes to make, as the statute provides, a satisfactory report to Congress. grasses and forage plants, with the purpoBe of instructing and The boards of management of ·the several stations, with great familiarizing the people as to the distinctive grasses of the United alacrity and cordiality, have approved the amendment to the law States, and teaching them how to introduce valuable foreign for­ providing this supervision of their expenditures, anticipating that age plants which may be adapted to this country. The second it will increase the efficiency of the stations and protect their di­ relates to agricultural soils and crop production, involving the rectors ana managers from loose charges concernmg their use analyses of samples of soils from all sections of the America-n of public funds, besides bringing the Department of Agreiculture Uuion, to demonstrate their adaptability t.o particula1 plants and into closer and more confidential relations with the experimental crops. Mechanical analyses of soils may be of such inestimable stations, and through their joint service largely increasing their utility that it is foremost in the new lines of agricultural research, usefulness to the agriculture of the country. , and the Secretary therefore recommends that a division having it - Acting upon a recommendation contained in the report of 1893, in charge be permanently established in the Department. Congress appropriated $10,000 "to enable the Secretary of Agri­ The amount appropriated for the Weather Bureau was $951,100. culture to investigate and report upon the nutritive value of the Of thatsum$138,500,or 14per cent, has been saved and is returned various articles and commodities used for human food, with special to the Treasury. · suggestion of full, wholesome, and edible rations less wasteful and As illustrating the usefulness of this service, it may be here more economical than those in common use." , stated that-the warnings which were very generally given of two Under this appropriation the Department has prepared and now tropical storms occurring in September and October of the present has nearly ready for distribution an elementary discussion of the y~ar resulted in detaining safely in port 2,305 vessels, valued at nuti'itive value and pecuniary economy of food. When we con­ $36,283,91~, laden ·with cargoes of probably still greater value. sider that- fully one-half of all the money earned by the wage­ What is much more important and gratifying, many human lives earners of the c:ivilized world is expended by them for food, the on these ships wel'e also undoubtedly saved . . importance and utility of such an investigation is apparent. The appropriation to the Bureau of Animal Industry was The Department expended in the fiscal year 1893 $2,354,809.56; $850,000, and the expenditures for the year were only $495,429.24, and out of that sum the total amount expended in scientific re­ thus leaving unexpended $354,570.76. The inspection of beef ani­ search was 45.6 per cent. But in the year enrung June 30, 1894, mals for export and interstate trade has been continued, and out of a total expenditure of $1,948,988.38, the Department applied 12_,944,056 head were inspected during tho year, at a cost of 1! 51.8 per cent of that sum to scientific work and investigation. It cents per head, against 4l cents for 1893'. The amount of pork is, therefore, very plainly observable that the economies which m.icroscopicallyexamined was35,437,937 pounds, against20,677,410 have been practiced in the administration of the Department have pounds in the preceding year. The cost of this inspection has not been at the expense of .scientific research. been diminished from 8i- cents per head in 1893 to 6t cents in 1894. The recommendation contained in the report of the Secretary The expense of inspecting the pork sold in 1894 to Germany and for 1893 ~hat the vicious system of promiscuous free distribu­ France by the United States was $88,922.10. The quantity in­ tion of its departmental documents be abandoned is again urgecl. spected was greater by 15,000,000 pounds than during the preced­ These publications may well be furnished without cost to public ing year, when the cost of such inspection was $172,367.08. The librai'ies, educational institutions, and the officers and libraries of Secreta1·y of AgJ,'iculture recommends that the law providing for Sta.tes and of the Federal Government. But from all individuals the microscopic inspection of export and interstate meat be so applying for tnem a price covering the cost of the document asked amended as to compel owners of the meat inspected to pay the for should be required. Thus the publications and documents cost of such inspection: and I call attention to the arguments pre­ would be secured by those who really desire them for proper pur­ sented in his report in support of this recommendation. poses. B:alf a million of copies of the report of the Secretary of The live beef cattle exported and tagged during the year num­ Ag~'icultureareprintedfordistributionat an annual costot about bered 363,535. This is an increase of 69,533 head over the previous $300,000. Large numbers of them are cumbering storerooms at year. - . the Capitol and the shelves of second-hand bookstores· through­ The sanitary inspection of cattle shipped to Europe has cost an out the country. All this labor and waste might be avoided if averag-e of 10! cents for each animal, and the cost of inspecting the recommendations of the Secretary were adopted. Southern cattle and the disinfection of cars and stock yards aver­ The Secretary also again recommends that the gratuitous dis­ ages 2.7 cents per animal. _tribution <>f seeds cease, and that no money be appropriated for The scientific inquiries of the Bureau of Animal Industry have that purpose except to experiment statiOns. He reiterates the progressed steadily during the year. Much tuberculin and mallein reasons given in his report for 1893 for discontinuing this unjusti­ have been furnished to State authorities for use in the agricultu­ fiable gratuity, and I fully concur in ~he conclusio!& which he ha-s ral colleges and experiment stations for the treatment of tubercu­ reached. . losis and glanders. The best service of the Statistician of the Department of Agri­ Quite recently this Department has published the results of its culture is the ascertainment, by diligence and care, of the actual investigations of bovine tuberculosis, and its researches will be and real conditions, favorable or unfavorable, of the farmers and / vigorously continued. Certain herds in the District of Columbia farms of the country, and to seek the causes which produce these will be thoroughly inspected, and will R_robably supply adequate conditions, to the end that the facts ascertained may guide their scope for the Department to intelligentfy prosecute its scientific intelligent treatment. work and furnish sufficient material for purposes of illustration, A further important utility in agricultural statistics is found in description, and definition. ' their elucidation of the relation of the supply of farm products to The sterilization of milk suspected of containing the bacilli of the demand for them in the markets of the United States and of tuberculosis has been dudng. the year very thoroughly explained the world. in a leaflet by Dr. D. E. Salmon, the chief of the Bureau, and given It is deemed possible that an ag~·icultural census may be taken general circulation throughout the country. each year throlJgh the agents of the Statistical Division of the The Office of Expedment Stations, which is a partof the United Department. Such a course is commended for trial by the chief States Department of Agriculture, has during the past year en­ of that division. Its scope would be: . gaged itself almost wholly in preparing for publication works based (1) The area under each of the more important crops. upon the reports of agricultural experiment stations and other in­ (2) The aggTegate products of each of such crops. stitutions for agricultural inquiry in the United States and foreign (3) The quantity of wheat and corn in the hands of farmers at countries. . , a date after the spring sowings and plantings and before the begin­ The Secreta.ry, in his report for 1893, called attention to the fact ning of harvest; and also the quantity ot cotton and tobacco re­ that the appropriations made for the support of the experiment maining in the hands of planters either at the same date or at some stations throughout the Union were the only moneys taken out of other designated time.

I' the National Treasury by act of Congress for which no accounting The cost of the work is estimated at $500,000. to Federal authorities was required. Responding to this sugges­ Owing to the peculiar quality of the Statistician's work, and tion the Fifty-third Congress, in making the appropriation for the the natural and acquired fitness necessary to its successful prose­ Department for the present fiscal year, provided that- cution, the Secretary of Agriculture expresses the opinion that ''The Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe the form of annual every person employed in gathering statistics under the chief of financial statement required by section 3 of said a-ct of March 2, that division should be admitted to that service only after a thor­ 1887; shall ascertain whether the expenditures under the appropri­ ough, exhaustive, and su ccessful examination at the hands of the ation hereby made a1;,e in a-ccordance with the provisioRs of said United States Civil Service Commission. This has led him to call a-ct, and shall make report thereon to Congress." for such examination of candidates for the position of a-ssistant In ooodience to this law the Department of Agriculture imme­ statisticians, and also of candidates for chiefs of sections in that _ diately sent out blank forms of expense accounts to each station, division. · and proposes, in addition, to make, through trusted experts, sys­ The work done by the Department of Agriculture is very super­ tematic examination of the several stations during each year; for ficially dealt with in this communication, and I commend there­ the purpose of acquiring by personal investigation the detailed port of the Secretary and the very important interests with which information necessary to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to it deals to the careful attention of the Congress. . , 10 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. DEOEMB~R 3;

The advantages to the public service of an adherence to the dustry and effort of American producers was fitly supplemented principles of civil-service reform are constantly more apparent; by a refusal to allow American registry to vessels built abroad and nothing is so encouraging to those in official life who hon- though owned and navigated by our people, thus exhibiting a will­ estly desire good government as the increasing appreciation by ingness to abandon all contest fm· the advanta~es of American our people of these advantages. A vast majority of the voters of transoceanic carriage. Our new tariff policy, built upon the the­ the land are ready to insist that the time and attention of those ory that it is well to encourage such importations as ouT people they select to perform for them important public duties should need, and that our products and manufactures should find mar­ not be distracted by doling out minor offices, and they are grow- kets in every part of the habitable globe, is consistently supple­ ing to be unanimous in regarding party o1·ganization as some- mented by the greatest possible liberty to our citizens in the thing that should be used in establishing party principles instead ownership and navigation of ships in which our products and of dictating the distribution of public places a-s· rewards of parti- manufactures may be transported. The millions now paid to for­ san activity. eigners for carrying American passengers and products across the Numerous additional offices and places havelat_ely been brought sea should be turned into American hands. Shipbuilding, which .within civil-service rules and regulations, and some others will has been protected to strangulation, should be revived by the pros­ probably soon be included. pect of profitable employment for ships when built, and the The report of the Commissioners will be submitted to the Con- American sailor should be resuiTected and again take his place­ grass, and I invite careful attention to the recommendations it a sturdy and industrious citizen in time of pea-ce and a patriotic contains. and safe defender of American interests in the day of conflict. I am entil·ely convinced that we ought not to be longer without The ancient provision of our law denying American registry to a national board of health or-national health officer charged with ships built abroad and owned by Americans appears in the light no other duties than such as pertain to the protection of our coun- of present conditions not only to be a failure for good at evecy point, tcy from the invasion of pestilence and disease. This would but to be nearer a relic of barbarism than anything that_exists involve the establishment, by such board or officer, of proper quar- under the permission of a statute of the United States. I earnestly antine precautions, or the necessary aid and counsel to local au- rec~mmend its prompt repeal. thorities on the subject, p.rompt advice and a-ssistance to local Dming the last month the gold reserve in the Treasury for tho boards of health or health officers in the suppression of contagious purpose of redeeming the notes of the Government circul.ating as disease, and in cases where there are no such local boards or offi- money in the hands of the people became so reduced, and its fm·ther cers, the immediate directiot;t by the national board·or officer of depletion in the near future seemed so certain, that ill the exercise measures of suppression, constant and authentic information con- of proper care for the public welfare it became necessary to :re­ cerning the health of foreign countries ana all parts of om· own- plenish this reserve, and thus maintain popular faith in the ability country as I'elated to contagious diseases, and consideration of and determination of the Government to meet, as agreed, its pecu- regulaQ.ons to be enforced in foreign ports to prevent the intro- niary obligations. ' duction of contagion into our cities and the measures which should It would have been well if in this emergency authoiity had be adopted to secure their enforcement. . existed to issue the bonds of the Government beaJ.ing a Jow rate There seems to be at this time a decided inclination to discuss of interest and maturing within a short period; but, the CongTess measures of protection against contagious diseases in interna- having failed to confer such authority, resort was necessarily had tional conference with a view of adopting means of mutual assist- to the resumption act of 1875, and pursuant to its provisions ance. The creation of such a national health establishment would bonds were issued drawing interf?st at the rate of 5 per cent pe1· greatly aid our standing in such conferences and improve olir op- annum and maturing ten ·years after thei:I· issue, that being the portunities to avail ourselves of their benefits. shmtest time authorized by the act. I am glad to say, however, · I earnestly recommend the inauguration of a national board of that on the sale of these bonds the premium received operated to health or similar national instrumentality, believing the same to reduce the rate of interest to be paid by the Government to less be a neeS.ed precaution against contagious disease and in the in- than 3 per cent. · terest of the safety and health of our people. N othingcould bewoi'se or further removed from sensible finance -By virtue of a statute of the United States _passed in 1888 I ap- than the relations existing between the currency the Government pointed in July last Ron. John D. Kernan, of the State of New has issued, the gold held for its redemption, and the means which York, and Hon. Nicholas E Worthington, of the State.of Illinois, must be resorted to for the purpose of replenishing such redemp­ to form, with Hon. Carroll D. Wright, CommissioneT of Labor~ tion fund when impaired. Even if the claims upon this fund were who was designated bysain statute, a commission for the purpose lmnfined to the obligations originally intended, and if the redemp­ of making- c::titeful inquiry into the causes of the controversies be- tion of these obligations meant their cancellation, the fund would tween certain railroads and their employees which had resulted be very small. But these obligatioiJ,S when received and redeemed in an extensive and destructive strike, accompapied by much vio- in gold are not canceled but are reissued, and may do duty many lence and dangerous disturbance, withconsiderableloss of life and times by way of drawing gold from the Treasury. Thus we have great destruction of property. . an endless chain in operation constantly depleting the Treasury's The report of the Commissioners has been submitted to me and gold and never near a final rept. As if this was not bad enough, will be transmitted to the Congress, with the evidence taken upon we have, by a statutory declaration that it is the policy of the Gov­ their investigation. . ernment to maintain the'parityoetweEm gold and silver, aided the Their work has been well done, and their standing and intelli- force and momentum of this exhaustingprocessandaddedlargely gence give assurance that the report and suggestions they make to the currency obligations claiming this peculiar gold redemp­ are worthy of ca-reful consideration. . tion~ Our small gold reserve is thus subject to drain from -every The tariff act passed at the last session of the Congress needs side. The demands that increase our danger also increase the ne­ important amendments if it is to be ex-ecuted effectively and with cessity of protecting thi~ reserve against depletion, and it is most certainty. In addition to such necessary amendments as will not unsatisfactory to know that the protection afforded is only a tern- change rates of duty, I am still vecy decidedly in favor of putting ~orary palliation. . - coal and iron upon the free list. It is perfectly and palpably plain that the only way under pres- So far as the su~ar schedule is concerned, I would be glad, under ent conditions by which this reseTve when dangerously depleted existing aggravations, to see every particle of differential duty in can be replenished is through the issue and sale of the bonds of favor of refined sugar stricken out of our tariff law. If with all the Government for gold; and yet Congress has not only thus far thefavornowaccorded thesugar-refininginterest inourtarifflaws declined to authorize the issue of bonds best suited to such a pur­ it still languishes to the extent of closed refineries and thousands pose, but there seems a disposition in some quarters to deny both ()f discharged workmen, it would seem to present a hopeless case the necessity and power for the issue of bonds at all. fbr reasonable legislative aid. Whatever else is done or omitted, I I can not for a moment believe that any of our citizens are de­ earnestly repeat he1·e the recommendation I have made in another liberatelywillingthat their Government should default in its pecun­ portion of thiS communication, that the additional duty of one- iary obligations or that its financial operations should be reduced tenth of a cent per pound laid upon sugar imported from coun- to a silver basis. At any rate, I should not f~l that my duty was tries pa~ a bounty on its export be abrogated. It seems to me done if I omitted any effort I could make to avert such a calamity. that exceedingly important consideratiollB point to the propriety of As long, therefore, as no provision is made for the final redemp­ this amendment. tion orthe putting aside of the currency obligation now used to With the advent of a new tariff policy not only calculated to repeatedly ana constantly draw from the Government its gold, ' relieve the consumers of our land in the cost of their daily life, and as long as no better authority for bond issues is allowed than but to invite a better development of American thrift and create at present exists, such authority will be utilized whenever and as for us closer and more profitable commercial relations with the often as it becomes necessary to maintain a sufficient gold 'reserve, rest of tpe world, it follows as a logical and imperative necessity and in abundant time to save the credit of our country-and make thap we shoUld at once remove the chief, if not the only, obstacle good the financial declarations of our Government. which has so long prevented our participation in the forei~ carry- Questions relating to our banks and cUITency are closely con­ ing trade of the sea. A tariff built upon the theory that 1t is well nected with the subject just referred to, and they also present to check imports and that a home market should bound the in- .some unsatisfactory features. Prominent among them are the 1894. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 11 . lack of elasticity in ~w currency circ~a~on, and its fre_qu~nt con­ have made or not, I shall be glad to cooperate in perfecting any centration in finanCial" centers when It IS most needed m other legislation that tends to the prosperity and welfare of our country. parts of the country. _ GROVER CLEVELAND. Tb.e absolute divorcement of the Government from-the busmess liiXECUTIVE MANsiON, December 3, 189~. of banking is the ideal relationship of the Government to the The VICE-PRESIDENT. The message will lie on the table, and circulation of the currency of the"Country. . the usual number of copies will be ordered to pe printed, in the This condition can not be immediately reached; but as a step m absence of objection. that direction and as a means of securing a more elastic currency REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. and obviating other objections to the present arrang~m~~t of bank circulation the Secretary of the Treasury presents m liis report a The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the annual report scheme m~difying present banking laws and providin~ for the of the Attorney-General; which, with the accompanying papers, issue of circulating notes_by State banks free from taxation under was ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. cert.ain limitations. REPORT OF COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY. The Secretary explains his plan so plainly, and its advantages are The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the annual report developed by him with such remarkable clearness, that any effort of the Comptroller of the Currency for the year ended October 31, on my part to present argument in its SUJ?port would~ sup~r­ 1894; which was referred to the Committee on Financel and (1!'­ fluous. I shall therefore content myself mth an unqualified m­ dered to be printed. dorsement of the Secretary's proposed changes in the law and a brief and imperfect statement of their prominent features. UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY REPORT. The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica­ It is proposed to repeal all laws providing for the deposit of tion from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report of United States bonds as security for circulation; to permit national the Government directors of the Union Pacific Railway Company banks to issue circulating notes not exceeding in amount 75 per for the year 1894; which, with the accompanying rel)ort, was re­ cent of their paid-up and unimpaired capital, p~ovide_d they de­ ferre¢1. to the Committee on Pacific Railroads, and ordeied to be posit with the Government as a guarantee fund, m Umted States printed. . leO'al-tender notes, includi:Jg Treasury notes of 1890, a sum equal in°amount to 30 pe·r cent of the notes they desire to issue, this de­ MARITIME CANAL COMPANY OF ~~CARA.GUA. posit to be maintained at all times, but :whenever any bank retires The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica­ any part of its circulation a proportional part of its guarantee fund tion from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compli­ shall be returned to it; to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to ance with law, the annuaJ report of the Maritime Canal Company prepare and keep on hand ready for issue in case an increase in of Nicaragua; which was, with the accompanying report, referred circulation is desired blank national-bank notes for each bank hav­ to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. ing circulation and to repeal the provisions of the present law im- REPORTS OF SECRETARY OF SENATE. , posing limitati?ns.dnd r~strictions upon_ b~nks de~g to reduce The VICE-PRESIDENT J.aid before the Senate a communica­ or increase their circulation-thus pernntting such-mcrease or re­ tion from the Secretary of the Senate, submitting, in obedience to duction within the limit of 75 per cent of capital to be quickly law, a full and complete a-ccount of all property belonging to the made as emergencies arise. United States in his possession on the 3d day of December, 1894; In addition to the guarantee fund required, it is proposed to pro­ which was read, and, with the accompanying papers, ordered to vide a safety fund for the immediate redemption of the circulating lie on the table, and be printed. notes of failed banks, by imposing a small annual tax, say one­ He also laid before the Senate a report of the Secretary of the half of 1 per cent, upon the average circulation of each bank Senate, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of the until the fund amounts to 5 per cent of the total circulation receipts and expenditures of the Senate from July 7, 1893, to June outstanding. When a bank fails, its guara.ntee fund is to be paid 30, 1894; which was ordered to lie on the table, and be prinred. into this safety fund and its notes are to be redeemed in the first REPORTS OF SERGEANT-AT-ARMS. instance from such safety ~und thus augmented-any impairment of such fund caused thereby to be made good from the imme­ The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica­ diately available cash assets of said bank, and if these should be tion from the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, submitting a full insufficient, such impairment to be made good by pro rata assess­ and complete account of all property belonging to the United States ment among the other banks, their contributions COil.Stituting a in his possession December 3, 1894; which was read, and, with the first lien upon the assets of the failed bank in favor of the contri­ a-ccompanying papers, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. buting baJlks. AB a further secmity it is contemplated that the · He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Ser­ existing provision fixing the individual liability of stockholders is geant-at-Arms of the Senate, transmitting a full and complete to be retained and the bank's indebtedness on accolmt of its circu­ statement of all money received from sale of condemned property lating notes is to be made a first lien on all its assets. belon~g to the United States from December 4, 1893, to datE For the purpose of meeting the expense of printing notes, offi­ and disposition made .of same; which was read, and, with the a-c­ cial supervision, cancellation, and other likE:l charges, there shall companying papers, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. be imposed a tax of, say, one-half of 1 per cent per ann-ru:b upon CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY BUILDING. the average amount of notes in circulation. The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the report of It is further provided that there shall be no national-bank notes Thomas L. Casey, biigadier-general United States Army, rela­ issued-of a less denomination than ten dollars; that each national tive to the progress of the construction of the building for tho bank, except in case of a failed bank, shall redeem or retire its Library of Congress during the year ending December 1, 1894; notes in the first instance at its own office or at agencies ·to be which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Select designated by it, and that no fixed reserve need be maintained ·on Committee on Additional Accommodations for the Library of account of deposits. Congress, and ordered to be printed. Another very important feature of this plan is the exemption of OFFICERS OF THE NAVY. State banks from taxation bv the United States in cases where it The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica­ is shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury and tion from the Secretary of theNavy, transmitting, in response to a Comptroller of the Currency by banks claiming such exemption resolution of July 24, 1894, a list of the commissioned and non­ that they have not had outstandingtheircirculatingnotesexceed­ commi...-;sioned officers of the United States Navy who are aliens ing 75 per cent of their paid-up and unimpaired capital; that and what percentage are citizens of the United States by birth or their stockholders are individually liable for the redemption of naturalization; which was ordered to lie on the table, and be their circulatin~ notes to the full extent of their ownership of printed. stock; that the lia.bilio/ of said banks upon their circulating notes PETITIONS AND MEMORIA.LS. constitutes un-der their State law a first lien upon their assets; The VICE-PRESIDENT presented a petition of sundry citizens that such banks have kept and maintained a guarantee fund in of King County, Wash., praying for the passage of the so-called United States legal-tender notes, including Treasury notes of 1890 McRae land-grant-forfeiture bill; which was referred to the Com­ equal to 30 per cent of their outstanding circulating notes, and mittee on Public Lands. that such banks have promptly redeemed their circulating notes He ·also presented a petition of the Chamber of Commerce of when presented at their principal ar branch offices. . Tacoma, Wash., and a petition of the Humboldt Chamber of Com­ It in quite likely that this scheme may be usefully amended in merce, of Eureka. Cal., praying for the speedy completion of the some of its details; but I am satisfied it furnishes a basis for a very Nicaragua Canal; which was ordered to lie on the table. - great improvement in our present banking and currency system. Mr. DOLPH. I present a petition of the Chamber of Commerce I conclude this communication fully appreciating that the re­ of Portland, Oreg., praying for Congressional aid to the Nicara­ sponsibility for all legislation affecting the people of the United guan Canal. The paper is a very clear, forcible, and full presenta­ States rests upon their representatives in the Congress, and assur­ tion of the importance of that enterprise to the commerce of the ~ ing them that, whether in accordance with recommendations I United States and in promoting the efficiency of our Navy and 12 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 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the prosperity of the Pacifi~ Coast. It sets forth the necessity that department, should be placed more directly under the control of the people of the several States. • the canal should be constructed and capitalized at its actual cost That the choice of the members of the senate branch in the legislatures of the and that it should be controlled by the United States. As a bill States by the direct vote of the people has for a very long time now obtained for the purpose has been reported and is now upon the Senate Cal­ with the bast results; civil and political; that likeness is the basis of agree­ ment o.nd of unity; that political analogy Justly followed should conform the endar, I move that the petition lie on the table, and be printed in the method of choosing Senators as to the e1ements of electors to that so long form of a document. prevailing in the States of the Union. The motion was agreed .to. That the present method of choosing United States Senators tends to mar and mutilate the system of populaJ!..,representative government. Mr. HOAR presented a petition of the General Missionary Board That the choice of them by the direct vote of the whole body of electors in of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Brooklyn, N.Y., represent­ ::t State would be more in consonance with.our scheme of government, more ing 2,000,700 communicants and 5,000,000 adherents, praT.illg Con­ conducive to the dignity and sovereignty of the States and to the influence gress to cease appropriating money for sectarian schools; which and authority of this body. was referred to the Committee on Appropriations. :Mr. TURPIE. I ask that the resolution, for the present, lie on tlie table and be printed, and I give notice that OJl Thursday next, BILLS .INTRODUCED. immediately after the conclusion of the routine business of the Mr. BLANCHARD introduced a bill (S. 2327) to amend the morning hour, I shall ask the courtesy of the Senate to submit act entitled "An act to authorize the construction of a bridge some remarks upon the subject-matter the1·eof. across the Mississippi River above New Orleans," approved Jan­ The VICE-PRESIDENT. The resolution will lie over and be uary 26, 1893; which was read twice by hs title, and referred to printed, in the absence of objection. the Committee on Commerce. DELIVERY OF JA.P.!u."iESE TO CHINESE AUTHORITIES. Mr. BLANCHARD. I introduce a joint resolution, which I ask Mr. LODGE. I offer a resolution, and ask for its present con- maybe read. sideration. The joint resolution (S. R. 107) relating to the recent massacre The VICE-PRESIDENT. The resolution will be read. of Christian inhabitants of Turkish Armenia Wa§ read the first The Seeretary read as follows: time by its title and the second time at length, as follows: Resolved, That the President be request~d, if not incompatible with the Whereas the Christian inhabitants of Armenia under the dominion of the public interest, to transmit to the Senate all corre~ondence or other papers Sultan of Turkey were recently subjected to inhuman atrocities, ~esulting in the indiscriminate ma.s...c::acre of thousands of men, women, and children; and ~:~~fi;~n\\~ ~t~~~le ~~tro~\1~s8 ~~e:= inf;~tf::t~t!~h~~E:~: Whereas such outrages are a blot upon the civilization of the age, meriting the &'tid Japanese were put to death after being tortur~d; and whether there the severest condemnation of mankind generally, and especially of the Chris­ was any understa.ndi':l.~ with the Chinese Government that officers of the tian nations of the earth: '.rherefore, United States should aid, assist, and give safe conduct to any Japanese citi­ Resolved by the Senate and House of ReJ!resentatives of the United States, etc., zen desiring to leave Chinaj and further to inform the Senate whether the That the people of the United States VIew. with horror and detestation ~he United States consul at HanKow wasreprimaneted by Chinese officials for aid­ atrocities aforesaid, and do hereby protest, m the name of coDli!lon humamty, ing Ja}Janese citizens to leave the country, and whether all informatwn was against the same. · ~ refused to the United States consul at Ningpo when he made inquiries as to Resolved further, That the President of the United States communicate this the charges against certain Japanese citizens arrested there. remonstrance to tha Government of· Turkey. Mr. GORMAN. Let the resolution lie over until to-mOijl'OW and Mr. BLANCHARD. Imovethatthejointresolution beref~n·ed be printed. to the Committee on Foreign Relations. . The VICE-PRESIDENT. Objection being made to the present The motion was agreed to. considerationof the resolution, itwilllieover under the n1les and .AMENDMENT OF THE RULES. be printed. Mr. GEORGE submitted the following resolution; which was ISSUE AND SALE OF UNITED STATES BONDS. read, referred to the Committee on Rules, and ordered to be printed: Mr. PEFFER. I offer a resolution. which I ask may be read, Resolved, That the Committee on Rules be, and they are hereby, instructed lie over under the rilles, and be printed. to report at the earliest practicable date, for the action of the Senate, such amendments to the rules as wiU enable the Senate seasonably, after proper The resolution was read, ordered to lie over, and be printed, as time for deliberation. to discharge the legislative functions imposed on it by follows: the <.;onstitution of the United States, and to this end that provision be Resolved by the Senate, That the Committee on the Judiciary be. and it is made as follows. to wit: hereby, instructed to inquire and report whether the acts of the Secretary First. That the Senate shall have power at any time to come to a vote on of the Treasur_y in iSsuing and selling United States b)nds in the months of ' any question pending before it after giving such reasonable opportunity for February and December, 1894, were authorized by any act or acts of Congress amendment and debate as the Senate may decide to be proper. then in force. Second. To carrv out the constitutional power to com}Jel the attendance of absent Senators, by providing for tho ascertainment and official declaration UNITED STATES TROOPS IN CHICA.GO INDUSTRIAL TROUBLES. of a quorum when a majority of the Senators are actually present. Mr. PEFFER. I also offer a resolution, which I ask may be Third. That for the purpose of determining the presence of a quorum to do business, all Senators present, though not voting on a division or on a call of read, lie over, and be printed. the yeas and nays, nor answering to their names upon a call of the Senate, Tlie resolution was read, ordered to lie over, anO, be printQd, as shall be held to be present. follows: Fourth. When a quorum is actually- present, the decision of a question shall be as a majority of those voting shall decide; but that majority shall not be Resolved by the Senate, That the President berequested,ifnotincompatible sufficient to pass any bill or resolution unless it shall also be a majority of a with the public interests, to inform the Senate concernin~ the facts and cir­ cumstances which made the presence and use of United States troops neces­ q~u:.-·Punishing a Senator, as for disorderly behavior, who, being present, sary in the city of Chicago in July,1894, and,inconnection withsuch informa­ shall fail to answer to his name upon a call of the Senate, or to vote on a divi­ tion, to transmit to the Senate copies of all correspondence and of military sion of the Senate or when the yeas and nays have been ordered, unless for orders in relation thereto. good cause he shall be excused. · LOUISIANA. OR HONDURAS LOTTERY COMPANY. Sixth. For enforcing the law, sections 4D and 41 of the Revised Statutes, which, being passed in :pursuance of the Constitution~ is a. part of the supreme · Mr. CALL. I offer a resolution, which I ask may be printed law of the land, and bmding- on the Senate as a boay and on each member and lie over under the rules. thereof until changed or repealed. Seventh. And the committee shall also report such other and further amend­ The VICE-PRESIDENT. The resolution will be read. ments of the rules as in their judgment shall be necessary and proper to en­ The Secretary read as follows: able the Senate to proceed with proper dispatch in the discharge of its Resolved by the Senate, That a special committee be, and is hereby, created, constitutional duties. who shall be char~ed with the duty of inquiring and reporting to the Senate STATUES OF JOHN STARK AND DANIEL WEBSTER. whether the Lorusiana or Honduras Lottery Company has been established and is now operating in the State of Florida, and is engaged in business there Mr. CHANDLER submitted the following resolution; which and in thP u8e of the mails, in violation of the laws of the United States {Lnd was considered by unanimous consent and agreed to: of the State of Florida. 'rhe committee shall also inquire whether the Louisiana or Honduras Lottery Company, its owners managers, directors, or Resolved That the exercises in the Senate in connection with the reception agents, have entered into a combination with any person or persons or cor from the State of New Hampshire, for the National Gallery in the Ca}Jitol, of porations for the control of the elect ions and the legislature and the mem­ the statues of John Stark and Daniel Webster be made a special order for bers of Congress and the executive officer~:> of the State of Florida. The com­ 'rhursday, the 20th day of December. mittee shall also inqub.·e &nd r eport whether the Louisiana or Honduras Lot­ ALLEGED CRUELTIES IN TURKEY r tery Company, or any person connected with it or any corp~rations in any way connected with such lottery company, expended mt>ney m the late elec­ Mr. HOAR submitted the following resolution; which was con­ tions in the State of Florida for members of Congress or members of the leg­ sidered by unanimous consent and agreed to: islature, and whether they own, either directly or indirectly, any interests in Resolved That the President be requested, if in his judgment it be not incom · newsJ?.apers published in t.he State, and whether they or any of them have patible whh1 the public interest, to communicate to the Senate any informa­ contributed money for the establishment of newspaper!~, or for subSidizing tion he may have received in regard to alleged cruelties committed upon Ar;menians in Turkey, and especially whether any such cruelties have been ne;:J>~E:~ttae shall also inquire and report whether the politieal conven­ committed upon citizens who have declared their intention to become natu­ tions or the elections for Co11:gress and for members of the legisla~~re of the t•alized in this country, or upon persons because of their being Christians. State of Florida have been Iilfluenced or controlled by the Loms1ana Lot­ And, further, to intorm the Senate wh6ther any expostulations have been tery Company, and if so to what extent, or any corporation or person in addressed by this Government to the Government of Turkey Ill regard to any way comiected with or in combination with it or With the persons com- such matters, or an-y proposals made by or to this Government to act in con­ posingit. . cert with other Christian powers regarding the same. The committee shall also inquire and report what sums of money, if any, were expended in the late elections by the Louisiana Lottery Company, or by ELECTION OF SENATORS BY THE PEOPLE. any person or corporation in any. way connected, comb~ed :wfth, O! inter­ Mr. TURPIE submitted. the following resolution; · which was ested in such lottery company or m persons connected With 1t, and m what i."ead.: way, and by what persons such money was expended, and by what persons Resolved, That, in the opinion of the Senate, the time ha.CJ come in the hUt­ it~-:: ~~~ft~!:~ll have wer to administer oaths, send for per~ou's and tory of the country when one branch of the Government, the legislative papers, hold sessions at sue~ times and places as they may consider u~ "'· / 1894. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 13 sary or expedient, and employ a. steno~pher. clerk, and messenger. The ' G. Caruth, AlbertS. Berry, William C. P. Breckinridge, James expenses of the committee shall be prud out of the contingent fund of the B. McCreary, and Thomas H. Pavnter. - Senate. J- Mr. HARRIS. I suggest to the Senator from Florida that he Louisiana-Adolph Meyer, Robert C. Davey, and Andrew Price. move the reference of that resolution to the Committee to Audit' Maine-Thomas B. Reed, Nelson Dingley, jr., Seth L. Milliken, and Charles A. Boutelle. and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate. It has to be Maryland-J. Frederick c. Talbott, Harry Welles Rusk, and referred to that committee before it can be finally acted on by the . William M. McKaig. Seifi.~CALL. I desire to have the resolution lie upon the table Massachusetts-Ashley B. Wright, Frederick H. Gillett, Joseph for the present, as I wish to make some observations upon it. H. Walker, Lewis D. Apsley, William Everett, Samuel W. McCall, William F. Draper, and Elijah A. Morse. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The resolution will lie on the table Michigan-Julius c. Burrows, Henry F. Thomas, Williams. and be printed, in the absence of objection. Linton; John w. Moon, Thomas A. E. Weadock, John Avery, and ENROLLED BILL SIGNED. Samuel M. Stephenson. A message from the Honse of Representatives, by Mr. T. 0. Minnesota-James T. McCleary, Osee, M. Hall, Andrew R. TowLES, its Chief Clerk, announced that the Speaker of the House Kiefer, Loren Fletcher, Melvin R. Baldwin, and Haldor E. Boen. had signed the enrolled bill (H. R. 7515) granting the right_of way Mississippi-John C. Kyle, Thomas C. Catchings, John S. Wil­ through the Arlington reservation for electric railway purposes; liams, Thomas R. Stockdale, and Charles E. ·Hooker. and it was thereupon signed by the Vice-President. Missouri-Uriel S. Hall, Alexander M. Dockery, John C. Tars- , Mr. GORMAN. I move that the Senate adjourn. ney, David A. DeArmond, Richard P. Bland, Champ Clark, Rich­ The motion was agreed to; and (at 4 o'clock p.m.) the Senate ard Bartholdt, John J. O'Neill, Seth W. Cobb, Marshall Arnold, adjourned nntil to-morrow, Tuesday, December 4, 1894, at 12 and Charles H. Morgan. o'clockm. • Montana-Charles S. Hartman. Nebraska-David H. Mercer, Eugene J. Hainer, and Omer M. Kem. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. New Hampshire-Henry M. Baker. MONDAY December 3 1894. '" !few Jer~ey-Henry C. Loud~nslager, Jo_hn J. Gardner, JacobA. . . ~ '. . . GeiSsenhamer, Johnston CorniSh, Cornelius A. Cadmus, Thomas ~ bemg the day fixed by the Constitntio!l for the a~ual Dunn English, an~ George B. Fielder. · m~eting of Congress, the ~ouse _of Representat!ves _of the ¥ifty- New York-James W. Covert, John M. Clancy, Joseph C. Hen­ third Congress assembled m their Hall for their third sessiOn at drix, William J. Coombs, John H. Graham, Franklin ·Bartlett, 12 o'clock m. . Edward J. Dunphy, Tim,othy J. Campbell, John De Witt Warner, The SPEA.l{ER (Hon. CHARLES~· C~P, a Representative from Lemuel E. Quigg, Isidor Straus, William Ryan, Francis Marvin, the State of Georgia) tookthe chair am.Id applause and called the Ja.cob Lefever, Ch~·les Tracey, Newton Maxtin Curtis, James S. House to order. Sherman, George W. Ray, Sereno E. Payne, Charles W. Gillet, PRAYER. Charles Daniels, and Warren B. Hooker. The Chaplain, Rev. E. B. BAGBY, offered the following prayer: North Carolina-Benjamin F. Grady, ·Thomas Settle, and John Almighty and eternal God, the King of Kings and the Lord of S. Henderson. ... Lords! As we meet once more in the halls of legislation, we would North Dakota-Martin N. Johnson. first unitedly take Thy name upon our lips and acknowledge our Ohio-Bellamy Storer, Fernando C. Layton, Dennis D. Donovan, dependence upon Thee. For Thy kind care of us during our George W. Wilson, Luther M. Strong, Byron F. Ritchie, Hezekiah separation and for the gracious providence that has brought us S. Bundy, Charles H. Grosvenor, Joseph H. Outhwaite, Darius .again to our duties here we devoutly thank Thee. • D. Hare, Henry C. Van Voorhis, Albert J. Pearson, James A. D. Now, 0 Lord, let Thy benediction rest upon this Congress in its Richards, George P. Ikirt, and Stephen A. Northway, Tom L. closing session. Guide Thy servants in their deliberations. Pre- Johnson. serve the health of their bodies and the vigor of their minds. And Oregon-Wiliiam R._Ellis and Binger Hermann. may they solve aright the problems of this great nation. Let Thy Pennsylvania-Galusha A. Grow, Alexander McDowell, Henry gracious favor be upon the community in which we live, upon H. Bingham, Robert Adams, jr., John E. Reyburn, Alfred C. Thy church, upon our whole land. Give peace to our nation, and Harmer, John. B. Robinson. Irving P. Wanger, Howard Mutch­ incline the hearts of our rulers to that which is just and right. ler, Constantine J. Erdman, Marriott Bro~ius, JosephA. Scranton, Hear these our petitions, 0 Infinite One, and accept the adoration William H. Hines, James B. Reilly, Ephraim M. Woomer,_Simon of our hearts through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. P. Wolverton. Thaddeus M. Mahon, Frank E. Beltzhoover, Josiah ROLL CALL. D. Hicks, John Dalzell, William A. Stone, Thomas W. Phillips, The SPEAKER. The Clerk will call the roll to ascertain the and Charles W. Stone. · presence of a quorum. Rhode Island-Oscar Lapham and Charles H. Page. The roll was called by States, when the following-named mem- South Carolina-James F. Izlar, William J. Talbert, Asbury C. bers responded: Latimer, and George W. Shell. Alabama-Jesse F. Stallings, Gaston A. Robbins, James E. Cobb, South Dakota~John A. Pickler and William V. Lucas. - John It. Bankhead, William H. Denson, and Joseph Wheeler. Tennessee-Alfred A. Taylor, John C. Honk, Henry C. Snodgrass, A:rkansas-Philip D. McCulloch,jr., Thomas C. McRae, William Benton McMillin, James D. Richardson, Joseph E. Washington, L. Terry, Hugh A. Dinsmore, and Robert Neill. Nicholas N. Cox, Benjamin A. Enloe, James C. McDearmon, and California-James G. Maguire, :Marion Cannon, and William J o::.iah Patterson. · W. Bowers. Texas-Joseph C. Hutcheson, S. B. Cooper, c.-Buckley Kilgore, GoZ01·a.do-Lafe Pence and John C. Bell. Joseph W. Bailey, Jo Abbott, George C. Pendleton, Charles K. Connecticut-Lewis Sperry, James P. Pigott, Charles A. Rus- Bell, Joseph D. Sayers, Walter Gresham: William H. Crain, sell, and Robert E. De Forest. _ Thomas M. Paschal, and J. V. Cockrell . . Delaware-John W. Causey. Vermont-H. Henry Powers and William W. Grout. Florida-Stephen R. Mallory and Charles M. Cooper. Virginia-William A. Jones, D. Gardiner Tyler, Claude A. Georgia-Rufus E. Lester, .Benjamin E. Russell, Charles F. Swanson, Smith S. Turner, Elisha E. Meredith, and James W. Crisp, Charles L. Moses, Leoni~s F. Livingston, Thomas B. Caba- Marshall. niss, John W. :Maddox, Thomas G. Lawson, Farish Carter Tate, Washington-William H. Doolittle. James C. C. Black, and Henry G. Turner. West Virginia-John 0. Pendleton and William L. Wilson. Idaho-Willis Sweet. · - TVi.sconsin~Henry A. Cooper, Charles Barwig, Joseph W. Bab- IUinois-Andrew J. Hunter, J. Frank Aldrich, Lawrence E. Me- cock, George H. Brickner, Owen A. Wells, Lyman E. Barn Gann, Allan C. Dm·borow, jr., Albert J. Hopkins, Robert R. Hitt, Thomas Lynch, and Nils P. Haugen. Thomas J. Henderson, Robert A. Childs, Hamilton K. WOOeler, Wyoming-Hem·y A. Coffeen. Benjamin F. Marsh, William Jrl. Springer, Benjamin F. Funk, DELEGATES FROM TERRITORIES. Joseph G. Cannon, George W. Fithian, Edward Lane, James R. A 1-izona-Marcus A. Smith. Williams, and George W. Smith. Nt u · Anto · J h Indiana-John L. Bretz, Jason B. Brown, William S. Holman, ew .lu.ean.co- mo osep · · Georl?e W. Cooper, William D. Bynum, EliJ"ah V. Brookshire, Oklahoma.-:.Dennis ~T. Flynn. ~ Utah-Jos. L. Rawlins. Augustus N. Martin, and Oharles G. Conn. Th SPEAK. ,.n Tw h dr d d fifty tl 1..~ Iowa- David B. Henderson, Thomas Updegraff, Robert G. e .cin.. 0 un e an -seven gen emen ~'lie Cousins, John F. Lacey, John A. T. Hull, William P. Hepburn, responded to their names. A quorum is present. and George D. Perkins. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. Kansas~WilliamA.Harris,CaseBroderick,CharlesCurtis,John A message from the Senate, by Mr. Cox, its Secretary, commu­ Davis, and William Baker. · nicated the following resolutions adopted by that body: Kentucky-Will\am J. Stone, Alexand~r :a. Montgomery, Asher Resolved, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives that a I 14 CONGRESSIONAli JtECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 3, ..,J quoTlliil of the Sennte is assembled, and that the Senate is ready to proceed REPORT ON SALES OF W.A.STE P.A.PER. to business. Resolved, That a committee, consisting of two Senators, be appointed to join The SPEAKER laid before the House a communication from such committee as may be appointed by the House of Representatives to wait the Doorkeeper of the House, transmitting a statement of the sales upon the President of the United States and inform him that a quorum of each House is assembled, and that Congress is ready to receive any commu­ of waste paper in his department; which was referred to the Com­ nication he may be pleased to make. mittee on Accounts. The message further announced that the Vice-President, in com­ INVENTORY OF PROPERTY IN CLERK'S CHARGE. pliance with the last-recited resolution, had appointed Mr. HA.Rrus The SPEAKER also laid before the House a letter from the and Mr. MANDERSON as the committee on the part of the Senate. Cle:rk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a. list of prop­ NEW MEMBERS SWORN IN. \ erty of the United States in his possession on the 3d day of De­ The SPEAKER. There are on the table quite a number of cre­ cember, 1894; which was referred to the Committee on Accounts. dentials of members-elect. These credential.s will not be read in .A.NNU.A.L REPORT CLERK HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. full unless demanded; but the Clerk will announce the names of The SPEAKER also laid ~fore the House a letter from the Clerk the members-elect, and if present they will come forward, in or­ of the House of Representatives, submitting his report for the pe­ der 'that the oath of office may be administered to them. riod from July 1, 1893, to June 30, 1894, both days inclusive; which The following-named Representatives-elect, as their names were was referred to the Committee on Accounts. read, came forward; and when the reading 'Was concluded the Speaker administered to them the oath of office prescribedby law: BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, ETC., DOORKEEPER'S DEPARTMENT. GEORGE P. HARrusoN, Third Congressional district of Alabama, The SPEAKER also laid before the House a letter from the Door­ to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. William C. keeper of the House of Representatives; transmitting a list of books, Oates; pamphlets, and maps remaining in the folding room on December JOHN S. LITTLE, Second Congressional district of Arkansas, to 3, 1894; which was referred to the Committee on .A.ccounts. fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. C. R. Breckin­ ridge; INVENTORY OF PROPERTY DOORKEEPER'S DEPARTMENT. JACOB H. BROMWELL, Second Congressional district of Ohio, to The SPEAKER also laid before the-House a letter from the Door­ fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. John A. Cald-. keeper of the H~use of Representatives, transmitting an inventory well; - • of property of the United States under his charge on the 3d day of W. M. BECKNER, Tenth Congressional district of Kentucky, tcr December, 1894; which was referred to the Committee on Accounts. fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. M. C. Lisle; CONTINGENT EXPENSES TREASURY DEPARTMENT. WINpER LAIRD HENRY, First Congressional district of Mary­ land, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. Robert F. The SPEAKER also laid before the House a letter from the Act­ Brattan; ' ing Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting- rf'port of contino-ent CHARLES E. CoFFIN, Fifth Congressional dis\rict of Maryland, expenses of the Treasury Department for the fiscal year en~g to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. Barnes Comp­ June 30, 1894; which was referred to the Committee on Appropri- ton; atioM. ' MicHAEL GRIFFIN, Seventh Congressional district of Wisconsin, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. George B. Shaw. The SPEAKER also laid before the House a report by the Chief of Enginee1•s upon the construction of the building for the Library RESIGNATION OF HON. AMOS J. C~INGS. of Congress during the year ending Decemberl, 1894; which was The SPEAKER laid before the House the following: referred to the Committee on Appropriations. NEW YoRK, November S1, 1.894. ~ENVITURES AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT . . SIR: I respectfully resign as a Representative in Congress.from the Elev· enth district of New York. The SPEAKER also laid before the House a letter from the Sec­ AMOS J. CUMMINGS. retary of Agriculhue, tra.Mmitting a detailed statement of expend­ Hon. CHARLES F. CRISP, Speaker of t]l,e House of Representat·ives. itures by that Department for the fiscal year endingJune30, 1894; which was referred to the Committee on Expenditu,res in the De­ COMMITTEE TO WAIT UPON THE PRESIDENT. partment of Agriculture. Mr. WILSON of West.Virginia submitted the following resolu­ tion; which was read, considered, and agreed to: • ANNUAL REPORT COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRE~CY. Resolved, That a committee of three members be appointed on the part of The SPEAKER also laid before the House a .letter from the the House to join such committee as may be appointed by the Senate, to wait Gomptroller of the Currency, transmittin~ his jl>nnual report for upon the hesident of the United States and inform him that a quorum of the two Houses has assembled, and that Congress is ready to receive any commu­ the fiscal year 1894; which was referred to the Committee on nication he may have to make. Banking and Cun-ency. The SPEAKER announced the appointment of the following RECESS. committee in pursuance of the foregoing resolution: Mr. WILSON Mr. SAYERS. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House take are­ of West Virginia, Mr. HoLMAN, and Mr. REED. cess until1 o'clock. The motion was agreed to. NOTIFICATION TO SENATE. And accordingly (at 12 o'clock and 32 minutes p. m.) the House Mr. OUTHWAITE submitted the followinp- resolution; which took a recess until1 o'clock p. m. was read, considered, and agreed to: The recess having expired, the House was called to order by the Resolved, That the Clerk of the House inform the Senate that a quorum of Speaker. the House of Representatives has appeared and that the House is ready to Mr. CATCHINGS. I move that the House take a further recess proceed to business. for fifteen minutes, being advised that the committe{) appointed DAILY HOUR OF MEETING. to wait upon the President have started upon their return. 1\Ir. CATCHINGS submitted the following resolution; which The motion was agreed to. was read, considered, and agreed to: Accordingly (at 1 o'clock p. m.) the House took a further recess Resolved, That until otherwise ordered the daily hour of meeting of the until 1 o'clock and 15 minutes p. m. House be 12 o'clock m. The recess having expired, the House was called to order by the LEAVE OF ABSENCE. Speaker. By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted as follows: ENROLLED BILL SIGNED. To Mr. ALDERSON, indefinitely, on account of sickness. Mr. PEARSON, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reporte

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT. By Mr. CURTIS of New York: A bill (H. R. 80~9).to ame!l~ A me;.:;sage in writing from the President of the United States section 1315 of the Revised Statutes-to the Committee on Mili- was communicated to the House by Mr. PRUDEN, one of his tary Affairs. . secretaries. By Mr. HARTMAN: A bill (H. R. 8060) for the free coinage of The SPEAKER. The Chair will submit the message of the silver-to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. President of the United States. By Mr. TALBOTT of Maryland: A bill (H. R. 8061) to amend The messa. ge was read by the Clerk of the House. (For text of an act entitled "An act to incorporatetheMa1-ylandand Washing­ message see Senate proceedings.) ton Railway Company," approved August 1, 1892, and for other The SPEAKER. This_communication will be printed andre­ purposes-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. fened to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the By Mr. SMITH of Arizona; A blli (H. R. 8062) granting to Gila JJnion. Valley~ Globe and Northern Railway Company right of way ANNUAL REPORT OF ATTORNEY-GE1\""ERAL. across San Carlos Indian Reservation, in Arizona-to the Com.; mittee on Indian Affairs. - The SPEAKER laid befor~ the House a communication from the By Mr. SPRINGER: A joint resolution (H. Res. 230) appoint­ Attorney-General, submittip.g his annual report for the l~t year; ing a regent of the Smithsonian Institution to fill a vacancy-to which was ordered to be pnnted and referred to the Comnnttee on the Committee on the Library. the Judiciary. By Mr. RUSK: A resolution to pay Howard Gill for services in LEAVE OF ABSENCE. the folding room, House of Representatives-to the Committee on By unanimous consent, leave of absencewasgrantedasfollows: Accounts. To Mr. HATCH, for four days, on account of sickness. To Mr. GooDNIGHT, indefinitely, on account of sickness. DEATH OF THE LATE RON. MYRON B. WRIGHT. SENATE. Mr. SCRANTON. Mr. Speaker, it is with BOrrow that I an­ nounce to the Honse of Representatives the death of our late TuESDAY, December 4, 1894. colleague, Myron B. Wright, recently representing the Fifteent1r Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. W. H. M.il.BURN, D. D. district of the State of Pennsylvania, which occurred at Trenton, NATHAN F. DIXON, a Senator from the State of Rhode Island; Ontario, on the 13th of November last. JoHN MARTIN, a Senator from the State of Kansas, and WILLIAM Mr. Wright's death is the fourth among the Representatives D. WASHBURN, a Senator from the State of Minnesota, appeared from Pennsylvania elected to the present Congress. in their-seats to-day. . It is not my p'\ll1)ose now to make any remarks commemorative The Journal of yesterd~y's proceedings was read and approved. oi the chara~ter of the deceased. Upon some future occasion that EXPENDITURES AT SPRINGFIELD ARMORY. will be our sad duty. Mr. Speaker, as a mark of respect to the memory of a Repre­ The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica­ sentative present at our last adjournment but now absent forever­ tion from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the more, I offer the Iollowing resolutions and ask then· adoption by amounts expended at the United States Armory at Springfield, the House. Mass., during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1894; which was re­ The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Pennsylvania submits ferred to tha Oomm.Ittee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be ' the following resolutions, which the Clerk will report. printed. The resolutions were read, as follows: REPORT OF COURT OF CLAIMS. Resolved, That the House has heard with Sfncere regret the announcement The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica­ of the death of Myron B. Wright, late a Representative from the State of tion from the clerk of the Court of Clainls, transmitting a list of Pennsylvania. , - judgments rendered by that court and the amounts thereof for Resolved, That ~e Clerk communicate the foregoing resolution to the Sen- ate. • the year ended November 30, 1894; which, with the accompany­ Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased ing papers, was reterred to the Committee on Claims and ordered the House do now adjourn. to be printed. The resolutions were agreed to. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. And in accordance with the terms thereof the House (at 3 o'clock The VICE-PRESIDENT presei~:,ted a memorial of sundry trans­ and 17 minutes p.m.) adjourned. portation and elevator companies of St. Louis, Mo., remonstrating against the passage of House bill No. 5645, relating to the con­ PETITIONS, ETC. siJ:uction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at St. Louis; Under clause 1 of Rule XXIT, the following petitions and papers wmch was refened to the Committee on Commerce. were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: 1\fr. PERKINS. I present a petition of the Nicaragua Canal By Mr. ALDRICH: Resolution of the Commercial Club, of Chi­ convention of California, praying Congress to enact such legisla­ cago, recommending the creation of a commission to revise the tion as shall procure the prompt construction of the Nicaragua monetary system of the country-to the Committee on Banking Canal under the control of the Government. Inasmuch as the con­ and Currency. vention was composed of representatives from the various com­ By Mr. IDTT: Petition of Barry Bros., merchants of Galena, mercial, manufa~turing, and a¢cultural organizations of the ill., in {a.vor of 1-cent letter postage-to the Committee on the State, I move that the petition be printed, and that it lie on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. table. • By Mr. MORSE: Petition of Francis H. Appleton, of Peabody, The motion was agreed to. Mass., asking Congress to appropriate money to help extermi.;nate Mr. PERKINS. I present a similar petition from the Hum­ the gypsy moth-to the Committee on Agriculture. boldt Chamber of Commerce, of Eureka, Cal. I move that the petition lie•on the table. The motion was agreed to. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. Mr. LODGE presented resolutions adopted by the senate and Under clause 3 of Rule XXIT, bills and resolutions of the follow- house of representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ing titles were introduced and severally referred as follows: , relative to the extermination of the gypsy moth; which were re­ By Mr. BARTLETT: A bill (H. R. 8054) to amend an act en­ fened to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. titled "An act to reduce taxation, to provide reven-ae for the Gov­ He also presented resolutions adopted by sundry citizens of Bos­ ernment, and for other purposes "-to the Committee on Ways and ton and of New England, at a mass meeting held August 29,1894, Means. at Faneuil Hall, Boston, remonstrating against lynching, lawless­ By Mr. FITHI.AN: A bill (H. R. 8055) to amend section 11 of ness, and mob violence in the United States ; which were referred chapter 421 of the laws of 1886, as amended by section 1 of chap... to the Committee on Education and Labor. ter 61 of the laws.of 1888, concernin~ tonnage tax-to-the Commit­ Mr . .PEFFER. I present the petition of J. E. Platts and 69 other tee on Merchant Marine and Fishenes. citizens of the United States. The petitioners do not give their Also, a bill (H. R. 8056) to amend section 1 of chapter 398 of the exact locality, but I see that the petition IS upon a printed form, laws of 1882, entitled "An act to provide for deductions from the and I assume, therefore, that it has come in a regular way. The gross tonnage of vessels of the United States "-to the Committee petition sets forth certain alleged offenses which the petitioners on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. charge against the Attorney-General of the United States, and By Mr. CADMUS: A bill (H. R. 8057) to incorporate the East prays that some sort of judicial action may be taken in the prem­ Washington Belt Line Railway Company-to the Committee on Ises. I move that the petition be referred to the Committee on the the District of Columbia. Judiciary. By Mr. MEREDITH: A bill (H. R. 8058) to amend the charter The motion was agreed t o. of the Washington and Georgetown ~oad Company of the Mr. DOLPH. I present a petition of citizens of Coburg, Oreg., District of Columbia- to the Committee on the District of Co­ praying that no extension of time be given to the bond-aided rail· lu,mbia. road companies for pa.yment of the Government debt; that at the