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20 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENA11E. DECEMBER 4, Also, petition of the National Association of Manufacturers, State in the term ending March 3, 1905, occasioned by the death T. C. Search, president, of Cincinnati, Ohio, in favor of various of Senator John H. Gear, were read and ordered to be filed. measures for the promotion of American industries and commer The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator appointed will cial progress with other nations-to the Committee on Ways and present himself at the desk and take the necessary oath. Means. Mr. Dolliver was escorted to the Vice-President's desk by Mr. By Mr. HILL: Resolutions of Elias Howe Post, Grand Army ALLISON, and the oath prescribed by law having been adminis of the Republic, Bridgeport, Conn., favoring the passage of House tered to him, he took bis seat in the Senate. bill No. 5779, the veteran-preference bill-to the Committee on PARIS EXPOSITION OF 1900. Reform in the Civil Service. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the fol Also, resolution of the Connecticut State Board of Trade, in lowing me sage from the President of the United States; which favor of the Loud bill-to the Committee on the Post-Office and was read, and referred to the Select Committee on Industrial Ex Post-Roads. positions, and ordered to be printed: By Mr. HITT: Petition of citizens of Orangeville, ID., favoring To the Senate and House of Rep1·esentatives: the passage of the Grout bill-to the Committee on Agriculture. I transmit herewith, for tha information of Congress, copy of a letter from Also, resolutions of Home Missionary societies and certain the Commissioner-General of the United States to the Paris Expo:iltion of 1900, churches of Rockford, Freeport, Cedarville, Galena, Dakota, Eliza of November 17, 1900, giving a detailed statement of the expenditures of the beth, and Polo, ID., against the importation and sale of intoxicat commission for the year ended November 15, 1900. WILLIAM :McKINLEY. ing liquors in the insular possessions and for the reenactment of EXECUTIVE :MANSIO:'«, the anti-canteen law-to the Committee on Military Affafrs. Washington, Decembe1· 4, 1900. By Mr. LACEY: Sixty-two affidavits of settlers and occupants ISTHMIAN CA.NAL COMMISSION. of certain lands in the State of Washington and blue print relat ing to House bill No.12124, to authorize the issuance of patents to The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the fol settlers-to the Committee on the Public Lands. lowing message from the President of the United States; which By Mr. LITTLEFIELD: Sundry petitions of farmers and others was read, and refen-ed to the Committee on Interoceanic Canals, in the State of Maine, urging the passage of the Grout bill and and ordered to be printed: House bill No. 9677 known as the Brosius bill-to the Committee To the Senate and House of Representatives: 1 I transmit herewith, for the information of the Congress, a preliminary on Agriculture. report of the Isthmian Ca.nal Commission, dated November 30, 1900. By Mr. MILLER: Petitions of J. F. Jett, J. Radcliff, and T. WILLIAM McKINLEY. Jensen and ethers in the State of Kansas, favoring the passage EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 4, 1900. of the Grout bill to increase the tax on oleomargarine, etc.-to Mr. MORGAN. I move that 10,000 extra copies of that report the Committee on Agriculture. be printed; 6,000 for the use of the House, 3,000 for the use of the By Mr. OVERSTREET: Petition of the Mathews Medical Com Senate, and 1,000 for the use of the commission. ' pany and 11 other drug companies of Indianapolis, Ind., praying The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Alabama for the repeal of the special tax on proprietary medicines-to the asks unanimous consent for an order of the Senate that 10,000 Committee on Ways and Means. extra copies of the report.be printed. Also, papers to accompany House bill granting a pension to Pat :Mr. HALE. I have no objection, but the rule-in fact, the Jaw rick Brennan-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. provides that a motion to print any document, where the print Also, papers to accompany House bill granting an increase of ing will cost more than 500, shall go to the Committee on Print pension toGideonJohnson-totheCommittee on Invalid Pensions. ing. By Mr. SHERMAN: Papers to accompany House bill granting Mr. MORGAN. I do not know, but I suppose that the extra an increase of pension to Thomas Milsted-to the Committee on copies would not cost more than $500. Invalid Pensions. l\fr. HALE. It is a pretty extensive report. By Mr. SLAYDEN: Paper to ac.company House bill for the The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It is not voluminous at all. relief of A. T. Hensley-to the Committee on War Claims. Mr. LODGE. Is not this the preliminary report? By Mr. STEWART of New York: Petition of Young People's The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It is the preliminary report. Society of Christian Endeavor and Epworth League, of Sloansville, Mr. MORGAN. It is the preliminary report. N. Y., for the suppression of liquor selling in our new islands and Mr. LODGE. It is a very short report. in our Army-to the Committee-on Military Affairs. Mr. HALE. Then undoubtedly the cost will be within $500. Al o, paper to accompany House bill for the relief of Norman I do not object to the motion. W. Herdman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. - The PRE8IDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? The Chair By Mr. HENRY C. SMITH: Resolution of the Medina (Mich.) hears none, and it is so ordered. Farmers' Club. favoring the passage of an amendment to the Con REPORT OF THE SECRET.ARY OF THE TREASURY. stitution prohibiting polygamy-to the Committee on the Ju diciary. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the annual By Mr. YOUNG of Pennsylvania: Petition of A.H. Scherzer, report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances of Chicago, Ill., for "the commercial freedom of the United for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900; which was referred to the States "-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Also, petition of the Third Corps of the Army of the Potomac REPORT OF THE .ATTORNEY-GENER.AL. for an appropriation sufficient to complete at an early date the The PRESIDENT pro tempore ]aid before the Senate the annual work provided for by the national park act-to the Committee on report of the Attorney-General for the fiscal year ended June 30, Military Affairs. 1900; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and Also, memorial of the Merchants' E x:change and other commer ordered to be printed. cial and indnstrial bodies of St. Louis, Mo., for the improvement REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY. of the Mississippi River-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the annual report of the Comptroller of the Currency for the year ended Oc tober 31, 1900; which was referred to the Committee on Finance, SENATE. and ordered to be printed. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. TUESDAY, December 4, 1900. The PRESIDE.NT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. W. H. MILBURN, D. D. munication from the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, trans LUCIEN BAKER, a Senator from the State of Kansas; MARION mitting, in compliance with law, a statement showing expendi BUTLER, a Senator from the State of North Carolina; CLARENCE tures under all appropriations for propagation of food-fishes dur D. CLARK, a Senator from the State of Wyoming; HENRY C. ing the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900, etc.; which, with the HANSBROUGH, a Senator from the State of North Dakota; HENRY accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on Fisheries, HEITFELD, a Senator from the State of Idaho, and RICHARD F. and ordered to be printed. PETTIGREW, a Senator from the State of South Dakota, appeared REPORT OF THE PUBLIC PRINTER, in their seats to-dav. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the annual The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. report of the operations of the Government Printing Office for the SENATOR FROM IOWA. fiscal year ended June 30, 1900; which was referred to the Com l\Ir. ALLISON. Mr. President, I present the credentials of mittee on Printing, and ordered to be printed. Hon. Jonathan P. Dolliver, appointed by the governor of Iowa to GOVEIL.~~T PRINTING OFFICE. the place in the Senate made vacant by the death of the late Sen The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com ator Gear. munication from Brig. Gen. John l\f. Wilson, Chief of Engineers. The credentials of Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver, appointed by United States Army, transmitting the report of operations upon the governor of the State of Iowa to fill the vacancy from that the new building for the Government Printing Office for the year 1900. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 21 ended November 30, 1900; which, with the accompanying papers, ta.ry of the Senate, transmitting a full and complete statement of was referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, the receipts and expenditures of the Senate, showing in detail the and ordered to be printed. items of expense under the proper appropriations, the aggregate REVISION OF LAWS RELATIVE TO PATENTS. thereof, and exhibiting the exact condition of all public moneys received, paid out, and remaining in his possession from February The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a commu 1, 1900, to June 30, 1900; which, with the accompanying papers, nication from the commission appointed-by the President under was ordered to lie on the table and be printed.