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and conduct which he bequeathed to the American people. It is bership since last session; which was ordered to be printed in the an inheritance which time, instead of wasting, continually in Journal and RECORD: creases and enriches. We may justly hope that in the years to CLERK'S OFFICE, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, come the benignant influence of the Father of his Country may Washington, D. CJ., December4, f899. be even more potent for good than in the century which is draw SrR: I have tbe honor to submit the following list of changes since the ing to a close. I ha>e been glad to learn that in many parts of election of the Fifty-sixth House of Representatives: the country the people will fittingly observe this historic anni Date of va· Name of suc versary. District. Name. cancy. cessor. Presented to thjs Congress are great opportunities. With them come great responsibilities. The power confided to us increases Seventh Kentucky ... Evan E. Settle*----- Nov.16,18!J9 the weight of our obligations to the people, and we must te pro F'iftb Louisiana------Samuel T. Baird* ... Apr. ~,ll:!W JoJ:R~ E. Rani>· foundly sensible of them as we contemplate the new and grave First Maine. ___ . __ ._.. Thomas B. Reed·~ _.. Sept. 4, 1899 Amos L. Allen. problems which confront us. Aiming only at the public good, we Second Maine------NelsonDingley,jr.*. Jan. 13,1809 Charles E. Little- can not err. A right interpretation of tlrn people's will and of field. duty can not fail to insure wise measures for the welfare of the Eighth Missouri. _____ Richard P. Bland~· -- Juno 15, 1899 DorseyW. Shack· leford. islands which have come under the authority of the United States, RixthNebraska ...... WilliamL.Greene*. Mar. 4,1899 William Neville. and inure to the common interest and lastjng honor of our coun Thirty-fourth New WarrenB.Hookert ...... do ...... E. B. Vreeland. try. Never has this Nation had more abundant cause than during York. Sixteenth Ohio ...... Lorenzo Danford* .. Junel!l,1800 Joseph J. Gill. the past year for thankfulness to God for manifold blessings and Henry D. Green. mercies, for which we make reverent acknowledgment. NinthPennsylvanfa. __ DanielErmentrout* 8ept.17,1899 WILLIAM McKINLEY. *Died. tResigned. EXEC'UTITE MAXSIOX, December 5, 1899. Very respectfully, A. McDOWELL, The PRESIDENT pro tempore. In the absence of objection, Clak of the House of Rep1·ese11tath·cs. the message of the President will l>o laid upon the table, and the Ilon. DA VJD B. HENDERSON, usual number of copies will be ordered to be printed. Speaker of the House o.f Hepresentatfres. ELECTIO:N CO~TESTS. DEATII OF SENATOR-ELECT HAYWARD, The SPEAKER. The Chair also desires to submit to the House 1'Ir. THURSTON. Mr. President, it becomes my painful duty the report of the Clerk on contested-election cases. The Chair to announce that the Hon. :Monroe L. Hayward, Senator-elect will assjgn the first three cases-one, two, and three-to Election from the Stah~ of Nebraska for the term commencing :1\!arch 4, Committee No. 1; four, five, and six, to Committee No. 2; seven, 1SU9. departed this life at 6 o'clock and 20 minutes this moruing, eight, and nine, to Committee No. 3: and ten to Committee No. 1. at bis home in Nebraska City. On some future and fit occasion The report will be printeu as a public document. it is my purpose to present and a k consideration by the Senate ANNUAL ::\!ESSA.GE OF TIIE PRESIDE.~T. of appropriate memorial resolutions. At the vresent time I offer the resolutions which I send to the desk, and ask their immediate The SPEAKER laid before the House the annual message of consideration. the President: whjch was read. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The resolutions offered by the [For text of message see proceedings of the Senate of this date.] Senator from Nebraska will be rea
REPRESENTATIVE-ELECT FROM UTAH. of the country and for this House demands that, notwithsmnding The SPEAKER. Under the order of the House on yesterday the preliminary character of this question, it shall be argued it is agreod that immediately after the reading of the President's with reasonable fullness now. message the House would proceed to consider the following reso Of conrse, I do not need to say that in so far as such a thing is lutions, which the Clerk will again report. possible I have not prejudged this case either as to the law or the The Clerk read as follows: facts. If it shall appear that the allegations made against him be Wherl'as jt iR charged that Brigham H. Roberts, a Representative-elect false, I will welcome the claimant to a place on this floor. If the to the Fifty-sixth Congre s from the State of Utah, is ineligible to a scat in facts be as alleged and they creato no lawful ineligibility, I will tho House of Representative:>: and vote to permit him to take bis seat on the floor of the House. Whereas such charge is mo.do through a member of this House, on his re In the first place. I will minister to a much desired brevity and sponsibility as such memher and on the ba~is, as he asserts, of public records, afllllavits, and papers evidencing such ineligibility: lucidity if I read the eighth section of what is known as the Ed Resolved, That the question of the prima facie right of Brigham H. Roberts munds Act and briefly quote from the proclamation of amnesty to be . worn in Ma Representative from the State of Utah in the Fifty-sixth made by President Cleveland and before him by Presiclent Harri Congres.;;, as well as of his flnnl right to a. seat therein as such Representa tive, uo referred to a special committee of nine members of the Hou e, to be son. appointed by the 8peaker; and until such committee sball report upon and SEC. 8. That no polygamist, bigamiRt, or any person cohabiting with more the House decide such question and right tho said Brigham H. Roberts shall than ono woman,andnowoman cohabitingwitllany of the persons described not lio sworn in or l>e permitted to occupy a seat in this House; and said com· as nforegaid in this section, in any T erritory or other pill.Ce over which the mittee shall have power to . end for persons and papers and examine wit United States have exclmdve jurisdiction, shall be entitled to vote at any nc:-;ses on oath in relation to the subject-matter of this resolution. election held in any such Territory or other place, or be eligible for election Mr. TAYLER of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I would like to have a or appointment, or to be entitled to hold an:v office or place of public trust, honor, or emolument in, under, or for any such Territory or placo or unuer confirmation here of the arrangement made with the gentleman tho United States. from Tennessee [Mr. RICHARDSO:N] as to the length of time the c1iscussion on this resolution shall endure. I believe the under The proclamation of President Harrison, dnted January 4, 1803, standing is that ope hour and a quarter on a side is to be allotted. has this pardoning clause: l\Ir. RICHARDSON. Yes; or an hour and a half on a side, in Do hereby declare and grant full amnesty and pardon to all persons liablo asmuch as tho gentleman from Ohio insisted that the time used by to the penalties of this act by reason of unlawful eohabitation unner the color tho gentleman from Utah [l\Ir. Roberts] should be charged to the of polygamous or plural marriages who, since November 1, 1800 havo n.b minority. We thought he ought to have his own time within stamcd from such unln.wfulcolmbitatlou, hut upon tho express condition that whlch to present his own case, and then, if we were given an hour, they shall in futuru obey the laws of tho United States horeinbcfore named, that would be satisfactory. The gentleman from Ohio would not and not othorwfr:e. · agree to that, and we finally askecl for an hour and a half, and I The proclamation of President Cleveland granted pardon in this hope the gentleman will agree to give us an hour and a half on language: this side. To nll persons who have, in violation of Raid act, committed either of the Mr. TAYLER of Ohio. The difficulty about that is that the offenses of polygamy, adultery, or unlawful cohabitation un Dunbtful for two reasons: In the first place, the language providing for the age, and so on, First. Because it requires the concurrence of two-thirds to expel is negative in its character. No person shall become a member of him. Congress unless he is of a certain age, etc. And that clause of the Seroncl. Because very eminent lawyers from the beginning of Constitution was most ably a.ind ingeniously and persuasively the Go-vernment. down to the present time have taken the position argued in 1807 upon the floor of the House of Representatives by that the House bas no right to expel except for some misconduct John Randolph. I think no man can read that argument without while a member ancl relating to his office as a member. being convinced at least as to the power of Congress. Tlie House of Representatives has never decided that it hacl the But, in the next place, I want to call your attention to the last power to expel under i:rnch circumstances, and it has decided that pamgraph of Article VI. Hore we ha-ve the argument, by analogy, it hns no right to expel under such circumstances. that, in my opinion, modestly put forward, is conclusive upon the In the first session of the Thirty-fifth Congress, the Congress of question ot' construction: · which our honored friend and colleague, l\Ir. GROW, was a meID The Senators and Representatives before mentioned. and the members of ber, one Matteson, against whom a resolution of expulsion had the several State legislatnros, and all executive n.nd judicial officers. both of the United States and of the several States, shall lie bound by oath or affir been passed in the preceding Congress, came, and a resolution to mation to support this Constitution. expel him for the offense for which they had expelled him in the preceding Congre~s was introduced, was referred to a committee There is a positive affirmative declaration by the Constitution of which the gentleman from Pennsylvania [.Mr. GRow] was a that a certain oath shall be administered to certain officers. If the member, and that committee, by an all but unanimous voice, re construction contended for as to the qualification of members of ported that the House hacl no power, mean and low and vile as Congress is correct, then Congress has no power to demand any the character of that man was, as exhibited by his conduct before other oath of any officer named in this section than that which is that time. to expel him, because it bad no right to expel a man for named in it. that which hnd occarrecl prior to his election to Congress. And .Mr. Chief Justice Marshall had occasion to 1·efer to that when the House, by a considerable majority, sustained the committee, be said~ in the case of McCullough against Maryland, one of the and .:\fatteson. who was declared unfit to be a Representative in greatest expositions of the Constitution to be found in the reports Connress because of his connection with certain bribers and bribe of the Supreme Court: take~:-i. was permitted to remain fnrthor unqu~stionetl as a mem Ile woul that case, in so far as it meant to declare the want of power in the Mr. Speaker, thatmanhadcommittedacrime, butitwasacrime legislature to add to the constitutional qualifications, was wrong, which carried with it ineligibility, possibly not for Congr~ss at but that the legislature could not add arbitrary conditions, such all, and never, except after due conviction in the courts of justice as that no man who was a physician could be a candidate for in a constitutional manner. But the House did not allow itself office, and so on. to be thus hedged in by any inferior authority. It did not even In the second place, under this head: Has Congress jmposed any wait to do the things that we want done here. The House not such qualification as apply to the claimant? only did not suspend the administration of the oath until a com I have already read section 8 of the Edmunds Act. That law is mittee might examine the question and the House later determine, in force to-day. It is a penal law of present operation in all of its but it said to him then and there, '' You shall not now or ever parts over the Terri tori es and the District of Columbia, and as to one be sworn;" and his credentials were thrown back in his teeth who has rendered himself amenable to the punishment part of it and he never took his seat. That is a case as parallel as two cases it is operative everywhere where one is now that has been con can bs to the case that we make here, with this difference: Instead victed under that law. That law has been held constitutional in of giving the committee time to answer the question whether he the case of Murphy against Ramsey, in 114 U. S. Reports, page was entitled to take the oath of office, they decided it right then 15. It will be noted that that act makes ineligible not only one and there and sent him back to his people. guilty of unlawful cohabitation, but also a polygamist, and does This case I take up at this point as sustaining the general prop not require any conviction in either case. The charge is that the osition I just made, and also as sustaining the second proposition, claimant was convicted of the first offense, and that he is now that the House has the right to halt a man on the ground of ineli and ha~ been foq·ears a polygamist. Now, what is a polygamist? gibility and declare that he shall not take the oath of office until We are not in doubt as to that. The Supreme Court of the the question of his eligibility has been answered. United States has made very clear what that is, and I will be par Now, the power and right of the House in this respect are inher doned for reading now very briefly what it has said. I make the ent and can not be questioned. It is only a question of propriety; following quotation from Murphy vs. Ramsey, 114 U.S., pages 41 it is only a question of expediency; it is only a question of par and 42: liamentary wisdom in order that no unwise precedent may be In our opinion any man is a polygamist or bigamist, in tho sonse of this section created for a later day. There has been much loose talk in the ot the acthwho, having previously married one wife, still living, and having an newspapers and elsewhere a.bout the right and power of Congress other at t e time when be presents himself to claim registration as a voter. still and its duty in this regard, and as tt> what it has done. I that they suffered from some ineligibility. This was not an The only charge against Stokes was that he had written a letter ineligibility created by the Constitution itself, nor created by any in May, 1861, containing disloyaJ sentiments, but it was shown existing law of Congress, but because the Ho~se held them to be that after that he had fought for two years in the Union Army. ineligible for the reason that they had been disloyal. The cases He was seated, as he ought to have been. were discussed in page after page in the Globe. Report after Mr. Brooks objected totheswearinginofMr. Butler, Mr. Mullen, report was fil~d in connection with th~ cases. . and Mr. Arnell, of Tennessee. There was an extended discussion, The discussion proceed9d for some hme upon the mot10n to re the facts in each case presented, and the House passed the follow fuse to administer the oath and to refer the cases to the Committee ing substitute on a yea-and-nay vote of 117 yeas and 28 nays, as on Elections. follows: Representative Bingham, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, That the credentials of R.R. Butler, of the First district of Tennes ee, be referred to the Committee on Elections, and that he be not sworn in ponding on page 472, said: the investigation. I submit as a question of order that the resolution by my colleague, Mr· Rchenck, is a resolution which goes to tho qualification of the member named· On the 21st of November, in the dfocussion of the Tennessee case, The 8tate is entitled torepre~entation upon th~presentation of i~s certific!lte page 774, Mr. Schenck gives his second well-considered approval under its grand seal, and the members are entitled to be sworn m accordmg to the usual precedents of this country, unless special charges be made show of the doctrine. ing them not entitled or disqualified. They have the right to be sworn in On page 777 Mr. Shellabarger, of Ohio, puts himself on record unles there be presented specific cause against them, in which case I say the as sustaining the doctrine of the committee. case ought to be referred to the committee, as proposed by my co~leagne. I believe my colleague has presented the quest10n exactly according to the On December 3 the committee filed a second report, found in 2 estaLlished precedents. · Bartlett's Election Cases, page 368. In this report the committee l\Ir. Schenck, on page 477, says: assert that they adhere to the views expressed in the first report, on the ground that the House is the judge of the qualifications of Tbe House is not asked to declare that John D. Young is not 0ntitled to a scat here, but it is asked to declare upon this showing .that he .shal~ not be per its members, of which fidelity to the Constitution is one, and that mitted now to take tho oath, but shall stand back unt1l some mqmry shn.11 be such charge should be investigated before such person is permitted made into the tru thfuJnes s of the~e allegation and a report made to the House to take the seat. upon which it can understandingly determine the question ultimately and finally. The committee calls attention to the fact that the House con On page 479 Mr. Boutwell says: curred in that view of the committee. Again, in a report filed January 7, 1868, the committee an I think we are justified in taking this position: That when a member rises in his place and states that of his own knowledge or upon information worthy nounces its continued adherence to the rule previously laid down. of 1.Jolief a por~on prE>sentin~ himself here for a seat in this Hou o is or hns In a report made January 21, 186 , by .Mr. Dawes (page 403, 2 been substantially a traitor to his GoYernment, we have a right to decline to Bartlet ts), in the John Young Brown case, a very elaborate re allow that J1erson to take the oath until that matter has been investigated and he has been relieved from the charge. port, the same doctrine is laid down, and a resolution was reported that Brown was not entitled to take the oath of office or to hold ~Iany other members made arguments of like character, and it the seat. will be difficult to find any serious objection at that time to the In the case of McKee vs. Young (page 434) the same kind of a action of the House on that ground. The resolution was adopted, resolution was presented. This report was made l\1arch 23, 1868, ancl the case went to the Committee on Elections. and laid down the same doctrine of ineligibility. Ou the 5th of July :Mr. Marshall rose to a question of privilege, On the 31st of January, 1868, the case of Smith vs. Brown came and moved that in the cases of Beck and Grover the Committee on up for discussion in the House, and continued for some days. Elections be discharged froJ?l fl~rthcr consideration of the question The questions were elaborately discussed, especially by Mr. submitted to them. At this tnne Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts, Dawes. (See pages 894, 893.) entered the discussion. Mr. Dawes was then the oldest member Of course at that time the immediate question to determine was in re ·pect to service in the House, had been chairman of the as to the general right of Brown to take his seat, and not the ques Committee on Elections for ten years or more, and may safely be tion as to the right to halt him at the bar of the House during the saitl to be as high authority on the law pertaining to this case as organization and refuse to administer the oath. Nevertheless the any man who has ever sat in the House of Representatives. same question is involved in the lengthy discussion which fol He take occasion in this debate to state in various forms his lowed. views, but the shortest statement of the propo ition is found on On page 800 l\1r. Shellabarger's views are very succinctly put in page G02, in answer to a question from Mr. Wood, of New York. a letter which he wrote while absent from Washington. He said: A very able and instructive discussion is found in the speech of A well-g-rounded charge made in good faith against any man bringing a Mr. Cook, especially on page 909. certificate here which extends in its scope to his qualification to sit as a mem ber of this House should 1.Je heard before he is permitted to take the oath of The final argument made by Mr. Dawes will be found in vol office or occupy a seat. ume 69, page HO, Appendix, Fortieth Congress. Mr. Bingham again, on page G03, reasserts that- Then in the same Congress we find also the case of Winches When a charge is made in due form either upon the responsibility of a ter ancl Rice. Thai, was in the next Congress, but the time is meml.Jcr or 1.Jy petition and ex parte affitlavit against a. pcr,.;on or persons unimportant. This is the case of Winchester and Rice, from the claiming to be olrcteu a'l member::; of tl.tis House from an or1mnized State, State of Kentucky, which came up on the credentials in the midst tlle case ought to be referred to a committee. and tho presentation of such a. case, going to the qualifications of a. person presenting himself as a mem· of the organization of the House, when only about one-half of the ber, ought to suspend tho admini ·trntion of the oath to him. members had been sworn in. Objection was made to the swearing Mr. Dawes's contention was sustainecl by the House (page 514). in of Winchester on the ground that there was an indictment The committee in that case in its preliminary report held: pending against him in the United States court in Kentucky Thnt any specific and apparentl.Y ~ell-grounded chaq~o of personal dis charging him with disloyalty, and a similar charge against Rice. loyalty made agnmst a verson clrummg a scat as a member of thiH Houso An effort was made to have them stand aside by consent. They: ought to he inyestigated and reported upon before such person is permitteu refused to do it. A resolution was offered that their cases be sent to take the sent. to a committee, and pending the examination of the case by the On the 17th of July :M!. Brooks r~se to .a question of privile~e committee that they be not permitted to be sworn in or take sc::i.ts. re pecting the same snbJect. The d1scuss1on proceeded as before, The previous question was demanded; the previous question was bnt the immediate question was whether the withdrawal of an ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of the House of 96 to 48, and the affi.da:vit bv one of the ex parte witne~ses affected the case. main question, which had actually been settled by the calling and Mr. Dawes more than once in this discussion, on paO'e 700 de settling of the previous question, was about to be put, when \Vin clares the right to refuse to swear in a man against wh~m a ~ell chester and his companion asked that the case go over until the grol~ncleJ charge of disqualification is made. What he said in next day. The next day they came in, and it was apparent from one mstance is especially applicable here: a moment's examination of the testimony that they presented I -n~mit that that gentlPmnn [referring to another member] has already that there was nothing in the charge of disloyalty. coz:un1tted .himself to tbe doctrine that no mat~er what cruuo a man may The indictment against Winchester had been dismissed. There ~a' :3 fd alongside of the <'ertificate a. case which leads sort of controversy would in another instant have sent those cases ~em~ers here, cl9thed. by tlrn Cou;;titution with the power and duty of pass to the committee had they not voluntarily withdrawn. l n: on tho qnal:iflcations of tho~e who apply for ad.mission-when thero is Somewhat more in detail the proceedings connected ·with the fh!sc nted ~long ·1de of such a certificate imch n case as leads us to suppose 1 ua\ifiher~ ~ good reaso~ to believe that tho man presentin~ himself 1s Ji<; organization of the Forty-first Congress are as follows: 0 1 ~h 1u;t ". the duty of those whom the Constitntlon requires to pu«s upon At the organization of the House of Representatives in the qu~.~l~n. cations of members to stop at this initial point and pass upon tllat Forty-first Congress, on the 4th of March, 186:) (Globe, volume 'i 4), after the election of a Speaker, Mr. Butler of Massachusetts, m On the 21st of November, 1867 (Globe, volume 134, page 'i'GS), the when Maryland was called (page 5), objected to the swearing in f;Q ember~ -ele?t from Tennessee were called. l\1 r. Eluredge objected of Patrick Hamil, of that State, on a charge of disloyalty. A rer~;r~adntngthin f Mi·.. stokes, and i;noved that his credentials be °0 discussion followed, and pending that the other membe1·~ who had o e omm1ttee on Elections. been called were sworn in. ·f . ! - 42 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 5, - Finally the Speaker suggested that Mr. Hamil step aside for the evidence in the case and thought that the prima facie case as present, which w;as done. made by the certificate ought at this time to prevail. When the State of Kentucky was called (see page 6), Mr. Shanks The case was sent to the Committee on Elections and was never objected to the swearing in of Boyd Winchester and John M. Rice heard of again. on the ground that they had been disloyal, and that Winchester Later, the same day, Mr. Farnsworth (page 18) moved that tho was under indictment for disloyalty. members from Georgia be sworn in. After considerable discus The Speaker suggested that the gentlemen whose right was sion Mr. Farnsworth modified his resolution, ordering a reference challenged waive the claim of their right to be sworn in until of the credentials and papers of the Georgia members to the Com the other members had taken the oath. mittee on Elections when appointed, with directions to report to the l\Ir. Eldredge hoped that those gentlemen would not yield their House whether their paper!? present a prima facie dght to their seats. right; thereupon the Speaker said: These members were therefore not permitted to be sworn in, Then the question must be decided now. The Clerk will present the reso but their cases passed over under the resolution. lution of the gentleman from Indiana, Mr. Shanks. · Thereupon a motion wns made that the House now proceed to the .. ~ - . The resolution was therefore read, referring the cases to the election of Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, etc . ; ;. Committee on Elections, and that pending such inquiry Win Before the motion was put Mr. Butler, of Tennessee, rose to a l . chester and Rice should not bo sworn in as members. question of privilege and asked leave to present the credentials of liir. Shanks called for the previous que tion. While the vote Mr. Rogers, of 'l'ennessee, claiming a seat as Representative from I was being taken on ordering the previous question, l\1r. McCor that State. mick raised the point of order that those who had not been sworn The Speaker refulled to entertain it as a question of privilege, J in could not vote. Tlle Speaker refused to entertain the point, as holding that it was not as high a question as the election of offi i the House was dividing. . cers. Thereupon the House proceeded to elect its officers. l Tho question then came up on ordering the main questjon. I make the following comments on the proceedings connected l ' 'l Mr. Eldredge called for the yeas and nays, which were ordered. with the organization of the Forty-first 'Congress: ! On ordering the previous question there were yeas 96, nays 48; (1) After the election of the Speaker; and before all the mem bera 1 so the previous questfon was ordered. Then Mr. Eldredge raised were sworn in, the body proceeded to consider questions of the f the point of order that none but those sworn in had the right to right of members-elect to be sworn in. Some it permitted to be r ' vote. The Speaker Qverruled the point of order, and held that sworn in. I' . those not sworn could vote. As to Winchester and Rice it practically decided that their cases :,,• It was not until this point that, at the suggestion of one of the could be sent to the committee to determine their right to take t~~- Kentucky members, Messrs. Winchester and Rico withdrew for the oath as well as to seat its members on a question of eligibility, l the time being for the sake of removing any obstacle to the prog though their credentials were perfect. I ress of business. t2) In the Georgia case the same thing was done, although it The House, however, having ordered the previous question on ought to be said that the ground for not settling it at that time i the proposition to send their cases to the Committee on Elections was because it was evident that a good deal of time would be before being sworn in, and the Chair having held that all mem spent in the discussion. bers-elect were entitled to vote on the proposition, it is apparent (3) The Speaker held that all the members-elect had the right that it put itself squarely in favor of halting at the bar of the to vote, whether they had been sworn in or not. It is to be pre House a person charged with ineligibility, and sending his case sumed that this ruling did not mean that a member-elect had a at once to the committee. right to vote on his own case. · On the following day (see page 13) a resolution was offered by ( 4) Before all the members who had been requested to stand Mr. Beck that :Messrs. Winchester and Rico be now sworn in. aside had been sworn in, and when the only officer elected was He accompanied his re olution with a statement showing that the the Speaker, the Senate wa'"s notified that the House had chosen charges against them were untrue, and that the indictment re the Speaker and was ready to proceed to business. ferred to in the proceedings of the day before had been dismissed. (5) A committee was appointed to join with a like committee l\Ir. Shanks, who made the objection_, admitted t.bat there was from the Senate to make the usual notification to the President. a fair presumption that there was nothing in the case. The (6) The question of the right of the Louisiana members to be resolution was adopted, and Messrs. Winchester and Rice were sworn in was, before the election of the other officers~ referred to sworn in. the Committee on Elections. Objection was also made on the first day to the rjght of Van In this case, however, there was question as to whether the cr& horn and Dyer, of Missouri, to be sworn in; but the only reason dentials on their face were sufficient. given for objecting was that they were not actually elected-no (7) The Speaker refused, on the raising of the question of privi question of qualification arisinH· lege, to permit Mr. Rogers, of Tennessee, to be sworn in after a Messrs. Vanhorn and Dyer, aiter a brief discussion, temporarily motion had been made, but not put, that the House proceed to the withdrew. election of tho other officers. Mr. Lawrence objected to the swearing in of :arr. Rogers as a On the 30th of .March, 1810 (Globe, volume 77, page 22ll!l), tho member from the Second district of Arkansas, but his statement credentials of J.C. Connor, claimmg a seat as Representative from of the case showed only a claim of unfair election. the State of Texas, wore referred to the Committee on Elections. Mr. Garfield said: There seems to have been no demand on the part of Conn01· to be I desire to ask my colleague if nll ~hat he is now reading or suggesting sworn in. from that paper i'l not clearly a matter that relates to the contest as to the On page 2322 the Committee on Elections on ~arch•31, 1870, ultimate right of this gentleman to his seat, and not to the prima facie right on the credentials to be sworn in ns a. member. It seems to me that this reported in favor of administering the oath to the R'epresentatives· person has a right to be sworn in if his credentials are regularly witne> wise al ways to exercise the high prerogative of refusing to swear of the people, empowered, thank God, under the Constitution to a man in, yet that the House had the undoubted power, and that do the right as we see the right. That is the law that binds us. it ought not by any decision ever to seem to doubt or deny its ex The public eye is on us; the public conscience quickens us. ln that istence. presence and before such a judge we can do no wrong if we obey Mr. Garfield took the same view, on page 23!:!6, saying: it. [Applause on the Republican side.l My friend will nllow mo to Hay that we may go back of the certificate in l\Ir. .RICHARDSON. l\Ir. Speaker, I had hoped that the gen anything that touches the constitutional right of a member to a i::eat. tleman from Ohio [1\Ir. TA 1-."LER] would not enter upon a discus The resolution repOl'ted by the committee in the Connor case sion of tho merits of the question involved in this case. The case was adoptecl. which I shall attempt to discuss here and present to the House is At the organization of the Forty-second Congress, March 4.1871 one which does not in any sense involve the merits of this contro (Globe, volume s;:;, page G), when the name of Alfrecl l\I. Wad versy. The question which we are called upon to consider, it seems to me. Mr. Speaker. is the simple one as to whether the member ,II' dell, of North Carolina, was called, after the election of Speaker, Mr. Maynarcl objected to his being S'\YOrn in on the ground that elect from Utah~ with his credentials regular in form, is entitled he was personally disqualified. to be sworn into this House as a member. I say the considera Tho Speaker said: tion of that question does not, in my jndgment, involve tho merits of the c~troversy-that is, his right to retain his seat as a member. Fo1iowiug tllo course adopted in the organization of pa..~t Houses, tho Chair will first swear in those members against whom no objection whate\er is I can not, sir, give my support to the resolution offered by the prer::;entecl, gentleman from Ohio LMr. TAYLERj. I am not willing to reject and the Speaker later on held that Mr. :Maynard had the right to the Representative of a sovereign State of thil:l Union who presents make the objection, notwithstanding the fact that he had not been himself at the bar of the House with a proper certificate of elec sworn jn, tion, duly signed, under the great seal of his State, and demands Mr. Waddell nccordingly stood asicle. No further effort was his seat. I hayo had the credentials of the member-elect from made in l\Ir. Wacldelrs case until after the organization was com Utah produced and I now ask the Clerk to read those credentials. plete by the election of the other officers. The Clerk read as follows: Accordinµ-Jy, later in the same day his case was called up and STATE OF UTATI, EXECUTIVE DEPAUTME:NT. decided on its merits, so that he was permitted to be sworn in. I, James T. Ilammoncl, secretary of state of the State of Utah, do hereby In the discussion of this case Mr. Maynard, who had objected, certify tha.t on Tuosda.y, the 8th day of November, A. D.1898, at the general election held within and for said State, Brighnm H. Roberts was duly elected said: Ropresentativo to the Fifty-sixth Congress of the United 8tates of America, As to whetbcr we shnll refer his cn.se to the Committee on Elections or from tbe l::)tate of -Ctah, as appears from tho roturns of said election, which whether we will swear him in, I ha>e felt bound from a. knowledge of the have been duly canvas~ed a.nd certiffod. fact.<; 1lisclo.;ecl to mo by a gentleman from North Carolina. to make prc In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed tho great senmtion of tho cai:;e to the House that we might follow the same course as seal of the State of Utnh this 10th day of December, A. D. 1~. in thl! lnst Coni;ret>s and in the Congress before tho last, as won as in the [SEAL.) J. T. HAMMOND, Thirty-ninth Congress. It is a safe, prudent. wise, and judicionR course, as Secretary of State. the experience of the last few year!l bas clearly demonstra.ted. If this gentle man shall be found able to stand tho ordeal of that examination, he can be Mr. RICHARDSON. l\Ir. Speaker, these credentials are in due admitted on the removal of his disabilities. form. The member-elect comes with tho same evidence of his Althourrh .Mr. l\Iaynard grounded his objection on this personal rights to a seat that yon possess, ~Ir. Speaker, or as is held by the disqualifi~ation and the right of the House to administer the oath, gentleman from Ohio [Mr. TAYLER] who offers the resolution of no person controverted that position; but the House passed upon exclusion, and for one I say I will 1wt unite in making a precedent the question of his disqualification; consequently he was entitled which may, and which I predict will, inevitably arise in tho future to be sworn in. to plague tho e who come after us. On the tiame day, after the election of the Speaker and before Tho right of a member to his seat is an exalted one. Tho right the other officers had been elected, an objection was made to the of a State to representation on this floor has never been denied swearing in of the Representatives from Tennessee on some ground here when she properly commissions a gentleman who is eligible connected with tho validity of the law under which they were and sends him here. Now, I notice that the gent~man from elected; but objection was later on withdrawn and the members Ohio [Mr. TA.YLERl in his arguments, if I could understand him elect were sw0rn in. aright, presents on y one objection which goes to the constitu Objection was then made to the Mississippi delegation. This in tional right of the member-elect to his seat. He refers to a charge volveu only the question of manner of election. Mr. Bingham, or a record "'hich he says has been pro But that question does not arise here now, because no gentle them.in regular and proper form, and, as was his duty, he has man ifl alleging hete upon his resp01;1sibility as a member that the placed his name on the roll of Representatives-elect of this House. member-elect from Utah has not been regularly naturalized as a The Clerk of this House did that on the 4th day of March last, citizen. and since that date the member has drawn his salary, has enjoyed l\1r. BAILEY of Texas. The re.solution does not raise that ques the franking privilege, and exercised all other legitimate privileges tion. of a member-elect. Mr. RICHARDSON. And the resolution does not raise that It r~mains, then, but for the Speaker of this Home to comply question, as has been suggested to me by the gentleman from with the plain provisions of the statute which I have quoted-that Texas. is, discharge his duty by administering to the member the oath of . But, l'iir. Speaker, in the discussion of the case by me I do not office. Any other course will set a most dangerous precedent, intend to touch even remotely the merits of the case-that is, the and your action will tend inevitably to chaos and revolution. ultimate right of the member to his seat-but to discuss only the Mr. Speaker, this body has existed for one hundred and ten prima facie right of the claimant at bar to be sworn a,nd the years, and for this long and eventful period the certificate of a right of the State to be represented here and now. The merits of governor of a State in an unbroken line of precedents has con the controversy, as I have stated, do not arise in considering this stituted the title of members of this House. The member at the question. The gentleman from Utah may be guilty of the olfense bar holds the title upon which all have been sworn at the begin and crime intimated and charged; but the fact of his gui'it or in ning of Congress. nocence does not arise in the consideration of the question ·as to Now, Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. TAYLER] has his prima facie right to be sworn asa member, because the investi presented numerous precedents in support of his resolution, uut I gation into these matters should be made as to his right to hold a say here ancl now that I have examined these cases, and when seat. properly analyzed and understood they will be found not incon llr. Speaker, I speak alone for myself in this matter. I do not sistent with the co Ohio. Mr. Cox, I have said, was a Democrat, a leading Demo In behalf of his right to be sworn Mr. Banks, of Massachusetts, crat, and that was the opinion he expressed at the time. The gen spoke. Mr. Banks was a distinguished Republican. He had tleman whose i:;eat was in controversy was a Republican. But it been a Speaker and had presided over the deliberations of this uemonstrates, Mr. Speaker, that a Democrat can rise higher than House. I will quote a line or two from what Mr. Banks saicl on mere party prejudices when the right of a member to his seat on that occasion. I will not take the time to read it all. There is a tbis floor is affected. [Applause on the Democratic side.] good deal of sound reasoning. He says: But. sir, other gentlemen spoke on this question. I want to read Mr. BANKS. I submit that the gentleman from South Ca1·olina [l\Ir. what Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, of Massachusetts, said. I quote Rainey] ought to be admitted to take the oath as a member of this House, because he has the certificate of his government that he has been elected from his remarks on that occasion: according to law. There is no reason why the House should not hereafter Mr. BUTLER of Massachusetts. I desire to say to the House that I do not inquire into the validity of that election. It may make such inquiry the believe tllat when a man comes hero with proper credentials from the proper v1:ory moment after Mr. Rainey has been admitted upon the certificate. But autllority it has e>er been the custom of the llouse, or ever ought to be, that the very existence of our Government depends upon our recognition of he shall not ha>e prima facie his seat, because the moment we break away the certificates of State ~ovcrnments to the election of members of this from that rule, then in high party times the House could never be organized. House. We could never organize this House if any member was permitted That is all that any of us have when we come here. While I do not mean to upon any opinion of his own to impeach the certificates of the governments give any opinion or to intimate any as to the merits of this case, of which I under which members of this House are elected. Until the last Congross, know nothing, yet I will say that here is a case where a man holds from the the precedents of which have been referred to by the_gentleman from Vir go•ernor of a Territory the proper credentials, and that Territory is entitled ginin., there ha.a never been a single case where this House bas set aside, as to l:e represented on this fioor until something shall be shown to the House to the prima facie case. the certificate of a State government to the election to ta.ko away that right. I trust, therefore, that my: friend from New York of a member of Congress. In every case where the certificates have been [Mr. Merriam], who offered this resolution, will withdraw it and allow Mr. disregarded as prima facie evidence of election it has been whero the Cannon to be sworn in. officer or officers that made the certificate have impeached their own cer That is not all. Mr. GEORGE F. HOAR, of Massachusetts, one tificate. of the most learned men who ever occupied a seat here or in the I will also read here what I see attributed to ex-Senator Ed other end of the Capitol, gave his opinion. Let me read you a munds in a Philadelphia paper: sentence or two from his speech on that occasion: ROBERTS SHOULD BE SEATED. PHILADELPHIA, PA., November 1899. l\Ir. G. F. HOAR. This precise question came up in the last House in the case :s, of Mr. Clark, of Texas. His credentials were referred to the Committee on The Constitution fixes and describes the qualifications necessary for a Elections, and that committee reported that the only question for the House member of the House of Representatives. I think the House has no consti to consider was, whether Mr. Clark's credentials were regular in form, and tutional right to add others, either affirmatively or negatively, and, there whether the officer certifying them was entitled by the law of the State and fore, I think that if Mr. Roberts was regularly elected, was of requif'nte age, the usages of the House to give him those credentials. Thereupon the House resided in the State of Utah, and is willing to take the oath prescribed by 8eated Mr. Clark, though, a few weeks after, the committee reported upon Constitution, the House has no right to refuse to allow him to be sworn in. the whole case, and the House decided that Mr. Clark was not entitled to the It is more dangerous to the rights antl liberties of the people for the Houso to set up standards of admission not prescribed by Constitution than to ad seat he bad been occupying and gave it to his competitor, Mr. Giddings. roit to be sworn any person whom the people of a State choose to elect. That I will read briefly now from tho remarks of Mr. Potter, of New done, the Constitution has itself provided for the House ridding itself of any member who, upon its own conscience, it believes for any reason ought not York, another distinguished Democrat and a man of conspicuous to continue therein. ability: Now, Mr. Speaker, I want to quote also at this point the opin Mr. POTTER. There is no question about certificates presentP.d in this ion of possibly the most illustrious gentleman who ever occupied case. As appeared by the very proper inquiry of the gentleman from Con necticut [Mr. Kellogg], this is the only certificate presented and the only a seat upon the other side, or indeed upon either side of this House, pretense that anybody has to the seat. The resolution of my colleague [Mr. Gen. James A. Garfield, of Ohio. [Applause.] In referring to Merriam] goes, by way of objection to this gentleman being sworn in, upon the contested-election case of Hull against Bisbee, General Gar the ground that be is guilty of certain practices contrary to the laws of the United, tates. Now, the difficulty with my colleague's objection is that the field said: statnte has prescribed certain qualifications for the office of Delegate from I will say this, the certificate was in full legal form, certifying to the legal the Territory, but among those qualifications is not innocency in respect of facts which are ordinarily certified to in certificates that come here. Mr. practices to which my friend alludes. Belford bore those credentials, and I, in common with my associates on this We had tbat precise question in the Forty-first Congress, when a gentle side of the House, said that he must be sworn in under those credentials. man from Virginia was chargPd with disloyalty and other offenses; and it was agreed, almost without a dissenting voice upon this side of the House, He said again : that the House had no power to consider or determine, as a prerequisite to If ho brought that certificate here unchallenged by any higher paper, he admi. sion, whether or not he had been guilty of those or any other offenses, ought to be sworn in. provided he came here with tho constitutional requirements in reference to h!s qualificatio:r;is, nnd p~·ovided also be brought prima facie evidence of a But that was not all that 1\fr. Garfield said. I have here a right to a seat in a certificate from the governor. Were there two certifi broader statement from General Garfield, which goes squarely to cate!:! her~, or any contest. about the o~ce, it would then bo proper to refer the point in controversy, that where the credentials of a member the quoshon to the Committee on Elections. But when there is no question as to who was elected, wo can not now try or even consider the suggestion elect are presented, regular in form, there is no power in the that this man was guilty of tho offenses charged, because that has nothing House to exclude the member-elect from his seat. whatever to do with bis right to a seat here. :Mr. CARMACK. I will ask the gentleman from what State that Then Mr. Maynard, of Tenneasee, addressed himself to the ques con test was. tion. He was a Republican. Unlike the last gentleman quoted, Mr. RICHARDSON. It was the Rogers case from the State of Mr. Potter, he occupied the same position politically as the gen Arkansas; the first session of the Forty-first Congress. ,. • tleman whose seat was in contest. He took the same view, how Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio, at that time submitted a resolution ever, as the preceding gentlemen: that Mr. Rogers shall not be permitted to take the oath of office, or a i:;eat as such Representative, but that his credentials shall be and are hereby re ¥r. MA 1.~AnD. There is another question in conurction with this case to ferred to the Committee on Elections when appointed. Which I desire to call attention. It is that this resolution is introduced with ad preamble which asserts certain propositions to uo facts. \Ve ha>o no evi- In the course of the debate General Garfield said: enco to that effect; we have no documents prer-;ented; the mover of the I desire to ask my colleague if nll that ho is now reading or suggesting from rebolu ti on has made no statement upon hii:; own authority or otherwise, and it that paper is not clearly matter that relates to the contest as to the ultimate seems to me that it would be very rash for us to assume tl10 truth of those right of this gentleman to his seat, ancl not to the prim.a facio right on tho sDtatements, and to act upon them, so far as to prevent the swearing in of this credentials to be sworn ju ns a member. It seems to me that this porson has e1q;atc. a right to be sworn in if his credentials nre regular, uulesi:; there be personal . It 1s in that a!'lpect of the case that I am pr~vented \rom making the mo objections which would prevent him from ta.king the oath. honEt1hat. I first thought of making-to refer this resolution to the Committee on echons. After debate the member from Arkansas, Mr. Rogers, was ad mitted and sworn. ~t the conclusion of his remarks l\fr. Niblack, a very distin Mr. CARMACK. Will my colleague allow me to interrupt him gmshed 13:wyer of the State of Indiana, moved that the.resolution just for a moment? (:,i._ resolution like that proposed by the gentleman from Ohio) be Mr. RICHARDSON. Yes. laHl ~m the ~able. That motion was adoptecl withou~ a division; Mr. CARMACK. Was it not charged in that case that he was a~d rn1mediately afterwards Mr Cannon was sworn m and took is scat. · not a citizen of the United States? h Mr. RICHARDSON. I have that here, and I thank my colleague no-\ might add, sir, that, although :Mr. Cannon was a Republican, for calling attention to it, although I intended to mention it. One Dem~cm~~be?-" on either side of the House-no member on the of the very grounds of objection to the admission of this momber the po~~i~~ 81 ~ 0~ ihe House-raised his voice in opposition to elect, l\1r. Rogers, was that it was alleged in the objection that Republican obje~ted t c~~ten~ for to-tla~·· No Democrat _and no he was not a. citizen of the United States or of the State of Ar la.id on the table with0 tis be_m_g_sworn m, but the resolution was kansas. . t ou a d1v1s1on, as I have sug(J'ested, and he t oo 1r his sea . . o Mr. WILLIAMS of :Mississippi. And that he was not of legal age, was it not? That is not all. The question was again ra· d · th8 F rty fifth Congr~ss .. At .that time the House was De~eocr~tic and th~ Mr. RICHARDSON. I Win read what Mr. Lawrence said: I rise to submit two reasons why l\Ir. Rogers, claiming to bo elected, shall member clamnng hI~ seat was a color~cl man from South 'carolina not bo sworn into otfico. They are, first, that he is not a citizen of the Stato ~hose name was Ramey. Upon the rlght of this member to k of Arkansas a.nu was not a. citizen of that 8tnte a.t tho time of his election. his seat numbers of gentlemen made remarks. He came here ~~t~ The very constitutional question which the gentleman f!'om !hefp1·oper certificate of election and his credentials were regular m orm. Ohio [1\Ir. TAYLER] does not raise in this case, because he says he will not exprei;s an opinion upon it. . 46 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DEOEl\IBER 5, Mr. TAYLER of Ohio. Will the gentleman yield to me? be oxpelled from Congress. I believe that, inasmuch ns there is no opponent contesting Mr. Robertti's seat, nnd ns he has the certifteato of olection, he will The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman from Tennessee yielcl to b permitted to take bis seat when Congres9 assembles. Tho case is a.n im· the gentleman from Ohio? port:mt ono and will ha.vo immodiato uttention." Mr. RICHAIWSON. Yes. Now, then, that is the opinion, you see, that l\fr. D.A.LZELL held l\lr. TAYLER of Ohio. Doea the Constitution require that a only a few days ago, unless he is misquoted by this intelligent cor~ man be a citizen of the State in order that he be eligible as a mem respondent. ber of Congress? Mr. DALZELL. Mr. Speaker, there is not a single. solitary l\Ir. RICHARDSON. The point I want to call to the attention word of truth in what the gentleman has read. [Laughter an be apprehended 1 tho relative strength of political parties in such n body the prncedonts and practice, to make the objection now or here· might be changed byinstitu~ing~ntestsagainst m_embersof one or tho other after. of such parties. Tl10sc comndorat10ns have made it necrnssary to adopt,~ d Mr. RICHARDSON. Now. Mr. Speaker, I want to reply briefly to adhere to tho rule that the person holding ·tho ordinary credC"ntials shall . be qualified 'and allowed to act pending O. contest and until a decision can bo to the case raised by the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. T.A.YLE~l, caUeu tho Whittemore case, from South Carnlina, charged with had on the merit. ~ellingaca.detship. That case, if I remember cor_rectly-:--1 have not Now CJ'entlemen. that is the statement of one who is learned in lt hei·~-was where Whittemore was charged with sellmg acadct the la~ ~f elections, one whose book is authority in this country. ship, and resigned to prevent expulsion and went back to his And if it is the rule of the House of Representatives in cases that c~nstituents. He rn.n again and was elected, and then came l;>ack arise to the dignity of a contest, how infinitely ~ore ~hould th&.t after an election by them to the same House of Representatives. rule be obsen·ed when only a mere protegt is made agamst a mem Ile came back with all the knowledge on the part of the members ber who presents himself to take his oath of office? of his guilt, arnl he returned to an organized House of Represent I next proceeu to the consideration of the cba~ges that a1·0 sup .: atives. He came here with a certificate o! the governor, it is poseLl to justify what the gentleman from e had two Presitlential amnesties proclaimed that do not in all common justice overrule tho::;e cases and give the have been applied to men disqualified under the Edmunds-Tucker memlmr-clect who comes with his credentials the prima focie right Act. to be sworn in and take part in the organization of the House and I understand-and gentlemen who are lawyers will certainly represent the State or Commonwealth which gives him the cer appreciate the force of the fact-that the presumption of la.w is ti.ticate. I ti.lank you, l\Ir, Speaker, and the House for courteous that people keep the law. The presumption is that they are in!lo ,f, attention. [Applause.] cent until they are proven to be guilty. This remark, however, will I now yield thirty minutes to the gentleman from Utah, Mr. not reach the conscience or the sense of justice of one gentleman Roberts. upon this floor, and I am rather disappointed to find that the gen The SPEAKER. Without objection, the gentleman from Utah tleman from Tennessee, in quoting interviews from the press, did will te heru:d. not refer to that remark. I refer to a remark made by a gentle There was no objection. man from Iowa, who is quoted in the press of this city as say Mr. ROBERTS of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I ask that the document ing that unless the member-elect from Utah proves his innocence, which I now send to the Clerk's desk be read. that he should vote against him! The Clerk read as follows: I thought, sir, thnt the practice under the law, that the rule of Certificate of citizonship, United Stat<'s of America, Territory of Utah; ss: the law itself in this country, is that one is regarded as innocent Be it remembered, that on the Clth day.of September_. in the year of our until he is proven to be guilty. But that does not seem to be the Lord one thou. and eight hundred and eighty-two, Brigham II. Robert!'!, case here. !Jite of Eng-land, in tho Kingdom of ~reat Britai.n, ~t.pre!'!.eut.of Uentervillo, Allow me to say to the gentleman from Ohio that he has no in the Territor:y aforesaid, appeared m the first JUd1cinl chstnct court of the United States m and for Utah Territory nncl applied to tho said court to be com·t record to show that I was ever arraigned or condemned for admitted to lJecome a citizen of the United States of America, pursuant to any crime whatsoever since the promulgation of the amnesty , .. the directions and requirements of the several nets of Uongress in relation proclamations of the Presidents of the United States, aml hence thereto. And the said Brigham II. Roberts, having thereupon produced to the court such evidence, made such declaration and renunciation and taken no competent grounds for believing me guilty of any offense that ·iU~h oaths as are by tho said acts required, thereupon it was oi·dercd by tho disqualifies me for the office to which I \Vas elected. The gentle ~nd court that the said Brigham H. Roberts bo admitted, and he was accor Mr. HOPKINS, I desire to ask the gentleman if he makes the instance of a Democratic member of the class which in former days was charge-- commonly designated Gentile having voted against Mr. Roberts, notwith standing the charges so widely spread since bis election were currently The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman yield? made against him in the campaign by his Republican opponents. Mr. ROBERTS of Utah. I do. That the movement against Mr. Roberts is political is shown by tho facts that other members of the Mormon Church against whom like charges are Mr. HOPKlNS. I desire to ask the gentleman if he makes the made continue to hold important office under the appointment of McKin charge that the present Administration has appointed any Federal ley. Yet not a single word of objection to their continuance in office is heard officer in the State of Utah that at the time of the appointment or from the Republican politicians, who in this State are most active in the effort to array public sentiment throughout the nation against seating Mr. now is practicing polygamy? Roberts. M:t~. GROSVENOR. And that with the knowledge of the One John C. Graham, the editor of the Provo Enquirer, a rank Hannaite President? rcries of" Ohl"'' Oh!" on the Democratic side.] sheet, is_postmaster at Provo City, which is among the {>rincipal cities of the State. He was appointed by McKinley. One OrsonSnnthisalsopostmaster, Mr. ROBERTS of Utah. My answer to the gentleman is that under an appointment by Mr. McKinley, of Logan, another principal city of when men were candidates for Federal positions-- the State. These gentlemen's appointment was opposed on the same grounds . Mr. HOPKINS. This is susceptible of an answer, yes or no. It urged against Mr. Roberts, but the Administration evidently did not con lS a fact. sider the objection sufficient grounds for withholding the appointment. Against both of these postmasters informations have been filed and are pend Mr. ROBERTS of Utah. I object to being interrupted. I wish in~ in the district court chargin~ them with the same offense of unlawful to answer the question in my own way. My affirmation is that cohabitation as Mr. Roberts. by mformation, is charged with, yet no effort when men were presented for Federal appointments, objection whatever ~s being made by the Republicans, who are so active against Mr. was made against them by affidavits presented both to the Presi Roberts, to have Mr. McKinley depose either of these postmasters. dent of the United States and the appropriate committees of the Mr. Speaker, much misrepresentation has taken place over what Senate of the United States and that these men were appointed, is called the Roberts case. ~ot\yithstanding the protest and affidavits that they were living Mr. COX. Will the gentleman from Utah allow me to inter lil violation of the law. rupt him? Mr. HOPKINS. That does not answer my question. The ques- Mr. ROBERTS of Utah. I decline to be interrupted. It is tion is as to a matter of fact. (Laughter on the Republican side.] charged that polygamous marriages are now going on in defiance of Mr, ROBERTS of Utah. I refuse to be further interrupted. the laws and the compact between my State and the United States. The SPEAKER. The gentleman declines to be interrupted. This supreme court judge in this letter, in continuing, says: Mr. ROBERTS of Utah. So, sir, I take it that the resolution Another of the misrepresentations made by the Republican politicians of offered by the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. RICHARDSON] is this State to create a public sentiment against the seating of Mr. Roberts is that new polygamous marriages are being covertly formed under the sanc directly in point, and that it would be better that the entire inves tion of the Mormon authorities. There is no foundation for such a charge. tigation of this case be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, It was first made by the Salt Lake '£ribune (the Republican organ) during for I tell you, sir, that making a charge against a sovereign State the campaign previous to Mr. Roberts's election. for breaking its compact with this Government is a very serious At that time I visited e>erypart of the State, attended many political meet n~s, and took special pains to mquire of the reputable citizens of both parties matter, especially since it may involve a question in regard to the Wlth whom I came in contact regarding the truth of this charge, and from action of the Executive of this nation in relation thereto; for I the information then and since obtained there is 110 doubt in my mind but assert this, that if the people of Utah were guilty of breaking the that such marriages since Wilford Woodruff, as president of the Mormon church, issued the manifesto prohibiting polygamy, plural marria~es have compact by electing a man charged with being a violator of these ceased and the masses of the Mormons understand that such marriages are particular laws about unlawful cohabitation, the Administration no longer sanctioned by tbe church. While such is the case, it is true that of the Government may also be charged with breaking that com some of the old polygamous relations are kept up, not, however, by permis sion or connivance of the church authorities. pact by also appointing men to Federal offices against whom like 'The revolution regarding polygamy which has followed the Edmunds protests supported by affidavits were made. Therefore it is emi Tucker law is much more radical and effective than at the time of the pas nently proper that they should go to a committee that we will be sage of said law I imagined it could possibly be. Time was fast obliterating all traces of polygamy, and it was a subject regarding which the people had assured are men of trained abilities and learned in the law. almost ceased to think or talk about until this crusade was started. Poly~· One word in relation to the petition of 7,000,000 people that am¥is doomed in this State and can not be restored by the church, even if it '!ias been rolled up here. I say to the gentleman from Ohio that deRired so to do. The exceptional cases in which the old relations of polyg 1 amy are kept up are coincidents which are of no more significance than the ~ would be exceedingly interesting to know how many of these irrc~ular sexual relations among other classes. If instead of cohabitation signatures were collected in the Sunday schools. havmg been made a misdemeanor, decapitation had been made the penalty, Mr. FOX. Will the gentleman yield to a question? human nature is such that there would have been exceptional violation of The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman yield? the law notwithstanding such a penalty might follow. ~~r. ROBERTS of Utah. I decline to yield. It would be inter- Now, :Mr. Speaker, I thought it proper that this statement by e~t.1ng to know, furthermore, how many of the signatures are repe this reliable man should be made here for the purpose of meeting titions, because I find this in an official letter of the National the accusation so recklessly made. I deny that the State of Utah Anh!i-Polygamy League, sent out throughout the country, from has broken her comp1ct or has any intention or desire to break ~ ich I rend-an official letter, signed by the secretary, Grace J. the compact with the United States. In asking for my political Cutler. rrhe party to whom this letter is addressed is asked to rights upon the floor of this House I do not champion the cause secure the signatures of 2,000 people to the anti-Roberts petition: of polygamy. There is no occasion for championing that cause. no~et the young poople to sign too, o.nd aid you in·securing signatures. It is It is a question that is settled, and, sir, I hold it an honor that you~el:,sds.ary that only adults have representation on the petition. A few in the annals of the State of Utah I will be known as one who g 1~ could in a very short time secure the necesc:ary 2,000 names if 0 assisted in bringing about the settlement of that question upon ho.~:C?uld interest them in this great moral work. No matter if your friends lutel;ign.ed other Roberts petitions, request them to sign a~ain, as it is abso the floor of the constitutional convention of that State. I am not the mene~essary to have one moll':iter national petition large enough to make here to represent polygamy, I am not here to advocate it, I am not be C..'lBt~u~:s of Congress realize instantly the public demand that Roberts here to ask a repeal of the provision in the constitution of my State which p1aces that practice now under the ban of constitutional m~h~let, having collected such a petition as that, and by such provision as well as under statutory law. I thank the gentleman sovere· s, YSu come here and propose to stop a Representative of a from Ohio, as well as the members of this House, for their indul will nign tat~ from taking the oath of office. Do you think that gence. [Applause on the Democratic side.] the fio~! eftf;.hsh a precedent that will bring chaos some time on Mr. TAYLER of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I yield now three min The SPEAKERouse? You can not do evil that good may come. utes to the gentleman from Arkansas [Mr. DINSMORE]. Mr NE i R. The time of the gentleman has expired. lilr. DINSMORE. l\Ir. Speaker, it is perfectly clear to all that the g~ tl WLAbNDS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that I could say nothing to throw any light on the legal aspect of this cluae"hn. eman ko allowed twenty minutes within which to con- question in the short time allotted to me. I shall not, therefore, 1s remar s undertake to discuss the question at length. I confess, frankly, ge~~!AYtLER ?f Ohio. I object. I will, however, yield the that I occupy the floor for the sole purpose of making my own The si~ en minutes of my time. position and my vote thoroughly understood by the country and yields ten m~R. The gentleman from Ohio [Mr. TAYLER] by my constituents. Mr. ROBERTSs to the gentleman from Utah. I regret, sir, exceedingly that it did not so happen that the ma from Ohio Since~~ Utah, Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman jority in the House should have adopted another procedure in con que tions that may a~i.cshe~rge that I .macle concerning the probable nection with the disposition of the pending question. I may be h a.ving broken the compactin connectionwith the Un· wi'th th·is que.s t'ion o.f Uta h permitted to say that it was in the air. I have no authority, of and as I may have failed to make it lai~eg States 1s q~1est1oned, course, for speaking for the majority and do not undertake to remembrance that my time was limite1d I rec~~ause hurried by tJ;ie do so, nor do I undertake to question their action or have any and read from a letter of one of the srl. re to th~ matter a~am thing whatever to say with reference to their caucus, but it was State of Utah Mr R N Bosk1·n a nopn 1'Ime court Judges of the in the air that there was some doubt as to the proper method of f . . ' . . . . ' -J.1 ormon, addr d t {iend now m the city of Washington, and which I am ~!;mit~ ~ procedure in dealing with this case. whether to object to the 0 use. I read from the original: e member from Utah taking the oath of office or to permit him to do so and then to move for his expulsion. But the majority have co!~fu~C:ob~1~s and myself were o~er~helmingly elected by the same pursued the course which seemed fit and proper to them, and I nn Y nearly the same ma.Jonty. I am not aware of a single have no question to make about it. XXXIII-4 50 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEl\ffiER, 5, Mr. Speaker, I can not vote for the pending resolution. Much when we a.re confronted on every hand by a disposition on the as I sympathize with the general purpose it has in view, I can not part of many to treat the Constitution with contempt and to vote for it for reasons which I wish briefly to state. My own con deride the conservative principles by which our country has ac stituents are in full sympathy with tbe purposes soll:g?t to be quired its greatness and our people their happiness. accomplished here, and if the question arose on a proposition after I would refer yet once more to the demand made upon us by the the swearing in of a member on evidence disclosing the fact that people. in this cou~try in thei_r petitions ~ot to :refuse ~Ir. Rob~rts the charges made against him by a member of the H<:mse are ~rue the privilege of bemg sworn m, but to eJect him for unmorality, I should not have hesitated to cast my vote for his expuls10n, as we have a right to do after he is sworn in; and to this they were because I think if the facts alleged are as stated he would not be advised by the ablest and most capable of counsel representing fit and would not be allowed to be a member of this body. the petitioners against him. Even these petitions confess that I, Mr. Speaker, with my constituents, believe in preserving the this position is the correct one. I print in the RECORD a copy of purity and the virtue of American homes. We regard with ab one of the petitions. They read as follows: horrence the possibility of any man sitting in this body who is a FOilM OF PETITION. notorious public adulterer, who flagrantly lives in illegal cohabita To the Honorable ----, Representative-elect of the --Congres· tion with a plurality of women. But in view of the fact that the sional district of the State of --to the Fifty-sixth Congress of the United Constitution of the United States prescribes the conditions of eligi States of America: We, tlle undersigned, legally qualified voters of the said -- Congres bility, namely, that the candidate must be 25 years of age, must sional district of the said State of --, do hereby mo t respectfully and be seven years a citizen of the United State::J, and an inhabitant of most earnestly call upon you as our Representative in the Fifty-sixth Con the State from which he is chosen, which are the only conditions gress to use your utmost endeavor and to exha,ust all honorable means to tl~at secure the prompt expulsion of l'l!r. 13. H. Roberts, of Utah, tl1:e av9wed prescribed that make him eligible,_ I do not feel I can go polygamist and covenant breaker. from the House of Representatives, in ac behind them and vote for the adoption of the resolution proposed cordance with the provision of the National Constitution in Article I, section by the gentleman from Ohio. 5, para~raph2, w~icb readsa~follows:. ":rpach Ilouse (of Ctates or any Sta.to or tatively-with the opinion of the illustrious counsel employed by Territory therein. the League for the prosecution of this case-two distinguished The SPEAKER. The time of the gentleman has expired. lawyers, one a Republican and _on~ a Democrat, Mr. Edmun~s l\Ir. DIN81\IORE. I ask unanimous consent to extend my re- and Mr. Carlisle, both of whom msist that the proper method is marks in the RECORD. by expulsion and not by the adoption of the course proposed here The SPEAKER. Is there objection? that the House has not the power when a member-elect comes There was no objection. with a certificate of election from the proper source, uncontested, Mr. FITZGERALD of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I beg to to refuse to administer the oath of office. differ with the views which have been expressed upon this ques :Mr. Speaker, when I took the oath of office as a member of this tion by the distinguished gentleman from Tennessee, the leader of House I swore to support and defend the Constitution of the United the Democratic minority. States. As I have already stated, the Constitution prescribes only I am glad that in his statement he asserted that ~e spoke for three conditions of eligibility-namely, that the member-elect shall himself and not as the representative of the De~ocratic party. be 25 years of age, seven years a citizen of the United States, and This is not and can not be madA a party question. shall be an inhabitant of the State from which he is chosen. It The present question before this House is one of the most impor may be that he is morally unfit to be a member of this House, but tant that ever faced this body since its beginning. On its proper no one not even the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. TAYLER], chal settlement depends the integrity of the country. lengos1the member from Utah on either of these grounds. The gentleman from Utah who has just taken his seat has not From hearsay evidence, and even _from publi Mormonism is seeking a hold in every State in the Union. Mis- Mr. TAYLER of Ohio. I yield. sionaries are now at work in my own State. It threatens our Mr. GROSVENOR. I deny that it can be shown that the Presi- liberties and is a menace to our homes. It is a vital blow at the dent of the United States knowingly appointed a polygamist to purity of womanhood and the sanctity of the home. If Mr. office. [Applause.] I deny it. [Turning to Mr. Roberts of Roberts should be admitted, polygamy would receive new impetus. Utah.] You might as well tell the people of the United States Glory of country lies in the purity of American womanhood that that husband of one wife, that exemplary citizen of this conn· and sacredness of home. try, had stained his hands in human blood, as to say that he know- I do not think Congress can afford even for a minute to clothe ingly appointed a man to office who was guilty of the crime which this man with the lawmaking power who is himself a. lawbreaker. you yourself are charged with and will not deny. .Mormonism is the curse of this country to-day. It is nothing rApplause on the Republican side and in the galleries.] else than legalized licentiousness and corruption. Every wife, Mr. ROBERTS of Utah. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman from every mother, every daughter in the land is waiting the action of Ohio [Mr. TAYLER] yield half a minute? this House to-day. Old couples by the thousands who have wan- The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman from Ohio yield half a dered up and down the pathway of life for scores of years, happy minute to the gentleman from Utah? in the comfort of their own virtuous homes and each other's com- Mr. TAYLER of Ohio. How much time does the gentleman pany, watch with anxious eye the action of the American Con- want? gress. Mr. ROBERTS of Utah. One minute. America's future rests upon the preservation of the sanctity of Mr. TAYLER of Ohio. The gentleman can have it. the home. The world is one continuous struggle for existence- The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Utah is recognized for man contending against man for supremacy. The hearthstone one minute. and the fireside arn the only sure resting places and harbors of Mr. ROBERTS of Utah. Then, Mr. Speaker, my charge was refuge. intended to be in the second case as it was stated by the gentleman Who in this vast assemblage of men gathered from all parts of in the first, namely, that the statements or affidavits charging the country wishes to go to his home and spend it with his family these men with the same crimes alleged against me were filed both at the Christmas .fireside and explain how it happens that in this before the President and before the Senate committees, and, not enlightened Republic any man can sit, even for a minute, in the withstanding those affidavits asserting that the:;e men were guilty greatest lawmaking body in the land, who practices polygamy? of these crimes, they were appointed. Wbrre army and navy fail the home triumphs. Every house .Mr. MINOR. Were they really guilty? . chimney is a monument of the integrity and virtue of the citizen. Mr. DALZE.LL. Were they guilty? That is the question. If the home prospers the country can not but succeed. If the Mr. ROBERTS of Utah. I can not say that, sir. It does not home is invaded by lust, sensuality, and dishonor, God save the appear that the member from Utah is guilty. He is only charged. Republic. .Mr. BROSWS. Why, sir, he does not deny it. [Applause on Numerous precedents have been shown where the Honse of the Republican side.] Representatives bas refused in other cases to administer the oath Mr. RICHARDSON. Will the gentleman from ·Ohio [Mr. while charges were pending. TAYLER] yield for a question? The present circumstances jus.tify more than any other instance Mr. TAYLER of Ohio. I have no time to yield, Mr. Speaker. in the history of this body the refusal of the oath to Mr. Roberts, The SPEAKER. The gentleman declines to yield. and I propose, as a friend of American homes, American honor, Mr. RICHARDSON. I only wanted to ask him a question. and American womanhood, to give my vote to the resolution pro- The SPEAKER. The gentleman declines to yield. posed by the gentleman from Ohio. [Loud applause on the Re- Mr. TAYLER of Ohio. Will the Chair kindly inform me how publican side and in the galleries.] much time I have remaining? Mr. TAYLER of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I yield three minutes to The SPEAKER. The gentleman has seventeen minutes re- the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. GROSVENOR]. maining. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Ohio [Mr. GROSVENOR] Mr. TAYLER of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, if I understood theargu- is recognized for three minutes. ment of the member-elect from Utah, he exhibited a large inca- .Mr. GROSVENOR. Mr. Speaker, I am unwilling that the pacity to comprehend the nature of my position and the nature of statement made by the gentleman from Utah [:Mr. Roberts] shall his position here, and also the spirit of the American people. I go to the country to-night unchallenged. I will not challenge the am not here asserting that the member-elect from Utah is guilty truth of the statement as he made it, but I will point out what a of any crime; but I indict him upon my responsibility as a mem miserable subterfuge he has attempted to practice here. He said, ber of this House upon the basis of information placed in my in the first place, before the extension of time, that there had hands; I charge him in that sense with this offense, and it is not been propositions to appoint certain gentlemen to Federal offices for the House at this moment to inquire whether those charges in the State of Utah, and that protests were sent to the President be true or false, but only are they made with the solemnity that and to the Senate advising them of the fact that these gentlemen should lie at the bottom of a charge made under these circum were guilty of the same offenses with which he stands charged, stances at this hour and in this House. and that the President and the Senate brushed aside those charges Our friends upon the other side of the House-and I may justly and appointed the individuals. use that term now, "the other side of the House"-are here to-day A moment of delay and a respite of thoug4t, I hope, led the worshiping as they have ever worshiped under other forms and gentleman to change somewhat his statement, and then he said, for other purposes the fetich of a certificate. All sins are covered and that is the whole of his statement at this time, that against for them by the certificate of a sovereign State, and no right exists the applicant for the post-office at Provost and against the appli- in Congress to make him pause-he comes with a certificate. If cant for an office somewhere else there were statements forwarded the King of the Cannibal Islands, panoplie.s:l with his club and with here, and affidavits were filed; and there he stopped, excepting to his feathers, marched down the aisle with a certificate of the gov say that they were afterwards appointed. ernor of Tennessee, we must stand here appalled by the spectacle, Does the gentleman suppose that he is dealing with some coun- and say. "Mr. Speaker, swear him in." [Laughter and applause try justice of the peace somewhere in the back townships of Utah on the Republican side.] when he makes a statement like that and asks that it shall have Mr. FOX. Will the gentleman yield to me for a question? some weight in the American Congress and before the American The SPEAKER. The gentleman has already declined to yield, people? If the gentleman wants to state anything, let him state and so stated to the gentleman from Tennessee. this: Let him state npon his own responsibility that these men Mr. TAYLER of Ohio. I have no time to yield now. were guilty of polygamy or unlawful cohabitation, and that those Mr. FOX. I want to ask the gentleman a question. facts came undisputed to the President and to the Senate, and· The SPEAKER. The gentleman has stated that he will not be then he has got a case; but when be stops short of that he finds interrupted, and so said to the gentleman from Tennessee. himself simply appealing to a hope here fo create a diversion from 1'1r. FOX. I just wanted to ask the gentleman a question. himself. The SPEAKER. The gentleman is not in order. Mr. HOPKINS. He declined to make that statement in answer Mr. TAYLER of Ohio. If a boy 10 years old walked down the to my question. aisle presenting a certificate as a member-elect from a district in Mr. GROSVENOR. That he declined to do, and refused to be the State of Arkansas, my friend from Arkansas who has just interrupted, notwithstanding that he had, through himself and spoken would say, "The absurdity of this certificate is manife.st, friends. begg~d for the time which he was using, and was using but we must swear him in." If Li Hung Chang should march the time of the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. TAYLER] to make these down this aisle with a certificate, that certificate must be respected. slanders against the President. There is no want of power, there is no absence of propriety in the Mr. Roberts of Utah rose. Ho11se ever stopping any man with ·any certificate for any purpose Mr. GROSVENOR. Now, Mr. Speaker, a. word-- if it so wills; and always is it its duty, and almoist always has it The SPEAKER. The time of the gentleman bas expired. held it to be its duty and its right to pause, to stop at the threshold Mr. GROSVENOR. I ask for one minute more. one whose ineligibility is charged. The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. TAYLER] Now, my friend from Tennessee told nsabout the Cannon case. yield to his colleague? I am grateful for the reference. He quoted from the argument of 52 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 5, Mr. Potter and of Mr. HOAR and of Mr. Maynard. I want to say !asserts certain propositions to be facts. We have no evidence ~o tha.t effect; 'nst this about that discussion. That was a discussion which came we have no documen~s presented .. The mover 9f the r~solution ha.s ma.de J · . . no statement upon his own authority or otherWJse, and it seems t-:> me that on and was conducted not to exceed ten or fifteen mmutes, and it would be very rash for us to assume the truth of those statements, and to for one column of the CONGRE3SIONAL RECORD it contains more act upon them so far as to prevent the swearing in of this Delegate. It is l inaccurate accounts of what had occurred at other times than any from that aspect of the c~e that I am prevented f.rom making the.motion · il t t t d · th C R that I first thought of makmg-to refer the resolution to tlle Committee on s1m ar B a emen an page m e ONGRESSIONAL ECORD. Elections. Let me give you a brief account of that episode. I think it v~ry unsafe to adopt a resolution or any other proceeding in this The first session of the Forty-third Congress was on the 1st of Honse re~ecti~g upon a member of tl~e Hou!!e unless we first have some ground laid, either by documentary evidence mtroduced or by statements December, 1873. The D e1 egates were not c all ed upon to be sworn made by the gentleman who introduced the proposition upon his own author· in until after the complete organization of the House. ity and responsibility. Mr. Maynard suggested that the Delegates be sworn in, ' Mr. Merriam said: The House discussed the question 1md tried it ·out. So, prop erly, Mr. Merriam's resolution was laid on the table. Before the Delegate from Utah is sworn in I have a resolution which I At the time when that objection was made to Mr. Cannon, of desire to offer. Utah, the Edmunds law was in the womb of the future. There The Speaker then directed the Delegate from Utah to stand was no statutory disqualification, and Mr. Cannon came only aside until those who were not objected to should be sworn in. as a Delegate. But later on, Mr. Speaker, George Q. Cannon, When the other Delegates were sworn in Mr. Merriam offered the of Utah, came to the bar of this House. He did not chance to following pl"eamble and resolution, on which he demanded the hold a certificate, although he ought to have had a certificate; but previous question: if he had come to the bar of the House, he would have been stopped there and, as I gather from the sentiments of that Congres.3, he Whereas it is alleged that George Q. Cannon, of Utah, has taken oaths in· consistent with the citizen.<>hiI> of the 1Jnited States and with bis obligations would have been held there and not permitted to take the oath, as Delegate in this House, and has been, and continues to be, guilty of prac for when the case came up for consideration in his contest against tices in violation and defiance of the!laws of the United States: Therefore, Campbell, in the following May, only six weeks after the Ed Resolved, 'fhat the credentials of said Cannon and his right to a seat in this munds law was passed, George Q. Cannon. with an incontestable House as a Delegate fl"om Otah be referred to the Committee on Elections, and that said Cannon be not admitted to a se&t in this House previous to a right to a seat as a Delegate on the floor of this House, save that report from said committee. he was a polygamist, was denied a seat because of his polygamy. [Applause on the Republican side.] It will be noted that at this time there was no law declaring There was no ground, claim, or pretense of right to keep him ineligible a person guilty of polygamons practices. out save that he was a polygamist. Mr. Speaker, we talk about A short discussion followed, participated in by Mr. Butler, of letting this man in and then, perchance, putting him out. I take Massachusetts, Mr. G. F. HOAR, Mr. Clarkson N. Potter, and Mr. the liberty to repeat what was repeated before on the floor of this :Maynard. House on a similar occal:lion, the lines put into the mouth of Colonel Mr. Cox took the position that Mr. Cannon had the prima facie Titus, who, more than two hundred years ago, when Charles II right to his seat. was battering at the doors of Parliament and the liberties of the Mr. Butler said: people, demanding entrance, is reported as saying: I do not believe that when a man comes here with proper credentials from I hear a lion in the lobhy roar; the proper authority it has ever been the custom of the House, or ever ought Say. Mr. Speaker, shall we shut the door to be, that he shall not have prima facie ri~ht to his seat, because the mo And keep him there, or shall we let him in ment we break away from that rule, then in high party times the House could To try if we can put him out again? never be organized. rApplause.] If Mr. Butler meant by this the situation where the legal or The SPEAKER. The question is upon the substitute offered constitutional qualifications of the claimant were not questioned, by the gentleman from Tennessee fMr. RICHARDSON]. he was probably right. But if he meant by that that in every Mr. RIDGELY. Mr. Speaker, I ask that the substitute be case the credentials exhibited not only his election, but his quali again read. fications, and that he was entitled to his seat, then he had not The substitute was again read. only forgotten very recent precedents in the House, but also his The SPEAKER. The question will be first upon the amend own position, especially the position he took in the Connor case, ment offered by the gentleman from Tennessee. to which I have just referred. Mr. BURKE. Mr. Speaker, I desire that the 01iginal resolu Mr. HOAR said: tion be read. This precise case came up in the last H The question was taken; and there were-yeas 304, nays 32, not The SPEAKER. Without objection, the preamble will be con voting 18; as follows: . . . . sidered as having been agreed to. There was no objection. YEA...~ On motion of Mr. TAYLER of Ohio, a motion to reconsider the Acheson, Dayton., Lamb, Robinson, Ind. .Adams, . De Armond, Landis, Robinson, Nebr. last vote was laid on the table. Alexander, Denny, Lane, Rodenberg, The SPEAKER announced the. appointment of the following Allen, Me. De Vries, Lanham, Rucker, committee in accordance with the vote just taken: Atwater, Dick, La.timer, Ruppert, Babcock. Dolliver, Lawrence, Russell, Special committee: Mr. TAYLER of Ohio, Mr. LANDIS of Indiana~ Bailey, Kans. Dougherty, Lentz, Ryan, N.Y. Mr. MORRIS of Minnesota, Mr. FREER of West Virginia, Mr. LIT Baker, Dovener, Linney, Ryan, Pa. TLEFIELD of Maine, Mr. McPHERSON of Iowa: Mr. DE ARMOND of Bankhead, Driggs, Littauer, Salmon, Barber, Drii;coll, Little, Scudder, Missouri, Mr. LA.NHAM of Texas, 1\ir. MIERS of Indiana. Barham, Eddy, Littlefield, Shackleford, LEAVE OF .ABSENCE. Barney, Elliott, Livingston, Sha.froth, Bartholdt, Emerson, Lloyd, Shattuc, By unanimous consent, on motion of Mr. COOPER of Wisconsin, Bell, Esch, Long, Shelden, leave of absence was granted indefinitely to Mr. STEW ART of Bellamy, Faris, Lorimer, Sheppard, Benton, Finley, Loudenslager, Sherman, Wisconsin, on account of dangerous illness in his family. Berry, Fitzgerald, Mass. Lovering, Showalter, ADJOURNMENT OVER. Bingham, Fitzgerald, N. Y. Lybrand, Sibley, Bishop, Fletcher, McCall, Sims, Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I move that when the House ad Boreing. Fordney, McCleary, Smith,fil j-Ourns to·day it be to meet on Thursday next. Boutell, ·m. Foss, McDowell, Smith, Ky. Boutelle, Me. Foster, McLain, Smith,H.C. The motion was agreed to. Bowersock, Fowler, McPherson, Smith, Samuel W. DEATH OF HON. EV AN E. SETTLE. Brantley, Fox, McRae, Smith, Wm. Alden Breazeale, Freer, Mahon, Southard, · Mr. SMlTH of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Con Brenner, Gaines, Mann, Spalding, . gressional delegation from Kentucky, I desire to announce the Brick, Gamble, Marsh,, Sparkman,· Bromwell, Gardner, Mich. May, Sperry, death of our late colleague, Hon. EvAN E. SETTLE, a Representa Brosius, Gardner, N .•J. Meekison, Spight, tive from the Seventh district of the State of Kentucky in the Broussard, Gibson., Mercer, Sprague, Fifty:sixth Congress. At a later period in the session it is the Brown Gilbert, Mesick, Stark, Bro;;iow, Gill, Metcalf, Steele, purpose of the- members from that State to request that a day be Brundidge, Gillett, Mass. Miers, lnd. Stevens, Minn. set apart to enable those members who desire t.o do so to pay spe Bull, Glynn, Miller, Stewart, N. J. cial tribute to and pronounce eulogies upon the life of our de Burke, S. Da.k. Gordon, Minor, Stewart, N. Y. Burke, Tex. Graff, Mondell, Stokes, ceased friend. Burkett, Graham, Moody, Mass. Sulloway, For the present I desire to ask the adoption of the resolution I Burleigh, Green, :Pa. Moody, Oreg. Sulzer, send to the Clerk's desk. Burnett, Greene, Mass. Moon, Sutherland, The SPEAKER. The resolution will be read. Burton, Griffith, Morgan, Talbert, Butler, Griggs, Morris Tate, The resolution was read, as follows: Calderhead, Grosvenor, Mudd,' Tawney, B e i t resolved, That the House of Representatives learns with profound Caldwell, Grout, Muller, Tayler, Ohio sorrow ann regret of the death of Eon. EvAN E. 8ET'l'LE, late a Representa Cannon, Grow, Naphen, •raylor, Ala._ tive from the Seventh district of Kentucky in the Fifty-sixth Coni;ress, at Capron, Hall, Needham, Terry, bis home in Owenton, on Thursday, November 16, 1899. Chanler, Hamil ton, Neville, Thayer, .Be i t f1irthe1· 1·esolved, That 88 a further mark of respect to Mr. SETTLE the (.,'bickering, Harmer, Noonan, Thomas, Iowa House do now adjourn. Clark, Mo. Haugen, - "!j orton, Ohio Thomas, N. C. Clarke, N. H. Hawleyl O'Grady, Thropp, The resolution was agreed to; and accordingly, in pursuance Clayton, Ala. Heatwo e, Olmsted, Tompkins, thereof, the House (at 6 o'clock and 24 minutes p. m.) adjourned Clayton, N. Y. Hedge, Otey, Tongue, - until Thursday next at 12 o'clock m. Cochran, Mo. Hemenway, Otjen, Underhill, Cochrane, N. Y. Henry, Conn. · Overstreet, Vandiver. Connell, Henry, Miss. Packer, Pa. Van Voorhis, Cooney, Henry, Tex. Parker, N. J. Vreeland, •EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. Cooper, Wis. He"{)burn, Payne, Wachter, Corliss, Bill. Pearce, Mo. Wadsworth, Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV, the following executive commu Cousins, Hitt, Pearre, · Wanger, nications were taken from the Speaker's table and refen-ed as Cowherd, Hoffecker, Pierce, Tenn. Warner, Cox, Hopkins, Phillips, Waters, follows: Crawford, Howell, Polk, Watson, A letter from the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of .Representa Cromer, Hull, Powers, Weaver, tives, submitting a statement of the sums of money drawn and Crowley, Jack, Prince, Weeks, Crump, Jenkins, Pugh, Weymouth, disbursed by him-to the Committee on Accounts, and ordered to Crumpacker, Jett, Quarles~. Wheeler, Ky. be printed. Cummings, Johnston, l{ansdeu White A letter from the Attorney-General, transmitting a list of judg Curtis, Jones, Va. Ray, Williai:ns, J. R. Cusack, Jones, Wash. Reeder, Williams, W. E. meuts in Indian depredation claims-to the Committee on Appro~ Cushman, Joy, Reeves. Williams. Mis9. priations, and ordered to be printed. Dahle, Wis. Kahn, Rhea, Va. Wilson,N. Y. A letter from the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representa Daly, N. J. Kerr. Ridgely, Wilson, S.C. Dalzell, Ketcham, Riordon, Wright, tives, transmitting a list of property in his charge-to the Com Davenport, Samue!Kleberg, Rixey, -Yqung, Pa. mittee on Accounts, and ordered to be printed. Davenport, StanleyKluttz, Robb, Young, Va. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a state Davidson, Knox, Roberts, Mass. Zenor, ment of the expenditure of the appropriation for ''contingent Davis, Lacey, Robertson, La. Ziegler. expenses" in his Department-to the Committee on Expenditures NAYS--32. in Interior Department, and ordered to be printed. Adamson, Cooper, Tex. Lewis, Rhea, Ky. A letter from the Librarian of Congress, submitting his annual Allen, Ky. Davey, Loud, Richardson, report-to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be Allen, Miss. De Graffenreid, McClellan, Robbins, printed. · B.'liley, Tex. Dinsmore, McCulloch, Slayden, Ball, Fitzpatrick, Maddox, Small, A letter from the Comptroller of the Currency, transmitting Brewer, Fleming, Meyer, La. Snodgrass, his annual report for the year ended October 31, 1899-to the Burleson, Kitchin, Newlands, Stephens, 'fex. Committee on Banking and Currency. Carmack, Lester, _ Norton, S. C. Turner, A letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, NOT VOTING-18. transmitting detailed statement of expenditures for the fiscal year Bartlett, Gaston, McAleer. Underwood. ended June 30, 1899, under heads of "International exchanges," Bradley. Gillet, N. Y. Smith, Md. Wheeler, Ala. "North American Ethnology," etc.-to the Committee on Appro Cam~ll, Hay, Stallings, Wilson, Idaho priations, and ordered to be printed. Cate · gs, Howard, Stewart, Wis. Epes, Levy, Swanson, A letter from the Commissioner of Fjsh and Fisheries, trans mitting a statement of the expenditures for the propagation of So the resolution was adopted. food fishes for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1899-to the Commit l\fr. OTEY. l\Ir. Speaker, my colleagues, Mr. HAY and Mr. tee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. SWANSON, are unavoidably absent from the House, and have re A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement quested me to state that if present they would have voted for the of the expenditures at Springfield Armory and of the arms, etc., adoption of the resolution. fabricated for the year ended June 30, 1 91:}-to the Committee on Mr. COOPER of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, my colleague, Mr. Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. STEW ART of Wisconsin, ha.s been called home on account of the A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a dangerous illness of a brother. If present, he would have voted report of the contingent expenses of the Department for the year for the resolution. ended June 30, 1899-to the Committee on Expenditmes in the The result of the vote was then announced as above recorded: Treasury Department, and ordered to be printed. 54 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DEOEl\IBER 5, - A letter from the Chief of Engineers, submitting the report of By Mr. CLAYTON of New York: A bill (H. R. 876) authorizing operations upon the new building for the Government Printing the Secretary of War to reconstruct the post of Fort Hamilton, Office up to November 30, 1899-to the Committee on Appropria N. Y., according to a new and appropriate plan, to purchase or tions, and ordered to be printed. acquire by exchange, or both, the necessary ground adjoining the A letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, trans Government reservation, and to erect buildings-to the Com mitting a report for the year ended June 30, 1899, showing the mittee on Military Affairs. names of persons employed in the service of the House, the time By Mr. GAINES (by request): A bill (H. R. 877) to amend an they were actually employed, the sums paid to them, the expendi act of March 1, 1895, and other acts relating to the United States tures of the contingent fund, and the stationery accounts-to the courts in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes-to the Committee on Accounts, and ordered to be printed. Committee on the Judiciary. A letter from the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, Also (byrequest), a bill (H.R.878) to provide for the ndjudica~ transmitting an inventory of books, maps, and pamphlets in the tion and payment of claims filed in the departments of the Quar folding room December 1, 1899-to the Committee on Accounts. termaster-General and the Commissary-General under the act of A letter from the superintendent of the Library building and July 4, 1864, and before the Southern Claims Commission act of grounds, submitting the annual report of his office-to the Com March 3, 1871, and have been disallowed, or that are now pend mittee on the Library, and ordered to be printed. ing--to the Committee on War Claims. A letter from the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, By Mr. GROSVENOR: A bill (H. R. 879) to provide for the transmitting an inventory of property under his cha1·ge-to the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building at Chilli Committee on Accounts. cothe. Ohio-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. A letter from the Clerk of the Honse of Representatives, trans By Mr. WM. ALDEN SMITH: A bill (H. R. 880) to amend mitting a list of the contested-election cases in the Fifty-sixth Con section 3 of an act "fixing the nmount of United States notes, gress-ordered to be printed. providing for a redisti·ibution of national-bank currency, and for other purposes," approved June 20, 1874-to the Committee on Banking and Currency. PUBLIC BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MEMORIALS Also, a bill (H. R. 881) to provide for the purchase of a site and INTRODUCED. the erection of a public building thereon at Grand Haven, in the State of Michigan-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Under clause 3 of Rule XXII, bills, resolutions, and memorials Grounds. of the following titles were introduced and severally refe.rred as Also, a bill (H. R. 882) providing for the safety of lives of per ~fu~: ~ sons on waters under the jurisdiction of the United States-to the By Mr. SPARKMAN: A bill (H. R. 862) to amend an act en Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries. titled ''An act granting pensions to the survirors of the Indian Also, a bill (H. R. 8 3) creating a national board of pardons-to wars of 1832 to 1842, inclusive, known as the Black Hawk war, the Committee on the Judiciary. Creek war, Cherokee disturbances, and the Seminole war," ap By Mr. ELLIOTT: A bill (H. R-. 884) for the appointment of a pro,ed July 27, 1892-to the Committee on Pensions. commission of experts for the purpose of making investigations Also, a bill (H. R. 863) to amend an act entitled "An act grant relating to the cause and prevention of yellow fever-to the Com ing pensions to the survivors of the Indian wars of 1832 to 1 4.2, mittee on Interstata and Foreign Commerce. inclusive, known as the Black Hawk war, Cree;k war, Cherokee By Mr. ADAMSON: A bill (H. R. 885) toprovideauniformand disturbances, and the Seminole war," approved July 27, 1892-to stable currency for the United States of America-to the Commit the Committee on Pensions. tee on Banking and Currency. Also, a bill (H. R. 864) to authorize the Secretary of the 'l'reasury Also, a bill (H. R. 886) to improve the postal system of the to settle the mutual account between the United States and the United States-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. State of Florida, heretofore examined and stated by said Secretary By Mr. BINGHAM: A bill (li. R. 887) to provide for addingto under the authority of the Congress, and for other purposes-to and completing specimens and productions, both natural and the Committee on Claims. manufactured, of the United States and of foreign countries, to be Also, a bill (H. R. 865) in relation to claims arising under the exhibited in the Philadelphia museums for the purpose of increas provisions of the captured and abandoned property acts, and for ing the trade or-the United States-totneComm.itteeonlnterstate1 other purposes, and to amend and revive the same-to the Com and Foreign Commerce. mittee on War Claims. By l\Ir. KITCHIN: A bill (H. R. 888) providing for the erection By Mr. GROSVENOR: A bill (H. R. '866) to modify and sim of a public building in the city of Durham, N. C.-to the Commit plify the pension laws of the United States-to the Committee on tee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 889) to amend sections 3242 and 3231 of the Also, a bill (H. R. 867) to prevent trespassing upon, and provid Revised Statutes-to the Committee on Ways and Means. ing for the protection of, the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Na Also, a bill (H. R. 890) to repair, improve, and enlarge the pub tional Military Park-to the Committee on Military Affairs. lic building at Greensboro, N. C.-to the Committee on Public Also, a bill (H. R. 868) authorizing the Secretary of War to Buildings and Grounds. make certain uses of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Also, a bill (H. R. 891) to place asbestus on the taxable list-to Park, and other purposes-to the Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on \Vays and Means. Also, a bill (H. R. 869) to provide for the erection of a memorial Also, a bill (H. R. 892) to repeal the 10 per cent tax on State arch at Chattanooga, Tenn.-to the Committee on Military Af bank issues-to the Committee on Banking and Currency. fairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 893) to establish a light beacon on the beach By .Mr. GAMBLE: A bill (H. R. 870) for the est.ablishment, at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina-to the Committee on Interstate control, operation, and maintenance of the Northern Branch of and Foreign Commerce. the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Hot Also, a bill (H. R. 894) to establish a light beacon at the Cape Springs, in the State of South Dakota-to the Committee' on l\lili Channel in Pamlico Sound-to the Committee on Interstate and tary Affairs. Foreign Commerce. Also, a bill (H. R. 871) providing for free homesteads on the By Mr. BINGHAM: A bill (H. R. 895) to. authorize the Secre public lands for actual and bona fide settlers, and reserving the tary of the Navy to change the material to be used in the con public lands for that purpose:--to the Committee on the Public struction of a dry dock at the navy-yard, League Island, Pa.., from Lands. timber to stone and concrete-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 872) for the restoration of annuities to the By Mr. RIXEY: A bill (H. R. 896) to provide for the construc Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Dakota or Sioux Indfans and the tion of a memorial bridge across the Potomac River from Wash Medawakant9n and Wahpakoota (Santee) Sioux Indfans, declared ington to Fort Myer and the national cemetery at Arlington forfeited by the act of February 16, 1863-to the Committee on t'.) the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Indian Affairs. By Mr. FOWLER: A bill (H. R. 897) for the purchase ot a site Also, a bill (H. R. 873) to provide for the purchase of a site and and the erection of a public building thereon in the city of Eliza the erection of a public building thereon at Deadwood, in the beth, N. J.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. State of Sou th Dakota-to the Committee on Public Buildings and By Mr. ADAMSON: A bill (H. R. 898) for the improvement Grounds. of the Chattahoochee River-to the Committee on Rivers and Also, a bill (H, R. 874) conferring jurisdiction upon the circuit Harbors. and disti·ict courts for the district of South Dakota in certain By Mr. GAINES: A bill (H. R. 899) to construct a road to the ca e, and for other purposes-to the Committee on the Judiciary. national cemetery at Dover, Tenn.-to the Committee on Military By Mr. JONES of Virginia: A bill (H. R. 875) to provide for the Affairs. purchase of a site and the erection of a post-office building thereon Also, a bill (H. R. 900) to provide a snag boat for the Cumber at Cape Charles, in the State of Virginia-to the Committee on land River-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Public Buildings and Grounds. Also, a bill (H. R. 901) to provide for the purchase of a site and 1899. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 55 the erection of a public building thereon at Springfield, Tenn., and Also, a bill (H. R. 929) to establish a. life-saving station at appropriating money therefor-to the Committee on Public Build- Swampscott, Mass.-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign ings and Grounds. · Commerce. By Mr. STEPHENS of Texas: A bill (H. R. 902) to amend section By Mr. CORLISS: A bill (H. R. 930) to authorize the construc 21 of ''An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, tion, operation, and maintenance of telegraphic cables between and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending the United States of America and Hawaii, Guam, and Philippine June 30, 1897, and for other purposes," approved May 28, 1896- Islands, and other countries, and to promote commerce-to the to the Committee on the Judiciary. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Also, a bill (H. R. 903) donating the old abandoned military res Also, a bill (H. R. 931) to amend section 698 of the Revised ervation known as Fort Bliss, situated in El Paso County, to the Statutes of the United States-to the Committee on the Judiciary. county of El Paso for a poor farm and hospital-to the Committee Also, a bill (H. R. 932) to amend section 997 of the Revised on the Public Lands. Statutes of the United States-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, a bill (H. R. 904) to amend the act relating to Indian By l\Ir. BUTLER: A bill (H. R. 933) to reimburse naval volun depredations-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. teers-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 905) to ratify and confirm an agreement with Also, a bill (H. R. 934) making Chester, Pa., a subport of entry the Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache tribes of Indians in Oklahoma to the Committee on Ways and Means. Territory and to open their reservation for settlement-to the By Mr. OTEY: A bill (H. R. 935) to complete the execution of Committee on Indian Affairs. the ninth article of the treaty of 1819. between the United States Also, a bill (H. R. 906) to amend the jurisdiction act of 1887 so and Spain-to the Committee on Claims. as to abrogate Federal jurisdiction over State corporations-to the By Mr. ROBERTS of Massachusetts: A bill (H. R. 936) for the Committee on the Judiciary. erection of an appraiser's warehouse in the city of Boston, and Also, a bill (H. R. 907) to amend and construe existing pension for other purposes-to the Committee on Public Buildings and laws-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Grounds. Also, a bill (H. R. 908) donating the abandoned military reser Also, a bill (H. ~. 937) granting thirty days' leave of absence, vation in Wheeler County, Tex., to the State of Texas for school with pay, to the employees of the Government Printing Office and purposes-to the Committee on the Public Lands. the Bureau of Engraving and Printing-to the Committee on Print By Mr. MAHON: A bill (H. R. 909) conferring on the Court of ing. Claims jurisdiction with respect to certain claims-to the Com- Also, a bill (H. R. 938) to establish the Department of Commerce mittee on War Claims. · and Manufactures-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign By Mr. JONES of Virginia: A bill (H. R. 910) giving to certain Commerce. States having claims for moneys expended or expenses incurred in Also, a bill (H. R. 939) to provide for the collection and return defense of the United States during the war of 1812 to 1814 with of duties on bicycles brought by travelers into the United States Great Britain the right to have the same adjudicated by the Supreme to the Committee on Ways and Means. Court of the United States-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 940) forthe preservation of the frigate Consti By Mr. NORTON of Ohio: A bill (H. R. 911) to amend section tu.tion-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. 1176, Revised Statutes of the United States-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 941) to prevent the desecration of the Ameri Invalid Pensions. can flag-to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. BINGHAM: A bill (H. R. 912) to increase the efficiency Also, a pill (H. R. 942) authorizing the Secretary of War to pro of the artillery arm of the Regular Army of the United States cure medals for the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, who were the to the Committee on Military Affairs. first fully equipped soldiers to arrive, on April 19, 1861, for the de By Mr. COCHRANE of New York (by request): A bill (H. R. fense of the city of Washington-to the Committee on Military 913) to pension prisoners of war captured by Confederates in war Affairs. of 1861to1865-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (B. R. 943) for the erection of a public building at Also, a bill (H. R. 914) to grant a service pension to soldiers in Malden, Mass.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and war of 1861 to 1865 at age of 65 years-to the Committee on Invalid Grounds. Pensions. · By Mr. LIVINGSTON: A bill (H. R. 944) for the erection of a Also (by request), a bill (H. R. 915) to pension United States public building at Atlanta, Ga.-to the Committee on Public soldiers and sailors of war of 1861 to 1865-to the Committee on Buildings and Grounds. Invalid Pensions. Also (by request), a bill (H. R. 916) to incrE:ase the pension of Also, a bill (H. R. 945) to provide a site and erect a public United States soldiers and sailors who were prisoners of war in building in Covington, Ga.-to the Committee on Public Buildings 1861to1865-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. and Grounds. Also (by request), a bill (H. R. 917) to pension certain United· Also, a bill (H. R. 946) establishing the Atlanta National Mili- States soldiers and sailors-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. tary Park-to the Committee on Military Affairs. · Also, a bill (H. R. 918) to pension certain totally disabled United By Mr. BROWNLOW: A bill (H. R. 947) to create a new divi States soldiers and sailors-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. sion in the eastern judicial district of the State of Tennessee-to Also (by request), a bill (H. R. 919) to prevent pensions being the Committee on the Judiciary. stopped without process of law-to the Committee on Invalid Also, a bill (H. R. 948) to do justice to men who have been hon Pensions. orably discharged from their last contract of service-to the Com Also (by request),a bill(H.R. 920) topensioncertainhonorably mittee on Military Affairs. discharged soldiers and sailors-to the Committee on Invalid Also, a bill (H. R. 949) relating to arrears in pensions-to the Pensions. Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also (by request), a bill (H. R.· 921) to pension certain soldfors By Mr. CLARK of Miss·ouri: A bill (H. R. 950) for the im ·and sailors of the war of 1861to1865-to the Committee on Invalid provement of the Missouri River at and near the mouth of Smiths Pensions. C"'reek, near Bernheimer, Warren County, Mo.-to the Committee Also (by request), a bill (H. R. 922) to pension disabled soldiers on Rivers and Harbors. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 951) making an appropriation to improve Also (by request), a bill (H. R. 923) to increase pensions of sol-. the harbor of Hermann, on the Missouri River, in Gasconade diers and sailors of the war of 1851to1865 who are 70yearsold-to County, Mo.-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .Also. a bill (H. R. 952) for the relief of the contract surgeons Also (by request). a bill (H. R. 924) to pension disabled soldiers of the war of the rebellion-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. and sailors-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. DAYTON: A bill (H. R. 953) to divide the State of Also (by request), a bill (H. R. 925) to pension disabled soldiers West Virginia. into two judicial districts-to the Committee on and sailors of the war of 1861 to 1865-to the Committee on Invalid the Judiciary. Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 951) providing for leaves of absence to cer By Mr. MOODY of Massachusetts: A bill (H. R. 926) to amend tain per diem employees of the Government-to the Committee an act entitled "An act to provide revenue for the Governmeut on Naval Affairs. and to encourage the industries of the United States," approved By Mr. REEDER: A bill (H. R. 955) granting to the State of July 24, 1897-to the Committee on Ways and Means. Kansas the abandoned Fort Hays Military Reservation in said Also, a bill (H. R. 927) to amend an act entitled "A:n act to pro State for the purpose of establishing western branches of the Kan vide ways and means to meet war expenditures, and for other pur sas .Agricultural College and· of the Kansas State Normal School poses," approved June 13, 1898, in relation to certain express car thereon, and for a public park-to the ·committee on the Public riers-to the Committee on Ways and Means. Lands. Also, a bill (H. R. 928) to amend an act entitled "An act to pro By Mr. HENRY of Connecticut: A bill (H. R. 956) to authorize vide ways and means to meet war expenditures, and for other pur the construction of an addition to the public building at Hart-· poses," approved June 13, 1898, in relation to certain express busi-. ford, Conn.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. ness-to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. DAVIS: A bill (H. R. 957) providing for the erection of 56 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. · DECEMBER 5, a public building at the city of Gainesville, Fla., and for other pur pair of the military roa.d between Fort Washakie ·and Jacksons poses-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Lake, Wyoming-to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. BARTHOLDT: A bill (H. R. 958) to declare February Also, a bill (H. R. 985) providing that those who have hereto the 12th a national holiday-to the Committee on the Judiciary. fore commuted entries or have not perfected titles to tracts Also, a bill (H. R. 959) to establish postal savings depositories entered a.s homesteads may avail themselves of the provisions of and subdepositories, and for other purposes-to the Committee the homestead laws-to the Committee on the Public Lands. on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Also, a bill (H. R. 986) to amend the provisions of section 4 Also, a bill (H. R. 960) to improve the channel of the Mississippi of the act of August 18, 1894, entitled "An act making an appro River in the harbor of St. Louis-to the Committee on Rivers and priation for the sundry civil expenses of the Government for the Harbors. fiscal year ending June 30, 1895, and for other purposes"-to the By Mr. QUARLES: A bill (H. R. 961) to aid and encourage Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands. military training and instruction by donation of public land-to Also, a bill (H. R. 987) reducing the price to be paid for desert I the Committee on the Public Lands. lands, and allowing those who have not perfected former entries By Mr. MINOR: A bill (H. R. 962) for the erection of a public under the desert-land laws and who have not parted with their building at Green Bay, Wis.-to the Committee on Public Build claims for a .valuable consideration, to make a second entry-to ings and Grounds. the Committee on the Public Lands. Also, a bill (H. R. 963) to designate Green Bay, Wis., a subport By Mr. HOWELL: A-bill (H. R. 988) authorizing the Secretary of entry-to the Committee on Ways and Means. of the Treasury to appoint commissioners to estimate damages By :Mr. SHERMAN: A bill (H. R. 964) to provide for the pur done to planted oysters and oyster beds in Raritan Bay and ad chase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at joining waters in New York and New Jersey, and to make com Littlefalls, in the State of New York-to the Committee on Public pensation therefor-to the Committee on Claims. Buildings and Grounds. By Mr. COOPER of Texas: A bill (H. R. 989) to amend "An act Also, a bill (H. R. 965) fixing the compensation of the clerks of relating to mortgages in the Indian Territory"-to the Committee the circuit and district courts of the United S_tates, and for other on Indian Affairs. purposes-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, a bill (H. R. 990) appropriating $150,000 to improve, deepen, By Mr. COONEY: A bill (H. R. 966) for the improvement of and remove the bars at the mouths of the Naches and Sabine rivers, the Missouri River at Nigger Bend, in Howard County, Mo.-to and to improve and deepen the channel through Sabine Lake, in the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. the State of Texas-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Also, a bill (H. R. 967) for the impr6vement of the Missouri By Mr. SULZER: A bill (H. R. 991) extending the time for the River at and near Huntsdale, in Boone Co"'finty, Mo.-to the Com completion of the bridge across the East River between the city of mittee on Rivers and Harbors. New York and Long Island, now in course of construction as au By Mr. GAMBLE: A bill (H. R. 968) to aid the State of South thorized by the act of Congress approved March 3, 1887-to the Dakota to support a school of mines-to the Committee on the Pub Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. lic Lands. By Mr. JONES of Washington: A bill (H. R. 992) compelling By Mr. WILSON of New York: A bill (H. R. 969) to amend telegraphic companies to pay the 1 cent tax on messages and dis section 5 of an ;:ict to relieve certain appointed or enlisted men patches-to the Committee on Ways and Means. of the Navy and l\I~rine Corps from the charge of desertion, ap Also, a bill (H. R. 993) granting a pension to persons who have proved August 14, 1888-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. become disabled in the Life-Saving Service-to the Committee on By Mr. BARNEY: A bill (H. R. 970) providing for the adjust Interstate and Foreign Commerce. ment of the swamp-land grant to the State of Wisconsin, and for ..t\.lso, a bill (H. R. 994) making additional appropriationforpublic other purposes-to the Committee on the Public Lands. building in the city of Seattle, State of Washington-to the Com By l\Ir. BOREING: A bill (H. R. 971) to divide Kentucky into mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds. two judicial districts-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, a bill (H. R. 995) providing for the erection of a public By Mr. OTEY: A bill (H.R. 972) toprovidefortheappointment building at the city of Spokane l!,alls, State of Washington-to the of dental sur~eons for service in the United States Army-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. EDDY: A bill (H. R. 996) providing for free homesteads By_Mr. srrARK: A bill (H. R. 973) to provide for the revision on the public lands for actual and bona fide settlers, and reRerving and adjustment of the sales of the Otoe and Missouria Reservation the public lands for that purpose-to the Committee on the Public lands in the States of Kansas and Nebraska, and to confirm the Lands. - titles under said eales....:...to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 997) to provide allotments to Indians on By Mr. GRAHAM: A bill (H. R. 974) granting per diem pension White Earth Reservation. in Minnesota-to the Committee on service to honorably discharged officers and enlisted men of the Indian Affairs. · Union Army in the civil war-to the Committee on Invalid Also. a bill (H. R. 998) providing for the sale of pine timber Pensions. on White Earth and Red Lake (diminished) reservations, in the By Mr. ROBBINS: A bill (H. R. 975) to amend an act entitled State of Minnesota-to the Committee on Indian.Affairs. "An act for the erection of a public building at Anniston, Ala." By Mr. GREEN of Pennsylvania: A biU (H. R. 999) to amend to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. sections 4826, 4829, 4830: and 4832 of the Revised Statutes-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 976) for the erection of a public building at Committee on Military Affairs. Selma, Ala.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. By Mr. FREER: A bill (H. R. 1000) to provide for the pur Also, a bill (H. R. 977) toe tablish a port of entry and delivery chase of a site and the erection of a public building t}?.ereon at at the city of Selma, Ala. -to the Committee on Ways and Means. Huntington, in the State of West Virginia-to the Committee on By Mr. GORDON: A bill (H. R. 978) for the extension of Le Public Buildings and Grounds. · Droit avenue and S street-to the Committee on the District of ByMr.BROMWELL: A bill (H.R.1001) toextendtheu esofthe Columbia. mail service-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Po t-Roads. By Mr. STEVENS of Minnesota: A bill (H. R. 979) for the erec By Mr. NAPHEN: A bill (H. R. 1002) for the improvement of tion and construction of a public bnilding in the city of Stillwater Town River. Quincy Bay, Massachusetts-to the Committee on for the accommodation of the United States po t-office and other Rivers and Harbors. Government offices-to the Committee on Public Buildings and By Mr. SIMS: A bill (H. R. 1003) to provide for a road to the Grounds. Shiloh National Military Park-to the Committee on Military By Mr. COWHERD: A bill (H. R. 980) to regulate-the practice Affairs. in United States courts in regard to instructing juries therein By Mr. LORIMER: A bill (H. R. 1004:) for the erection of a to the Committeee on the Judiciary. public building at Oakpark, Ill.-to the Committee on Public By Mr. l\IONDELL: A bill (Ei. R. 981) providing for the mark Buildings and Grounds. ing and mom1.menting of the battlefield of Massacre Hill-to the By Mr. BERRY: A bill (H. R. 1005) to provide for the is uing Committee on Military Affairs. of commissions to warrant officers of the United States Navy Al o, a bill (H. R. 9 2) to apply a portion of the proceeds of the to the Committee on Naval Affairs. public lands to the endowment and upport of the mining schools Also, a bill (R. R. 1006) amending section 1 of an act passed in the several States and Territories, for the purpo e of extending August 5, 1892, entitled "An act granting pensions to army similar aid in the development of the mining industries of the nurses "-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. nation as already provided for the agricultural and mechanical Also, a bill (H. R. 1007) to increase the limit of the appropria arts-to the Committee on Mines and Mining. tion for a public building at Newport, Ky.-to the Committee on Al ·o, a bill (H. R. 983) providing for the construction of a wagon Public Buildings and Grounds. road through the Yellowston,e National Park and the Yellowstone Also, a bill (H. R. 100 ) to require per ons who make their re i National Park Forest Reserve-to the Committee on Appropria dence on boats on the Mississippi and Ohio river to obtain license~ tions. and for other purposes-to the Committee on Interstate and For Also, a bill (H. R. 984) providing for the improvement and re- eign Commerce. · CONGRESSIONAL RECORD~HOUSE. Also, a bill (H. R. 1009) granting increase of pension to surviv United States chiefly valuable for building stone, limestone, sand ors of Mexican and Indian wars, and to their widows-to the Com stone, granite, marble, slate, and lands containing gypsum, mica, mittee on Pensions. asphaltum, borax, fire clay, kaolin, pet~oleum, salt, chalk, and · By Mr. LAMB: A bill (H. R. 1010) for the erection of a public other like mineral substances, and for other purposes-t!) the building in the city of ·Manchester, State· of Virginia-to the Committee on the Public Lands. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Also, a bill (H. R. 1035) for the free coinage of gold and silver By Mr. MAHON:· A bill (H. R.1011) to establish a bureau of and for the issue of gold and silver certificates-to the Coinmittee public health in the Treasury Department of the United States, on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. to establish and maintain a system of quarantine, and to .provide Also, a bill ( H. R. 1036) to regulate the practice, pleadings, measures of security against the inuoduction and spread of con forms, and mode of proceeding in civil causes in equity in the tagious and epidemic diseases-to the Committee on Inter'state circuit courts of the United States-to the Committee on the· Judi and Foreign Commerce. ciary. - By Mr. GUMMINGS: A bill (H. R. 1012) to regulate the pay of Also, a bill (H. R. 1037) to define and tax trusts and to author printers in Navy and Marine Corps-to the Committee on Naval ize the free importation of articles covered by them, and for other Affairs." · purposes-to the Committee on Ways and Means. Also, a bill (H. R. 1013) to amend section 5 of a~ act to relieve By Mr. BURKE of South Dakota: A bill (H. R. 1038) fixing the certain appointed or enlisted men of the Navy and-Marine Corps times when, regulating the manner in which, ·and declaring the from the charge of desertion, approved August 14, 1888-:-to the character of the accounts between the United States and the sev Committee on Naval Affairs. eral public.land States, relative to the net proceeds of the sales, Also, a bill (H. R. 1014) to amend an act approved August 1, and other disposition of the public lands made and to be made 1894, entitled "An act relating to the pay and retirement of mates therein by the United States, which shall hereafter be stated and in the United States Navy ''-to t4e Committee on Naval Affairs. certified to the Treasury Department for payment-to the Com Also, a bill (H. R. 1015) to grade substitute letter carriers-to mittee on the Public Lands. the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. By Mr. HULL: A bill (H. R. 1039) to amend the war-revenue Also, a bill (H. R. 1016) relating to compensation of fourth-clas.'i act, approved June 13, 1898-to the Committee on Ways · and postmasters-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Means. Also, a bill (H. R. 1017) providing for the compensation of - By Mr. MINOR: A bill (H. R. 1040) to amend section_4445 of fourth-class postmasters for issuing money orders-to ·the Com -Title LU of the ReVised Statutes of the United States, ·relating to mittee on the Post-Office and Post-Rol\ds. licensing of officers of steam vessels-to the Committee on the By Mr. BINGHAM: A bill (H. R. 1018) to amend section 3829 Merchant Marine and Fisheries. of the Revised Statutes-to the Committee on the Post-Office and By Mr. ELLIOTT: A bill (H. R. 1041) to grant .to the city of Post-Roads. Charleston, S. C., the old post-office lot and building for the use Also, a bill (H. R. 1019) to allow the Postmaster-General to of the commercial bodies of the city-to the Committee on Public grant leave of absence with full pay (in addition to the leave now Buildings and Grounds. granted by law) to any letter carrier or clerk in a post-office who By Mr. WILSON of Arizona: A bill (H. R. 1042) to provide for shall be disabled by any casualty while in the performance of the admission of tne State of Arizona into the Union, and for his duty, and so forth-to the Committee on the Post-Office and other purposes-to the Committee on the Territories. Post-Roads. By Mr. BROWNLOW: A bill (H. R. 10i3) authorizing the Also, a bill (H. R. 1020) to prevent the establishment of letter President to appoint and retire as brigadier-general any colonel boxes for the receipt or delivery of certain mail matter in premises who may have commanded a brigade during any portion of the not occupied by post-offices or branch offices-to the Committee on investment of Santiago, although now on the retired list-to the the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Committee on Military Affairs . .Also, a bill (H. R. 1021) to authorize the Secretary of War to By Mr. MUDD (by request): A bill (H. R. 1044) for the exten, furnish certified copies of muster rolls-to the Committee on Mili sion of Columbia road east of 'fhirteenth street-to the Commit- tary Affairs. tee on the District of Columbia. · Also, a bill (H. R. 1022) to amend section 2743 of the Revised Also (by request), a bill (H. R. 10-!5) authorizing the exten Statutes of the United States, concerning the examination of sion of Wyoming avenue-to the Committee on the District of drugs-to the Committee on Ways and Means. Columbia. By Mr. KNOX: A bill (H. R. 1023) providing for the election Also (by request), a bill (H. R. 1046-) authorizing the exten of a Delegate from the district of AlMka to the House of Repre sion of Kalorama avenue-to the Committee on the District of . sentatives of the United States-to the Committee on the Terri Columbia. tories. By Mr. DAVIDSON: A bill (H. R. 1047) for the erection of a Al8o, a bill (H. R. 1024) to pay_certain bounties to enlisted men public building at Manitowoc, Wis.-to the Committee on Public afi;erwards promoted to be commissioned officers-to the Commit Buildings and Grounds. tee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1048) for the erection of a public building at Also, a bill (H. R. 1025) prohibiting the legislatures of the Ter Fond du Lac, Wis.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and ritories of the United States from crea-ting new counties by special Grounds. act, and for other purposes-to the Committee on the Territories. Also, a bill (H. ~· 1049) to increase the army ration by the ad By Mr. ADAMS: A bill (H. R. 1026) to increase the efficiency dition of pure American cheese-to the Committee on Military of the foreign service of the United States and to provide for Affairs. the reorganization of the consular service-to the Committee on By Mr. GIBSON: A bill (H. R.1050) to honor the patriotism of Foreign Affairs. certain soldiers who served in the Philippines-to the Committee By Mr. McRAE: A bill (H. R. 1027) to extend the limits and on Military Affairs. laws of the Territory of -Oklahoma. and to enable the people By Mr. GROUT: A bill (H. R.1051) to grade substitute letter thereof to form a constitution and State government and to be carriers-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. admitted into the Union on. an equal footing with the original Also, a bill (H. R. 1052) to reduce the postage on fourth-class States-to the Commi.ttee on the Territories. matter-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Also, a bill (H. R.1028) to refund the cotton tax-to the Com- Also, a bill (H. R. 1053) providing representation in Congress mittee on War Claims. , for Alaska-to the Committee on the Territories. Also, a bill (H. R.1029) designating the officers before whom Also, a bill (H. R.1054) for the relief of Union soldiers who were preliminary affidavits in entries of public lands may be executed confined in Southern prisons-to the Committee on Invalid Pen to the Committee on the Public Lands. sions. ~.i\.lso, a bill (H. R.1030) to revive the right of action under the Also, a bill (H. R. 1055) relating to the National Home for Dis captured and abandoned property acts, and for other pntposes abled Volunteer Soldiers-to the Committee on .Military Affairs. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1056) for the erection of a public building at Also, a bill (H. R. 1031) to provide for the permanent improve Island Pond, Vt.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and ment of the Ouachita River-to the Committee on Rivers and Grounds. Harbors. • Also, a bill (H. R. 1057) authorizin!! the Secretarv of War to Also, a bill (H. R. 1032) to prevent the free use of timber or recognize the organizations of the Sons-of Veterans. United States stone on public lands, except by bona fide settlers, miners, resi of America, as part of the military provincial reserve of the United dents, and prospectors, for firewood, fencing, building, mini.ng, States Army-to the Committee on Military Affairs. and other domestic purposes, and for other purposes-to the Com Also, a bill (H. R. 1053) to amend section 4696 of the Revised mittee on the Public Lands. Statutes of the United States-to the Committee on Invalid Pen- - Also,.a bill (H. R. 1033) to declare a further forfeiture of lands sions. · granted for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads, Also, a bill (H, R.1059) to enable the people to name their post and for other purposes-to the Committee on the Public Lands. masters-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Also, a bill (H. R. 1034) to provide for the sale of lands of the Also, a bill (H. R. 1060) to prevent the sale of beer or other 58 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-·HOUSE. DECEMBER 5, intoxicating liquors in soldiers' homes, immigrant stations, and Also, a bill (H. .R. 1085) for the establishment of an Army post other public buildings-to the Committee on Alcoholic Liquor at or near Chattanooga, Tenn., and appl'Opriating $200,000 there Traffic. · for-to the Committee on Military Affairs . . By Mr. TAYLOR of Alabama: kbill (H. R. 1061) to authorize Also, a bill (H. R. 1086) to restrict the application of the doc the Montgomery, Hayneville and Camden Railroad Company to trine of contributory negligence so as to permit persons guilty of construct and maintain a bridge across the Tombigbee River negligence which is not the proximate cause of an injury to per between the northern and southern boundary lines of Clarke sons or property to recover damages, and to define the term '' proxi County, Ala.-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com mate cause" and the right of litigants to have the same determined merce. by a jury, and the duties of Federal judges in such cases-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1062) to authorize the Montgomery, Hayne Committee on the Judiciary, · ville and Camden Railroad Company to construct and maintain a By Mr. LIVINGSTON: A bill (H. R. 1087) to authorize the bridge across the Alabama River between Claiborne and Lower construction by the Wadley and 1\Iount Vernon Railroad Com Peachtree, in Alabama-to the Committee on Interstate and pany of a bridge across the Oconee River, in the State of Georgia Foreign Commerce. to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. DOVENER: A bill (H. R. 1063) to segregate and re By Mr. CRUMP: A bill (H. R.1088) making an appropriation for turn to the unreserved public domain mineral lands upon a reser a steam fog whistle at Ottawa Point, entrance to Tawas Bay, vation for the use of the Metlakahtla Indians in Alaska-to the Lake Htrron-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com Committee on Indian Affairs. merce. By Mr. DALZELL: A bill (H. R. 1064) for a public building Also, a bill (H. R. 1089) for the erecting of a public building at for a marine hospital at Pittsburg, Pa..-to the Committee on Pub Alpena, Mich.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and lic Buildings and Grounds. Grounds. Also, a bill (H. R. 1065) to authorize the construction of bridges Also, a bill (H. R. 1090) for the erection of a public post-office across the Ohio, :Monongahela, Mississippi, Great Kanawha, Ten building at West Bay City, Mich.-to the Committee on Public nessee, Cumberland, and illinois rivers, and to prescribe the di Buildings and Grounds. mensions of the same-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign By Mr. RIXEY: A bill (H. R. 1091) for the payment of claims Commerce. · of citizens of the State of Virginia-to the Committee on War Also, a bill (H. R. 1066) to indemnify the StatB of Pennsylvania Claims. for money expended in 1864 for militia called into the military Also, a bill (H. R. 1092) to set apart a portion of the Arlington service by the governor under the proclamation of the President estate for experimental agt"icultural purposes, and to place said of June 15, 1863-to the Committee on War Claims. portion under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture Also. a bill (H. R. 1067) to incorporate the Lake Erie and Ohio and his successor in office-to the Committee on Military Affairs. River Ship Canal Company and defining the powers thereof. and By Mr. BELL: A bill (H. R. 1093) to authorize the exploration to establish the canals and works herein authorized as military and purchase of mines within the boundaries of private land post-roads-to the Committee on Railways and Canals. claims-to the Committee on Mines and :Mining. By Mr. LOVERING: A bill (H. R. 10u3) for the erection of a Also, a bill (H. R. 1004) to amend section 2323 of the Revi ed public building at Plymouth, Mass.-to the Committee on Public Statutes of the United States, relating to tunnel rights-to the Buildings and Grounds. Committee on :Mines and Mining. By Mr. SULLOWAY: A bill (H. R. 1069) to revive and amend Also, a bill (H. R. 1095) withdrawing the right of the Secretary and extend the act of Congress of August 15, 1876, to encourage of the Treasury to issue bonds, and for other purpo es-to the and promote telegraphic communications between America and Committee on Ways and 1\Ieans. Asia, across the Pacific Ocean, from the western shores of the Also, a bill (H. R.1096) to provide for the securing to theStateof United States to the Hawaiian Islands, to Japan and China-to the Colorado full title to all mineral lands, and so forth-to the Com Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. mittee on the Public I.Jands. By Mr. SULZER: A bill (H. R. 1070) to provide for medals for Also, a bill (H. R. 1097) to amend section 2323 of, the Revised volunteer nurses-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Statutes of the United States, relating to tunnel rights-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1071) relating to public holidays-to the Committee on Mines and Mining. Committee on the Judiciary. Also, a bill (H. R. 1098) prohibiting the Secretary of the Treas Also, a bill (H. R. 1072) as to medals of honor-to the Com ury from owning any interest in any association issuing national mittee on Military Affairs. currency at the time of his appointment, a.nd so forth-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1073) in relation to contempts of court-to Committee on Banking and Currency. the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, a bill (H. R.1099) requiring all exchanges of gold bars for Also, a bill (H. R. 1074) to raise additional revenue for the sup gold coin to be by weight-to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, port of the Government-to the Committee on Ways and Means. and Measures. By Mr. NORTON of Ohio: A bill (H. R.1075) providing for pen Also, a bill (H. R. 1100) to make laws for taking evidence, affida sions to soldiers, sailors, and marines on account of disability con vits. and so forth, in homestead claims applicable to timber and tracted while in the service; also a service pension on the per diem stone claims-to the Committee on the Public Lands. ' plan-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R.1101) for privilege of mayor of Ouray, Colo., to Also, a bill (H. R. 1076) to provide for enlarging and improving enter additional town-site lands-to the Committee on the Public the United States Government building at Sandusky, Ohio, and Lands . to appropriate $50,000 therefor-to the Commit.tee on Public .A.lso, a bill (H. R. 1102) to provide for the sale of United States Buildings and Grounds. internal-revenue stamps by a11 United States postmasters, and for By Mr. GILLETT of Massachusetts: A bill (H. R. 1077) for the other purposes-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post erection of a public building at Northampton, Mass.-totheCom Roads. mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Also. a bill (H. R. 1103) to maintain the parity between the Also, a bill (H. R.1078) fortheadmissionintotheUnitedStates coins of the United States, and for other purposes-to the Commit of certain works of art free of duty-to the Committee on Ways tee on Coinage, Weights, and .Measures. and .Means. • Also, a bill (H. R. 1104) to restore the bimetallic system of the Also, a bill (H. R. 1079) to regulate interstate transportation of United States, and for other purposes-to the Committee on Coin property owned or manufactmed by unlawful combinations-to age, Weights, and Measures. the Committee on the Judiciary. · Also, a bill (H. R. 1105) to coin the silver bullion in the Treas By Mr . .MOON: A bill (H. R.1080) to limit United States courts' ury, and for other purposes-to the Committee on Coinage, jurisdjction to 85,000-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Weights, and :Measures. Also, a bill (H. R. rn 1) to lil!lit the jurisdiction of the courts Also, a bill (H. R. 1106) to amend section 2323 of the Revised of the United States in certain cases to $10,000--to the Committee Statutes of the United States, relating to tunnel rights-to the on the Judiciary. · Committee on Mines and Mining. Also, a bill (H. R. 1082) to provide for the prosecution of suits Also, a bill (H.0 R. 1107) for making the criminal Jaws of the in, and appeals and writs of error from, circuit and district courts United. States applicable to Indians in the Indian schools-to the of the United States by administrators. guarilians, and next friend Commit ee on the Judiciary. . without giving bond for cost-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, a bill (H. R. 1108) to fix times and places of holding United Also, a bill (H. R.10 3) to provide liens in favor of attorneys at States circuit and district courts in Colorado-to the Committee law in original and removed causes to the United States court, on the Judiciary. and to provide for the enforcement thereof-to the Committee on the Also, a bill (H. R. 1109) to provide for the purchase of a site Judiciary. and the erection of a public building thereon at Glenwood Also, a bill (H. R. 1084) to fix the standard of gold and silver Springs, in the State of Colorado-to the Committee on Public coin and the unit of value, and to make all silver coin a full legal Buildings and Grounds. tender for all debts, public and private-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 1110) to authorize the Secretary of War to Coinage, Weights, and Measures. furnish books of military instruction published by the War De- 1899. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-· HOUSE. 59 partment to the organized militia and volunteer forces of the in the State of Georgia-to the Committee on Public Buildings United States-to the Committee on Military Affairs. and Grounds. Also, a bill (H. R. 1111) to furnish the military tactics to the · Also, a bill (H. R. 2535) to give jurisdiction to try and dispose National Guard and other military organizations-to the Com of all cases punishable by fine and imprisonment for less than one mittee on the Militia. year-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, a bill (H. R.1112) to fix times and places of holding United By Mr. SULZER: A bill (H. R. 2536) to increase the pay of let· States circuit and district courts in Colorado-to the Committee ter carriers-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. on the Judiciary. By Mr. LLOYD~ A Joint resolution (H.J. Res. 34) proposing Also, a bill (H. R. 1113) to restore medical freedom to the peo an amendment to the Constitution providing for the election of ple of the District of Columbia-to the Committee on the District Senators by direct vote of the people-to the Committee on Elec of Columbia. tion of President, Vice-President, and Representatives in Congress. By Mr. NAPHEN: A bill (H. R. 1114) to provide for the erec By Mr. ST.ARK: A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 35) authorizing tion of a public building in the city of Quincy, Mass.-to the Com the Secretary of War to exchange a battery and equipments with mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds. the governor of the State of Nebraska-to the Committee on Mili Also, a bill (H. R.1115) to provide for the establishing of a steam tary Affairs. tug· in connection with City Point life-saving station, Dorches By Mr. COOPER of Texas: A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 36) ter Bay, Massachusett9, and the placing of a searchlight at said proposing an amendment to Article III, section 1, of the Constitu station-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. tion of the United 8tates of America-to the Committee on the \ By Mr. COX: A bill (H. R. 1116) to provide trial by jmy in Judiciary. contempt cases when such alleged contempts are not committed By Mr. ZENOR: A joint resolution (H.J. Res. 37) construing in presence of court-to the Committee on the Judiciary. the act approved June 27, 1890,entitled "An act granting pensions · Also, a bill (H. R. 1117) to establish a military. post in or near to soldiers and sailors who are incapacitated for the performance Columbia, in Maury County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Mili- of manual labor, and providing for pensions to widows, minor ta1·y Affairs. · children, and dependent parents"-to the Committee on Invalid Also, a bill (H. R. 1118) for the better control of and to promote Pensions. the safety of national banks-to the Committee on Banking and By Mr, McRAE: A joint resolution (H.J. Res. 38) directing the Currency. executive department to exercise the legal right to pay the obli By Mr. COOPER of Texas: A bill (H. R. 1212) to authorize the gations of this Government in either silver or gold coin, and for Secretary of War to cause to be investigated and to provide for the other purposes-to the Committee on Ways and Means. payment of all claims presented on behalf of churches, schools, Also, a joint resolution (H.J. Res. 39) proposing an amendment libraries, hospitals, and establishments conducted for the benefit to the Constitution of the United States-to the Committee on the of churches, orfor charitable purposes, arising from the occupation Judiciary. . and use of buildings, grounds, and other property of various kinds By Mr. FREER: A joint resolution (H.J. Res. 40) asking permis occupied, used, taken away, injured, consumed, or destroyed by sion for the use of the United States court-house at Parkersburg, the United States or its Army during the civil war, or for its bene W. Va., by the circuit and criminal courts of Wood County, fit in any way-to the Committee on War Claims. W. Va., while constructing a new court-house for said county By Mr. BELL: A bill (ff. R. 1549) to require the Secretary of to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. the Treasury to pay the bonds issued under the contract of the By Mr. LOVERING: A joint resolution (H.J. Res. 41) proposing Secretary of the Treasury with August Belmont & Co. and others, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States-to the bearing date February 8, 1895, interest and principal, in not less Committee on the Judiciary. than one half in standard silver dollars-to the Committee on By Mr. GILLETT of Massachusetts: A joint resolution (H. J. Ways and Means. Res. 42) proposing an amendment to the Constitution giving Con· Py Mr. BINGHAM: A bill (H. R. 1608) to ex.tend the free gress jurisdiction over divorce-to the Committee on the Judiciary. delivery system of the Post-Office Department, and for other pur ByMr.RIXEY: Ajointresolution (H.J. Res. 43) askingforesti· poses-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. mates for the improvement of Quantico Creek, in Prince William Also, a bill (H. R. 1618) appropriating $25.000 to the Franklin County, Va.-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Institute, of Philadelphia, and the Purdue University: of Lafay Also, a joint resolution (H. J. Res. 44) asking for estimates for the ette, Ind., for the purpose of determining the quantity of the so improvement of upper Machodoc Creek. in King George County, called "hammer blows,:' "centrifugal lift, and tangental throw:' Va.-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. of locomotive driving wheels in use on American railroads-to the By Mr. GROUT: A joint resolution (H.J. Res. 45) constitutional Committee on Appropriations. amendment to prohibit polygamy or polygamous cohabitation in By Mr. DALZELL: A bill (H. R. 1114) to change the names of the United States and all territory subject to its jmisdiction. and certain streets in the city of Washington, D. C.-tothe Committee to prohibit all persons guilty of polygamy or polygamous cohab- · on the District of Columbia. itation from holding offices of trust-to the Committee on the By Mr. LAMB: A bill (H. R. 2081) directing the Secretary of the Judiciary. Treasury to reexamine and resettle the accounts of certain States By Mr. COX: A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 46) to print maps and the city of Baltimore growing out of moneys expended by said of island of Cuba-to the Committee on Printing. States and the city of Baltimore for military purposes during the By Mr. CUMMINGS: A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 47) grant· war of 1812-to the Committee on Claims. ing permission for the erection of a bronze statue in Washington, By Mr. MOON: A bill (H. R. 2153) authorizing the Alaskan N av D. C., in honor of Gen. Francis E. Spinner, late Treasurer of the igation andDevelopment Company, of Camden,N.J., United States United States-to the Committee on the Library. of America, to own and navigate boats and vessels, and to improve Also, a joint resolution (H. J. Res. 48) to authorize the pur rivers, creeks, inlets, bays, and gulfs in Alaska, and to dredge, chase of the painting by Victor N ehlig representing Pocahontas excavate, and blast in any of said waters, and to fully and com saving the life of Capt. John Smith-to the Committee on the pletely exercise in Alaska and in Alaskan waters all the rights and Library. privileges they exercise by virtue of their chru:ter-to the Com By Mr. BELL: A joint resolution (H.J. Res. 49) proposing an mittee on the Territories. amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for By Mr. OVER.3TREET: A bill (H. R. 2201) to establish a mili the election of Senators by the votes of the qualified electors of tary post at or near Indianapolis, Ind.-to the Committee on the States-to the Committee on Election of President, Vice MilitaI·y Affairs. President, and Representatives in Congrnss. Also, a bill (H. R. 2206) authorizing an increase of pensions in By l\Ir. DALZELL: A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 50) granting certain cases-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. permission for the erection of a monument in Washington, D. 0., By Mr. RIXEY: A bill (H. R. 2296) to pay to the Mount Vernon for the ornamentation uf the national capital and in honor of A venue Association, as assignee of the State of Virginia, the amount Samuel Hahnemann-to the Con;imittee on the Library. loaned by said State to the General Government, and for other pm By Mr. BERRY: A joint resolution (H.J. Res. 51) tendering noses-to the Committee on Claims. the thanks of Congress to Commodore Schley, United States Navy, - By Mr. SHERMAN: A bill (H. R. 2326) forthereliefof the State and the officers and men under his command-to the Committee of New York-to the Committee on Claims. on Naval Affairs. By Mr. TATE: A bill (H. R. 2532) to amend section 3331 of the By Mr. BINGHAM: A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 52) tender Revised Statutes of the United States-to the Committee on the ing the thanks of CongTess·to the National Relief Commission Judiciary. and its contributors for humane and beneficent services in the Also, a bill {H. R. 2533) to provide to whom contracts for car late war with Spain-to the Committee on Military Affairs. rying mails shall be awarded-to the Committee on the Post-Office . By Mr. ELLIOTT: A joint resolution (H. J. Res: 53) to au and Post-Roads. • thorize the appointment of George Izard Middleton an ensign in Also, a bill (H. R. 2534) to provide for the purchase of a site the Navy-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. and the erection of a post-office building thereon at Gainesville, By Mr. LAMB: A joint resolution (H.J. Res. 54) directing a 60 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 5, suitable shaft to be placed at the grave of John Tyler-to the Com: Also, a bill (H. R.1126) to authorize the Quartermaster-General mittee on the Library. to investigate the claim of the representatives of Robert T. Wil By Mr. TAYLOR of Alabama: A concun·ent resolution (H. C. liams, deceased, against the United States-to the Committee on Res. 1) directing the Secretary of War to make and submit an Claims. estimate of the cost of cutting and dredging a channel across the Also, a bill (H. R.1127) for the relief of Rhoda Rucker, of Ten bar below Fort Morgan, at Mobile Harbor, Alabama-to the nessee-to the Committee on Pensions. Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Also, a bill (H. R.1128) for the relief of the estate of William By Mr. NAPHEN: A concurrent resolution (H. C. Res. 2) re Grigsby, deceased, late of Giles County, Tenn.-to the Committee questing Secretary of War to submit plan and estimate of deepen on War Claims. ing and widening channels at Boston Harbor-to the Committee Also, a bill (H. R. 1129) for the relief of John E. Horton, Sims, on Rivers and Harbors. Wayne County, Tenn.-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. WM. ALDEN SMITH: A resolution (H. Res. 11) re . Also, a bill (H. R. 1130) for the relief _of John D. Reed, admin questing Secretary of State to report correspondence-between Ger istrator of J.P. C. Reed,deceased-totheCommitteeon War Claims. many and United States respecting adulteration of German Also, a bill (H. R-.1131) for the relief of ThomasJ. Lawson, sr.~ wines-to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a resolution (H. Res. 12) relating to a conference to be held Also, a bill (H. R. 1132) to remove charge of desertion against in Washington between Mexico, Central and South America, and W. J. Smith-to the Committee on Military Affairs. United States, touching the.arbitration of disputed matters-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1133) for relief of F. M. Fitsgerald, adminis the Committee on Foreign Affairs. trator of John Chandler, deceased-to the Committee on War· Also, a resolution (H. Res. 13) requesting Secretary of State to Claims. report to the House the status of an agreement between United Also, a bill (H. R. 1134) for the relief of William Whitaker-to States and Great Britain, relating to war vessels on Great Lakes the Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1135) to grant an honorable discharge to Also, a resolution (H. Res. 14) requesting Secretary of the T. J. Murphy-to the Committee on Military Affairs. · Interior to inform the House as to certain payments to the Potta Also, a bill (H. R. 1136) for the relief of parties for -p·foperty watomie Indians of .Michigan of money appropriated for them....:.. taken from them by military forces of the United States-to the to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Committee on War Claims. By Mr. ROBERTS of Massachusetts: A resolution (H. Res.15) providing for the printing and binding of 1,000 copies of the His Also, a bill (H. R. 1137) for the relief of William J. Hines-to tory of Navy-Yard at Boston, Mass. -to the Committee on Printing. the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. TAWNEY: A resolution (H. Res. 16) amending the Also, a bill (H. R.1138) to remove charge of desertion standing rules of the House, providing for a committee on insular affairs against William M. Anderson-to the Committee on Military to the Committee on Rules. Affairs. . By Mr. McRAE: A resolution (H. Res. 17) amending the rules Also, a bill (H. R. 1139) for the relief of James Few and to re-· of the House-Rule XXIV-to the Committee on Rules. move charge of desertion-to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. LOUDENSLAGER: A resolution (H. Res. 18) amend Also, a bill (H. R. 1140) for relief of the estate of Henry C. ing the rules of the House-Rule XXVI-to the Committee on Sinclair, late of Williamson County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Rules. War Claims. By Mr. GROUT: A resolution (H. Res. 19) authorizing the ap Also, a bill (H. R. 1141) to remove the charge of desertion pointment of a committee on the Home for Disabled Volunteer against W. A. Kilburn-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Soldiers--to the Committee on Rules. Also, a bill (H. R. 1142) for the relief of the estate of Mrs. E. l\I. Also, a resolution (H. Res. 20) authorizing the printing of the Booker, deceased, late of Columbia, Tenn.-to the Committee on work known as Hawks and Owls-to the Committee on Printing. War Claims. · By Mr. BERRY: A resolution (H. Res. 21) for the benefit of Also, a bill (H. R. 1143) to erect a monument to the memory of Samuel Lee-to the Committee on Claims. Meriwether Lewis-to the Committee on the Library. By Mr. BELL: A memorial of . the legislature of the State of Also, a bill (H. R. 1144) for the relief of the estate of N. E. Per Colorado, favoring the return to the Republic of Mexico of cannon kins, deceased, late of Williamson County, Tenn.-to the Commit and other trophies of war-to the Committee on Military Affairs. tee on War Claims. , By Mr. ESCH: A memorial of the legislature of the State of Also, a bill (H. R. 1145) for the relief of W. S. Reid, administra Wisconsin, favoring the naming one of United States war vessels tor of Mrs. F. M. Harris, deceased, late of Franklin, Tenn.-to the Milwaukee-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Committee on War Claims. By Mr. MINOR: A memorial of the legislature of the State of By Mr. CRUMP: A bill (H. R. 1146) amending the military Wisconsin, favoring the naming of one of the United States war record of Albert E. Pringle, and granting his aged and dependent vessels Milu·aukee-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. mother a pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a memorial of the legislature of the State of Wisconsin, Also, a bill (H. R. 1147) granting an increase of pension to Dr. favoring legislation favorable to American shipping-to the Com Luke H. Cooper, now totally blind-to the Committee on Invalid mittee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Pensions. By Mr. OTJEN: A memorial of the le~islature of the State of Also, a bill (H. R. 1148) to increase the pension of Capt. Isaac WisconBin, favoring the naming one of United States war vessels D. ·Toll-to the Committee on Pensions. Milwaukee-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1149) granting a pension to Erasmus L. By Mr. GREENE of Massachusetts: A memorial of the legisla Wenz-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ture of the State of Massachusetts. favoring the placing of a steam ·Also, a bill (H. R. 1150) pensioning 11Irs. Kate Crawford-to launch and searchlight at the life-saving station in Dorchester the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Bay-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Also, a bill (H. R. 1151) granting an increase of pension to Charles Howell-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED. Also, a bill (H. R. 1152) for the relief of Henry Schindebette Under clause 1 of Rule XXII: private bills of the following titles to the Committee on Claims. were presented and referred as follows: Also, a bill (H. R. 1153) to correct the military record of George By Mr. ADAMS: A bill (H. R. 1119) to authorize the Secretary H. Keating-to the Committee on Military Affairs. · of War to grant a medal to Edward Giles, late color sergeant of Also, a bill (H. R. 1154) to remove the charge of desertion from First New York Cavalry United States Volunteers-to the Com the military record of Charles D. Tifft-to the Committee on mittee on Military Affairs. Military Affairs. By Mr. ADAMSON: A bill (H. R. 112a) granting a pension to .Also, a bill (H. R. 1155) to remove charge of desertion from the John McMichael-to the Committee on Pensions. military record of John Leroy-to the Committee on Military By Mr. COX: A bill (H. R. 1121 ) for the relief of the Protestant Affairs. Episcopal Church of St. Paul, at Franklin, Tenn.-to the Commit Also, a bill (H. R. 1156) amending the military record of Loni.CJ tee on War Claims. P. Kleine and granting his widow: Sade P. Kleine, a pension-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1122) for tb,e relief of the estate of J. A. Mil the Committee on Military Affairs: hous, deceased, late of Giles County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 1157) giving military record to Francis War Claims. • - Volk-to the Committee on l\lilitary Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R.1123) forrelief of S. E. Johnson, heir of John Also, a bill (H. R. 1158) for the relief of William H. Hardy, W. Johnson, deceased, late of .WayneCounty, Tenn.-totheCom who served in Company A, First Regiment .Michigan Cavalry mittee on War Claims. V2lunteers-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also~ a bill (H. R. 1124) for the relief of George W. Davis by re Also, a bill (H. R. 1159) to remove charge of desertion from tho moving charge of desertion-to the Committee on Military Affairs. military record of Adolphus Fritch-to the Committee on Mili- Also, a bill (H. R.1125) for the relief of W. H. Felker, of Giles tary Affairs. . County, Tenn.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1160) to remove the charge of desertion from 1899. OONGRESSIONAL REOORD-HOUSE. 61 the milita.ry record of John B. Elliott-to the Committee on Mili United States in raising, equipping, supplying, and arming militia tary A ffairs. and volunteer forces, and in other ways to aid in suppressing the Also, a bill (H. R. 1161) to remove the charge of desertion from rebellion-to the Committee on Claims. the military record of Oliver C. Rouse-to the Committee on Mili Also, a bill (H. R.1196) for relief of George C. Ellison-to the tary Affairs. Committee on Claims. Also a bill (H. R. 1162) givingmilitaryrecord to Peter Parker Also, a bill (H. R.1197) for the relief of Edward Kershner-to to the Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Naval Affairs. .Also, a bill (H. R. 1163) giving military record to Thomas Also, a bill (H. R.1198) for the relief of Baine C. Dent, ensign, Wakeley-to the Committee on Military Affairs. United States Navv-to the Committee on Naval Affairs Also, a bill (H. R. 1164) giving military record to Jacob S. By Mr. COONEY: A bill (H. R. 1199) to remove the ctarge of Coons-to the Committee on .Military Affairs. desertion from the military record of James M. Murphy-to the Also. a bill (H. R. 1165) removing the charge of desertion from Committee on Military Affairs. the military record of Thomas J. Shaw-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 1200) granting a pension to Margret Raney- . · Military Affairs. to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R.1166) to remove charge of desertion from the Also, a bill (H. R. 1201) granting to James McNutt a pension military record of John Wilson-to the Committee on Military to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1202) granting to George S. McClellan a pen By Mr. CUSHMAN: A bill (H. R. 1167) for the relief of Twy sion at the rate of $30 per month-to the Uommittee on Invalid man 0. Abbott-to the Committee on Claims. Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1168) for the relief of the heirs of the late Also, a bill (H. R. 1203) for the relief of DanieJ Bentley-to the Charles P. Culver-to the Committee on ClaimE. Committee on War Claims. By Mr. COUSINS: A bill (H. R.1169) to authorize the Presi Also, a bill (H. R.1204) to pension Martha McSwain, widow of dent to correct the record of Andrew Gedde3 and to place him on William Mcswain-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the retired list with the rank of captain-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R.1205) to pension Felix G. Sitton at the rate Military Affairs. · of $30 per month-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1170) gran tjng an increase of pension to Titus Also, a bill (H. R. 1206) to pension Alfred Adams at the rate of K. Cone-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. $12 per month-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R.1171) to remove the charge of desertion from Also, a bill (H. R. 1207) to pension George W. Drake at the the military record of Henry E. Cady-to the Committee on Mili rate of $30 per month-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. tary Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1208) to pension Henry Esser at the rate of Also, a bill (H. R.1172) granting a pension to Mrs. Rebecoa J. $30 per month-to the Committee on Pensions. Jones-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1209) to pension Mrs. A. M. Runyan-to the .Also, a bill (H. R.1173) granting an increase of pension to Wyatt Committee on Invalid Pensions . Botts-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1210) for the relief of the Christian Church Also, a bill (H. R. 1174) granting an increase of pension to of Marshall, Saline County, Mo.-to the Committee on War Ephriam E. Blake-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. CJ aims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1175) granting a pension to Mrs. Huibertje Also, a bill ( H. R. 1211) to remove the charge of desertion from Niermeyer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the service record of John R. Killingsworth-to the C-0mmittee Also, a bill (H. R.1176) granting a pension to Justus Canfield on Military Affairs. · to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. COWHERD: A bill (H. R. 1213) for the relief of John Also, a bill (H. R. 1177) granting a pension to Alexander M. F. Neil-to the Committee on War Claims. Proctor-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R.1214) forthe relief of John Jefferson Wilson Also, a bill (H. R. 1178) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Military Affairs. J. W. Byers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1215) for relief of Charles M. Neet-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1179) granting a pension to Mrs. D. M. :Mor Committee on Invalid Pensions. gan-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1216) for the relief of Margaret O'Brien, Also, a bill (H. R. 1180) to remove the charge of desert.ion from widow of James O'Brien-to the Committee on Military Affairs. the military record of Wilson Certain-to the Committee on Mili Also, a bill (H. R. 1217) for the relief of James Brice-to the tary Affairs. Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1181) granting an honorable discharge to Also, a bill (H. R. 1218) for the relief of John S. McBride-to Stillman Stotts-to the Committee on .Military Affairs. the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. CANNON: A bill (H. R. 1182) for the relief of Sylvester Also, a bill (H. R. 1219) to remove charge of desert~on and W. Quackenbush-to the Committee on Military Affairs. grant honorable discharge to Peter C. O'Neill-to the Committee By 1\1r. CUM~HNGS: A bill (H. R. 1183) to assist in the erec on Milita1·y Affairs. tion of a monument and statue to the memory of the late Capt. Also, a bill (H. R. 1220) granting jurisdiction to the Court of Samuel Chester Reid-to the Committee on the Library. Claims in the ca.se of the scow Rowena-to the Committee on Alrn, a bill (H. R. 1184) for the relief of 'Ihomas K. Hughes Claims. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R.1221) to correct the records of C~ss County Also, a bill (H. R. 1185) to correct the military record of Rein Regiment, Missouri Home Guards, so as to place the name of the hard Schneider-to the Committee on Military Affairs. late Irwin Malley on grade as captain of scouts-to the Commit.tee Also, a bill (H. R. 1186) to regulate the pay of printers in the on Milifarv Affairs. Army-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1222) for the relief of the legal representatives Also, a bill (H. R. 1187) to remove the charge of desertion now of A. L. H. Crenshaw-to the CommittE:e on War Claims. standing against Edward Troy-to the Committee on Military Af Also, a bill (H.R.1223) granting a pension to Maj. Moses Chap fairs. man-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1188) authorizing the Secretary of the Treas Also, a bill (H. R. 1224:) for the relief of the heirs of Alexander ury to establish a fog signal at or near the Battery, New York _Bradshaw-to the Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Also, a bill (H. R. 1225) for the relief of William K. Trabue Also, a bill (H. R. 1189) for the relief of Mrs. Ellen O'Rorke to the Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1226) for the relief of Frank B. Case, late a Also, a bill (H. R. 1190) granting thirty days' leave of absence midshipman in the Navy of the United States-to the Committee with pay to the compositors·and pressmen employed in the awards on Naval Affairs. division of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Treasury De Also, a bill (H. R. 1227) for the relief of the heirs of Andrew J. partment-to the Committee on Appropriations. Surber-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1191) for the relief of James M. Willbur-to · Also, a bill (H. R. 1228) to remove the charge of desertion and the Committee on Claims. grant an honorable discharge to Benjamin Meyers-to the Com- · Also, a bill (H. R. 1192) for the relief of Charles Gallagher, of mittee on Military Affairs. New York, and to refer his claims to the Court of Claims-to the Also, a bill (H. R.1229) for the relief of Milo B. Ward-to the Committee on Claims. Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1193) authorizing the Secretary of the Treas Also, a bill (H. R. 1230) for the relief of Hannah Kennedy-to ury to adjust and settle the account of the heirs of Alfred G. Ben the Committee on Invalid Pensions. son with the United States-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1231) for the relief of Margaret Luttrell-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1194) for the relief of William P. Wood, of the Committee on Pensions. Washington L,'ity, in the District of Columbia-to the Committee Bv Mr. CLARK of Missouri: A bill Also, a. bill (H. R. 1233) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1274) granting a pen~on to Prudence E. Clark W. Harrington-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Wyatt-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1234) for the relief of St. Charles College Also, a bill (H. R. 1275) granting a pension to Jeptha D. New to the Committee on Military Affairs. man-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1235) granting a pension to Chamness S. Also, a bill (H. R. 1276) granting an increase of pension to John Burks-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. E. Ball-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1236) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1277) granting a pension to Joseph Hazel George Whitehead-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1237) granting an increase of pension to Wil Also, a bill (H. R. 1218) to remove the charge of desertion from liam H.9Dyer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the military record of David Gibson-to the Committee on Mili Also, a bill (H. R. 1233) to remove the charge of desertion from tary Affairs. the military record of John Ziegler-to the Committee on Military Also~ a bill (H. R. 1279) granting a pension to Samuel S. Grim Affairs. mett-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, Also, a bill (H. R.1239) granting an increase of pension to John Also, a bill (H. R.1280) grantingapensiontoJohnH. Young Jones-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1240) granting a pension to Mrs. Louvina Also, a bill (H. R. 1281) granting a pension to Spotwell E. Mays-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Page-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill {RR. 1241) for the relief of. A. F. Fleet, formerly Also. a bill (H. R. 1282) gi·anting an increase of pension to superintendent of the Missouri Military Academy, Mexico, Mo. Edward J. Preston-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1283) granting a pension to Johnson W. Also, a bill (H. R. 1242) granting a pension to Frederick W. Eubanks-to the Committee.on Invalid Pensions. Tappmeyer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1284) granting a pension to Mrs. Susan L. Also, a bill {H. R. 1243) granting a l?ension to Mrs. Lydia BrimeJ'-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Lollar-to the Committee on Invalid Pens10ns. Also, a bill (H. R. 12 5) granting an increase of pension to John Also, a bill (H. R. 1244) granting a. pension to Orison Williams M. Wright-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1283) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1245) granting a pension to George N. War James l\L Shippee-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. field-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1~87) granting a pension to Maj. Louis Also, a bill (H. R. 1246) granting a pension toJamesA. Terry Dieckgraefe-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, Also, a bill (H. R. 128 ) granting a pension to Cornelius W. Also, a bill (H. R. 1247) granting an increase of pension to Roberts-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Uriah H. Owings-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. BROWNLOW: A bill (H. R.1 "8!:l) for the relief of Wil Also, a bill (H. R. 1248) granting a pension to Silas A. Elkins liam S. Cloud-to the Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1290) for the relief of Oscar Heath-to tho Also, a bill (H. R. 1249) for the relief of W. D. McLean, alias Committee on .Military Affairs. · Donald McLean-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R.1291) to amend the record of Capt. Thomas H. Also, a bill (H. R.1250) for the relief of Mrs. Catharine Bedell Ree\'es, United States Army, retired-to the Committee on Mili to the Committee on Military Affairs. tary Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1251) granting a pension to Edward W. Also, a bill (H. R.1292) fo:r the relief of William P. McMurtry Nichols-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Military Affajrs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1252) granting a. pension to John McCann Also, a bill (H. R.1293) for the relief of William M. Henry-to to the Committee on Invalid P€nsions. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1253) granting a pension to John H. Miller Also, a bill (H. R. 1294) for the relief of Elbert S. Shanks-to to the Committee on Invalid PensiOns. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1254) granting a pension to Jeremiah Mil Also, a bill (H. R. 1295) for the relief of Robert Williams-to roy-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Military Affailrs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1255) granting a pension to Martha A. Also, a bill (H. R. 1296) for relief of Walter W. Baker-to tho Myers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Military A.ffai?s. Also, a bill (H. R. 1256) granting a pension to William Toedt Also, a bill (H. R. 1297) to correct the military record of Nelson mann-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. / Stover-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1257) for the relief of Ralls Lodge, No. 33, Also, a bill (H. R. 1298) for the relief of James M. Brown-to Ancient Free and Accepted Masons-to the Committee on Mili the Committee on Military Affairs. tal'y A:ff airs. Also, a bill (H. R.1299) for the relief of William Jones-to tha Also, a bill (H. R. 1258) for the relief of the heirs of the late Committee on Military Affairs. William H. Finch-to the Committee on W.ar Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1300) for the relief of E. S. Parrott-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1259) for the relief of Mrs. Mary Craddock-to Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R.1301) to correct the military record of William Also, a bill ( H. R. 1260) for the relief of John Harper, Alexander Carder-to the Committee on Military AffaiTs. Hammontree, and others,. trustees of the Methodist Church at Also, a bill (H. R.1302) to correct the military record of William Warrenton. Mo.-to the Committee on :r.li).itary Affairs. Miller-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1261) for the relief of Elenor· W. Smith-to Also> a bill (H. R .1303) to colTect the military record of Jaeob the Committee on Military Affairs. Linebaugh-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1262) for the relief of the heirs of the late Also, a bill (H. R.130:1) to correct the military reco1·d of John Joseph M. Carrico-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Hickman-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1263) for the relief of Edwin F. Mathews-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1305) for the relief of John M. Morrison-to the Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1264) granting a pe~ion to Friedrich Also, a bill (H. R. 1306) for the relief of Riley Day-to the Com Schmied-to the Committee on Invalid J>ensions. ~ mittee on .Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1265) granting a pension to Benjamin Hag Also, a bill (H. R. 1307) for the relief of William Moyers-to gard-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1266) granting a pension to John J. Adams Also, a bill (H. R. 1308) for the relief of John G. Williams-to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a. bill (H. R. 1267) granting a pension to John D. ReedB Also, a bill (H. R. 1309) for the relief of W.R. Sentell-to tho to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1268) granting a pension to Levi Maule-ta Also, a bill (H. R. 1310) for the relief of Joseph Fawbush-to . the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1269) granting a pension to Thomas C. John Also, a bill (H. R. 1311) for the relief of John Wells-to the son-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1270) granting a pension to Cyrus Scott-to Also. a bill (H. R. 1312) for the relief of Wiley Wolf-to th() the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a. bill (H. R. 1271) granting a pension to Henry Porter · Also, a bill (H. R. 1313) for the relief of Jesse B. :Mitchell-to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1272) granting a pension to Absalom Howell Also, a bill (H. R. 1314) to correct the military record of George Eggers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. W. Wilson-to the Committee on Military Affairs. · Also, a. bill (KR. 1273) granting a pension to Jeremiah Ro Also, a bill (H. R. 1315) for the relief of William A. Morgan mans-to the. Committee on. Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Military Affairs. 1899. CONGR,ESSION.AL RECORD-HOUSE. 63 Al o, a bill (H. R. 1316) to correct the military record of Joseph Also, a bill (H. R. 1359) for the relief of Jackson Hanis-to the Smith:--to the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1317) to correct the military record of James Also, a bill (H. R. 1360) to correct the military record of Daniel H. Beal-to the Committee on Military Affairs. K. Self-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1318) for the relief of Ezekiel T. Delph-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1361) fm· the relief of Dulaney P. Harmon~ the Committe~ on Military Affairs. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1319) for the relief of William Johnson-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1362) for the relief of Thomas Sutton-to the the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on Military Affairs. · Also, a bill (H. R. 1320) for the relief of Levi Viles-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1363) to correct the military recoru of Robert Committee on Military Affairs. Burchfield-to the Committee on .Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1321) for the relief of James Mills-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1364) to correct the military record of Jesse Committee on l\1ilitary Affairs. B. Mitchell-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1022) for the relief of Stephen Wilbourne-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1365) to correct the military record of the Committee on Military Affairs. Thomas Brackins-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1323) to correct the military record of William Also, a bill (H. R. 1366) for the relief of Alfred Green-to the Goins-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1324) for the relief of Richard M. Johnson Also, a bill (H. R. 1367) to correct the military record of Cleave to the Committee on Military Affairs. land Creech-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1325) for the relief of George Shults-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1368) for the relief of Alexander Harmon Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on Milita1·y Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1326) for the relief of Ruben S. Sea-to the Also. -a. bill (H. R. 1369) to pension Oliver L. Burnett-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1327) for the relief of Ruben S. Sea~to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1370) to grant a pension to Zachariah Wil Committee on Military Affairs. liams-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1328) to correct the military record of James Also, a bill (H. R. 1371) to grant a pension to Mrs. Susan M. Mace-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Fields-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1329) for the relief of William B. Jenkins Also, a bill (H. R. 1372) granting a pension to Peter Guinn to the Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1330) for the relief of W. E. Peirce-to the Also, a bill (H; R. 1373) granting a pension to Daniel Fugate Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1331) to correct the military record of Madi Also, a bill (H. R. 1374) to grant a pension to John D. Cary-to son Trent and others-to the Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1339.) for the relief of Alfred T. Moreland Also, a bill (H. R. 1375) to pension Samuel Ball-to the Com· to the Committee on Military Affairs. mittee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1333) for the relief of Samuel S. Caldwell- Also, a bill (H. R. 1376) granting a pension to Samuel M. John to the Committee on Military Affairs. _ son-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1334) to correct the military record of John Also, a bill (H. R. 1377) granting a pension to Sarah Bowers, Clark-to the Committee on Military Affairs. widow of J osaph R. Bowers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1335) for the relief of Allen Bruner-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1378) to pension George W. Oliver-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1336) for the relief of W. A . .Spears-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1379) to pension William Hale-to the Com Committee on Military Affairs. mittee on Invalid Pensions. Aleo, a bill (H. R.1337) for the relief of John H. Dickenson-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1880) to pension Nathan B. Simpson-to the the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R.1338) for the relief of Lincoln S. Jones-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1381) granting a pension to J. J. Angel-to Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R.1339) for the relief of W. P. :M:cNnlty-to the Also, a. bill (H. R. 1382) for the relief of Conrad Bashor-to the Committee on l\iilitary Affairs. Committee on War Claims. · Also, a bill (H. R.1340) for the relief of James H. Hall-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1383) for the relief of Alfred McKinney-to Committe~ on Military Affairs. the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill ( H. R. 1341) for the relief of Thomas Colyer-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1384} for the relief of Albert W. Perrv-to Committee on Military Affairs. . the Committee on War Claims. ~ Also, a bill (H. R.1342) for the relief of James B. Leedy-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1385) for the relief of the heirs of Mrs. AnnE. Committee on Military Affairs. Timberlake-to the Committee on War Claims. - Also, a bill (H. R. 1343) to grant an honorable discharge to Also, a bill (H. R.1386) forthe relief of Henry C. Smith-to the Canada Peck, late private~ Company I, Third Tennessee Volun· Committee on Military Affairs. "' teers-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1387) for the relief of John Butler-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1344) to correct the military record of Mat Committee on Military Affairs. Elliot .McLain-:--to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1388) to correct the military record of Al o, a bill (H. R. 13-15) for the relief of Jacob Hybarger-to Charles H. Piper-to the Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R.1389) for the relief of William Burton-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1346) for the relief of W. G. McKenzie-to Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1390) to correct the military record of Wil Also, a bill (H. R. 1347) for the relief of Homer Sheldon-to the liam A. Cope-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a btll (H. R.1391) to correct the military record of Charles Also, a bill (H. R. 1348) for the relief of Joshua Richardson Birchfield-to the Committee on Military Affairs. to tho Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1302) to remove the charge of desertion against Also, a bill (H. R. 1349) for the relief of John G. Brown-to the William H. Wheatley-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1393) to remove the charge of de ertion aO'ainst Also, a bill (H. R. 1350) for the relief of Samuel Babb-to the William Mullins-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 0 Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1394) for the relief of David Foster-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1351) to correct the military record of Daniel Committee on Military Affairs. W. Ellis-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1352) to correct the military record of Robert Also, a bill (H, R. 1395) for the relief of John Butler-to the Com B. Williams-to the Committee on Military Affairs. mittee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1353) to correct the military record of Henry Also, a bill (H. R. 1396) for the relief of David Roberts-to the C. Coleman-to the Committee on Military Affairs, Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1354) for the relief of William Buttery-to Also, a bill (H. R.1397) for the relief of Henry Poe-to the Com· the Committee on MiLitary Affairs. mittee on Military Affairs. Al o, a bill (H. R. 1355) for the relief of Willis M. Kent-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1398) to correct the military record of Ellis the Committee on Military Affairs. Carter-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1356) for the relief of Andrew Cutshal-to Also, a bill (H. R.1399) for the relief of Pleasant Haun-to the the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1357) to correct the military record of William Also, a bill (H. R.14-00) for the relief of Jacob Barkley-to the Kelly-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1358) for the relief of David Roberts-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1401) for the relief of James McDonald-to Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Military Affairs. 64 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 5, Also, a bill (H. R. 1402) for the relief of James Vandergriff-to Herron, of Silverpoint, Tenn.-to the Committee on invalid Pen the Committee on War Claims. sions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 1403) for the relief of Solomon Q. Dugger Also, a bill (H. R. 1441) granting a pension to George W. Ga to the Committee on War Claims. bey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1404) to carry out the findings of the Court Also, a bill (H. R. 1442) to grant a pension to George W. Oli of Claims in the case of the estate of William Irwin, deceased-to ver-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R.1443) to grant a pension to Peter Spurgeon- Also1 a bill (H. R. 1405) to carry out the findings of the Court to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of Claims in the case of the estate of William Wallace, deceased Also, a bill (H. R. 1444) to pension Martin Click and four to the Committee on War Claims. others-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1406) granting a pension to Ruetha Moran Also, a bill (H. R. 1445) granting a pension to William C. Til· to the Committee on Pensions. ley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H.R.1407) to grant a pension to CharlesH. Lipps Also, a bill (H. R. 1446) granting a pension to Martha L. to the Committee on Pensions. Reams-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1408) for the relief of the heirs of James A. Also, a bill (H. R. 1447) to grant a pension to Strawberry B. Galbreith-to the Committee on Claims. Thomas-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1409) for the relief of Robert A. Ragan-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1448) to grant a pension to Hartwell B. the Committee on Claims. Whittle-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1410) for the relief of J. J. Starnes-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1449) granting a pension to Joseph Brans- Committee on War Claims. com-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 1411) for the relief of John Walker-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1450) to grant a pension to William Brans Committee on War Claims. com-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1412) for the relief of Charles H. Adams-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1451) for the relief of the heirs of Lemuel the Committee on War Claims. Cox, deceased, late of Jefferson County, Tenn.-to the Committee Also, a bill (H. R. 1413) for the relief of John Scott Payne-to on War Claims. the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. BOUTELL of Illinois: A bill (H. R. 1452) to remove the Also, a bill (H. R. 1414) for relief of the heirs of William M. charge of desertion and grant an honorable discharge to John C. Piper, late provost-marshal with the rank of captain-to the Com Weckler-to the Committee on Military Affairs. mittee on War Claims. Also (by request), a bill (H. R. 1453) for the relief of John C. Also, a bill (H. R. 1415) for the relief of Clara L. Sheffield-to White-to the Committee on Claims. the Committee on War Claime. Also (by request), a bill (H. R. 1454) for the relief of William Also, a bill (H. R; 1416) for the relief of the estate of David L. L. Orr-to the Committee on Claims. Ripley-to the.Committee on War Claims. By Mr. BAKER: A bill (H. R. 1455) for the relief of Charles Also, a bill (H. R. 1417) for the relief of the estate of Joseph M. Forrest-to the Committee on War Claims. Worley, deceased, late of Hamblen County, Tenn.-to the Com By Mr. BELL: A bill (H. R. 1456) for the relief of James H. mittee on War Claims. Huston-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1418) for the relief of Thomas J. Powell-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1457) for the relief of Amos Abbott-to the the Committee on War Claims. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1419) for the relief of William Ridens-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1458) for the relief of John E. Whinnery-to Committee on War Claims. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R.1420) for the relief of Jethro Hill, of Hamblen Also, a bill (H. R. 1459) for the relief of William N. Kerr-to County, Tenn.-to the Committee on War Claims. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1421) for the relief of Lewis White-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1460) for the relief of Elizabeth Felton-to Committee on War Claims. . the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R.1422) for the relief of the estate of William Also, a bill (H. R. 1461) for the relief of J. H. McDaniel, of J. Middleton-to the Committee on War Claims. Florence, Colo.-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1423) for the relief of D ..A .. Harvey-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1462) for the relief of Hannah Chapman-to Committee on War Claims. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also: -a bill (H. R. 1424) for the relief of estate of D. W. F. Also, a bill (H. R. 1463) for the relief of George F. McReynolds, Peoples, deceased, late of Jonesboro, Tenn.-to the Committee on late of Company B, Tenth Illinois Cavalry-to the Committee on War Claims. Claims. Also, a bill (H. R.1425) for the relief of Daniel B. Bowman-to Also, a bill (H. R. 146!) granting an honorable discharge to the Committee on War Claims. Rollan Prentice-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R.1426) for the relief of Lewis Atkins-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1465) granting a pension to Michael Devine, Committee on War Claims. of La Junta, Colo., late of Company L, Second New York Artil Also, a bill (H. R.1427) granting a pension to William H. Pierre lery-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R.1466) granting a pen ion to Charles F. Holly, Also, a bill (H. R.1428) for the relief of W. H. Fitzgerald-to of Pueblo, Colo., late captain of Company H, Second Regiment · the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Colorado Volunteer Cavalry-to the Committee on Invalid Also, a bill (H. R. 1429) for the relief of Sarah M. Dove, widow Pensions. of the late Benjamin M. Dove. commander, United States Navy Also, a bill (H. R. 1467) for the relief of Thomas S. Kirker-to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1430) for the relief of Louisa Harwood-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1468) for the relief of Thomas H. Breen-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Indian Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1431) to restore certain enlisted or appointed Also, a bill (H. R. 1469) grantin~ a pension to T. R. Le Tellier mentotheArmy,Navy, and so forth-totheCommitteeon Invalid to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1470) for the relief of S. H. Caldwell-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1432) to grant a pension to Mrs. Bettie Mil Committee on War Claims. ler-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1471) for the relief of M. D. Crow-to the Also, a bill (H. R.1433) to grant a pension to William H. Cham Committee on Claims. bers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1472) for the relief of G. W. Seaman, late Also, a bill (H. R. 1434) to correct the military records of W. J. postmaster at Red Mountain, Colo.-to the Committee on Claims. Whitson and Sidney Whitson, and grant their dependent father, Also, a bill (H. R. 1473) for the relief of Irving W. Stanton-to Isaac Whitson, a pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R.1435) to grant a pension to Mary Gilbert-to Also, a bill (B. R.1474) for the relief of D. H. Dickason-to the the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Claims. Also, a bill ('H. R. 1436) to grant a pension to Frank Bible-to Also, a bill (H. R.1475) for the relief of C. M. Reed-to the Com the Committee on Invalid Pensions. mittee on the Public Lands. Also, a bill (H. R.1437) granting a pension to John B. Walker Also, a bill (H. R. 1476) for the relief of Gerald Russell-to the to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1438) for the relief of Lizzie M. McDougal, Also, a bill (H. R. 1477) for the relief of 0. E. Noland, of Man daughter of private soldier who died as a prisoner of war-to the cos, Colo.-to the Committee on Claims. Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R.1478) for the relief of Joseph Clucas-to th& Also, a hill (H. R. 1439) granting a pension to Sarah Cupp-to Committee on Claims. tbe Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1479) for the relief of Willbert Bowen, of Also, a bill (H. R. 1440) granting a pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Cripple Creek, Colo.-to the Committee on Claims. 1_899. .CONGR:ESSION.AL RECORD-HOUSE. 65 Also, a bill (H. R.1480) for the relief of Oscar Rankin-to the Also, a. bill (H. R. 1519) for the relief of George McCracken Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R.1481) for the relief of Mary McClellan-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1520) for the relief of Sarah S. Baker, of Committee on Invalid Pensions. Montrose, Colo.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1482) for the relief of Emma J. Boyden-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1521) for the relief of William J. Goss-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1483) for the relief of D. P. Owen-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1522) granting an honorable discharge to_ Committee on Invalid Pensions. Andrew J. Branson-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1484) for the relief of settlers in Greer Also, a bill (H. R. 1523) gTanting an honorable discharge to County, Okla.-to the Committee on the Public Lands. Thomas B. Hanoum-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1485) for the relief of Barbary Brooks-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1524) for the relief of Drury Shrewnbury-to Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1486) for the relief of Patrick Morris-to the Also, a bill (H. R.1525) for the relief of Elizabeth Felton-to Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R.1487) granting an honorable discharge to John Also, a bill (H. R. 1526) for the relief of J. H. Daniel, of Holderby-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Florence, Colo.-to the Committee on Claims. - · r. .Also, a bill (H. R. 1488) for the relief of Joseph B. Presdee-to Also, a bill (H. R.1527) granting a pension to Stephen B. Yeo. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. man-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1489) granting an increase of pension to Henry Also, a bill (H. R. 1528) for the relief of John Warner-to the Logan, of Buenavista, Colo.-to the Committee on Invalid Pen Committee on Invalid Pensio~. sions. Also, a bill (H. R.1529) gratlGnga pension to Thomas B. Roark Also, a bill (H. R.1490) granting a pension to Simon D. Kohl to the Committee on Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1530) to pension James N. Livengood-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1491) granting an increase of pension to Lloyd Committee on Invalid Pensions. Beall-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R.1531) granting a pension to John J. Lockrey Also, a bill (H. R.1492) for the relief of Jose Benito Atencio to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1532) for the relief of Daniel Clark-to the Also, a bill (H. R.1493) for the relief of Darius Minier-to the Committee on lnvalid Pensions. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R_. 1533) for the relief of Peter T. Norris-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1494) for the relief of Mary McClelland-to Committee on Invalid Pensions. _ the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1534) for the relief of W. J. Kendall-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1495) for pension toJosephN. Nash, late cor Committee on Invalid Pensions. poral, Company A, Thirty-seventh Regiment Iowa Volunteer In Also, a bill (H. R. 1535) for the relief of Joseph H. Woodruff fantry-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1496) granting an increase of pension to Alvin Also, a bill (H. R. 1536) granting an honorable discharge to F. Kimbal1-to the Committee on Pensions. W. G. Neeley, of Canyon City, Colo.-to the Committee on Mili Also, a bill (H, R. 1497) for the relief of Harlan P. Ordendorff tary Affairs. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1537) for the relief of F. A. Land-to the ·Also, a bill (H. R. 1498) for the relief of Henry G. Mechling Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1538) for the relief of Amos B. Niles-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1499) for the relief of Minor A. Foster-to Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1539) for the relief of Abram J. Kenison Also, a bill (H. R.1500) for the relief of Jose Manuel Valdez to the Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 154:0) for the relief of Eliza A. Walker-to Also, a bill (H. R.1501) for the relief of Jose Fabian Baca-to the Committee on Pensions. the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1541) for the relief of William L. McClure Also, a bill (H. R.1502) for the relief of Antonio J. Archuleta to the Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bUl (H. R. 1542) granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1503) granting an honorable discharge to W. John Fay, of Pueblo, Colo.-to the Committee on Invalid Pen G. Neeley, of Canyon City, Colo.-to the Committee on Military sions. Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1543) granting an honorable discharge, to Also, a bill (H. R. 1504:) for the reliefof Jose Ramon Trujillo Harrison S. Crites-to the Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on Military Affaira. Also, a bill (H. R. 1544) for t'he relief of John H. Shaw, of Del Also, a bill (H. R. 1505) for the relief of Susan Saunders-to Norte, Colo.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Pensions. .A,lso, a bill (H. R. 1545) granting a pension to George E. Tuttle Also, a bill (H. R. 1506) for the relief of Sisto Martinez-to the fo the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1546) granting a pension to Lemuel Kings Also, a bill (H. R. 1507) for the relief of William H. La Connt bury, of Denver, Colo., and late of Dompany A~ Twelfth Regiment to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Michigan Volunteer Infantry-to the Committee on Invalid Pen~ Also, a bill ( H. R. 1508) granting an increase of pension to sions. Henry Logan, of Buenavista, Colo.-to the Committee on Invalid Also, a bm (H. R. 1547) granting a pension to Reuben Balinger Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1509) for the relief of John Cox-to the Com Also, a bill (H. R. 154.8) for the relief of William Morehead, of mittee on Invalid Pensions. Lake City, Colo.-to the Committee on War Claims. . Also, a bill (H. R. 1510) for payment of $54to V. Baldwin John By Mr. BERRY: A bill (H. R. 1550) for the relief of certain son for 15 tons of coal-to the Committee on Claims. officers and men of the Mississippi Marine Brigade, and so forth Also, a bill (H. R. 1511) to provide for the reinstatement in the to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Railway Mail Service of C. W. Merrick, of Pueblo, Colo.-to the Also, a. bill (H. R. 1551) for the relief of Francis Paul-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R.1512) for payment of $54 to V. Baldwin John Also, a bill (H. R. 1552) granting a pension to Charles C. Kil son for 15 tons of coal-to the Committee on Claims. bourn, late master United States naval dispatch boat Jessie-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1513) for the relief of Mary McClellan-to the Committee on Pensions. · • the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1553) for the benefit of Joseph W. Pomfrey, Also, a bill (H. R. 1514) granting a pension to Lemuel Kings of Covington, Ky.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. bury, of Denver, Colo., and late of Company A, Twelfth Regi Also, a bill (H. R. 1554) for the benefit of H. Spillman, of Cov ment Michigan Volunteer Infantry-to the Committee on Invalid ington, Ky.-to the Committee on Ways and Means. Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1555) granting a pension to I. W. Harde Also, a bill (H. R. 1515) for the relief of Nathan C. Reed-to man-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .Also, a bill (H. R. 1556) for the relief of J. W. Knox, of Car Also, a bill (H. R. 1516) for the relief of Olive M. Hechtman roll County, Ky.-to the Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R.1557) for the relief of the Forty-first Kentucky Also, a bill (H. R. 1517) for the relief of Sylvester W. Taylor Volunteer Infantry-to the Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1558) granting a pension to Charles C. Kil Also,_ a bill (H. R. 1518) for the relief of Henry C. Smith, late burn, late master United States tug Jesse-to the Committee on of Company B, Eleventh Regiment Indiana Volunteers-to the Invalid Pensions. Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1559) to place Col: M. A. Cochran, of tlie XXXIII-5 66 OONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 5, United States Army, upon the retired list with the rank of briga mon, of Pendleton County, Ky.-to the Committee on Invalid dier-general-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1560) granting pension to Ellen Morris, Also, a bill (H. R. 1598) granting a pension to Milton C. Tnlly widow of Timothy Mon·is, late fireman, United States steamer to the Committee on Pensions. Susquehanna, deceased-to the Committee on Invalid Pem;ions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1599) for the relief of Lewis Stephens-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1561) for the relief of Rebekah Wilkins, Committee on War Claims. widow of Jesse Wilkins-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill cH. R. 1600) granting a pension to Lucy B. Bryson Also, a bill (H. R. 1562) to remove the charge of desertion to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. against John Orawford, and so forth-to the Committee on Mili Also, a bill (H. R. 1601) for the reliefof John Armstrong, jr. tary Affairs. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1563) for the relief of John Riley-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1G09.) for the relief of James M. Blackburn, Committee on War Claims. . 1 of Covington, Ky.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1564) to remove the charge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 1603) to remove the charge of desertion from against James Murphy and to grant him an honorable discharge the name of Turner Rodgers, of Frankfort, Ky.-to the Commit to the Committee on Military Affairs. tee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1565) for the relief of John Ellis of Kenton Also, a bill (H. R. 1604) for the benefit of Joel H. Hallowell, of County, Ky.-to the Committ-ee on War Claims. Covington, Ky.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1566) for the benefit of Mary J. Connery, of By Mr. BINGHAM: A bill (H. R. 1605) for the relief of The Falmouth, Ky.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, of Also, a bill (H. R. 1567) for the benefit of John W. Kirby, late Philadelphia, Pa.-to the Committee on Claims. sheriff of Gallatin County, Ky.-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1606) to promote Commodore Louis C. Sar Also, a bill (H. R. 1568) granting a. pension to Hans Castor, of tori, now on the retired list of the Navy, to be rear-admiral on Newport, Ky.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. said list, in accordance with his original position on the Navy Also, a bill (H. R. 1569) granting a pension to Henrietta S. Register-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Cummings, widow of James P. Cummings, late lieutenant of Com Also, a bil1 (H. R. 1607) making appropriation for site and ped pany_ E, Eighth Kentucky Cavalry-to the Committee on Invalid t:st.a,l of a statue of the late Maj. Gen. George G. Meade in the Pens10ns. city of Washington, D. C.-to the Committee on the Library. Also, a bill (H. R. 1570) granting a pension to Susie Margarite Also, a bill {H. R. 1609) for the correction of muster of Adolph Landrum, of Warsaw, Ky.-to the Committee on Invalid Pen Von Haake, late major Sixty-eighth Regiment Veteran Volunteer sions. Infantry-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1571) to correct the military record of Jesse Also, a bill (H. R. 1610) fixing the salary of the postmaster at Closser, and so forth-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Washington, D. C.-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Also, a bill (H. R. 1572) for the benefit of John M. Hart, of Post-Roads. Bourbon County, Ky.-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1611) granting a pension to Rebecca Paulding Also, a bill (H. R. 15i3) for the benefit of J. D. Thompson, of Meade, widow of Rear-Admiral Richard W. Meade, late of the Trimble County, Ky.-to the Committee on War Claims. United States Navy-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1574) to remove charge of desertion from the Also, a bill (H. R. 1612) authorizing the President to appoint and military record of John Richmond, and so forth-to the Committee retire David McMurtrie Gregg, late c:aptain, Sixth United States on Military Affairs. Cavalry, and brevet major-general of volunteers, with the rank Also, a bill (H. R. 1575)' for the benefit of James W. Hall, of and grade of captain-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Grant County, Ky.-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1613) for the relief of the Corn Exchange Na Also, a bill (H. R.1n76) for th~ relief of William Bramble, and tional Bank, of Philadelphia, Pa.-to the Committee on Claims. so forth, of Kenton County, Ky.-to the Committee on Military Also, a bill (H. R. 1614) for the relief of the Potomac Steamboat Affairs. Company-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1577) for the benefit of Thomas F. Beach, a Also., a bill (H. R. 1615) granting a. pension to Moses E. Osborn soldier of the Mexican war-to the Committee on Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1578) for the relief of Henry Cook, of Cov Also, a bill (H. R. 1616) to correct the naval record of Joseph ington, Ky.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Pitt, alias Joseph Marr, and to erase the name of Joseph Marr and Also, a bill (H. R. 1579) to remove the charge of desertion substitute the name of Joseph Pitt on the records of the United against Joseph B. Kennedy and to grant him an honorable dis States Navy-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. charge-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1617) for the relief of the legal representatives Also, a bill {H. R. 1580) granting an increase of pension to and devisees of James W. Schaumburg-to the Committee on Elizabeth W. Sutherland-to the Committee on Pensions. Claims. Also, a. bill (H. R. 1531) for .the benefit of Ira E. Neville, of By Mr. BARTHQLDT: A bill (H. R. 1619) to correct the mili Dayton, Ky.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. tary record of Capt. Henry Troll-to the Committee on Military Also, a bill {H. R. 1582) for the relief of Fannie .Bostwick, widow Affairs. of Martin B. Strader-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1620) to correct the military record of J nlius Also, a bill (H~ R. 1583) for the relief of N. C. Pettit, of Camp H. Rogge-to the Committee on Military Affairs. bell County, Ky.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a. bill (H. R.1621) to correct the military record of Charles Also, a bill (H. R. 1584) for the relief of Richmond L. Steers, of Bnrswitz-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Kenton County, Ky.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1622) for the reli~f of Capt. John Schwab's Also, a bill (H. R. 1585) for the relief of John W. Ray-to the company, of Pilotknob, Mo.-to the Committee on Invalid Pen Committee on Military Affairs. sions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1586) granting a pension to Annie M. Sweet, Also, a bill (H. R. 1623) for the relief of James H. Birch-to the of Newport, Ky.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1587) for the benefit of Theadora Miller-to Also, a bill {H. R. 1624) granting a pension to Peter J. Oster the Committee on Invalid Pensions. hans, a major-general in the Union Army in the late rebellion Also, a bill (H. R. 1588) for the benefit of Francis M. Faront, of to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Bellevue, Ky.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. 8TANLEY W. DAVENPORT: A bill (H. R.1625) for Also, a bill (H. R. 1589) for the benefit of George W. Henderson, the relief of Mary B. Douglass, widow of the late Col. Henry Doug of Campbell County, Ky.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. lass, Tenth United States Infantry-to the Committee on Invalid Also, a bill (H. R. 1590) for the relief of R. F. Harrison-to the Pensions. Committee on Claims. By Mr. DAYTON: A bill (H. R.1626) for the relief of Forrest Also, a bill (H. R. 1591) for the relief of Charlotte H. Fenton W. Brown, administrator of the estate of Bushrod W. Herbert, to the Committee on War Claims. deceased, late of Jefferson County, W. Va.-to the Committee on Also, a. bill (H. R.1592) grantin~ a pension to Christian Hohn War Claims. to the Committ,ee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R.1627) for the relief of the estate of Madison Also, a bill (H. R. 1593) for the benefit of Richard Gallivan-to Daniels, deceased. late of Randolph County, W. Va.-to the Com the Committee on Claims. mittee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R.1594) to correct the military record of Mathew Also, a bill (H. R.1628) for the relief of Enos and J. Daniel C. Lyons-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Dinkle, of Jefferson County, W. Va.-to the Committee on War Also, a bill (H. R. 1595) for the benefit of George Turner, of Claims. Newport, Ky.-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill CH. R.1629) for the relief of Thomas D. Hawker-to Also a bill (H. R. 1596) for the benefit of Ellen Steevers, of the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Covington, Ky.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1630) for the relief of James Evans-to the :Also, a bill (H. R. 1597) granting a pension to David E. Red- Committee on Military Affairs. 1899 · CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 67 Also, a bill (H. R. 1631) for the relief of Lewis Beckman-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1672) granting an increase of pension to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. David T. Sipe-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1632) for the relief of Robert S. Moss, admin Alsoi a bill (H. R. 1673) granting a pension to James Ryan-to istrator of James A. Moss, deceased-to the Committee on War the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Claims. Also, a bill (H. R.1674) granting a pension to FrancisM. Cain Also, a bill (H. R. 1633) for the relief of Nancy A. E. Hoff to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. man-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1675) granting a pension to Isaac D. Cald Also, a bill (H. R.1634) for the relief of James V. Moore-to well-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R.1676) granting an increase of pension to Wes Also, a bill (H. R. 1635) for the relief of Daniel K. Shields-to ley C. Pryor-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1677) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R.1636) for the relief of George Koonce, of Jef Missouri B. RosB-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ferson County, W. Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1678) granting a pension to Sarah J. Pugh- Also, a bill (H. R. 1637) for the relief of A. B. Rohrbough-to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R.1679) granting a pension toJamesW. Wentz Also, a bill (H. R. 1638) for the relief of Dennis A. Litzinger to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1680) granting a pension to Arabella Downey Also, a bill (H. R. 1639) for the relief of Jacob Shank-to the to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on War Claims. · Also, a bill (H. R.1681) granting an increase of pension to Isaac Also, a bill (H. R. 1640) for the relief of Harmon Snyder-to M. Lock-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1682) granting an increase of pension to Isaac Also, a bill" (H. R. 1641) for the relief of John W. Smith, of H. Rice-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. West Virginia-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. .R. 1683) granting a pension to George W. John Also, a bill (H. R. 1642) for the relief of Catharine L. Chaney son-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1684) granting an increase of pension to Wil Also, a bill (H. R.1643) for the relief of the estate of John Hut liam R. Huffman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ton, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1685) granting a pension to Edgar Travis Also, a bill (H. R. 1644) for the relief of the estate of Daniel to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Ott, deceased, late of Jefferson County, W. Va.-to the Committee Also, a bill (H. R. 1686) for the relief of the trustees of Tusca on War Claims. rora Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Martinsburg, Also, a bill (H. R. 1645) for the relief of John Viands, of Jeffer W. Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. son County, W. Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1687) for the relief of the trustees of the Also, a bill (H. R. 1646) for the relief of William Norris-to the German Evangelical Church of .Martinsburg, W. Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. Committee on Claims. ·Also, a bill (H. R. 1647) for the relief· of John A. Stuart, alias Also, a bill (H. R. 1688) for the relief of the :Methodist Episco John Vanderpool, first-class ooy in United St.ates Navy, on sloop pal Church at Webster, W. Va.-to the Committee on War of war Saratoga, war with Mexico-to the Committee on Pensions. Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1648) for the relief of the county court of Also, a bill (H. R. 1689) for the relief of the trust.ees of the " Randolph County, W. Va.-to the Commi_ttee on War Claims. Methodist Episcopal Church of Martinsburg, W. Va.-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1649) for the rnlief of Mary E. Buckey, of Committee on Claims. Randolph County. W. Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1690) for the relief of Wildey Lodge, No. 27, Also, a bill (H. R. 1650) for the relief of Randolph Custei·-to Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Harpers Ferry, W. Va. the Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on War Claims. . Also, a bill (H. R.1651) for the relief of Mrs. AnnaE. Heiskell Also, a bill (H. R. 1691) for the relief of the county court of. - to the Committee on War Claims. Upshm· County, W. Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1652) for the relief of Stephen R. Stafford, Also, a bill (H. R. 1692) for the relief of Richard W. Heafer, captain, Fifteenth Infantry, United States Army-to the Com Company K, First Regiment Virginia Infantry, war with Mexico mittee on CJaims. to the Committee on Pensions. -Also, a bill (B. R. 1653) for the relief of Justus M. Curtis-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1693) for the relief of the trustees of St. Jo the Committee on War Claims. seph's Catholic Church at Martinsburg, W. Va.-to the Commit . Also, a bill (H. R. 1654) for the relief of George W. Graham tee on Claims. to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (a R. 1694) for the relief of the estate of William Also, a bill (H. R. 1655) for the relief of the estate of Jeremiah Smallwood, deceased, late of Jefferson County, W. Va.-to the Kibler, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1656) for the relief of John C. Felton-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1695) for relief of John Edwards, alias John Committee on Invalid Pensions. D. Edwards, late Company A, Cole's Battalion Potomac Home Also, a bill (H. R. 1657) for the relief of Thomas B. Scott-to Brigade Cavalry, Maryland Volunteers, for removal of the charge the Committee on War Claims. of desertion-to the Committee on Mihtary Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1658) for the relief of Geo1·ge F. Anderson, Also, a. bill (H. R. 1696) for the relief of the heirs of Thomas of Jefferson County, W. Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. G. Flagg, deceased, late of Berkeley County, W. Va.-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1659) for the relief of Henry Gettle-to the Committee on War Claims. Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1697) for the relief of the trustees of Trinity Also, a bill (H. R. 1660) for the relief of Mary E. Stalcup, Episcopal Church of Martinsburg, W. Va.-to the Committee on widow of Joshua Stalcup-to the Committee on War Claims. Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1661) for the relief of Mary C. Hoffman-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1698) for the relief of voluntee1· officers and the Committee on Claims. enlisted men in the war with Spain-to the Committee on Military Also, a bill (H. R.1662) granting an increase of pension to Silas Affairs. H. Mickey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1699) to remove the charge of absence with . Also, a bill (H. R.1663) granting a pension to Deborah J. Fogle, out leave from themilitaryrecordof John Frederick-to the Com of Terra Alta, W. Va.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. mittee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill ·(H. R. 1664) granting pension to Martin Hope-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1700) to relieve Ludwig Rupprecht of the the Committee on Invalid Pensions. charge of desertion-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R.1665) granting a pension to Henrietta B. Lee, Also, a bill (H. R. 1701) to remove the charge of desertion from surviving child of Daniel Bedinger, a soldier in the Revolutionary the military record of John Hall-to the Committee on Military war-to the Committee on Pensions. Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1666) granting a pension to Jane Allen-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1702) to relieve Eli Shuman from the charge the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of desertion-to the Committee on 1\Iilitary Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R.1667) granting an increase of pension to James Also, a bill (H. R. 1703) to remove charge of desertion from L. T. Sharp-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. John Lyons-to the Committee on l\Iilitary Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1668) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1704) removing the charge of desertion from Robert L. Boseley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the military record of James W. Johnson-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 1669) granting arrears of pension t-0 Jane Military Affairs. Stonebreaker-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1705) to remove the charge of desertion from Also, a bill (H. R. 1670) granting a pension to George A. Lis thenavalrecordof Charles Thompson-to the Committee on Naval ton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Affairs. . Also, a bill (H. R. 1671) granting a pension to Catharine Hey Also, a bill (H.R.1706t to correct the naval record of George to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. W.Sherrard-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. 68 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DEOEMBER 5, . Also, a bill (H. R.1707) to carry out the findings of the Court of Also, a bill (H. R. 1748) for the relief of Mrs. Ellen V. Mc Claims in the case of James M. Westfall-to the Committee on Cleary-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1749) for the relief of Ira K. Eaton-to the . Also, a bill (H. R.1708) authorizing the President of the United Committee on Invalid Pensions. States to nominate Lieut. Commander R. M. G. Brown, now on Also, a bill (H. R.1750) for the relief of Shadrack S. Walker-to the retired list, to be a commander on the retired list-to the Com- the Committee on Invalid Pensions. mittee on Naval ~i\.ffairs. , Also, a bill (H. R. 1751) for the relief of Cordelia Sessions-to By Mr. DALZELL: A bill (H.R.1709) for the relief of the heirs the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of George W. Welsh-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1752) for the relief of Michael Garst-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1710) for the relief of Martha E. Berger-to Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1753) to pension Mrs. Ann Martin-to the Also, a bill (H.R.1711) for the relief of the estate of M. J. Greal Committee on Invalid Pensions: ish, deceased-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill ( H. R. 1754) for the relief of Mrs. Helen M. Moore Also, a bill ( H. R. 1712) to remove the charge of desertion from to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the military record of Francis Reilly-to the Committee on Mili Also, a bill (H. R. 1755) for the relief of Catherine E. West-to tary Affairs. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1713) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1756) to increase the pension of Oscar W. George W. Reisinger-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Lowery-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1715) for the relief of William L. Jones, of Also, a bill (H. R. 1757) for tlie relief of the heirs of Edwin D. Pittsburg. Pa., and others-to the Committee on Appropriations. Breed-to the Committee on Claims. Also, ·a bill (H. R. 1716) for the relief of Warren Hall-to the By Mr. DO VENER: A bill (H. R. 1758) for the relief of Joseph Committee on War Claims. Fitzpatrick, of Glenville, Gilmer County, W. Va.-to the Com Also, a bill (H. R. 1717) for the relief of J. D. Golden-to the mittee on Invalid Pensions. Collllilittee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill ( H. R. 1759) for the relief of the heirs of Moses Cun Also, a bill (H. R. 1718) granting a pension to David S. Taylor ningham, deceased, of Braxton County, W. Va.-to the Commit to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. tee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R.1719) for the relief of S. N.-¥etmg-and wife Also, a bill (H. R.1760) for the relief of Benjamin F. Harrison, to tho Committee on Claims. of Company H, Forty-Fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Also, a bill (H. R. 1720) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Military Affairs. Thomas E. Wilson-to the Committee on Inva.lid\Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R.1761) for the relief of Alexander Lucas, of Also, a bill (H. R.1721) for the relief of the heirk of certain sea Viola, Marshall County, W. Va.-to the Committee on Invalid men lost in the foundering of light vessel No. 37-to the Commit Pensions. tee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R.1762) to increase the pension of Amelia Hutch Also, a bill (H. R. 1722) to remove the charge of desertion from inson, widow of W. J. Hutchinson-to the Committee on Invalid the military record of William H. Corless-to the Committee on Pensions. Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1763) to pension Ella F .. Sydnor-to the Com Also, a bill (H. R. 1723) granting an increase of pension to Mrs. mittee on Invalid Pensions. Sarah B. Leet-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1764) for the relief of John W. Kennedy, of t Also, a bill (H. R. 1724) for the relief of David A. McKnight Wheeling, Ohio County, W. Va.-to the Committee on Claims. to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R.1765) granting a pension to Ralph Whitehead, Also, a bill (H. R.1725) for the relief of Calvin Nelson-to the of Wheeling, W. Va.-to the Committee on Pensions. Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1766) for the relief of H. H. John, of Weston, Also, a bill (H. R. 1726) granting an increase of pension to George Lewis County, W. Va.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. W. Garrison-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 1767) authorizing additional compensation· Also, a bill (H. R. 1727) granting a pension to A. C. Litchfield-to to the assistant commissioners to the industrial exhibition at Mel the Committee on Invalid Pensions. bourne, Australia-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1728) granting a pension to Mary A. Col Also, a bill (H. R. 1768) granting an increase of pension to houn-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. George J. Stealy, of ClarksbUl'g, W. Va.-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 1729) granting a pension to Carrie A. Moody Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill ( H. R. 1769) granting an increase of pension to I. H. Also, a bill (H. R. 1730) granting an increase of pension to Duval, of Wellsburg, W. Va.-to the Committee on Invalid Pen Alfred H. Jones-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions . .. sions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1731) granting a pension to Mrs. Emma J. Also, a bill (H. R. 1770) for the relief of Henry Snider, of Clark-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Moundsville, W. Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. ·1732) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1771) for the relief of the widow and heirs of Edwin S. Osborne-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. William J. Cunningham, deceased, of Vancamp, Wetzel County, By Mr. DAVIDSON: A bill (H. R. 1733) to grant a pension to W. Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. Anna Anderson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1772) for the relief of Robert R. Furbey-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1734) to grant a pension to Mary A. Whit· the Committee on Military Affairs. more-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1773) granting relief to the hefrs of the late Also, a bill (H. R. 1735) granting a pension to Laurenz Hegel J.M. Doddridge, of Wheeling, W. Va.-to the Committee on War to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Claims. Also, a bill (H. R.1736) to grant a pension to MauriceMoriarty Also, a bill (H. R. 1774) for therelief of the executor of William to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Dillon, deceased-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1737) to grant a pension to Cora I. Crom well Also, a bill (H. R. 1775) for the relief of Oakley Randall, of to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Farnum, W. Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1738) to grant an honorable discharge to Also, a bill (H. R. 1776) for the relief of Jehu Gum, of Church Joseph Scharbonaugh-to the Committee on Military Affairs. ville, W. Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1739) to grant an honorable discharge to Also, a bill (H. R. 1777) grantingan increase of pension to Wil Claus Maxfield-to the Committee on Military Affairs. liam L. Alley, of Lynn.camp, W. Va.-to the Committee on Inva Also, a bill (H. R. 1740) for the relief of John M. Park-to the lid Pensions. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1778) granting a pension to Charles W.W. Also, a bill (H. R.1741) to grant an honorable discharge to F. C. Haney, of Pinegrove, Wetzel County, W. Va.-to the Committee Kruschke-to the Committee on Military Affairs. on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1742) to remove the charge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 1779) for the relief of George W. Sullivan, of against Patrick Fox-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Centerpoint, Doddridge County, W. Va.-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 1743) to grant an honorable discharge to In valid Pensions. Seneca K. Bentley-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1780) for the relief of Robert Longwell, of By Mr. DOLLIVER: A bill (H. R. 1744) to pension Garrett H. Earnshaw, Wetzel County, W. Va., late private of Company C, Wilber-to the Committee on Pensions. Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry-to the Committee on Inva Also, a bill (H. R. 1745) granting a pension to Margaret New lid Pensions. comb-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1781) granting a pension to Mary E. Radcliffe, Also, a bill (H. R. 1746) for the relief of Mary E. Cross-to the of Wheeling, Ohio County, W. Va.-to the Committee on Invalid Committee on Invalid Pensions. Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1747) for the relief of Nancy Jane Stevens- Also, a bill (H. R. 1782) for the relief of D. B. Clark, of Wheel to the Committee on Claims, · ing, W. Va.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 1899. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 69 Also, a bill (H. R. 1783) granting a pension to Benjamin F. ·Also, a bill (H. R. 1817) for the relief of Preston H. Turly-to Batten, late private, Company B, Tenth West Virginia Volunteer the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Infantry-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R.1818) for the relief of Allen Greenleaf-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1784) to remove the charge of desertion from Committee on Invalid Pensions. the military record of George Herrman-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 1819) for the relief of Capt. C. Fuller's com Military Affairs. pany of West Virginia Militia-to the Committee on Invalid Pen Also, a bill (H. R. 1785) for the relief of Nathaniel Bush, of sions. Weston, Lewis County, W. Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 18201 for the relief of Joseph E. Insco-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1786) for the relief of Maramon A. Martin, Committee on Military Affairs. late private of Company A, Sixth Regiment of West Virginia Also, a bill (H. R. 1821) for the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth Nel Volunteer Infantry-to the Committee on Military Affairs. son-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1787) for the relief of George W. _Frush, late Also, a bill (H. R. 1822) for the relief of Adolphus P. Clark-to of Company B, Third West Virginia Infantry, and later of Com the Committee on Invalid Pensions. pany B, Sixth West Virginia Cavalry Volunteers-to the Com Also, a bill (H. R. 1823) for the relief of J. A. Newbrough-to mittee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1188) granting a pension to Nicholas C. Wil Also, a bill (H. R. 1824) granting a pension to Charles H. Doll son, of Braxton County, W. Va.-to the Committee on Peqsions. man-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1789) for the l'elief of the heirs of James A. Also, a bill (H. R. 1825) to pension John Greer-to the Commit Smith, deceased, of Wheeling, Ohio County, W. Va.-to the Com tee on Invalid Pensions. mittee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1826) for the relief of Mrs. Druzilla Stump Also, a bill (H. R. 1790) for the relief of John P. Fox, of Adams to the Committee on War Claims. ton, Harrison County, W. Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1827) for the relief of the trustees of the Also, a bill (H. R. 1791) to pension Isaac D. Winters, of Sand Baptist Church of Guyandotte, W. Va.-to the Committee on hill, Marshall County, W. Va.-to the Committee on Invalid Pen War Claims. sions. . Also, a bill (H. R. 1828) for the relief of Mrs. Catharine Chil Also, a bill (H. R. 1792) to grant a pension to Andrew McMor dars-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. row, of Morley, Braxton County, W. Va.-to the Committ~e on Also, a bill (H. R. 1829) for the relief of John 0. McGrew-to Pensions. the Committee on Military Affaira. Also, a bill (H. R.1793) granting a pension to Rachel E. Newell, Also, -a bill (H. R. 1830) for the relief of Rudolph Staats-to the of Chapel, W. Va.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1794) granting a pension to Abner Robinson, Also, a bill (H. R. 1831) forthereliefof Capt. SidneyF. Shaw of Sardis, Harrison County, W. Va.-to the Committee on Invalid to the Committee on Military Affairs. Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1832) granting relief to West Virginia State Also, a bill (H. R. 1795) granting a pension to F. M. Davidson, troops-to the Committee on War Claims. lateprivate,CompanyG, Third West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Also, a bill (H. R. 1833) for the relief of the Methodist Episcopal to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Church South, of Guyandotte, W. Va.-to the Committee on War Also, a blll (H. R. 1796) to grant a pension to Andrew Carr, of Claims. Tanner, Gilmer County, W. Va.-to the Committee on Invalid Also, a bill (H. R.1834) for the relief of Amos Dyke-to the Com Pensions. mittee on Invalid Pensions. ) By Mr. ELLIOTT: A bill (H. R. 1797) granting a pension to Also, a bill (B. R.1835) for the relief of James M. Clouston-to Mrs. Jane Lucas-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. EDDY: A bill (H. R.1798) to refer the claim of Frank Also, a bill (H. R.1836) for the relief of the Methodist Episcopal C. Darling, for Indian war depredations, to the Court of Claims- Church of Point Pleasant, W. Va.-to the Committee on War to the Committee on Claims. _ Claims. Also, a bill (H. R.1799) for the relief of Martha Bottineau, widow Also, a bill (H. R.1837) for the relief of Andrew J. Riggs-to the of Pierre Bottineau, late scout and guide to various military offi Committee on Invalid Pensions. cers-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1838) for the relief of James M. Stephenson- Also, a bill (H. R. 1800) granting a pension to Hulda L. May to the Committee on War Claims. . nard-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1839) to pension William M. Cheuvront-to Also, a bill (H. R.1801) granting a pension to Elijah Biddle-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1840) to pension Willoughby M. Park for Also, a bill (H. R. 1802) to refer the claim of the heirs of services rendered and disabilities contracted in the late war-to Matthew Wright, for Indian war depredations, to the Court of the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Claims-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1841) for the relief of Thomas Matheny-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1803) grantinga pension to Julia E.G. Lewis- the Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Also, a bill (H. R. 1842) to pension Allan C. Vickars-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1804) for the relief of Charles Howard-to the Committee on In"'alid Pensions. Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 18i3) for the relief of F. F. Morris-to the By Mr. FLEMING: A bill (H. R. 1805) for the relief of the Committee on War Claims. estate of Edward Gallaher, deceased, late of Richmond County, By Mr. GIBSON: A bill (H. R. 1844) gra-qting a pension to Ga.-totbe Committee on War Claims. William Allen-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. FOX: A bill (H. R. 1806) for the relief of W.W. Riley Also, a bill (H. R. 1845) granting pensions to William Allen to the Committee on Claims. and Isaac Garman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. FITZGERALD of New York: A bill (H. R.1807) grant Also, a bill (H. R. 1846) granting a pension to Andrew L. An ing an honorable discharge to John B. Tredenick-to the Com derson-to the Committee on Military Affairs. mittee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1847) granting a pension to Mary A. Bird, By Mr. FLETCHER: A bill (H. R. 1808) for the relief of Wil of Fox, Sevier County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Invalid Pen liam P. Barry-to the Committee on Military Affairs. sions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1809) for the relief of Wallace S. Winter-:-to Also, a bill (B. R. 184:8) to pension John S. Boling, of Sevier the Committee on Military Affairs. County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. FREER: A bill (H. R. 1810) to restore the name of Adam Also, a bill (H. R. 1849) for the relief of Mrs. Isabella R. Boyd, J. Brannan to the pension roll, and to allow him a-pension-to the of Knox County, Tenn.-to the Committee on War Claims. Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1850) for the relief of the personal representa Also, a bill (H. R. 1811) to pension William Hurd-to the Com tiYes of Horace L. Bradley, deceased, of Knoxville, Tenn.-to the mittee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1812) recognizing Company A of the Eleventh Also, a bill (H. R. 1&,Jl) for the relief of Eli H. Bright-to the West Virginia Militia as United States soldiers, and so forth-to Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also: a. bill (H. R. 18.52) for the relief of Ellkenney Broglin-to Also, a bill (B. R. 1813) recognizing Company B of the Eleventh the Committee on Claims. West Virginia Militia as United 8tates soldiers-to the Committee Also, a bill (H. R.1833) for the relief of John T. Brown-to the on Military Affa.irs. Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1814) for the relief of Crispen M. Stone-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1851) for the relief of Joseph A. Brown, of the Committee on Military Affairs. Andel'3ou County, 'fenn.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1815) for the relief of William H. Jordan-to Also, a b:U (H. R. 1855) for relief of John C. Buckner, of Union ihe Committee on Invalid Pensions. County, Tenn.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1816) for the relief of William Lloyd-to the Also, a bill (H. R.1856) for the relief of James H. Bunn, of ou .. Committee on Military Affairs. ver Springs, Tenn.-to the Commi~tee on Military Affairs. 70 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE: DECEMBER 5, Also, a bill (H. R. 1857) to grant a pension to William B. Cald- · Also, a. bill (H. R. 1898) for the relief of Michael Low-to the well-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R.1858) for the relief of William B. Caldwell Also, a bill (H. R. 1899) for the relief of S. M. McGuire, of White to the Committee on Militarv Affairs. pine, Jefferson County, Tenn.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1859) -for the relief of Campbell County, Also, a bill (H. R. 1900) to increase the pension of Michael Tenn.-to the Committee on War Claims. Low-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1860) for the relief of the trustees of Carson Also, a bill (H. R. 1901) for the relief of Samuel McKamey-to N ~wman College, at Mossy creek, Tenn.-to the Committee on War the Committee on Military Affairs. Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1902) for the relief of Calvin Mallacote-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1861) to pension Giles M. Caton, of Sevier the Committee on Military Affairs. County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Invalid J>ensions~ Also, a bill (H. R. 1903) granting a pension to Samuel McKa· Also. a bill (H. R. 1862) for the relief of William Cecill, of mey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Scott County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1904:) for the relief of John B. Malone, of Also, a bill (H. R. 1863) to grant a pension to Willjam Cecill, of Union County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Scott County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1905) to conect the military record of Wil Also, a bill (H. R. 1864) granting a pension to .Mary Cb.ambers, liam B. Malone-to the Committee on Military Affairs. of Scott County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1906) for the relief of Sarah E. Massey, of Also, a bill (H. R. 1865) to grantapension toRebeccaL. Cham Sevier County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Invalill Pensions. bers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1907) to grant a pension to Robert A. Mee Also, a bill (H. R. 1866) for the relief of William C. Chandler- to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Military Affairs. · Also, a bill (H. R. 1908) for the relief of Herman J. Miller, of Also, a bill (H. R. 1867) for the relief of the personal represent Union County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. atives of Mitchell J. Childress-to the Committee on War Claims.. Also, a bill (H. R. 1909) to restore the pension of Robert W. Also, a bill (H. R.1868) for the relief of Dr. Thomas J. Coward Mills-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill ( H. R. 1910) to pension the National Guards of East Also, a bill (H. R. 1869) for the relief of H. T. Cox-to the Com Tennessee-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. mittee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1911) for the relief of Robert E. Newman, Also, a bill (H. R. 1870) for the relief of :Mrs. Sarah E. Cox-to late a second lieutenant in the Ninth Tennessee Cavalry-to the the Committee on War Claims. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1871) for the relief of E. B. Crozier, executrix Also, a bill (H. R. 1912) for the relief of James A. Ogg-to the of the last will of Dr. C. W. Crozier, of Tennessee-to the Com Committee on Military Affairs. mittee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1913) for the relief of Wesley C. Owens-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1~72) for the relief of P. C. Cnlvahouse-to the Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1914) to pension Sophia Ownby-to the Com AJso~ a bill (H. R. 1873) to grant a pension to Mary E. Daugh- erty-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . mittee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1874) granting a pension to William P. Also. a bill (H. R. 1915) for the relief of Kate K. Parsons, of Douglas-t-0 the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mayo, Knox County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1875) for the relief of R. A. Driskill-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1916) granting a pension to Lewis Perkins Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1876) for the relief of Isaac A. Duncan, of Also, a bill (H. R. 1917) to pension John W. Phillips-to the Jefferson County, Tenn.-to the Committee on War Claims. Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 18TI) for the relief of James R. Edwards, of A.130, a bill (H. R. 1918) to grant a pension to Milton Phillips Chattanooga, Tenn.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1878) to correct the military record of John Also, a bill (H. R. 1919) for the relief of George W. Qualls-to Ervin-to the Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1879) to increase the pension of John W. Also, a bill (H. R. 1920) to pension Nancy A. Robbs, of Roane Fielden, of Newmarket, Tenn.-to the Committee on Invalid County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Pen ions. Also, (H. R.1921) to correct the military record of John W. Rob Also, a bill (H. R. 1880) for the relief of Jacob S. Fritts-to the inson-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1922) for the relief of David Hampton Ro Also, a bill (H. R. 1881) granting a pension to William M. sier-t-0 the Committee on Military Affairs. Fritts, ofWartbm·g, Tenn.-totheCommitteeonlnvalidPensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1923) for the relief of Miller E. Rosier-to Also, a bill (H. R.1882) $!anting a pension t-0 Isaac Garman the Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on lnvahd Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1924.) to pension A. D. Rutherford-to the Also, a bill ( H. R. 1883) for the relief of William M. Goforth, Committee on Invalid Pensions. of Sevier County, Tenn.-to the Committee on War Claims. . Also, a bill (H. R. 1925) to restore .the pension of David M. Also, a. bill (H. R.1884) for the relief of Jason R. Gossett-to Sartain-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1926) for the relief of Philip Schlosshan-to Also, a bill (H. R.1885) to pension Harvey Grant-to the Com the Committee on Military Affairs. mittee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R.1927) to restore the name of Pleasant Sharp Also, a bill (H. R. 1886) to grant a pension to Martha M. Helton, t-0 the pension roll-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of Sevier County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R.1923) granting a pension to William H. Shil Also, a bill (H. R. 18 7) for the relief of Jacob Henry-to the lings, of Roana County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Invalid Pen Committee on War Claims. sions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1883) for the relief of James W. Holt-to the Also, a bill (H. R.1929) for the relief of Milton Shootman-to Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1889) for the relief of the trustees of Holston Also, a bill (H. R.1930) to pension Elizabeth Smith-to the Com Seminary, at Newmarket, Tenn.-to the Committee on War mittee on Invalid Pensions. Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1931) for the relief of William Stephenson Also, a bill (H. R. 1890) to increase the pension of John Honk Smith-to the Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill Also, a bill (H. R. 1940) for the relief of Robert A .• Turner-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1979) to pension Sophronia Bailey_:_to the the Committee on War Claims. Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1941) for the relief of Thomas J. Wear, of Also, a bill (H. R. 1980) granting a pension to Fanny E. Alex Sevier County, Tenn.-to the Committee on War Claims. ander-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. GAMBLE: A bill (H. R. 1942) for the relief of Henry Also. a bill (H. R. 1981) granting a pension toHarriet M. Scott, Grebe-to the Committee on War Claims. an army nurse-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1943) granting an increase of pension· to Also, a bill (H. R. 1982) granting a pension to Emeline Han· Simon Price-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. cock-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1944) granting an increase of pension to Eli Also, a bill (H. R. 1983) granting a pension to Maria Davis-to C. Walton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. GRAHAM: A bill (H. R. 1945) for the relief of Dr. W. Also, a. bill (H. R. 1984) granting relief to H. R. Sturtevant, S. Hosack-to the Committee on War Claims. postmaster at Hartland, Vt.-to the Committee on the Post-Office Also, a bill ( H. R. 1946) granting a pension to Jane F. Chalmers and Post-Roads. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1985) for the relief of Henry C. La Point, By Mr. GILLETT of Massachusetts: A bill (H. R. 1947) for late a first lieutenant in the Second United States Cavalry-to the the relief of the heirs of Erskine S. Allin and the United States Committee on Military Affairs. Regulation Fireru:ms Company, respectively-to the Committee Also, a bill (H. R. 1986) for the relief of L.A. Noyes-to the on Claims. Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1048) granting a pension to Edmund C. Also, a bill (H. R. 1987) for the relief of Robert J. Humphrey Bailey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Also, a bill (H. R. 1949) authorizing the payment of the amount By Mr. H.AUUEN: A bill (H. R. 1988) for the relief of Daniel due Stella J. Coolln·oth-to the Committee on Claims. Kuhn-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1950) granting increase of pension to Henry Also, a bill (H. R.1989) for the relief of Marie Wiersang-to the Dyer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1951) granting arrea.rages of pay to Edmund Also, a bill (H. R. 1990) for the relief of Julia A. Heath-to the C. Bailey-to the Committee on War Claims. Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1952) to rerate the pension allowed to J. H. Also, a bill (H. R. 1991) for the relief of Robert McFarland-to Braynard-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. GROUT: A bill (H. R. 1953) to remove the charge of Also, a bill (H. R. 1992) for the relief of Mathias Pederson-to desertion from the military record of Calvin C. Stebbins-to the the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. HENRY of Connecticut: A bill (H. R. 1993) granting Also, a bill (H. R. HJ54) for the relief of Alexander Wilkie-to an increase of pension to James C. Jennings-to the Committee the Committee on Military Affairs. on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R.1955) to increase the pension of James Evans, Also, a bill (H. R. 1994) to correct the military record of John of Northfield, Vt., late a member of Company E, Forty-first Ohio McCarthy, late of Company B, Eleventh Connecticut Infantry Volunteers, and of Company D, Fifth United States Infantry-to to the Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1995) granting an increase ·of pension to Also, a bill {H. R. 1956) to remove the charge of desertion from Frederick 0. Lathrop-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the military record of Alexander Sleight, of West Haven, Vt.-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1996) granting compensation to Joseph the Committee on Military Affairs. Dawson-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill {H. R. 1957) removing the charge of desertion from Also, a bill (H. R. 1997) to correct the military record of Rich the military record of Norris W. Silver, alias Charles W. Nichols ard Clifford, late of Company I, One hundred and twenty-first to the Committee on Military Affairs. New York Volunteer Infantry-to the Committee on Military Also, a bill (H. R. 1958) granting an increase of pension to Mary Affairs. E. Chamberlin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1998) granting an increase of pension to Wil Also, a bill (H. R.1959) for the relief of the heirs of George W. liam E. Austin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Saulpaw-to the C-0mmittee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1999) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. Hl60) granting a pension to Nelson Morse, of John E. Higgins-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Coventry, Vt.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. JONES ·of Washington: A bill (H. R. 2000) for the Also, a bill (H. R. 1961) for relief of Benjamin Borrows-to relief of Thomas Paul-to the Committee on the Public Lands. the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2001) for the relief of Thomas H. Burns-to Also, a bill {H. R. 1962) for the .relief of the heirs of Daniel the Committee on Mil,itary Affairs. Reed, deceased-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post By Mr. JOY: A bill (H. R. 20:12) granting an increase of pen· Roads. sion to Wallace G. Bone-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, Also, a bill (H. R.1963) granting an increase of pension to Dana . By Mr. JOHNSTON (by request): A bill (H. R. 2003) for the Cook, of Barton, Vt.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. relief of Mattie R. Fredeking, of West Virginia-to the Commi~ Also, a bill (H. R.1964) granting an increase of pension to Sam tee on War Claims. uel Page, of Newport Center, Vt.-to the Committee on Invalid By Mr. KETCHAM: A bill (H. R. 2004) to increase the pension Pensions. of Robert Wilkinson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1965) granting a pension to John Lonergan- Also, a bill (H. R. 2005) granting a pension to Catharine Cough• to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . lin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R.1966) gi·anting a pension to Harriett E. Pope, By Mr. KAHN: A bill (H. R. 2006) to grant honorable discharge of West Brookfield, Vt.-tothe Committee on Invalid Pensions. to William A. Treadwell-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R.1967) granting a pension to Lydia Maria.Davis, Also, a bill (H. R. 2007) to grant a pension to John Egner-to the of Proctorsville, Vt.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1968) to grant a pension to Valencourt C. By Mr. KNOX: A bill (H. R. 2008) granting a pension to Emma Johnston, of West Berlin, Vt.-totheCommitteeinvalidPensions. C. N udd-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1969) to grant a pension to Elizabeth Bar- Also, a bill (H. R. 2009) granting a pension to Emma A. Andrews, num, of Johnson, Vt.-to the Committee on Pensions. - widow of Daniel W. Andrews-to the Committee on Invalid Pen Also, a bill (H. R. 1970) for relief of Julius A. Morrill-to the sions. Committee on Military Affairs. , Also, a bill (H. R. 2010) to increase the pension of Michael Also, a bill (H. R. 1971) for the relief of Charles F. Sanborn Lahey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2011) to remove the charge of desertion now Also, a bill (H. R. 1972) to correct the militaryrecord of Henry standing against Daniel Walsh-to the Committee on Naval L. Franklin-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1973) to remove the charge of dese1·tion from Also, a bill (H. R. 2012) granting a pension to Pena Adler, the military record of Thomas W. O'Brien-to the Committee on daughter of Christian G. Adler-to the Committee on Invalid Military Affairs. Pensions. o, a bill (H. R. 1974) granting a pension to Hannah M. Also, a bill (H. R. 2013) for the relief of EUen S. Witter-to the eney, of Springfield, Vt.-to the Committee on Pensions. Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1975) granting a pension to Lucinda Andrews, Also, a bill. (H. R. 2014) granting a pension to Rhoda Chick of Essex .-to the Committee on Pensions. to the Committee on Pensions. ~,,_~~· a bill (H. R. 1976) granting a pension to Caroline H. Hatch, Also, a bill (H. R. 2015) to relieve Calvin Mears of the charge of Worcester, Vt.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of desertion-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1977) granting a pension to FrankW. Gold~ Also, a bill (H. R. 2016) granting a pension to Michael Griffin- to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R.1978) to pension Harriet Woodbury, of Wind Also, a bill (H. R. 2017) granting a pension to Lydia G. Cate sor, Vt.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Pensions, 72 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 5, Also, a bill (H. R. 2018) granting a pension to Maria L. Phil Also, a bill (H. R. 2057) for the relief of the legal representa brick-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. tives of James R. Thompson, deceased-to the Committee on War Also, a bill (H. R. 2019) to remove the charge of desertion from Claims. the record of ·Lawrence Kennedy-to the Committee on Military Also, a bill (H. R. 2058) for the relief of Joseph Curriden-to Affairs. the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2020) granting a pension to Clarissa Carruth By Mr. LANE: A bill (H. R. 2059) granting a pension to John to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Ashworth-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2021) to remove the charge of desertion now By Mr. LOVERING: A bill (H. R. 2000) to remove the charge standing against the record of Henry C. Bliss-to the Committee of desertion from the military record of Timothy Reed--to the on Military Affairs. Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. LAWRENCE: A bill (H. R. 2022) to amend the mili Also! a bill (ff. R. 2061) to remove the charge of desertion from tary record of Moses Gokey-to the Committee on Military the military record of Sanford K. Knox-to the Committee on Affairs. Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2023) to amend the military record of C. F. Also, a bill (H. R. 2062) to remove the charge of desertion from Clark-to tho Committee on Military Affairs. the military record of Fred A. Miller-to the Committee on Mili Also, a bill (H. R. 2024) to amend.the military record of Edwin tary Affairs. F. Vinton-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (IT. R. 2-063) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2025) to amend the military record of Alex Mary E. Chamberlain-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ander Brown-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2064) granting an increase of pension to James By Mr. LIVINGSTON: A bill (H. R. 2026) granting a pension Cushing Phillips-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to James R. Ward-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2065) granting arrears of pension to H. Mor Also, a bill (H. R. 2027) for the relief of the trustees of St. Phil ris Husband-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. lip's Church, of Atlanta, Ga.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 20S6) granting increase of pension to Charles Also, a bill (H. R. 2028) for tha relief of Michael Kries-to the W. Brown-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2037) granting a pension to Penny T. Ste- Also, a bill (H. R. 2029) for the relief of Elsas, May & Co., of At phens-to the Committee on Pensions. . lanta, Ga.-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2058) for the relief of Hudson Maxim and Also, a bill (H. R. 2030) for the relief of Samuell. Gustin-to W. H. Graham, in connection with various inventions-to the the Committee on War Claims. Committee on Patents. Also, a bill (H. R. 2031) for the relief of the estate of Frank H. Also, a bill (H. R. 2069) to reimburse Charles W. Turner, late Nichols-to the Committee on War Claims. postmaster at Middleboro, Mass., for money expended by him for Also, a bill (H. R. 2032) for the relief of James Condon-to the the United States-to the Committee on Claims. Committee on Claims. Alrn, a bill (H. R. 20i0) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2033) for the relief of Mira M. Harbin, ad Capt. Charles E. Churchill-to the Committee on Invalid Pen ~ions. ministratrix of Nathaniel P. Harbin, deceased-to the Committee Also, a bill (H. R. 2071) granting a pension to Louisa Statford on War Claims. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2034) for the relief of Miss Honora Ryan- Also. a bill (H. R. 2072) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on War Claims. . Orange S. Pratt-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2035) for the relief of Mrs. Emily Evans-to Al~ o. a bill (H. R. 2073) granting an increase of pension to the Committee on War CJajms. Charles W. Lovejoy-to the Committee on Inva1id Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2036) for the relief of Mark Miller-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2074) granting a pension to James E. Bates Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2037) for the relief of the estate of Leander Also, a bill (H. R. 2075) to remove the charge of desertion from C. McLellan, deceased-to the Committee on War OJ.aims. the military record of Samuel Smith-to the Committee on Mili Also, a bill (H. R. 2038) for the relief of the legal representa tary Affairs. tives of Needham Bullard, deceased-to the Committee on War · Also, a bill (H. R. 2076) granting an increase of pension to Hor Claims. , ace N. Brackett-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2039) for the relief of Edman Green, of Jones Also, a bill (H. R. 2077) granting an increase of pension to Albert boro, Clayton County, Ga.-to the Committee on War Claims. S. Shepard-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 20-10) for the relief of Ambrose Chewning Also, a bill (H. R. 2078) for the relief of Charles Speare-to the to the Committee on War Claims. Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2041) for the relief of George T. Reeves-to By Mr. LAMB: A bill (H. R. 2079) for the promotion and retire the Committee on War Claims. ment of P. A. Surg. John F. Bransford, of the United States Also, a bill.(H. R. 2042) for the relief of Charles L. Bradwell Navy-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill ( H. R. 2080) for the relief of the estate of Dennis Also, a bill (H. R. 2043) for the relief of Mrs. Sarah E. Young O'Dea, late of Richmond, Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. blood, of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga.-to the Committee on War Also, a bill (H. R. 2082) for the relief of Mrs. Ellen H. Smith, Claims. of King William County, Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2044) for the relief of John J. Hart-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2083) for the relief of William W. Mantlo, of Committee on War Claims. · New Kent County, Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2045) for the relief of Benjamin F. Rogers Also, a bill (H. R. 2084) for the relief of the heirs of Samuel to the Committee on War Claims. Ayers, of Virginia-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 20-16) for the relief of William Ellis-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2085) for the relief of Jane Womack-to the Committee on War Claims. Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2047) granting a pension to William Bar Also, a bill (H. R. 2086) for the relief of Charles S. Mills-to the rett-to the Committee on Pensions. Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2048) granting a pension to George D. Boyd Also, a bill (Il. R. 2087) granting a pension to Fannie W. Wil to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. liams-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2019) for the relief of W. J. Fletcher, of Also, a bill (H. . R. 2088) for the relief of Isaac Davenport and Georgia-to the Committee on Claims. . others, citizens of Virginia-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2050) for the relief of Stafford, Seymour&Co., Alsot a bill (H. R. 2089) for the relief of Richmond College, for Indian depredations-to the Committee on War Claims. located at Richmond, Va.-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2051) for the relief of Mrs. M.A. Cook, widow Also, a bill (H. R. 2090) for the relief of l\Irs. C. N. Graves-to of James S. Cook, a soldier in the Indian wars of 1826 and 1827-to the Committee on War Claims. the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. LITTLEFIELD: A bill (H. R. 2091) for the relief of Also, a bill (H. R. 2052) granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Larrabee & Allen-to the Committee on War Claims. Elizabeth Overby Williams-to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. LONG: A bill (H. R. 2092) granting an increase of pen By Mr. LAWREN CE: A bill (H. R. 2053) for relief of Anna M. sion to Madison McCollister-to the Committee on Invalid Pen Orne, administratrix of Henry A. Orne, deceased-to the Commit sions. tee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2093) granting an increase of pension to Jacob By Mr. LOUDENSLAGER: A bill (H. R. 2054) granting a pen McAfee-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. sion to Lydia. F. Wiley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 20\H) granting an increase of pension to Bar Also, a bill (H. R. 2055) for the relief of the heirs of certain sea ney Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. men lost in the foundering of light vessel No. 37-to the Commit Also, a bill (H. R. 2095)'granting an increase of pension to John t~ on Claims. Olinger-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2056) for the relief of Isaac N. Forrester-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2090) granting an increase of pension to Daniel the Commjttee on War Claims. Fike-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 1899. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 73 · Also, a bill (H. R. 2097) removing the charge of desertion against Also, a bill (H. R. 2133) for the relief of Hugh J. Brady-to the Martin Conway-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on Claims. By Mr. MONDELL: A bill (H. R. 2098) for the relief of Hattie Also, a bill (H. R. 2134) for the relief of P. R. Albert and I. A. Phillips-to the Committee on War Claims. Noa, of Chattanooga, Tenn.-to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. MUDD (by request): A bill (H. R. 2099) authorizing Also, a bill (H. R. 2135) for the relief of. John Redden, late of the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bonds toAlbertV. Conway, Company D, Tenth Tennessee Cavalry Volunteers-to the Com- substituted trustee, for certain registered United States bonds re mittee on Military Affairs. . deemed or assigned by the Government upon forged assignments- Also, a bill (H. R. 2136) for the relief of A. J. Shell, of Avon to the Committee on Claims. · dale, Hamilton County, Tenn.-to the Committee on War Claims. By .Mr. McRAE: A bill (H. R. 2100) for the relief of Simeon Also, a bill (H. R. 2137) for relief of Jesse C. Allen, of Polk Austin-to the Committee on War Claims. County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Milita1·y Affairs. By Mr. McCULLOCH: A bill (H. R. 2101) to compensate the Al5o, a bill (H. R. 2138) to remove the charge of desertion against Baptist Church at Helena, Ark., for destruction of its building McDonald Bryan-to the Committee on Military Affairs. during the late war by the Federal Army-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 2139) for relief of William Miller, of Walker War Claims. County, Ga.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2102) for the relief of the heirs of Mark W. Also, a bill (H. R. 2140) for relief of John Weekd, of Big Springs, Izard, deceased-to the Committee on Claims. Meigs County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2103) for the relief of John J. Govan-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2141) for the relief of Julia W. Outland-to Committee on War Claims. the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2104) to place the name of Little Berry Sulli Also, a bill (R. R. 2142) for the relief of Samuel McJunkin-to van on the pension roll-to the Committee on Pensions. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2105) for the relief of Dr. J. H. Seagraves, Also, a bill (H. R. 2143) for the relief of Thomas Hardin, late of surgeon, United States Army-to the Committee on War Claims. Company F, Fifth Tennessee Volunteers, Mexican war-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2106) for the relief of .Mrs. S. C. Davis and Committee on Invalid Pensions. Duren Lurry-to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2144) for relief of Jacob Cross, of Benton, Also, a bill (H. R. 2107) for the relief of Thomas Y. Huddle Polk County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. ston-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2145) to muster in and muster out Milroy Also, a bill (H. R. 2108) for the relief of Henry P. Grant, of. Home Guards, United States troops, citizens of Warren and Phillips County, Ark.-~ the Committee on Claims. Grundy counties, Tenn., in the war of the rebellion, 1861to1865- · Also, a bill (H. R. 2109) for the relief of the Old School Presby to the Committee on Military Affairs. terian Church, of Helena1 Phillips County, Ark.-to the Commit Also, a bill (H. R. 2146) to complete the military record of tee on War Claims. Theo W. Garn bee and to pay him for military services per Also, a bill (H. R. 2110) for the relief of Cl~rrissa E. McCor formed-to the Committee on .Military Affairs. mick-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2147) for the relief of Charles W. Wiseman Also, a bill (H. R. 2111) for the relief of Thomas J. Harris and to the Committee on War Claims. others, heirs of Manning Harris, deceased-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 2148) for the relief of James Nipper, of Cleve War Claims. land, Tenn.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2112) for the relief of Richard Gable-to the Also: a bill (H. R. 2149) for relief of James A. Lance, of Warren Committee on Military Affairs. · County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. MOON: A bill (H. R. 2113) to complete the military Also, a bill (H. R. 2150) for relief of William R. Rogers, of record of Daniel Cook, deceased, and for an honorable discharge James County, Tenn.-to the Committee on .Military Affairs. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2151) for the relief of R. ~. Sively, late first Also, a bill (H. R. 2114) for the relief of William A. Goodwin, lieutenant Company G, Fifth Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry-to of Warren County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2115) granting a pension to Thomas L. Cate, Also, a bill (H. R. 2152) for the relief of Lydia A. Newby, of of Cleveland, Bradley County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Pen Hamilton County, Tenn.-to the Committee on War Claims. sions. By .Mr. ~INOR: A bill (H. R. 2154) granting an honorable dis Also, a bill (H. R. 2116) for relief of John V. Brown, of Wash charge to John P. Chesley-to the Committee on Military Affairs. ington County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. McCALL: A bill (H. R. 2155) for the relief of Alexan Also, a bill (H. R. 2117) for relief of James F. Campbell, of der Sutherland-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Charleston, Bradley County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Invalid By Mr. MAHON: A bill (H. R. 2156) for the relief of Oliver M. Pen ions. B!air, administrator of Thomas P. Blair, deceased-to the Com Also, a bill (H. R. 2118) for the relief of Timothy S. Hixon, of mittee on War Claims. Hamilton County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2119) for relief of William :M. White, of By Mr. N APHEN: A bill (H. R. 2157) to remove the charge of James County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Milltary Affairs. desertion from Thomas J. Foley-to the Committee on Military Also, a bill (H. R. 2120) for the relief of Howard Bonner, late Affairs. , of Company K, First Regiment United States Colored Troops Also, a bill (H. R. 2158) for the relief of Charles Erskine-to the to the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2121) for the relief of C. W. Biese-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2159) to remove the charge of desertion stand, Committee on Military Affairs. ing against the military record of Michael Sweeny-to the Com Also, a bill (H. R. 2122) for the relief of John Long, of .Toshua, mittee on Military Affairs. McMinn County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (ff. R. 2160) to remove the charge of desertion from Also, a bill (H. R. 2123) for the relief of Thomas Caldwell, of Charles Ambsler-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Bradley County, Tenn.-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. NORTON of Ohio: A bill (H. R. 2161) granting a pen Also, a bill (H. R. 2124) for the relief of Cumberland Female sion to .Andrew H. Vorderman-to the Committee on Invalid College, of McMinnville, Teun.-to the Committee on War Claims. Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2125) for relief of Thomas Robert Harris, of Also, a bill (H. R. 2162) granting a pension to Frances J. Man Marion County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . ley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2126) for relief of William H. Capehart, of Also, a bill (H. R. 2163) granting a pension to Mary L. Cramer- · Warren County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2127) for relief of Sampson D. Bridgeman, of Also, a bill (H. R. 2164) granting a pension to Sarah A. Bish Hamilton County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2128) for relief of Mary Ann Smith, of Se Also, a bill (H. R. 2165) granting a pension to Barbara A. Bau quatchie College, Tenn.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. man-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2129) for the relief of Rachael C. Stiefvater, Also, a bill (H. R. 2166) to provide for the better protection of of Chattanooga, Tenn., to reimburse for the use and destruction railroad employees and others-to the Committee on Interstate of property by United States Army in 1864-to the Committee on and Foreign Commerce. War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2167) granting a pension to Sarah A. Mur Also, a bill (H. R. 2130) appropriating $248 and interest from chant-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. May 10, 1864, to pay WiIUam D. Humbard as scout, guide, and so Also, a bill (H. R. 2168) granting a pension to Morgan Anway forth-to the Committee on Appropriations. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions . . Also, a bill (H. R. 2-131) granting a pension of S12 per month to Also, a bill (H. R. 2169) granting a pension to Nelson B. Lutes Matilda Witt, widow of J. Burgess Witt-to the Committee on to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2170) granting a pension to Angeline Eye- · Also, a. bill (H. R. 2132) for the relief of David Bandy, late a stone-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · private in Company L, Fourth Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Also, a bill (H. R. 2171) granting a pension to Frances Dela Cavalry-to the Committee on Military Affairs. plane-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 74 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 5, Also, a bill (H. R. 2172) for the relief of Thomas J. Sheppard Crittenden, deceased, late of Culpepe1· County, Va.-to the Com to the Committee on Military Affairs. mittee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2173) for the relief of Charles R. Van Hou- Also, a bill (H. R. 2210) for the relief of the trustees of Ebene ten-to the Committee on Military Affairs. _ zer Methodist Episcopal Church, of Culpeper County, Va.-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2174) for the relief of Anderson H. Ash-to Committee on War Claims. the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2211) for the relief of the estate of James T. Also, a bill (H. R. 2L75) for the relief of Harry S. Kellogg, ad Ball, deceased, late of Alexandria County, -V a.-to the Committee ministrator of the estate of Lyman M.Kellogg-totheCommittee on War Claims. · on .Military Affairs. • Also, a bill (H. R. 2212) for the relief of the vestry of St. Paul's Also, a bill (H. R. 2116) for the relief of Henry Alstaetter and Episcopal Church, of Culpeper County, Va.-to the Committee others, members of Company K, Sixty-sixth Illinois Infantry-to on War Claims. - · the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2177) for the relief of the heirs at law and Also, a bill (H. R. 2213) for the relief of Mrs. Lucy B. La legal representatives of Asahel Bliss-to the Committee on Claims. grande-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (fI. R. 2178) granting a pension to James Beistle Also, a bill (H. R. 2214) for tQe relief of the estate of Dr. Bailey to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Shumate, of Fauquier County, Va.-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2179) granting a pension to Robert Stoner Also, a bill (H. R. 2215) for the relief of Basil W. Shoemaker, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of Loudoun County, Va.-to the Committee on War Claims: Also, a bill (H. R. 2180) granting anhonorabledischargetoJere Also, a bill (H. .R. 2216) for the relief of Mrs. T. V. Grasty-to miah Morgan-to the Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2181) granting an honorable discharge to Also, a bill (H. R. 2217) for the relief of the Accotink Home Peter Lauterbur-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Guards-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2182) to remove the charge of desertion from Also, a bill (H. R. 2218) for the relief of the heirs of Til~hman the record of Charles Dawley-to the Committee on Military Af- Weaver, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. fairs. . Also, a bill (H. R. 2219) for the relief of Joseph C. Boxley Also, a bill (H. R. 2183) to remove the charge of desertion from to the Committee on War Claims. the record of Edward Devene-to the Committee on Military Af- Also, a. bill (H. R. 2220) for the relief of John H. Hammill, fairs. · Prince William County, Va.-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2184) to remove the charge of desertion from Also, a bill (H. R. 2221) for the relief of the trustees of Black the record of John Pifher-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Lick Church, in Fairfax County, Va.-to the Committee on Wa,r Also, a bill (H. R. 2185) to remove the charge of desertion from Claims. the record of Benjamin F. Womer-to the Committee on Military Also, a bill (H. R. 2222) for the relief of the tmstees of Hart· Affairs. wood Presbyteri•nChurch, of Stafford County, Va.-to the Com· Also, a. bill (H. R. 2186) to remove the charge of desertion from mittee on War Claims. the record of Charles W. Creager-to the Committee on Military Also, a bill (H. R. 2223) for the relief of Catharine Makely-to Affairs. the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2187) to remove the char~eof desertion from Also, a bill (H. R. 2224) for the relief of Fairfax Lodge, No. 43, the record of Charles F. Dietsch-to the Committee on Military of Culpeper, Va.-to the Committee-on War Claims. Affairs. Also, a biil (H. R. 2225) for the relief of the estate of Francis Also, a bill (H. R. 2188) to remove the charge of desertion from and Thomas Coffer, deceased, late of Fairfax County, Va.-to the the record of Charles G. Aldrich-to the Committee on Military ComlJlittee on War Claims. Affairs. - Also, a bill (H. R. 2226) to refer the claim of the heirs of Mrs. Also, a. bill (H. R. 2189) to remove the charge of desertion from Sarah E. Smith, deceased, late of Stafford County, Va., to the the record of William H. Stoke-to the Committee on Military Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. Affairs. Also. a bill (H. R. 2227) for the reliefof James L. Carter-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2190) to remove the charge of absent without Committee on War Ciaims. · leave, in desertion, from the record of Erwin M. Bergstresser-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2228) for relief of Sarah A. Skinner-to the the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2191) granting anhonorabledischargetoJohn Also, a bill (H. R. 2229) for the relief of the trustees of Grove Walsh-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Presbyterian Church, of Fauquier County, Va.-to the Commit Also, a bill (H. R. 2192) to remove the charge of desertion from tee on War Claims. the record of Samuel Cole-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2230) for the relief of the heirs of Mrs. Agnes Also, a pill (H. R. 2193) to con·ect and amend theill.ilitary rec B. Jeter-to the Committee on Claims. ord of Harrison Wagner-to the Committee on Mil,itary Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2231) for the relief of the trustees of Berea Also, a. bill (H. R. 2194) to remove the charge of desertion from Baptist Church, of Stafford County, Va.-to the Committee on the record of John J. Boston-to the Committee on Military Affairs. War Claims. Also, a. bill (H. R. 2195) to remove the charge of desertion from Also, a. bill (H. R. 2232) for the relief of Louis Weber-to the the record of James Burrows-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on Naval Affafrs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2196) to remove the charge of desertion from Also, a bill (H. R. 2233) for the relief of the estate of William the record of George Gardener-to the Committee on Military Smallwood, of Loudoun County, Va.-to the Committee on War Affairs. Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2197) to remove the charge of desertion from Also, a bill (H. R. 2234) for the relief of the heirs of Samuel the record of 'Valentine Zellers-to the Committee on Military Craig, deceased, late of Fauquier County, Va.-to the Committee Affairs. on War maims. . Also, a bill (H. R. 2198) to remove the charge of desertion from Also, a bill (H. R. 2235) for the relief of the trustees of Calvary the record of Aaron Baughman-to the Committee on Military Protestant Episcopal Church-to the Committee on War Claims. Affairs. Also, a. bill (H. R. 2236) for the relief of the First Baptist Church, By Mr. OVERSTREET: A bill (H. R. 2199) appropriating of Alexandria, Va.-to the Committee on War Claim. money to pay the claim of the Western Paving and Supply Com Also, a bill (H. R. 2237) for relief of Sewell B. Corbett-to the pany for paving streets adjacent to the post-office and court-house Committee on War Claims. of the United States at Indianapolis, Ind.-to the Committee on Also, a. bill (H. R. 2238) for the relief of the Culpeper Baptist Claims. · Church, at Culpeper, Va.-to the Committee on War Claim. Also, a bill (H. R. 2200) for the relief of Thomas F. Ryan-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2239) for the relief of James Q. Smith-to the Committee on Claims. the Committee on Claims. Also. a bill (H. R. 2202) for the relief of William Allen-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2i>40) for the relief of the trustees of the Committee on Military Affairs. · First Baptist Church, of Ale:qmdria, Va.-to. the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 2203) to increase the pension of John M. Gar War Claims. rett-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2241) for the relief of Thomas Lee-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2204) for th~ relief of Wi!liam 0. Eagle-to Committee on War Claims. the Committee on MilitarrA:tiairs. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2242) t.o correct the military record of Also, a bill (H. R. 2205) providing procedure in certain pension William W. Giles, of Prince William County, Va.-to the Com· cases-to the Committee on Pensions. mittee on Military Affairs. By Mr. RIXEY: A bill (H. R. 2207) for the relief of J. L. Also, a bill (H. ,R. 2243) for the relief of Edgar E. Matthew-to Combs-to the Committee on War Claims. the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2208) for the relief of John McKeon, of Wash Also, a bill (H. R. 2244) for the relief of the vestry of the Epis ington, D. C.-to the Committee on Claims. copal Church of Remington, Fauquier County, Va.-to the Com· .Also, a bill (H. R. 2209)" for the reliefof the estate of Catharine mittee on War Claims. 1899. OONGRESSIONAL REOORD- HOUSE. 75 Aisd, a bill (H. R. 2245) for the relief of Mrs. Elvira Moore, ex- Also, a bill (H. R. 2282) for the relief of the vestry of Aquia. ecutrix of J. L. Moore-to the Committee on War Claims. Protestant Episcopal Church, of Stafford County, Va.-tothe Com- Also, a bill (H. R. 2246) for the relief of Paris Simms and mittee on War Claims. others-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2283) granting a pension to Hannah Connor- Also, a bill (H. R. 2247) to increase the pension of Mary Tate- to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2284) for the relief of the estate of Catharine Also, a bill (H. R. 2248) for the relief of the heirs of James Crittenden, deceased, late of Culpeper County, Va.-to the Com Broadus, of the Second Regiment of the Virginia Continental Line, mittee on War Claims. in the war of the Revolution-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2285) for the_relief of the estate of Maria Gib- Also, a bill (H. R. 224\J) to increase the pension of John J. Beau- son, deceased, late of Culpeper County, Va.-to the Committee on ford-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. War Claims. Also, a bill ( H. R. 2250) for the relief of Malvina Maxwell, admin- Al b ·u (H R 2986) f th Ii f f M ti Madd t th istratrix of John Churchman-to the Committee on War Claims. Com:i~ee1 on ciaii:n.s~ or ere e 0 ar n ux- 0 e Also, a bill (H. R. 2251) for the relief of John W. Beakley and Also, a bill (H. R. 2287) for relief of Paris Simms and others- others-to the Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on war Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2252) for the relief of Charles H. Stunkle-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2288) for the relief of the trustees Calvary the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2253) for the relief of Sarah Summerson and Protestant Episcopal Church-to the Committee on War Claims. Nancy J. Curley-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2289) for the relief of the trustees of the Also, a bill (H. R. 2254) for the relief of Thom.as Antisell-to Grove Baptist Church, in Fauquier County, Va.-to the Commit- the Committee on War Claims. tee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2255) for the relief of the personal representa- Also, a bill (H. R. 2290) forthe relief of trustees of Mount Holly tive of William R. Soutter, deceased-to the Committee on War Baptist Church, _of Fauquier County, Va.-to the Committee on Claims. War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2256) for the relief of Granville J. Kelly-to Also a bill (H. R. 2291) for the relief of the estate of Jane Tay- the Committee on War maims. lor, of Fairfax County, Va.-to the Committee on War Cl-aims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2257) for the relief of Virginia E. Ficklin and Also, a bill (H. R. 2292) to compensate Arthur M. Chichester and James W. Ficklin-to the Committee on War Claims. W. B. Chichester, heirs of Mary Chichester, for her house burned Also, a bill (H. R. 2258) for relief of the vestry of St. Paul's by Federal troops in 1862-to the Committee on War Claims. Episcopal Church, of Alexandria, Va.-to the Committee on War Also, a bill (H. R. 2293) for the relief of George S. Ayre-to the Claims. Committee on War Claims. Al o, a bill (H. R. 2259) to correct the military record of Wil- Also, a bill (H. R. 2294) for the relief of J. V. Davis, of Alexan- liam F. Baldridge, of Culpeper County, Va.-to the Committee dria, Va.-to the Committee on Claims. on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2295) for the relief of the trustees of Fletcher Also, a bill (H. R.2260) for the relief of Newton Woodyard-to Chapel, in King George County, Va.-to the Committee on War tho Committee on Claims. Claims. Also, a bill (fl. R. 2261) for the relief of James F. Arrington. of Also, a bill (H. R. 2297) for therelief of William Knight, of St.af- Staffords Store, Stafford County, Va.-to the Committee on War ford County, Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2298) for the relief of Mrs. Mary Tate-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2262) to carry out the findings of the Court Committee on Pensions. of Claims in the case of the estate of William N. Hough, de- Also. a bill (H. R. 2299) for the relief of George 0. Dixon and ceased-to the Committee on War Claims. Ella Thomas Dixon. Arthur Dixon and Fannie Dixon-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2263) to increase the pension of William Hall- Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on Pensions. . Also, a bill (H. R. 2300) for the relief of the heirs of Silas-Burke, Also, a bill (H. R. 2264) for the relief of estate of Amos Jones, deceased, late of Fairfax County, Va..-to the Committee on War deceased, late of Stafford County, Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2301) for the relief of the board of trustees Also, a bill (H. R. 2265) for the relief of Seth R. Cooper, of of the Methodi.Et Episcopal Church at Arlington Heights, known Stafford County, Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. as Hunter's Chapel-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2266) for the relief of the heirs of Thomas Also, a bill (H. R. 2302) for the relief of Mrs. Mary Cawood- Tinder, deceased, late of Orange County, Va..-to the Committee to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2303) to increase the pension of Mrs. L. M. Also, a bill (H. R. 29..,67) for the relief of Mrs. 1\Ia.rian W. Pol- Payne-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. larcl-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2304) for the relief of the heirs of the late Also a bill {H. R. 2268) for relief of Miss L. E. Bowen-to the Mrs. Mary Ann Randolph Custis Lee, of Fairfax County, Va.-to Committee on War Claims. tbs Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2269) for the relief of Rachel Dyer, of Fair- Also, a bill (H. R. 2305) for the relief of Silas Grayson, late of fax County, Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. Fairfax: County, Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2270) for the relief of the vestry of St. Ste- Also, a bill (K R. 2306) for the relief of the estate of John phen's Protestant Episcopal Church, of Culpeper, Va.-to the Poland, deceased, late of Prince William County, Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2271) for the relief of the estate of J. R. Also, a bill (H. R. 2307) for the relief of Mrs. Lavinia M. Perry deceased, late of Stafford County, Va.-to the Committee Payne-to the Committee on War Claims. on War Claims. . Also, a bill (H. R.2308) forthereliefof Melvina.Maxwell, admin- Also, a bill (H. R. 2272) for·the relief of Mrs. Fanny I. Grymes- istratrix of John Churchman-to the Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2309) for the relief of John H. Redman, a Also, a bill (H. R. 2273) for the relief of the heirs of Alexander citizen of King George County, Va..-to the Committee on War Poland, late of Virginia-to the Committee on War Claims. Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2274) for tbe relief of Anna S. Froebel and Also, a bill (H. R. 2310) for the relief of the personal repre- Elizabeth D. Froebel-to the Committee on War Claims. sentative of Powhatan Perkins, deceased-to the Ccmmittee on _ Also, a bill (H. R. 2275) for the relief of the estate of Emanuel War Claims. Wenner. deceased, late of Loudoun County, Va.-to the Commit- Also, a bill (H. R. 2311) for the relief of Isaac L. Mclnturf-to tee on War Claims. the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2276) for the relief of the trustees of New Also, a bill (H. R. 2312) for the relief of Mrs. Willie Belger Salem Baptist Church, of Culpeper County, Va.-to the Commit- Morse-to the Committee on Claims. tee on War Claims. • Also, a bill (H. R. 2313) to pension David McGee, of Louisa Also, a bill (H. R. 2277) for the relief of the heirs of Martin County, Va., alias David Woolfalk, late of Company I, Seventy Matthew, deceased, late of Prince William County, Va.-to the sixth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, claim No. Committee on War Claims. 1130952-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2278) of Thomas and Sa.villa Denton Sherman Also, a bill (H. R. 2314) for the relief of Amelia A.H. Richards, for reference to Court of Claims-to the Committee on War of Fairfax County: Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2315) for the relief of Mrs. Kate C. Rose, of Also, a bill (H. R. 2279) for the relief of Septimus Brown-to King George County, Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2316) for the relief of Mrs. R. C. Jones, of Also, a bill (H. R. 2280) for the relief of John W. Fairfax-to Fairfax County, Va.-to the Committee on Pensions. the Committee on Wai· Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2317) for the relief of Charles H. Janney, Also, a bill (H. R. 2281) for the relief of the Presbyterian Church I administi-ator de bonis non of the estate of Joseph H. Maddox at Warrenton, Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. deceased...,..to the Committee on War Claims. 76 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD--HOUSE. DEOEMBER 5, . . Also, a bill (H. R. 2318) for the relief of Stonewall Cockrill,·of Also, a bill (H. R. 2356) for the ·relief of Hiram Johnson and Fairfax County, Va..-to the Committee on War Claims. others-to the Committee on Claims. Also (by request), a bill (H. R. 2319) for the relief of legal rep By Mr. SLAYDEN: A bill (H. R. 2357) for the relief of A. T. resentatives of James B. McNair, deceased-to the Committee on Hensley, survivor of Fulton & Hensley, doing busine sunder the War Claims. nanie ·of Lavaca Wharf Company-to the Committee on War Also, a bill (H. R. 2320) for the relief of Andrews Chapel, of Claims. Stafford County, Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2358) for the relief of D. W. Hatch, of San By Mr. ROBERTS of Massachusetts: A bill (H. R. 2321) grant Antonio, Tex.-tothe Committee on War Claims. ing an increase of pension to Horatio H. Wa en-to the Commit By Mr. SMITH of Kentucky: A bill (H. R. 2359) granting a tee on Invalid Pensions. pension to John Logsdon, of Kentucky-to the Committee on In· By Mr. SALMON: A bill (H. R. 2322) for the relief of Joshua valid Pensions. - Bishop-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2360) granting a pension to Rufus Helms, By Mr. SHERMAN: A bill (ff. R. 2323) for the relief of Cyn of Kentucky-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. thia Davis, dependent mother of Edger Davis-to the Committee By Mr. WM. ALDEN SMITH: A bill (H.R.2361) granting a on Military Affairs. pension to Matthew Bier-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2324) removing the charge of desertion from By Mr. SPA.LDlNG: A bill (H. R. 2362) granting a pension the record of James Larkin-to the Committee on Military Affairs. to B. H. Brasted-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2325) for the relief of John H. Fralick-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2363) authorizing the restoration of the name. Committee on Claims. · of Thomas H. Carpenter, late captain, Seventeenth United States Also, a bill (H. R. 2327) to remove the charge of desertion from Infantry, to the rolls of the Army, and providing that he be placed the military record of Henry C. Tracy-to the Committee on Mili on the list of retired officers-to the Committee on Military A ff airs. tary Affairs. By Mr. SPRAGUE: A bill (H. R. 2364) for the relief of the First Also, a bill (H. R. 2328) to remove charge of desertion standing National Bank of Newton, Mass.-to the Committee on Claims. against Ramsom Brodock-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2365)granting a pension to Mrs. Clifford Neff Also, a bill (H. R. 2329) for the relief of Austin A. Yates-to Fyffe-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill ( H. R. 2366) granting an increase of pension to Dex By Mr. SIBLEY: A bill (H. R. 2330) for the recognition of the ter B. Freeman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. military services of the officers and enlisted men of certain Penn Also! a bill (H. R. 2367) for the relief of Agnes W. Hills and · sylvania military organizations-to the Committee on Military Sarah J. Hills:...._ to the Committee on Claims. Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2368) for the relief of George P. Wood-to By Mr. SIMS: A bill (H. R. 2331) to increase the pension of the Committee on War Claims. Festus Dickinson-to the Committee on Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2369) to provide for promoting Capt. John C. Also, a bill (H. R. 2332) for the relief of J. V. Worley-to the White, late of the First United States Artillery, now on the re Committee on Claims. tired list, to the rank of major in the same-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 2333) for the benefit of H. C. Ruth-to the Military Affairs Committee on War Claims. · · Also, a bill (H. R. 2334) to remove the charge of desertion Also,·a bill (ft. R. 2370) granting a pension to Mrs. Caroline against Elias C. Phillips-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Vincent-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2335) for the relief of James Kirby, late of Also, a bill (H. R. 2371} for the relief of Carl B. Peterson-to Company B, Sixth Tennessee Cavalry Volunteers-to the Commit the Committee on Claims. · tee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2372) granting a pension to David Smith-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2336) for the relief of B. F. Walpole-to the the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Military Affairs. , Also, a bill (H. R. 2373) for the relief of Horace P. Williams Also, a bill (H. R. 2337) for the relief of Cullen C. Argo-to the to the Committee on War Claims. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2374) granting a pension to Mary Richard Also, a bill (H. R. 2338) to remove charge of desertion against Gore-to the Committee on Pensions. John Riggs, and to grant him an honorable discharge-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2375) for the relief of Richard Flaherty-to Committee on Military Affairs. · the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill ( H. R. 2339) to pension Robert M. Reed-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2376) for the relief of James A. Stewart-to Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (B. R. 2340) to amend the military record of John Also, a bill (H. R. 2377) granting a pension to Mathilda Swen- · H. Skinner-to the Committee on Military Affairs. son-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2341) to muster William H. Brown-to the A1so, a bill (H. R. 2378) for the relief of the heirs and legal rep Committee on Military Affairs. resentatives of Samuel Svenson-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2342) for the relief of James M. Brandon-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2379) for the relief of Winslow Warren-to the Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2343) for the relief of .E. A. Clark-to the By Mr. STARK: A bill (H. R. 2380) granting an increase of Committee on Pensions. pension to Alonzo Lewis, of Stockham, county of Hamilton, Nebr. Also, a bill (H. R. 2344) for the relief of Charles M. Kennerly to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. STEEL.E: A bill (H. R. 2381) for the relief of Edgar Car Also, a bill (H. R. 2345) for the relief of Zylpha Watson, widow son, private and sergeant, Company E, Fifty-eighth Indiana Vol· of JamesM. Hays, late a private in Company C, Seventh Tennessee unteers-to the Committee on War Claims. Cavalry-to the Committee on Military Affairs. . Also, a bill (H. R. 2382) granting a pension to Eli Overhultz Also, a bill (H. R. 2346) to remove the charge of desertion from to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the military record of James Quinn-to the Committee on Mili Also, a bill (H. R. 2383) for the reliH of the Miami Indians of tary Affairs. Indiana-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2347) for the relief of J.M. E1ston, of Madi By Mr. STEVENS of Minnesota: A bill (H. R. 2384) for the son County, Tenn.-to the Committee on War Claims. restoration to the Navy of Frederick Swanstrom-to the Com- . Also, a bill (H. R. 2348) for the relief of the estate of John Rich mittee on Naval Affairs. ards, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2385) for the relief of William N. Carey-to Also, a bill (H~ R. 2349) for the relief of Benjamin F. Ben the Committee on Claims. -. nett-to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. SULLOWAY: A bill (H. R. 2386) for the relief of Al Also, a bill (H. R. 2350) to pension James M. Adair-to the phonso M. Potvin, late of Colon, Republic of Colombia-to the · Committee on Invalid Pensions. ·Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2351) for relief of John Wade-to the Com Also, a bill (H. R. 2387) to remove the charge of desertion from mittee on Military Affairs. the military record of John Chick and grant him an honorable Also, a bill (H. R. 2352) to muster in certain members of Col. discharge-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Frank W. Harrison's regiment of West Tennessee recruits and Also, a bill (H. R. 2388) granting a pension to Ellen M. Gray to grant them an honorable discharge-to the Committee on Mili t-0 the Committee on Invalid Pensions. tary Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2389) granting an increase of pension to Ed Also, a bill (H. R. 2353) for the relief of Thomas Cary-to the ward Boyle-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2390) granting a pension to HelenB. Putnam Also, a bill (H. R. 2354) for the relief of M. Robison, administra to 'the Committee on Invalid Pensions. tor of T. E. Robison, deceased, late of Henderson County, Tenn. Also, a bill (H. R. 2391) granting a pension to Elizabeth R. Holt to the Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2355) to amend the military record of John Also, a bill (H. R. 2392) granting a pension to Daniel Davis-to H. Skinner-to the Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 1899. ·CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. :77 Also, a bill (H. R. 2393) granting a pension to Samuel A. Page- ( Also, a bill (H. R. 2432) granting a pension to Elizabeth Wright- to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2394) .to restore Edward L. Bailey to the By Mt. TERRY: A bill (H. R. 2433) for the relief of the. admin- United States Army and to place him on the retired list with the istrator of Mr. W. R. Wooten, deceased-to the Committee on rank of captain of infantry-to the Committee on Military Affairs. War Claims. . Also, a bill (H. R. 2395) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2434) for the relief of estate of Reese Pritch- Mathew McDonald-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ard-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2396) granting an increase of pension to Fran- Also, a bill (H. R. 2435) to carry out the findings of the Court cis H. Pike-to the C-0mmittee on Invalid Pensions. of Claims in the case of the estate of Powell E. Hogue, deceased- .Also, a bill (H. R. 2397) granting a pension to Eliza S. Red- to the Committee on Wal' Claims. field-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2436) for thl3 relief of James M. Wright, of Also, a bill (H. R. 2398) granting a pension to Andrew Jackson- Logan County, Ark.-to the Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2437) to correct the muster rolls of Company Also, a bill (H. R. 2399) granting an increase of pension to K, SecondArkansasCavalry,as concerns Isaac Thompson-to the Edward McDuffey-to the Committeet0n Invalid Pensions. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2400) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2438) granting a pension to William H. Led- George W. Carr-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ford-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2401) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2439) for the relief of Mrs. Sallie Brown, of Maggie Black-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Johnson County, Ark.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2402) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2440) to correct the military record of Wil- Norman C. Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. liam B. Smith-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 24.03) granting a pension to Charles W. Also, a bill (H. R. 2441) for relief of estate of Joshua Hill-to Bean-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2404) granting a pension to Maria A. Wat- Also, a bill (H. R. 2442) for the relief of the estate of John A. son-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. McDaniel, of Pulaski County, Ark.-to the Committee on War Also, a bill (H. R. 2405) granting an increase of pension to Claims. James G. McClure-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2443) to amend the military record of J. R. Also, a bill (H. R. 2406) granting an increase of pension to Da- Utley, late private of Company D, Third Arkansas Cavalry, vid H. Bean-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. United States Army-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2407) granting a pension to Samantha B. Van Al~o. a bill (H. R. 2444) for the relief of the estate Elias N. Bracklin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Conway, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2408) granting a pension to Emma L. Worthly- Also, a bill ( H. R. 2445) to carry out the findings of the Court to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of Claims in the case of the estate of Warren Drake, deceased- . Also, a bill (H. R. 2409) granting an increase of pension to Frank to the Committee on War Claims. C. Stevens-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2446) granting a pension to William J. Bris- By :Mr. SULZER: A bill (H. R. 2410) to complete the record of tow-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. John T. Nagle, late assistant surgeon of the One hundred and Also, a bill (H. R. 2447) for relief of the estate of Charles ninety-second Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry-to the Labell-to the Committee on War Claims. Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. THAYER: A bill (H. R. 2448) granting arrears of pension Also, a bill (H. R. 2411) to grant John T. Nagle the privilege to William H. Cummings-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of applying for a medal of honor for conspicuous bravery in ·action Also, a bill (H. R. 2449) granting an increase of pension to Cut- while serving as an acting assistant surgeon of the United States ler D. Sanborn-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Army with troops in the field during the late civil war, under the Also, a bill (H. R. 2450) granting a pension to William T. Hill- orders of commanding officers-to the Committee on Military to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2451) for therelief of Charlotte L. Walker- Also, a bill (H. R. 2412) to reappoint S. A. Russel a captain in to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Army, and to place him on the retired list, in addition to the By l\fr. TATE: A bill (H. R. 2452) for the relief of Alexander number now authorized-to the Committee on Military Affairs. M. Mauldin, of Georgia-to the Committee on the Public Lands. Also, a bill (H. R. 2413) for the relief of Frank Cox-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2453) to increase the pension of Bedney F. C-0mmittee on Naval Affairs. McDonald, of Hall County, Ga.-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2414) for the relief of John A. Mason, col- Also, a bill (H. R. 2454) to pension John C. Chastain-to the lector of internal revenue, second district of New York, for value Committee on Pensions. of stamps destroyed by fire-to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. TAYLOR of Alabama: A bill (H. R. 2455) for the relief By Mr. SUTHERLAND: A bill (H. R. 2415) for the relief of of W. C. Taylor, of Mobile, Ala.-to the Committee on Claims. John Peterson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2456) for the relief of the heirs and assignees Also, a bill (H. R. 2416) for the relief of Abram Hammond-to of Philip McLoskey and John Hagan-to the Committee on the the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Public Lands. Also, a bill (H. R. 2417) granting a pension to Christena Smith- By Mr. VAN VOORHIS: A bill (H. R. 2457) to remove the to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. charge of desertion from the military record of Alfred Hall-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2418) for the relief of John H. Cliffton-to the the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2458) granting a pension to Charles F. Also, a bill (H. R. 2419) to correct the military record of John Hamme-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Minahan-to the Committee on Military Affairs. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2459) to remove the charge of desertion from Also, a bill (H. R. 2420) for the relief of Josephus Merritt-to the military record of George Anderson Casedy-to the Commit- the Committee on Invalid Pensions. tee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2421) to correct the military record of Nathan Also, a bill (H. R. 2460) to remove the charge of desertion from Monroe-to the Committee on Military Affairs. the military record of John Porcella-to the Committee on Mili- Also, a bill (H. R. 2422) for the relief of William Campbell-to tary Affairs. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2461) to remove the charge of desertion from Also, a bill (H. R. 2423) for the relief of Daniel F. Robinson- the naval record of James A. McElroy-to the Committee on to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Naval Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2424) for the relief of William S. Brown-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2462) for the relief of Theodore D.· McCad- the Committee on Invalid Pensions. don-to the Committee on Militarv Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2425) to correct the military record of William Also, a bill (H. R. 2463) to granfan honorable discharge to John M. McElvain-to the Committee on Military Affairs. A. White-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2426) for the relief of Henry B. Simons-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2464) to remove the charge of desertion from the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · the military record of Nicholas Swingle-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 2427) to correct the military record of James Military Affairs. H. Foland-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2465) to grant an honorable discharge to Also, a bill (H. R. 2428) to increase the pension of Anthony George W. Shank-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Martin--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2466) for the relief of D. M. Sprague and Wil- Also, a bill (H. R. 2429) for the relief of William B. Parsons- liam TiltoB-to the Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2467) to remove the charge of desertion from Also, a bill (H. R. 2430) for the relief of Jacob L. Hanger, alias the military record of Christopher Parish-to the Committee on William T. Graham-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2431) to correct the military record of C. W. Also, a bill (H. R.2468) granting an honorable discharge to John Noell-to the Committee on Military Affairs, A. Young-to the Committee on Military Affairs • . I 78· CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 5, Also, ·a bill (H. R. 2469) for the relief of Guernsey County, Also, a bill (H. R. 2511) granting a pension to William Howell- Ohio-to the Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2470) granting a pension to Francis R. Bar- Also, a bill (H. R.2512) granting a pension toElizabethHollis- thalow-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.· Also, a bill (H. R. 2471) forthereliefof ColumbusF. Hayward and Also, a bill (H. R. 2513) granting a pension to Catherine Hogg- theexecutorof CharlotteG.Hayward-totheCommitteeon Claims. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2472) to correct the military record of John Also, a. bill (H. R. 2514) granting a pension to John Hammond- H. Finfrock-to the Committee on Military .Affairs. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H.R.2473) granting a pension to Mary J. Fouts- Also, a. bill (H. R. 2515) granting a pension to Henry T. Hat- to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. field-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. YOUNG of Pennsylvania: A bill (H. R. 2474) providing Also, a bill (H. R. 2516) granting an increase of pension to for the adjudication of certain claims by the Court of Claims-to John Hoffman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2517) for the relief of George Heishman-to Also, a bill (H. R. 24.75) granting a pension to Hannah R. John- the Committee on Pensions. , son-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2518) granting a pension to Elias W. Gresh- By l\Ir. ZENOR: A bill (H. R. 2476) granting a pension to Lu- am-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. cinda Reith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2519) granting a pension to Henry Gray- Also, a bill (H. R. 2477) granting an increase of pension to brook-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. George H : Pennington-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2520) granting a pension to James Faulken- Also, a bill (H. R. 2478) for the relief of Aaron M. Applegate- borough-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 1 • to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2521) to grant a pension to Capt. Richard F. Also, a bill (H. R. 2419) to reimburse the city of New Albany, Fuller-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Ind.-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2522) granting a pension to Wilson ~ - Also, a bill (H. R. 2480) granting a pension to William W. Daniel-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Wilson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2523) to grant a pension to Henry W. Con- Also, a bill (H. R. 2481) for the relief of John R. Watson-to rad-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2524) granting a pension to James Condra.- Also, a bill (H. R. 2482) granting a pension to George Wash- to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ington-to !Jie Committee on Inv.alid Pe:isions. . I Also, a bill (H. R. 2525) to correct the military record of James Also, a bill. (H. R. 2483) ~ relieve Alice Utz, .heir _an~ l~g~tee Colvin, late a first lieutenant in Company C, Thirty-eighth .Regi of Joshua Wiley, and to give the qou_rt United States Senate; which to be printed. were referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. INDIAN DEPREDATION CLAIMS. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com The PRESIDENT pro tempore presented a petition of the leg munication from the Acting Attorney-General, trnnsmitting, pur islative assembly of the Territory of Arizona, praying that that suant to the provision of section 8 of the act of March 3 1891, a Territory be admitted into the Union as a Stat.e; which was l'e list of judgments rendered in favor of claimants and against the ferred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed United States and defendant Indian tribes not heretofore appro in the RECORD, a.s follows: . priated for; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to TERRITORY OF ARrzONA, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. the Committee on Indian Depredations, and ordered to be printed. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA., TerritonJ of Arizona, ss: THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. I, Charles H. Akers, secretary of the Territory of Arizona., do hereby certify The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate ~ com that the annex ed is a true and complete transcript of the house memorial No. 2 of the legislative assembly of the Territory of Arizona, praying for munication from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, statehood, which was filed in this office the llth day of March, A. D. 1899, at transmitting a report on the new building for the Government 4: o'clock p. m.,--as provided by law.