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..... ' I·- ·. •,. ; -. 1889. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SEN.ATE. 353 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.