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Another topic in 'Yhich our_people rightfully take a deep inter HOUSE OF REP~ESENTATIVES. est may be here br1efly considered. I refer to the existence of trusts and other huge aggregations of capital, the object of which MONDAY, ·Decembe1· 7, 1896. · ~s to secure the monopoly of some particular branch of trade }ndustry, or commerce and to stifle wholesome competition. Whe~ T~s being the day fixed by the Constitution for the annual .'Fh.ese are def~nded it is usually on ~he ground that though they meetmg of Congress, the H~use of. Representatiyes of the Fifty mcr~ase profits they also reduce pnces and thus may benefit the fourth Congress assembled m therr Hall for therr second session public. It must be remembered, however, that a reduction of at 12 o'clock m. · prices to th.e peol?le is not one of the real objects of these organiza- The SPEAKER (Ron. THOMAS B. REED, a Representative tions, nor IS theu tendency necessarily in that direction. If it from the State of ~faine) called the House to order. · .occurs in a particular case it is only because it accords with the The _Chaplain of the House, Rev. H. N. CounEN, offered the purposes or interests of those managing the scheme. follo~ng prayer: ' · - Such occasional results fall far shortof compensatingthepalpa- ~lmighty God, our heavenly Father, we approach Theein the ble evils ~barged to the ~c<:m?-t of ~nsts ana monopolies. Their attitude of prayer and devotion because ~e believe in Thee as not tendency IS to crush out mdiVIdual mdependence and to hinder or only_ the creator an~ upholder of all thmgs but that Thou dost .prevent the free use of human faculties and the f ull development presideover the destiny of men and of nations. Hitherto Thou hast of human charac~~· Through them the farmer, the artisan, and 1 shap~d the progress of our Union_and made i_t strong and great. ~e small ~ader_IS m danger.of dislodgment from the proud posi- Con~ue, we '!>eseech Thee, to gmde our ~estiny, that the genius tion of bemg his own master, watchful of all that touches his of ILLINOIS. appeal to the Congress for the most rigid economy in the expend J. Frank Aldrich. Walter Reeves. William Lorimer. Joseph G. Cannon. iture of. the money it hol~ in trust for the people. The way to Hugh R. Belknap. Joseph V. Graff. perplexmg exb.·avagance IS easy, but a return to frugality is diffi Charles W. Woodman. John I. Rinaker . .cult. When, however, it is considered that those who bear the George E. White. James A. Connolly. Ed ward D. Cooke. Benson Wood. burdens of taxation have no guaranty of honest care save in the George E. Foss. Orlando Burrell. · fidelity of their public servants, the duty of all possible retrench- Albert J. Hopkins. Everett J. Murphy. ment is plainly manifest. . Robert R. Hitt. George W. Smith . . Whe_n ?TIT differences are forgotten, and our contests of polit George W. Prince. Ical oprmm1: are nINDIANA. James A. Hemenway. George W. Faris. of our public servwe will be as fortunate and comforting as the Alexander M. Hardy. J. Frank Hanly. recollection of official duty_well performed and the memory of a Jesse Overstreet. Jethro A. Hatch. constant devotion to the interests of our confiding fellow-country Henry u. Johnson. George W. Steele. men. Charles L. Henry. J. D. Leighty. GROVER CLEVELAND. IOWA. EXECUTIVE MANSION, Samuel M . Clark. John .A. T. Hull: David B. Henderson. William P. Hepburn. December 7, 1896. Thomas Updegraff. Alva L. Hager. ~r. HOAR. I move that the message lie on the table and be Robert G. Cousins. Jonathan P. Dolli-rer. pnnted. J ohn F. Lacey. George D. Perkins. The motion was agreed to. KANSAS. Richard W. Blue. Charles Curtis. Mr. HALE. I move that the Senate adjourn. Case Broderick. W. A. Calderhead. Mr. CALL. I ask the Senator from Maine to allow me to offer 0. L. Miller. . William Baker. a resolution. S. S. Kirkpatrick. Chester I. Long. Mr. CULLOM. Oh, no; let us start in with routine business in .KENTUCKY. the morning. . John D. Clardy. William C. Owens, W. Godfrey Hunter. James~- McCreary, ~·. HALE. I think it is proper the Senate should take an Walter Evans. Samuel J. Pugh. -adJou:r:nment after the message. Albert S. Berry. Joseph M. Kendall. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The question is on the motion of the LOUISIANA. Senator frum Maine. Adolph Meyer. Charles F. Buek. The motion was agreed to; and (at 3 o'clock and 35 minutes MAINE: - p. m.) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow., Tuesday Decem· Thomas B. Reed. Seth L. Milliken. ber 8, 1896, at 12 o'clock meridian. ' Nelson Dingley, jr. Charles A. Boutella. .CONGRESSIO~AL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER , 7,__. , 12 ...... _ ]
MARYLAND. TENNESSEE. Joshua W. Miles. John K. Cowen. W. C. Anderson. Nicholas N. Cox. William B. Baker. George . Wellington. Henry R. Gibson. John E. McCall. Harry W. Rusk. Benton McMillin. James C. McDearmon. MASSACHUSETTS. James D. Richardson. Josiah Patterson. Ashley B : Wright. William E. Barrett. TEXAS. Frederick H. Gillett. Samuel W. McCalL Joseph Henry Walker. John F. Fitzgerald. 8am. Bronson Cooper. g~~fe~ ~.1fet_dleton. LeWIS Dewart Apsley. William F. Draper. Charles H. Yoakum. William 8. Knox. Elijah A. Morse. David B. Culberson. Joseph D. Sayers. W.H.Moody. Miles Crowley. John Simpkins. ~~tio'ft: Bailey. George H. N oonaia. MICHIGAN. John.B. Corliss. David D. Aitken. UTAH. Roswell P. Bi<>hop. Clarence E. Allen. ~~~~~~~~g. John Avery. Henry F. Thomas. Samuel M. Stephenson. VERMONT. William Alden Smith. H. Henry Powers. MINNESOTA. VIRGINIA. James A. Tawney. Andrew R. Kiefer. Joel P. Heatwole. William A. Jones. Smith S. Turner. Loren Fletcher. Robert T. Thorp. Elisha E. Meredith. MISSISSIPPI. Claude A. Swanson. :Jienry St. G. Tuckel'. John M. Allen. Thomas C. Catchings. Peter J. Otey. John C. Kyle. Walter M. Denny. WASHINGTON. William H. Doolittle. MISSOURL. Charles N. Clark. Joel D. Hubbard. WEST VIRGINIA. Uriel S. Hall. William M. Treloar. Blackburn B. Dovener. JamesH.H~ Alexander M. Dockery. Richard G. Ba.rtholdt. Alston G. Dayton. Warren Miller. George C. Crowther. Seth W. Cobb. Robert T. Van Horn. John H. Raney. WISCONSIN. David A. De Armond ] Norman A. Mozley. Henry A. Cooper. Michael Griffin. John P. Tracey. Charles G. Burton. Joseph W. Babcock. EdwardS. Minor. Theobold Otjen. John J. Jenkins. MONTANA. Samuel A. Cook. Charles-B. Hartman. WYOMING. NEBRASKA. Frank W. Mondell. Jesse B. Strode. William E. Andrews. ARIZONA. Da>id H. Mercer. Nathan 0. Murphy. NEVADA. Francis G. Newlands: NEW MEXICO. Thomas B. Catron. • NEW HAMPSHIRE. Cyrus A. Sullc;>way. Henry M. ~ker. OKLAHOMA. Dennis T. Flynn. NEW JERSEY. Henry C. Louqenslager. James F. Stewart. The SPEAKER. The Clerk announces that 287 members have John J. Gardner. Richard Wayne Parker. to Benjamin F. Howell Thomas McEwan, jr. responded their names. . A quorum being present, the House 18 Ma.hlon Pitney. Charles N ew_ell Fowler. now ready to proceed to business. · -NEW YORK: MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. Richard C. McCormick. Frank S. Black. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Cox, its Secretary, announced Israel F . Fischer. that the Senate had pa-ssed the following resolutions: - Charles G. Bennett. ~i~rl~#'8b!:.wic~ James R. Howe. Newton M. Curtis. Resolved, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives that a Franklin Bartlett. Y7a.lla.ce T. Foote, jr. quorum of the Senate is assembled, and the Senate is ready to proceed tO John M. Mitchell. Charles A. Chickering. business. . Henry C. Miner. James S. Sherman. Resolved, That a committee consisting of two Senators be appointed, to join Amos J. Cummings. such committee as may be appointed by the House of ReJ?resentatives, to wait William Sulzer. ~~~~~~~ L~~~ole. upon the President of the United States and inform him that a quorum of George B. McClellan. each House is assembled, and that Congress is ready 1i9 receive any commu Richard C. Shannon. ~t~~~~sEW:01n:t. nication he may be pleased to make. Lemuel E. Quigg. James w: Wadsworth. The message further announced that, in complia!!ce with the Henry C. Brewster. last-recited resolution, the. Vice:-President had appointed · as said ~:f~~c'kd. Rowland B. Mahany. Benjamin B: Odell, jr. Charles. Daniels. . committee Mr. SHERMA:rLand Mr. SMITH. _ Jacob Lefever. Warren B. Hooker. SWEARING IN OF A MEMBER. NORTH CAROLINA. The SPEAKER. The Chair understands that there are some Harry Skinner. A. C. Shuford. members-elect whose credentials are at the desk and who should Fred. A. Woodard. Romulus Z. Linney~ John G. Shaw. Richmond Pearson. be sworn in. · William F. Strowd. The credentials of Ron. J. William Stokes, as Representative NORTH DAKOTA. elect from the Seventh district of South Carolina, were read. Martin N. Johnson. The SPEAKER. If there be no objection to the certificate, the OHIO. member-elect will be sworn in. Charles P . Taft. David K. Watson. Mr. Stokes (having been escorted to the Clerk's desk by Mr. Jacob H. Bromwell. Winfield S. Kerr. LATIMER) was duly qualified by taking the oath prescribed by Paul J. Sorg. Henry C. Van Voorhis. Fernando C. Layton. Addison S. McClure. law. Francis B. De Witt. Robert W. Tayler. The Clerk read the credentials of Ron. Charles J. Boatner as Lucien J . Fenton. Stephen A. Northway. member-elect from the Fifth district of Louisiana. Charles H. Grosvenor. Theo. E. Burton. Mr. MEYER. Mr. Speaker, my colleague, Mr. Boatner, is un· OREGON. avoidably detained from the House to-day. He is expected here Binger Hermann. William R. Ellis. in two or three days, when I trust he may be sworn in. PENNSYLVANIA. NOTIFICATION TO THE PRESIDENT. Galusha A. Grow. Charles N. Brumm. Mr. CANNON offered the following resolution; which was read, George F. Ruff. Ephraim M .. Woomer. Henry H. Bil;lgh~m. James H. Codding. considered, and adopted: Robert Adams, Jr. Resolved, That a committee of three members be appointed on the part ot Frederick Halterman. ~~~g:u~-J.~hon. the House, to join the committee already appointed by the Senate, to wrut upon Jo.hn E. Reyburn. James A . Stahle. the President and inform him that a quorum of the two Houses has assembled, Alfred 0. Harmer. Josiah D. Hicks. and that·Congress is ready to receive any communication he may have to John B. Robinson. Daniel B. Heiner . make. Irving P. Wanger. John Dalzell. Joseph J . Hart. William A. Stone. The SPEAKER announced the appointment of Mr. CANNON, Constantine J. Erdman. Thomas W. Phillips. Mr. PAYNE, and Mr. TURNER of Georgia as the committee on the Marriott Brosius. Charles W. Stone. part of the House under the resolution just adopted. Joseph A. Scranton. William C. Arnold. John Leisenring. NOTIFICATION TO SENATE. SOUTH CAR OLINA. Mr. HENDERSON submitted the following resolution; which W. Jasper Talbert. Stanyarne Wilson. John L. McLaurin. was read, considered, and agreed to: Asbury C. Latimer. . Re. 1896. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE~ LEA. VE OF ABSENCE. EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS. By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted as follows: Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV, the following executive com• To Mr. GA.MBLE, for ten days, on account of important business. munications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as To Mr. DANFORD, indefinitely, on account of business; and fGilows: To Mr. KLEBERG, indefinitely, on account of sickness. A letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting · RECESS. a report of the contingent expenses of the Department for the fiscal Mr. HENDERSON. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House take year ending June 30, 1896-to the Committee on Expenditures il1 a recess untill1 o'clock and 30 minutes p.m. to-day. the Treasury Department. ~ · The SPEAKER. In the absence of objection, that order will be A letter from Hon. Alexander McDowell, Clerk of the House of m~& . . Representatives, transmitting a report for the period from De There was no objection; an4 accordingly (at 12 o'clock and 47 cember 2, 1895, to June 30, 1896, showing the names of persons minutes p.m.) the Speaker declared the House in recess until half employed, the time of employment, the sums paid each, itemized past 1 olclock. . . statement of the expenditures·of the contingent fund, the station The. recess having expired, at 1 o'clock and 30 minutes p.m. the ery account, etc.-to the Committee on Accounts, and ordered to House resumed its session. - be printed. · · · · Mr. . DINGLEY. Mr. Speaker, i move that the House take a A letter from the Architect of the Capitol, transmitting· a state further recess until2 o'clock. ment as to the filtration of wateiP used in the·Capitol-building, in Tliere being no objection, the motion was agreed to by unani obedience to a provision in the''Act making appropriations to sup mous co1;1sent; and accordingly (at 1 o'clock and 31 minutes p.m.) ply deficiencies in the- appropriations for the ·fiscal year ·ending the House was declared in recess until 2 o'clock. ~ . June 30, 1896," etc.-to the Committee on .Appropriations, and At 2 o'c1ock p. m. the House· resumed its session. ordered to be printed; · . REPORT OF COMMITTEE TO W A.IT UPON THE PRESIDENT. A letter from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, trans Mr. CANNON, from the committee appointed by the House to mitting a copy of the findings filed by the court in the case of join a similar committee of the Senate to wait upon the President Fletcher B. Neblett, administrator of Richmond T. Rutledge, de and notify him that a quorum of both Houses had assembled and ceased, against The United States-to the Committee' on War that Congress was ready to receive any communication he might Claims, and ordered to be printed. · be pleased to make, reported that they had performed that duty A letter from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, trans an·d were 'informed-by·the President that he would immediately mitting a copy of the ·findings filed by the court in the cases of communicate with the Congress in writing. Milton Taylor, administrator of Henry Shobe, deceased, Nimrod PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. . Shobe, and Solomon Shobe against The lJnited States-to· the Com- A message from the President of the United States in writing mittee on War Claims;and ordered to-be printed; ' was communicated to the House by Mr. PRUDEN, one of his secre- A letter from the assistant_clerk qt_:the .Court of Q~i~s, trans taries. - · · mitting a copy of the findings filed by the court"in the·case of the heirs of Augustine M: Swain againstThe·United States-to the The SPEAKER. The Clerk will read themessage of the Presi- Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed; · ~~ . The message was read at length. A letter from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, tl·ans rFor message see Senate proceedings of this date.] mitting a copy of the findings filed ·by the court in the case of :Mr. DINGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I present the following resolu Sarah F. Maddux, wife of J. C. Maddux, administrator ·of Creed tion for immediate consideration. T: Wise, deceased, against The United States-tO the Committee The ClerkTead as follows: on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. Resolved, Tb.a.t the message of the Pre~dent be committed to the Commit · A letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting a de tee of the Wllole House on the state of the Union and, with the accompanying tailed statement of the expenditw·es of all appropriations for the documents, printed · Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year endjng June 30, . · Mr. GROW. Mr. Speaker, is the message of the President de 189&,-including supplementary a~ount to date-to the Committee batable on that motion? on Expenditures in the Agricultural Department, and ordered to . The SPEAKER. The motion of the gentleman from Maine is be printed. · debatable-. The gentleman-from Maine is recognized if he desires A letter from Bernard R. Green, the officer in charge of the to debate the resolution. construction of the building for the Library of .Congress, trans Mr. DINGLEY~ I do not know what the gentleman from Penn mitting his report of the construction of the building for the year sylvania desires: Does he wish to debate the motion? ending December 1, 1896-to the Committee on the Library; and Mr. GROW. I would like to discuss the message either now or ordered to be printed. · · when we go into Committee of the Whole. A let~er. from ~he Doorkeeper of the. House of Representatives, .Mr. DINGLEY. I think it would be better if the gentleman transm1ttmg an mventory of books, maps, and pamphlets remain deferred-the discussion until the House goes into Committee of ing in the foldi.ng room December 7, 1896.....:....to the Committee. on the Whole. Accounts. · Mr. GROW. I am satisfied either way. I shall only want a A letter from the United States Comt.nis~ioner of Fish and .. few minutes, Fisheries, transmittip.g a statement showing expenditures under The resolution of Mr. DINGLEY was then agreed to. all appropriations for propagation of .food-fishes (Juring the fiscal PENSION APPROPRIATION BILL. year ending June 30, 1896, and also under certain other appro• Mr. WILLIAM A. STONE, from the Committee on Appropria priations-to the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fish tions, reported a bill (H. R. 9473) making appropriations for the eries, and order~d to be printed. payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for A communication from the chief clerk of the Court of .Claims, the fisca.l year ending June 30,1898, and for other purposes; which transmitting statements of all judgments rendered by said court was ordered to be printed and refe:rred to the Committee of the for the year ending December 5, 1896, including the amounts Whole House on the state of the Union. thereof,. etc.-to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to DEATH OF HON. CHARLES F. CRISP. be printed. Mr. TURNER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, it is my painful duty A letter from the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, to have to announce to the House the untimely death of my col transmitting a list of all books, pamphlets, furniture, etc., de league, the Hon. CHARLES F. CRISP, late a member of this body, stroyed, due to the collapse of the annex folding room-to the Com which occun- _". in the city of Atlanta, Ga., on the·23d day of Oc mittee on Accounts. tober last. A lett.er from the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, At some later day in the session we will ask the House to ap transmitting a statement of sales of waste paper-to the Commit point a time when his friends here may pay fitting tribute to his tee on Accounts. distinguished character and to his eminent public services. At A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy the present time I offer the following resolutions for immediate of a report of the Government directors of the Union Pacific Rail- . consideration. way Company for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1896-to the The Clerk read as follows: Committee on Pacific Railroads. Resolved, That the House has heard with tJrofound sorrow of the death of A letter from the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representa Hon. CHARLES F. CRISP, late a. Repres~ntat1ve from the State of Georgia. R esolved, That as a mark of respect to his memory the House do now ad tives, transmitting list of property in his charge December 1,1896- journ. to the Committee on Accounts. Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate. A letter from the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representa The resolutions were agreed to; and accordingly the House (at tives, transmitting a statement showing receipts and disbnrse 3 o'clock and 45 minutes p.m.) adjourned unti112o'clock to-mor IJlents of his office to December 1, 1896-to the Committee oil row, Tuesday. Accounts. ,· 14 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON "PUBLIC BILLS AND . By Mr. TRACEY: A bill (H. R. '9482) for the relief of James T. RESOLUTIONS. . f .Anderson_:...to the Committee on :Military Affairs. Under .clause 2 of Rule XIIT, bills and resolutions were·sever&uy By Mr. UPDEGRAFF: A bill (H. R. 9483) for the relief of John reported from committees, delivered to the Clerk, and referred to . N. Quackenbnsh-to the Committee on the .Judiciary. the several Cal"tiDdars therein named, as foYows: By Mr. WANGER: A bill (H. R. 94Bi) for the relief of Helen Mr. DRAPER, from the Committee (