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r 1944 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE. MARCH 16, it will require the rules, within very reasonable limits, to be obeyed sol~ers' home at Erie, Pennsylvania-to the Committee on Military in future. It is due to the gentleman from Mississippi to say that, as Affairs. far a.s the Chair has any knowledge of him in this and in other Con By Mr. STOCKSLAGER: The petition of Mary F. Robinson, for a gresses, he has behaved with great courtesy toward every person, pension-to the Committee en Invalid Pensions. with this exception. By ltlr. THOMAS WILLIAMS: .A. bill to appropriate $200,000 for Mr. BUTTERWORTH. I rise to a parliamentary question. the improvement of the Talla.poosa River-to the Committee on The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it. Commerce. Mr. BUTTERWORTH. It is this. I desire to see if I am correct By Mr. YOUNG: Papers relating to the claim of James H. Hamil in my understanding as to the statement made by the Chair a few ton-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. moments ago. I do not understand the Chair to bold that jt has a right, in a technical sense, to reprimand a member without the con sent of the House. The SPEAKER. Except when fentlemen insist upon violating SENATE. and continuo to violate the rules o the House. It is certainly true that the Chair under the rules has the right to reprimand a gentle THURSDAY, March 16, 1882. man when he is persisting in a violation of the rules of the House. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. J. BULLOCK, D. D. That is all the Chair has done. The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. Mr. MARTIN. I move that the House adjourn. [Cries of " Regu DISTRICT LIQUOR LICENSES. lar order I"] Mr. SPRINGER. I rise for the purpose of asking the Chair to The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communi permit me to dissent from the proposition he has announced. [Cries cation from the commissioners of the District of Columbia, trans of "Regular order!"] I protest that the Speaker has no right to rep mitting, in response to a resolution of February 13, 1882, informa rimand any member unless in pursuance of an order of the House to tion respecting retail liquor licenses, &c., which, on motion of Mr. that effect. HARRIS, was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Dlinois is not in order. THE MISSISSIPPI OVEitFLOW. Mr. SPRINGER. That is all I wanted to say. I want that to go The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the amend into the RECORD. ments of the House of Representatives to the joint resolution (S. R. EXROLLED BILL SIG~'"ED. No. 4.9) making a further appropriation to relieve the sufferers by Pending the motion to adjourn, the overflow of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Mr. ALDRICH, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that The amendments of the House of Representatives were, in line 3 the Committee had examined and found truly enrolled a bill of the after the words "one hundred," to insert "and fifty;'' so as to read following title; when the Speaker signed the same: "$150,000 ;" and after the word "tributaries," at the close of the reso An act (H. R. No. 4283) for the relief of Susan Marshall Massie. lution, to add the following: And the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to expend such part thereof LEAVE OF ABSEXCE. as he may deem advisable for la.bor only in stren~thening the levees where the1·e By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted as follows: is immediate danger of breaks of the Mississippi River, at points in his discre To Mr. RomxsoN, of New York, for five days; tion, bnt he shall only employ persons to whom he is issuing rations on account of their destitution caused by the floods and overflow of said river and its tribu TlJ Mr. MASO:N, for twelve days from Friday next; and taries: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall commit the United States To Mr . .l!'ULKERSOX, for one day, on account of important business. to the improvement or maintenance of the Mississippi River levees. ORDER OF BUSI1ffiSS. Mr. HARRISON. I ask the concurrence of the Senate in tho first The question being taken on the motion to adjourn, there were amendment, increa-sing the amount, but desire the non-concurrence ayes 65, noes 22. of the Senate in the other amendment. So the motion was agreed to. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on concurring in And accordingly (at five o'clock and twelve minutes p.m.) the the first amendment of the House of Representatives. House adjourned. Mr. HARRISON. I do not desire to detain the Senate by any re marks upon the amendments further than to say that I think the latest news from the flooded districts on the Mississippi makes it PETITIONS, ETC. probable that the action of the House in increasing the amount of Tbe foJlowing memorials, petitions, and other papers were laid on the appropriation by $50,000 was wise and expedient. I therefore the Clerk's desk, under the rule, and referred, as follows: ask the concurrence of the Senate in that amendment, but the other By Mr. BLAND: The petition of citizens of the fifth Cons-ressional amendment I think ought not to have been adopted, and I hope it will diHtrict of Missouri, praying for the pa.ssage of the McKinley bill, not be concurred in here. It proposes to give the Secretary of Wa1· 11xing the rates of duty on manufactures of iron, steel, &c.-to the authority to use such portion of the appropriation as in his judg Committee on Ways and Means. ment may be necessary for the purpose of hiring labor to_strength en ·By :Mr. CLEMENTS: The petition of W. R. Garrett and others, the levees of the Mississippi whel"e they are now threatened with citizens of Georgia, in favor of the passage of the McKinley bill, crevasses. fixing the rates of duty on manufactures of iron, steel, &c.-to the It seems to me that the effect of such a provision would be to com same committee. pel the Secretary of War to divide this fund which we appropriate By :Mr. CURTIN: The petition of Elizabeth Davis, for a pension into a relief fund and a levee fund. It would not be possible for to the Committee on P ensions. him to continue the work of restoring the levees without setting By Mr. GUENTHER: Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, apart a definite appropriation for each purpose. The result would relative to the improvement of the Mississippi River and its tribu be that at the outset he would withdraw from the prime purpose of taries-to the Committee on Commerce. relief a certain portion of this fund the whole of which will be Also, the joint resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative needed for the purpose of relief and tor1 immediate use. to the bill creating a Uuited States court of app~als-to the Com In t he second place, the work of organizing laborers, ascertaining mittee on the Judiciary. the place where their work should be applied, getting them together, By .Mr. HALL: The resolutions adopted by the citizens of Tilton sending officers to look after them, would of itself in the very organ and Northfield, New Hampshire, m·ging legislation for the suppres ization for the work cost a good deal of money. sion of polygamy-to the same committee. I think that work should be left in the hands of the levee com Also, the petition of Stephen Patten, of Dover, aud C. H. Lacld, of missioners of the several States which are now threatened; and I Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for the passa~e of the bill relative to may be permitted to say that 1 think the Government of the United the French spoliation claims-to the Comm1ttee on Forei~?- Affairs. States shoulcl not pay for such work. Those people are now threat By Mr. H. S. HARRIS: The petition of 138 citizens of .tlelvidere, ened with an overtlow; some of them are already suffering from it. New J ersey, for tbe repeal ofthe tax on bank deposits and the two The Government is appropriating a quarter of a million dollars for cent stamp on bank-checks-to the Committee on Banking aud Cur their relief, and it seems to me that those who are thus threatened rency. with disaster ought to contribute their own work without compen By Mr. HEPBURN: The petitilJn of John Kennedy, for relief-to sation from the Treasury of the United States to keep the flood out the Committee on Military Affairs. of their own houses. By Mr. O,NEILL: The petition of soldiers ancl sailors of Philadel There are other objections which might be urged, but I think these phia, for the P.as age of the House bill to establish a soldiers' home will be sufficient. The whole of this money is needeel for till r lief; at Erie, Pennsylvania-to the same committee. therefore, I think it ought not to be divided into a levee fund; anu By :Mr. POUND: Tho petitjon of citizens of Superior, Wisconsin, certainly we are not asking too much if we ask tho State authorities for an adequate appropriation for im1)roving the harbor at that there to furnish the labor that may be needed to prevent breaks.