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Mr. EDMUNDS (at 1 o'clock and 40 minutes p. m. ). I am advised GEORGIA. that it will be about an hour yet before we can receive a communica­ Thomas M. Norwood. James H. Blount. Henry G. Turner. Judson C. Clements. tion from the House of Representa.tives. I therefore move that a fur­ Charles F. Crisp. Seaborn Reese. ther recess of one hour be taken. Henry R. Harris. Allen D. Candler. The motion was agreed to; and (at 1 o'clock and 40 minutes p.m.) N. J. Hammond. George T. Barnes. the Senate took a recess, and at the expiration of the recess (at 2 o'clock ILLINOIS. and 40 minutes p. m.) the President pro tempore resumed the chair. Ransom W. Dunham. William H. ~eece. Frank Lawler. .Tames M. Riggs. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. James H. Ward. George E. Adams. fo~~:~:rii~~~~[· Mr. CLARK, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, appeared be­ A. J. Hopkins. Joseph G. Cannon. low the bar of the Senate and delivered the following message: Robert R. Hitt. Silas Z. Landes. Thomas J. Henderson, John R. Eden. Mr. President, I am directed by the House of Representatives to in­ Ralph Pluinb. "William R. Morrison. form the Senate that there is a quorum of the House of Representatives Lewis E. Payson. Richard W. Townshend. present, and that JoHN G. CABLISLE, a Representative from the State Nicholas E. W011hington. John R. Thomas. of Kentucky, has been elected Speaker, and John B. Clark, jr., of the . State of Missouri, has been chosen Clerk; and that the House of Rep­ John J. Kleiner. James T. Johnston. resentatives is now ready to proceed to business. Thomas R. Cobb. Thomas B. Ward. Jonas G. Howard. William D. Owen. It has also resolved that a committee of three be appointed on the part William S. Holman. George W. Steele. of the House, to join the committee appointed on the part of the Senate, Cow·tland C. Matson. ~obertLowry. to wait on the President of the and inform him that a Thomas M. Browne. George Ford. William D. Bynum. quorum of the two Houses has assembled and that Congress is ready IOWA . to receive any communication that he may be pleased to make, and B. J. Hall. Edwin H. Conger. that Mr. BLOUNT, 1\Ir. RANDALL, and Mr. REED have been appointed J. H. Murphy. William P. Hepburn. members ofthat committee on the part of the Honse. David B. Henderson. Joseph Lyman. William E. Fuller. Adoniram J. Holmes. DEATH OF VICE-PRESIDENT HENDRICKS. Ben. T. Frederick. IsaacS. Struble. J. B. Weav er. 1\Ir. VOORHEES. Mr. President, in the discharge of the saddest KANSAS. duty of my public life I beg leave to offer resolutions which I send to E. N. Morrill. John .A . .Anderson. E . H. Funston. Lewis Hanback. the Chair. Bishop W. Perkins. Samuel R . Peters. The PRESIDENT pro tEmpore. The resolutions will be read. Thomas Ryan. The Chief Clerk read as follows: KENTUCKY. William J. Stone. William 0. P. Breckinridge. Resolved, That the Senate bas received with p;ofound sorrow the intelligence Polk Laffoon. James B. McCreary. of the death of Thomas A. Hendricks, late Vice-President of the United States, John E. Halsell. · W.H. Wadsworth. and for a ·number of years a distinguished member of this body. Thomas A. Robertson. W. P. Taulbee. Resolved, That the business of the Senate be suspended in order that the emi­ .AlbertS. Willis. Frank L. Wolford. nent public services and the private virtues of the deceased may be appropriately John G. Carlisle. commemorated. LOUISIANA. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate be directed to communicate these Louis St. Martin. Newton C. Blanchard. resolutions to the House of Representatives. Michael Hahn. J. Floyd King. Mr. VOORHEES. I ask that the resolutions lie on the table sub­ Edward J. Gay. Alfred B . Irion. ject to be called up at a future day, of which the Senate will have due MAINE. and timely notice. Thomas B. Reed. Seth L. Milliken. Mr. HARRISON. Mr. President, out of respect to the memory of Nelson Dingley, jr. Charles .A. Boutelle. the late Vice-President I move that the Senate do now adjourn. MARYLAND. The PRESIDENT pro t&mpore. The resolutions will lie on the table. John V. L. Findlay. The question is on the motion of the Senator from Indiana [Mr. H.AR­ Barnes Compton. :RISON] that the Senate do now adjourn. Louis E. McComas. The motion was agreed to; and (at 2 o'clock and 42 minutes p.m.) MASSACHUSETTS. Robert T . Davis. Eben F. Stone. the Senate adjourned. John D. Long. Charles H . .Allen. Ambrose A. Ranney. · Frederick D. Ely. Patrick A. Collins. William W. Rice. Edward D. Hayden. William Whiting. Henry B. Lovering. Francis W. Rockwell. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. :MICHIGAN. MONDAY, William C. Maybury. Ezra 0. Carleton. December 7, 1885. Nathaniel B. Eldredge. '.rimothy E. Tarsney. James O'Donnell. Byron M. Outcheon. This day, in compliance with the prescription of the Constitution, Julius 0. Burrows. Spencer 0. Fisher. the members-elect of the Hou8e of Representatives of the Forty-ninth Charles 0. Comstock. Seth C. Moffatt. Congress assembled in their Hall, and at 12 o'clock m. were called t{) Edwin B. Winans. order by Mr. John B. Clark, Clerk of the last House. · MINNESOTA. Milo White. John B. Gilll.llan. The CLERK. Gentlemen, the hour having arrived for the meeting J. B. Wakefield. Knute Nelson. 4>f the Forty-ninth Congress of the United States, the Clerk of the H. B. Strait. Forty-eighth Congress will proceed, as required by law, to call the roll MISSISSIPPI. of Representatives-elect who have complied with the law in furnishing John M. Allen. 0. R. Singleton. J. B. Morgan. H. S. Van Eaton. proper certificates of election. - T. 0. Catchings. E. Barksdale. The roll was called, showing the presence of the following Members F. G. Barry. and Delegates : MISSOURI. .ALABAMA. William H . Hatch. John J. 0 'Neil1. James T. Jones. Thomas W. Sadler. John B. Hale. John M . Glover. Hilary A. Herbert. John M. Martin. Alexander M. Dockery. Martin L. Clardy. William C. Oates. William H. Forney. James N. Burnes. Richard P. Bland. Alexander C. Davidson. Joseph Wheeler. William Warner. William J. Stone. John T. Heard. William H. Wade. ARKANSAS. John E. Hutton. William Dawson. Poindexter Dunn. John H. Rogers. t NEBRASKA. C. R. Breckinridge. Samuel W. Peel. Thomas C. McRae. Archibald J. Weaver. George W . E. Dorsey. James Laird. .. NEVADA. Barclay Henley. W. W. Morrow. William Woodburn. J.A.Louttit. Charles N. Felton. Joseph McKenna. H. H. Markham. NEW HAMPSHIRE. COLORADO. Martin A. Haynes. Jacob H. Gallinger. George G. Symes. NEW JERSEY. CO~CTICUT. George Hires. William W. Phelps. John R. Buck. John T. Wait. James Buchanan. Herman Lehlbach. Charles L. Mitchell. Edward W. Seymour. Robert S. Green. William McAdoo. James N . Pidcock. DELAWARE. . Charles B. Lore. Perry Belmont. Archibald M. Bliss. Felix Campbell. John J. Adams. FLORID.A. Darwin R. James. Timothy J. Ca mpbell, Robert H. M . Davidson. Cha rles Dougherty. Peter P. Mahoney. Joseph Pulitzer. 106 CONGRESSIONAL· RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 7,

Abram S. Hewitt. J. Thomas Spriggs. When the State of Nebraska was reached in the call, Truman .A. Merriman. JohnS. Pindar. The CLERK said: The Clerk desires state tha.t he has some doubt .Abraham Dowdney. Frank Hiscock. to Egbert L. Viele. Stephen C. l'tlillard. as to whether the certificates from the State of Nebraska fully comply William G. Stahlnecker. Sereno E. Payne. with the law, but as they are identical with the certificates filed with Lewis Beach. John Arnot. John H. Ketcham. Ira Davenport. the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the Forty-seventh and James G. Lindsley. Charles S. Baker. Forty-eighth Congresses, and as there is no protest or contest, he has Henry G. Burleigh. John G. Sawyer. placed the names upon the roll. · John Swinburne. John M. Farquhar. George West. John B. Weber. The calling of the roll was concluded. Frederick .A. Johnson. Walter L . Sessions. Mr. BENNETT. My colleague, Mr. JoHNS. HENDERSON", is detained .Abraham X. Parker. at his room by illness. . l'tfr. DIBBLE. My colleague, l'tfr. AIKEN, is absent on account of Thomas G. Skim:ier. Risden T. Bennett. . sickness. James E. O'Hara. John S. Henderson. Wharton J. Green. William H. H. Cowles. Mr. LANHAM. My colleague, Mr. CRAIN, is sick an~ unable to be William R. Cox. Thomas D. Johnston. present. James ,V. Reid. Mr. VIELE. l\Iy colleague, Mr. MULLER, is detained at home by omo. sickness. Benjamin Butterworth. Albert C. Thompson. Charles E. Brown. Joseph H. Outhwaite. The CLERK. Three hundred and nineteen members, more than a James E. Campbell. Charles H. Grosvenor. quorum, have answered to their names. Charles M . .Anderson. Beriah Wilkins. Of interest to members and as a matter of permanent record the­ Benj::u:nin Le Fevre. George W. Geddes. William D. Hill. A. J. Warner. Clerk presents in tabulated form the changes in the list of members George E. Seney. Isaac H. Taylor. since the election of the Forty-ninth Congress, and requests that it be John Little. Ezra B. Taylor. incorporated in the RECORD. It is as follows : William C. Cooper. William McKinley, jr. Jacob Romeis. Martin .A. Foran, List of cltanges since tile election of Forty-ni-ntl~ House of Rep1·esentatives. W. W. EUsberry. OREGON. Date of Binger Herman," District. Name. vacancy. Successor. PENNSYLVANIA. Edwin S. Osborne. Franklin Bound. . Henry H. Bingham. Frank C. Bunnell. Nineteenth Penn- William A. Duncan*.. Nov.14, 1884 ... John A. Swope. Charles O'NeilL William W. Brown. sylvania. Samuel J. Randall. Jacob M. Campbell. Third Arkansas ... James K. Jonest ...... March 4, 1885 .. Thomas C. McRae. William D. Kelley. Louis E. Atkinson. Eighth New York SamuelS. Coxt...... 1\lay 20, 1885 ... Timothy J. Campbell. Alfred C. HarmeL John A. Swope. Fifth illinois...... Reuben Ellwood* ...... July 1,1885 ..... Albert J. Hopkins. James B. Everhart. Andrew G. Curtin. I. Newton Evans. Charles E. Boyle. *Died. tResigned. Daniel Ermentrout, James S. Negley. John A.. Hiestand. Thomas 1\I. Bayne. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. William H. Sowden. Oscar L. Jackson. John B. Storm. Alexander C. White. ·A message from the Senate, by Mr. l'tfcCooK, its Secretary, informed Joseph A. Scranton. George W, Fleeger. the House that a quorum of the Senate had assembled, and that that Charles N. Brumm. William L. Scott. body was now ready to proceed to the transaction of public business. RHODE ISLAND. It further announced that the Senate had elected Hon. JoiiK SHER­ Henry J. Spooner. William .A. Pirce. IAN, a Senator from the State of Ohio, President pro tempore of the SOUTH CAROLINA. Senate, the office of Vice-President having become vacant by reason of Samuel Dibble. John J. Hemphill. the death of Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks. George D. Tillman, George W. Dargan. It also announced that a committee, consisting of Mr. EDMUNDS William H. Perry. Robert Smalls. and Mr. HARRIS, had been appointed on the part of the Senate to join TENNESSEE. such committee as may be appointed by the House of Representatives· A. H. Pettibone. A. J. Caldwell. to wait upon the President of the United States and inform him that L. C.Houk. J. G. Ballentine. Congress was ready to receive any communication he might be pleased JohnR. NeaL John M. Taylor. Benton McMillin.. P.T.Glass. to make. · James D. Richardson. Zach. Taylor. ELECTION OF SPEAKER. TEXAS. The CLERK. A quorum of members having appeared and answered Charles Stewart. Olin Wellborn. J. H. Reagan. J. F. Miller. to their names, the :first business in order wilJ. be the election of a J. H. Jones. R. Q. 1\Iills. Speaker of the House of Representatives for the Forty-ninth Congress, D. B. Culberson. J. D. Sayers. and nominations for that office are now in order. J. W. Throckmorton. S. W. T. Lanham, Mr. TUCKER. Mr. Clerk, Inominatefortheoffi.ceofSpeakerofthe VERMONT. House of Representatives for the Forty-ninth Congress Hon. JoHN G. John W. Stewart. William W. Grout, CARLISLE, a Representative-elect from the State of Kentucky. . Mr. CANNO~. Mr. Clerk, I nominate for Speaker of this House the Harry Libbey. Charles T. O'Ferrall. George D. Wise. JohnS. Barbour. Hon. THOMAS B. REED, aRepresentative-electfrom theStateofMrune. James D. Brady. C. F. Trigg. The CLERK. There being no other nominations the Clerk will re­ George C. Cabell, John R. Tucker. quest Mr. MORRISON of illinois, 1\lr. TuCKER of Virginia, .Mr. HISCOCK John W. Daniel. WEST VIRGINIA. ofNew York, and Mr. BROWNE of Indiana to act as tellers; and the rules Nathan Goff, jL Charles P. Snyder. of the House providing that the vote shall be viva voce, the Clerk will William L. Wilson. Eustace Gibson. proceed to call the roll. WISCONSIN. The roll was called with the following result: Lucien B. Caswell. Joseph Rankin, Ed ward S. Bragg. Ormsby B. Thomas. For Mr. John G. Carlisle, oj Kentucky-178. Robert M. La Follette. 'Villiam T. Price. .Adams, J. J. Campbell, T. J. Eden, Henley, Isaac W. Van Schaick. Isaac Stephenson. Allen, J. M. Candler, Eldredge, Herbe.rt, ARIZONA. Anderson, C.l'IL Carleton, Ellsberry, Hewitt, Arnot, Catchings, Erment.rout, Hill, Curtis C. Bean. Ballentine, Clardy, Findlay, Holman, DAKOTA.. Bal:bonr, Clements, Fisher, Howard, Barksdale, Cobb, Foran, Hutton, Oscar S. Gifford. Barnes, Cole, Ford, · Irion, IDAHO. Barry, Collins, Forney, Johnston, T. D. Beach, Compton, Frederick, Jones, J. H. JohnHailh. Belmont, Comstock, Gay, Jones, J. T. MONTANA. • Bennett, Cowles, Geddes, King, Blanchard, Cox, Gibson, C. H. Kleiner, Joseph K. Toole. Bland, Crisp, Gibson, Eustace Laffoon, NEW l'IIEXICO. Bliss, Culberson, Glass, Landes, Blount, Curtin, Glover, Lanham, Anthony Joseph. Boyle, Daniel, Green, R. S. Lawler, UTAH. Bragg, Dargan, Green,W. J. LeFevre, Breckinridge, C. R. Davidson, A. C. Hale, Lore, John T. Caine. Breckinridge, WCP.Davidson, R. H. I. Hall, Lovering, W .ASHINGTON. Burnes, Dawson, Halsell, Lowry, Bynum, Dibble, Ham.mond, Mahoney. Charles S. Voorhees. Cabell, Dockery, Harris, Martin, WYOMING. Caldwell, Dougherty, Hatcl:l, Matson, Campbell, Felix Dowdney, Heard, Maybury. Joseph 1\1. Carey. Campbell, J. E. Dunn, Hemphill, McAdoo.. 1885. OONGRESSION AL RECORD-HOUSE. 107

Pidcock, Skinner, Tucker, the proceedings of the Honse shall be evenly administered, with a view to ~~~· Pindar, Snyder, Turner, ltfcRae, ' Pulitzer, Sowden, VanEaton, the preservation of order and decorum, the protection of the personal Merriman, Randall, Spriggs, Viele, and representative rights of members, and the prompt transaction of the l'liiller, Rankin, Springer, Ward,J. H. public business. None oftheseresu1ts, however, can be attained with­ Mills, Reagan, Stahlnecker, Ward,T.B. Mitchell, Reid, J. W. Stewart, Charles Warner, A. J. out your active co-operation and support. lt1organ, Reese, St. Martin, Weaver, J. B. In a body so large as this, and representing such vast and varied and Morrison, Richardson, Stone, of Ky. Wellborn, sometimes conflicting interests; a con...qi;ant observance of established Murph y , Riggs, Stone, of Mo. Wheeler, Neal, Robertson, Storm, Wilkins, rules and precedents is imperatively required, not only by considerations Neece, Rogers, Swope, Willis, vitally affecting the public welfare, but in order to maintain the honor Norwood, Sadler, Tarsney, Wilson, and dignity of the House itself. In the sharp contests for priority, Oates, Sayers, Taulbee, Winan, O'Ferra.ll, Scott, TR.ylor, J. M. Wise, which inevitably occur in such a body, the restraints imposed by fixed O'Neill, J. J. Seney, Throckmorton, Wolford, rules are sometimes quite severely felt, especially after there _has been Onthw ite, Seymour, Tillman, Worthington. a large accumulation of business; but experience has shown that the Peel, Shaw, Townshend, Perry, Singleton, Trigg, necessity for order and regularity in the consideration of legislative measures is so fully appreciated by gentlemen on the floor that they can For Mr. Thomas B. Reed, of Maine-138. be always relied upon to sustain the presiding officer in every proper Adams, G. E. Felton, Lindsley, Ryan, effort he may make· to secure that result. In view of this fact, I feel .Allen, 0. H. Fleeger, Little, Sawyer, much more confident of a reasonable degree of success in this trying .Anderson, J. A. Fuller, Long, Scranton, Atkinson, Funston, • Lyman, Sessions, position than would otherwise be justifiable. Questions of order must Baker, Gallinger, Markham, Smalls, be decided promptly as they arise, generally without much opportunity Bayne, Gilfillan, 1\-IcComas, Spooner, for deliberation, and consequently whoever may be the occupant of this Bingham, Goff, nrcKenna, Steele, Bound, Grosvenor, McKinley, Stephenson, chair, and however careful he may be, mistakes must frequently be Boutelle, Grout, Millard, Stewart, J. W. committed; but fortunately the Honse has at all times in its own hands Brady, Hahn, l\fillik:en, Stone, E. F. the power to correct them, and preserve the integrity and consistency Browne,T. M. Hanback, nioffatt, Strait, . Brown, C. E. Harmer, Morrill, Struble, of its practice; and I am sure yon will not hesitate to exercise that Brown,W.W. Hayden, nlorrow, Swinburne, power whenever the occasion may demand it. Brumm, Haynes, Negley, Sym~, Gentlemen, we are about to enter upon the work of an important B11chanan, Henderson, D. B. Nelson, Taylor, E. B. Buck, Henderson, T. J. O'Donnell, Taylor, I. H. session, more important perhaps than any that has preceded it for many Bunnell, Hepburn, O'Hara, Taylor, Zach. years. The political relations heretofore existing between the two sides Burle igh, Herman, O'Neill Charles Thomas, J. R. of the House and the executive department of the Government have Burrows, Hiestand, Osborn~, Thomas, 0. B. Butterworth, Hires, Owen, Thomp on, been reversed.; and this of itself imposes new dnties and obligations Oampbell,J. M. Hiscock, Parker, VanSchaick, upon both. Cannon, Hitt Payne, Wade, Under a. popu1ar form of government like ours a political change in Caswell, Ho~es, Payson, Wadsworth, Conger, Hopkin , Perkins, "\V"ait, the executive branch necessarily, to a greater or less extent, involves Cooper , Houk, Peters, Wakefield, altered methods of administration, inaugurates new legislative policies, Outcbeon, Jackson, Pettibone, Warner, William and consequently presents new questions for the consideration of the Davenport, James, Phelps, Weaver, A. J. Davis, Johnson, F. A. Pirce, Weber, people and their representatives. It is probable, therefore, that many Dingley, Johnston, J. T. Plumb, West, subjects not heretofore prominent in our deliberations will engage a Dorsey, Kelley, Price, White, A. C. Dunham, Ketcham, Ranney, White, Milo large share of your attention during the present Congress. It may Ely, La Follette, Rice, Whiting, reasonably be anticipated also that wide differences of opinion will exist Evans , Laird, Rockwell, Woodburn. upon many of these questions, resulting in long and perhaps exciting Everhart, Lehlbach, Romeis, Farquhar, Libbey, Rowell, contests upon the floor; and it may be that these differences will not always be defined by recognized party lines. Under these circum­ Not 'l.'oting-8. stances, a proper appreciation of the integrity and patriotism of each Aiken, Croxton, Henderson, J. S. Mnller, other, a sincere respect for the honest opinions of opponents in debate, Carlile , Guenther, Loutitt, Reed, T. B. and the cultivation of a spirit of mutual forbearance and personal re­ Crain, gard will be necessary to enable the House to conduct its proceedings Mr. BENNE'.rT (when the name of" Mr. HENDERSON, of North Caro­ with order and deliberation, and avoid unpleasant incidents, which are lina, was called). My colleague, as I have already stated, is detained always most seriomly regretted by those who actually participate in from the House by sickness. them. The:House is the only custodian and guardian of its own peace . :blr. VIELE (when the name of Mr. MULLER was cap.ed). :Mr. MuL­ and dignity, and without its cordial support no presiding officer can LER is detained at his home by reason of a serious accident. preserve either. Mr. MORRISON. Mr. Clerk, on behalf of the tellers appointed to And now, gentlemen, before taking the oath of office allow me to canvass the vote for Speaker, I am directed to report that they have renew the expression of my sincere acknowledgments for the great agreed in their tally, with this result: Whole number of votes cast 316; honor yon have conferred and the great trust yon have confided to my of this number Mr. CARLISLE has received 178 votes, and Mr. REED hands. I accept them both, I trust, with· a proper sense of the im­ 138. portant obligations they impose, and certainly with an earnest desire The CLERK. The Honse has heard the report of the tellers, show­ to discharge those obligations without prejudice to any public interest. ing a total vote cast of 316; of which Hon. JoHN G. CARLISLE, a mem­ [Loud applause from both sides of the Honse.] ber-elect from the State. of Kentucky, received 178 votes for the office Mr. KELLEY, having served longest continuously as a member of the of Speaker of this House, and ?!Ir. THOMAS B. REED, a member-elect Honse, adiD:ini3tered to the Speaker-elect the oath prescribed. from the State of Maine, received 138. The Clerk therefore declares SWEARING-IN OF 1\IEJ.\IBERS. that Hon. JoHN G. CARLISLE, aRepresentative-elect from the State of The SPEAKER proceeded to administer to the members in attendance Kentucky, is du1y elected Speaker of the House of Representn.tives for the oath of office': The Members and Delegates elect presented them­ the Forty-ninth Congress. [Applause.] selves as their names were called by States and Territories and took the Mr. TuCKER, of V:irgin.ia, and Mr. REED, of Maine, will please escort oath prescribed by section 1757 of the Revised Statutes. the Speaker-elect to the chair. Mr. TuCKER and Mr. REED conducted Mr. CARLISLE to the chair, ELECTION OF CLERK, SERGEANT-AT-ARMS, ETC. when the Speaker-elect addressed the House as follows: Mr. TUCKER. I offer the resolution which I send to the desk. Gentlemen of the House of Representatives, in assuming the duties The Clerk read as follows : and responsibilities of this place for the second time I beg to return Resolved, That John B. Clark, jr., of the State of Missouri, be, and is hereby, my most profound thanks forthismanifestation ofyourcontinned con­ elected Clerk of the House of Representatives of the Forty·nintb Congress. fidence. It is a compliment which I shall always remember with pride That John P. Leedom, of the State of Ohio, be, and is hereby, elected Sergeanl;­ and gratitude. at-Arms of the House of Representatives of the Forty-ninth Congress. Th1~t Lycw·gus Dalton, of the State of Indiana, be, a.nd is hereby, elected Post­ Nowhere else in the world can there be found a legislative assembly master of the House of Representative of the Forty-ninth Congress. representing so great a constituency as that represented by this Honse, That Samuel Donelson, of the State of Tennessee, be, and is hereby, elected and certainly no similar body, consisting of an equal number of mem­ Doorkeeper of the House of Repr entatives of the Forty-ninth Congress; a.n.d That Rev. W. H. Milburn, of the State of New York, be, and is hereby, elected bers, is its superior in point of ability and fidelity to the interests in­ Chaplain of the House of R epresentatives of the Forty-ninth Congress. trusted to it. The privile£e of presiding over the deliberations of such Mr. CANNON. I offer as an amendment to the resolution what I a body is a very high and honorable distinction, the highest and most send to the desk. honorable it can confer upon anyofits members, and I appreciate it as such. · , The Clerk read as follows: Strike out of the resolution the name of John B. Clark, jr., of the State of M.i,s.. Bn t, gentlemen, my full appreciation of your action to-day can best souri, and insert in lieu thereof the name of W. 0. Crosby, of the State of Iowa. be shown by a conscientious and impartial discharge of my official duties, For Sergeant-alrArms, strike out the name of John P. Leedom. of the State of and, although it may not be wise to make pledges in advance, I vent­ Ohio, and insert the name of.Albert 0. Marsh, of the State of Indiana. For Postmaster, strike out the name of Lycurgns Dalton, of the State of Indi~ ure to promise that to the full extent of my ability the law governing ana, and insert the nam~ of Charle.'l \V. Adams, of the State of Maryland. 108 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 7,

For Doorkeeper, strike out the name of'samuel Donelson, of the State ofTen­ The SPEAKER. That is not the motion of the gentleman from nessee, and insert the name of Joseph Selden, of the State of Connecticut. For Chaplain, strike out the name of Rev. W. H. Milburn, of the State of New Arkansas, as the Chair understands it. The motion is to extend this York, and insert the name of Rev. F. L. Britt, of the State of Nebraska. privilege to the colleagues of all absent members. The SPEAKER. If there be no demand for a division of the ques­ Mr. SPRINGER. And Delega~as. tion it will be taken on the adoption as a whole of the substitute offered The SPEAKER. And Delegates. by the gentleman from illinois [Mr. CANNON.] The Chair does not Mr. BRUMM. Mr. Speaker, was not the motion of the gentleman hear that demand made. The question, then, is upon the adoption of from Arkansas[Mr. DUNN]confined to the colleagues ofmemberswho the substitute proposed by the gentleman from illinois for the resolu­ are absent by reason of sickness? tion offered by the gentleman from Virginia. The SPEAKER. It was not so qualified. The question being taken, the substitute was not agreed to. A MEMBER. It should be so qualified, then. The SPEAKER. The question now is upon the adoption of the reso­ The question was taken on the motion of Mr. DUNN; and it was lution. agreed to. The resolution was adopted. Mr. MILLS. Mr. Speaker, I move that, preceding the drawing for The officers just elected, with the exception of the Chaplain-elect, seats, the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. KELLEY, l>e permitted, who was not in attendance, then presented themselves and took the in accordance with the custom heretofore observed in his case, to choose prescribed oath of office. his seat. That gentleman ha.s been regarded for several years-! be­ lieve ever since the Fortieth Congress-as the Father of the House. U n­ NOTIFICATION TO THE SENATE. der the rules it has been his privilege and his duty to swear in each Mr. MORRISON. I offer for adoption the resolution which I send succeeding Speaker chosen since that time. The House has always to the desk. accorded to him the privilege of selecting his seat in this way-- The Clerk read as follows: A ME.~ER. Not always. :M"r. MILLS. Always, I think, since the time I have mentioned; at Ruolved That a message be sent to the Senate informing that body that a least that is my recollection. I think the House has for many years quorumoftheHouseof Representatives has assembled; that JoHN G. CARLISLE, a Representative from the State of Kentucky, has been elected Speaker, and accorded to the gentleman from Pennsylvania the privilege of selecting that John B. Clark, jr., a citizen of the State of Missouri, has been chosen Clerk, his seat before the regular drawing, and I move that he be given that ~nd that the House of Representatives is ready to proceed to business. privilege now. The resolution was adopted. The SPEAKER. That requires unanimous consent. The gentle­ man, from Texas, Mr. MILLS, asks unanimous consent that the gentle­ NOTIFICATION TO THE PRESIDENT. man from Pennsylvania, M.r. KELLEY, may be permitted to select a Mr. BLOUNT. I offer the resolution which I send to the desk. seat before the regular drawing begins. Is there objection? · The Clerk read as follows: 1\Ir. BENNETT. I object. Mr. MILLS. Mr. Speaker, we have no rules at present, and there­ Resolved, "That a committee of three be appointed on the part of the House to join the committee appointed on the part of the Senate to wait on the President fore, I think, a majority of the House ought to determine this question. of the United States and inform him that a quorum of the two Houses has as­ The SPEAKER. But the House has just adopted a resolution to sembled and that Congress is ready to receive any communication he may be proceed to the regular drawing of seats in accordance with the rule of "!?leased to make. the Forty-eighth Congress on that subject. The resolution was adopted. Mr. REED, of 1\Iaine. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman from Penn­ The SPEAKER. The Chair appoints as the committee to join the sylvania [Mr. KELLEY] will do as he did in a previous Congress, indi­ committee on the part of the Senate to wait upon the President, Mr. cate what seat he desires, I have no doubt he can have it by the unani­ BLOUNT of Georgia, Mr. RANDALL of Pennsylvania, and Mr. REED of mous consent ofthe Republican side of the House. [Applause on the Maine. Republican side.] HOUR OF DAILY 1\fEETING. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will proceed to execute the order ofthe House in relation to the drawing of seats. · As preliminary thereto, the Mr. COX. Mr. Speaker, I move that the daily honrofthe meeting Chair will cause to be read the rule which under the resolution just of the House each day, until further order, be at 12o'clock m. adopted governs this proceeding. The resolution wa.s agreed to. The Clerk read as follows: DBAWING OF SEATS. RULE XXXII. Mr. WELLBORN. Mr. Speaker,! move that this House do now take DRAWING OF SEATS. a recees until 3 p. m., to await the return of the committee appointed At the commencement of each Congress, immediately after the Members and Delegates are sworn in, the Clerk shall place in a box, prepared for that pur­ to wait upon the President of the United States. pose, a number of small balls of marble or other material equal to the number Several MEMBERS. No! No! Let us draw for seats. of Members and Delegates, which balls shall be consecutively numbered and Mr. WELLBORN. The House will hardly proceed to draw for seats thoroughly intermingled, and at such hour as shall be fixed by the House for while the members ofthe committee just appointed are absent in the that purpose, by the hands of a page, draw said balls one by one from the box and announce the number as it lS drawn, upon which announcement the Mem­ discharge of their duty. _ ber or Delegate whose name on a numbered alphabetical list shall correspond The question was taken on the motion for a recess until 3 o'clock p. with the number on the ball, shall advance and choose his seat for the term for which he is elected. m. ; and it was not agreed to. 2. Before said drawing shall commence, each seat shall be vacated and so re­ Mr. SPRINGER. Mr. Speaker, I offer a resolution which I send to main until selected under this rule, and any seat having been selected shall be the Clerk's desk. deemed forfeited if left unoccupied before the call of the roll is finished, and whenever the seats of Members and Delegates shall have been drawn, no pl·opo­ The Clerk read as follows: sition for a second drawing shall be in order during that Congress. ResoltJed, That the Honse do now proceed to the assignment of permanent seats of Members and Delegates, in pursuance of the rule of the House of R-ep­ The SPEAKER. In accordance with this rule, the Chair requests resentatives of the Forty-eighth Congress on that subject. .members to retire to the lobbies in the rear of the seats. In order to pre­ The resolution was agreed to. vent confusion hereafter, the Chair also suggests that members, as they Mr. SPRINGER moved to reconsider the vote by w~ch the resolution select their seats, place their names upon the desks, so that the officers was adopted; andalsomoved tolaythatmotionon the table. of the House may know to what member each seat ha.s been assigned. The latter motion wa.s agreed to. The drawing of seats was then proceeded with, commencing at twenty Mr. DIBBLE. Mr. Speaker, my colleague, Mr. AIKEN, being sick, I minutes after 2 o'clock and concl ud.ing at a quarter before 4 o'clock; the ask leave of the House to act for him in the selection of a seat. name of Mr. ST.AHLNECKER being first called, and that of .Mr. ATKINSON The SPEAKER. The gentleman from South Carolina [Mr. DmBLE] being the last called. states that his colleague LMr. AIKEN] is sick, and unable to be in at­ tendance at this time, and therefore asks the privilege ofselecting a seat DEATH OF VICE-PRESIDENT HENDRICKS. for him when his name is _called. Is there objection? Mr. HOLMAN. Mr. Speaker, the melancholy duty has been assigned No objection was made, so the request was granted. to me of announcing to the House that Thomas A. Hendricks, Vice­ Mr. BENNETT. Mr. Speaker, I ask a similar privilege on behalf of President of the United States, departed this life at his home in the city my colleague, Mr. HENDERSON ofNorth Carolina. of Indianapolis, Ind., on the 25th day of last month. The death, after Mr. DUNN. Mr. Speaker, I move that a like privilege be extended a long period of public service, of this eminent citizen, holding at the to the colleagues of all absent members. time the second office in the gift of the Republic, and with a reputation Several MEMBERS. No ! No ! in public and private life of unsullied purity, h~ occasioned expressions Mr. SPRINGER. The House will desire to know who the gentlemen of deep-felt grief throughout the whole country. Undoubtedly Con­ are that are to select seats for others, and I therefore think each case gress, acting through both its Houses, will at an early moment set apart had better be taken up separately. an occasion for a proper expression touching the life, character, and pub­ The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Arkansas, Mr. DUNN, moves lic services of the deceased. In view of this announcement, and out of that the privilege of selecting seats for members not present be ex­ respect for his memory, I move that the House do now adjourn. tended to the colleagues of all absent members. The motion was unanimously agreed to; and accordingly (at 3 o'clock A MEMBER. Absent on account of sickness. and 47 minutes p. m.) the House adjourned. 1885. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 109

PETITIONS, ETC. necessary and expedient. .At the threshold of a compliance with these constitutional directions, it is well for us to bear in mind that our UBet The following petitions and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk, fulness to the people's interests will be promoted by a constant appreci· under the rule, and l"eferred as follows: ation of the scope and character of our respective duties as they relate By :M:r. HARMER: Petition of Peter Woll.& Sons, of the ci~ of to Federal legislation. While the Executive may recommend such Philadelphia, Pa., asking for a refund of d~ties erroneously pa1d on measures as he shall deem expedient, the responsibility for legislative importationofquitch-grassroot--totheComm.Ittee on Ways and Means. action must and should rest upon those selected by the people to make By Mr. McCOMAS: Petition of Otho W. Trendle, for quartermas­ their laws. ter's stores and supplies taken from him in Frederick County, Mary­ Contemplation of the grave and responsible functions assigned to the land by the .Army of the United States for army use during the war respective branches of the Government under the Constitution will dis~ of 1S61, and stated at $1,597-to the Committee on War C~aims. close the partitions of power between our respective departments and .Also, petition t~ Thomas E. Holmes, for stores and supplies ~en or their necessary independence, and also the need for the exercise of all furnished for army use, and stated at $1,059-to the same comnnttee. the power intrusted to each in that spirit of comity and co-operation .Also, petition of William P. Leaman, for quartermaster's stores and which is essential to the proper fulfillment of the patriotic obligations supplies taken from him in Montgomery County, Maryland, by the which rest upon us as faithful servants of the people. United States .Army during the war of 1861, and stated at $1,235.25- The jealous watchfulness of our constituencies, great and small, sup~ to the same committee. plements their suffrages, and before the tribunal they establish every .Also, petitionofisabella.Hance, for quartermaster's and commissary public servant should be judged. stores taken or furnishedmMontgomery County, Maryland, stated at It is gratifying to announce that the relations of the United States $7,081.35--to the same committee. with all foreign powers continue to be friendly. Our position after .Also, petition of George Phelps, of the District of Columbia, for trans­ nearly a century of successful constitutional government, maintenance portation, labor, and service furnished to the.Quartermaster's Depart­ of good faith in all our engagements, the avoidance of complications ment, stated at $3,394.5D-to the same committee. with other nations, and our consistent and amicable attitude toward Also, petition of H: N. La~dale, for quartermaster's s~res and sup­ the strong and weak alike, furnish proof of a political disposition which plies taken from him mFreder~ck County, :Maryland, durmg the war of renders professions of good will unnecessary. There are no questions 1861, by the .Army of the United States, stated at $2,312. 7o-to the same of difficulty pending with any foreign government. committee. The .Argentine Government has revived the long dormant question of .Also, petition of Samuel D. Piper, ofMaryland, forquarterma:ster's the Falkland Islands, by claiming from the United States indemnity and commissary supplies and stores, stated at $553.90, and requesti that for their loss, attributed to the action of the commander of the sloop­ same be referred to the Court of Claims-to the same committee. of-war Lexington in breaking up a piratical colony on those islands in .Also, petition of Henry Piper, for commissary stores taken for the 1831, and their subsequent occupation by Great Britain. In view of public service, stated at $652.80, and request that same be referred to the ample justification for the act of the Lexington and the derelict the Court of Claims-to the same committee. condition ef the islands before and after their alleged occupation by By Mr. TUCKER: Petition of J.D. Morrison, of Virginia, for relief .Argentine colonists, this Government considers the claim as wholly from unlawful assessment of taxes-to the Committee on Ways and groundless. Means. Question has arisen with the Government of .Austria-Hungary touch­ ing the representation of the United States at Vienna. Having, under my constitutional prerogative, appointed an estimable citizen of unim­ SENATE. peached probity and competence as minister at that court, the Govern­ ment of .Austria-Hungary invited this Government to take cognizance TUESDAY, December 8, 1885. of certain exceptions, based upon allegations against the personal accept­ Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. E. D. HUNTLEY, p. D. . . ability of Mr. Kelley, the appointed envoy, asking that, in view thereof, EUGENE HALE, a Senator from the State of Marne, appeared m his the appointment should be withdrawn. The reasons advanced were seat to-day. such as could not be acquiesced in without violation of my oath of office The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. and the precepts of the Constitution, since they necessarily involved a limitation in favor of a foreign government upon the right of selection NOTIFIOATION TO THE PRESIDENT. by the Executive, and required such an application of a religious test Mr. EDMUNDS and Mr. HARRIS, the committee appointed in con­ as a qualification for office under the United States as would have re­ junction with a similar committee of the House of Representatives to sulted in the practical disfranchisement of a large class of our citizens wait upon the President of the United States, appeared below the bar, and the abandonment of a vital principle in our Government. The and .A.ustro-HungarianGovernment:finallydecidednottoreceiveMr.Keiley Mr. EDMUNDS said: Mr. President, t4e committee appointed by as the envoy of the United States, and that gentleman has since resigned the two Houses of Congress to wait upon the President of the United his commission, leaving the post vacant. I have made no new nomi­ States and inform him that a quorum of each House has assembled and nation, and the interests of this Government at Vienna are now in the organized, and that the two Houses are now ready to receive any com­ care of the secretary of legation, acting as charge d'affaires ad interim. munication he may have to make, have performed that duty, and the Early in March last, war broke out in Central .America, caused by the President of the United States replied that he would send a message in attempt of Guatemala to consolidate the several states into a single writing to Congress immediately. government. In these contests between our neighboring states the PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL MESSAGE. United States forebore to interfere actively, but lent the aid of their .A.tl2o'clockandl0minutesp. m. Mr. 0. L. PRUDEN, one ofthesec­ friendly offices in deprecation of war and to promote peace and concord retaries of the President of the United States, appeared below the bar among the belligerents, and by such counsel contributed importantly of the Senate and said: to the restoration of tranquillity in that locality. Mr. President, I am directed by the President of the United States to Emergencies growing out of civil war in the United States of Colom­ deliver to the Senate a message in writing. bia demanded 9f the Government at the beginning of this administra­ The message was received from the Secretary and handed to the Presi­ tion the employment of armed force to fulfill its guarantees under the dent pro tempore. thirty-fifth article of the treaty of 1816, in order to keep the transit open The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair lays before the Senate the across the Isthmus of Panama. Desirous of exercising only the powers annual message of the President of the United States, which the Secre­ expressly reserved to us by the treaty, and mindful of the rights of Co­ tary will read. lombia, the forces sent to the Isthmus were instructed to confine their The Secretary of the Senate read the message, as follows: action to ''positively and efficaciously" preventing the transit and it8 accessories from being "interrupted or embarrassed." To the Congress of the United States: The execution of this delicate and responsible task necessarily in­ Your assembling is clouded by a sense of public bereavement, caused volved police control where the local authority was temporarily power­ by the recent and sudden death of Thomas .A,. Hendricks, Vice-President less, but always in aid of the sovereignty of Colombia. of the United States. His distinguished public services, his complete The prompt and successful fulfillment of its duty by this Govern­ integrity and devotion to every duty, and his personal virtues will find ment was highly appreciated by the Government of Colombia, and has honorable record in his country's history. been followed by expressions of its satisfaction. .Ample and repeated proofs of the esteem. and conii.dence in which he IDgh praise is due to the officers and men engaged in this service• was held by his fellow-countrymen were manifested by his election to The restoration of peace on the Isthmus by the re-establishment of offices of the most important trust and highest dignity; and at length, the constituted government there being thus accomplished, the forces full of years and honors, he has been laid at rest amid universal sorrow of the United States were withdrawn. and benediction. Pending these occurrences a question of much importance was pre~ The Constitution which requires those chosen to legislate for the peo­ sented by decrees ofthe Colombian Government, proclaiming theclos~ ple to annually meet in the discharge of their solemn trust also requires ure of certain ports then in the hands of insurgents, and declaring ves­ the President to give to Congress information of the state of the Union sels held by the revolutionists to be piratical and liable to capture by and recommend to their consideiation such measures as he shall deem any power. To neither of these propositions could the United States