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died and where there are the best facilities for handling it cheaper than may not within 10 miles of the city of New York charge the same rate it can be done at a place where there is very little business done and or double the rate that it charges all the way from Chicago to New no facilities for handling it. Now, I will hear the Senator from Ten­ York. nessee. Mr. WILSON, of Iowa. That is a difficulty which has occurred to Mr. HARRIS. Under the provisions of the bill as it stands, taking my mind. Undoubtedly if the language of the bill is left as it now the illustration from Chicago to New York, every shipment made from stands the implication iB unavoidable that a common carrier within the Chicago, whether to New York or any intermediate point on the line of terms of the bill may charge a rate as great for 500 miles as for a thou· road, is subject to this provision, and the shorter haul can not be forced sand miles. to pay more than the aggregate amount paid on the longer; but if you Mr. HARRIS. Yes; or for 11 miles. take up a shipment midway between Chicago and New York, at a way Mr. WILSON, of Iowa. ·That would be the legitim~tte and necessa.ry station, of one or fifty car-loads of freight, that shipment is not in any implication arising upon the language of the bill. Therefore I desite wise subject to the provisions of the bill. to have the section amended in that regard by the insertion of this lan­ Mr. PLATT. It certainly is. - guage: · - Mr. HARRIS. May not the transpTennessee, and also by the Senator from Iowa, applies equally to every ate charges. It leaves open the whole question whether the higher short-haul law that has been pa5Sed in the different States as to this charge from the little way station just this side of Chicago is a fair bill, and the answer to it iB simply this: -That it is unnecessary. No charge or not. If it is an unfair charge, an extortionate charge, then railroad company would suppose that it was authorized by any such • it is regulated by the other provisions of the bilL -provision in the bill prohibiting it from charging more for the shorter Mr. HARRIS. May I ask the Senator if the short haul provision than for the longer distances to charge, for instance, as much upon contained in section 4 applies to or regulates any shipment from Chi­ freight starting within a hundred miles of New York to go toNew York cago to New York except those that start from the point of Chicago? as it would charge for freight starting at Chicago to go the thousand l'II.r. PLATT. It certainly does not, but it regulates-- miles to New York. If it did suppose that it was authorized to do it, Mr. HARRIS. Then, if it be just and reasonable and right to regu­ all that the shipper would have to do would be to apply to the commis­ late by law the short haul leaving Chicago in the direction of New York sion and say that the railroad company was demanding exorbitant and all along the line at the various points to which shipments may go from extortionate charges, and it would be remedied in that way. Chicago, is there not just as much reason and justice in allowing the :Mr. WILSON, of Iowa. We might avo~ ft. that by expressly providing way station to ship from its point to New York under the same pro­ that that implication shall not apply. If the language remaiDB as it visions and with the same limitations and with the same protectioDB of now stands in the bill, undoubtedly if a railroad company should charge law that the shipments can go from Chicago to the way stations or as much for a hundred-mile haul as it does for a thousand miles, and through? If there be ~ difference, I confess that I not able to see it. complaint should be made by the shipper, the answer would be, "We Mr. PLATT. If you admit that justice requires an approach to the are not charging any more than the law allows, for it says ' you shall same rate per mile for freight, then the Senator from Tennessee is right; not charge any more for the short haul than for the long haul,' and we but if yon admit that it may be fair and just and equitable under the are charging the same." circumstances of business to charge a higher rate to New York from a Mr. PLATT. To illustrate further my answer to that point, there is station 10 miles this side of Chicago under the circumstances which I no law now which prevents a railroad from charging $10 per ton per have supposed, then he is entirely wrong. The question is whether mile for its freight; but the railroad company does not do that, and it there may be a discrimination on account of the amount of business to can not do it under the conditions of business; nor can it under the con­ be transacted at different places and the facility of transacting it. That ditions of business charge as much, to. use... the illustration, for a haul is all there is to it. of a hundred miles into New York as it charges for the haul of a thousand Mr. HARRIS. The Senator certainly does not intend to be under- miles from Chicago into New York. No practical difficulty has been • stood as asserting that the striking out of this language will reduce the suggested, and if there were, the remedy is in the bill. matter-to the same rate per mile. All that it will effect is this: If you .l\Ir. ALLISON. I move that the Senate adjourn. ship from the half-way station between Chicago and New York you can The motion was~o-reed to; and (at 5 o'clock and 3 minutes p.m.) the not charge -more in the aggregate for that half dilltance than you are Senate adjourned. charging for the whole. It would be twice as much per mile if you charged the same aggregate amount for the freight from the 500-m'Ue point t}:lat you charge from Chicago over the entire length of line, being a thousand miles. HOUSE OF RE:rRESENTATIVES. Mr. PLATT. It strikes me the Senator begs the question a little when he removes the st.ai;ion from 10 miles this side of Chicago to 500 1\IoND.A.Y, Apr-il 26, 1886. miles, because, if the station is 10 miles this side of Chicago, and he TbeHousemetat12o'clockni. Prayer bytheCbaplain, Rev. W. H. insists that a car-load of freight shall go from that little inconsequen­ _MILBURN, D. D. tial station to New York at the same price that the thousand or two The Journal "of Saturday's proceedings was read. thousand or ten thousand car-loads a day go from Chicago, then he is reducing the rate practically to the s.'l.me rate per mile from the station CORRECTION. 10 miles 'this side of Chicago. l\1r ...WARNER, of Ohio. If I heard aright the reading of the·J onrnal Mr. WILSON, of Iowa. I desire to ask the Senator from Connecticut the statement that I asked unanimoUS" consent to call up a bill for the wilether he does not think that it would be an improvement to amend construction of a bridge over the Ohio River is an error. The RECORD the bill by ins_erting, in line 6 of section 4, after the word ''departure,'' shows that it was called up by the gentleman from Nebraska [~I.r. the words "or to the same point of destination;" so that the section WEAVER]. would then read: The SPEAKER. Th<:' bill was called up by the gentleman from N e­ That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier to charge or receive any braska [l\1r. WEAVER]. If the Journal is in error the correction will greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or be made. property subject to the provisions of this act for a shorter than for a longer dis­ The Journal was then approved. tance over the same line, in the same direction, and from the Sl'me originnl point of departure, or to the same point of destination. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. Mr. PLATT. I do not think without reflection upon it that I am By unanimous consent leave of absence was granted as follows: quite ready to answer that question, and I am not in charge of the bill.· To Mr. PETTIBONE, for ten days, on account of sickness in his family. Mr. \VILSON, of Iowa,. Such an amendment would prevent the To :Mr. O'DONNELL, for ten days, on account of important business. practice to which the Senator from Tennessee has referred, that is to To Mr. EZRA B. TAYLOR, indefinitely. - - say, a rate fixed between Chicago and New York would apply as a limi­ To l'l1r. BROWNE, of [ndiana, indefinitely, on account of sickness in tation upon freight starting from an intermediate point to New York. his family. 1\Ir. HARRIS. It would accomplish practically the object I have in To Mr. l'I1.A.RKJIAM, for one week, on account of important business. view. BUSINESS OF PACIFIC , RAILROADS COIDIITTEE. 1\Ir. WILSON, of Iowa. It seems to me that IT the language pro­ Mr. DUNN. I am directed by the Committee on Pacific Railroads posed to be stricken out is left in the bill the amendment I suggest to ask unanimous consent for the adoption of the resolution which I would be an improvement on the system proposed by the committee. send to the Clerk's desk. - M:r. HARRIS. But looking to the illustration that we have been The Clerk read as follows: llBing, if this section is left to standasitnowisin the bill without modi­ Resolved, That Tuesday, the lith, and Wednesday, the 12th days of :r.Iay,l886, fication or change, there is no reason why the transportation company after the morning hour for the call of committees for reports and consideration 3836 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. APRIL 26, of measures, be set a.partfor the consideration of measures reported from the Mr. HOL1l!AN. The reading of the bill was not completed. I aid Committee on Pacific Railroads. not notice, so far as. it was read, any provision in it for the assessment 1\'Ir. SPRINGER. I will state to the gentleman from Arkansas that of damages. . the llth day of May was on Saturday evening set apart for the consid­ · The Clerk resumed and concluded the reading of the bill, which is as eration of bills from the Committee on Private Land Claims. follows: Mr. DUNN. We examined the Calendar of Special Orders before A bill (S.137i) to grant the right of wa.y for r ailroad purposes through the la nds of drawing the resolution. the United States powder depot near Dover, N.J., to the Morris County Rail­ ~1r. SPRINGER. The order to which I refer does not appear in the road Company. · last print of t.he Calendar. ~ere~~J~ an act of Congress was passed heretofore in the followint: worWI, to Wit: . The SPEAKER. Is there objection to tlie present consideration of "An a-ct t<> grant the right of way for railroad purposes thrqugh the lands of the resolution? . the United States powder depot near Dover, N.J. :Mr. SPRINGER. I object to the assignment of the 11th of May. "Be it enacted 1nJ the Senate and House of Reprfsentatives of the United States of America i n, Congress assembl-ed, That the right of wa.y. not exceeding 100 feet in Mr. DUNN. Then I will ask ihat the committee be limited to t:be width, through the lands of the United States included in the Piccatinny powder 12th, with a recess from half past 5 until half past 7; depot near Dover, in the State of New Jersey, is hereby granted to the Central Mr. WEAVER, of Iowa. What measures do the committee propose Railroad Company of New Jersey, for the purpose of con ~ tructing a railroad: Provided, That the said right of way, and the width and location thereof, th.r.ough to call up? said lands, and the regulations for operating said railroad within the limits of Mr. DUNN. There are several measures. The first on the Calendar the reservation so as to prevent all danger to public property, shall be sub~ is the bill to xecjuire the Northern Pacific Railroad Company to pay the mitted t<> and approved by the Secretary of Wa.r prior to any entry on said lands or the commencement of the construction of said works: Provided also, That costs of surveying, selecting, and conveying its lands. Another measure such sidings, tracks, switches, and loading stations as ma.y at any time be re­ is a resolution providing for an investigation of the business of the Pa­ quired by the Secretary of War shall be promptly provided by said railroad cific railroads which have· been aided by the Government. Another company; and that such stoppage of trains and generally such facilities and privileges as the lJnited States may desire for the shipment.9f materials of war, measure is the general bill ptoviding for an amendment of the L1.ws in at a.ny time, shall be provided by said railroad company: P,·om ded also, That relation to paying the debts of the Pacific railroads to the Government. whenever said right of way shall cease to be used for the purposes aforesaid, Mr. WEAVER, of Iowa. DoestheTesolutiouinclude a bill to grant the same shall reyert to the United States: .And prot-'idedfw·lh.er, That the right • to repeal, alter. or amend this act is reserved to Congress. certain privileges to the Northern Pacific Railroad in the Yellowstone "Approved July 3l, 1882." And P~? . "'hereas said Central Railroad Company have not used said grant or built or Mr. DUNN. It does not. There is no such measure·reported from constructed said railroad, or any p art thereof, but. on the contrary, have ex­ pres.~ly waived "the ir right to the same and to all rights which they may have the committee. acquired under sa.id act of Congress ; and Mr. WARNER, of Ohio. Does the resolution ip.cludc a bill for fund- 'Vbereas it i_s desirable tha t tne sa id railroad should be built, and it is now ing the debt of the Pacific railroads? proposed to be built by the Morris County Railroad Company, subject only to the action of Congress in the matter: Therefore, Mr. DUNN. ·It does. Be it enacted b1J the Senate and House of .Rep1·esentativfs of the United States of Mr. WARNER, of Ohio. Then I object. America in Congl'ess assembled. That the right of way, not exceeding 100 feet in Mr. DUNN. Ifobjection is made, I ask that the resolution be referred widtll, thr~gh the lands of the United States included in· the Piccatinny pow­ der depot, near Dover, in the State of New Jersey, is hereby granted to the to the Committee on Pacific Railroads. The bill tow hich the gentleman 1\Iorris County Railroad Company of New Jersey for Ute purpo e of construct­ from Ohio refers provides for the payment of $41,000,000 of that debt ing a. railroad: Prot•ided, That the said right of way, and the width nnd location at a time before it becomes due under existing law. thereof. through said lands, and regulations for operating said rail.roa.d within the limits of the reser\·ation sons to preve nt nil danger to public property, shall Mr.W.AR~ER, of Ohio. I would object to any bill or proposition to be submitted to and approveu .by the Secretary of 'Var prior to any entry on postpone the debt. said lands or the commencement of the construction of said works: Pl'ov4led Mr. DUNN. It is not proper to say. that the bill postpones the al.so, That such ~>idiugs, track , switches, and loading stations as may at any time be r equired by the Secretary of 'Var shall be promptly provided by said debts. It anticipates a large portion of them, and postpones a portion. railroad company; and that such stoppage of trains and genernlly such facilities Mr. HOLMAN. I think it is very important that bill should come and privileges as the United St.ates may desire for the shipment of materials of before the House. While I am opposed to the extension of the time, war, at any time, shall be provided by said railroad company: P1·o1;ided also, That whenever said right of wny shall cease to be used fo1· the purpose afore­ I am very anxious to see the bill brought before the House for consider­ said the same shaH 1·evert to the United States: And provided furthel·, That the ation. When once before the House the Honse will have control of it. right to rep~al, alter, or amend this act is reserved to Congress. Mr. BLOUNT. Is the resolu~ion so dmwn as to interfore :wJ.tb prior ::iEC. 2. That"the authority heretofore g1·anted to the Central Railroad of New Jersey to construct a i·ai!road through t11e prope1'ty of the United States used by orders? the Governmentasapowderdepot, near Dover, N.J., be, and the same is hereby, The SPEAKER. The resolution will be again read as nowmodified. repealed. The Clerk read as follows: 1\Ir. PHELPS. I ask the privilege of explaining this bill for two min~ Resolvec:Z, That Wednesday, the 12th day of May, 1886, after the morning hour for the call of committees for reports and consideration of measures be set apa rt utes. There is nothing suspicious about it except its length; and it is for the consideration of measw·es repm;ted frorh the Committee on Pacific Rail­ so long uecanse the committees of the Senate and the Hoose which roads, and that a. recess be had at 5 o'clock till 7.30 p.m., to be devoted to the have considered it, in their fidelity to duty, made these additional pro­ same purpose. visions for the security of the Government. It grants the right of way ~fr. BLOUNT. I shall have to. object, as the resolution docs not to this New Jersey Railroad Company through a Go\ernment reserva­ except prior orders. tion now undE).r the control of the Secretary of War, because the reserva­ ~1r. DUNN. It simply asks for one day. tion is used as a powder depot. The reservation bas no railway_con­ The SPEAKER. Objection is made. nection, and the mil way connection is as impertant for the Government Mr. COWLES. I object to the consideration of Pacific Railroad as it is for the railway company. matters in night session, when we rarely have a quorum. The Government is in favor of this milroad connection. It is rec­ Mr. DUNN. Then I ask that the resolution be referred to the Com- · ommended by the Secretary of War. He himself bas reviewed and mittee on Pacific Railroads. approved of'the bill, and there is no reasou wbyit should not b~passed RAILROAD IN MICHIGAN. and passed immediately, as the construction of the railroad is stopped Mr. COBB, as a matter of privilege, reported from the Committee now at the line of the Government reservation. It bas all the safe­ on the Publie Landa the bill (H. R. 8104) to forfeit lands granted to guards passed by a colll:IDittee of the Senate, passed bytwo.committees the State of l\fichlgan to aid in the construction of a railroad from Mar­ of the House-that on Public Buildings a,nd Grounds_and that on Mil­ quette to Ontonagon, in said State; which was read a first and second itary Affairs-and is :recommended by the Department Of War. time, referred to the House Calendar, and, with the accompanying re­ 1\Ir. WARNER, of Ohio. Wl1at is the need of so much land? One port, ordered to be printed. hundred feet is a great deal where land is valuable. ~Ir. PHELPS. It is not too much. POWDER DEPOT, DOVER, N. J. Mr. MILLS. You want something extra for sidings, I understand. Mr. PHELPS. I ask unanimous consent to call up for present con­ 1\fr. PHELPS. No; only the 100 feet. The sidings are to be put in siderati~n a Senate bill granting the right of way through lauds of the as the Government may desire. United States powder depot near Dover, N. J., to the Morris County Rail­ 1\fr. WARNER, of Ohio. Upon the 100 feet? road. This is a Senate bill, and it has been reported favorably by the Mr. PHELPS. Upon the 100 feet. House committee. There is no objection to it. The Secretary of War The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration of approves of it. tbehlll? · The SPEAKER. - The bill will be read. 'fhere was no objection. The Clerk proceeded to read the bill. Before he had concluded the The bill was ordered to a third rending; and it was accordingly read reading, the third time, and passed. Mr. STEELE said: I call for the regular order. That bill should Mr. PHELPS moved to reconsider the vote· by which the bill was go to the Committee on Military Affairs. passed; and also moved that the motion to Teconsiaer be laid on the ta.ble. :M:r. PHELPS. The bill has been reported favo:rably by that com- The latter motion was agreed to. mittee. Some time subsequently.:_ ORDER. OF BUSINESS. Mr. STEHLE withdrew his objection. 111r. CALDWELL. Mr. Speaker, I call for the regular order. The SPEAKER. Is there further objection to the consideration of The SPEAKER. The regular order is demanded. The regular order the bill? - is the call of the States and Territories for the introduction and refer- . 1886. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 3837

ence of bills and resolutions. Under this call resolutions and memorials people of Dakota. to form a constitution and State government, and to of State and Territorial Legislatur~ are in order, and also resolutions be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original of inquiry. States; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com4 AARON P. GRAY. mittce on Territories, and ordered to be printed. · Mr. PEEL introduced a bill (H. R. 8105) to grant a pension to Aaron .A. W .A.RDS UNDER CONVENTION WITH MEXICO. P. Gray, private Company K, Third Arkansas Cavalry, in the late war; Mr. SPRINGER also introduced a bill (H. R. 8121) to amend and which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on enlarge the act approved June 18, 1878, entitled "An act to provide for Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. the distribution of awards made under the convention between the JAMES SUPPLE. United States of America and the Republic of Mexico, concluded on the Mr. ROGERS (by request) introduced a bill (H. R. 8106) granting a 4th day of July, 1868;" which was read a first and second time, re4 pension to James Supple; which was re..'ld a first and second time, re­ ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. ferred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Mr. SPRINGER also introduced a bill (H. R. 8122) to amend and enlarge the fifth section of an act approved June 18, 1~8, entitled ''An SEAL ROCKS, SAN FRANCISCO. a,ct to provide for the distribution of awards made under the conven­ M:r. FELTON (by request) introduced a bill (H. R. 8107) to grant tion between the United States of America and the Repulilic of Mexico, certain seal rocks to the city and county of San Francisco, in the State concluded on the 4th day of July, 1868;" whieh.was read a first and of California, in trust for the people of the United States; which was second time, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Public to be printed. Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. MORROW introduced a bill (H. R. 8108) to relinquish and grant DISTRICT COURTS IN TERRITORIES. all interest which the United States now has in certain lands in the 111r. SPRINGER also introduced a bill (H. R. 8123) in relation to <:ity and county of San Francisco and its grant.ees; which was read a jurors and practice in district courts in the Territories; which was read first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Territories, and ordered to be printed. and ordered to be printed. SECTIO~S 2320 AND 2322 REVISED STATUTES. ADDISON G. MOORE. Mr. SYMES introduced a bill (H. R. 8109) to amend sections 2320 Ur. OWEN introduced a. bill (H. R. 812;!) for the relief of Addison and 2322 of chapter 6, title 32, of the Revised Statutes of the United G. Moore; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com­ States; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com­ mitte~ on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. mittee on Mines and Mining, and ordered to be printed. _M;RS. G. A. EIKELBERNER. M.A.RY TURNBAUGH. Mr. OWEN also introduced a bill (H. R. 8125) granting a pension to Mr. RIGGS (by request) introduced a bill (H. R. 8110) granting a Mrs. G . .A.. Eikelberner; which was read a _first and seco~d time, re­ pension to Mary Turnbaugh; which was read a first and second time, ferred to the _Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be JAl\IE8 N. TUTTLE. printed. · Mr. OWEN also introduced a bill (H. R. 8126) granting an honorable. REBECCA ROBERTS. discharge to James N. Tuttle, and for other purposes; which was read Mr. RIGGS also introduced a bill (H. R. 8111) to grant a pension to a fu'St and second time, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, Rebecca Roberts; which was read a first and second time, referred to and ordered to be printed. the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. JAMES ESKRIDGE. CASSANDRA WELLS. Mr. OWEN also introduced a bill (H. R. 8127) for the relief of James Mr. RIGGS also introduced a bill (H. R. 8112) to grant a pension to· Eskridge; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com­ Cassandra. Wells; which was read a first and second time, referred to the mittee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed: OREN ?II. HARLAN. JOHN SHERIDAN. Mr. JOHNSTON, of Indiana, introduced a bill (H. R. 8128) granting l\Ir. TOWNSHENDintroduceda bill (H. R. 8113) for the relief of John a pension to Oren M. Harlan, Company E, Sixth Regiment Tennessee Sheridan, late private Company K, One hundred and forty-fourth Regi­ Camlry; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com­ ment Indiana Volunteers; which was read a first and second time, re­ mittee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be p1-inted. ferred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be pl.jnted. ..A.UA.NDA J. CRAMER. DAVID X. UTLEY. Mr. MATSON introduced a bill (H. lt 8129) granting a pension to Mr. TOWNSHEND also introduced a bill {H. R. 8114) for the relief of Amanda J. Cramer; which was read a firet and second time, referred to David X. Utley; which was read a first and second time, referred to the the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Committ.ee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. :MIC.AJAH F. JOHNSON. HARRIET E. ENLOW. Mr. MATSON also introduced a bill (H. R. 8130) granting a pen- "Mr. ROWELL introduced a bill (H. R. 8115) for the relief of Har- sion to Micajah F. Johnson; which was read a first and second !line, riet E. Enlow; whlch was read a first and second time, referred to the referredtotheCommitteeoninvalidPensions, andorderedtobeprinted. Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. w. w. WILsON. MARY C. CROSBY. Mr. MATSON also introduced a bill (H. R. 8131) granting a peDSion Mr. ROWELL also introduced a joint resolution (H. Res. 1G1) for toW. W. Wilson; which was n~ad a first ~nd second time, referred to the relief of Mary C. Crosby; which was read a first and second time, the Committee on Invalid Pensio~s, and ordered to be printed. referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and or·dered to be ALEX. H. RICIIARDSON. print~d. MARY F. J ACKSON. . Mr. MATSON also introduced a bill (H. R. 8132) granting a pension to Alex. H. Richardson; which was read a first and second time, re- 1\Ir. NEECE introdueed a bill (H. R. 8116) granting a pension to fcrred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Mary F. Jackson; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. HONORA v. LYON. NANCY CISCO. . Ur. HOW.A.RD introduced a bill (H. R. 8133) for the relief of Ho- nora V. Lyon; which was read a first and second time, refened to the 1Yir. NEECE also intxoduced a bill (H. R. 8117) granting a pension Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordexed to be printed. to Nancy Cisco; which was read a fixst and second time, refened to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. . JOSEPHINE WILSON. Mr. HOWARD also introduced a bill (H. R. 8134) for the relief of GEORGE STODD. Josephine Wilson; which was read a first and second time, referred to Mr. NEECE also introduced a "Qill (H. R. 8118) granting a pension the Committee on Invalid Pensions, an

RICHARD :M. DUKE. first and second time, referred to t1ie Committee on War Claims, and Mr. COBB also introduced a bill (H. R. 8137) for tp.e relief of Rich- ordered to be printed. ard :1'\1. Duke; which wa.s read a first and second time, referred to the Th""VESTIGATION OF THE ·CA_PACITY OF . CANALS, NEW YORK. Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordere(!. to be printed. Mr. ANDERSON, of Kansas, introduced a joint resolution (H. Res. JOHN SEUi'ERT. 162) to appoint a committee to investigate the capacity of the canals of :Ur. COBB also introduced a bill (H. R. 1 8) for the relief of Joh_n the St-ate of New York, and for other purposes; which was read a :first 8 3 and second time; referred to the Committee on Rail ways and Canals, !Beifert; which wa.s ::read a first and second time, referred to the Com- and ordered to be print-ed. mittee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. J .AMES SHEPHERD. CASANDER SCARLETT. Mr. PETERS introduced a bill (H. R. 8153) granting a pension to Mr. COBB also introduced a bill (H. R. 8139) granting a pension to James Shepherd; which was read a :first and second time, referred to Casander Scarlett; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ?rdered to be pri~ted. the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. RESIN M. GARD. LUCIEN B. HARBAUGH. Mr. PETERS also introduced a bill (H. R. 8154) granting a pension :1'\Ir._HOLMAN introduced a bill (H. R. 8140) for the relief of Lucien to Resin M. Gard; which was read a first and second time, referred to B. Harbaugh; which was read a first and second time, referred to the the Committee on Invalid Pen~ions, and ordered to be printed. Committee on Military Affail"s, and o¢ered to be printed. WILLIAM K. COPELAND. BRIDGE ACROSS MISSISSIPPI RIVER, DUBUQUE, IOWA. Mr.· PETERS also introduced a bill (H. R. 8155) for the relief of Will- Mr. HENDERSON, of-Iowa, introduced a bill (H. R. 8141) to au- iam K. Copeland; which wa.s read a first and second time, referred to thorizethe construction of a ·railroad, wagon, and foot-passenger bridge the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. across the Mississippi River, at or near Dubuque, in the State of Iowa; LEVI FELLERS. which was read a. first and second time, referred to the Committee on Mr. PETERS also-introduced a. bill (H. R. 8J_56) for the relief of Levi C.ommerce, and ordered to be printed. · Fellers; which was read a .first and second . time, referred to $e Com- WASHINGTON GASLIGHT COMPANY. mittee on War Claims, a.nd ordered to be printed. • M:r. FREDERICK submitted a. resolution for the investigation Qf the RACHEL LANKFORD AND CORA LANKFORD. Washington Gaslight Company; which was referred to the Committee ·Mr. STONE, of Kentucky, introduced a. bill (H. R. 8157) granting on the District of Columbia. a pension to Rachel Lankford and Cora Lankford; which was read a l'IIRS • .ANl\""IE s. WEBB. :first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, :Ur. CONGER introduced a bill (H. R. 8142) granting·a pension to and ordered to be printed. . Mrs. Annie s. Webb, a volunteer nurse; which WaS read a first and MILTON JUDD. second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered Mr. WOLFORD introduced a bill (H. R. 8158) to increase the pen­ to be printed. · sion of Uilton Judd; which wa.s read a first an·d second time, referred JOHN )\I. HEFLEY. to the Committee on Invalid fensions, and ordered to be printed. M:r. STRUBLE introduced a bill (H. R. 8143) granting a. pension to SARAH MARRS: John M. Hefley; which was read a first and second time, referred to Mr. TAUL)3EE introduced a. bill (H. R. 8159) for the relief of Sarah the Committee on Pensions, and order~ to be print-ed. Marrs; which was read a firs~ and second time, referred to the Commit­ MRS. MARGARET R. CLUNE. tee o~ War Claims, a.nd ordered to be printed. lli. STRUBLE also introduced a bill (H. R. 8144) granting a pen­ DAVID B. ROSE. sion tQ Mrs. Marga-ret R. Clune, widow of W. H. Clune, late lieutenant­ Mr. TAUI~BEE also introduced a bill (H. R. 8160) for the relief of colonel Sixth Iowa. Infantry; which was read a. first and second time, David B. Rose; which was read a first and second time, referred to the referred tO tpe Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. printed. DAVID R. HII.L. HEIRS OF JAl\IES A. NELSON, DECEASED. Mr. TAULBEE also introduced a bill (H. R. 8.161) for the relief of MT. LYMAN (by request) introduced a bill (H. R. 8145) for there­ David R. Hill; which was r~d a first and second time, referred to the lief of the heirs of James A. Nelson, deceased, of Fairfax County, Vir­ Committee on l\Iilitury A.ffai.l's, and ordered to be printed. ginia; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Commit­ H. H. ROBENSON. tee on War Claims, and or~ered to be printed. Ur. TAULBEE also introduced a. bill (H. R. 8162) for the relief of HEIBS OF MARY WALKER, DECEASED. H. H. Robenson; which wa.s read a .first and second time, referred to l\1r. LYMAN (by request) also introdu,ced a bill (H. R. 8146) for the the Committee on Military .A.ffairs, and ordered to be printed. relief of Mary Walker, deceased, widow of Maj. George W. Walker, POLLY BAILEY. paymaster, United States Marine Corps; which was read a :firs-t and seco!!d time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered Mr. TAULBEE also introduced a bill (H. R. 8163) to restore to the to pension-roll the name of Polly Bailey; which wa.s read a .first and second be printed. time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to ISAAC RANSOM. . be pri~ted. lt1l·· FUNSTON introduced a bill (H. R. 8147) to restore Isaac Ran­ BENJAMINE W. BURGE." som; late private Company C, Forty-ninth Regiment Indiana. Volun­ teer Infantry, to the pension-roll; which was read a. first and second time, . J'lfr. HALSELL introduced a bill (H. R. 8164) for the relief of Ben­ referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions: and ordered to be printed. jamine W. Burge; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. EXEMPLIFICATION OF P ATEN;rs, ETC. A. B. STEPHENS, .AD::.\IINISTRATOR . . lli. RYAN introduced a bill (H. R. 8148.) to amend section 461 of Mr. HALSELL also introduced a bill (H. :R. 8165) fo~ the relief of the Revised Statutes of the Un~ted States; which wa.s read a first and A. B. Stephens, administrator of the estate of F. F. Luc.:l.S; which was second time, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, to be printed. and ordered to be printed. JONATHAN HAYES. JOSEPH BASTIN. Mr. RYAN also introduced a bill (H. R. 8149) granting a pension to Mr. McCREARY introduced a bill (H. R. 8166) granting a pension Jonathan Hayes; which was read a :first and second time, referred to tQ Joseph Bastin; which was read a.first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and· ordered to be printed. JESSE CAMPBELL. . ADAJil PETRE~. Mr. RYAN also introduced a bill (H. 8150) granting a pension to R. Mr.. :McCREARY also introduced.n. bill (H. R. 8167) for the relief of Jesse Campbell; which was read a first and second time, ;referred to Adam Petrey; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the the Committee on·rnvalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Committee on Innlid Pensions, an~ ordered to be printed . .JOHN P. llf1DONALD. RICHARD H. AND .JAMES PORTER. Mx. MORRILL introduced. a bill (H. R. 8~51) granting a pension to 1\fr. WILLIS (by request) intro'duced a bill (II. R. 8168) for the l'e­ John P. McDonald; which was readafirsta.ndsecond.tim.e, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered be printed. liefofRichard H. Porter and James Porter; which was read a .first and to second time, referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be BOUNTY TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA VOLUNTEERS. printed. Mr. HANBACK introduced a bill (H. R. 8152) to provide for the pay­ UNITED STATES LE\EE1 KEMPE'S, LOUISI ANA . ment of a bounty to District of Columbia Volunteers; which was read a M:r. KING ~troduced a. bill (H. R. 8169) to p~event the destruction 1886. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 3839

of the United States levee at Kempe's, Louisiana; which was read a CHARLES HAHNEl\IAN. first and second time, referred to the Committee on Levees and Improve- Mr. ROCKWELL introduced a bill (H. R. 8180) to increase the pen- ment of the Mississippi River, and ordered to be l_>rinted. sion of Charles Hahneman; which was read a first and second time, t·e- JOHN w. KING AND EDWARD 1\I, LANE. ferred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printetl. Mr. KING (by request) also introduced a bill (H. R. 8170) for there- lll.A.RY lll'GRATH. lief of the minor heirs of John W. King and Edward 1!. Lane, of War- ·Mr. CARLETON introduced a bill (H. R. 818!) for the relief of Mary ren County, State of .Mississippi; which was read a :first and second time, McGrath; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com­ referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. mittee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be prin~ed. CLAm OF CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. lllARY E. CHAMPLIN. Mr. ST. MARTIN introduced a bill (H. R. 8171) for the relief of the Mr. COMSTOCK introduced a bill (H. R. 8182) to increase the pen- city of New Orleans; which was read a first and second time, referred sion of Mary E. Champlin; which was read a first and second time, re- 1.o the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. ferred to the Committee on In valid Pensions, and ordered te be printed. J.AlllES E. CHAFFEE. LAVINA DUNTON. Mr. ST. MARTIN also introduced a bill (H. R. 8172) for the relief Mr. O'DONNELL (by Mr. FISHER). introduced a bill (H. R. 8183) ol James E. Chaffee; which .was read a first and second time, referred granting Bi pension to Lavina Dunton; which was read a first and sec- to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. ond til'lle, referred to the Committee· on Invalid Pensions, and ordered . ADDISON MORRILL. · to be printed. !tlr. MILLIKEN introduced a bill (H. R. 8173) granting a pension MARY WHITNEY. to Addison Morrill; which was read a first ~nd second timo, referred to Mr. O'DO:NNELL (by Mr. FISHER) also introduced a bill (H. R. the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. 8184) granting a pension to Mary Whitney; which was read a first and ~RS. EVELYN H. PRATT. second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pen..h'ed, That the special committ~e of five heretofore appointed to in- •iam E. Keene; which Wl\.8 read a first a.nd second time, referred to the vestigate differences between transportation companies and their employes be; Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. and it is hereby, authorized to investigate the causes and ex:tent.of the d~putes between the employers and employes in the bituminous coal regions of Penn- SAINT LUKE'S CHURCH, KAI.AllrAZOO. sylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and 'Vest Virginia.; also to inquire whether there has resulted therefrom any Tiolation of the immigration laws, and to report as Mr. BURROWS also introduced a bill (H. R. 8188) to admit free of speedily as po5!!ible the result of its investigation, with such recommendation as duty a certain lecturn for the use of Saint Luke's Episcopal church, in it mny determine upon. the parish of Kalamazoo, Mich.; which was r~ a first and second GEORGE WINTERS AND L. D. cooK. time, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and order~d to M:r. LOVEHINGsubmitted the following resolution; which was read, be printed. and referred to the Committee on Accounts: SARAH E. FLOWERS. Resolved, That the Clerk of the House be, and he is hereby: authorized and ' Mr. BURROWS also introduced a bill (H. R. 8189) for the relief of directed to pay to George Winters and L. B. Cook$200each,outofthecontingent Sarah E. Flowers; which was read o. first and second time, referred to fund of the House, being the 'difference between their pay as conductors of the the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. elevator and ,.1,200 per annum from July 1, 188!, to July 1,1886. PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL. IliRS. 1\IARIA HOHL. Mr. COLLINS introduced a bill (H. R. 8175) for the relief of Provi­ Mr. WHITE, of Minnesota, introduced a bill (H. R. 8190) granting dence Hospital, in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia; a pension to Mrs. Maria Hohl; which was read a first and second time, which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. printed. GEORGE W. TOWLE. EMILY .A. COOK. Mr. GILFILLAN introduced o. bill (H. R. 8191) for the relief of 1\fr. RICE (byreqnest)introduced a bill (H. R. 8176) granting a pen- George W. Towle; which was read a first and second time, referred to sion to Emily A. Cook; which was read a first and second time, referred the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. J. R. EGGLESTON. NATHANIEL lll'K.A.Y. Mr. BARKSDALE introduced a bill (H. R. 8192) to remove the Mr. LONG. (by request) introduced a bill (H. R. 8177) to allow the political disabilities of J. R. Eggleston, of Mississippi; which was read Secretary of the Treasury to admit free of duty certain tools, &c., for a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and Nathaniel McKay; which was read ·a first and second time. ordered to be printed. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. UcMILLIN). The bill will be re­ D. 1\I, HORRELL. ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Ur. LONG. The material to be admitted is proposed to be used in Mr. VAN EATON introduced a bill (H. R. 8193) for the relief of B. connection with American ship-building. I desire to have the bill re­ M:. Horrell, sole Eurvi vor and representative of the late firm of Horrell, ferred to tbe Select Committee on Ship-building and Ship-owning In­ Gayle & Co. ; which was read a first and se~ond time, referred to the terests. Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will submit the gentleman's Al't!ANDA F. DECK. motion. 1\Ir. HALL introduced a bill (H. R. 8194} granting a pension to The question being taken, the bill was· referred to the Select Com­ Amanda F. Deck; which was read a first and second time, referred to mittee on American Ship-building and Ship-owning Interests, and or- the Coll_lmittee on Invalid Pensjons, and ordered to be printed. • dered to be printed. 1\IAIL lllESSE~GERS. WILLIAl\I SHAFTOE. Mr. DOCKERY introduced a bill (H. H. 8195) authorizing the em­ 1\Ir. DAVIS introduced a bill (H. R. 8178) to increase the pension of ployment of mail messengers in the postal service; which was read a William Shaftoe; which was read a first and second time; referred to first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Post-Roads, and ordered to be printed. CHALES II. SHERlll.A.N. JOHN N. S:IIITH. :Mr. DA. VIS also introduced a bill (H. R. 8179) to increase the pen­ Mr. BURNES (by ~Ir. Il.A.LL) introduced a bill (H. R. 8196) gmnt­ sion of Charles H. Shermanj which was· read a first and second time, ing a pension to John N. Smith; which was read a first and second l'eferred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. printed. 3840 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. APRIL 26,

GILLEM ROGERS. JOHN HUNTER. .. Mr. ·BL4ND introduced a bill (H. R. 8197) for the relief of Gillem Mr. STAHLNECKER introduced a bill (H. R. 8212) to' pay John Rogers; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com­ Hunter for that part of Hart Island, in Westchester County, State of mittee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. New York, condemned and taken for light-house purposes; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Claims, and Rim CLOUD AND OTHER SIOUX INDIANS. ordered to be printed. Mr. BLAND (by request) also ·introduced a bill (H. R. 8198) for the relief of Red Cloud and other Sioux Indians; which was read a first CABLE RAILWAY C0)1l>.A.NY, WASHINGTO~. and second time, ref~rred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and or­ 11Ir. TIMOTHY J. CAMPBELL introduced a bill (H. R. 8213) to in­ dered to be printed. corporate the Twelfth Street Citizens' Passenger Cable Railway Com­ ' WILLIAM EELBOUT. pany, of Washington, D. C.; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to Mr. WARNER, of Missouri, introduced a bill (H. R. 8199) for the be printed. relief of William Belbout; which was read a first and second time, re­ ferred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. ALEXANDER OELS:s-ER. 1\fr. TIMOTHY J. CAJriPBELL also introduced a bill (H. R. 8214) GEORGE W. ANTHONY. for the relief of Alexander Oelsner; which was read a ,first and second Mr. WARNER-; of Missouri, also introduced a bill (H. R. 8200) for time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be the relief of George W. Anthony; which was read a first and second printed. time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be CONSULAR CERTIFICATES. printed. Mr. BELMONT introduced a bill (H. R. 8215) to regulate the require­ WILLIAM J. JARBOE. ments of consular certificates to invoices of small shipments, and the 1'4r. WARNER, of Missouri, als<1introduced a bill (H. R. 8201) for fees therefor; which was read a first and second time, referred to the the relief of William J. Jarboe; which was read a first and second time, Committee o~ Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. referred to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. POST-OFFICE DEPART.l\IENT CONTRACTS. ALFRED 0. LOWELL. Mr. STAHLNECKER offered a resolution for the appointment of a Mr. WARNER, of Missouri, also introduced a bill (H. R. 8202) to special committee to investigate alleged frauds and violations of con­ place the name of Alfred 0. Lowell on the pension-roll; which was tracts for the furnishing of envelopes, postal cards, and supplies for the read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Post-Office Department prior to March 4, 1885; which was read, and Pensions, and ordered to be printed. referred to the Committee on Rules. THOMAS QUIRK. JAMES BONNELL. · Mr. W A.RNER, of Missouri, also. introduced a bill (H. R. 8203) to 1\Ir. WEBER introduced a bill (H. R. 8216) for the relief of James place the name of Thomas Quirk on the pension-roll;. which was read Bonnell; which was read afirstandsecond time, referred to the Commit­ a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, tee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered· to be printed. and ordered to be printed. JOHN DOYLE. SUBTREASURY AT KANSAS CITY, MO. ·Mr. WEBER alsointroducedabill (H. R. 8217) for the relief of John Mr. WARNER, of Miss~uri, .also introduced a bill (H. R. 8204) to Doyle; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com­ establish a subtreasury in the city of Kansas City, Mo.; which was mittee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. LUCIEN H. ROBERTSON. HO:UE RULE IN IRELAND. Mr. HISCOCK introduced a bill (H. R. 8218) for the relief of Lucien H. Robertson and to remove the charge.of desertion against him; which Mr. O'NEILL, of Missouri, offered the following resolutions; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on l\{ili­ were read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Aftairs: tary Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolved, That the House of..Representati~es of the United States earnestly sym­ pathizes with right honorable William E. Gladstone and his associates in their ALBEnT MOSES. efforts to secure a free parliament for the people of Ireland, and congratulates 1\Ir. BURL~IGH introduced a bill (H. R. 8219) granting a pension the people of that hitherto unhappy country upon the prospect of an early and successful termination of their long and patriotic struggle for the right of local to Albert Moses; which was read a first ancl second time, referred to self-government. the Com:rrtittee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Resolved, Thn.t the Speaker of thellou~e is directed to communicate a copy of this resolution to JHr. Gladstone. LIVINGSTO~ CLARK. J. W. GOODING. Mr. SAWYER (by Mr. BAKER) introduced a bill (H. R. 8220) grant­ Mr. WADE introduced a bill (:B;. R. 8205) granting a pension to J. ing a pension to Livingston Clark; which .was read a first and second \V. Gooding; which was read a first and second time, referred to the time, referred to the Committee on In>alid Pensions, and ordered to be Committ-ee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be prin.ted. printed. THO)!AS L. illGGINS. GARRET D. ZETTER:U:AN. Ur. SESSIONS introduced a bill (H. R 8221) to grant relief to Mr. WADE also introduced a bill (H. R. 8206) granting a pension to Thomas L. Higgins for material furnished during the war to the United Garret D. Zetterman; which was read a first and second time, referred States Government; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. STATE NATIONAL BANK, LINCOLN, NEBR. WILLIAM H).INER. Mr. "~AVER, of Nebraska, -introduced a bill (H. R. 8207) to au­ 1\Ir. DAVENPORT introduced a bill (H. R. 8222) for the relief of thorize the State National Bank of Lincoln, Nebr., to increase its capi­ William Hainer; which was read a first and second time, referred to tal stock to $250,000; which was read a first and second time, referred the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. to the Committee on Banking and Currency, and ordered to ~e printed. WILLIAN l\:l1GARR.AH.AN. LORENZO D. WHITCHER. Mr. HILL submitted the following resolution; which was referred :Mr. GALLINGER (byrequest) introduced a bill (H. R. 8208) grant­ to the Committee on Mines and :Mining: ingapension to Lorenzo D. Whitcher; which was read a first and second Resolved, That Monday, the 24th day of 1\Iay, 1885 (after the call of the States time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be and Tenitories for bills, &c.), is hereby set apart for the consideration of bill No. printed. 8084 on the Private Calendar, entitled ''A bill to submit to .the Court of Claims for BARZILLAR P. IRONS. adjudication the title of 'Villiam McGarrahan to the r .ancho Panoche Grande tract of land in the State of California, and for other purposes." The considera­ Mr. BUCHANAN introduced a bill (H. R. 8209) granting a pension tion of said bill is not to interfere with the consideration of revenue or appro­ to Barzillar P. Irons; which was read a first and second time, referred priation bills. In case the.said bill should not be taken up on that day, then the same may be call~d up on nny other da-y thereafter after the hour for the • to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. consideration of bills. JOH!f SHINE. TARIFF O!f UN~ANUFACTURED ·woOL. Mr. KETCHAM introduced a bill (H. R. 8210) granting a pension Mr. WILKINS submitted the following resolution; which was re­ to John Shine; which was read a first and second time, referred to the ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means: Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Whereas one of the propositions contained in the tariff bill r eported to the PRISON .AND REFOlli"U.A.TORY: House by the Ways and l\leans Committee is to place upon the free-Jist nil un­ manufactured wools; and 1\Ir. JAMES introduced a bill (H. R. 8211) to provide a prison and 'Vhereas the season is at hand when the product grown during the past year is marketed by the grower; and · reforma.tory for persons convicted of violations of the laws of the United Whereas the o.forementioned proposition to put wool upon the free-list, the States; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com­ uncertainty and doubt pending the action of the House upon this subject is mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to b~ printed. causing an unnecessary and serious loss to the wool-grower, which loss w1thol\J; 1886. OONGRESSJONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 3841

Jlromptaction on the part of this body will amount to many millions of dollars ing a pension t.o Patrick McNichols, late of Company H, Sixty third wi1hout corresponding benefit to the people: Therefore, Be it resolved, That it is the sense of this House that the wool-tariff schedule un­ Regiment Peimsylvania Volunteers; waich was read a first and second der existing law, so far ns it relates to unmanufactured wool, should not be re­ time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, ancl ordered to be duced. printed. A. B. GILSON. DAVID lUCKEY. Mr. GEDDES introduced a bill (H. R. 8223) granting a pension to A. Mr. ANDERSON, of Ohio, also introduced a bill (H. R. 8234) grant­ B. Gilson; which was retld a first and second time, referred to the Com­ ing a pension to David Hickey, Company K, One hundred and eighty­ mittee on Invalid fensions, and ordered to be printed. ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry; which was read a first and PENSIONS. second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered Mr. GEDDES also presented a joint resolution of the Legislature of to be printed. the State of Ohio, urging the passage ofthe bill (H. R. 4902) increasing JACOB JAUCH. the pensions of soldiers who lost a leg or arm in the line of duty; which Mr. ANDERSON, of Ohio,·also introduced a bill (H. R. 8235) grant­ was referred to the Committee-on Invalid Pensions. ing an increase of pension to Jacob Jauch, late of Company I, Twenty­ INTERSTATE COl\fl'IJ;ERCE-ARBITRATIO "'". first New York Volunteer Infantry; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to b6 Mr. WARNER, of Ohio, introduced a bill (H. R. 8224) to regulate printed. commerce by land among the States and to provide for boards of arbi­ TIIQ)IAS STE\"ENS. tration; wbich was read a first and second time. Mr. ANDERSON, of Ohio, also introduced a bill (H. R. 8236) grant­ The SPEAKER pro tmnpore (Mr. McUILLL.~). This bill will be re­ ferred to the Committee ·on Commerce. ing a pension to Thomas Stevens, Company D, Eighty-eighth Regiment :Mr. WARNER, of Ohio. The bill, as will be seen from its title, re­ Ohio Volunteers; which wasreadafi~tand second time, teferred to the lates to two subjects-one is interstate commerce, the other the subject Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. of arbitration, which has been referred to the Committee on Labor and GEORGE HEILMAN. which a special committee is now investigating. I question whether Mr. ANDERSON, of Ohio, also introduced a bill (H. R. 8237) grant­ the bill should not, perhaps, be reierred to the Committee on L!l.bor, ing a pension to George Heilman, of Company B, Eleventh Ohio Vol­ though I am not particular about the matter. The bill relates in the unteer Infantry; which was read a first and second time, referred to first place to interstate commerce-- the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair is of opinion that the bill properly belongs to the Committee on Commerce. .. l\IISSISSIPri RIVER. Mr. WARNER, of Ohio. In addition to the· provisions relating to •• Mr. LITTLE submitted the following resolution; which was referred interstate commerce, the bill proposes the establishment .of boards of to the Committee on Rivers and Harboq;: arbitration, which subject is now before the Committee on Labor. Resolved, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, re- The SPEAKER pro temp.ore. The Chair understands, however, that quested, if not incompatible with the public interests, to furnish the House with . t f h b'il · · a copy of :\ny communication, not already laid before Congress, he may have the con t rollin g sub ~ec O t e 1 lS mterstate commerce. received from any civil engineer during the present year relative to and em- Mr. WARNER, of Ohio. Not more than the provisions in regard to bracing the discussion of _a plan for the improvement of the Mississippi River. arbitration. However, I am not tenacious in regard to the reference. WOOL TARIFF. The bill was referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Mr. GROSVENOR submitted the following resolution; which was 1\IORGANTHA lliRSCHBUHLER. referred to the Committee on Ways and Means: Whereas, by the action of Congress in reducing the tariff on wool, that great 1tfr. BUTTERWORTH (by request) introduced a bill (H. R. 8225) industry has been rendered unremunerative: Therefore, granting a pension to Morgantha Hirschbuhler) widow of Lorintz Hirsch­ Resol11ed, That it is the sense of this House that the tariff of 1867 upon wool buhler, late of Company B, Twenty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; should be restored. which was read afirst and second time, referred to the Committee on LIEUT. J. C. COLWELL. Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. ' Mr. SWOPE introduced a bill (H. R. 8238) to ascertain and pay for · BENJ Al\IIN SMITH. loss of property sustained by Lieut. J. C. Colwell, United States Navy, ·, Mr. OUTHWAITE (by request) introduced a bill (H. R. 8226) grant­ by reason of the wreckage of the steamship Proteus; which was read a .ing a pension to Benjamin Smith; which was read a first and second first and second time, referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be to be printed. ~ printed. · CHARLOTTE W. OTTO. SETH WELDY. Mr. ERI\IENTROUT introduced a bill (H. R. 8239) granting pen­ Mr. OUTHWAITE also introduced a bill (H. R. 8227) granting a pen­ sion to Charlotte W. Otto; which was read a first and second time, re­ sio:q to Seth Welby, late captain Twenty-third Infantry, United States ferred to the Committee on Invalid Pens~ons, and ordered to be printed. Army; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com­ CATHERINE DANNER. mittee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Mr. NEGLEY introduced a bill (H. R. 8240) for the relief of Cath­ LEONARD C. BUTCH. erine Danner, step-mother of Mathias Danner; which was read a 1irst Mr. OUTHWAITE also introduced a bill (H. R. 8228) granting a pen­ and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and sion to Leonard C. Butch; which was read a first and second time, re­ ordered to be printed. ferred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. DAVID l\IOSES. CHARLES K. JENREE. Mr. BOYLE introduced a bill (H. R. 8241) granting a pension to Mr. OUTHWAITE also introduced a bill (H. R. 8229) removing the David Moses; which was read a first and second time, referred to the charge of desertion from the military record of Charles K. J enree; which Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Military HENRY H. SCHRA WDER. Affairs, and ordered to be printed. . Mr. ATKINSON introduced a bill (H.~. 1:!242) to remove the charge ISA..\.C H. LYNN. of desertion against Henry H. Schrawder; which was read a first and Mr. ANDERSON, of Ohio, introduced a bill {H. R. 8230) granting a second time, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered pension to Isaac H. Lynn, late of Company D, Fourth Ohio Independent to be printed. Artillery Volunteers; which was read a first and second time, referred WILLIAM P. HILBISH. to the Committ~ on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Mr. ATKINSON also introduced a bill (H. R. 8243) to remove the JOHN COX. charge ofde.Sertion againstWilliamP. Hilbish; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and Mr. ANDERSON, ofOhio,~lso introduced a bill (H. R. 8231)grantinu a pension to John Cox, Company H, Twentieth Regiment Illinois Vol~ ordered to be printed. . nnteer Infantry; which was read a first and second time, referred to the JOHN BERRY. Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Mr. ATKINSON also introduced a bill (H. R. 8244) granting a pension ADOLPH BURNSTEIN. to John Berry; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Mr. ANDERSON, of Ohio, also introduced a bill (H. R. 8232) granting ADAl\I SCHLEGLE. a pension to Adolph Burnstein, lat~ of Company C, Fifth New Jersey, and Company E, Twenty-fourth Reg~ment Veteran Reserves; which was l!r. STOR~I introduced a bill (H. R. 8245) for the relief of Adam read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ Schlegle; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com­ sions, and ordered to be printed. mittee on Millit.ary Affairs, and ordered to be printed. PATRICK M'NICHOLS. STEPHEN SHELLHAl\lltiER. Mr. ANDERSON, of Ohio, also introduced a bill (H. R. 8233) grant- Mr. STORM also introduced a bill (H. R. 8246) granting a pension XVII--241 3842 CONGRESSIONAL RECORJ;)-HOUSE .. APRIL 26, to Stephen Shellhammer; which was read a first and second time, re­ GEORGE C. GRIFFITTS. ferred t? the Committee on Invalid Pensions. and ordered to be printed. Mr. HOUK introdJl.ced a bill (H. R. 8260) for the relief of George C. ANTHONY M'MOmGLE. Griffitts, of Loudon County, Tennessee; which was read a first and Mr. STORM also introduced a bill (H. R. 8247) for the relief of .An­ second time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, aud ordered to thony McMonigle; which was read a first and second time, referred to be printed. the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. G. 1\I. ROBERTS. HOT SPRINGS, ARK. Mr. HOUK also introduced a bill (H. R. 8261) for the relief of G. 1\I. Roberts, of Knox County, Tennessee; which was read a first and second Mr. S'l;'O~:M: (by request) also introduced a bill (H. R. 8248) relat­ ing to the distribution of the hot water in the Hot Springs reservation time, referred to"the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be in the State of Arkansas; which was read a firSt and second time, re._ printed. ferred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered G IZZEELE 1\IULLINS. to be printed. Mr. HOUK also introduced a bill (H. R. 8262) for the relief or MARY P. THOMPSON. Gizz~ele 1\Iullins, widow of James L. Mullins, late private Company E, Eleventh Tennessee Cavalry; which was read. a first and second time, (K to Mr. BAYNE introduced a bill R. 8249) granting a pension referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mary P. Thompson; which was read a first and second time. referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. PLEASANT SHARP. READJUSTMENT OF POSTMASTERS' SAL.A.RIES. Mr. HOUK also· introduced a bill (H. R. 8263) granting a pension to Mr. BINGHAM introduced a bill (H. R. 8250) declaring the intent Pl~t Sharp, late sergeant Comp~ny A, First Tennessee Volunteers; and meaning of the act approved_March 3, 1883, entitled ".An act au­ which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on thorizing and directipg the Postmaster-General to readjust the salaries Invalid Pe~ons, and ordered to be printed. of certain postmasters in accordance with the provisions ~f section 8 JOHN W. ARMSTRONG. of the act of June 12, 1866;'' which was read a first and second time, 1\Ir. HOUK also introduced a bill (H. R. 8264) granting a pension to referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads, and or­ John W. Armstrong. late a p1'ivate Company B, Sixth Tennessee Cav­ dered to be printed. alry; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee l'riARY A. PFEIFFER. on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Mr. BINGHAM also introduced a bill (H. R. 8251) granting a pen­ ~OMAS DUNCAN. sion to Mary A. Pfeiffer; which was read a first and second time, re­ ferred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. 1\Ir. HOUK also introduced a bill (H. R. 8265) for the relief of Thomas Duncan; which was read a first and second time, referred to AUDITOR OF RAILROAD ACOOUNTS. the Committee on ?tfilitary Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 1\ir. BINGHAM (by request) also introduced a bill (H. R. 8252) to . THOl\iAS CH.A.Pl'riAN. amend an act entitled ''.An act to create an auditor of railroad accounts, and for other purposes," approvedJune19, 1878; whichwasreadafirst Mr. HOUK also introduced a bill (H. R. 8266) granting an increase and second time, referred to the Committee on Pacific Railroads, and or- of pt;lnsion to, Thomas Chapman, Virginia Militia, war of 1812; which dered to be printed. · was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Pensions, JAMES SNYDER. and ordered to be printell. Mr. CAMPBELL, of Pennsylvania, introduced a bill (H. R. 8253) to BARbARA BURCHELL. increase the pension of James Snyder, late of Company C, Eleventh il­ 1\Ir. HOUK also introduced a bill (H. R. 8267) for the relief of Bar­ linois Cavalry;-- which was read a first and second time, r&erred to the bara Burchell, of Knox County, Tennessee; which wasread a first and Committee on lnvali~ Pensions, and ordered to be printed. second time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered t() be printed. . WILLIAM L. 1\IABCY. CHARLES S. BAKER. · Mr. OSBORNE introduced a bill (H. R. 8254) granting a pension to Mr. HOUK also introduced a bill (H. R. "8268) granting a pension William L. Marcy, late a pri-vate of Company B, Third Regiment Penn­ to Charles S. Baker; which was read a first and second time, referred sylvania Volunteer Reserve Corps; ;which was read a first and second to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. RUFUS FLETCHER. ELLEN ~IAHER. :Mr. HOUK also introduced a bill (H. R. 8269) for the relief of Rufus Mr. CURTIN introduced a bill (H. R. 8255) granting a pension to Fletcher; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com­ Ellen l\Iaher; which was -read a fust and second time, referred to the mittee on lnvali4 Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Committee on Inyalid Pe~ions, and ordered to be printed. BUSINESS OF pACIFIC RAILROAD coMMiTTEE. JAMES c. BOOTH. 1\Ir. ~ICHA.RDSON submitted a resolution setting apart days to eon- Mr. RANDALL introduced a bill (H. R. 8256} for the relief of James sider measures from the Committee on Pacific Railroads; which was C. Booth, melter and refiner of the United Sliatesl\fint at Philadelphia; referred to the Committee on Pacific Railroads. which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on ATLANTIC .AND PA~c SHIP. RAILWAY 001\IP..A..NY. Claims, and ordered to be printed. Mr. REAGAN submitted the following resolution; which was read, JAMES STURDEVANT. and referred to the Committee on Commerce: Mr. BUNNELL introduced a bill (H. R. 8257) granting a pension to Resolved, That the bill (H. R. 58&'>) to incorporate the Atlantic and Pacific Ship James Sturdevant, late a private in Company Twelfth Regun· ent Railway Company, and for other purposes, be set apart for consideration on c, ' Thursday,,3d :June, 1886, and th.e consideratfon thereof shall continue from day Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteers; which was read a first and second to day until disposed of, not to interefere w1th revenue and general appropria­ time, referred to the Committee.onlnvalid Pensions, and ordered to be tion bills or witlt prior special orders. printed. . EDNA M. HILDRETH. WAITIE F. HARRIS. Mr. GROUT introduced a bill (H. R. 8270) granting a pension to Mr. SPOONER introduced a bill (H. R. 8258) granting a pension to Edna M. Hildreth; which was read a first and second time, referred to Waitie F. Harrisj which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. GEORGE H. WHEELER. Bl:YSINESS OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC BUlLDINGS AND GROUNDS. Mr. GROUT also introduced a bill (H. R. 8271) dil!cting the Secre- Mr. DIBBLE submitted the following resolution; which was read, tary of War to remove the charge of desertion from the military record and referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: of George H. Wheeler; which was read a first and second time, referred Resolved, That Tuesday, the 18th day of May,lS86, after the hour for the con- to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. sideration of committee reports, be fixed for the consideration of such business UNITED STATES FIDELITY GUARANTEE COM.P ANY. reported by the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds as may be desig- l\Ir~ WISE (by request) introduced a bill (H. R. 8272) to·m· co, .. por"te nated by the said committee, not to interfere with the revenue or general appro- ~ ... pria.tion bills, or prior special orders, or the order in favor of the Committee on the United States Fidelity Guarantee Company; which was read a first the Public Lands; and that this order continue from day to day until such con- and second time, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and or­ sideration be had, and until such business designated by the said committee as dered to be printed. aforesaid shall have been disposed of: Provided, That not more than three days shall be occupied in the disposition of business under this order. . n. H. CLARK. JOHN L. RHEA. Mr. LIBBEY introduced abill (H. R. 8273) for the relief of n: H. Mr. NEAL (by request) introduced a bill (H. R . 82Sg) for the relief Clark; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Commit­ of John L. Rhea, executor of Samuel Rhea, deceased; which was l·ead tee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. a first and second time, referred to the Committee on War Cillims, and MRS. JUARY E. ZOLLIKOFER. ordered to be printed. · Mr. LIBBEY also introduced a bill (H. R. 8274) for the relief of Mrs. 1886. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 384!3

Mary E. Zollikofer; which was read a first and second time, referred to CREDIT TO WASHINGTON TERRITORY. the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. Mr. VOORHEES also introduced a bill (H. R. 8291) to credit the SAMUEL A. MOREHEAD. Territory of Washington on the books of the Ordnance Department the Mr. LIBBEY also introauced a bill (H. R. 8275) for the relief of sum of $12,387.57, for arms and cartridges loaned the State of Oregon; Samuel A. Morehead; which was read a :first and second time, referred which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 1\IABY E. PARKER. CHEHAliS RIVER, WA.SHINGTON TERRITORY. Mr. LIBBEY also introduced a bill (H. R. 8276) for the relief of Mary Mr. VOORHEES (by request) also introduced a bill (H. R. 8292) to E. Parker and others, h~irs of Leopold C. P. Cowper; which was read a authorize C. N. Byles, D. H. Mullen, T. Downey, H. W. Bessac, J . .A.. :first and second time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, and Perkins, and J. A. McGillicuddy to take possession of and improve and ordered to be printed. use the Chehalis River, in Washington Territory, and for other pur­ PUBLIC DUILDING AT ROANOKE, VA. poses; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Commit­ Mr. DANIEL introduced.a bill (H. R. 8277) for the erection of a pub­ tee on the Territories, and ordered to be printed. lic building at Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia; which was read a THE YELLOWSTONE PARK. :first and second time, referred to the Co~ittee on Public Buildings Mr. CAREY introduced a bill (H. R. 8293) to amend sections 2474 and Grounds, and ordered to be printed. · and 2475 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, setting apart a SETH :rtr. BARTON. certain tract of la~d lying near the head waters of the Yellowstone Mr. CROXTON introduced a bill (H. R. 8278) for the relief of Seth River as a public park; which was read a first and second time, referred M. Barton; which wasreada :first and second time, referred to the Com­ to the Committee on the Territories, and ordered to be prin~d. mittee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. R. R. R. DUMARS. LOTS AT HARPER'S FERRY. ~1r. ARNOT introduced n. bill (H. R. _8294) for the relief of R. R. R. Mr. WILSON introd.uced a bill (H. R. 8279) to amend and re-enact Dumars, late a ca-ptain in the One hundred and sixty-first Regiment section 4 of an act entitled "An act authorizing the Secretary of the New York Volunteers; which was read a first and second time, referred Treasury, by and with the consent of the Secretary of War, to cancel to the Committee on Cla.ims, and ordered to be printed. certain contracts for the sale of lots of land made at Harper's Ferry in the year 1869," approved June 14, 1878; which was read a :first and GEORGE WASHINGTON PORTER. second time, referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be Mr. WHEELER introduced a bill (HA R. 8295) for the relief of George printed. Washington Porter, n. depositor in the late Freedmen's Savings and JOHN P ATION. Trust Company; which was read --a first and second time, referred to the Mr. PRICE introduced a bill (H. R. 8280) granting a pension to John Corhroittee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Patton; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Com­ DUFF GREEN RE-ED. mittee on In ,·alid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Mr. WHEELER also introduced a bill (H. R. 8296) to remove the po­ ALEXA.h'"DER SHIELDS. litical disabilities of Duff Green R-eed; which was read a first and second Mr. PRICE also introduced a bill (H. R. 828i) granting a pension to time, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be Alexander Shields; which was. read a :first and second time, referred to printed. the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. FRANK SHUTT. A. F. ST. SURE LINDEFELT. Mr. EDEN introduced a bill (H. R. 8297) for the relief of Frank Shutt; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on Mr. HUDD introduced a bill (H. R. 8282) for the relief of .A.. F. St. Claims, and ordered to be printed. Sure Lindefelt; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. SAMUEL C. LANCASTER. ANNIE WHITE. 1\ir. JOHN M. TAYLOR introduced a bill (H. R. 8298)for the relief of Samuel C. Lancaster; which was read a :first aud second time, re­ Mr. BE.A..L.'T introduced a bill (H. R. 8283) for the relief of Annie ferred to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. White; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Com­ mittee on Claims, and order~d to be printed. · · STEPHEN CARTER. HEIRS OF MANUEL ROMERO. ~Ir. JOHN M. T.A. YLOR also introduced a bill (H. R. .8299) for the Mr. JOSEPH introduced a bill (H. R. 8284) for the relief of the relief of Stephen Carter, of Madison County, Tennessee; which was heirs of Aia.nud Romero, deceased; which was read a :first and second read a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, time, referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. and ordered to be printed. J. N. 1\IOODY. ANICETO SALAZAR. · :Mr. JOHN M. TAYLOR also introduced a bill (H. R. 8300) for the Mr. JOSEPH also introduced a bill (H. R. 8285) for the relief of An­ relief of J. A. Moody, of.Henry County, Tennessee; which was J"ead a iceto Salazar; which was read a :first and secon:d time, referred to the first and second time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, and Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. ordered to be printed. JULIAN ARAQOY AND OTHERS. CLAIMS UNDER TREATY OF 1819. Mr. JOSEPH also introduced a bill (H. R. 8286) for the relief of Mr. DOUGHERTY introduced a bill (H. R. 8301) to require the Julian Aragon and brother; which was read a :first and second time, re­ claims of the subjects of Spain and the citizens of the United States ferred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. arising under the treaty of 1819 to be submitted to some foreign gov­ TO AMEND SECTION 1858 REVISED STATUTES. ernment, and the President of the United States be authorized, with Mr. JOSE:Pl [ also introduced a bill (H. R. 8287) to amend section the consent of the King of Spain, to select such umpire; which was 1858 of the Revised Statutes of the United States; which was read a read a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on Foreign Af­ :first and secon

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CHARLES H. W .A.RREN. River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use Mr.l\IILLIKEN introduced a bill (H. R. 8306) for the reliefof Charles of the same for postal, military, and other purposes," approved Jnly1, 1862; also to amend an act approved July 2, 1864, and also an ac~ ap­ H. Warren; w liich was read a first and second time, referred to the Com­ proved May 7, 1878, both in amendment of said first-mentioned act; mittee on Military Affairs, and ord€red to be printed. to provide for a settlement of claims growing out of the issue -Of bonds MARY A. ANDERSON. to aid in the construction of said railroads, and to secure to the United 1t1r. OUTHWAITE introduced a bill (H. R. 8307) granting a pension States the payment of all indebtedness of certain of the companies to Mary A. Anderson; which was read a first and second time, referred therein mentioned; which was read a first and secpnd time, referred to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be.printed. the Honse Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. . HIR.A.l\I D. AUSTIN. Hou.Se bills of the following titles, in lieu of which the aboYe-named Mr. CUTCHEON introduced a bill (H. R. 8308) to correct the mili­ bill was reported, were by unanimous consent laid on the table: tary record of Hiram D. Austin; which was read a first and second A bill (H. R. 00) tO amend an act entitled ''An act to aid in the con­ time, referred to the Committee on ~lilitary Affairs, and ordered to be stmction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to printed. · the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of'tbe same JOliN N. niCKFORD. for postal, military, and other )?urposes," approved July 1, 1862; also lir. HAYNES introduced a bill (H. R. 8309) granting a pension to to amend an act approved July 2, 1864, and also an act approved May John N. Bickford; which was read a first and second time, referred to 7, 1878, both in amendment of said first-mentioned act; the !Jommittee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. · A bill (H. n. 763) to amend ali act entitled 1'An act to aid the con­ CYRA L. WESTON. stmction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same lUr. HAYNES also ·introduced a bill (H. R. 8310) granting a pension for postal, military, 'and other purposes," approved July 1, 1862; also to Cyra L. Weston; which was read a first and second time, referred to to amend an act approved July 2, 1864, and also an act approYed May the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. 7, 1878, both in amendment of said first-mentioned act, to provide for BETSEY .A.. MOWER. a. settlement of the claims growing. out of the iSsue of bonds to aid in Mr. WAIT (by Mr. BURROWS) introduced a bill (R. R. 8311) for the the construction of said railroads, and to secure to the United States relief of Betsey A. Mower, widow of Maj. Gen. Joseph A. Mower; which all indebtedness of the companies therein mentioned; and was read a first and second time, referred·to·the Committee on Invalid A bill (H. R. 2459) tq amend an act entitled "An act to aid in the Pensions, and ordered to be printed. construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River JOSHUA PARKER. to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes," approved July 1, 1862; Mr. LOWRY introduced a bill (H. R. 8312) granting a pension to also to amend an act approved July 2, 1864, and also an act approved Joshua Parker, lateofCompany F, Twelfth Indiana, and Company D, :May 7, 1878, both in amendment of said -first-mentioned act. Eighty-eighth Indiana Volunteers; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be MARTIN COUGHLIN. printed. Mr. STEELE, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill COL. 0. D. HURD. (H. R. 8319) for the relief of Martin Coughlin; which was read a first 1t1r. LOWRY also introduced a bill (H. R. 8313) granting a pension and second time, referred to the Committee of the Whole Honse on the to Col. O:D. Hurd, late of the Thirtieth Indiana Volunteers; which Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid printed. Pensions, and ordered to be printed. ISSUE OF SM.ALL NOTES. .A.LPHEUS BAKER. Mr. MILLER, from the Committee on Banking and Currency, re­ ported back favorably the following resolution; which was referred to Mr; LOWRY also int~oduced a bill (H. R. 8314) granting a pension the Honse Calendar: to Alpheus Baker, a soldier of the wa~ of 1812; which was read a first Resolved, That Thursday, May 20,1886, be set apart for the consideration of and second time, referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered House bill 5788 reported from the Comtuittee on Banking a.nd Ourrency, to be to beprin~ considered in the House as in Committee of the Whole House, not to interf~re BETHUEL J. GOFF. with general appropriation bills, bills raising revenue, nor prior orders; and if for any reason said bill should not be considered, or the consideration thereof Mr. LOWRY also introduced a bill (H. R. 8315) granting a pension completed on that day, that this order shall coftlinue from day to day until said t-o Bethuel J. Goff, se~nd lieutenant Company C, Eighty-third Regi­ bill is finally disposed of by the House. ment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry; which was read a first and second RESTRI(1TING GEOLOGICAL SVRVEY, ETC. time, referred to the Committee on Inva.lid Pensions, and ordered to Mr. HERBERT. Mr. Speaker, I have been instructed by the com­ be printed. mission on Signal Service, Geological Survey, Coast and Geodetic Sur­ LEWIS W. WADE. vey, and the Hydrographic Office of the Navy Department to submit~ Mr. LOWRY also introduced a bill (H. R. 8316) granting 'a pension a partial report the bill (H. R. 8320) restricting the work and publica­ to Lewis W. Wade, Company D, Twentieth Pennsylvania Cavalry; tions of the Geological Survey, and for other purposes. The commis­ which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on sion expect soon to make a full and eomplete report. Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. The bill was read a first and second time, referred to the Honse Cal- ALONZO YOUNG. endar, and ordered to be printed. · Mr. LOWRY also introduced a bill (H. R. 8317) granting a pension JAMES STOBAUGH. . ' to Alonzo Young, Company C, One hundredth Indiana- :Volunteers; :Mr. CONGER, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on back favorably the bill (H. R. 7660) granting a pension to James Sto­ Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. baugh; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on EXPENSES OF TELEPHONE INVESTIGATION. the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to Mr. BOYLE mbmitted the following resolution; which was referred be printed. to the Committee on Accounts: WILHELM NOLTE. Resolved,- That the sum of $1,000, allowed by the resolution of February 26, Mr. CONGER, fmm the Committee on Invalid Pensions, also reported 1886, relating to certain telephone companies, to pay expenses of the investiga­ baclt favornbly the bill (H. R. 7688) granting a pension to Wilhelm tion thereby ordered, be increased to a. sum not exceeding $2,500; that the addi­ Nolte; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the tional' sum h!!reby allowed be pa.id out of the contingent fund of the House, as provided in the original resolution, and that said committee be authorized to Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be pa.y a. clerk at the same rate of compensa.t ion allowed to other committee clerks, printed. be.ginning at the date when he was actually employed in the service of the com­ ' ADVEBSE REPORTS. mittee. ORDER OF llUSINESS. 1\Ir. CONGER, from the Committee on fuvalid Pensions, also reported The SPEAKER. If there are no further bills or resolutions to be in­ back adversely bills of the following titles; which were laid on t.be tn~ trod need, the next bnsiness in order is the call of committees for reports. ble, and the accompanying reports ordered to be printed: Mr. WILLIS. I ask unanimous consent that the formal call of com· A bill (H. R. 7694) to increase the pension of C. Barber; mittees for reports be dispensed with, and that the Chair recognize stich A bill (H. R. 7599) granting a. pension to Peter Greenfield; •gentlemen as desire to present reports. A bill (H. R. 7658) for the relief of G. 'V. Bunker; and The SPEAKER. If there be no objection, that order will be made. A bill (H. R. 7598) granting a pension to Cyrenius W. Smith. There was no objection, and it was ordered accordingly. CHANGE OF REFERENCE. P ..A.CIFIC RAILROADS. On motionofMr. CO~GER, the Committee on Invalid Pensions was Mr. OUTllWAITE, from the Committee on Pacific Railroads, re­ discharged from the further consideration of the bill (H. R. 3925) grant­ -ported a bill (H. R. 8318) to amend an act entitled "An act to aid in ing a pension to Arson Young, of Burlington, Iowa, and the same was the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri referred to the Committee on Pensions. 1886. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HQUSE. 3-845

CONSULAR SERVICE, ETC. for the relief of certain surviving widows of soldier who served in the :Mr. BELMO~T, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported late war with Great Britain in 1812 and 1815; and the same was re­ back with amendment the bill (H. R. 6520) to reform the organization, ferred to the Committee on Pensions. regulate the salaries, and increase the efficiency of the consular service, EDWIN STEVENS. to limit the exaction of fees for the verification of invoices, to regulate l\1r. SPRINGER, from the Committee on Claims, reported back with the use of official seals and the collection of fees therefor, in the lega­ a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 7809) for the relief of Edwin tions and consulates of the United States, and for other purposes; Stevens; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to of the Union, and, with the aCcompanying report, ordered to be printed. be printed. PUBLIC BUILDING, LA FAYETTE, IND. DR. F. 0. ST. CLAIR. • Mr. OWEN, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Gronnds, Mr. SPRINGER also, from the Committee on Claims, reported back reported back, as a substitute for H. R. 502, a bill (H. R. 8321) to erect with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 6375) to refund to Dr. a public building at La Fayette, Ind.; which was read a. first and sec- ·F. 0. St. Clair $97.80, duty on a monument to the memory of Francis ond time, referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state J. Townshend, late of the United Sta.tes Navy; which was referred to of the Union, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. the Committee of the Whole House on "the Private Calendar, and, with House bill No. 502 was laid on the table. the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. PAYMENT OF FEMALE NTTRSES DURING THE W .AR. MESSAGE FROU THE PRESIDENT. Mr. JOHNSTON, of Indiana, from the Committee on War Claims, A message from the President of the United States in writing was reported, as a substitute for the bill H. R. 458, a bill (H. R. 8322) to communicated to the Honse by Mr. PRUDEN, one of his secretaries. It provide for the payment of female nurses during the war; which wa.s also announced the approval of House bills of the following titles: read a first and second time, referred to the Committee of the Whole An act (H. R. 2239) authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to de­ House on the state of the Union, and, with the accompanying report, liver to tbe rightful owners the contents of certain b.oxes deposited in ordered to be printed. the Treasury Department by the Secretary of War; and House bill No. 458 was laid on. the table. An act (H. R. 7632) to establish a light-ship off the entrance of Chesa- .AL.FRED HEDBURG. peake Bay. • ORDER OF BUSINESS. Mr. ANDERSON, of Ohio, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported back favorably the bill (H. R. 38) for the relief of Alfred Red­ '.(he SPEAKER. There being no further reports from committees, burg; which was referred to th~ Committee of the Whole House on the hour for the consideration of bills begins at 2 o'clock. The call thQ. Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to rests with the Committee on the Judiciary. be printed. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE, AL.ABAl\1A.. PRIV.ATE LAND CLAIMS. Ur. OATES. I call up for considetation the unfinished business, be­ 1\Ir. THOMPSON, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, re­ ing the bill (H. R. 28) to provide for the appointment and compensa­ ported back favorably the bill (H. R. 2981) to abrogate the powers of tion of a. district judge for the southern district of Ala.bama. ~his bill the executive officers of the United States in allowing indemnity loca­ is but a dozen lines or so..in.length, and therefore there is no difficulty tions or scrip for confirmed, unsatisfied private land claims, under sec­ at all about· understanding it; and I ask unanimous consent that the tion 3 of the act of Congress approved J nne 2, 1858 (United States Stat­ Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union be discharged utes at Large, volume 11, pages 294 and 295, chapter 81), and to vest from the further consideration of the bill and that it be considered in that power in the courts of the United States; which was referred to the House. the House Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be Mr. HOLMAN. As in Committee of the Whole? printed. :Mr. OATES. Yes, sir. MRS. 1\I.A RI.A W A.LKER. There was no o~jection, and it was so ord.ered. Mr. WOLFORD, from- the Committee on Pensions, reported back The bill is as follows: . with an amendment the bill (H. R. 6311) granting arrears of pension to Be it enac'ted, &c., That there shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a district judge for Mrs. Maria Walker; whicli was read a .first and second time, referred to the southern judicial district of the State of Alabama; and that said judge shall the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with be entitled to receive the same yearly salary and to be paid in the same man­ the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. ner that the judge of the other district court of said State is allowed and paid. SEc. 2. That terms of the district court for the southern district of .Alabama. CHANGE OF REFERENCE. shall, in addition to the regular terms as now provided by law, be held on the fourth Mondays in October, February, and .April in each year, for the purpose On motion of Mr. NEECE, the Committee on.Invalid Pensions was of deciding causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction. discharged from the further consideration of the bill (H. R. 306) grant­ SEc. 3. That the district judge for the southern district of Alabama shall re­ ing a pension to George Schneider; and the same was referred to the side at Mobile. Committee on Pensions. The committee recommend to and, after the word "Mobile," in sec­ .ADVERSE REPORTS. tion 3, the words "after his appointment." Jrlr. BRAGG, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported back 1\!r. OATES. 1\Ir. Speaker, the State of Alabama has by law fo11r adversely bills of the following titles; which were laid on the table, courts, held at the cities of Huntsville, Birmingham, Montgomery, and and the accompanying reports ordered to be printed: Mobile. We have but one district judge, who resides atMontgomery. A bill (H. R. 6707) for the relief of John Sage; and The court was provided for at Birmingham during the last Congress. A bill (H. R. 6711) for.the relief of Michael McDermott. That town now has a population of23, 000 people and is rapidly growing. It is in the midst of the great mineral district, the iron and coal pro­ MATTHEW E. JACKSON. ducing region of Alabama, and the business in the Federa\ court has Mr. BRAGG, from the Committee on Military Affairs, also reported increased to such an extent that Judge Bruce's time is pretty much all back favorably the bill (H. R. 5855) for the relief of Matthew E. Jack­ taken up in holding the courts at these four points. In fact his time son; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the is so limited necessarily, that a large amount of business is delayed on Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be account of the inability of the judge to hold court for a sufficient length printed. · of time. GENERAL-SERVICE CLERKS, ETC. :?tir. BAYNE. If I understood the reading of this bill, the original Mr. BRAGG, from the Committee on Military Affairs, also reported bill required that the judge should reside nt Mobile, back favorably the bill (H. R. 7191) to provide for the enlistment and :Ur. OATES. Yes, sir.- pay, and to define the duties and liabilities, of "general-service clerks" Mr. BAYNE. And the committee have proposer! to amend it so as and ''general-service messengers" in the Army; which was referred to to requil'e his residence there after his appointment? the Committee of the Whole Hotlf5e on the state of the Union, and, Mr. OATES. That is it. with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. ·Mr. BAYNE. Iwould liketoask, a.salawyer, whether, ifthejudge SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION FOR CA V .ALRY, ETC. should reside somewhere else in the district outside of Mobile, he be­ ing upon the bench, would his decisions as a United States judge be in­ Mr. BRAGG, from the Committee on Military Affairs, also reported validated by that residence at any other point in the district than that (H. R. back favorably the bill 7192) to provide a school of instruction fixed in the bill ? • for cavalry and light artillery, and for the construction and completion Mr. OATES. The object and purpose of that provision is not to ex­ of quarters, barracks, and stables at certain posts for the use of the clude from the President's choiceanycitizenoftbeState; but after the Army of the United States; which was referred to the Committee of the appointmen~thecommitteethoughtpropertoenactbylawthatheshould Whole House on the state of the Union, and, with the accompanying be required to reside at Mobile, because one of the main objects of cre­ report, ordered to be printed. ating an additional judge is to have him there at that city for admiralty CHANGE OF REFERENCE. business. On motion of Mr. LOVERING, the Committee on Inva,lid Pensions Mr. BAYNE. But would it not be putting a sort of inhibition upon was discharged from the further consideration of the bill (H. R. 7723) tba t judge w hlch does not apply to any other judge in the United St..1.t.es? 3846 OONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. APRIL 26,

-- - ~- - -- - ?t:lr. OATES. I think not. 1t:lr. OATES. That is withdrawn. Mr. JONES, of Alabama. Will my colleague allow me a moment? The SPEAKER pro tempm·e . . Is there objection to the withdrawal 1\Ir. OATES. Certainly. I will yield for two minutes to my col- of that provision? The Chair hears none. I~~ . Ur. HOLMAN. I desire a moment. I have so often. expressed re­ Mr. JONES, of Alabama. That arrangement would not be different gret that the number ofthe Federal courts should be increased so :rap­ from other instances which ma.y be cited in other States. For instance, idly that it is hardly necessary for me to repeat what I have often said section 553 of the Revised Statutes provides in regard to the ·judge of before. Gentlemen tell me on all sides that it is their belief that the the district of Florida that- jurisdiction of those courts should be diminished ra-ther than that the The district judge for the district of Florida. shall reside at Key West. number of the judges and the numberofplaces for holding courts should Mr. BAYNE. That is about the only exception. I imagine there be increased; and yet at every session of Congress we are extending that is no other provision requiring a judge to reside nt any particular system, and we are correspondingly year after year rendering unim­ point. . portant the judicial systems of our respective States. I am not informed· Mr. OATES. If there is any objection to the amendment of the myself, in the circle of Federal judicial a:tfahs with which I am ac­ committee I .shall withdraw it, as I think I can safely do so, speaking quainted, that any benefit whatever has resulted to the people in for the committee, and will the{efore not insist upon the amendment general by this steady and remorseless extension of the system and the at all. It was simply for the purpose, as I have ·said, of making the gradual superseding of the·State judiciary. bill clear, so that citizens outside of that district should not be ineli- Take my own State of Indiana, a State with a port on Lake Miahi­ gible to appointment by the President. . gan, bordered on the entire eastern and southern sides by the Ohio The necessity for the court. is most apparent on account, first, of the River with quite a number of important commercial towns, with more large amount of business which is brought to that court in the shape or less maritime and admiralty business both on the north and south, of timber depredations. That southern district of .A)abama is a great with four points at which courts are held in addition to the capital, timber region, and the majority of the timber depredations comuritted and I am not aware that of recent years there has been a word of com­ are within that djstrict, and the depredators are carried to that court plaint. That was true even while the bankrupt law was in operation, for trial. That increases very much the criminal business there. The throwing a vast body of business into that court. admiralty business, as every gentleman must know, is of a character that. I should hardly think it likely tlult the State of Alabama would · should be speedily adjudicated; b~cause in the case of a libel against furnish as large an a:ruount of business. The State of Ohio is divided a ship (and the large majority of those coming there are foreign or sear­ into two districts, one on the Ohio the other on Lake Erie, in both of going vessels) it is a great hardship for the ve.5Sel to have to· enter into which a large amount- of business accumulates, certainly more than bond in double the amount of the sum claimed in the case and rettJ.rn would accumulate either in the State of Alabama or in the State of and litigate it. From the very nature of their business the officers and Indiana, yet one judge in each of the :two districts is deemed sufficient. crew are usually the only witnesses; and every one knows that when The State of Illinois, with great maritime interests on t~e Mississippi these ships touch at different points these are likely to be lost sight of, and the Ohio and Lake :Michigan, with perhaps in some respects tho by being paid off and discharged; and the inconvenience is such that it second most important. port in the country, has two districts. amounts practically t(} a denial of justice; the officers of many of these Mr. JONES, of Alabama. Will the gentleman allow me to make an vessels being willing to submit to the wrong or injustice and pay a inquiry? claim rather than be put ro the necessity of returning and litigating it. Mr. HOLMAN. Yes, sir. . The bar of !fobile sent to Congress a letter setting forth the reasons. 1\ir. JONES, of Alabama. Did I understand the gentleman to say This letter is signed by forty of the most prominent attorneys of the that there was only one district .judge in Ohio? city of Mobile. That city now has a population of 40,000. There are Mr. HOL~:U.N. I said there were two districts, and one judge in at least 300 sea-going vessels which enter that port and depart annu­ each district. ally, 150,000 tons of freight are thus carried, and the business is con­ Mr. JONES, of Alabama. There are two districts in Alabama and stantly increasing, and the city growing in population. four courts. Mr. LITTLE. How .ma.py other cities are there in that district? Mr. HOLM.:.A.N. In Indiana there are four points at which court is Mr. OATES. That is theonlycitywithin the southern district.· There held besides Indjanapolis. are frequently also marine torts committed, sometimes invdlving not The public interests are not subserved by the creation of these adqi­ a large amount, two or three or five hundred dollars; and vessels rather tional places for holding courts. The loeal convenience of lawyers is than be tied up will paywhateverisdemanded, whether just or unjust. benefited, but nothing more. After the decision of the Supreme Court Mr. RANNEY. Is there but one judge now for Alabama? which deprived the State courts of juriSdiction in maritime cases the Mr. OATES. As I have said, there is but one judge and there are argument in favor of this policy was that you must establish courts four courts. I have here a letter from. Judge Bruce sanctioning this upon the rivers, or else ci>nfer special powers upon yom commissioners; bill. He thinks it :rather immodest in him to advocate it, but states and accordingly after that decision (some fourteen years ago) the num­ his time is altogether taken up in holding his courts. I have also a ber of points for the holding of Fedeml courts was materiaUy increru ed, letter from Judge Pardee, the United-States circuit judge, in whose cir­ especially where questions in a.dmin;l.lty were springing up. But that cuit that State is. I will read it to the House. It is addressed to the business is not increasing; the bankrupt bdsiness has been disposed of; Ron. F. Bromberg, a forme?-' member of the House from that district. the number of internal-revenue cases is growing less and less every He says: year. The fact is urged by my friend from Alabama [Mr. OATES] in From my observation and experience in Alabama. I have no hesitancy iu say­ behalf of this bill that there are a great many prosecutions in the Fed­ ing that there ought to be an additional judge i:n that State, and that one of the eral courts in Alabama growing out of depredations on the timber lands, additional judges in the State should reside in Mobile, so as to give personal at­ but that business is steadily declining; the forests are being disposed of tention to a.dm.iralty business. You can send this letter to the honorable Judi- ciary Committee of the Sena.te. if you see fit.. · · year by year. It seems to me, sir, that we. are making a mistake in Respectfully, extending the jurisdiction of the Federal courts. Weare dwarfing our JOHN A. PARDEE. State judicial systems. Re~ntly in a single State-an inland State in Now, with this explanation, unless some genUeman desires to ask me the main, with but one important river ononeofits borders-we have a question or to oppose this bill, I will move the previous question. created-six places for holding Federal courts; the State·immediately Before doing so, let me say, however, that only on Saturday this House south of it has eight. passed a bill providing for an additional judge for the State of Califor­ . Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. What State has tbe eight places? nia-a State much inferior to Alabama in population, and presumably 1\Ir. HOL1tf.A.N. The State of Iowa, I believe. That is my recollec­ in business. This judge, the bill provides, shall receive the same sal­ tion. 'ary as the other district judge within the State, which is $3,500, the Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. That State bas now six place , and I lowest salary paid; and there are four courts in the district. understand that a bill bas been reported to. give her seven, but not Mr. BROWN, of Pennsylvania. I understand you leave out the eight. amendment as· to the residence of the judge. Mr. HOLMAN. I may be mistaken about that; but I thought there Ur. OATES. Yes, sir. I move the previous question. were eight. Mr. B.A. YNE. I hope the gentleman will not move the previous :hfr. SY~IES. Will the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. HoLMAN] per­ question. We want some more light. I want to know what is the mit a question? salary of the p.re.Sent judge. Mr. HOLMAN. Certainly. Mr. OATES. Three thousand five hundred dollars, the lowest that Mr. SY.l\IES. Is it not much better for the people to have the places is paid any district judge, and the salary for t:trls judge it is proposed for holding the Federal courts distributed through the principal towns shaH be the same. of a State th:m to allow a non-resident suitor, by removing his suit into M::r. BAYNE. I want to propose an amendment to the bill to strike a Federal court, to drag parties and witnesses a long distance at great out the lines which require that the juq.ge shall reside at Mobile. expense? Mr. OA.TE~. That is withdrawn. :Mr. HOL?tf.A.N. That does not very often occur. ,The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. SPRINGER). That can not be with­ Mr. SYMES. It occurs very often. drawn except by unanimous consent, having been reported by the com­ Mr. HOLUAN. It does not very-often occur. Thetendencyofour mittee. If there be no objection it will be consiaered as withdrawn. system is to enable non-resident corporations doing business in the re­ 1tfr. HOLMAN. The language of the bill is that he shall reside at spective States to make use of the Federal judiciary to drag people from Mobile. their homes and from their respective counties to remote points at which 1886. OONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 3847

courts having Federal jurisdiction are held. That is one of the evils of Mr. OATES. Four. Judge Bruce, if this bill be passed, will still the system. Ail can be seen by looking at-the docket of the Supreme hold the three courts in the middle and northern part of the State. Court of the United States a large proportion of the cases of the-Fed­ :Mr. Speaker, I call the previous question. eral courts in the several States now are at the instance of non-resident The previous question was ordered; and nnde1· the operation thereof corporations. You can cut off largely the jurisdiction of the Federal the bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading; and it was ac­ courts by simply placing non-resident corporations doing business in cordingly read the third time. the several States on the same footing as citizens of the States. The question being taken on the passage of the bill, it was· passed, Mr. SYJriES. The cases to which you refer are the large cases. there being-ay.es 70, noes 16. :Mr. HOLMAN. For one, I regard the failure to apply a remedy on M:r. OATES moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; that point as in large degree the outgrowth of the policy we have been and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. pursuing of extending faciliQ.es for the holding of Federal courts. The latter motion was agreed to. · :Mr. SYJl.IES. But it is only the large cases, involving large amounts, ISSUE OF Sl\IALL SILVER CERTIFICATES. that come to the Supreme Court. You can not appeal a case from the. Mr. MILLER (when the Committee on Banking and Currency was circuit court involving less than $5,000, and it is generally $5,000, or below that amount, that is involved in the cases where the people are called) said: I ask unanimous consent to call up for present considera­ . so much interested in not being dragged from their homes. tion the resolution reported this morning by the Committee on Banking and Currency, fixing a time for the consideration of Honse bill No. 5788. Mr! HOLMAN. The dragging from their homes is the result of the The resolution will be printed and placed on the Calendar by to-mor­ extension of the Federal system. If the jurisdiction of the Federal row morning, when we would be entitled to call it up, and we conld courts was restricted within proper limits, as it was twenty-five years meanwhile occupy the time to-day with other business, as I believe we ago and as it was intended be by the founders of the Government, to are entitled to an hour. Bnti ask leave that the resolution be consid­ the number of cases brought in those courts would be comparatively small; but under the present policy they arc in.creasing from year t-o ered now, becausethatcoursewill sa.veagreatdealoftimeto the Honse. year, and increasing _mainly through the extraordinary prerogatives The resolution was read, as follows: . Resolved, That Thursday, May 20,1886, be set apart for the consideration of vested in corporations doing business in the States and claiming to be House bill 5788, reported from the Committee on Banking and Currency, to be non-residents. . considered in the House as in Committee of the Whole House, not to interlere Mr. GIBSON, ofWestVirginia. Ifthegentlemanfromlndiana.will with general appropriation bills, bills raising revenue, nor prior orders ; and if for any reason said bill should not be considered, or the consideration thereof permit a suggestion, I wish to reinind him that it is not the amount completed on that day, that this order shall continue from day to day until said involved that p;ivesjnrisdiction, but the non-residence. bill is finally disposed of by t-he House. Mr. HOLMAN. We have an instance under our present system of Mr. SPRINGER. What is the bill to which the resolution refers? a corporation in the State of Kentucky, a local corporation in that State, The SPEAKER. · The Chair can not state the nature of the bill. managing a great railway system west of the Mississippi River embracing Mr. SPRINGER. Let the bill be read. four or five great corpOrate bodies and extending to the Pacific Ocean, The SPEAKER~ The bill is not before the House. and one obj eet of forming that corporation in the State of Kentucky was • :Mr~ MILLER. It is simply a bill to provide that the Secretary of the to enable this series of corporations to obtain a standing fu the Federal Treasury may issue upon silver in the Treasury silver certificates of the courts as ~aainst the Terri to rial or State collrtB. That is an illustration, denom.inations of one, two, and five dollars. and one of the results, of the extension of the Federal judicial system. The SPEAKER. ·Is there objection to the present consideration of In my own State, speaking with some knowledge of affairs there for the resolution? The Chair hears none. The question is upon the forty years, I am able to say with confiden~ that, so far as the public adoption of the resolution. interests are concerned, a single Federal court at the capital of the State The resolution was adopted. would have been amply su.fficient to accomplish every desirable object, Mr. :hULLER moved to reconsider the vote by which the resolution especially if there was a reasonable limitation placed upon the jurisdic­ was adopted; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on tion of the Federal courts. Within fifteen years the cost of those courts the table. - has increased fourfold beyond what it need be or ought to be. ·The Jatter motion was agreed to. Mr. OATES. Mr. Speaker, it seems to me that the gentleman from Indiana confounds a proposition for extension of jurisdiction with a NATIONAL BA:t<.TKING ASSOCIATIONS. provision to carry out the jurisdiction already existing. :Mr. ~LER. I am directed by the Committee on Banking and - Mr. HOLMAN. Ifmy friend will allowme,aslongasthereisamo­ Currency to call up, and ask the House to concur in, the amendment tive for extending the system the system will continue to be extended. of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 327) to enable national banking associ­ When you restrict the jurisdiction, your motive for the extension will ations to increase their capital stock and to change their names and be gone. locations. · Mr. OATES. The remarks of the gentleman are applicable to a bill The amendment of the Senate was read, as follows: that is not before the House. After the word "on," in line 13, page 1, insert "to any other place within the Mr. HOLMAN. It never will be before the House if you continue same State not more than 30 miles distant." this system. The amendment was concurred in. Mr. OATES. I begthegentleman'spardon. Thel~HouseofRep­ M!. MILLER moved to reconsider the vote by which the amend· resentatives passed a bill to restrict to some extent the jurisdiction of ment was concurred in; and also moved that the motion to reconsider the United States circuit courts upon -some of the points to which the be laid on the table. gentleman has referred, and if he will look at the Calendar he will find The latter motion was agreed to. that a bill on the same line has been reported from the Judiciary Com­ Mr. MILLER. There is no other business that I am directed by the mittee of this House. committee to bring before the House. Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. I think the bill to which the gentle­ man from Alabama [Mr. OATES] refers did not pass at the last session. SUBTREASURY AT LOUISVILLE, KY. Mr. OATES. It passed the House but did not pass the Senate. :M:r. McCREARY (when the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures was called) said: I can up for consideration the bill (H. R. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. 902) establishing a subtreasury at Louisville, Ky. I ask unanimous A message from the Senate, by Mr. McCooK, its Secretary, informed consent that the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the the Honse that the Senate had passed bills of the following titles: Union be discharged from the further consi.deration of the bill, and that A bill (S. 2239) extending the time for the completion of the records it be considered in the Honse. of the clerk of the Court of Commissioners of .Alabama Claims and. the Mr. HOLMAN. As in Committee of the Whole under the five-min- transfer of the same to the Department of State; and ute rule. · A bill (H. R: · 6980) making appropriation to complete the public The SPEAKER. Is there objection to considering the bill in the building at Jackson, Tenn., and toreap.Propriate the unexpended bal- Honse as in Committee of the Whole Honse on the state of the Union? ance therefor. • The Chair hears none. The bill will be read. The message also announeed that the Senate had passed, with an · The Clerk read as follows: amendment, in which the concli.rrence of the House of Representati.ves Be it enacted, &:c., That there shall be appointed an assistant treasurer of the was requested, a bill (H. R. 444) to amend section 3336 of the Revised United States, to be located in the city of Lonisville,.in the:State of Kentucky; Statutes of the United States. ' and such assistant treasurer shall be appointed in like manner, for like time, and be subject to all the provisions of law to which the other assistant treasu­ ORDER OF BUSINESS. rers of the United States are subject. SEC. 2. That there shall be prepared within the custom-house of said city suit­ Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. Th>es this bill create a new judicial able and convenient rooms for the nse of the assistant treasurer herein author­ ·district? ized, and sufficient and secure fire-proof vaults and safes for the safe-keeping of Mr. OATES. The district is already created; the bill simply pro- the public moneys collected and deposited with him; and the said assistant treasurer shall have the custody and care of said rooms, vaults, and safes as vides for the appointment of an additional judge. may be tempomrily assigned to him, and he shall perform all the duties re­ Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. Does it create any new divisions? q uired to be performed by other United Slates assistant treasurers in reference to Mr. OATES. It does not. the re

SEC. 4. That there shall be employed in the office or said assistant treasurer to only $9,560 per annum. The bill also provides that $5,000 be ap­ one clerk at $1,800 a. year, one clerk at $1,600, one assista.nt messenger at $720, and two watchmen at $720 each, which officers shall be appointed in the same propriated to make such repairs and alterations as m..'\y be necessary in manner as is now provided by law for the offices of other subtreasurers. the custom-house, and furnish the rooms in such proper manner as to SEc. 5. That there shall be appropriated and paid, out of any money in the make them suitable for a subtreasury. Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum or SQ,OOO, to be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, in such repairs and alterations Mr. Speaker, I trust the bill will pass. No additional subtreasury ns may be necessary to put in good condition for immediate use such offices, has been established since 1873, and I believe Louisville, as the great rooms, vaults, and safes herein mentioned as may be required, and in the pur­ focal center of the Mississippi Valley, is the proper place to locate a chase of any additional furniture and fixtures, and in defraying any other in­ cidental expenses necessary to carry this act into effect. - subtreasury. It will be of great service to the Southern States, it will be a great convenience to the pension business, and it will be a l!Ir. McCREARY. Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Coinage, Weights, valuable auxiliary to the Government in a State where the internal- and Measures, which had this bill under consideration, unanimously in- revenue collections amount to about $14,000,000 per annum. · structed me to report it with a recommendation that it pass. I shall Mr. W ~NER, of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose this bill. I be very brief in what I have to say in its support. concede, however, that if there is to be another assistant treasurer ap- The monetary transactions of the• Government are now conducted pointed and another subtreasury established by the Goverpment, the through the office of the United States Treasurer in connection with proper location would be at Louisville, Ky. But-instead of establishing forty-one national-bank depositories and nine subtreasuries, located at additional subtreasuries and appointing more assistant treasurers, in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Saint Louis, Chicago, Cin- my judgment in would be far better to reduce the number we already cinnati, New Orleans, and San Francisco. No subtreasury has been have. - I would abolish several of those we now have, for the reason established in this country since 1873, though during the intervening that I belie\e the policy of small subtreasuries to be not only costly, but period the country has grown in every respect. We believe, therefore, positively hurtful to the business interest of the country~ that another subtreasury is necessary. The question, then, is where What 1·eason is there for a subtreasury at Louisville, Ky.? I can should the additional subtreasury be located? In determining this see none. Will it benefit the people of Louisville? I maintain that question we ought to consider geographical position, accessibility to the it will not be of the least benefit to the people there. Indeed;· Mr. surrounding country, distributing power, amount and charactor of pres- Speaker, I am surprised that there has not been a petition sent in here · ent and prospective collections, and disbursements of public money. 1i·om the banking ii\Stitutions of that city against the establishment-of Applying these tests, I believe that the subtreasury should be located at this subtreasury at Louisville. Louisville, Ky. Mr. 'VILLIS. I will say every bank in Louisville has asked for the It is hardly necessary for me to say much about Louisville. As is passage of this bill. well known, it is the metropolis of Kentucky. It is by water 132 miles Mr. WARNER, of Ohio. I am quite surprised at that. I am sure below Cincinilati, 598 miles below Pittsburgh, 368 miles above Cairo, it has not been asked for or recommended by the Secretary of the Treas­ ()07 miles abo\e Memphis, and 1,337 miles above·NewOrleans. There ury, nor by the Treasurer. is no subtreasury between Louisville and New Orleans. Louisville is What possible ad vantage can it be to the people of Louisville? It will situated midway between the Gulf of Mexico and the northern lakes. add nothing to their capital. It would be far better to have the collec­ It is also in the heart of the valley of the Ohio, which comprehends tions made daily at Louisville by Government agents, deposited in some an area. of 201,720 square miles-about double the area of France and one of the banks, or better perhaps let the banks associate together and nearly equal to that of Germany. Many navigable rivers are accessi- deposit security with the Treasurer, and then have the money collected ble by steamers from the wharves of Louisville, and this city has opened deposited daily with them. That is substantially what is done now, avenues of trade to a vast and wealthy domain, comprising sixteen not only here, but elsewhere where there are no subtreasuries. Money States. The railway connections at Louisville are excellent; perhaps deposited in this way is, to a·certain extent, loanable capital, which may ~goodasorbetter thanthoseofanyothercityintheSouth. Theserail- be nsed. This is the way it ought to be in Cincinnati and in other roads give her direct communication with 'lll parts of the country by places. I wish therewas no subtreasuryin Cincinnati, and that instead the following trunk lines: Louisville and Nashville Railroad; Chesa the banks were made depositories of moneys coll~ted and to be paid peake and Ohio Railroad; Louisville Short Line Railroad; Ohio and out there. MississippiRailroad,Jeffersonville,"lt1adisonandindianapolisRailroad; · Why, Mr. Speaker, we have nownearly$500,000,000 locked up in Louisville, Evansville and Saint Louis Railroad; and the Cincinnati Treasury vaults and withdrawn from circulation. Two hundred and Southern by way of the Louisville and Knoxville Railroad. fifty million dollars, or thereabout, are for the purpose of meeting the The last ce'nsus shows that the center of population of the United demand liabilities of the Government, or as trust funds to cover certain States is in the State of Kentucky, and Louisville is near that center. outstanding obligations. The rest is surplns pure and simple-money Within 300 miles of Louisville, or twelve hours' journey, there are withdrawn from circulation, taken right out of the business of the coun­ ele>en million people. As a distributing point Louisville is unexcelled. try. In England if the revenues of the government exceed the expendi­ 'Vhile at many cities the coin of the Unit-ed States would be distributed tures the excess becomes simply a credit in the Bank of England to the at an expense to the Government, the products of the State of Ken- government. So it is in the Bank of Fiance, and so, too, in the Bank tucky and the extensive business and manufacturing interests of the of Germany. No other civilized country in the world withdraws from city of Louisville would secure this distribution through the natural circulation a great mass of capital and locks it up in a treasury and sub­ channels of trade without much cost. treasuries. No-other country does this, and in my judgment it is time There are in Louisville 1,352 manufacturing establishments in active we abandon it. But instead of pursuing the course other countries have operation, with a capitalof$40,000,000. TheseestablishmentsemplQY found so advantageous, we go on establishing more treasuries to bury 24,000 workmen, and put in the market annually :finished wares amount- more money in. ing to $60,000,000. Louisville is the second city in the United States Whereshallwestop? .AfterestablisbingthisoneatLouisville, arewe in the manufacture of· furniture, and is also one of the leading pork- going on to establish additional subtreasuries andappointadditionalsub­ packing cities of the country, having invested in the pork and ham treasurers at Galveston, Tex.; Saint Paul, Minn.; Omaha, Nebr.; Cleve- . trade a capital of nearly $3,000,000. Louisville is perhaps the largest land, Ohio, and other places where I rmderstand they are asked for? plow-manufacturing city in the world, the united capacity of its plow If we do} what will be the result? It will cost from $10,000 to $20,­ manufactories being 1,500 per.day. 000 a year at each place to take care of the money of the Government, Over 200,000 plows al!d 50,000 cultivators are annually manufact- and you will simplywithdrawso muchmore money from use as capital nred in that city. The sale of tobacco at Louisville from January 1, and bury it in your vaults. 1885, to January 1, 1886, amounted to more than 127,000 hogsheads, Mr. McCREARY. · Will the gentleman permit me to ask him aques- showing that in the tobacco business Louisville leads the world. She tion? . also leads in Kentucky jeans, jeans clothing, gas and water pipes, live- Mr. WARNER, of Ohio. Certainly. stock, cement, fine sole-l~ther, plate-glass, and fine whiskies. Mr. McCREARY. Is it not a fact that the money which now goes Aside from being a commercial center of acknowledged size and im- into the depository at Louisville goes immediately to the United States portance equal to other cities where subtreasuries are now located, Treasury at Washington, to remain idle? Louisville has banking institutions numbering twenty-four, with, l :M:r. WARNER, of Ohio. I do not know how that is, but it ought believe, upward of $8,000,000 of capital. The internal revenue col- not to be so. There ought to bo an association of banks which would Iected last year in the State of Kentucky amounted to $14,482,000. deposit security with the Government, and the money should be de­ No other State of this Union poured into the Treasury of the United posited with the banks and only checked out as required; that is. what States a larger amount of revenue than the State of Kentucky except banks are for. the State of lllinois. Kentucky, therefore, stands second among the The main objection I have to these subtreasuries is they withdraw States so far as the payment of revenue into the Treasury is concerned. money from use, and that is the very thing we are suffering from now. There is also at Louisvi1le a pension agency; and the disbursements Already $500,000,000 are withdrawn from use, taken right out of the at Louisville on account of the pension laws of the United States were volume o£ circulating money, the very life-blood of our industries, and last year $1,815,926. In this respect Louisville will compare favorably !- locked up, and there it lies idle in the Treasury. Think of it, one-third with the m~jority of the subtreasury cities, because of the nine sub- of the money volume under lock and key in Government vaults. treasury cities only five-New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, .Mr. McCREARY. How do the subtreasuries withdraw money from and San Francisco-have pension agencies. use any more than the United States Treasury does? The annual cost of this subtreasury will be small, am':\!mtinu; in all Mr. WA.RNER, of Ohio. The more subtreasuries you establish, the 1886. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 3849 more will the money of the people be withdrawn from circulation. If that is held in trust to cover certain obligations ought to be in the na­ there were no subtreasuries, the money collected from the people and tional Treasury at Washington or the subtreasury in New York, and not paid out immediately would be deposited in the banks and become nowhere else; but it should not be scattered all over the country. • to a large extent loanable capital. It would be where it could be used It was not the original intention of the independent treasury that it like other deposits in banks; but when collected by the Goverp.ment should be broken up in a hundred parts and scattered all about the and deposited in subtreasuries it can not ·be loaned or used, as it would country. When the independent treasury was established if it had be ifdeposited in banks, but is completely withdrawn from circulation, been thought·that it would lead to the establishment of fifty or a hun­ as much so as if it had remained in the mines. . dred subtreasuries to be located in eT"ery part of the country with a Suppose we had a hundred subtreasuries scattered over the United hundred subtreasurers to take care of the money, I apprehend that States with, say, a million ofdollarsineach. What good wouldit'doto there would have been more hesitation in establishing the independent scatter the money to be locked up in that way? Would this not neces­ treasury than there was. sitate the employment of a subtreasurer and all Qf the expensive para­ The SPEAKER. The hour for the consideration of bills has ex pi red. phernalia of an office at each place to take care of it? And unless there Mr. 'V.ARNER, of Ohio. I reserve the remainder of my time until is to be money to lock up, what are the assistant treasurers for? It this question comes up again. there is to be no money to lock up we do not need the subtreasuries and the treasurers and the clerks, and if the money is to be locked up RIVER .AND H.AR.BOR APPROPRIATION DILL. as now, then it might as well be in one place as in a hundred; indeed lt!r. WILLIS. M~. Speaker, I move that the House resolve itself far better, for it would cost less to keep it in that way. It would cost into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the $10,000 to $20! 000 to run each of a hundred subtreasuries a year, while.it further consideration of the river and harbor bill. wouldcostnotone-tenthasmuch totakecareofitallatoneortwoplaces. The motion was agreed to. This whole system of multiplied subtreasuries is wrong, and the whole The House accordingly resolved itself into Committee of the Whole system of hoarding up revenues is wrong. As little money as possible House on the state of the Union, Mr. WELL~ORN in the chair. · should be t..1.kenfrom circulation, and that, as far aspossible, left where The CHAIRMAN. The House is now in Committee of the Whole it is made available as capital. . for the further consideration of the river and harbor :tppropriation bill. Mr. FELTON. Will the gentleman .permit me to ask him a ques­ The Clerk will report the unfinished business coming over from the tion? last sitting of the committee. · Mr. WARNEll, of Ohio. Certainly. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. F'ELTON. I am unable to understand how an increase of the Insert in line 814: subtreasuries will create any greater contraction in the vo-lume of money "Improving the Not·th Forked Deer from Dyersburg to the junction of the than if there was but one subtreasury or a dozen. I can understand how South Forked Deer, $10,000." if these subtreasuries nre distributed about the country where they are :Mr. WILLIS. Mr. Chairman, if the committee will hear me for a needed that they can be of great convenience to the business interests few moments I think I c..1.n 8atisfy them that this amendment ought of the country; but where the gentleman's argument comes in I do not not to be adopted. The only estimate that we haYe received for this understand. river was one made in 1880. There has been no subsequent estimate, Mr. WARNER, of Ohio. They are not of the least importance to and no report in regard to it, since that time. That -estimate was fot the business interests of the country, not the least in the world. They $20,000 for the improvement ofllO miles of the river, which would be do not circulate the money at all, and they afford no assistance to any for the part involved in the amendment about $2,000. individual, except to those who are employed to take care of the money. But the committee, not having any report from the Chief of Eu:;iueers Money that -can not be used can do nobody any good. What good approving this project and it not being in the Book of Estimates, did can money locked up in vaults in Louisville do anybody there? It not see fit to allow it. . might just as .well be anywhere else. If it was deposited in banks There was another reason why they did not allow it. There was it might do some good, butnonein theworldinatreasuryvault. And one great improvement in the State of Tennessee which all her people as a subtreasury prevents the deposit of money where it would be held were interested in. That was upon the Tennessee River, the improve­ as capital, it does withdraw money from circulation. .About that there ment of the Muscle Shoals. The committee, looking the whole situa­ C..'Ul be no question. ti<.m over, believed it would be better. to appropriate the amount of Now, for instance, as the gentleman will see, if at the city of Louis­ $350,000 for that great national improvement, and allow some of these ·ville instead of taking the money collected and locking it up in a sub­ small rivers to wait a while, believing it would be best for the interests treasury it is deposited in some designated bank depository then it be­ of Tennessee and best for the interests of the whole country. This comes a credit at the bank the same as any other deposit; it is a part river in due time, I have no doubt, will be considered. For the pres­ of its loanable capital like any other deposits for use in the business of ent we ask that the action of the committee be sustained and the the place; but if it is withdrawn from circulation and use entirely and amendment rejected. placed in the subtreasury it is neither a part of the circulating me­ The question being taken on the amendment, it was rejected. dium nor is it capital that can be used. In this way, I say, subtreasuries The Clerk read the following paragraph: scattered over the country do harm instead of good, and, besides, they -Improving Tennessee River at Big 1\Iuscle Shoals, Little 1\Iuscle Shoals, and increase enormously the cost of taking care ofpublic money,. while the Elk River Shoals, Alabama: To complete improvements at these loca.lities, banks will do the business gladly for nothing. $300,000. Mr. DORSEY. May I ask the gentleman a question? The committee recommended the following amendment: !Ir. W .ARNER, of Ohio. Certainly. In lines 818 and 819, strike out the word "1\Iuscle," where it twice occurs, and .Mr. DORSEY. Is it not true that the national depositories are com­ insert in lieu thereof "Mussel." pelled to put up Government bonds as security for the deposits? Mr. JOHN 1\I. TAYLOR. I offer the amendment which I send to M:r. WARNER, of Ohio. Certainly they are. the desk. Mr. DORSEY. · .And whenever they have money in excess of the The Clerk read as follows: amount allowed to be held on deposit. under their bond must they not After the word "dolla.rs," in line 8?-1, amend by adding: send the money at once to the subtreasury? . "Improving Tennessee River between Florence, Ala.,and Padn:!!l.b, Ky., Mr. W .ARNER, of Ohio. Not at all. They are not compelled to $i5,000, or so much as may be necessary. send it until it is called for by the Treasurer. 1\{r. JOHN M. TAYLOR. I think, sir, thatamendmentwillsuggest Mr. DORSEY. But he always calls for it. itself as a. proper one to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and the Mr. W .ARNER, of Ohio. Not necessarily; it is wholly a matter of Committee of the Whole. From Florence, .A.la., to Paducah, Ky., a regulation with the Treasury. There is no law requiring it. He may distance of nearly 300 miles, not a cent is appropriated or proposed to or he may not order it away. · . · be appropriated for improving navigation by this bill. Mr. DORSEY. But does not the gentleman know, as a matter of fact, The Tennessee River, Mr. Chairman, it is not necessary for me to say, that if they have a hundred thousand dollars of Government bonds de­ is a stream of national importance. It is not a little creek. This ap­ posited as security for the deposits to the extent of $90,000, that they propriation is not for the purpose of building levees and improving must every day make a statement to the Treasurer of the amount of de· private property, but it is for the sole purpose of improving the navi­ posits they hold; and if that amount is in excess of the amount to which gation of that stream a. distance of near 300 miles, from Muscle Shoals they are entitled it is ordered to be sent either to the subtreasury or to to the city of Paducah, in Kentucky. As I remarked, not a cent is the Treasury? appropriated for that purpose this year, and there was none appropriated Mr. WARNER, of Ohio. I repeat that is a matter purely of regula­ in the last annual appropriation bill. tion on the part of the Department. The Tennessee River is oneofthelargestand most magnificent streams Mr. Speaker, the difference is just this: When once this money is in the Union, winding its way through Eastern Tennessee, sweeping taken from the people and put in an independent treasury and there through North .Alabama, and then northward through Tennessee and locked up, it is kept from use as capital or as money; but when it is Kentucky to the Ohio. It floats a commerce second to but few rivers deposited in a bank it remains a part of the mass of the usable capital on the continent, and when properly improved by the Government an of the country. In other words, it retains its place as part of the circu­ outlet will be given to the products of this section, and it placed upon lation of the countTy. For my own part I would carry this so far as a footing with other loc.."tlities heretofore more fortunate. The Tennes­ to abolish all snbtreasurie.~ except possibly one or two. The money see :flows through one of the richest countries in the Union, abounding 3850 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. APRIL 26,

in iron, coal, and marble, and also in farming lands as fertile as that fit of the previous investment it was wise economy to appropriate enough upon the banks of the Nile. Gentlemen here on both sides of the to open that portion of the river, because until that is accomplished Heuse who were in that country during the war are familiar with it no further improvement will be of any practical benefit to commerce. · and know the importance of the proposed improvement, and I am sat­ Mr. HEPBURN. But I understand the engineer to say explicitly isfied their good senseandjndgmentwill indicate that thisamendment that to complete this work at the Muscle Shoals and the other shoals should be adopted. . named will cost not $350,000, but nearly a million and a half. For the improvement of the Colbert and Reynoldsburg Shoals not a Mr. WILLIS. The statement to which the gentleman refers covers · dime is appropriated. And if you make this appropriation for Muscle the whole river. The improvement for. which we make this appropria­ Shoals, then there are impediments in the way of navigation thence to tion is to complete the removal of a particular obstruction. Until that Paducah. I ask that in all fairness to the Lower Tennessee Ri>cr this is ren1oved of course the river above and below the obstruction can not appropriation be made; and. I do not believe there is a member on the be used for continuous commerce, and the engineers state that this ap­ committee who will oppose it. It is undoubtedly a meritorious ,appro­ propriation will practically open navigation at that point. priation. - 1-Ir. JOHN M. TAYLOR. Mr. Chairman, I haye an additional Mr. WILLIS. Speaking for the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, amendment which I desire to offer. After the word ''dollars,'' in line I desire to say that we unanimously oppose this amendment. We have 821, I move to add the following words, ''.of which sum $75,000 shall indi<·ated it by om action in regard to the Tennessee River. This ac­ be used in improving the Tennessee River between Florence, Ala., and tion has been taken, not because it is not an important river, ·not be­ Paducah, Ky." . cause it i.s not for t.he benefit of our constituencies; it affects my own Mr. GIBSON, of West Virginia. Mr. Chairman, I rise to a point of as much as it does the constituencies of my friend from Tennessee, but order: The section to which· the gentleman's amendment applies has it is because in looking over the whole position after consultation with been read and passed, and so has the succeeding paragraph. the members, and all interested in therivers of Tennessee, we believed 1\fr. JOHN. M. TAYLOR. We are still on the Tennessee improve~ it was to the greatest advantage of· my constitutents and my friend's ment, I believe. constituents that'this great national improvement at the Muscle Shoals Mr. GIBSON, ofWest Virginia. No, sir; thatlinehad been pas ed should first be opened. In order to do it the engineers said $350,000 and the next paragraph read before the amendment was offered. would be required. We gave every dollar the ffilt,oineers asked. The CHAIRMAN. The point of order is well t.'\ken. n is a very large amount, and I am sure if my friend from Tennes­ Mr. JOHN M. TAYLOR. IbegpardonoftheChair. Ithoughtwe see had to decide now between an improvement for the Lower Tennes­ were still on that part of the bill. see and for the Muscle Shoals he would promptly say, remove these llfr. GIBSON, of West Virginia. Nt., sir. · The gentleman from Iowa obstructions at the Muscle Shoals and open this ·great stretch of river, [.Mr. HEPBURN] was simply allowed to ask a question for informa­ and we will in the future receive the just consideration for the Lower tion. Tennessee. · Ur. JOHN M. TAYLOR. I was under the impression that we were Instead of there being unfriendliness to this. river the bill itself shows still on the Muscle Shoals improvement. the greatest friendliness to it. I desire to say in behalf of the commit­ The CHAIRMA..i'T. The Chair is advised by the Clerk that the par­ tee it was not because we did ·not recognize the importance of the Lower agraph which the gentleman proposed to amend has been passed. Tennessee, but because we thought the other improvement was of par­ Mr. JOHN U. TAYLOR. Then I will take occasion hereafter to pro­ amount importance that we gave this large sum for the Muscle Shoals. pose that amendment. If the gentleman will bide his time after those shoals are open the im­ The Clerk read as follows: provement of the Lower Tennessee will next be undertaken to the sat­ Improving Kentucky River, Kentucky: Continuing improvement, $250,000. isfaction of his own and of my constituents. MT. JOHN M. TAYLOR. I am not surprised at the action of the Ur. TAULBEE. 1\Ir. Chairman, I rise to a point of order. I think committee in the least. The appropriation for the purpose of complet­ the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. WoLFORD] was recognized on the ing the work already begun at the Muscle Shoals is a proper one and paragraph preceding the one just read. I faYor it. The amendment I propose goes further, Mr. Chairman, and The CHAIRUAN. Yes; the Chair recognized the gentleman at that provides for the improvement of navigation of the Lower Tennessee after time. getting through these shoals. Attention was called to-the improvement Mr. WOLFORD. Ur. Chairman, I want to offer an amendment in of this river in the early days of the Government, and the importance line 823. I move to strike out the word "five," in that line, and in­ of the same has increased with the development of the country~ . It is sert '' ten;'' so that the paragraph will read, ''Improving South Fork no answer to the proposition to expend money for a meritorious im­ of Cumberland .River, Kentucky: continuing improvement, $10,000." provement that it ~ust bide its time until something else is accom­ lli. Chairman, the amendment! propose is a little one, a very modest plished. Each should stand upon its own merits, and not wait the one, considering the importance of that river, and I want to call the tardY' work upon some other. Ifit is ever proper to improve the Lower attention of the committee to the fuct that in· the very next paragraph Tennessee now is the time, and those who live upon the lands adjacent of the bill there is an appropriation of $250,000 for a river no larger to this part of the river and the whole country interested should not be than th~ South Fork of the Cumberland; yet that appropriation is denied justice because, forsooth, other localities must first be lookoo none too large; it is needful and proper. This South Fork of the after. I desire to accomplish that which should have been done long Cumberland River is a long river, and there is a vast amount of produce since, and to make the work at Muscle Shoals a grand national success carried upon it. The people there raise corn and wheat and other by giving an outlet to the iron, coal, and produce that will pass through valuable products which they want to send to market. Some of the this canal, and not arrest it where the improvement ceases. To make finest timber in the world grows upon that river. Not only that, but the work at Muscle Shoals a success the appropriation of$75,000 that I some of the best coal is found there, but it remains in the bowels of propose should be expended in removing impediments to navigation the earth because there is no way of transporting it to market, no between Florence·and Paducah. means of getting it out. The amendment of the COJllmittee was agreed to. Now, sir, this bill carries on its face over $15,000,000-more money The question being taken on·the amendment of Mr. JoHN M. TAY- than would pay the cost for one year of the Blair bill for educational LOR, there were-ayes 18, noes 29. facilities which our children need so much. I do not oppose this bill, So (further _count not being called for). the amendment was rejected. for I am not like some men here-I believe that our Government is able The Clerk commenced to read the next paragraph. to educate the children, and able to improve the rivers, and able to pen­ Mr. HEPBURN. Before leaving the paragraph for the improvement sion the soldiers, too-a thing that some gentlemen seem to doubt very of 111uscle Shoals I ask the attention of the chairman of the Commit­ much. I believe the Government is able to do all that, and therefore tee on Rivers and Harbors. I understand this appropriation in lines I am not opposed to this bill; but, carrying as it does such a large 818 to 821 inclusive is to complete that work. amount of money, certainly that money ought to be equitably distrib­ Mr. WILLIS. Yes, sir. uted. I do not object to any appropriation that is made in the bill. .hfr. HEPBURN. What is meant by the report of the engineer in As I have said, the appropriation for the improvement of the Kentucky charge, on page 274, where he says: · River is-no larger than it ought to· be; but we arc not prepared, on the .Amount (estimated) for completion of existing project, $1,437,500. South Fork of the Cnmbeiland, to have a great appropriation like that now, because the work has not been started there as it has been at oth~r Mr. WILLIS. I will state to my friend that the work that we pro­ plat!es. But if you give us $10,000 now, instead of $5,000 (and surely pose to complete is the remo>al of abo tit 13 miles of obstructions at the no reasonable man c.'\n object to that), the river will be cleaned out and place known as theMuscle Shoals. As the gentleman very well knows, a large amount of transportation will be done upon it, a great com­ that is one of the oldest water improvements in the United States, hav­ merce will begin to float upon it, and in the course of time, when the ing been in progress since 1836 or 1838. It is an improvement for which world sees and when Congress sees that it is necessary to appropriate the Gove.rnment gave a large body of land, 400,000 acres, many years more money to still further improve that fine river, then we shall ago. come here and get something like $200,000, which is what we ought to Mr. HEPBURN. And two and a half millions of dollars~ have. Just now, however, as I have said, we are not prepared to use Mr. WILLIS. · Yes. The work has been pending, not completed; that amount, because there have been no locks or dams constructed on and as the Government had invested so much money on that particular that river, and all we want now is to hava it cleaned out, so that we part .of the river, the committee thought that in order to get the bene- can at once get the benefit.of the co~merce that can be carried on 1886. . CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 3851 without those great improvements, which- must ultimately be made. is familiar with the facts can doubt the necessity for this appropriation. I ask the gentlemen of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors to con­ It will be a great benefit to a large scope of 90untry and a blessmg to sider this question a moment. Five thousand dollars, of course, is a many people. mighty little thing to put upon a bill that carries on its face over Mr. WOLFORD. I move to strike out the last word. $16,000,000. Mr. WILLIS. I rise to oppose the amendment. Although the amount asked is small, it is a great thing to us in our Mr. WOLFORD. I only wanted to say a few words more. country, for that mountainous region suffers for want of transportation Mr. WILLIS. I will yield to my colleague for that purpose. facilities. The mountains are high, the roads are bad, it is difficult to Mr. WOLFORD. My friend and celleague certainly misunderst<>od haul any distance. An appropriation of $5,000 to be expended upon my rema.rks. I did not mean to say the appropriation for the Kentu~ky · the banks of the river would be a great help to us; and it does seem to River was too much. I only wishedtopresentthematterin thisview: me when gentlemen think of the matter there can be no objection to It is true in the blue-grass region of Kentucky there is more wealth than this proposition. With this appropriation we can commence a system south of the Cumberland River. But my idea is the Congress of the of improvement that will be a great blessing t<> our people, and nobody United States ought to be just, as well to the poor as to the rich. will suffer any disadvantage. I hope the House will seriously consider Now, while you can get along, and I do not object to your having this proposition and adopt it. everything you' want-there is no objection whatever; the committee Mr. McCREARY. l\Ir. Chairman, my colleague from Kentucky has reported yours already, and I say it is right-but at the same time (.Mr. WoLFORD] has referred to the next paragraph of the bill, which here is a poor people living in the mountains who need this improve­ provides for an appropriation of $250,000 for the benefit of the Ken­ ment and need it badly. They have better coal than you have, they tuc1.'"Y River; and he remarked that if this amount is allowed for the have better timber, they have more and better cannel coal, they have Kentucky River there ought to be an appropriation of $10,000 for the everything that you have; and here upon the South Fork of the ()urn­ South Fork of the Cumberland River. There is a very decideddiffer­ berland River is as good pine as Y.Ours, and our cedar is better. - They enca between these rivers. TheKentuclcyRiver is the longest riverin have everything that can . be demanded that commerce needs. Now, Kentucky; and while I will say at the .outstart I have no objection to the question for Congress i.s while they are carrying a bill with $15,- the amendment proposed by my colleague, yet I feel it my duty to 000,000 for the benefit of the whole country-and it will be of a great speak in behalf of the amount proposed to be appropriated for the Ken­ dealofbenefit-andiam for the bill and expect to voteforit,although tucky River. some of it may be wasted, but not a dollar can be wasted upon the­ That river flows for over 100 miles through the district I have the South Fork of the Cumberland River. It will be only. the entering­ honor to represent on this floor. That river and its tributaries drain wedge of an improvement which will·be a great blessing to th~ peo­ thirty-two counties oftheState of Kentucky, andamajorityofthecoun­ ple. It is not, however, all that they ought to have; but we are will­ ties drained by it are filled with inexhaustible quantities of coal and iron. ing that this work shall begin even in this small way; and this is a very The State of Kentucky has more square miles of coal land than any other poor people who have nothing, while your people are rich and have State in this Union or any other single country in the world. The everything. State of PellllSJlvania has 12,630 square miles of coal land, and the Now the question is, Win you vote everything to the rich and noth· State of Kentucky has 13,000 square miles of coal land. ing to the poor? Will you give this$15,000,000to people who are ap­ Mr. BROWN, of Pennsylvania. I ask that Alabama be excepted. parently in need of it, or will you give it to those who are already rich Mr.• McCREARY. I except no State, because I know whereof I and whose commerce does not demand it? While I shall vote for the speak when I say the geological reports of the various States in the Union bill, believing it to be right, still I insist that there shonld be some will show that Kentucky has more square miles of coal than any other consideration shown to this class of the people. We only ask 5,00Q State in the Union, Pennsylvania not excepted. England has 6,029 more to put their river in a fix that it will be a blessing to the com­ square miles of coal land, and Kentucky has twice as many square muui ty. Now, I do not wish to detain the committee. I do not wish miles as ~ngland. to say anything further upon the proposition. I am satisfied that the Her vast coal fields are divided into two uivisions, known as the committee who reported the bill believed that they were doing right to eastern and western divisions. The easterp division comprises 10,000 the entire country. But I do not think they have given enough to square miles of coal land. It is this eastern division the Kentucky that region. I am satisfied there will he no effort to reduce the appro­ River and its tributaries drain. · priation for my friend here ou the right, and therefore I want you to The finest cannel coal district in the world is in the vicinity of the come and help me. You have all you want. Kentucky River. While cannel coal is found in other parts of the world Mr. :McCREARY (from his seat). I am for your improvement. in pockets, the cannel coal on this_river and its tributaries is found in Mr. WOLFORD. Very well; then come and help me to get it. We great continuoo.S veins from 4 to 7 feet thick. are poor, and we need this little sum very badly. (Applause.] In the counties of Morgan, Wolfe, and Breathitt, in the district rep­ 1\Ir. WILLIS. Mr. Chairman, it is with Yery great diffidence that resented by my friend and colleague (Mr. TAULBEE], are ~eins of Kentucky a,.,aain comes to the front [laughter]; but in behalf of the cannel coal from 5 to 7 feet thick. committee I desire to su.bmit very briefly the reasons why this amend­ In coking coal the counties on the upper waters of the Kentucky ment should _not pass. We are governed by the estimates of the engi­ River excel almost any other part of the country, there being in that neers, and the estimates of the engineers for the Cumberland River-­ part of the State three times as much coking coal as is found in any the South Fo~k-were for $10,000. The committee has given :55,000, other State of the Union. · and that $5,0CO stands to-day as a monument of the persuasive elo­ Iron ore of the very best quality is found in great abundance in the q~ence of my gallant colleague on this floor General WoLFORD. counties drained by the Kentucky River. For car-wheel purposes, We recognize that that part of the country is en t off. It is called the and for steel rails, and for cutlery, the iron of that region is not ex;­ '' Cut-off,'' in fact, and it needs access to the rest of the world. _We ha:1e celled. For years there has been a demand for it at Sheffield, in En­ gone to the extreme limit of the bill in regard to that improvement. I gland, where it is used in manufacturing fine cutlery. That country regret it could not have been more, but, Yoicing the sentiment of the also has splendid forests-- committee, I think it is as large as, within tho limits of the hill, could The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman's time has expired~ · possibly have been given. :M:r. McCREARY. I hope the committee will give me one moment The ·question being taken on the amendment ofM:r. WoLFORD it was more to conclude my remarks. , rejected, there being on a division'--ayes 38, noes 67. lli. RANDALL. I will take the floor and yield my five minutes to 1\Ir. HEPBURN. I should be glad to ha~e the attention of the chair­ the gentleman from Kentucky. man of the committee for the pmpose ofaskingsomeinformation upon Mr. McCREARY. I thank the gentleman. this point. Willhe tell thecommitteethecost of this work up to this Mr. Chairman, the hills and valleys of many counties about the head­ time, if he can do so, on this Kentucky River? The report of the en­ waters of the Kentucky River are covered with magnificent forests which gineers does not state it. make the very best lumber. In some of these counties you find timber Mr. WILLIS. The report does not, as far as I can now see, disclose in its pristine loveliness, almost untouched by the ax of the woodman. the exact cost. I should say, however, that it was in the neighborhood There are on the headwaters of the Kentucky River thousands of acres of $700,000. That is my recollection. . of white pine. Last year there were shipped down the Kentucky River, Mr. HEPBURN. That is the cost of the four dams o.p. that river? even with th.e present facilities for transportation, over 2,000,000,000 Mr. WILLIS. My re~ollection may not be correct, out that is my ·feet of lumber. . impression at this time. I refer to the amount expended by the Gov­ The people of that region need an outlet. No friendly railroad bas ernment. been extended into that section. The only outlet the people have is Mr. HEPBURN. Myrecollection is that it was in the neigh..borhood the Kentucky River. They must ship their iron and coal and lumber of a million of dollats. down that river in order to find a market. Mr. WILLIS. Nearly $.2,000,000 have been expended by the State Four locks and dams have been built on this river and two are now on this river. being built with money appropriated by Congress, and the proposed Mr. HEPBURN. In addition to the 700,000? appropriation, which bas received, I understand, the indorsement of the Mr. WILLIS. Yes; but my friend will understand not bytheFed­ entire Committee on Rivers and Harbors, gives to the Kentucky River eral Government. The State expended this amount and turned it over S250,000 to continue that much-needed improvement. No person who to the Federal Government. 3852 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. APRIL 26,

:Mr. HEPBURN. Then I understand that what has been expended does not purchase them. There is nothing in the paragraph to be criti­ upon these four dams is in. the neighborhood of $3,000,000, and it is esti­ cised in that way. It simply provides theengineerssha.llreport to next mated that it would take two and a half millions more to complete it? Congress for its action what the value of these workS is. Mt. WILLIS. · Not quite that; somewhere in the neighborhood. The history of this work, I may briefly state in connection with the M1·. HEPBURN. I simply wanted the Honse to understand what point of order, I read from the official document. Nearly fifty years this improvement was to cost, namely, some $5,000,000. ago the State of Kentucky ronstructed these works on the Green and Mr. WILLIS. The gentleman does not mean the committee to under­ Barren Rivers at an expense of $1,000,000. A few years ago the State stand that the Federal Government paid out all of that? handed f.hem over to a private corporation by a lease, and that corpora­ Mr. HEPBURN. No. Only some three and a half or possibly four tion holds now these works. The works themselves, except what lit­ million of dollars. tle repairs have been put on them, belong to the State of Kentucky. Mr. WILLIS. Three million of dollars would n and Barren Rivers, in the State of Kentucky; and in order to ascertain the value of said works the Secretary of War shall appoint a com­ But let me say, as a matter of information to those who have not read mission of three competent engineers from the Engineer Corps of the United the bill, that this does not propose that this Congress shall buy it. This StateaArmy, who shall value and appraise the same, and report to the Secretary simply provides for a report to the next Congress for its action. Even onVar; and if the said Green and Barren River Navigation Company shall oft'er should the engineers report that Congress could buy it for a dollar and and bind itself to take for said works a. price deemed by the Secret~ryof War to be satisfactory and not excessive, be sha.U so report to the Congress at its next a half, there is nothing in 'this clause that would commit Congress to succeeding session; but if the said Green and Barren River Navigation Company the payment of a dollar and a half. If there is, I shall accept an amend­ refuses to sell its works, or demands a price deemed to be excessive, then the Sec­ tary of War shall be,a.nd he is hereby, authorized and directed to institute pro­ ment from my fri~nd from New York [Mr. HrscOL"K]-a proviso that ceedings for the United States for the condemnation of said works, and shall re­ nothing in this act shall commit Congress to the purchase of these works. port tire result of said suit to the next Congress for its a~tion, to the end that the The report of the engineers will merely bring before the next Honse navigation of the said Green and Barren Rivers may become free. information as to the obstructions in two of the great navigable rivers Mr. HISCOCK. I desire to m:l.ke a poi~t of order against this para- of the country. That is all I wish to submit on the point of order. graph. . Ur. BEAOH. How long is the lease to run? The CHAIRMAN. An amendment is proposed by the committee, I\Ir. WILLIS. Thirteen years. which the Clerk will read. Mr. HISCOCK. I desire to say a word in 1·eply to the gentleman from The Clerk read as follows: Kentucky. In line 846, before the word" Congress," strike out the word" the." The CHAIRJ.\.IAN. The Chair has recognized the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. GROSVE~OR). The CHAIRMAN. In the absence of objection this merely formal Mr. GROSVENOR. I desire to speak briefly to the question of or­ amendment will be agreed to. der without making any suggestion as to the merits or demerits of the There was no objection. . prop~ition. Ur. HISCOCK. I make the point of order against this paragraph. Mr. GIBSON, of West Virginb. Will the gentleman from Ohio al­ I turn to the rule, subdivision 8 of Rule XI, and find this: low me to make a suggestion? • Subjects relating to the improvement of rivers nnd harbors: to the Committee Mr. GROSVENOR. Yes, sir. on Rivers and Harbors. Mr. GillSON, of West Virginia. This very question was decided on I suppose that committee has jurisdiction to report npon matters that Thursday by the chairman .of the Committee of the Whole in connec­ will be covered by the language of that rule. I turn to the engineer's tion with the proposition as to the Monongahela River. I suppose the report and I find that this paragraph of the bill provides for the pur­ s:1.me decision will be made. now, and it is hardly necessary to consume chase of private property by the General Government, not ibr the im­ time on a point of order wpj.ch was thorongh1y discussed and settled proving of the river, but simply to take the property which belongs to on Thursday. a navigation company, their locks, their water ways, that property upon Mr. GROSVENOR. This, as I understand, is a new question of or­ which, and for transit through which, and over which, they to-day col- der, although I confess it is a question which, it seems t.o me, does not lect tolls. · merit much discussion. All the jurisdiction of the Committee on Rivers Now, I insist, I\.fr. Chairman, that that subject, the purchase of prop­ and Harbors is fixed by the rule cited by the gentleman from New York erty in that way, is not covered by this rule giving jurisdiction to the [Mt. HiscocK], and it simply provides where a bill is introduced ora CommitteeonRivers andHarbors. Ifthis provision is held good in the resolution relating to the improvements of rivers and harbors that that bill, I certainly see no reason why the provision in regard to Hennepin bill or resolution shall, as a matter of order, go to the Committee on should not be added to the bill. · Rivers and Harbors. · :Mr. PETERS. Or the Erie Canal. But that is not a limitation upon the jurisdiction of the Committee Ur. HISCOCK. Yes. As is suggested by the gentleman from Kan­ on Rivers and Harbors. My answer to the gentleman, therefore, is in sas, why a provision could not be added to this bill for the purchase of the nature of two propositions. First, there is no limitation in that the Erie Canal. I accept his suggestion as illustrating my argumen.t. rule upon the power of the committe.e to report legislation; and, second, Here is a private corporation-with whose works the Government has by the precise terms of this provision of the bill it does relate to the never had anything to do-organized, I think, "under a charter from improvement of rivers and harbors; or at all events there is no such the State of Kentucky. At :,til events the work was originally done by affirmative showing that it does not so relate as to authorize the chair­ the State of Kentucky. I am right, am I not, in this? man to make a parliamentary ruling to that effect. That question will Mr. WILLIS. Yes, sir. arise upon the merits of the appropriation itself. Therefore I claim Mr. HISCOCK. As, I am imformed by the chairman of the Com­ that the point is not well taken. mittee on Rivers and Harbors this work was accomplished by the State Mr. BAYNE. Mr. Chairman--- of Kentucky, as canals have been by some States, not by all; and they The CHAIRMAN. The Chair is ready to decide the question. have ceded this work to private parties. And now we find in this bill Mr. BAYNE. Then I have nothing to say. a provision to purchase this property-property, I suppose, which the ?rlr. HISCOCK. Mr. Chairman, I desire to make one single suggestion State gave away. We find a provision to :Qurchase that private prop­ in reply to the portion of the argument made by the gentleman from erty by the Government. · Kentucky [Mr. WILLIS], in which he said that this provision does not :Mr. BROWN, of Pennsylvania. Will not that improve the naviga­ authorize the purchase of this work, that it does not authorize the ex­ tion of the river? penditure of a dollar of money. If that be so, then I would like to Mr. HISCOCK. I presume not. I do not see that the navigation know how the improvement of a river or·harbor is involved 'in it. will be improved by the Government making this purchase of private Mr. WILLIS. The object is to bring the facts before Congress. property. . Mr. HISCOCK. Here is, for aught we know, legislation proposed Mr. BROWN, of Pennsylvania. It will release the tolls. simply to acquire information on a certain subject, which I suppose it Mr. HISCOCK. That does not improve the .navigation. is proper enough to have, but then it does not improve any river or Mr. BROWN, of Pennsylvania. Thepurposeis to get rid of. the tolls. harbor. Mr. HISCOCK. I do not know that. But here what Congress is :Mr. WILLIS. If t.he gentleman will pardon me, this provision in its asked to do is to buy this work. That is the proposition. present standing in the bill is simply in the nature of a survey, an Mr. WILLIS. Myfriend, inhisfi.rstproposition,is mistal.'Cn. This estimate, nothing more. is not a proposition to buy these works. Nowhere in this proposition Mr. HISCOCK. Certainly; I understand that to be so. is a committal of the Government to purchase these works. This sim­ Mr. WILLIS. Now, all the surveys are on the same footing. ply asks a report by a board of engineers as to their value to be made Mr. HISCOCK. The surveys are in reference to the improvement of to the next Congress. some river or harbor. · Ifthis nasses it does not commit Congress to their purchase and it Mr. WILLIS. . So is this. 1886. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 3.853

l!r. HISCOCK. Here is simply an inquiry in relation to private menta have been and are purely local enterprises. As such they have property. been treated heretofore both by State and Federal Govemmen ts; streams Mr. WILLIS. But inquiry in relation to that as affecting the navi­ having no interstate or navigable character, but made artificial chan­ gation of a river. If, however, my friend from New York [M:r. His­ nels of local trade,· it is proposed that the Federal Government shall COCK] thinks; so far as the substance of this provision is concerned, that purchase such local property as this now and make such local artificial there is any Clause in it which commits the Govemment-- channels a part of the systems of navigable streams under Federal con­ Mr. HISCOCK. I make no point against the clause upon its merits. trol. My point is thatitdoes not come within thejurisdictionoftheRivers and Mr. NEGLEY. It is a mere inquiry. Harbors Committee to report here a proposition-! do not say pu_rchas­ Ur. HOLMAN. My friend says it is a mere inquiry. But what is ing, but looking' to the purchase by the General Government of purely the necessity of inquiring into the subject with a view to purchasing private property, the work of a State accomplished by the State and unless the purchase be really contemplated? donated by it to private individuals. Mr. NEGLEY. Well, let us have the facts. The CHAIRMAN. Upon this question the Chair thinks that the Mr. HOLMAN. And is it not well known in the current history of propriety or impropriety of the purchase ultimately is not to be taken Congress that when a step of this kind .is once taken, if the subject in• into consideration by the Chair, but is a question purely for the House. volves a sum of money, a report upon the subject made by a co:mm.i3- It is admitted here that this is anaturalriver-anavigable river. Work sion is absolutely certain to be carried into effect? When has such a has been done upon it by a private corporation, locks, dams having been scheme ever failed? 1 constructed at which tolls are charged. It is desigaed to remove the ob­ This Committee of the Whole did not hesitate to vote doW11 the Mo­ struction which that private work makes. The Chair is of opinion that nongahela proposition when it stood alone. When the great coal field it is within the scope of a river and harbor bill to provide for inquiring which invokes Federal aid to add to the wealth of a few gentlemen into the question how the obstructions can be removed and what that· stood by itself you defeated it. Now it is sougbt to give it strength · work would cost. The Chair therefore thinks the point of order is not enough by combiningit with a corporate interest in Kentucky to earry well taken, but leaves to the House to determine as to the propriety of it through. Can that be done? In other words, will this committee the provision in the bill. consent that a measure which when standing alone is defeated shall The Chair is strengthened in this view by the fact that an analogous by being connected. with another measure of exactly the same general question was decided by the then occupant of the chair, the gentleman character receive its sanction? Is this legislation proper or'tolerable from Texa~ [Mr. WELLBORN], upon the paragraph of the bill begin­ even on a river and harbor bill? ning at line 457, providing for the improvement of the Uonongahela Mr. BAYNE. I beg leave to say-- River. In that case the point was overruled and the section declared 1\Ir. HOLMAN. 1\ly friend will excuse me; I have but a few mo­ in order. The Chair is also advised that a bill has heretofore been in­ ments. The one scheme-was fittingly characterized as the most auda­ troduced.and referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors looking cious that ever came into this House. I am not able to find a term to to the identical. purpose. embraced in the paragraph now under consid­ characterize the other, because I am not sufficiently informed of the eration. The point.of order is overruled. corporation involved in the other enterprise. But here is a propooition Mr. BAYNE. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment, which I ~end in the one instance at least to contribute as an ultimate result several to the desk. millions of dollars.from the public Treasury to develop the .wealth, ac­ The Clerk read as follows: oording to the statement of my friend from Pennsylvania, of a com­ Strike out, comJ:I~encing in line 835, down to and including line 855, and in place paratively small body of men owning these imperial coal fields, and thereof insert the following: under the guise of public improvement. This question is connected "The Secretary of W'ar is hereby authorized and directed to negotiate for the purchase of the works of the Green and Barren River Navigation Company, closely with the great conflict between capital and labor which the situated on theGreenandBarrenRivers, in the State of Kentucky, and the works legislation ofthe.last twenty years·has brought upon the conntry. of the Monongahela. Navigation Company, situated on the Monongahela River, [Here the hammer fell.] · · in the State of Pennsylvania; and in order to ascertain the value of said works the Secretary of War shall appoint a commission of three competent engineers Mr. SOWPEN obtained the floor and yielded his time to Mr. HoL­ from the Engineer Corps of the United States Army, who in each case shall valut} MAN. and appraise the same and report to the Secretary of W!!.r, who shall report to Mr. HOLMAN. I thank the gentleman. Congress at its next succeeding session. And the sum of 310,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purposes of this pro­ Mr. Chairman; gentlemen-profess to deplore the fact that duringre­ vision: Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed as committing Con- cent years overgrown fortnnes have grown up in this country through gress to the purchase of said works." - · the aid of special and class legislatio~~o-through the opportunities of­ Mr. BAYNE. Mr. Chairman, this subject-matter has been so fully fered by acts of Congr.ess,.not through patient industry or natural discussed heretofore that I do not thiflk it necessary to say anything channels; yet the very proposition n,ow pending as to the Pennsylvania p.bout it now. This is simply a. provision instructing the Secretary of proposition alone, taking the_statement of my friend from Pennsyl­ War to ascertain and report. · vania as to the vast wealth of these coal fields to be increased and de­ 1\fr. EVERHART. I move to amend t,he amendment by inserting >eloped, presents a more stupendous increaSe in the individual fortunes after the word "works " the words "and the franchises and property of a few citizens than any former attempt of Congress to open up op­ connected therewith.'' portunities for the aggrand~ement of the wealth of the few at the ex­ The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment to the amend­ pense of the Treasu,ry filled by the labor of the whole people. Who ment. are to be benefited by this purchase of an artificial channel of trade? The amendment of l\1r. EVERHART was rejected. The whole people? No, sir. · Mr. BUCHANAN. I risetoaparliamentaryinquiry. Would it be These vast coal fields described a few days ago by the gentJeman from in order to call for a division of the question, so that the motion to Pennsylvania are owned by a few gentlemen-it would be interesting strike out and the motion to insert may be voted on separately? to know who they are-and their wealth is being developed by a body The CHAIRMAN. Under the rules of the House a motion to strike of men living in cheerless homes, impoverished, hopeless, and miser­ out and insert is indivisible. The question is on the amendment pro­ able. These owners already rich are to be made the possessors of colos­ posed by the gentleman from Pennsylvania. sal fortunes through the encouragment and agency of Congresal mines will sell their coal at no les.3 price than drain. I desire for a short while to call the attention of members to other Ir. HOLMAN. Very likely he is a stockholder. [Laughter.] cheaper facilities than before. Mr. WILLIS. No, I beg your pardon; he is not. And the gentle­ Now, sir, let us see just exactly what is the condition of the country man has no right to make any such statement. That gentleman never which these rivers drain. I will read to the House, if I am permitted, saw these works, and is as little interested in them as my friend from the letter of the State geologist of Kentucky. Indiana himself: He has no authority for the statement which he has. The CHAIRM:AR '!'he time of the gentleman from Kentucky has made. I shall append the letters to which I have referred. They are expired. as follows: Air. CULBERSO~. I will take the floor and yield my time to the LOUISVILLE, KY.t February 23, 1886. gentleman from Kentucky. . DEAR Sm: I have your letter of the 19th instant, and beg to thank you for Mr. BLANCHARD. I will be glad to yield the floor, if I can be your promptness. Referring to the resolution of the board of trade asking recognized hereafter. that the navigation of the Monongahela R.\ver be made free, I desire to impress upon you the importance of this matter, not only to.Louisville but to all points Mr. HALSELL I am much obliged to the gentleman. on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to which Pittsburgh coal is shipped. As I · ·when my time expired, Mr. Chairman, I was about to read the re· understand it, under the present state of affairs the embargo amounts to a tax port of the State geologist of Kentucky in reference to the condition of about one-half a cent per bushel on e·very bushel of coal whic~ comes from that region. The consumer, of course, in the end pays this tax. I presume it of the country through which the Green and Ba-rren Rivers run. It costs Louisville some $50,000 a. ye~ If you desire it, I can send you correct is as follows: - · statistics showing j~ what the consumers of Pittsburgh coal have to pay by reason of the navigat.ion of the l\fonong3hela River not being free. . OFFICE OF THE KENTCCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, I notice the digest which you have forwarded has. your name on the same. I Flrankjort, Ky., March 15, 1886. trust this book has cost you nothing, but if it. has you will kindly let n1e know DEAR. Sm: In responee-to your request that I gh--e you a statement respect- . what it is and I will be glad to refund the same. The book, as you doubtless ing the resources of the Green Rivet Valley, I submit the following: w1derstand, is for the benefit of the board of trade. I desire to secure for the The resources along Green River, Kentucky, a.re .of suc.h a character as to board of trade all public documents which are sent out free and which may be warrant the assertion that if the river was opened to commerce untrammeled of interest to its members. Please let me know if it will cost me anything to there would rapidly follow a large industrial development along its >alley, and ha,~e the Co~G.RESSLO"SAL REcoRD sent to me daily as it is issued. important contributions would be yearly added to the commerce of the Ohio Yours, truly, · o.nd 1\fississippi Rive1-s. HARRY WEISSINGER. Green River is navigable, by reason of locks and dams, at all sea ons of the Hon. ALBERTS. WILLIS, Washington, D. C. year for a distance of 215 miles above its entrance into the Ohio. Boats draw­ ing 4 feet of water can go up to the head of slackwater na.'>iga.tion at all seasons when the dams and lock-pUs are in good repair; and I have been inlorm.ed by CHAMEER OF COMMERCE OF PITTSBURGH, river pilots that boats can navigate this river during extreme dry seasons that Pittsburgh, Pa., April23, 1886. are too large to cross some of the bars in the Ohio River. I have seen Green DEAR Sm: It was my privilege to be present at yesterday's session of Con· River free from ice in midwinter, when the Ohio River would be closed to nav­ gress during the ftiscussion of the river and harbor bill, and especially that igation by ice above Louisville. The drainage from a large area in the Green portion of said bill which referred to the purchase of the Monongahela slack­ River Valley is subterranean, and in midwinter these underground streams, with wat-er improvement. I write to thank you for the favor which you pe1-sonally a temperature of from 5~ to 59°, a.Fe discharged into Green River, so that it is extended to this measure, and especially your timely e:xplanation of the fair seldom obstructed by ice. These advantages-deep channel, long pools between and honest efl·orts of the friends of the measure. I am sure there was no pm~ dams owing to the slight fall of the river, steady flow of water in summer, and pose or desire to in any way wrong the corporation. freedom from ice in winter-added to the advantage of traversing a region I beg to assure you and also the committee that there is but one sentiment in abounding in coal, iron ore, timber, building stone, and fertile soil, with the lib­ this entire community upon this matter, and that is that the Monongahela River eral administration adopted by the United States Government on other rivers ought to be free. The entire press of the city, indeed of Western Pennsylvania, applied to this, will in a few years cause it to be one of the most important trib­ is a unit in favor of such a measure. Eveu the corporation itself admits that utaries to the wealth of the great Mississippi Valley. our claim is just and that the interests of the entire valley demand t~t the 1\Io­ This river, penetratin~ through the center of the we tern coal field of Ken­ nongahela River ought to be put on the same footing as the Kanawha. But the tucky, has along its banks, above the water level, a variety of coals of excel­ owners of the slack water got the idea. that an undue advantage was sought to lent quality. The principal coals are the main Nolin coal of Edmonson Oounty be obtained by the provision of "seizure." I am quite certain that nothing of (the lowest coal in Western Kentucky), from 3 to 5 feet thlck. The 1\Iud River the kind was intended. I would not be a party toanynnfairness or intentional coal (probably the same as the main Nolin), located near the bead of slack­ misrepresentations. I am gratified that all the statements I made before your water on that stream, a coal well known for its good quality. :A barge-load of committee have been confirmed and nota single averment has been questioned. this coal was taken to Saint Lon is some years since and tried vet-y successfully I hope before Congress adjourns so e measure may be passed which will in one of the Kingsland (now Vulcan) Company's furnaces. Coal No.9 is 5 secure the appointment of a commission of competent engineers to examine the feet thick in Muhlenburg, Ohio, and some of the adjoining counties; coal No. condition, &c., 'Of the improvement, with instruction to report to the next ses- 11 is 6 feet thick on Green River, and coal No. 12 varies in thickness from 2 feet sion of Congress. · to 6 feet. Some of these coals have, in years past, obtained high reputations in Again thanking you for your able support of our just claims; I am. the markets of the Lower Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. . That they are fuvorably ~"iost respecUully, situated along the river for cheap mining, and can be deli,·ered in large barges JOHN F. DR.A. VO. on the Ohio at the mouth of Green River at seasons when the Upper Ohio is not lion. A. S. WILLIS, navigable, should certainly lead to a large development of coal min.ing along Chairman of the Committee on Rivers and Ha1·bors. the river. · , I know of no region richer in coal-measure iron ores than the valley of Green Ri\'"er. These ores are thick, easily mined, convenient to coal, and are eqlllll ir~ Mr. HALSELL. Mr. Chairman, living as I do at the head of slack-. quality to coal-measure ores found elsewhere, where there is now large devel­ water navigation of Barren and Green Rivers, I wish to submit a few opment in iron manufactures, with transportation facilities inferior to those of thoughts to this House on that matter. I am somewhat familiar with this valley. These ores occur principally in 1\I\lhlenburg, Butler, Edmonson, and Grayson counties. In tbis statement brief mention can only be made of a the condition of those rivers and the country through which they run. few of the principal iron o1·es. The ridge extending northward from Green In 1841 the State of Kentucky completed: locks and daiDS on Green Ri\er for 20 miles, between Bear Creek and Green River, contains several beds and Barren Rivers at a cost of about $860,000. They OI_>ened slack- of ore of workable thickness and good qnality. The principal bed is regularly

# ' 1886. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 3855 stratified, and is from 3 feet to 5 feet thick over a. large area.. n contains, as con(iemnation. The question for the consideration of this Congress is shown from analyses of carefully averaged samples: shall the Secretary of War be authorized to ascertain upon what terms the lease can be purchased.· I ask, sir, is it not a matter of suffi.cient No.1. No.2. importance to warrant this House in giVing such authority? I most re­ spectfully submit that it is, and I am sure that the Congress of the Per cent. Per cent. United States, when the report is made and the lease can be purchased Metallic iron...... 42.31 40.48 from said compa-ny at a just and'rea.sonable amount, will open the rivers .Alumina.: ...... 4.83 6.71 Lime carbonate...... : ...... 1.21 .29 to free navigation,_and destroy the monopoly which has so lo~g crip­ Silica...... 22.40 14.34 pled commerce and prevented the development of that region of ~onn­ Water...... 10.29 12.18 try so rich in mineral wealth and possessing most wonderf!ll. agr~ult­ Phosphorus ...... 28 .41 ural capacities. If the Government would get control of those nvers and navigation, free all, immigration will beatt.rac.ted to tha.tregion~ No. 1 is from an opening known as the Fedine bank, 4 feet thick, a few miles to north of Green River. No.2 iB from the same ore, 5 feet thick, 6 miles north and it will be in a few years densely populated by industrious and ener­ from No. 1. Many years ago there was a small charcoal furnace on Nolin getic communities, and vast wealt}l will be· extracted from the bowels River; the pig-iron made at this furnace was a. cold-blast iron of great strength and toughness. of the earth. The following iB an analysis of this iron: [Here the hammer fell.] Per cent. Mr. BLANCHARD. Mr. Chairman, the· gentleman from Indiana Iron ...... : ...... 94. 'li51 [Mr. HoLMAN] has characterized this proposition as aneffort to create g~~~~ C:~b:,~·::::.:·::·:::::.·.:::::·:::.::·.:::·.:·::::::.::·.::·:·:::::::::::.:::·::::::::::::::::::::::::: 3: ~~ great personal fortunes for a few owners of coal lands in the States of Silicon ...... ,_ ...... ,...... 493 Kentucky ~d Pennsylvania. • Mr. HOUIAN rose. §~~1:~~~.~:::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1:g~ Mr. BLANCHARD. I can not yield. 99.611 :M:r. HOLM:AN. But certainly the gentleman can not desire to mis­ Some of llie ores in this region could doubtless be used successfully for mak- state me. · ing tee! by the Basic process. . Mr. BLANCHARD. • If I have not stated the gentleman's position In Muhlenburg County, near slnckwater navigation on Mud River, there is a stratified iron ora from 3 feet. to 6 feet thick. This iB the same ore as the Ed­ correctly I yield for correction. . monson County ore, of which analyses are given above. Mr. HOLMAN. I applied that to Pennsylvania alone, for in refer­ This ore has- · ~ Per cent. ence to the State of Kentucky I said distinctly I did not know. Metallic iron...... 45.10 .AI nmina...... &. ll8 l\Ir. BLANCHARD. Now, the gentleman can see in this proposition · Water...... 12.31 only the ~nvners of the coal fields of Pennsylvania. He can not see a Silica ...... ~...... 14. 20 very much larger object, to wit, the millions of consumers of coal in Phosphorus...... 39 the great valleys of the Mississippi, the :Missouri, and the Ohio Rivers, On top of No.l2 coal, in Muhlenburg County, it is a "Blackband" iron ore from 12 inche to 14 inches thick. to whom the question of cheap coal is a most vital one. I stand here An average sample from this bed gave the following: to speak for these consumers of coal, and to protest in their names and Percent. on their beha.lf against anything like monopoly on tbese rivers whi

Tolls are odious, especially if levied upon commerce that float.s upon the friends of this amendment are the men who are aiding this monop­ the highways that God has given us. There is nothing that so embar­ oly in getting rid of a piece of property unremunerative to them. rasses the commerce between t~e States as tolls levied upon it, no mat­ I want to call attention further to the fact that this improvement is ter whether levied by railroads or navigation companies. The theory valueless in its character. The dams are wooden. They have been in ofprotection in this country is against tolls upon interst-ate commerce. use for very many years. The report shows that the land sides of the The theory of protection would levy t.olls upon_international commerce locks are all either falling in or by the land pressure are displaced from and give us the most absolute freedom of commerce between the States. their proper position. Ther~ is no danger whatever of mQnopoly in manufactories of any The next thing for us to do will be to make large appropriations for kind in this country if you will have free commerce between the States. the improvement of this now worthless work. Besides, this corpora­ There will always be competition enough to make iron cheap, for in­ tion, notwithstanding their desire to be relieved, propose to ask $400,000 stance, if you will allow the coal and iron to go from the State of Ala­ for the privilege of being relieved from their white elephant. bama into the State of Pennsylvania, if it will go there, and the gen­ As regards the other proposition, that of the gentleman from Penn­ tleman from Alabama [Mr. JONES] told us the other day it would if sy I vania [Mr. B.A YNE], I will saythat that corporation spends an aver­ you will only take off your tolls. Just make the rivers free, and the rge of $72,000 each year, and has done so for the last eleven years, in ­ question of cheap transportation is solved at once. the maintenance of its works. I am told by gentlemen conversant with [Here the hammer fell.] the facts that 95 per cent. of all of the commerce of that river or of all Mr. LAFFOON. · Mr. Chairman, it was not my purpose to take any that pa.sses through this improvement is that of a dozen canal-Owners part in the discussion of this measure. This bill which is presented for in the city of PittsburO'h. They are the gentlemen that are to be re­ our consideration, in the line of the improvement of rivers and harbors, lieved of their tolls-2} cents a ton and 4~ cents a ton. That is the presents tbe matter in such a spirit of fairness, that I had not thought relief. It does not amount to anything in effecting the cost of the coal it possible there would be a solitary objection. It has never been within to the consumer. But it amounts to $168,000 per annum, or 95 per the scope of my limited discrimination to draw a line between buying cent. of that, to these half dozen men in whose interest my friend from the ·franchises of a private corporation, and thus opening a stream to Pennsylvania is now sQ zealous. commerce, and investing millions of money to impro;e and bring into Is it the policy of Congress, in the interest of these twelve men, to ex­ commerce the traffic of other ri yers. I have not been able to discover pend f1·om three to five million dollars in the purchase of this property the distinction between the effect of giving hundreds of thousands of and then to expend annually $72,000 in its maintenance, to say nothing dollars to lock and dam rivers that are unnavigable, and to buy outright of the salaries that would have to be paid in or~er to save an average from private corporations streams which are already locked up and im­ of less than"3 cents per ton. ' proved by their monopolies. A Mm.IBER. Doyouspeak of the amount oftoll for each lock orfor Green River flows 215 miles of navigable water. And since 1868, them all? let me say to this Honse, that with all the immense wealth that is em­ Mr. HEPBURN. For them all, where the great bulk of the coal bedded along its banks and growing in the shape of timber there is not comes through-2~ cents and 4~ cents; 4~ being the maximum. a vessel that does not belong to this monopoly permitted to float upon Now, I hope we will hear no more from gentlemen about the oppo­ its waters. nents of this amendment being the friends of the monopolists and be­ There· have been speeches made on this proposition on behalf of the ing instigated in their hostility by a peculiarly friendly feeling for that coilsumers of coal. These speeches meet with my absolute approba­ class of persons. tion. · I look to the opening of the streams of the country with the [Here the hammer fell.] view of seeing materials of every character cheapened, and living made ~Ir. GIBSON, of West Virginia. The gentlemen who have bean en­ more cheap, and the people made more happy thereby. · gaged in the discussion in opposition to this amendment and to the But while I am on the flooridesiretotalkforthosepoorpeoplewhose original clause in this bill seem to me to indulge not only in some bad resources lie locked up by this immense monopoly. We have tried by languape, but also in very bad logia. Surely the gentleman from In­ other means to deal with this terrible anaconda that wraps its folds diana LMr. HOLMAN] and the gentleman from Iowa [Mr. HEPBURN] around our·wealth; we have applied to the courts; we have tested the understand that the manufacturing business of this country, in any constitutionality of the law in the courts of the States and the United section of it, is owned by a few men, and when any gentleman under­ 'States; and in all thislitigationtheresulthasbeen thattheir'chartered takes to address an intelligent body like this American Congress, and privileges have been declared superior to the rights of the people. to proclaim that the development of any great interest only inures to With all this in view, at the meeting of.the last Legis1ature in Ken­ the benefit of a few, he does himself great injustice:" As to these coal tucky the whole property in this river was ceded to the Government of fields along the Monongahela River and along th~ Green and Barren the United States, trusting in the magnanimity oftheFederalGovern­ Rivers, are not the gentlemen aware that not a single bushel of that roent, and hoping that this Congress would eome to the relief of the coal can be dug without-the employment of labor, that that industiy people, and not only relieve the poor consumer, but unlock ~he re­ employs large numbers of laborers, that the few men of whom they sources of that coal country to the commerce of the world. While it speak as owning the coal lands and getting all the benefit employ would emich those from whom it went, it wonld also enrich those to those laborers, and that those laborers teed other thousands, the mem­ whom it came. bers of their families? Are not those gentlemen aware that every With this view of the case I hope this House will not consent to see bushel of this coal that goes out into market helps to feed the fires this Congress pass without giving some sort of legisla,tion that pro­ of innumerable furnaces, which help to support large numbers of the poses relief to the people who live along Green River in the State of American people? It is a poor argument for gentlemen to undertake Kentucky. to say here that because the impro~ment of a navigable stream will [Here the hammer feU.] . help one or two enterprising men in any givenneighborhood, therefore Mr. WILLIS. I ask unanimous consent that the debate on the pend­ th~re should be no improvement at all. ing paragraph and the amendments be limited to. ten mmutes. I undertake to say that it is as much the duty of the American Con­ Mr. HOLMAN. I suggest to the gentleman to make it fifteen min­ gress to make any given improvement of our navigable waters if the utes. neighboring property is owned by one single individual as if it were Mr. WILLIS. I agree to that. owned by a million of people. It is not the number of people who own The CHAIRM:AN. The gentleman from Kentucky asks unanimous the furnaces, it is not the number of people who own the coa~ fields that consent that the debate on the pending paragraph and amendments determines the question, but it is the benefit that the furnaces and the thereto be limited to fifteen minutes. development of the coal fields will bring to the whole country. The There was no objection. gentleman from. Indiana [Mr. HoLMAN] knows that the coal that is Mr. HEPBURN. Mr. Chairman, there are a number of gentlemen dug out on the l)anks of the Monongahela is carried down and goes to <>n this floor who seem to be very much disturbed because those who keep life in the furnaces along the Ohio and the !l!ississippi and up <>ppose this amendment have suddenly become the friends and cham­ along the Missouri, and helps to make that great valley the teeming pions of monopolies. I would like to know in whose interest is this hive of industry that it is. I say the argument of these gentlemen is a. proposed amendment with referen~ to 1he Barren River and the Green poor one, one which does little justice to the subject or to themselves. River. I call your attention to the fact that a few years ago the State Why, sir, we are told here that nothing should be done for__this stream <>f Kentucky discovered that it had an elephant on its hands. It had or that stream because some man or men may receive benefit from the a partiiilly completed improvement. improvement. • :Mr. WILLIS. And it would be glad to get it back. I ask the gentleman from Indiana [~'Ir. HoLl\I.AN] if the General Mr. HEPBURN. Allow me to read from the report. Go>ernment ever spent a dollar i.Ii his State that some individual did A MEMBER. State its substance, so as not to consume your time. not receive the benefit of it? You might as well say that you will not . l!Ir. HEPBURN. This river was not profitable. It was a constant build a public building in any State because, perchance, the Govern­ source of embarrassment to the State, and finally it succeeded in find­ ment will have to buy the site of that building from some individual ing a corporation that would take charge of it. who may make a dollar or two from its sale. You might as well say The report shows that it is an expense of $12,000 a yea1· for that cor­ that there shall be no improvement made along the Ohio River, because poration; that the income is from $7,000 to $11,000 a year. when you make such improvement, and thereby increase the facilities The.se gentlemen have discovered that they have an elephant upon for trade, every town clong the river and every individual in that town their hands and they now propose to dump it upon the Congress, and receives some ofthebenefit. Forwhatpurposearetheseimpro-vements 1886. . CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 3857 made? Are they not made to improve the condition of the people Mr. HOLMAN. M:r. Chairman, the gentleman from West Virginia along the borders of these streams and other navigable waters? Can in eloquent terms has informed this Committee of the Whole that the you make an improvement that will not do good to somebody? If effect of th_is proposal to buy out this private highway for the benefit there is any improvement that will not benefit anybody it ought not to of 830 square miles of coal lands will be to cheapen coal in the markets. be made, and the narrow-mmded, selfish policy of saying that an im­ This might be true if this were the only coal going to the markets which provement shall not be made because perchance some enterprising citizen it seeks; but when it is borne in mind that this coal and vast bodies of in the neighborhood wm·be benefited is really unworthy of discussion. other coal enter those markets, the proposition is simply absurd. Does Gentlemen have referred to the labortroublesthat are now rife. There the gentleman say that the owners of those 830 square miles of coal is not a gentleman in this House but knows that the manufacturing in­ deposits will sell their coal cheaper in the markets than the other pro~ terest of this country has been, and is being, bled to death by the ex­ ducers of coal? No, the price will be the same. The consumer will cessive tolls that are demanded by monopolies and corporations. There derive no benefit from these millions which it is propo..ision w bich I send to the desk. Timber ...... do ...... 1,616,500 1 Stone...... perches... 2, 3ti2 The Clerk read as follows: • Pig-iron ...... tons... 11-l • Posts ...... number.... 12,826 Pit-posts ...... number... 201,040 ' Sheep ...... do... .. 4, 38-i That a joint committee or eight members of the next Congress be appointed, Sheep...... do...... 80 Oil ...... barrels.... 1, 073 to consist of five Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House Horses and cattle.. num ber ... 331 Lumber ...... feet.... 263,645 and three Senators to be appointed by the President of the Senate. Said com Iron ore ...... tons ... 16,486 Timber...... do.... 435 600 mittee shall confer with a committee oflike power appointed by the_Legislature Stone...... perches... 2. 0-18 Steel rails ...... tons.... zz; 428 of the State of New York, and with the governor noel other State officers of said Railroad ties ...... number... 1, 800 Hogs ...... :...... number.... 1, 734 State, in regard to the maintenance of the canals thereof, and ascertain if said Fit-e·clny ...... tons... 3, 463 Horses andcattle...... do...... 667 canals are sufficient for the requirements of interstate commerce, or if they Brlck_ ...... number... 588 892 Staves ...... do...... 4, 000 should beenlarged,and thecostofsuch enlargement; and said committeesha.l Pipe ...... tons... '595 Classified freiglit..... pounds ... 4, 707,900 ascertain upon what terms and conditions the United States can acquire the title Classified freight ... pounds ... 22, 657, 366 Wood...... cords.... 120 to and jurisdiction of said canals, or of any of them. Said committee is author­ Hogs ...... number... ill ized to appoint one of its members chairman, and may bold its meetings at such times and places as it may appoint in the State of New York or the city of Washington, and to take testimony, and employ a. clerk, who shall be a stenog-. Coke business for 1885. rapher. The expenses of said committee shall be paid from t-he contingent funds of the two Houses of Congress, to be disbursed therefrom upon the order of the chairman of the committee and of two other members, one of whom shall be a j _. _v_ai_u_e_. _ Representative and the other a Senator: and said committee shall report in Bushel~. writ-ing to the next Congress. From Pool No.1...... 966,0571 $724 54 Mr. WILLIS. I make the point of order this is not germane to the From Pool No.2 .....:...... 2,498,000 3,372 30 present paragraph and is not within thejurisdiction. of the Committee Total...... 3, 464,057 I 4,096 84 on Rivers and Harbors. As it relates to the purchase of canals, it be longs more properly to the Committee on Railways and Canals. Coal ...... : ...... 82,459,050 I 140,268 59 Coke ...... [ 3,464,057 4,096 84 Mr. HISCOCK. Mr. Chairman, I can hardly see what could be more germane to the pending paragraph, which provides, as I under Total ...... _...... 85,.92!3, 107 I1 144,365 43 stand, for the negot;iation and pnrchase ofproperty belonging to private individuals, known a.<> the Green and Barren River Navigation Company. [Here the hammer fell.] In this same bill an amendment of a similar character has been adopted XVII--242 3858 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. APRIL 26, in reference· to the purchase from private individuals of property of posed. Now, if he is in favor of the amendment, does he not know the Monongahela Navigation Company. that the amendment, if by any possibility it could be adopted, would The proposition I submit is similar in its character. One of the destroy this bill? And does he think that the men upon the lakes in canals referred to in it involves the navigation of the Oswego River. the Northwest, the men upon the line of the Ohio River and the men Not only that, but of the navigation of Lake Champlain a."! well as the upon the lines of the other great water ways engaged in the transpor­ navigation of the Mohawk River are inclu<;led in it. tation business or in commerce in this country, do not know their enemy ]')fr. GIBSON, of West Virginia. Let me suggest a further point of when they meet him i,n broad daylight? Does he think he can stand order. up here for ·the purpose of ridiculing or loading down a bill of this Mr. HISCOCK. What is it? character by an amendment assailing the purposes of the bill, and Mr. GIBSON, of West Virginia. It directs the action of the next escape afterward by saying tdat his record has always been in favor of Congress. public improvements? [Applause.] Mr. HISCOCK. So far as that is concerned, I will say it was copied Mr. HISCOCK. ' 1'11r. Chairman-- from a joint resolution heretofore offered, and can be modified to pro­ The CHAIRMAN. Does the gentleman from Ohio yield? vide for investigation by this Congress, which will relieve it of the gen­ Mr. GROSVENOR. I do not; let the gentleman take his own time; tleman's objection and point of order. let him take his own course. Let him tell me now that he stands ready As I have already said, I can hardly see, Mr. Chairman, what amend­ to break down the demands of the people of this country to improve ment ca.n be offered to this bill more germane to the bill, and certainly their navigable water ways. to the paragraph under discussion, than the one I have proposed. This Committee on Rivers and Harbors have petitions signed by more Mr. CANNON.. From the point of order made against the proposition than half a million of the laboring men of this country asking that this of the gentleman from New York, and the distinction taken between a.ppropriation.ofmoney for this purpose shall be made. We have pe­ his--amendment and the paragraph of the bill and paragraphs of a sim­ titions from the great mercantile and commercial associations of the ilar chamder whioh have been already passed upon, I have come to Northwest, and all alongthese great lines of water transpori:.,1.tion, ask­ the conclusion there is a real distinction, and it is this,-that if the gen­ ing for the passage of a bill like this. I do not object to criticisms of tleman had the :River and Harbor Committee to lay its hand upon his items of the bill; but when the gentleman attempts to put into it an proposition and bless it, it would then be in order. [Laughter.] item which he knows will destroy it, I want him to take the public Mr. HISCOCK. The gentleman's argument means I am not right record he himself has made, and a year from now, or two years from in offering my amendment because the organization referred to by him· now, stand up to that record and say that he did attempt to defeat an is not back of it. Is my proposition to be defeated for that reason? appropriation for the improvement of the water ways of the country. [Laughter.] I hope such will not be the case, but that the question [Applause.] That is what I want him to do, and that is the necessary may be disposed of upon its merits. and inevitable conclusion from what the_gentleman is now doing; for Mr. GROSVENOR. I think the point made by the gentleman from he shall not carry water l1ere upon both shoulders, ~pecially upon a Dlinois is not altogether correct. He said there was no power of organ­ question of the improvement of the water ways ofthe country. ization behind the gentleman from New York. Is there not the power Mr. HISCOCK. All I desire to say to the gentleman-the school­ of organization behind him of always opposing these river and harbor master from Ohio-is that whatever record I make for myself I shall bills? · always stand by; that so far as my record in the pi1St is concerned in Mr. HISCOCK. I am not opposing the river and harbor bill. reference to internal improvemenm I stand by it to-day; and if it has 1'11r. GROSVENOR. Is this not a piece of your opposition to the im­ reached the point that a proposition simply looking to the creation of a provement ofthe Western water ways? committee on the part of Congress to investigate on'Iy-for no more is Mr. HISCOCK. I have never made any opposition to improving asked-the question of this purchase; not to purchase, but simply to in­ Western water ways. vestigate the question and report its views to this Honse as to whether ]')fr. GK03VENOR. Is this not a piece of your constant opposition it is in the interest of the internal commerce of the country that certain to improving all our rivers? . Is that not your reputation? canals shall be acquired; I say that if a proposition of that kind is so ]')fr. HISCOCK. The gentleman from Ohio knows I have no such pretentious and so potential in its effects that it ca'9- defeat the river and reputation. harbor bill, then I give notice to the gentleman from Ohio that I will Mr. GROSVENOR. I understood such to be your reputation for' a in ~he future accept my record upon that question also. great many years. · If a bill is to come in bere that can not safely carry a proposition sim­ Mr. HISCOCK. I can say to the gentleman from Ohio I have voted ply loo1..ring to the investigation, and nothing else, of an important sub­ for all except two river and harbor billB since I have been ill Congress. ject, that provides for the appointment of a committee of the Honse I ask the gentleman from Ohio if he means to say it constitutes oppo­ and of the Senate to collect facts and bring them here before Congress sition to the bill to criticise its provisions or to ~ntagonize portions of and the people, depending upon the question of the policy or the pro­ it looking to the purchase of private property? If he does, then he is priety of the Government acquiring this great water way through the welcome to put me in that category. I have never been opposed to a State of New York-if such a proposition will load down this bill so that proper river and harbor appropriation bill. I have never been un­ it will suffer defeat, I say I am willing to· accept all the con8equences, friendly to a proper measure looking to internal improvements. I come disastrous as they may be in the opinion of the gentleman from Ohio, from a great State which has always been infavorofintemalimprove­ and nevertheless offer it for the adoption of the committee. ments. I offer it in the face and eyes of the power that the bill also carries, l\Ir. GROSVENOR. 0, yes! -the gentleman is in favor of internal the two provisions-the purchase of private property, the purchase of improvements to run upon wheels. [Laughter.] one canal actually and in fact a canal of the State of Kentucky-a canal Mr. HISCOCK. If the gentleman will read my short history, he that ihe State of Kentucky is willing to ~ive away, that it did give will find his statement to be incorrect in reference to my opposition to away, alleging that it.was entirely worthless to the people of that State, internal improvements. I did in "the last Congress oppose with all and they were willing to give it to :Qrivate parties if they would only the ability I had the so-called Mississippi River improvements, and I take it; if, I say, a pill can carry a proposition of that h."i.nd to take this have no regrets on that point. I insist my amendment is germane to worthless property, and I presuiJ)e the gentleman from O~o was in the bill. favor of it-property held as worthless by the Legislature of the State :Mr. BURLEIGH. Let me ask the gentleman whether he is in favor of Kentucky-and yet can not carry a simple propo ition-to investigate of the purchase of the Erie Canal by the Goyernment. in reference to one of the greatest economic questions that can come Mr. STONE, of Massachusetts. I desire to make another point of before thP. people of the countq, and if the bill shall fail because of order upon the proposition of the gentleman from New York: That that proposition-! do not believe it would fail with it-I shall be will­ is, that we are dealing now with this river and harbor bill in the Com­ ing, I say to my friend, to stand by the record I make upon that ques­ mittee of the Whole, and, therefore, that the point of order he made tion, whether it be one, two, three, or four years hence. is not so broad as if dealing with some subject in the Honse. · I now yield to the gentleman from Iowa [Mr. HEPBURN]. Dea.ling with this subject in Committee of the Whole the authority The CHAIRMAN. The Chair desires to state to the committee that of the committee is as limited as it would be if the river and harbor the pending question is on the point of order. Does the gentleman bill itself were pending before the committee to whom the subject is from Iowa desire to speak to the point of order? committed; and therefore this proposition relating to the improvement M:r. HEPBURN. I do. The point of order nude by the chairmarr of a canal belongs to the Committee on Railways and Canals, and comes of the committee is that the proposition is not germane to the pending properly before that committee, not being a subject within the juris­ paragraph or to the bill. . diction of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. This proposition provides for the acquirement of a canal. The claim Mr. GROSVENOR. Mr. Chairman, I may perhaps revise my judg­ is that this is a bill relating to rivers and harbors, and that canals are ment of the moti>es of the gentleman from New York [Mr. HISCOCK] excluded from the class of water ways to be benefited by it. to attempt to attach to a river and harbor bill a. proposition to buy a Now, the paragraph beginning with line ~18 provides for the im­ canal in the State of New York. But it looks to me, however, as though provement of the Tennessee River at Muscle Shoals. There the Go>­ the gentleman from New York will be shut up hereafter to the con­ ernment is building a canal 13 miles long and a second ca,nal se>eral clusion that he is in favor of the proposition he makes; and that when miles long, I do not know quite how many. he makes a record he will be bound by that record, but not compelled Then the paragraph "for improving the Falls of the Ohio Ri>er at to say that he was in f11vor of the amendment-which he himself pro- Louisville, ~Y·, ", beginning with line 828, bus sole relation to the en-

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~argement of a canal. That entire impro-vement consists of the build­ 1\fr. KING. I move that the House do now adjourn. mg of a canal and the necessary locks and dams. The question being taken on the motion to adjourn, there were­ The paragraph commencing with line 856 is as follows: aye.'3 65, noes 54. Imi?rovement of the l\I~kingum River, between Zanesville and the mouth of So the motion was agreed to; and accordino-ly (at .5 o'clock and 27 the rtver and for operatmg ~he same_; $20,000 .. And the United States hereby minutes p .. m.) the Honse adjourned. o accepts from the State of Ohio the said Muskingum. River improvement and ~11 the locks, dams, and their appurtenances, and the canals belomring t~ said Improvement, and all the franchises. ' "' , PETITIONS, ETC. Ineednotrcadfurther. Thus, :Mr. Chairman we find thatthreediffer­ 1 ent canals are pro-vided for by this bill; so that it ought to be called a bill The following petitions aud :papers were laid on the Clerk's desk, for the improvement of rivers and harbors and canals. Canals are as under tbe rule, and referred as follows: . essentially a part of the subject-matter of this bill as are rivers and har­ B~ :Mr. C. _1\I. ANDERSON: Petition of 104 persons, praying that a :pensiOn law may be :passed embodying the Tesolutions•of the Gr:ind bors. The propositi~n of the gentleman from New York is solely with Army of the Potomac-to the Committee on..In-valid Pensions. reference to the a~urrement of a fourth canal. Can it be claimed that this. is not germane? . ~y Mr. BL.A.ND: Petition of Gillem Rogers, praying that his war The CHAIRMAN. The Chair is prepared to decide the point of or­ claim be referred to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. de.r. The purpose of th~ bill, as ~tated in its title is to make appropri­ 1 By M:r. BIN~H..A.M: .Petitio?- o~ Local .A.S3embly No. ~529, Knights ations for t~e .construction, reparr, and preservation of certain public works on nvers and harbors. The purpose and object of the amend­ of Labor, of Philadelphia, Pa., agamst the passage of the free-ship bill­ to the Select Committee on American Ship-building and Ship-owning men~ proposed by- the ge-?tle~n from New York [lli. HISCOCK] is to a:pp01pt a conumttee to mvestigate the capacity of canals in the State Interests. By Mr. BOY~: Petition of Grange No. 785, Patrons of Husbandry, of New York,, &c. T~e ~hair thinks that the object and purpose of this of Pennsylvania, for the passage of a law for the protection of dairy amend.ment IS not within the scope of the bill, and therefore sustains the pomt of order. products-to the Committee on Agriculture. _!Ir. EVERHART. I move to strike out the entire paragraph, ~lso, protest of the same against the passage of any law _admitting Mr. BAYNE. What paragraph? agncultural products such as wool, hide.q, tobacco, &c., free of duty-to The CHAIRMAN. The paragraph as amended. the Committee on Ways and Means. Mr. BAYNE. I raise the point of order that that motion is not in Also, letter from thePennsylvaniaA.ssociationof Ex-Union Prisoners of War, for the passage of the bill pensioning prisoners of war-to the or~er. That has just been voted on, and the paragraph can not be stricken out. Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. BRA.GG: Petition of Helen E. Miller and othera in favor of The CHAIRMAN. H was not a simple motion to strike out. It was a motion to strike out and insert. the Dingley bill-to the Committee on -the Alcoholic Liqu~r Trnffi.c. :M:r. BAYNE. I understand the motion of the gentleman from Penn­ By b1r. C. E .. B~O~: P~tition of Local Assembly.N o. 1901, Knights sylvania [Mr. EVERHART] is to strike out the paragraph. of Labor, of Cmcmnati, Ohw-to the Select Committee on American Ship-building and Ship-owning Interests. The CHAIRMAN. ·The paragraph has been amended. The Chair thinks the proposition of the gentleman from Pennsylvania is in order- .BY Mr. BURNES: Petition of John N. Smith, captain Compa:uy H, -that is, to strike out the paragraph as amended. ' E1ghty-fir-st Enrolled Missouri Militia, for a special-act pension-tothe Committee on Invalid Pensions. . ¥r. BAYNE. It has ~ot been amended. There was a paragraph By Mr. BURLEIGH: Petition of Albert M:oses, for naval pension-­ stncken out and another mserted. The par3t:,rthesuppression of imitationdairyproducts-tothe Committee Mr. LONG. I ask unanimous consent to introduce a bill for refer­ on Agriculture. ence. Also, _memo.rial of the s.1.me :protesting against a reduction of tariff on 11fr. BE.A.CH. I object. wool, h1des, nee, tobacco, jute, raw sugars, &c.-to the Committee on . :Mr. WILLIS: I m~ve that the House take a recess till 8 o'-clock to­ Ways and Means. mgbt, the evenrng sesSI.on to be for debate only. J\lso, pr~test of the Philadelphia Wool~n Merchants' Association, The SPEAKER. Thelatterpartofthe motion is not in order.· If the agarnst takmg. the duty off wool-to the same committee. House takes a recess, business, under the rules, will be in order. There Also, protest of merchants and manufacturers interested in woolen · may, however, be an understanding by unanimous consent that the goods, against the :passage of the :present tariff bill-to the same com­ e:vening session shall be for debate only. The question is on the mo­ mittee tlOu of the gentleman fiom Kentuc1.'""Y. By lli. EVERHART: Memorial of Grange 91, Patrons of Husbandry, 3860 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. APRIL 26,

of Pennsylvania, protesting against admitting agricultural' raw mate­ that a pension be granted to Racha.el T . .Abbott, mother of Eli T. Con­ rials free of duty-to tbe same committee. ner, late lieutenant-colonel Eighty-first Regiment Pennsylvania Volun­ AJso, memorial of the same, asking for a law against the sale of imi­ teers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ta.tion dairy products-to the CommittR..e on .Agriculture. By Mr. OUTHWAITE: ·Petition of Benjamin Smith, for an invalid By ~1r. FELTON: Memorial regarding Seal Rocks, near San Fran- pension-to the same committee. · cisco, Cal.-to the Committee on the Public Lands. · .Also, petition of Charles K. Jeuree, late sergeant Company D, First By Mr. FLEEGER: Memorial of Grange No. 304, of Pennsylvania, New. York Cavalry, for the passage of a special act :removing charges asking for the passage of bill to protect the dairy interests of the €oun• of desertion-to the Committee on Military .Affairs . try-to the Committee on .Agriculture. .Also, additional evidence in the claim of Esther T. Church, widow of .Also, memorial of same protesting against legislation favoring the Thomas Church, late n. private in Company G, One hundred and sixty­ admission to our ports free of duty of all agricultural raw materials, fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry-to the Committee on Invalid such as wool, hides, raw sugars, tobacco, &c., and asking for ag:ricult­ Pensions. · . • ure the same protection that is afforded other industries-to the Com- By Mr. PEEL: Petition of 33 citizens of Searcy County, .Arkansas,­ - mittee on Ways and Means. • to grant a pension to .Aaron P. ·Gray-to the same committee. By 1t1r. FUNSTON: Testimony in the claim of Isaac Ransom, Com­ By Mr. PERKINS: Petition of Cyrus G Byrnes and Samuel N. West, pany C, Forty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry-to the Committee on and 145 other ex-soldiers of the late war and citizens of Elk City, Kans., Invalid Pensions. asking for legislation repealing the limitation in the arrears-of-pension .Also, petition in claim of Isaac Ransom, Company C, Forty-ninth act-to the same committee. · Indiana Volunteers, for relief-to the sn.me committee. By Mr. RICE: Petition of Knights of Labor of Southridge, Mass., for By Mr. G*-LLINGER: Petition of Lorenzo D. Whitcher, for an constructjon of the Hennepin Canal-to the Committee on Railways original pension-to the same committee. · and Canals. By Mr. HALSELL: Three affidavits to accompany bill for the relief _A.lso, petition of Knights of Labor of Grafton, 1t:Iass., for appropria­ of Benjamin W. Burp;e-to the Committee on War Claims. tion for public works-to the same committee. By Mr. T. J. HENDERSON: Petition of Edwin Clark for bounty By :Mr. RIGGS: Petition of G. H. Baldwin, of Mendon, Til., for of ~>180-to the same committee. · passage of bill relative to butterine,-&c.-to the Committee on Agri­ .Also, petition of George Schneider, of Bureau County, Dlinois, for a culture. penSion-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . · Also, petition of J. R. Douglas, and of W. H. Barney, of Pike County, By Mr. HERBERT: Petition and papers in the contested-election case Ill., for the passage of House bill3973-to the Committee on Ways and of James U. Whitehead vs. Hilary· A. Herbert-to the Committee on Means. Elections. Also, petition of E. ·P. Le Fevre and of John W. Skinner, of Quincy, By :Mr. HILL: Petition of E. J. Coy and 125 others, citizens of Will-­ TIL, relative to temperance education-to the Committee on Education. iams County, Ohio, asking for the passage of House bill No. 6570, to By Mr. ROGERS: Affidavit in support of a petition of J. M. Hold­ prevent the sale of imitation butter-to the Committee on Agricult­ er.fi.eld-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ure. By Mr. RYAN: Petitionofthe Veteran Rights UnionofKan~'\8 1 for By· Mr. HISCOCK: Affidavit of Lucien H. Robertson in support of the passage of bill amending section 1754 of the Revised Statutes-to bill for his relief-to the Committee on Military .Affairs. the Comnll,ttee on Uilitary Affairs. By .Mr. HOLUAN: Papers of Lucieu B. Harbaugh, relative to 'his By Mr. SPOONER: Petition of Mattie F. Harris, for a pension, and claim for relief-to the same committee. papers relating to same-to the Committe~ on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. HOUK: Two petitions in relation to House bill No. G395- By Mr. STORM: Petition of Stephen Shellhnmer, for an invalid pen­ to the same committee. . . sion-to the same committee. .Also, papers in the case of Rufus Fletcher-ft> the Committee on In- Also, petition of Adam Schegle, for a removal of the charge of de­ valid Pensions. - sertion-to the Com.mittee on Military Affairs. Also, memorial in favor of granting a pension to Sarah Jackson, By Mr. STRAIT: Resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of Saint widqw of the adopted son of ex-President Jackson-to the Committee Paul, Minn., recommending that direct mail communication be en­ on Pensions. couraged between the United States and CeRtral and South American . By Mr. T. D. JOHNSTON: Petitionforpaymentofremovalandsub­ States, and praying that Congress will liberally subsidize any steam­ sistence of certain Cherokee Indians and removal of others who desire ship line that will establish such communication-to the Committee to go West-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. By Mr. LIBBEY: Hesolutionsofthe Merchants and Manufacturers' By Mr. TOOLE: Petition of Local .Assembly No. 3928, Knights of Exchange of Norfolk, Va., requesting the establishment of an~ron Labor; of Local Assembly No. 4460, Knights of Labor; and Local As­ ship-yard at Norfolk-to the Committee on Naval .Affairs. sembly No. 3698, .Knights of Labor, of Montana Territory, against the By Mr. LOWRY: Memorial of Labor .Association No. 4164, of Fort free-ship bill-to the Select Committee on .American Ship-building and Wayne, Ind., in favor of liberal appropriations for the construction of Ship-owning Interests. public works.....:...to the Committee on Railways and Canals. · .By ::M:r. TOWNSHEND: Petition of Lewis F. Corey, of Centralia, .Also, memorial of Local.Asse~bly No. 3461, Knights of Labor, of TIL, praying for the removal of political disabilities-to the Committee Garrett, Ind., on prison contract labor-to the Committee on Labor. on the Judiciary. .Also, resolutions of the Thirtieth Indiana Volunteers, in reference to .Also, paper relating to bill for the relief of Thomas Harris-to the a pension to Col. 0. D. Hurd, lat.e colonel of said regiment-to the Committee on M~litary .Affairs. · · Committee on Invalid Pensions. By 1\Ir. V .AN E.A TON: Papers :relating to the claim of Henry C. .Also, petition for special act granting a pension to .Alonzo Young, of Eust is, administrator of Henry Chotard, deceased, 9f .Adams County, Lagrange County, Indiana.,-to the same committee . Mississippi-to the Committee on War Claims. .Also, petition of 32 citizens of Allen County, Indiana, for an act pro­ -By Mr. VOORHEES: Petition of citizens of Skagit County; of Che­ viding for payment of rent of third-class post-offices-to the Committee halis County; of Pacific County, and of Lewis County, Washington on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Territory, to annul the law of the Legislative Assembly of Washington ByMr.1t1cCRE.ARY: PetitionofMilton Barlow, ofRichmond, Ky.­ Territory providing for a penitentiary:; &c.-to the Committee on the to the Committee on Military .Affairs. Territories. By Mr. MILLA.RD: Petition of Owen C. Hall and others, for the Also, petition of the Chamber of Commerce of Tacoma, Wash., pray­ protection of dairy products-to the Committee on .Agriculture. ing for the appropriation of $10,000 for the development of the food fish­ By Mr. MILLER: Petition of Felix Govin y Pinto, praying his claim eries of Washington Territory-to the Committee on .Appropriations. may be referred to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on Foreign By Mr. J. B. WE.A VER: Concurrent resolution of the General .As­ Affairs. sembly of Iowa requesting a pension for Mrs. Sarah Young, of Des By Mr. MORGAN: Petition of citizens of Holly Springs, Miss., fa­ Moines, Iowa, for meritorious service during,the war-to the Commit­ voring a railroad bridge over the Ohio River at Cairo, .Ill.-to the Com- tee on-Invalid Pensions. mittee on Commerce. • - Also, memorial and joint resolution of the General Assembly ot By Mr. MORROW: Petition of .Adolph Sutro for an actin confirma­ Iowa, praying for a pension to all soldiers of the Union army who were tion of his title to certain land in the city and county of San Francisco, captured and confined in confederate prisons-to the same committee. CaL-to the Committee on the Public Lands. Also, petition of Friendship .Assembly Kllights of Labor, of Kirwin, By Mr. NEGLEY: Petition for the relief of Catherine Danner, step­ Kans., praying for a double-track railway from New York to Kansas mother of Mathias Dauner-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. City, Mo.-to the Committee on Railways and Canals. .Also, petition of citizens of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in favor .Also, concurrent resolution of the General .Assembly of Iowa in re­ of the establishment of a national board of health-to the Committee lation to the National Board of Health-to the Committee on .Appro­ on Commerce. • . priations. By .Mr. J. J. O'NEILL: Memorial of.Sa.int Louis board of public .Also, petition of James Stanley, of Kansas, and 24 others, ex-Union schools, favoring the passage of the Blair educational bill or H. R. soldiers of the late war, praying the payment to soldiers of the late war 7266-to the Committee on Education. the difference between greenbacks and ·coin, in accordance with the By Mr. OSBORJ\TE: Petition of citizens of Wilkes Barre: Pa., asking terms of t.heir contract-to the Committee on Military .Affairs. 1886. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3861

By Mr. WHEELER: Petition of Margaret W. Roach, asking that her The scope of the investigation, as actually conducted by the com­ case, with evidence before the Southern Claims Commission, be referred mittee,· is stated in the majority report as follows: to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. • Whenever our attention was called to anything which indicated the probable • By Mr. A. C. WHITE: Memorial of Grange No. 680, of Pennsylvania, employment of improper means to gain support, we followed the clews pre­ against the reduction oftariffon wool and other raw materials-to the sented on the theory t.llat we were not only authorized, but in duty bound, to pursue any matter that promised even remotely to show the ~se of such means Committee on Ways and Means. . in connection with the election, because the discovery of one Important fact, al­ Also, memorial of the same, for the passage of bill to suppress the thoughhavingnoimmedia.tebearingup6nthechargeagai?-sttheperso~snam.ed manufacture and sale of all imitation dairy products--:-to the Committee in the resolution, might lead to the discovery of facts havmg such bearmg. And furthermore, and upon the same-theory, our i';lquiries'Yere ~ot confined on Agriculture. · to the technical rules of legal proof, but the committee availed 1tse1! c;>f any By Mr. MILO WHITE: Petition of citizens of Minnesota, for regu- source af information-admitted hearsay statements and even the opmions of lating imitation dairy products-to the same committee.. _ witnesses. By Mr. WILKf.NS: Petition of B. W. Brown, M. W., Knights of La­ I had hoped that the request put for~ard by the minority members bor, No. 1391, of Newark, Ohio, relative to public works and internal ofthe committee that the proceedings should be open and public would improvements-to the Committee on Railroads and Canals. have been acceded to, and that I might have been spared the misrep­ By Mr. WILLIS: Petition of Knights of Labor Local Assembly No. resentations of the testimony which for three months have been so stu­ 4140, of LouisVille Ky., against the passage of free-ship bill-to the diously circulated, and against which I have, of course, had no defense. Select Committee on American Ship-building and Ship-owning In­ THE RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION terests. are now here, embodied in the majority.. and min~rityrepqrts: The following petitions, praying Congress to place the coinage of silver First. No mention whatever is made in the majority report of. Mr. upon an equality with gold; that there be issued coin certifieates of one, Donavin, but in the report of the minority is found the following: '· two, and five dollars, the same being made a legal tender; that one and After weeks of delay Mr.Dona.vin appeared before the committee and testified two dollar legal-tender notes be issued, and that the-public debt be paid that he knew of no fact of bribery or no act on the part of any person toward as rapidly as possible by applyi.ng for this purpose the idle surplus _now any other person, either directly or indirectly, to improperly influence them as in the Treasury, were presented and severally refe.rred to the pomm1ttee members of the Sixty-sixth General Assemblr in their sut;>port.of He::uy B. Payne; he knew of himself of no facts upon which he based ~1d article, but gave on Coinage, Vteiglit<~, and Measures: ns his principal authority one William A. Taylor, who testified, when called, By Mr. LOWRY: Petition of 37 citizens of Allen County, Indiana. that he had no knowledge of any act of any person 'toward any member of the house or of the senate of the Sixt-y-sixth General Assembly of bribery or cor­ The following petitions, praying Congress for the ena{)tment of a law ruption used to induce that person or pe1·sons to give their support to Henry B. requiring scientific temperance instruction in the public schools of the Payne for United States Senator. District of Columbia, in the Territories, and in the Military and Naval Thns fell all that the investigation was originally based upon. Academies, the Indian and colored schools supported wholly or in part Second. The reports specifically, and in terms, exonerate fully and by money from t:qe national Treasury, were presented and severally completely the four members named in the resolution under which the 1·eferred to the Committee on Education: committee was appointed. By Mr. GEDDES: Of Rev. T. W. Browning and 139 others·, citizens Third. As to myself the record is one of absolute and specific exon­ of Lorain and Huron Counties, Ohio.- eration. Immediately' upon the appointment of the committee I ad­ By Mr. GROUT: Of citizens of Windsor and Orleans Counties, Ver­ dressed a letter to the chairman containing the following request: mont. . For myself I invite and challenge the most tho~ough and rigid scruti~y; my By Mr. NEECE: Of citizens of the eleventh Congressional district of private correspondence an.d ~oks of acc;ou.nt ~111 be cheerfull.Y subm.1tte!I to illinois. your inspection, ii you desue .1t.' I only mslBt,m case any testimony IS g1v.en By Mr. PIRCE: Of citizens of Providence County, Rhode Island. which in the slightest degree mculpates me, I ma.y be afforded an opportumty By Mr. SESSIONS: Of citizens of Allegany and Chautauqua Coun­ of appearing before the committee. ties, New York. To which in due time I received a reply containing the following promise on the part of the committee: . If in the prosecution of this inquiry, any testimony tending to inculpate you in a'ny degree with any questionable transaction be received, I assure yon that your request to appear before the committee in such event will be most cor- SENATE. dially and fully acceded to. . THOMAS .A. COWGILL, Chairman. TUESDAY, April 27, 188G. As the committee have never notified or requested me to appear be­ Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. G. BUTLER, D. D. fore them, nor called for my books or private correspondence, the result The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. of the investigation, except upon the hypothesis that the committee are _ OHIO S~ATORIAL INVESTIGATION. destitute of truth and honor, must be as to myself absolute exonera- tion. · The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair lays before the Senate a I refrain from any comment upon the facts stated in the minority re­ letter from th~ clerk of the house of representatives of the Legislature of port, that witnesses desired by the :mmority were not subpoonaed.; that Ohio, transmitting testimony taken by a select committee of the house respectable persons, whose names had been by some gossip implicated. of representative.•:; of Ohio and the report of that committee as to charges in alleged SGandal, were refused an opportunity of testifying; and, fur­ against the official integrity and character of certain members of said ther, that the maj01ity refused to meet as a committee for the purpose house of representatives in connection with the election of Hon. of discussing the evidence or applying any rule to the same whereby a HENRY B. PAYNE as a United States Senator. unanimous report conld be reached. · · Mr. PAYNE. Mr. President, no formal motion is required, I be­ Fourth. The committee after having exonerated, as it was obliged to lieve, to send these papers to the Committee on Privileges and Elec­ do, aU persons charged in the resolution and myself, transmits the hun­ tions. I desire to be considered as making such motion if it is required, dreds of pages of gossip to the Senate.without making any request of and to couple with it :the request that the minority report may take this body. · the same course, a copy of which I submit. The resolution says: . With this formal disposition of the matter I am at present content; For the information of the body of which Senator PAYNE is a member and for but desire to make a short statement to accompany the papers into the such action as it may deem advisable. · hands of the committee. Of course I have no knowledge of the contents of the testimony. The A Democratic caucus for nomination of a candidate for United States members of the house who voted to send it here bad no knowledge; it Senator was convened at Columbus on the evening of January 8, 1884~ having been all taken in secret session by the committee and the house I ·was not in attendance, but without doubt the contest was heated and having voted down the motion to have it printed or read. It must, bitter. The result of the first ballot was as follows: howeYer, be supposed to be fairly represented by the contents of the Booth ...... 1 majority report, which I have read-; and judging from that, I charac­ Pendleton ...... , 15 Ward ...... 17 terize this proceeding-the transmission of the testimony here-as ·an Payne ...... 46 attempt to circulate and give currency to baseless gossip and scandal Being a majority for the successful candidate of 13 over all. after everything substantial in the way of a charge has been discredited The papers submitted embody the results of an investigation into and disproved. this ~nvass, conducted secretly for more than three months by a com­ . I am content to leave the matter with the Committee on Privileges mittee of the house of representatives of the State of Ohio. and Elections for such disposition of it as they may fiJ;ld to be in accord­ The resolution under which the committee was appointed provided ance wit~ dignity and justice. I trust that it will receive early atten­ that- tion and action. I have here, M:r. President, the letter which I wrote to the commit:_ Whereas the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette of date of January 12,1886, con­ tains a printed statement, on the authority of S. K. Donavin, alleging grave te.e, the answer of its chairman, Mr. Cowgill, and the report of the .ebarges against the official integrity and character of certain members of this minority of the committee; and I ask that they may be referred and house • • • so definite and precise in statemt"nt as to call for immediate of action in order to vindicate the r-eputation of members "f this house: djsposed with the other papers by the Committee on Privileges and Resolved, That a. select committee of five be appointed to inquire into all the Elections. !acts of the charges so alleged, &c. · The PRESIDENT pro tempore. If there be no objection the papers