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CHAPLAIN. Second Lieut. -George T: Everett, Fifteenth Infantry, to be Rev. Willinm Richard Arnold, of Indi:ma, to be chaplain first lieutenant from April 5, 1913, vice First Lieut. William W. with the rank of first lieutenant fr'Om April 8, 1013, yice Chap Taylor, jr., Twelfth Infantry, promoted. lain Edward R. Chase, Thirteenth Infantry, who died December APPOINTMENT IN THE NA. VY. 26, 1912. Richard Grady, a citizen of 1\Iaryla.nd, to be a dental surgeon PROMOTIONS IN THE ARMY. in the Navy for duty at ·the United States Nasal Academ:i" SIGNAL CORPS. with the rank of lieutenant (junior grade), from the 4th day Maj. George 0. Squier, Signal Corps, to be lieutenant colonel of March, 1913, in accordance with a provision contained in au from l\Iarch 17, 1013, vice Lieut. Col. Frank Greene, retired act of Congress approved on that date. from active senice l\Iarch 16, 1913. Capt. Walter L. Clarke, Signal Corps, to be major from March 17, 1913, vice 1\Iaj. George 0. Squier, promoted. HOUSE OF REPRESli:NTATIVES. CAVALRY ARM. MoNDAY, April 14, 1913. Capt. Lawrence J. Fleming, Sixth CaYalry, to be major from March 16, 1913, vice Maj. Charles W. Farber, Eighth Carnlry, The House met at 12 o'clock noon. The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., offered the fol retired from actiYe service 1\Iarch 15, 1913. lowing prayer: First Lieut. William E. W. l\1acKin1ay, Eieyenth Cavalry, to be captain from March 16, 1913, vice Capt. Lawrence J. Flem Eternal God, our heavenly Father, always present anc1 ever ing, Sixth Cayalry, promoted. ready to help those who seek Thy help, impart unto us plen First Lieut. Gordon Johnston, Fifteenth CaTalry, to be cap teously of Thy grace, that with courage and fortitude we may tain from l\Iarch 27; 1913, vice Capt. Edwin A. Hickman, First live our convictions, according others the same right to think and act their convictions that we claim for oursel7es · that Carnlry, detailed in the Signal Corps on that date. with open _minds and hearts we may give and take with per Second Lieut. Verne R. Bell, First Cavalry, to be first lieu fect urbamty, an\} pass on to the larger life, in Christ Jesus tenant from 1\Iarch 16, 1913, vice First Lieut. William E. W. our Lord. · Amen . .MacKinlay, Eleventh CavalI·y, promoted. The Journal of the proceedings of Thursday, April ·10, 1913, Second Lieut. Henry W. Baird, Fifth CaYalry, to be first lieu was read and approved. tenant from March 27, 1913, vice First Lieut. Gordon Johnston, Fifteenth Cavalry, promoted. SWEARING IN OF YEMBEBS. FIELD ARTILLERY ARM. The SPEAKER. There are certain Members here who desire Lieut. Col. Lucien G. Berry, Fourth Field Artillery, to be to be sworn in. If they will present themselyes, the oath of colonel from .March 16, 1913, vice Col. Alexander B. Dyer, office will be administered to them. Fourth Field Artillery, retired from acti>e service l\Iarch 15, Mr. DANFORTH, 1\Ir. NELSON, Mr. SUMNERS, and Mr. GB.A.Y 1913. appeared at the bar of the House and took the oath of office. Maj. William Lassiter, Field Artillery, unassigned, to be lieu LEA VE TO EXTEND REMARKS. - tenant colonel from 1\Iarch 16, 1913, vice Lieut. Col. Lucien G. Berry, Fourth Field Artillery; promoted. Mr. WALLIN. Mr. Speaker, I wish to present a paper, and Capt. Manus McCloskey, Third Field Artillery, to be major ask unanimous consent to have it inserted in the RECORD. _ from March 16, 1913, vice Maj. Otho W. B. Farr, Fifth Field The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New York asks rnrnni Artillery, detached from his proper command. mous consent to insert in the RECORD a paper which the Chair Charles Dudley Daly, late second lieutenant in the Artillery undertands consists of certain tables touching the tariff ques Corps, to be first lieutenant of Field Artillery, with rank from tion. Is there objection? March 5, 1913. There was no objection. COAST ARTILLERY CORPS. The tables referred to are as follows: Tariff compa1"isons based 01~ handbook issued by the Ways and Me.ans Capt. Albert G. Jenkins, Coast Artillery Corps, to be major Committee. from l\farch 7, 1913, vice Maj. James A. Shipton, detached from DYES. his proper command. (This officer was nominated to the Senate l ~farch 10, 1913, for promotion with rank from March 2, 1913, 1896, 1905, 1910, 1912, Undel'- and his nomination was confirmed 1\Iarch 15, 1913. This nomi Wilson Dingley Payne Payne wood nation is submitted for the purpose of correcting the date of bill. bill. bill. bill. bill. rank of th nominee.) I I INFANTRY ARM. Average rate____ ._per cent_ 25 30 30 Imports ____ ------$729,1183 $1,690,549 $1,818,310 $2,069 .627 I'2, 070,000- Lieut. Col. John S. Parke, Infantry, unassigned, to be colonel '°I '° from April 4, 1913, vice Col. Samuel W. Dunning, Infantry, SINGLE YARNS OF JUTE NOT F~NER THAN 5 LEA OR NUMBER. unassigned, detached from his proper command. Capt. Lewis S. Sprley, Fourteenth Infantry, to be major from Average rate _____ per cent-I 30 I 29.241 32.381 29.90 / 15 1\~arch 11, 1913, vice Maj. Benjamin C. Morse, Infantry, unas Imports------· ---- $41,408 $50,026 $233,915 $74,357 $82,500 signed, promoted. Capt. William 1\I. Morrow, Fifth Infantry, to be major from SINGLE YARNS MADFJ OF JUTE FINER THAN 15 LEA OR NUMBER. March 15, 1913, vice Maj: Dwight E. Holley, Eleventh Infantry retired from active service l\larch 14, 1913. ' First Lieut. Ward Dabney, Twenty-first Infantry, to be cap t.::::-0~~-~~~~::::~-:-~~1 .., .•: / ·"".:. I .... .: / udi I sn.~ tain from March 16, 1913, vice Capt. Arthur Cranston Sixth COTTON THllEAD AND YARNS. Infantry, resigned March 15, .1913. ' First Lieut. Paul M. Goodrich, Eleventh Infantry, to be cap Average rate_____ per cent_, 37 .851 34.20 / 32.181 31-1>4 / 19;29 tain from 1\Iarch 19, 1913, vice Capt. Wilson B. Burtt Twen Imports------$850,081 $2,170,136 $4,289,~ $4,013,926 $4,386,~ tieth Infantry, detailed in the Signal Corps on that date: · First Lieut. Frank H. Kalde, Sixth Infantry to be captain SINGLE YARNS MADE OF FLAX OR MIXTURE OF ANY OF THEM, NOT FINER THAN 8 LEJA OR . UMBER. from April 3, 1913, vice Capt. Isaac A. Saxto~, Twenty-sixth Infantry, retired from active service April 2, 1913. 22_89, Average rate ____ _per rent-I 851 41.391 23.31 15 • First Lieut. William W. Taylor, jr., Twelfth Infantry to Imports-- ~ ·------$455,695 $205 $75 I $342 $380 be captain from April 5, 1913, vice Capt. Walter B. Elliott,' In fantry, unassigned, retired from active service April 4, 1913. SAME, FINER '£HAN 8 LEA On. NUJIIBER AND NOT Ii'INER . THAN 80 LEA OR Secopd Lieut. Charles L. Wyman, Twenty-eighth Infanh·y to NUMBER. . be first lieutenant from March 16, 1913, vice First Lieut. 1 W~rd 1 Dabney, Twenty-first Infantry, promoted. Average rate____ _per cent-1------1 40 I 40 40 I 25 Imports------$73,917 $71,177 $H8,661 $J62,500 Second Lieut. Edward H. Teall, Twenty-sixth Infantry to be 1 first lieutenant from l\Iarch 19, 1913, vice First Lieut. P~ul M. Goodrich, Eleventh Infantry, promoted. SAJIIE, FINER THAN 80 LEA OR NUMBER. Second Lieut. John W. Lang, Ninth Infantry, to be first lieu 10 tenant from April 3, 1913, Tice First Lieut. Frank H. Kalde, $51.951151 $70,000 Sixth Infan try, promoted. 172 CONGRESSIONAL RECOR])-HOUSE. APRIL 14,
Tariff comparisons ba ca on Tiandb!Jol• issued TJ!f the Ways an.a Means Mr. WILLIS. Mr. Spe:iker, I ask unanimous consent to . Committee-Continued. · extend my remarks in the RECORD by printing a Jetter written YARNS WHOL!!..Y OR IN PART OP WOOL. by the Hon. William Randolph Hearst to the editor of the ' Washington Post, appearing in the Washington Post of April 14. 1896, 1905, 1910, 1912, Under Wilson Dingley Payne Payne wood The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Ohio asks unanimous bill. bill. bill. bill. bill. consent to extend his remarks in the RECORD by publishing a letter written by the Hon. William Randolph Hearst and published in the Washington Post of April 14. .Avenge-rate_ ____ per cent_ 39.90· 93.69 82.38 79.44 20 Imports------~ l,03"1,077 $133,721 $326,886 $5!M70" $600,000 Mr. SHERLEY. Mr. Speaker-- Mr. HARDWICK. Mr. Speaker, I object. COTTON CLOTH. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Georgia [Ur. HARD WICK] objects. :Average rate_____ per centJ 41.621 38.5-l I 42.13 1 4.2.74 1 26.U Mr. MANN. We .will get it in the RECORD later, all right. Imports ______- 1~ 0 9U,125 f ,217,735. $9,681,846 7,638,631 $10.645.000 Mr. DYER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to extend my remarks in the RECORD by inserting an article on the subject , CLOTHING, ANO ARTICLES OF WEA.JUNG A.PPAREL WHOLLY OR IN PART 011' of pensions to mothers with dependent children. WOOL. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from l\Ii souri [Mr. DYER] nsks unanimous consent to extend his remarks in the RECORD Averagcrate____ pcrcent_, 4.7 -97 1 82.20 I sl.31 1 79.56 1 35 Imports------·- $3,748,782 $1,691,751 $1,776,2'36 $2,190,302 $4,000,000 by publishing an article on the subject of pensions to dependent . widows and their children. SHIRTS AND DRAWERS-COTTON. Mr. SHERLEY. l\Ir. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I desire to suggest this to the Honse, at a time when my action 25 can not be construed as being in any sense per onal: I think AvImportsorngera"------1-----·------·- • $523, 40"3"'I $612,389-fil .. I egGl,5876027 1 $700,000 - ..:j there has been a great abuse in the use of the RECORD, and as far as I can as an individual Member, I want to pi;event the CARPiilTS-AUBUSSON, AXIIHNSTE R, CHENILLE, lfOQUET'l'l!l. use of the RECORD for purposes other than what seem to be its proper purposes. Where there are extensions of remarks, or , M.6>, SJj .... $62, 700 $65,864 $90,000 where there are articles directly relating to matters. before the t;;~;,i;_: ~-~~:::::~_.. _ ~::! $258,975 $38,178 .... I '"I House, and about which gentlemen have spoken, I see no objec CA.RPETS-SAXO~Y, WILTON, 'l'OURNAY. tion; but touching matters which tend to make the proceedings appear to be something they are not, and to deceive the public , 30 as to what occurs on the floor, I shall in the fnture ·object. Imports ______7<.071 70.1' .... t•-- I Avo rnge rn ---P" "'"'-I $44,690 $4-0, 711 $22,307 ~o.ooo Mr. DYER. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? -.~I Mr. SHERLEY. Yes. CA.ItPWrS--BRUSSELS, FIGUTIE!D OR PLAIN. Mr. DYER. I will state to the gentleman that I am sure· he will it 25 not object to this, because is an article on public pensions Average rate _____ per cent. 79.ITT 76.291 $143,165•• I $li,'l05 I $8,222 $2",290..... I $10,000 to mothers with dependent children:, concerning which there Imports-----···---·----- is now in many States a movement to provide for such pen CARPETS--VELVEJT AND TAPEST RY. sions. Mr. SHERLEY. I have no objection to publishing, when the ..... , .... , 30 House sees fit, various articles on various subjects as documents, ~.. ~-'-~~=::~-'.".".~:! $45,495.. "I $41,058 $68,338 $90,000 but I do think that the CoNGRESSIONAL RECORD ought to be kept """·.:I as a method of showing the proceedings of this House, and CARPETS-'P.!.PESTRY B.RUSSELS. ought not to be abused to the extent it has been in the past. Mr. DYER. I heartily agree with the gentleman on that. 20 ...il 83.63, Av.,...,.'""-----""' $24,513~ $121 $187 I $225 $4,000 Mr. MANN. Will the gentleman yield? Imports ------·------"'"'-I .. I .. I l\Ir. SHERLEY. Certajnly. ~ CARPETS-TREDL!il INGRA.IN. l\Ir. MAl\"'N. Considering that the House is now meeting only twice a week and adjourning over for three days at a. time, 6'.M, 60 .. , 20 there is very little in the REcmro, the business of the Honse t;;~.~1;_,_·~:::::~". _"'_~~1 $17,745,.... I $11,000.. il I $1,675 $8,942 $25,000 being transacted in a secret Democrntic caucus. In view of that fact, does not the gentleman think that, in •the ordinary CA.RPETS-WOOL DUTC'H AND TWO-PLY. amenities of the situation, it is permissible for members of the minority, who are awaiting the pleasure of the Democratic cau Average rate _____per cent-I .,_,. I ..... , 20 cus, to print things in the RECORD that may be instructive and $2,270nj $430 $1 ,000 ImportS------··-----·- "'·.:I *22 interesting? CARPETS OF' EVERY DESCRIPTION WOVEN WHOLE FOR ROOMS, AND on.I:f!'NTAL Mr. SHERLEY. In so far as the gentleman's question is BERLIN. AOBUSSON, AX.llllNSTE.R, AND SIMILAR RUGS. meant seriously-- Mr. MANN. It is meant seriously. Average-rate _____ pel' cent-I 40 I 62'.74 1 60.57 1 58...10 I 50 l\Ir. SHERLEY. I think it is desirable that the RECORD Imports ______------$258,975 $2, 708, 744 $4,392, 786 $3, 781,059 $!1,()()(},000 should sbow the proceedings of Congi·ess. Mr. HARDWICK. And nothing else. SKIN • J'OR MOR;OCCo--TANNED, UNFINISHED. Mr. SHERLEY. And that it ought not be padded with a lot of matte1· which individual Members may think important and Average rate_____ per cent_, 10 I 10' I 5.37 1 5 1 5 lmpol't.S----·--·-·------$3,l'T0,447 $2,221,409" $1,8M,222 $1,972,130 $2,000,000 which may or not be important. Mr. l\IANN. Since the RECORD does not now show the proceed SKINS_ FOR MOROCCC>--FINISHED. ings of Congress, as the proceedings of the House at the present time are not being pnbli hed, because they are taking place in a 15 · :Average :ra&e ___Jler cent-I 20 I 20 I 15.381 15 1 secret Democratic caucus, does not the gentleman think mem • Imports------, $73, 735 $105,000 , $95,869 $64,801 $60,000 bers of the minority ongbt to be allowed the comtesy of insert ing other things in the RECORD? • GLOVES. Mr. SHERLEY. I a.m glad to see that the time has arrived when the gentleman from Illinois admits that Republicans do Average rate_____ l)el' cent_, 35.38 1· 52.58 1 49 .52 1 44 .15 1 31. 77 Imports------$6,009,232 $4,800,794 $7,755,23!> $7,8il,830 $9,106,000 not count in the House of Representatives. [Applause and laughte1~ on the Democratic side.] • PIANOFORTE AND GLOVE LEATHER. l\Ir. MAl~. We do not count at all in the Democratic caucus. Mr. SHERLEY. The gentleman is undert~1 king to confuse the proceedings of the caucu s with the proceedfags of the House. $695rof No data.rof $1,686.,418wl $1, 798,572ro l$2,000.000 w Mr. MANN. No; It ls the Democrats who are undertaking to confuse the Democratic caucus with the House. It is not this BROOMS. side of the House at all. [Applause on the Republican side. I Mr. SHERLEY. The trouble with the gentleman from Illi Average rate ___ __per cent-I 20 40 15 Imports______$12,660- I $1,19Z I nois is that he finds himself loath to admit that any situation $6,000 is proper iii which he is not allowed full sway to speak. r • 1913 .. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 173-
Mr. MANN. Well, very likely it would add very much t o The SPEAKER. I s it a privileged r esolution? the interest of the proceedings of the Democratic caucus if Mr. AUSTIN. I will have to ask the Speaker to determine anyone from this side of the House could be admitted to its that after it is read. deliberations. [.Applause on the Republican side.] The SPEAKER. The resolution is not privi le.ged. nnd will Ur. SHERLEY. Mr. Speaker, I object to this request for have to take the usual course under the rule. unanimous consent. Mr. A!Al\TN. A parliamentary inquiiy, .Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Kentucky objects, and The SPEAKER. The gentleman ....will state it. that is the end of it. Mr. l\IANN. The gentleman from Tennessee having been rec l\Ir. KENT. .Mr. Speaker, prior to the organization of the ognized by the Speaker-- Sixty-third Congress a number of Members of Congress here in Mr. FITZGERALD. The gentleman from Tennessee was not the city organized to obtain funds for the relief of the flood recognized. sufferers. I a k unanimous con ent to publish a statement of The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Tennessee has not been funds collected and the disbursements of that committee. recognized. 'l'he Chair asked him distinctly tor what purpose 'The SPEAKER The gentleman from California asks unani he rose. mous consent to extend his remarks in the RECORD. Is there l\lr. .MANN. The gentleman from Tennessee having arisen objection? and addressed t;he Speaker, no one else having addressed the Mr. BARTLETT. Let us hear what it is. Speaker, under the rules of the House is not the gentleman from .Mr. KENT. I ask that it be read for information; it is only Tennessee entitled to recognition? four Jines in length. The SPEAKER. No. Mr. BA·RTLETT. No; that gets it into the RECORD. Mr. MANN. There being no regular order of business before The SPEAKER. What does the gentleman's paper refer to? the House? Mr. KE.NT. ·u is a statement of the funds raised among the The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Tennessee arose, and Members of the House for the sum~rers by flood and the dis the Chair may possibly have said " The gentleman from Ten position of this fund. It is only four lines long. nessee" before he asked him for what purpose he rose. The l\lr. LANGLEY. That bas nothing to do with the proceedings whole statement is to be taken together. The Chair ru;ked him before the House. Why does not the gentleman from Kentucky for what purpose he rose. [Mr. SHERLEY] object? Then the gentleman sent up the resolution, and the Clmir, l\lr. BARTLETT. I will object, and that will save the gentle having in mind the Unanimous Consent Calendar, obtained the man from Kentucky from objecting. resolution from the Clerk and read enough of it to determine l\Ir. l\IO~TJ)ELL. l\lr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to that it was not a privileged resolution. The Chair then an extend my remarks in the RECORD on the subject of woman suf- nounced that it would take the usual course and must go ~~ . through the basket. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Wyoming asks unani Mr. l\lA.NN. l\lr. Speaker, the resolution might properly be mous consent to extend his remarks in the RECORD on the sub put in the basket, but the Speaker will remember that at this ject of woman suffrage. Is there objection? time there is nothing before the House which takes :precedence Mr. SHERLEY. Mr. Speaker, that I may not be misunder of anything else that I know of, unless it be a motion to stoocl, I know from the practice of the gentleman that his re adjourn. marks will be so indicated that it will be evident that they are Mr. HARRISON of New York. Mr. Speaker, I mo.ve that the inserted under the lea>e to print. House do now adjourn. l\lr. l\lO~DELL . They wil1. The SPEAKER. As there are a great man:y new !embers l\Ir. SHERLEY. With that unde1·standing, I do not object. present, the Chair will take the privilege of stating that at the l\1r. LAFFERTY. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to ob- end of the Sixtieth Congress, according to his reco11ection, the ject-- House established a Calendar for Unanimous Consent. One day l\lr. .MADDEl"\T. A parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker. last summer there were several matters pressing here in which Tbe SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it. the Government was financially interested~ and on which~ if they, Mr. MADDE~. I would like to ask the Speaker if he will were not put through, the Government would lose money be state to the House under what rule of the House a Member re cause of the deterioration of work. The Chair at that timo serves the right to object and then goes O"l to discuss the merits stretched the rule sufficiently to Jet in four or five of those of the question? things. Then a distinguished Member of the House rose and The SPEAKER 'l'hat has been the practice ever since the protested against the proceedin
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l\fr. LLOYD: l\Ir. Speaker, ·1 desire to submit a prhileged Mr. LLOYD. They are provided for at $100 a month. resolution from the Committee on Accounts, which I send to the Mr. l\IA...~N. I thought the prior resolution provided for them desk and ask to have read. at $125. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. LLOYD. No; in both the rate is fixed at $100 a month. House resolution 38 (R. Rept. 3). Mr. l\IANN. Are the duties the same? · R esttlv ed, That the Clerk of the House is hereby authorized to pay. l\fr. LLOYD. They are similar duties. out of the contingent fond, to Anna M. Coultry, widow of P. L. Coul Mr. l\!ANN. There is no di'3tinction? try, late an assistant foreman of the folding· room of the House, u sum equal to six months of his salary as such employee and an addi Mr. LLOYD. None whatever. tional amount. not exceeding $250, for the funeral expenses of said Mr. 1\1~. Except that the three are not carried in the P. L. Coultry. annual appropriation bill for the regular session? Mr. LLOYD. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Coultry, a House employee, Mr. LLOYD. Yes, sit'. died in the early days of March last. This is the usual resolu Mr. MANN. And this one messenger heretofore has been paid tion that is adopted in the event of the death of a House em 0~1t of the contingent fund? ployee, whereby the widow is paid an amount equal to six Mr. LLOYD. Yes, sir; ancl this now provides that the four months of the deceased's salary, and funeral expenses, not ex . shall be so pa id. ceeding $250. Mr. 1\1.ANN. Does the Maltby Building require the additional The SPEAKER. The question is on the resolution. three messengers? The question was taken, and the resolution was agreed to. .!\fr. LLOYD. The postmaster insists that it does. He has MESSENGERS FOR POSTMASTER OF HOUSE. one man oYer there who has charge of the stamps and reO'\stered letters and that kind of work, and two other men, one- of whom l\lr. LLOYD. l\lr. Speaker, I submit the following privileged receives mail and the other distributes it. resolution from the Committee on Accounts, which I send to the l\Ir. l\1AJ\"N. The gentleman's committee has not yet become desk and ask to have read. liberal enough to provide for the delivery of mail in the Capitol The Clerk read as follows: Building itself, I belieYe? · House r esolution 24 (H. Rept. 2). Mr. LLOYD. No, sir. The gentleman from Illinois and R esolved, That the Postmaster of the House be, and he ls hereby, authorized to appoint seven messengers, who shall be paid out of the myself occupy the same position, along with the Speaker. Our conting-ent Cund of the House at the rate of $100 per month from and mail is not delivered to us at all. including the 1st day of April, 1913, during the first session of the l\Ir. l\f.ANN. We have to go and get our mail. Sixty-third Congress. Mr. HAMILTON of Michigan. There are some compensating The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the reso advantages, howeYer. lution. The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the reso- Mr. MAl~N. l\lr. Speaker, I would ask the gentleman from 1ution. Missouri if this is the usual resolution or the usual number of Mr. HELM ro e. extra employees thnt is provided for the postmaster? The SPEAKER. For what purpose does the gentleman rise? Mr. LLOYD. This is the usual number. It is the number l\Ir. HELl\I. I would like to ask the g~ntleman from Mis ouri we always have during the regular sessions of Congress. It is [Mr. LLOYD] a question, if he will yield. not provided for in the appropriation bill, because the appro The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman from l\Iissouri yield? priation bill did not provide for the extra session of Congress. . Mr. LLOYD. Yes, sir. There are some amendments to this which I desire to have the l\1r. HEL~I. I have had some difficulty, and I think it is Clerk report. quite generally true that mnil that pa ses through the post The Clerk rend as follows: office, where it is of real value, such as these United State Line 4, after the word "and,'' strike out the word "included" and maps and some kinds of books, often goes astray. I have bad insert the word "after." Linc 5, after the word "thirteen," insert the word "antl." so many instances of that kind that I seldom, if ever, give au Mr. LLOYD. Mr. Speaker, the purpose of the amendments order for the mailing or delivery of one of those large mnps is to provide that these individuals may receive pay from th'? without having to put a registered stamp on it. Is the gentle 1st day of April. The resolution is intended to provide that man from l\lissouri familiar enough with the situation to know i)ay, but it is so worded that there is doubt as to whether ot· where that fault lies? not it doe!'; it. The purpose of the amendments is to make sure. l\Ir. LLOYD. No, sir; I am not. But if the gentleman r:m These individuals have . been at work since the 1st day of point out where the fault lies-- April, and tlte membership of the House-nearly all of it-was 1\Ir. HEL'l\I. That is what I am trying to find out-- here and the sen-ices needed to be rendered. They were ren 1\Ir. LLOYD. And if the fault lies with any appointee of thi House of Representatives, I think we wiII take steps pretty dered· by these individuals. quickly to get rid of the individual responsible for the wrong- Mr. l\IANN. If the individuals rendered the services, I do doing. • not know that anyone can object, although I think there wer0 comparatively few Members of Congress present on the 1st l\fr. LANGLEY. I will say to my colleague from Kentucky day of April. [l\lr. HELM] that I think the fault is due to the fact that there The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the amend is a Democratic administration of the House post office. That is the reason it is not running smoothly. [Laughter on the ments. Republican sid•:.] The amendments were agreed to. The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the amended l\ir. LLO,YD. I beg the gentleman's pardon. We had the same resolution. ' trouble under the Republican admini tration of the Hou. e. The resolution as amended was agreed to. .Mr. BAR'l'LET'.r. We had more trouble under the Republi hlr. LLOYD. 1\lr. Speaker, I offer the following · privileged can administration. [Laughter and applause.] :Ir. LANGLEY. I never heard of it. resolution. Mr. HELl\I. l\Ir. Speaker, will the gentleman yield further? The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report it. The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman from Missouri yield The Clerk read as follows: to the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. HELM]? House resolution 23 (H. Rept. 1) . l\Ir. LLOYD. Yes, sir. R es olved, That the Postmaster of the House be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint fom· messengers, who shall be paid out of the l\Ir. HELM. Judging from the remarks of my colleague from contingent fund of the House 11 t the rate of $100 P. er month during Kentucky L~Ir. LANGLEY], and the remarks in response thereto the first session of the Sixty-third Congress. by tbe gentleman from Georgia [1\lr. BARTLETT], it seems that l\Ir. LLOYD. l\lr. Speaker, this provides for four messengers this is no new tl1ing, and I judge from what has occurreu in the House post office. Three of those will be new employees here that in the matter that I have brought to the attention or n ppoi ntees. Under the regulations heretofore, we have pro of the gentleman from 1\Iissouri I am not the only victim. I videcl by House resolution for one messenger, but three addi further conclude that in this matter tbat I haye inquired about tionn I messengers are needed because of the addition to the there are others who are in the same boat ns myself, who hav~ membership in the Hou e and because of the necessity for tlie had the same trouble and experience that I have had. It i a use of the .Maltby Building. The purpose of this resolution is condition that ought to be remedied in some way, it occurs to me. to [lrovide mail facilities for those Members who are at th~ l\fr. LLOYD. So far as "the gentleman from Missouri" is :Mn liby Building. coucei·ned, I may say that I have neYer beard, during tho l\lr. l\IANN. Mr. Speaker, will the gentlem:m yield? administration of the House by the Democrats, of the nou Tbe SPEAKER. Does the gentleman yield? delkery of maps. 1\lr. LLOYD. Yes. l\ir. HELl\I. Vi7hat I ham said had reference to the formet· Mr. .!HANN. What are the duties of the three .employees regime; l ha ye no such trouble under this regime; but I am just provided for in the prior resolution at $125 per month? afraid that something of that kind may occur hereafter. i.
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Mr. MARTIN of South Dakota. Mr. Speaker, will the ~n- The Clerk read the titles of the' following bills: 1.leman yield? A. bill authorizing the extension of First Street east, and for other The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman from Missouri yield pm·poses. A bill to authorize tbe extension ol Twenty-fifth Street SE. and of to the gentleman from South Dakota? White Place. · Mr. LLOYD. Yes. A. bill granting an increase of pension to Frederick C. Hnmmeter. .l\Ir. MARTIN of South Dakota. I would like to ask the gen A bill to pension widow and minor children of any ofDcer or enlisted tleman from Missouri whether, uncler his obserrntion, be con man who served in tlie War with Spain or Philippine insurrection. siders that the mail at the Hous~ Office ~uilding is delivered · The SPEAKER. This last bill is the one that had Mr. Crago's as early as it should be? My room in the House Office Build name attached to it. Mr. Crago is no longer a Member of the ing is located on the third floor, and according to my observa House. tion for some months past my mail 'is delivered there by 9.15 LEA.VE OF ABSENCE. o'clock in the morning. If a Member has bis mail sent to his By unanimous consent, l\Ir. MARTIN of New Jersey was gi·anted hotel, it will arrive there at something like 7.30 o'clock in the leave of absence for one week, on account of im:portant busi- morning. Does not the gentleman think there is a possibility ness. that in the opemtion of the postal service under the control of .ADJOURNMENT. the administration of this House the mail should be delivered to the House Office Building earlier than 9.15? l\1r. HARRISON of New York. l\1r. Speaker, I move that Mr. LLOYD. It could be arranged for; but I think it has the House do now adjourn. been the custom to have it delivered, for a number of years The motion was agreed to ; accordingly (at 12 o'clock and 35 past, at that time. minutes p. m.) the House, under the order previously agreed to, Ur. MARTIN of South Dakota. I .do not want to bring up adjourned until Thursday, April 17, 1913, at 12 o'clock noon. invidious comparisons. I am more interested in the service than in a ~omparison, but my recollection is that heretofore, at least before the last two years, our mail was delivered to the EXECUTIVE COl\iMUNICATIONS. House Office Building much earlier than it is at the present Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV, executive communications were time. taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: 1\fr. LLOYD. If there are any complaints about the service 1. A· letter from the Secretary of War, transmltting a Jetter of the post-office department of the House, the Committee on from the chairman of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Na Accounts will be glad to have them presented. If there is any tional Park Commission inclosing a letter from the superintend thing that ought to be remedied, and can be remedied, it shall be ent of the park relative to the appropriations fo1· said park (H. done. Doc. No. 13); to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered Mr. MARTIN of South Dakota. I desire to make a sugges to be printed. tion-- 2. A letter fTom the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a Mr. LLOYD. I am speaking authoritatively when I make letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary ex that statement. amination of Missouri River at St. Joseph, Mo., with a view to Mr. :MARTIN of South Dakota. As a Member of the House, preventing a diversion of the river through Lake Contrary and I desire to suggest that the delivery of mail to .Members, often contiguous lakes (H. Doc. No. 14) ; to the Committee on Rivers relating to the business of the day's session, at their offices at and Harbors and ordered to be printed with illustrations. _ 9.15 in the morning is a very tardy delivery, and I should like 3. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a to ask the gentleman whether that can·not be improved upon. letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of Mr. LLOYD. I will make inquiry about it and see whether Jackson Creek Bar, Va., with a view of cutting through same to it can be done, and if it is the desire of the Members of the ·House provide a harbor at Deltaville (H. Doc. No. 15); to the Com to have an earlier delivery we shall have it earlier. mittee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed with Mr. 1\I.ARTIN of South Dakota. Will the gentleman note my illustration. desire for· an earlier delivery? 4. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the reso- letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of lution. Lake Worth Inlet, Fla. (H. Doc. No. 16); to the Committee on Mr. HAMLIN. Will the gentleman yield for a question? Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. . Mr. LLOYD. Yes. 5. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a Mr. HA~MLIN. How many Members are at present domiciled letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of in the Maltby· Building? Cc.pe Fear River, below Wilmington, N. C., with a view to se Mr. HOWARD. Forty-four. curing a depth of 20 feet to quarantine station (H. Doc. No. Mr. LLOYD. Forty-four, I understand. 17) ; to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be Mr. HAMLIN. I should like to know why it is that those printed with illustration. of us who are officing in the Capitol can not have our mail 6. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting. with a deJi vered to us. letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination and Mr. LLOYD. We are supposed to be a seleet class. Ordi survey of Anclote River, Fla. ( H . Doc. No. 18) ; to the Com narily the man who finds himself in the Capitol is connected mittee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be .Printed with with a committee, and he is supposed to have a messenger to ill ustra tion . send and get his mail. . 7. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a l\fr. HAMLIN. That is a very rash presumption, so far as letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of the majority of us are concerned. We find ourselves without a Choctaw Bayou, Tensas Parish, La. (H. Doc. No. 19); to the messenger, and at the present time we find ourselves without Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed any committee. There are about a dozen or 15 of us, I think, with illustration. who are officing in the Capitol If 45 are entitled to have 4 8. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a men deliver their mail to them-- letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination o~ . Mr. LLOYD. Three. Black Ri\cr, Ark., near Buttermilk Bank (Bend), with a viewJ Mr. HAMLIN. Three-why are we not entitled to at least one, of protecting the bank in the interests of navigation (H. Doc. No. 20); to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered so that we can get our mail? It ~ms to me that is hardly fair. to be printed with illustration. 9. A letter fr-0m the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a Mr. LLOYD. I think that will adjust itself so that there will letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination o~ be no trouble about that later on. harbor at Great Salt Pond, Block Island, R. I. (H. Doc. No. Mr. HAMLIN. All right. With that assurance, I will not 21) ; to the Committee on Rh·ers and Harbors and 01·dered to ·press the matter. be printed. The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the resolu 10. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a tion. letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of The resolution was agreed to. New River, Dade County, Fla., from head of navigation to its BILLS INTRODUCED. outlet in the Atlantic Ocean, with a view to c1·eating a deep water harbor for seagoing vessels (H. Doc. No. 22) ; to the The SPEAKER. There are three or four bills that have been Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed put into the basket without the names of any :Members attached with illustration. to them. The Clerk will read the titles of the bills, and th~ 11. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a Members who put them in the basket can put their names -on letter from the Chief ·of Engineers, report on examination of them. Dutch I sland Harbor, R. I ., witll a view to removal of rocks 176 APRIL 114, now obstructing approach· channel (H.- Doc. ·No. 23) ; to the Also, a bill (I:J; R. 2#8) to provide for the refunding·of cer Committee on Ri-rers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. tain monays illegn11:r assessed and collected in the district of 12. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a Utah; to the Committee on Claims. · letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination and Also. a bill (II. R. 2449) to establish a fish-cultural station in suney of Newbegun Creek, N. C. (H. Doc. No. 24); to the Com tte State of Utah; to the Committee on the Merchant Marine mittee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed with and Fisheries. · ill ustru ti on. Also, a bill (H. R 2450) providing for the ·establishment of a • 13. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a Weather Bureau station at Provo, Utah; to the Committee on letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary exam Agriculture. • · ination of harbor nt Elk Rapids, Mich. (H. Doc. No. 25). ; to Also, a bill (H. R. 2451) to extend the provisions of the act the Committee on Rivers and Harhors and ordered to be printed. of June 27, 1!)02, entitled "An act to extend the provisions - 14. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a limitations, and benefits of an act entitled 'An act granting pen: letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of sions to the survivors of the Indian wars of. 1832 to 1842 inclu Charlevoix Harbor, :Mich., with a view to an increased depth sive, known as the Black Hawk war, Cherokee disturbanc~s. and between Lake Michigan and Pine Lake (H. Doc. No. 26) ; to the Seminole war,' approved July 27, 1802"; to the Committee the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed on Pensions. ·with illustration. By 1\lr. J. M. C. SMITH: A bill (H. R. 2452) to enlarge, ex 15. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a tend, remodel, etc., post-office building at Battle Creek, Mich.; to letter from the .Chief of Engineers, reports on examination and the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. . survey of north and south forks of Tred Avon .River, Md. By l\lr. SIMS: A bill (H. R. 2453) making appropriation for (H. Doc. No. 27); to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and payment of certain claims, in accordance with findings of th~ ordered to be printed with illustration. Court of Claims, reported under the provisions of the acts ap 16. A Jetter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a proved l\farch 3, 1883, and l\Iarch 3, 1887, and commonly known Jetter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary exam as the Bowman and the Tucker Acts, and under the provisions ination of San Luis Obispo Harbor, Cal., with a view to re of section No. 151 of the act approved March 3, 1911, commonly moval of rocks and other obstructions (H. Doc. No. 28) ; to the known as the Judicial Code; to the Committee on War Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed Claims. .with illustration. Also, a bill (H. R. 2454) making appropriation for payment of 17. A Jetter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a certain claims of churches and fraternal organizations for prop letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary exam erty destroyed during the Civil War, in accordance with find ination and survey of Hampton Creek, Va., with a view to mak ings of the Court of Claims, reported under the provisions of ing this river deeper and more suitable for anchorage· and use the act approved 1\!arch 3, 1887, commonly known as the of boats and vessels (H. Doc. No. 29) ; to the Committee on Tucker Act; to the Committee on War Claims. Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed with illustration. By Mr. DYER: A bill (H. R. 2455) to amend the naturaliza 18. A Jetter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a tion laws by providing for the naturalization of aliens who have letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on preliminary exam served in the War of the Rebellion, War with Spain, Philippine ination of Buffalo Ha1~or, N. Y., \vith a view to increasing the insurrection, or one regular enlistment in the AI·my, NaYy, or width of the entrance of the inner harbor to 400 feet by remov Marine Corps; to the Committee on Immigration and Naturali ing the Government south pier at the mouth of Buffalo River; zation. also, with a view to increasing the width of Black Rock Harbor Also, a bill (H. R. 2456) to provide a temporary home in the and the entrances thereto (H. Doc. No. 30) ; to the Committee on District of Columbia for ex-Union volunteer soldiers, sailors, Ri'-rers and Harbors and ordered to be printed with illustra and marines; to the Committee on Public Buildings and tion. Grounds. 19. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a Also, a bill (H. R. 2457) to give preference in the civil sen·· letter from the Chief of Engineers, report on examination of ice to those persons who have been honorably discharged from Fox River, Wis., with a view to determining what repairs or the military or naval service of the United States; to the Com extensions, if any, should be made to the levee at Portage, Wis., mittee on Reform in the Civil Service. in the interests of navigation and to prevent injury to the Gov Also, a bill (H. R. 2458) to provide for the appointment of an ernment works on Fox River, consideration being .also given to additional judge of the District Court ·of the United States for the question of cooperation on the part of the State of Wiscon the Eastern District of l\li souri; to the Committee on the sin and other local interests in the repair, extension, and main Judiciary. ten:rnce of such levee (H. Doc. No. 31) ; to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 2459) to provide campaign badges for offi Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed with illustration. cers and enlisted men of the Army who served honorably in tlie Spanish, Philippine, or China campaigns; to the Committee on Military Affairs. PU~LIC BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND 1\IEMORIALS. Also, a bill (H. R. 2460) to require that the printing of rec· Under clause 3 of Rule X..c""CII, bills, resolutions, and memorials ords which is done under the supervision of the clerks of the were introduced and severally referred as follows: United States courts shall be let annually upon competitive By Mr. FITZGERALD: A bill (H. R. 2441) making ap:i:;ro bids; to the Committee on the Judiciary. priations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the Also, a bill (H. R. 2461) to provide for the examination, fiscal year ending June 30, 1914, and for other purposes; to the determination, and certification by the Interstate Commerce Committee on Appropriations. Commission as to the competency of roadrnasters, foremen, and By l\fr. LA FOLLETTE: A bill (H. R. 2442) granting certain other employees of common carriers by railroad subject to the larnls of the Colville Indian Reservation, Wash., to the Wash act to regulate commerce; to the Committee on Interstate and ington Historical Society; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Foreign Commerce. By :Mr. HOWELL: A bill (H. R. 2443) granting to the State Also, a bill (H. R. 2462) appropriating $30,000,000 for the of Utah 1,000,000 acres of public land within the State, to re purpose of maintaining, raising, and protecting against future imburse the State for expenses incurred in suppressing Indian floods the leyees on the Mississippi River; to the Committee disturbances from 1865 to 1868; to the Committee on the Public on Rivers and Harbors. Also, a bill ( H. R. 2463) to appropriate $15,000 out of Urn ·Lands. Also, a bill (H. R. 2444) to amend section 2325 of the Revised funds in the United States Treasury to the credit of the Chero· Statutes of the United States, relating to mineral lands; to the ·kee Indians to pay Charles .M. Rice, of St. Louis, and his asso· ciates for legal services; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Committee on Mines and Mining. Also, a bill (H. n.. 2445) pensioning the surviving officers and Also, a bill (H. R. 2464) for erecting a suitable memorial tll enlisted men of the Utah volunteers employed in the defense Gen. William 'l'ecumseh Sherman, United States Army; to the of the frontier settlements of the Territory of Utah against Committee on the. Library. Indian depredations during the years from 1865 to 1868, inclu Also, a bill (H. ll. 2465) providing for the appointment of :' sive. and for other purposes; to the Committee on Pensions. commission to be known as the commission on salaries and Also, a bill (H. R. 2446) to provide for the purchase of a· site allowances of postal employees~ to the Committee on the Post and the e rection of a building thereon at Nephi, Utah; to the Office and Post Roads. Committee oil Public Buildi!lgs and Grounds. By l\Ir. AUSTIN: A bilJ (H. R. 2466) amending section-2 ot Al o, a bill (H. R. 2447) providing for the establishment an1l an aCt entitled "An act to · increase the pension of widows, mnin t eua ~ce of a Weather Bureau station at Brigham City, minor childrnn, etc., of deceased soldiers and sailors of the late Uta!.!; to th~ Committee on Agriculture. Ci~il War, the. 'J.ar with Mexi_co, the yarious_Indian wars, etc., l 913.. . ~ ·. OONGRESSION Ali RECORD-HOUSE. ·. 177- and to grant a pension to certain widows of the deceased sol ~ By .Mr.- SMITH of Texas: A bj]l (H. R. 2488) to prescribe diers aud sailors of the Jate Civil Wnr," appro,:ed April 19, the conditions under which corporations may engage in inter 1·}0 ; to the Committee on Inva1id Pensions. state conrn1erce and to provide penalties for otherwise engaging By 1\Ir. DYER: A bill (H. R. 2467) to pro\ide for pr~feren~e in the same;-to the Committee on Interstate and· Foreign Com- r?1atiug to appointment in the civil sen-ice by giving pr.eference merce. · to certain ex soldiers, sailors, and marines; to the Committee By Ur. RICHARDSON: A bill (H. R. 2489) to make it un on Reform in fbe Civil .Service. la,vful for certain Federal officeholders to serve as delegates in By l\fr. AUSTIN: A bill (H. R. 246 ) to pension widows and a convention called to nominate a President of the United States minor· children of officers or enlisted men who served in the or other electiYe United States officers; to the Committee on ,War with Spain or Philippine insurrection; to the Committee Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in on Pensions. Congress. Also, a bill (H. R. 2469) relating to the money reserves o.f By Mr. CARY: A bill (H. R. 2490) to amend section 2 of an national banking associations and to authorize such associations act entitled "An act to promote safety of employees and trav to make loaus on real estate security in certain cases; to the elers upon railroads by limiting the hours of service of em Committee on Banking and Currency. ployees thereon," approved l\Iarch 4, 1907; to the Committee on By Mr. BARTON: A bill (H. R. 2470) for purchasing a site Interstate aud Foreign Commerce. for the erection of a public building at Red Cloud, Nebr.; to By Mr. EDWARDS: A bill (H. R. 2491) to provide for the the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. _ selection and qualification of grand and petit jurors in the east Also, a bill (H. R. 2471) for purchasing a site and erecting ern di vision of the southern district of Georgia ; to the Com a public building at Superior, Nebr.; to the Committee on Public mittee on the Judiciary. Buildings and Grounds. By Mr. DUPRE: A bill (H. R. 2492) to make improvements to Also, a bill (H. R. 2472) for purchasing a site for the erection the aids_of _navigation and establish new aids on the Mississippi of a public building at Minden, Nebr. ; to the Committee on Ri\er below New Orleans, La., at a cost not to exceed $50,000; Public Buildings and Grounds. to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. DUPRE: A bill (H. R. 2473) to construct and equip a By l\Ir. HAYES: A bill (H. R. 2403) providing for i:he pay light vessel for the South Pass entrances to the l\Iississippi ment of certain claims of the State of California growing out Riwr, La.; to the Committee on Interstate anq Foreign Com of the Indian wars; to the Committee on Claims. merce. By Mr. LEVER: A bill (H. R. 24D4) to investigate illiteracy Also, a bill (H. R. 2474) to repeal an act approved March 2, among the adult population of the United States and the means 1895, entitled "An act to amend section 3 of an act entitled 'An of eliminating or reducing the same; to the Committee on Edu act to regulate tlle liens of judgments an<.1 decrees of the courts cation. <-f tbe United States,' appro\ed August :, 18 S"; to the Com By l\Ir. KAHN: A bill (H. R. 2495) to provide for the estab mittee on the Judiciary. lishment and regulation of bonded districts at the ports of the .Also, a bill (H. R. 2475) providiug for the celebration of the United States; to the Committee on Ways and l\Ieans. one hundredth anniversary of the battle of New Orleans, fought By l\Ir. CULLOP: A bill (H. R. 2496) to amend section 15 of on the field of Chalmette on January 8, 1815, proV"iding for the the act to regulate commerce as amended June 29, 1906, and r erection of a suitable memorial thereof, and making an appro June 18, 1910; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign priation for that purpose; to the Committee on the Library. Commerce. By 1\Ir. FERRIS: A bill (H. R. 2476) to provide for the pur By l\fr. LA FOLIJDTTE: A bill (H. R. 2497) to provide water cha e of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at for the irrigable lands of the Yakima Indian Reservation, State Purcell, Okla. ; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. of Washington; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. B. Mr. 1\IAl\'N: A bill (H. R. 2477) to amend proviso in meat By Mr. CLINE: A bill (H. R. 2498) for the control and regu ins11edion law concerning products prepared according to direc lation of the wnters of the Niagara River above the Falls of tions of foreign purchasers; to the Committee on Agriculture. Niagara, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Inter By :Mr. ESCH: A bill (H. R. 2478) to promote the safety of state and Foreign Commerce. employees and travelers upon railroads by requiring the use of By Mr. MORGAN of Oklahoma: A bill (H. R. 2499) to regu the IJ!ock system by common carriers engaged in interstate com late congressional caucuses, conferences, and similar party or merce, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interstate ganizations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the an
AJso, a b~l (H. R. 2527) to place on the retired list the name Also, a bill (H. R. 2568) granting a pension to Joseph W. of Aaron I. C-Omfort; to the Comm,ttee on Military Affairs. Blackburn; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. CLARK of Missouri: A bill (H. R. 2528) granting a Also, a bill (H. R. 2569) granting a pension to Thomas F. pension to Annie Dougherty; to the Committee on Pensions. Hassett; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2529) for the relief of George Killeen; to Also, a bill (H. R. 2570) granting a pension to Palmyra • the Committee on Claims. Sherman; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. CLINE: A bill (H. R. 2530) granting an increase of Also, a bill (H. R. 2571) granting a pension to Fritz Wil pension to Anna O. Stanton; to the Committee on Invalid Pen bert.; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. sions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2572) granting a pension to Daniel J. By Mr. DALE: A bill (H. R. 2531) granting an increase of Begley; to the Committee on Pensions. pension to Edward L. Shaw; to the Committee on Invalid Also, a bill (H. R. 2573) granting a pension to Joseph Don Pensions. neHy; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. DUPRE: A bill (H. R. 2532) granting a pension to Also, a bill (H. n. 2574) granting a pension to Jesse H. John H. Bostick; to the Committee on Pensions. Wade; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2533) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2575) granting a pension to Laura Hilge George Baldey; to the C-Ommittee on Invalid Pensions. man; to the Committee on Inrnlid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2534) for the relief of 1\lrs. John W. Aus Also, a bill (H. R. 2576) granting a pension to Joseph Moore; tin; to the Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2535) for the relief of W.W. Lamberton; Also, a bill (H. R. 2577) granting a pension to Celsus G. to the Committee on War Claims. Gross; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2536) for the relief of John Streckfus; to .Also, a bill (H. R. 2578) granting a pension to Helen the Committee on Claims. . Mathews; to the Committee on Inrnlid Pensions. . Also, a bill (H. R. 2537) for the relief of heirs of Francis M. Also, a bill (H. R. 2579) granting a pension to Mary A. Fisk; to the Committee on War Clairus. Laurient; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2538) for the relief of the estate of John Also, a bill (H. R. 2580) granting a pension to Mary Gonter; Carr, deceased; to the Committee on War Claims. to .the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2539) for the relief of the estate of Hy Also, a bill (H. R. 2581) granting an increase of pension to polite Abadie, deceased; to the Committee on War Claims. C. L. Stevenson; to the Committee on In.valid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2540) for the relief of the estate of Philip Also, a bill (H. R. 2582) granting an increase of pension to Felix Herwig, deceased ; to the Committee on Claims. James M. Thomas; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2541) for the relief of legal representative Also, a bill (H. R. 2583) granting an increase of pension to of George El Payne, deceased; to the Committee on War Claims. Martin Schubert; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. n. 2542) for the relief of the estate of John Also, a bill ( H. R. 2584) granting an increase of pension to Pemberton; to the Committee on War Claims. Julius Bonger; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2543) to restore the endowment of the Also, a bi11 (H. R. 2585) granting an increase of pension to Judah Touro Almshouse, of New Orleans, La.; to the Committee John F. Nixon; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2586) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2544) to remove the charge of desertion Oscar Messick; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. against Joseph Henry ; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2587) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2545) to remove the charge of desertion Margaret .1\f. Stone; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. against Henry W. Ross; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2588) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill ( H. R. 2546) to remove the charge of desertion Harvey S. Page; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. against Joseph K. Haggett; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2589) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. DYER: A bill (H. R. 2547) granting a pension to Andrew Houlihan; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Clarinda Pike; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2590) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bilJ (H. R. 2548) granting a pension to Paul Heine Charles H. Frank; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. man ; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2591) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill ( H. R. 2549) granting a pension to Cordelia Sulli David F. Fox; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. van; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2592) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2550) granting a pension to Anna Burh Charl~s Bieger; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. man ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2593) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2551) granting a pension to William Tepe, Mary Westerfield; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. jr. ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2594) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2552) granting a pension to Caroline Louisa Jones; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. - Watson; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2595) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2553) granting a pension to Emilie S. Lawrence Ring; to tile Committee on Invalid Pensions. Buder; .to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill ( H. R. 2596) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2554) granting a pension to Patrick Burke; Adam Zimmerman; to the Committee on Invalid ~ensions. to the Committee on InYalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2597) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2555) granting a pension to Henry Briggs; William l\fa1·tin Miller; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2598) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2556) granting a pension to Elijah Morgan; Edward P. Rice; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2599) gra_nting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2557) granting a pension to Freda Burow; Jo-hn H. Edge; to the Committee on Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2600) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2558) granting a pension to Margaret Alice W. T. Groesbeck; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Cassidy ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2601) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2559) granting a pension to Horace Clive John H. Helser; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Gray; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2602) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill ( H. R. 2560) granting a pension to John G. Hunt; John A. Spann; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2603) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill ( H. R. 2561) granting a pension to Josephine c. Thomas J. Connor; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Nixon; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. R. 2604) Also, a bill (H. R. 2562) granting a pension to John J. Led Also, a bill (H. granting an increase of pension to ford; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mary A. McDonough; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2563) granting a pension to Lincoln Also, a bill (H. R. 2605) granting an increase of pension to 1\1othersbaugh; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. John Fritz; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2564) granting a pension to Tony Judd· Also, a bill (H. R. 2606) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ' James M. Patterson; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2565) granting a pension to Wilbur K. Also, a bill (H. R. 2607) granting an increase of pension to Baker; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Oscar Messick; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2566·) granting a pension to Oscar Grear; Also, a bill (H. R. 2608) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Henry Miller; to the Committee on Inrnlid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2567) . granting a pension to Thomas Also, a bill (H. R. 2609) for the relief of ca·mme Noel Dry; Payne; to the Committee on Pensions. to the Committee on Military Affairs. 180 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE APRIL 14,
Also, a bill (H. R. 2610) for the relle1 of James Bartlett; to By Mr. HAMLIN (by request): A bill (H. R. ~9) :for the the ommittee on l\lilita ry Affairs. relief of A. P. Holcomb arlb the heirs of Samuel Thompson, Also, a bill (H. R. 2611) for the relief ot Thomas S. McKee; deceased; to the Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. HAYES: A bill (H. R. 2650) granting a pension to Also, a bill (B. n. 2612) for the relief of James Clark.son; to Oharles A. Reed; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on lnl'"alid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2651) granting a pension to Margaret n.;. Also a bill ( H. R. 2613) for the relief ot J obn Dieter; to the .Miller; to the Committee on Invalid Peru;iQns. · Committee on War- Claims. Also, a bill (H.. R. 2652) granting a pension to Gertrude .M';. Also. a bill (II. R. 26-14) for the relief of Aaron B. Van Pelt, Farrar; to the Committee on Pensions. : alias Benjamin Yan Pelt; to the Committee on ltliUtary Affairs. Also, a bill (B. R. 2653) granting a pension to Charles S. .Also, a bill (H. R. 2615). for the relief of Charles W. Howard; Holmes; to the Committee on Pensions . to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2654) granting a pension to William Trotst' Also, a bill (H. R. 2616) for the relief of John H. Drossel to the Committee on Pensions. i meier; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2655) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2617) granting an increase of pension to ·Daniel :M. Bryant; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. , Florida Kennerly; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill ( H. R. 2656) granting an increase of pension to Ali>o, a bill ( H. R. 2618 f for the relief of Bartholomew Jennie Domingos; to the Committee on Pensions. Buckley; to the Committee on Military AffRirs. Also, a bill ( H. R. 2-657) granting an increase of pension to .Also, a bill (H. R. 2619) for the relief ot John H. Rhein Adelia Inman; to the Com.mi ttee on Pensions. lander; to tlJ.e Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2658) for the relief ot Thomas Bingham; .A1 o, a bill (H. R. 2620) for the relief of John A. Wanless; to the Committee on War Claims. • to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a . bill (H. R. 2659) for the relief of Marraton Upton:i Also, a bill (H. R. 2621) for the relief of O. M. Perkins; to to the Committee on War Cllllms. i the Ccmmittee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2660) for the relief of R. S. Thornton; to . Also, a bill (H. R. 2622) for the relie! of John A. Krtss; to the Committee on Claims. I the Committee on War Claims. . Also, a bill (H. R. 2661) for the relief o! Harlan W. Jenks:J Also-, a bill (H. R. 2623) tor the relief ot Isaac W. Harding; to t)le Oommlttee on Claims. ·, to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also. a bill (H. R. 266-2) for the relief of Andrew J. Lawrence:; .Also, a bill ( H. n: 2624) correcting the hospital record of to the Committee on Claims. Edward J. Wehrle; to the Committee on Military A!fairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2663) for the- relief of Patrick G. Dollard:' (H. R. Also, a bill 2625) to correct the military record of Pat to the Committee on Military Affairs. 1 rick J. Carmody-; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2664) for the relief of Albert O. Walten• Also, a bill (H. R. 2626) to correct the mJlitary record o! spiel; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Allen Barnes; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill ( H. R. 2665) for the relie.f of William Richarey Dennis for the improvement of the the Committee on .Military Affairs. Tennessee River; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2633) for the relief of the widow ot By Mr. ID.l\TEBAUGH: A bill (II. R. 2672) granting an in~ Michael Ryan; to the Committee on Military Affairs. crease of pension to Nelson J. Weller; to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 2634) to place the name of Brig. Ge-n. Tim Invalid Pensions. othy C. Moore upon the officers' retired list; to the Committee By ~r. HOUSTON: A bill (H. R. 2673) granting a pension on l\1i1ltary Affairs. to William L. Brown; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. EDWARDS: A bill (H. R. 2635) for the relief of the Also, a bill (H. R. 2674) granting a pension to Mary E. Fer~ Georgia Railroad Banking Co.; to the Committee on Claims. rell ; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2636) for the relief of the estate of Charles Also, a bill (H. R. 2675) granting an increase of pension to Evans deceased; to the Committee on War Claims. · J. L. Adams; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill ( H. R. 2637) for the relief o! the legal repre Also, a bill ( H. R. 2676) granting an increase of pension to sen ta tives of Mnry A. Cameron and John Camero~ deceased; to John W. Vandergriff; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on War Claims. Also, e. bi.ll ( H. R. 2677) granting an increase o.! pension to By Mr. ESCH: A bill (H. R. 2638) granting a pension to Canton A. Cox; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Elizabeth Thurston; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2678) granting an increase ot pension to Al o, a bill (H. R. 2639) granting a pension to Marcia J. George W. D. Woods; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Dewey ; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2679) fOI' the rellet ot E. D. Judkins; to Also, a bill (H. R. 264-0} granting a pension to Rachel Haw the Committee on Military Affairs. kins ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2680) for .the relief o.t the estate ot David Also, a bill ( H. R. 2641) granting a pension to Elmen E. Wise; to the Committee on War Claims. · Palmer; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2681) for the relief of Andrew J. McWhir.. Also, a bill {H. R. 2642) authorizing the President to rein ter ; to the Committee on Military Affairs. state Joseph Eliot Austin as. an ensign in the United States Also, a bill (H. R. 2682) for the relief o.! Charles Lowe; to Navy; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill ( H. R. 2643) gran ting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2683) for the reliet ot Joseph B. McGee; Louis K. Turner; to the Committee on Pensions. to the Committee on Military A.1'!alrs. Also, a bill (II. R. 2644) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2634) for the relief of the heirs ot John G Lucien A. Mc Withey; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Burris; to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2645) for the reliet of H. A. M. Steen; to Also, a bill (H. R. 2685) authorizing the Secretary of War to the Committee on Claims. award the congresslonal medal of honor to Arnold Delffs, late By Mr. FRENCH: A bill (H. R. 2646) for the relief of E. De private, Company H, Fifth Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Atley & Co.; to the Committee on War Claims. Cavalry; to the Committee on Military Mairs. Also, a bill ( H. R. 2647) for the relief of the hell's of Lindley By Mr. HOWELL: A btll (H. R. 2686) granting a pension to Abel. deceased; to the Committee on Wa.r Claims. Matilda Robertson; to the Committee on Pensloas. By Mr. GOULDEN: A. bill (H. R. 2648) granting a pension Also, a bill (H. R. 2687) granting a pen ion to Samuel ~ to Sadie J. Jennings; to the Committee on Inyalld ~ens1ons. Sellai:s; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions 1913. CONGRESSIONAL REOORD-HOUSE. 181
Also, a blll (H. R. 2688) granting a pension to George B. of the legal representatives of Joshua Curtis; to the Committee Haight, alias William Riley; to the Committee on Pensions. on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2689) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. McKELLAR: A b111 (H. R. 2728) for the relief of Thomas S. Gunn; to the Committee on Pensions. George P. Heard; to the Committee on Claims. - Also, a bill (H. R. 2690) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. MANN: A bill (H. R._2729) granting a pensioD to M. Z. Sims; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Sarah C. Kennedy; · to the CommHtee on In valid Pen ions. Also, a blll (H. R. 2691) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2730) granting an increase of pension to John A. Grant; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. EmU G. Herman; to the Committee on Invalid Pension. Also, a bill ( H. R. 2692) for the relief of R. B. Quay; to the Also, a bJll ( H. R. 2731) granting an increase of pension to Committee on Cla1ms. Michael Qinlan · to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2693) for the relief of James Lafferty; to Also, a bill (ii. R. 2732) granting an increase of pension to the Committee on Claims. Margaret S. McNifl'; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, n bill (H. R. 2G94) for the relief of Daniel M. Frost; to By Mr. MO.ND.ELL: A bill (H. R. 2733) authorizing J. A. the Committee on the Public Lands. Matheny, of Colony, Wyo., to make homestead entry; to the ·· Also, a bill (H. R. '2695) for the relief of Daniel F. Cahoon; Committee on the Public Lands. to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. PAY ~ffi: A bill ( H. R. 2734) granting a pension to Also, a blll (H. R. 2696) for the relief of Thomas Haycock; Lucy A. Rhykerd; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2735) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill ( H. R. 2697) to correct the military record of Frank J. Stupp· to the Committee on Invalld Pensions. Thomas Smith; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2736) to remove the charge of de:sertion Also, a bill (H. R. 2698) providing for the military status o:t from the record of Munson B. Sparks; to the Committee on John Gray; to the Committee on Milltary Affairs. Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2699) to reimburse George Heiner, post- By Mr. RAUCH: A bill (H. R. 2737) granting a pension to master at Morgan, Utah, for loss of postage stamps; to the Jesse H. Ringgold; to the Committee on Pensions. Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2738) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. KAHN: A bUJ (H. R. 2700) for the relief of Edward Hattie E. Rayburn; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. S. Farrow; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2739) granting a pension to James T. Also, a bill ( H. R. 2701) for the relief of Charles Hellyer; to MlJls; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Claims. Also a bill (H. R. 2740) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2702) for the reUef of the widow and chll- Tamso~ E. Boyd; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. dren of John W. Geering; to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2741) granting a pension to Charles M. Also, a bill (H. R. 2703) for the relief of Drenzy A. Jones and Baughman; to the Committee on Pensions. John G. Hopper, joint contractors, for surveying Yosemite Park Also, a bill (H. R. 2742) granting an increase of pension to boundary; to the Committee on Claims. John M. Barkley; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. KIESS of Pennsylvania: A bill (H. R. 2704) grant- Also, a bill (H. R. 2743) granting an increase of pension to ing nn increase of pension to William C. Taylor; to the Commit- Richard Hudnall ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. tee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2744) tor the relief of Joseph Fries; to the By Mr. KETTNER: A blll (H. R. 2705) for the relief ot Committee on Mllltary Affairs. Davis C. McGee; to the Committee on War Claims. . By Mr. REILLY of Connecticut: A bill (H. R. 2745) grant- Also, a b11l (H. R. 2706) granting on increase of pension to lng a pension to Mary G. Doyle; to the Committee on Invalid Herman F. Bonorden; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2707) granting a.n increase of pension to By Mr. SELLS: A btu (H. R. 2746) granting a pension to · David L. Brewer; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Roy B. Wilcox; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. LANGHAM: A bill (H. R. 2708) granting a pension Also, a bill (H. R. 2747) g~anting a pension to Isaac A. to Nancy J. Sharp; to the Committee on In'°'alld Pensions. Wampler; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill ( H. R. 2709) granting a pension to Erastus. M. Also, a bill ( H. R. 27 48) granting a pension to John R. P. Daily; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Thomas; to the Committee on Pensions. · By Mr. LEE of Pennsylvania: A bill (H. R. 2710) granting a Also, a bill (H. R. 2749) granting a pension to Mary A. Swag- pension to MUlle E. Dressler; to the Committee on Pensions. gerty; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2711) granting a pension to Daniel M. Also, a bUJ (H. R. 27~0) granting a pension to Stanley S. Moyer· to the Committee on Pensions. Stout; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also: a bill (H. R. 2712) granting a pension to John R. Bren- Also, a bill (H. R. 2751) granting a pension to Shelby T. nan; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Shipley; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2713) granting a pension to John Dowdy; Also, 8 bill (H. R. 2752) granting a pension to William C. to the Committee on Pensions. Scott ; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2714) granting a pension to Sabina O'Don- Also, a bill (H. R. 2753) granting a pension to Elizabeth J. nell · to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Scott; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Aiso, a bill (H. R. 2715) granting a pension to Albert A. Shol- Also, a bill (H. R. 2754) granting a pension to Calvin D. lenberger; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Sartin; to the Committee on lnvalld Pensions. Also, a bill ( H. R. 2716) granting a pension to Mary Ellen Also, a bill ( H. R. 2755) granting a pension to Murray Peirce; Bousman; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2717) granting an increase of pension to Also, a blll (H. R. 2756) granting a pension to Bascom M.. Patrick F. Heenan; to the Committee on Pensions. · Meyers; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a blll (H. R. 2718) granting an increase of pension to Also, a b1ll (H. R. 2767) granting a pension to Nn.ncy J. Lane; John Drobel; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a blll (H. R. 2719) granting an increase of pension to Also, a blll (H. R. 2758) granting a pension to James G. Wllllnm H. Bartolet; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Kuhnert; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2720) removing the sentence ot dishonor- Also, a bill (H. R. 2759) granting a pension to John W. Kel- a.ble discharge from the military record of Isaac Purnell and ley: to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. granting him an honorable discharge; to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 2760) granting a pension to James A. Kel- Military Affairs. ley · to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Also, n bill (H. R. 2721) to correct the military record of Also, a blll (H. R. 2761) granting a pension to Minta Jones; Christian Reichert; to the Committee on Military Att'airs. to the Committee on Invalid Pena.ions. Also, a blll (H. R. 2722) to correct the milltary record of Also, bUl (H. R. 2762) granting a pension to Eugene Jobe; Thomas J. Rose; to the Committee on Milltary Affairs. to the Committee8 on PensionB. Also, n btll (H. R. 2728) to correct the military record of tin t J hn R J •:Wtllla.m S. Russell ; to the Committee on Mllltary Affairs. Also, n bUl ( H. R. 2763) gran g a pens1 on ° o · anes: to the Committee on Pensions. Also, n blll (H. R. 2724) to correct the military record of John Also, a blll (H. R. 2764) granting a pension to Daniel P. Derger; to the Committee on Mllltary Affairs. Also, a blll (H. R. 2725) to correct the military record of Hensley; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Alfred Trainer; to the Committee on Military Atlalrs. Also, a btll ( H. R. 2765) granting a pension to Charlie Forbes; 1 By Mr. LOBECK: A bill (H. R. 2126) granting an tncrense to the Committee on Pensions. of pension to Asa Dixon; to the Committee on Invalid Penslons. Alao, a blll (H. R. 2766) grn.nt1ng 11 pension to Barneybass B7 .Mr. 1..A. FOLLET'l'E; A blll (H, B,. 2727) tor tho relief er:t;i;a.strldgeJ t!> e~~i~~ on Ipval1d :Penslons-. 182 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE.
Also, a bill (H. lt. :!767) granting a pension to lJJysses Drill- .Also, a bill (H. R. 2 10) granting an increase of pension to non; to tlle Committee ou Pension . . James Goulden; to the Committee on Inrnl!d Pensions. _ Also, a bill (H. H. 2768) granting a pension to Aaron W. Also, a bill (H. R. 28Jl) granting a pension to Ollie Frazier; Dixon; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Im·alid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2760) granting a pension to Thomas C. Also, a bill (H. n. 2812) granting an increase of pension to Crow; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. W. H. F~tzgerald; to the Committee on Inrn1id Pensions. Also, a bill (H. n. 2770) granting a pension to Rebecca Ores- Also, a bill (H. R. 2 13) granting an increase of pension to wen; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Della A. Cooter; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill ( H. R. 2771) granting a pension to Mary E. Con- Also, a bilJ (H. R. 2814) granting an increase of pension to stable; to the Committ~ on Pensions. William Collins; to the Committee on Inrnlid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2772) granting a pension to John K. Bow- Also, a bill (H. R. 2815) granting an increase of pension to man; to the Committee on Pensions. William A. Charles; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2773) granting a pension to Daniel M. Also, a bill (H. R. 2816) granting an increase of pension to B1evins; to the Committee on Pensions. John Carver; to the Committee on Im·alid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2774) granting a pension to Ed. G. Beal; Also, a bill (H. n. 2817) granting an increase of pension to "to the Committee on Pensions. Hugh H. Campbell; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2775) granting a pension to William P. Also, a bill (H. R. 2818) granting an increase of pension to Barlow; to the Committee on Pensions. John F. Burrow; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill ( H. R. 2776) granting a pension to W. M. Balch; Also, a bill ( H. R. 2819) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Pensions. Samuel Burrell ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. n. 2777) granting a pension to John H. Baker; Also, a bill (H. R. 2820) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Alexander R. Blazer; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2778) granting a pension to Walter Allen; Also, a bill (H. R. 2821) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Pensions. Johnathan N. Baker; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2779) granting a pension to William L. Also, a bill (H. R. 2822) granting an increase of pension to Guffee; to the Committee on Pensions. Alexander Brown; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. A1so, a bill (H. n. 2780) granting a pension to W. B. Gass; to Also, a bill (H. R. 2823) granting an increase of pension to fhe Committee on Pensions. Joseph McCloud; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2781) granting a pension to Pierce B. Also, a bill (H. R. 2824) granting an increase of pension to Boyer; to the Committee on Pensions. Alexander Gulley; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2782) granting a pension to James D. Also, a bill (H. R. 2825) for the relief of the estate of John H. Miles; to the Committee on Pensions. Stout, deceased; to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2783) granting a pension to John Depew; Also, a bill (H. R. 2826) to carry into effect the findings of- to the Committee on Pensions. the Court of Claims in the case of William Raines; to the Com- Also, a bill (H. R. 2784) granting a pension to Thomas mittee on War Claims. .McCavan; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2827) for the relief of James B. Leedy; to Also, a bill (H. R. 2785) granting a pension to Christopher H. the Committee on Military Affairs. Dippre; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2828) for the relief of Nathan H. Howard, Also, a bill (H. R. 2786) granting a pension to Richard H. administrator of the estate of W. G. Howard, deceased; to the Humphries; to the Committee on Pensions. Committee on War Claims. · Also, a bill ( H. R. 2787) granting u pension to Jesse L. Ren- Also, a bill ( H. R. 2829) for the relief of the estate of Adam B. fro; to the Committee on Pensions. Fullen, deceased; to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2788) granting a pension to George W. Also, a bill (H. R. 2830) for the relief of R. N., A. T., and Burleson; to the Committee on Pensions. F. F. Dosser; to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2789) granting a pension to Lewis H. Also, a bill (H. R. 2831) for the relief of Robert H. Donnelly; Jones; to the Committee on Pensions. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2790) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2832) to carry into effect the findings of John J. Wolfe; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Court of Claims in the case of J ames H. and Benjamin Cov- Also, a bill (H. R. 2791) granting an increase of pension to ington, heirs of Daniel Covington, deceased; to the Committee James White; to the Committee on Pensions. on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2792) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2833) for the relief of Arthur Allen; to the William C. Tilley; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2793) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. J. M. C. SMITH: A bill (H. R. 2834) granting a pen- Jacob N. Stout; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. sion to Eliza C. Spears; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2794) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2835) granting a pension to Lizzie M. Worley H. Stepp; to the Committee on Pensions. O'Sullivan; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2795) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2836) granting a pension to Winifred B. D. K. nowe; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Shanks; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2796) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2837) granting a pension to Amanda Boy- Calloway Roberts; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. den; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2797) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2838) granting a pension to Mrs. M. Light- John K. Ricker; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ner; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2798) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2839) granting a pension to Emma M. Daniel H. Parrott; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Leonard; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . · Also, a bill (H. R. 2799) granting an in<;!rease of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2840) granting a pension to Lorettn Alfred T. Moreland; to the Committee on Invalid Pen~ons. Strouse; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill ( H. n. 2800) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill ( H. R. 2841) granting a pension to George Abbi er- .Aaron M. l\IcCown; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. back; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. n. 2801) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2842) granting an increase of pension to Edward McClellan; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Fannie E. Newberry; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2802) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2843) granting an increase of pension ~o Henry Lethco· to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Archie E. Booth; to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill ' Also, a bill ( H. R. 2851) granting an increase of pension to Also, petition of A. L. Salzstein, general agent New England Cyrenous Dalley ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mutual Life Insurance Co., Boston, Mass., protesting against the Also, a bill (H. R. 2852) granting an increase of pension to passage of the legislation taxing life insurance policies; to the J"ohn Ehret; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Ways and Means. Also, a bill (H. R. 2853) for the relief of Martha H. Hamlin; Also, petition of the American Cutlery Co., Chicago, Ill., and to the Committee on War Claims. other manufacturers, protesting against the reduction of the Also, a bil J ( H. R. 2854) restoring the name of Sarah E. tariff on table cutlery; to the Committee on Ways and Means. :Wilson to pension roll ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, petition of the Vilter Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee, . Also. a. bill ( H. R. 2855) restoring the name of Harriet S., Wis., protesting against the reduction of the tariff on beet Upright to the pension roll; to the Committee on Invalid sugar; to the Committee on Ways and 1\feans. Pensions. Also, petition of Bernhard Stern & Sons, Milwaukee, Wis., Also, a bill (H. R. 2856) restoring Jane A. Keck to the pen protesting against the passage of Senate bill 8177, known as the sion roll ; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Federal feeding-stuff law; to the Committee on Interstate and By Mr. STEPHENS of California: A bill (H. R. 2857) grant Foreign Commerce. ing a pension to Daniel J. Strout; to the Committee on Invalid By Mr. CURLEY : Petition of Robert M. Morse and other cit Pensions. izens of Greater Boston, and the executive council, Massachu By Mr. TUTTLE: A bill (H. R. 2858) granting an increase setts Board of Trade, favoring the passage of legislation repeal of pension to Elizabeth K. Norton; to the Committee on Pen ing the free-tolls portion of the Panama Canal act; to the Com sions. mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. HUMPHREY of Washington: A bill (H. R. 2859) By Mr. DALE: Petition of Snyder & Wheeler, New York, granting an increase of pension to Estelle H. Wholley; to the N. Y., protesting against the proposed duty on ivory nuts; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. FRENCH: A bill (H. R. 2860) for the relief of Mary Also, petition of Ellison & Ellison, New York, N. Y., protest ;J. Webster; to the. Committee on the Public Lands. ing against the passage of the proposed legislation for placing typewriters on the tree list; to the Committee on Ways and Means. PETITIONS, ETC. Also, petition of Leo H. IDrsch & Co., New York, N. Y., pro Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, petitions and papers were laid testing against the proposed reduction ot duty on pearl but on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: tons; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By the SPEAKER (by request) : Petition ot the Richmond Also, petition of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, Rich Chamber of Commerce, Richmond, Va., favoring the passage of mond, Va., favoring the passage of legislation making an im legislation for an immediate reform in the present banking sys mediate reform in the present banking system of the United tem of the United States; to the Committee on Banking and States; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. Currency. Also, petition of Edward W. Allen, president of the Life Un Also (by request), petition of Allee Paul and other women derwriters' Association of New York. and Charles H. Strauss, assembled a.t a meeting at the Columbia Theater, Washington, general agent, New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. protest D. C., also the Woman's Suffrage Association of Racine, Wis., ing against the passage of legislation taxing life insurance; to favoring the passage of an amendment to the Constitution of the Committee on Ways and Means. the United States enfranchising the women of the United Also, petition of the Van Duzer Extract Co., New York, N. Y.~ States; to the Committee on the Judiciary. protesting against the increase of duty on vanilla beans; to the By Mr. ANSBERRY : Petition of the Richmond Chamber of Committee on Ways and Means. Commerce, Richmond, Va., favoring the passage of legislation By Mr. DYER: Petition of the Master Stone Masons' Asso making an immediate reform in the present national banking ciation, St. Louis, Mo., fa¥oring the pa....<:tSage of legislation for a system of the United States; to the Committee on Banking and 1-cent letter-postage rate.; to the Committee on the Post Office Currency. and Post Roads. By Mr. BROWNING: Petition of the Woman's Christian Also, petition of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, Rich Temperance Union of Pitman, N. J., favoring the passage of mond, Va., favoring the passage of legislation ma.king an imme legislation providing for tbe closing of the Panama Exposition diate reform in the present banking system of the United States; on Sundays; to the Committee on Industrial Arts and Ex to the Committee on Banking and Currency. pasitions. Also, petition of the American Sugar Bureau, Washington, By Mr. CARY: Petition of the Collar, Cuff, and Shirt Manu D. C., favoring the removal of the Dutch-standard clause in facturers of Troy, N. Y., and vicinity, protesting against any the sugar schedule; to the Committee on Ways and l\1eans. change in the present duties on collars and cuffs; to the Com Also. petition of the Merchants' Exchange of St. Louis, Mo., mittee on Ways and Means. favoring the adoption of the national budget as a modern means Also, petition of the National Association of Tanners, Chicago, of regulating the receipts and expenditures of the National DI., favoring a reduction of the duties on leathers; to the Com Government; to the Committee on Ways and Means. mittee on Ways and Means. By Mr. ESCH: Petition of Cigar Makers' Local Union, No. 6L Also, petition of Benjamin Young, Milwaukee, Wis., protest La Crosse, Wis., protesting against an increase of the internal ing against the reduction of the tariff on the manufaetnres of revenue on cigars; to the Committee on Ways and Means. .harness and saddlery; to ·the Committee on Ways and Means. Also, petition of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, Rich mond, Va., favoring the passage of legislation for making an Also, petition of the Wiseonsin Wholesale Grocers' Associa immediate reform in the present banking system of the United tion, l\filwaukee, Wis., asking that if the tarifl' on sugar is St.ates; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. reduced that the law shall immediately go into effect; to the By Mr. HAYES: Petition of the Associated Chambers of Com Committee on Ways and Means. merce ot the Pacific Coast, San Francisco. Cal., fuvoring the Also, petition of the Central Labor Union of Indianapolis, passage of legislation making an appropriation for preventing the lfavoring. the pa.ssa.ge of legislation for an investigation of the destruction of fruit by frost; to the Committee on Agriculture. ~conditions of labor in the mining districts of West Virginia; to Also, petition of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of the f_the Committee on Labor. Pacific" Coast, San Francisco, Cal., approving the aims and Also, petition of the Wisconsin Peace Society, favoring the purposes of the Army League of the United States; to the passage of legislation repealing the free-tolls section of the Committee on Military A.tfairs. Pana.ma Canal act or the submitting of same to The Hague Also, petition of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of tribunal; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com the Pacific Coast. favoring the passage of legisla tion for the merce. installation of additional light and fog stations on the Pacific Also, petition of the New York Mercantile Exchange, New coast; to the Committee on the Merchant l\farine and Fisheries. York. N. Y., favoring the placing of butter, cheese, and eggs on Also, petition of the Retail B utchers' Association, San F ran the free list; to the Committee on Ways and Means. cisco, Cal., and the Alameda County Butchers' Exchange. favor· Also, petition of the Milwaukee Association of Credit Men, ing the passage of legislation making a revision in the present Milwaukee, Wis., favoring the passage of legislation for making tariff duties on meats and cattle; to the Committee on Ways an immediate reform in the present national banking system of and Means. ' the United States; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. Also, petition of the San Francisco Labor Council. San Fran Also, petition of the Columbia Knitting & Manufacturing Co., cisco. ·Cal.. protesting against passage of any legjsJation for the Milwaukee. Wis., a sking that a separate clause in the ta.riff United States illtervening in Mexico; to the Committee on For schedule be given the manufacturers of fancy knitted woolen eign Affairs. goods and that a protective duty be put on same; to the Com Also, petition of the San Francisco Labor Council, San Fran mittee on Ways and Me8.ns. cisco, Cal., favoring the passage of legislation for making an 184 . CONGRESSIONAL. RECORD-HOUSE~ APRIL 14, investigation of the labor condition in West Virginia; to the Moore, J. F. Dalton, J. C. Thorne, George Y. Scott, W. R. Reeves, Committee on Labor. M. D., E. Halloran, William P. Rouse, F. G. 'futtle, Charles Also, petitfon of the ladies of the Grand Army of the Repub· Bouchard, Sheldon A. Allen, R. Rhyner, E. R. Towt, H. R. Lamb, Jic, San Francisco, Cal., favoring the passage of legislation pro J. A. Vollmer, R. E. Jack, jr., I. R. Riley, F. A. Anderson, C. E. viding for the building of a home in Washington, D. C., for Gomez, M. M. Pierson, Nellie M. Perry, . c .. E. AlJeh, Julius the widows of soldiers of the Civil War; to the Committee on Schloarr, Henry Heer, A. P. Madsen, J. F. Fitzgerald, J. M. Public Buildings and Grounds. Coleman, El L. Scott, Mathew Schadeck, R. F. Allen, J. R. Mor Also, petition of the Chamber of Commerce of Santa Barbara rill, A. Boyd, Tracy McKinley, George E. Stactler, Leo Schlyter, County, Cal., favoring the passage of legislation for Federal William Davis, C. A. Harrington, C. B. Jared, Peter R. Heer, aid for vocational education; to the Committee on Agriculture. W. B. Goodrick, M. D. Guhrrfeed, Joseph L. Goodl'ick, H. C. By Mr. KAHN: Petition of the San Francisco Labor Council, Grotheer, John B. Kelley, Aleen Bushnell, John Rowe, Carl A. San Francisco, Cal., favoring the passage of legislation making Hanson, Joseph Darrell, L. L. Putnam, J. S. Maclean, O. L. an investigation of the condition of labor in West Virginia Dunbar, B. S. Johnson, J. M. Waterhouse, J. W. Jessen, W. P. mining districts; to the Committee on Labor. Levy, T. Con.nor, W. F. Johnston, N. R. McBride, John A. Lof By Mr. LA FOLLETI'E: Papers to accompany bill (H. R. dahl, Joseph Rhymer, J. S. Woods, W. H. Lake, J. M. Favell, 2727) for the relief of A. W. Curtis; to the Committee on War D. M. Bernt, J. A. Graton, George Harlowe, 0. M. Hisceman, Claims. · R. A. Wilson, F. E. Miles, F. S. Johnson, W. Blaclde, E. C. By Mr. LEVY: Petition of the Board o! Trade of Tampa, Young, W. I. Tibbals, Anton Johnson, J. E. Fagorthey, E. H. Fla., protesting against the reorganization of the customs serv Staber, W. J. Hatch, Hugh Forden, Andrew Hoffer, E. Seegelken, ice as affecting Florida; to the Committee on Ways and Means. Harry Hatch, Andrew Jensen, J. D. Kalar, and P. H. Schmidt, Also, petition of the New York Association of Biology Teach of Spreckels; M. M. Purkiss, F. J. Pratt, W. H. Hamelmson, :M. ers, favoring the passage of legislation prohibiting the impor Rose, G. N. Ash, W. E. Marsh, S. Clauson, C. J. Hardman, Harry tation of aigrettes, plumes, etc., of wild birds for the use of Parnell, W. J. Buck, F. R. Smith, F. McFarland, F. J. McCoy, milliners; to the Committee on Ways and Means. G. C. Derter, F. J. Conaty, James A. Armstrong, Albert J. Reid, Also, petition of the United Hatters of North America, Local A. M. Vazquez, Sydney. Barbettini, Henry R. Gewe, Andrew H. No. 8, Brooklyn, N. Y., protesting against any reduction in the Werberg, R. W. Ben.nett, A. Palmer, J. A. Litenberg, Farrest present duties on hats; to the Committee on Ways and Means. Arnol