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1902. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 1453 Joel L. Stewart, to be postmaster at Clintonville, in the county Beryl F. Carroll, to be postmaster at Bloomfield, in the county of Waupaca and State of Wisconsin. of Davis and State of·Iowa. Albert L. Scott, to be postmaster at Dickson, in the county of Harry A. Strohm, to be postmaster at Kentland, in the county Dickson and State of Tennessee. · of Newton and State of Indiana. John Q. Royce, to be postmaster at Phillipsburg, in the county Ferdinand K. Hill, to be postmaster at Sunbury, in the county of Phillips and State of Kansas. of Northumberland and State of Pennsylvania. Robert C. Wilcox, to be postmaster at Clarksville, in the county Byron A. Weaver, to be postmaster at Montoursville, in the of Montgomery and State of Tennessee. county of Lycoming and State of Pennsylvania. · Giles Rives, to be postmaster at Brownsville, in the county of Samuel M. Turk, to be postmaster at Parkers Landing, in the Haywood and State of Tennessee. county of Armstrong and State of Pennsylvania . John F. Cole, to be postmaster at Marshfield, in the county of Eldon Lowe, to be postmaster at Fort Scott, in the county of Wood and State of Wisconsin. Bourbon and State of Kansas. Frank M. Givens, to be postmaster at Fond duLac, in the county Frederich D. Dismuke, jr., to be postmaster at Thomasville, in of Fond du Lac and State of Wisconsin. the county of Thomas and State of Georgia. George D. Breed, to be postmaster at Chilton, in the county of Augustus Loucks, to be postmaster at York, in the county of Calumet and State of Wisconsin. York and State of Pennsylvania. Robert F. Haun, to be postmaster at Milan, in the county of Willie A. Sheats, to be postmaster at Monroe, in the county of Gibson and State of Tennessee. Walton and State of Georgia. Ellicott R. Stillman, to be postmaster at Milwaukee, in the Frederick W. Collins, jr., to be postmaster at Summit, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin. county of Pike and State of Mississippi. Allan Beggs, to be postmaster at Hudson, in the county of St. William G. Henderson, to be postmaster at Biloxi, in the county Croix and State of Wisconsin. of Harrison and State of Mississippi. Robert C. Pugh, to be postmaster at Hayward, in the county Ellis E. Perkins, to be postmaster at Edwards, in the county of of Sawyer and State of Wisconsin. Hinds and State of Mississippi. Adelbert M. Penney, to be postmaster at Waupa~, in the Daniel E. Rosser, to be postmaster at Cleveland, in the county county of Waupaca and State of Wisconsin. of Bolivar and State of Mississippi. John E. Jones, to be postmaster at Washburn, in the county of John M. Garvey, to be postmaster at McCune, in the county of Bayfield and State of Wisconsin. Crawford and State of Kansas. Fred S. Thompson, to be postmaster at Superior, in the county of Douglas and State of Wisconsin. Clara E. Mortimer, to be postmaster at Crystal Springs, in the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. county of Copiah and State of Mississippi. John T. Wood, to be postmaster at Columbus, in the countyof FRIDAY, February 7, 1902. Lowndes and State of Mississippi. The House met at 12 o'clock m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. Charles S. Moss, to be postmaster at Franklin, in the county of HENRY N. COUDEN, D. D. Williamson and State of Tennessee. The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. Charles Burrows, to be postmaster at Rutherford, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey. ORDER OF BUSINESS. Dennis W. Mahony, to be postmaster at Passaic, in the county Mr. HEMENWAY. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House re of Passaic and State of New Jersey. solve itself into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Anthony T. Woolley, to be postmaster at Long Branch, in the Union for the consideration of appropriation bills. county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Indiana moves that the Judson M. Spore, to be postmaster at Rockford, in the county House resolve itself into Committee of the Whole House on the of Kent and State of Michigan. state of the Union for the consideration of the legislative appro Arthur L. Thomas, to be postmaster at Salt Lake City, in the priation bill. county of Salt Lake and State of Utah. Mr. MAHON. Mr. Speaker, under the rules this day belongs Charles H. Roberts, to be postmaster at Bingham .Canyon, in to the Committee on War Claims; but the committee do not care the county of Salt Lake and State of Utah. to interfere with this large appropriation bill and the special order M. J. Ryan, to be postmaster at Escanaba, in the county of on the oleomargarine bill. I therefore ask unanimous consent of Delta and State of Michigan. the House that the day after the oleomargarine bill is disposed of Alonzo M. King, to be postmaster at Plainville, in the county be assigned to the Committee on War Claims. of Rooks and State of Kansas. - The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Pennsylvania, chairman Mark Palmer, to be postmaster at Eskridge, in the county of of the Committee on War Claims, asks unanimous consent that Wabaunsee and State of Kansas. that committee be permitted to have the day immediately follow Richard M. Sampson, jr., to be postmaster at Norway, in the ing the disposition of the oleomargarine bill in lieu of this day, county of Dickinson and State of Michigan. which under the rules belongs to that committee. Is there objec Abram Babcock, to be postmaster at Morenci, in the county of tion? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none, and it is so or Lenawee and State of Michigan. dered. The question is on the motion of the gentleman from John D. Mangum, to be postmaster at Marquette, in the county Indiana. of Marquette and State of Michigan. The question was taken; and the motion was agreed to. William H. Smyth, to be postmaster at Atlanta, in the county LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE, AND JUDICIAL APPROPRIATION BilL. of Fulton and State of Georgia. The House accordingly resolved itself into Committee of the S. Perry Youngs, to be postmaster at Stanton, in the county of Whole House on the state of the Union, Mr. Loun in the chair. Montcalm and State of Michigan. The CHAIRMAN. The House is in Committee of the Whole William Webster, to be postmaster at Sault Ste. Marie, in the House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of county of Chippewa and State of Michigan. the bill H. R. 10847, and the Clerk will read. John F. Barrows, to be postmaster at Lawrence, in the county The Clerk read as follows: of Van Buren and State of Michigan. Territory of Arizona: For governor, $3,000; chief justice and three associ David B. Menerey, to be postmaster at Coleman, in the county ate judges, at $3,000 each; secretary, .$1,000; interpreter and transla.tor in the of Midland and State of Michigan. executive office, $500; in a.ll, $17,000. Charles I. Robinson, to be postmaster at Eatonton, in the county Mr. SMITH of Arizona. Mr. Chairman, I move to amend that of Putnam and State of Georgia. section relating to the compensation of the chief justice and three John W. Martin, to be postmaster at Scottsburg, in the county associate justices of the Territory of Arizona by striking out the of Scott and State of Indiana. word " three" and inserting the word " five." Joel F. Thornton, to be postmaster at Greensboro, in the county The Clerk read as follows: of Greene and State of Georgia. · On page 74, in line 8, at the end of the line, strike out the word " three" Mary A. Melton, to be postmaster at Conyers, in the county of and insert the word "five." · Rockdale and State of Georgia. Mr. HEMENWAY. Mr. Chairman, I desire to reserve the Morton Kilgore, to be postmaster at Goodland, in the county of point of order. Newton and State of Indiana. Mr. SMITH of Arizona. All right. I would like the attention Alfred Welshans, to be postmaster at Danville, in the county of of the gentleman from Indiana and the Committee on Appropria Hendricks and State of Indiana. tions-as many as are present. The statute gives the chief justice E. 0. Rose, to be postmaster at Angola, in the county of Steu of Arizona $3,600. This Congress or one or two Congresses be ben and State of Indiana. fore this have given a beautiful lot of salaries to the justices of Charles H. Richman, to be postmaster at Woodstown, in the Hawaii. county of Salem and State of New Jersey. I want to ask the gentleman from Indiana especially, and the 1454 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. FEBRUARY 7, chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, how it is that in Mr. HEMENWAY. The gentleman from Arizona knows that the Territory of Hawaii the expenses of their courts are $28,700 during the time of Mr. Holman, who happened to come from that in this bill? They have, as you will find on page 76, a governor side of the House, when he was chairman -of the Committee on at $5,000 and a secretary at $3,000, a chief justice at $5,500 and Appropriations! many salaries were appropriated for at less than tyv:o associate justices at $5,000; in alL $28,500. the statutory amount. Something like 150 salaries were treated On page 132 of the bill you will find a little more for the Terri in that way.