756 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. J.ANU.ARY 19, in the presence of its overwhelming importance party pride, prejudice, of War, transmitting a repoxt from the acting Chief of Engineers of a passion, and hate ought to disappear. It goes beyond territorial bound­ survey of Saco River, Maine; which was referred to the Committee on aries; it takes in the whole world and an peoples. Rivers and Harbors, and ordered to be printed. I do not, therefore, speak in the interest of any special class of labor­ exs or producers, but in the interest of all who toil, labor, and produce; LIGHT-HOUSE DEPOT, ETC. who create by their labor all the wealth of the world; the people who The SPEAKER also laid before the House a letter from the Secretary do not stand in high places, whose voices may not be heard in bankers' of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Light-House Board ask­ conventions, but who are factors in all the great commercial and indus­ ing an appropriation of 5,000 for a depot for the fourteenth light­ trial pursuits of the world; who, with fertile brains, skillful hands, and house district, and an appropriation for the light-house tender Lilie; cunning fingers, fashion the many articles of necessity and luxury in which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to l!Q daily use; who rend from the relucta nt earth the hidden treasures printed. thereof and compel the unwilling fields to yield a bounteous harvest, 1\IISSOURI RIVER 001\IMISSION. or toil amid the clanging of machinery in mill and shop, and with The SPEAKER also laid before the House a letter from the Secretary patience, frugality, and courage combat and overcome adverse circum­ of War, transmitting a letter from the acting Chief of Engineers, with stances and fortunes; and while not possessing all the culture of the age, a report of the Missouri River Commission, recommending an imme­ exemplify the many sterling virtues of the race and do much toward diate appropriation; which was referred to the Committee on Rivers keeping alive sentiments of honesty, justice, and truth-as mighty in and Harbors, and ordered to be printed. numbers as modest in aspirations; not ignorant of their strength; con­ servative in their methods; loyal to order and good government; forbear­ UNSETTLED ACCOUNTS. ing and enduring, yet when aroused in defense of their rights of jus­ The SPEAKER also laid before the House a letter from the First tice and truth, know how to coxppel respect for and obedience to their Comptroller of the Treamuy, transmitting a list of officers who have will. failed to maJre settlement of their accounts for the last fiscal year; Mr. ED~IUNDS and Mr. MORRILL addressed the Chair. which was referr"'d to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Mr. EDMUNDS. Understanding that our friends on the other side Department, and ordered to be printed. desire to adjourn at this time, I was about to move an adjournment, SURVEYS OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER. but I yield to my colleague, who wishes to give a notice. The SPEAKER also laid before the House a lett-er from the Secretary Mr. MORRILL. I merely desire to take the :floor to say that rather of War, transmitting a letter from the acting Chief of Engineers and reluctantly I shall feel it my duty to ask the attention of the Senate a supplementary report from the Mississippi River Commission recom­ to-morrow for an hour on this subject, which seems to attract such an mending an immediate appropriation of 50,000 for the general work enthusiastic crowd of Senators here-! mean the resolution of the Sena­ of surveys; which was referred to the Committee on Rivers and Har­ tor from Kentucky. bors, and ordered to be printed. Mr. EDMUNDS. I renew my motion that the Senate do now adjourn. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. CuLLOM in the chair). Pending REFERENCE OF EXECUTIVE COIDIUNIC.ATIONS. the motion the Chair will lay before the Senate the unfinished busi­ The SPEAKER. There are on the table a number of executive com­ ness. munications, which were presented to the House before the committees The SECRETARY .. A bill (S. 9) to fix the day for the meeting of the were appointed or authorized to be appointed, and if there be no ob­ electors of President and Vice-President, and to provide for and regulate jection the Chair will at this time cause them to be properly referred. the counting of the votes for President and Vice-President and the de­ There was no objection, and it was ordered accordingly. cision of questions arising thereon. The communications were severally referred as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont moves that A communication from the clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting the Senate adjourn. statement of the judgments rendered during the year ended November The motion was agreed to; and (at 3 o'clock and 36 minates p. m.) 30, 1885-to the Committee on Appropriations. t.he Senat-e adjourned. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the dam­ age by storm t.o Governor's Island, New York Harbor, and asking an appropriation for continuing sea-wall around the island-to the Com­ mittee on Appropriations. HOUSE OF_REPRESENTATIVES. A letter from the chairman of the Joint Commission for the Comple­ T~SDAY, January 19, 188G. tion of the Washington Monument, transmitting his annual report-to the Committee on Appropriations. The House met at 12 o'clock m. Prayer by Rev. S. K. Cox, of Wash­ A mes..«age from the President of the United Sta.tes, transmitting a ington, D. C. communication from the Secretary of the Interior relating to the trial The Clerk proceeded to read the Journal of yesterday's proceedings. and punishment of Indians committing certain specified crimes-to the 1\Ir. BEACH. Mr. Speaker, I ask by unanimous consent that the Committee on Indian Affairs. reading of so much of the Journal as relates to the introduction and A message from the President of the United States, transmitting are­ rc)fexence of bills and joint resolutions be dispensed with. port of the board of managers of the World's Industrial and Cotton Cen­ There was no objection, and it was ordered accordingly. tennial Exposition held at New Orleans from December 16, 1884, to May The Clerk then resumed and concluded the reading of the remainder 31. 1885-to the Committee on Commerce. of the Journal, which was approved. A message from the President of the United States, transmitting a ORDER OF BUSINESS. communication from the Secretary of the Interior upon the subject of a l\Ir. HIESTAND. Mr. Speaker, I ask by unanimous consent at this draught of a bill to amend section 5388 of the Revised Statutes relating time to have the reference of a bill changed. to timber depredations upon lands reserved or purchased for Indian, mili­ The SPEAKER. Under the rule the Chair must first lay before the tary, or other purposes-to the Committee on Public Lands. House executive communications upon the Speaker's table for refer- · A letter from the Secref:.:1.ry of War, transmitting a statement of ex­ ence. penditures at the Springfield armory for the fiscal year ended June 30, LIST OF CLAil\IS ALLOWED SINCE JANUARY 1 1885. 1885, and of arms manufuctured and repaired during t-hat fiscal year- 1 to the Committee on Appropriations. . - The SPEAKER laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of A message from the President of the United States, transmitting a the Treasury, transmitting a list of claims, with the papers in each communication from the Secretary of the Interior in relation to the allowance, since January 1, 1885, arising under the act of July 4, 1865; draught of a bill for the relief of the ~fission Indians in California-to which was referred to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be the Committee on Indian Affairs. printed. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting detailed estimates UNITED STATES POST-OFFICE, POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. of the cost of protecting roads and public buildings at Fort Canby, The SPEAKER also laid before the House a letter from the Secretary Washington Territory, against the waters of Baker's Bay-to the Com~ of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Supervising Archi­ mittee on Military Affairs. tect of an appropriation of$10,000 for approaches to the United States A letter from the SeCI·etary of War, transmitting reports of inspection post-officeatPoughkeepsie, N.Y.; which wasreferred tothe Committee of money accounts of disbursing officers for the year ended June 30, on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be printed. 1885-to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department. WATER SUPPLY, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. A letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting letters of Joseph Ra,wicz, United States consul at Warsaw, and recommending the pas~ The SPEAKER also laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Chiefof Engineers asking an ap­ sage of a bill granting him permission toacceptcertaindecorations con­ propriation for the work of increasing the water supply in Washington, ferred by the Russian Government-to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. D. C.; which was referred to the Committee on the District of Colum­ A letter from the Secretary ofWar, transmitting petition of cadets of bia, and ordered to be printed. the United States Military Academy, praying for legislation that will IMPROVEMENT OF S.ACO RIVER, MAINE. secure them appointments in the Army-to the Committee on Milif:.:'l.rJ The SPEAKER also laid before the House a letter from the Secretary Affairs. 1886. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 757

A message from the President of the United States, transmitting a because the documents relating to the subject are also in possession of communication from the Secretary of the Interior in relation to the that committee. draught of a bill to provide for the settlement of estates of d~ceased The SPEAKER. The Chair will state that under the amended rules, Kickapoos in Kansas, and for other purposes-to the Committee on adopted at the present session, bills of this character must go to the Indian Affairs. Committee on Claims, unless by unanimous consent of the House, A message from t.he President of the United States, transmitting a which was riot the rule of the House when the bill was heretofore re­ communication from the Secretary of the Interior relating to Indians ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means. on the Yakima reservation, in Washington Territory-to the Commit­ M:r. HIESTA.l.'n). Well, Mr. Speaker, Inowaskunanimousconsent tee on Indian Affairs. that the bill be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. A message from the President of the United States, transmitting a Mr. COX. I object. communication from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the right ORDER OF BUSINESS. of way for the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway through Mr. ADAMS, ofNew York. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent the Lake Traverse reservation, in Dakota-to the Committee on In­ to introduce a bill for reference. dian Affairs. Mr. BEACH. I object, Mr. Speaker; and I desire to give notice now A message from the President of the United States, transmitting a that I shall object to the introduction of all bills and resolutions exc~pt communication from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the fail­ on the day set apart for that order of business. ure of the Utah and Northern Railroad Company to compensate the Indians on the Fort Hall reservation for lands taken-to the Commit­ CORRECTION. tee on Indian Affairs. Mr. CALDWELL. 1\Ir. Speaker, I desire t<> have the RECORD cor· Amessagefrom the Presidentofthe United States, transmitting a com­ rected. On page G92 it is stated that the minmity report, or the amend· munication from the Secretary of the Interior relative to a right of way ment suggested by the minority report to the Presidential succession to the Jamestown and Northern Railway Company through theDevil's bill, was agreed to. It was not agreed to. It was voted down. Lake Indian reservation, in Dakota-to the Committee on Indian Af­ The SPEAKER. The correction will be made. fairs. 1\Ir. TOWNSHEND. Mr. Speaker, as a parliamentary inquiry, I de­ A message from the President of the United States, transmitting a com­ sire to ask whether these corrections of the RECORD can not be made munication from the Secretary of the Interior relative to a right of way without a motion in open House. In other words, where there is a to the Canyon and Colorado Railroad Company through the Walker River variance between the Journal and the RECORD can not the correction reservation, in Nevada-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. be made without occupying the time of the House? Amessagefrom thePresidentofthe UnitedStates, transmittingacom­ The SPEAKER. The Chair thinks it is the custom of the Official munication from the Secretary of the II)terior relating to trespasses on Reporters of the debates to kee_p at their desk a copy of the REyORD of Indian lands-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. the preceding day and to make such corrections as members may desire A letter from theSecretaryofWar, transmittingamemorialfromCol. upon that. T. G. Baylor, of the Ordnance Department, and recommending he be re­ Mr. TOWNSHEND. Then it is unnecessary to make a motion or to lieved of the item of $431.69 charged against him on the books of the ask permission of the House to correct the RECORD if it can be done by Treasury-to the Committee on Uilitary Affairs. calling upon the Reporters. The SPEAKER. Where the Reporter is satisfied that a mistake has WITHDRAWAL OF PAPERS. been made the Chair thinks he has the right to correct it; but if there On the motion of Mr. DOWDNEY, by unanimous co~sent leave was should be a difference of opinion about it, the Chair supposes that then granted to withdraw from the files of the House. papers in the case of the House would have to order the correction. George H. 111itchell, M.D., without leaving copies on file. CLERK CO:llMITTEE OY EXJ;'ENDITURES IN DEP ARTl\IENT OF JUSTICE. On the motion of Mr. MAYBURY, by u.rianimous consent leave was given to withdraw from the file-room papers therein in the matter of Mr. SPRIGGS. Mr. Speaker, I. desire to submit a privileged report tbe claim of the heirs of William Burt, inventor of the solar compass. from the Committee on Accounts, which I send to the Clerk's desk. On motion of Mr. BROWN, of Pennsylvania, by unanimous consent The Clerk read as follows: leave was given to withdraw from the files of the Honse the papers in The Committee on Accounts, to whom was referred the following resolution of 1\lr. Eus·rACE GIBSON: the Thirty-sixth Congress in the case of John Tubbs without leaving "Resolved, That the Committee on ExpendituTes in the Department of Justice copies on file. · · be allowed a. clerk during the session, and that he be paid $6 a. day as com pensn- LEAVE OF .ABSENCE. tion for his services," - By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted to Mr. DIBBLE have considered the same, and respectfully report adversely to the same. for five days. · Mr. SPRIGGS. Mr. Speaker, after due consideration of the subject, CHANGE OF . REFERENCE. the Committee on Accounts assigned clerks to the several committees The SPEAKER. The bill (H. R. 1576) granting an increase of pen­ of the House wherever they believed them to be necessary. In that sion to Thomas Allcock, introduced on the 5th instant, was improperly action the committee did what they supposed would best subserve the .referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. If there be no objec­ business of the Honse, and they can not now change their conclusion by tion the reference will be made to the Committee on Pensions. granting a clerk to this committee. They have therefore instructed There was no objection. me to report the resolution adversely for such action as the House may think proper. CHANGES OF REFERENCE. Mr. GIBSON, ofWest Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I will offer as a sub­ Mr. BUCHANAN. Onthe5thinstantlintroduceda bill{H. R.l498) stitute for the report of the committee the original resolution, namely: extending the provisions and benefits of the act approved August 7, "Resolved, That the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of 1882, entitled "An act to relieve certain soldiers of the late war from the Justice be allowed a clerk during the session, and that he be paid $6 a charge of desertion" to certain named recruitS serving in the said war. day as compensation for his services." On that resolution I ask the The bill was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. The proper forbeamnce of the House for a few minutes while I explain the situa­ reference is to the Committee on Naval Affairs. I ask that the Com­ tion of this committee. mittee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration The Committee on Expenditures in the Department of J usti~e is com­ of the bill, and that it be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. posed of members every one of whom has been assigned to other im­ There was no objection, and it was so ordered. portant dnties, so that there is not a single member on that committee Mr. HIESTAND. On the 6th instant the bill (H. R.l980) for there­ who, without neglecting other duties imposed upon him by the House, lief of Richard C. Ridgway and others was introduced by my colleague, CllD give the time and attention required to make the investigation of Mr. KELLEY, and was referred to the Committee on Claims. I ask that the records of the Department that are nece...«sary to be made in order to the Committee on Claims be discharged from further consideration of give the House such information as it desires. In addition to that, this the bill, and that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Ueans, committee is charged under the rules of the Honse with the examina­ which is the proper committee under the rules of the House. tion of the accounts and expenditures of the several Departments of the The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman Government and the manner of keeping the same; the economy, just­ j from Pennsylvania? ness, and correctness of such expenditures; their conformity with ap­ Mr. COX. I object, Mr. Speaker, unless some sufficient re..'!.Son can propriation laws; the proper application of public moneys; the security be given for the proposed change of reference. of the Government against unjust and extravagant demands; retrench­ The SPEAKER. The gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. Cox] ment; the enforcement of the payments of moneys due to ~he United objects, unless reason can be given. The gentleman who desires the States; the economy and accountability of public officers; the abolish­ change of reference can make a brief stn.tement, if he desires. ment of useless offices; the reduction or increase of pay of officers. The Mr. HIESTAND. The reason is, 1\Ir. Speaker, that in former Con­ rule provides that these shall all he subjects within the jurisdiction of gresses this matter has been considered by the Committee on Ways and the eight st.'l.Ilding committees on the public expenditures in the several Means, and that committee thoroughly understands it; whereas if it Departments. be now referred to the Committee on Claims they will have to go over One of those eight is the Committee on Expenditures in the Depart­ the whole subject again. I wish the bill referred to the Committee on ment of State; to tha.t committee a clerk bas been allowed by the Com· Ways and Means, because that committee has already examined it and mi ttee on Accounts. Another is the Committee on Expenditures in the 758 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 19,

Treasury Department; to that committee a clerk haa been allowed by Davidson, R. H. M. Hayden, 1\Io:rgan. Springer, the Committee on Accounts. Another is the Committee on Expendi­ Dawson, Haynes, 1\lorrill,­ Stephenson, Dorsey, Heard, l\luller, Stewart, Charles tures in the War Department; to that committee a clerk has been al­ D•JUgherly, Henderson, J. S. Negley, Stone, E. F. lowed by the Committee on Accounts.. Another is the Committee on Dowdney, Henderson, T • .J. Oates, Strait, Expenditures in the Na>7 Department; to that committee a clerk has Dunn, Herbert, O'Ferrall, Struble, Eldredge.. Hiestand, O' Hara Swinburne, been allowed by the Committee on Accounts. Another is the Commit­ Ellsberry, Holmes, O'Ne~ Charles Tarsney, tee on Expenditures in the· Post-Office Department; that committee Farquhar, Howard, O'Neill, J . .J. Taulbee, also has been allowed a. clerk. Another is the Committee on Expendi­ Findlay, Irion, Osborne, Taylor, .J. M. Forney, Jones,J.H. Outhwaite, Thompson, tures in the Interior Department; to that committee also a clerk hns Gallinger, Jones, J. T. Perkins, Tillin&n, been allowed. The Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Gay, King, Perry, .Turner, Justice is the only one of these eight standing committees, all of equal Geddes, Kleiner, Peters, Van Sehaick, Gibson, Eustace Little, Pidcock, Wadsworth, dignity, towhich. a clerk is refused, aJ though the services of a clerk are Glnss, Lore R.eese, Wa.keneld. absolutely necessary for the proper performance of the duties of the com­ Glover, LouUlt, Robertson, Weaver, J. B. mittee. Green, W . .J. Lovering, Rogers, Wellborn, Grosvenor, Lowry, Rome is, Wheeler, Now I desire to say to the House that I have already some little in­ G-rout, Markham., Sadler, White, A. a. sight into the examination of these records and some idea of the labor Guenther, Matson, Sawyer, Wilkins it involves. At the last sessionofthis House, formy own information, Hale, M aybury, Sayers, Willis ' Harmer, McKenna, · Seymour, Wilso~, I undertook to examine the workings of the department of justice of Hru:ri Merriman, Skinner, Wolford, my own State, and I know that it required nearly the whole of the ses­ Hatch,' 1\lills, Snyder, Woodburn. sion for me to trace the operations of thn.t department in that one State. NAYS-119. Such an inquiry as this committee is required to make involves an in­ Adams, G. E. Eden, Libbey, Riggs, vestigation of the expenditures of every circuit and district court in the Atkinson, Ely, Lyman, Rowell, Bayne, Ermentrout, 1\Iartin, Scott, . United States; it involves an examination of expenditures by subordi­ Beach, ~erhart, McAdoo, Scranton. nate officers as well as by the Department in Washington, and to get at Bennett, Fleeger, :McComas, Sessions, this information it is nece.c;saryto examine and collate the reports of the Blount, Foran, McCreary, Shaw, Boutelle, Ford, McKinley, Smalls, Commissioner of Internal Revenue as well as the reports of the Depart­ Boyle, Fuller, McMillin, Sowden, ment of JiiStice itself upon the suits instituted under the internal­ Bragg, Green, R. S. McRae, Spooner, revenue laws. So that it is utterly impossible that there can be any Browne, T. :M. Hahn, 1\Iillard, Spriggs, Brown, C. E . Hall, l'tiiller. Steele, intelligent investigation or any trustworthy information given to this Brown, W. W. Halsell, 1\Iitcheii, Stewart, .J. W: House upon the subjects under the jurisdiction of this committee with­ B11chanan, Hemphill, Moffatt, Stone, ,V.. J., of Ky. Buck, Henderson,D.B. Morrison. Storm, out the services not only of a clerk, but of a. very intelligent, competent, Burrows, Hepburn, 1\Iorrow, Swope, and experienced clerk. Many difficult questions come up in such an Cannon, ffewitt, 1\eal, Taylor, E. B. in_vestigation, questions as to what suits should be brought, as to what Caswell, Hiscock, O'Donnell, Thomas, .J. R. Clements, Hitt Parker, Thomas, 0. B. sort of suits should be brought, as to the fees of officers, and so on, and Cobb, Hol~n, Payne, Throckm.orton, I -n-un t to say to this House that if they expect this committee to be able Cole, Hopkins, Payson, Townshend, to make any intelligent in_vestigation or report they must give us a Conger, Hutton, Peel, Trigg, Cooper, James, Phelps, VanEaton, clerk who shall · be under the control of the committee and competent Cowles, • Johnston, J. T. Pulitzer, Wade, to aiel it in the discharge of its duties. Cox, Johnston, T. D. Randall, Wait, I make no reflection upon other committees, nor do I undertake to Crisp, Ketcham., Ranney; Warner, A. J. Cutcheon, Laffob~ B£agan, . Warner, William raise the dignity of the committee of which I am a member above any Davis, La Follette, Reed, T. D. Weaver, A. J. otl1er; but I appeal to every member's sense of duty to the country and Dingley, Lanham, Reid, J. W. Winans, his sense of justice to this committee to give it a clerk. Dockery, Le Fevre, Rice, Worthington. Mr. SPRIGGS: Mr. Speaker, the whole matter referred to by the Dunham, Lehlbach, Richardson, gentleman from West Virginia [.Mr. GIBSON] has been under consid­ NOT VO.TING-;-77. Aiken, Davidson, A. C. Laird, Seney, eration by our committee, and I can only say that we did what in our Allen, C. H. Dibble, Landes, Singleton, judgment seemed best in regard to assigning clerks to these com­ Allen, J. M. ~ans, Lawler, Stahlnecker, mittees. Anderson, C. :M. Felton, Lindsley, St. Martin, Arnot, Fisher, Long, Stone, W. J., of Mo. If any other gentleman desires to speak~Iwill yield the floor; other­ Ballentine, Frederick, 1\Iahoney; Sym.es, wise, I move the previa~ question. Barksdale, :F11nston, l\1illi1..-en, Taylor, L H. 1\fr. REED, of Maine. The Committee on Expenditures in the De­ Bingham, Gib on, C. ll. 1\lurphy, Taylor, Zach Bound, Gilfillan, ~eece, Tucker, partment of Justice having been worked so hard in the last Congress, Burleigh, Goff, Nelson, Viele, it was determined, as I understand, to let it lie fallow in this. [Laugh­ Burnes, Hanuuoud, Norwood, Ward, .J. H. ter.] Butterworth, Hanback, Owen, Ward,T.B. Cabell, Henley, Pettibone, Weber, Ur. GIBSON, of West Virginia. The same rule might apply to every Catchings, Herman, Pindar West, other committee that had a clerk in the last Congress; and therefore Clardy, Hill Pircet ' ~~Milo we suould have no clerks to any of these committees, but simply take Collins, Hir~, Plumo, g, Compton, Houk, Price, Wise. the reports of the last Congress for our action. Crain, J ackson, Rankin, Mr. REED, of Maine. I should think that might probably be so. Curtin, Johnson, F. A. Rockwell, Mr. HERBERT. I would like to say a word on this question. Daniel, Kelley, Ryan, 1\fr. SPRIGGS. I yield to the gentleman. So the amendment of Mr. GIBSoN, of West Virginia, was agreed to. Mr. HERBERT. Mr. Speaker, it is a fact that some of the most im­ The following pairs were announced: portant legislation. proposed in this Congress has been referred to the :Mr. DIBBLE with Mr. WEST, until further notice. Committee on Expenditures in the Departmentof Justice-legislation 1\fr. RILL with Mr. LAmn. relating to marshals and commissioners, to district attorneys and their Mr. A.I:KEK with l\Ir. KELLEY, until further notice. fees; and for my part I can not see why a distinction has been made be­ Mr. SE...'iEY with Mr. WARD, of Indiana, on this vote. tween the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice and. Mr. B.ALLE...~TIXE with Me Go"FF, for to-day. the committees on expenditures in other Departments. I hope this The result of the vote was announced as above stated. House will grant this committee a clerk just as it has granted a clerk The question being taken on agreeing to the report of the committee to all similar committees, unless some good reason should be shown why as amended, it was agreed to. a clerk should not be allowed in this particular case. I do not belong CLERK TO CO:JDIITTEE 0~ LEVEES AND IMPROVEMENT OF 1\IISSISSIPPL to this committee, but! am very much interested, and I think the whole country is interested, in some of the legislation that it has before it. Mr. SPRIGGS. I ha.v-e another privileged report, which I ask the Ur. SPRIGGS. I now call the previous question. Clerk to read. The previous question was ordered; the first question being upon the The Cle:rk read as follows : The Committee on Accounts, to whom was referred the resolution of},lr. K.ciG, amendment proposed by Mr. GIBSON., of West Virginia, as a substitute. as follows- The question being taken, there were-ayes 106, noes 5L " Resolved, That the Committee on Levees and Improvem.ent of the 1\Iississippi :Mr. SPRIGGS. I call for the yeas and nays. River be allowed a clerk, and that he be paid the usual compensation for his services"- The yeas and nays were ordered. have considered the same, and respectfully report adversely to the same. The queStion was taken; and there were-yeas 128, nays 119, not Mr. KING. I offer the following as a substitute for the resolution voting 77; as follows: YEAS-128. reported by the committee. Adams, J . .J. Blanchard, Bunnell, Candler, The Clerk read as follows: Anderson, J. A. Bland, Bynum, Carleton, Resolved, That the Committee on ;Levees and lmprovem.ent of the Mississippi Baker, Bliss, Caldwell, Comstoc~ River be allowed a clerk-, and that hCil be paid the usual compensation for his Barbour, Brady, Campbell, Felix Croxton, services. Barnes, Breck:iru:idge, C. R Campbell, .J. M. Culberson, Barry, Breckinridge,WCP.Campbell, J. E. Dargan, 1\Ir. KING. Mr. Speaker, I do not hesitate to state to the House Belmont, Brumm, Campbell, T. J. Davenport, that the usual apprehension indulged by members that clerks for com- 1886. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 759

mittees are used fo:r personal purposes need not lodge in this case. · I second time, referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Pri­ make no reflections, but I wish to say that it has never been my prac­ vateCalendar, and, with thea~mpanyingreport, ordered to be printed. tice when chairman of a committee of this body to use a committee The SPEAKER. House bill 987, for which the bill just reported is clerk in any way in my personal service. Now I am convinced this a substitute, will be laid upon the table, if there be no objection. committee was created by this Honse for a purpose, and that purpose can There was no objection, and it was ordered accordingly. only be served by having the services of a competent clerk. To call the ADDITION.A.L COPIES REVI ED STATUTES FOR LIBRARY. committeetogetheralonerequiresthewritingoftwelvelettersornotices. Thatcommittee hasbeenintrusted withapartofthework-thelevees­ Mr. TUCKER, from the Committee on the Judiciary, also reported which is considered by the engineers indispensable to improve the navi­ back with favorable recommendation a resolution requesting the Sec­ gation of the Mississippi, the greatest river on the continent. retary of State to transmit to the House 100 copies of the second edi­ Jili:. BROWNE, of Indiana. Do I understand the gentleman fro~ tion of the Revised Statutes and Supplement thereto, to.be placed in the Louisiana to say his committee needed a clerk to call it together? Library; which was referred to the House Calendar, and, with the ac­ Mr. KING. I did·so state, and I thought the gentleman from Indi­ companying report, ordered to be printed. ana would so understand. I said that to call the committee together CLAP-US FOR WAR TA..XES. alone necessitates the writing of twelve letters or notices. To impo e 1\fr. HAMMOND, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported this upon the chairman of the committee and the other work that de­ back the bill (H. R. 3) to prevent the claim of the war taxes under the volves upon a clerk is more than is just, and I do not belie>e this House act of August 5, 1861, and acts amendatory thereof, by the United in~~ili . States as set-off against States having claims against the General Gov­ :Mr. BROWNE, of Indiana. The inquiry I desired to make, Mr. ernment; which was referred to the Rouse Calendar, and, 'Vith the ac­ Speaker, was whether it would not be the principal duty of the clerk companying report, ordered to be printed. of the committee to call the committee together? 1\fr. HEPBURN. I desire at some later date to present the views of 1\fr. KING. If the gentleman was ignorant of the duties of that· the minoritv of the committee on this bill. committee, I would say no. I will invite him, however, to attend a ~fr. HAl\IDOND. I would ask the gentleman how long this will meeting of the committee, that he may be enlightened as to its duties delay the consideration of the bill? l shall object to ''some future'' and labors. He is a resident of a Western State, deeply concerned in time, but if some reasonable time is sug.,crested I shall not object. the improvement of the navigation of the 1\Iississippi. To carry out Mr. HEPBURN. In a reasonable time. the work of the committee, it is proposed that a series of investigations 1\Ir. HAMMOND. Well, how much? shall be conducted and measures introduced which will require daily 1\fr. HEPBURN. Probably during the next week. meetings and an 1\lllount of clerical work which no chairman can be Mr. HA.MHOND. Very well; I have no objection to that. expected to perform. The SPEAKER. If there be no objection, leave will be granted to The committee was created fo.r a purpose-a great purpose-the pur­ the mino1·ity to file its news, to be printed with the report of tbe com­ pose of helping in the improvement of the Mississippi River. I hope mittee. the House will aid the committee in the performance of that duty by There was no objection, and it was ordered accordingly. granting it a clerk who can at all times be at the CO:J;UD.and of the com­ NATIONAL BAJ.'iK WINONA, ~N. mittee. 1 1\fr. SPRIGGS. In reference to this clerk, Mr. Speaker, I can only Mr. WILKINS, from the Committee on Banking and Currency, re­ repeat what was said before, that the Committee on Accounts did not ported back with favorable recommendation the bill (S. 126) to change deem it essential this committee should have a separate clerk. We the name of the National Bank of Winona; which was referred to tho gave the Committee on Mines and Mining a clerk and directed that the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the . clerk should also act as clerk for this Committee on Levees and Improve­ accompanying report, ordered to be printed. ment of the 1\Ii.ssissippi River when required. This committee, I under­ Mr. WILKINS. I am also directed by the committee to report b!lck stand, has not been caJ.led together yet, and they have no reason to sup­ House bill1253, to change the name of the National Bank of Winona, pose the clerk we gave them will not act and do what is required. Still, l\Iinn., with the recommendation that it lie on the table. we did the same thing for the other committee, and it is now a ques­ The SPEAKER. That order will be made. tion for the House. The committee could not take the responsibility of MERCHANTS' NATIONAL Bil""X, LITT.LE ROCK, ARK. giving to each one of these committees a. clerk, which we didnotthink Mr. DINGLEY, from the Committee on Banking and Currency, re­ had anything particular to do to require a clerk. As I said, however, ported back favorably, with an amendment, the bill (S. 3 2) to author­ it is now a question for the House to settle. ize the Merchants' National Bank of Little Rock, Ark., to change its The question recuned on Mr. KING's substitute; and on a division name to theFirstNational.Bank of Little Rock; which was referred to there were-ayes 44, noes 62. the Committee ofthe Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with Mr. KING demanded tellers. the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. The SPE.A.KER. Nineteen have voted in the affirmative-not a suf- FIRST NATIO~AL Bil-:K OF MIN~£A.POLI 1\UNN. ficient number. 1 So the substitute was rejected. Mr. SNYDER, from the Committee on Banking and Currency, re­ The report of the committee was then adopted. ported back with an amendment the bill (H. R. 1260) to authorize an Mr. SPRIGGS moved to reconsider the vote by which the resolution increase of the capital stock of the First NationalBankofl\linneapolis, of the committee was agreed to; and also mo\ed that the motion tore­ Minn., not to exceed 2,000,000; which was referred to the Committee consider be laid on the table. of the Whole Honse on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompany­ The latter motion was agreed to. ing report, ordered to be printed. NATIOX"AL BAJ.~ OF LIXCOLN PA. CALL OF Co:\DIITIEES FOR REPORT". 1 l'YI.r. The SPEAKER next, under the rule, proceeded to call standing and BRADY, from the Committee on Banking and Currency, reported select committees for reports. back with amendments the bill (H. R. 2139) authorizing the National Bank of Lincoln, Pa., to change its location and name; which was re­ GEORGE S• .HUXT & CO. ferred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, Mr. REED, of Maine, from the Committee on Ways ·and Means, re­ and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. portro. back favorably a bill (H. R. 1005) for the relief of George S. Mr. HIESTAND. Mr. Speaker, I move that that bill be referred Hunt & Co.; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House back to the Committee on Banking and Currency, as I filed this morning on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered a petition against the removal, signed by a majority of the company. to be printed. The SPEAKER. It is not in order during this call to move tore­ PHINl\""EY & JACKSOX. commit a bill. When it comes before the House, a motion will then be Mr. REED, ofl\faine, from the Committee on Ways and Means, also in order for its recommitment with or without instructions. The com­ reported back favorably a bill (H. R. 1006) for the relief of Phinney & mittee can withdraw the bill if it is desired. Jackson; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on Mr. BRADY. I desire to state in behalf of the committee that the the Private Calendar, and the bill and report ordered to be printed (Mr. matter suggested by the gentleman from Pennsylvania has been at­ REED, of Maine, being granted, by unanimous consent, leave to file the tended to in one of the a.mendments the committee recommend to this report hereafter). bill. DUDLEY HALL & CO. PlJRCHASE OF OLD PRODUCE EXCHANGE BDILDIKG, '\"EW YORK. ~fr. REED, of Maine, from the Committeeon WaysandMeans, also 1\fr. BRAGG, from the Committee on Jlrfilita.ry Affairs, reported back reported back favorably a bill (H. R. 1007) for the relief of Dudley Hall with amendments the bill (S. 671) making an appropriation for the & Co.; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the purchase of the old Produce Exchange building and the site bounded Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be by Whitehall, Pearl, Moore, and Water streets, New York city, for printed. Army purposes; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole EDWARD G. W. BUTLER. House on the state of the Union, and, with the accompanying report, Mr. TUCKER, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported, as ordered to be printed. ~_substitute for H. R. 987, a bill (H. R. 4409) to remove the disabil­ FITz-JOHN PORTER. ities of Edward G. W. Butler, of Missouri; which was read a first and Mr. BRAGG, from the Committee on Military Affairs, also reported 760 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 19, back with favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 67) for the relief .A bill (H. R. 781) graflting a pension to B. J. Dreesen · ofFitz-John Porter; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole A bill (H. R. 782) to increase the pension of Robert M. 'Forsyth· Honse on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, or­ A bill (H. R. 735) for the relief of Nicholas W. Barnett· ' dered to be printed. A bill (H. R. 669) granting a pension to Bernard Carlin? Mr. BRAGG. I ask consent on behalf of the minority to present its A bill {H. R. 688l for the relief of Jacob Snovely; ' views and tile them in connection with the report of the committee. A bill (H. R. 716 granting a pension to Isaac Welch· There was no objection, and it was so ordered. A bill (H. R. 784 granting a pension to Henry D. G:ewell· JOHN HOLLINS M: 1BLAIR. A bill (H. R. 685) to grant a pension to Eli W. Campbell; a~d Mr. CUTCHEON, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported A bill (H. R. 674) granting a pension to Mrs. P. E. Broaddus. back with favorable recommendation the bill {S. 193) for the relief of ANNA D. W. EICHMAN. John Hollins McBlair; which was referred to the Committee of the Mr. CONGER, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying re­ back_ with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 602) granting a port, ordered to be printed. pensiOn to Mrs. Anna D. W. Eichman; which was referred to the Com­ WILLIAM P. CHAMBLISS. mittee of the Whole Honse on the Private Calendar, and, with the accom­ Mr. WOLFORD, from the Committee on Military .Affairs, reported panying report, ordered to be printed. back with favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 68) for the relief of JOHN DEFENBAUGH. William P. Chambliss; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole Mr. CGNGER, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, also re­ House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ported ba~k with a favorable recommeJ?dation the bill (H. R. 634) grant­ ordered to be printed. mg a pensiOn to John Defenbaugh; which was referred to the Committee FORFEITURE OF LAND GRANTS. of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompany­ Mr. COBB, from the Committee on the Pu'Qlic Lands, reported back ing report, ordered to be printed. with amendments the bill (H. R. 392) declaring forfeited certain grants CHARLOTTE D. CROCKER. of land made to certain States in aid of the construction of railroads; Mr. CONGER, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, also re­ which was referred to the House Calendar, and, with the accompanying porte~ back. with a favora?le recommendation the bill (H. R. G50) report, ordered to be printed. grantmg an mcrease of pens1on to Charlotte D. Crocker; which was re­ PLANTS AND SHRUBS FOR NEW PENSION BUILDING. ferred to the Committee of the Wbole Honse on the Private Calendar, Mr. REESE, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 1·eported ·back with a favorable recommendation the joint resolution CATHARINE COLLINS. (H. Res. 71), authorizing the Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds in the District of Columbia to supply plants and shrubs to Ur. CONGER, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, also re­ fill certain vases in the Pension building; which was referred to the ported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 613) for House Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be the relief of Catharine Collins; which was refen-ed to the Committee of printed. . the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompany­ to NANCY L. RIDBLE. ing report, ordered be printed. Mr. MATSON, "from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported ELEANOR C. BANGII.A.l\I. back with favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 16) granting a Mr. SAWYER, from the Committee on Invaild Pensions, reported pension to Nancy L. Ribble; which was referred to the Committee of back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 1582) for the the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying relief of Eleanor C. Bangbam; which was referred to the Committee of report, ordered to be printed. the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying .AMENDMENT OF . PENSION LAWS. report, ordered to be printed . Mr. MATSON, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, also reported .AMY .A. LEWIS. back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 545) to increase Mr. SAW-y:ER, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, also reported the pension of widows and dependent relatives of deceased· soldiers back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 1579) for there­ and sailors; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole·Honse lief of Amy A. Lewis; which was referred totheCommitteeoftheWhole on the state of the Union, and, with the accOmpanying report, ordered on the Private Calendar, ~nd, with the accompanying report, ordered to to be printed. be pri.flted. . ALEXANDER HARPER. ADVERSE REPORT. 1\Ir. MORRILL, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported 111'r. LOUTITT, from the Committee ori Invalid Pensions, reported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 758) granting a back with an adverse recommendation the bill (H. R. 196) granting a pension to Alexander Harper; which was referred to the Committee of pension to Henry H. Stutsman; which was laid on the table, and the the Whole House on thePrivate Calendar, and, with the accompanying accompanying report ordered to be printed. report, ordered to be printed. CHANGE OF REFERENCE. AUGUST SCHINDLER. Mr. O'HARA, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported back Mr. MORRILL, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, also re­ the bill (H. R. 1730) granting a pensi.on to Andrew M. Holderby, and ported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (I;I. R. 802) moved that the Committee on Invalid Pensions be discharged from the granting a pension to August Schindler; which was referred to the further consideration of the bill, and that it be referred to the Commit­ Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calehdar, and, with the tee on Pensions. accompanying report, ordered to be printed. The motion was agreed to. JOHN C. CLARK. RACHEL NICKELL. Mr. MORRILL, from the Committee on Invalid PeD$ioi).S, also re­ Mr. TAULBEE, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported ported, as a substitute for H. R. 780, a bill (H. R. 4410) for the relief back with a favorable recommendation a bill {H. R. 925) to amend an of John C. Clark; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole act. entitled ''An act granting a pension to Rachel Nickell,'' approved House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, March 3, 1885; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House ordered to be printed. . on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to DR. J. F. BRUNER. be printed. · Mr. MORRILL, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, also re­ CHARLES W. MANNIX. ported ba-ck with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 702) grant­ Mr. TAULBEE, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, also re­ ing a pension to Dr. J. F. Bruner; which was referred to the Committee ported ba-ck with a favorable recommendation a bill (H. R. 934) grant­ of the Whole Honse on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompany- ing a pension to Charles W. Mannix; which was referred to the'Cotn­ ing report, ordered to be printed. . mittee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the ac­ companying report, ordered to be printed. ADVERSE REPORTS. G. W. FRALEY. :Mr. MORRILL, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, also re­ Mr. TAULBEE, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, also re­ ported back with adverse recommendations bills of the following titles; ported back with ·a favorable recommendation a bill (H. R. 929) grant­ which were severally laid on the table, and the accompanying reports ing a pension to G. W. Fraley; which was referred to the Committee of · ordered to be printed: the Whole Honse on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying A bill (H. R. 726) to place the name of Goorge Barrett on the pension- report, ordered to be printed. wll; A bill (H. R. 793) granting a pension to .Albert E. Magoffin; LEWIS .A.. THORNBURY. A bill (H. R. 687) to rerate the pension of Philip Hofeld; 1\Ir. TAULBEE, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, also re­ A bill (H. R. 806) to provide for the payment of arrears of pension to ported back favorably a bill (H. R. 928) granting a pension to Lewis A. } .agust Weide; Thornbury, which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House 1886. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 761 ' on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying Ieport, oroered .JOHN M'NAUGHTON. to be printed. :Mr. HIESTAND, from the Committee on War Claims, reported hack JAMES T. CASKEY. favorably the bill(H. R.1877) forthereliefof John McNaughton; which Mr. TAULBEE, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, also re­ was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calen­ ported back with a favorable recommendation a bill (H. R. 936) gra~t­ dar, and the accompanying report ordered to be p1·inted. ing a pension to James T. Caskey; which was referred to the Comnut­ WILLIAM CLIFT. tee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accom­ 1\Ir. HIESTAND, from the Committee on War Claims, also reported panying report, ordered to be printed. a bill (H. R. 4413) for the reliefofWilliamClift; which was read a first GEORGE SLACK. and second time, referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Mr. ELLSBERRY, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be back with an amendment a bill {H. R. 1836) granting a pension to printed. George Slack; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole PRYOR N. LEA. House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, 1\Ir. JOHNSTON, of North Carolina, from the Committee on War ordered to be printed. Claims, reported back favorably the bill (H. R. 79) for the relief of Pryor N A.THA.NIEL TAYLOR. N. Lea; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on Mr. PINDAR, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, rep?rted the Private Calendar, and theaccompanyingreport ordered to be printed. back with a favorable recommendation n. bill (H. R. 1568) grantmg a LIEUTS. GILES B. HARBER AND WILLIAM H. SCHUETZE. pension to Nathaniel Taylor; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole Honse on the Private Calander, and, with the accompanying On motion of Mr. HERBERT, by unanimous consent, the Commit~ tee on Naval Affairs was rlischarged from the further consideration of a report, ol'dered to be prin~. ioint resolution of the following title; and the same was referred to the ADVERSE REPORT. Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department: Mr. SWOPE, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported back Joint resolution (H. Res. 54) to credit Lieuts. Giles B. Harber and with an adverse recommendation a bill (H. R. 242) for the relief of William H. Schuetze with sea-duty and sea pay while engaged in the Charles V. Wise; which was laid on the table, and the accompanying search for Lieutenant Chipp and party, and also for the time employed report ordered to be printed. in bringing home the remains of Lieutenant-Commander De Long and V. F. GORRISSEN. party. Mr. LANHAM, from the Committee on Claims, reported back with WRECK OF EXPLORING STEAMER .JEANNETTE. a favorable recommendation a bill (H. R. 2428) for the relief of V. F. On motion of Mr. HERBERT, by unanimous consent, the Committee Gorrissen; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on Naval Affairs wa8 discharged from the further consideration of a bill on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered of the following title; and the same was referred to the Committee on to be printed. Claims: L. S. ENSEL. A bill (H. R. 1620) to fix and determine the date of the decease of Mr. SPRINGER, from the Committee on Claims, reported back with those who perished in the retreat from the wreck of the exploring a favorable recommendation a bill (H. R. 290) for the relief of L. S. steamer Jeannette in the arctic seas. Ensel; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the The call of standing and select committees and ofthe com.nlissions and Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, 'ordered to be committee authorized by the statute to report to the House was con­ printed. tinned and concluded, no further reports being presented. WILLIAM H. WHEELER. ORDER OF BUSINESS. Mr. CAMPBELL, of New York, from the Committee on War Claims, The SPEAKER. In accordance with the rule, the Chair will now Ieported back with a favorable recommendation a bill (H. R, 822) for call the committees for the consideration of bills or resolutions hereto­ the relief of William H. Wheeler; which was referred to the Commit­ fore reported. The hour begins at seven min11tes _before 2 o'clock. tee oftheWbole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the aecom­ Mr. WILKINS (when the CoiJlmittee on.BankingandCurrencywas panying report, ordered to be printed. called). · Mr. Spea.ker, I desire to call up Senate bill No. 126, reported REPRESENTATIVES OF JOlL."'l HATFIELD. this morning from the Committee on Banking and Curr~ncy. The SPEAKER. _That is not in order, as the bill_was.<;mlyreported Mr. GEDDES, from the Committee on War ClaimS, reported _back with an amendment a bill (H. R. 212) for the relief of the legal repre­ to-day. Under the rule a committee during this hour has the right to sentatives of John Hatfield, deceased; which was referred to the Com­ call up any hill reported by it on a previous day. mittee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the ac­ RELIEF OF CHEYENNES I~ 1\IO~TAN A. compnnying report, ordered to be printed. Mr. NELSON (when the Committee on Indian Affairs was called). A. S. BLOOM. I call up for present consideration the joint resolution reporteQ. yester~ :Mr. STONE, of Kentucky, from the Committee on War Claims, re­ day by the Committee on Indian .Affairs-joint resolution (H. Res. 91) ported back with amendment the bill (H. R. 899) for the relief of A. S. authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to use certain unexpended Bloom; which was referred to the Committee ofthe Whole House on the balances for the relief of the Northern Cheyennes in Montana. Private Calendar, ru:'d the accompanying report orden:d to be printed. The SPEAKER. This resolution is in the Committeeofthe Whole House on the state of the Union. - A. GATES LEE. Mr. NELSON. I move that the House resolve itself into the Com~ :Jirir. STONE, of Kentucky, from the Committee on War Claims, also mi ttec of the Whole House on ·the state of the Union for the considera­ reported a bill (H. R. 4 411) for the relief of A. Gates Lee; which was read tion of the resolution. a iirst and second time, Ieferred to the Committee of the Whole House The motion was agreed to. on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to The House accordingly Iesolnd itself into Committee of the Whole­ be printed. on the st.:"tte of ~e Union (Mr. EDEN in the chair), and proceeded 'to HEIRS AT LAW OF ANDREW F. M 11\IlLLIN. the consideration of the joint resolution. Mr. STONE, of Kentucky, from the Committee. on War Claims, also The Clerk read as follows: reported back with amendment the bill (H. R. 897) for the relief of the Resolved, &c., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, author­ heirs at law of Andrew F. McMillin, deceased; which was referred to ized to use out of the unexpended balance of the $50,000appropriated in the act making appropriations for the Indian service for the fiscal year 1886, approved the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and the March 3, 1885, to supply food and other necessities of life in cases of distress accompanying report ordered to be printed. among Indians nothaving treaty funds, the sum of$12,000; and so much thereof as may be necessary to relieve the distress now existing among the Northern JOHN A. COA.N. Cheyennes, on the Rosebud and Tongue Rivers, in 1\Ionta.na, and to furnish them Mr. KLEINER, from theCommitteeon War Claims, reported a bill (H. with such food and other necessary articles as may be required. And in expend­ ing such amount he is authorized, if n ecessary, to purchase supplies in open R. 4412) for the reliefof John A. Coan; which was read a first and second market to an extent not exceeding $5,000. time, referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. Mr. NELSON. I desire, 1\Ir. Chairman, to make a brief explanation of the matter involved, or of this joint resolution. On the 14th of De­ D. E. DOWNING. cember the President of the United States sent a special message, in 1\Ir. PERRY, from theCommitteeon War Claims, reported back favor­ writing, to Congress, calling attention to the fad that there were great ably the bill (II. R. 832) for the relief of D. E. Downing; which was re­ suffering and distress among the Cheyenne Indians in the Territory ferred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, of Montana, on the Rosebud and Tongue Rivers. There are about seven and the accompanying report ordered to be printed. . hundred of these Indians, and they are in distress and in a destitute con­ JAMES MILLINGER. dition, with the annuities granted to them last yea.r entirely exhausted. l\1r. PERRY, from the Committee on War Claims, also reported back .The 1ast Indian appropriation l_>ill contained a general contingency favorahlythe bill (H. R. 1217) for the relief of JamesMillinger; which appropriation in this language: To supply food and other necessaries of life in cases of distress among t-he was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Cal­ Indians not having treaty funds, arising from emergencies not foreseen or other­ endarJ and the accompanying report ordered to be printed. wise pro"'ided for, to be used at tJ1e discretion of the President, $50,000; au~ a 762 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 19,

report of the expenditures under this proTision shall be made to Congress at its Joint resolution (S. 31) appointing John F. Hartranft manager of next sessi.on thereafter. the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. This is a sort of contingent appropriation of$50,000, but it is not avail­ able for this particular ~ase of distress of the seven hundred Indiarul, for FOURTH OF JULY CLAIMS. the reason they are annui.ty Indians. They have annuities, but these The Committee on War Claims was called. annuities are entirely exhausted, and the object of the joint resolution is Ur. GEDDES. l\Ir. Speaker, on behalf of the Committee on War to authorize $12,000 of this $50,000 to be used for their relief. It in­ Claims, I desire to call up for immediate action the bill containing the volves no new appropriation, but simply gives the right to use a portion claims reported by the accounting officers of the Treasury, known as of this contingent $50;000 appropriation for this case of emergency and the 4th of July claims. distress. The SPEAKER. That bill is on the Calendar of the Committee of That it is a case of great emergency appears further from the fact that the Whole Hou eon the state of the Union. on the 9thofthepresentmonth theSem·etary ofthelnterior again called 1\fr. GEDDES. I move that the House resolve itself into Commit­ the attention of the Committee on Indian Affairs to this subject. And tee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the purpose of this resolution has been prepared under the direction of the Commis­ considering the bill. sioner of Indian Affairs. The SPEAKER. The Chair is advised that this bill has not yet If no one objects to the passage of the joint resolution, or wishes t o reached the House from the Government Printing Office. make remarks on the subject, I will move the committee rise and report l\Ir. GEDDES. That will of course postpone the consideration of the it back to the House with the recommendation that it do p::tSS. bill until to-morrow. I therefore withdraw it for the pre..

that the Senate had passed a bill and joint resolution of the following his successes, various and great as they were. He was never a laggard 1 titles, in which the concurrence of the House of Representatives was but ever striving to learn, he was always learning. His eyes were al­ requested, namely: - ways open, and he saw the wayside flower as well a.S the distant mount- A bill (S. 6) fixing the salaries of the several judges of the United ~- . States district courts at ~,000 per annum, and for other purposes; and In his public life he was devoted to principle, resolute in the dis- 1886. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 763

charge of duty, diligent, informed, able, and eloquent to the point In 1859 he was elected to the senate of Ohio, being itB youngest where he had few equals. Conciliating to opponents, refined in speech, member. Strong men were his associates in that body, and have since courteous in manner, with a bounteous fund of loving kindness, he had held high stations in the public service. Some of them were his col­ the respect of friend and foe. leagues here. In this, his first political office, he displayed a high He loved his State as a son his mother, and the country with undy­ order of ability, and developed some of the great qualities which after­ ing devotion. ward distinguished his illustrious career. This occasion does not permit me to dwell upon the purity or grea~ In August, 1861, he entered the Union Army, and in September fol­ ness of his charader, o:r to speak in detail of his services, known of all lowing was commissioned colonel of the Forty-second Ohio Infantry men; but those who knew him well, and their name is legion (for none Volunteers. He was promoted successively brigadier and major gen­ was so easily k.nown, few so difficult to forget), turn to his private life eral of the United States Volunteers, and while yet in the Army was with joy and pride. There he was seen at his best. The domestic side elected to Congress, remaining in the field more than a year a.fier his of that life I do not here touch. It was simply so perfect that concern­ election, and resigning only in time to take his seat in the House De­ ing it language faili! to convey ideas. cember 7, 1863. His military service secured him his first national That life is the enduring pride of his people; in it he raised up such prominence. He showed himself competent to command in the field, friends as few can boast; they came in troops and battalions, and never although without pre~ous training. He could plan battles and fight in his life or since have they broken their allegiance. Even now they them successfully. As an officer he was exceptionally popular, beloved mourn him with a grief that :finds no comfort. by his men, many of whom were his former students, respected and The people of Ohio appreciated him from the first, and they stood honored by his superiors in rank, and his martial qualities and gallant about him like a. wall of defense; and now, prompted by gratitude, ad­ behavior were more than once commended in general orders and re­ miration, and love, they have, through their Legislature and authori­ warded by the Government with well-merited promotion. ties, caused to be made a ma.rble statue, representing as well as marble He was brave and sagacious. He filled every post with intelligence may the well-loved son of that State, the citizen, soldier, statesman, and fidelity, and directed the movement of troops with judgment and president, Garfield; have placed it in the Hall of the old House of Rep­ skill. Distinguished as was his military career, which in itself would resentatives, and ask Congress in behili of the American people to ac­ have given him a proud place in history, his mot enduring fame, his cept it as theirs, and to allow it to remain till it also turns to dust. highest renown was earned in this House as a representative of the The statue now stands so near the way through which l\Ir. Garfield, people. Here his marvelous qualities were prought into full activity, as member of this Honse for almost eighteen years, daily passed to here he grew with gradual but ever-increasing strength, here he won reach this Hall that· one standing there may almost touch it with his his richest laurels, here was the scene and center of his greatest glory. hand as it seems to gaze toward the Senate, which he had a commis­ Here he was leader and master, not by combination or scheming, not sion to enter, but did not, because the nation said to him, ''Go up by chicane or caucus, but by the force of his cultivated mind, his keen higher.'' and fur-seeing judgment, his unanswerable logic, his strength and power He stands among the fathers of the Republic, by the side of their of speech, his thorough comprehension of the subjects of legislation. great successors, and in the presence of some of his contemporary pa­ AI ways strong, he was strongest on his feet, addressing the House, or triots. The martyr President is not fur away. from the rostrum, the assembled people. Who of us having he.'l.rd him In this exalted company President Garfield is not out oJ place. He here or elsewhere, speaking upon a question of great national concern, came last into it, but he there greets only his peers. His compatriots C.'lln forget the might and majesty, the force and directness, the grace who are ''standing in that silent senate of the dead,'' if in life, would and beauty of his utterances. He was alwaysjustto his adversary, an recognize the fitness of the association_-none more readily than his old open and manly opponent, and free from invecti-ve. He convinced the friend the matchless orator of Gettysburg, the liberator President, the judgment with his searching logic, while he swayed his listeners with immortal Lincoln. brilliant periods and glowing eloquence. He was always an educator Accept, then, Ohio's gift, "the image in enduring marble " of one of the people. His thoughts were fresh, vigorous, and instructive. she loved so well, tendered as it is with her p:1.triotic aspirations for In running over his public service here, covering a period of nearly the prosperity, the happiness, and the continuance of the great Ameri­ eighteen years, crowding page after page of the CoNGRESSIONAL REc­ can Union, '' one and inseparable, now and forever.'' ORD, I have sought to settle in my own mind the. question or questions I now yield so much time as he may desire to my colleague, :l'tir. in which he was greatest, and wiilh which his name will be best re­ McKINLEY. membered. I confi it is no easy task. He was not a specialist in Mr. McKINLEY, Mr. Speaker, complying with an act of Congress statesmanship. The subjects which he debated covered all the lead­ passed July, 1864, inviting each of the States of the Union to present to ing issues of the parties and the political PQlicies of his time. He lim­ Nation.'\1. Statuary Hall the statues of two ofits deceased citizens "illus­ ited himself to no one topic and was confined to no single range of na­ trious for their heroic renown, or distinguished by civic or military tional legislation. His thoroughness upon every question he touched services" worthy of national commemoration, Ohio brings her :first was marked and habitual. The Congressional debates show him prom­ ~XJntribution in the marble statue of James Abmm Garfield. There inent in discussion of the military affairs of the Government in time of were other citizens of Ohio earlier associated with the history and prog­ war, when mighty armies were to be mustered and the means provided ress of the State and illustrious in the nation's annals who might have for their maintenance; the emancipation of the slave, and the pToblem been fitly chosen for this exalted honor. Governors, United States ofhis future; reconstructionoftheseceding States; the amendments to Senators, membersofthe supremejudiciaryofthenation, clo ely identi­ the Constitution giving suffrage to the newly enfranchised race; the fied with the growth and greatness of the State, who fill a. large space tariff; ref~ding of the national debt; general education; the 'resump­ in their country's history; soldiers of high achievement in the earlier tion of specie payment;-silver coinage; the civil service; the independ­ and later wars of the Republic; cabinet ministers, trusted associates of ence of the several branches of the Federal Government. the martyred Lincoln, who had developed matchless qualities and ac­ He brought to this wide range of subjects vast learning and compre­ complished masterly results in the nation's supreme crisis; but from hensive judgment. He enlightened and strengthened e-very cause he the roll of illustrious names the unanimous voice of Ohio called the advocated. Great in dealing with them all, dull and common-place youngest and latest of her historic dead, the scholar, the soldier, the in none, but to me he was the strongest, broadest, and bravest when he national Re1>resentative, the United States Senator-elect, the President spoke for honest money, the fulfillment of the nation's promises, the of the people, the upright citizen, and the designation is everywhere resumption of specie payments, and the maintenance of the public faith. received with approval and acclaim. He contributed his share, in full measure, to secure national honesty By the action of the authorities of the State he loved so well and and preserve inviolate our national honor. None did more, few, if any, served so long, and now by the action of theNa tiona! Congress in which so much to bring the Government back to a sound, stable, and· consti­ he was so long a conspicuous figure, he keeps company to-day with '' the tutional money. He was a -very giant in those memorable struggles, immortal circle'' in the old Hall of Representatives, which he was wont and it reqUired upon his part the exercise of the highest courage. A to call the '' Third House,'' where his strong features and majestic form, considerable element of his party was against him, notably in his own represented in marble, will attract the homage of the present and suc­ State and some parts of his Congressional district. The mad passion of ceeding generations, as in life his great character and commanding inflation and irredeemable currency was sweeping through the West, qualities earned the admiration of the citizens of his own State and the with the greatest fury in his own State. He was assailed for his con­ nation at large, while tho lessons of his life and the teachings of his victions, and was threatened with defeat. He was the special target for broad mind will be cherished and remembered when marble and statues the bate and prejudiceofthosewho stood a.:,aainstthehonestfulfillment have crumbled to decay. of national obligations. In a letter to a friend on New Year's eve, General Garfield was born on the 19th day of November, 1831, in the 1867-'68, he wrote: village of Orange, in Northern Ohio, and died at Elberon, in the State I have just returned from a tedious trip to Ashtabula, where I made a two­ of New Jersey, on the 19th day of September, 1881. His boyhood hour speech upon finance, and when I came home, came through a. storm of paper-money denunciation in Cleveland, only to find on my arrival here a. six­ and youth differed little from others of his own time. His parents were teen-page letter, full of alarm and prophecy of my political ruin for my opinions not opulent. He worked from an early age, like most Western boys of on the currency. that peri?d·. He was neither ashamed nor afraid of manual labor, and To the same friend he wrote in 1878: engaged m 1t resolutely for the means to maintain and educate himself. On the whole it is probable I will stand again for the House. I am not sure, He entered Williams College, in the State of Massachusetts in 1854 however, but the nineteenth di trict will go back upon me upon the silver ques­ and graduated with honor two ye..'llrs later, when he assumed charge of tion. If they do, I shall count it an honorable discharge. Hiram College, in his own State. These and more of the same tenor, which I might produce from his cor- 764 CONGRESSIONAL ~ RECORD-HOUSE~ JANUARY 19, respondence, show the extreme peril attenrunghis position upon the cur- generous in his helpfulness to all, and to his encouragement and words rencyand silver questions, but he never flinched, he neverwavere<_l; he· :of cheer many are indebted for much of their success in life. In per­ faced all the dangers, assumedall the risks, votingandspeakingforwhat_ sonal·character he was clean and without reproach. As a citizen, he he believed would secure the highest good. He stood at the forefront, loved his country and her institutions and was proud of her progress with the waves of an ad verse popular sentiment bea,ting against him, and prosperity. As a scholar and a man of letters, he took high rank. threateninghispoliticalruin,fearlesslycontendingforsoundprinciplesof As an orator, he was exceptionally strong and gifted. As a soldier, he finance against public clamor and a time-serving policy. To me his stood abreast with the bravest and best of the citizen soldiery of the greatest effort was made on this floor in the Forty-fifth Congress, from Republic. As a legislator, his most enduring testimonial will be found his old seat yonder near the center aisle. He was at his best. He rose in the records of Congress and the stat utes of his country. As Presi4 to the highest requirements of the subject and the occasion. His mind dent, he displayed moderation and wisdom, with executive ability, and soul were absorbed with his topic. He felt the full responsibility which gave the highest "' urances of a most honored and successful of his position and the necessity of averting a policy (the abandonment administration. of specie resumption) which he believed would be disastrous to the On the 19th day of December, 1876, the State of Uassacbusetts pre­ highest interests of the country. Unfriendly criticism seemed only to sen ted the st.atues of John Winthrop and Samuel Adams, as her offerings give him breadth of contemplation and boldness ~nd force of utterance. to Memorial Hall. On that interesting occasion General Garfield said: Those of us who were so fortunate as to hear him can not efface the As from time to time our venerable and beautiful hall has been peopled wilh recollection of his matchless effort. Both sides of this Chamber were the statues of the elect of the States, it has seemed to me that a third House was · b tt tch d d ll beingorganized ,withinthewallsoftheCapitol,a. llousewho e members havo eager listeners, and crow d e d gall enes en oca every wor • an a received their high credentials at the hands of history and whose term of office were sensibly moved by his forceful logic and impassioned eloquence. will outlast the ages. · Year byyearwesee the electoftheircountry in eloquent He at once stepped to the front without rival or contestant, secure in silence taking theirplac~ in the American Pantheon, bringing within its sacred the place he had fairly earned. The press and the people received the circle the wealth of those immortal memories which made their lives illustrious. And year by year that august assembly is teaching a deeper and grander le!'

tuting the basis of the present Government Library, and will be fonnd In accepting and enjoying the priceless and glorious results which to be among the richest intellectual treasures of the world. This col­ the distinguished dead of our country achieved on land and sea, we must lection of books, so indispensable to every American statesman, I found accord to their memories the most hearty and generous recognition. was familiar to him. One favorite form of expression of the patriotic gratitude of this gen­ I had the honor to present to this House from the Library Committee eration is to erect monuments. Constitutional liberty, vindicated by a proposition in the interest of our national Library, which I urged in the pen or sword on the judicial bench or battlefield, or in the halls of a few words in my humble way, and, meeting with opposition that legislation, we find honored in monuments and statuary in all parts of alarmed me, our lamented late President unexpectedly came to my res­ the nation's capital. cue in words so pertinent, as matter of argument and so precious as his These exhibitions of our appreciation of the heroic virtues, glorious personal sentiments, that I now quote them from the CoNGRESSIONAL deeds, incorruptible purity, exalted patriotism, and self-sacrificing de­ RECORD of May 9, 1879. He said: votion to duty will secure to the present and coming generations the We nre here under circumstances where, withouttheslighestregardforparty, same qualities to guide, mold, and govern the destiny of this mighty we ought all to vie with each other in being proud of that great Library and do­ Republic. ing anything in the world that is reasonable to maintain it and render it more efl'ective. Herein lies our greatest security against every form of danger. The LetnsrememberthatthefoundationofthatLibrarywaslaidinthesmalllibrary ancient Roman gloried in the security afforded him by the declaration: of Thomas J efferson, and the spirit of scholarship and thoroughness that he "I am a Roman citizen." It secured him personal safety throughout showed in the careofhisown books, whicharestill preserved in the Library as a monument of his learning and wisdom, seems to have been secured in the the known world. Butitwasan insecure privilege. Fear ofphysical management of the Congressional Library itself. Perhaps gentlemen may not power-mere brutal force-was his only guarantee of safety. know that every one of the large body of books obtained from Thomas Jeffer­ Not so with an American. To be able to say" I am an American son, to form the foundatiotl of this Library, has his own mark at some distinct page away over in the book indicating his ownership. citizen " oommands the respect and love of all classes throughout the I recollect to have seen a littlethingwhichisworthyofmentionhere. In one civilized world. It is therefore a great privilege to belong to a country of these books, when it came here, there happened to be left a little piece ofpa.­ that can present to the world so many striking and illustrious examples per not more than five inches square, in Mr. Jefferson's handwriting. He had kept during the eight years of his Presidency this curious memorandum. He of the ennobling and elevating power of free institutions. bad drawn it off in the form of a table, with the year at the head, a column for Mr. EZRA B. TAYLOR. I now yield to my colleague, M:r. BUTTER­ each year, and the date of appearance of vegetables in theWashington market­ WORTH. in 1801, on such a date, asparagus, and so on through, showing that in the midst of great affairs, when President of the United States, he took care of little things. Mr. BUTTERWORTH. Ohio has placed in this Capitol a statue of These little observations marked him as a philosopher. James A. Garfield. It is a gift by the people of that State to the nation. Mr. Speaker, this gift from the State of Ohio istobedepositedinthe A resolution accepting the gift has passed the Senate and now waits the old Chamber occupied by the members of the lower House of Congress action of this House. Before t.he final vote ios taken l desire to speak prior to the 16th of December, 1857, but now dedicated as a depository for a few moments of the dead after whose living likeness the marble of the statues of American citizens most distinguished in civil or mil­ statue is fashioned. itary life. It seems but yesterday that Garfield stood in our midst, a leader of How appropriate the place. As the citizens from all portions of our his pru:ty and a teacher of the people. He was a leader on this floor­ beloved country enter this Capitol building they find it in keeping with not by virtue of those qualities that made Clay and Stevens great and the genius and spirit of our form of government. They find its chief successful parliamentary leaders. They sought the right as Garfield beauty and most imposing qualities consisting in its exhibition of did, but their imperious wills brooked no opposition and tolerated no strength, plainness, and durability. It at once demands and receives hesitation in the ranks of the column attheheadofwhich they marched. the closest attention and earnest admiration of every lover of our Re­ They led, if might be, and forced, if necessary, the column forward as publican simplicity. the exigency of the hour demanded or seemed to them to demand. As you pass from either branch of Congress to the other this room is In this Garfield differed from those two great le..'tders. In forensic on the line, and in passing through it you never fail to observe the large eloquence he was the equal of Clay and superior to Stevens. He was number of visitors charmed by the scepe. Not only the statues that more than the peer of either in ripe scholarship, was a more profound attract, charm, and force the admiration of all who pause and think, thinker, and had awiderrange ofexperience in themidstofthosegreat but the memories that cluster around every object and bring fresh to events which test the metal of statesmen and soldiers and try the mind the memorable scenes in the history of that hall all unite to con­ strength of governmental institutions and shape the course and fix the strain you to feel that you are jn the presence of objects rendered sacred destiny of nations. by their history. These objects-statues of our great and good men Few men were better equipped in matter of mental furnishings for from the colonial period down to the present-will, I trust., unit.e to parliamentary debate and party leadership. He always led the column, prove that- he never forced it forward. No one questioned the accuracy of his No sound is breathed so potent to coerce learning or doubted the integrity of his purpose. And to conciliate as their names who dare His strength as a leader was due to his unswerving love of right, and For that sweet mother-land which gave them birth Nobly to do, nobly to die. Their names, his unmatched ability in satisfying candid minds that he sought with Graven on memorial columns, are a. song singleness of purpose ways which wisdom commended and truth and llea.rd in the future; few, but more than wall justice approved. In thegreatconflict of principles mere expedients to And rampart, their examples reach a hand Far thro' all years, and everywhere they meet dodge or delay an issue found no favor with him. And kindle generous purpose, and the strength Truth is eternal, and her time is now. He recognized that in all To mold it into action pure as theirs. life's labors duty is ours, results are God's. He despised demagogy, and But these statues are not to all the most impressive and inspiriting as­ had little patience with those who seek exaltation by that ladder of sociations to be found in this old hall. The heart and mind are soon corrupt ambition. He loved his fellow-men. He never learned to filled with thoughts of the glowing, thrilling eloquence, undying patri­ hate even the meanest of mankind. otism, and stern, immovable integrity that charaderized the lives of The one weakness in his leadership was that howsoever he condemned many connected with that old hall whose statues are not there. They the act, his great unguarded kindness, unasked, forgave the actor. His too have enduring monuments. Their life-work forms the grandest, head won vantage ground, his heartnotunfrequently surrendered. most magnificent, and enduring of all monuments. Such lives speak In his judgments of men mercy so tempered justice as often to de­ in trumpet tones to all nations, for all nations, and for all time to come. stroy that needful quality. This controlling love of his fellow-men '' Though dead they yet speak.'' would tend to make him better fit in times of public· peril to write the And is he dead whose glorious mind law than to be the agent of its execution. He would have hailed with Lifts thine on high? delight a dispensation that would from punishment have divorced all To live in hearts we leave behind pain and left to just judgment no quality but mercy. Of the great Is not to die. attributes of his kindly heart, nothing manifested itself more grandly Although the gift and reception of this statue of our noble dead, the than the tender and constant love he bore his mother. lamented late President, is the performance of a holy work of love a I heard and sa.w him first, more than twenty years ago. In the patriotic and sacred duty, yet we should be led to look beyond thewdrk speech he made all hearts were moved by the splendid tribute that he of art and take fresh inspiration from the heroic deeds performed in civil paid to her. or military life. When unsought the people of his State chose him for United States The ~g~est, noblest, and best quality in a ~ation is gratitude, with­ Senator, his friends in this city were pleased to tender him a serenade. o_ut which 1t w~nld soon fall an e~y preJ: to e1ther violence or corrup­ On that occasion one of the speakers pronounced some words of well­ tiOn. Our nation has always manifested m the most conspicuous ways deserved praise of Garfield's mother. A moment afterward Garfield its unstinted gratitude to the men who founded the Government who approached the speaker and, unobserved of others, placed his arm about conceived and formulated the great principles upon which our m'stitu­ his neck, and with voice choked by emotion, and eyes wet with tears, tions rest, or who have done most in civil or military life to maintain he said: "God bless you for the good things you said about my mother." and preserve them. On his inauguration, when theoath that made him Chief Magistrate No nation can forget or neglect its benefactors and illustrious public of this great nation had been taken, he turned amidst that vast waiting servants and be itself worthy of admiration. It must itself liberally multitude and bending down to her he kissed his aged mother. Mali~ shower just rewards on all who serve with fidelity its truest and highest cious envy called this acting. How little such "critics" knew the interests in war or peace. heart of that great man. 766 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. JANUARY 19,

By that act of reverent :filial piety he touched the heru:tB of this na­ ments fashioned to make his name immortal. His grove will be tho tion. They knew what great emotions wrought him in that hour and patriot's shrine; his life and character be an inspiration to the lovers in that presence to bear witness to what a mother's love and care had of freedom throughout the world. The fathers of this land will seek done, could do, for a home and for a. people. his footsteps and our children learn of him. He bas taught our youth He was credulous and confiding as a child, and gave his confidence al­ to rise to exalted station by wise and virtuous action. He has taught most without resen·e, and seemed to deem a betrayal of that confidence them that the highway to eminence and worthy renown leads not alone impossible. from palaces, nor yet along the paths of luxury, but that it :finds its Lincoln and Garfield were essentially of the people, in the widest and way alike from the abode of poverty and the home ofwe..

Ur. EZRA B. TAYLOR. I now repeat my motion that the House County, Missouri, for an appropriation for the protection of their harbor concur in the Senate resolutions. or landing-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. The resolutions were concurred in. By 1\fr. HEWITI': Resolutions of the Maritime Association of New Ur. EZRA. B. TAYLOR moved to reconsider t.he vote by which the York, in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of Buttermilk resolutions were concurred in; and also moved that the motion to recon­ Channel-to the same committee. sider be laid on the table. By 1\Ir. HIESTAND: Remonstrance of 33 stockholders of the Lin­ The latter motion was agreed to. coln Bank of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, representing three hun­ 1\fr. EZRA. B. T.A. YLOR. I move that the House do now adjourn. dred and sixty-three shares of stock, against the removal to Ephratah, LanCilster County, Pennsylvania-to the Committee on Banking and FITZ-JOHN PORTER. Currency. :Mr. BRAGG. Before tbe question is taken on the motion to adjourn By Mr. LITTLE: Petition and papers for the payment of funeral I ask una,nimous consent to submit for present consideration the resolu­ expenses of Lieut. John G. Kyle- to the Committee on War Claims. tion which I send to the desk. By Mr. LOVERING: Papers relating to bill H. R. 4032, for the re­ · The Clerk read as follows: lief of Richard N euert-to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. 1\l:cCO:!If.A.S: Petitions of James Resley, of John Ash, of Resolved, That House bill No.7, report.ed for the relief of Fitz-Jobn Porter, be,and ishereby,madethespecialorderforSaturday,the23d,immediatelyaftertheread­ Christian Smith, and of James Hoffmaster, Washington County, :Mary­ ing of the Journal; and if t.be debate be not concluded on that day, that there be land, asking reference of their claims to the Court of Claims-to the a night session on 1\Ionday, the 25th, at 7.30 p.m., when the debate shall be con­ Committee on War Claims. cluded and the previous question ordered. By Mr. UcCREA.RY: Petition and papers of James Clark Smith, rel­ Tbe SPEAKER. The gentleman from Wisconsin asks unanimous ative to his claim-to the Committee on Claims. consent, as the Chair understands under the instructions of the Commit­ Also, petitions of R.N. Doughty, and of Samuel Baily, for relief­ tee on :Military Affairs, for the pre·ent consideration of the resolution to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. which has been read. By J\1r. UcRA.E: Petition of Mrs. Sallie J. Nunn, widow of Admi­ Several members objected. ral N. Nun.n, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. Mr. BRAGG. I will say to the gentlemen on the other side ofthe By Mr. MA.RKHA.l\I: Papersrelatingto thelandgrants ofSanJnan House that this was the arrangement made between the majority and the de las Boquillas y Nogales; of San Rafael del Valle; of San Jose c~e minority of the committee this morning. Sonoita; and of Los Nogales de Elias, Arizom. Territory-to the Com­ Several members called for the regular order. mittee on Private Land Claims. The SPEA.KER. The r~oular order being called for, the question is By 11:1r. U.A.TSON: Petition of William 1\f. Tate, ex-postma..c;ter of on the motion to adjourn. Bloomington, Ind., asking the passage of a joint resolution requiring The motion was agreed to; and accordingly (at3o'clockand30minutes the Postmaster-General to execute the law of March 3, 1883, relating p. m.) the House adjourned. to readjustment ·of saln.ries-t.o the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Also, petition of James 1\I. Snikes, second lieutenant Company K, PETITION'S, ETC. Seventy-first Regiment Indiana. Volunteers, asking for honorable dis­ The following petitions and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk, charge-to the Committee on 1\fili.tary Affairs. under the ruie, and referred as follows: By Mr. 1\ITLL.A.RD~ Uemorial of MrS. Angeline 1\I. Powers, widow By :Mr. C. II. ALLEN: Papers in the c..'lSe of Judith Plummer-to of J ohu Powers, Company G, Fiftieth Pennsylvania. Volunteers-to the the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. BARNES: Petition of Joseph n. Reynolds, of Georgia, for re­ By Mr. MORGAN: Petition of .A.. 1\I. Lyles, and others, for relief of lief-to the Committee on Claims. the heirs of Samuel .A.. Bell-to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. BLAND: Petition for relief of Terby Rusick-to the Com­ By 1\Ir. UORROW: Petition for the relief of Gottlob Groezinger­ mittee on War Claims. to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. W. W. BROWN: Papers relating to the claim of William Also, concurrent resolution of the Legislature of California, relative Kendall-to the same committee. to adulterationsof food-to the Committee on Ways and Means. By 1'11r. CALDWELL: Petition of J:. R. E. Darden and others, citi­ By Mr. J. J. O'NEILL: Petition of Woman's National League, by zens of Tennessee, for national aid to education-to the Committee on Charlotte Smith, president, for the establishment of a. bureau of 1.'1bor Education. for women-to the Committee on Labor. By 1\Ir. CLE::'IIENTS: Memorial of Robert Batey, W. D. Bard, and By 1\Ir. PERKINS: Resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of the heirs at law of John Hill-to the Committee on War Claims. Lawrence, Kans., asldng for an appropriation forthecompletionofHas­ By Mr. COLLINS: Petition ofS . .A.. Pleffer& Co. and 44 otherbusi­ kill Institute-to the Committee on Indian .Affairs. ness men and firms of Boston, for the appointment of a commission on By Mr. RICHARDSON: Reportofthe Adjutant-General, relative to the :fisheries question to confer with the Canadian authorities- to the the McMinnville and Manchester Railroad-to the Committee on War Committee on Foreign Affairs. Claims. · By 1\fr. C0::'11STOCK: Petition of Dwight Cutter and others, citizens Also, petition of Ln.odic..'\ Bivens, for relief-to the same committee. of Grand Haven, Mich., for the payment of arreara.ges of salaries to By Mr. RIGGS: Resolutions of Chicago Union Veteran Club, relative captains of Life-Saving Service on Lake Michigan-to the Committee to equalization of pensions-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. on Commerce. By 1\Ir. STEELE: Petitionforrelief of Lieut. Fred. S. Calhoun, Four­ By Mr. DARGAN: Petition for an appropriation for digging a canal teenth Infantry-to the Committee on Military .A.ffa.irs. to connect Winyah Bay, in South Carolina1 with Mosquito Creek, an af- By 1\Ir. E. F. STONE: Petition of postmaster J. Frank Dalton, for 1luent of Sant.ee River-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. correction of error in his accounts-to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. DIBBLE: Petition of 1\L C. Mordecai, praying for compen­ By l\1r. TUCKER: Papers relating to the claim of the legal repre­ sation for mail service from Charleston to Havana in 1859 and 1860--to sentatives of John Henry, deceased, with request for reference to Court the Committee on Claims. of Cla.ims-to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. DUNN: Bill for the relief of Ray Phillips-to the Commit­ By l\1r. WHEELER: Petition of 121 citizens, to have Big Bear Creek tee on Invalid Pensions. opened from tbemouth of Blare Creek to the Tennessee River-to the By Mr. FARQUHAR: 1\Iemoria.I ofthe York Division Travelers' Pro­ Committee on Rivers and Harbors. tective Association of 1, 700 members, praying for the passage of bills for­ By ~Ir . A.. C. WHITE: Petition and affidavit of Mrs. Esther Ann bidding taxes by States and municipalities upon commercial travelers­ Reynolds, widow of Thomas H . Reynolds, for relief-to the Committee lio the Committee on Commerce. on War Claims. By 1\:fr. FELTON: Papers relating to the "Tres Alamos" land grant, Also, petition and papers of Dr. W. S. Hiscock, for relief-to the Arizona-to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Committee on War Claims. By Mr. FORAN: Petition and memorial of 500 ex-U ~ Jn soldiers By Mr. WORTHINGTON: Petition of Edward B. Hughes, for re­ and sailors of Cleveland, Ohio, praying that lands be set apart for sol­ moval of the cha.rge of desertion-to the Committee on Military Affairs. diers and sailors of the late war and that aid be furnished them to locate upon and occupy said lands-to the Committee on the Public Lands. By 1\fr. FULLER: Memorial of soldiers of the late war, residing in The following petitions, praying Congress to place the coinage of silver Iowa, praying for the allowance of 160 acres of land as a. homestead to upon anequaJitywithgold; that there beissuedcoincerti:ficatesofone, soldiers and sailors of the late war-to the sa,me committee. two, and five dollars, the same being made a legal tender; that one and By 1\ir. GALLINGER: Papers relating to bill H. R. 1462, granting a two dollar legal-tender notes be issued, and that the public debt be paid pension to Addie L. Macomber-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. as mpidly as possible by applying for this purpose the idle surplus now By Mr. EUSTACE GIBSON: PetitionofGnyR. Hanshaw, fora pen­ in the Treasury, were presented and severally referred to the Committee sion-to the same committee. on Coinage, Weights, and Measures: By Mr. HARMER: Petition of J ed.diah Rumble, for increase of pen­ By 1\I.r. COl\ISTOCK: Of E. Paneborn and 62 others, of Sand Lake, sion-to the Committee on Pensions. Mich. By Mr. HEARD: Petition of the citizens of Arrow Rock, Saline By 1\Ir. SESSIONS: Of citizens of Chautauqu::t County, New York.