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anima.tes theirs. In the name of the dead soldiers of our race, whoso I shall watch the yeas ai:J.d na.ys on this question, not ·with tmlici bodies lie at Peters burgh and on other battlc-fiolds of the South; in tude-for tha.t it will pass by a large majority wonld seem scarcely to the nu.me of the widows and 0111hans they have left uehind; in 1lbe admit of doubt-uut to see whethe1· the division on the voto mn.y uot name of the widows of the confederate soldiers who fell upon tho represent the division of }larti.es. Thit:> is a proper sequel to tJJC strug same field!:;, I conjure you let this righteous act be done. I appeal to gle of the democratic party in behalf of slavery. you in the name of God and humanity to givens our rights, for we Aml now, in the few brief moments I have at command, I shall con ask nothing more. [Lond apylanse.] iine myself to that feature of the question which has beeu made so [l\Ir. CROSSLAND addres8ml tho House. His remarks will appear prominent by the opposition. I refer to its aspect as a party ques in the Appendix.] tion. ·we kuow that men are apt to be guided in their action by their Mr. MELLISH. l\h. Speaker, grave apprehensions seem to be gratitude or their apprehension, anu their apprehension is sometimes entertained by gentlemen on the other side of the House from the the safer guide of tho two. By the course of the debate here the ques passage of a bill guaraJ,Jtce~~ equal dvil rights to all American tion is pressed upon the colon~d man, to what party shall he len(l tlw citizens. They appear to thinli: that it will unuonnino tho founda ai Sonate, the number of officerS' and employes in or connectocl with the bers, resident in various parts of the United States, asking an exten Department of Justice who hayo been furnished with official postage sion of the signal service so as to obtain information for the benefit stamps; which was orde.red to lie on the table ancl be printed. of the puulic health; whlch was referred to the Committee on Mili tary .Affairs. PETITIO;s"S AND ;11El\rOniALS. He also prcsente~l the petition of Rev. C. S. Woodruff and other Mr. FENTON presentecl the petition of the Saint Paul's Methodist officers of the Temple of Honor and Temperance of the Stn,tc of New Episcopal church, of New York City: signed by the pastor, Rev. Cyrus Jersey, and the petition of the Grand Division and of subordinate D. Foss, and other officer of the church; and the petition of the associations of tho Sons of Temperance of the State of New Jersey, Social Union of the Society of .Friends, of Ghent, New York, signed praying for tho appointment of a. commission of inquiry concerning by its officers, praying for tho appointment of a commission of inquiry the alcoholic liquor traffic, its relations to pauperism crime, tho pub concerning the alcoholic liquor traffic, its relations to pauperism, crime, lic health, and general welial'O; which were referred to the Committee the public health, n,nd general welfare; which were referred to the on Finance. Committee on l:'innnce. He also presented the memorial of the Fai:m.ers' Club of the Ameri l\fr. BOUTWELL presente{l tho petition of the First Baptist church can Institute of New York, suggesting amendments to the so-called of Melrose, Mas achusetts, signed by the pastor Rev. Almond Bar forest law~; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture. relic, aml officers of the church ; the petition of1 L. C. Howard and lie also presente<.l the petition of E. 1\Iellach, praying for relief for other citizens of Sutton, Massachusetts; the petition of John Tobias himself and sureties from all res:ponsibility on account of alleged em and other citizens of nostonhMassachusottl:!; and the petition of the bezzlements, and tho petition of citizens of New Jersey for the reap Uni>ersalist church of Wnlt am, .Massachusetts, praying for tho ap pointment of E. l\fellach to his former position of passecl assista11t pointment of a commission of inquiry concerning t·he alcoholic liquor paymaster in the Navy; which were referred to the Committee on traffic, its relations to pauperism, crime, tho Jmblic health, and gen Naval Affairs. eral welfare; which were referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. EDl\lUNDS !)resented the petition of 1\I.l\lalone and many other Mr. CIIANDL~R presented a petition of citizens of :Michigan, pray citizens of Winooski, Vermont, ]lraying for the nppointment of a com in!? for tho extension of tho postal money-order system to every post mission of inquiry concerning tho alcoholic liquor traffic its relations office in the United States, and a reduction of tho rates; which was to pauperism, crime, the public health, and general welfare; which referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. .was referred to the Committee on Pinauce. He also pre~,;ented the petition of l\1. n. Nash and 51 others of Kent 1\fr. BUCKINGHAM presented the petition of tho Good Templars County, Michigan; the petition of Frank M. Smith and 100 others, of of New Haven, Connecticut, signed by officers and members, praying Barry County, Michigan; and the petition of Bradford Smith and 76 for the appointment of a commission of inquiry concerning the a.lco. others, of Detroit, Michigan, praying Congress to enact a general law holic liquor traffic, its relations to paupedsm, crime, the public health, prohibiting to the extent of its constitutional powers the traffic in and general welfare; which was referred to the. Committee on Fi intoxicating liquors to be used as a beverage; which were referred to nance. the Committee on Finance. Mr. BUCKINGHA.l\f. I also present the mem01ial of Cyrus Win He also presented a petition of citizens of Trempealeau County, Wis throp and other citizens of Connecticut, asking that the fund in the consin, praying Congress to enact a general law prohibiting to the Treasury of the United States, known as the Chinese indemnity fund, extent of Hs constitutional powers the traffic in intoxicating liquors be appropriated for the education of Chinese youth in the 'Pacific to be used as a beverage; which was referred to the Committee on States. I take this occasion to say that if that fund is not returnc1l Finance. to the Chlnese ~overnment, I know of no better nse that can he made He also presented the petition of P. T. Stiles, William Cross, and of it than that mdicatecl by these memorialists. I move the referenca 82 others, of Genesee County, llfichigan; the petition of l\I. D. L. of the memorial to the Committee on Education and Labor. Rowley, 0. S. Shaw, and 22 others, of Chester, Eaton County, :Michi !IIr. SUMNER. Allow me to suggest that that subject has always g:m ; the petition of Jacob Dingman, George Kemp, and 76 others, of gone to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the question, I should Stmlt Ste. Marie, l\fichi8an; the petition of H. N. Norton, Samuel say, is primarily one for that committee; and I will call attention to Rood, and 4G others, of l ontiac, Oakland County, Michigan; the peti the fact that not very long ago that committee, after a very careful tion of Bradley Crippen and 72 others, of Geneva, Van Buren County, consideration of the whole question, reportell a bill to the Senate Michigan; and the petition of l\1. V. Brown and 82 others, of Saint returning the money to China. It was felt, after the most careful John's, Michigan, praying Congress to enact a general law prohibiting inquiry and consideration of testimony and publio opinion through to the extent of its constitutional powers the traffic in intoxicating out our own country, that the most equitable course was to return the liquors to be used as a beverage; which were referred to the Com money to China. . mittee on Finance. Mr. BUCKINGH.Al\f. Then I move the reference of the memorial Mr. PRATT presented the petition of G. W. Warner a~d other citi t,o the Committee on Foreign Relations. zens of Indiana, praying for the appointment of a commission of The motion was agreed to. inquiry concerning the alcoholic liquor traffic~, its relations to pau Mr. CONKLING. I present the petition of many citizens residing perism, crime, the public health, and generaJ. welfare; which was in Fulton, Oswego County, New York-citizens of .African descent referred to the Commlttee on Finance. praying the passrtge of a law which will put an end to that condition Mr. LOG~~ presented a petition of John Allen and other citizens of things under which, because they are citizens of .African descent, of Chicago, illinois, praying for the appointment of a commission of they cannot travel upon railroads, steam boats, or stages, without being inquiry concerning the alcoholic liquor traffic, its relations to pau subjected to inconvenience, proscription, and insult; nor ca.n they perism, crime; the public health, and general welfare; which was apply for accommodation at a public inn without being uncivilly referred to the Committee on Finance. treated. I believe bills upon this subject are before the Committee on He ahJo presented the petition of citizens of Chicago, illinois, the Jud.iciary, and therefore I move the reference of this petition prrtying the repeal of the act fixing a tax of 10 pCir cent. on the cir to that committee. culation of State banks; which was referred to the Committee on Tho motion was agreed to. Finance. Mr. CONKLING. I present the memorial of the Chamber of Com l\Ir. FERRY, of :Michigan, presented the petition of Charles Nobler merce of the State of New York, attestocl by its officers, suggesting and other, citizens of 1\Iichigan, praying that the" Chinese indemnit.y amendments, thrcem character, and, pcrhap ·,three in number, to the fund," so called, be ap})ropriate Institute of Homeopathy, u, mcuical society of moro thn.u 11200 mom- 1\Ir. BAYARD ]1l'ORcnte othEm~, heiTs of General A. Henderson, late of the United States Marine having reported on this subject, such memorials have been Irud on Corps, asking to be allowed the difference between the pay of a colo the table. nel and.that of a brigadi~r-general, on account of services rendered Mr. SUMNER. Then let this lie on the table. oy General HendPrson from January 1, 18~6.t. to January 6, 1851; which It was so ordered. was referred to the Committee on Naval Attairs. . 1\Ir. SUMNER. I also present the petition of the Methodist Epis Mr. SARGENT presented the petition of the Grand Division of the copal church of West Quincy, Massachusetts, signed by its pa tor, ask Sons of Temperance of California, signed by its officert~ , praying for ing for the appointment of a commis ion cone ruing the liquor txaffic; the appointment. of a commission of inquiry concerning the alcoholic also another petition of the same character from ·the Congregational liquor traffic, its relations topauperi m, crime, the public health, and church of Quincy, Massachusetts; also another petition of the sarue general welfare;· which was referred t0 the Committee on Finance. character from the First Universalist church of Quincy, l\Ia a~hu":.. Mr. SARGENT. ·I also present the petition of Elizabeth Cady Stan setts; also another petition of the same character from Saint Paul's ton and Miss Susan B. Anthony, ash.'ing that the same protection be :Methodist Episcopal church of Lynn, Massa.chusetts; al o another extended to women in their right .to vot.a that is now enjoyed by petition of the same character from Saint John's Roman C, tholic colored men. They recite that as the United States Constitution as church of .Quincy, Massachusetts; and also another petition of the it it~, with all its recent amendments and the laws to enforce them, same character from the Method1st church of Quincy Point, l\la a does not, in the opinion of the Supreme Court judges, guarantee such chusetts; and another petition of the same character from the First protection in the several States, they demand of Congress further Presbyterian church of Boston, Massachusetts. I move the reference legislation that shall secure to women their civil and political rights. of these petitions to the Committee on Finance. I move'· that this petition be referred to the Committee on Privileges The motion was agreed to. and Elections, and I trust that it will receive early attenoon, and that Mr. FLANAGAN pre ented the petition of Simon Celaya, praying appropriate legislation will be the result. compensation for rent of building at Brownsville, Texas, during the ·The motion was agreed to. late war; which was referred to the-Committee on Claims. Mr. SCOTT. I present the memorial of the National Board of Mr. KELLY presented the petition of R. Bird, Jacob Ormsby, and Trade, calling attention to six several points in which the existing a large nnmber of other citizen of the State of Oregon, praying for bankrupt law should be speedily modified, and also praying for a gen the appointment of a. commission of inquiry concerning the alcoholic eral revision· of the bankrupt act of 1867 by a commission to consist liquor traffic, its relations to pauperism, crime, the public health, and of the Attorney-General of the United St!:!>tes and seven merchants, general welfare; which was referred to. the Committee on Finance. bankers, and rp.annfactnrers. The latter clause of this petition, I Mr. BOGY presented the petition of Matthew Woodruff, late of Com suppose, might be appropriately. referred to the Judiciary Committee, pany G, Twency--first Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, praying as it relates to future amendments to the law. for an honorable discharge from the Army, and to ue allowed back pay The PRESIDENT pro ternpore. The memorial will be referred to and uounty; which was referred to the Committee on :Military Affairs. the Committee on the Jucliciary. . He also presented the petition of Bordeau and Lamoureaux, praying :Mr. SCOTT presented the petition of the State Temperance Union ind~mnity £or depredations committed by Sioux Indians in 1865; which of Pennsylvania, signed by James Black, president, and Rev. D. A. was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. · Babcock, secretary, and the petition of James M. Fox and other citizens He also presented the petition of W. H. Moore & Co., praying com of Bucks County; Pennsylvania, praying for the appointment of a pensation for depredations committed by the Cheyenne Indians in commission of inquiry concerning the alcoholic liquor traffic, its rela 1869 upon their property; which was referred to the Committee on tions to pauperism, crime, the public health, and genenl.l welfare; Claims. which were referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. DENNIS presented the petition of H. Price~ and other citizens Mr. HOWE presented the petition of R.' S. Kneeland and other citi of Baltimore, Maryland, praying for the appointment of a commission zens of Hartford, Wisconsin, praying for the appointment of a com of in_quiry concerning the alcoholic liquor traffic, its relations to pau mission of inquiry concerning the alcoholic liquor traffic, its relations perism, crime, the public health, and general welfare; which was to pauperism, crime, the public healt;h, and general welfare; which referred to the Committee on Finance. was referred to the Committee on Finance. , Mr. NORWOOD presented the petition of theGrandLodgeofGood Mr. SHER"!IAN pre ented the petition of Joseph H. Miller and a Templa:rs of the State of Geor~a, signed by its officers, praying for large number of othercitizensof Sprin~borough,Ohio, prayingforthe the appointment of a com.miss10n of inquiry concerning the alcoholic appointment of a commission of inquiry concerning the alcoholic liquor traffic, its relations to pauperism, crime, the public health, and liquor traffic, its relations to pauperiRm, crime, the public health, and general welfare; which was referred ·to the Committee on Finance. general welfare; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. MERRIMON pre ented the petition of C. G. Barbee, praying Mr. CLAYTON presented a memorial of the Legislature of Arkan compensation for mail service rendered in North Carolina in the year sas, in favor of an increa e of mail service on route 7509, in the State 1861; which was referred to the Committee on Claims. of .Arkansf18; which was referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Mr. MORRILL, of Vermont presented the petition of Julius Con Post-Roads. verse and other citizens of Woodstock, Vermont, praying for the He a-lso presented a memorial of the Legislature of Arkansas, in appointment of a commission of inquiry concerning the alcoholic favor of further donations of lands by Congre s in aid of agricul liquor traffic, its relations to pauperism, crime, the public health, and tural colleges, a provided by the act of July 2, 1862; which was re general welfare; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. ferred to the Committee on Education and Labor. · Mr. WEST presented the petition of Mrs. Angela Dauzat, wife of He also pre ented a memorial of the Legislature of Arkansas, in Eugene·Brocbaud, ·praying compensation for thirty-three bales of • favor of the enactment of a civil-rights law; which was ordered to cotto!} taken by the Federal fleet under command of Admiral Porter lie on the table and be printed. at Port De Russey, on the Red River, on the 16th of. March, 1864; He also presented a memorial of the Legislature of Arkansas, in which was referrecl to the Committee on Claims. favor of the removal of the Red River raft; which was referred to Mr. WEST. I also beg leave to present joint resolutions of the the Committee on Commerce. Le~lature of Louisiana in reference . to Ron. P. B. S. Pinchback, He also presented a memorial of the Legislature of Arkansas, in Umted Stat-es Senator-elect from the State of. Louisiana, and ask to favor of an appropriation by Congress for tb,e·improvement of Petit have them read. Jean River in t.hat State, so as to make it navigable; which was The Chief Clerk read as follows: referred to the Committee on Commerce. Joint resolutions relative to Hon. P. B.S. Pinchbook, United States Senator-elect He also presented a resolution ef the Legi lature of Arkansas, in from tho State of Louisiana.. favor of the · adjustment, settlement, and payment of the alleged Whereas this General Assembly, at ita session of 1873, did proceed, as provided claim of the Southern Methodist publishing house, of Nashville, in tho con titution and la.ws, to oloot Hon. P. R S. Pinchbaok United States Senator from tho State of Lonisiana for the term beginning March 4, 1873 ; and • Tennessee, for the use of their building and property by the United whereas certain parties politically and personally ho8tile to him have made his States in 1864 and 1865; which was referred to the Committee o:a claim to a seat in the United States Senate, by virtue of said election, tho occasion Claims. of virulent and malicious personal assaults, using the journa.ls of tho country to Mr. SUMNER. :Mr. President, I present the memorial. of a large disseminate the .same to his detriment; and whereas the repetition of th oslanders is a reflection upon us no less than upon Senator Pin.chback: As a. matter of jus number of merchants and others doing business in Boston, protesting tice t{) him and to the General Assembly, therefore, against the repeal. of the national bankrupt law, and representing it Be it rP.solved by the smtate of the State of Louisiana,, (tM House of R~Jpruenta· as a national necessity to secure the interests of both debtor and tivu concur?'ing,) That we have full and unabat:ed confidence in the integrity of creditor, protesting especially against leaving settlements subject to Hon. P. B. S. Pinohback, Senator-elect from tho Sta.te of Louisiana; and that the complicated machinery of confticting State laws. not only as tho le!tally elected Senator of said State, but as a. citizen whose manli- The same gentlemen who have signed this memorial and protest ~O:i:~i~f":~us~~ f:tJf~&:~~~f U~t~St~~~t~ we urge his immediate Be it further resolved, That a copy of= this resolution be furnished by tho governor are also, most of them, members of the Boston Board of Trade, and to Senator Pinchbaok and also to Senator J. R. WEST, to be presented to tho Senate they have at the arne time united in a resolution that- of tho United States aa expressive of the sense and will of the General Assembly Inasmuch as we consider a. unifQrm bankrupt law e ential to the safety and of the State of Lonisiana. pro perity of the trade of the United States, we earnestly protest against the re C. C. ANTOINE, peal of tho act of 1867, but r;ecommend that it be amended m such a manner as to Licutenmnt-Governor and Presid~nt of Ow Senate. .r duce the expen es of bankruptcy, and ooure more prompt settlement of bank CHARLES W. LOWELL, rupt estates. Speake1· of the House of R4presentatives. Approved January 7, 1874. I move that this, memorial, with the paper which I have read, be WILLIAM P. KELLOGG, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Governor of Loui.!.'iana. Th~ PRESIDENT 1>1~0 tmnpol'e. The Committee on the Judiciary The re olutions were ordered to lie on the table. --·---- ...... 570 CONGRESSIONAL . RECORD . JANUARY 12, • Mr. OGLESBY pre ented the petition of the officers ~d members Mr. FERRY, of Connecticq.t. I have no objection to its reading, of the Saint Clair Pharmaceutical Association of Southern Illinois, for but I shall object to its reception. the repeal of the tlrirteentb, section of the act of July 13, 1866, impos Mr. SUMNER. Perhaps it is import:1nt to put the objection on ing a stamp tax on medicines sold at retail ; which wa.s referred to the record so that other petitions of the same character may not be Committee on Finance. received as of course. Mr. HAMILTON, of Maryland, presented the petition of Benjamin . The Chief Clerk resumed and concluded the reading of the memo- F. Weishampel and other , citizen of Baltimore, :Maryland, praying rial. · for tho appointment of a commis ion of inquiry concerning the alco Mr. CA.li-IERON. My intention is to have the memorial referred to holic liquor traffic, its relations to pauperism, crime, the public health, the Committee on Public Lands, and I trust-there will be no objec- and general welfure; which wa referred to the Committee on Finance. tion to that. · :Mr. MORRILL, of Maine, pre ented the petition of John May and Mr. FERRY, of Connecticut. I object to the reception of the peti other citizens of Winthrop, ~bine, praying for the appointment of a tion. commission of inquiry concern1ng the alcoho1ic liquor traffic, its relar Mr. CAMERON. I think the Senator will not object when I shall tions to pauperism, crime, the public health, and general welf.'tre; have .said a word about it. which was referred t-o the Committee on Finance. · The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection is made, and the petition Mr. HAMLIN presented the petition. of Joshua Herrick, praying to cannot be received. It will be retunied to tho Senator from Penn- be allowed a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Pen sylvania. · sions. Mr. CAMERON. I trust I shall be allowed to say a few words. Mr. CAMERON pre ente!l the petition of the religious society of These people can hardly be called subjects of the empire of Russin,. Progr sive Friends, of Longwood, Chester County, Pennsylvania, They have been told that they may have eight year8 to leave that praying for the appointment of a commi ion of inquiry concerning country and settle themselves wherever they plen,se; but if they re the 'tlcoholic liquor traffic, its relations to pauperism, crime, the pub main longer than that they must undergo-all the penalties which are lic health, and general welfare; which. was referred to the Commitiee prescrib~d by the decree of which they.speak. They are a peace peo on Finance. ple ancl never go to war. About one hundred and :fifty years ago a Mr. CAMERON. I also present a memorial from certain Mennon large colony of them came into Pennsylvania. Mr. Penn gave them ite , tho repre entative of many Russians, who desire an appropri as much land as they thought proper to take at a shillin~ an a.cre. They ation of public lands for taeir own use. By its reading it will b~ have maP.e the best farmers we have in Pennsylvarua. They havG better understood than I can explain it. I ask that it be read. sent their descendants into OJiio, Michigan, and various other States The Chief Clerk ren,d a follows : of the Northwest. Everywhere they are a peaceful, quiet people. · To the ho-norable the Sen.ate and House of Representatives of the United States of Between forty and :fifty thousan!l of these people de ire to come here . America in Congress assembled: and become citizens :18 their brethren did one hundred and fifty year . We, the unilersigned, belonging to tho Christian denomination called Mennonites, ago. I cannot ~ee why there should be any objection on the part of • of So nth Ru ia and Prussia, m our own behalf and that of ·our brethren, respect my friend the Sen:itor from Connecticut to allowing the petition to be fnlly ·addrc · the-following to you: received. For thr e generations our denomination .has lived in Rnssia.tmder their own control, freo to enjoy, as a epamte colony, our own religion, language, lands, and Mr. MORTON. May I a.sk the Senator ·from· Pennsylvania, how customs, the Russian government only interfering to punish crimes and collect its many of these people propose to immigrate to this .country f revenues. Now by a recent edict of the l~nssian ~overnment, pa sed 4th (16th) Mr. C.AMERON. 'Between forty and :fifty thousand. One of the .Tune, 1871, we are deprived of all of those right<'!, lioertics, and privileges which elders of the church called on me and had a long conversi.ttion with me, had b en granted to ns forever, and tho choice is pr ented to ns of leavin cr Rnssia v.ithin ten ye.·u·s from tho above-mentioned date, or after that time become Russian· and I became very much interested in their case. They desire to como ized in lanrnage and religion. In Prussia, whore we lived for more than two here. As they say in their petition, they were offered from.the gov hunched years in the liberty of conscience, the g-overnment act~d tho same. ernment of Canada any amount of land they pleased to choose, with Wo ~a~edet~~ed to emigrate t-0 some country where we can enjoy civil, social, and relig-wus liberty. . out cost; but they prefer our laws and our Constitution, and de ire By examining yonr Constitution and country we _find th full assurance that, to become citizens of the United States. Taking the exampl~ of the under your CoDstitntion and laws, wo shall find tho liberty we so earne tly desire success of their brethren in Pe:Dnsylvania, they want to settle upon ~d tho sentiment CKpre sed by Presidellt Grant, in his message of March 3, 1873; the public lands of the great Northwest. . gtvcs ns great encouragement. Mr. SUMNER. May I ask the Senator, wh~t does he suggest now Desirous of settling in your country in colonie., there is, however, one obstacle in tbe way: the unimproved lancls which we would be likely to select for our future that we should do f homes b incr owned in_alternate sections by railroads ancl the Govm·nmeut, if we Mr. CAMERON. I suggest that this matter shall go to the Commit shonltl purc'ha o from the railroad companies, some of the sections belon«ing to the tee on Public Lands and that we shall sell to these people, at a fair Government would be t.'\ken up by per ODS who do not belong to our colonv and who arc not in sympathy with us. Besicles this, our modo of fuming is for fifteen price, the number of a,cres of land that they desire to have. Let them or twenty families to jom to~ether Oll a. large tract of land, and to have portions of pay what other people pay. They are willing to do so. That is all its t aside for commoD pasture, where all the horses and cattle may graze to"ether they n,sk. kept by one herder. This save much expell8o in fencin". '"' · ' Mr. SUMNER. I ask the ·sfinator whether on the whole it would It will r e!J.uir time-no doubt the eight year3 yet open for migration-before all not ·be expedient for him to introduce a resolution instructing the prope~ in Rus ia can be dis-po ed of, bu. PAPERS WITHDRAWN AND REFERRED. lli. ANTHONY asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 275) for the relief of Grace B. Peck; which . On motion of :Mr. WRIGHT, it was wa,s read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Na al Ordered That the petition and papers of James P. Gillespie, praying that he be Affairs. paid the ~of 26,545.33, claimed by h!-m as infor~er in revenue cases, be taken from the files and referrecl to the ColDID.lttee on Cla.uns. Mr. WRIGHT asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 276) relating to the several courts in the Terri On motion of :Mr. SAULSBURY, it was tory of Dakota; which wa-s read twice by its title, referred to the Com- Ordered, That the Committee O!l R evolutionary Claims be dischar-ged from the mittee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. · furt)ler con iueration of the claim of the heirs of Hugh Montgomery, and that the petitioners h:.1>ve leave t6 withdraw their petition and papers. 1\lr. BUCKINGHAM asked, and by unanimousconsentobtained,leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 277) making an appropriation of $792.46 due On motion of. Mr. BOGY, it was the late James L. Day, of Connecticut, for transporting the mails over Ordered, That .Anthony S. Robinson have leave to withdraw his petition.and post-route 8152 ; which was read twice by its title, and refened to papers from the files. the Committee on Appropriations. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. Mr. BUCKINGHAM asked, and by unanimous con&.entobtained, leave 1\ll:. R.A.l\1SEY. I ·have been directed by the Committee on Post to introduce a bill (S. No. 278) to provide for the manner of paying Offices and Post-Roa,ds, to whom was refened the bill (H. R. No. 79 ) annuities to Indian tribes under treaty stipulations or legal enact to esta,blish certain post-routes, to report it with amendments, and to ments; which was read twice by its title, referred to the Committee ask the immediate consideration of the bill. on Indian Affairs, and ordered tb be printed. · The PRESIDENT pro tentp01:e. It requires unanimous consent. ~lr. FRELINGHUYSEN asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, The bill will be read for information. len.ve to introduce. a bill (S. No. 279) for the relief of Stephen H. Mr. RAMSEY. It is nothing bnt the post-route bill; ~nd I pre1mm.e Myers, of Bound Brook, New Jersey; w~ch was read twice by it it need not be read nnless some one specially desires it. · ti!je, and referred, with accompanying papers, to the Committee on The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to the present Cl.aims. · . · consideration of the bill f - Mr. PRATT asked and by una,nimous consent obtained, leave· to Mr. DAVIS. Let it be read for information. introduce a bill (S. No. 280) granting a pension to Thomas Reilly, late The Chief Clerk read the title of the bill. a private in Company H, Second Regiment United States Cavalry; Mr. DAVIS. I withdraw tho call for the reading. whicll was read twice by its title,·and refened to the Committee on The PRESIDENT Jlro tempore. The bill will be reported. Pensions. · Mr. R.A.l\fSEY. . The demand for the reading of the bill is with :JI,Ir. PRATT asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to drawn. TheTe is no legislation in it. It is simply the post-route bill. introduce a bill (S. No. 281) ceding to the several States within who~e The PRESIDENT JYI'O tempm·e. The reading of the bill as in Com limits they resp~ctively lie the beds of unsurveyed lakes and other mittee of the Whole will be dispensed with if there be·no objection. bodies of water; which was·read twice by its title, and referred to Is there objection t the Committee on Public Lands. ltlr. MORRILL, of Maine. I do not know what the bill is. 1\lr. CONOVER asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave Mr. RAMSEY. It is the post-route bill, and there is no legislation to introduce a bill (S. No. 282) to provide for building a United, States at all in it.· custom-houseahdotber public buildings at Tallahassee, Florida; which · lt:II'. MORRILL, of Maine. Is it not establishing post-routes by was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Public legislatiorr Buildings and Grounds. :Mr. RAMSEY. .Yes, sir. · He also asked, and by unanimous· consent obtained, leave to intro Mr. MORRILL, of Maine. Then there is legislation in the bill. We duce a bill (S. No. 283) to provide for building a United States custom had better be accurate, and not critical. bouse and other public buildings at Ja-cksonville, Florida; which was The PRESIDENT p1·o tempore. Is there objection to dispensing with read twice by its title, and refened to the Committee on Public Build:. the readin~ of the bill in full 'l · in _::. --. 572 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. JANUARY 12, golcl dust produced annually in this se(}ti.On of country miD'ht be reduced to bars EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIO~. without shipment, and by which a fixed value might be pfaced upon these bars; has induced me to make an attempt in Congress to secure the passage of a law es The PRESIDENT pro ternpm·e l:1id before the Senate a. letter of the tablishing an assay office at Portland, Ore~on; and! have entertained the hope that! Secretary of \Var, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of might secure your recommendation of sucnameasureand your cheerful co-operation. expenditures at the Springfield armory for the year ending J nne 30, rt is estimated by tho e who are in a position to be well informed on the subject that not less than from four to five millions of golil dust come to and pass through 1873; which was referred to the Committee on Military .A.ff:l.irs, and ordered to be printed. ' Portland1 Oregon, annually, and although every facility for a saying by a private a say ollie is given, a little less thari $400,000 -nre annually assayed there-and HOUSE BILL REFERRED. why1 For the imple reason that gold bars have no fixed value. ·Bankers and brokers in Portland seldom pay for gold bars within 2 per cent. of their value in The bill (H. R. No. 103R) for the relief of the estates of Abel Gil San Francisco, although the cost of shipment between the two places is only about bert and William Gerrish, late copartners in business, under the style one-fourth or three-eighths of one 1 per cent. bv Wells, Fargo & Co's. express. · '!'he tablishment of an as ay office in Portland would obviate all this, by the of Gilbert & Gerrish, was rea-d twice by its title, and referred to the agent of the Government in charge of the office is uing to the owner of the gold Committee on Claims. assayed a certificate upon any sub-treasury of the United States for ·the full Gov OFFICIAL SALARIES. ernment·value of the gold bar, le s the charges for trilllsportation to the United · States Mint, which woUld leave a balance in favor of the producer-the man who The PRESIDENT p1·o tempore. The morning hour having expired, digs in the mines and who owns the bar-of nearly 2 per cent. But another and a the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, resumes the consideration grea.ter evil and one that affects the prosperity of our whole country in draining ft of its gold, would be remedied by the establiShment of this office, and that is this: of the unfinished business, being the bill (H. R. No. 793) to establish It is estunated that over ,000,000 worth of gold dust pa ses through Portland an the compensation of Senators, Representatives, and Delegates; the nually in the bands of Chinamen, and is taken directly out of the country to China. pending question being on the amendment of the Senator from Ver The Uhin e can realize more money from their dust m China than they can here. mont [Mr. EDMUNDS] to the amendment of the Senator from Georgia, Valuable golti'mines, it is ourrently reported, have been recently discovered in .Alas ka. .All of Northern Idaho, part of. Montana, Wasbin!!ton T erritory, and most of [Mr. GORDON. J · _ . Eastern Oregon, draw their snpl_llies from Portland. The mines of Elk City, Flor Mr. GORDO~. Mr. President, I de ire to ask unanimous consent ence, Warren's, Salmon River, Snake River, Slate Creek, Miller's Camp, Oro~. to withdraw "the amendment offered by myself, and to substitute Pierce City, Newsom Creek, Clear Water, Santioni, Umatill.a, an have stated frequently npon this floor that gentlemen of ability could I refer t'o this now, that I may by no possibility be misunderstood be found who were willing to serve in this_body at $5,000. now or hereafter. It is related of some defeated commander-who, I Mr. Pre ident, I apprehend that 1.:( iihe salaries which are proposed do not remember; indeed, I am not sure that he ever said it, but it in this amendment were to-day fixed by law, no brigadier-general will serve just as well to illustrate what I have to say as though he nor major-general nor lieutenant-gtmeral, .nor any other officer of the had said it. It is related of him that he said of the commander who Army would re ign because of that reduction. I apprehend that any had defeated him, "Great let me call him, for he conquered me." number of able officers c·an be found, who are the equals possibly of Whatever el e may be said of me in the future, I trust no man will some who now hold the e positions, who will be willing to serve at ever charge me with a lack of generous appreciation for the. true sol even a le s sum than is fixed in this amendment. I believe that dier of any army. I would scorn to be actuated by the motive which statesmen of great ability might be found who would be willing to I hear have been attributed to me for the offer of this amendment. serve even as the President of the United States at a salary of The soldiers of both armies can but respect ea-ch other. Alike, they 10,000. - were honest, earnest, and true to their convictions. Alike, they en I make the e sugge tions to show the irrelevancy of snch arguments. dured the fatigue of the march, the privations of the camp, and the The qne tion before us is not how low we can induce gentlemen to lonely bivouac of the picket. Alike, they felt the chagrin of defeat serve. We do not propose the sale of public offices of trust and re a;nd the glory of victory; and together these soldiers would have sponsibility to the lowest bidder, like a street contract, but the ques united in writing the epitaph of the dead of both ~rmies, "They fell tion is, what is a just and legitimate compensation for a Senator and in the discharge of duty." I trust that T have·now said enough to a general f The question is, how are we to secure real retrenchment f forever silence the tongue of calumny, that would attribute motives I find, sir, a most anom:tlons sta,te of things as to salaries under the to me unworthy of any man who ever bore the name of soldier. laws of this country. I find th:tt a rear-admiral or the Vice-Admiral, In all I have said, in all I ha.ve done, my purpose has been to test a even upon leave, doing no duty whatever, draws from the Treasury great question; not only a question of economy, but a question ofthe more pay than is allowed by this bill to-a Senator or to an Assistant relative dignity of the difterent dep:1rtments of this Government. I Secre~ary of the Treasury. I find that the sala-ry of the Lieutenant d~ired to test the question as to w:P.ether we are to ~:;tamp the _law General is more than double the salary fixed by this bill for a Sena making power, the creative power, as inferior to the military power, tor of the United States; and that the salary of the commander of _the created. This is a grave question, and no more opportune time than the Army is now double what is allowed t{) the Chief Justice of the this will ever come to settle it;· and I therefore ask the candid and United States. immediate vote of the Senate upon this amendment. If it is defeated, . Now, ·sir, I wish to repeat what I have already said, that, in my I shall feel constrained to vote against the bill; for I cannot consent judgment, the salary of no Army officer of any grade ought to exceed by my vote that the party which has the power to 8ecure real re the salary of a Senator, and certainly ought not to exceed the pay of trenchment shall have the credit of reform without givin~thepeople a. Chief Justice. Why should it f I h:tve yet to hear one good reason the reality; nor can I be a party to any programme which permits given for this discrimin:ttion. The one simply obeys and .executes the the unjustifiable discriminations which this amendment seeks to orders of superiors; the other ha.s the gravest responsibilities. The destroy. General of the Army but executes the orders of the President, who by Mr. WRIGHT. Mr. President, I only desire to say to the Senate the Constitution is the Commander-in-Chief of the Army _and Navy. that I trust the friends of this bill will assume that all amendments The legislature is the creator, the military bllt the creature. The which are foreign to the purpose of the bill are unfriendly to i~, and law-maker is superior to the instrument which enforces the law. The whatever may be their opinion on the abstract question or the pro superior dignity therefore of this body, as well as its superior responsi priety of adding a particular thing suggested at a proper time, we bility, would seem to demand at least equal emoluments. What rea shall not have tills bill burdened by these foreign amendments. son can be given to satisfy a rea onablemind or to satisfy the country The PRESIDING OFFICER, (Mr. BOREMAN in the chair.) The for paying the General of the Army 17,000 and a Senator of the United question is on the amendment of the Senator from Georgia. States $5,000f What citizen will agree th:tt we mean economy while Mr. EDMUNDS. . I ask that the amendment may be divided so :tS we leave these salaries untouched Y Senators ask th:tt this question to separate the military from the civil provisions that are made, as be postponed to a more opp<;>rtune time. What more opportune time, they are distinct propo itions, and let the vote- be taken separately sir, will ever pre ent itself than now, while we are upon the subject on the two branches. · of salarie , and while the.financial distress of the country makes it The PRESIDING OFFICE~. If there be no objection the amend incumbent U,POU us to retrench in all directions f Will the opportune ment will be divided. Will the Senator point out the division T time eve-r come f Already seven or eight years ha.ve elapsed since the Mr. .EDl\fUNDS. I do not think, on reflection, my asking for a war, and these s:1la.rie are not yet reduced. On the contrary, they division is in order. I therefore move to amend the amendment by have increased by the operation of law and by the action of Congress. striking out clear· down to where it speaks of the President of the If we mean to economize, let us te for this amendment. . Unitecl States, being that which covers all the military chn.nges pro I beg now that the Senate will indulge me in a word of personal posed in the law. explanation. I have been greatly surprised and not :tlittle pained The PRESIDENTp·o tempore.- The amendment to the amendment to learn that there had been, or by possibility could be, any miscon will be read. ception of the spirit with which I offered this amendment. I had The CHIEF CLERK. It is proposed to strike out all of the amend hoped, sir, that my disclaimer of any intention to disparage the high ment of the Senator from Georgia, except the last clause, in the fol calling of the oldier in my opening rem:A.rks had been sufficiently lowing words : frank and emphatic to lllak:e it impossible that I should be miscon Provided further, That the salary of the President of the Umted States shall be strued. I had hoped that the passions of the past ancl the-prejudices 25,000 per annum after the 3d day of March, 1877, and that the appropriations made engendered by the war had been so completely banished this Cham for the expenses of the Presidential Mansionsh~ be, for each of the years 1873, 1874, 1875, and 1876, less than the average ·amount so appropriated for ea{lh of fue four ber, -that a repre entative of any State in this Union might stand years preceding the 4th day of March, 1873, by the sum of 25,000. upoJ:! this :floor and discuss ·measures looking to the_general good 1\fr. EDMUNDS. My motion is to strike out all that precedes the with freedom, :tnd without the danger of being misapprehended. paragraph just read, which relates to regulating the compensation of But so careful was I, because of the relations which I had hitherto officers of the Army and Navy, my only object being to get a sepaTate borne, that no word should escape me which by po sibility should be vote upon the two questitms. , construed into an effort to depreciate the calling of the soldier, that The PRESIDENT p1·o tempor·e. The question is upon the amend I stated then, what I beg to repeat now, "thu.t no act of mine, no vote ment of the Senator from Vermont to the amendment of the Senator of mine, in time of wa~ or in peace, shall ever be so ambiguous upon from Georgia. · this question as to be misconstrued; and hence I a-sk the privilege of Mr. EDMUNDS. Let the words proposed t~ be stJ:icken out be this personal explanation. read. I may as well express an opinion here which I have often expressed The Chief· Clerk ret!d as follows: in private, and which I now repeat in this most public manner, here Provided f wrther That after thia date the salaries of ali commis~-oned officers of at the capital of the nation-here in the high court of the represent the Army and of the Navy whose salaries have been increased since the war, and ative of soverei~ States or sovereign States, so called-namely, that whose pay_and allowances aggregate 83,500 r more, an!l between that sum and had the questions which have so disturbed the count1·y been left to ~000, shall be, and the same are hereby, reduced 10 per cent.: Provided f u rt/l.er, the soldiers of the two armies after the surrender we should have had Tnat the pay, including all allowances except mileage as now :fixed by law, of brig adier-general, of Paymaster-General, of Surgeon-General, of Inspector-General, less of ill-will between the sections. of Quartermaster-General, of Commissary-General, of Adjutant.-(; eneral, and of It was my fortune, as the commander of one wing of the southern a. in ---- commodore the Navy, shall not exceed durinrr peaoo the sum of -,ooo per an army at Appomattox, to be selected to confer with the general offi num : Provided .further, That the pay,· including ill allowances' except mileage as cers of the Federal Army as to the terms of surrender and parole. now fixed by law, of maJor-general and of rear-admiral of the Navy during peace shall not exceed $6,000: Provided further, That the pay, including aU allow:mces Let me state a fact which ought to be recorded as most honorable to exceptmilea~e as nowfixed byl..'l.w, of the Lieutenant-General of tlie Armv or of the the comm:1nder of the successful army. In the long conference be Vice-Admirru of the Navy shall not exceed during peace the sum of 7,500 per an tween us no word of exultation escaped the lips of these command num: Provided furthe-r, That the pay, including all allowances, of the G6Deral of ers; but, on the contrary, they avoided any semblance of exultation the Army or of the Admiral of the Navy shall not, during peace, exceed e10, 000 per which might increase the grief of the defeated--a grief, compared t.o annum. the poignancy of which, permit me to say, my heart had never 1."Jlown Mr. EDl\IDNDki. I a-sk for the yeas and nays on the amendment to grief before. So careful were these offioors, that they declined to the amendment. speak of battles in which they ha allowed for the expense at the White House. Am I correet t This the salary of the President, that, in j nstice to the mover of it, it ought amendment to the amendment str~kes out aJl but that, does it not T to be votccl npon · and I hope the Senate will yote upon it sqtL'll'ely. The PRESIDENT p1·o tempo1·e. The effect of the amendment, if The PRESIDENT p1·o tempore. The question is on the motion of tho agreed to, would be to leave only that proviso in the ·amendment of Senator from Vermont. · · tho SerL't.tor from Georgia, [Mr. GORDON.] The motion was agreed to;· there being, on a division-ayes 24, The question being taken by yeas and n,ays, resulted-yeas 29, nays noes 19. 21 ; as follows : • The bill was accordingly reported to the Senate. YEAS-M:ossrn. Allison, Anthony, Boreman. :SO':Ltwell, C~enter , Chandl~r, The PRESIDENT pro te1n.pore. The question now is on the amend Conkling, C..x·ozier, Ed,munds, Fenton, Ferry of :M10higan, l<'relinghuysen, Hamlin, ment ofiered by the Senator from Georgia (l\h'. GoRDON] to the first Howe, 1.ngalls, Lewis Logan, Mitcl1ell, :Mon-ill of Vermont, Morton, Oglesby, section of the bill. Pratt , Ramsey, Scott, Sherman, Spencer, West, Windom, aml Wr!zh~29. .A. YS-Messrs. Bayarcl, Bogy, Brownlow, Cameron, Clayton, vaVls,, Flanagan, Ir. ANTHONY. In what shape does that come before us-tho Goluthwaite, (i()rdon, Hamilton of Maryland, Kelly, McCreery .MorrJI?On, Nor amendment as amended 'f wooll Patterson, Robertson, Sargent, Stevenson, Stockton, Sumner, aml T.ipton-21. The PRESIDENT pro tempm·e. It is the amendment as amendetl. .A.BSID T-Messrn. Alcorn, Ames, Buckiagha.m, Conover, Cooper, Cra!!in, D en l\lr. PATTERSON. I should like to have the amendment reported. nis, Dor. ey, Ferry of Connecticut, Gilbert, Hainilton of Texas, Hitchcock J'ohuston, .Jones, Morrill of Maine, Ransom, Saulsbury, Schurz, Sprague, Stewart, Thurman, The Chief Clerk read the amendment; which was to insert at the and Wailloigh~22. . end of the first section of the House bill the following: So the amendment to the. amendment was agreed to. Provided further, Thnt the salary of the Pre ident of the United States shall be ~.ooo p er annum after the 3d day of .March, 1877, and that the appropriations The PRESIDENT p1·o tempo1·e. The question recurs· on th~ amend- mado :for tho expenses of the Pr siilontial Mansion shall be for each of the years ment of the Senator from Georgia as amended. · 1873, 1874, 1f<75, and 1876, le s than the av r3:~e amoli.nt so appropriated for the four Mi·. FRELINGHUYSEN. I should like to have that reported. years preceding the 4th of March. 1873, by roe sum of 25,000. The CHIEF CLERK. The amendment now is t.o insert at the end of :Mr. SARGENT. I a Ji: for the yeas and nays on that proposition. the fir t section of the House bill the following proviso : The yeas and nays wm·e ordered. Provided further, That the salary of the President of the United States s~~ be :Mr. l\IERRIMON. I inquire of the Chair if the amendment offered $25,000 per annum after the 3d day of .March, 1877, and that the appropnations by the Senator from Georgia contains n. proposition which is divisi made for the xpenses of the Presidential Mansion shall be, for each of the years blet 1 873~ 1874, 1875, and 1876, le s than the avera~e amount so approp:mted for each of the tour years preceding the 4th of March, 1t~73, by the sum of 25,000. . The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair thinks not. Mr. MERRllfON. If the Chair will permit me, I submit whether 1\Ir. EDMlThTDS. I do not rise to tlebate t~ propo ition, but only the first proposition contained in that amendment is not whethei' the to say that we have had thi bill in committee now, under the twenty sala~'Y of the President shap. be redt;tced i and, next, whether or not eighth rule, ever since we began it, and everybody under t:mds wha-t the expenses of the Executive Man 10n shall be reduced Y · be wishes to do, whether he understands what other people wish to The PRESIDENT p1·o tempore. The Senat01• will accomplish his do or not; and now I move that this· bill be reported to the Senate. object by moving an amendment to the amendment; but the Chair That does not cut off the amendment of my friend· from Georgia, or is of opinion that the amendment of-itself is not divisible. any other amendment that any gcntlep1an wishes to offer; but to save Mi-. lHERRllfON. Then I move to strike out the first clause, em- our doing things .over and over again, first in committee and then in bracinO' the President's salary. · the Senate, when we have all understood the bill, I move that the The PRESIDENT p1·o tem,pore. The Secretary will report the pro bill be r ported to the $enate with this amendment and the others. posed amendment to the amendment. Mr. GORDON. Doe the Senator from Vermont include this amend The CHIEF CLERK. It is proposed to amend the amendment by menU striking out the words "That the salary of the President of the United Mr. EDMUNDS. Certainly; all amendments. So that we can stand States shall be '25,000 per annum after the 3d day of March, 1877;" in the Senate exactly where we do now.t. only that we shall have made so that if amended, the amendment will read : , :>ome progr toward the end. of the attair. · Provided furtlter, That the appropriations mado for the expenses ·of the Presiden .Mr. NORWOOD. I wish to inquire whether, if the bill is reported tial Mansion shall be for each of the years 1873, 1874, 1875, and 1876, less than tho to tho Senate, a'dy other amendments will be in orderf average amount so appropriated for each o.f the. four years prececling the 4th of The PRE !DENT pro tempore. The bill will be open to amendment Ma-rch, 1873, by the sum of 25,000. in the enate after it has been reported. Mr. MERRIMON. Then the proviso will-omit so much a.S applies .Mr. HAMLIN. I am not going to oppose the motion; but I want to to the Preoident's salary. · enter my prote t, that whenever a question skall be before the _enate The PRESIDENT pro ternpore. It will. in which I do feel an interest I will obje.ct to such a -motion. 1\fr. STEVENSON. I rise to a question of order. Is that amend.. 1\Ir. FRELINGHUYSEN. Is it in order to say a word on this mo menf, in order Y Does it not interfere with existing ~gislation Y · tion i The PRESIDENT p1·o tempore. The Chair is of opinion that the The PRESIDE....'IT pro tempore. Cert:1inly; the question is debatable. amendment is in order. Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I wish to say a word in reference to this Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. We are now called upon to determine amendment which is now o-1:ere<.l, and I shall say very little. The what the appropriation for the PI·esidential Mansion. shall be for the effect of this amendment is to say to the President of the United States: next three yea,rs on a salary bill. • That is the logic of this amend~ "The Constitution prevents us from. reducing your salary to 25,000, mont. · Onasn.larybill wearetodeterminewhat appropriationswill be but we will pa-ss a law now to tak~ effect at the end of your term, needed for the next ~hree years, and to make them 25,000 each year showing that our will is that the salary shall be but $25,000 ; and we ·less than they are t his year, though the expenses may be two or three will go further tha:n that; we will reduce the appropriations to the times as much. Whit.e House 25,000 a year, so 'tS to intimate to you very decidedly, ~Ir . .A_1JTHONY. I suppose if this provision. amounts to anything, Mr. President, that we are unwilling that youshouldreceivethe com it- is binding. l\Iy friend from Georgia is a lawyer, and I am not; but pensation which Congress has voted you." It is in my opinion a moral I suppo e if this amendment amounts to anything, it prohibits Con repeal of the law . . It is doing morally what the Constitution pro gress from making above a certain amount of appropriation ; and if hibits us from doing by legislation. My objection. to reporting this Congress in its wisdom should make larger appropriations this law bill to the Senate is, that if we vote upon this amendment now, we · would be in the face of it. If that is not so, it does not amount to shall have an opportunity .of reconsidering it in the Senate; but if the anything at all. Now, suppo e the White House should burn down, bill is "reported to the Senate, the vote on it there is :final. . we cannot build a new one, if this provision would amount to any Mr. EDMUNDS. Which amendment'f thing. If it· does not amount to anything I think it would be great Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Yours. non ense for us to pass it ; if it doe amount to anything it is saying Mr. EDMUNDS. I must correct my friend. Every amendment to the Representatives who shall be elected after our seats are vacated · that has been adopted or rejected while we have been acting as in that they shall not pas certain laws: Comtnittee of the Whole may be reopened for consi'demtion when the :Mr. BAYARD. !think the Senator fromRhodelsland is distinctly bill is reported to the Senate. right. The amendment, so far as it relates to the power of this Con lli. FRELINGHUYSEN. I have no doubt n.bont that. · . gress to restrict succeeding Congres es in respect .to the appropria. 1t!r. ED:.\IUNDS. So that we have to vote again on everything in tions for the support of the Executive l\Iansionis mere bruJmnfulmen. the Senate; and if we go on in this· way in committee for three I do not say it was intended to be such; but with my high apprecia weeks we shall still be in the same category. tion of the intelligence of the soUI·ce from which it came, I can scarce Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. If the bill is reported to the Senate now, ly believe that it was intended to be in earnest. It is saying to future before a vote is taken upon the amendment of the Senator from Ver- Congresses, "Yon shall be prohibited by our action from judicious mont-- . appropriations, which shall be dictated by the circumstances under Mr. EDMUNDS. I have not any amendment ending. which you may :find yourselve placed hereafter." So far, then, as it :bh'. FHELINGHUYSEN. Then I have no objection to the bill is an attempt on the part of the present Congress to limit other Con going in,to the Senate. gresses in respect of lawful app1·op1iations, I say it is beyond OUI' The PRESIDENT pro tempo1·e. The question is on the motion of power-to use the phra£e of my profes ion, jmply ultra vi1·es-in the the Senator from V ei'ID.ont. present Congre -to attempt it; and therefore I sha).l not vote for it. :Mr. DAVIS. Wbat is the motion And, sir, I shall not vote, at this time at least, for this prospective The PRESIDENT 1n·o. tentpore. That the bill be reported to the reduction of thEl pre identinl pay. A year ago, when the subject was Senate. ... proposed, I looked at it, usittg the best of my judgment as to wh..'tt I Mr. DAVIS. I think, as part of the amendment before the Senate would say1 as a repre entative here, is a proper sum to be paid to the has already been voted on, and now comes the quare que tion as to President of the United Stat s as his salary. It was raised in great 1874. . CONGRESSIONAL RECORD~ 575 respect-almost veneration-for the character of the men by whom to the Whl.te House just as easily as we can say tha,t money shall not this Government was founded. I believed that but seldom iu human be appropriated to pay Senators and Representatives. I see no pro history had men more tried by :tffiiction and elevated by their troubles vision in the Constitution or in the law which would make any dis and their trials come together to frame a government than our fore tinction between"the two. fathers who framed the Constitution under which we live. Certainly Mr. BAYARD. Why, Mr. Pn;lsident, is it not perfectly plain that there was no disposition for idle extravagance, no disposition for when you fix an annual salary, aRd ascertain .and establish it by law, mere show. Economy and simplicity marked the establishment of you are simply doing what is customary in letting men know before their Government in every feature. And what did they do at that they take au office what shall betheircompensationduringtheir term, time, with a community of· some three inillion of poor people in the and in case of the President that it shall not be lowered or diminished scantily-populated Colonies alongtheAtlanticsea-board f What did dming his term ? But when you speak of annual appropriations upon they, at that time, fix as the prc>per pay of their Chief Magistrate V what do you ba e them Y You ba-se theappropriationupon." the neces Twenty-five thousand dollars in 1789 was no more immoderate and was sities of the year. They are required to be annual. They are not for no more moderate than 100,000 would be at the pre ent time. l\lr. four years, but for one year, ~ud each year must prescribe the amount President, the people of this co~try have, and.well may have, con required for its own purposes. ·As sugg~sted by the Senator from fidence in the moderation, the self-control, the honesty, ;md the vir Rhode Island, suppose a conflagration takes place, and part of the tue of George Washington. If at that time, in the simplicity of the equipment of the Presidentiall\:laiLSion is destroyed by fire, or a part life of that day, he conceived it right andproperthatheshould draw . of the equipment of any other of our Executive Departments, the · from the Treasury his entire salary, and expend it, together, I appre Treasmy or the State Department, is destroyed by fire ; common sense · hend, witb other money of his private resources, surely it is proper would say that in the yearwhen such an accident took place and such that an equivalent, or something near an equivalent, should be paid destruction of proper~y occurred, there must necessarily be an increased to his successors in office. · appropriation to-meet the deficit. Every one who comes to Washing I may say this more properly, if such considerations should be sup ton goes to the Execntiv~ Mansion as a matter of right. It is ke11t posed to come in, because I act with a party differiJ?g tot{) cmlo in re in order at the public cost for the benefit of the public. Every one gard to all political mea ures with the present occupant of the Execu knows that fact. It does not require to be furnished each year, and tive c'hair. Fifty ,thousand dpllars is not more than equal in its pur therefore there is sometimes in one year a great outlay, which, the year chasing power to-day to 12,500 in 1787; ancl I dirl concede, and I con..: following, is diminished because of the appropriation t-hat preceded it. cede to-dayJ that the salary of $50,000for the President of the United Therefore it is the custom in the legislation of this country to make States is a moderate, just compensation. I voted for it last spring, and annl?-al appropriations, which are based upon the estimates of tho De I would vote for it again to-day. Therefore·! shall vote against this partments, approved by the committees of each House, which are the proposed amendment, which while it recognizes the fact that under organs of their respective bodies; and they, making due e:xamimi,tion, the Constitution the salary of the President of the United States report to the Houses, and the measures are debated and the require cannot be diminished during his term of office, and therefore it is ments of each year a,re provided for by annual bills. Therefore I say, well understood that no sudden spa-sm of economy, no sudden response as this is the custom, there is no reason why, now we shoulcllook in to what is believed to be a strong public opinion on this subject, advance and sa,y that for four years to come appropriations shall only can effect anything at present, yet proposes to e:fi'ect somethins- four reach a certain limit, when, as each House would have proper control years hence. Sir) the men who shall be in this Chamber and m the over the subject when the question arises, the amount to be appropri ether House of CoHgress four years hence will be responsible for ated would be determined just as well for 1875, when that year arrives, their a-ction at that time. If the voice of the country, after this ex as it will be for 1874, when that year arrives. I am ready and willing periment of an advance in salary for four yea,rs, shall still be in favor to vote for an economical administration and an economical appro of a more rigid economy, of still greater simplicity in. the Executive pria,tion for 1874. Let it be shown that a large sum is uot required, mode of life, the men of 1877 or 1878 will be quite as competent to and I will gladly vote for the smallest sum that shall be necessary to deal with it, and to deal with' it in a much better sense of their accomplish the object. But I do not propose to say now tha,t in 1875 - personal responsibility for their votes, than we can do to-day only as much shall be spent as wa-s spent in 1874, because the Con I should like to a-sk gentlemen of this body far more experienced O'ress of 1875 will be quite as competent to judge of that, and will than I in le~slation whether such a proposition us this hae any pre have much better knowledge whereupon to judge, than I can have at cedent at all in our legislative history. I apprehend not. We are the pre~ent time. · . undertaking to fix a salary three or four years from the date at which Now, sir, one word as to the question why I voted or did not vote we vote. It is perfectly plain that if a remedy be needed it can best upou the subject of the salaries of Congress: I do not propose to be applied when the time arrives for it. You cannot reduce the pres fatigue this body by reiterating my views on that subject· I gave ent occupant's pay; the Constitution forbids tha,t; and whether it them at large, and they are.-in print. Perha_ps it would be a matter did or not I would not vote for it, because upon my responsibility as of little curiosity or interest to anybody to know what I did say on n, representative here I believe the present pay to be moderate, rea that subject; but my friend from Georgia will find that he can sonable, and proper. I voted for the increase of pay becau,se I object scarcely place my reasons for voting for or against the salary bill to this eking out of insufficient salaries by irregular allQwances. I upon the mere matter of public demand. · know such are ma friend the Senator from New Jersey, that it would be a reflection of the judges. I think, therefore, tho e matters ought to pass entirely upon the President of the United States. Sir, in the performance of out of our consideration on this bill. It will be time enongh for us duty I hope I am not to be deterred either by w:Qat may plea e or to consider whether the President's salary ought to be decreased at what may-displease the President or any other living man. I do not some period in the future. I repeat, that is the purpo e of my motion intend it a a refl.ection upon the President; I do not intend that it in this behalf at this time; that we hall, so far as members of Con-· sb.a,ll have that effect, nor do I believe that it would have that effect. gress A>re concerned, return as nearly as we can to what the law was Here I am called upon to s~y whether the present salary of $50,000 anterior to the 3d of March last. We cannot touch the President's shall be continued·after the expiration of the ·term of the present in alary so far as the pre ent term of office is concerned. If, two or three cumbent. Upon that que tion, having firm and decided convictions years hence, Congress shall deem it wise to go back to 25,000 for that the salary iS too large at present for the executive officer of the him, it will be competent to do so then, but it is unnece sary to do it Government, I shall vote unhesitatingly that, after the 4th of :March, now. 1877, the salary of the President of the United States Bhall be but Mr. Hilill.JTON, of Maryland. Legislative action mnBt be had $25,000 a year. before the next presideutiaJ. term. . Now, sir, what objection could ·the President rationally take to :Mr. :MERRL\ION. · I concede that; but we shall have time enouglt snch action f I think the time has not come when the Senate is to before then. bow down to the pleasure of the Executive in reference to the per I wish to m!lke a further remark. I thought that the amendment of fm'ffiance of its duty which does not pertain to him. While I would the Senator from Gem·gia was divisible, that it contained two distinct defer to the President in everything that pertains to his own position propositions. One was in reference to the salary of the President ; the and to the perform:llnce of his own duties, I hope never to -see the other wa.s in reference to cutting down the expenses of the Executive ti.nte when the will or the pleasure of the Executive of this country Mansion. If the e:x:penses of the Executive Man ion are too great shall shape the action of this high body. · . and it has been sug~ested here and elsewhere that they are-tlien the Mr. CONKLING. · May I ask the Senator a question before he sits amedment of my friend from Georgia is appropriate and proper, and down f I am prepar d to. vote on that jUBt as I am prepared to vote on my Mr. SAULSBURY. Certainly. proposition to strike out so much of his a.mendment as applies .to the Mr. CONKLING. I wish to a,sk him, as a lawyer rather than in President's salary. · any other character, am I to nnderstand from the Senator's observa l'llr. CARPENTER·, (Mr. CLAYTON in 'the chair.) I desire to ask tions that he affirms a a lawyer that pa,ssing a section now declaring my :£J:ien~, the Senator from Iowa, [Mr. WRIGHT,] a q_uestion in re~~d that the presidential salary shall or shall not be of a certain amount to thlB bill. As I stated the other day, my purpose 1s to follow lllm, aft-er March, 1877, is of the slightest effect whatever, any more than a as I always follow my leader in a mea ure of this kind, sure that he r olution pas ed by this body would be, or a speech made in the air, will go right, and anxious to do what is ri(Yht in the premises. It by tho e who vote for it'f · seems to me that our better way is to repeal this bill of la,st year, flat Mr. SAULSBURY. I do sa:v that the Congress of the United States and square, and do nothing else at the present time. These other may declare that, from and after the 4th of March, 1877, the salary of amendment,s may aU be very well; they may be amendments which tlie President of the United States shall be but 25,000, and it would be we would all vote for; but it seems to me that if we go to changing a valid a any law which the Congress of the United States can the salaries of other officers it will seem, perhaps, to some that we do enact, so long as it remains on the statute-book. it out of spite-that, the people having demanded that we should put . Mr: CONKLING. Of course the Sena.tor cl:umot suppose that I our own salary back where it was, we wanted to punish somebody asked him that question. I am talking about things, not about else by putting his salary down also. It seems to me that the most words. gracious way to do this thing is to do it at once, and put the salary Mr. SAULSBURY. I answered the question. back, as to ourselves, where it wa before; and when any Senator shall Mr. CONKLING. If, when 1877 comes, a majority of Congress introduce a resolution instructing any committee to report a bill here choo e to say, either by negative or posit;ive action, as the case may grading thee other salaries, from the President down, and making be, that $25,000 shall be the salary, it will be. We all know that. them in some ort relative and proper, I shall support it most cordially. The Senator need not tell me that. But my question is whether, Now, what I want to know is, whether the Senat.or from Iowa aside from what the two Houses may do when the time comes, either having charge of this bill desires us to support these amendments m; by leaving it $25,000, or making it $25,000, or saying w~at it sh.a~1 be to vote against them; and I shall follow his lead in that particular so whether, aside from what shall result from that actwn, pos1ti.ve or far as I have seen the amendments. · negative, when the time comes, the Senator means that the slightest Mr. WRIGHT. I wa,s endeavoring to get the floor for the purpose value legally is to be atta~hed to what we may say now ought to be of answe1·ing the very question that the Senator from Wiscousin asks the law then Y me. I think the safety of this bill demands that we shall vote down 1\Ir. SAULSBURY. I certainly mUBt have been very unfortunate the amendment of the Senator from North Carolina, and vote down · if the distinguished Senator fr&m New York could have understood the amendment of the Senator from Georgia a.s well. I think that me t6 a.y that an a.et which we pas ed at the last se sion of Con!,rress both of them, taken together or taken separately, are hostile to the may not be repealed at a subsequent sessio~ of Congress. Sir, I am bill, and endanger its passage; and therefore I sb all vote against all such not such a novice as to suppose that the behests of this session of amendments ; and if the Senator will allow me to say one word more Congre s are as firm as the eternal decrees. Far trom it. But here in this connection-- I am called upon, and the proposition is now presented to the Senate, :Mr. CARPENTER. Will my friend permit me to interrupt him at to declare what shall be the salary of the Predident after the 4th of that point to inquire how it is in regard to the amendment that came 1\farch, 1877; and why are we so called npon f Because at the la t from the committee and the amendment adopted on the motion of the se sion of Congress we increased the salary of the President from Senator from Maryland, [Mr: HAMILTONY] · • 25,000 to $50,000, and the public sentiment of this country has com- ~.fr. WRIGHT. So far as that amendment is concerned, I can hardly pelled the action of the Congress of the United States in reference claim to act as chairman, and therefore do not know that I can be to that bill, so far as it affects themselves, and so far, I believe, as the regarded as the leader, as my friend from Wisconsin haa kindly sug public expression ha.s been heard, it has been heard with as much gested, with reference to it. If he will allow me to make a suggestion condemnation as of anythlng else of the action of Congre s at the as to what I prefer in that connection, I will do so now. la t ses ion in enhancing and increasing the salary of the President. I have said from the beginning that my anxiety wa to have a bill I propo e, now that this question is here, to put my elf exactly squaTe passed that shall repeal the salary law of last year. If I cannot ob upon therecord, and to say that, o far as my vote shallgo, the Pre i tain the pa age of a bill that shall repe.al it in toto, providing as to den t's salary, after the termination of the pre ent term of the present when it shall take effect as to the Pre ident, as is contemplated by incumbent, sh:ill. be what it was originally, $25,000. the amendment of the Senator from Maryland, then I am ready and It ha been intimated that this would be a reflection upon the willin(J' to provide by the bill that the President shall be excepted President of the United States. Not at all. The -present President from t'he operation of the reqeal, as also the judges of the Supreme could still draw hls salary at the rate of 50,000 per annum; no one Court. If, therefore, I were left to myself, as the . bill now stands, couf Mr. .ANTHONY. I wish to know whether, after the amendment of shall have remained on the books of the Treasury without having the Senator from New York shall be adopted-if it be adopted-there been drawn against in the settlement of accounts for two years. The will then be any way in which the proposition of the Senator from appropriation for the pay of members of CongTess wa made in a Maino, [Mr. HAl\1L:rn,] which it is said I was so tmfortunate as to vote regular annual appropriation bill and for a fiscal year, because it was ag;ainst, can be brought before the Senate; for, although that is not for the pay of members of the Forty-second Cong1·es , whose. terms precisely what I wanted, it is nearer to it than any proposition I have expired on the 3d of March, 1873, and that fiscal year expired. on the seen. I should be in favor of a salary of $5,000 and mileage for mem 30th of June. Here is the language of the law, which the officers were bers of Congress, with the usual allowances for stationery, and that called upon to construe: there should also be in the bill an allowance for postaae. There is That the following sums l>e, and the same are hereby, appropriated out of any no more rea on that Senators should pay their postage than that the money in the Trea-sury not otherwise appropriated. executive officers should pay theirs, except that the 1)0 tage of the ·Then follows an appropriation in another part of the bill for the executive officers is so much greater that it would be impossible for pay of members of the Forty-second Congress, who e term expired them to do it. We send a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, and on the 3<1 of March, 1873. If it is held that the appropriation for pay the postage on it-a letter entirely on the public business, having the pay of members of Congress is for p:tyment of e~'Pen es properly no relation to ourselves- and he sends bac"k an answer, and the post incurred during the year, or for the fulfillment of contracts properly age is paid. by the Government. made within the year, then, as a matter of course, these appro 1\Ir. MORRILl,, of Maine. Allow me to ask the Senator from Rhode priations must be carried into the Treasury under the sixth ection Island whether, upon the adoption of this proposition, it will not be of the act, which required it to be done within two years after th open to amendmont, so that the Senator can move to amend it in that appropriation was made. The way in which the operation of that ~~ . sixth section is avoided is by a narrow constn1ction drawn from the Mr. .ANTHONY. Not after it is adopted. word "against :" "all balances of appropriations which shall have Mr. MORRILL, of Maine. Then you can move to amend now. remained on the books of the Treasury which shall not have been 1\Ir . .ANTHONY. It is not amendable now. It is an amendment to drawn against in the settlements of accounts." The accounting offi an amendment. It is in the second degree, as the Chair informs me. cers bold that if there is a balance of an appropriation for a given year Mr. SHER1\1AN. As this is likely to be a test vote on this ques of 100,000, and there is a draft outstanding, against that appropri tion, and as both the House bill and this amendment offered by the ation of 500, that holds up the whole appropriation until two years Senator from New York contain a proposition to cover certain balances after that draft is paid, because it is an appropriation, or a balance into the Treasury, I wish to call the attention of the Senate for a of an appropriation, against which there is a draft. The plain and moment to the law as it now stands. I have not a doubt that under obvious meaning of this phraseology is, that only so much of the the law as it now stands it was the duty of the proper accounting balance should be retained in the Treasury as is nece sary to meet officers of the Treasury Department to cover all the undrawn money the outstanding draft, and the remainder should be covered. into the appropriated for the pay of the Forty-second. Congress into the Treas Treasury. That, it seems to me, is the common-sense construction of ury on the 1st day of July last. I have the law before me. I know the sixth section of the act. that at the close of the last session of Congress Senators- among the Mr. BOUTWELL. If the Senator will allow me, the point of diffi rest my colleague and myself--examined this law when we were dis culty in aillninistration is this: that the Trea ury Department does cus ing among ourselves in consequence of the salary bill what course not know- and cannot officially know, because it has not the means we would pur ue in regard to what is commonly called the back pay. of knowing- what claims there maybe outstanding against particular We examined the law, and both concurred that this money would be appropri:ttions. The appropriatiou is not kept open because it is covered into the Treasury by operation of law, and we had the law known to the Treasury Department that there may be a draft out before us. But a decision made by the Treasury Department during standing against it; but it is kept open for two years after the last the summer, when this question of back pay was exciting the public payment for the purpose of protecting otheP departments of the Gov mind, placed us all in a veryembarras ing position. Now, sir, I wish ernment in contracts which may have been made, based upon appro to place upon the records of the Senate the law as jt stands. I shall priations, and the evidence of which has not been presented to the vote for the proposition to cover the money into the Trea ury, but I Trea ury Department. call the attention of the Senate to the law as it now stands, and. let 1\lr. SHER~f.AN . What I insist upon is that the Treasury Depart-... us see if it will be any cle~rer after we have passed this amendment, ment should carry all balances of appropriations in an annual appro alth!:>u"'h I shall vote for it. The fifth section of the act approved July priation bill into the surplus fund without exception, except such 12, 1 70, provides as follows : drafts as have been made upon them within the time to oover actual All balances of approp1iations contained in the annual approj)riation bills, and existing liabilities made during that year; and that the provision of made specifically for the service of any fiscal ye:.tr andremaimng uneA:pendedatthe the law which requires them to suspend balances against which there expira.tion of such fiscal year, shall only be applied to the payment of expenses prop· orly incurred durin<>" that year, or to the fulfillment of contracts properly made is a single draft, only requires them to suspend enough of that balance within that yen.r, aml such balances, not needed for the said purposes, shall be car to pay the draft. rietl to the surplus fund : Provided, That thl section shall not apply to appropria Mr. BOUTWELL. I did not m.ike myseli understood by the Sena tions known as permanent or indefinite appropriations. tor. The particular appropriation a-ccount is not kept open becau e Now, sir, when this law wa ::tbout to be put in force and the time the Trea my has knowledge that there is a chim outstanding against came for covering this money into the Treasury, it was said that a it, but because, upon the construction given to the statute, two years '1ecision had been made n.t the Treasu..ry Department that the money must elapse after the last payment before the balance of a particular appropriated for the pay of members of ~ongress was a permanent appropriation can be carried to the surplus fund. If that construction appropriation. I find in the regular annual estimates published in is wrong, then perhaps the only way is to remedy it by legislation ; pursuance of law tha,t the term "permanent appropriations" has a but the Trea-sury Department cannot know officially what claims clear, legn.l, and defined meaning, recognized as such almost from the there may be outstanding against particular a,ppropriations. When foundation of the Government; and that under existing law a list of two years have passed after the time of the last payment from a the permanent and indefinite appropriations is required to be pub particular appropriation, then the balance of that appropriation is lished every year in the annual Dook of Estimates. The only appro carried to the surplus fund. priations that are called permanent are three. They are published l\1r. SIIERl\!.AN. It is that very construction of the Trea-sury in this list as permanent appropriations. One is for the Smithsonian Department that I complain of. The practical operation of it would Institution; another for collecting revenue from custom ; another for be that a balance never would be carried into the surplus fund. Take arming and equipping the militia, &c. Those are the only defined this appropriation for salaries. It was made in 1872 for t.he service of permn.nent appropriations. Then there is a large claRs of what are the last fiscal year. .A.ccordingto the tatementof theTrea urythert' called indefinite permanent a.ppropriations,suchas appropi1ationsfor were about five hundred thousand dollars of this money undrawn on the interest on the public debt, appropriations for the sinking fund, the 1st of July last. Can it be said that this money shall not be car appropriations for refunding taxes illegally collected. All of those ried into the Treasury as long as within "f;wo years after that time are defined by law and specified. in the Book of Estimates. Tho idea there may be a single draft of a thousand dollars against the fund that the pay of members of Congress is in the nature of a permanent By the construction they put upon it, if there is a single outstanding or indefinite appropriation would practically defeat and nullify the draft paid. within two years after the 1st of July, 1873, against this l aw, because if the pay of members of Congress is a permanent appro fund of $500,000, t hey cannot cover it in until the end of two years. priation, then an appropriation for the pay of officers, or soldiers, or The purpose was that if there is an outstanding draft against a par sailors, or contractors, and everybody else, would be in the nature of a ticular fund, an amount sufficient to cover that draft shonJd remain permanent appropriation. applicable to the payment of the draft for two years, and then it The purpo e of this law of 1870 was to cover into the Treasury all must be covered into the Treasury. balances except those required to carry into execution contracts or But I do not know that it is necessary to debate this question. I for per onalservices, and then in those cases section 6, which follows desired to direct the attention of the Senate to it because it will be the section I have already read, provides that "all balances of appro necessary to have some provision of law made more distinctly to de priations which shall have remained on the books of the Treasury. fine the meaning of Congre in regard to balances of appropriations, without having been drawn against in the settlement of accounts for Mr. WRIGHT. I wish to inquire whether the pending 1woposition tw years from the date of the last appropriation made by law, shall of the Senator from New York iq a substitute or an amendment fa be reported by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Auditor of the the pending amendment as reported from the committeef Troa ury," antl shall be covered into the Treasury. The PRESIDENT pro ¥nnpure. The Chair understands that t4o Now, let us see upon what ground. this decision is made. Tilis sec Senator from New York varies his proposition as originally made and tionl'equires the covering in of n.ll balances of appropria. tio~s which now moveR it as a, substitute in -pln.ce of the am.e11~e11t ~~P~!ted uy 580 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. J ANUARY 12, the committee as amended by the Sena.te. Then the question will be from all opportunity of amendment. If we can take the sense of the on striking out the bill and inserting the amendment as finally Senate upon the proposition of the Senator from Maine, which I know amenued. many Senators desire to vote for distinctly, and that expression shall Mr. WRIGHT. Do I understand that that is in order 'l not be in a,ccordance wit.h the views of the Senator from New York, The PRESIDENT p1·o tempore. It is in order. then he can offer his own amendment. Mr. WRIGHT. 1\Ir. Pre ident, while I have the floor I wish to say Mr. CONKLING. I think I shall answer my friend sufficiently one thing in reference to this amendment. It is 1.'Jlown to Senators when I say that I have been here in a private and convenient pla-ce on here that perhaps no one bas been more radical on the subject of the this grand jury without meat or drink, water excepted, for a great repeal of the law of 1873 than I have been. I have been radical from many hours without qffering any amendment at all, although I shoultl the first day of the session. I was radicnJ. in my oppo ition to the like to have had the views of the Senate upon it orne time 11go, and law la t sprin~ . If it were left to myself I would make this bill an inasmuch as I have waited almost a fortnight to offer my first amend ab olnte repeal as far as I could constitutionally, and dating back ment, I hope the Senator will not grudgingly give me his vote. to tho 3d of l\Iarch last. I have, however, been satisfied from the be }.fr. LOGAN. On the last day of our e sion, I believe, I gave no ginning that such a bill could not pass. Then I have asked myself the tice that I would offer an amendment to this bill, which was intended ctnc tion, what can pass here, aml what ought I to do if I cannot get to do exactly what the amendment of the Senator from New York what I want l I was in favor of making the 1·epeaJ take effect at propose to uo, and I am glad it has been offered. In my remarks once, if I could not. date it back, upon all that we could constitution before, I said I was voting under instructions from my Legislature ally, and to declare in express words that it should take effect in a unanimous vote of that L egislature, instructing the Senators from 1877, a far as the President wa concerned. I believed at the time Illinois to vote for the repeal of the salary bill. They did not in- that amendment was offered tha,t it could be carried in this body and truct us to vote for a repeal of a part of the salary bill, but the re canieu through both Houses of Congress. peal of the salary bill, thereby meaning that we should vote to repeal Now, I desire to make an appeal to the friends of the measure; and it as far as we have the right to do under the Constitution. I said I I beg my friend from North Carolina, [l\Ir. ~lERRil\fO~] to understand would do that. This· amendment does accomplish that purpose and that I do not wish to be understood as speaking of "my friends," but for this amendment I am now ready to vote. I know it works a 1nard of the friends of the measure. I beg to appeal to the friends of the ship in striking down some of the Bureau officers and the A sistant measm·e here, to those who want some legislation on the subject, if Secretruies, but they were included in the law of :March last, and if we cannot get all we want, that we shall take the proposition as it our salaries are to be stricken down, there is no reason why theirs now comes from the Senator from New York, which is substantially should not be also. The people demand a repeal ofthat law. There the propo ition I said this mornin()' I would be willing t.o vote for. I is no use in our makin~ excuses now about this thing; there is no use appeal ont:e more to the enate-tJtat proposition being squarely be in our trying to work 1t around so as to save one Secretary or A ist fore us; we all understand what it is; we have understood from this ant Secretary, or some Bureau officer. Th11t is not complyin~ with discus ion, and we know where we stand upon it-to come directly to the demand of the people, if we merely vote in compliance witu their a vote upon it. We all understand that it is a simple proposition to demand. If that is the object of our legisla.tion, merely to comply with repeal the law of the 3d of March as far as we can constitutionally. the demand of the people, let us comply with it; and this amend If we adopt the substitute of the Senator from New York, as I under ment does it . I should like to save these gentlemen myself, but I stand, it will have that effect. cannot do it if I-vote for a repeal of the law. The Assistant Secre I repeat, I have been thorou~hly radical on this subject; I have tarie of the Treasury now receive 6,000 under the law of the 3<1 been anxious to accomplish a practical re ult with reference to it; of March last. Prior to that time they receiv d 3,500. We reduce but I am willing to forego the views I entertain, when I c:1Dllot our salaries to $5,000, and we do not want to reduce the Assistant Sec go as far as I would like to go. I know that the people whom I retaries a cent. We think they ought to receive ·6,000, although we represent here would like to have more; I know they will justify me have but $5,000. My' impression is that they are entitled to no more in getting all I can; and I feel and know that they will justify me in than we are. I would vote to increase their pay to $5,000. I would giving such a vote as will end this question and get it out of the way not vote for any more if I were voting to fix a salary for them now. of the Senate. I trust, therefore, that we shall come to a direct vote I think that is enough, if we are toreceive $5,000, anclonly that. But on this proposition,· and that we· shall know how we stand on the the people demand of ill? that we shall repeal the la.w, and this amend question, and when the result shall be ascertained, if it shall be voted ment does it. I am, therefore, for this amendment ; and it is the only down, then we can take a vote upon other questions as they may proposition I have yet seen before the Senate that does comply exactly arise, at once, without further debate. with what I consider my duty under the instructions of my Legisla M:r. MORTON. I suggest to the Senator from New York, and the ture, and, therefore, I hope the ~endment will be adopted. Senator from Iowa who has charge of this measure, that perhaps lli. HAMILTON, of Maryland. If I understand t h e condition of this repeal with r egard to other public officers and employes i too the question as it now stancls before the Senate, the honorable Senator sweeping. This amendment repeals all increase of salary provided from New York has offered an amendment to the one submitted by for by the a.ct of the 3d of farch last, not only in reference to mem me, and the difference between the two is this: his relates not a.t all to bers of Congress, which is the particular thing we are trying to get the salary of the President, while the one submitted by me andre at, but also with reference to the Assistant Secretarie , all members ported by the committee does; so that the question is fairly pre en ted of the Cabinet, heads of Bureaus, clerks, and others provided for. by this proposition whether we shall, while repealing the act passed Some of the snJ.aries that were raised by that act were confessedly in March last in respect to all other officers of this Government, also too low; we all agreed to that; and a sweeping rep~al of all the in repeal the provision in respect to the President, as far as we can by crease would not be doing justice. The increa e of pay to some heads substituting the old salary, to take effect when it can constitutionally of Bureaus and to the Assistant Secretaries of the Departments was take effect-we understand that to be now- the vote to be taken by confe sedly just, and ag~:~,inst that increase there has been no clamor the Senate. I shall vote against this amendment, because I believe whatever. The Senator from Maine [1\Ir. MORRILL] suggests to me the one offered by me goes further and is better than the one submitted . that the salaries embraced in the third section of the act were not by the honorable Senator from New York. pas cQ. upon the last da.y of the session ; that that was not the result Mr. MORTON. I will say to the Senator that upon the particula:r of the hurry and rush; that those sa.laries had been increased upon point of difference between the two, the sense of the Senate has been discussion weeks before. It was the salaries of members of Congress taken, and I suppose the Senator does not want to try it again. that was p ut through under the peculiar circumstances that h11ve so Mr. HAMILTO:N, of Maryland. I beg the Senator's pardon ; !think ~cited the country; but the increase of pay to the heads of Bureaus the sense of the Senate has not been taken. The sense of the Senate and other officers provided for in the thir I think there is no necessity for this amendment. If that salary is I trust, as I have said so often to-day, that we will vote clown tllis not precisely the sum; if it should "turn out that it wonl If an amendment be propo ed inconsistent witb one already agreed to it is a fit allowances fixed by law at the commencement of said Congress and which shall ground for it:l ~ej~ction by th~ House, but not within tho competence of th~ Speak or not ha.ve been drawn by the members of said Congre s respectively or which, hav to supp!'es a if .1t :vere against order. For w.ere he permitted to draw questions ing been drawn, have been returned in any form to the United S~tes are hereby of C?ns1s~ence Witlun the \OI:tex: of order, he ~ght usurp a..negative on important covered ~to the Treas:fr of the United States, and are de.olared to be' the mone): modifications, and suppre s, 1nstead of subservmg, the legislati•e will. ~~o~~X~t;cd Statesabso utely, the same as if they had never been appropriated as ..A.n;~e~dments may be. made o as totally to alter the na.ture of the propo ition, and 1t 1s a.way o~ getting riu of a proposition, by making it bear a sense iliftcrent from what It was illtended by the movers, so that they vote against it themselves. Mr. NORWOOD. If in order now I offer the following amend ment, to come in at the end of the words proposed to be inserted: n.1r. CONKLING. Now, I beg to ask for the regular onlor of the SEc. -. That the act approved J" anuary 31, 1873, repealing the franking privilerre Senate. There is no question before the Senate on this matter. 0 be, and the Sallie is hereby, repealed. ' ir. DAVIS. It appears to me the rule that was read sustains the decision of the Chair. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on ·the amendment ~ir . CONKLING. 'i'hat is disposed of, if my friend will allow me; to the amendment proposed by the Senator from Georgia.. nobody has appealed from the decision of the Chair. I demand the The amendment to the amendment was rejected; there being on a r egular order. division- ayes 19, noes 35. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question recurs on the adoption The PRESIDENT p1·o tempore. The question r ecurs on the amend- · of the amendment as amended, which is the amendment of the com me_nt proposed by the committee as amended, which is to substitute mittee as amended by the amendment of the Senator from New York. what ha~ been read for three sections of the House bill. Mr. ED.:\!UNDS. I want to recall to the attention of the Chair The amendment was agreed to. whether it is not possible that the ruling of the Senate to which he The PRESIDENT p?·o tempom If no further amendment be pro referred has not been correctly read. I think it appears that it was de posed the question is on the third reading of the bill. The bill as it cided that the amendment was in order in that ca e; but I am not sure. now stands will be read. :Ur. CONKLING. :Mr. President, I demand the regular order. :Mr. EDMUNDS. · 1\lay I ask a question Y Is ther e anything in the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New York demands bill now except that proposed by the Senator from New York as a the regular order. The Chair will state that his attention was called substitute for the committee's amendment to the decision of the Senate in the case of an amendment to a tax: The PRESIDENT p1·o tempcrre. There is. bill which he before mentioned. On examining the record, however 1\Ir. ED~1UNDS. What is that Y the Chair finds that on that occasion the question was submitted t~ The PRESIDENT p1·o tmnpm·e. I t will b.e reported. The object of the Senate.L and the Senate differed from the Chair by a vote of 'Zl to the Chair in directing the bill as it stands to be reported was to call 21. The lJhair ·is of the opinion that, as the Senate has already attention to that. adopted the proposition of the Senator from New York, it is not in The Chief Clerk read the fourth section of the House bill, as follows : order now to amend it; but deferring to andfollowing the precedent SEC. 4. That the Secretary of the Treasury is required to cover into the Treasury established by the Senate, to which reference has been made, the all som.s that may remain undrawn or which have been received as increasecl com pensation under th.e pro~ions of _saiu act approved March 3, 1873, and which sh:ill. Chair will withdraw his decision, and submit the question to the have or may-come illto his possessiOn by the return thereof. Senate. The Senator from West Virginia has raised a point of order upon the admissibility of the amendment proposed by the Senator ~ir . CONKLING. I did not understand the effect of previous votes from Rhode Island; and the Chair will submit to the Senate the ques if that still stands in the bill. tion whether that amendment shall be received. The PRESIDENT p?·o tempore. A motion to strike it out now will lli. ANTHONY. L et the decision referred to be read. be in order. Mr. SHERMAN. I suggest that we take the vote on the amend 1\ir. CONKLING. I move, then, to strike it out. ment and be done with it. That will take less time. The PRESIDENT p1·o terrtpore. The question is on the amendment 1\fr. ANTHONY. I have no objection to that; but certainly what of the Senator from New York. was read from Jefferson's Manual sustains me. The amendment was agreed to. 1\fr. MORTON. Let us waive the point of order, and take the vote The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question now is, Shall the on the amendment. amendment made by the Senate be engrossed and the bill read the lli. SHERMAN. That is the shortest way. · third time Mr. MORTON. Let us have the question on the amendment. The amendment was ordered to be engrossed, and the bill to be :Mr. ANTHONY. . Very well. read the third time. · The bill was read the third time. ~ir. SHERMAN. That is the easiest way. I hope, therefore, that the President will change his deci ion. Mr. EDMUNDS. I ask for the yeas and nays on the passage of the The PRESIDING OFJ<'ICER. If the Chair hears no objection he bill. The yeas and nays were ordered. will a~c~pt the s?-ggestion, to e~pedite the solution of the question, by wa1vmg a de01s10n and allowmg the precedent already established 1\Ir. .ANTHONY. I shall vote very cheerfully for the reduction of our by the Senate to be now followed. If there be no objection the own salaries. I vote with great reluctance, and only because I cannot question will now recur on the amendment proposed by the Senator effect the other purpose wit hout it, for the part of the bill which re from Rhode I land. duces the j ust compensation-certainly not more than the just com Ur. DAVIS. It occurs to me if this is to be a precedent that it pensation- given to a great many other officer by the law of last vear. had better be settled now.· Mr. COOPER. On this vote I am paired with the Senatorfrom'Ncw lli. STEVENSON. It has been settled. Hampshire, Mr. CRAGIN. If he were here he would vote "yea" and I Mr. DAVIS. No; it has not. should vote "nay." lli. HAMLIN. It has been settled :fifty times. The question being taken by yeas and nays, resulted-yeas 50, nays lli. DAVIS. lli. President, on the promise of numerous of my 8 ; as follows : friends that they will vote against the proposition, I will withdraw YEAS-Messrs. Allison, Anthony, Bayard., Bogy, Boreman, Boutwell, Buckin"' the point of order and make no further objection. ham, Cameron, Carpenter, Cha~r~er, Cla~n, cfonkling, Croziet, Davis, Dorsey, Edmunds, Fento~, Fe~ of Mic~a.n, Freline:huysen, Goldthwaite, Hamilton of The PRESIDENT p1·o tempore. The question is on the amendment Maryland, Hamlin, Hitchcock, .tlowe, Inga'lls, Logan, McCreer y, Merrimon proposed by the Senator from Rhode Island, [ Mr. ANTHO:r-.TY.] Mitchell, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Mort()n, Oglesby, Patter oU: The amendment was rejected. Pratt, Ramsey, Robertson, Sargent, Saulsbury, Schurz, Scott, Sherman, Spencer Stevenson, Stock-ton, Sumner, Wadleigh, West., Windom, and Wright-50. ' The PRESIDENT pro tempo'l"e. The question is now on the amend NAYS-Messrs. Brownlow, Conover, Flanagan, Gordon, Lewis, Norwood, ment of the committee as amended by the Senate. It will be reported. Sprague, and Tipton-8. The CHIEF CLERK. The amendment of the committee is to strike .A:BSENT-Messrs. .Alcorn, .Ames, Cooper, Cra!rln, Dennis, Ferry of Connecticut ont the fir t, seconq, and third sections of the House bill, which, as Gilbert, Hamilton of Texas, Johnston, .Tones, Kelly, Ransom, Stewart, and Thur: amended, reads as follows : man-14. So the bill was passed. That f:om and after ihe pa sage of this act the compensation of Senators, R ep rese~tativ~s1 and Delegates sb!lll be at the mteof $5,000 per annum, payable monthly, On motion of lli. Conkling, the tftle of the bill was amended so and m addition thereto the mileage and other allowances allowed by law prior to as to read : "A bill repealing the increase of salaries of members of tfe passage of the !1-Ct of Marc~ 3, 1873, in go~"' to ~nd r~~g from the seat of Congress and other officers." Government once ill each session, to be certilled ill writing by each: P.rovided 'l'l"h'\t milea.rre hall not be allowed or paid to Senators Representatives and DelS: THE CURRENCY-SPECIE PAYMENTS. gate for the fir t session of the Forty-third Congress. ' ' 1\fr. SHERMAN. I move now, in order to leave it as the un.fini hed H:;:c. 2. That the compensation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives ~hall be at t he rate of 2,000, in a~dition to his pav as RepreSentative, amounting business, that we take up the special order, unless the Senator from m all to ,000; and that of the VIce-President shah be the Sallie amount with the Vermont desires to take up the bankrupt bill. · same allowance for traveling expen es as hereinbefore provided. ' 1\fr. ED:~fUNDS . No, sir; we are not ready. I rose to move an 8Ec. 3. That all1'Lws and part.s of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this act executive session. are hereby repealed. 1\fr. SHERJ\I.AN. I move to take up the resolution reported by the And in lieu thereof to insert the following words : Committee on Finance in relation to the currency and specie payment . That so much of the act of March 3, 1873, entitled ''An aot making appropriations 'The motion was agreed to. for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the 1\!r. ED:;\·IUNDS. I move that the Senate proceed to the considera year endirig June 30, 1874," as provides for the increase of the compensation of pub licofficersandemployes, whothermemborsof Con!ITes Delegate or others (except tion of ex cutive business. the Presi~ent of the Unite u States and the justices of 'the Supre~e Court.) be, and 1lfr. SARGENT. I move that the Senate do now adjourn. the ~me 1s heroby, r pealed; and ~he salanes, compensation, and allowances of all The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from California moves o~ srud persoru , (except .as aforesaid,) sha.ll b e as fixed by the laws in force at the that the ...,enate do now adjourn. The question is on that motion. time of t~e passage of s:ud a_ct : Provtded, That mileage shall not be alloweu for the fi~t sessiOn of the Forty-thu-d Congress; that all moneys appropriated as compen The motion was agreed to; and (at four o'clock and forty minutes sation to tho member6 of the Forty-second Cougress in excess of the mileage anu p.m.) the Son~te adj ourned. 584 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. J.ANUAHY 12, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. time, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. MoNDAY, January 12, 1874. JEFFERSON W. DAVIS. The Honse met at twelve o'clock m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. Mr. SESSIONS also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1054) granting a J . G. BUTLER, D. D. pension to Jefferson W . Davis, first lieutenant Company F, Sixty-fourth The Journal of Saturday last was read and approved. New York Volunteers; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ORDER OF BUSINESS. The SPEAKER. This being :Monday, the first business in order NAVIGATIO.r li."'EAR STATE~ ISLL"'Q'D, during the morning hour is the calling of the States and Territories Mr. CLARK, of New Jersey, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1055) to for the introduction of bills and joint resolutions for reference to their appropriate money for the improvement of the navigation between appropriate committees, not to be brought· back into 'the House by Staten Island and New Jersey; which was read a first and second motions to reconsider. Under this call memorials and resolutions of time, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be S tate and Territorial Legislatures may be presented for printing and printed. reference. The morning hour now begins at three minutes past twelve Dfi>ROVEMENT OF P ASSAlC RIVER. o'clock. • Mr. WARD, of New Jersey, introduced a bill (H. R. No.1056..) mak CO:m>ITION OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY. ing an appropriation for continuing the improvement of the Passaic Mr. HALE, of Maine, introduced a joint resolution (H. R. No. 36) River; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the providing for an inC]uiry into the condition of the United States Navy; Committee on Commerce. which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on ~IE~'DMENT OF THE TARIFF. Naval.A.ffairs, and onlered to be printed. l\Ir. KILLINGER introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1057) to repeal the INTER~'AL IMPROVEME~ TS L'l li.TEW HAMPSHIRE. second section of an act entitled "An act to reduce duties on import , Mr. SMALL introduced a bill (H. R. No.1042) authorizing the Sec to reduce the internal taxes, and for other purposes," approved Juno retary of \Var to have a survey and estimates made of the cost of 6, 1872; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com removing obstruction to navigation from Lamprey and Exeter Rivers, mittee on Ways and :Means, and ordered to be printed. in the State of New Hampshire; which was read a first and second RELIEF OF OFFICERS. time, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. · Mr. KILLINGER also introduced a bill (H. R . No. 1058) for the He also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1043) to provide for continuing relief of certain officers of the late war; which was rearl a first and and completing the improvement of the Cocheco River in the State of second time, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and or New Hampshire; which wa-s read a :first and second time, and referred dered to be printed. to the Committee on Commerce. P UBLIC-LAND LAWS. SEIZURES, ETC., IN CUSTO"MS-REVENUE CASES. Mr. TOWNSEND introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1059) to provide for Mr. DAWES introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1044) to regulate the seiz a more efficient administration of the laws relating to public lands; ure and examination of invoice , books, and papers in customs-reve which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on ''· nue cases; which was read a first and second time, referred to the the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. GENERAL LAND-OFFICE. B. W. HARRIS. Mr. TOWNSEND also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1060) to reor Mr. DAWES also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1045) for the relief of ganize the clerical force of the General Land Office; which was read a B. W . Harris, late collector of internal revenue for the second district first and second time, referred to the· Committee on the Public Lands. of Massachusetts; which was read a first and second time, a.nd re and ordered to be printed. · fen·ed to the Committee on Claims. GEORGE W . BRADLEY. ESTDIATES OF APPROPRIATIO~S, ETC. Mr. TOWNSEND also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1061) for the :Mr. DAWES also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1046) in relation to esti relief of George W. Bradley; which was read a first and second time, mates of appropriations and appropriation accounts; which was read referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, JOHN SNOWDEN & SON. and.ordered to be printed. 1\Ir. TAYLOR introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1062) referring the claim SAFETY OF LIFE 0~ RAILWAYS. of John Snowden & Son to the Court of Claims; which wa-s read a Mr. q.. F. HOAR introduced a bill (H. R. No.1047) to further in first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Claims. sure the safety of the lives of passengers on railways ; which was read CAPTAIN JO~ C. BEAUMONT, UNITED STATES NAVY. a first and second time, referred to the · Committee on Railways and Mr. SHOEMAKER, of Pennsylvania, introduced a bill (H. R . No. Canals, a.nd ordered to be printed. 1063) to restore Captain John C. Beaumont, of the United States RIGHT TO VOTE. Navy, to his original position on theNa val ~egister; which was read Mr. LAWSON introduced a bill (H. R . No. 1048) to amend an act a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Naval.A.ffairs. entitled "An act to amend an act approved May 31, 1870, entitled 'An and ordered to be printed. act to enforce the rights of citizens of the United States to vote in OLD LAZARETTO TRACT. the several States of the Union, and for other purposes,"' approved Mr. SHOEMAKER, of Pennsylvania, also introduced a bill (H. R. February 28, 1871, and the act amendatory thereof or supplementary No. 1064) to authorize the Secretary of War to lease not exceeding thereto, and the act to which said acts are amendatory; which was five acres of the tract of land known as the Old Lazaretto tract, for ·read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Judi the purpose of erecting thereon a magazine or store-house for the ciary, and ordered to be printed. storage of gunpowder; which was read a first and second time, JOHN C. LEMON. referred to· the Committee on Milita.ry Affairs, and ordered to be Mr. B.A.SS introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1049) for the relief of John printed. C. Lemon; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the 'PROMOTIO~S IN THE ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. Committee on Claims. Mr. CESSNA introduced a bill (H. R . No. 1065) to repeal so much JOSEPII BARTON AND WILLIAM THORN. of section 6 of the act of June 30, 1870, as prevents promotions in tho Mr. DUELL introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1050) for the relief of J o Ordnance Depa,rtment; which was read· a first and second time, aiJd seph Barton and William Thorn; which was read a first and second referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. ·, time, and referred to the Committee on War Claims. · EQUALIZATION OF PE :rsiONS. RESTORATION OF ARlfY OFFICERS. Mr. SCOFIELD introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1066) to equalize pen Mr. LANSING introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1051) for the restoration sions in certain cases ; which was read a first and second time, re to their several positions in the Army of Captain J. Horace McGuire, ferred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be First Lieutenant Henry D. Gardiner, Second Lieutenant William D. printed. McGuire, and Second Lieutenant W. C. Reddy; which wa8 read a first ADAM W ARTHMAN. and second time, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and Mr. HARMER introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1067) for the relief of ordered to be printed. · Adam Warthman ; which was rea-d a first and second time, andre CUllRE....'ICY. ferred to the Committee on War Claims. Mr. MELLISH introduced a bill (H. R . No. 1052) to provide t:Q.e LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD. mon~y of t-he United States and to regulate the value thereof; which .w:tS read a first and se0ond time, referred to the Committee on Bn.nkr Mr. NEGLEY introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1068) to extend the juris ing and Currency, and ordered to be printed. diction of the Light-House Board; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to bo NEW YORK ~IA.!.~S. printed. . Mr. SESSIONS introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1053) authorizinrr the INTERNAL-REVE.xuE SERVICE. Cattaraugus and Alleghany India.ns in the State of New York tolease Mr. RANDALL introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1069) to reorganize the lands anu quit titl~s to lantls; which was read a first and second office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue anu to reduce the ex· 1874. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 585 pense.& 0£ the internal-revenue service; which was reacl a. first and holding the district court of tho United States for the northern ill - second time, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and trict of Mississippi; which was read a first and second time, referred ordered to oe printed. to the Committee on the J uiliciary, and ordered to be printed. ITA m-M:ADE REAL LACES. WILLIA.l\1 S. MASSEY. 1\fr. STORM introclucetl n. bill (H. R. No. 1070) to amend the duty 1\fr. BUNDY introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1085) for the relief of Wil- on h::tn\l-ma Affairs, and ordered to be printed. REVlli~UE LAWS. JACOB R . DAVIS. Mr. BECK introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1095) to regulate the seizure Mr. FREEl.IAN introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1079) for the relief of and examination of invoices, books, and papers in custom-revenue Jacob R. Davis, of Richmond County, Georgia; which was read a cases; which was read a first and second time, refened to the Com first a.ud second time, and referred to the Committee on Freedmen's mittee on Ways and 1\leans, and ordered to be printed. Affairs. JAMES ROACH. SELMA, ROl\:IE AND DALTON RAILROAD COliiPAl'ITY. Mr. DURHAM introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1095) granting a pension Mr. WHITE introduced a bill (H. R. No. 10 0) to authorize the to James Roach, of the District of Columbia; which was read a fir t payment of moneys due the Selma Rome and Dalton Raili·oad Com and second time, and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. p'llly for mail services in 1861 ; which was read a first and second time~ and referred to the Committee on Claims. 1\IRS. HUMPHREY MARSHALL. 1\IOmlOE DONOHUE. 1\Ir. STANDEFORD introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1097) for the relief of the widow of Humphrey Marshall; which was read a first and 1\fr. WHITE also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1081) for the relief of second time, and referred to the Committee on Claims. . Monroe Donohue; which was read a first aud second time, and re ferretl to the Committee on Claims. SOLDIERS CHARGED WITH DESERTION. Mr. ADAMS introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1098) relieving certain sol PES lOSS Al'ITJ> BOUNTY LA£\~S. diers and sailors from the charge of desertion; which wa.s read a fu·st ~·WHITE also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 10 2) to repeal cor and second time, referred to the Committee on Jllilitary Affairs, and tam acts and parts of acts excluding certain persons from pensions ordered to be printed. and bounty-land waJ.Tauts for military and naval services rendered previous to 1 61; which was read a first and second time and re- RELIEF OF OFFICERS OF THE AR)fY, ferred to the Committee on Claims. . ' 11fT. ADAMS also introduced a joint resolution (H. R. No. 38) amend VIOLATION OF REVE).lJE LAWS. atory of "A j oint resolution for the relief of certain officers of the Army," approvedJuly26, 1866; which was readafustandsecond time, Mr. CALD\VELL introduced a bill,(H. R. No.1083) for the relief referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be of per:'ons who. have ~intentionally and unavoidably failed to com printed. ply With certam sect10ns of the revenue laws of 1862; which was KENTUCKY VOLUNTEERS. read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Judi ciary, and oruered to oe printed. Mr. ADAMS also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1099) for the beneflt of sundry citizens of Eastern Kentucky who volunteered to aid in the Ul\TITED STATES COURTS IN l'IIISSISSIPPL protection of supplies for the Army; which was read a first and second M.r. IIOWE intl·oduced bill (H. R. No. 1084) to chango the place of time, and referred to the Committee on Claims. 586 00 -NGRES~lONAL RECORD. JANUARY 12, JO~ T. FRIEND. J.AllmS f. TRUE. Mr. ADAMS also introduced a bill (H. R. :Jo. 1100) for the benefit of 1\lr. CANNON, of Illinois, introduced a bill (II. R. No. 1118) for the .John T . Friend, of Kentucky, a soldier ofthewarof1R12; which was relief of James :M. Trne, late colonel of t he Sixty-second Illinois Vol read a first and second time, and referred to the Commi ttce on Revolu lmtcer Infantry; which was read a first and second time, and referred tionary Pensions and War of 1812. to the Committee on 1\~tary .Affairs. . JONATHAN MARTIN. SESSIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT. Mr. READ introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1101) granting a pension to l'llr. WELLS introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1119) changing the timo Jonathan Martin, of Hardin County, Kentucky, for services in the of holding the Supreme Court and providing for a session of t.he same war of 1812withGreatBritain; which was readafirstand second time, at Saint Louis; which was read a first and second time, referred to the and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and War of Committee on the .Judiciary, ~d ordered to be printed. 1812. W. II. MOORE & CO. PASCHAL M'CULLAR. Mr. WELLS also introduced a bill (H. R. ij"o. 1120) for the relief of lli. NUNN introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1102) for the relief of P as W. II. Moore & Co.J. for depredations committed by Cheyenne Indians; chal McCullar, of Bethel Springs, McNairy County, in the Stato of which was read a nrst and second time, referred to the Com.rrllttee on Tennessee; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Clainis, and, with accompanying papers, ordered to be printed. Committee on War Claims. W A.R ACCOUNT WITH MISSOURI. MR. BENJA.MIN F. SCATES. lli. WELLS also introduced a bill (II. R. No. 1121) for the relief of 1\Ir. Nl.rnN also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1103) for the relief of the State of 1\fissouri on account of ordnance and ordnance stores issued Benjamin F . Scates, postmaster of Union City, Tennessee; which was to said State by the United States during the late war of the rebel read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Claims, and lion; which was read a first and second time, refeiTed to the Com ordered to be printed. mittee on Military .Affairs, and ordered to be printed. JOHN ALDREDGE. 1\fr. MAYNARD introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1104) for the relief of MRS. MARTHA! E. NORTHUP. John .A.ld!·ed~e, of McNairy County, Tennessee; which was read a first Mr. HAVENS introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1122) granting a pension and second time, and referred to the Committee on War Claims. to Mrs. Martha E. Northup, widow of First Lieutenant Edward ·B. Northup, late of the Seventeenth United States Infantry; which w as NATIONAL ORPHANS' HOME, GETTYSBURGH. read a first.and second time, and referred to the Committee on Invalid Mr. MAYNARD also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1105) for the relief Pensions. of tho National Orphans' Home at Seminary Hill, Gettysburgh, Penn INTERNAL TAXES OX TOBACCO. sylvania; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the 1\fr. HYDE introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1123) to repeal the internal Committee on Appropriations. taxes upon tobacco; which was read a first and second time, referred ' ..,. MARY PATTON. to the Committee on Ways and_Means, and ordered to be printed. Mr. THORNBURGH introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1106) granting back SOLDIERS- AND SA.ILORS OF THE WAR OF 1812. pension to Mary Patton ; which was read a first and second time, and Mr. HYDE also -introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1124) to extend the referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. provisions of an act entitled "An act granting pensions to certain HARRISON 1\IITCHELL. soldiers and sailors of the war of 1812 and the widows of deceased Mr. PACKARD introduced a bill(H. R.No.1107)grantingapension soldiers and sailors;" which was read a first and second time, and to Harrison Mitchell; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1i:l12. referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. BRIDGE ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI. ALFRED FRY. 1\fr. GLOVER introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1125) giving the consent 1\Ir. P A.CKARD also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1108) for the relief of the United States to the erection of a bridge across the :Mississippi: of Alfred Fry; which was read a first and second time, and referred River at the town of ·canton, Lewis County, State of Missouri; which to the Committee on 1\lilitary .Affairs. was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on J. c. 1IANNU1\I. Commerce. Mr. CASON introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1109) for the relief of J. C. PROMOTIONS IN THE ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. Hannum, late postmaster of Delphi, Indiana; which was read a first Mr. FIELD introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1126) to repeal so much of and second time, and referred to the Committee on Claims. section 6 of an act entitled "An act making appropriations for tho BREVET APPOINTMENTS. support of the Army for the year ending June 30, 1870, and for other purpqses," approved March 3, 1869, as prohibits promotions and new 1\fr. COBURN introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1110) relating to certain appointments in the Ordnance Department of the Army; which was brevet appointments; which was read a first and second time, and read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Military referred to the Committee on Military .Affairs. .Affairs, and ordered to be printed. PATRICK 0. HAWES. PAYMENT OF DUTIES ON Il\IPORTS. Mr. COBURN also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1111) for the relief 1\fr. WILLIAMS, of Michigan, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1127) of Patrick 0. Hawes, late second lieutenant Forty-fifth Kentucky making United States Treasury notes a l e~al tender for duties on Volunteer Infantry; which was read a first and second time, and imports; which was read a first and second trme, referred to the Com referred to the Committee on J\lilitary .Affairs. mittee on Ways and 1\Ieans, and ordered to be printed. SOLDIERS' ORPHANS' HOl'tm. PREVENTION OF FINA...~CIAL PAJ\'l:CS. Mr. McNULTA introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1112) to donate certain ~fr. FIELD also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1128) to prevent finan military equipments to the trustees of the Soldiers~ Orphans' Home of cial panics; which was read a first and second timo, referred to the Illinois ; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency, and ordered to be printed. Committee on Military Affairs. The reading of the bill being called for, it was read as follows : STORAGE OF MANUFACTURED TOBACCO. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of lli. KNAPP introduced a bill (H. R. No.l113) to amend the revenue America i-n Oong_ress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby author ized and directed to issue, from time to time, on dema.nll, in exchange at par for laws so a<'! to permit the storage of manufactured tobacc9 in ware legal-tender nores, the bonds of the Unired States·in denominations of fifty dollars, houses ; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com or any multiple thereof; said boncls to be called three sixty-five convertible bonds. mittee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. t{) bear interest at the rate of 3.65 per cent. p er annnmJ and principal and inrerest pa:.able on demand in legal-tender notes of the Unitea States. SAMUEL GAMAGE. SEc. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is heroby authorized and directed to l\fr. BA.RRERE introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1114) for the relief r edeem said bonds on demand at the United States 'l'raasury, at the offices of the assistant treasurers of the U nit.ed States, and at such other convenient pla.C08 within of Samuel Gamage; which was read a first and second time, and the United States as the Secretary of the Trc::umry may designate for tho purpo~c, referred to the Committee on War Claims. and under such regulations a h e may prescribe; and whenever said bonds sh P.Jl be presenred for payment and paid, as aforesaid, the same shall be immediately can ANNA BRASEL. celed and stamped with the 'date of payment and the word "paid" on the face there JUr. BA.RRERE also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1115) to restore of, and the same shall bo forwarded to the Treasurer of the United States Anu the pension to Anna Brasel; which was read a first and second time, Secretary of the Treasury shall monthly cause the bonds so paiu to be destroyed in the pTesence of the Treasurer of the United States and the Register of the Treasury, and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of which destruction a memorandum or record shall be made, showing the date! flo MARY R. THOMPSON. nomination, nlimber, and date of payment of each bond, in a book to be provufud for that purpose and signed by the officers aforesaid. !lfr. CORWIN introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1116) for the relief of SEC. 3. That the Secretary of the 'Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to Mary R. Thompson; which was reafl a first and second time, and issue $44,000,000 of United States legal-tender notes, known as "greenbacks," and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. commonly denominated the "reser ve," and such further sum of lo~al- teudcr notes as may bo required to carry into effect the provisions of this act, oi such amounts DELANA HOWAP.D. as he may deom expedient, not le s than one dollar ea.cb, which, together with all legal-tcniler notes h eretofore issued, shall be reooivable in payment of all taxes, 1\Ir. CORWIN introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1117) for the relief of duties, excise.'!, debts, and uemands of every kind clue to the United States, a.nu for _D elana Howard; which was read a first and second time, and referred all claims lln!l demands against the United States of every kinu whatever, except ro the Committee on Invalid Pensions. whore the law creating such claim or tlomanil requires that the samo shall \.Jo pa.id 1874 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 587 in c.oin, ann sbn.ll be lawful money and le"'al tenner in payment of all ·public and neys of the circuit w.d district courts of the Unitecl States; which wns prha ~ .!cuts. except a aforesaid, within tba nited State~, and shall be receivable read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Judi- m pa-:puent. of all loant> made to tllo United States. Said nores shall be in tho ciary, :;1.nd ordered to be printed. · simili,ude of the l c~al - tell\lor p;roooback currency-notes heretofore issued, except tb.tt the.v shall bf'ar en their face the tlenomination or value for which they a,ro REVISION OF PENSION LA. WS. money, am\ the wonls "convertible at the option of th o b older to United States bonds bearin ~ interest at tho rat.e of three and sixty-five hundrudths per centum per an Mr. DONNAN introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1138) to amend section num," to,:rot her with appropriate vi;:?:nettes to prevent counterfeiting, and such sig 4 of an act to revise, consolidate, and amend the laws relating to natur es, checks, [lJlU numbt·rs, or other references, as may be IJ~t to prevent over pensions ; which was read a first and second time, and refc'\rred to issue or forge1·i .:s, and on tho back thereof shall be printed the p rovisions of law the Committee on Invalid Pensions. under wbic.h they ar e issued. SEC- 4. That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to apply the OCCUPYING CL.A.Il\f.ANTS. amount of tho legal-tender notes received in exchange for the bonds authorized by the first section of this act, to the extent that may lie r equired for the purpose, in Mr. ORR introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1139) for the benefit of occu tho r edemption of such of t he said three sixty-five convertible bonus as may be pre pying claimants; which was read a first a.nd second time, referred to sented for payment, and the .resillue of said legal-tender notes, rece.ived in exchange the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to .be printed. for bonds a aforesaid, in tho purchase weekly of tbe Gper cent. bonus of the United States knnwn as five-twenty bonds, each and every week after the passage of this FEES OF REGISTERS, ETC. act, until the entire issue uf said (i per cent. bonds shall have been redeemed and Mr. ORR also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1140) fixing the fees of pail!; :m1l the Secretary of tho Treasury is her eby authorized and directed to pur chase saitl 6 per cent. bonds, at tbc lowest prices he can obtain, by inviting proposals registers and receivers of land-offices in cases of contested entries; for the . :t.'llc, giving at lea t five tlays' public notice, and requesting holders thereof which was read a first and second time, :1Ild referred to the Commit to st~lte the lowest price tboy 'lri.ll take for such IJonds, payable in the legal-render tee on Public Lands. n ot.es of th e Uni ted States. JOHN CLEGHORN. Sec. 5 ~ That after the 30th day of .June, 1874, the national b:mldng associations sl1all cease to be banks of issue, and that all taxes on their circulation shall there 1\Ir. ORR also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1141) for the relief of aft~ r cease; and the Comptroller of the Currency shall, from the date afore aid, John Cleghorn, late register of the land office at Sioux City, Iowa; clw,rge to eal'..h national bank interest. semi-annually at tbe rat.e of 6 p er cent. per which was read a fu·st and second time, and referred to the Commit annum, in coin, on the amount of their bills outstantling and unredeeme-d and ho shall dctluct the amount thereof from the amount of the interest payable by tee on Public Lands. the nitetl State· to such bank on the United States registered bonds lodged to DES MOThTES RIVER GRANT. snc me the redemption of its circulating notes, and the Comptroller shall continue baH-yearly to clw.. rg o autl collect interest as aforesaid until such national bank . l\fr. ORR also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1142) authorizing the Sec sllall deposit ·with the Treasurer of the Unired States law-ful money of the United retary of the Interior to indemnify the holders of pre-emption and States sufiicicnt to r edeem all its outstanding circulation, ancl thereafter the notes homestead certificates and certificates of entry and patents upon lands o.f such nati"naJ. bank shall be r edeemed at the 'l.'reasm·y of tbe United St::btes as in Iowa within the so-called Des Moines River grant, on account of by law proviJed. failure of title and a relinquishment of the paramount title of the MICHIGAN SHIP-CANA.L. United States ; which was read a first and second time, referred to the :Ur. WILLARD, of 1\lichigan, presented a joint resolution of the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. . Legislatnre of Michigan, asking Con6>Tess for :1Il appropriation for the- survey of the :Michigan ship-canal; which was referred to the SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' HO:\-:IESTEADS. Committee on Railways and Canals, and ordered to be print~d. Mr. fcDILL, of Wisconsin, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1143) relat ing to soldiers' and sailors' homesteads; which was reau :1 first and NIA.GARA. SHIP-CA.NAL. second time, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered Mr. WILLARD, of Michigan, also presented a j oint resolution of the to be printed. Legislature of Michirrn,n, asking Congress to provide for the early RA.CHEL PHILLIPS. construction of the jeyiagara ship-canal; which was referred to the Mr. WILLI.A.J\IS, of Wisconsin, introduced a bill (H. R. No.1144) to Cornmilitee on Railways and Canals, a.nd ordered to be printed. grant a pension to Rachel Phillips, widow of Gilbert Phillips; which. TAXING LANDS OF THE U:NTIED STA.TES. was read a first n,nd second time, and referred to the Committee on ln>alid Pensions. :Ur. W .ALDRON introduced a bill (H. R. No. 112!)) giving the :MA.RTrn LAFLIN. as ent of Congress to the State of Michigan to tax all lands sold by the United States therein from and after the date of sale; which was :Mr. WILLIAMS, of Wisconsin, also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1145) 1>ead a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Public granting a pension to Martin Laflin; which was read a first and t)ec Lands, and ordered to be printed. ond time, and mferred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. WILLIAM H. DANIELS. J OHN E . COX. 1\Ir. W .ALLS introduced :1 bill (H. R. No. 1130) for the relief of 1\lr. HA.ZELTO:N, of Wisconsin, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 114G) Willi::.un H. Daniels, late collector of Apalachicola, Florida; which granting a pension to John E. Cox; which was read a first andsecol!. the claims of certain railroad companies to certain lands; which wa-s additional land district in the Territory of Idaho; which was read a read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on tho Public first and seconu time, referred to the Committee on the Public Lanilil, Lands, and ordered to be printed. and ordered to be printed. OSAGE CEDED LA.l~S. L...._DIANS IN MONTA.l.~A. Mr. PHILLIPS a.lso introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1153) to reimburse :Mr. l\IAGINNIS introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1168) to amend an act · certain settlers on the Osa.ge lands who made impro:rements on the entitled "An act to pro vide for the removal of the Flathead and other same while they were ceued, as public lands, for such rmprov~ments; Indians from the Bitter Root Valley in the Territory of l\Iontana," which was read a first and second time, referred to the Comnuttee on approved June 5, 1872; which was read a first and second time, re the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. ferred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. COBB of Kansas, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1154) authorizing proceedinrrs to be instituted in the United States circuit court for the TILFORD KUTCH Al\'"D OTHERS. district ol'Kansas to determine title to the Osage ceded lands; which Mr. STEELE introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1169) for the relief of Til was read a first and seconu time, referreu to the Committee on the ford Kutch, W. P. Davidson, and other settlers in Wind River Valley, Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Wyoming Territory; which was read a first and second time, referred SUPPLIES FOR INDIAN SERVICE. . to the Committee on Indian .Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. COBB, of Kansas, also introduced a bill (H.R.No.1155)to provide INTERNAL TAXES. for the mode and place of purchasing supplies for the Indian service; l\!r. CHIPMAN introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1170) to amend an act which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on entitled "An act to ·reduce internal taxes, and for other purposes," Indian .Affairs, and ordered to be printed. approved July 14, H:l70; which was read a first and second time, re WILLIAM C. O'BRIE:N. ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be · Mr. LOWE introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1156) for the relief of printed. William C. O'Brien; which was read a first and second time, andre GEORGE P . FISHER. ferreu to the Committee on War Claims. Mr. CHIPMAN also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1171) for the relief MEXICAN WAR CLAIMS. . • of George P. Fisher; which was read a first and second time, referred Mr. ELKINS introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1157) to provide for .tho to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. payment of certain volunteer companies in the service of the United The SPEAKER. 'l'he call of tho States and Territories having now States in the war with Mexico, a,nd in the suppression of Indian dis been complet().d, the Chair will, by unanimous consent, receive bills turbances in New Mexico; which was read a first and second time, for reference from such members as were not in when their States referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be were called. printed. DUTIES ON IMPORTED GOODS. DISTRICT COURTS IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY. Mr. DAWES introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1172) to regulate· duties on certain imported goods; which was read a first and second time, Mr. McFADDEN introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1158) to provide for referred to the Committee on Ways and l\Ieans, and ordered to be the manner of fixing the terms of the district courts in the Territory printed. of Washington, and for other pnryoses; which w:a~ read a first and second time, referred to the Comnuttee on the J udicll1l'y, and ordered W . E. PRmCE. • to be printed. l\fr. KASSON introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1173) granting a pen ion toW. E. Prince, of I owa; which was read a first and second time, SEATTLE AND WALLA WALLA RAILROAD COMPANY. and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. McFADDEN also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1159) granting the right of way to the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad and Trans JO:NATHAN BROCK. portation Company, and for other purposes; which was read a first Mr. KELLEY introduced a bill (H. R. ;No. 117 4) for the relief of and second time, referred to the Committee on the Territories, and J onath:m Brock; which was read a first and second time, and referred ordered to be printed. to the Committee on \Var Claims. He also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1160) to grant and confirm COLLECTION DISTRICT IN NEW JERSEY. to the Seattle and Walla WallaRailroadand Transp.ortation Company the tide lands in, under, and about Elliott's Bay, ·and for other pur Mr. SCUDDER, of New Jer ey, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1175) poses; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com to make a. collection district in the State of New Jerse;y; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Comnuttee on Ways mittee on the Public Lands~ and ordered to be printed. and Means. FORT REYNOLDS MILITARY RESERVATIO:N. HEIRS OF MATTHEW ALEXIS ROCHAMFOIS. Mr. CHAFFEE introduced a bill (H. R. No. 116i) to authorize the Mr. P ARSO)TS introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1176) for the relief of sale of the military reservation of Fort Reynolds in Colorauo Terri the heirs at law of Matthew Alexis Rochamfois ; which was read a tory and the Government buildings thereon; which wa-s rea,d a first first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Claims. and second time, referred to the Committee on Military .Affairs, and JAMES LILLIE. ordereu to be printed. Mr. CLARK, of Missouri, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1177) to DENVER AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. exempt J ames Lillie, of Missouri, from the payment of fifty-five dol Mr. CHAFFEE also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1162) granting the lars far postage-stamps, stamped envelopes, a.rtd funds, destroyed by right of way through the public lands to the Denver and South Park fire while postmaster; which wa-s read a first and second time, and and Pacific Railroad Company; which was read a first and second referred to the Committee on Claims. time, referred to the Committee on the Public L ands, and ordered to MRS. 1\iA.RY AJ\"N TYSON ET AL. be printed. ' SAINT PAUL AND SIOUX CITY RAILROAD. Mr. O'NEILL introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1178) to refer to the Court of Claims the case of 1.\frs. Mary Ann Tyson et al. against the United Mr. ARMSTRONG introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1163) to authorize the States; which was read a first and second time, anu referred to the Saint Paul and Sioux City Railroad Company to construct a branch Committee on Claims. from Sibley, in the- State of Iowa, to Yankton, in the Territory of ThTV ALID PENSIONS. Dakota; which was rMdafirst and second time, referred to the Com mittee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. l\fr. WOODFORD introduced a bill (II. R. No. 1179) establishing an increased rate of invalid pensions after July 1, 187 4 ; which wa reau DAKOTA CE:NTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY. a first and second time, refened to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, 1\!r. ARMSTRONG also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1164) granting anu ordered to be printeu. the right of way to the Dakota Central Railroad Company; which. STE:NOGRAPHERS !J'OR UNITED STATES COURTS. was read a first and second time, referred to the CommUtee on the P ublic Lands, and ordered to be printed. J\Ir. WOODFORD also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 11 0) to provide stenographers for the United States conrts of the northern, southern, 1\IILTON B. DUFFIELD. and ea-stern disti·icts of the State of New York; which was read a Mr. McCORJ\flCK ~troduced a bill (H. R. No. 1165) for the relief first and second time, referrell to the Committee on the Judiciary, and of Milton B. Duffield, late United States marshal for the Territory of ordered to be printed. Arizona; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com LEGAL EXPENSES OF THE GOVERI.~IENT . mittee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. Mr. WOODFORD also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1181) making an BOISE BASI...~ FLUMING COMPAl.'IT". appropriation for the payment of certain legal expenses of the Gov l\!r. HAILEY introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1166) granting the right ernment; which was read a first and second time, and refeneu to the of way to the Boise Basin Bed Rock Fluming Company, of Idaho Ter Committee on A~propriations . I'itory, over public lands of the United States, and for other purposes ; GE~RAL SAMUEL W . CRAWFORD. which was read a fi.l'St and second time, referred to the Committee · on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. 1\Ir. MYERS introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1182) in regard to the re tirement of General Samuel W. Crawford, United States Army; which LAND DISTRICT IN IDAHO. was read a first and second time, refened to the Committee on ~lili :Mr. HAILEY also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1167) to create an tary .Affairs, and ordered to be print-ed. 1874. '""-.. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. '589 MRS. 1\IARY R. ROBINSO~ . read a first ancl econd time, referred to the Committee on Railways Mr. BUNDY introduced a bill (H. R. No. 11R3) granting a perrsion and Canals, :mel ordered to be printed. to Mrs. Mary R. Robinson ; which W::1S read a first and second t irue, J.AMF.S L. BARNWELL. and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. RL~SIER introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1193) for the relief of REVOLUTIONARY CL.AIMS. James L. Barn well, late of Beaufort, South Carolina; which wa.s read ::M:r. ARCHER introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1184) to provide for the a first and second time, and re~erred to the Committee on Claims. settlement of the claims of the officers of the Revolutionary Army, CIRCUIT COURTS OF THE Ul\'TTED ST.ATES. and of the widows and children of those who died in the service; which wa read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Mr. BUTLER, of Ma-ssachusetts, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1196) . d d b . d to order and appoint the times for holding- the ircuit courts of the W ar ClaimS, an or erec1 to e prmte · United States for the fourth judicial circUit, and for ~ther purposes; EST.ATE OF J. B. .A.R3ISTRONG. which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee Mr. S.l\IITH, of New York, introduced a joint resolution (H. R. No. on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. 39) in the matter of the payment of certain moneys appropriated to He also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1107) to confer concunent juris the estate of J. B . .Annstrong, deceased; which'was read a first and diction on the circuit courts of the United States in matters relating second time. · to the revenue ; which was read a first and second time, referred to Mr. S::\ITTH, of New York. I move that this joint resolution be the Committee on the Judiciary, n.nd ordered to be printed. referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and oruered to be printed. He also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1198) to provide for the removal M.r. BUCKNER. I objecttotheresolution. If itwasintroduced by of suits from the State courts to the circnit courts of the UnitciJ unanimous consent I want to see it. I have clients that are inter- States in certain cases; which was read a first and second time, re- ested in the matter. ferred to the Committee on the Judici ar~~~anu ordereu to be priutell.. Mr. S~IITH, of New York. It is merely eJ...-planatory of a bill that He also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 11~) for expediting the bnsi- was passed by the last Congress. ne s of the judicial courts of the United States; which was reau a The SPEAKER, It does not require unanimous consent, but it first and second time, referreu to the Committee on the J udiciary, and requires a majority vote. ordered to be printed.. Mr. RANDALL. Let the joint resolutions be read, so that we may SURETIES OF JESSE J. snm:rxs. know what we are voting upon. · Mr. BUTLER, of Massachusetts, aLo;o introduced a bill (H. R. No. The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman from New York [Mr. SMITH] 1200) for the relief of the sureties of the late Jesse J. Simkiu , col state from what committee came the act of which this joint resolu- • lector of the port of Norfolk, Virginia; which was read a first and tion i explanatory Y second time, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered Mr. S~IITH, of New York. It came from the Committee on Claims, to be printeu. · and requi.reu proof of the loyalty of the claimants. This joint rcsolu- UNITED ST.ATES STE.AMER BIENVILLE. tion was not drawn by me. 1\Ir. BUTLER, of 1\Iassaclm etts, al o introd~1ced a bill (H. R. No. The SPEAKER. If the gentleman will accept a suggestion the Chair thinks this joint re olution should go to the same committee 1201) authorizing the payment of prize-money to the officers and crew that reported the matter in the last Congre~ . of the United States steamer Bienville; which was read a. first and Mr. SMITH, of New York. I have no objection, and will make that second time, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered motion. to be printed. · The motion was agreed to; and the joint resolution wa.s accordingly .ADJUDICATION OF COTTON CL.A.DIS. referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. Mr." MOREY introduced a bill (H: R. No. 1202) to transfm.·for adju- dication to the Court of Claims all claims which have been presented GEORGE L BOOK. to the Secretary of the Treasury under the provisions of the act of Mr. MOORE introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1185) to reinstate Lieu May 18, 1872, for the proceeds of cotton taken by the United States tenant George- M. Book on the active list of the Navy; which was read subsequent to June 30, H:l65; which was read a first and second time, a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Naval referred to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. Affairs. DANIEL BROWN A...."n) J.Al\IES ROBINSO~. RECRUITL~G SERVICE. lli. YOUNG, of Georgia, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1186) to dis ~Ir. MOREY also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1203) for the r elief of continue the recruiting service of the Army of the United States; Daniel Brown anti J ames Robinson ; which was read a. first and second which wa read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on time, and referred to the Committee on Claims. ·..... ·.. · Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. .AMENDl\fENT OF .AN .APPROPRIA.TION ACT. TR.ADEW .A.TER RIVER, KENTUCKY. Mr. MOREY also introduced a bill (H. R. No.1204) to amend an act entitled "An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the 1\-Ir. CROSSLAND introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1187) making an appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year appropriation for the improvement of Tradewater River, Kentucky; ending June 30, 1 72, and for former years, and for other purpo es ;" which wa read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Commit on Commerce. · tee on Claims. JA.I."\IES M. NEELY. DUTY 0~ S.ALT. ~Ir . ATKINS introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1188) granting a pension Mr. KNAPP introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1205) to repe.a,l the dutieft to J::unes 1\l. Neely, late fir t lieutenant Company C, Seventh Tennes on salt ; which was read a fir t and second time, and referred to the see Cavalry; which was read a first and second time, and referred to Committee on Ways and Means. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. CHARLES J. SANDS. A.I.~TIIONY L.AWSON .A1'.'1> THOMAS A. BREWIS. Mr. WOODFORD introuuced a bill (H. R. No. 1206) for the relief of Mr. HUNTON introduced a bill (H. R. No. 118!:)) for the relief of Charles J. Sands, of Brooklyn, New York; which was read a first and Anthony Lawson and Thomas A. Brewis, and their heirs; which was second time, and referred to the Committee on Claims. read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Claims. J.A.i\IES W. BOWEN. LANDS SOLD FOR DIRECT TAXES. lli. KILLINGER introduced a bill (H. R. No.1207) for the relief of 1\Ir. HUNTON also introduced a bill (H. R. No.1190) for the relief of James W. Bowen, late provo t-mar hal of the tenth congres ·ional dis owners and purchasers of lands sold for direct taxes in insurrection trict of Pennsylvania; which was read a first and second time, referred ary State ; which was read a first and second time, and referred to to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. the Committee on Revision of the Laws of the nited States. PROTECTION OF PERSONS OF FOREIGN Bl.IlTH. PASSE £~GERS ON STE.AM-VESSELS. Mr. NEGLEY introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1208) to protect persons Mr. BURLEIGH introduced a bill (H. R. No. 1191) to amend "An of foreign birth against forcible constraint or.involuntary servitude; act to provide for the better seomity of life on board of ve scls pro which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on pelled in whole or in part by steam, and for other purposes," approved the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. :February 28, 1871; which was rearl a first and seconu time, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. LIQUOR TRAFFIC. Mr. MELLISH, by unanimous consent, presented the following 1\I.AJOR C. S. UNDERWOOD. petition; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Mr. 1\IA.cDOUG.ALL introduced a bill(H. R. No.l192) for the relief Labor, and ordered to ba printed in the Co~GRESSIONA.L RECORD. of the estate of the late Major C. S. Underwood, paymaster United States A.rmy; which was read a fir t and second time, and referred to To the United States Senate and Hottse of Representatives": the Committee ou Military .A.ffairs. The undersigned, citizens of the United States, respectfully ask you to provide for the appointment of a commission of inquiry, of five or more competent per ons, FREIGHT RAILWAY, whose dutv it shall be, first, to inquire and take testimony aa to the results of the traffic 'in alcoholic liquors, in connection with crime, pauperism, the public ]l,fr. HURLBUT introdticed a bill (H. R. No. 1194) chartering a health, the moral, social, and intellectual well-being of the people; s cond, con double-track freight railway from tide-water on the Atlantic to the corning prohibitory legislation in M..1.ine, M..1.ssach?Setts, aucl other States of th~ Missouri River, ~ml to limit the rates of freight thereon; which was Union, and its effect-s upon intomperance; and, thlrl, to recommond wha.t ncldl. ' 590 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. JANUARY 12, . tionalle&islation, if any, would be beneficial on the part of Congress to suppress, the first place all such papers to the Committee on Claims instead of in the spnere of national authority, the traffic in alcoholic li9:uors as beverages. On behalf of the members and congregation of Saint P auls Methodist Episcopal to the Committee on Appropriations. church of New York City. CIIA.....' both to the House and the country, to have the principle iuvolvetl in man Smith, John Q. Smith, Starkweather, Stone, Storm, Stowell, Swann, Waldron, Wbeelt'r, Whitchon e, Charles W. Willard, Charles G. Williams, .John M . S. Wil it discus ed. liams Woofl, :mu Woodford- 82. Mr. KELLEY. The resolution has been llefore the House and the KOT VOTIXG-Messrs. Banning, Barber, Barrer a, Bromberg, Clem"nts. Clinton country for three or fom·weeks, and, as I know, has been very largely L. Coho, Creamer, Crooke, Eldredge, John '1'. Harri. , Gerry IV. Hazelton, John W. discussed. I would rather have a vote on it. Hazelton, IIooper. Hurlbut, Jewett, K ello!!;r, Lamar, L amport, Lotlaml, 1\Iartin, McKee, McLean, Pa.rsons, Pelham, Phillips,P:ike, James H. Platt,jr., Purman, P.an Mr. WOOD. With the permission of the gentleman from Pennsyl sier, Rawls, William R. Roberts, James C. Robinson, Rps , Milt.on Sayler, H enry vania I desire to make a remark. Since the gentleman introduced J . Scudder, Georgo L. Smith, J . .Ambler Smith, Snyder, Speer, Stephens, St. .John, his resolution it is understood that the Tr~asury is in a condition that ~YE,~~%'!ll~~~: fVn~~~~~:ills, Whiteley, George WillarJ. Ephraim K. Wilson, it can avoid not only taxation but also lhe temporary loans proposed in this ·resolution. Therefore, I submit to him whether he had not So (two-thirds not voting in f:1vor thereof) the rules were not sus better divide the resolution, so as to take the sense of the House on pended. the first part of it, to which I am sure nobody would object, and lay During the roll-cn.ll the following an:pouncements wpre made : over the second . l\ir. HUNTON. My colleague, Judge llA.Rms, has been calleu home .Mr. KELLEY. I would prefer taking the sense of the House on the on account of illness in his family. re olution as it stands. I call for the question. 11r. STARinVEATHER. My colleague, l'.Ir. KELLOGG, is absent on .Mr. GARFIELD. Will the gentleman from Pennsylvaniaallowme account of severe sickness in his family; if present he would vot6 to make a suggestion Y He must know that everybody recognizes the "no." very great importance of the subject which is brought up by his 1Ir. RAlWALL. I desire to announce that my colleague, Mr. resolution ; and I am sure that no one would be readier than he to SPEER, is necessarily n.bsent. debate this que tion and show the reasons for his opinions on this as ENROLLED BILLS SIG:NED. on all other political topics. Therefore, I hope he will allow a debate on the very important issues involved in his resolution. I appeal to lli. D.A.RRALL, from the Committee on Enrolletl Bills, reported the gentleman from Pennsylvania to consent to this. that the committee had examined and found truly eurollau a bill of 11r. KELLEY. There is a great deal of business pressing upon the the following titlo; when the Speaker signed the same: Hou e, and there is considerable anxiety upon the part of the coun An act (H. R. No. 434) making an appropriation for the legislativ6 try to know the sentiments of the House upon this question. The expenses of Colorado Territory. · Committee on Banking and Currency and the Committee on Ways REVEXUE EXPE~ffiiTURES . and Means have bills before them which will come before the House Mr. HOLMAN. I ask for action at this time upon the r esolution at an early day and invite the amplest discussion. Idonotwish that which I send to the Clerk's de k and do ire to have read, aml I move the resolution, which is an expression of the sense of the House in that the rules be suspended and the resolution passed. response to the demands of the Secretary of the Treasul'y-- The Clerk read as follows : · lli. COX. Is debate in order Y Rcsolvecl, That in the judgment of this House there is no necessity for increased The SPEAKER. It is not, except by unanimous consent. t:l.xation or for an illcroase of tho public clebt by a further loan if there ball be Ur. COX. Then I object to uebate, unless.it is to be made geneml. severe economy in the public e:x.pcnilitures; an:i in view of the condition of the national finances this House ·will reduce the appropriations anu public e.:ryendi ~ir . KELLEY. So do I; and I call for the question. tures to the lowest point consistent with a proper alimi.n.istration of public affairs. Mr. POTTER. Will the gentleman allow me to state that the manner in which 'he in ists ori getting at this vote-- Mr. BECK. I call for the yeas and nays on thn.t resolution. Mr. KELLEY. ·wm the O'entlemanfrom New York [11r. Cox] please lli. MAYNARD. I suggest to the gentleman that he add,'' and if interpose his objection to debate If he does not, I must interpose there shv.ll be geneml prosperity through the country." it for him. Mr. RANDALL. Prosperity is coming rapicliy. The SPEAKER. Debate being objected to, it can oniy be pro- The yeas and nays wero ordered. ceeded with by unanimous consent. 1Ir. GARFIELD. I ask the gentleman to modify the first clause of Mr. KELLEY. I demand the yeas and nays on my motion. that resolution so as not to make the absolute statement that no The yeas and nays were ordered. increase of taxation in an:y way is needeU, but to so word it as to lli. CONGER. I ask that the resolution be again reported. declare that we will do everything we can to prevent the necessity The rc olution was ao-ain read. of an increa e. .Mr. HEREFORD. WouJd it be in order to move a 'Substitute¥ Ur. BECK. There is none. The SPEAKER. It would not. l\1r. GARFIELD. I want to ask the gentleman "from Indiana [Mr. .Mr. POTIER. I rise to make a parliamentary inquiry. Is it in HOLMA.l.~] if he means to say that we do know now thn.t we can cut order to now move to refer this political conundrum to the Commit down the appropriations o as to meet the present emergency without tee on Ways and Means f any taxation. I do not know it; I wish I did. The SPEAKER. The Chair does not regard that as a parliamentary Mr. IIOL'J1,1AN. I think the House can safely say to the country inquiry. that no further taxation is necessary. 11r. BECK. Would it be in order to move that the House do now Mr. DAWES. I hope the gentleman will propose to reduce the adjourn expendit ures to the current receipts, whatever they may be. The SPEAKER. It wouJd. l\Ir. DECK. I object to debate. Mr. DECK. I make that motion. I wish to put a stop to this 1Ir. MAYNARD. I suggest to the gentleman that he move to amend humbug, if possible. the rules, so that our appropriations shall be reuuced to the lowest The question was taken on 11r. BEcK's motion, and it was not agreed point consistent with a proper administration of the Government. to. The question was taken on Mr. HOLMAN's motion; and there were Ur. SCOFIELD. I wish to ask my colleague [11r. KELLEY] whether yeas 221, nays 3, not voting 62 ; as follows: he will accept in the last clause an amendment that the deficiency be YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Albert, Albright, Archer, .Arthm, Ashe, Atkins, Averill, made up by retrenchment and economy ' Banning, Barnum, Barrere, Barry, Beck, B ~~o l e , BcTI, Berry, Diery, l:Hanu, Blount, Bowen, Bradley, Bright, Brown, Buckner, .Hu.f:linton, Bundy, Burchard, Bmleigb, 11r. KELLEY. I want a vote on the resolution as submitted by Burrows, Hoderick R. Butler, C:lln, Caldwell, Cannon, Cason, Cessna) .Amos Clark, me ; not on any other rrentleman's resolution. jr., John B. Clark, jr., Freeman Ularke, Clayton, Clements, Clvmer Stephen .A.. The question was taken; and there were-yeas 155, nays 82, not Cobb, Coburn, Comingo, Conger, Uook, Corwin, Cotton, Cox, Crlttom\cn, Urock.er, voting 49; as follows : Crutchfield, Cmtis, Danford, Davis, Dawes, .Do IVitt~ Dobbins, Donnan, Duell, Dun nell, Dmha.m, Eame , Eden, Elliott, Farwell, Fiehl, Fort, Fo ter, Fryo, Garfield, YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Albright, Archer, Arthur, Ashe, Atkins, .A. verill, Barry, Giddings, Glover, Gooch, Gunckel, Eugene Hale, Hamilton. Hancock., llarmer, Bass, Begole, Bell, .Berry, Biery, Blount, Bowen, Brown, Buckner, Bunlly, Burrows, Ben,jamin W. HaiTis, Henry R. IIa.rris, Harrison, Hatcbert,..... Raven.<'l, .John B. TienjaminF. Butler, RoclerickR.Butler, Uain, Caldwell, Cannon, Cason, Cessna, .Amos H awley, Jo eph R. H awley, Gerry W. Hazelton, H endee 11.erc:ford, Hc=1lon, Clark. jr., John B · Clark jr., Freeman Cla-rke, Stephen .A.. Cobb, Cobm-n, Cominrro, H ersey, E. Roc1.cwood Hoar, Holman, Hooper, Ho k.i.ns, Hong_!! ton~ !:fow'?L Hub .Von~er, Cook, Cor .vin, drittenden, Crossland, Crutchfield, Cnrtis, Danford, D arriill, h ell, Hunter, Hunton, Hurlbut,· Hyde Hynes, Kas on, K elley, .h.tmuau, Kiuin..,.er, DaVIS Dobbind, D onnan, Duell, Dnllllell, Durham, Eden, Elliott, Farwell, Field, Knapp, Lamison, Lansing L awrence, L awson, L each, Lou~~ridge , Lowe, Lown:i?.s, Fort, Freeman, Glover, Harmer, H enry R . Han·is, Hatcher, Havens, John B. Hn.w L uttrell, Lynch, Magee Marshall, Martin, Maynard, .McCrary, .A.lexantlcr . (ey, lL.'tys, Hereford, Hersey, Holman Houghton, Howe, Hubbell, Hunter, Hunton, McDill, James IV. McDill, McDougall, McNult..'t, Merriam, :Milliken, Mills, Mitch Hyde, Hynes, Kelley, KendaJ.l, Killin1 ger, Knapp, L::tmison, L::m.sill"', Lawrence, ell, Monroe, Moore, Morrison, Myers. Neal, Negley, Nesmith, Niblauk, Nunn, Leach, Louj!hridge, Lowe, Lownde , Luttrell, L ynch, Magee, M:l.rslillll Mc-.Junkin, O'Neill, Orr, Orth, Packard, Packer, Hos e :~. W . Parker, Isaac C. Parker, .Parsons, UcNnlta, Mil.lik.eu. :Mills, Monroe, Moore, Morey, Myers, Neal, Negley, Nesmith, Pelham, Pendleton, P erry, Phelps, Phillips, Pierce, J Thomas C. Platt, P olunu, · Niblnck, Nunn, ONeill, Orr, Orth, Packard, Packer , l'arr , Hosea. w.-parker, Isaac R-andall, Ransier, Rapier, Ray, R ead, Rice nichmonu, Robbins Ellis H. Rol>or· , V. Parker. Pratt, lland:ill, l{apicr, Read, Richmond, Robbins, Jame W . Robinson, James W . Robinson, Rusk., Sawyer, Henry B. Sa.yler, Milton ayler, Jo!:m G. Sc' ll Rusk, H enry n. Sayler, Isa.M \V. Scudder, Sone1-, Ses ions, Shanks, Sheats, Sheldon, maker, Scofield, Isaac W . Scudder, Sessions, Shanks, Sheats, l:>heluon, Sherwood, Sherwood, L. D. Shoemaker, Sloss, Small, William .A.. Smith, Southard, Sprague, Lazarus D. Shoemaker, Sloss, Small, .A.. H err Smith, H. Boardman Smith, .John Q. Stanard, Standeford, Strait, Strawbridge, Taylor, Thornbmgh, Todu, Townsend, Smith, Southard, Sprague, Standeford, Starkwe:~.thor, Stone, Storm, Strait, Stmw T\Iler, Vance, Waddell, Wallaec, Jasper D. Ward, Marcus L . Ward, Wells, Whlte, bridge, Swann, T aylor, Thornburgh, Todd, Townsend, Tyner, Vance, \.Yad:.lell, Whitehead, Whitthorne, Wilber, Willi:J.m Williams, William B. Williams, Willie, Waldron, Walls, .Jasper D. Ward, IVells, White, Whitehead, White house, Whit James Wilson, Wolfe. Woodworth, John D. Young, and Pierce M. B. Young-155. thorne, Wilber, Charles W. Willard, Charle G. Williams, John M. 8. William , N A. YS-:Messrs. A.lbeJi·, Barnum, Beck, Blancl, BrruUcy Bright, Buffinton, Burch William Willi:1ms'-William B. Williams, Willie, James Wilson, \Volfe, WouJ, ard, nu.rlei,:;h, Clayton, Clymer,_ C~tton, Cox, Crocker, Crounse, Dawes, DeWitt, Woodworth, John lJ. Young, and Pierce M . ll. Youn_g- 221. E :lmes. Foster, Frye, Garfield, Gulilin;rs, Q{>och, Gunckel, En_gene Hale, Rob ~rt S. NAYS-Messrs. Bsrber, Hays, and William .A.. Smith- 3. Hale. IIamllton, Hancock, llen,jamin W . Ranis, II::.n.:.i.a,on, Hatliorn, Joseph R. Haw NOT VOTING-Messr s. Ba s, Bromberg, BenjallllD F. Butler, Clinton L . Cobb; ley, Ilen Smart, George L. Smith, J. Ambler Smith, Snyder, Speer, Stanard, Stephens, St. r esolution; which was read, and referred to the Committee on A<; J.'l:\n, Stowell, Sypher, Thomas, Tremain, Wallace, ¥arcus L. _Ward, Wheeler, counts: Whiteley, George Willaru, Ephraim K. Wilson, Jeremrah M. Wilson, and Wood ford-62. Resolved, That the Committee on Private J,ancl Claims be allowed twenty-fh·e dollars for statiunery. u:1u that the Committee on Public Exvenilitur s be alluwoo So (two-thirds voting in favor thereof) the rules were suspended ~n dollars for stationory. and the resolution agreed to. REDICK M 1KEE. During the roll-call the following announcements were made: . Mr. CLAYTON, by unanimous consent., introduced a bill (H. R. No. lli. RANDALL. I desire to state that my colleague, Mr. SPEER, IS 1212) for the relief of Redick McKee; which was read a first anu necessarily absent · if here he would vote " ay" on this question. second time, anu referreu to the Committee on Claims. 111r. GA.RFIELD. I vote ' 1 ay" with a reservation as to the first clause; I vote ''ay" on the resolution, but! have doubts about what TAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL. appears to be a preamble. 1\Ir. HALE, of Maine. The House seems to be so animated by a sen Mr. HAWLEY, of Connecticut. I have one more resolution upon timent in favor of economy that I proro e to give gentlemen an oppo\ this subject which I send to the Clerk's desk ; and I move that the tunity to illustrate it now by actual retrenchment-. I therefore moyo rules be suspended, and that i t be passed. that the Hou ·e resolve itself into Committee of the \Vhole on the Mr. GARFIELD. I suggest to the gentleman that ~e :;tllow.us to naval appropriation bill, and pending that motion I move that all gen go into Committee of the bole on the naval app~opnn,twn bill, so eral debate be limiteu to one hour after the consideration of the l>ill that we may go on with the work of economy practwa.lly, rather than is resumed in Committee of the Whole. I believe from the indica theoretically. tions given to me that that will be ample time for general tlehate. The Clerk read Mr. HAWLEY'S resolution, as follows: The question was taken upon the motion to limit debate ; and it was Resolved, That, in the opinion of this House, the expenditures of ~e J?.ation can agreed to. antl sboultl be so reduced anu regulated that they can be met by~eeXlStin_g taxes; and in no event should there be an increase of either interest-bearmg or non-mterest The question recmTed upon the motion to go into Committee of bec to meet its wants, its present or increased ordinary expenses, if this fied with what we have done here, nor is he satisfied with the existin(J' House should think proper to maintain, without change or abate Navy; and he thinks, owing to the condition of affairs, and the war': ment, the po i.tion in which we have heretofore stood in support of like sp~t _which has been manifested in Spain by the minions of that the great interests now dependent upon it for support. I was, there power, 1t ~ nece ary we should make these lal'ge appropriations. fore, a little surpri ed to hear my honorable friend, who comes from The question aro. e in the committee, I recollect, when this bill was a community embracing a lar~e proportion of the ablest financiers of before the comiD.lttee, as t.o whether we would OT not put in commis the country, advance tile opmion that we were in a condition of sion the vessels now lying in Philadelphia Harbor, which involved bankruptcy. about $1,000,000; and I srud to the Secretary of the Navy at the time, I wish gentlemen tounderstand thepo itionin whichlhave always if he woulcl come before the committee and say that there was neces stood in reference to this naval appropriation bill, and all similar sity fo~ ~utting tho. e ve sels in commission I waB prepared to vote bills mak--ing appropriations for the legitimate wants of the Govern that milhon dollars if necessary for the wants of the service and the ment in the construction of its public improvements and in the doing exigencies of the country. But, sir, we had no direct recommenda of whatever may be necessary to carry on this Government upon a tion of that sort, and it was the only thing which deterred me from Jiberal scale. I believe not only that it is within tho power of this voting f.or the additional million dollars; for I would have voted for Government, but that it is wise and judicious, that we should not itifit had been urged and insisted upon by the Secretary of the Navy. m:1terially change the course we have heretofore followed in foster l\fr. Chairman, when war is imminent, when we are so complicated ing all the great interests upon which we are so dependent. that it is necessary for the American people to fight, I am ready to Another of my honorable friends on this floor-a. gentleman from my vote the money of this Government freely, if it be necessary to main own State, [Mr. .ARcHER,] whose opinions as a member of the Naval tain its cbara{Jter and dignity. I would vote millions of dollars if the Committee are, I know, always founded upon careful examination same complications existed now which made it probable that we were objects to this bill, if I understand him correctly, upon the ground to have a conflict with Spain. I would have said, so far a~ I am con that we have not gone far enough in our estimates of the proba.ble cerned and my individual vote is concerned, "Ask whatever is neces wants of the Navy. He wants a hrge increase of the Navy. I feel sary to maintain the character and dignity of the Government and bound just here to say that I am not prepared for any large increase you shall have it." of the Navy at the present·time; and I will remark in general terms Now, Mr. Chairman, this Cuban matter has given rise to some uneasi that I am utterly opposed to any increa e of the Navy which shall ness. My honorable friend from New York, [l\fr. Cox,] in the speech operate hereafter as a tax upon the people, whom we all know are he made the other day, took occasion to say that the gTeat harbor of taxecl heavily enough already. I would not burden the people to New York was without defense; that if a foreign power were to get into keep afloat a navy which could compete with those of Great Britain the harbor they would find it in such a condition as not to be capable and other nations of the same claBs. which the gentleman no doubt of making any successful resistance. That I understand to be the had in his eye at the time he made his ~peecb. opinion expressed by the honorable gentleman from New York. lean Mr. ARCHER. With the gentleman's permission I will say that only say,. from information with which I have been furnished by the he misconstrues my remarks. So far a~ they were applicable to this heads of Bureaus in the Navy Department, by high officers of the bill, I meant to say that the appropriations made in the bill cannot Government, that by reason of appropriations made for interior de run the Navy as it now stands; and that a deficiency bill will inevi fense, and for the defense of our great harbors, that if 1:1uch an attempt tably be necessary to make up for what should have been appropriated were made, while it might be possible a hostile fleet .might go into in this bill. that harbor, it wa not very certain it would eveT come out again. I Mr. SW.ANN. Now, l\Ir. Chahman, I am not expressing the opinion do not think the thing would be possible; and I thought it a subjecij that upon the estimates submitted in the bill we shall be able to run of just remark that a gentleman occupying the high position he does the Navy upon the scale which has been suggested by my honorable as a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs should have ex friend. But from a careful examination by the heads of the DepaTt pre sed an opinion which might have been an inducement perhaps to ments and those who are immediately connected with the details of foreign powers to try whether or not they could ri k the experiment. this bill I am not prepared to say th:.::a,t we may not maintain the e I believe New York at this day is prepared for any such emer()'ency. estimates. At all events I consider it my duty as a member of the A foreign enemy would find there, in torpedoes and in the pr~p&a Committee on Appmpriations to accept whatever reduction has been tion neces ary to give protection to that harbor, although these prep offered by the maJority of that committee. I will do them the justice arati?ns may not l;le as complete as they are likely to be lb.ereaftel", to say that they took up this whole subject in a spirit of economy, that 1t would be difficult to penetrate into that harbor and make an with a sincere and single purpo e to reduce the expenditures of this effective hostile demonstration against the city of New York. Government. This is the spirit that will contTol their. policy, not ~fr. Chairman, the Cuban matter appears to have produced a sort only in reference to this bill, but to all other great measures that will of panic. I have bad something to do with it in time past, when I engage the attention of the committee. happened to be a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. I Just heTe I feel it my duty to recognize the valuable services of the have expre sed my views at large on that subject; and while I should honorable gentleman from Maine, [Ur. HALE,J who reports this bill like to see that community free and independent under its own gov and takes charge of it in this House. The Committee on Appropria ernment, I was not prepared at that time to vote for the resolution tions are largely indebted to him for the zeal, energy, ability, and offered by the gentleman from New York, [1\h. Cox;] and I was not intelligent peTsevemnce with which he labored in the preparation of prepared then to recognize the belligerency of Cuba, beca.use I the bill. He has singled out the various ohjects of appropriation and believed such a measure would have resulted in war in forty-eight made such recommendations as have enabled us to act advisedly and hours. And what would have been the effect of that warY Why, sir, with proper circumspection. I have found in that committee entire our commerce would have been exposed to the mercy of Spain. I accord in the effort to reduce the expenditures of the Government; believe that such a war, no matter how controlled, would have entailed and I will say for myself that, although as one member of the com millions of expense upon this Government. It would have cost more mittee, I am not prep::t:red to promise that these estimates can be main than the honoTable gentleman from Maryland [1\fr. ARCHER] would tained or that we shall be able to make the large recluctions proposed require to build up his whole Navy. I am satisfied that the people of in this bill, I for one am disposed to accept tho measures offered here, this count:r·y are not prepared for any such action on the part of this beca,u e I believe them to hav"' been offered in a spirit of honesty, with House. We have had enough of war. a single-minded determination to reduce if possible the expenditures It would have had, sir, another effect, which I duly weighed at the of this Government. time when this re olntion was presented here for the sanction of the My honorable friend from Maryland [Mr. ARcHER] spoke of the House. It would have had the effect of building up a power there exi~ency of the occa ion. He spoke of the precarious position in that would have been felt in this House. For if you recognize the which we stood in regard to foreign nations. He was afraid we were independence of Cuba, or the belligerency of Cuba, you are erecting on the verge of another war. He believed we were so complicated that government into an independent government, or are putting it with Spain that in all probability war was imminent and might come under the pmtection of the United States; and then, sir; it would UflOn us at any moment. I considered that as an expression on his have been inevitable that Cuba should be represented upon this floor. part of some knowledge, of information which has not yet come to this I was not prepared to counten:mce the infusion of such an element House. My honorable friend fl'Om Pennsylvania, chairman of the into this body, because I believe it would have been adverse to the · Committee onNavalA:ffairs, [Mr. ScoFIELD,] as stated in debate the interests of tb_e country and adverse to the principle upon which this other day, was in pos ession of information which it would have been Government has been established and worked heretofoTe. convenient foT the House to have had before legislating on the sub I am not here, fT. Chairman, to say that I have approved of all ,ject which was at that time pending. It would have been convenient that has been done by the State Department in reference to Spain. I for the House to have been put in possession of that information, and might have thought that that Department might have acted more we might have aoted more advisedly than we did when we came to rigorou ly with that power. I might have been more exacting. But vote on this subject. I now put the que tion to my honomble friend I do say, and not because I am a member of this House, but because from Maryland, wbetheT any information has come to him, as a mem I am one who looks closely into the material inwrestsof the country ber of the Naval Committee, which leads him to believe our compli where no question of power is involved as well as its honor, that cations 'vith Spain are such that we may be precipitated into a war at although outrages were peTpetrated by Spaniards in Cuba, although any moment our citizens were massacred in cold blood, while I might have de Mr. ARCHER. None such has come to the committee to my knowl manded reparation for every man that was struck •lown in that unfor edge. tunatem acre, I should have endeavored to manage it with the same llir. SWANN. Then I unde~ tand my friend to express the opinion caution and the same deliberation that characterized the acts of the these naval estimates ought to be greatly increased. He is not satis- Secreta~·y of State in relation to this important question. 'I believe, 38 594 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. JANUARY 12, sir, that he has conducted this whole :tffair in the s-pirit of a Chris whatever amount of money it needed in the cour e of a vety short tian statesman. And I say that boldly, not that I wish to shield him time-every dollar neces ary to extricate it from the emergency in from censure, but because I believe he bas been trying to do his duty; which it was placed. That i all I wish to say upon that point. and by the re ult, so far as it is known to this House, I beliove he Well now, 1\fr. Chairman, I am aware that this panic has disturbed has already aved this country, by his judicious management in. ref values, not only in the city of New York, but in my own city and erence to these complications, millions upon millions of money that throughout the country. It has deranged all the operations of tra his flag, and the right of the American citizen, under the protection The circumstances which have constrained the D epartment to this unusual of' his flag, to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, the repre activity and consequent expenditure are known to you and to the country. The fact that they occurred during the recess of Congress made it necessary that I sentatives of the democratic party on this floor did not hesitate to should myself assume the responsibility of prompt action, relying upon the wisclom give their sanction and approval to the measure. ancl justice of the people and their representatives for support. May I pause here, sir, to ask those who have the ear of the Admin I have no~ as yet excee~ed the. appropriatio~ for the cmTent :year, but these istration, has that emergency and duty passed V From my own mea-sures, With the cost of preparmg, transporting, and concentrating everything neces a;ry w carry them out, have alrea-dy ::tlmostexhausted tho money: of the work observation I would answer no. But it would seem, in tb,e professions ing Bureaus of the Department, and these must be supplied at onco 1f the work is now being made by the party in power, that they answer affirmatively. to go on. The present bill is said to be in the interest of economy. .A.nd the The cost of. putting_our iron-clads in conditio~ for service (a work ah·eadv un fact that it is less in amount than the appropriations of last year, dmtaken anJll..\1 some mstances far advanced) will also require a large imme(Iiate appropriation. Theamountreqnired to reimburse the Bureaus, so as to carry them and the fact that in the civil list, so called, there are reductions made, through the year, and also to put all our available monitors in order, will not be less is paraded as conclusive evidence of retrenchment and reform. Is it than ~,000,000. true? If our forco is to be increased, or if the powerful double-turreted monirors Mian tonomah, Monadnock, and Puritan are to be put in a. condition of usefulness at When you come to regard the fact that at the time the four least $1,000,000 more will be required. ' million appropriation was made by this House it was known by Very respectfully, your obedient servant, those who demanded it that war was not imminent with Spain; that GEORGE M. ROBESON, the n ecessities of the country diu not require so large an amount; and Secretary of the Navy. · that what was really required was simply used or to be used, so to The SPEAKER of the House of Representatives. speak, anticipatory of what would have been (as was usual) the cus I also call attention to the supplemental letter of the S~cretary of tomary appropriations, the common sense of the country will arrive the Navy. That letter is as follows: at the conclusions presented by the honorable member from New NAVY DEP.A..R'rMENT, DecemlJe:r 8, 1873. York, [Mr. -WooD,] that the pretense of large reduction and economy Sm: I find, on review of my letter to the Speaker, that I omitted to ask that Con made in this bill is not true. gress give me the necessary authority to enlist men beyond the limit fixed by law. I shall be obligecl, in order to man the ships now fitting out, to exceed the limit by It may be admitted that the proposed reduction in the civil list is about fifteen hundred or two thousand men, and this excess should be authorized. submitted; but in considering this, it is well to inquire if the reduc ~d!d~ber of men can be reduced at any time by discharges when they are not tions here made go to the extent of the .increase ma-de in these offices and salaries since the year 1865. . . Also, in view of the difl;iculty ?f .d.eciding at once. beo/een the many things press mg to be done, and of the rmposs1bility of enumerating m advance or even foreseeing I invite the attention of the gentleman from l\Iaine- who has called :f:om day to day what calls the Department may have upon it, I think the fifth mil ori:r a,ttention to the comparison of the expenditures of the Navy lion a-sked for m the ~ast cl~nse of. my l~tte! o"!lght to be appropriated, and the De Department for 1859 and this bill-to a compa,rison of those for the partment or the President given discretion m1ts use, to meet any emergency. year· 1868, which were $16,288,244.01, to those of the present bill, Yours, very respectfully, GEORGE M. ROBESON, which are $16,500,000, and to which justly should be added the sum Secretary of the Navy. of 4,000,000 appropriated this se sion. In this comparison there is Hon. .T.ums A. GARFIELD, no partisanship. llnt in making it he will 'find that since the year Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, 1867 there has been an increase of officers and an increase of salaries House of Representatf,ves. not warranted by the exigencies of the service; and that, looking to [Indorsement.] the present condition of the country and its just demands for DEAR Sm: I am directed by the Committee on Appropriations to refer the para. retrenchment and reform, these should be repealed. When this is ~raph of the within _letter, relating to authorizing adclitional enlistments into the ~avy, to your coDllUlttee; and to say that the Committee on Appropriations do not attempted to be done we will be sincerely on the road of reform. feel authorized to consider it. If your committee desire to offer any amendments And deferentially I suggest that, if the party in pow;er mean to retrace to the a-ppropriation bill which we expect to introduce to-day, this committee will be their steps, intend to call back extravagant expenditures, correct gross glad to have yon do so. abuses, lop off all "useless and dead limbs," and clean the "Augean Respectfully, J. A. GARFIELD, Chairman. stables," in this branch of the public service there is room for work, Hon. G. W. ScOFIELD, in this, that there are useless navy-yards which should be abolished; Chairman Committee Naval Affairs. that there are too many and unnecessary officers and employes in the There can be no pretense that the Secret~.,ry by either of these let civil list of these yards, and that they are too highly paid. Again, ters advised the House that he was enlisting men in excess of his the policy of increase of rank and pay-especially of increase oirank authority or in violation of law. In that to the Speaker he showed and pay on the retired list- is one that should be repealed and aban that he was enlisting men to :fill up the crews of our vessels1 of course doned. When these measures of reform are adopted, then inueed will within the eighty-five hundred limiu; and his letter to the chairman the people be convinced of the sincerity of the professions now being of the Committee onA..ppropriations [Mr. GARFIELD] makes that con made by those in power and in influence on this floor. struction clear, because in it be says be omitted to ask for authority Mr. BECK. Mr. Chairman, when the Committee on Naval Affairs to go beyond that limit, adding, "I shall be"- not "I hn,ve been" called upon the House in December, asking for authority to be given "obligecl in order to man ships now :fitting out"- December 8 1873- to the President and his Secretary to enlist fifteen hundred addi "to exceed the limit"- when of course the ships are ready for sea. tional sa,ilors in consequence of the threatening aspect of our relations That is the plain meaning of these lett-ers. with Spain, growinrr out of the Virginius affair, 13 in common with all When that bill was before the House I said: the gentlemen on t~ side of the House, avowed my willingness to The only reason I desire to make a. r emark is this: while I have made objection furnish them all the men and all the money necessary to maintain to ~e e~enditures _of .the Navy Depar:tment in.ti.J?es gone by, and may do so the dignity of this country and the honor of the flag; all we a-sked agam, still when a bill 1s presented stating that 1t 1s to meet extraQrdinary ex was that the Navy should not be increased permanently beyond the penses of th~ nayal service, and when _it would not, perhaps, be proper even for Congress to mqmre what tho e e~U{)rdinary expenses were, nor would it be proper, eighty-five hundred men to which it is now limited by law. There perhaps, for the De~artment to inform us of ·the exact condition of our relations fore we voted for the amendment proposed by the gentleman from with Spain at this time, so that we could properly go into a detail of all matters Ohio, [Mr. GARFIELD,] which reads thus: involved in this bill, I merely desire to say that I shall vote for aJl the appropriations asked. for unde~ these circumstances, reserving the right, however, when the gen Provided, That the temporary increase of the foroo of enlisted men in the Navy eral bill comes m, to call the Secretary of the Navy and the executive officers of this herein authorized shall not continue beyond the 1st of January, 1875. Government to account for anything that may have been expended wrongfully. But, in the mean time, I f eel that my month is closed, because I do not know what This amendment was adopted by a vote of 134 to 26, and, as the full necessity has been for this expeniliture; I b.ave not the means of ascer amended, the bill passed without a division. ta.inin .~. It would, perhaps, be improper for the Executive Department to tell now A.. few days afterwarcl this bill was followed by one from the Com • what tnose extraordinary expenses are. Therefore I a.m willing to trust them with mittee on Appropriations, calling for $4,000,000 to meet the expenses this money, large as the amoJIDt seems to be. incurred in putting the Navy in order, and to pay the additional That feeling seemed to pervade the House, and the appropriations men we were willinrr the Secretary should employ. When that bill were granted precisely as asked for, the House adding, on my motion, was laiu before us the chairman of the committee caused to be read to the provision that the appropriations made may be, in case of from the Clerk's desk the following letters from the Secretary on the emergency, transferred from one Bureau to another by special order subject of enlisting sailors, from which it appeared that up to that of the President, these words : "which orders, with the reasons there date at least no additional man had been enlisted; indeed, none could for, ~hall b.e co~unica.ted to Con!ITess whenever the good of the be legally, and cannot be now, as the Senate bas not yet passed the public s<>mce will pernnt," so as to keep the representatives of the bill a,uthorizing it to be done; and I hope it will not, as it is now people.fully advised of any change made in the disposition of money admitted that the exigency which was presented to the House bas voted for special objects by those to whom it is intrusted. When passed away, if, indeed, it ever existed. The letters read as follows: these bills were pa~sed we had not been furnished by the Secretary NAVY DEPARTMENT, Decembe:r 8, 1873. of the Treasury with the estimates of expenditures for the next fiscal Srn: Under the circumstances of the present emergency, I am compelled w' ask year, nor had any account been laid before us of the expenditures of that a special a.ppropriation be made w cover the expenses of pnttin~ tho iron-clad ~y of the pep:1rtments for any P.ortion c;>f the current fiscal year. and cruising Navy of the United States in condition for immediate and active Smce that time we .have been fnrrushed With the Book of Estimates, sernoo. and on page 257 of 1t, under head of "Statement of appropriations for in~~:~eJ:;f~r ~:~!~~ cfu.~_every available iron and wooden ship of our Navy the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874," titJe "Navy De I have ordered all the ships of the various squadrons within reach to rendezvous partment," I find the following: at K ey W est. Iamcnlistin~men to supply and fill up the crews of all our vessels, .Appropriittion.s for pa~ of the Navy for 1874 .. ____ ... ··-· --· . ·-· --·- -.$6, 250, 000 00 I htwe aecumulat.ed matori:Us, provisiolll!, and supplies for their maintcn:tuce and Expended dunng the first quarter of the fiscal year ... _••.. _. _...... 5, 035, 818 90 support; and ordnance, ammunition, and all the weapons of naval warfare for their use. Available for the remaining three quarters. _.. . ·--· ·-· .. ····--· 1, 214,181.10 596 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. J ANUARY 12, That statement was so remarkable that I could scarcely. realize its arid 6,250,000 for the next year. And he then added that the pay truth. The $6 250 000 was amply sufficient to pay all the eighty-five of the Department fixed by law has of course not been interfered with. hundred men 'and the officers legally in the naval service for the Mr. HALE, of Maine. Does the gentleman really believe that in whole fiscal year ending June 30, ~874. Neither the Secr:etary nor the first quarter of the fiscal year now running the Navy Depart an~T of his subordinates had any nght to use a dollar of 1t for any ment paid out over $5,000,000 of the appropriation for the whole year Y other purpo es than the pay of the officers a;nd sailors in th~ service An'd if he does believe that, does he believe that it was paid out under existinO' laws after it had been specifically appropnated by because it became due, and that the Department intends to bring in a Con .... ress fop that purpose. The Secretary of the Navy han given deficiency corresponding to that large amount f Ha-s the gentleman the 'iiouse to unde1·stand, in his letter of December 8, 1873, that up any real fear of that 'I to that date at least he had not enlisted any additional men, and Mr. BECK. I state the facts; I have no fears. :My statement is asked authority to do so to man ships then being repaired. I knew this : that 6,250,000 was the whole amount appropriated to pay all that the Secretary of the Treasury would not lay before Congress a the officers and men of the Navy; it was all the Department asked. false report, and I did no~ see h~w to. reach.the facts otherwise than The Secretary of the Treasury shows that over $5,000,000 of that by presenting the resolutiOn of mqmry whwh the House passed on $6,000,000 were gone in the first three months. I know that the last Friday, which reads thus : statement is not false when made by the Secretary. But I knew that "Resolved That the Secretary of the Navy be directed to inform the House how this remarkable statement was kept concealed from the House when many if any of the fifteen hundred men sought t.<> be added temporarily t<> the this bill wa reported to us. Therefore it was I offered the resolu Navy' by the 'bill now pending in the Senate o£ the United ~ta.tes, :w~ch passed tion I have read. the House of Representatives December 9, 1873, have been enlisted, givmg the date The chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs also took part in of said enlistments, and the amount expendea in conse9u~nce thereof; and that he further inform the Honse how much of the appropnation made for the fiscal the debate on Thursday, and he not only admits in his statement tllen year ending .Jnne 30, 18'14l was e::~..tJemled prior t.<> .January 1t 1874; and that he made that he did not tell the House what the gentleman from Ohio further inform the Honse now. much of the 4,000,000 appropnated lly the present [l\fr. GARFIELD] says wa-s told, but that he withheld information Congress has been expended, and for what purposes. he had, because he believed the House would not pass the bill if I had been startled the day before by the extraordinary statement, he had told what he knew. He says he wanted a permanent increa e made by the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, [Mr. of fifteen hundred men~ and took advantage of the "Cuba-Spanish GARFIELD,] that the Secretary had enlisted men in violation of law, craze" as he called it, but he never intimated that any of the fifteen that his letter, which I have read, admitted it, and that he had asked hundred were already in the service when he presented his bill. I Conm:ess to ratify his acts and condone his offenses; no part of which was so much astonished at his statement that I asked him two ques sta~ment is sustained by the facts. Let me read his statement, so tions, which, with their answers, ·were as follows : as to do him no injustioe : Mr. BECK. Now, let me ask the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. ScOFIELD] Mr. GARFIELD. I think gentlemen are 1aboring under a misapprehension as to a this question: Does he believe that tliis Honse, but for the impression that was upon matter of fact. The Secretary of the Navy sent in a letter to the House of Rel!re themindsof its members that war was imminent, or that there was danger of it, would sentatives, setting forth that when the emergency arose he took tJJo authon.ty have increased the Navy from eight:v-five hundred to ten thousand men~ No matter as umed it in order to meet the emergency, of increa-sing the number of enlisreu1 what his individual opinion was, i:fhe had told us that he knew then that there men in the Navy up to ten thonsand; that in doing so he exceeded the law; and he was no danger, does he believe the House would have done it~ laicl the facts before Congress, and a-sked Congress to pass a condoning _law and an Mr. ScoFmLD. I believe the Honse would never have passecl that bill if they had additional sum of money to pay for the enlistment of the additional men. He asked not had this Cuba-Spanish craze. The whole country had it, too, at that time. But the Committee on Appropriations to legalize his action; bnt the committee told him .. I was frank enough to state to the Honse that that did not affect me, and I believe that they could give him an appropriation bnt could not in an appropriation bill ·it did not affect the committee. They reported the bill because they believed we le~e what henad done contrary to law; ancl that he had better call upon the Na needed that force all the time, even if we had had no difficulties with Spain. And if vru Committee to bring in a condoning act authorizing thii! temporary increa..se of the House was fairly treated by the committee which reported the bill, they have no the Navy. We referred that very letter t.<> the Committee on Navaf Affairs, and ri~J::t to complain if they diu what they may think now they should not have done. they brou&ht in a bill, not to proVIde for a permanent increase of the Navy, butt" m.r. BROK. Does the gentleman not think that it was his duty to·have told the condone wnat had been done by the Secretary in the emergency. Honse what he now tnlls ns he knew all that time 1 Mr. ScoFmLD. I could not tell the Honse, because that would be telling the I venture to assert, and I challenge contradiction here and now, that c_onntry whf'.t ~ l_rnew at that t!me; but I d? state that I had the best evidence to be there is no intimation in the letter of the Secretary which I have read lieve the V1rguuus would be ill our ports ill a very_ few days. And Ule committee did not ask the House to pass the bill on a-ccount of any threatening dilliculties with and it is the only one ever laid before the House- that he had in viola Spain. tion of law enlisted fifteen hundred men, and asked Congress to con done his offense; and I as ert further that the record will show that Now let the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, [ l\Ir. neither the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, [Mr. GAR GARFIELD,] and the chairman of the Committee onNavalA:ffairs, [ Mr. FillT-D,] nor the chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, [Mr. ScoFIEJ.A)] answer each other. The chairman of the Committee ScOl!"'ELD,] nor any member of either committee, nor any one else, on Appropriations said " We referred the letter of the Secretary of informed the House that the law had been violated, the force of the the Navy, who asked us to condone what he had done; we referred Navy illegally increased, or the money appropriated by Con~ess for that to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and they brought in a bill, the pay of the regular officers and men for the year ending June 30, not to provide for a permanent increase of the Navy, but to condone 1874, diverted from its legitimate purpose and applied to other and what had been done by the Secretary." The chairman of the Com illegal purpo es. TJ?-e record shows that the first intimation we ever mittee on Naval. Affairs says that is not true, that they brought in had of that fact was on Thursday la t, nearly four weeks after we had the bill for a permanent increase, and that the committee did not ask passed both bills. the House to pass the bill on acoount of any threatening difficulties The gentleman in charge ofthe naval bill, [Mr. HALE,] in his speech with Spain. of an hour on Thursday, not only did not allude to it or intimate Mr. SCOFIELD. The bill itself shows that it was a permanent that any of the fund of $6,250,000 for pay of the Navy had been used addition to the number of enlisted men. for other purpo es, or had been all exhausted except $1,214,181, in Mr. BECK. Then the chairman of the Committee on Appropria the first three months of the year, but he assured us there would be tions told the House relative t o your committee what he ought not to no deficiency in the naval appropriations for the current fiscal year ; have done. and he furnished a tabular statement of the appropriations for 1874 l\fr. SCOFIELD. The bill itself shows that 'it was a permanent and those proposed in his bill for 1875; in each of which the pay is addition, and the limitation was put on by an amendment in the put down at 6,250,000 . . At the clo e of the tabular statement he says : House. "The Pay Department is a matter fixed by law; that of course has l\fr. BECK. The gentleman from Ohio said that they referred that not been interfered with." Why did he not advise us, as he must letter, not to provide for a permanent increase, but to condone what have known from the Book of Estimates, with which he was more had been done by the Secretary of the Navy. Now, I a kif any mem familiar th::m any of us, that $5,035,818.90 of the pay fur the current ber of either of those committees rose here in his place and told the year had been spent in the first three months of it, if he knew, as House that the Secretary had enlisted those men b~fore the bills were his cha.irman says he did, that fifteen hundred men. had been enlisted presented, or that he had spent, in the first three months, five millions in violation of law, aud the money appropriated for the regular ser out of the six that had been appropriatecl for the entire year, or told vice expended on them Y Why did he not so infm·m the House Y And any of the facts that have now leaked out 'I I say not. why did he take so much pains to show that neady $3,000,000 out of Mr. SCOFIELD. Will the gentleman allow me to say a word 'I the $4,000,000 of the extraordinary appropriation made for the Navy Mr. BECK. 0 yes; but I may want a little extension of my time in December had been expended- on three large ships not fit for ser- Mr. SCOFIELD. The bill as rellortcd provided for a permanent vice in time of peace Y · increase. That was my view; aud it was the action of the Commit Mr. HALE, of Maine. Let me ask the gentleman a question. tee on Naval Affairs. The gentleman from Ohio, [ l\fr. GARFIELD, ] Mr. BECK. Yes, sir. holding the opinion that the increase ought to be limited n.s to time, :ur. HALE, of Maine. Does the gentleman not know that in the and should relate only to the occasion, moved an amendment, that all previous year, with the same naval force, the appropriation was the these additional men should be discharged at the beginning of the same for the entire year t And does he not know that at the end of year 1875. That sentiment prevailed with the House, but it wa.s the year there was nbt a dollar of deficiency Y adopted as an amendment. Both ideas were pre ented to the House, :Mr. BECK. I know that five out of six millions were spent in the one proposition (that reported by the committee) providing for a p r first three months according to the statement of the Secretary, and manent addition, the other proposing a temporary inorea in accor l that one million cannot pay the officers and men of the Navy for the ance with the idea of the chairman of the Committee on Apvropria rest of the year. I know, too, that the gentleman announced that tion . there would be no deficiency. He gave us a tabular statement, in l\fr. BECK. What does the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. which_he put down the pay of the" Navy at $6,250,000 for this year, ScOFllj:LD] do with the statement made by the gentleman from Ohio 1874. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 597 that the Secretary of the Navy for himself did not a k this increase, out as1.---ing the con ent of the law-making power. That is despotism but that he ca!lle and asked pardon for wha,t he had done wrong~ when successfuL It is against such proceedings that I protest, and 1\fr. GARFIELD. II; was not reganled as "wrong." It was a vio- demand that respect for la,w shall be demanded from all officials. lation of law; but not wrong. · Mr. MYERS. If the _gentleman's doctrine were carried out, might Mr. BECK. What is implied by the word "condone f" Does not it not, in a time of great emergency, destroy the life of the nation 'I that imply au offense f I again read the language : Mr. BECK. Congress c:m be called together at any moment by the · ITo asked tho Committee on Appropriations to le.!7:1lizo his action; but the com President of the United States; and, as in this case, demoCI·ats as well mitt.oe told him that they could ~ive him an appropriation but coultl not in an appro as republicans will vote him all the men and all the money he may pri:l.tion billleo:alize what he had done contrary to law; ann that he had better call want to protect the national honor. But we deny the right of any upon the Nav:il Committeo to bring in a condoning act authorizing this temporary incrca e of the Navy. We referred that very letter to the Committee on Naval Secretary, or of the Presi Saturday, from customs, internal revenue, ana other sources from ize the increase of fifteen hundred men. His letter was written on the 1st of July to 1st of J anuary1 $142,000,000. Of the 131,000,000 in the 8th of December. On the 13th of December the House voted to the Treasury, I was told the Government could use about 60,000,_goo. give him $300,000 to meet the extraordinary demand in the Bureau of I put it at $5 ,000,000. The Secretary claims the right to use all of Enlistment aml Recruiting, and on the same day the House pa ed the the $44,000,000. It makes a total in his hands now, without additional bill from the Naval Committee, authorizing the increase for one yeru:. interest-bearing debt and without additional t-axation, of $244,000,000 Now, what has happenedY A month passed, and the Secretary of if the legal-tenders are restored to $400,000,000. All the appropria the Navy, before the Committee on Appropriations on the Gth of J a,n tions for this year, extravagant as they were, amounted to $323,000,000; ua:ry- for I have the memorandum here in my copy of the estimate - one half of that would make 166,500,000; while in fact $152,000,000 informed tho committee that he had completed his enlistment of fif have been expended. So, on the 1st day of January last, the cash teen hundred additional men to man the ships he had put in commis balance in the Treasury was only cut down $10,000,000, a-s the Treas sion· to meet the dangers of threatened war. This he had done mainly ury books will show. during the holiday recess of Congress. We had given him money to How, then, Mr. Chairman, can it be said that we must issue more do it with. Congress had made the necessary appropriation and the bonds Y How can it be urged that we must resort to adilitional taxa House had passed a bill authorizing him to make the temporary in tion, that we must borrow money, when it appears, notwithstanding crease. When Congress adjourned the Spanish question was loomincr the crisis we have passed through, that we have received $142,000,000 ~p and haste~~ to its crisis. The Secretary would have deservea into the Treasury, and have only been com{lelled to pay $152,000,000 rmpeachment if ne had not made every reasonable preparation to out, with a cash balance in the Trea ury of $131,000,000 at the begin meet it. He did his duty wisely and well. It was largely due to his ning of the year, with $44,000,000 now being used as they are by the promptness t hat the crisis was safely pa-ssed. When he wa before Secretary Y Beyond all question reasonable economy will enable us to the committee on the 6th of January he was a ked if he could uot run this Government without additional debt and without additional now abandon his proposed increase of the Navy. He answered that taxation. We can reduce our expenditures to 275,000,000, and amply it was alrea~y done, and the new recruits were afloat. Thus, on the provide for every just demand of the Government, as I will show 6th of J anuary, the Committee on Appropriations first learned that when time will allow. the temlJorary contingent of :fifteen hundred men had been filled· l\lr. GARFIELD. I welcome all close, thorough, and searching and two days afterward. stated in the House that the actual enlist~ criticism of the acts of the Committee on Appropriations, and of their ments had been made, but it was 1mderstood to be only a temporary recommendations to the House. I desire now to call attention to increase. So far as I was concerned, and so far as the Committee on some of the criticisms ma~e by the gentleman from Kentucky, [l\lr. Appropriations was concerned, we have regarded it as altogether BECK.] In the first place, the gentleman charges that the Commit temporary. tee on Appropriations, anu, in company with :it, the Committee on Now, if the gentleman from P ennsylvania [ Mr. ScoFIELD] took a Naval Affairs, have withheld or misrepresented fa-cts in their pos differentview- ifhe wa-s in favor of apermanentincrease of the Navy ses ion concerning the extraordinary appropriation of 4,000,000 to that was his own affair. He wa-s not bound by my opinion nor I by meet emergencies in the naval service. I deny this alle~ation in toto, his. I spoke for the Committee on Appropriations, that treated it only and call the gentleman's attention to the plain facts. un the 8th of as a temporary increase to meet a great and pressing emergency. December a letter, addressed to the Speaker, wa-s printed and referred If the gentleman can find in all this any concealment of the facts to the Committee on Appropriations, setting forth what the Secre or any lack of frankness in dealing with the House, he is welcome t~ tary of the Navy had done in consequence of the threatened Spanish his discovery. war. And, among other things, the Secretary sa,id : Nothing ill my remarks on Friday last can be construed into an at I have taken measures to put every a.vaila.ble iron and wooden ship of our Navy tack on the Secreta,ry of the Navy. I am glad that he met the emer in condition for immeiliate duty. I have ordered all tho ships of the various squad gency as he did. In my judgment he did right. He would have rons within reach to rendezvous at Key West. committed a very grave wron(J' if he had not armed and manned thee Also, in this l etter, he said : additional ship so as to put the Navyinreacline to meet a po sible I am enlisting men to supply and fill up the crews of all our vessels. war with Spain ; and when gentlemen represent me as calling it a What does that meanT Manifestly that our Navy, which was al crime or a wrong that needs to be forgiven, they use no words which ready enlisted to its full complement, was afloat on the sea, and that I uttered. He technically violated the law, and needed an act of Con the Secretary was putting more ships in commission, and wa-s enlist gress to condone that technical violation. That was wha,t I said on ing men to :fill up the crews of those new vessels thus put in com Fl'iday last, and I say so yet. mission; a plain, palpable statement that he was then filling up the Now, lli. Chairlllc. [Here the hammer fell.] ticu.lar Department. I do not wish to be understood as intimating Mr.J\TJBLACK obtained the floor. because I have no facts upon which to base properly any snch intima Mr. GARFIELD. I beg the gentleman from Indiana to yield to me tion- that the ccretary of the Navy does not desire to economize in for a few moments to complet.ethe statement! amma.king concerning e>cry way that is practicable, that he does not desire to co-operate this matter. It is dne to the Honse and to the Committee on Appro with the Committee on Appropriations in an honest effort to reduce priations that that statement should be completed. the expenses of the Navy Department. But I am entirely convinced Mr. NIBLACK. I yield to the gentleman for that purpose. that so long as the present laws governing the Navy Department are l\!r. DAWES. Let me suggest to the gentleman from Ohio that it allowed to remain in force the snms propo ed by the Committee on is trne that there were appropriations made last ear for which there Appropriations, to be appropriated by this bill, will not be sufficient were not corresponding estimates in the Book of Estimates; but there to carry that Department through upon the scale it is now organized were estimates ent in for those items. upon. There is but one way to successfully apply the knife to t hat Mr. GARFIELD. I am coming to that point, and will now proceed Department, ancl that is by the proper committee, the Committee on with my statement. I ask the committee to inqllire how the Secre Naval .Affairs, taking the matter in hand, and modifying or 1·epealing tary of the Treasury got the three hundred and eight and one-third existing laws in relation to that Department. millions which the gentleman sets down as the total estimate for :Mr. HALE, of :Maine. Will the gentleman allow me to ask him a la ·t year. I will tell you. He goes to the old Book of Estimates of question Y last year, the book we received on the fust day of that session, 1Hr. NIBLACK. Certainly. and takes the snm of its estimates as the total of all the estimates Mr. HALE, of :Maine. Does the gentleman not know, from his ex for that year. But, sir, that book had not been in our hands one perience heretofore as a member of the Committee on Appropriations, week before additional estimates began to pour in upon us, in letters that the present Secretary of the Navy has always kept himself and and reports, by the hundred, from all the Departments, asking addi his Department religiously within the appropriations Y _ tionnJ. appropriations, appropriations not asked for in the original Mr. NIBLACK. So far as my information goes I believe h e bas. Book of Estimates. Those additional estimates came to the Speaker, Mr. HALE, of Maine. And that the Secretary of the Navy is were referred to tbe Committee on Appropriations, or went to the almost the sole exception to the rnle 1 Senate and were there added to the bills. They were just as really estimates as though they had been printed in the Book of Estimates, Mr. NIBLACK. l believe that he has endeavored in good faith to and should all be reckoned among the estimates of the Executive conform his expenditures, as far as po sible, to the appropriations Departments as all others are; and yet in the statement made by the made year by year. I am the more disposed on that accoup.t to give gentleman he uses figures in whicb the Secretary of the Treasury has him credence for what he says on this occasion. 1\Iy principal object not credited Congres nor charged the Departments with any estimates in seeking the floor now was to have read to the House a letter whatever, except those in the last year's Book of Estimates, which addressed by the Secretary of the Navy to the President of the United was delivered to the House on the first day of its meeting. Now, sir, States when he was called upon to revise the estimates of his Depart I have compiled and will soon lay before the House a list of items ment. I ask to have read the letter of the Secretary of the Navy. which I end to the Clerk's desk. amounting to nearly $13,000,000, which at its last session Con~ress was asked to appropriate, but which do not appear at all in the .tlook The Clerk read as follows : of Estimates from which the Secretary quotes his 308,000,000 as the NAVY D EPARTME:I\'T . sum asked of Congress. For example, we gave $3,500,000 to eight new Washington, January 5, 1874. sloops of war. That never entered into t.he Book of Estimates last Sm: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a copv of the resolution passed by the honorable the IIouse of Representatives on the 15th day of Decembe-r year, but it came as an estimate backed up by the whole strength of last, requesting, for reasons therein stated, a. revision of the estimates of the vari the Navy Department, and the House and Senate gave it. Now Con ous Executive Departments. gress is charged with having appropriated 3,500,000 more than was I recognize fully the propriety of every economy which can be practiced without asked for, simply because the $3,500,000 was not asked for in the big injury to the best interests of the country, ancl I have, in consultation with the Committee on Appropriations·of the House of r..epresenta.tives, indicated where re· printed book, but was asked for by executive Jetter, transmitted a ductions in the estimates for the civil establishment and other parts of the ma few weeks after the Book of Estimates was printed. I can multiply chinery of the naval service can best be made without seriously cnppling this most this example by hundreds. im,Rortant arm. These reductions, amountin~ .in the aggregate to about one million and a half. of The charge that Congre s has thus exceeded the estimates I repel dollars,, are shown in detail in me accompanying statement. as an outrage both on the House and on the Committee on Appropri Though earnestly do iring to recluce the naval expenditures wherever reduction ations. I affirm, on the contrary, that last year the Committee on Ap iA economy, I cannot say with truth that I think reduction to any greater amount, propriations cut down the estimates in almost every branch of the or in any other direction, is either proper or safe. The estimates of the Navy, already considerably less than the appropriations of service, and in many cases largely reduced them. It is true there were last year, are based upon the legally authorized for ce in the service, and are made many appropriations made that the committee did not have charge of, largely to meet the fixed requirements of existing laws. and all of which went to make np the aggregate of appropriations. That portion which is estimated for the general maintenance of the Navy is closely Every pension granted by Congress, every private claim that passed calculated to meet its absolute necessities in time of peace, and these necessities are not reduced by anything which has occurred since the estimates were made. through the Committee on Claims, every new building provided for There has been some accumulation of ava,ilable supplies during the la-st two that came from any committee or from individnal members, the months, and where this has been the case there I have indicated corresponding salary increase, and all such appropriations, went to swell the total; reductions. But it must not be assumed that all, or even a large part, of our recent and for these the Committee on Appropriations were in no sense re a{)cumulations will be available for ordinary purposes. Very few of the ships fitted out to meet the emergency j ust passed will be useful sponsible. I say, without fear of successful contraillction, that the for our ordinary purposes. Committee on Appropriations cnt down item by item, from begin The monitors are in no sense sea-going cruisers, and the size of the large wooden ning to end, these very estimates of the Secretary of the Treasury, ships prevents their economical use in time of peace. who is now quoted as saying to the country that we mane appropri Thus neither of these classes, though of immense value in time of war, are available for the peace purpo es of our cruising Navy, while their equipment, ations fru: beyond his estimates. I am willing that Congress shall =ament, and ammunition, adapted to their special use, are unsuited for vessem bear its full share of the re ponsibility; but I insist that each De of different ize anu character. partment shall likewise bear its own burdens, and not toss them over Our crnising force in commission is not large. Indeed1 our sqnadrons are exceed upon the shoulders of this House, mnch less of the Committee on Ap ingly small for the immense area over which they aredistributecl, and the various and extended workwhichisrequired of them. Within the lastsixweeksitwas neces pi·opriations. sary, in order to concentrate a respectable force at Key West, to abandon every Mr. NIBLACK. Mr. Chairman, having served for years on the other station on the Atlantic Ocean, and to call home every available ship, with . Committee on Appropriations, I feel of course an interest in the sub the sin!'"le exception of one on the South Atlantic station. 0: Yet to maintain these squadrons in efficiency, supplying the places of the old, j ect of appropriations, and my attention is naturally directed to worn-out, and expensive ships with new anu useful one , will require the full I every important appropriation bill that is brought in here. I shall amount estimated for the various working Bureaus, and if the e are materially cut endeavor to co-operate with the Committee on Appropriations in clown the squadrons themsolveo must be reduced. every way possible. From the very condition of things to which I All the foregoing considerations apply to a condition of profound and lastinrr peace. But we cannot expect this always to endure, and when war doe come, it have referred I am disposed to treat that committee with the utmost will c.ome to us from the ocean, scattering; our commerce, infesting our immen e fairness always, and to always concur with them when I think they coast line on both oceans, and threatening our great sea-ports, where is con centrated are right, and to differ with them only in cases where I think they so much of the business and the .property of the people. a1·e clearly wrong. The les on of the day in truth 1s, that our Navy should"be increased, not dimin i bed. I do not complain that in the present instance the committee has Recent events have demonstrated to all that the great immediate military neces reported too large a snm fortheNavyDepart,nent. On the contrary, sity of this nation is seaworthy war-vessels adequate to contend with those of other if tills bill passes both Hou es without any increa e in amount, I be nations, and well armed and completely equipped for cruising or fi~hting . In my lieve that the sequel will demonstrate that the snm which the hill ju Congress on this subject, and do the best I can with the means they see fit to sup-· expenditure is $18,000 000 over the year before, or $172,000 000 against ply; for theirs i the power, and with them will rest the responsibility. 7 7 V cry respectfully, your obedient servant, 154,000,000. GEORGE M . ROBESON, 1\lr. GARFIELD. The gentleman will allow me to add to hi read, The PRE IDK.,"'T. Secretary of the Navy. ing the line at the head of the title-page, "'fiea ury Department 1\lr. NIBLACK. One remark further and I shall be through. I Warrant Division." In other words, the book comprises the appropri desire to call the attention of the House to the fact that, assuming ations made by warrant. the Secretary of the Navy endeavors to deal frankly with the House Mr. BECK. It does not say so. as I have always found him dealing with everybody he comes in 1\Ir. GARFIELD. That is what the book is understood to be every- connection with-it will be impossible for him to carry on the Navy where. · Department, under its present organization, with the amount of money :Mr. BECK. That is a mistake. It is a book giving the various proposed to· be appropriated by the Committee on Appropriations. bws making appropriations, bowing every dollar of appropriation Therefore, if we really desire to economize we must repeal existing pas ed by Congre s for the year. It does not contain appropriations la.ws, we must cut down the naval establishment a-s at present exist paid by warrant, but appropriations made by law, whether set forth ing, under auth01ity of law; we must not expect to accomplish the in estimates or not, and is swelled by appropriations for former years result by merely reducing appropriations. for this District and for other things not estimated for as current 1\lr. KASSON. Mr. Chairman, I was startled, as I think the House expenses by the Departments. was, by the declaration of the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. BECK] ~!r . HALE, of Maine. The tatement of the gentleman from Ken- that the Navy Department had expended in the first quarter of the . tucky about that matter did not startle me. I do not believe and I year $5,000,000 of the G,OOO,OOO appropriated for the year. This bn.s do not suppose he believes, that the Navy Department ha-s rea.'lly ex led me to make some examination, which I think will be verified to pended during the first three months of the fiscal year three-quarters of all its appropriation for the pay-li t, and that it now comes in with morrow; and the investi~ation I have thus far ma-de leads me to be lieve that the figures which seem to sanction the gentleman's state a deficien~y resulting fro~ that exces ive expenditure. The gentle man has snnply made a pornt on the figures; and to-morrow mornin()' ment have been a~cidentally transposed; that the fi~urf's $1,214,700 0 should have been embraced in the column comprismg expenses of I will show him bow the mistake occurred. the first quarter, while the $5,000,000 should have been included in I no~ propo e to mo_ve that the committee rise. But, before doing the column charged with the remaining three quarters. In other t;07 I_ Wish to ~k unarumous con ent that the first ~eading of the bill words, there has been a transpo ition by a clerical mistake. be dispensed With. Then, to-morrow, when we 0'0 mto Committee of 1\!r. BECK. The gentleman will not find it so. the Whole, we shall be ready to consider the bill clause by clau e for Mr. KASSON. If the gentleman will look at the pay of the Marine amendment. 1\Ir. HOLl\I.AN. I must object to that proposition, for this evening Corps, which has not been transposed, he will find that it exactly har at least. · monizes with the proportions of the pay of the Navy a-s it would be if my hypothesis is correct. Mr. HALE, of 1\Iaine. Then I will renew the request in the morn Mr. GARFIELD. 'fhat point will be settled to-morrow. ing. I move that the committee rise. Mr. BECK. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. GAR The motion was agreed to. a.~cordingly FIELD] did not seem to understand from what book I was reading. The C?mmittee ro e; and the Speaker having resumed I want to call his attention to the fact that I was not referring to the chair, Mr. E. H. RoBERTS reported that the Committee of the the Book of Estimates at all. I was referring to a book containing Whole on the state of the Union, having had under consideration the all the laws making appropriations, giving the amounts appropriated. naval appropriation bill, ha.d come to no resolution thereon. Mr. GARFIELD. I presume it was the Book of Warrants. · I have· 1\lr. HALE, of 1\Iaine. I move that the House now adjourn. • '-.... J that book. CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD. ""' Mr. BECK. It is not the Book of Warrants at ail. It is a book of Mr. LUTTRELL, by unanimous consent, submitted the followin"" which the title page is as follows: resolution; which, without being read, was referred, tocrether with Appropriations for the support of the Government of the United States, on ac evidence upon the same subject, to the Committee on tho Pacific Rail count of the service of the fiscal year ending .June 30, 1874, and of deficiencies for road, and ordered to be printed : previous years; made by the third session of the Forty-second Congress, and an 'Yber~ the Central Pacific Railroad Company, was incorporated by the State of ac!)ount of permanent and indefinite appropriations made by that and previous Con Califorrua. on the 5l7th day of June, .A.. D.1861, to construct a. railroad to the eastern gresses, 1874. boundary of said Stat~; and whereas by acts of Congress of the vears 1862 ant! 1863 said company was authorized to ext~nd said raili·oad eastward through the This book is prefaced by the following notice of the Secretary of territory of the tTnited States by an act entitled "An act to aid in the construc- the Treasury: tion of a. railroad and tele!ITaph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific 0 ean " NOTICE. and r eceived from the U'nited State , under said act and the acts supplemenW The following appropriations made by the third session of the Forty-second Con thereto and amendatory thereof, and from the State of California. and counties arul gress, for the service of the fiscal year ending .June 30, 1874, and for deficiencies for corporations within said State, from the State of Nevada, and from the Territory of previous years, including t.he permanent and indefinite appropriations made by that Utah, the following amounts, estimated in gold coin, to wit: and previous Congresses, are printed for•the information of those ooncernoo. In .Aid !?~'anted by the United States, of the value in gold coin of...... $50 288 000 00 all estimates, disbursements, a{lcounts, vouchers, settlements, and warrants affect Granted and uonated by various corporations within the State of I I ing or relating to any appropriation herein authorized the titles as printed in italics California...... 5,000,000 00 shilJ.l be quoted as the appropriation out of which payment is to be made. Granted and donated by various corporations and individuals situ- WILLIAM A. RICHARDSON, ated within the State of Nevada...... 3,000,000 00 Secretary. Granted and donated by various corporations and individuals within The summary is as follows : the Territory of Utah ...... 1,500,000 00 Donated by the State of California...... 1,500,000 00 Bonds on which the State of California guarantees and payR its inter- est ...... Second session, Third ses ion, 12,000,000 00 fiscal year l !:l73. fiscal year 1874. Donated by the county of Placer, in the State of California, bonds .. 250,000 00 Donated by the city and county of San Francisco, interest bonds .. . 400,000 00 Donated by the city and county of Sacramento, interest bonds ...... 300,000 00 Bonds by the United States Government...... 27,389,120 00 Legislative : ••.•• ...•••.•••••...... •.•..•... $5, 276, 061 19 $6, 636, 074 61 First-mortgage bonds of the Central Pacific Ra.ilroail. Company .... . 27,389,120 00 ~ecutive ...... 6, 610, 428 09 9, 888, 147 42 Second:mortgage bonds of said Central Pacific Railroad Company Judicial ...... •....•.•....•...... •.•.•...... 4, 588, 775 00 3, 743, 243 87 legalized by law...... 15,601,741 83 1, 945, 299 00 1, 87 4, 515 00 Second-mortgage bonds issued and sold as above...... ll,7 7,378 17 577,526 00 499,660 00 Ia~~~!f!~~--~ = ==·: ·:::: :: :·: ::::::::: 959,772 00 976,620 31 Total: ...... • ...... • . • • . . . . • • ...... • . . . . 156,825,360 00 Territorial governments .••••...... 267,721 92 280,038 57 Military establishment ..•....•...... 32, 484, 766 64 36, 73'2, 025 17 And whereas the directors of said Central Pacific Railroad Company made con Naval establishment ..•••...•••..•••..•...... 18, 248, 198 02 22, 498, G20 55 tra{lt with certain of their own members to con trnct said road, known as the "Con Indian a:ffairs ...... 6, 633, 897 51 6, 468, 977 44 tract anu Finance Company," for consideration in lands, money, and bonds far in P ensions ...... •..••...•. .•...... •.•..... 30,480, 000-00 30, 480, 000 00 excess of the actual cost of construction; and wherea-s said CentraJ Pacific Railroad Public works ....•...... ••.•...... 14, 256, 616 66 20. 057, 132 00 is and has been completed and in running order for, in part and in whole, over six: Rivers and harbors ...•....•..••.....•...... 5, 8 '000 00 6, 102, 900 00 years last past; and the profitR accruing from the same, amounting to over - Forts and fortifications ...... •....•...... 2, 037. 000 00 1, 899, 000 00 million dollars annually.._ have been kept and appropriated to their own use in vio Public Janus ...... •...•.•...... •.•...... 1, 838, 025 00 . 1, 982, 979 59 lation of their duties ann in fraud of the United States Government; and whereas Postal service .•.•...•.•....••...... •..... 6, 425, 970 00 6, 496, 602 00 said directors of the said Central Pacific Railroad Company issued to them elves Miscellaneous . .•..•...•...•.•••..•••.•••.•. . 15, 698, 694 29 15, 674, 164 29 and for their personal profit the econd-mortgage bonlls of said Central Pacific Rail road Company, to the amount of 27,387,120, payable in United States ~old coin, Totals ...... 154, 216, 751 32 172, 290, 700 82 with interest at 10 per cent. per annum and have with said profits accrmng to the P ermanent appropriations ...... •.. 159, 162, 907 13 147, 361, 943 49 Central P acific Railroad Company from the sale of the United States bonds lands (Book oi Estimates 1873-'74, page 158.) and other subsidies as afore a-Id mentioned, and theissuetothemselv s of th~ bond~ 319, 652,644 31 aforesaid, bought, in order to defraud the Government of the United States ont of Additional for Navy in D ecember .•••••.•.••..••.••••.••..••... 4, 000, 000 00 the interest now il.ue from said Central Pacific Railroad Compauy, other railroads in the State of California, and expended in doin""tbesameallof thoaccruin"'profits 323, 652, 644 31 of said Central Pacific Railroad for the benefit of the illrectors, fulling :m.u"fraullu Estimates for 1874 ...... 308, 323, 256 27 lently refusing to pay the Government oj. the Unit~d States the interest legally due on said second-mortgage bonus: Therefore, Excess .....•..•..•• : ••.••...... ••...•.•••••••.••• : •..•.••.. 15, 329, 388 04 Be it 1·esolved, 'l'bat a select committee of seven members of this Hou e be ap pointed by the Speaker, and such committee be, and is hereby, instruc.ted to inquire whether or not any person connected with the organization or a socia-tion oorumonly known as the Contract and Finance Company of the Central P:10ific Railroau Com The a. iilitions only are my figures. The amount of permanent ap pany, novr,.holcls any of the bondi, lands, or other sub iuies grantetl saiu company propriations is stated aa obtained. at the Department. The excess of for tho payment of which, or the int~re.st thereon, the United States is in any way 1874. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 601 liable · and whether or not such holders, if :my, or their assignees of such bonds, CAPTAIN ROBERTSON, SECOJ\'D UNITED STATES ARTILLERY. lands,' or other subsidies are holders in goou faith and for a valuable ?onsidera tion, or procured the same illegally or by fraud and whether or not theUruted States may The SPEAKER also, by unanimous consent, laid before the House properly refuse to pay interest thereon, or the principal thereof wben the same a letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the promotion of shall become due. and whether or not any relinquishment of the first-mortgage lien Captain Robertson, Second United States Artillery, to the rank of that may have he~etofore been made by the United States with reference to the bonds ot said Central Pacific Railroad Company, or any other branch roads con major; which waa referred to the Committee on .Military Affairs, a.nd nected therewith, may be set aside; and to inquir~ into the _character and. purpo~e ordered to be printed. of such organization, and fully of all the transactions of S3.ld Central Pacific Rail road Company and of all transactions had anu contracted by and between the CONTEST-FOURTH DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. directors of tli~ Central Pa{}i:fic Railroad Company and Charles Crocker & Co., and The SPEAKER also, by unanimous consent, laid before the House of all transactions and contracts made by said dire~tors with the Contract and Finance Company for the furnishing of material of every kind and character what additional papers relating to the contest in the fomth district of soever and the coi:tstruction of the Central Pacific Railroad and other branch roads Louisiana; which were referred to the Committee on Elections. conn~tccl therewith. and of all contracts made by said directors of the Central Pacific P.ailroad Company with Wells, Fargo & Co., or any other corporation or PACIFIC M..A.IL STEAMSHIP COMPANY. corporations individual or individuals for material furnished, or for the construc The SPEAKER also, by unanimous consent, laid before the House tion of said Central Pacific Railroad, or railroads constructed or purchased by said a letter from the Clerk of the House, transmitting testimony taken by directors; and what officers of the Uni~d States, or members of Congres;>, if any, have at any time been connected thereWith; and to reporl th~ fa{}ts to this Ho~e, the Committee on Ways and Means, third session Forty-second Con to«ether with such bill as may be necessary to frotect the mterest of the Urnted gress, touching the subsidy to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company; Skltes Gove=mcnt and the people on account o any of the bonds, lands, and sub which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. sidies of the class hereinbefore referred to1 and against the combinations to defraud the Goverrunont and the people. And saia committee is hereby authorized to send INCREASED SOLDIERS' PAY. for persons and papers, and to report at any time. . The SPEAKER also, by unanimous consent, laid before the House FRED RETTIG. a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught of an amend · The SPEAKER, by una.nimous consent, laid before the House a com ment to the act entitled "An act to increase the pay of soldiers in munication from the Secretary of War, transmitting the draught of a the United States Army, and for other purposes;" which was referred bill for the relief of Fred Rettig, first lieutenant in the First Florida to the Committee on Military A.fl"airs, and ordered to be printed. Battery; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, UTE INDIANS, COLORADO. and ordered to be printed. The SPEAKER also, by unanimous consent, laid before the House FALLS OF SAINT ANTHONY. a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an agreement The SPEAKER also, by unanimous consent, laid before the House concluded with the Ute Indians in Colorado, September 13, 1873; a communication from the Secretary of War, in relation to an appro which was referred to the Committee on Indian .A:tfairs, and ordered priation for the preservation of the Falls of Saint Anthony; which to be printed. was referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. ' MODE OF PAYL.'l"G INDIAN ANNUITIES. FORT REYNOLDS MILITARY RESERVATION. The SPEAKER also, by unanimous consent, laid before the House The SPEAKER also, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a a commnnicationfrom the Secretary of War, in relation to the snJe of bill providing for the manner of paying annuities to the Indian tribes the military reservation at Fort Reynolds, Colorado Territory; which under treaty stipulations; which was referred to the Committee on waB referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be Appropriations. printed. .Mr. HOLMAN. I move that it be printed. .A.PPROPRIA.TIONS FOR DIDIAN SERVICE. Mr. RANDALL. I ask whether these departmental bills have any special privileges' The SPEAKER also, by unanimous consent, laid before the House The SPEAKER. None whatever. - a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the 1lr. RANDALL. I think we ought to be able to draw up our own draught of a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to use certain bills without dictation from the Departments. unexpended balances of appropriation for the Indian service; which The SPEAKER. They are sent here, perhaps, after consultation was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be with some member and upon his request. · printed. Mr. HoLMAN's motion was agreed to. · PER])IA.NENT DEFENSES. The SPEAKER also, by unanimous consent, laid before the House SPRINGFIELD ARMORY. a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement show The SPEAKER also, by unanimous consent, laid before the House ing in detail the amount of appropriations which have been, or will a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with be, expended on each of the perma.nent forts and batteries for which the act of April2, 1794, a statement exhibiting the expenditures at the regular appropriations have been made, from the period of the com Springfield armory; which was referred to the Committee on Appro mencement of each of them to the present time; which was referred priations, and ordered to be printed. to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. The SPEAKER. The Chair is of the opinion that these draughts are sent here on the request of some members of the House. · GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS AND EXPE.i"'U>ITURES. :Mr. HOLM.A.N. I ask that all draughts of bills coming from the ·The SPEAKER also, by unanimous consent, laid before the House Departme;nts to-day be ordered to be printed. a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compli The SPEAKER. It will be so ordered. ance with the act of August 26, 1842, an account of the receipts and Mr. G. F. HOAR. These draughts are merely a part of the letters expenditures of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, sent to us. 1871; which wa,s referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. The SPEAKER. If there be any excuse it will be found, perhaps, in the request of the members of Congress to the heads of Depart PROCEEDS OF SALES OF COMMISSARY STORES. ments to put their recommendations in the shape of bills. The SPEAKER also, by unanimous consent: laid before the House Mr. G. F. HOAR. I do not see why the bill shoulcl be printed a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting tP.e draught of a bill unless the committee to which it is referred chooses to-report it ba-ck. repealing section 5 of the act making appropriations for the legislative, The SPEAKER. Executive communications, in nine cases out of e:x:ecuti ve, and judicial expenses of the Government, approved May 8, ten, are usually ordered to be printed. 1872, relating to the proceeds of sales of commissary stores; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations. · JO~ B. CHAPMAN. PAWNEE ThTDIANS. The SPEAKER also, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance . -The SPEAKER also, by unanimous consent, laid before the Honse with the act of February 14, 1873, the claim of John B. Chapman a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, tr~mitting the draught against the Osage Nation of Indians; which was referred to the Com of a, bill making available certain unexpended balances of funds to be mittee on Indian Affairs. used for the civilization of the Pawnee Indians; which wa..s referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. PAYMENTS TO THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD, ETC. Mr. HOLMAN. I ask for the reading of the draught of that bill. The SPEAKER also, by unanimous consent, laid before the House This practice of draughts of bills coming from the Departments is not a letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to the resolution of the new, I know, but I have never known so large a number of draughts House of December 12, 1873, in relation to payments made to the llli of bills coming from the Departments to this House before. I hope, nois Central and other railroad companies since January 1 ~ 1866 ; therefore, we will see what this draught of a bill is. which was referred to the Committee on Railways ~ncl Canals, and The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman ask to have it read' ordered to be printed. Mr. HOLMAN. I do. The SPEAKER. It is quite lengthy, and has been ordered to be ABOLITION OF THE FRANKING PRIVTI..EGE. printed. The-SPEAKER also, by unanimous consent, laid before the House Mr. HOLMAN. If it has been ordered to be printed I do not ask to a letter from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the have it read. House of December 8, 1873, transmittin~ a statement of expenses The SPEAKER. The Chair agrees with the gentleman from Indi incurred by the abolition of the franking privilege; which was ana that draughts of bills from the Departments are more frequent referred to the Committee on the Post-Offi.Ge and Post-Roads, and thn.n arr;y necessity seems to call for. ordered t o be printed. ' 602 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. J .ANU.A.RY 12, ARMY EXPENDITURES. By Mr. CHIPJ\1.A.N: The memorials of J. N. Carpenter, 1\.1. W. Galt, The SPEAKER also by unanimous consent, laid before the House and ot hers, and Thomas Malone. a letter from the Secre'tary of War, transmitting a statement of ~x By Mr. CLAYTON: A petition and resolutions o~ the Hou~e C~r penditures effected by the reduction or increase of the Army; which penters' Eight-hour League and Shop of Mecharucs of Califorma, was referred to the Committee on :Military Affairs. condemning the recommendations of ~up ervising Architect Mullett, .Mr. COBURN. I think that it is not necessary to have that com for the repeal of the eight-hour law, and indorsing an editorial on munication printed. the subject in the Shop and Senate; also a copy of said editorial above referred to. WILLARD HOWE. Also, the memorial of Redick McKee, late disbursing agent of the :Mr. WILLIKAIS of Massachusetts, by unanimous consent, intro- Indian Department in California, asking certain allowances. ' duced a bill (H. R.' No. 1213) for the relief of \Vi~lard Howe, of ~las By Mr. COBB, of Kansas: A petition relative to the tree-culture sachusetts; which was read a first and second time, and referred to act. the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads, not to be brought By Mr. COX: .A. memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New back by a motion to reconsider. York State, on the bankrupt law. PAYM:E..~T OF COMMITTEE CLERK. Also, a memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New York State, Mr. HARRISON. I am directed by the Committee on Elections to on the use of electric lights on ships at sea. report the following resolution. Also, another from the same, as to the use of life-rafts at sea. The Clerk read as follows: By Mr. CROUNSE: A petition of citizens of Nebra ka, asking R esolved That the Clerk of the House be, and he is hereby, instructed to pay to Congress to provide for the appointment of a commission to inquire Henry R. Wells the _re~ar compensation as clerk to the C?mmitte~ on ~lec~ons into matters relating to traffic in intoxicating liquors in the United from the time he actu.aJ.Iy entered upon duty as such, notwithstanding his failure States, &c. to be sworn until a later day. By Mr. DANFORTH: The petition of George Macomber and others, Mr. HARRISON. I will state that a similar resolution was adopted of Cambridge, Ohio, asking that the law of February 14, 1871, be k! O in the case of the Committee on Railways and Canals the other day. amended as to grant pensions to all soldiers of 1812 who were mu - The Clerk of the House did not feel authorized to pay the amount tered into service during said war and honorably discharged. unless the party had taken the oa~h on the first clay of comniencing By Mr. DONNAN: The petition of M.A. Chamberlain and 35 other his duties. He took it subsequently; and the committee directed me officers and soldiers of the late Union Army, now residents of Iowa, to report this resolution. asking for a. modification of the homestead laws so a-s to Llispen e The resolution was agreed to. with the requirement of actual residence before receiving title to Mr. HARRISON moved to reconsider the vote by which the resolu lands located by soldiers and sailors honorably discharged from the tion was adopted; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be United States Army. laid upon the table. By J\lr. DURHAM: The petition of ~Irs. Elizabeth J. King, praying The latter motion was agreed to. for a pension. The question was then taken on the motion of Mr. HALE, of Maine, Dv Mr. FREEMAN: The petition of :Martha J. Waits, prttying for that the House do now adjourn; and it was agreed to. a pension. And thereupon (at four o'clock and fifty-five minutes p.m.) the By Mr. FRYE : The petition of C. E. Barron, and other citizens House adjourned. of Maine, asking for an appointment of a commission of inquiry con cerning the liquor traffic. PETITIONS, ETC. Also, petition of M. H. Scott and other citizens of Maine, for same. Also, petition of Moses Stone and other citizens of Maine, for same. The following petitions, &c., were presented under the rule, and By Mr. HANCOCK: The memorial of Mary K. Brown, widow of referred to the appropriate committees: James D. Drown, with accompanying papers. By Mr. ALBERT: The memorial of Joseph Forrest for compensa By .~lr. HARRIS, of Viro-inia: P etition and resolutions of tho man tion for occupation of his property, and for wood cut from his land. ufadurers of tobacco, at Richmond, Virginia, protesting against the Also, a petition of the State Temperance Union, Grand Division increa e of tax on tobacco. Sons of Temperance, and Independent Order of Good Templars, ofthe By 1\lr. HAVE:NS: The memorial of Edward Dunscomb, late act ing State of Maryland, for the appointment of a committee of inquiry assistant surgeon United States Army. concerning the liquor traffic. · Also, the memorial of Alexander C. Cloud, of Newton County, ask By Mr. ARMSTRONG: Petitions from citizens of Northern Dakota, ing compensation for certain cotton appropriated to Government use. praying for the organization of the new Territory of Pembina. By ~lr. HA. WLEY, of Connecticut: A petition of officers and mem Also, petitions of citizens of Yankton County, Dakota, in relation to bers of the Grand Temple of Honor and Temperance of Connecticut, reserving lands for Menonnite (Russian) colonies. asking for the appointment of a commission of inquiry concerning Also, petitions of citizens of Lincoln, Turner, and Armstrong Coun the liquor traffic. ties, Dakota, praying for an amendment of the act to encourage tree By Mr. HENDEE: The memorial of .A.. M. Gangeson and others, for culture on western prairies. aid to the Industrial Home SchooL By Mr. ATKINS: A petition of sundry citizens of McNairy County, By ~lr . HOOPER: The petition of Henry Sava(J'e, for compensati n Tennessee, praying the establishment of a. post-route from Purdy to for his services as acting charge d'affaires of the United States in Gau Stantonville. temala. Dy Mr. AVERILL : Petition of the State Temperance Union of By Mr. HUBBELL: A petition for the improvement of Pine River Uinnesota, a king for the appointment of a commission of inquiry Harbor, Charlevoix County, Michigan. concerning the liquor traffic. Also, the petition of Charles L. Sheldon, and 28 others of Marquette By Mr. BANNING: Resolutions of the Board of Trade of Cincin County, Michigan, praying the enactment of a law providing for nati, against further inflation of the currency. the issue of convertible United Stat.es bonds, bearing interest at the Also, the petition of 1\irn. Frances A. Kusie and others, praying for rate of 3.65 per cent. per annum, and authorizing the national banks an amendment to the act of Con~ress of April 2'2, 1872, providing for to holcl such bonds as a part of their reserve. payment of $100 bounty to soldiers who enlisted prior to July 22, By Mr. LOWE: The memorial of J. H. Frint and others, withrefer 1861. . ' ence to irrigation and land grants. By Mr. BASS : A petition of J ewett & Root, Pratt & Co., and Pratt Also, the petition of Judge l\L V. Voss and others, for relief of settlers & Letchworth, manufacturers, of Buffalo, against the repeaJ. of the on New York Indian lands in Kansas. bankrupt law, and for its amendment. Also, the petition of Marcelles La Croix and others, Indians of the Also, a petition of Messrs. Altman & Co., Barnes & Bancroft, Flint Miami tribe, for relief. · & Kent, and other merchants of Bnffalo, New York, for amendment By ~Ir. McCRARY: The petition of Captain W. G. Allen, and other of the bankrupt law, and against its repeal. · soldiers of Iowa, praying the passage of an act granting one hmidred By Mr. BLOUNT: A petition of the South Georgia Conference of and sixty acres of land to ea-ch honorably discharged soldier of the the Methodist Episcopal Church South, for the payment of the claim United States. of the Southern Methodist publishing house, of Nashville, Tennessee. By ~lr. McFADDEN: A petition of 254 citizens of Olympia, in By Mr. BRIGHT: The petition of W. B. Black and others, of Ten- W ashlngton Territory, praying that the Tide Flats of Budd's Inlet nessee, for the relief of Southern Methodist publishing house. · may be donated to the town of Olympia. . . By Mr. CALDWELL: A petition of certain citizens of Alabama, Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the-Territory of Washington, in relation to newspaper postage and the manner of appointing post relative to the Tide Flats on Elliott Bay, adja-cent to the town of masters. Seattle, in said Territory. By Ir. CESSNA: A petition of the Grand Temple of Honor and Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the Territory of Washington, Temperance of the State of Pennsylvania, signed by its officers, ask relative to the Seattle and Walla-Walla Railroad and Tran portation i.ug the -appointment of a commission of inquiry concerning the Company. liquor traffic. . Also, a. memorial of the Legislature of the Territory of Washington, Dy Mr. CHAFFEE: A petition of citizens of Denver, signed by praying Congress to grant William Packwood three hundred and over 2,000, asking the passage of an act to enable the people to form twenty acres of land as compensation for his exploration and dis a State government and be a4mi.tted as a State. covery of stone-coal and minerals in the Ca-scade Mountains of said Also, a petition asking that the branch mint at Denver be put upon Territory. · a coinage basis. By 1\lr. MOORE: A petition of 125 citizens of Lawrence County, i874. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 603 Pennsylvania, praying that the postal laws be so amended as to re By Mr. \VARD, of New Jersey: A petition of the Grand Temple of quire prepayment of the postage on newspapers; and also that a Honor, &c., asking appointment of commission of inquiry concern more simple and equitable method of determining the salaries of mer the liquor traffic. po tmasters be devised. I3y Mr. WOLFE: A memorial of the Indianapolis Woman Suffra~e By Mr. l\IORRISON: The petition and resolutions of the Saint Clair Association, against any legislation by Congress limiting suffrage m Pharmaceutical Association of Southern Illinois, ~ for modification of th~ Territories to male citizens. section 13, schedule C, of the internal-revenue law of 186G. . By lli. WOODFORD: A petition of druggists of Brooklyn, New By Mr. MYERS: A memorial and accompanying papers of Gen York, asking repeal of stamp tax on medicinal preparations. eral Samuel W. Crawford, United States Army, asking for the rank .Also, the memorial or petition of Edward Bissell, for restoration to of major-general on the retired list. the pay corps, United States Navy. . By :Mr. NEGLEY: A memorial relative to artificial obstructions Also, a petition of the Kings County Temperance Association, of to the navigation of the Ohio River. Brooklyn, New York, asking for the appointment of a commission of By Mr. NESMITH: Sundry petitions from the people of Ore~on, inquiry concerning the liquor traffic. asking for an appropriation to improve the navigation of the Willa .Also, a like petition of J. N. Stearns and others, citizens of Brooklyn, mette River. New York. Also, the petition of R . Bird, Jacob Armsley, and a large number of citizens of Oregon, asking for the appointment of a commission of inquiry concerning the liquor traffic. - POST-ROUTE BILLS. Also, a petition of the State Temperance Alliance and Father The following bills were intraduced under the rules, and referred to 1\Iathew Society of the State of Oregon, signed by their officers, ask the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads: ing for the appointment of a commission of inquiry concerning the By :l'tir. DONNAN: A bill to establish certain post-roads in Iowa. liquor traffic. By lli. GARFIELD: A bill to establish a post-road between Orwell, By :Mr. NIBLACK : The memorial of Isaac H . Laud, of Perry County, Ashtabula County, Ohio, and Claridon, Geauga Oounty, Ohio. Indiana, praying for a pension. By:l'tir. O'BRIEN: The memorial of Isaiah Dewling,acting assistant surgeon, United States Navy, to be appointed to the retired list of the Navy with the rank of passed assistant surgeon, from the volunteer servioe, on account of loss of eyesight while on duty on board the IN SENATE. United States coast survey steamer Corwin1 in May, 1867. By :l'tir. O'NEILL: A petition of the ReligiOus Society of Progressive TUESDAY, January 13, 1874. Friends, of Langwood, Chester County, Pennsylvania, for the appoint ment of a commission of inquiry concerning the liquor traffic. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. BYRON SUNDERLAND, D. D. - Also, a petition for the relief of John P. Ellison, formerly a private T~e Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of yesterday's pro in Company C, Twenty-second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, ceedings. and Company A, Sixty-ninth Regiment. :l'tir. MORTON. If there are no Senators desiring to· hear the min- By :l'tir. ORR: A memorial of the Central Temperance League, of utes, I suggest that the reading be dispensed with. 'V ashington City, in behalf of a home for inebriates. · The PRESIDENT p1·o tmnpore. The Senator from Indiana moves Also, a petition for a mail route from Wolfdale to Oto, in Woodl:>ury that the further reading of the Journal be dispensed with. Is there County, Iowa. objection 'l The Chair hears none, and the reading is dispensed with. By :l'tir. PERRY: The petition of C. K. Curtis, K. Niles, and24 other EXECUTIVE COMMUlo."'CATIONS. graduates of the United States Naval Academy of the date of June 4, 1869, praying that said graduates may take rank and precedence as The PRESIDENT pro tmnp(Yre laid before th~Senate a letter of the determined by the date of thoir graduation. Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to a resolution of the By Mr. PHILLIPS: Petitions in favor of a prohibitory law, from Senate, a statement of the number of officers and employes in, or con the National Temperance Sodety. - nected with, the War Department, who have been furnished with By Mr. ROBBINS: A petition of numerous citizens of North Caro official posta.ge-stamps; which wa-s ordered to lie on the table, and be lina,, for a mail-route from Lenoir to Boone, North Carolina. printed. By Mr. E. H. ROBERTS: A petition of the officers of the Delaware He also laid before the Senate a report from the Secretary of the Division of the Sons anll Daughters of Temperance, of Fr~, New Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of January 5, York, asking for the appointment of a commission of inquiryconcern 1874, information in relation to officers or employes of the Depart inrr the liquor tra,ffic. ment furnished with official postage-stamps; which was ordered to By lli. SCUDDER, of New Jersey: A petition of the Grand Divis lie on the table, and be printed. ion of the Sons of Temperance of the State of New Jersey and subor PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. dinate lodges, asking for the appointment of a commission of inquiry concernin~ the liquor traffic. · The P~SIDENT pro ternpare presented the petition of L . :l'tL God By Mr. SENER: The petition of J. R. Garrison and R. M. Shelton, dard and others, of Wisconsin, praying for the appointment of a com t1·ustees of Methodist church near Garrisonville, Stafford County, mission of inquiry concerning the alcoholic liquor traffic, its relations Virginia, praying compensation for damages and injuries for use of to pauperism, crime, the public health, and general welfare; which saill church by Federal troops in 1862 and 1863. was referred to the Committee on Finance. Also, the petition of Robert R. Morrison, Moses l\forrison, James He also presented five petitions of citizens of Bent County, Colo Morrison, Thomas L. Morrison, George Morrison, and William C. rado Territory, complaining of the manner in which patents have Morrison, pra.ying to be reimbursed for property lost by them during been issued and sales made of the public lands in that county; which the late war for the preservation of the Union. were referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Also, the petition of John B. Crenshaw, trustee of Richmond Fe The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair also presents the memo male Institute of Richmonll, Virginia, praying relief. rial and petition of DeLorma Brooks, of Wisconsin, representing By Illr. SHOE~fAKER, of Pennsylvania: ThB petition of James :B. that he bas been despoiled and defrauded of a large amount of prop Pieroe and others, citizens of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, a,sking erty by a decree of the district court of the United States for the for the appointment of a commission of inquiry concerning the liquor district of Wisconsin, affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United traffic. States, in flagrant violation of law and justice, and praying that By :l'tk STONE: The petition of James Clark, private, late of Cap steps be taken to procure an amendment of tl;te Constitution of the tain Robert Colven's Company, Pennsylvania Volunteers, for pay and United States dispensing with our present judicial system, and sub pension. stituting therefor arbitration by persons chosen and paid by the By Mr. STRAWBRIDGE: A petition of citizens of Bradford County, parties litigant. The memorial will be referred to the Committee on P ennsylvania, against the free transmission of newspapers throurrh the Judiciary. the United States mails. 0 Mr. WRIGHT presented the petition of H. W. Read, with accom Also, the petition of Elia-s Snyder, Chandler Eves, and 974 other citi panying papers, praying compensation for superintending the trans zens of Pennsylvania, in favor of the settlement of all international portation of money belonging to the United States from Saint Louis difficulties by arbitration or ot her pacific mea-sures, and for the estab to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in the year 1863; which was referred to the lishment of a high oourt of nations. Committee on Claims. By Mr. SWANN: The petition of the Library and Literary Asso Mr. PRATT. I present a memorial, emanatinrr from a meeting held ciation of the Society of Friends of Baltimore, Maryland, signed by by working men and women in Philadelphia, on the 4th instant. They E. Stabler, jr., president, and George 1\L Lamb, secretary, askiurr for pray- the appointment of a commission of inquiry concerning the liquor First. That no further national bonds may be issued payable in gold. traffic. Second. That national legal-tender money be issued m place of the existing cur rency, bearing on its face tliat it represents a national debt, convertible into United _.Also, the memorial of Thomas Galloway, late captain Company C, States bonds at the option of the holder. First Marylancl Volunteer Cavalry, fo:J: change of record in Adjutant Third. That the national money be increased until it represents 5 per cent. of the General's office. wealth of the country. By l\Ir. TOWNSEND: A petition of the officers of the Kennett Fourth. For amendments to the national-banking law, particularly one prohibit· Branch of the National Temperance Society and the Good Templars ing what are known as "call loans." of K~nnett townsbi.i), Chester County, PennsylvaniaJ asking for the I move the reference of this memorial to the Committee on Finance. -appt)mtment of a commi!3sion of ~quiry concerning the ~guor traffic. The motion -wa_s agreed to.