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SENATE. farm produce; which were referred t.o the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. SATURDAY, Decembe1· 21, 1889. He also presented a joint resolution adopted by the Legislature of Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. G. BUTLER, D. D. :Michigan, favoring the passq.ge of the bill for the relief of the Union The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. ex-prisoners of war; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. Mr. COKE. I present a petition of the Board of Trade of the city of TERRITORIAL OFFICE FUR:tfITORE, ETC. Paris, Tex., praying that an appropriation be made for the erection of a. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Chair lays before the Senate the joint United StatesbuHding in thatcitysnitableforholdingtheUnitedStates I resolution (H. Res. 19) donating fix.tu.res, furniture: etc., to the States circuitanddistrictconrtsand the post-office. Ipresentalsothepetition . ,.. of Washington and Montana, which was received yesterday from the of the mayor and councilof the city of Paris, making the same prayer. l;(ouse of Representatives. I also present a letter from ex-Senator Samuel Bell Maxey, who resides Mr. PLATT. Let the joint resolution be read at length. in the city of Paris, and a statement of the clerk of the Federal conrttiow The joint resolution was read the first time at length, as follows: held in the city of Paris on the same subject. I will state that I shall Resolved, etc., That all fixtures, furnitm·e, books, papers, and records heretofore in trod nee an appropriate bill for the construction of the building prayed -purchased for or used by the constitutional conventions. and the legislative, for in these petitions. I move that the petitions and accompanying executive, and judicial departments of the governments of the late Territories papers be referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. of 'Vashington and l\Iontana be, and the same are hereby, donated and trans- Th t• d to ferrcd by the United States to the States of Washington and Montana to be e mo ton was agree · controlled by the respectiye Legislative Assemblies of said States. ' l ~Ir. STEW ART presented a memorial of 180 farmers, residents of Mr. PLATT. If I can have the attention of the Senate for a mo- Ed~U?d~ Coun~y, South Dakota, sho-w:ing that the ~ainfall in that_lo ment I should like unanimous consent that the joint resolution may caJity 18 msufficient for successful farmrng, ~nd praymg for such ass~t be read the second and third times and passed. ance from the Governmen~ ~ m.ay be c~nsIStently rendered to obtam 1\1 INGALLS L tit be read the second time for information at water ~or the purJ?OS~ of irrigation; w!iich was. referred to the Select 1 - ~h · e ' ' Comm1 ttee on Irngahon and Reclamation of Arid Lands. e~he Joint resolution was read the second time at length. Mr. HOAR presen.ted the petition of Samuel E. Blair and othera. of :M:r PLATT. If tl'le Senate wm indulae me in a moment of expla- Warren, M~s., pray~g to have changed _the naval reC?rd of Joseph H . 0 • • • . • • . • Moore; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. nation ! thrnk there will be no objection t.o the passage of the JOrnt Mr. PLAT'l'. I present the petition of Mrs. Patrick L. Dunn, prav- resTohlut~~InC. E PRESIDENT I th b' t' ? Th Ch . h ing for the removal of the charge of desertion from the recofd of her e v · - ·~ • s · ereo ~ec 10n. e :ur ears none, . L . . · · and the Seuator from Connecticut will proceed. dec~ased husband, ~atrICk . Dunn, late~ pnvate m pompany B, Nmth Mr. PLATT. In the Territories of Washington and Montana the Regimen.t Connecticut V_olun~ers. I wIBh the petit10n to accompany · th · T ·w · · t h dth fu .t Senate bill No. 1591, which I rntrodnced yesterday. I move that the G overnmen t , d urmg eir e~n rm.1 exlS ence, pure ase . e rm ·1:re, etition be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. record books, and all matenal which they have used m connection P Th ot• s a(T e d to · with t~e Territoria:I offices. No'Y that they are s.tates the Government M:r~ ~A~WEw;res:~t=d re~olutions adopted by thel\Iethodist Episco ~ust either advertise an~ sel~ ~his ~r.operty, ha~mg no further us~ for pal Church of Columbus, Ohio, favoring the enlargement of the duties it, or. make some otb_er disposit10n of 1t. The First CornJ?t:oller thmks f ha 1 ·n in the Arm . which were referred to th Committ e n ·I that it would not bnng enough to pay the cost of advertJsmg and sale, ~~-t P ~ff: . Y' e e 0 or, if it did, a me7e frac~ion ov~r it; aml he thinks that no harm co~ld ~ea~fuo pr~~~~ted a resolution adopted by the city council of Cleve- result from donatmg this furmture, etc., to the States. I have a hst . . . :r . · f h t 't 0 t 8 0 f. s f't ·s quite trivial tabl cl 0 k b land, Ohio, favormg the selection of New Orleans, La., as a smtable otow a it.oc nsi~ • °~ e ~ i ~esks water-pitche :i' ~ sta ~x- site for a naval depot on the Gulf of Mexico; which was referred to the s ves, s v~, . rums, 1egis 1 a ive ' r;:;, was -s ~ s, Committee on Naval Affairs. and some of it 1s of more consequence. There are lamps for legISla- ,. WILSON f I A fi d · I· t d d b'll fi th · h 11 ti d · ell T •t · 1 d fl ty .n1 r. .r , o owa. ew ays since in ro nee a i or e hv~ a , e~ecu. ve. an misc aneous err~ ona recor s, ags! pe- establishment of a library in the Government Printing Office for the writers, leglSlativeJournals, maps of the Umted States and Terntones, f th lo e f th ffi I h · h d tT buckets, window-shades. The only considerable item is law library u~. oh ede?'1p Y s 0 e 0 ce. now ave rn my an a pe 1 ion and miscellaneous books, but it is not a large library and the books w ic rea s. are of little or no consequence. It seems to me entirely proper that The undersigned, citizens of the United States employed in the Go•ern~ent the J. oint resolution should be passed. Printing Office, respectfully petition your honorable bodies for the establish ment of a. library in the Government Printing Office for the use of the employes. With regard to North and South Dakota I will state that the Terri- tory of Dakota always purchased its own fixtures of this character- This petition is signed by 1, 281 persons,·and I ask that it may be re tbat is, the most of them-so that what is left there is practically a ceived and referred to the Committee on the Library, and in connec bagatelle of no importance whatever. tion herewith I wish to call the attention of the Committee on the By unanimous consent, the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, Hbrary to the bill and petition, and ask them to give the subject early proceeded to consider the joint resolution. consideration. The joint resolution. was reported to the Senate without amendment, I move that the petition be referred to the Committee on the Library. ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The motion was agreed to. Mr. BARBOUR presented thepetitiol). ofW. B. G. Shumate and other PETITIOXS .AND llIIDIORIALS. citizens of Virginia, praying to be allowed compensation for st.ores and Mr. WILSON, of Iowa, presented a petition of61 citizens of Altoona, supplies furnished the United States Army during the years from 1861 Iowa, praying for the passage of an act prohibiting speculation in raw to 1865; which was referred to the Committee on Claims. and manufactured farm products; which was referred to the Committee He also presented the petition of James W. Walsh and other citizens on Agriculture and Forestry. of Washington, D. C., praying to be allowed compensation for work Mr. CULLOU presented a memorial of citizens of Highland, Ill., done by them for the District of Columbia; which was referred to the and a memorial of citizens oflllinois, remonstrating against the passage Committee on the District of Columbia. oftheSunday-rest bill; which werereferred to the Committee on Edu cation and Labor. REPORTS OF COMl\IITI'EES. He also presented the petition of 1,050 citizens of lliinois, praying Mr. INGALLS, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, for the passage of a Sunday-rest bill; which was referred to the Com~ to whom was referred the bill (S. 4) authorizing and establishing a mittee on Education and Labor. public park in the District of Colombia, reported it with amendments. He also presented a petition of members of Grand Army of the Repub Mr. DAVIS, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Hc Post 278, of Palmyra, Ill., praying that legislation be enacted to the bill (S.1369) for the relief of Mrs. E.G. Carter, asked to be discharged compensate them for pe-::nniary loss sustained by them in serving the from its further consideration, and that it be referred to the Committee country; which was referred to the Committee on Military A.:ffairs. on Claims; which was agreed to. He also pi·esented a petition of senat.ors and representatives in the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, praying that Congress re DILLS INTRODUCED. enact the arrears act which was in force prior to July 1, 1880; which Mr. SHERMAN introduced a bill (S. 1584) to establish the rank of was referred to the Committee on Pensions. Arza B. Gilson, of Havana, Ohio, as major of the One hundred and Mr. MORRILL presented a petition of a large number of citizens of sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteers; which was read twiee by iwtitle, and St. Albans, Vt., in relation to the site for the proposed custom-house referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. and post-office at St. Albans; which was referred to the Committee on Mr. PLUMB introduced a bill (S. 1585) to provide for allotment of Public Buildings and Grounds. lands in severalty to Quapaw Indians in Indian Territory, and for Mr. McMILLAN presented a petition of the Detroit (l\1ich.) Board other purposes; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the of Trade, praying for the trans.fer of the revenue marine to the Navy Committee on Indian Affairs. Department; which was referred to the Committee on Naval A.:ffai.rs. Mr. DAVIS introduced a bill (S. 1586) granting a pension to Samuel He also presented the petition of Frank .Tohnson and 52 other farm Brooks; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Com ers of Michigan, and the petition of K. H. Rose and 51 other farmers mittee on Pensions. of Michigan, praying for legislation to prohibit the sale of options on Mr. McMILLAN introduced a bill (S. 1587) for the relief of Francis XXI--23
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... Co>ert; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Com• Anna M. Cogswell! of Garland County, Arkansas; which was read twice mittee on Military Affairs. by its title, and referred to the Committee on Claims. Mr. GORMAN introduced a bill (S. 1588) to establish a court of pat- He also (by request) introduced a bill (S.1610) for the relief of John ent appeals of the United States; which was read twice by its title. H. Mitchell, of Sebastian County, Arkan_as; which was read twice by Mr. GORMAN. In the last Congress, by request of a very large body its title, and referred to the Committee on Claims. of citizens who are interested, I introduced a similar bill and had it Mr. CULLOM introduced a bill (S.1611) granting a pension to Mrs. referred to the Committee on Patents, but I notice that the Senator Emeline Matthews; which wa.s read twice by its title, and, with the from Alabama introduced a somewhat similar bill at this session and accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Pensions. had it referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. I therefore move l\Ir. BARBOUH. introduced a bill (S. 1612) to constr.uct a road from the reference of this bill to the Committee on the Judiciary. the city of Staunton to the national cemetery in the county of Augusta, The motion was agreed to. in the State of Virginia; which was read twice by its title, and referred Mr.VANCE introduced a bill (S. 1589) for the relief of John D. to the Committee on 1.lilitary Affairs. Thorne; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Com- lifr. DAVIS introduced a bill (S. 1613) appropriating money for the mittee on·Claims. improvement of the military reservation at Fort Snelling, Minn.; which Mr. HEARST introduced a bill (S. 1590) to provide for the construe- was read twice .by its title, and referred to the Committee on Military tion of a public building in the city of Stockton, Cal.; which was read Affairs. twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Public Buildings Mr. HOAR introduced a bill (S. 1614) to allow the State of California aud Grounds. . to make certain grants to educatfonal institutions; which was read l\Ir. TELLER introduced a bill (S. 1591) to provide for the adjudi- twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. cation and paymentofclaims arising from Indian depredations; which Mr. SQUIRE introduced a bill (S. 1615) making an appropriation was read twice by its title, and referred to the Select Committee on for a submarine telegraph cable connecting Cape Flattery with Tatoosh Indian Depredations. Island, in the State of Washington; which was read twice by its title, He also introduced a bill (S. 1592) for the relief of the legal repre- and, with the accompanying papers, referred to the C-0mmittee on sentatives of Miguel Desmarais and others; which was read twice by Commerce. its title, and referred to the Select Committee on Indian Depredations. Mr. TELLER introduced a bill (S. 1616)..for the relief of Charles He also introduce
·, ,__ , ·. . " .· ' 1889. CONGR.ESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 355 I Mr REAGAN. If the Senator will allow me I will state that upon required to carry out this I?roposed amendment cou~d not _exceed $87,500, and.I • . . . ' · h" · am confldentthat such an increase of pay would be m the mterest of the public the 11th of April, 1888, I mtrodnced a resolution callmg for t IS m- service and enable us to secure capable and competent men for thls work. formation. The War Department responded, giving the information Th':' Senators and Represent~tives ~ho have ~e:en consulted in regard to th~se to the 31st of March 1888. The Treasury Department responded giving appomtments !1-re nearly unammous 111 complam!ng that they ca~ ~otfind smt!-1-- . . ' . . . . • D ble men for this work. Many persons have applied for these positions who did the mformahon about J ud1cial officers to the 31st of March, 1888 · . ~- not realize what the pay was to be, and a. number of good men have indicated ing this session we received a report from the Navy Department g1vrng that they would be obliged to withdraw their appli~tions. In some cases we the information to date. The information now called for is to complete shall .be: abl_e to_get.co~petcnt men whe~e the wor~ 1s taken up ?n account of . . . T the distinction 1t will give them and the interest which they lake m the matter. the 1nformat1on received from the War Department and the reasury There is no difficulty in finding supervisors for large cities like Philadelphia Department from the 31st of March, 1888, to the present date. ~nd New York, ~hi::re tho pay will be more tha~ S'.500· Complaints _have co.me Mr CULLOM. I ha.ve no obiection to the resolution. I supposed m from the Territories and the new !?tates that it 1s almost 1mposs1ble to find • • • J • h had b men to undertake these arduous duties for $500. it was gomg over the same ground agam t at een gone over. To show you that I have not exag~erated in any way the duties of super- 1\Ir. REAGAN. I ask for the adoption of the resolution. visors, I herewith inclose you a copy of the census law, with the section relat-
The resolution was considered by unanimous consent and a"reed0 to. ing to supervisors' duties marked in blue pencil. ' Very respectfully, E~ROLLED BILL SIGNED. ROBERT P. PORTER, . 8upc1·intcndent of Census. A message from the House of Ilepresenta.t1ves, by Mr. ~IcPHERSON, Hon. EUGEXE HALE, its Clerk, announced that the Speaker of the HouEe bad Slgned the en· Chairman Committee on the Census, C"nited States Senafo. rolled joint resolution (H. Res. 14) for removing damages caused by Mr. HALE. Mr. President, this letter was brought out from the floods in Sacramento and Feather Rivers; and it was thereupon signed able and faithful Superintendent of the Census because the fact was by the Vice-President. continually called to bis attention that it would be impossible to set LA.ND-PATENTS. the real machinery of the census going throughout the country unless "l\Ir. PLUMB. I desire to have the resolution I offered yesterday some additional provision was made for the compensation of the super disposed of, calling on the Secretary of the Interior for information. visors. It is the intention of the Superintendent to make this a rapid, The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Chair lays before the Senate a reso- complete, and yet extensive census, that shall not drag along as others • Jution submitted yesterday by the Senatorfrom Kansas [Mr. PLmrn]. have done previously. A supervisor takes charge of the enumeration It will be read. in a district numbering from 200,000 to 300,000 people and perhaps The resolution was read, as follows: more, having under him an army of enumerators whom be mnst super Resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior be directed to report the cause of vise, direct, guide, control, not only in their work, but in the making withholding patents for lands within the limits of the grant·to the Union Pacific Railway Company, whlch are free from all claims, and were not reserved at ihe up of their accounts. He ought to be a :first-class man; he ought to date of the definite location of the company's. road. have a good knowledge of business; be ought to have a good knowledge The VIC&PRESIDENT. The question is on .agreeing to the reso of the locality for which he is appointed; and be is obliged to exercise lution. great discretion and judgment in the cbarac~ of his subordinates. The resolution was agreed to. He has sometimes three Congressional districts, and, as the Senator from Connecticut [Mr. PLATT] suggests, sometimes five Congressional CENSUS SUPERVISORS. districts under his charge. Senators here, on both sides of the Cham Mr. HALE. I move that the Senate proceed to the consideration of ber, know that it is simply impossible to get such a man for $500. the bill (S. 1417) to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for tak Mr. CULLOM. Will the Senator allow me to ask him a question! ma the eleventh and subsequent censuses," approved March 1, 1889. Mr. HALE. Certainly. The motion was agreed to; .and the Senate, as in Committee of the Mr. CULLOM. In support of what the Senator says, I wish to re· Whole, proceeded to consider the bill. It proposes to amend section 6 mark that, in anticipation of the appointment of these supervisors in I ' ... • of the act approved March 1, 1889, by striking out the words "five my region of my State, I volunteered to ask two men who I thought hundred" and inserting the words "one thousand;" so that the pro were eminently qualified for such duty if they would take the place viso will read: "Proi-ided, That in the aggregate no supervisor shall be of supervisor if the Secretary of the Interior should appoint them, and, paid less than the sum of $1,0CO." after considering the duties and the pay and the responsibility, they Mr. GORMAN. Mr. President, I should like to inquire of the Sen said they could not do it; they could not afford to neglect the~ regu ator from Maine what necessity there is for this increase, and what it lar business to take a position of that sort for the amount of pay that will aggregate? was offered. l\fr. HALE. Mr. President, the answer to the natural and pertinent Mr. SHE RUAN. If I do not interrupt the Senator from Illinois, I question put by the Senatorfrom Maryland can better be given by hav should like to state that in several cases where very good men have ing read from the Secretary's desk a letter of the Superintendent of the applied for the position of supervisor of the census, when they were Census, which is the basis of this bill. If the Senator will listen I know told that they were to supervise the census of half a million peo he will see the reason for it. I send to the desk the letter to be read. ple-for the average district in the State of Ohio contains a half mill -- The Chi.ef Clerk read as follows: ion-for a compensation of $500, they said they could not afford to do DEPARTMENT OF THE l~"TERIOR, CENS'CS OFFICE, it, and it was not reasonable that they should do it, and therefore they Washington, December 12, 1889. declined. Hence I think the increase to $1, 000 is very moderate. The Srn: It has become apparent to me for some time that the provisions of the act of l\Iarch 1, 1889, to provide for ta.king the ·eleventh and subsequent cen districts are very large, some of them too large, ,but that bas always suses, are entirely inadequate, so far as the pay of supervisors i8 concerned. I been settled by the Superint€ndent of the Census, and I have nothing nm positive that I should not be able to obtain men properly equipped for the more to say. work for the maximum amount of compensation whicn the office is authdrized to pay under the act referred to. The success of the census proper depends Mr. HALE. Mr. President, there is no doubt in my mind about more upon the efficiency, fitness, and industry of the supervisors than any other the necessity of this legislation. It may be asked why it was not pro employes, and yet the pay for such services, in the majority of cases, will not vided for in the original bill. I take to myself, perhaps, some self amount to that of an ordino.ry laborer or janitor for the same time. It. is my intention, o.s you know, to recommend theappointmentof the super reproach that I did not forecast better the condition of the case at tba.. t visors not later than January. When the amount of work required and the time in preparing the Senn.te amendments, which were acceded to by expanse of country to be covered are taken into consideration this is not a the Senate, in not looking ahead further and seeing this difficulty; but day too early. Immediately upon appointment and confirmation by the Sen ate the supervisors will have to subdivide their districts and ascertain the it is one of the things that come up in a colossal work, such as this is; • qualifications of se"Veral hundred applicants for enum.erators. This work, to one of the difficulties ihat come up from time to time, produced by the gether with the work of distribution of sta~iol!ery, gi_ving_ instructions, an~ a events occurring e'"ery day. Ifthereisany doubt, if there is any diffi variety of other matters too numerous to give in detail, will occupy the entire time of the supervisors in nearly every district until they are ready for the culty in securing the passage of this bill, or if it fails, I should feel that count of the people, June 1, 1890. From tha.ttime until the fall of 1890 tlJesupel"" the Census Office would be in a condition where it could not go on with visor will be employed all the time. Jn the majority of cases he will haye the work. from 250 to 300 enumerators to look after. He must eee that they start at a given time; he must examine the daily reports from each one of them every I do not know that any Senator objects to the bill. I know there is day; he must go over their returns; he must compare them with their accounts, a desire here to go into execut ive session to clear off nominations,_and and finally, he must audit their bills. therefore I shall take no further time of the Senate, unless there may If this work is completed, the bills pa.id, and the enumeration accepted by the Census Office by the close of 1890 it will be as much as we c:..n possibly expect. be further ques tions to be askecl . Yet in performing this work, work which requires good judgment in the ap :Mr. ING ALLS. Mr. President, the country will be glad to hear from ·, pointment of the right kind of enumerators, a fair degree of executi>e ability in the chairman of the committee that this census is not to be a repe.ti assigning them to work, energy and activity in pushing this small army of enumerators every day, accuracy in the preparation and auditing of their ac tion oftbe Tenth, provided for, I belie>c, in 1880; and now in 1889, nine counts, and integrity in watching their work as it progresses, all that can be paid years after the work was auth orized, I am informed that there am still in amajorityof casesis S)OO. You obser>e that it '"-ill practically require a man's many volumes in manuscript which have not yet been printed. I do work for a year. From the time he is appointed until his accounts are approved and paid by the disbursing officer of the Census he will be at the beck and call not remember the entire number of tomes that have been precipi of this office. As Superintendent I shall be obliged to ask the superrisors to tated upon the country in an arnlanche of misinformation to cumber perform various other duties which are not specifically mentioned in the law, but which are necessary to the faithful prosecution of the work. the archives and bewilder the judgment about the conditions which Under these circumstances I feel it my duty to recommend that section 6 of they purport to detail. The Tenth Census was notoriously inaccurate. the census act be amended by striking out the words " five hundred" and in It was not reliable. It was o>erloaded with an enormous mass of ma serting the words "one thousand;" so that the proviso will read ns follows: terial that ne>er ought to have been included, and I am advised that "Provided, That in the aggregate no supervisor shall be paid less than the sum of 1,000." As there will be one hundred and seventy-five supel"visors ap the present Superintendent is approached with incessant importunity pointed for the whole cou ntry, tho additional appropriation which would be to ha>e the operations of this census s till furl her ex tended, so that the
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_.... entire decenmal period will not be sufficient to collect the · statistics the last required by law all the.se divisions· of the census, which ju. and have them printed. volve this great amount of publication and this great amount of man A census, to be valuable, ought to he promptly taken, and its results uscript to which the Senator alluded, while the present census, if I ought to be immediately announced. They should be restricted to the understand the existing census law, leaves it more in the discretion of enumeration of the inhabitants of the . ~untry~ t.o vital statistics, and the Superintendent himself, and therefore the necessity exists of his a statement. of the principal facts about its commerce, agriculture, and resisting these attempts to spread over the ground that was occupied manufactures. :Monograpbsabouttbe history of towns, abstruse, philo by the last census. I may be mistaken, but I have understood that to sophical speculations in political economy, treatises on special indus be the great difference between the two. tries, that may or may not be of interest to particular persons, should Mr. HALE. The framework of the law under which the Superin be rigidly excluded. tendent proceeds is not largely different in the two acts. The amplifi I have nothing to say in derogation of the capacity or ability of the cation of the Tenth Census was more a matter of administration than last Superintendent. He was an eminent man, but he transferred, as it was of the statute itself; and when the very able, accpmplished, and I understand, the practicalsuperintendencyof that work to an assistant ingenious gentleman who had charge of that got started in what was a or a subordinate, who became ill afterwards, so that the whole thing most attractive work to him he did not see his way to cut it off, and it went to pieces. I believe that his life was sacrificed to the work which went far beyond his expectations and far beyond any calculation that he undertook. What I am saying now, Mr. President, is for the pur he made. It was unfortunate that he wa-s obliged to leave the work pose ofadmonishingSuperintendent Porter, if it can be done, that these and to commit it to other hands; but so it ran along without very much solicitations are not to be yielded to, and that the country expects from central management, and we had the result, which is a warning for the him a census that shall be completed within the next two or three future. +he present Superintendent does not mean to be led into any years and not drag along until the year 1900. We appropriated, I be such transactions. There will be no such features as the Senator from lieve, :first pnd last, originally and in complfance with supplemental Kansas has alluded to, of essays, papers, historic researches into the estimates, the enormom; sum of $6,000,000 for the work of the Tenth history of towns, but it is intended to confine it to the essential mat Census, and I venture to say that 30 per cent., if not 50 per cent., of ters, and I repeat what I hope, that within two years from the time all that was done was uselessly done; that it was a waste of public when the census is taken that part of the work most interesting to the treasure, and that the published volumes will be of no service or value people of the United States and to the world will be, as it ought to be, whatever fo the people of this country. before the American people. I do not know whether the provisions for taking the Eleventh Census Mr. REAGAN. Mr.President, I concur in the timely suggestions of have been sufficirntly guarded or riot, but if there needs to be any Senators that the census ought to be promptly taken and that the in practical instructions or any further admonition to the Superintendent formation obtained by the taking of it ought to be promptly published. as to what his duties are, I hope that Congress in some efficient and It seems to me. that the Superintendent of the Census, however, should prompt way will take occasion to inform him, and I should like to be guided by the Jaw and not by admonitions from individual Senators. bear from the chairman of the committee how far these operations I have not the bill before me and have not examined it, but it have proceeded, and what is to be the extent of the operations that are occurs to me that the la.w ought to govern the duties of the Superin· contemplated. tendent, and that he ought to secure the information called for by the Mr. HALE. Mr. President, the Tenth Census became n. melancholy law, and that he ought not to assume to collect information not called sort of business before it ended. for by the law. If the law is defective in pointing out the classes of 1\fr. INGALLS. It bae not ended yet. subjects upon which information should be collected, then there ought Mr. HALE. Ye~, it has ended now to all intents and purposes. And to be promptly an amendatory law passed pointing out to him what it is not quite correct to say that the volumes which cover that work subjects he should collect information upon. are not all issued. Thetwen ty-four volumes (includingtheCompendium) Speaking of new subjects, I see from the newspapers that it has been which cover the work of that census ham all been issued and are be· urged that the Superintendent of the Census should obtain informa fore the public. tion in addition to that contained in the last census as to the extent to Mr. INGALLS. I should like to interrogate the Senator one mo which the farms of the country are mortgaged and as t.o the extent to ment, if be wiil allow me, to ask him if there is not a vast amount of which the farms of the country are owned by their occupants. It manuscript collected that has not yet been published? seems to me that the census should rightly embrace information as to Mr. HALE. I was coming to that. There is much material that population, as to agriculture, as to manufactures, as to the distribu has been gathered at considerable expense which has never been pub tion of wealth, and as to the inventiveness of the country, These are lished and will never be published; not that all of this is valueless, but the main topics, and as illustrating the wealth and indebtedness of the the work extended so far, the scope became so great, so burdensome, counh-y, it seems to me that that additional information in relation to and there were so many volumes, that it was left out, and there is no the ownership of homes is a very important sort of information to intentioJl of publishing it, and there would be little, if any, utility in be given to the public, and if under existing legislation the Superin doing so. The twenty-four volumes that comprise the work were com tendent can not collect that information, I hope that such legislation pletely :finished, and have been before tbe public for about a year. will be adopted as will enable him to get it so that we may judge of It is true that the present conduct of the Census Bureau, without the condition of the country as to prosperity or otherwise. If it is reflecting upon tbe Tenth Census, that of 1880, is intended to run in within the discretion of the Superintendent to collect that information, an entirely different fashion, and I, for one, am very glad to hear what I trust that the admonitions given to him this morning will not pre the Senator from Kansas has said. What he bas said will be an admo vent his giving to the country information as to tbe extent to which nition to the Superintendent of tbe Census as to his conduct in this the })eople of this land own their own homes and as to the extent to work. It will strengthen the hands of the Superintendent, because which they are covered by mortgages. the Superintendent, Mr. Porter, is all the time beset by importunities Mr. TELLER. Mr. President, I think in justice to General Walker, f • in one form or another to extend this work, to embrace new matter, who had charge of the last census, it ought to be stated that very much or, if the matter is taken up, to extend the scope of inquiries as to that. of the work of that census was laid on him by the statute providing There are bills already pending before the Census Committee that have for the taking of the census. It is true, as has been said, that the been intro'1.uced here by Senators which, if they receive the favor of duties of the situation were very agreeable to General Walker, who the Senate and House and become laws, will add millions of dollars largely had an interest in the questions concerned, and he extended to the expense of the census, and will prolong it months and, it may and amplified to a great degree this work. I do not agree with the be, years; and the Superintendent sits in his office and is engaged in Senator from Kansas [Mr. INGALLS] that the work as finally done was resistingtheseimportunities. Whathedesires, what I desire, and what worthless and valueles::. The last census has received the commenda the Census Committee desire, is a census that shall be taken upon the tion of statisticians all over the world. No other one has presented to subjects referred to by the Senator from Kansas and one or two others the world such an array of statistics in a census as we presented in our that have been incorporated in the law with reference to soldiers' sta Tenth Census. There was a general feeling in this country thv.t this tistics and recorded indebtedness, where he has no discretion, where being the tenth decade the census should be a complete one. Congress has passed upon the point, and then that the volumes shall There is great danger now that if we att.empt to get out an early • begin to issue the latter part of next year, and all of them be before census we shall have a census (if the Superintendent should heed all the public within two years. Just how many volumes there will be the suggestions which have been made) that will be absolutely value I can not say, nor can he say; but he is determined, and I may say for less. It is not of very much import.ance for us to know exactly how the Census Committee it is determined, that it shall extend into no such many people there are in the United States, except in a general way, number as the Tenth Census extended into. for the purpose of apportioning members of Congress, etc. There are Mr. CULLOM. Does the Senator think it will be all published a thousand other things of more importance to us. The suggestion within two years? made hy the Senator from Texas [l\Ir. REAGAN] with reference to the :Mr. HALE. I hope so. 1\Ir. President, I do not promise, because :financial condition of a certain class of people is of vast importance to I learn from my experience as to the old census that it will not do to us, that we may understand the relation of the different branches of promise; but I hope that the most valuable part of this work will be industry in this country one with another. It is important that we before the public within two years from the time the census is taken. should have accurate statistics upon this subject, which we did not Mr. DAWES. If it does not interrupt the Senator, I should like, get even in the Tenth Census for the lack of time and the lack of at in the nature of a~ inquiry, to ask hjm if there is not th4J radical dis tention and the lack of means. While it is the most complete census tinction beiween the.method adopted in this census and the last, that that ever was taken, it is open to criticism in many directions. There
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are a great many things in it that when examined will be found to be with the fact.a before us-it will be time enough then to take up this detective. There are illogical and incorrect conclusions to be drawn question and determine it in those specific cases; but to make this ap from the statements, because there was not sufficient detail. I will propriation, to begin now with an increase of $87, 500 in that work and not stop now to explain, but this is the case in very many instances. to follow it, and if the recommendations are to be carried out in regard I will just mention that the relation of profits that are made by manu to the printing, the $6,400,000 appropriated will not pay fpr taking the facturers and the amount of money that they pay to la.borers is grossly census, but the cost will run up to seven or eight million dollars. I misrepresented in this census, for the reason that there was no con therefore suggest to the Senator from Maine that it would be well sideration of taxes, of clerical work, and a hundred other things which enough to let this bill lie over until we reassemble, so that we can get enter into the cost of production of manufactured articles. So you further information about it. To-day it will be impossible for me to may take many other things that ought to have had further attention; vote for it. · but the work grew large, Congress became impatient, everybody was Mr. DOLPH. I should like to call the attention of the Senator from anxious for the result, to know what had been done, and the work was Maine to the provision of the law for securing statistics of mortgage cut off. · indebtedness. I have no doubt accurate information on that subject . '· Now I want to say a word to the Senator from Maine, who proposes would be very valuable, but it depends entirely upon how these sta in two years to have the next census complete. If be gets a census tistics are taken whether they are of any value or whether or not posi published in two years, it will be absolutely valueless to us in this tively misleading. There are hundreds of thousands of mortgages ap country. parently existing to-day in the United States in which the mortgage Mr. HALE. I did not say that I expected that the publication of debt bas been discharged years ago, but the mortgage bas never been all the volumes would be within two years. canceled of record. Mr. TELLER. I understood the Senator to say that. A few year.'! ago the Le¢slature of the State of Oregon passed an act Mr. HALE. By no means; but those portions which are most looked taxing mortgages, and the execution of that law disclosed the fact that 1· for and most valuable ought to be got before the public in two years there were hundreds of mortgages in that State which had been paid from the time the census is taken. for years and yet had never been satisfied on the record. Then it is Mr. TELLER. Certainly we can tell in less than two years how always understood that the mortgage debt is represented by the notes, many people we have in the political communities that make up this and is transferred by the mere transfer and delivery of the notes, as Republic; but when you talk of six months, when you come to the de they are payable to bearer, and there may be several notes covered by tails, which are only valuable when .they are exact and carefully done, one mortgage. A number of the notes may be paid and one only re which require the consideration of very many subje-cts before you can main unpaid, but the mortgage remains of record covering the entire come to a full conclusion, that can not be done in a short time. It debt; or the debt may be, perhaps, represented by one note, and it may must pass through many hands; it must be revised, corrected, and have been paid within a few dollars and still the mortgage would re put to mathematical tests, else it· is of no value; and I beg of Senators main upon record for the whole amount. who compose the Committee on the Census not to attempt to rush the Again, mortgages often represent fictitious indebtedness. Mortgages Superintendent of the Census in this matter. I have the utmost con are sometimes given as security for investments to be made after the fidence in the Superintendent who is now presiding over the Census execution of the mortgages. The statistics which may be obtained in Bureau. I think no better appointment could have been made; but regard to mortgage indebtedness would be of no value unless the• ex neither he nor any other man •can give us a valuable census without amination goes further than the record, and the examination is made time, and we ought not to hope or expect to take a census, to get the by the debtor and creditor in regard to the indebtedness as well. whole work before the public, under five years. I might have made these suggestions to the Superintendent of the The great trouble is that we have not, as we ought to have, a bureau Census, but I think the matter is of importance enough to have the of statisti~ to do this work acl interi1n. There is where much of the suggestions get a wider circulation by being presented here. work could be done and ought to have been done between the last cen Mr. STEWART. Mr. President, I am very much gratified that the sus and this one, and then put into the hands of the present Superin Senator from Maine has made the proposition to increase the compensa tendent of the Census ready to go into bis work. We shall never have tion of these supervisors. My colleague and myself have made con a proper census until that is done. Do not let us be in too much haste siderahle effort to ascertain if we could get suitable men for the place, about the matter. If it is worth paying ou~ four or five millions for, and each one that we m€t who was regarded as competent made the as we shall have to clo, let us have it so done that it will be of value excuse that it would be impossible to serve for the compensation which to the people when we get through with it. was allowed in a sparsely settled country where the population is scat M:r. GORMAN. Mr. President, when I put my inquiry to the Sen tered over a very large area. The difficultie~ in connection with it are at.or from Maine in the beginning of this debate, it was not with the view very great, in obtaining the information, and it is impossible to get any of entering upon a discussion as to the character of the work now under person for $500 to attend to it unles3 he is willing, for the honor of the the control of the Superintendent of the Census, but I referred alone place, to incur expense on his own account. I think $1,000 would be to this. proposed increase of appropriation of $87, 500. It seemed to me a. reasonable compensation, and certainly not too great a compensation that the act which was passed at the last Congress, of which the Sen throughout the country. ator from Maine had charge in the Senate as chairman of the Commit The value of the census, after alli will depend upon its accuracy, and tee on the Census, framed by thecommitteesoftbe twoHousesofCon therefore it is important to secure proper men to engage in the work. gress, and by Congress itself, fixed the measure of the total expense As to the suggestion of the difficulties the Senator from Oregon makes which was to be incurred in. this work at $6,400,000, exclusive of the in getting at accurate information as to the indebtedness by way of printing and binding that were to be done. There was a fair com mortgage, that should not prevent an effort to get what we can on that pensation to be allowed to the officers employed in this department in subject, for I assure you, in my opinion, that is about as important a taking the census, and the act fixed what the aggregate should be, subject as we can possibly consider. The relation between the debtor $6,400,000. The compensation of the supervisors was fixed and deter and creditor classes in this country, and in all countries, is one of the , . I mined by that act, as follows: most momentous questions that can be suggested. SEC. 6. Each supervisor of census shall, upon the completion of his duties to The debtor class is certainly very much interested in having no leg ' the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior, receive the sum of $125, and in islation thatwill increaseits obligations. Weoughttounderstand the addition thereto, in thickly-settled districts, 51 for each thousand or majority fraction of a thousand of the population enumerated in his district, and in extent to which obligations have already been incurred, and the dif sparsely-settled districts SI. 40 for each thousand or majority fraction of a thou ficulties that the debtor class are laboring under, in order that we may sand of the population enumerated in such district. so arange our finances that we do no injustice to them. It is very easy It is provided further that the aggregate amount to each supervisor to double the obUgations of a contract after it has been made, by re , . shall not be less than the sum of $500. I believe that was a fair meas ducing the volume of the circulating medium, which, of course, the ure of compensation for these persons. It was fixed at the time without creditor class are in favor of doing. They are the powerful class; they reference to party. It was :fixed in strict accord with the amount paid have the money; they have the power; they have the ear of legislators, for the Tenth Census, and it was rather an increase of the amount and they generally overreach the debtor class. I think that the con allowed to the supervisors of the Tenth Census. There the compensa tracts in this country have been changed by legislation since they were tion was not to exceed $500. Here the minimum under the act of the made, on an a>erage of 35 per cent. t:> the disadvantage of the debtor. last Congress is $500, and in addition to this compensation $1, and in Mr. EDMUNDS. How was it in the time of war? some cases $1.40, for the enumeration of each thousand inhabitants. Mr. STEWART. If the exigencies of war create a hardship, that is Now, I say to the Senator from Maine that experience has demon no reason why, after the war is closed, a greater wrong should be com strated that for the short time in which these gentlemen are employed mitted deliberately when there is no reason for it. There may be there was no difficulty during the taking of the Tenth Censmi in get reasons and exigencies where people have to suffer without remedy; ting perfectly competent men in every section of the Union. In the but in a condition of things where there is no reason except the ava communication which bas just been read by the Secretary I find that rice of the creditor which actuates him, that avarice should not be the Superintendent of the Census states that in the large cities there is gratified by legislation, as I think it bas been in the last fifteen years no difficulty now. The only question comes from the sparsely-settled very largely. country west of us, the new States recently admitted into the Union. But I will not go into that question. I simply say it would be in I submit, if there are exceptional cases theie, it will be time enough teresting to know the amount of mortgages that are resting u,pon West when the Superintendent points out to Congress the specific cases where ern farmers and throughout the country, so that we may be governed an increase ought to be made and the justice of it can be considered by a principle of fair play and equity between debtors and creditors.
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Mr. BLAIR. l'IIr. Presidentt it seem-s to me that if this information million gallons more than the average for the previous ten years. So
is to be collected it ought to be done in such a way as to state the it appears that we are increasing this business1 going into it more and truth. It is. manifestly impossible to ascertain the reJat.ions between more largely, and there are people in this country who say it is a bad the debtor and the creditor classes simply by learning the amount thing to do to kill folks instead of curing anybody, and some say it is of existing mortgages or of existing indebtedness, whether it be se never a food hut a poison, and a medicine only in those conditions when cured by mortgage, by bond, or in any other way that may be named. a man's system needs a poison, in order to make it better, like arsenic, It js, of coure, well known that the great business enterprises of the strychnine, and those things. country are carried on very largely with foreign capital, which is se This is a controverted question. We are doing a great deal of this cured by mortgages on the part of those who are engaged in those en busin ess. There jg a statement in the papers that during the last eight terprises upon their plant or their property. So with the railroads and or ten years-and I do not know anybody contradicting it except the so with all the corporations of the country. There are hardly any of brewers and distillers and saloon-keepers-it has killed about 100,000 .- them who haYe not an existing indebtedness, and yet those very men people in the country every year, and that it makes others sick and who owe that money are the dictators of business to the prosperity or bas-a bad effect upon progeny, and affects our people all the way down misfortune of the country, as the case may be. The wealthiest men to bell or the millennium, as the case may be. On the other hand, it are often the great est debtors. I doubt whether the representati\es of is said that men make money out of it, and that it is a good thing so the great railroads and corporations of the country a.re not more largely far as property is concerned; that there is a high license attached to the debtors to-day upon the record than any other class. exerci e of the business as to most of the saloons of the conn try, ''which The business enterprise and the capital which is at the foundation of doth the general coffers fill,'' and therefore it is a good thing, the money it are not always, and are ju fact seldom, combined in the same indi being the compensation which makes a. good thing of it. vidual. The manufacturers of the country have the skill, have the ca On the whole, it seems to me it would be well enough in taking the pacity, and they borrow the capital and give the se?urity of their P!op statistics in regard to the individuals who make up this great nation of .· erty-for its repayment. The man who has the capital lacks the witrn sixty-five or seventy millions, as the case may be, to :find out whether or the sense of capacity oftentimes, but he gets his 4, 5, or 6 per cent., as not we are doing a big business in the way of destroying the life we are the case may be. Nominally be is the creditor all the time, though so proud of. Old King David, yon know, got into a scrape by taking the other man, who is really the debtor upon the record, is the true cred his census and counting up numbers, and if we are to do this weought itor. He is making the money out of it, and the poor capitalist is sim to look into all kinds of business in a way to ascertain our real condi ply a contribuoor to the wealth and the importance of the debtor class. tion and not to put before mankind false reports of the force, the ability, Now, take these Western farmers, for whom I have a profound sym the virtue, the excellence, and the superiority ofour nation, because we pathy, and e-very man of them has grown wealthy by borrowing money are poisoning ourselves and laying the foundation for the d isiutegration and running in debt. I speak of them, of course, as a class. As a. class of our physical power and moral force. We ought to understand that. they have done so. They have taken the hard-earned money of the It would be well enough for these persons who go around picking up East which we have lent to them at the low rates of interest which we these facts to be charged with this all-important inquiry, it seems to have been able to secure-by ' ' we" I am not including myself, but me, because people have been saying these things in this country long those who have earned ~be money and who have lent it-and the West enough, and it has been charged that it i "the temperance fanatics" has grown rich aad prosperous, and developed, until to-day she is the who have been making the agitation against the liquor trade, until I controlling element in the country; and yet, if the debtor class were should think the liquor dealers themselves would want something done immediately obliged to convert itself into a creditor class, it would ruin about it so as to have it known whether they a.re engaged in a villainous this country. work or not. They can go around and by counting :find out whether It bas been suggested that this information obtained in this perfunc there is a business in this country which is wrongly accused. Perhaps tory way by examination of the records must necessarily be in and of the result would vindicate the trade in intoxicating liquors and show itself very inaccurate because of the payments that have been made whether it is a trade which, after all, legislation or judicial decision upon the real indebtedness in many instances. Now, in order that this anywhere should be brought to bear in favor· of. census may not mislead more than it helps us, and curse the country I make these suggestions, and would like to inquire of the Senator with an amount of trash analogous to what the last one did-for with from ~1aine whether it would not be an easy thing, on the whole, to all the exceeding good that the last census did, I think myself it is only focorporate with the rest of the work which is being mapped out for just to say that it spread a great amount of m_isinformation which be the Superintendent of the Census, something to do in this direction came the basis of false reasoning and the support of wrong doctrines in not a cumbrous work, I mean, but something that wiil not cause any political economy and injured the counti·y vastly more than it did more difficulty to perform than it will be to go everywhere and get at good-if thia is to be made of any value, an absolutely impracticable the statistics in reference to mortgages and personal indebtedness, and thing, it seems to be, would necessarily have to be done. The real the relations between the debtor and creditor classes. wealth of a man, how much be owes in comparison to what he is worth, Mr. HALE. Mr. President, I ask to have printed in the RECORD should be ascertained, so that it could be seen to what exteut there is the list which I have here of the Yolumes of the Tenth Census, with a. a class on the one side that can exact life and blood from the other side. statement as to the contents of each, which I will not take the time of That is the popular idea, the idea that is being preached here upon the the Senate to have read. floor of the Senate of the relation between the debtor and the creditor The list is as follows: classes, and it is a false idea, as it seems to me. If the truth and if the real fact is to be ascertained, yon would institute an inqniryintoevery Year . Volume. No.of pub- Title of volume. man's business, learn how much he has besides what he owes, or how p ug es. lished. much more he owes than he really has. That, of course, is an imprac ticable thing to do, and yet it is the only fact that is worth having. First ...... 961 1883 Statistics of Population. However, I shall be very glad to see this done, if it can ever be. Second ...... 1198 1883 Sta.ti tics of Manufactures. But I did not rise to say anything in regard to that so much as to ask Third ...... 1149 1883 Statjstics of Agriculture. the Senator who has charge of the census, and who il.ischarged that Fourth ...... 869 1883 Agencies of Transportation. Fifth ...... 9'.?4 1884 Cotton Production in the United States,"part 1. onerous duty with so much ability formerly and in this instance also Sixth ...... 848 188! Cotton Production in the United States, pa.rt 2. with so much fidelity and capacity, whether it will be practicable or Seventh ...... 9CY.) 188-t Valuation, Taxation, and Public Indebted- not, while obtaining the rest of the information, to gather accurate ness. Eighth ...... 910 1884 Newspapers, Alaska, and Ship-building. statistics or information as to the liquor trade, the trade in intoxi Niuth ...... 612 1884 Forest Trees of Korth America, and Portfolio catina liquors in this country, to ascertain the location of distilleries, ofl\Ia.ps. the a':nonnt of their manufacture, the points to which they distribute T enth ...... _ .. 843 188! P etroleum, Coke. and Building Stones. Eleventh ...... 767 1885 l\Iortality and Vital Statistics, part I. their product, the number and location of saloons in the country. I Twelfth ...... 803 1886 l\fortality and Vital Statistics, part 2. am told there are some nine thousand in the city of New York by Thirteenth ...... 54.l 1885 Statistics and T echnology of the Precious actual count, four or :five thousand more in Chlcago, and I suppose a Metals. Fourteenth ...... 705 1885 l\Iining Laws of the U nited States. reasonable number in St. Louis and in every other large city where Fifteenth ...... 1025 1886 l\lining Industries of the United States. they propose to have the world's fair and in the cities where they do Sixteenth ...... 740 18 5 \Vater-Power of the United States, part 1. not, and also in the country everywhere. [ask whether we can not, Seventeenth ...... 672 1887 'Vater-Pow cr of the United States. part 2. Eighteenth...... 915 1886 Social Statistics of Cities, part 1. while these enumerators are countingup individuals, counttbe saloons Nineteenth ...... 843 1887 • ocial Statistics of Ci ties, part 2. and learn something about the amount of business they are doing, what Twentieth ...... 716 1886 'Vages, Prices of Neces. aries of Life, Trades effect they are producing upon the bodies and souls of our countrymen, Societies, and Strikes and Lockouts. Twenty-first ...... ~l 1888 Defective,Dependent,und Delinquent Cla ses. what effect they are having upon property, upon poverty, and upon the Twenty-eecond .. 596 1888 Power and l\Iachinery Employed in l\Ianu- general condition and welfare of the American people, what we export factures and the Ice Industry. ] 883 Compendium., part 1. and what we import, as the case may be1nnd whether or not alcoholic Twenty-third .... . } 1886 { liquor is a good thing in its practical applications upon the condition Twenty-fourth ... 1883 Compendium, part 2. of humanity here in the United States. It is a great business, and we are doing a great deal of it, and the Mr. HA.LE. I ask also to have printed in the RECORD a letter from business is increasing. I see this year we have manufactured some the Superintendent of the Census upon the subject, which has been 19,000,000 gallons of liquor more than the year before, and fourorfive discussed here, of the recorded indebtedness. ·.' ..~ .. : ... - •..
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The letter is as follows: Mr. PADDOCK. Mr. President, I only wish to bear a simple word DEPARTlIID<"T OF TlIE b."TERIOR, Oro;sus OFFICE, of testimony upon a point mentioned by the Senator from New Hamp-. Washington, Decemhe1· l6, 1889. shire [Mr. BLAm], and that is as to what was said by him respecting l'tIY DEAR MR. HALE: Referring to our conversation a few days ago in relation the indebtedness of Western farmers. I wish to say that the represen to the inquiry relating to recorded indebtedness, I beg leave to submit the fol- tations which have been made, published, and spre.ad broadcast over lowing for your consideration: • th t · d · bl. h d · th t The act of Congress, approved March 1, 1889, for taking the eleventh and sub- e conn ry Ill newspapers an JD pu IC speec es nrmg e pas year sequent/ censuses, provides that the Superintendent of Census "shall, also, at by certain pessimists and demagogues re'lpecting the indebtedness of the time of the genera.I enumeration herein provided for, or prior thereto, as the the agricultural class in my State were very cruel in their character at Secretary of the Interior may determine, collect the statistics of and relating to least, a l ·bel upon my State and its farmers, and in all respects villain the recorded indebtedness of private corporations and individuals, and make report thereon to Congress." ously false. As to the aggregate mortgage indebtedness of our State, Under this provision of the law, it is intended to collect said statistics in Jan- covering all kinds and all classes of real property, it has been repre -. uary.1890. The limitations of the law, and the limited appropriation of money d th t h · d bt d ts th t 1 l · · l' for the purpose of carrying it out, together with other insuperable difficulties sente a sue Ill e e ness represen e ac na osses ID agncu .,,_ in the way of doing this work by enumerators in connection with the general rue to the agricultural people of that State because of the alleged hard enumeration of the population be~inning June 1, 1890, which a.re outlined in conditions existing on account of wrong financial or fiscal policies, etc., my recent letter to Hon. JAMES H. BERRY, United States Senator, forbid that f R bl. d · · t t• these statistics should l>e gathered by a. bouse-to-housecanva,ss. Nevertheless, O epu ican a fillllIS ra ion. a large amount of information, covering very nearly the whole subject, will be I want to record the statement here that not to exceed 1 per cent. obtained in other ways, partly from the record8 and partly by inquiry of hold- of the mortga~e indebtedness, if so much as that, of my State, repre- ers of mortgages and owners of mortgaged real estate. 11 · th t• f · lt 1 d tr I d d The financial transactions of the people, as far as evidenced by mortgages, sen ts ac t ua osses In eprosecu 10no agncu ura rn as y. n ee ' will L>e ascertained for the ten years 1830-' 9. The number of acre!! of agricult- I believe that seven-eighths of the mortgage indebtedness of that State ural land anj the number of real-estate holdings in villages and cities which represents purchases made through deferred payments amongst those have been mortgaged in each year, in each county, and the amount of mort- engaged in agriculture, who have found it advantageous to themselves gaged debt placed upon these two classes of real estate, by years and by coun- ~ ties, will be ascertained. to acquire additional tracts of land adjoining their already improved The amount of mortgaged debt existing Ja.nuary 1, 1890, upon agricultural farms, or to increase their flocks and herds; and in the large towns the land and upon vills.ge and city real estate, and the number of agricultural a&es t wth · ·d t t th 1 d 1 t f 11 ki d f and of village and city holdings co>ered by this debt, will be obtained for each grea gro lllCl en O e marve oas eve opmen O a · n s O county. business and the unprecedented increase of population bas been so very It will be ascertained to what extent mortgages arise from misfortune, and, great as to cause many changes in the holdings or the proprietorships of for this purpose, agricultural land will be distinguished from other real estate. lots, etc., through the enormously increased demand for residences and '.fhe rates CJf interest paid upon debts secured by real estate will be learned for each county and for each of the ten years. places for business. Prirnte corporations, both as mortgageors and mortgagees, will be kept dis- Mr. BLAIR. May I ask the Senator a question? - I tinct from individuals in these statistics; and such corporations will be sepa- Mr. PADDOCK. Yes, sir. rated into several classes, n.ccording to the character of their bu:1iness. How far the facts that are to be obtained will show the number of mortgaged Mr. BLAIR. Would it not, then, fpllow that in your State and other farms and homes can not be said at this time, since the number of these can be States situated in the same way, whi~h are prosperous, that the larger reached only by computation, if at all, in the absence of a house-to-house can- the mortga!!e indebtedness appears to be, the greater the prosperity, of vass. The amount of debt borne by agricultural land and the homes that go ~· with it will be known, but in villages and cities homes can not be separated the State? That is to say, it is an investment of capital, profitably in- from other real estate. vested. Of the agricultural land that is under mortgage, the proportion which the Mr. p ADDOCK. I have suhstantially stated that it does show a debt bears to the value can be ascertained only in those Stat.es where the statis- tics of taxation separate agricultural land from other real estate. prosperous condition of affairs in my Sta.te. In stock-raising, for in- In the collection of agrieultural statistics by enumeration, the numbers of stance, many farmers who bad no stock and whose farms were paid tenant and proprietor farmers will be obtained. fi d · d t · t th t t• ] b h f th f: · · d t A high degree of ability will be required for the field-work upon mortgage or, esire 0 go rn ° a par icn ar ranc 0 e armmg In us ry, indebtedness, and the Superintendent of Census must necessarily depend to a and so they borrowed money to acquire anew or to increase their herds considerable extent upon experts sent out from the Census Office. and flocks. The difficult.ies in the way of this im·estigation ~ave been and wil!- be great.. Mr BLAIR. And instead of drawinO' the inference from the great Thn.t the work could be done a.tall was fora.longt1medoubtfol,and it was only · . 0 • ' after the results of experimental investigations by three special agents in four I amount of mortgage mdebtedness, that she IS poor, the natural and counties bad become known, that it was possible to formulate a. plan of work. trne inference would rather be that the St.ate is rich. 4-ll the information abo~t the I:?ortgage question, requ~ste~ by n?merous peti- Mr. p ADDOCK. It is an evidence of progress and prosperity as far tioners, that can be obtamed without a house-to-house 1nqmry, w1ll be brought . . . outby expertinvestigation,exceptingthenumberoftenante.ndproprietorfarm- as my State lS concerned. Indeed, sir, I affirm that there IS not, all ers. ~While it is imp
ers, none who are better able to carry the burd~n of debt that is on informing the country what is the situation of the Brazilian question tpeir farms. It might not be so easy if the burden was a3 large as has in the State Department and in the executive department of this Gov been stated, but when you get to the fact.3 you fiutl that the total is ernment. really a comparatively small amount, not exceeding $65,000,000. It I wish, however, to submit, in connection with that resolution, a wa3 not the fault of the census of 18 0 or the statement3 contained in semi-official.Rtatement from Hon. Henry W. Hilliard, which he sent it, but the mistakes made by tho3e who imperfectly examined the re to me this morning through the mail, over his own hand, in rega'rd to sults gh·en in that census. the situation in Brazil. Mr. Hilliard was a man of eminence in former Mr. HALE. I hope we may have a vote. times in the House of Representatives, and he was the leader of the Mr. COCKRELL. I suggest to the Senator from Maine in charge of great Whig party in Alabama, and it was a grand party and grandly this bill that the attempt to pass the bill now will lead to considerable led by him; then he was Mr. Hayes's minister to Brazil and resided more discussion ancl will not facilitn.te the object he has in view; that there for four years, and has recently published a statement in the is, the final pas;:age of the bill. As a matter of course, both Houses Augusta Chronicle, which he has sent to me, and I desire to lay that adjourn to-day until the 6th of January, and a number of Senators before the Senate. desire to look into this matter a little further. Under these circum I also desire t-0 fay before the Senate the response made yesterday ·, stances I suggest that it would be best to let the matter go over until evening by the minister from Brazil, as reported in the New York pa after the reCf'ss. pers to-day, upon the question of republicanism or the question of the .Mr. SHER!'lAN. With the permission of the Senator from Missouri empire in Brazil. Of course Senators have all seen that. If they have •. I I will move that the Senate proceed to the consideration of executive not, they on2'.ht to look at. it. Tbey ought to see whether the attitude bu sines~ . I will only yield to morning business. I have assumed in the Senate is not justified by public facts and recog Mr. MORGAN. Docs the Senator from Ohio yield to moming busi nized facts the world OYer. nes.s? The Senator from Louisiana also desires to submit a Yery few remarks Mr. SHERMAN. Yes, sir; I will yield for morning business.. upon this question, and I thought the courtesy was due to that Senator Mr. HALE. The Senator will allow me ::t moment in regard to the tbnt he should at least have the opportunity. pending bill? I desired to call up the resolution this morning, knowing that it Mr. SHERMAN. Certainly. I will yielcl to the Senator from Uaine would be impossible to get a \ote by yeas and nays upon it, and that to finish his remarks. if they were demanded it would necessarily go O\er·in spite of all I .Mr. HALE. It is \erydesirable, as I have said, that the bill should could do, in consequence of the absence of Senators from tbis Chamber, pass the Senate before the holiday recess in order that it mn._y be on the and I wanted to have dne preparation for the consideration of this Speaker's t'lble in the other Douse to be taken up as a bill passed by question befo7e the Committee on Po reign Relations when we as emble .• the .'cnate, which their rnles will allow; but I recognize the situation again, with a. determination on my p :;ut, if I can prevent it, that there tbnt the Senate is in t11is morniDf:. the last day of the session before sb:i.11 not be nny slllrubcring of this question; that it shall not be over adjournment for the holidays, with many Sena.tors absent, with no laid. quornm present that can vote, and that, therefore, it is impossible to Mr. SHERMAN. I haYe no ob.iection to the pa.~age of the resolu force a conclusion upon this uill if Senntors object to it. Jt can only tion if it can be passed without debate; but to allow debate by the be passed to-day by what is practically unanimous consent. So, giv Senator from A laharua and the Senator from Louisiana and other Sena ing notice that I shall call it up as the first business on the first morn tors as a mattrr of course would nol be fair or just.. I have no objec ing of the session when the Senate resumes its sittings after the holi tion to the pa:>S:ige of the resolution or to the Senator putting into the days, I am willing that it shall go over as the unfinished business. RECORD any information that he thinks important; but to allow de. Mr. COCKRELL. It goes over as the unfinished business, as a mat bate upon it now in Yiew of the present condition of affairs would not ter of course. be just. Mr. H~E. Very well. Mr. UORGAN. Now, Ur. President, if the Senator from Ohio will allow me to put info the HECOn.D this information from Mr. llilliard GOVERNMENT OF BRAZIL. anrl also the statement which I will read-- '. Mr. SHERUAN. I will submit my motion and let the Chair an Mr. SHERMAN. I do not think it is fair now for the Senator to do nounce the motion, n.nd then I will yield to any morning business. that, to violate the rules. I appeal to him. Let us do whate>er we The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Senator from Ohio moves that the do by unanimous consent and let lJim put into the RECORD, by unani Senate proceed to the consideration of executive busin~s. mous consent, the papera be refers to and also tlrn call for information. Mr. SHERMAN. The motion may be waived for morning business, There is 110 objection to that. . if there is any to be presented. Mr. MORGAN. I willpntintothc RECORD, then, :i.statement, which Mr. MORGAN. I offer the resolution whkh I send to the desk, and I send to the desk, from Hon. Henry W. Hilliard, of Augusta, Ga., late ask for its present consideration. minister to Brazil, and also the rei::ponse of:Mr. Sahadordel\'lendonca, The VICE-PRESIDE~T. The resolution will be read. of Brazil, in answer to the toast ''A mericaallrepublican." The Chief Clerk read as follows: Mr. SHERMAN. You can put that in, though everyhody bas read ' . it Resplved, That the President be requested, if it is not inconsistent with the this morning. public interests, to send to the Senate copies of all correspondence between the l\Ir. MORGAN. Not all the people in the world. Unit~d States und Brazil, und all otl1er papers on file in the Department of The statements are as follows: State, relating to the recent ehangc"in the Goyernment of Brl'.zil. WHAT ABOUT BitAZIL?-INTERVIEW WITH HON. HENRY W. HILLIARD, EX-llUN~ Mr. SHERMAN. If the resolution does not lead to debate, I make TER.-A REPRESENTATIVE OF TilE CTIRONICLE MEE'J'S Hill1 IN ATLANTA-A no objection to it. FULL A~TD INTERESTING OON\ERSATION DY ONE wno KNOWS. Mr. MORGAN. I desire to submit a few remarksnponit, veryfew. [Special.] ATI.ANTA, GA., November 26. Mr. SHEUMAN. I shall have to object, then. I called upon Mr. Hilliard this morning, and he invited me into his library, Mr. MOHGAN. I regard this movement of the Senator from Ohio where we had a conversation in regard to the late revolution in Brazil. I said as a deliberate attempt to cut me off from any consideration of that to him that the Chronicle desired to have his views in regard to the imperial family and the late revolution. resolution upon which we were voting yesterday, and he being the He replied: •·I am pleased to furnjsh any information to the Chronicle that chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, to which cohlmittee may inte1·est its readers, for I have great respect for thnt journal. the motion is made to refer it, I do not think that he is justified in "The revolution came sooner than I expected it. I dicl not suppo!:'e that the empire would suryive the Emperor, and ever since my residence in Rio, where that course of action. I had a large acquaintauce with the public men of the country. I have believed Now, sir, I propose, if the Senator moves to go into executive ses that the republic would be organized immediately after the cl0se of Dom Pedro's sion, to test the question whether or not there is a voting quorum here, life. I believed that the veneration felt by the people fo1· the Emperol' would protect the throne as long as he lived. because if we are not to have any con ideration on this side at all, I "He is a statesmu.n of high order, with liberal views and large culture, and shall insist that the other side shall suffer u!st as much by that form in sympathy with the spirit of progress which is making such changes in all of tactics as we do. countries. "The imperial G OV<'rnment wns a constitutional Government 1:0 framed as to Mr. SHERMAN. Well, Mr. President, I simply disclaim the im give to the people of Brazil as much actual liberty as could be enjoyed under putation made by the Senator from Alabama as totally unjust and the freest institutions of the world, and the Emperor uniformly adhered to the unfounded. I desire to promote the business of the Senate and dispose drinciples of the Government wbich he administered. ••He is a man of fine personal qualities, pleasing manners, blending dignity of nominations. If we con wt take up the Brazilian question and vote with warmth in his intercourse with others. Ile is a man, too, of fine culture, upon it, I should not have the slightest objection to taking the vote fond of scientific investigations, and of scholarly tastes. without debate; but I know the condition of the Senate; I know very "He had the greatest admiration for our country and its instjtutions, and I have well that in the condition of the Senate, even if we bad a quorum, as conversed with him freely in regard to the statesmen and cholars of the United States. I suppo~ed, therefore, that the remainder of his life, devoted to bis we have not a quorum present, no vote could be had upon any contro country, would be peaceful and prosperous. verted question, owin,g to pairs. I therefore insist on my motion. "As to the causes which precipitated the revolution I wish to speak with some reserve, but there are certain influences that exhibited themselves in Brazil Mr. MORGAN. I know we have no quorum to decide a controverted which made it plain to me that a strong republican sentiment prevailed through question. Knowing thnt. of course I do not expect that a final vote out the country. will be taken upon the r"''olution I bad the honor to offer, by yeas and "Many of the statesmen of Brazil are men of a.lJility, of European education, of extensive trnvel. and well trained to manage political affairs. nays, and the matter will necessarily go over. "The press of Rio Is as free as it is in Londou or New York, and the men who I desire that this information shall be obtained for the purpose of conduct it are of very high orde1·, educated. conscientious, and full of courage.
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"The Journal do Commercio is a great paper, of liberal views. devoted to poll- in London, who gave them a place in the Blue Book of the Parliament, where tics, to commerce, and to general affairs. It is a very large journal, a.nd has f\n they may be seen to-day." - immensecirculationathomeandabroad. ThereareotherpapersalsothatrivBI RESPONSE OF THE BRAZILIAN MINISTER TO A TOAST. ~~~~r!:f~i!is~nd enterprise, and are still more pronounced in the expression of In answer to the toast "America all republican," Salvador de 1\Iendonca, of "S f th b f h f Brazil said: ome o e mem ers o t e c hamber o Deputies are men of great ability• "'Vben,'in his modest cabinet, Darwin, as a cont.ribution to the natural sci• of independence of wealth, and the broadest ideas of government. "The Emperoi~issixty-four years of age, of fine physique, and is much out of ences, discovered the law of natural selection and the survival of the fittest, he doors, so that as a ruler his administration ought to have been eminently sue- had no thou)o!ht that at the same time he was discovering the Jaws of evolu· cessful. There have been rumors in regard to his health which seem to me to tion as a contribution to sociology. The transformation of the Brazilian Em· have been unjust to him, for nothing has occurred to him in his conduct of pub- pire into the United States of Brazil is no mere accident of the life of political lie affairs to suggest any decline in his physical or mental qualities. The gov- parties, the unlooked-for result of a militarypronunciamiento. It is the logical ernment devolved on him at an early age. product of the historical evolution and progress of my country in the ascending "Dom Pedro II de Alcantara, son of Dom Pedro I, King of Portugal and path of liberty and civilization." Empei·or of Brazil, was born December 2, 1825. Dom Pedro I abdicated the The monarchy, he said, was dead long ago in Brazil. It was a t.ree whose imperial throne of Brazil April 7, 1831, and a regency took charge of the Govern- roots lay too near the surface, ready to fall at the first blast of the storm. "The meut until July 18, 1841, when bis son, the present Emperor, wus crowned. Republic in Brazil is accomplished, and no one can undo the work. l\lilitary "He was married September 4, 1843, to the Princess Theresa, daughter of Fran- ascendency is as impracticable in Brazil as it would be among you. I accept cis II, King of the two Sicilies, who was born l\larch 1, 1822. Their daughter, without hesitation on the part of Brazil the toast to 'America all republican;' Princess Isabella, was born July 29, 18-16, and was married October 15, 1864, to the thrones no more; every citizen a sovereign. To America free, the home of Count d' Eu, a son of Due de Nemours, a son of Lou~s Philippe, born in Paris peace, of toil, and of civilization." April 29, 18"2. Mr. MORGAN. Now I ask for the adoption of the resolution, Mr. "Their daughter, Princess Leopoldina, married the Due de Saxe, and died some President. years after, leaving two sons. "Two sons were born to Dom Pedro and the Empress some time after, but both Mr. SHERMAN. Let the resolution be read, and if there be no died young. other objection to it, I shall make none. "The Princess Isabella is therefore heir to the ~mperial throne, and has two The Secretary read the resolution of Mr. MORGAN. Dons IiYing. "It was understood that upon the deathof the Emperor the Princess Isabella Mr. SHERMAN. I have no objection to that resolution. would succeed to the throne. The resolution was agreed to. "ThedissatisfactionwithheradministrationduringtheabsenceoftheEmperor Jl,fr. SHERMAN. I now insist on my motion for an executive ses• grad nally grew in the minds of the statesmen of the country, and people through- • out the Empire were unwilling to trust the government in her hands. This has sion, but will yield to unobjected morning business. been the situation in Brazil for some years, and i·equired only some exciting RECOGNITION OF THE UNITED STATES OF BRAZIL. cause to precipitate a revolution and enable the friends of free government to organize a republic. Mr. SPOONER. I send to the desk an amendment by way of a sub4 •I :.. "Some dissatisfaction displayed itself among the officers of the imperial army, stitute.. which I intend to offer to the J·ointresolution (S. R. 29) reco!!- stationed at Rio, and an order having been issued from the imperial Govern- • ~ ment for a change in the status of their command, a sudden outbreak. occurred nizing the United States of Brazil as a free, independent, and sovereign which resulted in the formation ot a provisiunal government, which proceeded state. I ask that it may be printed. promptly to provide for the Republic. 11 ,'[ ED11.IUND"' L t 1•t b d ' "It has sometimes occurred in the history of Governments that a slight cause u. r. < n :::>. e e rea · ., has developed a latent sentiment whose strength was not comprehended until The VICE-PRESIDENT. The proposed amendment will be read. the crisis came. This is what bas brought about the unexpected revolution in The Chief Clerk read as follows: B~?'~~~ republican sentiment was deep and strong, pervading the Empire, and Sti:ike ou.t al~ after the word "tha~." where the same occurs in the third line, when it exhibited itself in Rio it was i·esponded to with a vigor that enabled fLI!? msert lll lu:;u thereof the ~ollow.JDg: . . . . . those who were in control of affairs to take possession of the Government and I That theachon 9f_the Pres1dentm accord~n&' prom~t d.1ploma~c recogm_tH?n dethrone the Emperor. to the presen~ Provis10nal Gov~rnment of Brazil, an? JD rnstruchng our m.11~is- '".rhe Republic is established; it is an accomplished fact, and nothing will oc- ter to extend on t~e part of this Go.ve~nment a cor / '/ •' ·' . ,·' ·. . '. 362 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. DECEMBER 21, sale to foreigners of a large part of the soil of the State of Florida in (S. R. 32) to authorize the expenditure for rent of a portion of the ap West Florida, and embracing large areas of the valuable timber lands propriation for the irrigation survey fo1· the presenb fiscal year. ot that part of the State. • The message also announced that the House bad passed a joint reso If this information is true, and any right or title exists under the acts lution (H. Res. 37) providing for donation of certain personal property of Congress, the people of that part of the State would not only lose of the United States to South Dakota and North Dakota; in which it their improvements and homes on the public lands, but woul~ be de requested the concurrence of the Senate. prived of the opportunity of purchasing either the land or timber, CIRCUIT COURT EXPENDITURES, ETC. IN FLORIDA. which constitutes a large part of their business and their means of 1 living, except at the pleasure of subjects of European Governments, Mr. CALL submitted the following resolution; which wa.S ordered to and at such prices as they may demand. I shall ask the attention of lie on the table and be printed: R esoll5ed, l. That the Attorney-Geueml of the United States is hereby directed to the Senate and the country to the statement of the Commissioner of report to the Senate the expenditures ma.de by the circuit court of the United Public.Lands, sent to Congress at thepresent session, as follows: "The States for the northern district o f Florida atJacksonville, Fl::l.., in the months of total area of Florida is 37,931,520 acres, while the lists already filed No-o;-ember and December of this year, and the several items·ofsuch expenditure. 2. That the Attorney-General forward to the Senate copies of all communica from that State amount to 22,221,469 acres, of which amount 16,061,- tions between the Attorney-Geueral and the officers of said court relating to 129. 98 acres have been patented." I call attention to the fact that no criminal prosecutions during the montlls of Novem ber and December. lists have yet been filed for lands in that part of the State most notori ADJOURNl\IENT. ously swampy in character, namely, in the extreme southern part of the peninsula, in the vicinity of the Everglades. Mr. CULLOM. I move that the Senate adjourn. It is probable, therefore, that several million acres more will be The motion was agreed to; and (at 2 o'clock and 45 minutes p. m.) claimed. ''Two-ihirds of the public lands in the State have been or the Senate adjourned, the adjournment, under the concurrent resolution of the two Homes, being until Ionday, January 6, 1890, at 12 o'clock will be claimed as swamp, a claim which I am not prepared to admit, meridian. by any means.'' It will thus be seen that two-thirds of the area of the soil of the State outside of the Everglades, with all the homes of settlers, and their NOMINATIONS. improvements, and the right to transfer almost the entire soil of a State to subjects of foreign Governments are involved in this question. Executive nominations receired b.1J the Senate the 21st day of December, If the title to the soil of the entire State has passed away from onr 1889. people by acts of the Executive Department, and against the acts of POSTMASTERS. Congress, let the fact be so stated, and the qllestion settled, and the John G. Bodenschatz, to be postmaster at Lemont, in the county of responsibility rest where it belonga. If, on the other band, the execu Cook and State of Illinois, who was commissioned, during the recess of tive officers can Lot nullify and set aside the acts of Congress, and can the Senate, October 10, 1889, in the place of Matthew Warner, removed. not deprive our people of their right to their homes, as I shall insist Azel Dorothy, to be postmaster at Hinsdale, in the county of Du Page they can not, then Congress should enact such laws as will prevent and State of Illinois, who was commissioned, during the recess of the them, and be just to all theinterest.s involved. Senate, May 29, 1889; the appointment of a postmaster for the said ADDITIONAL CLERK TO COM:\HTTEE ON CL.A.IMS. office having, by law, become vested in the President on and after April Mr. SPOO:NER. I ask leave at this time to call Ul> the resolution 1, 1889. reported a day or two since from the Committee on -Contin~ent Ex Eugene B. Fletcher, to be postmaster at Morris, in the county of penses authorizing an additional clerk for the Committee on Claims. Grundy and State of Illinois, who was commissioned, during the recess Mr. SHERMAN. I have no objection if it leads to no debate. of the 8enate, August 21, 1889, in the place of John S. R. Scoville, re The VICE-PRESIDENT. The resolution will be read. moved. The Chief Clerk read the resolution reported from the Committee to Richard E. Griffith, to be postmaster at Lewistown, in the county of Audit and Control the cOntingent Expenses of the Senate on the 19th Fulton a.nd State of Illinois, who was commissioned, during the recess instant, as follows: of the Senate, September 7, 1889, in the place of William J. Dyckes, R esolved, Th.Rt the Committee on Cln.ims be, and it is hereby, authorized to removed. employ an assistant clerk at a compensn.tion of $1,440 per annum, to he paid Jay L. Hamlin, to be postmaster at Kankakee, in the county of out of the contingent fund of the Senate, during the remainder of the present Kankakee and State of Illinois, who was commi sioned, during the re fi.ecal year. ce&> of the Senate, October 29, 1889, in the place of John H. Shaffer, The VICE-PRESIDENT. Is there objection to the present consid removed. eration of the resolution? .:. James Claude Hill, to be postmaster at Kensington, in the county 1\Ir. EDMUNDS. Does that mean that this additional clerk is to be of Cook and State of Illinois, who was commissioned, during the re an annual clerk? cess of the Senate, June 6, 1889 i the appointment of a postmaster for Mr. SPOONER. Yes, sir. the said office having, by law, become vested in tbe President on and Mr. EDMUNDS. To be paid in vacation? after October 1, 1888. H. M. Rolston wasappointedandcommissioned l\Ir. SPOONER. Yes, sir. by the President, and subsequently nominated to the Senate, but the J.Ir. EDMUNDS. I only wanted to understand it. I know the nomination was not confirmed. Post:ciaster now resigns. amount of business there is enormous, and I think the resolution is Cyrus W. Matthews, to be postmaster at Jacksonville, in the county quite right. of Morgan and State of Illinois, who was commissioned, during the re The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Chair hears no objection to the pres cess of the Senate, October 31, 1889, in the place of Leonard W. Cham ent consideration of the resolution, and the question is on agreeing to bers, removed. the amendment of the committee, to fill the blank with "$1,440." Jacob 1\1. Morris, to be postmaster at Lincoln, in the county of Lo The amendment was agreed to. gan and State of Illinois, who was commissioned, during the recess of The resolution as amended was agreed to. the Senate, October 29, 1889, in the p1ace of A. l\f. Miller, resigned. CONSIDERATION OF N01IIN .AT IONS. Franklin Melrose, to be postmaster at Grayville, in the county of Mr. TELLER. At the last special session I offered a resolution pro White and State of Illinois,. who was commissioned, during the recess viding that here{lfter all executive nominations shall be considered in of the Senate, November 27, 1889, in the place of Thomas J. l\Iathews, open session in the Senate, and it was referred to the Committee on removed. Rules. There has been no report from that committee; and I give no Willis 0. Pinnell, to be postmaster at Paris, in the county of Edgar tice that immediately after the reassembling of the Senate at the close and State of Illinois, who was commissioned, during tbe recess of the of the holiday recess, if the Committee on Hules shall have reported I Senate, October 10, 1889, in the place of Thomas E. Garner, removed. shall call up the resoJution. If not, I shall endeavor to call it up with Mike T. Kirk, to be postmaster at .Arcola, in the county of Douglas .- out a report of the committee. and State of Illinois, who was commissioned, during the recess of the EXECUTIVE SESSION. Senate, November 27, 1889, in the place of Albert Snyder, removed. Mr. SAWYER. I move that the Senate proceed to the consideration .Tobu T. Ross~ to be postmaster at Litchfield, in the county of Mont of executive business. gomery and State of Illinois, who was commissioned, during the recess of the Senate, May 23, 1889, in the place of Frank Shutt, resigned ...... ' ·"': ~Ir. SHERMAN. That is the motion pending. The VICE-PRESIDENT. That motion is now pending. The ques John T. Stansfield, to be postma ter at Mount Carmel, in the county tion is on agreeing to the motion of the Senator from Ohio [Mr. SHER· of Wabash and State oflllinois, who was commissioned, during the re MAN], that the Senate proceed to the consideration of executive busi cess of the Senate, July 3, 1889, in the place of Frank W. Havill, re ness. signed. The motion was agreed to; and the Senate proceeded to the consid Eli C. Sheaffer, to be postmaster at Loc'b.-port, in the county of Will eration of executive business. After forty-five minutes spent in exec and State of Illinois, who was commissioned, during the recess of the utive session the doors were reopened. Senate, l\Iay 29, 1889, in the place of John W. Arnold, resigned. Norman J. SJnck, to be postmaster at Metropolis City, in the county MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. of l\Iassac and State of Illinois, who was commissioned, during the re A message from the House of Representa,tives, by Mr. ~IcPHERSON, cess of the Senate, July 8, 1889, in the place of Fletcher A. Trousdale, its Clerk, announced that the House had passed the joint resolution removed. ...... • r - ·.. ' l •• . \ 1889. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 363 .: . John A. Wall, to be postmaster at Mount Vernon, in the county of the Senate, July 11, 1889, in the place of Adelbert B. Crampton, re- Jefferson and State of Illinois, who was commissioned, during the re ~ped. - ce..«s of the Senate, September 28, 1889, in the place of Robert F. Pace, Martin Englehart, ro be postmaster at Danville, in the county of resigned. Hendricks and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the Thomas R. Weaver, to be postmaster at Matroon, in the county of recess of the Senate, August 21, 1889, in the place of James R. Williams, Coles and State of Illinois, who was commissioned, during the recess removed. of tlrn Senate, May 9, 1889, in the place of James L. Scott, removed. James H. Fearis, ro be postmaster at Connersville, in the county of Henry T. Woodruff, to be postmaster at Harvard, in the county of Fayette and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the recess McHenry and State of lliinois, who was commissioned, dt;iring the re of the Senate. July 11, 1889, in the place of John M. Higgs, removed. cess of the Senate, November 27, 1889, in the place of John .A. Swee Walter B. Godfrey, to be postmaster at New Albany, in the county ney, removed. of Floyd and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the recess John W. Anderson, to be postmaster at Spencer, in the county of of the Senate, June 20, 1889, in the place of John B. Uitchell, i-e Owen and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the recess moved. of the Senate, June 27, 1889; the appointment of a postmaster for the Jasper A. Gauntt, io be postmaster at Marion, in the county of Grant said office ha~ng, by law, become vested in the President on and after and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the recess of the October 1, 18&3. Senate, June 27, 1889, in the place of David Overman, resigned. Henry M. Bicknell, t-0 be postmaster at Garrett, in the county of . David C. Greiner, to be postmaster at Terre Haute, in the county of De Kalb and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the re Vigo and State of Indiana, who was . commissioned, during the recess cess of the Senate, November 20, 1889, in the place of Mary Thomas, of the Senate, J u1y 3, 18 9, in the place of John F. Reagan, removed. removed. James K. Gore, to be postmaster at Elkhart, in the county of Elk H enry S. Bennett, ro be postmaster at Evansville, in the county of hart and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the recess of Vanderburgh and St.ate of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the the Senate, October 19, 1889, in the place of William H. Norton, re reces3 of the Senate, May 29, 1889, in the place of James W. Lauer, moved. ·. ·~ removed. Micha~l C. Garber, to be postmaster at Madison, in the county of George W. Bennett, to be postmaster at Warsaw, in the county of Jefferson and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the re Kosciusko and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the re cess of the Senate, l\fay 9, 1889, in the place of Martin A. Barnett, cess of the Senate, November 20, 1889, in the place of William H. removed. Bowser, removed. George W. Gordon, to be postmaster at Auburn, in the county of De Henry D. Rard, robe postmaster at Brazil, in the county of Clay and Kalb and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the recess State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the recess of the Sen of the Senate, September 28, 1889, in place of Michael Boland, re ate, August 5, 1889, in the place of John D. Sourwine, removed. moved. Robert F. Bebout, to be postmaster at Rushville, in the county of Mrs. Margaret J. Howe, to be postmaster at Worthington, in the Rush and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the recess county of Green and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during of tbe Senate, May 8, 1889, in the place of Thomas l\f. Ochiltree, re the recess of the Senate, May 16, 1889, -in the place of Patrick H. moved. R F. Bebout -was nominated to the Senate March 23, 1889, Wilson, removed. but the nomination was not confirmed. Cecelius R. Higgins, to be postmaster at Fort Wayne, in the county John R. Bonnell, to be postmaster at Crawfordsville, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the re of Montgomery and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during cess of the Senate, June 27, 1889, in the place of William Kaongh, re the recess of the Senate, September 7, 1889, in the place of John A. moved. Booe, removed. James McD. Hayes, to be postmaster at Greencastle, in the county William F. Bunnell, to be postmaster at Remington, in the county of Putnam and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during t!:te of Jasper and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the re recess of the Senate, July 3, 1889, in the place of Willis G. Neff, whose cess of the Senate, July 31, 1889; the appointment of a postmaster for commission expired March 27, 1889. the said office having, by law, become vested in the President on and Amos E. Hartman, to be postmaster at Columbus, in the county of after July l, 1889. Bartholomew and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the Solomon Conn, to be postmaster at Winamac, in the county of Pu recess of the Senate, .July 20, 1889, in the place of George E. Finney, laski and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the recess removed. of the Senate, October 29, 1889, in the place of Marion H. Ingrim, re Charles M. Hammond, to be postmaster at Boonville, in the county moved. of Warrick a;nd State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the James H. Clugage, to be postmaster at Sullivan, in the county of recess of the Senate, September 14, 1889, in the place of William Swint, Sullivan and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the resigned. recess of the Senate, May 29, 1889, in the place of Joshua Ernest, Charles J. Hovey, to be postmaster at Mount Vernon, in the county removed. of Posey and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the re Elmer Crockett, to be postmaster a.t South Bend, in the county of cess of the Senate, October 19, 1889, in the place of Albert A. Sp:µ-ks, St. Joseph and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the re removed. cess of the Senate, l\Iay 9, 1889, in the place of Sorden Lister, whose Joseph H. Hirst, to be postmaster at Angola, in the county of Steuben commission expired March 27, 1889. and State of Indiana, who was \!Ommissioned, during the recess of the Thomas C. Dalbey, to be postmaster at Frankfort, in the county of Senate, September 14, 1889, in the place of Harman Freygang, re- Clinton and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the re moved. · cess of the Senate, September 23, 1889, in the place of William G. George S. Meeley, to be postmaster at Columbia City, in the county Morris, removed. · of Whitley and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, daring the John H. Denton, to be postmaster at Aurora, in the county of Dear recess of the Senate, July 11, 1889, in the place of Eli W. Brown, re born and State of Indiana., who was commissioned, during the recess of signed. the Senate, November 7, 1889, in the place of Sanford G. Givan, re George W. l\IcKinsey, to be postmaster at Kokomo, in the county of moved. Howard and State of Indiana, wbo was commissioned, during the re Hiram J. Daniels, ro be postmaster at Anderson, in the county of cess of the Senate, June 27, 1889, in place of Walter S. Armstrong, Madison and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the resigned. recess of the Senate, April 27, 1889, in the place of John W. Pence, Joseph .G. McPheeters, to be postmaster at Bloomington, in the county resi~ed. of Monroe and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the re William H. Dryden, to be postmaster at Martinsville, in the county cess of the Senate, August 21, 1889, in the place of Henry J. Feltus, re of Morgan and State of Indiana., who was commissioned, during the signed. recess of the Senate, June 13, 1889, in the place of James A. Lewis, Thomas L. Menick, to be postmaster at Fowler, in the county of Ben "",- removed. ton and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the recess of George H. Dunn, to be postmaster at Shelbyville, in the county of the Senate, October 19, 1889, in th~ place of David J. Eastburn, re Shelby and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the recess moved. of t he Senate, July 11, 1889, in the place of Squire L. :Major, removed. Barton W. Quinn, to be postmaster at Decatm·, in the county of Adams William B. Ellis, t~ be postmaster at Franklin, in the county of and State of Indiana., who was commissioned, during the recess of the J obnson and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the recess Senate, July 31, 1889, in the place ofNorval Blackburn, resigned. of the Senate, August 5, 1889, in the place of Benjamin P. Brown, re~ John l\f. Robinson, to be postmaster at Tipton, in the county of Tip mornd. ton and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the recess of William P. Ellis, to be postmaster at Washington, in the county of the Senate, Sept-ember 7, 1889, in the place of Robert M. Roberson, re- Daviess and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the recess signed. ~ of the Senate, November 12, 1889, in the place of Stephen Belding, re Nathaniel T. Royer, to be postmaster at Noblesville, in the county signed. of Hamilton and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during ths Allen M. Eldridge, to be postmaster at Delphi, in the county of Car recess of the Senate, September 7, 1889, in place of George W. Inger- roll and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the recess of man, removed. .- : I ·- 364 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. DECEMBER 21, Henry G. Ankeny, to be postmaster at Corning, in the county of John A. Riggen, to be postmaster at What Cheer, in the county of Adams and State of Iowa, who was comm~sioned, during the recess of Keokuk and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, daring the recess the Senate, July 11, 1889, in the place of John B. Wilson, resigned. of the Senate, June 13, 1889, in the place of Richard Burke, removed. .Tohn B. Wilson was appointed and commissioned by the President, l\fiUon Starr, to be postmaster at Algona, in the county of Kossuth and was subsequently nominated to the Senate, but the nomination and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the recess of the was' not confirmed. His term has expired by limitation of the law. Senate, October 10, 1889, in the place of Thomas H. Lantry, resigned. AuguRt F. Bergman, to be postmaster at Spirit Lake, in the county Elmer E. Taylor, to be postmaster at Traer, in the county of Tama of Dickinson and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the recess of the recess of the Senate, July 31, 1889, in the place of Elias L. Brownell, Senate, October 10, 1889, in the place of William B. Gillespie, re resigned. signed. Peter K. Bonebrake, to be postmaster at Knoxville, in the county of Frank D. Thompson1 to be postma.c;ter at Nevada, in the county of Marion and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the recess of Story and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the recess of the Senate, April 24, 1889, in the place of James N. Davis, removed. the Senate, June 13, 1889, in the place of E. D. Fenn, removed. Cyrus C. Cai-penter, to be postmaster at Fort Dodge, in the county Irving M. Treynor, to be postmaster at Council Bluffs, in the county of Webster and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the recess of Pottawattamie and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during ; . of the Senate, June 27, 1889, in the place of Patrick Cain, resigned. the recess of the Senate, September 14, 18891 in the place of Thomas George Crane, to be postmaster at Dubuque, in the county of Du Bowman, resigned. buque and State of Iowa, who was commia.sioned, during the recess o James C. Traer, to be postmaster at Vinton, in the county of Benton the Senate, May 23, 1889, in the place of Moses l\:L Ham, resigned. -, and State of Iow:i., who was commissioned, daring the recess of the Heury Egbert, to be postmaster at Davenport, in the county of Scott Senate, September 7, 1889, in the place of William A. McAlister, re and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the recess of the Sen moved. ate, May 29, 1889, in the place of James l\f. De Armand, whose com William H. Tyrrell, to be postmaster at Waverly, in the county of mission expired March 27, 1889. Bremer and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the recess of Daniel K. Freeman, to be postmaster at Correctionville, in the county the Senate, l\fay 9, 1889, in the place of Adelbert Shepard, whose com- - of Woodbury and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the mission expired April 2, 1889. recess of the Senate, July 3, 18 9; the appointment ofa postmaster for Alm~nd W. Utter, to be postmaster at Emmetsburgh, in the county of the said office having, by law, become vested in the President on and Palo Alto and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the recess after October 1, 1888. J. J. Brennan was appointed and commissioned of the Senate, July 3, 1889, in the place of Hull Hoagland, resigned. by the President, and was subsequently nominated to the Senate, but George W. Walton, to be postmaster at Ida Grove, in the county of was not confirmed. His term has expired by limitation of the law. Ida and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the recess of the James C. Harwood, to be postmaster at Clarion, in the county of Senate, July 3, 1889, in the place of George S. Witter, resigned. Wright and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the recess of Charles A. Walker, to be postmaster at Wilton Junction, in the county the Senate, l\fay 9, 1889; the appointment of a postmaster for the said ofMuscatineandStateofiowa, whowascommissioned, daring the recess office having, by law, become vested in the President on and after Jan of the Senate, May 29, 1889, in the place of William P. Ross, resigned. uary 1, 1889. S. W. Summers was nominated to the Senate on Jan Jacob F. Weaver, to be postmaster at Colfax, in the coq_nty of Jasper uary 11, 1889, but the nomination was not confirmed. and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the recess of the Jerome L. Harvey, to be postmaster at Leon, in the county of Deca Senate, July 31. 1889, in the place of Sylvanus S. Wilson, removed. tur and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the recess of the Samuel W. Weaver, to be postmaster at Marcus, in the county of Senate, Jane 13, 1889, in the place of Edward K. Pitman, removed. Cherokee and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the recess •I Eugene C. Haynes, to be postmaster at Centerville, in the county of of the Senate, June 20, 1889; the appointment of a postmaster for the Appanooseand State of Iowa, who was commissioned, dnringthe recess said office having, by law, become vested in the President on and after of the Senate, June 6, 1889, in the place of Samuel L. Harvey, resigned. October 1, 1888. G. A. Enright was· appointed and commissioned by Heuben Heffelfinger, to be postmaster at Denison, in the county of the President, and was subsequently nominated to the Senate, but the Crawford and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the recess nomination was not confirmed. His term has expired by limitation of of the Senate, May 29, 1889, in the place of George L. Wright, resigned. the law. Charles I. Keiter, to be postmaster atGrandyCentre, in the county of Lyman S. Williams, to be postmaster at Estherville, in the county Grundy and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the recess of Emmet and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the :re of the Senate: September 28, 1889, in the place of Thomas M. Lynn, cess of the Senate, May 23, 1889; the appointment of a postmaster for resigned. the said office having, by law, become vested in the President on and Sidney-C. Leland, to be postmaster at Toledo, in the county of Tama after October 1, 1B88. Peter Johnson was appointed and commissioned and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the recess of the by the President, and was subsequently nominated to the Senate, but Senate, July 20, 1889, in the place of Russell J. Harrison, resigned. the nomination was not confirmed. Jonathan Maxson, to be postmaster at West Liberty, in the county Nelson D. Adams, to be postmaster at Scott, in ihe county of Scott of Muscatine and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the recess of the recess of the Senate, May 9, 1889, in the place of Jonathan Maxon, Senate, June 13, 1889, in the place of William W. Threekeld, resigned. whose commission expired January 15, 1888. N. C. Stanton was ap Frank D. Allen, to be postmaster at Oswego, in the county of La pointed and commissioned by the President, and was subsequently bette and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the recess of nominated to the Senate, but was not confu:med. His commission.has the Senate, August 21, 1889, in the place of John M. Landis, removed. expired by limitation of the law. Robert Anderson, to be postmaster at Pratt, in the county of Pratt John Mahin, to be postmaster at Muscatine, in the _county of Mus and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, daring the recess of the catine and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the recess of Senate, June 27, 1889, in the place of Blucher Rieb, resigned. the Senate, June 6, 1889, in the place of James J. Russell, removed. Peter A. Becker, to be postmaster at Kingman, in the county of John McQuilkin, to be postmaster at Laporte City, in the county of Kingman and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the -re Black Hawk and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the cess of the Senate, June 20, 1889, in the place of Ethan Wait, resigned. recess of the Senate, May 29, 1889, 1n the place of Buren S. Wasson, James N. Beacom, to be postmaster at Smith Centre, in the county resigned. of Smith anl State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the re Avery C. Newton, to be postmaster at Storm Lake, in the county of cess of the Senate, October 29, 1889, in the place of Leonidas T. Reese, Buena Vista and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the re resigned. cess of the Senate, October 19, 1889, in the place of Samuel H. Hobbs, Henry A. Bender, to be postmaster at Ga.Jena, in the county of Chero resigned. kee and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the recess of Thomas N. Pace, to be postmaster at Shenandoah, in the county of the Senate, November 21), 1889, in the place of Alfred M. McPherson, Page and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the recess of removed. the Senate, May 16, 1889, in the place of Joseph R. Ratekin, resigned. Columbus Borin, to be postmaster at Oberlin, in the county of De John E. Pickering, to be postmaster at Alta, in the county of Buena catur and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the recess Vista and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the recess of of the Senate, July 3, 1889, in the placeofWilliam B. Mead, resigned. the Senate, May 16, 1889; the appointment of a postmaster for the said Daniel Bradbury, to be postmaster at Colby, in the county of Thomas office having, by law, become vested in the President on and after and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the recess of the April 1, 1889. Senate, October 19, 1889, in the place of James N. Fike, removed. Henry H. Reed, to be postmaster at Brooklyn, in the county of William L. Chambers, to be postmaster at Stockton, in the county Poweshiek and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the re· of Hooks and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, duriug the recess cess of the Senate, June 20, 1889, in the place of William T. Sharp, of the Senate, November 7, 1889, in the place of Patrick H. McK::i.nna, resigned. .., resigned. Levi B. Raymond, to be postmaster at Hampton, in the county of William D. Christman, to be postmaster at Fredonia, in the county of Franklin and State of Iowa, who was commissioned, during the recess Wilson and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the recess of the Senate, July 31, 1889, in the place of Oscar B. Harriman, re of the Senate, July 31, 1889, in the place of Samuel J. Hess, resigned. moved. John Z. Clarke, to be postmaster at Ottawa, in the county of Frank- " :- .. . " -. . .. < . . \ 1889. , CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 365 • I lin and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the recess of Washington and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the the Senate, September 7, 1889, in the place of John B. Kessler~ re recess of the Senate, May 23, 1889, in the place of James S. Vedder, moved. deceased. Harriet L. Vedder was nominated to the Senate December Ed ward P. Craney, to be postmaster at Downs, in the county of Os· 10, 1888, but was not confirmed. borne and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the recess James C. Rodgers, to be postmaster at El Dorado, in the county of of the Senate, October 29, 1889, in the place of David L. Gardiner, re Butler and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the rece.sf§ signed. of the Senate, May 9, 1889, in the place of Thomas P. Fulton, resigned. Abraham Danocb, to be postmaster at Coldwater, in the county of Benjamin J. Smith, to be postmaster at Erie, in the county of Neosho Comanche and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the re and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the recess of the cess of the Senate, September 14, 18891 in the place of Daniel L. Cline, Senate, October 10, 1889, in the place of Ira Steinberger, removed. removed. Edwin D. Smith, to be postmaster at Jewell, in the county of Jewell Rush E. Deardo:ff, to be postmaster at Dodge City, in the county of and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the recess of the Ford and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the recess of Senat-e, October 29, 18891 in the pla the Senate, October 19, 18891 in the place of Charles J. Kerndt1 re resigned. signed. Russell T. Stokes, to be postmaster at Garnett, in the county of An ·. John S. Eastwood, to be postmaster at Eureka, in the county of derson and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the recess Greenwood and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the of the Senate, August 21, 18891 in the place of Joseph S. McCartney, recessoftheSenate, Augnst27, 1889,in theplaceofWalterW. McGrew, resigned. removed. John H. Tait, to be postmaster at Goodland, in the county of Sher· Warren H. Fletcher, to be postmaster at Clay Centre, in the county man aud State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the recess of Clay and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the recess of the Senate, October 291 1889; the appointment of a postmaster for ' of the Senate, October 10, 1889, in the place of Eugene C. Wilson, re the said office having, by law, become vested in the President on and moved. after October 1, 1889. Morell M. Fuller, to be postmaster at Ellis, in the conn ty of Ellis and Stanley Y. Timberlake, to be postmaster at Columbus, in the county State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the recess of the Senate, of Cherokee and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the October 29, 1889, in the place of William D. Kelly, removed. recess of the Senate, July 20, 1889, in the place of Walstine P. Eddy, Eugene F. Goodrick, to be postmaster at Lawrence, in the county of removed. Douglas and St1te of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the recess Lewis M. Tutt, to be postmaster at Valley Falls, in the county of of the Senate, May 10, 1889, in the place of Osbun Shannon, whose Jefferson and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the re commission expired April 21 1889. cess of the Senate, September 28, 1889, in the place of William C. William F. Groesbeck, to be postmaster at Concordia, in the county Butts, resigned. of Cloud and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, daring the recess William Wakefield, to be postmaster at Humboldt, in the county of: . -- of the Senate, October 10, 18891 in the place of William H. L. Pepper .Allen and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the recess ell, resigned. of the Senate, July 11, 1889, in the place of Mrs. Ella C. Kimball; William D. Greason, to be postmaster at Paola, in the county of whose commission expired April 23, 1888. Miami and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the recess Mrs. Mary L. White, to he postmaster at Kirwin, in the county of of the Senate, November 12, 1889, in the place of Bernard J. Sheridan, Phillips and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the recess· resigned. of the Senate, October 10, 1889, in the place of Charles E. Monell, re Charles N. Hull, to be postmaster at Herington, in the county of signed. Dickinson and Sta,te of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the Charles E. Whittemore, to be postmaster at Lyndon, in the county of. recess of the Senate, May 23 1889; the appointment of a postmaster Osage and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the recess 1 1 for the said office having, by law, become vested in the President on of the Senate, August 51 1889; the appointment ofa. postmaster fortbe and after April 11 1889. said office having, by law, become vested in thePresidenton and after; George W. Knapp, to be postmaster at Clyde, in the county of Cloud October 1, 1888. John M. Barnes was appointed and commissioned by and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the recess of the the President, and subsequently nominated to the Senate, but the nomi· Senate, June 27, 1889, in the place of Edward R. De Bray, removed. nation was not confirmed. His term has expired by limitation of the Louis M.- Knowles, to be postmaster at Peabody, in the county of law. Marion and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the recess Ebenezer E. Wilson, to bepostmasteratlndependence, in thecounty of the Senate, May 29, 1889, in the place of John G. Johnson, resigned. of Montgomery and State of Kansas, who was commissioned during Isaac E. Lambert, to be postmaster at Emporia, in the county of Lyon the recess of the Senate, November 201 1889, in the place of Benjamin and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the recess of the F. Devore, resigned. Senate, October 29, 1889, in the place of Marshall Birdsall, removed. ~dam Beattie, to be postmaster at Ovid, in the county of Clinton and Ed win C. Lane, to be postmaster at La of the Senate, May 9, 18891 in the place of Frank W. Frye, resigned. recess of the Senate, 1\Iay 9, 1889, in the place of Charles J. Strang, re William March, to be postmaster at Baxter Springs, in the county of moved. Cherokee and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the re Harry 0. Call, to be postmaster at Mason, in the county of Ingham cess of the Senate, May 9, 1889; the appointment of a postmaster for and State of Michigan, who was commissi~ed, during the recess of the said office having, by law, become vested in the President on and the Senate, November 29, 1889, in the place of Andrew W. Mehan, after January 1, 1889. Samuel Clark was nominated to the Senate deceased. January 11, 1889, but was not confirmed, and has since resigned. Isaac A. Fancher, to be postmaster at Mount Pleasant, county of William H. Nelson, to be postmaster at Arkansas City, in the county Isabella and State of Michigan, who was commissioned, during the recess of Cowley and State of Kansas, who was commissioned1 during the recess of the SenatCi September 14, 1889, in the place of Fred A. Stebbins, of the Senate, October 19, 1889, in the place of Martin N. Sinnott, re resigned. signed. Seymour Foster, to be postmaster at Lansing, in the county of Ing Ebenezer Il. Park, to be postmaster at Osage Mission, in the county ham and State of Michigan, who was commissioned, during the re of Neosho and State of Kansas, who was commissioned1 during the recess cess of the Senate, June 27, 1889, in the place of Hananiah D. Pugh, of the Senate, July 31, 18891 in the place of John R. ·Brunt, removed. removed. William Channing Perdue, to be postmaster at Beloit, in the county of Clinton G. Griffey, to be postmaster at Negaunee, in the county of Mitchell and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the recess Marquette and State of :Michigan, who was commissioned, during the of the Senate, J nly 20, 18891 in the place of John S. Rogers, resigned. recess of the Senate, August 5, 1889, in the place of Delia A. Kruse, Joshua A. Pike, to be postmaster at Florence, in the county of Marion whose commission expired February 11, 1889. and State of Kansas, who was commissioned, during the recess of the William Harris, to be postmaster at Lake Linden, in the county of Senate, May 91 1889, in the place of Colin Campbell, resigned. Alphonso Houghton and State of Michigan, who was commissioned, during the Bicket was nominated to the Senate December 17, 18881 but was not recess of the Senate, June 20, 18891 in place of Euchariste Brule, comfirmed. · removed. Hanly C. Robinson, tq be postmaster at Washington, in the county of Edward S. Horton, to be postmaster at Northville, in the county of \. .... , 366 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. DECEMBER 21, Wayne and State of Michigan, who was commissioned, during the recess Lyman G. Willcox, to be postmaster at Bay City, in the county of of the Senate, August 27, 1889, in the place of Joseph H. Woodman', Bay and State of ).fichigan, who was commissioned, during the recess removed. ' of the Senate, May ti, 1889, in the place of George Washington, removed. .:. William H. Hill, to be postmaster at :rtlanastique, in the county of Frank D. W. Arnold, to be postmaster at Lamar, in the county of Schoolcraft and State of l\lichigan, who was commissioned, daring the Barton and State of Missouri, who was commissioned, during the re recess of the Senate, November 20, 1889, in the place of Leon Ephraim, cess of the Senate, June 13, 1889, in the place of Charles W. Huggins, removed. resig-ned. George W. Jones, to be postmaster at Imlay City, in the county of Edwin W. Bentley, to be postmaster at Glasgow, in the county of Lap eer and State of Michigan, who was commissioned, du ring the recess Howaru and State of Missouri, who was commissioned, during the re of the Senate, August 21, 1889, in the place of Emory J. Landers, cess of the Senate, July 3, 1889, in the plaee of William H. Tatum, removed. resigned. Sn.muel C. Kirkbride, to be postmaster at Clare, in the county of William F. Bloebaum, to be postmaster at St. Charles, in the county Clare and State of Michigan, who was commissioned, during the recess of St. Charles and State of Missouri, who was commissioned, durinu of the Senate, May 16, 1889; the appointment of a postmaster for the the recess of the Senate, June 20, 1889, in the place of Jam es C. Holmes: said office having, by law, become vested in the President on and after removed. April 1, 18 9. Newton E. Carpenter, t-0 be postmaster at Windsor, in the county of Richard B. Lang to be postma ter at.Houghton, in the county of Henry and State of Missouri, who was commissioned, during the re Houghton and State of Michigan, who was commissioned, during the ce~ of tbe Senate, November 20, 1889, in the place of 8allie Shelton, rece&i of the Senate, eptember 21, 1889, in the place of Edward R removed. • Pemberthy, removed. Thomas Carlin, to be postmaster at Pierce City, in the county of Knute S. l\Iarkstrum, to be postmaster at Bessemer, in the county of Lawrence and State of l\fissouri, who was commissioned, during the Gogebic and State of 1\Iichigan, who was commissioned, during the re recess of the Senate, August 5, 18 9, in the place of Erskine P. Linzec, cess of the Senate, July 20, _1889, in the place of Edward D. Home, deceased. removed. Francis M. Cowell, to be postmaster at Memphis, fa the county of James A. Perry to be postmaster at Au Sable, in the county of Iosco Scotland and State of Missouri. who was commissioned, during the re· and State of Michigan, who was commissioned, during the rec~ of the cess of the Senate, Noyember29, 1889, in the place of Henry H. Saling, Senate, June 13, 18 9; the appointment of a postmaster for the said removed. office having, by law, bewmevestedin the President on and after Janu George B. Draper, to be po tmaster at Uonett, in the county of Barry ary l, 1889. January 30, 18 9, Frank McMahon was nominated by the and State of Missouri, who was commissioned, during the recess of the Pres:dent to the Senate, but the nomination wa not con.firmed. The Senate, May 29, 1889; the appointment of a postmaster for the sa.id of postmaster bas resigned. fice having, by faw, become vested in the Pre ident on and after April Edwin R. Phinney, t-0 be postmaster at East Saginaw, in the county 1, 1889. ofSaJrinaw Md State of Michigan, who was commissioned, during the David C. Hilton, to be postmaster at Sali bury, in the county of recess of the Senate, October 29, 1889, in the place of Martin V . .Meri Chariton ann State of Mis~ouri, who was commissioned, during the re dith, resigned. cess of the Senate, J unc 27 1889; the appointment of a postmaster fo1· William F. Patterson, to be postmaster at Mendon, in the county the said office havin.gj by law, become vested in the President on and of St. Joseph and State of Michigan, who was commissioned, during after April 1, 18 9. the recess of the Senate, July 11, 1889, in the place of Benjamin F. Jacob J. Hoffman to be postmaster at Tarkio, in the county of Osgood, removed. Atchison and Sta.te of 1\Iissouri, who was commissioned, during the re James Ross, to be po tmaster at HancocK:, in the county of Hough cess of the Senate, June 27, 1889; tbe appointment of a. postmaster for ton and State of Michigan, who was commissioned, durin~ the recess the i:aid office having, by law, become vested in the President on and of the Senate, August 5, 1889, in the place of James B. Looney, re after April 1, 1889. moved. f:amuel Neeper, to be postmaster at Kahoka, in the county of Clark Casper C. Stephenson, to be postmaster at Escanaba., in the county and f:: tate of Missouri, who was commissioned, during the recess of the of Delta and State of Michigan, who was commissioned, during the Senate, July 3, 1889, in the place of George S. Stafford, deceased. recess of the Senate, July 31, 1889, in the place of Timothy Killian, James W. Owens, to he postmaster at Washington, in the county of : removed. Franklin and State of l\lissouri, who was commissione-d, during the re Richard M. Sampson, to be postmaster at Norway, in the county of cess of the Senate, August 21, 1889, in the place of John A. Collins, Menominee and State of Michigan, who was commissioned, during the resigned. recess of the Senate, September 14, 1889, in the place of James H. Gee, Lyman Parcher, to he postmaster at l\faryville, in the county of Nod removed. a'\\ay and State of Missouri, who was commis ioned, during the recess Charles H. Scott, to be postmaster at Gladstone, in the county of of the Senate, November 12, 1889, in the place of Willebald Yehle, re Delta and State of Michigan, who was commissioned, during the recess moved. of the Senate, June 20, 1889; the appointment of a postmaster for the Ed win C. Pickler, to be postmaster at Kirksville, in the county of said office having, by law, become vested in the President on andafter Adair and State of Missouri, wbo was commissioned! during the recess April 1, 1889. of the Sem~te , June 6, 18~ , in the place of George L. Spencer, re Samuel J. Sprin~er, to be postmaster at Plymouth, in the county of moved. Wayne and State of Michigan, who was commissioned, during the re Charles L. Porter, to be postmaster at Plattsburgh, in the county of ce.s.s of the Senate, May 29, 1889, in the place of William J. Burrow, Clinton and State of Missouri, who was commissioned, during the re resigned. cess of the Senate, October 10, 1889, in the place of John T. Wrinkle, Sakris Sil vola, to be postmaster at Red Jacket, in the county of resigned. Houghton and State of Michigan, who was commissioned, during the Peter Schnur, to be postmaster at Joplin, in the ctmnty of Jasper recess of the Senate, September 26, 1889, in the place of Daniel D. and State of Missouri, who was commissioned, d nrincr the recess of the Murphy, removed. Senate, May 9, 1889 in the place of Edward D. Porter, resigned. William W. Snider, to be postmaster at Homer, in the county of Henry C. Schwartz, to be postmaster at Higginsville, in the county Calhoun and State of l\fichigan, who was commissioned, during the of La Fayette and State of fissouri, who was commissioned, during recess of the Senate, October 19, 1889, in the place of C. F. Collins, the reces.s of the Senate, July 3, 1 9, in the plnce of Jam e~ A. Field, removed. resigned. George F. Seibert, to be postmaster at Iron Mountain, in the county George N. Stille, to be postma. ..:: ter at ' nionville, in the county of of l\Ienominee and State of Michigan, who was commissioned, during Putnam and State of Mis! ouri, ' vho was co m m~sion e d , during the re the recess of the Senate, September 26, 1889, in the place of Hugh cess of the Senate, 1'fay 29, 1889, in the place of Alexander Elson, McLaughlin, removed. removed. George Tucker, to be postmaster at Ispheming, in the county of Felix Shumate, to be postmaster at Lebanon, in the county of Boone l\farquette and State of Michigan, who was commissioned, during the and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the Tee.ass of the recess of the Senate, August 5, 1889, in the place of Patrick H. Devine, Senate, l\fay 29, 188!), in the place of James E. Pinnell, rnsigned. removed. Charles W. Stryker, to be po t master at Rockville, in the county of Frederick G. Warren, to be postmaster at Chru:lotte, in the county Park and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during tbe recE'.SS of Eaton and State of Michigan, who was commissioned, during the re of the Senate, October 29, 1889; in t he place of William E. Henkel, re cess of the Sellilte, October 1, 1889, in the place of Cornelius S. Barrett, moved. resigned. John Shaffer, to be postmaster at La Porte, in the coll nfy of La Porte Egerton B. Williams, to be postmaster at Ironwood, in tho county and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the recess of the of Gogebic and State of Michigan, who was commissioned, during the Senate, June 13, 1889, in the place of Henry E. Wadsworth, removed. recess of the Senate, April 24, 1889; the appointment of a postmaster Daniel W. Tomlinson, to be postmaster at Logansport, in the county for the said office having, by law, become vested in the President on of Cass and State of Indiana, who was com mis ioned, during the recess and after January 1, 1889. January 9, 1889, George F. Kelly '\las of the Senate, September 7; 18 9, in the place of Benjamin F . Lonthain: nominated to the Senate, but the nomination was not confirmed. removed. .· : t .. . ·, ... ., I I .- . 1889. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. - 367 Charles C. Schreeder, to be postmaster atHuntingburgh, in the county Henry Fink, of Wisconsin, to be collector of internal revenue for the of Dubois and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the re first district of Wisconsin. cess of the Senate, May 9, 1889, the appointment of a po tmaster for Eugene A. Webster, of South Carolina, to be collector of internal the said office having, by Jaw, become Tested in the President on and reveuue for the di trict of South Carolina. after October 1, 18 8. .Morman Fisher was appointed and commis Joseph W. Burke, of 'fexas, to be collector of internal revenue1'<'>r the sioned by the President., and was sub~equently nominated to the Sen third district of Texas. ate, but the nomination was not confirmed. Elihu A.. White, of North Carolina, to be collector of internal revenue . .... William F. Shelley, to be postmaster at New Castle, in the county of for the fourth district of Nor th Carolina. Henry and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the recess George H. Large, of New .Jersey, to be collector of internal revenue of the Senate, October 19, 1889, in the place of Miss Julia Loer, re for the fifth district of New Jersey. signed. Hiram F. Deval, of Missouri, to be collector of internal revenue for Marcus M. Towle, to be postmaster at Hammond, in the county of the sixth district of Missouri. Lake and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the recess Louis Weinstein, of Iowa, to be collector of internal revenue for the of the Senate, September 7, 1889, in the place of John F. Krost, re· fourth district of Iowa. signed. · John S. Lothrop, of Iowa, to be collector of internal revenue for the Allen -Q'indolph, to be postmaster at Vincennes, in the county of third district of Iowa. · Knox and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the recess Joseph P. Throop, of Indiana., to be collector of internal re>enne for of the Senate, July 20, 1889, in the place of James E. Kackley, re the seventh district of Indiana. moved. Walte1· H. Johnson, of Georgia, to be collector of internal rennue William R. Way, to be postmaster at Winchester, in the county of for the district of Georgia. Randolph and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the Dennis Eagan, of Florida, to be collector of internal revenue for the recess of the Senate, November 7, 1889, in the place of John Neff, re district of Florida. signed. John I. Hutchinson, of Connecticut, to be collector of internal rev Granville B. Ward, to be postmaster at Monticello, in the county of enue for the district of Connecticut. White and State of Indiana, who was commissioned, during the recess James U. Freeman, of Colora . ''· . - .. ; .,, ... .: - • .. .t ~ . ' • >' ·, f ' ' 368 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. DECEMBER 21s .· SURVEYORS OF CUSTOMS. SPECIAL EXAMINER OF DRUGS. IIenry C. McArthur, of Nebraska, to be surveyor of customs for the Edward G. Frothingham, of Massachusetts, to be special examine:r port of Lincoln, in the State of Nebraska. of drugs, medicines, and chemicals, in the district of Boston and WilU!m H. Alexander, of Nebraska, to be surveyor of customs for Charlestown, in the State of Massachusetts. the port of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska. POSTMASTERS. Daniel R. Collier, of Kentucky, to be surveyor of customs for the port of Louisville, in the State of Kentucky. John W. Spalding, to be postmaster at Champaign, in the county of Champaign and State of Illinois. COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS. Alexander 1:3tone, to be postmaster at Peoria, in the county of Peoria Harrison Geer, of Michigan, to be collector of customs for the dis and State of Illinois. trict of Huron, in the State of Michigan. S. Lovejoy Taylor, to be postmaster at Sparta, in the county of Ran FrankHn B. Goss, of Massachusetts, to be collector of customs for dolph and State of Illinois. the district of Barnstable, in the State of Massachusetts. William l\I. Veatch, to be postmaster at Abingdon, in the countv of J trome A; Watrous, of Wisconsin, to be collector of customs for the Knox and State of Illinois. - district of l\Iilwaukee, in the State of Wisconsin. Rowland H. Williams, to be postmaster at Salem, in the county of Charles Y. Osborn, of Michigan, to be collector of customs for t.he Marion and State of Illinois. district of Superior, in the State of Michigan. John Wood, to be postmaster at Cairo, in the county of Alexander George G. Benedict, of Vermont, to be collector of customs for the and State of Illinois. · district of Vermont, in the State of Vermont. Emerson W. Addis, to be postmaster at Brewster, in the county of John H. Cozzens, of Rhode Island, to be collector of customs for the Putnam and State of New York. district of Newport, in the State of Rhode Island. Adam Berry, to be postmaster at New Brighton, in the county of Timothy Guy Phelps, of California, to be collector of customs for the Richmond and State of New York. district of San Francisco, in the State of California. Charles A. Brooks, to be postmaster at :Marathon, in the county of John M. Glazier, of Pennsylvania, to be collector of customs for the Cortland and State of New York. distrid of Erie, in the State of Pennsylvania. LewellynH. Brown, to be postmaster at Hammondsport, in the county of Steuben and State of New York. REGISTERS OF THE LAND OFFICE. Willis L. Brownell, to be postmaster at Hempstead, in the county of William M. Robertson, of Madison, Nebr., to be register of the land Queens and State of New York. office at Neligh, Nebr. James H. Crandall, to be postmaster at Co Meskill, in the county of Frank E. Baldwin, of Pueblo, Colo.: to be register of the land office Schoharie and State of New York. at Pueblo, Colo. Jonas S. Yan Duzer, to be postmaster at Horseheads, in the county Lee Monroe. of WaKeeney, Kans., to be register of the land office at of Chemung and State of New York. WaKeeney, Kans. William V. Dolph, to be postmaster at Hnivana, in the county of Solomon W enzlaff, of Yankton, S. Dak., to be register of the•land Schuyler and State of New York. · office at Yankton, S. Dak. Edward Daniels, to be postmaster at Sherburne, in the county of John Q. A. Bradeni of Aberdeen, S. Dak., to be register of the land Chenango and Stat.e of New York. office at Aberdeen, S. Dak. Jesse Elting, to be postmaster at New Paltz, in the county of Ulster Daniel M. -Frost, of Dodge City, Kans., to be register of the land of and State of New York. fice at Garden City, Kans. Ward I. Fancher, to be postmaster at Glen Cove, in the county ~f John M. Hodge, of Abilene, Kans., to be register of the land office Queens and State of New York. at Salina., Kans. William A. Ferris, to be postmaster at Lima, in the county of Liv Webb McNall, of Gaylord, Kans., to be register of the land office at ingston and State of New York. Kirwin, Kans. John R. Fuller, to be postmaster at Floral Park, in the county of George A. Royce, of Marquette, Mich., to be regi5ter of the land Queens and State of New York. office at Marquette, Mich. Edson D. Gillett. to be postmaster at Skaneateles, in the county of Lauritz M. Lange, of Worthington, Minn., to be register of the land Onondaga and State of New York. office at Marshall, Minn ~ • William J. Glenn, to be postmaster at Cuba, in the county of Alle Cyrus Anderson, of Blakeman, Kans., to be register of the land office gany and State of New York. at Oberlin, Kans. Elihu F. Harris, to be postmaster at Flushing, in the county of Queens Albert P. Jackson, of Menasha, Wis., to be register of the land office and State of New York. at Menasha, Wis. Albert Ellis Hawkins, to be postmaster at Babylon, in the county of George A. McKenzie, of Stockton, Cal., to be register of the land Suffolk and State of New York. office at Stockton, Cal. Hieronymus Herbig, to be postmaster at College Point, in the county Martin J. Wright, of Los Angeles, Cal., to be register of the land of Queens and State of New York. office at Visalia, Cal. Thomas Henderson, to be postmaster at Far Rockaway, in the county Dorns M. Fox, of Des Moines, Iowa, to be register of the land office of Queens and State of New York. at Des Moines, Iowa. Graham H. Hill, to be postmaster at Medina, in the county of Orleans ·- John T. Apperson, of Oregon City, Oregon, to be register of the land and State of New York. office at Oregon City, Oregon. Frank W. James, to be postmaster at Naples, in the r.ounty of Ontario and State of New York. SURVEYORS-GENERAL. Matthew W. Marvin, to be postmaster at Walton, in the county of Edward F. Hobart, of Las Vegas Hot Springs, N. Mex., to be sur Delaware and State of New York. veyor-general of New Mexico. William Martin, to be postmaster at Honeoye Falls, in the county of William • Richards, of Red Bank, Wyo., to be surveyor-general of Monroe and State of New York. Wyoming. Frank B. Mitchell, to be postmaster at Norwich, in the county of Boetius H. Sullivan, of Plankinton, S. Dak., to be surveyor-general Chenango and Btate of New York. of Dakota. Ed ward A. Pierce, to be postmaster at Castile, in the county of Wy DISTRICT COM1\IISSI01'TERS. oming and State of New York. -, John W. Douglass, oftheDistrictofColumbia, to be a commissioner William H. Sammis, to be postmaster at Northport, in the county of of the District of Columbia. Suffolk and State of New York. Lemon G. Hine, of the District of Columbia, to be a commissioner Hugh M. Scranton, to be postmaster at Perry, in the county of Wy of the District of Columbia. oming and State of New York. Stephen St. John, to be postmaster at Port Jervis, in the county of SUPERVISING !~SPECTOR OF STEAM-VESSELS. Orange and State of New York. John D. Sloane, of Minnesota, to be supervising inspector of steam Charles F. Shelland, to be postmaster at Oneonta, in the county of vessels fo1· the fifth district. Otsego and State of New York. Joseph A. White, to be postmaster at Deposit, in the county of PENSION AGE~T. Broome and State of New York. - Nicholas Ensley, of De Kalb County, Indiana, to be pension agent Joshua M. Williams, to be postmaster at Phrenix, in the county of at Indianapolis, Ind. . Oswego and State of New York. EXAJ\!INER-IN-CHIEF, PATENT OFFICE. Charles L. Williams, to be postmaster at Greene, in the county of Solon W. Stocking, of Syracuse, N. Y., to be an examiner-in-chief Chenango and State of New York. Israel C. Cope, to be postmaster at Streator, in the county of La in the Patent Office. Salle and State of Illinois. SECRETARY OF WYOlliNG. John A. Childs, to be postmaster at Evanston, in the county oi John W. Meldrum, of Laramie, Wyo., to be secretary of Wyoming. Cook and State of Illinois. -\. t . . , . : . '• .; ; - 1889. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 369 Thomas M. Crossman, to be postmaster at Edwardsville, in the William R. Bush, to be postmaster at Lake City, in the county of 4 ' • county of Madison and State of Illinois. Columbia. and State of Florida. Arthur Crooker, to be postmaster at Taylorville, in the county of Walter Ackerman, to be postmaster at Cartersville, in the county of Christian and State of Illinois. Bartow and State of Georgia. Charles S. De Hart, to be postmaster at Carthage, in the county of Benjamin F. Brimberry, to be postmaster at Albany1 in the county Hancock and State of Illinois. of Dougherty and State of Georgia. I Arthur J. Driver, to be postmaster at Sycamore, in the county of Columbus Browning, to be postmaster at Dalton, in the county of DeKalb and State of Illinois. Whitfield and State of Georgia. . Jacob Friendlicb, to be postmaster at Mount Sterling, in the county Walker Brock, to be postmaster at Tallapoosa, in the county of Har- of Brown and State of Illinois. alson and State of Georgia. Andrew Galbraith, to be postmaster at Toulon, in the county ot J obn R. Lewis, to be postmaster at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton Stark and State of lllinois. and State of Georgia. Frank M. Hoyt, to be postmaster at Eureka, in the county of Wood- J a.mes E. Everett, to be postmaster at Yazoo City, in the county of ford and State of Illinois. Yazoo and State of Mississippi. De Los Hull, to be postmaster at Oak Park, in the county of Cook William H. Gibbs, to be postmaster at Jackson, in the county of and State of Illinois. Hinds and State of Mississippi. Augustus G. Hammond, to be postmaster at Wyoming, in the county William M. Hancock, to be postmaster at Meridian, in the county of ,- of Stark and State of Illinois. Lauderdale and State of Mississippi. George W. Harper, to be postmaster at Robinson, in the county of Samuel M. Howry, to be postmaster at Oxford, in the county of Crawford and State of Illinois. La Fayette anCt State of Mississippi. Fenwick Y. Htdley, to be postmaster at Bunker Hill, in the county Uiss Cora C. Matthews, to be postmaster at Hazlehurst, in the connty of Macoupin and State of Illinois. of Copiah and State of Mississippi. William F. Hunter, to be postmaster at Elgin, in the county of Mrs. Mary C. Matthews, to be postmaster at Winona, in the county Kane and State of Illinois. of Montgomery and State of Mississippi. Thomas A. Jewett, to be postmaster at Oregon, in the county of Ogle Mrs. Mary N. Parish, to be postmaster at Greenwood, in the county and State of lllinois. of Le Flore and State of Mississippi. William R. Jewell, to be postmaster at Danville, in the county of Mary Simpson, to be postmaster at Pass Christian, in the county of Vermilion and State of Illinois. Harrison and State of Mississippi. ' I Hamilton E. Baker, to be postmaster at Rolla, in the county of Fred M. Dunbar, to be postmaster at Riverside, in the county of Sau Phelps and State of Missouri. Bernardino and State of California. :·.' Charles N. Burnham, to be postmaster at Cameron, in the county of George K. Ober, to be postmaster at Bakersfield, in the county of Clinton and State of Missouri. Kern and State of California. . I • John F. Craigo, to be postmaster at Fulton, in the connty of Calla- William E. Tucker, to be postmaster of Yuba City, in the county of wa..v and State of Missouri. Sutter and State of California. " Warren D. Crandall, to be postmaster at Brookfield, in the county Anid Hinman, to be postmaster as Moscow, in the county of Latah of Linn and State of Missouri. and Territory of Idaho. Ellen Marquiss Dodge, t-0 be postmaster at Webb City, in the county I Emeric R. Leonard, to be postmaster at Boise City, in the county of of Jasper and State of Missouri. Ada and Territory of Idaho. George C. Eaton, to be postmaster at Fayette! in the county of Vining A. Cook, to be postmaster at Boulder Valley, in the county Howard and State of Missouri. of Jefferson and State of Montana. Samuel H. Elkins, to be postmaster at Columbia, in the county of John G. Evans, to be postmaster at Butte City, in the county of Sil- Boone and Stat;P, of Missouri. ver Bow and State of Montana. James B. Holdsworth, to be postmaster at Paris, in the county of Harry E. Housman, to be postmaster at Missoula, in the county of Monroe and State of Missouri. Missoula and State of Montana. Thomas James, to be postmaster at Independence, in the county of Stiles M. Parks, to be postmaster at Livingston, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri. Park and State of Montana. Jacob Keiser, to be postmaster at Clinton, in the county of Henry Charles Taylor, to be postmaster at Great Falls, in the county of Ca.s- ' - and State of Missouri. cade and State of Montana. William A. Morton, to be postmaster at Excelsior Springs, in the Thomas Treveaille, to be postmaster at Granite, in the county of county of Clay and State of .Missouri. Deer Lodge and State of Montana. Homer A. Nelson, to be postmaster at Lebanon, in the county of Geoq?;e H. Tracy, to be postmaster at Baker City, in the county of ' .. Laclede and State of Mis~ouri. Baker and State of Oregon. Francis B. NofSinger, to be postmaster at Kansa.:: City, in the county Alphonso F. Learned, to be postmaster at Port Townsend, in the of Jackson and State of Mi8souri. county of Jefferson and State of Washington. Benjamin M. Prentiss, to be postmaster at Bethany, in the county of Wheeler S. Bowen, to be postmaster at Yankton, in the county of Harrison and State of Missouri. Yankton and State of South Dakota. / John W. Toppass, to be postmaster at Chillicothe, in the county of B. F. Campbell, to be postmaster at Sioux Falls, in the county of Livingston and State of Missouri. Minnehaha and State of South Dakota. Frank L. Wilson, to be postmaster at Bowling Green, in the county Ransom E. Gregory, to be postmaster at Pierre, in the county of of Pike and State of Missouri. Hughes and State of South Dakota. Mrs. Jennie R. Tyler, to be postmaster at Brookhaven, in the county James D. Jones, to be postmaster at Ipswich, in the county of Ed- of Lincoln and State of Mississippi. rounds and State of South Dakota. Robert Brantley, to be postmaster at New Iberia, in the parish of William H. Wheeler, to be postmaster at Deadwood, in the county Iberia and State of Louisiana. of Lawrence and State of South Dakota. Edward J. Barrett, to be postmaster at Alexandria, in the parish of George A. Steel, to be postmaster atPortland, in the county of Mnlt- Rapides and State of Louisiana. nomah and State of Oregon. Victor Bassigano, to be postmaster a.t Gilroy, in the county of Santa William T. Brown, to be postmaster at Madison, in the county of Cruz and State of California. Morris and State of New Jersey. Louis S. Moulthrop, to be postmaster at Naugat.uck, in the county Edwin L. Ragan, to be postmaster at High Point, in the county of of New Haven and State of Connecticut. Guilford and State of North Carolina. Joseph Wells, to be postmaster at Elkton, in the county of Cecil and James N. Mc-Bride, to be postmasoor at Waterloo, in the county of State of Maryland. De Kalb and State of Indiana. .James H. Scott, to be postmaster at Sterling, in the county of Logan James R. Bunyan, to be postmaster at Kendallville, in the county and State of Colorado. of Noble and State of Indiana. ' '., ... James H. Shepherd, to be postmaster at Idaho Springs, in the county William Erwin, to be postmaster at Bedford, in the county of Law- of Clear Creek and State of Colorado. rence and State of Indiana. Hartley C. Eaton, to be postmaster at Glenwocd Springs, in the Alpheus R. Barnes, to be postmaster at Albia, in the county of Mon- county of Garfield and State of Colorado. roe and State of Iowa. E. Theodore Lee, to be postmaster at Lamar, in the county of Prow- Arthur P. Brown, to be postmaster at Le Mars, in the county of ers and State of Colorado. Plymouth and State of Iowa. Charles W. Ramer, to be postmaster at Fort Collins, in the county John D. Brown, to be postmaster at Missouri Valley, in the county of Larimer and State of Colorado. of Harrison and State of Iowa. ,,, .. John F. Rice, to be postmaster at Oura.y, in the county of Ouray and Julius W. Knowlton, to be postmaster at Bridgeport, in the county State of Colorado. of Fairfield and State of Connecticut. Jam es Bell, to be postmaster at Gainesville, in the county of Alachua George H. Cook, to be postmaster at Flagstaff, in the county of and State of Florida. Yavap~ and Territory of Arizona. XXI-24 .'' , r • .. . ·, '- .. 370 CONGRESSIONAL ·RECORD-SENATE. DECEl\IBER 21, ·. . ' .Adolph Zadek, ro be postmaster at Corsicana, in the county of J obn L. Ozburn, ro be postmaster a.t Murphysborough, in the county Navarro and State of Texas. of Jackson and State of Illinois. Charles T. Daugherty, t,o be postmaster at Denison, in the county of Emma E. Palmer, to be postmaster at Onarga, in the county of Iro Grayson and State of Texas. · quois and State of Illinois. John T. Haynes, to be postmaste.r at Gatesville, in the county of Philip H. Reither, to be l>Ostmaster at Nashville, in the county of Coryell and State of Texas. . Washington and State of Illinois. Marion Mullins, to be postmaster at Brownwood, in the county of George H. RottJer, to be postmaster at Galena., in_ the county of Jo Brown and State of Texas. Daviess and State of Illinois. Hamilton M. Adams, to be postmaster at Huntington, in the county William C. Roodhouse, to be postmaster at Roodhouse, in the county of Ca.bell and State of West Virginia. of Greene and State of Illinois. Joseph M. Ickes, to be postmaster at Newark, in the county of Lick Harry Sanderson, to be postmaster at Winchester, in the county of ing and State of Ohio. Scott and State of Illinois. George Ammerman, to be postmaster at Hawley, in the county of George Sanderson, to be postmaster at Pittsfield, in the county of Wayne and State of Pennsylvania. Pike and State of Illinois. Andrew B. Cathcart, to be postmaster at Bloomsburgh, in the county .Tames A. Sexton, to be postmaster at Chicago, in the county of Cook of Columhia and State of Pennsylvania. and State of Illinois. Obadiah D. Falkenbnry, t,o be postmaster at Susquehanna, in the Richard D. Smith, to be postmaster at Pekin, in the county of Taze count_y of Susquehanna and St.ate of Pennsylvania. well and State of Illinois. William J. Galloway, to be postmaater at Parkes burgh, in the county Alonzo C. Sluss, to be postmaster at Tuscola, in the county of Doug of Chester and State of Pennsylvania. · las and State of Illinois. Levi S. Gibson, to be postmaster at Sharpsburgh, in the county of Sylvanus Young, to be postmaster at Boonville, in the county of Alleghen_y and State of Pennsyivania. Cooper and State of Missouri. James H. Hagerty, to be postmaster at Ridgway, in the county of Rinaldo J. Tilton, to be postmaster at Ottumwa, in the county of Elk and State of Pennsylvania. Wanello and State of Iowa. David Hamilton, to be postmaster at Osceola Mills, in the county of Edwin F. Tomlinson, to be postmaster at Plainville, in the county Clearfield and State of Pennsylvania. of Hartford and State of Connecticut. Henry A. Hamilton, to be postmaster at Emlenton, in the county of Lyman Tondro, to be postmaster at Rochester, in the county of Venango and State of Pennsylvania. Olmsted and State of Minnesota. Moses Bradshaw, to be postmaster at Aspen, in llie county of Pitkin James D. Edwards, to be postmaster at Strom.Slmrgh, in the county and State of Coforado. of Polk and State of Nebraska. Jacob M. Buzzard, to be postmaster at Silverton, in the county of H. M. Detrick, to be postmaster at York, in the county of York and San J nan and State of Colorado. State of Nebraska. Adam D. Cooper1 to be postmaster at Calion City, in the county of August Frank, to be postma8ter at Humboldt, in the county of Rich Fremont and State of Colorad~ ardson and State of Nebraska. William G. Gresham, to be postmaster at St. Peter, in the county of Judson Graves, to be postmaster at Neligh, in the county of .Ante Nicollet and State of :linnesota. lope and State of Nebraska. Ebenezer A. Rice, to be po.·tmaster at Pipe Stone, in the county of Frank GriggAby, to be postmaster at Alma, in the county of Harlan Pipe Stone and State of Minnesota. and tate of Nebraska. William Willson, to be postmMter at Shakopee, in the county of Scott P. E. Hovey, to be postmaster at Arapahoe, in the county of Furnas and State of Minnesota. and State of Nebraska. Calvin K. Day, to be postmaster at Detroit City, in the county of E. V. Moore, ro be postmaster at Benkleman, in the county of Dundy Becker and State of Minnesota. and State of Nebraska. Wheaton M. Fuller, to be poRtmaster at Little Falls, in the county .Michael Murphy, to be postmaster at Grand Island, in the county of .· of Morrison and State of Minnesota. Hall and State of Nebraska. Haus 0. Rankness, to be postmaster at Albert Lea: in the county of Anthony W. Raudenbush, to be postmaster at Lehighton, in the Freeborn and State of Minnesota. county of Carbon and State of Pennsylvania. William L. Kellogg, to be postmaster at Spring Valley, in the county Gomer J. Reese, robe postmaster at Olyphant, in the county of Lack of Fillmore and State of Minnesota. awanna and State of Pennsylvania. Eden N. Leavens, to be postmaster at Faribault, in the county of Henry B. Rupp, to bfl postmaster at Hummelstown, in the county Rice and State of Minnesota. of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania. Christian Peterson, to be postmaster at Preston, in the county of Alexander A. Thomson, to be postmaster at Carlisle, in the county Fillmore and State of Minnesota. of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania. Robert J. Henderson, to be postmaster at Phrenixville, in the county William C. Torrence, to be postmaster at Punxsutawney, in the of Chester and State of Pennsylvania. · county of Jefferson and State of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Louisa. Keck, to be postmaster at Greenville, in the county of Thomas Walkey, to be postmaster at Jermyn, in thecouutyofLack- Mercer and State of Pennsylvania. awanna and State of Pennsylvania. . Samuel M. Long, ro be postmaster at Manheim, in the county of Fulton M. Whaley, to be postmaster at Point ~leasant, in the county Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania. of Mason and State of West Virginia. James McCauley, to be postmaster at Miffiintown, in the county of James F. Allen, to be postmaster at Elyria, in the county of Lorain Junjata and State of Pennsylvania. and State of Ohio. James McMahon, to be postmaster at South Bethlehem, in the county William W. Davidson, to be postmaster at Middlebury, in the county of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania. of Snmmit and State of Ohio. John F. Mentzer, to be postmaster at Ephratah, in the county of John S. Dollinger, to be postmaster at Covington, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania. Miami and State of Ohio. Miss Bridget T. Mooney, to be postmaster at Dunmore, in the county John D. Deyarmon, to be postmaster at Loudonville, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania. of Ashland and State of Ohio. Henry A. Parsons, jr., to be postmaster at St. Mary's, in the county David J. Davis, to be postmaster at Wapakoneta, in_ the county of of Elk and State of Pennsylvania. Auglaize and State of Ohio. Edmund Randall, to be postmaster at Catasauqua, in the county of Amos T. Dailey, to be postmaster at Van Wert, in the countyofVan Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania. Wert and State of Ohio. ·.. "- Edward J. Krampff, to be postmaster at Havana, in the county of William 0. Fouts, to be postmaster at McConnelsville, in the county Mason and State of Illinois. of Morgan a,nd State of Ohio. Waiter W. Lindley, lo be postmaster at Urbana, in the county of Alvan S. Galbreath, to be postmaster at National Military Home, in Champaign and State of Illinois. the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, James Lynn, to be postmaster at Carrollton, in the county of Greene Charles Hipp, to be postmaster at St. Mary's, in the county of Au and State of Illinois. glaize and State of Ohio. Charles M. Lyon, to be postmaster at McLeansborough, in the county Joseph W. Hostetter, to be postmaster at Orrville, in the county of of Hamilton and State of lliinois. Wayne and State of Ohio. Eli A. l\1itchell, to be postmaster at Chillicothe, in the county of Hugh B. Neal, to be postmaster at Sydney, in the county of Shelby Peoria and State of Illinois. and State of Ohio. Clarence A. Murray, to be postmaster at Waukegan, in the county Eli Overholt, to be postmaster at Wadsworth, in the county of Me of Lake and State of Illinois. dina and State of Ohio. William H. Norton, to be postmaster at Earlville, in the county of Benjamin C. Ridgway, to be postma.ster at Wellston, in the county .· La Salle a11il State of Illinois. of Jackson and State of Ohio. Wilbur T. Norton, to be postmaster at Alton, in the county of Mad Cra.wfoi:d L'lrge, to be postmaster at Harbor, in the county of Ash· ison an~ State of Illinois. tabula and State of Ohio. .• / . ·, ' . ..; .. •• .I ••,"" .. 1889 • CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 371 William H. Sloan, to be postmaster at Jackson, in the county of Frank Bunker, to be postmaster at Geneva, in the county of Kane .· Jackson and State of Ohio. and State of Illinois. OrYille D. Smith, to be postmaster at Washington Court-Honse, in Rowland J. Beatty, to be postmaster at Delavan, in the county of the county of Fayette and State of Ohio. Tazewell and State of Illinois. David L: Clinton, to be postmaster at Clintonville, in the county of Charles S. Castle, to be postmaster at Austin, in the county of Cook New Haven and State of Connecticut. and State of Illinoi.."I. Miss Minnie Wall, to be postmaster at Loup City, in the county of Henry Huss, to be postmaster at Mount Vernon, in the county of Sherman aud State of Nebraska. We ! To Mr. SAYERS: Papers filed with the bill (H. R. 4624) for the relief Indiana is the same we have been hearing for some sixteen yeanr in this of the estate of John W. Whitfield. House. [Laughter.] At the commencement of every session of Con Also, papers relative to the claim of Matilda Hoge. gress we are treated to a lecture on the subject of economy, the result of which is to be applied to the officers of the Honse and some small ASSIST.A.NT DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE. officers of the Government; but whenever it comes to the subject of l\Ir. CARLISLE. Mr. Speaker, I desire to make a brief statement economy in the expenditure of hundreds of thousands and millions of injustice to myself and the House. Yesterday morning in offering the dollars we find that this logic and this eloquence is utterly lost to the resolution providing for the appointment of Isaac R. Hill as a special country. If you look at the expenditures of our Government you will -. officer under the direction of the Doorkeeper, I stated to the House that find that they are mounting up, that they are constantly growing this was the usual resolution offered and passed at the beginning of each higher; and it we would retrench the expenditures we are to be told Congress, and I thought that was the fact. I had not personally exam- that the great American people can only be protected in the expendi ined the matter for myself, but bad accepted the statements of other tures from their Federal •.rreasury by cutting down the aalary of some gentlemen upon the subject, which statements I believed to be accn- poor fellow around the Honse of Representatives. rate. I find, however, or at least I am advised, and presume it is true, I have fought, 1\Ir. Speaker, against the reduction of the pay of the thatthe resolution passed yesterday differs from those previousl.v passed, officers and employes of this House and the increase of the pay of the, in the fact that it fixes the compensation at the rate of $2,000 -per an- officers and employes of the Senate which my colleague from Indiana nnm, whereas similar resolutions providing for this special officer on [Mr. HOLMAN] on the Committee on Appropriations has permittell to be the minority side of the House have heretofore allowed put $1,500, a madeyearafteryear. Ibelieve,sir,incommonwitbthewholeEnglish-· fact of which I was not aware at the time I presented the resolution. speaking people, that the Honse of Commorn'!, this American House of· Inasmuch as there was no motion to reconsider the resolution, the Commons, is the breath of the people, and I believe in maintaining its: whole subject is still in a condition to be taken up by the Honse. I equal dignity, its equal power, and its equal privileges and rights be desired to make this statement, and now I move that the vote by which fore the American people. [Applause.] And, .M:r.Speaker,if I should, the resolution was passed be reconsidered, so that we may dispose of 6ver succeed in getting to the Senate there will be somebody there who' the question with proper information. will still feel that he is a.kin to the American democracy, and that this 1 The motion to reconsider was agreed to. House ought to be preservedinallitsrightsanddignitiesonanequality The SPEAKER. The question now recurs upon the adoption of the with the Senate of the United States. We do not complain when the1 resolution. pay of the officers of the Senate is increased. The pay of those officers\ Mr. CARLISLE. l\Ir. Speaker, I desire to state simply this: I be- is away above the pay of the officers of this House to-day. Every of- 1 lie-ye the salaries of these two officers should be precisely the same, and J ficer in the Senate receives more pay than the corresponding officer in that this salary should be reduced to $1, 500, or the other salary should the Honse; yet now, when it is proposed to give something like decentj be raised to $~ 1 000. pay to the officers of the Honse, we are met with this old revamped! Mr. MORGAN and others. Raise it. argument of'' economy,'' an economy which goes no farther than the/ Mr. CARLISLE. For my own part, I am perfectly willing to vote pages of the House, and these officers and employes who have some-! for either proposition, but will leave the House to dispose of it without times to be up all night running around the city to find members of1 farther observation. Congress. [Laughter and applause.] Mr. MILLS. I understand that Mr. Hill's salary has been $2,000 l\Ir. HOLMAN. Mr. Speaker, according to my observations since I ! all the time, and the resolution which the gentleman from Kentucky have had the honor of a seat on this floor, gentlemen who are inclined bas offered is simply to make it the same as the other. I am perfectly to sneer at economy in small items are always in a mist when they reach. willing to raise the salary of Mr. Chancey's position to $2,000. the larger ones. The items which swell into the hundreds of millions Mr. HOUK. I think this matter might be adjusted by in.creasing of dollars annually expended by this Government are all small, and Mr. Chancey's salary to $2,000. standing alone are insignificant. The salary of the President of the ., Mr. MILLS. Certainly. United 8tates is the only large item in all the details of the estimates. Mr. MILLIKEN. I move that the salary of Mr. Chancey be raised If gentlemen really intend to practice economy they must do it in the to $2 000. countless details which come before Congress for consideration. The. l\l;. BURROWS. I move to strike out in the resolution the words dignity and rights of this House have not been assailed or impaired, r "fifteen hundred doUars" and insert after the name of Mr. Hill "and think, daring the last six years in which we have provided an annual Mr Chancey $2 000 each." salary of $1,500 for this identical position now under consideration. J\rr. MILLS. 'Two thousand dollars a year. Did. my friend fi:om Texa;i [Mr. MILLS] de~ i.t necessary at any time Mr. BURROWS. I believe the words "two thousand dollars" are durmg the lasts~ :years, m defense of the d1gmty o~the House, to ask in the resolution. I therefore move to insert after the name of Mr. that the ~ay of this employe, then on the other side of the Honse, Hill the words i: and Mr. Chancey, $2,000 each." s~ould be mcreased ~rom$1,500 to$2,000? Not ~tall; and I hopemyl The SPEAKER. The question is upon the amendment proposed by friend from Texas wµI ~ot urge us to do to-day, m behalf of a gen~le- the gentleman from Michigan. mansu~gested by ~h1ss1deoftheHouseforanemplo1ment, that :w~1ch / Mr. HOLMAN. .Mr. Spe3ker, I think the question is subject to we declined to do m behalf of a gentleman perform mg exactly s1m11ar debate. duties for the last six years bn the other side of the House. · The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Indiana. _I hope,_ too,. that t~'3 i~e~oft}:Iedi~nity ofthisHousebeing involved. Mr. HOLMAN. I hope that at the very outset of this Congress the will be lmd asi~e. Digmty. Equa~nghts._1 Why, of course, thellouse, policy of increasing salaries will not be started. I regret very much of Repr~entat~ ves possesses equal ng~ts w~th the Senate, and each fixes that the gentleman from Texas bas made the suggestion of raising an- ~~e salar~es of its own .employes, and I~ this House has been more con-! other salary with a view of keeping up the salary of the gentleman ap- s1dei:ate _m the expenditure of the ~?~he. mon~y th_an the Senate and pointed at the suggestion of this side of the House. I emphatically less mclm¢ to mere personal favontism .rn leg1~lat1on, thatfactr:;ho°:ld object to this method of leo-islation. It is proposed to equalize the b~ cou~ted greatly to the honor ~nd credit of thIS House, _and n?t to.its salaries 0 d1scred1t. [Applause.] Our rights are exactly equal m leg1s\at1on : . . . with the Senate, derived directly from the people themselves. For that, I notice that ~he equalization of salan~ a~ways goes upw~~d.. I have reason, sir, we are more conscious of our obligation to them than a body never found a~ rnstancewhere the e~ual~zat1?n went down, ~t~s always deriving their powers from the Legislatures of the States can be. We on tbe ascend mg scale. The equauzahon lS al ways by raisrng some are, indeed, if possible, under a higher obligation to the people, because sah~ry up to some .othe~ ~ry you have already adopted. I move, Mr. we represent them directly, and the people demand-say what we S~e~ker, for 1 believe it is m order, that the salary be the same as the please about the matter when we find ourselves here at the Capitol or1gmal salary...... the people at home demand fair economy upon the partoftheirRepre- Mr. MILLS. The sum_ named rn the ongmal resolution IS $2,000. sentatives, and this demand will be respected by gentlemen upon this ~Ii:· HOL~ AN. T~at is ~rue .. I 1?iove to ~:nend, Mr. Speaker, by side of the Honse, at least, whose seat.a have been obtained upon pledges stnkrng oat 1 _$2,()90, and m~ertmg $1,500, the sum we hav~ been of economy in the public expenditure. heretofore payrng for years wh1le .the House was under Democratic con- The SPEAKER. The question is on the amendment of the gentle- ·~ trol to an em~loye of the ot~er side of the-1-i:ou e: man from Indiana [Mr. HOLMAN]. . l\lr. MILLS. But Mr. Hill has been getting $2,000 a -,ear all the Mr. HOUK. Is it in order, Mr. Speaker, to have the amendment time. read? l\:lr. HOLMAN. As assistant sergeant-at-arms, but the gentleman The SPEAKER. The amendment is to strike out "two thousand" that represented the other side got but $1,500. Now the proposition and substitute "fifteen hundred." is to raise this salary up to the salar§ of an assistant sergeant-at-arms. The amendment was adopted-ayes 96, noes 70. I hope it will not be done. Mr. HOLMAN moved to reconsider the vote by which the amend- Mr. BURROWS. I am willing to accept the proposition of the gen- ment was adopted; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be tleman from Indiana, striking out the words "two thousand dollars" laid on the table. and inserting "one thousand five hundred dollars." The latter motion was agreed to. Mr. MILLS. Mr. Speaker, the speech made by the gentleman from The resolution as amended was ado~tcd. .. . ' ' ...... · .. ., ·, . I ~· .· • •. l' . , :- .. . - .' 1889. OONGRESSION AL RECORD-HOUSE. 373· ENROLLED BILL SIGNED. Bismarck and make an equitable division of all the property belonging Mr. KENNEDY, from the Committee on Enrolled Billst reported to the Territory of Dakota bet.ween the then futureStatesofNorth Dakota that they had examined and found truly enrolled a joint resolution of and South Dakota. This proviso, as I understand, adopts that division the following title; when the Speaker signed t_he same : as the basis for the division of these records, furniture, and hooks, which Joint resolution (H. Res. 14) for removing damages caused by floods have been used by the respective constitutional conventions and ty in the Sacramento and Feather Rivers. the Legislature of the Territory of Dakota. The proviso proposes to divide this property under the same plan which was agreed upon by MRS. D. T. S. PARNELL. that commission, which was a joint commission. Am I right rn that? Mr. CUMMINGS. Mr. Speaker, I again present a petitiont signed Ur. PICKLER. This resolution has been so drawn hy my colleague by the governor of New Jersey and other eminent citizens, lor the re and myself as to cover the suggestion made yesterday by the gentleman lief of Mrs. Delia T. ~. Parnell, daughter of the Jate Commodore ~tew from IJlinois [Mr. SPRINGER] when we songht to amend a similar art, of the United States Navy; and I ask that it be printed in the resolution then passed in favor of Washington and Montana. l will RECORD and relerred to the Committee on Claims. state to the House that this division has already been a~reed upon by There was no objection, and it was so ordered. the commi8sion appointed on behalf of North Dakota anrl South Da The petition is as follows :.. kota, anrl. is satisfactory; and the gentleman from North Dakota con To the Senate and House of Representat·ives in Cong1·ess assembled, greeting: curs in this resolution. We pray your honorable body that measures be ta.ken immediately for the I might add further, in the line of the remarks made yesterday, that relief of Mrs. Delia T. S. Parnell, daughter of the late Commodore Stewart. And we pray that the prize-money for the capture of the English man-of-war this property a.mounts to very little to the United States, !Jut C'an be Levant, which wa.s never settled in her father's life-time, be now settled on her. made of some use by our new States starting off upon their career of She has in her posse:.siou the original prayer drawn up by her father, al1hough statehood. I there.fore ask the passage of the rn"olution. it was never presented to Congress. The other papers in proof are in the ar chives in Washington, and in the history of tbe American Navy. The third The SPEAKER. Is there o~iec~ion to the present consideration of lieutenant. \V B. Shubrick, was put on board the prize, and took her into Port this resolution? The Chair hears none. Prayo, in the neutral waters of Porkgal. The House proceeded to the consideration of the joint resolution, l\1rs. Parnell is now in distress and needs assistance. Her health is impaired, and we would respectfully refer to the following medical examination: which was ordered to be engrossed and read a thirrl time; and l>eing engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and pal'sed. BORDENTOWN, N. J., November 30, 18S9. 'Ve, the undersigned, lutve given Mrs. Delia T. S Parnell a careful medical Mr. CUTCHEON. If I caught correctly the reading of this measure, examination, and certify that she is unfitted at present for any physical or it begins as if it were a bill-" Be it enacted,'' etc.-although by its mental labor. Her heart action is enfeebled, and a severe mental strain and title it is a joint resolution. improper nourishment have greatly increased the difficulty. Rest and proper food is what she needs. The SP EAKER. A correction of that clerical error will be made. MOZART JENKINS, M. D. Mr. PICKLER moved to reconsider the vote by which the joint reso H. WALBURG COLEMAN, M. D. lut10n was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be This venerable lady was instrumental in a great delt'l'ee with Lords Carlisle laid on the table. and Palmerston in preventing a coalition between Great Britain and France when Louis Napoleon tried to place upon the throne of Mexico the Archduke The latter motion was agreed.to. :Maximilian, of Austria, and we do ask and pray that your honorable body will CHANGES OF REFERENCE. take such measure whereby she may obtain immediate relief, and place her beyond want, privation, and poverty. Mr. SPRINGER. I desire to ask a change of reference. Upon the ROBT. S, GREEN. WILLIAM .A.. GREEN. call of States a few days ago, I introduced a bill to provide for the rec E. J. ANDERSON. ROBT. P. DINGES. JOHN J. TOFFEY. JOS. R. SWEENY. lamation of the arid lands of the United States. 'Ihat bill was referred J. D. HALL. W. SCOTT TAYLOR. to the Committee on Public Lands. Since that time a select commit WILLIAM S. STRYKER. DR. JOHN C. STULL. tee upon the irrigation of the arid lands of the United States has been ALEX H. RICKEY. MOZART JENKINS, M. D. T •OS. S. JOHN!:HON. JOHN F. GARWOOD. created, and I now desire that the reference of the biJl be changed from JAl\1ES S. KEIGER the Committee on Public Lands to the Special Committee on Irrigation ORDER OF BUSINESS. of the Arid Lands of the United States. The SPEAKER. The Chair will state 1io the gentleman from Illinois Mr. PICKLER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to present [Mr. SPRINGER] that perhaps it would be desirable j;o make his motion a joint resolution. general, so that all bills heretofore referred to standing committees of Mr. BRECKINRIDGE, of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I do not desire the House, and which re]ate to subjects for the consideration of which to object if the Chair wishes to recognize gentlemen to make requests select committees have since been created. be taken from such standing for unanimous consent, but I call attention to the fact that the hour committees and referred to the appropriate select committees. fixed for the consideration of the special order has arrived. Mr. SPJHNGER. Accepting the suggestion of the Chair, I move The SPEAKER. The gentleman has a right to call it up if he so that all bills heretofore referred to standing conimittees, and which desires. should properly go to select committees since created, be referred to Mr. BRECKINRIDGE, of Ke.atucky. I will yield to the gentleman such seJect committees. from South Dakota. The SPEAKER. Under the direction of the Speaker. I:ECORDS, FURNITURE, ETC., FOR NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA. Mr. SPRI~GER. Under the direttion of the Speaker. Mr. PICKLER, by unanimous consent, introduced a joint resolution The SPEAKER. Without objection, that order will be made. The Chair hears no objection, and it is so ordered. (H. Res. 37) donating records, fixtures, furniture, ere., to the States of South and North Dakota; which was read a first and second time. REPRINT OF A BILL. A MEMBER. Let the joint resolution be-read. Mr. SPRINGER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill (H. R. 6) The joint resolution was read in full, as follows: to provide for the organization of the Territory of Oklahoma be re· Be it enacted, etc., That all papers, books, records, fixtures, and furniture, or prin~d. . . other personal property of whatever kind, belongir!g to the United States and Tbe SPEAKER. Without objection, that order will be made. h eretofore used in the admi istration oftbe Territorial government of the Ter ri1ory of Dakota, or used b:Y'" the constitutional conventions framing constitu There being no objection, it was ordered accordingly. .. tions for South and North Dakota, are hereby donated to the States of South DISTRICT OF COLUl\IBIA APPROPRIATION BILL. and North Dakota: Pr01Jided, That said States shall receive in amount and kiud of such property as was fixed and agreed upon by the joint commission of the Mr. McCOM A.S. Mr. Speaker, I am directed by the Committee on constitutional conventions of said tita.tes in pursuance of the provisions of sec Appropriations to report a bill (H. R. 3711) making appropriations to tion 6 of an act entitled "An act to provide for the division of Dakota into two States, and to enable the people of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Washing provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia. ton to form constitutions and State governments, and to be admitted into the for the fisc-.al year ending June 30, 1891, and for other purpo:;e. - • 1 ~ ' '. -· ._ "-. ' , .- •. . : i. 374 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECE~ER 21, COLUl\I.BIA NATIONAL BANK, WASHINGTON. Office; whfoh was read a first and &econd time, referred to the Com.. Mr. BAKER (by request) introduced a bill...(H. R. 3712) to amend mittee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. the charter of the Columbia National Bank of Washington; which was FORFEITURE OF NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILIWAD COMPANY LAND read a first aad second time, referred to the Committee on the District GRA1'TT. of Columbia, and ordered to he printed. Mr. HERMANN submitted a resolution of the Legislature of Oregon, MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. memorializing Congress for the forfeiture of the land grant of the A message from the Senate by Mr. PLATT, one of its clerks, an Northern Pacific Railroad Company between Wallula, in the State of nounced the passage, without amendment, of the joint resolution (H. Washington, and Portland, in the State of Oregon; which was referred Res. 19) donating fixtures, furnitme, etc., to the States of Washlngt.on to the Committee on the Public Lands. and Montana. SUBPORT OF ENTRY AND DELIVERY AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Also. that the Senate had passed a joint resolution (S. R. 32) to Mr. SNIDER introduced a bill (H. R. 3720) to constitute Minne· authorize the expenditure for rent of a portion of the appropriation for apolis, Minn., a suhport of entry aud delivery in the collection district the irrigation survey for the present fiscal year; in which concurrence of Minnesota, and for other purposes; which was read a firstand second was requested. time, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. t ' I ENCOUR.AGEl\IENT OF COMMERCE, ETC. DIPROVEMENT OF MILITARY RESERVATION, FORT SNELLING, MINN. Mr. BUCHANAN, of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I ask consent to Mr. SNIDER also introduced a bill (H. R. 3721) appropriating money offer a bill for reference, and inasmuch as I have not had time to ex for the improvement of the military reservation at Fort Snelling, Minn.; amine the bill carefully, I introduce it by request. which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on The SPEAKER. Without o~jection, the bill will be received. Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. BUCHANAN, of New JeD>ey (byrequest) introduced a bill (H. R. 3713) for the encouragement of commerce, the protection of naviga OFFICERS AND E!tIPLOYEs OF THE RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE. tion, and the improvement of tbe merchant marine engaged in the for Mr. CONNELL introduced a bill (H. R. 3722) in relation to the of· eign trade; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com ficers and employes of the railway mail service; which was·read a first mittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, and ordered to be printed. and second time, referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads, and ordered to be printed. EXPENDITURE FOR RENT OF PART OF THE APPROPRIATION FOR IRRIGATION SURVEY. FUNDS OF THE LATE SERGEA~T-AT-ARMS. Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I ask consent to call up Mr. BRECKINRIDGE, of Kentucl..-y. I now call up the specjal for present consideration the Senate joint resolution just received from order. that body. It appropriates, I will say to the House, $1,600, or rather The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Kentucky now calls up the makes that amount immediately available out of the $250,000 appro special order, which is the resolution relating to the funds of the late priated for the irrigation of the arid lands, for rent for the current year. Sergeant-at-Arms. The Committee on Appropriations authorizes me to ask that it be put :J\lr. BRECKINRIDGE, of Kentucky. I ask leave of the House to ·. at once upon its passage. withdiaw the resoluti~n I introduced yesterday, and offer as a substi The SPEAKER. The Chair will lay before the House the joint tute the resolution which I send to the desk. The resolution has been resolution of the Senate, the title of which will be reported. drawn by me a1ter consulting with gentlemen around me. The Clerk read as follows: The SPEAKER. The substitute will be read, after which the Chair .Joint resolution (S. R. 32\ to authorize an expenditure, for rent, ofa portion of will ask for objection . the appi-opriation for the irrigation survey for the present fiscal year. The Clerk read as follows: ~e SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration of Resolved, That to enable the Sergeant-at-Arms to have full and untrammeled use of his office and the safe therein, that the Treasurer of the United States is the joint Tesolution? hereby requested to take into custody all money aud other assets plared by John There being no objection, the joint resolution was read a first and P. Leedom, the lllte Sergeant-at-Arms, in said safe, and to safely keep the same second time, and ordered to a third reading; and it was accordingly read as a special deposit until the further order of this House. the third time, and passed. The SPEAKER. The gentleman asks unanimous consent to with Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa,· moved to reconsider the vote by which draw his former resolution and substitute the one just read. Is there the joint resolution was passed; and also moved that the motion to objection? reconsider be laid on the table. Mr. REILLY. I will not object provided the amendment to the orig The latter motion was agreed to. inal resolution offered by me yesterday shall be considered as pending CLAIM OF STATE OF 1\IISSOURL to this resolution. Mr. HEARD introduced a. bill (H. R. 3714) to authorize the Secre The SPEAKER. The amendment of the gentleman from Pennsyl tary of the Treasury to cause to be examined certain vouchers filed, or vania will fall with the withdrawal of tlrnoriginal resolution; but after to be filed, by tht\ State of Missouri, or her agent or agents, for sums it is withdrawn he can offer his amendment to this r-esolni;ion. claimed to be due from the GQv&nment of the United States on ac Mr. REILLY. With that understanding I will not object. count of payments made by said State since April 22, 1882, to the offi The SPEAKER. Is there objection? cers and enlisted men of her militia forces for military services ren Mr. BAKER. Mr. Speaker, I want to suggest dered to the. United States in the suppression of the rebellion, as evi The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman object? denced by the proper pay-rolls heretofore filed with, examined, and Mr. BAKER. No, sir; I do not want to object; I want to suggest aC(:epted by the Government of the United States, and to report to an amendment. Congress; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com Mr. BRECKINRIDGE, of Kentucky. But I do not yield the floor mittee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. for that purpose. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the withdrawal of the origi BRIDGE ACROSS THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH. nal resolution? 'l'he Chair hears none, and fbe question now is on the Mr. HALL introduced a bill (H. R. 3715) to amend an act entitled resolution which has been read. ''An a.ct to construct a bridge across the Red River of the North," ap ltlr. BRECKINRIDGE, of Kentucky. I now accept the amendment proved July 16, 1888; which was read a first and second time, referred offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania. to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. The SPEAKER. The gentleman will send hfa amendment to the CO~EY ANOE OF CERTAIN LANDS TO KANSAS. desk. Mr: TURNER, of Kansas, introduced a bill (H. R. 3716) to author Mr. KERR, of Pennsylvania. I offer an amendment which I send ize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of Kansas cer to the desk. tain lands therein; which was read a first and second time, referred to l\Ir. BRECKINRIDGE, of Kentucky. I do not yield for that pur the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. pose.; but I have no objection to its being i·ead. The SPEAKER. It will be read for the information of the Honse. TO PRO~IOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARl\IY. The Clerk read as follow13: Mr. LACEY introduced a bill (H. R. 3717) to promote the efficiency Resolved, That. the money in the safe shall be paid out by the Sergeant-at. of the Army; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Arms, as follows: Committee on Uilitary Affairs, and ordered to be printed. b!i~t~(i~~~~~~~ having special deposits of private funds, as shown by the Allfilo."'DIKG THE PEN ION LAWS. Second. To those membel'S who have not received their salaries for months previous to November, A. D. 1889. M1-. LACEY also introduced a bill (H. R. 3718) amendatory of the Third. The ha.lance of the money to be distributed pro ratn. among those pension laws, and amending the act of J'IIarch 1, 1889; which was read members who have not received tbeir salaries for the month of November: a :firt and second time, referred to the Committee on In valid Pensions, Provided, That if any member shall hav~ recehred any part of bis salary for the month of No,·ember, such sum 1 -· '. '. ,>• -· } . ' ' 1889. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-·HOUSE. 375 I> , ' I gentleman from Pennsylvania added to it, and on that I demand the between each member and the Government; and it seems to me they previous question . ought to be included, if they are not, as we have no other evidence of .Mr. REILLY. Will the gentleman yield to me for a question? and what the Government owes ns. I also ask the attention of the gentleman from Illinois. The question Mr. BRECKINRIDGE, ofKentucky. Idonotknowthaticatch the I desire to ask is whether the Treasurer of the United States is willing point of the gentleman's inquiry. to accept this as a special deposit or not; in other words, whether, if l\fr. BUTTERWORTH. I understand that these books and papers this money is paid into the Treasary, it will not require an act of Con are the private property of the Sergeant-at-Arms; at least, it has been gress to get it out, thereby placing it beyond the control of the House. the habit of the retiring Sergeant-at-Arms to take them away with him. .Mr. ADAMS. I do not understand that it would. I did know I desire to know whether this resolution is so drawn as to include those what the Treasurer was willing to do, but I am not prepared to say books and papers, by which alone it can be shown, from a statement of now what he is willin!Z to do. I am desirous of knowing what the the account between us and the Government, bow much is due to each amendment is that has-been offered, and I ask that it be read again. member. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Kentucky demands the pre- Mr. BRECKINRIDGE, of Kentucky. The resolution was drawn vious question on the adoption of the resolution. with the intention of covering all the p-roperty of every sort in that Mr. McRAE. I · desire to ask the gentleman a question. safe and office which John P. Lee ... ' , .· " • 1 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-. HOUSE. DECEMBER , .I 376 21, l\'Ir. EVANS. It seems to me the gentleman need not attempt to Mr. BOOTHMAN. And by a vote of the House. adopt, at the present time, more than the third clause of the rule. Mr. OATES. That is the inquiry I wished to make. The SPEA.KER. 'l'he Chair does not understand the rule would be Mr. BOOTHMAN. ·rt was referred by a vote of the House. adopted, but only a line of procedure determined on in the nature of The SPEAKER.' The House has conferred jurisdiction upon this a special order, and subject to a motion of reference to the Committee committee by it.s own order. on. Rules if the House so desires it. Mr. OATES. Because if not so referred this committee has no juris .. Mr. ADAMS. If I could have the third clause before the House, I diction except of measures providing for the expenditure of the con would not have moved its reference to the Committee on Rules; but iI tingent fund of the House. the object be to adopt the entire rule I shall move to refer it to the The SPEAKER. ·rt was referred in the regular ceurse of the busi· Committee on Rules. I do protest now, and will always protest, again t ness of the Honse, by order of the House. any House of Representatives making a rule for the next Honse. There Mr. OATES. That would confer jurisdiction I concede, and the fore, I protest against the first clause of that rule, which declares w bat point I was going to make has no force. the duties of the Sergeant-at-Arms shaU be in the organization of the Mr. HOLMAN. I rise to a point of order. Fifty-second Congress. . The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it. .Mr. SPRINGER. I have no objection to foaving out that portion; Mr. HOLMAN. The point of order is, that th~ subject-matter of but the last part is what is needed, in order to pay Members and Dele this resolution must be :first considered in the Committee of the Whole gates as provideember" and in Resolved by the Senate andHouseof Representatives of the United States of Amer-ica sert 'March." In line 6, immediately after the word •·employed," insert" ex in Congress assem~led, That all officers and empioyes of the House, including cept such employes as were in the employ of the House for the last session of the Capitol police. who were employed on the 2d day of December, 1889, and the Fiftieth Congre!s only." And as thus amended we recommend the passage who ltave ceased or who shall, prior to the 1st day of February, 1890, cease to be of the resolution. employed. shall be paid a sum equal to one month's pay at the rate they were And also, in line 8, after the word "on" strike out the words" the 2d day of sf"verally receiving on the 2d day of December, 1889, and an amount sufficient Decem her" and insert "the 3d day of Murch." for this purpose is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the same to be immediately available. Mr. BOOTHMAN. I demand the previous question on the resolu [Fifty.first Congress, first session. H. Joint Res. No. ll, Report.] tion and amendments. Mr. BOOTHMAN, from the Committee on Accounts, submitted the following Mr. OATES. I would like to ask the gentleman a question, if he few re~~.1;~ committee, havinir examined and considered the joint resolution No.11, will withdraw the demand for the previous question for a moments. introduced by Mr. PETERS, giving one month's extra pay to the employesof the The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman yield? Honse, including the Capitol police, referred to it on the 18th instant, report Mr. BOOTHMAN. I can not yield. I must insist upon the demand. thereon as follows: We find that it bas been the custom of the House for a number of years, upon Mr. ROGERS. I rise to a question of order. the political complexion of the House being changed by an election, to pass a .The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it. j<,int re!' ' . ·. ,• . '. .· _, ; 1889. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. .J. 377 tbeir compensation large enouah. It is in effect a deception practiced man possessed of the requisite amount of tenderness to present these upon the country. Why, when the employes come here and accept claims. I oppo. ed the proposition at that time. I do not think we have the offices, they know what the compensation is to be, and what rea any difficulty in getting men to perform thesedntiesattbesalaries which son can be assigned or upon what ground can even a reasonable founda the law provides. I do not tbmk we have the right to vote a gratuity tion be based for giving them a month's extra pay? of any sum of money to any officer of the United :::;tates, and I am not It is a dcmation pure and simpie. It is not for services rendered. one of those who believe that there is such a great necessity for getting ·. ' Where is there an employe in all this broad land who for tweh'e months' rid of the surplus in the Trea ury that such appropriations as this ought work receives thirteen moo ths' pay? The people who pay the taxeA t o be made. I am aware that we have the precedent of the last ses- for the support of this Government do not ieceiYe thirteen months' ion. but the opposition to the measure came from the other side of the wages fur twelve montbs' work. Now, I am astonished to hear gen House to a large extent then, and it is now being made by the men tlemen here so ready,.and I have no doubt that the re olution will pass, who represent the beneficiaries of this bilL Now, sir, I do not think to vote this money, which amounts in the aggt'egate to about $70,000, it i~ good policy on our part, while they insist that we should be care as a gift to the employes of this House, when you have not t.he cour ful of the Treasury of the United States, and while they are taking the age to vote a like amount to pay OW' salaries that have been stolen be ground that this money should not be appropriated-I say I do not tween the Treasury aud our pockets. [Applause.] think it is good policy on our part to urge it against their wishes. I .. ' It seems to me that this is a matter that deserves the criticism and think the precedent is all wrong and that we should not allow any censure of the country. After you have earned your money and it was measure to pass granting any gratuity, or giving any money which the stolen before it reached your po1·kets, you are higglingover it and haYe law does not provide for, to any member or ofilcer of this House, and not the courage to vote for an appropriation to pay the salaries you have I hope the motion of the gentleman will be voted down. earned, salaries which are fixed by law, and yet yon turn around and Mr. BOOTHMAN. I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania for vote as a gift out of the Trea..,ury an equal amount to men who econ a. question. f.racts do not demand it. You vote a gratuity. It is wrong in principle. 1\1 r. l\lAISH. I understand that a good many of the employ es of the I never have voted for one and I never intend to. I do not care to say House did not return here when this session began, and I want to in an.vtbing more. quire or the gentleman whether his re.'>olution emhrat·es such persons. Mr. BOOTHMAN. Now, Mr. Speaker, in reply to the strictures that Mr. BOOTHMAN. In answer to the gentleman's question I will have been made, I will say simply this: This bill or resolution is the say that the resolution emhraces all those who were on the rolls on the usnal resolution that bas been passed upon a political change in the 3d day of L\Iarch, 1&:!9, and who have be~n discharged since the 2d complexion of this Honse having taken place for, lo, these many years. day of December, or who will be discharged by the 1st day of February, It was pa, sed and took effect when the change was made in the Forty 18!JO. seventh Congress. At that time, I may state for the information of Mr. MAISH. Now, Mr. Speaker, it seems to me- members, it required under a similar resolution about $18,000 to meet Mr. BOOTHMAN. I do not yield foranythingfurther, Mr. Speaker. that change. I demand the previous question npon the amendment. Now, it is done upon this principle, as I understand it, and it is easy lr. OATES. I desire to ask the gentleman a question. to understand upon both sides of the Hou<>e. The' e ILen are here in Mr. BOOTHMAN. ·I will yield for a question. the employ of the Hou. e. They are receiving comparatively small sal Mr. OATES. You have stated the amount that this appropriation aries. In the main they are married men with families dependent upon will probahly requirA from information obtained from the Clerk's of them. They are, by the change in the political complexion of this fice; but this money is to be paid through the Treasury, is it not? llou..::e, thrown ont of employment. They ha Ye to go home. The ex Mr. BOOTHMAN. Through the Clerk's office. pense of moving is upon them; and God knows that a man who is here Mr. OATES. And the resolution provides for an extra month's pay upon a salary of eight hundred, a thousand, or twelve hundred dollars, for the Sen11te employfs as well as for tho> ' .. '- -.. ·' .... ' . l - )• - :- I 378 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECE~IBER 21, The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it. as the Committee on Printing Mr. CHARLES A. RussELL of Conuecti- · Mr. PAYSON. Would not the resolution in its present form include cut, Mr. M. D. STIVERS of New York, and Mr. J. D. RICHARDSON of an extra month's salary to Mr. Leedom, our late Sergeant-at-Arms? Tennessee. The SPEAKER. That is not a parliamentary inquiry. MONTH'S EXTRA PAY TO HOUSE El\IPLOYEs. Mr. PAYSON. Then I will make the inquiry of the gentleman who has presented this joint resolution. Before the result of the vote was stated, the following announce· The SPEAKER. The ~entleman has not the :floor for that purpose. men ts were made: Mr. ANDERSON, of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, what is the exact ques- Mr. BOOTHMAN. I find that I am paired with the gentleman tion? · from North Carolina, Mr. CowLES. Not knowing how he would vote The SPEAKER. The question is upon the· engrossment and third on this question, I withdraw my vote. .reading of the joint re.solution. 1\fr. FHANK. I am paireq with my colleague, Mr. BLAND, on all political questions. With the understanding that this is not such a The question was taken; and tliere were-yeas 32, nays 155, .not vot 1 ing 142; as follows: que.stion, I vote ' no." YEAS-52. The SPEAKER. That is a. question which the gentleman must de Atkinson, Farquhar, Laidlaw, Reilly, cide for himself. Baker, F 1ower, Lee, Seney, The following-named members were announced as paired on all ques- Belden, Gibson, O'Neil, Mass. Spinola, B1!!gS, Grimes, O' Neill, Pa.. Stahlnecker, tions until further notice: Crain, Ball, Osborne, Tracey, 1\Ir. RANDALL, of Pennsylvania, with 1\1.r. WILBER. Cummings, Hansbrough, Owens, Ohio Wiley, Mr. . HATCH with Mr. w ADE. Duuphy, Bayes, Peters, Wilkinson, Mr. DOCKERY with ~fr. GROSVENOR. Ellis, Kerr, Pa. Quinn, Williams, Ohio. The following-named members we announced as paired on all politi· NAYS-155. cal questions until farther notice: Abbott, De Haven, Lester, Va.. Russell, Mr. WILSON, of Missouri, with Mr. CANNON. Alderson, Dolliver, Lewis, Sawyer, Allen, Miss., Dorsey, Lodge, Sayers, Mr. COTHRAN with Mr. COOPER, of Ohio. Ander> ·' - . ,.. ~""' t\.. ' . 1889. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 379 To Mr. COOPER; of Ohio, for two days, on account of sickness in his Comm,iftee on Mines and Mining-Messrs. Carter, Vandever, Gest, Townsend of Colorarlo, Kinsey, Stephenson, Stockbridge, McCord, Rowland, Whiting, Reilly, family. Cooper of Indiana, Venable, and Smith of Arizona. Mr. DAVIDSON. I move by unanimous consent that my colleague, Committee on Public Buildings and Grounrls-l\1essrs. Milliken, Lehlbach. Post, Mr. BULLOCK, be j?;mnted leave of abseuce until the 6th of January. Van Schaick, Darlington, Kerr of Iowa. Quackenbush, Gifford, Dibble, Bank- There was no objection, it was ordered according1y. head, Abbott, Clunie, and Lewis. . and -. \ '· ·' ... .:. . 380 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECE~IBER 21, signed the joint resolution (H. Res. 14) for removing damages caused I Also, a bill (H. R. 3756) for the r~lief of the legal repre entatives of by floorls in Sacramento aud Feather I-Hvers. Jose de Jesus Lujan-to the Select Committee on Indian Depredation Mr. McKINLEY. I move that the House now adjourn. Claims. The motion was agreed to; and accordingly (at 2 o'clock and 45 min- Also, a bill (H. R. 3757) for the relief of the heirs of Dolores Bnti- utes p. m.) the House, in pursuance of the concurrent resolution of the errez, deceased, late of La.<> Vegas, N. 1i!ex.-to the Select Committee ' . two Houses, adjourned until Monday, January 6, 1890. on Indian Depredation Claims. By Mr. LA \VLEI:{: A bill (H. R. 3758) granting an increase of pen sion to Catharine Creed-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. PRIVATE BILLS. Also, a bill (H. R. 3759) to recognize Elias J. Bey mer as an enrolling Under the rule, private bills of the following titles were introduced officer. and for the relief of his widow and minor children-to the and referred as indicated below: Committee on Military Affairs. ·..... ,,,,. By Mr. J.M. ALLEN (by request): A bill (H. R. 3723) for the relief By Mr. LEHLBACl:f: A bill (H. R. 3760) for the relief of the estate of Htephen Duncan Marshall and Ge01ge M. Miller, executors of the of Charles F. Bowers-to the Committee on War Clairus. ,, . will of Levin R. Marshall, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 3761) to increase the pen ion of Abby L. Tncker By Mr. ATKINSON: A bill (H. R. :~124) to amend the charter of to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway Company-to the Com By Mr. MA~SUR: A bill (H. R. 3762) for the relief of Hamilton mittee on the District of Columbia. Crew ·-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. BAYNE (by request): A bill (H. R. 3725) for the relief of Also, a bill (H. H. 3763) to place the name of Thomas D. Campbell Martha W. Holmes-to the Committee on War Claims. on the pension-roll-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions . .Also, a bill (H. R. 3726) for the relief of Francis Reilly-to the By Mr. MILLIKEN: A bill (H. R. 3764 ) for the relief of Mary C. Committee on Military Affairs. Stevens-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. CHEADLE: A bill (H. R. 3727) grantin~ a pension to Willis By Mr. 0. C. MOO.l{E: A bill (H. R. 3765) granting a pension to Alexander, a teamster in the Mexican war-to the Committee on Mary Flynn-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 3766) granting a pension to Joseph Dascomb-to By Mr. CLEMENTS: A bill (H. R. 3728) for the relief of Floyd S. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Hudgins, of Chattooga County, Georgia-to the Committee on War Hy Mr. 1URROW (by request): A. bill (H. R. 3767) for the relief Claims. of the legal representatives of Rosario Aguilar, deceased, and their as By Mr. DORSEY: A bill (H. R. 3729) for the relief of Patrick Mur signs-to the Cowmittee on Private Land Claims. ray-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Al~o (by request), a bill (H. R. :{768) for the relief of the legal rep Ry Mr.EWA.RT: A. bill (H. R. 3730) for relief of the trustees of the resentatives of Luis .Mesa, deceased, and their assigns-to the Com Judson .Female College-to the Committee on Claims. mittee on Private Land Claims. By Mr. FINLEY: A bill (H. R. 3731) for the benefit of Conrad Clay By Mr. PERKINS: A bill (H. R. 3769) fur the relief of Oliver M. cum-to the Committee on War Claims. Farrand-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. By Mr. GIFFORD: A hill (H. R. 3732) to accept and ratify an Also, a bill (H. R. 3770) to compensate MN. Sarah L. Larimer for agreement made by the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Sioux In loss of property taken from her by the Sioux Indians-to the Select dians, and to grant a right of way for the Chicago, Milwaukee and ,'t. Committee on Indian Depredation Claims. Paul Railway throu~h the Lake Traverse reservation, in South Da Also, a bill ( H. H. 377 l) for the rel iet' of Daniel Woodson and of the kota-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. e,state of Ely Moore-to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. HALL: A bill (H. R. 3733) for the relief of Simon A. Gar By Mr. ROBERTSON: A bill (FI. R. 3772) for the relief of Fanny ton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. B. Randolph and Dora L. Stark-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 3734) granting a pension to John Mann-to the By Mr. SPOONEl{: A bill (H. R. 3773) granting increase of pension Committee on Pensions. to Florida G. Casey-to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. HANSBROUGH: A bill (H. R. 3735)providing for an ap By Mr. STO.-E, of Kentucky: A bill (H. R. 8774) for the relief of propriation of $500.000 for the construction of locks and dams on the John R. Martin-to the Committee on War Claims. \' Red River of the North-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. By Mr. HOSEA TOWNSEND: A bill (H. R 3775) for the relief of By Mr. HA.RE: A bill (H. R. 3i36) for the relief of Barbara Milor, Nicholas White-to the Committee on War Claims. widow of Volney V. Milor, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 3776) fur the relief of Lyman Thompson-to the By Ur. HEA.l{D: A bill (H. R. 3737) forthereliefof Peter R. Crum Cummittee on Cl a im ~ . to the Committee on Invalid Pens10ns. Ry Mr. E. J. TURNER: A bill (H. R. 3777) granting a pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 3738) for the relief of William Crudgenton-to the Thomas B. Boyd-to the Committee on Invalid P .... nsions. Committee on Pensions. A lso, a bill (H. R. 3778) granting a pen ·ion to AdelaideE. Church Also. a bill (H. R. 3739) ~ranting a pension toThomasF. Robinson to the Committee on In valid Pensions. to the Committee on ID valid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 3779) granting a pension to Elisha Brum.field Also, a bill (H. R. 3740) granting a pension to Lucy A. M. Norman to the Commit tee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By l\lr. WASHINGTON: A. bill (H. R. 3780)forthereliefof Payne, Also, a bill (H. R. 3741) for the relief of William R. Jackson-to the James & Co.-to the Committee on War Claims. Committee on War Claims. By Mr. JOSEPH WHEELER: A bill (H. R. 3781) granting a pen Also, a bill (H. R. 3742) for the relief of Elisha Blevins-to the Com sion to Ms. Tahetha Hankins-to the Committee on lava id Pen;..ions. mittee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 3782) for the relief of Mary I. Graham, Relle F. Also, a bill (H. R. 3743) for the relief of George B. Harrison, admin Neill, Caius G. Fennell, and Martha M. Jordan-to the Commiltee on istrator of Elijah Fisher, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. War Claims. Als<>, a bill (H. R. 3744) for the relief of Richard C. Vaughan-to Also, a bill (H. R. 3783) for the relief of A. J. Shelton-to the Com the Committee on War Claims. mittee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 3745) for the relief of Henry Damm-to the Com Also, a bill (H. R. 3784) for the relief of Harriet Ann Utter-to the mittee on War Claims. Committee on War Claims. Al."<>, a bill (H. R. 3746) for therelief of Mary .Jane Pritchett-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 3785) for the relief of Margaret Toney-to the Committee on War Claims. Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 3747) for the relief of Eliza.beth J. Roberts-to Also, a bill (H. R. 3786) for the relief of the heirs of Lieut. Com .·. the Committee on War Claims. mander Wilson McGunnigle, United States Navy-to the Committee Also, a bill (H. R. 3748) for the reliefof William H. Mason-to the on Naval Affairs. Committee on War Claims. A.I o, a bill (H. R. 3787) to place the name of Henry Jeffers, Com Also, a bill (H. R. 3749) for the relief of Herman H. Harms-to the pany M, Fourth Regiment Ohio Cavalry, on the pension-rolls-to the Committee on War Claims. Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr D. B. HENDERSON: A bill (H. R. 3750) granting a pension Also, a bill (H. K 3788 ) for the relief of John Martin Femnell-to to Mena Holmes-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on War Claims. Bv Mr. JO.:-.iEPH: A bill (H. R. 3751) for the relief of Jose Pablo Also, a bill (H. R. 3789) to refer the claim against the United States .- Madrid, of Las Vegas, N. Mex.-to the Select Committee on Indian of Thomas M. Hobbs and brother, of Colbert County, Alabama, to the Depredation Claims. Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill lH. R. 3752) for the relief of Juan Jose Nieto, of Las Also, a bill (H. R. 3790) for the relief of Charles A.. Hall-to the Vegas, N. Mex.-to the Select Committee on Indian Depredation Claims. Committee on the Public Lands. Also, a bill (H. R. 3753) for the relief of Ignacio Sanchez y Ortiz By Mr. WASHINGTON: Abill(H.R.3791)for thereliefofWilliam to the Felect Committee on Inrlian Depredation Claims. H. Quinu-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 3754) for the relief of the heirs of Augustine Gon By Mr. WILKINSON: A bill (H. H. 3792) for the relief of the heirs zales, deceased, late of Las Vegas, N. Mex.-to the Select Commitke of Pierre Sauve-to the Committee on War Claims. on Indian Depredation Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 3793) relative to the claim of the legal represent Also, a bill (H. R. 3755) for the relief of Apolinario Almanzar, of atives of the estate of William H. H. Brooksagaiust the United States New Mexico-to the Select Committee on Indian Depredation Claims. to the Committee on War Claims. ..' .. -· !. ,· I., - ' •I - .. 1889. -CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-s-EN.ATE. 381 By Mr. J. R. WILLIAMS: A bill (H. R. 3794) granting a pension to SENATE. Thomas Ridenour-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 3795) for the relief of William Wood-to the Com- MONDAY, January 6, 1890. mittee on Yaval Affairs. · Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. G. BUTLER, D. D. By Mr. YODER: A bill (H. R. 3796) granting a pension to Abraham J. The Journal of the proceedings of Saturday, December 21, 1889, was Zimmerman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. read and al,)proved. By Mr. FORNEY: A bill (H. R. 3797) making an appropriation for the improvement of the Coosa River, in Alabama and Georgia-to the EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS. Committee on Rivers and Harbors. The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication from By Mr. GHOSVENOR: A bill (H. R. 3798) granting a pension to the Secretary of State, transmitting, in accordance with the provisions ..... I Jane M. Cram-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of the act of June 12, 1887, the report of Commissioner McCoppin and Also, a bill (H.R.3799) granting a pension to Mrs. Amanda A. Riley a detailed statement of Lieut. A. Marix, of the Navy, in regard to the the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Centennial International Exhibition held at Melbourne, Australia, in By Mr. MONTGOMERY: A bill (H. R. 3800) for the relief of the es 1888; which, on motion of Mr. SHERM.AN, was, with the accompanying tate of Anthony McElroy and others-to the Committee on War Claims. papers, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to By Mr. MORROW: A bill (H. R. 3801) for the reliefofthe Western be printed. · Beet Sugar Company of California-to the Committee on Ways and He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary Means. of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to a re::solution of December By Mr. J. D. TAYLOR: A bill (H. R. 3802) granting a pension to 21, 1889, a list of the judicial officers who have been retired on pay George E. Littleton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. since the 31st of March, 1888, etc.; which, with the accompanying papers, was, on motion of Mr. RE.AG.AN, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary PETITIONS, ETC. of the Interior, transmitting, in response to a resolution of December The following petitions and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk, 19, 1889, certain information relative to the local status of the Indians under the rule, and referred as follows: and lands located in the Indian Territory; which was referred to the By Mr. T. H.B. BROWNE: Petition of John R. Johnson, of Ac Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. comac Connty, Virginia, that his claim be referred to the Court of NEBRASKA. BOUND.A.RY LINE. Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. CATE (by request): Petition of Charles S. Bonner, that his The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication claim be referred to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to a reso Claims. lution of December 5, 1889, certain information in relation to the bound By Mr. CHIPMAN: Petition of Mrs. Rose Goodwill, for pension ary line between the States of Iowa and Nebraska. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. The Chief Clerk proceeded to read the communication. By Mr. CHEADLE: Petition of David G. Murphy and 19 others, citi Mr. ¥ANDERSON. The communication which is being read is one zens of Stockwell, Ind., for the passage of a service and disability in response to a Senate resolution that I see uns into considerable pension law-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. length. I ask that it may simply be printed in the RECORD and lie By Mr. HALL: Petition of P. Cudmore and 313 others, citizens of on the table. Minnesota, praying forthe purchase of Cuba-to the Committee on For There being no objection, the communication was ordered to lie on eign Affairs. the table and be printed in the RECORD, as follows: '. By Mr. HEARD: Petition of Jesse W. Barclay, for estate of Alexan DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, . !,, .. der Barclay, for reference of claim to the Court of Claims-to the Com 1Vashington, December 19, 1889. mittee on War Claims. SIR: In answer to the resolution of the Senate passed December 5 1889 in the following words, viz: ' ' By Mr. D. B. HENDERSON: Memorial of deaf soldiers, sailors, and "Whereas by the act approved April I!>, 1864 (13 Stats. at L., p. 47), entitled marines, for pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 'An act to enable the people of Nebraska to form·a constitution and State gov By Mr. MORGAN: Petitions of Rufns M. Verner and J.C. Mend ernment, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal foot-. ing with the original States.' such action was thereafter and 'thereunder had a.tJ len, administrator of estate of M. J. Parks, La Fayette County, Missis that Nebraska. was admitted into the Union by an act approved February 9 1867 · sippi, for reference of claims to the Conrt of Claims-to the Committee (14 Sta.ts. at L., p. 391), and under section 2 of the aforesaid act of Aoril 19. is64, on War Claims. the eastern boundary of Nebraska, constitutmg in great part the western bound ary of Iowa, was fixed and determined to be as follows, viz: Down the chan By Mr. OSBORNE: Memorial of the National Grange, Patrons of Hus nel of the Keya Paka. River, with its meanderings, to its junction with the Nio bandry, to prohibit adulteration of foods, etc.-to the Committee on brara River; thence down the middle of the channel of said Niobrara River ' Agriculture. and following the meanderings thereof, to itsjunction with the Missouri River! , thence down the middle of the cha.nnel of said Missouri River. and following l By Mr. PICKLER: Petitions of veterans of the late war, now citizens the meanderings thereof, to a. point formed by the intersection of the western of South Dakota, and of 136 soldiers, citizens of South Dakota, for boundary of the State of Missouri with the fortieth degree of north latitude· and further pension legislation-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. "Whereas at various points on the eastern boundary of Nebraska the middle ' of the channel of the Missouri River has so mat.erially changed from natural Also, memorial of Highland Alliance, of Canton, S. Dak., that sta causes as to leave lands originally within Nebraska., according to the provisions tistics relative to farm mortgages be collected for the Eleventh Census of said law, east of the present middle of the main channel of said river and lands to the Committee on the Eleventh Census. originally in Iowa west of said middle of the main channel of said river caus ...- ing serious d!sp~tes.co~ct;rning tJ:ie .ownership of such lands and threatening Also, memorial of the Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church the defeat of Justice m civil and cr1mmal cases on account of questions of juris of South Dakota, for an increase in army chaplains-to the Committee diction : Therefore, on Military Affairs. . "Resolved, That the Secretm·y of the Interior be, and be is hereby, directed to mfoi:m th~ Senate as soon as practicable what information, if any, be bas con By Mr. ROGERS: Petition of the heirs of Lazarus Williams, of Pu cermng said matter, not ~nly as to such questions ?f o~nership and jurisdiction, laski County, ArkanS38, for reference of claim to the Court of Claims-to but as to lands of the Umted States affected by said rwer movement with such the Committee on War Claims. suggestions as he may desire to make concerning the settlement c/i questions of jurisdiction and ownership arising from said change of channel an I '