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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Cherokees to sue for their interest in certain moneys of the tribe from which they were excluded. WEDNESDAY, March 1, 1899. The message also announced that the Senate had passed with amendments the bill (H. R. 9335) granting t-0 the Muscle Shoals The House met at 11 o'clock a. m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. Power Company right to erect and construct canal and power HENRY N. COUDEN. stations at Muscle Shoals, Ala.; in which the concurrence of the The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and ap House of Representatives was requested. proved. MESSA.GE FROM THE SENA.TE. SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL, A message from the Senate, by Mr. PLATT, one of its clerks, Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that announced that the Senate had passed with amendments a bill of the House nonconcur in all of the amendments of the Senate to the the following title; in which the concurrence of the House was sundry civil appropriation bill, ask for a committee of confer requested: ence on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses, and have the bill H. R. 12008. An act making appropriations for sundry civil ex printed with the Senate amendments numbered. penses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900, The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gen and for other purposes. tleman from Illinois? The message also announced that the Senate had passed without There was no objection. amendment·bills of the following titles: The SPEAKER appointed as conferees on the part of the House H. R. 2056. An act for the erection of a public building at Mr. CANNON, Mr. MOODY, and Mr. DOCKERY. Menominee, Mich.; · 01\INIBUS CLAIMS BILL. H. R. 10804. An act for the erection of a public building at Mr. MAHON. Mr. Speaker, I desire to submit a privileged re Anniston, Ala.; port. I send to the desk a report from the committee of confer H. R. 4595. An act for the erection of a public building at Nor ence on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amend wich, Conn.; ments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 4936) for the allowance of H. R. 5528. An act to provide for the construction of a public certain claims due by the Government, and move its adoption. · building at Salem, Oreg.; The conference report is as follows: . H. R. 11141. An act for the erection of a public building at The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses Annapolis, Md.; on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 4936) for the allowance of 11360. certain claims for stores and supplies reported by the Court of Claims under H. R. An act for the erection of a public building at the provisions of the act approved March 3, 1883, and commonly known as the Creston, Iowa; · Bowman Act, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free confer H. R. 11965. An act to provide for the purchase of a site and ence have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective the erection of a public building thereon at Clinton, in the State Houses as follows: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the of Iowa; Senate, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of· the H. R. 11162. An act to provide for the construction of a public matter inserted by said amendment insert the following: building at the city of Janesville, Wis.; An act (H. R. 4936) for the allowance of certain claims for stores and supplies H. R. 8587. An act for the erection of a public building at Mon reported by the Court of Claims under the provisions of the act approved March 3, 1883, and commonly known as the Bowman Act, and for other mouth, ID.; purposes. H. R. 4113. An act for the erection of a public building at St. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stat~ Cloud, Minn.; · of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and H. R. 2314. An act to accept a site as a donation and erect be is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treas ury not otherwise appropriated, to claimants in this act named the several thereon a custom-house and post-office building in the city of Bris sums appropriated herein, the same being in full for, and the receipt of the tol, State of Tennessee; same to be taken and accepted in each caae as a full and final release and dis- H. R. 2879. An act providing for the purchase of a site and the charge of, their respective claims, namely: . erection of a public building thereon at Leadville, Colo.; CLAIMS ALLOWED UNDER THE BOWMAN AND TUCKEH. ACTS BY THE COURT H. R. 12125. An act making an appropriation to carry out the OF CLAIMS. obligations of the treaty between the United States and Spain, ALA.BA.MA. concluded December 10, 1898; To James McPeters, administrator of Nelson G. Allen, deceased, late of Lauderdale County, $1,320. H. R. 431. An act to provide for the purchase of a site and the To John H. Vaught, administrator of Jeremiah Arnold, deceased, late of erection of a public building thereon at Streator, in the State of Jackson County, $1,705. Illinois; To John W. Belcher, administrator of John Belcher, deceased, late of Jef- ferson County, $200. · H. R. 84. An act to provide for the erection of a public build 'To Elizabeth C. Bibb, of Huntsville, Sl,6#. ing at Freeport, Ill.; To s. V. Biggers, administrator of Robert P. Biggers, deceased, late of H. R. 1079. An act to enlarge and improve the United States Cherokee County, $610. To James T. Broadfoot, administrator of Charles W. Broadfoot, deceased, - public building at Columbus, Ga.; - late of Lauderdale County, $424. H. R. 10753. An act to provide for enlarging and improving the To Joseph A. Clark, of Madison County, $590. United States Government building at Macon, Ga.; To A. J. Bentley, administrator of Joseph Commons, deceased, late ot Madison County, $700. H. R. 11919. An act to construct a public building at Oskaloosa, To James McPeters, administrator of Lemuel Corum, deceased, late of Iowa, and for other purposes; Lauderdale County, $398. H. R. 477. An act to provide for the purchase of a site and the To Henry H. Coulson, of Jackson County, $250. To Nancy C. Comer, administratrix of A. F. Comer, deceased, late of Cher- erection of a public building thereon at the city of Eau Claire, in okee County, $200. . the State of Wisconsin; To G. S. Curtin, administrator de bonis non of Lewis Curtin, deceased, late H. R. 1631. An act to provide for the purchase of a site and the of Lawrence County, $985. •.ro James A. Barton, administrator of Henry .Ferguson, deceased, late of erection of a public building thereon at Rome, in the State of New Walker County, $1.568. York; To Abner T. Fuller, of Crenshaw County, $100. H. R. 2598. An act for the erection of a public building at New- To John B. Hardman, of Cherokee County, $2,229. To Thomas J . Hargiss, of Ja-Olrson County, $1,637. • port, Vt.; and . ~ To Bartley Harris, of Madison County, $1,020. H. R. 11314. An act to provide for a public building at New To John S. Hays, of Walker County, S380. Iberia, La. To Samuel B. Herston, administrator of William C. Herston, deceased, late The message also announced that the Senate had passed joint of Lauderdale County, $4-25. To John Higgins, of Lauderdale County, $174.. resolution of the following title; in which the concurrence of the To William R. Hill, administrator of C. B. Hill, deceased, late of Jackson House of Representatives was requested: County, S480. S. R. 196. Joint resolution for the relief of J. T. Bootes, late To T. r... Bryant, administrator of William H. Huff, deceased, late of Eto wah County, $528. lieutenant (junior grade), United States Navy. To L. D. Mcc allum, administrator of Stephen Hurley, deceased, late of The message also announced that the Senate had passed with Cherokee County, $795. amendment the bill (H. R. 11882) to increase the limit of cost for To Philip M. Jones, administrator of Philip R. Jones, deceased, late of Lee County, $1,354. the erection of a public building at Stockton, Cal., asked a con To John Kacbelman, of Lauderdale County, $6.SS. ference with the House of Representatives on the bill and amend To Hugh G. Kirby,administrator of Richar.d Kirby,deceased,late of Jack ment, and had appointed Mr. QUAY, Mr. WARREN, and Mr. MONEY son County, $515. To W. It'. Laxson, administrator of William G. Laxson, deceased, late of as the conferees on the part of the Senate. Madison County, $725. The message also announced that the Senate had passed with To Samuel H. Lemaster, administrator of John W. Lemaster, deceased, amendments the bill (H. R. 414) for the erection of a public build late of Lauderdale County, $-ill. To John P. Lewallen, ad.m.inistrator of Madison Lewallen, late of Jackson ing at Tampa, Fla., asked a conference with the House of Repre County, $.305. sentatives on the bill and amendments, and had appointed Mr. To W. H. Grimes, administrator of William H. Linam, deceased, late aif QUAY, Mr. MONEY, and Mr. W A.RREN as the conferees on the Wilcox County, $575. To Benjamin E . Moody, of St . Clair County, $390. part of the Senate. To William B. Owens, of Cherokee County, $630. , The message also announced that the Senate had passed the bill To E. W. Miller, administrator of Elizabeth A. Palmer, deceased, laoo of ($. 5462) to authorize certain persons who have inte1·married with Walker County,$665. 1899. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 2647
· To a-inry Patton, of Lauderdale County, $200. · To A. M. Scott, administrat-0r of Sarah Slate, of Phillips Countv. $910. To t-/olon D. Moore, administrator of Caroline Pollard, deceased, late of •.ro L. P. Featherstone, administrator of John R. Sembler, deeeased, late Cherokee County, $445. of St. Francis County, $955. To George W. Roberts, of Morgan County, $150. To Margaret Singleton, administratrix of Andrew J. Singleton, deceased, To Henry H. Go}!g_!it, administrator of Robert Rollins, deceased, late of late of Franklin County, $480. · Cher.okeo County $00B. To Morocco D. Smith, of Phillips County, $610. To Mary E. Saffold, of Dallas County, $2,033. To T. E. Hendricks. administrator of Catherine E. Sumner, deceased, late To Solon D. Moore. administrator of John C. Scroggins, deceaeed, late of of Lonoke County, $1,125. Cherokee County, $750. To James C. Tappan, administrator of Samuel J. Sutton, deceased, late of To Thomas L. Shamblin, of Tuscaloosa County, $65. Phillips County, $2,105. To William P. Shelton, of Jackson County, $230. To W. E. Williams, administrator of Pleasant H. Thompson, deceased, late To William B. Smithson, administrator of John G. Smithson, deceased, of St. Francis County, $649. late of Lauderdale County, $537. To Mary Turner, administratrix of Sterling M. Turner, deceased, late of To Solon D. Moore. administrator of Wiley B. Starling, deceased, late of Sebastian County, $560. Cherokee Connty, $1,262. To Thomas H. Webb, of Lonoke County, $542. To John B. Steadman, administrator of James Steadman, deceased, bte of To Harriet A. Womack, administratrix of John P. Womack, deceased, late Walker County, $240. of Ashley County, $2,680. · To John H. Vaught, administrator of Frederick Stearns, deceased, late of To A. J. Maxwell, administrator of S. P. Woods, deceased, late of Benton Jackson County~ $125. County, $1,185. · To Mrs. H. H. Stevens, executrix of Wilkins Stevens, deceased, late of To D. C. York, administrator of William York, deceased, late of Woodru1f Randolph County, $750. County, $798. To George W. Stutts, of Lauderdale County, $590. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. To William B. Taylor, administrator of John E. Taylor, deceased, late of Dekalb County, $637. To James C. Brooke, $591. To Eliza H. Tenge, administratrix of Charles A. Tenge, deceased, late of To.Stephen M. Golden, $540. Lauderdale County, $501. To Joseph T. Jenkins, $1,517. To W. B. M. Lee, administrator of Mordecai Tipton, deceased, late of Cher To James R. D. Morrison and William H. Morrison, executors of William okee County, $185. M. Morrison, deceased, and administrators of Charles J. Morrison, deceased, To John T. Ezzell, administrator of Clark M. Tompkins, deceased, late of ~~ . Franklin County, $638. To Robert S. Perkins, $1,090. To Thomas J. Denson, administrator of Stephen J. Townsley, deceased, late To James W. Sears, administrator of Rebecca Sears, deceased, $1,800. of Lauderdale County, $896. 'l'o Louis P. Shoemaker and others, executors of Abner C. P. Shoemaker, To Robert E. Tweedy, of Lawrence County, $3,879. deceased $2,450. •To Harriet Y. Wakeley (formerly Gordon), of Cherokee County, $620. To P. E. Dye and W. S. Hoge, administrators of David Shoemaker, de· To John W. Wesson, of Dekalb County, $iil. ceased, $1,255. To Thomas J. Whitson, of Tuscaloosa County, $154. To Barnett T. Swart, $6,012. To Nathan L. Williams, administrator of Mai·tha R. Williams, deceased, GEOR-GIA. late of Madison County, $1,200. To Thomas J. Anderson, administrator of David B. Anderson, deceased, To Thomas B. Woosley, administrator of William Woosley, deceased, late late of Fulton County, $70-i. of Jackson County, $1,382.80. To Thomas G. Barker, of Chattooga County, $634. To Sehorn E. York, administrator of William York, deceased, late of Lime To John Brooks, of Henry County, $754. stone County, $249. To Richard Butler, of Chatham County, $122. To Samuel M. Weaver, administrator of George W. Yuckley, deceased, To John A. Carter, of Chatham County, $730. late of Huntsville, $600. To William Chasteen, of Carroll County, $280. ARKANSAS. To W. S. and J. N. Cheney, executors of Andrew J. Cheney, deceased, late . To Cynthia C. Baker, of Benton County, $!55. ' of Cobb County, $1,793. To the heirs at law of Charlotte C. Bancroft, deceased, late of Phillips To William P. Conine, administrator of William Y. Conine deceased late County, $9,970. of Clayton County, $130. ' ' To Samuel L. Black, administrator of John P. Beasley, deceased, late of To William L. Connally, of Walker County. $670. Mom·oe County, $2,865. · To John P. Davidson, of Floyd County, $1.830. To Mary J. McCall, administratrix of James Bridgman, deceased, late of To William G. Ebb.>, administrator of William Ebbs, deceased late of Crawford County, $1,575. Savannah, $1,252. ' To John Campbell, late of Independence County, now a resident of Colum To Natalie Eppstein, administratrix of John B. Eppstein, deceased, late of bia County, Oreg., $1,165. Chatham County, $595. To Samuel M. Carson, administrator of William Carson, deceased, late of To Henry Field, of Savannah, $451. Monroe County, $3,7!0. 'l'o Maria. J. Fowler, executrix of Edward Fowler, deceased, late of To Henry T. Cate, of Washington County, $835. Catoosa County, $1,645. . To Pl'yor D. Chism, administrator of Robert Chism, deceased, late-of Mon To Margaret Garrison, of Atlanta, $600. roe County, $295. To Margaret Giebelhouse, administratrix of Philip Giebelhouse deceased. To William R. Clark, administrator of James W. Clark, deceased, late of late of Atlanta, $1,565. ' ' Benton County, $3,610. · To Jane Gilbert, administratrix of Evan S. Gilbert, deceased late of New- To Charles Crowell, of Benton County, $663. . ton CountJ_:, $591. ' To Alexander Davis, of Conway County, $5,605. · To Sarah E. Nicholas, administratrix of William P. Hackney deceased To W. F. Davis, administrator of George W. Davis, deceased, late of Seba!:- late of Whitfield County, $588. ' ' tia.n County, $505. To ¥yra M. Harbin, administratrix of Nathaniel P. Harbin, deceased late To Phil Davis, of Woodruff County, $450. of Whitfield County, $12,400. ' To William Y. Fain, of Phillips County, S.560. T.o Frank J. Henderson, executor of William Henderson, deceased late of To Benjamin F. Greer, administrator of Hugh Flinn, deceased, late of Ben Wh1tfield Countv, $764. ' ton County, $655. To James W. Hill, of Gordon County, $1,995. To E. M. Ford, administrator de bonis non of Richard L. Ford, deceased, To ~- D. Holland, administrator of Archibald Holland, deceased late of of Phillips County, $3,159. Pauldmg County, $1,080. ' To Peter L. Freezer, of Mississippi County, $125. To J a~es L. Anderson, administrator of Walter T. Hollingsworth deceased To Samuel Gallaher, administrator of Henry Gallaher, deceased, late of late of Bibb County, $2,273. ' ' Washington County, $575. To Thomas L. James, administrator of William M. James deceased, late of To Benjamin E. Gambill, of Benton County, $248. Walker County, $427. . ' To John N. Hays, of Benton County, $1,115. To James P. Johnston, of Chattooga County, $254. To J. W . .!!'razer, administrator of William J. Hendricks, deceased, late of To A. Thornburgh, administrator of John C. Lee, deceased, late of Walker Monroe County, $1,612. County, $941. To John B. Hogue. administrator of Powell E. Hogue, deceased, late of •.ro Andrew P.l'lfcCool,of Fulton County, $i5. Pulaski County, $1,680. To George ~agner, administrator of Henry Mastick, deceased, iate of To Warren Holtzclaw, ad.ministrator of Elijah Holtzclaw, deceased, late of Savannah, $3.lOa. To Richard Mayse, of Atlanta, $880. Philli~s County $600. To Charles Wesley Morri'!, administrator of William Morris, deceased late To Henry A. Houghton, administrator of Jeffrey Houghton, deceased, late of Floyd County, $810. ' of Crai~head County, $643. To James H. Humphreys. of Phillips County. $293.20. ;ro U~arles V. N~idlinger, of Effingham County, $1,015. To George H. Johnson, administrator of Elisha Johnson, deceased, late of :ro ~merva. ~· Nichols and others, executors of Frank D. Nichols late of Cummm~s, $2,255. ' Ben~on County, $120. To T. D. Kinman, administrator of Riley Kinman, deceased, late of J ack To Nicholas Rawlins, of Floyd County, $848. son County, $860. '.ro William B. Rogers, administrator of Benjamin P. Rogers of Douglas To Mary R. Kirkpatrick, of Jefferson County, $625. County,$*10. ' To ThomasJ. Lavender, administrator of Jacob Lavender, deceased, late . To James M. Smith, administrator of John Smith, deceased, late of Chat of Hempstead County, Ark., $591. tooga County, $4.60. To Charles E. Littleton, of Yell County, $944. To Willia~ B: Taylor, of :W:alker County, $1,655. •.ro John McCracken, of Madison County, $2,105. To FranclS Tillm~n, adrmmstrator of Francis Tillman, deceased late of To Andrew Nathaniel McEver, administrator of Andrew McEver, deceased, Chatham County, Sib2. ' late of Polk County, $350. To William C. Parker, administrator of Moses Trimble, late of Campbell To David Maberry, jr., of Washington County $719. County. $279. To R. E. Sanford, administrator of Jesse Martm,1 deceased, late of Monroe To Christian Ub~l~, administrator of Christian Ubele, deceased, late of County, $1,050. Chatham County, $585. . To John L . Murphy, of White County, $1,24-0. To Geor~e W. Hendricks, administrator of J ohn Weitinger deceased late. To Samuel W. Pryor, administrator of Admiral N. Nunn, deceased, late of of Bartow County, $597. ' ' Dallas County, $1,2a7. To William R. Welborn, of Morgan County, $?..50. To Walter Orme, of Crawford County, $1,596. To Sarah F. Maddux, administratrix of Creed T. Wise deceased late o£ To W. 0. Anderson, administrator of Walter L. Otey, deceased, late of Butts County, $USO. ' ' Phillips County, $4,0-!7. To Samuel P. Woods, of Chattooga County, $205. To A~ij?Ji T. Phelan, of Wa_s~ington County, $235. To William L. Taylor, admmlStrator of William M. Powell, deceased, late ILL~OIS. of Crawford County, $2,865. To Daniel K. Tenney, of Cook County, $54G.87. To Margaret Ray and Jo:i.nna Summers, of Phillips County $2 942. To .!!'rank Rhodes, of Phillips County, $80.5. ' ' KANSAS. To David Robbins, late of Hot Springs, $175. To Joseph D11nlap , of Greenwood County, $2,160. T~ Fred Roesch, administrator of Christian Roesch, deceased late of Pu- To BeJ!jamin F. Raif!', late a private of Company H, Fifth RegimentKansav laski County. $1,755. ' Cavalry Volunteers, $260. - To Juber Russell, of Crawford County, $435. To Josiah C. Ury, of Bourbon County, $1,550. 2648 CONGRESSIONAL REOORD-HOUSE. MARoH ·1,
KENTUCKY. To John A. Porche, of Pointe Couvee Parish, $550. To Catherine Anderson, administratrix of John Anderson, deceased, late To Joseph Saint Amand, administrator of Alphonse Sa.int Ama.nd, deceased, of Nelson County. $161. late of Pomte Coupee Parish, $612. To Edward H. Taylor, administmtor de bonis non of the estate of Lucy A. To Fanny B. Randolph and Dora L. Stark, of Avoyelles Parish, $16,560. Barker, late of Louisvme, $1,440. To the heirs of Augustine M. Swain, deceased, late of New Orleans, $6,530. • To Martha Brashear, administratrix of Oba.dia.h Brashear, late of Nelson MARYL.AND. County, ~25. , To Jefferson Brownfield, of Larue County, $97 To Franklin A. Ash, administrator of John Ash, deceased, late of Wash To William P. Barnes, administrator of Peyton Burdette, deceased, late of in~ton County, S750. Bullitt County, $440. .ro William T. Beeler and others, administrators of David Beeler, deceased, To Abijah M. Cartmell, of Nelson County. $449. late of Washington County, $437. To Margaret Carter, administratrix: of 'rhomas Carter, deceased, late of To H. Harrison Beeler, of Washington County, $134:. Marion County, $1,780. To William M . B1ackford of Washington County, $6,200. To James Doolin, of Pulaski County, $218. To Benjamin Brown, of Washington County, $450. To Robert Haitz, of Jefferson County, $215. To Jacob Brubaker, of Washington County, $245. To Morris J. Harris, jr., administrator of Morris J. Harris, deceased, late To Thomas Corbett, of Washington County, $315. of Lincoln County, 777. '.ro Mary E. Correll, executrix of Christian Correll, deceased, late of Car• To William J. Marshall and others, executors of John G. Holloway, de roll County, $538. ceased, late of Henderson County, $2,52U. To Isaac Gruber, executor of John Cowton, deceased, late of Olearsp1·ing, To Austin Hough, of Bullitt County, $185. Washington County, $295. To H. W. :Mccorkle, administrator of Pleasant W. Huff, deceased, late of To Thomas W. Crampton, of Washington County, $1,878. Hart County, $247. To Ezra Daub, of Washington County, $248. To Richard M. Isler, of Fulton County, $750. To John F. Dellinger, administrator of William Dellinger, deceased, late of To HenryE. Jenkins, of Warren County $96. Washington County, $1,775. To Thomas W. Campbell, assignee of Miles Kelly, of Warren County, To .James H. Elgm, of Washington County, S:?,,_978.70. $5,142. To James R. Ferrell, of Frederick County, $5w. To Sarah G. Cofer, administratrix of Alfred H. Kennedy, deceased, late of To Alexander Garrett, administrator of William Garrett, deceased, late of Hardin Countv, $831.85. Montgomery County, $894. To James P: Layne, administrator of Elizabeth P. Layne, deceased, late of To John Grice, of Washington County, $24-0. Floyd County. $1,250. To Samuel Grim, administrator of Jacob Grim, deceased, late of Washing ~To George Leonhart, of Cami>bell County, $il0. ton County $742. To Elizabeth M. Patteson (formerly Lewis), in her own right and as ad 'l'o Elizabeth Grosh, administratrix: of Lewis A. Grosh, deceased, late of ministratrix de bonis non of William H. Lewis, deceased, late of Hart County, Washington County, $495. To Samuel D. Piper, administrator of Elias S. Grove, deceased, late of $2,~. Squire H. Bush, administrator of Edward C. Lucas, deceased: late of Washington Countv, $809. Hardin County, $720. To Maria Grove, "executor of Stephen P. Grove, deceased, late of Washing- To John C. Lummis, of Kenton Count:V', $150. · ton County, $3,292. To Lemuel S. McHenry, of Daviess County, 150. To Frisby "Hildebrand, of Washington County, $801. To Sallie J. Mannakee, administratrix of Elisha Mannakee, deceased, late To Josiah Hill, of Washington Uounty, $237. of Nelson County, $705. To Thomas Hilleary, of Frederick County, $627. To Samuel B. Merrifield, of Nelson County, $40!. To Reuben A. Hurley, of Montgomery CountY.,i!ldministra.tor de bonis non To Susan E. Miller, in her own right and as widow of and administratrix of A. F. Hurley, deceased, late of Lyon County, .Nev .• $1,150. of Jacob M. Miller deceased, late of Marion County, 910. To Jacob A. Hutzell and Edward E. HutzeU, administrators of Adam Hut To Samuel D. Glasscock, administrator of William C. Moore, deceased, late zell, deceased, late of Washington County, $ill. of Hardin County, $530. 'l'o C. M. Keedy and others, executors of .John J. Keedy, late of Washing To F. M. Joplin, administrator of Thomas B. Munford, deceased, late of ton County, $462. Hardin County, $140. To .Jacob A. Miller, administrator of Samuel Kilha.m, deceased, late of TQ Buford Mussen, of Marion County, $697. Washington County, Sl,125. To John G. Mussen, administrator of Susan Mussen, deceased, late of To Esther Knode,administratrix of John E. Knode,deceased,late of Wash· Marion County, $-IBS.50. in.,..ton Count~'" $667. To the Nazareth Benevolent Institution, of Nelson County, $319. To Benje.mm F. Middlekauff, administrator of Henry J. Lowman, deceased, To Mary E. Neel, administratrix of Pearce N ola.nd, deceased, late of Shelby late of Washington County, $350. County, $9,520. To Andrew J. McAllister, of Washington County, $50. To Mary Orendorff, of Breckinridge County, $250. To Henry Tolson, administrator of George W. Marriott, deceased, late of To Benedict Pash, of Nelson County, $350. Prince George County, $215.25. To Dent S. Pash, of Nelson County, $480. To Julia A. Mayer, executrix: of John L. Mayer, deceased, late of Wash •ro John A. Raine, of Hardin County, $6#. ington County, $356. To John W. Rowlett, of Jefferson Count¥.J $970. •ro Daniel N. and Levi Middlekauff, administrators of John C. Middlekauff, To Jacob H. Russell, of Lincoln County, $145. deceased, late of Washington County, $160. To Mary Sisco, executrix of William Sisco, deceased, late of Nelson County, To Joseph M. Middlekauff, of Washington County, Sil3. $259.05. 'l'o Jacob F. Miller, of Washington County, $323. To George W. Smith, of Hardin County, $667. To H. H. Keedy and Charles W. Adams, administrators of John Miller, To C. C. Howard, administrator of George W. Smith, deceased, late of deceased, late of Washington County, $475. Larue County, $20. To Hamilton A. Moore, of Washington County, $180. To T. S. Mayes, administrator of Mary A. E. Smith, deceased, late of To the administrator or legal representative of James W. J. Moore, de· Washington County, $234. ceased, late of Leonardtown, $1,0W. To Thomas M. Beeler, administrator of David Standiford, decea-sed, late To Daniel M. Mullendore, of Washington County, $370.50. · of Jefferson County, $85. •.ro Henry C. Mumma and others, executors of Samuel Mum.ma, deceased, To James H. Taylor, administrator of Thomas W. Taylor, deceased, late late of Sharpsburg, $853. of Nelson County $99. To Victor Miller, administrator of Joshua Newcomer, deceased, late of To William C. Kennedy, administrator of William Thixton, deceased, late Washington County, $880. ,.. of Jefferson County, $430. To John L. Nicodemus, of Washington County, $130. To James W. Smith, administrator of Miles H. Thomas, deceased, late of To John L. Nicodemus, administrator of John Nicodemus, deceased, late Hardin County. $235. of Washington County, $645. To Abel A. Thomvson, of Marion County, $IM. To John T. Norris, executor of Bernard T. Norris, deceased, late of Mont- To W. C. M. Travis, of (.,'rittenden County $140. gomery Coun!Y, $300. To Mary Unseld, administratrix of John Unseld, deceased, late of Nelson To George W. Padgett, of Frederick County, $2,280. Countv,$250. • To James F. Pierce, of Montgomery County, $2,505. To B:arrison Hughes, jr., administrator of David Unsell, deceased, of Bal To Lawson W. Poffinberger, executor of Joseph Pofilnberger,"decea.sod. lard County, $5,000. late of Washington County, $1,918. · To Alfred B. Vernon, of Hardin County, $82.25. To David A. Ray, of Montgomery COlmty, $151.05. To James E. Evans, administrator of Coleman Wells, deceased, late of Nel 'l'o Asa C. Remsburg and George W. Remsburg, executors of Isaac Rems· son County, $130. burg, deceased, late of Washington County, $611. To John H. West, of Larue County, $150. To James Resley, of Washington County, $514.50. To Germania Safety Vault and Trust Company, administrator of William To Reuben Rouzee, of Montgomery County, $1,450. Wirtz, deceased, late of Jefferson County, $597. To H. B. Snively and A. G. Lovell, executors of George Snively, deceesed, late of Washington County, $174. LOUISIANA. To A. T. Snouffer, of Frederick County, $983. To Henry L. Garland, administrator of Mary T. Anderson, late of St. To Eveline l!'ries, sole heir of John Snyder, deceased, late of Washington Landry Parish, $10,610. ~~~ . To Nannie A. Badley, administratrix of Henry Badley, deceased, late of To William P. Hickman, administrator of George W. Spates, deceased, late Baton Rouge., $3,442. of Montgomery County, $2,248. To Loweskv Bouvillian, of Terrebonne Parish, $900. To George E. Stonebraker, of Washington County, Sl,237. To Lucile 'l:'ounoir, administratrix of Arnaud Decuir, deceased, late of To William F. Stonebraker, administrator of Ohristum Stonebraker, de- Pointe Coupee Parish, $575. ceased, late of Washington County, $2,031. To Jasper Gall, of Iberia Parish, $704:. · To T. Wilson Stonestreet, of Montgomery County, $64.3. To L. J. Smith, executor of Elbert Gantt, deceased, late of St. Landry To James A. Tennant, of Washington County, $421. Parish, $3,509. To James Trimble and Mary Blakely, executors of Joseph Trimble, de- To Abram A. Harvey, guardian, etc., of the children of Abram A. Harvey, ceased1 $3, 790. deceased, of Washington Parish, $1,990. · To tne heirs of William Trimble, deceased, $6,620. To Benjamin R. Keaton, of Washington Parish, $739. To Lewis Trone, of Washington County, $555.50. To George Walker, administrator of Michael Knight, deceased, late of To Lavina. Viers, administratrix of Jesse Viers, deceased, late of Mont New Orleans, $7,714. gomery County, $1,925. To Luke Madden, administrator of Patrick Madden, deceased, late of To Eli Wade, William Wade Mary E. Wade Susan C. Wade, Elizabeth J. Madison Parish, $845. Hoffmanlnnee Wade, heirs of Henry Wade, deceased, late of Washington To Alphonse Me uillon, administrator of Antoine Dona.to Meuillon, deceased, County, ~.902. late of St. Landry Parish, $3,490. To Eli Wade, administrator of John A. Wade, deceased, late of Washing To Alphonse Meullion, administrator of Susanne B. Meuillon, deceased, late ton County, $1,755. of St. Landry Parish, $1,767. To Mary E. Ward, executrix of Enoch G. Ward, deceased, late of Mont 'l'o J. A. Oubre, administrator of Eugene Oubre, deceased, late of Pointe gomery County, 151.05. Coupee Pa1•ish, $6 683. To William B. White, of Montgomery County, $672.50. To Marie Eliza Payne, of Natchitoches Parish, S5,476. To Laura c. Wilson, administratrix of Richard T. Wilson,, deceased, late ~o .Mary O. Pla.nche, Natchitoches Parish, $9,005. of Montgome1·y County, $1;405. 1899. OONGRESSION AL RECORD-HOUSE. 2649
MISSISSIPPI. To James S. Hamilton, administrator of Turner Patterson, deceased late To Bettie A. Aldrich, late of Washington County, $2,605. of Hinds County, $230. ' To John N. Tuckeriadministrator of Minerva O. Anthony, deceased, late To Jacob Peebles, of Adams County, $750. of Marshall County-,$ ,759. ·To R. J. Harding, administrator of Nelson Potter, deceased, late of Rinds To W. W. Perkms, administrator of Thomas Appleton, deceased, late of County, $677. Panola County, $400. To Amadeus F. and Theophilus W. Pottsi,..?f Panola Countv, $1,715. To John C. Bailey, of Marshall County, $1,587. To A. J. Conklin, administr&tor of Mary rowen, deceased;late of Warren To Willliml H. Belue, administrator of Nathan H. Belue, deceaseo, late of County, $1,835. · Tishomin~o County $325. To M. K. Redwine, administratrix: of James A. Redwine, deceased, of Lar To Rebecca L. Boiling, of Warren Countz, $84.5. fayette County, $545. To Samuel Bagnell, administrator of :renor Braboy, deceased, late of To P. E . Matthews, administrator of William C. Reeves, deceased, late of Claiborne County, $095. Lafayette County, $309. To L. M. Lowenburg, administrator de bonis non of 0. C. Brooks, deceased, To Aaron Royston, of Marshall County, $250. late of Warren County, $8,825. To Fletcher B. Neblett, administrator of Richmond T. Rutledge, deceased, To D. J. Foremon, administrator of Sarah Burton, deceased, late of War- late of Tishomingo County, $8,35L ren Coun!y, $571. ~ To Thomas Ryan, of Claiborne County, $370. To L. \V. Carradinet administrator of Medora A. Butler (formerly Medora To Alexander oeals, of Marshall County, $390. A. Scott), deceased, law of Jefferson County, $3,510. To Patrick Sheehan, of Warren County, $976. To James Carroll, of Yazoo County, $'MO. •.ro Claudius L. Shipp, administrator of Felix G. Shipp, deceased, late of To Matilda Dixon, administratrix of George W. Carter, deceased, late of Lafayette County, $1,895. Adams County, S.'318. To T. C. Dockrey, administrator of William Sloan, deceased, late of De To John W. Cato, administrator of John D. Cato, deceased, late of Warren Soto County, $622. County, S2,636. To C. S. Farra~!'-dministrator of Gray W. Smith, deceased, late of Mar To J. W. Causey, of Alcorn (Jounty, $1,501. shall County, $11,ui;u. To Susan V. Hedderman, administratrix of Robert P. Chambers, deceased, To Mrs. J. A. Sorrell, administratrix of E. F. Sorrell, deceased, late of la.te of Scott County, $592. Alcorn County, Sl,443. - To Samuel Chase, of Warren County, $110. - To Albert H. Sprich, of Amite County, $750. To Preston Chavis, deceased, late of Warren County, $820. To William T. Robertson, administrator of Ira A. Sprouse, deceased, late To Calvin Cheairs, of Benton County, $5,545. of Scott County, $210. · To Mrs. Rowena Clark of Warren County, $1,500. ToF. B. Stewart, administrator of Joseph W. Stewart, deceased, late of To Evan Cook, adi'D.iiilStrator of John 8. Cook, deceased, late of Hinds Scott County, $682. County, Sl,780. To Mart}laJ. Stewart, of Jefferson County, $2,317. To K. D. Wright, administratrix of Lucy Cordell. deceased, late of Hinds To I. S. Ash, administrator of Malinda Stone, deceased (formerly Malinda. County, $684. Whaley), late of Marshall County, $Too. To L. M. Loewenberg, administrator of Seth R. and C. W. Strong, deceased. To W. T. Ratliff, administrator of Willis Cotton, deceased, late of Binds late of Warren County, f/'20. · ~~~ - To E. E. Temple, administrator of Drury Couch, deceased, late of Lafay . To Catharine Sulm, administratrix of George Sulm, deceased, late of Mad ette County, $1,696. ison County, $837. To Lucy Cox, administratrix of Elizabeth Cox, deceased, late of Alcorn To N. D. Graham, administrator of James Summers, deceased, late of Scott County._ $160. County, $280. · To Mrs. Pamelia H. Chamberlain, administratrix of Jacob Crizer, de To S. M. Weaver, administrator of Jonathan Summers, deceased, late of ceased, late of Adams County, $2,426. Scott County, $4S8. To Pleasant L. Crosby, administrator of Peter Crosby, deceased, late of To Emily Thrift, administratrix of S. B. Thrift, deceased, late of Warren Warren County, $225. County, $1,505. To the estate of Thomas 0. Davis, deceased, late of Hinds County, $1,012. To Elias Unge_r, of Claiborne County, $958. To Edward V. Dickens, of Panola County, $4.280. To Martha Walker, ~ministratr~ of Sandy Walker, deceased, late of To W. T. Ratliff, administrator of Peter Dunbar, deceased, late of .Hinds Marshall County, $350. County, $(JOO. To Enoch P. Ward, of Marshall County, $1,673. • Washin~ton, To J. W. Thomas, executor of MaryJ. Dunn, deceased, late of Lee County, . To Harriet administratrix of Mack and Simon Washin!!ton0 $1,335. deceased, late of Wilkinson County, $855. ' To John Eba, of Jackson County, $627. To W. T. Ratcliffe, administrator of Nancy Wells, deceased, late of Hinds To James G. Ferguson, of Warren County, $15,063. County, $l,l69. To G. W. Ferguson, administrator of John Ferguson, deceased, late of War To Shelton White, executor of Clark C. White, deceased, late of Marshall ren County, $6 785. County, S4i4{)()· To Samuel Bagnell, administrator of Ignatius G. Flowers, deceased, late To Mattie S. Whitney, administratrix of Franklin Whitney, deceased late of Claiborne County, $7,935. of 2650' CONGRESSIONAL REOORD--HOUSE. MARCH 1, To John W. Luttrell, administrator of Green Luttrell, deceased, late of To W. J. Embry, executor of John P. Brown, deceased, lat.e of Maury Polk County, $1,620. . County, $.5,192. To John 1'. Lynch, administrator of David Lynch, deceased, late of Texas To John 0. Buford, of Fayette County, $450. County, $175. To John H. Caldwell, of Jefferson County, $240. To John T. Lynch, of Texas County, $150. To Robert Caldwell. of Jefferson County, $300. To William McDaniel, of Christian County, $144. To B. C. Thornburgh, administrator of Robert Caldwell, deceased, late of To David McKinney, of Texas County, $26.5. Jefferson County, $276. To Henry L. Mitchell, of Benton County, $2,430. To A. B. Cannon, administrator of Jane W . Cannon, late of Jefferson . To Lamoreux N. Kennedy, administrator of Edward Morgan, deceased, County, $150. late of Vernon County, $100. To Hugh Carothers, of Lawrence County, $720. To James H. Moyer, of Iron County, $560. To John A. Smith, executor to Rebecca Casey, deceased, lat.a of IIardin To John L. Peters, surviving partner of John L . Peters & Co., late of St. County, $770. Louis, $3,115.50. To J. Harvey Mathes, administrator of Benjamin Cash, deceased, 1at.e of To Josiah H. Pilcher, of Jackson County, $97L Shelby _County, $1,225. To Jehu Robinson, of Webster County, $176. To Marv R. Rowlett, administratrix of Caleb H. Clement, deceased, late of To Henry Sharp, of Laclede County, $1,178. Gibson County, $1,192. To Thomas A. Skeen, administrator of Wilson Skeen, deceased, late of To James W. Cole, administrator of Peter Cole, deceased, late of Wayne Greene County, $2'Z7. County, $182. . To Thaddeus Snyder, of Greene County, $385. To P. B. Robinson, administrator of William R. Collier, deceased, late of To William Strawhorn, of Phelps County, $593. Madison County, $171. To Francis M. :::>wanson, of Miller County, $37.50. To J. J. Turner, administrator of James A. Cooper, deceased, late of Lin- To E. L. Tuggle, of Cass County, $860. coln County, $405. · To M. C. Vinton, administrator of Samuel S. Vinton, deceased, late of To James D. Copeland, of Wayne County, $285. Greene County, $7,335. To Slater and William Cowart, of Hamilton County, ~,771. To J~eph L. Walls, of Pettis County, $1,272. To Sarah 8. Cox, of Hawkins County, $630. To Fanny Whit.e, administratrix of .Moses White, deceased, lat.e of Cam To F. L. Crafton, administrator of Paul C. Crafton, deceased, late of Gib- den County, $1,168. son County, $258. To Jackson Willhite, of Texas County. $249. To Mrs. B. E. Craven, of Hardin County, $100. To George Withers, administrator of H. M. Withers, deceased, late of To A. B. Crenshaw, of Gibson County, $300. Cooper County, $435. · ~ To William Crews, of Gibson County, $125. To Benjamin A. Woods, of Newton County, $605. To M. V. Dalton, administratrix of Carson R. Dalton, deceased, late of To John Zeltner, administrator of Xavier Zeltner, deceased, late of How- Shelby County, $930. ard County, $125. · To John Deaton, of Chester County, $125. To treasurer of the Missouri State Luna.tic Asylum of Fulton, Callaway To Sarah A. Dollis, administratrix of Henry C. Dollis, deceased, late of County, Mo., for occupancy of buildings and groundS during a period of Shelby County, $.365. twenty-three months, $17,250. To Lucy E. Dowdy, executrix of W. P. Dowdy, deceased, late of Fayette To Sarah E. B. Smith, of Scotland County, Mo., for rent of building and County, $1,380. personal propert.y, $837.50. To Thomas N. Doyle, administrator of Newsom Doyle, deceased, late of To Margaret Rose, of Green County, Mo., $250. . Fayett.e County, $1,630. To Mary E. Walley,administratrix of Irvin Walley, deceased, late of Jack- To Alexander J. Drumwright, of Murfreesboro, $1,175. son County, Mo., $480. · To John Loagne, administrator of Patrick Dwyer, deceased, late of Shelby To Lewis Newbeams, administrator of Benjamin Shirkey, deceased, of County, !35(). New Madrid County, Mo., $880. To 8amuel S. Eason, of Davidson County, $795. NORTH CAROLINA. To Abner East, of Shelby Count:r, $240. To Washington East, of Shelby County, $165. To Peter R. Andrews, administrator of Peter Andrews, deceased, lat.a of To William Edmiston, jr., executor of William Edmiston, deceased, late of Jones County~ f,316. Davidson County, $642. • To Nancy M. Bass, administratrix of William Bass, deceased, late of Wayne To John W. Burkitt, administrator of Joshua W. Elder, deceased, late of Count.y, $1,110. Rutherford County, $1,534. •ro Thomas M. Brinegar, of Davie County, $250. To J.M. Fawcett, admini'ltrator of J.B. Fawcett &.nd Joseph Watson, de· To Flora J. Campbell, of Harnett County, $633. ceased, late of Hardeman County, $716. One-half of the allowance herein, to To J. A. Burgnyn, administrator of Dorsey S. Deloath, deceased, late of wit, the sum of $358, is made to claimant as administratoi: of each of said Northampton County, $815. . decedent.'>. To John F. Grantham, administrator of Needham Grantham, deceased, To Mary J. Finley, of Cannon County, $135. late of Sam~on County, $677. To James M. Flinn, of Shelby County, $541. To S. L. Wallace, administrator of Mason Jones, deceased, late of Martin To Timothy Foley, of Shelby County. $250. County, $535. . · · To Thomas Forkner, of Monroe County, $270. To Rachel McCormick, administratrix of Duncan McCormick, deceased, To Francis M. Freeman, of Giles County, $500. late of Cumberland County, $625. To William A. Galloway, of Shelby County, $1,000. To Furneyfold Mercer, of Jones County, $747. To George L. Gray, of Franklin County, $,1643.12. To Richmond G. Sheek, of Davie County, $200. To S. E. Green, executor of A. P. Green, deceased, late of Hamilton To William H. Mathias, administrator of Luton Speight (or Spikes), de- County, $1,0il. - - ceased, late of Gates County, $125. To J. E. Line, administrator of Thomas Green, deceased, late of Hamblen •.ro Nathaniel K. Thornton, of Sampson County, $670. County, $100. • OHIO. To James T. S. Greenfield, of Maury County, $695. To David Hicks of Hamilton County, $340. •.ro William C. Grisson, of Henderson County, $294:. To George Keei, of Hamilton County, $300. To William C. Hale, administrator of Elijah M. Hale, deceased, late of Hamilton County, $3,605. PENNSYLVANIA. To J. K. P. Hale, executor of St.ephen S. Ha.le, deceased, late of Gibson To the legal representatives of the estate of Nicholas J. Bigley, deceased, County, $41. late of Pittsburg, $42,611.50. To Elzira Hamilton, of Claiborne County, $1,320. To A. J. Schwartz, administrator of M. Schwartz, late of Adams County, To .l!'ranklin E. Hardwick, of Bradley County, $632. $622. To B. A. Crech,administratrix of John Hartman, late of Hamblen County, SOUTH CAROLINA. $4:0. To Isaac K. James, of Fairfield Connty,$2,602. To David N. Heath, of Grainger County, $780. To Edward Reed, of Richland County, $260. To S. B. Herbert, of Lawrence County, $425. TENNESSEE. To Ruth Heywood, executrix of Humphrey B. Heywood, deceased, lat.e of Bradley County, $475. To M.A. Gober, administrator of Joseph T. Abernathy, deceased, late of To Florence A. Puryear, administratrix of P. R. Hightower, deceased, late Fayett.e County, $2,455. . of Williamson County, $1 660. To Bettie L. Abington, administratrix de bonis non of James B. Abington, To James C. Hodges, of Jefferson County, $319. deceased, and E. A. Reid, administrator of J. H. Abington., deceased, late of To Mary E. Holmes, administratrix of Calvin Holmes, deceased, late of Shelby County $6,000. Shelby County, $2,000. •ro T. S. Galloway, administrator of Darling Allen, deceased, late of Fay To James E. Holston, of Hamblen County, $14.-0. ette County, $1,880. To J.C. Hoodenpyle, administrator of Robert Hoodenpy1e, deceased, late 'l'o Meade Frierson, administrator of W. J . Anderson, deceased, late of of Sequatchie County, $1,679. • Marshall County, $860. To William P. Hoskins, administrator of George C. Hoskins, deceased, late To David P. Atkinson, of Wayne County, $165. of Jefferson County, $248. •ro·H. C. Austin, administrator of Clisbe Austin, deceased, late of Hawkins To Lucius Hough, of Manry County, 180. To George W. Howse, of Rutherford County, $1,750. Co~\IiJ~~h Stewart, administratrix of Levi A. Baker, deceased, late of To C. M. Hunt, administratrix of John W. Hunt, deceased, late of Harde Davidson County, $893. man County, $4:,200. To Sidney Baucom, of Carroll County, $85. To James M. Barkley, administrator of William S. Barkley, deceased, late To Caty Jones, administratrix of William Irwin, dooeased, late of Hawkins of Washington County, $563. County, $125. To John Bateman, of Fayette Uounty, $682. To William P. James, of Marion-county, $1,019. To Mary E. Bates, administratrix of James K. Bates, deceased, late of To Charles R. Holme~ administratpr of Thompson Jarrett, deceased, late Shelby County, $900. . of Rutherford County, ~70. - To George W. Beasley, of Fayett.e County, $618. To James H . Jenkins, of Davidson County, $230. . To W. S. Beck, administrator of Joshua Beck, deceased, late of Hamilton To William Johnson, administrator of Thomas J. Johnson, deceased, lat.e County, $6,100. of Fayette County, $13,31.8. To William S. Bewley, of Hamblen County, $i80. To Ann Kannel!, administratrix of John Kannell, deceased, lat.e of Mem To William J. Bishop, of Fayett.e County, $388. phis, $84:1. To Charles R. Holmes, administrator of Alfred Blackman, deceased, late 'ro Stephen Kee, of Shelby County, $30. of Rutherford County, ~.058. · To James A. Richardson, administrator of Ezekiel T. Keel, deceased, late To J. R. Bondurant, administrator of .E.lizabeth C. Bondurant, deceased, of She1by County, $832. late of Davidson County, $915. To R. J. Burke, guardian of minor children of Peter Kelley, deceased, late To A. T. Bone. administrator of James T. Bone, deceased, late of Gibson of Madison County, $416. County, $535. To Michael Kieff, of Giles County, $320. To John T. Hicks, administrator of Benjamin L. Branch, deceased, late of To B. J. Kimbrough, administrator de bonis non of James Kimbrough, de Shelby County, $325. ceased, late of Shelby County, $1,091. To Cauzada Brewer, of Wayne County, $188. To John .M. Kimbrough, of Monroe County, $380. To J . L. Cochran, administrator of William Brooks, deceased, lat.e of Hen To Fredonia Knight, administratrix of Joseph T. Knight, deceased, late of derson Countv, ~ - Hardeman County, $200. To J. L. Cochran, administrator of William Brooks, deceased, late of Hen· To Charles F. Beezley, administrator of J.C. Lanier, deceased, late of Shelby derson County, Sl&3. County, $3,289. . 1899. OONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 2651 To Annio Lawrence, of Fayette County, $200. To T. J. McClendon, administrator of John Wright, deceased, late of To Luke Lee, of Wayne Uounty, $253. Davidson County, $1817. To Morgan M. Lee, of Stewart County, $1,roo. · To Fannie Young, of Giles County, $125. . To 'l'homas M. Leneave, administrator of Irby T. Leneave, deceased, late To Alfred A. Young, executor of Joseph Young, deceased, late of Giles of Maury County, $750. County, $375. To John D. Lowry, jr., administrator of Susan Lowry, deceased, late of ' VIRGINIA. McMinn County, ~5. To Loftin D. Allen, of Henrico County, $1,651. , To R. E. Wester, administrator of Joseph Lynn, deceasE"d, late of Grainger To Mary Caroline Allan, administratrix of Patterson AHan, deceased, late Countv, $55.5. of Goochland Conn ty, $.3,350. To j, I. McCown, of Lincoln County, $450. To William H. Anderson, of Frederick County, $749. To Alexander Hynds, administrator of Samuel S. McCuiston, deceased, To William Taylor, a.dministrator of Polly Blackwell, deceased, late of late of Jefferlmn C-0unty, $365. Rockingham County, $230. •.ro Elizabeth Mcintyre, administratrix of Robert Mcintyre, deceased, late To Adeline T. Blick, of Dinwiddie County, $908. of Knox County, $198. To Sarah W. Brown. of Alleghany County, $692. To R. J...ove, administrator of D. W. McKenzie, deceased, late of Fayette To Susan Brown, of Culpeper, $661.40. 1 Co,~~i~fab. ~. McLemore, administratrix of John C. McLemore, deceased, To William Bushby, of . ~exandria, $1,728.85. late of Shelby County. $5,370: To William B. Lynch, administrator of Jared Chamblin, deceased, late ot To Edward E. Eslick, administrator of Henry P. McMillion, deceased, late Loudoun County, $445. of Giles County, $1.148. To Martha S. Clark, of Amelia County, $159. To J.P. Sloan, executor of Mahala J. Mayse, deceased, late of Grainger To Elias Cooper, of Loudoun County, $324. County, $315. To R. D. Hardesty, administrator of Morgan Coxen, deceased, late of Clarke To William F. Moore, of Maury County, $1 347. County, S865. 1 To Robert H . Davis, administrator of Thomas K.. Davis, deceased, late of To Wright A. Moore. administrator of Wright A. Moore, deceased, late of Prince William County, $2,735. Hardeman Count~·-, $il6. To Alexander Donnan, administrator of Thomas Farrell, deceased, late of To Nelson Mullins, of Rut-herford County, $396. Prince George County, $3,207. To William M. Murdock, of Hamblen County, $4.35. To William T. Fauber, of Augusta County, $375. To Thomas Neilson, of Jefferson County, $160. To Elkanah Fawcett, of Winchester, $1,57L • To John W. Devine, administrator of John G. Newlee, deceased, late of To John E . Febrey, of Fairfax County, $2.636. Claiborne County, !4,250. To Samuel Fitzhugh, administrator of Henry Fitzhugh, deceased, late of To A. M. Applewhite, administrator of Andrew J. Newsom, deceased,-late Spottsylvania County, $19,975. . of Fayette County, $600. Tu John E. Fletcher, of Fauquier County, $1,050. To R.H. Ogilvie, of Maury County, $2,150. To Samuel W. George, sr., of Loudoun County, $642. To Joseph U. Orr, of Greene County, $255. To Thomas M. Grayson, of Fauquier County, $414. To BenJamin F. Owen~f Williamson County, $2,5{(). To Pleasant Owen, of Knox County, $311. To George W. Gunnell, administrator of Elizabeth Gunnell, deceased, late ToJohn Warren, administrator of J runes Pankey, late of Hardeman County, of Fairfax County, $5,124. $1,730. . To Jesse Owings, trustee of Ann E. Harper, of Alexandria County, $1,688. To J.C. Jenkins, administrator of B. M. Parham, deceased, late of Harde· To Mary A. Hart, of elarke County, $'720. man County, r,?32.75. To John R. Hornbaker, of Prince William County, $3.30. To Thomas Patrick, administrator of Marion Patrick, deceased, late of To Lucy A. M. Jones, of Rappahannock-County, $1,351.50. Jefferson County, $150. To James H. Kennan, of Clarke County, $237. To Aamuel Patterson, of Grainger County, $730. To St. Clair D. Kirtley and Francis W. Kirtley, of Rockingham County, To William F. Perry, of Gibson County, $51. $99ti. . To Maria L. Pettit, of Shelby County, $105. To Mary F. Lewis, of Clarke County, $1,002. To James G. Phelan, of Gibson County, $118. To Jacob H. Lindsey, of Rockingham County, $971. To Andrew B. Phillips, of Maury County, $585. To John Mulholland, Peter Mulholland, and Patrick Mulholland, of Fair To William Pickett, administrator of Jesse Pickett, deceased, late of Se· fax County, $630. quatchie County, $4, 730. • To William, Joshua, Charles, and John Pearson, in their own right and ns To Fayette J. Pulliam, of Fa1ette County, $92. the heirs at law of Phillis Pearson, d~cease d, late of Fairfax County, $1,360. To William A. Quarles, administrator of Mary Quarles, deceased, late of To Jesse Piggott, of Loudoun County, $5(8. Jefferson County, $243. To John Rickard, of Shenandoah County, $800. To Green H. Ramsay, of Gibson County, $120. To Thomas W. Russell. of Clarke County, $772. To James Y. Reed, of Hardeman County, $120. •.ro Wiley J. Wyatt, administrator of Joseph Sharp, deceased, late of Prince To John E. Bull, administrator of William Reed, deceased, late of Grundy George County, $1,810. County, $698. To Ada. B. Shumate and William 0. Shumate, of Fauquier County, $1,190. •.ro W. T. Smith, administrator of Willis Robinson, deceased, late of Harde- To J ames H. Shumate, of Fauquier County, $318. · man County, $225. To Thomas B. Stewart, of Fauquier County, $4,509. To John A. Roe, of Gibson County, $2,763. To Emily Taylor, executrix of William H. Taylor, deceased, late of Fair· To Benjamin F.Scroggin, of Giles County, $2H. fax County, $1,935. To Samuel Smith, of Jefferson County, $108. To James B. Russell, executor of Sampson Touchstone, lliloeased, late of To V. J. Smith, of Dyer County, $130. Frederick County, $1,125. To Mary E. Speed, of Shelby County, $2,175. To Rowena F. Vaughn, administratrix-of Walker Vaughn, deceased, late To John B. Stafford, administrator of John Stafford, deceased, late of Fay of Culpeper County, $510. ette County, $495. To Jonas Wampler. of Augusta County, $135. To V. Dallas W bite, administratrix of Benjamin K. White, late of Dinwiddie To Elizabeth C. Staples, administratrix of Michael A. Staples, deceased, County, $2,203. late of Roane County, $280. $921. To John Loag_l!~ · administrator of John N. Stephens, deceased, late of To Daniel T. Wood, of Frederick County, Shelby County, $500. To William H. Woodard, of Shenandoah County, $772. To G. M . Bowen, administrator of Ross Talbott, deceased, late of Jefferson To Matthew Woodward (or Woodyard), of Prince William County, $490. County, $1,190. WEST VIRGINIA. To Robert Talley, of Haywood County, $175. To Moses C. Baylor, of Jefferson County, $1,144. To Tobias Tenpenny, of Cannon County, $200. To Catherine Beck, administratrix of John Beck, late of Jefferson County, To A. T. Terrill, of Henderson County, $275. $165. To Ar('hibald R. Thomas, of Madison County, $938. To Allen H. Bonnifield, administrator de bonis non of Aaron Bonnifield, To H. L. Thom·as, administrator of B. R. Thomas, deceased, late of Shelby deceased, late of Tucker County, $6,.300. • County~ $5,876. To John Bray, of Kanawha County, $162. To Wilkin Thomas, of Shelby County, $210. To William M. Coffman, administrator of Samuel Coffman, deceased, late To John Gum, administrator of Ann Thompson, deceased, late of Ruther of Greenbrier County, $ij55. ford County, $1,187. To Mrs. Margaret E. Crane, administratrix of Joseph Crane, decensed, late To T. D. Thurman, administrator of John G. Thurman, deceased, late of of Jefferson County, $'300. Shelby County, $585. To Jacob Criser, of Jefferson Connty, $938. To Joseph 'l'ownsend, administrator of Peter Townsend, deceased, late of To Isaiah Curry. of Kanawha County, $591. Tipton County, $1,0!5. To Newman H. Ellis, administrator of Joshua Ellis, deceased, late of Fay · '.ro J. L. Trimble, of Gibson Connty, $265. ette County, $761. To E. J. Tucker, of Fayette County, $675. To John M. Engle, of Jefferson County, $665. To Jackson Tyler, of Davidson County, $1,020. ' To Nancy A. Engle, executrix of Edwin C. Engle, deceased, late of Jeffer To George M. Campbell, administrator of F. M. Vandergriff, deceased, late son County, $2-06. of Dekalb County, $150. To John A. Harmon, of Putnam County, $523. To John D. Sale, administrator of John E. Van Pelt, deceased, late of Fay To B. F. Harrison, administrator of Mary E. Hensall, deceased, late of Jef ette County, $1,798. ferson County, $620. To W. T. Wade, administrator of Allen Wade, deceased, late of McNairy To J. Garland Hurst, administrator of John T. Henkle, deceased, late of County, $373. · J efferson County, $2,921. To Osborn Walker, of Wayne County, $625. •ro Robert Kilmer and Dennis M. Kilmer, administrators of Isaac Kilmer, To Marshall Wallace, executor of William Wallace, deceased, late of Haw deceased; late of Berkeley County, $571. kins County $675. To Levi Baughman, administrator of Francis Kotz, deceased, late of Hardy To T. S. (}allway, administrator of Thomas J. Waller, deceased, late of County, $233. Fayette County, $2,260. To J. Baker Kearfoot, administrator of William M. Lemen, deceased, late of To J. W. Newborn, administrator of Robert Waters, deceased, late of J efferson County, $500. Shelby County, S89(). To H. P. Brown, administrator of William McOlintic, deceased, late of To James Watterson, of Hawkins County, $132. Greenbrier County, $500. To Mary E . Weatherly, executrix of James M. Weatherly, deceased, late To Edward W. and Samuel McNeill, administrators of Daniel R. McNeill, of Rutherford County, $400. deceased, late of Hardy County, $1,700. To William C. Wester, of Grainger County, $144. To J. Garland Hurst, administrator de bonis non of Jacob Merritt, deceased, To Jane E. Wherry, administratrix of J ohn J. Wherry, deceased, late of late of Jefferson County, $1,710. Snmner County_, $1,480. To Rhoda Neal, of Greenbrier County, $345. To Mary M. White, administ ratrix of Owen (or Orrin) White, deceased, To John W. Ott of Jefferson County, $708. late of Shelby County, $457. To Jonathan J. Pettit, of Jefferson County, $877. To Laura C. Newton, administratrix of Greenberry Williams, deceased, To Charles L. Pyles, of Kanawha County, $586. late of Sumner Countr, $2,070. · · To Robert F. Reynolds, of Kanawha County, $1,480. To Thomas H. Williams, administrator of Harvey Williams, deceased, late To Joseph L. Roberts, of Jefferson County, ~95 . of Shelby County, $75!>. •.ro J ohn G. Ruckle, administrator of Samuel Ruckle, deceased, late of Jef To John W. Alexander, adn:inistrator of James S. Williams, deceased, late ferson County, $352. of Williamson County. $1,080. To Catharine B. Brown, sole heir of John B. Rutherford, deceased, late of To William A. Wood, of Lincoln County, $283. Jefferson County, $130. · 2652 OONGRESSIONAL REOORD-HOUSE. MARCH 1, - To J. F. Engle, administrator of Uriah Rutherford, deceased, late of Jef To Mary E. Mette, administratrbr of H. H. Mette, of Memphis, Tenn., for ferson County ._$1,7'95. rent of building No. 3, Exchange Block, on Front street, $480. To J amPs W. Schoppert, administrator of Samuel Schoppert, deceased, To David Miller, of Washington, D. C., for occupation of property, and late -0f Berkeley Count y, Sl,655. supplies, $626. . To Milton Taylor, admi'.nistrator of Henry Shobe, deceased, late of Grant To Alexander Moffitt, of the Distriot of Columbia, for use and occupation County., $589. of property, $12,442.98. To Nimrod Shobe, of Grant County, $219. To Mary IL Noonan, of Jersey City, N. J., for rent and r epair of honse No. To Solomon Shobe, of Grant County, $4.07. 48 Baronne street, New Orleans, La., $5,830. To George Show, of Jefferson County, $695. To Odd Fellows' Hall Association of New Orleans, La., for use and occupa To Thomas 0. Terry, of Fayette C-0unt y, $300. tion of said Odd Fellows' Hall building for three years six months and seven To Commodore P. Thompson, of Barbour Colmty, $480. days, from May 3, 1862, to November 10, 1865, 4:9,272.16. . To John Waldron of Greenbrier County, $6,984.20. To Amos Woodruff, president of the Overton Hotel Company, of MemphlS To Henrietta M. 'Va.ugh, of J efferson Count y, sa.~. Tenn., for use of hotel as military hospital from January 1; 1863, to September To J. Ran Rhoderick, administrator of Benjamin Welsh, fate of Jefferson 1, 1865, $53,333. County, $810. To Henry L. Pope, of Louisville, Ky., for the nse of three vacant lots, on '.L'o 'l'homas J. West, administrator of Thomas West, deooased, late of Jef which commissary of subsistence built storehonse for the use of the United ferson County, $1,054. States, from April, 1863, to May 1, 1866, $300. To James M. Westfall, of Randolph County, $286. To Maria and Mary Reynolds, administratrixes of James Reynolds, de To William A. Wiseman, adminisl;rator of .A.mos K. Wiseman, deceased, ceased, late of the city of Cumberland, Md., rent and occupation of farm, late of Fayette Coun ty, $1,820. $1,236. To Branson I. Wood and A.·D. Wood, administrators of Angus M. ~ood, To C. F. F. Rosenthal, of the District of Columbia, for rent of land, $.500. deceased, late of Hardy County Sl,935. To Susannah P . Swope, dau~hter of William Irvin, of Curwensville, Clear· To John H. Woodford, of Barbour County, $550. field County, Pa., for destruction of house, $3,050. To Henry T. 'Voody, of Kanawha County, $3.04John Ericsson.i To F. F. Smith, executor of Catharine Lytle, deceased, late of Washington for bis services in planning the United States war steamer P rinceton ana. County, Md., $420. planning and superintending the construction of the machinery of the said ·ro J. S. Stilwell, administrator of Simon Simons, deceased, late of Wood steamer $13 930. ruff County, Ark., $1,216. 'l'o Johii: A. Fairfax, of the District of Columbia, for boarding laborers To Charles Miller, administrator of Felix Miller, deceased, late of Hawkins while working on the Columbia turnpike, $502. . County, Tenn., $.550. To Edward N. Fish & Co., for supplies furnished the Indian service, $1,_800. To Rosa. B. Hill. administratrix· of John H. Batte, deceased, late of Prince To Edward N. Fish &Co., assigneesof W.B. Hugus, for supplies furnisned George County, v:a., $3,«0. . . the !Cndian service, $2.400.20. ' To Eliza J. Ewmg. executrix of Fayette C. Ewmg, deceased, late of La 'ro Johh Griffin and Sarah Griffin, of Washington County, Miss., for dam· fourche Parish, La .• $1,916. age to building and other property, $6,100. '.ro Standwix H. Mayfield, of Benton County Ark., jl, 753. To the legal representatives of George McDougall, deceased, for supplies To Edwin N. Nelson, administrator of John Hurchmson, deceased, late of furnished Indians, $81,250. Prince William County, Va., $789. To Mrs. Belle Osborne, executrix of John Osborne, deceased, late of Alex To Regine Senner, administratrix of Anton Senner, deceased, late of Allen andria, La., for sugar and stores and supplies, $5'1,875. County, Kans., $367. To David S. Parker and Forman Mathews, of Perth Amboy, N. J., for loSB To George W. Gordon, administrator of Treadwell S. Ayres, deceased, late of scho:mer Twili~t , $25,833.20. of Shelby Uounty, Tenn., $7,615. To William H. uinn, of the District of Columbia., for services rendered by To Christian Hofstetter, of Davidson County, Tenn., $1732. him in addition to. · duties as drawkeeper at Anacostia Bridge, in exercising To C. W. Duke, administrator of H. M. Kerr, deceased, late of Lafayette supervision over said bridge, and also over Bennings Bridge ; in making all County, Miss., 51,328. est imates for revairs for both of said bridges and purchasing materials for To the legal representatives of Jacob S. Engleman, deceased, late of Au- same from 1869 to 1878; and also for services as inspect.or for the Government gusta County, Va., $510. . of all mechanical work of the Anacostia.Brid~e and supervising the construc To GeorgeM. Bretherick, administrator of Joseph A. Hardwick, deceased, tion of same, fa 1874 and 1875, $940. late of Lauderdale County, Ala., $685. To the le~al r epresentatives of A. P. H. Stewart and to Charles A. Weed, To Harvey H. Wa.terskadministrator of William A. Waters, deceased, late formerly doing business under the firm name and i>tyle of Stew:u·t & Co., late of Sebastian County, Ar ., $1,520. of Mobile, Ala., for money advanced by them on behalf of the United States To George E. Morrison, administrator of J obn Morrison, deceased, of Shelby at said Mobile, in the year 186.5, to pay freights and expenses on Government County~ Tenn., $3,746. . cotton, $21,541.68. · To W. W. Jackson, of the District of Columbia, $1,950. To Sutro & Co., assignees of William B. Hooper & Co., for supplies furnished To A.G. W. Sango, administrator of Lewis Moore, deceased, of Sebastian the Indian service, $3,479.32. County, Ark..:,:i $235. . To Mary K. Lewis, administratrix of Joseph C. Lewis, deceased, of the FRE NCH SPOLIATION CLAIMS. District of Columbia, $2,300. To pay the findin~s of the Court of Claims on the following claims for in To Howell L. Moore, administrator of William Moore, deceased, of Harde· demnity for spoliations by the French prior to July 30, 1801, under the act man County, Tenn. $315. entitled "An act to provide for the ascertainment of claims oi' A.mericanciti To Mrs. E . P. Maloy, of Memphis, Tenn., $1,900. zens for spoliations committed by t.he French prior to the 31st day of July, To Catherine L. Minor, executrix of Rebecca A. Minor, deceased, late of 1801: " Provided, Th at in all cases where the original suffer er s were ;:idjudi Terre Bonne Parish, La., $3,940. cated banlrrupts the awards shall be made on behalf of the next of kin instead To A. Waddell and E. R. Miller, administrators of Theodore I. Gillett, of t o assignees in bankruptcy, and the awards in t he cases of in dividual claim deceased, of Lawrence County, Ohio, $15,711. ants shall not be paid until the Court of Claims shall certify to the Secretary To Hypolite Filhiol, $1,076.66; to Heloiqe A. Breard, $538.33, and to Ann E. of the Troo.surythatthe personal representatives on whose behalf the award Ferrand, $538.33, the said persons being legate~s and successors in estate.to is made r epresent the next of kin, and the courts which granted the admin Charles D. Betin, deceased, and Edward L. Betm, deceased, late of Ouachita istrations, r espectively, shall have certified that the legal representatives Parish, La. have given adequate security for the legal disbursements of the awards, To A. V. Warr, administrator of N. H. Isbell, deceased, late of ~ayette namely: County, Tenn.• $411.25. On the bria Alert, Robert Gray, master, namely: To Adeline N. Larche, of Carroll Parish, La., $5,770. Robert M."Pratt, administrator de bonis non of Joseph White, deceased, To Catherine McCarthy, executrix of Michael D. McCarthy, deceased, of $6,265.75. . Chatham County, Ga. $150. William P . Parker, administrator de bonis non of Willbm B. Parker, de To Edward G. W. Hall, of St. Marys County, Md., Sl,290. ceased, $2,088.58. To J.C. Ma.com, administrator of William P. Forest, deceased, of Wake Elizabeth R. Gardner, administratrix de bonis non of Jesse Richardson, County, N. C., $517. deceased, $2,677.16. To T. W. LOJ!gJ _administrator of Thomas S. Long, deceased, of Ca.t-awba William D. Pickman, administrator de bonis non of Dudley L. Pickman, County, N. Cil$300. deceased, S849.62. To Marsha McCormick, administrator of John Alexander, deceased, of . Henry 0. Stone, Benjamin W. Stone, and Robert Stone, executors of Rob- Clarke County, Va., $-1,65.5. • ert Stone, jr., deceased, 4,177.16. · 'l'o Mary B. WinbournandJames R. Winbourn,ofDav1dsonCounty, Tenn .• · William A. Lander, administrator de bonis non of Pickering Dodge, de- ceased, $3,132.87. . $l,¥g·James H. Sentz, of Kanawha. County, W. Va., $6,842. Arthur L. Huntington, administrator of William Orne deceased, $1,600. To E. L. Bynum I.administrator of Oakley H. Bynum, deceased, of Lawrence Mary F. Witherby, surviving executor of Charles develand, deceased. County, Ala., $2,86·1. $783.2L To W. F. Taylor, administrator of Solomon Taylor, deceased, of Effingham Nathaniel P. Richardson, executor of Joshua Richardson, deceasedJ2,088.fi8. County, Ga., $993. On the brig Sally, William Hampton. master, namely: Alexander rroudftt, To H, w. Davidson, administrator of Chatham Davidson, deceased, of administrator of the estate of Robert Ralston, deceased, $5,734. Newton County, Miss., $817. On the ship Two Sisters, Jacob Henery, master, namely: To William A. Lewis, of Henry County, Ga., $50'1. George W. N:orris, administrator of John Garesche, deceased, $2,04.3.80. To Samuel L. Chestnut, a.dministrator of Samuel Chestnut, deceased, of George W. Norris, administrator of Peter Baudy, deceased, !436.77. Hawldns County, Tenn., $470. · William R. Lejee, executor of Samuel Breck, deceased, Sl,919.27. To W. H. Mercer, ad.ministrator of Samuel Clark, deceased, late of Alle M. H. Messchert, administrator of Jacob Koch, deceased, $980. gheny County. Pa., $14,629. George W . Guthrie, administrator of Alexander Murray, deceased, . $78~ To William H. Vinson, of Montgomery County, Md., $451. . James C. Dawes, administrator of Abijah Dawes, deceased, $294. To William S. Nance, administrator of Hugh Nance, deceased, of Har.din J. Ba.ya.rd Henry, administrator of Andrew Bayard, deceased, $784. County, Tenn., il,144. William A. M. Fuller, administrator of John Leamy, deceased, $78'. SUPPLEMENTAL BOWMAN A.ND BENT CASES. Henry Pettit, administrator of Andrew Pettit, deceased, $784. To Sarah K. T. BakerJor use and occupation of house and grounds ~t Arthington Gilpin, admistrator of Joshua Gilpin, deceased, ~ Paris, Bourbon County, ay., $2,400. • James S. Cox, administrator of James S. Cox, deceased,~ To William A. Bickford, of Memphis, Tenn., for rent of eight storer ooms John C. Williams, administrator of Edward Dunant, deceased, S2tJ', 1D Exchange Block, $3,84.0. Henry Lisle Waln, executor of Jacob S. Waln, deceased, fl8i. 1899. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. 2653 On the brig William, Goe master, namely: of the estate of Samuel Smith, deceased, $4,609.99, being his share of vessel D. Fitzhugh Savage. admmistrator1 of John Savage, deceased, $2,4H. and freight. . J. Bayard Henry, administrator of Andrew Bayard, etc., deceased, $784. Esther S. Buchanan, administratrix of the estate of William B. Buchanan, George W. Guthrie, administrator of Alexander Murray, deceased, $!90. who was the surviving partner of the firm of S. Smith & Buchanan,deceased, Henry Pettit, administrator of Andrew Pettit, deceased, $!90. ~Jl56, the value of the cargo shipped by said fl.rm. Craig D. Ritchie, administrator of Joseph Summerl, deceased, $490. Cumberland D. Hollins, admin.IBtrator de bonis non cum testa.mento an- William Brooke-Rawle, administrator of Jesse Waln, deceased, $882. nexo of the estate of John Hollins, deceased, $7,600. The Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annui- Virgilia B. Brooke, administratrix de bonis non cum testamento annexoof ties, administrator of Thomas M. Willing, deceased, $686. the estate of John Smith jr., deceased, $48,466. Samuel Bell, administrator of John G. Wacksmuth, deceased, $686. On the brig Hope, Church, master, namely: James C. Dawes, administi·ator of Abijah Dawes deceased, $3!12. John C. Parsons, as administrator of the estate of John Caldwell, deceased, Francis R. Pemberton, administrator of John Clifford,1 deceased,$!90. $12,412.17. · James S. Cox, administrator of James S. Cox, deceased, $490. William Sohier, administrator of Nathanial Fellowes, decea.sed,$1,000. Henry P. McKean, administrator of Henry Pratt, deceased, $490. Frank Dabney, administ rator of Samuel W. Pomeroy, deceased, $1. Franklin Leach, administrator of Nathan Leach, $126. Henry W. Blagge and others, administrators of Crowell Hatch, deceased, William G. Perry, administrator of Nicholas Gilman, deceased, $198. $700. . H. H. Hunnewell, administrator of Arnold Welles. jr., deceased, $396. On the brig Betsey. William Witmarsh, master, namely: On the ship Argo, Benjamin Randall, master, namely: Henry J. Gardiner, Mary Souther, administratrix of the estate of Benjamin Wheeler, deceased. administrator of the estate of Matthew Cobb, deceased, $12,000. $6,048.06. On the ship Eliza, Peter Burton. master, namely: Alexandria Proudfit, Charles F. Adams, administrator of Peter C. Brooks, deceased, $3,000. administrator of the estate of John Proudfit, deceased. $6,951. Thomas H. Perkins, administrator of John C. Jones, deceased, $1,000. On the sloop Nanc?J, David Foster, master, namely:_ William G. Perry, administrator of Nicholas Gilman, deceased, $1,000. George G. Sill, administrator de bonis non of William Coggeshall, de- Robert Grant, administrator of William H. Boardman, deceased, $1,000. ceased, $851.50. John H. Moriarty, administrator of James Scott, deceased, $500. Charles F. Adams administrator of Peter C. Brooks, deceased, $1,000. Lucy S. Cushing, administratrix of Jacob Sheafe deceased, $500. William Sohier, administrator of Nathaniel Fellowes, deceased, $1,000. Charles F. Hunt, administrator of Joseph Russell. deceased, $1,000. Henry W. Blagge and others, administrators of Crowell Hatch, deceased, On the slooJ>_Mary, Gilbert Totten, master, namely: John C. Hollister, administrator of the estate of Frederick Hunt, deceased, ~n the brig Venus, John Harmon~ master, namely: John S. Cole, adminis· $2,362.34 . trator of the estate of John Storer, aeceased, $10,568. John C. Hollister, administrator of the estate of Thomas Rice, deceased, On the schooner Needhani, William Grant, master, namely: John C. Mc $2,362.33. Donald, administrator of the estate of William McDonald, deceased,$4,914. John C. Hollister, administrator of the estate of Elias Shipman, deceased, On the snow Lydia, Eleazur Washburn, master, namely: $2,362.33. Charles E. Alexander, administrator of the estate of Jonathan Merry, de· On the brig Rosetta, Isaac Isaacs, master, namely: ceased, $13,204. 96. John C. Tilgman, administrator of the estate of William Van Wyck, William R. Richards, administrator of the estate of William and Thomas $6,024.96. Walter. both deceased, $2,'i27A8. Rebecca R. Thompson and Elizabeth Y. Thompson, administratrixes of On the schooner Ranger, Josiah Bacont master, namely: Abiel S. Lewis, the estate of Joseph Young, $5,597.4.6. administrator of the estate of Thomas LeWJB, jr., surviving partner of Thomas William Donnell, administrator of John Donnell, deceased, U,960. Lewis & Son, $8,00. Edward C. Noyes and others, administrators of James Clark, deceased, On the vessel Georgia Packet, John McKever, master, namely: The Penn $980. . sylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities, administra C. D. Hollins, administrator of Cumberland Dugan, deceased, $1,500. tor of Thomas M. Willing deceased, $6,246. David Stewart, administrator of William McCreery, deceased, $980. Richard F. Flickwir, administrator of Richard Flower, deceased, Sl,055. Virgilia B. Brooke, administratrix of John Smith, deceased, $980. Richard F. Flickwir, administrator of John Flower, deceased, $1,055. Charles J. Bonaparte, administrator of Benjamin Williams, deceased, $980 Richard F. Flickwir, administrator of Reese Wall, deceased; $l,055. David Stewart, administrator of Paul Bentalou, deceased, $980. Edward S. McKeever, administrator of John McKeever, deceased, $1,055. John W . Jenkins, administrator of John Hillen, deceased $980. On the snow Charlotte, Cornelius Low, master, namely: George Hawkins David Stewart, administrator of Henry Payson, deceased, $-!90. Williams, administrator of Joseph Williams, surviving partner of Williams Robert Shriver, administrator of Isaac Causten, deceased, $490. and Low, $3,46!. On the schooner Henry and Gustavu.~, John !:imith, master, namely: George G. Sill, administrator of the estate of Thomas Sanford, $1, 786.63. On the brig Yorick, William Moodie, master, namely: George S. Sonntag, Herman Whittlesey, administTator of the estate of Aaron Gaylord, $1,786.63. administrator of William L. Sonnta~, $7,886.50. Mary H. Williams, administratrix of Ezekiel Williams, deceased, $193.67. Jane J. De La Roche, administratrix of Frederick Franck De La Roche John C. Parsons, administrator of John Caldwell, deceased, $!87.50. $7,886.50. On the schooner F'riendship, Jona.than Gilbert, master, namely: On the schooner Betsey, John ·Murphy, master, namely: W. Hall Harris, James Manning, administrator of John Manning, $2,060. administrator de bonis non, etc., estate of William Patterson, deceased, Robert Codman, administrator of William Grayi jr., deceased, $2,000. $20,834.16. On the brig Hfram.,J.Humphreys, master, name y: On the sloop Martha, Joshna McWilliams, master, namely: John C. Wil Simon Tomlinson administrator of Samuel Hull, $400. liams, administrator of Edward Dunant, deceased, $1,260. John F.Plumb, administrator of John Humphreys, $400. On the brig Caliope. John Leonard, master, namely: Reginald Fendall, John F. Plumb, administrator of James Humphreys, $400. administrator of the estate of John Leonardi· $26,960. Charles F . Adams, administrator of Peter C. Brooks, deceased, $414. On the schooner Betsey and Nancy, Samue Eells, master, namely: Walter William Sohier, admihistrator of Nathaniel Fellowes, deceased $414. G. Eells, administrator of the estate of Samuel Eells, deceased, $2,50!.25. Henry W. Blagge and others, administrators of Crowell Hatch, decease·d, On the brig Catherine, Samuel Cazneau, master, namely: Henry R. Per $372. kins, administrator of the estate of Anthony Davenport and Moses Davenport, Richard Delafield, administrator of John Delafield, deceased , $980. joint owners of the Catherin e, $8,935. Louisa J. Sebor, administratrix of Jacob Sebor deceased, $490. On the schooner Hannah, Joseph Bri_ght, master, nameJy: Abram H. Smyth, Carlisle Terry, administrator of Carlisle Pollock, deceased. $490. administrator of the estate of Abram Hewes, deceased, $2,496. William H. S. Elting, administrator of Peter Elting, deceased, $490. Lawrence Stabler, administrator of the estate of William Hartshorn. de Union Trust Company of New York, administrator of William Ogden, de- ceased, remaining partner of the late firm of William Hartshorn and Sons, ceased, $490. $2,496. On the schooner Neutrality, Elna.than Atwater, master, namely: On the brig Eliza Wright P. Ethridge, master, namely: Elihu L. Mix, administrator of Thomas Atwater, $1,630.12. Henry A. T. Granbery\ adiirliiiStrator of John Granbery, deceased, $109.01. George P. Marvin, administrator de bonis non of Ebenezer Peck, $1,630.12. R. Manson Smith, administrator of Francis Smith, deceased, $118.92. John C. Hollister, administrator de bonis non of Elna.than Atwater, $1,630.12. John Neely, administrator of John Cowper, deceased, $148.65. John C. Hollister, administrator de bonis non of Elias Shipman, $815.06. Gilbert R. Fox, jr., administrator of Thomas Willock, deceased, $138.74. John C. Hollister, administrator of Austin Denison, $815.06. John Newport Greene, administrator of Conway Whittle, deceased, $118.92. On the schooner Shepherdess, Warren Chapman, master, namely: On the schooner Phamix, James Coward master, namely: George G. Sill, administrator of the estate of Timothy Chapman, $1,841.06. George F. R. Waesche, administrator de bonis non of the estate of George Warren C. Pike, administrator of the estate of Warren Chapman, ! b.841.06. Repold, $4i,!27.44. Mary H. Williams, a-dministratrix of Ezekiel Williams, deceased, ~.53. Henry ..trrederick Wegner, administrator de bonis non of the estate of John C. Parsons, administrator of John Caldwell, deceased, $193.06. Albert Seekamp, $4,427.44. On the ship Two Sisters, John T. Hilton, master, namely: Andrew Lacy, Charles F. Taylor, administrator de bonis non of the estate of Henry administrator of the estate of William Neal, deceased, $8,448. Schroeder, $4.427.44. The last above three items to be subject to a deduction On the sloop Union, Seth Lincoln, master, namely: of the amount of insurance received, which amount shall be investigated and Shearjashub Bourne, administrator of the estate of Shearjashub Bourne, determined by the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department. $3;..250.38. On the schooner Phrenix, Joshua Waite, master, namely: · . t1tephen F. Peckham, administrator of the estate of Samuel Wardwell, Henry R. Virgin, administrator of the estates of Samuel Snow, Stephen $3,250.38. Purrington, and John Snow, jr., $2,126. On the sloop Confidence, Francis Bradbury, master, namely: Henry Deering and Francis Fessenden, administrators of the estate of George W. Bradbury, administrator of the estate of Charles Bradbury, in James Deering, $1,373. right of Francis Bradbury, his assignor, $1,366. Henry J. Gardner, administrator of the estate of Matthew Cobb, $2,173. George W. Bradbury, administrator of the estate of Theopholis Bradbury, Robert Codman, administrator of William Gray, deceased, $3,000. $1,366. On the schooner Polly, Joseph Atkins, master, namely: Charles E. Alex- On the schooner Hannah, Josiah Bouton, master, namel:f: ander, administrator of the estate of Jonathan Merry, deceased, $1,233. George B. St. John, administrator of the estate of Ellphalet Lockwood, On the brig Caroline, William Morton, master, namely: · Buckingham Lockwood, and William J_,ockwood, $4.200.09. Wallace T. Jones, administrator of the estate of Edward Jones, $2,752.70. George B. St. John and Jarvis Kellogg, administrators of the estate of Charles F. Adams, administrator of Peter C. Brooks, deceased, $5,4-02.50. Hezekiah Selleck, $4,202.09. · Henry Parkman, administrator of John Duballet, deceased, $1 080.50. On the schooner Three F'riend.s, James Shepherd, jr., master, namely: Henry W. Blagge and others, administrators of Crowell Hatch, deceased, Gilbert C. Huntington, administrator of the estate of Alvan Fosdick, $1,080.50. deceased, surviving partner of Fosdick & Lambert, $13,517. On the ship Eliza, William Marrenner, master, namely: Wallace T. Jones, Mary Souther, administratrix of the estate of Benjamin Wheeler, deceased, . administrator of the estate of Edward Jones, $48,186. $510. On the brig Friendship George Hodges, master namely: On the ship Henry, Daniel Allin, master, namely: Charles S. Nichols, administrator1 of the estate of Ichabod Nichols, $13,692.27. Rebecca B. Armington, administratrix of the estate of Samuel Allin, $3,766. William H. Silsbee, administrator of the estate of Benjamin Hodges, Elizabeth T. Pike, administratrix of the estate of Daniel Allin, deceased, $14,i.225.04. $3,766. . Thomas Kittridge, administrator of the estate of George Hodges, $171.2!. Samuel W. Peckham, administrator of the estate of Samuel Carlisle, sur Robert Cod.man, administrator of William Gray, jr., deceased, $5,200. viving partner of the firm of S. & B. Carlisle, $3,766. Charles F . Adams, administrator of Peter C. Brooks, deceased,$2,000. On the ship Juliana, Thomas Hayward, master, namely: William Bobier, administrator of Nathaniel Fellowes, deceased, $700. Thomas B. Ghequiere, administrator of the estate of Charles Ghequiere, H. Burr Crandall, ad.ministrator of Thomas Dickason, jr., deceased, $500. decea.sed,JS,849.16. Henry W. Blagge and others, administrators of Crowell Hatch deceased, Jacob nowman Sweitzer and David Stewart, administrators of John $800. Holmes, deceased, $12,129.16. , Daniel D. Slade, administrator of Daniel D. Rogers, deceased, $500. On the ship_Leeds Packet, Richard Bunce, master, namely: Robert Granti administrator of Jonathan Mason, jr., deceased, $500. Benjamin H. Rutledge, administrator of Adam Tunno, ~ surviving partner John M. Clincn, administrator of Perez Morton, deceased, $500. of Tunno & Cox:, $21,167.80. H. H. Hunnewell, administrator of Arnold Wells, jr., deceased, $300. Gordon Gairdner, administrator of James Gairdner, surviving partner of Francis M. Boutwell, administrator of Samuel Cobb, deceased, $200. James and Edwin Gairdn0r & Co., $4 833:93 cents, On the schooner Jane, Thomas Atwood, master, namely: Henry E, Young, administrator of John Turnbull, $700. Henry G. Dorr, administrator of the estate of Andrew C. Do71i ~73.87. Henry E. Young, administrator of James Carson, $1,700. Frances A. Wheelock, administratrix of the estate of w· 1. Door, Lucy Franklin Reed McDonell, executrix of George Pollock, survimg $2,573.87. 0 Charles F. Adams, administrator of Peter C. Brooks, deceased, $2,700. pa£~~a .f.~~t~t~~~!i!~~~~l2~~~'acob Sebor, deceased, $509. William Sohier,' administrator of Natllaniel Fellowes, decea~ On the brig Friendship, Noah Wheeden, master. namely: George P. Mar unteers, the sum of $2,500, for the use and occupation of his land near Fort vin, administrator of Stephen Alling and Joseph Thompson, $3,940. Albany, Va., by the troops of the United Sta.tesduTin~thewar of the rebellion On the shi~Hitty (or Hetty) Jane. Joshua Neal, master, namely: and for property taken and consumed by the Umted States for military Augusta H. Chapman, administratrix: de bonis non of Peter Clarke, purposes. . fl~S«.37. To Martha A. Bagwell, executrix: of Sally Hardmond, deceased, the sum of John C. Howell, administrator of John Potter, $25,254.76. $!,850, being the balance due said Sally Bardmond on account of her personal A. M. Lee administrator of Thomas Stewart, S6,06L93. services as a nurse in the Bureau of Freedmen, Refugees, and Abandoned Thomas H. Perkins, administrator of John C. Jones, deceased, $500. Lands, district of Virginia, and for rent of a dwelling house in the city of William S. Carter, administrator of William Smith, d6ceased, $1,000. Richmond, in the State of Virginia, and for one house. hired by and used for Philo S. Shelton, administrator of Benjamin Homer, deceased, $.500. ~~W. ~~fe~~s of said Bureau, and for money expended by her in and for John C. Ropes, administrator of Thomas AmorvI, deceased, $1,000. William G. Perry, administrator of Nicholas Gi man, $1,000. To William E. Bond, of Edenton, Chowan County, N. C., the sum of $307.43. David G, Haskins, jr., administrator of David Greene, deceased, $1,000. To the heirs of James Bridi:er. deceased, the sum of $6,000 for improva John H. Moriarty, administrator of James Scott, deceased, $500. ments made by him at Fort Bridger, Utah Territory, which were appropri Charles H. Ladd, administrator of Nathaniel A. Haven, deceased, $200. ated in 1857 by the United States Army unqer command of Brig. Gen. Albert On the brig Horatio, Perkins, master, namely: · S. Johnston. Robert Codman, administrator of William Gray, jr., deceased, $4.800. To S. A. Brown, of Sioux Falls, S. Dak., the sum of $485.47, for services as Theodore B. Moody, administrator of Joseph Moody, deceased, $2,844.50. passed assistant surgeon, United States Navy, during the years 1876, 1877, and Charles C. Perkins, administrator of Elipha.let Perkins, deceased, $2,844. 50. 1878, said account having been allowed by the Treasury Department. On the sloop New York Paclcet, Carpenter, master, namely: To Emma S. Cameron, the sum of $5,000, in full satisfaction and payment Joseph T. Waff, administrator of Stephen C:i.rpenter,deceased, $3,081. for occupation of her property and for fuel taken therefrom and used by James R. B. Hathaway, administrator of James Hathaway, deceased, $3,081. Gen. W. S. Rosecrans's army while at Chattanooga.. Tenn., from September, On the brig Endeavor, Freeman, ma'>ter, namely: · 1863, until the close of the war, and which amount of $5,000 was found due by CharlesE. Alexander, administrator of Jonathan Merry, deceased, $11,990.50. a s~ecial coIDIIl}.ssion appointe bales of cotton taken and receipted for by E. Hade, captain and assistant H.P. Phillips, $269. quartermaster, on the 19th day of September, 186!, at Atlanta, Ga.., and turned J. M. Horton, $95. over to the United States Treasury agents, and by them sold and the pro George Hickox Cady, $168. ceeds tm·ned over to the United States Treasery, as found in the Court of Jam es H. Sturtevant, $513. Claims in the case of John H. Fain against the United States. Gould and Curry Mining Company, $1,000. To the executor of C. M . Shaffer, deceased, of Berkeley County, W. Va.., John H. Tilton, $.519. the sum of Sl,4tJO, or so much thereof as m.n.y be found necessary, in pay R. G. Watkins,~. ment for rent and occupation of his warehouse in the town of Martinsburg, J. L. Blackburn., $763. in said county and State, as a. commissary storehouse during the war of the John 0. Earl, $750. rebellion: Provided, That the Secrelary of the Treasury is satisfied after L. M. Pearlman, $3.130. examining the claim that said warehouse was actually occupied by the United Robert Lyon, Sl,611! . States for the PUl!>OSe alleged; and the claim shall be allowed at the rate of Thomas Marsh, Sl5U. $50 a month for such time as it was so occupied and not paid for. Abraham Jones. S310. To the legal representative of Thomas Sherwin, deceased, late of Wash A. McDonald, 8750. ington County, Md., the sum of $320, for stores and supplies furnished the G. H. Berry, $13). Army of the United States during the late war, said sum having been fixed Robert M. Baker, $171. by the Quartermaster-General as fair compensation for the same. P. S. Corbett. ~93 . To Henry W. Shipley, the sum of ~.487.38, for work done and material fur John S. Child, $505. nished by him in excess of what was required of him by his agreement with Benjamin F. Green, $225. the Indian Bureau in the construction of a gristmill and sawmill at Nez Perce Alexander Crow, $il5. Indian Agency, in the Territory of Idaho. Mary Curry, widow of Abe Curry, $500. To the legal representatives of Mrs. Adeline Shirley, the sum of $8.3-!8.57, Warren Wasson,$499. in payment for property taken near Vicksburg, Miss., for the use of the United Michael Tierne-y,$145. States army, in the year 1863. 8amuel T. Curtis, $590. To James Sims, of Marshall County, Miss., the sum of $6e?8, for quai·ter J. Harvey Cole, ~")()2 • .master and commissary stores furnished the army of the united States in IsaacP. Lebo,~. the years 1862 and 1863. ' E . Penrod, $664. To the legal representatives of Hiram Somerville, deceased, late of Marion J. B. Preusch, $95. County, Ill., the sum of $505, for supplies furnished by him to the United States. Wellington Stewart, $400. To Peter Grant Stewart, of Gervais, Oreg., the sum of $7,500, for property owned b¥ him and taken by the United States and included within the military FOR INVE.STIGA.TION AND SETTLEMENT. reservation near tho mouth of the Columbia River, in Pacific County, then That the Attorney-General be, and he i3 hereby, authorized and directed Territory, now State, of Washington, taken under and by virtue of an Ex to investigate the claims of the legal representatives of W. G. Brownlow, ecutive order dated Washin!?'ton, D. C., February 26, 1852. Brownlow & Hawes, and Brownlow, Hawes & Co., late owners and pro To W. H. B. Stout, Cyrus J. Hall. and Isaac S. Bangs, late doing business prietors, respectively, of the Knoxville Whig, a newspaper published at under the style and firm name of Stout, Hall & Bangs, and J. M. Va.le, the Knoxville, in the State of Tennessee, for advertising certain legal notices sum of $31,80-i.52, in payment of the balance due- them on a contract entered alleged to have been advertised in said paper in the years 1864, 1865, 1866, 18G7, into with them by the United States of America, April 21, 1888, for furnishing and 1868, and to ascertain whether such services were rendered as claimed, stone for the walls of the cellar, or sub-basement, of the Library building, in or any part thereof, and if so, the value thereof; and also whether the same, the city of Washington, as found by the Secr_etary.of the Interior in his and if so, to what extent, is either a legal or equitable claim agrunsl the ·report to Congress (H. Doc. No. 117, first session Fifty-fourth Congress), United States ; and if any sum is so found to be due and owing the claim nnder the authority conferred upon him by the act of Congress, approved ants, or any of them, and the same is a. legal or equitable claim against the March 2, 1895 (28 Stat. L., p. 9!), which sum shall be paid a,s follows: United States, to certify such facts, together with the amount, to the Secre To William H.B. Stout, $16,802.52; tary of the Treasury, who shall certify the same to Congress. To Isaac S. Bangs, $8,000; That the proper accounting officers of the Post-Office Department be, and To Cyrus I. Hall, $6,000; and • they are hereby , authorized and directed to allow William J. Br-yan, late To J.M. Vale, $3,000. . postmaster of the post-office of San Franc:4ico, State of California, ID settle To Chester B. Sweet, of California, the sum of $198.66. the same being the ment of his post.al money-order fund account, a credit for the sum of $9,601. 73, amount of the double minimum excess erroneously paid by him to the re the same being a sum now charged to the said William J. Bryan a.a postmas ceiver of the United States land office on preemption cash certificate No. ter of said post-office for moneys received at said post-office for the sale of 1298 Shasta, Cal., for lots 1, 2, and 3, and northeast quarter of southwest foreign money orders at said post-office between the 30th day of September, quarter of section number 7, in township number 40 north range number 7 A. D.1889, and the 22d day of March, A. D. 1890, by one Jrunes S. Kennedy:, west, Mount Diablo base and meridian, made at Shasta, cal, March 17, 1886. late a clerk at the international desk in the money-order division of said To W. J. Tapp & Co., t~e sum of $240.10, as a refund ~f duties e.rr This bill as it went to conference contained about $10,000,000 nition and payment, with occasional intervals of repose, for nearly one hnn· dred years. or $11,000,000. The other body, the Sen~te, must 1?-ave believed that those claims which they added were Just as equitable as these Then in another part of his message-and I commend it to this that remain in the bill to-day. · House, for the words must burn in your hearts and minds after Now, I want to say one word about the claims of the State. of you have cast your vote for thjs more than $3,000,000 of claims. California. Wheu this bill went into conference, I took occasion Grover Cleveland had a wonderful faculty in expressing and clinch to repeat on this floor what had been repeated for many years and ing a point: what I without investigation, had accepted as a fact. You re It is, I believe, somewhat the fashion in interested quarters to speak of the I held this claim up some time before permitting it to go failure by the Government to pay these claims as such neglect a.s amounts to memb~r repudiation and a denial of justice to citizens who have suffered. Of course into conference. My own State had in that bill claims amounting the original claimants have for years been beyond the reach of relief; but as to nearly $4:,000,000. It is a great temptation to th~ average mem their descendants- ber of Congress, Mr. Speaker, to see a .claim o_f his ow~ State_or N ow, mark you well- his own community amounting to $4,000,000 mcluded m a bill. as their descendants in each generation become more numerous the volume There was an agreement, as I stated at that time, that those claims of advocacy, importunity, and accusation correspondingly increases. never should be passed upon favorably by the conferees. I made Is not that true? How many times have you seen it here, as at that time the charge that there was a compact. Believing claims grow older they grow larger in amount. Now, let me call then that those claims were just, I toolr occasion to say that ev~ry the attention of mv Democratic friends to our fathers, for whom State in the Union had been paid for similar claims, and I 1m they profess so much reverence. Grover Cleveland says: . mediately proceeded to investigate the record in this ~ase! cover If injustice has been done in the refusal of these claims. it began early in ing hund-reds and hundreds of pages, musty now, to fort1fy my the present century and may be charged against men then in public life self to support these claims upo:i;i the ~oor. of the House. . more conversant than we can be with the facts involved, and whose honesty The further I went into the mvestlgation of .these claims, the and sense of right ought to be secure from suspicion. more I was convinced, step by step, that they never had eve.n He jg now .referring to our fathers, and he says: equity before Congress. It may require some courage to s~y th1s Whose honesty and sense of right cught to be secure from suspicion. with regard to the claims of a man's own State, but the claims of These claims never came before Congress until 1846, many years the State of California, the State of Oregon, and the _State of ~ e after those who were familiar with them had passed away; and vada ·standing upon exactly the same plane, are simply cla1ms now, after a hundred years have elapsed, they are brought before for b~unty; and there has not been a single State in the Unio? so this Conrrress with all the sanctity of age. And we, in 1899, Mr. far that has been reimbursed for the extra pay or bounty given Speaker,"'must adopt them here, under whip and spur, perchance to troops. I believe there is in that three or four million dol_lars because there are some Southern claims in here in which mem an amount of some sixty or seventy. thousand dollars that might bers of Congress may possibly be interested through their constit come properly under the claim of equipment for troops, which uents. some States have received pay for. Mr. LIVINGSTON. Do you mean to say there are nothing but In justice to myself, Mr. Speaker, I have_.felt called u~n to con Southern claims in here? tradict a statement that I made, for I will not be put m a false Mr. LOOD. Oh, the gentleman wakes up once in a while, and position after I know the truth, even regarding a claim of my owri catches a phrase I utter. State. _ . . Mr. LIVINGSTON. Why, then, does the gentleman mention Now, it was stated in another place that these claims were equi the South? -rs it to prejudice that side of the House? - table; that they were just and legal, as much so as any other claims Mr. LOUD. I say that our Southern brethren seem to feel com in the bill, and I belie~e it, Mr. Speaker. . . pelled to vote for claims in here because, perchance, they have I believe that the claims of the States of Cahforma, Oregon, and some claims in which their constituents are interested. Nevada stand upon exactly the same plane of law and equity that The SPEAKER. The time of the gentleman from California 99 per cent of the other claims do here. They have bad the same has expired. careful consideration of Congress; they have had the same reports Mr. MAHON. I now yield five minutes to the gentleman from of committees, Mr. Speaker; yet it was stated that in view.. of the Tennessee fM.r. RICHARDSON]. fact that they carried so much money t~tey woul~ h~ve to le11 theI? Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, I did not care to occupy a out this time and take up about one-third of this bill and force 1t moment of time in the discussion of this bill. I want to say that through Congress. durinO" the long session of this Congress we passed what was called Mr. LIVINGSTON. Do you object to this bill simply because the Bgwman bill, being a bill prnviding for the payment of claims that is not in? . . under the Bowman Act. This bill included all claims for stores Mr. LOUD. I do not object simply because that is not in, let and supplies furnished by loyal men to the Union Army, passed me say, in answer to the gentle~an from Geor~i~. Perhaps there upon favorably by the Court of Claims and certified to Con are some things Mr. Sneaker, m the composition of some men gress under the Bowman Act. No other claims wer~ in the ~ill that the gentle~an does not understand. If this bill to-day car when it went to the Senate. The Senate amended 1t by addmg ried the claims of the State of California, I should have opposed c]aims favorably passed upon under the French spoliation act of it just as I do now, and have repeatedly said so to my colleague, $1,100,000. who with me has given these claims careful consideration. They also added miscellaneous claims until an agg1·egate was Mr. PAYNE. What does this bill do with the claim of Cali reached of about nine millions and a half. The conferees were fornia? anpointed, and we went to work last June with the Senate con Mr. LOUD. It drops the claims of California and of Oregon ferees. We have m et since that time, while Congress was in ses and sends the claim of Nevada to the.Secretary of the Treasury. sion about every other day. We have labored most assiduously Mr. RICHARDSON. The Oregon claim. is _in the Court of to r~duce the amount put upon it by the Senate amendments to Claims and pending there; the Nevada claim is sent to the ac our bill. We have succeeded after innumerable conferences in counting officers for investigation. eliminating from the eight millions, in round numbers, put upon it Mr. LOUD. Oh, may be it is. To illustrate, Mr. Speaker, let by the Senate all except about one and one-half milli claims have been asserted for many years, they have been referred and under repeated legislation of the House have ripened into the to the tribunal selected by Congress for their consideration, kind of claims which I refer to. namely, the Court of Claims, and they have received the approval Now, the Senate amended that bill by putting on the French of that tribunal. We can not afford to dispute the justice of spoliation claims of over a million dollars. I have, from Congress claims thus adjudicated and returned to this body for payment. to Congress, with what little power I have, oppo ed those claims. The mere fact, which has been asserted here, that the claims may I believed then and believe now that they ought never to have be old ones, justifies no man, and can justify no government, in been paid. But the courts passed upon them. Congress has repudiating them. If they are old claims it is our fault and not breathed into them the breath of life. The Fifty-first Congress that of the claimants. appropriated for the payment of over a million dollars. This ap These people have been seeking to get a settlement of their claims propriation that is agreed to is substantially along the same line. for many years. Particularly is this true in regard to the Bow And committed as we are by legislation and by :findings of the man Act claims, to which I shall, in the main, uddress myself, courts, they will have to be paid at some time. leaving to other gentlemen the consideration of other questions Mr. HUNTER. M r. Speaker- involved in the report, to which I have :riot time now to refP r. :M:r. CANNON. In a. moment. Now, as to the miscellaneous There are other claims in the bill probably as meritorious as the claims of nearly half a million dollars, I have examined them Bowman Act claims, which I am satisfied are as meritorious as hastily and believe they are the best of thos,e claims of $9.000,000 any ever presented to Congress or the Government of the United put on by the Senate. I think the most of them are equitably and States. Every just claim is entitled to consideration and pay fairly due from the Government to its respective citizens. Some ment. These are claims in behalf of loyal citizens, claims of Union of them undoubtedly ought to go out, but nevertheless, as these men, who furnished to the Army, willingly or unwillingly, as the matters go, it seems to me that as well as we can do is to adopt casenUghtbe,suppliesthattheArmyneededandconsumed-things this conference report. Gentlemen understand that we have lost that benefited the Army, things which our soldiers needed-and one or two general appropriation bills by the Senate putting these yet these claimants have had to wait over thirty-five years for a m atte.rs on them heretofore and adding to them two and three fold. settlement of their olairils. That I have always opposed and always, I trust, will oppose. Time was when Congress appropriated readily for the payment But here is a bill that comes from the Claims Committees of the of men who had sacrificed or were compelled to give up their all two bodies and that has been agreed upon by the conferees of for the benefit of the Government. Of late years these claims both Houses. have been allowed to slumber, and notwithstanding the exertions Now I will yield to my colleague. of members at both ends of the Capitol, it has seemed impossible M:r. HUNT.ER. I should like to ask the gentleman if the ap to get justice done. These are claims that belong to all section~ propriations covered in this conference report covering the French of the country. They are in no sense sectional. These matters spoliation claims dfocharge all the obligations of that character? have been considered carefully by Congress, and they have been Mr. CANNON. Oh, no; I suppose there are to be other find in the hands of careful, conscientious men at both ends of the ings. This, as I unde1·stand discharges all that have been passed Capito], who, after a full and thorough consideration, have recom upon favorably by the courts. mended their payment. Mr. DALZELL. I should like to ask the gentleman a question. This committee, after laborious consideration and full investi Mr. CANNON. Yes. gation of the matter, have reported that these claimants are enti Mr. DALZELL. Do these French spoliation claims provided tled to be paid, because based on justice and equity. It will not for in this bill include any claims of insurance companies or do to say that these matters have not been considered. We con assignees? sidered the Bowman Act claims in the House; the bill for their l\lr. CANNON. I am informed from every standpoint that they payment was passed almost unanimously by the House. The do not, and I believe they do not. I am quite content that this Senate added, after consideration, the French spoliation claims, report should be adopted, because it embraces the most worthy of as to the justice of which other gentlemen will speak. I have not the $9,000,000 of claims that have been kicking back and forth be time to refer to them now. But after more than six months of tween the two Houses, and when paid these claims can no longer conscientious, careful, and laborious consideration we have this be utilized by great blocks of Representatives and Senators, or by report of the conference committee submitted for our adoption. smaller blocks of Representatives and Senato1·s, to pull through That committee was composed of men of intelligence, men of high the other $6,000,000, nearly all of which, in my judgment, are character and standing, men who commaud the full respect of thoroughly vicious, and ought not to be appropriated for. That is both the House and Senate,-who have carefully investigated the all I desire to say. question, aml unanimously report the agreement now before us, Mr. MAHON. 11-Ir. Speaker, how much time have I got? and I can not stand here, Mr. Speaker, in justice to myself and in The SP.EAKER. The gentleman has twenty-two mjnutes. justice to what I believe to be the rights of these people, and ask fCries of" Vote!") a member of this body, whether a Republican or a Democrat or Mr. MAHON. Mr. Speaker, just one word. When the confel' anybody else, to repudiate that report. ence met, thfo bill made provision for over $9,000.000. The con They have, I say, gone over the whole question. They have ferees on the part of the House for six long weeks were in confer studied it carefully. As to. the Bowman Act claims, they are ence on this measure. The private bills on here number 47. We backed by the almost unanimous vote of this House. As to the struck about 150 private bills out of the bill as it came from the French spoliation claims, they are backed by the almost unani Senate, and the 47 allowed by this bill aggregate the sum of about mous vote of the Senate; and I can not see why, under these cir $430,000. They have passed either or both Houses of Congress or cumstances, there should not be an acquiescence on the part of have had favorable i·eports by committees of both Houses, and this House in the result which has been reached. many of them have been 1·ecommended by the different depart I shall not undertake to discuss more elaborate1y the justice of ments. I want to assure thlsHonsethatallclaimslike the Chout.eau the Bowman Act claims. I have long labored for their payment, claim, or claims that have smoke on their garments, are not in because I believe in the Government paying its debts. If the Gov this bill; but we have reported clean bills. ernment owes a debt, it stands as a matter of course, in my esti Now, as to the French spoliation claims. There is not an item mation, that the Government should pay it. But we do not rest in this bill that does not go to a man your court has found to be in any doubt as t-0 whether the Government owes these claims, entitled to it. We have put a proviso in this bill providing that because our own chosen tribunal, after careful investigation, has no claim hereby appropriated for that has been assigned to or is decided that the Government does owe them, and in each instance owned by any insurance company shall be paid, and the Secretary has fixed the amount of the indebtedness. of the Treasury is prohibited from paying the same. So that we I therefore ask every member of the House to vote in favor of have provided that if two or three such claims should have gotten agreeing to the conference report as settling the question. The in through mistake they will not be paid. claims ought to be paid, and I do not suppose any man here wishes Mr. HOPKINS. Have you fixed the bHl so that other corpora to stand for the repudiation of any honest obligation of the Gov tions or other speculators or lobbyists can not get them? ernment. Mr. RICHARDSON. We have provided that they shall be paid Mr. MAHON. I yield five minutes to the gentleman from to the legal representatives of the parties. lliinois [Mr. CA ..NN01 ] • · Mr. MAHON. These claims are to be paid to the administra Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, the House passed a bill to pay tors, and under an act of Congress where assignments were made for stores and supplies to loyal citizens, claims that had been in bankruptcy under the old law they are to go to the executor, passed upon by the Court of Claims under the Bowman Act. under the direction of the Secret.ary of the Treasury. We have That was at the last session of Congress. The bill went to the followed the law exactly, providing for investigation of these Senate, and the Senate amended with similar claima, swelling the claims. amount of the bill as it passed the House from 1,100,000 to Now, as to the merits of the French spoliation claims. I have $1,500,000. I am.informed, and after a pretty careful examination given them a thorough study from beginning to end, and while believe, that these Bowman Act cases are for stores and supplies. my judgment is even a ve-ry feeble one, I think they ought to be As an original question I did not favor them, and would not, as I paid. Some of the best men and the greatest statesmen we have said before. They had their day in court, but they came here, had in this country-men like Clay, Webster, and Calhoun and 1899. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 2661 other prominent men, coming down to the present day~who have Stark, Sulloway, Walker, Mass. White, N. C. Stewart,N. J. Sutherla.nd, Wanger, Williams, Miss. examined these claims have held beyond all controversy that the Stokes, Thorp, Ward, Williams, Pa. United States Government should pay these claims. Stone, Underwood, Weaver, Wilson, Now, the time has gone by to settle this controversy forever. Strait, Van Voorhis, Weymouth, Yost, Congress referred all these claims to the Comt of Claims, and they Strode, Nebr. Wadsworth, Wheeler, Ky. Young. ascertained a very little over a million dollars of these claims. NAYS-89. Baker, Ill De Graffenreid, Kleberg, Reeves, which were certified to and paid by the Fifty-first Congress; and Barham, De Vries, Knowles, Ridgely, from the Fifty-first Congress they have found a million more. I Barlow, Dockery, Lacey, Robinson, Ind. want to say to this House that the Court of Ciaims has never in Barney, Dolliver, Landis, Royse, Bell, Eddy, Lanham, Shattuc, its history passed a claim that was in the hands of insurance Bi"hov, Faris, Lentz, Shelden, companies. Bland, Fletcher, Linney, Shuford, Mr. HOPKINS. You spoke about Webster, Clay, and Calhoun .Broderick, Graff, Littauer, Simpson, Bromwell, Graham, Lloyd, Spalding, as great men who supported these claims. Is it not a fact that Brown, Greene, Nebr. Loud, Steele, neither of these men ever convinced Congress that these were hon Brucker, Hager, , Lybrand. Stephens, Tex. est claims? Burke, Heatwole, McDowell, Stevens, Minn. Mr. MAHON. I have heard the gentleman from Illinois before Burton, Henderson, Mann, Stewart. Wis. Clark, Iowa Henry, Ind. Marshall, Sturtevant, about these claiills. Now, we have had an investigation made of Clark, Mo. Henry, Tex. Meekison, Sulzer, them. Connolly, Hepburn, Mercer, Talbert. Mr. DOCKERY. Will the gentleman allow me to interrupt Corliss, Hitt, Mesick, Tawney, Cowherd, Hopkins, Miers, Ind. Updeg-raff, him to ask him the names of the Presidents who have vet-0ed those Crump, Hull, Morris, Vandiver, claims? ' Crumpacker, Hunter, Norton, Ohio Warner. Mr. MAHON. Now, as to the statement made by the gentle Curtis, Iowa Jenkins, Overstreet. Curtis, Kans. Johnson, Ind. Parker, N. J. man from California. These French spoliation claims were put De Armond, Ketcham, Payne, on the urgency deficiency bill in the Fifty-thfrd Congress. It L~SWERED "PRESENT"-3. passed this House. I think, two days before the final adjournment Jett, Jones, Wash. Norton, S. C. and went to the President the day before the adjournment, or NOT VOTING-106. rather the night of the day before. That message was not written Adams, Cochran, Mo. Joy, Sauerhering, by President Cleveland. Who prepared it I know not. It is a Alien, Cochrane, N. Y. Kelley, Shafroth, Babcock, Codding, Kerr, Shannon, paper full of misstatements and misstatement of facts. He says Baird, Colson, King, Smith, ID. in his veto message that 132 of these claims were for insurance Ball, Cooper, Wis. Kulp, Smith,8. W companies. It w:as written in a hurry. Whoever prepared it I Barrett, Cousins, L owis, Wash. Smith, Wm. Alden know not. but very evidently the man who prepared it did so in Bartholdt, Cranford, Lorimer, Snover, Beach, Danford, McCall, Southard. a great hurry and did not know what he was talking or writing. Belden, Dick, McCleary, Southwick, about. Belknap, Driggs. McClellan. Strowd, N. C. As I have said, we have worked long and faithfully. I have Benner, Pa. Fenton, McCormick, Swanson, Bennett, Fischer, McEwan, Tate. not a claim in from my district, and the State claim has gone out. Botkin Fleming, McRae, Tayler, Ohio I went into the conference with clean-skirts, not having a single Boutell, Ill. Foote, Maguire, Taylor, Ala. item in from my State and district. So when I come here repre Boutelle, Me. Foss, Marsh, Terry, BrarlJey, Fowler, N. C. Martin, Todd, senting this bill to-day to you, and urging the payment of every Brewer, Fox, Mills, Tongue, item in it, it is not on the ground that I have any interest in it. Brewster, Gillet, N. Y. Minor, Vehslage, Mr. HOPKINS. What is the aggregate amount carried with Brumm, Gillett. Mass. Newlands, Vincent, Bull, Griffith, Odell, ' Walker, Va. the bill? Burleigh. Griggs, Osborne, Wheeler, Ala.. Mr. MAHON. Three million one hundred thousand dollars. Campbell, Gunn, Otey, White, Ill Now, Mr. Speaker, I ask for the previous question. [Cries of Cannon. Hamilton, Otjen, Wilber, Ca.-.tie, Hemenway, Pearce, Mo. Wise, "Vote!"] Chickering, Howe, Pearson, Zenor. The previous question was ordered. Clarke, N. fl. Howell, Peters, The SPEAKER. The question is on the adoption of the confer Clayton, Johnson, N. Dak. Prince. ence report. The following pairs were announced: The question was taken; and the Speaker announced that the Until further notice: ayes seamed to have it. Mr. CLARKE of New Hampshire with Mr. KING. Mr. DOCKERY and Mr. LOUD. Division! Mr. SAMUEL w. SMITH with Mr. Fox. The House divided; and there were-ayes 135, noes 47. Mr. WrsE with Mr. NORTON of South Carolina. Mr. GREENE of Nebraska and Mr. DOCKERY. The yeas Mi:. BENNETT with Mr. GAINES. and nays. Mr. McEwAN with Mr. VEHSLAGE. The SPEAKER (after counting). Forty-seven gentlemen in Mr. LORIMER with Mr. SWANSON. the affirmative-a sufficient number-- Mr. COCHRANE of New York with Mr. BALL. Mr. MAHON. The other side. For this day: The SPEAKER (after counting). One hundred and thirty Mr. TAYLER of Ohio with Mr. MAGUIRE. four-a sufficient number, and the yeas and nays are ordered. Mr. WALKER of Virginia with Mr. ZENOR. The question was taken; and there were-yeas 152, nays 89, Mr. SAUERHERING with Mr. OSBORNE. answered" present" 3, not voting 106; as follows: Mr. PEA.ROE of Missouri with Mr. OTEY. Mr. Mum& with Mr. LEWIS of Washington. YEAS-152. Mr. WHITE of lliinois with Mr. COCHRAN of Missouri. Acheson, Cummings, Henry, Miss. Mitchell, Adamson, Dalzell, Hicks, Moody, Mr. HOWELL with Mr. FITZGERALD. Aldrich, Davenport, Hilborn, Moon, Mr. CHICKERING with Mr. DRIGGS. Alexander, Davey, Hill Mudd, Mr. SOUTHARD with Mr. TAYT.-OR of Alabama. Arnold, Davidson, Wis. Ilini-ichsen, Ogden, Mr. SHOWALTER with Mr. CLAYTON. Bailey, Davis, Howard, Ala. Olmsted, Baker, Md. Davison, Ky. Howard. Ga. Packer, Pa. Mr. ADAMS with Mr. BROUSSARD. Bankhead, Dayton, Jones, Va. Perkins, Mr. BURLEIGH with Mr. BRADLEY. Barber, Dinsmore, Kirkpatrick, Pierce, Tenn. Mr. JOY with Mr. BENNER of Pennsylvania. Barrows, Dorr, Kitchin, Powers, Bartlett, Dovener, Knox, Pu~h. Mr. HAMILTON with Mr. BALL. Belford, Elliott, Lamb, Qmgg, Mr. WM. ALDEN SMITH with Mr. ALLEN. Benton, Ellis, Latimer, Ray, Mr. SNOVER with Mr. BAIRD. Berry, Ermentrout, Lawrence, Rhea, Bin~ham, Evans, Lester, Richardson, Mr. JONES of Washington with Mr. McCLELLAN. Bodine, Fitzgerald, Lewis, Ga. Rixey, Mr. Foss with Mr. JETT. Booze. Fitzpatrick. Little, Robb, Mr. McCALL with Mr. BREWER. Brantley, Fowler, N. J. Livingston, Robbins, Brenner, Ohio Gaines, Loudenslager, Robertson, La. Mr. COUSINS with Mr. TERRY. Brosius, Gardner, Lovering, Russell, Mr. WILBER with Mr. CRANFORD. Broussard, Gibson, Low, Settle, Mr. BOUTELL of lliinois with Mr. GRIGGS. Brownlow, Greene, Mass. McAleer, Sherman, Brundidge, Griffin, McCulloch, Showalter, The result of the vote was then announced as above recorded. Butler, Grosvenor, McDonald, Sims, On motion of Mr. RICHARDSON, a. motion to reconsider the Capron, Grout, Mcintire, Skinner, last vote was laid on the table. Carmack, Grow, McLain, Slaydel!J. Catchings, Handy, Maddox, Smith, Ky. PUBLIC BUILDING AT INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Clardy Harmer, Mahany, Sparkman, Connell, Hartman, Mahon, Sperry, Mr. MERCER submitted a conference report; which was read, Cooney, Hawley, Maxwell, Spight, as follows: Cooper, Tex. Hay, Meyer, La. Spra~e, The committee of conference on the disagreeing. votes of the two Houses Cox, Henry, Conn. Miller, Stallings, on the amendments of the House to the bill (S.146) to provide for the erection 2662 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. MARCH 1, of a public building at Indianapolis, Ind., having met. after full !}ond free c~n with and that the statement of the House conferees be read in ference have ag-reed to recommend and do recommend to then· respective Houses as follows: stead. That the House recede from its amendment numbered 1. There was no objection. That the Senate reet>de from its disagreement to amendment of the House The following statement of the House conferees was read: numbered 2, with an amendment as follows: In line 17 in said amendment strike out the word "two" and insert in lieu thereof the word "five;" and The managers on the part of the House of the conference on the disagree the House agree to the same. ing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. D. H. MERCER, R. 10i03) to reorganize and increase the efficiency of the personnel "Of the J. D. HICKS. Navy and Marine Corps of the United States, submit the following statement J. H. BANKHEAD, to accompany the conference report: Managers on the pm·t of the House. Senate amendment No. 1, as agreed to in conference, is an immaterial one removing the exception of watch duty for certain engineer officers. CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS, Senate amendment No. 2, as amended and agreed to in conference, strikes GEO. L. WELLINGTON, out the words "of infantry,"so that the amendment providesthateachrear LEE MANTLE. admiral embra.ced in the nine lower numbers of the grade shall receive the Managers on the part of the Senate. same pay and allowance as are now allowed a brigadier-general in the Army. The statement of the House conferees was read, as follows: The reason for striking out the words "of infantry" is simply because no such grade as brigadier-general of infantry exists in the Army. The House recedes from its amendment numbered 1, the effect of which is Senate amendments Nos. 3 and 4, as amended and agreed to in conference, to increase the amount authorized by the act for the construction of said provide that when 'the office of chief of bureau is filled by an officer below building from $1,200,000 to $1,500,000. _. the rank.of rear-admiral, instead of commodore, he shall have the rank of The Senate recedes from its disagreement to House amendment numbered rear-admiral, but receive only the pay and allowance allowed to a brigadier- 2, and agrees to the same, the effect of which is to provide a new section to general in the Army. • . . the act whereby the sale of the present post-office site is authorized, if deemed Senate amendments Nos. 5 and 6, as amended andagreed toin conference, by the Secretary of the Treasury advisable, and the proceeds applied to the provide that nothing shall prevent the retirement of those ottlcers now hold purchase of another site. DAVID H. MERCER, ing the rank, or relative rank, or commodore, from retiring with the rank J. D. HICKS, and pay of that grade. And further, the section is am.ended by striking out J . H. BANKHEAD, ;~~;'g{~ ~n~~~;~~ ~:e0~1:ii:ce;f .';":;!e~j~\~x~!:f~~~e~·~f!~i;~er~~~~f~ Managers on the part of .the House. and" the rank of," which corrects a misquotation of existing law. The report of the committee of conference was agreed to. Senate amendment No. 7, as amended and agreed to in conference, pro· vides that civil engineers in the Navy, on the active list, under section lil3 On motion of Mr. MERCER, a motion to reconsider the last vote of the Revised Statutes, shall not be appointed beyond the present number was laid on the table. · of twenty-one. ORDER OF BUSINESS. · Senate amendment No. '8, as amended and agreed to in conference, pro vides that.those officers who retire under this.section shall have the rank Mr. MERCER. I desire to call up some other bills, that they and three-fourths the sea pay of the next higher grade, including the may be sent to conference. _On Senate bill 710 I move that the grade of commodore, as n ow existing, which is retained for purposes of retirement. House insist on its amendments and agree to the conference asked Senate amendment No. 9, as agreed to in conference, provides that the by the Senate. On House bill 11882 I ask that the House disagree board of rear-admirals, who shall pass upon the retirement of officers, shall to the Senate amendments-- consist of fl. ve, instead of "not less than three nor more than fl. ve." The SPEAKER. These matters must be taken one at a time. Senate amendments 10 and 11, as amended and a~reed to in conference, provide that not less than four, instead of a majority of the board, shall They require unanimous consent. The Chair understands that a~ree upon their findings, and further, that officers retired under the pro· the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. LOUDENSLAGER] has a con vision of that section shall receive the rank and three-fourths the sea pay of ference report; and he is therefore recognized. the next higher grade, including the grade of commodore, retained for pur- poses of retirement. · LUCRETIA. C. WA.RING. Senate amendment No. 12 has been wholly receded from by Senate con ferees. This was a provision permitting appointments by the President of Mr. LOUDENSLAGER submitted the following conference re ensigns in the line of the Navy, not to exceed 40 in all, from civilJife. port; which was read: Senate amendment No. 13, as amended and agreed to in conference, re The committee of conference of the disagreeing votes of the two Houses stores the House provision in reference to naval constructors and assistant on the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. lOi) to in naval constructors, with the proviso that th!:! whole number of naval con crease the nension of Lucretia C. Waring, having met, after full and free con structors and assistant naval constructors on the active list shall not exceed ference have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective 40 in all. &uses as follows: . - Senate amendment No. 14, as agreed to in conference, which provided for ' That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the the immediate commi<>sioning of those naval cadets who ha~e completed their House, and agree to the same. four years' course at the !'!a.val .Academy, and who served at sea in the war H. C. LOUDENSLAGER, with Spain, was receded from by the Senate conferees. G. W. WEYMOUTH, Senate amendment No.15, .providing for a judge-advocate corps in the T. W. SIMS, Navy, was receded from by the House conferees. ; Manage1·s on the part of the House. Senate amendment N o.16, as amended and agreed to in conference, simply restores the original section 12 of the House bill and give& an officer of the J. H. GALLINGER, Navy, with a creditable record, who served during the civil war, when re GEO. L. SHOUP, tired the rank and three-fourths the sea pay of the next higher grade. JOHN L. MITCHELL, Senate amendments Nos. 17 and 18, providing for the abolition of the two Managers on the part of the. Senate. years' sea course after the completion of the four years' course at the Naval The report of the committee of conference wa~ agreed ip. . . Academy, were receded from by the House conferees, and said provisions are stricken from the bill. On motion of .l\Ir. LOUDENSLAGER; a motion to reconsider Senate amendment No.19 was agreed to in conference and was pru·e]y a the last vote was laid on the table. formal amendment as to the renumberin~ of the section. Senate amendment No. 20. as a.greed tom conference, is a grammatical one, TITLE TO LOTS 13 AND 14, SQUARE 959. substitutina the word "are" for ''that." Mr. JENKINS submitted a conference report, which was·read, Senate a~endment No. 21, agreed to in conference, is simply the substitu as follows: · tion of the word "section" for the word "law." Senate amendment No. ~. as amended and agreed to in conference, sub- The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses stitutes for the pay section of the original bill the following: _ on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. H.. 631) to confirm title to lots "SEC. 13. That, after June 30, 1899, commissioned officers of the line of tha 13 and 14, in square 959, in Washington, D. C., having mAt, after ~ull and f~ee Navy and of the meuical and pay corps shall receive the same pay and allow conference have agreed to recommend and do recommend to thell' respective ances, except forage, as are or may be provided by or in pursuance of law Houses as follows: for the officers of corresponding rank in the Army: Provided, that such That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the officers when on shore shall receive the allowance, but 15 per cent less pay Senate and agree to the same with an amendme~t as follows: In ~e .3 oft.he than when on sea duty; but this provision shall not apply to warrant officers proposed amendment, after the word" Yates," insert the words ' his heirs commissioned under section 12 of this act: Pmvided furthe1-, That when naval and assigns forever;" and the Senate agree to. the same. officers are detailed for shore duty beyond seas they shall receive the same JOHN J. JENKINS, pay and allowances as are or may be provided by or in pursuance of law for CHARLES F. SPRAGUE, officers of the Army detailed for duty in similar places: Provided further, JAMES D. RICHARDSON, That naval chaplains who do not possess relative rank shall have the rank Managers on the pai-t of the House. of lieutenant in the Navy; and that all officers, including warrant officers, who have been or may be appointed to the Navy from civil life shall, on the RICHARD R . KENNEY, date of appointment, be credited for com:puting their pay with five years' J. C. PRITCHARD, service. And all provisions of law authorizmg the distribution among captors Managers on the part of the Senate. of the whole or any p orti0n of the proceeds of vessels or any property here The following statement of the House conferees was read: after captured condemned as prize or providjng for the payment of bounty for the siuking or destruction of vessels or the enemy hereafter occurring in The amendment of the Senate, which the House practically accepts, refers time of war are hereby repealed: .Atid provided further, That no provision to the Secretary of the Interior the whole question of the sum that the claim of this act shall operate to reduce the present pay of any commissioned officer ant or the lots 13 and H, in square 959, shall pa;i: to t_he Gove.rnment for t~ose now in the Navy, and in any case in which the pay of such an officer would lots instead of authorizing the Secretary to qmtcla1m the title of the Umted otherwise be reduced he shall continue to receive pay according to existing States in them. Also it authorizes the Secretary of War to correct the r ec law: And provided fui·ther, That nothing in this act shall operate to increase ords of that Department in the case of lots in the District of Columbia actu or reduce the pay of any officer now on the retired list of the Navy." ally occupied for twenty years. Senate amendment No. 23, as agreed to in conference, is purely formal, re- The report of the committee of conference was agreed to. lating simply to the renumbering of the section. - Senate amendments Nos. 24 and 25, as agreed to in conference, provide On motion of Mr. JENKINS, a motion to reconsider the last that those machinists who a.re taken in from civil life shall not be above the vote was laid on the table. age of 30 years. Senate amendments Nos. 28, 27, and 28, as a~eed to in conferecce, are PERSONNEL OF THE NAVY, ETC. purely formal and relate to the renumbering of the section. Mr. FOSS. I desire to present a conference report on House Senate amendment No. 29, as agreed to in conference. strikes out the words "act as far as tho Nav:y is concerned" and substitutes the word " section," bill 10403, to reorganize and increase the efficiency of the person and is purely a correction of language. nel of the Navy a.nd Marine Corps of the United State~. I ask Senate amendment No. 30, as agreP.d to in conference, is purely formal and unanimous c.:insent that the reading of the report be dispensed relates to the renumbering of the section. 1899. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 2-663 Senate amendment No. 31, as ai?reed. to in conference, inserts the word Mr. BURTON. I ask unanimous consent that a second be con "Commandant," which was left out by mistake in the House bill. Senate amendment No. 32, as agreed to in conference, substitutes the word sidered as ordered. "section" for the word "act." There was no objection. Senate amendment No. 33, as agreed to in conference, is purely formal and The SPEAKER. The question is now open to debate. [A relates to the renumbering of the section. Senate amendmeuts Nos. 34 and 35, as amended and agreed to in confer pause.] ence, abolish the provisioli for the transfer of men in the line -to the Marine Mr. .BURTON. If no gentleman desfres to debate the proposi Corps and provide that the vacancies existing in the Marine Corps Rball be tion, we are ready for a vote. filled by the President: first, from graduates of the Naval Academy; or sec The question being taken on the motion of Mr. BURTON to sus ond, from those who are serving or have served as secon~ lleutenants in the war with Spain: or third, from meritorious noncommissioned officers; or pend the rules, it was agreed to (two-thirds voting in favor fourth, from civil life. And further, that after the vacancies are once filled thereof). there shall be no more appointments from civil life. The SPEAKER announced the appointment of Mr. BURTON, ·senate amendment No. 36, as agreed to in conference, relates purely to the renumbering of the section. · · · Mr. REEVES, and Mr. CATCHINGS as conferees on the part of the Senate amendment No. 37, as agreed to in conference, strikes out the ex House. ception as to officers transferred from the Navy, in order to make it corre PUBLIC BUILDING .A.T CARROLLTON, KY. spond with the change made by Senate amendment No. 34. Senate amendment No. 38, as agreed to in conference, provides for the sub Mr. BERRY. Mr. Speaker-·- stitution of the word "or" for the word "and," and is purely grammatical. Senate amendment No. 39, as agreed t-0 in conference, provides that those Mr. LACEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for the persons who shall be appointed to the Marine Corps from civil life shall not present consideration of the bill (8. 2552) to set aside a portion of be under 20 or over 30 years of age, instead of under 20 or over 26, as contained certain lands in the State of Washington for a public park. in the House bill. is Senate amendment No. 40, as agreed to in conference, strikes out the words Mr. BERL.Y. Mr. Speaker, not the bill which is now on the "and those transferred from the Navy to the Marine Corps," in order to cor Speaker·s table which was laid aside for engrossment in order at respond with previous P!"Ovisions of the bill. this time? Senate amendments Nos. 41, 42, «, 45, 46, and 47, as agreed to in conference, The SPEAKER. It is. Does the gentleman call it up? are purely formal and relate to the renumbering of the sections. Senate amendment No. 43, as agreed to in conference, providing for the Mr. BERRY. I do. temporary rank of senior officers of marines of fleets or squadrons, is abol- The SPEAKER. The following engrossed bill, on which the b~~ - . previous question was ordered, and with reference to which the ·Most of the Senate amendments agreed to by the House conferees were purely formal, immaterial, and inconsequential. All of the fundamental full r~ading was demanded, is now laid before the House. and important provisions of the House bill are retained, either in their origi The Clerk read as follows; nal state or with slight modifications, and the amendment of the Senate per A bill (II. R. 1663) for the erection of a public building at Carrollton, Ky. mitting the appointment from civil life to the regular line of the Navy has been wholly abolished. The question being on the passage of the bill, The expense covered by tho bill as agreed to in conference will be ma- Mr. LOUD. Mr. Speaker, on that I ask for the yeas and nays. terially reduced from that carried by the original bill as passed by the House. GEO. EDMUND FOSS, The yeas and nays were not orderrd. ALSTON G. DAYTON, The question was taken, and the bill passed. ADOLPH MEYER, On motion of Mr. BERRY, a motion to reconsider the last vote Managers on the part of the House. was laid on the table. Mr. FOSS. I move the adoption of the report. THE CENSUS BILL. Mr. DOCKERY. What is the additional annual salary charge Mr. HOPKINS. Mr. Speaker, I desire to present a priviltgad under this bill? report at this time. I submit the report of the conferees on the Mr. FOSS. The gentleman means the increased expense? disagreeing votes of the two House~ on the Senate amendments to Mr. DOCKERY. Yes; the additional expense. the bill (H. R. 11815) to provide for the taking of the Twelfth and Mr. FOSS. Since the bill passed the House the amount involved subsequent censuses. has been reduced probably $150,000. The report was read, as follows: Mr. DOCKERY. I had understood the expense was estimated The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses at about $2,100,000. Is that correct? on the amendment of tha Senate to the bill (H. R. 11815) to provide for tak ing the Twelfth and subsequent censuses, having met, after full and free con-"" Mr. FOSS. That was the estimate when the bill passed the ference have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Honse. We have reduced that. Houses as follows: That the House recede from its disagreement to· the Mr. DOCKERY. That was the estimate of the Secretary of amendment of the Senate and agree to the same with an amendment as fol the Navy? lows: In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment insert the following: "That a census of the population, of deaths, and of the manufacturin~, Mr. FOSS. Yes, sir;-but we have reduced that probably to the mechanical, and agricultural products of the United States shall be taken m extent of about $150,000. the year 1900, and 011ce every ten years thereafter. Mr. DOCKERY. . Then the gentleman means to say that the "SEC; 2. 'J'hat there shall be established in the Department of the Interior a Census Office, the chief officer of which shall be denominated the Director annual additional charge will be about $2,000,000? of the Census. It shall be his duty to superintend and direct the taking of Mr. FOSS. About $2,000,000. the Twelfth Census of the U aited States, in accordance with the laws relating Mr. BAILEY. Does that include any computation as to the thereto, and to perform such otller duties as may be required of him by law. '.rhe Director of the Census shall be appointed, as soon as practicable after increase which will result from the accumulated and more rapid the passage of thb act, l:;y the President, by and with the advice and consent retirements? · of the Senate, and shall receive an annual salary of $6,000; and there shall Mr. FOSS. Yes, I understand so. also be an Assistant Director of the Census, to be appointed in like manner who shall be an experienced practical statistician, and shall receive an a.nnuai Mr. BENNETT. This report makes no change in regard to the salary of $1,000: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed commanding officer of the Marine Corps? to establish a census bureau permanent beyond the Twelfth Census. Mr. FOSS. No change whatever. I move the adoption of the "SEC. 3. That during the absence of the ·Director of the Census, or when report. ~g:ci1r~: 3~t~~~~1f{esg~~c~~;~me vacant, the Assistant Director shall per- ·The report was agreed to. SEc. 4. That there shall also be in the Census Office, to be appointed by On motion of Mr. FOSS, a motion to reconsider the last vote the Director thereof in the manner hereinafter specified, five chief statisti· cians, who shall ba persons of known and tried experience in statistical work, was laid on the table. at an annual salary of $3,000 each; a chief clerk, one disbursing clerk, and one geographer, at an annual salary of $2,500 each; five expert chiefs of divi RIVER A.ND HARBOR BILL. sion and two stenographers, at an annual salary of $2,000 each; ten clerks of class 4, fifteen clerks of class 3, twenty clerks of class 2, and such number Mr. BURTON. I move to suspend the rules and that the House of clerks of class l, and of clerks, copyists, computers, and skilled laborers, shall nonconcur in all the amendments of the Senate to House with salaries at the rate of not less than $600 nor more than $1,000 per annum, bill 11795, commonly known as the river and harbor bill, and ask to be appointed from time to time, as may be found necessary for the proper and prompt performance of the duties herein required to be undertaken. a conference with the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two The disbursing clerk herein provided for shall, before entering upon his du Houses. ties, give bond to the Secretary of the Treasury in the sum of $50,000, which ·. Mr. BAILEY. I wish to inquire whether it is the unanimous bond shall be conditioned that the said officer shall render a true and faith instruction of the gentleman's committee that this motion be ful account to the proper accounting officers of the Treasury, quarter-yearly, of all moneys and properties which shall be received by him by virtue of his made? office, with sureties to be approved by the Solicitor of the Treasury. Such Mr. BURTON. I know of no dissent in the committee. bond shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, to be by him · Mr. BAILEY. And have all the members of the committee put in suit upon an7 breach of the conditions thereof. "The Director o the Census may also appoint 1 captain of the watch, at a been consulted? salary of $840 per annum; 2 messengers, and such number of watchmen, assist Mr. BURTON. I understand so. ant messengers, and la.borers, at salaries of $600 each per annum; messenger Mr. BAILEY. My only anxiety is to ascertain ·whether the boys, at salaries of $.WO each per annum; and charwomen, at salaries of $240 each per annum, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. motion meets the approval of our political friends on the commit "SEC. 5. That the chief clerk and the chief statisticians vrovided for in tee. If it does. I am content. section 4 of this act, and all other employees authorized by thIS act below the Mr. BANKHEAD. I think I can state to my friend from Texas Assistant Director of the Census, shall be appointed by the Director of the Census, subject to such examination as said Director may prescribe: Pro that it does. vided, That no examination shall be required in the case of enumerators or The SPEAKER. The question is on the motion to suspend the special agents, nor of employees below the grade of skilled laborersat$600per rules. Is a second demanded? annum. And provided further, That employees in the existing branches of the departmental service, whose services may be specially desired by the Mr. DOCKERY. For the purpose of permitting debate, I ask Director of the Census, not exceeding 6 in all, may be transferred without a second. examination, and at the end of such service the employees so transferred 2664 . CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-~ HOUSE. M.AROH 1, shall be eligible to appointment in any Department without additional ex- appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate: amination, when vacancies exist. l'rovided, That the whole number of such supervi!:;ors shall not exceed 300: "SEO. ti. '.rhat the collection of the information required by this act shall And provided further, That wherever practicable and desirable the bounda be made, under the direction of the Director of the Census, by supervisors, ries of the supervisors' districts shall conform to the boundaries of Congres- enumerators, and special agents, as hereinafter provided. sional districts. "SEC. 7. That the Twelfth Census shall be restricted to inquiries relating " SEO. 10. :.rb_at e~h sup~rvi~or of census ~all be .char ged with the per- to the population, to mortality, to the products of agriculture, and of manu- formance Wlthin his own d1str1ct of the followmgduties: To consult with the facturing and mechanical establishments. The schedules relating to the Director of the Censmi in regard to the division of his dist1·ict into subdivi population shall comprehend for each inhabitant the name, age, color, sex, sions most convenient for the purpose oft-he enumeration. which subdivisions conjugal condition, place of birth, and place of birth of parents, whether shall be declared and the boundaries thereof fixed by the Dir ector of the Cen alien or naturalized, number of years in the United States, occupation, sus; to designate to Ute Director suitable persons, and, with the consent of months unemployed, literacy, school attendance, and ownership of farms and the Director, to emplo.Y _s':lch perso~ as enumer_ators w~thin his district, one homes; and tho Director of the Census may u!>e his discretion as to the con- or more for each subd1V1Slon and resident therem; but m case it shall occur struction aud form and number of inquiries necessary to secure information in any enumeration district that no person qualified to p erform and willing under the topics aforesaid. The mortality schedules shall comprehend for fAlaska and the Hawaiian Is· Sl,000. Tlie designation of the compensation per thousand, as provided in lands, for which purpose he may employ supervisors and enumerators or this section, shall be made by the Director of the Census at least one month special agents, as he may deem necessary. in advance of the date fixed for the commencement of the enumeration. "The only volumes that shall be prepared and published in connection with "SEC. 12. That each enumerator shall be charged with the collection, in the Twelfth Census, except the special reports hereinafter provided for, his subdivision, of facts and statistics required by the population schednlE_'J shall relate to population, mortality and vital statistics, the products of a.g· and such other schedules as the Director of the Census may determine sbau riculture, and of manufacturing and mechanical establishments, as above be used by him in connection with the census, as provided in section 7 of this mentioned, and shall be designated as and constitute the census reports, act. It shall be the duty of ea.ch enumerator to visit personally each dwell which said reports shall be published not later than the 1st day of July, ing house in his subdivision, and each falnily therein, and each individual 19\J2. The report upon population shall include a series of separate tables living out of a falnily in any place of abode, and by inquiry made of the head for each State, giving by counties the number of male persons below and of each family, or of tho member thereof deemed most credible and wortby above the age of 21 years, their color, whether native or foreign born, whether of trust. or of such individual living out of a family, to obtnin each and every naturalized or not, and their literacy or illiteracy. All terms expressing item of information and all particulars requir ed by thfa act as of date June 1 weight, measure, distance, or value shall be expressed in the terms of the of the year in which the enumeration shall be made. And in case no JJerson English languaee as spoken in this country. shall be found at the usual place of abode of such family, or individual living "SEO. 8. That after the completion and return of the enumeration and of out of a family, competent to answer the inquiries ma.de in compliance with the work upon the schedules relating to the products ot agriculture and to Ithe requirements of this act, then it shall be lawful for the enumerator to ob manufacturin~ and mechanical establishments provided for in section 1 of tain the required information, as nearly as may be practicable, from the this act, the Director of the Census is hereby authorized to collect statistics fam~y or families or person or persons living nearest to su ch place of abode ; relating to special classes, including the insane, feeble-minded, deaf, dumb, and it shall be the duty of each enumerator to forward the original sched and blind; to crime, pauperism, and benevolence, including prisoners, pau- nles, duly certified, to the supervisor of census of his district as his retur ns pers, juvenile delinquents, and inmates of benevolent and reformatory insti- under the provisions of this act: and in the event of discrepancies or deflcien tutions; to deaths and births in registration areas; to social statisti.Cs of cities: cies being discovered in bis said returns he shall use all diligence in correct to public indebtedness, valuation, taxation, and expenditures; to religious ing or supplying the same. bodies; to electric light and power, telephone and telegraph business; to "In case the subdivision assigned to any enumerator embraces all or any transportation by water, express business, and street railways; to mines, p,art·of an~ incorporated borou$'h, village, town, or city, and also other tor min~~ _and minerals, and t~e produ.ction ai:id value thereof, including gold, r1tory not ~ncludeq withi:ii the llmits of such incorpor ated borough. village, in d1v1s1ons of placer and vem, and silver mmes, and the number of men em- town, or mty, or either, it shall be the duty of the enumerator of such sul: ployed, the average daily wage, average working time, and ag$'1'egate earn- division to clearly and plainly distinguish and separate, u pon the p opulation mgs in the various branches an4 aforesai~ division~ of the ~nmg. ll?-dustry: sch~ d ul es , t he inh abitants o~ all or any pa:rp of su 9h borough, village, town, Provided, That the reports herem authorized rela.tmg to mmes, mmmg, and or city as may be embraced m t he subd1v1s10n assigned to such enumeratcr Ininerals shall be published on or before July 1, A. D. 1903. from the inhabitants of the tenitory not included ther ein. No enumer ator "And the Director of the Censilllshall prepare schedules containin~such in- shall be deemed qualified t o enter u pon his duties unt il h e has r eceived from terrogatories as shall in his judgment be bast adapted to elicit the mforma- the supervisor of census of the district to which he belongs a. commissfon, tion required under these subjects, with such specifications, divisions, and under his hand, authorizing him to perform the dut ies of an enumerat0r, particulars under each head as he shall deem necessary to that end. For the and setting forth the boundaries of the subdivision within which such di.:ties purpose of securing the statistics required by this section, the Director of are to be performed by him. the Census may appoint special agents when necessary, and such special " SEc.13. That the subdivision assigned to any enumer ator shall not exceed agents shall receive compensation as hereinafter provided. The statistics 4, Cl09 inhabitants, as near as may be, according to estimat es bHSed on t he p re of deaths and births l>rovided for in this section shall b e obtained from, and c~d:mg census or other r eliable information, and the boundaries of all subdi restricted to, the r egistration records of such Stat es and municipalities as v1s1ons shall be clearly described by civil divisions, rivers, roads, public eur possess records affording satisfactory data in necessary detail, in the discre· veys, or other easily distinguished lines: Provided, That en umerators may tion of the Director, the compensation for the transcription of which shall be assigned for the special enumeration of institutions, when d esirablo, with not exceed 2 cents for each birth or death reported. The statistics of special out r eference to the number of inmates. classes, and of crime, pauperism., and benevolence specified in this section . "SEC. 14. That any eupervisor of cen!>us may, with the approval of the shall be r estricted to institutions containing such classes: Provided, That at Director of the Census, remove any enumerator in bis district and fill the va the time of the census enumeration the data relating to these classes may, cancy thus caused or other wise occurring. Whenever it shall appear t hat in the discretion of the Direct.or of the Census. be collected by the enume- any portion of the enumeration and census provided for in this act has been rators of such institutions, who shall receive compensation therefor at rates negligently or improperly taken, and is by reason thereof incomplete or er not exceeding, in p er capita districts, 5 cents for each name enumerated and roneons, the Director of the Census may cause such incomplete and unsatis returned . The collection of statistics authorized by this section shall be factory enumeration and census to be amended and made anew under such made at such t ime or times and in such manner as will not interfere with methods as may, in his di,scretion, be practicable. n o1· d elay the r apid completion of the census r eports provided for in section . "SEc. 15. That the Director of the Census mar authorize an d direct super- 7 of this act, and all reports prepared under the provisions of this section visors ol' census to employ interpreters to asSlSt the enumerators of their shall be desianated ns 'Special Reports of the Census Office.' r_espective districts in the enumeration of persons not speaking the Eng- " SEO. 9. That the Director of the Census shall, at least six mouths prior to lu'!h language. The compensation of such interpreters shall be fixed by the tho date fixed for commencing the enumeration at thfl Twelfth and each Director of the Census in advance, and shall not exceed $4 per ilay for each succeedin~ decennial census designate the number, whether one or more, day actually and necessarily employed. of supervISors of census to be 11.ppointed within each State and Tet·ritory, .. SEC. 16. That the compensation of the enumerators shall be ascertained the District of Columbia, Alaska, and the Hawaiian Islands, who shall be and fixed by the Director of the Census as follows: In subdivisions where he 1899. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 2665. shall deem such allowance sufficient, an allowance of not less than 2 nor more mitted free of postage, and by registered mail if necessary, and so marked: than 3 cents for each living inhabitant and for each death reported; not less Provided, That if any person shall make use of such inclorsement to avoid the than 15 nor more than 20 cents for each farm; and not less than 20 nor more payment of postage or registry fee on his or her private letter, package, or than 30 cents for each establishment of productive industry enumerated and other matter in the mail the person so offending shall be guilty of a misde returned may be given in full compensation for all services. For all other meanor amt imbject to a fine of $300, to be prosecuted in any court of compe subdivisions per diem rates shall be fixed by the Director of the Census ac tent jurisdiction. cording to the difficulty of enumeration, having reforence to the nature of "SEC. ~- That the Secretary of the Interior, on request of the Director of the region to be canvassed and the density or sparseness of settlement, or the Census, is hereby authorized to catl upon any other department or office other considerations pertinent thereto; butt.he compensation allowed to any <'f the Government for information pertinent to the work herein provided enumerator in any such district shall not be less than $3 nor more than $6 per for. day of ten hours' actual field work each. The subdivisions to which the sev- .. SEC. 29. That such records, books, and files as relate to preceding cen 1 suses, and the printing·office outfit used in the Eleventh Census, and such ~h;1 c:~~~~fi~Jf~~~~~'k~~~ aJ!;rn~a~f ~~~~~~~t;~j~~.thN-~~~~ ;.~; furniture and property of whatever nature used at the Eleventh Census as mileaa-e or traveling expenses shall be allowed any enumerator in either may be necessary in conducting the work of the Census Office and can be class of snbdivisions, except in extreme ca.i:ies, and then only when authority spared from present uses, shall be trangferred to the custody and control of has been previously granted by the Director of the Census, and the decision the Census Office created by this act. The said furniture and property shall of the Director as to the a.mount due any enumerator shall be final. be inventoried by the proper-officers of the Department of the Interior when "SEC. 17. That the special agents appointed under the provisions of this such transfer is made, and a copy of the inventorv filed and preserved in the act shall have equal authority with the enumerators in respect to the su lJ. office of the Secretary of the Interior and of the Director of the Census. jects committed to them under this act, and shall receive compensation at "SEC. 30. That upon the request of the governor of any State or Territory, rates to be fixed by the Director of the Census: Provided, That the same or the chief officer or any municipal government, the Director of the Census shall in no case exceed $6 per day-and actual necessary traveling expenses shall furnish such governor or municipal officer with a copy of so much of and an allowance in lieu of subsistence not exceeding $3 per day d nring their the population returns as will show the names, with the age, sex, color, or necessary absence from their usual place of residence: And provided further, raco, and birthplace only of all persons <:'numerated within the territory in That no pay or allowance in lieu of subsistence shall be allowed special the jurisdiction of such government, upon payment of the actual oost of agents when employed in the Census Office on other than the special work making such copies; and the amounts so received.shall be covered into the committed to them, and no appointments of special agents shall be made for '.rreasury of the United States, to be placed to the credit of, and in addition clerical work. to, the appropriations made for taking the census. "SEC. 18. That no supervisor, supervisor's clerk, enumerator, intarpreter, "SEC. 31 . That the Director of the Census shall provide the Census Office or special agent shall enter upon his duties until he has ta.ken and subscribed with a seal containing such device as he may select, and he shall file a descrip to an oath or affirmation, to be prescribed by the Director of the Census; and tion of such seal with an impression thereof in the office of the Secretary of no supervisor, supervisor's clerk, enumerator, or special agent shall be ac State. Such seal shall remain in the custody of the Director of the Census, companied by or assisted in the performance of bis duties by any person not and shall be affixed to all certificates and attestations that may be required duly appointed as an officer or employee of the Census t >ffice, and to whom from the Census Office. an oath or affirmation has not been duly administered. All appointees and "SEC. 32. That for the organization and equipment of the Census Office to employees provided for in this act shall be appointed or employed, and if perform the preparatory work necessary to carry out the provisions of this examined, so examined, as the case may be, solely with reference to their act, the sum of Sl,000,000, to be available on the passage of this act. is hereby fitness to perform the duties herein provided to be by such employee or appropriatad, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, appointee performed, and without reference to their political patty affilia· aud to continue available until exhausted. Of said appropriation such amount tions. as may be considered by the Director of the Census to be necessary for im "SEC. 19. •.rhat the enumoration of the population required by this a.ct shall mediate preliminary printing may be expended under the direction of the commence on the 1st day of June, l!JOO, and on the 1st day of June of the year Public Printer. And the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the Secre in which each succeeding enumeratfon shall be made, and be taken as of that tary of the Treasury, on or before October 1, 1899. further estimates for the date. And it shaJl be the duty of each em:merator to complete the enumera work herein provided for. tion of bis district and to prepare the returns bereinbefore required to be •·SEC. 33. That the act entitled 'An act to provide for the taking of the Elev made, and to forward the same to the supervisor of census of his district. on enth aud subsequent censuses,' approved March 1,1889,and all la.wsand parts or before the 1st day of July in such year: Provided, That in any city having of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed." 8,000 inhabitants or more under the precedin~ census the enumeration of the And ugree to the same. population shall be taken and completed witnin two weeks from the 1st day A. J . HOPKINS, of June as aforesaid. CHARLES A. RUSSELL, "SEC. 20. That if any person shall receive or secure to himself any fee, re MARION DE VRIES, ward, or compensation e.s a consideration for the appointment or employ Managers on the part of the House. ment of any person as enumerator or clerk or other employee, or shall in any THOS. H. CAR'l'ER, way receive or secure to himself any part of the compensation provided in EUGENE HALE, this act for the services of any enumerator or clerk or other employee. he B. R. TILLMAN, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be dfanagers on the 11art of tlie Senate. fined not more than $3,GOO, or be imprisoned not more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court. "SEC. 21. That any supervisor, supervisor's clerk, enumerator, interpreter The SP EAKER. Is there a statement submitted by the gentle special agent or other employee, who, having taken and subscribed the oath man, in accordance with the rule? of office required by this act, shall, without justifiable cause, neglect or re Mr. HOPKINS. There is; I hold it in my hand. I ask consent fuse to perform the duties enjoined on him by this act, or shall, without the to make a statement first. authority of the Director of the Census, communicate to any person not au thorized to receive the same any information gained by him in the perform The SPEAKER. The gentleman asks unanimous consent that ance of his duties, shall be deeme9_guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic the reading be dispensed with, and that he be permitted to make tion shall be fined not exceeding ~liJ; or if he shall willfully and knowingly a brief statem ent. Is there objection? swear or affirm falsely, he shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and upon con viction thereof shall be imprisoned not exceeding three years and be fined There was no objection. notexceedingSSOO; or if he shall willfully and knowingly make a false certifi Mr. HOPKINS. Mr. Speaker, when the House bill was sent ~te. or a fic~itious return, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con over to the Senate all after the enacting clause in" the bill was viction of either of the last-named offenses he shall be fined not exceeding $5,000 ar.d be imprisoned not exceeding two years. stricken out by that body and the Senate bill inserted in its stead. "SEC. 2'2. That each and every person more than 20 years of age belonging The conferees, in the preparation of the bill, adopted eight sec to any family residing in any enumeration district or subdivision, and in tions of the Senate bill, numbered 1, 3, 8, 15, 18, 19, 21, and 29, and case of the absence of the heads and other members of any such family, then anr representative of such family, shall b3, and each of them hereby is re nine sections of the House bill, numbered 6, 8, 13, 14, 16, 26, 28, qrured, if thereto requested by the Director, supervisor, or enumerato;, to 31, and 32. · render a true account to the best of his or her knowledge, of everv person We adopted certain sections of the Senate bill with amend belonging to such family in the various particulars required, and whoever shall willfully fail or refuse to render such true account shall be guilty of a ments, namely, sections 2, 4, and 16, and adopted thirteen sections misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceed of the House bill with amendments, sections 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 18,· ing $100. And every president. treasurer, secretary, director, agent, or other 19, 20, 24, 27, 29, and 34. officer of every corporation, and every establishment of productive industry whether conducted as a corporate body, limite 'REISSUE OF A LOST CHECK. fit of the public service, with all the privileges allowed in debate Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for the when the House is in Committee of the Whole on the state of the present consideration of the bill (H. R. 11803) directing the issue Union, with the right to extend my remarks in the RECORD as of a check in lieu of a lost check drawn by H. C. Newcomer, cap there are some tables that I want to introduce. ' tain of engineers, in favor of Stone & Stansell. Mr. BAILEY. I suggest to the gentleman from Massachusetts The bill was read, as follows: that he can ask unanimous consent to deliver such a speech as he desires. I think some time between this and the close of theses Whereas it appears that H. C. Newcomer, captain of engineers at Memphis, Tenn., on December 5, 1898, did issue a check, No. 381741, upon the assistant sion he can get the permission. Personally I should be glad to treasurer of the United States at New York, to the order of Stone & Stansell, see him do it. for the sum of $3,811.re, being in part payment under a contract for levee .Mr. DOCKERY. I understand, Mr. Speaker, that the gentle construction and retained percentage, Lower Yazoo district, improving Mississippi River; and man from Massachusetts does not object to the consideration of . Whereas said check was subsequently lost in transmission through the this bill. mails to New York, and the amount thereof has never been received by said The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Massachusetts asks unan Stone & Stansell or their assigns; and Whereas the provisions of the act of February 16, 1885, amending section imous consent to address the House as in Committee of the Whole 36!5, Revised Statutes of the United States, authorizing United States dis for one hour-- bursing officers and agents to is<;ue duplicates of lost checks, apply only to Mr. HILL. I object, Mr. Speaker, unless I can have twenty checks drawn for $2,500 or less: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States minutes. of .Anie:rica in Congress assembled, That said H. C. Newcomer, captain of en Mr. WALKER of Massachusetts. Well, I have no objection to gineers, be, and is hereby, instructed to issue a duplicate of said original check that. to Stone & Stansell, under such regulations in regard to its issue and pay ment as have been prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury for the issue Mr. BAILEY. I should not object to that provided I can have of duplicate checks under the provisions of section 3646, Revised Statutes of some intimati~n of the subject upon which the gentleman desires the United States. to address the House. I understand the gentleman from Massa The SPEAKER. Is there objection tothepresentconsideration chusetts desires to discuss the currency. of the bill? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. Mr. W ALK;ER of Massa?husetts. Yes; I have served ten years Mr. ALLEN. This is a bill to authorize the reissuance of a lost on the Committee on Bankmg and Currency, and I have occupied check, and is recommended by the Treasury Department. very little time of the House. Mr. LOUD. How large a check? Mr. BAILEY. And besides, the gentleman from Massachu Mr. ALLEN. Three thousand six hundred do11ars. setts is not going to serve mnch longer. Mr. COX. I would like to hear some statement about this. Mr. BLAND. I hope the gentleman will let this bill go through. Mr. ALLEN. It is simply to authorize the issue of a check in Mr. ~OPKINS. I understand the gentleman from Massachu place of a lost check; it is recommended by the Treasury Depart setts wishes to address the House upon great public mea.~ures that ment. They recognize the check has been lost and never paid, and will result in great_public goo~, and I do not s~e why the gentle it is simply to reissue a check under a bond, and with all the safe man from Connecticut should impose any condition. guards about it. Mr. HILL. There haB been no opportunity for discussing the The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a.third time; and currency ~uestion before th~s House. If the currency question being read the third time, it was passed. pure and simple was to be discussed, I should not ask for time but I do ask, in case an hour is granted to the gentleman fro~ DAVID M~URTRIE GREGG, Massachusetts, that l shall be allowed one-half of that time. Mr. OLMSTED. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for Mr. SHAFROTH. Mr. Speaker, I would like to have twenty the present consideration of the bill (S. 1747) authorizing the minutes also. fLaughter.] President to appoint and retire David McMurtrie Gregg, late Mr. SIMPSON. I want twenty minutes, too. captain, Sixth Unit6d States Cavalry, and late brevet major-general The SPEAKER. The House will at once see the difficultv- of United States Volunteers, with the rank and grade of captain. Mr. LOUD. I think we had better have the regular order·. The bill was read at length. Mr. WALKER of Massachusetts. I ask that at the option of The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration the Speaker-- of the bill? Mr. BLAND. The bill which I wish to brimr up by unanimous Mr. WALKER of Massachusetts. I shall not object if I can consent is for a very deserving soldier. ~ have an opportunity to discuss the bill. The SPEAKER. The Chair understands that the objection to Mr. BAILEY. Reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker- ~he request of the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. WALKER] Mr. COX. 1 object. is withdrawn. Mr. WALKER of Massachusetts. I did not wish to object, Mr. Mr. COX. I have heard both of these men until I am tired and Speaker. I make objection. [Laughter.] ' The SPEAKER. Objection is made by the gentleman from . The SP~ER. Is there objection to the present considera Tennessee, and the bill 1s no longer before the House. tion of the bill presented by the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. BLA.NDl? WILLIAM H. FORE. Mr: ~AL~ERT. Reserving the right to object, I wish to ask, Mr. BLAND. Mr. Soeaker, I ask unanimous consent for the as this 1s a bill for the removal of the charge of desertion, whether it contains the usual provision that the passage of the bill shall present consideration of the bill (S. 4510) to correct the military carry no pay or emoluments? record of William H. Fore. Several MEMBERS. That is in the bill. The biJl was read, as follows: The SPEAKER. The Chair understands that there is such a Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and di rected to correct the military record of William H. Fore, a private in Battery provision in the bill. M, in the Second Missoru'i Light .Artillery Volunteers, by removing there· Mr. TALBERT. If the bill is simply to remove the stigma from the charge of desertion, and substitute therefor the following, to wit: from the soldie1"s record, I make no objection; but we do not "May 13, 1864:, being under 15 years of aae, absented himself without proper authority, and returned to his home, an~ was detained there by his pa.rents want, in the passa~e o~ this bill, to vote the soldier any money. until February, 1865, when he went to Illinois, and on February 11, 1865, en Mr. LOUD. This bill sets forth a great many things, as the listed in Company C, in the One hundred and fifty-fourth Regunent of Illi· House must have observed by the reading. It does not alone re nois Infantry Volunteers, under the namtl of James Keeney, alias James H. move the charge of desertion, but gges on to state the time that Keeney, and served faithfully to September 16, 1865, when he was honor ably discharged the service:" Provided, Tha.t no pay, bounty, or allowance the soldier served, etc. I think we should have the report read. shall accrue to him by virtue of this act. It is an extraordinary bill. The SPEAKER. ls there objection to the present considera- The SPEAKER. If there be no objection, the report will be tion of the bill? · read. Mr. BLAND. This bill passed the Senate and is favorably re The report (by Mr. BELKNAP) was read, as follows: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S 4.il.0) ported to the House. to correct the military r ecord of William H. Fore, report the so.me ba'.ck to Mr. WALKER of .Massachusetts. If I can have a chance to the House with the rec:ommendation that it do pass. debate this bill, I will not object. I wish to make i::ome remarks The Senate report IB hereto attached, which report your committee ap in the House, as in Committee of the Whole on the state of the proves and adopts. Union, with the right to extend my remarks in the RECORD. SE.NATE REPORT. The Committe~ ~n Military Affair~. ~o whom was referred the bill (S. 4510) The SPEAKER. The Chair does not understand the gentleman to correct the military record of William H. Fore, have duly considered the from Massachusetts. same and submit the following report: Mr. BLAND. !hope the gentleman will not interfere with this The facts in-this case, clearly established by the records of the War Depart m~~t. copy _hereto attached, and by the petition of this soldier and the affi bill. davits of Richard: M. H1;1ckly, W. M. Fore, Saby Fore, his mother, and John Mr. WALKER of Massachusetts. I have got to interfere with Earp, are that this soldier was boru June 22. 1849, and, without the consent some bill, as I understand we are not going into Committee of the or permissioz;i or kno'Yledge of his father an. a: mother, or either of them, ran away from his home m Phelps County, Mo., and enlisted as a private in Bat Whole again during this seBsion. I would like to use about an tery M, Second Missouri Light Artillery Volunteers, on March 22 " 1864 fc:;r hour in making some remarks upon what I think is for the bene- three years, a.nd served faithfully till.May 13, 186-!, when, being under 15 years 1899. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 2669 of age, and becoming homesick, he left his company in St. Lo~s. Mo., and The statement was read, as follows: without proper authority went to Phelps County, Mo., to see his father and The substitute of the Hoase to the Senate bill was amended in conference, mo~:!n he arrived at his home his father and m.other detained !rim and as {V~~~;er the words" and paid" appeared in the House substitute they would not allow him to r eturn to his. C!l:rts of the he again entered the Army; and, to avoid detection of his ident~ty, under the bill and at other places" National Guard." The bill as amended m confer- assumed name of James Keeney, alias James H. ~e~ney,he enlisted and was enco reads "National Guard, or .Militia, or Naval Reserves." . duly mustered into the service Joel W. reports of the committees of conference on the disagreeing votes Gibson; . of the two Houses on the amendments of the House of Represent ff. R. 5502. An act granting an increase of pension to William atives to bills of the following.titles: Rolley; S. 146. An act to provide for the erection of a public building at H. R. 4446. An act granting an increase of pension to Ellen Indianapolis, Ind.; and Charlton; · S. 104. An act to increase the pension of Lucretia C. Waring. H. R. 4503. An act granting an increase of pension to John The message also announced that the Senate had passed with Yahne: amendments the bill (H. R. 500) for the erection of a public build H. R. 10488. An act granting an increase of pension to Susan C. ing at Lockport, N. Y., and New Brighton, Pa., asked a confer Boyd; . ence with the House of Repre.:ientatives on the bill and amend H. R. 3307. An act granting an increase of pension to Andrew ments, and had appe> inted .Mr. QUAY, Mr. WARREN, and Mr. S. Evans; MONEY as the conferees on the part of the Senate. H. R. 1780. An act granting an increase of pension to Reuben The message also announced that the Senate had insisted upon H. Waters; its amendments to the bill (H. R. 1179.3 ) making appropriations H. R. 2122. An act granting an increase of pension to William for the construction,. repair, and preservation of certain public R. Christy; works on rivers and harbors and for other purposes, disagreed to H. R. 909. An act granting an increase of pension to Lucy D. by the House of Representatives, had agreed to the conference Hedy; asked by the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses H. R. 8723. An act granting an increase of pension to Juliette thereon, and had appointed Mr. FRYE, Mr. ELKL~s, and Mr. Harrow; WHITE as the conferees on the part of the Senate. H. R. 8754. An act granting an increase of pension to Lemon Holten; MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDE~T. H. R. 9234. An act increasing the pension of George Blakesley; H. R. 3144. An act granting an increase of pension to Robert A message from the President of the United States, by Mr. PRU- s. Moorhead; DEN, one of his secretaries, announced that the President had ap- H. R. 4808. An act granting an increase o.f pension to Bona- proved and signed bills and joint resolutions of the following ventura Heinz; ti~~:February , : H. R. 10858. An act granting an increase of pension to Amanda 28 1899 Willmarth; . H. R. 8162. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to H. R. 726. An act granting an increase of pension to David W. rent or lease certain portions of forest reserve; Pennywitt; H. R. 9768. An act for the relief of Samuel J. Brent, executor H R 4982 A t t· · f · t H · t of the will of Frances Brent and administrator de bonis non of · · · n ac gran mg an mcrease 0 pension o arr1e Tubman Davis; the estate of Reverend J. Brent. H. R. 2700. An act granting an increase of pension to Susan A. H. R. 8480. An act providing for the sale of the surplus lands Gummer; on the Pottawatomie and Kickapoo Indian reservations in Kan- H. R. 5712. An act granting an increase of pension to Sarah A. sas, and for other purposes; Luke; H. R. 4418. An act to remove the ch!i.rge of desertion from the H. R. 4001. An act granting an increase of pension to Robert naval record of Horace G. Reed; Fletcher; · H. R. 11787. An act granting the right of way to the Pensacola H. R. 9323. An act granting an increase of pension to Mary E. and Northwestern Railroad-Company ove.r and through the United Townes; States naval and mWtary reservations near Pensacola, in the State H. R. 10688. An act granting an increase of pension to John J. of Florida; Bowen; · H. R. 11618. An act to grant to the PasadenaandMountWilson H. R. 6681. Anactgrantingauincreaseofpension toJereSmith; Railway Company right of way through the San Gabriel Forest and Reserve; H . R. 6831. An act granting an increase of pension to Taylor H. Res. 358. Joint resolution to amend section 25 of the act McFarland. . passed June 13, 1898, entitled "An act to providewaya and means GENERAL DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION BILL. to meet war expenditures, and for other purposes;" H. R. 7346. An act to amend section 4890 of the Revised Statutes; Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, I move to discharge the Com H. R. 11455. An act granting to the city of Boulder, in the State rnitteeof the Whole from the consideration of the bill (.H. R.12203) of Colorado, certain lands for park purposes, and for the preser- making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropria- vation of the native trees on said lands, and for other purposes; tions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1899, and for prior years, H. R. 1675. An act granting a pension to Alice Smith; and for other purposes, and to suspend the rules and pass the H. R. 1573. An act granting a pern;ion to Julia Walke; same. H. R. 4251. An act granting a pension to Margaret Thomas; The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Illinois moves to sus- H. R. 5054. An act granting a pension to Rachel J. Comer; pend the rules and to discharge the Committee of the Whole from H. R. 11115. An act granting a pension to Allen Meeks; . the consideration of the bill H. R. 12203 and pass the bill. The H. R. 258. An act granting a pension to Margaret Wilbe1·; Clerk will report the bill. H. R. 2617. An act granting a pension to Mary E. Sessions; The bill was read. H. R. 11017. An act granting a pension to Jesse Everly; l\Ir. DOCKERY and Mr. ALLEN rose. H. R. 5461. An act granting a pension to Elizabeth H. Bowen; Mr. CANNON. I ask unanimous consent that a second may H. R. 11420. An act granting a pension to Emily McLain; be considered as ordered. H. R. 7902. An act granting a pension to Albert Putnam; I The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Illinois asks unanimous H. R. 11382. An act granting a pension to Margaret A. Low- consent that a second may be considered as ordered. Is there ob- ther; jection? H. R. 2459. An act granting a pension to Mary C. Bates; Mr. WALKER of·Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I object unlesa H. R. 7189. An act granting a pension to Levi Truit; I can have certain time for speaking. H. R. 2171. An act granting a· pension to Wilhelmina Barth; Mr. ALLEN. If we can have some agreement-- H. R. 9503. Au act gi·anting a pension tO Mary Woodmansy; Mr. CANNON. Let the tellers take their places then. H. R. 5153. An act granting a pension to Cordelia Cheney; Mr. ALLEN. I do not object to a second being considered as H. R. 4324. An act granting a pension to Martha Allen; ordered. H. R. 8445. An act granting a pension to Joseph N. Harmon; l\Ir. DOCKERY. The gentleman across the aisle objected. H. R. 11899. An act granting a penson to Judith Doherty; Mr. WALKER of Massachusetts. I will withdraw my objec· H. R. 1279. An act granting a pension to Barbara C. Lowe; tion if I can have an hour. H. R. 11048. An act granting a pension to William L. Quinn; The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman demand a second? H. R. 9018. An act granting a pension to Justus Townsend; 1\Ir. WALKER of Massachusetts. Oh, no. H. R. 835. An act granting a pension to William B. Matchett; Mr. DOCKERY. The gentleman from Illinois asks unanimous H. R. 5209 . .An act granting a pension to Belle Shumard; consent that a second be considered as ordered. H. R. 5805. An act for the relief of Col. George G. Pride; Mr. ALLEN. I demand a second, and am willing thatit be con- H. R. 9593. An act to increase the pension of Michael Meehan; sidered as ordered. H. R. 9801. An act granting an increase of pension to Erner H. . The SPEAKER. The gentleman asks that a second be consid· Aldrich; ered' aa ordered. Is there objection? .• 1899. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 2671 Mr. WALKER of Massachusetts. I desire to address the House the avowed statement that we were not seeking conquest or terri for an hour, in doing what I think is a public duty. If I can have torial acquisition. that, I will not object to anything. ·If our declarations were then honest, somehow or other our The SPEAKER. Is there objection? purposes seem to have been diverted, and it came to be a war of Mr. WALKER of Massachusetts. I object. conquest and territorial expansion. To have accomplished the The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Massachusetts objects. -purposes for which we avowed we began the war would not have The tellers will take their places. The gentleman from Mississippi involved a very great expenditure of money or a great sacrifice of [Mr. ALLEN] and the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. CANNONJ will the lives of our gallant soldiers. The expulsion of the Spanish act as tellers. Those in favor of ordering a second will pass be- army and Spanish authority from the island of Cuba-the thing tween the tellers. : we understood we were going to war for-has been accomplished Mr. WALKER of Massachusetts. I think it can be adjusted sometime ago, and yet we still have the war going on and demands without taking the time of the House. are made on us for a large army and great expenditure of money, Mr. DOCKERY. I suggest to the· gentleman from Illinois which none of us contemplated when the trouble with Spain be whether we could not agree on an hour on a side. gan. Some one is entitled to whatever credit there is in this con The House divided; and the tellers reported-ayes 109, noes 4. dition an~ somebody must bear the responsibility. For myself, I Mr. WALKER of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I think under do not claim any of the credit, and I repudiate the responsibility. the rules this bill should receive its first consideration in Commit Mr. Speaker, I have been making some figures as to the cost of tee of the Whole. this war. You know our friend the gentleman from .Missouri The SPEAKER. The motion is to suspend the rules. [Mr. DOCKERY] is about to retire from Congress, and it is neces Mr. WALKER of Massachusetts. I think no quorum voted, sary that some one else should be put in training as the Demo but I have never obstru.cted anything in this House in the whole cratic statistician. [Laughter and applause.J ten years in which I have served here. The g~nt_lema~ from Missouri [Mr. DOCKERY] is to :figures on The SPEAKER. The ayes have it, and a second is ordered. appropriation bills what the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. GROS The gentleman from .Illinois [Mr. CANNoNl and the gent1eman VENOR] is to figures in a national campaign. [Laughter.] Mr. from Mississippi [Mr. ALLEN] are entitlea to twenty minutes DocKERY's retirement, which we all regret, has forced me into each. training as his successor. ·Mr. CANNON. Does the gentleman from Mississippi desire to I now submit the following figures, which will show the amount ask unanimous consent? appropriated by th_is Congress directly chargeable to this war: Mr. ALLEN. I ask unanimous consent that an hour on a side War appropriations: · be given for debate on this proposition, instead of the usual twenty minutes. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Mississippi asks unani- ~~~~ :~::1~~ ~ == = ~ ======~ ~ ~ ======srg~: ~3~: i~~: ~~ mous consent that the debate be extended to one hour'On either T 0 tal side. Isthereobjection? ------·· ·· -----·-- 48~,562,083.47 Mr. STEELE. I object. This shows appropriations already made, and I confidently pre- The SPEAKER. Objection is made by the gentleman rrom diet that at the first se.3sion of the Fiftv-sixth Congress this will Indiana. have to be supplemented by a deficiency of more than $30,000,000 Mr. CANNON. I will say to the gentleman from Mississippi, forwarpurposesif theArmyauthorized bytheArmybillpassed at if he desires twenty minutes, he is on the committee and on the this session of Congress is filled· up. In this I do not count many subcommittee that prepared the bill, and I suggest to the gentle- expenditures made possible and claimed to be neceNs ary on ac man that he go on and occupy his twenty minutes, and I feel count of the war, nor much of extravagance· in appropriations quite sure that at the end of that time the House will bear him growing out of the expenditure of these immense sums of money. further, if he has not concluded. Nor does it take into account the untold millions that are to be The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Mississippi. spent in the years to com~ in maintaining our authority in our Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, only a few days ago I heard some acquired possessions and in paying pemsions to the soldiers who gentleman, I believe it was the distinguished gentleman from Illi- have been and will-be engaged in this war and their families and nois (Mr. CANNON], chairman of the Committee on Appropria- dependants. tions, say in a speech on this floor, that while we attached a great This latter charge will go on, if we are to judge the future by deal of importance to what we said here, that really our speeches the past, through the lives of our children and our grandchildren, and predictions would soon be forgotten and that the Government and how long this war with the inhabitants of the Philippine would go on about the same as if we had not spoken. Islands is to go on, and what its consequences and cost will be, we Now, if I believed this, I think I would refrain from what I am have no power of computing. .When you add to this the valuable about to say and would not speak at all. [Laughter.] And while lives that have been and may yet be sacrificed, the diseases that I admit what the gentleman says may be true of the speeches of have been and that are yet to be contracted, and the sufferings the average member of this House, yet I speak with the confident that have be~n and are yet to be endured by our brave soldiers, expectation that a hundred years from now, when questions of and the vexing governmental problems growing-out of our acquisi war and expansion agitate this country, as they do to-day, the tion of t~rritory, I confess that I am not vieing with the Repub- statesmen of that day will search with eagerness the musty vol- lican party as to whose war this is. . ' umes of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD of the Fifty-fifth Congress So far as the fighting is concerned it has been done by Democrats to ascertain what the views of the Hon. JOHN M. ALLEN were on and RepubUcans. But the credit for the departure from the pur those questions a hundred years before. [Laughter.J And, sir, poses for which the war was begun I am willing for the Repub4 for this reason I am unwilling that this momentous session should lican party and the Republican Administration to have. While I close without putting into the RECORD something of my conclu- do not know what the future policy of the Administration with ref sions about present conditions. erence to Cuba is-let it be what .it may-we could probably suc- Mr. Speaker, it has only been a short time since there was some- cessfu1ly deal with the problems m Cuba and Porto Rico, as they thing of a contest on this floor as to who was entitled to the credit are close to us, but they present many difficulties about the satis ~or the war in which we have recently been and, I believe; are still factorvsolutionof which I confess Ihavegravedoubts· but we have engaged. . acquired bytreatysomeislands-nobodyseems to kno~ howmany- Gentlemen on the other side of the House claimed it was to be, probably between 500 and 1,200, 10,000 miles away from us, inhab and was, a "Republican war," and some gentlemen on this side ited by 9,000,000 or 10,000,000 people made up of different races, were contending for an interest in it. So far as I am concerned, none of tnem homogeneous to us, unacquainted with and incapa I want to quitclaim my interest in it to the Republicans. [Laugh- ble of appreciating our institutions and our Government not ter.] I do not wish to be misunderstood. I am as proud as any- speaking our language and now resorting to war rather than' sub body of the great achievements of our Navy and our armies; but mit to our authority and domi;nion over them: I am very much afraid that when it is all over, if it ever is, and They are compo~ed of Ne~1to.s, M;alays, ~1sayas, ~orm'!, Igoi: we take account of stock that we will find we have paid in sacri- rotes, ~cattered tnbes, Spamsh Mestizos, Chrnese, Chmese Mesti fices and money for a great deal more than we have got. . zos, w1~h all sorts of religions-Pagan, ~o?-ammedan.• Cat.holic, For myself I want to say I did not want the war I had had IBuddhist-many of whom our laws prohibit from em1gratmg to some experie::i.ce in war, and I was very reluctant to ~ee my conn- thli? country, much less bec?ming citizens of it. What our future try engaged in another one unless it was necessary. I confess pohcy t?ward. these people is to be no one seems to know or dares that when it became inevitable I voted for every proposition nee- to predict; with reference to these people no one seems to know essary to make it a success n~t because I wanted the war but where "we are at" or where we are.going. The President, in his ~eca~1se I wanted my country to be victorious in any war in ~hich speech at the Home Market Club in Boston the other day, said: 1t might be ~nga_ged. The Philippines, like Cuba and Porto Rico, were _intrusted to our haJ?.dS by We went mto it for the purpose, as we all understood, of freeing the war, and to that great tr1;1-s~,_un~er the providen He further says: this 75,000,000 of civilized people were under no moral obligation Our concern was not for territory, or trade, or empire, but for the people to the 500,000 Indians our forefathers found roaming over this whose interest and destiny, without our willing it, had been put in our handP. country to permit them to remain in uninterrupted possession of I heard the gentleman from Iowa [Mr. DOLLIVER] here the this beautiful land. If wrong was done, the benefits accruing to other day, in his speech in reply to the gentleman from Indiana humanity and civilization a millon times outweigh it. They have [Mr. JoH~SON], speaking on this subject insisting on the moral been driven back; their numbers have been reduced by half; their obligation of this Government, not only to take care of· itself and territory very much circumscribed, and we yet have the Indian its own people but to look out for the interests of the human race problem with us, and are spending about $9,000,000 a year for in general. I have heard a good many other expressions on this their support and education. floor and elsewhere about our acquisition of the Philippine Islands, This Government has been wrestling with this problem for and our conduct toward the people of those islands being the r e more than a century and yet it is far from being solved. I do not sult of manifest destiny and under direction of Divine Providence. lie awake of nights with a troubled conscience on account of the Mr. Speaker, while I am personally a very sentimental man, in white man's treatment of the Indian, but any man will lie awake matters of government my ideas are exceedingly practical. I be who undertakes the solution of what is best to do with them and lieve it to be the highest duty of this Government to look out for how best to treat them. ' its own welfare and that of its own people, and I deny·any moral Mr. Speaker, I do not think we need the Philippine Islands in our obligation upon the part of this Government to imperil or jeop business. If they are capable of self-government they should be ardize the interest of either in pursuance of any supposed mani permitted to goVfirn themselves. If they are not capable of self fest destiny or supposed direction of Providence in looking out government I do not want this Government to undertake to govern for humanity generally. We are too apt to conclude that destiny them. I am a great believer in our Government. I take great and Providence are directing us where we want to go. pride in it. I want it by its splendid example to hold aloft the A great many great mistakes and some crimes have been com torchlight of liberty, that other people and other nations may see, mitted under what was claimed to be the direction of Providence. admire, and em brace freedom for themselves. I have seen the criminal stand at the bar of justice and claim But I do not believe in the process of coercing people either into that his crime was committed under the direction of Providence. freedom or Christianity. I insist that we have, by this Adminis Do not understand me as ridiculing or treating lightly the earnest tration in its treaty with Spain, been forced into a position of prayers with which the good implore the guidance of an all-wise great embarrassment. While we are partisans in dealing with Providence. domestic questions, we all want to hold up the hands of the Ad But we all know that a great many people hide behind Provi ministration in all outside complications; and the consequence is dential instructions as an excuse for the things they have made that we are forced to vote men and money for carrying on a war up their minds to do. You all remember the story of the old dar in the Philippine Islands that we do not think we ever should key who when asked if he believed in special Providence in answer have had. to prayer, replied that it depended altogether on the wording of We are sending our young men into a climate to which they the "pra'r," and he gave as an illustration of his faith that his are unaccustomed, a cUmate full of disease and death to the un neighbor had some good fat turkeys. He said he might pray all acclimated; the wet and sickly sf\ason is now approaching; many njght for one of those turkeys to be sent him, but the turkey of these troops will never return alive; many who do return will would never come, but if he prayed to be sent after one of thosa come back physical wrecks. We have the example of Spain be turkeys the turkey would be there before morning. [Laughter.] fore us. She sent her armies there and a very large per cent I heard of an instance down in Mississippi where a gentleman thereof were the victims of that inhospitable climate. And, Mr. had loaned his minister some money for which he held his note. Speaker, what are we to get for all these sacrifices and all this This was prior to the civil war. The war came on. He refused expense. to accept Confederate money in payment of the note, and there 'l'here are no commercial advantages in prospect that I can see was nothing else to pay with. After the war was over, most of to compensate us; it is not a country or climate where any con the property had been destroyed, and the interest had been run siderable number of white· men will ever want to make their ning on this note all through the war. home, and even if it were, we have enough undeveloped territory It was the custom down there to knock off the interest and com in our own country to occupy the time, energies, and capital of promise the principal; but this old gentleman insisted his preacher all the people we have who want to engage in developing a coun should pay the principal and interest. The stewards of the church try. We hear.a great deal said now about taking up "the white called on the brother to remonstrate with him and to insist that man's burden," which is interpreted to mean the white man's he should at least forgive the preacher the interest. Finally, when assuming the burden of governing and preparing for self-goyern persuasion had failed, they insisted he should pray over the mat ment the dark man. ter and ask the Lord for guidance. He agreed to this and went This may be an inviting prospect to those of you who are out off, got down on his knees by a log, and seemed to pray long and looking for burdens flaughterl, but as for myself and those I rep earnestly. He finally returned to the stewards with the statement resent, we have had up the white man's burden for many years that the Lord said He thought he ought to have his int-erest. and we have got just all of it we want. Those of you who think [Laughter.] . that it is an easy matter to prepare an inferior race for self Now, we are all sure that he had no such direction from the government have read the history of the efforts to prepare the Lord; but his direction came from his own promptings; he wanted dark man for self-government to but little purpose. We have his interest. troubles enough of that sort in the limits of our own country. I am free to confess that Providence has given me no instruc The white people of my own State to-day are voluntarily submit tions about the acquisition of the Philippine Islands, and I know ting to the most onerous taxation for the purpose of educating of no one here whom Providence would be more likely to com another race up to the capacity for self-government, and notwith municate with. [Laughter.] standing the sacrifices they are making, the progress is almost, if The President says: "Our concern was not for ten-itory, trade, not wholly, imperceptible. No, .Mr. Speaker, we are not hunting or empire, but for the people." Now, Mr. Speaker, from my any more burdens; we have troubles of our own, without going standpoint of statesmanship, if I could be convinced that it would 10,000 miles away from home to look up others of the same kind. be a good thing both for this country and the Filipinos for us to If these people are incapable of self-government, how do we pro annex them and we could do so without breaking faith, I would pose to govern them? It must be either by the military or ca1·pet be in favor of their annexation and I would not be so very squeam bag governments. ish about the consent of the governed. The memory of my having We have had in my section experiences with both. and God for to accept government without my consent under the persuasive bid that we should ever undertake to inflict any other· people with influence of several of you gentlemen I see around me [laughter] either. I do not think I am pessimistic by nature, but I am very is a little too fresh in my mind for me to realize the absolute neces much impressed with the dangers that threaten us growing out sity of having the consent of the governed. [Laughter.1 of this particular policy of expansion. The gentleman from Iowa Understand,Iamnotcomplainingaboutthis; Iammere1ystating [Mr. DOLLIVER] likened the Government to an individual. Have a fact. I am one of those who believe that the civilization as rep you not known many men, in the conduct of their business affairs, resented by the white m an is not under any moral obligation to who while they kept their business in hand and kept in those lines procure the consent to govern barbarons or uncivilized people who they understood did well and prospered, but who lost their heads stand in the way of civilization and progress. This Government and began to "plunge," and you have noticed that most of the has wrestled with the Indian problem for many years, and it has plungers go to pieces. been a very difficult problem of solution. I served for twelve Our Government was getting along fairly well in governing its years on t~e Indian Committee in this House and gave much at own people, but with plenty of difficulties at home to tax the wisest tention to the problem. I have listened to much sentimental talk statesmanship, but like the business man who loses his head, our as to how we had robbed and outraged the Indians, and there has Government has now embarked on a "plunging" experience. I been much to excite sympathy in connection with their history. hope it may all turn out for the best, but I have serious fears as But when I look over this great country of ours, with its teem to the result. We have all heard many a time of the individual who ing population and its millions of happy Christian homes, I say did well and prospered by attending to his own business. This is no I 1899. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 2673 less true of governments than of individuals. If it should turn out by this Congress, which will aggregate, including contract;s au well, those who are responsible for this policy are entitled to the thorized to be made in appropriation bills, nearly $1,640,000,000. cTedit. If it should turn out disastrously, the responsibility there- Take from this the $70,000,000 of contracts provided for and here for is on th~m. , after to be appropriated for will leave of direct appropriations I recognize, Mr. Speaker, that the war was a godsend to the Re made by this Congress the enormous sum of about $1,570,000,000, pnbhcan pa.rty, so far as the last election is concerned. Every It is difficult for the mind to contemplate this enm.·mous sum of promise made by them in the last Presidential campaign had been money. The country stood aghast when the Republicans in the violated. Their specious and delusive pretenses as to the restora Fifty-first Congress ran the appropriations up to about a billion tion of silver by international agreement had been demonstrated of dollars, and the people drove tha€ party out of power partly on to be false; the tariff bill that they passed under the pretense of account of its extravagance. What will the people do when they raising revenue bad developed, as we said it would, to be a bill t-0 read the record of the Fifty-fifth Congress, which more than half increase the burdens of taxation on the people and decrease the way doubles the appropriations of the Fifty-first Congress? revenues of the Government. Notwithstanding this Administration came into power and The effect of what is known as the Dingley bill, that it was found there a surplus of more than $200,000,000, left by .M:r. Cleve claimed was intended to supply the Government with revenue, land as a result of the sale of bonds with which to buy gold, and resulted in decreasing the customs revenues of the Government notwithstanding the high rate of taxation under the Dingley bill for the first twelve months as compared with the last twelve and the great amount of revenue being derived from the war months of the Wilson bill by 813,146,337, and has resulted in put revenue bill and the sale of $200,000,000 of bonds by this Admin ting almost every commodity manufactured in this country into istration, we are fast approaching an empty Treasury, that will a trust. While the customs revenues have shriveled, the trusts necessitate the sale of more bonds. The American people may have gone, like the Republican party, on a wild and riotous career stand this, but I do not believe they will. of expansion. I want to call attention to the progressive extravagance of the But, fo1·tunately for temporary advantage for the Republican Republican party. I knew they were expansionists when it came party, war came on; the people's minds were distracted from eco to spending money, but it is interesting as well as discouraging to nomic questions; we passed the war-revenue bill, and by selling note how rapidly the Government expenditures expanded under bonds and putting the people to licking revenue stamps you have what is usually termed the "fostering care of the Republican managed to supply the Treasury temporarily with money. But party.'" In the year 1860, the year before the Republican party mark my prediction, the people are going to get tired paying in first came into power, the total expenditures of the Government terest on bonds and licking stamps and go to licking the Repub were$63,130,598.39. This, I believe, was independent of the reve lican party. [Laughter and applause on the Democratic side.] nues derived from the postal service and expended for that serv I notfoed a few days ago that the late Republican Commissioner ice. of Internal Revenue, who was recently elected by the pretended I will pass over the war period necessitating large expenditures. Republican majority as Senator from West Virginia, said, in a In 1870 the expenditures were $309,653,560. 75. In 1875 there was speech at a banquet in New York the other night that the income appropriated $325,666;79L89, and in-1876, $32S,128,199.32, making from cust,oms duties would continue to fall off. and that hereafter thetotal appropriationsbytheForty-thirdCongress$653,794,991.21. internal revenues would have to be mainly relied upon to supply The next, the Forty-fourth Congress, was Democratic, and it ap the funds needed for the conduct of the Government. While this propriated for 1877 $'299,591 ,13':;.07, and in 1878, 8296,006,694.21, is true, our Republican friends fail and refuse to take any steps to making for that Congress 8595,597,832.23, showing a difference in clear away the hindrances under the decision of the Supreme favor of Democratic economy over Republican extravagance of Court to the enactment of an income-tax law. nearly $58,000,000 in the two years. If we could have had a properly adjusted income tax the amount Now let it be borne in mind that it is very much easier t-0 prac that could have been derived from the incomes that have been tice economy before extravagance has begun than it is to return made by the organization of trusts within the last year would have to economical methods after an era of extravagance has once been gone a long way toward paying the expense of the war. But it inaugurated, anda glance at the appropriations by the various Con does not suit the purpose of the Republican party to tax incomes, gresses will show that most of the large increases have been under except to tax them for contributions with which to run their cam Republican Congresses, until the Fifty-first Congress, which was paigns. When the war-tax bill was passed we thought they were Republican, ran the appropriations up into the neighborhood of - going to make the corporations pay a part of it; when they put a $1,000,000,000. tax on telegraph messages and express receipts we thought it was This was a record breaker, but it has gone on from bad to worse contemplated that the telegraph and express companies should since that time, and the last, the Fifty-fourth Congress, appro pay these taxes; but it soon developed that the sender of the mes priated $1.044,580,273.87, and now comes the Fifty-fifth Congress sage or express pa.ckage was required to pay the tax. and breaks all records and makes appropriations that will aggre I remember to have gone last session to some of the leading Re gate close to $1,570,000,000. publicans on the Ways and Means Committee and tried to get them The entire money of all descriptions in the United States, accord to amend the law so that these taxes should be paid by the corpo ing to the Government estimates, which I think are extravagant, rations and not their patrons. They said it was too late in the amounted on the 1st day of last month to $1,UlS,260,557. From session to get anything through, but I notice this session has come this it will be seen from the appropriations already made that and is about gone and no effort has been made by that comm]ttee the Government will within two years expend within about to correct this wrong. I notice the President, in his Boston ban $350,000,000-a sum equal to theentirecirculationofmoneyin the quet speech, heretofore referred to, in felicitating himself and the country. .M:r. Speaker, these figures are absolutely appalling. Republican party on the good conditions they had brought about, While the population of the country has but little more than said: doubled in the last forty years, the governmental expenditures We have made progress in industry and realized the prosperity for which have become about eleven ~es as great as they were then. we 1.J.ave been striving. fHere the hammer fell.] I am free to admit that in some portions of the country business :Mr. CANNON. I will ask that thegentlemanhavefiveminutes conditions have improved; but I deny that Republican policies more if he so desires. · have brought this improvement. The most of the world had a Mr. ALLEN. I will not occupy further time upon this bill, failure of grain crops and the United States had an abundant but if 1 can have five minutes I will devote it to a question of harvest. The result was that we had a demand at good prices for personal privilege. our surplus grain, which resulted in great benefit to the grain .Mr. CANNON. I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman growers, and resulted also in giving us a very large balance of be allowed five minutes more. trade in our fayor, which brought much money to this country, The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. HEPBURN). Consent is helped the transportation companies and business generally. For asked that the time of the gentleman from Mississippi be extended this the Republican party is not entitled to the credit, unless they for five minutes. Is there obj-action? The Chair hears none. have been helping Providence control the seasons. Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, there appeared a few days ago in Then the lavish expenditures of money by the Government on the Washington Post a column article hea.ded " In JOHN ALLEN'S account of the war has stimulated business in many lines and town-A Washington young lady tells about Tupelo, Miss." localities, but these are expenses the people will have to meet finally This communication reflects on the town of Tupelo, and is not by taxation. altogether complimentary to me. [Laughter.] But, Mr. Speaker, in my section of the country, where most of While it purports to be written by a young lady, I do not believe the cotton of the world is produced, we did not profit by thB fail it was a young lady who wrote it. I think it most probable that ure of grain crops abroad, and our people, who have sold most of the article was manufactured in the office of the Washington their last crop of cotton at about 4t cents, have not, as the Presi Post, and was inspired by a feeling of jealousy [laughter] which dent says, achieved that prosperity for which they are striving. sometimes actuates that paper. The Post for a long time was I am not prepared to fully appreciate the felicity of the President given to making flings at Philadelphia; then it began to pick at on thefr prosperous condition~ New York [laughter]; you have noticed more lately it has been Mr. Speaker, l wan,t to call attentiOJ?. to the appropriations made casting slurs at Chicago. _Thus it is taking up the cities that XXXII-168 . 26~4 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MARCH I, outrival Washington and isattemptingtodothem up. They seem only the Philippines, but Cuba and Porto Rico, by the ruthless hand of mili tary conquest, or, by some concessions that comported with the magnanim now to have begun on Tupelo. [Laughter and applause.] ity and {?reatness and character of this country, gain them by the voluntary I want to quiet the jealous fears of the Post. We are not con cession of a treaty of peace. temp!ating any effort to _move the capital to Tupelo, however It was at such a time the offer was made as a final settlement of adrnntageous it might be to the capital. fLaughter.] My judg all the questions in dispute. ment is this communication reflecting on Tupelo was written by The payment of $20,000,000 to Spain provided for in the treaty a man, and the pretense of its being a young lady is to prevent was not, therefore, purchase money for the Philippine Islands. A me from denouncing the author for the misstatements contained careful examination of the negotiation on the several articles of in-the article in as severe language as is common in high Army the treaty shows conclusively that the s.20,000,000 was finally circles. . I would not only locate the offense in the heart and agreed on to cover all the points of difference between the Amer throat and hair of the man who would write such a thing about ican and Spanish commissioners on all the articles of the treaty, Tupelo,· but I would locate it in his solar plexus, in his diaphragm, none of which was finally concluded until the adoption of the last and in his appendix. [Laughter.] article. I want to now give some of the evidences that convince me that The most strenuous contention of the Spanish commissioners no young lady wrote this communication. The writer of the from first to last was the liability of the United States for the pay communication claims to have arrived at the Union Station in ment of the debts of Cuba and Porto Rico. The withdrawal of Tupelo at 4 o'clock in the morning [laughter], and says, "I was Spanish sovereignty over Cuba, the cession of Porto Rico and the almost dying for a drink of water." He, she, or it then pro Spanish islands in the West Indies, and the cession of the island ceeds to describe the cup used for drinking purposes in the sta of Guam in the Ladrones, and the withdrawal of Spanish sov tion, and says it was "the most impossible little tin cup I ever ereignty from the Philippines, all these questions were left un saw; it was incrnsted with what seemed centuries of rust, leaked determined until the final agreement on the payment of the like a sieve, and heid about a tablespoonful. I wiped off a place 820,000,000. near the handle, gulped down the beverage, and declared myself I call the attention of the House especially to the facts in the satisfied." _ negotiations on the several articles of the treaty, which I will pre Now, Mr. Speaker, we all knowthatnoyoungladyhasanysuch sent from the official record of the negotiation published in Senate seal-brown thirst as that at .4 o'clock in the morning. Young Document No. 62, part 1, of the third session of the Fifty-fifth ladies do not indulge in the practices that ·produce these early Congress [the italics in all the extracts are my own]: morning thirsts. The protocol signed August 12, 1898, was the basis of the treaty Another reason that satisfies my mind that no young lady wrote of peace. AI·ticle III of the protocol was the only one over which the article is that it speaks of my being so fresh when I first came there was any considerable discussion as to its specific meaning. to Washington. I am sure, Mr. Speaker, that no young lady re Its wording is- mem hers back to the time when JOHN ALLEN was fresh. [Laugh The Unit.ed 8tateswill occupy and hold the city, bay,and harbor of Manila ter and applause.] pending the conclusion of a treaty of l?eace; which shall determine the control, So many people have asked me about this communication and disposition, and go-i:ernment of the Philippines. its inspiration that I thought it best to expose what I believe October 1, 1898. The peace commissioners met at Paris. The were the motives that prompted it and to free all the young ladies subject of the first conference was the status quo in the Phili~ of Washington from the suspicion that any of them had written it . pines. This question was passed over with the right to bring up If it be possible, however, for me to be mistaken in my diagno the subject hereafter. Without consuming time in remarks of sis of this matter, and the thing was really written by a young my own, I will ask consent to extend them after the House has Jady, I am at a loss to understand the animus which prompted heard read certain extracts from the discussions on the proposi this attack upon my town and myself unless it might po3sibly tions that were finally agreed upon between the American and grow out of the fact that, being a very orderly and well-regulated Spanish commissioners, which will be more interesting to the married man, I have been forced to decline the attentions of some House and give members more information, which I am anxious young ladies, and may have, for this reason, incurred some en- they should have, than any remarks that I can make. mities. , From October 7 to October 26 the commission was engaged in Mr. JOHNSON of Indiana. You speak of your "town;" you discussions oi;i. the debt of Cuba, amounting to about $500,000,000, mean vour city? · and the cession by Spain of her sovereignty over the island; and l\fr. ~ALLEN. Yes; of course, my city. It is not, however, a the cession of Porto Rico and the Spanish islands in the West city yet according to the census returns; but, Mr. Speaker, there Indies, which ended temporarily with the following language: is more room t o build there, more room for growth in Tupelo The American commissioners deem it unnecessary, after what has been than there is in the city of New York. [Laughter and applause.] stated, to enter into an examination of the general references, made in the Spanish memorandum, to cases in which debts contracted by a state have, Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, I yield five minutes to the gen upon its absorption, been assumed by the absorbing state, or to cases in tleman from P ennsylvama [Mr. GROW]. which, upon the partition of territory, debts contracted by the whole have Mr. GROW. Mr. Speaker, I accept thekind offer of the gentle been by special arrangement apportioned. They are conceived to be inappli cable, legally and morally, to the so-called "Cuban debt," the burden of man from Illinois, in order to ask the House to extend my time for which, imposed upon the people of Cuba without their consent and by force five minutes longer by unanimous consent. of arms, was one of the principal wrongs for the termination of which the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request strug.fles for Cuban independence were undertaken. (Executive Document of the gentleman from Pennsylvania that a further extension of No. 6..,, part 1, page 50.) five minutes be accorded to him? · At the conference October 14, 1898, the following suggestion was There was no objection. . made by the Spanish commissioners and agreed to by the Ameri l\1r. GROW. Mr. Speaker, it has been alleged, and the idea can commission: The Spanish commissioners stated that before proceeding with the discus exists in the public mind, that the $20,000,000 which was to be sion of the questions under consideration they desired it to be understood paid to Spain under the treaty_was purchase money for the Philip that if certam articles should be agreed to, but in the end no treaty should be pine lslands. I have t aken a little pains and some trouble to get signed, the articles so agreed to should not in such case be t aken as expressing together the facts in consecutive order by dates relative to the either Government's estimation of its just rights in respect of the subjects to which the articles r elated. (Senate Executive Document, No. 62, part 1, negotiations pending between the American and Spanish commis page 45.) • sioners. from the beginning to the close of their negotiations, October 14, 1898 (Senate Executive Document No. 62, part 1, which will show that this $20,000,000 was not paid for the Philip page 59): pine Islands at all, but it was paid in closing the negotiations that After much discussion, the president of the Spanish commission stated began in a discussion as to how much of the debt of Cuba, that the Spanish commissioners did not care for the phraseology in which amounting to some $500,000,000, should be a.ssumed by the United the relinquishment of sovereignty was expressed, s:> long as it embraced an States or by the island of Cuba when it should form a government obligation as to debts, such as was stated in the second of the articles pre sent.ed by them. of its own. The president of the American commission, replying to this statement, At the time of offering the $20,000,000 by the American com inquired whether the president of the Spanish commission intended thereby missioners not an article of the treaty had been agreed to. The to say that the Spanish commissioners would refuse to co!lSider any articles· as to Cuba and Porto Rico which contained no provision for the assumption various propositions had been discussed and assented to condition of indebtedness by the United States or Cuba, or both. ally, dependent on a final agreement as to the whole treaty. The negotiations had reached a point at the time of this offer where October 26, 1898 (Senate Executive Document No. 62, part 1, there was serious doubt whether any treaty would be signed by pages 61and62): The Spanish commissioners, although understanding that strict law de both commissions. That this was the case I quo~ the following cides the question of the Cuban debt in their favor, are in duty bound and from a speech of Senator GRAY, one of the American commis are willing to moderate the said strictness in view of the advantages which sioners, made by him in New York at the banquet of the Ohio Spain may derive from other stipulations o.f the tre:i.ty which, without being prejudicial to the United States, may be favorable to Spain. society February 25, 1899: Considering, therefore, that the article or articles to which the president or There came a time in the course of those negotiations-and this, p erhaps, .the American commission refers can not at this time be the subject of final is one of the secrets to which your president alluded-when, after four or approval, since they must remain subject to the others to be included in the five weeks of doubt and anxiety, it became apparent that these negotiations same treaty, meeting the approval of both high parties: must ·either be broken off and your commissioners r eturn without a "The Spanish commissioners answer the said question b7 stating that, re treaty at all, and that we wonld be relegated to the necessity of taking not iterating their conviction tW..t pursuant to law the colomal obligations of 1899. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 2675 :chba and Porto Rico·must follow these islands and their sovereignty, they inhabitants of the islands acquired is in the following language, :ao not refuse' to consider any articles as to Cuba and Porto Rico which con ite.in no provision for the assumption of indebtedness by the United States, Article IX of the treaty: · ii!! Cuba, or both,' subordinating the final approval of such articles to that of The civil rights and political status of tho native inh&bitants of the terri f1ihe others which are to form the complete treaty, and they therefore invite tories hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by the Congress. 1the American co=issioners to enter upon the discussion of the other points Mr. Speaker, it will be seen by these extracts from the official ~ to be embodied in the treaty and, at the outset, to take up the discussion of I.the Philippine- Archipelago. and to propose to the Spanish commissioners records of the discussions on propositions to be incorporated as "what they understand should be agreed upon in said treaty with respect to articles in the treaty of peace that all of them were left in abey (this subject.'.' _ ...... - The American comm1ss10ners, after the reading of thlS paper, mquired ance ·until the ·treaty should be finally agreed on; and the final whether they were to understand that the Spanish commissioners accepted conclusion of the treaty was the proposition on the part of the the articles previously presented by them as to Cuba, Porto Rico, and Guam. American commissioners to pay Spain $20,000,000, which should . The Sparush commissioners replied that _they accepte!} ~hem in the sense cover all the controversy from beginning to end about the cession stated in the paper-provisionally, subject to the conclus10n of a treaty of ~~ . of territory or the debts· of Cuba, Porto Rico, or the Philippine . Islands . . October 31, 1898 (Senate Executive Document No. 62: part 1, ·Then the different articles that have been passe'd over were pages 108, 109): agreed to, and the last one was that "The civil rights and polit- · The American commissioners, having been invited by the Spanish com cal status of the native inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded missioners at the last conference to pres~nt a proposition in regard to the to the United States shall be determined by the Congress." What Philippine Islands, beg to submit the following article on that subject: "Spain hereby cedes to the United States the archipelago known as the their civil and political condition shall be is to be determined by Philippine Islands and lying within the following line: A line running along the Congress of the United States. The territory is already an- the parallel of latitude21° 30' north from the one hundred and eighteenth to the nexed. · one hundred and twenty-seventh degree meridian of longitndeeastof Green wich, thence along the one hundred and twenty-seventh degree meridian We hear a great deal about forcible annexation of the Philip of longitude east of Greenwich to the parallel of 4° 45' north latitude, thence pines. They are a. part of American territory to-day, whether along the parallel of 4° 45' north latitude to its intersection with the meridian Spain ratifies the treaty or ·not. Supposing she does not, which of longitude 119° 35' east of Greenwich, thence along the meridian of longi tude 119° 35' east of Greenwich to the parallel of latitude 7° 4-0' north, thence she is quite likely not to do, in accordance with her whole history along the parallel of latitude of 7° 40' north to its intersection with the 116th in reference to recognizing the independence of the South Amer degree meridian of longitude east of Greenwich, thence by a direct line to ican Republics, she can refuse, and say to the world, "The the intersection of the tenth dE>gree ;i_>arallel of north latitude with the one hundred and eighteenth degree meridian of longitude east of Greenwich, and United States in its great power robbed Spain of all her colonies, thence along the one hundred and eighteenth degree meridian of longitude and we have no power nor means to prevent it." The territory east of Greenwich to the parallel of latitude 21° 30' north." that the United States has already taken would still be American A proper reference to the cessjon thus proposed may be inserted in the article of the treaty relating to public property, archives, and records inter territory, and the only question would be whether we have to pay ritory which Spain cedes or over which she relinquishes her sovereignt-y:. Spain the $20.000,000. The American commissioners beg further to state that they are prepared The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has to insert in the treaty a stipulation for the assumption by the United-States expired. of any existing indebtedness of Spain incurred for public works and improve ments of a pacific character in the Philippines. Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, I yield a moment to the gentle man from Massachusetts [Mr. WALKER], who desires to make a November 4, 1898. Proposition of the American Commission to request of the House. assume the indebtedness of the Philippine Islands was rejected by Mr. WALKER of Massachusetts. Mr; Speaker, I ask unani the Spanish commission. . mous consent that the honorable gentleman from Connecticut November 23, 1898 (Senate Executive Document No. 62, part 1, [Mr. HILL] and myself be allowed an hour and twenty minutes- pages 210, 211). The following is the reply of the American com Mr. HILL. Mr. Speaker, I will make my own request. missioners on the rejection of their proposition: Mr. WALKER of Massachusetts. That I be allowed an hour The situation that has arisen in the Philippines was neither foreseen nor to speak on the financial, banking, and cuITency question, giving desired by the United States, but, since it exists, that Government does not a resume of what has been done. I think it is important to the shirk the responsibilities growing out of it; and the American commissioners now make to the Spanish commissioners, in the light of those responsibilities, public business and to that question that I may have some time, a· final proposition. · at the discretion of the Speaker, either this afternoon or dming The proposal presented by the American commissioners in behalf of their the session to-morrow before 2 o'clock. Government for the cession of the Philippines to the United States having been r ejected by the Spanish commissioners, and the counter proposal of the Mr. BAILEY. I hope the gentleman will prefer that request now. latter for the withdrawal of the American forces from the islands and the Mr. WALKER of Massachusetts. I prefer the request now. payment of an indemnity bvtho United States to Spain having been r ejected The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachu- by the American commissioners, the American commissioners, deeming it essential that the present negotiations, which have already been great.ly setts asks unanimous consent that he may be accorded an hour- protracted, should be brought to a.n early and definite conclusion, b eg now Mr. BAILEY. To proceed at once? to present a new proposition embodying the concessions which for the sake Mr. WALKER of Massachusetts. To proceed at once. of immediate peace their Government is under the circumstances willing to tender. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachu The Government of the United States is unable to modify the proposal setts asks unanimous consent that he ms.y be accorded an hour in heretofore made for the cession of the entire archip elago of the Philip[Jines, which to discuss the financial question. but the American commissfouers are authorized to offer to Spain, in case the cession should be agreed to, the sum of $20,000,000, to be paid in accord Mr. CANNON. At what time? ance with the terms to be fixed in the treaty of peace. Mr. WALKER of Massachusetts. Now. And it beingthe policy of the United States to maintain in the Philippines Mr. CANNON. Well, I want to pass my bill. I have no ob an open door t o the world's commerce, the American commissioners are pre jection his talking. as soon as I get my bill through. pared to inser"t in the treat:y now in contemplation a stiJ_mlation to the effect to that, for a term of years, Spanish ships and merchandlSe shall be admitted Mr. BAILEY. The gentleman shall pass his bill. into the p orts of the PhiLippine Islands on the same terms n.s American ships Mr. CANNON. I want to get it passed now, as it has to go to and merchn.ndise. the Senate, and there is scant time. 'l'he American commi::;sioners are also authorized and prepared to insert ih the treaty, in connection with the cessions of territory by Spain to the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? ·United St.ates, a provision for the mutual relinquishment of all claims for in Mr. STEELE. I object. demnity, national and individual. of every kind, of the United States against The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is made. Spain and of Spain against the United States that may havo arisen since the ·beginning of the late insurrection in Cuba and prior to the conclusion of a Mr. BAILEY. I think that objection of the gentleman from treaty of peace. Indiana comes too late. The American commissioners may be permitted to express the hope that Mr. WALKER of Massachusetts. There was no objection. I they may receive from the Spanish commissioner;;, on or before Monday the 28th of tne present moi:th, a definite and final acceptance of tho proposals yield for the passage of the bill. herein made o.s to the Philippine Islands, and also of the demands as to Cuba, Mr. STEELE. I was rising to object atthe time the motion was Porto Rico, and other Spanish islands in the West Indies, and Guam, in the put. form in which those demands have been provisionally agreed to. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair thinks it is not too November 28, 1898, the Spanish commissioners reply to the ulti late. The gentleman from Illinois was undoubtedly reserving an matum of the American commissioners in the following language objection. (Senate Executive Document No. 62, part 1, page 213): Mr. CANNON. Well, I desire to say I am quite content if the Spain having on her pa.rt exhausted all diplomatic recourses in the defense House has time. So far as I am concerned, with the business I of what sh& considers her rights and even for an equitable compromise, the am charged with from mY. committee; I have nothing to call to Spanish commissioners are now asked to accept the .American proposition in the attention of the House except to pass this bill. It is impor its entirety and without further discussion, or to reject it, in which latter tant that it should go to the Senate. [Cries of "Vote!"] I ask ·11.•r case, as the American commission understands, the peace negotiations will end, and the-protocol of Washington will consequently be broken. for a vote on the bill. The Government of Her Majesty, moved by lofty reasons of patriotism · The question was taken; and, in the opinion of the Chair, two and humanity, will not assume the responsibility of again bringing upon Spain all the horrors of war.· In order to avoid them it resigns itself to the thirds having voted in favor thereof, the rules were suspended, painful strait of submitting to the law of the victor, however ha.rsh it may and the bill was passed. be, and as Spain lacks the material means to defend the rights she believes are hers, baving recorded them, she accepts the only terms the United States ARMY REORGANIZATION BILL, offers her for the conpluding of the treaty of peace. . Mr. HULL. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass ..The stipulation in the treaty -as finally adopted -relative to the .the bill which I send to the desk. . 2676 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MARoH 1, The Clerk read as follows: seemed to make sure an extra session of Congress, and we believed A bill (8. 5578) for increasing the efficiency of the Army of t.he United the defeat of this bill would do that. I shall not take the time of States, and for other purposes. the House in discussing the situation we are in-and by that I do Mr. HAY. On that I demand a second. not mean legislatively, but the country generally-and· the neces The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. HEPBURN). The bill has not sity for an increase in the Army that is conceded; but I do want been read yet. to call the attention of this House somewhat to this bill. I feel The Clerk proceeded to read the bill. that the House is entitled to know what the bill provides. Mr. BARTLETT. .Mr. Speaker, may I make a parliamentary Mr. TAWNEY. Before the gentleman does that, will he yield inquiry? to me for a question? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state it. Mr. HULL. Yes. Mr. BARTLETT. I desire to know whether or not the gentle Mr. TAWNEY. Is it your judgment that if the House should man from Iowa is asking to pass this bill under suspension of the refuse to suspend the rules and pass this bill, and we should take rules. Is that the proposition pending? up the bill and then adopt as a substitute the bill which the House The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Iowa has has heretofore passed and put it in conference, it would be impos made that motion. sible to secure a better bill than the Senate has sent back to us? Mr. BARTLETT. May I be permitted to make another inquiry? Mr. HULL. I do not know that I am called upon to answer that That is, when a bill is attempted to be passed under a suspension question; every member in the House can judge of it just as well of the rules, that it is not subject to amendments? as I can. The danger of failure is great. The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is not subject to amendment. Mr. TAWNEY. I thought the gentleman was better acquainted The Clerk resumed and concluded the reading of the bill. with the situation in the Senate than other members. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is a second demanded? Mr. HULL. I can only say that when this bill was before the Mr. HAY. I demand a second. Senate for consideration there was absolutely no opportunity given Mr. HULL. I ask unanimous consent that a second may be the members of that body to pass upon questions. It was simply considered as ordered. a statement there on the floor and in the lobbies that yon have Mr. HAY. I object, Mr. Speaker. got to take what we offer or you will get nothing; and so I think The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is made. The gentle every member of this House can answer the question as well as I man from Iowa and the gentleman from Virginia will take their can. I do not believe, if the Senate of the United States. com place as tellers. posed as it is to-day, were to vote on such a bill as this, with the The House divided; and the tellers reported-ayes 81, noes 2. understanding that they could have the time to perfect it, time to Mr. SWANSON. Mr. Speaker, the noes have not been called de bat~ it, time to vote upon it and to amend it, that one-third of for. If so. it certainly was not heard. the Senators would vote for it. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair called for the noes. The bill as originally reported from the Committee on Military Mr. HENRY of Texas. We did not hear the call for the noes. Affairs of the Senate, so far as the line of the Army was concerned, The. SPEAKER pro tempore. The vote has been announced. was a good one. It followed the line of the House bill in the or If it is a mistake, without there is objection, the Chair will again ganization of the cavalry and the infantry absolutely; it followed call for the negative, as some gentlemen say they did not hear. the line of the House bill on artillery, except it made regimental Those opposed will now pass between the tellers. organization in place of a corps, and that is simply a difference in The House again divided; e.nd the tellers reported 19 in the nega name. It made no difference in the batteries. They added two tive. batteries to each regiment of artillery. The SPEAKER pro tempore. On this question the yeas are 83, The House bill provided, so far as the companies were concerned, the nays are 19; so the motion is seconded. a maximum and a minimum, and it gave the President discretion Mr. DOCKERY. Mr. Speaker- between the two extremes; but the Senate bill fixed a minimum The SPEAKER pro tempura. The gentleman from Iowa [Mr. only. On the floor of the Senate they struck out the minimum, HULL] has twenty minutes and the gentleman from Virginia the words "not less than," and fixed the maximum of the com [Mr. HAY] has twenty minutes. _ panies in the infantry, artillery, and cavalry. In this bill they Mr. DOCKERY. Mr. Speaker, I desire to ask unanimous con fix the number of regiments in the Army, and they fix the nmn sent that I be relieved from service on the conference committee ber of companies in the regiment, and they have fixed the total on the sundry civil appropriation bill, and that the gentleman number of men that can be put in a company. In other words, from Arkansas rMr. McRAE] be appointed in my stead. they have made the infantry 25 regiments, cavalry 10 regiments, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentle artillery 7 regiments, and added 2 batteries to each regiment. man from .Missouri [Mr. DOCKERY] will be relieved from service They fix the number of privates in a company as a total, making on the conference committee on the sundry civil bill, and the in the cavalry 43 privates, heavy artillery 52 privates, light artil gentleman from Arkansas [Mr. McRAE] will be substituted in lery 51 privates, and in the infantry 48 privates for a company his stead. Is there objection? [ Aftel' a pause.] The Chair hears maximum. none. Now, Mr. Speaker, a very serious question arises in my mind on l\IESSA.GE FROM THE SENATE. section 12, A message from the Senate, by Mr. CUNNINGHAM, one of its Mr. TAWNEY. Will the gentleman allow me a suggestion? clerks, announced that the Senate had passed joint resolutions of The total number of privates authorized is 22,956. the following titles; in which the concurrence of the House was Mr. HULL. That is privates only. requested: Mr. BROMWELL. I want to ask the gentleman a question. S. R. 216. Joint resolution construing the act approved June Sixty-five thousand is a maximum, and then there is a maximum 27, 1890, entitled "An act granting pensions to soldiers and sailors number for a company, and the number of companies in the regi who are incapacitated for the performance of manual labor, and ment, and the number of regiments, and you multiply the num providing for pensions to widows, minor children, and dependent ber in a company by the number of companies and that by the parents;" and number of companies in a regiment, and that by the number of S. R. 260. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to regiments, and it gives yon 22,000 men. lend 10,000 cots, 2,000 tents, and 10,000 mattresses to the executive Mr. HULL. It gives more than that. committee of tbe United Confederate Veterans' Reunion to ba held Mr. BROMWELL. You fix the number at 22,000 and then at Charleston, S. C., May 10, 1899. further along you say it shall not exceed 65,000. The message also announced that the Senate had agreed to the Mr. HULL. Section 12 provides that "to meet the present report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of exigencies of the military service the President is hereby author the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. ized to maintain the Regular Army at a strength of not exceeding 631) to confirm title to lots 13 and 14 in square 959, in Washing 65,000 enlisted men, to be distributed among the several branches ton, D. C. of the service, including the Signal Corps," etc. Now, when the bill was reported this section stood as it doei:J ARMY REORGANIZATION BILL. now; but, as I said a minute ago, the number in a company was Mr. HULL. Mr. Speaker, I suppose that I can safely say to the only fixed as a minimum. The Senate struck out the minimum House that the Committee on Military Affairs, in submitting this and made the maximum, so that now we have prescribed the bill to the House for its action, was constrained to that course on number of regiments, the number of companies, and the number account of the situation we are now in. I think I can say, further of enlisted men, and these two clauses contradict each other in than that, that if it were an open question and we were free to their terms. act as our judgment might dictate, there would not be a mem Mr. BAILEY. Mr. Speaker, I assume the gentleman has con ber of the committee who would have been in favor of reporting cluded his statement on that point. I think he is right, and I this bill favorably as it stands. think it is utterly impossible to reconcile these two provisions, and But, Mr. Speaker, this Congress dies on the 4th day of March of course the Executive Department must choose between them in next Saturday afternoon; and the committee did not feel justified, executing this law, I desire to ask the chairman of the committee . on its own motion and its own account, in taking such action as if it is not true that the Senate has also raised the age limit from 1899. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 2677' 40 years to 50 years within which certain officers may be appointed Mr. HULL. I do not think the gentleman from Indiana has and leaves it almost without limitation? any right to catechize me as to what I am doing. I will state my Mr. HULL. All except the second lieutenants. If gentlemen position .in my own way. will look on page 7 they will find that they have placed an age of The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Iowa declines to yield 44 for different staff places for those appointed from civil life. for any interruption. Mr. BAILEY. The more important question is on page 12, in .Mr. HULL. I propose to take my own course. the last proviso, which reads: Mr. JOHNSON of Indiana. Somehow or other the gentleman Andprovidedfurtker, That the President is authorized to enlist tempo- does not seem to be able to answer questions. rarily in service for absolute necessary purposes in the Philippine Islands Mr. HULL. Now, I believe that under the construction of the volunteers, officers, and men individually or by organization. Attorney-General this bill will give the President of the United Now, am I to understand that if there be a ·company of volun- States an ample force to carryon allnecessaryoperations and pro teers in the Philippine Islands consisting of 90 men, 50 of whom tect all the rights of the Government for the next two years. I desire to remain in the service while 40 demand to be mustered believe that under the construction of the Judge-Advocate-Gen out as provided in the law under which they were enlisted, the eral he would not be able to do so, but I believe the construction President can reenlist the whole organization against the will of of the President and his execution of the law will be on the line the 40 men who desire to come home? of the opinjon of the Attorney-General of the United States. and Mr. HULL. I do not believe any such construction as that therefore provide 100,000 men, enlisted men, to serve until July 1, would be adopted by the President. I would prefer to go on with 1901. my statement, for fear I shall not get through in time. There is another provision, too, to which I wish to call the at- Mr. BAILEY. It seems to me that unless the President is tention of the Honse. It is found on page 13 of the bill, in section going to undertake to enlist in that way, which is practically con- 15, which provides: scription, this provision is a useless one. That each and every provision of this act shall continue in force until July Mr. HULL. The gentleman from Texas can construe language 1, 1901; and on and after that date all the general, staff, and line officers ap just as well as I can when it does not require any technical knowl- pointed to the Army under this act shall be discharged- edge, and, I think, better than I can where the question is simply This, it will be observed, is a change in the present law. That one of law-much better. So that I do not want to take time in provides that we should return to the numbers in force in April discussing that question of construction at this time. last. This allows all of the officers appointed-and I do not object Mr. TALBERT rose. to the provision myself-under the present law to remain in the Mr. HULL. !cannot yield to the gentleman now. I have only service, although I think we get more officers than are necessary twenty minutes, and I want to get through. If I had time I should for the number of men allowed. be glad to answer all questions. But there is time on the other Mr. MARSH. Will you allow me just an instant? side, and no doubt the gentleman can obtain a portion of it. If I Mr. HULL. Certainlv. had mo1·e time I should gladly yield to my friend from South Car- Mr. MARSH. Would we get more officers than we would need olina. if we get an army of 100,000 men? Mr. GAINES. I should like to get some information-- Mr. HULL. We do not get any such army under this bill. I Mr. HULL. I can not yield to the gentleman now. I do think say that we are simply getting more officers than we need for the I ought to be allowed to go on and make my statement on this number of men allowed. bill. · This act goes on to provide- Mr. GAINES. So do I. I simply wanted the gentleman's con- and the enlisted force of the line of the Army shall be reduced to the number sent to ask him a question, after a while, for information. as provided for by a law prior to April 1, 1891:! , exclusive of such additions as Mr. HULL. Mr. Speaker, in regard to the question which has have been, or may be, made under this act to the artillery, and except the been raised here as to the power of expansion, I will say very cadets provided for by this act, who may be appointed prior to July 1, 1901. frankly that while a great many good lawyers insist there is no Now, sir, that simply provides for the reduction of tbe Army more power to expand the aggregate number of men than to absolutely on the 1st day of July, Hl01. But it does give, in my increase the number of companies or regiments, the Attorney- judgment, as I have already said, an ample force np to that time, General of the Unit€d States takes a contrary view. He ex- and that is reason enough to cause me to support the bill. pressed no doubt on the subject. He says that the constructjon of Mr. LANHAM. What will be the size of the Army after that? thjs bill, if enacted, would be that the President might expand up Mr. HULL. It will be, after adding the 14 batteries of artil- to the number of 65,000. The same question has been submitted lery, about 29,000 men, in round numbers. The proviso declares to the Department of the Judge-Advocate-General of the Army, that it shall not affect the additions made in the artillerv force. and an opimon given equally positive that the President will have Mr. BROMWELL. Will you allow me just here--· • no more power to increase the number of men in a company than Mr. HULL. Before answering any other question, Mr. Speaker, to increase the number of companies, or the number of regiments. I desire to say a word or two further in explanation. Now yon have the two opinions on that subject. If I did not I wish to say that this is, in my judgment, the best the Honse regard the right to expand given, I would not vote for the bill. can do at present. The bill does not meet my approval, for rea But, Mr. Speaker, there is one thing that the bill certainly does. sons which I have stated; but I do not see what else can be done. Admitting that the President can expand until July 1. 1901, it I do not intend to say, or mean to say, that I am ip. favor of the m akes the war strength of this Army, with all its officers and provisions of the bill; but I am in favor of giving the Executive machinery , after July 1, 1901-the total strength to which it can of the nation ample power to protect all the interests of the Gov be expanded without further legislation-35.140 enlisted men and ernment here or elsewhere for the next two years. [Applause.] noncommissioned officers. It advertises to the world the fact that This bill, bad as it is, will do that. this nation is willing to have an army in which, on its war strength, Mr. BROM WELL. Now, if my friend will yield to me for a a cavalry company may have as privates less than double the moment. number of officers and noncommissioned officers in command. Mr. HULL. Certainly. The force will certainly be magnificently officered. Mr. BROMWELL. I would like to ask the gentleman whether In the way of economy, Mr. Speaker, this bill provides, in excess the provision commencing with line 17, on page 13, which makes of the number provided for in the House bill, a total number of this great Army bill a vehicle for the exercise of certain favorit;.. officers in the r egimental organizationa alone, without counting ism for two officers, one of whom graduated in 1873 and the other anything beyond the regiment, of 949-colonels, lieutenant-colo- in 1876-neither of whom has had a day's experience in the Engi nels, majors, captains, first lieutenants, and second lieutenants. neer Corps, neither of whom has been examined for promotion in Mr. BROMWELL. Is there any increase in the Engineer Corps? the grades of that corps-is proper. Is it fair that this bill shall Mr. HULL. No. sir. be the vehicle of their promotion to the office and rank of major, Mr. BROMWELL. The very place where an increase is most and to that extent of reducing the grade of every other officer who ne.eded. bas been serving in that branch of the Army below that? I find Mr. HULL. Nor in the Ordnance Department, either. The in- that provision in the bill looks very much like it. crease of which I have just spoken is accounted for by the fact Mr. HULL. I can only say, in response to my friend from Ohio, that 35,000 men are enlisted for two years and four months and that the Chief of Engineers sent a letter to the committee yester organized into 30 additional regiments, making a net increase day afternoon-- over the House bill of 17 regiments. A MEMBER. Read the letter. Mr. JOHNSON of Indiana. Does the gentleman antagonize the Mr. HULL. The letter is not in my hand at present; but this passage of the bill? letter protested against this provision on the ground alleged by Mr. HULL. I am explaining it. I the gentleman from Ohio, but spoke in most complimentary Mr. JOHNSON of Indiana. Is the gentleman antagonizing the terms of the two officers. bill? Mr. PAYNE. Is it the intention of the gentleman from Ohio Mr. HULL. I am explaining it. to allow the opponents of the bill to have all the time? M.r. JOHNSON of Indiana. Is the gentleman in favor of the Mr. HULL. I am only explaining the bill and stating the rea. passage of the bill or against it? sons why I have made the motion to suspend the rule. 2678 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MARCH 1, Mr. PAYNE. But the gentleman from Ohio is opposing the bill. Mr. HAY. Twenty-nine thousand men. That is the only re Mr. HULL. This provision, to which reference is made, was deeming feature that I see in this bill. But I do not believe that put in by the Senate; but I am told that they a.re men who grad it will be wise or patriotic for members of this House to vote for uated ahead of their class, and want to get into the engineer serv this bill in its present shape. I certainly can not vote for a bill of ice. They a1·e said to be accomplished officers. this importance and of this magnitude without having an oppor Mr. HEPBURN. Will the gentleman from Iowa allow me a tunity to offer any amendment or time in which to consider its question? provisions. Mr. HULL. I yield to my colleague. I yield five minutes to the gentleman from Texas [Ml'. HENRY]. Mr. HEPBURN. What will be the situation, ih the judgment MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. of my friend from Iowa, if this bill is not passed? I mean what A message from the Senate, by Mr. CUNNINGHAM, one of its will be the condition of the Army? clerks, announced that the Senate had insisted upon its amend Mr. HULL. The condition of the Anny on the termination of ments to the bill (H. R. 12003) making appropriations for the sun the war would be to reduce the effecth-e strength to 26,610 men; dry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending and in my judgment the volunteers should go out, so that with June 30, 1900, and for other purposes, disagreed to by the House, out legislation we would have no army worthy the name. had agreed to the conference asked by the House on the disagree Mr. MAHON. That is right. ing votes of the two Houses thereon, and had appointed Mr. ALLI Mr. HULL (continuing). When peace is concluded, I think SON, Mr. HALE, and Mr. GORMAN as the conferees on the part of the volunteers should go out; and one of the controlling reasons the Senate. , for my consenting to bring this bill before the House at all, apart The message also announced that the Senate had agreed to the from the fact that only a few more days remain of this session, is my amendment of tl)e House of Representatives to the bill (S. 2552) belief that every volunteer should be mustered out and sent home to set aside a portion of certain lands in the State of Washington, as soon as possible, and if we refuse legislation in reference to the now known as t he Pacific Forest Reserve, as a public park, to b e Army they may be kept in for an indefinite time, in my judgment. known as the Washington National Park. And so far as I am concerned, no vote or act of mine ~hall go to keep the volunteers in service beyond the proclamation of peace REORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY. if it is possible in any way to avoid it. . Mr. HENRY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, my first utterance in this Mr. CARMACK. Could they be kept m after that? discussion to-day shall be in commendation of the American sol Mr. HULL. The law says "until the objects for which they diers and sailors who are now fighting in the Philippine Islands. were called into the service are accomplished." The Regular We should cheerfully applaud their courage and loyalty in flying Ariny provision was more st1fogent and direct than that as to the to the rescue of our country·s flag when it is involved, and no volunteers. This is supposed to take away all doubt as to that w ord of criticism should come from this side of the Chamber or fact, to let those boys in Manila and Cuba who are volunteers the other side. No member glories more in the triumph of the and who do not desire to remain in the Army come home. American arms than I, nor delights more in the patriotic achieve Mr. CAR~1ACK. Has not the Attorney-General given his con ments of our soldiers in their response to duty. struction of the law, and said that upon the ratification of the But, Mr. Speaker, I shall oppose this Senate bill if it is the last treaty their term expires and they have a right to come home? act of mine in the Fifty-fifth Congress. When we declared war Mr. HULL. He has not construed the law in that way, so far against Spain, we did it for a definite purpose. We should not as I know. How much time have I remaining, Mr. Speaker? lose sight of the moving cause. We said: The SPEAKER. The gentleman's time has expired. The gen The abhorrent conditions which have existed for more than three years in tleman from Virginia [Mr. HAY] has twenty minutes. the island of Cuba, so near our own bor ders, have shocked the moral sense of the p eople of the United Stat es, h ave been a disgrace to Christian civili· Mr. HAY. Mr. Speaker, I am opposed to this bill and I shall zation, culminating as they have in the destruction or a United States battle vote against it. because, in the first place, it provides for m ore ship, with 266 of its officers and crew, while on a friendly visit in the harbor soldiers than the Government has asked for or bas need for. It of Havana, can not longer be en dured. provides for 100,000 enlisted men and for at least 5,000 officers. For these reasons and these alone we declared in the solemn dec I shall vote against it because it is a measure which increases the laration of Congress: expenditures of the Government when there is no necessity for it. The people of the island of Cuba are and of right ought be free and inde· l w as in favor and am now in favor of giving to the Govern pendent.. ment every man that it needs for the purposes of preserving law We placed the war upon such lofty grounds of humanity. Shall and order in Cuba and in the Philippine Islands, but I do not be· we charge an indemnity for our love of humanity and liberty and lieve in giving more by 20,000 men than are neQessary foi: that say it must be yaid in money or with the Philippine Islands·! purpose. And this is what this bill does. Nor do I believe in No lust of empire or greed for conquest wa.s then lurking in sacrificing principle for the sake of expediency. our high and noble purposes. It was a love of freedom and inde I am opposed to the bill for the further reason that it has in it pendence that led us into this holy warfare to liberate a strug a conscript feature; and if I was not opposed to it before the gen gling and oppressed people. Will some other humane n ation be tleman from Iowa [Mr. HULL] made his speech, I ought to be op called upon to raise its voice and arms by intervening to liberate posed to it now, because, while he ostensibly favored the bill, his the struggling Filipinos? I deliberately submit the query to the speech was practically against the bill. He rightly said that future for an answer. I still believe this great American nation under the provisions of this act two law departments of this will yet say to the civilized world we will not attempt to govern Government can not agree whether the President will have the the Filipinos against their consent: we will not take their country power to use the 65,000 men which this bill purports to give him with or witb.out their expressed will. For my part, I propose t o or whether he can only _use 35,000 men. In my judgment, he can live up to the declaration of intervention both by my acts and by only use the 35,000 men, and for that reason I might be constrained my votes on the floor of this House. to vote for the measure. To continue this war against the inhabitants of the Philippines Under the provisions of this bill the various companies, regi is the rankest repudiation of the grounds upon which t he Revolu ments, troops, and b atteries are confined to a specific number of tionary war was fought. It is nothing short of a land-grabbing enlisted men, and the provision for 65,000 men is directly in oppo foray urged on by the trader and commercial cormorant in poli sition to that provision of the bill. We are told by the chairn:an tics. It is the soul of greed feasting upon the fruits arising from of the committee that the Judge-Advocate-General takes one view a humane and honorable war. For seventy-five years we have of the m atter and that the Attorney-General takes another view. contended with Mr. Monroe that "European powers will not be Such legislation as this is not fit to go upon the statute books and permitted to extend their system to this hemisphere." Let us not ought not to go there. · abandon that doctrine by thus repudiating it. I am opposed to it for the reason that, instead of permitting the Why are we asked to increase the Army? Why are we asked volunteers now in the Philippine Islands to return, as the chairman for a hundred thousand soldiers for the next t hree years? Do .we of the committee says they ought to do, and I cordially agree with need them in Cuba, where there is no possibility of w ar and where him, under the provision of this bill to be found on page 12, it has been announced the soldiers will not longer r emain after these men, in my judgment, can be kept there if a majority of the ratification of the treaty by Spain? Do we need them in Porto any organization, regiment, or company chooses so to vote. The Rico, where all is quiet? Any man who can reason at all can un President is given the power to keep the volunteers there and pre derstand that the soldiers are desir ed now to carry on the war vent them from coming home. against the inhabitants of the Philippines, that they are wanted Mr. HULL. Will the gentleman from Virginia yield to me? to strengthen and develop the military arm of the Government Mr. HAY. I can not yield to the gentleman. I have promised for the future. all my time to gentlemen on this side. But yon ask, would I leave the President of the United States Now, Mr. Speaker, the redeeming feature of this bill is the fact without a sufficient military force in the Philippine Islands? I that the Senate has placed a limitation upon it by which the stand clo not hesitate to state my position upon that question. If I were ing Army will be reduced on the 1st day of May, 1901, to 27,000 in the position of the President of the United States I would in men, or about that number. stantly flash a friendly message to the inhabitants of those islands, Mr. HULL. Twenty-nine thousand. and tell them we are not their enemies. I would proclaim to 1899.- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 2679 them in that message that they are entitled tO govern themselves, J has taken, we have not considered the great wron.g th.at i~ being that they may form their own government, ''that they are and of done to the Cuban people b:v ourselves. · rightoughttobefreearidindependent." Iwonldgivethemback · On the 18th of April of last year, the Congress of the United their country. Then not another gun would be fired. not another States, at the request of the President, adopted a resolution declar battle would occur', not another brave American soldier or sailor ing war against Spain, mainly, as was claimed at the time, for would be hurled into eternity in this horrible contest. the benefit of the Cuban patriots. We should not hesitate to inform them that we are not seeking to For more than three years the people of Cuba had been at war oppress them, but are only desirous of securing to them their long- with the home government in an effort to gain their freedom cherished dream of liberty, as every paper in the United Btates from Spanish domination, and to establish an independent gov annonnced we would do the morning after the news of the glori- ernment of the Cubans and for the Cubans. ous victory won by Dewey and the immortal patriots who were In this war they had fought with a bravery and a heroism born with him at Manila. They said, away over there in the East a of desperation and of the very highest patriotism. They had suf great and glorious republic, fashioned after our own American fered untold misAries and had faced death in every form. They Republic, will be erected to scatter the blessings of freedom and bad seen their beautiful island laid waste by the sword and the to enlighten that far-distant country with the principles of self- torch and its population desolated by famine and pestilence. A government. Alas ! what false prophets. But the dream is van- system of cruelty not heard of in the annals of civilized warfare ished. Instead, we must have an army annually costing over had been practiced by the Spaniards upon them as a war measure, $100,000,000, and a navy costing over $150,000,000 each year. and hundreds and thousands of women and children had been de Against this enormous burden and taxation I protest and raise liberat;ely starved to death. Indeed, their sufferings and fortitude my voice. Under it the people will groan for years to come. were so·great and their bravery and heroism so marked as to chal- In the good old days of the Republic, when democratic sim- lenge the admiration and sympathy, not only of this country, but plicity blessed us, the governing arm reached up from the people of the liberty-loving in all lands and all climes. to the central Government. We had State sovereignty and State's In this free land their appeals were heard by our people, and a rights. Now the ruling and superior arm reaches down from the generous response went up from the great American heart; but central Government to the people. We must be ruled from the the Cuban patriots asked little at our hands. They did not ask national capital and not from the hearts of the people. The mili- that we as a nation should take up arms in their behalf. They tary must now be superior to the civil arm of the Government. only requested the simple boon of a recognition of them as bel State lines must fade out and disappear. Imperialism must sup- ligerents. Give them this, they said, and they would soon gain plant democratic principles. The struggle between the empire their independence and establish a free government of their own. and the old Republic has begun. I denounce and repel this im- I And this, Mr. Speaker, would have been our wisest policy. If perial spirit. Let this military fever and the immense armies and this course had been pursued by this Government at any time great'navies pass from among freemen inhabiting a democratic during the three years anterior to the blowing up of the Maine in Republic. · Havana's harbor and the destruction of the lives of our gallant Why were the twenty millions of dollars given to Spain? Was seamen there, the freedom of the Cubans would have been a.t it done in order that we might give the inhabitants of the Philip- tained, in my judgment, without a declaration of war on our part, pines their liberty and independence? If that had been the pur- without armed intervention, and war would have been averted, pose our commissioners would have said to the Spanish commis- with all that it has entailed upon us. . sioners, recognize the independence of the Filipinos, withdraw A simple message from the President at any time to Congress your army and navy from their country, let them have a govern- would have brought about this result. Such action on the part ment of their own, and we will not pay you one dollar for ttose of this great Government of ours would have given the Cubans a islands. And Spain, bleeding and mangled. at our feet, would not status in civilized warfare, and would have opened wide the door have resisted for an instant, but would have been compelled to through which aid would have come to them from liberty's vota comply literally with those demands. But that was not the pur- ries in this and all other countries in the civilized world. pose of the Administration. It has, in my judgment, been. the But the President-and I refer not alone to the present occu- fixed purpose and determination of the Administration from our I pant of the White H~use', but to his predecessor as well-turned - first occupancy of the Philippines to take them and annex them a deaf ear to the entreaties of ~he Cuban patriots until finally to our territory permanently. · forced to hear and to act by the overwhelming sentiment of the It is the beginning of a colonial policy for America. It means American people. Still this action, when it came, was not what the greater expenses and more enormous taxation for this country. American people wanted or the Cubans desired. For on the 11th The policy shall not receive my indorsement by a vote for this of April the President sent a message to Congress asking that he bill or in any other way by my voice in Congress. I shall not be authorized to use the Army and Navy of the United States to stand here to-day and agree that this bill shall pass without my drive Spain out of Cuba, which was nothing less than a request protest, when it fixes an army of over 100,000 men upon our peo- for a declaration of war. ple for nearly three years. This is a momentous dayinAmerican But in that re.3olution we planted ourselves on high ground. history, and the most radical departure taken since the founda- Borrowing the language of our own Declaration of Independence, tionof the Republic; and to perpetually record my protest against descriptive of our condition and of our relations to Great Britain it, when the proper time comes, if I am alive, I shall demand the when the war for our independence began. as also descriptive of yeas and nays, and cast my vote against this odious measure. the condition of the Cuban people, and of their relations to Spain, · It is true that it is cln.imed the Army of a 100,000 is only for a we declared that they were and of a right ought to be free and in few years. But a simple message of friendship to the Filipinos dependent, arid in accordance with· the request of the President will terminate the war, and there will be no need for further bat- directed him to use the Army and Navy of tlle United States in tles anywhere; therefore, no necessity for an army. making that declaration good. · In the name of the solemn declaration of intervention, in the But, Mr. Speaker, we did not stop there. Recognizing the fact name of the spirit which animated our noble ancestry who en- that the Cubans, as we were going to their island unbidden, might shrined freedom and independence in our Republic, in the name misinterpret our intentions, and that foreign countries, in whose of the sacred cause of humanity, let our Government speed that counsel chambers the voice of liberty and the cry of distress are message around the world. [Applause.] never heard, might doubt our sincerity and impune our motives, Mr. HAY. !'yield four minutes to the gentleman from Florida we disclaimed any intention or disposition to exercise any control [Mr. SPARKMAN]. over the island of Cnba except for the pacification of the same- Mr. SPARKMAN. Mr. Speaker, there are several reasons that is, for the purpose of driving the Spaniard away-and an which impel me to vote against the pending measure. Promi- nounced our intention when that was accomplished to leave the nent among those, not undertaking to mention them all, is the government of the island t.o its people. fact that I do not think we need as large a standing army as this Now, a part of this resolution has been carried out. Within less bill provides for during the next two or three years. I am not than one hundred and. twenty days from that time, by a series going to discuss here the great question which has been under of the most brilliant victories both by sea and land, the Spanish consideration during the past two or three months, as to whether power in Cuban waters was crushed into atoms and the Spanish it is right or wrong for the President to commit this country to Queen ceased to rule over the island. the policy of expansion, to which he himself seems to be commit- But what have we done to carry out the rest, and, in the eyes of ted. the world, the most important pa.rt of this resolution? Have 'We · I may say here, however, in the discussion of this question of · 1eft them to form their government and to control their own do expansion, or imperialism, if you will allow the expression, we mes tic affairs? More than six months have passed away since the have been prone to overlook a very important feature of that pol- signing of the protocol, which practically ended the war between icy, or, at least, some of the details of that policy. We have this country and Spain, yet no government of the Cubans or by heretofore confined our discussions to the Orient, to the islands in the Cubans has been recognized by this Government, nor have they · .Asiatic waters, to the exclusion of matters nearer home. In all been permitt;ed to form one. On the contrary, that island is gov of the wide range which the discussion of this important question erned to-day not by the Cubans, who more than ten mon tbs ago were 2680 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MARCH 1, . declared to be free and independent, but they are governed solely many of the Spaniards in office to rule over them; and yet, with by the military power of that nation which promised them and the only now and then a murmur of disapproval, they submit to our civilized world that they might govern themselves. rule, patiently awaiting the fulfillment of our promises. In fact, Mr. Speaker, greater efforts are being put forth by the Now. Mr. Speaker, it is time when the American people them military power of the United States for the alleged purpose of selves should know what is the meaning of our action toward the governing the Cubans than was put forth by that same power to Cubans; what this army of 50,000 men quartered in Cuba por drive the Spaniards away. Twenty thousand men, aided by our tends; what the studied neglect of the Cuban provisional govern Navy, were found more than sufficient for that purpose; and yet, ment and the evidently intended failure to recognize its existence now that the Spaniard is gone and the Spanish flag has ceased to implies. wave over the island of Cuba, it requires 40,000 soldiers to govern I, of course, know what the people of the UnitAd States intend. and control the Cubans. They mean to carry out, if permitted to do so, our promises so Now, I make bold to assert that a great wrong is being done solemnly made to the Cubans and the civilized world and to our the Cuban patriots by our Government, while a still greate1 wrong selves. They mean that the Cubans should have that for which is being done ourselves and the cause of freedom and humanity they struggled. for which they endured hardships, for which they by the course we are pursuing toward these people.. We prom saw their island laid waste, their homes and firesides desolated, and ised them bread, and gave them a stone; we promised them free for which they endured all the horrors of war inflicted by the dom from foreign domination, and are continuing that yoke of sword, the torch, and by famine. That is what our people mean, bondage with only a change of masters; we promised them a gov but I am not so sure of the intention of the Administration, or of ernment of their own choosing, and are giving them a govern those who control the Administration. ment of our own selection, and one, too, imposed at the point I do not wish to be unjust, but we must look at things as they of the bavonet and at the mouth of the cannon. are, not as we might wish them to be. No matter with how much We declared that they of a right ought to be free, and were free charity we may desire to view the acts of the Administration and independent, and that, too, when the tread of the Spanish toward Cuba, the fact remains and can not be disgui ed that while soldier was heard in every city of the land, and when a thousand we took up arms to free the Cubans and promised them freedom, Spanish cannon were trained on the Cubian patriots; but now our Government is the only power which stands to-day between that the Spanard has gone, we have taken his place, not perchance them and absolute freedom. The military arm of this Govern to pillage and plunder as he did, but to rule and govern without ment casts the only shadow which dims the star of the Cuban the consent of the governed, as the Spanish tyrant did. republic. I know it may be answered that we propose yet to give them It may be claimed that in all we have done and are doing, as freedom, that the present military occupation is only temporary, well as in all we have left undone, we are preparing the Cubans and that as soon as a stable form of government is established we for self-government, educating them, ~..sit were, in the way they will then depart. But when is that to be, and who is to be the should go. Pretermitting the fact that perhaps the Cubans are judge of the time and stability of the government? Above all, even now better able to work out their own political destiny under what auspices will this government be established? Will than we are to perform that act for them, it is not altogether cer it be under those of the Cubans themselves, their generals, thefr tain that the kind of education we are giving them will impress statesmen and patriots, or will it be established under the shadow them with the blessing of freedom or increase their respect for of military power? Ah, Mr. Speaker, I fear the latter, and so do our institutions. the Cuban people, and with good reason. too. Military edicts registered by the will of a foreign master and They can not be unmindful of our pledges, of our declarations enforced by the bayonet, taxation without representation, offices on the one hand and our acts on the other. They know that the doled out by the hand of a stranger, are conditions that are not President declared, even in his message recommending a declara calculated to increase the love of the Cubans for our institutions tion of a war with Spain, that forcible annexation would be crim or inspire high ideals in their conception of self-government. inal aggressibn. But they also know that in the face of that dec No wonder, .Mr. Speaker, that we occasionally hear mutterings laration the President has seized Hawaii and is now engaged in of discontent among the patient Cubans. I saw a few days ago, a war against the inhabitants of the far distant Philippines, in in a press dispatch, an extract tl1ken from one of the most liberal which our soldiers a.re mowing them down like grass, while the and conservative Cuban papers, in which was copied the following Filipinos are fighting fur their lands and homes. They know, from the pen of General Enrique Coliazo: further, that Porto Rico has been taken as a result of the war, be The Treasury Department expresses the int.ention of giving an honest ad gun upon the high ground of humanity, and a desire to see the mtnistration, but it employs men who were used by the dishonest Spani•h Cubans free. r egime\ and the department of justice is administered a.s under Spain. We hoped, out vainly, that the Americans would reach us new and bett er w ays Itis, Mr. Speaker, in the light of all these events that they read of government. It was logical to believe t hat they would break the old and interpret the acts of our Government toward themselves. m olds and build on methods prevailing in the United l::) tates. There laws Why, they ask-and it is also a pertinent question for the American based on the demands of the people prevail; but in the Amer ican adminis tration in Cuba caprice rules with the sword, and the Cubans are thrown people t-0 ask-have we s~nt forty-five or fifty thousand men to the aside and also excommunicated. island of Cuba while it only took 20,000 men to drive the Span The Cubans demanded with one voice the payment of their army, and the iard away, and when peace reigns from one end of the island to United States responded with insufficient charity a nd food. The United States come to instruct us as to governing; but they will not let us t ry to the other? show what we can do. They come to give us independence, but seem to It can not be that they are carried there for the health of our prepare for annexation. We may eventually vote upon the qutistion of soldiers, for Cuba has never been noted as a health resort for annexation, hut with the reins of government in the han ds of the Ameri cans there is little hope of a fair expression of the people's wants. The Americans or the Anglo-Saxon. It can not be that that people, centralization of power is established by the fact that General Brooke, or who it was declared deserved to be free and independent ten the Washington Government, makes the appointments. We are growing to months ago, can not now govern themselv~s and require the ID:il be a nation of petty office-seekers; we have no political personality. The itary power of this country to hold them m check, u;nless we m ways of the Americans are daily becoming more incompr ehensible. We tend to infringe upon their rights and to crush their hopes and ~~~~~tt~;e~: r:tt:x~·~.f prosperity, but the country can not pay even the aspirations for self-government. Can it be, Mr. Speaker, that these people whose bravery and en That is the language of one of Cuba's most trusted leaders, and, durance in the cause of freedom challenged the admiration of the if true, furnishes a terrible arraignment of our Government. world, whose praises were sung by tongue and pen throughout ''They had hoped," he said, ''that we would teach them new and bet the length and bread th of this land, and in whose behalf this ter ways of government. It was logical." he says. · to believe that great nation unsheathed the sword and made war both by sea we would break the old molds and build on methods prevailing and by land, now that the hand of the oppressor has been removed, in the United States. Here laws based on the demands of the are unworthy of the trust of their benefactors? l think not, and people prevail, but in Cuba, under our administration, caprice yet that is what our acts imply, unless it be that behind all our rules with the sword, while the Cubans are turned aside and ex fair promises and our boasted unselfishness there lurks an ulterior communicated." What kind of lessons in self-government are design against the liberties of the Cuban patriots. we thus teaching them? What a preparation that for self-govern Why, .Mr. Speaker, the Cubans have shown no disposition to ment! give ns trouble, and we have no just reason to mistrust them. But, sir, that is not the worst part of the General's complaint. True, we went to their island uninvited in the first place, if not The fear is expressed that we do not intend to give the Cubans against their wishes, to assist them in driving the Spaniards freedom. Is it true that after all our fail- promises we are only away. It is also true that we did not do to them as we would preparing for annexation? Is the President trying to do by indi have had them do to us under similar circumstances. Our treat rection that which if done, be declares, by direct methods would· ment of them has been marked with arrogance, if not with in be criminal aggression? If so, his purpose can be easily accom solence. We have taken possession of their island, for which plished in the shadow of military power, and that would be one they fought and suffered so much. We control their custom way of accounting for the large army in Cuba. . houses_, and collect and disburse all their revenues without con We know, because history tells us on many a gloomy page, how sulting them in the least. the will of the people has been thwarted, and how elections have Instead of turning the government over to the Cubans we keep been inflttenced, aye, controlled by the presence of armed soldiers, 18~~- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 268l If, then, this is the object of the Administration, we know how with the rank of major or lieutenant-colonel, another place made easily such a purpose can be carried out to a successful conclusion. for another particular individual already mentioned in the paper. I will not, Mr. Speaker, say that that is the President's object, As I understand it, all the service he has ever seen is that ha. and we will yet trust him to see that faith is kept with the Cubans was appointed in 1874 to the position of assistant surgeon with the and that our name is untarnished; but if it is the intention of the rank of first lieutenant, and I do not think he held that position Administration to take the step which the Cubans fear he is about long. I am not sufficiently informed, but I think, if I am correctly to take, then he will have in the near future the American people informed, soon after he resigned, for some cause or other, I do not to reckon with, for they will not tolerate such use of the Ameri know what. Possibly an examination of the records will disclose can Army or pardon such violations of plighted faith. the facts. Mr. Speaker, in the declaration of war upon the grounds given Now, I submit that this section ought to be stricken out because to the world as the motives which prompted our action we placed we are not here to pass legislation to put in special pets and raise ourselves upon a plane high above that ever before taken by any them to such a rank as that. The gentleman has possibly some nation whose history is recorded in the annals of the past; and by special friend in the Senate. I do not know who it is, but he seems carrying out our pledges to these people we will add a luster to to~ have been influential in getting this thing in to raise this man our name as Americans which will last throughout all the centu to the rank of brigadier-general. You might as well make a brig ries of our future history, as it will shed its light over the years of adier-general of Mr. H. Clay Evans, Commissioner of Pensions, or our national life which have gone before; but if, on the contrary, Mr. Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner of Labor, or Mr. Binger we in an unguarded moment should pull down the lofty standard Hermann, of the Land Office. If you are going to make a position we have erected for ourselves; if, yielding to the desire of territo for one, why do you not b.ring in all of your friends from this De rial aggrandizement and colonial acquisition, we should violate partment of the Government? I submit that this section ought the terms of the bond between ourselves and the Cubans, we will to be stricken out. Or if you will not agree to do this, I ask again cast a blot upon our name which all the centuries can not wipe why have not these other gentlemen been made brigadier-generals? out or efface. Mr. STEELE. HQ is now an officer in the Army. It is because Mr. Speaker, I am opposed to the war now being waged against of the efficiency and promptness with which he dispatches busi the Filipinos. It is a sad spectacle that a war begun in the name ness. His promotion may stimulate the heads of some other De of liberty should degenerate into one of conquest. We found the partment. [Laughter.] Spaniards killing those people, and began with the pretense of Mr. TALBERT. Because their friends were not so prompt, liberating them; but having purchased Spain's alleged right to says my friend from Indiana. Perhaps not: and with these objec kill, we are waging relentless war to destroy their liberties or to tions and many others, I shall not support the measure, especially kill them if they resist. as it may give the President a right to conscript my people and Now, to all this-I am opposed. But even if we are to make war drag them off to the Philippine Islands to die in the swamps. on them, we do not need the army for which this bill provides. [Applause.] Thirty or forty thousand men armed with the implements of mod The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Virginia has one min ern warfare would be ample to kill all the Filipinos, with their ute remaining. crude weapons of bows and arrows. Let us, then, withdraw the Mr. HAY. I yield one minute to the gentleman from Tennes army from Cuba, where it is not needed for any laudable purpose, see [Mr. CARMACK]. and add to it temporarily such as may be necessary to cope with the Mr. CARMACK. Mr. Speaker; I simply wish to say, repre Filipinos and the inclemencies of tropical summers until we can seuting as I do a number of gentlemen on this side of the Chamber, get away from those distant regions with honor, if possible, to that I expect to vote for this bill, not because it is such a bill as I ourselves and with credit to the civilization of the age. [Ap would have drawn or such a bill as I entirely approve of, but be plause. l cause I know if we could succeed in defeating t.his bill we should Mr. SULZER. As a member of the committee, Mr. Speaker, in get a worse one. This is the best that can be obtained, and for favor of this bill, I desire to be recognized for twenty minutes. that reason, if for no other, I expect and intend to vote for it. Mr. SPARKMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to Mr. SULZER. Mr. Speaker, as a member of the committee, on extend my remarks in the R ECORD. behalf of the friends of this bill, I would like to have twenty min Mr. STEELE. Mr. Speaker, I want forty minutes. utes, which I will divide up among those in favor of the bill. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Florida asks unanimous Mr. STEELE. I should like to have forty minutes against the consent to extend his remarks in the RECORD. Is there objection? bill. [Cries of'' Regular order!"] [After a pause.J The Chair hears none. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New York (Mr. SULZER] Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, has the time expired for debate? asks unanimous consent that he be allowed twenty minutes in The SPEAKER. The time has not expired. The gentleman favor of the bill. from Virginia fM.r. HAY] has some time left. Mr. STEELE. I am afraid he will object to my request. Mr. HAY. f yield four minutes to the gentleman from South Mr. SULZER. No, I will not. Do you object to mine? Carolina f Mr. TALBERT]. Mr. CANNON. I desire to submit a request to the House. I Mr. TALBERT. Mr. Speaker, I am opposed to the passage of am not a member of the Military Committee, but I wish to ask this measure in its present shape, and, in addition to some other unanimous consent that before the vote is t aken on this question objections that have been urged against the bill by those gentle there may be twenty m inutes more of debate on each side. m en who have preceded me, all of which are very valid ones, I Several MEMBERS. That is right. want to call the attention of the House to section 8 of this bill, :Mr. SULZER. I am willing to consent to that. which seems to me is provided especially to make a special place Mr. CANNON. This is an important measure, and I think this for a certain individual. When the law was enacted establishing request should be granted. the Record and Pension Bureau, it gave the President the right The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Illinois [Mr. CANNON] to appoint a chief of that Bureau with the rank of colonel. asks that twenty minutes more be allowed on ·each side for fur Colonel Ainsworth, of Vermont, was appointed to that position. ther debate. Is there objection? The Chair hears none. Does This same person, it is now proposed in the Army bill, shall be the gentleman from New York desire time? promoted to a higher grade. l\ir. CANNON. Mr. Speaker- Now, this section provides that he shall be promoted to the po Mr. MARSH-:- I want to say that I am in favor of this bill- sition of brigadier-general, and it seems to me tllat this is a piece Mr. CANNON. If I am entitled to twenty minutes, I yield that of private, special legislation, put in here especially to give this time to my colleague [Mr. MARSH]. man the rank of brigadier-general, and to be retired at a certain Mr. SULZER. Who is entitled to occupy the time in favor of age with full pay for life. Let us examine his office at present the bill? and note the surroundings and see how many clerks he has under Mr. CANNON. I yield that time to my colleague for his dis his supervision, and then let us see what is the nature of his pres position. ent position, whether it is civil or military. I believe there are, Mr. STEELE. I submit that if the gentleman from Illinois at the outside, only 600 clerks. My friend from Kansas on my [Mr. CANNON] and the gentleman from New York fMr. SULZER] left suggests that he has not as many as a half dozen, but I think are recognized to control the time the debate will be all on one there are 600, and they are civil employees, every one of them, side. put in under the certification of the rules of the civil service; a The SPEAKER. The gentleman from lliinois [Mr. CANNON] very small command for even a colonel, much less a brigadier has made the request for unanimous consent, and is therefore, ac general, cording to the usages of the House, entitled to one-half the time It does seem to me that you can find no record where Colonel twenty minutes-which he has yielded to his colleague [Mr. Ainsworth ha.a ernr been in the military service of the country in MARSH]. The Chair has no doubt that the gentleman from Illi any way or ever had any military record. He is not a military nois will allow the gentleman from New York [Mr. SULZER], man and, in my judgment, he is not now himself in the military under the circumstances, to occupy some portion of his time. service or subject to military orders. It seems to me that 600 men Mr. SULZER. I rise to a parliamentary inquiry. Do I under are too small a number to put a man over with the rank of brig stand that the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. CANNON] has yielded adier-general; and .then, in addition, he is to.have an assistant twenty minutes to his colleague, Colonel MARSH? 2682 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MAROIJ· 1, The SPEAKER. The Chair so understood. the best that can be accomplished· at least at the present time. Mr. CANNON. I desire that my colleague, who is on the Mili It is, in my opinion, this bill or no legislation. I wtil vote for it. tary Committee, shall control twenty.minutes of the time. [Applause. l · Mr. SULZER. And who is to control the other twenty minutes? Mr. MARSH. I yield now to my colleague [Mr. CANNON]. Mr. SHAFROTH. I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman Mr. CANNON, Mr. Speaker, I am not very familiar with the from New York [Mr. SULZERj be permitted to control the other organization of the Army, but I do believe, from the best infor twenty minutes. mation I can acquire, that with regard to the coming two· years The SPEAKER. Is the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. STEELE] the bill now before us will be satisfactory; that it will give us opposed to th bill? 100,000 fighting men, if that number be necessary for the defense M~~EELE. r~.sk I of the United States and for use in the Army, and will enable The SPEAKER. Then the Chair will recognize him to control the Executive of the nation to provide the necessary forces to the remaining twenty minutes. meet any requirements that may arise in that time. Mr. COX Pardon me a moment. Do I understand that the Now, it may not be perfect as to officers, it may not be perfect gentleman from Illinois, a member of the committee, controls the as to men, but, after all, what we want in the immediate futm·e twenty minutes in favor of the bill? is the men to uphold the flag and defend our common country, A MEMBER. Mr. Speaker, let us have order. and preserve order, if needed. As the gentleman from Iowa [Mr. The SPEAKER. The Chair would be glad to have order, and HENDERSON] has well said, Congress will meet again in Decem once in a while one member seemei to desire it. [Laughter.] If ber next, and if the welfare of the public s~rvice requires more that feeling could be extended, we would have order. Gentlemen legislation as we get more light touching our outlying territories, will take their seats and suspend conversation. then Congress can give the legislation. I believe, with the Sen Mr. COX. Now, Mr. Speaker, I want to inquire-- ate constituted as it is, that this is the best legislation we can get, The SPEAKER. The gentleman. from Illinois has been recog- and that we must choose between this legislation and an extraor nized. dinary session. I believe this will answer the purpose, and there Mr. COX. Let me understand-- fore I shall vote for it. [Applause.] Mr. MARSH. Mr. Speaker, the pending bill- Mr. MARSH. I yield two minutes to the gentleman from Ohio Mr. COX. I wish to inquire-- (Mr. GROSVENOR]. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Illinois has the floor. Mr. GROSVENOR. Mr. Speaker, if I could frame a bill to suit Mr. MARSH. And I can not yield. I do not wish to be dis- myself, I would vote down this proposition. If I believed that it courteous. were possible that after the defeat of this measure as it presents Mr. Speaker, the pending bill which has come over here from itself here now some more satisfactory measure could be acted the Senate is not in all its points such a bill as I would draft or upon in time for our adjournment on Saturday, I would vote to such a bill as I would be glad to support. But, Mr. Speaker, it defeat this measure. · does givethisAdministration temporarily the numberof men and But, Mr. Speaker, we are on the eve of adjournment. It is the number of officers that it may need for the next two years highly and vitally important that we have time to consider some and four months. It provides that on the 1st day of July, 1901, of the important measures that are yet to come before us. There the Regular Army shall consist of a little less than 30,000 men. is one feature of this measure which I like and which commends Mr. BARTLETT rose. my hearty support, and that is this: We are as much in the dark Mr. MARSH. I decline to be interrupted. as to the necessity of a verylargepermanentestablishmentto-day This bill, Mr. Speaker, provides that between now and 1901 the as we are in regard to any other matter which has grown out of President may increase the Regular Army up to 65,000 enlisted men the acquisition of these new territories. Therefore it is safe for if in his judgment (and only in that contingency) it should be us to plant ourselves upon a temporary organization, a temporary proper to do so. The bill does not require this to be done; it per establishment that can be remodeled and changed as later infor mits it to be done. mation gives us data upon which to act. Therefore, inasmuch as In addition to that, Mr. Speaker, the bill confers upon the Presi this bill gives to the President the contingent power that is nec dent of the United States the power to call into the service during essary, I shall vote for it. rApplause.] that period-that is, between now and the 1st of July. 1901-35,000 Mr. l\IARSH. How much time have I, 1\fr. Speaker? volunteers, whose officers shall be appointed by the President and The SPEAKER. The gentleman has eleven minutes remaining. confirmed by the Senate. The.bill does not make it obligatory Mr. MARSH. Mr. Speaker, I now yield to my colleague on upon the President to call into the service 35,000 volunteers, but the committee, the gentleman from New York [Mr. SULZER]. permits him to do so; and when he does it, it directs that he shall Mr. SULZER. J\Ir. Speaker, we are confronted with this grave organize them into 30 regiments, 3 of cavalry and 27 of infantry. and serious situation: We must either pass this bill, in my judg And, Mr. Speaker, beca.use this bill gives to the President the nec ment, just as it is, or there will be no Army legislation at this ses essary power to increase temporarily the Regular Army to 65,000 sion of Congress. That is the alternative. If we do not pass this men and the volunteer organization to 35,000 men-because it bill it will necessitate an extraordinary session of Congress. does this I favor the bill I want to do all that I can to obviate an extraordinary session I want to say further, Mr. Speaker, that this bill has been most of Congress. Every Democrat here should do all he can to avoid severely and unjustly criticised in the House and outside of the an extraordinary session of Congress. Although this bill is not Holli:le. It is not the best bill that could be framed, but as a tem perfect and does not meet with all of the requirements I would de porary measure it will meet present requirements and is the best sire as a member of the committee, still, as the best thing we can that the country can expect to get at this late date in the session; get-as a fair compromise-I am in favor of it, and shall do all I and I hope it will receive the substantial support of both sides of can to pass it. the House. [Applause.] Fifty-five members of the Senate voted for it and only thirtGen Now I yield three minutes to the gentleman from Iowa, Gen voted against it. Any delay, any amendment now will kill the bill, eral HENDERSON. and the President will be obliged tocall an extra session. Theso Mr. HENDERSON. Mr. Speaker, we have had sharp differ called Hull bill was opposed by the Democrats, and the latter, under ences of opinion in the House, as members well know, in respect the leadership of Senator GORMAN, suggested this proposition, the tD an Army bill. There have been sharp differences between the Republicans of the Senate assented to it, and we will be derelict in two Hous_es also in that regard. We are at the close of a session our fidelity to the Democrats in ·the otht'r branch of the Legisla of Congress with these sharp differences of opinion still existing ture if we now impede or defeat this bill. between the two bodies. I trust that every Democrat who sympathizes with the men in It is well known from the utterances of myself before on the arms at Manila, with our soldiers and sailors in the Philippines, same question that I am against a great standing army. I do not will uphold at this critical moment the hands of the President and see the need for it in our country and under our system of govern give him the power vested in him by the terms of this bill. I ment. am a partisan, but in times like these I always subordinate my But this bill, in my judgment, is a bill that, at the present partisanship to my patriotism. We should all be patriots to-day. time, is the best attainable under the conditions that exist in the We must not forget, we must not forsake our brave and heroic House and in the Senate. It leaves the Army in a condition soldiers and sailors who are upholding and defending our flag in where the country can at least be protected in all of its interests, the Orient. We must all stand by them. and we have only a short time-for we will be in session again in Mr. HENRY of Texas. Will the gentleman yield for a ques December next-only a short time in which to try the experiment tion? of the pending bill. In December, if it be necessary, legislation Mr. SULZER. The gentleman had more time than I have, in can be effected to meet 1·equirements that may arise. which he t alked about the people in the Philippine Islands. I . I think the bill is sufficient for the present conditions; and we have only a few minutes. I trust I 1:1hall not be interrupted, al can shape it, if future necessities require it, on a different model. thougbt I would like to accommodate my friend. My friends on both sides of the Chamber know that we are sur Mr. STEELE. I will give you the time to answer a question. rounded by difficulties which make it impossible to do very much Mr. HENRY of Texas. Will the gentleman yield now? . in the.brief time remaining of the session; and this seems to be Mr. STEELE. I will give you a minute in which to answer it, CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-· HOUSE. .. 2683 Mr. SULZER. I thank the gentleman from Indiana. Yes; I deserved advancement. He has earned, he merits, and a-just rec will now yield to my friend from Texas. ognition of his worth and -services waITants this promotion. In Mr. HENRY of Texas. I want to know, if the proviso com my opinion it is one of the best provisions in the bill. I am al mencing in line 4, on page 13, is repealed, if it would not leave a ways glad to speak a good word for an efficient, an honest, a standing_a.rmy of over a hundred thousand men? competent, and a faithful public servant. [Ap.plause.] Mr. SULZER. No, sir; it would not, and I will tell you why. fHere the hammer fell.] That proviso can not be repealed. It would be just as hard to re :5fr. MARSH. I call upon the gentlemen on the other side to peal that proviso as it would be to pass a l>ill for a standing army consume some of their time. of 100.000 men. It will never be done-take my word for it. Mr. STEELE. I yield three minutes to the gentleman from Mr. HENRY of Texas. Will you please tell me why? Ohio [Mr. BkO.MWELL] . Mr. SULZER. In the first place, it is not repealed, and it will Mr. BROM WELL. Mr. Speaker, it is with a good deal of diffi not be repealed. In the next place if it were repealed-- dence that I oppose the views expressed by the leaders, the recog Mr. HENRY of Texas. That is not an answer to the question. nized leaders, of the Republican side of this House; but I can not Mr. SULZER. Oh, well, the gentleman's question supposes stand idly by and see this bill passed, if it is to be passed, without something which does not exist. It is based on a supposition entering ruy protest, first against the bill itself, which it is ad which will never arise. We a.re going to pass this bill. It will mitted by t nose who propose to vote for it is not such a bill as we give the President all the power-all the men-he asks for now to ought to put upon the statute books; but more than that, J am suppress the insurrection. It will cease to be operative after July opposed to·this continual threat by which this bill, as it were, is 1, 1901. forced down our throats by the statement that we can not get a Mr. GROSVENOR. Will the gentleman from New York al- better bill if we do not take this. low me? I for one, as a member of this House. have become tired of be Mr. SULZER. Yes. I am always glad to yield to the gentle- ing compelled by a mere minority of the membership of that man from Ohio. House who first coerced their colleagues in the Senate, and then Mr. GROSVENOR. The enlistments under this bill would not coerced the President of the United States to ·give his assent be affected by the repeal of the proviso. to this bill, and then come over on this side of the Capitol and Mr. SULZER. That is quite true. In the first place, we are coerce thi'3 independent legislative body to do as they, a mere mi not going to repeal that proviso. In my opin~on , _no ~ttempt wi~l nority, chose to dictate. ever be made to do that. We should pass th1s bill, if ·we pass it This bill ought never to pass; and if it does pass in this House, I at all, in its entirety. Any change in it now means its ~efe~~ and for one, much as I would regret to see it, and I know no one who an extra session, when a permanent Regular Army bill will be would suffer probably more inconvenience, would be willing to passed. We can not evade the responsibility or avoid the posi come here in extraordinary session and pass such a bill as we ought tive alternative. By the passage of this bill now it seems to me to pass for the reorganization of the Army. I shall vote against we gain all we have contended for. the consideration of the bill under such circumstances that we can This bill is only a temporary measure. It will cease to be oper not amend it. I do not think in doing that I am voting against ative in 1901. The increase is only temporary. There is nothing the Administration, and I am not voting against the boys who permanent about it. It simply meets the present emergency. are fighting at Manila, but voting to strengthen the arm of the Mr. HENRY of Texas. I do not think the gentleman caught President. the point of my question. In one part of the bill it is provided that there shall be a cer l\1r. SULZER (continuing). Oh, yes; I think I have. And I tain number of companies, the number in the companies, the hope the gentleman has grasped the importance of my reply. number of regiments, providing for a total that can be easily The responsibility for all that is now going on rests on the Admin figured out-something less tl::.an 30,000; and yet there is an ad istration. I do not think it is good policy to embarrass the Ad ditional proviso which states that it shall not exceed 65.000. ministration merely for political advantages. This billcan do no These two conflict with each otber, and I can see no way to har harm. It becomes a nullity and repeals itself on the 1st day of monize them except to amend this bill, which we can not do. July, 1901. Until then it gives the President all he has asked for. I have called attention: in an inqufry made of the chairman of I was opposed to and voted against the bill of the gentleman the committee, to the rank injustice done in section 13 of this bill, from Iowa (Mr. HULLJ because I am opposed to increasing the where two men who have never seen a day's service in the Engi Regular Army to the extent he wanted to increase it. I thought neer Corps of the Army act as majors-men who have never been the gentleman in the committee this morning favored this bill and examined for promotion, who know nothing about the improve would do so on the floor, but he has stood up here this afternoon ments that are going on throughout the country; and yet, as ma and used every argument he can think of against the bill. I hope jors of engii:ieers, they will be put in charge of those improve the m embers of the House will realize how important it is to pass ments, and put in charge of men who know more in five minutes this bill. Its failure now would be a calamity-an affront to every than they do in five weeks. It is a piece of favoritism that ought man in the Philippines. never to have been ingrafted in this bill. The bill is not a perfect one. It is a compromise bill. It is The SPEAKER. The time of the gentleman has expired. only a temporary measure, and will cease to be a law on July 1, Mr. STEELE. I yield five minutes to the gentleman from Vir 1901. But, take it all in all, it does great credH tp its author, and, ginia [Mr. Sw ANSON] . in my opinion, I can not see how a Republican or a Democrat Mr. SWANSON. Mr. Speaker, gentlemen on this side of the ca.n consistently vote against it. It gives the President all the House who antagonize the annexation of the Philippine Islands men he wants to meet the present emergency, and at the same have all insisted that it will be the cause of a vast expense to this time H does not increase the standing army a single man. After Government. We commence with this bill to keep books with the July 1, 1901, by virtue of this bill, the Regular Army will be just Philippine Islands. This bill provides for 100,000 men, 29,000 for the same as it was before war was declared against Spain. By prdinary purposes, 71,000 for some extraordinary purposes or the that .time, let us hope, the country will be at peace with all the next two years and six months. world and the insurrection in the Philippines a thing of the past. Now, what are those extraordinarypurposes? They exist either This is no time to be captious. This is no time to split hairs or in Cuba or Porto Rico or the Philippine Islands. There is peace play small politics. We should do our duty. We should do what in Porto Rico; no rebellion in force there, no discord, and conse· is right, and the people will judge us accordingly. quently there is no need for them there. It is understood by the Mr. Speaker, just a few words more. My time is nearly ex people who have gone to Cuba that in a short time our troops will haust ed. Some criticism has been made against the bill because retire from there, and so there is little need for troops in Cuba. it makes the chief of the record department a brigadier-general. Certainly, then, the 71,000 men is needed entirely to carry out the The chief of that department is Col. F. C. Ainsworth, and a more purposes of this Administration in the Philippine Islands. That efficient, a more competent, and a more industrious gentleman 71,000 men necessarily entails a cost of about $80,000,000 or $90,- never lived. He is entitled to this promotion. H e has m ade the 000,000, and as we proceed with the further appropriations, we record division of the War Department a model. His system has shall see how expensive will become our experience and venture in never been excelled, and the facility with which he can furnish the Philippine Islands. the record of every.soldier who was in any war in the United Now, Mr. Speaker, I am opposed to voting troops to conquer the States is one of the marvels of the century. He bas saved the Philippine Islands until we have declared our policy in reference Government thousands and thousands of dollars. When he ·took thereto. If I had my way, I would pass through the House and ·hold of that division it w as in confusion-no one could find a rec through the Senate a resolution giving the people in the Philippine ord or t ell anything about the history of the soldiers of the Union. Islands precisely the same rights and the same privileges that have Out of chaos he brought order, detail, and system, the best in the been extended to those in Cuba. Then, in the meantime, while world. we occupy the Philippine Islands, our power and good offices The great work he has done is a monument to human effort, should be exercised to enable those people to create a good, in human endurance, and human ingenuity. E very member of this dep~ndent government. And then after that is done I favor with House is indebted to Colonel Ainsworth. No one who knows the drawing on reasonable terms, they paying us $20,000,000 and giv facts and who has the slight.est sense of gratitude will oppose his ing us a coaling station in that island. . . . 2684 '. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE . MARCH 1, Now, in reference to this bill, there is one feature of it which will yield back to the gentleman whatever time I do not use. ought to meet the universal disapproval of this House. This bill The gentleman from New York, however, said that I had been provides that there shall be enlisted men by organization. Now, using every argument that I could against this bill. I want to there is no way for an organization to act, except by a majority say that I simply called attention to what the bill provided; that of the members or individuals that constitute the organization. is all. If that constitutes an argument against the bill, it was an When an individual joins, he joins of his own free will and accord. argument contained in the bill itself. I said in addition that I Any organization, whethe1· a corporation or not, can only act by should vote for the bill, because I believed it was all we could get a majority of its constituent members. Consequently, if these at this session, and we must either take this or take the chances troops are to be enlisted in Philippine Islands by organization, the of having no legislation. If this were an original proposition, if only way they can be enlisted is by a vote of the majority of the the whole question were open and we had time to discuss and members of that organization, and when the majority has voted amend and debate it, then, as I stated explicity, I would not vote to enlist, the minority will be conscripted and forced to enlist. for the bill. And I made my explanation of what the bill pro Unless this is true. there is no necessity for having the term vided simply because I believed the House should have the infor "organization" in the bill. mation in regard to that matter. It is not optional with every man to say whether be will serve Now, Mr. Speaker. one other word. I do not believe that this or not. I shall never vote for a bill that compels a man, because House can get any other bill than this, be~ause I do not believe ·he is a member of an organization or a company, to serve in the that the Senate will pass any bill other than this. We are tropical country of the Philippines, Cuba. or Porto Ric~ without brought face to face with that condition of affairs. For that rea his consent. I shall never vote to for.ca a man to go into a war of son, and for the further reason which I have stated, that the bill conquest or oppression, and I say now that I can see no use or gives the President 100,000 fi~hting men for two years, I shall occasion to say that they shall be enlisted by organization, un vote for it, but simply as a last resort. I do not claim to like it. less that vote is to be taken by a majority of its members. Mr. HOPKINS. As I understand, the alternative is to take Now, there are other objections which I have to this bill. The this bill or an extra session. gentleman from New York [Mr. SULZER] bas said that this is a Mr. HULL. I think that is it exactly. Democratic measure. I deny the proposition. I deny that the Mr. HOPKINS. And the President prefers this bill to an extra Democratic side of this Chamber is willing to vote for 71,000 men session. to be sent to the Philippine Islands before this Administration bas Mr. JOHNSON of Indiana. For the reason ,stated in the Post decJared its purpose toward the inhabitants of those islands. the other day-ber.ause it will give him nine months in which to · Mr. WILLIAMS of M1ssissippL Did it not come as a proposi exercise control over our newly acquired territory without any · tion from the Democratic side of the Senate? interference by Congress. Mr. SWANSON. A few Democratic Senators can not commit Mr. CARMACK. I wish the gentleman from Iowa would ex- · me to any policy. I say it is opposed to Democratic doctrine, plain the provision in the bill which says that the President may Democratic ideas, and Democratic position upon the Philippine enlist volunteers either individually or by organizations. Wan~ . Mr. HULL. I do not believe that that provision would cause a Mr. SULZER. Did not the Democrats in the Senate vote for single man to be taken into the service who did not voluntarily go the bill? in. The same provision was in our bill of last spring in regard to Mr. SWANSON. No; not the two Senators from Virginia. guard organization. In nearly all the National Guard companies Mr. BARTLETT. Mr. Speaker, I rise to a point of order that half of the men stayed at home and the other half enlisted. No what was done in the Senate is not subject to debate in the House. one was conscripted. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Georgia is right. In answer to the gentlem~n from Virginia, I will say that I do Mr. STEELE. Mr. Speaker, I yield five minutes to the gentle not believe that the President can under this b ill conscript a sin man from Iowa [Mr. HEPBURN J. gle man. He can get enough men without anything of that kind. Mr. HEPBURN. Mr. Speaker, it is my judgment that this bill .l\Ir. SWANSON. Will the gentleman permit a question? ought not to pass in this way. It will be remembered, Mr. Speaker, Mr. HULL. Yes, sir. that if it is absolutely necessary that it should pass, that nothing Mr. SWANSON. How could the men be enlisted as an organi better can be done than this another day, to-morrow or the next zation except by the voice of the majority of the members of that · day may be assigned, and then we may have action. But for us organization? to take a bill of this importance, that has never had one moment of Mr. HULL. The construction was that the officers as an or consideration. I am told, in the other House, bas had no consider ganization would come in, and the enlisted men who did not want ation in this House, is a mistake, until we have exhausted every to volunteer could step out, just as members of the National means of securing something that is better. Guard did. Is it not possible for us to take this bill and so amend it as to l\:lr. MARSH. I yield three minutes to the gentleman from put it in conference with the hope of doing something better? Texas fMr. BAILEY]. This bill must be r adically wrong. I find that a company may be Mr. BAILEY. Mr. Speaker, I believe that we must take this composed of 43 men or it may he composed of 129 men. The total bill or an extraordinary session of Congress, and as a choice be enlisted force may be 22,000men or the total enlisted force may be tween these two I will take this bill [applause] , provided the gen 65,000men. A r egiment may consist of 517 men or it may consist tleman in charge of it will say that it does not give the President' of 1,547 men; and yet the same number of officers is had in each of the United States power to conscript unwilling volunteers. case. If there are no more than enough for 517 men, then there M.r. HULL. I will say this (though I may be giving a little are not enough for a regiment of 1,500 men. more of private conversation than I should), that I talked with the · Mr. MARSH. Will my friend allow me a suggestion? The President on that subject, and he said that he did not regard the House bill that be voted for provided that there should be a regi provisions of this bill as giving him any right to conscript a ment Q.f 720 men or a regiment of 1,740 men. single man; that if he had to resort to conscription he would Mr. nEPBURN. I do not care, Mr. Speaker, whether that was convene Congress to secure that right. [Applause.] in the other bill or not; but I know this, there was no imperative Mr. HENDERSON. He will use no power not clearly given. necessity imposed there as there is here. Mr. BAILEY. Then, Mr. Speaker, I want to say to my friends The conditions are different. We have-too many officers in the on this side that for two weeks we assailed our adversaries on that one case or not enough in the other. If 517 officers are enough, side because they would not meet what we hope is a temporary and only enough, to command the organization with companies condition by a temporary provision for it. They did not yield to numbering 43, surely they are not enough when the companies our arguments or our entreaties, but at the other end of the Cap are increased to 129 men. itol their bill to permanently increase the Army was met by a Rather than hav\3 an extra session I would vote for this bill, greater power of resistance, and they were compelled there to take but I do not believe the time has yet arrived when that alterna a bill which by its very terms must expire in two years, and I tive is presented to me. The time that the committee might use believe it better to take this temporary provision, with all of its has not yet been used. They have time and opportunity yet to defects, than to force, if it were within our power, an extraordi seek a better bill than this. [Cries of "Vote!" "Vote!"] nary session of Congress, which would certainly be followed by a Mr. MARSH. How much tii:ne ha.a the gentleman from In- bill to permanently increase the standing army of the United d7ana left? States. rApplause.] The SPEAKER. Thirteen minutes. Mr. STEWART of New Jersey. I rise to a question of high Mr. MARSH. And how much time have I left? privilege. • The SPEAKER. Nine minutes. Mr. BAILEY. I desire to say that when the Republican party Mr. MARl::)H. I call upon the gentleman from Indiana to yield is in power we have to choose between two evils, and we had bet-' some of his time. ter take the lesser one. Mr. STEELE. I yield fiveminntestothegentlemanfrom Iowa Mr. STEW A.RT of NewJersey. lrisetoaquestion of privilege. [Mr. HULL]. The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state his question of priv- Mr• .HULL. Mr. Speaker, I do not desire any five minutes. I ilege. · 1899. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. . 2685. Mr. STEWARTof New Jersey. Iobjecttothegentlemanfrom Mr. MARSH. I yield two minutes to the gentleman from Colo- Texas or the gentleman from Iowa committing either party to rado [Mr. SHAFROTH] . what the policy of this Government is. The SPEAKER. That is not a question of privilege. · [Mr. SHAFROTH addressed the House. See Appendix.] Mr. MARSH. Will the gentleman from Indiana consume some The SPEAKER.· The time of the gentleman has expired. of his time? Mr. MARSH. I yield two minutes to the gentleman from Illi- Mr. STEELE rose. nois [Mr. JETT]. . Mr. HEPBURN. Mr. Speaker, a parliamentary inquiry. Sup Mr. JETT. Mr. Speaker, as a member of the Committee on pose this motion of the gentleman from Iowa sllould be negatived Military Affairs. I gave my consent to report this bill, not because now, would it not be in order for him on to-morrow or a subse of the fact that I thought it was a correct measure, not that I felt quent day to make the same motion? that I would like to see it adopted; but if we were to have legisla Mr. PAYNE. Would not that depend upon whether the bill tion of this characte1-, I believed it was the very best that we could was here or in the Senate? expect at this time. I prefer this to the Hull bill t.hat did pass this The SPEAKER. That would depend upon a variety of condi House. I believe we would be infinitely worse off by not passing tions. The Chair would not like to rule upon that question. this bill at this time, and there should be a special session of Con Mr. HEPBURN. Provided there was no further action than gress, when legislation of this character would be enacted. I am simply a negative vote. · . willing to accept this in preference to a measure that would be Mr. HOPKINS. Does it not take a great deal of time to pre worse, in my judgment, if we are to have Congress assemble again pare this bill to be signed by the Speaker, the Vice-President, and for the purpose of enacting legislation upon this line. the President? So, if it passes at this session, it must pass now. Again, in my judgment, it is best that we should pass it because The SPEAKER. The Chair thinks the gentleman from Indiana it was our opposition so strenuously entered to the increase of the. [Mr. STEELE] is entitled to the floor. [Laughter.] standing army a few days ago that has brought about the great Mr. STEELE. Mr. Speaker, the House recently passed what it concessions that have been made to us. This is not a per'manent considered to be a sensible Army reorganization bill .and sent it organization. It is not seeking a permanent establishment. If it to the Senate of the Unitea States. That body carefully consid were, I would not support it; and I repeat that it was by reason of ered the measure sent to it, and one Senator was led to say in the the fact of the strenuous opposition made upon this floor by the course of his remarks that the House bill as amended-a bill en minority a few days ago that the concessions that have been made tirely different from this-- were made in the provisions of this bill. Mr. KNOWLES. Mr. Speaker, I rise to a point of order that Some gentlemen say that it is a permanent organization. I dis it is not in order to repeat what has been said in the other body. pute that fact. I desire only to call your attention to the bottom The SPEAKER.· It is not in order to comment on what is said of page 9, which reads, "That such increase of the regular and in the Senate. volunteer forces shall continue in service only during the neces... Mr. STE~LE. I am not commenting. I have seen in the pub sity therefor, and not later than July 1, 1901." lic press the statement by a Senator of long experience-- The SPEAKER. The time of the gentleman has expired. [Cries Mr. FLEMING. It is in the RECORD. of" Vote!" "Vote!"] Mr. STEELE. That the bill that was amended by the Military Mr. MARSH. I yield two minutes to the gentleman from Mis Committee of the Senate was right as between God and man. And sissippi fMr. WILLIAMS]. the press of the country informs us that another Senator said: Mr. WILLIAMS of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I believe that it '' You will take the bill now under consideration or no bill, or we is best for the country, and therefore best for the Democratic will have an extraordinary session." Now, the question is, Shall party, to accept this compromise bill. l believe itforfourreasons: one man in this country hold us up? First. Because if we do not accept it, we will have to accept The SPEAKER. The Chair hopes the gentleman will not allude whatever bill an extra session gives us, such is the situation in to what has taken place in the other body. the Senate. No man doubts that from a Democratic standpoint Mr. STEELE. I will not. You know what I was going to say. such a bill would be worse than this one. [Laughter.] Second. Because this does away with the character of ~erma The SPEAKER. The comity between two legislative bodies re nency in the organization of the Army, and therefore the Army quires that anything that would have a tendency to lead to irrita· organized under it is not a standing army. It will be a temporary tion between the two should be suppressed. army altogether. It is a compromise substitute for a standing Mr. STEELE. I will not refer to it. This is not the bill that army bill. All Democrats want to prevent a large standing or we expected to have here, and we are told now by the members permanent army. of the Committee on Military Affairs of this House, the chairman In the next place, Mr. Chairman, because it reduces the number of that committee [Mr. HULL] leading, I am sorry to say, that of officers below that which the Committee on Military Affairs we must have this-what shall I call it-or no bill. Why is it so? wanted to provide for; in fact, the number of officers are less than Why, only a few minutes ago a bill passed this House carrying the number provided for in the minority substitute bill, which we nearly$22,000,000, which has to go to the Senate and be considered. ourselves voted for to take the place of the original bill of the Can not the House consider a bill that does not suit it any bet Committee on Military Affairs. ter than the deficiency bill will suit another body in a.s short a Mr. HAY. The gentleman is mistaken in that fact. time? Is there no means of taking care of ourselves and having Mr. WILLIAMS of Mississippi. If I am, that is my informa legislation that some one may be satisfied with? Not a member tion. on this floor has said that the bill that we are going, in all proba Mr. HAY. Your information is wrong. bility, to pass by suspension of the rules is satisfactory to him. Mr. WILLIAMS of Mississippi. It is based on the fact that our Every member who has risen has said it has a great many defects substitute bill provided for 50 regiments and this bill provides for in it, and it has. Why, the Executive Department has had two only 30, as I understand. That is my information. bureaus, judicial, of the Government passing upon its provisions Mr. HAY. The gentleman is mistaken. to see whether or not its sections can be made to harmonize, and Mr. WILLIAMS of Mississippi. Just let me go on one second those bureaus disagree. We may have an army of 23,000 men or and you can correct me later if you want to. we may have an army of over 100,000 men by this bill. Mr. HAY. I will correct it, if the gentleman will give me an Mr. HULL. One hundred thousand. opportunity. Mr. STEELE. Over lOQ,000, if they shall harmonize it. We .Mr. WILLIAMS of Mississippi. Correct me later, and I will may have of commissioned officers and noncommissioned officers correct it in the RECORD; but my time is running. and cooks one for every enlisted man and two-thirds. The bill is Now, in the fourth place, Mr. Speaker, I am in favor of it be top-heavy, even in time of war. cause it is a compromise bill proposed by members of the Demo Mr. BARTLETT. May I ask the gentleman a question? cratic party in the Senate to get rid of the. menace of a perma Mr. STEELE. Certainly. nent standing army and its vast expense, its danger to the liber Mr. BARTLETT. Is it not truethatwemayhaveapermanent ties of the people. It will require affirmative legislation to con army of 100,000 men by the repeal of thirteen lines of this bill. tinue the Army herein provided for in existence after 1901, where as Mr. STEELE. Well, we may have chaos by thirteen lines of if you had the sort of bill that the Republican party wanted, and legislation in this House. I am not prepared to say what we may which the extra session would fix on us, it would take affirmative have; but I know that when the measure was considered in some legislation to get rid of it. For these reasons I am for it. [Cries other pal"liamentary body of this country, and after it was set of " Vote ! " " Vote ! "] tled that a certain number of men should constitute the force of Mr. HAY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that gentle the Army after July 1, 1901, any old kind of an amendment went men who have spoken on this bill may be allowed to extend their in without controversy, and the House is pl'Oposing to take the remarks in the RECORD. bill as it passed with all of its defects as an ultimatum. Why not The SPEAKER. Is there objection. to the request of the gen try to correct some of its worst defects? tleman from Virginia? The SPEAKER. The gentleman's time has expired. Mr. BRUCKER. Mr. Speaker, I move t o amend that by allow Mr. STEELE. I am so.rry .I have not more time. ing all gentlemen to print remarks in the R ECORD. 2686 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MARCH 1, The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the proposition of the Mr. HANDY. Mr. Speaker, I ask for the reading of the bill. gentleman from Virginia? . The SPEAKER. The Clerk will read the bill. 1 • Mr. BRUCKER. I object. The Clerk read as follows: The SPEAKER. The Chair desires to state that after the vote Be it enacted, etc., That the President is he1·eby authorized to appoint by there are a few matters on the Speaker's table that should be selection an~ pro??otion, an admiral of the Navy, w ho shall not be pla'ced cleared up. The question is on suspending the rules and passing upon the retired hst except upon his own application; and whenever such the bill. office shall be vacated by death or otherwise the office shall cease to exist. Mr. HENRY of Texas. On that, Mr. Speaker, I demand the . Mr. ~IT~GERALD. I do not wish to object; but I am in· yeas and nays. !ormed by_a_ mer_nber of the Naval Affairs Committee that there The question was taken; and the yeas and nays .were refused, 11 is no proV1~10n m the n~va~ personnel bill which will give the gentlemen only rising-not a sufficient number. o~cer provided for by this bill a salary. That is the information The question on suspending the rules and passing the bill was give~ me by the gen~leman from New York [Mr. COMMINGS]. If then taken; and on a division (demanded by Mr. HENRY of Texas) th.at IS the case, I thmk we ought to amend the bill hera: There there were 203 ayes and 32 noes. · will be no trouble in getting the amendment throuO'h the Senate. The SPEAKER. Two-thirds having voted in the affirmative, Mr. BOUTELLE of Maine. This is a Senate bill. I hope no the rules are suspended and the bill is.passed. member will object. . I ask for a vote. · ~here being: no ob_jection, the House proceeded to the consider· PUBLIC BUILDING AT CLEVELAND, OHIO. ation of the· bill; which was ordered to a third readin"'0 and read The SPEAKER laid before the House Senate bill_ No. 1056 to the third time. · ' provide for a public building at Cleveland, Ohio, m which the ::;'en The question havuig been taken on tJ:ie passage of the bill, ate nonconcurred in the House amendment. Mr. DOCKERY. Mr. Speaker, I thmk the Chair should stato Mr. WALKER of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani and the RECORD should show that this bill has passed unanimously. mous consent to occupy an hour after matters are cleared from T.he SP~AKER. The ayes have it; and the bill is passed. the Speaker's table. On motion of Mr. BOUTELLE of Maine, a motion to recon Mr. BARRETT. I have no desire, Mr. Speaker, to stay here any sider the last vote was laid on the table. later, and I object. PUBLIC BUILDING AT LOCKPORT, N. Y. Mr. WALKER of Massachusetts. You are not obliged to stay here. The SPEAKER laid before the House the amendment of the Sen The SPEAKER. The question is on insisting on the House ate to the bill (H. R. 500) for the erection of a public building at amendment and agreeing to a conference. Lockport, N. Y. The question was taken; and the House insisted on its amend The amendment (providing for the purchase of a site for a pub ment and agreed to a conference. lic building at New Brighton, Pa.) was read. The Chair appointed as conferees on the part of the House Mr. . Mr. MERCER. I ask unanimous consent- MERCER, Mr. HICKS, and Mr. _BANKHEAD. T_he S~EAKER. Th.is bill is in the same category as the pre cedmg bill, and the action upon it which the gentleman from Ne PUBLIC BUILDING AT STOCKTON, CAL. braska proposes will require unanimous consent. The SPEAKER also laid before the House the bill 11882, to Mr. MERCER. I ask unanimous consent that the House disa increase the limit of cost for the erection of a public building at gree to the Senate amendment and ask for a conference. Stockton, Cal., and make provision for the acquisition of land for The SPEAKER. Is there objection? The Chair hears none. a new site thereof, with Senate amendments. The SPEAKER announced the appointment of Mr. MERCER, Mr. The SPEAKER. This will require unanimous consent. It is HICKS, and Mr. BANKHEAD as conferees on the part of the House. a bill for a public building passed by the House, and amended by Mr. STEELE . . I move that the House adjourn. the Senate by the introduction of a section providing for another The motion was not agreed to. public building. PUBLIC BUILDING AT TAMPA., FLA.. Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, that ought not to be done. The SPEAKER. Objection is made. The SPEAKER laid before the House the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 414) for the erection of a public building ADMIR.f\.L OF TllFd NA. VY. at Tampa, Fla. Mr. BOUTELLE of Maine. Mr. Speaker, I am instructed by The amendments were read. the Committee on Naval Affairs to report back the following bill Mr. MERCER. I move that the House disagree to the Senate (S. 352) creating the office of admiral in the Navy, and ask for amendments and request a conference. its immediate consideration and passage. It is a bill pas::;ed by Mr. STEELE. How much does the Senate amendment increase the Senate providing for the creation of the grade of admiral in the amount? the Navy, for the purpose of enabling the President .to appoint Mr. MERCER. Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Admiral Dewey to that office. A similar provision was put into Mr. STEELE. Is that all? the naval appropriation bill the other day, but this does not affect . Mr. H~DY .. I rise to a parliamentary inquiry. Does this the naval bill, and that is still pending. This has been unani bill require unammous consent for its consideration now? mously reported back, and I have been trying to secure an oppor The SPEAKER. ~he distinction. is that this bill merely in tunity for its consideration for two or three days. cre~ses the amount; m the other bills a new object was added Mr. RICHARD::;ON. Does it fix the salary? which the House had not considered, and which under our rules' Mr. BOUTELLE of Maine. No; the salary is already fixed in should be sent to the Committee of the Whole House. The ques: the naval personnel bill. . . tion is on the moti<:>n of the gentleman from Nebraska, that the The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration House nonconcur m the Senate amendments and ask for a con of the bill? rAfter a pause.] The Chair hears none. ference. Mr. BOUTELLE of Maine. This is almost identical with the The motion was agreed to. provision passed the other day in the naval appropriation bill. The SPEAKER announced the appointment of Mr. MERCER, Mr. BAILEY. It relates only to that? Mr. HICKS, and Mr. BANKHEAD as conferees on the part of the Mr. BOUTELLE of _Maine. Only that, and it will send the House. measure directly to the President. PUBLIC_ BUILDIN~ AT BALT:1MORE, MD. Mr. LOUD. What became of the other bill? . The SPEAKER laid befo~e. the House. the bill (S. 710) to pro Mr. FITZGERALD. _· I would like to ask the chairman of the v~de for the purchase of additional land m the square now occu committee if-there is a provision in the personnel bill as to the pied by the custom-house in the city of Baltimore Md. for the salary, what the amount is? · ~ erection of a new public building tQ.ereon, for the ac~om~odation Mr. BOUTELLE of Maine. I am not informed as to that sub- of the Government service in said city. ject. · The SPEAKER. On this bill the Senate has disagreed to the Mr. FITZGERALD. A member of the Naval Affairs Commit amendment of the House and asked a conference. tee has told me that there is nothing in the personnel bill fixing · Mr. MERCER. I move that the House insist on its amendment the salary, and I think that if this is so that an amendment should and agree to the conference. be offered to this resolution providing an adequate salary for the The motion was agreed to. officer whom this resolution is intended to honor. The SPEAKER announced the appointment of Mr. MERCER, I for one can not see how Admiral Dewey can receive the pay Mr. HICKS, and Mr. BANKHEAD as conferees on the part of the that he will be entitled to when this resolution becomes a law and House. he is nominated by the President, and inasmuch as we have the opportunity now to arrange this matter, I can not see why it is not PUBLIC BUILDING AT STOCKTON, CAL. done. However, I will not persist further in this matter if my ~r. BARRE'FT. Mr. Speaker, a few moments ago, through a suggestion is to be construed as an objection to the present con m1sunderstandmg of the matter before the House I objected to sideration of the resolution. _ the consideration of a House bill returned from the Senate with 1899. CONGRESSIONA-L RECORD-HOUSE. 2687 amendment, the bi11 providing for a public building at Stockton, •construct canal and power stations at Mnscle -- Shoals, Alabama., .. Cal. I wish now to withdraw that objection. with Senate amendments. The bill (H. R. 11882) to increase the limit of cost for the erec The Senate amendments were read. tion of a public building at Stockton, Cal., and making provision Mr. TAYLOR of Alabama. I move to concur in the Senate for the acquisition of additional land for a new site therefor, was amendments. again laid before the House w~th the amendment of the Senate. Mr. COX. Mr. Speaker, I want to know what is the point? Mr. MERCER. I ask unanimous consent that· the Senate Mr. TAYLOR of Alabama. It is a Senate amendment to a. amendment be disagreed to an4 that we ask a conference. House bill, which has been approved by the Secretary of War. . Mr: CANNON. What is the object of this bill? The amendment has been read . Mr. MERCER. It provides for a new post-office building. Mr. COX. All right. I want to understand things as we go Mr. CANNON. I understand that this is a House bill for the a1ong. erection of a public· building at Stockton·, and it has been amended The Senate amendments were concurred in. in the Senate so as to provide for the erection of a public build ing in another city. Now, I have no desire to object so as to em ROBERT FLOWER. ·barrass anybody; but I do object to· this method of legislation. The Speaker also laid before the Honse-the bill (H. R. 7632) to Mr. MERCER. I promise the gentl-eman that the House .shall remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Robert have a. chance to act.on this before anything is done. Flower, with_ a Senate amendment. Mr. DOCKERY. And yon will stand by the House? The Senate amendment was read. Mr. l\IERCER. I will stand by the House, of course. Mr. GRIFFIN. I move that the House concur in the Senate The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gen- amendment. tleman from Nebraska? - The motion was agreed to. . There was no objection. . Accordingly the Senate amendment-was concurred in. The SPEAKER announced the appointment of Mr. MERCER, Mr. HICKS, and Mr. BANKHEAD as conferees on the pa1·t of the THOMAS WEST. House. The SPEAKER also laid-before. the House the bill (R R. 4253) MESS.AGE FROll THE PRESIDENT OF-THE UNITED STATES. granting an honora:ble discharge to -Thomas -West, -with a Senate amendment. A message in writing was received from the President of the The Senate amendment was read. United States, by Mr. PRUDEN, one of his secretaries. Mr. GRIFFIN. I move that the House concur in the Senate WASHINGTON AND UNIVERSITY RAILROAD COMPANY, DISTRICT OF amendment. COLUMBIA. The motion was agreed to. The SPEAKER also laid before the House the bill (H. R. 11799) Accordingly the 8enate amendment-was-concurred in. to amend an act of Congress approved July 8, 1898, entitled '·An JOHN H. SMITH. act to incorporate the Washington and University Railroad Com pany of the District of Columbia," with Senate amendments The SPEAKER also laid before the House the bill (H. R. 3190) thereto. granting an honorable discharge to John H. Smith, with a Senate The Senate amendments were read. ameudment. Mr. BABCOCK. Mr. Speaker, [ move that the House concur Mr. GRIFFIN. I -move that the House concur in that Senate in the Senate amendments. · amendment. The motion was agreed to. The motion was agreed to. Accordingly the Senate amendments were concurred in. Accordingly the Senate -amendment was concun-ed in. W. D. WILLJAMS. W. G. NEELEY. The SP EAKER also la,id before the House the bill (H. R. 91GO) The SPEAKER also laid before the House the bill (H. R. 1213) to redeem outstanding certificates issued by the board of public granting an honorable discharge to W. G. Neeley, of Canyon City, works of the District of Columbia, held by W. D. Williams, with Colo., with a Senate amendment. . a Senate amendment thereto. Mr. GRIFFIN. I move that the House concur in that amend The Senate amendment was read. ment. The SPEAKER. Al-; this mases an appropriation out of the The motion was agreed to. Treasury of the United State3 it requires unanimous consent for Accordingly the Senate amendment was concurred in. its consideration. l\1r. DOCKERY. I hope the gentleman will let this go over BEET-SUGAR rnDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES. until the first thing in tbe morning. A new que8tion is raised The SPEAKER laid before the House the following message there. from the President of the United States: Mr. BABCOCK. I move that the House nonconcur in the Sen- ate amendments, and ask for a conference. To the Senate and Hou.~e of Representatives: Mr. DOCKERY. Before I consent, I desire ask-- I transmit herewith, for the information of Congress, a communication to from the Secretary of Agriculture covering a report on the prope.:os· of the The SPEAKER. It requires unanimous consent to take it up. beet-sugar industry in the United States during the year 1898. it embraces :Mr. DOCKERY. I hope the gentleman will let this go over the.-esults of numerous chemical analyses and the observations made by a until the first thing in the morning. I will look at it. I think special agent in various parts of the United States. WILLIAM McKINLEY. there will be no trouble about it. EXECUTIVE MA 'SlON, March 1, 1899. Mr. BABCOCK. Very well. The SPEAKER. The matter will be returned, then, to the 1\-Ir. PERKINS. Mr. Speaker, I desire to submit a resolution Speaker's table. · in connection with that. The .SPE ~KER. The gentleman presents the following resolu INDEBTED'NESS OF ALBUQUERQUE, N. MEX. tion, for which he asks unanimous consent. The SPEAKER also laid before the House the bill (H. R. 8694) to The resolution was read, as follows: enable the city of Albuquerque, N. Mex., to create certain indebt- · Resolved by the House of Rep'resentatives (the Senate concurring), That edness, and for other purposes, with a Senate amendment. . there be printed 50,000 add1tiona.l copies of the special report on the beet :Mr. FERGUSSON. I move that the Bouse concur in the Senate snga1' industry in the United States, submitted to the House of Representa amendment. tives in a message of the President of the United States of date .March 1, 1899; 20,000 for the use of the House of Representatives, 10,000 for tbe use of The motion was agreed to. the Senate, and 20,000 for the use of the Depart ment of Agriculture. · Accordingly the Senate amendment was concurred in. Mr. DOCKERY. Is it necessary to do that since the acauisition . INTERN.A_TIONAL COTTON PRESS COMPANY, NEW ORLEANS, LA. of the Philippines and Cuba? , - The SPEAKER also laid before the House the bill (H. R.10363) l\1r. PERKU{S. I have a letter from the Department urging for the relief of the Internatfonal Cotton Press Company, of New the passage of t'his resolution. Orleans, La., with a Senate amendment. Mr. RICHARDSON. Is this a concurrent resolution? The Senate amendment was read. .Mr. PERKINS. A concurrent resolution. Mr. RAY of New York. I move that the House concur in the The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration Senate amendment. of the resolution? The motion was agreed to. There was no objection. Accordingly the Senate amendment was concurred in: -The resolution wa:s agreed to. On motion of Mr. PERKINS, a motion to reconsider the last MUSCLE SHOALS POWER COMP.ANY, ALABAMA. vote was laid on· the table. The SPEAKER also laid before the House the bill (H. R. 9335) The message and accom}>anying documents were referred to the granting to the Muscle Shoals Power Company right to erect and Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. 2688 CONGRESSIONAL ·RECORD-HOUSE. MARCH 1, REPRINT OF THE AR.MY REORGANIZATION BlLL. H. R. 10962. An act to provide for the purchase of a site and Mr. HULL. Mr. Speaker, a large number of members have the erection of a public building thereon at Joliet, in the State of requested a reprint of the bill which has just passed, with regard ill1nois; to the Army. . It has never been printed by order of the House, H. R. 11056. An act authorizing and directing the construction and it is impossible to get copies. I therefore ask that 2,000 copies of an addition to the United States post-office in the city of Min be printed for the use of the House. neapolis, Minn.; The SPEAKER. The gentleman asks that 2,000 copie& of the H. R. 4306. An act for the erection of a public building in the Army reorganization bill as passed by the House and Senate be city of Elgin, Ill.; printed. Is there objection? H. R. 11686. An act providing for the purchase of additional There was no objection. property for the use of the post-office and other Government offices Mr. DOCKERY. How are they to be distributed? in the city of Brooklyn, State of New York; H. R. 10969. An act for the erection of a public building in the Mr. HULL. Through the document room. city of Blair, Nebr.; . SALE OF WASTE PAPER, ETC. H. R. 11530. An act authorizing the extension of the post-office Mr. MINOR. Mr. Speaker, I desire present a privileged re· building at Springfield, Mass.; to H. R. 11360. An act for the erection of a public building at Cres port on the sale of waste paper. It has already been read, but it ton, Iowa.; was withdrawn because it was informally presented. I now de· H. R. 11965. An act toprovideforthe purchaseof a site and the sire to have it spread on the record. erection of a public building thereon at Clinton, in the State of The SPEAKER. Without objection, the report, which has Iowa; already been read to the House, will be spread on the record. H. R. 1663. An act for the erection of a public building at Car There was no objection. rollton, Ky.; The report is as follows: H. R. 12125. An act making an appropriation to carry out the The Joint Select Committee of the Senate a.nd Honse of Representatives, obligations of the treaty between the United States and Spain appointed on 21st day of April, 1898, on the part of the House of Representa tives, a.nd on the 2d day of May, 1898, on the part oft.he Senate, and to whom concluded December 10, 1898; was referred the report of the Hon. L .. J. Gage, Secretary of the Treasury, of H. R. 10804. An act for the erection of a public building at April 16, 1 98, printed as Senate Document No. 246, second session, Fifty-fifth Anniston, Ala.; Congi ess, and the report of the Hon. 0 . L. Spaulding, Acting Secretary of the Treasury, of April 27, 189 , and printed as Part 2 of 8enate Document No. 246, H . R. 431. An act to provide for the purchase of a site and the second session, Fifty-fifth Congress, in r espect to the accumulations in tho erection of a public building thereon at Streator, in the State of Treasury Department of old and u seless papers, with accompanying state Illinois; ment of the condition and character-of such papers, r espectfully report to the Senate and Honse of Representatives, pursuant to an act entitled•• An act to H . R.11162. An act to provide for the construction of a public authorize and provide for the disposition of useless papers in the Executive building at the city of Janesville, Wis.; . Departments," approved February 16, 1S!l8. as follows: !LR. 45!l5. An act for the erection of a public building at Nor That your joint committee have met and fully examined the said r eports wich. Conn.; and thEI statements therein, and tho papers therein described, and recommend that such files and papers. not being needed in the transaction of the current H. R. 11019. An act to construct a public building at Oskaloosa, business of the Treasury Deparrment, and having no permanent value or his Iowa, and for other purposes; torical int.erest, should be sold as waste paper or otherwise disposed of upon H. R. 84. An act to provide for the erection of a public building the best obtainable terms, as provided in said law. at Freeport, Ill.; S. M. CULLOM. F. M. COCKRELL, H. R. 11141. An act for the erection of a public building at Members on the part of the Senate. Annapolis, Md.; E. S. MINOR, H. R. 9077. An act to supplement and amend an act entled "An W. BREWER. act for the erection of a new custom-house in the city of New Members on the part of the House. York, and for other purposes," approved March 3, 1891: and The report was 01·dered to be printed. H. R. 5528. An act to provide for the construction of a public ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED. building at Salem, Oreg. The SPEAKER announced his signature to enrolled bills and :Mr. HAGER, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported joint resolutions of the following titles: that they had examined and found truly enrolled bills and joint S. R. 189. Joint resolution to promote the relocation of certain resolutions of the following titles; when the Speaker signed the tracks of the City and Suburban Railway Company of the District same: of Columbia; H . R. 1139. An a.ct to provide for a building for the use of the S. 104. An act to increase the pension of Lucretia C. Waring; post-office and other civil offices in the city of Hot Springs, Ark.; S. 146. An act to provide for the erection of a public building at H. R. 11683. An act mahing appropriations for the service of the Indianapolis, Ind.; . Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900; S. 1806. An act to provide for the purchase of a site and for the H. R. 5536. An act providing for an annex to the Federal build- erection of a public building thereon at Salt Lake City, the capital ing at Jackson, .Miss. ; · of the State of Utah; H. R. 407. An act for enlarging the public building at Topeka, S. 88. An act to provide for the purchase of sites of public build Kans.; ings in the cities of Hastings and Norfolk, in the State of Nebraska, H. R. 4113. An act for the erection of a public building at St. and for other purposes; Cloud, Minn.; • S. 346. An act providing for the erection of a public building at H. R. 2314. An act to accept a site as a donation and erect the city of Seattle, in the State of Washington; thereon a custom-house and post-office building in the city of S. 164. An act to provide for the construction of a public build Bristol, State of 'Tennessee; ing at Butte City, Mont.; H . R. 8587. An act for the erection of a public building at Mon S. 244. An act to provide for the purchase of a site and the erec mouth, Ill.; tion of a public building thereon at Joplin, in the State of Missouri; H. R. 1088. An act to provide for the e1·ection of a public build S. 706. An act to provide for the purchase of a site for and the ing at Elizabeth City, N. C.; erection of a public building at Oakland, in the State of Cali H . R. 11883. An act for the purchase of a site and the erection fornia; of a public building thereon in the city of New Brunswick, N. J.; S. 1271. An act for a public building at the city of Wilkesbarre, H. R. 11861. An act for the erection of a public building at El Pa.; mira, N. Y.; S. 927. An aet to provide for the erection of a public building H. R. 447. An act for the erection of a custom-house and post at Abilene, Tex.; office building at Brunswick, Ga.; S. 926. An a,ct to provide for the erection of a public building at H. R. 75. An act for the erection of an addition to the United Beaumont, Tex.; States public building at Canton, Ohio; S. 109. An a-ct for the erection of a public building at Aberdeen, H. R: 484. An act providing for the erection of an addition to S. Dak.; and the United States custom-house and post-office building in the S. 2048. An act for the erection of a public building at Fergus city of Dubuque, Iowa; Falls, Minn. H. R. 4313. An act for the erection of a public building at the SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS REFERRED. city of Jamestown~ N. Y.; H. R. 6. An act to increase the limit of cost for the pMchase of Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV, Senate joint resolutions of the fol site and the erection of a public building at Omaha, Nebr.; lowing titles were taken from tbe Speaker·s table and referred to H. R. 521. An, act for the erection of a public building at Fitch- their approp1iate committees as indicated·below: buxg, Mass. ; - S. R. 196. Joint resolution for the relief of J. T. Bootes, late B. R. 2120. An act to provide for the erection of a public build lieutenant {junior grade), United States Navy-to the Committee ing at Kansas City, Kans.; on Naval Affairs. H. R. 524. An acttoerecta public buildingat Lawrence, Mass.; S. R. 216. Joint resolution construing the a-ct approved June 27, 1899. .CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 2689 1890, entitled "An act granting pensions to soldiers and sailors same without amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2319); who are incapacitated for the performance of manual labor and which said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. providing for pensions to widows, minor children, and dependent Mr. GRIFFIN, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to which parents "-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 658) for the relief of Henry 8. R. 260. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to Lane, reported th~ same without amendment, accompanied by a lend 10,000 cots, 2,000 tents, and 10,000 mattresses to the executive report (No. 2320); which said bill and report were referred to the committee of the United Confederate Veterans' Reunion to be Private Calendar. held at Charleston, S. C., May 10, 1899-to the Committee on Mr. BROWNLOW, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to Military Affairs. which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 3797) for the re lief of William Ludgate. reported the same with amendment, ac LEAVE TO WITHDRAW PAPERS. companied by a report (No. 2323); which said billandreportwere By unanimous consent, on motion of Mr. NORTON of Ohio, referred to the Private Calendar. leave was gi·inted to withdraw from the files of the House, without Mr. GRAFF, from the Committee on Claims, to which was re leaving copies, the papers in the case of Harrison \Vagner, Fifty fen-ed the bill of the House (H. R. 11875) for the relief of Wick fifth Congress, no adverse report having been made thereon. ham Hoffman, services as charge d'affaires ad interim at St. And then, on motion of Mr. PAYNE (at 6 o'clock and 18 min Petersburg between July 1, 1878, and June 30, 1880, reported the utes p. m. ), the House adjourned until to-morrow at 11 o'clock a. m. same without amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2324); which said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. Mr. TATE, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. referred joint resolution of the Senate (S. R. 207) to appoint E. E. West a second lieutenant, United States Marine Corps, reported _ Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV, the following executive com the same with amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2326); munications were taken frolll the Speaker's table and referred as which said resolution and report were referred to the Private follows: Calendar. A letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a report of the- indeterminate sentence and the parole law in the United States-to the Committee on the Judiciary. PUBLIC BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MEMORIALS A letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting copy of re INTRODUCED. ports in answer to various questions submitted by the Interna Under clause 3 of Rule XXII, bills,. resolutionH, and memorials tional Prison Congress-to the Committee on the Judiciary. of the following titles were introduced and severally referred as A letter from the Secretary of War, relating to the proposition follows· to give a medal of honor to Mrs. Lena P. Cowden-to the Com By ifr. RICHARDSON: A joint resolution (H. Res. 380) au mittee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. thorizing the licensing of exhibitions for gain within the District of Columbia-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. By Mr. FLETCHER: A memorial from the legislature of Min· REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND nesota, favoring the building of certain dams recommended by RESOLUTIONS. Government engineers-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Under clause 2 of Rule XIII, bills and resolutions of the follow By Mr. HEATWOLE: A memorial from the Minnesota legisla· ing titl.es were severally reported from committees, delivered to ture, favoring the election of United States Senators by a direct the Clerk, and referred to the several Calendars therein named, vote-to the Committee on Election of President, Vice-President, as follows: and Representatives in Congress. Mr. HULL, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to which Also, a memorial from the legislature of Minnesota, favoring was referred joint resolution of the House (H. Res. 378) authoriz the survey of the Red River Valley for the purpose of building ing the Secretary of War to deliver to the mayor of Charleston, dams to protect the lands in said valley-to the Committee on S. C., tents, cots, and mattresses in loan for the convenience of Rivers and Harbors. the United Confederate Veterans at their annual Wl\nion, to be By Mr. REL.LEY: A memorial from the South Dakota legisla· held this year at that city, reported the same without amend ture, favoring the erection of a branch of the National Home for ment, accompanied by a report (No. 2321); which said resolution Disabled Soldiers and Sailors at Hot Springs, Fall River County, and report were referred to the Committee of the Whole House in said State-to the Committee on Military Affairs. on the state of the Union. · Mr. CUMMINGS, from the Committee on the Library, to which PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED. was referred joint resolution of the Senate (S~ R. 48) granting permission for the erection of a monument in Washington, D. C., Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, Mr. WffiTE of North Carolina for the ornamentation of the national capital and in honor of Sam introduced a bill (H. R. 12210} removing the charge of desertion uel Hahnemann, reported the same witho'Ut amendment, accom from Louis Collier; which was referred to the Committee on Mill panied by a report (No. 2322); which said resolution and report tary Affairs. were referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. PETITIONS, ETC. Mr. HICKS, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 71) Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, the following petitions and papers to provide for the erection of a public building at Washington, Pa., were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: reported the same with amendment, accompanied by a report (No. By Mr .. ALEXANDER: Petition of the Christian Endeavor 2325); which said bill and report were referred to the Committee Society of Emanuel Baptist Church, of Buffalo, N. Y., praying for of the Whole House on the state of the Union. the passage of the Clarke bill, providing that no polygamist shall Mr. GIBSON, from theCommitteeonlnvalidPensions, to which be a Senator or Representative-to the Committee on Elections was referred joint resolution of the Senate (S. R. 216) construing No.1. the act approved June 27 ; 1890, entitled "An act granting pen By Mr. BARTLETT: Resolutions of the Epworth League of sions to soldiers and sailors who are incapacitated for the per the Mu~~ry Street Me~hodist_Epi8copal Church, of Macon, Ga., for~ance of manual labor, and providing for pensions to widows, to proh1b1t the sale of liquor m canteens-to the Committee on minor children, and dependent parents," reported the same with Military Affairs. out amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2327); which said By Mr. CHICKERING: Protests of the Woman's Home and resolution and report were referred tothe Committee of the Whole Foreign Missionary Society of Adams, N. Y., and citizens of House on the state of the Union. Lewis County, N. Y., against the admission of B. H. Roberts to the Fifty-sixth Congress-to the Committee on Elections No. 1. By Mr. CLARDY: Petition of m embers of Gen. Samuel Hop REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS AND kins Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, in favor of RESOLUTIONS. the woman's nursing service bill-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Under clause 2 of Rnle Xill, private bills and resolutions of the . Also, papers to accompany House bill No. 6378, for the relief of f?llowing titles were severally reported from committees, de the estate of J. W. Wilkins, of Madisonville, Ky.-to the Com livered to the Clerk, and referred to the Committee of the Whole mittee on War ClaimR. House, as follows: Also, papers to accompany House bill N o.10072, for the relief of Mr. HULL, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to which William A. Short, of Calhoun, Ky.-to tile Committee on Military was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 5069) to amend the act ap Affairs. proved March 15, 1878, entitled "An act for the relief of William By Mr. CLARKE of New Hampshire: Petition of the Woman's A. Hammond, late Surgeon-General of the Army," reported the Christian Temperance Union of New Hampshire, praying for the XXXII-169 2690 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE . . ~OH 2, · passage of the Clarke bill, providing that no polygamist shall be helping to draw more closely the bonds of kinsman.ship, good under· a Senat.or or Representative-to the Committee on Elections N o.1. standing, and affection between the motherland and the daughter Also, petition of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and upon this side of the water, he has left a great and glorious repu the Baptist and Second Congregational churches of Wilt-0n, N. H., tation. Grant, we beseech Thee, that the wife who has been wid· to prohibit the transmission by mail or inte1:state commerce of owed and the children made fatherless may be dear to Thee, de.. pictures or descriptions of prize fights-to the Committee on Inter fended, upheld, and comforted by Thee. state and Foreign Commerce. 0 Lord, grant that these great and good men who have labored Also, petition of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and and are still laboring for a good understanding between these na the Baptist and Second Congregational churches of Wilton, N. H., tions may receive Thy heavenly benediction. Keep us all, 0 to forbid interstate gambling by telegraph or telephone-to the Lord, under the shadow of Thy wing. We humbly ask Thee, Committee on the Judiciary. through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. Also, petition of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and Mr. CARTER. I ask unanimous consent that the prayer by. Baptist and Congregational churches of Wilton, N. H., favoring the Chaplain be inserted in the RECORD. • the Ellis bill-to the Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. The VICE-PRESIDENT. Is there any objection to the request By Mr. FLETCHER: Resolutions of the Woman's Council, of the Senator from Montana? The Chair hears none, and the and protests of citizens of Minneapolis, Minn., and citizens of Eden order is made. Prairie, Minn., against the seating of Representative-elect B. H. On motion of Mr. CHANDLER, and by unanimous consent, Roberts, of Utah-to the Committee on Elections No. 1. the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dis By l\fr. GARDNER: Petition of the First Baptist Church of pensed with. Bordentown, N. J., against the reopening of the sectarian-school CODE FOR ALASKA. question and favoring the American common-school system among the Indians-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Mr. CARTER. In the absence of any morning business to Also, petition of citizens of Point Pleasant, N. J., for the con be presented, I ask that the Senatie :proceed to the consideration of tinuance of the prohibitory law in Alaska-to the Committee on the bill (H. R. 8571 ) to define and punish crimes in the district the Territories. of Alaska, and to provide a code of criminal procedure for said Also, petitions of citizens of Point Pleasant and Atlantic City, district. · N. J., Lewis H. Whitacre, Joseph R. Lippincott, George M. Parker! Mr. PRITCHARD. Will the Senator from Montana allow me Stacy and Henry B. Stiles, all of Lumberton, N. J., and Ormond to introduce a resolution requesting the return of a bill? M. Wright, of Barnegat, N. J., favoring the passage of the Ellis Mr. GALLINGER. I think morning business should first be bill to forbid the sale of intoxicating beverages in all Government presented before the bill is taken up. buildings-to the Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. Mr. CARTER. I will yield to morning business. By Mr. GREENE of Massachusetts: Protest of the Woman 's Mr. GALLINGER. It is the regular order. Christian Temperance Union of Bristol County, Mass., against MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. the seating of Representative-elect B. H. Roberts, of Utah-to the Committee on Elections No. 1. A me.ssage from the Honse of Representatives, by :Mr. W. J. By Mr. HEATWOLE: Protest of the First Baptist Church of BROWNING, it Chief Clerk, announced that the House had passed Kasota, Minn., against the seating of Representative-elect B. H. the following bills: Roberts, of Utah-to the Committee on Elections NG. 1. · A bill (S. 5352) creating the office of admiral of the Navy· and By Mr. HENDERSON: Communication of F. N. Parrish, adju A bill (8. 5578) for increasing the efficiency of the Army of the tant of Asa L. Goodrich Post, No. 433, Grand Army of the R e United States, and for other purposes. public, of Chm·chville, N. Y., urging the passage of Senate bill The message also announced that the House had agreed to the No. 3256, for the appointment of Union soldiers to official posi amendments of the Senate to the following bills: tions-to the Committee on Rules. A bill (H. R. 1213) granting an honorable discharge to W. G. By Mr. HENRY of Connecticut: Resolution of the Amalga N eely, of Canyon City, Colo.; · mated Association of Iron and Steel Workers of Montpelier, Ind., A bill (H. R. 3190) granting an honorable discharge to John H. favoring the passage of the eight-hour bill-to the Committee on Smith; Labor. A bill (H. R. 4253) granting an honorable discharge to Thomas_ . By Mr. HOWELL: Protest of 60 citizens of Keyport, N. J., West; against the seating of Brigham H. Roberts as a Representative A bill (H. R. 8694) to enable the city of Albuquerque, N. Mex., from Utah-to the Committee on Elections No. 1. to create certain indebtedness, and for other purposes; By Mr. LITTLE: Protest of C. C. McGinley and other citizens A bill (H. R. 7632) to remove the charge of desertion from the of Indian Territory, against the seating of Representative-elect military record of Robert Flower; B. H. Roberts, of Utah-to the Committee on Elections No. 1. A bill (H. R. 9336) granting _to the Muscle Shoals Power Com By Mr. LIVINGSTON (by request): Mem.orial of Daniel Mur pany right to erect and construct canal and power stations at ray to COITect CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-to the Committee on Muscle Shoals, Alabama; Printing. A bill (H. R. 10353) for the relief of the International Cotton By Mr. PACKER of Pennsylvania: Petition of the Woman 's Press Company, of New Orleans, La.; and Christian Temperance unions of Andrews Settlement, Mansfield, A bill (H. R. 11799) to amend an act of Congress, approved July Blossburg, Osceola, and Westfield, Universalist and Methodist 8, 1898, entitled "An act to incorporate the Washington and Uni Episcopal churches of Andrews Settlement, and Epworth League versity Railroad Company of the District of 8olumbia." of Hoytville, Pa., favoring the passage of the Ellis bill-to the The message further announced that the House insists upon its Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. amendments to the following bills, agrees to the conferences asked By l\ir. RUSSELL: Protest of the Woman's Home Missionary for by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses Society of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, of Norwich, Conn., thereon, and had appointed Mr. MERCER, Mr. HICKS, and Mr. against the seating of Brigham H. Roberts as a Representative BANKHEAD managers at the respective conferences on the part of from Utah-to the Committee on Elections No. 1. · the House: Also, resolution of St. Mary's Total Abstinence and Benevolent A bill (S. 1056) to provide for a public building at Cleveland, Society, of Norwich, Conn., favoring House bill No. 7937, to pro Ohio; and hibit the sale of liquor on Government reservations-to the Com A bill (S. 710) to provide for the purchase of. additional land in mittee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. the square now occupied by the custom-house in t he city of Balti more, Md., and for the erection of a new public building thereon . for the accommodation of the Government service in said city . The message also announced that the House had disagreed to SENATE. . the amendments of the Senate to the following bills, agrees to the conferences asked for by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of THURSDAY, March 2, 1899. the two Houses thereon, and had appointed Mr. MERCER, Mr. The Senate met at 10.30 o'clock a. m. H ICKS, and Mr. BANKHEAD managers at the conference on the The Chaplain, Rev. W. H. MILBURN, D. D., offered the following part of the House: prayer: A bill (H. R. 414) for the erection of a public building at Tampa, O Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Fla.; . Therefore, as in thought and love we stand by the coffin-side of A bill (H. R. 11883) to increase the limit of the cost for the erec our kinsman, friend, and brother who came from across the sea t ion of a public building in Stockton, Cal., and making provision upon the blessed mission of neacemaker, we draw nigh to Thee to for the acquisition of additional land or a new sit;e therefor; and ask for Thy succor and comfort and cheer. The bearer of an illus A bill (H. R. 500) for the erection of a public building at Lock trious name, which he has made more noble by his conduct and port, N. Y. character, showing forth the finest influences and principles of a The message further announced that the House had disagreed great and good man worthily representing his great nation and to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 1055) to amend