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·,- -~. .... .;· .... ,, \' . ~ - 1890. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 2425 By Mr. YODER: A bill (H. R. 8446) to increase the pension of Ed bury, of Chippewa Falls, Wis., for same purpose-to the Committee on ward Healy-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Ways and Means. By Mr. LAFOLLETTE: Ajointresolution (H. Res.130) authorizing By Mr. MASON : Petition of 200 citizens of Illinois, asking for a George H. Scidmore, vice-consul-general of the United States at Kan Sunday-rest law-to the Committee on Labor. agawa, Japan, to accept and wear a medal conferred upon him by the By Mr. OUTHW AITE: Petition of Union No. 21 of the Bricklay Emperor of Japan-to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. ers and Masons' International Union of America against alien labor on Government works-to the Committee on Labor. CHANGE OF REFERENCE. By Mr. PAYNE: Petition of Sons of Veterans, Port Byron, N. Y., Under clause 2 of Rule XXII, the foUowing change of reference was for increase ofpensions--t.o the Committee on Invalid Pensions. made: Also, petition of citizens of Wayne County, New York, for increase A bill (H. R. 4782) for the relief of the legal representatives of Sam of pensions-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. • uel Noble-Committee on the J ndiciary discharged, and referred to the By Mr. PETERS: Petition of citizens of Liberal, Kans., for an ap -. Committee on War Claims. propriation for improving grades of sorghum cane-to the Committee on Agriculture. By Ur. PICKLER: Petition of Black Hills (South Dakota) Woman's PETITIONS, ETC. Christian Temperance Union, asking that t.he large expenditure of Naval Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, petitions and papers were delivered to Committee, recommending large appropriations for Navy and so-called the Clerk and referred as follows: coast defenses, be not allowed-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. BLISS: Petition of C. C. Ellsworth and 237 others, citizens By Mr. RAY: Petition of 600 citizens of Westmoreland County, of Greenville, Mich., praying passage of the per diem pension bill-to Pennsylvania, for the improvement of the Youghiogheny River-to the the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Rivers and Harbors. .. Also; petition of Caroline Schmelyer, for pension-t.o the Committee By Mr. ROCKWELL: Petition of Bricklayers' Union, North Adams, on Invalid Pensions. Mass., for employment of native-born Americans only upon public By Jt'Ir. BROSIUS(byrequest): Petition ofBri~klayers and Masons' works-to the Committee on Labor. International Union of America, relating to the employment of citi By Mr. ROGERS: Petition of M. W. Gibbs, of Arkansas, against tax zens of the United States in the erection of -public buildings-to the ing cotton-seed oil-to the Comruittee on Ways and Means. : . Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. By Mr. SHIVELY: Resolutions of London Post, No. 290, Grand By Mr. CALDWELL: Petition of Subordinate Union No. 1, Cincin Army of the Republic, of Knox County, Indiana, and of Hon. George nati, Ohio, of the Bricklayers and Masons' International Union of W. Beamon and 300 others, citizens of Stark County, Indiana, asking America, for the passage of laws securing to citizens of the United for the early passage of the service and arrears pension bills-to the State.s the right to labor on public works in preference to a.liens-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Also, petition of 0. B. Rockwell and 60 others, citizens of Stark By Mr. CLARK, of Wisconsin: Petition of the officers of the Appleton County, Indiana, praying for the passage of the service and arrears Turnverein and of 900 citizens of the city of Appleton, Wis., protest pension bills-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ing against any material change in immigration and naturalization Also, petition of Isaac Bagcom and 50 others, citizens of same place, laws-to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. for same measures-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. CONGER: Concurrent re.solution of the Iowa Legislature for Also, petition of Charity A. Carey, of Michigan City, Ind., asking the passage of a pure-lard bill-to the Committee on Agriculture. the passage of a special pension bill for her relief-to the Committee on Also, protest of 150 citizens of the Seventh Congressional district of Invalid Pensions. Iowa, members of Des Moines Turner Society, 3caainst any material By Mr. STAHLNECKER: Petition of the New York Board of Trade change in our present national imlillgration laws-t-0 the Committee on and Trnnsportation for the establishment of a telegraph service as part Immigration and Naturalization. of the United States postal service-to the Committee on the Post- By Mr. DORSEY: Memorial from Congregational churches in Ne 0.ffice and Post-Roads. braska, forappointmentofadditionalcbaplainsin UnitedStatesArmy By Mr. STRUBLE: Resolutions from Hartly Post, No. 451, Grand tothe Committee on Naval Affairs. Army of the Republic, Iowa, urging the passage of the service-pension Also, resolutions of Society of Friends, of Sheldon County, against bill-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. increased appropriations for the Navy-t.o the Committee on Naval Af Also, resolutio.us from Rock Forest Alliance, No. 1188, of Patterson, fairs. Clay County, Iowa, urging the passage of House bill 5353 to prohibit By Mr. FORNEY: Petitions of William Ballenger, administrator; option gambling, futures, etc.-to the Committee on Agriculture. JohnS. Miller, Martha M. Wood, and Abraham W. Weaver, of Alabama, Also, resolutions from Smithland (Iowa) Alliance, for same purpose- praying for the reference of their respective claims to the Court of Claims to the Committee on Agriculture. under the provisions of the Bowman act-to the Committee on War By Mr. SWENEY: Petition of H. H. Hassler and 7 others, letter Claims. carriers at Findlay, Ohio, for the passage of House bill 3863-to the By Mr. HARE: Memorial of the Chickasaws, relating to lands of the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. By Mr. THOMPSON: Petition of 594 soldiers and citizens of Gervais; By Mr. HAYES: Joint resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, pray Scioto County, Ohio, for passage of per diem pension bill-to the Com ing for the repeal of the limitations contained in pen!!ion act of 1879- mittee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, petition of T. Lewis Post, No. 560, Gr:md Army of the Repub Also, joint resolution of same body, for immediate construction of lic, of Ohio, for same relief-t.o the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Hennepin Canal-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. By Mr.WALLACE, ofMassa-chusetts: Petition of Subordinate Union, By Mr. JOSEPH: Petition from citizens of Farmingt-0n, N. Mex., No. 2, of Holyoke, Mass., of the Bricklayers and Masons' International praying for the restoration of silver ro it.s constitutional place as a Union of America, protesting against the employment of aliens on Gov money metal-to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. ernment works-to the Committee on Lah-Or. By Jiir. KINSEY: Petitions of 55 citizens of the State of Missouri, against any material change or alteration of present naturalization laws-to the Select Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. SENATE. By Mr. LANE: Petition of B. F. Kirk and others, for free coinage ' of silver and other relief-t-0 the Committee on Coinage, Weigbt.s, and THURSDAY, March 20, 1890. Measures. Also, petition of Willy Garline and others, for same relief-to the Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. G. BUTLER, D. D. Committee on Coinage, Weights, and l\Ieasures. The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. By Mr. LAWS: Seven petitions, containing 392 names, of citizens of EXECUTIVE COl\illUNICATIONS. Nebraska, against .any material alteration of existing immigration and The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication naturalizationlaws-tothe Select Committee on Immigration and Nat from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting aletterfromthecom uralization. missioners of the District of Columbia submitting an estimate of ap Also, memorial ofNebraslro Congregational Church Association, pro propriation for incorporation in the District of Columbia appropriatioµ testing against doing away with army chaplains and asking appoint bill for the pavement of Florida avenue between Tenth and Eleventh ment of one for each army post-to the Committee on Military Affairs. streets, northwest, with sheet asphalt; which, with the accompanying By Mr. McCORD: A. remonstrance of Frank Steiskul and 55 others, papers, was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered citizens of Kewaunee, Wis., against any material change in the natu to be printed. ralization and immigration laws-to the Select Committee on Immigra He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary tion and Naturalization. of War, transmitting, in response to a resolution of March 11, 18907 Also, remonstrance of Messrs. Schofield & Co., of Sturgeon Bay, Wis., correspondence between Lieutenant-General P.H. Sheridan and Brig. against increasing the duty on tin-plate-to the Committee on Ways Gen. George Crook in regard to the Apa-che Indians, between March and Means. 26 and April 5, 1886, inclusive; which, with accompanying papers, was Also, remonstrance of Levi Martin, J. R. Sharp, and Webb & Stans- referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. I J ....... I ~· ' ' ' ' CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. MA.ROH 20, '. Mr. HAWLEY subsequently said: Certain papers from the War De apply to a country that objects to our meat on account of its not being partment relative to the Apache Indians wer.e by mistake referred to inspected before exportation. All they wanted and the only change the Military Committee.