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1902. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE. 811 By :rtir. WARNOCK: Petition of J. M. Baldwin and 137 others, propriation be made for the improvement of Cape Fear River in for amendment of the pension laws-to the Committee on Invalid that State; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. Pensions. He also presented a petition of the Produce Exchange of Wil Also, papers to accompany House bill granting an increase of mington, N. C., praying for the adoption of certain amendments pension to Thomas Reed__..:_to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the bankruptcy law; which was referred to the Committee on Also, papers to accompany House bill granting a pension to the Judiciary. JesseS. Bower-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. He also presented the petition of J. M. Fox and 229 other citi By Mr. WEEKS: Petition of J. T. Curley and other citizens of zens of North Carolina, praying for the adoption of an amend Michigan, for the retention of duty on raw sugar-to the Com- ment to the Constitution to prohibit polygamy; which was mittea on Ways and Means. · referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, petition of Chicago Clearing House Association, urging He also presented a petition of Amalgamated Wood Workers' the repeal of the special tax on capital and surplus of banks, etc. Union No. 93, American Federation of Labor, of Winston-Salem, to the Committee on Ways and Means. N.C., praying for the enactment of legislation authorizing the Also petition of Associated Fraternities of America, praying construction of war vessels in the navy-yards of the country; for t·elief from the ruling of the Post-Office Department exclud which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. ing fraternity publications from the mails as second-class mat Mr. SCOTT presented a petition of sundry citizens of West ter-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Virginia, praying for the adoption of an amendment to the Con Also, resolution of St. Clair County Farmers' Institute, Michi stitution to prohibit polygamy; which was referred to the Com gan, for the retention of the present tariff on sugar-to the Com mittee on the Judiciary. mittee on Ways and Means. Mr. WELLINGTON presented a petition of 50 citizens of Bal By Mr. WILLIAMS of illinois: Paper relating to the case of timore, Md. praying that raw sugar be restored to the free list; William Martin v. Cynthia A. Martin-to the Committee on In which was referred to the Committee on Finance. valid Pensions. He also presented a petition of the Shoe and Leather Board of By l'rlr. WOODS: Resolution of the California State Board of Trade, of Baltimore, Md., praying for the repeal of the duty on Trade and the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce, in oppo ition hides; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. to the proposed reduction of the present tariff rates on Cuban He also presented a petition of the Tri-State Medical Association sugar and tobacco-to the Committee on Ways and Means. of Western Maryland and West Virginia, praying for the estab Also, resolution of Manufacturers and Producers' Association lishment of a psycho-physical laboratory in the Department of the of California, for the maintenance of a hatchery for the propaga Interior; which was referred to the Committee on Education and tion of cod and the cod-fisheries industry in Alaskan waters-to Labor. · the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries. He also presented a petition of Monumental Council, No. 13, Also, resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of San Fran Daughters of Liberty. of Baltimore, Md., and a petition of Local cisco, Cal., urging the creation of a department of commerce and Union No. 635, United Mine Workers of America, of Vale Sum industries--to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com mit, Md., praying for the reenactment of the Chinese-exclusion merce. law; which were referred to the Committee on Immigrat1on. Also, resolution of the Board of Trade of San Francisco, Cal., He also presented petitions of United Brotherhood of Carpen favoring change in the bankruptcy law-to the Committee on the ters and Joiners' Union No. 29, of Baltimore; of Wood Workers' Judiciary. Union No.6, of Baltimore; of Iron Molders' Union No. 24,ofBalti Also, resolution of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, more, and of Iron Molders' Union No. 211, of Baltimore, all of Cal., against reciprocal trade relations with Cuba-to the Com the American Federation of Labor, in the State of Maryland, mittee on Ways and Means. praying for the enactment of legislation authorizing the construc By Mr. YOUNG: Resolution of Philadelphia Leaf Tobacco tion of war vessels in the navy-yards of the country; which were Board of Trade, protesting against any change in the existing referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. rates of duty on tobacco or cigars-to the Committee on Ways He also presented a petition of Independent Council, No. 2, and Means. Order of United American Mechanics, of St. Louis, Mo., pray Also, resolutions of the Chicago Clearing Honse Association, ing for the enactment of legislation to suppress anarchy; which urging the repeal of the special tax on capital and surplus of was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. banks, etc.-to the Committee on Ways and Means. He also presented a petition of the United States Brewers' As Also, petition of W. J. Whitthorne and others, of Columbia, sociation of New York, praying for the repeal of the remainder Tenn., in behalf of the claim for the destruction of Jackson Col of the additional war tax superimposed upon the old war tax upon lege by Federal troops-to the Committee on War Claims. malt liquors; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Also, petition of W. W. Lawrence, of Pittsburg, Pa., in relation Mr. WETMORE presented a petition of Rhode Island Lodge, to the extension of patents Nos. 273773 and 266198-to the Com No. 147, International Association of Machinists, of Providence, mittee on Patents. R.I., and a petition of Local Union No. 217, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and J oiners of America, of Westerly, R.I., praying SENATE. for the enactment of legislation authorizing the construction of war vessels in the navy-yards of the country; which were .referred TUESDAY, Janua'ry 21, 1~02. to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. QUARLES presented a petition of the International Typo· Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. W. H. M!LBUR..."'f, D. D. graphical Union of Kenosha, Wis., praying for the reenactment The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of yesterday's pro of the Chinese-exclusion act; which was referred to the Commit~ ceedings, when, on request of Mr. PRITCHARD, and by unanimous tee on Immigration. consent, the further reading was dispensed with. He also presented a petition of the Milwaukee Association of The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, the Jour Credit Men of Wisconsin, praying for the adoption of certain nal will stand approved. amendments to the bankruptcy law; which was refen·ed to the LEASING OF L~IAN LANDS. Committee on the Judiciary. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com He also presented a petition of Local Lodge No. 474, Inter munication from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in national Association of Machinists, of South Kaukauna, Wis., response to a resolution of the 7th instant, a report from the Com praying that an appropriation be made to supply a deficiency in missioner of Indian Affairs, containing information relative to the the ordnance fund of the Navy; which was referred to the Com leasing of large quantities of Indian reservations for mining, mittee on Naval Affairs. grazing, and other purposes, as shown by the records of his office, He also presented a petition of the Federated Trades Council etc.; which, with the accompanying paper, was referred to the of Madison, Wis., praying for the enactment of legislation author Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. izing the construction of war vessels in the navy-yards of the TOPOGRAPHIC WORK OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. country; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communi Mr. FAIRBANKS presented the petition of M . L. Essick and cation from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response sundry other citizens of Rochester, Ind., praying for the estab to a resolution of the 13th instant, a letter from the Director of the lishment of reciprocal trade relations with Cuba; which was Geological Survey, together with an abstract of reports, letters, referred to the Committee on Relations with Cuba. clippings, indorsements, resolutions, and petitions indicating the He also presented petitions of Cigar Makers' Union No. 31, of demand for topographic work of the Geological Survey; which, Connersville; of the Central Labor Union of Clinton, and of Rock with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on City Union, No. 242, International Association of Machinists, of the Geological Survey, and ordered to be printed. Wabash, all of the American Federation of Labor, in the State ot Indian~, praying for the enactment of legislation authorizing the PETITIONS .AND MEMORIALS. construction of war vessels in the navy-yards of the country; · Mr. PRITCHARD presented a petition of the Young Men's which were referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Business Association of Greensboro, N. C., praying that an ap- Mr. GAMBLE presented the petition of J. A. Fuller and 113 812 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. JANUARY 21, other citizens of· Milbank, S.Dak., and the petition of Mrs.