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2678 CONGRESSION~ RECORD-SENATE. APRD.J 4, Also, petition of ..Aaron Royston, of .Marshall County, Mississippi, for ..Also, petition of James W. Snyder, Jefferson County, West Virginia, reference of his claim to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on for reference of his claim to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. War Claims. By Mr. MORRILL: Petition of M. H. Roller and 60 others, of Cir cleville, ·Kans., asking that the tax on flaxseed and linseed-oil be re The following petitions for an increase of compensation of fourth tained-to the Committee on Ways and Means. class postmasters were severally referred to tho Committee on the Post By Mr. MORROW: Petition of citizens of San Francisco, Cal., against Office and Post-Roads: the repeal of the tariff on chrome iron-to the Committee on Wa.ys and By :Mr. BANKHEAD: Of J. L.Wrightandothers, of Webster County, Me.o1.ns. Alabama. By Mr. MORSE: Petition of 23 citizens of Boston, 1\Iass., for better By Mr. OATES: Of Thomas D. McGough and 27 others, citizens of mail facilit.ies between Boston and New York, etc.-to the Committee Glennville, Ala. on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. By Mr. NEAL: Petition of J. A. Turley ru1d 14 others, citizens of The following petitions, indorsing the per diem rated service-pension McMinn County, Tennessee, for a special-act pension to Robert Pearce, bill, based on the principle of paying all soldiers, sailors, and marines late a private in Company ..A, Tenth Regiment Tennessee Cavalry- of the late war a monthly pension of 1 cent a day for each day they to the Oommittee on Invalid Pensions. were in the service, were severally referred to the Committee on In- By Mr. OSBORNE: Resolutions of the St. Louis Uerchants' Ex- valid Pensions: · . change, in favor of the incorporation of the Nicaragua Canal dompany- By 1\Ir. S. T. HOPKINS: Of 72 soldiers of Walton, and of 17 soldiers to the Committee on Railways and Canals. of Cairo, Greene Connty, New York. By lli. OWEN: Petition asking a pension for ..Alice Newbury, widow By Mr. KENNEDY: Of A.sa. W. 1\'Iitchell and 121 others, members of of James Newbury-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Clay Hay Post, No. 383, Grand'..Army oftheRepublic, of New Carlisle, By 1\Ir. PEEL: Petition of William Fain, and of Mrs. M. E. Lacey, Ohio. of Washington County, ..Arkansas, for reference of their claims to the By Mr. LAIRD: Of numerous ex-soldiers of Edgar, of Nelson, of Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. Nuckolls Co~nty, of Minden, of Hardy, and other places in Nebraska, ..Also, papers in the claim of WilliamS. Pyeatt, ofWashington County, and of Rock, Minn. Arkansas-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. McCOR])fiCK: Of 89 citizens of McKean County, and of M. By :Mr. RANDALL: Resolutions of Philadelphia Typographical V. Purple and 30 others, ex-soldiers of the Sixteenth district of Penn Union No. 2, indorsed by the Pressmen's ~Union No.4, ofPhiladelp · , sylvania. for an international copyright law-to the Committee on Patents. Also, of ..Anthony Bennett and 18 others, ex-soldiers of Tioga County, By lli. ROGERS: Petition of Sarah Uarr, of Pulaski County, - Pennsylvania. kansas, for reference of her claim to the Courtof Claims-to the Com- By Mr. McCULLOGH: Of John Lauffer and others, and of J.D. mittee on War Claims. McQuinn and others, ex-Union soldiers and sailors of Westmoreland Also, protest of river men against the construction of a bridge at County, Pennsylvania. Little Rock, .A.rk.-to the Committee on Commerce. ..Also, of W. N. Fullerton and others, ex-soldiers and sailors of West- By Ur. SIMMONS: A bill to provide for the survey of the Tar River moreland County, Pennsylvania. from Tarborough to the railroad bridge at Rocky Mount, N. C.-to the By Mr. NUTTING: Of Samuel Nichols and 67 others, of Judson N. Committee on Rivers and Harbors. · Hoyt, of James McDorcht and 61 others, and of W. J. Emens and 24 By ~lr. STAHLNECKER: Petition of the New York State Agricnl- others, citizens of Oswego and Cayuga Counties, New York. tural Society against the Palmer Senate bill, and favoring the passage By 1\Ir. OSBORNE: Of S. F. Wells and 17 others, citizensofSusque- of a bill to place the same under cba.rgo of the Commissioner of Agri- hanna County, Pennsylvania. culture-to the Committee on ..Agriculture. By :Mr. PATTON: Of 60 ex-soldiers of M.iffi..in County, Pennsylvania. Also, resolutions oftheCommon CouncilofNcwYorkinfavorofthe By Mr. SEYMOUR: Of C. M. Dunbar and 29 others, ex-soldiers, of bill to erect a monument to the prison-ship martyrs-to the Committee Michigan. on the Library. Also, memorial of mayor, aldermen, and:commonalty of New York, The following petitions, praying for the enactment of a law provid for refunding of money raised hy the city for military purposes- to the ing temporary aid for common schools, to be disbursed on the basis of Committee on War Claims. , illiteracy, were severally referred to the Committee on Education: Also, concurrent resolution of the Legisla.ture of New York, relative By Mr. FRENCH (by request): Of 119 citizens of Middlesex Co1mty, to compensation of letter-carriers and postal-clerks-to the Committee Connecticut. on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. By Mr. J. S. HENDERSON: Of women b~longing to the Interna .Also, concurrent resolution of the same, relative to the erection of a tional Council. monument to the prison-ship martyrs-to the Committee on the Li- By Mr. MORROW: Of 67 citizens of San Francisco County, Cali brary. · fornia. By Mr. STEPHENSON: 1\femoriaJ. of tho National Farmers' ..Al By M:r. RYAN: Of117 citizens of Butler County, Kansas. liance, to establish a Department of Agriculture-to the Committee on By Mr. STEPHENSON: Of 112 citizens of Langlade County, Wis Agriculture. consin . ..Also, resolutions of theTurnvereinof Milwaukee, Wis., relating to I the laws affecting emigration-to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The following petitions, asking for the passage of the bill prohibiting Also, petition of22 citizens of Merrill, Lincoln County, Wisconsin, the manufacture, sale, and importation 9f all alcoholic beverages in the relative to the issue of fractional cun-ency-to tho Committee on Bank District of Columbia, were severally referred to the Select Committee ing and Currency. on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic: Also, petition of 23 citizens of Men-ill, Lincoln County, Wisconsin, By Mr. GROSVENOR: Of Rev. W. H. Day and 50 others, of the Fif relative to the reduction of postage on seeds, etc.-to the Committee teenth district of Ohio. on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. By Mr. McKINLEY: Of 50 citizens of the Eighteenth district of Also, petition of 82 iron-qre miners and bborers of the Germania Ohio. Mining Company, and of 217 iron-ore miners and laborers of the Ash By Mr. STEPHENSON: Of 95 citizens of the Ninth district of Wis land Iron :Mining Company, of Hurley, Wis., protesting against there consin. duction of cluty on iron ore-to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. STOCKDALE: Of 76 citizelis of the Sixth district of Mis- Also, letter of the railroad commissioners of Wisconsin, relating to sissippi. · the loss of life and limb in coupling and uncoupling cars in the inter By Mr. J. R. WHITING: Of 53 citizens of the Seventh district of state commerce-to the Committee on Commerce. Michigan. By Mr. J. W. STEWART: Petition and papers in case of GeorgeS. Hawley, for increase of pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. STONE, of Missouri: Petition of Isaac:Bethurum, to accom SENATE. pany bill for his relief-to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. VOORHEES: Memorial of William Gooch, for the passage WE;DNESDAY, April 4, 1888. of a bill for his relief-to the Committee on Claims. By :Mr. WHEELER: Petition of estate of Richard L. Kirby, jr., Prayer by the Chapbin, Rev. J. G. BUTLER, D. D. estate of W. W. Mitchell, William Beckham, Abner D. Lamsden, The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. Sarah E. Trousdale, Cain Leach, W . ..A. Rash and others, heirs of Laxon • PETITIO~S AND MEMORIALS. Rash; A. 0. Williamson, and Mary A. De Gra:ffenreid, of Alabama, for reference of their claims to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on The PRESIDENT pro tempore presented a communication of J. M. War Claims. Bradford, of rortland, Me., relating to the administration of the civil By Mr. W. L. WILSON: PetitionofLivanPondGrangeofWestVir service law in Portland; which was referred to the Select Committee ginia, for amendment of po tal laws, to reduce postage on Reeds, bulbs, to Examine into the Condition of the Civil Service. ' etc., to one-half cent per ounce-to the Committee on the Post-Office He also presented a petition of the Woman's Christian Temperance and Post-Roads. Union of Meriden, Conn., and a pe~tion ~f the Woman's Christia.n 1888. CONGRE.SSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 2679 Temperance Union of Baltimore, Md., praying for the repeal of the bath by the running of Sunday trains, etc.; whichwere referred to the internal-revenue tax on alcoholic beverages; which were referred to Committee on Education and Labor. the Committee on Finance. ANSON RUDD. Mr. PALMER presented a petition of Dwight May Post, No. 69, 1\Ir. TELLER. The Committee on Public Lands have had under Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Michigan; a petition of consideration the bill (H. R.