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1883. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 2137 The following additional pairswereannouncedfrom theClerk'sdesk: By Mr. MILLER: The petition of the Butler (Pennsylvania) Oil Ex- Mr. WEBBER with Mr. BELTZHOOV~. change, protesting 3.eaainst the renewal of the Roberts torpedo patents Jrlr. E. B. TAYLOR with Mr. MOBSE. to the Committee on Patents. :Ur. NEAL with Mr. CASSIDY. By Mr. MOULTON: The petition of citizens of Fayette County, Illi Mr. W .ASHBURN with lli. PHISTER. nois, for a reduction of the tariff on tin-plate-to the Committee on Ways Mr. HAMMOND, of New York~ with Mr. HoBLITZELL. and Means. Mr. JoYCE with Mr. FRosT. By Mr. J. S. ROBINSON: The petition of R. W. Kerr, for relief-to :Mr. BROWNE with Mr. MA...·•nn~"G. the Committee on Accounts. Mr. CoBB with Ur. CALKINS. By lli. RYAN: The resolutions adopted by the Legislature of Kan lli. ALDRICH with 1tlr. DEUSTER. sas, relating to the institution of a suit to determine a disputed question Mr. BUTTERWORTH with Mr. Cox of New York. of title to certain lands in Allen County, Kansas-to the Committee on. Mr. THOMPSON, of Iowa, with Mr. RANDALL. the Judiciary. Mr. MORSE. Mr. Speaker, I am paired with the gentleman from By Mr. VAN AERNAM:: The petitions of H. M. Ernst and 51 others, Ohio [:Mr. E. B. TAYLOR], but as he would vote "ay" on this quts oil producers, and of C. V. B. Baise and 40 others, oil producers, remon tion, I have voted in the affirmative. strating against the extension of the patent granted to E. A. L. Roberts Ir. MANNING. The gentleman from Indiana [Mr. BROWNE] left for method for increasing the capacity of oil-wells-severally to the Com the Hall a few moments ago quite ill, and I am paired with him. If mittee on Patents. he were here, I presume he would vote " ay." I should vote "no." By Mr. WAIT: The petitionofHermanBakerandothers, relative to. The result of the vote was announced as above stated. the duty on iron orsteelscrews-totheCommitteeon Ways and Means. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. By lli. WARD: The petition of citizens of West Chester, Pennsyl-· vania, for the erection of a public building at that place-to the Com Mr. FLOWER. I move to suspend the rules so that the Committee mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds. on the Judiciary be discharaed from the further consideration of the joint resolution (H. Res. 267) to amend the Constitution of the United The following petitions praying for a reduction of the duty on sugar States, and that it be now passed. were presented and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means: Mr. CULBERSON. I move that the House now adjourn. By Mr. ANDERSON: Of Alexis Ponlet and 30 others, of White Cloud;. LEAVE TO PRINT. and ofT. S. Brunson and 31 others, of Downs, Kansas. · Pending the motion to adjourn, By Mr. BAYNE:· OfW. B. Linehart and 51 others, of Turtle Creek,. Mr. AINSLIE, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to have printed Pennsylvania. in the RECORD remarks on the bill (H. R. 4672) establishing the Terri By Mr. MOSGROVE: Of M. A. K. Weidner and 54 others, of Clarion,. tory of North Dakota and providing a temporary government therefor. Pennsylvania. [See Appendix.] By lli. MOULTON: Of 500 voters of Fayette County, Illinois. Mr. GEORGE, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to have printed By Mr. RYAN: Of citizens of Arkansas City; of J. S. Harpham and . in the RECORD remarks on the motion to suspend the rules and fix a 52 others, of Great Bend; and of A. E. Tibbitts and 27 others, of EJ, day for the consideration of the bill in relation to the Nicaragua Canal. ltorado, Kansas. [See Appendix.] By Mr. SPARKS: Of33citizens, of Ashley, Illinois. The' motion to adj{)urn was agreed to; and accordingly (at 6 o'clock and 15 minutes p. m.) the House adjourned. PETITIONS, ETC. SENATE. The following petitions and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk, TuESDAY, February 6, 1883. under the rule, and referred as follows: By Mr. ANDERSON: The petition of John Blair and 60 others, of The Senate met at 11 o'clock a.m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J .. Netaw.aka, Jackson County, Kansas, asking that lumber be placed on J.~,D.D. the free-listr-to the Committee on Ways and Means. The J ou.rnal. of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. By 1t1r. BRAGG: Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking EXECUTIVE SESSIO.r. for an appropriation for the completion of the harbor at Port Washing lli. WINDOM. I move that theSenate procOOd totheconsideration, ton, Wisconsin-to the Committee on Commerce. of executive business, and I will say to the Senate that it need occupy By Ur. CRAPO: The petition of officers and comrades of William but one minute to attend to what should be done in executive session. Logan Rodman Post, No. 1, Grand Army of the Republic, in favor of Several Senators rose with morning business. the passage of the bill for the relief of George S. P. Bradford-to the The PRESIDENT pro tempm·e: The morning business will be in Committee on :Uilitary A:ffa.irs. order as soon as the doors are opened again. It is moved that the Sen By Mr. DEUSTER: Memorial of the Legislature of· Wisconsin, for ate proceed to the consideration of executive business. the completion of the harbor of Port Washington, Wisconsin-to the The motion was agreed to; and the Senate proceeded to the consid-· Committee on Commerce. eration of executive business. After even minutes spent in executiv~ .Also, the resolutions adopted by the Chamber of Commerce of Mil session the doors were reopened. waukee, Wisconsin, protesting against the transfer of the revenue-marine service to the Navy Departmentr-to the same committee. EXECUTIVE COMl\IUNICATION. By Mr. DOXEY: The resolutions adopted by Post No. 119, Grand The PRESIDENT pm tempore laid before the S~nate a letter from Army of the Republic, Middletown, Indiana, requesting the passage of the Secretary of War, transmitting reports from the United States en- the bill to pension soldiers of the Mexican war-to the Committee on gineer officer showing the maintenance of the channel at South Pass, Pensions. ~"issippi River, during the quarters ending May 13, 1882, Septem By Mr. ERl\1ENTROUT : Of citizens of the eighth Congressional ber 9, 1882, and December 9, 1882; which was referred to the Commit district of Pennsylvania, relative to tariff legislation-to the Commit tee on the Improvement of the Uississippi River and Tributaries, and tee on Ways and :Ueans. ordered to be printed. By Mr. FORNEY: The petition of workingmen, employes of Round PETITIONS AND 1\IEMORIALS. Mountain Iron Furnace, in Cherokee County, Alabama, relative to tariff The PRESIDENT pro presented a memorial of the Leg:isla legislation-to the same committee. • tempore By:Ur. G. W. HEWITT: Thepetitionof H. L. Greeneandl07others, ture of Wisconsin in favor of placing shear booms at the bridges on the colored citizens of Sumter County, Alabama, protesting against any Mississippi River for the protection of rafts and shipping; which was.. increase of the duty on cotton-ties-to the same committee. read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce, as follows: By Mr. HILL: The petition of workingmen at Boonton Iron Works, Memorial to Congress in relation to shear booms at bridges on the Mississippi. and of workingmen of Joseph Wharton and others, of the Warren Blast River. tariff To the Senate and Hou.se of Representali'Ves Furnace of New Jersey, relative to legislation-severally to the ofth~ United States in Congress assembled: same committee. The memorial of the Legislature of the State of Wi.'!consin respectfully repre By 1t1r. HUBBS: The petition of W. L. Palmer, for relief-to the sents: Committee on Claims. That the piers of many of the railway bridges cro ing the fississippi River are a very serious hinderance to navigation. That steamers frequently collide By M:r. P. JONES: The petition of the Harrison Wire Company, of with them and sometime.'! great loss of life is thereby occasioned, and that there Saint Louis, Uissouri, relative to patents-to the Committee on Patents. i annually a great loss of property, and that they are constantly a great source By Mr. LADD: 'Dte petition of citizens of Sherman, Maine, protest of danger and dread to those who have business or who travel upon the river. That, in accordance with the act of Congress approved March 3, l875, a board ing against the reduction of the tax on whisky and tobacco-to the Com of United States engineers was convened in Saint Louis, and after an exhaustive mittee on Ways and Means. examination of the subJect they submitted. a report to the honorable the Secretary Bv Mr. McCOOK: Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New ofWat·, Februaryl9, 1877, in which they reeognized the great necessity for shear booms, and recommended plans for the same at t_he various bridges. York, asking for passage of an act prohibiting impo~tion of adulterated Tha.tinl8821'tia,jorA.McKinzie,UnitedSta.tesengineerinchargeoftheriverim tea-to the same committee. pro>ements between Saint Anthony's Falls and the mouth of the Illinois River .. 2138 CONGRESSIONAL REC_ORD-SENATE. FEBRUARY 6, constantly witnessing the great danger to life and property at the bridge piers and receive the una.nimous support of Congress in measures designed to stren,athen the consequent necessity for protection thereat, submitted a report to the Chief the system of quarantine. of Engineers, United States Army, in which much important information was R.