508 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. JANUARY·25, ... By Mr. CATCHINGS: Papers in claim of John B. Brabston, .By Mr. OATES: Papers in the claim of Henry C. Russell, of of Warren County, Mississippi-to the Committee on War Claims. Barbour County, Ala.-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. CHEATHAM: Papers in claim of Peter Andrews, of By Mr. O'NEILL of Missouri: Petition of Labor Assembly Jones County, North Carolina-totheCommitteeon War Claims. 2389, Knights of Labor, of Washington, D. C., asking for passage ·- By Mr. COOLIDGE: Petitionofcitizens representing the First of bill to have investigation in regard to slums of cities of over Congregational Church, of Greenfield, Mass., against the open­ 200,000 inhabitants; of No. 3837, of same organization, inthesame ing of the Columbian Exposition on the Lord's Day-to theSe­ city; of No. 5549, of same organization, of the same city; of No. lect Committee on the Columbian Exposition. 1798, of the same organization, of the same cityf, or the same pur­ By Mr. COVERT: Petition of H; W. Prince and others, for the pose-to the Committee on Labor. improvementof Southold Harbor, New York-to the Committee By Mr. O'NEILL of Pennsylvania: Papers to accompany bill on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.. . for the relief of the owners of schooner Walter B. Chester-to By Mr. CROSBY: Report relating to House bill 1084, for the the Committee on Claims. relief of Michael Keefe-to the Committee on Military Affairs. ByMr. PARRETT: Petition of P.H. Carroll, recording sec­ By Mr. ELLIS: Affidavits and proof to accom.l?any bill tore­ retary of District Assembly No. 58, Evansville, Ind., requesting - move charge of desertion against William ---to the Com­ the passage of a bill authorizing the collection of statistics rela­ mittee on Military Affairs. tive to the "slums" of cities containing over 200,000 inhabitants­ By Mr. EVERETT: Papers in the claim of William M. James, to the Committee on Labor. Walker County, Ga.; of Martha A. E. Rice, widow of. Fleming By Mr. PEEL: Papers in the claim of Gilbert Cohee, of Wash­ Rice, of Floyd County; of William P. Hackney, of Whitefield ingtonCounty, Ark.; of Obad C.Cate, of HarrietT. Simpson, and County, and of Lindsey Ashworth, of the same county and State­ of Martha J. Pyeatt, of the same county and State-to the Com­ to the Committee on War Claims. mittee on War Claims. By Mr. GEARY: Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of By Mr. RAYNER: Memorial of the East Baltimore Business Eureka,Cal.,fortheimprovementof HumboldtBay-totheCom­ Mens Association, to pass a bill for the transfer of the Revenue mittee on Rivers and H~bors. Cutter Service to the naval establishment-to the Committeeon By Mr. GILLESPIE: Petition of members of Baptist, Presby­ Interstate and Foreign Commerce. ~ terian, and Congregational Churches of Sharon, Pa., asking that By Mr. RICHARDSON: Papers in the claim of Giles Huds­ the Columbian Exposition may be closed on the Sabbath day­ peth,ofLimestoneCounty,Ala.-totheCommitteeonWarClaims. to the Select Committee on the Columbian Exposition. By Mr. SANFORD: Petition of Woman's Christian Temper­ By Mr. GRADY: Papers in the claim of William Rose, of ance Union (Department of Sabbath Observance), signed by 80 Wayne County, N. C.; of Benjamin J. Futerill, of the same citizens of Sarato~a Springs, N.Y., asking that no exposition or county; <5f James Williams, of Matthew M. Jones, sr., and of exhibition for which appropriations are made by Congress shall Epsie Jackson, of the same county; of Flora I. Campbell, of Har­ be open on Sundays-to the Select Committee on the Columbian nett County; of Daniel L. Smith, of Cumberland County, and of Exposition. Malcom McAuthur, of the same county an State-to the Commit- By Mr. SPERRY: Petition of citizens of North Bloomfield, tee on War Claims. · Conn., in favor of free delivery of mails in the country districts; By Mr. HAYES: Petition of Walter I. Hayes, for allowance of also, three petitions from citizens of Tolland County; also, ten pe­ one year's salary to estate of Alexander Clark, deceased, late titions from citizens of Hartford County, in the same State, for minister to Liberia-to the Committee on Appropriations. the same purpose-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post­ Also, two petitions and other papers accompanying, to be filed Roads. with bill to mcrease the pension of George Shackelford-to the By Mr. STOCKDALE: Papers in the claim of Gotleib Linder­ Committee on Invalid Pensions. myer-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. HOAR: Papers including evidence, copies of docu­ By Mr. TERRY: Papers in the claim of William Barnes, of Se­ ments to accompanying House bill4111, to correct the record of bastian County, Ark.; of Rebecca McCraw, of the same State; of E. E. Rankin-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Christian Roesch, of Pulaski County; ofW. W. Adams an~ others, Also, petition, evidence, etc., to accompany House bill1443, for administrators.of Henry Keatts; of F. T. Gibson, administrator the relie~ of Eliza J. Mead-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ of Maria E. The"bault, of the same county and State-to the Com­ sions. mittee on War Claims. Also, papers to accompany House billl446, to correct the record By Mr. TURPIN: Papers in the claim of William H. Linam, of William F. Peck-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. of Wilcox County, Ala.-to the Committee on War Claims. By M:r_. HUFF: Petition of the Presbyterian Church Synod By Mr. WAUGH: Papers to accompany House bill1262, to cor­ representing Pennsylvania and West Virginia, requesting that rect the military record of George A. Marks-to the Committee the Columbian Exposition be not opened on Sunday, and protest­ on Military Affairs. mg against any appropriation of money for its encouragement if By Mr. WILLIAMS of illinois: Affidavit for the relief of. their request is not complied with-to the Select Committee on James K. Rainey-to the Committee on Military Affairs. the Columbian Exposition. By Mr. WILSON of Missouri: Petition of the president and By Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio: Petition of 25 citizens of Cleve­ secretary of the National Association of Veterans of the Mexican land, Ohio, praying for the relief of the Kaweah colony-to the War, praying for an amendment to the general pension law (ap­ Committee on the Public Lands. proved June 27, 1890), extending the provisions of said law to the By Mr. LESTER of Virginia: Petition of citizens of Danville, survivors and widows of the Mexican war veterans in all respects Va., for amendment to the law governing the manufacture and from date of it~ passage-to the Committee on Pensions. sale of tobacco-to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. McRAE: Papers in the claim of Oliver P. Lister and Martha Harrison, of Garland County, Ark.-to the Committee on WarClaims. SENATE. By Mr. MARTIN: Papers to accompany House billl690, for the 1\IONDAY, January 25, 1892. , relief of Lewis Deems-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, papers to accompany House billl693, for the relief of Elias Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. G. BUTLER, D. D. D. Pierce-to the Committee on Claims. The Journal of the proceedings of Thursday last was read and Also, papers to accompany House bill1691, for the relief of Elias approved. D. Pierce-to tbe Committee on Claims. EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS. By Mr. MANSUR: Petition to accompany House bill 4371, for The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica­ the reli.ef of William J. Ford-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ tion from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of Maj. E. sions. M. Coates, Nineteenth Infantry, on the condition of the Mackinac By Mr. MEYER: Papers in claim of Charles T. Reeder, of National Park, in Michigan, for the year ending December 31, Orleans Parish, La.; of William Hennessy, of Algiers, in the 1891; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the same State-to the Committee on War Claims. Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. By Mr. MILLIKEN: Petition of James T. Carr, for removal of He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Sec­ record of desertion-to the Committee on Military Affairs. retary of the Treasury, stating that in response to directions con­ Also, proofs in the case of Mathew A. Oullnan-to the Com­ tained in the second paragraph of chapter 549, second session, mittee on Invalid Pensions. Fifty-first Congress, page 1083, United States Statutes at Large, Also, petition of H. M. Savage for relief-to the Committee on volume 26, referring to amendments to sections 4488 and 4489, Claims. Revised Statutes, relating to "line-carrying projectiles and the · By Mr. MORSE: Petition of Miss AgnesL. Sherman and other means of propelling them," he had issued, in writing, directions · members of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor, to convene the Board of Supervising Inspectors in extra session of North Marshfield, Mass., praying for the suppression of the in this city, to aid the Secretary in carrying out the act of Con­ alcoholi~ liquor traffic-to the Select Committee on the Alcoholic gress; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Liquor Traffic. Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. 1892. - CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 509 . REPORT OF BRIGHTWOOD RAILWAY COMPANY. praying that boai,ds of arbitration may be prov1d~d for the set­ The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the annual tlement of all difficulties within our borders or with other nations; report of the Brightwood Railway Company of the District of which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. ·' Columbia for 1891; 'Which was referred to the Committee on the Mr. CULLOM presented a petition of the Gulf and Chicago District of Columbia, and order to be printed. Rail way Company of Alabama, praying for an examination and investigation of the act of Congress approved September 4, 1841, GEORGETOWN BARGE, DOCK, ELEVATOR, AND RAILWAY COM­ providing for the disposition of the 2 per cent of net proceeds PANY. - of lands sold b:v the United States in Alabama since December 1, The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the annual re­ 1819, etc.; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. port of the Georgetown Barge, Dock, Elevator, and Hallway Com­ He also presented a petition of the Prayer Union Assembly of pany of the District of Columbia; which was referred to the Com­ the Methodist Episcopal, Cumberland Presbyterian, and Chris­ . mittee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. tian Churches of Girard, ill., praying that an appropriation of GEORGETOWN AND ARLINGTON RAILROAD COMPANY. $5,000,000 be made in aid of the World's Columbian Fair on con­ The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a statement dition that the exposition be closed on Sunday; which was referred of the receipts and expenditures of the Georgetown and Arling­ to the Committee on the Quadro-Centennial (Select). ton Railroad Contpany of the District of Columbia; which was Mr. HOAR presented the petition of S. F. Sprague and other referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and or­ members of the First Congregational Church of Greenfield, Mass., dered to be printed. praying that a loan to the World's Columbian Fair be made on condition that the exposition shall be closed on Sunday; which GEORGETOWN AND TENNALLYTOWN RAILWAY COMPANY. was referred to the Committee on the Quadro-Centennial (Select). The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica­ Mr. FAULKNER presented the petition of Henry Fisher and tion from the Georgetown and Tennallytown Railway Company of 47 other citizens of Mason County, W.Va., praying for the pas­ the District of Columbia, inclosing a list of the stockholders of sage of what is known as the Butterworth option bill; which was that corporation; which was referred to the Committee on the referred to the Committee on AgricultUre and Forestry. District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. He also presented the petition of J. McMillin and 47 other PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. citizens of Mason County, W.Va., praying for the passage of The VICE-PRESIDENT presented a communication from H. the Conger lard bill; which was referred to the Committee on 0. Shepard, secretary, transmitting a petition of the Muscogee Agriculture and Forestry. (Ind. T.) Bar Association, praying for the passage of a bill fix­ Mr. TURPIE presented the petition of Catharine Dillow, of ing the salary of the judge of the United States cou~t in the In­ Logansport, Ind., praying to be allowed a widow's pension; which dian Territory at $5,000 per annum; which was referred to the was referred to the Committee on Pensions. Committee on the Judiciary. He also presented the petition of John Frets, of Auburn, Ind., He also presented a petition of citizens of Clayton County, Iowa, praying to be granted a pension; which was referred to the Com­ praying for the passage of the Conger lard bill; whicli was re­ mittee on Pensions. ferred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. He also presented a memorial of sundry churches of Princeton, He also presented a petition of citizens of Clarton County, Ind., comprising 975 members, remonstrating against the open­ Iowa, praying for the passage of the so-called ' option bill;' ing of the World'sColumbianFaironSunday; which was referred which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and For­ to the Committee on the Quadro-Centennial (Select). estry. Mr. VILAS presented a petition of the Board of Trade of Ar­ He also presented a petition of the Sixteenth Legislative As­ cadia, Wis., praying for a reduction of letter postage; which was sembly of the Territory of Arizona, praying for legislation to con­ referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. fine the numerous bands of Navajo Indians within the limits of He also presented a petition of A. J. Kinney and other citi­ their reservation; which was referred to the Committee on In­ zens of St. Croix County, Wis., and the petition of M.A. Ful­ dian Affairs. ton and 30 other citizens of St. Croix County, Wis., praying for Mr. SHERMAN presented a petition of the Central Labor the free bimetallic coinage of gold and silver; wh1ch was re­ Union of Cleveland, Ohio, praying for the passa'~ of an amend­ ferred to the Committee on Finance. ment to the Constitution of the United States providing for the Mr. VEST presented the petition of J. W. Draffen and other election of President andVice-President by a direct vote of the citizens of Boonville, Mo., praying for the passage of an amend­ people; which was referred to the Committee on Privileges and ment to section 26 of the tariff and tax law approved by the Presi­ Elections. · dent October 1, 1890, in regard to leaf tobacco; which was re­ '· He also presented a petition of. twenty tobacco firms of Cin­ ferred to the Committee on Finance. cinnati, Ohio, praying- for an amendment to the tariff and tax He also presented a petition of the Synod of the Southern law in reference to the internal-revenue tax on tobacco-dealers; Presbyterian Church of Missouri, convened at Fulton October which was referred to the Committee on Finance. 16, 1891, praying that the Columbian ~xposition be closed on He also presented a petition of Summit Council, No. 19, Order Sunday; which was referred to the Committee on the Quadro­ of United American Mechanics, of Akron, Ohio, prayingfor the Centennial (Select). prohibition of foreign immigration except under certain condi­ Mr. MANDERSON. I present a memorial signed by the trus­ tions set forth in the petition; which was referred to the Com­ tees of the estate of the late W. W. Corcoran, the trustees of the mittee on Immigration. estate of the late Lucius Tuckerman, and representatives of the He also presented a petition of 36 citizens of Union County, estate of Mr. Riggs, Mr. Justice Gray, and numerous other prop­ Ohio, praying for the passage of the Butterworth option bill; erty-owners on I street, protesting against the passage of the which was referred to the Committee onAgriculture and Forestry. bill proposing to construct a street railway along I street and out He also presented a petition of certain letter-carriers of Pitts­ Seventeenth street, known, I believe, as the "Zoo" Street Rail­ burg, Pa., praying that an increase of salary be allowed to per­ wayscheme. sons in that service undercertainconditions; which was referred The memorial sets forth in proper language reasons for the 1- to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. protest, and calls attention to the fact that this is another of the He also presented a petition of the United Presbyterian Con­ numerous efforts which have been made to advance the purposes gregation of Martins Ferry, Ohio; a petition of the United Pres­ of outside lot speculators to the ruin of inside property, and I byterian Church of Richmond, Ohio; a petition of the United earnestly hope that the present efficient Committee on the Dis­ Presbyterian Church ofClearport, Ohio; a petition of the United trict of Columbia will see that none of these schemes is carried Presbyterian Church of East Liverpool, Ohio; a petition of the out to improper success. . United . Presbyteria~ Church of Qarrolltown, Ohio; a petition of The VICE-PRESIDENT. The memorial will be referred to the United Presbyterian Church of Pleasant Hill, Ohio; a peti­ the Committee on the District of Columbia. tion of the United Presbyterian Church of East Union, Ohio; Mr. CAMEHON presented a memorial of the Synod of Penn­ and a petition.of the United Presbyterian Church of Morgan­ sylvania, comprising the Presbyterian churches of Pennsylva­ ville, Ohio, praying for the passage of legislation looking to the nia and West Virginia, remonstrating against Government aid closing of the World's Columbian Fair on Sunday; which were for the World's Columbian Fair unless it is closed on Sunday; referred to the Committee on the Quadro-Centennial (Select). which was referred t-o the Committee on the Quadro-Centennial Mr. CASEY presented a petition Qf 37 citizens of Fargo, N. (Select). Dak., praying that the public land la.-v of March 3,1891, so far Mr. WILSON presented the petition of 13 citizens of Emmet as it relates to timber culture, be amended so as to extend its County, Iowa, praying for the passage of the bill known in the . benefits to nonresident widows and orphans; which was referred Fifty-first Congress as the Conger lard bill; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands. to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Mr. DIXON presented a petition of the World's and Nat~onal Mr. WILSON. I present a petition of 19 citizens of Warren Woman's Christian Temperance Union, adopted at their conven­ County, Iowa, and a petition of 13 citizens of Emmet County, tions held in FaneuiJ Hall and Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass., Iowa, praying for the passage of a bill similar to the one know. ,..

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in the Fifty-first Congress as the Butterworth option bill. I REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. move the reference of the petitions to the Committee on Agri­ · Mr. FAULKNER, from the Committee on Claims, to whom culture and Forestry. were referred the following bills, reported them severally \vith­ Mr .. WASHBURN. I wish to suggest to the Senator from out amendment, and submitted reports thereon: , Iowa that the petition in regard to the option bill so called had A bill (S. 268) for the relief of C. M. Shaffer; better go to the Judiciary Committee, as the bill on that subject A bill (S. 657) for the relief of the estate of A. H. Herr, de­ has already been referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. ceased, late of the District of Columbia; Mr. WILSON. !have no objection to that reference. A bill (S. 284) for the relief of William F. Wilson; Mr. PADDOCK. In regard to the suggestion of the Senator A bill (S. 276) for the relief of the trustees of the Methodist from Minnesota, I wish to say that I understood that the peti­ Episcopal Church of Martinsburg, W.Va.; tions presented by the Senator fromiowa related also to the Con­ A bill (S. 1061) for the relief of the legal represent-atives of ger lard bill. Lewis W. Washington, deceased; Mr. WILSON. That was a separate petition. A bill (S.1062) to refund to the State of West Virginia the Mr. PADDOCK. All right. money paid to officers of the One hundred and thirty-third Regi­ I • The VICE-PRESIDENT. The petitions will be referred to ment West Virginia Militia for services rendered during the re- the Committee on the Judiciary. bellion; and, • :Mr. PADDOCK presented a petition of subordinate Alliance A bill (S. 273) for the relief of the trustees of St. Josephs Cath­ No. 806, of Saunders County, Nebr., officiallysigned,prayingfor olic Church at Martinsburg, W.Va. the passage of the antioption bill and the Conger lard bill; which Mr. HOAR, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. referred the bill (H. R. 9) to define and punish blackmailing, re­ Mr. HALE presented the petition of Ann G. Blackington, of ported it without amendment. ,j Rockland, Me., praying to be allowed arrears of pension; which He also, from the same committee, to whom was referred the was referred to the Committee on Pensions. joint resolution (S. R. 27) providing that the statute of limitations Mr. ALLISON presented the petition of F. L. Dow and other shall not be interposed as a defense by the United States in the citizens of Clarion, Iowa; the petition of W. H. Merry and other Court of Claims in suits wherein laborers, workmen, and mechan­ citizens of Woodbury County, Iowa; the petition of A. T. Dille ics are.seeking to recover for wages due, asked to be discharged and other citizens of Allamakee County, Iowa; the petition of from its further consideration and thatit be referred totheCom­ H. Hoartz and other citizens of Iowa; the petitiOn of Jacob Doll mittee on Education and Labor; which was agreed to. and other citizens of Black Hawk County, Iowa; the petition of Mr. GALLINGER, from the Committee on the District of Co­ John Borman and other citizens of Sac County, Iowa; the peti­ lumbia, to whom was referred the bill (S 661) for the regulation tion of Henry Kaehn and other citizens of Clayton County, Iowa; of the practice of dentistry in the District of Columbia rui.d for and the petition of J. F. Sanders and other citizens of Benton the protection of the people from empiricism in relation thereto, County, Iowa, praying for the passage of what is known as the reported it with amendments, and submitted a report thereon. antioption bill; which were referred to the Committee on the Ju­ Mr. SAWYER, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post­ diciary. Roads, to whom was referred the bill (S. 460) for the relief of the He also presented the petition Alex. Galbraith and other citi­ legal representatives of George K. Otis, deceased, reported it zens of Sac County, Iowa, praying for the passage of what is com­ without amendment, and submitted a report thereon. monly known as the Conger lard bill; which was referred to the Mr. VEST,from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was Committee on Agriculture and Forestry referred the bill (H. R. 435) to provide an additional mode of He also presented the petition of J. A Farrington and other taking depositions of witnesses in causes pending in the courts of citizens of Mills County, Iowa, praying for the enactment of the the United States, reported it without amendment. law to restore the free bimetallic coinage of silver and gold coins, Mr. JONES of Arkansas, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, the same as was the law from 1792 to 1873; which was referred to whom was referred the bill (S. 1023) to amend an act entitled to the Committee on Finance. "An act granting the right of way to the Hutchison and South­ He also presented a petition of the Young People's Society of ern Railroad Company to construct and operate a railroad, tele­ First Street Church of Boone, Iowa, representing 50 persons, graph and telephone line from the city of Anthony, in the State praying that the World's Columbian Fair be closed on Sunday, of Kansas, through the Indian Territory, to some point in the also that the sale of liquors be prohibited thereat, and that the art county of Grayson, in the State of Texas," approved September department be managed according to the American standard of 26,1890, reported it without amendment. purity in art; which was referred to the Committee on the Quadro­ Mr. CAREY, from the Committee on Education and Labor, to Centennial (Select). whom was referred the bill {S. 749) to provide for a commission Mr. VANCE presented a petition of the Deep River Monthly on the subject of the alcoholic liquor traffic, reported it with Meeting oi Friends, of Guilford County, N.C., praying !or the amendments, and submitted a report thereon. ratification of the so-called Brussels treaty for suppressmg the Mr. HAWLEY, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to African slave trade; which was ordered to lie on the table. whom 'vas referred the bill (S. 1233) to establish a military post Mr. DANIEL presented a petition of the Chamber of Com­ on the line of railway between Burlington and Highgate, Vt., merce of Norfolk, Va., praying for the transfer of the Revenue reported it without amendment, and submitted a report thereon. Marine to the Navy Department; which was referred to the Com­ Mr. PADDOCK. From the Committee on Agriculture and mittee on Naval Affairs. Forestry I report an amendment, in the nature of a substitute, He also :r,>resented the petition of Daniel Ruggles, late captain intended to be proposed to the bill (S. 1) for preventing the Fifth Reg1ment Infantry and brevet lieutenant-colonel United adulteration and misbranding of food and drugs, and for other States Army, praying for payment of commutation for subsistence purposes. allowance; which was referred to the Committee on Military The VICE-PRESIDENT. The proposed amendment will be Affairs. - printed. Mr. DOLBH presented a petition of citizens of Wasco County, Oregon, praying for the passage of what is known as the anti­ SENATOR FROM TEXAS. . . option bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. HOAR. I am directed by the Committee on Privileges Mr. ALLEN presented a petition of theChamberof Commerce and Elections, who were instructed by a resolution of December of Port Townsend, Wash., praying for the transfer of the United 12, 1891; to inquire into and report upon the circumstances and States Revenue Marine Service from the Treasury to the Navy validity of the appointment of :Mr. CHILTO~ of Texas to a seat Department; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Af­ in the Senatefrom that State, to submit areport. I desire that j fairs. the resolution with which the report concludes may be read. Mr. HISCOCK presented a petition of citizens of the State of The VICE-PRESIDENT. The resolution will be read. New York, praying for the free delivery of mails in country dis­ The Chief Clerk read as follows: tricts; which was referred to the Commtttee on Post-Offices and JleBol'DMi, That Mr. HORACE CHILTON, appointed by the executive of the Post-R.oads. · State of Texas on the 25th day of April, 1891, to fill the vacancy occasioned by He also presented a memorial adopted by the advisory com­ the resignation of Hon. John H. Reagan, which had previously been made to mittee of the Citizens' Bridge AssoCl.a.tion of Brooklyn, N.Y., take e1fect. on the lOth day of June, 1891, is entitled to retain his seat. remonstrating against the passage of Senate bill 846, to author­ Mr. HOAR. I will not ask for action on the resolution at this ize and regulate the construction of bridges, etc.; which was re- time; but I think the report, which is brief, should be printed in ferred to the Committee on Commerce. . the RECORD, and I shall call up the resolution in the course of a Mr . .COCKRELL presented a memorial of the Missouri Synod fewdays. . . . of the Presbyterian. Church (Southern), convened in Fulton, Mo., The VICE-PRESIDENT. The report will be prmted m the October 16,1891,signed byT. C. Smithlstated clerk, remonstrat­ REcoRD, if there be no objection. ing against the opening of the Columb an Exposition on Sundayj Mr. HOAR. And also printed as a document. which was referred to the Committee on the Quadro-Centenniru. The VICE-PRESIDENT. It will also be printed as a. docu­ (Select) • ment. The resolution will lie on the table.

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The report is as follows: the right of the Legislature only to fill a vacancy which was foreseen, regular, and certain, and th3.t there was no right in the governor to supply that , The Committee on Privileges and: Elections, who were illrected by resolu­ omission. · tion of December 12, 1891, to inquire into and report upon the circumstances Mr. Lanman was not admitt-ed to the seat. There is nothing in the con­ and validity of the appointment of Mr. CHILTON to a. seat in the Senate from tem-porary record of the debates or in the resolution which enables us to the State of Texas, have complied with said resolution, and respectfUlly report: determine whether the majority of the Senate based its action on the ground Mr. Reagan. elected Senator from the. State of Texas fo:r the term of six stated by Mr. Benton to have been maintained by Mr. Tazewell. or on the. years from the 4th of March, 1887, resigned his office, the resignation to take ground stated by Judge Story and by the National Inteiligence:r. The case. e1!ect on the lOth day of June, 1891. The executive ot the State of Texas on the therefore, is not an authority on either side of the question. So that it is im­ 25th day of April, 1891, and after the receipt of the resignation of Mr. Reagan, possible to determine whether the Senate meant to overrule the Tracy case appointed Mr. CHILToN to fill the vacancy occasioned by sa.idresignation. Mr. on one ground or the other. CHILTON'S credentialS set forth the resignation of ~. Reagan, and further On the other hand. an examination of the very numerous cases where the declare- · executives of States have made appointments when the Legislature was not "Now, therefore, I, J. S. Hogg, governor of the State of Texas, bY. Virtue of in session shows that in a great many of them the executive has postponed the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the Uruted States action. where the resignations were made to take effect at a fUture tim.e or and of the State of Teias, do hereby appoin-t HoRACE CHILToN, of Smith where the previous term had erpired by its own limitation, until after the County, Tex., Senator in the Congress of the United States from the State of vacancy existed. In all probability this postponement was caused by a be­ Texas to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation ot the Ron. John H. lief on the part of the executive that he had no authority to provide for :tilling Reagan. This appomtment to ta1l::e effect the lOth day of: June, A. D.189L •· a vacancy until it actually occurred, or at. any :rate, that the question was so The certifiate bears date April25,1891. far in doubt that it would be unsafe to make the appointment in anticipation. Mr. CHILTON is in all other respects duly qualified to be a Senator from the So far, then, as the precedents are concerned it appears that in three eases State of Texas. The only question is whether the governor might lawfully persons so apJ)Oint-ed have been admitted to theiF seats without question.; make this aPJ)ointment before the resignatiorl of Mr. Reagan actually took that l\1r. Tracy was admitted and: Mr. Lanm.an rejected where the executive effect. made the appointment in anticipation of a vacancy, there being a discusSion The provision of the Constitution al!ecting the question is as follows: in the Senate, but no satisfactory evidence of the grounds or the judgment; "ART. I. Sec-. 3. The Senate of the Unit-ed States shall be composed of two that in one case, that ot Mr. Sevier, a person so ap-pointed has been admitted, Senators trom each State-, chosen by the Legislatu?e thereof tor six years, when the validity of the appointment was questioned Ul)On other grounds, " *' *- and if vacancies happen, by resignation or otherwise, during there­ without raising this question specifically~ and that in modem times the prac­ cess of the Legislature of any State, the executive thereof may make tempo­ tice has been uniform for the State executi-ve to delay appointment until the rary appointments until the next meeting of the Legislature, which shall then actual happening of the vacancy. fi1l such va.ca.ncies." Under these circumstances it seems tons that the Senate may now de­ A similar state of facts has. arisen in a- nmnbeF of instances since the Con­ terrnine the question unhampered by any precedents of its own. s.titu.tion went into operation. We supPQse that where the :power is given to fill vacancies in public o11tces The-te:rm of Uriah Tracy.Senator fi'om Connecticut, expired March 3, 1801; it has been the uni!onn practice to permit resignations of such ofll.ces to be he was appointed by the governor of Connecticnt, February 20,1801; .. from made to ta.ke effect ali a future day. and to hold that the appointing power the 3d of March next until the next meeting of the. Legislature of said State," is entitled to make the appointment in advance to fill the vacancy, to take the Legislature of the State not being in session. at the time or said appoint­ effect when the resignation becomes operative, unless the language of the ment or thereafter until after said 4th of March. Exception being taken to constitntiona.l or statute provt'Sion m1der which. the authority is exercised his credentials. he was admitted to the seat bya vote of 13yea.s. to 10 na.ys, forbids such construction. and held the seat dlll'ing the special session ill the Senate, March 4 and 5. The Constitution ot the United States, Article IT, seetion 2. in providing Joseph Anderson, of Tennessee, was appointed by the-executive February 6, for the appointing power, enacts: · 1809, to till th.e vacancy which would reS'lllt from the expiration of his term. "The President shall ha-ve power to fill allvacancies tha.t may happen dur­ Ma.rch3', 1809. He held the seat underthes:e credentials during the special ing the recess. o.f the Senate, b-y granting OOIIIID.i.ssions which shall expire at session of the Senate. March 4 to March 7, 1809. the end or their next session. n John WITliams, of Tennessee, was appointed by the executive to fill the We believe it has been the uniform practice of' the Executive from the be­ vacancy which would result from the expiration of his own term, March 3, ginning to accept; resignations wllich are to take effect in the tutnre, and to 1817. Under these credentials he held his seat from March 4 to 6, 1817. make aP-pointments, also to take effect in the future, to fill them. We suppose. John McPherso-n Berrien, of Georgia., resigned by letter dated Washing­ that a like practice also pTevafls in regard to the heads o:r: Departments 1n the ton, May 28, 1852-, addressed to the President pro tempore, and read in Senate exercise of the appointing power conferred bylaw upon them. The language same date. (Globe, first session. Thirty-second Congress, p.1493.) of the proYis:l:on of the Constitntion under consideration. that '-'if vacancies Robert M. Charlton, his successor, appeared June U. ~with credentials happen by resignation m· otherwise during th& recess ot the Legislature of signed by the go-vernor of Georgia, and dated Mayl8, 185~? to take e-1fect from any State, the executive thereof may mak& temporary appointments until and after Ma.y 31,.1852. He was sworn and took his seat withoutobjection. the next meetina of the Legisla-ture," seems to us to admit easily of a llkeco:n-- {Senate .Tou:rnal. first session, Thirty-seeond Congress, p. 44i8.) March 4-. 1825, James Lanman, ot Connecticut, presented credentials show­ ~t~~!¥A~tio~~ e~t~~t;~&':~~~~o~~~~gn~e~eframel'S or the ing an appointment made February 8, 1825, by the governor of the State, to The Senateha.srecently. after fnll consideration, determined that the con· fill the vacancy about to result from the expiration of his term, March 3,1825. stitutional provision that the Senat.e shall choose a President 'J1'1"' tempore :in Objection being made, Mr. Lanman was refused a seat by a vote of 23 to 13. 1 the absence ot the Vice-President permits the choic.e ot an omcer in ad-va.nee There is no histo:rica.l evidence from which we can determine on what ground of th& actual occurrence-ot th.e contingency referred to, who may tak:e the the Senate rejected Mr. Lanman. whether it was on the ground that the gov­ chair whenever the Vice-President may be absent, until the Senate otherwise ernor could not fill a.. vacancy happening at the beginning of a term, or on the order. In all these eases, including that whic.h we are now considering, the gro11lld that the governor could not lawfully make the appointment in antici­ important consideration is that it must have been the purpose of the fra-mers pation and before a vacancy occurred, and before he could possibly know of the Constitution, as it is clearly for t.he public interest, that the omce as far whethel' the Legislature might not be called togetherbeforethattime. Judge ·as possible should always be filled. This consideration applies with pecultar Story (Canst., sec. m, n.2) says: force to the office of Senator. We should be very llilwilllng to establiSh a "In the case of Mr. Lanman. a Senator from Connecticut, a question oc­ construction of the Constitution whieh would make it certain that 1n no case cur-red whether the State executive could make an appointment in the re­ of the resignation of a Senator. however necessary that resignation might be, cess of the State Legislature in anticipation of the expiration of the term of there should be a succession without a considerable interval. olfice of an existing Senator. It was decided by the Senate that he could not This would bear with peculiar hardship upon States remote from the seat make such an appointment. The facts were that Mr. Lanman's term as Sen­ of Go-vernment, and might determine the policy of thecountryingreatemer· ator expired on the 3d at March, 1825. The President had convoked the Sen­ gencies and in matters peculiarly al!ecting particular States. when such ate to meet on th-e 4th of March. The governor of Connecticut, in the recess States were but partiallyrepresentedorpossiblynot represented at aJL The of the Legislature (whose session would be in May), on the 9th of the J?reced­ tendency of the opinion in the Senate, as evidenced by its more recent deci­ ing February appointed Mr. Lanman as Senatoc, to sit in the Senate after sions, has been more and more to lead t-o a construction which, as tar as pos­ the 3d ot March. The Senate by a. vote of 23 to 18 decided that the appoint­ sible. secures that the seats in the Senate should be filled without any inter­ ment could not be constitutionally made until after the vacancy had actua,Uy ruption in the Tepresentation of the State. Thus, in the case of Mr. Bell and occurred.•• Mr. Blair, Senators from the State of New Hampshire, it has been held that The following statement appears in the National Intelligencer tor Tues­ the executive might fill the vacancy occurring at the be~got the consti­ day, March 8.1825: tutional term in consequence of the failure or the inability of the Legislature "An important constitutional question was yesterday decided in the Sen­ to elect a Senator for that term, in compliance with the statute of 1866 (Re­ ate, by the refusal to admit Mr. Lanman to a seat in the Senate under a com-. vised Statutes, sections 14 and 19), in spite of ve:ry weighty and influential mission from t.he governor, granted before the expiration of' Mr. Lanm.a.n's opinions to the contrary. . late term of service. This is the fu-st time this questi-on has been adjudicated So it h&S been held and is now the settled construction, that if a vacancy under such circumstances as to form a precedent; and we presume it may occur during the recess of the Senate. and a person be regularly nominated now be considered a. settled construction of the constitutional provision that to the Senate at its next session to fill it, and be rejected. and! the Senate ad­ a vacancy must have literally' h3JI>P&ned' or come to pass before an ap­ journ without the office being filled, the President is entitled to make a new pointment can be made to fill it. The case has once been questioned and de­ appointment in the next vacation. So, if the officer died during the session, cided differently, but it was in stl"ong party times, all the Federal members and if his death be not known until a.tter the adjournment, as is said by voting tor the member's taking his seat, and all the Democratic members Attorney·General Taney, in his able report (Opinions of Attorneys-General, aga.:inst it, und.er which circumstances the decision has not been much re­ vohmle2;. page 523): spected as a precedent. So f~r as it was a precedent it is now reversed." "It is admitted by every one that the.President may appoint in such cases, Gorden's Digest of the Laws of the United States, 1827, appendix, note 1 B, and the practice of the Government has continually conformed to that con- states the ground of the decision in the same way, but manifestly bases the struction., . statement on the authority of the National Intelligeneer. '"It was the intention of the Constitution." Mr. Taney fUrther says, "that On the other hand, Mr. Grundy, in his report from the Committee on the the ofllces creat-ed by law and necessary to caa:ry out the operations of the Judiciary in the case of Mr. Sevier, Senator from the St-ate of Arkansas, who Government should always be full, or, at all e-vents, that the vacancy should was appointed by the governor of Arkansas, January 17, 1837, to fill the va­ not be a protracted one." (See also, to the same e:trec-t, the opinion of Wil­ cancy which would occur on the 3d of March following, by the expiration of liam Wirt, 1 Op. Atty'ys Gen., 631.) Mr. Sevier's previous term, declared that the decision in the Lanman case It has been suggested that if this construction be established it will be in was on the ground "that the Legislature must provide for all vacancies, the power of the governor of the State to provide by appointment tor the fill­ which must occur at stated and known periods, and that the expiration of a ing of future vacancies long before they occur, and, therefore, the will of regular term of service is not such a contingency as is embraced in the second the people of the State, as it exists at or near the time of filling the vacancy, section of the first article of ~e Constitution." He distinguished Mr. Se-vier's fail of being carried into effect. But the instances must necessarily be very case from the Lanman case by the fact that the time that Mr. Sevier was to rare indeed where the vacancy can be anticipated beforehand under circum­ go out or office was decided by lot, he having been one or the Senators ap­ stances which will create such a. temptation to tJle executive. Against that, pointed by the State on its admission. as against many other evils which are possible under a. popular governm.ent, Niles' Register or Friday, March 12, states the question in regard to the as under other governments, the protection in general mnst be in the char­ Lanman case: ~ter and integrity of the persons clothed with high public office. "The question was whether the failure by-the Legislature to make a cho-ice We, therefore, are of the opinion that Mr. CHILTON was lawfully appointed of Senator constitutes the contingency in which the governor may appoint a by the. executive ot the State or Texas t-o the seat which he now holds,_ and Senator." recommend the a.dopti.on of the following resolution~ Mr. Benton, in his Thirty Years' View, states that the. lJl'ineipal arcument Resolv~a. That Mr. HoBACE CHILTON, appointed by the executive of the against'the a.dmission of Mr. La.nman was made by Mr. 'l'azewell, that argu­ StateorTexas on the25thday of April, 1891, to fill th.e va.cancyoocas:ioned by the ment being that the wol'd "happen" in the Constitution could n ot apply to resignation of Han. John H. Reagan~ which had previously been made to a foreseen event,. bound to occur at a fixed period. and that therefore it was \take effect on the lOth day of J une, 1891, is en titled to retain his seat. -512 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. J .ANUA.RY 25,

SENATOR FROM FLORIDA. He also introduced a bill (S. 1795) to ratify and confirm ar.. Mr. TURPIE. The Comm~ttee on Privileges and Elections, to agreement with the Indians residing on "the Shoshone Indian whom were referred the papers, evidence, and certificates in the Reservation in the State of Wyoming, with certain changes and case of WILKINSON CALL and of the contestant, R. H. M. David­ modifications, and to make appropriations for carrying the same , son, respecting the question of a title to a seat in this body from into effect; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the the State of Florida, have had the same under consideration, and Committee on Indian Affairs. · have instructed me to report the following resolution: He also introduced a bill (S. 1796) to ratify and confirm an Resolved, That the Hon. WILKINsoN C.A.LL, of Florida., was duly elect-ed by agreement with the Tonkawa tribe of Indians m Oklahoma Ter­ the Legislature of said State on the 26th day of May, 1891, a. Senat-or of the ritory, and to make appropriation to carry the same into effect; United States from said State for the term of six years, commencing on the which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee 4th day of March, 1891, and that he is lawfully entitled to a seat in the Senate. on Indian Affairs. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The resolution will be placed on the He also introduced a bill (S. 1797) to ratify and confirm an Calendar. agreement with the Kickapoo Indians in Oklahoma Territory, BILLS INTRODUCED. and to make appropriations for carrying the same into effect; Mr. SHERMAN {by request) introduced a bill (S. 1778) to re­ which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee organize the line of the Army; which was read twice by its title, on Indian Affairs. and, with the accompanyingpapers, referred to the Committee on He also introduced a 'bill (S. 1798) to ratify and confirm an Military Affairs. agreement with the Indians residing on the Colville Reserva­ He also introduced a bill (S. 1779) for the relief of Robert S. tion in the State of Washington, with certain modfications, and Forbes; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the to make aprpopriations for the carrying into effect of the same; Committee on Military Affairs. which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee He also introduced a bill (S. 1780) for the relief of Fred W. on Indian Affairs. Snell; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Com­ He also introduced a bill (S. 1799) to ratify and confirm an mittee on Claims. agreement with the Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians in He alSo introduced a bill (S. 1781) increasing the pension of Oklahoma Territory, and to make appropriations for carrying Andrew J. Konkle; which was read twice by its title, and, with the same iJ?.to effect; which was read twice by its title, and re­ the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Pensions. ferred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. He also introduced a bill (S. 1782) for the relief of JamP.s Rob­ He also introduced a bill (S.1800) to ratify and confirm certain erts; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Com­ agreements with the Upper and Middle bands of Spokane Indians, mittee on Military Affairs. ·the Lower Pend d'Oreille or Calispel Indians, and the confeder­ He also introduced a bill (S. 1783) granting an increase of pen­ ated bands of Flatheads, Pend d'Oreille, and Kootenai Indians in sion to Albert A. Morey; which was read twice by its title, and Washington, Idaho, and Montana, and for other purposes; which referred to the Committee on Pensions. was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on In­ ' Mr. WILSON introduced a bill (S. 1784) to idemnify the set­ dian Affairs. tlers upon the so-called·Des Moines River lands in the State of Mr. SQUIRE introduced a bill (S. 1801) making an appropria­ Iowa; which was read twice by its title. tion for the construction of a ship canal connecting Lakes Union Mr. WILSON. I ask that the bill be referred to the Committee and Washington with Puget Sound; which was read twice by its on Public Lands, and in this connection I wish to state that I hope title, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. the committee will give the bill early consideration, inasmuch Mr. HISCOCK introduced a bill (S.1802) to establish the Grant as it affects the interests of a large number of people .who settled Memorial Home at Mount McGregor, N. Y.; which was read upon what were always believed to be public lands of the United twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Military Af­ States. But a recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United fairs. States seems to be adverse to that almost or quite universal be­ He also introduced a bill (S. 1803) for the relief of Francis lief in the State of Iowa, and in order that the settlers may be Irsch; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Com­ provided for by indemnity by the United States, I hope that the mittee on Military Affairs. committee will give early consideration to the bill. He also (by request) introduced a bill (S.1804) for the relief of The VICE-PRESIDENT. The bill will be 1•eferred to the Benjamin F. Wells, sr.; which was read twice by its title, and, Committee on Public Lands. with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Mr. WILSON introduced a bill (S.1785) granting a pension to Naval Affairs . Mrs. M. M. R. Stafford; which was read twice by its title, and .He also (by request) introduced a bill (S. 1805) to limit the referred to the Committee on Pensions. · operation of certain acts relating to structures over navigable Mr. SAWYER introduced a bill (S. 1786) granting a pension waters; which was read twice byitstitle,and,with the accompany­ to Mrs. Jennie Gray; which was read twice by its title, andre­ ing- papers, referred to the Committee on Commerce. ferred to the Committee on Pensions. He also introduced a bill (S. 1806) to amend sections 2774 and Mr. PADDOCK introduced a bill (S. 1787) granting a pension 2807 of the Revised Statutes; which was read twice by its title. to Austin Rockwell; which was read twice by its title, and, with Mr. ffiSCOCK. I desire to say in respect to this bill that the the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Pen­ argument presented to me would seem to be very strong in favor sions. -of the amendment to the statute proposed, but it is a measure Mr. McMILLAN introduced a bill (S. 1788) to incorporate the which, as a matter of-course, will require close examination. I Church Orphanage Association of St. John's parish, of Washing­ move that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce. ton, D. C.; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the The motion was agreed to. Committee on the District of Columbia. Mr. STOCKBRIDGE introduced a bill (S.1807) making an ap­ He also introduced a bill (S.1789)toextend to Marquette, Mich., propriation for the improvement of the St. Joseph Harbor, Mich­ the privilege of immediate transportation of unappraised mer­ igan; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Com- chandise; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the mittee on Commerce. • Committee on Commerce. Mr. PROCTOR introduced a bill (S. 1808) for the recognition He also introduced a bill (S. 1790) for the relief of Thomas of Henry C. Hill as captain and aid-de-camp on the staff of Maj. Antisell; which was read twice by its title, and, with the ac­ Gen. B. F. Butler, United States Volunteers; which was read companying papers, referred to the Committee on Claims. twice by its title, and, with the accompanying papers, referred He also introduced a bill (S. 1791) for a public building for a to the Committee on Military Affairs. marine hospital at Cheboygan, Mich.; which was read twice by Mr. PERKINS introduced a bill (S.1809) to authorize the Sec­ its title, and, with theaccompanyingpapers, referred to the Com­ retary of War to amend the military record of commissioned mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds:- officers of the late war under certain circumstances, and for other Mr. CAMERON introduced a bill (S.1792) removirg the charge purposes; which was read. twice by its title, and referred to the of desetion against Philip Schrout; which was read twice by its Committee on Military Affairs. title, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. He also introduced a bill (S. 1810) for the relief of the officers Mr. DAWES introduced a bill (S. 1793) to legalize the deed and crew of the United States steamers Forest Rose and Argosy, and other records of the office of Indian Affairs, and to provide late of the Red River expedition; which was read twice by its and authorize the use of a seal by said office; which was read title, and, with the accompanying papers, refe1·red to the Com- twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Indian Af­ mittee on Claims. _ .fairs. He also introduced a bill (S. 1811) for the relief of Peter M. V . ·He also introduced a. bill (S. 1794) to ratify and confirm an Underwood; which was read twice by its title, and referred to agreement with the Pah-Ute tribe or band of Indians on the Pyr­ the Committee on Military Affairs. amid Lake Indian Reservation in Nevada, and for other pur­ · He also introduced a bill (S.1812) granting a pension to James poses; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Com­ R. Edwards; which was read twice by its title, and, with the mittee on Indian Affairs. accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Pensions.

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He also introduced a bill (S. 1813) granting a pension to Sarah He also introduced a bill (S. 1833) for the relief of Patri<'k W. Hamm; which was read twice by its title, and referred to Montgomery; which was read twice by its title, and, with the ac­ the Committee on Pensions. companying paper, refm·red to the Committee on Claims. He also introduced a bill (S. 1814) granting a pension to Eman­ Mr. HARRIS introduced a bill (S. 1834) for the relief of the uel Klauser; which was read twice by its title, and referred to First Methodist Church in the city of Ja.ckson, Tenn.; which was the Committee on Pensions. . read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Claims. · He also introduced a bill (S.1815) for the relief of Ephraim H. He also introduced a bill (S. 1835) for the· relief of Samuel Marsh; which was read twice by its title, and, with the accom­ Howard; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the panying papers, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on Claims. He also introduced a bill (H. 1816) for the relief of William D. Mr. COKE introduced a bill (S . 1836) for the relief of A.M. Matthews; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Shannon & Co.; which was read twice by its title, and referred to Committee on Claims. the Committee on Claims. ~ He alBo introduced a bill (S. 1817·) for the relief of J. A. Mc­ Mr. VANCE introduced a bill (S. 1837) for the relief of the Creary, late of the· United States Navy; which was read twice by heirs of Thomas C. 'l'atham, deceased; which was read twice by ~ its title, and, with the accompanying papers, referred to the Com­ its title, and, with the accompanying papers, referred to the Com­ mittee on Naval Affairs. mittee on Indian Affairs. He also introduced a bill (S.1818) granting a pension to Charles He also introduced a bill (S. 1838) for the relief of Thomas S. W. Pool; which was read twice by its title, and, with the accom­ Lutterloh; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the panying papers, referred to the Committee on Pensions. Committee on Claims. He also introduced a bill (S. 1819) authorizing the issuing and Mr. TURPIE (by request) introduced a bill (S.1839) to increase loaning 0 1. the ensigns, flags, signal numbers, etc., of the United the pension rate in certain cases of deafness; which was read States for the purpose of decorating the streets of the city of twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Washington on the occasion of the meeting of the encampment He also (by request) introduced a bill (S. 1840) for the relief of of the Grand Army of the Republic in the month of September, the estate of David B. Sanders, deceased; which was read twice 1892; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Com­ by its title, and referred to the Committee on Claims. mittee on Military Affairs. He also introduced a bill (S. 1841) for the relief of Daniel Mc­ He also introduced a bill {S. 1820) granting a pension to Lizzie Clure; which was read twice by its title, and, with the accom­ Lena Pollock; which was read twice by its title, and, with the panying papers, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Pensions. Mr. W ARRENintroduceda bill(S.1842) tofixthefeesof jurors He also introduced a bill (S. 1821) granting a pension to Isaac and witnesses in United States courts in the State o Wyoming; Miller; which was read twice by its title, and, with the accom­ which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee panying papers, referred to the Committee on Pensions. on the Judiciary. He also introduced a bill (S. 1822) granting a pension to Kezia Mr. CAREY introduced a bill(S.1843) to provide for the pun­ C. Woods; which was read twice by its title, and, with the ac­ ishment of offenses committed in the Yellowstone National Park; companying papers, referred to the Committee on Pensions. which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee He also introduced a bill (S. 1823) granting a pension to Ward on Territories. S. Hoaglin; which was read twice by its title, and, with the ac­ He also introduced a bill (S. 1844) to provide for the erection companying papers, referred to the Committee on Pensions. of a public building in the city of Laramie, Wyo.; which was read He also introduced a bill (S. 1824) granting an. increase of pen­ twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Public sion to Hugh McHugh; which was read twice by its title, and, Building and Grounds. with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Mr. ALDRICH introduced a bill (S. 1845) granting a pension ' Pensions. to the widow of the late Lieut. Boutelle Noyes, United States He also introduced a bill (S.1825) granting an increase of pen­ Navy; which was read twice by its title, and, with the accom­ sion to David C. Canfield; which was read twice by its title, and, panying papers, referred to the Committee on Pensions. with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on He also introduced a bill (S. 1846) for the relief of Lovina Mi­ Pensions. nard; whichwv-as read twice by its title, and, with the acompanJ:­ He also introduced a bill (S. 1826) granting a pension to Har­ ing papers, referred tv the Committee on Pensions. rison H. Dodd; which was read twice by its title, and, with the He also introduced a bill (S. 1847) to remove the charge of de­ accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Pensions. sertion from the military ~ecord of Edgar B. Wood; which was He also introduced a bill (S. 1827) granting an increase of pen­ read twice by its title, and, with the accompanying papers, rz­ sion to Everard Bierer; which was read twice by its title, and 'ferred to the Committee on Military Affairs. . referred to the Committee on Pensions. He also introduced a bill (S.1848) for the relief of Margaret M. Mr. MITCHELL introduced a bill (S. 1828) to establish postal Paine; which was read twice by its title, and, with the accom­ savings depositories and subdepositories, and for other purposes; panying papers, referred to the Committee on Pensions. which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee He also introduced a bill (S. 1849) for the relief of George Ald­ on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. rich; which was read twice by its title, and, with the accompany­ Mr. CULLOMintroduceda bill(S.1829)forthe relief of Risdon ing papers, referred to the Committee on P.ensions. Moore, for his services as gunner and blacksmith under the com­ He also introduced a bill (S. 1850) granting arrears of pension mand of Col. J. C. Fremont, Mounted Riflemen, First California to Mary F. Hopkins; which was read twice by its t.itle, and, with Volunteers, from May, 1845, to October 1, 1847; which was read the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Pensions. twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Claims. He also introduced a bill (S. 1851) granting a pension to A. M. He also introduced a bill (S.1830) for the relief of Neil Fisher; Bliss; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the .Com- which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Com,mittee mittee on Pensions. - on Military Affairs. Mr. IDGGINS introduced a bill (S.1852) granting a pension to Mr. FRYE introduced a bill (S. 1831) to admit free of duty the Elizabeth S. White; which was read twice by its title, and re­ wreckage of the ships Trenton and Vandalia, presented by the ferred to the Committee on Pensions. United States to the King of Samoa; which was read twice by Mr. ALLISON introduced a bill (S. 1853) for the construction its title. and completion of suitable school buildings for Indian industrial Mr. FRYE. I move that the bill, with the a.ccompanying·pa­ school in Iowa; which was read twice by its title, and referred to per, be referred to the Committee on -Finance, and I desire to the Committee on Indian Affairs. call the attention of the Senator from Ohio [Mr. SHERMAN] to He also introduced a bill (S. 18.54)-for the relief of Mrs. M. E. the measure. The United States gave the wreckage of our two Haldeman, wife of Francis W. Haldeman; which was read twice United States ships wrecked in Samoa to the people.there in con­ by its title, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. siderati )n of their heroic efforts to save life. The wreckage has He also introduced a bill (S.1855) granting an increase of pen­ been prt·vided for and sent to San Francisco, the only port in ~ion to Wesley J. Banks; which was read twice by its title, and, which it eould be sold, and the duties demanded and collected with the accompanying papers, referred to the Commit_tee on took the entire profits of the operation, so that our friends the Pensions. · · Samoans received actually nothing. The duties were paid un­ He also introduced a bill(S.1856) granting a pension to Henry der protest. This is a bill provi!ling that the duties may be re­ O'Connor; which was read twice by its title, and, with the ac­ funded. I hope the Senator from Ohio will call it up early in the companying papers, referred to the Committee on-Pensions. committee. · Mr. HALE introduced a bill (8. 1857) to further increase the The VICE-PRESIDENT. The bill, with the accompanying naval establishment; which was read twice by its title, and re­ paper, will be referred to the Committee on Finance. · ferred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. PEFFER introduced a bill (8. 1832) for the relief of Peter Mr. TELLER introduced a bill (8.1858) increasing the pension M. V. Underwood; which was read twice by its title, and referred of. Martin L. Shull; _which was read twice by its title, and, with to the Committee on Military Affairs. the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on PP.nsions. ' ' XXITI-33 ' . I I

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Mr. MANDERSON introduced a bill (S.1859) for the relief of any of the rooms occupied by the Patent Office have been rendered unsafe by the storage of heavy papers and other material over such rooms, and what Brig. Gen. and Bvt. Maj. Gen. DavidS. Stanley, United States mea.ns are necessary, if a.ny, to be taken to render such rooms sate for occu­ Army; which was read· twice by its title, and referred to the pation, and whether any improvement is necessary therein in the matter of Committee on Military Affairs. heating, ventilation, or sanitary conditions. Mr. DANIEL (by request) introduced a bill (S.1860)for there­ FOX AND WISCONSIN RIVERS IMPROv"EMENT. lief of Benjamin F. Isherwood and Theodore Zeller, chief engi­ Mr. SAWYER submitted the following resolution; which was neers in the United States Navy, retired, and others officers of considered by unanimous consent and agreed to: · the Navy; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Resolved, That the Attorney-General be, ami he is hereby, d:il.'e-cted to furnish Committee on Naval Affairs. . to the Senate a statement of the awards and judgments rendered by the com­ He also (by request) introduced a bill (S. 1861) for the relief of missioners or courts, on file in his oince, against the United States, arising under a.n aet of Con,aress entitled "An act to aid in the improvement of the certain graduates of the Naval Academy, who, having completed Fox a.nd WISconsin Rivers in. the State of Wisconsln," approved March 3, 1875, their four years' course at the Naval Academy prior to August 5, from which awards and judgments no appeal has been taken, and the time 1882, were discharged from the service under the act of August for such appeal having expired, which have not been heretofore reported to 5,1882; which was read twice by its title, and referred to theCom­ Congress, and if he knows of any reason why the same should not be paid. mitteeon Naval Affairs. PROPOSED CABLE BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND HONOLULU. He also (by request) introduced a bill (S. 1862) for the relief of Mr. MITCHELL submitted the following resolution; which Sarah L. Smith and Mary E. Smith, daughters and only heirs was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs: at law of Sarah G. Smith, deceased, late of Stafford County, Va., Resolved., That the President be requested, if not incompatible with the for stores and supplies taken by the military forces of the United public interests, to advise the Senate as to what action, if n.ny, has been taken, and with what result, in pursua.nce of the clause contained in the a.ct States for their use; which was read twice by its title, and re­ approved March 2, 1891, making :~.ppro-priations for the naval service, appro­ ferred to the Committee on Claims. pnating $25,000, or so mu~h thereof as might be necessary. to enable the Pres­ He also (by request) introduced a bill (S. 1863) for the relief of ident to cause careful soundings t<> be made between San Francisco, Cal., and Honolulu, in the Kingdom of the Hawaiian Islands, for the purpose of de­ John G. Williams, administrator de bonis non of CoL Francis termining the praeticabiUty of laying a telegraphic cable betweeen those two ~aylor, of the Virginia Line, Continental establishment, of the points. war of the Revolution; which was read twice by its title, and re­ MAJ. GREEN CLAY GOODLOE. ferred to the Committee on Claims. Mr. BLACKBURN. I ask that the Committee on Claims may He also (by request) introduced a bill (S. 1864) for the relief of be discharged from the further consideration of the bill (S. 205) Louisa S. Gutherie, widow and executrix of John J. Gutherie, to reimburse,Maj. Green Clay Goodloe, paymaster United States deceased; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Marine Corps, and that the bill be referred to the Committee on Committee on Claims. Naval Affairs. I will state that through an inadvertence of my He also {bf request) introduced a bill (S. 1865) for the relief of own this misreference was made several weeks ago. A similar Loftin D. Allen, for the allowance of a certain claim for stores bill was referred at the last Congress to the Committee on Naval and supplies taken and used by the United States Army, as re­ Affairs, reported, and passed by the Senate. I now ask that the ported by the Court of Claims under the provisions of the act of Committee on Claims be discharged from the further considera­ March 3, 1883, commonly known as the Bowman act; which was tion of the bill, and that it be referred to the Committee on Na­ read twice by its title~ and referred to the Committee on Claims. val Affairs. He also (by request) introduced a bill (S. 1866) to incorporate Mr. MITCHELL. I desire to state to the Senator from Ken­ the Georgetown, Arlington and Falls Church Railway Company tucky that I was about to make that motion. I discovered that of the District of Columbia; which was read twice by its title, the bill had been considered by the Committee on Naval Affairs and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. last year, and the reference suggested by the Senator from Ken­ He.also (by request) introduced a bill (S. 1867) to incorporate tucky is the appropriate one. the Washington, Fairfax and Alexandria Railway Company; The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Committee on Claims will be which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee discharged from the further consideration of the bill, and it will on the District of Columbia. be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, if there be no Mr. McPHERSON introduced a bill (S.1868) for the removal objection. The Chair hears none, and it is so ordered. of the charge of desertion from the record of Joj:m O'Grady; which was read twice by its title, and, with the a&ompanying RELATIONS WITH CHILE. pa-pers, referred to the Committee on Military .Affairs. The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a message Mr. PERKINS introduced a bill (S. 1869) to provide for allot­ from the President of the United States in reference to the con­ ment of lands in severalty to the Quapaw Indians in the Indian Ter­ troversy with Chile growing out of the attack on the " liberty" ritory, and for other purposes therein named; which was read sailors of the United States ship Baltimore in the city of Valpa­ twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. raiso on the 16th of October, 1891. [See House pro·ceedings.] Mr. WILSON {by request) introduced a joint resolution (S. R. Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. President, I move that the message, 34) to provide for a peace conference in the city of Chicago in with the accompanying documents, be printed and referred to 1893; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Com­ the Committee on Foreign Relations. In view of the gravity and mittee on Foreign Relations. importance of the subject-matter, I do not think it expedient to AMENDMENT TO A BILL. make any remarks at this time. Mr. MANDERSON. Before the motion is put, I suggest to Mr. PADDOCK submitted an amendment intended to be pro­ the Senator from Ohio the advisability of ordering the printing posed by him to the bill (S. 782) to provide for the adjustment of of 500 additional copies of the message for the document room • certain sales of lands in the late reservation of the confederated of the Senate. There will unquestionably be a great demand for Otoe and Missouria tribes of Indians in the States of Nebraska the document. . and Kansas; which was referred to the Committee on Public Mr. SliERMAN. Very well, I will accept that as a modifica­ Lands, and ordered to _be printed. tion of my motion. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. Mr. DOLPH. Would it not be better to make the number A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. TOWLES, 5,000? its Chief Clerk, announced that- the House had passed a bill (H. Mr. MANDERSON. I think 500 additional copies will reach B. 28) to amend an act entitled "An act granting the rightol way the immediate demand. We can order more when they are ex­ to the Hutchison and Southern Railroad Company through the hausted. Indian Territory;" in which it requested the concurrence of the The VICE-PRESIDE::Ifr. The question is on the motion of Senate. the Senator from Ohio, as modified, that the message of the PAPERS WITHDRAWN AND REFERRED. President of the United States, with accompanying documents, be On motion of Mr. VANCE, it was printed and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations~ and Ordered. That the papers relating to the claim of John D. Throne be taken that 500 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. trom the files of the Se.nate and referred to the Committee on ClaJ:ms. The motion was agreed to. DISTRICT WATER SUPPLY. DEATH OF MR. JUS'l'ICE BRADLEY. Mr. SHERMAN submitted the following resolution; which was The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Chair lays before the Senate considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: a communication from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Com.·t Resolved, That the Secretary of War is hereby directed to report to the Sen­ ate upon the feasibility of completing the tunnel in process of construction of the United States, which will be read. between the two reservoirs in the District of Columbia and the estimated cost The Chief Clerk read as follows: thereof; also the practicability of placing iron pipes in the tunnel suffi.clent SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, to carry the necessary water supply to the newreservoir a.nd the cost thereof. Okief Justice's Oluzmber, Januar'IJ 22, 1B92. SAFETY OF ROOMS IN THE PATENT OFFICE. To the VICE·PRESIDEli"T: I.t becomes my p:mllul duty to inform the Vice-President and the Senate of Mr. DAWES submitted the following resolution; which was the death of Mr. Justice Bradley, which occurred at6:15o'clockthismonling. considered by unanimous consent and agreed to.: I have the honor to be, your obedient ~-ifLLE w. FULLER, &solved, That the Secretary o! the Interior be directed to communicate to the Senate any information in the Department upon the question whether Chief Justice of the United States.

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Mr. McPHERSON. Mr. President, it is withfeelings of deep Secretary of the Navy transmitting a list of theemployesofthe and sincere sorrow that we hear of thedeathofAssociateJustice Navy Department during the year 1891, the time employed, and Bradley, of the Supreme Court of the United States, which oc­ sum paid to each; which was referred to the Committee on Ex­ cUI·red in this city on Friday morning at half past 6 o'clock. penditures in the Navy Department. Associate Justice Bradley was appointed from the State of GEORGE 0. DICKSON VS. THE UNITED STATES. New Jersey to the Supreme Court bench, receiving his commis­ The SPEAKER also laid before the House a letter from the sion and taking his seat as a member of that great tribunal in assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a copy of the the year 1870, and for a period of twenty-two years, partly in findings of said court in the case of George 0. Dickson vs. The times of great excitement and difficulty, and through a career in United States; which was referred to the Committee on War that court and of it embracing questions of the widest impor­ Claims. tance to human rights, involving life, liberty, and property, the associate justice had been a conspicuous figure in the jurispru­ S. J. SUTTON ET AL. VS. THE UNITED STATES. dence of this nation, and perhaps not less conspicuous in respect The SPEAKER also laid before the House a letter from the of the jurisprudence of the world. · assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a copy of the His career for this life is ended. His mortal remains will lie findings of the court in the case of the following-named persons buried on the banks of the Passaic, in the soil of that State by vs. The United States: S. J. Sutton, deceased, Harvey Williams, whose people he was loved so well. Full of years and full of deceased, and A. R. Thomas; which was referred to the Com­ honors, he will ever be remembered as the upright, conscien­ mittee on War Claims. tious, and learned judge; the generous, affectionate citizen; the METROPOLITAN RAILROAD COMPANY. gentle and loving husband and father. The SPEAKER also laid before the House a letter from the In every walk of private life he has filled his career with president of the Metropolitan Railroad Company, traitsmitting' honor-great honor to himself and infinite benefit to his country. a statement of receipts and disbursements for the year ending Mr. HOAR. Mr. President, I have no doubt every member June 30, 1891; which was referred to the Committee on the Dis­ of the Senate has heard with the profoundest sadness that the trict of Columbia. great career of this venerable and illustrious jurist has come to a close. CAPITOL, NORTH 0 STREET AND SOUTH WASHINGTON RAILROAD. It was the fortune of Mr. Justice Bradley to take his seat on The SPEAKER also laid before the House a letter from the the bench of the Supreme Court in a stormy and eventful time. president of the Capitol, North 0 Street and South Washington A great civil war was just over; the relations of the States to Railroad, submitting to Congress a statement of the operations each other and to the Union, the relations of great classes of of said company for the fiscal year ending April30, 1891; which men to the country and to each other, great questions involving was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. the rights of vast corporations and valuable property, civil GEORGETOWN BARGE, DOCK, ELEVATOR, AND RAILWAY COM- rights of citizens, the condition of the humblest and poorest PANY. citizens, in their homes, awaited settlement from that great The SPEAKER also laid before the House a letter from the tribunal which alike keeps the forces of State and nation within president of the Georgetown Barge, Dock, Elevator, and Railway their appointed bounds and secures to the poorest person under Company, transmitting the annual report of said company; which the protection of the flag adequate protection in all the rights was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. of h uman:ity and citizenship. In the discharge of these great judicial duties, it is no exag­ WASHINGTON AND GEORGETOWN RAILROAD COMPANY. geration to say that the figure which we are now to miss has The SPEAKEH. also laid before the House a letter from the pres­ ever been foremost. Judge Bradley goes to his grave amid the ident of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, benedictions and with the honor of the whole American people, transmitting the annual report of the treasurer, showing receipts without an exception of party, of section, or of interest. He has and disbursements for the year ending December 31, 1891, and a been spared to an advanced age, and, as was felicitously said by statement covering expenditures on a~count of the construction the clergyman at his funeral yesterday, he kept to the time of of the cable line; which was referred to the Committee on the his death an ever-replenished mind. District of Columbia. There hasbeennoperson whomithasbeenmy fortune to know GEORGETOWN AND TENNALLYTOWN RAILWAY COMPANY. whose mental stores were of so various and so extensive a char­ acter, or who dealt with them with greater vigor and strength The SPEAKER also laid before the House a letter from the of native intellect. secretary of the Georgetown and Tennallytown Railway Com­ Judge Bradley was a simple, sincere, reverent, and earnest be­ pany, transmitting a list of stockholders of said company; which liever in the Christian faith, which was alike the inspiration of was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. his pure and honored life and his solace and comfort in the hour SENATE BILLS REFERRED. of death. As was said of John Jay," when the ermine rested The SPEAKER also laid before the House the following Sen­ upon his shoulders it rested upon nothing which was not as white ate bills; which were severally read twice, and referred as fol and as pure as itself." lows: I move, in token of our respect for the memory of Judge Brad­ A bill (S. 368) to provide for the purchase of a site and the ley, that the Senate do now adjourn. erection of a public building thereon at Dover, in the State of The VICE-PRESIDENT. The question is on the motion of the New Hampshire~to the Committee on Public Buildings and Senator from Massachusetts. · Grounds. · The motion was unanimously agreed to; and (at 1 o'clock and A bill (S. 377) to provide for the pUI·chase of a site and the erec-: 42 minutesp. m.) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, Tuesday, tion of public building thereon at Grand Haven, in the State of January 26, 1892, at 12 o'clock meridian. Michigan-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. A bill (S. 436) to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Deadwood, in the State of South Dakota-to the Committee on Public Buildings and HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Grounds. MONDAY, Janttary 25, 1892. A bill (S. 534) to provide for the construction of a public build­ ing at Salem, Oregon-to the Committee on Public Buildings The House met at 12 o'clock m., being called to order by Speaker and Grounds. CRISP, who resumed the chair amid loud applause on the floor. A bill (S. 580) to provide a suitable site for a post-office in the Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. W. H. MILBURN, D. D. city of Providence, R. I.-to the Committee on Public Buildings The Journal of the proceedings of Thursday was read and ap­ and Grounds. proved. A bill (S. 601) for the erection of a public building for a post­ SINKING UNITED STATES STEAM LAUNCH NELL. office and United States land office at the city of The Dalles, Or­ The SPEAKER laid before the House a letter from the Acting egon-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of En­ A bill (S. 687) for the erection of a public building at Stillwater, gineers, with affidavits of nine employes, showing the loss of their Minn.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. personal property by the sinking of the United States steam launch A bill (S. 1206) to provide for the purchase of a site and the Nell while engaged upon improving the Roan<>ke River, and erection of a public building thereon at Fresno, in the State of recommending that they be reimbursed out of the appropriation California-to-the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. for the improvement of said river; which was referred to the The SPEAKER also laid before the House a resolution provid­ ing for the printing of 1,500 additional copies of the Senate report Committee on Rivers and Harbors. on Foreign Relations, to accompany Senate bill 4827, relating to EMPLOYES, NAVY DEPARTMENT. the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua.-to the Committee on The SPEAKER also laid before the House a letter from the Printing. .·

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LEAVE OF ABSENCE. been referred in past Congresses-and I am not referring to any ' By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted as follows: particular Congress-frequently by one day's reference of these To Mr. STONE of Kentucky, indefinitely, on account of illness communications the business of the Public Printing Office would in his family; and be blocked for days and weeks. To Mr. BUSEY, for one week, on account of sickness. Therefore, occupying the chair, I took the liberty of stating to CHANGE OF REFERENCE. the House, in this and in many other instances of the same kind, that the Chair was unable to determine whether the voluminous On motion of Mr. BELTZHOOVER, the Committee on War documents accompanying the messages should ba printed or not, Claims was discharged from the further consideration of the bill and therefore would not order the printing, but would ask the (H. R. 2840) to reftmd to the State of North Carolina certain reference of the documents to the appropriate committees, in or­ moneys therein named; and the same was referred to the Com­ der to allow the committees to report back whether or not the mittee on Claims. documents should be printed. The committee of which the gen­ WALTER F. HALLECK. tleman from Ohio [Mr. OUTHWAITE] is a member, having per­ Mr. :MEREDITH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to­ formed that duty, report that these documents should be printed, introduce a resolution for present consideration. a~d I have no doubt that tha gentleman is strictly accurate in The SPEAKER. The resolution will be read, subject to ob­ h1s statement of the matter. The action heretofore taken was in jection. the line of economy in the public pril;lting. The Clerk read as follows: The resolution was agreed to. Ile$olved, That Walter F. Halleck, a. wounded Union veteran, be author­ CHANGES OF REFERENCE. ized to act as an assistant doorkeeper of the House of Representatives from this date, under the direction of the Doorkeeper of the House, ane that he Mr. BUNN, from the Committee on Claims, reported back receive compensation therefor at the rate of $1,500 per annum, the same to sundry bills, asking that said committee be discharged from the be paid from the contingent fund of the House until otherwise provided for. further consideration of them, and "that they be referred to the The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera­ committees named. Then, by unanimous consent, the several tion of the resolution? bills were referred to the committees named below: Mr. TILLMAN. Mr. Speaker, I think that matter ought to A bill (H. R. 818) for-the relief of Samuel S. Haynes-to the be referred to the Committee on Accounts. Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. MEREDITH. I hope my friend from South Carolina will A bill (H. R. 2044) for the relief of W. H. Huson-to the Com­ withdraw his objection. mittee on War Claims. The SPEAKER. The question is on the motion to refer to A bill (H. R. 982) for the relief of Margaret Kennedy-to the the Committee on Accounts. Committee on War Clainis. The motion was agreed to. A bill (H. R. 1524) for the relief of George C. Bucknam.-to the MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. Committee on Pensions. A message from the Senate, by Mr. PLATT, one of its secreta­ A bill (H. R. 1224) granting an increase of pension to John J. ries, announced that the Senate had -passed the bill (S. 1762) for Askew-to the Committee on Pensions. the relief of the University of the State of Missouri; in which A bill (H. R. 1062) for the relief of the heirs of the late Joseph concurrence was requested. , R. Shannon-to the Committee on War Claims. It also announced that the Senate had agreed to the amend­ ORANGE OF REFERENCE. ment of the House to-the joint resolution (S. R. 18) to fill vacan­ cies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Mr. BUTLER. Mr. Speaker, I am directed by the Committee on Invalid Pensions to report back the bills which I send to the PRINTING OF REPORT, SOLDIERS' HOMES. Clerk's desk, with the request that it be discharged from their Mr. OUTHWAITE. I am directed by: the Committee on Mili­ further consideration, and that they be referred as indicated: tary Affairs to report back the resolution which I send to the A bill (H. R. 988) for the relief of Moses Bell-to the Commit­ Clerk's desk for immediate consideration. tee on Military Affairs. The Clerk read as follows: A bill (H. R. 993) for the relief of Thomas Carmody-to the R esolved, That there be printed of the report of the Board of Managers of Committee on Claims. the National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the year ending A bill (H. R. 2475) for the relief of John B. Rinks-to the Com· June 30, 1891, as follows: Five hundred copies of the full report of the Board. mittee on Military Affairs. Five hundred copies of the report proper. 1 B. L. ROAKS. Five hundred copies of the report or the inspector of national and State homes. Mr. TAYLOR of Tennessee. I am directed by the Committe<~ One hundred and fifty copies of the record of members. on Invalid Pensions to ask that that committee be discharged Mr. OUTHWAITE. Mr. Speaker, I suppose there will be no from the further consideration of the bill (H. R. 3023) for the re­ objection to this resolution. At the time the report was com­ lief of B. L. Hoaks, and that it be referred to the Committee on municated to the House the Speaker pro tempcYre stated that it War Claims. would not be printed on account of the voluminous character of The reference requested was ordered. the accompanying papers, but that it would be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and if that committee desired its LEAVE TO PRINT. printing, or the House so ordered, it would be printed. We have Mr. McRAE. Mr. Speaker, I am directed by the Committee obtained an estimate of the cost of printing the number specified on Public Lands to report the following resolution and to ask for in the resolution, and the estimate for the printing of the whole its present consideration. number of documents is $329.29. It is necessary to print these The Clerk read as follows: reports for the use of the boards of managers and for the use of Resolved, That the Commlttee on Public L ands be, and hereby is, author­ ized to have printed and bound such documents andpapersfor theuseofsaid the House, and the printing would have been ordered at the time committee as it may deem necessary in connection with subjects considered the report was communicated to the House had it not been for or to be considered by the committee during the Fifty-second Congress. the desire of the Speaker pro tempo1·e that the discretion of the Mr. McRAE. I move the adoption of the resolution. committee should be exercised as to the number to be printed. The question was put and the resolution was adopted. Unless there is some further objection I move the passage of the resolution. CHANGE OF REFERENCE. . Mr. BUSHNELL. Mr. Speaker,doiunderstandthatthat res­ Mr. COX of Tennessee. :Mr. Speaker, I am requested by the olution has been reported by. a committee of the House? Committee on Banking and Currency to report back the bill (H. Mr ..OUTHW AITE. It is reported by the Committee on Mili­ R. 469) relating to the postal money-order system, and to recom­ tary Affairs. mend that it be referred to the Committee on the Post-Office ana Mr. BUSHNELL. What is the r~commendation oftheCom­ Post-Roads. . mittee? The change of reference was ordered. Mr. OUTHWAITE. The recommendationofthecommitteeis INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. that the resolution do pass. By unanimous consent, bills of the following titles were intro­ Mr. McMILLIN. Mr. Speaker, if the House will indulge me duced, read a first and second time, ordered to be printed, and • for a moment I will make a statement pertinent to the printing referred to the several committees named below: that is asked for by the chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs. A large number of communications were being received IMMEDIATE TRANSPORTATION OF UNAPPRAISED MERCHANDISE from the various Departments of the Government, the communica­ AT MARQUETTE, MICH. tions themselves being brief, but in many instances the a-ccom­ By Mr. STEPHENSON: A bill (H. R. 4534) to extend to Mar­ panying documents being very voluminous. Itwasthoughtthat quette, Mich., the privilege of immediate transportation of un­ some should be printed and others should not be: The Public appraised merchandise-to the Committee on Interstate and For- Printer had complained that when these communications h_ad eign Co~erce. - 1892. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 517

PENSIONS TO WIDOWS. for an investigation relative to the slums of cities-to the Com­ By Mr. McCLELLAN: A bill (H. R. 4535) providing that if mittee on Labor. any widow drawing a pension shall remarry and her subsequent IMPROVEMENT OF THE OmO. marriage be terminated by the death of her husband, she shall By Mr. ENOCHS: A bill {H. R. 4546) for the improvement of be entitled to a restoration of her pension, to commence at the the Ohio River between Ironton, Ohio, and the mouth of the date of such death-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Guyan River, in the State of West Virginia, and to appropriate EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION OF GOVERNMENT BONDS, ETC. $500,000 therefor-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. By Mr. McCLELLAN: A bill (H. R. 4536) repealing section CALL OF STATES AND TERRITORIES. 3701 of the Revised Statutes, which provides that "all stocks, Mr. HATCH. Mr. Speaker, in view of the fact that so large bonds, Treasury notes, and other obligations of the United States a number of gentlemen desire to introduce bills and joint reso­ shall be exempt from taxation by State or municipal authority"­ lutions this morning I ask unanimous consent that there be a call to the Committee on Ways and Means. of the Stat.es and Territories in the usual manner. · · BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING. There was no objection, and it was so ordered. By Mr. CARUTH: A bill (H. R. 4537) to allow thirty days' The Clerk proceeded to call the States and Territories. Under leave of absence to employes in the Bureau of Engraving and the call bills, joint resolutions, etc., were severally introduced, Printing-to the Committee on Labor. read a first and second time, ordered to be printed, and referred as follows: PUBLIC BUILDING AT ANNISTON, ALA. FREE COINAGE OF SILVER. By Mr·. FORNEY: A bill (H. R. 4538) to provide for the con­ struction of a public building at Anniston, Ala.-to the Commit­ By Mr. BANKHEAD: A bill (H. R. 4547) for the free and' un­ tee on Public Buildings and Grounds. limited coinage of silver-to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. · PROMOTIONS IN THE ARMY. ELECTRICAL VOTING MACHINE. By Mr. WHEELER of Alabama: A bill (H. R. 4539) to amend an By Mr. OATES: A resolution instructing the Committee on act entitled "An act to provide for the examination of certain Rules to inquire into and report as t.o the practicability of adopt­ officers of the Army and to regulate promotions therein,'' ap­ ing the electrical voting machine for taking and recording the proved October 1, 1890-to the Committee on Military Affairs. yeas and nays, and the probable cost thereof-to the Committee SUPERVISING ARCHITECT OF THE TREASURY. on Rules. · By Mr. HOPKINS of illinois: A bill {H.R.4540)toprovidefor SECTIONS 34ffi AND 4716, REVISED STATUTES. the increase of the salary of the Supervising Architect of the By Mr. OATES: A bill (H. R. 4548) to repeal in part and to Treasury Department--to the Committee on Expenditures in the limit sections 3480 and 4716 of the Revised Statutes of the Unit-ed Treasury Department. States-to the Committee on the Judiciary. FRAUDULENT TRANSACTIONS OF COMMISSION MERCHANTS, WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS TO JURORS IN UNITED STATES COURTS. ETC., IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. By Mr. OATES: A bill (H. R. 4549) to require the United States By Mr. O'FERRALL: A bill {H. R. 4541) to prevent fraudulent circuit and district judges to instruct the jury in writing in cer­ transactions on the part of commission merchants and other con­ tain cases-to the Committee on the Judiciary. signees of goods and,other property in the District of Columbia­ ~ CRUELTY TO DOMESTIC ANIMALS. to the Committee on the District of Columbia. By Mr. OATES: A bill (H. R. 4550) to prevent cruelty to do­ SIGNAL STATION AT TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA. mestic animals-to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. LESTER of Georgia: A joint resolution (H. R.es. 69) ADDITIONAL OATH FOR CADETS. authorizing the use of the" martello tower," on Tybee Island, By Mr. OATES: A bill (H. R. 4551) to require an additional Georgia, for a signal station~to the Committee on Interstate oath of cadets to the United States military and naval academies­ and Foreign Commerce. to the Committee on Military A:ff;Yrs. COMMODORES ACTING AS REAR-ADMIRALS. PUBLIC BUILDING, MODESTO, CAL. By Mr. LODGE: A bill (H. R. 4542) allowing the pay of rear­ admirals to commodores while a-cting as rear-admirals-to the By Mr. CAMINETTI: A bill (H. R. 4552) for a public build­ ing at Modesto, Cal.7 to the Committee on Public Buildings and Committee on Naval Affairs. Grounds. PUBLIC BUILDING AT LYNN, MASS. IMPROVEMENT OF SAN JOAQUIN RIVER. By Mr. LODGE: A bill (H. R. 4543) for additional appropria­ By Mr. CAMINETTI: A /bill (H. R. 4553) making an appro­ tion for the erection of a public building at Lynn, Mass.-to priation for the improvement of the San Joaquin River system the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: in the State of Colorado-to the Committee on Rivers and Har­ PURCHASE AND REGISTRY OF FOREIGN-BUILT SffiPS. bors. By Mr. ANDREW: A bill {H. R. 4544) to amend the Revised HARBOR OF WILMINGTON, CAL. Statutes of the United States so as to allow the purchase and By Mr. BOWERS: A bill (H. R. 45 ~ 4) authorizing the Secre-.. registry of foreign-built ships by citizensofthe United States for tary of War to appoint a board of engineers to survey and make employment in the foreign carrying trade-to the Committee on a "project" for improving the harbor at Wilmington, Cal.-t.o Merchant Marine and Fisheries. the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. RIGHT OF WAY THR9UGH YELLOWSTONE PARK. IMMEDIATE TRANSPORTATION OF DUTIABLE GOODS. By Mr. STOCKDALE: A bill(H. R.4545)togrant right of way By Mr. BULLOCK: A bill (H. R. 4555) to amend an act en­ through the Yellowstone National Park to the Montana Mineral . titled "An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate Railway Company. transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes," ap­ Mr. STOCKDALE. I ask thatthisbillbereferred totheCom­ proved June 10, A. D. 1880, by extending the privileges of the mittee on Railways and Canals. first section thereof to the port of St. Augustine, Fla.-to the­ The SPEAKER. That bill ought t{) go to the Committee on Committee on Interstate and Forei~n Commerce. Public Lands. Al1>o, a bill (H. R. 4556) to amend~ an act entitled "An act to Mr. STOCKDALE. I ask that it be sent to the Committee amend the statutes _in relation to immediate transportation ·of on Railways and Canals. dutiable goods, and for other purposes," approved June 10, A. D. The SPEAKER. The bill submitted by the gentleman from 1880, by extending the privileges of the first section thereof to Mississippi, in the opinion of the Chair, should go to the Com­ the port of Fernandina, :b'la.-to the Committee on Interstate and mittee on Public Lands. The gentleman asks unanimous con­ Foreign Commerce. to sent that it be referred the Committee on Railwavs and Canals. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT. Is there objection? u Mr. BUCHANAN of New Jersey. What does the bill seek to The SPEAKER. The Chair will suspend the call to receive do? a message from the President. The SPEAKER. To grant a right of way. A message in writing from the President of the United States Mr. BUCHANAN of New Jersey. Through Yellowstone was communicated to the House by Mr. PRUDEN, one of his sec­ Park? It had better take the regular course. retaries. The SPEAKER. Objection is made; and the bill will go to The SPEAKER laid before the House the message just re­ the Committee on the Public Lands. - ceived; which was read, as follows: To the Senate and House of Representatives: INVESTIGATION OF CITY SLUMS. In my annual message, delivere'd to Congress at the beginning of the pres­ By Mr. BUTLER: A joint resolution (H. Res. 70) providing ent session, after a brief statement of the facts then in the possession of this ,

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Government touching the assault, in the streets of Valparaiso, Chile, upon way, as where a citizen i_s injured and presents his claim through his own tlie sailors of the United States steamship Baltimore, on the evening ot the government, but in apr~ way, precisely as if its minister or consul or 16th of October last, I said: the flag itself had been the obJect of the same character of assault. "This Government is now awaiting the result of an investigation which The om.cers and sailors of the Baltimore were in the harbor of Valparaiso ha& been conducted by the criminal court at Valparaiso. It is reported un­ under the orders of their Government, not by their own choic.e. Th.ey were omciaJly that the investigation is about completed, and it is expected that the upon the shore by the implied invitation of the Government of Chile and with result will soon be communicated to this Government, together with some the approval of their commanding oillcer; and it does not distinguish their adequate and satisfactory response to the note by which the attention of Chile case from that of a; consul that his stay is more permanent or that he holds was called to this incident. If these just expectations should be disappointed the express invitation of the local government to justify his longer residenca or further needless delay intervene, I will. by a special message, bring this Nor does it affect the question that the injU17. was the act of a mob. If there matter again to the attention of Congress for such action as may be neces­ had been no participation by the police or military in this cruel work and no sary." neglect on the~ part to extend protection the case would still be one, in my In my opinion the time has now come when I should lay before the Con­ opfnion, when1ts extent and character are considered, involving international gress and the country the correspondence between this Government and the rights. Government of Chile from the time of the breaking out of the revolution 'l'he incidents of the affair are, briefly, as follows: aga.inst BaJma.ceda, together with all other facts in the possession of the ex­ On the 16th of October last Capt. Schley, commanding the U.S. S. Balti­ ecutive department relating to this matter. The diplomatic correspondence more, g(l.ve shore leave to one hundred and seventeen petty o:Jilcers and sail­ is herewith transmitted, together with some correspondence between the ors of his ship. These men left the ship about 1:30 p. m. No incident of vio­ naval omcers for the time in command in Chilean waters and the Secretary len~e occurred; none of our D;len were arrested; no complaint was lodged of the Navy, and also the evidence taken at the Mare Island navy-yard since agamstthem;nordidanycolliswnoroutbreakoccuruntilabout6o'clockp.m. the arrival of the Baltimore at San Francisco. I do not deem it necessary in C_apt. Sc.hley states that he was himselt on shore and about the streets of the this communication to attempt any full analysis of the correspondence or of City until5:30p. m.; that he met very many of his men whowereuponleave· the evidence. A brief restatement of the international questions involved th~t they were sober, and were conducting themselves with propriety, saluting and of the reasons why the responses of the Chilean Government are unsat­ Chilean and other omcers as they met them. Other ofil.eers of the ship and isfactory is all that I deem necessary. Capt. Jenkins, of the merchant ship Keweenaw, corroborate Capt. Schley as It may be well at the outset to say that, whatever may have been said in to the general sobriety and good behavior of our men. The S1sters of Charity this eountry or in Chile in criticism of Mr. Egan, our minister at Santiago, at the hospital to which our wounded men were taken, when inquired of the true history of this exciting period in Chilean affairs, from the outbreak st~ted that they were sober when received. If the situation had been other~ of the revolution until this time, discloses no act on the part of Mr. Egan un­ Wise, we must believe that the Chilean police authorities would have made worthy of his position or that could justly be the occasion of serious ani­ arrests. About 6 p.m. the assault began, and itisremarkablethatthe inves­ madversion or criticism. He has, I think, on the whole, borne himself, in very ti.gation by the judge of crimes, though so protracted, does not enable him to trying circumstances, with dignity, discretion, and courage, and has con­ g1ve any more satisfactory account of its origin than is found in the state­ ducted the correspondence with ability, courtesy, and fairness. ment. ~at it began betvreen ~unken _sailors. Repeatedly in the correspond­ It is worth while also at the beginning to say that the right of Mr. Egan to ence 1t. ~asserted th~t 1t w~ rmposs1ble to learn the precise cause of the riot. give shelter in the legation to certain adherents of the Balmaceda Govern­ The mm1ster of foreign affall'S, Matta, in his telegram to Mr. Montt, under ment who applied to him for asylum has not been denied by the Chilean au­ date December 31, states that the quarrel began between two sailors in a tav­ thorities, nor has any demand been made for the surrender of these refugees. ern and was continued in the street, persons who were passing joining in it. That there wa.s urgent need of asylum is shown by Mr. Egan's note of Au­ The testimony of Talbot, an apprentice, who was with Riggin, is that the gust 24, 1891, describing the disorders that prevailed in Santiago, and by the outbreak in which they were involved began by a Chilean sailor spitting in evidence of Capt. Schley as to the pillage and violence that prevailed at Val­ ~e ~ce of Talbot. which was r~sented by a knock-down. It appears that paraiso. The correspondence discloses, however, that the request of Mr. R1~gm and Talbot were at the tune unaccompanied by any others of their Egan for a safe conduct from the country, in behalf of these refugees, was shipmates. These two men were immediately beset by a crowd of Chilean denied. The precedents cited by him in the correspondence, particularly the citizens and sailors, through which they bl:oke their way to a street car and case of the revolution in Peru in 1855, did not leave the Chilean Government entered it for safety. They were pursued, driven from the car, and Riggin in a position to deny the right of asylum to political refugees, and seemed was so seriously beaten that he fell in the street apparently dead. There is very clearly to support Mr. Egan's contention that a safe conduct to neutral nothing in the report of the Chilean investigation made to us that seriously territory was a necessary and acknowledged incident of the asylum. impeaches this testimony. It appears from Chilean sources that almost in­ These refugees have very recently, without formal safe conduct, but by the stantly, with a suddenness that strongly implies medi. ·tation and preparation acquiescence of the Chilean authorities, been placed on board the Yorktown a mob, stated by the police authorities at one time to number 2,000 and at and are now being conveyed to Callao, Peru. This incident might be consid­ another 1,000, was engaged in the assault upon our sailors, who are repre­ ered wholly closed but for the disrespect manifested toward this Government sented as resisting "with stones, clubs, and bright arms." The report of the by the close and offensive police surveillance of the legation premises '\fhich intendenteof October 30 states that the fight began at 6 p.m. in three streets " was main ta.ined during most of the period of the stay of the refugees therein. which are named; that information was received at the intendencia at 6:15: A!ter the date o! my annual message and uv to the time of the transfer of the and that the police arrived on the scene at 6:30, a full half hour after the as­ refugees to the Yorktown the legation premiSes seem to have been surrounded sault began. At that time he says that a mob of 2,000 men had collected, and by police, in uniform, and police agents or detectives, in citizen's dress, who that for several squares there was the appearance of a "real battlefield." offensively scrutinized persons entering or leaving the legation and, on one The scene at this point is very graphically set before us by the Chilean testi­ or more occasions, arrested members of the minister's family. Commander mony. The American sailors, who, after so long an examination, have not Evans, who, by my direction, recently visited Mr. Egan at Santiago, in his been found guilty of any breach of the peace, so tar as the Chilean authorities telegram to the Navy Department described the legation as "a veritable are able to discover, unarmed and defenseless, are fleeing for their lives prison," and states that the police agents or detectives were, after his arri­ pursued by overwhelming numbers, and fighting on1yto aid their own escap6 val, withdrawn during his stay. It appears further, from the note of Mr. from death or to succor some mate whose life is in greater peril. Eighteen Egan of November 20, 1891, that on one occasion at lea-st these police agents, of them are brutally stabbed and beaten, while one Chilean seems, from the whom he declares to be known to him. invaded the legation premises, pound­ report, to have suffered some injury; but how serious or with what character ing upon its windows and using insulting and threatening language toward of weapon, or whether by a missile thrown by our men or by some of his fel­ persons therein. low rioters, is unascertained. This breach of theright of a minister to freedom from police espionage and The pretense that our men were fighting "with stones, clubs, and bright restraint seems to have been so flagrant, that the Argentine nunister, who arms" is, in view of these facts, incredible. It is further refuted by the tact was dean of the diplomatic corps, having observed it, felt called upon to pro­ that our prisoners, when searched, were absolutely without arms, only seven test ~ainst it to the Chilean minister of foreign affairs. The Chilean au­ penknives being round in the possession of the men arrested, while there thoritJ.es have, as will be observed from the correspondence, charged the ref­ were received by our men more than thirty stab wounds, every one of which ugees and the inmates of the legation with insulting the pollee; but it seems was inflicted in the back, and almost every contused wound was tn the back to me incredible that men whose lives were in jeopardy, and whose safety or back of the head. The evidence of the ship's om.cer of the day is that even could only be secured by retirement and quietness, should have sought to the jackknives of the men were taken from them before leaving the ship. provoke a collision which could only end in their destruction, or to aggravate As to the brutal nature of the treatment received by our men, the following their condition by intensifying a popular feeling that, at one time, so threat­ extract from the account given of the affair by the La Pa.tria newspaper, of ened the legation as to require Mr. Egan to appeal to the minister of foreign Valparaiso, of October 17, can not be regarded as too friendly: affairs. "The Yankees, as soon as their pursuers gave chase, went by way of the But themostserious incident d.isclosedbythe correspondence is that of the Calle del Arsenal towards the city car station. In the presence of an ordinary attack upon the sa.ilors of the Baltimore in the streets of Valparaiso on the number of citizens, among whom were some sailors, the North Americans 16th of October last. In my annual message, speaking upon the information took seats in the street car to escape from the stones which the Chileans then in my possession, I said: threw at them. It was believed for an instant that the North Americans had •• So tar as I have yet been able to learn, no other explanation of this bloody saved themselves from popular fury, but such was not the case. Scarcely work has been suggested than that it had its origin in hostility to these men had the car begun to move, when a crowd gathered around and stopped its as sailors of the United States, wearing the uniform o! their Government, progress. Under these circumstances and without any cessation of the howl­ and not in any individual act or personal animosity." .ing and throwing of stones at the North Americans. the conductor entered We have now received from the Chilean Government an abstract of the the car, and, seeing the risk of the situation to the vehicle, ordered them to conclusions of the fiscal general upon the testimony taken by the judge of get out. At the instant the sailors left the car, in the midst of a hail of crimes in an investigation which was made to extend over nearly tl\;ree stones, the said conductor received a stone blow on the head. One of the , months. I very much regret to be compelled to say that this report does not Yankee sailors managed to escape in the direction of the Plaza Wheelright, enable me to modify the conclusion announced in my annual message. I am but the other was felled to the ground by a stone. Managing to raise himself still of the opinion that our sailors were assaulted, beaten, stabbed, and killed, from the ground where he lay, he staggered in an opposite direction from the not for anything they or any one of them had done, but for what the Govern­ station. In front of the house of Seiior Mazzini he was again wounded, fall­ ment of the United States had done, or was charged with having done, by its ing then senseless and breathless.'' civil officers and naval commanders. If that be the true aspect of the ca-se, 'No amount of evasion or subterfuge is able to cloud our clear vision o! this the injury was to the Government of the United States, not to these poor brutal work. It should be noticed in this connection that the American sailors sailors who were assaulted in a manner so brutal and so cowardly. arrested, after an examination, were, during the four days following the ar­ Before attempting to give an outline of the facts upon which this conclusion rest, every one discharged. no charge of any breach of the peace or other rests, I think it right to say a word or two upon the legal aspect of the case. criminal conduct having been sustained against a single one of them. The The Baltimore was in the harbor of Valparaiso by virtue of that general in­ judge of crimes Foster, in a note to the intendente, under date of October vitation which nations are held to extend to the war vessels of other powers 22-before the dispatch1 from this Government of the following day, which with which they have friendly relations. This invitation, I think, must be aroused the authorities of Chile to a better sense of the gravity of the atJah·­ held ordinarily to embrace the privilege of such communication with the says~ " Having presided temporarily over this court in regard to the seamen shore as is reasonable, necessary, and proper for the comfort and convenience of the United States cruiser Baltimore, who have been tried on account of of the o:Jilcers and men of such vessels. Capt. Schley testifies that when his the deplorable conduct which took place," etc. The noticeable point here is vessel returned to Valparaiso, on September 14, the city officers, as is cus­ that om· sailors had been tried before the 22d of October and that the trial re­ tomary, extended the hospitalities of the city to his omcers and crew. It is sulted in their acquittal and return to their v~ssel. It is quite remarkable not claimed that every personal collision or injury in which a sailor or ofil.cer and quite characteristic of the management of this aft'air by the Chilean po­ of such naval vessel visitingtheshoremaybeinvolvedra.isesaninternational lice authorities that we should now be advised that Seaman Davidson, of the question; but I am clearly of the opinion that where such sailors or omcers Baltimore, has been included in the indictment, his offense being, so far as I are assaulted by a resident populace animated by hostility to the Government have been able to ascertain, that he attempted to defend a shipmate against whose uniform these sailors and omcers wear and in resentment of acts done an assailant who was striking at him with a knife. The perfect vindication by their Government, not by them, their nation must take notice o! the event of our men is furnished by this report; one only is found to have been guilty a.s one involving an infraction of its rights and dignity; not 1n a secondary 3f criminal fault. and that for an act clearly justifiable. 1892. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. 519

As to the pa.rt taken by the pollee in the affair, the case made by Chile is their inability to ascertain who fired it, further than that it was fired from also tar from satisfactory. The point where Riggin was killed is only three a crowd. The character of the wound, as described by one of the surgeons minutes' walk from the police station. and not more than twice that distance of the Baltimore, clearly supports his opinion th.a.t it was made by a rifie bill, !rom the intendencia; and yet, according to their official report, a full half the orifice of exit bein~. as much as an inch or an inch and a. quarter in width. hour elapsed after the assault began before the police were upon the ground. When shot the poor feuow was unconscious and in the arms of a comrade, It has been stated that aU but two of our men have said that the police did whowas endeavoringtocarryhim to a neighboring drugstore for treatment. their duty. The evidence taken at Mare Island shows that if such a state­ The story of the police that, in comin"' up the street they passed these men ment was procured from our men it was accomplished by requiring them and left them behind them, is inconsfstent with their own statement as to to sign a writing in a language they did not understand, and by the repre­ the direction of their approach and with their duty to protect them, and is sentation that it was a mere declaration that they had taken no part in the dis­ clearly disproved. In fact, Riggin was not behind, but in front of the advanc­ turbance. Lieut. McCrea, who acted as interpreter, says in his evid-ence that ing force, and was not standing in the crowd, but was unconscious and sup­ when our sailors were examined before the court the subject of the conduct ported in the arms of Johnson when he was shot. of the police was so carefully avoided that he:t:eported the fact to Capt. Schley The communications of the Chilean Government in rela.tion to this cruel on his return to the vessel. · and disastrous attack upon our men, as will appear from the correspondence, The evidences of the existenceoof animosity towards our sailors in the minds have not in any degree taken the form of amanlyand satisfactoryexpre:ssion of the sailors of the Chilean navy and of the populace of Valparaiso are so of regret, much less of apology. The event was of so serious a character that, abundant and various as to leave no doubt in the mind of anyone who will if the injuries suffered by our men had been wholly the result of a.n accident examine the papers submitted. It manifested itself in threatening and in­ in a Chilean port, the incident was grave enough to have called for some pub­ sultin~ gestures towards our men as they passed the Chilean men-of-war lic expression of sympathy and regret from the local a.uthorities. It is not in therr boats and in the derisive and abusive epithets with which they enough to say that the a.JI:air was lamentable, for humanity would require greeted every appearance of an American sailor on the evening of the riot. that expression, even if the beating and killing of our men had been justifi­ Capt. Schley reports that boats from the Chilean war ships several times able. It is not enough to say that the incident is regretted, coupled with the went out of their course to cross the bows of his boats, compelling them to statement that the affair was not of an unusual character in ports where for­ back water. He {)Ompla.-ined of the discourtesy and it was corrected. That eign sailors are accustomed to meet. It is not for a generous ancl sincere this feeling was shared by men of higher rank is shown by an incident related Government to seek for words of small or equivocal meaning in which to con­ by Surg. Stitt, of the Baltimore. vey to a friendly power an apology for an offense so atrocious as this. After the battle of Placilla he, with other medical officers of the war vessels In the case of the assault by a mob in New Orleans upon the Spanish con­ in the harbor, was giving voluntary assistance to the wounded in the hospi­ sulate in 1851, Mr. Webster wrote to the Spanish minister, Mr. Calderon, that tals. The son o! a Chilean army officer of high rank was under his care, and, the acts complained of w-ere "a disgraceful and flagrant breach of duty and when the father discovered it, he flew into a passion, and said he would rather propriety," and that his Government "regrets them as deeply as Minister have his son die than have Americans touch him, and at once bad him re­ Calderon or his Government could possibly do;" that "these acts havecaused moved from the ward. This feeling is not well concealed in the dispatches of the President great pain and he thinks a proper acknowledgment is due to the foreign office and had quite open expression in the disrespectful treatment Her Majesty's Government." He invited the Spanish consul to return to his of the American legation. The Chilean boatme:n. in the bay refused, even for post, guarantying protection, and offered to salute the Spanish fiag if the large offers of money, to return our sailors, who crowded the mole, to their consul should come in a Spanish vessel. Such a treatment by the Govern­ ship when they were endeavoring t.o escape from the city on the night of the ment of Chile of this assault would have been more creditable to the Chilean assault. The market boats of the Baltimore were threatened, and even quite authorities; and much less can hardly be satisfactory to a. Government that recently the gig of Commander Evans, of the Yorktown, was stoned while values its di,anity and honor. waiting for him at the Mole. In our note of October23last, whichappearsin the correspondence, after re­ The evidence of our sailors clearly shows that the attack was expected by ceiving the report of the. board of officers appointed by CaJ>t. Schley to in­ the Chilean people, that threats had been made against our men, and that in vestigate the affair, the Chilean Government was advised of the aspect which one case, somewhat early in the afternoon, the keeper of one house, into which it then assumed and called upon for any facts 1n its possession that might some of our men had gone, closed his establishment in anticipation of the at­ tend to modify theunfavorableimpressionswhichour report had created. It tack which he advised them would be made upon them as darkness came on. is very clear from the correspondence that, before the receipt of this note, In a report of Capt. Schley to the Navy Department he says: the examination was regarded by the police authorities as practicallyclosed. "In the only interview that I had with Judge Foster, who is ilrrestigating It was, however, reopened and protracted through a period of neary three the case relative to the disturbance, before he was aware of the entire gravity months. We might justly have complained of this unreasonable delay, but, of the matter, he informed me that the assault upon my men was the out­ in view of the fact that the Government of Chile was still provisional, a~d come of hatred for our people among the lower classes, because they thought with a disposition to be forbearing and hopeful of a friendly termination, I we had sympathized with theBalmaceda. government on account of the Itata have awaited the report which has but recently been made. matter, whether with reason or without he could, of course, not admit; but On the 21st instant I caused to be communicated to the Government o! Chile, such he thought was the explanation of the assault at that time." by the American minister at Santiago, the conclusions of this Governmenl< Several of our men sought security from the mob by such complete or par­ after a full consideration of all the evidence and of every suggestion affect­ tial changes in their dress as would conceal the tact of their being seamen of ing this matter, and to these conclusions I adhere. They were stated as fol­ the Baltimore, and found it then possible to walk the streets without molesta­ lows: tion. These incidents conclusively establish that the attack was upon the "First. That the assault is not relieved of the aspect which the ea:t:ly in­ uniform-the nationality-and not upon the men. formation of the event gave to it, viz: That of 3Il attack upon the uniform o£ The origin of this feeling is probably found in the refusal of this Govern­ the United States Navy, having its origin and motive ina f.eeling of hostility ment to give recognition to the Congressional party before it had established to this Government, and not in any act of the sa.ilm·s or of any of them. itself, in the seizure of the Itata for an alleged violation of the neutrality law, "Second. That the public authorities of Valparaiso flagrantly failed in in the cable incident, and in the charge that Admiral Brown conveyed infor­ their duty to protect our men and that some of the police and of the Chilean mation to Valparaiso of the landing at Quinteros. It is not my purpose to soldiers and sailors were themselves guilty of unprovoked assaults upon our enter here any defense of the action of this Government in these matters. It sailors before and after alTest. He [the President] thinks the preponderance is enough for the present purpose to say that if there was any breach of inter­ of the evidence and the inherent probabilities lea.d to the conclUsion that national comity or duty on our part it should have been made the subject of Riggin was killed by the police or soldiers. official complaint through diplomatic channels or of reprisals for which a full "Third. That he Lthe President] is therefore compelled to bring the case responsibility was assumed. back to the position taken by this Government in the note of Mr. Wharton, We can not consent that these incidents and these perversions of the truth of October 23 last * * * , and to ask for a suitable apology and for some shall be used to excite a murderous attack upon our uno!rending sailors and a.dequate reparation for the injury done to this Government. the Government of Chile go acquit of responsibility. In fact, the conduct of In the same note the attention of the Chilean Government was callffd to the this Government during the war in Chile pursued those lines of international offensive character of a note addressed by Mr. Matta, its minister of foreign duty which we had so strongly insisted upon on the part of other nations affairs, to Mr. Montt, its minister at this capital, on the lith ultimo. This when this country was in the throes of a civil conflict. We continued the dispatch was not officially communicated to this Government; but. as Mr. established diplomatic relations with the government in power until it was Monttwas directed to translate it and to giveittothepress of this country, it overthrown, and promptly and cordially recognized the new government seemed to me that it could not pass without official notice. It was not only when it was established. The good offices of this Government were offered undiplomatic, but grossly insulting to our naval officers and to the execu­ to bring about a peaceful adjustment, and the interposition of Mr. Egan to tive department, as it directly imputed untruth and insincerity to there­ mitigate severities and to shelter adherents of the Congressional pa.rtywere ports of the naval officers and to the official communications made by the ex­ effective and frequent. The charge against Admiral Brown is too base to ecutive department to Con,aress. It will be observed that I have notified the gain credence with anyone who lmows his high personal and professional Chilean Government that, unless this note is at once withdrawn and an apol­ character. ogy as public as the offense made. I will terminate diplomatic rela.tions. Recurring to the evidence of our sailors, I think it is shown that there 'J:he request for the recall of Mr. Eg:an, upon the ground that he was not were several distinct assaults and so nearly simultaneous as to show that pet·sona grata, was unaccompanied by any suggestion that could properly be they did not spread from one point. A press summary of the report of the used in support of it, and I infer that the request is based upon official acts of fiscal shows that the evidence of the Chilean officials and others was in con­ Mr. Egan which have received the approval of tbis Government. But, how­ flict as to the place of origin, several places being named by different wit­ ever that may be, I could not consent to consider such a question until it had nesses as the locality where the first outbreak occurred. This, if correctly first been settled whether our correspondence with Chile could be conducted reported, shows that there were several distinct outbreaks, and so nearly at upon a basis of mutual respect. the same time as to cause this confusion. In submitting these papers to Congress for that grave and patriotic con­ The La Patria, in the same issue from which I have already quoted, after sideration which the questions involved demand, I desire to say that I am of describing the killing of Riggin and the fight which from that point extended the opinion that the demands made of Chile by this Government should be to the mole, says: adhered to and enforced. If the dignity as well as the prestige and infiuence "At the same time :Ill other streets of the port the Yankee sailors fought of the Uni1ied States are not to be wholly sacrificed, we must protect those fiercely with the people of th-e town, who believed to see in them incarnate who in foreign ports display the flag or wear the colors of this Government enemies of the Chilean navy." against insult, brutality, and death, inflicted in resentment or the acts of The testimony of Capt. Jenkins, of theAmericanmerchantship Keweenaw, their Government, and not for any fault of their own. It has been my desire which had gone to Valparaiso for repairs, and who was a witness of some in every way to cultivate friendly and intimate relations with all the govel"n­ part of the assault upon the crew of the Baltimnre, is strongly corroborative ments 6f this hemisphere. We do not covet their territory: we desire their of the testimony of our own sailors when he says that he saw Chilean sentries peace and prosperity. Welook forno advantagein our relations with them, drive back a seaman, seeking shelter, upon a mob that was pursuing him. except the increased exchanges of commerce upon a basis of mutual benefit. The officers and men of Capt. Jenkins's ship furnish t·he most conclusive tes­ We regret every civil contest that disturbs their peace and paralyzes their timony as to the indignities which were practiced toward Americans in Val­ development, and are always ready to give our good offices for the restora­ paraiso. When American sailors, even of :merchant ships, can only secure tion of peace. It must, however, be understood that thls Government, while their safety by denying their nationality, it must be time to readjust our. re­ exercising the utmost forbearance towards weaker powers, will extend its lations with a Government that permits such demonstrations. strong and adequate protection to its citizens, to its officers, and t.o its hum­ As to the participation of the police, the eYidence of our sailors shows that blest sailor when made the victims of wantonness and cruelty in resentment, our men were struck and beaten by pollee officers before and after arrest, not of theirpersonalmisconduct, but of the official acts of theirGovernment.• and that one, at least, was dragged with a lasso about his neck by a mounted Upon information received that Patrick Shields, an Irishman and prob­ policeman. That the death of Rtggin was the result of a :rifle shot fired by a ably a British subject, but at the time a. fireman of the American steamer policeman or soldier on duty is shown directly by the testimony o! Johnson, Keweenaw, in the harbor of Valparaiso for repairs, had been subjected to in whose arms he was at the time, and by the evidence of Charles Langen, personal injuries in that city-largely by the pollce-Ilf when he was finally able to reach his vesseL The captain By Mr. BRETZ: A bill (H. R. 4563) to place agricultural im­ of the vessel says: plements and other articles on the free list-to the Committee "He came back a wreck; bla~k from his neck to his hips, from beating; weak and stupid, and is still in a. kind of paralyzed condition, and has never on Ways and Means. been able to do duty since." . DUTY ON~CARPETS, DIAMONDS, ETC. A claim for reparation has been made in behalf of this man; for, while he was not a citizen of the United States, the doctrine long held by us, as ex­ By Mr. BRETZ: A bill (H. R. 4564) to increase the duty on pressed in the consular regulations, is: '·The principles which are main­ certain carpets, diamonds, jewelry, and other articles-to the tained by this Government in regard to the protection, as distinguished from the relief, of seamen are well settled. It is held that the circumstance that Committee on Ways and Means. the vessel is American is evidence that the seamen on board are such; and in GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS WITH STATES. every regularly documented merchant vessel the crew will find their protec­ tion in the flag that covers them." By Mr. SHIVELY: A bill (H. R . 45~5) explanatory of an act I have a.s yet received no reply to our note of the 21st instant, but in my entitled "An act to settle certain accounts between the United opinion I ought not to delay longer to bring these matters to the attention of Congress tor such action as may be deemed appropriate. States and the State of Mississippi and other States," and for BENJ. HARRISON. other purposes-to the Committee on the Public Lands. EXECUTIVE MANSION, Janum-y 25, 1892. REIMBURSEMENT OF STATES FOR WAR EXPENSES. [Applause on the floor and in the g-alle ~ies.] By Mr. HENDERSON of Iowa: A bill (H. R. 4566) to reimburse During the reading, the following took place: the several States for interest on moneys expended by them on Mr. COGSWELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise to a question of privi­ account of raising troops employed in aiding the United States lege. Evidentlythereaderhasomitted orskipped a page. The in suppressing the late rebellion-to the Committee on Claims. pa-rt of the message that he is nowreadingcomment.B upon a note communicated to Chile by our Government, and assumes that we ACCOUNTS UNDER EIGHT-HOUR LAW. are in possession of that note, but in fad it has not yet been read By Mr. BRODERICK: A bill (H. R . 4567) providing for the ad­ to the House. justment of.accounts of laborers, workmen, and mechanics arising The reading clerk turned back and read the omitted portion of under the eight-hour law-to the Committee on Labor. the message. REPORT ON WAGES. Mr. BLOUNT. Mr. Speaker, I move that the message of .the By Mr. DICKERSON (by request): A joint resolution (H. Res. President of the United States just read, and the accompanying 71 } to authorize the Superintendent of Census to continue the documents, be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and report on wages, by Joseph D. Weeks-to the Select Committee ordered to be printed; and upon that I ask for the previous ques­ on the Eleventh Census. tion. The previous question was ordered. COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. The motion of Mr. BLOUNT was then agreed to. By Mr. McCREARY: R esolution relating to the World's Co­ UNITED STATES COURTS, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA. lumbian Exposition-to the Select Committee on the Columbian Exposition . message from the President informed the House that he had .A. PUBLIC BUILDING, CYNTHB.. NA, KY. approved an act (H. R. 123) :fixing the times for holding the dis­ trict and circuit courts of the United States in the northern dis­ By Mr. PAYNTER: A bill (H. R. 4568) for the erection of a trict of Iowa. public building at Cynthiana, Ky.-to the Committee on Public ENROLLED BILL SIGNED. Buildings and Grounds. Mr. WARWICK, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, re­ LIFE-SAVING STATION, CAPE PORPOISE, ME. ported that they had examined and found truly enrolled a joint By Mr. REED: A bill (H. R. 4569) to establish a life-saving resolution of the following title: station at Cape Porpoise, in the town of York, Me.-to the Com­ Joint resolution (S. R. 18) to :fill vacancies in the Board of mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. REIMB~SEMENT OF WAR EXPENSES. ORDER OF BUSINESS. By Mr. McKAIG: A bill (H. R. 4570) to reimburse Hagers­ The SPEAKER. The Chair will resume the call of States for town, Md.-to the Committee on War Claims. the introduction of bills. Also, a bill (H. R. 4571} to refund to corporate authorities of The call proceeded; and bills and resolutions were severally in­ Frederick City, Md., the sum of $200,000, exacted of them by the troduced, read a first and second time, and referred as stated: Confederate army under Gen. Jubal Early, 1864, under penalty of PENSIONS. burning said city-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. MALLORY: A bill (H. R. 4557) to restOre .to the pen­ Also, a bill (H. R. 4572) to reimburse Middletown, Frederick sion rolls of the United States the names of all persons who were County, Md.-to the Committee on War Claims. drawing p13nsions at the beginning of the late rebellion by reason WAR CLAIMS. of their services in the Indian wars of Florida, and whose names By Mr. McKAIG: A bill (H. R. 4573) authorizing the Secretary were stricken from the pension rolls by reason of their participa­ of War to cause to be reexamined claims against the United tion in or sympathy with said rebellion-to the Committee on States, and for extending the time for filing such claims, and fo! Pensions. · other purposes-to the Committee on War Claims. BOUNTIES TO EX-SOLDIERS. Also, a bill bill (H. R. 4574) to afford further relief to loyalciti· . By Mr. FITIDAN: A bill (H. R. 4558) to provide for the pay­ zens of States not in rebellion for property taken by the Army of ment of a bounty of $100 to soldiers who enlisted in the military the United, States-to the Committee on War Claims. - service of the United States under the act of July 22, 1861, and who CHINESE LABORERS. were discharged by reason of surgeon's certificate of disability or for promotion before the expiration of two years, and who By Mr. STUMP: A bill (H. R. 4575) to absolutely prohibit the have not received $100 bounty-to the Committee on War Claims. coming of Chinese laborers into the United States, whether sub­ jects of the Chinese Empire or of any other foreign government, IMPROVEMENT, OF HARBOR OF EVANSVILLE, IND. and for other purposes-to the Committee on Immigration and By Mr. PARRETT: A bill (H. R. 4559) for the improvement Naturalization. of the harbor at the city of Evansville, Ind., and appropriating HOURS OF LABOR, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS. $50,000 therefor-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. By Mr. O'NEIL of Massachusetts: A bill (H. R. 4576) fixing DUTIES ON GLASS, ETC. the hours of labor in the Executive Departments-to the Com· By Mr. PARRETT: A bill (H . R. 4560) to reduce the duty on mittee on Appropriations. glass chimneys, common window glass, and other articles of glass and glassware-to the Committee on Ways and Means. UNITED STATES MINERAL LANDS. PENSIONS. By Mr. STOUT: A bill (H. R. 4577) to secure the reservation of all mineral rights in lands hereafter conveyed by the United By Mr. PARRETT: A bill (H. R. 4561) to increase the pen­ States-to the Committee on the Public Lands. sions of those who have lost a limb, two limbs, or both eyes, and for other purposes-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ST. JOSEPH RIVER, MICHIGAN. GRAIN BAGS, ETC., ON FREE LIST. By Mr. BURROWS: A bill (H. R . 4578) making an appropri­ ation for the improvement of St. Joseph River, in the State of By Mr. PARRETT: A bill (H. R. 4562} to exempt from duty Michigan-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. bags for grain, bagging for covering cotton, cotton ties, fence wire, spool thread made of cotton, binding-twine, horseshoe nails, CINCINNATI, WABASH AND MICmGAN RAILROAD COMPANY. horse, mule, or ox shoes, needles, knitting needles, needles for By Mr. BURROWS: A bill (H. R. 4579) granting to the Cin­ knitting or sewing ma.chines, all implements of husbandry and cinnati, Wabash and Michigan Railroad Company the right to blacksmith tools-to the Committee on Ways and Means. load and unload freight over the Government works in the bar· -

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bor of St. Joseph, Mich.-to the Committee on Interstate and MODIFICATION OF SYSTEM OF INTERNAL REVENUE. Foreign Commerce. By Mr. COWLES: A bill (H. R. 4593) to repeal tax on tobacco REGISTER OF WILLS, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. and fruit brandy and modify system of internal revenue-to the By Mr. MANSUR: A bill (H. R. 4580) relative to the office of Committee on Ways and Means. the register of wills of the District of Columbia and to create REPEAL OF THE INTERNAL-REVENUE SYSTEM. three associate judges of the supreme court of the District. By Mr. COWLES: A bill (H. R. 4594) to abolish the internal-­ The SPEAKER. This bill will be referred to the Committee revenue system and repeal the tax on distilled spirits-to the on the District of Columbia. Committee on Ways and Means. Mr. MANSUR. I ask the reference of that bill, Mr. Speaker, to the Committee on the Judiciary. MONUMENT TO BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM LEE DAVIDSON. The SPEAKER. The proper reference, in the judgment of By Mr. ALEXANDER: A bill (H. R. 4595) to provide for the the Chair, would be to the Committee on the District of Colum­ erection of a monument to the memory of Brig. Gen. William bia. Lee Davidson-to the Joint Committee on the Library. Mr. HEMPHILL. Let it go to the District Committee. NATIONAL CEMETERY, WILMINGTON, N. C. Mr. MANSUR. The Bar Association request this reference. By Mr. ALEXANDER: A bill (H. R. 4596) to provide for the There is nothing in it, I will state, but legal matters. construction of a macadamized road to the national cemetery Mr. HEMPHILL. What is the character of the-bill? near Wilmington, N.C., and for other purposes-to the· Com­ Mr. MANSUR. It relates to cutting down the fees of the reg­ mittee on Military Affairs. ister and applying the money to the creation of three additional justices. TOWN CREEK RIVER, BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N. C. I move its reference to the Committee on the Judiciary. By 11r. ALEXANDER: A bill (H. R.4597) to continue the im­ The SPEAKER. The bill, the title of which has just been provement of Town Creek River in Brunswick County, N.C.­ read, in the judgment of the Chair, should. be referred to the to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Committee on the District of Columbia. The gentleman from RESTRICTIONS ON SALE OF LEAF TOBACCO. Missouri moves that it be referred to the Committee on the Ju­ By Mr. ORAWFORD: A bill (H. R. 4598) to amend section 27, diciary. chapter 1244, of supplement to the Revised Statutes of the U~ited The motion was agreed to. States, imposing restrictions on the sale of leaf tobacco by the IMPROVEMENT OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER. farmer-to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. BYRNS: A bill (H. R. 4581) to enable the Secretary PAY CLERKS IN THE NAVY. of War to complete the improvement of the Mississippi River By Mr. CRAWFORD: A bill (H. R. 4599) for the relief of pay from the mouth of the Illinois River to the mouth of the Ohio clerks in the naval service of the United States-to the Commit­ River-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. tee on Naval Affairs. ANNUAL ASSEMBLING OF CONGRESS. TRUSTS. By Mr. DE ARMOND: A bill (H. R. 4582) to appoint a different By Mr. WILLIAMS of North Carolina: A bill (H. R. 4600) to day, namely, March 4, for the annual assembling of Congress in define trusts and prevent the same-to the Committee on Manu­ the year A.D.1893 and thereafter-to the Committee on the Judi­ factures. ciary. INCOME TAX. WATER REVENUES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. By Mr. WILLIAMS of North Carolina: A bill (H. R. 4601) to -· By Mr. HEARD (by request): A bill (H. R. 4583) to prevent impose a graduated income tax-to the Committee on Ways and fraud upon the water revenues of the District of Columbia-to Means. the Committee on the District of Columbia. METRIC SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. LIGHTING OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS, WASHINGTON. By Mr. KEM: A bill (H. R. 4584) to provide for lighting the By Mr. STORER: A bill (H. R. 4602) providing_for the exclu­ public buildings in Washington and to furnish means of lighting sive use of the metric system of weights and measures in the cus­ to the citizens of said city-to the Committee on the District of toms service-to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Meas­ Columbia. ures. BOUNTY LAWS. SECTION 47021 TITLE LVII, REVISED STATUTES. By Mr. RAY: A bill (H. R. 4585) extending the benefits of the By Mr. DOAN:· A bill (H. R. 4603) to amend section 4'702, Title veteran bounty laws to minors discharged as such, but who sub­ LVII, Revised Statutes of the United States, and for other pur­ sequently enlisted and served one year or more-to the Commit­ poses-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. tee on War Claims. REGULATING THE PAYMEJ.'TT OF PENSIONS IN CERTAIN CASES. NIAGARA RIVER AND PORT DAY HARBOR. By Mr. DOAN: A bill (H·. R. 4604) prescribing regulations for By Mr. BUNTING: A bill (H. R. 4586) for the improvement the payment of pensions to soldiers who from intemperance or of navigation in the Niagara River and Port Day Harbor-to the other causes receive no benefit from the same, and for other pur­ Committee on Rivers and Harbors. poses-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. INTERNAL REVENUE ON DISTILLED SPIRITS. FILTERING MEDIUM ON THE FREE LIST. By Mr. COWLES: A bill (H. R. 4587) to repeal internal-reve­ By Mr. HOUK of Ohio: A bill (H. R. 4605) to put upon the free nue license taxes for sale of distilled spirits and to prevent frivo­ list a filtering medium manufactured from certain earth prod­ lous prosecutions in Federal courts-to the Committee on Ways ucts-to the Committee on Ways and Means. and Means. PROTECTION OF LABOR. FREE DISTILLATION OF BRANDY. ByMr. DUNGAN: A bill(H. R.4606)forthefurtherprotection By Mr. COWLES: A bill (H. R. 4588) to allow the free distil­ .of labor, and to amend section 1 of an act approved May 6,1882- lation of brandy from fruit--to the Committee on Ways and to the Committee on Labor. Means. ENTRY OF STANDARDS, PATENT OFFICE. COMPENSATION, UNITED STATES DISTRICT ATTORNEYS,,ETC. By Mr. CALDWELL (by request): A bill (H. R. 4607) t<> author­ By Mr. COWLES: A bill (H. R. 4589) relating to the compen­ ize the entry of standards in the Patent Office-t<> the Commit­ sation of United States district attorneys, marshals, deputy mar­ tee on Patents. shals, circuit and district court clerks, and commissioners-to LIFE-SAVING STATION, ROGUE RIVER, OREGON. · the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice. By Mr. HERMANN: A bill (H. R. 4608) providing for a life­ TAX ON TOBACCO. saving station at the entrance to Rogue River, in Oregon, and for By Mr. COWLES: A bill (H. R. 4590) to repeal the tax on to­ life-saving crews, etc.-to the Committee on Commerce. bacco in all its forms-to the Committee on Ways and Means. LIFE-SAVING STATION, NEHALEM RIVER, OREGON. DESTRUCTION OF STILLS, ETC. By Mr. HERMANN: A bill (H. R. 4609) to provide a life-saving By Mr. COWLES: A bill (H. R. 4591) to prevent the destruc­ station at or near the mouth of the Nehalem River, in the State tion of stills, tubs, furna.ces, etc., used in the distillation of grain of Oregon and for a life-saving crew, etc.-to the Committee on or fruit, and to make the same a misdemeanor-to the Commit­ Commerce. tee on Ways and Means. CHETCO RIVER, OREGON. PENSIONS TO CERTAIN SOLDIERS. By Mr. HERMANN: A bill (H. R. 4610) providing for the ex­ By Mr. COWLES: A bill {H. R. 4592) granting a pension to amination and survey, with a view to the improvement of navi­ the soldiers engaged in the removal of the Cherokee Indians­ gation, of the Chetco River and its entrance, in Oregon-t<> the to the Committee on Pensions. Committee on Rivers and Harbors.

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PENSIONS FOR SOLDIERS, INDIAN WARS. DEPARTMENTAL BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION. By Mr. HERMANN: A bill (H. R. 4611) pensioning soldiers By Mr. ALDERSON (by request): A bill (H. R. 4626) author­ who served inJndian wars-to the Committee on rensions~ izing the organization of a departmental beneficial association, ROGUE RrvER,OREGON. and for other purposes-to the Committee on the Revision of the By Mr. HER.MANN: A bill (H. R. 4612) to provideforthe ex­ Laws. amination and survey of Rogue River and its entrance from the THIRTY-SEVENTH PARALLEL, BETWEEN UTAH AND ARIZONA. town of Grants Pass to the Pacific Ocean, iri Oregon-to the Com­ By Mr. SMITH of Arizona: A ~ill (H. R. 4627) authorizing the mittee on Rivers and Harbors.- Secretary of the Interior to survey and mark the thirty-seventh parallel, between Utah and Arizona-to the Committee on the CANAL AND LOCKS AT THE CASCADES OF ~ COLUMBIA Territories. RrvER,OREGON. CIRCUIT COURTS OF .APPEALS. By Mr . .HERMANN: A bill (H. R. 4613) providing for the completion by contract of the canal and locks at the Cascades of By Mr. JOSEPH: A bill (H. R. 4628) to amend an act to es­ tablish circuit courts of appeals and to define and regulate in the Columbia River, in Oregon-to the Committee on Rivers certain cases the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States, and Harbors. and for other purposes, appro-ved March 3, 1891-to the Commit­ UMATILLA INDIAN RESERVATION, OREGON. tee on t he Judiciary~ By Mr. HERMANN (by request): A bill (H. R. 4614} ·amenda- ­ ADMISSION OF OKLAHOMA AS A STATE. tory of an act approved March 3, 1885, providing for allotment of By :Mr. HARVEY: A bill (H. R. 46"29} to enable the-people of lands in severalty to the Indians residing upon the Umatilla In­ theTerritoryofOklahomatoformaconstitntionandStategovern­ dian Reservation in the State of Oregon, and granting patents ment and to be admi-tt-ed into the Union on an equal footing with therefor, and for other purposes-to the Committee on Indian the original States, and for other purposes-to the Committ-ee on Affairs. the Territories. PENSIONS TO OFFICERS .AND PRIVATES OF THE MILITIA. Also, a memorial of statehood conveRtion of Oklahoma Tei-­ By Mr. ATKINSON: A bill(~. R. 4615} granting pensions to ritory, asking for the passage of an enabling act providing for officers ana privates of the militia who were disabled in ·the mil­ the admission of Oklaboma as a State-to the Committee on the itary service and to the widows and orphans of soldiers of the Territories. militia who died of disease or wounds contracted in said service­ GRANT :MEMORIAL HOME AT MOUNT M'GREGOR, N.Y. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. ROCKWELL: A bill (H. R. 4630) to establi-sh the Grant PAY OF COMMODORES OF THE NAVY. Memorial Home at Mount McGregor, N. Y.-to the Committee By Mr. ELLIOTT (by request): A bill (H. R. 4616} allowing on .Military Affairs. the pay of rear-admirals to commodores while acting as rear­ BRIDGE .AT BURLINGTON, IOWA. admirals-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. SEERLEY: A bill (H.R. 4o3l)toamendanactentitled IMPROVEMENT OF SEQ1:l4-TCHEE RIVER, TENN. "An act to authorize the construction of a railroad, wagon, .and By Mr. SNODGRASS: A bill {H. R. 4617} for the improve­ foot-passenger bridge at Barlingt

"The members o:t this Board shall serve without additional compensation, courtesy to the committee to ask that the amendments might be and its organiza.t1on sha.ll entail no expense on the Government." The report of the Board thus constituted has been submitted to me and is considered as pending. I ohly asked that they be printed. herewith transmitted for the information of Congress, and with a.viewto its Mr. McMILLIN. I h.ave no objection to the request of the publication in suitable form, if such action is deemed by Congress to be de- gentleman from KentuclCy. sirable. • BENJ. HARRISON. Mr. REED. I desire to say to the gentleman from Tennessee EXECUTIVE MANSION, JJecember 23, 1891. that I am informed by the document rooin that the rules have not yet been printed, and will not be, so as to be a-ccessible to mem­ Mr. RICHARDSON. I now demand the previous question on bers, for a number of days. the adoption of the resolution. Mr.BRECKINRIDGEof Kentucky. Thatisamistake. They The previous question was ordered; and, under the operation have been printed already. thereof, the resolution was adopted. Mr. McCREARY. It is a mistake, for I have a copy of the On motion of Mr. RICHARDSON, a motion to reconsider the rules in my hand. last vote was laid on the table. Mr. REED. Then I have been misinformed. DUTY ON BARLEY. Mr. McMILLIN. I am informed that they have been dis­ Mr. LOCKWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to tributed in the members' mail and will reach them this evening. introduce at this time resolutions of the Buffalo Exchange in re­ Mr. REED. Has a copy been printed with a comparison of the lation to the duty on barley for reference. I ask that the resolu­ changes? tions be read. Mr. McM+LLIN. There has been no copy ordered to be The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the title printed in that \vay. The request of the gentleman from Missis­ of the resolutions. sippi was for printing only, but did not embrace an order for a The Clerk read as follows: comparison 'of the changes made, and no authority was given to Resolutions to reduce the duty on barley. any one to have such printing done. The SPEAKER pro ternpore. The gentleman from Kentucky The SPEAKER p'tO tempO'I·e. The .resolutions will be referred asks unanimous consent that members who desire to submit to the Committee on Ways and Means. . amendments may present them now and have them printed in Mr. LOCKWOOD. I desire that the resolutions be read, Mr. the RECORD for information. Is there objection? Speaker. There was no objection, and it was so ordered. . The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the absence of objection, the Mr. BRECKINRIDGE of Kentucky. I offer the amendments resolutions of the gentleman from New York will be read. which I send to the desk. . There being no objection, the resolutions were read at length The proposed amendments of Mr. BRECKINRIDGE of Kentucky and referred as above indicated. are as follows: _ RULES. Amend subsection 5 of Rule IX by adding, after the seventh line thereof, THE the words "or the accuracy of his count is challenged." Amend subsection 12 of Rule XI by striking out of the first line or said sub- Mr. McMILLIN. Mr. Speaker, it was the purpose of the Com­ section the words, "and the public defensep" - mittee on Rules to call up for consideration the report of that Strike out so much o:t subsection 51, Rule XI, as is in italics, and insert in committee on the rules for the government of the House to-day; lieu thereof- but so many members have expressed a desire that the matter " It shall always be in order to call up :tor consideration a. report from the Committee on Rules, changing the rules or proposing action touching the shall go over until to-morrow, especially as a considerable por­ order of business, an

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Mr. CATCHINGS. I do not object to that, but I think they and he shall appoint all select committees of the House, unless otherwise ordered. Should be read. " SEa. 3. The standing committee on' Order of Business' shall revise all the The SPEAKER p1·o tempore. Subsequent to that order, the House Calendars, when Congress is in session, as often as once in ten days, gentleman from Texas [Mr. LANHAM] and the gentleman from and determine from timeto time,subjectto the approval of the House, what business shall take precedence in the deliberations of the House. Kentucky [Mr. McCREARY] offered amendments which they "SEC. 4. All standing and special committees shall be required to report asked to have read. back to the House all matters referred to them at as early date as possible, Mr. CATCHINGS. I -understand; but there has been no de­ and without any protracted or unnecessary delay, and make their final report thirty days prior to the expiration of each Congress upon all original matter cision by this House against tlie reading of amendments which duly referred to them." are offered to be printed in the REcoRD. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair is unable to hear the Mr. DINGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I have certain proposed amend­ gentleman from MISsissippi. ments which I desire to have printed in the RECORD. Mr. CATCHINGS. I say that the proposition which was Mr. McMILLIN. Does the gentleman desire them read? oocepted by this House by unanimous consent does not preclude Mr. DINGLEY. No; I simply desire to have them printed in anymemberfromhaviilgamendmentsread when they aresentup. the RECORD. The SPEAKER pro tempm·e. Certainly, but the gentleman Mr. McMILLIN. If no other gentleman desires to have them from Kansas [Mr. OTIS] does not ask to have his amendment read. read I will renew my motion that the House do now adjourn. Mr. CATCHINGS. But I do ask to have it read. The SPEAKERp'rotempore. The gentleman from Maine[Mr. Mr. OTIS. I have no objection to the amendment being read. DINGLEY] does not ask that they be read, but they will be printed . in the RECORD under the order. The Chair will again state that The Clerk read as follows: gentlemen who have propositions in the nature of amendments By Mr. OTis: to the proposed rules can have them printed in the RECORD by Substitute for Rule X: handing them to the Clerk. "RULE X. Under the order above referred to the following proposed "SECTION 1. At the commencement of each Congress, and immediately after amendments to the report of the Committee on Rules were handed the same is organized and ready for business,' theHouse shall appoint a time to the Clerk to be printed in the RECORD: for placing in nomination, and also a time at which it will proceed to elect, members of the following standing committees, namely: By Mr. DINGLEY: " 1. On Elections, to consist of fifteen members. Amend paragraph 6 of Rule XXIII by striking out the word "House" and "2. On Order of Business, to consist of one member from each State and inserting instead the word "committee." Territory within the United States. Amend paragraph 7, first division, Rule XXIV, by striking out the words "3. On Ways and Means, to consist of fifteen members. "and then other business on its Calendar" and inserting instead as follows: "4. On Appropriations, to consist of fifteen members. "; and then to go into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the ~ "5. On Judiciary, to consist of fifteen members. Union, or, when authorized by a committee, to go into the Committee of the "6. On Banking and Currency, to consist or fifteen members. Whole House on the state of the Union to consider a particular bill, to which "7. On Coinage, Weights, and Measures, to consist of thirteen members. motion one amendment only, designating another bill, may be made; and if "8. On Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to consist of fifteen members. either motion be determined in the negative, it shall not be in order to make "9. On Rivers and Harbors, to consist or fifteen members. either motion again until the disposal of the matter under consideration or "10. On Merchant Marine and ~isheries, to consist of thirteen members. discussion. " "11. On Agriculture, to consist of fifteen members. Amend by adding at the end of paragraph 2 of Rule XXIV as follows: " ; but "12. On Foreign Affairs, to consist or thirteen members. House bills with Senate amendments which do not require consideration in "13. On Military Affairs, t-o consist of thirteen members. Committee of the Whole may be at once disposed of as the House may deter- · "14. On Naval A1Iairs, to consist of thirteen members. mine." "15. On the Post-Offi.ce and Post-Roads, to consist of fifteen members. By Mr. COBB of Alabama: "16. On the Public Lands, to consist or thh·teen members. Amend section 3, Rule ill, by striking out present provision and inserting "17. On Indian Affairs, to consist of thirteen members. the following: " :Qreserve for and deliver or mail to each Member and Dele­ "18. On the Territories, to consist of thirteen members. gate an..extra copy in good binding of all such documents printed by orderof "19. On Railways and Canals, to consist of thirteen members. either House of the Congress of which he was a member which he may r equest - "20. On Manufactures, to consist of eleven members. in writing to be bound for him." "21. On Mines and Mining, to consist of thirteen members. Hy Mr. BYNUM: "22. On Public Buildings and Grounds, to consist or thirteen membe1·s. Amend section 6 of Rule IV by striking out and inserting as follows: In line "23. On Pacific Railroads, to consist of thirteen members. 1 strike out the word "House '' and insert the word "committee." "24. On Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River, to consist of Amend section 3 of Rule V by adding the following: "and kept so until ten thirteen members. minutes after adjournment.'' "25. On Education, to consist of fifteen members. Amend section 5 of Rule XVI by inserting the following: After the word "26. On Labor, to consist of thirteen members. "order " in line 3, "except as above provided." "ZT. On Militia, to consist of thirteen members. Amend section 4 of Rule XVI by strikin~ out and insert ing as follows: In "28. On Patents, to consist of thirteen members. line 1 strike out the word " debate" and m sert the word "consideration." "29. On Invalid Pensions, to consist of fifteen members. And by striking out as follows: In line 2, " to fix the day to which the House "30. On Pensions, to consist of thirteen me~bers . shall adjourn;" and in line 3, "to t ake a recess." "31. On Claims, to consist of fifteen members. Amend section 3 of Rule XXI by striking out the following: ''by the reduc­ "32. On War Claims, to consist of t}l.irteen members. tion of the compensation of any person paid out of the Treasury of the United "33. On Private Land Claims, to consist of thirteen members. States or by the reduction of amounts of money covered by the bills: Pro­ "34. On the District of Columbia, to consist of fifteen members. vided, That it shall be in order further to amend such bill upon the report of . "35. ·On Revision of the Laws, to consist of thirteen members. a committee having jurisdiction of the subject-matter of such amendment, "36. On Rules, to consist of eleven members. which amendment, being germane to the subject-matter of the bill, shall re­ "37. On Accounts, to consist of eleven members. trench expenditures.'' "38. On Mileage, to consist of seven mem bars. Amend section 4 of Rule XXIII by striking out and inserting as follows: '' 39. On Expenditures in the State Depa.rtment, to consist of seven members. Strike out the word "shall," in line 2, and insert the word" may." •' 40. On Expenditures in the Treasury Department, to consist of seven mem- Strike out all after the word "order," in line 2, and insert the following: bers. - "or in such order as the committee may determine, unless the bill to be con­ " 41. On Expenditures in the War Department, to consist of seven members. sidered was determined by the House at the time of going into committee, "42. On Expenditures in the Navy Department, to consist of seven mem­ but bills for raising revenue, general appropriation bills, and bills for the bers. improvement of rivers and harbors shall have precedence." "43. On Expenditures in the Post-Office Department, to consist of seven Amend section 2 or Rule XXIV by adding thereto the following: "but members. House bills with Senate amendments, which do not requireconsiderationin a "44. On Expenditures in the Interior Department, to consist of seven mem­ Committee of the Whole, may be at once disposed of as the House may deter­ bers. mine, as may also Senate bills substantially the same as House bills already . '• 45. On Expenditures~in the Department of Justice, to consist of seven mem favorably reported by a committee or the House and not required to be con­ bers. · sidered in Committee of the Whole, may also be disposed of in the same man­ "46. On Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture, to consist of seven ner, on motion." members. _ Amend clause 3 of section 7 of Rule XXIV by adding thefollowingproviso: "47. On Expenditures on Public Buildings, to consist of seven members." "Provided, That on the first Friday hereafter, when bills on the Private "And also the following joint standing committees, viz: Calendar shall be under consideration, bills reported by the Committee on "On Library, to consist of three members; .War Claims shall be ~assed over and other bills be considered in their order; "On Printing, to consist of three members; and and on the second Friday_thereafter , when bills on the Private Calendar are "On Enrolled Bills, to consist of seven members. being considered, bills reported by the Committee on Claims shall be passed '' SEc. 2. In the election of standing committees under this rule no member over and other bills considered in their order, and on each Friday thereafter, shall be placed upon more than two committees; and no State shall have when bills on the Private Calendar are being considered, said committees shall more than two members upon the same committee. In Uiaking. nomina­ alternate jn the same manner in the consideration of the bills respectively tions for members of the committees, as contemplated in section 1 of this reported by them." rule, each State delegation shall present the name of its own member on the By Mr. ENLOE. Committee of 'Order of Business,' and each State shallalsopresent the nomi­ Amend Rule XIII by adding the following: nating list of its own members for other committees. And these nominating "All reports of committees on private bills, to~ether with the views of the lists from the different States shall be referred to a special committee of minority, shall be delivered to the clerk for prmt~ and reference to the seven-to be named by the Speaker-from among members who have served proper Calendar, under the direction of the Speaker, m accordance with the longest upon the floor of the House. foregoing clause, and the titles or subjects thereof shall be entered on the ''This committee of seven shall consider, revise. and adjust these nominat­ Journal and printed in the RECORD:" ing lists in such manner as to fill all the standing committees with the proper Amend Rule XXII by adding the following additional clause: quota of member£, and report their action to the House prior to the election " 3. All private bills introduced under clause 1 or this rule and all private of standing committees, as provided in section 1 of this rule. bills introduced at the present session under the previous order of the House "And after the committees have been duly elected by the House, each com­ shall be considered as having passed the first and second reading." mittee shall perfect its organization by electing one of its own members as Amend Rule XXI, clause 1, line 1, by adding, after the word " bill," the words chairman, and at once report their action to the House. Any standing com­ "except private bills, which shall take the course prescribed in Rule XXII." mittee desiring the aid of a clerk shall nominate some suitable person tor After the word " and," in the same line, insert the word "every." that position and report their action to the House, and if approved, the clerk Amend clause 2 of Rule XXIV so that it will read as follows: shall be paid from the fund appropriated for such purposes. That in case of "After the Journal is read and approved each day, except Monday, the busi­ a vacancy in any standing committee, the same shall be filled by the Speaker; ness on the Speaker's table shall be disposed of as follows: l

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~':~~s~:~o~to~b~~. President shall be referred to the appropriate com- PRIVATE BILLS, ETC. ' "Reports and communications from the heads o! Departments, and other Private bills were, under the order adopted by the House Ja.IL- communications addressed to the Honse, and bills, resolutions. and messages ua~ 5, delivered to the Clerk, and severally referred as follows, from the Senate may be referred to the appropriate committees 1n the same ~ J Ill manner, and with the f?ame right. of correction. as public bills presented by namely: memhers~ but House bills with Senate. amendments, which do not require B M KETCHAM A bill (H R 4,..33) f th li f f h ld considerationinaCommitteeoftheWhole,maylieontheSpeaker'stableto Y r. : · ·· D or ere e ·o o ers be disposed o-r as the House may determine, as may also Senate bills sub- of drawback certificates issued under an act of Congress approved stantially the same as House hills alreadyfavorablyreportedbya committee June 2, 1890--to the Committee on the District of Columbia. or the House, and not required to be considered in Committee of the Whole, B Mr ALEXANDER: A b'll (H R 4637) f th 1' f f 1u• on motion directed to be made by the proper committee, when said commit- Y • • 1 • ·• or e re 1e o .1.u.. teeiscalledin the morning hour." J. Edwards-to the Committee on Claims. A.mendRuleXXIV,clause3,lin.e4,byadd1ng,a.ftro:theword "committee," By Mr. ATKINSON: A bill (H. R. 4638) to incorporate the the words " on bills and resolutions of a public nature." Washington Electric Company-to the Committee on the Dis- ORDER OF BUSINESS~ trict of Columbia. The SPEAKER pro tempm·e. The gentleman from Tennessee By Mr. BELKNAP (by request): A bill (H. R. 4639) to remove [Mr. McMILLIN] renews his motion that the House do now ad- the charge ol desertion from the military record of Romantus journ. Lake-to the CommittBe on Military Affairs. Mr. HOOKER of Mississippi. I hope the gentleman will with- By Mr. BELTZHOOVER: A bill (H. R. 4640) for the relief of draw that for a. moment. Elijah N. Hoffman and others-to the Committee on Military Mr. McMILLIN. I will withdraw it if the gentleman from Affairs. Mississippi [Mr. HOOKER] has anything to offer. Also, a bilr-(H. R. 4641) for the relief of Hugh M. Kilgore-to Mr; HOOKER of Mississippi. I sj.mply desire to have a pe- the Committee on Claims. titian upon an important subject printed in the RECORD. ~ I Also, a bill (H. R. 4642) granting an increase of" pension to offer a petition of certain citizen& of Mississippi, which I desire Isaac N. Durborow-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to have printed in the RECORD to-morrow morning for the infor- By Mr. BLAND: A bill (H. R. 4643) to carry out the findings mation of members, and I desire further that it be referred to the of the Court of Claims in the case of John T. Lynch, adminis­ Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. It refers to the trator of David- Lynch, deceased-to the Committee on War important subject of granting to authors certain privilege& Claims. through the ma.ils which are now granted to publishers. Also, a bill (H. R. 4644) to carry out the findings of the Court The SPEAKER pro temp&re. Is there objection to the request of Claims in the case of John T. Lynch-to the Committee on of the gentleman from Mississippi that the petition which he of- War Claims. fers be printed in the RECORD? By Mr. BOWERS: A bill (H. R. 4645) for the relief of Refugio Mr~ HOOKER of Mississippi. I do not desire to have the M. Bowler, administratrix of the estate of Thomas F. Bowler, names printed, but simply the text of the petition. deceased-to the Conpnittee on Claims. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection tothe request By Mr. BRECKINRIDGE of Kentucky: A bill (H. R. 4646) of the gentleman from Mississippi that the petition be printed in for the relief of Lucy Ann Lee and_ Allen G. Lee-to the Com­ the RECORD a.nd referred to the Committee on the Post-Office mittee on War Claims. and Post-Roads. Also, a bill (H. Rr 4647) to reimburse Maj. G. C. Goodloe, Mr. BUTLER. I object. I want it to take its regular course United States MarineCor:pa-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. through the petition box. By Mr. BRODERICK: A bill(H.R. 4648) granting an increase :Mr. HOOKER of Mississippi. I hope the gentleman will not of pension to James W. McMillan, late brevet major-general of object. It is- a very important matter, and the members of the volunteers-to the Committee on fuvalid Pensions. House can not be informed of it except by the publication of it in Also, a bill (H. R. 4649) for the relief of Abram Tewilliger-to the RECORD. It will occupy a very small space. the Committee on Military Affairs. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Iowa [1\fr. Also, a bill (H. R. 4650) to authorize the proper accounting of- BuTLER] objects. ficers of the Treasury Department to examine and audit, accord- Mr. HOOKER of Mississippi. Then I will reproduce it in a irtg to equity, the claim of Grubb & Robinson, a firm consisting s-peech I am going to make on the subject. I am going to get it of Alfred B. Grubb and William H. Robinson, for building rna­ into the RECORD in some way. terial sold and delivered to members of the Prairie band of Pot­ PRINTING OF THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ORDNANCE AND tawatomie Indians in Kansas-to the- Committee on Indian Af- FORTIFICATION. fairs. ,_ .e l1 · l · By Mr. BRYAN: A bill (H.R.4651) authorizing and directing By unanimous conse-nt, tue- .1.0 owmg reso utwn was intro- the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to Robert W. Furnas the sum duced, read a first and second time, ordered to be :printed, and of $400 for trees furnished and planted on the public square owned _ referred to the Committee on: Printing: - By Mr. RICHARDSON: A resolution to print500 copies.af the by the Government of the United States at Lincoln~ Nebr.-to the Committee on Claims. 1 Report of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification. Also, a bill (H. R. 4652) granting a pension to Gust Spitznagle- CHANGES OF REFERENCE. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. WAUGH; Mr. Speaker, the hill (H. R. 2455) granting By Mr. BULLOCK: A bill (H: R. 4653) for- the relief of ~<\... L. a _perision to Prudence J. Mulvaney, and the bill. (H. R. 4320) Collins, of Orange Spring, Fla.-to the Committee on War­ granti.ng- a :pension to Thomas. Kennedy, were referred to the Claims. Committee on Invalid- Pensions. Lask that_ that committee be Also, a bill (H. R. 4654) for the construction of a breakwater discharged from the further consideration of those bills, and and harbor of refuge at or near Cape Canaveral, State of Florida­ that they be referr.edtothe Committee on Pensions. T.heygrow to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. out oi matters entirely pertaining to the. Mexican war-. By Mr. BURROWS: A oill (H. R. 4655) for the relief of James The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman. from. Indiana Judkins--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. [Mr. WAUGH] asks the discharge of the Committee on fuvalid By Mr .. BYRNS:.. A bill (H. R. 4656) granting a pension to Pensions from the. further consideration of House bills 2455 and Eliza Korn-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 4320 and the. reference of the same to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a. bill (H. R. 4666) for the relief of legal representatives In the absence of objection that order will be made. or heirs of the estate of Henry P. Bussell, deceased-to the Com- There was no objection. mittee on War ClaimB. Mr. BRYAN. Mr. Speaker, the bill(H.R. 728) authorizing and By Mr. CAMPBELL: A bill(H. R.4657)for the relief of Francis directing the Secretary of the Treasury to. pay to the city of Lin- Irsch-to the Committee on Military Affairs. coln, Nebr., one-half the cost of constructing pavements in front By Mr. CARUTH: A_ bill (H~ R. 4658) granting an increase ol of-the public square owned by the United States Government in pension to A. Loomis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. said city was erroneously referred to the Committee on Public By Mr. GATE: A bill (H. R. 4659) for the relief of Thoma.~:~ Y. Buildings and Grounds. That committee ask that the oill be re- Hhddleaton-to the Committee on Pensions. ferred to the- Committee. on Ap_propriations. Also, a- bill (H. R. 4660) to place name of Little Berry Sullivan The SPEAKER pro tempm·e. The gentleman from Nebraska on the pension roll-to the Committee on Pensions. [Mr. BRYAN] asks the discharge of the Committee on Public Also a.bill(H.R.4661)forthereliefofDr.J:H.Seegraves,sur- Buildings and Grounds from the further consideration of the bill geon United. States Army-to the Committee on War Claims.

H. R. 728, and that the hill be referred to the Committee on Ap- Also (by request)1 a. bill (H. R. 4662) for the relief of Thomas propriations.. Ii there be no objection that order will be made. Wallace, oi Phillips County, Ark.-to the Committee on War There was no objection. Claims. The motion of Mr. McMILLINwas then agreed to; and accord- Also, a bill (H. R. 4c663) for the relief of .Tames Downey-to the ingly (at 3 o'clock p.m.) the House adj-ourned until to-morrow Committee on Military Affairs. at 12 o'clock m. I By Mr. CHIPMAN: A bill (H. R. 4664) for the relief of James •'

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Cullen, late captain Company E, Twenty-fourth Michigan In- discharge to William Metzger-to the Committee on Military fantry-to the Committee on Pensions. , Affairs. Also (by request), a bill (H. R. 4665) for the relief of Thomas By Mr. HATCH: A bill (H. R. 4703) granting a pension to Antisell-to the Committee on War Claims. Mary E. Panebaker-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. COMPTON: A bill (H. R. 4667) to incorporate the Mary­ Also, a bill (H. R. 4704) for-the relief of the Methodist Episco­ land and Washington Railway Company-to the Committee on pal Chureh at Macon City, Mo.-to the Committee on Claims. the District of Columbia. By Mr. HEARD: A bill (H. R. 4705) to increase the pension Also, a bill (H. R. 4668) to provide for the settlement of claims of Richard G. Mabry-to the Committee on Pensions. _ of officers and crews ofthe Navy to certain moieties, and confer­ By Mr. HENDERSON of North Carolina: A bill (H. R. 4706) ring jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear and determine granting a pension to Dr. E. M. Littlejohn-to the Committee on the same-to the Committee on War Claims. Pensions. By Mr. COOPER (by request): A bill (H. R. 4669) to pension By Mr. HERMANN: A bill (H. R. 4707} to provide increase of William H. Pierre-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. pension to Felix Burton, of the war with Mexico-to the Com­ Also, a bill (H. R. 4670) for the relief of Patrick Carroll-to mittee onPensions. the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 4708) to increase the pension of John T. Por­ By Mr. COWLES: A bill (H. R. 4671) granting relief to H. K. ter, late of Compa.nyC, Seventy-sixth Regiment Illinois Volun­ Boyer, postmaster at Sparta, N. C.-to the Committee on the teer Infantry-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Post-Office and PostrRoads. By Mr. HOOKER of MissiS.9ippi: A bill (H. R. 4709} for the By Mr. CRAWFORD: A bill (H. R. 4672) for the relief of C. relief of J. R. Eggleston, of Hinds County, Miss.-to the Commit- R. Garland-to the Committee on War Claims~ tee on Claims. · By Mr. CALDWELL: A bill (H. R. 4673) granting a pension By Mr. HOUK, of Tennessee: A bill (H. RA710) for the relief to Mary Gregan-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of E. B. Crozier, executrix of the last will of Dr. C. W. Crozier, Also, a bill (H. R. 4674) for the relief of Minnie Hamman-to of Tennessee-to the Committee on Claims. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . By Mr. JOHNSON of Indiana: A bill (H. R. 4711) granting a Also, a bill (H. R. 4675) for the allowance of certain claims for pension tu Caroline A. Sheeley-to the Committee on Invalid stores and supplies taken and used by the Army of the United Pensions. States, as reported by the Court of Claims under the provisions By Mr. JOSEPH: A bill. (R. R. 4712) for the relief of Juan of the act of March 3, 1883, known as the Bowman act--to the Pacheco, of New Me:xico-totheCommitteeon Invalid Pensions. Committee on War Claims. By Mr-. LESTER of Georgia (by request): A bill (H. R. 4713) Also, a bill (H. R. 4676) for the relief of the legal representa­ for the relief of Arthur W. Sweeny-to the Committee on Claims. tives of Edward A. Smith-to the Committee on War Claims. Also (by request}, a bill (H. R. 4714} for the relief of Jacob By Mr. DALZELL: A bill (H. B. 4677) to remove the charge Cohen-to the Committee on War Claims. ' of desertion from the record of Allen S. Thatcher-to the Com­ By Mr. McKAIG: A bill {H. R. 4715) for the relief of Charles mittee on Military Affairs. R. Remsberg-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill(H. R. 4678) for the relief of Nancy G. Miller-to Also, a bill (H. R. 4716) for the relief of Luther M. Creasap­ the Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. DOLLIVER: A bill (H. R. 4679) for the relief of John Also, a bill {H. B. 4717} for the relief of the estate of James R. Riley-to the Committee on Military Affairs. . Wilson, deceased_-to the Committe~ on War Claims. ' By Mr. ELLIS: A bill(H. B. 4680) for the relief ofR. C. Jame­ Also, a bill (H. R. 4718) for the relief of Daniel S. Loy-to the son-to the Committee on War Claims. Committee on War Claims. By Mr. ENLOE: A bill (H.R.4681)for the relief of Mrs. Betsey Also, a bill(H. R. 4719)grantinganincreaseof pension t-oJ~re­ Hinson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. miah Everlv-t-o the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. ENOCHS: A bill {H. R. 4682} to remove charges of Also, a bill {H. R. 4720) for the relief of Mrs. Lucretia Davis, desertion against Henry King-to the Committee on Military late a. volunteer hospital nurse-to the Committee on Invalid Affairs. Pensions. . Also, a bill (H. R. 4683) for the relief of Frederick Ford-to the Also, a bill {H. B. 4721) granting a pension to William H. Committee on War Claims. Koch-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill {H. R. 4684) granting a::pension to Leah Farley--to Also, a bill {H. R. 4722} to grant a pension to Mary Dunt, the Committee on Invalid Pensions. widow of Jeremiah Dunt--to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. FITffiAN: A bill (H. R. 4685) for thereliefof Charles By Mr. McKENNA: A bill (H. R. 4723} granting a. pension to M. Brown-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Benjamin F. Howland-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 4686) for relief of James W. Ayers, of Mount Also, a bill (H. R. 4724} to extend the patent of De Witt C. Carmel, IlL-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Haskin-to the Committee on Patents. - Also, a bill {H. R. 4687} for the relief of WilliamH. Pursley­ By Mr. MANSUR: A bill (H. R.4725)for the relief of Benjamin to the Committee on Military Affairs. F. Meyers-to the Committee on Iilvalid Pensions. - Also, a bill {H. R. 4688) for the relief of Carroll L. Comstock­ By Mr~ MEREDITH: A bill.(H. R. 4726} for the relief o.f Vir­ to the Committee on Military Affairs. ginia E. Ficklin and her minor son, James W. Ficklin-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 4689} for the relief of Francis M. Perkins-to Committee on War Claims. the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. MORSE: A bill(H. R. 4727) to remove the charge of Also, a bill {H. R. 4690) for the relief of D!". James Madison­ desertion from the name of Thomas E. Brady and give him an to the Committee on Military Affairs. honorable discharge-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 4691} for the relief of James Hoover-to the By Mr. OUTHWAITE: A bill (H. R. 4728} to restore Mary E. Committee on·Military Affairs. · Trickey and children of Hartwell M. Trickey to pension rolls-to By Mr. FYAN: A bill (H. R. 4692} for the relief of Floyd M. the Committee on Invalid Pensions . .(['odd-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 4729) to remove the charge of desertion. Also, a bill (H. R¥ 4693) to carry out the findings of the Court againstWilliamD. Groves-totheCom:mitteeonMilitary Affairs. of Claims in the case of L. B. Hea.rrell-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 4730) to remove the charge of desertion War Claims. against Frederick Ottstotts-to the Committee on Military Af­ Also, a bill (H. R. 4694) to carry out the findings of the Court fairs. of Claims in the case of William A. Carr-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 4731) to remove the cliarge of desertion War Claims. against John H. Sanders-to the Committee on Milltary Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 4695) for the relief of William M. Pleas and By Mr. PAGE of Maryland: A bill (H. R. 4732) for the relief F. S. Jones--.-:to the Committee on Claims. of William T. Sterling and 57 other enlisted men in Company K, By Mr. GANTZ: A bill (H. R. 4696} for the relief of Dietrick First Regiment Eastern Shore, Maryland, Volunteers-to the Glander-to the Committee on Claims. Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. GORMAN: A bill (H. R. 4697) granting a pension to By Mr. PARRETT: A bill (H. R. 4733} for the relief of An­ Annie E. Warden-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. drew J. Ricketts-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 4698) to place the name of Isaac Jones on the By Mr. PATTON: A bill (H. R. 4734) to correct the military pension list-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. record of Samuel Horner-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 4699} to place the name of Calvin F~ Ashley By Mr. PEEL: A bill (H. R. 4735) to correct the mill tary record on the pension list-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of George W. Glenn, Company E, First Arkansas Infantry-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 4700) for the relief of Anna B. Schneider­ Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also., a bill (H. R. 4736) to correct military record of Bennet B. By Mr. GREENLEAF: A bill (H. R. 4701) for the relief of Bailey, Company I, First Arkansas Cavalry Volunteers-to the John A. Field-to the Committee on War Claims. Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. H.ARTER: A bill (H. B. 4702} granting an honorable Also, a bill (H. R. 4737} for the relief of John M. Boen\ Com- / 528 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 25,

pany -, Second Arkansas Infantry-to the Committee on Mili- PETITIONS. ETC. tary Affairs. · Under Clause 1 of Rule XXII, the foUowing petitions and res­ Also, a bill (H. R. 4738) for the relief of JohnS. Hunter, of Con­ olutions were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: way, Ark.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. BACON: Petition of Augustus Lent, for pension-to Also, a bill (H.R.4739) to grant pension to Joseph N. Anderson, the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of Benton County, Ark.-to the Committee on InvalidPensions. By Mr: BELTZHOOVER: Petition for the relief of Thomas J. Also, a bill (H. R. 4740) to grant a pension to John F. Jackson, King; of Mrs. Malinda Alexander; of Mrs. Elizabeth Knight; of late private inCapt.J. G. Walker'sCompany,ArkansasMilitia­ Mary Jane Romine; of Mrs. Ra-ehel M. Cunningham; of William to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Butt; of Mary A. Cooner; of Mrs. Nancy Norris-to the Com­ Also, a bill (H. R.4741) tograntapension to Capt. A. H. Alfrey, mittee on War Claims. late captain Company A, Benton County, Ark., Militia-to the Also, petition for the relief of Hugh M. Kilgore-to the Com­ Committee on Invalid Pensions. mittee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 4742) for the relief of the Citizen band of ·Also, petition of Jacob R. Plank, for return of money compul- Pottowatomie Indians-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. sorily paid-to the Committee on Claims. _ By Mr. RANDALL: A bill (H. R. 4743) for increase of pen­ Also, petition of Elijah N. Hoffman, Adam K. Bollinger, David sion of Mrs. Elizabeth Russell Thornton-to the Committee on Conover, and W. N. Flahaty, praying for the removal of the Invalid Pensions. charge of desertion-to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. RAY: A bill (H. R. 4744) for the relief of Bradford B. Also, petition of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Tanner-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Littlestown, Pa., asking that the Columbian Exposition be closed By Mr. RAYNER: A bill (H. R. 4745) to increase the pension on Sunday, and of the synods of the Presbyterian Church in Penn­ of Mal'Y E. Brotherton-to the Committee on Pensions. sylvania and West Virginia, for the same purpose-to the Select By Mr. REED: A ... bill (H. R. 4746) for the relief of the Grand · Committee on the Columbian Exposition. Trunk Railway Company of Canada-to the Committee on Claims. Also, medical evidence in claim for pension of Charles W. By Mr. ROCKWELL: A bill (H. R. 4747) granting a pension Griest-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. t o Jane A. Sherman-to the Committee on In valid Pensions. ByMr.BERGEN: PetitionofStokesUnion, Women'sChristian Also, a bill (H. R. 4748) granting a pension to Lydia M. Ken­ Temperance Union, of Millville, N.J., that no exposition where nc:iyi sister of Abram Kennedy-to the Committee on Invalid appropriations of the United States are expended be open on Sun­ P ensions. days-to the Select Committee on the Columbian Exposition. By Mr. RUSK: A bill (H.R.4749)granting arrears of pension By Mr. BLAND: Petition of Henry Hake, for the reference of to Nathan G. Gurney-to the Committee on Pensions. his claim to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War By Mr. ROBERTSON: A bill (H. R. 4750) for the relief of Claims. Henrietta Bloom, of St. Landry Parish, La.-to the Committee By Mr. BOWMAN: Petition of 17 citizens of Guthrie County, on WarClaims. Iowa, urging the passage of the Conger lard bill-to the Com­ Also, a bill (H. R. 4751) granting a pension to David Siess-to mittee on Agriculture. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, petition of citizens of Guthrie County, Iowa, in behalf of By Mr. SEERLEY: A bill (H. R. 4752) granting an increase of the Butterworth bill defining options-to the Committee on Agri- pension to Reuel Noyes-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. culture. . , Also, a bill (H. R.4753) granting a pension to Sarah L. Ronald­ By Mr. BOWERS: Petition of 35 citizens of California, pro­ son-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. testing against the opening of the Columbian Exposition on Sun­ By Mr. SHIVELY: A bill (H. R. 4754) granting a pension to days-to the Select Committee on the Columbian Exposition. William Shulmire-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, petition of 48 citizens of Fallbrook, Cal., against the Also, a bill (H. R. 4755) for the relief of William Clark-to the opening of the Columbian Exposition on Sunday-to the Se-lect Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on the Columbian Exposition. Also, a bill (H.R. 4756) for the relief of Charles E. Campbell­ Also, memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles, to the Committee on Military Affairs. Cal., and petition for new project for Government work at Wil­ By Mr. CHARLES W. STONE: A bill (H. R.4758) for there­ mington, Cal.-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. lief of Charles E. Henston--'-to· the Committee on Military Af­ By Mr. BUCHANAN of New Jersey; Petition of Columbus fairs. Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, in favor of pure-lard bill-to the By Mr. STOUT: A bill (H. R. 4759) to correct the military· Committee on Agriculture. record of Charles Mur!"ay-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, petition of Columbus (N.J.) Grange, Patrons of Hus­ By Mr. TUCKER(byrequest): A bill(H.R.4760)fortherelief bandry, in favor of antioption bill-to the Committee on Agri­ of William Wheeler Hubbell and to pay just compensation for culture. certain armament made for the Army and Navy service-to the Also, petition of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, of New Committee on Claims. . Jersey, against opening the World's Fair on Sunday-to the Se· By Mr. TURPIN: A bill (H. R. 4761) for the relief of Mrs. L. lect Committee on the Columbian Exposition. J. Harville, of Dallas County, Ala.-to the Committee on War Also, petition of Morristown Grange, No.8, Patrons of Hus· Claims, bandry, in favor of pure-lard bill-to the Committee on Agricul· Als~ a bill (H. R. 4762) for the relief of Adele L. DuBose, of ture. Hale uounty, Ala.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, petition of Grange No.8, Patrons of Husbandry, in favor By Mr. WADSWORTH: A bill (H. R. 4757) granting a pen­ of antioption bill-to the Committee on Agriculture. sion to Mrs. Dorcas M. Willis-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ By Mr. BULLOCK: Petition of board of county commissioner!& sions. of Brevard Cou:nty, Fla. ,asking for an appropriation for construct. Also, a bill (H. R. 4763) removing the charge of desertion from ing a breakwater and harbor of refuge at Cape Canaveral, Fla.--. the military record of John Redmond-to the Committee on Mil­ to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. itary Affairs. Also, memorial of the Legislature of the State of Florida, foh By Mr. WASHINGTON: A b.ill (H. R. 4764) for the relief of the same purpose-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Elizabeth J. Cleveland, of Davidson County, Va.-to the Com­ By Mr. BUTLER: Petition of Local Assembly No. 3456, mittee on War Claims. Knights of Labor, of Washington, D. C., praying the passage of By Mr. WHEELER of Alabama: A bill (H. R. 4765) for the an act to authorize the collection of statistics in relation to the relief of B. F. Andrews-to the Committee on War Claims. slums of citiesoE the UnitedStateshaving a population of 200,000 Also a bill (H. R. 4766) for the relief of Sarah Brewer~to the or more-to the Committee on Labor. Committee1 on Pensions. Also, petition of Local Assembly No. 1748, of Washington, D. Also (by request), a bill-(H. R. 4767) for the relief of Mrs. Fanny C., upon the same subject-to the Committee on Labor. N. Belger-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, petitions of citizens of Clayton County, Iowa, praying tho By Mr. WHITE: A bill (H. R. 4768) for the relief of Sarah passage of the so-called Butterworth option bill-to the Com- Shafer, widow of William F. Shafer, late of Company F, Forty­ mittee on Agriculture. . · sixth Indiana Volunteers-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ Also, petition of citizens of Clayton County, Iowa, praying for sions. the passage of the so-called Conger lard bill-to the Committee By Mr. WHITING: A bill (H. R. 4769) for the relief of Wil­ on Agriculture. · liam Percival-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, petition of citizens of Clayton County, Iowa, for the so­ By Mr. WILLIAMS of illinois: A billlH.R. 4770) granting a called Butterworth option bill-,-to the Committee on Agricul· pension to Amy Nelson-to-the Committee on Pensions, ture. Also, a bill (H. R. 4771) for the relief of James C. Finn-to the By Mr. BYRNS: Petition of MaryS. Bisch, for a pension-ta Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Pensions. • Also, a bill (H. R. 4772) for the relief of Edward Chastain-to By Mr. CAINE: Memorial of the mayor and city council of 4-hP- Committee on Military Affairs. · Ephraim City, Utah, asking for the favorable consideration ot ~------~----~--=-~~~------~----~----~------I

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the resolutions adopted by the irrigation congress held at Salt Also, petition of 25 citizen of Clarion, Iowa, urging- the passage - Lake City September 17, 1891-to the Committee on Irrigation of the pure-lard bill-to the Committee on Agriculture. of Arid Lands in the United States. Also, paper from Mr. A. Holzer, Waterloo, Iowa, fa,roring By Mr. CATE: Petition of Deshaet and others of Indepen­ 1~cent postage-to the C-ommittee on the Post-Office and Post­ dence County ~ Ark. ; forpassage of the Butterworth option bill- Roads. 1:<> the Committee oh Agriculture. Also, petition ot 49 citizens of New Hartford, Butler County, Also, petition of estate of J. M. Griggs, of St. Francis County, Iowa, urging the passage of the Butterworth option bill-to the Ark., for reference of claim to Court of Claims, tmder provisions Committee on Agriculture. of the Bowman and Tucker acts-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. HOUK of Ohio: Petition of Farmers' Alliance and citi­ By Mr. COBB of Missouri: Paper to accompany a bill for the zens of Ohio, praying for the enactment of a law by Congress yelief of John Schenk-to the Committee on Military Affairs. subjecting oleomargarine to the provisions of the laws of the By Mr. CURTIS: Petition of Rev. George R. Torry and others several States-to the Committee on Agriculture. upon settling international disputes-to the Select Committee By Mr. JOHNSON of North Dakota: .Memorial of the Grand on the Columbian Exposition. Forks Chamber of Commerce,in favor of improving the Red River By Mr. DALZELL: Petition of sundry letter-carriers for law by means of locks and dams-to the Committee on Rivers and Har­ to increase salaries of letter-carriers-to the Committee on the bors. Post-Office and Post-Roads. By Mr. LEWIS: Petition of National Woman's Christian Tem­ Also, petition for the relief of Nancy G. Miller-to the Com­ perance Union, asking that noexposition or exhibitionforwhich .: mittee on War Claims. appropriations are made by Congress shall be opened on Sun­ '. By Mr. DAVIS: Resolution of citizens of Kansas in favor of day-to the Select Committee on the Columbian Exposition. 'the repeal of tariff on binding-twine-to the Committee on Ways By Mr. MANSUR: Petition of 1,213 miners of the Indian Terri­ and Means. tory, asking that the mining laws of the ·State of Missouri be Also, petition of Knights of La-bor in the District of Columbia ena-cted and made operative in said Indian Territory-to the Com­ asking for a law authorizing the investigation of the slums of mittee on thA Terrirories. cities of 200,000 inhabitants and over-to the Committee on Labor. By Mr. McCLELLAN: Papers from Benewell Schwartz, to By Mr. DICKERSON: Petition of sundry citizens praying for accompany House bill 4491, for the removal of the. charge of de­ an increase of salary to postmaster at the town of Mines, Pendle­ sertion and for an honorable discharge-to the Committee on ton County Ky.-t-o the Committee on the Post-Office and Post­ Military Affairs. Roads. By Mr. McCREARY: Papers to be filed with bill to increase Also, a petition of sundry citizens of Boone County, Ky., pray­ the pension of George Shackelford-to the Committee on In­ ing for the passage of.a bill (the form of which theyrecommend} valid Pensions. to prevent the dealing in futures 1\nd options-to the Committee Also, papers with the claim of George Trapil.all, of Harrods­ on Agriculture. burg, Ky., to accompany House bill 4414-to the Committee on Also, petition of sundry citizens of Boone County, Ky., praying War Claims. for the passage of an act imposing a tax on compound lard-to By 1\fr. MEREDETH: Petition for the relief of Abram Ly­ the Committee on Agriculture. decker-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. DOLLIVER: Petition of J. Peterson and others, of By 1\~r. MILLIKEN: Petition for a -pension to Abbie A. Col­ Iowa, for the passage of the bill commonly known as the option son-to the Committee on Invalid Pesions. bill-t-o the Committee on Agriculture .. By Mr. MITCHELL: Petition of the keeper and surfmen of By Mr. ELLIOTT (by request): Petition of Isaac Louis and 1\filwaukee life-saving station, for the passage of a bill to pro­ others and of Rev. Newton Hanna in behalf of emigration to mote the efficiency of the Life-Saving Service-to the Commit­ Liberia-to the Committee on Appropriations. tee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. ENLOE: Papers in the case of John J. Askew-to By Mr. O'FERRALL: Petition of R. S. Cousins and 9 other the Committee on Pensions. citizens of Amelia Cotmty, Va.; of J.O. Brewer and 23oth~rs of Also, papers in the case of John F. Stansell-to the Committee Grayson County, Va.; of Eli Baker and 22 others, of Gray­ on Military Affairs. son County, Va.; of N. N. Witcher and 13 others, of Frank­ By Mr . .EVERETT: Papers in the claim of James W. Hill, of lin County, Va.; of William R. Cash and 23 others, of Caroline Floyd County, Ga.-to the Committee on War Claims. County, Va.; ofO.C.Sneed and 17others,of Lunenburg County, By Mr. FITIDAN: Evidence to accompany House bill for the Va.; of F. W. Scott and 21 others, of Mathews County, Va.; of relief of James M. Hughes-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ A. F. Belcher and 25 others, of Nottoway County, Va.; of W. W. ions. Spangler and 4 others, of Patrick County, Va.; of James Land Also papers and evidence to accompany House bill for the re­ and 56 others, of Pittsylvania County· of R. T. Robertson and 2.3 lief of Charles M. Brown-to the Committee on Military Affairs. others, of same county; of George W. Salling and 23 others, of Also, papers to accompany House bill for the relief of James Scott County; of William McQueen and 52 others, of Surry , Hoover-to the Committee on Military Affairs. . County, Va.; of A!N. Perkins and 26 others, of Virginia; of H. Also, papers and evidence to accompany House bill for the re­ L. Lazenby and 51 others, of Bedford County, Va., for free deliv­ lief of James W. Ayes-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ery of m~ils in country districts-to the Committee on the Post­ Also, papers to accompany House bill for the relief of Carroll Office and Post-Roads. L. Comstock-..:.to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. O'FERRALL: Petition of William M. Thornton. Uni­ Also, papers and evidence to a-ccompany House bill for the re­ versity of Virginia, in reference to the metric system of weights lief of Francis M. Perkins-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. and measures in the customs service of the United States-fo the­ By Mr. FUNSTON: Petition to--pension Mrs. Keziah Wood­ Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. OTIS: Petition of the Free Methodist Church of To­ By Mr. GROUT: Affidavit of ·Adelline Alexander, to accom­ peka, Kans., asking for prohibition in theDistrictof Columbia­ pany House bill1276-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on the District of Columbia. By Mr. HAMILTON: Petition of citizens of Geneseo Town­ By Mr. OWENS: Petition of the National Woman's Christian hip, Tama County, Iowa, asking the passage of the Conger lard Temperance Union, asking that no exposition or exhibition for bill-to the Committee on Agriculture. which appropriations are made by Congress shall be opened on Also, petition of citizens of same county and State, asking the Stmday-to the Select Committee on the Columbian Exposition. passage of the Butterworth option bill-to the Committee on Ag­ By Mr. PAGE of Rhode Island: Petition of A. G. Wilbur and riculture. 2 others, of Hopkinton, R.I., for free delivery of the mails in By Mr. HAUGEN: Petition of Clinton Fulton and 11 other country districts-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post­ citizens of St. Croix, Wis.; of W. H. Foley and 12 others; of Roads. James P. Balsom and 11 others; of C. T. Merkle and 12 others; By Mr. PEEL: P etition of 1\f. B. Presley and others, for more and of Henry Hodgins and 12 others, in favor of free bimetallic adequate compensation for service of postmasters-to the Com- coinage-to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Meas ures. mittee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. , By Mr. HATCH: Petition of citizens of Adair Cm.mty, Mo. , Also, petition of Samuel P. Smith, Company A, First Kentucky asking for the pa sage of a bill granting a pension to 1\frs. Mary Battalion for pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. A. Pannat aker, widow of William E. Pannataker- to the Com- By Mr. PERKINS: Petition of 11 citizens of Lyon County, mittee on Invalid Pensions. _,. Iowa, in behalf of the Butterworth bill defining options-to the By Mr. HEARD: Affidavits and petition to accompany House Committee on Agriculture. bill1310, to increase pension of Riley Rains-to the Committee By Mr. REED: Petition of John Tuomey and others, in favor of on P ensions. increase of salary of keepers and crews of life-saving stations-to By l\1r. HENDERSON of Iowa: Petition of 27 citizens of Clar­ the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department. ion, Iowa, urging the passage of the Butterworth option bill-to By Mr.ROBERTSON: Petition of David Seiss, for pension-to the Committee on Agriculture. · the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · XXIII-34

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By Mr. RUSK: Petition to accompany House bill10421, Fifty­ Also, petition of Jacob Halznecht, for removal of charge of first Congress, second session, granting arrears of pension to desertion-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Nathan G. Gurney, late United States steamer Vixen-to the By Mr. WHITE: Petition of citizens of Monroe County, Iowa, Committee on Pensions. praying the passage ,of what is commonly known as the Conger By Mr. SNODGRASS: Petition of Thomas H. Hill and citi­ lard bill-to the Committee on Agriculture. zens of Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia, for the improvement By Mr. WHITING: Petition of the Presbyterian Society of of Sequatchie River, Tennessee-to the Committee on Rivers Bruce, Lapeer County, Mich., against opening the World s Fair on and Harbors. the Lord's Day-to the Select Committee on the Columbian Ex­ ByMr.SPERRY: PetitionofLucy A. Welton,widowofHenry position. B. Welton, for relief for loss sustained in the late war of the. re­ Also, petition of 48 farmers, citizens of the Seventh district of bellion-to the Committee on War Claims. Michigan, not to permit bankers and capitalists longer to control By Mr. STAHLNECKER: Petition of Ward B. BurnettPotit, the volume of the people's money-to the Committee on Banking Grand Army of the Republic, Tarrytown, N.Y., favoring aspe­ and Currency. cialpensionfor Thomas Laws,'' the unknown hero "-to the Com­ Also, petitions of 20 citizens of Huron County, Mich., ask_ing mittee on Pensions. for the passage of the bill for increase of pay to life-saving crews­ Also, petition in relation to Buffalo Merchants' Exchange, to to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Oommerce. reduce the duty on barley to 10 cents per: bushel-to the Commit­ Also, petition of 10 citizens of Huron County, Mich., for the tee on Ways and Means. same purpose-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com­ Also, petition of Mount Kisco Church, New Yqrk, favoring merce. financial aid and Sunday closing of Columbian Exposition-to the By Mr. WILLIAMS of North Carolina: Petition for a mail Select Committee on the Columbian Exposition. route from Greensboro, N.C., to Glenona, N. C.-to the Commit­ Also, petition of District Assembly No. 66) Knights of Labor, tee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. favoring free text-books for pupils of the public schools in the District of Columbia-to the Commitee on the District of Colum­ bia. By Mr. WILLIAM A. STONE: Petition of synod of Presby­ SENATE. terian Church of States of Pennsylvania and West Virginia, ask­ ing that the Columbian Exposition be closed on the Sabbath-to TUESDAY, Janucwy 26, 1892. the Select Committee on the Columbian Exposition. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. G. BUTLER, D. D. Also, petition of citizens of Allegheny Township, State of Penn­ The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. sylvania, for the closing of the World's Fair on the Sabbath-to the Select Committee on the Columbian Exposition. DUPLICATION OF EXECUTIVE MESSAGES. By Mr. VINCENT A. TAYLOR: Petition for an increase of Mr. HOAR. Mr. President, I desire to call attention, and this postal facilities in country districts-to the Committee on the time seems to be as good as any, to a usage which had been discon­ Post-Office and Post-Roads. tinued for some time, but which seems to be reviving again, and Also, resolutions adopted by Bellamy Nationalist Club, favoring that is, printing in the proceedings of both Houses any executive postal telegraph, etc.-to the Committee on the _Post-Office and message or other document sent from the executive department, Post-Roads. which is entirely unnecessary, a waste of time and space, and a Also, resolutions on immigration from Summit Council, No.19, needless expense. I move that the Senate direct that when any Order United American Mechanics, Ohio-to the Select Commit­ message from the President of the United States or other docu­ tee on Immigration and Naturalization. mentof ~ength is printed in the proceedings of the House of Repre­ Also, petition favoring the closing of World's Fair on Sunday­ sentatives it be not printed in the proceedings of the Senate on to the Sele.Jt Committee on the Columbian Exposition. the same day. Also, petitions of businessmen of Buffalo, l'f· Y.; of 4-Bhtabula, Mr. COCKRELL. That is, when it is printed in the proceed­ Ohio; of Escanaba, Mich.; of Cleveland, Ohio; of ChiCago, ill.; ings of the other House it need not be reprinted in our record of of Sault St. Marie, Mich.; of Detroit, Mich.; of Milwaukee, Wis.; the Senate proceedings? . of Marquette, Mich., and of the Boardof Trade and business men Mr. HOAR. Yes, on the same day. of Cleveland, Ohio-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Mr. ·coCKRELL. I think that is right. Commerce. Mr. CULLOM. Certainly, that ought to be the rule. By Mr. TERRY: Three petitions of citizens of Pulaski County, The VICE-PRESIDENT. The motion will be considered as 1Ark., for improvement of Arkansas River-to the Committee on agreed to, if there be no objection. The Chair hears none, and 'Rivers and Harbors. it is so ordered. By Mr. TOWNSEND: Resolutions indorsed by the city council Mr. HOAR. Imove the Senate proceed to the consideration of Pueblo, Colo., and adopted at the Irrigation Congress held at of executive business, which will take but a minute or two. Salt Lake, Utah, September 17, 1891, in favor of granting arid The VICE-PRESIDENT. Will the Senatorwithdrawthemo­ lands to the States-to the Select Committee on Irrigation of tion for the present? Arid Lands in the United States. Mr. HOAR. I will defer the motion. Also, petition of District Assembly No. 82 of the Knights of Labor of Denver, Colo., in favor of a bill to collect certain statis­ MISSION INDIANS IN CALIFORNIA. tics in cities of 200,000 inhabitants or over-to the Select Com­ The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the following mittee on the Eleventh Census. message from~ the President of the United States; which was By Mr. TUCKER: Pap~rs in the claim of Peter MeNair, of read, and, with the accompanying papers, referred to the Com­ BuckinghamCounty,Va.; ofMa1•yL. Homan, of the samecounty; mittee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed: of Jonas Wampler, of Staunton, Va.; of Henry Sniteman, of tp.e To the Senate and House of Representatives: same city; of Isaac Coffman, of New Hope, Va.; of John F. FIX, I transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress a communicat;ton of ofAugustaCounty,Va.; of Samuel Driver,of KilbournH.Rowdy, 23d instant from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting an extract from of Franklin H. Myers, of James T. Quick, of William A. Houfi, the report of the Commission appointed under the act of January 1 ~. 1891, en­ titled ''An act for the relief of the Mission Indians in the State of California,'' of Erasmus L. Houff, of William D. Hemp, of John Wine, jr., of and other papers relating to the exchange of lands with private individuals Benjamin T. Bagley.JofWilliam T. Fauber,ofWilliamBossman, and the purchase of certain lands and improvements for the use and benefit of John V. Weiser, of A. Lavell, of John Price, of David Sanae­ of the Mission Indians, with draft of a bill to carry into etrect the recommen­ dations of said Mission Commission. bough, ofJohnD. Price, ofWilliamL. Masincup, ofJohnA. Mann, I have approved the report of the Mission Commission, except as much a.s of Mary Baker, of Joseph Wenger, of Milton H. Shaver, of John relates to the purchase of lands from an exchange of lands with private in­ W. Landes, of David Guthrie, of Joseph F. Nisevandre, of dividuals, which is also approved subject to tbe condition that Congress shall authorize the same. George L. Anhart, of James F. Davis, of Samuel Garber, of The matter is presented with the recommendation for the early and favor- Thomas J. Gilbert, of Henry Mish, of J. B. Fanver, all of the able action of Congress. BENJ. HARRISON. aame county and State-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. WALLACE: Papers to. accompany bill for the relief of EXECUTIVE MAN ION, Jm~uary 25, 1892. Warren V. Howard-to the Committee on Military Affairs. WILLIAM WEBSTER. By Mr. WASIDNGTON: Petition of Daniel A. Birchett, late The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the following private of Capt. C. R. Wheatt's company Mexican Rangers, Mexi­ message from the President of the United States; which was1~ea~ can war-to the Committee on Pensions. and with the accompanying papers, refered to the Committee Also, petition of the widow of Benjamine Nail, regarding war on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed: claim-to the Committee on War Claims. To the Senate of the United State8: By Mr. WHEELER of Alabama: Papers in the claimof Simp­ Referring to a communication of June 11, 1890, concerning the adoption by son A. Burnum, of Morgan County, Ala.-to the Committee on the Committee on Foreign Relations of a resolution respecting the claim.of · war Claims. William Webster against the Government of Great Britain, Ihe1·ewith trans- •

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